The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-13 00:00:00

------"" rire fro bee s d A s 2d Per Lincolnshire 0 Ilere f f: ind ; 01 " was very 13 1 k inquir9,4 • of fully 4s. &I.' be y sheep were 5. wh i c h °nil °' a in pri me. tate, at la e. d. 4 a g 4 6 ; 6 2 6 0 3 8 6 .2) 0 310 3 0 23 0 0 0 3111111, Y. 0 0 ......... . .•1,40 . 11 1 1 1 1ce r . ks cf f°lnt D cc. 5 D ( i . 13 ' 0 1 : 55 4: ec B t ° 1 1 30 ; 6 3 3 4 " 8 31 6 3 3 3 4 1 40 8 4 40 4 5 I 6 6 3 12 6 4 0 3 3 S 6 210 10 3 8 6'o 20, 5 0 7 , 0 1) 5 1 ° ,341; AY.) burd.a3r o v, uled So 6 per full_ ; l`diog but g“little d very deg. ite as r le4 0 Contiy Ole Ir w he a otf Fran ce et last w ic f , ee 0 uarte ~,A l/ eas, .1:0ili0t undrY haat o f g ueb e re P c, l eV a t , 1 :14 . the 8- 13 1 1 .3 ,e ,dgt ns•fi acke, the d e n T y Ip, i ri i‘st o :ted. , ard dell"" x-gr a tte 6ll ; o rf ;e rket. " on pi Per 2s to 3° quit e2, o o o „r tly __ ley br°l l lo d afor...,;te ere qu . 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Cork 4 46 •••• 16 9 igs lig ;50 • •.. 334 4 01 •• 31 5 • • • 33! 31 4 3 3 ' 4 0 36f is. fe•.• 31 51° • 31$ •••• rfolt 310 fin °iv 0 d • D e ,dy buL i r te 4 k firaPr 0 1 ° wen se .i , 10 caret' a 2 5 3 6 1 0 3 0 0 3 8 16 6 0 4 e as c° ll n o Leir )orts 1, 76 Lois, oof les 111° ,: chs o6 ' o olf 1.; 5 ,9 Dutch, P 11)46 ' akell 60' 48 0 t° oeste t l i et 0 oart p the 1 1 4 '•• f6 d !e7 b 0 04 41 3 4 0 449 O 10c 50 g 0 3110' yl pl , I/ I" 0 1 ' 22/0 i . o rf iy, most )6 °Jo ° o 'l ' l Jololog, line r *r,a:rtl let ter le t.. 00 D ►te ill so . ,gti , r e ber v , ris' be j s' Car v s, rovisio.,h t ry as over' arr ow: pl y alecl i3 s fr oc' wire on , n iob Ana bto t he 3 for d n tull' e 0 her f Ales. o aurcl e of plle n esse -0 1 doY r 3 'O l JJb 191 a, al' e a uf FRENCH EMPIRE. ►htu r d a tibL Y, the Sardinian Ambassador pre i'Ls.scredentials t o t h e E mperor o f th e F renc h shr. 4 4) re lat e met at 12 o' c lock ;M. Mesnard, first - th e l'ient, in the chair. The order of the day St. 441 11 43e llasion on the question of the Senatus- 20 e m, relati ve t o th e Ci v il Li s t. M. d e Casa- 14 l l 4 linister of State, read the report which r r , s een charged t o draw' up by the Commis- 31 4 4 ` t i i 'e document was received with marks of °ll . After some desultory conversation, 27 d q„. „, a 8 read c l ause b y c l ause , an d put to the 22 ,o,ttette President. 87 senators took part in st. 'ti, 4l o ll the project, and deposited as many st. ,1 / 4 r.. •The civil list of the Emperor is, then, 50 0°,000,000f. 50 ;ja k it : 4 '`rier du Bas Rhin publishes the follow- 2 5° 5 1. from the Emperor addressed to the 4 St ras b ourg : • . " Palace of the Tuileries, Dec. 7. N ri : l eur le Maire,—The city of Strasbourg has t e f i through the organ of your honourable col e imperial chateau. Not content with the vs: ;vi B h Ten it has given me at two different time!, e " to confer on me the civic rights by a ich should particularly belong to me. lam .k r , • ~Stkibie of it, and it is an engagement . for . me to a,• ~,Zen as possible to that Alsace so rich in pa- Pti .- ,u'ers, and which now gives me a fresh pledge s ,ultent. Will you be the interpreter of my " YOur fellow citizens ? "NAPOLEON.", eipal Council of Ajaccio having been hat the Emperor had conceived the idea the house in which the Emperor Napo ~dj and of enlarging the Place Letizia, acc io and considering the different works 1 t 1 i t , 141 4 already decreed for the improvement t l i itl o - l) and the measures which have been car liaexecution for the suppression of banditti, ts, }L ire already produced the most beneficial AZ, as a mark of its gratitude, voted a sum -,, er ' e 'ir• for a s t a t ue i n bronze of Napoleon 111., eted opposite the house where Napoleon I. !Itil l4 l ,' The pedestal is to be of white marble, bear the inscription, " A Napoleon 111., I 4e c l de la France, et Bienfaiteur de la Corse, etp ti ,Ajaccio." p„ u a, Y afternoon the Emperor took an airing it c) ,; - " e La de B o l ougne i n an open phaeton, which tlty "Itself. He was accompanied by Colonel Ztr ) of his aides-de-camp, and an orderly ~Ttii r lst as the carriage was leaving the gate - Ck, ti o e Palace a woman ran forward to present and being struck by the breast of one of 'lktq• a, Was knocked down. The Emperor im -1;113' Pulled up and inquired whether she was o received the petition in the kindest man gave orders that her address should be t • rter ascertaining that the woman was not N tli n Emperor proceeded on his ride. He e val t i 7 With loud cheers by all those who wi tli:iiie accident. t4 l)l Peror, by decree dated the Bth, has pro - S t following gentlemen to the rank of Com i,,Ntt,4t the Legion of Honour :—M. Fould , al ; of State ; M. Abbatucci, Keeper of the Minister of Justice • M. Ducos, • x v _tine and Colonies ; &int Fialin de Per -7k eh -14 nia, ter of the Interior, Agriculture, and N o e • M. Fortoul, Minister of Public In d Worship ; M. Billault, President of dot Body ;M. Rouher, ex-Minister, I ktj k: t y le t of a section in the Council of State : M. ' a l', ex-Minister, Procureur-General . of the ICltt e court of Paris ; M. Daviel, ex-Minister, ~r-General r -General of the Imperial Court of Rouen ; i ll,p ° ,tingy, ex-Minister, Councillor of State ; • zarrot, ex-Minister, Councillor of State. 'RtiQr - ,ernment has received the following tele kusPatch from Toulon:— Ol t t „ " Head-Quarters Medeah (Algeria), 6th. ,'Zt 3 ,,,,,,,_""Wri of Laghouate was taken by assault the day ibr erday. The troops scaled the breach with an " :tt o : el. e enthusiasm and cries of " Vive l'Empereur." f ced in the morning, and by noon the ZAl o l s of tl ie 2d li zouaves displayed . its wings on the ~,,‘'t•r 0 the town. You will receive details by the I,:ckt of the Bth, of this brilliant fe at of arms, which Z C t wurable for Gen. Pelissier and for the gene - Z oe , and soldiers under his orders." • let te jltteur recites, in, a very conspicuous form, ."'41,,," 011 given to the French Ambassador at Nl_ With the accompanying circumstances so by delicate regard for the representative of ekti t riai Majesty. The Moniteur confirms the • received on Friday from Brussels of the t or auaving, in proof of his amicable disposi -o,t t, (led to the request of the Belgian Govern r„,allow the treaty of 13th December, 1845, i ,-,!tved and continued until the commercial r „Ilfi t 1 : 11 s, begun the 9th of the present month, brought to a conclusion. The conven - Iti ch Was signed on the 9th will be put into 'tpr • o p on the 15th of January next. The lite t. Perty treaty is not affected by this arrange- h ,‘ 4 41 el lAtug has acknowledged the Emperor. zy ti ' l ntte tvr has the following note :—‘, His *a, c gt s o f Wurtemburg sent, on the B th kin first Chamberlain, Lieut.-General Baron t e ; l3 l.berg, to congratulate the Duo de Guiche, o France at Stuttgard, on the advent of a 1 Majesty to the throne." 'era has arrived in Paris from London. S k )44 (1 SPAIN. y uh 4 d letter of the 6th says :—" The disciis- Otirclay at the meeting of the progre ssist N eti at the house of M. Mendizabal was very A resolution was come to that the x ,'" :4 deputies should concert with those of fi' l erate opposition an energetic resistance dt i Ze Proposed attacks upon the Constitution. ,cibles of the moderate opposition also met It' 443', and, after some dismission, resolved to i ii Si r3 , ll er meeting this evening, for the purpose th-u.,, satin a committee to negotiate a fusion 05 11 ; Progressists, in order that there may be a display against the Ministry at the ap q4 Cggeneral election." th a ,Ptaln-General of Cuba wrote, on the 7th 1 :ti o l the most perfect tranquillity prevailed ~,tlyrind, and that its sanitary condition was atearoved. A number of English and French tilers h a d arrived at Havannah, the corn flt of which, as well as the Consols, offered rk 4e rvices to the Captain-General in the event ita4: ? ,invasion by American filibusteros. The ,Qt. 4 '`xeneral had given a grand banquet to those N' at Which the greatest cordiality reigned. Ot tl 'iately after the receipt of the telegraphic cQl44 4 4l lnouncing that Louis Napoleon had been tiql;lk Council, Emperor of the French, the Ministers 04 11 ' 1 61, at which they decided, in coi iijunc 'tly Queen Isabella, that Spain should mme- Och!!cognise the Prince as Emperor of the An extraordinary courier was accordingly tcN s Patched that day to the Marquis de Valde tlib'iith. his new credentials as Minister of Spain L'4e T h ill Perial Court. kfdi t Zee per Cents. were done at 45 i ; the :"`", at 24 9-16 ; the Debt of the first class, ' and that of the second, at 6. AMERICA. ele A ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. .1.. h ;, St. l'Z 1 / 4 11,1 44 arrived in Liverpool yesterday, at Th 9.3 e o A a m .m e . - St. it, 4 p l ., " from New York are to Dec. 1. C AIINI and public support President Fillmore's . let- i.oi fi,„ 4, ~,,tly, in his rebuke of Mr. Law for insulting 20 5 1 11411) -: for sending out again the obnoxious purser _ 1i' , 447f 4 Well as the Government course in depriving 2 kt It 'Ar i l le of the United States mail service. St. F ; ,.: 4 ,„ -re . entertained that when the Cherokee arrives 20 4 01) 11 ,7 4 _ with Smith on board, trouble will occur.. St. 11, 41 d 2 ,7 1. C.8 are said to be going to St. Domingo, as Iji t Qt e. ' C.llB. 15 S tO ß . l , ile rY question, it is said at Washington, is 8 t ' i‘ kei .,:•mi settled. le t br o v r °cal trade given to Canada. Three steamers 10 1\0,5,1 svgs an aggregate California, three millions and a guar % - sli m from California, but no important news. 2 10 5 kigi lt r ecl and twenty-five thousand dollars inspecie 10 t ti , ' A • ' 41 4 e . l4's news prod 68 Passengers. tl uced a further decline of a quay- 1.04 l'Oe, 14 cotton, with moderate sales; middling, 91c. St . , 4 tl i „ 20 s ' 4 : Bo uthern ports there is a similarly downward 12, . --J 1. 14 4 , NEW YORK MARKETS. d late il ti7 ll t titi titZ lC eNv York stock market most descriptaiotns of ati. and railroad bonds were in deman d abun- i l i: , SO N -,,e coney market continued to be most NI 1 4 RU 11,1' --.4Y the demand for +tp4a,r•led, and, notwithstanding ,v4_,4la.te wants , tuat. __..... o f trade was lar ge, t ; lie u ,. len of capital were plain l y of the e i ff n eet th s e Z i l lor ti c ' e ll etl a . o f .. t e h s e stocknboard bee y every deser l l 3- k it' lip oll 7ti . Loa s could obtained at 5 per 4 10 b„, d,k stock and other collaterals. Uncurrent money lo A g ia on Without change. Foreign exchange firm_ . e .. r.. 10 i ' D 4 P 4 te - t li d a l ",,,° , l,l (l,_on, 109 i to 1101 ; Paris, 5.131 to s ' i° ' 40 0 80 . `" ,1 1 1 to 41a ; Ilambu w r ' h, 36i to i ; Bremen, g as unsettled by the red iqt of not e cotton market 1, q. ,s 40t1.,_.nourable advices from England, buyers an h, - , h ie r i e w i re a s b o t i to at ag i r c e . e to exce c. pt for a few hundred # per pound declin t e e . r 4,tooBablaeisesfor the week ending the 27th amounte d 1(1 11,1:45;144°011(lo*n. the rates were :—Tobacco, _ . 40s. per hogs- 1( 11l'2801 ur, 3s. 6d to 4s per barrel , turpentine, 4s. 1 5 (1.1 b : (1,50 0 barrels . as they to 355. per ton ; run were taken at ? 1 , t 41 ?). p',o', j ae asurernent goods, 30s. t . 6d. to ' teb u.B, oil &e, , 35s to 40s. per on , cheese, 40s. 4 8, ,4 • beef, 6;4. to 7s, ' tierce ; oilcake, 38 . a I Deli e a r b arrel. To Havre :—Cotton, square bales, 4 c. 1 1 1 - 4 4 t 'as h e s , 8 dols to 10 dols. per ton ; measure- Belrrel ' i,0 0 4. 0 f iti ° 4 ° ll ,l B 4, 10,, dols, per ton .., flour, 75c. per . a : ti er L atido ' °I wheat were shipped bV 200, .> cots 9 b To Glasgow, f aat Bd. ; oilcake, 355. a transient ves l •t o B on were taken at 6s. To Liverpool :—Flour, RAd to *OCI 4. 64 . per barrel ; resin, Ss. 6d. ; grain , -- z ' I 4 P " bushel. ~..:• 1 9 8 48 , „jt0 1 6 ° v pd 00' 3 /9 61,„`,9 1,; ( ,9 495 :0 TEE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 31i - 32 0 - q 10A -- 11 —6l d 21 -21 i 31 -2/ d 107 -- 109 68' -- 69 24 18/ --1 2 —7 1 d - 10 Closing Prices l Business done this Day. this Day. )0 Aberdeen 81 Ambg. Nottug. Bost & Eastn. June _ all I lirmng, Wolverh. et Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh & Cheshire. Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 184 Do., £2O 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 Caledonian.. ..... all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon 45 Dublin&BelfastJune all Dundee Perth &Aber- deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian (25 L. & E. & L. & D.) all Do., (£lB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties 11 Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... 6 Do., d 0.„..... ....... .... all Do.; B. & C. . .00 East Lancashi re all East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., a B. Stock all Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11 Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv. Crsby. &So uthpt . all London & Blackwall 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Bright.& S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths __ _ _ • 1 D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 100 London & S. Western 42i Do., £5O. 34 Do., £40.. . . all L — ndrry.iColeraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch .Shef. &Lincln. 4i Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming & Derby 47 Midland G.West.(lr.) 17i Do. Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle.. 100 Newmark et ......... 14 Newpt.Aberg.&ltid. 7i Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & ROstrevor 100 Norfolk all Do., New 3 Northn. Counties Un 100 North Britt& ...... 13 North Devon, No.l , 63D0., No. 2............. 1 all Do., i A Deferred... 5 IDo., i B Guaranteed 17i North Staffordshire.. all North Western........' 18i N. & S.Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 8 hrewsby. & Herefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do. 20 Do. Oswestry si Shropshire Union ... Do., A.B . C.&D.fu lly paid up at p. c. all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 D 0.............. ......... 16/ Stockton & Hartlepl 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 13 West Cornwall.. all West London. 1 Woodford 100 York Newctl. & Berw 20 Do. Extensions. 10 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland PREFERENI 100 Aberdeen all Do., No. 2, 7 p. c•. 100 Bristol & Exeter 4 p cent. Stock 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Calecionian £lO all Chester dt Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent 34 Cork&Bandon 5A p.c all DundeePerth&Aber- deon Junction. all EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent. ........ all Do. (E 5) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2........ all Do., New 6 p. c. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do., £lO Deben. Sh. 100 EastLancash. 6p. cts. all East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths..... all Edinb.Prth.&Dunee 100 Glasgow d; S. Western guar. 5 per cant.... 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 100 Great Western, fixed 4 per cent.- 6 Lancash. & Yorksh., F. £2O. 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock... 13 Leeds Northern, 6p. cent., No. 1 ...... ... 17 Do., 140. 2....... ..... 5 Do., No. 3........... 9 Do. , Quarters, 1818. 100 London and. Brighton, Guaranteed 5 p. c 1 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St all Do. Convertible, 5 p 100 Do. New Guar. .6 p.c 1 100 Lon.&N.West.Cov.& Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. 5 London &S.Western, Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry& Color. Shares ........... • • , all Londndry. & Ennisk all Inch. ,Shef. , & Lin , Shares, No. 1 all Do. New, £lO 3 Do., 26 all Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. all Do. 4i per cent 8i Do.. 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. LOO Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 4 t i per cent. all Norfolk Extension all Do. Guar. 5i per et all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent ..... XOO North British ..... .1 all North Staffordshire.. .00 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 5 Do 10 York& N. Midland II & S. Purch 6 Do.. all Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 11 Do. New all S. Eastern (Readin! Ann.,) of El Os.6d. 100 Do. 4 per cent all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stock.& Hartl. Guar sp.c.tilll Ju1y,1856 3 Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref. JOINT-STO I Australasia British N. American Jolonial Commercial of Lon don English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lone. & Westminster National Prov. of Eng. Do. New ............... National of Ireland.. Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New Provincial of Irelandl Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg I & Gold Importing Company Union of Australia Do. Now Union of London Union of Madrid 61- 13k - 11 - - 771. - 58 - 60 79 - 81 30 - 32 60 - 62 834 - 84 ; 46 - 48 122 -124 107 -- 108 96 -- 6ii -- 88 --990 11i 12ip 85 -85 i 3 -- 81 d 21 2t d 17i -- 181 9i -- 91 11 -- lf p 109 -- 110 1261 -- 127 if -- 2 i p 93 -- 94 3i - 24 - 13 - 21 - 31i - 34 - 80# - 47 - 52 54 2 d 3 3/1 9* 60 9 - 58 - 8 - - 6i - 28 2 I di 4 3 di 9 91 3i 4 p 53i 54,11 94 98' 67 69 68 68 78 82 I# i di 19? s —20 i 9i 10 14 3 -- 2i 24i —25 i 79 80 39i 40 14 15 ati -- 5 24 2i 13 . 13i 10 • - 10; 27 - 28; 9k - 10 73i 741 2 2bd - 60 614 SHARES. 1108 -- 110 _on :: 167 19 14 i d A pl 6 - 61 3 - 3ii 3, - 4 - iI 1 - 11. 14 -- 15 p 18 -• 181 a - a. 127 - 129 1112 - 113 kii - 9} 1 —ll p LO9i -110 a Par i p L 52 155 •• ... - • 8 .• • • • 3i - 4 1)1 8i - 13i -13 i 9A - 10 11 - 11 P 1 - 1 PI 'l5O - 151 24 --- 6 1) i , 6 - 6 n - 21 102 - 101 25i - 26} 2a 21 p 111 —11 i 17 17 —1 1) 17/ —17 i Par —1) 251 261 ió ---- ;2.6 par irm 102 - 104 5i- 5; I - iPI ,K BANKS 50 40 25 25 St. St. St. St. 0I 21 LOS 694 81 9 19 ISt 61 4.4 g 13i .t 8t 9 i 8i 784 7i 84 3i 47 6 1107 7 95i 6 g 6 851 5 18i 18 i 9i I 100 9i 127 i 63 t 161 93i 4 39 32} 1k 2 1 80 48i.71 58 8 41 iiii 40i 531 4 9435 67 51 80 1 3 1 i 24i 80 79i 80 2i d 41 61 d THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1852. ALISON'S NEW WORK. closed on the capture of Acre, the authority of the Sultan being reconquered for him through the agency of the valour of Napier, but most of all through the consummate genius of Palmerston. During the account of the same ten years will have to be depicted the panorama of British glories and British calamities, constituting the memorable story of the invasion of Affghanistan. In the fourth volume Alison will advance from the mention of Sir Robert Peel's " noble constancy in adversity," and will close this division of his labour with the overthrow of Louis Philippe, in the February of 1848, and the consequent out burst. of European Revolutions—an interval marked likewise by the second Affghan expedition, followed by the seizure of Cabul ; by the close of the Chi nese war under the battlements of Nankin ; by the fearful conflicts on the Sutlej, and the glorious con quest of Scinde. In the fifth, and final, volume of the series, will be described the events which trans pired between the downfall, in 1848, of Louis Philippe, and the rise to supreme power, in 1852, of Louis Napoleon—four years renowned by so many momentous incidents crowded hurriedly to gether—the revolutionary turmoil of Germany ; the desperate campaigns on the plains of Italy and of Hungary ; the occupation of the Punjaub by the British forces in Hindostan ; and the almost simul taneous discovery of gold in California and Aus tralia, the former for the supply of the precious metal to the western, and the latter to the eastern, hemisphere. Altogether, as before indicated, the present enthralling sequel to the previous " History of Europe," by Sir Archibald Alison, relating to the peaceful and warlike achievements of Christen dom from 1789 to 1815, will carry the chain of events onward link by link, from the downfall of Napoleon the Great through thirty-seven momen tous years to the accession of his successor, the re presentative of his imperial dynasty, and thrice the elected of the people by aid of the ballot and uni versal suffrage—first in 1848 by 6,040,000, secondly in 1851 by 7,000,000, and thirdly, in 1852, by nearly 8,000,000 citizens (comprising almost the whole of the adult male population)—Napoleon 111. by the will of the nation—not by descent, not by dynastic claims, not by right of so-called legitimacy, but by the will of the nation—Emperor of the French, King of Algeria, and Protector of the Sanctuaries. At an epoch so peculiarly wonderful as the present—at a period when all that had been. effected (it was thought at one time perma nently) by a succession of coalitions, crowned by the bloody fight of Waterloo—at a period when the national funeral of Wellington was taking place in England at the very junc ture marvellous to relate when in France the people were once more robing in the imperial purple the form of a Napoleon—it was surprisingly appropriate that Alison should begin the continuation of that great work which, when completed, must permanently occupy an eminent po sition among the treasures of English, we may even say of European, literature. It was a circumstance consonant in its singularity with the many surpris, ing occurrences which the world has recently wit nessed. Everything combines, indeed, to attract to this new history the attention of the educated classes of the community. Within the compass of the first volume, here submitted to examination, are re counted the incidents which succeeded each other immediately after the entrance of the Allied forces into Paris, up to the year 1819, when Peers in the democratic interest were created in France, and the memorable Currency Act was passed through the Bri tish Parliament. Speaking of the events transpiring in this interval, our annalist himself remarks with great force and significance, " The effect of the measures pursued during this period were not perceived at the time, but they are very apparent now the seeds which produced such decisive results in after times were all sown during its continuance." A declaration sufficient of itself to render these six introductory chapters attractive, at the first blush, to every intelligent man in the population. A very masterly resume, or general sketch of the whole period from the fall of Napoleon to the accession of Louis Napoleon, prefaces, as it were, by a grand preliminary flourish of trumpets, the events which oome afterwards in a kind of political panorama or historical procession. Of Sir Archi bald Alison's interpretation of the meaning of these events we shall here say nothing, beyond re marking that we have already considered it in de tail in our leading columns—regarding it, as we have done from the first, as too solemn, and grave, and awful in character to be passed by without the most searching consideration. It is only neces sary to observe, that our historian conceives the real signification of these days to be indicative of the Second Dispersion of Mankind—arguing from it only disaster to the empire of Great Britain. Our convictions carry us mostly in a totally oppo site direction. Our opinions in most of the im portant particulars upon which this startling hypo thesis is founded, are diametrically opposed to those of a writer who looks with dismay upon the triumph of Free-trade principles, or, as it has re cently become the fashion to term them, the prin ciples of unrestricted competition. In reference to the question of the currency, however, we coincide most cordially with the majority of the arguments advanced by Sir Archibald Alison in several parts of this comprehensive and splendid composition. It were a hopeless endeavour to attempt to follow the narrative, in the course of a single criticism, through all the varied stages of its manifold de velopment. During the thirty-seven years which have elapsed since the close of the European wars in Belgium, England has advanced appreciably in the augmentation of her dominions, and in the dif fusion of the influences of civilisation. Her orien tal territories now extend from Cape Comorin to the banks of the Indus, and the snowy peaks of the Himalayas. She has laid the foundation of a stupen dous empire in Oceania—by the astonishingly rapid colonisation of New Zealand and Australia. She has in the West Indies, by one magnificent act of humanity, manumitted negro slaves to the number of no less than eight hundred thousand. Mean while her own inhabitants, the inhabitants of the United Kingdom, have decreased in four or five years by two or three millions, through the united effects of famine and immigration. Whereas the United States have increased the number of their population from 1840 to 1850 by six millions, their territories having been enlarged within the same brief interval by an addition " nine times the size of old France"—so that they extend now to 3,300,000 square miles, containing 24,000,000 of inhabitants! Russia, on the other hand, possesses at this mo ment an influence paramount from the walls of China to the banks of the Rhine—embraces by her territories " one eighth" of the habitable globe, and "boasts of 66,000,000 of men within her dominions." Such are some among the fruits of that development which are accounted for by the logical statements of the historian. Conspicuous among the most interesting subjects in reference to England mentioned in the volume here under re view may be specified, the marriage of the Prin cess Charlotte, the brilliant victory gained by our fleet under Lord Exmouth at Algiers, nume rous acts passed by the Imperial Legislature, as well as the record of the death and character of such men as Mr. Ponsonby, and Mr. Horner, and Sir Samuel Romilly, and Sir Philip Francis, and Sir James Mackintosh, and Warren Hastings, and Lord Ellenborough. Simultaneously came divers remarkable occurrences in France, such as the en try of Louis XVIII. into Paris, and the formaion of the Holy Alliance, and the discovery of conspira cies in the capital and at Lyons, and ultimately the dismissal of the Cabinet of Chateaubriand.— besides accounts of the death and character of such men as Marshal Brune, and Marshal Ney, and King Joachim, and Colonel Labedoyfr e. A separate chapter, and one of a most fascinating de scription, depicts the progress made in Great Bri tain after the peace in manners, arts,science, and literature. Here the eclecticism of Sir Archibald Alison's taste shines pre-eminently among adiversity of noble qualities honourable a like to his genius and his judgment. Witness this his reference, when treating of poetry, to Scott, Byron, Moore, Campbell, Rogers, Southey,. Wordsworth, Cole ridge, Crabbe, Tennyson, Felicia Hemans, Joanna Baillie, Letitia Landon, Mrs. Norton, Croly, Milnes, and Aytoun. Witness this his refer ence, when treating o f p rose, to Stewart, Brown, Paley, Malthus , Ricardo, M'Culloch,. Mills, Davy, Herschell, Playfair, Disraeli (the elder) , and Alison. W itness this a g ain, his allusions to the geologists, Bucklan d, Sedgwick, Lyell, and Brewster —to the reviewers, Jeffrey, Brougham, Mackintosh, Sidney Smith, Macaulay, Lockhart, and Wilson —to the historians, Hallam, Turner Lingard, Tytler, Napier, Mit ford, Grote, Arnold, rote, Arnold, Macaulay, Lord . Mahon, and Mi ss Strickland —and to the novelists, Lytton, Dickens, Disraeli (the . younge. )Edward, and Thackeray. When speaking of Sir Bulwer Lytton, he is compelled, of course, to consider that eminent man not simply as a novelist, but as one whose protean genius and comprehensive intellect have constituted him one of the most surprisingphe nomena in the whole range of literature—poet, ro mancist, historian , essayist, critic, satirist, bio grapher, dramatist—whose brilliant speech, more over, in the House of Commons, on the 10th of December, 1852, yields promise that he will prove, in addition to all this, a distinguished orator and a consummate debater, crowning a great literary by a great parliamentary reputation. Frequently we differ altogether from the view taken by Sir Archibald Alison of the merits and demerits of his immediate predecessors or surviving co ntemporaries. But even when dissenting most f ro mhis opinions, we acknowledge that, in the generality of instances, he r eveals a wide and generous scope of appreciation. From the noble volume under criticism numerous History of Europe : from 1815 to 1852. Vol. I. By Sir Archibald Alison, Bart.• William Black wood and Sons. A more daring enterprise was never adventured upon by ancient or modern annalist than that in which Sir Archibald Alison has undertaken to con tinue up to the present time his noble " History of Europe" since the days of the Great French Revo lution. It surpasses, we repeat, in audacity any previous attempt, even the boldest, ever dreamt of in either native or foreign literature. Apart from the enormous toil consequent upon the endeavour, there was needed an uncommon degree of courage in the writer who could hazard the narration of events taking place not amongst his remote ances tors, but amongst his own immediate contempora ries. Happily our author finds himself, however, not only endowed with this uncommon degree of courage, but also, and in a very peculiar manner, with a capacity for toil which we are bold to avow has been seldom, if ever, surpassed. As to the ex tent of the labours devolving upon him in conse quence of this projected continuation of his His tory, it should be borne in remembrance that annalists invariably discover a very appreciable diminution of trouble in proportion as the period of which they treat becomes more and more retro spective in character—while, precisely upon a simi lar ratio, their taskwork multiplies as they approach nearer and yet nearer to the record of recent occur rences. Materials in the former instance become more and more scanty—in the latter, more and more abundant. Inaccuracies in the one are the less readily discoverable, while in the other, of course, they are the more easily detected, especially if parties implicated in the transactions described hap pen to be still living, in which case errors are naturally at once rendered apparent . Any serious argument in testimony of the justice of these remarks were surely preposterous, because altogether unneces sary : and yet we cannot but think that we may be pardoned for hinting at one or two cursory il lustrations. Suppose the literary task undertaken be the memoir of some writer of celebrity—How difficult the responsibility of collecting the facts connected with the life of Scott compared with that of performing the same preliminary office with re gard to the biography of Shakspere ! Why, look at the results already visible upon our book-shelves —Malone's few prefatory pages, and Lockhart's voluminous composition. Suppose, on the other hand, we have determined to pen a history of the career of some world-famous conqueror—How vast the initial toil of research in reference to the career of Napoleon when contrasted with that in reference to the career of Alexander ! The condensed chap ters of Curtius, or of Arrianus there—here the dif fuse add scattered writings of Capefi gue , Thiers, Las Cases, Constant, Jomini, Gourgaud, .baume, Menneval Montholon, Norvins, Salgues, and Thi baudeau, to say nothing of Hazlitt, Scott, Ireland, Juste, Laurent, and Lamartine, or of the profusion of autobiographies contributed to throw light on the same epoch, by the memories of a crowd of contemporaries, ranging from D'Abrantes to Ro vigo, from Bourrienne to Lavalette, from Fouche to Caulaincourt, altogether without the reach of instant enumeration. From this catalogue alone of some among the numerous produc tions relating to the reign of the great Napo leon, some adequate notion may be formed of the astounding and bewildering responsibilities crowding in upon the mind and energies of Sir Archibald Alison, while compiling the data for his " History of Europe," subsequent to the first French Revolution. L o oking at the volumes of that remarkable work, which have already ema nated from his genius—volumes extending in one edition (demy octavo), to fourteen, and in another (crown octavo), to twenty—we may well regard his labours in the writing of them with surprise and admiration. Yet the labours of composition, we conceive, to be as absolutely nothing, weighed in the balance against the enormous toils consequent upon the research and collation of authorities. Those toils—and we speak here as critics, enabled in some measure to appreciate them from our famili arity with the extraordinary era Alison has success fully undertaken to delineate—we regard with un affected and profound astonishment. We stand amazed before the grasp of that intellect which has embraced so gigantic and diversified a mass of his torical literature. We view with wonder the syn thetical powers of a mind capable of selecting and compacting from a chaos of elements so confused and heterogeneous. We honour that unyielding in dustry, we respect that abounding and eclectic enthusiasm, we revere the fervour of that manly, though we believe not unfrequently mistaken consci entiousness, which have together enabled Archibald Alison [we drop the Baronet for once when speaking of him simply as the Man of Genius] to master the difficulties of perhaps the most difficult, as it is cer tainly the most daring, enterprise ever adventured upon by ancient or modern annalist—that of re counting, in anything like adequate terms, the most memorable epoch (humanly speaking) o f which this globe of ours has recollection. As the sequel to his record of European events from 1789 to 1815—from the convoking of the States-General to the firing of the last gun on the plains of Waterloo—Sir Archibald Alison has, in the goodly volume before us, undertaken to describe the incidents which have transpired in the same division of the Eastern Hemisphere from 1815 to 1852—from the fall of Napoleon to the Accession of Louis Napoleon. Although the thirty-seven years comprised within the latter momentous in terval, have been principally distinguished by the contemporaneous circumstance of an interna tional tranquillity almost wholly uninterrupted, nevertheless, they have risen to a height of altogether unparalleled importance, by reason of their having afforded so many grand and golden opportunities for the advancement of modern civilisation. This, in truth, has been not merely an age of peace, but especially and pecu liarly the age of progress. Our historian seems to us to premise, in the course of his very startling " Preface," that he would not claim for his new narrative many of the more attractive attributes of the picturesque. He says, for example, and with undeniable accuracy , that " the resumption of cash payments in England in 1819 was not, to outward appearance, so striking an event as the battle of Austerlitz, but it was followed by results of equal permanent importance :" and again, that " the Re form Bill was not the cause of so visible a change in human affairs as the battle of Wagram ; but it was attended with consequences equally grave and lasting." But he himself enumerates, later on, a success ion of military exploits and diplomatic achievements which cannot fail to render the sub sequent portions of his narrative records fraught with really noteable and even enthralling fasci nation. There may be no 10th of August, with Louis XVI. bom barded in hi s Palace, ad Camille Desmoulins haranguing the mob in the twilight gardens of the Palais Royal ; but there are the days of July, with Charles X. and his Court going down like a brave crew, all standing at their posts with the white banner of the Bourbons still flying as they descend in the midst of the tempest of another re volution. And there is Armand Carrel, gentle hearted and lion-eyed, Wandering from barricade to barricade, with a rattan in his hand, in the thick of the flying shots of the soldiers and insurgents. There may be no Dauphin fadin g away in the dun geons of the Temple with " a canker in the bud" and bloom of childhood; there may be noVergniaud, climbing, in the heroism of Political martyrdom, the ladder of the guillotine ; there may be no Malesherbes pleading in vain to the people for justice to their sovereign. But there is the young Comte de Paris, before the tribune of the Chamber of Deputies ; there is Lamartine, destroying the reviving strength of terrorism with the thunders of his eloquence at the gateway of the Hotel de Ville; dying in the streets with there is Archbishop Affre, the olive branch in his hand, the victim, but while the victim the conqueror also, of rebellion. There are these and other touching and wondrous pas sages to be recounted i n the historywhich the pen of Alison has already begun to delineate—passages as exquisite in pathos, as sublime indignity, as glorious in valour, as any ever before recounted in the chequered annals of Christendom—passages that might have added grandeur to the biographies of Plutarch, and splendour to the chronicles of Frois sart. Occurrences such as those here referred to are reserved, however, by our author to be re counted in due sequence in the subsequent pages of his narrative. Thus, in the second of the five volumes (to which number the work will, it is an nounced, be extended), there will be embraced a period ranging from the complete establishment of a Liberal Government and system of administra tion in France in 1819, to the middle of 1830, when Charles X. was overthrown by a revolution—an in terval comprising, of course, the popular outbreaks of 1820 in Spain, Naples, Piedmont, and Portugal; the conquests effected by England over the Bur mese and the Goorkhas ; the establishment in 1820 of the modern kingdom of Greece ; and the san guinary wars of Russia in 1828 and 1829 against the Turks and the Persians. In the third volume it is proposed to commence with the opening, in 1831, of the great question of Reform in the representation of the United Kingdom, and to terminate with that general election of 1841 which marked the downfall of the Whig Ministry—an interval, rendered memorable, moreover, by the. growth of corruption in France under the rule of Louis Philippe ; by the gallant and desperate attempt made in 1831 by the Poles, in the hope of regaining their national independence ; by that revolt of Ibrahim Pacha, which was only MISCELL. 4 Australian Ryl. Mail 32i Canada all Copper Miners of Eng all Do. Preference 5 Crystal Palace 2 Crystal Palace France 1 Eastern Steam 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 50 General Screw Steam Shipping Company 2a Irish Beetroot Sugar 2 Netherlands Land—. all Peninsular & Oriental 20 Do 60 Royal Mail Steam ... 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... CRUEL TREATMENT OF A WIFE. On Saturday a long inquiry took place before Mr. Baker, at the Queen's Head, Fleet-street, Beth nal-green, on view of the body of Sarah Par rott, aged thirty-eight, who was alleged to have died in consequence of several brutal and savage assaults upon her by her husband, and of starvation. Elizabeth Beed, a married woman, No. 15, George-street, the landlady, said that deceased and her husband resided in the garret. He had been a master butcher, but was latterly a huckster of meat and ox-tails in the street. Witness saw the deceased the last time on Tuesday morning, when she came down to witness in the parlour. She had a quantity of hair in her hand, and she stated that it had been pulled out of her head by her husband, who had been dragging her about the rbom, and while on the floor he struck her about the head. Her face was red as from blows. On Wednesday morning, about seven o'clock, witness was alarmed by hearing the de-: ceased screaming, " Murder." There was a constant disturbance from that time till half-past nine o'clock, when her screams were dreadful. She was calling upon some one to assist her. She was not heard of after that. About six o'clock her husband called witness to go to his wife, saying that he did not know what was the mat ter with her. She proceeded to her room, and found her lying upon a mattress having a bit of quilt as her only covering. She was dead, and appeared to have been so for some considerable time. He observed that he spoke to her only two minutes before to have her tea, when she said—" Ido not know where I am." He had only, he observed, a few minutes previously lighted the fire, but witness saw that it had been lighted some time. Two months ago deceased was in witness's room, when she was pulled out by her husband by the hair of her head, at the same time striking her, and he threa tened to strike witness for interfering. Witness has heard him remark, that he would jump her soul out, and he constantly used the most awful expressions to wards her. She has often stated to witness, that she was afraid he would some day murder her. Latterly witness has heard her frequently screaming.— Mr. John Godfrey, Mount-place, Whitechapel, said that he had made a post mortal:, examination, and found coagulated blood under the scalp on the left side, which was the effect of some vessels having been torn. That might have occurred by the deceased having been dragged by the hair of the head. The lungs were blacker than usual, as if from pressure. The body was emaciated, and the stomach was smaller than usual, showing that it had not been distended with food for some time. The peri toneum covering was separated from the liver, , as if it had been caused by the deceased having been dragged. Under the liver was also a bruise. Death was the effect of the injuries she received in her emaciated state. The injury on the head was not by a fall, but from the cause he had stated. The hair being pulled would be likely to cause the vessels to be torn.—The coroner observed that, though there was no moral doubt of the conduct of the husband, yet he thought there was not sufficient evidence to ensure a conviction before a higher tribunal. Verdict—" That the deceased's death was the effect of violence, but how caused thdre was not sufficient evi dence to show." The husband was called in, and was told that it was owing to the merciful consideration of the jury that he was not sent to a higher tribunal. He was severely reprimanded. THE ANDEB.—The screw steamer Andes, which sailed from Liverpool for New York on Wednesday last, put back again, and reached the Mersey early on Sunday morning, after having experienced very severe weather, in which she had her hulwarks stove in and carried away, lost her figure head, and sustained clamago to hoz pigging. passages might be excerpted, in illustration of the proceeded to Chatham this morning on dockyard service, sagacity, as well as the masculine eloquence, of the and returned in the evening. 0 91 n, Captain Sir historian. Yet such quotations we cannot but The o ffi cers and crew of her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, Thomas Maitland, were mustered yesterday deem altogether superfluous. There is the name on b oard the Minotaur hulk, by Captain the Hon. Montagu the title-page. It is enough. Nomen bonum Stopford. instar unguenti fragrantis. Sufficient for us, in During the absence on leave of Captain C. Hope, the tribute for the pleasure derived from its perusal, duties of Captain-Superintendent of the Dockyard are car sufficientZe on d by Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, Naval for us to aver, that the initial volume of . Lieutenant Th omas Ad miral m e p H t o o her s Majesty, and flsg-captain to Vico the new E eries of the " History of Europe" augurs bravely for the continuation. It is not unworthy Tribe,b e, of the Monarc h, . for service in of the master hand from which it has emanated. the ordinary, has been s superseded by Lieutenant John It fills up a large hiatus, and of all gaps the one most Cartwright (1821). clerk (! i n ti d at s g te e, r late of t P he . D W o a lp rd hin a , n h d av i ln eury g closed their trouhlous, in the modern annals of Christendom. It condenses into a focus the scattered lights of two a a li e be been to to issued attend by the the workshops Admiralty of of to th t e h factories utriho es accounts for stores, & c ., a t th e d oc k yar d, l e ft h e r e this ovnerations : and by doing all this, it confe r s a very day. considerable bene f action 0 upon the uneducated corn - shiOprsdaerres have munity, while it adds anothe r inestimable scroll to rities at the different ports th a t eng i neers b e l ong ing to the treasures of historic literature. wherever they may be stationed. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, DEa. 2. Rear-Admiral Sir F. Pellew, it is understood, will hoist his flag this week at Portsmouth, and receive the usual salutes. Captain Charles Clyde, on the retired list of 1840, died on the 6th instant at Charmouth, in his 87th year. In the course of his career of 25 years of active service during the war, he was in many sharp act ions. Commander William Southey died on the 4th instant, at his residence, Winchelsea, Sussex, after a long illness, in his 66th year, leaving a widow and nine children to lament his loss. REPORTED DEATH OF LIEUT. RATIiBONE.—We are glad to receive the following contradiction of the loss of Lieut. Rathbone, of the Devastation :—" Dear Sir,—ln your paper of the 27th ult., in your news from the est Indies, you say the report is confirmed of the loss of Lieut. Rathbone and 14 men, off Prince Edward's Island (belong ing to the Devastation). I have a letter from Lieutenant Elliot, first of the Basilisk, who says he saw Lieut. Rath bone on the 10th of November. GALLANT CONDUCT OF AN ACTING MASTER.—During the return of the Firefly, steam-sloop, Commander Sey mour, from St. Helena to the coast of Africa, a seaman fell overboard from the bowsprit. Mr. Kiddie, the acting master of the Firefly, and two kroomen, immediately jumped after him. The man was severely injured by pass ing under the paddle-wheel, which at the time was revolv ing with considerable velocity ; he could not swim a stroke ; but, fortunately, all were safely picked up, from the promptness displayed on board in heaving-to and lower ing the boats. THE SHEERNESS COURTS-MARTIAL.—The proceedings of the Rosamond courts-martial at Sheerness, it is said, have been quashed on account of informality. WOOLWICH, DEC. 11. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Claude 11. M. Buckle (1845) to command the Valorous, 16, paddle-wheel steam4rigate, 400- horse power, I stated in a reeentletter that the Persian, screw -steamer, had arrived, reporting a vessel had been seen with her keel up, and that Admiral Harvey had not sent out any vessel, He subsequently, however, sent out the Sampson, steam frigate, on her arrival from Constantinople, at the request of Lloyd's agent, who only knew of the wreck on the 19th; Captain Millburn having most unaccountably left without making any other report than to the admiral, and he did this only when he found there was not a merchant steamer to be had. The admiral, supposing Lloyd's agent to be in formed, did not, of course, make any report to him, as he did to the Chamber of Commerce ; he, therefore, got blamed by the public for a matter he could not avoid. Th e Sampson found no traces of the wreck, although, by the track charts exhibited, the captain took all pains to find her. The Sampson has been sent to join Admiral Dundas. We expect him here with a portion of his ships by the end of the month. LORD STANHOPE'S ADDRESS TO THE INDUS- TRIOUS CLASSES. Friends and countrymen—An assembly which calls itself the representatives of the people has determined to allow the continuance of " unrestricted competition" be . . tween your industry and that of foreigners, but its deci sion cannot be considered to express your opinion on that question which is of vital importance to you all. You are not represented as you ought to be in that assembly, for most of you have no votes, and those who have votes are exposed to intimidation on the one hand, and to cor rupt influence on the other. If you enjoyed your rights I am convinced that the result would have been very different, for you know that you ought to be em ployed and encouraged instead of foreigners, whether you are engaged in agriculture, in manufactures, or in handicraft trades, on land, or on the sea, in this country, or in its colonies. You know also that the low prices of any commodities are not more important to you than your means of purchasing them, and many of you have already felt severely the evils arising from diminished wages or from the want of employment, while many others have been plundered of their property. I am still, as I have constantly been, and shall always continue to be, a zealous friend of the rights of labour, and therefore a steadfast and strenuous supporter of full commissioned this day at Devonport. Lieutenants Lewis C. H. Tonge (1845) to be Flag-Lieu tenant to Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C. 8., Com manding-in-Chief in the Britannia, 120, flag-ship, on the Mediterranean station • Hon. Augustus C. Hobart ( 1845 ) to the Coast Guard ; hilliam Gore Jones (1848) to the Cruiser steam-sloop, at Woolwich. Second-Master Rowland B. Richards (1852) to the Resis tance troop-ship, at Woolwich, vice Morrison, promoted. Assistant-Surgeons Seyton Wade (1846), from serving in a naval hospital, to the Blenheim, 60, screw steam guard ship, at Portsmouth ; Frederick V. Sandford, (1852) to the Magicienne steam-frigate, at Devonport. and effectual protection to every branch of tritish indus- , try. I have publicly stated that " I cannot approve of any system of protection which would not secure to the labouring classes such a remuneration of their industry as would provide for them an ample supply of all the necessaries and comforts of life. If the prices of those necessaries and comforts are to be increased, it is indis pensably requisite, in justice to the labouring classes, that their wages should be raised in the same proportion, or even in a greater proportion, if they were previously inadequate." • " Unrestricted competition" with foreigners in the various articles which are produced by your skill and industry, diminishes their prices, and increases, there fore, the weight of the taxes with which you are burdened, by lessening your means of paying them. Unless pro tection should be restored to British industry, it will be your bounden duty to insist that the taxes shall be reduced in the same proportion as the prices of produce. It is quite necessary either that prices should be raised to the level of the payments, or that payments should be reduced to the level of the prices, and there is no other alternative. The former would be the result of protec tion—the latter is the inevitable consequence of free importations. Free importations, which now go by the name of free trade, are advantageous for the present to the fundholders and to the other annuitants, who still receive the same incomes, and are thus enabled to purchase at lower prices than formerly many articles which they consume. Is it just or reasonable that they should receive a greater amount in value than they did before ? If they were to receive only the same amount in value, they would be exactly in the same situation as formerly ; and they ought not to be placed in a better situation at your ex pense. Free importations are said to be beneficial to you ; and if such were the case—which, however, I utterly deny—all classes of the community ought to contribute towards the attainment of that desirable object. Some classes should not be robbed to enrich others, but all of them should be required to share the charges which are incurred for the public welfare. Those who are in fa vour of free trade have no right to complain of its neces sary consequences ; and those who, in common with myself, have constantly opposed it, cannot be responsible for any calamities which it may occasion. If 'the payments were reduced to the level of the prices, Parliament might repeal, immediately and en tirely, the taxes on malt, hops, and soap, as well as those on sugar and coffee produced in British colonies, and these measures would be most popular both in towns and in the country. Nor is this all. Tobacco should ho grown and sugar manufactured in this country without the payment of any duty, for free trade cannot be said to exist when the cultivation of the one is prohibited, and the production of the other is taxed. Your industry would thus be en couraged and rewarded by additional employments of a profitable nature. The retail prices of bread and meat should be regulated by law according to the wholesale prices of corn and cat tle, and the price of beer according to the price of malt and hops. You would thus be enabled to provide your selves with bread, meat, and beer, at much lower prices than you pay at present. The Tithe Commutation Act should be immediately amended, for it is no longer just or applicable, and the poor-rates, as well as local taxes, should be paid as jus tice demands, by the whole community, according to an equitable assessment. The tenants who hold under leases shoulll be empow ered to surrender them on giving six months' notice, and should not be left, as they now are, at the mercy of their landlords. The continuance of free trade will render necessary the adoption of these measures, which are founded in strict justice, and ought to receive your zealous support. They will of course involve a considerable reduction in the payments which are now made to fundholders and to other annuitants ; but these payments would, however, remain in value, though not the same in amount of money. If the dividends which are now paid even to the smallest fundholder were to be reduced by one-third; the apparent loss would be more than compensated to him by the reduction, to a great extent, of the prices of the necessaries of life. Do not be again deceived by those who have already betrayed you, and clo not be misled by those who, whether in or out of Parliament, have shown that they are u nworthy of your confidence. Rely principally on your own exertions and perseverance, and unite together, without regarding any party distinctions, in demanding a redress of your grievances and equal justice to all classes of the community. I am, as ever, your most faithful friend, December 11, 1852. STANHOPE. PROMOTIONS. Commanders Henry Harvey (1841), Louis S. Tindal (1841), Lord Frederick H. Kerr (1846), recently in com mand of the Scourge steam-sloop, on the Mediterranean station, and William R. Mends (1846), serving in the Ven geance, 84, on the Mediterranean stations-four com manders to be captains. Lieutenants Arthur Sansum (1839), First Lieutenant of the Thetis, 38, on the Pacific station, and Montagu Bur rows (1843), First Lieutenant of the Excellent gunnery ship, at Portsmouth-two lieutenants to be commanders. Mates Henry H. Sainsbury, (1846), serving in the In vestigator discovery-ship, Commander Maclure, since De cember 1849, and at present at Behring's Straits ; Arthur R. Owen, (1849), recently serving in the Hecate steam sloop ; William Simpson (1849), serving in the Sampson steam-frigate, on the Mediterranean station ; Augustus B. Sutton (1850), serving in the Cumberland, 70, flag-ship, on the North America and West Indies station since Jan uary, 1851; Charles B. C. Dent (1851), serving in the Queen, 116, since March, 1851; Thomas H. B. Fellowes (1851), serving in the Vengeance, 84, since May, 1851 ; John H. Chads (1851), serving in the Daedalus, 20, on the Pacific station since September, 1851; the Hon. R. A. Capel (1852), and Charles H. Clutterbuck (1852)-nine mates, to be lieutenants. Second-Masters Edward J. H. Tucker (1845), serving in the Banshee Mediterranean mail steam-packet : Thomas R. Collingwood (1845), serving in the Cumberland flag-ship, on the North America and West Indies station ; Charles A. Cleveland (1845), recently serving in the Medusa mail steam-packet, when on the Mediterranean station ; George R. Morrison (1845), serving in the Resistance troop-ship ; George Richard (1845), serving as Acting-Master in the Express brig, on the south-east coast of America station ; and George Marsh (1846), six second-masters, to be masters. Lieutenants Edward Andrews (1811), John T. Utlay (1811), Thomas Boardman (1811), and John Adamson (1811)-four lieutenants, to be retired commanders, under the order in Council of 1830, which will entitle them to the half-pay of 7s. a day. The Cruiser steam-sloop, Commander Hyde Parker, at Woolwich, has been very successful in entering able-sea men, having already obtained half her complement. The men now enter more freely, as they anticipate great ad vantages to the service from the adoption of several sugges tions made to the committee now sitting on the best means of manning the navy. Among other favourite measures, the men have a decided impression-and we believe they will not be disappointed-that their gill will be restored to them immediately after Christmas, and that the Admiralty will act in so liberal a spirit as not to withdraw, on its restoration, • the allowance which was made in lieu of their grog when it was taken from them. A new arrangement, however, will be made to prevent teetotallers or other seamen not inclined to drink their allowance of grog from disposing of it to their mess mates ; and numerous other measures will be introduced for the comfort of the men, which cannot fail to render the service popular, and insure that there will be no difficulty in manning the navy, if commanding officers are appointed to ships and war steamers willing to carry out the measures in the spirit in which they will be framed. The committee have also had their attention drawn to the grievances of officers as well as men, especially to the case of the assistant-surgeons of the Royal Navy. The re solution passed in Parliament in 1849, on the motion of Captain Boldero, recognising the disadvantageous position in which assistant-surgeons were placed, and recommending more ample accommodation for their comfort, pursuit of study, and duties toward the sick, has been only partially adopted, in so far that only a certain number have been ad vanced to the position recommended. The assistant-surgeon on his entry is still compelled for the first three years to endure all the discomforts and disadvantages o f the midship men's berth and cockpit. It is at this period, when enter ing the tservice at an advanced age, his mind matured by study and reflection, and his habits already formed, that he feels most acutely the injurious and somewhat de grading influence of his position. After three years' service the assistant-surgeon becomes entitled to war d-room rank and to a cabin, " where space will admit,,,but the latter privilege was unfortunately le ft to the discretion of the captains in command, who, in too many instances, have shown a great disinclination to grant it. At present there are many ships in which the assistant-surgeon has no cabin where space could be found if the will was in ac cordance. The assistant-surgeons consider it just and rea sonable that they should be entitled by a distinct order to a cabin and all the privileges of ward-room rank upon entering the service, and by acceding to such claims the difficulty now experienced in obtaining candidates would bo removed. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 12 Avon, steam-tender, Master Commander Veitch, arrived here on Friday evening, with supernumeraries from Ply mouth, and seamen (paid wages) from the Dido, granted ten days' leave. She sailed again on Saturday, on her re turn. Mercury, cutter, Lieut. Commander Ireland, arrived here on Saturday from the Channel Islands, with 18 strapping yming fellows, entered for particular service in her Ma jesty's navy. bat an on de F r 'riTa ' y C , a a p n t d aln on K S in a g turd s' moorings on the west shore, ready t? wasyresmhoevwedasfrocwthde tofitting basin on Friday, and on Satirday she was towed to her of No. 2 dock, to the fitting basin on Friday. She is com- Furious 10, steam -frigate, Captaingol:tooriSngP,ltheaadule.d out pleted by the dockyard. towedSidon, d 0 r n , n pla G ee ol d d i s n m .N ith o : 2 h D as oc b k r t n o fr s o te m am her fr m ig oo ate rin C gs ap a ta nd i have her bottom inspected and cleaned ; after which she will be completed by the dockyard. Archer, 14, screw steam-sloop, Commander Strange, has taken in coals for trial. She hauled off to the stream on Saturday, to be swung for compass observation. Basilisk, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Egerton, removed her powder and shells, in harbour, on Saturday. Fire Queen, steam-vessel, Master Commander Paul, went down to Cowes on Saturday, with a party of paymasters, to the Encounter, to hold a survey of pursers' stores. Fairy, steam-yacht, Master Commander Welch, went down to Cowes to-day, to attend on her Majesty ; and the Elfin, steam-tender, Master Commander Balliaton, re turned into harbour. LICENSES AT THE BENDIGO DIGGINGS AT PORT PHI' LlP.—Generally speaking, the diggershav here don't bother about getting licenses ; those who often some spe cial reason, such as wishing to send gold by escort, and afraid that it might be liable to forfeiture if no license be producible. A few get licenses in order to be able successfully to bounce others out of certain claims ; and a few, a very few, get licenses on principle. Go vernment cannot expect many to be so patriotic as to trudge four miles to some unknown quarter of Bendigo, where the commissioner resides, into her Majesty's treasury 30s. a month, for ob taining no privilege or preference at all over thousands who save their money and their still more valuable time. That this is so, is a pets s ill but the executive is to blame, and not the diggers. I do not like to harp on the old string of our grievances ; but, i n the name of all that is reasonable, what C'a,n the Vic torian government mean by withholding from 80,000 aceful , i n dustrious, orderly , and virtuous sub j ec ts pe , rights and privileges enjoyed by the denizens of every corner of this great world, save and except us unfortu na tely monthly t enants of Australian Crown land. Here we are, cold and wet, without the means of legally Queenheal o t b h, ob taining n obbles. wherewith to drink the or confusion to the be gg arl y Government that begrudges O to the poor man a share of the we alth s lavishly scat tered over our favoure d count ry — the Government that would fain try to prevent the former world's drudges from gathering up the wherewithal to pass their declining years in peaceful ease—the Goverment that would snatch from the poor man's hand the lever by which he is trying to elevate himself in the social scale. Some may think these remarks uncalled for never openly prevented the Government have closely watched its policy digi,nag ; but any one who has throughout, from the beginning of the gold mania till no Australian and New Zealan d w, -Gllazsetetee.their applicability. [ADVERTISEMENT.—DEAFNESS.—NE W SCOVERY -39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, obse rve , o pposite the York Hotel. The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly invented instrument, for deafness, entirely different from all others to surpass anything of the kind that has been or probably ever can beproduced, being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it en ables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired. The Royal Exhibition —Valuable newly invented, very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, to discern minute objects at a distance f o ro fom four to five miles, which is found to be invaluable, fr yachting, and to sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Telescopes, possessing such extraordi nary power, that some 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. Whey supersede every) other kind, and are of all sizes for the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military purposes, &c. Opera and race-course glasses with wonder ful power ; a minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented spectacle. —S. and B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York Fldtel. SHEERNESS, DEC. 11. Her Majesty's ship London, 20, Captain G. R. Mundy, left the harbour yesterday forenoon, in tow of the African and Adder steam -tugs, and anchored at the Nore at 11 a.m. She then saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral the Hon. line Percy, Percy, C. 8., Commander - in - Chief, with 17 guns, which compliment was acknowledged by 7 guns from the Water loo. Mr. J. Allen, the Master-Attendant of the Dock yard, and Mr. Taylor, Admiralty pilot f or this port, were on board to superintend the navigation. In the afternoon she took in her supply of powder. At 830 a.m., this day, the Wildfire, Mr. an d team having Acting Master Commanding, got up her s Percy, C. 8., embarked Vice-Admiral the Hon. her $t Secretary A. attended by Flag-Lieutenant E. Tower, Brockman, On arriving, the Price, left port at 10 a.m., for the Norne. official visit of inspection. 50, Captain G. R. Mundy, on an gallant Admiral and suite on ? exercised at the guns, The officers and crow were mustered, board the London, cutlass drill, &c. l service. first and second class boys for genera Cyclops, C, Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate _ ) Lieutenant Seacombe commanding pro The London takes round to Portsmouth supernumerary 320 horse power, aground on th e Cant -edge, off the east end of the Isle of Shep On her passage tem., arrived at t h e Noro during the night of the 9th inst. round from Portsmouth she g ot a boat being immediately despa tched to the dockyar to re py . A por the circumstance, the authorities sent out the Adder steam tug directly, to render assistance, and she came into harbour at 9 40 a.m., proceeded direct to the Fortitude coal depot, at Sa l tp an-reach, to replenish her stock of fuel, to be ready to tow t he London to Spithead. t e Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Agamem non, 91, Captain Sir Thom as Maitland, will not be ready to leave the fitting - basin til l the 27th ins t. , but may be ex pectedy to be complete for sea by the middle of January. holirseerpMowajeersXsexspereecwtedstaetaClmifatgaamte I h m e pe ear rilyeu parts , 5 ° o f 'next 3so month, and is to be fitted with all possible dispatch. Her Majesty's paddle - wheel steam-vessel tle, W. S. Bourchier, Master-Commanding, came alongside the dock yard this morning, and embarked the seamen riggers and seamen for the London. She then proceeded to the Nore, and having put them on board, returned into harbour. The Thong cutter, tender to the Weterloo Sag-ship LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Lidl RAILWAYS, all ,Bedford and Bletehley .... all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee ... all Do. without gr all Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. all Do. wtht guar. LOO Buckghamsh. all Clydesdale Jc. WO E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Glas. Barr. & Neilsn.Direet all Do. New All I Eirtipl. Dk. ttl Railway all Hull 4; Selby. all Do. Shares, all Do. Shares, all Lon.lGreenw all Do. Preference all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... all Do. 6 per ct... all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock all Middlesbro' & Redcax all Midld.Bradfd all Northern anc EastCrn sp. c. all Do. 6 per et.. all Do. Fixed sp. c l all Prest. &Wyrel 1.14 Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.& Hit. 100 Do•Shepth.St. 18i Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p. c 9A S. Staffordsh.. all WearValleygr 6 per cent ...' all Do. . 100 Wilts&Somrst Leasing Compares. Closing Prices this day. ,London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do 30 - 31 293 - 303 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 53 -,:-: 55 Do Do L. &N.W Caledon Gt.Notrhu Gt. Westn. Caledon Do Yk. New & Berw , Y.&N. Md Do S. Eastern. Do Norfolk IDo Lu.&N.W. & Midld. St,ckton & Darliugt. Midland... E. Count. Do &Ln&Yk, IGt.Northn Do Lancash. & Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do Gt.Westn 3 - 31 64 - 66 ---- ••• 169 - 152 149 - 151 .49 - 151 33 -33 i 113 115 56A -57 A 27 -- 28 14 -14 A 25A -26 A 19A -- 20 23 -- 25 liiii ' .. .1 . i'd - i 6) 1054 - 106 11104 Business done this Day. 14i i i ilk i 7} if Business done i ~ - JFr. ~~.~:.+ FOREIGN. Fedi RAILWAYS. 3 BelgianEastn. Junct. all Central of France(Or leans & Vierzon..... all Charleroi &Erquelin.' all Demerara. 6 Dij on and Besangon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian all Gt. Indian Peninsula 4 Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do.Bds.(lst i55.)1857 Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 ,15 14 Luxembourg .0 10 Do. (Railway) 5 11 Do. 5 21 Do. (Canal) O 5 Lyons & Mediterran 4b Madras ;38 29 Maria Antonia LO 10 Do. New all !Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 11 Orleans & Bordeaux 10 Paris and Lyons 28 Do. Bonds. all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 2i Quebec &Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and ➢reuse 4 Southern of France 4 St. And. & Quebec(A) 17 Tours and Nantes 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 4 Do. 5i per c. Pref 9 Western of France MIN: all Agua Fria all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 5 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austria. Gold 13.5 British Iron 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey all Carsons's Creek all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 14 Copiapo all English and Austin. all Copper Smeltg. Co General all Golden Mountain all Great Polgooth all Lake Bathurst all Liberty all I Lond.iCalifprn. Gold Quartz Crush. C 0... all Mariquita 9 Mexican&S.Americn. all New Granada all Nouveau Monde all Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymme Iron 10i Santiago de Cuba , all South Australian , 7 Tin Croft . all United Mexican all West Mariposa all Yuba Closing Prices this day. 1 -- ii --: i. 3i -- 4 p d 10 p 2A 3 p 3 p par 1 P 'T - 7 4 5 - 5t 1 - 14 1 -1; 8 - 10 p -34 p 4 - 9 35 -35 j 15 -15 J 16 -- 16ip 65 -- 67 38 -- 39 32; -- 33 4.1 - - IMPS $ 11; -12 t In i -- P 5i -- 6 i d -- AP 101 -- 11 p i a ia ( r i d 7a 301 4 2t *d 11 d 30, St. 50 St. 12 St. St. 25 p.m. 74 4 3i 13 61 i 601160 i I 30 20 1109 '1053 5 6 19} 3e, 14k 18i 8i 9 of 11i + 703} 79 84 tit 4B i 5k ',OTIS. , . .-- • . .---. .. . .. - lin SY; 35} 261 / 331 n i 12i 12 i i pm 1 4 2i a 2i a a 211 11 91 n a 14 a par 1 p par lip d yl - 411 p P 14- IP 22 i P 12 81 i AP 52 xii i J