The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-10 00:00:00

MORNING SUN MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. LD SAINT '!lii'frUL'S: Q TALE of the PLAGUE aticafie With Twenty large Illustrations on Soel,Franklin. IS NO :V READY AT ALL THE L I BRARIES. 1 Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-lAm; Trafilgar-square., Now ready, in 2 vols. post Svo., ,THE GLORY AND SHAME Or ENG LAND. By AN AMERICAN. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. IMPORTANT NEW HISTORICAL WORK. , . Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., F REDERICK THE GRE AT AND HIS TIMES, Comprising Original Letters of that Monarch, now first published. Edited, with an Introduction, By THOMAS CAMPBELL, Esq., Author of " The Pleasures of Hope," " Life of Petrarch," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK ON INDIA. Nost ready, in 2 vots. small Bvo., with 22:Illustrations, FIVE YEARS IN INDIA. Comprising a Narrative of Travels in the Presidency of Bengal, a Visit to the Court of Runjeet Sing, a Residence in the Hisnalayah Mountains, an Account of the late Expedi tion to Cabul and Affghanistan, Voyage down the Indus, and Journey Overland to England. By HENRY EDWARD FANE, Esq., Late Aide-de-Camp to _his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief in India. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING, DEC. 10, Will be repeated the New Comedy, entitled 'COURT AND ClTY.—Captain Dangerfield, Mr. W. Lacy ; Sir Paladin Scruple, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Harry Whiffle, Mr. C. Ma thews ; Sir Hector Rumbush, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Winning ton, Mr. Cooper; Humphrey Rumbush, Mr. Harley: Lady Whiffle, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Charmington, Mrs. Nisbett; Lady Dangerfield, Mrs. W. West; Barbara Bearbinder, Mrs. W. Lacy. After which the Ballet Divertissement of THE WOODEN LEG.—Principal Characters by Mr. Gilbert and Miss Bailin, Master and Miss Marshall; Messrs. J. and T. Ridgway, Miss Jackson, &c. To conclude with the Farce of FREE AND EASY.—Sir John Freeman, Mr. Charles Mathews; Mr. Charles Courtley, Mr. Bartley ; Michael, Mr Harley ; Gertrude, Mrs. Orger. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 2s. • 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 upon application. Private Boxes to be had so!ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Bond-Street _ To-morrow, Norma, with a New Farce, entitled United Service. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Mr. Graham, , Mr. Phelps, and the most powerful Company supporting Shaksperc's Tragedies. THIS EVENING, DEC. 10. Will be:acted Shakspt re'• ' Tragedy of JULIUS CESAR.— Marcus Brutus. Mr. Graham ; Cants Cassius, Mr. Phelps ; Marc Anthon, Mr. H. Hughes ; Portia, Mrs. H. Vining. To conclude with the successful French Drama of rivetting situations and intense interest, THE TWO LOCKSMITHS, OR POVERTY AND CRlME.—Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Smith, Neville, Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, &c. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. "INDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. The extraordinary success of this favoured and fortunate Theatre still continues unabated. THIS EVENING, DEC. 10, 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, WOMAN'S LOVE; or, THE WIVES OF CLITHEROE.—WiIford Clitheroe, Mr. E. F. Saville Old Wyniley, Mr. James - Hollyhock, Mr. Gardner ; K a t e Wyn sley, hires Vincent; Lady Adeline, Mrs. G. Lee. To conclude with THE PALACE OF GENEVA; or, THE SPIRIT OF THE VAULT.—Frank Layton, Mr. Sea man ; Grantly, ;Ir. James ; Oid John, Mr. Gardner; Selina, Mrs. Howard. • Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery', 6d.—Aalf-price to thoßoxes only, at Half-past Eight. To-Morrow, Vii•ginius, Woman's hove, and My Poor Dog Tray, being for the Benefit of a Charitable Institution. THE RAILWAY SUN. . NOTICE.—A New Edition of the RAILWAY SUN is NOW PUBLISHING. THE CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Dec. 1, 1841. TIIE•AVEATI7.ER.--4.Noort, DECEMBER 9..- ROYAL CI A LLEIrY OF SCIISNCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer.:. 10 1 , Highest- - • 51 Lowest 35 Barometer 29.7-Wind-N.W..4—Freezing Point P. 2 Dcig. HUM WATER AT LONDON MUDGE THIS DAY. ;tor tnniutes aft:r 11,1, EVCAIrI g minutes aster U. ' p c 4 . , 44 1 , 1 1. ,0% 44- 2% t ! • gite :zult4 LONDON: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1841. The Earl of RODEN has written a pamphlet entitle(' " Observations on Lord ALVANLEY'S Pamphlet, &c." in which the Noble EARL combats the Noble Lord's recommendation for the State to take the Catholic priests of Ireland into its pay. Somewhat to our astonishment, we find ourselves agreeing on one important point with the Earl of RODEN. In noticing Lord AL VANLEY'S pamphlet, we observed on Oct. 20th, in speaking of paying the present race of priests, " A new set of priests, more zealous than the sti pendiaries, paid by voluntary contributions, would'soon supply the place of those who had been bought over, and would harrass the State like the present race. The paid priesthood would in turn see their salaries and influence threatened, and love of worldly pelf would strengthen their desire for spiritual dominion. As in the case of the clergy of the Church of England, avarice would soon inflame zeal, instead of producing indiffer ence, and would raise up another set of priests to share the gifts. However much they mad dened the people, they, too, must be bribed or or bought off. Now Lord RODEN says— The monks have been always regarded by the. Roman Catholic populace with the most superstitious reverence, and the administration of the offices of the Church in their hands esteemed peculiarly sacred and beneficial. Already a considerable traffic is carried on by the bre thren, in holy candles, and beads, and relics, and gos pels, and the only restraint to a Meatier extent ' of this traffic arises from the jealousies a n d fears of the secular priests, emoluments' ' lest their own emoluent s'might ther e by be ' in any wise diminished. Remove this check by paying the secular priest. ; the brothers will increase their traffic, and the choristers will extend the sphere of their ser ye follow monks vices, and the burden of dues , and fe es w i ll be ten, nay , a hundred-fold increase d : "firstili phis stepT Pn:Theaspsasttihi from Lord Alvanley's are to be paid too. The only difference between Lord RODEN and us is, that he particularises the monks, he is ac. quainted with that individual class ; we only principles, and applied reasoned from general our remarks to every order of priests. We are glad to have Lord RoDEN's testimony to the fact that, if the State pay one order of priests, it only stimulates the avarice of some other priests to procure a larger share of the general wealth. When the Earl of RODEN arid the Editor of The Sun agree, it is quite certain, as in the case of an agreement between a Frenchman and English man, that both are right; whence it necessarily follows that it must be wrong to adopt Lord AL YANLEY'S plan, and take the priests into pay. The question, however, remains, what is to be don©. with regard to the Catholic priests of Ire land? Both Noble Lords, being Members of the LegiSlature, agree that " the peace and tranquil lity of the country," to borrow Lord RODEN'S words," are in the hands of the Roman Catholic Pyiests," not in the hands, and not under the power, of these'noin 441 lawgivers:- 4 (The. irrespon - sible power of the priest (sayS Lord Roden) cannot Iv too strongly, deprecated. I agree with Lord Abianley in think. , g that " it paralyzes the action of th ' l aws Which were itittlriflO for the benefit of all, and is incomptit4 3l iii, d ie sell -being o f the country to whichit b e• I "DP: it i.s.platl,bep.nd the reach of civil law, and beyond the 'Control Of civil authority. What law, or what authority, can reach or control the secret tribunal of the confessional ? . . Here is a p ower then in the Sta.te ',hove. the law, and so must be the power ol'.'evierfpriest hood wielding a spiritual authority.Ev ery' Dis senting clergyman, in truth, .is in the same position as the Catholic priest, in respect to the State; but he excites no alarm in the minds of Noble Lords. Why then are they alarmed at the Catholic priests? Because the Catholic priests exercise their influence over nearly I -----------_ Publihed by liatchard. What contemptible politicians have been the oppressors of the Catholics, that when they in jured them they did not follow the advice of MAcntAvEma, and annihilate them ? About the middle of the seventeenth century the whole population of Ireland was estimated at 6,200,000, of whom not more than two-thirds were Ca tholics and Irish. Now, if our Protestant poli ticians had wished to do their work effectually, they should have rooted out these Catholics, and not have allowed them to multiply, with the sen timent of wrong,.and of their own power, ever growing bigger and bigger. Now, and in this is shown the righteous government of nature, they have grown too powerful for their oppressors, and all the schemes of Lords ALVANLEY and RODEN will just end in this—that they must place the Catholic and the Anglican priesthood on a level, 4nd pay neither. The voluntary system is the effectual cure for the disorders dreaded by the-Noble Lords, and the cultivation of reason and good sense the only means of putting an end to the power, of the Catholic, or any other priesthood. 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 BA.DEN 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 FRAIVIS 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. his 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 ofDivinity, 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 EnalEsr, 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 specchl:— " Gentlemen,--The King, our gracious master, having resolved not to take part in any public solemnity d ur i ng the period or 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 present Session will also have to take into consideration other important objects. 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 fotinded 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 GerinanY. 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 righti of all Germany like our Own ; the political duty Of never exposing ourselves to be t t a a k ti e o n;anawares by events, and paralysed in our means of action; all these consider a ti o n s permit no hesi tation you nor:useless reflection. His Majesty hope's that will not lose sight of these considerations, and that he you will faithfully second in this respect the In efforts of his Majesty for the general good. I d. order to attain these different objects new demands of lexedindispensable but his Majesty hopes that it e t w a r i x e ll es it3 n . not be necessary to t;o iih b g ur l th G e o n d th b e les Stat t e hi w s it h h new country ! In the name of the King, an s d by virt a ue p of the powers which I hold frota . Ms Majesty, I declare the Session open." The French Journals have duly reached us In our Summary we h av e recorded their op inion s . upon ol h subjects i n their ed itorial only general news th ey contain we ct Whatp political titl give in the following extracts the 2d Our Correspondent at Toulon, writes toiison " The ships are taking in six months provisions, making every other preparation for sailing on at latest. Thus Admir al La Susse will have Under e him six ships of the line , the Calypso frigate, t wo ti three brigs, and S . steam-ship. This is a go o d sion for a Rear - Admiral ; but we shall still be infe rior to the English, who have twelve ships of th e line at Malta . and in the Levant, which hav e been reinforced by the Monarch, and soon will b e joined by the Queen. We have remaining at Toulouse three three-deckers, and five two-deckers, but two o f these are under repair, and three are armed en fete, 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 fi na l di sc h arge f rom serv i ce. T roops are daily coming is fro m th e surroun di ng v ill ages . Two additional battalions are about to be sent to the 19th of 8,000,000 people, banded together by a senti ment of hostility to the Church which these Noble Lords favour, and beeau i se they are sen. sible that they and their Church have given these 8,000,000, by long oppression, a just reason for their hostility. They are now obliged, in sorrow and anxiety, to eat " the fruit of their own doings," and are now paying the penalty of the wrongs committed by themselves and their ancestors. By a second ordinance, of the same date, the Arc] bishop of Dudes 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. Ife takes with him M. Bourbaki, captain of infantry ; M. Dejean, officer of cavalry, son of General Dejean, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. M. Lamartine arrived at Paris yesterday:—Consti. tutionne4 The son of the Prince of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barche feld, who was a navel cadet in the service of Denmark, died at Copenhagen, on the 20th ult. The Danish Court has gone into mourning on the occasion. The Imperial Family of Russia have moved into St. Petersburgh for the winter, from Zarskoe Zelo. The Brussels Independent 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 bread monopoly has been actually abolished by the Prince, and 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 mnnicipalities ; 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. BELGIAN FUNDS—BausalLa, DSc. 7. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ......«.«.«.« 10134 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per 92 3per Thirty.egven• 13 Loan of City, 1932,4 per ( Cent. 4o) 10 1•••••••••••4 97 Society of Commerce, 44 per —, Bank of Belgium, 5 per C e, 4 National Society 00000 •••••••••••••••NON•M•••••• Ex(- ;change on Condon (short) —Brussels Papers, Dec. 7. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 29. fire per Cogs. Metalliques . .............. 101 Fow r per Cents. ..... • •••••••••••• .......... Ogle. 99% Three per Cents. ••••••••••••••••• 74% Bank Shares - •• ••••••‘• .11,....•••••• 1606 ...4tigemeine Zeitung. 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. INDIA ARMS INN, GOSPORT.—The grand din ner lately given to the Directors of the South ampton Railway, at the Star, in Gosport, and which gave such very_great satisfaction, was pro vided by Mr. Thomas Attrill, of the India Arms Inn, Gosport. The excellence of the entertain ment was, and still is, the generaltheme of praise, not only in that town, but also in Portsmouth and the neighbourhood, where the good taste of Mr. Attrill is deservedly extolled. EDINBURGH, DEC. B.—(FROM A CORRESPON DENT.)—Your readers are well aware of the cruel prosecution and imprisonment of the shopkeeper for selling sweetmeats on Sunday, and for whom Lord Kinnaird, through The Sun, subscribed three guineas, to mark his detestation of such conduct. The persecuted man brought an action against the Magistrates, who, finding that law, common-sense, and religion were against them, have agreed to compromise the matter by paying to Butters 101. as a compens a ti on . The Serious Baillie appears also to be rather puzzled about his notice for prohibiting the sale of liquors in public-houses on Sunday, and at the meeting of the Town Council on Tuesday postponed his mo tion. The people here begin to see what the Non-Intrusionists really mean. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. Money is still rather easier, though comparatively high in the City, yet this > does not operate prejudi cially upon the Public Securities, for to-day the Market was steady, with a moderate business doing. For present transfer Consols were steady at 891, special bar gains, and for the opening in January and ex-dividend 881 to 881. The premium "on the unfunded debt was firm at 10s. to 12s. for the 1,0001., and at 10s. to 13s. for the 5001. and the small bills. East India Bonds were rather lower, being at 1 prem. to Is. dis. Bank Stock supported its value, realising 165 to 165 i. The Reduced Three and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities were at 981 to 981, the Three per Cents. at 881 to 88 , 1, and the New Three and-a-Half per Cents. for Money, the transfer books being shut, at 991. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. of 1818 were at 98. The Foreign Market, though having lost a good deal of its buoyancy, does not give way. The Spanish Secu rities have to-day been at 24 1 ,1 to 24*, for the Active, with limiiedbaSiness only Land 5- for the Passive. Portu guesel•reVFlVe Per Centi. were dull at 33+, Mexican at 26 to 263;"iiiil Brazilian at 64i ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per COO, were at 51 s. The Shici'es were rather animated, and in several in stances au - 'advance took place in their value. Great „Western were done at 194- ; London and Birmingham at 71 to 73; Quarter Ditto at 18 1 ; York and North Mid land at 37 to 38, New Ditto at 151 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, at 11 ; and South Western at 171 to 181 prem. Brighton were 131; Blackwall, 151; Manchester and Leeds, 6 to 4; North Midland, 34; New Ditto, 61; Northern and Eastern, 12k ; an d Midl an d Counties, 181 dis. Loudon Joint Stock Bank Shares were 2- 1 prem., and National Provincial of England remained at dis. (From The Sun of Last Night.) . LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, D EC . B.—The business in the Cotton Market to-day comprises 2,500 bales only, all to the trade, at Friday's quotations. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. B.—The transac tions reported are in Eastern Counties, 74 ; Grand Junction, 200 ; Great Western, half Shares ' 58f ; Lon don and Birmingh am , 162 ; ditto new, 26 ; London and Brighton, 36i ; Midland Counties, 811. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. B.—Our mar ket continues much in the same state as yesterday. Lon don and Birmingham, Quarters, 22 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 3L 13s. and 31. 12s. 6d. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 25 ; Bank of Manchester, 4i ; Man chester Assurance Company, 9L 3s. 9d. The Home Securities opened this morning at the closing prices of yesterday. Consols for the Account are now 881 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 98-41; Bank Stock, 165 a 1651 ; Exchequer Bills 10 a 12 premium. In the Foreign Market there is no alteration, and scarcely any business doing. Spanish Active Stock Lis 24+ 4 ; Passive, 5 ; Deferred, 121 ; Portuguese Five per Cents, 33 a 331 ; Ditto, Three per Cents., 191 20. The English Market remain without any variation, and nothing doing, Consols for the Account are 88/ ; • Three and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 98* ; B an k S toc k , 16.51 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 88i1; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 premium. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been very limited. Spanish Active Stock was last quoted 244 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 331 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. Mi ; Mexican, 261. The Share Market has generally improved, although the operations have not been extensive. London and Birmingham have reached 163, one per cent. upon the highest quotation of yesterday. London and Brighton are steady at 36 to 361 ' York and North Midland, 88 ; Ditto New Shares, 30+; Great Western have also im proved 2 per cent. since yesterday, having been last done at 88, and the New Shares 59+, The public have not yet ceased to regard the Exchequer bill affair with interest and attention, and anxious inquiries are made as to whether Rapallo has again been captured, or what were the new charges intended to be brought against him by Government. It has been stated in some quarters that the payment of the forged bills is a matter decided on, but even in that case the Ministry are only likely to get credit for the measure on the ground of their wishing to evade further investigation. Consols, 881 -8- ; Spanish, 2 , 1 i , Mexican, 26i ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 33i. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... 163 'lndia Stock ............... 3 per Cent Red. BBh Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons B9} Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red 9Bh !Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent 991 'Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 10pm New 5 per Cent .. ' Ditto 500/ l3 pnt Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small. . Jan 1860 l2i 'Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 'lndia Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. Consols for Acct BB} FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. ' Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto 33* Brazihan 80nd5.... 64i Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cot -. Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent..... -- Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent.. :-.- Spanish, 5 per cent 24h Ditto, 1824. Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange f. .—c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c , Ditto, 6 per cent, 1625 Dutch, 2i per cent bli Peruvian.lB2s, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) .. . ... .. 274 Great Western Railway( 65 laid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifth (4 paid) 91 London and Brighton (50 paid) 36i London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 9i London and Birmingham (90) ......... ... .. 163 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) 23A Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) 6A London and South Western Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ••• .. 64 Ditto Quarter Shares ( .2 paid) 3l North Midland Railway ( 10 0) Ditto New Shares (40 paid 331 Ditto Thirds (15 paid) York and North Midland Rail wa y (50 paid) 83 Ditto New Shares (15 paid) ......._____ PRIVY COUNCIL. -.—He? Majesty, it is ex pected, will hold a P r i vy Connell at Windsor Castle to -day, at which a Procl am i t iO n will be agreed to. further Proroguing Parliament from Tuesday, the 21st inst., to a day on which the. Legislature will meet for the dispatch of business. - -- -: , , the line. If Tl etnece n an d t h e camp o f Tafna tre,to be again occupied, an additional effective force of 6,000 men will be r equ i re d b e f ore t h e spring."—Courrier Fresicisi i A Royal Ordi nance , of the 2d of December; creat as the Bish o p r i c o f C am b ray i nto a metroplitan seemri 1. the Bishopri c o f A r i as as a suffragan, and authiarik t , the publication in France of the Bull given at Rome this effect. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1841. SUM- ARY OF NEWS AND Ptabitir stptntott. " runs may read." ~rJ~sxs V.l ronziorr. The Co n stitutionncl of Tuesday states that the Regent • Of Sp:A has resolved to dissolve the Cortes and to change ,the Cabinet. M. Olozaga is to be President of 'tlidThililbil of the new Ministry. ! thV Niltional denounces as infamously partial and dis graceful the indulgences and honours heaped upon •Chilstina'Alnnoz and the abettors of her treason by the -Frcitlia'Ciovernment. The Madrid journal the Espectador, having stated that there has been no negotiation between Great Britain and Spain for a treaty of-comm erce , t h e T emps contra di cts 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 it it b e not 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 i nvar i a bl y sacr ifi ces men to things. , ' The Pressc 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 pro that there have been no nego tiations on the subject, but as.si 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 b e c om pl e t e d, is ex t reme i n the depart ments, where it is justly regarded as a gulph which swal lows up the wealth and liberties of France." The Debate, 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 east, 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 - - The Morning Post contains the following observations,. which occur in a leading article on the conduct of th e Whig and Tory party during the last six or eight years:— "In 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 th a t th e 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, but for 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 Liber a l s w ith i ntereste d 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 himaelfallows that there is one alternative in this case whichis 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 a:foisted, 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 " Hotnorision " and the " Hotnoorision," 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 J 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 dignation ? 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 work the 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 liole,ers of the forged bills are e nt i t l 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 th ere seems to b e a d ou bt whether the Treasury will honour the fictitious documents. Even supposing, however, that inAoccnt holders' are not to be allowed to lose, •it is clear that the fraud must take effest 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 to know, how the Government can he justified in coinpromising a matter, over which, as individuals, they h ave 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 tho 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 ,Emigratio n . It will be quite time enough to diseuss Sir Robert P ee l' s sc h eme , 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 down to their means of supplying it with food at a profitable rate. But such a plan is obviously impracticable. ,No extent of emigration would accompli s h the result ; for no emigration would relieve Mir manuf a ct u res from that pressure of the restrictive s y stem w hi c h we i g h s upon *OR like •an incubus. Nor is the spirit of -- the people yet so sub dued by the , Tory restoration. that ,they would bear an involuntary emigrations 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 iia,Yin , ;•" 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 Exaniiner 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 cothmunity. Legislators, monopolists, and interested law-makers, judging of coming events by present °sha dows cast before,' and spurred to action by theporten tons. 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." MONEY-TRADE -COMMERCE. The weekly consumption of bread in our five metropo litan districts, allowing one and a half quartern loaf to each person weekly, is 2,806,90 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. COIVEDZERCIAL REFORM. A meeting took place on Monday last tit Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, for/the purpose of forming an auxiliary Anti-Corn-law Association for that district of the county. Another meeting will complete the purpose. AGRICULTURAL. In an account of the prizes of the Smithfield Club is the following history of a Middlesex pig :.—" 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 sciENTrxmc. A new glass tile, of great 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 scum 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 A.ND MILITARY. The late Brevet will occasion an increased cost to the country of nearly 40,000 L 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 ye a r s . It appeared that her husband died two years ago, and that since that period she had been leading a veryi 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 on Wednesday to take their trial. The case of Miss Sophia Darbon, aged 25 ) against Mr. Rich. Rosser, aged 83,:f0r breach of pro m ise of mar -riage which has occupied th e C o urt o f Qu e en's" Bench for the last three days, was on WOdnesdaylAckeeided by the verdict of the Jury, which found fax; the paintitY damages 1,6001. The stock of 6661. in the G,Jobcki!muamceo&anding in Miss I)arbon's name, will also betniu4.),y4by,her. At the Brentford Petty Sessions, 44T -John Grainger, a highly-respectable and extensive maltster, at New, Brentford,' appeared to answer an inlirmation preferred' against him for an infringement of 'the Excise laws, whereby he had incurred a penalty - 'of 1001. 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 afair and legitimate manner, and the Magistrates at once 'dismissed the information. John Job Ward, convicted 'of the inhuman murder of his, child alew days since, is 'to be executed on Monday 'Week, the 20th instant. _ THEATRICAL. The renters of firitiytane Theatre.held a meeting on Wednesday,when it wasstated that the ium of 1,4071.105.9 d. had been secured by the trustees for the renters, whereby they were enabled to declare a dividend of 51., exclusive of the 1/. subscribed by them for the expenses. Martin's comedy of A Cure for the Heartache was per formed on Wednesday 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. On Wednesday the principal attraction of the English 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, leaving 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—FAIIIIIONASLE. The Duke of Norfolk has joined the Earl and Countess of Surrey at the Rookery, near Dorking. The Duke and Dachess of Beaufort give an elegant dejeuner on Saturday next, at Badthinton. 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 Earl of Liverpool left Fife House on Wednesday, for 13ucksted Park. Lord and Lady Southampton have returned to Whittle bury Lodge, Northamptonshire, from Woburn Abbey. The Earl of Morton left Harew•ood House on Saturday for Dalmahoy Castle, Edinburgh. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Trivy Council at half-past two' o'clock this afternoon at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday from his residence at Kew, and paid a visit to the Duchess of GlouCester at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness. attended by Col. Jones, returned to Kew in the evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office. The following Ministers were pre sent :—Sir Robert Peel, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharnclitre, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Ripon; Lord Fitzgerald, Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Edward Knatchbull, and the Earl of Haddington. The Ministers assembled soon after four o'clock, and broke up shortly before six o'clock. M. Dedel. the Netherlands Minister ; Baron de.Mon coll.°, the Portuguese Minister ; and Baron Gensdorff, the Saxon Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Hawes, M.P., with Mr. Apsley Pellattomd Mr. Christy, and a deputation of Glass Manufactureft, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing street. Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yesterday from his residence, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Earl of AheMeen had a dinner party last evening at his reiidenc6 in Argyll-strcset. The Earl of Delawarr Arriv - ed in town yesterday from his residence, BuekhUrat , Park, Sussex. POST. OFFlClti''t;' ) MONTHLY S TATENIENT'CiP'LETTI IRYAvritED IN THE UNl+EfrielliGno : Week ending Nov. 10841 Week ending Nov. '220810 3,456'115 Week ending Nov. 24, 1839 ' . ''. 1,58073 Increase since 1840, on th e wee k' s letters . . . . . . 390,007 Increase since 1839, on the week's letters . 2,260,149 --- LEEDS CLOTH MARKETS.—The limited de mand for manufactured goods, which we noticed last week, still continues, and no improvement is now antici pated until after the turn of the year. Heavy goods, v.hich were in most request, are now scarcely inquired after, and it may bu,presumed that for the finer descrip tions there will.no“or some time be Any urgent demaud. --York Courant, • , COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business. GREAT CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. R. L. JONES (the Chairman of the London bridge Committee), brought up the Report on the sub ject of a plan, by Mr. Galloway, for the construction of 'a viaduct for avoiding the steep declivities of Holborn hill and Skinner -street, and for raising by subscription, or by a Joint Stock Company, the means of carrying it into effect. The Report stated that the Committee had ex amined witnesses, but as they were of opinion that a Joint Stock Company was objectionable in principle they had not examined the plan. They, however, so fully concurred in the Report of a Committee of the House of Commons, in 1828,as to the paramount im portance of improving the access between Holborn and .Istewgate-street, that they were of opinion that autho rity should be given to them to open a communica tion with the Members of her Majesty's Government, as to the best means of giving effect to the recommenda tion of that Committee in respect of this and other pub lic improvements detailed in their Report. Mr. JONES said it would be idle in the Committee to encourage the accumulation of plans, however ingenious, without being in possession of the certainty that Govern ment would sanction the improvements for which the public looked with so much anxiety.—(Hear, hear.) He begged to state that he entirely concurred in the opinion expressed by a Committee of the House of Commons in 1806, that the most eligible mode of throwing open the bridges was by means of an additional tax of sixpence per ton on coals. If that additional tax were adopted the great improvements, that of widening Queen-street, and of the neighbourhood of the Post-office, of which Sir Robert Smirke had already given in plans, could be effectually accomplished.—(Hear, hear.) At the Post office there was particularly urgent occasion for the con templated improvement, in consequence of the enormous increase of business in that establishment. The Commit tee, after long consideration, thought it would be ad visable to suggest to the Court the propriety of apply ing to the Government for a scheme of improvementtb, of an extensive nature.—(Cheers.) • He was aware that many of the Members of the , Legislature were most desirous of the adoption of some compre hensive plan, and the Committee could ascertain upon their interview, whether it was, or Was not the intention of the Government to aid the Corporation in these ob jects.—(Hear,. hear.) He then moved that the Court agree with the Report. Mr. NORRIS concurred in the , opinion so generally ex pressed, that Holborn-bill was a disgrace, to the City of London. He, however, thought that an additional duty of sixpence per ton upon an article already heavily taxed, would fall grieviously upon the poor, and he suggested half that amount as being adequate to raise a fund for the payment of the expense of the improvement alluded to _by Mr. Jones. HUNTER said that there was a loud demand for an improvement at the western end of Cheapside. Mr. ASHURST said that the Corporation simply asked for leave to confer with the Government upon a general scheme of improvement. If leave were granted, and the conference was attended with beneficial results, the de tails would be fully, discussed. Mr. WELLS said he was scholar enough to know that the time of the greatest prosperity of R ome was nut when her buildings were most grand and imposing; and he did not see 'why the analogy should not hold with re gard to London. For his part, he should rather see the coal-tax taken off entirely, than see a new street make its appearance amidst the distresses of the population. The Report was then agreed to. THE CITY FUNDS. Mr. ANDERTON rose to propose an important motion as regarded the Court of Aldermen. -. That Court had, he said, gone on from time to time in the work of ap propriating the funds of the Corporation, until at last that appropriation reached the enormous amount of nearly 3,0001. a-year. Be did not deny the power of that body to vote away the money of their fellow-citizens, for it was evident, from the voluminous documents laid before the Corporation, that they had the right they exercised ; but, he must say, that it was a power requiring to be checked.—(Hear, hear.) He disapproved of the distri bution of this large sum of money, which the Aldermen voted away. A great deal of it went to the widows, daughters, and other relations of the Aldermen who had fallen into distress, and some of it even went to ex-Al dermen themselves. After some further remarks, he moved the following resolution :—" That the Court can not avoid expressing its regret at the greatly increased and increasing annual payments made to decayed mem bers of the Court of Aldermen, and their wives, widows, and families ; as well as other payments beyond those specified in the resolution of this Court on the 29th March, 1838, viz., the administration of justice, police, gaols, and the usual expenses of the Conservancy of the Thames ; and, therefore, that it be referred back to the Committee, in relation to the City and Bridge-house accounts, to consider and report what steps may be ne cessary in order to put an end to a practice so injurious to the funds and character of this great Corporation." Mr. WELLS seconded the resolution. The motion was carried by a large majority. After some other business of no public interest, the Court adjourned. LONDON MECHANICS'INSTITUTE A Special General Meeting of the Members of this Institution was held last evening, in the theatre, to Con sult as to the best means of showing their respect to the memory of their late lamented President, Dr. Birkbeck, at his funeral on Monday next. Mr. Spickett in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly stated the object of the meet ing, and -said that it was the duty of the London Me chania Institution to show every mark' of respect to the memory of their late President ; and concluded by stating, that those members who chose to go in Coaches could, and those who wished to go on foot should join the procession at the Plough, in the Harrow-read. Mr. READY made a few remark, commenting on the necessity for showin g res pe c t to`" the memory' of Dr. Birkbeck, and moved that " The Comniittee should go in a body, as the representative of 'the Institution, and that the funds of the Institution should be appropriated for the payment of the expenses of the Committee." Mr. SMITH seconded the resolution, and, after rather a lengthy discussion, Mr. READY withdrew his motion. It was then moved and seconded that—" The atten tion of the Members of the Institution having been called to the circumstance that the funeral of their late lamented President, Dr. Birkbeck, is to take place on Monday, December the 13th, it is hereby resolved that it is the duty of every Member of this Institution, in order to show his profound respect and gratitude to the memory of Dr. Birkbeck, to attend his funeralif he possibly can." This resolution was carried. Mr. Woon, in a few words, deprecated a long discus sion upon such an occasion. He moved a resolution to the following effect:—" That a meeting► of the Members of this Institution, and those who have formerly been Members, do take place in the Theatre on Monday next, at nine o'clock. to accompany in procession the funeral of their lamented President, Dr. Birkbeck." The second resolution was also carried, and the meet ing almost immediately afterwards broke up. SURREY CHRISTMAS CATTLE SHOW. The annual show of stock of the Surrey Agricultural. Association took place ort Wednesday at Epsom. The quantity of stock exhibited was not very large, and in some of the classes there were not any competitors, but the animals that were brought were considered by the judges to be of a very superior description. After the judges had given their awards, the Members of the Association adjourned to the Spread Eagle, where between seventy and eighty of the principal farmers of the neighbourhood sat down to dinner. C. Barclay, Esq., presided, and there were also present, J. Trotter, Esq., M.P., H. T. Hope, Esq., G. Farmer, Esq., Captain Lem priere, J. Cunningham, Esq., &c. &c. After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed, the CHAIRMAN gave the healthy of the Members fur the, county of Surrey. Tlie °HAMM/ill then proposed success to the newly formed Association for the improv e m en t o f s t oc k i n t h e county of SurfeY7and entered into a description of the Objects'for which it had been established. He said that. it was intended to have a general show of stock bred in the county,'and prizes would be awarded for the best and most profitable animals that were produced ; and it was intended that the whole county should be joined into' one Association to effect` this object. The great object of the Association was to encourage the working farmers ; and the great landholders and gentry of the county would be prohibited from conipetink foi• , the prizes, which would be entirely left open to the tenant farmers. This would satisfy them that the land holders were anxious for their advantage, and desired to sge thein placed in a situation of independence ; and he assured the meeting that he would ten times rather award a prize to a working farmer for improvements in his, farm and stock, than he would hand it to the bailiff of a large landholder. Believing that the new Associa tion to which he referred would do a vast deal of good, he most cordially wished it success ; and he had great pleasure in informing th e meeting tat 2001. had been already subscribed for the purpose of commencing ope rations. Some other toasts were.then given and responded to, and the meeting separated. • ST. CYRUS, Nov. 24.—We have heard, from what we consider good authority, that the health of our beloved pastor, Dr. Keith (which was so much impaired by his literary and pastoral labours, as to require an application to the Presbytery for his son to be appointed his assistant and successor in the ministry), has now been so completely restored, as to admit of his accepting the laborious office of Secretary to the Society for the Conversion of 'the Jews. We are happy to acid that the good Doctor's services will not be altogether of a gratui tous nature, as'a salary of 300 1 . a year is attached to the office. This is but another instance of the great worldly prudence and foresight by which this pious family has been distinguished for more than one generation.— Aberdeen Constitutional. ILLNESS OF MR. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, M.P.—We are deeply concerned to state, that Mr. Craw ford is at present suffering from an attack of typhus fever at Crawfordsburn. We believe, however, that the symptoms of the disease have somewhat abated ; and that there is ground to hope for the lion. Gentleman's speedy recovery.—Northern Whig. A " BRAVE OLD OAK."----Mr. William 'Tilton, joiner and builder, of this town, on Wednesday last received from his timber-merchant, in Liverpool, an immense log of American oak timber, which is likely to excite the gaze and wonder of all the admirers of the products of nature in this neighbourhood. It is now to be seen in his timber-yard, Standishgate, and its dimen sionsi are as follows: — .Length, 56 feet; girth, 26 inches; making i a n na all th 2 e 6 s B ize cu a b t i e c ac fe he e t. nd It i s s weighttwo t is si x s i i x n e t h o e n s s , and fwo feet three inehes.--Manchester Times. MORNING SUN ' MEETING AT ISLINGTON . ADDRESS TO THE. QUEEN. —P L;BI.1 0 DISTRESS. last A nightmeeting at of the Public the School-room s, inhabitants cho o l .. f r 00 1% 1 1 i n s f t called by advertisement, to address her AMajesty/ birth of the Prince of Wales. is The Reverend the Vicar, Mr. WThsott, was Pr the Chair, after some littl e o pposition, and expla rt"", objects of the meeting,. Mr. RAMSDEN moved an address to her MajestY , began by enumerating the vicar, churchwardens , 4 ; parishioners, which . referred to the late auspicious T* C nn hu t r ° c ° 1 1 1%tru Pl46e spoke of the great benefits which the House of Ra t had conferred on the country, and antieipate&t; blessings from the future reign of the young' s The Hon. Gentleman, in moving the address, refi! r np f rather invidiously to the want of loyalty ond C r „kb feeling in those who might oppose his motion, iteu ui of a meeting to address the Queen, l if ter the elt made on her life by Oxford, in a manner that wal:7,m be insulting to those who did not go along wit " high and palmy Toryism expressed in the address) Mr. NicHoLs seconded the motion. was, a Mr. HODGSKIN objected to the address, that it it one which he and the parishioners could agre e , 1 7; i0 ers placed the clergy in the van, and carried thepar's", o lo of Islington before the Throne in the tail of th e ri . jeit• hood. He objected also to the address, that pated too much from the power of the rown, eh h li t o, at present little better than a nullity. In hi s 11 P when they had an opportunity of expressing their cal sentiments in Islington, which was seldom, .I;s' should be careful to give utterance only to whe',ol true and consistent. They ought also not to negleerese' opportunity of expressing their opinions on the P state of the country, in which the distress wa ded b y whelming and alarming. Mr. Hodgskin eone't a s a s moving the following ADDRESS TO nEn MAJO T " amendment on the original motion : habit ° " We, your Majesty's dutiful subjects,. in iyo to did Islington, assembled in public meeting, 'leg ` e f a tiolle offer your Majesty our honest and hearty cong ra :ili live , on the birth ot your son and Heir-Apparent, who 'WO the we trust, to receive, in due season, the throne V; bn efit, nation confers on your Majesty for the public . ii g the and be a blessing to your Majesty, by wher it ,, l- o rtilf talents and the virtues of his august parents. li r e P as sod congratulate your Majesty on having successfully p r ow through your hour of trial, under the favour of in t he dente ;, and we pray that y our M a j es ty, delight ie g ba nd, smiles of a healthy offspring and an affectionate lo w t he may enjoy a long and a h a ppy lif e , reflected fr ° he ad prosperity- and happiness of the people at wh ese your Majesty is placed. pr ise "It is our painful duty, ho we ver, new $ )5. Npyour Majesty, that at pre s ent th e peoplenrerd3 and perous, and that there are at this moment bo — ter nitY; thousands of females in this country to whom a cri kr far from being, as to your Majesty, and asin In e e, " : apc eau nature it ought to be to all women, a source 0 ! - Vbei r delight, brings only dread and dismal despai' d id Yr bumble dwellings, unlike your Majesty's V ien , l ll, lace, in which nothing is wanting that art esn,f: ;i l eee ..A e s " destitute of -the most common necessaries, an. P°' article's of furniture. In their hour of travail, tit"' re4 4* by, affectionate friends and persons read, tw e Prey ° every wish, they are assailed by the cries 0 , 1 0 00 3 clamorous for food, and by the lamentations eld ° W it :" willing to labour, but deprived of the men ° %a. It t ": ing subsistence for themselves and their offsr,', - 015i e . 5 , -; our painful, but imperative, duty to inform Y ° " - o olit l '; that the people, who are in this deplorable. belong to the most skilful, inget:ious, and r1 ;13 , en de a r labourers in the world • to whose unwearied t° "• t y, e ve. Providence, every individual in the comlnuti s ten ce d c aus trion your Majesty, is indebted for comfort and s u c s ue ".°,,, while the State is indebted to them for its re v- i s power. Cenvincedthat their present conditiollepoblf repugnant to the course of nature, which has ' t i le associated plenty with skilful industry, and t'" t which your Majesty's throne is established to r a f t he thoroughly convinced, also, that the condition ° 3la jeitf, e bouring classes is both a terrible disgrace to yoti,r, I ,'„ Government, and full of peril to the conininn"V t o te","( inhabitants of Islington, pray your Meiesq,stetel measures instantly to put an end to this Blaring% leg i . so: things, by repealing or abolishing unjust and_ Site 15 ,,, t tion, which has turned the bounties of - Pr°77atlr e ,l, -- curses, and made the vast elements of IVealku ll : .of e ness which abound in the minds and sur . ; , people, sources of poverty, misery, and desPaL r '„ spe s ,,a The amendment was ably supported by,. h re ; e s, s`" ers, two of whom belonged to the working, M asses' drs"h'e was opposed by the Rev. Mr. Blackburn, n 5 n° 4o o, 1 1, " ; up in the best taste. After a considerable disen,s., amendment was carried by a very great IllaP riti ; Coq "- , Reverend Vicar, encouraged by the official V r •r to t by which he was surrounded, instantly li tcs .,, i itlU°' Chair, and declared the meeting a djourned , _ sa to S 5 providing any means for forwarding the Addrvother.Sl Majesty, and without attempting to more n t, dresses to Prince Albert and the Duchess of It e A gors the promoters of the meeting had prepared. drew,` hubbub ensued, in the midst of which we wi n tlen!„ 6 's It is quite unusual, we think, for a b'oer;' , to vacate the Chair, and declare spert'ari adjourned, which had been called f or tool 1 11 ,; Re because the little factioe, whe' C , t Reverend Chairman made himself, was comr e tsat a i d feated. It is to be expected, therefore , .t" Vicar will he publicly censured, for ,the "P eat' while his party will be exposed to the . waproaV - i , f ,ty 4 ' vouring to make loyal addresses her 1... t3 J,`,. it stalking horses to their own purposeF, .4 'The In ce o llo `,' so enthusiastic in favour of the amendme n t. tit s de. lieve the Islington Tories will not again profolooser feat by thrusting themselves , forward as the ree t e tives of the public sentiments, however gre,l l- ""'T power in Vestu. pollr‘ GENERAL ner ANNUITY EN 1.0 MENT COMPANY. , c riher s t° , dtieti.a T s h ,Cr e a o v rn e p rn an , y ßlsho c statementel vi ng the e t. Report tll ll e . ae yest e e t r i d n a g y aof t tej t .t. li ri c oon.ouraptose rtie tferei pp i a n rrn g eodsge, wrnoeatsnss time.ed a x i t fn r rg e o m msl e ot l ,y Pf,;'tte Dir'ecters,; 'll l , e weet Mr. JACKSON having been oposed, took tivi lft " :r d - If the' C na ' o fPhe b u: s l4ti e l Ed f: that rr eet: e- i fP t Qars i s t il l: tr:ei ng ra tue -I l ter : nual meeting of the Association, and he r t i o n lis‘ r-n- . 1 the the members present on the fact of the Ass c ft of , t° th h e ad pe b r e i e o n d porfegirtsessfoierginst:y onsstistritesii' tion of every Proprietor, and, in fact, e t ,' ° „ e tb :l . tto le 9 . , t h gli e n s n e ec g te e d nt w le i nl th en th n e .e i n n l s d tit s u ti t l io l n u . rge A ti n r cl e h n o th T - ru f se rier e. ! f r . :t i i , advantages ct presented by this institution , mo iety is the ofsatisfied Cityreceiptsse veet .n London. theresh onlyii li fne w gl s a l s s 1 Her ae n ner odt believed oehfl a ei leavr m :ieetad o yi r i e eyt ahbreteybbnoye:fietgehr were t a ,t tarrfi e g o t r ha: ho til ; w t cause although they had heavy demands theY tance , Ili congratulate the Proprietors on that eirel lais- 1, 511 a th r e e y st i k ia e d pt b l e i e p n th ia e i i d r u funds.—(flear, hea r. r.: T°l hil ert' ° : 1 it c :: 1 1 Ir, E,ts of one circumstance he wished to allude to, wol e- khat s a r for s e t e h n e r i P n Proprietor . ' certain p annum, That rest was still the increase. i' on re se lv e s while they w' • • ~ • were increasing their funds they 1,11;,,,, the S pa ' so ul '. soottib,ite same time making another behefit by securing to t w ere c% bo this sum_ f, 201. per annum. The Directors plig ht 4, , ) ceediugly anxious to answer any question ths t . vg 0. 11 put to theM; and he would conclude by call' t ,,0 Secretary to read the minutes of the last meeting' 0 l 0,7 •,1"1( The SECRETARY then read the minutes of tb 0 9 % 0 1 ' 11 meeting, which were confirmed. years. deer It tnpr sttN O N.ee. f 4ad 3: The T ~,ca.,„,„io theTshneebi'eEtcyn;;AinnYathmeenartepardetshpeereßeupsoeretnoditaehcs,ito%pe r irec , :a a l fi, . v e as in e b aem e n r o s saida w etr a ae s bri)e l ,ae 3p ah . rgaen T ra h tah e iat . ) a n m wth e a u as n t ; o 74 , . eve r A l i : l o ,:: a th n e d n ti m m o t v i e t d be an p d rir s i i t l e c d o , nd tt e n d d , a t e h e a p t y , t it t0 t_. :, 0 1 1 ,1 Subscriber, which'was carried. o p,- _ Eiii ,,, said thoem M pi r in . ett S ci T tc : ht N ia s o , n A g n : T w,ou id the tak time e plae e w i a n s th n e ow w e a f g e ti e o in d e ti t a,' , l l l, l , : p well at the pers ' ons they Pla ce lii i bil it i office. They must be persons of known resP ec o f 1 1 ,; cuinedtyer ttoh e l eek aus p ices of A w e ' a t u s and he therefore begged to move that the 1 11 ° 1 'o of w fessor De Morgan be placed as one, as tt ta ahrieensc e a fo n r d t h i ttboehboeyecii t.iilie t p h O o . , 3 ,, 0 5 f ei strictest integrity, talent, and principle. init A PROPRIETOR asked if Professor 1)e P. - "' a lia competent to act as an Actuary ? „. 'lO A, SUBSCRIBER said that Professor De Altnlg`t of ci,c 1 by acted as Actuary for five:or six years in a ''''" a lion , , 5 similar description, , and had saved that Ass i °l v ela his services and talents, from great expens e, a "' h , from ruin. After some little discussion, ~., as cry • The CHAIRMAN said the Directors were 11 / 4 • 4 holde r ' that all' 'information should be give to the Sh are . hey On the part of the D . were very much pleased that the matter ha ve t o t hof Directors he would sly,,, th e 4 ; o' 4 • up by the members themselves, and they hope weregtl 01 1 had chosen a gentleman' themselves ; but he Jio b il l' '' would have no objection to the gentleman ~e y bfs . i , hitherto acted acting with the gentleman P' ot ild Se' ~0 named, as all the information Mr. De Morgall_, w e ge,''',d quire must come through them. He would aga` n botsts' the satisfaction of the Directors at the mem bers , , taken this subject up on their own account. sri" The motion was then put and carried. Mr. PAYNE proposed that the Report of the ~ - -A c r t i t : isetA be printed at least ten days before the meeting, a 01 1 , 13 t round to the different members, in order that the)' thoroughly know what they were going to Mee t i t aw leg i a l The CHAIRMAN said, that from what he e°l'_. s holl'' of Mr. Payne's motion, he wished that the reports_itboat , , • be at once printed, and sent forth to the public, v ' I,' ,' i j , the Directors seeing it at all. Mr. PAY NE said such was not his infentiOa. ',Airr4 to The CHAIRMAN said it would be ranch be tte`or,' submit it to the Board, as there might PO,WW • l l pancies that might be avoided. ' t ,' 0 4 14 ;t' j: Mr. PAYNE said the Directors misunders o • 0 , proposed, which was, that when the Report vftt . : l, i ll i t p by the Actuaries, and insp ected by the Be S i j d t he' U printed copies should be se nt to each member, A° 0 0. ' a A meeting tt e a called i t s o te t r a n k v e the 4( 44 /, 1 , objet i a ' tlicd Mr. PAYNE said, he could have but one 0 for , le which was th e hest mode of obtaining information 10,0001,1 d Members, but as there w scinusastioter. withdraw his motion ; but he hoped tliat tini_.'e__o(ts, ._' ,l ,if into considers .rio, given on all occasions to consider the various 1 -K r i' h t ia 0 : (1$ 0 The CHAIRMAN said, they should have as oweoroi7,lll as they thought proper for the Prop day t . ,. ‘ , 0 ,01 1 .1 , 4 as so much oppositione 11:000 bexii;ll the Reports. Let them determine amon,st 1, .!; v ,. A tio ''p • t —(11040 tti.o the Directors would readily agree to 1 • - . 13 A tit what it should be, whether it was ten or twelve ` 4l ' ' .3 0 1 I ,e Captain BARKER would ask, whetlicv the , -, :j , ..199 the Actuaries would be final ? he :4:40051f ~ The CHAIRMAN said, the Report of t ,-,,,, Wg .t' ,:. would be laid before the meeting, and the Weil. 2!. . k., , p ~ , f,. undoubtedly have a right to examine these Ber r !,7 ...., . he felt those Reports would always be satisfacteoi After a short conversation the subject tiroPP. ti - -