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THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. NDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRI - ':. THIS EVENING, JAN. 4. Will be repeated Ehakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM. Iht.cos, Mr. Cooper; Quince, Mr. Bartley ; Bottom, Mr. Harley ; Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ; Hertnia, Mrs. NAett ; Oberon, Madame Vest' is ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Hainforth. After which, The NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be repeated, entitled TILE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Jr. C. J. Sinith ; Clown, YlriT. Ridgvvay ; Pantaloon, M K . ; Columbine, Mks F&irbrother. To-morrow; The Merry Wives of Windsor, with The New Pantomime. On Wiitines,lay, Nlitlbuatmer - Night's Dream, with the New Pantomime. _ Doors to tee upene4( at half-past Six—the performances to 20.r.r.5erp,!4.• at Scven o'Clock. T vkAti and places for the Bc:a to be taken of Mr. Grogan Ai the Box-office, from Ten tit! 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Morning 8 mixutes after It I Evening.... 51 uvi.tres fitter 19 ::FiZ 4 ft . ,41; tzet , • "" Zbt -il"tl?‘• LONDON: MONDAY, JANUARY 4. It 4 Th© Leeds Times on the 26th ult., included The Sun amongst those Journals which are favour able to the new movement of the Leeds Reform Association. Certainly we have given circulation to its manifestoes, and we have on all occasions ad vocated most of the principles of that Association, but we have never been inclined warmly to recom mend its present agitation, as that which ought immediately to engage public attention. Seeing The Suit thus connected with the Association, we took an opportunity last Wednesday to re-state our often avowed preference for Anti-Corn-law agita tion to every other, at the same time implying that we did not aspire to _lead the democratic Reformers, by declaring that we would zealously forward that particular reform which they might unite to pro curs. Our remarks are quoted by the Leeds Times, of January 2d, as a proof that there is " a wish on the part of the Anti-Corn-law leaders to check the agitation lately commenced in Leeds." We think it right and proper therefore, to exonerate all Anti-Corn law leaders from the suspicion which our words are quoted to justify, b .) declaring that they wet e the spon taneous suggestion of our own minds, and came .not from any Anti-Ctirn-law leaders, and were far less dictated by a wish to check tat -a agitation at Leeds than to induce all democratic Reformers to unite in the pursuit of some one object, the best being, in our opinion, the abolition of the Corn lar They were meant to preserve and to vindi cate the, consistency of The Sun from the charge implied, as we thought, in the language of the Leeds Times, and not intended to show any hostility to the Leeds Reformers. At the same time, as our opinion has been called .in question, we will re-state, and endeavour to con iitm it. If the people, we have always been of opinion, cannot obtain the abolition of the Corn law in spite of the aristocracy, and however the Le gislature may be composed, neither can they obtain any larger reform in the Legislature itself, in order to effect, amongst other things, the abolition of the Corn-:aw. The House of Lord, , , to begin with, will be more opposed to the Leeds Association t h an to the abolition. Earl FITZWILLIA Nt, that candid nobleman, the Earl of RADNOR, distin_ guished for his uprightness, Lord BROUGH M, remarkable for his eloquence and the far reach of his t h oug ht, with several other Peers of great wea l t h an d power, are favourable to the repeal of the Corn-law ; but we ques'ion whether one of I,IIEIII would go the whole length of the Leeds A s _ ociation. Next, every one of the present Minis te's would strenuously resist the demands of the .&.suciation, while severe of them are favourable to a large modification of the Corn-law, and would become advocates of its abolition, with very little pressure. Thirdly, there a much larger number of _Members of the House of Commons favourable to the abolition of the Corn-1 :N Wan to any point -1 -urclnooted by the Leeds Associatio n , except the Bal lot. All the Members who oppose the abolition 0 4,, would oppose still more strenuously Household Suffrage. Fourthly, of the great public a iarpe majority of the electors, including of course W., z.-gricultucal districts, are decidedly hostile to the principles of the Leeds Association, partictilark it extended to Ireland, as witness the sophist! ) . %%hieh has been so zealously propounded by the Leeds Mercury. At the saine time a majority .of the electors, we believe, considering the large • constituencies which Mr. VILLIERS' followers represent, are favourable to the abolition. A very considerable number also, of the working-classes arc zsalous for the repeal of the Corn-law, while cooparatively few of them trouble themselves about Household Suffrage. The Chartists are opposed to us, we admit, to a great degree, hut they are more opposed to the Leeds Reformers. Lookirip: at these elements of support, and lookin g also at the clear and undoubted justice of our cause, and of the cer taro benefits of abolition, while many persons are convinced neither of the justice nor of the expedi ency of the reform advocated at Leeds, we are de cidedly of opinion that there is a much better pros pect of obtaining the total and immediate abolition of the Corn-law from the present Parliament than the great orgarjic changes recommended by our friends. On these grounds, as a question of prudence, we recommend all democratic Reformers to throw aside for the moment all other objects, and unite all their exertions for the abolition. The Leeds Times asks, " allowing that we do lay aside for a time all other schemes and projects, and zealously endeavour to carry the abolition of Corn-laws, we would just ask, whether there be the slightest probability of success ?" Wc answer a great probability. The question, since last Ses sion, has made immense progress in the country. A flood of light has been poured on it by new facts, and by the evidence of Mr. J. D. HUME and Mr. i‘PGREGoR, before the Import Duties Committee. By the diligent exertions of the Anti• Corn-law League, by their lecturers and journal, a great portion of the knowledge already possessed has been diffused through the country. Many persons in the agricultural districts begin to take a right view, and those %%110 take a wrong one tremble for their beloved iniquity. It is impossible for the Ministers—responsible as they are for the revenue and the prosperity of the country—to resist the force of the evi dence given by their own subalterns, and of the facts which have transpired in the last year as to the averages ; and Lord WESTERN, in his recent letter to the Chelmsford Agricultural Association, hints that Ministers may propose the abolition. We may look, therefore, for considerable support from them, in spite of Lord MELBOURNE'S unfortunate de claration. Already, too, the materials for the agi tation of this question are in operation; day by day the evils of the law are made kNown by the great sufferings of some one class, or the departure of some one branch of trade ; and we are decidedly of opinion that, with this additional evidence, and with the scheme of agitation already on foot, the abolition may be wrung even during the next Ses sion, from the Parliament as now constituted. Certainly to accomplish this, the democratic Re ' formers must repudiate all other measures. They ought to frown down any man in their ranks who should propose to struggle fot.' anything else till abolition be achieved ? They must at the same time take the broadest ground, and shrink not from any of the consequences of their principles. Hitherto this great question has been too little debated on the grand and comprehensive principles of free trade, and of denying iu toto the right of the Legislature to tax any one class for the benefit of another, which lie at the bottom of our demands. It has been too much treated as a matter of trade, and too little as a great moral and political question. More has been said of the dimi nution of the masters' profit than of the curtailment of the labourer's wages, while the enormous horror that this murderous law annually puts multitudes of the lover classes to death by the slow and painful pro cess of starvation, has been almost kept out of sight. L;ttle or nothing has been done, at least not enough, to make the labourers see and feel that this concerns th em , while a great deal has been clone, both by our friends and our opponents, to convince them that the masters only will be benefited. Make them know and feel that not only their wages, their comforts, their little luxuries, but their very existence, and the existence of their wives and little ones, depends on the abolition of the Corn-law, and they will join, we believe, in the demand for that as cordially as they ever exerted themselves to obtain the Charter. I'he Abolitionists are already powerful in Parliament, and powerful out of Parliament. TUey have truth, justice, and morality on their side ; and we have a thorough confidence that they must prevail. Our hearty advocacy of this course, and of this cause, is dictated by no wish to found an association or place our selves, "by urgent and repeated remon strances," at the head of a movement, but from a sincere and well-weighed conviction that no other measure would tend so much to make the bulk of the people prosperous, and restore internal tran quillity, or so much elevate the national morality, and improve our political system, as the abolition of time aristocrats' tax on the poor man's food, be cause that is an immoral, unrighteous tax, which violates the first principle of society—the principle of mutual and equal protection. Our approbation to the proceedings of the De putation of the Anti-Corn-law League at Walsall was given on the supposition that those gentlemen were quite sure of teturning a right man. When the first statement reached us it was announced that Mr. FOSTER, Jun., was sure of success, and we cannot conceive a man being a Tory, and a hearty Corn-law Abolitionist. Now it appeals that Mr. FOSTER declines to stand, that the League are not prepared with a candidate, that they have to send about and propose one who has no local connection with the borou,!h. Their interference can only ha justified by success, and if their interference should lead to letting in a Tory and a Pro-Corn-law man, they will do as much mischief to their cause as we anticipated benefit from a Member being elected by their initrumentality, to carry out their principles. Nosy that they have begun they must spare no ex ertion to succeed, on pain of being generally con demned. The approaching Session of Parliament is looked forward to with more indifference, than any Session we remember for many years. There seems to be no hope on any side. Nothing is expected from Parliament.. An excellent opportunity is thus afforded to the leaders cf both, parties, to show how much superior they are to popular clamour ; and that, though deaf to its demands, it is no sooner stilled, than they devote their energies to promote the public welfare. We should rejoice to see Ministers propose the modification, if not the aboli tion, of the Corn-laws ; and rejoice to see the Op position take up the import duties, and propose the assimilation of the duties on colonial and foreign sugar, and on Canadian and Norway timber. Sir ROBERT Iricus may earn for himself great popu larity, by moving for the abolition of the Eccle siastical Courts ; and Mr. HA WES may win back public favour, by removing some of the nonsensical restrictions of the Police Act. There is plenty of work for the Members if they wish to benefit the public ; and unless they make some exertions to keep alive attention, Parliament may die of that most fatal of all diseases for public authority, p u blic contempt. The Members will not be able to find a single excuse, we believe, in being assailed from without ; they will be allowed, unawed, and probably almost unasked, to pursue their own course ; they will have a full opportunity of doing what is right, and if they neglect it the blame and the responsibility will belong to them. The new s of the Convention signed by Commo dore NAPIE R at Alexandria was fully known at Constantinople on the Sth ult. It took Lord PONSONBY and the Porte equally by surprise. -The terms of the Treaty by n o means pleased the British Ambassador, who s a id the gallant Com• modore was not a ut h or i zed by him to s i g n it • The Convention was equally in bad odour with the SULTAN. What will they say to Admiral STOPIORD'S Treaty, which is substantially the same as that signed by the chivalrous NAPIER ? Will Lord PoNSONBY admit that Lord PALMER STON Could authorize the signing of a Convention which virtually secures to MEHEMET ALI the hereditary administration of the Pachalic of Egypt? It is high time that the attention of the Great Powers who called Greece into existence as a sove reign state, was directed to the atrocities perpetrated under the authority of King OTHO, and in the sacred name of justice, upon the unfortunate inha bitants of that country. Have England and France assisted in establishing legal tribunals in Greece only to revive the torture, and have they proclaimed the freedom of her flag that it might serve as a pro tection to the slave trade ? If the article which we quote in another column, from the leading Journal of Greece produce no effect upon the British and French Governments, we must carry our appeal against such barbarities to the great tribunal of the people of both countries. The French Journals of Thursday find, in M. fi um ANN'S speech on the Budget, ample grounds for editorial animadversion. Although the Finance Minister stated that with a deficit equal to 6,160,0001. it was not his intention to impose any fresh taxes upon the country, the Journalists sup pose, and not, we presume, without reason, that such an addition to the public burdens is only to be removed ultimately by fresh clogs upon agricul tural and commercial industry' and enterprise. E. 3 timated in British currency the gross income of France for the financial year is 46,480,000/., whereas the outlay is calculated at 52,64000/. From this it will be seen at a glance how dear to France has been the Administration of M.l its mits. General BUGEAUD, ever memorable for prefer ring an invasion of Cossacks to an invasion of Prussian bullocks, on the principle of free-trade in beef, has been appointed Governor-General of French Africa, in the room of Marshal VALLEE. An article from the National on this subject will be found subjoined. The Sileaia Gazelle publishes a letter from the Uk raine, dated the 9th ult., which states that several thou sand peasants, living on the confiscated estates of P, ince Adam Czartoryski and Count Potocki, in Podolia and Kiew, were to be transported, in virtue of i mperial or. ders, to the barrens of the Chersonese and Tauris. All the necessary preparations were made to carry this barbar ous 'measure into execution. 'Fhe Prince Royal of Bavaria arrived incog. at Trieste on the 19th ult., and embarked on the 21st in the Count Kollowrath steamer for Athens. The Prince travels under the name of Collin de Verdenfela. The National, speaking of the nomination of General Bugeaud to the Government of Algeria, says : The appointment of General Bugeaud to the Govern ment of Africa is equivalent to the re-establishment of the influence (now nearly destroyed) of the Emir Abd-el- Kadir, who may be called the creature of General Bu geaud, since it was lie who made him what he has become, a powerful enemy : it is the cession of 200 leagues of coast of an immense territory in the interim ; it is reducing the province of Oran to the Mitidjah ; that of Oran to the banheue of the town ; that of Bona to the surrounding marshes. We shall have in vain conquered Constantine, Setif Medeah, Cherchell. General Bugeaud bears, in stead of the sword, the pen of the negotiator of the Taloa, and he is going to efface at one stroke, as he formerly did, all the conquests which our brave army has bought with its blood, and which at least indemnified us in some degree for ten years of infamy.—Gazette de France. No mails have arrived. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 8. —The Tahiri'Babiri, Govern ment steamer, which has this moment arrived from S), brings word that Ibrahim having attempted to extricate himself from the difficult position in which finds himself in the environs of Balbec, and to open himself a passage ac cross Mount Lebanon, had completely failed in this at tempt ; he was repulsed with considerable loss by the mountaineers.—Journal de Stnyrne. It appears that the measures relative to the Grceks set tled in Turkey, which were resolved on by the Porte, in consequence of the refusal of the Greek Government to ratify the treaty of commerce concluded at Constantinople, are going to be carried into effect. —Journal de &pp ne THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 4. 1841. BOURSE.—PARIS, THURSDAY, Dec. 31. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price French 5 per Cents 3 per Celit3 7e 80 :6 8J ... 76 51.1 ... 76' stl Itank 01 crance iseigran Bank S per Crrits 975.6 ... ~ /7}.',i ... 97!...4 ..... 11i!‘ 3 per Cents 69 15 ... 69 15 ... 69 15 ... 69 1:.• New Lean Dutch '.2% per Cents 5l ... 51 ... O. ... 52 5,...ni.h Active S:4% ... 2.5 ... 2-IN ... :25 Passiv.t 5% ••• 5 X ... : , %ii 5 .Ps Neapolitan Rowan t.Y ) l4 ... 09 W ... 9 J 1 4 ... 991,4 N. AIL WAY SHARES. St G et main 635 B 3-42 50 ... 3-50 ... 38c2 Si) 440 ... 4S' , O ... 480 ... 48 S , rastmarg to Bale '236 95 ... 36 35 ....36 25 1'2:3 - 6 '25 THUNDER-STORM.--A terrific thunder-storm passed over London yesterday morning. The first peal took place about seven, and probably roused from their sleep one-half of the inhabitants of the metropolis. It wa s accompanied by violent wind and sleet, with vivid light ning of every variety of colour. The storm was altoge ther different from those which occur in summer. Tile thunder appeared to come from every quarter of the heavens, and although it followed almost instantaneously the lightning, with the exception of the first peal, it ap peared to be at a great distance. The darkness was excessive, and, what with the stillness of a Sunday morn ing morning, the unusual flashes of lightning at this see son, and the sleet and hailstones with which the storm was acompanied, the effect was most impressive. It did not last above a quarter of an hour, and we are happy to state that we have heard of no fatal accidents from it. The barometer fell in the course of the night about six-tenths of an inch, and stood at eight in the morning at •?.9.:34. The storm appeared to come from the north-west, and when morning broke on the metro polis all the streets and houses were covered with snow. The wind afterwards changed to south-west, a partial thaw followed, with a fiee clear atmosphere, and towards midnight the weather became beautifully serene, the moon and stars shining out in all their splendour. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—IIer Majesty and Prince Al bert and the Royal Household attended Divine S,r vice this morning in the private chapel in the Castle. The Rev. Dr. Short, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, officiated, assisted by the Rev. Isaac Gosset. Dr. Short preached, taking his text from Galatians, chap 4, verse 6. Tile Rev. Dr. Short will have the honour of dining at the Castle this evening. The Queen and Prince Albert were prevented from walking this morning by the weather. His R Ist Highness walked on the slopes this afternoon. Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert walked on the terrace in the morning, and in the afternoon his Royal Highness drove her Mijesty out in a pony phaeton, attended by Mr. Rich and Capt. Seymour. Lord and Lady Kinna:rd and Mr. and the lion. Mrs. G. E. Anson joined the Royal Circle at the Castle at dinner last evening. Iler Majesty commanded the Lord Steward to dis tr:bute the same liberal allowance to the poor on New Year's Day as on Christmas Day. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Colone! Mahe:ley, S,eretary to the Pnstmaster•General, had in terviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Sa turday, at his official residence in Downing.street. Mr. F. Marti❑ had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Captain Grey, Governor of South Australia, left town on Saturday for that colony. The French Charge d'Affaires has left town fur Broadlands. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and also from the Governor of the West India Colonies, AMSTERDAM, DEC. 28.-We hear that a new organisation of the army is in contemplation, by which the number of battalions in each division will b, reduced from four to three; each battalion to consist of sixteen conipanh 6. The field artillery is to be corn s ioseu of only one battalion of nine cornfanies. Great Rdaetions are intended in other respects, and it is said that at least 170 otlicers, mostly of high rank, will be pensiontd off. HANOVER, DEC. 20.—The Cu.stims' Union with 13ruini.siA and Oldenburg was renewed on the 19,i) of this month for several }ears. LIM HAGUE, DEC. 29.—The first Chamber to S the budget tates-Ge i , ( al 2: I s g le 4 eLl ) miterdßy all the la wsre lative AMSTERDAM, DEC. 29.—M. Von Doom is appointed Vice- Pi.sident of the Council ut State. Other change, in the higher offices of State are spoken of. ST. PETERSOURGII, DEC. 18.-- Yesterday the ceremony of the confirmation of the Princess of Hesse Darmstadt, and her admission into the pale of the Greek Church, took place in the great chapel of the Whiter Palace, when she received the name of Maria Alexan drine. To-day she was solemnly betrothed to the Grand Duke Alexander. The city is splendidly illuminated this evening.—Haniburgh Papers, Dec. 26. We regret to learn that Dr. Olinthus Gregor) , has suffered a paralytic stroke, and remains in a very pre carious state. It is not saying too much to designate this excellent man as the great Christian philosopher of the day. His removal, whenever it may occur, will be felt as a loss to the scientific, the literary, and the Christian world, which unitedly they can but rarely sustain.—Leices. tershire Mercury. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 31.—The average price of Wheat last week was 19f. 23e., that of Rye 11 f.:32. Their Majesties have come to-day to Brussels for the winter. The Senate, in its sitting yesterday, discussed the articles of the Budget of Ways and Means, the whole of which was unanimously agreed to ; it then discussed the Budget of the Department of Justice, which was adopted with only one dissentient vote. Lastly, it ter minated the debate on the law against duelling, whick was finally agreed to by a majority of 22 to 12. The Court of Appeal, by two decisions Ltcd yes terday the 30th of December, declared itself incompe tent to condemn the Dutch Government, which was cited by the General Society before the Belgian triiO nal. A letter from Luxemburg of the 29th of De:- cumber, says, that a contract has just been entered into for the supply of the federal fortress 01 Luxemburg for two years, the garrison being estimated at 10,000 men. The thaw began the day before yesterday. The frost has lasted nearly three weeks. An explosion of hydrogen gas lately took place in a coal mine near Quarigoon ; twelve workmen were more or less injured. This is tlt e third accident of the kind in the mine since 1839. lo another mine two workmen were killed a few days ago by the fire damp. CASSEL, DEC. 31.—1 n the Sitting of the Assembly of the Estates on the 22d of December the Commissioner read the following Rescript o We, Frederic William, by the Grace of God, • Elector and Co Regent of Hesse, &c., by the advice el: our Ministry, to the Faithful Estates greeting, We have been made acquainted with the resolution of the majorii y of the Assembly, either improperly rejecting or coodt tionally agreeing to the estimates of theexpenditure which have been made as complete and accurate as possible. Though it would have been conformable to our she if the majority of the Assembly, considering their con e stitutional duties to us and our Government, end r,•- gardful of the true interest of our beloved sulj eta, had observed a conduct calculated to lead to unanimity in all the items of the estimates of the expenditure. " We, conscious of our rights and duties, as S'jv reign, and as member of the German Confederation, cannot feel in the least hindered by the error of the mjority of the Assembly of the Estates, for causing all such d sbursements to be male which the dignity 411:: the necessities of our Government, as well as our duties to the German Confederation (tile fulfilment ci which we always keep in view, both the objects of it and the we:fare of our country) and for which the con stitutional resources are fully sufficient, viz.—the reve nue of our domains, which is assigned to our treasury, the surplus of the revenue in the financial period that: has just expired, and in the taxes imposed with the consent of the Estates, for the current period. Thi, we truely notify to our faithful Estates, and declare that there shall be no further discussion on the items of the estimates of the expenditure for the cu-rent finan cial period."—Cassel, Dec. IS. (Signed) 6 ' FREDERICK WILLIAM, VON MOTZ, V. LOSSIIERG, V. HANSTEIN, V. STEU BER, V. MACKELDY." —Allgenzeine .Ztitung. itELGIAN e:UNDS—BaussELd, DEC. 31. ctuul Dct4t,2!..i per Cent. rtothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant t%6!,‘ Loan of thirty Mil:ions, -I per CCilt. --(1 4) s k i riper Cent. --Thirty.s.even Loan of City, 1;•!:1-2, ' per Cent lfo Society at Conn.rec, 41: i per Cent llO Bank of 11elgium, 5 per Cent ............ . tt7 National S4ciety. Exchange on Londow (short) —llrussels 'apers, Jan. 1. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.VIIINNA, Dec. '3 I'o/ever Cents. Metalhques out per Cents.... Three per Cellta 9.ink Share% —Allgemeirie Zeitung. Dec. •.2S MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.)_ LIVE hPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIL% Y.-fo:dav being a particular holiday, very little business has been done 1,, the Cotton Market. Tne sales were 2.300 bags, at about ye►terday's quotations. We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers of the 31 st of October, but they contain no news of importance. We have received JAmaica Papers, by the mail, to the 28th of November. The /louse of Assembly pregressed considerably, on Wednesday last, with the Militia Bill, the Committee hav ing reported progress on the 70th clause. A great many clauses, however, were taken from the old Bill, with slight modifications. We have received Demerara Papers to the 15th of No verocer. BARBADOES.—We perceive that a public meeting has been recently held at Barbadoes, by the merchants and others for the raising of " ways and means" to meet the expenses of the island, and for which an additional tax of two per cent, is placed on the goods imported into the island, and also a duty on the produce of the island ex ported. We learn, by a gentleman who has recently arrived from Hayti, that provisions of their own groa th were very scarce, and selling at double the usual rates. No doubt the drought recently experienced in this and other islands, had extended to St. Domingo, and produced the scarcity alluded to. The Dutch mail has arrived of the date December 30, bringing the prices from Amsterdam of the 29th of De cember : —Two-and-a- lislf per Cents. 49i; Five per Cents., 96i. Arduin's Spanish, 21ii, 7-16. By accounts from Russia it appears thzt the cold is to severe, that several travellers have been found dead The Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles gives notice that the port of Palamos has been opened to foreign com merce for importations and exportations, which the French Consul at Bircelona confirms. The 'prevailing opinion is, that Messrs. Rothschild at Faris, with the bankers in the above capital, will take the French loan of 18,000,0001. Should this take place country, e . h r 7 no doubt that p b a a r b t i loitty'it w ill will havefled p the its (. v way into of de_ in all and pro funds; but th e a b ove loan will 11,4 be c g the contracted at present, as the French Minister of Finance has a saficient supply to go on with for some tim r to come. The British Market has a firm appearance at present. Consols, which left urT yesterday at 884 1 for the Ac count, arc 'at present 88+ 89 ; Exchequer Bills, 4 6 premium; :at Stock. 157 158; India Stock, 238 239. The Foreign Exchanges )e,tErday afternoon acre the same as on the last post day. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet ; Spinisti Active a shade better, 24k 25 ; Deferred, 121 13 ; P.ssive, ©4 6 1 ; Portuguese, seine as they left IT, 32!, ; Three per Cents., 201, ex div. ; 70+ 711 ; 231 24+ ; Mexican, 2ti 291; Dutch Two-and e- Half per Cents., 49/ 49+, ex div. ; Five per Cents., 971 971. SH AR EL—Great Western, 26 27 prem ; New, 12 13 preat. ; London and Brighton, 6 41 discount; Black wall, 41 4 discount ; Birmingham, 82 84 premium; South ampton, 56 57 par share. _ PRICES OF SHARES TIIIS DAY AT ONE. 1,.4.11.WAY5. Paid. Per Share. Great V. estern .... Ditto New ... Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and 13irrninghant ......... 90 Ditto New Shares London and Greenwich ..... ...... 20 __. ._ . Ditto Scrip Midland Counties ....... 100 JOINT STOCK awrists. Union of Australia.. Ditto New Shares The West India Mail has been brought by the packet—the accounts (torn Jamaica arc void of interest. Freight by the above arrival about 104,000; dollars brings dates from Jamaica, 27th of October. A French paper received this morning, has the follow_ big from Madrid to the 23.1 ult.:— " The state of Spain is satisfactory, and af.iirs begin , o revive., owing to the movements in public credit. Aft, all the struggles and enormous expenses, in the space i,; three days 200 millions of reals (two millions sterliug) were negocisted on the Madrid Exchange, in bonds of the active debt, which had reached the price of 29 for money, and at Paris it is only 211. Consols hich were firm in the early pert of the room ing at 884 89, for the Account. receded to 88:1 since which they are firm again at 88 89 for the Opening : Re duced 89 to 894: Exchequer Bills 4 6 premium ; Bank Stock 187. lo the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish Active is firm at 241 25 ; Portuguese 32-1- ; Three per Cents , 201 ex div. ; , 0 olombia n 93-1 2 4 ; DutchT wo . an d. a .. H a l: per Cents. 491,-1, ex. div. In Shares very little doing. Great Western, Ntr. ,- , 62 ; Lcndon and Brighten, 441 ii ; Midland Counties 76 Consols have just been done at 89 to i, wish a firm inaket ; Spanish 26 to ii. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ........... ... 157 India Stock ......... ... .. -- 3 per Cent. Red......... 89i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. Ditto Old Annuities '3 . per Cent Red.....„ „ 97i Ditto New An nu iti es ... Nev 3i per C ent ~ „, _.Ex. Bills, 1,000/....20 6pm New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto 5001 6pm Long Annuities t o exp i re Ditto Small 7 pui Jan. 1860 ....... 13 1-16 Bank Stock for Aect ... Oct 1859... ..... I 9 E India Stock for Acct ... Jan. 1860 ... ....FOREIGN FUNDS. _ Consols for Opg B9 A ustrian, 5 per c ent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent...... -; .'ll Ditto, New Ditto.... kraLilian lion,! s „ - i3nenosAyres,6 pe r cent Russian, 5 per cent. Chilian, 6 per c , : u t (-olombian, 6 per c en t .., ._ Spanish. 5 per cent 2 '7, Ditto, 1824 .............. Ditto, Deferred . 13 ()ankh, 3 per cant. .. Frencli,s pa cent... -r. -.. Mexican, 5 per cent.... per cent... —l. — e . Greek, 1825, sp ercent. E xc h an ge —f. —,., °Si French,3 Ditto, 6 per cent, 1 89 1- 5 . Dutch, 2: per cent 49 • ,- Peruvian,lB2s,6 Per et. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 97a. . _ SHARF.S. Great W es t ern Railway (65 pa id) 92 Ditto Ne w sh ares (50 paid) •••• "' 6.2 Ditto Fifths( 4 paid)... .................. London and !trioliton Railway (50 paid).— 441 London a n d Hail "Y (9O I'd) Ditto Ne w Sh ares (2-1 p a id) .•• 501- London and G reen wich It i ni, aa y :(20 paid) Ditto Scrip. ( 0 paid)... .................... 34 London and S outh W es t ern Railway ••••• ••• 58 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) ••.... 76 North Midland Railway Om paid) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) ~,........•••• 40 MAGAZINES-CON T.INUED THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. THE NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE. A considerable improvement, both in the matter and manner of this class of periodicals, has taken place recently ; and now that they are patronized, as is duly announced on their covers, by his iiiohness Prince Albert, whose fondness of horses and dogs is'scarcely less than her Majesty's well-known attachment to those noble and faithful animals, we may calculate on a still higher degree of improvement in these monthly visitors. The (old) Sporting, Magazine of this month re minds us of '• The fine old English gentlernui, One of the olden time," with some marks of modernism about him, insen sibly acquired by the spirit of the age. Its einbel h!:liments are few, but good, and the literary con tents of the number maintain the Magazine's repu tation. The remarks "on Breeding Horses considered as a point of national importance," are judic:ous, as will as interesting. The New Sporting Magazine comes out this month in a sort of state, being the first number of a new series. It is rich in embellishment, and interesting enough in its narrative and fiction. Nimrod, we see, who is übiquitous, writing for all his friends, we believe, but the oldest, has buted a paper of agreeable gossip in his usual easy and felicitous manner, telling us how he spent his time, and what he saw in " A Few Days with the Quorn, the Badsworth and Mr. Foljamb Hounds." Nleyriek's " Marmion" is a some~. hat worn subject, the Sportsman having for some Months before gone into it. " Pete Whetstone" is faCetious, but will not be understood by every body. Tom Acorn is great on the sin of poaching ; wh►le those persons who are fond of foreign things will fi-nd in the " Duke of Tuscany's Stud Farm," as well as in " Turf Matters in America," much amusement. The cadet adopted by Ackerman gives us'..also an Almanack, and another new feature be sides, namely, a combination of agriculture and the raising and treatment of stock with our rural sports. THE SPORTSMAN. .01 the class to which this Magazine belongs, it is by far the cheapest, and certainly by no means the worst ; for, attracted by a liberality which is i:s own reward, the Sportsman has drawn around him gentlemen whose productions would reflect credit, and impart character - , to any periodical. As proof we may instance two papers, by Nimrod, a Biographical Sketch, and " A Visit to Melton," both of which contain the character istically pleasing conversation of " the old sporis• man ;" " Sports of the Fancy," a capital song by T. Dibdin ; " Tailors and Coats,' too, as far as cut goes, is excellent. The opening fragment, or "find," by '' A Foxhunting Parson," is a spi rited compound of fun and pungent irony, sub serving, we suspect, in the sequel, to something worth knowing by all, and by none more than sportsmen. We anticipate a good deal of pleasure from the progress of the story. The other papers, generally are agreeable reading ; and the eng,,rav , ings, as usual, are executed in the first style of art. The Wisbeach prize hunter, drawn by Davis, and engraved by Westley, is a gem, alone worth five times the price of the Magazine. We should like the original —not Davis's picture—but Rey nold's " to go," some fine hunting clay, in a good stiff country where foxes are neither fat nor few. TILE COLONIAL MAGAZINE. Independently of numerous first-rate business articles on the present condition and future pros pects of our colonies, the Colonial Magazine for January, under the superintendence of its able and judicious editor, Mr. Montgomery Martin, is em bellished with a fine view of St. Jean d'Acre, eleven wood engravings of scenes in India, and six figures representing the aboriginal tribes of Australasia and New Zealand. " England in 1841," with which this number commences, is a cleverly-vtritten sketch of the policy of Great Britain, Foreign and domEstic, but the writer arrives at conclusions which, to our thinking, his premises do not altoge ther warrant. " Continental India" is a brief but very interesting review of Mr. Massie's valuable work on that country. The " Progress of Manu factures among Foreign Nations" will convince such of our law-makers as take the trouble to peruse it carefully that the final effect of our Corn-laws, and other restrictive enactments, must be to ruin the manufacturing industry of this country. The notes of the month are numerous and well arranged. THE BRITISH FARMER'S . MAGAZINE. (New Series.) • This Number contains some useful essays on agricultural subjects, among others one " On, the permanent Improvement of the Soil," by Mr. Cuthbert Johnson, which deserves the attention of farmers. The subject, indeed, is one of the utmost importance in farming, and we therefore recommend the treatise to all our agricultural readers. The . following is the conclusion come to by the writer : " The contemplation of such a field for the prefi:able employm , snt of capital, and of agricultural 14bour, too, is cheering in more ways than one ; for such researches must not only more and more convince us that the resources of agriculture are not nearly yet exhausted, but it must serve to convince even the raAst despairing—the most timid poli tical economist, that there is hence some strong probability that the agriculturists of our country are yet able to meet all the demands that can be made upon them fur a supply of food; and, that they will continue 'o do so, even it' the present number of her children acre more than doulsled." Some interesting. extracts on the cultivation of hops are also given in another article, with the amount of duty every year since 1711. • DUBLIN UNIVERSI7'Y MAGAZINE. The " Portrait Gallery " for this month—an ilea which the Dublin University Magazine has adopted from Fraser—contains a whole-length por trait of Mr. Carlton, one of tho most popular wri ters of the day, of Irish fictions. A memoir is affixed to the portrait of this gentleman, whose abilities are panei.,=yrized in warm terms ; but, as we have but an imperfect acquaintance with his works, we cannot undertake to eay whether or not the estimate formed of him is a judicious one. To our thinking Miss Edgeworth and Banim arc by far the best Irish novelists that have yet come be the world, for they draw out national peculiarities more fully than any of their successors. " Ro mantic and Lyric Poetry of Spain " is a slight essay on a theme that has always—and no wonder —been a favourite with periodical writers. Seve ral specimens of translation are introduced in the course of this essay, one of which, " The Ro mance of the Count Alarcos," has at least the 1i1,21 it of spirited versification. " Charles O'Mal ley, the Irish Diagoon," contributes some more chapters of his personal reminiscences. There is a dashing, off-hand manner about this writer, that makes his various sketches very pleasant reading-. SMALL WOOD'S 111,4 GA ZINE. This is a new periodical, and - if we may form a judgment from a first number,. we should be disposed to augur favourably of as success. The aiticles are numerous, both prose and verse, and they are just of sufficient length to amuse, without wt.ary ing, the reader. One of them, a poem, under the familiar title of " Blind Man's Buff," is iTritten in the terse, laughing manner of Lord 13yron's " Beppo." It professes to be a story of the carnival of Madrid in the year 1834, and sets out—to use one of Froissart's favourite phrases— on the grand pas. " The Morning Governess" is a sketch quite as good as one on the same subject %vhich appeared, if we remember rightly, in the Heads of the People." ASIATIC JOURNAL. The whole of this number, which is a " supple • went," is made up of a copious olituary, and cf Asiatic matters of intelligence. Of course, there fore, it furnishes no room for comment. BRITISH MAGAZINE. A Nlontlily Register of religious and ecclesias !ical infortnation, carefully got up, and intended chiefly for clerical people. FREEMASON'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Here is another new monthly periodical, Exclu• sively dedicated to a report of the proceedings that havu taken place in the various Lodges of the Vozemasons during the month that has just tenni ;iated. The dumb of John Hall, Esq., of Portslade, took place, atter an illness of same seeks, in Brighton, on Tuesday last. Mr. Hall was in his 791 - 1 year, and was setliur partner of the Brighton Union Bank, a Magistrate fir the eastern division of the county acting on the Bench, and Treasurer to the Sus , Lex County Hospital. Et'sT :•,D :.;!". LNIOUTII, THURSDAY MORNING. Her Majesty's packet Tyrian, Lieut. Croker, has ar rived from the West Indies. Our advices arc isolated, unfortunately, owing to this vessel's coming in prior to the return of the preceding packet, the Pigeon, which embarked hence the mails of Oct. 1, and w e apprehend left. Cape H inri for this port, three days before she Ty. Tian. Tee dates furnished are from Jamaica, Oct. 27, Cv H nr (St. Derniogo) Dee. I. Intelligence had been received at Jamaica, via Boston, from London, to Oct. 20th, before the Tyrian's mails of the 15th were received there, affording an addi tional practical evidence of the advantages of a steam communication. The barque Brilliant, from Liver. pool to Kingston, struck on a rocky r' of adjoining Carlisle B ty, on November 19W The weather being fortunately c:lni, however, and several small craft Navin e , been des patched from Kingston to lighten her, there was every probability of her being got off. Some correspondence had appeared in the Jamaica papers on the propriety of the local Legisil iqire causing a portion of its immigration fund to be expended in the introduction of camels as a &side ratuin for the abridgment of the necessity of manual la bour : all parties appeared to believe and feel that imme diate ultra means were required to be in operation to main tain the well-being of the island and of their own individual interests. The House of Assembly had been engaged in discussing several questions; the following are among the bills which had been introduced. An Amendment Bill for the Re. gulation of Banks not Incorporated ; Rum Duty Bill ; Pilotage and Quarantine Regulation Bills. The Militia Bill : its provisions do not extend to the affecting of any commissions already held, while the men already enrolled arc held liable to serve for three years ; there are no less than 90 clauses in this Bill ; the police, quit-rent, election law, and clergy law amendments, punishment of perjury,ex tension of the p )wers of Justices, cruelty to animals, re gistry of fire-arms, and a host of others. 6001, were to be distributed among the suff.Ters by the late fire at Mon tego. The Directors of the Planters' Bank had prayeJ for an Act of Incorporation. A memorial from both see t'ons of the Legislature had been prepared, praying her Majesty f•ar the remission of the Jamaica lean. But, per haps, the roost important of the legislative proceedings, in connection with the mother country, is a proposed Act on export and import duty. The general sentiment on this measure appeared to be that no additional charge on ex ports should be made ; but, on imports of all luxuries, and all wearing apparel, an additional per centege might ad vantageously be put on to provide a revenue to meet the public exigencies. The intelligence from the other islands is satisfactory on the whole ; on soma properties the coloured population work well, but from others doleful complaints are received. Freight per Tyrian, 105,000 dollars more or less. The American ship Ontario passed up Channel yesterday. _Morning Herald. GREECE. ATHENS, DEC. 6.—You have frequently exposed the horrible system of torture practised by King Otho's Janis saries. I beg► of you, in the cause of humanity, to pub. lisp the accompanying translation of a leading article in the Mines va, the principal Greek Journal, which appeared at the time when the Ottoman Panajotti was tortured, which ha; never been contradicted:— " THE RENEWAL OF TORTURE IN OUR COUNTRY. " ATHENS, SEPT. 24 (Ocr. 6), IB4o.—The Greeks recollect the tortures which they suffered under the Turkish Government, and established, so soon as they had liberated themselves from the yoke of tyranny, as the first stone of ! their social er:iflee, the prohibition of torture as a means of inquisition. However we may consider the prolonged im prisonments previous to trial as torture, the above is the foundation of c ur penal code and penal procedure. " However it rasy be, society now looks upon this prin ciple as sacred, and none whatever of the civil and military servants ()tithe State can, by our laws, make use of torture in our country against any individual whateeer,living under the said laws. " The public remembers with what horror it heard the tortures practised in Lamia by M. Tzinos, and which the poor tortured victims set forth in memorials to the King, in whose heart it made such an impression that he showed the greatest indignation at such illegal practices. " However, it appears that others, encouraged by the apathy and indifference of our Ministers, whose duty it was to act with vigour for the cessation of this evil, have prac tised, and still practise, torturer on citizens. Tiles , did use did tortures during the past winter also in the capital, which were noticed at the time in this paper. '" If we give credence to what is reported, certain of the gendarmes use also, elsewhere, this illegal and horrid means in their examinations, all which has been repre• scntcd by the sufferers to the proper Secretary of State ; Lut in this, as in everything almost, the tespective Minis- I are deaf and unmoved by the just cries and prayers of these individuals. " Before the arrival of M. Tzinos as Mi , arque, such tortures, at any rate, were not heard of in our city.kSince his arrival, however, we have heard to what tortures has been subjected the servant of a certain plundered person. " It is true that this servant was tortured by a man of the police outside the town; but no one has doubted that such an inhuman deed would be committed by any other Mirsrque. The tribunal, indeed, condemned the torturer; but as his instigators remained unpunished, the torturer re ceived the Royal pardon, justified on the ground that he was so ordered to act. " But the coil did not stop here. This said Mirarque Taines dared publicly to beat M. Krinon ; and certain of his subalterns have beaten, and daily beat the citizens without the least regard. In the presence of the French Charge d'Affeires,tbe gendarmes beat citizens, because they were met on the road at night. A newly-arrived I tailor was beaten so badly without any reason, that he bad to be attended by a surgeon for several days to cure his wounds. Another citizen, whom the gendarmes had unjustly arrested, was beaten by the Mirarque himself, without even asking if he had committed any fault—this .citizen being arrested for the sole offence of having seen the gendarmes beating with sticks a drunken citizen, and and of asking ' Why do you beat him ?' All these events have occurred in our city ; and the Government, or M. Rosner (commander of the gendarmes), shuts his eyes, or is indifferent in this as he is in other matters. " In the midst of these scenes a foreigner of our religion came to our office, and narrated as follows " I was,' said he, 'servant of such an one. This per ' son had left his house to go to necropolis, where after wards his wife sent me to tell bins that the money which he had put in his trunk was not there, end to ask him by me if he himself had taker, it. I went to the said village and found him, and said as his wife had directed. He heard me with indifference, and when he had fished his business we returned together to this city. " On a sudden I learnt that the money had been plun dered from the ti trek ; and, in a short time, I saw that I was considered the thief ; I aas examined twice ; I pro tested my innocence, but this protest did not convince them of my innocence. I was taken to the rime ; the police e xa m i ne d me ; b ut when key could not conceive even suspicions against me, they set me at liberty, tei ling me to return to the house of my master. I attended to their orders ; I returned to the house, and on a sudden was de livered over to the Bend irmerie. 'These gendarmes began to examine me, rind to threaten me; but when they could not discover anything they began to use tortures. And first they put me on thumbscrews, and tightened them so much, that they very nearly brake the bones. They tortured me so for seine hours, but could not find me guilty. After these tortures, they bound my hands and feet behind my back ; they drew them together, so that I was bent like a porcupine, and threw me into the barracks ; saying, that until I con fessed what I had done with the money, they would nut let me loose. Two days I was thus bound, su that the cords began to make wounds in my flesh, as you wilt see I I here by my leg (showing us at the some time a wound in the leg). "' The police, it appears, was not entirely uninformed of what was going on, for in the meantime they sent and demanded me from the Mirarque, and again sent me to the house of my master, who again delivered me tea the tortures of the gendarMes, who, as soon as I arrived, sus. pended me head downwards, and kept me. almost three days bound, without food or even water. At last, on the third day, M. Tzinos came, and ordered them to give me bread and water. The next day they sent me again to the police, from whence I escaped to the Turkish embissy, demanding the protection of my Minister. " M. Ms,ussuri (he continued to tell us) examined me, sent for a medical man, who undertook my cure, and or dered that I should be attended to until I should be re covered; and it is only a few days since I became myself again, and can walk without pain ; and as I learnt that you write a newspaper, I have come to relate what they have done to me, that you may publish it to the world ; which will know that in this city of Athena there arc to be found inquisitorial tortures, that there are prisons of disdanio, and, worse than all, there are ()caddis !' " Here our co-legionist finished his relation ; and, sinee we have learnt that M. Mousouri has made known all this to our Government, and demands, not only satisfaction for the inhumanity with which a subjtt of his Court had been treated, but also guarantees for the personal security of Ottoman subjects residing in the Greek State. " Great honour indeed to our Government !—so fall en as to be called on to respect the duties of philanthropy also by a Turkish Minister. In the meantime we do not know what may be the satisfaction that will be given to the Turkish Minister for the inhumanity and cruelty com mitted by some of our gendarmes to an Ottoman subject, nor what may be the guarantee for personal safety of Ottoman subjects. So much, however, we know, that when the Government allows such deeds to be committed under its own eyes, we do not see what security we our selves can have. " M. Tcocari seems to have considered it neee. , :ary tc bring M Tzinos amongst us to prepare us for the knout, and M. Rosner laughs in his sleeve, seeing his subalterns beating the Greeks, because they have been victims in many ways to establish the throne of his command, and because they are still victims to provide, not ()lily the high salaries of his office, but the means of their tortures., And, certainly, if M. Tzinos was not protected by his superiors, he would not dare to stigmatise our society with this his conduct, nor would he remain unpunished for the general ruin he is preps' ing for it. " M. Tzinos was accused by M. Krinon, but his pro tectors willed that he should be saved from the hand of justice. So that whilst a direct law subjects the gen ' d'ermerie to the regular tribunal for their crimes and of fences, these have willed that this law should become a dead letter. The affair went before the areopage which sent M. Tzinos b , •fore the regular tribunal to be tried. but up to this day what King's Procureur has called him before the Correctional Police? We fear that, even aft< r tit • de cision of the areopage, M. Tzinos will c,eapca judgment; and for this he little cares if tribunals exist or not. B u t can tranquillity and security be established amcrigst us by such means? Our Ministers must pardon us, at least, for suspecting from this end other circumstances that there exists a purpose of dissolving the bonds of society ' - that this purpose, either knowingly or i gnorantly, they faith fully serve, To us, therefore, nothing remains but to pray MORNING EDITI tr,r ;ht. ~f Gc,d, vvho grac lousiy Ilan oftuu bef or4 saved 0 ,- e'rxe, tf) it trorn t!, I:a:ids of ~1r sent Ministry, fiom su:h men as Tzinos, and from thou chiefs and creatures. RUSSIA. The official tables for the year 1839 s h ow the exports of the empire to have been 311,898,679 rub. bane., hei4 tin : , zee-°:aecoo, over 1838 of 28 372,992 ru bl es . Th e im, erl e ii amounted to 249,152.476, leaving a difference ? . i 92 746,203 rubles. The importation of g o ld an d s ilver 0 1 coin and bullion amounted to 65,752,741 rubles. , The principal exports wer e 7—Grain of a ll kind s 88,259 596 (4 400.0001.) ; Hemp, 3.571,768 1 10 ' 11 '.' Flax 2,2:34,826 ditto ; Tallow, 3.994,296 di tto ; i''''' 1.073,908 datu; Leather, 8,715,882 rubles. The principal imports were—Raw cotton and ts;' , 800 649 pood s; raw sugar , 1,594 207 poo d s ; d ye stu , value 20,947,380 rubles (1,000,0001. sterliro,); wi,li 20 288.829 rubles ; silk, cot t on , li nen , an d woollen staffs 3B.7oB 377 rubles. The excess of exports over the imports raised the el e ;l change so high th at t h e ru bl e b anco, w hi ch usually ra t 1 at about 102. ste r li ng , rose to Is. To judge from the small quantity of cotton imported W the consumpti o n o f 60,000 ,000 o f i nhabitants, the eull: gumption of th a t art i c l e of manufacture cannot he gr ee t And yet the tariff is adapted to protect the home mi i ., l4. ' factures of cotton, as we ll as ot h er stu ff , which the 1.,,.. verament always represents as being in a most flJuriilml, caadition. Thi s y ear (1840) t h e manu f acturing distriel. which are supplied with agricultural produce from t o fertile tract s a l ong t h e \V o l ga, h ave greatly suffere d feu' the failure of th e cro p s . L arge quant i ties of gra i n bah inconsequence been imported into St. Petersburgh, w l ' ic o with the cessation of the demand from England, will to the .cole seriously in the present year. The Commercial Gazette of St. Petersburgh gives t ' ll result of the fisheries in the Caspian sea as follows :-- At the fishery of Kerganrud off the coast of (Thif t l the Astrachan merchant, Kaphlanikow, took 2,122 ti , b , which 1,530 were large sturgeons. At the fishery of eephindrud, off the coast of the sa' tt o . province, the Astrachan merchant, Hadji Mirb.gY'r9 took in all 90,000 fish, of which 86,450 were sturgel '2,000 c e vriogi ( a sma ll er ki n d o f sturgeon) ; 1 200 s alaiu" 15,600 poods caviare ; and 260 poods of isinglass. 1 At the three fi s hi ng s t a ti ons o ff t h e coast of Mazinril the Astrachan merc h an t, Sh oo dj acw, too k in all 17:14 fi,h, 16,514 of which were sturgeon, vvi,h 2,800 !wa g ~,: caviare. The tonnage of all the vessels employ a these fisheries amounted to 178,000 poods, about 3,509 8 The ancient palace of the Czars at Moscow, the K 1 . lin, is rising magnificently from the ruin into which it,,,' during the fire of Moscow on the French invasion. `• plan will unite grandeur and comfort with the peculiaritP of the barbarous Tartaric style. The building wil l , 1 ,, I heated in winter on the Russian plan, by one huge s t° l ,,a . constructed in the basement story, from which 250 tu ii convey the hot air to all points of the edifice. F o r the _, ll i of the Heir Apparent and his young Consort, a S'''' Palace is to be erected at Moscow, near the Kremlin. e 1 Some of the German papers g i ve t h e fi gure at cch'i the new Russian Four per Cent. loan has been take" 86. per cent. The discontent in Poland and Littl e R uss i a i s reP t v rented by private correspondents as very great. l u 1 , latter district (the name of whi c h h as b een a b o li s hed) tempts have been male to attribute the efferveaceliy the bad impression ma d e b y t h e a b o li t i on o f t h e (.. „0 versity, which, some y ears b ac k , was transferre d fed Krzemeniec to Ki ew . Th e cause must, h owever, be deg and has, na doubts some connection with the forced ra t ', duction of the Greek orthodox creed into extenshe P r ' vinces, in which the landowners arc exclusively Catho! l i ; and the peasant s h ave f or centur i es professed the L'''' Greek creed. In \Vilna things are no better. The conduct o f the i ' t Governor has eecasioned a panic, which is indescrib 4 , The slightest suspicion, an a nbiguous expression in Jo vate convcrsa'ion even in th e f am ily c i rc l e, the shig,.,,i, acquaintance with any even di s t an tl y suspecte d indivi°,'ll: is sufficient to cause a denunciation from the o ntnif iy sent police The mild con d uc t o f t h e former (11? vernor, Prince Dolgoronki, and which he chiefly' i4 l played on the occasion of th e K on i ara ki consp i rac y', subject of grateful rem e mb rance f or t h e inhabitalll i ry \Vilna and o f Lith uan i a a t l arge , a l t h oug h t h ese g e e , ments dare not be confessed in the presence of his su c i e sor ; this clemency, togeth e r w ith t h e f act o f his bj:: married to a Polish lady, the Princess Sapieha, are l ie u '' have caused his transl a ti o n t o th e G overnment of 01 Count Mzokiewiez is the present Governor, and to hi til t ii, are indebted for th e c h ange o f sys t em. H e raked uPwi, Koniaraki con s pi rac y, which all thought had been at l„ for by the bl oo d o f t h e v i c ti ms which fell on its ae ° ,"i, followed the slightest trace of former connections an' i i ii quaintances, a n d, w i t h th e h e l p o f count l ess spies, bas 6iitt filled the prisons with unhappy numbers to whom e l nearest relatives dare not show the slightest mark of 9 1 1 0 4 thy. A great number of the s t u d ents o f t h e MedicalG° 01 have taken flight, and it is said that this institutie lb )' last relic of Polish nationality left us, will be supil!. The present system has, a t b es t, t h e mer i t o f i mp art . ' in its barbarity, as it seeks and seizes its victims ow,,i‘ , tinguishingly in all cla sse s o f soc i ety; nay, the gre3l" number of recruits for Siberia and the dungeons ar e nished by the highest classes. Of The following occ u r rence w ill serve to ill ustrate the 0 1 , net in which arrests are now made. A civil officer °' r id!, M. T---, gave an evening party, at w hi c h hi s son-iu'r#, who is a professor at th e Medical C o ll ege, was ani°) the guests. The prof essor wc:s b ut t h ree weeks ro'o,l and his young wif e accompan i e d h im. On his (", 0 home the professor was arrested by an ernis°,,' 0 the police, who s t oo d i n wa i t i ng at his door, and `',,,"ti once carried off to prison, on the ground of his be i , t ' i l acquaintance of anot h er Professor W--, who ha rt been arrested. Th e h orror o f t h e young wife and all relations may be figured by all who know the CO ~ course of a Russi an p o l ice i nqu i ry. li° ° ' A very rich Ca mu ld u l an convent i n t h e ne i g hbou l C , of Kowno, was l a t e l y suppresse d by order of t he j /, vernment. The monks are di v id e d an d apport ioliV other monasteries, and Greek orthodox monks ,i• ~i in their places. Th e comp l a i nts o f t h e families 'jlo ancestors had founded the monastery were nor listcoe GERMANY. FRANKFORT, DEC. 27 . —Notwithstanding the sit , - -I f isr the cold, and the festivities of the season, all is here tion. The Upper Rhine is quite closed, so that ell passed on foot, as ,d the bridges are every w h ere brek c ol between Manheim and Cologne, O n the 16th lo' d 4 , inst. the thermometer marked, even here, 15 deq.; i ce Reaniur or two deg rees b e l ow t h e f reez i ng point 01`„ heft's thermometer. In Stuttgard they had 17 04.: ~se ft., and at Munich, in th e n i g ht, 19 d egrees. S t ill yo nothing but drilling of troops and breaking in o f bor 4 ' p re, the cavalry and a r till er y. A t Ludwigsburg tizecor pritions are adva n ci ng ra pidl y , an d b y the id, IJ week in Fkbruar y th e t roops are to be re 3 march. What the immediate object of ths c o si ° maments is, remains veiled in mystery, and the G e t , Papers are not even uliowed to conjecture their 44 0 1 0 Brv•aritsn Govern meot h as or d ere d 248 iron gi'llo,, be C in a,l,iition to 150 battery pieces , have been sent from diet:cc fur the fortresses of 111 ! ; 1 0 1 stadt and Germersheim. The latter fo r t ress sa d are the only checks upon Strasburg and the 'Upper '7O;, for which reason Ittstadt will be imm e di ate l y foft'd" and some the Austrian engi neers , w h o constructelibr recently finished works in the p asses o f t h e T)rol, ":/1011,c't employed to direct the oper a ti ons. G eneral Bangolll,l. attended the military consult a ti ons at C arlsruhc ,' , is said, become Minister of W ar at S tutgardt. I cusaions which the French papers contain res pect supposed slight offered to the Frailkfort Diet by tb c „ t , c ` 4 communication of th e T reaty of London, dare ""io' course, ha attended to, even to be refuted. I belk ve the measures n o w t a ki ng arc t h e result of a line o f ,„o which Austria and Prussia have determined upolif.'i ing, and which tits smaller German States are, o hs;` t o' coincide with, although their own desires tend rach' t ,,,o o , wards peace. It i s , h owever, certain that but one 0P1; prevails throughout Germany respecting tt, o preden c ,o 4 , of coming to a full and clear understanding with E l / in the speediest possible manner, and thus Austri o to Prussia find no difficulty in inducing the other Stare` make common cause with them. HA 1411 U HO BORSENHALLE, DEc. '2l. ~,ete 'Atilt& '"""031i Ausit :an 5 per Cents, ,„,,, . tkiiii I iiallk SharCS ...... .. Ando-Russian Loa Ruisim 5 per Cent. Ist series, Cortilie:ite .... Inscription, Ist Se;ius lO3 S Rus:ian 5 per Cont. llop2 and Co. 3d and 4th eiics 9filli r Ditto in Certnic 4 t es °l' ll % 0% 4 Dutch . - ietual Debt, '2!.,, 14, Cent 4'i li - Ditto a per Cent 146:,. l'olith Bond.. - ...... 15.11. New I icket 55 00, Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cee* ....... ) .....< 7334 .....) NAlvegian Loan, itiai, 4 per Cvtil.... #.4 Spanish, New 3 p er C entl, ---, - - -- - f:XCHANGES ON LONDON. STC.CKUOLM, DEC. 18 —Seventy-five days. 11. 39, I,ZObIC, DEC. 21.---TWo MO ths, 6. 11 y 4. b1A..1:1. DEc . ta —Three months, 6. 16%. PETir.suuttun, DEC. lg. —Two months, ';IN pence. „pl' The Cork .S ou th ern Reportersays. , th e ann , c .:', k ment of the intended Aggregate Meeting of the pr o ' o3 ' A' of Munster has been received and responded to in I ,' 1 ,0'; : ner that will afford the liveliest gratification to all .%,” localities, signatures have poured in, and assurance 9 0: 1 ' received of the anxiety felt by every Liberal to take : t ir e tioo of Constitutional Government in Ireland. ` - ' o o ,° • men desirous of seeing shivered to pieces the cba ins `t i' forging. with unholy :teal, for their country's anslave ni t i,e From Limerick, Tipperary, Tallow, and different t,o l ' to the utrnrst of his power ; in the elfin fet the Pr e ,: j e ,d and laity are, coo and a.l, throwing cff the apathy or ,i,7c,' we linen had occasion, in previous articles on this su" t li'v to deplore the existence. We hope and think tho l or ,c; manifestation of ret urn i ng lif e i s a rea l , not a fictitiotof IV that it will be fcllovved up by p rac ti ca l proja , ' 9 ,j tli e nation's perception of the peril that encompasses, 87 ' 0 ; 11 ' duties that becom e , h er . T he meeting of the ol", s'' of January will afford o n e great opportun i ty o f dot with dignity and effect." lii li t BYRON AND S II A K SPEA RE..---Byrtin, I.'s . created for his nicinor) ass enviable fellowship vv ila tj lo t ! of ShAspeare in the minds of at least all the coroP 4 „iP of both, who wa n d er t h roug h V en i ce ; for the oftenoV is continually d rawn f rom t h e hi stor i ca l reco ll oct i o u'd place, to the associati o ns awa k ene d by hotk tlic' e t o-o o' )4 ; One heck as if V en i ce cou ld not b e strange groun-Ar belP:, who from infancy have learned to know its where' il itio from the immortal bard, wh o with, 111 it were, an it t ",;o 3 ' knowledge of the place, its ma nners an d eustomo, " ° t- IV hued our minds with them, a nd retwered this City 1 4 o' , ' Sat familiar as ou, ho‘;selioid names to us. I c nnld li $ :": more pass the Rialto without thinking of Shaltipear" . t 0 ;a?. I could see the Brid ge o f s ighs without re mero'W Byron.--Lady Blessinyton':v idler i n Maly, Vol. I il y gs The General - Steam Navigation Corur n or' vessel the Lord Mel v ill e , •Phillipm, - frOrn Scher2niog e r r i c loP raved off the Custom How,. at II o'clock, OP Sat-- with the Dutch mail. ---.' . • -a