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~) ~~, S: No r ready, price One Shilling, with characteristic Illustra tions by Leech, Part VIH. of THE FORTUNES OF lIECTOR 0 ' ..A. LL ORA N. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. * To be had also of all Booksellers. Just ready, in post Bvo., with Characteristic Illustrations by Leech, THE SECOND ERIES OF T FIE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS; Or, MIRTH AND MARVELS. By THOMAS INGOLDSBY, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Just ready, in 3 vols. Svo , with Portraits, MEMOIRS of the COURT of ENGLAND, from the REVOLUTION in 168t1 to the DEATH of GEORGE IL 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). On Wednesday next, Dec. 14, in 3 vols. post Bvo., COLLEGE 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. To be had at all the Libraries. NEW WORK BY MISS LAWRENCE. Preparing for immediate publication, in small Bvo., THE HISTORY OF WOMAN IN ENGLAND. . 1 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." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY _IL 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, £1 .500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together to £72,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURG H, 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 25,0(101., 18,0001., 9,000/., 5,0001., and 3,600/. to London ; 3,600/., 8001., and 700/. to Edinburgh ; 3,600/. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3,600/. to Halifax ; 1,2001. to Porthleaven Harbour; 9001., 7001., and 6001. to Liver pool ; 9901. to Hull ; 900/. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001. and 600/. to Manchester; 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham shiro ; 700/. to Colne, Lancashire ; 60W. to Cork ; and 600/. to Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua ranteed by the Government. This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than 25.000/. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of IL and upwards. One Share, IL ; •.wo Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 31.; four Shares, 41. ; five Shares, 5L ; six Shares, 61.; seven Shares, 71. ; eight Shares, Si. ; 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. 3:HEA I RE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 12, , Will be presented Shakspeare's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley; Master Slender, Mr. Harley; Mr. Ford, Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Ford, Miss Kate Howard ; Mrs. Page, Miss Rainforth ; Anne Page, Miss Poole; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Order. To conclude with Auber's Opera of MASANIELLO ; or, THE DUMB GIRL OF POLITIC'. Masaniello, Mr. W. Harrison ; Alphonse, Mr. Travers ; Elvira, Miss Poole ; Fenella, Miss Paulin. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; 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 Bor.d-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Man. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 12, Will be repeated the Comedietta of A CURE FOR LOVE. Felix Trimmer, Esq., Mr. W. Farren ; Richard Sadgrove, Esq., Mr. Buckstone. Mrs. Felix Trimmer, Mrs. Malone Raymund ; Mrs. Major Browne, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Miss Bitterton, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Tubbs, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, THE DOWAGER. Lord Alfred Lyndsay, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Dowager Countess of Tresilian, Madame Vestris. To which will be added, the Petite Drama of SUZANNE. Simon Swallow, Mr. Buckstone ; Suzanne, (an Orphan), Madame Celeste. To be followed by Mr. T. H. Bayly's Burletta of ONE HOUR ; or, A CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly, (his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews ; Miss Dalton (her original character), Madame Vestris, who will sing Love is the Theme." To conclude with the laughable Farce of MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 12, Will be produced a new Burletta, entitled THE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters by Megsrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford. Wright, Maynard, WielaN, 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 be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Fralpton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conclude with a Comic Burletta, 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. MAPO F 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-CH 0 NVFOO, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE; IV IT II AL L TI-1 E LATEST N EWS. Orders 'Teemed at the SUN- OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of ail News-Agents,. ATI.:t: AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Ijornirg ... '3 minutes after $ I Evening 24 minutes after 9. 4„, CIU S A , 7 0 10 E 7. ' m O N 1.0.7 r .RO% nt .1114 LONDON : MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1842. It seems now almost universally admitted that the present Corn-law cannot be maintained. The Spectator on Saturday, for example, said, " Wil lingly or reluctantly, it begins to be generally felt that the Corn-laws must go." "We will not • pretend to believe that the change can take place next session." " Agreeably to all English usage the new Corn-law must be ' fairly tried ' first, if only on the score of legislative decorum." This is deliberately written in a journal which prides itself on its careful observation, and on using the most guarded and well-weighed expressions. The first sentence accords so well with the tergiversa tions of the Times, and the lang,uage used at all agricultural meetings, that we may safely reite rate it, and assert that the Corn -laws " must go." But if the Corn-laws must go, because they are at once unjust, and now proved to be ex tremely pernicious, what will the public think of the propriety of the new law a fair trial on the " score of legislative decorum T' What, let us also ask, can they think of the sagacity of the man, and what of the art he profi'sses, wh o t e ll s them that they must submit for another year, or perhaps two, or perhaps sir, to the law which is doomed, and must go, fo: the sake of legislative decorum? Moralists assure us that the more speedily a wrong is redressed, or an error atoned for, the less is the demerit of the repentant wrong-doer; but in politics a flagrant wrong may be perpetrated, all men may be sensible that it is a grievous wrong, the Legislature itself may be convinced of it, and yet legislative decorum for bids the Legislature instantly to redress that wrong. The laws of morality and ofhonour, then, do not apply to the Legislature, and. the public 0 , , 1 1 this principle, i s to b e sacrificed to the " i Ews . .. . 0 .. ecortim of an abstract entity called the - '''' .' - - r - a re. The prodigious suffering and misery -"- —' - ' tcommunity be b - ' r 4.1. a..:-... z _ . =-: j _.--2 - ' .tii* a., must borne .or an -4_,, '., • - i•trade must .be deranged or sus -1:13-•s an =fig . ' r , ( Z ( •:•(7-7-';''!"-.rp A - ' r i ca lture must be uncertain, no l eases 0 ,, , e ..., . . 141 a s must be made, no contracts relative to land en tered into, and a vast number of the people must be starved for the sake of legislative de corum. We quote this as a specimen of what is frequently described to be the highest branch of human wisdom, politics,- or statesmanship. But now look back at the first assertion, " the Corn-laws must go." Why ? Not because Sir ROBERT PEEL wishes to get rid of them; not be cause the majority of Parliament dislike them; not because they and be are even particularly willing to give them up, but because the conse quences of those laws, now so plainly marked in the misery of the nation, can no longer be main tained without leading to mischief, which even the decorous Legislature dreads to encounter. Those laws are a contravention of the laws of na ture, like building a house on a loose sand, or placing- a half-welded axle to a locomotive engine. They are a violation of justice, and will as surely lead to injury, as the falling down of a house or the snapping of the axle. If the whole commu nity were polled, man by man, and woman by woman, and were to say the Corn-laws shall be continued, their united assent would not alter one tittle of their consequences, and would not make them less a contravention of the laws of nature, and less a violation of justice. The mass of the community now see that, and therefore the Corn-laws " must go." The Spectator draws the conclusion as we draw it, from observing their consequences. All other men, even many of the landlords, draw the same conclusion from the same premises. When they affirm on these grounds that the Corn-laws must go, they try to overrule the will of the Legislature. They speak to it like a mas ter, and say it must do a certain thing. The authority of the Legislature, then, is virtually set aside in men's hearts and minds by the authority of nature. Respect for its decision on that par ticular point is necessarily at an end, and is over ruled instead of being honoured. On that point it is what Mr. CARLYLE calls a " poor simula crum"—a mere mockery. It has no faith or power in it. According to the Spectator, how ever, for the decorum of this simulacrum, the authority of which that journal, in this instance and many others, tries to overrule and set at nought, this great community is to be plunged for another year into all the misery and vice which are. caused by Sir ROBERT PEEL'S new modification of an old injustice. Our Contempo rary, like other partisans, prefers the Premier's reputation to the national welfare, and says, perish the people, but let legislative decorum live for ever. Agreeing with our Contemporary " that the Corn-laws must go," we have to say that it will now be the duty of the League, and those who have contributed to bring about that consummation, to be on their guard against admitting modifications of the law. The sliding scale being overthrown in the public mind, they will now have to direct their exertions to explain the mischief of a fixed duty, however small. That is a nostrum which has not been lately tried, and the whole tribe of le gislators, for the sake of something more than decorum, will flee to that rather than give up all regulations on the subject. Whatever the omnipotent Legislature pro mises or designs, its humble lieges are apt, in spite of experience, to believe is sure to be ac complished. Mr. GREG, in the Prize Essay we have already quoted, very happily exposes, by a history of the vain attempt of the Legislature to keep up the price of corn, the folly of thiS general belief. At the same time it cannot be speedily eradicated, and as a tax on corn, for the sake of revenue, would operate in precisely the same way as an equal tax for the sake of protection, many persons will believe that it will raise prices, and will try to recommend it. Such a proposition appears in our columns to day, graced by no less honoured a name than that of Earl FITZWILLIAM, and the refutation which accompanies it is not likely to prevent a large number of persons from adopting it. If the opinions and views of the League be un altered, its lecturers, orators, and writers, must at once vigorously grapple with this new form of the old fallacy, and point out the evil conse quences, especially to farmers, of a fixed duty to be levied for the sake of revenue. Mr. R. GREG'S Essay contains some materials to this end, which we shall probably use to-morrow. • The Duke of BUCKINGHAM has at length ventured to meet his tenantry. Yesterday his GRACE attended the annual dinner of the Bucks Conservative Association at. Brill, and candidly explained his views as to the policy of Sir RO BERT PEEL. While all others are changing around him, while the Duke of RICHMOND and. Sir EDWARD KNATCIIBULL, and nearly all who professed the same opinions regarding the Corn laws, are either silent or acquiescent in the new law and the tariff, the " Farmer's Friend " still remains inexorable, and denounces these measures as dangerous to the country. " Whatever changes may have overtaken some," said he, " these changes of opinion have not altered mine. Those opinions remain firm and unchanged; those opinions remain un altered; and I look back with regret, and with deep regret, to the passing of the new Corn Bill and the Tariff, which I regard as hostile and dangerous to the interests of the British farmer." In order that there may be no mistake, be reiterates these sentiments before the close of his speech, and vainly imagines that if he only re main firm, the renegades will see the error of their ways, and return to the right path. He may as well expect time to stand still. The fate of this important question is sealed. In every town and city throughout the empire the cry is, " Free trade, and down with monopoly !" and neither the House of Lords, nor the Tory House of Commons, can resist this universal opi nion, so distinctly pronounced by the commer cial and manufacturing interests. The agricultural interest, too, is fairly on the turn; and from all canw s e alp to haveluet the arn, question both landlords and tenants are anxioush shall some' final fore enactment N,er a t whichrest. Many are now willing to grant leases, but the tenants refuse all but yearly engagements. Agricultural improvement, therefore, must stand still, or the landlords must take the land into their own hands, generally a ruinous speculation, till the Legislature allay all fears as to future changes. The speech of the Duke throughout displays great despondency; and, therefore, augurs well for such a result. , Four cler gyman spoke at the meeting, and it is a re= markable fact that neither of these gentlemen, generally so obsequious to his Grace, nor any other speaker, said a word against that Bill which the Duke pronounced as " so hostile and dangerous to the British farmer." The following remarks made by the Rev. G. CIIETWODE is a fair sample of the rest, and show that they are satisfied to wait the results of the trial. "I am sorry," said he, " that a cloud has been so long hanging over the interests of the British farmer, but I hope it will not be of long duration. I hope, however, that it will soon vanish, and that our rulers, by the results of what they have lately done, will not find themselves mistaken." Our attention has been directed to an appeal case, which was heard before the Justices sitting in Quarter Sessions, at Knutsford, Cheshire, on the 0 8th ult., which deserves to be made known to the public, as an illustration of the mode of administering the laws out of the metrop o li s . So long ago as July 6th, there was a turn-out of silk-weavers, in Congleton, on account of the wages p :id by Messrs. READE and Co. On that day a crowd assembled about their mill, in order to prevent some persons who, it was sup posed, were inclined to work, from pro ceeding to their business. One man, in particular, of the name of BILLINGTON, was said to have been forcibly ejected fr►►nt his work by persons whom Mr. READE knew, as they had formerly worked for him, and to whom he spoke at the time. He saw tin' Mayor the same day, and he made no charge against any person, nor did he at any time make any charge before time borough Magistrates. It appeared in his evidence that he had no confidence in them, for what reason is not stated, but we presume it a 3 merely on account of theirpolitical opinions, , and having confidence in the county Magistrates he repaired, on the 15th of September, to Sand bach, seven miles from Congleton, and on his 1 depositions, two county Magistrates granted warrants against three persons, accused of hav ing fbrced BILLINGTON away from his work on the 6th of July. For us that is the first curious circumstance. Mr. READE does not take his workmen before the Magistrates of the borough in which they reside, and in which their charac ters are known, he takes them before county Magistrates, who can know nothing of them; and who, perhaps, are infected with that un happy prejudice against the manufacturing classes, which is common to country gentle men. What would be thought in London if a master-manufacturer in Spitalfields, ten weeks after the commission of an ofOnce, chose to apply to the Magistrates, not of Worship-street, or the City of London, but of Epping in Essex, and the gentlemen were to issue warrants to carry the culpable silk-weavers before them ? We know that such things cannot be done here, but something similar was done at Congleton, and it appears to us a strange inversion of the ordinary course of the law. Mr. READE attained his end. The Magistrates convicted the three men named, FARRALL, MA HONEY, and JEPIISON, and sentenced the last to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, and the two first to imprisonment with hard la bour in the House of Correction :-.. Knutsford, which implies, we are informed, a prohibition of all communication with their friends outscle the gaol. The men appealed against the sen tence, and the Justices in Quarter Session, under the Chairmanship of TRAFFORD TRAFFORD, Esq., confirmed it, and, moreover, condemned the appellants in costs to the amount of 401. 10s. On what evidence the original conviction was grounded, we are not aware, but the evidence on which it was sustained is reported at considerable length in the IllacclesfieldChronicle, and, judging from that, we must say that men were rarely punished on slighter evidence of guilt. Mr. READE proved the presence of the prisoners at his gate, and proved that his own men stayed away from work, but it was not proved that they did not stay away voluntarily. The charge was that the accused obstructed one WILLIAM BIL LINGTON and BILLINGTON, who was not exa mined on the first conviction, though present, was examined on the appeal, and he swore posi tively that he had determined, on the eveningof July 3, not to work for the Messrs. READE and Co., that he attended a meeting of the weavers on the morning of July 6, and did not attempt to enter the factory on that morning to re' w his work; cross-examination did not shake testimony, but another person swore that Bit- LINGTON said he had been shoved from the gate. The men assembled, undoubtedly, in a crowd, but we can see no evidence whatever of their having forcibly prevented any person from pur suing his work, and that crowd dispersed the instant they were required to do so by the Mayor. The sentence seems to us as severe as toe whole proceeding was ext - . )rdinary. The Justices, we are bound to say, took a dif ferent view from ours ; the Chairman would not hear the advocate for the respondents to an end, and declared that, without hearing him, the Bench had made up its mind to sustain the con viction. The bulk of the workmen in the coun try cannot possibly see such decisions in the same light as the Magistrates, who must not be surprised to learn, that with many people the phrase " Justices' justice " is a bye-word and a mock , 2ry. We hold the interference of the County Magistrates, in the first instance, to have been unwarrantable, and the conduct of their brethren in sustaining the conviction to have been in conformity with the original impropriety. Tortured as the people are by numerous summary punishments, and by arbitrary proceedings such as these, we wonder more at their patience than at their discontent, and admire submission far more than we can ondemn disorderly conduct. The accounts from Madrid are to the Ist inst., but they contain no news. The Three per Cents. were done on the Madrid Bourse of the Ist inst. at 22 21 15-16 at 60 days. The Five per Cents. at 264- cash, and 261 at 60 days. The intelligence fromßarcelona is to the 2d inst., which will be found under that head. The following agreeable intelligence respecting the Formidable, has been received by the French Government :—" The Etna on its return from Tarragona, joined the Gassendi by the order of Commandant GATIER, in order to assist in getting off the English ship the Formidable. After many hours of hard exertion she was got clear of the coast, and was yesterday towed by our two steamers into the roadstead of Barcelona, where another English ship, the Rodney, had anchored in the morning. When the Gassendi and Etna had completed their task, the crews of the Eng lish ships saluted them with five hurrahs. The French ship of the line Jemmapes, of 100 guns, has cast anchor off Barcelona." The following are the only articles of the slightest interest in the Paris papers:—" Our Cabinet," says the Commerce, " is said to have foreseen the eventuality of direct relations of trade with China as a consequence of the war against that country by England, and we are assured that Colonel DUBOIS DE JANCIGNY was furnished with powers to become accredited by the Chinese Government. This eventuality hav ing arrived, it is believed that M. DE JANCIGNY has assumed in China an official character, as representative of the French Government." The Journal des Debats gives a report that the Formidable had brought ammunition of every kind for the army of ESPARTERO at Barcelona. The Barcelonese," it adds, "were the more con vinced of that fact, as during two days many pieces of cannon, cannon-balls, and other pro jectiles were conveyed from the coast to the fort; but all those articles belonged to the armament of the Formidable, which was necessarily light ened of her immense materials of war, in order to be extricated from the sands into which she had sunk. , Independently of the Jemappes, we have before Barcelona the Meleagre brig of war, the steam frigate Gassendi, the Etna, and an other steamer. Our countrymen are thus sure of an efficacious protection ; and a respectable asylum is offered by the French vessels to Spanish emigrants of all classes." THE SUN, LONDON) MONDAY MORNING, DI-47.CEMBER 12, 1842 BOURSE-PARIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER S. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 75... 119 75... 119 70... 119 75 Four per Cents 101 30... 101 30 .. 101 30... 101 30 Threes, ex div 79 39... 79 30... 79 25... 79 25 Bank of France 3345 —.3360 —.3345 .. 3360 Laffitte Bank 1,0001_3057 50 —1057 50...1057 50...1057 50 Belgian Bank,sl'r°4lf 5°1018°70031 .......5..10:82070315°,..17101807023450........501010870327 Belgian Fives. .. 1840.... 1041 ... 104 A, ... 1041 ... 1040 Spanish Active. .. 23i ... 231 ... 23 ... 234 Neapolitan, ex div 107 25... 107 25... 107 25... 107 25 Roman, RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B 270 ... 270 ... 270 ... 270 L.B B7 50... 90 ... 87 50... 90 Rouen Orleans. 61 9 50... 615 ... 612 50... 615 .... Strasburg to BaleEL G 1 2 F 0 u 3 N7: 5 5..._. B 2 R o t 3 s 57E51.8..; DEC.2O2 i r ... 202 50 AN ',Anal Debt, 2y, per Cent , B Aetna. _ _ ~ ~_ .. , Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent l O2 it Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent ... ---- Three per Cent - -• Thirty-seven Milli' ns, ditto ----- (1840) 11 3 34 Loan of City, 18:32, Four per Cent 9B Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 76% National Society • — Exchange on London (short) - -Brussels Papers, Dee 9. AUSTRIAN F 1.1 N DS.--VIENNA, DEC. 1 Five per Cents. Metalliques • 1(9% Four per Cents. Three per Cents . Bank Shares Allgemeine Zeilung, Dec. 5. .. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. PRIVY COUNCIL.—At the Privy Council held by the Queen atWindsor Castle onSa:urday, a proclamation was agreed upon for further proroguing Parliament, from Tuesday next to Thursday the 2d of February, then to meet for the dispatch of business. CuartrrAnLE BEQUESTS.—In addition to the muni ficent bequests lately noticed by us to the British Lying-in Hospital in Brownl3w-street, Long-acre, we further learn that the lately deceased Mrs. Waldo, of Wo t - ' :tin ,- 7, near !B as i ngs t o k e , h as bequeathed to it a legacy of I 001., free of legacy duty ; and the lately deceased Mr. Joseph Tanner, of Somer's-'cown, has also bequeathed to it a legacy of 1001. New Three and-a-Half per Cents. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY, DEC. 9. SATE; ' - )Alt, DEC. 10, 1842. BY THE QUEEN, A PROCLAMATION. TICIPORIA R. Whereas our Pa•liament stands prorogued to Tuesday, the thirteenth day of this instant December ; We, with the advice of our privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the sa.'d thirteenth day of December instant, to Thursday the second day of February next; and We have given order to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the same accordingly ; and We do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thurs day the second day of February next, assemble and be holden for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and corn msnded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said Thursday, the second day of February next. Given at our Court at Windsor, this tenth day of De cember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty .two, and in the sixth year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. AMERICAN NEWS LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING. By the New York packet-ship Hottinguer, Captain Bursley, we have received papers one day later than those previously brought by the North America. The Hottinguer brings 14 cabin passengers, and 200 steerage ; the latter, we un derstand, paid four dollars each passage-money. They are returned..emigrants. The papers by this arrival present nothing whatever of importance to the English reader. Speaking of the excitement produced by the suicide of Colt, the murderer, one paper, the New York Herald, says : " The local intelligence which we give to-day, of all kinds continues to be of the most exciting cha mter. New York was never in such a state of excitement es it has been for the last few days. " The horrible tragedy of Colt, and the mysterious juggle by which he set at naught the execution of the law, and the administration of justice, continue to agitate the public mind in an extraordinary degree. " Masses of the people disbelieve his suicide, and persist in saying he is still alive, and the conflagation of the tombs and the Coroner's Jury, are only dust in their eyes." Mr. James Watson Webb, editor of the Cou rier and Inquirer, has again been committed for duelling, and likely to be imprisoned not less than two years, nor more than seven. Business matterestill continued gloomy in New York, and prices generally had a downward tendency. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, Nov. 19. The Stock Board to-day exhibited no new feature s. Sales of State Stock were to a fair extent, at fair prices ; fancy Stocks were down ; Delaware ard Hudion fell 1 per cent.; Mohawk 1; Harlem 4. Mobile Funds were quoted 174 to 20 per cent. dis. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. $3,000 New York State Sixes, 1862 1,000 Kentucky Sixes, 1871 6,000 Illinois Sixes, 1870 25 Shares Bank of America...... , „,...„ 762 30 Ditto of Common Scrip 20 Ditto of Delaware and Hudson 10 Ditto do 11 Ditto of Utica and Schen. 15 Ditto of Auburn and Rochester ..... ~, 95 25 Ditto of Boston and Providence Bs+ 115 Ditto of Mohawk.. .. 100 Ditto do 150 Ditto Harlem 100 Ditto do •.6 m. 14 150 Ditto of Long Island 25 Ditto of Stonington SECOND BOARD. 50 Shares of Mohawk ..b. 60 33 The following are the sales of Stocks : $l,OOO County 6's 1870, 94; 25 shares Mechanics' Bank, 12 ; 7 do. Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, 48 ; 20 do. Harrisburg do., 6/. STATE OF TRADE. The general character of the markets reulains the same ; prices have still a downward tendency. Carros.—Prices are in favour of the buyer, and were further reduced of a cent. per lb. Sales of 1,600 bales Upland and Florida at 6 a 8 cents ; 600 Mobile, 61 a 8i; and 500 New Orleans, 6 a 8? making a total for the week of 6,400 bales. Torucco.-----Kentucky continues dull. auction, 40 hhd s at 24 a5l cents. MOLASSES.—SaIes Porto Rico, 20 cents.; 36 brls, New 0-leans, 20, 4 mos. NAVAL STORES.—North County Turp en ti ne f or export at $2 75 ; Wilmington, at $3 ; North County, at $2 75, both for distilling, taken at the North Carolina Inspections. Sales of Spirits Turpentine, at 40 cents. Sales by LLOYD'S SHIPPING, LONDON, DEC. 10 . — Wind this day at noon, S. to S.E., light breeze and hazy. DEAL, DEC. 9.—Wind E. moderate.—Sid. Lon don, Jamaica; Thunderer, Plymouth. PILL DEc. 9.—Arrd. Lun e , Mi ram i c hi ; W o lf s • cave, Quebec. OFr TORBAY, DEC. 9.—Reward, Salmon, Ceylon. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 9 . —Wind N.E.—Arrd. H.M.S. Locust, Malta. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9 . —Wind S.E., light.—Arrd. Allerton, Chatterton, Calcutta • Herald, Jones, Cal lao ; Hottinguer, Bursley, New York. Arrd. off Georgiana, New Orleans. The Queen Victoria packet, from Dublin to this port, is ashore near Bligh. Sld. Scotland, New York; Bryand, Honduras; Shenan doah, Philadelphia; Birmingham, Boston. CLYDE, DEC. B.—Arrd. Scotland, Johnson, St. John's, New Brunswick; Eglinton, Duncan, Quebec; put back Rainbow, Scott, having been in contact. CORK, DEC. 7. Arrd. Catharine, Whiteway, Monte Video ; Ann Grant, Lester, Honduras ; Larch, Lehauf, Gaspe ; Traveller, Needham, Miramichi. SHIELDS, DEC. B.—Sld. Hiram, Warkmade, Bra zil ; Carl Justus, Bleck, Rio Janeiro. Powrsuou'rn, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Oriental packet, Alexandria; Sappho. London, for China; Highbury, do., from St. Vincent's. Sld. Ocean Queen, Mauri tius; Bernard, Sierra Leone; her Majesty's ship Wasp, West Indies. Arrd. off, Rock, Scorpion, Gib raltar, in 15 days. FALMOUTH, DEC. 9.—Wind E., fresh breeze.— Arrd. Middlebury, Rodderkirk, Batavia, left Aug. 14, St. Helena Oct. 18, bound to Middleburgh ; Linnet packet, Brazil. Orr SCILLY, DEC. 6.—Glenlyon, Calcutta. OFF PENZANCE, DEC. 6.—Elizabeth, Gibbon, New Orleans for Antwerp ; Portland, Clough, New York for Dunkirk; New York, Wachler, ditto for Bremen ; Caroline, Marsh, Quebec. SHIELDS, DEC. B.—The Richard, for Gibraltar, on examination, must discharge her cargo. OFF SCILLY, DEC. s.—Archangel, Kuyt, Havannah for Rotterdam: PENTLAND FRITH, DEC. 4.—Arrd. Cockburn, Briar, Grenada. Roam, (IsLawn or BoamoLm), Nov. 30.—The Frienbriugereu, Raesck, from Memel to Hamburgh, was wrecked on the S. E. point of this island, on the 26th inst. Crew, passengers, and greater part of the cargo saved. RANDAS, DEC. 2.—The Apparance, Wedshorn, from Christianstadt to London, has been hauled ashore, part of the cargo and materials saved, and the re mainder expected to be got safe ashore. The Tenance, wa s h, from St. Petersburgh to London is stranded near this port, crew saved, and materials expected to be saved, but the vessel, it is feared, cannot be got off. The Craigicoar, Lindsay, from St. Petersburgh to London, came ashore at Hanstead Strand, and sprang a leak, but kept at anchor one and a half miles from the strand, by working her engines until the morning of the 29th, when the wind shifted to W.S.W., and she went ashore. Crew and materials saved. C°PENHAG E 7I- ) DEC. 3.—The Dygden, Nicholson, from Wyberg Marseilles, got in contact with a vessel (name u n k nown ) i n the Bay of Finland, and has put in here t o di sc h arge a nd repair damages. CUXIIAVEN, DE C . 3.—The Johannes Christophe, of Hamburgh, put back here this morning , l ea k y , having been i n contact w i t h a ves sel off the Texel. WYCK, (I SLAND OF F OUR ), D EC . 2.—The Astroca, Kock, from Rotterdam to Hamburgh, has been as sisted in:here leaky, and is discharging, having been ashore on the grounds off Amreim. TESTIMONIAL or RESPECT.—The friends of the Rev. C. A. T. Smith, late Curate of St. An drew's Church, Plymouth, have lately presented him with the sum of 1001., as a token of personal regard, and to give some public avowal of their grateful sense of his ministry during the nine years in which he has officiated in that parish. In the course of the past week, the brooms have disappeared from the mast-heads of many of the ships in the various docks and canals within the port, which may be regarded as a very palpable indication of a favourable move in maritime affairs. The shipwrights, too, who have —very much to their disadvantage —been idle hands about the banks of the Thames for some time, begin to find occupation. The value of tonnage is improving, and with the spring we may expect more general and increased activity.—Shipping Gazette. Jane, the wife of Stephen Cork , la bourer,nedf ore . bridge, near Middl ew i c h, i s now cutting three teeth, at the age of 60. ATTEMPT T O Poison.--The Tuam Herald states that a young woman, named Ruane, and her mother, have been committed to Galway gaol for having at tempted to poison the husband of the formbr, by giving him corrosive sublimate in stir-about MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, SATURDAY EVENING. _ _ The business transacted to-day in the Stock Exchange has been but limited ; the market is, however, rather flat. Consols are 93i ; 'Three per Cent. Reduced, 94* i; Ditto Three-and-a-Hall, 100,i; Exchequer Bills, 51s. 535. Spanish Securitiei are flat and heavy ; the Three per Cents. are now 174, and the Fives 23 ; Mexican Bonds are firm at 31*; Dutch Five per Cents., 101*; Ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52g. Very little business doing in the Share Market. Prices are firmer. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—The demand during the week has scarcely been so large as previously; but little has been done in speculation, and for home the inquiry has been limited. American descriptions have been drooping. The sales to-day are 3,000 bags. SHARES. We have had a fair amount of business doing to-day, at moderate prices. The New York papers, brought by the ship Hot tinger, reached London this morning. They are but one day later than the former advices. The New York Herald, of the 20th, states that the Stock Board exhibited no new feature. Sales of State Stock were, to a fair extent, at fair prices ; Fancy Stocks were down ; Delaware and Hudson fell 1 per cent. The packet ship Hendrick, Hudson, for London, was to sail on the 21st. The quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, from the 10th Sep tember to the 3d December, as published in the Ga zette of Irst evening, exhibits a decrease in the circula tion of 341,000/. ; deposits, 115,000/. ; securities, 724,0001.; and rri increase in the bullion of 195,0001. (From The Sun of Satu-day,) _ _ . „ The corn question .i s the subject of debate in almost every circle in the City, and from the rumour having at first obtained circulation in the Stock Exchange, it has now received credence in other quarters, where it is confidently asserted that Sir Robert Peel has consulted some of our leading merchants upon the best plan for a further modification of the obnoxious ,impost, guided by whose advice, a ,fixed duty has at last been resolved upon. In the Liverpool market yesterday cotton was rot in 30 good demand, neither the speculators nor the trade operating freely. American drooped. The sales were only 1,000 bales of this description, and 1,600 of Surat to the speculators, and 200 bales Ame rican, and 300 Surat to the trade. Total 3,000 bales. Jn Railway Shares a fair business WAS done at mode rate rates. Eastern Counties were 8i; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48 ; Grand Junction Halves, 95f ; Glasgow and Paisley, 151; Great Western, 90; Bir mingham and Manchester, 201 ; and North Mid land, 611. The usual return for the month of the Bank of England business transactions appears in the Gazelle, It embraces the period from September . 10 to Decem b3r 3, and as compared with the preN;ous statement to November 5, exhibits the following results : Circulation.—Last time N0w....., £19,903,000 19,562;000 Decrease Deposits.—Last time . Now 341,000 9,072,000 8,957,000 Decrease Securities.—Last time. Now 115,000 21,934,000 21,210,000 Bullion.—Now Le Et time 724,000 9,984,000 9,789,000 Decrease. Increase liest.—Lst time Now g 195,000 2,784,000 2,675,000 Decrease . . . £73,000 It will be seen from the above that the Bank has not been inclined to promote rash speculations on the strength of the China news by affording suddenly in creased monetary facilities, though when the ele ments of sound trade more decidedly exhibit them selves the circulation may be expected to increase. The Funds are rather heavy.. Consols for special transfer are 94i, and for time 93.1 ; Exchequer`Bills have remained firm under the influence of the large purchases made, and are 51s. to 535. premium ; India Bonds are 455. to 475. premium • New Three-and a-Half per C en t s . rea li se 101:1; the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 104 to 101 ; and the Three per Cent. An nuities 94f to 94i ; in Bank and InsJia Stock there have been no transactions. The accounts from Spain are again unfavourable, and the Bonds are rather lower. The Actives have declined from 18* to 178 174. The Three per Cents. have been at 23 to 1. Mexican stock is held more firmly at 31*. Chili= Bonds are 92. The exchange of Bonds goes on well. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 524. For Shares there is not quite so brisk a demand, but quotations are generally firm. Great %Western Railway are 25 ; ditto New, 14 ; ditto Fifths, 5 ; Manchester and Leeds Quarter, 31, ; Northern and Eastern Scrip, 5f si; Paris and Rouen, 5i to 6 ; and York and North Midland, 431 to 44k premium; Eastern Counties are 14f ; and Black wall about 11 discount. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 9.—The state of our Market is much the same as yesterday. Stock is still scarce :—Manchester and Birmingham, 20; Manchester and Leeds, 70i to 74 ; ditto Half, 301 to 301; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48 to 49 ; ditto, Quarters, 5 to 51 ; South Eastern Scrip, 171 to 18. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. flank Stock 173 India Stock ... pm 3 per Cent. Red. 94a Ditto Bonds 3 per Ceut. C0n5..... 94i Ditto Old Annuities 3i per Cent. Red......... 101 Ditto New Annuities — New 3i per cent... ...... 1014 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 53 pm Now 5 per Cere., — Ditto 5001. .53 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 ...... 12a Bank Stock for Acct. Oct. 1859 - Jan. 1860 rConsols for. Opg. ...... 94 I 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 French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 2i per cent....... 521 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 101 FOREIG Austrian, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent irazilian Bonds... Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. 2.3 i Chilian, 6 per cent. 92 Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 • Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Boi Danish, 3 per sent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 3ll Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. SHARES. B;rmingham and Derby (100 pa;d) Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) Ditto New Shares (I 7i paid) Eastern Counties OM paid) Ditto New (—paid) lO3 Ditto Debentures ( paid) lOg GreatiWestern, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) _ _ _ .. . Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ... • 81 1 - London and Blackwall ( paid) ....... ••• 5 / London and Birmingham (90) Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) 34 Manchester and Leedi (7 * o paid) Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 5% Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 93i INCOME-TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Some time ago, with the rest of my neigh bours, I received an Income-tax paper to fill up; I filled it up, at the same time desiring that I might be furnished with a form to fill up, to show that my in come ws below 1591. This was furnished to me, andl there showed that my income was below 1401. ;however, yesterday I received a tax paper assessing me at 1401., for which lam charged 41. ls. Bd. What am Ito do in this case ? I thought it was only incomes of 1501. and upwards that had to pay. Will you please, at your earliest convenience, to give me your opiuion, and oblige your most obedient, N. S. Bury - St. Edmund's, Dec. 9, 1842. [The tax applies only to persons having an income of 1501. a year and upwards, and as the paper left by the Assessor shows that our Correspondent is not liable to it, he need take no further notice of the matter.] ROYAL ARSENAL, WooLwicm—A casting of about four cwt. of brass took place on Friday, under the superintendence of Mr. Clarke, being the quantity of metal required for each leaf of the Corinthian order, to be appended to Nelson's monument in Trafalgar square. The leaf cast yesterday completes the re quisite number, and the artist is about to commence casting the volutes, which will still occupy him a con siderable time. At the last casting of brass guns under the superintendence of Mr. North, foreman of the foundry department, two brass cylinders were also cast for an eminent silk manufacturing house, per mission having b een gran t e d by th e M as t er -General and Board of Ordnance. The cylinders have now been finished, and on trial have been found to be of a superior nature to any hitherto obtained by the house, although the firm are said to have tried the castings of several of the most celebrated foundries in the country. . ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—The Committee of the Royal Humane Society have, on the representation of Dr. James Ormiston M'William, who was senior medical officer of the Niger expedition, awarded hono rary silVer me d a lli on s to " Tom Osmond," a Krooman, and " William Guy," an African boy, in admiration of the noble courage and humanity displayed by them, in having jumped overboard to the relief of Mr. Willmett Clerk, of her Majesty's steamer Albert, on the night of the 7th of October, 1841, while that vessel was lying off Murje, a chief town of Kakundah, on the right bank of the Niger. We are not aware that this distinction has on any former occasion been conferred upon a negro. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.--Her Majes4 a nd Prince Albert, and the Royal household, attene:d divine service this morning in the private ch:pel of the CF %tie, the Venerable Archdeacon Yirilbarforce (Clerk of the Closet to his Royal Highness) officiating. The Rev. Gentleman preached an excellent discourse from the 20th verse of the 19th chapter of the Gospel ac cord;ng to St. Li-lie. In the afternoon her Majesty and the Prince, at tended by part of the Royal suite, walked out in the Home Park. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended divine service at the parish church. The Rev. Isaac Gossett officiated. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on her Royal Highness. Yesterday morning the Queen and her Illustrious Consoi;; enjoyed their usual early walk. Afterwards the Prince went out shooting in the Great Park, and hai very excellent sport. The party accompanying his Royal Highness consisted of Sir Robert Peel, Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Liverpool, Sir E. 80, , water, and Viscount Sydney. The Noble party re , turned to the Castle to lunch. The Viscountess Canning was the Lady in Waiting on the Queen at the Privy Council, held at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for the further proroga tion of Parliament. Major-General Sir Edward Bowater attended Prince Albert as his Royal High ness's Equerry in Waiting. The whole of the members of the Council left soon after it broke up, excepting the Earl of Liverpool and Sir Robert Peel. Viscount Canning and Archdeacoi Wilberforce a-rived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and Lady Fanny Howard, joined the Royal dinner circle at the Castle in the evening. _ _ The Prince of Wales and Princess Royal did not leave the Castle during the day. The Queen held a Piivy Council at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at Windsor Castle. It was attended by bis Royal Highness Prince Albert, Sir Robert Peel (First Lord of the Treasury), the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), Lord Stanley (Secretary of State for War and the Colonies), the Right lion. H. Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer), the Earl of Haddington (First Lord of the Admiralty), Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci (President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India), Earl of Liverpool (Load Steward), Earl Delawarr (Lord Chamberlain), Earl of Jersey (Master of the Horse), and the Marquis of Exeter (Groom of the Stole to the Prince). Al the Council Parliament was ordered to be cui•- ti er prorogued from Tuesday, the 13th inst., unto Thursday, the 2d of February, and a Proclamation was ordered to be issued summoning the meeting' of Parliament on that day for the dispatch of business. Several reports of the Judicial Committee were sub mitted to her Majesty in Council, and were confirmed. Some Colonial orders were approved. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Viscount Sydney was the Lord in Waiting on the Queen; the Eon. Captain Duncombe, U.N., the Groom in Waiting ; and the Hon. Colonel Grey, the Equerry in Waiting. The Duke of Wellington arrived from his seat at Strathfieldsaye, Hants, to attend the Council. The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, and Lord Fitzgerald, arrived from town by a special train on the great Western Itsilway. After the Privy Council his Grace the Duke of IVellington took his departure from Windsor Castle for Strathfieldsaye. The Earls of Aberdeen, Jersey, and Haddington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lords Stanley and Fitzgerald, and Mr. C. Greville, also left the uastle at the same time for town, and re turned to the metropolis by a special train from the Slough station. Major Malcolm arrived in town on Saturday morn ing with dispatches from China for the Earl of Aber deen, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Commander Richards, Royal Navy, arrived in town at the same time with dispatches from China for the Lords of the Admiralty. Major Mal colm attended at the Foreign-office, and also paid a visit t ) the Earl of Aberdeen at his private residence in Argyll-street. It is with lively satisfaction we state that our most Gracious Queen has enjoyed excellent health since her return from Walmer—a circumstance which must prove the more gratifying to her attached subjects from the certainty their now exists that our Gracious Sovereign is in that interesting condition which pro mises another scion to her Royal house. As to the 'period at which this event is likely to take place, it must be obvious that none can speak with anrdegree of certainty but her Majesty's confidential medical at tendants, and it is not at all likely they would make such a subject a 'matter of general •eonversation.-- okerver. SALE Or THE DUKE OP DEVONSHIRE's FAT STOCK. —On Wednesday the annual sale of the Duke of De vonshire's fat stock took place in his Grace's farm-. yard, at the pretty village of Edensor, a short dis tance from the princely Chatsworth. The attendance upon the occasion was most numerous, it being esti mated that about 2,000 persons were present. This unwonted confluence is attributable not only to the excellence of the stock brought to the hammer, but to the prestige attaching to the name of the Duke of Devonshire, whose high character and truly noble. conduct in his exalted station have rendered him deservedly popular. The auctioneer was Mr. Nicholson, of Chesterfield, and the following are the prices at which some of the lots were sold. It may be stated that the condition and appearance of the stock generally was such as to reflect great credit on Mr. Swapfield, his Grace's bailiff:— A fat bullock, a very fine animal, was, after a spirited competition, knocked down to Mr. Turner, of Sheffield, for 701. Mr. Turner was also the purchaser of a fat pig for 201.55. A cow was bought by Mr. Tomlins, of Bas low, for 361. Mr. Wyatt, of Chesterfield, was the pur chaser of two, at the respective prices of 361. and 28/. ss. Messrs. Middleton and Shimwell bought two others for 281. 10s. and '271. Mr. Cocker, 'of Edensor, purchased a highland bullock for 281. 155., and Messrs. Nale and Creswick, of Chesterfield, another for 271. 15s. Mr. Arkwright, of Sutton Hall, bought a bull-calf, not seven months old, for 221. Another, not five months old, was purchased by Mr. Taylor, of Pilsley, for 101. 15s. The total produce of the sale was 1,6331. 4s. 6d. The result of this sale, and the high prices given for the stock, has put the farmers and graziers in good spirits ; they looking upon them as an indication that "things are about to mend"' EXTENSIVE FAILURE IN THE CORN TRADE AT WALEFIELD.—We sincerely regret to announce that the eminent firm of Messrs. J. L. Fernandez and Sons, corn merchants, soke millers, and wine merchants, were made bankrupts, on Thursday last. Thus are other Tory names added to the victims of Sir Robert Peel's sliding-scale ! At the corn market, at 'Wakefield, yesterday, the stoppage was the subject of general conversation, and great alarm prevailed in consequence. It is said that the liabilities of the firm are not less than 90,0001.—Leeds Mercury of this day. THE GAS MONOPOLY.--On Thursday evening a public meeting of the gas consumers and a large num ber of the householders of the borough of Marylebone, took place at the Colosseum Tavern, Portland-road, for the purp®se of taking steps to destroy the existing gas monopoly in the borough by the formation of a company, to comprise the consumers of the gas them , selves, upon the same principle as the Commercial Company, recently established by the tradesmen and consumers of the eastern portion of the me tropolis. Mr. A. M. Hyde was called to the chair. Mr. Waples said it was high time the gas consumers of that borough followed the example which had been set them by the Licensed Victuallers and other tradesmen at the eastern end of the metro:- tropolis. He proposed that they should form them selves into an Association or Company, to protect themselves from the barefaced robberies which were at present perpetrated upon them. No one could doubt the benefit which would accrue to the con sumers themselves, and therefore he hailed with de light the present proceedings. Mr. Seridge said he would call the attention of the meeting to the present state of thraldom and subserviency in which they (the gas consumers of Marylebone) were held by the present gas companies, who, having coalesced together for the purposes of monopoly, could do just as they liked with them. The only way to relieve themselves from this difficulty was, not only for the inhabitants of Marylebone to be con sumers of gas, but to become manufacturers of it also. They had endured this monopoly for the last 16 years, and it was now time to shake it off. Experience had taught them that they could obtain a reduction of 30 per cent. in this necessary to trade, and at the same time give a fair profit to the capitalist. Mr. Freeman inquired what would be about the charge for each 1,000 feet of gas. Mr. Haig said it could be had, and was supplied by the Conlinercial Company, at 7s. per 1,000 feet, and the quality would be the same, whilst the existing companies charged 9s. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and resolu tions were unanimously adopted, expressive of an opinion that a Consumers' Gas Company was highly necessary to destroy the existing monopolies in that necessary article of trade. A provisional committee was then formed to carry out the object. The Commerce publishes the following extract from M. :Jacqueminot's address to the electors of Paris :—" Gentlemen, I have shed all my blood for my country, and I am ready to shed it again." ST. MART, NEWINGTON BUTTS.—The poll upon the vestry question, namely, whether application should be made to Parliament for a Bill to light, pave, and improve ceri - sin parts of the above parish, closed on Wednesday, when there appeared a great majority against the proposed Bill. It is, consAuently, aban doned for the present. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 10 tit) Itr pinion. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. • ' The King and Queen of the French, on the evening of Wednesday, received at the Tuileries Marsha Soult, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Financ es, Generals Jacqueminot, Tiburce Sebastiani, Aupiekt and Carbonnel, the Grand Referendary of the Chamber of Peers, the Prefect of the Seine, B a ron de Barante, and several ladies. The Duchess of Orleans and the Comte de Paris are perfectly well. The Due de Chartres has been .for some time very much indis posed, but has sensibly recovered during the last few days. The prosecution instituted against the Presse, for an infringement of the law by publishing a distinct journal (the Bulletin des Tribunaux) without having made the requisite deposit of caution money, came to a hearing on Wednesday before the Correctional Tri bunal. After a very able defence by M. Paillet, the counsel for the Presse, the Jury returned a verdict of acquittal. The Prince de Ligne, the new Ambassado r from Belgium to the Court of France, has arrived in Paris, and alighted at the Hotel Meurice. The Princes , find the remainder of the family are not to arrive until the beginning of January. The Globe (a Paris journal) annou nces that the Ministry will present, in the; approaching session, Bill relative to the Sugar question, a Bill on patentes, another on secondary instruction, and a fourth no prisons. Captain Bouet, who was recently nominated to the Government of Senegal, has b ee n authorised to en gage in Africa a certain number of Spahis, to replace henceforward in the colony the soldiers now sent from France, and who fall so rapidly v i c tims to the climate. The Imperial Ukase ordering every person taken up for incendiarism, in Poland to be tried Council of War, has produced, says a Germaq jr- Lunch car nal, the happiest effect, fires having become numerous than before. ~ A. letter. froM Lubeck says • " Our uonstitution, which for nearly 200 - • but little altered, years has been is about to be revised. .A. commission htls been ij)-• are to prepare propositions to be laid ,before a legal before who pointed, composed of burgesses and Senate." MONEY-TRADE-COIKIVISSICZ' vas On Thursday last an Anti-Corn -law soire e ‘" h held 'at the Temperance Hall, Bradford, manywilic la nearly 700 persons were present, including dies. The speakers on the occasion were, W. I 3us ; feild, Esq., M.P., Wm. Acroyd, Esq., of Otley, 1 1 , 313 b e. netore the Stansfield, Esq., of Leeds, and Dr. Bowring• Sub' scriptions to the amount of 4851. were annou important meeting has also taken place at li n e ee c tela l e where upwards of 1,200/. were collected in aid o f the Fund. The distress in Marylebone is grea ter in that illartfe ie parish this season than at any former p eriod. winter of 1840-41 above 2,50 01 . was alleviate the prevailing distress. subscribled t° as NAVAL AND MILXTAIrr• first class, educated at the East India Company's The examination of the gentleman cadets of the Seminary, took place on Frid h 33 cadets were , w n brought forward, of which numbers six were selectea for engineers. COURT-rasszorta sx.s. The Duke of Devonshire left town on Frida fter noon by the two o'clock train for Keznp.-town•Y 8 ic k The Dowager Duchess of Bedford arrived at Bow Hall, on Tuesday last. • tend The Marquis and Marchioness of Themond 111 to pass the holidays at Taplow House, Berkshire. , sO ,, The Marquis of Winchester has arrived in CaYv dish-square for the season. Military The r Earl of Haddington has returned to town., ora The Earl of Jersey arrived in town yeSterdai ' l. Windsor Castle. ; ed In Sir William and Lady Chatterton have arr•v- Berkeley-square, from a tour. ' Lady, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Lad and Miss S te il s ' 514 leave Belgrave-square, in the course of a f eW d for irßalph Scotland. Sir and Lady Howard have arri'ved A grave-square from a tour. nosy Sir John, Lady, and the Misses Shelley nosy on a visit to Teddesley Park, the seat of Lord 114 A -- - ton, in Staffordshire. Mr. St. John Mildmay returns to Berke le y -'gnarl early, this week, from Leamington. :Pus c ELLANZOrrs. _ sever ° Lady Graham is fast recovering from her attack of scarlet fever. f Pepu t f In the ward of Bishopsgate Without, 3-.. 1. • - ,„tice Peacock was elected for nomination as'relo,ege,inc-vior of the Court of Common Council, and Mr.' - 11 . and Mr. Woollett for Farrin don Without. , 4n the The death of Mr. Fitch, g sen , leaves : 5 ' .-. t to Cler , l' irk. situation of Vostry Clerk. and also that °I sou Three of Guardians of St. Gores , to Mr' i or four candidates are about to start. . fixed Thebanquet at Glasgow to be given is for-the llth of January . hic; ''' Cobden ARRIVAL OF THE TREAT, OP DISPATCHES FROM CHYINA. --d P- 7--- ~,uThe( lt f ro o c m u st t h s e t eP a l m y me ro :L it hi er u i t m e ne a s n o t f c . e l t on the 25th ult., bringing Ella or SoanituniradnaVr Jot: cc nn, arrived here yesterday- from Malta, vv4i ch 5 , Af a lc it o i l e m h + a : d e s ; 0 1 , ..etary of Legation, and Commander C. . her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, the with the Treaty of Peace concluded with Chinfh and the latter with Dispatches for the Adc lire a lt e f ci with which they immediately .on landing Auckland, express for London. The news by the d former charged steamer, which brought them to Malta, wil l be f°111) in other parts of our paper. _(From the Devonport Telegraph of Saturday.) Li e u t. DEVONPORT, FRIDAY.—The Locust steatner,.vi days Lunn, commander, arrived here this morning in tart toays from Malta, bringing Major Malcolm, S e tt e p re d for T the Embassy in China, with the Greslnuch4o-t reoty of Peace between that country and ev . pe ror, ho Britain, and a letter of assent from the,Em pressing his readiness to sign it immediatey. it. ' sty . lithave received the signature of her Britannic Me : 15' bears the signatures of the three night:r aioners sent by the Emperor to Nankin fort stillip pose. Commander Richards, of her' Mak, 5 7: 5 , 1 , dis- Cornwallis, also came horn% in the Locusill e " er the patches from Vice-Admiral Sir W i gilliam ro lt (F. Naval Commander-in-Chief in China. Th e 33 :tht; Captain Bourchier, had sailed fro m China' "'I millions and a half of dollars. thori• Especial orders had been receiv ed b y the all. fel tties at this port to relieve the Locust from ellitib'e-re.. f with all possible dispatch, and pratiVekw,3nt ga• ore granted very shortly after her arrival, hen express jor for Malcolm and Commander Richards set off ~...., London. The news by her is merely confirrna7t of the intelligence received overland. The' Loco to Malta on the 27th, calling at Gibraltar ri- ~ at . ~,,, - which time She left Gibraltar on the 3d i l r, — ,,f the time nothing was known at that plac - i s , 84.;'# ere un , reported wreck of the Formidable, . therefore, every reason to hope the reP,o4;is,r.itar, founded. The Lizard and Savage Were at P li oas — t of the s latter under orders to sail for the ro?rtli :Borne pain ; the Inconstant was under lona, for which place she was to sai°ll.cinel:ew The Locust brought a mail from 1m ., " Inv (Friday)• landed here in the course of this nor n D - A,. whichllo:: ------------------- oioed in t h L is ORDNANCE SURVEY.—The persons en,-- .., oe great national work are actively employed li , , . 4 bour survey of the streets of Leeds and the n el b o . o oa hood, and their operations seem to attract Av - deal of public attention.—Leeds Mercury. of be' THEATRE ItOYAL, HATMARKET.--The an.. -- I this nefit of Mr. Archer, the box-book theatre, is fixed for - this evening, a nd a r i .. „, combination of talent appears to favour the 7 .1 . casion. Five first-rate pieces are seleetkrew.. the evening, in two of which Maclaine v. 5 ,1 trig and Mr. Charles Mathews perform in °rig% characters, one being a comedietta, which having * i r name still kept in secrecy, is no doubt some ex tra° .: dinary delice. In addition to this expected surprisalf the Sadgrove of Buckstone, the Felix Trinimer,f., -keeper o f t .ch Farren, Mrs. Glover's Miss Bitterton, and Cele-,,,1ie Suzanne, range severally among the attractions. - 1 . a. Tarantella, by Mr. Charles Mathews, is to be dance f and Madame Vestris sing s her charming • song °, l " Love is the Theme." An over-crowded house 0' of course be the result. FATAL ACCIDENT AT NEwGATE mAR.ET.--sature day morning, at about ha lf- p ast four o'clock, as one 0 a v eil the Sussex wagons was hurriedly unloading, heavy load of dead meat of all descriptions, near the • end of Newgate-street, one of the heavy hampers,4 baskets, slipped from the top of the wagon ant red directly upon the head of an Irish porter, e Michael Donovan. He was immediately -crushed te, the earth, the weight of the hamper being uriWards 01 fi ur hundred weight. On being taken up And car ried to the hospital, it was discovered that the brae of fle neck were dislocated, and that death Mu!' have been almost instantaneous. ,_ ......11 h BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 9.--Wit1101.1v...-C f apparent briskness to attract attention, the . sal f e s () the week have amounted to about 600 hhds.l.. Pr' ne , i i i pally Jamaicas and St. Vincent's, to the, railer* - steady prices.—Bristol Mercury.