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Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., CHARLES HARCOURT, Or, the ADVENTURES of a LEGATEE. A NOVEL. rehlrd Bentley, ttew Burlington-stre3t. NEW STORY OF THE SEA, BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE PILOT," " THE TWO ADMIRALS," &c. Now roadv, in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE JACK O'LANTERN (LE FEU FOLLET); OR, THE PRIVATEER, A Story of the Sea. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. 4ZELF-DEVO,TION ; 1.7 or, the HISTORY of KATHARINE RANDOLPH. Br the Authoress of " The Only Daughter." EDITND . BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE SUBALTERN." " A tale of rare merit and engrossing interest. The cha racter o: Katherine Randolph is as admirable as any which has ever found its way into a work of fiction.—Literary Gazette. " A more beautiful tale of domestic life has not appeared for many a long eay."—Morning I'est. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. THE NEW NAVAL NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. T LIE NAVAL CLUB; By M. H. BARKER, Esq. (The " Old Sailor"), Author of " Tough Yarns," &c. "We give a hearty welcome to our old friend, The Old Sailor,' whose yarns are excellent, and the very essence of nautical writing. No writer living is more at home, or more genuine on the sea than Mr. Barker."—Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborfiugh-street. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Portraits, 21s. bound, MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENS OF FRANCE, By Mrs. FORBES BUSH. This charming work comprises a separate Memoir of every Queen of France from the earliest of her annals to the fill of Ivapeleon. A very slight knowledge of French history in the reader will assure him that the memoirs of the French Queens present features of extraordinary intetest. We have only to mention the names of Mary of Anjou, Anne of Brittany, Mary of England, Mary Stuart, Mary Leekzinski, and Marie Antoi nette, to lying up a host of the most pleasing historical associa tion:, while others, such as Margaret de Valois, IMary de Me dieis„Anne of Austria, and Catherine de Medicis aff,rd no less striking pictures of the times in which they flourished. With the Memoirs of the Queens of France the author has introduced notices of the royal favourites, who were not unfrequently of much greater influence in the State than the Contemporary Queen's C,nsort—an allusion to Diana of Poitiers, Agnes Se relle, Gabrielle d'Estrees, the Marchionesses de Mont espan and de Pompadour, the Duchess de la Valliere, and Madame de Main tenpin, makes this immediately manifest. Mrs. Bush's work cannot fail of being a desirable acquisition to every library in the kingdom."—Sun. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. rip E NEXT DISTRIBIT LION of 'MONEY -X DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED ri HIS MAJESTY the E\IPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains 11ION EY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9'), £lOO, £llO, £l2O, £l5O, £ . 200, £-100, £6OO, £BOO, £l,OOO, £1,500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together to z;7•2,170 sterling. Dirc;:t for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. HEINE BROTHERS ha . ving remitted during a very short time very large amounts of Money Divi dends to their Correspondents in Greilt Britain and Ireland; Dividends of 25.000/., 16,001`/., 9,000/., 5.0001., and 3,6001. to London; 3,6001., 800/., an t 7001. to Edinburgh; 3,6001. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3.6001. to Halifax ; 1,200/. to Porthleaven Harbour ; 900/. ' 7001., and 6001 . to Liver pool; 9001. to Hull; 900/. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001. and Mil. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham shire; 700/. to Colne, Lancashire; 6001. to Cork ; and 6001. to Bradford, &c.. &e., - they beg to call the attention of those cleTirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua ranteed by the Government. _ _ _ This Dist' ibution offers the possibility of obtaining more than 25,000/. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of 1/. and upwards. One Share, 11. ; two Shares, 21. ; three Shares, 3/.; four Share, 41. ; tiv'e Shares, 5/. ' - six Shares, 61 ; seven Shares, 71. eight Shares, Si. ; nine Shares, 91. ; ten Shares, 101. Direct for Shares, without deby, to HEINE BROTHERS, at I,ubeek. the full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, upon addressing a line to Heine Brothers. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 7, Will be repeated Shakspeare's Play of THE TEMPEST. Alonso, Mr. Cooper; Sebastian, Mr. Diddear ; Prospero, Mr. Vandenhoff; A n t on i n , M r . J. Vining ; Ferdinand, Mr. C. Pitt; Caliban, Mr. J. Bland ; Trinculo, Mr. Harley ; Ste pliano, Mr. Bartley. Miranda, Miss Vandenhoff; Ariel, Miss Rainforth. To conclude with Anber's Opera of MASANIELLO ; or, THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI. Masaniello, Mr. W. Harrison ; Alphonso, Mr. Travers ; Elvira, Miss Poole ; Fenella, Miss Bailin. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Circles bs., Second Price •2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tiekets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-effice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Bo :es to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street ; Mr. i%litchell, Old Bond-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 7, Will be repeated a New Drama, iu Two Acts, called YOU KNOW WHAT. The principal Characters bx Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Fawcit, and Miss Murray. After which, alNew Comic Burletta, called AN PONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. To tie followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Character.; by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conclude with THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Fawcit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SITRREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING. DEC. 7, Mr. T. P. Cooke in a new Character, and positively the last Four Nights of his Engagement, commencing with a new Drama called THE FORCED MARRIAGE ; or, RE TURNED FROM SIBERIA, in which Mr. T. P. Cooke will he supported by the Entire Company. After which, ROBERT MACAIRE. Robert Macaire, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with Mr. Barber's new Drama, en titled THE BLACK LAW OF MARTINIQUE; or, the FUGITIVE SLAVE. Zamba, the Slave, by Mrs. H. Vining. The other Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Neville, W. Smith, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Terry, who will sing Miss Eliza Cook's Song of -" Oh ! why does the White Man hang on my path ?" composed by Mr. G. Stansbury. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, frost eleven to four. MAP OF CHINA. THE NEW CHINA SUN, BEING OUT OF PRINT, WILL BE RE-PUBLISHED THIS DAY, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF N TON, AMOY, FOO-CH W-F 00, NIN GPO, AND SHANGHAE ; WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS. Orders recezred at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Ayeds. HIGH W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 57 minutes after 4 1 Evening ll minutes after 5. LONDON : WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1849. The address and resolutions of the workinn• men of New York, inserted in The San, are at once gratifying end humiliating. They are a proof of the progress of sound opinions in the United States on the all-important question of freedom of industry. They encourage the hope that noxious restrictions on trade will there soon be done away. They show a common interest and a common feeling between the industrious masses in both countries, which makes them there, as here, remonstrate against fiscal regula tions to promote the prosperity of one class at the expense of other classes. At the same time they draw a tolerably correct picture of the un happy condition of Great Britain, and refer to one . , class being kept subordinate to other classes by i - -,, .;, a large standing. array ; th e y s h ow t h at ours i s 'aid' 1 111 Ail Government which the advocates of .. . . ~. —the `,Active system follow in the United '-::_ s t Ao t k a 441. that our legi s l at i ve example is the :: .„, crrt. - 4 - f .t v ii, a i ns t which they have ,toEnipgriarriddthdeei-r -7- , c 6, l Ary.. - '', - iis Ifundliating to h f . , ---, - scribed .: 11 ,t infecting other communities - Witli a i gititt Oliiical disease, and it is encouraging. to I, 4 A ' - ' 44 - t f"..,.. 4-, -.4,,F‘ o,:t ' )- 4 , ,S - • , t - ...... A. . '"' ' 4-' 4 T -1 '' ' , ' kl• ' ~_4,=, ' , i• 1•,• ,• ~ ~. •.. R 0 , 'l„fi; ••• `11§,.._ , 0 - ng o§ll4. know that we shall there find numerous friends who will help us to cure ourselves. A slight attempt has been made to throw ridi cule on what the democrats say on "an assumed hostility" between capital and labour; but no sneers ought or can now conceal the fact that such an hostility actually exists, and is loudly proclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic. It is unwise to deny this hostility, and better were it to acknowledge it, to seek out its origin, and, if it cannot be subdued, at least to be very careful not to aggravate it by unthinking legislation. Considering capital as hoarded labour, as skil ful and ingenious machines made by labour, and used by labour, it is undoubtedly erroneous to suppose that there ever can be any hostility be tween industry and its best products. In that sense capital is only labour's helpmate. It subsists labour, while toiling to produce more, and lightens its exertions. But that. is not the sense in which the word capital is used both in England and the United States. Here and there, when used by labourers, it means capitalists—the owners of capital, not capital itself; it means the power of one man, or one peculiar class over another, and in that sense the New York working men are not wrong in affirming that the history of the world is but the history of a struggle for capital or power. In the early stages of society the struggle was carried on by the sword in order to get possession of the soil, and reduce some classes to a state of slavery. In every part of the world some one class or tribe succeeded, and some other class or tribe was enslaved. The former acquired a monopoly of the soil, and the latter became dependent on them. They were only allowed to have as much of the bread they produced as barely sufficed for their existence. Out of that condition of the labouring classes has sprung their present condition; and as capitalists now, in the great majority of cases, set labourers to work, and are the middle men between theta and the mo nopolists of the soil, and between theta arid the Government, they receive a large share of the traditional hostility which the enslaved class has always felt for the enslavers. That is the theory of the proclaimed hostility between capitalists and labourers in both hemis pheres and now that the latter class are every where becoming aware of all the peculiarities in their condition, and of the causes of those pecu liarities, it seems to us neither safe nor wise to treat this hostility as a light or assumed matter, and to run the risk of increasing it by laws con ferring additional or exclusive privileges on any class of capitalists. That hostility pervades society ; it is at present an element of its exist ence, and foreseeing laWgivers will take it se riously into their consideration, and provide, if they can, for its gradual extinction, so that mas ters and workmen, who are indispensable to one another, may work and live together in peace and brotherhood. it is a fact little thought of probably, even by those whose whose conduct the principle which it indicates ought to govern, that at this moment, and every day of the year, persons are employed in China, in the West Indies, in the United States, in Poland, in France, and in other places, preparing the materials for the daily meals of the people of England. Our breakfast is partly pro vided by the Chinese and the West Indians. America contributes flour, cheese, and meat to the sustenance of the people. Poland, too, helps to supply them with bread. No dinner of the opulent classes is complete without French wines. For us to have those commodities, men of whose existence we know nothing whatever must now be labouring, and must labour daily. Who cultivates and gathers our tea ? who brings it to Canton? Nobody in England knows. We know that there is a great extent of land called China; we know something of its :govern ment, and of the appearance of its people ; but of the actual cultivators of the tea-plant, we have never, perhaps, seen one, and we know very little more of them titan we know of the inhabitants of the moon. Yet on the labours of several ge nerations of these unknown men have many of the English been dependent for comfort, for exhilaration, and for food. What do we know either of the actual cultivators of the vineyards of France, or of the fields of Poland, or of the United States? Absolutely nothing. Of course knowing nothing of them, and they living far beyond the reach of our laws, our Government has not the smallest direct influence or control over their exertions; but, were they discontinued, great indeed would be the destruction of com fort, of subsistence, and of life in England? It is another, and a reciprocal fact, that at the same time the spinners of Manchester and Leeds, the weavers of Paisley and Glasgow, the grinders of Sheffield, , and the iron-founders of Wales, of whose existence the inhabitants of China, of the West Indies, of the United States, of France, and of Poland, are as ignorant as we are of the existence of the men whose labours supply our wants, arc labouring daily and suc cessfully to supply the wants of those distant and unknown people. Over the labours of our people, the respective Governments of China, of the United States, of France, or of Russia, have not the smallest direct influence, and, at the same time, the subsistence of no inconsiderable number of their subjects depends on the market for their produce which is found in the produc tions of the skilful labourers of the manufactur ing towns of England. Such facts, though familiar to all the inqui rers into the subject of national wealth, ought to be continually impressed on the minds of our Members of Parliament. It requires no second observation to prove that the reciprocal industries we have alluded to, and all the immense mass of employment in trade of which they are the foundation, are of almost infinite importance compared to the results of all the labours of statesmen. For several generations a large part of the subsistence of every trading society has been dependent on the labours of men over whom the rulers of each society have not had the smallest direct control. Without the inter ference of the statesmen of England, the quantity of tea required from China has always been ob tained, and the regularity of the supply, increas ing with our demand, has far surpasseeqduitthyeirmes e , - oularity with which th e supply of kept pace with the demand. A Member of Parliament wiplleoopnlenotoacticioeunntatlttrruasltatabde tensece rtain opera ti o o t ns th o e f trade; but here is a case in Which he is obliged to trust, and has trusted for ages, the subsistence of all those who have been en gaged in the China trade, who have, articles subsisted w with selling tea, or by manufacturing tl which it has been bought, to the labours of un known men in a distant part of the globe. It is very likely that our intruding statesmen never knew, or never reflected, on the class of facts we have adverted to. Had we never done so it would have been no reproach to us. It is no part exactly of our duty. It is no part of the duty of any man in the street. Our duty, and the duty of our neighbours, is nearly con fined to taking care of ourselves and families. Ifwe provide for their subsistence and careful bringing up, we do all that can be, with strict justice, required of us. But those who under take to provide for the public happiness, and marshal States into order, are bound to know all the phenomena of social production, for by them their own conduct ought to be guided. It is not now contended, or supposed, whatever might have been the case when FENELON wrote his "-Telemaque," that statesmen make society. The most self-sufficient HOTSPUR amongst the Tories will tell you seriously that you must take man kind as you find them; that you cannot alter human nature by written Constitutions ; that men must be dealt with as they are, and Consti tutions adapted to them, not framed on some ab stract principles of presumed perfection. If that be true, and no man will deny it, statesmen are bound to know the whole phenomena of man's social existence, including the important facts that men who live in different countries labour for each other without .any knowledge of the existence -of each other, and that the subsistence of both•—including millions of families in 'Me re nds on their mutual ancireci prnocC c6in alilabtorrui cOePenstichmutual phenomena their laws ought to be framed ; for by interrupting and de- THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR. " His Celestial Majesty proposes, we are told, sending an Ambassador to London. Will the great man bring Mrs. To with him ? Will his Excellency walk in Pic cadilly with his pig-tail on ? That he will be the Lion of the season, the known hospitality and curiosity of our countrymen forbid us to doubt." —Times of Monday. Hurray for the pig-tails ! Hip, hip, and hurray ! A Chinese Ambassador's coming, they say, To visit John Bull, the Barbarian Eye, Give in to bis whimsies, like Christopher Sly, And convince him 'tis scandalous longer to scoff At the land of the pig-tails ten thousand miles off. Strange stories are told of his Highness, of course, Some say he's a sort of a Centaur, or horse, Some say he's a giant, some say he's a dwarf, Some say he's just landed at Tooley-street wharf, Aud some, that he'll come by the next China fleet, With her Highness, who stands on invisible feet. Some say he's a Beauty, some say he's a Fright, And chews Turkish opium from morning 'till night, But I'll tell you the truth without any disguise, For, like Cobbett of old, I abominate lies, And always have deemed it the basest of acts, For the sake of effect to exaggerate facts. To begin, then ; this Chinaman's name is Quang-Fo And he's grandson to Timour the Tartar, you know ;, lie's a tail like a bell-rope, his nose is as flat As a pancake, his eyes are as black as your hat ; c..mberland b oor ' s , 1 His mouth' s not un lik e th e broad mouth o f th e W ye, He's avhouicrie is as dredye r a o r u s gh old a;: d he's twenty f eet hi g h ! And loud as th e b ang of 'a dozen street-doors, He frowns like a thunder-cloud, laughs like a ghost, When it stand s by one's bed-side as stiff as a post ; In short, he's the man of all men that, y ou 'd swear, Would - drive the young Belles of Al mac k' s to despair. He wears a loose coat and a calico shirt, - And a sharp-pointed hat that looks just like a squirt, He's yellow-ribbed stockings, half worsted, and half Cotton, with clocks reaching up to his calf, His red, creaking shoes are turned up at the toes, And supply him with music wherever he goes. His diet is simple—l say it with pride— He dines at mid-day upon Puppy-dogs fried, Has them devilled for supper, and when he is ill, Just swallows a birds' -nest, by way of a pill,* Wash'd down with six cups of strong gunpowder tea, Which he plucks, as you plUck a ripe peach, from the tree. Hurray for his Highness ! Hip, hip, and hurray ! Like the Campbells, he's coming ; Make way, there, make way Bid the East and the West, from Cheapside to May-Fair, Turn out in their best, and be sure, my Lord Mayor, Be sure you get ready your daintiest prog, To honour this rival of Gog and Magog ! He comes ! and all London's one desperate throng, Hustling, and jostling, and scuttling aloug, The Jew from Whitechapel, the cit from Guildhall, The dandy from Bond-street, the clerk from Whitehall, All press to one centre, like seas to their shores, To see the new Lion, and hear how he roars ! He comes ! sound the trumpets and strike up the drums ! While the bells ring a triple bob-major ; he comes ! Sly schoolboys by dozens strive boldly, but fail, To climb up his back for a tug at his tail, And the women they blush, and the cabmen they shout " Does your mother, my pretty one, know that you're out r My Lord gives a dinner in Grosvenor-Square, But a brace of he-dowagers only are there ; " Where, where are the rest ?" cries the Peer with surprise, "They've gone," his disconsolate valet replies, " They've gone, please your Lordship, they've given _ - leg-bail, To have a good stare at John Chinaman's tail." Lady Jane and her party have all turned their backs On that focus of beauty and fashion, Almack's, And have sped in their very best ball-room array, To see the great Lion who's gone to the Play ; And Macready has faithfully promised, 'tis said, To secure them a box at the back of his head. Sir Robert gets up, but there's no one to hear ; Sir Robert sits down, but there's no one to chcor; The House is deserted, so, eager and hot, He bolts, calls a cab, and is off like a shot, His respects, like the rest of his colleagues, to pay To the '° Elegant Extract" from distant Cathay ! Hurray for John Chinaman! shout, my boys, shout! Though I fear you scarce know what you're shouting about ; You think him omnipotent, now, and all wise, To fill all your coffers, extend your supplies, But I fear, that ere long, you will find that your hopes, Are as silly as Satan :Montgomery's tropes * Vide Davis's China. ajest's liege subjeots will y HER MAJESTY'S HEALTII.—On dit in quarters whose inform a ti on may be relied on, t h at t h e most in teresting event to h er M take place early i n March next. This will conse quently make the London season short and late, as the levees and drawing -rooms at St. James's Palace will not be held till after the accouchement of the Qwen. THE IN COME - TAX.—The Commissioners com menced hearing appeals from the western district of the City of London on Monday, and made such progress as to warrant the conclusion that their labours will terminate in the course of the present week. Out of the two hundred numbers issued, one hundred and seventy-four were disposed of, and the hearing of the remainder adjourned till to-morrow. Cn) arrangement which was posted up on Monday will greatly facilitate their labours, namely, that which empowers the surveyor to dispa-e of the cases of all clerks with salaries under 150/. a year, but who have nevertheless been required to make returns. These cases, which in such a place as the city of London, must obviously form the great majority of the appeals, being taken out of the Juris diction of the Commissioners, will greatly lessen the labour of those functionaries. The number of cases disposed of in the eastern district was very great, but 1 the pressure of new business has as yet prevented the clerks ascertaining th e exact amoun t. i FOREIG A astrian, 5 per cent. — Belgian, 5 per cent lO2 3razilian Bonds... 6B Buenos A yres 6 per cent. Chilian 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — , Ditto 1824 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Boi Danish, 3 per :ent B3 Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 3oi Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. SHARES. Cheltenham and Creat Western (80 paid)... 20* Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... ... 48 Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) 5 Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall ( paid) London and Birmingham (90) ... 188 Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) . 491 London and Greenwich Railway (12115 s 4c11,d) Ditto Preference, or. Privilege l6i London and South Western (411 6s 10klpd) 61 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 9* Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)......... 221 Ditto Scrip (20 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) Ditto New Shares (20 paid) • 39 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 9 Gibraltar ... ....... Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........2 U. 12 9% Genoa . ... 26 10 Antwerp flamburgh M.B. 13 14 Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sigkt ... 25 70 Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro 23% Frankfort en Maine ...152 Bahia l'etersburgh, 3 Us. ... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin .. .. ...... 7 New York, 21days sight 464 Vienna, effee. 0. 3M. 10 1 Philadelphi'a 4€ Trieste, ditto Madrid ... Cadiz Bilbao ... 36 New Doubloons OO 0 Barcelona Seville ... 36 Silver in Bars... ..... 00 0 BELGIAN FUN.3.—BRUSSELS, DEC a Acttlal Debt, 2% per Ceni , Rothschild's Loan, Five per Loan of Thirty Millions, Fot Th -----Thlrty.seven Milli 51 Cent lri23i ,ur per Cent ... -2y iree per Cent __ Ds, ditto ___--- (1840) BS% Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 97 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Fi ve p er C ent 76 National Society . Exchange on London (short) .......... .......... ..... —Brussels Papers, Dee 3 4,11:.'11t iA N EU NDS.—VrEririe, Nov. 25 Five per Cents. Metal li ques Four per Cents. HO% Three per Cents . Bank Shares ... ..... illlgemeine Zeilung, Nov. 29. HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Dec. 2. 1 . A wArian 5 pe r C en t s. Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan Russian 5 ber Cent., Ist series, Certificate IO3 A Inscription, Ist series Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series — Ditto in Certificates 99 New 4 per Cent. (1840) b7 €67 Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. . , ....... 51% :51 Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds New Tickets — Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. Bl jv Spanish, New 5 per Cents. QPN ,IO r"RliAnv or Y/4", ranging labour in one country, they necessarily interrupt and derange it in many other countries, We can readily excuse Lord STANLEY for being ignorant of the quantity of corn grown in Tamboff; it is not much reproach to Sir R. PEEL that he was not precisely informed of the number of oxen in Spain or Holland which might be exported to England; but we cannot excuse any statesman for being ignorant of any of the facts on which the subsistence of the masses depends. To provide food is, in thct, the first and great aim of all human exertions; and all the results of statesmanship, all laws and constitutions, all victories and triumphs, which do not end in securing a plentiful subsistence for mankind, are less valuable than leather and pru nella. We have brought under notice an ex ample of an immense class of facts, of which the pervading principle is, that the subsistence of society is obtained without the possibility of any one statesman contributing to that noble end. When so much that is beneficial is done without the instrumentality of law-makers, they might, we think, have a little more confidence in man and in nature, and not presume that every part of society must necessarily full into anarchy which is not regulated by them. affair, and the results it may have ,on ESPAR.. TERO'S Government. Of course some of them take the opportunity of throwing blame on Eng land, for no misfbrtune can happen to France (and the failure of the insurrection the Presse evidently regards as such) without somehow or other being caused by this country. These wri ters, while they display their bad feeling, only give the French and the rest of the world a much higher idea of her vast. power and attention to her true interests. The Constitutionnel justly condemns the policy of Louts PHILIPPE in reft rence to the insurrection, and trusts that for the future no countenance will be given to those emi grants (Queen CHRISTINA ofcourseamong the rest) who seem only capable of exciting partial dis turbances, and have no influence over either the army or the people of Spain. The Journal des Debats, on the part of the Government, denies all participation in the late events. " The Eng lish," says its correspondent at Madrid, " who are interested in depreciating the moderate party, and consequently the influence of France, have not been behindhand in their assertions that there were manoeuvres of this party at the bottom of the affairs at Barcelona, when all the world knows, on the contrary, that the Moderadoes had„nothing whatever to do with the events. The truth has also come out as to the pre tended cc-operation of the British navy in the affair. The Government never solicited any inaritimesuccour frorn England, and Mr. ASTON'S dispatch to Gibraltar was only regarding the pro tection of British subjects, and nothing else." The affair of Mazagran still excites some in terest, and a very general belief begins to pre vail that the dispatch giving an account of a gal lant stand made at that place by a handful of French troops several months since, was a pure fic tion. "An English journal," says the National, "asserted, some days back, that the affair of Ma zagran was a lie, of which all France was the dupe. We hoped that the War Minister would contra dict this assertion, or give at least some explana tion on the point. Marshal SOULT, however, re mains silent, and Ministerial journals follow his example. The same fbreign journal now recurs to the subject, giving further details, and sum moning the Marshal to state what he intends to do with thesums subscribed by French and Eng lish or the erection of the monument. Govern ment can remain no longer silent. Its duty is to speak out the truth, hoW painful socver this may be to our amour propre. If we have been de ceived by impostors, we ought not to remain accom plices of the cheat. If; on the contrary, the English journal calumniates the soldiers of Mazagran, it ought to be refuted and condemned. At-all events, a frank explanation is required." " The Church," says the Bishop of LLANDAPF; in his. last Charge to his clergy, " must, to use a phrase injuriously applied to her sacred forum laries, continue to work in chains." And in an other part he asserts that the Church is subject to a grievance far beyond any which sectaries complain of as imposed upon them. Our readers, no doubt, will be a little puzzled to find out what sort of manacles those are which the ; established clergy are com pelled to wear, and what that grievance is ;which far counterbalances the griev ances of 'which Dissenters have such just reason to complain. Catholics are obliged to pay largely for the maintenance of an establishment which they regard as heretical. Their clergy and their poor, they say, have been robbed of tithes and Church lands, they have; therefore, not only to support their own Church, but also that which deprived them of their rights and the poor of their. alms. The Dissenters are placed in somewhat the same predicament, and though these two classes of Christians pro bably amount to one-half of the population of England and Ireland, they have to contribute to the richest Church in the world, and one, too, from which they derive no benefit; but all these are mere trifles compared with the sad con dition of the Bishops and Clergy, for they must bow to the highest authority—the law of the land—and bury with funeral rites even persons that have received only lay baptism. To hear the Vicar of Gedney or Bishop PHILPOTTS pour forth such lamentations, and describe in exaggerated terms the grievances of the Church, would sur prise no one, but we certainly read with asto nishment such statements from one of the ablest and most learned of the English prelates. Like the Non-Intrusionists; his Lordship wants more power—he warns the laws altered, and proposes a Commission or a general Convocation of the clergy to devise some remedy for this intolerable griev ance. The stormy proceedings of the General Assembly, and the disturbed state of tle Scotch Church, seem, however, to make his Lordship rather averse to such assemblages, which he justly remarks, " lead to so much strife and ambition, as to defeat in a great manner the good purpose for which they were convened." A Commission, therefore, will be the means adopted, and it will probably be moved for next session. If any such project is se riously entertained we would recommend that a Mixed Commission should be appointed with the Bishop of LLANDAFF as chairman, and a •goodly number of his brethren as councillors and advisers, and to these should be added, a sprink ling of Non-Intrusionists, with Dr. CHALMERS and Dr. CANDLISH at their head. The Scotch clergy, too, have many grievances to complain of; and we can, therefore, see no reason why a deputation should not be sum moned to London ; and consult with the English clergy in Westminster Hall, as in days of old, for removing the chains by which they are bound, and declaring their power superior to that of the State. Looking at the question, how ever, in a serious light, we may ask what hardship there is in being required to perform duties which are amply repaid, or in reading the beautiful service for the dead over the re mains of a brother or a sister, even though they have not complied in every respect with, the rules and ceremonies of the Church ? The amiable twaddle of our fair Contemporary, the Herald, was never more amusingly conspi cuous than in some remarks which she makes this morning, on the subject of a Chinese Man darin's rumoured visit to London in the official capacity of an Ambassador. Grandmama is absolutely in hysterics on the occasion. The importance of the event overwhelms her with awe, and she lets fly her pop-gun—which she mistakes for a thunderbolt—full in the face of the audacious Times, which has irreverently cracked the most innocuous and good-natured of jokes on the subject of Fum-no and his invisible footed spouse. " Laughter at Chinese pig -tails," quoth the Herald, " may be as disastrous in its consequences, as the cheers which saluted FRE DERICK WILLIAM were beneficial." Our Con temporary is right; and the reflections which this grave observation induces, are such as must necessarily fill all rational minds with the utmost consternation. To laugh at a Chinese Ambassador's pig-tail ! Gracious Heavens, was there ever such blasphemy ! But, alas! the heinous deed is done—the atrocious joke has already gone forth on the wings of the Press; and it is now a matter of historical record, not only that the Times—that , most outrageous of journals, which has no more notion of good breeding than a kangaroo—has dared to laugh at the rear-ward embellishment of his Chinese Excellency's outer Adam, but has set upwards of two hundred thousand readers laughing also, fit to split! Thank God, we are not guilty of the like extravagance ! We never quizzed a Chinese Ambassador's pig-tail !No; we never spoke of him, and his, but with a respect amount ing to adoration; and we now formally lay claim to the praise of the Herald for our benign forbear ance. Furthermore, we conjure our readers, if not as a matter of feeling, at least, as a matter of policy, to exercise the same wholesome discretion. W e conjure them, as they value free trade with China, with Bohea at sixpence a pound, and o e re c l o l n o t r r s a e ; l 3 a ,, ug t h o s a r t e Cl a cin d es t e h p e i m g- tail a s s ; symbols at next t o not hi ng, to indulge in no more august rank ; and to make the hou tou whenever th ey 'may happen t o cross their line of vision. If they must laugh at a tail, why not laugh at DAN O'CONNELL'S ? His is much thicker, twice as long, and—with due deference to the Alderman, be it observed—twice as grotesque! But should our readers not sympathise with us in the spirit of these observations, wrung from us in the patriotic paroxysm of the moment, at least let them join us in the fervent hope that, in deference to the risible muscles of John Bull, his Chinese Excellency will, on approaching the British shores, see fit, like Lord BATHURST, to ecutchance off his pig -tail, and so save himself from t mnceof being quizzed, and England from the reproach of incivility. We have no further accounts from Barcelona, if we except the following extract from the Sentinelle des Pyrences:—'• Demi-official news has reached Bayonne of the submission of Bar celona without any conditions, with the exception of about 200 men, who had shut themselves up in one of the fortresses of the town." According to other accounts, the town on the 28th was blockaded by sea and land, ;Ind could not long hold out. The news from Madrid is without interest. The Paris papers contain no further accounts from Barcelona. A dense fog, it appears, pre vailed at Park during Saturday and Sunday morning, which prevented all communication by the telegraph, either with Spain or the south of France.- In the absence of news, therefore, the papers are generally occupied with the Barcelona MONEY and COAIMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The opinion seems to gain ground that there will be a reduction in the interest iu Exchequer Bills, but at present those bearing different rates command pre cisely the same prices. Sales were made to-day to some extent, and, as was said, on behalf of the Court of Bankruptcy. The premium closed at a fall to 455. under the influence of these operations. Consols were 94 to 941, and firm ; East India Bonds brought 42 to 46 premium; the Reduced Tnree per Cents. realised 941 4 ; and the Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1004 to 101. Bank Stock was steady at 172 to 1724. The foreign Securities were called generally firmer this afternoon, and although the buyers did not ap pear in any number, the turn in prices was rather in favour of those holding stock. Spanish Actives closed at 18 to +' and the Three per Cents. at 234 to 4. Brazil stock was higher, owing to the expected conclusion of a favourable treaty. Belgian Stock was done at 102 to 1024: Danish at 831; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents at 53. Mexican realised 301 to 31. For the Shares dealt in very full rates were cur rent this afternoon, but the business transacted since our last report has been limited to the following lines :—Cheltenham and Great Western were 204; Blackwell, 11 ; Greenwich Preference, 24; and South Eastern, 271 discount; Great Western New were 144 to 141 ; Birmingham Quarters, 241 ; Paris and Rouen, 41 to 44; a nd Y or k an d North Midland, 44 premium. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares were 171 premium. The rates for Bills of Exchange on the continental cities have been firm, as the trade balance is in our fa vour with continental nations, though decidedly against us as regards the United States. The quota tions have been on Paris at 25f. to 85c. to 90c. ; on Amsterdam 12 51 6 ; on Hamburgh, 13 111 1; on Antwerp, 12 51 ; on Frankfort, 1514 1 ; and on Trieste, 9 58 to 58 4 . (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton market at Liverpool was plentifully supplied, and no alteration occurred in the prices. The demand was moderate, only 4,000 bales finding buyers. About 100 bales Maranham realised 6d.; 100 Etryptian, 6id. ; 200 Surat, 34d. to 41d. ; and 3,600 bales American zlid. to 51d. per lb. Great Western, Liverpool and Manchester, Birmingham and Grand Junction, and the other leading Railway Shares, were in request, but the minor lines were in but little demand. Eastern Counties brought 84; Great Western 881; Birmingham 188 ; Manchester and Liverpool, Half, 301 ; Paris and Itouen 241; and South Eastern, New, 174. • The overland letter-bags will be made up this evening, giving barely time to send out the mercan til correspondence. It seems desirable that the period of dispatching the outward letters should be perman ently fixed rather later in the month than is the case at present, for the greater convenience and certainty of answering the Indian advices, but the Overland ar rangements must then necessarily be altered. The papers forn India, show an increase in the foreign commerce of Calcutta during the season of 1841-2, as compared with 1837-8, of some magnitude, though it is to be feared that various circumstances have com bined to render the trade far less profitable, This is particularly the case with the shipping interest, freights having ruled unusually low, and leaving no remuneration to the owners. Last season no less than 885 ships of 277,816 tons were employed in the export trade of Calcutta, the value of the exports themselves being 8.39.40.592 rupees. From the English manufacturing districts, as well as from those of Scotland, we continue to receive very gratifying accounts respecting the improvement in trade occasioned by the peace with China, the news of which could not have come at a more opportune time than just at the beginning of winter, when trade is usually so dull. Business in the English Market has been very quiet to-day, but prices are very well maintained. The Commissioners for the Savings Banks have in vested about the usual amount, 5,0001., in the Re duced Three per Cents. at 944. Exchequer Bills are slightly lower again, being 525. to 495. prem., and In dia Bonds have varied from 425. to 465. prem. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 1011 to 1011, and the Reduced, 1004 to 101, the former being with the dividend included. Bank Stock was firm at 172 to 1724, and Long Annuities realised 121 to 12 9-16ths. Consols for special transfer remained at 95, and were for the opening and ex dividend at 94 to 4. The accounts from Spain are not yet wholly tran • quillizing, since although there can be little doubt of the ultimate success of Espartero it is considered he will have a difficult part to play after overcoming the insurgents. The treasury, it need scarcely be re ' marked, must suffer from this further drain, and it seems, as though, by some strange fatality, whenever th ere i s a c h ance o f t h e Ma drid Government being placed in an easier finan cial position, some political convulsion again throws it into embarrassment. The Active Bonds are to-day flat at 18, and the Three per Cents. at 234. In the Mexican Five per Cents. we have had no bargains re ported this morning, but the Deferred is called 84 4. Messrs. tLizardi dare not offend their employers, the Mexican Government, by taking the straight-forward course of publicly advertising the actual amount of the Bonds issued here and on the Continent, as this would spoil the market for any furthei over-issues, against which the public have at present no security. The stock, therefore, like that of Spain, will, con tinue to be looked at w ith sus pi c i on . Nothing has been done in Portuguese. Brazil Bonds have ad vanced to 68, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are firm at 53. The better class of Railway Shares continue to ad vance here, being at Liverpool als o th ose mos t i n favour. reat Western are 25 to 251; Birmingham, 98 ; York and North Midland N ew , 19 ; an d S ou th Western, 19ft premium. Brighton, 14*; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2 ; and South Eastern, 27* discount. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. s.—Shares generally continue firm in price. The following are our quotations :—Lancaster and Preston 4 shares, 19 ; Manchester and Leeds Half, 30 ; South Eastern Scrip, 17 ; Manchester Assurance, 9*. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .172 3 per Cent. Red. .... 3 per Cent. Cons 95 3i per Cent. Red 101 New 3i per Cent... ..... lOl4 Now 5 per Cen' Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ... l2 9-16 Oct. 1859 Jan. 160 !India Stock Ditto Bonds .... 46 pm Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities... Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 45 pm Ditto 500/...... 45 pm Ditto Small ...... 45 pm i Bank Stock for Opg. India Stock for Opg... Consols for Opg. V FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. , — Russian, 5 pei cent. ... Ditto, Metallic ...... . Spanish, 5 per cent...—. 18i Ditto, Deferred.... . 106 French, 5 per cent. —f. —r. Exchange French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 2i per cent. 53 Ditto, 5 per cent. ... 101 AND 21$1Witt 1) till° IL " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. A dense fog prevailedaParis on Saturday and Sunday. The Court will return to the Tuileries for the winter about the 15th instant. The Moniker contains Royal ordonnances, dated the 29th ult., making various changes in the nomina tion of prefects of the departments. A Royal ordonnance of the 29th legalises the open ing of the French custom-houses at the stations of Tureving and Roubaix, on the railroad from Lille, on the Belgian frontiers; and of St. Soulve, on the Valenciennes railroad. According to accounts from Alexandria of the 22d the Pacha was still at Mansoura, where he was mak ing arrangements in order that the sowing season should not be retarded. The Consuls of France and Russia had both left Alexandria for Cairo. Egypt is still suffering from the murrain among the oxen. The loss is estimated at 150,000 head of cattle. Next year's crops are likely to be seriously affected by this loss. The cavalry and artillery are dismounted, and the horses sent to the shifflicks to assist infagri culture. "We have no particulars of the state of affairs in Syria. The belief is, that both Druse and Maronite will hold together to expel the Turks from the moun tains. Belgrade letters of the 21st announce the arrival on that day of Rifaat Pacha, the new Ambassador of the Ottoman Porte to the Court of Vienna at Semlin. Prince Michael learnt from the Envoy that his doom was definitively sealed, and that Prince Georgewitch would be maintained in his new position. PUBLIC OPINION. We quote the following from the Times:—" The confessions of those enlightened benefactors to their own pockets, who subscribe 1001. now, that they may hereafter realise 1,0001., at the expanse, as it of course must inevitably be, of the rest of the commu nity, and who coolly denominate themselves the while an Anti-Monopolist League, continue to increase in intensity and delicacy. A gentleman who seconded a motion at the ' Great League Fund Meeting' at Liverpool, ' mentioned, with all 'humility, and without any desire to be considered egotistical, that he had gladly given his 1001. for the next year to accomplish the objects of the League. He had hopes that he was promoting his own individwil good to no small extent by extending free trade principles. He was not ashanted to avow his belief, that his 1001. subscription would bring him back a hundred times 100/., y' the objects of the League should happen to be attended with success.' How beautiful is the modesty with which this humble seconder shrinks from the ostentatious mention of his own charity ! He feels perfectly miserable at thus being obliged to trumpet his own praises, and to pro claim to the world that he has subscribed 100/. for so disinterested and magnanimous a purpose as that con templated and avowed by the League. But he shortly reflects that there is, after all, no such great necessity for being ashamed of his subscription ; his money is no gift, but only.a speculation; it will bring in no small profit to himself; so he takes courage." The Chronicle says :—" Well—we suppose Lord Ellenborough's friends will now at least not attempt to deny that he ordered the evacuation of Affghanistan, before he was aware of the release of the prisoners. For ourselves, we did not require what we now have —his own assurance of the fact. We knew the man; we knew what he had done before ; we knew that it was General Pollock's refusal to obey the order given in March to retreat, that led to the advance upon Caubul ; and, therefore, when we saw Lord Ellen borough's proclamation of the Ist of October, in which not a word was said of the release of the prisoners, we saw in it only a repetition of the same cowardly command to leave the men, women, and children to their fate. Our statement was of course met by vio lent and indignant denial. The thing was impossible ; the very object of the campaign was to release the pri soners ; how absurd, then, to suppose that Lord Ellen borough would announce the campaign as closed, and I order home the troops until he was aware that that object was accomplished. However, we suppose Lord El lenborough will not be rejected as evidence on this point. The proclamation, ordering the troops to retire, is dated October 1. The first general order announcing the release of part of the prisoners is dated October seven—six days afterwards, and the second general order announcing the restoration of all the prisoners is dated sixteen days afterwards, that is, on the 17th, in each case the Governor-General communicating information which had just reached him. Is the proof complete ? Is it necessary to strengthen it by calling to mind that when Lord Ellenborough issued his proclamation it was impossible that he could have known that the prisoners were released? Nov, we appeal to men of all parties, and ask is the Parliament of this country to be called upon to thank a man who twice deliberately proposed to withdraw the British army from Affghanistan while a number of British subjects were held there in captivity ?" We take the following remarks from the Herald:— " The Charge of the Bishop of Llandaff delivered on the occasion - of the triennial visitation of his Lordship's diocese in October last, and just published, is full of that firmness in matters of faith, and charity in non essential formalities, which so eminently distinguish the Church of England. Had the intolerance of Rome or the polemical furor of Dissent been characteristic either of the hierarchy or the priesthood of our holy Establishment, the unhappy controversy which has of late years divided its members would, as is the case in the Kirk of Scotland, certainly have disturbed the peace, if not endangered the very existence of the Church. It is because of the moderation, due appre ciation of their own position, and the profound sense of their awful responsibility with which the learned and pious Bishops who now sit in the high places of the Church are imbued, and because of the respectful obedience which the working clergy give, as by their oaths bound, to their ordinaries, that in spite of the most formidable division of opinion that has for two centuries past penetrated into the Establishment the Church herself is in no danger. There is in truth an earnest desire generally existing amongst both clergy and laity of the Establishment to extract all that can benefit the Church from the now we hope fading con troversy. MONEY - TRADE-COMMERCE. The value of exports from Canton amounts to about 8,250,0001. per annum. Letters from the American cotton planters in Bengal state the complete failure in the experiments to grow that commodity in that locality. The hot winds and bad climate appear the preventives. LAW AND POLICE. The driver of the cabriolet No. 1,113 was charged at Clerkenwell, with furious driving, and thereby damaging the carriage of R. Davies, Esq., to the amount of 241. The prisoner's license was suspended, and he was ordered to be imprisoned for three weeks with hard labour. NAVAL AND MILITARY. It is said to be the intention of Lord Ellenborough, in the course of the present month, to review the whole of the troops who will by that time have re turned from Affghanistan, 35,000 in number. LITEIta7ELY amp SCIENTIFIC. The first book auction on record in England was the sale of Dr. Seaman's library, which was brought to the hammer A.D. 1676. COURT-r.ES.SHIONAZ LE. Sir Robert Peel will leave town in a day or two for Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Queen, accompa nied by Lady Peel. Lord Montague has arrived at his villa, near Windsor. The Dowager Duchess of Cleveland takes possession of her new residence, in Park-lane, early in January. The Duke of Richmond, after staying a few days in town, goes to Goodwood Park for the winter. Th• Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward, left yesterday for Windsor Castle, and will stay there on a visit to her Majesty until Saturday. The Earl and Countess of Beauchamp arrived in Portman-square last week, and proceed to Brighton in a few days. The Countess of Haddington arrived at the Admi ralty on Saturday. The Dowager Countess of Essex returns to town in a few days from a tour. The Earl and Countess of Verulam leave to-mor row for Gorhambury, near St. Alban's, where also the Viscount and Viscountess Follistone are ex pected to pass their Christmas. The Earl of Lucan arrived in town on Saturday last from Ca.stlebar, his Lordship's seat in the county Mayo. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—His Juvrial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria arriNd to-day at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty, attended by his suite. The Earl Delawarr, Viscount Sydney, the Earl of Liverpool, and the Earl of Aberdeen, arrived at the Castle in the course of the day, on a visit to the Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Albert enjoyed their usual morning walk ; and in the afternoon the Prince rode out on horseback into the Great Park, attended by the Hon. C. A. Murray, and Sir Edward Bowater. Her Royal Highne§s the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty this morning at the Castle. The Hon. Frances Devereux has succeeded Lady Caroline Cocks as one of the Maids of Honour in Waiting. Viscount Sydney and the Hon. Captain Duncombe have succeeded the Earl of Hardwicke and Sir Frederick Stovin as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. Sir Henry Wheatley left to-day. Her Majesty has a dinner party this evening at tho Castle. Covers are laid for twenty-seven. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Chrrlotte Dundass, Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley and Hon. Miss Stanley, will join the Royal Circle, which will also include his Imperial Highness the Arch duke, the Lo:d and Lady in Waiting, the two Maids of Honour, the Groom and the Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, the Equerry in Waiting on his Roy al Hihness, the Earl Delawarr, Earl of Liverpoo l, Earl Jof ersey, Earl of Aberdeen, le Baron Lebze ltern, le Compte Marinovich, le Capitaine Kochel, le Capitaine Dumont, and le Comte Carolyi. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left town yesterda afternoon to honour th e Duke of W y 'Wellington with a visit at his seat at Strathfieldsaye, Hants. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses A.ugitsti! and Mary of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, have arrived a °f Strathfieldsaye, Hants, ea a visit to the Duke ~ Wellington, from the seat of the Duke of Beanfer" Badminton, Gloucestershire. A meeting of the Cabinet Ministers was held yes terday afternoon at the official residence of Sir Bober! Peel in Downing-street. The Lord Chancellor, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Lord Fitzgerald Ana Vesci, Sir James Gr a h am , and the Chancellor o f the Exchequer attended. Sir Henry Macleod h a d an i n terview with Lore Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office• transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign. Count de St. Aulaire , the French .Ambassador, -office; as A meeting of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners held yesterday afternoon at the office in place. The Archbishop of the I3ishop of Com - London S . • , if Herbert Jenner Fust, and other missioners were pre3ent. • Sir George Cockburn had an interview with Sir Robert Peel in Downing-street yeaerday. • Whitehall The Postmaster-General had an interview, with th e Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at hs ° residence in Downing-street. to The Earl of Haddington has left town on a visit Lord Wharncliffe, * at Wortley Hall, Yorkshire . h Dispatches were r ece i ve d y e sterday from Sir Gough, fur Lord Stanley, her Majesty's Pr in g s - Secretary of Stat e f or W ar an d the Colonie s. ( I s , patches from Malta, Gibraltar, the lonian al so n Ceylon, St. Helen a , an d B r itish Guiana, w ere received yesterday at the Colonial-office. GRAND JUNCTION CANAJJ. a The half-yearly meeting of the Directors 134 a n i , Shareholders of the G ran d J un ction Canal C 4 041 was held yesteruay a t th e Crown and An c oe Tavern, Sir Willi am Ed en , B a rt., in the Chair. tha t Report, which was read by the Secretary, stated tria2l. the nett tonnage for the half-year ending June 30, 1 84 d ' amounted to 51,5121. Os. 6d. being 10,7261. 18s : 3 i less than in the preceding ' six months , and 5, 41 % 13s. 5d . . less than in the corresponding preceding year. This falling off in the Corepa n) o f revenue the Report attributed to the depression, trade which had generally pervaded the country. though the revenue had been so diminished, Tet,thi; consequence of the reduction lately effected In te a ordinary expenses of the canal, which had wow' on e to nearly 8 , 0001. in the half-year, the balance of , 1 period a t % account, to the 30th June 1114 amounted' to 44, 3 % e Os. 11d., being than di i ng . 3,836/. 15s. 6d. greater balance of the same account in the corresP °ll re . period of last year. The Committee , therefore, t. commended a dividend of 31 . 10s. per share, am c4l % ing to 40,092/. 10s., to be paid, free of Income-!.an: on Monday, the 9th of January , ' 1843, thus ! ea lhe the balance of 4,789/. IN. 11d., out of which and r Income-tax would be paid to the Government,s wo the remainder carried to the account for new SURREY THEATRE. p ar ed An interesting two act drama, entitled Tlie,; Marriage was produced at this theatre on -" - ", 0 , °- „ g ra with complete success. The scene is laid ifyl during the reign of the Emperor Paul (Yr. ' 4 4 e ( 5 11 . r5: who having discovered that the Countess Ozer2•`b e l b ee n R. Horner), the daughter of Count Ozeroff; rAlex encouraging the addresses of the Grand PA's fr e r• ander, forces her to mar r y I van Daniloff, 5 Cooke), a sled ge -d r i ver , an d immediately as e them to Siberia. In th e secon d ac t we nj Aleof a ct fr ander Emperor of all the Russias, and the first his reign is to recal the Countess Oger°to and Ivan, who has been as a her during the banishment. They return. ilex' her ander gives orders for .their divorce, arh' share his throne with the Countess. She, however, rejects the Emperor for the sledge-driver, and f- b l ied brother ander joins their hands , having previously en' ° aut i.. Ivan The acting of T. P. Cooke as Iran, was b il e e i e g fully natural ; mid although he was slid full severely severely from influenza, the part receive justice at his hands. He was admirably Mrs. R. Honner, who, in the earlier scenes, C 111 : I s ly a degree of dignity of which we had not pre v i. °ll a ily thought her capable. The plot is most artistfe.tten constructed, and the dialogue is morelcarefully 8811 on . than usual. The piece was received with great r plause by a crowded house. supportebuitei --- --- --- --- CHINA Pitizs-m O NE Y .—The China war being _.r. ended, it is matter of considerable interest _too,looo litary men to learn what portion of the 2 1 7 u c t i ' li i ie se of dollars indemnity money, which the To ol have to pay, is to .be made over as prize- fro m ~.,1 „ to those whose valour has wrung this treasu.r,:civis., our crafty enemy; and we trust that such will,", a d, pensed for the troops with a sufficiently liberal th ose not only to cover the losses and extra expeme s ° theta who have been engaged in the war, but to leave r the something handsome whereby to rememb e " China expedition."—(lndian) Spectator. been SIR HUGH GoUGH.—Some puzzlement has trou caused in military people's minds by the aPP in a of of the Marquis of 'iweeddale to the c0m1n,842100 the Madras army, to which Sir Hugh Gougallugh been nominated; but the fact is, that Si! di , 0 is to be appointed Commander-in-Chief in I n be ba g soon as the termination of the China war 5 et tlecl known at home ; and it is, we believe, quite a • .. oy i.. thing that Lord Tweeddale will be nominated k' i l w ill sional Governor-General (probably the next mad' that bring it out); but we have reason to feel assur e _ the Lord Ellenborough will not leave India before ex . cold season of 1844, hy which time his Lordship hes pects to do a great deal for the country, an d us o l aa our best wishes for the fullest success.---Eng 1 (Indian paper) , Oct. 13 b e ery° The Marklane Express of MonetaY °,_ o p. that 400,000 able-bodied persons • are at th ls _ t ,be meat supported out of the poor-rates, and U r g e ; At paramount importance of finding employr ,roge. these people upon the land in works for dr: st the But it observes justly, that "not only 11) es be obsolete clauses in the old forms o f leas must ou st abolished, but the letting of lands upon 11.711.0 of become general, or there must be a larg e re '"' vv ill clis" rent." We fear nothing but stern n ecessitY , o & of (O a?* pose English landlords to consent to Aln ,naepen pation which will make their tenants more ' o t to be dent. But then large reduction of r ent is 1 %11 gran t thought of. Rather than take less rent they -a, leases.—Chronicle. C A TI . a . FALMOUTH.—I MPORT ATION OF SPANISII . „ wain —On Tuesday last a large brig , c alled the AI 'cl" for. and Ann, of N e wcastle, from Corunna, bowl' L , a Southampton, was brought into this harbour' Yu Plymouth pilot boat, by which she had beenl fo r`' st her nately fallen in with off Plymouth, having 0 , ed foremast and sustained other damage which ren it a,eL dt her unmanageable, in which state she had been °„"7 - b, ten days. She left Corunna on Sunday, the li?'" November, and at three o'clock the following morniair lost her mast in a heavy gale. She had on‘b9.cia eighty head of Spanish oxen, and the state in vh l ., ll _ o th f e t y h - e ar w r ,e iv a e ti d le w r a t s h t e riil . ) the rolling of the vessel those stowed between duo' hatches lam MIS CEICaraItZtTEOUB• e c n o t t : i i l iAl e n . ot From b eop t e h n e e s d e ; v i e, r r; From China this country has some of its most below, and from want of air and necessaries, togetheriea„, were thrown through the hatchways upon e graceful exotics, and among them the Wistaria Sinen- with the injuries they received, fifty-one were dead, sis, and many of our f in est c ame lli a s an d Azaleas. and several of them remaining alive died after i The tr ee -p eon i es o f Canton are much esteemed, and landed. The carcases when landed on the q uay the peach es o f P e ki n , accoun t e d th e mos t deligious of on Wednesday were in a putrid state, and ii wsßeirde thatsold the species, weigh many of them upwards of 21bs. to Mr. Lanyon, tanner, at 255. each. 1 At the meeting of the Gloucester Agricultural So- w mil he ciety, held near Cirencester last week, Mr. Edward ampton, will not recover the insuranc e, r_ Rowley remarked, " A Noble Lord in a neighbouring would ;lave done had the bullocks been thrown ove the owner of the cargo, who is a butchert at i South county is reported to h ave sa id that farmers must board; but the crew had quite as muchhea, having g could been exert themselves ; that they must not stand idlepilots were when their car t i s i n a h o l e , an d call upon Jupiter for for some time on her beam ends. Td e of the sur help. I quite agree with the Noble Lord that it paid 501. for bringing the vessel in. by do to keep the vessel from foundering, s 1 11 would be use less to call upon Jupiter; but if times viving oxen immediately on being landedrie s read ter should continue bad there is another power which the ror all around. He broke away with plart vessel, farmer farmer has some sort of right to call upon, and that is tackling by which he was hoisted out of the_ . e'',`, a ' the landlord." number The Duke of Newcastle, at a meeting held last crowds which occupied them ; a c onsiderable ed the length week at Southwell of the Nottinghamshire Magis- t .ing children. He soon traversed tel tang and evinced a determination to clear the wharfs Or t" trates, proposed that instead of the present rural po- breadth of the town, and was nth= Fortunate l y lice, which at present cost 4,8161., 366 constables means of ropes thrown over his horns. rgi should be appointed; the total cost of which would n o person received any injury,--Sherborne and rep be 3,1701. His Grace's recgaraendation failed Nero'''. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1842. -.