The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

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I Evening ll minutes after 5 The Publication of the Evening Edition of Tux SUN Com menced at 10 minutes after Three. tib -. 4 , 4 , , 0 ...,, 4 . 1,- . ..,,, ..„, '' - • t iit4 , 4 4 .7 > .A„, - ,:t .. .. : ; ._. - ''....~.. ":„ . - N-7214,4 0 ., ~,...'itli • -- : . ‘,,:ipt..--" • ' ~,41' :rc..- -. "* - I , k_k" ------ " 5 - " •••.- - „. - . 7. . . , . a--- f%,,,t . 7, 72; . ~. T;se ,§nn. LONDON: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1841. The religious fermentation is not confined to the University of Oxford. It agitates Germany, and troubles even the ruffled waters of the United States. The most untiring Bible readers are growing dissatisfied with the administration Of the Church of England, which, clahning to be a political as well as religion .5 institution, has con tributed nothing to the social welfare and moral improvement of the working classes. Every where the Church of Rome is exercising an in fluence hitherto unfelt since the period of the Reformation. The New York papers loudly complain that the Roman Catholics in that State regulate all their political movements by the direction „:the Cathol;c Bishop, who, under the plea of watching over time education of children, or advancing some,. religious object, contrives to ieid an immettselx.)lCti ca l power. In Prussia, two Prelate.; set the laws of the Monarchy at defiance for upwards of two years, and in the end were almost more than a match for the Sovereign. In Bavaria, the bishop of Passau has not only disobeyed the commatal s of the Kind, but read his Majesty a theological lc; titre, which ther, is ;to danger or his speedily fete gettin g . The given Dowager of Bavant t universally respected for her wreat kindness ' t ' ) t h e Poor, and ber many otheivirtues, recemly died as sh e h ad lived, in •, the Reform ed religiol• The Kiog or d ered a solemn funeral serviceto be perfor me d for her in % all the principal churches of Bava r i a . 'W hen • this mandate, dictated by filialps!:t t was com ,. that pro u d munieated to the Bishop of I , as ~ , . priest addressed a pastoral l e tter to the cler gy • his diozese, of which tlieptir,oort may be gathered from the first p tragraph; whicit is as fullow3 • iu " A desire may be felt by many i n trusted iii our eese with the cure of souls to know what description of ri religious ceremony ought to be performed on the occa -A eiou of the lamented death of her Alajosty thi Queen man Dowager ; thereio and com re acquaint . the entire clergy of the diocese of Passau to abs. ..n.t d this present case from Church religious observances of very kind. such, according to the prescriptions of our Holy Church, being only mual in cases of the decease of members in,..orporated in the same. We especially for bid the off;•ring of the sacrifice of the mass, under pain of suspension, and the putting up the prayers usual in the Catholic Church for its deceased members." The : Church of Rome does not pray for the souls of dead bei•etics. This, in the fewest w ore, is the sum and substance of this pastoral address. As Reformers deny the efficacy of prayer s for the dead, it would have been as well :had such a Ruval iimodate not been addressed 'to the Roman Catholic priesthood. Still, having `been 5 0 addreszed, the bold defiant attitude assumed thc.) Bis!!op in rejecting it, savours Qt-R(11 u in the palmiest days of her power. The Archbishop of VIENNA has addressed a pastoral letter to his clergy, forbidding them to celebrate any marriage between a Catholic and a Protestant, unless the parties first agree to educate their children in the Catholic faith. I. Is further stated to be the bounden duty of the Roman Catholic husband or wife to make a con vert of her or Lis heretical helpmate. Here is food for more troubles in Germany, for the Ger man Lutherans are never slow to retaliate any blow coming from Rome. There, too, Mysticism —a sort of German Puseyism—i s at.work ; • and bardly is there a single university in the German States in which Mysticism h as not made exten sive inroads. Some of them regard the Bible as a book of symbols ; and, by the majority of them, many of the traditions of the Roman and for the Total and Immediate Repeal of the Corn laws," of the rental of 100 parishes in Scotland, which had increased, in the forty-five years pre ceding 1840, from 287,1391. to 744,2731. Now, whatever portion orthat increase might have arisen from the industry of the tenants, farmers, and labourers, it is clear that the mere owners and receivers of the rent, as such, did nothing whatever to promote the increase, which was mainly due to the stimulus given by the progress of the manufacturing population. The landlords have been enriched by the labours of those millo crats whom these Journals now most ungrate fully reproach with their wealth. Amongst the millocrats are to be found a num b2r of ingenious inventors, and one and all of them plan, arrange, and carry into effect the vast operations of which they are at the head. They do not enrich themselves without creating a great quantity of employment for the people, and in all the new arts they have brought for ward wages Lave necessarily been higher than in the old arts. They have thus conferred great benefits on the public, while they hay, enriched themselves. The recipients of ren have only lived hi splendour on the fruits of other men's industry. The millocrats have no especial protection from the Legislature, farther than the common protection given to all property. They have passed no laws to tax the people for their ad vantage. They have grown rich by their own exertions, with the exertions of the people, vlioin hey have organized, instructed, and employed landlordz, on the contrary, have had special eetion, and exemption from taxation ; they passed laws to tax the people for their ad age; they have kept their wealth, or added by oppression ; and have only plagued the Community by passing a number of bad laws in in return for the wealth the community has be stowed on them. [ - )rotc 0 it, Moreover, ti:e millocrats are under no obliga tion to the State fur their wealth ; they have ac quired it by their oxn exertions. On the kind lords the State has bestowed the land, and has coupled the gift with conditions for the advan tage of the public, which the landlords have evaded. Without therefore, entering into any defence of the millocrats, as the Times calls them, against the people, we can unhesitatingly assert, that, as contradistinguished from the landlords, t h e y are as light to darkness. The wealth -of t he one is.mainly the result of honest industry, the wealth of the . other i s tile offspring of disho nesty- and extortion. i The ' , Ton are The contest' at Oxford i s of im portance as 1 from an i n _ Present system dm. sign of the tines. Men's.opi n i ons la rel . • ' ' no more settled than in -politics• useyite scheme has sprung, like Chartism, is here at stinctive conviction that the notanswer its intended pn rpose. Protestantism has given birth to Dissent, and has not secured - mo rality ; the Catholic Church in unity an end, and the people are no t faithful to their pastors, so the Puseyites dig down to some old foundations in order to rebuild the Catholic Church in unity. Our political system has, in like manner, given birth to much distress; it has failed in its object, so far as the working classes are concerned, of securing their property and promoting their prosperity, and like the Pu seyites, they go down to old tbundations, in order to reconstruct society. Puseyism in the Church, Chartism in the State, are both symptoms of the same disease—namely, a felt and general convic tion that the present system is inefficacious and untenable. - . It is quite dear from the mass of Dissent, and the growth of infidelity in the country, that the Church no longer supplies, if ever it did supply, Greek Churches are held to be co-equal in that resting place for man's faith, and that guide authority to th e p reee pts o f that sac i et t vo h ulie . ; to man's . hope, which the mind re(ittires, and ever The mind of a g reat p ar t o f E u rope is fist Seeks till it is obtained.. It is equally clear front losing its moorings both in religion and pontic :. the mass of political discOntent, an d the perpe- Safe anchorage for the soul, the Oxford divines Mal fitult-finding- in detail of M..)st of our laws teach, is not to be found within the pale of the and institutions, even by Tory writers, that our Church of England; and the condition of the political system no longer commands the confi working classes of this country is such as to take deuce or the nation, or • gives the people that away from them all confidence in the wisdom , sense of security which essential to po and beneficence of an Administration not directed ' litical repose and peaceful industry. Which by themselves. It is a singular phenomenon in ever way the election at Oxford may be de the history of the world to see Oxford re-robed eided, and whichever party may momentarily in superstitions too dark for the cloisters of Sa- triumph in the State, this great discrepancy be lamanca—to see the chain with which Popery tween the public mind and the Church, and the bound Imperial Spain, but which that nation has pnblic mind and the State, will not be removed nobly burst and cast from her, attempted to be nor lessened. Till they be adjusted, however— rivetted by a knot of recreant priests upon the which we will be bold to say will require much neck of Protestant England. And yet such is the time, and will not be accomplished by the Tory spectacle now presented to astonished Europe. method of bringing the public mind into ac cordance with Church formulas, and diverg ing, warped, and shattered institutions, but by rectifying them in accordance with the progress of knowledge—till the Church and the State arc made to answer the great objects of supplying a resting place for faith, and giving a sense of se curity, theagitation in Church and State, whether it assume the form of Puseyism and Chartism, or any other forms, will not come to an end. Those Tory Journals, such as the Morning Post and the Times, which support Puseyistn in the Church, seem to us somewhat in consistent in reprobating Chartism in the State. Both are the offspring of the same Principle, and both are equally disturbers of established institutions. It is of no use for Mr. PA LATER and the Post to protest that the Tracta rians are only going back to the strict letter of the Rubric and the old ways of the primitive Church, for they disturb the present order of things in the Church, which has settled down to a foundation very different from the Rubric and the primitive Church. They are the authors of schism, though they assert for themselves that they are true members of the Catholic Church. Their Church is avowedly not the Protestant Church of England; they assert it is not the Papal Church of Rome, but a Catholic or Universal Church, buried under the pompous Church of England and the meagre tabernacles of Dis sent, which they have exclusively found in digging down to the foundations. In truth, then, the Catholic Church of the Pusey ites is a Church of their own discovery and creation, such as other people say never be fore existed, and which is as little likely to answer the purposes of the Church as the Papal usurpa tion and its Anglican offspring. As yet its uni versality embraces only some hundred or two of crotchetty, fidgetty, ambitious priests; and till they obtain for it the assent of the majority of the clergy and laity, however much they may be delighted with their own faith, they must suffer under the charge and the penalties of The Journals of the landlords have of late taken to abuse the millocrats, as the Times calls the intelligent men who pla❑ and arrange, each in his sphere, the whole manufacturing system, and direct the exertions of numerous bodies of workmen. Their great and recently acquired wealth is made a reproach to them. They are charged both with neglecting and oppressing their labourers. They are held up to odium as extortioners, mere money getters, who think of nothing but how much toil they can extort for the smallest possible reward. They are accused of tasking infancy beyond its powers, and of al lowing it no holidays, of withholding adequate wages from the able-bodied, and denying solace and relief to those whose toils in their service have caused premature decay. Some, of these charges, and, in individual cases, perhaps, all of them, are true. It cannot be de nied that, amongst the millowners, though some are as mild and benevolent as Mr. STRUT; there are others who are insensible to all generous feelings. They share, to a large extent, it must be admitted, the general vice, and steadily pur sue their way to wealth, whatever may be the cost to humanity. Public events, as well as private circumstances, have proved that many swollen and bloated cotton lords have surpassed the lords of the soil in arrogance, rapacity, and pride. The complaints of the Truck, and Tom and-Jerry shops whichweie noticed in the Legis lature, still find an echo,in various parts of the country, and prove that some masters are more intent on getting wealth by plundering their workmen, than by improving the arts, and reduc ing the cost of the articles they manufacture. They have undoubtedly been too prone to imitate the rapacity of the landlords, and, in gathering in their own bountiful harvests, have not only left nothing for the poor to glean, but have some times carried off their share of the crop, and re fused to pay them for their toil. For several years there has •been an avowed contest in England between capital and labour, and the advantages,which have generally been on the side of the former, have not often been used with moderation. The combinations or unions amongst the workmen, against which the masters have said so much, have completely failed to prevent excessive competition, and to keep up the rate of wages. The present condition of the labouring classes is a conclusive proof, that the efforts of the labourers to defend them selves and improve their condition, have not been successful. If their combinations could have effected that object, which we believe they could not, every reflecting man would regret their failure. But as they have failed, and as the capitalists have been almost uniformly suc cessful, it is clear that the labourers have been in the long run at their mercy, and must have accepted the terms their masters chose to offer them. In saying a few words in defence of the millocrats, as the Times calls them, we are far from intending to become their champions as against the labouring classes, but rather wish to contrast their conduct and situation with those of the landlord, and show how much more they deserve of the community than the landed aris being schismatics. Like the Puseyites, the Chartists protest that they are only going back to the strict letter of the Constitution and the old ways of their Saxon ancestors. They are, nevertheless, held to be disturbers, even by the Post. And the same Journal which protects the Puseyite schismatics as great religious teachers, would hang the Char tists for seeking to restore our ancient political system. The Chartists, like the Puseyites, assert for themselves, that they have discovered the true political system, but being as yet in a minority their leaders are treated, like Messrs. NEWMAN and PUSEY, as ambitious adventurers, intent on gratifying their own personal ambition, not on making the people free and happy. When Chartism becomes the creed of the majority, it will be our political system, but till then the Chartists, like the Puseyites, will suffer under the charge of being political disturbers. That .Pusey ism will heal the disorders in the Church, and Chartism rectify the disorders in the State, is no faith of ours. Neither Dr. PUSEY nor Mr. F. O'CoNNon appears to us to be the religious or political LUTHER whose advent is now expected by many persons. That we need reformers both in Church and State is undoubtedly true, but they must proceed on the great principle of BACON and LOCKE, that the material world, to which we refer every thought as a test of truth, always corrects, and must ultimately model the mind after itself, not on the principle that the mind can be modelled by some cunning political contrivance, or by tl.e meagre and imperfect knowledge which the Puseyites may extract from the Fathers. tocracy. If the niillocrats have enriched themselves, as the Times reproaches them with having done, they have also contributed very much to enrich the landowners. The rental of the country, par ticularly in the neighbourhood of the towns they have called into existence, has been amazingly increased. An elaborate account was some time ago _published in a paMphlet, called " A Plea The Madrid Journals of the Bth inst. hay been received. That day being observed as a religious festival, the House was closed. The Madrid Gazette publishes the text of the Decree fir the dissolution of the Royal Guard, ‘vhich we omit, as the substance of it appear. ed. in The Sun of yesterday. Spain is tranquil, except in the matter of jobbers, which the Go vernment will soon suppress. The Auysburyh Gazette - of the 11th has Trieste letters of the 4th, announcing - the receipt in that port of advices from Athens up to the 27th of November. On the 25th a general meeting of the shareholders of the National Bank took place under the d'residency of the Ministers of King Otho, and in the presence of the Bishop of Attica and of the holy Synod. M. Pe trales, the Minister, addressed the Assembly, pointing out the advantages which would accrue for the pros • perity of Greece owing to the c;tablishm e nt o f thi s b an k . A provisional Board o f Directors was then named, and business was to commence on January 13, 1842, before which period the shares were to be paid up. Two transactions took place on the 7th in the Three per Cent. at 221 for cash, and 231 at 60 days. The operations in the Five per Cents., 21 in number, amounted to 17,290,000 reals, and were done for cash at 344 and at 34#g at GO days. The disgraceffilly, or rather infamously con ducted trial of QUENISSET and his accomplices, is beginning to excite considerable interest in Paris. This arises, according to the re ports in the Paris Journals of Wedne:,•- diy, from a disgraceful incident that took cc in the Chamber of Peers on the pre ceding day. The evidence for the prosecution had been over fur some days; several tnembers of the bar had been heard in defence of one or other of the accused. M. CREMIEUX, the cele brated Jewish advocate, was addressing the Court in defence of the prisoner DUFAUR, when the Procureur-General HERBERT rose and said that he had more evidence to bring forward which he had kept back for this stage of the trial. At thia unprecedented proceeding the French Jeffries PASQUIER chuckled with delight, and at once al lowed the evidence to be broUght ibrward. No thing could exceed the astonishment and indigna tion of the Counsel for the accused. They saw at a glance that the Court was determined to find tin prisoners guilty.. The Correspondent of the Poet, who has attended carefidly to the trial, and particularly to the case of DU.POTY, Editor of the Journal du Peuple, against whom the Court is labouring- to establish a charge of con structive- treason, thus refers to the scandalous proceedings of that tribunal : The fate of Dupoty is a most important affair. As for Quenisset and the ruffians associated with hint in the at tempted assassination of the Royal Princes, they sink into perfect insignificance, compared with the decision of the Peers as to the editor of the Journal du Peuple. The ques tion of his guilt or innocence is not discussed, for it is pre tended that the conviction of a member of the revolu tionary press has become • one of imperative necessity. The Procureur-General will to-day or to-morrow, in his suiaming up, consecrate all his energies to • en sure a verdict against I)apoty, and my belief is that he will be found guilty of the conspiracy to over turn the Government. Count Mole has already de clared fop his conviction, and the immediate partisans of the King have been most active in their exertions to convinc e the Peers of the absolute urgency of find ing Dupoty guilty. M. Barthe, ex-Minister of Jus tice, has. been particularly active. • Some Peer said to "'the, " now can you urge this affair so strenuously —you who were implicated in -so many conspiracies, and it is known that the minutes - of a proclamation in the affair of General Berton, in your own handwriting, are i n ex i stence ?" Barthe replied with great sang p oid, " The more fools were the Bourbons to have left my head on my shoulders, but we, at all events, will not make these mistakes." The we of course applies to the existing dynasty. In short the mo ment so long expected has arrived, and the war between the press and existing Government will become one of life and death to one or the other. This is the - ruling idea of the King, and he is supported powerfully by the P e ers. Royer Collard predicted that the Upper Chamb(r, at the time when the September laws were under dis cussion, would become the Cour Prevotale, and it is. but THE SUN,' LONDON, :FRIDAY,' DECEMBER 17, 1841 the other day that a Peer exclaimed in the Council s`deon, " This must be. our Star Chamber."— Con s-a Etal. •If Dupoty- be condemned, and the ma jority for his coii,lction is declared to be certain,'he will be sentenced to at least ten years' imprison ment, and a very large minority will even vote for his deportation or transportation, which is confinement for life in a fortresc, - as France has no colonies for cri minals. The vigour of the Government will be success ful, for the present race of Liberals, whether they be De puties or Redacteurs, will not dare to resist : the sentence. It will be Saturday before the verdict of the Peers can be made known, and the Gover . nment is looking for the result with intense anxiety, as the conviction of Dupoty will be followed by other press prosecutions. While M. CREMIEUX was addressing the Court on Tuesday in defence of DUPAUR, he was vio lently interrupted by QUENISSET. The PRE SIDENT was silent, but the distinguished ad vocate, turning round upon QUENISSET a look of indignation, exclaimed, " conviCted assassin ! Do you dare to inter rupt the defence of one you have denounced?" The wretch crouched down, and.even the PRE SIDENT looked abashed at the rebuke thus indi rectly given to him. An unfortunate accident occurred, a few days ago, at Diekirch, in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. A pub lic dinner was given there in celebration of the birth-day of the King of Holland, and during the repast a warm discussion was entered into by the guests on the proposed adjunction of the Grand Duchy- to the German Customs Union. One of the persons present, a functionary high in the administration of the Grand Ducal domains, be came so excited against a medical man, sitting next him, that he plunged his knife into his opponent's heart, and killed him on the spot. He was immediately arrested. This is the account given by the Observateur of Brussels, but the Echo de Luxembourg gives a very different ver sion ; it states that it was the result of an accident in opening a bottle of champagne. The celebrated German sculptor, Danneker, died at Suttgardt on the Bth inst. A - letter from Bordeaux, in the Debuts, states that the failure of the house of ,Balguerie and Co. will scarcely cause a loss of 900,000 f. to that town. The writer adds : —" The colossal house of Balguerie Stuttemberg, which has rendered such immense services to Bordeaux and the whole commerce of France, never, until within the few last years, met among mone y-dealers any one who was not under obligation to it. Were these men at liberty to refuse it their support, when their confidence would have been limited to an 'extent, which could only in a minor degree have effected their fortunes, and in no degree their credit ?" 'Several Councils-General, such as those of the Vosges, Meurthe, Moselle, Meuse, and Marne, have just been convoked for an extraordinary Session, on the 22d inst., to deliberate on the construction of the Paris and Stras • burg railroad ; that of the Yonne, on the Paris and Lyons road; and that of Vaucluse, on the Marseilles and ltnone line. The Council General of the Bouche3 du Rhone is convoked for the 20th, to deliberate on the es tablishment of a School of Art.; and Trades at Aix. "M. de Salvandy," says the Moniteur Parisien, " passed through Burgos on the 10th inst., and must have arrived at Madrid on the 12th. Everywhere he has been received with extraordinary honours. The autho rities have waited on him, and the people have given him the readiest welcome." The .Moniteer publishes a Royal Ordonnance, coun tersigned by Marshal Sault, for maintaining Lieutenant- General Ileimes, the King's Aide-de-Camp, in the first, or active service, section of the General Staff. The Municipal Council of Troyes has just voted a sum of 500,000 francs, to be applied to the construction of the railway from Paris to Lyons, or from Paris to Stras burg, which shall pass through its territory. The Gene ral Council of the Aube had already voted, in its session of 1841, the sum of a million,of francs for the same pur pose.--Moniteur. The Indicateur of Bourdeaux states that the Central Committee of wine-growers of the Department of the Gironde, have just had a general meeting at Bordeaux, for the purpose of coming to resolutions as to the course to be adopted, in concert with the Deputies of the De partment, to obtain from the Chambers and the Govern ' ment, a serious and extensive reform in the system of customs and indirect taxes. The Indicateur states that the members of the Committee and the Deputies who were present, viz., Messrs. Roul, Wurstenburg, Ducos, Billadel, and Galos, were unanimous as to the measures to be adopted, and adds, that the Deputies .having been informed that the Minister of Public Works does not in tend to include the line from Paris to Bordeaux in the railways which he has to propose in the approaching session, and that the Government would wait for fresh plans, have written to M. Teste in strong terms, re• quiring that there should be no delay. A letter from Agram of the 27th of November, says— " Th e journal of this town says, under the head of Braila, the 6th of this month, 'A Russian man-of-war passed this town last week ; it was going to Silistria to survey and make a topographical plan of the bed of the Danube."' BOURSE—PARIS, WEDN ESDAY, DEC. 15. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pri ce. Prier. French 5 per Cent,' ...... ~... lid 40 ... 116 40 ... 116 25 ... 116 35 4'4 per Cents ...... loil ... 101 ... 106 ... 106 4 per Cents lOO B.', ... to 85 ... 100 85 ... 10. 85 • 3 per Cent .ea div 7B IS .. 78 70 ... 78 10 ..• 78 20 Loan dank or France Celiac rtank 5,00111. Mama 5065 ...5065 ....UZI ...506'1 le:vtan Bank Belgian 5 per Cciit:., 1840.... 10 % ... 103 ... 102 X ... 114 yeaosh Active 14% ... 2454 ... 24% ... 1'4% Passive 5%, ... 5% ••• 5 N ... 5%4 !teapolitar, ex div. i man.— I'ortuguese3 per Cent,. RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Vet sallies. LB 197 50 .. 197 50 ... 1 i 7 50 .. 197 50 . IL B 315 ... 315 ... 3 5 ... 315 ) , le3nS • . Mulhausen to Thano ..... ... 385 ... 385 Strasburg to Bale.shares red 219 75 .. 219 75 ... 2)8 75 ... 2iB 75 DUTCH FUND S .—ATISTEROAM, DEC. 14. 51 5156 Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. ....... - .......... 99% leo - Actual MN, 234 per Cent ...... Blaney. Lill ...... _.._ A mait Syndic; 4S per 110 . i; 9114 Ditto, ditto, per cent Comnicrcial Corril;aily, 4 per cent 15517i 1554 i Ditto (1335 and h 137) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cant.. 974 9.% Exchange on London, One month l2 10 Two mon tha flamburgh, One month - 33 75 Two months Dutch Papers, Dec. 15. IiELOI AN I! UN l) S—Bansast.4, Dee. 11, Actual Debt, 2,4 per Cent. . flathschltl's Loan, S per Cm t lOl% Loan of Thirty Slillicnz, 4 per Cent. 92 —. 3 per Cent. — ..--.Tiiirty.seyen-- . ___ Loan of City, 44:2, 4 per Cent 97 Seelttyt , f Comin,ree, 4!iper Cnt — Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.... ........ : 74% Nationati , 3ciety. Exelningc on Londsm (slim t) —Brussels Papers, Dee. 14. AUSTRIAN FUN W....VIENNA, Dec. 7. fireper CG VILE. Metalliques Fo*.qr per Cents. 995( Three pzr Cents. Bunk Shares --A:leen:eine Zeiiune. Dec. 11, H A itIBLI RU BOIV4ENIIALLE, Dec. 11 1 Anztrian 5 per Cents. ......... ........ Bills. ....... 07% Money 107% Bank 5hare5............................... 1625 Li2o A aglo. it MS lan Loan 101”4 10 , 4% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist 6cries, C , rtilicate Inscription, Ist St.,s,s 10i34 •• Rus:iln 5 per Cent. llop. , and Co. 341 and 4th . • • ' -- - - . ._. .. ..,. -.... Series .. 9 8 14 Ditto ill Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) 8554 85% Dutch ,letllai Debt, 2;,,i pc, Cen. Mu:, b per Cent — Polish Ilona; New l'ickzt Anglo..l)affish Loan, 3 per Cent ............... .. 771; 77 N, A wettian I..an, 1831, 4 per C.tat..... So..nish. 1 , 1;:w 5 per Crllti. ............ IS IS DEATH OF MR. SERGEANT ARABIN.—TIIe cle :ease of the above Learned Gentle Man took dace yesterday afternoon, at his residence, lig)) Beech, after a painf'ul illness of sonic du- Ittion. The deceased gentleman was sixty-six Pears of age, and held the following lucrative appointments :—One of the Judges of the Cen tral Criminal Court, Deputy Judge-Advocate, one of the Venders of Epping and Hainault Fo rests, besides various other smaller appointments, from which he derived an income, it is stated, in the aggregate, of 10,0001. per annum. SABBATH OBSERVANCE.—At the_ meeting of the 'Edinburgh Town Council, held on Tuesday, Baillie Johnston moved " That it be remitted to the Lord Vrovost's Committee to consider and devise the best means of counteracting the de moralising practice of .selling spirits and other intoxicating drinks on the Sabbath-day through out. the City." The motion, aftersome discussion, was agreed to, but it was evident from what was said by all the speakers, except a 1)r. Macaulay, that they agreed to it rather with a view to allow the Baillie to ride his hobby than with the slightest prospect of carrying his iailatical purpose into effect. One of the Councillors said—." I am aware that it is both difficult and dangerous to legislate on matters re lating to the first day of the week, or what we are accustomed to call the Christian Sabbath. There is no direct connnand in the New Testa ment, so fir as I am aware, in reference to the observance of the first day of the week, neither during the ordinary times of Divine Worship, nor any other time." Another said he did not see what the Council could do in the matter; a third maintained that the Sabbath was much better observed now than it was twenty years ago; and a iburth, who would heartily go along with the Council in the inquiry, told them that it would just end where it began. This is a strange waste of time. We would have given the Baillie's speech at length but for want of room for it is a great• curiosity. Acc or di ng to his account, the people of Edinburgh, with all their strict Sunday ob servance, must be the most immoral people in the world, there being not fewer than 18,500 habitual Sabbath -breaker; by traffic alone,' inde pendent of drunk ar d s, swe a re rs, cursors, blas phemers, lewd p ersons, t hi e ves, and infidels, in a population less th an tliat,of Marylebonel Major-General tIV. T. P. Napier, brother of Commodore Napier, and author of the "History of the Peninsular War," is placed on the list of General Officers rewa rded for distinguished service. SELKIRK.—MONUMENT TO THE LATE MUNOO V 41 14.-4 public meeting of the inhabitants of this burgh is to be held on the 20th ingt., i, the court, House, for the purpose of adopting measures for erecting a monument to the memory of this enterprising travel ler, who was.a native of the county of Selkirk. S PA tiVi ARV Cril 14 S AN:) Pubite " W h o runs may read." • ' ' ,' • TOILE/an: ''- - - Lord llorpeth ~was magnificently entertained by the citizens of Boston, United. States, Tuttle 30th ult. The guests numbered 1.10, including some of the most influ ential men in that part.of the United Statt s. The whole tenour of the 'proceedings evinced a cordial wish to maintain the most kindly relations between England and ' the United State. Lord Morpeth divides with the Prince de Joinville the general admiration of the Yankees. Yucatan has. declared itself an independent republic, on the model of that of Texas. English is the lan guage of the new State, and the Anglo-Saxon race is invited to settle there, to assist in repelling the invasions of Mexico. We look forward to a time when the Eng lish language will be the language of every Government in the New W or ld. Sh e is omed, at no distant day, to become a Texan province. The Gazette of the Rhine and Moselle of the 10th inst. says :—" There is still a rumour that Austria will join the German Union. This accession alone would enable Germany to compete with foreign commerce, and more effectually if Lombardy and Venice come into the combination. ,It would be a mortal blow to the French silk trade. The accession of Hungary would enable the German Union to contend with its rivals in American tobaccos, French wines, dyes, skins, and other articles. It is Hungary, and particularly her aristocracy, who raise obstacles by refusing to pay duties, and at the same time imposing charges on exports. If Galicia could be connected with the Baltic, all would as sume new lire and vigour. In a word, the Danube, the Rhine, and the Oder would afford an immer.se extension to commence. The Free Towns would not then hesitate to enter the Union, and Denmark, Holland, Belgium,- and Switzerland would find it to their advantage to be incorporated in it."—This extension of the German Custom's Union which threatens to exclude England from all Continental markets is all the result of the pernicious operation of our Corn-laws. A letter from Constantinople of the 24th ult. states, that the Porte has received a most penitential note from the Greek Government. King Otho took fright when he learned that 45,000 Turks were about to pay him a visit, and at once made the ~ apology dictated to him. This is so far well. In the same letter from Constantinople we find the following :—" The Divan is stated to have held a Council in which it was resolved to send a commission to the Lebanon, and to try the effect of mildness and concilia tion there with the revolted subjects of the Porte, but in the event of failure in these means to resort to vigor ous measures of repression. It is added that the Turkish Government has received a report from the Go vernor of Damascus, which has created great anxiety. According to this report the Mussulman population of Damascus are in a state of great excitement against the Christians, and have demanded their expulsion, as also that of the European Consuls by whom they are pro- tected." The Courrier Francais of Wednesday denounces as impolitic the reduction of the French Army. The Courrier, however, abstains from suggesting in what way the Government could find money to support an army exceeding 344,000 men. By a Royal Ordonnance just issued, the annual en dowment of the Sinking Fund will, from January 1, be increased by 1,910,220 f., to be specially applied in re purchasing the 5,730,6591. Three per Cent. Rentes, ad judged on October 18, for the realisation of a loan of 150,000,000 f. This sum of 1,910,220 francs is to be paid to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund by suc cessive ordonnances of the Minister of Finance. accord ing to the mode used with the other parts of the same Fund, for which purpose a credit to the amount is opened to the Minister of Finance out of the grant for the Sink ing Fund for 1842. A letter from Prague, in the Nuremberg Correspon dent, states that it has bee resolved to make a railroad between Vienna and Dresden, passing through the valley of the Elbe. The musical soiree given by the Duke and Duchess of Orleans on Tuesday evening was very brilliant—about 150 persons were present. Their Majesties and the Princesses, except Madame Adelaide, who is indis posed, arrived at a quarter-past nine, and the con cert commenced soon after. The King retired 'after the first part, but the Queen and the Princesses remained till the end, and retired at eleven. A duo from Doni zetti's Bouryuemestre de Saardam, by Madame de Mon tenegro and Lablache • a solo from the ld omenee o f Mozart, by Madlle. Nati ; a romance from B e lli n i' s Beatrice di Tenda, by Baroilhet; and a tarantella, with some Neapolitan songs, by Lablache, excited warm ap probation. The Spani-h Government has forwarded a sum of 200,000 f. (8,0001.) to Bordeaux, to defray the expenses of the Infante Don Francisco de Paula during his resi dence in that city. PIT/ILIC OPINION. The Times gives the following s!y hit at the rapacity of some of the hungry Tory jackals :—" One of the diffi culties that most embarrass political leaders, whether in larger or in smaller spheres, is that of satisfying their friends in the season of success. It is not so hard a task, by many degrees, to keep the party together while aim ing at power, as to maintain its union when power has been achieved ; as before the issue each man's hope is elastic, so, after the victory, his disappointment and con sequent displeasure are apt to be inordinate. It always turns out that the conqueror has not lands enough to .reward his knights in any sort of proportion to their real merits, much less in proportion to each man's own opinion of them ; and thereupon arises a cry for extensive confiscations to augment the distributable bounty. This has been remarkably the case in some of the provincial town councils since the reaction in favour of those now in power." —Tory ravenousness must indeed be great, when the Times the favourite journal of the faction—feels it its duty to reprobate it. How significant the remark that the conqueror (Sir IL Peel . of course) has not lands enough to reward his knights, in proportion to each man's opi nion of his own merits ! Nothwithstanding the huge amount of loaves and fishes these hungry Tory subal terns have already received at his hands, they are still clamouring for more. They have a wolf in their belly, and to satisfy them—as the Times candidly states—is a sheer impossibility. The Post, speaking of the approaching struggle for the Poetry Professorship of Oxford, says—" We are, on every ground, heart and mind, with Mr. Williams. Not that we have anything to say against his opponent, but we have a great deal to say for him which cannot be said for his opponent. And though we have nothing to say against his opponent, we have a great deal to say against the party which supports his opponent. It is a coarse, presumptuous, self-idolising party, ►with all the old de testable leaven of Puritanism in its composition. It com bines mock humility ►with real arrogance ; it questions authority, and adores itself; it grossly misrepresents the Opinions of others, while in the very act of asserting the superior holiness of its own. It is very unfortunate for Mr. Garbett that lie should be supported by so odious a party—a party which carries the heart of the prowl Plia risee, while it - assumes the language of the humble and devout Publican."—Mr. Williams is the Puseyite candi date, with which party the Post, it seems, is hence forth determined to identify itself. If it brings no more knowledge or spirit to its advocacy of Puseyism, than it has already brought to its at tacks on the principles of Free Trade, it will be' no very formidable enemy to the antagonist party in the Church. As regards Mr. Williams, he, we suppose, is to be considered the Poet Laureate of Puseyism, as Mr. Newman is its Doctor Sacchavarel. They are a con genial couple, and worthy, the one to sing, and the other to preach, his associate's praises : but not►witlista►ding the poetic warbtings of Mr. Williams, and the prose Tracts of Mr. Ne►v►nan, neither will be able to make a deep or lasting impression on the public mind, for the days of imposing ceremonial pomp and high church bigotry are already with the years beyond the thud. The following is from the Herald :—" When the happy event occurred which gratified the nation by the birth of an heir male to the British throne, we took an early opportunity of adverting to it, as offering an occa sion for the concession of a boon which had long been earnestly desired by a large, and certainly not an unim portant class of her Majesty's subjects. We allude t o the eseation of an order of knighthood, the object of which should be to reward the services of civilians as well as military men, on the principle of desert, as it exists in other countries, and as it did exist in this prior to the necessary transfer of• the Guelphie order to the kingdom of Ilanaver. The ►wish ►which we then ex pressed found a ready echo in various psi•ts of the coun try, and many were the communications which we re seived on the subject. Since that period the question has, we perceive, been agitated in Liverpool, where a n u _ merous . meeting was held last week of the Welsh inha bitants of that great and important commercial town, for the purpose of drawing up a petition to her Majesty, praying for the establishment of ti►e desiderated order of knighthood, and the establishment of two 'Welsh professorships a! the English UniVersities."—Th e best petition, or address, that could be presented to the Queen on such an auspicious occasion as the birth of a Prince of Wales, would be, not a petition for the crea tion of an Order of Knighthood, which of course would be confined to the Tories, but for the removal of the pre sent party in power, as being either insolently indiffer ent, or directly inimical, to the best interests of the cluntry. This is a petition which, whether granted us or not, would still be of public utility, and no doubt meet with the most respectful consideration of her.Ma 10,ty ; whereas a petition for a new Order of Knight hood would be a boon confined merely to the few, and consequently of no earthly value to the community at large. We want 111) more, aristocratic or semi -aristocratic creations ; God knows we have quite enough of them already. In reference to the late Leeds Meeting, the Adverti ser says:--" The ad v i ce w hi ch we have so often given to the marble-hearted monopolists, to take care lest they carry their -experiment ou the powers" of human endurance•too far, was repeated at the great Leeds meeting with pecu liar earnestness and force. They may still persist in dis regarding this solemn warning. They will not always do so; they will not du it long. If not before, they will learn to heed it when what we have predicted as the ne cessary consequence of their seorallthlisregard of the elaitns of justiee and the ones of the perishing pope law has actually taken - place. Lord Bacon said, and all history verities the justice of the remark, that of all rebellions the rebellion of the belly is most to bc dreaded. We tremble to think' of the probable results of any outbreak on the part of the masses in the manufaetur ing districts in the existingeircumstances of the country." —We greatly fear that the Tories will only be brought to their senses by §(-114 such 4041 outbreak us the Adver tiser here alludes to. They are deaf to supplication— deaf to remonstrance—callous to a sense of justice—and dead to all the more generens feelings of nature. We learn that trade in Liverpool hae, within the last few weeks, exhibited visible signs of improvement, espe cially in the West India branch. The population of Tewkesbury is about 6,000, of which we understand one-half stand in need of relief, being in a state of the greatest distress. NAVAL AND MILITARY. Intelligence was received yesterday from Guernsey at Lloyd's of the wreck of the American ship Sherwo9d, with a valuable cargo of cotton and tobacco. She struck on a sunken rock in the Channel on Tuesday night, and is supposed to have become a total wreck. All hands (14 in number) were saved, and the vessel is reported to be insured. General Phipps, of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, died yesterday morning at his residence, Woolwich Common. He was 81 years of age, and had been a commissioned officer for the long period of sixty- Iwo years. LAW AND 'POLICE. At Union-hall, Frederick Spiers, a man of respectable appearance was ordered to find bail, himself in 1001., and two sureties in 501. each, for taking improper liberties on Wednesday night with Elizabeth Stout, chambermaid at the Hero of Waterloo Tavern, in the Waterloo-road. Two powerful men, named Roache and Sullivan, were fully committed t o t a k e t h e i r tr i a l f or a highway robbery in Tooley-street, attended with violence, on a gentleman of the name of Hitchcock, eighty years of age. Roache knocked him down with his own stick, and he was car ried in a state of insensibility to Guy's Hospital. When he recovered he missed three sovereigns. At Marlborough-street Police Court this day three boys, the oldest only nine years of age, were charged with attempting to steal from the shop of Mr. Stacey, haberdasher, Pulteney-street, a valuable piece of silk. One of them, screened by the other two, pushed in a corner of one of the squares of glass while a cab was rattling past, and was in the act of carrying off the plunder, when a p o li ceman, w h o h ad watched their movements, captured the whole party. They were re manded till inquiry should be made respecting their re latives. In the Prerogative Court, yesterday, Mr. J. 11. Hope claimed to be administrator to his brother, who died in 1806, and left all his property (12,2811. Three per Cent. Consols, and 6401. in money) to the Rev. Henry Welles ley. The will of the deceased, in his own hand-writing, ran thus :—" In the name of God, amen.—l, Edward Hope, give and bequeath everything I possess under the sun to Henry Wellesley, who is the younger son of the Marquis of Wellesley, who is the brother of the Duke of Wellington." This was executed in 1822. Sir Herbert Jenner pronounced for the paper, and directed the ad ministration to be delivered to the Rev. Henry Wellesley. In the Court of Excise, Edward Stebbing, proprietor of billiard-rooms in Cannon-street, was convicted on three separate informations, of selling whiskey without a license. The solicitor for the defence urged, in miti gation, the extreme propriety with which the defendant had conducted the establishment for many years, and he was fined 51 for each off,nee. At Guildhall, this day, two men in the employment of Messrs. J. Croft and Roper, the extensive tobacco manufacturers in Bartholomew-close, were committed t o take their trial 6n. robbing their employers of a quantity ,f tobacco, which was found on their persons as they 'ere leaving the premises yesterday. COl-71Vr----PASFIXOINTABLE. The Duke of Wellington left Apsley House yesterday afternoon, for Strath fieldsaye. Lord and Lady John Russell arrived at Bowood Park on Tuesday last, and left on Wednesday morning for Belgrave• square. They proceed to. morrow to Woburn Abbey. Lord Ashburton arrrived early in the week at Bath House, from the Grange, Hants. The Dowager 'Lady Holland left Woburn Abbey on Monday for town. The Earl of Lonsdale arrived at Cottesmore, Rutland shire, on Tuesday, from Lowther Castle. Lord Fitzroy Somerset has been visiting Lord Hill at Hardwicke Grange, near Shrewsbury. Lord and Lady Howick came to town on Monday from Earl Grey's seat in Northumberland. The Duke ofCleveland is gradually improving in health. Lord and Lady Palmerston, who have been in town some days, leave Carlton House -terrace to-morrow for 13roadlands, Hants, where they purpose seeing company during the Christmas week. The Lord Chamberlain, Earl Delawarr, is expected at Brighton shortly on an official visit to the Palace. - Vicount Jocelyn arrived in town on Wednesday even ing from Dublin.l__ MISCELLANEOUS. " Early on Friday morning last," observes a Worces ter Journal, "as the Bailiff of C. Randall, Esq., was walking in the grounds, he heard an uncommon stir in the hen roost, and saw perehed up among the fo As a bird of prey making very free with the occupants of the roost."—This bird of prey presents a lively image of a Tory Premier sacking the hen -roost of the Treasury When once such a ravenous biped gets in there, he never fail to make free with everything he can lay his hands on. An eminent M.P. (late of the Surrey Theatre), has, we understand, gone down to the Scottish Highlands, for a month's browning on the thistles-there. We arc informed that the will of the late Chimpanzie has been proved in Doctors' Commons, and 'that the bulk of his African estates has been left to his nearest sur viving relative, a certain Hon. and Gallant Member of Parliament. " The spirit of discovery," observes a Morning Con temporary, " is at present very actively at work in Aus tralia."—The same spirit i s a l so very actively at work in England, where the people have already discovered that the Tories are a set of humbugs, and their leader a mere Quack-doctor ! The Times says, " it is rumoured that in the course of the ensuing Session of Parliament, application will be made for the establishment of no less than three new Water Companies."—These CoMpanies, we understand, are to be got up for the purpose of supplying the Tee totallers with water for their tea-kettles. According to a calen'aion recently made, there are ISO canals in ;'eat Britain, extending 2,682 miles, formed at an expanse of thirty millions sterling. It is not generally known that the name " Charing cross" originated from the fluid epithets bestowed by Edward the First on his beloved Queen, to whom no less than 15 crosses were erected, and from the preva knee of the Frond' language at that time ; Chaths hieing no mor e than a corruption of cliere Reyne, o f ten applied by Edward to his Qtleell, Of course, the cross gave the name to the spot. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BRISTOL,- --• The passeuaers by the Bridgwater mail train, due at Bristol on Monday, at four minutes past two r.m., were thrown into great alarm on their arrival at the unfinished bridge over the Avon , ne a r the cattle - market, by a fear ful crash, occasioned by the tr a i n coining in collisi on w i t h trainrails ov e o r of which g the e - agg oti s, drawn on th e same line of passengers train had t o pass. One of the conductors, seated on the rear carriage of the train, was crushed, and appeared dangerously injured. Several o f th e passengers were stunned and bruised. On in - qniry at the station it was stated that an erroneous signal /Very culp a bl e i nattent i on at the beacon - staff was given. was chargeable on some of the officials, or such a seri ous risk of life would not have occurred,— Wiltshire Independent,, Nothing can rouse them but an appeal to their appre hension—an attack on their self-interests. When they find the storm blackening above their heads, and the hand-writing coming forth on the. wall against them, then possibly they may concede, to fear what they never would have conceded to justice. The Chronicle says, in reference to the vacillating character of the Tory Ministry, and their constant at tacks on their Whig predecessors We do not mean to say that the consistency of the late Ministers is a point of no interest, to themselves or others. An honourable character is dear to them, and they have a right to it. But the fact of their inconsistency, were it proved, would not feed the famishing, nor avert the decline of com merce, nor find work for the unemployed, nor close the disruptions of the social fabric. It would not make Peel an honest man, nor the Duke ofßuckingham a ‘ wise Mi nister, nor moderate the heat of a Stanley, nor restore the maturity of a 'Wellington. Whig inconsistency, were it ever so lucidly demonstrated, would not be a Tory principle or a Tory policy, or, a Tory system of go - vernment. The Tories h ave not been exalted to power and office merely to lecture the public on Whig inconsistency —And yet the Tories seem to imagine that they have been exalted to power, fin• no other purpose than to deliver public lectures on Whig delinquency. While they are as blind as moles to their own defects, they are as sharp as lynxes in detecting the deftcts of their predecessors. Not a word do we hear from them of Reform, or of schemes for ameliorating the present distresses of the people ; but they are wonderfully loquacious on the sub ject of Whig inconsistency, just as if they themselves had no glaring sins of this sort to answer fur. In an article suggested by the present state of the country, the Plymouth Journal, makes the following re marks:—" Sir It. Peel cannot be blind to the existence of deep manufacturing distress, when he may himself witness heartrending exhibitions of it within a short ride from the seat of his own representation, nor can he be deaf to the cry of the poor, when uttered by thousands of the destitute. He knows, and he feels too, politically at least, that something must be done ; the Government must act. But he is a Conservative, and as such he is pledged to a protective policy, and is sure not to adopt any enlarged measures of ComMercial Reform." Alluding to the late great Wiltshire Meeting, the Wilts Independent remarks as follows :—We have alluded to " bullies attached to the Tory party" having been present. This is a fact. It is also a fact that these bullies received money afterwards from leaders of the Tory party. 'What their presence was desired for, whe ther on the pretence of " keeping the peace" they were sent there to exhibit' their "yelling" powers,' or whether it was expected their services would be required in a different line, we cannot tell. To the eternal disgrace of the party who sent them they were there. The Dahlia Pilot observes, in reference to the con duct of the Irish Tories :—" The Irish Tories are still that obstacle to Peel which he anticipated. It is said there is a stagger in the insolent career of dismissals from office, and that even the attempt upon public liberty, in the person of Mr. Conner, has not found favour at the other side. Peel is wise in attending to the suggestions of the Liberal rather than the Tory press." MONEY — TRADE—COIVIDTERCE. On the Ist of February; 1841, 'the fare on the Can terbury and Whitstable Railway was reduced from to 6d., alike to the benefit of the. public and the proprie tors, as will be seen from the following returns ;—From the 10th of February to the 30th of November, -1840, when the fare was 9d., the number of passengers was 9,388, and the receipts 352/. ls. 3d., and in the corres ponding period for 1841, when the fare was 6d., the pas sengers amounted to 23,619, and the receipts to 592/. 19s. 6d., being an increase of 150 per cent. on the former and on the latter 68 per cent. Between the Bth and 14th of December 134,8500 z. of silver, and 2150 z. of gold were shipped at Dover for the Continent. EV ENIENki !, ITN S MONEY and 'COMMERCIAL W' CITY, TWELVE O'CLO CK e, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Dix: 16.—Th e 5 to-day are 3,000 bales, all to the trade. t Ther e , MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. --- a t has been leSs inclin a ti on f on b us i ness to-day, but w ith any material alteration in pri c es. Oar quotations 01, follows:—London and Birmingham new 321. Shnrestl.s2s: Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 10 ; Mu nc „ ll 4. ter and Leeds. 64 to 66 ; ditto, Half Shares, 27 to Manchester and Birmingham, 28 to 28/. r °l The steam-ship Caledonia has arrived at Liver , from Boston and Halif ax . Th e p a p e rs from New V reach to the Ist, and Boston 2d instant. alt The New York Commercial Advertiser of the 3 0 t h • contains the following :—" SaleS of State Secutities to considerable amount were made to-day. In oilier t , s scriptions of stock the transactions have not been "THE CURRENT MONEY.—Thero is a little beat r lev er , Y ing in the street we think t o -d a y th an there wits '' t day. The brokers are now p urc h as ing all of the sur e ; fund notes, except those of institutions previouslysttenw nonnced as living failed. The rate to-thq 14)1. t h York State Money not redeemed at special rates in city is 1 per cent. dis. E xc h ange —Tlwre but 0 1 t o doing in bills on Lond on , th e quotationig stJl per cent. premium." 015 The English Stock Market continues firm, C° . , ll ' l ' r being all' quoted at 89A-,} for the Account. l'h ce „,. e l at e , Cents. r.dueed are 891 ; Exchequer Bills. 10 12 5), r • Spanish Active Stock is now quoted at 23i 24 ' little tuguese Fives, 32i 33 ; Do. Threes, 19i 2 0 . Ve r y business doing. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAV AT 00. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Shim'''. . to --• Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 65 ••••• to Bristol and Exeter ..... ... 6O •• ••• 28 ..... to •-' Eastern Counties Great Western Ditto Fifths ,.... ...... 4 -9 a..... to -- London and Brighton . 50 ...... 3 8 ii1-• London and Birmi ng h am 611 ... ° London and Greenwi c h - ......... to - - -- to Ditto Scrip..... .; .. 6i . London and South Western 386 571 ..... to - • Manchester and Leed s - Manchester and Birmi ng h am North Midland to 11 Ditto Thirds to .... South Eastern and Dover JOINT STOCK BANKS. to Australasia T There has been but little business llAL FirnAg thence Exchange ; and with the exception of a further a'_'.l,,9tice, in Consols at per cent. there is no alteration to av p er Consols are now 89* for the. Account ; i r t h o ree 99i ' Cents. ReduCed, 891 - 1 - - ; Three-and-a-Half " 1 " Exchequer Bills, 10 P 2 prem. A 4 261; Spanish Active Stock, 2324 • Mexican 13 ° ° ''''firth Dutch Two. and-a-Half per Cents., 51i sfj; Ditto' 991 t Shsr There has been a fair business doing in lite era $-e Market, and prices have improved. Great West-t.estern 85 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 65 ; Gre ld ehes ter - Fifths, 9 ; Lordon and Brighton, 38! ; i ; North Midl an d, 74 ; South' ter u gad and Leeds, 65 Dover, 191. Sr Pr(); Consols, Account, 891 23i to 24. TOR Fr. QUARTER TO - rot° 7 U ; A m ß exi ET ca R n ' , / ; 4 6 4 i; -,,..,- "spoisb , IThe further accounts rece i ve d to-dai e ffect New York do not add much to the Arsr, of the previous advices. Trading affaio c i : o urs lo rim are thought to wear rather a 13. Aid tc ' appearance, and parties here would be licartil)i' i' vo neei find the whole matter of State securities elecidelinditm by some action on the part of President TYl er 4,Les. ho has the power of controlling the dishonest." - CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. .... Bank Stock 18 _6 . 14 'lndiaD i tto iitttt oo BO Stock s .n .. n. . ..u...i. t . ite ..... ,. ... :•• ..: ....• 8 7 1 pO O 3 per Cent Red. 3 per Cent Cons 3i per Cent Red.. 99h Ditte New Annul )14 opt, New 3i per Cent — Ex. Bills, 10 01. '" a 1 ", 0 New 5 per Cent Ditto 5 9 ° 1 . jr" ... 11 r Long Annuities toexpire , Ditto Stu' t... Jan 1860 .. 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acc ....., Oct 1859 . Jan. 1860. F 0 R E G N Cons o lslnd i a U N foir. Stoc k for pert,.c.c. t' : 1 1 : t.: : 6 1 : 1 Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese 5 ce - Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New'Ditto ........ ~ Brazilian 80nd5.... Buenos A• -.. 6 • ,5 , ce nt ..... ..... Prussian , 5 per cent. ' .. .... yres, 6 per eel Russian, 5 Pet ....... :At Chilian, 6 per cent... Ditto, Metallic .• ••• •••' ..... • Colomian, 6 per cent Spanish, Per f i .... .. ....; Ditto, 1824. . . — Ditto) D eferre .t. Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per ee l ' Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange........, bj Mexican, 5 per cent — French, 3 Per e Tht„ ..... 9 91 Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 2/ per • ...... Peruvian,lB2s, 6 pe r e t. Ditt o , 5 per cen t SHARES. ) 65 l• ° D P 28 , Birmingham and Gloucester Rai lway ' Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) ..... 2; . . :,;(d) Cheltenham and Great Western (72i *. ... Eastern Counties Railway (23 pal )..••• • . Great Western Railway( 65 paid) ........... Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ............ gi Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ....................... sEti London and Brighton (50 paid)........... • II London and Blaekwall Railway (25 uaid)••• 16 4 London and Birmingham (90) Ditto Quarter Shares ( h paid) London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) 61 Ditto Scrip. (64 paid) ............ London and South Western .................. 6174 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ••• •• 27k Ditto New Shares (30 paid) Manchester and Bi rm i ng h am ( 40 paid)• •" Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) ..... 231 Northern and Eastern (35 paid) North Midland Railway (100) ............... 161 Ditto Thirds (15 laid) .................. •.. 20 South Eastern and D over (43 p a id)... .. York and North Midland Railway ( 50 Pai DA YO THE MARRETS.—(TiIii This week's suppliesCOßN of been. r lllsl7llllP'rbicileti considerable of Barley and Oats. W he n at t ti e r Y liesll with little doing. Barley v dull. v Flear its and Monday's prices could L n . e ' t be obtailleu* last imported. SMITIIFIFLD MAIZIaI• f Cab rei The supply of Cattle and Sheep was 511°14 ' s dP eri°l ; and Pigs tolerablygood ; there being p ree n quality, the trade became very brisk, an(l 2 7 4 e 8 t o at ; ioi r is ig n s , e , re 47 f o ul ; ly C realized. Beas ti ts, ecf, l9s L;t o l, s l,a; Pork, alves, 165 ; Mutton 4s. to ss. 4d. ; Veal 4s. 4d. to 6s. 2cl. ; 4d. to ss. 6d. tt COLONIAL MARKET. r e' ~,,, OP , t The market was qui e t, an d there being orders, pric e s d ec li ne d f or raw Sugar; hut Cotfee n' b ro ceylo Jag o ' full rates, and 665. to 665. •6d for b good ord inary The arrivals were fair. TEA MARKET. with caution, b u t h o ld ers W causederefirtn, and would. /3 The public sales declared, the trade to ° o P t er : o7l Company's Congou under Is. 91d. cash. d t on TALLOW IVIARKET . A fair demand for Russian Tallow for delivery up to the end of the year. r i „ ce6 6d, c ssll‘ 48s. to 48s. 3d. per cwt. Town Tallow at s° s ' . -_,, ~, cletr' OIL MARKET. on, the spo t at The Market was firm, and a fair busi deo w''.. • Linseed Oil 375. per cwt. LLOYD'S S H IPPING—(T—IIis DAiv'l LONDON, DEC. 17.—Wind this day' at noon S• , JO° Bla l i ) n E , AL, Read, Penang ; Britanuia"Edwarc6, :‘l3"l.33ltiv°t' Nfi .11 ColiDlibis .00, Dm. 16.—Wind -;.11," moaerate.---151.111.; '1'0" ronto, Quebec. Put back, V 11 ' • with loss of two anchors ad chain ae •(' I(.:tullow, AlitticiP Premier, Corfu ; and Garland, Sunderland, "II days, with loss of jibboom, for t i , ll ‘, l , RAMSDATE, DEC. 16.—Arrd. Courier, Lollool. ti ,- Cape, with loss Of rudder having been ashore oi.slprit. Brake; Alonzo. London, for Ancona, with loss of bOO MORTALITY in _ the Tit 0 4 4 ti-31 E--- -- O g r i (- 7ity .il The following are tho resul of " A Table 01"" -° 9 C,g the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths frE 9 4.' OW Registered in the week ending Dec. 11, 1841. .'" 0 issued from the Office of the Registrar-Generale' weeli . 9 Aye ntit o Total. ~.i..9-4 I '' '''‘,o4 Epidemic, Fndemic, and Contagious Di sea ses. bbl Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses .••••• 1 1 5 3 ! 2 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of :266 21 8 li Respiration ...... '3l .„ Diseases of the Ilea-t and Blood - ve55e15......... t 39 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other 60 4 Organs of Digestion 8 9 Diseases of the Kidnap, &c. ... ........ ... 8 6 Clildbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c...•.••••' , 1 ' Diseases of the Joints Bones, and Muscles ••• ' Diseases of the Skin, &e I 103 ..... Diseases of Uncertain Seat ........................ 86 7 1 o'.d Age, or Natural Decay ........................ 56 `2.5 t 3 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance IS .5 Causes not specified . ... ~. Deaths from all causes... ............................... 7' o f . 4.0 Average Weekly Deaths ............... bijou D estili Average Pop: Ole Weekly . 1 , - ,, i tl, I)..snths Tee.F4 I‘o• 1-3-1)-40. lb4l. West trtteeirhet:alersitpinDsgtteDeirirssti,tsrrstiSierteirtttla.st-InAs t_ii K s:stm e t. i ti i oA., s kit i Gb n iano g raryt t enh o_ s n ,:ea , CnF. bdi S ieeo a rslnt it i l e:: : George (Hanover-square), West- 9 9 St. James EC N a seoGl Nest 1 4 360,6 60 St. Pancras, Islington, Hackney 163 - , , . enwell, St. Luke, East London, ,-.. 149 . 18 9 London , levtsh_i tes el hl C oa i rp t e y ed, j o : f esh L t, o. BethnalnG d e o o n rg . . e 190 373,7 in the ' East, Stepney, Poplar 2ll 392;49 South Districts—St Saviour, St. Olave, Bermondsey, St. George, Southwark, New inton.Larnbeth, 0 Camb e rwell, Rotherhitise, Green- 1 w i th 223 430 6 ° ..----• ......------ 11l Total 32 districts herein mentioned, which include and Cubetie9 o: don with and without the walls, the City of Mortalitr It is stated that under the term Met9r26opolisl'afepe,'74roit.seieti4 Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills KensinglotP and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancra_ll a ,_ 1 aild Fulham, Hammersmith( Chapelry), St. LukeCn''"(Tiroin, st. Leonard., h St. Pli ch°lB o dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), ley), St. Mary-lc-bow, Camberwell, Greenwi o ulation, and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The p e P, 4l , v iss enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in JT - ',, a ' w n d 184 0 0 . 1,870,727. The weekly average for 1t33 8 , l 6) •''. s b y 15 6 • was obtained by dividing the deaths in the three yea. d TEMPERATURE IN TILE WEEKS ENDING H. Dec. •27 y e 59' 40 45 47 51 16, 1841. CAUSES OF DEATH. Highest Lowest Daily Mean ......... General Register Office, Dec. I k b Str • bit 1 11( 4 tilt ly e V j Wpb to in the 144 i, q i (sit( Pri g _ mat 144