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By THOMAS EIGOLDSBY, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING. DEC. 30, Will be repated the New Drama, called GRAND 7ATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Drayton, (a Builder), Mr. Tilbury ; Langley, (a Retired Trader), Mr. Stuart ; Driver, (a Lawyer), 14lr. Strickland; Bob Lincoln, (his Clerk), Mr. Webster; Snap, M Clark ; Edward Drayton (Drayton's Son), Master George Webster; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Edwin Yarnold ; Susan, (Servant to Langley ), Mrs. Stanley. After which, Tfi E . DONA GEn. Lord Alfred Lyndsay, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Dowager Countess of Tresilian, Madame Vestris. To be followed by the Drama of THE BASTILE. Louis Quatorze, Mr. H. Holl ; Fricandeau, Mr. Webster ; the Duchess de Montbazon, Alin Charles; Ninon Labatte, Ma dame Celeste. To conclude with a Grand Comical Burlesque Bur letta, called RIQUET, WITH THE TUFT. Prince Itiquet, with the Tuft, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Green-horn the Great, Mr. James Bland; Prince Finikin, Miss Charles; The Princess Emeralda, Madame Vestris. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 30, Will be repeated a New Domestic Drama, entitled SHE'S NOT TO BLAME, in which Miss Amelia Mercer, from the Theatre Royal, York, will perform. ACter which, THE WELSH RABBIT. The Principal Characters by Mr. J. S. Balls, Mr. Salter, and 'Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a New Fairy burlesque burletta, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF. Principal characters by Mr. Oxberry, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Noel, Madle. Melanie Duval, and M. Deneze, who will make their first aFpearance in this country in the incidental ballet. Places and Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at al! the principal Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELpf " Yankee Notes" a decided hit—Best Pantomime in London. THIS EVENING, DEC. 30, Will be repeated the new Rurletta, entitled THE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal character s by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Wright, Maynard, Wieland, Miss Chaplin, Miss L;rouks, and Mrs. P. Grattan. After which, a New Farce, called YANKEE NOTES FOR ENGLISH CIRCULATION. Principal Characters. by Mr. Rice (the celebrated representative of Negro Character), Messrs. Wright, Wilkinson, Maynard', Mesdames H. P. Grat tan, H. Beverley, and Chaplin. To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, called THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD; or, HARLEQUIN AND NOBODY. Harlequin, Mr. Frampton ; Anti •Clown (No body), Mr ieland ; Clown, Mr. H. Beverly ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanders Co umbine, ;Thu Buliin. 80xe5,44 Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TIitATRE. As usual, the most magnificent Pantomime in London—A ter rific hit ! Acknowledged by audiences crammed to the ceiling ....-Superb Dresses—Splendid Scenery —.Unequalled Appoint ments. THIS EVENING, DEC. 30, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled RICHARD SAVAGE, in which Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, R. Honner, J. Webster, Neville, Smith, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. H. Vining, Miss Terrey, &c., &c., will perf o rm. After which, a New Grand Fairy Partomime, with splendid Scenery, Dresses, Tricks, Mechanical Changes, and Appoint ments, to be called HARLEQUIN PUCK; or, THE EN CHANTED STATUE OF THE CHRYSTAL FOUN TAIN. Harlequin, Mr. Harvey ; Clown, Mr. C. Montgo mery; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Blanchard; Columbine, Miss M. R. Fairbrother. The effects will exceed everything hitherto attempted. Messrs. Sams, Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, are Agents for Private Boxes during the run of the Pantomime. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 51 : Noon, 50. BAROMETER, 30.21.-WIND, W. NOTE. --The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. - - --- ill(itt .TER AT LONDON BRIDJE THIS DAY. 4l, rning .... 15 minutes after 0 I Evening ... 5:2 minutes after 0. n. LONDON FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 30, 1842. It is said that the great Tory landlords have been applying the screw to Sir B. PEEL, which is rendered highly probable by the al tered language which landed gentlem an now use at agricultural meetings. They ar e putting a bold face on their injustice, and areitesolved to bully the public, while in private they i n _ sinuate their wishes and their threats to Sir Now ready, in 2 vols. post tivo., with characteristic Illustra- tions by Leecb, T HE WASSAIL BOWL By ALBERT SMITH, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. Now ready, in one vol. post Bvo. ' with Illustrations by Leech, THE SECOND SERIES OF THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS Or, MIRTH AND MARVELS. Now ready, in 3 vols. Bvo, with Portraits, THE COURT OF ENGLAND, UNDER THE HOUSES OF NASSAU AND HANOVER. By J. HENEAGE JESSE, Esq., uthor of" Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts." Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street ( Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). AINSWORTH'S MAGAZIME. Price Half-a-Crown. Contents of the JANUARY N UMBER : WINDSOR CASTLE, An Historical Romance. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH. Book ll.—Chapters 1., IL, 111., and IV. With Two Illustrations on Steel, by GEO. CRUIKSUANK, And Woodcuts by W. ALFRED DELAMOTTE. A Legend of Normandy. By the Baroness de Calabrella. My Dream at Hop-Lodge. By Laman Blanchard. The Consecrationof King Henry's Weapons. By John Oxenford. The Dying Poet to his Wife. By Charles Hervey. Astrology and Alchemy. By Camilla Toulmin. State and Prospects of the Legitimate Drama in China. By Charles W. Brooks. On Our Late Success in India. By M. Y. W. Three Days Lost in Taurus. By W. Francis Ainsworth. A Scene during the Early Pat t of the French Revolution. By Miss Skelton. A Charade. By Naeck Esmiryn. The Monastery of L'Avernia. By the Hon. C. Stuart Savile. The Adventures of Ganderfield, the Borehater. By A Crotchety Man. Old Parl's Ghost ; a Legend of Wexford. By Charles Hervey. The Sick Child. By the Hon. Julia Augusta Maynard. '• Working up Junk." By John Barrow. On Seeing an Advertisement of the Intended. Retirement cf an Eminent Firm, By Mrs. Gore. The Serious Miller. By Dudley Costello. A Venetian Romance : Part 11. By Edward Kenealy. Old German Ballad. By Margaret Scott. New Year's Eve. By M. Y. NV. THE ELLISTON PAPERS. . Edited by GEORGE RAYMOND. Chapters V. and VI. Vs ith a Portrait of Elliston, engraved from the Original Picture in the possession of the Garrick Club. Cunningham and Mortimer, Publishers, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square. MLLE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS INIAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains HONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9O, £lOO, £llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £4OO, £6OO, £6OO, £l,OOO, Xi .500, £5,000, and £.5,000 Ste.:ling. Amounting together to .x:72,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURG H, Cr, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. HEINE BROTHEIZS traing remitted during a vary short time very large amounts of Money Divi dends to their Correspondents in Great Britain and Ireland. Dividends of 25,000/., 18,0001., 9,000/., 5,0001., and 3,6001. to London ; 3,6001., 800/., and 700/. to Edinburgh ; 3,600/. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3,60 W. to Halifax ; 1,2001. to Porthleaven Harbour ; 900/., 700/., and 6001. to Liver pool ; 9001. to Hull; 9004 to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001. and 6001. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham shire • 700/. to Colne, Lancashire; 7001. t o Ryd e , I s l e o f Wight; 6001. to Cork ; 600/. to Bideford ; and 600/. to Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua ranteed by the Government. This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than 25,000/. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of 11. and upwards. Price of One Share, 1/. ; two Shares, 2/. ' • three Shares, 3/.; four Shares, 41. ; five Shares, 51. ; six Shares, 61.; seven Shares, 71. ; eight Shares, 8/. ; nine Shares, 91. ; ten Shares, 101.0, Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS at Lubeck. The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, upon addressing a line to Heine Brothers. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 30, Will be repeated, Amber's Opera of ERA DIAVOLO ; or, the INN of TERRACI NA. Fra Diavolo, Mr. W. Har rison ; Lord Alleash, Mr. G. Horncastle ; Lorenzo, Mr. Travers; Beppo, Mr. Giubilei ; Giacomo, Mr. Leffler ; Matteo, Mr. S. Smith; Lady Allcash, Miss Betts; Zerlina, Miss Pcole. After which, Mr. Bunn's Comic Interlude of MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE. Mr. Somerton, Mr. Cooper ; Mr. Brown. Mr. Meadows; Mr. Smith, Mr. Bartley; Mrs. Somerton, Mrs. W. Lacy. To conclude with a New Comicality, called PUNCH'S PANTOMIME ; or, HARLEQUIN - KING JOHN, and MAGNA CHARTA. By the Writers of " Punch." King John, Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ridgway; Pan taloon, Mr. Garden ; Columbine, Mrs. J. Ridgway ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes is., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Circlos bs., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 29. ; Gallery Is. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. ea' ' Si • ' • - •1 ,\-&P44, • , , " '4%W Af, A t+ ti - Zi R. PEEL. We should like to see the corms- pondence that has recently passed between cer tain noblemen and gentlemen, the substance of which has been made known to the Premier. We should like to hear the oral communications which are continually made by the Premier to his familiars, and from squire to squire, to give, if possible, a tone to the public sentiment that may enable the Right Hon. Baranet to boast of the unaltered and. unalterable attachment of the landowners to the principle of protection, and to the present sliding scale. " The time is fast approaching," adds the Con temporary from whom we have borrowed the as sertion, " when it will be known whether Sir R. PEEL will be allowed to consult the welfare of the country, or whether he will renounce the principles he professed last session, and become the passive instrument of a short-sighted and mistaken avarice." As we have said already, Sir R. PEEL will do that which he is compelled to do ; he has no free will in the matter. If the grumbling of the farmers increase, if rent continue to fitll, and if the League presses forward with vigour and zeal, Sir R. PEEL will, in the language of our Contemporary, "consult the public welfare" by abolish ing the Corn-law. If, on the contrary, the farmers should think that this is but one bad season, and should go on hoping and trusting, as the landowners have cunningly re commended, at the same time promising them some small assistance, and a relaxation of rent ; if the industrious and injured farmers should therefore make no serious and bitter re monstrances to the idle landlords, and quietly sacrifice their little remaining ca pital to pay the utmost amount of rent they can pay ; if agricultural meetings should speak boldly ; and if at the same time the fall of prices should relax the zeal of the League, and make some of its most active members more eager to profit by present advantages than pro vide for future prosperity, then Sir ROBERT PEEL will not consult the welfare of the country, and will not alter the Corn-law. He relies, probably, on the contingencies we have pointed out. He promised cheapness, and cheapness is come. That will be a sufficient shield against the de mands of the League, unless most vigorously pressed•;. and if the landlords continue vehe mently to clamour for protection, he will do their bidding. In that case he will prepare for him self imperishable disgrace, and for his country indescribable disasters. Mr. STURT, at the Blandford meeting, being one of the resolute protection men, said, under the burdens the agriculturists have to bear they are not able to contend with unlimited com petition. How can he suppose, then, that the manufacturers, who share all the burdens of the State with the agriculturists, can bear them ex posed to unlimited competition, and bear the ad ditional burden of the bread-tax ? To shut out competition is to shut out trade, to ruin the ma nufacturers, and deprive the agriculturists of customers. 'Will that raise the price of wheat ? Whether it will or not, lie and his friends still cling to the law which promises them a high price for that produce. We are not much surprised at the ignorance and prejudice of the landowners, however much we deplore them. The word " law" implies settle ment and stability, and so the landlords speak of the law of last session as the settlement of the question. But however feasible it might be for the leader of a predatory tribe to settle that their next piratical excursion should be to Britain, and, therefore, make that a law; or to establish that another leader should share with him in the command; or however feasible it might be for the successful pirates, become landowners, to settle a division of the booty, or even to agree amongst themselves, for their common defence, to organise themselves into tens, and hundreds, and shires, and, therefore, establish or settle such a general means of defence—between such a law and the settlement or establishment of the price of a commodity there is no analogy what ever. Hence, while the settlement and establish ment of tailings and hundreds has existed in England for ten centuries, or from a period an terior to ALFRED to the present time, the law settling and establishing the price of wheat could not be maintained unaltered for twelve years, and has failed every year in accomplishing the object intended. The price of wheat depends on the quantity of corn grown and the number of mouths; on the quantities of other things to be given for it, and the number of persons requiring it; on the quantity and value of money in circulation, both of which are effected by bank issues, and are not settled and established by the law ; and it depends on the cost of producing the wheat and other things. Now, no one of these elements of the prices of wheat is, or can, be settled or esta blished by law; and, therefore, the law which keeps out foreign grain cannot possibly settle or establish the price of wheat. The attempt to settle and establish it by law is, therefore, as errant a piece of folly, but being replete with mischief, much more wicked, than an attempt to regulate the seasons themselves. Experience amply confirms this theory. The law since 1815, intended to keep up prices, has been a complete failure; the price falling at times to 30s. and 395., while there has been a most rapid increase of manufactures and of people. These are obviously the circumstances which at other times have forced up prices, and wanting which the law would have had no such effect, any more than the swearing of fishwives at Bil lingsgate. We pity and excuse the somewhat natural prejudices of booby squires who jump to the conclusion, because the law settles the suc cession to the throne that it can settle the pbrltelueseorf commodities; we can pardon th em t h e i r and their bullying, for they have been nursed in conceit and pride by the deference of other men ; but we cannot excuse Sir ROBERT a f 3 n E d E L for bli pricesmaintaining a which w knows to a s e n t n t o l e t effect that object ; and he will receive no pity, should his attempt draw on him the execration of mankind. A great deal more depends on this question of free trade than most men imagine. Year after year the lower classes want food, and the middle classes struggle in vain to improve their condi . non ; year after year are the dispositions of all soured and embittered; year after year the ill will of man to man, and of class to class, in creases; year after year fraud is strengthened and honesty weakened; year after year, by the operation of hunger, distress, and disappoint ment, do rancour, hatred, and all the evil pas sions, become predominant, and beget wide spread disorder, discontent, and anarchy. All these are the consequences of restriction and distress. We went through a trying period of long and ' expensive war without suffering half or one quarter as much at home of distress and discon tent as .we have suffered since; the peace. The people were then prosperous; the law did not prevent them from obtaining food ; the wonder ful inventions of WATT, while the success of our Navy ensured the general safety of our com merce, gave to our industry and our wealth the most extraordinary extension. By their means the nation was prosperous, not, as is sometimes foolishly said, in consequence of a war wastefully carried on, but in spite of it ; and contentment and loyalty grew with the products of commerce and the steam-engine. If the mistake, however, were then and since made of ascribing internal tran quillity to good government, instead of ascribing it to mechanical inventions, how much more may we now dread the mistake of ascribing the terrible discontent, not only with the Government, but of man- with man, and of class with class, which now exists, to some inhe rent wickedness which coercion may put down, instead of tracing it to the general distress caused by our restrictive laws ? Another invention of equal importance to the steam-engine, instead of now relieving our distress, would increase it ; and thus the wonderful ingenuity and skill of our people, which, under no other restrictions than those imposed by circumstances, carried the nation happily through au arduous contest, are converted, by the restrictive laws enacted since the peace, into dire curses. Nothing less than prosperity and contnttnent on the one iln.;;A, with all the bland and kindly emotions which spring therefrom; and distress, discontent, and anarchy on the other, depend on the right solu tion of this great question of freedom of trade. The progress of population carries civilization with it; and when we find the nation deteriorat ing in morals as it increases in numbers, we are forced to conclude that our political system is terribly erroneous. On this account we cannot believe that Sir ROBERT PEEL is so self-degraded as to have made up his mind to be the instrument of the ignorant landlords in endeavouring to continue the restrictive law. We know that like all politicians he loves power, and is not very scrupulous as to the means of acquiring it. We believe, therefore, that if the preservation of his own power depends on maintaining that system, he will try to maintain it. Hence it is the business of the public, operating through the League and on the landlords and farmers, to make the preservation of his power and the maintenance of the system hopelessly incom patible. In spite of some Bobadil-talk the land owners are dreadfully alarmed at the success of the League, and the growing discontent of the tenantry. A few weeks more low prices, and the continuance of the existence of the League, will suffice to rouse the tenantry against the landowners, and convince Sir ROBERT PEEL that he can only remain in office by conceding the abolition of the Corn-laws. Till public opinion becomes decided we suppose that lie will hold his judgment suspended, and will then again, as before, make his conduct square with his presumed interest. Mr. O'CONNELL'S letter, combined with the avowed resistance tolevying poor-rates, will have convinced the public that Sit ROBERT PEEL has not got over the difficulty of Ireland. He can only rely on the landlords of that country. The hulk of the peasantry, with their leaders and their priesthood, are, politically speaking, ra ther his enemies than his allies. He not only supports, he favours and extends a Church which oppresses them, and which they hate. But how are the landlords disposed towards him ? They complain in Ireland most bitterly of the effects of the tariff. Rents are falling ; rates cannot be paid; land is ac tually in some places deteriorated fifty per ccnt.; and, taught by Sir ROBERT PEEL, the the:landlords universally, we believe, ascribe the fall in prizes and in rents to his new laws. His difficulties in Ireland must increase ; for, without conciliating the peasantry and the Catholic priests, he is alienating from him the landlords, and. their dependents and friends. Now comes the proposition to make them responsible in the first instance for the poor -rate, which! will add fuel to the flame, and make his work for Ireland more arduous, probably, than his work for England. With what subject he will begin when Parliament assembles, we cannot conjec ture ; but his task will be much more severe than last session, while the confidence in him, which might enable him to succeed, will be much diminished. A large agricultural meeting was held at Blandford, Dorsetshire, on Saturday, which was attended by the three Members for the County Lord ASHLEY; Mr. STURT, and Mr. G. BANKES, all good Tories, and friends of the farmers. Many speeches were made on the occasion,.all distinguish ed by that moderation and content which have generally prevailed at. Tory gatherings, since the party have obtained their objects, the expta3ion of the Whigs and place and power. Railings against the doings at Court have ceased, the speeches are full of loyalty and devotion to the Sovereign, and even O'CONNELL and the Irish priests escape abuse. The late alterations in the Tariff and the Corn-laws, naturally formed topics of discussion, and as the opinions of the speakers are entitled to some weight, it may be useful to refer to them. The Speeches certainly display a different tone from that evinced at some other agricultural meetings held in the adjoining districts, for they all lead to the conviction that many of the landlords are determined to make every possible resistance to further changes. One of the toasts given by Lord ASHLEY was " Live and let live, and let well alone.' and Mr. STURT declared his determination to resist to the last. " I believe I may state," said he, " that I am uttering the opinion of all the landowners and farmers of England, when I say that we do not require such protection as may injure the general interests of the nation—that we do not require any further protection than such as will prevent us from being crushed by foreign competition.—(Hear, hear.) In the situation of this country, and the burthens we have to bear, we are not able to contend with unlimited competition; and while such is the case, it is our determination, with all our might—and our might is great—(Cheers)—that there shall be protection, that we will have fair protection.—(Cheers.) We wish this to go forth to the public, for we require nothing but justice. We, are ready to meet our fellow countrymen upon the merits of the case ; we will submit the question to fair reasoning, but we are not to be cajoled, or flattered, or frightened out of protection."—(Tremendous cheering.) Lord ASIILEY is equally explicit on the course which will be pursued by Sir ROBERT PEEL next session. "The Anti-Corn-law League," said his Lordship, " will neither drive the Ministry, nor will it lead the people ; and, notwithstanding Earl FORTESCUE'S prognostications, I do not think there will be any attempt to introduce further changes during the next session of Par liament.—(Loud cheering.) Ido not apprehend any further changes, and I know that many of those who voted in favour of the late alterations did so vote because they considered them as the settlement of a great question." Mr. I3ANKEs expresses himself h :similar terms, and it may therefore be taken for granted that if Sir ROBERT PEEL proposes any further altera- tions as regards the sliding scale and a fixed duty, he will be opposed tooth and nail by the agricul turists. " I have no wish," says Mr. BANKES, " to overrate the agricultural interest, or to pretend that it is exclusively entitled to attention over all the other interests of the State, but I will not consent to see agriculture undervalued. I will not consent to see its interests put out of the place which they are entitled to hold, and ever have held, since this country became a great and a happy nation." The Minister is thus placed b e t w een two fires. The mercantile body, the shipping interest, and the Anti-Corn-law League call for further concessions, and the landlords and parsons as loudly call for protection. But the great question is, whether they are really protected by the present law, or, whether i would not be for their interest, as well as tha of e tenant, and all the rest of the community, that all the absurd restrictions on trade should be completely abolished. Pos- sibly Sir ROBERT PEEL cannot resist further change, and, in that case, there will be the same feverish excitement and anxiety about the future which at present injure alike the landed pro prietors, traders, and manufacturers. Of all those Tory country gentlemen who, but a few weeks since, gave pretty broad hints at public dinners, meetings, &c., of their willingness to conform to the altered circumstances of the times, as respects agricultural matters, and to give up the doctrine of " protection"—that darling crotchet, which they have so long held with the tenacious grasp of a bull-dog —of all those Tories who have thus expressed themselves, there is scarcely one that has not taken fright at his own novel declaration, and denied that he ever spoke but as a farmer's friend should speak—that is to say, in favour of " protection," and against any further modifications of the Corn-laws. They have been shamefully misrepresented —is the cry of one and all—by that satanic instru ment of mischief, the Public Press ! The Re porters have entered into a sort of fiendish, Ca tilinarian conspiracy to misinterpret their every sentiment; to saddle their speeches with a host of highly objectionable substantives, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs ; and to induce the " pensive public" to imagine that they said "Yes," in refer- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, t 842 his long ears to the gaze of an admiring public. But when a really eloquent and argumentative speech is made, wherein sound principles are explained in chaste and perspicuous language, then the Reporter has nothing at all to do with the matter; the merit is exclusively the orator's own; it is only when the speech is bad, that the poor Reporter is in fault, though possibly his only error may have consisted in giving its dullness and verbiage verbatim. The accounts from Barcelona are to the 21st. General SEAONE arrived there on the 20th to replace General VAN HALEN j Senor GUTTIEREZ had also been replaced by Senor Imo°, the newly appointed political chief. The munici pality met with much resistance in raising the forced tax, but the sum was to be paid up with- out further diminution. The news from Madrid is without interest. On the 20th the Five per Cents. were done at 26 11-16 and 271 with l prem.,for 24,000,000 reals. A keen contest is now carried on in Trance be tween two powerful parties respecting the duties on sugar. The producers of beet-root sugar call for more protection, while the merchants and shipowners connected with the colonies demand that the manufacture of the home-grown article should be suppressed altogether. Delegates from all parts of the kingdom where beet-root sugar is produced, have arrived at Paris anil delivered to each of the Ministers an address pointing out the distress to which they are reduced, and calling upon the Government for protection. "We shall content ourselves," say they, " with repeat ing that, in they present condition of our industry, which has arrived at the last stage compatible with the continued existence of such of us as have not already fallen, there can be nothing but the statu quo of the relative positions of the indigenous and colonial sugars, as establishd by the law of 1840; but this slaty, quo must be real and durable, with two indispensable correctives, viz, an increase of the surtax upon foreign sugars, and a marked improvement in the pre sent vexatious system of levying the duties upon us. Without these we must be annihilated. Any increase in the amount of these duties cannot have any other motive than a covert intention to destroy us, without giving us any indemnity ; it would be a real though dis simulated confiscation of the capital embarked in our manufactories. If the many contending in. terests involved in this question cannot be recon ciled without our ruin, and if reasons of state and political considerations, which we are not to discuss, imperiously demand our suppression; then, in despair of our cause, and rather than keep up a hopeless contest, we shall be ready to sacrifice our establishments for the public good, on being indemnified. The sugar question must be brought to a final solution. There must be no more palliatives, no more half measures, which can only lengthen out the sufferings of all. Should the Government and the Chambers, contrary to every principle of equity, determine to sweep us away without indemnifying us, we add, without any reserve, that it would be less unjust to pronounce against us an immedi a t e equality of duty, which would have at least the merit of a frank proscription, than to have re course to the derisory attenuating expedient of a progressive equality of duties, which, under the fallacious pretext of ,consulting our interests, would only be an immoral means of exciting us to further disastrous expenditure, and new at tempts to perform impossibilities, and thus lead, without any just compensation, and by lingering agonies, to the same inevitable annihilation of our industry." The opposite party use equally strong language ; and, in order to settle the question, the Ministers intend to bring in a Sugar Bill next session, which will have for its basis the suppression of the establishments for home-grown sugar, with an indemnification from the State. According to the Journal de Havre, this decision has been come to by the Cabinet, with only two dissentient votes—those of MeSSI'S. VILLEMAIN and MARTIN (du Nord). Thus the inhabitants of France will be taxed to pay the indemnity, and also have to pay a higher duty on foreign sugar, which will obtain a monopoly in the market. The following article, respecting the marriage of the Princess CLEMENTINE, appears in the France : The marriage of the Princess Clementine of Or leans with Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg Cohari, brother of the Duchess of Nemours, and of the hus band of Donna Maria of Portugal, has been for some time decided on. Prince Augustus was born on June 13, 1818, and is a Major in the Austrian service in the 10th Regiment of Ilussars, called the King of Prus sia's. The Prince is a few months younger than the Princess Clementine. The family arrangements on this subject are now terminated. A desire had been expressed on the part of the Orleans family, that the newly-married couple should take up their residence in Austria, and an application was made to Prince Metternich, to know on what footing the husband of the Princess Clementine would be received at the Court of Vienna. The answer was, Princess Clemen tine would be received as a Princess of the Royal Fa mily of the Bourbons. As to Prince Augustus of Co.. burg, the Austrian Court said it did not recognise in him any right to assume the title of Royal Highness, for which the House of Coburg was at present mak ing application to two great Cabinets of the Con tinent. These applications are supported by the Court of England. Prince Metternich also replied that Prince Augustus of Coburg being, like his father, Prince Ferdinand, a subject of Austria, and in the service of that Power, no derogation from the cus tomary etiquette and precedence could be granted him. In consequence of this declaration, it has been decided that Prince Augustus will reside in France, and it has been even added that lie will quit the service, and enter th a t of France. So me are offered on thi s head, in conseque nce d A iffi us c t u ri l a t n ies ai. of his being an Austrian subject. The marriage is to take place next year, but the period is not as yet de cidedly five& The same journal, in reference to misunder standings between Queen CHRISTINA and the Regent of SPAIN, says,— It would appear from information derived from a good source, that Queen Christina has regularly kept, since her arrival in Spain, a journal, in which she has marked down each day, the principal events of her political life. It appears also that Espartero, a short time back, applied for certain papers concerning the guardianship and civil list of Queen Isabella, which Queen Christina had brought with her to France. Espartero demanded them as being of a nature to be placed in the archives of Madrid. The ex-Re gent replied, that she should keep those documents, and that, on the majority of her daughter, whose legal guardian she considered herself to be, they should be placed before Isabella. Queen Christina has also drawn up a paper, in which she defends herself from the reproach addressed to her by the English and German journals, of having brought away with her the diamonds of the Crown. This document has, it is said, been communicated to the Corps Diplomatique. The Debats thus points out with satisfaction the difficulties in which the REGENT will be placed in keeping up an army in Catalonia : The number of troops put in movement by the affair of Barcelona may be estimated at from 25 to 30,000. The largest portion ill occupy Catalonia and its capital ; another part will be garrisoned on ence to further dialyzes the Corn-1,r , - in reality tlik y said " No," and «id it, tau, iu the key of a Tower-gun, so that all might hear, who were not as deaf as a post. Alas for the Reporters of the Press, what a painful destiny is theirs ! To say nothing of the arduous and re sponsible nature of their duties, they are made the scape-goat of every public speaker, who, from want of consideration, excitement, or the quickening impulse of the moment, has said more than he meant to say, and re vealed what he would fain have kept a gecret from the world. Does some blockhead in the House of Commons blurt out an awkward truth before the fitting season, and thereby run the chance of damaging his political interests, the fault of his precipitation is instantly laid, with the coolest effrontery, at the Reporter's door! Does some Tory country-gentleman— fancying that he sniffs an approaching change in Ministerial policy—throw out a hint of his readi ness to accommodate himself to altered circum stances, &c., and by such hint alarm all those w h en with whom it is essential that he should be on friendly terms, he instantly denies that he ever hinted anything of the sort, but was scandalously misrepresented by the Reporter! It may be safely taken as an axiom—as a rule without an exception—that no public speaker ever makes a fool of himself. It is in variably the RepOrter who " writes him down an ass," a►►d exhibits the east of Arra2:on, and the Tortesa and Lenin readr..; a. 1.1. a third in the neighbourhood of T:-c—t gona and the frontiers of Valentia. It is said that 70 battalions and 10 squadrons, forming, with the artil lery, an army of 40,000 men, ate assembled ; but this appears to be designedly exaggerated. The battalions have not more than 350 men under arms. No regi ment has the full war complement, except three or fiur favourite ones, which serve as Royal Guards to the Regent, and which he takes with him everywhere, as, for instance, his Luchana Chasseurs. The expenses of this army already amount to a million and a half of francs a month. The Regent has granted an allow ance of 25f. for each officer and 5f for each soldier, in addition to their pay. This allowance is paid, bat the usual pay remains two or three months in arrear. Before the capitulation of Barcelona, the troops lived only on forced contributions re quired from the inhabitants. Even the officers would not have anyth;ng to eat were it not for the army rations that were distributed to all indiscriminately. As the troops are now to be paid regularly, the army being in fact the only guarantee of order in Spain, and as, besides, the expense is much greater now that they are placed on a war-footing, the whole amount will not reach less than two millions and a half each month. The Minister of Finance feels the greatest difficulty in satisfying all the calls on him. He sees the loan, which is not yet effected, in a fair way of being eaten up, and he grieves to behold the Regent, intent on his military ideas, increasing the embarrassments of the Treasury. Most of the journals express satisfaction on finding what they call a more calm tone in the English journals respecting the Barcelona affair, and appear inclined to follow the example. Let the writers leave off abusing this country, and they will find this calm tone preserved. On the very day, however, in which such remarks were made, the Constitutionnel asserts that the violent language used by the English journals was to involve France and Spain in war. This i a most unjust accusation. M. TITTERS knows little of this country if lie can believe for a "no ment _that any one party in England would be pleased by such • a result. On the contrary, we believe all classes would regard it not only as a calamity to-Spain, but to the whole of Europe. BOURSE—PARIS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27. First Highest ~ .owest Last Price. Price Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 30... 119 35... 119 30... 119 35 Four per Cents. 101 60... 101 60... 101 60... 101 60 Threes ... 78 90... 78 90... 78 80.. 78 85 ' Bank:of France, ex div. 3277 50...3310 ...3277 50...3310 Belgian Bank, 1841 .. . 108'1 ...1080 ....1080 ...ICBO Belgian Fives lO3/ 1031 1031 ... 103/ 1840.... 1041 ... 104/ ... 104/ ... 1041 Spanish Active. . .... 24 ... 24 ... 24 ... 24 Passive ...... 4 ... 4 ... 4 ... 4 Neapolitan Roman .. 104 ... 104 ... 103 i ... 104 . _ RAILWAY SHARES. - Versailles, L.B l2O ... 120 ... 115 ... 115 R.B 290 ... 293 75... 290 ... 293 75 Rouen Orleans. 632 50... 633 75... 632 50... 633 75 Strasburg to Bale 205 ... 205 ... 203 7 5... 203 75 AMERICAN NEWS LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING, HALF-PAST THREE. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Columbia, Captain MILLER, arrived in the River Mersey, this morning, at three o'clock, after a very rapid passage of ten days from Halifax. She is the bearer of the Canadian and United States Mail, but she entered the river so close upon the departure of the train that her letters cannot reach London till Friday morning. Our express only saved the train by a few minutes. The news by this arrival is seven days later than brought by the packet-ship Independence, and is of considerable importance. From Canada the accounts of Sir CHARLES BAGOT'S health are very unsatisfactory. The Montreal papers state that very serious fears are entertained respecting the continued ill ne s s o f his Excellency th e Governor-Gene ra l, lest his remaining strength should prove insufficient to enable him to rally under the com plaint from which he is now suffering. It is now stated, on what seems to be good authority, that his Excellency's medi cal attendants entertain but slight hopes of his recovery ; there is too much reason to be lieve that this report is true. It is said that some days back the physicians in attendance were of opinion that a removal to a more genial climate might have a favourable influence on the Noble invalid, and that such a step was ad vised, but that since that time a change for the worse has taken place, and that at the present moment his Excellency is in too weak a state to render his removal possible. Upon the subject of the State debts, the New York Journal of Commeree says :—" We hope that those States whose bonds are in dishonour, will, during the session of their Legislature this winter, do something to restore their credit and redeem their obligations, That which is espe cially wanted, is a system of revenue. Several of the States have absolutely no system of reve nue, which has any reference to their large debts. Some of those who are in debt, have lived so long by borrowing, that they have hardly revnue enough to pay the current expenses connected with the administra tion of government. Any system which might now be established in a new State, would grow with its growth, and become important. If the amount raised were but two per cent. on the debt now, the same rate of taxation would pro duce six per cent. a few years hence. Tile desi deratum is to do something. It is the establish ment of a system of revenue, however small the results may be at the first. Such a movement would prove at least that the moral sense of the people was not altogether bad. This proposition will determine whether it is so or not; for no State can say that it cannot do something. The usually long reports of the War, Post office, and Navy departments, have made their appearance. The same paper remarks upon that of the Navy and upon that of the Post-office : " The Navy proposes, among other things, a thorough scrutiny into the merits of our naval officers; and that those of inferior qualifications be discharged, and placed upon half pay. To some extent such an expurgation is probably necessary. It would of course be popu lar with the officers of superior merit, as it would elevate the character of the ser vice, and increase the chances of promotion. It appears that the receipts during the past year have just about equalled the .expenditure. The number of miles of post-road traversed during the year is 34,835,991; post-masters, 13,733; re ceipts, 4,546,246 dolls.; expenditures, 4,627,716 dolls. The Postmaster-General recommends the enactment of more efficient laws to prevent the transportation of mail matter by private expresses —a reduction in the rates of postage—and a purchase by Congress of a perpetual right to have the mails transported upon railroads. The amount paid last year for mail transportations on railroads was 432,568 dolls.; miles of railroad over which the mails were transported, 3,091. " The suggestion in favour ofa reduction in the rates of postage, we trust, will be acted upon in the present session. In some parts of the coun try, if a farmey raises a bushel of wheat, he can sell it for 25 cents: • If he receives a letter from a distant friend, he must pay the same-25 cents. We fully believe, that _ if a reduction of one quarter was made in the rates of letter postage, the revenue accruing to that Aepartment would be greater than it now is. The Postmaster- General complains of a diminution in the amount of postage collected in the principal cities, and attributes it to the increasing quantity of mail matter conveyed between those points by private. expresses and individuals. Reduce the postage, and the motive for resorting to such modes of conveyance would be diminished. In these hard times, people are inclined to economise, even in the matter of postage. The experiment of penny postage has suttee Led admirably in England ; if we cannot safely i m ftate it to the full extent, we can at least approxim)te towards it." The New York and Boston papers, speculate upon the prob a bl e measures which the pres en t Congress will a d opt, upon which the Journal o f Commerce, a p a p er o f great i n fl uen ,le and circu lation, asserts that they will repeal the Bank rupt law; Congress will provide for the Pay and •, mileage of the Members; Congress w.'ll not adopt an. Exchequer project ; Congress wilt not do much with the tariff at this session. The foreign news which had reached New York since the Independence left that city is to r-- 1 )11owing eire contain important intelligence fro of war." They mention that the Mexican troops, 4,000 in number, were becoming disgusted with the war, and were deserting in great numbers. Many of them were joining the Yutacanese, who were represented as full of spirit and thirsting for battle. " t.e:a It seems that an expedition has been fitted out at Havana to act against St. Domingo. The cause is as follows :—Some time since the Hay tiens, contrary to the provisions in the recognition of their independence by the several Euro pean Powers, fitted out a small armed vessel, which, cruiuing in these seas, put into Porto Rico. The authorities immediately took possession of her, and the Haytiens, to retaliate, have fitted out a corvette and taken several Spanish mer chantmen. On learning these facts, the Gover nor of Cuba immediately ordered all the Spanish men-of-war in the West Indies to rendezvous at Porto Rico, and then to act according to orders and as circumstances may require. The force of the squadron will be a 50-gun frigate, four brigs of from 18 to 28 guns, two steamers with 4 car ronades and a 68-pound Paixhan each, and seve ral schooners. The only force possessed by the Haytiens is said to be a sloop of war mounting 24 guns. We learn from Captain GREEN, of the brig Frances Ann, that the insurrection in the north ern part of the province of Rio Grande and two or three of the neighbouring provinces, still con tinued. Large bodies of troops had been sent to Min has Geraes, to keep down the rebels. The Esperanza, published in the Mexican ca pital, says, under the date of the 4th ult..--" We have great satisfaction in announcing to our readers that all the differences which existed be tween the United States and Mexico, have been definitively arranged. " It is said Upper California has been ceded to us. We sincerely hope it is so, for no acqui sition of territory which we ever gained, except Louisiana, is so important to us. Without it the Oregon territory will be of comparatively small value. It contains the finest harbour in the world (San Francisco), in which the whole navy of England might ride together in safety. Oregon contains no harbour that is worthy of the name." NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, DEC. 15. Affairs appear to be working well. Specie is ac cumulating and large amounts are known to be on the way from Europe. There is more spirit for invest ment in State Stocks, and all of them are better, with more business. Exchanges on the South are getting into a better state. Sterling bills are 6a 6i prem., and francs 5,421 a 15 cts. per dollar. NEW YORK SALE OF STOCKS, DEC. 15. $5OO New York s's '45. 11,000 Ohio 6's, 1860 . • - 1,000 Kentucky ... . . ... . 1,000 Alabama s'a 3,000 City Water Loan 85- 1,000 Illinois .. lBl 5,000 Ohio 6'5,'60.. 7 14 50 shares North American Trust and Banking Company 11 shares American Exc. Bank 5 do. Del. and Hudson Cana1........ 841 40 do. Mohawk Railroad 50 do. Harlem R.R . b6o 16 50 do. Patterson R.R. 18 do. Uttica and Schenectady 45 do. Auburn and Rochester, R.R 944 PHILADELPHIA SALES OF STOCKS. $ 400 Lehigh 6's '45 190 County 6's 1860 731 700 Wilmington R R, 6's, 1858 123 State 6's 1813.. 50 Wilmington R R ...... . 40 shares Louisville Bank ... SS 93 FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM THE AMERICAN PAPERS.) By an arrival on the 2d inst. at New Orleans of the schooner Freeland, Captain Smith, from Campeachy, the Crescent City has news up to the 22d ult. A general engagement had take? place outside the walls of the city, which lasted far" several hours. The loss in killed and wounded on the part of the Mexi cans amounted to over two hundred. The loss of the Yucatecos was estimated at 150. Both parties think ing they had punished each other sufficiently for the time being, retired from the field to recruit for another engagement. CONSULATE NOTICE.—The Mexican Consul at New Orleans gives notice that the port of Laguna is now opened for foreign commerce, wtilst that of Cam peachy is closed. NEW YORK MARKETS, DEC. 15. ASHES—There was an increased demand,•and with a small stock and no farther receipts; prices advanced for Pearls to 6,25 dolls., at which the market closed without sellers. Pots were steady at 5,37 dolls. The sales were about 350 brls. of each kind. The stock now consists of but 2,789 brls. Pots and 949 brls. Pearls. The receipts of the season amount to 44,081 brls. The shipments of the week were 536 brls. CorroN—A fair demand continued chiefly for ex portation. In the prices there is a slight decline, say * c. lb. Sales of the week, 2,350 bales Upland and Flo rida, at 54 to 71 ; * 6OO bales Mobile, at 61 to 8 • 1,050 bales New Orleans, 6t o 8-4 ,000 b ales. The sales on Saturday were 700 bales. The stock is estimated at 10,000 bales. Fair Uplands, 7to 7-ke.; fair New Orleans 7f to Ic. PROVISIONS.—New Beef is dearer. Sales city mess at 6 dolls. 75c., and prime at 3 dolls. 50e. Old Pork is steady in price. Ohio at 5 dolls. 62c. and 8 dulls. 37c. ' • new is better, th oug h b ut li tt l e has yet come in. Mess has sold at 9 dolls. 50c. alO brl., and prime 6 dolls. 75c. The stock of old Pork in the yards is estimated at 25,000 brls., or half the qua n tit y o f l ast year at the same time. ams are scarce. There is but little Lard in market ; new city is worth Bc. per lb. to ship. Butter is in fair demand. Large sales of poor have been made for export at 6c. per lb. CORN EXCHANGE.—FIour has been dull through the week. Genessee was held steadily at 5 dolls., with some sales, though in many cases 12c. less was ac cepted ; 1,800 brls. Ohio via New Orleans, in very fine order, sold at 4 dolls. 75c., or a brokerage less, and 200 brls. from second hands, at 4 dolls. 81c. ; Georgetown sells as wanted, at 4 dolls. 88c. ; Rich mond Country brought 4 dolls. Mc. ; Rye Flour 3 dolls. 25c. a 50c. ; Corn Meal, 2 dolls. 56c. a 75c. ; Buckwheat Flour, 2 dolls. 75c. a 3 dolls. per brl., with a moderate demand. A parcel of 111. Wheat sold at 97c., and another parcel was after wards offered at 100 c. Rye was heavy on the market; various parcels were sold at 60 a 64c., but at the close sellers offered to take 60c. ; but the distillers having laid in stocks at a high price, offered still less, and on Saturday one parcel was sold at 58e. Corn became a little better ; on Friday there was a sale of Old Jersey, at 53c. weight, and 1,000 bushels new flat, at 46c. weight. There were no transactions in Barley. Canal Oats are held in store, at 32c., with sales as wanted ; North River Oats are selling at 28a 29c., and Jersey, at 26 a 27c. ; Southern 23 a 24c. FREIGHTS.—The rate to Liverpool for cotton is 9 and 9-16ths d. lb., but vessels are readily filled. To Havre ct. lb. is the rate. BUSINESS GENERALLY.—There are no great things to tell of, profits generally are small, and sales slow, but the market is less burthened with over stocks than it was, and business seems preparing for a larger activity. MORII STEAM -MOAT ACCIDENTS.—We copy the following:from the St. Lauis Republican of the sth inst. " We are told that the Tioga, on her passage down, struck a snag, and knocked a hole in her hull. When met; she had all her pumps going, by which means she was able to go on. "The Fame, six miles below Cape Girardeau, struck a rock Dui knocked a hole in her. The crew, by keep ing the pumps going were able to keep her up. She returned to the Cape, and landed her passengers and cargo, and left for the Ohio, to repair." CINCINNATI, DEC. 10.—The river, at last, is rising very rapidly, and all the large New Orleans boats will resume their business at once. A letter to Hartwell and Athearn yesterday brings intelligence of the sinking of the fine new steamer American Eagle, at Plum Island on the Mississippi. She ran aground, and sunk immediately after snagging. The Mount Vernon also brings reports of the loss of the Leander aud. Harrisburg, one of them at the mouth of the Muddy, and about 10 miles below Cairo. Governor Bigger, in his message to the Legisla ture of Indiana, thus denounces " repudiation " It is the future which must-determine whether we are a faith-keeping people. As for myself, I have a deep and abiding confidence in the integrity and en terprise of the people of Indiana, in the extent tr which her resources may be developed, and it realization of those means which can, and applied to discharge those obligations, the. which will bring won us merited ar-1 a the will, be avoidance of .4 lasting infamy." DEATH OF LORD GILLJ: ...; . a —We — regret to learn '.`,, Judge expired at Learning tt h o n a t o t n h i s Saturdayabl able and ine.: aftP:noo General. steam Navigation Company's vessel the T he Giraffe, from Rotterdam, Arrived off the Custom House yesterday at twelve o'cloc;k at noon, with the Dutch mail. The Sentinelle of Bayonne pub lishes a notice from the British Consul, that the / ;ritish Government, living been informed that several t inhabitants of Biar rits had, at the peril of their ovvii lives, saved the crew of an English schooner wrecked in the night of the 24th of October, bad sent 300 fr Ines to be distributed among those brave men ; to whi ch the Lloyd's Com mittee had added 300 francs tail e• DUTCH MAIL. Tin: HAG LE, DEC. 26.—0 n the this month the. merchants of Venloo had a meeting for the purpose of considering of means to prevent the loss of all the trade with Prussia, and the entire ruin of that town, by the opening of a road from Kalden-Kirshin to Steil. It was resolved to petition his Majesty the King, to suppress the Custom-house at Steil, which was established two years ago, as useless and, injurious in its effects to this town. • The Magistrates of Venloo have solicited the pro vincial Government at Maestricht to support their petition to his Majesty, and it is to be hoped that they will do their utmost to prevent so great an injury to our unhappy town. BATAVIA, SEPT. 13.—1 n our number of the 2d of 1 April last, we gave accounts from Siam of the sth o f February, respecting the preparations that were making at Bankok for war with the Cochin Chinese. Five of the largest merchantmen belonging to the King of Siam were fitted out as men of war, an d accompanied by a numerous fleet of armed junks, were sent, under the comma n d o f P r i nce Chou Fa° , to Kangkoo, a port in the south-west coast of Cam bodia. We have read in the Singapore Free Pre ss of the 28th of July, accounts of the result of this ex pedition. Letters from Bankok had brought word that the expedition sent by the Government of Siam against Cochin China had returned, but not covered with glory. A great number of wretched men, wh o were taken by force and against their will from their homes to serve in the expedition, have perished by hunger, and by being exposed to the burning heat ii , i, the clay and to cold rains at ni g ht, b e i ng o n board 9' crowded ships, without any sort of shelter. It the said that there was n o fi g hti ng . ' A s soo n as tu t) brave Siamese came in sight of the Cochin Chinese fleet, they turned about and fled, while the latter, an their part, magnanimously resolved to let the enemy depart unmolested, and to refrain from puraui n g them. At the same time we hear that theCeew° Chinese are employed in m a ki ng a road •directlf across the mountains which divide that kingdom fro m Siam, with the intention o f un d er t a ki ng a t soMe t i ? 3 ,, e or other an invasion of that coun t ry .—J am COgr a4 ,4 BiIiSSELS, DEC. H.—General Joly, PresidaP t ,',; the Belgian Commission for running the boundarY ri - fit between Belgian and the Netherlands, has arrived at Maestricht. The Dutch Commission has lik ew t i i , arrived there. It may therefore be supposed that be treaty on the subject of the boundary line will shortly carried into effect. The construction of railways in Austria is rooeed; ing rapidly. A convention has just been concluded. with the Government of Saxony for the construction of an iron railway from Prague to Dresden. T hug the Adriatic will soon be connected with the Germa n Ocean by means of a railroad passing through th e 0 Austrian provinces. This affair may be considered a definitively settled. The Civil Tribunal of Tournay heard, on the 14t ! and 19th, pleading s i n th e a ff a i r o f t h e Countess I. Hon, requiring to have her property separated fr i i ) r that of her husband. Th e C ourt d ec ided in e favour. It appeared th a t th e C oun t ess p o ssesses pr. e. perty to the amount of b e t ween t wo an d three mil lions of francs. The Counsel of Count le H OP g b ac knowledged the corr ec t ness o f th e sta t eme nt made 1 the Counsel of his lady. The Echo de Renaix says that mendicity ing in a frightful manner in the environs, and that 0 1 5 _ is not uncommon to meet with bands of twentyae.r. thirty beggars, who go to the farm-houses tu_i l 0 mand relief for their starving families, acouraPa l y i f %r their demands with threats in case of refusal. A e ..., days ago such a threat was partly carried into execu_u tion on a farmer in the neighbourhood. A h a ystac a ; was set on fire, and the whole farm was in gre, o danger of being destroyed.. The damage done was 1 the amount of 300 francs. is spread.: DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTERDem, DEC. 21. money. , r 2 o.ctual_pet t, 254 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 pei cent. Arnett Svridic,44 per cent 9, Ditto, ditto, 0% per c en t 7l 774 ~, Commercial Company, 434 per cent 13014. 131 t . Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 9934 .A gg Exchange on London, One m on th l2 fy Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 8 4 4 Two months 35 62 34 Dutch Papers, Dec. 28, _.... BELGIAN FUN - S.—BansseLs, Dna 21. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent, 102 Rothschild's Loan Five per Cent - Lean of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent ... --- Three per Cent. .... Thirty-seven Milli. ns, ditto ..•.....•••» v ie .......................-... ... (184.)n n **v.. .• • Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent. `l Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. „"'",', ri Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent.................. National Society . . ..... ~_ Exchange on London (short) ••••••••••• ..... ••• i —Brussels Papers. Cr*. 27. '1 ' HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Dec. 24. Bills. { one!. 110 1635 Anglo-Russian Loan Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, C . ..ertifieate - 1024, ."'" Inscription, Ist series 14'234 Russian S per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 9734 - . Ditto in Certificates 97 v 9 ,; New 4 per Cent. (1840) Bl% r,, s Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per C en t . ......... - - Ditto 5 per Cent. - -- Polish Bonds New Tickets — Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. — 82.4 - - 8 • Spanish, New 5 fin* Cents. ...... --. ' PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Binun,llDoc. 21. Bills. Money , St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. lO4 10314 q • Prussian English Bond;, 1830, 1 per ce nt. I. 2 ir Le 1 Yhi Exchange on Landon ... s 244 t Prussian State Gazette, Dec. 24. Austrian 5 per Cents, Bank Shares FAILURE OF MESSRS. DUNN A. O) SON, OF WAKEFIELD. (From the York Courant) The failure of this respectable firm, which took place on Friday wee k, wou ld h ave b een ann ounced 1 4 our last, had we n o t b een i n f orme d b y our Wakefiel d Correspondent th a t th ere was some prospec t of thera i resuming business. The liabilities of the firm amount to 183,00 0 4 dependent of th e i r ex t ens i ve col li ery engagem en t '' ay . which are said to amoun t to 80,000/. more. A- el i 5 position of 4s. i n th e poun d h as b een o ff ere d, and likely to be accepted. These gentlemen have been bold speculato rs in corn, &c., and Sir Rob er t P ee l' s s lidi ng sca l e is raid to hav e hastened their ruin. STOPPAGE OF THE YORKSHIRE AGRI CULTURAL BANK. We have to state, in reference to this failure, tha v t we called 'at the banking house in York, give our readers the most correct information. 'l n n answer we there received is, that nothing has yet he i _e„ . arranged, except the calling of a general meeting ttl day (Thursday), at which it will be determined wni'l course to pursue. 4 .; n or All the various rumours respecting a resumption payment, &c., &c., are, therefore, premature. THE FAILURES IN THE CORN TRADE.---T gret to state that the extensive failures in WraKeii have been succeeded by others in the Western d's" in order t° trict. The stoppage of three more houses was a n ; nounced in the ma r k e t a t 'W a k e fi e l d on Friday. 91'n. of the firm s o ff ers 6 s . i n the pound. The follo wing circular was i s s ue d on th e same day, and has been 0 7 subject of much conversation, and, in many instances, of complaint. We give it without comment --- "The effects produced by the late very Il ea % failures, on and connected with this market, have not as yet subsided, but we are glad to state that t losses thereby sustained are confined to a very sin% number of persons, and that the trade generally at sys tem not sufferers. It is hoped that the ruinous tance which has for come time past been in operation hav', ing exploded, the trade will now be carried on fin, sound principles, and in a proper manner, and as t stocks both in consumers' and deal ers ' hands are po h t , large, we anti c ip a t e a f a i r and regular demand, with no material alte ra ti on i n prices fora time. At t i ) day's market th ere has been a large supply of whe'A' ' which meets a slow sale at about ls. per qr below th e ) rates of last week. B ar l ey , oats, and beans are each Is. lower. The d eman d f or s h e l l i ng is very 10aiteA" and prices is per load lower. " We are respectfully, your obedient ser:vrmts, " JAS. HARRISON and SONS'', , • lea D rn E e A d T B H .en O tl r em S a l n ß e A xp L i E r :X d AN at DE h R i C se p aot in Oxfordshire, on Tuesday last, s of eighty-four years.caller', to the bar lt: 1786, and was for many Admiralty Court in N,' " ears Judge of the Vice' t, in 1816, from that judicial the honour r of ..i lr e r•' ova Scotia; on his retirern , e ia. He at lhd on a' o ' appointment, a '' :SEeu advanced-di 11 e e Yreerc Priory' i b i ::" rb : Yv: Inner Temple, .nhthood, In 1823 he was elected A a l : U L re e r i n o s f te t r h , bencher of re f o - L o ':d William Fitzg t l : n te Duke d -r aranbdieinsoclBi2et9y.was al30; youngest son but one Ireland, when it exploded, ) on one of his Lordshi loaded fowling-pieceat Carlton, on Christmas-eve, i s ir 6 o v o ' m 11,1 - 0 doing o we ll. e middle n d fin . g t en srlnjuri se d, W n : a i dnsd i , n ti c hn a afl u ti tcai inflicted l u y stuaet ihon. handlingo f t.he ; was skilfully • - wo f ' g deemed necessary.. The operat ion per orm ... on the following day by y t , of Gardiner-place, and the Noble pat'e n AGE OF THE ZION. ALBERIC " Iry LOUGHBY.—On Sunday last the above Hon. Gentl e ' man, only son of Lord and Lady WilloupahbY D'Eresby, completed his majority. Lord and LAY' Carrington and a family party assembled at Grinls' thorpe, Lincolnshire, but from the sacred day the r joicings attendant on the event were deferred. 11l tenantry on the family estates in Wales would not le the opportunity pass of celebrating the event of thef coming of age of the heir of the ancient house ° Gwydyr, and a splendid dinner was to have taker' place on Tuesday at Carnarvon, at which Mr. hire . . 3- ' Nanney, Commandant of the Royal Carnarvo nsh Militia, was to preside. There was a public dinn er at Llanrwst on Monday. The Lincolnshire tenantryd intended to dine together on Tuesday at Spilsby, 3 , 3 there were to be rejoicings at Drummond ale, Perthshire, and the neighbouring town of Crieff• r , Prince Puckler Muskau, says &letter from G ° :' has just met with a fresh accident. An Arab h ors ; lashed out suddenly and struck hirn_on the head. . 1 P ... Prince is obliged to keep his bed.