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Publisind his Day, Bvo.. 10s. 6d. cloth, the Second Edition of LAYS of ANCIENT ROME. By the Rigl Bond THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lonvnans. Now ready, in 3 vols., post 8.0., CHARLES HARCOURT, Or, the ADVENTURES of a LEGATEE. A NOVEL. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. Just ready, in 3 vols. Bvo , with Portraits, MEMOIRS of the COURT of ENGLAND, from the REVOLUTION in 1683 to the DEATH of GEORGE 11. By JOHN HENEAGE JESSE, Esq., Author of " Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). THE NEW NOVEL Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., COL,LEGE LIFE. By J. HEWLETT, M.A . • Late of Worcester College, Oxford. Author of " Peter Priggins," " The Parish Clerk," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready for publication, in small Bvo., lIISTORY OF WOMAN IN ENGLAND, AND HER INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY AND LITERATURE. By Miss LAWRANCE, Author of " Memoirs of the Queens of England from the 12th to the 16th Century." (EXTRACT FROM THE PREFACE.) " Although the study of English history has of late become sn popular, the progress of female society in England has never received the attention which its importance demands. Little has been told us of women in Saxon times; and yet, even then, there were illustrious Queens and female scholars whose exertions for the diffusion of knowledge deamnd the gra titude of their descendants--and scarcely more is known of female society during the Norman period, and yet it was at the bidding of the lady that the poet-fathers of England first sung. Even during the age of chivalry, many a lady illustrious for her talents, and interesting from her romantic history, has no re cord, save in the seldom-opened pages of the Monkish Chroni cles. Descending to more recent times, we find the history of woman in England linked with the Reformation, and each great event. To trace the progress of woman in England through these various phases of her history is the object of the present work. Beginning at the earliest period, it has been the chief aim of the writer to collect contemporary information from every available source, and thus the obsolete code of laws, the ancient popular tales, the will, the inventory, the legal record, the legend, and the satire, the testimony of the grave chroni cler, and that of the manners-painting trouvere, the letter, and the di•iry, have all been laid under contribution to throw light upon a subject as curious and interesting as it is important." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ".• Orders received by all Booksellers. BETTS' 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 ceeding 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 inferiolity 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 only at the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-bars, leading to St. John-street ; where it may be obtained, pale or coloured, at Eightpen Shillings per Gallon, of the highest legal strength. qp FIE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY A- DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9O, £lOO, £llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £4OO, £6OO, £6OO, £l,OOO, ,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. IIEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a very short time very large amounts of Money Divi Bands to their Correspondents in Great Britain and Ireland" Dividends of 25,0004 18,0001., 9,0001., 6,0001., and 3,6001' to London; 3,600/., 800/., and 700/. to Edinburgh ; 3,600/' to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3,600/. to Halifax ; 1,2001' to Porthleaven Harbour ; 900/. ' 700/., and 6001. to Liver pool ; 900/. to Hull; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001. and 6001. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham shire; 7001. to Colne, Lancashire; 7001. to Ryde, • Isle of Wight; 6001. to Cork ; 600/. to Bideford ; and 600/. to Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua ranteed by the Government. This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than 25,0001. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of 1/. and upward,. Price of One Share, IL ; two Shares, 21. ' • three Shares, 31.; four Share+, 4/. ; Ere Shares, 51. ; si x Shares, 6/. ; seven Shares, it ; eight Shares, 84 ; 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. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 20, Will be repeateda Comic Opera, called THE SECRET MAR RIAGE. Being an English version of Cimarosa's "Il Ma trimonio Segretn. The Character of Carolina, by Miss Adelaide Kemble ; Fidalma, Mrs. Alfred Shaw ; Elisetta, Miss Rainforth ; Signor • Geronimo ' Mr. Giuhilei ; Count Montoni, Mr. Leffler ; Paohno,..Mr. W. Harrison. To conclude with Auber's Opera of MASANIELLO ; or, THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI. Masaniello, Mr. W. Harrison ; Alphoryn, 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. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. 'Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Borad-street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL. HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 20, Will be performed Congreve's Comedy of THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Adapted for Representation). Period, 1699. Sir Wilfull Witwoud, Mr. W. Farren ; Fainall, Mr. Vining; Marwoud, Mr. Stuart; Witwoud, Mr. Charles Mathews; Petulant, Mr. Buckstone ; Waitwell, Mr. Strickland; Mil lament, Madame Vestris; Lady Wishfort, Mrs. Glover. After which, a new Drama, called THE BASTILE. Louis Quatorze, Mr. H. Holl ; Fricandeau, Mr. Webster ; the Duchess de Montbazon, Miss Charles; Ninon Labatte, Ma dame Celeste. To conclude with the Farce of MAKE YOUR WILLS ! Joseph Brag, Mr. Buckstone. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 20, Will be repeated the new Burletta, entitled THE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul 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, and Miss Faucit. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford. Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche G iubilei. To conclude with a Comic Burletta, called ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright. To conclude with NORMA. Pollio, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence 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, AHOY, FOO-CHOW-FOO, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE ; WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS. Orders reeetved at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand and of all News-Agents. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 19. THER3IO3UCTER, Lowest, 39 ; Highest, 47 : Noon, 43. BAROMETER, 30.55.—W1ND, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. liorninq 20 minutes aßer 2 i Evening 41 minutes after 3. • c.;,, 4 4,1 k ‘1,0.16-* P.° , witaw , f ,, •••• , • , The _Sun. LONDON : TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 20, 1842. We are glad to perceive.o that the Testimonial subscription to Sir j i e makingand Lady PIRIE, in token of their esteemed private worth and ac rapid knowledged public character, is pro gress among all those cla ss • Ps of the com munity who appreciate in other s that vir tue which is the practice of their own lives. There cannot certainly be a stronger stimulus to ambition thaq the sure but steady rise of p r i vate worth to the highest attainments of p u b l i c honour. An 1 such honour, Sir JOHN P IRIP ,, . from poor but worthy origin, has attained e l in the first city of the civilised world. By what f means ? Let his conduct, by its proud and dig nified reward, answer! In this world all men are rated by their apparent worth—not by their prospective merit : the man of ten thousand to-day, is infinitely greater than the man who promises, however truly, ten times that amount to-morrow. But it has been the fate of Sir JOHN PIRIE—we speak of him as of any other man, wholly irrespective of politics —to work his way to eminence—that is, to the good-will and according testimony of his fellow-men—as an instance of singular fortune. His acknowledged merits are not confined to one class of moralists, or politicians—the wide and diversified circle of society crowds in to welcome him, by one simultaneous consent, as one who bath done honour to the best, because the least obtrusive sympathies of humanity—charity—that well-springof the heart which overlooks the cause, in the effect, of its benign benevolence. To such generous sympathies do we assign the spon taneous contributions of men of all classes— politics apart—to a testimonial to Sir JOHN and his amiable Lady. Among the long list of sub scribers will be found the worthy names of such men as Sir CHARLES FORBES, Sir JAMES DUKE, T. A. HANKEY, Esq., J. MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P., Mr. GROTE, Mr. COTTON, &c., all of dissimilar politics; and therefore is their tes timony the more valuable. And, if such be the volunteer contributors in London, what will be the expression of public sympathy from the shipping interest, to which Sir JOHN is so decided a friend, all over the kingdom ? The answer, no doubt, will be—" We will put all our timbers to gether! and honour the man who bath done so much honour to us 1" Worth makes the man—and want of it the fellow-- The rest is all but—polities—prunello ! We learn with satisfaction that "a consider able increase of demand is felt at Bolton, and that the weavers are now more employed than at any time during the summer;" "that more inquiry has been made for goods at Halifax;" that the markets in Leeds have been very ani mated;" " that buyers at Bradford last week were numerous, and purchases as extensive as might have been expected ;" that in Kiddermin ster "the carpet trade is improving," and it is there expected that " after Christmas the trade will be as good as ever;" that at Carlisle, " the wages of the hand-loom weavers have risen from 71 to 10 per cent.;" that at Dundee, the " markets are active ;" and that at Bromsgrove there is a prospect of the " nail business in creasing." All these are ch ee ring indications, and as the price of food is now comparatively low, we may hope on good grounds that the extremity of the national distress has been passed, and that Nature is bounteously sending that relief which our rulers have doggedly denied. 'While we rejoice in this prospect, we fear, when the danger and the extremity of the evil are over, lest the lesson which the present and recent national sufferings should teach may be forgotten. Should the natural anxiety on the part of both employers and labourers to enjoy as speedily as possible the return of prosperity make them forget what they have suffered; should our rulers, no longer alarmed by the pressure of a famished multitude, think they may postpone the aboli tion of restrictive laws to some more favourable period, and so avoid the appearance of being forced into a just policy ; should they suppose that they can carry the present political system, encumbered with monopolies, safely through the difficulties which beset it, then the present gleam of prosperity will be fatal to the future peace and happiness of the empire. From such a narrow system of restrictions on trade, framed from a very partial and most incomplete and imperfect comprehension of the numerous and vast phenomena affected by such restrictions, there will ever ensue periods of hollow, gaudy prosperity, and periods of severe depression and suffering. A spurt, at present, of manufacturing progress —not unaccompanied, however, by agri cultural depression—without a repeal of re strictive laws, would be followed most likely by a severer check, a year or two hence, than manufactures have lately experienced, and the calamities of the last two or three years must be suffered over again, perhaps as needlessly and as unavailingly as they have already been suffered. If the League, thr6ugh its organisation, should now continually enforce on the public the im portant truths which the recent and present condition of the country teach, and prevent the lesson being thrown away ; if it shall compel the Legislature by its remonstrances to act at once, while the impression is fresh, it will perform a most important service to the public. Respect for the decision of last year—legislative decorum, as it is called—ought not to be suffered to stand in the way of exertions to procure at once and for ever the removal of the restrictions which caused the distress of the last four years. If they be not now removed in consequence of the sufferings, then may we dread that still greater sufferings will hereafter fall on the people, leading to insurrections, compared to which that of last year will pass away as an unremem bered trifle. Amongst the most strenuous supporters of the present system may be numbered the landlords of Ireland. At the same time we read almost daily of violent attacks being made on property and life in that country. No landowners, how ever amiable and however exalted, who live there, are safe. Is there no connexon between conten than the most rigorous police, the security of life and property in bath countries. I Restrictions on trade are peculiarly injurious in Ireland. They both increase the competitian for land, and encourage landlords to break up small holdings, and cultivate grain for the high priced markets of England. They have a direct tendency to raise rent in Ireland, and restrict the quantity of land in the market, though at the expense of security and life. Now, the compe tition which the landowners of England fear the most, is that of the Western States of North America. For the plains there, however, to supply England with any great quantity of food, they must be cultivated. They need hands. They are the very spots, then—forming as they now form, by the continued passing to and fro of steamers and sailing vessels, almost a part of the old world—to draw off the too crowded population of Ireland. If we had no re strictions on the trade between that country and England, there can be no doubt that the Western States oIA merica would be cultivated to a consider able extent to supply our market ; and no doubt that our own capitalists and American capitalists would go thither, and would carry labourers from Ireland. There is no country where labour is so much in demand as in the United States, and where there is yet so much work to be done. A few weeks ago we published an elaborate account of a magnificent aqueduct which has been con structed at New York. That, like other great undertakings in the States, was mainly executed by the hands of Irish labourers. Every town, nearly, requires some similar erection. In fact the work to be done in the United States is quite endless; and the more, therefore, we contribute to the prosperity of that country, the more we shall cause a demand for that labour which, from not being wanted in Ireland-..-SATAN always finding mischief for idle hands—is there the cause of insecurity and murder. The removal of restrictions extending over manufactures would increase the demand fbr labou rat home and the de mand forlabourin the United States; it would both give security to life and property in Ireland, and prosperity in England. We do hope, therefore, that the landlords of Ireland, for their own sake, will join our cause, and demand the removal of those restrictions which prevent the gradual ex tinction of agrarian outrages in Ireland. We are pretty sure, too, if we have been successful in connecting those outrages with restrictions on trade, we shall not want for some time in the continuation of them—whatever may be the mo mentary prosperity of England—mementos of the folly and guilt of our present system. The hostility of LOUIS PHILIPPE to the Hu- GENT of Spain is now assuming a serious aspect, and unless that Monarch be deterred by the other Powers of Europe, will, to a certainty, lead to a war between the two countries. Every fresh circumstance tends to confirm the suspicion that the conspiracy at Barcelona was the work of the French, and that it was got up with a view to ulterior S and hostile proceedings. Spanish jour nals, and, what is of much more importance, Spa nish functionaries, have advisedly proclaimed the fact, that the French Consul was implicated in the plot, and, but for the part he took in the affair on the.3d inst. by landing from the French ships a band of desperadoes, no bom bardment would have taken place, and the city would at once have returned to its allegiance. This is a grave charge, and, therefore, demands the most searching investigation, but, without waiting for inquiry, the King of the FRENCH has adopted the acts of the Consul as his own, and has rewarded him for his services by promoting * him to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour. Such a hasty step bears all the marks. of premeditation, and leaves no doubt in our minds, that the King of the FRENCH will have recourse to the last extremities to put down ESPARTERO'S Government, and marry one of his sons to the Queen of SPAIN. .Private letters from Paris affirm that active measures are in progress for completing the rupture, and that an official communication was made on Thursday to the Spanish Charge i d'Affaires at the Court of France, announcing that if the charges against the French Consul were not withdrawn his passports would be deli vered to him—in other words, war would be declared. Will the rest of Europe suffer this? Will England stand by and allow such a wanton act or aggression upon a country not only at peace, but closely allied with this country? We have every reason for answering in, the negative. Sir ROBERT PEEL, in the House of Commons, stated distinctly that the British Government would take no active part in establishing any particular Government in Spain, but at the same time would suffer no attack upon the independence of that country. This is a fearful crisis; but, thank GOD, it is not brought on by the English nation, or by her rulers. If the French nation be determined on war, and the blind rage against England which has lately pervaded all their journals leads to the inference, the wish must be gratified. LOUIS PHILIPPE with M. TntEus raised the war storm in 1840, and to a certain extent calmed it by yielding to the Allied Powers. He has raised it a second time, but the feeling of humiliation still rankles in the breast of the war party, and a second concession might cost him his throne, and perhaps his life. It is for this coun try, however, to be prepared for the worst, for it is our firm conviction, that nothing short of a miracle can preserve peace for twelve months, between England and France. A case, which we consider one of a very cruel description, was decided on Saturday, against a publican, by Mr. GREENWOOD, the Police Magistrate. The accuser (a policeman), evidently was instigated by personal motives; the Magis trate was aware of the fact, for he intimated that the course proposed by the infbrmer " looked so much, like making up a case;" and though really no offence was committed, except by the cabman who offended the dignity of two police con• stables, the defendant was fined five pounds. Two of these functionaries, it appears, on hearing a noise, " such as talking loudly," knocked at the door of the defendant about half ss eeo past two in the morning which was instantly opened, no d on enter i ng t h ey f oun d severa l cabmen e ne a ki t . the ndr ü b n a k r two N o o n f ew oflo mthteheypapr(ti3sritiyely w were n g --no complaint was made by the neighb ours of any noise, and, as they also swore, the landlord refused to serve out more liquor at that time of the morning. On leaving the house these gentlemen also swore the cabmen hooted thm as they This wa s very im proper,indiscreet, for th e gr i evous e i andve went iy offence probably gave rise to this cruel and ini , quitcus proceeding. We call it cruel, because two convictions fbr such a venial fault as this, if fault it can be called, may deprive the publican of his license, and ruin him and his family. I t is iniquitous, because, looking at the merits of the case, the defendant's conduct was p ra u t i l: l e ic r an p s praiseworthy than and f o u t r l t f h e e r si ty. punisheds bal;, the loss of their license, for conduct like this, not one in London could escape. It is a common practice for policemen to have two or three counts in their charges against prisoners, one of which is generally drunkenness, and when the rest fail they fall back upon this. The Magistrate knows the fact, and he should therefore have been cautious in believing their statements, and still more in imposing a penalty of such serious consequences. The old law allows only a fine of ss. for drunkenness, but this merciful new Act imposes a fine of 31. on a publican for what he could not possibly prevent. Our readers will re member that the Magistrate who gave this deci sion sent a boy of eleven years of age to prison for selling prints in the street to gain a liveli hood for himself and his widowed mother. Lions for plots of ground in Ireland, ending in bloodshed and murder, and the restrictions on trade ? We believe there is, and if we can make the connexion apparent, we shall show how much more extensive are the ramifications of restrictive laws than is supposed, we shall supply another argument for their repeal, and we may hope to win the support of the land owners in Ireland for the cause of free trade. It is the boast of the Whigs that agrarian out rages had much diminished, and had almost ceased under their rule. But during the time they were in office there was an increase of mills and of employment in the manufacturing dis tricts—trade was extremely brisk, and a very considerable number of Irish found employment in Lancashire and the west of Scotland. Th e effects of that great demand for Irish labour did not cease till 1840. The comparative security of life and property in Ireland was coeval, then, with the manufacturing and trade prosperity of England and Scotland. Latterly the ma nufacturing districts have sent back their hands to the agricultural districts ; there is no longer an extensive demand for fresh Irish labourers in Lancashire and Scotland; we no longer hear of their coming over in crowds on the decks of the steam-boats; and coeval with the slackness, or rather the cessation, of demand for Irish labourers in the manufacturing districts, agrarian outrages are becoming so numerous in Ireland that it is again an insecure place of resi dence. Does not that show a connection between agrarian outrages and those restrictive laws which impede trade and manufactures ? In Ireland land is almost the only means of obtaining a subsistence. To that end, possession of a little plot of ground is required. If men can get a comfortable subsistence without pus sessing a plot of ground, they will not fight and commit murder to obtain possession of it. The Irish have, on all occasions, shown themselves ready to emigrate to England or to the United States, or to any other part of the world where their services were in demand and wages were good. Even if we had established no connec tion, therefore, between manufacturing prospe rity in England and peace in Ireland, is it not clear that the best method to put an end to agrarian outrages in Ireland is to l es sen the competition for plots of ground as a means of subsistence, by enabling a large portion of the people to get a comfort able subsistence by other means?: But it has ; The half -yearly examination of the masters in been shown over and over againthat the ' training at the National Board of Education was abolition of restrictions on trade would imme- held on Thursday last at Dublin, on which oc diately give employment to a great multitude of casion the Lord Lieutenant attended, accom hands ; it w ould relieve the poor -rates of , panied by the Countess DE GREY ; and the Engla n d, an d would lessen the competition for Platform was crowded with visitors of various land in Ireland; it would increase, more than religious denominations; amongst whom were the best devised code of criminal laws, and more several clergymen of the Established Church and the Presbyterian body. The Archbishop of Dublin, Doctor WHATELEY, was also present, and addressed the crowded auditory with much effect in a forcible and argumentative speech, in the course of which, alluding to the opposition that had been raised to the National Board of education, and its system of tuition, he said, " it was, no doubt, a precious privilege to have the Bible, and the power of reading it; but was it not melancholy to reflect that by some it was so shamefully abused ? There are men who talk of it, who have it perpetually on their lips, who glory in it, and yet display a character quite op posite to the spirit of charity and forbearance which it inculcates., He would exhort the in structors of youth before him to have the Bible, not merely in their hands or mouths, but in their hearts." This is a home-thrust at the bigotry of those High-Churchmen—among whom we fear we must number the majority of the bench of Bishops—who, for mere party purposes, have distinguished themselves by the inveteracy of their opposition to the system of education adopted by the National Board. No calumny was too absurd—no abuse too gross for these interested Intolerants to launch against the Board in question. In Parliament, and out of Parliament, they asserted that it was opposed to the dissemination of the Scriptures among its pupils, or, that if it did permit them to be disseminated, it was in a garbled and muti lated form, so that more harm was done than good by such a qualified permission. They stated moreover, these deperate High-Church bigots, that the new system of education would neveran swer, but that, after doing as much mischief as pos. Bible, it,would be put down by the common sense and right feeling of the Irish community. Alas, for the prophecies of Intolerancel The National Board of Irish Education has answered—and more than answered—the expectations of those who originated it Instead of sowing dissensions among the people, it has materially assisted to heal them; instead of tending to encourage a laxity of religious principle, it has strengthened and confirmed such principle to the utmost; instead of sinking quietly and gradually into insignificance, it has slowly but surely acquired a vast moral influence in Ireland. Viscount CLIVE has just issued an address to the freeholders and other electors of the Northern Division of Shropshire, the representation of which is vacant in consequence of the elevation of the late Member, Sir ROWLAND HILL, to the peerage. In this address the Noble Viscount says :—" Should I be honoured by being chosen as your representative, I shall anxiously endeavour to support the honour and dignity of the Crown, and to maintain the privileges and efficiency of the Church. I shall study * to secure the rights and liberties of the people, and to protect the institutions to which they owe their origin and pre servation, both by resistance to those who clamour for their destruction, and by a readiness to adopt such improvements as altered circumstances may require." In these remarks, his Lordship dis plays true prescience and sagacity. He sees that Toryism can no longer stand still or retrograde; that the signs of the times indicate material changes ; and, like a man of , good common sense, he throws out a pretty broad hint that he is willing to yield to what can no longer be successfully resisted, and legislate for the age in accordance with the spirit of the age. Thus, if it should be found imperatively necessary for the great land owners and agriculturists to give up their darling Corn-laws, Lord CLIVE—Tory though lie be, and surrounded though he be by Tory connec tions•—will not hesitate to throw them overboard. thereby evincing—to quote his own significant words—" his readiness to adopt such improvements as altered circumstances may require." Symptoms of a similar conciliatory and acquiescent spirit part of the Tories are daily developing themselves in all quarters, and we really almost begin to think that Provid enc e has, for wise pur poses, at length vouchsafed to endow them with something like foresight and Common sense. At the Christmas meeting of the Isle of Wight Agricultural Society, which was held on Thurs day last at Newport, a gentleman named WALTON WHITE, who i s first, a Tory, secondly, a parson, and thirdify, a great land holder, declared boldly and unhesitatingly that the farmers must not look for ward to protection, for that principle was broken down; t h e y must look to their own exertions." Sound observations these, but who could have supposed a year ago, that they would ever issue from Tory lips ? Henceforth, we shall incline to the charitable opinion that to be a Tory, is not absolutely to write one's-se l f down an ass ! The intelligence from Madrid i s t o t h e 1 0t h inst. The REGENT still remained at Sarria, according jo the latest accounts from Barcelona, but was expected in the capital about the 15th. The Heraldo states that orders had been issued for the departure of the Infant DoN FRANCISCO DE PAULA from Spain, and also that the Cortes would be again assembled immediately on the arrival of ESPARTERO. The following remark able accusation against the French Consul by the Political Chief of Barcelona, dated the 2d inst., appears in the Madrid Gazette:—. " After the favourable reaction, the result of which was the dissolution of the revolutionary Junta, and members, een and after the rabble disarmed, there followed thecalled emtbhaer kPleaon o f hiatds been another reaction front the conduct of the French Consul, who landed the revolutionary Junta, and all the men who had prom oted the reb e lli on . Th e revo lutionists assembled anew in the course of yesterday, many of the National Guards quitted the town, leav ing it at the mercy of banditti. These commenced by raising the standard of Christina, and ended by plun dering the streets called Ancha and Las Platerias. Finding the city in this deplorable condition, given up to Vandalism, fomented by the Moderados and the French Consul, orders were given to open the bom bardment," &c. The Three per Cents. were done on the 9th at 21i for cash, and the Five per Cents. at 26 1-16th for cash, and 26t f f at 60 days. On the 10th, the Three per Cents. sold for 22 at CO days, and the Fine per Cents. at 26 for cash, and 261 at GO days. The Paris Moniteur has the following an nouncement :—" By ordonnance, dated the 16th, M. FERDINAND DR LESSEPA, French Consul at Barcelona, has been promoted to the rank of officer in the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour." LOUIS PIIII.LIPS , therefore, makes himself responsible for the acts of his agent, and th e French Consul as the chief author of therebellion, rebellion, and the cause of the bombardment, the as the Political Chief ' of Barcelona has denounced two Governments are directly at issue. we have made some remarks on this important crisis in another part of the Pape r , an d h e re subjoin ex tracts front the Paris Pape rs , in order toshow that the wild rage against this country which has per vaded their columns since the bombardment of Barcelona, is still on the increase. Liberals and Conservatives and Le g i t i mists are a lik e hostile. The Government journ a l , the Debate, says: — The English Press h as not discovere d any o th er means of justifying the pi t il ess neutra lity o f her Bri tannic Majesty s repre sentat i ve than i n ca l umn iati ng the conduct of the representative of France. A print, which has mach) itself the ready organ of the party rancour of the ex-Secretary for _Foreign Affairs, and which, besides, appears to be inspired on the present occasion from sources existing nearer to ourselves (the Chronicle), contains a most violent accusation The English jour nal states grave facts, but we d o not think ourselves obliged to place faith in its as ser tions ; and in consi dering from what source it has drawn its pretended information, we are exceedingly disposed to believe the contrary of what it affirms. A light will be thrown over all these matters ; the calumnious recri minations which the Spanish authorities already allow themselves cannot remain without reply. Explana ti„,„ mus t be given, and it must be fiiirly_known on which side have been intrigue, ingratitude, and on Which a too enduring patienc e —the patience of a neighbouring Government, h av i ng peculiar claims upon Spain. The Commerce throws all the blame on Eng lapd. "The more the facts are elucidated,"says that liberal journal, " the more it becomes evi dent that it was England w hi c h b o mbarded Bar celona by the hands of EspARTEno. This is a fresh crime to be added to the list of those which pollute the history of that sanguinary and sordid poli c y wh ich exists solely by the dissensions and THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 184.75, disturbances of the Continent and which has al- t ways reckoned upon interior discord and civil war amongst her most certain means of in fluence. All Europe has been moved at this scandalous spectacle of a Government which suffers foreigners to place in its hands a torch to fire its own cities. Public reprobation is divided between the REGENT and those who excited him; and it must be said that England enjoys the greater part of this reprobation. England is aware of this fact, and the English Press, with that common accord which characterises it when ever national egotism is concerned, are united in displacing the responsibility of this ferocious act, and attributing it to the French Consul." " We approve," says La Presse, " and all France will unite with us in approving, the con duct of Government, which has promoted the French Consul at Barcelona to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honour. Under existing cir cumstauc"s it is more than justice, it is a noble reply made to the calumnies published in the official journals of Spain and England." " M. GutzoT," says the National, "replied last evening to the accusations of the English Press by appointing M. LESSEPS officer of the Legion of Honour. This would not be too much, it would not be even sufficient to recompense the Consul's humane and honourable conduct, and the more meritorious as he acted under very difficult circumstances. But it is necessary that the fact of M. LESSEPS having been calumniated should be well established. If it were otherwise, this mark of favour conferred on an agent of whom the Spanish Government complains bit terly, would be a certain cause of rupture, and create fresh difficulties between the two coun. tries. M. GUIZOT is not so prompt to reward merit, nor does he on ordinary occasions display so much energy; we are apprehensive, therefime, that this appointment conceals some new act of perfidy, or is meant to prepare us for some fresh check offered to our national honour." Le Siecle observes, that the Government, by promoting M. LESSEPS to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honour, demonstrates its appre ciation of the calumnies of which the French Consul was the object. "We applaud (says Le Siecle) this act of justice. But as the attacks against M. LESSEPS originated ►with the official organs of the Cabinet of Madrid, we trust that satisfaction will be demanded for such an out rage, and that it will not be refused. We are not disposed to suffer any attack against the dig nity of France from Spain more than from any other country." The Courrier Francais says:— "The English journals must imagine all Europe to be most stupidly credulous. For several years their Government has been labouring to make of Spain, as it has of Portugal, an English pro vince. To gain this end it spares neither gold, nor ho nours, nor flattery—it buys Linage, seduces Espartero, meddles in every intrigue, interposes in every differ ence. Instead of entering into free and fair negotia tions for treaties of commerce, it arbitrarily imposes them, and would have them signed by the light of the flames raised by the guns of Montjuich; when all this is done, when the whole world points ,at Eng land as the author of all the evil—as the only party profiting by the evil—it finds journals sufficiently complaisant l or of sufficient bad faith to accuse— whom ?—the French Government, whose only wrong has been in remaining a passive spectator of this per tinacious usurpation. But the falsehood will no longer have its dupes ; Europe must at length believe its own eyes. England may derive profit from this conduct, but to obtain honour by it is impossible." The other journals which have articles on this subject regard . the charges brought against the French Consul at Barcelona as calumnies. The Moniteur publishes the following telegra. phis dispatch : " PERPIGNAN, DEC. 15.—Thirteen soldiers of the Corpos Prancos were shot on the esplanade at Barce lona on the 12th. No Spaniard was allowed to leave the town." The same official journal announces the occu pation of the Marquesas island by Admiral THOUARS in the mouth of June last. The sub joined is his report addressed to the Minister of Marine : "To Admiral Baron Duperre, Secretary of State for the Marine and Colonies. "Bay of Taiohae, June 25, 1842. "Monsieur l'Amiral—l have the honour to inform your Excellency that the taking possession, in the name of the King and of France, of two groups form ing the archipelago of the Marquesas, was this day happily effected. The recognition of his Majesty Louis Philippe; first, has been obtained by means of conciliation and persuasion, in conformity with .your orders, and has been confirmed by authentic acts drawn up for triple expedition. " I add to these official documents the circumstan tial report of the cruise of the frigate la Reine Blanche, from her sailing from Valparaiso, and that of all the events which took place for the acknowledgment of the King's sovereignty, and for the taking possession of the archipelago of the Marquesas.—Accept, &c. "The Rear-Admiral Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Station of the Pacific Ocean, "A. DUPETIT T lIOUARS." The subjoined is an extract from the Com merce, giving an account of another razzia in Algeria : The packet Amsterdam which left Algiers on the 10th, and arrived at Marseilles on the 12th, brings letters and journals. We find the following in the Akbar :—" On the 6th Arabs from the interior brought the following news of the army. On the 29th of November the Governor-General penetrated into the mountains of Orianseris. The Kabyles fled, their villages have been burnt, and on the return of the army to the plain several tribes sent horses in token of submission. " The Governor then made a ranzia in the country of the Beni-Zentes, which was completely successful —women, children, flocks, horses, and a rich booty fell into his hands. After this happy coup de main several tribes submitted." Two Aghas have forsaken the Emir, and waited on the Governor-General, who treated them with dis tinction. BOURSE—PA.ms. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17. First Highest .rawest Last Price. Price Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 15... 191 20... 119 5... 119 15 4% per Cents 106 60... 106 60.. 106 60._ 106 60 Four per Cents. 101 ... 101 ... 100 95... 100 96 Threes, ex div. 78 85... 73 90... 78 75.. 78 90 Bank of France 3350 —3350 ...3343 ...334.3 LaMtte Bank I,ooof 1052 50 ..1052 50..,1052 50...1032 50 Belgian Bank, 1841 1075 —.1075 ...1075 ...1075 Belgian Fives lo3* ... 1034 ... 104 ... 1034 1840 1041 ... 1044 ... 104 i 104 Spanish Active. .." 24 ... 24 ... ... 23i Passive 34 ... 34 ... 3/ ... 34 Portuguese Fives 324 ... 324 ... 324 ... 324 Neap01itan....».........106 25... 106 40... 106 25... 106 40 Roman lO4 ... 104 ... 104 ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain B4O 840 ... 840 ... 849 Versailles, L.B l2O ... 120 ... 110 ... 1 12 60 R. B 280 ... 280 ... 280 ... 280 Rouen Orleans. 617 50... 620 617 50... 620 Strasburg to Bale 202 50... 205 ... 202 50... 205 DUTCH FUNDS,—AterruanAm, DEC. 16 None ; . Bills, ActualOel t, 2% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per ceat. A inm t Svndic, 4)6 per ..... 9t 944 DAto, ditto, 8% per cent. 77 vl i ; C om mercial Company, 414 per cent l3O 130) 4 Loan 1837, 5 per 99% 99h Exchange on London, One Twomonths 12 15 Hamburgh, One month 35 117 Twomonths 33 63% Dutch Papers,' Dec. 17. BELGIAN FUN _a—BRUSSELS, DEC. 17. Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent, Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent "" ......... 10 7 2% ... Loan of Thirty Millions, Four p er Cent ...... 93 Three per Cent .. Thirty-seven Milli n s , di tto • 7 • 2 % m (e) .•• ...... ..•• 103 Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent, ... .. 96 Society of Commerce, Four an d ir Half pe . T . Cen" - t. Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 77 National Society , Exchange on London (short) 11/I••••••••••••••••••••••••• —Brussels Papers, uee.l7. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViRrorA, Esc. 9. Five per Cents. Metalli c i uts •••• 1E9% Four per Cents.. ...... e mo.••••••• , ....••••••• ........ llOllll 100% Three } nor Cents Bank Shares Allgemeine Zeltung, ....... 1 . 3". " PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, DEC. 15. Bills. Money SchulkSch., 4 per cent. Prus,i4a English Bonds, 1830, per cent 142)6 142 Excrosige on Lond on -- 6 24)6 prussiax State Gazette, Dec. 14 We have merely time to call attention to a letter from " A Commercial 'Traveller," complaining of the arrangements made by the Birmingham Railway Company. Commercial houses ought to take some steps to abate the injury caused by such re strictions on business. As coaches are driven off the roads, and the means of travelling are com pletely changed by these great Companies, they are bound to accommodate themselves to the wants and convenience of th public, but especially of that class whose success in business depends so much cn regularity and speedy conveyance. CHANNEL PASSINGERS.—From tile 9th to the 15th December, inclusive, there passed between France and England, by Boulogne, 601 passengers, two horses, and nine carriages; by Calais, 279 passengers, two horses, and five carriages. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, MONDAY EVENING. The English Market slightly recovered this after noon from the depressed condition into which it had fallen in the early part of the day, the reduction in prices having induced purchasers. The New Canada Loan ' was done this afternoon at 1 to 1 premium. We may observe, that to account for the depression in our Stocks, the fall of one•half per cent. at Paris is adduced. Consols closed at 931 buyers ; Exchequer i is were reduced to 51s. and 495. premium ; and India Bonds were 435. to 463. premium. India Stock for special transfer, and with the dividend, touched 2674. Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 101 to 101*, and the Three per Cents. 94?,- to 94*. There was not an active market for the Foreign Securities, but, except Spanish, they mostly were about the previous value. This particular Stock was depressed from the same causes which influenced our own funds. The Active Bonds were 18i to 18k, and the Three per Cents., 24* to 24. The p( s'tion of Espartero is sufficient to account for this. Por tuguese Converted Bonds were * shade better, b ping 321 to 321. Mexican Stock wai rather weak, at 31 to 314; Chilian continued firm at 74:4; and Brazilian was quiet at 69k. Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents. realised 52* to 4. There were but few additional transactions iR Shares this afternoon, and prices did not evince more elasticity. Great Western were 25 ; the Fifths, 41 : and Paris and Rouen, 51 premium. Midland Counties were 39, and South Eastern and Dover 27i discount. Colonial Bank Shares were 5 discount. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday was dull, only 2,500 bales being sold at the previous rates. In Railway Share:, also there was scarcely any busi ness done, there being but few purchasers. Eastern Counties were 8q; Birmingham Thirds, 33k; and South Western, 62. Accounts have been received from Buenos Ayres to the 15th October, and which appear to give fur ther evidence of the progress of Rosas in his invasion of the Oriental Republic. The national squadron had sailed with 12 transports under convoy, having on board troops and stores for Entre Rios, and the military movements appeared to be very brisk. A new Governor had been appointed in Santa Fe, who was expected to act vigorously against the enemies of Rosas. The English residents at Buenos Ayres had held a meeting, at which it was determined to open a subscription in aid of the relief fund whith had been set on foot in England for the dis tressed manufacturers. After a slight demand for certain sprinc , goods, the market for imported fabrics had again become very dull. Flour was higher. Shipping was wanted at the same rates as at Monte Video. Dry freight was more abundant at Buenos Ayres. There were 40 vessels in port, nine of which were British. Advices to the 7th October from Monte Video direct, received ilia Havre, stated that the continuance of hostilities paralysed btiness, and that it wa3 diffi cult for ships to obtain cargoes. From Java under date of Sept. 6, we learn that another serious fire had occurred at Sourabaya, by which a great number of Chinese and native houses had been destroyed. The Canada Loan having so entirely got into the hands of the Stock Exchange members, forms an agreeable hobby for the speculators, and they have run it up already and 1 per cent. pre mium, with a prospect of its going higher. The security, however, is, in point of fact, first•rate, and as such the public will take it for want of better in vestment, now money is so abundant. The instal ments are to be made on the 22d December, and on the 9th January next. In the Funds there has been only a limited busineis done, and the quotations are still rather heavy for Consols, which have receded to 934 ; and 931 for the opening. Exchequer-bills are steady at 50s. to 51s. premium; and East India Bonds at 435. prem. ; Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are worth 101 to 104 ; and Long Annuities 12 9-16 ; India Stock is firm at 267+. The Foreign Market is rather flat. Spanish Actives are 181 4 ; and the Three per Cents., 24i to 24k. Mexican Bonds have not been higher than 31+ to 31. Brazilian have been dull at 69; and Dutch Two-and a Half per Cents are quiet at 521 to 52/. Portuguese Converted Bonds, are steady at 324. The Railway Shares also can hardly be called so buoyant.. Great Western are 25i ; Birmingham, 981 to 99i ; South Western, 20i ; and Manchester and Leeds, New, 2 premium. Brighton are 14 to 14+; South Eastern Scrip, 3 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2 and Eastern: Counties, 141 discount. British North American Bank Shares are 7 discount. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 17. Three per Cent. Consols 94 Three and a Half Stock Ditto, New, 1830 • MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 17.—We have had a flat market, but prices continue firm. Paris and Rouen, 25i to 26; Manchester and Bir mingham, 20 to 20+; Manchester and Leeds, 73 to 74 ; ditto Halves, 311 to 32 ; South Eastern, 61+ to 62+; Peak Forest Canal, 40/. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 94 t 3 per Cent. Cons.... 3i per Cent. Red 101 New 3i per Cent — New 5 per Cen' Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ......... 12 9-16 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 !India Stock 26Th pm Ditto Bonds .... 46 pm Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annuities... Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 52 pm Ditto 500/...... 50 pm Ditto Small ...... 52 pm Bank Stock for Acct. 'lndia Stock for Org... Consols for Acct. FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent....,, Ditto, Metallic ..... Spanish, 5 per cent.,., — Ditto, Deferred.... . French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Exchange —f. —c French, 3 per cent —f. —e. Dutch, 2i per cent....... 523 Ditto, 5 per cent.. 1004 FOREIG Austrian, 5 per cent I.lelgian i , 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds 69 Buenos Ayres 6 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent. 74i Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Boi Danish, 3 per 2ent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent — Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825,6 perch. ' ' n SHARES. Eastern Counties (23 paid) 8& Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) .. . . . London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) ...... London and South Wester n (4116 s 10d pd) 61t Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto New Shares (30 paid) ... Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)... 22i Ditto Scrip (20 naid) CHARTIST MEETINGS.—Last night a number of district meetings were held in and about the metro polis, having for their object the election of delegates to represent the various localities at the Conference to be held on Tuesday next in Birmingham, which has been called by Mr. Joseph Sturge. The principal meetings were held in the National Association Hall, Holborn ; the Old Bailey, Turnagain-lane, West minster, and Walworth. DaBADPUL ACCIDENT, AND DEA'III OF THE COUNTESS OF DENBIGH FROM FRIGHT.-011 Friday morning, at twelve o'clock, a dreadful occurrence took place in Eaton-square, Pimlico, at a louse now being finished for the Earl of Denbigh. It appears that a large cornice had just been fixed against the side of the building by the bricklayers, when the latter being about to leave (it being their dinner hour, the cornice fell with tremendous force, and caused the scaffolding to give way, and the three men were precipitated into the road from a height of nearly fifty feet. The Countess of Denbigh, who was passing at the time, and who witnessed the scene, was sleeted that she was instantly conveyed home, and, we regret to say, that her Ladyship expired in the afternoon at three o'clock. The Countess was enciente, and has had eleven children. The poor men were conveyed to St. George's Hospital. NORFOLK.—STRANGE STORY. — Messrs. Culley , of Cossey, have lately built a didling boat, and employed men to take the soil from the bottom of the river in front of their mills. A few days since these men found a human skeleton, and a coroner's inquest has since been held. It appears that about nine years ago a Jew, whose name was said to be Abrams, visited Ta verham in the course of his trade, sold some small articles, for which he gave credit to the purchasers, and left the public house there in the evening, on his way to the Lion, at Drayton (the next village), with, as now reported, a sum of 901. in his possession. At Drayton he disappeared, nor did he ever again come to claim the amounts due to him at Taverham. Some time afterwards a man named Page was apprehended for sheep-stealing, tried, and sentenced to be trans ported for life. During his imprisonment he told divers stories of robberies and crimes, most of which turned out to be false. But, amongst other things, he wrote a letter, promising that if he were released from gaol and brought to Cossey, "he would them that, from under the willow tree, which -would make every hair in their heads rise up." The man was not released, but the river was drawn, and some sheep's skins and sheep's heads were found, which were considered to be the objects Page alluded to. From under this willow tree, however, the skeleton has been fished up by the didlers, and it is said there is proof that the corpse was fixed down by a muck crome. The common belief in the neighbouring villages is, that these are the bones of the missing Jew, and hat Page knew of the murder if he were not an accomplice. The Magistrates, we understand, believe that they have obtained a clue to the mur derers, and have been and still are earne s tly engaged in pursuing the discovery." -- Norwich Mercury, LAST WORDS OF LORD RUSSELL ON THE SCAF FOLD.—" I did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking in upon this nation, and those who advance it will stop at nothing to carry on their designs ; and I am heartily sorry that so many Protestants give their helping hand to it." SIP:r''ARY OF NEWS AND tititittt tr)lotitton. " Who runs may re,id. roitExcic. Louis Philippe has rewarded the French COMM) at Barcelona, by raising him to the rank of an officer in the Legion of Honour. The Constitutionnel denies that there is any truth in the reproach so often brought against some of the French journals, o f a d es i re t o involve France Mid England in war. The Messager informs us, under date of Pereht s Tian, the 15th, that thirteen soldiers of the corps raised by the Juntas were shot at Barcelona on the 12th. No Spaniard was allowed to stir out of the town. These, with the captain of infantry shot in the cont.. mencement, are the only executions that have been positively announced. A letter from Granville states that an English GS" vernment cutter arrived there a few days age, w ith message of thanks f rom th e G overnor o f the Wan" of Jersey to M. Jayet de Gercourt, the commattder of the French Government cutter Espiegle, for The services rend e redt,b3 fire s at s that t r . • Helieresselon . the occurrence r eb ly of tw o. The Journal des Chemins de Fer says, all the shatO for the railroad from Rouen to Havre have been taken, and that the works will be urged on with 10 much celerity as those of the road from Paris to Rouen have been. A deputation, composed of six of the notable inhas bitants of Saragossa, arrived at the Regent's head quarters on the 10th, to congratulate him, in the nam e of all classes of the p o p u l a ti on of that city, on the sup pression of the revolt at Barcelona. The Phare des Pyrenees of the 14th states, under date Barcelona, the 11th, three o'clock p.m., th at three 'regiments were to march on that day from Bar celona for Gerona and the French frontier. p decl old tohfun T bt‘l, he S 1 pub li sh e s re :fua t at . nnunrooe Petersburgh ru4 naelerlannouncing gof non-commissioned mt Ga t n s z ette of the Minister Ist day,the s s i i E g on n ill e e p d d er b o o y ffi r t e h h e ns rs e and s v d si i ec e pe r t s ea :N rl ' e ho have betro2sb ,e and d t m l li c e! o oddo p uu l tt e y t ed h annually wi t th e i t r regimentsw f o raensray oy toe szerah they are for that time to be appointed. The Duke of Bordeaux arrived at Dresden on the Bth from Prague, and alighted at the Palace. A letter from Munich mentions the arrival there of an officer of engineers of the Egyptian army, who is on a tour of inspection of the military establishment" of Germany, France, and England. PUBLIC OPINIO2C " Can anything be conceived so thoroughlY The following remarks are from the Chronicle : to a Minister and a great party is the state of doubt about their future intentions ? initn knows whether Sir Robert Peel means in rebruari to propose the total abandonment of all Corn-law s whatsoever, or to stand resolutely by the Act cn session. No one knows what his party will ao ; "- many of them are urging him to stand by their • el°: nopolies ; or how large the proportion that are asar ing him that in any dereliction of past principles he may count on the basest compliance on their Om"' We do not pretend to be in the secrets of the tab!' net ; and we can only infer their intentions from 6 2 ) , taires:ertes; language of their supporters in Parliament or. L t": press. But who can make out anything from Ow,' Babel of confused and jarring sounds ? The Tin" after long silence on the main question, which it itP.' peared to have thr own over , i n or d er t o ve nt. its abus‘ on the opponents of the Corn-laws, suddenly reneWl its protest against those laws, calls for a fresh relit** tion of them, and insinuates that some fresh move!' the direction of free trade is to be made billi atb ' At the same time the same. note is all at yM once taked up persons of more or less weight all over the Gobi!' try. The Duke of Rutland boldly tells his 41 - Let: tural neighbours that th e s lidi ng - sca l e ca n well D ea " a reduction of " some shillings." Mr. Escott, it the same season, inculcates on his auditors the probability of a freer trade in corn. Messrs. Dickinson and AP' land boldly announce the doom of monopoly to thee. who returned them to support it. And from iht further end of Somersetshire the sad Miles efialk' forth to the shepherds who surround him his rated warning that the sliding-scale is doomed, and debt ploughing must henceforth be the only protection el the agriculturists." The Post says—" Her Majesty's Government woul d do much good if they would take some mode 0 , f . authoritatively informing the public whether it is. a.r is not, in their present contemplation to make anY important alteration in the Corn-law of last sessions On every side the loud cry is that such alteration and must be, in the contemplation of the Government , They who express a contrary opinion are laughed st as ridiculously blind to the manifest signs of the time, Conservative as well as Radical authorities are quotes( in proof that the present law cannot stand. The cut.. rent of public opinion is said to be dead against the existing law ; and if public noise and clamour wet 4 the same thing as the current of public. opinion we should be constrained to admit that the assertion ill true. But we think there may be a great deal of fie ' titious and fraudulent public noise and clamour which ought not to be recognised as public opinion, and theTl think also that the noise and clamour agains.t.., existing protection to home. agriculture is fictit . lor and fraudulent. But, such as it is, it appears to ha ve had its intended effect upon a great many Ws"' calling themselves Conservatives, and we find sucn persons joining in the general prophecy that the Corn. law must go."' Th.:. Advertiser makes the following excellent obs servations on the exertions of the Anti-Corn - W V League and the terror of the Tory monopolists :--- " The triumphant progress of the Anti-Corn-lav r Fund is filling the Tory monopolists. with dismal' They looked on the idea of raising 50,0001., i n the space of a few weeks, by voluntary exertion, as one of the most Quixotic notions that ever found its svei, into human head. If they had for a moment fan cie d that those who first propounded the scheme seriously expected it could ever be realised, the monopolist' would, one and all, have urged on their friends the proftiety of consigning them, without delay, .to tke, safe keeping of a lunatic asylum. The Tories, it 1 . 11 clear, imagined, when the idea was fi rst broached. that those with whom it originated were secretly seeking to play off a hoax at the expense of the re: pealers. The monopolists took it for granted that it would be just as rational an undertaking to devil scheme for paying off the national debt, as it woul be to engage to raise 50,000/. for Anti-Corn - le r purposes, from a people whom they knew to be ife: poverished—impoverished by those very laws — t° degree verging on starvation. Nor was the failure, the signal if not ludicrous failure, of any attempt!! raise such a sum, the only result which tne monopolists anticipated from the 50,0001. terprise. They made equally sure that one the certain and immediate fruits of the faila h r : would be the breaking-up of the League, and the consequent extinction of Anti-Corn-law agita t in g While the Tories were busily engaged in layor t flattering unction to their monopolist souls, some an_ . : happy hack was set to work in.therorterty Rev i ew to give form and Pressure'' to their u ncontrolle exultations. The ill-fated scribe forthwith took Ye i in hand, and did as he was desired. He first 8107 expression to his confident predictions as an t he • failure to the attempt to raise the sum in qu e st and then he gives way to a fit of laughter A supreme credulity of those who could, even for 14 little moment, imagine the collection of 50,0001' such a purpose to be a contingency within, the rel of possibility. Let them laugh that win, "n i ter - proverb. Who has the greatest cause for Islam • now—the Repealers, or the Monopolists ?We r etr y , like to tee the latter now attempt to gat up ". o wd h laugh at the League. What an abortion it IN .orria 4 7 , needs be—it would doubtless resemble the grin ' and ghastly smile' of Milton's fallen an gt.,. The monopolists are in no laughing mood at Pre se l o They are the subjects of feelings and emotions 31.' very opposite of those in which laughter is supposed to have its origin. No less than 15 . of the 50,0001. are already raised, though collecti have been only as yet made in ten or twelve toil: This is no joke to the monopolists. They mu st a • mit, however reluctantly, that it is at •all events very* fair beginning; for it is only considered in t" , light of a commencement by the Anti - Corn-lavi Leaguers themselves. In that sum — ever y shilling' of which is already in hand, no portion of the amount being in promises—in that sum the Conservative Mut; nopolists must read the death-warrant of leg islati ! protection to the agricultural interest. If they d? not, they must be blind as the moles and the bats. They must neither have eyes nor ears to perceive what is passing around them. They must be labour• ing under the influences of a political mesmerisMo more potent by far than any ever produced by PI" fontaine or any other professor of the magnetising tut No matter how profound may be the trance in which they are at present—and profound it must be if the! are unconscious of the impending extinction of the corn monopoly—they will, ere long, awake, and, opening th e ir eyes, will be struck with amazement , seeing that monopoly lying in a mass of ruins arounti. them." In adverting to the bombardment of Barcelona, the Times says—" Private accounts which have been rem ceived from Barcelona, and communicated to us bi persons worthy of credit, strongly confirm the opinion we already entertained, and have more than once en pressed, as to the real effects of the bombardment or that city. If those effects had been commensurs_ P ,O t i " 4 the number of projectiles said to have been disc hor against those devoted walls, or to the alarm and indir nation which our French Contemporaries have get UP upon this occasion, it is hardly possible that still fuller account of such a sweeping dostructioP shQw . .3. i~ .., i ~ ,