The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-13 00:00:00

BETT'S PATENT BRANDY.—The unparal leled and still increasing sale of this favourite beverage, has been attended by its natural consequence—the excitement of envy in every branch of the Spirit trade. Hence, each suc ceeding year brings to notice competitors, whose announce ments, under fallacious pretences arid high sounding titles, urge upon the public notice articles, whose only distinguishing fea ture is their vast inferiority to the Patent Brandy. It is to guard purchasers against the consequences of such attempts, and for that reason only, that J. T. Betts and Co. are again induced to state, that the Patent Brandy is manufactured only at the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-bars, leading to St. John-street • where it may be obtained, pale or coloured , at E ghteen Shillings per Gallon, of the highest legal strength. YHHE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED y IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9O, £lOO, £llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £4OO, £6OO, £BOO, £l,OOO, £1,500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together to £72,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. lIEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a very short time very large amounts of Money Divi dendi to their Correspondents in Great Britain and Ireland; Dividends of 25,0001.,.18,0001., 9,0001., 5,0001., and 3,6001. to London ; 3,6001., 800/., and 700/. to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3,6001. to Halifax ; 1,2001. to Porthleaven Harbour ; 9001., 7001., and 6001. to Liver pool ; 90Q/. to Hull ; • 9001 . to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001. and 600/. to Manchester ' 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham shire; 7001. to Colne, L ancashire; 600/. to Cork; and 600/. to Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua ranteed by the Government. This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than 25,000/. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of 1/. and upwards. One Share, 1 ; twe Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 3/.; four Share'', 4/. ; five Shares, 51. ; six Shares, 6/. ; seven Shares, 71. ; eight Shares, Si. ; nine Shares, 9/. •, ten Shares, 101. Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. . . The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, upon addressing a line to Heine Brothers. 'THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 13, Will be repeated the English Version of Rossini's Grand Opera of SEMIRAMIDE.—The Character of Semiramide by Miss Adelaide Kemble ; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from the principal Theatres in Italy) ; Assur, Mr. Giubilei ; Oroe, Mr. Leffler ; Idreno, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mr. J. Bland. After which THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr. Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley; Mr Li. Culpepper, Mrs. Huraby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes is. Second Price is . 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery ls. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bord-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL. HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 13, Will be repeated the Comedietta of A CURE FOR LOVE. Felix Trimmer, Esq., Mr. W. Farren ; Richard Sadgrove, Esq., Mr. Buckstone. Mrs. Felix Trimmer, Mrs. Malone Raymond ; Mrs. Major Browne, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Miss Bitterton, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Tubbs, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, THE DOWAGER. Lord Alfred Lv-dsay, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Dowager Countess of Tresilian, Madame Vestris. To be followed by the Burletta of THE LOAN OF A LOVER. Captain Amersfort, Mr. Howe; Peter Spyk, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Sw)zel, Mr. Tilbury. Gertrude, Madame Vestri•, with the. Song of " I'd Marry him To-morrow." Ernestine, Miss C. Connor. To which will be added THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STIL BERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster ; Margot, Madame Celeste. To conclude with Mr. Buckstone's - last New Farce, called A KISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Selim Pettibone, Mr. Buckstone ; Frank Fathom, Mr. Howe ; Mary Miss Mattley ; The Unknown Female, Miss Connor ; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. Clifford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 13, Will be produced a new Barletta, entitled THE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Wright, Maynard, Wieland, Miss Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. P. Grattan. Atter (chich a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU KNOW WHAT. The principal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Faucit, and Miss Murray. To be followed by a Grand Barletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conclude with a Comic Barletta, called ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, lc Doors open at half-past •ix, commence at seven o'clock. MAP OF CHINA. TILE NEW CHINA SUN IS NOW ON SALE, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CHOW-FOO, NIN GPO, AND SHANGHAE ; WITH ALL. THE LATEST NEWS Orders recezved at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 12 THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 57 : Noon, 56. BAROMETER, 29.81.-WIND, S.W. HIGH W ATEtt AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 'Morning...—. 55 minutes after 91 Evening .26 minutes after 10, ~~- 1 ;7 ,4). _ . nee , M Ojt r; 1 !Mt LONDON : TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 13, 1842. The Quarterly Review, just published, con tains a long article abusing the Anti-Corn -law League. That a sixth of the space of this journal, after a three months' gestation, should be de voted to that body, is such a profound homage to its importance, that it might cheerfully have accepted it, though accompanied by many more vigorous protests than the Quarterly can corn mand. The grand Review, the great ambas sador of the landlords, has made the Kou-tou on their behalf, not to the Celestial Emperor, the brother of the Sun and Moon, but to a knot, of Manchester manufacturers; and it tries to hide its consciousness of what it regards as a degrad ing submission, and hopes to recover its dignity by turning up its nose at the object which has charmed and fixed its gaze. The Quarterly Review, vomiting fbrth blus ter and vituperation, now after the League has seen ' its principles triumph in Parliament, and when it sees them triumph in the country, is like an arrogant, blubbering school-boy, who, having insulted and challenged another, and been soundly thrashed, bawls out most lustily that his opponent has hit too hard. That is the sum of the Quarterly's complaint. The League has Lit the monopolists in the bread bag, and so they roar out, by the panting Quarterly, that it does not fight fair. Like a blubbering, passionate, foolish boy, the Quarterly tells fibs in its anger, as fast nearly as it can utter words. It says, for example, that the League had two seconders, the old Republicans and the Chartists, and that the latter, to aid their principal, struck a heavy and foul blow—the turn-out in the autumn, 'which though not till now acknowledged, seems to have been a fioorer for the monopolists. But to drop metaphor, and speak plainly, we will quote the Quarterly : But this motive (the hope of getting into Parlia ment) powerful as it probably is with a few leading members of the League, can be of very limited oper a _ tion ; the more general incentives are the hope on the part of the master-manufacturers of lowering wages, and the zeal of the old Republican party and the Chartists, who have coalesced with the League to pull down the aristocracy. * * * As the insurrection in Wales was a practical commentary on the appointment of Frost, so was the capture of ..:Tfanchester, Stockport, and Bolton, by an unresisted mob, a striking test of the propriety of Lerd John Russell's unilateral nomination ' of Anti- Corn-law Magistrates in these three towns. The two reckless accusations, that the membe - 7 of the League strove after political influence, and hoped to beat down wages, referring to their un seen motives, we will pass by with one remark o n each, leaving the reader to a d m i re the charity of the Review"' If the memb ers of the League bad sought political influence, they would have allied themselves 'to the Whigs; whereas from the first they totally repudiated such an alliance, opposed the Whig nostrums, and on two or three occasions put forward, in spite of the re monstrances and solicitations of the Whigs—as at Walsall, on the resignation of Mr. Fistcx— candidates of their own. If the League had pro posed to lower wages, they took the most suicidal way to murder their own design that ever men adopted; for nothing is more certain than that an increased supply of food increases the compe tition amongst capitalists as against the work men, and raises wages. We cannot pretend to vindicate the motives of any men but by their conduct, and the conduct of the League flatly contradicts the charges of the Reviewer. We will venture to contradict, most positively, the assertion of the Reviewer, that the old Re publican party and the Chartists have coalesced with the League to pull down the aristocracy. It is known personally to us, and is, we be lieve, known to the public generally, that indi viduals and public journals not connected with the League did, at the commencement of the Anti-Corn-law struggle in 1838, and frequently since, recommend and labour to promote a union between these bodies, which has never to this day been effected. The Chartists and the Re publicans were expressly told that they could not more certainly accomplish their own ends than to unite with the League; that if they put an end to the Corn-laws they would go a long way to convert the landowners to their opinions; that they would be certain to sow a death quar rel between the owners of rent and the owners of tithes; and that they would be sure to have the aid of the disappointed and discontented landowners in opposing the power of the capi talists generally, and particularly of the monied capitalists, the objects at all times of the aver sion of the landed interest. To all these, and a great number of similar arguments, the Chartists and the Republicans turned a deaf ear. They spurned the idea of obtaining freedom by means of filling the bellies of the people. Their leaders expressly said that all their hopes would be at an end the instant the people be came fat and contented ; they wanted hungry instruments, not well-fed slaves; and they not only refused to join the League, or even go for a repeal of the Corn-laws, but they from that time did all in their power at Birmingham, Manchester, London, &c., to interrupt the public meetings and proceedings of the League, and of all the friends to Corn-law repeal. So great was their hostility, that at neither of the great cities mentioned were the League able to hold a public meeting till within a very short time, and the hostility of the Chartists to the League was for the Tory jour nals a continued subject of rejoicing. The first symptoms we have noticed, not of the alliance of the Republicans and the Chartists with the League, but of the relaxation of their hostility, is the cessation of the interruption of Anti-Corn law meetings, and a formal resolution, only an nounced to be proposed, but not yet moved, at. the Chartist Hall of the Old Bailey, that the Chartists do no longer oppose the Anti-Corn-law agitation. All these are perfectly well known facts, and the only excuse for the three-monthly journalist, who fully asserts that the zeal of the Chartists and Republicans gave power to the League, which we can find, we have already made. The blubbering, passionate, beaten booby, knows not what he says, and his anger throws fibs to his pen as fast as words. The Reviewer also refers the capture of Man chester, Stockport, and Bolton to Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S unilateral nomination of Anti-Corn law Magistrates. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was not a friend to Corn-law agitation; the pursuit of a total repeal was as little pleasing to him and the Whigs as to the Tories. It might have been that the majority of the Magistrates of thoie towns favoured the repeal of the Corn-laws be cause they were manufacturers, but it is false in fact to assert that Lord JOHN RUSSELL made a unilateral nomination of Anti-Corn-law Magis trates, and a false inference that the appointment of such Magistrates led to the capture of Man chester. Mr. MAUDE, the Stipendiary Magis trate, was the person in command of the civil power in Manchester at the time; he is not a member of the League; he is not a manufac turer, and, we believe, was not appointed by the Whigs. Coupling the false assertion of the first paragraph with the false assertion of the second, and with the false inference, it is plain that the anger of the beaten booby is founded in malice, and he seeks to wound a Whig statesman by accusing him of being the author of evils which spring from the starvation-laws. Our opinion and judgment are worth something on this point, for the Whigs and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who we think have lately sadly and shamefully neglected their duties to the people, are no favourites of ours, and our testimony is borne, not from love of them, but from a love of truth and justice. • Another similarity between the Quarterly and a beaten boy is to be found in its calls for the strong arm of the law. When the youngster has got his " bellyfull" he will threaten to com plain to the master; so the Quarterly, as the organ of the monopolists, defeated in argument, seeing their system overturned by facts, and knowing that they must give in, is extremely desirous to get his conqueror punished for thrashing him. "It is not our province," it says, " to pronounce whether this levying money for the avowed purpose of forcing the Legislature to• alter the law of the land be not, per se, criminally punishable; but we will take upon ourselves to say that, considered in connection with all the previous proceedings of those associations, it is illegal and in the highest degree unconstitu tional." That is the last resource of the mono polist champion; he runs from the field to im plore the help of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. To one other point, extensive as are already our remarks on this much elaborated article of abuse, we must call attention. The Reviewer is greatly indignant at the League for snaking the repeal of the Corn -laws a religious question. Our readers will have observed (he says) that this last extract is prefaced by atextoffrtohm League ; and frequent similar instances of the profane eea throughout all the proceedings g la u vn e d w h e y fi po nd . critical abuse of sacred texts and topics. e are re luctant to allude to such matters, ut the history of the League would be incomplete if we di d not notice, as feature in their prgoicteesetdioinn7 o a t n he d , as a attempt to make the repeal of the Corn-l aws - t o , use their own language—" a religious accordingly the League have incessantly laboured to make religious feelings subservient to their politi ca l agitation against the Corn - law. The law itself has been declared to be " a ractical blasphemy," sus tainedp and its supporters have by satanic agency ; been denounced, in fierce and unmeasured language, as " impious and irreligious" men; " men to be ab horred and cursed." Scriptural quotations and allu sions, in prose and verse, with this object and ten dency, abound in their publications. Why is the Reviewer angry with the League for quoting Scripture, when the whose of his party think it cannot be too frequently quoted if the text serves to enjoin respect, honour, and obedience, even towards those who inflict a painful and lingering death on the people ? The party of the Reviewer takes into pay, and pays most enormously, a great body of priests, for the very purpose of connecting politics with religion . . . . . —the legislation of man with the laws of God. But when other men imitate that example, and seek to overturn an iniquitous enactment by the same agency that the Tories use to support it, then the use of those meansbecomes hypocritical and profane. If is be profane to quote a text of Scripture against the Corn-laws, the union of the Church and State to support laws is the greatest profanity that Christian men ever consecrated. The Reviewer is not serious, and earnest in this objection ; he only wishes, by an appeal to a somewhat antiquated prejudice, to throw from a distance a little dirt on the boy who has de feated him. On similar grounds the Reviewer should have been silent about " satanic agency." The body of priests whom the State pays continually, teach us all that the " Devil" is here amongst us, go ing "about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour." They represent all men as con tinually " tempted of the Devil." They do not, and cannot dare to exempt, flatteringly, from this general law of all mankind the lawgivers THE SUN, LONDON, TUES who maintain them in possession of their emo luments—who are, in truth just as much exposed to temptation, and to become the prey of the Devil, as meaner men. It is only charitable in us and the League to attribute the law, which crushes the energies and the lives of the people, to the agency of his Satanic Majesty, and not to states men. It is clear that the Corn-laws are not GOD ALMIGHTY'S laws, for they starve his creatures. It is equally clear that they are not the laws of Nature, for they must be main tained by force, and would cease tomorrow, so opposed are they to the laws of Nature, were they not upheld by punishments and penalties. Being neither the laws of GOD nor the laws of Nature, by what agency can they have been enacted but that which the Reviewer says ought not to be mentioned ? Through all time and through all nations there has been a struggle between good and evil, and all men at every period have ascribel the evil to a wicked spirit. Without saying that the League, and those who go with the League, are all good—for evil and good are mixed in every individual—we may say, so great, so enormous are the evils of the Corn-laws, that they can only be referred to the wicked spirit that has ever been troubling mankind. The Quarterly Review and is party have never hesitated to seek his alliance and aid when it suited their pur poses; in fact, they live by assuring the people that they are always exposed to his ma chinations; but, directly the same doctrine is applied to themselves and their acts, they lift up their hands with the air of injured saints, and cry out in the manner we have seen against the wicked League. We should be slow to make such remarks, but when we find the Quarterly Re viewer deliberately utterinT such falsehoods as we have exposed, and using such hypocritical arguments as we have just pointed out, no lan guage we can use can inflict on him and his party an adequate castigation. From the time of King JOHN to the present day, monopolies have been the bane of this coun try. In the more early ages the Sovereigns granted exclusive privileges to deal in certain articles, to Court favourites, or sold them to companies to raise money for their pri vate uses. What the Sovereigns in those days did, has, to a certain extent, been continued by the Legislature. Without adverting to those re strictions on trade, and that class legislation which benefit a few to the injury of the great body of the public, we may state, that within the last fifty years more monopolies have been esta blished by Acts of Parliament, than during any similar period in any former reigns. We have water monopolies, gas monopolies, railroad mo nopolies, and twenty others, which, though placed under certain restrictions, cause nearly as great inconvenience, and levy as exorbitant profits, as those established by the most needy Monarchs. We hear from almost every quarter of the me tropolis loud complaints against these evils. The inhabitants of Lambeth complain of the water monopolists, who have conspired, as they assert, but who certainly from being bitter rivals have become good friends, and laid their heads together to fleece the public. These complaints are re-echoed by the populous and extensive borough of Marylebone, which, it would ap pear, is fleeced by the gas monopolists, they also having found it convenient to form a friend ship at the expense of their customers. In the eastern parts of the metropolis, too, the same grievances existed to such an extent that the trades people were compelled in self-defence to establish associations, in order to put down the monopoly. Thus, there are three or four companies who have each been at the same expense (that ultimately falling on the con sutners) in constructing works of great magnitude for the supply of gas and water, which one, if properly regulated by Act of Parliament, could have done equally well, and at much less ex pense. Railroads, tog, may be said to be great monopolies. A road that costs sortie ten millions sterling, is in little danger of a rival, even if Members of Parliament were sufficiently virtuous to forego their selfish interests, and grant other companies a charter for a competing line. It is needless to say that these com panies are placed under certain restrictions, as to the charges per mile, and the convenience of passengers; for it is well known that Acts of Parliament are easily evaded, and that a coach and four, in the words of Mr. O'CONNELL, may be driven through the best of them. No one can grudge ample remuneration to those enter prising companies who have established such magnificent national works as the Great Western and Birmingham Railways; but is it reasonable or just that they should have the power of charging rates which raise the shares to 100 per cent. premium ? That, however, is not the least evil, for, from the partiality of secretaries and managing directors, facilities and favours are given to one class to the prejudice of others. Loud and just complaints were made against the Birmingham Railway direction, if we recollect right, by a carrying company, on the ground that it was not allowed the same pri vileges granted to a rival concern. If this is done in one instance, it may be done in fifty, and render these great highways the most dangerous monopolies ever established in any country. We will give a proof. The proprietors of rival newspapers are anxious to send expresses by railway, but the one that bids highest., or has shares in the company, or has some other means of procuring a preference, is enabled to outstrip all the rest. No Act of Par liament can prevent this, for there is an infinite variety of methods, which cannot be provided against, for effecting the object of the monopo list. The managing director can refuse a special train, or if he grants it, can interpose delays, pur posely intended, so as to suit the arrangements of the favoured party. This is a grievance for which a special remedy is required. Railroads have driven all coaches off the road. They were in tended by Parliament for the benefit of the public, and if preference of this kind is continued Parliament will be justified (and will carry a measure to that effect, too), in disfranchising, or, if we may coin a word, in dischartering all com panies which do not allow their lines of railroad to be as free and open as the Queen's highway. What Parliament gave it can take away, on good cause being shown that any company has abused its powers, and perverted a system, which was intended for the benefit of all, to party pur. poses, or, what is worse, to the pecuniary ad. vantages of the more venial directors. under the muchsundrylncome -tax, are uneasinessT h n There are signs in , so numerou s as we would wish them to be. They would be, the Ministryhowever, i with efficient uneasy. There help, can en o ughbe n 0 00 doubt t e too thatthe inlius eh landowners and Aabtio the ta t n and farmers, who are suffering very ri many of whom attribute their su Ministry, would readily join with th e i of towns to put down the - Income-tax. On this subject all the tax payers have a common in terest. But the people want leaders. There is no Anti-Income-tax League. There is no for- midable opposition, desirous of exposing the errors of PEEL, and occupying his place. All our great Parliamentary men have been so care less of the public expenditure, and they delight so much in a large revenue, that while they think they may have to administer that, both shame and hope will keep the Whigs from taking an active part in getting up opposition to the Income-tax. If any stir were visible in the country for an object which they could take part in, and which would serve their purposes, the Whig agents and hangers-on, scattered through every town in the kingdom, would soon be set in motion, and public meetings would rouse the whole com munity to a due sense of whatever injustice it was thought fitting to complain of. It is at pre sent, however, a public misfortune that the wishes and wants of the public and the de signs of politicians, whether in opposition or in the minority, do not harmonise. There is no union betwixt them, and though the country has been in a worse condition during the last twelve months than for many years before, there have been no public meetings to which the i MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1842. Y leading statesmen of the day have lent their . countenance, or given their support. The people are Chartists, Complete Suffragists, Anti-Corn law Leaguers, Monopolists, Dissenters, Church Extensionists, &c., &c., while our politicians are Whigs and Tories, and seem to have lost many of the sympathies, and weakened their connexion with the people. Even that most durable of all connexions, the tie between landlords and tenants, is becoming very feeble. They no longer have the same political views. Throughout the country the tenants feel that they have been sacrificed to, and by, the landlords, and they have ceased to hearken to them as oracles which it would be im pious to doubt. The unenfranchised say that they have been sacrificed 'to the ten-pounders, and between them and the middle classes, to whom they used to look for their political opinions, there i§ even more estrangement than between landlord and tenant. It has become in fact, ob vious to all that the interest of each class is the parent of its opinions; mistrust and jealousy have taken the place of confidence, and no one class will any longer take another for its guide. This general rule extends to statesmen, who are the expounders rather of their own indivi dual opinions than of the opinions of a party. The Peelites, Melbournites, Stanleyites, or Rus sellites are each amazingly few ; and the man at he head of the Ministry is now rather borne with from the opinion that society would fall into dire confusion without a Government, and that he is the only person who can at present administer our affairs, than because the public coincides with his opinions or regards him as infallible. There is not a single journal which heartily sup ports him, and not an individual who swears by him, or who does not, though nominally one of his party, continually attack his opinions and his measures. That the persons complaining of the Income-tax are without leaders, therefore, is only one instance of the general state of poli tical decomposition in which society finds itself. For those who hate . the Income-tax, the lesson this circumstance teaches is, that they must help themselves.. They must plan something like an Anti4neome-tax League; they must appeal to ,farmers, tradesmen, and landlords for support; they must establish committees and societies in di&rent places; and if they cannot get up the steam themselves, we can venture to assure them that they will receive no aid from any party politicians. Both Whigs and Tories are too desirous of a large revenue—the former are too sensible that their proceedings gave a colourable pretext to the Income-tax, and the latter are too eager to appropriate it—for either of them to take an active part in proposing its repeal. If the tax payers cannot accomplish that object themselves, they will probably have to bear the tax for the whole three years. only manufacturing town in Spain, the products of which offer such an obstacle to the mercantile ambi tion of British subjects. The National has the following :- 1 The bombardment of Barcelona is not merely a fault, it is a crime, and we are not surprised that this crime has caused the whole of Catalonia to rise. We should not be astonished if the insurrection Were to gain the other provinces, and become general. Why did the Regent quit his usual place of residence ? What was the use of his presence, if, when he arrived before Barcelona, he was to conceal himself behind his Generals and his Ministers, enveloping himself in his glory like an Olympian Jove, and playing the ricli ,ctdous game of representative sovereign ? The Commerce asks— What are the causes of this new and redoubtable episode ? Could the Regent have avoided it ? These are questions which ulterior information will enable us to answer, no doubt. At present we do not hesitate in declaring, that, if Espartero, by his impla cable threats, his refusal to give guarantees, or at least to show some s i gns o f c l emency or modera tion, has driven the Barceloneso to desperation, he has committed an enormous, and perhaps an irreparable fault. The Courier Francais, an ultra-Liberal jour nal, is equally severe on the REGENT, and as a matter of course, implicates England in the affair : The dispatches which the Government has re ceived from Spain are of the gravest character. The inhabitants of Barcelona, who were treating with the Regent, and to whom Espartero dictated too severe conditions, refused to submit. The Regent, in place of reducing them, as he might easily have done by a blockade, has come to the rigorous and deplorable determination to bombard this populous city. There are occasions where a government ought to avoid urging to the last extremity the execution of the laws. It is a sad renown for the first Magistrate of a country to strew the soil with the smoking ruins of a town which had raised him to the steps of the throne. The Regent ought to have shown himself the more humane in repressing this revolt from the knowledge of its having been provoked by a national sentiment. The project of introducing English cottons into Spain was the first cause of this fermentation, and the appearance of English vessels before Barcelona increased the indignation of the people. At present, if the telegraphic news be true, all Catalonia has risen. The Presse thus attacks England and the French Ministers:— While France has thought only of saving Spanish emigrants of all parties, England brings cannon and gunpowder to ruin the industry of Catalonia. And yet, notwithstanding all this, the French Ministry, that it may dispense with taking a part against this odious invasion by England, labours to disguise its existence. God grant that this unfortunate business of Barcelona may be shortly brought to an end, for, if it last only a little while longer, it will give birth to some terrible questions. Madrid journals of the 3d and 4th inst. have been received. Those of the Opposition in gene ral censure the letter of the English Consul for refusing to receive Spanish refugees on board English ships at Barcelona, though he had offered a_reception to other foreigners. We can- not see any good grounds o f complaint against such a principle. Are Republicans, and Chris tinos, and Carlists to be encouraged to harass the established Government, by promises of pro tection when unsuccessful ? This would be hold ing out an inducement to rebel. The following is a portion of the Consul's letter on the subject to General VAN HALEN Your Excellency having replied that you could not extend the delay granted beyond the morning of the 4th, I ordered immediately the English vessels to hoist their flags, and to prepare for the reception of English subjects, and also that of the subjects of other foreign Powers who might seek an asylum. At the same time I issued severe orders that no Spaniard should be admitted, and I have delivered no passport or granted the slightest pro tection to any of the subjects of her Catholic Majesty. In r e plyi n g, therefore, to the dispatch of y our Excellency of thi s day's date, and which I have this in stant received through the French Consul, I assur e y our Excellency th a t I s hall rigorously maintain the same neutrality if any English vessel should enter this pert, believing, as I do, that if I were to grant the protec tion of the British flag to any of the insurgents I should be guilty of an , act of hostility a ga i ns t t h e Government to which my Sovereign has accredited me. (Si gne d) , 4 JOHN *'STRORY PELENCORE. " Barcelona, Nov. 26. At Madrid the Three per Cents. were done on the 2d at 211 for cash, and at 211 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 261 for cash, and 26+ at 60 days. On the 3d the Three per Cents. were done at 211 11-16 for cash, and 22 at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 26+ for cash, and 261 at 60 days. The Journal des D•bats and the Constitu tionnel abstain from all comment. We admit that the bombardment of the city was a measure of severity, and ought to have been avoided, if possible. But if the Barcelonese refused to yield what could ESPARTERO do ? He had not ships to blockade the place by sea, and he could not grant an amnesty to men who had killed some 500 of his troops, for no assignable cause. Delay, too, might be dangerous ; and after all it is extremely probably that no great injury was done to the town. The REGENT too, has already shown his leniency by per mitting those implicated to quit the country. " 'We learn," says the Constitutionnel," that the REGENT had formally declared to the authori ties of Barcelona, that he would permit the per sons compromised in the revolt to withdraw from the vengeance of the laws by quitting Spain. In consequence of this declaration a great number of persons, amongst others the President of the Directing Junta, MANUAL CARSY, had left Bar celona, and retired to the French territory. It is difficult to make this account square with the bombardment, and yet it cannot be well doubted, since the intelligence of the arrival of the re fugees at Perpignan has been received, and of their having been sent to Clermont-Ferrand." We shall be able, we hope, to give the full particulars of this unfortunate affair to-morrow. The French papers contain nu domestic news of importance. BOURSE--PARIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10. First Highest Lowest Last r. Price. rice. rice. French Five per Cents. 119 Pice 55... 119 60... 1 1 9 P 55... 119 55 Four per Cents 101 25... 101 25 .. 101 25... 101 25 Threes, ex div 79 29... 79 20... 79 10... 79 20 Bank of France 3340 —.3340 —.3340 .. 3340 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1057 50 ..1057 50...105 7 50...1057 50 Belgian Bank BO7 50... 807 50... 807 50... 807 50 Belgian Fives lo3a ... 103 k ... 103 a ... 103 k 1840 lO4B ... 104 k ... 1041 ... 104 k Spanish Active. . 231 ... 231 ... 231 ... 231 Portuguese Fives 32 ... 32 ... 31 ... 32 Neapolitan, ex div lO7 10... 107 10... 107 10... 107 JO Roman, olieriedn. e The driven on We have received intelligence from Li s b on t o the sth inst., brought by the Roy a l T ar s t eamer . There had been dreadful gales on the coast o f e. s s O eu n ti t i he of QF6tihguuelirt.s„at the P e sdiip r l as Portugal, Negras, e Chath am , SAnGENT, M aster , f rom L on d on to s Sidney w ith and g cargo and ten passengers, was el stranded, general seamen with two pas barque Wexford, from Newport to Malta, with coals, ran ashore inside the bar of St. Übes, crew all saved. Hopes were entertained of saving the cargo of the Chat - - RAILWAY SHARES . St. Germain 837 50... 842 50... 837 50... 842 50 Versailles, R.B 270 ... 270 ... 267 50... 267 50 L.B B5 ... 97 50... 85 ... 92 50 Rouen Orleans. BELGIAN FUN.S.—BRUSSELS, DEC.IO. Actual . pnbt,_2% peLCent, _ . _ _ ...... ..... Rothschilit's - LO;n, Five per Cent . •••••• 102% Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent .... 92% -------- Three per Cent. — --Thirty-seven Milli ns, ditto . 7214 ,ICIAAN - - ...........................-- ham; but it was very doubtful whether either of the two vessels could be got off. The municipal elections at Lisbon and Oporto bad terminated in favour of the Government; and throughout the districts of Douro and Aveiro the general result, it was believed, would be the same. .11;J% Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent. OB Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 76% National Society Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Dee. 10 . A UsTRI A N I UNDS.VIENNA, DEC. 2 Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. lOO5. Three per Cents... 76 %. Bank Shares Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 6. HAMBURGH BUNSEN HALLE, Dec. 9. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents Bank Shares lBlO Anglo. Russian Loan lOB% lON Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate...— 103% Inscription, Ist series Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates PS New 4 per Cent. (1840) B7 86% Dutch Actual Debt, 5 per Cent. ........ 51 5u Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds New Tickets -- — Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. — Sl3 Spanish, New 5 p 'l' Cents. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURGH, Dec. 9.-13 9%, Two months 13 71( . PETERSBURG, Nov 29.—Three months, 37% pence. RIGA, DEC. 1. Three Months, 37; . STOCKHOLM, DEC. 2. Seventy-five days , 12 18. VIENNA, Nov. 29.—'Three months, 9.411. The Paris llionitcur of Saturday announces the capitulation of Barcelona in the following dis patch, addressed to the French Government : PERPIGNAN, DEC. G.—Accounts from Perthuis, re ceived this morning, state that Barcelona capitulated the day before yesterday. The inhabitants of Girona, who were marching on Barcelona, returned home on hearing the news. There are neither letters nor pas sengers from Barcelona. This result has been foreseen for some days, for a more wanton andill-advised outbreak, or one ... exciting so little sympathy throughout Spain, and ' GREENOCK.—At a numerous meeting of the Odd even Europe, has never taken place in that coun try. Fellows, in the " James Watt" Lodge of this town, The telegraphic dispatch received at Paris on last night,. Mr. Wallace, M.P., was presented with a Thursday, and published in The Sun on Satur- splendid engraving of the insignia of the order, in a gilt frame, inscription : day, announcing a general rising in Catalonia, " PRESENTED has turned out, as we suspected, a shameful stock jobbing affair. It bore on its face evident marks To ROBERT WALLACE, Esq., of Kelly, M.P., thatit was of French manufacture, and was not en- As a Mark of Respect, titled to the slightest credit, yet it has answered By his BROTHER ODD FELLOWS. its purpose. The intelligence published in a Greenock, 1842," 'Government paper caused great alarm at Paris, The Prov : G. M., in presenting the emblem, delivered a speech in . which he highly eulogised Mr. Wallace and occasioned a fall of I per cent. in French for his attention to the interests of the order on seve 1, ral occasion. Mr. Wallace, in returning thanks, ex used, not for false,tran S uc p t an o i n sh t F h i e ve pa p r e t r o C f en t r ie . F T r h e i n s e i h s pressed his entire approbation of such a benevolent institution, and stated his willingness at all times to conveying speedy and authentic in telligence, promote its welfare.—Greenock Advertiser of Tuesday. r in li nd e telegraph is now disgraceful !o , but as an instrument for depressing or raising the RETURN OF POPERY TO CHAWLEIGIL—The parish founders, the Roman Catholics, dedicated to St. An church of Chawleigh, as tradition says, was, by its faSuutiEdiclicso.ritailel''shde Government must be aware of this drew, who, of course, is the tutelar saint of the parish. as St. Andrew's day (notice having been given the transmitted to Paris from Marseilles Wednesday, Nov. 30th,a day marked in the calendar and the Spanish or at least greatly exaggerated their agents—officers, we believe, of the army—_ Sunday previous, exhorting the inhabitants to return a fr c: n o l un ti t i s e , to retain their situations and delude the public, to that duty they had so frontier, and as they still allow long neglected), the bell we can only infer that some of them have good tolled, the Rev. Divine with his Popish canonicals reasons for keepin g up this nefarious system. walked to the church; but fie! I enlightened inhabit- The bombardment of Barcelona commenced at ants of Chawleigh, only two were found to do ho eleven on the morning of the 3d, lasted all the order of . t e Bishop, and the inhabitants expect soon day, and on the evening of the 4th inst. the to see lighted tapers on the altar.—Exeter Paper. town capitulated. Next morning the troops STATE OF TRADE IN PAISLEY.—Work of all kinds entered the place. It appears that in the course continues to get every day more difficult to be ob of the first day (the 3d) 520 bombs were thrown tained in this quarter, and the unceasing destitution into the town, but no particulars are given of the of the mass of the population beggars all description. damage done, or the number of persons killed. As a proof of this, the numbers on the relief list for Some of the Liberal papers, and the Carlist the week ending the 22d of November was 8,626 week ending the 29th of November.—males, 1,594, Quotidienne , blame the REGENT for having re- dependents, 4,698-6 292 ; females 1 520 d e en d en t s, , course to this e xtremity. Th oug h th e i r remar k s 1,748-3,268; total, 9,560. Increase,' 13 934. While are in general so extravagant and so unjustifiable the numbers of the destitute are thus rapidly aug as to merit only contempt, we however give a menting to the highest amount of last year, we are few extracts, to gratify the curiosity of our truly sorry to convey the alarming intelligence that readers. The Quotidienne infers that ESPARTERO the funds a t th e di sposa l o f the relief committee are was induced by t h e B r i t i sh A m b assa d o r t o born- ab out exhaust e d, an d th at t h ey h ave already run themselves so d eep l y i n d e b t to preserve the peace and bard Barcelona, in order that the only manufac- lives Spain o f the inhabitants that it is now a serious ques taring town in might beexterminated:— t i on with the members whether or not they will con- The explanation of Espartero's implacable conduct tinue their services a day longer.—Glasgow paper. may probably be found (says this rabid journal) in We are glad to find that the London and Birming certain rumours afloat at Madrid, and which appear ham Railway Company have adopted the recom exceedingly likely. According to a letter in the ' mendation of the Jury who sat upon the body of the Courrier de la Gironde, it was stated at Madrid that, unfortunate Mrs. Bye, and placed a luggage van be- Mr. Aston had urged the Governinent to display the tween the tender and the first passenger carriage in greatest severity against Barcelona, and even to de- their different trains by which it is hoped that fatal stroy that town, if i t dare i to resist. We can con- consequences may be prevented from attending acci ccive the great interest of England to exterminate the , dents for the future. PRUSSIAN FUNDS. .BERLIN, Dec. & Bills. St. Schuld Sch., 4 per ce n t. lO4 4 Money 103% Prussian English BoncN, IMO, 4 per cent 23 1 2 Exchange on London ---. 6 24% Prussian State Gazette. Dec. 9. MONEY' and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY MONDAY EVENING. No alteration occurred this afternoon in the ' tone of the English market, and business was dull. Consols were 93* to 94 for the opening, and 94 T, mlth the dividend, for Money ; Exchequer Bills improved to 525. and 545. premium, and India Bonds were firm at 475. premium ; Bank Stock touched 1738 again ; Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were supported at 100* to 101; and the Three per Cents. at 948 to 941. Speculation in the Foreign Market is very dull just now, and there is, consequently, not much fluc tuation in prices. Th e news from Spain had a fa vourable effect upon the Stock, but did not make it brisk. The Actives were 18*, and the Three per Cents., 231 to *. The interest on the latter is re ported to be entirely made up. Mexican Bonds were steady at 31, and Brazilian were heavy at 69. Freneh Three per Cents. were at 711:'. 25c.; and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 52*. Business in the Share Market was steady to-day, the rates obtained being generally firm. Bristol and Exeter were 238; Eastern Counties, 14; Edinburgh and Glasgow 11; Brighton, 14* ; Midl an d C oun ti es , 38 ; North Midland, 38 ; ditto Thirds, 1*; South Eastern, 26*; and ditto Scrip, 11 discount. Great Western were 254- ; the New, 14 to 141; Birming ham, 99 to 100 ; the Quarter, 24i; Newcastle and Darlington Junction,' 11; Northern and Eastern Scrip, 5l- ; and Paris and Rouen, 25* to 26* premium. Australasian Bank New Shares were 6 ; London Joint Stock, 31 ; and London and Westminster, 1/ pre mium. Union Bank of London were at par. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool on Satur day were confined entirely to the trade, and only 2,500 bales were sold, at previous rates. In Railway Shares there was no alteration, and heavy Stock was in good request. Business closed firm, especially for Brighton. Eastern Counties, New, were at 104- ; Grand Junction at 191; Liverpool and Manchester, Halves, at 901 ; Brighton at 36 ; Manchester and Leeds at 73 ; and Midland Counties at 62. Accounts from Sydney have come to hand, dated June 25, and from Port Philip June 17. They are decidedly more favourable in respect to commercial affairs, for although cattle and domestic produce ruled low in value, which, of course, is very favourable for immigrants, several invoices of manufactured goods had realised 25 to 30 per cent. advance. Wheat was 6s. 6d. to 7s. per bushel, and flour at 21s. for fine, and 18s. for seconds. At Port Phillip stock was more saleable, and the settlement seemed to be tolerably flourishing. Some bushrangers were shortly to be executed. From England the latest advices out were to 4th February. Papers have also been received from the Mauritius, dated September 3. The one dollar notes had been issued, and were taken very readily, a corresponding amount in metallic currency having been deposited with the Bank as a guarantee. The Funds are quiet this morning, but prices are supported. The usual purchase has been made in Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities for the Savings Banks. Consols are 948 for special transfer, and 94 ex div. for the opening. Exchequer Bills realise 52 to 54 prern., which is a further slight improvement; India Bonds are a worth 47 premium ; Reduced Three-and a-Half per Cents. realise 104 to 101 ; and the Three per Cents. 948 to 94f ; Long Annuities are 14 to 12 9-16ths. The Lords of the Treasury have notified that they will receive tenders next Friday for 300,0001. of the loan guaranteed by the home Government for the use of Canada, in completing public works, and that de bentures of 1001. each, bearing interest at 4 per cent., will be issued. No tender to be less than for 5,0001., and the dividends to be paid at the Bank of England. There is a better market for Mexican stock, but prices do not move upward. The Actives are 31 to 314. From Lisbon there is no news of interest, ex cept that the idea of a commercial treaty between England and Spain began to excite some apprehen sion. The Converted Stock is at 324. Active Spa nish Bonds are steady at 18i, the capitulation of Barcelona having restored confidence in some mea sure. Great surprise is expressed that the . French telegraph should suffer itself to be the medium of such falsehoods as were received through it on Saturda . The Three per Cents. are 231 to I. Shares are firm PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 10, Three per Cent. Consols. Three and a Half Stock Ditto, New, 1830 .... Bank Stock." . 991 100 1791 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 10. We have a good demand for Railway Stock, but it is very sparingly brought forward. Prices are firm, and in most instances have an upward tendency. Man chester and Birmingham, 20+ ; London.and, South Western, 011 to 62 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Halves, 90 to 901 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter. Shares, 5g to si. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 1731 'lndia Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 94$ Ditto Bonds .... 47 pm 3 per Cent. Cons 9 ,4 Ditto Old Annuities ... 312 per Cent. Red... 101 Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 54 pm Ngix 5 per Cot - Ditto 5001...... 54 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 ...... 12a Bank Stock for Acct.; 173 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 — :Consols for Opg. ...... 94 FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian, 5 pet cent....., Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent. Ditto, Deferred . French, 5 per cent —f. Exchange —f — e French, 3 per cent 79f. 25e. Dutch, 2} per cent....... 521 Ditto, 5 per cent. .., FOREIG Austrian, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent kazilian Bonds—. Buenos Ayres 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Boh Danish, 3 per :ent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent Mexican, 5 per cent 3l Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825, 6 perct SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. Eastern Counties (23 paid) 9 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) 49/ Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) lei North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Thirds (2 Li. 13s. 4d. paid) ...... ... 20/ Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 p a id) . ......,. 23/ Ditto Scrip (20 paid) PHINEAS QUIDDY, DT JOHN POOLE, ESQ, AUTHOR OF " PAUL PRY."—This is a book that will bear half a-dozen perusals. Notwithstanding the high reputa tion for wit, humour, and satirical acumen, enjoyed. by Mr. Poole, there is none of his previous produc tions that has done more than give a promise of what he has now accomplished. It is by many degrees the most true, as well as the most entertaining, of all his works. A contemporary critic has compared the principal character in this admirable novel, Phineas Quiddy himself, to Quilp in " Master Humphrey's Clock," and has given the preference to the former, perhaps not without reason, if we look to the moral effect of a picture of this nature. In fact, Quilp amuses and makes us laugh, not at him but with him; and we never thoroughly dislike the being who does this, even though he rival the arch fiend himself in mischief. But the laugh that Phineas Quiddy is per petually raising is always at his own expense, and leaves us at full liberty to hate him as much as we ought. Moreover, the poetical justice that is done to him all through his career of " sheer industry," is so heaped up, as it proceeds, and so overflows the mea sure at last, that the picture is as healthy as it is en tertaining.—Naval, and Military Gazette. GREAT YARMOUTH.—The town of Yarmouth was last week thrown into much excitement in con sequence of two murders having been committed on the Saturday night preceding. The particu lars are as follows :—lt appears that on Saturday two ferrymen, named Ward and William Mann, having to settle about some fish which they had brought to the market, and Mann not giving full satisfaction to the other, a quarrel ensued, and Ward knocked Mann down, saying, " Now I will do for you! " and gave him a kick in the abdomen ; the poor fellow never spoke afterwards, and expired in about an hour. Ward was apprehended the same night, and was taken before Mr. S. Palmer (the Mayor), and a Bench of Magistrates, on Monday, when, after a lengthened investigation, he was committed to Norwi c h C as tl e t o t a k e hi s t r i a l at the next Assizes. On the same night, or early on Sunday morning, a soldier (who was on leave of ab sence, and who arrived in Yarmouth only on the Thursday, on a visit), on going up Charlotte-street accompanied by an old comrade, were saluted by two girls, who asked for some gin. The soldier said he would give them some if they knew where to get it, upon which they took them to the Green Man and Boot public-house, in the same street, where the soldiers called for some gin, which the landlord said came to 6d. On the soldier paying the money, he remarked that he could get as _much for 2d., which exasperated the landlord , who after using some very violent epithets, flew on the soldier, and endeavoured to strangle him by pressing his knuckles on his throat, he then threw him with great violence on the stones, and the man's head came in contact with the kerb with such force as to render him insensible; from this state he never recovered, and lingered up to Thursday morning, when he expired. The deceased had just arrived in England, from India, and had been in the service 20 years. Moor (the land lord) has been taken into custody. We are sorry that we are not able to report any abatement of the severe epidemic which has been so prevalent in Dundee for the last three months. We are, however, happy at being able to state that the present epidemic has not been very fatal.—Dundee Warder. SU:s.lifiVY OF NEWS AND Vtitate i4;ptittoit. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN.. Barcelona, after a bombardment which commenced on the morning of the 3d inst., and continued during the day, capitulated on the 4th. The French telegraphic dispatch, announcing A general rising in Catalonia, is considered a very dis; graceful affair, as there appears to be not a word e t truth in it. The Funds fell, which no doubt was the object of the parties who sent the dispatch. The Lyons papers state that on Monday an d Tues day a thick fog covered that city and the neighbour ing country. It was impossible to see the opposite side of the street. The navigation of the river Os completely interrupted. On Wednesday the weather was somewhat clearer. The works on the Paris and Tours Railroad have been begun in the department of the Loin-CM!' Last week 50 workmen commenced operations intti. commune of Onzain, where a great number of tGoy owners have accepted the terms offered by the vernment. The administrators acquitted istrato on Saturday,rsoftheVersallles Left-Bank Ra ce , of Correctional Police, of the charge of rleYgthgenC°lirta. imprudence, on the occasion of the dreaeful accid en t that occurred on the Bth of May last. . -t: The King of the French and his family area hnut c pass several days at Fontainebleau, and in conse V en f of the intended visit two comp 'I anies of Greuadiers e the 59th Regiment of the Line, each of 100 'l" have been dispatched by the railroad to C orbeil to o duty during the King's residence. The Commerce announces the death of Csnot 11'3; deus Mostowski, ancient Senator and Mini,ter for tryth Interior of the Kingdom of Poland , at his coun house near Paris. o st The Commissioners appointed at Madrid to rep ..e. oquest Finance, interviews a nd, ii with was Se s n ai o d r , C ls a i l t a h tr f i a on the commercial treaty with Great Britain had.ici,er none of the stipulations of the treaty had transli eu o f The ship of the line Suffren, bear i n g the bonl Oil Rear-Admiral Casy, sailed from Bret for Lis the the brig of r the sth inst., and on the next day Nisus left that harbour for Senegal. from no The Rhenish Gazette co • fi pies t e following fleet se' Hungarian journal:_o Russia ought to re . may whicO ul riously on the unpleasant consequences Of the result from her plan of attacking the rights o . be. Bing Aston.r;_ :h.:: of Hungary in the principalities of the roshnn et, Assuredly, should a war arise on this si! e Je eh and British force commanded by some 100,000 Hungarian volunteers, united with a I.oolisit of th e u ,los, heroes now in ex il e , wou ld deal Russia su ch that she would not easily recover." runic= OPINION. r iot' tural ln a changes, article the o n the Posts u ec t observesof : _t he „ recent ag There ser emen be a great difference of opinion among g e . nt,. jot connected with the land as to the degree of wil t e , upon the landed interest which the Government b e ceedings of the last twelve months have had. , se Duke of Rutland appears to hold the opinion thaor the measures proposed by Government, andpassedthr u_s..d Parliament, have not had any idurious influence, a," that protection might be made a little lower shucking'i il out producing any injury. The Duke of t the ham, on the other hand, avows his belief th!ected changes which have taken place have deep''' . li n and those interests in which the British landownersthete cultivators are most deeply concer ned. Ag ain kin are others, such as Mr. T. D. Acland and 3lr.Pietheir son, who, without tasking their informa tion or ties' judgment to decide what has been the prshceor effect of diminishing protection, hold out the t relied that legislative protection is no longer to b t % to t upon, and that owners and cultivators of 1 101 `, - se t trust to something else. The tide, they say , " e d• in in favour of free trade, and cannot be st °l l', e n They, therefore, evidently look to the time A `` 0 there will be no protection at all, and have innue Wit t° their minds (if mind it may be called) to su , the total spirit a e b f ol t it h i e on y o e f ev p il r h ot a e r c a t h io g n u . es, Tthheisugshvaas clearly pla ce " spirit ri i c , hunting sycophant, in an evening print, wir r ° o •l Contemporary has justly, though coarsely, L e ter y ' the artful dodger of the press,' has had the to defend them on the ground that there s tfron , os, and that they support the protection now bY . la" have bushed. Our own view of the changes w hc e ntry taken place is, that, taken by themselves, the et; upon might be able to sustain them, but that /oek e -e i s he sa w ,s as the commencement of greater changes -- - , t l i o n tv direction, which, on account of the deciar w hich general principles in favour of free tralk.",y r t here they were accompanied, we may fairly consi" c „ ts of to be, they have fearfully affected the inte re " At e rn T lyti h -R e c e following vorine-wla‘fso, riDs Agitation.from ec em h t h e r e , I Chronicle B42 .0 : --- " li' l eij 42 d 4 mi d e r : productive industry." principlestbv h o e e r t e t As Peel,. ~ n ne t o ei l .. f , c e 1 adoptedi ov v hr e n :- . than lhawa s seventy jtostoplea hiss u oc i , t off trade and anti-protection promulgatedbiea twoßberristishwho,.-ios‘, that the °lWirtt scheme of an Bs. fixed duty every agricultural meeting by the the ee doctrines i ssaei League,tn o t n iiri r e en a d , d r i b l . ' bl i r a: o a P h i . n r a S c e ° t . " 1 - ti 1, : e e e fi e dre t sti ern ht ea :e .. . t . very 11 °,. 1 1 wh ig agriculture—it years seemsag a sd. somewhat pregnantneliwnlli e late . ni it ! 11 1 1 the ri to scheme day to enter into a minute and laborious n Inc. into the conduct of the Anti-Corn:lasv Ministers It has been confidently .reported that _ e eing's have employed special reporters to attend the.wiced ex , of the Anti-Corn-law League, and have P l , o ,yers, tracts from the speeches before the Crown. ! ~..s tif y with a view to ascertain how far they woultitoP o the prosecution. Are we to understand the arti. _ltiblie Quarterly Review as a feeler to try how far ha Or cou ld would relish the proposed courss ? W haw ing Ministers propose by this ? On th eir own ,00,1, the Anti-Corn-law League have done much Do they mean to take this mode of proclam; ish do there shall be no more agitation in the WI rotiobet minions for any object whatever ? That if a cupe of ° of men are convinced that by a certain oil be policy the country can alone be saved , they vissi ons, precluded from giving utterance to th eir CO t° their,. and exerting themselves to make convert' roo t e` views ? This would be striking at the verY eas tsl political freedom. All great questions in this u sss are carried by agitation." The Times, speaking of the Affghan war ds s3 , s o . e, "On Monday last we stated Lord Auelilasary to , and supplied one or two facts which were neco did no t, understand the merits of that statement. W e a llege d nor do we, think it necessary to disprove the i o ns. popularity of Shah Soojah in his late d n nt , have This, and the general question of po lic y , v e t - tim e ts. settled for us more conclusively than nricki„od's But, with these exceptions, we take Lord Al lo i s as facts as our basis, and on that groun d wool ha t pes; a matter of ordinary justice and honesty, • sible business our army ever had in Affisu' tion was First, we freely acknowledge that the goe s so h as between a de jure and de facto authoritY , A i ia- - de jure and de facto authorities are in Celan; 40 , 0 or the one resting on a now extinct tenure o,: e so le three generations, and destroyed in fact bitstu,srigin; violence to which, not so long ago, it ovved 'based the other rough and somewhat incleterminatt, Out on individual energy and influence, a nd b01d, 11 , 5 s ay rather a promise of order and improvement teo;leot. definite, settled, and systematic form Shah Soojah had certainly the Claim A + their head, Barulaye family, and Post Mahommeu. a. l ee had possession, and the ability to keep it. ~ ,.-ki'c ii it is do not deny that there are occasions upon ','" b i, s al , - allowable to interfere between a Prince " a ' l e bound to ; jects. In Europe, where all nations hale'relatiOnS 01 gether by sympathy, by treaty, by t' l i o • bound tont' J commerce, we may find ourselves occaos + replace a de ofofG°lavirtll---thie to assist a tottering, sometimes even - t. , e hav e ever maintained his on a throne to whi e s " "„ en tiar an d maintained his right. But it is only Py .r. enc e Can extreme circumstances that such an interter be ever justified." MONEY—TRADE—COMIII Za u C u terI e c I k d .. , At Bradford, Burnley, Halifax, and trade has been slack during the past week. A t t,. l3 3ba , burn trade has been more animated siness of Rochdale has increased, and at Manchester kinds of cloth continue in good demand. ," o f The meeting of the Royal Agricultural Sneievrpa England took place on Saturday, when it aPr a "6/ from the Report that the receipts amounted to 4,5 4 00/. ' and the expenditure, including the purchase of I,° stock, left a balance of 1,6001. N vocale ribester THEATIZICJI.Z. 4 Arne's opera of Artaxerxes is to be among the lr In whic revivals at Covent-garden, after Chri stmas, Mrs. Alfred Shaw sustains the leading character. Miss Adelaide Kemble has consented toperfor'n up to Christmas on a sharing system. The product° of last Tuesday's performance amounted to about 600/1 to the whole a which Miss Kemble was entitled, but on which occasion she requested the treasurer to de duct the usual expenses of the evening. SPORTING. Her Majesty's stag - hounds met on Friday at au lington -common, upwards of 200 being present. Th ° deer, a fter a run of fifty minutes, was. taken at Eastcot. COURT—VASHIONABLE. The Duke and Duchess , of Buccleuch an h f d leave Dalkeith Palace early in the ensuing mont or B The House, Kettering. g Dowager Duchess of Cleveland is passing the winter at Newton House, Yorkshire. The Marquis and Marchiones s of Donegal t are passing the winter at Ormeau , his Lordship's sea in Ireland. The Marquis of Bute has arrived at Dumfries House, Ayrshire, from Rothsay Castle, Isle of t° The Earl and Countess of Beverley are expected pass the winter at Richmond.