The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-18 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS OF THURSDAY. It bas been remarked that Baron Rothschild makes frequent visits to the Minister of Finances, the object of which, probably, is to settle the conditions of the new loan. —Journal du Commerce. The National de 1834 gives the following details upon the communication of General Llander to the Queen of Spain, which are of considerable interest :—" We are informed upon good authority that the Queen, after having consulted her Ministers, and the diplomatists at her Court, returned, without opening it, the exposition which General Llander had sent by Colonel Stnz. On reciving it Llander proceeded to the municipality of Bar celona, and held a conference as to the next steps to be taken. He proposed a middle course, through which the remonstrance might reach the Queen without offending her ; hut he received for answer, as on a former occasion, that it wis too late to retreat, and that, if he did not feel sufficient confidence in himself to sustain with courage the part he had undertaken, he bad better quit the province. Llander upon this put the packet under another cover, and sent it again to the Queen as she had returned it, without any additional letter. Thus the Governor of Catalonia conducts himself towards the Queen of Spain as one So vereign would towards another, and this exchange of communications assumes a most singular hostility. If any tiouht of the truth of the above detail., let him apply to the Minister of War, and we are cenfident he will not contradict them." The Memorial Bordelais of the 13th inst. confirms, in the following terms, the news of the resistance of the Captain'-General to The Spanish Government :—" We have received news of the utmost importance, through several different channels. Catalonia has risen in a mass in the name of liberty, under its military chieftain Llander. This is the first cry of constitutional Spain. Llander has demanded of the Queen, in his own name, as well as in that of the 45,000 armed men which he has at his disposal, liberal institutions. Madrid is tranquil, but disquieted by Llander's demand. There is reason to believe that several other Captains-General, such as Que c-da, Valdez, Morillo, are about to follow the same im pulse, and to demand the dismissal of the Ministry. We ardently desire the success of this revolution, for such it really is." The correspondence of this journal, from different places on the frontiers relates exclusively to petty skirmishes between the Queen's troops and the partisans of Don Carlos, but does not contain a single fact of im portance. The Indicateur of Bordeaux, of the 13th inst., has the following from Bayonne, dated the 11th :—" A courier from the British Embassy at Madrid arrived here last night ; he left that capital on the morning of the Bth, when all was perfectly quiet, and performed the journey without the necessity of escot t. This courier has impor tant despatches for the Courts of St. James's and the Toi leries, the Captain_General of Catalonia having, in the name of that province, demanded a Constitution of the Regent. The number of signatures to the Address is said to be nearly 50,000. This it was which occasioned the despatch of a courier. By a decree of the Regent, El Pastor has been appointed Briga - lier, and consequently is amnestied. It is well known that he, as well as Mina and ether chiefs, were banished for the attempt made in No vember, 1830." This journal has also the following from St. Jean de Luz, dated the 11th A French courier from Madrid has plssed through this town on his way to Bayonne. On the road he was several times forced to take an escort. At Toloso he was accompanied by 50 of the Queen's Carabineers and 50 Christino volunteers. At Villa Buena they were attacked, on the high road, by some insurgents who had taken refuge in two houses on the road side. The attack having begun, the courier went back to Tolosa, whence he set out again with 100 men. In the mean time, the volunteers had succeeded in driving the rebels from the two houses they occupied. Afterward , an engagement took place. The Carliats fled on the arrival of the reinforcement with the courier, leaving five killed and 12 wounded on the field." The Furor, of Madrid, states that Don Gregoria Al varez y Perez, a canon and treasurer of the Church of Burgos, bad been arrested, and was in the chapel preparing for execution, when a courier arrived with his pardon. He was so much affected by this unexpected clemency that, immediately on being released, he wrote and published pamphlet, exposing all the manoeuvres used to mislead the people and urging them all to range themselves under the banners of their lawful Queen. The Augsburg Gazette. of the 12th instant, has the following of the 7th from Vienna :—The French Ambas sador has despatched a courier to Paris, in consequence, probably, of the last news from Constantinople. The 13elgian Ambassador here, Count Lalaing, is about to re ceive another appointment, and Count liille-Brahe, Secre tary to the ainish Embassy, is remove!, in the same capacity, to St. Petersburgh. Our Funds to-day are, Aletalliques Five per Cents., 9J a ; Ditto Four per Cents., 844; Bank Actions, 1,2351. the Btrlin State Gazette, of the 10th inst., has the following, of the 10., from St. Petersburgh :—" Marshal Maloof), Ambassador from the King of the French, is arrived here, as well ..s Count Simonel;i, Ambassador from the King of Sardinia." The Gazette quotes Prus sian Four per C-nts., 974 96! ; Ditto Five per Cents. (1822), 103 k 103. According to a letter from Berlin, the first effect of the publication of the Assaciatiou of Cuatcms formed by Prus4a, Bavaria, Wirtemberg, the two Hesses, Saxony, and other States, has been to spread alarm and di.courage ment among the dealers who attend the fair at Frankfurt on the Oder. They imagine that Leipsic alone will profit by the change, although a reduction of 15 per cent. on the tariff of duties is insured to Frankfurt. A great number of the booths let at Frankfort have, in consequence, been countermanded ; and, on the other band, a sufficient num ber cannot be found at Leipsic, which it is thought is about to become a central point for the commerce of the Associated States. The Frankfort Gazette of the 12th inst. states that the snail from Simmern to Boppart was robbed on the 2d inst., and not only the letters, but 2,500 dollars were stolen. The Suabian illercury gives the following letter from Cdessa, d rted Nov. 22 : - " The general dearth becomes very alarming, and it is impossible to foretell what may ensue. Every article that forms the food of man is daily becoming more and more scarce and dear. Meat alone is cheap, and this is because the grasiera are obliged to kill their cattle for want of fodder. There are whole villages in the environs of Odessa that are entirely deserted, the inhabitarys having left them in hopes of finding bread elsewhere. The sea of Azaff is no hlnger navigable, so that we have no chance of receiving supplies from the opposite shore. Immedia tely after receiving despatches from St. Petersburgb, Count Woronzow went i ff in all haste to Ekatherinoslaw, where the famine has already caused some deplorable dis asters. In the beginning of the present month a detachment from the garrison of Maestricht, escorting fifteen wag gons, proceeded to the commune of Lan 'ken, and there loaded them with straw, which they conveyed into the fortress by force. The Belgian custom-house officers en deavoured to prevent this transport, but they were not in sufficient strength to contend with the Dutch troops. Quotidienne. CHAMBER OF PEERS, JAx. 14. A proposition of President Boyer, relative to the effect of a legal separation between married parties, was then read ; it was to the following effect : " For the future a separation pronounced between married people, on account of the adultery of the wife, shall be a sufficient cause for putting an end to the pre sumption of paternity arising from the marriage of the parties, according to the 312th article of the civil code. Consequently any children that a wife, separated from her husband for the above cause, may have 300 days after the said separation, shall to reputed alien to the husband, unless he shall recognise them with the formalities re quired by the 334th article of the civil code." The Chamber adjourned sine die. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, JAN. 14. The Minister of Mirine made a communication from Government relative to a project of l.tty regarding the staff of the Navy. The following are the principal articles of this project of law:— Art. 1. The number of Admirals remain fixed at three. Art. 2. The Royal corps of the Marines, in titnc of peace, will consist of 10 Vice-Admirals, 20 Counter.• Admirals, '7O Captains of vessels, '7O Captains of frigates, 90 Captains of corvettes, 450 Lieutenants of vessels, 550 Lieutenants of frigates. The number of pupils (elems) of the Ist and 2d clasA will he fixed each year by a Royal ordinance. The debate on the proposed law relative to the munici pality of Paris was resumed. In the articles 9 and 10, relating to the nomination of the Mayors, the Government proposed that the Mayor of each arrondissement should be chosen by the King from 15 candidates, 3 of which should be from the members of the general council chosen by each arrondissement, and the 12 others to be chosen by the electors. A short debate took place on the question whether the Mayors chosen from the members of the municipal council should, in consequence of that choke, cease to be members of the council or not, the Government contending that the functions of Mayor and Member of the Municipal Council were incompatible. Some amendments to a contrary effect were proposed and adopted by the Chamber, and in consequence article 11 was suppressed, which declared the functions of Mayor incompatible with those of a Member of the Municipal Council. After a short discussion on some minor details, the Chamber proceeded to vote on the ensemble of the project. The result was:--Number of votes, 286—for the law, 223 ; against it, 58. The project of law was agreed to.—Adjourned. SITTING OF JA N. 15. At half-past two o'clock the Vice-President (M. Etienne) took the chair. Before the debate began, tile Duke de Broglie and Messrs. Bignon and de Rigny were observed standing dose to the tribune, engaged in conversation. They were sur rounded by a nutnber of Deputies of the gauche, amongst whom was General Lafayette. The debate on the proposition of M. Paraut, relative to the suppression of majorats, or entails, was resumed. M. Gaillard de Kerbertin expressed a wish that the proposition had for its object only to prevent the creation of majorats for the future, without affecting those at pre sent existing. M. Paraut proceeded to explain his proposition, and gave a rapid sketch of the institution of majorats, and the par ticular laws affecting them, which were to he found in the Imperial Decrees and Senatus Consultes of 1806, and the law of 1826. The Chamber entered upon the discussion of the first article, which enacts that every creation of majorats for the future is prohibited. This article was adopted without any amendment. The 2d and 3d articles were likewise adopted. They are to the following effect : Art. 2. The majorat., or portions of majorats, insti tuted by private individuals before the promulgation of the present law, and which have not been transmitted to the persons in whose favour they were made, are declared to be void, and of no effect. Art 3. The institution of majorats of the same nature, which have been opened before the promulgation of the present law, shall only take effect in favour of those who shall be in possession of the property attached to these ma jorats, or who shall have acquired the right of claiming it, the possessors of such property being henceforth bee to dispose of such property in any way they may think pro per, according to the ordinary terms of the Civil Code. The debate proceeded upon the 4th Article, which is in substance as follows:—" Nevertheless, in the case pro vided for hy the 2d Article above.mentioned, the property cannot he alienated, nor mortgaged by the founder of the majorat, if he has contracted marriage since the creation of the majorat, and before the promulgation of the present law, or, if being a widower, be have children by that marri ge so contracted." MM. Taste and Isambert moved that this article should be rejected. The Keeper of the Seals and M. Dufau spoke in favour of its adoption, and, after a lengthened but uninteresting discussion it as decided that the article should be referred to the Commis,ion to be remodelled. To the Article 5, which concedes, by way of exception to the preceding enactments, "the right of possessing the majorat to those individuals in whose favour it was founded, in ccse they arc married at the moment of the promulga tion of the law," M. J filbert proposed that the persons in whose favour the majorat was founded, should be entitled to take the benefit of it, in case they were born at the moment of the promulgation of the law. MM. Salverte and Dufau spoke against the adoption of this amendment, which was supported by Messrs. Lher bette and Gaillard Kerbertin. The amendment was put to the vote and rejected. Art. 5 was agreed to. Art. 6—by which the rights of young children, and those which may be acquired by widows relative to the property attached to majorata, are renewed—was adopted. Art 7 is to the following effect :—" The abovemen tioned disposition shall not offer any obstacle to the trans mission of the titles of Nobility which may have been attached to rnajorats."—(General movement, several Mem bers signifying their intention to speak.) 111. Glais Bizain-1 should like to know what is meant by a title of Nobility.—(Noise.) According to the Char ter, all Frenchmen are equal in the eyes of the law ; when a Marshal is called after the name of a place where lie may have gained a victory, he has the title of an emi nent rank, but be has not the title of nchility. --(Agitation.) Count Jaubert appealed to the 62d Article of the Char ter, which re-establi , hes the ancient Nobility, and secures their titles to the new Nobility. Several Members cc,n'ended that the rejection of Article 7 of the proposed law had nothing to do with the 62d Article of the Charter. Art. 7 was put to the vote; 9 Members of the Centre rose in its favour ; the rest of the Chamber declared against it. Article 7 was of course suppressed. Art. 8, relating to grants of land subjected to a reversion in favour of the State, was adopted. The concluding Articles, 9 and 10, relative to the repeal of the former legi,lation on this subject, were agreed to. Art. 4, which bad been referred to the Commission to be remodelled, still remained to be discussed, but a suffi cient number of Members not being present to consti tute a Chamber, the debate was adjourned to Friday, at one o'clock. BULWER AND VICTOR HUGO.—lt is a re markable fact, that the two most famous novelists of the pre , ent day should scarcely exceed the age of thirty—we allude to the author of " Pelham," and the French roman cier, Victer Hugo. The productions of both thee writers enjoy a most extensive celebrity, not only all over Europe, but also on the other side the Atlantic, and indeed in every part of the civilized globe. No where, however, has the spirit of literary enterprise been carried to such an extent as in London, where " Eugene Aram" and " The Hunch. hack of Notre Dame," the ablest works of these master. minds, may now be purchased complete for 6s. each. A letter from Oran, of December 29, com plains that there is a great dearth of fresh provisions, a miserable lean fowl costing 50 sous. On the above day a new expedition of 1,800 men, with 16 pieces of cannon and 2 howitzer., went out against the tribes.— Galignanrs Messenger. The Augsburg Gazette, of the 11th instant, has the following of the 7th, from Frankfort :—" M. Guaita and his son are gone to Frankfort, to represent the special interest of Frankfort at the Congress, and a favour able result is anticipated from his well known diplomatic talents; his presence at Vienna is the more necessary at this moment, as the new Prussian treaty of commerce occasioned several innovations which are prejudicial to the trade of Frankfort. A letter from Hamburg, dated the Ist instant, states, that in the course of last year 2,206 vessels arrived at that port, and 2,194. sailed from it." The Gazette states that a violent hurricane arose in Bo hernia, near Beichenberg, on the 18th instant, which tore up as many as 15,000 tree?. THE EAST INDIA SKETCH BOOK.—" 1 his work contains a series of narratives, both grave and gay, descriptive of life and manners in the land of curries and coolies, and castes, and cobra capellat. The writer is a lady ; but no subject, civil or military, seems to he too much for her, from the details of a cantonment to those of a courtmartial. In all, however, she is intelligent and agreeable. The Reminiscences of Shaik are worthy to he a chapter in ' Hijji Baba,' while the Half Caste' and The Punishment' are sketches worthy of the best novelists of the day."—Morning Herald. The Journal du Havre of the 13th imt. states that the Russian vessel the Vrow Ilizabeth, having on board 160 Polish refugees, put into that port for the purpose of repairing some damages she had sustained at sea., Notwithstanding she had a clean bill of health, the authorities ordered her to perform quarantine, and placed guards to prevent any one going on shore. Thus she remained for several days, without being allowed any communication with the town. This measure being considered by the people as harsh and unjust, a numerous body of young mr n rushed down to the port, determined to release the prisoners, at about 11 o'clock on the night of the 12th, and the guard, insufficient in strength, being taken by surprise, offered no resistance, but suffered the people to proceed with boats to the Vrow Elizabeth, who brought many of the Poles ashore. In the mean time the armed force was mustered, and on their landing sur rounded the unfortunate Poles and conveyed them to the several guard-houses. The soldiers perf o rm e d thi s d u ty without any violence , nor did they meet with any resist ance either from the Poles or the people. Two of the exiles and one young man of Havre were "lightly wounded by the bayonets, but this was purely accidental, and from the confusion created by the darkness. About 100 Poles remained confined till the morning, when the Mayor gave his consent that the 'Poles should remain ashore, and be entertained by those who were inclined to show them hospitality, until the vessel is ready to sail, or until furth er orders ore receiv e d f rom the Government, in answer to a petition which the Poles have sent to Paris, to be presented to the Chamber of Deputies. Zbr 40 1 1')).." - .A 4 T; ill/ LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 183 t. The Morning Post says—" We believe we may positively announce that Earl GREY yes terday resigned office. Upon the events which may follow this not unexpected proce dure it would for the present be premature to speculate." It would indeed. The Post is wise in reserving its speculations for the moment when the event shall have occurred. Lord GREY has not resigned ! No communication has yet been made to the Portuguese Embassy from our Government as to the proposal for sending troops to Portugal. It is believed, however, that as soon as the Cabinet Council shall have assembled to receive the report of Earl GREY, relative to his late visit to the KING, the Portuguese Ambas sador will receive a communication from Ministers. It is stated in the diplomatic circles that there has been no disagreement between Lord GREY and 'Lord PALMERSTON on this subject, and that the members of the Cabinet who opposed the views of those Noble Lords, withdrew their opposition when they found that Lord GREY made a sine qua 72072 of the line of policy which he recommended. What that is, however, has not transpired. There cannot, we imagine, be any difference of opinion among reasonable men as to the pro priety of sending troops to Portugal, whatever may be the opinions respecting the person now at the head of the Constitutional Government. So long as Don MIGUEL be permitted to remain in Portugal the absolute Sovereigns of the Continent will make that country the means of thwarting the liberal views ,of Great Britain and France, and of preventing the consolidation of those views so much desired by the friends of peace and order. They have for the last three years embarrassed us by their sup port of the King of HOLLAND, and on the same principle they support the Usurper of Portugal. It is very important, there fore, not as , regards the question of right between Don MIGUEL and the QUEEN, but from the necessity of having our hands free for mightier projects, that British troops should be sent to the aid of the Constitutionalists. It will not follow that because we send troops to Lis bon, Don PEDRO the present Ministry are to be supported. If the sense of the people of Portugal should be against them, the presence of British troops in that country will encourage the PALMELLA, or Moderate party, to declare itself, and a change of Government will take place without any injurious effect to the Consti tution. There is one argument for the pre sence of British troops which appears to us to be unanswerable. Don PEDRO has declared that he will resign the Regency if the Cortes should consider his resignation necessary, and he is, or affects to be, anxious for the meeting of the Cortes. Their meeting, however, is impracticable in the present state of the country, more than two-thirds of the persons qualified to sit being under the control of the Usurper, and therefore unable to proceed to Lisbon. Let the Miguelites be subdued and their chief ex pelled and there will be no obstacle to the as sembling of the Cortes. The country will then have an opportunity of declaring its wishes, and neither force nor intrigue can protract the sway of the present Ministry, or that of the REGENT, if they or he should be objected to by the people. Earl GREY returned from Brighton yesterday afternoon, and immediately afterwards proceeded to dine with Prince TALLEYRAND, who had invited Lord HOLLAND, Lord JOHN RUS SELL, Lord DUNCANNON, and a select party, to meet him. We have heard that Lord GREY expressed himself perfectly satisfied with his reception at Brighton. We have much to say upon the capabilities of Ireland, and we shall begin with the district of Connemara, in the county of Galway,' of all others the wildest in Ireland. This district con tains about 350,000 English acres. With its islands, it possesses 400 miles of sea shore, along which there are upwards of twenty safe and capacious harbours formed by nature, fit for vessels of any burthen. There are about twenty fine navigable lakes in the interior of a mile or more in length, besides hundreds of smaller di mensions. Various inlets of the sea penetrate the district, so that no part is distant four miles from existing navigation. Lough Corrib has about 50 miles of shore, so that with Lough Mask, and other Loughs, there are as many miles of shore of the sea or navigable lakes, as there are square miles of surface. If there ever was a part of a country formed by na ture to be the seat of commerce, it is the district of Connemara. Connected with the Shannon, which rolls a gentle current of 200 miles from north to south, navigable the whole way, all the products of the east and west of Ireland might be carried for exportation to any of its harbours, from whence all its imports might be transported by water-carriage to the east and south of Ireland ; so that if it once had a manufacturing district as Liverpool has behind it, a port upon its shore might rival that great emporium of foreign commerce. At the source of the Shannon coal and iron-stone are found in abundance, and the district itself abounds with minerals. Coal alone is the in strument through the power of steam by which the manufactures of Lancashire are promoted, and all the natural local advantages in this part of Ireland much outstrip those of the county of Lancaster, or even its acquired advan tages, its industry only excepted. Shall the British Government then do nothing to re lieve the distresses of Ireland, and to give a spring to industry in that country, when the means are so easily in its power? We will not, we cannot believe it. Let it be considered that if an Irish cabin contained but half the articles found in an English cottage, what an increase would be made to every branch of British manu facturing industry, and what an increase might also be given to the public income. The gross amount of the duties of customs last year in Irela►►d were only 1,516,9081., ~Thiln those of Great Britain were 18,167,6651. The excise duties of Ireland were only 2,198,7591., while those of Great Britain were 16,650,7361. Stamps in Ireland were only 472,9781., which in Great Britain were 6,947,9151., and of assessed taxes in Ireland there are none, while those last year in Great Britain amounted to 5,339,9231. We know it may be said that Ireland, in her consumption, repays part of the duties of customs collected in Eng land. But this only proves that Ireland has little foreign trade, for which it has been our present object to show the country which forms her western coast is peculiarly calculated. When industry begins to march in Ireland, the power of demagogues and of priests will be at an end, and we trust the Government will give the word. We have received the Paris Papers of Thurs day. One of them, the National, states that the Queen of SPAIN had returned without having opened the communication of General LLAN DER, and that the General, after having held a consultation with the civil authorities of Bar celona, had sent back the original letter without any apology for that line of conduct. If this statement be true the Constitutionalists of Cata lonia must have resolved upon a public declara tion of their sentiments. This appears to be probable from the fact that General VALDEZ, and some other Constitutional officers, who had previously declined taking any part in Spanish affairs, are about to leave France for Spain. We regret to state that very distressing accounts of the effects of the late hurricanes have reached Paris from various quarters. There was no sitting in the Chamber of Deputies on Thurs day. In the sitting of Wednesday the law re lative to the majorats was repealed, in so far as to make it no longer necessary that the preserva tion of a hereditary title of nobility should depend on the possession of an independent income transmissible from father to son. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JAN. 16. Five per Cents., 104 f. 75c. 90c. 85e. Four and a Half per Cents, 101 f. Four per Cents., 92f. Three per Cents., 75f. 25c. 30c. 25c. National Loan, 104 f. 75c. Bank Actions, ',woe Rente de Naples, 90f. 90c. Roman Five per Cents., 92 9' '3; 11. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., IEN. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 38 , ,; 3E3 377;. Royal Spanish Loan, 79 79 79Y 2 . Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 61 61% 607;,. Belgian Loan, 1931, Five per Cent., 97 965 i. Haytian Loan, 270 f. EXCHANGE'. ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 25f. 25c. Three months, paper, 9.5 f. 15c.; money, 20f. 10;.. —Coors Autheatique. The German Papers, which arrived this morning, contain an article from Vienna, dated the sth inst., which furnishes another proof of the effect produced on foreign Governments by the belief that the British Cabinet will make any concession to prevent war. The article says :—" The tone of the English journals is very warlike, but nobody is deceived by this; for the aversion of the English nation to a war is well known." This impression is a serious obstacle to the efforts which our Cabinet are making to bring the Emperor of ltusstA to reason; for iltlst he imagines that the English nation will not consent to a war under any circumstances, he will defy the menaces of the English Government. It isstated in an article from Berlin, dated Jan 6, that Russia does not coincide with the views of the German Powers, in several matters connected with the conferences on the Belgian question, but that the Prussian Court is charged with the task of reconciling these differences of opinion. This is only another excuse for delay. Whilst we are ourselves struggling to main tain the principles of free trade in this country principles the enforcement of which become every day the more necessary from the increas ing embarrassment occasioned by our restrictive system, we are gratified at perceiving the strength they are gathering abroad. The Swiss Com mercial Commission, now sitting at Zurich, has passed the following resolutions : " Ist. The Swiss Confederation shall maint.,in unal tered the system of free trade and industry it has hitherto olyerved. " 2J. Under no circumstances, and under no condition, shall it join either the French line of customs, or the Prussian Customs•union (Zollunion), or any other foreign line of customs whatever. " 3d. The Confederation shall, on the other hand, do all it can to promote and effect the application of the principles of free trade. " 4th. The Swiss Confederation shall, as far as possible, negotiate and conduct with the neighbouring states special conventions, with the view of disposing of the products of its lands and vineyards, and of its cattle, with the fewest possible restrictions ; of obtaining the free purchase of grain, anti of regulating the mutually advantageous and daily traffic of the frontiers and markets. " sth. The Confederation shall, where freedom of trade is not attainable, endeavour to procure the taking off of all prohibitions, with all possible alleviations of toll dues, as well as to obtain that the transit dues be as light as possible. " 6th. The Confederation shall, where it can obtain exceptional favouts, make use of them to negotiate and regulate those measures of security which it may be pos sible to undertake and execute for the attainment of the objoet in view, without restricting trade, or too great diminution of personal freedom. " 7th. In the interior of Smilerland the Conf-deration shall favour whatever can promote, and remove as far as pssible whatever can be prejudicial to, industry ! yet it shall not meddle with the interior regulations of the mer chants and manufacturers." We may be still met for a time in Germany, in France, and the North of Europe, with at tacks upon the want of conformity between our principles and our practice ; but the exertions now making all over England to obtain a free trade in food, and the steady adherence of Swit zerland to the above resolutions will offer examples to the world which may be much more justly referred to as what ought to be. In the case of Switzerland and the stir now making in England, we may see the work of the people instructed by experience ; in the case of France, of Prussia, and North America, we see the work of Governments and of the people unin structed by experience. Let our landowners ponder upon the fourth resolution we have quoted above, and blush at themselves, if the power of doing so be left them. The Times, we see, speaking of the effect this conduct of Switzerland may have upon its Prussian relations, says— " If the latter refuse her advances, a rigid system of exclusion against their trade may be adopted by the Ger mans, and the French are not likely to indemnify them for the loss of a German market by opening liberally that of France to their commercial and manufacturing enterprise. We know that they have reagn to complain already of the French tariffs, and, by what we formerly stated, it is ni.t likely that the French restrictive duties will he soon sensibly diminished. If these facts be correct, and these suspicions well founded, the Commercial Commission of Switzerland, however right in principle, and howev,r patriotic in intention, will be obliged to adapt themselves to circumstances, and to abate somewhat of their unlimited commercial freedom." From all that we have heard, we do not believe the French tariff offers any very material impe diment to the introduction of the principal ar ticles of Swiss manufacture. There was a story current in Paris some years ago, which will sufficiently illustrate the state of opinion there with respect to the efficiency of the tariffs in keeping out Swiss jewellery. The French Minister of Commerce being at Geneva, bought of one of the principal watchmakers there, watches and jewellery to a large amount. Having completed his purchase he complained of the difficulty of passing it over the French frontier. " Oh," said the jeweller (Mr. GONIL HOU, we think), " do not make yourself uneasy, we will insure the delivery of the parcel to you in Paris on the payment of five per cent."— " Very well, there is the money, I am the French Minister of Commerce." The jeweller smiled, and said that he had no doubt of being able to keep his word. The Minister forth with posted off to Paris, and on hii way warned the cordon of custom-house officers not to let the parcel pass them. He arrived at Paris, and the next day it was laid on his dressing-room table. A s regards all easy portable articles, or even bulky articles of value, like silk, we know, by our own experience, that this is not at all an impossible occurrence. But, at all events, Switzerland has adopted the wise course all States ought to pursue, for her enemies cannot do her so much injury by the imposition of dis criminating duties, as she would do herself by following their bad example. The blackbird has been heard this week pour ing forth his melody in Burghley-park, as well as a number of other birds which are usually silent till the opening of spring. The rooks have commenced their habitations in many places ; and we have seen a fine posy of flowers which seldom blow except in summer. It is a singular fact that in many parts of the county lying high, a drier season has not been known for years : few of the springs are yet opened.—tineolushire Chronicle. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A CLERGY )IAN.—We regret to announce the death of the Rev. Mr. Janes, curate of Stainton, in Cleveland, under the follow ing circumstances :—The Rev. Gentleman, on the even ing of Wednesday, left Stockton on his pony to proceed to his own house, distant about four miles ; and at an early hour on the following morning he was found dead on the road, near to the Bridge-house, on the Yorkshire side of the river Tees. The Rev. Gentleman has left a widow and family to lament their irreparable loss. We have not heard how the Rev. Gentleman's death was occasioned. —Newcastle Journal. CORONER'S INQUEST.—MYSTERIOUS DlS covEnx.--AtiontEß SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.-Fur some days past the neighbourhood of Lis,on-grove North, has been in a state of greit excitation in cons (pence of the remains of an infant, apparcn' ly about four months old, having been found entombed under the foundation of a house, situate No. 5, Stephen-street —a portion of the skeleton, which was enclo6ed in a kind of rough shell. A long investigation threw no light on the subject, further than that the landlord of the hou , e, who accidentally discovered the body, thought it must have laid there for five or six years; when the Jury, after consulting together, returned the following verdict :—" That tie remains wet e found buried under the kitchen floor; but whether the infant had been destroyed or died a natural death, there was no evidence to prove." The inquiry lasted nearly isveu twuro," PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONK o'ut.ocx. Wink Stcuit 21134 11 New 5 per Ceut............. 3 per Cent. Red. SS% India Stock 3 per Ceur.Con 87%44% Ditto Bonds 23 24 pm. 3 per Cent. 96% South Sea Stock ... — Ditto Red 96 3 ,0 , 2 Old Annuities — New 3% per Cent. 9s Y si 14% New Ditto ............ ........ 3 per Cent. Ann. 1725 .... —l3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... I per Cent. 1826 103% % , Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 45 46 pro. Bank Long Ann. to expire Ditto ..... .......sne 45 46 pm. Jan. 5, 186° 17 15-16 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 18.59 , Ditto Commercial ....... pm Jan. 5, 1860 16 11-16 Ditto Advertised ...... ... —em Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank for Account April 5, 1800............,.. India for Account — Jan. 5, 1870 —,Cons. for Account ... 891.4 9 t.s PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Austrian Bonds 985 81 Peruvian Bonds 13.:4gian Bonds 9 6 lPortuguese Bonds s9li Ditto Account l3 Ditto Account 5:1.4 Brazilian Bonds 68 1 4 1 Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account 68 Ditto Acconnt 57% 7 1 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds — Prussian Bonds 102% Ditto Account ''l% I Ditto Bonds, 152: , IG2 Chilian Bonds , Russian Bonds, 1822... 1(3!.4 3 4 Ditto Account 0 1% Ditto Account 103% Columbian Bonds l9l I Ditto ill 103% Ditto Account ,Spanish Bonds, 1821 Ditto Bonds, 1524 Ditto Account 9. 2 I Ditto Bonds, 1823 ......20% / 8 Danish Boni* ... 3!-6 Ditto Account 20% Ditto Accrunt 73% French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Greek Bonds -Exchange ...... —f. 7-c. Ditto Bonds, 1525 29 -S per cent. l6f. 30e. Ditto Account - Exchange 25f No. Si: , xican Bonds, 5 per =LOY!, 'Dutch, 2+ p. c 497.4 Ditto Account / Ditto Account 4914% _ . tht 0, 6 per CCP` 3B ' Ditto, sp. c. 95 Ditto Account 33 Ditto Account 93 94% Neapolitan B9 French Scrip. 44 pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per %are. Alten Mining Company £7 Anglo mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm ) £lOO Bolanos Mining Company £l5O Brazilian Mining Company £s Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £26 Ditto National 2 2% Ditto St. John Del Rey Cata Branca Mining Company :3% Liritish Iron Mining (7omnany £so Columbis.n Mininl Co. !iss at 5/. pm.) 51% English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo litexican Mining Co. £4B Real del Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) -- I • nited Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. , £2 Australian Co. Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 National Provincial Bank of England 5 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 84 140 1114 14 ii; xi 56 21% 48 13 2 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 15. Bank Stock 9.13% ISt. Patrick Insur.(porShare Consols, 3 oer cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 95% :National Ditto Ditto, New 95% Patriotic Ditto I per Cent — Hibernian Bank Gov. Deb. 3!,y per cent.... SS% Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock 40;4 • Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent. — Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast 011ie:. Deb. 4D. C. -- Commercial Buildings NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4B Genoa 0 5 65 Milan 'll Venice 47 Naples . 411!4 Palermo per oz. 122 Lisbon Oporto 53 Rio .laneiro 'l7 Bahia 3l Buenos Ayres — 1 1)ublin, 21 days' sight l►,f, Cork 1 iir, BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 3llB 6 New Dollars Silverbars, standard 0 4 11 a Arrived. Due, O Hamburg 0 O Holland • Jamaica—. ......... 0 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 O Sweden 1 Waterford NIGH wATEK AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Mornirw ...13 minutes after 8.1 Evening...4s minutes after 8. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F. 12 41 Ditto, at sight In 0 , Rotterdam ° U 12 41 Antwerp l2 51 Hamburg M.B. 13 11 Altona '3 11 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 50 Ditto ° U 25 75 Bordeaux 0 5 80 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 151 Petersburgb, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 9. 2M. 958 Trieste do 9 59 Madrid 16 1 4 Cadiz 37% Bilboa Barcelona 36 Seville '6 Giliralt , r MA arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 O Carthagena I Dublin 0 O Flanders 0 1 France 0 O Guernsey &Jersey I COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY• IN RE MARY JONES, A LUNATIC. A gentleman behind the bar appeared in support of a pt ti tion presented in this matter, by Charles Fysche Palmer, Fiq'' M.P., which prayed a reference to the Master to inquire vib e : ther it would be fit and proper for the benefit of the lunati c !, estate that the suit which had been instituted in the course u` the holidays should be prosecuted. Mr. Palmer had been aP' pointed the committee of the estate of the unfortunate ladYt" Reference directed. EASTWOOD V. GLENTON. —...,... Mr. DIXON moved to discharge an order for referring t he Bills of Costs of a Solicitor for taxation. to Mr. BETHYLL took a preliminary objection to the hearing the motion. It was a motion to discharge an order which 11341 been obtained upon petition at the Rolls, and it was not coo , ' petent to move to discharge that order so obtained—the P l* ceedings must be by petition. _ Mr. - DixoN submitted that the order to refer the bill 011 costs for taxation was obtained quite as a matter of course, and he apprehended that this was the same as if it had been motion for time to answer. The LORD CHANCELLOR had no recollection of . 311 motion having ever before been made for the p ut pose of discharging an order obtained by petition at the 10 11 '; He was st rong l y i ncl i ned to think that Mr. Dixon's „I course would have been to have applied by petition to the hiss ter of the Roils to have bad the order slischarged under spec l3 • (1 circumstances, and then, if his Honour had refused to resci nd the order, the Learned Counsel would have had a groun d ° appeal by petition. Mr. DIXON was rather taken by surprise on this occasion' and hoped the Court would a l low Mr. Pepys, who was wit' him, to mention the case ag a i n after that Learned Cott Wei came into Court. The Loan CHANCELLOR said he should have no objection t° that. IN RE CHAMBERS, A BANKRUPT. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL was instructed to apply for an order to advance th e b ankrupt ' s petition for the supersedeas ° t his commission, which had been pending for a very long Woe , so that it might be heard on some early day. The learned Coon' sel did not apprehend any question would arise upon the point jurisdiction, although a great deal of litigation had taken plac e and almost every point that could be discussed this unforta nate case had been tortured with, either in one Court or an other. The bankrupt obtained a verdict against the bank, ruptcy ; upon a new trial he lost that verdict, but a bill 0 exceptions had been tendered to the Court above upon that finding which had not yet been argued. . Mr. KNIGHT appeared on the other side, and expressed hill , ' self ready to oppose any thing that might be asked by the Attorney-General. Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL had no difficulty in giving 1111 ; Knight credit for that feeling from the experience which 11 ` (the Attorney-General) had already had of the manner il l which this matter had already been litigated. The unfortw nate gentleman, the subject of the commission, had now be ee incarcerated for many months, at the suit of the solicitor undP the commission. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought it would hardly be advisable that the Court should enter into the discussion while the Bill of Exceptions was pending. From what he understood the matter provided upon the Writ of Error, the Court shalt' be of opinion against the Bankruptcy—then, in all probabili t y' there would be no further contention. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was only desirous that the Petis o should be heard here as early as possible, that if possible O r " Chamber's mind might be relieved from a load of distr • under which be was labouring. The LORD CHANCELLOR'S opinion was that things sno remain in statu quo for the present. VICE CHANCERY COURT.--(THIS DAY. A scene of a most extraordinary nature took place in th is Court this morning. At the sitting of his Honour on th e part heard petition of Wineholt v. Logan being called Oh neither Mr. Pepys nor:Mr. Temple, who appeared as Counsel I° support of the petition, we re i n C our t, an d th e case wa s order to stand over for a short time. Shortly afterwards Mr. Pe o . g , came into Court and proceeded with the petition, during which was intimated to him that he was wanted in the Lord Chancellor' Court to open a motion ofKeppel V. Bailey. Mr. Pepys,immedial that he had concluded, left the Court, desiring the solicitor look for Mr. Temple as he was obliged to go. Mr. Templ e ' however, was speaking in the Rolls Court and could not 0 011 ' fore come in. Sir Edward Sugden who opposed the petition P ceeded to address the Court, during which Mr. Pepys return' and the petition was disposed of. The Learned Counsel 0. 0 0 proceeded to open another petition of " Strong v, Ingra° l % in the course of which it was again intimated to him, that 11 1 ; attendance was required in the Lord Chancellor's Court, immediately upon the intimation being given, the Learn 7, Counsel begged his Honour to excuse him, and left the CO O , with his case half opened. Mr. Wright, who was Mr. PeO l junior, was absent. s Sir EDWARD SUGDEN, on discovering that Mr. PepY- 4 1 quitted the Court, exclaimed, with great surprise—" where is Mr. Pepys ?" h 10 1 His HONOUR said that he had left the Court, as —e wanted before the Lord Chancellor. Sir EDWARD SUDDEN said that he had never witnessed sue irregularity in the whole course of his life, and stated his d e ; termination not to remain in Court if his Learned Friend walit e out of it in so irregular a manner. It was extremely imPr ° , and treating the Court with great disrespect for Counsel to O P , it having only half opened a case, and that, too, for the pur; of opening another case in the Lord Chancellor's Court. P o Had never witnessed such irregularity before, and he truste d never should again during the time he had the honour of praC: , tising in that Court. He had been wanted at times quite much as his Learned Friend in the other Court, but it ne ve !, could be said of him that he had ever adopted a course irregular. Mr. WRIGHT here came into Court, and stated that he not prepared to go on with the petition in the absence of 1111 Pepys. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN—You must go on with it, your lead s ' has half-opened the case, and left the Court. I will not to/0 advantage of your youth and ignorance, as I do not mean t 4 oppose you,but the case must be opened. This Court will destroyed altogether, unless there is much more regularity o r served. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.-(THIS DO The Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas and the Ex' chequer sat here this morning upon a writ of error from t h .. , 1 King's Bench, in the case of Wright v . L a th am, w hich ll' been so frequently before the public. Mr. F. PoLLocK opened the ease, and was still addrossinil the Court when our reporter left. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-(T HIS DAY' The Court were occupied all the forenoon in hearing 00' ments in cases set down in the crown paper, being chiefly ar peals to this Court against the decisions of Justices of Fel Sessions, regarding the settlement of paupers.—No case public interest occurred. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE). IN THE MA'FFER. OF HOUGHTON AND WATTS. The acting assignees appeared before the Commissioners t" pass the accounts preparatory to a dividend. The accounts were examined by the CommtssioNEß Aptt passed. The assignees are Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P., Mr. Andre a Caldecott, and Mr. William Dean, of the firm Charles Candi and Co. constitutingissi the onenr.ew Act nthe Com In this case the question first arose, whether t he appo i ntmen t of an official assignee un d er a Commission Mr. Commissioner FANE wa s th en o f o pi n i on th a t he o n ° but the creditors h av i ng signed a declaration, stating tl°. an official assign ee was not wished for b y them, the Cow' b w o a u s n c d o thee or A y missioner stated that he felt himself hound by rb , Act, but as h e was not one o f t h ose w h o w i s h e d t o fore' Court to appoint o ne : a benefit upon the creditors, they would probably tag the opinion of the Court of Review on the subjec t ' The assignees did so, and that Court decided that the Cote' missioner had a discretion, and he therefore exercised that discretion, and did not confirm the appointment. Upon handing in the accounts to the Commissioner this clsl , the Commissioner inquired of Mr. Dean, the acting assigne e ' what sum had been collected, and divided under the estate. Mr. Dean said between 9 and 10,000/. Mr. Commissioner FANE—If all estates were conducted i ° , this way there certain l y would be no reason for appointi Og Official Assignees. Mr. ASHVAST, Solicitor for the Assignees—Nor is there nol, Sir, for the appointment. I speak now in the presence a gentleman (Mr. Dean), whose firm of Charles Candy and CO' is one of the most extensive in their line, and Mr. D. great experience in these matters. I only express his opinioo., and I know the opinion of many more in this trade, that as' respectable accountant who can give the requisite securitli ought thereby to h e qualified to act as an official assignee, a ° , that the creditors ought to be at liberty to choose their ov official assignee or not as they please, and if they choose to 0 4 him as they thought fit, and according to the work doe; the money is their own, and provided it is securely deposit they feel that they are the best judges of the application, a°, of the abili ty o f t h e agents t o b e emp l oye d, an d th a t if tlr, choice of their own agents was left to themselves they shoa l ; secure activity, skill, intelligence, and attention, which thong they may now possess it, they have not the same conviction it. In this trade, the silk and Manchester, creditors, who a . „ mostly wholesale traders, select men whom they know to (as in the instance of their present agent and accountant, 1 41 ! Threlkeld) well acquainted with the value of such steel; and who can form at once an opinion of their value, of the mode in which they ought to be immediately des; with. They may get the same ability from those they dog know, but they think it is rather hard they should be forced td buy services when they don't want them, of the necessity a ° value of which they are not allowed to judge, and to paY , price not fixed by themselves, although they are the paymaster: What the creditors need e d was secur ity for the fund, not a arbitrary interference with the appointment of their servants . Mr. Commissioner FANG—WeII, this is not a question novis , The parties then withdrew.