The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-14 00:00:00

Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo. , eIHARLES HARCOURT I__) Or, the AD VENTURES of a LEGATEE. A NOVEL. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. - HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. "{EINE BROTHERS having remitted during a very short time very large amounts of Money Divi dends to their Correspondents in Great Britain and Ireland; Dividends of 25,000!., 18,009/., 9,000/., 5,0001., an d 3,6001. t. London ; 3,600/., OU, and 7001. to Edinburgh ; 3,600/. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3,6001. to Halifax ; 1,200/. to Perthleaven Harbour ; 9(X)/., 700/., and 6001. to Liver pool ; 9001. to Hull; 900/. to 'Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001. and 6001. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham shire 700/. to Colne, Lancashire ; 600/. to Cork ; and 600/. toßradford, &c., &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous *) 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 25,0001. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of U. and upwards. One Share, 1/. ; we Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 3/.; four Shares, 41. ; five Shales, 5/. ' • six Shares, 61.; seven Shares, 71.; eight Shares, 8/. ; nine Shares, 91. ; ten Shares, 101. 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. I _ THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 14, Will be repeated Shakspeare's Play of THE TEMPEST. Alonzo, Mr. Cooper ; Sebastian, Mr. Diddear ; Prospero, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Antonio, Mr. J. Vining ; Ferdinand, Mr. C. Pitt ; Caliban, Mr. J. Bland ; Trineulo,' Mr. Harley ; Ste phano, Mr. Bartley. Miranda, Miss Vandenhoff; Ariel, Miss Rainforth. .; To conclude with Auber's Opera of MASANIELLO ; or, THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI. Masaniello, Mr. W. Harrison ; Alphonso, Mr. Travers ; Elvira, Miss Poole ; Fenella, Miss Bailin. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 7s. Second Price 3s. dd. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price es. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Prince es. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-effice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. 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. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 14, Will be repeated the Cornedietta of A CURE FOR LOVE. Felix Trimmer, Esq., Mr. W. Farren ; Richard Sadgrove, Esq., Mr. Buckstone. Mrs. Felix Trimmer, Mrs. Malone Raymond ; Mrs. Major Browne, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Miss Bitterton, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Tubbs, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, THE DOWAGER. Lord Alfred Lyndsay, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Dowager Countess of Tresilian, Madame Yestris. To which will be added,,the Petite Drama of SUZANNE. Simon Swallow, Mr. 13uckstone ; Suzanne, (an Orphan) Madame Celeste. To be followed by Mr. T. H. Bayly's Bilden& of ONE HOUR; or, A CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly, (his original . character), Mr. Charles Mathews ; Miss Dalton (her original character), Madame Vestris, who will sing " Love is the Theme." To conclude with HIS LAST LEGS. O'Callaghan, Mr, Malone Raymond. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 14, Will be produced a new Burletta, entitled THE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford. Wright, Maynard, Wieland, Mills Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. P. Grattan. After which a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU KNOW WHAT. The principal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, irg. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Faucit, and Miss Murray. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectaele, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wltoland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche 1141bilei. To eaaelude with a Comic Burletta, called ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss lawny. Boma 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, sonsmence at seven o'clock. MAP OF CHINA. THE NEW CHINA SUN IS NOW ON SALE, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CHOW-FOO NIN GPO, AND SHANGHAE ; WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS Orders reamed at the SUN OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. ~ HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. morning 58 minutes atter 10 I Evening i s 9 minutes after IL ____ LONDON : WEDNESDAY MOTINING, DECEMBER 14, 1842. We see with much satisfaction that the metro polis is stirring in behalf of free trade. To be prepared for St. Thomas's day when .the Com mon Council is renewed, an excellent address has been issued by an elector of the ward of Farring_ don Within, calling on his brother electors to make the question of free trade or monopoly, di- Ye &d of all mere party considerations, the turn inkpoint of the elections. In this address mono poly and free trade are thus ably contrasted :--- Monopoly.—Dean Tucker states " The precise idea of monopoly is this—that it is a privilege, or exclu sive charter, granted to serve a few, at the expense, and to the detriment of the many." And in order to , preserve for a few short months longer that most abominable, cruel, unjust monopoly of the staff of life —Dread, and the important, valuable, and necessary article of sugar, the whole country is saddled with an lutamine-tax—inquisitorial—hardly bearable in a time of war—now boldly proposed after twenty-five years fif pewee—rather than abolish the corn and sugar mo- Paroles, which would benefit the people a thousand told more than all the paltry modifications of the tariff ptogether. •Tree trade is trade divested of all public injustice: it would avert th e d own f a l o f our commerce, set free the sp - 4-inga of i n d ustry, and mitigate the sufferings and privations of the poor; " and surely no class or men can long be Perm i tted in this country to build 1.13 for themselves a permanent prosperity upon a sys tem which is ruinous to the nation of which they form a part." Pursuing 'the same course, the Committee of the Young Men's Metropolitan Anti-Monopoly Association have published an excellent address to the young men of London, signed PETER A. TAYLOR, jun., Chairman. We are well convinced that they will not allow this opportunity to dis tinguish themselves in the sacred cause of huma nity, of justice, and of their country, to escape without profiting by it. The time and the ex pense which many of them devote to light and worthless pursuits, calculated to leave behind them a wasted body and a scathed mind, it ap plied to further the cause of Corn-law repeal, might gain for them great renown, while it might carry many individuals to honour and dignity. In the olden times the London apprentices were a powerful political body, and we know no rea son why their successors, the present young men of London, though the name be ch:tnged, should be degenerated or consider themselves of less importance. The youth of France hare contri buted to the safety and honour of their country. The students of Glasgow, all very young men, most of them mere lads, by a judicious exercise of their power, have added to the eminence and .honour even of such men as Mr. EOM and Sir R. P EE L. Why, then, should not.the young men of the metropolis share in a similar generous and storious ambition, and seek to achieve renown BETT'S PATENT BRANDY.—The unparal leled and still increasing sale of this favourite beverage, has been attended by its natural consequence—the excitement of envy in every branch of the Spirit trade. Hence, each suc seeding year brings to notice competitors, whose announce ments, under fallacious pretences and high sounding titles, urge upon the public notice articles, whose only distiuguishing fea ture is their vast inferiority to the Patent Brandy. It is to guard purchasers against the consequences of such attempts, and for that reason only, that J. T. Betts and Co. are again induced to state, that the Patent Brandy is manufactured wily at the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-bars, leading to St. John-street • where it may be obtained, pale or coloured, at Eighteen Shillings per Gallon, of the highest legal strength. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £6O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9O, £lOO, £llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £4OO, £6OO, £BOO, £l,OOO, £1.500, £5,000, and £2.5,C00 Sterling. Amounting together to .z.:72,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to 4 . . a ` o pt au i 44, .7 , 5 4 1, . N''' ' ,......,•.• _____ , .c. . ~ O - .1. . s.'" . % , __; . •. , ~., • , • °' ' , A , E'r m .1 ,- AOC... , 4 D R " • }4 . - i'.• Ztt c§atn, for themselves, while they confer benefit on the country. The Committee appeal to them : Young men of London! the Committee feel with satisfaction that they have, to the extent of their abilities, done their duty : they therefore feel they have the right to call upon you to do yours—they waste not time in urging upon you the necessity— the ever-increasing necessity, of a strong, united, and they trust, successful effort. They hope nothing from those who yet need to be convinced of this. If de serted factories, with gaols and union-houses over flowing—if a sinking revenue which an Income-tax has as yet failed to support—if provisions cheap, with thousands perish ing of want convince you no t, th en not from the young s men of London can assistance in a noble cause be expected : but it =mot, it shall not be so. Let it not even be said that you were last in the field—that even a time-serving squirearchy left you in the rear. "Young men of London ! we call for—we entreat —we demand your assistance. We call upon you to take that position which the narrowest selfism, as well as the broadest philanthropy, would dictate—which your interests as young men, dependent upon com mercial prosperity, and the sympathy for your op pressed and starving countrymen, which, as young men, none should feel more thrillingly than you, alike demand. They cannot be deaf to this call, but will hasten to enrol themselves members of the Young Men's Anti-Monopoly Association. The rooms of the Society are at Hart's Hotel, Alders gate-street, and the Committee will be happy to see the young men of the metropolis—the more numerous the better— every evening between seven and nine o'clock. The Post of yesterday morning contains a singular illustration of the influence of habit on thought, or rather on the expression of thought. It is accustomed, if not to think of the landed aristocracy, at least to speak of them as actuated by none of the motives of ordinary men. According to its language they never consider themselves or their own interests, but always the good of others and what will promote the public good. That journal always writes as if the aristocracy had cast aside all the feelings, de sires, and passions of individuals, had mastered all the phenomena of social existence, and guided all their actions by nothing but a clear comprehension of the national welfare. What a strange hallucination to speak of them as not swayed by the same motives as other men! Be cause we will not :give in to that delusion, and refuse to believe the professions of the aristocracy and of their flatterers, when they are continually contradicted by their own actions, and not un frequently by their own unpremeditated avowals; ;because we assert, confirmed by the authority of Lord BYRON, that their whole pro ceedings have been dictated by a sordid desire tp keep up rent, the Post says we treat the aristocracy with an acerbity which seems to be insane. What a misfortune it is for such a writer to have been brought up in the belief that the aristocracy are exempt from the laws which rule the minds of other human beings, and are not men endowed only with faculties and power to promote, and that imperfectly, their own welfare, but angels endowed with faculties and powers to promote the welfare of mankind at large ! We cannot adopt that belief, and we say that the landlords, like other men, look mainly to their own advantage. When we find them, there fore, all 'of a sudden, speaking the language of confidence in the power of oar agriculturists to compete with those of other nations ; when we find them, who have hitherto taught the farmers to look to tire law to secure high prices instead of relying on their own skill and indus try, all at once reproaching the farmers for their backwardness, trying to stimulate them to greater exertions, telling them that they must no longer rely on protection, because they have at length discovered that the law cannot give what it pretends to give; when we observe that this new teaching comes on the heels of a great fall in prices, and a general demand for the reduc tion of rent; when we hear of farmers throwing up their farms, and of landlords offering farms to tenants, who will not take them unless the said landlords will guarantee the price of wheat; when we know that, for the sake of high rents, the landlords have for years set at defiance all the principles of honesty and virtue—we can only conclude that their new tone, their sudden con viction that the soil is yet capable, with im proved management, of yielding a great deal more, and their attempt to ins pire the farmers wish this conviction, and encourage them to go on cultivating the ground, far less for th eir own advantage, than for the advantage of the land owners—for the tenantry of England are impo verished much below their exertions, their capi tal, and their deserts—we can only conclude that this new zeal of the landlords is dictated by the old motive—a desire for high rent. To obtain that, they are now striving to make the farmers place the same confidence in their own skill, and promise high rents, as they before endeavoured—and much too success fully for file welfare of the farmers—to make them place in protecting laws, and enter into engagements which the farmers have only kept to their own injury and their ruin. What is the good of a free Press if such observations be not spoken out in time, so that the farmers may be warned against the new delusion which the owners of rent are endeavouring to fasten on them ? England can compete with all the world, but high rents must result from success, and if imposed before success be achieved, will strangle it in its birth. We have said all this before, and we repeat it to show the grounds of our conviction, from which we cannot swerve, because the lan guage which the Post is accustomed to use pre vents that journal, while it admits the power of our remarks, from recognising their truth. While the Post is engaging our attention, we will venture to correct another remark of our sincere and well-meaning, but most ill-informed Contemporary. If its assertion that persons of great:wealth, power, and i n fl uence , h ave c h ange d their O pi n i ons, when there has been n of circ umstances, be meant to includeo scilriaßngoe- B ERT PEEL, d .we Hcaenkansesewrtatshamt,ellilistoepninyi,:anrsshaagvoe not changed. called maintain e d, a protection inea, a s l i e and that cannot ann what et b i is e a r t a this knows illop hour. He knew as well in 1836 that the pro s writy of thefarmers, who cultivate the soil to sell its produce, depends on the prosperity of their cus t o mers, the manufacturing an d commercial part of the community, as lie knows it in 184?, But he was at these former periods seeking power and place by the help of the owners of rent, who did not see the matter in the same light; and, therefore, he concealed or glozed over his opinions' to obtain their support. The only circumstance which is changed is, that he is now in office, and then he was out of office; and he cannot now take upon himself the responsibility of giving ef- - - feet to a system which does not accord with his own opinions, and which is attended by the me lancholy results now witnessed throughout the empire. We insert a brief notice of an Anti-Corn-law meeting at Lincoln, which is extremely valuable as an index to the progress of free trade opinions in a part of the country which is exclusively ag ricultural, and in a city where the Bishop and the clergy must have great influence. But their influence and the influence of the landowners is as nothing compared to the influence of facts and the general distress in the country, combined with the diminished profit of the tradesmen in Lincoln ; and the increase of want in that neigh bourhood completely outweighs all deference to the clergy and the landowners. The facts brought before the meeting by Mr. NORTON we regard as extremely valuable, and we would re commend other gentlemen to follow his example, and make the public acquainted with the pecu liar facts concerning poor-rates, &c., which throw a light on the condition of the people in their own localities. The herring fishery, just concluded at Yarmouth, has been the most productive for many years. Up wards of 200 boats from that port alone have been engaged (luring eleven weeks in the trade, and have realized an average profit of more than 4001. each. The same trade is as extensively carried on at Lowe stoft, and at other small ports along the same coast. Lately the French have been very large purchasers. Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot had an in terview with Sir James Graham, at the Home-office, yesterday morning. COURT CIRCULAR. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. Yesterday being the day to which Parliament stood prorogued, both houses met pro forma. The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Haddington, and Lords Fitzgerald and Yesey, as Lords Commissioners, having taking their seats in front of the Throne, the Usher of the Black Rod was directed to summon the House of Commons to hear the Royal Commission read for the further prorogation of Parliament. In a few minutes afterwards the Commons, who were represented by the Clerks and Officers of the House, appeared at the bar, when the Royal Commis sion having been read, The LORD CHANCELLOR, in the usual form and words, declared the present Parliament to be further prorogued until Thursday the 2d of February next, and added, then and here to meet for the dis patch of divers urgent and important business. The Commons then withdrew. LITERATURE. GODF.REY MALVERN. VoL 1. Miller, London, 1842. Godfrey Malvern—so far as it has yet pro ceeded, for we have here only the first volume— is a pleasant, readable story, whose style is uni formly flowing and animated, and whose senti ments are such as do the author great credit. It is an additional recommendation to the narrative, that its incidents, which are numerons and well put together, in no one .instance clash with pro bability, and that the characters, especially that of the hero, are sustained with spirit and good sense. The scene of the courtship between Widow Clarkson and Gregory Gruff, where the former is anxious to make a deep impression on the latter's susceptible heart, is full of truthful humour, and will remind the reader of the famous interviews in "Tristam Shandy" between Widow Wadman and my Uncle Toby. . THE CORN-LAWS. MEETING OF THE MANUFACTURERS. NOTTINGHAM, DEC. 13.—The merchants and ma nufacturers of the counties of Nottingham, "Leicester, and Derby,_ held a most enthusiastic meeting this morning, in the Independent Chapel, Friar-lane, Not tingham, the attendance being so great that the Town hall was not sufficiently capacious. Present of Nottingham :—T. Wakefield, Esq., Mayor ; S. Bean, Esq., President of the Complete Suffrage Conference ; Aldermen Frearson, Wilson, Newton, Herbert, Rogers; the Reverends P. T. Gilton, J. Wild, J. Gilbert, T. Keyworth, Z. Taft, H. Hunter ; D. Bradley, Esq., Cripps, Esq. ; and Messrs. Cartwright, Wilson, Pfunget, Steegman, Biddle, Neuberg, J. Smith, Bacon, Corah, It. Sutton, Dunn, Eddison, and an immense body of other gentle men manufacturers. From Derby, there wen. many of the leading in habitants, and by a special railway train from Leices ter, there arrived the Mayor of that borough, and three hundred manufacturers. Many came also from Langlilic. On the motion of Mr. Alderman FREARSON, J. HEARD, Esq., was unanimously called to:the chair, and after making a few observatio ns , called upon W. Biggs, Esq., the M ayor o f Leicester, to move the first resolution. W. BIGGs, Esq., then, in a very elaborate manner, spoke of the truly unprecedented depression of trade in the three counties. The resolution he moved was expressive of a conviction, that the distress in the ma nufacturing districts was rapidly extending to the agricultural. - The CHAIRMAN announced to the meeting that R. Cobden, Esq., would be present at the tea party in the evening. T. IVAKEFIELD, Esq. (Mayor of Nottingham), in a very lucid and eloquent address, seconded the reso lution. Mr. CRIPPS, of Nottingham, then moved the second resolution, viz. That this-meeting cordially ap proves of the endeavours of the Anti-Corn-law League to repeal the Corn and Provision-laws, rejoicing that their views are so rapidly progressing among a class hitherto opposed to them." Mr. JourisoN, of Derby, in an able manner, se conded the resolution. J. BRIGHT, Esq., of Rochdale, viewed the meeting as one of the most influential ever held, and made an urgent appeal for subscriptions. The following contributions were then announced : —S. Bean, Esq., of Nottingham, 1001.; E. Strutt, Esq., of Derby, 300/. ; Mr. Harris, of Leicester, 1001.; Mr. Biggs, 50/. ; Mr. G. Bradley, of Nottingham, 501.; C. Paget, Esq., 50/. ; Bodion and Morley, 50/ ; Messrs. llollins, 501. ; M essrs. Foster and Stevenson . , 25/. ; and others, making a total of 9971. This sum will be yet nearly doubled. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. CITY OP WESTMINSTER LITERARY, SCIENTIF IC , AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—MS Royal High ness Prince Albert has just presented twenty guineas to the funds of this useful Institution, of which he is the Illustrious Patron. The Duke of Northumber- land, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Suther land, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Marquis of Westminster are also among the distinguished donors to this Institution.' MANCHESTER, DEC. 9.—An odd illustration of the present working of the mail 3 between Hull and Man chester, occurred here yesterday. A steam-boat ar rived at Hull from Hamburgh, on Wednesday after noon, with a very valuable cow for a gentleman in this town, the steamer bringing also at the same time her Majesty's mail bags, containing a letter of advice to have some one one on the spot to receive her. The mail-bags, in conformity with the new arrangements, remained at Hull all night ; but the cow having been disembarked, was immediately forwarded by railway to Manchester, where she arrived at ten o'clock the same night. No one, however, knowing to whom she belonged, she was sent to a stable, where she remained until near noon on Friday, at which time the letter of advicct that arrived at llull with the cow was received in Manchester by the mail! Her Majesty's mail was thus fairly outstripped by the cow by about four teen hours! REDUCTION OF RENTS.--Messrs. John and James Fenton, owners of the townships of Dutton and Rib chester, at their last rent-day generously made a re duction of twenty per cent. upon the amount of their rentals. This reduction was unsolicited.—Bolton Free Press. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz paid a morning visit to the Queen at the Castle, and remained to lunch with her Majesty and Prince Albert. About three o'clock the Hereditary Grand Duke took his departure from the Castle on his return to Kew. Early in the morning the Queen and Prince Albert promenaded in the new grounds of the Little Park, and the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken an airing; accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttfalton. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, are in ex cellent health. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback, attended by Sir E. Bowater. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent paid a morning visit to her Majesty. Sir Henry Wheatley left the Castle to day. Her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness driving, attended by the Hon. Colonel Grey. Lieut.-General 'Wemyss will have the honour a dining with the Royal party at the Castle this even ing. This will be the only addition to the Royal circle. Covers are laid for 13. Their Royal llighnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Monday evening, at her residence Gloucester House. Capt. Whittingham, with dispatches from Sir Hugh Gough fm Lord Stanley, her Majesty's principal Se cretary of State for War and the Colonies, arrived in town yesterday, and attended at the Colonial-office in the afternoon. Capt. Whittingham is the bearer of a number of Chinese standards captured by the British army during the recent operations in China. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Bishop of Llandaff, attended a meeting of the Ecclesiastical Commission at the office in Whitehall-place yesterday afternoon. A meeting of the Customs' Revenue Commission was held yesterday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The Commissioners present were Lord Granville Somerset, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. A. Pringle, Mr. Bingham Baring, and Mr. Milnes Gaskell. Lord Stanley left town yesterday morning for Latham House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, the seat of Lord Skelmersdale. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were Lord Campbell, Mr. Paron Parke, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Jackson was heard on a petition of John Ash top Yates, R. V. Yates, and J. Priestly, for leave to appeal from Trinidad. Their Lordships granted the prayer of the petition on the parties giving security. Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, was heard on a peti tion of Hugh Duncan Bailie, and John Lucie Smith, for the reversal of orders of the Supreme Court of Demerara, of May 21, 1842, and Aug. 17, 1842. ' Lord Campbell, on the part of their Lordships, stated that the Court would take measures for obtain ing the information they require, and until an answer should be received from the Judges, the petition would be for further consideration. Other petitions were disposed of, and the Court then rose. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. M. JULLIEN has the honour to announce, that having ob tained permission to continue in occupation of the Theatre until the end of the present Week, he is unexpectedly enabled to give TWO MORE CONCERTS, in addition to the 12 originally announced ; the Season will therefore TERMI NATEon SATURDAY, December 17th. The Programme will he changed every evening. PROGRAMME for THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY. In order to add to the attraction of the last Four Evenings' Entertainments, and to present on the same evening the strik ing characteristics of the National Irish and Scotch Music, both the Royal, Irish Quadrille and the real Scotch Quadrille, will be performed on each occasion. PART I. Overture—" Der Freischutz " Weber. Waltz—" La Caille," with Castaynettes...... Jullien. Andante —" With Verdure Clad," Clarionet Obligato, Mr. Lazarus ... Haydn. Solo—Bassoon, by M. Baumann Baumann. The Cavatina from "11 Barbiere di Seviglia " Rossini The Royal Irish Quadrille, on National Irish airs Jullien. The Real Scotch Quadrille, in which Mons. Jullien will introduce an imitation of the High land Pipe, as performed in Edinburgh with unbounded success during her Majesty's visit to that city, received nightly with enthusiastic applause... . ............ Jullien. PART 11. Lock's celebrated Music to "Macbeth," with Solos for Bassoon, Ophicleide, Cornet, &c. &c. Avon Quadrille, on Airs selected from Shake peare's Plays, including the celebrated Cuckoo Song, from " As You Like It ;" also with three Variations for the Double Bass, by Messrs. Howell, Caggolani, Edgar, and Vaudeolan (for the second time introduced in a Quadrille)... Jullien. Solo—Vislin, Mr. Baker (his first appearance). De keriot. Quadrille—" Napoleon," with Solo for the Ophi cleide, by M. Prespere GREAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP. In announcing the SAILING DAYS for the SEA SON of 1843, the Directors have acceded to an EARLY VOYAGE IN FEBRUARY, via MADEIRA, in conse quence of the application of many friends of the Ship, who have honoured her constantly by their patronage, and whose exertions have been promised to ensure a good freight ; they are reminded of this, and also that the passage will probably occupy more than twenty days. It is intended she should sail FOR NEW YORK. Saturday, 11th Feb., 1843, from Bristol, via Madeira. Do. 15th April, from Liverpool. Do. 3d June, from Liverpool. Do. 29th July, from Bristol. Do. 16th Sept. from Liverpool. Do. 4th Nov.,_ -- from Liverp oo l, v i a M a d e i ra . FROM NEW YORK. Thursday, 16th March, 1843, for Liverpool. Do. 11th May, for Liverpool Do. 29th June, for Bristol. Do. 24th August, for Liverpool. Do. 12th October, for Liverpool. Do 7th Dec., for Bristol. For Freight, Passage, or further information, apply to Cap tain Claxton, R.N., Managing Director, Great Western Steam Ship Office, Bristol. Dec. 5, 1842. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 14. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 64 : Noon, 54 BAROMETER, 30.2.—W1ND, S. w w crbris *tronbiZZittion SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. - - It was observed by the Morning Chronicle yesterday, which was heretofore an advocate for a fixed duty on corn, and is now, we believe, like the Examiner, a convert to the total repeal of all duties, that " there are really no supporters of the existing Corn-law. The question is now not between the sliding. scale and a fixed duty, but between absolute freedom and a fixed duty." The business of all Repealers, therefore, is nar rowed to the one point of contending against a fixed duty, and as there is a disposition in many persons to believe that it would at present be just and proper, as a safe means of conducting the nation to a perfectly free trade, we shall state some of the arguments which influence us in thinking it ought not now to be adopted. We shall re serve Sir R. PEEL'S stringent arguments against a fixed duty in general, till we learn on adequate authority that he means to forfeit every claim to public respect by adopting a nostrum, the fallacy and folly of which HE has admirably exposed. We must begin by clearing the ground of Mr HUBBARD'S fallacy. That gentleman stated in a pamphlet on the present Corn-law, that a duty on corn would be paid by the importer, not by the consumer, and would diminish his profit. This opinion, which was developed and defended L:EfRa T o N r , of to fr vv ee h with much mer cant il e su btlety, was eager l y em braced by Lord P A . psup phlireadsetshe m and e t a i n ie s o o r f ie r s ecenciling his gran di loquent t o r m ade it with his practice, and the intention of the Whig Ca binet to burden the most precious and important trade of all with a permanent duty ofBs., amount ing to 18 per cent: on the probable average price of wheat with a p e rfectly free trade. This opi nion we must try in t h e first instance to refute. It is perfectly clear that the consumer must, in the long run, pay all the cost of the bread he eats, including the ordinary and average rate of profit of all the traders and capitalists in any way instrumental in supplying him. On that condi tion alone is he or can he be supplied. In a fixed and regular trade, the importer will not be contented with a less rate of profit than other capitalists; he could Only get an equal rate of profit and pay the duty, provided the difference in the price of corn abroad and at home was sufficient to yield him that profit, and also pay the duty. Such has occasionally been the case under the sliding scale, and if ......r. HUBBARD and Lord PALMERSTON have drawn a general infer ence from that exception, and applied, as a rule, the consequence of that law, to the corn-trade at all times. It is certain that a free corn trade would have a perpetual tendency to equalise the price of corn in this country and other countries, plus the charge of conveyance from one to the other. If there were no other difference in price than this cost of the convey ance, a fixed duty would be, and must be, paid by , the consumer, to enable the importer to realise a remuneration. No principle has in modern times been more insisted on, and more clearly developed, as the foundation of the theory of rent, than that the cost, however high, of the very dearest portion of the necessary supply of food determines the price of the. whole. There cannot be two prices for corn df equal goodness in the same market. This principle is applicable to corn im- ported as well as corn grown at home, and the price of all corn here must rise to that level which pays the expense of importing corn and the amount of the duty. That which is 'imported is a park of the necessary supply. I t ne i t h er cou ld nor would be imported unl ess t h e w h o l e cost were paid, and to assert that the importer pays the duty is tantamount to asserting that the farmer pays the profit he m a k es on home-grown corn. w ofu a athat s r not te l' ; imported, equal If, indeedrvrheat be 73 5 . h ere, an d 45 5 . at Ham burgh,the cost of bringi ng -i t hi t h er 10 s ., an d t h e importer lucky enough to i ntro d uce i t un d er t h e sliding scale at ls. duty, h e wou ld gain 17s. pe r q if, at the sam e t i me, f rom t h e operat i on scale, no nation s h a d prepare d corn t o b e and all th e supply we cou ld o b ta i n need, the price would con tinue far higher tha n pa id th e cost of im porting p e corn, rati n 0 and during u ri n g in that case a duty might several years of the o sliding scale. If, however, the average price of wheat here was 50s. and 455. at Hamburgh, the expense ofimportation 10 s ., an d the fixed duty Ss., then it is clear that before wheat could be imported from Hamburgh, the price must rise here on all wheat to Gas, or 045., that being the sum by which alone needed and imported supply. Soinething like that might happen we mild obtain the last under a fixed duty. It seems to us a perfect fallacy, therefore, to infer, because the importer might have been enabled, from the great differ ence in pr i ce, to p ay th e duty under a sliding trade, that he would a l so pay i t un d er a fi xe d duty and a regular scale and an interrupted an d permanent trade. We s hould hope that we h ave sufficiently exposed the fallacy so unadvisedly a d o p te d by Lord Yen- 1 MERSTON, that we shall hear no more of it. We purposely pass over the great injury which a duty of 18 per cent, on corn , would inflict on our manufacturers, exposed as they now are to keen competition in all the markets of the world, on our trade, and—through our trade and manu facturers—would inflict on the agriculturists—to consider its immediate effects on the latter. We uite agree with t h elfollow i ng remar k s o f Mr. G REG : The existing Corn-laws profess to secure a certain price to the farmer for his wheat. On this price the landlords—the authors of these enactments—calculate and fix their rents ; and on this price the farmers make their calculations, and contract to pay those rents. But it turns out that the Corn- laws do not ensure this price. The rents have been adjusted on a fallacious supposition : the two contracting parties, therefore, cannot both be satisfied, and the weakest goes to the wall. The landlord exacts his rent, and the farmer is ruined. Mr. GREG confirms his statement by a succinct history of the objects and effects of the Corn laws of 1815, 1822, 1828, and 1842, and concludes " that the Corn-laws induced the farmer to con tract to pay rents which, except in years of scarcity, the price of wheat will not enable him to pay." Now the effect of a duty for revenue being the same as a duty for protection, the far mer will be as much deluded by such a duty as by the existing duty, and will in consequence promise to pay a higher rent than he will be enabled to pay. Mr. GREG proceeds to show that home consumption will prevent the farmer from realising the price he anticipates from the law : By dint of looking always at the intention, and never at the operation, of legislative measures, a great number of our farmers have come to believe, that low prices are the effect of foreign competition, and that high prices are the consequence of that com petition being shut out. Now, how stands the fact ? Why, that it is impossible to point to a single year of low prices, in which there was any perceptible import of foreign produce; or to a single year of great foreign importation, which was not also a year of high prices. The years 1834, 1835, and 1836, were years of low prices, and of great distress and discon tent among farmers, the average of wheat being under 455. a quarter ; yet the import of foreign wheat was only 122,175 quarters. The years 1838, 1839, and 1840, were years of high prices, and compara tively of farming prosperity, the average of wheat being 675. 2d.; yet in those years we imported the enormous quantity of 7,858,500 quarters. Of this we say nothing more at present than that it undoubt edly establishes the fact, that low prices of wheat in England are not, and have never been, the effect of fo reign competition. For five months at the close of 1835, and the commencement of 1836, the price of wheat ranged under 365. a quarter; at which price no foreign wheat could have been imported from any country in the world, even had the corn trade been perfectly free, instead of being burdened as it was with a duty of 50s. a quarter. And in 1839, in spite of an importation of 2,681,400 quarters, prices never ranged so tow as 665., and averaged above 70s. The fact beyond all question is this—and it should be im moveably rooted in the understanding of every farmer .--that low prices are owing to abundant harvests, and not to the admission of foreign corn; and that high prices are owing to defective harvests, and not to the exclusion of foreign corn ;—since in the former case it is never admitted, and in the latter case it is never excluded. Now let us ;apply these principles to the pro posed fixed duty. At present the farmers ge nert,lly are pledged to the high rents they have been induced to promise by the law. Those rents are paid not only on the corn and meat they consume in their own family, but on all that is consumed by their labourers and by the poor in the workhouse, and on all that is con sumed by the animals necessary to carry on culti vation. The proposed duty is expressly to keep up those rents to a certain degree. At the same time the farmers are called on to lay out a great deal of additional capital in extending cultivation. Every shilling they may so lay out will pay the higher rent. The more they lay out the more corn they will grow, and the more certainly will the price fall to its natural level. They never can recover with a fixed duty the sums they are asked to lay out. Just now, of all times then, when so much is to be done to the soil, a fixed duty, enhancing all present expenses, which could not secure a future remuneration, would be most injurious to the farmers. Before they can lay out their capital with advantage, certain of a future remuneration, all their burdens and ex penses, such as the price of seed, poor-rates, wages, and rent, must be reduced to the lowest possible figure. The design of the fixed duty is to prevent that, and therefore to prevent the future' . prosperity of the cultivators of the soil. Such a consequence is influential enough to make us say that now, in particular, a fixed duty, however small, ought not to be imposed. We shall probably consider,some other bearings of the proposed duty hereafter. It is not often that we feel culled upon to sound the praises of Sir ROBERT PEEL, his pre cious Income-tax having by no means strongly prepossessed us in his favour; we must, how ever, in common fairness observe, that he has shown much good sense and liberality in the conduct he has pursued relative to the national statues voted last session by Parliament to the memory of three illustrious Naval Heroes, recently deceased. We are told that he has confided the execution of these sta tues to three sculptors from the capitals of the three kingdoms; that Mr. MACDOWALL, of Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, has been selected by him to model that of Lord Ex- MOUTH; Mr. STEELE, of Edinburgh, that of Lord DE SAUMAREZ ; and Mr. KIRKE, of Dub lin, that of Sir SIDNEY SMITH. We understand, moreover, that the Right Hon. Baronet " has announced his desire to discontinue the old practice - of giving a monopoly of all great orders to artists of great name, and to make the patron age of this kind at the disposal of Government available for bringing forward men whose fame has not yet risen to a point commensurate with their genius." In coming to this determination Sir ROBERT PEEL has acted with not less judg ment than liberality. It is high time that mo nopoly should be put an end to in the Fine Arts, as well as in other.matters ; and that struggling genius should have a reasonable opportunity allowed it for the development of its powers. Why should the lucky Few only bask in the snug, warm sunshine of Government pa tronage; and the ill-starred Many be left to wither in the " cold shade " of neglect and ob scurity ? The temper of the times demands a totally different course of action. It demands the throwing down of all those barriers which have hitherto obstructed the road of the un befriended artist to fame ; that a clear stage and no favour should be allowed to every one who enters into the arena of competition ; and that genuine, undoubted merit should be promptly and spontaneously recognized, whether it be displayed by an R. A., or by one who can boast of no such distinction. Monopoly and Favour itism are the two great malign influences under which this country has laboured for years, but we are now fully awake to their injurious cha racter; the mischiefs they have wrought have come home More or less to us ail ; and not a week passes but John Bull evinces more strongly than ever his growing determination to shake off the oppressive burdens. Give fair play to genius; and there will be no want of artists capable of realising our most sanguine expectations; but hitherto, the energies of hundreds of gifted spirits have been cramped, subdued, and frozen, from the humiliating conviction--founded on rational grounds—that toil, struggle, aspire as they may, there is but a slender chance of their win ning renown in the world's eye, unless Luck, in the shape of an influential pa tron, steps in to befriend them. Had it not been for Monopoly and Favouritism, we should now have possessed a National Gallery worthy of an opulent and enlightened kingdom, instead of that mean, discreditable heap of lit tleness which affronts the eye of taste in Trafalgar-square, and which resembles nothing so much as one of those fine, fillagree castles which we sometimes see stuck upon the snowy surface of a Twelfth-Cake. The insurrection at Barcelona, though speedily put down by the energy of ESPARTERO, begins to excite feelings of rather an unpleasant cha racter among our neighbours across the Channel. France, though she has inflicted so many evils on Spain, still considers that un fortunate country under her especial protec tion, and is jealous of any other Power, but above all of England, interfering with the Go vernment of the QUEEN. During the Carlist war, though pledged with England to support her against the intruder, the French Government ) showed great reluctance in the cause, even at first; and latterly rather aided than opposed Don CARLOS, with a view, as some assert, of making terms with the party most hostile to England. When ESPARTERO had fully succeeded in putting down the civil war, he was naturally grateful for the assistance so cordially rendered by England, and sh owed apreference to the English connection. This roused the jealousy of France. Queen CHRISTINA then became the favourite, and an attempt was made to excite a civil war, to destroy the Constitution, and bring Spain back to its former state of pupilage under France. That plan also miserably failed, but the EX-REGENT was still cherished at the French Court, and her partisans thronged around her at Paris, ready en the first appearance of re volt in any part of Spain to join with the enemies of the REGENT. This was an unjust policy towards a country with which France was at peace, and which really had given no just cause of offence to Louis PHILIPPE. Next comes the outbreak at Barcelona, and though we are willing to acquit the French Go vernment of all blame in concocting a mad scheme of this kind, it cannot be denied that the agents of France are using every possible means to turn it to advantage. The journals, both in the interest of the Ministry and the Opposition, are stirring up the French and the Spaniards against England, and even accusing our Government of a wicked design to destroy Barcelona in order to put down the manufactures of Catalonia. If they succeed in this plan, the darling object of France will be gained, the cry against England may be too strong for the Government of ESPARTERO, and the country be again plunged into a civil war. CHRISTINA and her adherents will then be let loose to encourage rebellion, and prevent the:QuEEN's marriage with any other than a BOURBON. The conduct of the French Consul throughout the whole affair has been extremely suspicious, and though we cannot concur with a Contemporary in describing him as the cause of the bombardment of Barcelona, and of the in surrection itself, we must do him the justice to say that he has given a turn to affairs which will be highly acceptable to his employers. Our Government, we trust, are taking active mea sures to rebut charges of such a serious charac ter, not only against the British Consul, but the country. Madrid papers to the sth have been received. The Gazette announces that since the departure of the REGENT 3,000,000 reals have been for warded to the army in Catalonia, independent of sums and supplies furnished by the Intendents of provinces. Accounts from Seville appear in the Madrid papers, stating that on the 28th about twenty persons raised a disturbance in the streets by singing revolutionary songs. In the course of the night the authorities called out the troops, and got ready the artillery, and on the following day the town was perfectly tranquil. In other parts of the country tranquillity prevailed. The Three per Cents. were done at 22 at va rious dates, and the Five per Cents at 26 9-16ths at GO days. The titulos of the foreign converted debt sold for 181 for the 20th inst. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with re marks on the bombardment of Barcelona, and abuse of the English Consul, Mr. PENLEASE. There is little new in these remarks. The follow ing extract, however, from the Journal des Debuts, is worthy of notice, as it probably ex presses the opinions of the French Government respecting the conduct of ESPARTERO, and the course of policy which Mr. PENLEASE considered it his duty to adopt. It displays nearly as bad a spirit as that which inspires the Radical and Re publican papers, and in plain terms intimates that Mr. PENLEASE was rather glad than other wise at the injury done to the most industrious city in Spain. This is a most wicked and, we believe, most unjust imputation on the British Consul :—" We feel repugnance," says the Minis terial journal, "in associating ourselves in the systematic declamations incessantly poured out against an allied country, and we regret that the conduct and • the language of the English Consul at Barcelona force us to abandon our reserve. Had her Britannic MAJESTY'S Consul been satisfied with refusing an asy lum to those who most required it, without exposing the motives of this conduct, it would be sufficient to blush for him and his country at the interpretation he gave to his duties; but he should not be allowed to throw blame indirectly on those who understood and executed •their mission more nobly, more courageously, and more honourably than he has done. This somewhat more than scrupulous respect for the doctrine of non-intervention will appear perhaps extraordinary to those who are acquainted with the habits of English politics, and persons will be tempted to believe that the British Consul has beheld without too much regret the calami ties which have afflicted the most industrious city and the most manufacturing province of Spain. The English Consul, by au excessive delicacy of diplomatic conscience, has sinned against the imprescriptible rights of humanity, in ordernot to err against the rights of neutrality. We • trust that the English Government will mark with its energetic reprobation, the lan guage of its agent, and we are convinced, for 'the honour of the English nation, that it will feel nothing but shame at the conduct of its repre sentative." The attack on ESPARTERO is equally unfair and ungenerous, and shows that the failure of the revolt is viewed in certain quarters with re.- gret. "Is it not melancholy," says the Journal des Debats, "to think that this lamentable disaster could have been avoided by the most trifling concession, since everybody was submit ting, and the leaders of the revolt were quitting the place ? What title to glory, what security for his personal power, does the REGENT hope to obtain by this act of merciless vengeance, which is regarded by persons of all opinions as an act of Vandalism as odious as it is impolitic ! What secret hatred will it not excite ? PHILIP 11. and the Duke of ALBA never treated the revolted towns of Flanders as ESPARTERO, VAN HALEN, and ZURBANO have just acted towards Barcelona. The REGENT would not yield anything to repen tance, nor did he even receive the suppliant deputies. Certainly, when the noble Spanish people raised one of their fellow -citizens to the Chief Magistracy of the State, it was never ex pected that this Chief would display more pride and rigour than a King by divine right. Who knows even if this bombardment of thirteen hours, suspended as if to let the mortars cool; would not have been resumed some hours after, had not news arrived at head-quarters of the rising of Catalonia and the advance of the No tional Guards to succour Barcelona.? At mid night the REGENT suspended the firing until morning, and sent to demand submission. Stunned by the first disasters of the bombard ment, and supposing themselves without succour, the inhabitants yielded, the more so, as they were threatened with a renewal of the bombard ment at four in the morning. No shadow of an amnesty was offered to them. On the con trary, they are treated like the town of an enemy's country which has been seized on after a long siege and a sanguinary resistance. The unfortu nate town is afflicted with a contribution of 2,000,000 of douros (10,000,000 of francs); and, in virtue of a decree of General VAN HALEN, is declared in a state of siege under exceptional ju risdiction. The Government promises nothing on its side in the way of oblivion and pardon, but the decree terminates by inviting the inhabitants to forget the past, and to fraternise with the troops. It will be seen that there is nothing re assuring for any persons now that the chiefs of the insurrection have taken to flight, and every inhabitant may dread being taken up as one of their accomplices. Let us hope, however, that the bombardment will suffice for the punishment of Barcelona, and that humanity will not have to lament rigours from which the insurgents themselves abstained during their reign." The latest news from Barcelona is the follow ing telegraphic dispatch in the Message?' of Mon day night : :‘ PERPIGNAN, DEC. 9.—The shops were closed yes terday at Barcelona. In default of chiefs, 200 soldiers and militia have been arrested, and several of them shot. The Cyclops steamer has towed away the For midable, and an English frigate has also left. " The French Government steamer Gas sen di l e ft Barcelona yesterday evening, and touched at Port Vendres, with dispatches and 21 military passengers. " Van Halen has prorogued for six hours, from the 6th, the time granted to deliver up arms. The unin habited houses are to be left open, to be certain if there be any arms concealed therein:' A letter from St. Jean de Luz, dated the 7th of December, and addressed to the Phare des Pyrennees, says :—" A report is in circulation here that a French vessel, of the port of Socoa, laden with 'merchandise, forwarded from the custom-house, and' destined for Oporto, which left Socoa yesterday evening, has been stopped at sea by an armed Spanish vessel, and car ried into one of the neighbouring ports. It is even said that the crew has been thrown into prison. I shall communicate to you, as soon as possible, the de tails of this event, if it should be confirmed." — i e Commerce, Dec. 12. BOURSE—Pmas, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12. First Highest Lowest Lot Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 55... 119 55... 119 40... 1 19 4 ' l Four per Cents 101 ... 101 .. 101 ... 101 Threes, ex div 79 20... 79 20... 79 10... 79 1 5 Bank of France 3340 —.3340 ...3340 3 840 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1055 ..1055 ...1055 ... 1055 5,000 f 5082 50...5082 50...5082 50 _5082 b 0 Belgian Bank 807 50... 807 50... 807 W.... 1 07 80.. 0 7 50 1841 lO7O ...1070 ... 1070 Belgian Fives, 1840 104 a ... 1041 ... 104 k 1048. Spanish Active. 23 23} 23 23i Passive 3i ; ••• 31 Roman, RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 847 50... 850 ... 847 50... 847 5 0 Versailles, L.B lOO ... 100 ... 10fi '° o „ Rouen Orleans.... 620 ... 622 50... 620 ... 622 5 0 Strasburg to Bale 203 75... 203 75 ... 202 50... 202 5" MARKET NEWS• (THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDA x Notwithstanding we had a very moderate quantity. of wheat of home growth on offer to-day, the demandfor that article was extremely inactive, and Monday 'd quotations were with difficulty maintained. The sup ply of foreign Wheat was good, yet the finest par• eels supported their previous value, having a downward tendency. Barley end 3 1,, moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. Beans, Peas, and dour, next to nothing Was doing. ARRIVALS. I 00 . _O.. all other krill Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 4 - i. 7 o v , r acsi 1.496 vs. 8,660 qrs. J 2,970 qrs. WHITECHAPEL. Owing to the supply o f mea t being rather large t 0 the day, the general demand was heavy, yet Pr ices 0f best qualities were firmly ma i nta i ne d. Beef, from 3s 2d to 3s 10d • Mutton, 33 4d to 4s ; V eal, 3s 8 to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. English Irish F. reign MONEY and COMMERCIAL N IVS. CITY, QUARTER TO TI-11?.E.Ei n A fair business is reported in the Liverpen Market yesterday, but without any alteration prices. The sales were 4,000 bales, comprising 6 ff . bales Surat, at 33d. to 41d. ; 100 bales Bahia, at 6t" to 63d., and 3,300 of American 43d. to 61d. e t i t y e Shares were not very steady, and only a trw" e q et . business was done. Birmingham and Glouces , ICot Scrip were 12i ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48 ; Gran i a p Junction, Half, 953 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 90:}; and South Eastern, New, 173 It is stated, i n accounts. ' ft-Om the Hungarian fair of Pesth, that rather a large business had been doe, both by the for e i gn an d domestic buyers, the su PP I I of goods being enormous. Were it not that up to the present time. the ill used holders of Mexican Bonds have never the slightest satisfaction, or even a promise of 5 56 , 5 : faction, from the agents of the Republic, we shoultl.l3: loth again to revive discussion upon the much -de bated subject of the fraudulent issues, but until some security for the future is obtained, we feel that the Press Press cannot too perseveringly expose and received the whole transaction. At the same time, if it be not after late, the Stock Exchange Committee should look after the other foreign conversions in progress, and ende.a" your to establish, as a principle, their right and de; termination to know what is the actual a mount 01 bonds in circulation, since no other course can Ix' s ' n sibly guarantee parties investing in F oreig Securities against fraud and imposition. It roof s be safely affirmed that every conversion is source of great pecuniary profit to the Gove rnor en' undertaking it, independent altogether of the cotn7 promise usually made for a reduced dividend, or 6 imme nse deferred stock, &c. Spain has made an deal by this trickery, and like every State that has once forfeited confidence should be made to publishriet progress of the conversion from time to time. I' d° be not too late we see no reason why Messrs. Ric ° t , should not be called upon to say a few words respec ing the Spanish conversions but at all events the re missness of the Stock Exchange 9 on former occesio,p.s. must not be suffered to act as an excuse crew pasting the "last new" juggle on Mexican Ll'; er anent account. How can Messrs. Lizardi ev er s over the fact of each bond bearing their own si g ns' tore, and purporting to be i ssue d in consideration O ocher bands presented for conversion ? it is self evident that the stock sold i n th e market , to the amount of 1,552,0631., which is the over-issue, neverd could have been exchanged for any o ther bond s, an therefore contain a f a l s ehood on the face Advices have been received to the 20th of Octo seen from the Cape of Good Hope, but we have o f stehant quite such late dates. From the frontier w e learnt_ three there had not been asingle Caffre depredation fo.rnhever weeks previously ; and it is stated that cattle could such of them. l ob e be grazed to the same amount in equal safety 1 1_ o l;verY a frontier in any other part of the world. thing was quiet a t N a t a l. A m onthly There had been established between C a p e T o wn and Natal. had been drought in the Eastern districts, bu t the weavery favourable at the Cape. The Funds are supported. Consols for the op en to ' ing are 94. Exche quer Bills remain firm at 51se. 535. premium; and I n di a Bonds at 455. to 475. pr. en The Commissioner for the Savings' Banks h a 3 to the usual amount in Reduced Annuities at 9% Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 1003 t o 101. B.a." es Stock is steady at 172 to 173. Long Annuities realised 121 to 12 9-16. The Foreign Foreign Bonds are more in &man"' - t o morrow is settling day. Spanish Actives are 181 n 183, and the Three per Cents. 234 to 24, being n a ll improvement ; Mexican have also risen and are to 31,3 ; Chilian have reached 93,• Brazilian are sto u V at 693 • and Portuguese New Five per Cents. Twobtaotn. 381 ; Belgian Stock is 1013 ; and the D utch and-a-Half per Cents. are 521 to 523. sting Shares on account of the settlement ar e fluctua 13; rather snore. We quote Edinburgh and G las e' Brighton, 143 to 14i Blackwall, 113; Counties, 384; and South Eastern Scrip, 11 to discount. Great Western are 243 to 25 ; ditto No d 14; Birmingham, 100; South Western, Bak Paris and Rouen 6 premium. Australasia "3 12, and London and Westminster 13 premium. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWATS. Paid. Per Share. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O `8I••"" to -- Great Wester& to -‘-* Ditto New London and Brighten ............10 London and Blackwell - Loudon and Birmingham ......19 0 ...... to London and South Western ... 41% ... 62 ...... to 61 al 1 Midland Counties 100 ...... 63 ...... t° Paris and Rouen . 20 26 ...... to -- South Eastern and Dever 5O Ditto Scrip. .. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia 4O 52 ....• t o --- Ditto New London and Westminster . .. 20 Shares MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 13 o at generally are very firm and the demand for Lon nßirmingham, South 'Western, Bristol and B is te to i and Manchester and Leeds, still continues. r S a lves,g and Exeter, 463; Liverpool and Manchester, 901; London and Birmingham, 190 ; Manchestef 52.'" Salford Bank, 10i, Iq, and 11; Rochdale Cana' SPORTING INTELLIGEN C E ' ( THIS .) BETTING AT RECEIVED MANCHESTERDAY—TUESDAY. DERBY.-8 to 1 agst A British Yeoman ()-20 to agst Murat-28 to 1 agst Progress colt (t)-30 to 1 agst Winesour-30 to 1 agst Aristides (t)-40 to 1 agst Blackdrop (t)-40 to agst Amorino (t)-4 5 to 1 ags; Sirikol-40 to 1 agst Napier-50 to 1 agst Chesterflelh —l,OOO to 15 agst Jamal -1,000 to 15 ag st Languis colt-5 to 1 against Scott's lot-12 to 1 agst Col. peel lot-15 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot -18 to 1 agst Kent's lot. COURSING. RIDGWAY COURSING CLUB MEETING, AT SoUTITO PORT, DEC. 8 AND 9.—The Ridgway Challenge Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Garven's Gambler, beating, in th e deciding course, Mr. Knowles's Kate. The Puppy Cup (16 Subs.) was won by Mr. Knowles's Eau de Vie, beat ing, in the deciding course, Mr. Shaw'S So-sly. The Martindale Stakes, for 16 dogs, were won by Mr. this worth's Unknown—Mr. Garven's Gust ran np. The Southport Stakes were won by Mr. Slider's Sandy. The bank of Messrs. J. D. and T. Lydell, of Ilenley•on-Thames, which suspended payment on the 14th of last month, has commencedpaying a dividend of ten shillings in the pound; there is no doubt of the creditors receiving their full demands by two other dividends in February or March next. THE NEW CHAPEL ROYAL, AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—The works, which were inspected by Prinse Albert on his visit to town on Saturday last, are in a forward state. It is of handsome dimensions, sup ported by columns, and extremely well lighted. The entrance for her Majesty is by a door in the middle of the north side of the chapel; the entrance for the Royal household is immediately underneath. The edifice, which, it is understood, will be consecrated with the usual ceremony either by the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Bishop of London, will be finished by the return of the Court to town in February. THE SUN, LONDON,_ WEDNESbAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1842.