The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-24 00:00:00

h. '1"1-411, 1111 ;01 k , ' N re i ld3ll3llP l ih r s zt ., %•istil YY fly ALBEN,T).§IIII Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ~ \ Just ready, in 3 vols. tiro, with Portraits, MEMOIRS of the COURT of ENGLAND, from the REVOLUTION in 1688 to the DEATH of GEORGE 11. By JOHN HENEAGE JESSE, Esq., uthor of" Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., COLLEGE LIFE By J. HEWLETT, M.A. Late of Worcester Collr"e, Oxford. Author of " Peter Priggins," "The Parish Clerk," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MA ST ERMAN READY—COMPLETE. Published this Day, Part 3, foolscap Bvo., 7s. 6d. cloth, ATASTERMAN . READY; or, THE WRECK LT& OF THE PACIFIC. Written for Young People. By Captain MARRYAT, C.B. With numerous Wood Engravings. *.' This Third Volume completes the work. Vols. I and 2 separately, 7s. 6d. each, cloth. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. BETTS' PATENT BRANDY.—The unparal leled and still increasing sale of this favourite beverage, has been attended by its natural consequence—the excitement of envy in every branch of the Spirit trade. Hence, each suc ceeding year brings to notice competitors, whose announce ments, under fallacious pretences and high sounding titles, urge upon the public notiee i articles, whose only distinguishing fea ture is their vast inferiotity to the Patent Brandy. It is to guard purchasers against the consequences of such attempts, and for that reason only, that J. T. Betts and Ce. are again induced to state, that the Patent Brandy is manufactured only at the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-bars, leading to St. John-street ; where it may be obtained, pale or coloured, at Eighteen Shillings per Gallon, of the highest legal strength. MHE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY 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, £BOO, £l,OOO, £1,500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together to m:72,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. ITEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a very short time very large amounts of Money Divi dends to their Correspondents in Great Britain and Ireland. Dividends of 25,000/., 18,000/., 9,000/., 5,000/., and 3,6001. to London; 3,600/., 800/., and 7001. to Edinburgh; 3,600/. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3,6001. to Halifax ; 1,2001. to Porthleaven Harbour ; 900/. ' 700/., and 6001. to Liver pool ; 9901. to Hull ; 9001. t o Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. and 600/. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham shire; 700/. to Colne, Lancashire; 700!. to Ryde, Isle of Wight ; 600/. to Cork ; 6001. to Bideford ; and 600/. to Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua ranteed by the Government. This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than 25,000/. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of 11. and upwards. Price of One Share, 11. ; two Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 3/.; four Shares, 4/. ; five Shares, 5/. ; s i x Shares, 61.; seven Shares, 71. ; eight Shares, 8/. ;- nine Shares, 9/. ; ten Shares, 101. Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS at Lubeck. The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, upon addressing a line to Heine Brothers. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. ON MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 26, 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, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Page, Miss Rainforth ; Anne Page, Miss Poole; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Orger. After which, a New Historical Comicality, called PUNCH'S PANTOMIME ; or, HARLEQUIN KING JOHN, and MAGNA CHARTA. By theyriters of " Punch." King John, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ridgway; Pan taloon Mr. Garden ; Columbine, Mrs. J. Ridgway ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price :is. ; 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-stre e t ; M r . Mit c h e ll, Old Bond -street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. ON MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 26, Will be repeated the New Drama, called GRAND FATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Drayton, (a Builder), Mr. Tilbury ; Langley, (a Retired Trader), Mr. Stuart ; Driver, (a Lawyer), Mr. Strickland; Bob Lincoln, (his Clerk), Mr. Webster; Snap, Mr. Clark; Edward Drayton (Drayton's Son), Master George Webster ; Louisa Dray.ton, Mrs. Edwin Yarnold ; S usan , (Servant to Langley), Sirs. Stanley. After which Mr. C. Mathews' Burletta of PATTER versus CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To be followed by the Drama of THE BASTILE. Louis Quatorge, Mr. H. loll; Fricandeau, Mr. Webster; the Duchess de Montbazon, Miss Charles; Ninon Labatte, Ma dame Celeste. After which will be produced a Grand Comical Burlesque Burletta, called RIQUET, WITH THE TUFT. Prince Riquet, with the Tuft, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Green-horn the Great, Mr. James Bland; Prince Finikin, Miss Charles; The Princess Emeralda, Madame Vestris. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. This Neve and Elegant Theatre, fitted up in astyle of splendour hitherto unequalled in this country, Will OPEN on MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, With an ADDRESS, to be delivered by Mr. J. H. Wallach. After which, LA SONNAMBULA. Count Rodolph, Mr. W. H. Weiss ; Alessio, Mr. Walton ; Liza, Mrs. T. H. Se vern ; Amina, Madame Eugenia Garcia (her first appearance on the English stage); Elvino, Mr. Templeton. To conclude with a New Fairy burlesque burletta, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF. Principal characters by Mr. Oxberry, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Noel, Madle. Melanie Duval, and M. Deneze, who will make their first appearance in this country in the incidental ballet. • Pladei and Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEc. 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 57 : Noon, 49, BAROMETER, 29.07.—W1ND, S.W. HIGH W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. ‘lerilinil 29 minutes after 5 I Evening 55 minutes after 5. LONDON : SATURDAY MOANING. DECEMBER 24, 1842. Some of our Contemporaries are extremely unreasonable in requiring day after day that Sir ROBERT PEEL should give some formal intima tion of his intentions with regard to the Corn-law. He can have no other intention than to maintain the law of last session if he can. Hi s character as a statesman, his honour as a gentle man, legislative decorum, respect for the Parlia ment, all the fudges and fictions which serve at all times as pretexts for not promoting the public welfare, imperatively command him to preserve intact the law of last session. The real question is, not will he preserve it, but can he ? Is he master of his own actions on that point ? Is he as free to take his own course, to consult his own character, to study his own honour, to hearken to what decorum recommends, as he is to walk or ride in Tamworth Park as he chooses ? He is not; What he may be obliged to do depends on the progress of opinion, which is very rapid, and the success of the League, which is unex ampled. It is quite impossible for him to comply with the wishes of his admirers, or the demands of his opponents, by any declaration at present of what he means to do. Suppose. he were to inform the public by an official triple leaded communication in the Post, that he is resolved firmly to adhere to the law of last session, can any man believe that agita tion would immediately cease? Such a declaration would only inform the League that it must make redoubled exertions to overcome the ob stinacy of Sir ROBERT PEEL, in opposition to his own better judgment of what is for the national good. Would such a declaration make one farmer satisfied with present prices, or make one landlord more determined, in spite of the ruin which the law is bringing on himself; by ruining the towns, to maintain it ? What, then, would be its utility ? None whatever; and we . can save Sir ROBERT PEEL the trouble of making any such declara tion, by, assuting the public that he will stand IoY his foolish law of last session if he can. StippOse he were to state that he means to proposi: a moderate fixed duty, would that ap pease the League, and preserve his own charac ter'? It vioulenot. The League would continue their eNertions for the total repeal. A great number of farmers and landlords would rather have perfectly free trade at once than a fixed duty. To make such a declaration, therefore, would only exhibit vacillation and weakness; it would betray himself, and separate him from a ()Teat number of his present supporters, with out gaining the confidence of the Whig advocates of a fixed duty. The public, may be assured no informatiou t o that Sir ROBERT PEEL .has • " 4- "lto • at. „,,_ Vtit 4 \ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MO you think he accounted for it ? 'Why,' says smiling in my face, as if he was the happiest man in the county, your Honour; I've had three months— I've just come out of gaol.'" "Now," continued the gentleman, "that is just a specimen of the u-hole of those villagers; some may be more discreet in their conduct ; some may live better than others; but Lam sorry to say I can see no difference. What are we to think of their condition, when the dietary of the gaol improves them ? What of their moral character, when they speak of the gaol with an air of satisfaction ?" That paragraph we borrow from " Notes from the Farming Districts," published by the Morn ing Chronicle. After reading it, we must beg pardon of the country - gentlemen for our stric tures. Such it appears is the condition of their "bold peasantry—the country's pride "—that to send them to prison is to improve both their moral and physical condition. The Magistates, therefore, commit so many of her Majesty's sub jects summarily to prison every year out of mercy and kindness. At the same time it must for them be a sad thing to be surrounded by mei in so deplorable a condition that solitary impr' sonnient and the tread-mill, with a fair share o food, is a beneficial change. It is always with much satisfaction that we observe in any of the French papers friendly, or even impartial, remarks in regard to the affairs of England and the policy of her Govern ment. We have had occasion to animadvert in strong terms on the violent articles which have abounded lately in most of the Opposition journals, from a firm conviction that their object was a breach between England and France, and that the war would only entail great suffering; and cause great loss of life and property, without in any degree benefiting either country. What did France or England gain by the long and afflicting war which followed the French Revolution ? Only glory.. Both could boast of great victories —the greatest of modern, and perhaps also of ancient times; but these were purchased by the sacrifice of millions of human beings, by an enormous increase of debt, which still presses heavily on every Frenchman and Englishman ; and when peace came they found themselves, like two mad combatants of equal strength, in the very same position in which they commenced the bloody contest. Is there any rational ground for believing that different re sults would follow another war? France cannot conquer the English fleet, and England can make no impression upon the French army. Both these facts, we believe, even the writers who display such animosity to England admit; and what madness, then, to urge on a war which can have no earthly object but the barbarous gratifi cation of national antipathies? M. GUIZOT and THIERS, therefore, deserve the gratitude of Europe for the just and moderate opinions they display respecting the misunderstanding between France and Spain. They know that a war between the two countries, would, sooner or later, involve the whole of Europe ; and, however anxious they may be to pay court to their Sovereign, and favour his well-known views re specting the marriage of the young Queen of SPAIN, they have too much judgment and inde pendence, let us hope, to sacrifice the interests of their country in such a bad cause. They know, too, that a war made upon Spain, in her present helpless state, would rouse the indigna tion of Europe; while, at the same time, it could not effect the main object in view, and to a certainty alienate from France, more than ever, the feelings of the Spanish nation. It is altogether a hopeless and a dangerous project ; and we trust the Conservative party, or rather the Court party, will not he de ceived by the support offered by certain journals, in other respects at utter hos tility with the Government. The ob ject of these probably is two-tbld, yet intimately connected—a war with England, and the downfal of the ORLEANS dynasty. Can these journals join cordially with a Government that would put down Liberal institutions in Spain, while they denounce it for arbitrary and despotic conduct towards their own country ? It is said that a prophet has no honour in his own country ;• but that saying, like all general rules, has an exception, and a very remarkable one has taken place in our own times—that of a man who has conferred honour on human nature, and been a source of corn fort and joy to many a hapless individual —that man is Dr. TURNBULL. In another part of the paper we have inserted, front the Lancet and Medical Gazette.—sources which ought to be competent to appreciate the value of his discoveries—some additional proofs of Dr. TURNBULL'S unwearied and successful labours in the wide field ofmedical improvemen t; and, like all men of true genius, our friend has taken Nature for his guide. Acting on the impulse of his own creative, yet reflecting, mind, he has chalked out a new line for himself; by daring to be ori ginal—that is, having the good sense, in his en deavours to cure or alleviate the infirmities inci dent to our species, to go to the fountain head. Discarding the affected mystery of the profes sion, with many of whom mystery is their salva tion, he has culled the seeds of science from the only infallible source—Nature. But he goes further : he publishes the results of his labours to the world, and modestly asks if he be right in his conclusions ! This is spontaneous generosity, and worthy of the mind that can so freely labour for the good of others. For ourselves, we do not pretend to be competent judges of the full value of Dr. TURNBULL'S discoveries—but, as seeing is believing, we humbly think that— " When those who came to scoff remained to praise"— and that too among his own profession—not al ways the most generous in according merit where merit is due, we think we may take some credit to ourselves for having done Dr. TURN BULL justice in The Sun last year. We then spoke from our honest conviction, and we have the high gratification to find that our anticipations have been realised, by the success of his perse vering genius—and the according testimony of his applauding rivals. This is in deed the very triumph of true desert; for the man who has the honesty to applaud in an other that merit to which he aspires himself, is only second to the object of his admiration. Dr. TURNBULL deserves well of his fellow-men —and we heartily wish him success, The accounts from Madrid are to the 14th inst. The Gazette contains a dispatch, stating that wouldgenerallybelieved b e re-open e d on his return, when the state of the country, and interestingth elate in su s r u r b e j c e L e i t o s n o a f t Barcelona, would form discussion. The Opposition papers, but espe cially those in the pay ofCHRISTINA, continue their rabid attacks upon ESPARTERO. The Paris papers are bad enough, but fall far short of the violence and abuse of one or two Madrid journals. - We give the following as a specimen, taken from a paper in the interest of the ex-QUEEN REGENT:— " When we heac the panegyrics with which the Ministerial journals celebrate the victory which Ge neral Espartero has obtained over Barcelona, we re tire in affright from the contemplation of a spectacle the most horrible to our mental vision—the spectacle of a Spanish General throwing 800 bombshells into the second city in Spain ! Robespierre—the ferocious Robespierre—the tribune Robespierre—the revolu tionary Robespierre, when he sent' Hebert and Chau mette to the guillotine as disturbers,' also invoked the nam of public order,' and he also found flat terers to maintain that the cause of public order had no warmer defender nor more virtuous upholder than himself. " Notwithstanding, the figure of Robespierre is a noble one when viewed in comparison with the bloody spectre of the bombarder of Barcelona. Robespierre represented the public order of the revolution, because he represented a revolutionary State. Robes pierre represented a great party, because he re presented all the interests then compromised ill the struggle which France sustained against the whole of Europe. The victims of Robespierre were not personal sacrifices to his ambition ; they were immo lated in support of the existing state of things. The spectre of Montjuich represents nothing but his un bounded egotism. All the victims, all the disasters, are holocausts to himself and his savage ambition. Of all the tyrants, of all the dictators, of all the monsters my that history presents to us i n th e th ree 1 es , there is none that does not re p resen t a r a principle, an order of ideas or a union of interests. The General of the 3d of December alone presents himself to us on the heights of Montjuich as a pirate in his vessel, exercising his dominion in the solitude of the ocean, without other rule or law than his proper thirst of pillage. It would be a sacrilegious outrage against the principle of public order to sup pose it could influence the actions of a monster, in whose heart it never found a place. Let the words be blotted out of the impious adulations of those who so sacrilegiously profane them !" The Three per Cents. were done at 21 15-16 i, at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 261 5-16 I, at 60 days. The rational and peaceful view of the relations between France and Spain taken by the Paris journals, in the interest both of M. GulzoT and M. TRIERS, holds out strong hopes that peace will not be disturbed. The Debats and the Presse represent the feelings of the Court and the late QUEEN REGENT; but the Court does not govern the Chambers, and would possess very little power indeed if opposed to the two chief leading statesmen of France. We published yesterday the sentiments of M. GuizoT, as given in the Paris Globe, and- here subjoin those of his rival on this important question :—" We trust," says the Constitutionnel, " that our amicable re lations with Spain will not be interrupted by the late events at Barcelona, for a rupture between France and Spain would be truly deplorable. A war between the two countries would be impious, and those only who hate our Government, and reprobate the revolution by which it was estab lished, can possibly desire it. We do not mean to speak of the dangers of such a war, which would certainly bring England into the lists. France is not accustomed to entertain such considerations, and, should her interests or her honour be in question, no thought of danger would deter her from drawing her sword. But Spain us now constituted, is the daughter of our revolution—interests, principles, traditions, all attach us to her—even the recol lection of the injuries we have done to her. The inevitable result of a conflict would be an eternal alienation, and would place her under the vas salage—both commercial and political of England. The losses, which she and France would sustain, must be converted into profit by England. This is evident to all common understandings, and will be the more easily comprehended in France, as no animosities exist against Spain to per vert the judgment of this country, and the peo ple of both have a sympathy towards each other. We, therefore, ardently hope that the serious differences which have arisen be tween the two Governments may be pacifically settled to their mutual satisfaction. We lay aside all that has been written by the journals. Happily the two Governments are not called upon to adopt their recriminations; but there are, in certain official acts, insinuations against France so full of malevolence, that the honour of the Spanish Government cannot fail to induce it to disavow them. The REGENT and his coun sellors are now fully acquainted with the facts; and, now that the passions are beginning to calm down, it will be easy for them to recognise that the vituperations of M. GUTTIEREZ are as inju rious to Spain as they are serviceable to Eng land. If the marked disapprobation of the Spanish Government should deprive these acts of what might compromise the good under standing between the two countries, all would not be settled ; but the question would not be further complicated than by the faults committed by our own Ministers. We have repeatedly pointed out these faults, and, until a different line of conduct be adopted, we shall unweariedly call the solicitude of the country to the dangers to which it is exposed by the policy of the Ministry. Since the occur rence of October 29, everything has been done in France to wound the feelings of Spain, and de stroy our influence at Madrid. M. GulzoT wished to induce the Chamber to cast upon the Spanish Government the odium of anarchy, and, although he did not succeed, although the Cham ber resisted the passionate appeal of the Minis ter, the impression made at Madrid by such conduct has been no less deep, for it was in the name of the Cabinet, it was as an influential Minis ter,if to add t o t hi s wrong act, M. GUIZOT raised that M. G uiz oT brought f orwar d hi s ill-ad vised censure. As a ridiculous ques ti on on a mere which he ma i nta i ned with gra vpiotiyn,tt of s e c ti r q e u a e t t i n t e g ,. a senseless dispute, which could have no other object than that of personally insulting the man whom the Spanish nation had placed at its head. All these faults have been taken advantage of, and the natural conse quences have ensued. The sympathy of the Spanish Government has been diverted from France, and turned towards England. Fortu nately this evil is not Without remedy, and the debates about to be entered upon in the Cham bers may avert its consequences.' The existence of the Ministry will be attacked even by men who have hitherto given it their support. Let this be well reflected upon by the Chamber, which does not desire that France lose the allies left to her, and which has no prejudices against Spain. W hat the present Cabinet i 3 too impotent to effect, a new Cabinet may accomplish with ease. This is true not only with regard to Spain, but as to England—as to all Europe—towards whom M. GulzoT has found the art of placing himself on the worst footing by reducing himself to a mere nullity." Another instance of the bad faith on the part . of those interested in exciting bad feelings to wards Spain has just been discovered. On Tuesday it was stated in the Moniteur that eighty-five individuals sentenced to death at Barcelona had been shot. This paragraph was copied into the other Paris papers, and as might be supposed caused a great sensation. It is now admitted that a gross error had been committed in copying the account from a Barcelona journal, in which it Ivas distinctly stated, that only thirteen persons Pad been shot. The Phare des Pyrenees contains the following extract of a letter from the frontiers of Spain " BrigadiewMoreno de Las Penes, Colonel of the Guadalajara Regiment, a n d w h o i s now at P erp i gna n , has been condemned to death, apparently for having figured on the list of members of the Consulting Junta. Brigadier Castro, who returned to Spain a few days back, has been arrested at Girona, and is about to be tried. Orders have been given to shoot Colonel Prim as soon as he shall be found. Our countryman, M. Lefebvre, the victim of Zurbano's brutalitg, has gone back to Barcelona on commercial business. The Spanish Consul at Perpignan has re ceived orders not to deliver to any person, even to women, passports for returning to Spain." We copy the following extracts from the Com. nzeree:— The Constitutionnel said yesterday morning that there would not be a Royal sitting at the re-opening of the session. We believe that it is mistaken Guizot says openly that he will enter on the contest in the address, and resolve all questions before pro ceeding with the session. We are even assured that orders have been given to the keepers of the wardrobe to arrange the Chamber for a Royal sitting, and it is not probable that the King will go to the Palais Bourbon without delivering a speech. There will, h o wever, be no it is to be hoped Want of matter for discussion. Only that the Committee appointed to draw up the address will not make the result of its operations too long waited for. ST. JEAN DE Luz, hich, as we have stated, was DEC. 16.—The French trinca dor Saint Amana, w detained at sea, an d carr i e d i n t o St. Sebastian by a Spaitidi Custom-house boat, has been released; it arrived here y esterday afternoon f rom S ocoa , w ith it s crew. The good s which the. vessel had on board, and which wer e d est i ned for O por t o , w er e l an d e d an d lodged in the Custom-house at St. Sebastian, the tri bunal having declared them sequestrated. It seems that the French authorities have taken the matter up, and have, in cons equence, d eman d e d the restitution of the gooda.—Phare des Pyrenees. BOURSE—PARIS, T IIIISDAY, DECEMBER 20. First Highest z..ovrest Lad Price. Price Price. Price. French Five per Cents, 118 55... 118 60.., 118 50... 118 55 4% per Cents. 106 50... 106 50.. 106 50... 106 50 Threes ....... ... 78 30... 78 30... 78 30.. 78 50 Four per Ce nts. 101 W... 101 50 ... 101 50... 101 i 0 Bank of France ......... 3310 —.3310 ...33n0 ...3300 Laffitte Bank 1,000f...1050 ..1050 ...1050 —.1050 5,00 0f...5075 ...5080 - — 5075 •• 6080 Belgian Bank, 1841 ...1075 ...1075 ...1 075 ... 1076 Belgian Fives .... ....... 103 ..- 103 ... 1 0 3 ... 103 1840.... Kg ... 104 ... 104 ... 104 Spanish Active. . ... 231 ... 23,/ ... 231 ... 231 Portuguese Fives ...... 32 } ... 3 2 4 ••• 32 i "' 3211 Neapolitan -.•... ..... ... 106 20... 106 20... 106 20... 106 20 Roman . ............... ... 104} ... 1041 ... 104 i ... 1041fi ___ RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, L.B R.B 275 275 ... 275 ... 275 Rouen' 630 630 —. 627 50... 630 Orleans. 6lO ... 620 ... 610 ... 620 Strasburg to 8a1e....,. 201 25,.. 201 25... 201 25... 201 26 G. DECEMBER 24, 1842 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. Money, which was plentiful in the morning, at about 1 per cent., became rather more in demand this afternoon, and as much as 3 per cent was paid in the Stock Exchange for temporary accommodation. It was said the Bear party were inclined to change their accounts. The broker acting for the Government took Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities to about the usual amount at 948. Consols were 93f 93/1 for the open ing ; Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 101 to 108 ; and the Old Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1008 to 101. Bank Stock was steady at 172. The premium on Exchequer Bills remained at 495. to 51s. There were some symptoms of buoyancy in a few of the Foreign Securities, but the transactions were limited. The Five per Cent. Spanish Bonds were marked 188 to 184-; and the Three per Cents. 231 to 238. Portuguese Converted Stock improved to 328 328. Mexican . dull at 31k. Brazil Bonds rose to 691 and 70. Dutch Five per Cents. were at 1008 to 1004. The Shares were scarcely so well supported, and the only bargains this afternoon were in the following lines :—Edinburgh and Glasgow were 21 ; Brighton,' 14 ; Northern and Eastern, 9 ; North Midlamil, Thirds, 1 ; and South Eastern and Dover Scrip, Jib discount. London and Birmingham were 991 ; and Paris and Rouen, 41 premium. London Joint Stock Bank Shares were 3; ; London and Westminster, 18 to 2 ; and Provincial of Ireland, 184 premium. Co lonial Bank Shares were 51 discount. Bills of Exchange on the principal Continental ci ties were in many instances quote at a slight ad vance this afternoon, being taken a ese rates :—On Paris. at 25c. 921 c. to 954 c. ; Hamburgh at 13 111 4 ; on Frankfort at 1528 on Amsterdam, at 12 6 ; on Antwerp at 12 54 ; and on Trieste at 10 1 (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool was brisk yester day, and wore an improved aspect. Sales, 8,000 bales ; 1,000 bales American at 51d. to 51d. per lb., being taken on speculation ; 1,200 bales Surat, realising 31d. to 41d.; 200 Maranham at sd. to 6d.; 300 Peruvian, 68d. to 61d.; 20 Egyptian, 61d., and the rest American for actual consumption at 4(1. to 7d. per lb. Prices were steady, and the better qualities were scarce, and a shade dearer. The Rail way Shares were dull. Bristol and Exeter were 48; Eastern. Counties, 8i; Grand Junction, Half, 934; Great Western, Half; 631 ; Birmingham, 188. ; and Paris and Rouen, 24. Accounts from the Mauritius of the 17th of Sept. report rather favourably of trade. The sugars of the new crop had arrived but slowly, however, in con sequence of the mills not having commenced work. The sales amounted to 1,646 bags at 7 dollars 25 cents to 8 dollars 5 cents per 1001bs. Gold and silver coins are reported to be very scarce, and daily growing more so, while there was a difficulty in procuring bills on India, and which had caused recent remittances of specie to Pondicherry. The organs representing the interests of the planters complain of the taxation to which they are subject as being very burdensome. The packet-ship Europe, which will bring rather later advices from America, is announced as having ar rived off Liverpool, but we have no papers in town yet. It appears that the British American Association has been endeavouring to set its house in order since the late Lord Mayor's exertions to expose the mal-administration of its affairs : and we may notice, as a satisfactory feature in the busi ness, that Sir John Pirie himself had been prevailed upon by Dr. Rolph, the Government emigration agent not long since arrived from Canada, to form one of a Committee of inquiry into the whole proceedings of the Association with a view to ascer tain whether the objects were good or bad, what the defect has been in carrying out those objects, and who are the parties to blame. If our information be correct, the concern will be remodelled, supposing the Committee's report to prove favourable, and some of the more scheming members who have hurried on its plans, in the absence of the leading Patrons and Directors, will he requested to withdraw, while the Duke of Argyle will re sume his connexion with the concern, in addition to several other influential Noblemen not before associated in it. A public meeting is now in progress at the London Tavern to receive the Com mittee's report, and as it is open to all, there will be a better chance of arriving at the truth than was the case under the closed-door system, pursuel in the ab sence of Dr. Rolph, and when, even the press was excluded. The public securities have been very quiet to-day, but are rather firmer. Money is reported to be as easy as could be wished in the general discount market. Red u cedTh ree- an d-a-Hal fper Cents. have been marked 101 to 1018, the Three per Cents. 944 to 948, and the Old Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities, 100 i. Bank Stock has been dull at 172. Exchequer BEls are 495. to 51s. premium ; and the Canada Guaranteed Debentures Ito 1 premium. _ The Foreign Stocks continue heavy. Spanish Ac tives have been marked 188 to 18k, and the Three per Cents. 234. The Portuguese Converted Bonds are firm at 324, and the Three per Cents. 23. For Mexican Stock the rate is 3a, and for Brazilian 694, -.• both being dull. Dutch Five per Cents. have been 1004 to 1001. For Railway Shares the quotations have been nearly the same, but with very little doing. Edin burgh and Glasgow were 21, and South Western, Scrip, 3i discount. Great Western were 241, the New, 134, the Fifths, 41 ; the Birmingham, 99 t o 99i-; and the Paris and Rouen, 44 premium. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 22.—We have had a little more business doing to-day, but at rather declining prices :—South 'Western, 61/; Man che:4er and Birmingham, 191; Sheffield and Man chester, 31i ; Havre and Rouen, 2i ; Paris and Rouen, 24i. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. India Stock Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 5l Dm Ditto 5001 49 lin Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acct. India Stock for Opg... Consols for Opg. ...... 93a V FUNDS. 'Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent — Ditto, Metallic ...... . Spanish, 5 per cent lBa Ditto, Deferred.... .. 10 1 1 French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange ' French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 2i per cent. — Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 100' Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ...... 941 3 per Cent. Cons.— 3i per Cent. Red 101 New 3i per Cent Cent New 5 per Cen'.. -- Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ...... Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 Downahire Hall, Hampstead, was charged at Mary lebone with threatening to shoot James Shermar Wilbraham, a clerk to a solicitor of Furnival's Inn, on his attempting to serve him with a writ. - 11.1 r Butler - was held to bail, and bound over to keel the peace. The new Court of the Thames Police-office, in Arbour-square, Stepney, was opened on Thursday fel the first time. The expenditure on the Court and buildings has been 20,0001. TAlMA.warcii.s. Miso Sabilla Noveilo, the sister of Clara Novello, who has been studying under the Chevalier Miche roux, the master of Pasta, has just returned from Italy, and will shortly appear as prima donna at Drury-lane Theatre. covaw--fAsiiioNABLE. • The Duke of Newcastle returned to Clumber Park early in the week. The Earl and CoUntess of Beverley returned to Portmin-square on Thursday. Lord Lovaine and Lady Louisa Percy, o n leaving Stanwick Park, the residence of Lord and Loll Prudhoe, proceeded to Wortley Hall, and thence to Burghley, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter. Lord and Miss Foley returned to Grosvenor-square on Thursday, from Woburn Abbey. Colonel Peel, M.P., and Lady Alice Peel, are stay ing near Richmond. Her Ladyship and family are expected to leave shortly for the Continent. The Marquis of Hastings left the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, for Donnington Castle, Leicester shire. The Earl of Egmont has arrived at the Dowager Lady Ard en ' s , i n St. James's-place, from his villa at Epsom. The Earl of Northesk arrived at the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, on Monday last, from a tour. limscsasdironsous. The Theological prize at Cambridge for Members of B. A. standing has been awarded this year to the Rev. J. Ketley, curate of St. Mark's, Ke nnin g ton., The election of Vestry-clerk for St. Georges, Southwark, commence d on Thursday, and will probably last till Saturday. The three candidates are Mr. Day, Mr. Chester, and Mr. Cope. LONDON, DEC. 23.—Wind this day at noon S.W., ; h Lth'eeLardvoll_i Shields,nYa na LLOYD'S BellalQi g u h e ts b elcv Louise, RA MSGATE, DEC. 22.—Arrd• Tanjore, n u gt, g ; Demerara. ; Barque No. 7,2 lq,_ OFF DOV ER ,sayers, DEC. 22.—James Crtnkshank, PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 22. Wind W., fresh breeze. -' Arrd. Mariner's Hope, .111‘Intosh, Quebec; ' Philadk Houet, London, for Cape of Good Hope; phia, London, for New York. The Emerald, or Dartmouth, was spoken 150 miles S.W. of Scilly! steering for the Channel ; had experienced very bad, weather off Cape St. Vincent's; been on her beam -063' cargo shifted, and wheel capsized, but required no as sistance, by the Anna Robertson, arrived here. COWE ' S, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Urania, Broderson, Santa Cruz, for Flensburg. '.. TORBAY, DEC. 21.—The Pero, Colenso, from 11,11 ramichi to Penzance was fallen in with waterlogged, 7. w were having ten _______d:..o.r a l pal-- taken off, and arrived here in the William and 3•lary, Scott, from Quebec. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrd. Shan-- f.'oSirißaSmiHobuGirprgabp:N G. Emerald, Gills, Quebec, for Lynn, leaky, and with damage; Irons, Alexandria, with cargo shifted, and part thrown overboard. de DEAL, DEC. 22.—Wind S.W , fresh.,--Arrd. Cin-, Ge r e e d lla H , Edwards, Calcutta Horn, Smith, ; 11 C en ou . d r u i r e a r s , ; S s co u t p t e , ri C e a r7 Pe r : • cape- Good ; Quebec, Quebec ; Hercules, westward. back, and rem a i ns w ith th e Euphrates, for Calcutta, the Stratheden, for Sydney, New South Wa.,.,.le s ' :I n d, ILFRACOMB E , DEC. 22. Arrd. Alice now.- Roberts, Miramichi, with loss of bowsprit. BRISTOL, D EC . 22.—A rr d. D e los, Wagstaff; p a le` ; : GLOUCESTER, D E C. 22.—Arrd. Wensley Richardson, Quebec. Quebec . FMILFOR, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Adlaide, Gale, inodvate. /lALMOUTH, D DEC. 22.—Wind e W.S•W., —Arrd. Arethusa, Alexandria. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Catania wit h I°ss wit N h E l ls o - s P s o o nir a , nc D ho E r c s . , 22. a — in Arrd. ~ of boats, bulwarks, &c. very bad weather. r • Chi' OFF FRASERBURG, DEC. 19.—Pomona, 11...irann Ili. ADERYSTWITII, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Crede, Mirarnic ' Rhydal, Quebec. v, ;0" CARDIFF, DEC. 21 .— A barque, supposed the .g. ,, Ealciodnhomig, Quebeed nomist, of Newport, is ashore near RounanseyelP , fel , BALRANALD, DEC. s,—Part of the bull of a ves. to, 69 feet keel, has come ashore here, bottom % , N gether with some handspikes marked L. A. W .i ' " fl ,'' slig t TL, and a butter firkins marked " T. Coga n ' and on the outside "T. Sulivan." She is n eatly " 00 of oak, with an elm bottom and copper bolts; 00 0 o rienc e of the beams is cut " old 158 79-94." A 0 3 ' LIVERPOOL, DEC. 22.—Wind W., fresb.--- 0 Hampden, Spooner, and Bengal, Graham, Ne , -- c r s: leans ; Susannah Cumming, Salt e r, S avan nah ; ' A ca, ter, Doyle, New York ; Lord Seaton, Quebec. - 1, 4 " t. off, John Cadmu s , E uro p e , N ew Y or k, left Ist " Sid., Express, Trinidad. • , DUBLIN, DEC. 20.—Sld. , Kingston, DeMerft.TO, CORK, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Champlain, Quebec; Lady Stafford, Staunton, NewfoundNlaitivelldO.llsf MAGISTRATES' LAW Four novel pri nc ipl es h ave been lately established in the law o f E ng l an d b y rece nt decisions of me trop litan Magistrates : f anY Any man taking offence at the natui:e 0 article exhibit e d in a shop-window , may break t 1 latter, abstract th e f ormer , and receive t h e thani ' ? the Magistrate before whom he is taken for his pa'n. s " 2. Any person offering an a rticle for sale at a price, may b e presumed to be a beggar and a vag ' 3 7 and treated accordingly. paed 3. Any man out at the elbows, may be press 1 a po t o f c h a or N Ar ' e e rsne p ucyl u tnim t oend o a n ns a a m t c a c t e t e r r e e m o d n g i a e . r b fo r the en pu to the 1 rpose of ; e osing upon the benevolent, and be sll be 4 p . tlooobkeingmiendtiotaatiNnvgatcahmfealk:lry's, asnhdopt even into custody forthwith. To Mr. ardine, at Bow-street, belongs the h ° ll° J :„ of having enunciated the first of these grand ciples—M r . G reenwoo d, o f Cl er k en well, ma rjr a s l . claim to the glory of having made evident the °l' -- , -Correspondent of the Chronicle. The hopes of the Conservatives are at present based, it appears, on the fact that our country men are a religious people. For our parts, we are not aware that an irreligious people ever existed. Men may mistake the objects of wor ship, but worship has, and ever will have, a fast footing in the human mind. Such a general fact as that men are religious, is an equally solid foun dation for the hopes and systems of every other politician as those of the Conservatives. But the Conservatives assert that people in heriting old traditionary ideas of devotional reve rence, can never sink into servile abasement, or be dissolved in helpless anarchy. In what countries are such ideas more cherished than Italy and Spain ? Yet one of those countries is completely and servilely abased, and the other has only escaped from such abasement to plunge _ _ into revolution, and has not yet extricated itself from anarchy. That country of Europe in which old traditionary ideas of devotional reverence seem to have least hold of men's minds, and where, at the same time, the Church is one of the poorest of Christendom, is Germany, which flourishes in peace, and her people have, in a great measure, maintained their independence. It is eminently Conservative, without being en thralled by old traditionary ideas of devotional reverence. From such facts we see nothing in the respect entertained amongst us for traditionary ideas, similar to that entertained in Spain and Italy to justify any hopes that we shall escape either abasement or anarchy if our seculae legislation do not assume a new character. As well as a religious people, the English are unquestionably a money and rank-loving people, and it happens somewhat curiously that their tradi . onary ideas of devotional reverence are con- tinually and strongly fortified by the great wealth and princely rank of the hierarchy. How much of the vast respect which the people profess for the Church is due to its endowments, and how much to its Christian character, would puzzle the best algebraist of the age to calculate. No metaphy sician could analyse the compound motives. We at least would not undertake to say, unless we knew all possible ramifications of family in terest and family hopes, how much of certain re cent exhibitions of exuberant zeal might spring from a reverence for religion, and how much from the homage which the bulk of men pay to such an immense reservoir of emoluments. Of one thing we are quite certain, that our people have neither respect nor reverence for poverty; and were the Church to be poor, like the Apostles, and the Apostles' divine Master, they must change their character entirely, or all reverence for the Church would disappear. Fortunately for its dignity, and for the preservation amongst us of old tradition ary ideas of devotional reverence, not only has it managed to keep together large revenues, but, with laudable diligence, it has continually in creased them. Duly sensible of the source of their power, the clergy cultivate the growth of their wealth with commendable zeal, being sure that as long as they hold some six or eight mil lions of the annual produce of industry, they may command the homage of a people who possess, with many virtues, an unbounded admiration for wealth and rank. We drew attention about a month ago to the nature of the offences for which country gentle men, arbitrarily and summarily, send the un happy and degraded peasantry—once, possibly, but not in our recollection, their country's pride— for two or three months to Houses of Correc tion. The Wiltshire Independent, of Thursday, supplies us with another list of the persons com mitted to the Devizes House of Correction. In it we find these, with other cases : Edward Hillier and Isaac Long, the younger, for two months each, for maliciously breaking twenty two panes of glass in the windows of the Melksham 'Union 'Workhouse ; Isaac Long, the elder, for two months, for having assaulted and beat Samuel Rutty, of Steeple Ashton ; Jacob Thursh and Alfred Davis, both of Brinkworth, and Edward Walker, of Somerford Parva, for two months each, for destroying game in the respective parishes; Jonah Merchant, for three weeks, for a breach of the game laws at "West Ashton ; John Howell and Solomon Parfit, for two months each, for destroying game at Maiden Bradley ; George Cousins, for two months, for destroying game at Highway. To us, writing with all due respect to field sports, it seems a shocking perversion to rate the iberty of a human being at no higher . value than the liberty of a partridge. For snaring a hare an immortal being is shut up in gaol. Gentlemen kill partridges and hares by the score, and the same thing which they practise as a savage amusement, is punished as a great crime in the poor, when done by them to sus tain life. There is rivalry, apparently, betwixt them. The poor desire to live, the gentry to sport; and as the latter make the laws they o th f e f i o m r i m n i e s r h n f o g r t h s r t a i a n m i n o g s e m l i e f e n t a . t Yetthe chance I England is described as the land of liberty, in which justice is equally meted out to all. The laws, too, are said to be the same for the rich and the poor, though one man is honoured for killing scores of wild birds, and another man is sent to the treadmill for killing a pair. The gentlemen of England cannot , however, es cape the penalties of such conduct, and th ey fi nd them in being surrounded by men, of whi c h this • is one of the newest descriptions : I can assure the members and friend s of both the Church and the aristocracy, in all earnestness and sorrow, that among the labouring population there is a deep hatred, daily growing stronger, a bitter anti pathy, expressed as often as they dare express it, against the gentry. Let no one treat this assurance lightly. A personal investigation of the cottages, the furniture, and the food of the rural labourers throughout several counties, and conversations with the families at their firesides, or in many cases at the place of the cottage where a fireside should have been, but was not, has given me sure and sorrowful proof of this hostility. * * * A Member of the present House of Commons hear ing that I was pursuing my inquiries into the state of agriculture, and the condition of the labourers in the south, sent an invitation to me to call on him at his country seat. I called ; went over part of the estate, and conversed with him on various matters relating to the objects I had in view. " Here," said he, " those men you see at work, are all of them as ignorant and debased as can be. They seem to have lost their self-respect, if ever they had any. In fact, we have four times more people in this and the next parish than the landowners can find em ployment for and they are starving—literally starving —many of them don't do more than two or three days' work a week, at an average through the year, and all of them are poachers and thieves. Look at this man who works with the hatchet—do you observe him, the next to the ash tree ? That man was, about this time last year, in a very low con dition ; he had no work, and he is no hand at working —none of them are ; they have never been used to steady work ; the y were the nursings of the old poor-law, and being a surplus population, they never will be any better. That man I met again when I came down from London this season, and he was looking much better than I had ever seen him ; there was a marked change for the better in all his appearance, and I said, how have you been getting on ? You seem improved since I saw 'feu last.' And how do give on this subject, and will give none till the 1 Parliament assembles. Till within a few days of that period, he will not have made up his own mind to any other point than to keep on trial PEEL'S Corn-law for a session or two longer. Revolutionists will not be displeased should Sir ROBERT PEEL be successful. The public distress, the want of trade, and the want of em ployment—the consequences of the existing Corn-law—are placing all the errors of our system in bold relief. They hive made the ne cessity for a Poor-law for Scotland apparent. They have, at the same time, demonstrated that the Poor-law of England is inadequate, and cannot •be fully carried out. They have done the same for the New Poor-law in Ireland. They have made the tenure of land there the subject of public discussion, and have brought the most powerful of the journals to be the ad vocates of the people and opponents of the landlords. They have doubled the atrocities of our system of summary convictions, and of our Game-laws, and have made them odious to the public. The longer the famine-laws are con tinued, the more salient become all the enor mities of our political system; and all revolution ists, we believe, pray that Sir R. PEEL may, for his own character and honour, obstinately adhere to his own law. SUM -.rARY OF :EWS AND Public 44 ptittolt. " Who runs may read.' POR.EIGN. The King of the French had a long conference in the afternoon of Tuesday with Count Mole and the Duke Decazes. The Moniteur announces that M. Gatier, captain of the Meleagre brig-of-war, and commander of the French naval station at Barcelona, has been raised to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honour. The French Ministerial papers persevere sedulously in distorting facts, whch are daily exposed and contra dicted. Thus the 800 bombshells which were thrown into Barcelona have dwindled to '2OO, and the eighty five persons shot, according to the Moniteur, are all alive, except thirteen. Lord Cowley had a long conference with the Minister for Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. The Courrier de la Gironde states that the will of Mr. Johnston, who died lately at Floirac, in that de partment, where he had long resided, was opened on the 17th inst., and found to contain amongst other dispositions the following charitable legacies, viz., 800,000 f. to the hospitals-800,000f. to the Bureau de Charite, and 50,000 f. to the commune of Floirac. A deputation of the Municipal Council of Barce lona had waited on the Regent to intercede in favour of the place, when they met with a very gracious reception. The Regent, in reply to a remark from one of the body, who recommended clemency to be adopted, said that he was only come to chastise the guilty and protect the innocent. According to the latest accounts from Constanti • nople, strong remonstrances continued to be made by the Russian Government against the manner in which the Porte had thought proper to settle the Servian affair, but without any apparent effect on the Ottoman Government. The former, however, is not likely to cease in her opposition to the measure. A negotia tion had been opened with regard to Persian affairs which it was hoped would end favourably. The Moscow Gazette states that, on the occasion of the happy delivery of the Grand Duchess Marie-Alex androvna, the Cesarewitch Grand Duke gave a sum of 10,000 roubles (1,6001.) to that city, to set free a certain number of persons in prison for debt, and to afford assistance to the needy. A lump of native gold, of the enormous weight of 2 pouds and 71b. (about 801 b. English), was found on the 7th instant in the sands of Miass, near the mines of Zfatooust, in Russia, and placed in the Mu seum of the Institute of Mines at St. Petersburgh. The Prussian State Gazette states that the news of the insurrection of Barcelona had produced great sensation at Berlin, and that there had been a con stant interchange of couriers, for some days past, be tween that city and the other States of the Continent. PUBLIC OPINION. The Chronicle says :—" We were not wrong in supposing that the hostility to the Income-tax, which was displayed on St. Thomas's-day, in the City, would be manifested in a still stronger degree in other parts of the kingdom. In another column we have given an abriged account of the proceedings in the Town Council of Edinburgh, on Tuesday last, at which a series of resolutions, couched in the strongest lan guage, condemning the tax as inquisitorial, oppres sive, and unjust, were carried by a majority of 20 to 4. Sir Robert Peel will find the generation of 1843 as averse to the Income and Property-tax, as was the generation of 1816. When it was proposed last ses sion the people were comparatively apathetic, because they knew its oppressive and inquisitorial character only as a matter of history ; but experience is the best of all teaehers. Sir Robert will find the Tories not more willing to submit to this odious tax than Whigs and Reformers. It is hardly necessary for us to observe that the same unanimity on the part of all classes which com pelled a strong and powerful Government in 1816 to withdraw the Bill for the continuance of the then Property-tax, will be found effectual in compelling the present Government to repeal the present tax If the people only show that they are in earnest, they cannot fail to secure an immediate compliance with their request. The peace in India and China, like that of 1815, has relieved the country from a heavy charge. The resources of the country are suffiCiently ample, under a proper system of taxation, to provide for the expenses of the State, without exposing the people to a continual repetition of the odious inquisi tion they are now suffering under. But there must be unanimity. The other wards of the City must follow the example set them in the wards of P lower, Broad-street, and Langbourne, and the country must follow the City. It is in agitation to call upon the Lord Mayor to summon a Common Hall, that the citizens may express their opinion of this most un-Eng lish tax, in clear and distinct language." The Times, alluding to the late occurrences at Barcelona, observes :—" The direct inference from the disturbances which have taken place in Spain at such short intervals since the termination of the civil war is, that the Government of Queen Isabella and the temporary authority of the Regent stand greatly in need of all the support which they might receive, and to which they are fully entitled, from the diplo matic influence of the whole of Europe. We are perfectly aware that in Spain less than in any other country can a Government rely with safety on foreign assistance ; and nothing is more to be deprecated, as M. Zea Bermudez emphatically declared in the dis patches written during his mission to Germany in 1839, than an erroneous impression that the recogni tion of the Queen's Government by the Northern Powers would tend to modify or impair the liberties, the constitution, or the institutions of Spain. On the contrary, whatever strength the presence of a com plete diplomatic body in Madrid might give to the Spanish Administration would be equally a guarantee against counter-revolution and revolution. The weight of the recognition of all Europe would render the vessel of the State less subject to be beaten from her !course by the storms of faction; and Spain would renew her alliances with other Powers on the basis of her own independent national policy." Speaking of the City Wardmote elections, the Herald says :—" St. Thomas's day passed away in the City without promoting Anti-Corn-law agitation. The citizens are practical people, sensitive in the ex treme about the quarters where the breeches-po c k e t s lie,' and they grumbled theref ore a t the Income-tax much more than at the price of bread, which a sen sible person in one of the wards reminded municipal wisdom could scarcely be lower than it now is. Though here and there a local orator denounced '— to use a favourite word of the leaguers—the Corn-law, and though the Income-tax was almost universally cursed, there was nowhere any hostility exhibited to Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues, there was no regret expressed over the fallen fortunes of the Whigs, and there was no suggestion emitted that a change of Ministry was desirable. In many of the ward mote complaints against the Income-tax we heartily join; the manner in which returns of respectable tradesmen are treated by the assessors, surveyors, and Somerset House Commissioners is disgraceful, and Mr. Goul burn does certainly seem to neglect the superintend ence of the details of imposing and collecting this tax to an extent that is calculated to injure Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet in public estimation. The House of Commons will ring w ith statements of grievances arising out oF the Chancellor of the Exchequer's inat tention to this important subject ; public business will be impeded in consequence of his apathy ; and the Opposition will have a standing theme of reproach against Ministers, in which every one possessing up wards of 1501. a year will sympat hi se more or less, because Mr. Goulburn is careless or inefficient. Sir R. Peel will be sorely badgered because Mr. Goul- , burn is negligent." The Post thus alludes to the agrarian disturbances in Ireland :—" We are sorry to observe, in certain quarters, a disposition to throw the whole blame of the crimes which disgrace the agricultural popu!ation of the south of Ireland upon the owners of the land. We regret this, because, like most other perversions of the truth which strongly touch upon personal feel ings, this fire against the landlords has the effect of exasperating them, without doing any good in any conceivable manner. If the landlords be less atten tive to their protective duties than they ought to be they are not likely to be turned from the error of their ways by exaggerated representations, full of bitterness, and calculated to increase what ever ill-feeling may at present subsist between the occupiers and the owners of Irish land. We believe it to be quite true that in general, and more especially in the southern parts of the kingdom, the relations between landlord and tenant are not upon the good footing that may be generally observed in England and Scotland. We believe it to be quite true that the Irish landlords are not generally so careful of their estates, and of the condition of their tenants, as in other parts of the United Kingdom. But it is, we think, quite unfair to cast the blame of this wholly upon the landlords. That a part of the blame is fairly attributable to them we admit, but a still greater share of the blame ought reasonably to be laid upon the bad conduct of the tenantry them selves, and upon other persons who, directly or indi rectly, interfere between landlord and tenant, and al most uniformly in a hostile spirit towards the landlords." nssoNEY—Ts43l)lll—C.2Bll=6ll4llll. The petition of the sheep salesmen of Smithfield market, praying for its enlargement, having been al most unanimously signed by them, was presented to the Court of Common Council at its last meeting. ECCLESIASTICAL. A meeting was held at South Hackney on Thursday for the purpose of making a Church -rate. It was op posed, but on its being stated by the churchwardens that the rate would not be exacted from any one whose conscientious scruples forbade the payment of it, the motion was allowed to be carried. LAW AND POLICE. The Hon. Theobald Fitzwalter Butler residing at A woodcock with four white legs was sh'' t if,' Friday, near Woodbury, in the parish of a 5,7,1 by Dr. Carlyon, which that gentleman has , prey to the Royal Cornwall Institution.—SherbordeekurTe SUMMER IN WINTER.—On Wednesday last' en, shortest day, Mr. Ashforth gathered in his la „f opposite the S w i n t on s t a ti on , a beautifu 1 n 0 5 , 1 3 - 1,,,,. flowers, consisting of wall-flowers, pinks, picot( wsgeFile. lyanthuses, mari go ld s , v i o l e t s , & c .—Doncaster . r l ab in- THE P UBLIC HEALTIL—We have made so in f t hat quiries of the ven d ors o f me at pi e s, and we fi li ,`",,2 to the public app e tit e rose l as t wee k 306-102 2 999, being 0002.90009 an d a f rac tion above th e 4 , 1 i g e age of the l as t fortnight. If we -are allowed to L:ry from appetite our dat a for health, it gives 11 1 satisfactory amount of salubrity during the per „run calculation e x t en d s over . Th e pu bli c taste ha,a h - i s strongly in favo ur o f th e kid ney pu ddings, 117h : ic e / I to be attributed to th e f oo li s h preju dices eXI S i n . against tariff pork and mutton, which the ble terests have endeavoured to fan with conside ra energy.—Punch. The following extraordinary circumstance is the lated by the Gazette des Tribunaux : n ear ear summer General S. lived at a country house n ow Fontainebleau, but returned to Paris with his fit rfi c c", two months ago, leaving a part of the furniture tirl f an quantity of wine in the cellar, under the charge % /is old military servant. Two days ago some lc idne y per- .ng. were sent down to bring up what was left. °li n g : l w swered to the calls for admittance. As to the house it was all fastened up, and a nt could be obtained of the old soldier, a way in ~"0 . 1 1 forced. The first object seen on entering the 6al° l • was the dead body of the servant, who had e vident Y shot himself in the head. Not an article of the pro perty left in his care is missing, and no conjecture a to the cause of his self-murder can yet be formed. e SUPERSTITION AND KNAVERY.--At Sand-pl.ac near Looe, about a fortnight since, two GlP','• l 6 , no account women, styling themselves fortune-tellers, entered ell, house of William Pearce, who was at the time unwell' and labouring under the impression that be was he io*hed. After acorrespondence between them and 4 . lr „ s t . Pearce, they offered to restore her husband to per',7, health, by her raising all the money she ne s ' i could, which amounted to 161.45. 6d. The fortune tellers in question went through the necessary process for renderi ng the ill-wishes of the witch of no avail, and th en preten di ng t o lock t he key in their own possession, decamped, 11 ' the promise of returning at the appointed tithe Shortly after their departure suspicion arose in mind of a junior branch of the family, u pon t the box was b ro k en open , w h en t o their gr ea the astonishment and dismay, instead of finding 161. 4s. 6d., only 2id. was left. The fugitives were immediately pursued by Kr. Whynhall, of Looe, constable, and after a chase of eight miles he su e " ceeded in coming up with the delinquents, as well, a man who had j o i ne d th e m. After a desr , era te struggle with the man, who is an exceiedinglY powerful fellow, he took from -his person 15,/. 3s• The women amidst the conflict between Mr. Wrynium; and the man mad e th e ir esca p e . After the man h ad undergone an examination bef ore the Rev. R. Bull er, of Lanreath, by w h om h e was comm itt e d for tria l , l l subsequently effected his esca p e f rom c ustody, a nd has never since bee n heard of. The money still- re ,; mains in the hands of Mr. Wh 41.1 Porttmou"' Jett al gg FOREIG Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent — Brazilian Bonds... 7O Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent. — Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 -II Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BO Danish, 3 per :ent — Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 3li Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. SHARES. Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... ... 47i Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) . Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) . London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) .... . lB9k Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Thirds (211. 13s. 4d. paid) ...... ... 20i Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) paid) Ditto Scrip (90 naid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE--(YESTERDAY. ) Amsterdam ......0 F. 12 81 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .2 U. 12 9 Genoa Antwerp l2 Si Milan Hamburgh M. B. 13 15 Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 10 Rio Janeiro 25 Frankfort on Maine ...1521 Bahia Verersburgli, 3 Us. —4364 Berlin 7 Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M lO 2 Trieste, ditto lO 3 Madrid [Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight 44 Philadelphia 4 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Cadiz . 36 Bilbao ..., 36 Barcelona Seville I Portu - gal Geld Corn—. 3 17 5 New Doubloons .0 0 0 New D011ar5............ 4 9i Silver in Bars... ..... 0 4 11 PROMISSORY NOTES. (From Last Night's Gazette.) An account of the average aggregate amount of Promisaor Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circula tion in the United Kiggdom, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joifit Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Ranks in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the four weeks ending the 10th day of December, 1t342, pursuant to the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50 : ENGLAND. Bank of England Private Banks Joint Stock Banks Z 18,841,000 5,085,885 .... ...... 3,001,590 SCOTLAND Chartered and Private Joint Stock Banks 3,091,228 *ILA zip. Bank of Ireland Private and Joint Stock Banks... Total ......... £35,263,083 Bullion in the Bank of England £10,511,000 HENRY L. WICKHAM. Stamps and T axes , D ec. 23, 1842. ARISTOCRATIC MOVEMENTS.—Lord Huntingtower left the Queen's Bench Prison last week for the Court of Bankruptcy. After a long interview with the Commissioner, his Lordship returned to his residence. —Lord George Loftus paid a visit to the Insolvent Court. His Lordship did not retire until he had made himself practically acquainted with some of the forms in which justice is administered in the Court alluded to.—Count Bathyany and the Earl of Ches terfield visited the Court of Chancery. These distin guished Noblemen entered with great spirit into the proceedings, and put a very interesting question to the Judge who presided there.—The Earl of Walde i grave is on a tour, and is understood to b e s t u d y i ng the intricate theory of outlawry.—Psurch.