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

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TO 7:1713 EDITO.I4 or likt must begin my teßer `xpressing an opinion to which l I adhere more 4ritA'y than ever, viz. that a reVolu -1"1 France is in4gttbie. It is true that a ll a ccoun t s t . 11) . , that itin g 4et n are o f t h e most peaceful kind., and to Je tine:xi/winced eye, matters may slectil hi.Mtling down into something like permanency but you may rest assuree that This tranquillity is deceitful ; the precursor of a storm on the eve of bursting. All reVolutions take us by sur prise ; they arc of themselves necessarily sudden,,although the events that cause them are usually of slow creation. Nothing, therefore, may happen. for some time to come to startle the world generally : meanwhile, circumstan ces d aily 'occur to render it imperative on Lours PHILLIPPE eith . Pr to change his system or resign his situation. During the " THREE DAYS"—i have not the heart now 10 call them " Glorious"—when the effervescence - of the people was at its greatest height, many prudent men, from whose minds the appalling image of the Great Revolution had no t passe d away, b a i le d th Duke of Orleans as the fittest person to save the country from the horrors of T'archy. They saw, or rather fancied they saw, in him a uisposition to amalgamate Monarchical with Liberal prin ciples, and to govern according to the improving spirit of the times, and the maxims of honour and justice. Attache:!, t o the office of king which presented, to all appearanr z e s , the best guarantee for unity and stability at a m o :nent when they were the grand desiderata, these well - fneaning indivi duals offered the crown with smiling countenances to the man who had always possessed a Ir.:ce for free institutions, and had been their active advo , ;;;Lte at the bead of a coterie hostile and odious to the co;art party. " Let us not," said they, endanger the peaee of France by idle experiments, whilst the• hero of VALSIE and JEMMAPES is willing, for ou r good, to abandr:n his happy foyer, and court the dangers and difficulties of 4 throne, whose foundation is the PEOPLE." Such was the lrAnguage in 1830 of the majority of the nation and, consequently, Louis PHILIPPE wa s ac k now l e d ge d King of the French amid the bravos of his braves comarades --tile National Guard. Since that - period and the present, what a change, what miglaty change, has taken place in the breasts of those whom LOUIS PHILLIPPE has to thank for his snug berth ! Row many bitterly regret the hour they passed in forging cha;.ns for their own limbs How many who loathed the ile.me of CHARLES X., now own with downcast looks that he at least was but a pauvre intbecillc! No isolated act Las roused reflections like these, but a continued series of offences both of omission and commission from the time that the despot—x:4l 2 *xv.---found himself firmly seated and rid of his troublesome friends. In the first two years Of his rule nothing could exceed the general joy and satis faction—the towns and villages through which the Sovereign passed vied with each other in their demonstrations of re spect and love ; no prospoct could possibly be more bril liant or flattering. Even when symptoms of a certain BOURBON disease began first to appear, that elicited a few Significant observations from the cote gauche, even then the voice of patriotic caution was lost in the applauses of the deluded masses. They could not believe the, brave and eloquent DUKE OF O . I3.LEANS capable of stabbing his own fair fame ; the fatbi- J r* of a fine family—the well known bon enfa n t of the ;mid circle—the pilot who had weathered many a tempest- —the friend of WASHINGTON—the compa nion of LAFA - fETTE—the exile of FRANCE and guest of ENGLAND -410 care-worn soldier " little blessed with the set phr6s of courts, but whose arms " Had us'd Their dearest action in the tented field,"-;- this 'was not the man to forget the past and betray his cause. A deaf ear was turned to the murmurs of the kw, and they were pitied as idle visionaries, or despised as Tactious citizens. But the whispers that at first only were beard, grew at last into a deep and soltn nn voice, that at the present day commands the vast rr,ultitude. ODILLON BARROT, MAUGUIN, DUPIN, ARAr...O, the patriot and phi losopher, are listened to with attention, where, but a few months ago, they might as w' ii have addressed the waves of the sea. Their views, "set forth in the sober language of reason, and supported, by the excellency of their private characters, have beee'ine universally known, and begin to be rightly appreciat e d. The admirable address of ODIL LON BARROT to b . . 15 electors opened the eyes of thousands, and subsequent ministerial acts happily illustrated with pe culiar force tl'.e truth of his observations. The timid Doc- trinnaire stepped forth from the narrow path to which he had limit e d his political understanding, and owned that he saw no ; t hi ng in this constitutional manifesto contrary to the priric;:ples of e Monarchy, or incapable of attainment. He felt the sentiments o'f,:the avowed organs of the mouvement to be in unison with his own, and his faith was slightly 'shaken when he found the Ministerial journals fiercely de nouncing him as the feeble imitator of O'CONNELL—the un sticr...essful agitator of FRANCE! When a second edition of the July Ordinances came out, under the new title of the Fies c hi laws, I asked an able and enthusiastic partisan of the Juste Milieu what he thought of them. "Ma foi,',' he replied with an expressive shrug, "c'est trop fort ! e'est trop 'fort !" My friend expressed exactly the feelings of his Party : tlray wanted sonic steps to be taken against the press ; they had an inconceivable hankering after the sha dow of absolutism, but were frightened when the Royal Wand started it to life. It is not a handful of CARLISTS that will overturn Louis PHILIPPE ; nor the tetes exaltees that dream of spotless republics ; it is the JUSTE 1411:LIEU itsel.f that will pull down the edifice it has raised ; the JrJS TE MILIEU reformed, not holdinc , the same rigid tenets 'as when • under the influence of CASIMIR PERRIER, but more enlightened and less fearful of the consequences at tendant on boldly following the path of freedom ; more de termined to uphold the honour of FRANCE, and to hurl de fiance in the face of despots, however powerful. The first sins of discontent will appear in the NATIONAL GUARD : lhey will be dissolved, and then, indeed, Bon soir, Louis -Phi!ippe ! Such, I am convinced, will be the closing scene of the Btevolution of July, and I acknowledge it with unfeigned sorrow, because Louis PIIILLIPPE has many noble and prepossessing qualities. His undaunted courage—a virtue hereditary in his family—his amiable and kind manner to all around him—his attachment to his children—his gene rosity towards the distressed—these are bright points that will not be forgotten, whatever happens. On the other babel, the violent tirade against the Press—his 'dictation in the Cabinet—his melancholy desertion of first friends and first o . 4l . 6l,les—his oily words towards the most absolute Princes, and trampling under foot the tri-coloured flag—the emblem of eternal hatred to the minions of slavery—these things ensure, as they will accelerate, his downfall. Happy fOr him, if, like the sins of RICHARD, they do not " throng t o the bar, crying all—" Guilty ! guilty !" when he shall be the lonely inmate of some chateau fort, or, a second time, the helpless wanderer on the wide world. MILO. On Friday night, between eight and nine o'clock, the neighbourhood of Long-lane, Smithfield, was thrown into considerable alarm. A man of 'the name of William Candler, lodging at a house in the above neighbourhood,in a fit of temporary derangement, suddenly arose from his bed, and after a fruitless search fora razor, took a poker :and beat himself on the head with it in the most violent manner. So determined was the frenzied man on destroy ing himself, that he afterwards made several dreadful gashes in his arms, a deep incision in his neck, and in his left side, with a shoemaker's knife. A man who lay in the sanie bed, alarmed at his terrific conduct, sought his own safety by throwing tr i s the sash of the Window,. and leaping Iran the street in his shirt, shouting " Murder 1" and earnestly soliciting for help. A number of persons soon collected round the premises, several of whom secured the Unfortunate man, who had sat down literally bathed in his Otrn gore. He is a wheelwright, but has been unable to Prot are work since September last. DEITRUCTIVE FIRE AT EALlNG.—Between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning the peaceful vil ' lage of Ealing was thrown into a state of great alarm by di',covery of a fire at the extensive boarding establish uent of Mr. Birkett, situated in the centre of the village. It was first discovered by the policeman on duty, who, per eeiving a (tense volume of smoke ascending from the kitchen window, immediately sprung his rattle, and by knocking at the door endeavoured to alarm the inmates, consisting of the family of Mr. Birkett and about thirty young gentle . Then, the screams from whom, when awakened to a sense of their imminent danger, were most dreadful. Several of them appeared at the upper windows' frantically calling for assistance, and others were seen effecting their escape in a ' state of almost complete nudity along the parapet to the adjoining houses ; but although great fears were at one . time entertained for the safety of some of the young, gen tlemen, when mustered after the fire was subdued, it was found the whole had escaped without sustaining the slight est injury. Fortunately, ovPiag . to there being an ample supply - of water, by the great exertions of the inhabitants, aided by a strong party of • the 'I division of police, from Brentford, under Inspector Margnard, the fire was so far subdued before the arrival of the London engines as to allay all fears of its spreading beyond Nr. Birkett's premises, Which, we understand, are insured. - On Monday afternoon, about two o'clock, the Re- Izo . vatio, of Salcome, Edward Ball master, got into the midst of a quantity of wreck about two miles to the N.E. of the tonr , ships, consisting of part of a mast, large capstern beams, &c., supposed to belong to a large brig or ship, a sternboard, with a star and blue and yellow streak, several Ttlrge' cases, and bales containing madder root, wine, &c. The.master picked up five cases and a piece, containing Champagne wine in bottles, and a case of books containing IS vols. French Eneyclopmdia (directed Mr. Butler, No. 3), foliO, printed at Paris from 1763 to 1768 (they are thoroughly Wet), all of which he delivered at the Custom-house, Mil ford. The books may perhaps lead to the name of the vaceked.—The Cambrian. titil SUN, LONDON, 'WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1535. BRIGHT ON.-TUESD AY. His Majesty, accompanied by Lady Falkland, took a carriage airing' this afternoon on the upper road to Shore ham, and bi Sea.:kide honk.: The Duchess of dloucester and the tandgitivine took a carriage airing this morning at twelve o'clock. Prince George, accompanied by the Rev. R. Wood, his Preceptor, rode out this morning at half-past 12 o'clock, on btlf4ilihek, DINNER.—Count Ludolf. • - • CALLB.—Count Ludolf, Sir Charles M. Clarke; Vice- Admiral Dacres, Marquis of Ely, Lord A. Loftus, Mr. and Mrs: Dawson, Lieutenant-General Sir J. Smith, Ann CotiutOss of Newburgh. NORTH NORTHAWTONSHIRE ELECTION. KETTERING, TUESDAY, DEC. 15. The nomination took place this day. At about nine o'clock the processions of the respective Candidates entered the town with banners and flags, bearing various inscrip tions. Mr. Hanbury's was first on the ground, and con sisted entirely of pedestrians ; that of Mr. Mannsell ar rived shortly after, and WO composed almost entirely of their arrival at the hustings a most they rode in upon the s i ria r tl e e lli fiTitttr l rtfc.l 2 lVas DOMpetrh:fl ; people, who, t o a iVi t i btittpi trampled do , seized the reins of the horses, and endeavoured i 6 forelq them na.,"! when they were assailed with large sticks, with tie.i!igh these persons had prepared themselves, havin evidently pre determined to adopt this course, in order to drive Mr. Hanbury's friends from the hustings, so that the show of hands might be in their favour. A scene of great confusion ensued, in the midst of which' was to be seen Mr. George, of Bythorn, apparently at the head of the horsemen. He pulled from his pocket a double-barrelled pistol, which Wat loaded, and presented it at those who tried to ob struct his adtance. These ruffians then forced themselves to within a very short distance of the hustings driving the people before them. The High Sheriff several times de sired the horsemen to retire, but in vain. After some delay the Court was opened, and the preliminary proceed ings were gond through. The High Sheriff then came forward, and said that the event which had occasioned them to assemble that day was truly of a melancholy na ture; and one which was sincerely lamented by him—the death of their late noble representative, Lord Milton—a young nobleman of great promise and possessing talent of the first order, with a high, liberal, and well-constituted mind, He trusted that their choice would fall upon a gen tleman worthy ,to be his successor. He trusted there would be that order and decorum kept, as befitted the im portant duty they bad to fulfil. He requested that every gentleman shoUld have a fair, candid, and uninterrupted hearing,---(Cheerg.) GEORGE PAM, Esq. (of Selby Hall), then proposed Mr. Maunsell. They bad, no doubt, read with as much satisfaction as himself the sound, clear, and satisfactory ad dress put forth by Mr. Maunsell.—(Cheers, and cries of " No, not sati,Aetory,") The times required that men should gu to Parliament nossessing those sound constitu tional principles advocated by 1! , 1r. Maunsell, and by which alone they could restore the country id its once-flourishing condition. Mr. Hanbury had stated his inteTrltion of giving his support to the present Ministers, and therefore he (Mr. Payne, called upon the electors to o'pr a so that gentlemn , He asked the fttzlholders of North Nortilanlptonshire what the Ministers had dee to induce them to give tireif support to the 147EinISterial candidate 7 When were the agtietiitu rists ever in such a distressed staid, tittd what attempt ltaito the present Ministers ever made to relfetv them re The only act . of notoriety which they have carried int() affo.i,et is an infringement on the rights of the people, and they wished to introduce others infringing on the rights and the property of the Church ; but the House of Peers averted this calamity, and now they are denounced by the faction. He felt confident of success, and he was fully persuaded that in the event of a general election, the bright example of North Northamptonshire would be followed by nume rous other counties. He begged to propose Thomas P. Matinsell, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament.—(Cheers and disapprobation.) Mr. TRYON (the unsuccessful candidate upon a former occasion) seconded Mr. Maunsell's nomination. Mr. O'BRIEN came forward to propose Mr. Hanbury. Before doing so, however, lie said that they had met for a Constitutional purpose, and he insisted upon it that that gentleman should give up his arms. He meant John George, of Bytborn. He did not consider the life of any individual secure there when a man came with arms, which lie had been improperly presenting at various individuals. He therefore requested that the High Sheriff would have him disarmed. The HIGH SHERIFF came forward, and said that if any interruption was given by that person he should order him into custody and have him at once removed. Mr. O'BRIEN said that he should not go on till the arms had been delivered up. Mr. GEORGE refused to deliver them up, and there was a considerable tumult in consequence. The horsemen con tinned to press upon the people in a most scandalous man ner, and both the Under and High Sheriff' requested them, without being heeded, to keep back. Mr. George was at last induced to give up his pistol, which was a double-bar relled one, and loaded. Mr. O'BRIEN then said he was about to propose a gen tleman who had been long known to them, and who was not a reformer of a late date, but. who had been so during his whole life. Mr. Hanbury had been in Parliament be fore, and had then fearlessly and conscientiously' done his duty.—(Hear.) He had also been before them as a can didate for their suffrages, and had obtained a large majority over the Tory candidate.—(Cheers.) There had been a report of Lord Brudenell retiring. It was unfair, he thought for Mr. Maunsell to have been canvassing ; for in such an event it was understood that he was to be returned with out opposition. He had not the least doubt but that Mr. Hanbury would be elected by a considerable majority,— ' (Cheers.) But he begged the electors not to relax in the i r efforts, as, if they did their duty, all would be as well as their most sanguine hopes could lead them to expect. If they failed, he should regret it, as it could only be from their neglect, and henceforth the Northern Division of Northamp tonshire would be considered little better than a rotten borough. He concluded by proposing Mr. Hanbury, Mr. R. VERNON SMITH, upon seconding the nomination of Mr. Hanbury, was loudly cheered by his own party, but was not allowed to proceed by the Tories. He told them he was determined to be heard if they kept him there till midnight. Their opponents had scarcely received intelli gence of the death of Lord Milton, when they commenced canvassing. He could not but think that their cause, not withstanding this early canvass, would be unsuccessful, as that•party, who defied human sorrows, should meet with a defeat. He had been taunted with holding an office under Government. He had yet to learn that to hold honourable office under his King was a subject of reproach—and surely ought not to be deemed suchby the Tories.—( Hear, hear.) He should like any person who talked about disgraceful coalition, to come forward and prove the allegation.— (The Honourable Mr. Fitzroy :" I will.") —I hear a gentleman say " I will." He felt upon the present occa sion ashamed to enter into any explanation when lie saw so close to him so near a relative of one of the Ministry, Lord Russell, heir to the House of Russell. It was easy for a gentleman to say " I will," but how could they prove it, when no such coalition exists? It is said to exist, because Mr. O'Connell dined with the Lord Lieutenant. His Lord ship had laid down a rule that lie would receive any Member of Parliament. If a coalition without derelic tion could exist then this is a coalitioe between Lord Melbourne and Mr. O'Connell, and such a one as he (Mr. S.) should be happy to form with Mr. Maunsell, because wherever Lord Melbourne led Mr. O'Connell followed. Ile (Lord Melbourne) had brought forward measures to benefit this country and Ireland. The mea sure which Mr. Payne calls revolutionary is not a new one, but one which was brought forward and supported by the Whiffs at that time. - It was in order to preserve the Church that measures were resorted to to place in uni- son with the wants of the people. He was warmly attached to the Church, but would not foster any of the faults or encou rage any of the errors that had crept into it. It was be cause he wished to support that Church that he supported measures having that tendency. He challenged any person to say that the Corporation Act was a revolutionary mea sure. If so, he could call to his aid Sir Robert Peel, who, to the astonishment and dismay of his friends, came to town to give his support to the measure which was passed by the House of Commons. ,He asked, if a measure so passed, and so supported, w•as a revolutionary measure ? With re gard to Mr. O'Connell speaking against the House of Lords, has ever any Member of the Government sanctioned such a proceeding ? On the contrary. After some further remarks, he concluded by seccnding Mr. Hanbury 's no mination. Mr. ATIAuNsELL now stood before them as a candidate for their suffrages. No man respected the character of that noble family, who had been so heavily afflicted, more than he did. As a husband, as a Christian, and as a man, 1 repel the charge of want of feeling which has been made against me. My political p - iinciples are those of loyalty to my King, and of the firmest attachment to the Constitu tion, as established by King, Lords, and Commons, whose just rights and privileges I would protect to the utmost. I have the utmost love and respect for our Protestant re formed religion, and valuable Church Establishment. I am a friend to the agricultural interests, and I sincerely regret the distressed state in which they arc placed. Without a protecting duty it is impossible for the British highly-taxed farmer to compete with the foreign. one. I- offer no pledges. Should you do me the honour of placing me in the proud satiation of your Representative, I will at all. times do my duty fearlessly, conscientiously, and to the best of my abili ties.----( Hear.) I have to express my thanks to my friends for their exertions'; and if they continue firm, Lhave not the least doubt but I shall be placed in that station which is the object of my ambition. Mr. HANBURY said—Gentlemen, I stand before you in the hope of being placed in the station which was so ably occupied by your late lamented representative. This is not the first time that I have stood - before you, and my opinions therefore are already known to you. It is notorious that my family have been for ages the supporters of the Whigs of this county. lam a friend to lieferm—l am a friend to the present Iviinistry—and I am as great a friend to the Church, and as little friendly to Mr.'O'Corinel as any one , amongst you. I have too large a stake in the Church to be its enemy, for out of four. sons i. have two in the Chureil, ;aid surely I would taut wish to d4iive thein of their ii ,l - - ! ing. lam the friend of Eeorm, and lam the friend of civil and religious liberty. The county of Northamp ton is now represented by three Tories, but I do not doubt that the attempt to return the fourth will be unsuc cessful. They had five days start of me in my canvass, notwithstandingbat that, I have no doubt I shall yin the election.—(Cheers) I have only now to return .you my thanks, and to request you will come early to the poll on on Friday.—(The Hon. Gentleman concluded amidst grc at cheering.) The HIGH SHERIFF then put the show of hands, and declared it to be, to the best of his judgment, in favour of Mr. Hanbury upon whom he declared the election had Mr. PAvst demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Maur son. The polling will take place on Friday and Saturday. After the;,roccedin(re had terminited, and the Sheriff had adjourned to ti;_e Court, Sir GEORGE ROBiNS6.4 came forward to address the ,o would net hear lectors, wh CENTRAL AGRICW.TURAL SOCIETY. (Continued from The Sun of Yesterday. Lord STANHOPE said, that it gave him great sai:sfac tion indeed to find so large a number of individuals sembled from all parts of the kingdom for the patriotic purpose of giving their support to the agricultural interests, regarding which the Society had been formed ; the cala mitous situation in which the agriculturists were placed was a state which it was impossible could be allowed to con tinue without having the effect of throwing the country into a state of positive convulsion. Having formed them selves into a society for the protection of agriculture, he considered that they should not separate without giving some opinion as to the cause of the distress which, it was allowed on all hands, existed—and of the remedy which they considered would be most efficient in removing it. For his own part, he would not hesitate to attribute the injury under which the agriculturists now suffered to - that edict of confiscation passed by the Legislature, which was generally known by the title of Peel's Bill. This mighty robbery was designated by the gentle name of a transfer of property from one individual to another ; but upon the same principle a highway robbery might be called a forcible transfer of property from one individual to an other.---( Hear.) The Noble Lord then proceeded to state that in the ,year 1819 there had been an increase of the taxation of the country to the amount of three millions. He did not mean to say that distress had been caused by the low prices of agricultural produce, for in his opinion it .was quite immaterial whether the prices were high or low, provided they were proportioned to the burthens of the people, for it was the very great disproportion which existed between the burthens of the people and the prices of agri cultural produce which caused the evil, and unless this dis proportion was removed, by reducing the burthens of the 1 -eople to the prices of the produce of the soil, or by raising . • t h e „ ru.. - ...a. !o an equality with the burthens, he defied any me o na . any other remedy.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) he wow' repeat, no other efficient remedy than There wag, by reducing the Were:t of the national debt, so as to meet the low prices of protluae, or to raise the prices, so as to meet the present charges a ing from the national debt. n: —( Hear, hear, hear.) It mightbe the desire of the country not to relieve the distreSSca of the agricultural t of the inte . community, but in that case the payrm.: rest of the national debt must be star t:. d. They must also, under such circumstances, suspend rho pay ments of the savings banks, and then realize that system 9f free trade in corn Which some of the luminaries of the age advocated. The Noble Lord next proceeded to eulogize the character and conduct of the Marquis of Chandos. In bringing their case next Session before the Legislature, all they shall do will be to state the grievances and burdens under which they labour, and to call for an inquiry.— (Loud cheers.) Without redress it was impossible they could go on any longer—it was impossible they could con tinue any longer to pay their share of the taxation of the country.—(Loud cries of'" Hear, hear.") It was useless to talk to them of any hopes of relief from reduction of rents. He had lately seen a statement in the public jour nals to the effect that the farmers in one part of the coun try had said they could not go on under existing circum stances, though they had no rents at all to pay.—(Dofen ing cheers.) Supposing the farmer had no rent to pay, the relief which would by that means be afforded him would' only be to the extent of reducing the price of the quartern loaf three farthings to him. They had seen their represen tations of agricultural distress scoffed and sneered at. Un der such circumstances it was their duty to unite together, and make their voices heard in a yet louder and more de termined tone.—(Loud . cheers.) The Noble Earl, after some further remarks, concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that in order to afford relief to the agricultural interest, either prices must be raised to a level with their burdens, or their burdens must be reduced to a level with prices. Mr. WODEHOUSELEE, M.P., rose to second the resolu tion. Nobody could now doubt that burdens were increased one-third or one-fourth through the operation of Peel's Act. The Government of the country ought .to be made to feel that no lapse of time can take away the effect of the injury done to the agricultural interest . I .w the change which had taken place in the currency.—(Loud cheers.) He did not mean to propose the entire repeal of Peel's Bill, but he contended there ought to be a modification of the i;seasure. Lord TEYNHAM spoke in support of the resolution, and made some observations against the Poor Law Amendment Bill. It would be the duty of every Member who wished well to the agricultural labourer to take into consideration the present state of the poor laws early next Session. Here considerable uproar and confusion arose in the meet ing in consequence of the Noble Lord's observations, in the midst of which, Mr, CURTEIS, M.P., rose, and some warm conversation took place. Lord WYNFORD- then addressed the meeting in a speech of some leugth ; but the low tone of voice in which the Learned Lord spoke prevented our hearing more than a few detached sentences. He should like to see committees appointed in both Houses of Parliament::, inquire into the causes of the existing distress, and the best n;ans for reme dying it, The agriculturists were the most meriter*:eus class anger the persons in England. In the hour of difficult y and the country could look with confidence, and never had looked in vain, to them. The Marquis of CHANDoS next rose amidst loud cheer ing, and Mr. Ball, of Cambridge, rose at the same time, but the latter gave way to the Noble Marquis, who ascribed their want of success in the last Session of Parliament to the want of unanimity which existed among the agricultu rists. It was not for him (the Marquis of Chandos) to express an opinion as to what may, or may not, be the best means of relief. Hi' trusted that Earl Stanhope would sacrifice any peculiar o i:inions he might entertain on the subject of the currency, for the cake of preserving unanimity, and to allow of the institution of a 67 eat a ssociation of the agricultural interest in Louden. He ban; c o m e to the con clusion, after the failure of last Session , tha t e best way ppo h ore ,lnt of a would be next Session to move for the a Select Committee, to inquire into agricultural distroaa, , and the best means for affording them immediate relief from h. The opportunity of calling witnesses, to show what were the ) real causes of the distress, would then be afforded, and the Committee, in the Report, would recommend the measures for obtaining relief which they deemed most likely to attain that end. When Parliament meets he would be ready, as an independent man, without any reference as to the cur rency, or any other question, to move ,for a Committee to inquire into the whole question of agricultural distress. — (Loud cheers.) He would reserve to himself the right on this, as on all other occasions, to act free and unfettered, to act as an independent man. The Noble Marquis then sat down amidst loud cheering. Mr. BALL said he concurred in the opinion that it was right that the Members of both Houses of Parliament should approach the consideration of the agricultural question quite free and unfettered. But he did not think it was necessary that those who sent them there should have no expressed opinion•Of their own as to the canses of the distress of which they complained. The resolution did not pledge the meet ing to any particular line of conduct ; it only state d one of two things, either that prices rausc be raised to the level of the agriculturists' burdens, or that their burdens must be reduced to the level of priCes. He was anxious to know whether he correctly understood one part of the speech of Earl Stanhope. He understood him to say, that if the Members of both Houses were permitted to vote on the question of the currency, by ballot, there would be a majority in both Houses for the repeal of Peel's Bill. He was anxious to know whether he understood the Noble Earl correctly. Lord STANHOPE—ThOSO were my words.—(Cheers.) Mr. BALL—Then I never heard anything on the subject of agricultural distress so important before. Mr. S. C. CAYLEY, M.l'., was satisfied, from the fate of all the motions which had been made for a return to a paper currency, from the motion of Mr. Western, in 1823, down to that which he himself made last Session, that it would be of no use to bring forward any motion having specifically for its object an alteration of the currency. He thought the best course they could adopt would be to move for a Committee of Inquiry. That could never be refused.—(Loud cheers.) For the last twelve years the agriculturist had not been living on his profit, for he had no to five on—but on his capi tal.—( Hear, it *as asked by seine, *by did not the farmer come down in his style of living ? Good God ! if they who put such a .question only saw the moderate way in which the farmers were now obliged to live, they would never more talk of their coming down in their style of living !—(Loud cheers.) _They are now paying two bushels of wheat for their tpc,;,whpre they only used to pay one. Out of the '24,000,000 wThch constitute the ppulation of till's coantry, 21,000,000 t-• , r • - 40 - dn'eply interested is the welf • are of the. farmer. The agri letaliii'ral interest will new havii . redress. . , . - 5.P0 . 6:4 1 t' 'then rose and addrcs;ad the mecti4g at PROSECUTIONS OF THE PRESS.- VAN •DIEMEN'S LAND. Whenevet We see ji.GoVernillent prosecuting the Press, We fribi be sitistied, With 'kndiiiiig the eir curnstailees, that tile Government, whether in Europe or in Asia, are wrong. In Europe, we have seen the attempt of Charles X., by Ordinances, to put down the Public Press. In New South Wales; Gt'ilefl Darling prosecuted Mr. Hal 4 Editof Of the gydneg Monitor ; and tried and convicted him by his military juries on eleven occasions ; but when those causes were re-tried, on the plea fir damages against General Darling, before an i ndependent civil jury, verdicts WOO given in almost every instance in fat Otir of Mr. Hall. In France, Charles X. was deposed. In New South Wales, General Darling was ordered home, and bon fires by the inhabitants, on the day of his departure, celebrated his recall. Louis Phillippe y conscious of his !misconduct and mutilation of the charter he swore to observo ) i 9 prose cuting tin Press to destoktin, afraid of every ani ma.'aversion en hiS !lets and conduct ; but there is little doubt ) that in the course of human events, of cause and effect, that Louis will share the fate of all op pressors. In Van Diemen's Land, Governor Arthur seems determined, notwithstanding the fate of General Darling in the neighbouring Island, to follow his example, and put down the Independent Press in the Island. We gave, some time ago, a statement of the number of Newspapers published at Hobart Town, the capital of Van Diemen's Land ; and we add an article from the Colonial Times, to show the kind of juries to which the Editors of the Press are subjected in that colony. It will speak for itself. The Proces Mon,.stre and the tribunals of Paris, now daily at work in attempting to stifle the Press and public opinion, will be found to resemble, as far as the influence of the Government goes, the proceedings at Van Diemen's Land. And, we ask, what is the Colonial Secretary about ) to allow such proceedings to go on ? LIBEL TRIALS. The first or these cases was tried on Monday, the 9th instant, before his Honour the Chief Justice and a Special Jury. We will not at present stop to offer any observations on the manner in which Special Jurors (we mean the list returned to the Sheriff) are appointed, as we are informed, by Captain Forster and his subordinates, the chief district constables ; who, if common report speaks correctly, are in vested with the power of creating esquires for the purposes of Mr. Stephen's Jury Act, the working of which in special cases very clearly appeared in the pannel that was returned to try the charges against Mr. Robertson. The greater proportion of the names thereon being Colonel Arthur's Ma gistrates, Officers holding situations at the pleasure of the Governor, full pay Military and Commissariat Officers, and others expecting civil employment at the hands of his Ex cellency, with a very thin sprinkling of men not connected with the Government; leavingitinzpossible for the defendant, even with the privilege of striking out six, to obtain anything like a Jury that could be called purely independent. Our readers will observe that by this very cunningly framed Act (which is in fact only a cheating the people out of their rights, as conceded to them by orders of the Secretary of State,) there is no challenge allowed, no, not if all the eighteen out of whom the defendant would be allowed to strike six, were even the brothers or sons of the party said to be libelled ; nor could that party himself be challenged had his name appeared on the pannel. So much for the benefits of Mr. Stephens's Jury Act, and its consistency with the law of England. That these are not mere assertions will appear in the sequel. The Jury which tried . the present case were the following Gentlemen : Michael Vicary, Esq., Foreman, a Justice of Peace ; a retired military Officer.; formerly a Police Magistrate, and, subsequently, Ordnance Store Keeper, under Colonel Arthur. Henry James Emmett, Esq., senior ; late principal clerk in the Secretary's Office ; now doing duty for his son who is a clerk in that office, and expecting his own reap pointment. Henry James Emmett, Esq., junior ; a clerk in the Se cretary's Office, and not a householder. John Lee Archer, Esq., Civil Engineer to the Govern ment, and J.P. Arthur Davis, Esq., J.P. ; half-pay R.N., and also one of the Military Jurors. G. Watson, Esq., J.P. Andrew Croinbie, Esq., J.P. John Bell, Esq., J.P. . - W. IV. Barrow, Esq., a retired Military Officer ex pecting a civil appointment. John Boyes, Esq. George Gatehouse, Esq. George Bilton, Esq. The indictment in this case, the first count of which we give verbatim, was as follows : VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, TO WIT. De it remembered, that Alfred Stephen, Esquire, Attor ney-General of our Sovereign Lord the now King , who for our said Lord the King, in this behalf personally comes into the Supreme Court of Van Diemen's Land, at Hobart. Town, in Van Diemen's Land aforesaid, and for our said Lord the King, gives the said Court here to understand and be informed, that Gilbert Robertson, late of Hobart Town, in Van Diemen's Land, yeoman, on the tenth day of January, in the fifth year of the reign of our said Lord the King, at Hobart Town aforesaid, in Van Diemen's Land aforesaid, unlawfully and maliciously intending to bring his Excellency Colonel George Arthur, then and still being the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land and its Dependencies, and the officer administering the Government thereof, into hatred and contempt, and to cause it to be suspected and believed that the said Colonel George Arthur, so being such Lieute nant-Governor, had been guilty of fraudulent and impro per conduct in wilfully and improperly altering, for disho nourable and unworthy purposes, a deed of grant or instru ment, under the seal of Van Diemen's Land and its depen dencies, before that time issued or caused to be issued by the said Lieutenant-Governor, and then lately before enrolled in the Supreme Court of Van Diemen's Land, did print and publish, and cause and procure to be printed and pub lit,hed, in a certain newspaper, intituled " The True Colo nist, Van Diemen's Land Political Despatch and Agricul tural and Commercial Advertiser," a certain scandalous and malicious libel of and concerning the said Colonel George Arthur, so then and there, and still being such Lieutenant- Governor as aforesaid, and of and concerning the said deed of grant or instrument to be issued and enrolled as afore said, which said libel is as follows ; that is to say, &c. Between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock on Monday af ternoon, a young lady, named Johnson, called on her bro ther, Mr. William Johnson, of Princes•street, Hanover square, architect and surveyor, and was standing with her back to the parlour fire, whilst talking on business, when her dress by some means caught fire, and in an instant she was surrounded with flames. Every effort was made to di vest Miss Johnson of her burning apparel, but before this could be accomplished, she had sustained the most frightful and extensive injury, particularly about her face, neck, and arms. Little or no hope can be entertained of her recovery. We observe in the list of subscriptions for the Irish Clergy, exclusively published in the Tory journals, that Lord Melbourne, Lord J. Russell, and Lord Palmerston, have each subscribed 100/. for the relief of the clergy. This fact at once sets at rest the assertion of the Tory journals, that none but Tories had subscribed. The dis tress of the clergy has been chiefly occasioned by the per severing opposition of the Tory faction to any measure tending to reduce the Irish Church Establishment within the limits required for the population. But the clergy, who suffer from the factious disposition of the Tories, are not the less entitled to the commiseration of the public, what ever their political sentiments may be. FIRE ON BOARD A STEAMER.—On Monday morning, about half-past five o'clock, the Ramona, Ham burg steam-packet, belonging to the General Steam Navi gation Company, lying nearly off the Tower, was discovered to be on fire, and the very greatest alarm reigned among the crews of the shipping in the adjoining tiers. The flames appeared to rage in the neighbourhood of the engine room, and the crew of the vessel, aided by a party of the Thames Police, were for nearly two hours endeavouring to extin guish the fire by throwing down buckets of water, but with out success, and it was then' found necessary to cut away the decks, and by that means the vessel was saved from destruction, but considerable damage was done before the fire was entirely subdued. It is believed that some of the coals had ignited during the last voyage, and communicated to the bulk-head. A few evenings ago, at a sale by auction here, a female, anxious about some likenesses of Ministers w hi c h were for sale, was very busy in examining them ; when, at length, having purchased a print of the late Dr. —, she found her purse had been cut off by some thief, who, while she was expressing her desire for a clerical likeness, had manifested a stronger inclination after the Royal physiog nomy, which was imprinted on a few solid half-crown pieces in her pocket, and with which the miscreant got clear off. —Aberdeen Herald. THE IRON TRADE.--The iron trade of Stafford shire and the neighbouring districts is, at the present mo . - merit flourishing beyond all precedent. It is said that there is not one house in the manufacture within 30 miles of Birmingham, which has not more orders on hand than they can possibly execute within the next three menths.—illac clesileld Courier. • COURT CIRCULAR. Mr. Poulett Thomson and Mr. E. L. Bulwer, M.P., had interviews yesterday with Viscount Melbourne, in Downing-sireet. Despatches for Major-General Bourke, Govettot of New South Wales, were sent off yesterday afternoon from the Colonial-office. Lord John Russell arrived in•town on Monday evening from Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. The Greek Minister transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Lords of the Judicial Committee of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber to hear the petition for the extension of Erard's patent pianofortes. The Lords present were Lord Lyndhurst, Lard Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. Signor Scappa, and other musical professors ; the clerk and the foreman of M. Erard, were examined by Counsel before their Lordships. Lord Lyndhurst, on the part of the Lords present, stated that a sufficient case had been made out to induce their Lordships to recommend to his Majesty to extend the period of the first patent of 1821 and 1822 for England, Scotland, and Ireland, for seven years ; but their Lordships did not consider there were sufficient grounds for extending the term of the second patent of 1825. Despatches for the Marquis of Sligo, Governor of Jamaica, and the other Governors of the West-Indies, were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office. The Hon. Robert Smith, son and heir of Lord Carrington, who secluded himself from the gay world for a long period after the premature demise of hitt beautiful Lady, sister to the Countess of Chesterfield and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, has been entertaining a succession of par ties, including sportsmen of the Royal Hunt, at his seat, Gayhurst House, Bucks. _ BERLIN, DEC. 10.—Lord George William Rus sell, Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary from his Majesty the King of Great Britain to the Prussian Court, has arrived from London. DARTMOOR PRlSON.—Government has aban doned the idea of converting these prisons into a penitentiary for convicts. This determination is founded on the sur veyor's report, which states that it would cost no less than 172,0001. to render this building available for the intended purpose.—Western Times. Mr. Ellie on Friday dined with the King of the French and Royal Family. The Irish Under Secretary, Captain Drummond, has, with his bride, returned to Dublin. This young lady was the adopted child of Rich. Sharpe, formerly a hatter in Cheapside, and afterwards a partner in the firm of Bod dington and Co., West India merchants. Though risen from the humblest class of society, Mr. Sharpe moved for the last thirty years in the very highest circles. He died possessed of very considerable real and personal property, the bulk of which goes to Miss Kinnaird and Mrs. Drum mond.—Limerick Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY PRESENT TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—A letter from Philadelphia states that a gen tleman was on the eve of leaving that city, charged with a present for Lord John Russell, from " An American citi zen who admires his Lordship's political course?' It con sists of a lock of General Washington's hair, which is to be set in a ring in this country, at a cost of fifty dollars to the donor. The hair is stated to be remarkably fine, and almost as soft as silk. But it is added that some doubt exists as to its genuineness. • A proposition has been made in Hants to raise a subscription, at the rate of one sovereign each subscriber, to present a splendid shield to the Duke of Wellington, as Lord-Lieutenant of that county. _ _ The Earl and Countess of Harrington's eldest son, he infant Viscount Petersham, is dangerously indisposed. It is worthy of remark that the Duke of Buccleuch's munificent gift of ninety-nine years' lease to the heirs of the littrick Shepherd, of his farm at Altrive, for a pepper corn per year, supposing the original rent (501. per year) to be laid out at interest, would accumulate, by the end of the lease, to odds of 100,0001. sterling.—Berwick Warder. Four hundred pounds have now been subscribed at Leicester, for erecting a monument to Wycliffe. The sum required' is 6001. _ _ _ The Marquis of Anglesea has left Rosslyn House, Hampstead, where the Marchioness remains for the be nefit of her health, for Beaudesert, where the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Lord and Lady Sydney, Captain and Lady Agnes Byng, are assembled for the Christmas holidays. The Marquis of Hertford has resigned the Recor dership of Coventry ; the oaths of which office, however, his Lordship never took, nor once officiated in his judicial capacity. Sir Francis Bond Head, K.C.H., who has em barked at Liverpool for his new Government of Upper Canada, will act as Civil Governor of that province, ac cording to the recent arrangements of the Colonial De partment. Alajor-General Sir John Colborne, it is under stood: will not be recalled, but will be appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the Forces in the colony, with his quarters at Montreal. Yesterday morning despatches were received at the Colonial-office from Jamaica, dated the Gth, and from St. Thomas's, the 13th of November, brought by his Majesty's brig Tyrian. Passengers—Williams, Bradshaw, Shew, Deacon, Walpole, and 'Walter. MARRlED.—Captain Buck, of Hartland Abbey, to the Lady Elizabeth O'Brien, fourth daughter of the Mar quis of Thomond. That the bride and the bridegroom are surely in luck, Must to every mind be most clear • To her the bold Captain is nought but a ttick, While to him she is most certainly Deer. PAGANINI.—This renowned artiste is still in the land of the living. We have seen the copy of a letter written by him from Parma, a few_ days ago, to a friend in London, in which he seem:, somewhat - at a loss to account for the statement of his death, which appeared not long since in several of the public papers. The Signor purposes shortly to return to London. ►THE ENDOWMENT JOB.—We understand that the Common Council have, as far as they have the power, completed this very disgraceful job. The money for en dowing the churches and the clergy is now deposited in the bank.—Liverpool In 1820 the number of scholars in France was to that of the inhabitants as 1 is to 27 ; in 1829, as 1 to 23i ; in 1832, as Ito 164 ; and in 1834, as 1 to 141. But the mass of the population, deducting children under two years of age, which is as yet totally devoid of instruction, amounts, it is supposed, to upwards of 19 million individuals, or 63 out . . of 160, the three-fifths of the population. It is calculated that to make education general in France, it would require 169,000 establishments of public instruction. At present there are but 34.000 ; therefore there is an enormous defi ciency of 135,000 schools to be founded.—Paris Advertiser. FIRE AT BRAIIAM'S NEW THEATRE.—ShortIy after the close of the performances last night, when the lights came to be put out in the interior, it caused such an extra pressure of gas upon the illumination under the por tico in front of the theatre, that the jets shot up to a great height, and the centre part of the illumination, forming the crown, having been placed too close under the roof of the portico, the flame caught hold of the projecting cornice, which was soon on fire, the flame being fed by a quantity of shavings which had been neglected to be removed. For tunately there were two firemen belonging to the London Establishment, who, together with an engine, had, as a matter of temporary precaution, been sent down to the theatre. These men mounted on the roof, and assisted by numbers of the police, who banded them up buckets of water, the fire was extinguished without having clone any damage, beyond destroyinr , a part of the roof of the por tico. An accident occurred last Wednesday, which, but for the caution taken in having two firemen constantly on the watch, might have proved ruinous to the entire of this splendid theatre. Loader, of Watling-street station, on going his rounds about six o'clock in the evening, found a cleft stick, such as is frequently used by workmen for a candlestick, in a complete blaze, and lying in a most criti cal situation, immediately between the scenes. So narrow was the space, that Loader could not get in his arm to withdraw it, and was obliged to cautiously perform this with a long piece of wood. Whose shameful carelessness had caused this immense risk, could not be ascertained. The property is insured in the Phoenix Office for 20,000/. ; that office having, contrary to the usual cautious procedure of insurance Companies, taken upon itself the risk of execut ing the whole policy of insurance. . . ... At the meaner of the Paisley Presbytery, on Wed nesday, an intimation was read to that body by the Clerk, from Mr. Brewster, to the effect that the Rey. Gentletnan Would carry his case to the Synod, owing to the inlbrmal manner in which the charge regarding his attending the O'Connell dinner , was brought forward against 'him. '.-. considerable length. He chiefly dwelt on the fact that tine alteration in the currency effected by Peel's Bill, was the great cause of the agricultural distress which now pressed with such severity on all imrts of the country; and prez.sed on the meeting not to conceal from Parliament their conviction that nothing but a return to a paper currency could give the farmers any effectual relief. The Resolution was then put and carried unanimously, amidst loud cheers. A vote of thanks was th', n given to the Chairman, after which the meeting separated. FRENCH PAPERS. COURT OF PEERS.—SITTING OF MONDAY, DEC. 13. TRIAL OF THE STATE PRISONERS. At 1 o'clock the proceedings in this case were resumed. The prisoners of the category of St. Etienne were lei into Court in the usual order. _ . . As soon as the registrar bad made the rappel nominal, The President directed the evidence in support of the prosecution to be continued. These depositions went chiefly to prove the series of facts already published. A Colonel of the National Guards of St. Etienne stated that he had seen the prisoner Caussidiere during the insur rection at that place. The prisoner had been thrown down, and whilst on the ground, a poniard fell from inside his cat. He picked it up and retired. Witness identified the po jard, and subsequently it h a d marks of .mud on it, c zance of blood. The police-officer Evraud had b be u e t n no P as a sa P ssinated one or two minutes before, but witness did not see the act committed. Cassidiere was pursued by three police officers, but on brandishing his dazger, and threatening to kill the first man who approached, they re tired. The prisoner was ultimately secured. At the request of Caussidiere, the Registrar read the depositions of the witness Meredzy, who had stated that be had seen a tall young man, dressed in a grey frock coat, strike Eyraud in the back, and then run away in the direc tion of the Hotel de Ville. He was positive that Caussi diere was not the person who struck the blow. At a quarter to three the Court adjourned for a short interval, but bad not returned when our reporter left. FRENCH FUNDS,—PARIS, DECEMBER 14. Five per Cents., 10Sf. 107 f. ;.15e. 1014. • Four per Cents., POL Three per Cents. W. Boe. 85e.' Bank Actions , 2,1-10 f. Remo de Naples, !VI arc. Roman five per Cents., 101. Royal Spanish Loan, 33,4. RentePerpeLd'Epagne, live per Cent., 35%. Belgian Loan, Fire per Cents, 101!x 101. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 81 Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, f274'50 Haytiau Loan, 3951 397 f Mc. 395 f. EXCHANOE. 05 LONOOK. One month, paper, `2.5f. 55c. •, money, 251 Three mouths,l paper,l3f. 40c. ; money, 251..7,7y,,c. —Cours Authottiouc. • BOURSE THREE O'CLOCK.-10 news, no reports, Po busi ness. A more complete stagnation of business has ss'ld.oni been experienced on Change. QUARTER TO FOUR.--Five per Cents., 108 f. 20c. ; Three per Cents., 79f. —c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, ; Gueb hards, —; Differes, I 7i; New Loan, —; Active - 2, 45i ; Passives, 13a ; Ducats, 96 55 ; Romans, 101 ; Pedros, 83 ; Belgians, 101 ; Dutch, 55f. —e. ; Ilaytians, 395 f. .—c. ; Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 14; Con tinuation, —c. ; Now Differcs, 224 ; Five per Cent. Pape tuclles, BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, DEC. 13.—A letter from Valenciennes of the 12th December says—" The Members of the Chamber of Comiwrce of this city have met several times to examine tLe sel:n.al plans for the iron railroad, and to give their op i n i ons r e.quf.cting the execution of them as connected v of the arrondissements. In their last meeting at the Town Hall, at which the Mayor I ith e yesterday intet s . was present, they dr,.'w up a series of resolutions to the effect-1. To prefer the direction by St. Quentin to that by Amiens. 2. To have the line of Valen ciennes considered not as a branch, but as the prin cipal line, which should join with that from Brus sels to the frontiers of Hainault, &c. These opinions are founded on the propriety of connecting the two capitals by the shortest road, of joining a Belgian road, the execu tion of which is fixed by a law, and of making the rail-road pass the most populous and manufacturing part of the country ; and, lastly, to approach as near as possible to the numerous mines in the arrondissement of Avesmes, the ir regular surface of which will, perhaps, never permit the n :aking of rail-roads there, but which may profit by the line :iassing through Valenciennes, on account of its prox- imity. letter fet , ?n Muni2ll, of Dec. 7, says that private let ters, from Anco.la, announced that the King of Bavaria embarked there on the 3d for Greece, and that his Ma jesty was in good heaitti, In the Chamber of I{,Vresentatives yesterday, the order of the day was the discus:ton of the Project of Law . for equalising the land-tax, in corArmity with the new survey (Cadastre) of the kingdom. M. Fallon would not contend that several provinces had long suffered injustice, by being r.:•ted far beyond their due proportion, ..or did he desire to richly the redress of the burdensome irregularities by which the had suffered : but he wished that they might not go too far, and while they removed the burden unjustly imposed on some, lay too heavy a one on others ; he said that the new survey was very defective in many particulars ; he read several peti tions, complaining of these irregularities ; and concluded by moving. that the law should be adopted only as a temporary measure, till the irregularities and errors complained of should have been enquired into and corrected. The Minister of Finat;ce replied to some of M. Fallon's objections. He thought it would be most inconvenient to pass the law as . temporary measure, and though both modes were liable to - objections, ,hat of adopting the law definitively seemed to be the best.—Adjourned till the 14th.—Brussels Papers, Dec: 14. NUIIEMBERG, DEC. 7.—ln the morning . ., at nine o'clock, the iron railroad was opened in the manne, - named in the programme. M. Binder, the Chief Burr ° oni„.'ster, opened the ceremony with an address, chile the band ,of the Re giment of Landwehr played the national hymn. The.mo numental stone was uncovered, which has on one side the cypher of the King, with the inscription, " Germany's first iron railroad with steam power, 1833 (I)eutschland's erstc Ersenbahn mit Dampfrkraft, 1833)." On the other side are the united arms of the two towns, with the inscription, i',Turemberg and Furth." After a short pause, the steam carriage;. (with nine carriages for passengers attached to it, all decorated with the national colours) set out for Furth, while countle.7B multitudes of spectators were assembled along the road. The carriages travelled the road three times, and were alwi.:ys filled with passengers. To-morrow the carriages will begin to ply regularly. It is intended to employ both horses and the steam engine, to draw the car riages on the road. The passage will take 15 minutes when the steam engine is used, and 25 n coutes with horses. VIENNA, DEC. 5:-5 per Cents., 10f ; 4 per Cents., 99 ; Bank Shares, 1,379. — A itgemeine Zcitung, Dee. 10. timanunr; BORSEN HALLE, D.7c. iO. FOREIGN FUNDS. 1;1; 4 s. Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cen. lOO4 10) Ditto ditto 4 Jul- cent. Ditto ditto :I per cent. Ditto Bank Shares 1 . 153 13.57 Russian 5 per cents. Me' al Anglo-Itteisian loan los Paper I n,cription, ti per cent 1. , 15:itatl Inscription, Hope and Co., :td and •Ith ',Hos 6. / "R''', crtificates It ' Porto, -• " • ' • •SZ Ditto 3 per • 53 53% Ducci. 0, 2 per ' Ditto 5 per Cencs...., Polish nonds, 3 pt.'. A ng io-parushim:ol,:pe. 73 1 1 Norwegian Loin of 12'3 , ,, pt.. -- ` -nt ' spaoish, iii piastres, 3 per Ce 314.. ....... 44 1 ,4 41 • Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent "" • v France G 133 1, reek I per cents. guarantec'd , , EX.CHAN tiES ON /AO - 1 s. !Winton:, Du. 11 —13'.4;4 ; two inont. 5; Sr. p e mpsnuit,,ii, DEC. 1 —Three m . onth • • ai• SToct:iiiii.m, 4.—Two min:l)s, 12 1. conitstu.,m, iirce 5 11; BREMEN, S —Tv.° months, I'll. luoti.lN. Dre 8.-11'1'00 Mont Ils, 2 i• VIENNA, DEC J.—TWO Inollol3, 1) 5934. llambarg D c. 11. PRUSSIAN AJNDS.—BcituN, I;ttc. 9. Bills. Money. St. Sebald. S:;13. 4 per e N it. IOI /f 101t 4 Prui•sian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 103 , ;y 911% —Prussian Stale Gazelle. Dec.:lo. On Saturday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, the following deplo.'able and melancholy accident occurred in Pc-tob - ello Fields, near Acton, to Augustus Fareham, a young gentleman resing in Baker-street, Port man-square. It appears that the - !tnfortamate youth, in company with another, proceeded froJ' his father's resi dence, for the purpose of amusing themse:ves with a day's Sport—Shooting. His friend's clog di s covered a rabbit in a hedge ; his friend immediately advanced Zo it, and tired through the hedge, melancholy to rclatc. Mr. Fare ham was in a line with the hedge, on the opposite side of the field, unknown to him, who was wounded ; he ex claimed " Oh, my God, I am shot !" His friend ? . ..tsbed through the hedge to his assistance, when he discor;red him lying bleeding copiously from his right leg and kne pan, the whole of the contents having entered them. A man, who was in the field a short distance off, came aild assisted in bandaging the wounds up, and afterwards pro cured a conveyance, in winch he was removed to his father's residen'oe. Surgical assistance was promptly procured, but such are the exteet. of thelnietries he received, it is feared that amputation must be performed. POI, A ND.—The Cavite (k! Hanoi re, December 4. contains the following :—" Notwithstanding all the vigi' lance of the police, both public and secret, there have for some. time bean circulated. in Poland many pamphlett, edited in Paris, exhorting the people to maintain their nationality despite, all opprifion and all tyranny ;' re main eternally : alien to their oppressors, and to hope ,with courage in God, who avenges the oppre,:s,cd. scorch has' t:Ot boon . stafficiihnt to discro - ver the means etr , ployed for the circulation of those writings." I I `iS i