The Sun. — London, England, 1835-12-16 00:00:00

ir-- - , —7--- ------- , ^ -- tit-CJ S - OF 5.13.70C.1i'i TH IS DA Y AT JNE. O'CLOCK. pi fir.ankstoet,.., . 2lli India 5t0k............... ......... ... shut ! . 3 per Cent 1: ed. . - 3 per Cent Cons :3.4, per. Cent l;El? 1 Old Annnities Ditto Itcal .......... - ........... ..9S,iiti 74 1 New Ditto — New 3 !; - i per Cert New :1 per Cent 15 17 per. l'av,k Long A' a nuitics to expire l', Ditto 501 mils, £1,1)01 , 500 15 17 pm. Jan 5, , - . .. c0 I/ Imo 3-I(1 1 4 Oct., Ili Ditto Small Jan. , 5 -- Ditto Commercial.... , 'B l ip . —; Ditto Advertised — pen. SP n. 5, IR , O Bank Stock ter A ceoun , — .. 7 1p'. - 11 5, I RSO lndia Stock for Account •--a Jaa. 5. 1570 tkr.nitim —l Consols for Account 'PRICES OF FORJQN FUNDS "i'l iIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ausrrian Boo's ....,. ...... ..... ' 'l' , :avian Bonds ~ ' 4 !i 5 BelgiAn Bonds . 9 94 Di!to Acconnt Ditto Accouw . Brazilian Bon-1, Ditto Actv.nint Buenos A'. res Bonds — Ditto Account .... Ditto :(icount Ditto, 3 per cent.. 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Per Share, 50 31% British Iron Company e Ilea! del Monte Mining Co., Ilegist.en Ditto Unregistered reat Western Railway Company Danube anti Mayne Company Provincial Bank of Ireland , i ell, 25 1214 54< COURSE OF EXCIIi Amsterdam CA', 12 7 Ditto, at Light Rotterdam " U. 12 7 1 / 2 Antwerp l2 7 Homburg MB. 13 1-1 , 4 Altar,' l3 1.1 i; Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto ....... .............. 2Us 2O 5 Bordeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex.N Petermiligh, ruble 'I Us lO 0 Beieui V ; eraa, effective fl M. In 10 - 7 `-eat; ditto lO 11 Cadiz...—. Barcelona Seville.— Gitvaltar ANGE YESTERDAY, Leghorn Genoa Milan , Venice Naples Palermo Lisbon Rio Janeiro %aid^ Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 (lays' 5ight............ Il v Cork .1014 • per oz. 121 55 1 4 55 1 ,4 :37 . "644 36N PRICEs OF IRISH STOCK; 3 per Cent. Consols B9h Ditto Reduced 3',4 per Cent. Stock SIVN Ditto New, 1330 9Rt. 3l; per Cent. Debentures 91% Bank Stock — _ Royal Canal Stock....._ Grend Canal Stock . Arrived. Duq 0 America 0 ' 0 Brazil Buenos Ayres 0 Carthrtranl.. l Dublin. 0 Flane,ers PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal (;old, c0in....... £O 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 New Doubloons . o New Dollars Silver. bars, standard 0 4 11,6 ; DUBLIN, DP - OEmBER 11 . IGrand Canal Deb.. 6 per cent 56% Ditto, .., per cent 59 , C Pber';ian Bank O' of Dublin :Steam Co. III .i.• -,i ,atonal Insurance Co :II ' City Debentures, 4 per cent 79 Ballast Office Debentures, 4 ner cent - MAILS. arrived. . Due. Arnved. Due. I France 0 0 Lisbon , 0 0 Cuern.&Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Holland 0 Jamaica 0 0 Swc _ten 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford .. 0 NN ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To-mottitow. 11(rming 12 minutes after 11. I Evening 0 minutes after 0. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed the Nts.w Grand Opera, entitled THE SIEGE OF ROCHELLE. Count de Rosemberg, Mr. Seguin; Marquies de Valmour, Mr. Templeton; Montalban, Mr. Giubelei ; niche', Mr. H. Phillips. Clara, Miss Shirred"; M.areella, Miss F. Healy. After which, the new Grand Operatic Drama entitled THII JEWESS. Cardinal de Brogny, Mr. - sVarde; Prince Leopold; Mr Cooper; The Grand Provost sf Constance, Mr. Ciubelei ; The Bishop of Constance, Mr. Seguin ; Eleazar, Vandenhoff. Rachel, Miss. E. Tree ; the Princess Eudocla, Miss Forde. Stage Mar'ager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates. The Bc , x-offtee is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Parsons, of whom ThAvate and Family Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be obtained. Box-es, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. ed.--Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Second Price, la.—Upper Gallery, I ; Second Price, 6d, To-morrow, The Siege of Rochelle, and. The Jewess. H, NOVEMBER 17, 18357 - THE TICKETS of the AMBURG 67th GREAT LOT TERY of the STATE of HAMBURG, selling most rapidly, and being neatly cleared off, HEINE-BROTHERS, the CONTRACTORS, Peg to state that NO TIME IS TO BE LOST in ordering, if desired to be obtained before a RISEIN PRICE. " To those remitting a 101. note without delay, they will, on execut ing the order, remit a rarplus of 21. by return of post. But to any person remitting 101. after the establishment of a higher rate than the original price of 81., they•will be obliged to return hig own re mittance, leaving the order unexeeuted. To those remitting 26/., they will return 41. ; and to thoso re mitting 30/., they will return 6/., provided they be in time for meeting attention. The publication of THE Sun NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 1.5 minutes past Three o'clock. AP- .oc -4:4 ~~~` ~~. Zjin LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1835. . We direct the particular attention of our reader s t o one of the most flagrant acts of oppression tow"4rds the wife of a British officer of distinguished ne a t and un spotted character, that the Emperor WitHoLAs—or the Northern NERO, as he is more appropriately Ityled—has yet dared to perpetrate. The lady in question received a short time since, while ill in bed Of a chronic disorder of a peculiarly lingering and painful nature, a notificatio n from the Russian Go ' Vernment at Paris, to the effect that she must, without a moment's delay, repair to St. Petersburgh. Vain were the physicians' tertificates that it would be im possible for her to survive the journey ; vain their ex press declarations that the inclemency of the season forbade all hope of her ever reaching the Russian frontier ; the Tartar Ukase must be obeyed ; and when it was found that, from sheer physical infirmity, the lady—who, we should observe, is of high rank in her own country—was utterly unable to' obey it ; what was the course pursued by NICHOLAS—the humane, compassionate, cruelly belied NICHOLAS, as the sycophantic Tories tall him ?. Why, neither more • nor less than this at once seized on all her im mense Russian estates ; and thereby, with a single stroke of his leen, reduced her to the condition of a pauper, de pendant from day to day on the paltry sums which, in. his exceeding condescension and benevolence he yetfpermits-L—thou g h how long this permission will continue, Heaven knows I—to be transmitted to her from a portion of the estates legally inherited from her mother ! And this act of atrocious tyranny has been put in force against the unfortunate Lady, because she happens to have for her husband an officer of high rank in the British Army, who is a Reformer, and at the same time a staunch, and not unsuccessful, advo cate of the policy of the present Government ! Is this to be endured ? Unhesitatingly, let what will ha e' ne consequences, we say, No I In the person of :,1„-is Gal lant Officer, through 'the medium of 3 : 1 i s wife , a „ affront has b een put upon British b ( anour, for which Minist ers m ust call Nic"LA` e account. If t to the st r i c t es t he y P°sse&`, a spark of true manly . feeling, they will not hesitate an instant. What I seize upon. tt, :te estates of a Russian lady of the very highest rank subject her to disgrace and contimilly ; redeuce her to the condition of a mere pauper ; dra g her from a sick bed, at the most incle ment season of the year ;—wh a t 1 heap up these accu mulated wrongs upon her head, for no other reason than because her husband is a British Field-officer, and of high repute among the Reformers of England ? Im possible ! It must not—it shall not be endured It is not an individual only who is insulted by such bru tality on the part of the CZAR ; the English dia meter is insulted by it. A direct—del berate stigm a is cast upon the whole body of / Reformers, whether high or low, rich or poor ; whether in the Mi nistry or out of the Ministry, greater than any that has been put upon them, by even the most hostile of the Continental Cabinets. It ts - absurd to say that NICHOLAS intended to direct his engeauce against an individual only. The whole facts of ase prove otherwise. He intended by it to show the tercontempt in which be holds the Reform Government t'atEne P dande and th a t b e will lose no opport un it y o f von.? _ e e t x t pr6sing that contemptin whatever manner he thinks ' I:Mosteoffensive, because he feels convinced that he may with impunity. But Lord DURIIAIq, we trust, and will read him a different lesson ; and impress upon the mind of the Russian bully, the wholesome fact, that for affronts, far less ;Ilan this, England has ere now gone to war. Thank heaven, we are not yet reduced to Such a state of humiliation that we must perforce submit to every insult that a Russian despot may think fit to inflict on us. Ye are not yet the dying lion, to be kicked with impunity by the hOofs of the ass. England is not Poland, nor are the. rights of a British officer to be trampled • on, as though they were • those of • a Czn RTO RYSK I. Never yet was there an act of despotism that called for speedier retribution than the one we have just recounted. The names (:f the parties interested arc not unknown to us ; but for the present, we suppress all mention of them, in the hope that Lord PA L M ER STON—who, we suspect, knows quite as well as we can tell him, all the facts of the casemay interfere with that prompt energy which becomes a Reform Minister holding his high rank in a British Cabinet. The whole of the Paris Papers of Monday have been received, together with the Evening Papers dat e d yesterday. Th e G aze tt e d e France assures us that the Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies is re solved, when Ministers come forward to demand an extraordinary 'credit for the naval armaments, to move as an amendment, that Ministers shall set aside 17l ie twenty-five millions of francs, voted in 'payment of the American debt, as a fund, fr z tare indemnifica tion of French trade, fes' any losses incurred in consequence of hostiliti'l:s with the United States. We cannot believe thv there is a Deputy in France who would . darn 4 :(3 move such a proposition in the repro sentati ",e assembly of the nation. MARAT, r Cau l'doN, and ROBESPIERRE made propositions more atrocious : but none of them made any to claim pre cedence of this in point of dishonesty and bail faith. We cannot believe that any member of the Chamber of Deputies could be such a knave or an idiot as to conceive it possible, that America could cancel a debt by endeavouring to enforce its recovery. France may withhold payment, it is true ; but she cannot fret , cel the obligation to discharge a debt, which she has freely and spontaneously admitted to be due to the United States. With respect to this question, the Government of France appears to labour under a strange delusion. BROGLIE, GUIZOT, and TITTERS —all men of talent and of an order of mind superior to their colleagues —cannot be presumed ignorant of the fact that it is the first duty- of France to pay the debt ; after which she may demand, and if powerful enough, compel what explanations she pleases. It is the merest moonshine to expect that America will make concessions before the receipt of the debt, which provoked her menaces against France. With respect to the amendment of General VIIPAGE, foolishly sanctioned by the Chamber of Peers, and which re quired an explanation of the PRESIDENT'S Message to Congress before the payment of any part of the in demnity,,we find the following commentary in a New York Ministerial print of the 18th ult., and which is said to express the thoughts, if not the pre cise language, of the President " We cannot conceive of o,:ay propositizm more insulting' to the Chief Magistrate or to the nation. Has he not already twice made this same declaration ? Was it not contained in t'nat very message which the French have seized upon as a pretence to continue their mon strous swindling Was it not contained in the full and public approbation of Mr. Livingston's letter ? Is the President now to be called on to make it a third time in his coming message ? and if the French Government were to say, as they might with as much reason as dictates their present conduct, We cannot receive this, the assurance must be made directly to us,' then, no doubt, the - Opposition Press would be found urging the Chief Magi strate to make it a fourth time, rather than plunge the na tion into a war about a matter of form'—'a mere quibble.' It is not a matter of form, it-is not a quibble—national ho nour and national interest are at stake. Mr. Livingston's letter was the last step towards conciliation on our part— this was the unanin - tous, as we doubt not it will be the abiding, sentiment of the people. If the President can be credited withe,ut repetition, the French would already be satisfied ; and if not, we see no limit to the renewal of their demands of satisfaction. " As to the French King, his conduct to us has been Pr. - deisely the same as towards his own subjects, and there fore perhaps we have no good reason to complain. His reign has been one succession of broken promises and vio lated engagements. The patriots who elevated him to the throne, and who have all long since fled the contamination of his system—the shade of Lafayette, who was killed by his misplaced confidence—an oppressed and army-ridden kingdom —a crushed people, and an annihilated press, bear equal witness with America to his falsehood and violence— to his scorn of pledges and his contempt of honour. " If we must come to it, then, let us abandon the treaty, pay our citizens, and hide our diminished heads ; but, for the love of common sense, do not let us befool ourselves in the eyes of Europe by talking of the good faith of Louis Philippe." Now all the world must see that the Americans have justice on their aide; and consequently are not likely to be the first to make concessions. In fact, * England must assume the mediatorship between these menacing and angry belligerent's. Neither will yield of their own accord ; and, as we are opposed to a di vision of the Liberal strength in the West of Europe, we must prevent any hostilities which would divert the armed power of France against any Go vernment or nation, but that of Russia. Hence forth, therefore, when treating on the American . indemnity question, we shall address ourselves exclu• sively to the British Cabinet. There is no news from the North of Spain. A tele graphic dispatch has been received from Bayonne, con firming the announcement which happened in The Sun of yesterday, that DON CARLOS was obliged to raise the Siege of St. Sebastian. " Considering that it is an act of justice to give a publi c testimony of grat i tu d e f or em i nent services performed to the country—t o concede honours, and to invest with all rights, civil and political, the illustrious citizen who has established them by his genius, defended them by his valour, and pre served them by his virtues— " Art. 1. The national representation votes a solemn act of thanks, in the name of the country, to the most worthy General :fuan Jose Flores, as the founder, defender, and PresonTr of the Republic. 2. He is declared the first citizen of the Ecuador, and in the full enjoyment of all the rights which belong to an Ecuadorian by birth. " 3. He is named General-in-Chief with all the honours, distinctions, and prerogatives which the old laws of Colom bia concede to that post. " 4. This appointment does not re-establish in the Re public the rank of General-in-Chief, and is only conferred as a special favour conceded to the merit of General Flores. 5. The present decree will be registered in all the ofOces municipalities of the Republic. " This is commun:-.:ated to the ExecutiVe authority for its execution and fulfilment. " Given in the Hall of the Sessions, in the city of Am. bate, the 30th of July, 1535." PARIS, DEC. 14.—A postcript to the Memorial tics Pyrenees says :—" Without its being precisely known. for what reason the greater part of the Carlist Artillery has abandoned the siege (of St. Sebastian), and has hastily departed with four battalions, only 1,500 . men remain be fore the place. It is said that Espartero, with 9,000 men, is coming to the relief of St. Sebastian, and that the Carlists have felt the necessity of concentrating their forces aVOnate to receive him." The Sentinelle has the following postcript of the 10th : "M. Silhouette, Captain of the French Chassee Maree, St. Martin, N. :2, of Bayonne, who left St. Sebastian yes terday morning at 9 o'clock, and arrived here at 4 o'clock, states, that the bombardment had ceased on Sunday, but that it would recommence on the day of his departure. " A. bomb fell into the house of the Consul, and passed through two apartments. " The death of Captain Hardy is confirmed. " The Carlist troops are very numerous about St. Se bastian. " The French Consul at St. Sebastian told M. Silhouette that he could not answer for him for more than four days. He was not able to land the whole of his cargo. "A letter from Perpignan of 7th December says, that the Navarrese soldiers of Don Carlos have refused to serve in Catalonia, and have mutinied against their officers. An in tercepted letter written by Torres, one of the Carlist chiefs, contains several reproaches against two other chiefs, ' '‘ THE SUN, LONTION, IVEDNESbAY, litCpilViligit 16, Is 3 Guerque and Borges. Torres says that the Carlist troops are completely demoralised, that they are in want of arms, ammunition, money, and provisions, and have no sufficient information of the position of the enemy. In fine, Torres throws up his command."—Messager, Dec. 14. New York Papers to the 24th, - Montreal papers to the 17th, and South American States Papers to va rious dates in November, have been received by way of Liverpool. In the South American Republics ; a spirit of disaffection and insubordination prevails to a most extraordinary extent. SANTA ANNA was preparing to take the fieM in person, and from the preparations which were being made on all sides, the struggle was expected to be long, bloody, aqci disastrous. The United States are occupicd ; 'and British Colonial Joilifthilo tlie first with the .snhjett of a war with Fra..;t: e ; the other, witlt the proceedings in the Hen se of Assembly tlt Lower Canada. In neither do we find intaligenee of any moment. The following arc extracts from the entire of these Papers ; " LATE AND IMPORTAI host MEXICO. ye t : te T rd li a e packet y,hal l 4 wile ti elL4 z e itiio, 6th z instant,Captain bringing advises from the tity ut Mexico to the Ist instant. The news is of t he ril's,st interesting character. A friend, who possesses the oest sources of information, has obligingly furnished us with the following summary of news from his private letters, dated Mexico, Ist, and Vera Cruz to the 6th, which is much later than has been received via New Orleans t--• " The excitement, against the Atlitrivill3 in the whole Republic was so great, in tontequence of the capture of the Corrco, and the proceedings of the Texans, that serious ap prehensions wer‘,•; entertained for the safety of the persons and VP:pay of the former. " The popular party have made some demonstration to disturb the public tranquillity, but the Government was in formed in time of their manoeuvres, and several of the leaders were arrested. On the Ist, tranquillity prevailed in the whole Republic. " 2,000 infantry were already on their march to Mate moras, and 400 cavalry to Montersey. General Cortazar was to take the command of the infantry, and General Montezuma that of the cavalry. Santa Anna was to leave his seat for Mexico on the 7th inst. He has greatly en larva the army for the last two months. The Bishops of Puebla and Mexico have put at his disposal 2,000,000 dol lars, for the purpose of putting down the rebellion in Texas. It was confidently expected that Santa Anna would go to Texas immediately after the promulgation of the new con stitution, the basis of which had already been published, under the title of Ada Constitutiva, We shall give more details as soon as we get our papers." On the 6th of May Mr. Cope, the English Consul at Guayaquil, addressed a letter to the Provisional Govern ment of the Ecuador, relative to the part of the Colombian debt, due by that State. The nature of the Consul's communication, is sufficiently explained in the following answer : " STATE OF THE ECUADOR. " Office of the Secretary of State, Foreign Department, Palace of the Government in Quito, 19th May, 1835, " TO THE CONSUL OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AT GUAYAQUIL. " The undersigned Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Ecuador has had the honour to inform his Excellency the Supreme Chief of the communication which the Consul of his Britannic Majesty at the port of Guayaquil was pleased to direct to him under the date the 6th current, requesting his Excellency to recommend to the National Convention the payment of the portion of the fo reign debt of Colombia, which falls to the share of the Ecuador ; and he has received directions to assure him, that as soon, as the Government shall be informed in an authentic manner of the part for which they are liable by the Convention, which, as it has been privately given to understand, has been concluded at Bogota between the Ministers of New Granada and Venezuela, the Govern ment will adopt whatever measures may be requisite in the actual circumstances of the country for 'the fulfilment of the national obligations, and the upholding of the honour of the nepublic. His Excellency will also call the atten tion of the Convention to this subject, as the British Con sul might justly expect, from the good faith of this Go vernment, which is so anxious for the fulfilment of its en gagements. -‘-‘ The undersigned offers to the British Consul the assu rances of the distinguished consideration with which he is his most respectful obedient servant, JOSE M. GONZALES." The nomination of Candidates for the Northern Division of Northamptonshire took place yesterday at Kettering, and was marked by a truly charac teristic out-break of Tory spirit. Previous to the commencement of the proceedings a large body of horsemen, in the interest of the Tory candidate, came to the ground at full gallop, and dashed through the assembled crowd directly up to the hustings, bearing down without compunction every person who stood in their way. These worthies were armed with bludgeons and whips loaded with lead, and the ruf fian who headed them carried, in addition to these weapons, a well-charged double-barrelled pistol. The brutal conduct of these fellows occasioned, as might have been expected, remonstrances from the crowd thus trampled under foot ; when the worthy Captain of the band levelled his pistol at one of the remonstrants, and was in the act of pulling the trigger, when his hand was arrested by one of his companions, not quite so bloody-minded as himself. A scene of tumult and disorder en sued which the authority of the High Sheriff could hardly repress. We need not comment on the atro city of such proceedings. The bare truth is the strongest condemnation that can be pronounced upon them. To what straits must the Tory cause in Northamptonshire, be reduced ? The soldier who was flogged to death the other day, almost within sight of the Metropolis of the British Empire, will, we hope, be the last victim to that re volting system of torture which has so long disgraced the British army. The public sympathy has been powerfully excited in favour of those unfortunate men who, from the moment when they enlist themselves in the service of their:country, are subjected to treatment, compared with which the atrocities practised by the negro-driver may be pronounced humane and merciful. Men are now beginning to feel that they cannot remain passive spectators of such outrages against humanity without participating in the guilt incurred by their per;- petration ; and the natural result of this just and conscien tious feeling will be the zealous use of such means as lie within their power for putting an end to the enor mous evil. They must not trust to the promises of men in power, when they have before their eyes the evidence that these promises, though made in the face of the nation, have been disregarded. They must hold public meetings, and, if necessary, form associations, with the view of vindicating the rights of injured hu- . manity, and wiping off the . reproach of barbarity from the national character. This is the course which has been successfully pursued in other cases, and there can be no doubt of its success in this. Let the people once show their representatives that they are in earnest, and flogging will not 'survive another session of Par liament. In the mean time let accurate information respecting the extent to which this inhuman practice haa been carried, be circulated as widely as possible. W e h ave now before us a little pamphlet, published by Ridg way, on this subject, which is well calculated to open the eyes of those who are either ignorant of the tender mercies of the " cat-o'-nine-tails," or who think that instrument indispensable to the maintenance of disci pline in the army. It is entitled " Military Torture," and is written by JOHN TEESDALE, late of the 28th Regiment, and Staff Sergeant at the Military College of Sandhurst. Mr. TEESDALE lays before the public, in a plain and unostentatious manner, a statement of the discipline of the " cat," as exemplified in the 28th, which absolutely makes the blood run cold. We could not, without the testimony of an eye-witness, have be- lieved that such torture, under the pretence of punish ment, as is described in this narrative, coulU have been inflicted or sanctioned by British officers. EASVINDIA HOUSE—THIS 701,0 e.. A Gener4l:Quarterly Meeting of the Proprietors of India Stock was held this morning, tit Leaclenhall 7 strect--:it was also made •Apet:irit t for the ptil'peee of considering several no tires of motions. \V. S. CLAtiKE, Esq., Chaitinan, tied a ntirnhei of tie Director's took their §6its at tweli7e The Ckkiiimikti ilifttitied the ("iota that , ;•?,,ri' 4. 2.! or the half yeatly . ready fdt tiblitety on the i.)6th of January, The Chairman then informed the Ciotirt that the Coma of Directors had resolved to recommend a grant Laf moot. to the Earl of .Clarc---that was the first matter for dis tussio'n.. , Sir iti;: 4 3l:6 aliCl WEEDING OU J OCt.CU to La& 4 [I tatting preccdehce of motions Of a much older date; - The CitAttimAisr said he wbuld hare nti OtljeCtion itl hold another or an . dutift to=morrow ; lii •ettit , f t 4 get tllrnugtl the whole of the business: Sir C. FORBES felt butind to persist hi keeping the Court in the usual totithib. tie itio 4 red that the Case Of ttirtipisa= three of the Company's Captains be first proceeded with. Mr. FEILLIkit seconded the toothotn Tile question gave rise to a discussion of some length, dur ing which the Directors said the arrange m en t o f th e b us i ness was always left in the hands of the Chairman. 6it C. roatiEs would perbist in his motion, and from the course taken by the Directors he felt bOund to say that the proTrietort ought to be just before they were generous. The question was then put, and the Hon. Baronet's motion was lost. The resolution of the Court of Directors on L6rd Clare's case was then read, and The CHAIRMAN said the proprietors were aware, that when Lord Clare went out to be Governor of Bombay, he pro ceeded by way of Egypt, by consent of the Directors. Through the neglect of the officers of the Company, his Lord ship was detained at Terceira for three months. lie was put to great ex p ense an d l oss o f sa l ary d ur i ng t h at time. The Directors were also much satisfied with the manner in which the Noble Lord had acted during the time he was Governor of Bombay. He had relieved the country of great liabilities, and conducted the Government with great zeal and ability. Considering all these things, the Directors felt themselves compelled to give his Lordship some testimonial of their ap probation, and they had considered it incumbent on them to recommend that a grant of 5,000/. should be voted to the Noble Lord, as a small mark of the approbation of the Pro prietors. The Deputy Chairman, J. R. CARNON, Esq., followed the Chairman with much pleasure in recommending the Court to agree to the grant under _ consideration. The Noble Lord had a very peculiar claim upon the East India Company. Lord Clare was the first who bad the courage to break through all the prejudices by which the natives of India were excluded from office, and were made an inferior race, and he was cer tain that if they had a voice in the present question, the only objection to the grant w ou ld b e as t o it s sma ll ness . L or d are's whole conduct in the Government had entitled him most eminently to even a larger sum. Mr. FIELDER said he saw there were eight directors' names not attached to the recommendation, and when he saw among them such names as Astell, Wigram, &c., he wished to inquire whether there were any written dissents lodged. The CHAIRMAN said there were not. A PROPRIETOR called upon Mr. Astell to give the Court his reasons for dissenting from his brother directors ; such a course was taken when Mr. Grant dissented to such a recommen dation. Mr. ASTELL was most happy to follow any precedent, set him by his most respected and revered friend, Mr. Grant. He,, therefore, had no hesitation in complying with the call made upon him, to state his reasons for dissenting from the recommendation. He agreed with what had fallen from the worthy Chairman and Deputy, in respect to the manner of which the Noble Lord had fulfilled the duties of Governor in Bombay, but he could not give him all the credit of having broken through the distinctions of colour and of caste. In that be obeyed the orders of the Court of Directors, who were entitled to the credit.—(Cheers.) Again, be dissented from it because he did not think Lord Clare would condescend to accept such a paltry gift as a sum of 5,000/. ; neither could he (Mr. Astell) agree to he generous when there were so many claims lying upon their table. Mr. Wreanm said it was to be borne in mind that it was of his own free will that the Noble Lord had chosen to go to his government, in a way never before done by any other Gover nor—(Cheers)—and the Company bad not by any means undertaken that there should be,a steam boat at Suez. They had acted upo n a s t r i ct ru l e i n not granting to any one of their civil officers the Indian allowances until he had actually arrived in the country, and in common justice they were bound to act upon the same rule now; and therefore he hoped the proprietors would reject the recommendation. Mr. LINDSAY (Director) said he agreed in all that had fallen from his bon. friend who had preceded him. He gave full credit to Earl Clare for his conduct in the government of Bombay ; but he could see no one reason for making such a grant as that now in question. The Noble Lord had selected the manner in which he should proceed to his government. It might be that he had gone overland as a speculation'; he might expect to get there in two in place of six months, and he had failed. The natives of India had a right to the best energies of their Governors without being called on to pay specially, as was wanted here. —( Cheers.) He agreed with Mr. Astell that this was a paltry grant, but he trusted the Court would not begin under the new charter, by setting such a bad precedent.—( Cheers.) Mr. WEEDING then rose, and was left speaking. One of the sons of Tippoo Saib was introduced shortly after the sitting of the Court. He sat amongst the Directors, and appeared to pay much attention to the proceedings. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. TIIE CORPORATION OF WELLS. Our readers will recollect at the latter end of last week an application was made in this case for an injunction to restrain the Corporation of Wells from building a market in that town. His HONOUR refused to grant the injunction without notice being given to the parties. On taking his seat, this morning, his HONOUR enquired whether it was intended to bring on the case to-day. Mr. KNIGHT said he certainly intended to move it in the course of the day. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said his reason for asking was, that he had received a letter from a person of the name of Henry Fowler, which was certainly most respectfully worded, but ob viously came from a partizan of the informants. Mr. KNIGHT said he could assure the Court that he did not write it. The VICE-CHANCELLOR considered it extremely improper to address a letter to a judge in any case depending before him. As, however, the letter had been writte n , h e f e lt it hi s duty to read it. His Honour then read the letter, which was as follows : " High-street, Wells, Somerset.—Sir Lancelot— Observing a motion is before your Honour for an injunction ex parte against the Corporation of this city as to the disposal of the public's corporate property. and the building of a new market house out of the limits of the borough, and having myself protested against the pretended public sale, and when only one trifling lot was sold, (I presume merely to constitute a sale,) for 441., to Mr. • Phelps, who I understand is one of the lawyers concerned in the applica tion before your Honour—l deem it but right to make the same known, as also that besides about 20 lots of the very best of the corporate public's property sold by private con tract before the mock sale in the month of August last, other and that also very considerable similar property has since been disposed of and every means urged to induce me to purchase the fee of what I hold; but to no purpose lest it should invali date my protest, and which I beg your Honour to apply for a sight of, it being in the possession of Mr. Robt. Davies, the Town Clerk; or if requisite upon intimation I will immediately furnish a copy and attest the same with my declaration. Your Honour indeed may very justly complain of the dilatory' remissness of the party in not applying earlier, the works being now very near come to a completion. I fear nothing good or effectual can now be done, but to include the " New Market House," not simply in the borough, but more particularly in the "in-parish of this city." Your Honour, it but too evidently appears to too many here, that this is only but a contemplated means of securing to the applicants some thing like a good job for themselves, as the first pull upon a new borough rate, naturally to be expected after what has been so illegally going on here, and against all which I have, and mean to continue, protesting.—l have th e h onour t o b e , Sir Lancelot (in great haste for the post), your obedient humble servant, WILLIAM HENRY FowLEs—a twenty-three years' resident lessee, rate-payer, and burgess." Mr. Jacob said that the person who had written the letter was, he believed, labouring under an impression that other persons thought him insane. As to the motion itself, the affidavit on which it was made, though sworn, had not been filed up to the present moment. The VICE-CHANCELLOR observed, that at the time when Mr. Cooper made the application, he stated to him, upon looking at the affidavit, that his client ought not to have in structed him to make the application without notice. Mr. JACCa said his clients were most anxious that the ap plication should be made as soon as possible, as they expected to get the costs, and were anxious to obtain them before they went out of office. At the present moment they were almost in extreinis. Mr. KNIGHT observed, that the anxiety of his friend's clients should certainly be gratified in the course of the day. At the time of' our Reporter's leaving, the case had not been brought before the Court. EXCHEQUER COURT--. (THIS DAY.) Mr. Baron ALDEasoN sat at Guildhall this morning, and disposed of two cases, neither of which were of the least im portance. These being the only cases on the list, the Jury were dismissed. KING'S I3ENCH.-(THIS DAY.) GAFLOCK V. FERGUSON. Mr. C (with whom was Mr. WIGHTMAN) stated thecase. OLMN TThAepla int iff was a silk wa re h ouseman, carrying on business in Wood-street , Clicapside, an d t h e defendant a linen and woollen draper who has two establishments, one in St. Martin's-lane, and the other in King-street, Covent-garden, and the present action was brought to recover the sum of 3721. for goods supplied under the following circumstances A Mrs. Sarah Barnes was in the habit Of obtaining goods at the shop of Ferguson, in King-street, and became indebted to him in a considerable sum, (between two and three hundred pounds> In the month of October, 1834, the defendant closed Mrs. Barnes' credit, and it then became material to devise . some sc he me by which the debt sh o uld b e got rid of. : , t: •• - The. plan devised wa;!: . . , 4 .§l'iot‘itt go into the market and I)z:l'l.i:hasp gcodS ; amt. ksf:ed for it referemei-, e!iti 4 .114 . !40 Mr: 1 4 ,erguffon's name. Barnes had been paying 201. a w f eelt for tOne tithe to the defendant, in of her debt when this att . :tor:mat Vfas made. She idonped to the p)aintift for .goode, and referied hint to the de kridani; antl f!`i6 fiTaintiff having sent to King-sfetety saw there Mr. tfodson, the nizV;i. - ;in6 , clerk of defendant, wlier gave a satisfactory answer; and when Barnes gave up bttsinoe on the t Bth of January last, the balance tine to the plaintiff' . was 3721. the period Mrs. Barnes was NO Opplied with goods, it would be thews that she was in fre cptnt Otr.inunteation with Hodson ; that these coaenninications t} ere priVite dial. lid had recommended her where to go to diSpo'k of these goods, and tbai, fltd. of the goods of Mr. Haslock the Vet 04 , 2 by Mrs: 8..t0 the defendant, sttie nearly wiped off. He feared that iraiittzfeient of this nature were not uncommon in the tnerCantile world; Lttf, wherever they were proved, they dtseredly Mot the reprobation Of all honest men. If the Jury believed ; ester the evidence that would be brought beftire them, that the transtEctien was honest, they would of totire fend. a verdict for the defendant, If they weir of opinion tint it Lugs' the character of fraud, which he had as cribed to it, they wonid find el verdict for the plaintiff Mrs, Sarah Barnes—During the pear 1834, I carried on business as a haberdasher in Jermyn-street. I know the de fendant, John Ferguson, tho had an establishment in St. illarthrl , ,,lane i and another in Iling-street, Covent-Garden. The house in hing , street was conducted by Mr. Hodson. I saw the defendant in King- , street two or three times, but bad itO conversation with hitn. I think the name of Ferguson was etc the door. I saw the defendant at the house in St. Martin's-lane, but never had any dealings with him. I only know of the house in Covent garden being Ferguson's from what Hodson told me. I first saw Mr. Ferguson in August, 1834, when I owed him between 4001. and 5001. for goods, which I had ordered at his house in King-strevt. I agreed then with Mr. Ferguson to pay him 201. a week. I again saw defendant in October, having been in the mean time supplied with more goods by Mr. Hodson. I had goods till within a month of my bankruptcy, which took place In January last. In December Hodson was at my house and was rather tip)/ at my not paying what was due—be said be must have money dr llti would stop my credit. I first did. businesa with the plaintiff in Novenber. I gave him a refer ence to Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Thresher of the. Haymarket, and a Mr. Harman. Mr. Hodson had given me leave to use Mr. Ferguson's name. I sold the•goods purchased from the plain tiff to several persons. John Wilde—l am plaintiff's warehousentan. In November 1834, Mrs. Barnes applied for goods, and referred me to the defendant, King-street, Covent-garden. That was the only reference. I saw the name of Ferguson over the door. I saw a person there whom I supposed to be Mr. Ferguson, but I have since heard that it was Mr. Hodson. I afterwards supplied Mrs. Barnes with goods to the amount of 443/., out of which was received in cash and goods returned 31/. 2s. 6d. There were two parcels of goods supplied, amounting to about 601., before I went to defendant's shop. Mr. Harman accom panied Mrs. Barnes when she first came to our warehouse, and I deposed to that, and to his making a false representation of her character and circumstances when Mr. Harman was after wards before the Insolvent Judge. I was in business four years ago for myself and became insolvent, but cannot say what dividend my property paid. Mrs. Barnes recalled—l believe the first parcel of goods I had from Haslock were sold by me a few days afterwards for ready money at a little under first cost. I paid the money to Hodson on account of my debt there. I kept paying him 201. a week out of the goods as I sold them. I sold one lot charged 421. in the invoice, to Hayward of Oxford-street for 201. or 221. I had goods of the parties, which I sold in the same way. I pawned the last lot, 32/., for from 17/. to 20/. Du ring the time plaintiff . supplied goods to me, I had goods from other parties, to 'the amount of between five and six hun dred pounds.. Mr. Hodson put down the sums I paid him in a book. .1 did business with the witness Wilde also, and pur chased goods of the same sort from him, for which I paid him ready money. I bought of him 781. worth of ribbons, which were charged double their value, being much soiled, and out of fashion. I was paying other persons besides Hodson por tions of what I owed them. I became a bankrupt in January last. William Marden, clerk to Mr. Hainson, attorney. I recol lect the defendant being examined before the Commissioners in Mrs. Barnes' bankruptcy. The account now handed me is a copy of that ,in the defendant'Vooks. The account was then read, from which it appeared, that from the time Mrs. Barnes commenced dealing with the defen dant, she had paid him 4141. Sir FammucK PoLLocic would admit that the money paid to Hodson was on account of the defendant. Lord DENMAN—But I do not see how Ferguson is con nected with the reuesentation made by Hodson to Wilde. Theophilus GoOdwin was called, but there was nothing ma terial in his testimony. Jesse Hodson—l was shopman to the defendant until March last. I had a conversation with him relative to Mrs. Barnes' account, when he told me that I must reduce it. I then stopped supplying her with goods. He had previously told me to limit the supply to 1001. I might have said, and did say to defen dant, that a person had called for a reference with regard'to Mrs. Barnes. Defendant said I might give her a fair cha racter. Previous to August, 1834, Mrs. Barnes had dealt with the defendant to the amount of several hundred pounds. She gave references to me, which were very satisfactory. I showed the defendant's account with her to Wilde. The evidence for the plaintiff had not closed when our reporter left. The case is not likely to terminate till a very ate hour. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.- (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Susannah Blake, aged 30, was indicted for feloniously cut ting and stabbing Matilda Scott, with intent • to kill and mur der her. It appeared that the prisoner had lived about twelve years in the service of the prosecutrix, a lady residing at Stepney green. On the night of 26th November last, while they were sitting at work in the kitchen, the prisoner suddenly got up, seized the prosecutor by the back of the neck, and put a carving-knife to her mouth. A struggle took place between them, and murder being called, some neighbours came in and separated them. The wound inflicted was not serious. The prisoner had since been confined in a lunatic asylum, and the defence set up was insanity. The prisoner, however, in her address to the Jury, and her mode of cross-examina tion of the witnesses, evinced considerable intelligence and skill. She said her mistress was a very violent woman, and first commenced the attack. She denied having used the knife, and said the wound was inflicted by accident. Several papers were produced to prove her lunacy, and a brother of the prosecutrix, whom she called " her lord and master," stated that be bad frequently advised his sister to get rid of her, believing her not fit to be free from restraint. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of Acquittal, on the ground of insanity. NEW COURT. Part, John P r t, aged 30, was indicted for stealing 87Ihs. of indigo, the property of the East India Dock Company. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner was employed in the East India Docks as an assistant foreman in the Indigo de partment. On the 3d of December he was seen_ coming from a floor in the warehott.e where five chests of indigo were placed, and go to. his desk where he was seen to make up a paper parcel of indigo, and the, chests were afterwards found broken open and 87lbs. of indigo missing; the prisoners work ing jacket was examined by the Captain, Drew the Superin tendant of the Dock, and several cakes of indigo found secreted in it. The prisoner on hearing of the discovery which had taken place absconded, but was subsequently taken into custody. The prisoner in his defence complained that 500 lbs. of in digo were missing last year, and no notivc taken of it. There were only 87 lbs. now missing, and he thought he ought not to be forced to account for that in a place where so many men were employed. He denied h? ever took any indigo out of the dock. The CoeieoN SERGEANT summed up, and the Jury, after ;ome deliberation, returned a verdict of acquittal. The COMMON SARGEANT said that the prisoner had the uckiest escape that he ever remembered since lie had sat in hat Court. If he had been found guilty, he should have xansported him. THE MARKETS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of grain this week are moderate, but there is much left over from the previous supplies. Wheat remains dull at Monday's decline. Barley also meets sale with much difficulty. Beans, Peas, and Oats, remain as last reported. In the Flour `,rade there are limited transactions,- and ship parcels are cheaper ARRIVALS. Barley. 830 qrs. Wheat. English Irish . 220 Foreign Oats. I Finur, Mgrs. 1,090 sacks 3,t280 I - • FORTUNE'S FROLIC.—On Wednesday morning Bilston bells struck up in a merry peal. On an' inquiry into the cause, the following history was given :—A young man, of the name of Kennedy, who was bound as a parish apprentice to a .butty collier, and has been frequently hurt in the course of his life, having lost two or three fingers off one hand, has been discovered to be the heir to property to a very large amount in Leicestershire, near to Ashby. It appears his father and mother died during his infancy, and left the boy under the guardianship of a friend, who took care of him for a while, and then put him out to nurse to an old woman in a false name. He was tossed about from one to another, until he was finally fixed with a butty collier in Bilston, of the name of Dabbs, with whom he served his time. He has since worked in various collieries, and never could learn who were his parents, till about six years ago he received information which induced him to make further inquiries, and at last he has succeeded in establishing his claim ; and on Wednesday morning started to London by coach, amidst the huzzas of the po pulace, the ringing of bells, the music of a band, &c. Reports have, as might be expected, been very numerous, some saying his father was Lord Kennedy, and some that he was a Baronet. The property is said to be worth sixty thousand pounds per annum! Kennedy has engaged a full set of servantsin and about Bilston, from his shoe-black to his steward.—Staffordshire Advertiser. A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK.—Mr. Gulson, the Assistant Poor Law. Commissioner, mentions in his Report to the Board, the fact of a pauper in Ashbury, who being lame, bought a • horse,. and rode daily to the stone pit in which he bad to perform pariah work, a:AA -44,Alrii. TT RE C The barque Christina, Captahl Hog-artll, arrived be?l' yestertriar from Demerara. On the airth November, IS she saw a vessel waterlogged, which proved to be the hart i ne David, from Quebec, bound for Plymouth. The wind was blosaitib very hard at the time,,witY ractulons sea ; but Captah Hogan?: succeeded in ekingoff the rigging fourteen of the crew and passengers ; u ve having been previously washed overboard. One of the roe" thus rescued dies au Sunday night, and'the remaining.thn' teen were landed yesterday afternoon, and retrieved to the Northern Hospital, their feet having been frost bitten. While in the rigging, the crew saw an American brig Pa' s with a gilt scroll head, but she did not lay to or make aiV attempt to rescue them from their perilous situation. Th e St. David had been eleven days from Quebec.—Liverpoo l Standard. On the 13th November the Britannia, Andrews, sailed from Miramichi for Cork, laden with timber. On the 215 t, in lat. 46. 14., long. 39. 41.,.5he encountered a very severe gale, with a tremendous sea. After scudding for six hour un,:lcr close-reefed maintopsail, she rounded with a tarpeulio in the ruain and another in the mizen rigging, all the other sails having been previously blown away. The crew were then obliged t!). ease the vessel by cutting away 11 ' maintop-gallantmaEt and maintopmast yards. Notwith standing this she wag hove on her beam-ends, everythin g on the deck carried away, her waterways opening three inches on her starboard side. When she righted the Men were constantly at the pumps for two days and nights, with 15 feet water in the hold. Finding they could not keep her clear, the men gave themselves up for lost, and declared theY would sooner die than continue to endure the excessive fatigue they had undergone. As she gave no indication of sinking, six of the men got some pork into the tops, and remained there four days and nights, while the captain, the mate , and the other hands kept on deck, under the shelter of the roundhouse, preferring the wet to the extreme cold a loft. After being in this deplorable situation for several days, the weather having moderated, they contrived to bend the fore sail, and put the ship before the wind, having got .out the track of vessels ; but the wind again blew " g reat guns," and the gale came on with still greaisfw violence, and carried it away. In this state of distress the;' were hailed by the Rialto of Liverpool, and the crew were taken 011 board that vessel, and landed here on Sunday. The men, are in a most pitiable state, and their sufferings front and hunger,were most intense. They state that they Ore" on raw provisions for ten days !—Liverpool Standard. Liformation has been received of the loss of the brie Majestic, of Arbroath, Captain Leslie, at Summer's Island , in the Gulf of Finland. The Majestic, it appears, left Cronstadt, with a full cargo of tallow, for London, on the 28th of October, with a light southerly wind, which coo tinued to the Ist of November, when a strong breeze from the eastward came on, the snow falling in clouds around i them. At the close of that day the wind chopped roun d to the cast, with a little northing—a heavy gale, accoor panied with art intense frost, and much snow. The vessel was put under easy sail, with the lead going , through the night, the master considering he was in a good fair way, till about six in the morning of the when the vessel struck the ground heavily, at which utna the snow was falling so thick,. that the mountain of roc b could not be discovered. The - boat was got out with muc h difficulty, when' the crew left the ship, and landed safely on Summer's Island, a barren spot, a.vid destitute of inhabit ants. Fortunately, a wooden hut was discovered on the rock, and afforded slight shelter from the inclemency of the weather to the shipwrecked mariners. On the 4th of Na vember the gale abated, whon the boat put oft' to the wr eck . and brought sonic provisions, sails, &c., on shore. Captaa' Leslie having been shortly after visited by the t.lgent far Lloyd's, at the suggestion of the latter, he Oespatcised . t be crew home by Le Frederickshaven, under protection °r the British Consul, he himself remaining behind to s ( . 3° every thing done to the interest of all parties concerned, ra disposing of whatever part of the wreck may be preserve' to the best advantage. The Majestic was a fine brig e": 155 tons register, built in 1832, and her commander, f skill, wariness, and sobriety, is justly placed in the first ran' amongst those of his calling that sail from the port. SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, DEC. 15.—Wind N. W.—Arrived from the Rif,er and sailed the Mitford, Taylor, for Magadore ; Sea-nymp h ' Smith, for Buenos Ayres ; Alexander Adam, Cargill , Lisbon ; Margaret and Catharine, Pitketly, for Magadore ; Matilda, M'Kenzie, for Pernambuco ; and Thisbe, Charter* for Jamaica, with the remainder of the outward-bound, for their different destinations; and proceeded the Arno Sophia' Britton, from Yarmouth, for Leghorn. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind N. N. E. to E. N. E.'" Sailed the Duke Bronti, Harris, for Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Wind E.—Sailed the Hearne , Prague, for Gibraltar ; and Hart, Richards, for St. Ives an d the Mediterranean. FALMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Wind S.S.E. to E. S. E., tro• derate. --- --- NEWPORT DEC. 15. — Arrived the Thomas Tyson, White , from St. Andrews, with loss of deck, load, &c. • MILFORD, DEC. 15.—Arrived, the Pembroke Castle, Hanbury, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14.—Arrived, the Ajax, Heim, front New York ; Samuel, Jameson, from St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Captain Ross, Martin, from Halifax ; and Anne, W ebb ' from Faro. Tenesse, Robinson, bound to New York, ba g put back leaky. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Montreal papers are received to the 21st November, an Quebec to the 18th November, at the North and South Awe" rican Coffeehouse. The Montreal papers state that " a rumour was current, of Lord Gosford's being about to remove or suspend Mr. Justice Gale. Whatever his Excellency's instructions may be, Asa , cannot believe he would hazard this act of injustice, as•it could not fail to arouse the indignation of the whole British and iris' population in the colony." From Lower Canada it is stated—" The weather change d on Saturday afternoon, when a thaw set in, and has since co n " tinned. The snow roads, which were thought to be establish ed for the winter, have disappeared." The Quebec papers are barren of intelligence. Halifax papers were also received this day at the North an,. , South American Coffee-house, to Nov. 19. We observe " stated in the Nova Scotian, from pretty good authority(' " that his Majesty's assent to the Halifax County Divisioo Bill is withheld, in consequence of some petition from the county of Anapolis." NENV BRUNSIVICX TIMBER DUTIES.—A public meeting of merchants, shipowners, and other inhabitants, took place ab St. John's, on the 9th ult., for the purpose of petition in g ; his Majesty and Parliament against any alteration in the pre- sent duties on timber and deals. Our arrivals this morning are few in number—only tLe French and Hamburgh mails. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday at 91-i for the Account' opened at the same price with little doing; Reduced, 901; Exchoqucr Bills, 15 17 ; India Bonds, 3 5 ; Bank Stool ( ' 211 212; India Stock, 2561 257-. In the ,C4reign Market Spanish Active Bonds, which le ft off at 45i i„no now at 45i 4 ; Portuguese, 834 844; 3 p er Cents, 541 554 ; Columbian, 324 33 ; Mexican, 384 39. The Express froi.".' Paris brings a telegraphic despatch &oil, Bayonne, intimating t:.e raising of the siege of St. Sebastia n by the Carlists ; and it .Appears that they are con ce ntrating the whole of their forces ro:xnd Estella, expecting, no doubt , some important movement on the part of General Cordov a and the English, after their jui2ction with the Portug ues° troops. The American question still remailns undecided ; and it. appears that nothinm will be' known offi,:iallY until the arrival of the b President's Speech. 'f.h.:` French prier! 5 per Cents., 108 f. 20c. ; 3 per Cents., on the s ubjec' Differes, 17+. 79; Ccupons, 29s ' HALF-PAST" Extract of a private letter from New York, of the :21st °l Nov. :—" Our Stock Market has been dull for some vc , `'e,': and is at present in a heavy state, .owing to the mand for money ; but principally to the uncertain stot of our political relations with France, which attracts 1 11 ° re , serious attention as the sesssion of Congress approlches. 15 ,_" unable even to offer an opinion o f the probable tenor of tpe President's Message. Opinions on the subject are very CO; tradictory ; many fear that General Jackson will use stl`' language towards France as will tend to widen the breach b; tween the two countries ; whilst others think that his tone w ‘ , l be moderate, and th a t, a ft er s t a ti ng the situation of the neg:; ciation, he will submit it to the wisdom of the Congress. Th is the report generally believed." Consols have been during the whole of the morning at 9 1 1 for the Account, with very little doing. Exchequer Bills, 15 17 ; India Bonds, 3 5 ; Bank Steel' 211. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active Bonds have in l ; proved Since the morning to 46k ; Portuguese, 834 84 ; ').t 13f Cents., 54; Colombian, 32.1 ; Mexican, as ; Dutch -k 1 1 '" Cents., 54 1 1 - 55k. • THREE 0' CIO Cr'' Consols for the Account, 91 1 1 THE FUNDS.--C LOSING PRICES• BRITISI Ednlc Stt c`.c 2ll 3 per Cent. Red 90% 3per Cent. Cons n, per Cent. 3V, per Cent. Red qs,Ti New 5 1 ,4 per Cent 100,4 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire Jail. 1860 l6 Oct 1850 FUNDS. l iii Omni am India Stock ......................... : 5 li O. ;into Bonds South Sea Stock ................... Ditto Old Annuities ............. Ditto New Annuities ............ . 1 .4 x. Bills, 1050/ l7 Ditto 17 P o ' , Ditto 17 1 Bank Stack for ON,. .......... 'lndia Stock for Act. ........... Jan. 1860 I Consols for Act ................... FOREIGN FUNDS. . t• . 83 Austrian, 5 per cent I I'artuguese Bonds, 5 per cep • „ Belgian, 5 per cent 99 % Ditto, New Ditto. ................. 16......4 Brazilian Bonds los 4 Buenos Ayres, 6 per scut — Russian Borids, 5 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent 41% !Ditto, Metallic ..................... Colombian, 6 per cent. — Spanish, 6 per cent ................ 4". Ditto,_lB2-1 _ 32% Ditto,_ 1851 ........... . ........... • Dani.h Bonds.. Greek Bonds, 1825,5 per cent --- r Mexican, 5 per cent. I I E F;e c n h c a h n , g s . per cell t ......... 101!.. i French, 3 per cent -- i' Ar;i: Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825............57 1 Dutch, 6 2j per cent. rerUvlan, 18250 per cent,... 25 1 Ditto,per cent...., ... ... r 4 ,- ..... , t3,..--....- Srn,— to whit:l: /ion j;/2 frort) tha unez Into seal that thi on, the prise ; tl the eve , Nothing :startle t daily te eithe r to Durin to call t People Ivhosc m bad not fittest pi anarchy. tunes, ar the officl best gua they we! duals of man whc and had hostile a they, en( Whilst th our good and diffic Such wa and, col Xing of nth e N Since a mi g ht whom 'low mm chains f 11P.me of he at lei Las rous offences that the and rid of his rt. fa ttion-- lassed v spect am taut or Boußim significar voice of deluded eloquent fair fame Lon enfa many . a mon of ENGLAN set phra: this Iva; r e p az im "factious heard, g the pres tARROT losopher months of the SI reaso charade be right tON BA A and subs culiar fo trinnaire had lirni saw no' felt the to be it haken nounein stxcr.tessf the July Fjeschi the :hts, replied fort !" 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