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EV EN ING SUN COSMORAMA ROOMS (ROOM 7), 209, REGENT STREET. THE IVORY MODEL OF THE TAGE AIMIAL, or Crown of Edifices, at AGRA, in the East Indies. There is at present an Exhibition at 209, Regent-street, as elaborate a Model as was ever perhaps presented to pub lie view. It is a copy, in 'ivory, of the celebrated 'rage Mahal, cne of the most remarkable edifices in modern Agra, erected in 1650 by Khan Shah Jehan, the fifth Great Mogul, as the cemetery of his favourite wife, Sultana Mehd Aliya. This mausoleum is built entirely of white marble, and some idea may be framed of its splendour, when it is stated to have cost in its erection 60 lass of rupees, or 750,000/. The Model occupies a space of nine square feet, and its height is six feet. It is the work of Indian artiste, and while in point of extent it is unmatchable, it is also ono of the finest specimens of that minuteness of detail and delicate manipulation for which Indian ivory working is so noted. The amount of labour bestowed on this model must have been immense. It is not ' the hasty pro duct of a day,' but the result of many years' patient applica tion. All the multitudinous carvings and inlayings of the ori ginal building are expressed is the copy with every appearance of exactness ; nor is the reseinklanee limited to the outside alone : the interior is also finished in the same minute style, and contains the tombs of the Shah and his Consort, exqui sitely and elaborately worked. On the whole, this model pre sents a ?urprising and beautiful effect, and terms one of the most interesting exhibitions in the metropolis."—Morn. Chron. Open from Ten to Six o'clock. Admission, Is. ; Book, 6d. AiR. LAING'S NEW WORK. On Thurs Jay, Dee. 30, will be published, in 1 vol. Bvo. TOT E S of a TRAVELLER on the SOCIAL and POLITICAL STATE of FRANCE, PRUSSIA, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, and other Parts of Europe, (luring the present Century. By SAMUEL LAING, Esq. Author of " A Journal of a Three Years' Re sidence in Norway,'' and of " A Tour in Sweden." . London . Longman, Brown, and Co. MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. In 3 valr. Bvo., illtntrated with Twenty large Designs on Stec?, by Franklin, OLD SAINT PAUL'S: A TALE of the PLAGUE and the FIRE. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Erg. IS NOW READY. "We prefer the two first volumes of Old Saint Paul's' to any previous work of their author. Treated as a Tale of ad venture these volumes have 9-mat merit. The reader who has once opened them will hardly be disposed to lay them down again.' —Athena:tun. V " We are glad to meet Mr. Ainsworth again in the region of historical romance, a department of literature in which he has distinguished himself above almost every author of the day. A better subjca than that which he has chosen for his present volumes could not have been selected. Many pas sages remind us of the simple pathos and truthfulness of 13c foe."—Observer. Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-pace, Trafalgar-square. THEATRE noyAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING, DEC. 22, Will be repeated the New Comedy, entitled COURT AND ClTY.—Captain .Dangerfield, Mr. W. Lary; Sir Paladin Scrup'e, Arr. W. Farces ; Sir Harry Whiffle, Mr. C. Ma thews ; Sir Hector Iturribush, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Winning ton, Mr. Cooper; Humphrey Ilumbush, Mr. Harley: Lady Whiffle, h!sd;ime Vestris ; Mrs. Charmington, Mrs. Nisbett; Lady DangerelJ, Mrs. W. West; Barbara Bearbinder, Mrs. W. Lace After which, the New Farce, entitled UNITED SERVICE. Captain Whistieborough, Mr. W. Farren; Capt. Pacific, RN., Mr. Bartley ; Rivet, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mr. Euclid Barn, Mr. Harley ; Airs. Coo, Mrs. Glover ; Mr:i. Walker, airs. Orger. After which the Ballet Divertissement of THE WOODEN LEG.—Principal Characters by Mr. Gilbert and Miss Bailin, Master and Miss Marshall, Messrs. J. and T. Ridgway, Mits Jackson, &c. Hours to be cpz.ned at balf-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3a. 6:I.; First and Second Circles, bs. ; Second Price, tbi. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Sreosiel Price- -.; Gallery, Is. Tickoi an.t places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. GrOf!96o at the Box-eface, from Ten till Ir,nr. wbere Season Tiekets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be bad so'.ely of Ar. Andrea,., boox - selle!-, 167. New .1-3ond-street. To-morrow, Norma, with Charles the Twelfth. POPU LATION RETURNS: We have bad so many inquiries lb: The Sun, containing an abstract of the Population Returns, that Esc shall republish the tables, with consider- able additions, on Saturday next, the 25th inst. THE RAILWAY SUN Is NOW RE-PUBLISHING, PRICE SIXPENCE. TIIE CHINA SUN, AND TIT E PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun (Viet, Dec. 22, 1841. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Constant Bender," who refers to the letter of a Cor respondent at Bayswater, must be a very inattentive reader, elseike would know that the " abolition," which he , properly deprecates, never was recommended by any correspondent, or any writer, in The Sun. THE WEATHER,—NooN, DECEMBER 29.. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 32 Highest 33 1 Lowest 28 Barometer 29.71.—Wind W.—Freezing Point :22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Morning 30 minutes after 8 j Evening 2.minutes after 9. The Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN com menced at 10 minutes after Three. 4* ' ' ''ol , ot A cAVV,- , T -- 7 ..,,,.. ~„ , . ~,.. . ~.„ .: 4. _ ~, ~,,,.. ~ ~., co , TF , 04 ,... t , „ e ..., " : . :1 •, • • t - vi' t. Ott „SAM TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 18414 LONDON: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1841. We imagine that Sir ROBERT PEEL, as he re ceives the reports of the interesting meetings at Derby, Leeds, and Manchester, will imme diately set about picking holes in the statements of the different speakers. He will summon to his aid commissioners, secretaries, and clerks, he will order returns from every village and town ship wherever there is a stocking-frame or a spin ning mill, and he will be prepared, when Parlia ment meets, to demonstrate that Mr. T. PLINT has exaggerated the bankruptcies about Leeds by two ; that Mr. Blocs has understated the increase of population at Hinckley by half a score; that it is totally untrue that he now obtains an income of 4,0001. a-year, as Mr. BROTIiERTON said, or 2,000/. a-year, as another report has it, from a piece of moor in the neighbourhood of Oswald twisle, for which his father gave only 14,5001., and sold a portion of it for twice that sum; that it is not true that ,this land, under the bread-tax, is worth 81. an acre, and when it was pur chased was only worth ss. ; that the number of fam i l i es i n that neighbourhood living on an average weekly earning of is. 31d., is not, as was stated at Manchester, 248, but 0 36 ; that the distress is not near so g reat as has been represented, for he kne w, of his own kno w l e d ge , that some families had blank ets , and he had given the large sum of 201. to reliev e the 1,171 individuals whose families were living on ls. 31d. a-week ; and that, finally, the whole of the statements of the manufacturers must be untrue, for while they were complain ing of such overwhelming distress a great in crease had taken place in the navigation of th e country, particularly in the establishment of steam-packets to the West Indies, which had excited the wonder and extorted the admira tion of Fraace, our most powerful, but most en lightened enemy. Some such objects will now occupy the Premier's attention, and by the help of commissioners, secretaries, clerks, and menials, he will be able, we have not the smallest doubt, to satisty the House of Commons that the distress is . grossly exaggerated, that it is one of the usual fled inevitable fluctuations of com merce, and that he and they, by their enact ments, have had no hand whatever in producing It. They are conscious, he will assure them, that they act from the very best intentions, and as it is quite impossible that men of such sagacity and Wi sdom - can err, they will feel convinced with him that the little distress which exists has been caused by the ruinous speculations of the mill "tun's, and the extraordinary credit given by bankrupt joint-stock banks. Sir Roarar r PEEL will succeed. He will be cheered from all sides of the House, and his tri umphant refutation, according to the Tory jour nals, of the misrepresentations and calumnies of the manufacturers, will be received with incre dible delight in every parsonage and every squire's mansion throughout England. We feel for Sir ROBERT PEEL, bound by the tenure on which he holds office to engage in such ser vile toils, and to make out a justification for the unrighteous conduct of his and our masters', profound pity and contempt. But when he has succeeded, what possible effect can his success have on the condition of the people ? Will it lessen the distress, will it add to employ_ ment, will it increase wages, will it turn poverty into prosperity, and disease into health ? Sir R. PEEL has before succeeded. He convicted Mr. G-. WOOD of an oversight. He showed that Mr. BROTHERTON had not examined all the elements of the social condition of his own neighbourhood. By the help of Mr. MOTT, he convinced the House of Commons that the distress at Bolton was not worth attention. In every successive Session since 1838 Sir R. PEEL, as the bond-slave of the landlords, has succeeded in making out, to the satisfaction of the House of Commons, a complete case against the Corn-law Repealers. With every successive Session, however, distress has augmented, dis- Content has deepened and widened, the revenue has fallen below the expenditure, and the suc cessful labours of Sir R. PEEL are crowned by placing him at the head of the nation, plunged in distress, and almost ripe for revolt. Another such victory gained by this great statesmb.n, nd the nation will be undone. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S successes in the House of Commons neither fill the bellies nor still the discontent of the people. His statistics do not . calm the apprehensions of the capitalists not give employment and hope to the labourers, Chartism, since 1838, has lost no votaries, nor have the Chartists become reconciled to the Constitution. On the contrary, their deter mined proceedings in every quarter, are proofs of great resolution and perseverance. While Sir ROBERT PEEL'S successes have not reconciled the Chartists to the Constitution, they have driven a great number of capitalists almost into Chartism. At all the three great meetings very strong language was used against the law and the aristocracy. The capitalists have begun to attack the so-called property of the landlords, and have spoken of a compensation, to be taken out of rent, for the injuries already inflicted on the manufacturers by the Corn-laws. Many of the Corn-law Repealers, also, have become advo cates of Universal Suffrage. Mr. STURGE has drawn up and published a resolution in its fe y-our. Another success promises to convert the master-manufacturers into Chartists, and make rebellion the only means by which they and the nation can be saved from utter ruin. One of the objections which we stated some time back to the Government promoting a sys tem of extensive emigration was, that at present our institutions are in such an unsatisfactory con dition, that it would be wiser, before sending away emigrants, to reform our institutions, so that the emigrants may carry with them righteous laws 'to the laud of their adoption. It is held by moralists that mature beings, who know them selves to be afflicted with transmissible diseases, are scarcely warranted in running the risk of imparting to offspring their own incurable and painful maladies. How much less warrant able, then, must it be in society to send off branch societies tainted with maladies which they know to be susceptible of cure, perpetu ating such dire diseases as now afflict us, instead of first diligently endeavouring- to cure them ? On this analogy we hold it to be the duty of the public to - establish just laws at home, before they send off any portion of their brethren to other !ands. We scarcely expected to find a sort of con firmation of our views in a journal. which is dis tinguished by its preference of emigration to reforming our institutions. The Spectator of last Saturday, however, stated that the " Wake field system does not provide for the government of the Colonies; it gives no security that proper rulers shall be placed over them ; it gives no gua rantee to the colonists that their local affairs shall be properly administered." In short, the Spectator admits and states that no provision has yet been made for the rational government of the Colonies. At the same time we know that the aristo cracy have always made the Colonies subservient to their purposes, and have invariably sacrificed the interest of the Colonists to their own ag grandisement. Latterly this has been the case more than ever; and not a new Colony has been founded of which the institutions have not been framed far more with a view to provide for the scions of the aristocracy than to promote the welfare of the Colonists. What guarantee have we, then, in promoting emigration, that it will not be perverted to the enrichment of the aris tocracy ? Or, rather, is it not certain that the main object of the Starvationists, in promoting emigration, would be to increase the wealth and power of the aristocracy, and extend the influ ence and dominion of the priesthood? What would be the con Sequence ? Why, the Colony, after going through all the degrees of oppression which an aristocracy forces on men for its own purposes, would finally, as it gathered strength, which even an aristocracy cannot prevent, throw off its dominion, and the Colony, instead of remaining for ever a grateful and an attached friend, would become, like the United States, almost a decided political enemy, kept in a state of uneasy peace, and friendship, by ties of blood, of language, and of commer cial advantage, which even such proud and mis chievous law-makers as the land-owning aristo cracy of England cannot annihilate. We agree with the Spectator that no provision whatever has yet been made for the good government of the Colonies. We affirm that such a provision can not be expected to be made till the Government at home be reformed and improved; and we IT main, therefore, steady to our principle that we must first establish righteous laws at home be fore we adopt public measures to send abroad any portion of the people. Our readers cannot fail to recollect that Mr HARMER was excluded from the Mayoralty, not on account of unfitness for the office, but be cause certain opinions, not professed by him, but published in a Journal under his control, were not agreeable to the Bigots. No persons were more forward to oppose him than the PUSEYITE writers in the Times and the Post. We feel great pleasure, therefore, now to notice that the mea sure they then measured out to him is now meted out to their own party. Their champion at Oxford is opposed, not because he is a bad poet, and an ignorant man, unfit to be Professor of Poetry, but because he entertains some theo logical opinions not quite agreeable to his oppo nents. This is natural. Those pseudo-religious gentlemen worked then with a principle of per secution, and now the same principle is worked against them. Let the reader remark, how ever, how they cry out when their skin only is foamed, though they h a d n o c ompassion whe n they Commit tee were flayine, another. Mr. WinuAms's thus express ' themselves : by Mr. Garbetott'tshe all It appears m that both these letters (published Committee) tend to establish, for the present, as w e ll as unfair to candidates, future elections, a principle at once perplexing to Members of Convoca tion, and fatal to th e eace o ,e f the Univ ers ity. According to thi s Princ ip le a candidate's success is not t o depend upon the possessio p n i- o f quahttes suited to the office which he seeks. The electors ar e to be called upon in directly, and without prep.aration to pledge their opinions upon important and difficult questions, perhaps rf only and every case submitted very 4) CmonPevoscseeacntisoirn:nrsrtet; known to them through vague and sbeeneotamtie°llsa;tter for renewed excitement manudedhi. and long We transcribe their words to preserve them as a memorial, and show them that as they have acted on this p rin ciple, as in th e case of Catholics, Dissenters, and infid e l s, they testify against it whenever it is applied to them selves. They will not in future expect u s to honour it, or to honour them, should they again apply it to men of whose principles they do not approve. The Gazette de France and the Commerce are the only French Journals opposed to the forti fication of Paris—the darling project of M. ODILON BARROT and King Louis PHILIPPE. These papers, though differing widely upon other questions, have always had the sagacity to ob serve that the fortifications were intended, not to terrify the enemies, but to enslave the people of }ranee. We were therefore prepared for the able comments which their respective columns of Monday contain upon the bellicose epistle ad dressed by M. ODILON BARROT, to his " Dear CHAMBOLLE," the editor of the Siecle, which appeared in The Sun of yesterday. The follow in' is an ex tract from the article of the Gazette, which entirely corroborates our views : We are opposed to no measure calculated to defend our territory, and maintain our nationality ; but the fortifies 'dons of Paris do not do this. The fortifications will weaken France, giving the present Government the liberty to be arbitrary, and consequently enabling it to persevere in the false systems which produce discord and divide the French. The ocean and the desert may serve as cuirasses for England and for Russia, but the force of France is in the sympathetic spirit of her thirty-three millions. A national representation is worth more to France than walls, and would 'give us fourteen armies, instead of fourteen bastiies. Every system of monopoly is one of division, and by excluding independent opinions from the representation you are forced to take up a militant position. To fortify the existing monopoly with walls, is to perpetuate division. National unity, and not fortifications, can preserve France from invasion, despotism, and anarchic passions— the three extreme evils. England is materially the most powerful country in the world; an Itundret4 and twenty millions of men obey it, and thirty thousand vessels quit and enter its ports: but its very - Constitution is menaced by the system of exclusion which it keeps up against Ireland. Russia has her deserts and her 800,000 soldiers; hut despotism which makes her force causes also her weakness. Unity, under a popular monarch, can alone enable France to match them. The Commerce is particularly happy in its remarks. It proves by quotations from the speeches of M. Onnox BARROT in the Chamber of Deputies, that if in 1830 he was the actual originator of the project for fortifying Paris, he thought but very indifferently of it in 1833. In fact, in the latter year he opposed the fortifica tions tooth and nail. The fbllowing extracts from a speech of his, delivered in the Tribune, will place this fixt beyond contradiction : We are not agreed about the necessity of permanent fortifications. Bonaparte himself recoiled from before the popular susceptibility which such a scheme naturally caused, and before that jealous spirit of liberty, which ought to be respected. Governments are often drawn into their own despotic systems of violence. Violence on one side begets the same on the other, and the avenger then seeks after means of security and force ; these are to be found in national sympathy. In such circumstances what would be the fourteen bastiles round Paris, each with its garrison shut out from the population, and hav ing it in its power to intercept all communication with Paris ? Path.; may thus be blocked, and military inac tion may paralyse every effort of the national will. If you wish to put troops into twenty or thirty forts, it will be necessary- to disseminate an army, and then you will just attain the aim which you desire. Instead of leaving the army free to act upon the rear of an enemy, you will concentrate it into the forts around Paris, and thus leave all the populous departments to the mercy of an enemy. And the principal advantage to result from the fortifying of Paris, that of leaving the army free to operate, will be. completely lost by a system of forts, which will absorb the greater part of the army, and pa ralyse its movements. suppose, that, after you had called all the enemy's forces to Paris, they had the best of it in an engagement, and that you bud staked and lost all in one throw, what would be the consequence ? The enemy would garrison your forts. In. 1814 and 1815 "the foreign Generals felt that the soil of France trembled beneath their feet; they were anxious to withdraw and give terms. Had they had forts round Paris to garrison, they would have im posed much severer conditions. Here then - we have the important admission that, in the case of a successful foreign inva sion, the fortifications of Paris would only serve for garrisons fbr the invading troops. But of what importance is it to Lyons, Bordeaux, Nantes, Toulouse, and all the other great and wealthy towns in France, whether or not Paris he fortified? Would they fare worse if Paris was not defended by a single gun, than if the 2,000 pieces of artillery now preparing by LOUIS PHILLIPPE, bristled upon the ramparts of the Capital ? Most unquestionably not. ' Speaking with reference to the operation of the centralized system of government, established by NAPOLEON, it is usual to regard Paris as a synonyme for France ; but an invading army would break up that system the instant it set foot on the French soil, and then Paris would be nothing but an inland fortress capable of being reduced at any time by a simple blockade. Neither our Contemporary the Chronicle, nor the French papers from which we have quoted, appear able to account for so remarkable a change in the opinions of M. ODILON BARRO.T. Can these Journals have forgotten that the KING, shortly after the Republican Deputy's display of opposition to the fortifications in 1833, discovered a wonderful aptitude fur place in the brother of that gentleman; and that his MAJESTY'S choice of so worthy a servant had a most mira culous effect in cooling the patriotic fervour of the declamatory Deputy? For our part we re member perfectly some such circumstance, and were not a little struck with the effect produced. To make the dumb speak is sometimes hardly more miraculous than to silence the babbling, and the latter wonder the KING of the FRENCH, by the magic of a few words, effected in the case of M. ODILON BARROT. Since that period we have found him in all political relations an altered man. The Court has drawn him within its magic circle, and latterly he has essayed with some effect to mouth its sophistries. At' the present moment we can discover no difference between M. TRIERS and M. ODILON BARROT, and would just as soon see the former in the Cabinet as the latter. The Madrid Papers of the 13th instant contain no news whatever. The Five per Cents. were done at 334, for cash, and at 334 35 331 s 4 344, at different dates; the Three per Cents. sold for 224 4, for cash, and 234, at 60 days ; the Four per Cents., at 22 for cash ; and the debt bearing no interest, at 61 3-32 4, at different dates. The whole of the French Journals of Monday have reached us. They contain no news of im portance. The trial of M. DUPOTY continues to excite the attention of the Opposition Press. It was reported that the Court of Peers had con demned DUPOTY by a majority of 136 votes to 3, and that he would be condemned to ten years' imprisonment in the prison of San Miguel. The Moniteur publishes the return of the produce and consumption of beet-root sugar manufactured.in France in 1841. According to that document the number of ma nufactories in activity was 366, and the whole quantity produced 8,365,205 kilogrammes, of which 4,409,959 were sold for :consumption. The duties levied thereon amounted to 5,467,120£ Private accounts from Bayonne of the 16th inst. state, that warlike preparations were still making on the fron tiers of Spain, although the march of troops to the south hid been suspended. Marshal Saldanha, the Portuguese Ambassador at the Austrian Court, passed through Bayonne on the 14th, on his way to Vienna. A Ministerial paper says this morning, that the sen tence of the Court of Peers will be published on Wed nesday or Thursday. The Gazette du Medi of the 16th, says "M. Dupuch, the Bishop of Algiers, arrived yesterday from Bordeaux at Marseilles, on his return to his diocese. We are assured that the Prelate had scarcely alighted from his carriage, when he received a telegraphic dispatch, in viting him to proceed immediately to Paris. It will be recollected that the Journal du Cher has announced that M. Dupuch was appointed to the Bishopric of Bourges.—Constitutionnel. The Journals or Upper Italy are full of complaints of a continuation of bad weather, of which there are few examples. The Milan Gazette mentions every day the non-arrival of the French Journals, in consequence of the interruption of the communication between the South of France and the North of Italy. The same is the case in the South of Italy ; and the Journal of the Two Sicilies mentions deplorable accidents, caused by the overflowing of the Sangro, in the interior of the Abruzzo. The,Phare della Marine says—" We have this moment learnt that a terrible disaster has happened this evening on the road from Valgones to Cherbourg. The yarn manufaetury at Pont-la-Ville has been entirely des troyed by fire, together with its dependencies. Several neighbouring houses have 1.10:11 consumed in the dread ful fire."— Commerce. . We find in the Constitutionnei the following version of what has recently occurred in Monaco:—" The people of Monaco have gained their ends. The monopoly of corn is abolished throughout the principality by order of Florestan 1., but there has been a species of insurrection which threatened to be fatal to the Farmer-General of the monopoly, M. Chapon. The populace attacked his house, and committed some depredations. M. Chapon made his escape through a back-door, and gained a small port, where he embarked in the French Govern ment steamer Tenare. - His brother-in-law remained concealed fur several days, but at length managed to save himself. The Prince has shown great affability and liberality. H e is about to dismiss the old Governor, who has incurred the hatred of his subjects. It is be lieved that he will be succeeded by the son of General Partouneaux, who resides in the principality. The King of Sardinia is alarmed lest this petty revolution should spread into the neighbouring countries, and has sent some Carbineers to the frontier of Monaco." The Infanta Donna Luisa Carlota entered Burgos on the 7th inst., accompanied by her consort Don Francisco de Paula, who went to meet her Royal Highness, at tended by the authorities of the town ; the National Guards, and two regiments forming the garrison, being under arms on the occasion. The. Prince and Princess reside in the mansion of the Marchioness of Barrio Lucio. A letter from Hanover of the 9th ins% states that M. de Lutken, one of the King's Privy Councillers, and a strong advocate of his Majesty's new measures, had been attacked one evening in the street, and severely wounded by a large stone. The assault was attributed to feelings of political vengeance. " M. Sieveking, of Hamburgh," says the Siecle, " has entered into a Treaty with the British New Zealand Company for the purchase of the Chatham Islands at 10,0001., for the German Colonisation Company ; and if this Corporation is fully organised by that time, the Treaty will be exchanged at London on or before 12th March next." A Correspondent of the Debuts, at Cairo, states that the Turkish Governor of Aleppo has been driven out of that town by the inhabitants, on his attempting to levy a tribute. The elections of Deputies to the Constituent Assembly of the Canton of Geneva are finished. Out of 11,396 electors inscribed on the list, 7,226 have exercised their right, making an average of 63 out of 100. The differ ence between the numbers of voters in the city of Ge neva, and the country districts or colleges, amounted to next to nothing, those in the city being in the proportion of 63 to 100, and those in the country 64 to 100. The Assembly was convoked for the 17th inst. The Federal remarks :—"Judging by the ensemble of the elections, the g-eat majority of nominations to the Constituent Assembly have been acquired by the conservatives and the moderate progressive party." "It was rumoured on Saturday in the diplomatic cir cles," says the Temps, " that the Baron do Benkendorff, Minister of Police in Russia, had fallen into disgrace, and been dismissed. lie is a brother of the Countess de Lieven. In the eyes of certain persons this disgrace is an indication that our diplomacy does not advance in fa vour at the Court of Saint Petersburg. The Emperor Nicholas is said to have decided that in future there shall be no Russian Ambassador at the Court of any power, but only a Minister Plenipotentiary." —On this subject we find the following in the Constitationnel :—" We are informed that a revolution has been effected in th 3 cabi net at St. Petersburg. Several Ministers have been su perseded. Count Pahlen and the brother-in-law of Princess Lieven have been called into the new Cabinet. It is affirmed that Count Pahlen will not be succeeded here by an Ambassador, but by a Minister Plenipoten tiary only, in the person of M. de Boutenief, the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople. This is a serious change, as it obl;ges France to have only a Minister Plenipoten tiary at St. Petersburgh. The unfriendly feeling of Russia towards France has long been apparent, and it is to be regretted that France did nut take the initiative in this matter. France must be no more than a secondary power in the eyes of Russia ; or has the Emperor Nicholas, in his affected contempt, some hidden motive which our Government, as it appears, has not sufficient ability to discover ? The Baran de Barante, by this au tocratic decision, is thrown out of employment." Marshal Saldanba, Portuguese Envoy Ex . traor-l' i n ney to the Emperor of Austria, passed through B- eeonno on the 14th inst. on his way to Vienna, intend; . ,,,, to pass by Marseilles and Italy. Lie u t.-G e n. Ezpf.;letalas also vi sited Bayonne. A letter from Strasburg, in the Augsburg Gazette, says that a letter has been recei;erl by a commercial house in that city from a higb ':unctionary of the French Government, stating the i':itention of the Cabinet to in stitute negotiations several German Governments, for a mutual meil l ification of Customs' tariffs. The French Goverlnuent proposes, it adds, to reduce the en trance duti.P.3 on cattle, and requires that the duties on French vb - ines in other countries shall be lowered. e Patriota of Madrid states that amicable feelings J..,ive been renewed between the Spanish and French Cabinets, and that the intercourse of the two Govern ments is on a very satisfactory footing. The Carlsruhe Gazette states that a shock of earth cruake was felt on the 10th inst. at Zwingenberg, near that town, where the walls of the chateau were cracked by the movement, and several stones displaced. BOURSE—PAnis, MONDAY, DEC. 20. Pint Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric... Price. `'reach 5 par Crnt , ll6 40 ... 116 40 ... 116 35 ... 116 41 4 per Cents lOO 90 ... 100 90 ... 100 00 ... 101 00 3 per Cent% ex div 7B 15 —7B 25 ... %8 15 ... 78 20 Loan ex div 76 80 ... 78 80 ... 78 80 ... 78 80 ienk of France Latlitte Bank 1.0001. Shares 1041 ...1040 ...1049 ...104(1 5,00111. Shares 8065 ...5065 ...5005 ...5065 'el:van Bank Belgian 5 per trim., 1840 lO3 ... 103 ... 102% ... 1:- . 2% ,p..i.sti Activ" 24% ... 24% ... A% .... 24% Pt,sire 5% . 5% ... 5% ... 5% .. New Deferred veapolitau, .. '..oa-.1111..,. RA/LWAY SHARES. St. Germain ver.A.l:cs, L.ii 197 50 ... 197 50 ... 1.2 50 .. 19.1 50 ftauen , rte.ins 480 ... 480 ... 480 ... 480 chr?sburg ,o Bale 223 75 .. 225 ... Y 3 75 ... 243 75 COMMISSIONEL—One of the reproaches made to the Whigs by the Tories was, that they dele gated the duties of Government to Commis sioners. Ministers, it was repeatedly said, even while the Whigs were employed in devising great measures of improvement, ought to take on themselves the task of inquiry, and ought to frame measures on their own responsibility. But how do the Tories act? Last night the appoint ment of another Commission was announced in the Gazette, of which the duties are to inquire into the manner in which Exchequer bills have been issued, and what means can be devised to Prevent a fraudulent and forged issue of such bills. Aro the gigantic talents, then, of Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, and of that cluster of divine statesmen who now stand at the head of affairs, while they have nothing else to do, unable to re-model the Ex chequer Bill-office? and must they have recourse to the mercantile talents of Lord Ashburton and Mr. George Glyn? We do not blame the ap pointment of the Commission, but we hops. the Tory Journals will now repent them of their sneers against the Whig Ministers, who, according to them, could do nothing with ou t a Commission. WEEKLY STATEMENT OF LON DON LETTERS, DEC. 21, 1841. THROUGH THE GENERAL POST. Four Weeks, ending Dec. 18, 1841 5,480,920 Corresponding period of 1840 4,408,127 Ditto, as nearly as can be given, of 1839 1,682,912 Increase since 1840, on the Four Weeks' Letters 1,072,793 Ditto, 1839, ditto THROUGH THE DISTRICT POST. Four Weeks, enclitic , Dec. 18, 1841 1,810,182 Corresponding period of 1840 1,582,006 Ditto, as nearly as can be given, of 1839 1,021,386 Increase since 1840, on the Four Weeks' Letters 228,176 Ditto, 1839, ditto A deputation from the London Mercantile Committee on Postage waited, in the course of last week, on the Postmaster-General, with the view to urge upon his attention the great benefit that would accrue, not only to the public but also to the revenue, from the perfecting of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of penny postage. The chief points brought before Lord Lowther's no tice were the necessity of increased facilities for posting and delivering letters in the metropolis and the suburbs, and the carrying out of like measures in the chief provincial towns, besides an extension of Post-office conveniences to coun try districts at present destitute of them. The representations the deputation made were re ceived with all due courtesy, and were promised full consideration by his Lordship, who assured them that he was as willing as his predecessor to carry out Mr. Hill's plan. EAST INDIA HOUSE-(THIS DAY). A General Court of the Proprietors of East India Stock was held this morning —which had not concluded when we went to press. We shall give a full report of the proceedings in our Second Edition. ,LOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 22.—Wind this day at noon W. DEAL, DEC. 21.—W.N.W. to W., moderate—Arrd. Mary, Newcastle, Mauritius ; General Walfedo Deme rara. Arrived from the River, Amiens, fur Bahia ; Di ligent, Gibraltar. RAMSGATE, DEC. 21. Sailed the Felicia, for South America ; Fulmar, Odessa. OFF DOVER, DEC. 21.—Westphalia, Wessels, Bremen, for Npw York ; Ingeborg, Copenhagen, for St. Croix ; Elizabeth, Wilhelmine, liamburgh, for Port-au-Prince ; Elizabeth, Foreman, Quebec. SALCOMBE, DEC. 19.—Arrd. Victoria, from Terceira. FALMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Onyx, Shields, and sailed for Gibraltar ; Margaret, steamer, ditto. OFF PENZANCE, DEC. 18.—Twende Brode, Bakker, New York, for Antwerp. The Bristol Packet, Payne, from Bristol to this port and Falmouth, was run down last night off the Lands-end by a schooner. ST. IVES, DEC. 20.—1 t blew a heavy gale yesterday at S.E. to E.N.E. The Catherine, Salts, from Newport to Exeter, got in contact with a French lugger, went on the Beach, and received much damage, but was hove off this morning. The Grenadier, Ertand, and Clorinde, Launcelot, both from Newport to Rouen, got ashore, but are expected off —cargoes discharging. The Cleo patra, Ertand, from Newport to Rouen, is ashore on Hayle Bar —cargo discharging. DUBLIN, DEC. 18.—Arrd. Naparina, White, Quebec. SHIELDS, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Grafton, Cook, Calcutta. Sd. Euphemia, Algiers ; Anna Louisa, New York. HULL, DEc. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Lord Wen loch, Mitchel, St. John's, N.B. ; Persus, Rowan, Mira michi. The Consort, Armstrong, from Memel to this port, got ashore on Oland, but came off, after discharging part of cargo, and put into Carlshamn, it is supposed, without damage. SLIGO, DEC. 19.—The Duke of Gloucester, Newman, bound to Liverpool, fell over at the New Quay yesterday, and has five feet water in her hold—cargo discharging. MILFORD, DEC. 20.—Acrd. Corsair, Liverpool, for New Orleans, leaky. SM. Evenwood, late Howe, London. The Bridget, Ti mm i ns, from Dalhousie, was obliged to leave Carmarthen Bay yesterday morning, not being able to get over the bay • on the Ist instant she shipped a sea, which broke the wheel and filled the cabin ; on the 17th passed a barque under close reefed maintopsail, and loss of foreyard. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.—Wind N. fresh.—Arrd. Her culean, Grindale, Bombay—sld. from St. Helena 3d ult. ; Ranger, Brown, Lima_sld. Sept 2 ; Wilsons, Campbell, Demerara—sld. sth ult. ; Hebron, Mobile ; Lancashire, Lyon Savannah ; Richard, Montreal ; Malabar, Barker, and Andrew White, Quebec ; Grange, Montreal, having been in contact, off Bardsey, with the Andrew White. Sid. Denison, Antigua. 41. pg d ert. r 1 %4 U T 1" tiV AND patblit Opittizt. " Who runs may read." roBsio3sT. The French Journals, of Monday are occupied with the trial of M. Dupoty, Editor of the Journal du Peuple. The Courrier Francais, remarhing upon the infamy of this trial, says :--" It is certain that the Ministers and their families openly express an opinion that K Dupoty ought to be condemned, and leave it to be inferred that the existence of the Cabinet is attached to the success of the accusation. The whole weight of the Government is thus brought to bear upon the Peers. Will they show that they are beyond the reach of such deplorable and powerful influence? Will justice be greater than fear? Up to the last moment we will not despair. It is not fur us to trace to the Judges the line which they ought to follow, but we entreat them not to forget at this solemn moment that M. Dupoty is an adversary of the Govern ment, and that the Government desires his condem nation." It was privately reported in Paris on Monday that the Court of l'eers had actually voted the condemnation of I)upoty by 136 votes to 23 ! Atrocious as this report is, we can hardly doubt its correctness, from our acquaint ance with the infamous composition of that servile and most despicable Court. The France says that the idea of the King of Prussia visiting the Court of St. James's for the christening of the Prince of Wales is totally erroneous ; that his Ma jesty and the Queen will live quite retired all the winter at Charlottenburg ; and that the recent death of the Queen Dov:ager of Bavaria, her Majesty's mother, will prevent tiny fetes being given at Court. Ernest of Hanover continues to play the despot to admiration. According to the Hamburgh Correspond ent the Opposition Members of the Second Chamber of the States General of Hanover, who have not been al lowed by the Government to take their seats, have quitted the capital, and returned to their constituents. The sup. plementary Deputies have been called on to sit in their stead. The lithographed French corresponden ce f rom S pa i n says, that it is agitated whether it might not be advisable to prolong the term of the Queen's minority from 14 to IS years of age. The dissolution of the Senate was an other proposal. Both were resisted by the Government. A letter from Vittoria, of the Bth instant describes in a lively manner the joy of the people of that city on being relieved from the state of siege, the arbitrary rule of the military commission, and the further payment of the mulct with which all householders had been visited who took part in the affair of the 4th of October. At Barcelona a survey of the citadel has been made, and an estimate formed, that it would require 4,000,000 reals (40,0001.) to complete its destruction, and only 1,500,000 reals (15,000/.) to repair it. The inhabitants of that unfortunate city seemed heartily tired of their political excitement, for it is stated, that out of above 30,000 electors of the Ayuntarniento, only 1,000 had come forward to give their votes on the late occasion, and the Republicans were left in a minority. The Madrid Gazette contains two decrees highly illustrative of the state of Spain—one removing from Oviedo to other towns six . canonigos, whose quarrels could not otherwise be settled ; the other complaining of the excessive number of applicants who daily pre sent themselves for situations in the post-offices, arising, no doubt, from the general belief that no particular aptitude was required for these offices," and declaring that candidates must produce certificates of their know ledge in at least arithmetic, Spanish grammar, and Spa nish geography. Those who in addition possess a know ledge of accounts, general geography, and any foreign languages, are informed that their claims will receive particular consideration. PUBLIC OPINION. We quote the following remarks, suggested by the coming season of Christmas, from the Morning Chronicle:— " Beef is dear in London, says the Pust, for Christmas is coming. The increased demand is not, we fear, that of the millions. Little matters the price of beef to the poor wretches that beg herring-brine to flavour their potatoes. Little does it avail them, either, that pork is only three times as dear as, in dear times, it is at at Cincinnati. But is it not atrocious that, in such cir. cumstances, there should be a duty of 12s. per cwt. on salted meats, and of fresh 1Y eat an absolute prohibi tion ? No light can beam for the poor, on the prover bially dark days before Christmas, while the gripe of monopoly is unrelaxed. What cares it for Christmas ? The voice of Him who then was cradled in a manger, taught the simple prayer to give us this day our daily bread. May Heaven hear it ! for monopoly will not."— Thanks to the Tories, who have shown such an active sympathy with the people, and dope so much to remedy their distresses, the poorer classes bid fair this year to enjoy a right merry Christmas. What rejoicing will there not be at Paisley ? What feasting at Spitalfields? What fervent expressions of gratitude to Ministers will there not be offered up by the mechanics and their fami lies in their cellars at Manchester ? Kindly and con siderate Tories ! How readily have they not responded to the prayer, " give us this day our daily. bread !" They have given us our bread ; and not only this, but they have expressly commissioned the Duke of Bucking ham to see that we procure it in the orthodox fashion! The Post administers a gentle reprimand to the "pom pous hosiers of the midland counties " in the following set terms :—•' When we took the liberty of administer ing a gentle reprimand to certain pompous hosiers of the midland counties for meddling in matters which they did not understand, we were assailed by some London critics as though we had done the stocking-makers and their cause a great injustice. But the communications we have received from the districts in which these ho sier-statesmen are well known, tell a very different story. They commend our plain speaking about these pompous personages, and assure us that we have given a very fit reproof to arrogant and grasping men, who think them selves entitled to complain because they have not every thing their own way. These men complain of distress merely because there is a depression in a trade from which they have derived enormous profits. Surely it is not too much to expect that they should take the rough with the smooth, and be thankful for what they have ac quired, instead of trying to set the country in aflame because their gains are now less enormous than they have been."— The above passage breathes the true aristocratic spirit of the flippant and fashionable lady's maid. It is redolent of the airs of a housekeeper's room at the West-end. The " pompous hosiers" indeed ! How well this sneer becomes the chronicler of the " arrivals and departures', of its aristocratic masters and mistresses ! We always defer respectfully to our Contemporary's authority on matters of dress and etiquette ; but with equal respect we must beg to protest against its politico-economical tracts, which were anything but " Tracts for the Times." Speaking of the proposed Commission for investi gating the Exchequer bill fraud, the Herald says " We entirely approve of the constitution of the Com mission. True—it comes upon us like an exemplifica tion—with a vengeance—of the triste adage which with cutting philosophy recommends, the victims of horse stealing, to—(when the steed is stolen)—' shut the stable door.' But here we have just had to sit down with a loss not of a steed,' but—of a sum which, in the figu rative phraseology of the betting-room at Tattersall's re presents precisely the value of 16,000 ponies.' This number of nags is so large, or say that the cost of them (400,0001.), is so enormous, that it is well to find the stable-door is to be shut at last. And really it was high time that it should be. The recent frauds prac tised in the revenue, have gone pretty far to reduce the First Lord of the Treasury to that melancholy position in which he would not have had a horse left in the Stable' to walkout on a rainy day'—if a certain Thomas Spring Rice had had charge of the Exchequer stud much longer." In a leading article, suggested by the late Northamps tonshire meeting, the Times takes the opportunity of thus sneering at the Chartists :—" Be their political de mands as rational and justifiable as they are notoriously the reverse, the Chartists seem to imagine that their ob jects will be best gained, not by temperate and reason able appeals to public sympathy, but by a course which, instead of gaining them a single respectable supporter, must terrify every orderly member of the community from giving them the slightest countenance. Perhaps it is well that it should be so. For ourselves, though we shall never cease to advocate the just rights of the work ing classes, we can truly say that those of the Chartists who persist in obtruding their own case at every public meeting in the kingdom save us a vast deal of trouble. Were they possessed of ordinary discreetness and prudence, we might possibly be subjected to the neces sity of refuting and repelling their pretensions. As they now manage matters, exciting distrust and disgust in every impartial spectator, they are work ing their own ruin much more effectively than any hostility of ours could hope to achieve."— We hope the Chartists are by this time convinced that the Tories, instead of being—as they once imagined they were—their friends, are their worst enemies. If they be not fully persuaded of this truth, we despair of their ever being enlightened. The Tories merely used them as their tools, and had never any other notion than that of jast playing them off against the Whigs, and then shaking themselves clear of all alliance with them. The Chartists displayed a woeful want of sagacity in con necting themselves, even for an hour, with the Tories. They estranged many of their friends, and laid them selves open to the justifiable taunt, that men who could be fools enough to allow themselves to be gulled by their natural enemies, were certainly not fit to be entrusted with the slightest addition of political power. Warned by the past, we trust the Chartists will henceforth make common cause with the Opposition in Parliament, with whom they have many more points in common than they ever had, or ever can have, with the Tories. The Advertiser says—" If no man ought to be cons• . pelled to pay Church -rates, whatever is to be contri buted for the purpose of beautifying of churches, or for the extension of burial-grounds, ought to be contributed voluntarily—if, we say, no man should be forced to pay these Church imposts ' least of all ought Di ssen t ers or Roman Catholi cs to be subjected to this legal compul sion. They derive no benefit whatever from the Church's ministrations ; they never cross her threshold ; they never read her prayers ; never hear her sermons ; never receive her sacraments. Surely it is enough that they support their own ministers, and contribute to the keeping of their own places of worship in a state of re pair. Nor is this all. It is degrading to the Church, and a reflection on Churchmen, that they should thus come annually forward to put their hands into the pockets of Dissenters. Where is there the pocket into which Mother Church does not contrive to thrust her übiquitous hands ? That must be a very extraordinary man indeed who can keep his pockets clear of the Old Dame's clutches. In our progress throup,th life, from the cradle to th e gr:;u, - , she taxei: us with the most rigid punctiliousness. At baptism her hands are stretched out for a fee ; in mar riage, she cries out, "pray remember the parson;" and even beside the grave, she insists most devoutly on her dividend. Her principle of action is, give nothing for nothing I The following is from an article on the subject of edu cation in the Cambridge Advertiser :--" The important question of the education of the poor must not belost sight of. In the last forty years the population of the rural districts in this kingdom has increased at the rate of more than forty per cent., while in the la►ge town and the manufacturing districts the increase has been much greater, varying from eighty to nearly one hundred and thirty per cent. ,In that period no material improvement, as regards mental and moral culture, has taken place in the agricultural population." The Tyne Mercury observes in an article on free trade: —" The sliding scale will not do—emigration will not do—taxation will not do—nothing will do, you will very speedily discover, but throwing your ports wide open to every commercial power, and giving and re ceiving the advantages of the mutual and augmented in tercourse." WSONEY — TRILDE—COMIKZMCE. The claims on Messrs. Ridge and Rowland's Chi chester bank amount to 150,0001, and the effects of the bankrupts Will afford about 6s. Bd. in the pound. STATISMICS. Mr. Porter, in an analysis of the Census, read before the Statistical Sccie.ty on Monday, stated that in all Great Britain there are 13,600 idiots, lunatics, &n., and in England alone lin 500. In 1831, there were 800,000 female servants in Great Britain, while in the city of Westminster alone they formed one-tenth part of the population. NAVI9.7, AND renaTausr. It is stated that the Warspite, 50; the Dido, 20; and Hazard, 15, are fitting out for immediate service for China. Law AND POLICE. In the action of Pisani, chief dragoman or interpreter to the British Embassy at Constantinople, against Law son, printer and publisher of the Times, fur alleged libels contained in the articles of that journal, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. • At Marlborough- street Police-court this morning, Thomas Garnir, a young man of respectable appoarance, cashier in the house of Mr. Vandergaucht, silk mercer, Quadrant, was reiranded till Friday, on a charge of rob bing his master to a considerable amount. The Neapolitan papers are loud in their praise of a new English cantatrice, who made her first appearance in La Sonnambula, at the Teatro del Fond°, on the 3d of last month. The debutante, Miss Emma Bingley, who is only in her 19th year, is a pupil of Curioni. COURT --- --71115110N11117.M. The Earl of Munster left town last week to meet his Countess and family at Paris. The Marquis of kildare, who has been on a continental tour, arrived in town last week, and has since gone to Carton House, the seat of the Duke of Leinster, in Ireland. Viscount Grimston arrived at Gorhambury on Satur day last from Coombe Abbey, near Coventry, the seat of the Earl of Craven. Lord W. Russell left ➢iivart's hotel yesterday fur Wo burn Abbey. Lord Ward, accompanied by the Marquis of Bland ford, Lord Seaham, and Lord Henry Lennox, left Mi vart's hotel, on Monday morning, for Ilimley Hall, the Noble Lord's seat in Staffordshire. We regret to hear of the indisposition of the Duchess of Somerset, who has for the last three weeks been con fined to her chamber. His Royal Highness, the Duke of Sussex, and the Duchess of Inverness, are expected to arrive to-morrow on a visit at Woburn Abbey, from Newstead Abbey. The Earl of Surrey arrived in Hyde Park-place on Monday last. Sir James Graham leaves town on Friday to visit his .• constituents at Dorchester. It is now definitively arranged thatlhe long-expected nuptials of his Highness Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, eldest son of his Excellency Prince Esterhazy, Arnba.ssa dor at the British Court from the Emperor of Austria, and the Lady Sarah Villiers, the lovely and accomplished daughter of the Earl and Countess of Jersey, are to be solemnized on Saturday week, January 1. IVIESCZEGILNEOUS. The custom of Christmas boxes arose with sailors. In the infancy of navigation, they nailed a box to the mast of the ship on going to sea, and at times of storm or danger, dropped a piece of money in the box, for prayers to be said for them, which collections, if they returned safe, they presented to the Church. These gifts, received at the time of the Nativity at the entrance of the chapels and cathedrals, were called Christmas boxes. The sale of Dr. Johnson's "Rambler," was greatly limited at first. The first paper which sold well was Richardson's, No. 97. A meeting of the inhabitants of the county of Sussex was held at Lewes yesterday, to address the Queen on the birth of a Prince of Wales. Among others present were the Earl of Chichester, Earl Delawarr, Lord March, Captain Pechell, and a few country gentlemen connected with the East Division of the county. After the address had been moved and seconded, Mr. Woodward proposed an amendment in favour of the People's Charter, and for the removal of the sentence on Frost, and all political offenders. Only twenty hands .were held up for the amendment, and the several addresses afterwards were adopted without opposition. Yesterday a gentleman named Luke, residing in Ken sington-square, while skating on a pond in Kensington Gardens, nearly lost his life. The ice gave way in nine feet water, and, after he had sunk twice, he was happily rescued by one of the icemen. The ice in all the Parks is still dangerous, and particularly so in Regent's Park, where at least ten persons were immersed in deep water, but all fortunately saved. xturaourts or TIE DAT. We understand that the Editor of a fashionable Sun day paper has engaged the boy Jones to give full parti culars of the Royal Christening. The metropolis is expected to be more full about the end of next month than it has been fin. some years past; the business in Parliament will attract numbers to town, and many foreigners of distinction are expected to be present at the Royal Christening. On Wednesday afternoon, in St. Jude's Church, Li verpool, five persons, all of mature years, in the presence of a crowded congregation, publicly abjured the errors of the Church of Rome, in which they had been nur tured. Three other Roman Catholics will, to the great mortification of Dr. Pusey, make a similar abjuration in a few days. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CI7 Y, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 21.—We have had a moderate demand for Cotton to-day, but the busi ness has been wholly to the trade, and consisting of 3,000 bales, of which 1,200 were Surat, at 34d. to 4d. per lb. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 21.—The trans actions reported at the Stock Exchange this day com prise. Eastern Counties, 84; do. Debentures, 101. 11s. Bd.; Grand Junction, 196 ; Great Western, Fifths, 0 4 ; Paris and Rotten, 10k. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 21.—We have had a steady market, and prices continue firm. Manchester and Birmingham, 28 ; Manchest er an d Leeds Quarters, 3/. 16 5 . ; Manchester and Salford Water Works, 53l ; Midland Counties, 844 85. THE FUNDS. The English Stock Market continues flat. Consols opened at 888 89 for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 89i ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 premium. Spanish Active Stock 231 8 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 328 33; Ditto Fives, 19} 20. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great North of England ... ..... 90 - to Ditto New .50 London and Brighton 5O ...... 374 to London and Birmingham London and Greenwich Midland Counties South Eastern and Dover York and North Midland... Ditto New Shares...• l5 - JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock COURSE OF EXCHAI Amiterdam CF. 12 7 3 / 4 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 8 Antwerp Hamburgh M. B. 13 13 3 / 4 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdcaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine... 150 3 / 4 Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 3 / 4 8er1in....... 7 Vienna, effec. ft. 3M. 952 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona Seville ... . 10 IGE—kYESTERDAY). 'Gibraltar Leghorn Genoa 25 90 Milan • Venice Naples 4O Palermo, per oz 1191 Lisbon Oporto sli Rio Janeiro 27 Bahia Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight 4bi Philadelphia 46 !PRICES OF BULLION, PER 07., ,Foreign Gold,•bars X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin ...3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars... 0 4 10 Silver in Bars... 0 4 HALF-PAST ONE. The operations in both the English and Foreign Markets have been upon a very limited scale this morn ing. Consols for the opening are 88i 89 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 89 89* ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 981 j ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 ; Spanish Ac tive Stock, .23i ; Deferred, 111 12 ; Passive 58 In Shares there is also but little doing. Great Western New Shares are quoted 591 ; London add Brighton, 371; London and Birmingham, 165 ; London. and Greenwich, 6i ; Midland Counties, 86 ; South Eastern and Dover, 20 ; York and North Midland, 89. HALF PAST TWO. Consols for Account, 88i 89 ; Mexican, 26 ; Por tuguese, 323; 33 ; Spanish, 231 • QUARTER TO THREE. Everything is dull in the City, and we are without Foreign arrivals. ELECTION OF COMMON COUN. CILMEN.—(THIS DAY) BREAD-STREET—CLOSE OF THE POLL. Bridge (Deputy). Maughan 45 *Poland Davison Kepling, * These last three are new candidates. The Ward returns eight members. DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—We regret to state that lzst week's return shows an increase rather than a diminution of the numberi,9;4 ; dependents,oft the unemployed. The Th fe e m n a u l i e n s - , berg are:—Males, 1,637 ; dependents, 3, 2 7 4— t0ta1, 11,610. Including Johnston, Barrhead, Kilbarchan, &c., the total number of unemployed is 13,240. — Glasgow Argus. Mr. D'Alton, the celebrated antiquarian, whose in a H n i , s i t Histories t o l o ti t i l: e 4l M l i public, is nuw eistjulygeziet:diS•aciooi,ivfcaiibt)iiiit;lg),..l li t i li t e her fuln of Drogheda re ception from Evening Mail. EVENING SUN rl LAW INTELLIGENCE CHANCERY COURT.--(THIS DAY. ? The LORD CLIN C ELLOR, on taking his seat morning, intimated to the gentlemen of the Bar, tha t it was his intention to take the unopposed Lunatic Peti tions the first thing to-morrow morning. EXPARTE THE MASTER, &C. OF CATHERINE nA Lti CAMBRIDGE. This case came before his Lordship upon the petition of the Master and Fellovt s of Catherine Hall in the Cil i. versity of Cambridge, praying his Lordship to correct several rules that had been laid down by a Mrs. hams" den for the regulation of the Ramsden Fellowship. Fr° lll the statement of the petition, it appeared that Mrs. J ot Ramsden, in the year 1743, by her will left certain pro r r o: perty to the College, for the purpose of founding Fellowships, the management of which was to be a ccord - ;ti itt ing to certain rules and reg u l a ti ons w hi c h she had liers e f re drawn up. The 3:3d rule provided that in case any err e: I/ of mistake should arise with reference to any of th rules and regulations that a n a ppli ca ti on should be m ade ; • ft it to the Lord Chancellor or the Lord K was eeper, a nd he 3 s, to make such order as in his wisdom he should think lit; ,- i Under that provision the present petition was presen4lba: praying for an alteration or correction of several of.tlrs9A rules drawn up by Mrs. Ramsden. By the st h rule it li'els•." 4 provided that the perscns competent to be elected to the' ,il4 Fellowship should be either Bachelors of Arts, comple t e Masters of Arts, or Bachelors of Law or Physic!. but' they were not to be more than twenty-four years of a n ~5 That provision, according to the present period of ra tin g men at college completely excluded all pe ts() ; from obtaining the Fellowship except the Bachelors i Arts, and the petitioners, therefore, lirayed tha t Lordship would, under the provisions of the rule V o l him power to correct any of the regulations df 1t by Mrs. Ramsdell, extend the age for the admission `; Fellows to twenty. eight instead of twenty-four YO l c rs : r , r ; Then by the 11th rule it was provided, that within 1 days of a notice of a vacany in one of the Fellowshil,lo the College was to give notice of the election of a i n ; 1( ' Fellow, but that election was not to take place . o f •` lt expiration of twenty four days, but at the latter els ko the rule it was stated that the election was to t 6 i$ place on the 3d Tuesday after the notice. That rule„., was found impossible to carry into effect, and the P_d tioners therefbre asked that the time might be incree; i . to four months from the vacancy. There were two °t of the rules that also 'Nuked alteration. Mrs. Bain.!a, den in founding the Fellowship, had given the rents °al, profits of the estate to the foundation, but she iis a . iot , rented that in the interval between a vacancy and el o , , of a Fellow the rent should go to the College stozk. it was proposed by the pet; tioners that the new Fe h() %d instead of taking the rents and profits from the det c . he their election, should take them from the date of vacancy, the College giving iep all claim. oif f Mr. BARBER and Mr. HILY.4.RD appeared on beh alf the petition, which was not opposed. er ° f The LORD CHANCELLOR granted the whole pOl ,•ht the petition with the exception ot . that part which soap. to extend the ago of persons comp 'tent to becoln e t he lows from 24 to 28. His Lordship observed that "'sus ; petition was not opposed, it became t o be cant: o3 ° ,o he should therefore take time to cons.kler his jucl , on The that point. Court then proceeded with the heating of It' elltie petitions. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY' ) or re The MASTER of the ROLLS was occupied all the / 33 " mg with consent petitions, of little public interest VICE-CHANCERY.—(.THIS D.4.!ri ) • (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND') WINKIVORTII V. MA.RRIOTT. OD . This was an application for a decree to annul a tract, or to compel the plaintiff to its performance. dots, It appeared that, in the year 1827, the defe ll „.iclt' Marriott, who were brothers, had taken a lease of 3 m o o ed, field for 21 years from a Mr. Curnoch, since dect!olt. • and now represented by the plaintiff in the presen t t he By the terms of the contract between the partl es : n dia defendants were to have the option ofpurchasing the i a cAt 5 , perpetuity, if they should think proper, within three . 0 for' It was also covenanted that the vendor should oh t 4 . 3 ,1 e on .. the purchaser the right of free and absolute wile' . '1 t y of the Grand Junction Canal, which lies in the viel ,l oct the field, for the conveyance of the bricks when Ena ho ige of the materials for making them. The right of wr. or the had been Obtained from the Canal Compaq but it period of 21 years, the term of the original lea se ; etu itY appeared that a right of wharfage in Fe r il. ) ,fased could not be procured. The defenclantS he plOl - purchase the land in perpetuity until t" oos sibl 3 tiff had at the least obtained the longes t 'f o r t he term of a right of wharfage. It was alleged as the plaintiff that the terms of the contract coulict.Da" had defendants were themselves aware at the Wile „ht , been entered into, be performed ; and that theiriasvier wharfage for the term of twenty-one years wou ld Id Zia every reasonable object which the defendants con in view. CO His HONOUR said that it was clear that as the __ow could not be completed he could not order its P e ±. ante ; and he should, therefore, dismiss the present' but dismiss it without costs. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BurcE . ). itt - His Hoxouu disposed of several cause ratio volving no feature of public interest. COCKBURN V. SINGLETON. 3 PO' The hearing of this case was resumed, and Iva ceeding when we went to press. (Before Vice-Chancellor IVIGRA3I.) MONTRIS V. CARWIC.Y. His HONOUR HONOUR gave judgment in this cause, which' heard in the private room. It came befure the Coo n o ar exceptions for impertinence and slander, and his 1 1° ' allowed the exceptions. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS 'l' (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before 14. _ MAN and a Special Jury.) HOPKINS V. HARDWICKE, CLERK. , r iige• This was an action for a breach of romise ,7 0 - After the Jury had been sworn, Mr.lms , fo r t` l l•6 r . tiff, said the defendant had consented to ' rerclict plaintiff, with 5001. damages. T)AS - •) COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS j •ric (Sittings in London, before the Loan CIO F -135 and a Special Jury.) LOAKE V. THE MARQUIS OF WEST IIEitII. eSS of The plaintiff was the solicitor to the Marebilic'lluse Westmeath, in the proceedings before d th e ' Lords, in the celebrated case of her LadYs' ll r Noble defendant. , of t 136 This action was brought to recover the a 111 ° 11 e t alsot bill of costs. The defence was hat that the de' li e nrg es, was not ; and secondly, as to some of the charges, that they were excessive, or otherwise such tl5 • not fall upon the opposing party to the, slit. _ nt PO' VESTRY MEETING, ST. B 0 -; - , - 0 BISHOPSGATE.—(THIS 1 ) - t% g A ND - TliE "BLESSINGS" OF CHURCH-RA' a " THE NEW POOR-LAWS. .rel i This morning a vestry meeting was held in the - c li tt i, v i,le' r of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, for the purpose of of 11)*" a Church-rate,. and also a rate for the r elief n d, in poor. The meeting was but thinly atteedepielit consequence of the election for Common C°n, tle a d t o and it may be fairly inferred the day wao s e ' e t hi e s p s " avoid a meeting with the leaders of Itefprm in " rich. The Senior Churchwarden took the ChO r ' fic ie The Vestry-Clerk then read the accounts of . r- i :tl l ° and disbursements of the last Church-rate, a nd L's_ 4 o6 l . Churchwardens now required a rate of 4-d. in the i'" . a After some discussio the rat e was agreed to. ose A rate of ninepence n in the pound was t hen P r l for the relief of the poor for the present quar ter a . a vic rl t The CHAIRMAN said the claims on them Nvern,recal:e than usual, and i t ,3 h 6 e o ro a o s r- t l h a e w ir C q o u t o n t m a. issioners ha' - , to upon them for Mr. APCABE, as he was a new inhabitant , wi5 ,4 11 :r u t 13 ,.. 6 know whether the rates had been increased_ _l.le;deCP• New Poor-law, and was answere d by the y ea. 4. r i in the affirmative. A PARISHIONER wished to know whether the i l . )c . resl"- arose from the badness of the system. kith The VESTRY-CLERK must he excused from rya opinion. He did not attend to discuss systems, '•*,. TM' this unsatisfactory answer, th e rate was ag reed t L) ,*,• • •'.. meeting then broke up. THE MARKETS.—(T HIS DA B .) CORN EXCHANGE- a nd °# The supply of w h ea t was sma ll, of I3arlei, ' agile good ; Wheat firm, Barley dull ; Oats near l ' • able unless very fine. In Flour little doing . ' COLONIAL MARKET. b a sine es ' Prices were firm, although there was not M uch r 416 1 done. Brown West India Sugar 56s to 5 9 s ; 1 5 t '' fi r t rr 60s to - 725. In Coffee a fair business was dene at ; sales of good and fine ordinary Ceylon 67s t i ° , jar cwt. Rum steady, proof Leewards at is Sid to ' l ' NEWGATE AN!) LEADENIIAIS• vinic ea We had a very large supply of meat, and il i a ljeet+ rates for all descriptions were freely obtaineo• Vea'!, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6(l ' 1.81bs• 4 s . 1 2d. N, e hadto 5 ss. 4d. 4 , d . e . ra sb; ; yb ii " flcash i l,r ) el r go l al c els , va.s 4 t s q . 1 p t o l y ss. o f 6 Gamed . per stone and _7 o largely' and in good condition ; the trade have bougM,,„,ite., and prices were as 9d. ; Chickens, 2s. to I I i owls, Lo 1 4 8 s s .. to ; each. Eggs in good su-y-,- , . TEA MARKET. iee s The operations in Free Trade were smal l, ad, as underwe 'TALLOWIsuppIy; the underwent no variation. Company's Congou ls. 84 ii, O a ,s.n.—t6tos:l3Q,sse:.as6tneocidiB4jciliit;cokarrsle,isg:,2:s3o. 1i.0:t;0615.:.4.006,gt;d0:-. There was a • d " for I. Y. Cariu''' ,eet goo demand _, t he prices were firm at 48s. to 48s. 6(1., for parcels oi. Spelter in brisk and for delivery up the end of the year. .. thlerA•deßmKnEndTb.risk at full METAL MARKET. deMand. P st • HEMP MARKET. A good demand, and prices on the advance, for _ , 26 1. request, at 401. Iron and lead in it India. Jute M. 10s., and Manilla Ilemp, per ton. : „, s oll DYE-WODDS. In Logwood a fair business was done, and Pris-olif , the advance. Fine Jamaica 51. 55. per ton. rustle, steadily. Or 251. 10s. to LORD STANLEY, alias THE MARQU IS ; a - TAMBUT,REFUTED.--AS for facility Obtaining tbe , r ok cessities of life, Captain Jesse would especially as 9 ' • the people of England from depending corn-growing country. On the road from Tula W Mosc„.: was Jr w* • he witness to all tip. miseries of a fawitye. gathered round his c , rrittg,c, 'ntt,in a few coPt , '"': food. The bof ar— trees, ground with a little rye" orv i, formed the diet of the poor in the COv9rWi lents of Tula, and Moscow.—Times. BUSSia ,-. 4 1011 I I , a rd •1 ,