The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR, Wricnsort, FRIDAY.—IIer Majesty and Prince Al bert enjoyed their accustomed early walk in the forenoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards walked out with the Earl of Liverpool. The Earl of Aberdeen took his departure from the Castle, for town, this morning. Major Malcolm also took leave. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Lady Fanny H•vard, took an airing in an open carriage both yesterday and to-day. Covers .are laid for eighteen. The Royal dinner pai: i ty at the Castle this evening is expected to include her Majesty the QUeen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer and Madame Van de Weyer, Lady Fanny Howard, the Earl of Liver pool, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Sir George Couper, the Viscountess Canning, Viscount Sydney, the two Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Groom and the Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, and the Equerry in Waiting on his Royal 'Highness. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouces ter on Thursday evening, at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness afterwards went to his residence at l(ow. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge has left town for Leeds, to join his regiment. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. His Excellency the French Ambassador visited the Noble Earl at the Foreign-office in the afternoon. General Alava, the Spanish Minister, also visited his Lordship. The. Rev. J. R. Wood, Chaplain to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, arrived at Marlborough House on Thursday evening from Worcester. The Rev. Gen tlemap. left town yesterday for Canford House, Dor setshire, the residence of the Queen Dowager. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel will officiate to mor?ow, as Chaplain in Ordinary, at the Chapel Royal St. James's. THE TORY DINNER. (From the Devonport Independent.) Ire understand that the Gallant Commander-in- Chief of this district, Major-General the lion. 11. Murray, has promulgated the following praiseworthy caution among . the military officers under his com mand. We should be happy to see the same spirit also carried out by the heads of the naval depart ments; as in all decided political demonstrations, we think: officers in active service display good taste in absenting themselves : " The Major-General ti►inks it necessary to caution the officers against attending any political dinners or political meetings which may take place in the wes tern district. "It is seldom that meetings of the above nature pass off without some imprudent speeches being made, of which the objection does not exclusively attach to the speakers, but extends to the assembly. A much greater evil, however, results from subsequent misre presentations, by which officers who have attended such politiiml dinners or meetings, might find them selves involved in serious blame for language they have not used, and opinions they have never enter tained, but to which it is presumed that, contrary to their duty as officers, they have given sanction by their presence.—Dec. 3, 1842." NATIONAL ART UNION —a PATRON his Royal Hi g hness PRINCE ALBERT. SPECIMENS of the FOUR BEAUTIFUL LINE EN GRAVINGS for distribution to Subscribers are NOW ON VIEW at the OFFICES, No. 26, SOHO-SQUARE, where prospectuses and evei y information may be obtained. RICHARD LLOYD, J. L. GRUNDY. Secretaries. Just published, in Bvo., price 145., AN INQUIRY into the PRINCIPLES of HUNIAN HAPPINESS and HUMAN DUTY. By GEORGE RAMSAY, 8.M., Author of an Essay on the Distribution of Wealth, &e. William Pickering, Publisher, Piccadilly. 311DSUMNIER EVE. By ADFRED BUT 1. LER, Esq., Author of "Elphinstone," "The Her berts," Bge., is now ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., at all the Libraries. " For interest, for vigour, for power, for pathos, for active energy, and life-like portraiture, it may fairly take its place among the highest of its class."—Metropolitan Magazine. " The character of its meek, patient, sweet-natured girl is sustained with great feeling and propriety throughout, and with a skill, too. and a delicacy that prove the author to be well versed in that mystery of mysteries, the female heart."—Sun. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street. BETTS' PATENT BRANDY.—The unparal leled and still increasing sale of this favourite beverage, Las been attended by its natural consequence—the excitement of envy is every branch of the Spirit trade. Hence, each sue (leading year brings to notice competitors, whose announce ments, under fallacious pretences and high sounding titles, urge ,upon the public notice articles, whose only distinguishing fea ture is their vast inferiority to the Patent Brandy. It is to guard purchasers agaitt , g the consequences of such attempts, and for that reason only, that J. T. Betts and Co. are tgain induced to state, that the Patent Brandy is manufactured only at the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-bars, leading to St. !John-street ; where it may be obtained, pale or coloured, at ,`Eighteen Shllings per Gallon, of the highest legal strength. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED 1 . 1 HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, 1:90. £lOO, £llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £4OO, £6OO, £6OO, £l,OOO, £1.500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together to x;72,179 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. HEINE 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 25.0001., 18,000/., 9,0001., 5,0001., and 3,6001. to London; 3,6001., 800/.., and. 7001. to Edinburgh; 3,600/. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3,6001. to Halifax ; 1,2001. to Porthleaven Harbour ; 9001., 7001., and 6001. to Liver pool; 9001. to H u ll ; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 9001. and 600/. to Manchester ; 7001. to East Retford, Nottingham shire; 700/. to Colne, Lancashire; 600/. to Cork ; and 6001. to Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua.. ranteed by the Government. This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than 25,000/. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of 1/. and upwards. One Share, 1/. ; two Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 31. ; four Shares, 41. ; five Shares, 51. ; six Shares, 61. • seven Shares, 71. ; eight Sh ares , 8/ . ; nine Shares, 9/. ; ten ' Shares, 101. Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, upin addressing a line to Heine Brothers. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 17 Will be repeated the English Version of .Itoss'V's Gr a nd Opera of SEi%IIRAMIDE.—The Ch aracter of by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Arsace , Mn. Alfred Shaw ( fro m roe, de the principal Theatres in Italy ) ; A ssur , Mr. Giebilei ; Mr. Leffler ; Idreno, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mr. Bland. After which THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr. Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley; Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. Humby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price :is. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 9.5. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 25..; Gallery Is. Tickets and Praces for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit- low, at the Bot-office, 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, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 17, Will be performed Congreve's Comedy of THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Adapted for Representation). Period, 1699. 11 Sir Wilful' Witwoud, Mr. W. Farren ; Fainall, Mr. Vining; Vaiwntid, Mr. Stuart ; Witwoud,' Mr. Charles Mathews ; Petulant, Mr. Buckstone ; Waitwell, Mr. Strickland; Mil lamaat, Madame Vestris • Lady Wishfort, Mrs. Glover. u. After which, the Conedietta of A CURE FOR LOVE. Plellx 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. Tabbs, Mrs. F. Matthews. To .conclude with Mr. Buckstone's last New Farce, ealled A KISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Selim Pettibone, Mr. Buckstone ; Frank Fathom, Mr. Howe ; Mary, Miss Mattley ; The Unknown Female, Miss Connor ; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. Clifford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 17, Will be repeated the new Burletta, entitled THE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Pael Bedford. Wright, Maynard, Wieland, Miss 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, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Faucit, and Miss Murray. To b. followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conclude with a Comic Barletta, called ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. In every the _,civilized country throughout the world human hair is always of . found to be a subject of peculiar attention the numerous compounds pro : 0 s O n s r s v in iN g ,e, to i_ p e r y o e T oi t n e or reproduce the hair, few have whilst Ilowland's - Macassar . i Oil, with ' a rePutat' name, the increase in public estimation already unparalleled, is still on with innumerable estimation, which fact, together testimonials (for perusal at the pro , prietors) is sufficient to as to its sovereig n virtues satisfy s the most incredulous repeatedly shown in re ,. storing, preserving, and beautifying Hair, nothingifying the human hair. ~In dressing-.thecan equal the effects me.ither of "Rowland's Macassar Oil," Nat ural or Artificial Hair, rendering it sporodaduciersably soft,, that it will lie in any direction; it autifutl flow ing curls,, and, by the transceudant lust renders the head-dress truly enchantine it i enchanting. Paprthre: ' serves the coiffure in the heated atmociditere of th e ball-room, and neutralises the effects of a lamp 4 ,t mo . sphere, or violent exercise. i . HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. %lorning 10 minutes after 1 I Evening 21 minutes after 1. "ft, • • - i t ; u Af _tNN',.'4"4".9ot• • Cf.',"'A'o7•t' 4 ',rooks, me* - • .04 • . 4 ", m, • ' O 3 4 mo%. -` 'ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL ANTI CORN-LAW LEAGUE TO THE INHABI- TANTS OF THE METROPOLIS. FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN,—The Anti-Corn-law League has awakened the practical attention of the Nation to the un happy condition of the middle and working classes engaged in manufactures, commerce, and agriculture. The League has declared the remedy to be THE ABOLITION OF THE CORN- L A WS AND ALL OTHER MONOPOLIES. The League gratefully appreciates the past exertions of the Inhabitants of the Metropolis in aid of the common cause. Your fellow-Citizens of the Common Council of London, al most unanimously, and in language too emphatic and impressive to be misunderstood, have denounced the Corn-laws in the fol lowing resolution : " HUMPHERY, MAYOR. " A Common Council holden in the chamber of the Guild hall of the City of London, on Thursday, the Bth day of De cember, 1842: " Resolved,—That the continued and increasing depression of the manufacturing, commercial, and agricultural interests of this country, and the wide-spreading distress of the working classes, are most alarming ;—manufacturers without a market, and, shipping without freight ; capital without investment, trade without profit; and farmers struggling under a system of high runts, with prices falling as the means of consumption by the people fail ; a working population rapidly increasing, and a daily decreasing demand fur its labour ; union houses over flowing as workshops are deserted; Corn laws to restrain im portation, and inducing a starving people to regard the laws of their country with a deep sense of their injustice. 't hese facts call for the immediate application of adequate remedies. " That this Court anxiously appeals to the first Minister of the Crown to give practical effect to his declarations in favour of Free-trade, by bringing forward at the earliest possible period in the ensuing Session of Parliament, such measures for secur ing the unrestricted supply of food, and the employment of the people, as may effectually remove a condition of depression and distress too widely prevailing, and too rapidly increasing, to consist with the safety of the community, and the preservation cf our social and political institutions. " MEREWETHER." The Council of the National Anti-Corn-law League con curs in this faithful and humiliating description of the state of our beloved country, and it also cordially and fully approves the rightful course suggested for the restoration of our national prosperity. The League earnestly seeks to become imme diately and ardently united with you in the NATIONAL contest for the Repeal of the Bread-tax. The League congratulates you on the adoption of the above Metropolitan resolution, and recognises the same enlightened object so forcibly advocated in a memorable petition of your Citizens upon a like occasion in the year 1820. A quarter of a century since, it was the proud distinction of the Merchant Ci tizens of London to lead the way in the path of FREE-TRADE. We recal to your minds the following imperishable principles of that Petition—the goodly seed which has since yielded in valuable frait " That Foreign Commerce is eminently conducive to the wealth and prosperity of a country, by enabling it to import the commodities for the production of which the soil, climate, capital, and industry of other countries are best calculated, and to export in payment those articles for which its own situation is better adapted. " That the maxim of BITTING IN THE CHEAPEST MARKET AND SELLING IN THE DEAREST, which regulates every mer chant in his individual dealings, is strictly applicable as the best rule for the whole nation. " That, unfortunately, a policy the very reverse of this, has been, and is more or less adopted and acted upon by the Govern ment of this and of every other country, each trying to exclude the productions of other countries, with the specious and well. meant design of encouraging its own productions ; thus inflict ing on the bulk of its subjects, who are consumers, the neces sity of submitting to privations in the quantity or quality of commodities, and thus rendering what ought to be the source of mutual benefit and of harmony amongst States, a constantly recurring occasion of jealousy and hostility. " That an investigation of the effects of the restrictive system at this time is peculiarly called for, as it may, in the opinion of the petitioners, lead to a strong presumption that the distress which now so generally prevails is considerably aggravated by that system. " That in declaring, as your petitioners do, their conviction of the impolicy and injustice of the restrictive system, and in desiring every practicable relaxation of it, they have in view only such parts of it as are not connected, or are only subordinately so, with the public revenue. It is against every restrictive regulation of trade not essential to the revenue ; against all duties merely protective from foreign competition ; and against the excess of such duties as are partly for the purpose of re venue, and partly for that of protection, that the prayer of the present petition is respectfully submitted to the wisdom of Parliament." Fellow-Countrymen!—This was your declaration in 18.20. WE have only followed in the wake of your own prophetic Memorial ;we are acting on its instruction. Aid us in our labours to give full effect to its indisputable truths. If in 1820 the pressure on our population was deemed grievous, is it not now almost intolerable ? The Council of the League de sires union with you. The League has already enlisted in the common cause the great majority of their fellow-countrymen, in almost every town, village, and hamlet of Great Britain. The Provinces of England, Wales, and Scotland, have re sponded to our call ; they have united with the League for the Abolition of ,the Corn-laws, and for the 'concurrent Abolition of all Monopolies. The immediate efforts of the whole com munity are needed to rescue the People, our Institutions, and our Country from impending calamities. You will necessarily inquire of us, how is our great object to be accomplished? Our answer is, by an appeal to the rea son of our fellow-countrymen, and by enlightening their minds on their right to the privileges claimed in your own Petition of 1820. The National Anti-Corn-law League has undertaken to ob tain justice for the people. The League deemed it a necessary duty to instruct their fellow-countrymen, by lectures and by other means, and to place in the hands of every Parliamentary Elector in the kingdom a library of knowledge on this vital subject. This preliminary action on public opinion was indis pensable ; and to effect our ultimate success the sum of 50,0001. is proposed to be raised, which is now in course of contribution. The merchants and manufacturers of Manchester have given effect to our appeal ; they have not only placed in our hands munificent donations, but have also promised to increase their subscriptions, if necessary. Liverpool, Bolton, Preston, Black burn, Rochdale, Bury, Stockport, Oldham, and all the large communities of Lancashire ; the Midland Counties, the boroughs of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and the ether towns of Yorkshire, have supplied large contributions. The cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow bare already made ar rangements to 'promote, by public meetings, our righteous Alliance. Inhabitants and Citizens .f London, and Fellow-countrymen : We address you collectively and individually. We are daily gaining the co-operation of men of wealth, intelligence, and influence, who are fast swelling our ranks ; men who have only lately known the peril of their country and the justice of our cause To the 31ETROPOLIS of Great Britain the country now looks. Place yourself at the head of this movement. Union is power. Organise ; assemble in public meetings ; subscribe, and aid us. ( Signed) G. WILSON, Chairman of the Council of the National 13th Dec. 1842. Anti-Corn-Law League. THE WAR IN INDIA. On Saturday Next, Dec. 24th, will be published, small Bvo., with Map. APERSONAL NARRATIVE of the CAM PAIGNS in AFFGIIANISTAN, SINDE, BE LOOCHISTAN, &c. Detailed in a series of Letters of the late Colonel W. H. Dennie, C. 8., Junior Lieut.-Colonel of her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry ; Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. Dublin: Curry and Co. THE NEW NOVEL Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., COLLEGE LIFE, By J. HEWLETT, M.A. Late of Worcester Collrge, Oxford. Author of " Peter Priggins," " The Parish Clerk," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., el II A.RLES HA R C OUR T, Or, the ADVENTURES of a LEGATEE. A NOVEL. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. 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, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE ; WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS. Orders received at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. Ztt ,§un. LONDON : SATURDA.Y MORNING. DECEMBER 17, 1842. --...--- An excellent address appears in another part of our journal from -the National Anti-Corn-law League to the inhabitants of the metropolis, who, we have good reason to believe, will respond to the call. Never since th e d ays o f t h e Common wealth till now was London backward in the cause of freedom. She did, with a glorious pri vilege, for many years, both shield the oppressed and head the onset against oppression. To her evep is due the first serious attempt to establish free trade, and the words used by her princely Though London have been backward, it is not dead. Twice has the Common Council spoken out nobly. All the districts round about have had their meetings, and have declared for free trade. But that great, wealthy, influential, and powerful body, the merchants and bankers of London, have been silent. They are as dead men to thiS question, which is vital to their greatness. Their interests are bound up with the welfare of trade, and not a little manufac ture of worsted caps in a remote town ofScotland can fall to decay, but some of them will feel it. As men of sense and men of busi ness it is impossible that they can allow an intriguing, Tory electioneering clique, or their own Tory partialities, to keep them from making a strong declaration in favour of the freedom of that commerce by which they live and thrive. For them to sit still, when all around them demands freedom, is to betray a consciousness of not deserving it. For them to stretch forth their hands to the landlords' fet ters, is humbly to solicit Parliament to become their guardian, as if they were insane or under age, and unable to manage their own affairs. For them not sturdily to demand the abolition of legislative restrictions on the ?Teat limbs of trade, is to acknowledge that Parliament knows their business better than they do themselves. Such a spirit did not establish the commercial greatness of London, and if her merchants now en tertain such grovelling opinions of themselvesand their calling, they will soon be surpassed by other merchants in all the markets of the world. They must remember that the United States supply free men as competitors, over whom they cannot triumph as they have triumphed over the slow and hampered slaves of the Continent. But they will not, we are sure, submit to be surpassed; they will rouse themselves, and at once declare that for commerce to flourish, commerce must be free. They will begin to carry that great principle into practice, by supporting the abolition of the Corn-laws, the largest and most intolerable restriction that ever the avarice of monopolists placed on the healthy industry of a • great nation. AMERICAN NEWS LIVERPOOL, DEC. 16. The Acadia, steamer, commanded by Captain Ryrie, reached the Mersey this morning, with her Majesty's mails from Halifax and Boston; she also brought twenty-three passengers. In the face of ex tremely boisterous weather, she has made the voyage from Boston in 13,1- days and 5 hours. The papers which she brings include dates from New York to the 30th ultimo ; Boston to the 2d, and Halifax to the 4th instant. Their contents are not very interesting. A destructive storm was experienced at Boston on the night of the 30th of November, accompanied by snow and rain (many signs were blown down, and the roofs and chimneys of a number of buildings were injured; but the most important part of the damage took place among the shipping and the wharves in the harbour. Colonel Webb, as was expected, had been pardoned. The following are extracts MUTINY.—The New Orleans Picayune of the 17th inst. has the following :—lt will be recollected that the late English papers spoke of a party of one hun dred and sixty eight English Mormons being on their way out to this country, with the design of colonizing with Joe Smith, at Nauvoo. A letter from Captain Taylor, the boarding officer at the Belize, gives us the next notice of their whereabouts. Captain Taylor, in one of his cruises, on the 14th inst., at the bar of the N.E. Pass, was hailed by Captain Pierce, of the ship Henry, on board of which the Mormons were. Captain Taylor boarded the ship, when he was in formed by Captain Pierce that the passengers were then, and had been, in a state of mutiny, from the time they were three days out from Liverpool. At the request of Captain Pierce, and on his affidavit, Captain Taylor made prisoners of the Rev. John Sny der and two others, whom Pierce pointed out as the ringleaders. Captain Taylor took the prisoners ashore with him. They have been since brought up to the city by the tow-boat Swan. POLITICAL ABOLITION.—The number of Abolition votes polled m the recent election in the State of Abolition. Total votes. New York was Massachusetts 6,179 114,339 Michigan, about 1,500... say 45,000 Ohio Vermont 2,093 53,426 22,437 874,272 In these five States, which are the strongholds of the Abolitionists, their votes amount to about 24 per cent. of the whole number of votes. In the country at large not more than one per cent. This is the result of some eight or ten years' hard work. And what is more, the labourers appear to be greatly encouraged by their success. merchants in 1820, are appropriately quoted by i Genesee Flour is 5 dol., with small sales: Ohio is 1 the League to excite the men of the present day I worth just about as much.. Georgetown is 4 dol. 871 c. worthily to follow the course then adopted. We I witho ht somei.Ry sales e . sold to go East at 65 or 66 cents. No trust that the League will be listened to, that t h e sale of Corn. - Oats are worth 39c. 2,500 bu. Barley metropolis will be organised, as we believe it sold at 49c. will, into districts and sections, and by adding its Sterling bills are 61 to 6i, and sometimes 7 prem. weight to that of the other large towns, give an Francs have been drawn freely at 5,42 per dollar. overwhelming force to public opinion. Mobile funds are 13 to 14 dis. We must openly state, for the information of P.S.—EvEmso.—The sales of Cotton are 400 our fellow-citizens, that the cause advocated by bales. The advance in freights embarrasses the sales. The price demanded for Liverpool to-day is ld. lb. the League, so irresistible is the power of jus- The stGek of Cotton here is but 5,000 bales, and would tice, when once it has seized hold of the heart of have been soon cleared off,but for the charge in freights. man, must be successful. The Corn-laws must There are some sales of 'Ashes at 5,37 dollars for be and will be abolished. It would be for ever Pots and 5,75 to 31 dollars for Pearls. discreditable to the metropolis, were it not to EXCHANGES INCLUDING CERTIFICATES AND CHECKS. take an active part in such a great nations Boston par to ---i- Savannah ll to 1 1 w Philadel movement. The success of the League ill 4 phia ...... par to -- 7 1 Mobile 14 to hereafter designate an epoch in the history of Baltimore par to iN. Orleans our country, similar to the Reformation or the Washington,D.C. 71 disct. St. Louis `).- to 3 Revolution of 1658. It is the establishment of Richmond ll to 1 Raleigh - to Cincinnati the great principle, that honest industry is to be wii ni i„ o „ —to Nashville perfectly free. It will be more than that—it Charleston -.} to 7 -- Apalachicola -1 to 2 will be all that ; but it will be, in addition, the Augusta 31 to Bills on London ... 6+ to .7 triumphant assertion of that right, in spite of Macon Columbus banded monopolists in possession of the Legis lature. It will be at once the triumph of indus try, of the- people, and of justice. It will con secrate for ever that individual freedom which was slowly and gradually asserted many cen turies ago by the conversion of feudal slaves into free and chartered citizens. MONEY MARKET and LiTY NEWS. FROM TAB MORNING PAPAW! OF THIS DAY. • CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. POST.—This was the day fixed upon by Govern ment for recceiving tenders for the first instalment of the million and a half sterling Canada Four per Cent. Loan, and some little curiosity was expressed in the moneyed circles to know the result ; but a good deal of secrecy, if not mystery, appears to have been observed on the occasion. Nothing transpired re specting the biddings until a late hour in the after noon, and the particulars that were at length corn municated proved imperfect, and by no means such as could be relied on. It was said, in the course of the morning, that there were parties prepared to bid as high as 115 per cent., the long period that will elapse before the redemption of the 300,0001. capi tal can take place being the alleged inducement for offering so liberal a price. For some 20,0001. there was, in all probability, an actual tender at 109; so it was affirmed; but the reports current regarding the higher price noticed, do not seem to have been well fbunded. The biddings are understood to have ranged, with one or two exceptions, between 1021 and 108 per cent. The house of Maubert and Co. are re ported to have tendered, on behalf of themselves and their friends for the entire sum, at the price of 1071. l ls. per cent., and, with certain deductions, to have been the successful candidates for the loan. The amount tendered for at 109 per cent. would go in re duction of the portion allotted to Messrs. Maubert and Co. There might possibly have been other ten ders for minor amounts somewhat exceeding theirs in point of price, and, if so, these would have to be also deducted ; but they will most likely be found to have taken the whole of the remainder. It is stated that Messrs. Rothschild and Co. presented tenders, but at a rate that was quite out of the question, their figures being among the very lowest that have been men tioned. _ TIMES.—As it has usually been the practice in receiving tenders for loans to declare the price and amounts of the tenders, and the terms accepted, in the presence of the parties making th In at the Treasury, and that at the hour specified in the announcement, the public were disappointed that a similar course had not been pursued in the negotiation of the Canada de bentures to-day when the biddings were made. The general expectation was, however, that an official notification of the terms accepted by the Government would be made through the medium of the Bank of Englandlat 4 o'clock. It was afterwards understood that 5 o'clock would be the hour, but even then no thing of an authorised character had transpired, and the business of the day had closed before anything was known for certain. The impression, however, of the issue of the operation is pretty general, and Mr. Maubert is named by the voice of opinion as the suc cessful bidder for a large portion, if not for the whole of the stock, the Bank of England, Messrs. Rothschilds, and some of the Scotch banks being mentioned among the unsuccessful applicants. Report even goes so far as to specify the price which Mr. Maubert tendered, as being 1071. 1 ls., a high price, when it is reckoned that the value of the stock to yield 31 per cent. is 107/. 2s. There are are rumours that as low as 1041. was offered, and even 1021. A most numerous meeting of the Shareholders of the star Steam Packet Company was held yesterday at the George and Vulture Tavern, and is described as having been one of the most diso rderly and up roarious assemblies of the sort ever wi tnessed in the tCieitsy;eitiTiehreirhe theirapp c haracters of Directorseared to be no respect paid t o par tee-men, or Shareholders, but in one general Commit.. tee-men, mele a discussion of the most personal, v i o l en t, an d irre gular description ensu ed on the subject of a dissolu tion. The Sharehol ders seemed f or the most part to be individuals who could not well afford to lose the money they had paid on their original subscripti on , much less to be involved in debt, or perhaps in a Chancery suit, if the running of the packets was con tinued, and were, therefore, most vehement in their declamation a gainst the Directors, who they alleged were merely desirous of .carrying on the concern to enable them to receive their salaries. This class of Shareholders urged most strongly that an im mediate dissolution should take place, so that they might be relieved from all future responsibility. On a previous occasion a resolution, it appears, had passed in favour of a dissolution of the Company, which fail ing, however, to be strictly in accordance with the " deed of settlemen t, increa sed the anxiety of the share holders that all t he p roce edings of the day should be they termedperfectly legal, i in order th a t " no new qu ibbl e , as might be rais e d t o p reven t so desirable an object. This p art y to ok the prominent lead against the Directors, and most severely criticised the ma nagement, and at once produced a scene of uproar of a most intolerable nature. The opposition raised against the Directors told from all corners of the room. Some were for an immediate dissolution of the Company, with an absolute sale of the vessels ; others wished to see the concern wound up, but to allow time for the sale of the packets to save a sacri fice ; while the friends of the Directors expressed their confidence in seeing the business of the Com pany return to its former profitable paying point. The history of the dispute between the Shareholders and their Directors furnishes another instructive lesson to the public of the necessity of looking well after the management of joint-stock companies. Here the Shareholders are evidently dissatisfied : they have re ceived, as is stated, for some years, a very high rate of dividend, and now, suddenly finding that the Com pany, if allowed to proceed, is likely to involve them in difficulties, they wish with all due caution to see it wound up, that they may be quit of responsibility. This is prudent, but it may be fairly questioned whe ther or not, long ago, the contingency that has now arisen ought not to have been provided against by an ample reserve fund, which could have been well spared out of profits of the enormous amount asserted to have been made in the first few years of the Company's existence. The result of this meeting is understood to have been in favour of the Directors, who, with their friends, holding the largest stake in the concern, out voted the resolution of their opponents, when a scru tiny was demanded. CHRONICLE.- At the close of business nothing definite had transpired regarding the offers for the Canada Loan, and considerable dissatisfaction is ex pressed by the bidders that they should be left in doubt. We hear that the Chancellor of the Exche quer did not think proper to attend, and was repre sented by a Secretary. It is said that biddings as high as 1091. 2s. were made for 20,0001., and some at 102/. for the whole 300,0001. A party on the Stock Exchange bid as much as 107/. 1 ls. for the lot. SUN.—The Stock Market was very dull this after noon, and we h ave no t th e slightest alteration to re port in the qu o t at i ons . Consols remained precisely the same as yesterday-95 for Money, and 93i to 94 for the Account and ex dividend. Only the smaller Exchequer Bills were dealt in, and these realised 50s. to 525. premium. Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 101 to 1011 ; and Bank Stock was rather neglected at 172 i. Speculators con fi ne d their attention chiefly to Spa nish Stock decidedly th e f avour i te, an d this more especially in which, judging by the prices pa id, s ee m s reference to the Three per Cents. The Five per Cents. brought 19 to 191, and the Three per Cents, 24;1 to 241 for the Account. Portuguese Bonds re main dull, but are a :little firmer. The Old Fives at G 3; the Convert e d a t 321 to 321; and the Three per Cents. at 23 to 23' Mexican Stock has obtained 311 to 311 ; and Buenos Ayres 23 1 , b ein g fall p rices. Dutch Two-and- a• H alf per Cents. have been at 521 to 52i. The Share Market was very dull, but there was no depression in prices. Great We stern, New, were 141, and Manch es t er an d Leeds 4 to 3 1 premium. Brightons wer e 14-1- di sco unt. Australasia Bank Shares were 14, and London and Westminster, 2 premium. Nothing transpired in the City this afternoon re lative to the small loan for Canada, for which tenders were received at the Treasury, though it was under stood r public intimation of it Will be g iven in t h e course of to-m orrow. rhe Foreig n E xc h ang es were generally without any material alteration. TILE CORN TRADE.—We regret to hear that fur ther serious failures have taken place in the corn trade in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but we do not feel warranted at present in mentioning names. We un derstand that Mr. Fernandes, of Wakefield, is absent, and it is rumoured that he has left the country, but we merely know the thing as a rumour. His estate is likely to yield a very small dividend.—Leeds Mer cury. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest. 50 ; Highest, 57 : Noon, 51. BAROMETER, 30.0 G.—WIND,.—WIND, W. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, FIRE IN BUFFALO. There were 12 buildings burnt in Buffalo on Sunday last. The Gazette of Monday says— " Our city was, on Sunday morning, visited with the most disastrous fire which has occurred in eight or ten years. The group of buildings situated on both sides of Mechanic-street, erected by Benjamin Rathbun, and now owned by Orlando Allen, Esq., was, with the exception of two dwellings, entirely consumed. The coach, sleigh, and waggon manufactory and the blacksmith-shop of Mr. Rainey caught from the barn!, and were burned to the ground. A large portion of the co n t en t s , h owever, was saved. Two horses perished in one of the stables burned. The night was bitterly cold—a strong wind blow ing and the air filled with snow, which rendered the efforts of our efficient fire department nearly unavail ing. The amount of the loss we h ave not been able to a scertain ; but it will probably be from 25,000 dol lars to 30,000 dollars, including building, a consider able portion of which was covered with insurance. rearTlle o e f an al-boat thebu lld Laporte,ngs,,as burnt in the ntg to the e w a basin in the t ees_ edge:, :DISASTER'S ON LAKE ONTARIO. Loss OF THE ONELDA AND ST. DAVID.—By papers received from Kingston last evening, the loss of the steam-boat Oneida is confirmed. She sprang a leak during the gale of Saturday, the 19th inst., in her passage down the lake, and was run ashore on Stony Point, where she soon after became a total wreck. The crew and passengers were saved. The steamer St. David went ashore during the same gale, on Howe Island, together with five barges which she had in tow heavily laden with flour. The passengers left theboat during a terrific storm of wind and snow, and after wandering some time through the woods, they found shelter in a log hut, where they remained two days. They were brought back to Kingston by the steamer Prince of Wales. When they left, the sea was making a clear breach over the boat. She, as well as the Oneida, probably, went to pieces soon after. The Princess Royal broke her *shaft near Presque Isle, on Sunday morning, and was obliged to return to Kingston by canvass.—Rochester Democrat. NEW YORK SALE OF STOCKS, Nov. 29. $3,000 New York Sevens, '49 921 1,000 New York Sixes -' 62 6,000 Ohio Sixes, 186 2,000 Kentucky Sixes cash 77 GO Shares Bank of Commerce .full 821 25 Ditto Mohawk R. R 2,5 Ditto Harlem . 150 Ditto do 100 Ditto Paterson R. R. SECOND BOARD. 25 Shares Mohawk R. R 3O ds. 331 THE MARKET, Nov. 29-2 o'cLocx, 1842. j *;: . *trontlX tttott SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. Two specimens of summary conviction by Mr. GREENWOOD, the Magistrate of Clerkenwell, have appropriately called forth the censure of our Contemporaries. A boy was selling pictures in the street to gain a few pence, he was pounced on by the police, and for this innocent and even virtuous action, made an offence by the law, he was sentenced by Mr. GREENWOOD to be i►n prisoned fourteen days. The prisoner, who is described as an innocent, intelligent-looking child, about eleven years of age, begged of his Worship not to punish him, as he sold the prints "for the support of a widowed mother." But the Magistrate was inexorable, the law must be car ried into execution. Selling prints was, in his eyes, only an excuse for begging ; and to prison for fourteen days, to herd with felons, was the widow's son sent for endeavouring to procure food for his mother. The other case was a poor lad, about fourteen years old, with scarcely as many garments about him as covered his nakedness, whom a policeman saw begging. The Magistrate satisfied himself in this case, as in the other case, of the boy's iniquity by his own imagination. He supposed that the lad had put on these garments for the purpose of exciting compassion. In vain the youth supplicated that a policeman might visit his abode to see how he lived; the Magistrate, fully convinced of his own integrity and his own immaculate love of justice, was again inexorable, and the boy was sent fbr twenty-one days to the House of Correction, to become most likely a member of the copartnery of thieves. We trace, in Mr. GREENWOOD'S decision, the influence of a class of official publications, the effects of which seem at present to be somewhat mischievous. Commissioners have been em ployed to inquire very minutely into the habits of vagrants; and though they have not, as far as we know, discovered any means whatever by which vagrancy can be prevented, they have dressed up so many stories of the pranks of vagrants, many of them resting on no better fbundation than the boasting of the vagrants themselves, whose word in other matters would be considered wholly worthless, that the hearts of the community have been hardened against every vagrant. He is always considered an im pudent impostor. A vagrant is treated by the Legislature, the Magistrates, and the public generally, as a being without any rights, who umy be taken up at the pleasure of a policeman, and incarcerated at the pleasure of a Magistrate. In the olden times when a vagrant was a pil ferer, both by force and fraud, and in other times when the community was generally pros perous, comparatively little evil resulted from the over-much righteousness and hard-hearted ness of the Legislature, the Magistrates, and the public. But now when distress has reduced a great multitude of respectable working men and artisans to vagrancy, as was proved at the Anti- Corn-law meeting at Lincoln—these general dispositions cause, as in these two cases, a great deal of mischief. Unmerited punishment is in flicted on persons more deserving of compassion than anger. We make laws to deprive men of food, and then we punish them with imprison ment for not having wherewithal to eat, and being hungry. We will not allow them to labour honestly, and then, under a notion be gotten by elaborate Reports, we imprison every seeker after food and work as a vagrant. In this matter neither the public, the Magistrates, nor the Legislature is free from blame, and neither are those Commissioners who have dressed up, perhaps for the sake of making an impression, the Reports on vagrancy. From such scenes as those at Clerkenwell, from the remarks of the Magistrates, from' the terrible tales we read every day of people dying for want of assistance, from the many cruel crimes we read of in the papers, and from the vast number of punishments inflicted by the Magis trates for actions equally as harmless or meri torious as the two punished by Mr. GREENWOOD, we begin to think that our countrymen and women are becoming a very hard-hearted, cruel set of people. Want and hunger, and the fear of hunger, seem to press on all classes, and threaten to convert them into ferocious savages. We trespass on one another; and were we to decline as fast in the next six years as we have in the last six, the morals and condition of the Chinese would be exemplary in comparison to the morals and condition of the English. The Morning Chronicle very properly styles the sending of these two youths to prison as " manufacturing criminals." Unfbrtunately for society, nearly all the Magistrates throughout the country are employed, like Mr. GREENWOOD, in " manufacturing criminals." They manu fhcture some twenty or thirty thousand a year, and are much honoured for their labour. Our Contemporary suggests that there should be a supervisor of the Magistrates; but who is to be supervisor of the supervisor? Who shall guarantee the public that the Secretary of State will not neglect his duty or prostitute his func tions as well as a Justice ? Has the Minister of Justice in France or Prussia escaped without reproach ? We believe not ; and, considering the hard-heartedness from which the evil flows, we hold our Contemporary's suggestion to be no adequate cure for it. We have said befbre, and we say again, our whole system of criminal juris prudence requires to be investigated by philo sophers. Its principles must be examined and proved, instead of ever building and building on an insecure or rotten foundation. To inflict pe nalties, seems for the public, which has over whelming power, the easiest thing in life; to draw good out of the infliction, one of the hardest tasks—judging from the want of snccess—that men every undertook. It gives us infinite pleasure to see that the Income-tax is working just as we anticipated it would work—just as such a tax ought to work— that is to say, in so offensive, vexatious, and tyrannical a manner, as to inspire us with san guine hopes that Sir ROBERT PEEL must, at no distant period; consent to its total repeal. At a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the merchants, tradesmen, and inhabitants generally, of the Ward of Tower, which was held yesterday, the greatest possible dissa tisfaction was expressed at the surcharges in the returns of this detestable impost; and a gentle man named MAITLAND observed that "having been surcharged in all his returns, he could not refrain from coming forward and asking the meeting to go along with him in denouncing the whole system of surcharging which had been practised. He considered the time and trouble expended in seeking relief by appeal more intolerable than the pecuniary loss itself." Meetings of a similar character to this, and at which similar language is held, are, we per ceive, getting up, not only in the metropolis, but also in many of the more influential provincial towns ; and at all these meetings, the bitterest complaints are uniformly made, of the preposte rous and impudent nature of the surcharges. Is not the Income-tax sufficient of itself' to supply the wants of Government, but its amount must be increased by every artifice to which ingenuity, unembarrassed by principle, can have recourse ? This invariable system of surcharging is not the result of mere accident. It is scarcely possible that there can be a mistake in the case. A hint, we suspect, has been thrown out from head quarters. Money is wanted—friends and sup porters are clamorous so money must be raised, and the machinery of the Income-tax furnishes —or, as it :is hoped, will furnish—the necessary amount. The last election must have cost an immense sum; and who shall assure us that the scandalous system of extortion now so genera lly attempted, under the plea of collecting the Income-tax, has not its origin in the anxiety of Government to satisfy the claims of its unscrupulous agents at that election, which, to Toryism, was a matter of life or death ? The mystery in which the origin of the instil.- rection at Barcelona was at first involved is now gradually disappearing. The suspicion„ and med dling part taken in the of tir by the French Con sul, the lying telegraphic dispatches transmitted to Paris, and the lamentations of the Govern ment journals on the failure of the conspiracy, showed that others besides the Christinos and Republicans were mixed up in this atrocious scheme. The Madrid Gazette of the Bth leaves no doubt on the subject. It positively states that it was got up in Paris, and implicates in the plot the French Consul at Barcelona. The Barcelona Constitucional confirms the statement, and openly accuses a " certain Consul" with hav ing been instrumental in creating the revolt. " The time is not yet come," says that journal on the Bth instant, " for expressing an opinion on recent events. At a later period we will expose the foreign hand which, under a semblance of philanthropy, spreads gold to corrupt the vile, to bribe traitors, and to direct the arms of mis guided men against their country. Neither will we hesitate to criticise certain acts of the Go vernment, which are of a nature to produce a very different effect from that which was expected from them. At present it is only permitted to us to mingle our tears with the blood of the vic tims, and to implore the Government not to give way to an unworthy feeling of ven geance, and not to shed a drop of innocent blood." The affair, therefore, cannot rest as it is. A remonstrance will be made by the Spanish Government, and the Consul must either make good his innocence, or leave the country in disgrace. If the fact is established beyond the controversy of even the Ministerial journals, LOUIS PHILIPPE will probably disown the acts of his representative, dismiss him for a time from office, and endeavour by all possible means to hush up this revolt, like the other in which the eX-QUEEN-REGENT'S party so signally failed. He may, however, have other designs in view, for we believe he would have recourse to any ex tremity rather than lose the opportunity of mar rying one of his sons, or at least one of the BoUR• BON line to the young QUEEN. The Consul, therefore, may provoke a collision between him self and ESPARTERO'S Government, and under pretence of avenging some imaginary insult, Lours PHILIPPE may make war on Spain. In such a case with which party would Europe sympathise ? With the SOVEREIGN who che rishes at his Court a worthless woman, guilty of two rebellions against a neighbouring State with which he is at peace, or with a REGENT chosen by the nation, who put down civil war, and has since been actively engaged in healing the divisions which so long afflicted that unhappy . country ? It is needless to answer the ques tion. The most despotic Monarch in Europe would not abet such a deed, and it would be de nounced with tgeneral execration. ESPARTERO on the former occasion acted with great prudence, and gave the French Government no pretence for any act of aggression. We trust he will pre serve that character to the last, and if affairs come to extremities, throw the responsibility on the proper head. The Spanish nation appears unanimous on the question, and any course of policy like that anticipated would rouse them to madness. At present not one district or town in Spain sympathises with the conspirators. The Madrid Gazette of the Bth publishes dispatches from the political chiefs of Toledo, Jaen, Pam peluna, Ciudad Real, Seville, Huelva, Guadala jara, Soria, St. Sebastian, Burgos, Logrono, Le rida, Huesca, Almeria, Temel, Bilbao, Malaga, and Saragossa, announcing that the utmost tran quillity prevailed in the districts under their care. The capital, too, is quite tranquil, and awaits with patience the development of this extraor dinary outbreak. There is no later intelligence from Barcelona, but the Minister at War pub lishes the annexed dispatch from General VAN H A LEN In consequence of the events which I have already described, from eight in the morning of to-day (the 4th), the generality of the population, to stop the ef fects of the cannonade, decided on disarming the groups which the revolutionary Junta had armed. A little after, Commandant Garcia, who headed those of Barcelona, faithful to the Government, announced that we could enter the citadel, as white flags were displayed from the Atarazanas and other points. I gave orders to the regiment of Zainora, to the Foot Artillery and Sappers, to occupy these forts. I or dered General Zurbano at the same time to enter the citadel if there were no great obstacles. The Com mittee of Proprietors then coming to assure me that the population were prepared to receive the troops pacifically, I marched from Sarria to occupy the place, which was accomplished at three in the afternoon. At half-past fivP the ordonnance and address enclosed were issued. The Commandant of Barcelona gave up 200 of the most turbulent who were arrested, and who will suffer condign punishment. The Treasurer of the Provincial Department tells me, that besides 47,000 crowns taken by the revolutionary Junta, 37,000 more were stolen by the last Junta, &c. The intelligence from Lisbon is to the 12th instant, and will be found under that head. If the statements respecting the duties charged on English manufactures and produce be correct, and Portugal refuses to make material re ductions, England certainly has no great reason for altering the wine duties. It would appear that most articles are charged 50 per cent. ad valorem duty, and some so high as 130 per cent. Even the Dutch are more favoured than the English. This is a strange return for good services so often ren dered to a country that, but for foreign aid, would long ago have been swallowed up by her more powerful neighbour. The Paris papers contain no news. An or donnance has just been issued relative to the importation of books into France. In place of booksellers' packages being sent to the Prefec ture nearest theliplace ofilanding, to be verified, they are for the future to be examined by agents specially appointed at the sea-ports through which such articles are allowed to pass. All pirated editions are to be seized, and, when a doubt exists, the matter is to be referred to the Minister of the Interior, from whose department an answer is to be given within forty days. French works, the property of persons in foreign countries, or being a foreign edition of works which have become public property, may be im ported, provided that proofs of their origin be sa tisfactorily given. The re-importation of French works is to be permitted only on a special appli cation of the publisher to the Minister of the Inte rior. These conditions are applicable to lithogra phic prints and engravings. Books taxed at less than 150 francs for 100 kilogrammes are to be packed separately according to the several works, so that the different parcels in one large package may be clearly perceived. Should they be mixed indiscriminately, the highest duty is to be levied on the whole. Books intended for transit are to be similarly arranged. All books sent to France must be either half-bound or stitched. The following places are given as those through which books may be admitted into France; those marked with an asterisk are open to the admission of French books :—Dunkirk, *Lille, *Valenciennes, Forbad), Sierck, Wissen bourg, *Strasbourg, St. Louis, Verrieres de Joux, *Les Rousses, Bellegarde, *Pont de Beauvoisin, Chapareillan, *Marseilles, Perpignan, Behobia, *Bayonne, Bordeaux, Nantes, *Le Havre, Rouen, Boulogne, Calais, Ajaccio, *Bastia. According to the National the following is the amount of foreign merchandise dispatched through France in transitu during the year 1841, The o f and the countries to which it belonged. total was 203,00 0 , 000 f., of which /0, 00 0 0,0 . were'fbrwarded by Switzerland; by Great Britain, 30, 00 . 0,000 f.; the German Union, 29,000,000 f. ; Sardinia, 22,00 0 , 000 f.; and the United States, 16,000,000. A letter dated Toulon, the 9th inst., published in the National, states that the ships ordered to be laid up in ordinary have still on board three fourths of their crews, and all their artillery. The Paris journals still continue to debate with acrimony on the result of the Barcelona insurrection. It is some relief to find even one of them taking a rational view of the affair, and we therefore copy with pleasure the following article from the Constitutionnel We have for these two years past declared our- selves partisans of a policy of a good understanding and conciliation between the French Government and the existing Government of Spain. This is an addi tional motive for us to deplore and censure the violence of which Barcelona has been the object, the bombard ment of that manufacturing city, and the cruelties which are said to have been committed after its sur render. We are of opinion, however, that the latter have probably been exaggerated in the accounts that have appeared, and we think also that Europe would do well to wait for the judgment of Spain herself on these events. In the meantime we cannot, even on the occasion of this sad event, make use of the same language as those journals which for two 'years have declared a personal war against Espartero, or which had some other motive of political sympathy with the rebels. Sp ain has for eight years presented us with a sad spectacle, and all parties have to reproach themselves with having shed blood with barbarity. We will excuse in none of them the fury and vengeance and cruelty which are distinguishing traits in the Spanish character, so heroic in other respects. But let us not be expected • to join in the furious cries which are now set up against Espartero by those who would have found ex cuses for the insurgents who murdered 800 soldiers, if they had succeeded in proclaiming another Govern ment, or another Regency in Spain. We blam e with energy the bombardment of Barcelona, but we do not go the length of wishing for Spain a new revolution, anarchy, or a republic. What do those persons de sire, who connected as much as the cou ld the nam e of France with the revolt of Barcelona? Do they wish to make a conquest of Catalonia, and transfo rm it into a French department ? Suppose that Catal onia had been all on fire, and that insurrection had spread into a civil war, would they have found any" thing but words to support the insurgents' cause Yet it is necessary to know clearly what is de sired .. There has a good deal been said on the subject of substituting in Spain French influen ce for that of England. That, no doubt, is very fine. But whil means are to be employed for the purpose ? an armed invasion ? Certainly not , no one wou. dare it. Propagandism ? This i s practised, thougli not avowedly. If all intervention, whether or hostile, be declined ; if the conspiracies which are plotted and the insurrections which are excited are blushed at, we have the right to come to this conc.l.u -sion :—Either take oft' the mask and affirm hold, IY; that you desire to plunge Spain into corapteert. selfus that into ill-humourh arms of i is not friends friendly anarchy, in order that she may afterwards throw h. like France with respect to Spain. Let not them s the ing of our words be exaggerated. We know that_ . occasion of the bombardment of Barcelona would:?. badly chosen to recommend our Government to sa.l 3 b .. some new and benevolent measure towards Wit h i;ngoradeclare, but we regard as fatal the policy of those who, Gvernmennt for t the last two years, have not ceased declaiming aga iaa nte i. Spanish Government, who eagerly catch a false I sibie ligence, in order to separate as widely, aspo o ur France from Spain, and who seek to identify n ni: a cause with that of all the enemies of the Regen t a _ the Constituti o n. The bombardment of Barcelott therefore, afflicts us much more than th ose who 111_0 so much noise about it. We condemn it in the saw_ of humanity, and we see, besides th a t it is us ed as argument argument to induce, if possible, 'F ranc e to com e complete rupture with Spain. BOURSE—PARIS. THURSDAY, DECEMUSS 15° First Highest -..osfest Price. Pried Price. jl9 4 French Five per Cents. 119 60... 191 60... 119 45... Four per Cents. 101 50... 10 1 50 ... 101 50... '`,i; 0 6 Threes, ex div. 79 20... 79 20... 79 95 ' . $342 b a Bank of France 3345 _3345 ...33 42 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1053 75 —1055 ...1053 5,000 f 5080 ...5080 —.5080 ..°876 Belgian Bank 50... 805 *" 103* Belgian Fives •1035 103 k 31 104 i 1840._ 1041 ... 104 i ... 1 04# 1 2 31 231 Spanish Active. ... 23i ••• F,l* 32 Portuguese Fives 32i ... 32i •... 106 ou Neapolitan Roman lo4k ... 104 k 104 i RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain . ' 852 50... 855 ... 852 """ pn2 Versailles, L.B •.. 125 ... 13 5 125 272 -- AO R.B 270 ... 272 50... 270 667 60 Rouen 67 5 "' 632 50 Orleans. 630 ... 633 75... 630.. 205 Strasburg to Bale 203 75... 205 ..• 202 51). THOUGHTS ON THE PRE FINE WEATHER• " As an illustration of the remarkable the weather during the past week, it flk,' we rta tioned that on Tuesday last several butterflies f this observed sporting in the sunshine."—lr erald ° Morning. Butterflies in flaunting pride, Showing off at Christmas-tide! Sun with June's effulgence glowing, Winds with August's mildness blowing • Birds exulting, as in season, Thinking, doubtless, and with reason' That December's iron sway Has yielded to the smiles of AftlY Never yet was seen a change So unparalleled and strange ! Baffling to their great surprise, Moore's and Murphy's proPhe cies ' And proving that the year is thrown Topsy-turvy, upside dow n ! Ten to one ! who takes the bet ! In a week or so we getJ Summer's daintiest fruit-pies, Peas, and beans, and strawberries, Parsnips, born of April's shower, Lamb, mint-sauce, and cauliflower ! After such rare change, I trove, Nothing need surprise us now; We may soon expect to trace Smiles on Whiggery's sullen face; Tories shouting out with glee, " Down with Corn-Monopoly 1" Dan O'Connell and Dick Sheil Voting side-by-side with Peel; High Church Bishops in a row Kissing Antichrist's great toe ; Hume, inspired by novel hopes, Sporting choice, poetic tropes; Sibthorpe, gone his past alarms, Clasping Russell in his arms; Feargus and his Chartist clan Turning Peelites to a man' Borthwick speaking, two months hence, Almost like a man of sense; Bull And (queerest change of 'all) John Grown so incorrigibly dull As actually—oh, thought distressing To deem the Income-tax a blessing bee ° _.-----2- ----- ---: ---- We understand that communications w"„.d t ne exchanged between the Bishop of Londonlol pity Attorney-General on the subject of the 1111100- which has hitherto been permitted to the l on a ushers of blasphemous tracts and Placni' the that measures are about to be adoptlie i gu iltf Government for the punishment of . b terfore nce parties. A very few days before the in entlerosn of Mr. Knight Bruce, a y oung i f __,. str eet of the name of Wileis ad applied at t" t t he and other police-offices for warrants , e_ n g uiu by . Sr. miscreant whose windows were broil ( ' ' 00)00 Bruce, without success ; those gentlenlent,,, de y e 8 sit one of the placards was produced before dining to i n terfere.—Staudard.--DO° ar f . Th e tlemen to whom our Contemporar only parties to which the leader allude' present Ono offices and Bow-street, never till the reckoned gentlemen.] ill nfl • r esiding ~ JEDBURGII.--GEOLOGY.--.A. poi — o ld h e top of A n this place lately picked from t struck hint dyke a piece of sandstone, which . ro ress ionoi being marked with some singular ' _1 severP $ o On submitting it to the inspection of _l i. tbe our local geologists, they were convinced ;tool police impressions were organisms of an 111 , 3 0 villa, type ; but they were unable to definei.bsequeni genus of animals they belonged. Suhoweveri light has been thrown upon the stechnent a re th e and it appears that the impressions in question i to a scales of the Holoptyc hius, a fish which 1181° e, 4 O a fora~ the upper formation of th e old red sandstonot Dope which, in point, of grotesquesness of peculiarity of construc tion, will yield t° ~, has which the wonder-revealing science ofgeOlteilei yet brought to light. The specimen of the d to which has been discovered here, is suPP(te.cii it have come out of Tudhope quarry, near 1011 a lit was found. The quarry has not been Wr e be eu for several years ; but now that this discovery 110..6 of made, there is no saying to what extent the ren 3 ', 3 by primeval days may have been brought to the ourt°,' w ill the inobservant quarryman. As it is, a new interes' s pa be imparted to the sandstones of this district, evi we have no doubt that geologists will find filfir field for further discovery. Sles of a stT ee n character to those above mentioned have _,,v tor , found by an intelligent gentleman of Rule ir" re vi near the foot of IVynbrugh Hill. There are ' the instances in which an entire specimen of _ os t Holoptychius has been found anywhere. The ~ ”;‘ lO perfect is that discovered by the Rev. James 'd of St. Madoes, in the sandstones of Clasbbennie, iti..il. which has created a great deal of discussion in itsaN —Kelso Chronicle. I ,, t ter• QUICK POST TO CHI/CA.—Extract from a 0 si r ' dated Macao, September 18, 1842 :—" I owe yo u s acknowledgment cf your very kind and file ° v a letter, of the 28th of May, which reached me a10 ° ,4 the earliest of that month's overland--viz., on the i l e of August, which was only 60 days after their i n to patch from London—the quickest post on rent . " to this part of the world, considering the whole, vi , brought from Bombay to this in a sailing vessel. `c..