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TO MAGISTRATES, SOLICITORS, POOR-LAW UNIONS, &c. &c. This day is published, No. XLIX., Vol. V., price 6d., of THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE; Containing :—Population of Great Britain : Census of 1841—Preston 11ous3 of Correction: Chaplain's Annual Re- Port for 1841—Property devoted to Public and Charitable urposes, which is exempt fro.n the Poor-rate—Reg. v. The Mayor of Sudbury : Burgess Rell : Notice of Claim : Requi sites of—Stainlar.d v. Ilopkins—Municipal Corporation Acts, 5 and 6 Wm. IV., c. 76, and 6 and 7 Wm. IV., c. 104— Notice of New Works—Practical Points, &e. &c. London : Henry Shaw, 137, Fetter-lane. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. M ruing 96 minutes after 5 I Evening TO CORRESPON t DENTS. " A Regular Reader in Edinburgh."—We have heard nothing more of the occurrence to which he refers. MORNING SUN MR. JAMES'S NEW NOVEL. This day is published, in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE JACQUERIE ; or, The Lady and the Page : an Historical Romance. By G. P. R. 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'*: 1 10 £7O 100 60 90 50 80 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.: EINIDEIiCceIiI76IAdEIIEiVT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, DEC. 4, Will be repeated Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W. Harrison ; Flavius, Mr. Clement White; Oroveso, Mr. Leffler ; Adalgisa, Miss Rainforth ; Clotilda, Miss Grant ; and Norma by Miss Adelaide Kemble (her fifteenth appear ance upon the English Stage). After which, CHARLES THE TWELFTH.—CharIes the Twelfth, Mr. W. Farren ; Adam Brock, Mr. Bartley ; Eudiga, Macrame Vestris. Doors to t e 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, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had ni on application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. "rn'On Monday, the New Comedy, entitled Court and City, with Free and Easy, and Wooden Leg.l ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE - 111ANAGEMENT OF . 11.1 R. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Extraordinary Novelty. First Week of the New French Drama. Ting EVENING, DEC. 4 Will be acted an entirely New Drama from the French, re plete with situatiuns of ingenuity, intensity of interest, and strongdrawn character, entitled THE TWO LOCKSMITHS, OR POVERTY AND CRlME.—Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Smith, Neville, Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, &c. After which, DAMON AND PYTHIAS.—Damon, Mr. Graham; Pythias, Mr. Henry Hughes; Calanthe, Miss Waverley. To conclude with Dibdin's popu'ar Farce of MY SPOUSE AND I.—Dick, Mr. Walton. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. 'JNDER THE DIRECTION 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. 4, 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.—Gabbleton, 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, Is.— usher), 6d.— :calf--price to the Boxes only, at Half-put Eight. THE RAILWAY SUN. NOTICE.—A New Edition of the RAILWAY SUN is NOTV PUBLISHING. TILE CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Dec. 4, 1841. THE WEATHER.—NooN, DECEMBER 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 50 I Highest 52 I Lowest 46 Barometer 29.23.—Wind S.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. t iL IO , . , p 2Cr I IC\ 7D i t ~~•e LONDON : SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1841. On Wednesday the Times described " the English yeomen, clergyme n , and gentlemen " as " the supple mechanical instruments of tyranny,,, as " having contracted the disingenuous cold hearted habits of despotism," as " looking on with a kind of f ascinated indi fference at scenes of the most revolting, kind, as i f it w ere quite a matter of course for pauper-children to be thrown together like pigs in a hea p till the y c ontract all sorts of loathsome diseases." We hold our C on _ temporary to be a good limner, but a bad rea.. soner. He ascribes all these evil dispositions i n the yeomen, clergymen, and gentlemen of Eng land to the existence of the New Poor-law. But by whose authority does the New Poor-law exist'! By the authority, undoubtedly, of the yeomen, clergymen, and gentlemen of England. They created and now uphold the system which makes them the supple mechanical instruments of tyranny. They are the authors of the law which only reflects their dispositions. The sys tem is the offspring of their vices, not their vices of the system. The New Poor-law was intended to save their estates by reducing rates, and lowerinc , the condition of the people. It was to force them to be contented with a less share of food. It is the pet law of both Whig and Tory yeomen, clergy, and gentry; they have gloried n assisting to carry it into execution; noblemen have presided at Boards of Guardians, and have moved resolutions to provide the paupers with a coarser food; and the Times reasons incorrectly when it ascribes the evil dispositions, which it so eloquently pourtrays, to the system which the aristocracy ordains, and which could have no existence did they not ordain it. They are exclu sively the lawmakers, and for all the' conse quences of thelaws, even their own "cold-hearted habits of despotism," if they spring from the laws, they are responsible. The Times tries "'to serve two masters, and can not succeed. • As the servant of humanity, it justly reprobates the cold-hearted habits of des potism in the yeomen, clergy, and gentry. As the servant of the aristocracy, it seeks to exone rate them, .and throw the blame on a system. Men, however, are now too well aware of the force Of language to be made fools of by abstract terms. A system of politics or a law is nothing more than the expression of the will of those who decree it; and if the system be bad, their will is in fault. Independently of them, the law is a mere bit of spoiled parchment, and the silly attempt of the Times to exonerate the yeomen, clergy, and gentry from blame, by blaming the system, is a proof that it is impossible for a man to serve two masters. Humanity and the aristocracy are at war, and neither of them will long tolerate the cunning sutler, who, from an anxiety to build up his own power, alternately cajoles, abuses, and makes war upon both. The Israelites were hardly treated when they were required to make bricks without straw. That was the essence of tyranny, when they were in a state of servitude in a foreign country. To us it seems that the people of England are now treated worse than the Jews, when they were worst treated in bondage. They are not required, indeed, to make bricks without: straw, but, what is harder, to provide a large revenue for the State—enormous incomes for the owners of land and tithes—and, at the same time, their hands are tied, and they are not allowed to work. They are required to pay by taxation, including the sum levied for tithes, by the corn and provision laws, and by parochial rates, at least 90,000,0001. a year, independently of rent and profit on capital, which are paid by the an nual labour of the community and the power which demands all these enormous sums from the people at the same time interdicts much of their trade, shuts up their mills, arrests their ships in harbour, or ties the hands of the people on whom it makes these demands. The Egyptian bondage of the Jews was nothing, compared to the bondage of Englishmen in their own country in the nine teenth century. Nobody now denies that from some cause or other distress overwhelms the producing classes. Nobody now will dare to aver that this distress is caused by idleness or want ofskill in these classes. They are, without one single exception, the most industrious and the most skilful, or the most productive workmen, in existence. The two causes of their great distress are plain and pal pable. The chief cause is the restrictions placed on their industry, which deprive them of the means of getting food, clothing, and all the comforts of life. Their hands are tied. The second cause is the enormous sums demanded and taken from them by those who tie their hands. Disguise the matter as the Tory writers may—talking of over-trading, excess of credit, wild speculations, and the conduct of other nations—the plain fact is, that a great deal too much is taken from the suffering producers by laws, as above-mentioned, while insurmountable obstacles are laid in their way of winning bread for themselves. We practise, in truth, the most odious tyranny on the producing classes; we re quire them to maintain an immense and ever-in creasing number of unproductive classes, and, at the same time, we actually prohibit the use of those means by which the almost insatiable de mands might be met. This is odious tyranny. 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 puts steam 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 subjectshould 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 cause valuable services rendered to n the people's b y the Reform and Registra tion Association f that patriotic district of the Metropolis. It was well said by the present Tory Premier, some few Yearsugu'that thebattle between the peopl e and was to be fought at the the registration peop l e ' s oppressors had the Liberal Associatans itiiroughout the courts; and kingdom but done their duty like h A ssoc i a tion of Marylebone, we should e Reform b e battling in a minority to obtai n for not now millions of our starving countrymen the blessi ngsof em ployment and a cheap loaf. Wit h surprise therefore, do w e learn, fro m our adver tising' columns, that the Reform it,scia... tion of Marylehone is crippled in ts . la bours by want of funds. Why was not its want of the " sinews of war, sooner mad e known to the electors? Why was the meeting now proposed to be called not called earlier, that the patriotic electors might have bad an oppor tunity of liquidating somewhat sooner the trifling amount of debt incurred by the As3ocia 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 Reg istration Association that the Gallant Sir CHARLES Ni 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 bv 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 °fits 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, lie, 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 24th ult. On the previous evening the REGENT went to the Theatre, where his reception was most enthusi astic. 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 be 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, better beware of her. _ A good deal of business was done on the Bourse on the 24th. The amount negotiated in the Five per Cents. was 45,358,000 reals, of which 14,814,000 were for cash. This Stock had again advanced, and left off at 351 for cash, and at 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.. meat between Marshal SOULT and M. GuizoT 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 Armoricain 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. He has published a long statement, in the Gazette des Tribunaux, 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. Mahul. 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 afforded 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! He 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 Phare 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 81bs. 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 t a lk e d 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 rear, of this branch of natio na l cu l t i vation and industry. ' A cook, in the neighbo ur h ood of Paris, having a f ew 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 head protruding on one bide 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. Itataud, of Nantes, and M. Carter, of the Bay of Islands. To what tribunal were the conflicting claims of so ninny 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 new 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 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 f., 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 alt., 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, set out the evening before last, as it was announced he would, for Madrid. All the persons composing the Em bassy, who had the honour of being presented to the King previous to their departure, are ordered to meet at Bayonne on the 6th instant, at which date the Am bassador will proceed to cross the Spanish frontier. This delay is occasioned by the lapse of time required for the transmission from Madrid of the orders for his recep tion. M. and Mine. de Salvandy will make but a very short stay at Madrid, since they are to return to Paris 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 ho 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 consideration, and then set off for Menton, the second town of his small empire, which contains three thousand inhabitants. Here he met with the same reception, but still louder acclamations were uttered against the monopoly. A deputation of the principal citizens waited upon him, and presented a formal peti tion for the abolition of the monopoly 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 when the courier left. • BOURSE-TARIS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prick. Price. neigh 5 per Conti .......... . Ild 15 116 25 ... 116 15 ... 116 25 3 per Cents.... BO 05 80 10 ... 80 80 Rank of France ....... 2415 —2.420 Selgian Bank Belgian 5 per Cents. S per Cents., 1840 1021,6 ... 102 1 ,8 ... 10234 102% Spanish Active ...... ....••••••• h 5 ... 25% ... , 251,4 5% 5% Neapol itan lO7 151 05 ... 1€615 UNION ex. div... ......... 101% 102 ... 101% ... 102 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles. R. 8...........» 312 50 ... 312 50 ... 312 50 .. 312 50 L.B 2•,2 202 200 200 Rouen ........» .............» 455 ... 457 50 455 ... 457 50 Orleans . 4BO ••• 480 ... *0 ... 480 Strasburg toEale.shares red. 220 2. 20 220 220 THE EXCHEQUER BILL AFFAIR.—We have been informed that, so long ago as 1837, a coin m unication was made to the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Spring Rice, that a consider able number of Exchequer bills were pledged for differences on stock -jobbing accounts, which, it was supposed, were not honestly come by. No notice was taken of the communication, when itwas concluded that these Exchequer bills came from some parties high in office, and reports were immediately spread that Lord Palmerston was jobbing in the Stocks. The Ministers suf fered in reputation for the faults or crimes of their subordinates. It is further said that the late rise in Spanish Stock, in which Messrs. Smith and Rapallo had transactions, would have made those gentlemen quite right. Had the de tection of the fraud been postponed for a month, they would have been able to pay their diffe rences, to have withdrawn their Exchequer bills, and retired from the market with no incon siderable sum of money in their pockets. If such a thing be possible, who shall assure us that such frauds have not been before practised, and that gentlemen, who have become very opulent by serving the State, have not employed means similar to those which have led Mr. Smith, who has been less fortunate than they were, to the bar of the Old Bailey ? DISTRESS AT BLACKBURN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In your paper of Tuesday last, I observed a letter addressed to you by an inhabitant of this town, signed a " Friend of the Poor," wherein he regrets the increasing poverty of the place, and observes that a re port prevailed that a subscription was about to be set on foot, in order, as far as may be, to afford relief to those whose wants were the most pressing. A meeting has been convened, and about 3701. was subscribed by those that attended it, and s evera l gentlemen were appointed to solicit subscriptions from such as did not attend. Yes terday a meeting of the cotton-spinners of this town and neighbourhood was held at the Bull Inn, in order to con sider the propriety o f go i n g to short time; when they unanimously concluded to commence working four days a week only, on to-morrow. We have had lately three or four failures, two of them manufacturers by power, both of which have caused many poor weavers to be thrown out of employment. Before these recent stop pages we have had th re e mills brought to a pause, and the machinery all sold out by the hammer. We have two other spinning concerns bankrupts. Then, again, we have had, some time ago, a stoppage of a machine house that employed from two to three hundred me chanics, at wages varying from 30s. to 50s. per week. Like the mills, this establishment has been gutted, and now stands a monument to tell the tale of what the hated bread-tax has done for this country. The mecha nics, who have not been able to obtain work since the stoppage of Messrs. Davidson and Price, have turned poachers and distillers of illicit spirits. In their priva tions they set the laws at defiance, and are careless of being consigned to the dungeon, where they know they winll,laactklbeuasrtn,, Dec. hav 2 eth , 4elpBrisl.on a llowance dealt out to them. AN ENEMY TO ALL MONOPOLY. The Rev. D. Wackerbath, of Lichfield, has followed the example of Mr. Sibthorp, and embraced the Romish faith. Those who have read, as we have, his " Tyba Concordim," will think it was high time.—Bir ingham Advertiser. The Royal mail steam-ship Columbia, Captain Charles &Kling takes her departure from Liverpool at at one o'clock to -day. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1841. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vat)lic Optittott. " 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. His 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 beetroot 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 OPINION. 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 Conser va ti ve p ar ty, 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 class es 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 for a 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 supporterF. 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, listeners. It should be remembered also that Professor Wilson 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 whoa 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 state. 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 are 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 feasting. To the la!muring population it will come the unwelcome season of new sufferings and 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 Robert Peel has imule up his mind to call Parliament together on or about the 25th of Ja nuary, and that he will then be prepared to submit to its consideration—what 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—TRADE—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 March 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, 8001. was subscribed on the breaking up of the meeting, and lists opened at the bankers. COMMERCIAL Ezrozuvr. 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 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. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. A new Collegiate school, of a higher grade than any at present existing in that city, is projected at Glasgow. Some excellent schools for 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 elected Professor 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 Cmsar, and his immediate successors. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. _ _ Mr. R. C. Cockerel], the eminent architect, was elected last Monday a Member of the French Institute, by an unanimous vote. COURT-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 Buccleuph 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. 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 , on 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 this day 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. teed 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. LAW 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 on Thursday 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. Yesterday, 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. 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. COURT CIRCULAR. Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley, Lord Glenelg, Lord George Lennox, Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford, Miss Clifford, Sir Richard arid Lady King, Mrs. Hedworth Lambton, Miss Caroline Cavendish, Mrs. Hicks, and Mrs. Brice Pearse, attended at Buckingham Palace at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, and had the honour of being gratified with the sight of his Royal Highness the Infant Prince. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. nis Royal Highness Prince Albert, inspected yester day at Buckingham Palace several specimens of the forthcoming work of David Roberts' Holy Land. Mr. Doo's finished line engraving, after Eastlake's picture of "Pilgrims coming in sight of Rome," were also inspected by his Royal Highness. The ratification of a Treaty of Commerce and Naviga tion between the Hanse Towns, signed by Mr. Goros tiza and Mr. Colquhoun, were last week exchanged by Mr. Murphy, Charge d'Affaires for Mexico, and Mr. Colquhoun, Resident for the Hansa Towns. _ Mr. Thornton, the Chairman of the Spanish and Pro tuguese Committee, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign office. A deputation of funeral coach proprietors, consisting of Mr. John Chancellor, Mr. George Giles, Mr. J. H. Johnson, and Mr. J. J. Bennicke, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his offi cial residence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Lansdowne left Landowne House yes• terday, for his seat Bowood Park, Wilts. Despatches from the Governor of the "West India Colo nies were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council sat yesterday. At the sitting of their Lordships, Mr. Purton Cooper, Q.C., fur the appellants, and Mr. Rennalls, for the re spondents. were heard upon an appeal of " Wylde v. Campbell," from St. Vincent's, which was disposed of by an arrangement. _ _ An appeal from Jersey, "Peter Brouard v. Philip Dumaresq and others," and ex parte "Morgan v. Leech," from Bombay, occupied their Lordships the remainder of the sitting. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Lord Camp bell, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admi ralty Court. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. The official account of the state of her Majesty, exhi bited yesterday at Marlborough-house, was as follows : " The improvement in the Queen Dowager's health, announced in the last bulletin, has continued up to the present time, and there is every reasonable prospect of her Majesty's gradual recovery. " Under the continuance of the present favourable symptoms, no further bulletins will be issued. " DAVID DAVIES, M.D. " Sudbury Hall, Dec. 2, 1841." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. EXNING FIELD--THURSDAY. Second Ties for Champion Stakes—Lord Stradbroke's Magdalen beat Mr. Nash's Go-to; Mr. R. J. Eaton's Fantail beat Captain Daintree's Knab; Lord Eglinton's Waterloo beat Mr. Bagges's The Toad; Mr. Fyson's Fairy beat Mr. Gillett's Garcia. The following- is the draw for Friday:—Fantail against Fairy; Magdalen against Waterloo; the betting is even, Fairy against.the- field. Ties for the Consolation - Stakes—Mr. Edwards' An toinette beat Mr. Moody's Rowena ; Mr. Caldecot's De lia ran a bye. The Exning Stakes—Mr. Dobede's Douglas beat Mr. Bryant's Ella ; Lord Stradbroke's Medusa beat Mr. Inskip's Idol. DEPTFORD COURSING MEETING—CONTINUED. THURSDAY.—Second Ties for the Cup—Mr. Etwall's West Wind beat Mr. Goodlake's Gruel ; Capt. Wynd ham's Whirlpool beat Mr. Agg's Aid-de-Camp. Second Ties for the Derby—Mr. Etwall's Eton Boy beat Mr. Goodlake's Lamborne ; Mr. Bell's Broadside ran a bye. Second Ties for the Oaks—Mr. Locke's Lady Go diva beat Mr. Biggs' Beata ; Mr. Etwall's Excuse-me ran a bye. Ties for the Fisherton Stakes—Mr. Bowles's Boscobel beat Mr. A. lleathcote's Hue and Cry; Mr. Bigg's Bentley beat Mr. Aggs's Airy. The Stockton Stakes—Mr. Heathcote's Susan beat Mr. Bowles's Beggar Girl ; Mr. Bigg's Bombazine beat Mr. Goodlake's Guizot. The Ashton Stakes—Mr. Locke's Lifeguard beat Mr. Morant's the Mayor; Mr. Locke's Lictor beat Mr. Morant's Mayfly. THE SPITALFIELDS' WEAVERS.—The Lord Mayor has received a check for 50/. from Lord Corn wallis, as the Noble Earl's contribution in relief of the distress of the Spitalfields' weavers. A Young Men's Anti-Monopoly Association is intended to be formed in this town. The energies of the many intelligent young men in this neighbourhood ought to combine to hasten the destruction of those monopolies which now press so fearfully upon the com mercial pi osperity of our country.—Nottingham Review. SHEERNESS.—Two of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty arrived at Sheerness from London on Thursday, and on the following day inspected very mi nutely the various departments in the Royal dockyard. It is generally believed that their visit and inquiries have reference to the late conflagrations in the public depart ments, with a view to the adoption of measures to prevent a recurrence of similar calamities.—Kent Herald. A gamekeeper, well known at Nuttall, who fi g ured in our columns a few weeks si nce as the shooter of some bonnets, was again intoxicated this week, and while so, deliberately fired at his brother ! Fortunately the shot had been extracted, or the result would have been very serious.—Nottingham Review. MORNING SITN_, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, FRIDAY EATENIN..r The operations in the Stock Market to-day were - cumscribed, on account of the shutting of the Transfer qu Money ot e d books, but prices were firmly supported, and were be for f a o t r t B h 9 e before the close of business. Consols were done PA Bills were at an advance to 9s. and 11 s. premium , Oa Three; India Bonds par to Is. premium. The New t o o p B en q in t a b t e B in s is t p o e B ci B a i l transfers, and were and-a-I - Taff per Cents. realised 981 to 99-1-, and the Thre per Cent. Annuities 881 to 821 India Stock was stead/ ; at 249. The speculative business in the Foreign Market bo i l been more on the part of the sellers, and prices area. ; lower. Spanish Active Bonds receded to-day from 2 4 i to 231, closing at 238 ; Portuguese New Five per Cell: ex- div. Exchequer, were quoted 33/, and the Three per Cents., 2C hi ta r gi i Mexican, 251; Colombian, 231 to 1, and Brazilian s' being, for the latter, an advance. Dutch Two-andl: Half per Cents. 52 to 5 9 1, and the Five per Cents. , 9 ` 9 In the Railway Shares there was not a large husT e n % done; but, with the exception of Brighton, the gm: 44°Q , were generally higher. London and Birmingham we and 68 to 69, the Thirds 21,1, the New 231 ; the York an North Midland New, 15, and the South Western 1 7 f14 161 premium. Brighton were 141, North Midlan usinia, 1, and South Eastern and Dover 25 discount. At.ralof sia Bank Shares were 12, Colonial 2, and Provinc i Ireland 15 premium. 0 of A slight depression occurred in the rates of 0 0 _ 4 , the Foreign Exchanges this afternoon. Bills on D; three months' date, were taken at 25f. 70c. t ot 13 ; Hamburgh at 13 101- to ; on Amsterdam at 12 t g o 4 i on Frankfort at 1491 to 150 ; on Antwerp at 13 1 0 1 and on Trieste at 9 51 to 53. (From The Sun of Last Night.) - e9 to• LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 2 .--The o hog o day are computed to be 4,000 bales, without ani in prices, and all to the trade. t r ap LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 2.---The mond tions reported at the Stock Exchan Junctions, 191 ;Great Western, Half Shares, ge are in 57 1,00- don and Birmingham, 158 ; Manchester, olta/' an Bury, 53. 9 00 1 Y ti MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC.• day in very limited amount of business has been done :C oun ties, Shares ; prices generally are firm. Midland , 0 0, 81i ; Liverpool and Manchester, Halves, 911; ulah;ter Paisley, and Greenock (New), 4L 3s. • .., 31 „a ll in c ,han 3 1 and Leeds, 58 to 59 ; Manchester and ' l 3 "'" —° 231'; Manchester Assurance, 9/. Consols opened this morning steady at 881 ide.Toicli'; sll y Three per Cents. Reduced, 88* a ; Three -an per Cents. 971 i; Exchequer Bills, 8 10 prewitl,e/moisli In the Foreign Market considerable sales 0' Spanish In the d a Y' d ve rtod Stock were made is the latter part of further decline took place, having been at done as low as 231; they rallied a little, It a t price' left off at 23 1 24, and are now at tll2 O 1 2 1' The Passive is 51 and Deferre d, l'oirtogae3 In other Stocks there is but little doing. - be ing 3 k Stock continues steady, the Five per Cents', .o.and'a' -" 34, and the Three per Cents. 201 ; Dutch ". Colou r Half per Cents. 521; ditto, Five per Cents. 991 , 'Ore at bean, 2011 ; Mexican, 251 1 In the Share Market there . is but little delrglitipa' Western are 141 151 premium ; London an Sha re. * fe 3.54- ; and London and Blackwall, 81 91 P er s OK . The English Funds continue firm, and ari q uota r t r s. went has taken place upon the openiag div • ( 4 1 ' ; a re ! Consols for the Account are now 888 per Cents.. Reduced 881 • Three-and:Olt; l' ; Ex Reduced 971 ; New Three-and-a-Halfs , • t quer Bills Bs. and 10s. premium. except U, In the Foreign Market there is little d oing ; the worn Spanish Stock, which have reached 94-? 4 - dor i ; 1) : ; ing, and may now be quoted 23:1 1 ; r ess ` r r i D fer u r tc ed h , Tw nd 114 e ! a Por - t a u - g ia ye l s fe e Five pr Cents., peree 52 z n ts., 3 , 4 52 ; t ; ; and ' e bol a Five per Cents., 991. r oliag In the Share Market the London and 131 being 111 1 P have been done at an advance of 1 per ce nt "; 35. pot marked 159. London and Brighton are flat a h 0 - Eastern and Dover are 18. The business done been to any extent. Consols, Account 88i 1 ex-div. ; Srani sh 931 s 2 at b li cl ig i Considering that the fourth of the r aentb, l 4 o c los jo the Money Market is tolerably tranuil. ever, of the transfer books will have some effect" t keeping it tight. CLOSING PRICES .2 49 BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ••• 3 per Cent Red. 3 per Cent Cons BB9l Dl Ditto nidtti a B O S ° l t : n(ls A l' ' l 9 v i : 3i per Cent Red 97L Ditto New An n ...0d 1 12 0 00 01 . New 3} per Cent 9Bi Ex. Bills, 1 , ba ...... 9 ,0 New 5 per Cent Ditto •••• Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Sill Jan 1860 .. 12i Bank Stock for . Oct. 1859 l2i India Stock for Ace ...• Jan. 1860. 124 Consols for Ma .... FOREIGN FUNDS. f c ent , Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese , 5 P e ' .. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto ••• t''; Brazilian Bonds s9g Prussian, 5 per `- ...... Buenos Ayres, 6 per eel' - - Russian, ser e.... Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic. c .. e° ...... • i ll Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 pe r Ditto, Danish 1824 , 3 per cent 2 07 98 Ditto, De , 5 f p e e rr r c e d e i;i : ..... Greek, 1825, 5 per cent Exchange ........•••' Mexican, 5 per cent — French, 3 per ce ot i gyi Ditto, 6 per cent, 1625 Dutch, 2* per ... Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. SHARES. London and Brighton (50 paid)....,...... WI London and Birmingham (90) .• 2%1 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) ........... • 5 3-1 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ......... ..... 2 5 , Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ............ London and South Western .......... .••••• North Midland Railway (100) ... . 14 Ditto Thirds (15 paid) ..... .............. 18 South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)..• .. :;;1 ...- York and North Midland Railway (50 1al %) Ditto New Shares (15 paid ..... .. COURSE OF EXCHANGE— (V r ' S • ' ..... 30 TERD 46 40 Amsterdam CF.I2 7i Gibraltar ,- ... .-• o?* Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ..... —.2 U l2 8 Genoa • ...... :47 ... Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 13i I t ila urce .. .. . .... .................. ..11 3 1 99 Altona 13 14 !Naples "" ex , oz ... I Paris, 3 days' sight .............. 52 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon ............. ••• Marseilles _Oporitano B. - ... sourdeaux ts 90 Frankfort on Maine... 154 Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37} 8er1in..... Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 953 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona Seville Rio . Bahia ................ .. .. _ Buenos Ayres ....... • i i . i 4bi New York, 21 days slg . 4 6 Philadelphia ..... ... .. . ;O 0! , FAKES OF 131.11.1.1014,. jl Foreign Gold, bars ,/, 1 1 0 Portugal Gold Coin, . 0 0 New Doubloons ....... 4 10 New Dollars... ........ 0 4 11 Silver in Bps... bea BELGIU M• pof If BRUSSELS, DEC. I.—The average Pract.-90c. there last week was 21f. i6e., and that of rye, 12 The Senate were unable to deliberate t o- day' the not being a sufficient number of Members P k i ear a by About 400 witnesses have already been of examining Judge in the affair of the consPlrobr• airibe Just as we were going to press, we were ' o ,t, 01 the arrest of an ex-Captain of the sth ilegwifilee, le line, who was lately condemned for some e" ot hiag, This individual is said to be accused of 0 , 4 than an attempt on the life of the Kin g . this.S.4ldorto At present these are only conjec tures accusation, of which no one of the pUblie 1 70il• lg eb are' had any knowledge, the strictest o rders T a . given not to publish the affair. We Sha" fore, for more positive information. TheLe.sig,s,er question is in the Petit Cannes, where ue p been several times examined. t werp It) ; - Among the passencrfrs who arrived at An mop,onear, 29th on board the Princess Victoria st e !ifati''. ot e;6o‘ English family who has long resided " itis tta_ a s; at" from whichisland they have brought I n- her P r-. maid, whose colour, dress, and the ring ' ll lair tracted the curiosity of the people. the the Among the persons examined yesterti., 3 7 ist o °f ide• of the conspiracy, were M. Van Prot, Ai-it:1;00'0A King's Household ; General Nypels, his de-camp ; Major Lahore, &c. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmeTtaDapit gill" 61, Actual Debt, 5.% per Cent ..................... 9 0 14 Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. ................ ... o r 7 6* Attlee t Syndic, 44 per cent. ................. ,e Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent.........-....... P !.., D I% 1 09 Commercial Company, per c ent...... . .. Ditto (1535 and 1837) 5 per c ent. 14(1 w i Loan 1837, 5 per cent.... ............ ..... 10 121(1 Exchange on London, One (12/0 T w o months ..... Hamburgh, One m0nth....... ..... •,••' 75 Two months ....... Dutch Papers, Dec. I. „„, BELGIAN k UNDS — B ausinar. • • Actual Debt, 2'. per Cent. .............. ..... jo iti Rothschild's Lean, 5 per Celt t. Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per •Cent.....'" 3per Cent. ..... 711 i ...... 1 01 sa ..... .... Thirty seven Loan of City, KU, 4 per Gent. ....•••• Society of Com S marce,4per Cent ....... Bank of Belgium, 5 per NationalSeciety. Exchange on Londom (shod) ..........1 —Brussels Papers, Dec. 1. , A t V Ns* i v / A USTBIA N FUNDS.-- 1 g ' pi), fiyeper Cents. Metalliques ........... .. ' "Nr Per Cent 5........ ............ ............ Three par Cents. .. . •••••••"""*."...."."' )58 Bank Shares ..................... —Ailtemeine Zeitun " g. ....... .... 041 1 00 - tC v- about six o Two L o'clock, the o i e v k • d ell .he'' two v of of a , Ming men /ElShe foLllo°wSiTng—mYeleasntcehrocilaylac; data two brothers, of the names t o .. .. 5 Brock and - -%I illiam Thomas Brock, fishmonocrfs' ,pfe,n sided in the Fulham-road, Little Chelsea.° e „--$ etLe that the two unfortunate young men had the ti''it (as had been their constant practice for the '7, ili e- p years) to go to Billingse•ate-market, calliog c '''d P v , way thither at Hungerfo 6 rd ; they had proceLlieolefi: the River as far as to nearly face &awing]) ° 1 , 9 g „bo l ls when their boat came with great force acrall"" 0 b 0 0- re which was lying in that part of the river, the c v ie 1 of which caused the boat to turn over, and WI r be! both precipitated into the water. Their eries o'ffor, brought a person to their assistance of the 11 9 °, c e ot e he nard, who was proceedirg at the time alone to ! I P A side to his employment at Chelsea, but 004 o ci '0 darkness of the morning he was unsuccessful 0 r e either, and they were both drowned. The TROOPS IN BRITISH AMERICAe"." o f ,-- - 0 fish troops stationed in this country on the 191vogoo tember last were as follows :-Ist Regiment ,ortlf, Guards, 7th Hussars, 2d battalion Grenadier 1•17rooC, 2d battalion Coldstream Guards, 2d battaliOn,RtL 40' 14th, 23d, 32d, 43d, 54th, 56th, 67th, _ 70th , i L' o 'd ;1)° 83d, 85th, 88th, and 93d Regiments of Infantry, 3 0 Royal Canada Rifle Regiment. ~ ..:..... Vie r % , ANOTHER FREAK OF N A TO IL' rectory t , r i a gooseberry bush full of young fruit n the OOP i l b r s.l 0 dens of Kegworth—the bush is protected wf ho grC If the fruit do not ripen, there will, $t lea st, gooseberries.—Nottinyhum review. th el ;01 1 tha