The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-10 00:00:00

Just ready, with clwracteristic Illustrations by Leech, A WASSAIL BOW L for CHRIST.MAS. By ALBERT SMITH, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " PAUL PRY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., P HINE A S QUIDDY; By JOHN POOLE, Esq., Author of " Paul Pry," " Little Pedlington," &c. " One of Mr. Poole's cleverest and most successful efforts ; and another word is not required to recommend it to the public." —Literary Gazette. . Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY 1 DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED lir HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of 1:50, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9O, £lOO, £llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £4OO, £6OO, £BOO, £l,OOO, 1:1 .500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together to £72,178 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 25,0001., 18,00C1., 9,000/., 5,0001., and 3,6001. to London ; 3,6001., 8001., and 7001. to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3,6001. to Halifax ; 1,2001. to Porthleaven Harbour ; 9001., 7001., and 6001 . to Liver pool ; 9001. to Hull ; 9001 . to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001. and 600/. to Manchester ; 7001. to East Retford, Nottingham shire ; 7001. to Comm, Lancashire ; 6001. to Cork ; and 6001. to Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Aloney 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 upwards. One Share, 11. ; two Shares, 21. ; three Shares, 31.; four Shares, 4/. ; five Shares, Si.;• six Shares, 61.; seven Shares, 71.; eight Shares, 81. ; 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. 10, Will be presented Sbakspeare'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. Orger. To conclude with Auber's Opera of MASANIELLO ; or, THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI. Masaniello, Mr. W. Harrison ; Alphonso, Mr. Travers ; Elvira, Miss Poole ; Fenella, Miss Ban. 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 Bond-street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mali. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 10, Will be repeated the Comedietta of A CURE FOR LOVE. Felix Trimmer, Esq., Mr. W. Farren ; Richard Sadgrove. Esq., Mr. Buclistone. 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 be followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STIL BERG. Ernest, 31r. Webster ; Margot, Madame Celeste. To which will be added 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 Farce of MRS. WIGGINS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 10, Will be repeated a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU KNOW WHAT. The principal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Fawcit, and Miss Murray. After which, a New Comic Burletta, called AN I'ONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. 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 Giubilei. To conclude with THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, DEC. 10, . . Mr. T. P. Cooke in a new Character, and positively the last Night of his Engagement, commencing with a new Drama called THE FORCED MARRIAGE ; or, RE TURNED FROM SIBERIA, in which Mr. T. P. Cooke will be supported by the Entire Company. After which, UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the SETTLER'S DAUGHTER. Jack Steady, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Mary, Mrs. R. Hornier. To,conclude with The PLEDGE OF LOVE. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. MAP OF CHINA. THE NEW CHINA SUN IS NOW ON SALE, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CHOW-FOO, NIN GPO, AND SHANGHAE ; WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS Orders received at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. HIGH W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning. E 6 minutes after 7 i Evening 36 minutes after 7. - , ( 4 0 ... ,,, ,-- f.-1.,,,A, 'ltNv!ik. t -:„, . ~.u,,,, •„; •—_,:,-, i :.. * ,--.4s ' ~..{.40 , .„,, ..„ • ~.,,, ~. —a , z....—. ...,, , A , ..., ~. , •-t.aPz - r,,,,..„,,,,..„......,...„,.. ~6‘ , ... • nn. LONDON : SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1842. employment, and rendering it extremely un pleasant to inhabit lonely farm-houses; the poor-rates are rapidly increasing ; the farmers, particularly in the southern counties, where the harvest was short, are turning off their hands in spire of the parental calls and admonitions of . the landlords to employ as many in under draining, deep ploughing:, and all manner of improvements as possible; the winter is dreaded, and farms can scarcely be let. " Mr. DAVID BowLF.v," we are told by the Wiltshire Inde pendent, at the Cirencester meeting, " stated, that in a parish in this county (Gloucester) an estate had been let absolutely rent free, the tenant being induced by that means to pay the rates and taxes." "Since 1836," says Mr. W. R. GREG, in his admirable " Prize Essay on Agriculture and the Corn law," " the manufacturing districts have ►nand employment and subsistence for at least 400,000 additional persons." Much of that stream of population is now, as we learn from va rious quarters, (Mr. C.Woon, for instance,) flow ing back on the land, or cannot flow from it, and remains to flood with pauperism the agricultural districts. Hence the terrified landowners are everywhere becoming favourable to the altera tion, or the repeal of the Corn-law, and hence the Times now raises its voice to swell the note and share the honours of Anti-Corn-law agi tation. We have long since ceased to . consider the political opinions of the Times—wh i ch, on alter nate days, takes different sides, and, on the same day, opposes in one column what it. advocates in another—to be worthy of the least attention but as a vane to tell which way the. wind blows when it begins to set in with a trade breeze, (in a double sense,) that journal is of the highest public importance. It is an infallible index to the tide of opinion which will carry a newspaper into a profitable haven. We rejoiced, tlierefore, very much yesterday on account of the good cause of Corn-law repeal, which we have steadily sup ported, to find our Contemporary 'boldly assum ing to himself the merit of having.; lost some po pularity by pressing on the landowners' attention a free trade policy. "We have long since," he adds, " remarked on Mr. ESCCITT'S speech as ominous of further relaxation of the Corn-laws, and we have now to call our readers' attention to a flood of corroboration pouring in from the va rious agricultural societies throughout the coun try." Then our Contemporary refers to the de clarations at the Leicestershire Agricultural So- I ciety, at the dinner at Yeovil], already no ticed in The Sun, at another meeting in Somersetshire, where " Mr. MILES, the sworn champion of the four-footed race of native breed," can give no better consolation to the farmers than that they must plough deeper and trust more to their indulgent . parent, mother earth. The public may rest quite assured, now that the Times openly espouses the great ques tion of relaxation of the Corn-laws, and boasts of being supported by " those who will be the principal losers by the proposed champs," that both wind and tide have set in steadily in favour of Corn-law repeal. We can supply our Contemporary with another drop to swell his flood of corroboratiron : At the Cirencester Agricultural Club-dinner hist week (says the Wiltshire hale written 0 the Hon. W. P d Bathurst an d M r. W. Crip 5, 1 _1 . t.1) both attributed the present low pri ces to theepres; ra of manufac tures, and the distress of the manufacturing popu lation, which prevented their being such good cus tomers to the farmers as they had been . They denied that the tariff could have had much, if any, effect in bringing down prices. doubt much whether we should have been enlight cued, even had we been present at the discussion. Since writing the above passage we have seen the Dublin Pilot, and are no longer at a loss to account for the conduct of the Dublin municipa lity. Our Contemporary is quite in cx tacies at the rejection of the vote of thanks, and sets no bounds to his praises of the Corporation. Ac cording. to him, it has evinced a wonderful degree of " spirit and nationality in having refused to throw up its cap, and shout for England." He adds, " there exists no identity of interests between Ireland and the sister country. Not only none, but even less than none ! It is not Ireland's in terest that England should prosper; England's prosperity, it has been well insisted, is Ireland's adversity. Are we then to rejoice in our own misfortune ?" The bitter, malignant spirit of this passage need not be pointed out. It must be obvious to the most obtuse capacity. We are glad, however, that the Repealers are at length exhibiting themselves in their true colours; and commend their frankness, even while we indignantly denounce the malevolent spirit by which they are influ enced. We may well have been puzzled to ac count for the doings of the Dublin Corporation, for we never should have imagined that a mean rancorous hatred of England was atthe bottom of theirstrangeproceedings. So, the policyof the Irish Repealers is to take every opportunity of sowing dissension between the two countries, and teach one to hate the other with all the malice of a fiend. 'Tis well, and furnishes us with another incontrovertible argument against their crazy project, Repeal. What, permit Ireland to have a legislation distinct from England—lreland, whose Repealers boldly and frankly tell us that they hate us, as the devil hates holy water? We should be the veriest set of fools in Christendom even to dream of such a thing _ _ It is our duty, at the same time, to put our readers on their guard against the future machi nations of the landowners. We have no respect whatever for these men in their legislative capa city, wherever their own interest is concerned. ThQy have now, by their conduct and their lan guage, assented to the opinion that the Corn law has been gieatly injurious to the nation. The present condition of the tenantry and the agricultural labourers convicts the law of all that has ever been charged against it. The law is now unanimously and universally condemned. The sliding scale must be given up; but the landlords will try to capitulate—they will not surrender. They will demand a moderate fixed duty, which is described to be a fixed injustice ; or they will require to slide through a series of petty frauds, lessening so much per year, into honesty and justice. We will not now recapitulate any one argument with which we have from time to time, since 1837, as zealously opposed a fixed duty, or a vanishing duty to lessen year by year, as a sliding scale of duties; we will content ourselves with saying that after it has been so generally, not to say uni versally, admitted, that the Corn-law is inexpe dient and unjust, that it inflicts immeasurable evils on the community, and is a violation of the rights of the people, and the duties of the Le gislature, being equally iniquitous and impious, it will not be the fault of the landlords, it will be the blame of the public, should any rag of the enormous legislative fraud be allowed to re main a single year. Universally denounced, no part of it can be preserved without the public sanction. In that case, and hereafter, the public must and will bear the consequences ; and if it do not now oppose any and every modification of the law, short of entirely sweeping it away, it will not be justified, as at present, in throwing on the landlords exclusively the blame of the misery which any and every modification of so unjust a law will be sure to inflict on society. Henceforth, the public, enlightened as to the nature and demerits of the law, not the landowners, will be responsible for its continuance. If the authors of the Income-tax wish to re tain that impost for three years, and force the people to submit with some degree of patience to its inquisitorial exactions, they must keep a watchful eye on the functionaries appointed to carry it into effect. At Brighton, and some other places, the Commissioners have performed their disagreeable labours with discretion and lenity, and refrained from extreme measures, except in cases which left no other alternative. It would appear, however, that the City Commissioners do not follow these good examples, it we may judge from the following statement communicated to a Contemporary. "I am a commercial traveller," says the writer, "my salary is 1401. per annum, and, being assessed at 1501., I appealed to the Commissioners in Basingh all-street. After answering questions as to my name and salary, I was told I was fortunate in not being charged more, and on endeavouring to expostulate upon what I considered an act of injustice, I was told 'no remarks were allowed there.' " Treatment like/this cannot be too much repro bated. Judging from expressions which fell from Sir ROBERT PEEL on introducing the Bill, it never was his intention to enforce it with such severity and injustice upon any class, and least of all upon those who have barely the means of subsistence. If instances of this kind are numerous, the Government will find the public voice too powerful for them, and be com pelled to remove agents who thus compromise their measures, and wantonly excite the people to dis obey the law. Were it not for the hardship inflicted on individuals, we should rejoice to see all the Commissioners act in this manner, as such inso lent conduct would raise general indignation, and possibly also general resistance to the obnoxious tax. If the Correspondent who complains of this treatment, has stated the case correctly, he is not bound to pay the tax ; and if he had the means to resist it in a Court of Law, a Jury of his countrymen would do him justice. But a commercial tra veller, with such a limited income, cannot afford the means, and besides the disclosure which must follow such a course, might do him more injury than he could suffer by paying the tax. This is only one of the numerous evils attending this grievous impost. We would therefore recom mend the sufferer, if he finds no other remedy, to appeal at once to the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and if that functionary also tells him " no remarks are allowed," let him appeal to the public through the Press. One well authenticated instance of oppression, like this, would soon bring [forth many others, and excite general sympathy. Nor are the Gloucestershire g( artlemen, and the landed gentlemen generall3 without far stronger reasons for their couver sio, n than were ever supplied even by the thund'ar of the Times? Incendiaristu is spreading througl) tl to country; bands of men, we are told, begin to wander about in the agricultural districts,. q 'emanding But the Repealers, with that whimsical inconsist ency which characterizes all their actions, while hating Englishmen, profess to idolize their Queen ; and, after the true Irish fashion, propose to show their affection for her, by doing as much mischief as they possibly can to her sub jects, whose interests are so inseparably bound up with hers that it is impossible to strike a blow at the one, without seriously injuring the other. Verily, Irish Repeal is a queer crotchet, and Irish Repealers still more eccentric. Madrid papers of the 30th have been received. The Gazette publishes an address of the National Guard of Madrid to the QUEEN, in which they assure her MAJESTY of their determination " to maintain the Constitution, the public liberties, and the inviolability of the throne and person of the QUEEN." The following is her MAJESTY'S reply : " I am delighted to receive the patriotic homage of the National Guards of Madrid. I have never doubted their loyalty and good sentiments, and I am both penetrated at and convinced of their attachment for my Royal person and that of my " august Sister, as well as their loyalty and patriotism. The National Guard had also sent an address to the REGENT, offering their loyal co-operation for the defence of the fundamental law of the kingdom, public order, and the Regency :in trusted to him by the delegates of the people during the minority of the QUEEN. The Three per Cents. were done at 221, at 60 days, with 1 premium ; the Five per Cents. at 26i, at 60 days; and the Floating Debt at 41 1-16, on the 14th of January. The Paris Monitew publishes another dis patch, giving an account of the latest operations against the renowned. ABD-EL-KADER. It is dated Algiers, Nov. 25, and is addressed to the Minister of War by General DE BAR, who re places the Governor-General during his ab sence in the interior of the country. General LAMORICIERE, who had been sent in quest of the Arab Chief, states that the tribe of the Krallefas had submitted; thus completing the submission of the whole country between the territory of Morocco and the left bank of the Mina. This tribe had accompanied ADD-EL-KA DER during part of his flight, and in the course of it endured great hardships, besides losing all their beasts of burtben,a great portion of their flocks, and many horses. The Chiefs assured General DE LAMO RICIERE that nearly 30,000 of the population of that part of the country had followed ABD-EL• KADER, and, being almost destitute of provisions, 2,000 of them had died on their way. The Commerce, evidently alarmed at the state of affairs in • ,Spain, and the growing influence of ; England in that country, - calls upon the French Government to quit its state of majestic repose, and send forthwith a repre sentative to Madrid, to defend the interest and support the rights of France. " Whether a treaty of commerce with England has been signed with England or not," says that journal, " it is certain, in our opinion, that ESPARTERO either had come, or was on the point of coming, to an understanding with the English Minister. This is a question which our Government ought to look closely after; it involves interests which should awake'n all its solicitude. It is ano less important work than to know if Spain, to the in jury of France and to her own great detriment, shall deviate from the paths which for more than a century her family alliances have caused her to tread. This important question is well worth the sacrifice of a paltry piece of etiquette." France, according to another journal, is equally unfortu nate in the East, and is losing ground in every quarter. But what else can she expect? She refuses to form a cordial alliance with any country, and she . hws not a friend in Europe, says the National, and it .is not a matter of won der, therefore, that her Ministers abroad are iso lated, as well as the country. France wished to take the Christians in the East under her especial protection, but the jealousy of the other Powers defeated her object. The Univers says Our Constantinople correspondence of Nov. 17 in forms us of a very sad piece of news, which confirms the official abandonment by France of the protectorate' of the Christians of the East. For two years all the European Powers have been exceedingly busy at Con stantinople with a foundation of an hospital for the Christians. Count de Pontois, when ambassador in that c ity, maintained with the most praise -worthy energy the right of France to be the exclusive protectress of that establishment. The claim was strongly contested by the other great Powers,which have determined to destroy tho influence ofFrance in the East, by putting an end to her protectorate. The question was discussed with warmth at Constantinople between the French and Anti- French parties. At last, M. de Pontois took posses sion of the hospital in the name of France. Shortly iTh after, ts h diplomatist h pel e xo m. Count eadti itsotr waswolsf ordered recalled hrpr e eibatt t , o s rAi P fli Paris, r do i s er , eß a i n tol d uder r g e au p le l l a n c ed e yi d : fffifiacicirun di fficulties, if theets the eainndt hospital,ehr e e s has ts otfhthis France.marvellouslypo e of Af sn u succeeded, s e t dahneetd speciale, obnyc concession s c ia r of i n. - and humiliations has ended in provin g that our Ca tholic protectorate is definitively abandoned to the de mands of the Great Powers. Me instructions sent to NI. de Bourqueney ordered him to giVe up the claim of France to be recognised as the sole protectress of the Christian hospital. M. de Bourqueney has al lowed the principle of collective protection, which is nothing else than a triumph to the enemies of France ; for it is the abandonment of her ancient and glorious protection in the East. BOURSE—PARIS, W EDNE SDAY, DECEMBER 7. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 70... 119 70... 119 65... 119 70 Four r7e r r Cents. 1 06 0601 60...1 30... °6 Ol 6 30 °.. ... 110°61 60...30 1 1 0 °6 1 3 6 0 ° 3 per Cents 7 9 39 ... 79 30... 79 25... 79 25 Bank of France 3340 ...3340 —.3340 .. 3340 Laffitte Bank 5,000 f 5080 —.5080 —.5080 ..5080 Belgian Bank Belgian Fives 1840 lO4l ... 1041 ... 1041 104 Spanish Active. . 231 ... 231 ... 23/ ... 231 Passive Portuguese Fives 32A ... 32% ... ... 32* Neapolitan... lO7 25... 107 35... 107 25... 107 35 Roman, We alluded on Thursday to a motion which was made at a meeting of the Dublin Corporation on Tuesday, to the effect that " the members of this Council, in congratulating themselves and the public on an end being put to the horrors of war in India and China, beg to render the thanks of this assembly to Lord SA LTOUN, Generals Sir HUGH GOUGH, NOTT, and PoLLocs, Sir ROBT. SALE, Sir HENRY POTTINGER, Lieut.CUDDY, and Lady SALE, by whose exe rtions it i s hoped the commerce of these countries will be greatly . increased, and by whom the blessings of peace have been mainly accomplished; and that the Town-clerk be directed to convey the same to these distinguished individuals." In alluding to this motion, we expressed a confi dent hope that " common sense and national gratitude would prevail," and that it would be carried by a triumphant majority. We took for granted that Irishmen, like Scotchmen, would feel a generougpride in the successes of their coun trymen in the East, and that their nationality would prevail over all petty party consi derations. We thought that their hearts would warm at the mention of such names as POTTINGER, GOUGH, and KEA NE ; and that whether Whigs or Tories, Protestants or Catholics, Repealers, or Non-Repealers, the members of the Corporation would vie, each with the other, in expressing their sense of the skill, valour, and perseverance of their country men. But we were mistaken, it seems. The motion, instead of being carried, was rejected, and Irishmen alone have proved that they are insensible to the merits of Irishmen. What, in the name of common sense, can be the meaning of such conduct? What object do the Dublin Corporators propose to serve by it ? Are they jealous of the military renown of their countrymen ? Do they imagine that members of their own body should have been se l e cted to crush AKBAR Ku", and bring the Imperial AYH ANG-FO and his pig-tailed sub jects to their senses ? We protest we are ut terly in the dark as to the cause of the churlish behaviour of the Dublin Corporation; and as Irish logic is apt at times to b e v er y p er p l exing , we t RAILWAY SHARES.. St. Germain ... 832 50... 832 50... 832 50... 832 50 Versailles, R.B 265 ... 270 ... 265 ... 270 L.B B7 50... 87 50... 87 50... 87 50 Rouen Orleans.... Strasburg to Bale 203 75... 203 75... 203 75... 203 75 JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.— Judgment was given yesterday on an appeal from the Arches Court of Canterbury--the Rev. H. Ers kine Head v. Ralph Saunders promoting the office of the Judge. The appellant had been cited in the Arches Court for writing letters in the Western Times, headed " A View of the Duplicity of the present Sys tem of Episcopal Ministration, in a Letter addressed to the Parishioners of Feniton, Devon, occa sioned by the Bishop of Exeter's Circular on con- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, .1849 firmation ; by Henry Erskine Head, Rector of Feni ton, Devon." The appellant bad interposed a protest in the Court below. Lord Campbell, on the part of the Judicial Committee, affirmed the decree of the Court below. - - Summonses were issued yesterday to the Alin's ters to attend a Privy Council, appointed for this afternoon, at two o'clock, at Windsor Castle The time for the meeting of Parliament will be fixed at this Council. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. Stocks left off firmly this afternoon, and a fur ther purchase was made in Exchequer Bills equal to that of the morning —viz., 50,0001. The premium was firm at 525. to 535. Consols remained at 931 to 94 ; Bank Stock was 1721 ; and Reduced Three-and a-Half per Cents. brought 1001. The Foreign Market was quiet. In Mexican no thing further was done. Chilian left off at 91 to 92 ; Spanish sold at 18* * for the Five per Cents., and touched 231 for the Three per Cents. There was no falling off in the demand for Railway Shares, which kept up their high prices. Bills of Exchange were firm again, the alteration from the quotations of last post-day being very slight. (From The Sun of Last Night.) In the Liverpool cotton market yesterday only a moderate business was done, the sales being 4,000 bales, all of which, however, were taken by the trade. Prices ruled the same. The leading railways were in much request, but there was no improvement in the others. Eastern Counties, New, were 101; Edin- ' burgh 'and Glasgow, 48 ; Grand Junction, 191 ; Great Western, Fifths, 91; Brighton, 35i ; South Western, 611 ; and Midland Counties, 62. The progress of events in Spain excites a good deal of interest in the City, and the issue of the Barcelona contest is looked for with some anxiety. That submission must eventually take place, few are disposed to doubt, though the expenditure incurred cannot be got rid of, and in addition to the 4,000,000 reals taken by the insurgents from the City Treasury, Espartero will lose all the expenses of his expedition, or more, properly speaking, the inhabitants; who, no doubt, will be made, as they ought, "to pay the piper," so as to teach a lesson of quietude in future, and prompt them to repress the factious ever rising up among them. The English funds are firmer to-day, although scarcely any activity has prevailed in the market be yond that imparted by a purchase of 50,0001. Ex chequer Bills at 51 prem., by the Government broker, which has materially improved the market for this security, since called 51 to 53. Upon the commencement of business they were done at 49. For the Savings' Banks, as is believed, there has also , been an investment to the extent of 5,3001. in Re duced Three per Cads., taken at 941. Consols for the opening are marked 931 to 94. Reduced Three and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 1001 to 101. Bank Stack is 172 f ; and Long Annuities are 12i. Not much buoyancy is exhibited in the Foreign Securities, in the absence of any Continental news of interest. Spanish Active Bonds have been dull, though steady, at 181, and the Three per Cents. have . remained at 231 to 8. Mexican Bonds are depressed, at 301 to 301. Brazil Stock is worth 691. Austrian Metalliques have been done at 111; and Dutch Five per Cents. at 101. Railway Shares wear a very healthy appearance, and full prices are asked. Eastern Counties are 141; Brighton, 141 ; Midland Counties, 38 ; and South Eastern Scrip, 2 discount ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New, are ; Great Western, - 25 to 26 ; Ditto, New, 141 ; Birmingham, 100 ; South Western, 201; Man chester and Leeds, 1 ; ditto, New, 1 to 11, and Paris and Rouen, 54 to 5 ,prem. London Joint Stock Bank Shares are 31, and London and Westminster 11 to 2 prem ; Union of London are I discount. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. B.—There has been but little business - transacted to-day owing chiefly to a disposition to keep back stock for an advance. Manchester and Leeds Half, 301 ; ditto Quarters, 5. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH, FUNDS. Rank Stock .l7* 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 04a 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 3i per Cent. New 3i per Cent......... New 5 per Cere.. — Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ... l2a Oct. 1859 Jan. Is6o India Stock ... pm Ditto Bonds .... 43 pm Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annuities... l Ea. Bills, 1,000/ 3d. 43 pm Ditto 500/...... 53 pm Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acet. India Stock for Opg... 'Consols for Opg. I FUNDS. FOREIG, Austrian, 5 per cent. lll Belgian, b per cent 3razilian Bonds... 69i Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent. 92 Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Boi Danish, 3 per tent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825,6 per ct. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent — Ditto, Metallic ..... Spanish, 5 per cent lBi Ditto, Deferred French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange —c French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 2i per cent. 53 Ditto, 5 per cent. .., 101 .RES. ...... SHA Eastern Counties (23 Ditto New (—paid) loi Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 48 Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) 5 Groat Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) 9 Grand Junction (100 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) ...... ... . Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) 34 London and South Western (41/ 6s 10d pd) 61k Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto New Shares (30 paid) ... ........ Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)... 23 Ditto Scrip (20 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE--(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 9 Gibraltar .. . . Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .. . ... ...2 U. 12 9/I Genoa . tl6 10 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 14k Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75 Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Lisbon 52 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 5 Rio Janeiro 25 Frankfort on Maine ...152 Bahia Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effoc. 11. 3 M lO 1 Philadelphia 4€ Trieste, ditto lO 2 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid Cadiz 36* Portugal Gold C0m...3 17 5 Bilbao 36 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 10th day of September, to the 3d of December, 1842, both inclusive, published pursuant to the Act, 3 and 4W. IV., cap. 98. ' ASSETS.' Circulation .......£19,562,000 Securities ..... £21,210,030 Deposits 8,957,000 Bullion 9,934,000 £28,519,000 Downing-street, Dec. 8, 18, - - £31,194,000 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CHAMPION MEETING— (CoxTINUED.)—Ta URSDAY. ExNAlig STAKES.—Lord Stradbroke's Magdalen beat Mr. Edwards' Arctic. CHIPPENHAM STAKES.-Mr. R. Bagge's Ten dril beat Mr. Gurney's Agrippa Mr. Bowles' Bride Tripp;beat Mr. Teale's • Mr. Dobede ' s Douglas beat Mr. Vipan's Victorina ; Mr. Morant's Mussulman beat Mr. Moody's Racer. TIRE RUTU_ND STAKES.--Mr. Moody's Prince beat Mr. Tysor:':,. Foremost ; Mr. Drinkald's Datura beat Lord Glentworth's Landgrave ; Mr. Saberton's Streamer beat Mr. Teale's Troy ; Mr. W. Etwall's Windpipe Beal Mr. Edwards' Almanac. FRIDAY. Third TieS for the Puppy Stakes.—Lord Stradbroke's Mango beat Mr. Dunn's Barwell Junior ; Mr. Saberton's Sweetbriar beat Mr. Etwall's Win-if-you-can. Third Ties for the All-Aged Stakes.—Lord Strad brolce's Minerva beat Mr. Bowles's Busy Body ; M r . Moody's Railroad beat Mr. Etwall's Westwind. The Exning Stakes.—First Ties.—Lord Stradbroke's Magdalen heat Mr. Vipan's Velure ; Lord Glentworth's Lablache beat Mr. Bryant's Ephraim. A GAOL TO LET. • (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) POOLE, DEC. B.—Notwithstanding the multiplied evils under which the community of this town, in common with the country at large, are labouring, through the depressed state of trade and commerce— the great want of employment amongst the labouring classes, and their consequently increased temptation to crime—we possess a rare specimen of what can be effected by the steady and judicious management of a just, watchful, enlightened, and unflinching Magis tracy. We 'challenge all England to produce the like, viz., a gaol in the midst of a population of 10,000 persons, formerly crowded with criminals, without a single prisoner. Our learned Recorder, we hope, will be presented at the next Quarter Sessions with a pair of white gloves, as an emblem of the purity of our morals, and that our municipal expenditure will be reduced in the amount of salaries at present paid to the gaoler, matron, and surgeon, whose offices are but sinecures. And we look forward in the pleasing anticipation, at no distant period, of seeing those walls, which were intended to hold ih security those criminals who had forfeited their liberty to the laws of their country, converted into almshouses to afford shelter for the destitute, honest, and deserving poor. For this state of things we are indebted to those gen tlemen whom the Tories sneeringly call, and we are proud to acknowledge, "Lord John Russell's Magis • trates." STOURDRIDGE—THE PREVAILING DISTRESS.—The number of applicants at the Union Poor-house is in creasing every week; a number;; (amounting with their families to 39 persons) were so relieved on Fri day last, and reported to the Commissioners, as re quired by article four of their instructions. Ther: are at present upwards of 260 inmates in the house, being ► the greatest number ever known. A great probability exists of a large number of persons being out of employ in this district during the coming winter.— Worcester Chronicle HAMBURGH. MAIL. HANOVER, Nov.2B.—The most important infor mation we have to communicate at this moment is the prolongation for a year, i. e., to the Ist of January 1844, of the Convention concluded with Brunwick on the 16th December last year, by which the Ilary and Weser districts of the Duchy of Brunswick con tinue in the Customs' Union of Hanover and Olden burg. It appears, therefore, that the accession of Ha nover to the Prussian Customs' Union is by no means so near at hand as some persons have stated. HAMELN, DEC. I.—On Sunday, the 27th of No vember, Deputies from the towns on the banks of the Weser arrived here. They had already met several times in this town for the purpose of preparatory discussion, on the establishment of steam navigation on the whole course of the river, between Bremen and Munden. On the following day they tnet and deliberated with some Deputies of this place. On Tuesday there was a general meeting of all share holders, at which there were several from distant parts, who took the most lively interest in this under taking. It was alleged in the general meeting that the Government of the States on the banks have en deavoured to support the undertaking, especially with respect to the improvement of the navigation of the river and the building of bridges. It appeared, also, that far more shares were subscribed for than were mentioned in the prospectus, as re quired, for a commencement; and it might, therefore, be hoped that they would be able to proceed rapidly, and, in fact, many shares were subscribed for before, and during the general meeting, at which many im portant resolutions were passed. Directors and sub- Directors chosen, and instructions were given to the Directors, in conjunction with the Deputies of Mun den, Hameln, Minden, and Bremen, to procure two iron steam-boats, to begin with, for the navigation of the Weser. FROM THE MAINE, Nov. 27.—Some journals have lately published many reports, which give rea son to suppose that Hanover will shortly accede to the German Customs' Union. We are able to affirm, on good authority, that these reports, if not unfounded, are premature. Hanover will not join the Union till it is compelled by absolute necessity, or till some change should give a different turn to the intentions of that country. It is certain that in the highest circles, the disinclination to such an accession is stronger than ever, not only out of considerations for England, but likewise on political grounds. Among the commercial classes hardly any, except the great manufacturers, are in favour of the accession, because they suffer much by isolation of the country, and the loss of the fairs of Brunswick, Frankfort, and Liepsic. The retail dealers, on the other hand, with few exceptions, are opposed to it. TURKISH FRONTIERS, Nov. 19.—(From the Sile sian Gazetie).—The latest accounts from Bucharest state that a Russian courier had passed with great speed through that city, with dispatches for General Von Boutenieff, at Constantinople, and that a general report was spread that the contents of those dispatches relate to a protest of Russia against the last revolu tion in Servia. Letters from Bucharest say that Prince Ghika had not made the slightest objection to give up the insignia, which was demanded of him. Well-informed persons, however, say that the jewels with which the insignia were adorned have been long since employed by the Prince for other ornaments, and that in their stead Bohemian stones resembling those have been, substituted.— Ilamburgh Papers, Dec. G. DUTCH FUNDS.-.AstsTuarmst, DEC. 6. Money. Bilis, Actual Debt, 1254 per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Arno t Syndic, 44 per cent. 94 314 1 4 %Do, ditto, B}‘, per cent 77 7714 Commercial Company, 4% per cent 130% 13 yi Loan 1837, 5 per cent. .... ........... .« l9ll 101 Exchange on London, bne month.... Two months .... Hamburgh, One month.-- Two months 35 63% Dutch Papers, I)ec. 7. BELGIAN FUN _ S.—Baussets, DEc. 7. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , Rothschild 's Loan, Five per Cent. 102% Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 93 l.v --_ Four e pe —.---. Three per Cent.. T _ --- —.----....------. City,hr t y 1832, 0840) ditto %1% 103 LoatTof % 97 Society of Commerce, Fou r and a Half per Cent Bank of Belgium, Five p er Cent. 76 National Society .. . ................. ...... Exchange on London (short) ... —Brussels Papers. Dee. 1 lMilli r nsi Ce nt AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENN A , Nov. 4 3. Five per Cents. Meta lli q ues. ....... 169 Four per Cents. lOO Three per Cents - ••.. ........ .114 '76% Bank Shares . . . , .......................eine ..... .•• •••••• 162 1 1...." Allgemeint Zeiluttg, Dec. 3. 1..... HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Dec... Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. sank Shares... . . Anglo-Russian Loan luS% ILS% Russian 5 per Cent., let series, Certific a t e 103% Inscription, let series lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th ___ Series.... . ................ . — Ditto in Certificates 4 £3 -- Dutch Actual New 4 r Cent. 0) 87% pe De(lBbt, 2% per Cent ES% Ditto 5 per C ent . — Polish Bonds — New Tickets — u 0 N n D th 5 5 . ,...3 13 71 1 . Ang l o- D an ish Loin, 3 per Cent. — Slay Spanish, New 5 p 1 Cents.. . EXCHANGES ON LONDOe. H AMBURGH , Dec. 6.- 1 3 9, Two months I I 7%. Prranssun o, Nov 25.—Three months, 37% pence. RIGA. Nov. 4 per cent. ......... .....—.. 1114i4 It 3% LIN, Dec. 3. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch. , Pruss i an English Bonds, 1830, I per cent.' 102i4 1, 2 Exchange on London .. .. 6 24% PRUSSIAN 26. T lne e } M ' Prussian State Gazette, Dec. 4.'7 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEc. 9.—Wind this day at noon, S. to S.E., light and hazy. DEAL, DEc. B.—Wind Nankin, Calcutta. Sld. Johanna, Hobart Town, and all the outward bound OFF DOVER, DEc. B.—Rose, Shields, St. Helena. LIYERPOOI, DEC. B.—Wind light.—Arrd. En more, De, Gruchy, Monte Video, sailed Oct. 14 ; Zotoff, Merrill, New Orleans ; Clyde, Savannah ; Eagle, Laing, Syria; Smith, Quebec; British Queen, Newfoundland, leaky ; Hesperus, Jackson, Africa; left Bombay, Sept. 7th, Fernando Po, Sept. 14th. Arrived off, Allerton, Calcutta; Herald, Val paraiso ; Georgiana,lNew Orleans ; Holtingeur, New York. Put back, Ada, for Adra, with five feet water in her hold, having been ashore on the North Bank. Sid. Charles Jones, Canton ; Plata, Buenos Ayres ; Glenbembrat, Pernambuco; Hebe, Vera Cruz; Lord Wellington, New Orleans ; England, New York. CLYDI, DEC. 7.—Arrd. Margaret, Wilkie, Miller, Montreal and Quebec. CORR, DEC. 5 AND 6.—Arrd. Mary Bibby, Archi bald, Honduras; Devonport, Dunn, St. John's New Brunswick. Hum., DEc. 7.—Sld. Josephine, Savannah; Bth, acrd. George Delius, Shields, for St. Thomas, with damage, having been in contact off the Texel. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 8.--Sid., City of Glasgow steamer, West Indies. Ort SALCOMDE, DEC. B.—Erbprinssessin Sophee, Killers, Batavia, for Amsterdam. FALMOUTH, DEC. B.—Wind, E., moderate.—Arri. Haberdine, Hore, Labrador and Lisbon ; Lily, Serllesurier, Cape Hayti ; Oriental packet, Alexan dria, left 23d ult., Malta 28th, and Gibraltar 3d inst.; Ann Emma, Thompson, Catania, with bowsprit sprung, foretopmast carried away, sails split, and loss of bulwarks, bound to Glasgow. Sld. Oriental steamer, Motherbank. OFF THE LAND'S END, DEC• 6.—Caspar, Balti more for Bremen. CLYDE, DEC. 7.—Sld. Rainbow, Monte Video; Sylvia, Hooks, Rio Janeiro; William and Retrieve, Trinidad. DUBLIN, DEC. 6.—Sld. Brothers, Savannah. SHIELDS, DEC. 6 AND 7.—SKI. Mary Ann, Buenos Ayres ; India, Rio Janeiro. PORT TALBOT, DEC. 7.--The Law, Ogilby, bound to Alicant, in putting to sea this morning, touched on a spur in the Channel, lost her way, and ran on the North Bank, but has been assisted off without da mage, after discharging part of her cargo, and slipping her anchors. CAPTAIN :GROVES'S FLOATING BREAKWATER. — DOVER, DEC. 6.--The floating breakwater, reported as having been moored in Dover Bay, has, in conse quence of some injury it received, been this afternoon brought into the harbour to repair. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—New Constitution, Que bec to Dublin, lat. 46 lon. 39, by the Mary Bibby, at Cork. Sea, Liverpool to Messina, 4th inst., lat. 49, lon. 10, by the Lilly, arrived at Falmouth. Mar shall, Bennett (whaler), May 24, lat. 13 N., lon.ll E. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOOKETY.—A very crowded public meeting was held on Thursday, of the friends and supporters of this Institution, at the large sc hool -room, Geo rge - s t ree t, Prince's-road, Lambeth. Benjamin Hawes; Esq., in the chair. The Cha irm a n, in the course of his address, said that he was happy to say that Lambeth was one of the purest boroughs in the kingdom. Lambeth had furnished members to serve om The late Committee appointed by the House of Commons to investigate certain election transactions. He attributed this purity not to the wealth of the in habitants, but to their intelligence. He impressed on the meeting the necessity of extending education, as it was calculated to reduce the amount of crime, and thereby cove the country from heavy taxes for the support of an extraordinary number of criminal Courts, &c. Several eloquent speeches were delivered by the Rev. Messrs. Clayton, Dubard, and others. A collection was made, and the Chairman put his name down for 51. The meeting, which was prin cipally composed of ladies, then separated. ft-) ij WI 51 ARV OF F. W AND VUtlitt 1 ,4 PtittOil. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. The French Court took up its residence at the Tui leries for the season on Wednesday. The Arabian horses sent by the Pacha of Egypt to the King of the French arrived on Tuesday at the Turkish embassy. They are eight in number, and one of them is said to be the horse which Ibrahim Pacha rode at the battle of Nezib. Although very warmly clothed, they appear to hive suffered from the cold since their arrival in France. The fog, which has enveloped Paris for some days past, extended, it appears, to a considerable distance in the country, and rendered travelling exceedingly dangerous. On Tuesday evening the fog in Paris was for some time more intense than on the preceding days. A new Government steamer, of 120 horse power, called the Napoleon, and intended for the 'conveyance of the mail to Bastia, was launched at Havre on Tuesday. She is the first French steamer to which the principle of the Archimedes screw has been applied. She was built by M. Normand, of Havre, but her engines are English, from the factory of Mr. Barnes. No accounts have been received yet of the surrender of Barcelona. The latest particulars will be found under that head. The municipality of Barcelona was, before the in surrection, 4,000,000 reals in arrear for the payment of contributions, and was closely pressed by the finance intendant of the province for the payment. Since then these insurgents have squandered the four millions of reals found in the provincial treasury. The Constitucional of the 30th publishes a pro clamation of Van Halen to the Barcelonese, dated the 26th, from his head-quarters at Esplugas de Lobregat. It states that the insurrectional movement had been essayed and put down at Vich and Girona, and calls upon the insurgents to submit at once to the leg-ai -1 mate Government. The Prussian State Gazette of the 2d inst. publishes a Cabinet order to the following effect :—The reduc tion of taxes, which had been fixed at from 1,500,000 to:1,600,000 rix dollars, is, with the consent of the Committees of she Provincial States, raised to 2,000,000 rix dollars, to commence Ist January next. Prince Alexander Ghika, on the 26th of October last, signed his formal abdication of the sovereignty of Wallachia, in compliance, as the document states, with the will of the high protecting Powers, and re mitted the Government into the hands of the Kaima kans appointed by the Sublime Porte. The Memorial des Pyrenees says :—" It is affirmed that, in consequence of the serious events which are now taking place in Catalonia, the French Govern ment has decided that a corps of observation shall be formed on that part of our frontiers which borders on that province. Forces are going to be sent towards Perpignan." PUBLIC OPINION. We quote the following from the Chronicle:- " We yesterday noticed two of the three Prize Essays on Agriculture and the Corn-law, published by the National Anti-Corn-law League. We reserved for to-day that of Mr. Greg. This gentleman has com prised within a few pages the marrow of this great question. We cannot help thinking that the exten sive distribution of his essay among farmers and labourers must produce the most powerful effect on them, and that minds the least accustomed to pro cesses of reasoning must be struck with the facts which he brings to be bear upon the question. On one point, of the greatest impostaxce with refer ence to the tranquillity of the country at this time, the facts urged by Mr. Greg are of paramount importance. The agricultural districts are great breeders of human beings; but notwithstanding the immense addition to the produce of the soil within the last forty years, the great number of Inclosure Bills, &c., the number of hands employed in agriculture does not increase. There is always in the agricultural districts many more hands than can be employed; but it would be frightful to think of what the state of the country must have been, had not employment been found in our manufacturing towns, every year, for vast numbers of the persons reared in the rural dis tricts. But by the law of England,. every human being must be maintained, whether employed or not, and the large addition which, if' the manufacturing towns be closed against immigration, must be made to the unemployed, must in a very few years create a social revolution in England." On the subject of Irish education, the .Post re marks as follows :—" We feel strongly the great need of a Church of England system of education in Ire land, and we therefore intreat all who can afford to do , so, to contribUte to the funds of the Irish Church Education Society. The Government will not give its aid to education in the principles of the Church of England. We call upon the people to discharge, so far as they can, that duty which the Government does notconsider to be a duty.. Our English readers will see, from a perusal of the admirable address of the Bishops, that in encouraging the Irish Church Education Society, they run no risk of encouraging that drunken fury of hatred towards the religion of the great mass of the people of Ireland, which for so long a time was the disgrace of Irish Protestantism. Whatever is to be said of the political priests, the mass of the people of Ireland have a sincere veneration for religion, erro neous in some points, and clouded with superstition, though it be. We ask for nothing to swell the tide of political hatred to the sincere piety of Ireland. God forbid. We only ask that such of the poor of Ireland as are members of the Church of England, may not be left a prey to ignorance and neglect, be cause they are conscientious, and desire to be taught the doctrines of their own Church, and to escape from el the snares which they believe are everywhere set by Romanism." -The Times, alluding to certain speeches made at recent agricultural meetings, observes :—" It is as satisfactory to ourselves as it is creditable to these speakers, that they, the persons directly and most deeply interested in maintaining the value of their own property, should be also those who take the, lead among their party in defending the past, and leading the way to future relaxations of their own protection. It is a happy augury when they are seen employing themselves to calm the apprehensions, and encourage the exertions, of their less menaced but more prejudiced dependents: We suspect, however, that their risk is less than it is fancied. The Duke of Rutland mentions that the whole importations of cattle, during the three months which had elapsed since the passing of the new tariff, have not exceeded one week's average sale at Smithfield ; and it is, of course, plain that no con clusions as to the future prices of grain can be drawn from that cheapness which the very peculiar circum stances of the present moment—the abundant harvest and the mistaken speculations of the corn-dealers— have conspired to effect. Be that as it may, we hear tily rejoice to see that English country gentlemen are prepared to co-operate, at all hazards to themselves, in that change of the commercial system, of which the circumstances of the times, and the current of public opinion, so distinctly indicate the approach." PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. The Commissioners appointed to inspect the state of the prisons in Gloucester met on Thursday in the Temple to consider their Report. The prison at Northleach has been inspected, and the windows were found to be unglazed, the cells in winter damp, and with only wooden shutters to keep out the wet and cold. It is conjectured that the Report will re commend its discontinuance, as there is ample accom modation for the prisoners, usually committed here from Cheltenham, in the county gaol of that place. NAVAL AND MILITARY. The statement that Lady Sale is the daughter of the late Vicar of Puddleworth, Dorset„ the Rev. Mr. Wynch, has been contradicted. Lady Sale, it appears, is the daughter of the late George Wynch, Esq., of the Hon. East India Company's service, and a granddaughter of the late Alexander Wynch, for merly Governor of Madras. LAW AND POLICE. Henry Stanton, alias Dr. Henry Stanhope, was finally examined at Clerkenwell on the charge of several robberies, and committed for trial to Newgate. Between 20 and 30 men and lads were brought up at Union Hall for refusing to work at the St. George's Workhouse, creating a disturbance, and breaking the windows. The porter was blamed for not furnishing them with the appointed food ; they were then coin mitted, but ordered to be afterwards furnished with passes to their parishes. COURT-T.A.SBZONABLF. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and family arrived in Portland-place, - on Wednesday evening, from Gordon Castle. The family, on Tuesday next, go to Goodwood-park, Sussex, for the winter. The Duke of Norfolk, with the Earl of Arundel and Lord Edward Howard, left Hyde-park-place on Wednesday, for Arundel Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol, accompa &ed by Lord:Alfred Hervey, M.P., left town on Thar- day afternoon, by the four o'clock train, for Brighton. The Marquis of Northampton has left town to visit to:the Dowager Marchioness of Northampton at Cool burst. The Marquis of Normanby- arrived in town on Wednesday, f'rom Mulgrave Castle, the Noble Mar quis's seat, near Whitby, Yorkshire. The Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Inverness are expected to pass the holidays at Colonel Wild man s seat. Major-General Sir Alexander Woodford, G.C.B. the late Governor of Gibraltar, with Lady Woodford and family, have arrived at Portsmouth from Spain, and are hourly expected in town. The Earl and Countess of Mornington arrived on Thursday in Saville-row, from Deal Castle. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers arrived in town on Thursday from a visit to Middleton Park. Earl and Lady Katherine Jermyn left IckWorila Park on Saturday last for Belvoir Castle. mascELLANZOUS. Owing to the present abbreviation of the office copies in Chancery, a defendant lately escaped a trial on a technical objection arising from them. The words of Lord Denman on the occasion were—" The intro duction into office-copies of abbreviations was a most improper practice, and no office-copy ought to be made without being word for word in full length. In this Court that was the practice, and where it was the contrary most grievous and important errors might be committed. The regulations just issued from the Admiralty rf specting the survey of all ships in future, are as they should be, stringent. The spars of a vessel after a couple of long voyages are most likely to be defectiv e. Instances frequently occur where an internal decay in a tree had been originally unknown even to the mast maker himself, but which after the wear and tear of s voyage or two had become sufficiently apparent to his practised eye to be detected in the course of a s urvey by him on board ; whilst by the commander and ship's carpenter no serious defect could be seen. ip .pe,_ ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGI-litg RAILWAY. A dreadful accident occurred on Thursday upon this railway, which either has already, or in all probabi lity shortly will be, attended with loss of lite. One account which we have received states that four per sons were killed .j . but other accounts, th ou g h they do not agree in tltis particular, agree in stating that four persons were seriously injured, and that the lives of at least two •f them are despaired of. T he accident occurred about half-way between the Tring and Berk lsampstead stations, while the train was proceeding at heel the rate of thirty miles an hour, and was cau sed b i the breaking of the axle of the engine. The near turned W, of the engine was next broken, and the en g ine completely round and shattered to pieces, no portion of it remaining entire but the cylinder, which NY,115 p . arus._ driven by the concussion to a distance of thirty The stoker was taken up speechless, buhe engulli" fortunately escaped with a slight hurt to the fool ; three passengers in the first carriage next fire cl ell_ ; gine were seriously wounded, but al l the t as given train the which Company iea v : — e s passengers escaped without injury The following is the official account of the accident doll et The Aylesbury fo L iar ' carriage next eleven, A.M. consisting of a second class second the tender, two first class carriages, and • another ein. bankment, about three-quarters of a Mile class carriage at the end, was passiug over the North Church Tunnel, when the near fore-wrthe the engine was suddenly separated frolll i t , /half breaking of the fore-axle (which is four and inches thick) between the journal and the thrown The engine and tender were, in consequence,. there over the near side of the embankment, whic h /5 c ar about 15 feet high, and the leading second class riage over the off side. The other carriage s re/li t in on the road. The engine-driver escaped with° d li thre e jury; his assistant was considerably hurt, 11 ,, r1 • a ge, north of,thoef passengers, who were in the second class "''' . " - h it which was overturned, also received severe, thoug • is hoped not fatal, injuries. ilre The following is the official report of the 6 who attended on behalf of the Company :•--- e d by " The names of the persons who w ere joi n'. the accident at North Church, Dec. 8, 1842 --- the " John Tomlin, of Boxmore--severe injury te head and fracture of ribs. ~M ary Bye, of Aylesbury—severe in j ur y to th e head. ioo " John Pemberton, Company's stoker--aluellss of the brain. —4 11. " Matthew Lowe, overlooker, Berkhampatew-1 jury to back. ne Su rg eon, er ' 1, teaci :' " THOS. BROWN,B kiillor's 4 On an examination of the fractured axle, it a pp ( ,r' that the iron, with the exception of a very tion, is defective, although not externally a P Par o t W heel 3 and that the separation is so close to the at first view it would seem to have been Ille de br knife. fully re The circtUristances 'of the accident will be fo by ported to the Board of Trade, for investigati° small pen) t, wore (ANo p 7 o ll c E e lt ed A in C g COEL.) a Gen. Pasley. As :he . train incline"sliht e ar tion a twenty-five minutes before twelve o clock' n ear other ' l „a ( I. lf orthchurch, a village about a mile on the B erkhampstead, and between the latter Place that Tying,. some of the passengers became aware king all was not right, by hearing the stoker r 3 , , le , out the fire from under the engine. t r,h e „ •ith tree had in fact broken, and the sto o ' 1 01 great presence of mind, took this preealti°,e%t step to prevent the boiler from bursting ; t' e a . - n rid minute the fore wheel flew off, and the eng' n sip c es. t T e h nder were thrown off the line and thend to,Plied m e , n fi r s_t carriage was hurled from road, an e r- c a r d . ' the embankment, and the two first-ert e ll' , r!age - forced right athwart the rails. Vie, l% ;he two fore received but a comparatively s light sa °c- 'd D o an _ wheels only being thrown off the lin e person within receiving any injury. • tially soon • , as the passengers who had provider' 0, i e n scaped without injury could recover from' t he ono , entarY consternation into whi6 lbeY h'ad the ihey' •iin n thrown by the terrific occurrence, bank . to assist those who had been in the first carriage' ed t AmOng those more fortunate persons luckily haPPenre o be Mr. T. IL TT —ill, a medical gentleman, ;vho was t turning to London from Oxford, and v.iho promirvela rendered l all the assistance in his power to h is 'lasi _fe.rlow-passengers, who were found in a gate ,f. Onein of the bi ity, and , were at first supposed to be &ad. ,t car' Company s overlookers, who had been in the dew,t' and l riage, was, in its descent, thrown out at the wirw,,,,d to eft upon the embankment. The stoker was found to have received a severe concussion of the brain ; T a ,dieS oldman and women were found lying with thei r t i n ge, literally They doubled together inside the ill-fated caj o i t y, hey were got out with considerable direwere and examined by Mr. Hill; the heads of b atoll be covered f with blood, and on a closer ezarni°aian' ound that they had both received severe lacer-boat of the scalp. The woman was also much ent.,sfloral the e . yes, and the small branches of the te": n r o rra arteries had been divided, causing profuse l ice- , e d- - " hage. By this time the sufferers had been rein the the old man and woman to Northchurch, all . overlooker and stoker to Berkhampstead. from Ilex.',, An engineand , some carriages were sent to'' ham stead to convey the other passengers t ° c tioa but a considerable time elapsed before the obstraid he caused by the broken engine and tender e °° ,, n est/ removed from the line, and when that was don e , I, liaa rail had to be laid down in place of one whe.oiorf been cut asunder by the shock. The onlY 44 '; ao. which the first-class carriages received was •"." stilled= of the plate-glass in the windows. •i'' „ r pt . The cause of the accident, which it is onlY, ',,„% s ults ing th was not attended by still more lamentab'e ;r a tion' an those which are above detailed, was ang li- rat ide for, ably a defect in the iron of which the axle Ival . t, „a. . on examination, it was at once manifest tria,cessed withstanding its appearance of strength, it 1) 0 " fe at very little, not more than one-fourth of the al: sir substance being real. A large hollow, lik e cen tre bubble, appeared to have formed from th e nearly to ,the edges of the metal. , , (NO The loss which will accrue to the Company the damage done is estimated at 2,000/. 1 a fter The • - • train, which should have arrived short y ' lock , one, did not reach town until near four o c LATER PARTICULARS . ._, I s t the Intelligence was yesterday afternoon receilire the Euston-station of the railway, that Mrs; J i. ? l ,. r el 'ithila elderly woman above alluded to ha' o f 8 0 (re, her last. She was between 60 and '7O ye,ari: wa s fOO and her constitution received a shock though it had much for her advanced period of life, at first been hoedp she would recover. A t h e llnil )rtti- The other sufferers are all doing w'''• I k illed upon th 9 nate woman is the first passenger eve r - bets line; of railway, the results of the former a , having been confined to the Corn ser . er c sOtt - WESTERN LITERARY INSTITUTION, 1 - 4 7" r ;fit tlol l SQUARE.—A lecture was delivered at this ins'o'n- t he on 'rhursday evening, by T. Fowndes, ' c l?' a bidi , history of chemistry, tracing the science, e eun up to its present state as a science. B. 1 1 _ ilt°n t 'i t e as' in the chair. A conversazione ensued, when th e m semblage, among whom were many ladies. powpr°c-- to view the specimens of antique bronze, calot)l3 traits, microscopes, &c., displayed. A musical. stein, attracted much notice, as also some fine carv' ngs tended for the Earl of Orford's mansion. WHY ENGLAND 13 NOT A MUSICAL NATO , ' 0 Having, like many others now living, entered aro, the stully of the composer's art with all that eet . 1 _ siasm and ever shining hope which make all thir F ly appear possible, how was my enthusiasm checked, nly hope be-dimmed, when I found that eve doe r not shut against the English composer; or, f not (11 3 ea shut, left but so little way ajar, that the merest trill . could alone pass in. Added to this disappointmenci came the mindless, but unceasing taunt, that &le an t , was not a musical nation; therefore it was useless_ a struggle for musical renown. Hearing this, it becil,rmi a question—why should England not be mindsusito nation ? Did we not possess ears, voices, ~_ comprehend, tastes to discover and appreciate the hs f at. tiful in art, come in what shape it would ? 10 °7, otri foreign composers made of different mould to the men ? If not, surely we might . Still hope that. n d land which bore a Shakspeare, a Milton, a Byron/ T be a Scott, and that wonderful revolutionizer of ! en . world, a Watt, had still some few grains of dust 1,..; worthy of forming a musical genius, w hose' sti re c " ii might one day be placed, without insult, besid e ° o d that of Mozart ? Had we not already equalled,.s i even surpassed, our foreign rivals in almost all thlattit that had been encouraged? Encouraged !--in t .";i i , word lay the answer. England was not ft Ingl3j nation, because her native musical composersor never been encouraged ?—Frosn a paper by .... Bert Rodwellin the Dramatic and Altiocal Berirw*