The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-09 00:00:00

EVENING SUN MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. OLD SAINT PAUL'S: A TALE of the PLAGUE and the FIRE. With Twenty large Illu.trations on Steel, by Franklin. IS .NO AT READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square. Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., IMADAIVIE DE SEVIGNE, AND HER CONTEMPORARIES. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. *. 4 Orders received by alt Booksellers. On Monday next, in 2 yols. small Bn., with Portraits of Ad miral.Stopford, Commodore Napier, and other Illustrations. NARRATIVE OF THE LATE EXPEDITION TO SYRIA. Under the Command of Admiral Sir ROBERT STOPFORD, G.C.8., &c. Comprising an Account of the Capture of Gebail, Tripoli, and Tyre—of the Storming of Sidon—Battle of Calah Meidan— Bombardment of Acre, &c. &c. By PATISON HUNTER, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TILE NEW PEERS AND BARONETS. Now ready, in one large volume, comprising as much matter as 20 ordinary volumes, with 1,500 Engravings, &c., 38s. bd. 31[ R. BURKE'S NEW PEERAGE AND BARONETA GE ; Contaiiiing ALL the NEWLY-CREATED PEERS and BARONETS; With full Details. " Mr. Burko's Peerage and Baronetage is the most com plete, the most convenient, and the cheapest work of the kind ever oiTered to the public."—Sun. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE STANDARD NOVELS AND ROMANCES, The Next Volume of this unrivalled Collection will contain Mr. THEODORE HOOK'S humorous Story, entitled T HE WIDOW AND THE MARQUIS ; Or, LOVE and PRIDE. Which will be followed by_COOPEß'S_celebrated Romance, " HOMEWARD BOUND." -*.* Other Popular Works will continue to be published in regular succession. This Collection now comprises the following, among many other celebrates Works of Fiction, each complete in one pocket volume, embellished with Engravings, price 6s. : J. FENLMORE COOPER.—The Pilot, The Spy, The Water-Witch, The Red Rover, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pioneers, The Prairie, Lionel Lincoln, The Borderers, The Bravo, The Headsman, Heidenmauer, Precaution. G. P. R. JAMES.—Darnley, De L'Orme, Philip Augustus, II enry Masterton. THEODORE HOOK.—The Parson's Daughter, Max well, Jack Brag-, Gilbert Gurney. Miss AUSTEN.—Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (in 1 vol. ), Pride and Prejudice. MORIER.—Hajji Baba, Haiji Baba in England, Zohrab. Sir E. L. BULWER.—Eugene Aram, Paul Clifford, The Last Days of Pompeii. Captain MARRYA T.—Peter Simple, Jacob Faithful, Jnphet in Search of a Father, King's Own, Mr. Midshipman Easy, Newton Forster, The Paella of many Tales. Miss JANE PORTER.—Thaddeus of Warsaw, The Scot tish Chiefs, The Pastor's Fireside. MAXWELL.—Stories of Waterloo, My Life, the Bivouac. Mrs. TROLLOPF.—Vicar of Wrexhill, Widow Barnaby. Mrs. GORE.--Mothers and Daughters, the Soldier of Lyons. MARRIAGE. By the Author of" The Inheritance," and " Destiny." INHERITANCE. DESTINY. Any of which may be had separately. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had also of all Booksellers RIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, His MAJESTY the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERI ES) oEer many possibilities of obtain rtg LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, 4-e now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DlS nußu Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions nay receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO- SiECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION contains D VIDENDS of £25,000 £6OO 5,000 400 1,500 200 1,000 150 800 120 HEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a skort time 25,000/., 18,0001., 9,0001, 5,0001., 3,600/., &c. &c. &c., to London ; 3,6001., 8001., and 7001., to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dub'in ; 3,6001. to Beverley; 3,6001. to Halifax (Yorkshire); 1,200/. to Portleaven Harbour ; 900/., 700/. and 6001. to Li verpool ; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. to Hull ; 9001. and 6001. to Manchester ; 7001. to East Retford (Not tinghamshire); 600/. to Bideford ; 6001. to Cork ; 600/. to Bradford ; they shall feel glad to remit many Dividends of the next Distribution to England, Ireland, and Scotland. Direct for Prospectus and Particulars, without delay, either to HEINE BROTHERS, at HANIBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. £llO £7O 100 60 90 50 80 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.' UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING, DEC. 9, Will be repeated Bellini's Opera of NORNIA.—PoIIie, Mr. W. Harrison ; Flavius, Mr. Clement White; Oroveso, Mr. Leffler ; Adalgiia, 1114 s Rainforth ; Clotilda, bliss Grant ; and Norma by Miss Adelaide Kemble (her seventeenth appear. mice upon the End ish Stage). Aftc . r which, CHARLES THE TWELFTH.—CharIes the Twelfth, Mr. W. Farren ; Adam Brock, Mr. Bartley ; Eudiga, Madame Vestris. Does to Le epened at half-past Six—the performances to cammence at Seven. Dress Boxes, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and sce9rin Circles, ss. ; Second Price, :Is. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second, Price. 2.; 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 uron application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 1.;7. New Bond-street. To-morrow, the New Comedy, entitled Court and City, with Wooden Lag, and Free and Easy. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR7DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Mr. Graham, Mr. Phelps, and the most powerful Company, supporting Shakspere's Tragedies. THIS EVENING, DEC. 9, Rill be acted the Play of the STRANGER.—The Stranger, Mr. Graham ; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. H. Vining. To conclude with the successful French Drama of rivetting situati,ns and intense interest, THE TWO LOCKSMITHS, Olt POVERTY AND CRlME.—Characters by Messrs. Ilughes, Hicks, Smith, Neville, Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, &c. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF I‘ifi.:OWITAIDISTON. THIS EVENING, DEC. 9 FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. NEWHAM, 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, THE HONEYMOON. ¶R conclude with POPOLINO, OR THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, ls.— Gallery, 6d.--iialf-price to the Bow only, at Half-put Eight. THE RAILWAY SUN. NOTICE.—A New Edition of the RAILWAY SUN is NOW PUBL TIIE CHINA SUN, AND T TIE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. gars Office, Dec. 9, 1841. _ . THE WEATHER.—NOON, DECEMBER 9. ROYAL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer— 40 Highest 5l i Lowest 35 Barometer 29.7 6 . — Wind N.W. — Freezing Point 22 Deg. tilOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO_MORRO w ininutas after 1.. 1 Evening minute,minute,aft.r The Publication of the Evening Edition of Tsn 14 Boaz_ men eed at 10 minutes after T Three. - 1V.1010,*20%0 , - . ;iv 1 - • ' .~" ___- LONDON: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1841. " Tile main support, we are told, which her Majesty the QUEER DOWAGER has had through all her trying illness has been her own unalter able fortitude. Her spirits never sunk." On reading such a notice, the contrast between the situation' of the QUEEN DOWAGER and that of thousands of suffering mothers and wives of the lower classes is forcibly brought to our minds. Her Majesty was supported by her own unalterable fortitude, and all the comforts which unbounded wealth and the most assiduous at tention. of; we presume, devoted domestics would supply. Her unalterable fortitude in bearing the inflictions of an insidious disease, so surrounded and so attended, was well supported by the . high est medical skill continually em- P lo y edm . devi sing and applying means'to sooth e her sufierm,gs, procure her sleep, and lessen the wearisomeness of being confined to bed. Grateful changes of linen and diet were never wanted. Even a change to a p l easanter apartment was made. Some hand was always ready to smooth her pillow, and give her whatever she desired. Some e ye was always watching even to prevent might desire, an d t o pro ber asking for what she vide and recommend whatever would lessen the irksomeness of disease, and minister to her con venience. Her own unalterabl e f ort i tude had all the support which human po wer cou ld su 1 131)7 . 2 , and that it gave not way is the subject of de served eulogium. What then must be said for those suffering wives and mothers of suffering England, who are a prey, like the QUEEN DOWAGER, to disease, and who have no physician, no servants, no bed perhaps, and perhaps no food, or so little as merely to keep them alive without ever satisfy ing the cravings of hunger, and that begged from a harsh relieving-officer, or supplied by the cha rity of friends? Many of them, too, while they are hungry and sick themselves, surrounded by children clamorous for food, and seeing, at the same time, their husbands and sons unwillingly idling away their time, unable to help them. Many of them, under all these difficulties, find support in hope, that emanation of the Divinity, and through all these crushing difficulties they struggle with unalterable fortitude, and set a noble example to those who, surrounded with all the helps of art, whine and fret, and tease all around them whenever they are subject to the least restraint. We read a few days ago an account of an in- quest held at Manchester, on a man who had died from want, and his wife's evidence recounted sufferings which needed much fortitude to bear them. Driven from his employment, he had asked relief from the parish. He was sent to the stone-yard, where his want of skill exposed him to a serious accident. On his recovery, his repugnance to the toil and his appre hension of further accidents, induced him to strive for an independent subsistence. His wife begged a donkey for him from her relatives, and, though sick and weak, he did what he could, by carrying sand, to get a few pennies. Exposure to the weather, and want of sufficient food, soon ex hausted him, and then the wife and mother had nothing but what she could, as it were, extort from the relieving-officer, or obtain from charity. He repulsed her more than once; she still per severed, forced herself into his presence, and begged for the life of her husband. One friend gave her a little tea, another a few potatoes, and boiled them for her because she had no vessel of her own, and others gave her a couple of slices of bacon. So she struggled on, day after day, till her husband died, declaring that he wanted food. Then came the Coroner's inquest, and her struggles and her endurance were made known to the world—a picture of what thousands and tens of thousands are now suffering in this dis tressed and distracted nation. Her fortitude, though it carried her through all these scenes, could not master hunger, as the fortitude of the QUEEN DOWAGER, surrounded with all the ap pliances of wealth and Dr. DAVIS'S skill, mastered disease. Sometimes these poor creatures fall under their heavy burdens, and, like MARY TiromPsoN,whose case we recorded on Saturday, they rush, un bidden, from a world which is to them an unal terable scene of misery. Then does the severe law, made by the opulent and the much-at-ease, heavily punish them if it can ; or the severe tongues of censorious and rich neighbours, rudely blame the weak creatures, because they have not the unalterable fortitude of the QUEEN DOWAGER. Then we hear from the much-at- ease party a great deal of the consolations of re ligion, and great reproaches to MARY Tnomp- SON and others, that they have not fortified their minds by reading their Bibles. But the religion which can sustain the mothers and wives of the working classes of England in their present deep distress, must be something very different from the holiday sentiment which might suffice to sustain the unalterable fortitude of the well-at tended and much-soothed DOWAGER QUEEN. The auxiliary to all possible worldly comforts may be wholly inefficient, as the opponent of want, beating back black and creeping despair out of the heart, which is struggling amidst the cries of famishing children, and an unemployed and dying partner. In such a conflict religion itself; however pure, deep, and holy,. may be de feated ; and we would not have the much-at-ease classes rely on religion to inspire the sufferers with unalterable fortitude, unless their worldly condition be improved. In truth, an education more fertile in impiety,! atheism, and despair, than that to which the suffering working classes are practically exposed, it is scarcely possible to conceive ; and what sentiments it will bring forth in the rising generation, those who are aware that the mind is not moulded by words, but by facts, must tremble to think of. We find some consolation from reflecting that private charity is redressing to some extent public in justice. Individuals are infinitely superior to the political system they support. They have learnt humanity with time, that is the cruel emanation of a semi-barbarous period, when laws were avow edly made to prevent an abundance of victuals, _ _ _ If the nation be doomed to decay it will be the fault rather of the head than of the heart, of proud reason, so called, insisting on obedience to barbarous laws and institutions, against which the instincts of man testify and revolt. A bank at Berwick has failed. In Berwick, says the Gazetteer, " there are no manufactures of any importance. Its chief trade consists in exporting corn, pork, eggs, and salmon." Berwick is the sea-port of an agricultural dis trict, and is not exposed to the vicissitudes of commerce and manufactures. Within a few weeks, banks at Canterbury, Chichester, Arundel, and Petersfield have stopped, every one of which towns is in an agri cultural district, and in nowise dependent on manufactures. It would appear from this, that the agricultural districts begin to feel some of that distress, which, for their advantage as is said, has been so stubbornly inflicted on the manufacturing districts. The fact probably is, that most of these banks have been making too large advances to their agricultural and landown ing customers, and the prices of agricultural pro duce, notwithstanding the starvation inflicted on the people, have not answered expectations. Far mers and landowners, like manufacturers, have been unable to pay. No increase of real busi. ness has followed increase of accommodation, and the banks have failed, as Michaelmas has come round, without bringing their expected for tunes to the farmers and landowners. We reproach ourselves for not having found time and space before now to notice and com mend an excellent " Address to the Inhabitants olvbt.*Kit With heart-rending b o r ou g h - n connection with the Corn-laws." Society collected the present State of Trade in their exception 'of those instructive and g statist statistics s an d which published,th e Leeds we Opera tivehaveseen no account so complete and authentic of the present condit ion of the inhabit an t s o f an y town. l Nv Association, drawn upby the Kendal Anti-Corn aand does great credit to the members. says a Correspondent, cc a l f. our the people, such solid facts be poured in from Lond on and o Proviint:eiallf b a tteries, the Cabinet, which has is olated from the sufferings and sym pathi es will either have to capitulate on terms o of repeal, or be drummed out of the citadel which they have usurped on false pretensions of relief to the country." We can now only copy the following spe cimen of the facts, and recommend other Corn law Associations to imitate the example of t h e Kendal Association :-- In order to provo the existence of this distress from other sources than the complaints of the labouring people themselves, we proceeded to make inquiries amongst those tradesmen of whom they purchase food a d clothing. The first authority which we quote is that of the but chers, who acknowledge that about one-third less beef is killed than was the case three or four years ago, and that while they readily sell the " best part of the carcass," they have difficulty in disposing of the in ferior parts, which are usually bought by the poor. The labouring classes, living at this time upon food inferior to what they formerly purchased, aro compelled to fall back upon the great resource of the Irish polulation, potatoes. But the distress is not confined to the poor. The tradesmen are suffering from want of customers. The arrears due to them for goods supplied to their destitute neighbours, in the hope of better times, amount to sums almost ruinous. In proof of these statements, we adduce the testimony of different shopkeepers, whom we shall distinguish by nu merals. The following are only samples of much more extensive evidence which we possess, all corroborating the same painful statements. No. 1 states that the quantity of flour sold to the poor is much diminished of late years. No. 2 supports this statement, and says they sell much coarser flour to the poor than formerly. No. 3 complains that the sale of cheese to the poor is almost extinct, but they sometimes buy a quarter of a pound when ill. Other testimony confirmatory of the foregoing:_ No. 3 for the last three years has been compelled to give credit to his poorer customers to the amount of 50/., the greater part of which he sees no hopes of recovering till trade mends. No. 4 sells less of such commodities as meal and flour than he did three years ago by one-third, and as for tea and sugar they have fallen off three-fourths No. 5 sells very little compared with what he did four years ago, and that little in very small quantities, such as a quarter of a pound of bacon, one pennyworth of herring, one pound of meal, four pounds of coarse flour; and says that he can point out dozens of his customers, men with fa milies of four or five children each, whose dinner five days in the week does not exceed for the family more than a quarter of a pound of bacon or a pennyworth of herring mixed with potatoes. The grocers complain as equally and as reasonably as those already quoted : No. 2 says that his business is reduced one-half, and that he dare give no more credit. No. 1, wholesale, feels the effect of the reduction of demand through the small shopkeepers. No. 3. Trade so fallen off that be will be compelled to give up, as he cannot get money in. No. 4. Trade fallen off two-thirds within the last year or two. The drapers, accustomed to supply goods to the work ing people, give a still more discouraging report of their business : No. 1 states that the sale of clothes to the poor is di minished three-fourths ; the sale of goods for charities and for distribution is much increased ; has a great amount in small debts, which appears to be irrecover ably lost. No. 2. Sale to the poor nearly gone ; they buy no blankets, and but little bedding. No. 3. Trade with the labouring people diminished from one-half-to three-fourths. No. 4. Trade with the labouring classes is less by 30 week. No. 5 supports the preceding statement. No. 6. " The quantity of wearing apparel and bedding is much less than was sold three years ago ; the profits, consequent on competition,_ are seriously affected and very small. He thinks that were it not for private cha rity the poor would be almost destitute of both clothing and bedding. We find it useless to apply for the liqui dation of debts contracted by the working class and country people who used to be good payers, and who still are honestly inclined. A vast amount of debts among the labouring class is irrecoverably lost, and to my cer tain knowledge many of our small provision dealers are ruined from this cause." The announcement, in another part of the Paper, of the liberal sums subscribed within the last two days for the relief of the Spitalfields weavers, must be gratifying to every humane mind. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET has subscribed 501., a clergyman of the Established Church, to his honour, has given the munificent sum of 2001., and three other subscribers' names make the contribution amount to 450/. This is a noble specimen of British liberality and charity, and proves that in this country it is only necessary to show that distress exists, in order to have it relieved. We have no doubt that many will imitate this charitable conduct, and that while such general distress prevails, the merchants, and shopkeepers, and fundholders, will not be outdone by Clergymen and Judges. The Divines of Oxford are incessant in their labours to remove the few obstacles that yet block up their passage to Rome. Their past success must have more than realized their most san guine hopes. The journey is, in a great mea sure, performed already. The practice of auri cular confession, which Professor BADEN POWEL asserts prevails within the walls of the Univer sity; Mr. PALMER'S advocacy of the doctrine of purgatory, as defined by the Council of Trent; and Mr. NEWMAN'S erection of monkish cloisters, and endeavours to make candidates for holy orders take the vows of celibacy —are such rapid and decisive strides towards St. PETER'S Chair, that but little now remains except the open celebration of mass to make them as good Romanists as his Holiness GREGORY XVI. could desire. To retrace their steps to the sanctuary of the old Fathers of the Reformation would now be a long and toilsome journey. They can reach the girdle of FRANCIS of Assisium, or the white habit and beads of Do- MINICK, in a third the time that it would take them to rejoin the ranks Of LATIMER, RIDLEY, JEWEL, BARROW, and TILLOTSON. But what are the Prelates doing? Are they slumbering, as usual, upon the watch-towers of the Church ? Does the business of secular legis lation engross their minds at a time when the foundations of the Reformation are undermined —when the pillars of that creed which they con tend secures Gospel light to the people of Eng land are shaken by the no longer shrivel led arm of Papacy ? These dumb dogs of Israel, so enormously overpaid for protecting the sleeping flock, hear with voiceless indiffer ence the ravages of the wolves among them. We are aware that in their visitation Charges three Prelates condemned verbally the pro ceedings of the Puseyites, but such tepid condem nations have not produced, and were not intended to have produced, any beneficial effect. It is not thus the lordly prelates would act were a single tithe pig withheld from the voracious maw of the Church. Then would their loud and angry barkings be heard from the summits of holy places. Then would the ecclesiastical courts be in a ferment of episcopal zeal; and citation follow citation, and costs be added to costs, till the ruin of the body, and the excommunication of the soul of the loathsome offender served as a warn ing to all future lay-devourers of tithe-pigs of the dreadful consequences of any inroad upon the prescriptive rights of Holy Church. The Liberal Press and the people might leave the Church to take care of herself, were her pro fessors driving in any other direction.than that of Rome. But as a junction with the Papal See would remove every chance of a peaceful refor mation of those civil and religious abuses which deform our National Establishment—as it would fill the country with mummeries totally at variance with the simple and severe piety of the English character—as it would more or less restrict freedom of opinion —as it would increase and confirm the power of the priesthood, by enabling them, through the means of confes• sion, to impose cruel shackles upon the minds of the working classes—as it would bring all these evils upon us, we consider it the duty of the Li beral Press and the people to discharge that duty to the Church which is so shamefully neglected by pampered Prelates, and rosy-gilled Doctors of Divinity, wallowing in pluralities of fat rectories. The Session of the States of Hanover was opened on the 2d instant by Commission. The Royal Commissioner, chosen to be the mouth piece of King ERNESr, whose disinclination to meet his Parliament face to face is natural enough, on political grounds, was Prince BER NARD, of Solms-Braunfels. The following is a translation of the speech:— " Gentlemen,—The King, our gracious master, having resolved not to take part in any public solemnity during the period of mourning in which a painful loss, which is felt by all of us, has plunged him, has confided to me the honourable task of opening the Session, and of making the following communication to you in his name. In the first place, the King had no intention of convoking the Assembly at so early a period, but the settlement of the indirect taxes requires a new law with out delay, for which your co-operation is necessary. This affair is urgent, for at the beginning of next year the Duchy of Brunswick will cease to form part of the Customs' Union ; the p resen t S ess i on w ill a l so have to take into consideration other important objeets. His Majesty in vites you to resume the deliberations which were only interrupted by the necessity which:compelled him to dis solve suddenly the last Assembly. Among them are Project of measures concerning railroads, the extension of the institution of redemption of forced work for the State, the regulation of contracts between peasants, and the civil position of the Jews. The King does not doubt, but that in this respect you will take into consideration, and will support in earnest his benevolent intentions towards the country. The Government will also submit to you propositions concerning the army ; they are founded on our duties towards the Germanic Confe deration, which has the high mission to regulate, and maintain the general force of the armies of our com mon country of Germany. A conscientious anxiety for the internal and external safety of the state, the prin ciple which demands that the State should be powerful in order to defend the rights of all Germany like our own ; the political duty of never exposing ourselves to be taken unawares by events, and paralysed in our means of action ; all these considerations permit no hesi tation nor useless reflection. His Majesty hopes that THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1841. you will not lose sight of these considerations, and that you will faithfully second in this respect the benevolent efforts of his Majesty for the general good. In order to attain these different objects new demands of credits are indispensable, but his Majesty hopes that it will not be' necessary to burthen the State with new taxes. God bless the King ! God bless this happy country ! In the name of the King, and by virtue of the powers which I hold from his Majesty, I declare the ,Session open."- The French JournalsOf Tuesday have duly reached us. In our Summary we have recorded their opinions upon the only political subjects in their editorial columns. What general news they contain we give in the following extracts:— Our Correspondent at Toulon, writes to us on the 2d— " The ships are taking in six months provisions, and making every other preparation for sailing on the Bth, at latest. Thus Admiral La Susse will have under him six ships of the line, the Calypso frigate, two sloops, three brigs, and a steam-ship. This is a good divi sion for a Rear-AdMiral ; but we shall still be infe rior to the English, who have twelve ships of the line at Malta and in the Levant, which have been reinforced by the Monarch, and soon will be joined by the ,Queen. We have remaining at Toulouse three three-deekers, and five two-deckers, but two of these are under repair, and three are armed en flute, so that Admiral Hugon has only a disposable force of three ships armed en guerre. Admiral La Susse's instructions are said to be to cruise off the mouth of the Dardanelles, so as to prevent the Turkish fleet from coming out, or at least from attacking Greece or Tunis. The Diademe of the line has sailed with 500 men for the 61st Regi ment of the line, and 500 for the 3d Light Infantry. both of which are in the province of Constantine, but these detachments are not sufficient to fill up the voids, which will require 300 more for each regiment. Every year the regiments in Africa are reduced one-third of their effective force by death, by leave granted to inva lids, and by final discharge from service. Troops are daily coining in from the surrounding villages. Two additional battalions are about to be sent to the 19th of the line. If Tlemecen and the camp of Tafna are to be again occupied, an additional effective force of 6,000 men will be required before the spring."—Courrier Francaiv. A Royal' Ordinance, of the 2d of December, creates the Bishopric of Cambray into a metroplitan see, with the Bishopric of Arras as a suffragan, and authorises the publication in France of the Bull given at Rorie to this effect. By a second ordinance, of the same date, the Arch bishop of Rodez is nominated Archbishop of Cambrai.— Moniteur. A private letter from Bayonne states that two im portant measures have just been taken by the Regent of Spain, viz., the dissolution of- the Cortes, and the change of the Ministry. Senor Olozaga, the Spanish Ambassador at Paris, :s to be the President of the future Council of Ministers. General Rumigny is to set out for Toulon to-day, He takes with him M. Bourbaki, captain of infantry ; M. Dejean, officer of cavalry, son of General Dejean, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. Lamartine arrived at Paris yasterday.—Consti tutionnd, The son of the Prince of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barche fell, who was a navel cadet in the service of Denmark died at Copenhagen, on the 20th ult. The Danish Couri has gone into mourning on the occasion. Tile Imperial Family- of Russia have moved into St • Petersburgh for the winter, from Zarskoe Zelo. The Brussels Independant states, that M. de Potter has been summoned before the examining Magistrate to undergo an interrogatory concerning the late conspiracy. Colonel Schenofski, commandant of the company of veterans, has been examined on the same affair. The Gazette de France, in quoting further advices from Monaco, but without dates, says that the broad monopoly has been actually abolished by the Princ6, that several imposts, against which the people had long protested, have been modified. It adds, that the nota- bilities of the State are now endeavouring to obtain the establishment of ruanicipalities ; that everything has passed with perfect order, and that the changes have been effected by the simple accession of the Prince to the wishes of the people. iita.Gl AN v UM:SS—Simians, Dim 7. Actual Debt. 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cslit ...... Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.... 3per Cent. Thirty-seven. _ ---- <1340) lOl Loan of City, 1932,4 per Cent. 97 Society ca Commerce, 4y; per Cent — Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 74 NationalSeciety. SION Exchange on London (shoat) — —Brussels Papers, Dec. 7. AUSTRIAN FUNDS....VISNNA, Nov. 211. five per Coate. Metalliquea Fear per Cents. 00000 ....... 000000000 ................... 0000000000 99N Three per Cents. Bank Shares ............. ........................... ....Allgemeine Zulu's:. Doc. 3. DIMINUTION IN THE SALE OF CHEAP PUBLI CATIONS.—We are given to understand that, in consequence of the distress, a considerable fall ing off has taken place in the sale of those light and cheap papers which the working classes were in the habit of buying for their instruction or recreation. We are inclined to look on the falling off in the sales of such luxuries as a more certain indication of the' distress of the people than the reduction of the excise duties, which are levied chiefly on the necessaries, or on the supposed necessaries of life, and which will only fall off as the population are starved out right. If such works as those published by the Messrs. Chambers, the Penny Magazine, and Cleave's Penny Gazette, &c., &c., should diminish in sale, that would be an index to the deteriorating condition of the people, which it would be judicious, we think, to put the public in possession of. Tradesmen of various ki n d s , who deal in the little luxuries of the po or , can , if they will, throw much light on the condition of the people, by stating the progress of their own business. _ _ We hear that the Infant Prince is to be named Albert Edward, after his Royal father and grandfather, and that the Queen Dowager and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg are to be sponsors.— Brighton Gazette. DISTRESS IN S PITALFIELDS. The Lord Mayor said yesterday, at Man sion -house, that he felt the highest gratification in announcing that he had received the following liberal contributions for the relief of the dig tressed people in Spitalfields, within the last two days : From W. Body, Esq., of Mark-lane, 50/. From the Rev. J. H. Fisk, of Norwich, through the London and Westminster Bank, 2001. From Richard Wood, Esq., through the house of Child and Co., 1001. From Mr. Justice Bosanquet, through the house of Bosanquet and Co., 50/. From John Hall, Esq., of Weston Colville, Linton, Cambridgeshire, 50/. (1 -- ay ( , at noon, westerly.' LLOYD'S LONDON, THIS DAY.) D E c S . 9. —Wind this 1 DEAL, DEC. B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Hebden, west ward; Pomona and Ralph Wylam, Newcastle, for Africa. Arrd. from the River, Herschel, Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, DEC. B.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W.— Arrd. Hermes, Oliphant, New York; Paragon, Montreal, with part of cargo thrown overboard ; Brockshire, Bar clay, Quebec. Arrd. off, Douro ; Governor, James, Rio de la Haehe—sailed Oct. 28. BEAUMARIS.—Arrd. St. Mary, Liverpool, Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. off, Fort William, China—sailed June 10 ; Galatea, Madras. CowEs, DEC. B.t—Arrd. Saladin, M`Kenzie, Valpa raiso, with loss of bulwarks, &c. SWANAGE, DEC. B.—Several portions of materials have been saved from the wreck of the Edward, of Granville. WEYMOUTH, DEC. B.—The stern board of a vessel, marked Juliana, Hamhurgh, has been picked up at Port,. land. SALCOMBE, DEC. 6.---Arrd. Lily, River de Colla. PLYMOUTH, 'DEC. B.—Wind W.N.W.—It has blown a gale at W.N.W. all night, and continues. FALMOUTH, DEC. 7.—Wind W., strong gales and squally.—Arrd. off William Hunnington, Miramichi, with decks swept. Put back, Braganza steamer, for Vigo, with boilers burst. The cargo of the Orient is landing with all possible despatch ; the water in her hold has been reduced to 2 feet. JERSEY, DEC. 6.—Arrd. Rollo, Messina ; Christiana, White, Quebec. SCILLY, DEC. 7.—Two boats marked on the stern Hero of Dundee, Patrick, were picked up here 26th nit. SWANSEA, 7.—Arrd. Juliet, Signet, Valparaiso; Maria Hurdy, Jobson, Cuba. CLYDE, DEC. 6.—Arrd. Matthew Ruy, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Perthshire, Pictou; Halyards, Deme rara ; Romulous, Quebec. WATERFORD, DEC. s.—Arrd. Perseverance, Newport, with loss of sails, bulwarks, cargo shifted, and leaky. STROMNESS, DEC. 2.—The William, of Stockholm, for Brazil has been repaired, and will proceed. HULL, DEC. B.—Wind W.—Arrd. Richard, Shields, with loss of foretopmast. OFF LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 7. Maria and Elizabeth, Stonehouse, Richibucto. YARMOUTH, DEC. B.—The smack Defiance, of Green wich, whilst lying to off Croiner yesterday, was run foul of by the Alert, of Whitby, and sunk ; crew saved ; the latter was run ashore on Wednesday leaky. THE SABBATH WORSHIPPERS.—we are glad to find one Edinburgh paper, at least, denouncing these hypocrites with becoming spirit. In the Observer, of Tuesday, is the following notice of the case brought before the Arbroath Inquisition, which was reported at length in The Sun :—" In this single case we have sonic of the rarest elements of clerical oppression. A member of the Established Church is debarred from the privileges of the Church by a petty p aroc hi a l despot, for burying his child on a Sunday, and th e ma j or ity of a Presbytery attempt to protect the ty rant by s hutting up such pro ceedings from public indig na ti on . Both acts are alike unlawful, and the case, doubtless, will lead the people of Scotland to scout the professions of our itinerant orators of reverence for' Christian privileges' and popular rights.'" DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A SHARK.--We are extremely sorry to have to announce the death, under very melancholy circumstances, of Captain J. R. Lumsden, of the 63d Native I n f an t r y, Senior Assistant to the Commissioner of Arraean. He was bathing, as usual, at Khyook-Phyoe, on the morning of the 26th of Septem ber, when a shark carried off his leg, and very soon af terwards the unfortunate officer was a corpse.—lndian Paper. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND publtr Optitton. " Who runs may read." POTLEIGN. The Constitutionnel of Tuesday states that the Regent of Spain has resolved to dissolve the Cortes and to change the Cabinet. M. Olozaga is to be President of the Council of the new Ministry. The National denounces as infamously partial and dis graceful the indulgences and honours heaped, upon Christina Munoz and the abettors of her treason by the French Government. - The Madrid journal the Espectador, having stated that there has been no negotiation between Great Britain and Spain for a treaty of commerce, the Temps contradicts the assertion as follows :—" We are assured that not only have there been serious negotiations on this sub ject, but that this moment, perhaps, the treaty is actually signed ; and if it b e no t signed, the signature has only been postponed by some incident which has recently taken place, and baulked the hopes of the British Ambassador at the Court of Madrid. The treaty once signed, the English Government would no longer have any objection to make to a Congress on the affairs of Spain, and Lord Aberdeen would lend his concur rence to the other Powers even at the risk of being ac cused of ingratitude . towards Espartero. The policy of England has never been one of sentiment. It calculates the utility of the moment, and invariably sacrifices men to things." The Presse has the following remarks on the same statement of the Espectador :—" The greatest satire upon this treaty is the clandestine way in which its promoters and partisans have acted. For four years past they have constantly thought themselves on the point of seeing their efforts crowned with success, and yet they have always been compelled to disavow in public what they had been carrying on in private. The history of these checks would be a curious one, and there is a certain person connected with the Spanish Embassy who could take upon himself better than any body else to write it. As we also know something of it, and of the obstacles which have been in the way of the treaty, we shall not cease to urge the parties in Spain whose interests are menaced by this treaty to remain on their guard, and not to be deceived by the contradictions which have been given as to the ex istence of negotiations. We regard the statement of the Espectador, not as a proof that there have been no nego tiations on the subject, but as a condemnation beforehand of what may be done, or perhaps has already been done by secret diplomacy." The Commerce has an article on the fortifications. It says :—" The fortifications at Paris, although scarcely commenced, have already produced the most disastrous results ; but we have yet to become acquainted with the disastrous consequences of this odious project to national power and prosperity. We can, however, at the 'present moment, assert, that it has been the ruin of most of those who have had to do with it, and almost all the contractors are in a state of bankruptcy. The unpopularity of this act of madness to which posterity can give no name, if, as we hope, it will not be completed, is extreme in the depart ments, where it is justly regarded as a gulph which swal lows up the wealth and liberties of France." The Debats, alluding to the sentence upon Mr. Smith for the Exchequer bills fraud, makes the following ob servations :—" It is impossible to read without emotion the repentant confession of a man who appears to have been criminal from weakness of character rather than depravity of nature, and who has been the victim and the prey of minds stronger and more corrupt than his own. We are far from desirous of en couraging the unfortunate tendency of the present day to feel sympathy for offenders of a certain cast, and if we direct attention to the defence offered by Smith, it is because it was couched in the becoming language of hu mility. We perceive in this affair the eternal fact of human weakness, the history of an unfortunate man, who, having once deviated from the straight path, finds'him self at the mercy of men more bold than himself, and exposed to a power which he is unable to resist." The Hanoverian States were opened on the 2d inst. PUBLIC OPINION, , - The Morning Post contains the following observatiofis, which occur in a leading article on the conduct of the Whig and Tory party during the last six or eight years:— "rn the propriety of the new views of opposition now expressed by a legal organ of Whig-Radicalism, we fully concur; the difficulty is to believe that they will be acted upon. It is hard for men to break through the long confirmed habits of their political lives, and without this the Whig-Radicals cannot possibly proceed in. the path which their own organ has pointed out. We are now told that the struggle is to be for good measures from any Government, and 'that the attainment of these mea sures is to be made sure of ere a question shall arise about the men by whom they are to be proposed. Again, we say, this is very well as a theory, and we shall be glad to see it acted upon in practice ; but we fear that the leading Whig-Radicals will find it quite impossible, at this period of their political lives, to begin a course of action so totally new to them as this would unquestionably be."—This sneer at the Liberal party, as if, notwithstanding their declaration to the contrary, they were anxious only to regain power for themselves, comes with a peculiar ill grace from a Tory journal. Who was it that so dis interestedly supported all Sir Robert Peel's Law Reforms, when some of his own party, if not absolutely hostile, were lukewarm ? Who helped him through his diffi culties on the Test and Corporation Acts ? Who pre vented him from foundering, and kept him safely afloat on the Catholic Question ? In fine, who supported him, careless of their own personal interests, in every public measure he projected that seemed likely to do good ? Who, but the Liberal Opposition in Parliament, b u t f or whose timely and disinterested assistance, he must have lost all influence as the leader of a great party? Had it not been for the Liberals, Lord Eldon, and the bigoted section of the Tories would have been too strong for Sir Robert ; and he would,have miscarried in all his judi cious schemes of improvement. It is not, therefore, for a Tory journal to taunt the Liberals with interested motives. The Herald thus expresses itself on the subject of Lord Dungannon's late letter respecting the Oxford Pro fessorship of Poetry :--" When the Noble Lord says of Popery, that it is not at:the present time the monster of my apprehensions. An evil of a very opposite, yet not less dangerous kind, is making rapid strides, I mean Puritanism; and let us well beware whether in seeking to escape an imaginary Scylla we are not falling into a real Charybdis,' he is dealing with a metaphor more irrele vant than anything he condemns in the matter or the mode of the anti-Puseyite controversy. He himself allows that there is one alternative in this case which is a prefer able one. We should be puzzled for .our option between Scylla or Charybdis--even if favoured with an additional candidate for our choice in the analogous, though less: clas sical vortex of the Maelstrom. But in sober parlance what is the phantom alternative which Lord Dungannon thinks he sees if Puseyism be discouraged in the stern manner in which we hope to see it rebuked ? Not between two gulfs, or three ; but between Popery and Calvinism, which latter he seems actually to consider identical with Puritanism. May we ask his Lordship whether, at this game of three competitors, the Established Church of the empire, alone, is not allowed a seat ? Cannot Puseyism be avoided, or Popery abjured, without re course to Calvinism as the only ' third term ?' "—The dispute about the Oxford Professorship is, without ex ception, the most ridiculous that ever set wise men by the ears together. It is as absurd as the squabble about the " Homorision " and the " Homoorision," that so long convulsed the Catholic world. The qualifications for the Professorship are the only things lost sight of, while everything that is utterly irrelevant to the matter is diligently brought forward, and as diligently insisted on. The Times refers as follows to the late African expe dition :—" Let any one read the authentic details which we published on Tuesday, and then say if this infatuated enterprise be not sufficient to consign African philan thropy to everlasting ridicule and scorn. Compassion for the unhappy sufferers who have lost their lives and health in this mad scheme, will doubtless be extensively felt ; but how can the wretched charlatans who have occasioned the mischief be regarded with any other feelings than those of disgust and in aignation ? The expedition, as we confidently pre dicted, has turned out a complete failure. Disease and death have attended its movements throughout. A judicial miasmatic infection is blighting it at every stage. And what is to be the upshot? Why, your humane philanthropists, who always contrive to keep in sound skins at home, will relentlessly persevere in pam pering their own vanity and self-importance, till their thinned and diseased agents are hardly able to wor k t h e vessels in which they have jeopardied their existence. A lavish expenditure of money and life, involving no personal sacrifices, will not easily discourage such imper turbable nerve as Sir Fowell and Co.'s. But what will the country say to all this? Sooner or later the preten sions of these philanthropic canters will find their proper level. It is really sickening to think of them." The Advertiser says :—" The sudden termination of the proceedings against the parties in custody on the charge of having been concerned in the forgery of Ex chequer bills, has naturally caused the greatest dissatis faction in the public mind, for it is evident that disclo sures which ought to have been made, have been checked, if not at the desire, at least by the connivance of the Government. It is all very well for the persons in power to declare themselves satisfied with what has already been divulged to them , but the holders of the forged bills are e n titl e d to demand that every pos sible exertion should be made to bring to justice the individuals by whom the fraud has been carried on, particularly as there seems to be a doubt whether the Treasury will honour the fictitious documents. Even supposing, however, that innocent hold e rs' are not to be allowed to lose, it is clear that the fraud must take effect somewhere ; and if the forged bills are to be paid, the loss will fall on the public, as it must be made good from the resources of the Treasury. Under these cir cumstances we demand t o k now, how the Government can be justified in compromising a matter, over which, as individuals, they have no discretion ; but which, as servants of the public —the really interested party— it was their duty to follow up with the most utter disre gard of persons, and the most earnest vigilance." We quote the following from the Chronicle :—" Some of the active opponents of the Corn-laws have, rather unadvisedly, as we think, turned aside to moot the ques tion of Emigration. It will be quite time enough to discuss Sir Robert Peel's scheme, if indeed he has a scheme, when it shall have assumed some tangible shape. The monopolists are not unlikely, in their wisdom, to dream of exporting a portion of the population, until it is thinned clown to their means of supplying it with food at a profitable rate. But such a plan is obviously impracticable. No extent of emigration would accomplish the result ; for no emigration would relieve our manufactures from that pressure of the restrictive system which weighs upon them like en incubus. Nor is the spirit of the people yet so sub dued by the Tory restoration that they would bear an involuntary emigration, viz., the punishment of trans portation for the crime of having been born in a land that is cursed with Corn-laws. Nor would the Govern ment find' it convenient to raise taxes for defraying the cost. The double burden of paying bread-tax to the landlords, and paying to enable people to run away from bread-tax, would fall rather heavily on those who re mained behind. We may safely wait, therefore, the re sult of any consideration' which Sir Robert Peel may be bestowing, amid the multitude of his thoughts for the coming session, on this subject of emigration." The Dublin Evening Post, alluding to the proposed changes in the Horse Guards, says—•' Lord Hill, at length, retires, and Sir George Murray takes his place. We cannot say. we blame this arrangement. The truth is, we rejoice in it : for it will smooth the way of our friends when they return to power. The services and the advanced age, and, let us add, the quiet and mode rate character of Lord Hill, prevented his removal during the last ten or twelve years, although it was known that his Lordship was Conservative in his tendencies, and Tory in too many of his acts. As to Sir George Murray, when the time comes, there can be no question at all about him. He must troop." The Cheltenham Examiner thus expresses itself on the subject of the Government emigration scheme :—" We made a few remarks on this subject in our last, and in doing so, we ventured to point out some of the objections to which, even at first sight, the plan was liable. Further consideration has only tended to confirm our former opinion and to afford us new ground of dissent from any plan by which Government should seek a temporary re lief for the public distress, in lieu of those wise measures of commercial policy, which offer a more efficacious and less objectionable remedy." The Stockport Chronicle observes :—" The deep and generally pervading distress which is known to exist all over this much-oppressed, priest-ridden, and monopoly cursed country, forms a subject of deep interest and of much inquiry and speculation amongst all classes of the community. Legislators, monopolists, and interested law-makers, judging of coming events by present 6:sha dows cast before, and spurred to action by the porten tous warnings of that terrible crisis, which, as observant beings, they cannot be unaware is fast coming upon them, are profuse in their devises to remedy and to pal liate the evil, but in such manner as must prove unac ceptable with the people at large, and utterly impotent in effecting the object they desire." morfavr-TE4iDE-c 0 IV/ IVI E 1Z C Z . The weekly consumption of bread in our five metropo litan districts, allowing one and a half quartern loaf to each person weekly, is 2,806,090 loaves. The decrease in the exports of printed calicoes during the last half-year, as compared with the corresponding period in 1840. has been not less than 2,500,000 yards. COMMERCIAL REFORM. A meeting took place on Monday IZt at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, forthe purpose of forming an auxiliary Anti-Corn-law Association for that district of the county. Another meeting will complete the purpose. AGRICULTUItiLL: In an account of the prizes of the Smithfield Club is the following history of a Middlesex pig c —" No. 173 Colonel Wood, of Littleton, near Staines, a Middlesex pig, bred by himself, and fed on barley meal, pollard, skimmed milk, and house-wash—silver medal." Has this any reference to the Member for the County? LITERARY AND ECIENTITIC. A new glass tile, of gre a t solidity and transparency, which serves at the same time the double purpose of a tile and skylight, has been invented by a glass-manufac turer at Auzia, in France. Its adoption in this country is unfortunately hindered by the existing expensive Ex cise-laws. The British Association at their last meeting, recom mended that experiments should be made on heated bodies long kept in fusion : in pursuance of which cer tain bodies are at present in the furnace. and will not probably be uncovered for examination before the lapse of ten years. There is now a Splendid model in Rome of the Coli seum restored ; it is in wood, and cost the architect 20 years' labour. One of the Universities, it is said, have been in treaty for it : 1.0001. has been asked. NAVAL AND MILITARY. , The late Brevet will occasion an increased cost to the country of nearly 40,0001. per annum, reducible as the lives fall in. LAW AND POLICE. At Worship-street Mrs. Emma Clarke, a young wi dow, of very lady-like appearance and deportment, was charged by the parish officers of St. Luke's, Middlesex, with having deserted her five children, whose ages varied from four to thirteen years. It appeared that her husband died two years ago, and that since that period she had been leading a very' irregular life, often leaving the children for days together, and had latterly fled to St. Alban's, to escape the parish officers. She was held to bail to appear on a future day. Ann Bowling and Henry Marriott, who pleaded guilty, at the Central Criminal Court, of attempting to commit suicide, at Blackfriars-bridge, have been sen tenced to fourteen days' imprisonment in Newgate. Louisa Stanfield, a laundress, and her husband, charged on Saturday with robbing Mr. M‘Donald, a barrister, re siding in Gardeners'-court, Temple, of plate, valued at 601., were committed yesterday to take their trial. The case of Miss Sophia Darbon, aged 25, against Mr. Rich. Rosser, aged 83;for breach of promise of mar riage, which has occupied the Court of Queen's Bench for the last three days, was last night decided by the verdict of the Jury, which found for the plaintiff damages 1,6001. The stock of 6661. in the Globe Insurance, standing in Miss Darbon's name, will also be enjoyed by her. At the Brentford Petty Sessions, Mr. John Grainger, a highly-respectable and extensive maltzter, at New Brentford, appeared to answer an information preferred against him for an infringement of the Excise laws, whereby he had incurred a penalty of 100/. The pro secution was conducted by the solicitor of the Excise, and the information alleged that the defendant had, in the process of making malt, so compressed it together in the couch, as to defraud the Crown of the duty on seven bushels, amounting to seven half-crowns. The defendant brought witnesses to' prove that the process had been carried on in a fair and legitimate manner, and the Magistrates at once dismissed the information. John Job Ward, convicted of the inhuman murder of his child a few days since, is to be executed on Monday week, the 20th instant. THEATRICAL. The renters of Drury Lane Theatre held a meeting yesterday, when it was stated that the sum of 1,4071.105. 9d. had been secured by the trustees for the renters, whereby they were enabled to declare a dividend of 51., exclusive of the 11. subscribed by them for the expenses. Martin's comedy of A Cure for the Heartache was per formed last night at the Haymarket, for the benefit of Mr. Archer, box book-keeper. The preparations for opening Drury-lane Theatre are proceeding rapidly, and the pit will hold two hundred people more than hitherto. The opening play will be the Merchant of Venice, Mr. Macready taking the part of Shylock. Last night the principal attraction of the Enmlish Opera House performances was a Grand Fantasia of Thalberg's, which was played in a-brilliant style by Miss Bishop. SPORTING. Sir John Cope's hounds met on the Ist instant, at Risley Mill, on .the Duke of Wellington's estate, and were honoured by the presence of his Grace. In the first cover they found a gallant fox, who went off nearly in a straight line to Silchester-walls, thence towards the forest, and back again, l eav i ng Silchester to the left, and thence on to Mortimer-common, where Reynard escaped through several other foxes being started. We are happy to state that the Duke of Wellington continued with the hounds to Mortimer-common, and although it rained hard the whole time, appeared highly delighted with the sport. COURT-FASHIONABLE. The Duke of Norfolk has joined the Earl and Countess of Surrey at the Rookery, near Dorking. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort give an elegant dejeuner on Saturday next, at Badminton. Lord Ward is expected in the course of the week at Mivart's hotel. The Earl of Burlington has arrived in town from Hol kar Hall. The Marquis of Anglesea has returned to Uxbridge House from Hants, and leaves to-day for Beaudesert, Staffordshire. The Earl of Liverpool left Fife House yesterday, for Bucksted Park. Lord and Lady Southampton have returned to Whittle bury Lodge, Northamptonshire, from Woburn Abbey. The Earl of Morton left Harewood House on Saturday for Dalmahoy Castle, Edinburgh. The Earl of Westmoreland was somewhat better yes. terday morning. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. The market was quiet ; shippers and the home trade operated with much caution. Good Bengal Rice at public sale went off at 12s. to 12s. 6d. per cwt. In Raw Sugar a fair business has been done at stiff rates. The imports are fair. TEA. MARKET. The market was dull, but holders were firm. Com pany's Congou i ?; 9id., cash, _ The deliveries keep large, TALLOW MARKET. The demand was dull, but prices were itbady, at 48s. to 48s. 3d. for P.Y.C., on the spot and for4elivery up to the end of the year. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply was abundant, the demand but middling, and prices without alteration. Clover, 31. to 5L 13s. ; Hay, 21. to 41. Bs. ; Straw, 1/. 6s. to 1/. 10s. The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have given notice of their intention to apply to Parliament for leave to arch over, or stop up, the watercourse which at present runs from the Serpentine River to the Thames. This alteration is to be made in order to form the pro posed•road from Knightsbridge to Bayswater, and which will pass over what is termed the " Palace-green" of Kensington-Palace, and which will certainly be the finest ride or drive in the park. As some alteration will pro bably take place in the Palace gardens in consequence of the improvements, the following notice will perhaps be interesting :—Kensington Palace was built by Sir Henry Finch, afterwards Earl of Nottingham, and was sold by the second Earl to William 111., who caused a Royal park to be made to it through Hyde Park. The gardens were then only 26 acres ; Queen Anne added 50 acres, and Queen Caroline took in nearly 300 acres of the park. The gardens are nearly three miles and a half in circumference. The Palace was the frequent re sidence of King William and Queen Mary, G eorge L , and George 11. Her Majesty frequently resided there and the Duke of Sussex has apartments in the Palace H ig n is Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe M e i n . attended by his Chamberlain the Barou de Spessha-rednt, took his departure from Marlborough House shortly be fore twelve o'clock yesterday, for the Continent. EVENING SUN MONEY and COMMERCIA L NE W S • CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.,, LIVERPOOL CorroN MARKET, DEC. B.—The business in the Cotton Market today comprises 2,500 bales onlY, all to the trade, at F r id a y' s quo t a ti o ns. ‘, LIVERPOOL SHARE MAR KE T, DEC. B.—The trap tions reported are i n E as t ern C o unties, ; Grand„ Junction, 200 ; G rea t W estern , half Shares 58 1 ; ur; „ don and Birmingham, 162 ; ditto new, 26 ; 'London an . Brighton, 36} ; Midland Counties, 811. „,. • MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. B.—Ourtn,- ket continues much in th e same s t a t e as yesterday. Lon: don and Birmingham, Qu ar t ers , 221 ; Manchester a n d Leeds, Quarters, 31. 13s. and 31. 12s. 6d. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 25; Bank of M n ll-" Manchester, 41 ; "" chester Assurance Company, 91.35. 9d. THE FUNDS. The Home Securities opened this morning at -0 e closing prices of yesterday. Consols for -the Accoues are now 881 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced! 98f i; Bank Stock, 165 a 1651 ; E xc hequer Bills 10 a 12 premium. an d In the Foreign Market there is no alteration, k scarcely any business doing. Spani s h Active'Swc gi f ; Passive, 5 ; Deferred, 121 i Portuguese per Cents, 33 a 33f ; Ditto, Three per Uents., 19i 211 : i , t. PRICES OP SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE; RAILWAYS, Paid. P' Share. _'aiu. er Great Western ... 65 Ditto New to -- Ditto Fifths - London and Brighton 5O London and Birmingham .. 9O l6l ...... to 16 3 Ditto 1 Shares Ditto New London and Greenwich Manchester and Leeds York and North Midland Ditto New Shares... ..... 7 5 0 0 30...... ;O N E .HALF-PAST o_, The English Market remain without any varlet' !r., and nothing doing. Consols for the Account are 8 8 114. Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 94 ;' /3,,anke: c e r 1651 Three per Cents. Reduced, 8811; -r- 41e v' t1 Bills, 10 12 premium. to 88 In the Foreign Market the transactions have bee n • limited. Spanish Active Stock was last quoted 2-4 l aw Portuguese Five per Cents. 33e ; Dutch Two-en Half per Cents. 51i ; Mexican, 26i. We l The Share Market has generally improved, eA an d the operations have not been extensive, London the Birmingham have reached 163, one per cent. uP 4311 , 440 0 , highest quotation of yeste r d a y. L on d on a nd 1 3 r*, 8 ,8; are steady at 36 to 36k ; Y or k an d N ort h Midlont". oi , Ditto New Shares, 30 4 1 -; Great Western have e1e°,3061 proved 2 per cent. since ye s t er d a y, h av i ng been last " at 88, and the New Shares 59f. QUARTER TO THO o f The public have not yet ceased to regard the Exch e li r i e s , bill affair with interest and attention, and an xious re d, are made as to whether Rapallo has again been eslot n _At or what were the new charges intended to be br:Sb ia against him by Government. It has been star bills bills some quarters that the payment of the, f° l. g e r ; is m is a matter decided on, but even in that case the 3 .`,.„' n- aa nti are only likely to get credit for the measure on the of their wishing to evade further investigation. 2 6/ Consols, 88/ I ; Spanish, 24 I MeXiat i r ' Portuguese Five per Cents., 33k. o ,fl. :ir ACTION OF H YDROC YA- IO ,411 • mei ACID, &c. UPON THE EYE. 1101/1 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIli" 'ng San,—Be so good as give insertio n to the f ° sa ble hints on the effects of hydrocya n i c ac id i n your 01 ' J lt Journal : is a well-known fact that the eyes of those le t h o f been destroyed by hydr oc y an i c acid, for le P g n o of time after death show none of the usual sYl n ,itpgi l dimness ; on the contrary, the eye is clear an d much dilated. This satisfied me that the acid e,l e lva il• specific action upon the eye, which might be o f th e clie s ' able, as a medical agent, for relieving many 0 ' --e eases to which that organ is so subject. it h tll B My first experiment w as un d er t a k en in 1837, g lib it diluted acid, by dipping a s p onge i n t o it, and ru b w iiich on the forehead for the sp ace o f a f ew minutes , gave the skin a very red appearance ; but the paticibos perienced not the least sense of heat, and the PtiPt,pne „I' slightly dilated. I continued to use this with very cornfig' ficial effects in incipient cataract, opacities of the Tht su b'`o inflammation, amaurosis, iritis, &c. Of late A. - l e eirtl l ' stituted the vapour of the concentrated acid to 5 ‘ . 0 409$ with much more decided effect, and without the a n danger. The plan I generally adopt is to put low eios e ounce phial a drachm of the a c id, and hold it in „ a ce contact with the eye, the eyelid b e i n g open, for the 1 of about half a minut e , or un til suc h time as the PD ,t feels a little warmth, or the person holding tb e t l e ve sees the pupil greatly dil a t e d an d the vessels of 4 ' 4 the injected with blood, w hi c h i s th e invariable effect•bulo of application of the acid. The p a ti e nt is not se% tsr pain from this peculiar st a te b e i n g induced, wh c . la ie r pears to mo to result from the powerfully 'ecla t ' s ite fluence of the acid, thereby showing that two oPr d at powers, to wit, stimulating and sedative, are ex ec e ne• the same time, and thereby the uneasiness arising f eat rally from a stimulant alone is prevented. It s / 'i r oat power in removing those diseases chiefly sris e - the the two powers being so blended, and thus enablipi, eye to bear a sufficient stimulating action without leaurie, The person who holds the acid to the eye should be inc ful not to allow the patient to smell it. rile The essential oil of bitter almonds I use for the 6 I diseases. I put two drachms of water to two tire of the oil in an oun c e phi a l, an d h o ld i t i n the sttele:..lf to the eve as the acid, but its e ff ec t s are no t pre': a V alike. The feeling indu ce d by th e oil is soothing , generally relieves all sense of pain, even of tiodouloa r r e e d• without sensibly dilating the pupil, or causing muc h ;01 ness of the eye. I find it very useful in taking ° sir, ,yl the heat occasioned by the hydrocyanic acid. I t r nl . 'l), tti) l your obedient servant, A. TURBNULL, °"' ' 49 Lit. 3 # 48, Russell-square, Sept. 28, 1841. - 4,r If. 4-r1! , • PROSECUTION FOR BLAS. s., • • n g TO THE EDITOR OF THE ti i - e ~i Sia—l request you to give publicity T h . ' t he s recent case of unjustifiable interference w ith tinie e ns of an individual. Charles Southwell, SOraed.cal, print Social Missionary, was the editor of a per i° w ith others, and published by himself, in conjunction he exPlat called " The Oracle of Reason," devoted t ° his own, tion and advoc ac y o f certain opinions of „ he y o urt well as to remarks upon other subjects. the Number contained som e severe comme nts 11 P nn ar rest- ' for which on Saturday, November 27th, he on v i c hedli being charged with having unlawfully sn“ composed, printed, and published, a certain sca nd alja the blasphemous, and profane libel of, anti een, e ltrite Holy Scriptures and the Christian Religo" . .„ o f bat l ' committed to gaol the same evening, i n defan':„ being the lateness of the hour entirely preventing, 17 5, 105 obtained before the Magistrates rose. D al #4 , 5 refo a ever, since been tendered, but the Magistr lt a T i fi e cl, on a two of the three offered, although duly e - t rsio s willing to swear to that effect, and he still r e prison. He is treated in every respect like e c w ith e before trial ; he can personally conununicatk, friend, for a few minutes , three times w ee h i s elb ° kind of cage, with a couple of turnkeys bY _web e r _ . the whole time ; and can likewise send letters ,!:_ verv or , _ subjected to examination by the Chaplain and t. l 4 oe cs,! He has been refused any books save the Bible , v a i ien Morals and Dr. Wiseman's Catholic Lectures, p ro; Pio were taken to him, not being allowed him. S ne efa j, th ,9 ,9 secution at the present time is the more s he e n , _ „rape; dt Puseyites now declaring the Bible not to b it y w or book for indiscriminate circulation, as produ c ,,,,, a s oin e :o l ,,,jlo evil than good ; but for the expression Of Ofinlv d :___l(o ol what similar they have imprisoned my tri e i r n lo7.l., w. Cat' ` v obedient servant, do v oi l 6, Narrow Wine-street, Bristol, Dec. 6, --- - FIRE ESCAPES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SO 0 0 following o t w h i o n s g e iwnho subscribe _ SlR—Win you oblige the Committee by inserting bl i c ~,,, some corner t h o e f ir y m o uorne money Paper, in ay that soe thatthcPO.Lireiattlit ;,,,,,l - 4 i l :, proper management, fire escapes are and may be °` %at, ~ 4 service to the public generally.—Your obedient se r i / . i) $:, A W. J. NE WTO • , 4 ° 1 41, Brewer-street, Golden-square, Dec. 8. Th OW diliff THE LATE FIRE IN PRINCES-STREET.----- e ,-, tee . ;,',l ," mittee of the St. James's Local Society for the Lr e ° n i n g L" t tol' tion of Life from Fire, at their meeting last c v t ors ' : i o:g ibe tho !', 4 0 (Tuesday) voted two pounds to each of the (Dupere and Clark), for their exertions in saving o . ite,, 3 o who , .441 , , life of Mr. J. Millard, sixty-five years of n g e ' tree't ' si p? cupied a portion of Mr. Reeve's house in Princes' s f t he ' ) ,1 Itil it which was burnt on the Ist instant. The exertions ° on cl o po t conductors on this occasion were beyond all preisue' fi re ' 4 had it not been for their timely assistance with til e It escape, a loss of human life would have take p 1 6o the appears that Mr. and Mrs. Millard had escapea w roof by means of the trap-door. ----• .n THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT FLOODS ;i. INUNDATIONS, says Mr. G-. T. Smith, " i s the 31PPr°00 mating conjunction of the two superior planets S 8" b 1 insta and Jupiter, accompanied as they are, in this nce', o f the southern declination of all the planets, the effec' le , which (as far as research will assist and c orn po ison c i o ' n . • termine) has invariably been a decided tendeneY t ° .. ifi tinual rains in summer, and excessive rai ns or 50"tive winter." Mr. Smith adds— . Reasoning n1) 0 A il „ clu ee e d hi principles, some further proof of the effects prou — •dale sou_thern declination may be expected towards the ral ho of September, 1842 ; all th e p l anets but one will then u h , tendency in southern declination from that period. In the 81°I.It al honour y o f t Oct., Nov., and Dec., 1842, there will be a continti— ohhaevainvgy rains." —ted Mr. bSe luigtelinelraayis sctlaatietu 0 7 i t . o weather in 1837 and 1840. If he have such power' thee it in sooner his - ta l ents are made available to the State t he th e H better. He should be constituted Meteorologist to? _. two or :three lion, ome-o ffi ce, and the Legislature might, under his dire!, in such years as 1838-1841, informing all the worle. ula Pass a Corn-law in such years as 1835, and susPe'., require great supplies of food. . rit' years beforehand, that the people vve HER MAJESTY'S SHIP AVON.--Th' P n a r graph, which has- been the round of the papers is i ee r o rectly stated. It was her Majesty's steam skip " Dr ive i c i that got on the rocks near Flamborough Head, and weB, o in all probability have been lost had it not been belti ng" timely assistance rendered by two large steamers .. ing to the General Steam Navigation Compan, [he i• • 0 , The Leith, on her passag e to Edinburgh, a nd to don Merchant, going to Newcastle. We are happyfaie state that by the powerful aid of these two vesse l ' Driver was got off w ithout damage. ]mite dile . L EEDS CLOTH MARKETS. -- T he , last id mand for manufactured goods , which we notice d,g, week, still continues, and no improvement is now ant(:ds pated until after the turn of the year. lie,a v Y, g , o iirej which were in most request, are now scarcely 1. , -i - • after, and it may be presumed that for the finer &sell: tions there will not for some time be any urgent d ew° —York Courant,