The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-03 00:00:00

ANIMAL MAGNETISM; HALL OF SCIENCE, CITY ROAD, Seven Doms South of Featherstone-street. In his THREE DISCOURSES on SUNDAY, DEC. 5, at Eleven, Three, and Seven o'clock, Mr. CARIALE will in trodpee some Original Views of ANIMAL MAGNETISM, INSPIRATION, DEATH, and IMMORTALITY, accord ing to the Science of the Bible. Admission, as a seat rent, Twopence only. N.B. A Letter to Sir Robert Peel, containing this Science, price Eighteen Pence. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.' UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, DEC. 3, Will be repeated the New Comedy, entitled COURT AND CITY.-Captain Dangerfield, Mr. W. Lacy ; Sir Paladin Scruple, Mr. W. Farrel' ; Sir Harry Whiffle, Mr. C. Ma thews ; Sir Hector Rumbush, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Winning ton, Mr. Cooper ; Humphrey Rumbush, Mr. Harley ; Lady Whiffle, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Charmington, Mrs. Nisbett ; Lady Dangerfield, Mrs. W. West ; Barbara Bearbinder, Mrs. W. Lacy. After which the Farce of FREE AND EASY.—Sir John Freeman, Mr. Charles Mathews; Mr. Charles Courtley, Mr. Bartley ; Michael, Mr. Harley ; Gertrude, Mrs. Orger. To conclude with ( Third Time) the Ballet Divertissement of the WOODEN LEG. Principal Characters by Mr. Gilbert and Miss Ballin, Master and Miss Marshall, Messrs. J. and T. Ridgway, Miss Jackson, &c. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, tls. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken f Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had con application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 161, New Bond-street. To-morrow, Norma, and Charles the Twelfth. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Extmordinary Novelty. First Week of the New French Drama. THIS EVENING, DEC. 3, Will be acted an entirely New Drama from the French, re plete with situations of ingenuity, intensity of interest, and strongidrawn character, entitled THE TWO LOCKSMITHS, OR POVERTY AND CRlME.—Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Smith, Neville, Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, &c. After which Sheridan Khowles' Play of WILLIAM TELL. William Tell, Mr. Graham ; Emma, Mrs. H. Vining. Te conclude with Dibdin's popa'ar Farce of MY SPOUSE AND I.—Dick, Mr. Walton. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTMN OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Immense success, and astounding popularity of this, now the most triumphant Theatre of the Metropolis. First Week of " The Two London Locksmiths," Mr. Osbaldiston and Miss Vincent, in "Damon and Pythias," and Second Week of the Successful Drama of " Casper the Doomed." THIS EVENING, DEC. 3, The TWO LONDON LOCKSMITHS; or,the BANKER, the THIEF, and the WlLL.—George Davis, Mr. E. F. Sa ville ; Murray, Mr. Dale; Burl, Mr. Seaman ; Tom Lively, Mr. Gardner ; Barny Cly, Mr. Paul ; Emily, Mrs. Lee. After which, NATURE AND ART.—Gabbleten, Mr. Gardner; Eliza Proscenia Ardent, Miss Vincent. To' conclude with CASPER THE DOOMED ; or, the VICTIM of the VAULT.—Casper Hauser, Mr. E. F. Sa ville ; Schwartz, Mr. Dale ; Ernest Vorline, Mr. Seaman ; Count Hernan, Mr. Cullen ; Eva, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, ls.—tiallery, 6d.— tialf-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To.morrow, London Locksmiths, Nature and Art, and Cas per the DooMed. THE RAILWAY SUN. NOTICE.--A New Edition of the RAILWAY SMY is NOW PUBLISHING. THE CHINA SUN, AND TIIE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, . PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Suit Ofii ce, Dec. 2, 1841. TILE WEATIIER.—NooN, DECEMBER 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 50 1 Highest 52 I Lowest - 46 Barometer 29.23.—Wind S.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. 1-11011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO M mknutos after 5 I Evening...... 7 minutes after 6. The Publication of the Evening Edition of Tnz SUN com- menced at 10 minutes after Three. 4 ; A); e 1 .p-‘44. 7 .44e - /0 LONDON: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1841. That the people arc in great distress is very generally allowed. 'I I IIV Journal of the Work lily Classes, for .example, a publication int en d e d to bring the people inure completely, than they no* , are, 'Ruder the control of the landowners and clergy, states that " there is great increase of mendicancy in this country." " The scenes of dirt," it says, " indecency, immora lity, destitution, fraud, libertinism, profligacy, sensuality, and crime, now daily and hourly participated in, on the part of the travelling poor or begging population of our highways or bye-ways, can only be imagined or de scribed by those who, like ourselves, have examined into their deplorable and au:Al condition." In short, as we have already said, the land is becoming overrun with an Italian beggary; and it is not a little remarkable that the land is at the same time, like Italy, also overrun with a great body of opulent, contentious, and ambitious priests. While every other class is plunged into difficulties and distress, their number and their opulence go on increasing. They never feel any -of the difficulties which oppress other classes; and therefore we find them, as the rule, one and all, supporting those bad laws by which the people arc driven to the extremity of destitution. The monopoly which crushes the people is forcibly upheld by the Ministers of the Estab lished Church. Vey are closely allied with the landlords, and Ii latter, like the clergy, suffer nothing at pre- Ynt from the general calamity. On the contrary, sundry statements have lately appeared in the newspapers, that the value of land is increasing. In a •pamphlet recently published by the Rev. Thom As-FARR, "Oh time Difficulties of the Sliding Scale," an instance is given of four lots of land which let separately in 1833 for a sum in all of :61/. 155., and which were let on the 15th of Sep tember last by auction, and on the same condi tionS as before, for 1:21/. 55., showing an increase of more, than .99 per cent. in eight Y well ears above the rent of 1833." Thi s i s a authenticated and unexceptionable instance, which may be taken ~as, au index to the fact that the rental of the whole body of the landowners has in creased in the midst of great national suffering. But these two classes, who thus r i ot in opu lence while the industrious classes are ground - the earth, constitute the real law-makers ; they have no syinpathy, and can have none, twith a • distsess which touches th em se re motely ; , they have, in truth, an immediate in terest in opposition to the welfare of the people, and therefore there is a good prima facie reaso a for distrusting all the laws which they ma k e. The source of legislation, as long as it fl ows only, or chiefly, from them, nalst be parti a l ; and time laws they make, and have made, require a double portion of evidence to prove them of national advantage, before they can command the heartfelt obedience of the people. NOw, while the sources of our legislation are thuS open to strong suspicion, it also happens that the public are quite at sixes and sevens as to the causes and cure of our distress. Her M - - JEserv's• Ministers, we will be bold to say, are no more in accordance with the majority of the na tion on these two important points, than are the Birmingham advocates for an increase of paper money-. If they were thoroughly acquainted with the causes of oar deplorable condition, and had they any means, or any hope even, of reme dying it, they would he most culpable if they did not immediately announce their plans, and im mediate begin to carry them into execution. In fact, they have no plans to remedy the dis tress, and their peculiar bias as landowners, or as the servant: of landowners, shuts their eyes to the causes of the distress, and steels their hearts •against all supplications to apply a judicious remedy. Amongst the multitude there is also a com plete division of opinion. The community ap pears to b.e all at sea. A large body are for wholly upsetting the present Constitution, and even re-dividing the land. Another body de mand the abolition of the Corn-laws and a per fect. free trade. The currency doctors think that all the evils of society may be remedied by an issue of irredeemable paper money. The e4ergy and their friends call out fbr more * Published by Ridgway. churches, and a stricter observance of the Sab bath. Some persons look to an increase of the army, and some foolishly think that poverty and hunger will be cured byebridling the Press. A great confusion of opinion obviously pre vails, and none of those great and master minds, which at remote intervals arise and gather the diverging rays of knowledge into one focus, and combine crossing and conflicting obscurity into one steady light, now exist in the world. Po litical science needs its NEWTON, its BACON, or its LUTHER, and he is not yet found. When we look for any steady guide to those Monthly and Quarterly productions which were wont to influence the public sentiments and bring before the nation the wisdom of some great men, we find nothing but the most drivelling party mediocrity ; one set advocating Tory quackery, and the other set recommending Whig abortions, with all the one-sidedness of those who, like our selves, are hurried on, day after day, by the rapid current of events. The present want of the nation is that of some master-mind to con dense, by superior knowledge and genius, not coerce, the public sentiments, all the lately gathered political truths, into one clear, compre hensive, and guiding system. Such a man, were he found, should occupy the place which is held by Sir ROBERT PEEL. If we could for one moment conceive that he was at all likely to become such a man, he should have our steady and best support. We care not who gives the public good measures, provided they be given ; and were Sir ROBERT to offer them, he would be followed by all free traders, all honest politicians, and all true pa triots. His power is great, but his knowledge is not equal to it, and his will is enslaved. Instead of being the enlightened , servant of truth, the honest Minister of a great nation, he degrades himself into being the tool of a faction. He gives up to party what might place him at the head of the nation. A few years—not half a century hence, for the charticter of statesmen and heroes no longer waits for die judgment of a remote posterity; it is duly appreciated before they are well cold in their graves—a few years hence Sir ROBERT PEEL will be impartially judged ; and as he continues the servont of a greedy faction, bent only on enriching :hem selves though they ruin the public, or throws \ off their degrading trammels, and shows himself a's wise as he is powerful, so will he be said to have lost or embraced one of the finest opportunities ever offered to mortal man, to achieve undying greatness. He may be the political LUTHER of the age—let him take care that he be not the TETZEL, the despised and almost forgotten in strument of an exploded superstition. The Edinburgh bigots, ashamed of their dis graceful persecution of a small shopkeeper for selling " lollipop " to children on Sunday, are now resolved to fly at higher game. They will commence by interdicting the use of spirits, malt liquors, and every intoxicating drink' (wine of course included) in public-houses on Sunday, and convince the scoffers that the authority of the Provost, and Baillies, and Kirk Sessions, is not to be mocked with impunity. A Baillie of the name of JOHN STONE, who appears to be a very serious man, gave notice at the last meeting of the Town Council of a motion for that purpose, though, if we are to believe his words, the persecution has already commenced in good earnest. " The fact was," said he, " that the authorities had for some time been dealing in the most serious man ner with the most serious part of the charges, and he trusted he should be able to bring under the notice of the Council such facts as would call for the most serious atten tion." Mr. ROBERTSON, who appears to be the only member of the Council blessed with courage and honesty, loudly denounced this "as a series of fanatical measures—as an attempt to get up a hypocritical howl over the length and breadth of Scotland." When the motion is carried, every public-house, tavern, and hotel will be invaded at any hour the offi cers of the inquisition think proper—the land lord's family, commercial travellers, every in mate, of course, must be exposed to the gaze of strangers, in order to avert the desecration of the Sabbath ! Cruel and malig nant hypocrites! Why stop with public-houses? Do baillies and clergymen refrain from intoxi cating liquors at their own homes ? and, if they have the appetites and failings of other men, why should they not be subject to the surveillance of the police as well as persons who, following their lawful occupations, are often obliged to pass the Sunday in an hotel or tavern ? The at teMpt to carry out such a measure as that proposed by the serious Baillie, is an insult to the good sense, the moral habits, and the independent spirit of the peo ple of Scotland. But the disease is spread ing. The Church of England would imi tate the example, but for the rational cha racter of the people for, however railroad directors and coach and steam-boat proprie tors may truckle to Bishops and Archdeacons, the great body of the clergy know that their flocks would not submit to the thraldom that prevails in Scotland. A feeler on the subject was put forth at the opening of the Gos port Railway, by the Venerable Archdea con 'WILBERFORCE ; and Mr. CHAPLIN, who horses more coaches, and puttsteam to more trains than any man in the kingdom, was so pusillanimous as not only to listen pa tiently to the proposition for shutting up railroad lines on Sunday, but even to condescend to say that " the subject should have the consideration of the Directors." This is shameful cowardice. The impudent presumption to interfere with other men's property for the purpose of making the people the slaves of the Church and filling the pockets of the clergy, should be put down by ac clamation. The Sabbath-law which these Pha risees would enact is contrary to the Holy Scrip tures, it is expressly forbidden by the New Tes tament, and can have no other object than to in crease the power and tyranny of a class who, under the pretence of religion, have perpetrated the greatest cruelties on their fellow-creatures. The " good men and true" whom the Borough of Marylebone has returned to Parliament, suffi ciently attest the valuable services rendered to the people's cause by the Reform and Registra tion Association of that patriotic district of the Metropolis. It was well said by the present Tory Premier, some few yearsago, that the battle between the people and the people's oppressors Was to be fought at the registration courts ; and had the - Lib t eral Associations 'throughout the A kingdo mssoe ia but u ofa done their duty like the Reform four o starving countrymen Maryylebone, arylebone, we should not now be ur battling minorityt o t obtainhe blessings of millions o em ployment and a cheaploaf. arn tlie R With surprise, therefore, do we le fromeformourAsadver tising columns, that tion of Marylebone is cripplednot in its la hours by want of fund s . Wlt w ant of the " sinews of vear, ,,y so a di its th e electors? to b ea l not called that an e led Why was the meeting now to proposedknown to the patriotic electors might have hadearlier, oppor tunity of liquidating somewhat sooner the trifling amount of debt incurred by the Associa tion? The reference in the advertisement to the possible dissolution of the Association from want of funds we can hardly regard as seriously in tended by the Secretary. The Reformers of Marylebone understand too well their obligations to this Association to suppose that they would witness its dissolution, rather than incur an out lay of a few hundred pounds. It was through the instrumentality of the Reform Registration Association that the Gallant Sir CHARLES NA PIER and Sir BENJAMIN HALL were at the last election returned to Parliament ; and sure we are that there is not an honest Reformer in the borough that would not incur an outlay pro portionate to his means, to secure the services of these excellent men in the House of Com mons, so long as they can be persuaded to oc cupy a seat in that House. Now the merest pittance from the electoral body will be more than adequate to defray all the expenses of the Association. Will it then be withheld? Know-' ing something of the public spirit of Marylebone, we answer, impossible ! We have heard some simple people say that such Associations are useless; that men worthy to enjoy the franchise will always register them selves. Those who speak after this fashion know little of London, or the avocations ofits inhabitants. In a great metropolis like this, few men have time to attend to other concerns than such as form their everyday employments. Fewer still know the form of discharging any duty not imposed upon them by the absolute necessities of their position—not in society, but in the business of the several grades of society. As we are writ ing, more especially for the information of the Reformers of Marylebone, we will cite a case in point. We might adduce several, but one is sufficient for our argument. A gentleman, not wanting either in intelligence nor in zeal for the triumph of Reform, took a house in the borough of Marylebone before the last registration for the Borough. Well informed in other respects, he, however, was ignorant of the forms necessary to append his name to the list of voters ; and not being called upon by any Association, he is at this moment disqualified to vote. This proves the absolute necessity of Registration Associa tions, not only in every borough, but in every parish. As to the cost, be it only remembered that it is easier to pay a penny to carry out Whig Reform, than to have to disburse a pound to liquidate new taxes imposed by Toryism. Before concluding, however, we have a higher duty to perform than appertains to the triumphs of party. Every person knows the extent to which the • Tories have carried bribery; and few perhaps have forgotten that during the last Session of Parliament, the Whigs were blamed for not opposing the Tories with their own weapons. Now we class ourselves with those who think that in every case " honesty is the best policy." We want no bribing associations on a large or a small scale. All we require from Reform Associations is to inform and direct the Liberals in what way to record their votes. But this cannot be done without some outlay, to which every Reformer ought to feel a pride in contributing. :We have Madrid Papers of the 24t1 Ult. On the previous evening the REGENT went to the Theatre, where his reception was most enthu.Ai aseic. The funds still kept up, but it was sus pected that Government influence was at work to produce an effect, when a depression was ra ther to he expected. The Infanta LOUISA CARLOTA, the wife of the Infant FRANCISCO DE PAULO, is on her way to Madrid. She is a bold, intriguing woman, and if there is mischief to be done, will be in the thick of it. The REGENT had, therefore, bat,lr beware of her. A good deal of business was done on the Bourse on the 24th. The amount mgotiated in the Five per Cents. was 45,358,000 reels, of which 14,814,000 were for cash. This Stock had again advanced, and left off at 351 for cash, and of 37 at 58 days. There is an absolute dearth of political news in the Paris Journals of Wednesday. There is a report that the beet-root manufacturers are to be indemnified, and the attempt to raise sugar in France given up. This - will be good news for the colonists, who have suffered severely by the protection accorded to the beet-root growers. For the first fortnight of this month the price of the four-pound loaf of the first quality in Paris, is fixed at three-pence halfpenny. There are still, of course, rumours of changes in the Cabinet ; but the reports of an estrange ment between Marshal SOULT and M. GurzoT are quite unfounded. According to the returns of the corn trade of France, published by the Minister of Commerce, the quantity imported during the month of October was—wheat, 5,194 metrical quintals ; other grain, 5,075 ; and flour, 36. The exports in the same month amounted —wheat, to 12,943 metrical quintals ; other grain, to 58,639, and flour to 4,825. The imports during the first ten months of 1841 were wheat 95,784 metrical quintals ; other grain, 13,015 ; and flour, 560. The exports during the same interval amounted—wheat, to 250.002 metrical quintals; other grain, to 156,165 ; and flour, to 111,962. The quantity remaining in the entrepots on the Ist of November was —wheat, 122,678 metrical quintals ; other grain, 28,796; and flour, 11,626. The Annoricain of Brest, of the 27th ult.. states that the order to disband the seamen whose terms of service had expired, and which had been anxiously expected, had at length arrived. " Leave of absence is to be given for six months, re newable at the end of that time. Fourteen hundred seamen will thus be set free. The ships will then be placed in dock, and the disbanded seamen will be re placed by new levies. " The fleet will thus remain armed on the war esta blishment, and the crews, being constantly exercised, will be maintained in that high state of discipline of which France was so proud during the late crisis. It 's not yet known how long the fleet will be kept on the war establishment, but that will no doubt depend upon the determination of the Chambers." Yesterday M. Plougoulm, late Procureur-General at Toulouse, was formally re-admitted to the Paris bar. Hellas published a long statement, in the Gazette des Zibunaux, in justification of his conduct during the late disturbances in that town, and which ended in his re moval from his office. It tends to establish the following points : " That he had fulfilled all the duties of his magis tracy to the last moment. That he signed the Decla ration (on which his dismissal was principally founded) only to save the life of M. Mahn!. That, in his own intention, and in the opinion of numerous wit nesses, this document amounted to nothing more than a safe conduct' for M. Mahul to quit the town with. That he was a perfect stranger to the calling out of the National Guard, and to all the consequences. That he did not leave his house till the last extremity. That he did not leave Toulouse until after he had proof from seven hours of danger, that he could not rely upon any protection, for none was attempted to be afflarded him. That, from the time of his departure till that of his return, he kept up a constant correspondence with Toulouse and the Chancellery in Paris ; which last received from him in four days three telegraphic dispatches and two long reports. That, as soon as he was informed of the arrival of the Provisional Pre fect, he resolved to return, and did return, much earlier than prudence would have dictated. That the Govern ment Commissary, on his arrival, found him at his post ready to act with energy in re-establishing the autho rity that had been destroyed, and that he was discussing the means of doing this when his dismissal arrived." The price of bread for the first fortnight of this month remains fixed at 35 centimes the kilogramme. The Council-General of the Seine during its last Ses sion voted 15,000 fr. as a credit demanded for the Arch bishop of Paris, but accompanied the grant by a decla ration that it was for the last time. The following burlesque incident occurred yesterday in a case before the Tribunal de Premiere Instance. An advocate had been pleading for some minutes, when he suddenly stopped short in no little confusion, and an nounced to the Court that, on casting his eye at his brief, which had been given him at too late an hour for him to peruse it with care, he found he had been maintaining the case of his adversary! lie was about to proceed to refute his own arguments, but the parties, who were both in Court, came to a mutual compromise, and put an end to the suit. _ Eight Spanish refugees have been committed to prison at Roquemaure, in the Gard, for having, in a quarrel at the village of Montfaucon, endeavoured to murder three young Frenchmen. One of the victims was stabbed in seven places, and is not expected to live ; a second was also dangerously wounded, and the third was much hurt, although he is in no danger. The Mare de la Manche states that the croup is making such ravages amongst the children of Cherbourg, and medical treatment has been found so ineffectual, that public prayers for the cessation of this scourge have been ordered in the churches for nine days. " A few days ago," says the Perigueux Journal, "Ma dame Ferrand, who kept a tobacco-shop, and also sold gunpowder, at Parcoul, had the misfortune to let the spark of a candle fall upon a parcel containing Sibs. of gunpowder, which instantly exploded. She was so much injured by the explosion that she died a few hours after wards." . . " Several journals," says the Moniteur Parisiene, " have talked of a dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies as a measure in question before the Council of Ministers. According to information derived from the best sources, we can affirm that the journal which originated the re port was completely in error." " It has been decided in a Council of Ministers," the Gazette de France asserts, " that a grant of 40,000,000 francs, payable in five years, shall be demanded of the Chambers as an indemnity to the beetroot-sugar manu facturers, on the suppression, at the end of next year, of this b ranc h of national cultivation and industry.' A cook, in the neighbourhood of Paris, having a few days ago killed a hen, for the purpose of adding to the flavour of her pot au fu, on opening the bird, was asto nished at finding a large pin completely stuck through the liver, the h ea d protruding on one side and the point at another, and which, from its appearance, had been there some time, as a complete case or skin was formed over it. What is most remarkable, the bird was in per fect health, and in good condition. The Journal du Havre, in noticing a report men tioned by the Toulonnais, that the French Government was about to send out two corvettes to New Zealand, to enforce the claims of French settlers to the territory oc cupied by them, but over which the English exercise a sovereignity, after some general observations as to the improbability of the report, adds:— " When Commandant Lavand arrived to put the co lonists, who went out in the Comte de Paris, into pos session of the lands of which they were nominally the owners, they found themselves in presence of seven per sons, who possessed similar titles, and some of them of an anterior date. All these persons laid the same claim to the property as that set up by our colonists. Amongst them were two whose names we are able to give, viz. M. Rataud, of Nantes, and M. Caller, of the Bay of Islands. To what tribunal were the conflicting claims of so many competitors to be referred, attended as they were with the additional difficulty that one portion of the contested territory had been in possession of an Englishman from 1837, and another from 1829 in the hands of an English man, who calls himself owner of 15 square miles in the Bay of Akaroa ? Will these claims, which are now under consideration of the English Government of New Zealand, be recognised in preference to the others which we have mentioned ? How is this confusion, which may I appear extraordinary, but which is easily explained by the disorder and irregularity of the sales made by igno rant natives, who thought they could not do wrong for themselves in selling lands, of which they knew neither the extent or value, several times over, to be got rid of ? In the presence of some conflicting pretensions, respecting which persons on the spot, and from whence we have the information, are unable to come to a conclusion, we will not hazard any opinion. We have certainly full confidence in the legitimacy of the claims of the French Company, which made this essay of colonization, but the question is as to what authority is to decide it. Such is the real situation of things, and as we have no doubt that our Government is at least as well aware of it as we are, we should be much surprised if, after having by its delays lost the opportunity of placing France upon the same footing in New Zealand as England, and after having permitted England to assert the right of priority, and to take possession de facto, the French Government should attempt to repair the error which it has com mitted, by the violent means of an armed intervention. The responsible editor of the Gazette du Dauphine has just been condemned by the Court of Assizes at Grenoble to six months' imprisonment, and 500 f. fine, for insult to the King, and excitation to hatred of the Government. The Cour Royale of Montpellier has annulled a judg ment of the Correctional Tribunal of Beziers, which ac quitted the responsible editor of the journal of that town, and declared that, as its observations on the census came within the character of political discussion, which is in terdicted to all publications that do not make a deposit of caution money, sentenced the editor to a month's im prisonment and a fine of 200 francs. The Municipal Council of Marseilles has purchased, at the price of 1,200 E, the portrait of the celebrated sculptor Puget, of his great niece and sole representative, who is left in a state of want. The Giornale delle due Sicilie, in its numbers of the 9th and 10th ult., contains accounts of numerous cala mities within the kingdom of Naples from continued storms and earthquakes. In the district of Casoria, near Naples, the whole country has been ravaged— trees torn up by the roots, windows beaten in, and roofs carried off. In Calabria, several inhabitants have been carried away by the torrents and drowned, and others have been killed by lightning. In the ulterior Abruzzi, the commune of Torredi Passeri, has been alarmed by a violent earthquake ; and in the night of October 20, Reggio and Messina were disturbed by a severe shock. M. de Salvandy, accompanied by his lady and suite, our the evening before last, as it was announced he sei would, for : 41 tdrid• All the persons composing the Em bassy. who haul !he honour of being presented to the King previous to their departure, are ordered to meet at Bayonne on the 6th instal:!* ,at which date the Am bassador will proceed to cross the Spanish frontier. This required for the delay is occasioned transmission f rom by Madridthe lapse so f tion. M. and Mme. de Salvandy will make but a ver y f short stay at Madrid, since they are to retu r n t o Paris the o orders p o timef r s rece in three weeks' time. The Observateur Beige states that the French Ambas sador at Brussels, the Marquis de Rumigny, has taken offence because the Papal Internuncio has given the pre cedence of him at a dinner, a few days since, at the Mi nister of Foreign Affair's. The Marquis contended that the quality of Internuncio was not equal to that of full Nuncio, which always entitles its holder to the prece dence of all Ambassadore, and-that it being merely equi valent to Minister Plenipotentiary, he, as Ambassador, ought to have been considered as superior in diplomatic rank. This journal says that the Marquis has begged the Minister to make this explanation in the diplomatic circles of the Belgian capital, but does not say whether the affair has gone any further. The neighbours of a quarryman, living at Vaugirard, were alarmed two days ago by frightful screams, issuing from his room, and a crowd soon assembled under his window. In a few moments he appeared at it with his wife in his arms, and with an Herculean force threw her out. Her fall was broken by the people, but she had previously been so brutally treated by him, that it was necessary to carry her to an hospital. The husband made his escape for a time, but officers sent in pursuit of him soon effected a capture. A letter from Nice, of the 24th ult., quoted by the Gazette de France, announces the arrival of the Prince of Monaco at his capital, where he was received with all due honours by the inhabitants (the population is five thousand), who took the horses from his carriage, and drew him in triumph to his palace. " Among the vivas," says the letter, were cries of " Down with the bread monopoly :" " Down with all abuses !" The Prince, struck with these demonstrations, promised to take these matters into cons'lderation, and then set off for Menton, the second town or his small empire, which contains three thousand inhabitUnts. Here he met with the same reception, but still loudel" acclamations were uttered against the monopoly. A u1:11),Iltation of the principal citizens waited upon him, and pr. , septed a formal peti tion for the abolition of the monopol of bread, and a reform of the abuses which oppressed the country du ring the reign of the Prince his predecessor. _The result of this movement, the Gazette adds, was not known C'hen the courier left. 4' 4 N 4 .t43') • A ' i• ck i . ~,,,rt ' \ ' :•.! ''' ' . ' T._._.:_7_..._-gZ k _,_,•i_ .\ <Vt.:4oft' ir..,,F20' , ::‘ ~ .C.t. , ~. , r'": \''' Fi l'i 4 ; ' ~4 *.- --' *:l' • . \ .e. ~ 1‘ ' -1....•, , ,, , ;" :,,, i -,- ~.., ' __ _ . BOURSE-PARIS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price, Price. french 5 per Cent' ...... 15 116 25 ... 116 15 ... 116 25 3 per Cents.... ......« 60 05 80 10 80 ... 80 Bank of Prance ..» ...3420 ...3420 .4420 melglan !Sank Belgian 5 per Cents. S per Cents., 1840 1025 ... 102% ... 10254 ... 102yb Spanish Active ......... 25% 25% ... 25 25 1 4 Passive? 5% ... ... 5% 5% Neapolitan ........«.».«....« lO7 15 MG 95 Roman, ex. div lOl% 102 ... 101% ... 102 - - - -" - RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles 'R. B 312 50 ...ii4so ... 312 50 ... 312 50 L. 8..... .......... Rouen ..... 455 ... 457 50 ... 455 ... 457 50 Orleans . 4BO ... 480 ... 480 ... 480 Itraeburgtolialeohares red o 220 ... 220 ... 220 ... 220 By the Dutch mail, received last night, we learn that on the 23d of November the Supreme Court at Copenhagen sentenced a number of Baptists to various fines and costs for holding illegal religious meetings, and administering the Sacrament. The following is from the St.Peters burgh Journnl of the 20th of November:— " On the 14th there was no communication between Cron stadt and Oranienbaum. Tow arils the evening three barks arrived from the latter place, and one left Cronstadt, although the channel was covered with ice. On the 15th, the ships which attempted to put to sea were at first hin dered, but a fresh wind springing up cleared the chan nel, and they were able to depart. Up to the 15th, 1,360 ships had arrived at Cronstadt." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CI7'Y, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 2.—The sales to day are computed to be 4,000 bales, without any change in prices, and all to the trade. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 2.—The transac tions reported at the Stock Exchange are in Grand Junctions, 191 ; Great Western, Half Shares, 57 ; Lon don and Birmingham, 158 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 53. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 2.—Only very limited amount of business has been done to-day in Shares ; prices generally are firm. Midland Counties, 81i ; Liverpool and Manchester, Halves, 911 ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (New), 41. 3s. ; Manchester and Leeds, 58 to 59 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 231 ; Manchester Assurance, 9.-}. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning steady at 88i 4 ex. div.; Three per Cents. Reduced, 88i 4- ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 91- : 4 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 8 10 premium. In the Foreign Market considerable sales of Spanish Stock were made in the latter part of the day, and a further decline took place, having been at one period done as low as 231; they rallied a little, and finally left off at Itpi 24, and are now at that price. The Passive is NI si, and Deferred, 12 124. In other Stocks there is but little doing. Portuguese Stock continues steady, the Five per Cents. being : 33 1 34, and the Three p er C en ts. 204 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 524 ; ditto, Five per Cents. 991 ; Colom bian, 20 4 1 :1 ; Mexican, 254 :i. In the Share Market there is but little doing. Great Western are 141 151 premium ; London and Brighton, 354 ; and London and Blackwall, 8 4 3 94 per share. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. London and Brighton 5O ...... 35i...... to 35 London and Birmingham .. Ditto i Shares Ditto New ...... 255& ... to London and South Western North Midland ... lOO Ditto Thirds South Eastern and Dover York and North Midland. 50 Ind - Ditto New Shares JOINT STOCK RANKS Australasia M) ...... 53 ...... to 52i 53 lIALF-PAST ONE. The English Funds continue firm, and an improve ment has taken place upon the opening quotations. Consols for th e A ccount are now 8 83 ex . div.; Three per Cents. R e d uce d 8q • Three-and4-11alf per Cents. .Reduced 97 ; New 991 ; Exche quer Bills B s . an d lOs. prem i um . In the Foreign Market there is little doing, except in Spanish Stock, which have reached 243 during the morn ing, and may now be quoted 23i 3 ; Passive: 51 ; .De ferred, 111 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 34 ; ditto , 20 i Dutch Two-and- a -H a lf per Cents., 52 a 54 ; and the Five per Cents., 994. In the Share Market the London and Birmingham have been done at an advance of 1 per cent., being last marked 159. London and Brighton are flat at 35. South Eastern and Dover are 18. The business done has no t been to any extent. QUARTER TO TWO. Consols, Account 88a ex-div. ; Spanish a 23 4 24. QUARTER TO THREE. Considering that the fourth of the month is at hand, the Money Market is tolerably tranquil. The closing of the transfer books will have some effect, however, in keeping it tight. Str OF NE AND Publtr ptutott. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The French Journals state that the Ministry is about to create a batch of eight new Peers before the meeting of the Chambers. M. de Lamartine, the poet, is a candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. Ilis wife is an English lady, and he is himself exceedingly popular among the English in Paris. The Governments of France and England are said to have come to an entire understanding relative to the dif ferences between Turkey and Greece. King Otho will be called upon to answer the charges of Turkey, and if his answer be not satisfactory, the Great Powers have re solved to compel him to respect the integrity of the Ot toman Empire. The Gazette de France has the following ;—" It has been decided in a Council of Ministers, that a grant of 40 million francs, payable in five years, shall be demanded of the Chambers as an indemnity to the beet-root sugar manufacturers, on the suppression, at the end of next year, of this branch of national cultivation and industry." Purchases of wheat are now effecting throughout Spain for the British markets, and it will be shipped from Oporto, Bilbao, and Santander; the Salamanca grainmay be put on board at the first-named port for about 345. per quarter, or something less ; but the Castile sorts, from the two others, will cost 365. to 38s. per quarter. Freight, charges in England, and commission may be reckoned under 10s., and it is well known that most of the grain is of the very finest quality. PUBLIC OPXNXON. The Morning Post thus endeavours to account for, what it calls, the late reaction in favour of Toryism : " There can be no doubt that a considerable part of the popular re-action in favour of the Conservative party, which placed the present Ministers in office, arose from the earnest and hearty sympathy with the better feelings of the humbler classes of society, which many Conser vative gentlemen have of late years exhibited. Ten years ago the people had very great expectations from the Whigs, who told them everywhere that if they were enabled to carry a reform of the Parliament, the condi tion of the common people would thenceforward be the thing principally attended to in the House of Commons, and great good to them would be the result. But the people found out by degrees that these were false repre sentations, and that they had gained nothing by the great change called Parliamentary Reform.' They found that the Whigs and Radicals had gained the means of keeping the Government in their hands, in spite of the great majority of the nobility and gentry ; but they did not see that they had gained anything, or that any more cordial feeling subsisted between them and the ruling power than there did in the time of the Tories." —To account for the reaction in favour of Toryism by the " earnest and hearty sympathy" which the Tories have shown of late years for the humbler classes of society, is the sheerist absurdity. How do the Tories evince this sympathy ? Is it by refusing to allow the poor man to have his daily bread at a reasonable price ? Is it by re fusing to inquire into the causes of his present destitu tion, with a view to ameliorating them ? Is it by refus ing to take those restrictions off trade, the benefits of which would of course be shared by him, in common with his superiors ? No, no; our Contemporary must look for other causes for the reaction in favour of Tory ism, than the one he has assigned above ; and if he be at a loss fora cause, we will furnish him with one. Toryism is just now in the ascendant, because the Tories, as a body, are the richest in the kingdom, and because at the last elections they unsparingly applied their wealth to the purposes of bribery and corruption. Even their own journals allow that never were such corrupt practices had recourse to as at the last election ; and we all know how lavish Toryism has always been of its superfluous wealth whenever political influence is to be gained. Here is the true secret of Tory ascendancy ! There is no moral re-action in the case ; but simply such a result as must always follow from the lavish expenditure of cash, in a country where the worship of Mammon is all but universal. The Chronicle observes, in a spirited article on the sub ject of the Oxford Professorship of Poetry :—" The pending contest for the Professorship of Poetry at Ox ford derives its main interest from the test it will afford of the strength of the two great theological parties, as connected with that University. It is not Mr. Williams or Mr. Garbett, but Puseyism or Evangelism, that will triumph. There has not been so fierce a contention with in the bosom of the Church for a long period. And the tendency of the Church, as leaning more decidedly than heretofore towards Catholic ceremony on the one hand, or Calvinistic zeal on the other, cannot but be affected by the result. This hot electioneering will in fluence the religion of the nation, as well as the character of the University. The candidates seem little better than men of straw for the purposes of their supporters. We might parody the question of the demoniac, and say, Wordsworth I know, and Campbell I know, but who are these ? Who is Mr. Williams ? Who is Mr. Gar bett ? Where shall we find their poetry ? Were it as well known and appreciated as that of Bloom field, the farmer's boy, or Clare, the Northamp tonshire peasant, or Elliott, the Sheffield man, who works in iron, we then might say some thing of its merits and of their claims."—We fear that the Professor of Poetry is required to be resident at Oxford ; but if not, where is there a man better qualified for the honcurable office than Professor Wilson—decidedly one of the most eloquent and ima ginative men of his age ; who, though a Tory, is one of the most generous and enlightened class, and who would never make his poetical lectures subservient to his political creed. Such a man would confer more eclat on the office than the office would ever confer on him ; and is worth a thousand of the Garbetts and Wil liamses, whose tom-tit chirpings on the lower slopes of Parnassus, have never yet found, and never will find, f;;!;eners. It should be remembered also that Professor Wilsott is an Oxford man, and gained high distinction there. The following is from the Times :—" The Lord Mayor's refusal to call a public meeting in the City on the subject of emigration, does great credit to his Lord ship's prudence and good sense. Undoubtedly the whole question, whether viewed with reference to colonial in terests, or the welfare of vast multitudes annually hiving off from their fatherland, or the condition of our indus trious countrymen whe remain at home, is a question of the greatest practical importance that can engage the attention of statesmen ; and the wonder is, con sidering the manifest evils inseparable from those obnoxious schemes of emigration which, partly by the mandates of the Poor-law Commissioners, and partly by the lures of private trepanners, have been inflicted on vast numbers of our aggrieved countrymen, that the matter has been allowed to remain so long in its present objectionable stiite. If the Whigs, with all their flaming pretensions as reformers, had directed their ef forts, not to tantalize a redundant population with the visions of democratic felicity and the illusions of work house relief, but to the arrangement of judicious plans for enabling them to earn a comfortable subsistence, they would at least have shown a disposition to confer some solid benefit upon the country. Perhaps, however, it is more fortunate upon the whole that they have re frained from interfering in the matter. From all the experience we have had of their official incapacity, we may be morally certain that in such hands as theirs the whole undertaking would have degenerated into a base system of jobbing and party patronage. It is better, therefore, on every account, that the consideration of the whole subject has been reserved for a Government dis posed, we trust, to place it on the best possible footing ; and this, though it may not be overtaken by Sir Robert Peel with the suicidal precipitation characteristic of his political opponents, will, we fondly hope, constitute one of the many advantages which may reasonably be antici pated from his Ministry." In a leading article on the Slavery Question, the He rald makes the following remarks:—" Convinced though we are that the United States Government is morally in defensible in refusing to enter into those treaties with England which we have contracted with every great Power of the world, and most of the lesser Powers, save the Republic and Russia, we still feel assured that the exercise of the great and probably illegal powers con ferred by the Act of 1839 ought not to be persisted in. Even in the suppression of the accursed slave trade we must be certain that our proceedings arc in strict accord ance with international law ; any illegal steps taken by us will recoil on our own efforts, and ultimately tend much more to prevent the accomplishment of the object proposed than to promote it. If, then, the subject of the exercise of the power of search given to our cruisers by this Act be now under the discussion of the Governments of the United States and England, such discussion will, it is to be hoped, lead to the reconsideration of the law of 1839, with a view to its amendment, if not of its re peal. The probability is that the Act will, if persisted in, ultimately create a serious misunderstanding with the United States." In a leading article, suggested by the present state of trade, the Derby Reporter says—" Day by day distress increases, and manufacturers are reducing their estab lishments. Christmas will be ushered in by other sounds than the blythe carol, by other scenes than those of revelry and f eas ti ng . T o t h e l a : ;our i ng popu l at i on i t will come the unw e l come season o f new su ff er i ngs an d privations—when the stern elements would compel them to shelter and fuller diet, but the sterner hand of ne cessity prevents them from earning the sums which might purchase these common comforts. We say the misery is increasing. We see it at our doors—it stares at us in our streets. We trace it in our emptying fac tories and filling poor. houses." The subjoined remarks are from the Dublin Pilot : " It is said that Sir R o b ert P ee l h as ma d e up hi s m i n d to call Parliament together on or about the 25th of Ja nuary, and that ho will th en b e p re p are d t o su b m it t o it s consideration—wh a t does the reader suppose ? A plan for relieving the country from the misery and destitution in which it is involved? No such thing—a commission, or, as others have it, a committee to inquire into the cause of the existing distress ! We can scarcely bring ourselves to credit the truth of this statement. Sir Ro bert Peel has shown himself on many occasions totally indifferent to public opinion ; but he dare not so palter with national calamity as to postpone its consideration for a single week after the meeting of Parliament." The Chelmsford Chronicle thus expresses itself on the subject of the Government emigration scheme : " Without foregoing our opinion that an effort might be beneficially made to employ a vast number of our poor in bringing into profitable productiveness the waste lands at home, emigration, properly conducted, offers a means of mitigating the distress which is caused by want of employment, at the same time that it extends our strength by enriching with peopled industry the remotest corner of the empire, thus extending at the same time the market for our home productions." MONEY—TILADE—COMMERCE. Among the Glasgow shoemakers there is at present existing a strike, which has continued for the last seven months ; a great number of this class of journeymen are in a miserable condition. The Colonial-office has issued notice that no more emigrant ships will leave England, under contract of Government, till Minh next. At a meeting, convened by the Mayor at Nottingham, on Monday night, for the purpose of promoting a sub scription in aid of the distressed poor of the town, 800 L was subscribed on the breaking up of the mo3ting, and lists opened at the bankers. COMMERCIAL REFORM. A lecture was delivered at Blackburn, on Thursday last, by Mr. Curtis, of Ohio, on the subject of the re peal of the Corn-laws and free trade with America. The speaker dwelt much upon the point that America was a country eight times the size of r England, and showed the benefit that would arise, if the 250 millions of acres it possessed, were used extensively as corn grounds to sup ply England, in exchange for manufactured goods. PUULIC IMPROVEMENTS. A new Collegiate school, of a higher grade than any at present existing in that city, is projected at Gl asgow . Some excellent school s f or the diffusion of a sound and practical education among the poorer classes in Islington and Pentonville, have been recently established ECCLESIASTICAL. The Pontifical Order of the Golden Spear has been newly re-organised by the Pope. The commanders are to be limited to 180, and the chevaliers to 300 for the States of the Church, but are to be unlimited for foreign States. The baptism of the infant Prince is not expected to take place till February, immediately after Parliament assembles. The ceremony will be performed in town. FINE ARTS. Mr. Bishop was efecTeilProfe;o; to the Edinburgh Chair of Music on Wednesday last, by a majority of six over his competitor. At Aberystwith a plough has lately turned up, in a stubble field, some thousands of Roman coins, enclosed in an antique vessel. They are 'of the reign of Julius Caesar, and his immediate successors. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. Mr. R. C. Cockerell, the eminent architect, was elected last Monday a Member of the French Institute, by an unanimous vote. COUNT—FASHIONABLE. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Inverness, arrived at Rufford Abbey, Notts, on a visit to the Earl of Scarborough, on Tuesday last. The Duke of Rutland left town on Tuesday for Bel voir Castle. The Duchess of Buccleuch left Montague House on Tuesday to rejoin the Duke. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter left Grosve nor-square on Saturday for Woburn Abbey. The Earl of Macclesfield continues seriously in disposed. The Earl of Westmorland, who is indisposed, will complete his 83d year on the Ist of next month. Viscount Melbourne is expected to leave Trentham Hall to-day. Lord and Lady John Russell intend to leave End sleigh Cottage on Monday se'nnight for their residence in Belgrave-square. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have arrived at Trentham Hall, oft a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. NAVAL AND MILITARY. All the troops ordered for China are now on board the Sapphire and Apollo at Portsmouth. They join the Belleisle to-morrow at Plymouth, and the three ships then proceed in company on their voyage, carrying out an effective force of about 2,000 men. Major-General Sir Neil Douglas is expected to suc ceed to the command of the troops in Scotland, as suc cessor to Lord Greenock, promoted to the rank of Lieu nant-General, by the late brevet. MAW AND POLICE. At Sheffield on Tuesday a Coroner's inquest returned a verdict of Wilful Murder" against a man of the name of Nall, for the murder of his wife. It appeared that he had committed the act in the course of the night, and was found in the morning lying by the side of the dead body. An inquest was held last night on the body of Joseph Love, who was killed in some mysterious quarrel with a man of the name of Mathewson. The Jury returned a verdict of " Excusable Homicide," though on what grounds we cannot discover. A similar verdict was given by a country Jury against a dumb man who murdered his wife in a fit of jealousy, and then committed suicide. Murder will become legalised in time,. and hanging abolished (if the Herald is to be the public guide). MISCELLANEOUS. On this day, in 1823, died the celebrated traveller Bel zoni at Gato, while making preparations for passing to Timbuctoo. In the year 1821 he exhibited in London the model of a splendid tomb which he had discovered near Thebes, and his published travels are rich on every subject of Egyptian antiquities. he funeral of the Earl of Harewood takes place to day in Leeds. Burying in graveyards is already beginning to be greatly disused. At Reading and Southampton, ceme teries alone are commencing to be adopted. The medi cal practitioners at Carmarthen have, within the last month, unanimously denounced the graveyards, justly considering them nurseries and hot-beds of disease. The demolition of the Green Park Lodge will com mence immediately the effects of the late Lady William Gordon have been disposed of, the sale of which began on Wednesday. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, I)Ec. play at noon S.W. DEAL, DEc 2.—Wind - S.W.—Arrd. Chieftain, Pat terson, John Calvin, Abercrombie, and Ceylon, Calcutta; Sceptre, Hull, for Alexandria, very leaky, having expe rienced very bad weather ; Mary of Milford, westward. Arrd. from the River and remain, Captain Cook, Sierra Leone ; Indus, Bombay. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2. —Wind S.—Arid. Harkaway, Virginia ; Avon, St. John's, New BrunSWick ; Touch me-not, Leghorn. Sld. Avoca, Singarioie; Lady, Bom bay; Trinculo, Valparaiso ; Broad Bahia ; Golden Fleece, Pernambuco ; Washington, Mobile ; Nelson Village, Savannah ; Fanny, Charleston, United States ; Scotland, Rochester, and Countess Arran, New York; Boconnor, Azores ; Horatio, Sierra Leone. Arrd. off Emerald, St. John's, New Brunswick. COWES, DEC. 2.—Arrd. -Diadem, London, for South Australia. The Finette, from Havre to Marseilles, which put in here with loss of bulwarks, &c., has come into the harbour. The Majestic, from London to Bom bay, which put in here yesterday, is reported to be leaky. TORBAY, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Eliza Johnson, London, Brazils. PLYMOUTH, DEC. I.—Wind, S.W.—Arrd. Cessnoek, Gnernsey, Demerara. Put back—Her Majesty's ship Malabar, Madagascar, and Harlequin. FALMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—DEc. 1. Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Cyrus, London for South Seas; Liverpool, ditto for Alexandria, with sails split, &c.; Arachne, ditto for Malta, with oss of bulwarks, cookhouse, &c., boats stove, having been struck by a sea; Magdalene Wilhelmine, Rio Ja neiro for Hamburgh, with rudder pintles car ried away ; London, London for New Zealand ; Sheldrake packet, West Indies, sailed 6th ult., with 30,000 dollars on freight. Sld. Montrose steamer, Vigo: It has blown a violent gale from W.S.W. the whole of last night, and continued until 1 p.m. to-day. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2. —Wind S.W.—Arrd. Harmonic, Vanderhyden, Buenos Ayres; Tyne, London, for Hon duras; Sandwich, London, for St. Lucia; her Majesty's steamer Devastation, Eastward. ,Sld. her Majesty's ship Pique. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W.—Arrd. Thalia, London for Sierra Leone ' • British America, Ditto, for New Orleans; Maid of Cashmere, Liverpool, for Malta, with loss of topmast, sails split, &c.; Mary, late Tait, Sierra Leone; Elise, llre'tnen, for St. Thomas's. PENZANCE, DEC. 30.—nesolution, Quebec. It blew a tremendous gale last night from the Southward until after daybreak, when it shifted to W. The Admiral Lake. Murdoce, and the Thomas Rowell, Henderson, parted their moorings, but were secured. 8 P.M.—The gale has abated, it now blows fresh at W.S.W. JERSEY, Nov. 28.—Arrd. Dolphin, Newfoundland. BRISTOL, DEC. 2.—Arrd. Chieftain, Quebec ; Archi medes, Hart, Newfoundland. MILFORD, DEC. I.—Arrd. Eveline, Chaneller, Quebec. CORK, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Carib, Sierra Leone. SCARROROUGH,DEC.I.—Th6 Emelie, stranded on Feley Main, has been got off into this port. WIVENHOE, DEC. 2.—The James, Byron, got on shore on the Gunfleet Sand yesterday, but got off and proceeded. WHITBY, DEc. 2.—The Mirian, Air, of Sunderland, which was stranded here 14th ult., was got off last night with considerable damage, and brought into the harbour. THE MARKETS—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of English Barley and Irish Oats were good, but small of other Grain. Wheat at Monday's prices, with rather more doing in Foreign. Barley very dull. Beans and Pease as last stated. Oats maintained their prices with a slow sale. Flour unaltered. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of cattle was large ; of Sheep, Calves, and Pigs moderate. The demand for Beef and Mutton was dull ; for Veal and Pork tolerably brisk, at the follow ing prices :—Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Veal, 4s. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. Gd. to ss. 6d. TEA MARKET. The biddings for Free Trade Tea at the public sales were dull, but for both Black and Green sorts former rates were sustained, and Company's Congou could not be obtained under ls. 9id.caSh. TALLOW MARKET. There was a fair business done in P. Y. Candle, and prices were firm ; purchases on the spot could not be made under 48s. Gd. per cwt. OIL MARKET. There was little business done, but prices were steady. Linseed Oil 375. on the spot. SUGAR MARKET. The demand for all sorts of Raw Sugar was good, and stiffer rates were paid. The deliveries were large, an d arrivals small. Fine Yellow 735. per cwt. " THE SUN."—Byte kindness of the indefa tigable proprietor of The Sun newspaper, we were fa voured on Thursday morning last with copies containing a full account of th e p romotions in the Arm y and Nav y ', anticipating other papers by many hours.—Kent Herald. GROSS S UP ERSTITION..--On Saturday se'n. night, one of those remedies, founded on the grossest superstition, which the intelligence of the present age has not been able entirely to explode, was tried by an old woman residing near this town, on a girl trou bled with fits. The means she adopted to effect the cure was causing the patient to descend into a grave dug for a corpse about to be buried. Since the remedy has been tried, the girl's fits have been quite as frequent and violent as before, but no doubt the cause of failure will be attributed by many to any but the true one, as the fools will not believe it impossible for such absurdities to have influence over physical causes. Worcester Chronicl LAW INTELLIGENC E. 410- CHANCERY COURT--(THIS DAY) BLUNDELL V. BLUNDELL. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal ° c " pied the Lord Chancellor the whole morning. VICE CHANCERY. — (THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) DEFARIS V. MARTANNE. • This was an application to dissolve an injunctio LI granted lately by his Honour, for the perpo.s' of restraining the defendant from completing he sale of certain goods made by him to a reer' chant trading with New York, of the name of Daa'°' It appeared that the defendant had been conunissioned by the plaintiff, a merchant in Barcelona, to convey le North America, and to dispose of there, in his favour! various bales of goods. These goods were landed , the first instance, at Southampton, in October la ' b and a portion of the property was a fterwards s old the defendant to Mr. Dawes, the contract Alin 1 ; ing been concluded in London, at Fries:ill's lie The stated price of the goods they purchased w as 8 r 0(1° but a reduction was made upon that sum Of 35 pe ;' eea_ The Court had, on a former day granted a special irtiu',l tion ex parte, restraining the defendant from coniPlePli the sale on the ground of fraud, upon the affidavit of Mr H . Stephens. is HoNouß, however, was of opinion to-day, on 7, - :i ,64; ing the case argued for both parties, that the ailidirm% not fully state the entire transaction ; and that, wilalccif suspicion might be at first sight attached to the °—.,,„; of Mr. Dawes, there were no sufficient grounds . for eo' r t ► eluding that he had acted fraudulently. His iinnc4 therefre, disolved the injunction with costs. • The o Court s then proceeded with unoppose d PetiPQriso and short causes. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCF" ) , None of the parties in the causes set down for yei-hia to-day being ready on the sitting of the Cear t, , t o: Honour directed the causes to be struck out 0' paper, and rose before eleven o'clock. QUEEN'S BENCEI. - - - - - (THIS 1) JONES V. WALTON. This was an action for a libel, brought by thepitiont..., a banker, carrying on business in the county of the goinery, against the defendant, as proprietor ° fo r) damag es Shrewsbury Chronicle newspaper, to recover ec ting certain remarks which appeared in that on the character of the plaintiff. The article coral:11$ 5 01 of was published in the Shrewsbury Chronicle, of the February last, on the authority of a correspondenhcf:4 of its substance would appear to have been the s r i e pre' gossip and conversation in the county for some ti. ln th or , viously. It charged the plaintiff, in substance, ing given a false character for solvency aed paper, re wed a person named Havels, who had some time Pr ey o dere failed in business, to a wool merchant of ° Ol hid named Fauntleroy, in consequence of which Ir 0 (500 1 obtained credit from Fauntleroy to the aro° 1111 ;, - 01 0 The transaction was characterised in the fie' its ar newspaper as a fraud and conspiracy, an d en t by pearance, application was made to the defendaeloiloa Jones's solicitor who denied its truth. 11- 11 P bor e took place, and the defendant agreed to P°''',:ss we re tractation of the offensive article, and the te'ii i to'" s suggested by the plaintiff's solicitor. The retraetstm very published in the newspaper of the 12th Februarl!,,tion• day when the plaintiff commenced the preseet,;t it or ii , Mr. HILL for the defendant, submitted res, l4 / a nothing less than persecution to go on with l' t hat 03 action, after the full and ample retractation roi s sug; been published at the instance, and on thefoo 1 ) ,,„ gested, by the plaintiff's solicitor. They nriiging the defendant to considerable expense in ep s 6 i t l ' 5 ,0 0 venue from one place to another, and he 011 °- under these circumstances the Jury wa il n gt oto any versevere punishment upon him. h t de a* . 4 Lord DEN MAN left it to the Jury to say w- a the plaintiff was entitled to under the t , stated g stated by the Learned Counesl. fa - hin The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages , °ne fe r The Court refused to certify that it was a °l/66 Special Jury. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS 1 ) ,1`,., "h 11, ‘ . l , li r The Special Jury cause of Perry V. which the celebrated steel pen-maker seeks da:',"; c as the infringement of one of his numerous po i t ' h'' s ' a usea c down for trial to-day, but in consequence of of his Counsel the plaintiff withdrew his record' LUCKIE V. LORD HUNTINGTOWE R. the Jary This was also a Special Jury cause. When were about to be sworn, the defendant's Coup s( ' e - e of : S for its postponement, on the ground of the absen.obe material witness, who had faithfully promised t attendance at the sitting of the Court. the P i q ' His LORDSHIP granted the application, on 01 ment of the costs of the day. as) COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS 60 4 BALMAN V. GILMAN. ", The plaintiffs are Parliamentary g e ,/ he or si , the defendants solicitors at Norwich. er g ter, acting on behalf of the Commission noit• Paving and Lighting that city, employed the r, tiffs to conduct a Bill through Parliameinel, th° amending and enlarging the local Act, 11 wh o at j o l• commission is constituted. The Bill was tbrn" i l oos e consequence of the standing orders of the AP . Lords not having been complied with, and th is ,h 0 was brought to recover the costs of th e w rests' dt The defence was, that the Bill was l ost 010 44 ' 6 0f" negligence of the plaintiffs, and that they w er e tbc entitled to no remuneration. boil The case occupied - iiie whole day, the tialeto- the chiefly taken up in reading documents relating forms of Parliament, and the several stages h e n e in question. The defence had not concluded went to press. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS uiseni Theen: Q ueen's p a ßap n teo k ni D r ne u teh p ep, d t t , 1, 13: btaaonac cynA, M iopi,khcraa r r u.ea . sassctpbh C stotlh, o a cimsliwmksamcirhmodeuiousxiphssnhaties,tmonis.coonueird solicitorEfi n v d a n ri so s a , icd : s a n ti fL after e r a iii,nrt oupt n n e nn e g v :: :- r trb i t eb e l n si e ,h, r :td E i oevnx,\Nevisil without eult s n h efi a rr l e l satn n t e :e accounts.Tlie ic itor —I fear h e will not be 311:11-rg e 113 1 111t v il i: ::::1131111'5 t :g g liii : ' N o „ r , n o fffooeNi.vrrdhml arsßilsgyfiE final aaSe SMITH. arlertTix present rn Id'a on :iltrireei. I is" . tee- T r: Lr b t l e:)-11 " 15 nfi t 1 ee i ivdmer. never The sasp a asa Commissionersnt any accounts e e C es oEu h vra a t v Nw e si o—nea that e pit%a s v s s s e d thi ti 2 s e r iit ac t e e r ij o ; in g Y a l in l3 er li . k od e l i t j t : 331 j 1. ;! cash -books. al As ex an l iina u t n io d n ers w ta i n th d out he P r illeoc a b t , I tlis sent a prisoner in the Queen's , e vertslate other accounts can be taken there to S him, a nd facility aftbrded to him to enable him to lay ", ere ct be ment under this head before the Court and th vo ld Solicitor—Perhaps another day f meeting' Yiae d appointed. The Official Assignee—l have no objection, Pier the expenses are defrayed by the bankrupt• tol d c . It was finally arranged that the case should s it elo b s ej for a short time, to allow time for mak in g out be count,bythe assignees the the bankrupt was to . 11, 41)' CRIMINAL COURT—(TH IS OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.)oclecos His Lordship took his seat on the be nch st ' r o tt o ," John henry .Larkin, convicted last Session e' s s a g a post letter containing S. sovereign ; and , I,eo count, of simple larceny, for stealing a so ,Y e " - ee e ta"o placed a., the bar. A technical objection ha°„,,,„. to the indictment that the conviction for Ste letter was bad, because the letter had not beep /- ad° posted. Mr. Baron PARKE said the Judges held th e t rater t o good as to the conviction for stealing a pot : on e' affirmed the conviction for larceny, and the ro ~ sentenced to transportation for seven years. ste al',e Henry Gilchrist, convicted last Session dot post letter containing four money orders, ,b bee e conviction several technical objections hat , t be was then plaed at th bar. r i jst led Mr. Baron c the PARKE informed the prison, e sentei Judges had overruled all the objections, Oa 00 him to transportation for seven years. o ing a l e n h a th rg e a cas of e ofrfaßadausltecti,lacyomobmtaititaeidngorwilyial:s,tv:rpis 0 Portuguese Bonds, 1 P ic Mr. BODKIN, on behalf of the prosecutor, aP have the case postponed until next Session. Mr. Baron PARKE granted the application. John Richard Packa L rd, a o ck l a ' rd T , I J I B ose l p ) / A 1 ( I'l l I) ' S : sml3 ro ci t it • a K n e d an s e i t a t ) , ,i w n e rr re m pl ic ac h e a d el at A th a e ag b i a er r : and indicteu _srtoon,r, were dresse ' d in a fashionable style, The three t . ,3 1 ',01 4 ,4 ance of men about town. Guilty. Mr. CLARKSON (with whom was 111 - r• if the They se vaenrdalblf:derikeiiiiid)elti;titet; the case for the prosecution, and said that, been toe it , should be of opinion that the prisoners ho L an d list' lba ther engaged in any unlawful design+ c ause d to the prosecution of th a t design they la" •,. dta t ho death of the deceased, it would be he' nos e cc . convict the prisoners. He did not i sti l l n i ; wor t : t wig the three at the bar, all o f wo of pi too spectablyconnected, had entertained a tle4_Ased earn the deceased, but if by this means tilts ee.e.bn Cl' by his death, under the circumstances eh their stood he should lay before them, it would ha d f ee t, to convict the prisoner. The prosecntioitys instituted by Mr. Hamlin, the Sl'," in pe w s ' e a. in order to protect persons place ° , ha d 0 .4 0 sim of property, as dse? 4 t he a ( s il t i h e e L y eaafrtneerdwaCrodusnaspeplytahreetnidetailedinevide ti,ll:)titeetkut.lise tooltk,l of the prisoners, in acting as they had doi.is, her.„ the deceased out of possession of the premt.iiirwos ~i,c"; at the time in lawful possession &then . ) oy i be lawful object ; and if, in the prosecuq% atealt.'ll,th.L. by the prisoners the deceased caine by w ow did not doubt but that the Learned J e u rs ob _Ol them it was their duty to find the prison fi,i` t. 14 0 4 of j A o l l ill n dl il es u e n x t . llY—l ce a a mseodnwe goods of the prisoner, J. R. Packard. Ileacl ease d I_llo7o. in the month of Septembernoslfaisntthneal;Viffien'aerePrClS°ii7littgl'ateilii',eS:Liistl;': shop. I executed it on Nov. J. I p ettro of ,„ 1 7,4e session of the goods. He was sixty. 0' I went to Packard's the following mornsnq•_.,. blame was shut up, and I could not obtain aditn sl°"/ in ce, Cross-examined by Mr. C. Joias---$ de' a dmission afterwards. „, how° the By the COURT — At that t ime it vv. o ir ceased was dead. ultert la Cross-examination continued —Mr. MO EVENING SUN THE SUN', LONDON,' FRIDAY, DECEMI3Eat,..2I EVENING SUN