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It is perfectly clear now, that he was supplanted in the representation of the county upon false pretences. They are now as Whiggish in their policy as ever he was. They are now of the same mind as to the policy of protection for agriculture which Lord John Russell and his party avowed themselves to be in May, 1841. With what face, then, can they stand up as Members of Parliament before the man who ceased to be a Member of Parliament because they gave the county to understand that they would support politi cal views the opposite of his ? These gentlemen may think it a fine thing to go with Liberalism and the Minister, and to abandon the industry of their countrymen to all the mischief which can be inflicted by the competition of cheap foreign labour, but we can tell them that they will have their reward, and if they do not live to hate themselves, they will, if they live long, learn what it is to witness the contempt of a deceived people. Our Contemporary has a great deal more of the same sort of vigorous abuse of his late friends, who could assign no better reason for their change of opinion than that " the times" and the " course of things" compelled them to change. Why our Contemporary should think them insufficient to justify Messrs. ACLAND and DICKINSON we know not, since changes in " times" and " things" have ever been held suf ficient to justify the most violent changes in po litical conduct. Sir ROBERT PEEL Only repeated in 1842 what he and the Duke of WELLINGTON did when they submitted to a dire necessity in 1829, and gave up their principle to retain power. Then both these eminent statesmen, both these present idols of the Post, did what Mr. ACLAND and Mr. DICKINSON have now done, namely, acted directly contrary to the principles a con fiding ultra-Protestant clergy and people placed them in power to support. 1 1 1 - ley have not for feited the esteem either of the Post or the To ries, and it is rather bard on the Somersetshire gentlemen, to attack them for now following a lead which has had, and they might naturally suppose always would have, the approbation of every Tory. Messrs. ACLAND and DICKINSON, as the Post properly observes, supplanted Mr. SANFORD in the representation of the county on false pre tences; but by those representations they got what they wanted, place and power for them selves and friends. In the history of modern Toryism that is quite an ordinary occurrence. The plain and always avowed principle of the Tory party—which pervades, and always has pervaded, its policy, is get and keep power; and to that end put forth any pretence, flatter any prejudices, nourish any errors, praise any superstition, offer homage to any powerful popular idol which will enable you to attain it. Throughout the mazy inconsistencies of Tory opinion, we can always trace a firm and logical con sistency of conduct. From the pole -star of place and emolument, the Tories have never swerved. In all their policy, in all their public acts, you distinctly see the same political meanness, greediness, rapacity, and cowardliness, always seeking pelf and power on every pretext, and ever deserving, as now, the reprehension of the Post, for giving up their opinions whenever "the times' and " the course of things" rendered that necessary for the preservation of pelf and power. There are, however, far higher considerations than those connected with this avowed deser tion by the country gentlemen of the princi ple of protection. Mr. ACLAND and Mr. DICKINSON both recommended the farmers not to rely upon " protection," that " legislation could do but little for them, that they must rely on their own intelligence and exertions." Well may the Post ask, " are not intelligence and perseverance always excellent ?" Could not protection be as well done without in 1840 as in 1842 ? Certainly; but Mr. DICKINSON and Mr. ACLAN D thought, in their surpassing igno rance, that they could, by law, extort wealth from the manufacturing classes, and the whole body of the consumers, without injuring them selves. " The times" and " the course of things" have taught them the folly of their iniquity. Now they see that protection cannot be preserved, and, if preserved, cannot save the farmer from d eca y an d rents from falling ; and now they encourage the farmers to exert themselves, as they before en couraged them to rely on protection, that rent may be kept up. No other earthly object have the country gentlemen in view ; and hence, now that the rotten reed of protection has broken under them, they all call lustily on the farm ers to improve their cultivation. What was the cry at Leicester on Friday, at the annual show of the Leicestershire Agricul tural Society, at which the Duke of RUTLAND presided, and spirited the farmers on to make greater exertions ? We copy from a Morning Contemporary of Monday the reply : His Grace was taken up rather smartly by the Rev. N. Morgan, who, on returning thanks for the Bishop and clergy of the diocese, said " he was sorry they did not meet this year under the same favourable circumstances as they had last met—(he should be telling a lie to say otherwise, and he abhorred lying) —and that though he was sorry to have to differ from the Noble Chairman, who said they must wait, he should like to know what would be done when rent day came ?—(Loud cries of Hear, hear,' and conti nued applause.) He said not that to court popula rity, but it was of no use giving medicine to a dying man or putting a plaister on a broken leg. His panacea for this state of things was good farming and considerate landlords." The Rev. Mr. Morgan was here on rather ticklish ground. It seems to have been thought necessary to notice his pointed allusion to rent-day; and Mr. Philips, a banker in Leicester, in the confidence of his Grace, said, he would answer Mr. Morgan's question as to rent-day by saying, " Pay those rents"—(Hisses and derisive laughter)—and from what he knew of the Leicestershire yeomen, he knew that all the tenants were well able.—(Hear, hear; No, no, and hisses.) Protection, therefore, having failed the land lords as a means of keeping up rent, they have now fallen on the plan of recommending indus try and exertion, draining and manures, to the farmers. They are Preparing, we believe, to give up the Corn-laws, not because they are iniquitous, but because they are injurious to rent; not because they starve a portion of the people, stifle trade, and foster national animosities, but because they throw the support of a few of the labourers on the land. What a Climax to the character of the Corn-law-making landowners ! They have for a series of years known that the Corn-laws have been publicly and openly branded as melt ostiniqtuhietouleser, is a la s t a tt , or v g i j o ° l u a s t ' ion as ( ° t r h a e i' du a t s n ies ' which owes to the people—in short, they have long . . known them to be publicly branded as the devil's laws, and they never thought of resigning them but the moment their own pockets suffer —which we long ago knew and said would be the case—they are ready to give them up, acknow ledge the error of their principle, acknowledge the justice of our charge, and, pocketing the infamy with theirpast increased rent, think only how they may turn the new " times' and the new " course of things" to the future increase of their beloved rent. Whatever may be the present homage of their flatterers in the press and in the public, posterity will do justice to them, and point them out as an infatuated set of men, who sacrificed the affection, the love, a n d th e respect of _ a noble people to the most mean and sordid con- We have more and good news of the progress of the League. At a large tea party held at Leeds on Tuesday evening, similar to those parties which have been recently held at Halifax and Huddersfield, nearly 1,0001. was subscribed in the room. At the same time it was announced that the subscription at Huddersfield had reached 1,3081. There can now be no doubt whatever that the League will raise the desired 50,0001., and would be able to raise twice that sum should it be necessary to defeat a protracted and obsti nate refusal to remove the legislative fetters from trade. Everything augurs well for the success of the League. Its opponents are giving up the contest both in principle and in detail, and as they retreat the League is gathering strength. The Leeds meeting, of which a full report will appear in our Evening Edition,was as numerous as possible. As many tickets (650) w ere i ssued as the room would accommodate persons to sha re in the f es ti v itives, and the galleries were crowded with spectators. Many ladies were present, and A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CHOW-FOO, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE ; WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS Orders received at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. HIGH W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 34 minutes after 6 1 Evening 55 minutes after 5. • • 1 ..., oz. '1"41 _attt. LONDON : THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 8, 1842. We have always given the Post credit for honesty and sincerity, albeit, combined with al most unexampled ignorance and wrongheaded ness, in taking the part of a zealous advocate of our restrictive policy. Confirming our opinion on both points, it yesterday made a vehement attack on some of its own friends. The straw is moving, and some of the rats have run forth, in what direction our Contemporary shall tell. The heading is the Post's : MORE POLITICAL DESERTERS. The peculiar notions d of political honour and con sistency entertain by some Members of Parlia ment who call th e emselves Conservative, received a furtherexemplokifiocation at the Yeovil agricultural dinner which t by the brilliant place a few days ago. Allured Es the has a cqu i red reputation which Mr. Beckham through his conversion to the principles of th e A nti - Corn-law Le ague , t wo o f th e County Members for .... bright example. -we wished Somerset, have followed his sh t ed to j u d ge o f t h em as b i u favourably as possible, we must o wn th a t th e t impression left upon us thedisgust ygustand perusal of their speeches was a mixture of at the barefaced abandonment of those principles, for the support of which these county en sent to Parliament, and pity for the weakness were ea k and deadness of heart which have no doubt led of mind t k o this abandonment. How these gentlemen could l Sanford in the face, and condescend to flatter h a ,, n t ilr. , for the sake of avoiding his well-merited c --:' gation, we cannot imagine. We are most happy, s , THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1842 the most opulent merchants and manufactures of Leeds were mingled with the middle classes, and a fair proportion of operatives, Mr. J. G. MAR SHALL was in the chair. The meeting was one of those tea parties which the Socialists, we think, had the merit of introducing, which the opera tives have adopted, and which just now have the double recommendation of discountenancing in ebriety, while they promote cheerfulness, and promote trade with that great empire with which we have recently concluded peace, and hope to extend our commerce. Great Britain, we are afraid the monopolists will say, is changed in all things, and there can no longer be any hope for that monopoly which they characterise as Eng lish, since the people eschew roast beef and beer, and take to tea and bread and butter. In that change lies part of our hope. When the people were brutified by much strong drink, they were fitted to be the tools and slaves of those who chose to use and enchain them. Several noblemen and gentlemen who had been invited were unable to attend, which they must have regretted. The principal speakers were Mr. ADLAM, one of the Members for Leeds —the other Member, Mr. BECKETT, could not attend his constituents—Mr. H. STANSFIELD, Dr. BOWRINO, Colonel THOMPSON, and Mr. COBDEN, who seems unwearied and in exhaustible. He gave the meeting the strongest assurance of success, and said that he believed the House of Commons, when it met, would contain not less than 200 Members ready to vote for total and immediate repeal. We almost anticipate that the whole House will vote it by acclamation, in order to get rid at once and for ever of Corn-law discus sion and Corn-law agitation. At least we are sure it could perform nothing so wise. The Hon. Member also referred emphatically and strongly to the war which some journals have carried on against the League, and the prosecutions with which they have threatened it. He wisely set them at defiance, and informed those journals that the League wasprepared to show by extracts from their columns, that they had contributed to the late uprising of the people in the manufacturing dis tricts. He referred to a particular case at Halifax, where a monopolist journal had directed the mob, by its accusations, against a manufacturer's pro perty, and led to the spilling of blood at his very gates. But the League will not stoop to bandy accusations; it will not make this great question a party or personal squabble; it will stand firm on principles, and continue to arrest, in Parlia ment and out of Parliament, a law which ought never to have been enacted, and of which expe rience has now demonstrated the ruinous conse quences. No doubt now remains that Sir R. PEEL and he Irish Bishops are not quite of one opinion on he subject of education in Ireland. The Pro estant clergy, disapproving of the National Board instituted by the late Government, formed a separate association for the purpose of training the children committed to their care in the principles of the Established Church, and, as a natural consequence, of excluding from the schools all the children of Catholics, Pres byterians, and Dissenters. To such a sys tem all who wish to see political and religious rancour swept away must decid edly object, and we, therefore, rejoice that Sir R. PEEL has discountenanced a plan which could only tend to keep up animosities and throw additional odium on a Church not viewed with much complacence by the Catholic population. Some weeks since, a number of Bishops:made an application to .the Government for a grant of money to this knew Board, and, after mature de liberation, the Minister replied that the grant to the National Board would be continued, and that he must decline proposing a vote for the Church Education Society. The Bishops have, therefore, issued a circular to the respective secretaries announcing these facts, and at the same time calling upon the friends of the Church to use their best exertions to raise funds by voluntary subscriptions. To this circular there can be no objection. It is drawn up in a Christian spirit, displays much moderation, and disowns any per verse opposition to the Government, in its endea vours to heal the wounds occasioned by party and religious distinctions. We only regret that men who have so much in their power, and whose interest it is above that of all others, to put an end to the dissensions which have caused so much bloodshed in that unfortunate country, have considered it their duty to oppose the Go vernment .in this humane and noble attempt. Catholic priests are as jealous of any interference with the religious tenets of their flocks as most others, yet they in general approve of the National Board, and can see no danger in the plan, but, on the contrary, great good, in allow ing children of different creeds to associate in the same schools, and form attachments which will not be forgotten in after-life. The exclusive spirit which has all along been displayed by the Irish Church has been the bane of the country, and it is lamentable to find, in tkle present age of improvement, that it is still as rife as ever, and threatens to re vive animosities which were fast wearing away. What can a Church, already tottering to its fall, gain by such a vain and bigoted scheme? The Government, however, have done their duty, and we trust, n c , twithstanding the secession of the Bishops, will be successful in removing those dis tinctions an, i prejudices which have for years rendered Int land a thorn in the side of this country. The exami nations of the creditors of some noble insolvents and bankrupts have made us acquainted w ith the dunned sort of lives they lead, and thi a company they keep. Instead of enjoying the a (selves in refined society, in intel lectual purs•J its, or in the cultivation of arts which tend to improve themselves and others, they consort 3 vith griping money-lenders, men of a bad charact ( 1., second and third-rate attorneys, fourth-rate tradesmen, and the men of straw, who are put forty: trd to bear the ignominy of their transactions, ; should they be brought to light. In like maniaa r the recent trial, SMITH v. BOND, placed before! the world a considerable number of persons, hit: ghly connected, associating night after night • with needy gamblers, com mon informe:rs, and persons whom every respectable at an would cautiously shun. Per isv.uoasnitesitcseofoo!thhsauet lescription, with the w omen an d c )balemlibaner libertine s , and revenge HERTFORD, society d o for their infra, along of decency and morality. To be surround ed and preyed on by harpies of the most revol• ting species, to be exposed to all their rudeness s .nd vulgarity, must be pretty nearly equal to a sec: fusion for a time in Northleach, and, though Cri e vices of these noble persons are far fitter objf3 cts for the legislator to strike at than the quart- els of illiterate peasants, we ask him not to add the tread-mill to the self-degrada tion they inflii ct. They are punished enough. We hope, how( !ver, that the public at large will take notice of he company kept by many of thg e u v p e p r e e r n c t l e a r s t s a e i s n , ;c t t ( I n , d o f gi t v h e e i u r r i p r t o h v e o e p n e t , oi society from their inflmence. At the same time, society is not benefited by the punishmenrt they inflict on themselves. It is no compensatio n to the numerous families im poverished in o rder to raise the rent of this Lord or that Marquis, that the extorted opulence only ends in degradi .ng the extortioners. It is no com- pensa don to tray lers, that therestrictions which ruin them to enrich my Lord, really enrich the classes of persons whi.c h those trials have brought under the public noi ice, That the wealth extorted from the poor, nand that restrictions imposed on trade do not, in fact, serve to raise up and cherish a high-minded set of gentlemen, cultivating all the graceful art 3, and inquiring into all kinds of science, but that it increases the number of tour- tesans, usurers,. and gamblers in society, is a gross aggravatim►ofthe injury which the poor and the traders affirm they suffer at the hand of the law. Society i, s , in truth, quite as much injured by numerous i, amoral classes being called into existence by tl it , e wanton extravagance of the upper classes, BA by restrictions which are im posed on indust: r to enrich them. Intelligence •bus been brought by the Levant mail, from Cons lantinople, to the 17th ult., and from Alexandria to the 16th. Considerable changes were expected to take place in the dif ferent departments of the Administration. The Divan had granted permission for the establish ment of a French newspaper at Constantinople, to appear on the Ist of this month. Syria still continues in a very disturbed state, the particu lars of which will be found in another part of the paper. We have accounts from Madrid to the 28th, but they are without interest. According to in telligence from the Spanish frontier of the Ist inst., the insurgents at Barcelona were about to surrender to ESPARTERO, with the exception of some 200 militia men, and those most compro mised in the revolt, who had not the means to fly. Considerable forces were marching from every direction to reinforce ESPARTERO, who would find himself at the head of 30,000 men. The emigration from Barcelona still continued. Upon the Madrid Exchange on the 28th, the Three per Cents. were at 211 for ready money, arid 214 4 4 at sixty days' date. 15,800,000 reals were done in the Five per Cents., at 26i ready money, and 261 9-16 4 4 at sixty days' date, with the 12 coupons. The insurrection at Barcelona still occupies the Paris journals, and furnishes the ground of a violent attack on the French Government in the Courrier Francais. It admits the fact, which has been occasionally adverted to in The Sun, that France has not a single ally in Europe. This rouses the ire of the Christino journal, the Presse, which denounces in strong terms the in gratitude of the Spanish nation for the many good acts of the French towards the country. A very pretty sort of quarrel it is, but we will allow the contending parties to speak for themselves : " Betbre the events at Barcelona," says the for mer journal, "we declared how necessary it was for the French Government to resume relations with Spain. It appeared to us that France had no need to consider the character or tendency of the regime which was in force at the other side of the Pyrenees. It is with the Spanish people that we make an alliance, carry on trade, and re ciprocate sympathy. What matter is it then to us what the form of government may be, if the union of the two nations rests on a community of interests? Every government existing in Spain ought to be considered by us the government by right; for such is the only national policy that suits a free people which respects the liberty of others. We think it our duty to insist at the approach of the session on those principles of conduct. France, by the fault of her Government, is sepa rated from Spain, and all her relations remain interrupted between the Cabinets of Paris and Madrid. This state of things, which was before considered as provisional, it is now attempted to render definitive. Spain is a field of battle which is abandoned to the English at the very mo ment that we have not in .Europe a single ally left. We have already an enemy on the Rhine, and now measures are being taken which will produce one on the other side of the Pyrenees. We were not sufficiently isolated, and now a blockade is prepared for us. We hope that the Chamber of Deputies will protest solemnly against this line of policy. The men who govern us must be taught that inaction is not talent, and that France is not obliged to them for having alienated from us our natural allies. Since the ill-timed tirades of M. MOLE against the Swiss, the Government has not committed a greater fault than this interruption of relations between France and Spain l Let us prove to Spain that public opinion here is convinced of it, and that there is not on this point, as well as on many others, any mutual responsibility between the Ministry of October 29 and the nation." The Presse, in re ply to this, says : And what is th e po li c y pursued by the Fr enc h Government with regard to Spain ? In our opinion it has only returned by kindness all the acts of hosti lity of the Anglo-Spanish Government of Madrid. To the manifest preponderance given to English ins fluence; to projects of treaties of commerce suspended solely by the o p pos i t i on o f Catalonia a n d th e C ortes ; to ther e both in w ords and acti ons, t h e F rench prejudicialtariffssototh a tmalevolence which i s a l ways to the trad e o f our southern observable s departments;e Ministry has only returned reiterated proofs of good feeling. It has detained Don Carlos beyond perhaps what the law of nations would warrant, and doubtless beyond what is in accordance with the ancient,-re nown of this country for hospitality. It watches with the most severe and vexatious rigour over the exiles of September. Last year it sent an Ambassador to Madrid, a concession which was met with a fresh in sult ; and this year it does all that it can to dissemble the resolution taken by the Cabinet of Madrid to cause Eng lish interference in the affair at Bar ce l ona — a reso l ut i on of which it is as certainlyandperf ec tl y i n f ormed as our selves. What can it do m ore, unless, indeed, it throws itself on its knees at the Spanish Legation, and supplicates for France in Spain a little place by the side of England ? Had the French Cabinet made a concession of this sort, what clamours would have been raised against it ; to what reproaches for want of patriotism and of dignity would it not have been subjected sta l i i s s h ?ed not Tin Spain. right in saying that what form of g overnmen t is is n a ti ona l po li cy ; i t i s Pranceebhte ocon sid eThisr Courrier is o proclaimed it to be so. whatever the Govern ment s, which we may uleFrance has not to demand Whateverur and have bes in always theparty,Spain, of them the reason of their existence ; but it should require good international relations, an alliance useful and sincere, the respect of her rights and her inte rests. Let the Government of Madrid be Carlist, Moderate, or Radical, as it chooses ; but it is for us to form a faithful ally, that the interests both of Spain and of France be not sacrificed to England. This is all we ask, and all we require. The Journal des Debats, a Ministerial paper, gives the following account of the state of affairs at Barcelona on the 28th and 29th ult.:— The inhabitants were in painful anxiety as to the fate which awaited them after a revolt in which the deposition of the Regent was so audaciously decreed. The words attributed to him are certainly well calcu lated to alarm their minds. He is said to have de clared, " I will deliver them up to Zurbano, and he shall rebuild the walls of the city with their bones." Van Halen is also said to have been determined to shower down upon the rebels shells and rockets until they were all consumed. In fine, General Seoane, Governor 01 Madrid, has used the following terms in the Senate :—" Too much weakness was shown in the treatment of the re eels of last 3rear. For every finger spared then three hundred heads must now fall !" This sentence stands textually in the report of the sitting of the Spanish Chambers. At Barcelona they were persuaded that the Captain-General, Van Halen, seriously intended t o ca rry his threat into execution, and was preparing to do so when the Regent, arrived. Mortar batteries and congreve rockets were planted on the ramparts of Montjuich, which commands the town within half a cannon-shot, so as to be ready by the 25th, but the energetic remonstrances of the French Consul gained a more by overtures. ' and the Barcelonese two days At last the Regent arrived on the 29th, a pacific Junta w as instituted, and from that timreespaitbombardment s would have been a monstrosity without necessity or obj ec t. The town was filled with terror. The inh a bit ants mov ed out in masses, and encamped af the foot of the glacis. More than 50,000 people are ;mid to have thus left their homes, either to bivouack in the fields, or seek shelter in the surrounding villages. The French and other foreigners hastened to the port , and packets :sent from MarsOilles ; they are said to have amounted to between 1,406 and 1,500. With them were many Spaniards bran y _ . French also re tired to places in and embarked in the ships of war was past. Amidst all this general commo.`i°ll norofa the count to wait tahneyppuebrlsiocnpael acveiosleenemceedwtaosll the crisis population amounting to 150,000 neither robber ,1 longer dAisttutrhbeedeb.l; anything but the retributive severities of the General. The Quotidienne, a Carlist paper, joins with the be c ommitted.no Radical National in reprobating the policy of General BUGEAUD, and more especially the French Government, in Al • giers Nobody (says the Quotidienne), has warred more than General Bugeaud. No one has attacked more tribes, destroyed more towns, burnt more farms, executed more razzias, carried away more flocks, or burnt more crops. And yet he is no more advanced than his predecessors. General Bugeaud himself does not believe in the submission of the Arabs. He says so, and he writes so. And he uses his very incre dulity as an argument to sanction a permanent army of 80,000 men in Algiers. And all this time the much-talked-of colonization exists merely in the co lumns of the Moniteur Algerien. BOURSE—P ARIS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 4.5„, 119 50... 119 55... 119 50 Four per Cents. 101 50... 101 50 .. 101 50... 101 50 3 per Cents 80 6.5„. 80 75... 80 60... 80 75 Bank of France 3315 -.325 ...3315 3325 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1055 ..1057 50...1055 ...1055 5,000 f 5080 _sw ...5080 ..5080 Belgian Bank, 1841 1067 50...1067 50...1067 50...1067 50 Belgian Fives, 1840 1041 ... 104 k 104 k ••• 104 k Spanish Active. . ... 231 ... 23a ... 23i ... 231 Old Deferred 10 ... 10 ... 10 ... 10 Neapolitan... lO6 25... 106 60... 106 25... 106 60 Roman, lo4k ... 104} ... 104} ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES.. St. Germain' B3O ... 830 ... 830 ... 830 Versailles, R.B 265 ... 265 ... 265 ... 265 Rouen Orleans.... Strasburg to Bale 202 55... 203 75... 202 50... 203 75 JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.— The Court was occupied yesterday morning with the consideration of a petition for an extension of Simis ter's patent, as applicable to stays. Several witnesses, some of them staymakers, have been examined in sup port of the patentee, and were cross-examined by the Solicitor-General, on the part of the opponents to the extension of the patent. The case is expected to occupy their Lordships the whole of the day. The Attorney-General was in Court in the Early part of the sitting. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mademoiselle Celeste made her first appearance, since her return from America, at this theatre last evening. The interesting character of Suzanne was the one chosen for her re-entrée, and the selection was most judicious. It was, if we recollect right, her first speaking character, and is certainly one of her best. The drama itself, too, is more in accord ance with the character of the pieces now produced at this house. It approaches, in its construction and its character, to genuine comedy; indeed, it has much stronger claims to rank with the legitimate comedies of the good old school, than many of the three act absurdities to which, of late, by courtesy, the name of comedy has been given. She was most enthusiastically received by a house crowded to the ceiling, and went through the part with her accustomed grace and spirit. At the fall of the curtain she was called for, and led forward by Webster, when the applause was again renewed with greater heartiness, if possible, than on her first appearance. She seemed much gratified with her re ception, which she gracefully acknowledged by one of those expressive looks which are more eloquent than language. She seemed in excellent health and spirits, and, notwithstanding the flattering manner in which she has been received in America, we trust she will not be tempted soon again to leave us. Suzanne was preceded by the last new piece of the Dowager, a pleasing one act piece of the " Olympic" school (Vestris's Olympic we mean), indebted for itsssuc cess alike to the lively rattle, the buoyant animal spirits, the genuinegaite de cceur of• Charles Mathews, and the finished performance of his accomplished lady. This was preceded by A Cure for Love, and judging from the numbers who nightly flock to the Haymarket to witness the cure, the disease must be a very prevalent one indeed among her Majesty's lieges just at this time. THE ACCIDENT AT SALISBURY.—A Correspondent writes to state that the account of the lamentable accident which occurred on Thursday last at East Grafton Church (not Bishopstone), was not occa sioned by the falling of the arch or nave itself, but from a., part of the unfinished compartment of the vaulting in the nave, which fell, owing to the negli gence of the mason, in not wedging up the centering when ordered to do so. Had this duty been attended to, no calamity would have happened. Woomvien - , DEC. 6.—The Sultana, ,Arab ship-of war, whose Nakador, or Captain, recently rendered himself so conspicuous at the Guildhall, London, by appearing there with the view of getting married to an Englishwoman, sailed on Saturday from Woolwich, and was towed down the river by a hired steamer. The Ambassador of the lanaum of Muscat interfered, and by his influence prevented the captain from mar rying, and he has now left the country without being permitted to take any female with him. It was for tunate the vessel sailed before frost or snow set in, as had such been the case the crew would have been under the necessity of wintering here, owing to their total incapacity to work during the severe weather to which our northern climate is subject. We understand that the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, and their amiable family, ever since their arrival at Gordon Castle in August last, have been unremitting in their attention to the poor in and about Fochahers, supplying them with a great quantity of comfortable clothing for the winter, and otherwise ad ministering to their wants. The family left for Good wood on Thursday morning, accompanied by many a blessing from grateful hearts that had been cheered by them during their sojourn. —Aberdeen Herald. THE VICTORIES IN CHINA AND INDIA.—DUBLIN, Nov. 30.—At the meeting of the Corporation yes terday, Town Councillor Symes moved a resolution, to the effect that the freedom of the city be conferred on Sir Robert Sale, General Nott, General Pol lock, and Lieutenant Cuddy of the 55th Regiment. The resolution being seconded, a Gallant Town Councillor (Mr. Fitzpatrick) begged to move that a like honour be conferred on the heroic Lady Sale. It appears there was a precedent in case, a similar distinction having been conferred on the daughter of Alderman Nugent during the old regime. Owing, however, to an informality in the shaping of the motions, and there being some doubts whether the right of granting the freedom by "grace especial" still existed in the new corporation, the subject was deferred till next day of assembly. HORVICULTURAL. SOCIETY.—The last meeting for the season was held on, Tuesday, at the rooms of the Society, in Regent-street, the Duke of Devonshire, President, in the Chair. The, prizes awarded were a silver Knightian medal to the Duke of Devonshire, for Loelia anceps ; silver BankSian medals to Mr. Judd, for the Providence pine ; Mr. Goode, gardener, to Mrs. Lawrence, for a collection of plants; Mr. Pawley, for cactus truncatm, and Mr. Appleby, for a specimen plant ; and Banksian certificates of merit to Mr. Castle, for a specimen plant, and Mr. Cra,wshav for celery. The extract from the Meteorological Re gister, kept at the gardens from the Ist November, gave barometer, highest, November 18, 30.332 inch. : lowest, November 24, 28.793. Thermometer, highest, November 1, ;11, and 12, and December 2, 55 deg. Fah. ; lowest, November 18, 26 deg. Fah. ; and quantity of rain, 4.44 inches. The Countess of Howth died at Dublin on Sunday after an illness of about three days, leaving her hus band, the Earl of Howth, and four hildren, to deplore her loss. Her Ladyship was daughter of the late Earl of Clanricarde, and sister of the present Marquis. She was married to Lord Howth in January, 1826. One of her younger children was attacked with measles a few days ago, and, while attending upon it with a fond mother's care, she caught the disease of which she died so suddenly. Captain Robert M'Nab, whose untimely death oc curred at the Falkirk Station of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on the 28th ult., had seen a great deal of service in different quarters of the world. He joined the old 94th, or Scotch Brigade Regiment in Portugal, when preparing for the campaign of 181:1, which opened with the march into Spain and battle of Vittoria, where he was for the first time under fire, carrying the colours of his regiment, in the Hon. Sir Charles Colville'S brigade in Sir Thomas Picton's 3d division ; of which brigade such honour able mention is made by the Duke of Wellington in his dispatch of the battle. Captain M'Nab likewise carried the colours of the old 94th at the battles of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, and o th er h ar d . fought fields—no fewer than eleven altogether, we be lieve. At Nivelle he made a narrow escape, having had his neckerchief shot through the folds.—Edinburgh Advertiser. STRATHFIELDSAYE.—The Duke of Wellington is enjoying the society of a few select friends, among whom are Lord and Lady Mahon, who arrived from Walmer, where they had been staying since they left Walmer Castle. The Duke is in excellent health, and rides thirty miles occasionally to mee t th e Vi ne hounds, with which pack his grace regularly hunts. GUNPOWDER TEA.—On the occasion of the 30th depot firing a feu de joie in commemoration of the success of our arms in China, a gentleman accosted another in the street to inquire the object of the firing. " Dont you know," he replied, " that our old friend, Sir Hugh Gough, has compelled the Chinese to give us their Congou and Bohea teas in exchange, for our gunpowder? and the 30th depot is just discharging their samples."—Galway Vindicator. There was a report yesterday morning in Bishop's Stortford that a man who had been to pay for some flour at South Mill was stopped on the road leading into Blahop's Stortford by two persons dressed in dark clothes who demanded either his life or his money, upon his saying he had no money one of them stabbed him in the side. We have not been able to learn further particulars ; they Will appear in our next.— ' Cambridge Advertiser. [MPORTANT CASE.—At the Old Sessions room, on Mon -lay last, James Scholfield, gamekeeper to Wm. Esq., was' su mmone d f or trespass i ng upon Halton, the Boltk.‘n and L e i g h R a il way. M r. J. K. Watkins a neared on b e h a lf o f t h e Company, and Mr. W oo W oo dhouse for th e d e f ence. It ap peared that Sch o L l eld had pas se d a l ong t h e rail. of hi s d u t y as gamekeeper, way in pursu ance on the 23d' ult., and of,' being ordered away by ants, refused to o b ey th e one of the Comp an y' s serva : command. The d e f ence se t up was, that Mr. H u lt on . being L or d o f th e M anor, an d t h e defendant ha v i ng a deputation, had a right to pass ur :4n the railway i n pursuance of hi s d u ti es; f or t h a t, a tho:igh the surface belonged to the Company, the manorial rights were still retained. The case stands over for decision until Monday next.—lllanche.qter Guardian. Noah asked a man to help him in the building of the ark—the reward to be, admission when the flood came; but the man declined the job. When Noah was sailing along in the ark, he passed 'tear his lazy friend, standing on the top of a mountain up to the lips in the rising flood, and asked him tauntingly if he wished now that he had lent a hand. "Go along," said the fellow, as the water began to flow Into his mouth—" Go along with your old ark—l don't thin it's going to be much of a shower!"—American paper. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, 'WEDNESD AY EVENING. The Stock market closed rather heavily this afternoon, but principally as regards . the Consolidated Three per Cents. for the opening, the bargains being made at 933 to 9-'l. Exchequer Bills did not rally from 465. to 48s. premium ; East India Bonds were 455. premium; Bank Stock touched 172+ to 173 ; Re duced Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1003 to 101, and Long Annuities at 124 to 12 9-16. The Foreign Market exhibited some increase of ac tivity. Active Spanish Bonds were 18 to 18+, and the Three per Cents. 23 to 231. The Mexican Secu rities did not rule so steady, being depressed to 301 and 30i for the Five per Cents., and to 8i for the De ferred. Portuguese New Five per Cents. were marked 38 ; Chilian improved to 90 ; Colombian to 21+ ; and - Brazilian rose to 69i and 70. The Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. fluctuated from 521 to 53, and the Five per Cents. were firm at 101 i. The market for Railway Shares, in which a mode rato business is doing, was very firm again to-day, notwithstanding the heaviness of our own stocks. All the lines dealt in early in the day maintained their price, while transfers were effected also in the follow ing :—Eastern Counties, New, were 23 ; Birmingham, 101 ; ditto Quarters, 25 ; Manche s t er and Leeds, New, 1; and South Western, 193 premium. Edin burgh and Glasgow were 2, and Blackwall 11 dis. There was a small public sale of teas this afternoon, which went off heavily, the lots that found buyers being taken at lower rates. Common Congou is ls. sd. per lb. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton-market at Liverpool was very dull yes terday, 2,500 bales at previous rates ; 100 Egyptian realising 6:4-d. to 6;d.; 130 Maranham, to 6id. ; 100 Surat, 34d. to 4id. ; and 2,170 American bales, 41d. to 7d. per lb. It is satisfactory so far to see the mania for higher prices checked by the judicious prudence of our ma-, nufacturers, who may safely reckon on an unusually abundant supply at moderate prices. In the Share Market heavy stock was generally in request, but other descriptions were not much noticed. Grand Junction brought 184 ; Great Western, Fifths, 94; Liverpool and Manchester, 192 ; ditto Half, 91 ; Bir mingham, 190 ; do. Qua r t er , 491 ; N orth Midland, 611 ; and Paris and Rouen 254. The attempt to supply us with cheap food is likely to be made in earnest in our colonial possessions. There is reason to believe that the Cape of Good Hope can furnish a very tolerable quota in this res pect, if the small available quantity of labour at Algoa Bay, now the great sheep and cattle-rearing dis trict, will allow of the proper curing of provisions. In Canada the merchants are already on the move to take advantage of the least altera tion in the tariff. It is known that from the judicious exertions used, flour comes to hand in a far better state than formerly, and the Montreal Board of Trade have issued a series of directions and suggestions for preparing prime mess beef in tierces and half tierces, prime pork, hams, and pigs' cheeks, sausages, butter, and cheese. With regard to mess beef the Board do not consider the Canadian cattle would furnish much, but state that dried beef, con sisting of the ribs and legs, with the bone out of the latter, is very saleable in England, as also venison, mutton hams, and shoulders ; t ongues likewise, cleanly prepared, are recommended, and th e por k to be from young animals, not too fat. Hams after the Westphalian fashion might be well cured in Canada, and for good sausages there would be a probable extensive opening. The shoulders and hams of sheep, salted and dried, not smoked, and packed in flour-barrels, would be well worth trial, it is said, in the English market. The new Scotch process for salting and curing meats, which occupies only one quarter of an hour, and may be carried on at any season, is strongly recommended foi• trial. Butter and cheese, it is alleged, may be successfully made in Canada to compete with the Dutch article, of which Holland exports to the amount of one million sterling annually. The butter to be only slightly salted, and the whey well pressed out, without colouring. Cheese the colony produces very little of. Agricultural fairs are strongly recom mended, and altogether the exertions of the Board appear most praiseworthy. The general business done in the Stock Exchange has been to a limited extent, but the Govern ment broker has invested about 5,0001. for the Savings' Banks, as is still supposed, though some believe for the Com m i ss i oners o f Taxes, and 1,2001. on account of life annuities granted, both in the Reduced Th ree per C ent. Annuities at 94g. Consols for the opening and ex dividend, have not been quite so firm, realising 941 to 93i ex div. Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 1001 to 101, and Long Annuities 12i to 12 9-16ths. Exchequer Bills have been heavy at 46s to 48s. prem., and India Bonds at 455. prem. The Foreign Market is dull. Active Spanish Stock has been at 18 to 18, and the Three per Cents. at 23 to f, which are former quotations. There is nothing later from Barcelona. Portuguese New Five per Cents are quiet at 38; Mexican continue flat at 301; and Colombian s t ea d y at 2 1 1 . The Brazil Bonds of 1839, are at 62 to 63 ; Dutch Two and-aHalf per Cents. obtain 53, and the New Fives, 991. Share property still holds a good position in public favour. Eastern Counties Railway are 141; Brighton, 148- ; Northern and Eastern, 8 ; and South Eastern Scrip, 2* discount. Edinburgh and Glasgow New are at par to * premium. Great Western at 25 to 251 premium ; Birmingham at 100 premium ; South Western at 20*; and Paris and Rouen at 5 to 5* pre mium. London Joint-stock Bank Shares are 31- premium. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .1724 ; India Stock Pm 3 per Cent. Red. .. 944 'Ditto Bonds ...... 45 pm 3 per Cent. Cons — Ditto Old Annuities 3i per Cent. Red 101 Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent... loli Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 48 pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001._ .48 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 48 pm Jan. 1860 ...... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct. 1721 Oct. 1859 Jan. IWO Consols for Opg. ...... 94 FUNDS. FOREIG Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent — 3razilian Bonds... 69i Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent. 9O Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 — Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BOA Danish, 3 per :ent — Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 3og Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent Ditto, Metallic ...... . Spanish, 5 per cent lB Ditto, Deferred.... French, 5 per cent. —4. —c. Exchange —c French, 3 percent —f. —c. Dutch, 2i per cent....... 52; Ditto, 5 per cent. Ink RES, Lid) SHA Eastern Counties (23 pz Ditto New (—paid) ........................ lO6 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... ... 48 Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) 5 Great Western, (65 paid) ...... 9Ol Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) . .. London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall ( paid) ....... ••• 51 London and Birmingham (90) ...... ... Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) 5O London and South Western (4116 s 10dpd) 614 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto New Shares (30 paid) ... ........ Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 9i Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Ditto Scrip (20 paid) PRIVY COUNCIL.—Her Majesty will hold a Privy. Council at Windsor Castle on Saturday, when a pro clamation will be agreed upon for proroguing Parlia ment from Tuesday next tp some future day, then to meet for the dispatch of business. Sir James Graham will not (we understand) at tend the Privy Council at Windsor on Saturday next, in consequence of Lady Graham and the family of the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department having lately had an attack of scarlet fever, from the effects of which, however, we are happy to say they are fast recovering. Several of the Cabinet Ministers visited S Peel yesterday in Whitehall-gardens. Sir Robert Peel leares town to-morrow on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. Baronet is not expected to return to Whitehall-gar dens until Monday. REFORM DEMONSTRATION TO JOHN URE, ESQ., OF CROY.—The citi zens o f G lasgow, and the Liberal majority of the Town Council, favourable to the prin ciples of reform, free trade, and equitable representa tion, having resolved to give the venerable Mr. Ure ' of Croy a public dinner, on the occasion of his re tiring from the City Council, at the age of 83 years, the occasion was celebrated in the Town-hall on Thursday night at five o'clock, with more than wonted spirit and hilarity. Nearly 200 of our most respect able citizens, including the Liberal Bailies andfi great proportion of the Reform majority of the , C' a 1 cil, sat down to dinner, and the speeches and proceedings were such ' as reflected the hi•,` on the leading Reformers and Jun general profess. Bailie Hastie °coupled supported right and left by M.P., Councillors Small, Rev. Mr. Harvey, of Calton guest of the evening. Anderson and Councille, by Councillors Brodie, t t l i , l 7 . ` i irin 4 e n i e p s l t es cr th ed ey it e chair, and was 1177 ~. Wallace, of Kelly, msden, Cross, and the 4 along with Mr. Ure, the - ',de croupiers were Bailie r John Hamilton, supported 'Whitehead 3, Orr, Stewart, Tur ner, Bell, and other 4 of our refor m councilors.—Glas gow Argus. The meeting intended to be I field, for the reduction of rents, &c., in the county of " Sutherland, has for some reasons been suppressed. The Duke of Suther land's tenants, who had no inclin, ation to attend such a meeting, although proposed., had it waived. From the happy circumstances in Which h lie tenantry on his Grace's estates are situated, there could be no reason for a reduction. But unfortunateli 7 this will not apply to the tenants of Embo, and those on the sterile moors Creich and Ardains, where the la nts are dreadfully high, and the lands miserable.—R o ss-shire Advertiser SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 19ubitt eptuton. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. It is confidently stated at Paris that the Rouen and Paris railroad will be opened next spring. The pre valence of the most dense fog that had visited that city since the winter of 1829 still prevented all com munication by telegraph, and the arrivals by post from Spain had not on Monday brought news of later dates than that received by telegraph on Friday. A supplement of the Madrid Official Gazette of the 28th, contains the Decree of the Regent for the blockade of the port of Barcelona. • Private accounts from Alexandria of the 22d ult. state that the object of Artin Bey's visit to Paris was to raise a loan for the Pacha of Egypt. Several cases of plague had occurred in ;Lower Egypt. The mor tality amongst the oxen still continued. The Semaphore of Marseilles announces the 11 1 ' rival there of the Amsterdam steam-boat from Bar celona, which city she left on the 30th, when the total destruction of the British line-of-battle ship Formid able appeared inevitable. The election for twenty Deputies in Portugal to supply the vacant seats had all terminated in fltrour of the Government. The Chambers had, however, been further adjourned till the 28th December, when the extraordin ar y session would be closed, and 'tile Chambers prorogued till the 2d January. A great quantity of rich furniture and other valu able articles, belonging to the King of Holland, and which were left in the Palace at Brussels, have been lately received safely at the Hague. The reports prevalent at Constantinople, that a col lision had taken place upon the frontiers of P ersia be tween the Sultan's troops and those of the Shah were totally unfounded. The Journal d e Frankfort states that the Austrian Government ha s just adopted a course respecting t n ia d Lombardo-Venetian Railroad, which will put an the to any differ ences that may have arisen b etween ill sharehold ers an d the Committee. Not only cofltiP t not offer any oppo s iti on to t h e CompanY's m t the works as l ong as t h e i r funds perm it he, but will complete th e res t o f t h e l i ne as a State railroad., A letter from Vi enna o f t h e 25t h u lt., published _ n the Jour na l d e F ran kf ort, s t a t es that the Imp e _ Bank of Austria had at present 60,000,000 florins T. specie in it s cellars, proceeding from the reirnburl, ments made to th a t es t a bli s h ment b y th e Govern ne " PUBLIC OPINION. • le We quote the following from the Chrov i t„; e " Suppose the merchants, manufacturers, &e., w" - ar e subscribing their fifties and hundreds tc the League Fund were to accompany the contribution with a de- claration to the effect that they subscribed simplY ° of regard for an abstract principle ; that they hael,ll. conception of any advantage to the various sPe clua d tions in which they are embarked from the repeal a the Corn-laws; that the change would neither extend their operations, enhance their profits, nor benefit their. in any way Whatever to the amount of one sing le s n ail ling : w e s h ou ld lik e to know how the Tory J° at would tre a t suc h a d ec l arat i on ? W e i m agine t 5. their columns would shake with laughter at the t rap ~.. parent insinc er it y or egreg i ous f o ll y of such a de clare = tion. Nor would they fail to show, and with sunu t l e is logic than they are accustomed to employ, th at " f. pretence implied a complete condemnation of the e .st forts and objects of the League. For if the capital l o (they would argue, and justly) reap no benefit from Corn-law repeal, then who will ? Not the cultivator, 1. his customers will remain as impoverished as theyare.!! present. Not the workpeople, for there will be n° 114 5. crease of employment, nor the chance of better wage Not the n a ti on a t large,for therewill be neither moti ve n° r means to use th e lib erty o f purc h as i ng foreign c orll ts without any of that extension of trade which wiggl e° its wealth. What an aimless and mad crusade, then, it would be inferred, is this Anti-Corn-law agl i ta i t a i : And what a strange exception from the common of human action is the conduct of those p e rsons wi ° l l are giving away their 50,000/. to benefit ne ither the m i ; selves . lnor conceivedan y with what of th eilt:atgihe sand s, fellow-creatures! eer It may, well r sarcasm and thundering denunciation, the T i n t s would greet language of this sort from the LeN s Fund subscribers. Well, then, the reverie 01 bii , takes place. A Liverpool merchant, at a P u to . meeting, puts down his 1001., and avows his We e i n tion that, should the fund accomplish its work, h e : re .. be a large gainer by his present liberality. T he , reb motion of the objects of the League is an effort ~‘.O . tain justice. It is also a work of the noblest am': ;.; it and d t besides e ej d riwiicou e tte s eshvtrhi ee t near h ratrl a nosoa t cioocj , eftket ie t rnrtrssp ggoirsateuhnttafihtii and gcht s i asoehaghesiolcraebboiesfnvsppit obvious uicobnfis attributes.ult atai contribution uu l a e tn p l T ' ttv e hcoh h e oej ; t 1 : b : u ,° It evereo e 1, ebh p m iurt t h s si i e ote v s snr e s .s ,sarcasms directly the opposite ground." The Tim :—" • Times. says With feelings of &. _u nr- ",„ - f t hat pain we have witnessed the re _ a ppearanru iid hi ni epharht less)—thatparticular r fr l tu i h g ne h g t u fu inu l hfae s sp y tp s ey t outrag a n e n o et w the speakers"' id cle t ri-4-e; frightful system (for shocking as it i - s" to acknowle l i a t n d is, rary, and which, as we firml yb elieve, eenni t l y o can totally suppress, and no legislation effectually for it arm. No executive vigilance can suppress tion; has its life and being, not in any spirit O f disa l fi t' ec not in • to political order, but in the disorder and confusion h of um a an sp l h a e w re ; o a f nd du n ti u es le b g e i y sl o a n ti d un th u e an co t a o r u s u e h detheofsomuuthrdoefr Pre.: is independent of mistaken or defective laws it feintre dependent of religious difference, and much In° is it independent o mere party politics. That las misgovernment may have aggravated the evil, is of course admitted, but this has not been the Pa re ot of the mischief. The evil has arisen—we I ° n to say that the removal of the cause will now sumee but remedy the fearful disorder that has resulted" — hie b the evil has arisen in the general system u pon w the occupation of land has been based and condurrd, , and in the treatment of the occupier by tine lan • A d t ° bat The state of the country has been such: control trolo d the let it be admitted, owing to circumstance:3 ber n ; the control of individual landlords or tenants,---bn;ieen state of the country, from whatever cause, h as such, that a breach on the part of the I:iudlord ofbie, duties towards his tenantry—of the se equ ity be charitable, and unwritten duties which are not to lid found in the letter of his contract, but 'oeyund it ' Las which are not therefore the less binding, or the '- VP dangerous in the neglect;—the state of the ou n tie g we say, has been such, that the breach of those an o " 00 could not fail to be attended with tb.e most digit or consequences to the tenant ; and - s,•,et that brese,ed, rather that total neglect, has, it c.a nnot be dis Pus been rather the rule than the exception." MONEY — TRADE—CO/ altdiNatC 3 C . -r At a meeting o f the proprietor.', of the Grand di and tion Canal Comp an y, h e ld on T ueF , day at the Cro Wn Anchor Ta vern , t h e report stated that the net t onu aL , for the half year ending June -Nys re 10,276/. less . t. 11: in the precedi ng s i x month falling off attnntry. able to the gener a l depression of trade in th e coga . A dividend of 31. 10 s . was , declare d f or the half Y ear ECczw Bishoparrived of Barbadoe s, at his distant diocese on the Bth ult. The Hon. James Stuart Wortley ELEr.:TIONEE/NG. • with' out opposition on Thursday hr3t, as a represe„r4tram for Buteshire, in. the room of the late Sir iv i Rae, Lord Advocate of Scotland. Naval. AND rtErx.rrihrr• stuß ed Further enlistments for the navy have bee n by order. Sund a y' was electe d n consequence of Christmas falling un nn the given the, customary dockyard lraliday will be following day. SPORTING. f The "lawn-meeting' at Badminton, on i‘-° _A a held by his Gra. c e the Duke of Beaufort, forine"_.., most brilliant field : in addition to nererly riages, there were more than 1,000 equestriax7,.. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess _°l Cambridge, with the Princess Augusta and the Gran o , Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, were present, an d sumptuous breakfast was giveu in the great hall. CO.B. Tne Duke and Due! ÜBT—r aess il of Cambridge, S the Pr t i; cesses Augusta a.nd Mary of Cambridge, an d Hereditary Gr and Duke of Mecklenburg have arrived at Str a thfieldsaye, Hants, on: a visit to the Duke oc, W e lli ng t on . at Strelitri "Islarquis of Camden is passing the ' winter t 'o. Wilderness, Kent. in Ireland. Cavendish-square, from Besborough, leaves laymoutn Viscount Duncannon and family ha ve arrived 10 The Marquis of Breadalbane Castle on Saturday next for Edinburgh. The Marquis of Exeter ha s returned to Grosve nor-square. The Earl and Countess of Uxbr idge, and the Ladi es Paget, are passing the seaso n at Tewi n Waters, Hert fordshire. The Earl of Haddingt on has left, town on . Lord Wharncliffe, at W ortle y Hal I, Yorkshire. Viscount Northland , M.P., arr ived nTuesday in a visit to Pall-mall, from Dung annon Park, Ireland. The Duke of Nor folk has arrived on Hyde Park terrace, from Surrey. Lord G. Paget h as left town for Deane Park. .IV/XSCEMX.ANE DUB. • Meyerbeer's brother , of few days since in the stre ets died from apoplexy a Berlin. Dlike to whom he was much attached,. Lord Edward Clinton, son of h'ls Grace the the burled at China, in June last : his remains. were of N e wcastle, died of fever on his outward passag e • • The emigration from the port of I3elfasti during the three but years; has consisted of 18 :9 40. en t ra nce of the Gulf of Siam.