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TELE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 7, 185 5. He 0 Om jum Ei ASSIZE ssiconlßoef gu i l i N o T 1 T. delivery K . L il:Ti: wasrEo :CE Dec.. opened . , , s, of the many perils it has undergone. The policythus - ORIGIN OP TONTINES. I I Naval and Military Intelligence. THE BIBLE BURNING CASE. y : Country Markets. Spirit of' the Public Journals. referred to by Victor Emmanuel at the Mansion- • --s— o• House may not suit the ideas of certain Liberals In the time of the Third William, not as is gene- I 6 h . ere to- .....„,,....-- The steam-transports Adelaide, Captain Young • Iler- Duemer, Dec. 5.-The Commission of Oyer and Ter miner was opened to-day by the Right Hon. Mr. Justice doe There (Prom the Times of this day.) about " non-intervention," which we know is a rally supposed, the inventor of our institution of binger, Captain Benson ; and the Calcutta, daptainDEßßY SMITHFIELD.-Dec. 4. There are only 10 risoner f The currency philosophers met on principal article of their political faith. But there national debt, but the originator o f . , . invalids , the habit of B l ackmore , arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East, Crampton, and the Right Hon. Mr. Baron Greene, with case's are of a serious char acter. sor trial, but all the The market was well supplied with fat boasts, with a their usua lWed.nesday . . evening, and conducted themselves with Vladimir Petcherine, 'Redem torist, . peered in the i tic s Crompton having delivered a brief charge, the busi- full attendance of buyers ; prices about the same. There audacity of argument and modesty of demand. the false. If you will never intervene in foreign paying it, or its interest, regularly-for King 4 be- I wit h Cave, R.N. ; g Lie tenant Od.evaine, Assist calendar for trial on the cha P rge of Bible burning at The grand jury were called and sworn, and Mr. Jus- was a good average show of sheep, which were well add. fore him had borrowed money often enough with- ' Commande r Letenant Goren, of thel9th u ße • gtment , Staff ssis Fat pigs not so numerous as on some past markets. Fat Often as we have challenged the most courageous affairs to save your outraged, oppressed, and ag ness of the county was proceeded with. calves more plentiful. latter burdensome ceremony-there lived a out theant-Surgeon Stewart ; Mr. Churcher, naval medical Kingstown, a good deal of interest was felt by the pub ' of the school for a specific plan we have never been Th• k _ gr i eved neighbours, you cannot expect that they lie in the proceedings, and the Court-house in Green- Thomas Co and 31, formerly a private in the Royal The following were the quotations :-Beef, 6d to 6d ; obliged in that most impotent , P articular. in will stir on your behalf. If, on this principle, none Neapolitan, Lorenzo Tonti by name, who devised 1 _ __ _ store-keeper ; Lieutenant Sykes, H.E.I.C.S. ; the Rev. Horse Guards Blue, was indicted for havin g feloniously mutton, 6i,1 to 7d ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, Id to 70 per mci_ ht catch them at a seamen and marines, 7,000 street was densely crowded from an early hour in the ing it just possible that we • I th some curiosity the ever move till each is in turn assailed, each may in a scheme of raising money on a system whereby the ;32 pound shot, and .other stores. She spoke on the morning, cast upon one Mary Jackson a quantity of oil of vitriol_ lb. ; pigs, lOs Od to lOs 6d per score ; rough fat, 6s 94 to is * felicitous moment, we read with turn be overcome ; and here is an end of those Government should obtain the advantage of the ex- 18th ult. the barque Enmore, in the Cervi Channel ; L. M . H ogg ; 9 invalided The Grand Juries having been sworn, Justice Crampton addressed the County Grand . with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, ' per 141 b. ; hides, 4d to 4ed per lb ; calf-skins, 3tel te 53 The prisoner was also charged with the same offence per lb. • report of their meeting at the London Tavern, and immortal leagues against the oppressor which have i ., i.: the debt at distant „ , limit ed „ „ unction of -----__ resolution. Once blic asin relation to another female named Elizabeth Hawkins EDINBURGH d-RAIN.-Dee. 5 carefully sifted each successivedisappointed. . to be In the saved . civilisati . on from . destruction. . In . pu , duration of human life, whilst the lenders should the 20th, in lat. 36 N., long. 13.55 E., _ the screw- Ju i‘ r l y r. on E t o b re e m ab an ov a e n s d ub G j e e n ct tl i e n m t e h n e o f f ol t l h o e wi G n Knight. more were we doomed on ft the 26th, in 1 t 37 27 N l 238 steamer Azo ;on la t. . N. ong. . g ra t n er d m J s u : - ry of The market was well supplied to-day. Sales were rather Mr. Lilley conducted the prosecution. The prisoner , first resolution the mountain laboured, as usual, in private, life -in national, as in personal, affairs, selfishness may nullify a good rule ; receive an annuity onmore advantageous terms than E the Herefordshire ; dd the 27th, in lat. 37.23, long, the County of . Dublin,-The calendar of county of- beevy, and all soits of grain had a downward tendency, ~ • with a thundering denunciation of " the existing • t of numbe was defended by Mr. Sumner. Pa rti cularly wheat. and in both alike a large and generous a pp li- could be granted on any other basis. Of this finaa- 0.35 W., the Islay, of Dundee ; and, at th e same time, fences is small in point r, an d, a nd, wi th one The learned counsel for the rosecution, in openin g • laws in relation to currency," to which it ascribed the ship Delaware; on the 28th , off Cape de Gatt the exception, does not appear to show any case of an un- Wheat , t op , 8s dawn, and en .d the average 2s 9d down. cial operation, which took its name from its pro- ' the case to the jury, described i p t, as .ne of an eXtraordi- Barl ey , fluctuations, panics and pressures, destruction and cation is needed to give its maxims vitality. steam-tug Dragon ;on the 29th, in the Straits of Gib- usual or extraordinary . character. There is, however,i s • d up-average, 6 down. Oats on the to nary and unusual aracter, and the follo wing evidence ls 47' d:1—average, 8,1 clown. Beans on the top is jector, it has been said that " Tontines seem adapted ru i n , From this point the bathos began very early When the intervention of others becomes so law rittr, the Phoebus, of Newport • and on the same day , one case appearing on the face of the calendar on which - indeed, fort he next resolution was content with less and destructive that civilisation and liberty to the passions of human nature, from the hope waters, the bar ue 'Jura of Brist I. The I feel it my duty to make to you some preliminary oh- was then gone into :- down-the average, 4s 103 down. recommending that people should be permitted to will everywhere perish, if it be not hindered, then every man entertains of longevity, and the desire Adelaide esam sa e iled in August last, q on her s s econ d o on servations-I allude to the case of a bill which will b e . .voyage Miss Mary Jackson, an interesting-looking young AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. buy and sell gold -a process which is gone through, not to hinder it is not "non-intervention," but at once the countenance of intervention and its im- t h e E a st, since sen t befo re y ou , cha rg ing in dividuals• h of ease and affluence in old age , an d they are b ane- the transport service in and that date Thursday, the 29th Nov., I was walking with my sister , Do. now £3 18 8• 5-12ths. 0 0 0 0-12ths. not only when a schoolboy takes an old watchcase punity. It is much for certain great Powers to ficial to the public as affording a discharge of the has been eight voyages across the Black Sea carr yi ng transaction of a very painful, profane, and, I mi g ht aci,l, in Coombe-lane, near the church. I saw the prisoner, Barley s to the goldsmith, but at every pecuniary transac abstain from meddling with or coercing the affairs debt, though a distant one, without any payment." 3,500 o ffi cers and men of the Turkish Contin gen t, 80e blasphemous character. The case to which I a ll u d e i s a who appeared to be loitering about, ju , t as we got o n , 0 13,3 1 a t na the path leading to the church, and immediately after 1 11 7 5-12th. tion where the figure is as much as a sovereign. of others ; but they should enforce all around them A Tontine is aim I a loan raised upon life an- of the Land TraosPort Corps, towing thr e e ship s t o case in which certain individuals are char ge d w ith e e . 2 8 1 11-12ths. Everybody who buys a ticket for Jenny Lind's per the like just and equal abstinence at every serious unities with this I rO Y vision, that in consideration ' contributed P by ' a certain number Kertch, besides conveying horses and troops from vising and intending to bring the Holy Scriptures of 1 England on outward passage. The Harbinger brought God-in the authorised version, as it is called-into wards he followed us. When we had got nearly to the --- EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET-DEC. 4. formance next week at Exeter-hall uses gold " in --- and grand conjunction. Otherwise they are the of f a ce rtain s tillery ; Captain Champion, hatred and contempt among the people of this kingdom, end l c t ) la etreerth he:re o, c . los h e . behind me and my -ister, There were ih the market to-day 16 Racks oatmeal, each its natural character as a commodity," and ascer dupes of their own logic which consigns the intro- , sum overaent •ant a life annu ity to the subscribers-the annuity, as the annuitants di© ditto; Capt. Gillum, o f f the Ist Royal Regiment ; p ay . and in pursuance of that intention profanely and bl,aspbe f 1 timid• la''"in b in s , in i d s appearance that male me weighing 280 lbs imperial which sold at 50s. • tains "its value under the ordinary laws of supply .cent to ruin, and securespredominance to those who off, to be divided among the survivors, until at last he 48th Reeiment • Assistant- mously, an the presence of divers ot her Majesty s sub master MiMupens, o t . . , . . . Captain Fisher, Royal Ar to the t- destructionof with a view u ser a Bible-a fuel , observed him, an he then turned away and i o n t e h , er l ploaorktsedofatmmyy clothing were appeared to be looking over a fence into a field. I walked EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET-- and demand." In effect, he puts so much gold in contravene the axioms on which " good easy men " Surgeon Erskine, of the 4th Regiment ; Assistant-Sur- jests, geonseSinclair, of the 93d Regiment ; Mrs. Wheatstone printed copy of a Bible in the English language, and in my sister . then went into St. . . on, and in consequence of something my sistie said to , DEC' 4. one scale and Jenny Lind's itches voice in the other ; pretend to frame their policy. The King of Sar- it becomes centred in the one survivor of the whole, ne, nurse . , 13 soldiers (servants), and 3 sailors The Harbin and, though his palm still for the one, (finites notions on this head are rather more and . at his death ceases entirely. The debt is then . the authorised version -cast, and procured it to be cast a saw t atetd my red, . shawl I o' to 13s 3 ' k lof Oat straw, from lOs a a per emp e l6 stones there examined my clothes more attentively, and die -Ikl the 10 h * with dth intoth fi h reb th t o as s tron; wheat do., es 03 to 8s 6d; barley do., 5s Od to 7s. he determines to have his ear tickled by the other. sound. extinct. With respect to the nation, the advantage ger l e f t B a a ava on t of November 55 an roam e re, w e y acpy w . Peter's school and I , die- 6d. Hay from 10(1 to 15d. is obvious, provided an exorbitant rate of interest muleteers and drivers for Malta and Gibraltar, 15 ser- burned and destroyed. Gentlemen of the jury, there The second resolution, then, was small enough ; If men had been asked, however, what Sovereign not• t tempt indivi duals to accept this and 1 ........••••••• but the third and last was, if possible, smaller. It be requ i red . o covered that my dress, my underclothing, and my stock in Continental Europe had a good right to counto f security, and we are inclined to thinkßay and ring DALKEITH IfEeeL MARKET- DEC. 3 . was, indeed, the ridicaus mus of the fable. It ings, were all burned, apparently by some fluid. I Qtr a hearty welcome from this country, the igno- spec iestt nsiderin the direct ersonal advantage 2 o ffi cers for Therapia Hospital , His Grace the Duke o f charged are guilty of a serious offence. That the Chris - 1 Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second.: Third. was, "that such national paper money might be h a . , co n g ul nt would d - Newcastle for Constantieople, arrived on the 13th and tian religion is part of the law of England, and therefore d an and my sister returned home a few minutes after this, imperial rant would have placed the Piedmontese Monarch w ich every a . n i a wou expect, an . many I on our way I met my father and mother, and I ob issued under conditions calculated. to remedy the amon the last • • but the well-informed the g, among would receive, in•the shape of a constantly increas- left again on the 14th, arriving at Malta on thb 18th and of Ireland, is a well-known principle. The doctrine is Barleymeal, per ditto - 0 served the prisoner still walking on the path leadin sto p objections usually urged against paper money, and leaving on the 19th, and arriving at Gibraltar on th e established by numerous cases and authorities from the e easemeal, per ditto , very foremost. In fact, it is not his recent policy in income during his whole life , much money the church. I went up to him and asked hi m if that the matter might be referred to a committee. alone which would have given Victor Emmanuel a g be raised,only cheaply in the cl"- might not as as - 27th, leaving on the same day. The Harbinger met with earliest period to the present time. I shall refer to two th wh had followed e man o me and my sister a few Pot-barley, per &Ltd' Bat why refer to a committee when so many great extremely heavy gales between Malta and England from only of those authorities- one an early case, and the to our sympathies. at claim . He comes of a race that nary system of contracting loans, but actually at a the S.E. and N.E. The General Screw Steam-Shiing other a late one. The early case is that of the "King v, minutes before, and he said he was. I then said to • minds were assembled on the spot . 9 why not, y long excited interest here, and that has left among lower rate of interest for terminable annuities than Can 's sin Calcutta was at Gibraltar,to lea v e - Wolsden "in 2d Stranee'e re orts The defendant there him, " Why did you throw that stuff over my •dress ?'' -- BOSTON-Dze. 5. least, give us some idea of " the conditions calcu us the vestiges of ancient amity. Be saw, as lie for interminable. The Chancellor of the Exchequer th o e m 27th y the Peninsular • ; and and Oriental Company's had been convicted on an information for blas p hemous He made no answer. • My father came up at this mo p To-day the supplies of wheat from the growers was :iso lated to remedy the objections ?" That's the very assed towards the City, the Savoy. It is nothing has not much chance of getting money at less ship Manilla was to leave on the same day. The Cal. discourses on the miracles of our Saviour ; and he at ment, and I told him in the prisoner's hearing that the 1 derat Good dry samples met with purchasers at prices point we are all sticking at. We have been asking in appearance,; but it must have yielded not a few than 31 per cent. on a perpetual annuity, cotta brought Major Singleton, Royal Artill ery , i n tempted then to move in arrest of judgment ; and the prisoner had heed following me and nay sister, and that 1 a trifle under those realised last week, whilst inferior qua for these conditions many a long year, and cou ld i,B interesting memories to our Royal visitor. The and we shall now proceed to consider why those charge of invalids ; Capt. the Hon. W. L. Talbot, of the Court of Queen's Bench in Eugland, referring to several he had thrown vitriol over my dress. My mother asked Mies, were difficult to quit at a decline of 2s to as per qr. never get a sight of them. From Mr. Benirc t name remains, and it remains from its origin. To who have mone y to invest mightpossibly andpro- 9th Regiment • Capt. Wilkinson , of the 9th ; Lieut. the cases which bad been decided, declared that they would him what he had to say, and he ran away, and an alarm Oats the same as last week. Barley, beans, and peas a speech we cannot gather whether he would simply Earl Peter of Savoy, by our Henry the Third, was fi bl b i nduced • T • t 3 HOn. ta y e to advance it on in a T on ti ne a T. Q. ‘l l . Plunkett, of the Ist Royals ; Lieut. not sufler it to be debated " whether to write against was given, and he was shortly afterwards taken into slow sale, at drooping prices. authorise the Bank to increase its circulation up . . custody. A portion of the liquid fell upon my ',soots and Prices :-Wheat, red, 63a Od to 81a Od ; white, Els Od to the 79th ; Lieut. Cross, of the 46th ; Lieut, Christianity in general was not an offence punishable in this spo t , ' • ofpalace W h ic h , • given, in per cent To test this , we shall , the first in- 6wn I to a certain amount, or remove all restriction upon the temporal courts of common law"-they would not stockings, and my leg was burned by it. 83s Od extra, 85s Od , Barley, 35s Od to 42s Od. Oats time, was very splendid; and here was confined a - * • it, or even thrust on the country some immense, Bing/ of Francefor four King taken in stance, assume that the subscription to the Ton- Morely, of the 3d ; Lieut. Jervois, of the 7th ; Assist- even suffer it to be debated. They desired, however, The clothes worn by the witness were produced, and 23s to 31s. Beans, 4lsOd to 56s Od. Peas, 44e Od to 54' years, a e • or even indefinite paper currency, through some battle b Edward,Black P • t y our the nnce, a fora certain provision for their children which • on the word "general"-that they did not intend to j e „ Cross-examined-I had known the prisoner by sight other organ than the Bank. Mr. Salt tantalis es lild d •67 • • , Mrs. Dickenson, 2c 1 ren an nurse , military in . . NEWARK-DEo. 5. Poictiers, in the year 1356. for 6 t- but had • shall become more ample as they grow older, and v elude disputes and differences between learned men on sme ime,never spoken to him before. He us for one delicious moment with the promise of - alids, 2 women, 1 child, 3 naval prisoners for trial, 2 A full attendance f farmers to-day with a good supply Some of the traditions most characteristic of the seemed to me to be idling about, but I did not observe • particular points. A very rational distinction, no doubt, that the lives put into the Tontine are those of a witnesses and 3 seamen. ofall kinds. ° Wheat and b '1 1 h of gram for esta safe but inexhaustible riches. ' He was - English soil are connected with this old site, which and sound judgment, which has since been followed. The anything wild or strange in his appearance, blishing a legal tender hey. What was morethousand children in their first year, at 1,0001. The Hawke, 60, Capt. Ommanney, is ordered from lting This looks . ilk' he was for regulating the issue. is.. . e is, nevertheless, so peculiarly " Sub-Alpine " t h at each. This, at so low a rate of interest at 3 per Portsmouth to Falmouth to winter; and the Hastings, late case to which I refer is the case of the " King v. Miss Emily Jackson, the sister of the last witness, said 40;laVtiole:lt.; whites 83 o s t0 5 f37: 3 1 81z s to 2 V t s . ; 3 17417, 8 n: 3 11 225 t, nothing in his own realm could have more reminded 60, Capt. Fanshawe is ordered to Queenstown Wadsly, " in Barnewall and Cresswell's reports. There -I was walking with my sister on the afternoon of the ~grandine36 tot 7 the desired union of valour and. discretion ; Victor Emmanuel of the f li . e early story o is race. would , of course ,produce an immediate cent. . 3") 31 r 8 ' oat s 76 to 80 •'4Be s t o . s, beans, 5650 s; m a lt, s s, p a ns, the publication was one impugning the authenticity of 29th November, and I observed the prisoner loitering - income of The Meander,4 ' C tB•11 . lftS•le 'el 30/. in the year, as available for the e 4, Cap •al ie, e pit ea seater -to 508, tares, 50s to 56s per qr. but we know not which of these qualities pre- ee the dt t . h - •a bout in Coombe 1 The • followed • Scriptures, an samg t at our Savio ur Jesus Christ - lane, • prisoner us into it we have never before welcomed a King of Sar- the child as if it were paid out of day afternoon for Plymouth. dominates in the rule which Mr. Salt proceeds suppor t of , was an impostor, and that was held to be a libel ; and the lane, and walked close to us for some time, and he dinia we have not been with - Consols. We shall employ the Northamp- The Urgent, naval steam-transport, Commander to recommend. It was, "that paper money ' castors. ton tables of owe , Chief Justice Abbott, afterwards Lord Tenterden in an- was the only person near us. I observed that my sister's SEABORNE MAILS. should be issued till every honest labourer had mortality, • and, a small draught of the 17th Lancers for the East, from the jury,' dres s burned dI f d f d h rto a question stated that a work was, an a terwar s oun tat my own future To all this we have adverted already. The • the g eneral pr inciple more intelligible , -• found full employment at remunerative prices." ••n t 1 n • shawl and dress w o injured. The Calcutta, 84, Capt. J. J. StoPford, was towed speaking of Christianity I he a guage of the publica- s were also opens a new and still better roe ectoico-o eration; ma king d' P the sub'ect •th dt . 1 Without over c rowdin g ing f _ j with . eai s, tion was a libel, Christianity being part of the law of James Bannister, police-constable, 222 P, said-I was es.- signifies that the mans are sent from the Genera! Post office Heavens, what a problem fora conscientious Chan and that • .11 be with S P I co-operation will e wit a State whichMS shall take no account o the superior value into Poi t3mouth harbour from Spithead yesterday morn . ( the night—and Mby the morning-eespatch.) the land. The other judges concurred with the Chief on duty on the afternoon in question on Park-hill Croy- 5 esllor of the Exchequer ! The honesty of every al ways been advancing. Advance, in truth, is the of female life over male, which, however, is sen- ing. Commander Just i ce,Judge Best, afterwards the Ch i ef Justice don, when I heardof " • " ' labourer, and every labourer's measure of full work The Ueda, 6, paddle-sloop, APED, left and . a cry Stop thief, and saw the Day whim ma..ii..,. pro Lu ,•,•,.a, way most marked law of that country's history. From Bible, and would have to be considered in the carry- es Plymouth. of the Common Pleas in England, added "that the pub- prisoner running towards me. I stopped him, and the • in General Pest financier and good wages ! Imagine this unhappy pithead yesterday morning for COUNTRIEV . Port du. n Qthe brave Counts of Savoy to powerful Kings of in g any such project out in practice seeing that Th GI bat was taken into dock at Ports- lication was a libel by the common law, and the Legis- father of the prosecutrix came up and gave him in charge Oft.co, London.* Dispatch,: Eni . lend meeting deputations one day from 20,000 Manch es , e eaner, gun-boat, o also , Sardinia, there has been a steady progress, and according to Mr. Finlayson's observati ons ' the the Pincher and Jackdaw, lature never had altered that law, nor can it ever be „ for tha owing vitriol over ladies' dresses. The prisoner ------ --- - • ter spinners on the " strike," another day from o n . mouth yesterday, and . krnerica(byltrit.packlN Every Friday .- • Liverpool Dec. 16 there does not now exist in this world any great progressive decrement of life amon g Brunswic k, 90 the nominees The steam block-ship at Devonport, is done, " said he, "while the Christian religion is consi said he had done it, but it was an accident. I asked him United Sts. the Spitalfields weavers, another day from the dynasty which unites such remote remembrances of in the Government Tontines and life annuities • ordered to be masted and fitted for commission. dared to be the basis of that law." We may thank God if he had got the bottle that contained the vitriol, and he " n pa ele i ry ........N •••- Llverpoo , Dec. 10 HI . Dorsetshire labourers, another day from the spirit,stock vigour,andstrength,with actual condi an Great Britain three women reach the aee of seventy- built slips N 2 that no legislature has ever interfered up to this time The gun-boats now being on Nos, and 4 said he had thrown it away over the paling in the lane, emerica (by U. States , ingers, another day from printers, frozen-out mar packet) ..........N ~ •• -- • • Southam.n teen so flourishing, or a future so politically auspi- five for two men ' who attain ' that prolonged period t D a_ _ evonport are or ere 0 d d t be ready for launching in with that great principle--that the Holy Scriptures of and that in throwing it away the vitriol had gone over kustralia (via South ket gardeners, brass-button makers, gunmakers in . God are the basis and foundation of the common law of the young ladies' dresses. I asked him how he came to mous. One thing, too, which much contributed to of existence, content ourselves with laying be - the first week in March. ampton) - ....M. -•'• -..- • • Southatnptoi have such stuff about himintended onto (via Miu•seilles) N . time of peace, or distressed needlewomen, all of the cordiality of this Monarch's reception in Eno , - fore our readers • • rs th e progressive increase of income • it in , and he said that he to take them entitled to demand further issues of paper land is that his regal glory is, in his person, a brit- for the lives of those children whose investment • .in a Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, sailed for Christianity which happily forms the basis of that the . . . order to destroy himself, but his heart had Ditto (via Cape of Goo failed him. I then inquired why he had if Dope) •• - - ••••••111Uncertal money till they admitted they were fully employed liant example of constitutional liberty-forming, in • • . Balaklava on W e d ne sd ay. . our common law is not of sectarian or denominational run away the Africa (West Coast), .N 23d of the mono:.. Plymouth .. Dec. 6 Tontine we have taken for illustration •Itis to be• affair was an accident and he said he 'b • and well paid ! And, having thus conferred this fact, a sort of banner round which rally in his realm, • ' The schooner Jane and Mary Anne is being laden with character, but is a general and common Christianity, in . .. , f . did sobecause he A.loxandria.. , ....' 7 :. Nrs4b%:•42Ot an of Tr „Dover .... remembered that the annuity of 30/. a- ear tom- knew it , was a very senora char ge. I afterwards bread in the Royal William Victualling-yard for Ber- which all professing Christians that acknowledge the made. tiexandria........ ...E1 . ., f 1110 , 1 .ISouthapt,„ splendid, though rather indefinite inheritance, on not only in harmony, but in emulation, the two es at If the child 1 . the Y search in the adjoining a Da1ey.......... lan of toe mon . Southanirt , -- f mission of our Lord Jesus Christ Divine character and Befgium -;......-.. NIDaIIY •••••• • • •• - !Dover i... Daily the sons and daughters of toil, Mr. Salt pretends principles of loyalty to the Crown and of devotion m enc interest; ifoncde: .ives, money earns muda. , . abottle which appeared to have contained vitriol. • to qualify it with the equally iadefinite salvo that to the popularinterests and the municipal revile - Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Exinouth, 90, Capt. ec,} l , , i 'n. The foundation of this general or common Chris- -0 • Scrip - Cross-examined-The prisoner told methat I , II os Ayr " . Brazil - - ........ m 9th of the niimth .• Sontharnp- Dec. 15 ..e in- non es m 9th et the moot uth Orr '.• "Dec 13 " He would not have an excess or deluge of paper, of an enlightened nation. es ' pence of maintaining it for the survivors. • • The fol- W. K. Hall, from Spithead, arrived in Plymouth Sound tianity is the revealed Word of God-the Holy ded to. have destroyed himself by putting hie head ('4l)c of Good HoPe . h Various poi , ,Uneertai , . but it should be so regulated. as to keep the quail- lowing table will show the income, during life, de- on Wednesday evening. . , tares; and as it is an offence against God and religion, under the railway train. The train assed close to the .---: 'ape of Good none, N . tity of money and the power of exchanging it in rivable from the investment of 1,000/. at birth in Her Majesty's screw ship Nile, 90, .Captain Georgeand 'adatcommon law, to write onto P ape de Vents' ..'„ eth (f ti, ~,,,t , l4 ;entlnnetr Dec. 15 a mi eineanour spot where the affair occurred. The prisoner, I believe, Ceylon (see name) . strict proportion with the labour to be engaged TEE ANGLO-FRENCH ALLIANCE, a Tontine of a thousand lives. The increase i s , of Mundy, which left Kiel in company with- the Colossus speak blasphemy against the Almighty, denying His . is a married man, with a family. eeyien............... h and the quantity of goods to be consumed." But, —•-- course, progressive from year to year, but we take and the Royal George, arrived in Plymouth Sound yes- ~ tu being His rovidence or character, or to use cm, me i ' P on cur Saviour ' Inspector Merritt, of the P division, proved that be 'sham& Isles ... . . N , Mozi., Wed.,klrri , .. South am, . Tti.Th ^et the floodgates once open, who is to stay the (From Galignani's Messenger.) decennial periods for the sake of clearness and aim- terday morning, and is appointed to go up the Hamoaze ions reproach received the prisoner in charge, and that upon his tell- China ... . Chili. ......... - . 'l 25 * I7 V - 1 cf wont l!iotithamp Once a month ....1 Dec. 4 "deluge I" Who is to ascertain the " strict pro- The Debate contains an article by M. de St. plicity :- . to-day. scoffing at the Holy Scriptures, or wilfully exposing . . f , in him that he was accused of throwing vitriol over the Constantinople 8,18,15,23,6vP50. !Dover -. . I portion" and interfere at the exact moment between Marc Girardin, which may be accepted as the con- At 10 years old the income will be X6l Some experiments have been going on for the last three days in the Arsenal-marshes, at Woolwich, in order the Bible to contempt or ridicule, are guilty of an : o fence punishable at common law by fine and imprisOn- young ladies, with intent to do them some grievoue eeustantinople • ,40 & 20th of rur' - 8 ulthdmpt. 1 out. of Europe 34 • NT,Twice daily . - Dovev .. Twiodall, so many parties, all equally interested in the fabri- tinuation of a previous article by the same writer At 20 . f f 1f • If 88 to ascertain what kind of metal is best calculated for the bodily h he • " arm, said I admit I threw it over but I went. It matters not, allow me to say, in this poiiA of „, said, re Egypt (see India) 1 , cation of inconvertible paper money. on the real policy of the war. He endeavoured, At 30 ~ ~ 9; 80 general purposes for which guns of large calibre are view, whether the book held up to public scorn-if such did not intend to do them any bodily harm." FraPICO ........ oft _, ,Twire da isy-. . D, ) ,„, .r.„„,,,,,,.., , 4. 7. 17.90. 2-i : I , ~... libraltar - ..... M , South,m, As these gentlemen have appointed a committee in the first instance, to demonstrate the advan- At 40 If ~ f f 1 99 commonly required. The whole of the guns have stood be the fact-be- a Hebrew, Greek, Latin, or English Mr. Lancaster, a chemist at Croydon, proved that • . Greece (see India) I -so we understand from the last resolution-to to es possessed by a Conservative policy, such as At 50 f f f f fp 122 heavy proofs with the exception of one, which burst Bible-whether it be the authorised version-as the . the bottle produced by the constable had contained oil - ereytown .....„ _., a erica eel7tH or' men. Southamr •:. ' devise a safe and sufficient paper money, we will at present animates the Western Governments At 60 f f If f f 170 ' trials to be continued version of the Church of England is commonly under the experiment. The are called, of vitriol, and he said he had no doubt the wearing 11amburgh . ......., ..i3 Tuesday & Friday London ... take the liberty of suggesting that the first thing over a revolutionary policy, which would let loose At 70 ; f f.l If 283 for some days longer. A further supply of the Wahren- or the Douay version or any other translation, if the apparel that had been produced had been burned by LI re 2id of the mutt :Bout hitr9M - Dec. 1. bto a l v land ah •.::: ..: • • .. D '' 'Dt ti .... m a•iy •• ••••• • •• -1 wer ... , Da t'. to be done is to settle the few cabalistic words to the oppressed nationalities of Europe, and render At 80 •f f f f fl 750 dorf projectiles has been received at the Arsenal, and object be to hold up the volume to public execration. The that fluid. Honduras ......,, , , 1%11170 t , the mono „'iSouiliamp , .‘ 1 6tholtner At 00 ~ 7,500 result is the same in point of law. The parties guilty of Mr. Sumner,• la . address in is to the jury on behalf t o. India (viaSouthampt. , m 4th ' • 20th of trio , . Plymouth . Dec. 4 be engraved on the paper. There is a force andspeedy the conclusion of a peace impossible are being forwarded to Shoeburyness fora continuation India (via Marseilles -t 9th&lth of tnowl.,Dover ... simplicity in the words "I promise to pay Si. on - - • Th e And some survivor at some very patriar c hal same writer now dissects an opinion, entertained in _ . age of experiments,. . . indictable such profane scoffing of God's Holy Word are guilty ofan the prisoner, observed upon the extraordinary nature of t - loniati Well (see Ill:::;,./.:7„:.,2', I f 3 ot , trim, ) 1 :)0 01 •e t r iz ... Tw .t. , • demand" which will not be easily matched by any Russia, to the effect that the alliance betweenf • will, or some short period, enjoy the whole income The Balnana, screw transport, sailed from Queenhithe ff - sd o ence ama emeanour a common law, ~ . f "k d Ireland .. ... M.- \ .. . J I mission o so wic e an act as the one imputed to the Lisbon.... . .', . MI , ?, !,,, a 2 7of - .:SOln113111: - Dec. 15 mere philosophical formula that we are aware of. France and England cannot prove lasting, and that of 30,0001. a year ; but the life of the longest-lived yesterday morning, with military stores and horses' for I need not speak to men of your knowledge of the hide cenc df I P yan sinfulness o such profaneness as have de- . - Prisoner, He said that the defence he was instructed Madeira .... .. .. , f 9i , th , mouth sourharnp,„.... At least, wo are sure that the introduction of the the finances of the first state will not permit her to man is but a span in the life of a nation, and when 1 the East. scribed. But sitting here as a judge to interpret and to make in his behalf was that the prisoner, being in a Madeira _ . .. ~ . .230 0 . month --ILiverpool ... : words "supply," "demand," "produce " " honest continue the war for any length of time. We ex- d • all ' - • is The following nn-boats have been turned out of Wool the d estiny of overtakes him, the nation no . g Malta (see India: I • administer the law, and being so far a guardian of the desponding state of mind aud meditating suicide, had male , ........ e -s, le tees of mon.'Dover Dec. 4 produc©, tract the following passages from the artic •le in longer indebted in the million, no party has been w i th dockyard ready for service, and are put in commis provided himself with the oil of vitriol for that purpose, Kauritius (see India labour " "remunera ti ve pr i ces," "strict prowir sion as folio we :- k Skip-Jack, Lieut. i d th s e . Hon. H. W.Cllet- laws and constitution of the realm, I cannot but admire 5 ilste 01 the mon th - I question :- tion," " market price of gold," "receivable for wynd ; She ra e, Lieut. Court land Simpson ;. Tickler, the wisdom of the principle to which I have referred, and but his heart failing him at the moment he threw the ee lfa ieen uritias -••*. - TA 2nd of the MOIL“'.: SORthanL.l . INC 1 fitted. The proverbial longevity of annuita nts observe what mischievous*would It f consequences result from bottle away, and the contents accidentally fell upon the ; s - e ° ,l7, , ',.******'' •- - Sthlsth2sth f 1 duties," or what not, though e ver so i ngen i ous , "' Do you believe in peace rwe shall be asked ; no, . • , Lieut. Balfour ; Cheerful, Lieut. Rason ; Seagull, Lieut.......,„ , . o mon. Dover ... would be thought anything but an improvement. we wish ardently for it, but our belief in it is only mo- may, and probably will, disturb the course of Montagu O'Reilly. suffering those principles to be destroyed or impugned. I dresses of these young ladies. The learned counsel also Now Granada .. ...... Ai 21 & 17th of month Bouthampto, , i It is very true that we have had paper money, and aerate. There exists, in fact, both passions and prejn- 1 •ncrease indicated by the above figures - but, A. number of fine young fellows have been received at would say, using the words of the rant and good Lord put it to the jury whether, if the prisoner had really in- new Zealand ...„, ~ ;By private slip • • Various port Une.-• -•• p.,, i i s tate , ... •. 1 - 41hthl5th2athonnon•IDover ..-. . • dices against peace, and we would fain examine some of plenty of it, that bore the brief inscription we so . . illusions . on the other hand, if it be the case that the the Royal Marine Barracks at Woolwich, to join that Hale, that "to say religion is a cheat is to dissolve tended to do the young ladies any mischief, he would riot Peninsula „,_ ~ '• :Iyilltlii7th27thofmon.South pton, the prejudices and which aee opposed to peece, serenity of mind and. freedom from anxietY, come, from Batb Cheltenham and Derby. The whole all those obligations whereby our civil rights are pre- have thrown the liquid in their faces, or up° . some pm .. . e. e . , ..:: '. m lea sr 27th of nion.'Southarre.t , ,n • much commend, and yet belied the promise for a with a reserve less demanded b circumstance than n which very, have a t endency to pr o- f the m h b atteste d d• t the y . . s . an co • , . . y . . o em h ave been accor ing o e new issued 1 • d served. Christianity is parcel of the laws of En land other part of their persons ; and, as it was clear he had Port Natal ........ .N i py private sh l P•• •IVarious pi" ' rt,i tine-- .... time ; but even that was a perfectly intelligible • 1 the Christian g not done so, he submitt d that they would not be 'oats- Rielly • „ .; .... • ~ ~. ,•N s thl s th 2s thohnon,lDever .... genial to our character. What, then, is the illusion that long the lives of those whose daily subsistence is standard, by which recruits are in future to be admitted th f t h ant, ere ere o reproach e religion and Tuscany - ~.,, ...., ../,f s thi s t. l )2sl,hofmon.lDover - , I transaction. It was simply a case of postponed fled in finding him guilty prevents Russia at this moment from proving her love assured, it is an additional reason why persons .to the Royal Marine battalions-namely, from 18 to 20 that we all know is to be found in the Bible) is to speakupon the present charge. i s enezuela „........ m as a l7th oftnon th : Southampton t 1 & .6mo. payment. The State, hard put to it, begged for Several of peace, and thus satisfyieg the desires of Europe ? should invest t t • I 1 f ' ,a a conipara we yow rate o Into- Years of age, sft. bin ; and from 20 to 26, sft. Gilt) in subversion of the law itself," Ea. consider tine- in witnesses were then examined, who gave the Van Diemen'sLane (Niel 1 - . • time, or rather took it as a matter of necessity. a very good character. Australia) ...... „. . . It Russia believes that the Anglo-French alliance cannot f t • thereby augmenting the prescribed height half-an-inch en this country the administration of justice, civil and cri- p risoner rest, in security which increases a y 2d -:". Mb et month'Sontha'n ter. Ido a W:et , Indies . . . said, "We have promised to pay you such and such last long ; she believes also that our finances cannot reh • ' d • h mina], is based upon the truths of the Christian reli- The learned Judge, in summing up, said that before t e Juniors, an a quarter of an inc on those above 20 sums on demand. We grieve to say that we cannot sist for long the trials of the war. On these two points that it le ng thens their lives. It must file propo rti on _ . . . ' years of age. gion, and on the reverence in which the Holy Scriptures the jury could convict the prisoner under the present When en any of those dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will .• de. However, be also borne in mind that the duration of keep our promise. We have not the money. But we would say a few words, in order that it may be dis- The following appointments were made yesterday at or the Word of God is held. Every witness in every indictment they must be satisfied, first, that he had 'patched on the following day, with the exception of the In ii: We human life has considerably increased seat s the thrown the li aid u on the ros utr . Southampton and the Malta, both ef which will be despatch.d V we trust this horrid war will soon be over, and at tinctly understood in France and over the world that the the Admiralty :-Commander G. 0. Popplewell is ap- cause, in this and every other court, with some statut-q P pecix ; and secondly, _ roce g tho earliest possible moment after the proc i a _ partisans of the ancient constitutional regime and those Northamptontables constructed were and there- „ pointed Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard ; able exceptions, is solemnly sworn on the Holy Gospels thstev when he did so, his intention was to do her some P 'nation of peace we will redeem our word, and of the new . institutions are determined to seek for a last- fore, . a certain . percentage . . must be taken off the Commander W. Wood, to the Intrepid ; the Rev. B. of God to tell the truth in his evidence. Every pettybod ily injury. If they should think that his object was ~ . pay you ire full, 20s. in the pound." The . P . ing peace in the constant alliance with England, not- increase of income to bring it to what it really would Ring, to be Chaplain of the Sampson' J. Burke, assist- jury is sworn in like manner to find a true verdict ac- merely to destroy her clothes, although that was un- SHARE MARKETS. withstanding the sacrifices exacted by war. For more be in practice. We have illustrated our proposition ant paymaster in charge, to the Wanderer ;W. H. Batt, cording to the evidence beforelhein. Every grand jury doubtedly a very mischievous and wicked act, for which natural consequence was,..that the notes . of t . lie than 30 years have we advocated the English alliance as by the above calculation Merely to show an approxi- acting clerk, to the Arrogant. is likewise sworn on the same holy book to find and pre- he would still be amenable to the law under another ' ---...-___ insol vent State were sold at a discount, which varied LIVERPOOL, DEC. G. being the best alliance for France. We should take a mate estimate of the working of such a system , on On Thursday 98 invalids, with 10 orderlies , arrived at sent, according to the truth, without fear, favour, or form of charge, that would not be sufficient ; and before according to the prospects of peace. When peace fairST.OOIF EXOH i ANGE.— The tone of , the . market was v . ery strange step were we at this moment to abandon that a very large Beale from the cradle to the rave. Chatham, having landed at Portsmouth from the she affection, affection. And I may add, that there are few public they could return a verdict of guilty they must be Batas seemed very remote a 11.-note passed for only 14s. ; alliance, when it produces a fruit which we had desired, Experience alone :mild show what d • • g id . • Brandon, which sailed from Balaklava on the Ist of No offices in the realm - from that filled by our gra- fled that his intention was to cause her some personal ? t o-day, and not under yesterday s prises. .Caledonian, con itionswou 1. 8 .___, 1 . _. b .i ster, , Sheffield,. , and Lincolnshire, 23i i--- when near, 18s., or thereabouts ; and when the viz., the faculty cf France to wage a war which is not make such an investment palatable to the public. Ye b • charge of Quartermaster Carne lath Re •- m t r 112 C _ _ Y; cious Sovereign herself, down to that occupied iteiuFY.. very day was fixed for the resumption of cash pay. revolutionary. The alliance of France a lq! 1 -1 e an.. ...e.e.ee.. .... • .., . .. e_ „ (Prom the Times of this day.) The currency philosophers met on Wednesday evening, and conducted themselves with their usual audacity of argument and modesty o f demand. Often as we have challenged the most courageous of the school for a specific plan we have never been obliged in that most important particular. Think ing it just possible that we might catch them at a felicitous moment, we read with some curiosity the • report of their meeting at the London Tavern, and carefully sifted each successive resolution. Once more were we doomed to be disappointed. In the first resolution the mountain laboured, as usual, with a thundering denunciation of " the existing laws in relation to currency," to which it ascribed fluctuations, panics and pressures, destruction and ruin. From this point the bathos began very early indeed, for the next resolution was content with recommending that people should be permitted to buy and sell gold —a process which is gone through, not only when a schoolboy takes an old watchcase to the goldsmith, but at every pecuniary transac tion where the figure is as much as a sovereign. Everybody who buys a ticket for Jenny Lind's per formance next week at Exeter-hall uses gold " in its natural character as a commodity," and ascer tains " its value under the ordinary laws of supply and demand." In effect, he puts so much gold in one scale and Jenny Lind's voice in the other ; and, though his palm still itches for the one, he determines to have his ear tickled by the other. The second resolution, then, was small enough ; but the third and last was, if possible, smaller. It was, indeed, the ridicutus mus of the fable. It was, " that such national paper money might be issued under conditions calculated to remedy the objections usually urged against paper money, and that the matter might be referred to a committee." Bat why refer to a committee when so many great minds were assembled on the spot ? Why not, at least, give us some idea of " the conditions calcu lated to remedy the objections ?" That's the very point we are all sticking at. We have been asking for these conditions many a long year, and could never get a sight of them. From Mr. Bennoch's speech we cannot gather whether he would simply authorise the Bank to increase its circulation up to a certain amount, or remove all restriction upon it, or even thrust on the country some immense, or even indefinite paper currency, through some other organ than the Bank. Mr. Salt tantalises us for one delicious moment with the promise of safe but inexhaustible riches. He was for esta blishing a legal tender money. What was more, he was for regulating the issue. This • looks like the desired union of valour and 'discretion ; het we know not which of these qualities pre dominates in the rule which Mr. Salt proceeds to recommend. It was, " that paper money should be issued till every honest labourer had found full employment at remunerative prices." Heavens, what a problem for a conscientious Chan cellor of the Exchequer ! The honesty of every labourer, and every labourer's measure of full work and good wages ! Imagine this unhappy financier meeting deputations one day from 20,000 Manches ter spinners on the " strike," another day from the Spitalfields weavers, another day from the Dorsetshire labourers, another day from the stock ingers, another day from printers, frozen-out mar ket gardeners, brass-button makers, gunmakers in time of peace, or distressed needlewomen, all of them entitled to demand further issues of paper money till they admitted they were fully employed and well paid ! And, having thus conferred this splendid, though rather indefinite inheritance, on the sons and daughters of toil, Mr. Salt pretends to qualify it with the equally indefinite salvo that " He would not have an excess or deluge of paper, but it should be so regulated as to keep the gum) tity of money and the power of exchanging it strict proportion with the labour to be engaged and the quantity of goods to be consumed." Bu' the floodgates once open, who is to stay the " deluge !" Who is to ascertain the " strict pro portion" and interfere at the exact moment between so many parties, all equally interested in the fabri cation of inconvertible paper money. As these gentlemen have appointed a committee —so we understand from the last resolution—to devise a safe and sufficient paper money, we will take the liberty of suggesting that the first thing to be done is to settle the few cabalistic words to be engraved on the paper. There is a force and simplicity in the words "I promise to pay 5/. on demand" which will not be easily matched by any mere philosophical formula that we are aware of. At least, wo are sure that the introduction of the words "supply," "demand," "produce," "honest labour," " remunerative prices," "strict propor tion," " market price of gold," " receivable for duties," or what not, though e ver so i ngen i ous , would be thought anything but au improvement. It is very true that we have had paper money, and plenty of it, that bore the brief inscription we so much commend, and yet belied the promise for a time ; but even that was a perfectly intelligible transaction. It was simply a case of postponed payment. The State, hard put to it, begged for time, or rather took it as a matter of necessity. It said, " We have promised to pay you such and such sums on demand. We grieve to say that we cannot keep our promise. We have not the money. But we trust this horrid war will soon be over, and at the earliest possible moment after the procla mation of peace we will redeem our word, and pay you in full, 20s. in the pound." The natural consequence was ' that the notes of the insol vent State were sold at a discount, which varied according to the prospects of peace. When peace seemed very remote a 11.-note passed for only 14s. ; when near, 18s., or thereabouts ; and when the very day was fixed for the resumption of cash pay ments the bit of paper attained its proper value of 20s. There was no mystery, no philosophy, no theory of any kind in all this ; nothing that it could take five minutes to understand. Nobody ever doubted that even that temporary postpone ment, that begging for time, was a national disas ter, throwing everything out of gear, unsettling all pecuniary arrangements, and leaving permanent traces on the national finance. But there was no kind of humbug about it. Nobody dreamt that it was either a recondite stroke of finance or a new invention in currency, or a piece of vertu, or anything, in fact, but a simple case of default, only excusable because inevitable, and happily re deemed at the earliest opportunity. Of course, if the war goes on year after year, if we find it neces sary to borrow 50,000,000/. a year, to lay on more and more taxes to offer the greatest possi ble obstacles to the trade of Russia, and to ' turn a large part of our labour operations 0 . if all and capital into the unprod u Cti ve and wasteful war— still more, Europe is absorbed in the quarrel—we may at length be driven by sheer necessity to suspend payment, and to beg a w few years' grace from the owner s o f our bank-notes.. In that case the Bank of England w ill go on issu ing notes, which, notwithstanding the promise on their face, will only be understood to mean that the owners will get their money as soon as the war is over. The more of such notes there are issued the less certainty will there bo of the Bank being able to fulfil even that deferred promise, and the greater consequently, will be the depreciation of the paper and the loss of those who are liable to have their debts paid in this comparatively base currency. This is what has been, and that is what may be again. It has just happened in Russia, where the Odessa Bank has been compelled to su s p end cash 'payments, the necessary result being a heavy fall in the price of its notes. It is by no means a con summation to be wished for hero. It would be, a it is theme, a discredit, a disaster, a visitation of war. Other States have gone through the same process with more or less cause, and have, or have not, redeemed their c re dit. But no example has yet occurred either in this or in any other country that could at all justify imitation, except on tlib direst necessity. Our Currency Philosophers, then, must not recur to history or to contemporaneous example_ for a solution of the p ro bl em . Th ey n ust draw it from the dark and unfathomable abyss of their own . understandings. Often as they have been challenged for it, they have never produced it yet, and we confess to no small curiosity to see the coming prodigy. (From the Mor ni ng 7----- The foreign monarchs Post of this day.) have this year visited England ; but while ono s of these Royal visit s was n ot more than enough, in point o f ma t er i a l, t o stain a few parag r ahs of co in is European the two others for rEuevroepean history, remain not merely chapters but great national lessons already said sufficient about the Emperor We have Napo leon's welcome among us, and its extraordinary past - wqi ?‘l ' political significance, the association s it con ni s inarY the recollections it evoked, the unhappy it obliterated, and the fortunate future which it appeared to promise, and has, we trust, i na ,,,, 1 1 rated. Three years ago it would have excited scarcely more interest among the public of the ( limited Kingdom to learn that the King of Sar dinia was coming than that the King of Portugal Was about to arrive. P ti l i, a great st or m of events has blown since t hen, And the recent visit of the sub-Alpine Sovereign , like th at of Napo l eon 111., m than a mere was felt to be far ore Emmanuel ilenal gratification. When Victor replied i rs i o athe to the City of London Address, lie observed ~ it had had joined the Anglo-French alliance beca use °var been the custom of the House of Savoy to war© the swo r d w h ere j us ti ce and independence wre This, indeed, has been the traditionarysta" among nations." aim of that Eipirited Royal house ; and, th oo , some eight hun dred years hav e p assed, that house - neverstoodhighe r n E aropea n influence than it stands today, despite (From Galignani's Messenger.) The Debats contains an article by M. de St. Marc Girardin, which may be accepted as the con tinuation of a previous article by the same writer on the real policy of the war. He endeavoured, in the first instance, to demonstrate the advan tages possessed by a Conservative policy, such as at present animates the Western Governments, over a revolutionary policy, which would let loose the oppressed nationalities of Europe, and render the speedy conclusion of a peace impossible. The same writer now dissects an opinion, entertained in Russia, to the effect that the alliance between France and England cannot prove lasting, and that the finances of the first state will not permit her to continue the war for any length of time. We ex tract the following passages from the article in question : " Do you believe in peace 1' we shall be asked ; no, we wish ardently for it, but our belief in it is only mo derate. There exists, in fact, both passions and preju dices against peace, and we would fain examine some of the prejudices and illusions which al-a opposed to peace, with a reserve less demanded by circumstances than con genial to our character. What, then, is the illusion that prevents Russia at this moment from proving her love of peace, and thus satisfying the desires of Europe ? Russia believes that the Anglo-French alliance cannot last long; she believes also that our finances cannot re sist for long the trials of the war. On these two points we would say a few words, in order that it may be dis tinctly understood in France and over the world that the partisans of the ancient constitutional regime and those of the new institutions are determined to seek for a last ing peace in the constant alliance with England, not withstanding the sacrifices exacted by war. For more than 30 years have we advocated the English alliance as being the best alliance for France. We should take a strange step were wo at this moment to abandon that alliance, when it produces a fruit which we had desired, viz., the faculty cf France to wage a war which is not revolutionary. The alliance of France and England has been for 18 years the cause of a general peace ; it is at this moment one of the reasons for the ascendancy ob tained by France in the Eastern question. Where, then; are the inconvenient points in that alliance ? They have not yet appeared, it is said, but they will occur. We admit that, under the peace regime, there was a moment when the alliance was inconvenient. England pushed to excess her principle of peace, and wished to maintain France too much in a negative condition, and therefore she could not submit to the Spanish marriages questicn. A time may arrive when, under the regime of war, the English alliance may prove inconvenient, a moment when she may push too far her warlike princi ple, and cons , rain France to maintain the offensive be yond the policy of France. We shall see, but at all events that moment has not arrived, and we are of opi nion, without being of those who believe in the eternity of the English alliance, that it is destined to be of long duration, in spite of popular revolutions and dynastic catastrophes.' Our contemporary expresses its opinion that the sincerity of the alliance can alone be disturbed by the introduction of a revolutionary policy in the con duct of the war : " In that case the old political jealousies would awaken in France and England. To whom Crete ? To whom the Archipelago ? To whom Belgium and the Rhine ? The revolutionary policy would therefore excite ques tions of the gravest nature. We have proclaimed abroad that hitherto a conservative policy has guided the war, and we are convinced that the French Government will remain faithful to that policy with which it has been so well inspired. There lies its interests and its strength. Until the commencement of a revolutionary policy the alliance with England is assured, and the ideas of R uss i a are but illusions. " The Debats replies to the Russian assumption that the finances of France are unequal to the continuation of the contest, by stating that the resources of France developed during the., forty years' peace will enable her to bear all the sacrifices entailed by the present struggle without injury to her financial position ; that, in fact, the peace has sown the war. Our contemporary concludes by expressing its fervent desiro for the re-establish ment of peace, which will then infuse vigour into the parliamentary and constitutional institutions of France. ._. 1 Naval and Military Intelligence. • i _,,_____ In the time of the Third William, not as is gene- I The steam-transports Adelaide, Captain Young • Har rally supposed, the inventor of our institution of binger, Captain Benson ; and the Calcutta, Captain national debt, but the originator of the habit of , Blackmore, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East, I paying it, or its interest, regularly—for Kings be- with invalids and passengers. The Adel a ide brought Commander Cave, R.N. ; Lieutenant Odevaine, R.N. ; fore him had borrowed money often enough with- Lieutenant Goren, of the 19th Regiment; Staff Assist out the latter burdensome ceremony—there lived a ant-Surgeon Stewart ; Mr. Churcher, naval medical L 9 i e i u n t v e a n li a d n e t d Sy s e k a e m s , e n il . a E nd l . C. S marines,. ; th e 7 R o e o v o . a scheme of raising money on a system whereby the Neapolitan, Lorenzo Tonti by name, who devised . store-keeper ; 1 32 pound g sfio ; t, and other stores. Sh e s p o k e on th e Government should obtain the advantage of the ex- 18th ult. the barque Enmore, in the Cervi Channel ; tinction of the debt at a distant date, limited by the also, in the same waters, the steam-ship M a d agascar ; duration of human life, whilst the l en d ers s h ou ld on the 20th, in lat. 36 N., long. 13.55 E., the screw receive an annuity on more advantag eous t erms th an steamer Azoff ; on the 26th, in lat. 37.27 N., l ong . 2.38 E., the Herefordshire ; on the 27th, in lat. 37. 9 3, long. could be granted on any other basis. Of this finan- 0.35 W., the Islay, of Dundee ; and, at the same time, cial operation, which took its name from its pro- the ship 2298tth in h , off the Cape Straitsde G thea o t f t, eib steam-tug . jester, it has been said that " Tonti nes seem a d a pt e d DelawareD tDragon ; onhe . on tthe raltar, the Phoebus, of Newport ' • and on the same day, to the passions of human nature, from the hope in the same waters, the barque Jura, of Bristol. The every man entertains of longevity, and the desire Adelaide sailed in August last, on her second voyage on of ease and affluence in old age, and they are bane- the transport service in the East, and since that date ficial to the public as affording a discharge of the has been eight voyages across the Black Sea, carrying debt, though a distant one, without any payment." 3,500 officers and men of the Turkish Contingent, 800 A Tontine is simply a loan raised upon life an- of the Land Transport Corps, towing three ships to 1 Kertcb, besides conveying horses and troops from unities, with this provision, that, in consideration outward The arbinge c r ha brou i ght of a certain sum contributed by a certain number passage. RoyaiArtilery H of persons, Government grants a life annuity to Captain ditto; Capt. Gillum, of the Ist R;oyal Captainßeg Regiment Champion, the subscribers—the annuity, as the annuitants die i neland o F n isher master MiMullens, of the 48th Regiment ; Assistant off, to be divided among the survivors, until at last Surgeon Erskine, of the 4th Regiment ; Assistant-Sur it becomes centred in the one survivor of the whole, geon Sinclair, of the 93d Regiment ; Mrs. Wheatstone, and at his death ceases entirely. The debt is then nurse 13 soldiers (servants), and 3 sailors. The Harbin extinct. With respect to the nation, the advantage ger left Balaklava on the 10th of November with 55 is obvious, provided an exorbitant rate of interest muleteers and drivers for Malta and Gibraltar, 15 ser be not required to tempt individuals to accept this vents and 10 officers for England, calling at Kazatch species of security, and we are inclined to think Bay and bringing from there 10 i nva lid s ( M ar i nes), and that, considering the direct personal advantage 2 officers for Therapia t. Hospital. i His Grace the Duke of sameand arriving Newcastle for h C e o l n i st t a h n a u t : r o i p v. e, arrived on the 13th and arriving at M a a t lta i o h n ra t t la ta h r lS e t n h and e which every annuitant would expect, and many would receive, in the shape of a constantly increas- left again day. The Harbinger met with ing income during his whole life, much money I might be raised, not only as cheaply as in the ordi extremely heavy gales between Malta and England from nary system of contracting loans, but actually at a the S.E. and N.E. The General Screw Steam-Shipping lower rate of interest for terminable annuities than 2 e 7 a t v l 11,n leaving leaving onl° nt h te o n 19 :12 1) 4; Company's ship Calcutta was at Gibraltar, to leave on for interminable. The Chancellor of the Exchequer the 27th ; and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's has not much chance of getting money at less ship Manilla was to leave on the same day. The Cal than 31 per cent. on a perpetual annuity, cutta brought Major Singleton, Royal Artillery, in and we shall now proceed to consider why those charge of invalids ; Capt. the Hon. W. L. Talbot, of the who have money to invest might possibly and pro- 9th Regiment ; Capt. Wilkinson, of the 9th ; Lieut. the fitably be induced to advance it on a Tontine at 3 Hon. T. Q. W. Plunkett, of the Ist Royals ; Lieut. per cent. To test this, we shall, in the first in- Gawne, of the 79th ; Lieut. Cross, of the 46th ; Lieut. Clark, of the 15th Hussars; Purveyor Robb, Ensign stance, assume that the subscription to the Ton- Morel of the 3d ; Lieut. Jervois, of the 7th ; Assist forant-Surgeontine is the prudent act of opulent parents, wishing Mills,n medical charge; Mr. Hogg, R.N. ; , a certain provision for their children, which Mrs. Dickenson, 2 children and nurse; 67 military in shall become more ample as they grow older, and vends, 2 women, 1 child, 3 naval prisoners for trial, 2 that the lives put into the Tontine are those of a witnesses, and 3 seamen. thousand children in their first year, at 1,0001. The Hawke, 60, Capt. Ommanney, is ordered from each. This, at so low a rate of interest at 3 per Portsmouth to Falmouth to winter; and the Hastings, cent. would, of course, produce an immediate 60, Capt. Fansbawe, is ordered to Queenstown. income of 301. in the year, as available for the The Meander, 44, Capt. Baillie, left Spithead yester support of the child as if it were paid out of day afternoon for Plymouth. Consols. We shall employ the Northamp- The reent 17 e , naval steam-transport, Commander ton tables of mortality, and, for the sake of Phillips, R.N., left Portsmouth yesterday ev en i ng , w i t h making the general principle more intelligible, a small draught of the 17th Lan_cer s s t f e or e t r h d e East. without overcrowding the subject with details, The Calcutta, 84, Capt. J. J pf , was towed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead yesterday morn shall take no account of the superior value of female life over male, which, however, is son- "he Heels, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Aplin, left Bible, and would . have to be considered in the carry- s pithead yesterday morning for Plymouth. ing any such project out in practice, seeing that ) The Gleaner, gun-boat, was taken into dock at Ports according to Mr. Finlayson's observations on the mouth yesterday, and also the Pincher and Jackdaw. progressive decrement of life among the nominees The steam block-ship Brunswick, 90, at Devonport, is in the Government Tontines and life annuities in ordered to be masted and fitted for commission. Great Britain, three women reach the age of seventy- The gun-boats now being built on slips Nos. 2 and 4 five for two men who attain that prolonged period at Devonport are ordered to be ready for launching in of existence, and content ourselves with laying be- the first week in March. fore our readers the p rogress i ve i ncrease of i ncome The bark Lady Wharncliffe, with provisions from th e for the lives of thos e c hild ren w h ose i nvestment i n a Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, s a il e d f or Tontine we have taken f or illu s t ra ti on . It i s to b e Balaklava on Wednesday. The schooner Jane and Mary Anne is being laden with remembered that the annuity of 301. a-year tom- breadin Will-am Victualling-yard the Royal Wi lamfor Ber mences at once. If the child lives, the money earns muds. interest; if it dies, the parent is released from the ex- Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Exmouth, 90, Capt. pense of maintaining it for the survivors. The fol- W. K. Hall, from Spithead, arrived in Plymouth Sound lowing table will show the income, during life, de- on Wednesday evening. rivable from the investment of 1,0001. at birth in Her Majesty's screw ship Nile, 90, Captain George a Tontine of a thousand lives. The increase is, o f Mundy, which left Kiel in company with the Colossus course, progressive from year to year, but we take and the Royal George, arrived in Plymouth Sound yes decennial periods for the sake of clearness and sim- terday morning, and is appointed to go up the Hamoaze plicity : to-day. At 10 years old the income will be £6l Some experiments have been going on for th e l as t three days in the Arsenal-marshes, at Woolwich, i n or d er At 20 . ~ 1f /2 88 to ascertain what kind of metal is best calculat e d f or th e At 30 If ~ lf 80 general purposes for which guns of large calib re are At 40 ff ff ff 99 commonly required. The whole of the guns have stood At 50 ff ff II 122 heavy proofs, with the exception of one, which burst At 60 ff ff ff 170 under the experiment. The trials are to be continued At 70 ~ fl ff 283 for some days longer. A further supply of the Wabren- At 80 • ff /1 750 dorf projectiles has been received at the Arsenal, and At 00 ~ 21 ,f 7,500 are being forwarded to Shoeburyness for a continuation And some survivor at some very patriarchal age of experiments. will, for some short period, enjoy the whole income The Bahiana, screw transport, sailed from Queenhithe of 30,0001. a year ; but the life of the longest-lived yesterday morning, with military stores and horses for man is but a span in the life of a nation, and when 1 the East. the destiny of all overtakes him, the nation is no The following gun-boats have been turned out of Wool longer indebted in the million, no party has been with dockyard ready for service, and are put in commis wronged,sion as folio Rs :- Skip-Jack, Lieut. the Hon. H.W. Chet fitted.bend The proverbial longevity of annuitants Lieut.wnd ; B S a lil f e o l u d r ra . ktLieut. Courtland Simpson ; Tickler, Lieut. Rason ; Seagull, Lieut. may, and probably will, disturb the course of Montagu O'Re'illy. Cheerful, increase indicated by the above figures - but, A. number of fine . young fellows have been received at on the other hand, if it be the case that the the N.oyal Marine Barracks at Woolwich, to join that serenity of mind and freedom from anxiety, corps, from Batb, Cheltenham, and Derby. Tee whole which, very probably, have a tendency to pro- of them have been attested according to the newly-issued long the lives of those whose daily subsistence is standard, by which recruits are in future to be admitted assured, it is an additional reason why persons , to the Royal Marine battalions—namely, from 18 to 20 should invest, at a comparatively low rate of jute- years of age, sft. bin ; and from 20 to 26, sft. 6in., rest, in a security which increases their comforts in thereby augmenting the prescribed height half-an-inch en the proportion that it lengthens their lives. It must, the juniors, and a quarter of an inch on those above 20 however, be also borne in mind that th e du ra ti on o f years of age. human life has considerably i ncrease d s i nce th e The following appointments w ere made yesterday a t Northampton tables were const ruc t e d, an d, t h ere - pointed Inspecting Commander o f th the Admiralty :—Commander G. 0. Poe PIP roa ell i stgu s ar a d ; P. fore, a certain percent age mus t b e t a k en o ff the Commander W. Wood, to the Intrepid ; the Rev. B. increase of income to bring it to what it really would Ring, to be Chaplain of the Sampson ; J. Burke, assist be in practice. We have illustrated our proposition ant paymaster in charge, to the Wanderer ; W. H. Batt, by the above calculation merely to show an approxi- acting clerk, to the Arrogant. mate estimate of the working of such a system, on On Thersday 98 invalids, with 10 orderlies, arrived at a very large scale, from the cradle to the grave. Chatham, having landed at Portsmouth from the ship Experience alone could show what conditions would Brandon, which sailed from Balaklava on the Ist of No make such an investment palatable to the public, vembsr in charge of Quartermaster C arney , 18 t h Regi what the favourite ag e f or en t er i ng a T ont i ne would ment, who was in the Burmese, China, an d C r i mean be, what would be th e mos t accepta b le number of wars. Second-class Staff-surgeons G. Willi ams an d W . subscribers in each class, an d th e exact sum most Barrett, Acting Assistant-Surgeon J o h n G rant , and Hos readily subscribed by each ; in short, how the se-Swan accompanied the men Se o d 1 Stiff -dresser _ _ . . ,cass W. Braybrooke, assisted by Mr Forshall curity might be made most marketable. In the inspected the invalids at the station, when ihe whole' above case, a professional man, making a good in- with the exceptipn of 23, were considered sufficiently , come, which, however, would die with him, and convalescent to be sent to St. Mary's Barracks. Lieute having an average family of four or five children, Hants R. A. Rowe, 12th Lancers; T. L. Still, Royal could, by an expenditure of four or five thousand Artillery ; and R. G. H. Burgoyne came home in the pounds, spread over several years, in a great mea- Brandon on sick leave. sure provide for them, but the benefits derivable Sixty-five of the Medical Staff Corps, Chatham depot, from such an investment would accrue more or less are ordered to hold themselves_ in readiness to embark to the subscribers to a Tontine of whateverage. For at Portsmouth intbeSteamer k E t u h r:pa. The shipwrights employed ‘ construction . of gue.- instance, by the same tables, and of course with the boats on the Wear have received an unsolicited addition of same reductions, in a Tontine of the same amount, 1 pe r day to their pay, which is now two guineas a but composed of individuals of the exact age of 25, B. - • week. The increase has been given in order to secure the subscribers of a thousand pounds would, at the services of good and steady workmen to complete the age of 50, be in receipt of 300/. a-year ;at the boats early in the ensuing spring sixty, 4221.; and at seventy, near l y 7001.. The divi- The Rev. Alexander Henderson has . resigned the con sion into classes, however, could scarcely be car- gregation of Lisburn, having received from the Govern ried out so exactly as to include in each class merely ment the important appointment of Presbyterian Chap those born in one particular year—probably quin- lain to the forces on the Curragh. quennial periods would be found to answer best— should the system become a regular branch of the finance of the country, and it is a subject well de serving of inquiry and consideration whether it might not be so. At this moment an operation of this sort would furnish the Minister with the means of carrying on the war with vigour, without adding to the permanent burdens of the country at all— without the serious increase in the taxes requisite to pay the year's expenditure out of the year's in come—and without running the risk of deranging the monetary system by swamping the market with scrip ; but it is not at all certain that a permanent and effective sinking fund might not be established by this means. - The moneyed interest would be opposed to it, for from such a direct transaction be tween the Government and the people no profit could be derived by the great money houses ; but the sums invested in savings banks in this country, upwards of thirty-three millions, which is little else than a loan from individuals to the Govern ment, and the circumstances attending the recent loan in France, all tend to show that, in the pre sent state of public opinion, large monetary trans actions may be safely and profitably entered into betweengovernorsand governed, without the costly intervention of the leading capitalists. —Morning Post. DEATH OF ADMIRAL CARTHEW. Admiral James Carthew (on the reserved half-pay list, in receipt of service pension), died at Tredudwell, near Fowey, Cornwall, on the 27th ult., aged 85 years. Admiral Carthew entered the navy Dec. 8, 1780, as cap tain's servant, on board the Dunkirk, Capt. Chapman, lying at Plymouth ; served, from 1782 to 1786, as mid shipman in the Syren, 32, Capt. Wm. Carlyon, and Ada mant, 50, flag-ship of Sir R. Hughes, in the West In dies ; and, after a further attachment to the Carnatic, 74, Captain Peregrine Bertie, and Salisbury, 50, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Millbank, on the home and Newfoundland stations, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant Nov. 4, 1790. He was next appointed, April 18, 1793, to the Solebay, 32, Captains William Han cock Kelly and Henry William Bayntun, in the West Indies, where he served on shore at the capture of Martinique, in March, 1794 ; Nov. 3, 1795, to the Mercury, 28, Captain Hon. George Byng, on the Newfoundland station ; and Dec. 6, 1797, to t'ae Irre sistible, 74, Capt. George Martin, employed off Lisbon. On June 4, 1798, Mr. Carthew was promoted to the command of the Rosario, which sloop, after attending, in 1799, the expedition to the Helder, and assisting at the destruction of two Dutch frigates and of the dock yard at Medemblik, was burnt, as a fire-vessel, in en deavouring to destroy a French squadron in Dunkirk Roads, July 7, 1800. Captain Carthew, who obtained post rank from the Shark, sloop, at Jamaica, July 11; 1801, there commanded the Garland, 22, and the Cres cent, 36, until the peace. He was afterwards appointed, April 8, 1805, to the Astrea, 32, in the North Sea, Jan. 23, 1806, to the Cresent again, on the same station ; and March 19, 1808, to the Gloire, frigate, part of the force employed, in February, 1809, at the reduction of Martinique, where he had charge for some time of the British squadron. Since 1812 this officer had not been afloat. He became a rear-admiral July 22, 1830 ; vice admiral, Nov. 23, 1841 ; and admiral, Jan. 14, 1850. In Jan., 1854, he accepted the service pension, and was placed on the reserved half pay list. By the death of Admiral Carthow, Captain Charles Graham, brother of Sir Jas. Graham, will be promoted to the rank of rear-admiral. The other promotions de pend upon the gallant officer who may choose to accept of the pension with retirement. P.IVOURS TO PRISONERS. Yesterday, at the general meeting of the magistracy of Middlesex, held at Clerkenweil, the court proceeded to take into consideration the evidence appended to the special report of the Visiting Justices of the House of Detention, brought up on the last county day, relative to certain violations of the prison rules, in favour of the bankers Strahan, Paul, and Bates, during their incar ceration there, and for which the governor, Lieut. Hill, was suspended. After much discussion, it was resolved :—" That thi s court, havi ng considered' the evidence appended to the report of the Visiting Justices of the House of Deten tion, presented on the 18th Oct. last, and after reading which the governor of that prison was suspended from his office, are of opinion that his conduct in violating THE MILITIA. the rules of the prison in the numerous instances men- The Queen's Own Light Infantry gave the guard of tioned in the evidence has been highly censurable and honour of 100 men, under the command of Lieut.-Col. improper; that the punish ment already inflicted on him Dickson, 1 captain, and 2 subalterns at the flagstaff on by his suspension, together with t h e forfeiture of his Woolwich-common on the occasion of the visit ofher salary from the 18th of October to the present time, Majesty and the King of Sardinia. meets the merits of the case ; and+ th a t, a f ter a suitable The 2(1 Warwickshire Regiment of Militia arrived ind admonition from the chairman, he be reinstated in his Dublin on Wednesday f rom Bi rm ingham. con sisted office consis office of governor." of 24 officers, 40 ser j ean t s , an d 534 men. Accompanying Lieut. Hill was then called, and the chairman informed the regiment were 61 women and 39 children. him of the decision of the court. He reprimanded him On Saturday 45 men of the Royal Cork Artillery Corpfji for the past, and c autioned him as to the future, a n d vo l unteere d for the Land Transport Serv i ce , as 2d and hoped nothisg of the ki nd would a gain occur. The court 3d class drivers, the fo r mer a t 2 s . 6d. a-day, with rations, bad reinstated him in his office, but he would lose his sa- I and the latter at ls. 3d. per day, with rations also. 1 of a r tl y f the ew o Ho r so the fuusre t of f i me h r D resolvede t Detention n t ba i o n d .b beensuspended. e requested That the i Visiting to Justices communicate to the chaplain that the court considers rules com mitted plt asheieouar and d t p u a e r t a i d a a grave error in disregarding strictestminis tr ati attention on of n justice h a i c u h d treatment of the prisoners." The - Grand Juries having been sworn, Mr. Justice Crampton addressed the County Grand Jury on the above subject in the following terms : Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury of the County of . Dublin,—The calendar of county of fences is small in point of number, and, and, with one exception, does not appear to show any case of an un usual or extraordinary character. There is, however, one case appearing on the face of the calendar on which I feel it my duty to make to you some preliminary ob servations—l allude to the case of a bill which will be sent before you, charging certain individuals with a transaction of a very painful, profane, and, I might add, blasphemous character. The case to which I allude is a case in which certain individuals are charged with de• vising and intending to bring the Holy Scriptures of God—in the authorised version, as it is called—into hatred and contempt among the people of this kingdom, and in pursuance of that intention profanely and blasphe mously, in the presence of divers of her Majesty's sub jects, with a view to the utser destruction of a Bible—a printed copy of a Bible in the English language, and in the authorised version —cast, and procured it to be cast and throw❑ into the fire, whereby that copy was burned and destroyed. Gentlemen of the jury, there can be no doubt that if a transaction of this description be established in evidence before you, that the individuals charged are guilty of a serioue offence. That the Chris tian religion is part of the law of Enrlarid, and therefore of Ireland, is a well-known principle. The doctrine is established by numerous cases and authorities from the earliest period to the present time. I shall refer to two only of those authorities— one an early case, and the other a late one. The early case is that of the " King v. Wolsden," in 2d Strange'e reports. The defendant there bad been convicted on an information for blasphemous discourses on the miracles of our Saviour ; and he at tempted then to move in arrest of judgment ; and the Court of Queen's Bench in England, referring to several cases which bad been decided, declared that they would not suffer it to be debated " whether to write against Christianity in general was not an offence punishable in the temporal courts of common law"—they would not even suffer it to be debated. They desired, however, that it might be taken noticeof that they laid their stress on the word "general"—that they did not intend to in clude disputes and differences between learned men on particular points. A very rational distinction, no doubt, and sound judgment, which has since been followed. The late case to which I refer is the case of the "King v. Wadsly," in Barnewall and Cresswell's reports. There the publication was one impugning the authenticity of the Scriptures, and stating that our Saviour Jesus Christ was an impostor, and that was held to be a libel ; and Chief Justice Abbott, afterwards Lord Tenterden, in an swer to a question from the jury, stated that a work speaking of Christianity in the language of the publica tion was a libel, Christianity being part of the law of the land. The other judges concurred with the Chief Justice, and Judge Best, afterwards the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in England, added " that the pub lication was a libel by the common law, and the Legis lature never had altered that law, nor can it ever be so done," said he, " while the Christian religion is consi dered to be the basis of that law." We may thank God that no legislature has ever interfered up to this time with that great principle—that the Holy Scriptures of God are the basis and foundation of the common law of this free land. It must, however, be here understood that the Christianity which happily forms the basis of our common law is not of sectarian or denominational character, but is a general and common Christianity, in which all professing Christians that acknowledge the Divine character and, mission of our Lord Jesus Christ join. The foundation of this general or common Chris tianity is the revealed Word of God—the Holy Scrip tures; and as it is an offence against God and religion, and a misdemeanour at common law, to write onto speak blasphemy against the Almighty, denying His being, His providence or character, or to use contume lious reproach on cur Saviour Jesus Christ, so all persons scoffing at the Holy Scriptures, or wilfully exposing the Bible to contempt or ridicule, are guilty of an ,of fence punishable at cAnmon law by fine and imprison ment. It matters not, allow me to say, in this point of view, whether the book held up to public scorn—if such be the fact—be- a Hebrew, Greek, Latin, or English Bible—whether it be the authorised version—as the version of the Church of England is commonly called, or the Dewey version, or any other translation, if the object be to hold up the volume to public execration. The result is the same in point of law. The parties guilty of such profane scoffing of God's Holy Word are guilty ofan indictable offence—a misdemeanour at common law, I need not speak to men of your knowledge of the inde cency and sinfulness of such profaneness as I have de scribed. But sitting here as a judge to interpret and administer the law, and being so far a guardian of the laws and constitution of the realm, I cannot but admire the wisdom of the principle to which I have referred, and observe what mischievous consequences would result from suffering those principles to be destroyed or impugned. I would say, using the words of the great and good Lord Hale, that " to say religion is a cheat is to dissolve all those obligations whereby our civil rights are pre served. Christianity is parcel of the laws of E❑gland, and therefore to reproach the Christian religion (and that we all know is to be found in the Bible) is to speak in subversion of the law it ielf." For consider this— in this country the administration of justice, civil and cri minal, is based upon the truths of the Christian reli gion, and on the reverence in which the Holy Scriptures or the Word of God is held. Every witness in every cause, in this and every other court, with some statut able exceptions, is solemnly sworn on the Holy Gospels of God to tell the truth in his evidence. Every petty jury is sworn in like manner to fled a true verdict ac cording to the evidence before Mein. Every grand jury is likewise sworn on the same holy book to find and pre sent, according to the truth, without fear, favour, or affection. And I may add, that there are few public offices in the realm from that filled by our gra cious Sovereign herself, down to that occupied by the humblest bailiff or attendant in the courts— whose duties are not secured and fortified by the sanction of an oath taken on that holy book. But, gentlemen, if the veneration of the people for that sacred book on which our witnesses, officers, and juries are sworn—if that veneration be removed, and contempt and hatred for the word of God is substituted for it, then what becomes of the sanctity of an oath ? The sacred obligation is at once dissolved, the form becomes a mere mockery, and the whole system of our judicature is sub verted. It will happen, no doubt, gentlemen of the jury, that ignorant and bigotted persons—and those whom I may call trading politicians —may in this re spect make distinctions between the authorised version of the Bible and that which is sanctioned by the heads cf the Roman Catholic Church —and while they profess to venerate the one they hold up the other to public scorn and contempt ; but such distinctions are as weak as they are wicked. Errors there are in perhaps every transiation—for what is there with which the hand of man is mingled that is free from the taint of human in firmity ! Learned men and theologians of different schools may contend for the superior fidelity of their own translation, while they detect the errors of other versions, but every honest and well-informed Christian must know that the different versions of the Bible—dif fering as they do in minor and less important matters— are all still the word of God. The great truths of the Christian faith are in all, and each contains in substance the same fundamental truths of Christian doctrine. While, then, the enlightened Christians will in those im portant matters pursue their own conscientious convic tions, giving no unnecssary offence to others, let the ignorant, the fanatic, and turbulent, of whatsoever deno mination they may be, take warning, and • learn that whosoever will dare publicly to vilify and dishonour the Bible, whether the volume so abused be the Douay, or the authorised version of the Established Church, such persons equally dishonour Almighty God, and commit a serious offence against the law of the land, and for which they are punishable by fine and imprisonment. Let us hope that the period of intolerance, which has had a hing reign, is fast passing away, and that mutual forbearance and Christian charity will take its place, and be once more the badge and characteristic of the true believer. With these observations, gentlemen, this case comes before You as any other. You will examine the witnesses that will be produced before you on the part of the crown. You will inquire, first, was there such a public, wilful burning of the Bible or New Testament as is alleged in the bill of indictment which will go up be fore you ! And, secondly, you will inquire whether the parties charged, and who traverse thi-, were parties to, or privy to, this transaction, by commanding, by aiding, by sustaining, or countenancing the act ? And, thirdly, you will inquire, was it intended thereby to hold up the said copy to scorn ? If you are satisfied by the evidence that there was such a public burning of the Book of God, and the defendants were parties or privy to the act, thereby intending to hold up the holy book to scorn and contempt—and it would certainly be difficult to discover any other intention in such an unseemly action—then you shall find the bills, and send the traversers to trial before a petty jury. If, on the other hand, yea should not be so satisfied, you shall then ignore the bills. Gen tlemen of the jury, I have now laid before you what occurs to me and my learned brother to be important to lay down as the principle by which your finding shall be guided on the present occasion ; not that I for one moment suppose that you are ignorant of those prin ciples, or that you would act on any other than those , to which I have referred, but because I think it publicly useful that all persons of all parties and deno minations should be led to the consideration of those principles, and should learn and know that any viola tion of that honour and reverence in which the Holy Scriptures in this country have been held, and should be held, is not only a dishonour of Almighty God, but is what many persons may not know, a violation of the law of the land, for which they may be made answer able before a jury of their country. I shall say nothing further. The grand jury then retired, and at a subsequent hour returned into court with true bills of indictment against Father P. etcllerins and John Hamilton. Both traversers then appeared at the bar, and having pleaded " Not guilty," the trial was fixed for Friday. - Tice jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." The prisoner was then charged upon a second indict ment with committing two assaults, one upon Mary Jackson, and anoth er upon Eli za b et h Hawkins Knight. The facts deposed to in this case were the same as in the last, the only additional evidence being that of a lady named Knight, who deposed that on the same day upon which the former occurrence took place, at an earlier hour, she was walking on Duppes'-hill, Croydon, a rather retired spot, when she observed the prisoner, who walked after her for some distance, and then suddenly stopped. She shortly afterwards received some infortna• tion which induced her to examine her clothes, and she found they were wetted by some oily liquid, which had burned holes in several places. The prisoner, it ap peared, was an entire stranger to her, and she did not recollect •to have ever seen him before. STOCK EXOHANGE.—The tone of the market was very' fair to-day, and not under yesterday's prises. Caledonian, 284 4—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 234 j Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77j j j —Eastern Counties, 8.1 Great Western, 50 —Ditto, Chester Pref., 16—London and North Western, 94j j Dutch Rhenish, j d.— South Eastern, 17j—North British, 71 f—Midlands, BIRMINGHAM, DEo. 6. ' STOOK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been again firmer to-day, but business limited. Great Western Stour Valley Guaranteed Stock, 53i—London and North• Westerns, 91. The jury in this case, without any hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty. MANCHESTER, DEC. 6. STOCK EXCRANGE.—The market to-day has been rather active, but prices closed rather weaker. Midland, 641 Dovers, 17 7-16—Leeds. 77$—Great Western, 5 Caled onian , 284 East Lancashire, 17 7-16— Easters Counties, 81—L on d on St oc k , 94L—Dutch Rhenish, 4 d. BURYING A WHOLE PARISH.—The sexton of Cullomp ton, in Devonshire, who died a few days since, h ad buried upa ards of 4,000 persons, while the popula t i o n of the tow n i s on l y 3 ,655. It is sa id t h a t the sextonship had been in his family for a period of 200 years.—Leeds Mercury. - The learned judge, in passing sente nce , sa id t h at the jury had probably only done right on the former charge in acquitting the prisoner of intending to do bodily harm, and that they imagined that he only intended to destroy the clothes of the young lady who was the prose cutrix in that case. That Was, in itself, however, a very wicked and brutal act, and he could not imagine what gratification it could afford to the person who was guilty of it In the present case the prisoner had been most properly convicted of an assault, and he was only sorry that he had no power to inflict a, greater punishment than imprisonment, and that he was prevented from adding hard labour. He then sentenced the prisoner to nine months' imprisonment. We have had a beautiful seed time, says the Eastern Counties Herald, and, excepting patches of land from which the turnips are not yet cleared, the work may be considered as nearly completed. Early sown wheat has come up with a beautiful blade, and the that can be desired. aspect is all L~I . ~: FRIGHTFUL MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. , LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—The coroner, p. F. Curry, Esq., has been engaged in the investigation of a horrible case of murder, which oc curred here th is morning, and of which the following are the particulars : It appears that about 2 o'clock Inspector Morrow and Acting, Inspector Tomlinson, on going their rounds, heard a cry in Blackstone-street, and on proceeding to the spot found a man lying in a pool of blood, s p eech . less, and apparently dead, and having observed two persons proceeding from the spot where the man lay they took them into custody. These parties were Pat rick Conolly, the proprietor of the American Hotel, Re. gent-road, and an emigrant named George Mackenzie. The officers brought the parties arrested back to where the deceased was lying, on approaching which Mac kenzie said, " Oh, that's Dunlevey," but Conolly made no remark. Ultimately it transpired that Conolly had stabbed the man. The three parties were playing at billiards in Conolly's house, when the deceased quarrelled with him, and Conolly put him out. The deceased struck o l _ him, when Conolly retu rne d i n t o th e h ouse , procured a dagger, a n d s t a bb e d hi m t o t h e h eart. Th e dagger, covered with bl oo d, was f oun d near t h e d oor of the hotel. deasedin It was about a foot long, with the words [ bla n d u e. %a a n v d ready," and " T r y m e ," s tamped on the the ec gse t c h u e Nredtohretiplerrinsoinfeorss,pitthael, where, officerscaurrpioend to examination,v,the body was found to be lif e less. There wound was a large()l under th e l e ft b reas t o f d eceas ed, which extended u The the h ear t, an d must h ave cause d in stant death. coistables then re t urne d, an d f o r about 40 yards wherefromthe deceased lay they traced , blood upon the flags, which which hbrought them quite close to Conolly 's house, from w l at he affray, the deceased staggered and fell from exhaustion.h fine looking yonng man, of rem it would appear that, after respectable Blackstone street ,: ies ce w a s iifd e t, d , st to have ea been d ul is s a a ppearance, and and a, silve i rl l n t u h fr . snuff-box j Alexander Dunlevey by name, histravelling were lately found ri t d h e so b m en e e m fit on o e f y bearing the initials " A, D. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. The room was very thinly attended, and only the fol lowing bets were laid : CHESTER Cur. 1000 to 10 agqt Yellow Jack 500 to 5 agst Mirage DERBY. 900 to 100 and 225 to 25 agst Wentworth 2000 to 200 agst gilington 1000 to 40 agst Artillery 1000 to 35 agst Sugar Plum A few days since a robbery of jewels and money was committed in the department of the Seine. Circum stances led the police to suspect an old inhabitant of the commune to be the thief. Inquiry was made for him, but ho was nowhere to be found. On his lodgings being searched the stolen property was found on a table, and by the side of it was the following paper in his hand writing :—" I have lived up to the age of seventy years an honest man. Although lam not in want, a wicked thought lately took possession of me. I coveted my neighbour's goods. The impulse was irresistible. I have robbed ! But I confess my crime, and I have not made any use of what I have stolen. I am about to punish myself. 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