The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-23 00:00:00

TO. CORRESPONDENTS. The communications sent by " W. M." have been received. We shall probably be able to find room for some of them in the course of next week. " A Constant Reader's" request shall be attended to. THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, DEC. 22. T HERMO METER,' Lowest, 50 ; Hi ghest, 58 : Noon, 54. BAROMETER, 30.30.—W1ND, S.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON I. 3 RIDGR THIS DAI. %baling...« 29 minutes after 51 Evening 57) 'minutes after 5. 5 V , F . - v.t 0 • ;• • . •- • • V" , S e" " DROC Attn 4 /Litt .., LONDON : FRIDAY MOANING, DECEMBER 23, 1842. All argument as to the-utility of a Corn-law to protect the cultivators of the soil is at an end. The Protectionists have wholly given up the question. No man now says a word in defence of the law. At the meetings of the agriculturists, there have been complaints enough of the Tariff, and enough of Sir R. PEEL'S Corn-law; there have been vague aspirations after protection, but not a word has been said in favoUr of the sliding scale. The points yet doubtful on the subject are these :—First. When will the public mind be fully saturated with the knowledge which painful facts have lately made apparent, and how long will it require to give the public sentiment the technical form and dress of an Act of Parlia-• ment ? How long must the nation continue to suffer fr(im of a law of which the folly has been demonstrated to the complete conviction of the people ?. Secondly. Is the repeal to he total and immediate, or partial and gradual, allowing the law to slide out of existence? We cannot answer the first question, but if the rumour to which we yesterday . alluded have, any foundation—and we see. so many proofs of the progress of conviction amormst 'the -agricuL turists, t h at we believe it has—the embodying of the public sentiment in an Act of Parliament is nearer hand than most people suppose- it it be the duty of the leaders of society to go before, it, as the name implies, and if all laws must apply to the future —the past being beyond the power even of Parliament — we may reasonably expect that the Minist ers will go in advance of" the sluggish multitude of their followers and hasten to pass an Act,) Which m ay to some eitent pre cede and prepare for the co mplete form a ti on o f public opinion. Foresight is Perhap s th e most necessary, - and yet the rarest quality of a states.. man, for without that he cannot adapt his en actments. to the unknown • future. To supp ose that he has much influence over the,, is pro ve d , progress , 4 society, and either guides oil controls it by modern experience, to be as idle a chimera as ever entered the brain of any reforming visionary. Over opinion, which is the guide of action, tne statesman has, perhaps, not more in fluence than any observing man who writes in a newspaper. It is his business, therefore, to fore see, if he can, that future which he cannot command, and to adapt his laws to it. If the Ministers, therefore, be wise, they will encou rage the landlords to unite with them, in giving at once that freedom to trade which must ulti mately be given, because it is essential to the prosperity and the peace of society. As to the second question, our own opinion is clear, decided, and has been frequently expressed. We are for an immediate and total repeal, and we are glad to see that converts to that opinion are multiplying every day. We will quote, for example, a part of a letter which has been ad dressed to the Scotsman by a Sussex farmer, sheep, and cattle dealer, the signature to which we be lieve to he genuine, and the sentiments of which we know are entertained by the farmers of the South : I am on English agriculturist who would have stuck like a rivet to any Corn-law that might have worn the appearance of finality; but who, seeing that no political party can maintain a law of protection as a final measure—seeing that sooner or later the Corn laws will be totally abolished—l seek with the ut most anxiety ther total and immediate repeal. And I ask for this filler well considering the whole subject ; after hearing the opinions of many of our leading farmers in the midland, southern, and western counties of England, who agree with me in saying, " Either let us be protected, or let us know on what ground we are to stand and protect ourselves." Each week I meet two or three score of first-rate graziers and cattle-dealers ; each quarter of the year I meet several hundreds of leading graziers and corn-growers from eight or ten of our agricultural counties ; and during each of these periods I see many hundreds of the smaller farmers of the same districts, all of whom demand either to be protected by a permanent law, or to be at once freed from the destructive effects of end less changes and insecurity. The question of gradual abolition, I assure you, Mr. Editor, and your north country readers, is never mooted in the south and west of England. We are, many of us, Conservatives in general politics. We opposed the Whigs and the eight shillings' duty, be cause we knew they could not keep to it as afloat %flea. , We supported the Conservatives,. and looked sue. forward to Sir Hobert Peel in the hope of a permanent maintenance of protection; but we now see that, as conflicting interests stand, Sir Robert Peel neither will nor can fulfil these former expectations. I meet few men who are not convinced of this. Ask anti• hun dred of our south country farmers what, in the matter of the Corn-laws, they would like best, and ninety nine will answer—" A Corn-law not to be altered." Ask, after this, what they prefer, when they see such a Cora-law cannot be obtained ; they will hold their tongues. Ask if their total and immediate repeal is not the best alternative ; you will find :-ourself landed perchance, in an argument on the supposed results of total and immediate — repeal ; and, pet-baps, you will hear some doleful suppositions, likelihoods, doubts, and fears. But ask it the gradual abolition would be preferable ; and at once, from all, you hear a burst of " No, no; let ui be protected in reality, or take away that protection. If we are to die, let us die ; but do not torture us with a slow death !" That comes froM the same county where the Messrs. G °RINGS have lately told the farmers they must no longer rely on protection, which • is a strong presumption in favour of its accuracy. At the same time, it is a delightful proof of the general spreading of enlightened opinions in that part of the empire. The Duke of Ricn moND, though he somewhat sulkily sticks to protection, and tells his tenants not to alarm themselves, but " wait and see if men proposed" great changes, lots not been able to stop the march of opinion in Sussex, where a short crop and low prices have made the mass of the agri culturists extremely uneasy, and anxious to be no longer plagued with laws which mock them by a promise of protection that is never realised. Agreeing in many of the opinions of his Corre pondent, the Scotsman is now an!advocate for as total and immediate repeal. The Editor says— Every farmer who expects to occupy his land for a term of years, with or without a lease, must long for protection against perpetual uncertainty. This he can only receive from a final measure; and the agriculturists themselves are now fast arriving at a conviction, that no measure short of free trade can be final. Every country gentleman who intends to buy or sell an estate, must feel his situation as full of per plexity as that of the farmer who rents it. Let it he kept in mind, that what is called " free trade" still leaves the British corn-grower a protection equal to the cost of importation, which averag►es ten shillings per quarter, or more than twenty per cent. on the present price of wheat. To this advantage many others are added. His capital, skill, and machinery, are vastly superior to those of the foreigner ; he has better and cheaper means of transport, and he must always have virtually a monopoly in the supply of animal food. When we thus find the opinion that the laws should be totally and immediately repealed ra pidly gaining ground in the country, we only feel the more confirmed in our views. If a law were to be passed partially and gradually to re peal the existing law, there could be no guarantee that the repeal law would not be itself repealed. Nay, it is highly probable that the agriculturists, who would suffer by the check given to enter prise till the end of the gradual change was reached, would be the first and the most strenu ous to demand that repeal. We believe, too, that they much over-rate the effects on prices of a total and immediate repeal. If it be true, as experience has proved, that the law has not kept up the price to the expectations of the agricultu rists, it is also probable that abolishing the law will not reduce the price as much as they fear. They formed their opinion of the law, as Mr. GREG has remarked, from what was intended by the law-maker, not from the actual effect of the law. Their present apprehension of the effects of total repeal are more derived front their old faith in the promises of the law, than front their present conviction as to its performances. Their comparisons are all based on their habitual be lief that the law would give them 60s. or 655. a quarter, not on the fact that it has only given them 565. or less, and at present does not give them above 475. We believe, therefore, that they may dismi ss a ll their fearsof a great reduction of prices from the abolition of the Corn-law, and if prices were to fall 5 or 10 percent., they would be speedily compensated by the steadiness of the price and the brisk demand. a- Mr. 11. GREG, who is quit e i nde fatigable in his exertions to improve the agriculture of Eno, land, has just sent forth a second, pamphlet, p fished by Ridgway, on " Scotch Farmi ng i n England." The following is the summary which he gives of his views:— The principal difficulties, then, in the way of the general establishment of an improved system of agri culture in England, I conceive to be 1. The low state of intelligence amongst the Eng lish farmers and labourers, and the general ignorance of landowners themselves on the science of agriculture, and proper management of their estates. 2. Tlie uncertain and divided ownership of land, arising out of common and manorial rights. 3. The law of entail, by which no man owns his own estate. 4. The prevalence of tenantcy-at-will, and unwil lingness of landowners to grant leases, and to resign the incidental privileges of landed property. 5. The rents being paid in a fixed amount of money, instead of a given quantity of produce. Some of these points scarcely concern the Legislature or the public, except as matters of curiosity and information. They do not, we think, fall within the scope of legislation. The Legislature, for example, is itself much too igno rant to undertake the education of the farmers, and that can only be improved by making them .aware of their deficiencies. It is of no use setting the blind to lead the blind. School education, on which Mr. H. H. GREG relies very much, pre vails most extensively in Germany, without making the people good agriculturists, or active, energetic men. We listen, therefore, with some repugnance to culogiums on a State-given edu cation as a means of improving agriculture. It is the business of the Legislature to take care that the ownership of land shall be so regu lated that the land may be turned to the greatest poss ibl e public advantage. It is bound, therefore, ' to put an end to conflicting and uncertain rights, and bound to guarantee to the present generation as full a power over the soil as any of its pre decessors possessed ; or it is bound not to give effect to entails, tying up land by the will of men long since returned to kindred dust. Every man should own his property fully and completely, subject to all public charges. No_ blemen and gentlemen should be at liberty to provide for their younger children, and at liberty to improve their estates by selling any portion of them. Every acre of the land of this country has been bought over and over again; and it is now a merchandise, the representative of money, and it ought to be as freely bought and sold as other merchandise. The second and third para graphs refer to subjects which we think are proper for the consideration of the Legislature, and it ought to attend to them. The fourth head treats of a subject with which legislation should not meddle. Whether a man lets his land to tenants-at-will, or by leases, is no business of the law-maker. The owner of the land is to have it in full property ; and, in ac cordance with the principle we have just laid down, he may lease it in any manner he pleases. The same observations apply to the fifth head. Whether the rent be paid in money or grain, no more concerns the law-maker than whether the tailor pays the shoemaker with coats or with bank-notes. For the sake of clearness, and for the sake of science, we are sorry that Mr. GREG has not made the distinction we have pointed out, and has left it to be inferred by his remarks that each and all of these defects may be, and ought to be, remedied by the act of the Legisla ture. We demur to such an inference, and have thought it necessary to draw attention to the dis tinction, that we may not be thought wholly re gardless of the rights of landowners. At the same time, we must observe that their claim to tax the public in order to keep up rent, gives the public acomplete right to pry into their mode of managing their land. What should we care that the landowners chose to employ half their estates in feeding partridges and hares, and allowed - the other half to be only half-tilled / that theymight have in the tenant-at-will a political slave, if tee were not called upon to pay him fin• keeping his game and neglecting tillage ? If we could buy our bread where we pleased, how he employed his land would be ncthing to us. The • tax on bread, in order to raise rent, makes the landowner responsible to the public for the manner in which he employs his land, and, rightly understood, reduces him, while he thinks he shows his power, to a state of slavery. Mr. GREG says— I have at this moment lying before me particulars of a large estate advertised for sale. The first farm on the li,t consists of 244 acres, rent 2101. per annum; and the second, 239 acres, rent 2201. Both farms are within twenty-five miles of London, tithe free, and let to yearly tenants ; and a note is attached to the de scription of both, " an exceedingly low rent, in conse quence of damage arising- to the crops from the game and rabbits. The landlords must not attempt to " eat their cake and hare their cake." as the saying is. They must not deny to a tenant the security of a lease, claim his vote at elections, keep a quarter of their estates in cover, permit their game to destroy his wheat and turnips, and yet expect him to pay a full rent; nei ther must they tax the community, by the creation of a monopoly, to enable him to pay a full rent. They must choose between diminished income and dimi nished privileges, and not attempt to keep up both at the expense of the nation, by maintaining the Corn-laws. The pamphlet, like all Mr. R. H. GREG'S pro ductions, is sensible and worth reading. We seldom or never take notice of the meet ings of the " National Repeal Association," which are held once a week in Dublin ; for the subject is one which excites little public interest, Ireland being already well convinced that no substantial benefit will ever accrue from the agitation of Re peal. Occasionally, however, a remark is let drop by one or other of the agitators, which deserves a passing notice; and accordingly we may here just briefly allude to an observation made by Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL at the last meet ing of the Association, who stated that he had a motion to make with regard to the English Press, " which was of a piece with the English people in its conduct towards Ireland in the moment of triumph. The particular point he referred to in this motion was, the claim set up by the Eng lish Press, and echoed by the English people, for a remission of the Income-tax. They made that claim without the slightest reference to Ireland, or without caring what in justice was inflicted on her." We take no notice of Mr. O'CONNELL'S sneer at the English Press, for it is as unjust as it is absurd; but what does he mean by saying that England claims a re mission of the Income-tax, without reference to Ireland? How could the one country have refer ence to the other, in discussing a claim of this sort? Ireland has no Income-tax. The " machinery" for such an impost —as Sir ROBERT PEEL assured his faithful Commons—is wholly wanting in that fortunate spot of earth. If she were cursed with this detestable tax, gladly, most gladly would England help her to kick off the burden ; but having no such specific grievance to be redressed, we do not see how we can act otherwise than we are now acting— that is to say, labour hard to throw the impost off our own shoulders, without pausing in our work, and distracting our attention by the con sideration of how far the tithe system and the New Poor-law are, or are not, injurious to Ire land. Whatever the Repealers, for obvious reasons, may choose to allege to the contrary, England, of late years at least, has never been fbund wanting to the sister country in her hour of distress and danger. The Police Courts of the Metropolis under went a sort of purification sonic time ago, when several of the Magistrates were superannuated, and barristers of a certain number of years' standing were substituted in their place. Taking these changes into account, together with the new system of police, the public had reason to ex pect better protection, and a betteradministration of justice, but they have been grievously disap pointed. Not half the complaints were made against the old Magistrates that are now made with too much truth against certain of these young gentlemen learned in the law; and as re gards the constables, people arc absolutely afraid to speak to them, or even come in their way. If a man walks fast he is supposed to be after no good, if he loiters and looks about him he is equally suspected, and if he should have the misfortune to incur the displeasure, or ' offend the dignity of the policeman, he is dragged to the station-house and given in charge as drunk and incapable. We animadverted yesterday, on the conduct of Mr. GREENWOOD towards three young men, who, from all accounts, were quite innocent; yet two of them , e wereremand e d vidmlce w a was s o o n d e s f t e s e p t i i c ve io n thatc of felony, th e i\g ia bu i s t t the ra e had not coura ge to adhere', io his decision, and tceoreday consequently restored iticasrtodrieadrgtehewmastobrthoueigrhft a rie g n a d i s a . st Y a e n s: Yes who, probably aware th at the attention of t other young man befo re t h e same Magis trate,public, and perhaps of the official autho rities, has been called to his decisions, pl aced more confidence in the statements of the pri soner than in the evidence of the policeman, and we learn, complained of being arrested with outdischarged him forthwith. The prisoner, flt when the answer from c a l n e y r k just w as cause, yo more could you want ? " But the most You are discharged; what outrageous case of all yet heard before Mr. GREENWOOD, is that of Mr. KING, a surgeon, re siding in the neighbourhood of Russell-square. It appeared that, on the 13th inst., while return , ing home in the evening, he was arrested by a policeman who, as will be seen from Mr. KING'S evidence, had a grudge against him; he was then dragged to the station-house, and confined in a cell for the night. On Wednesday he brought for ward several witnesses, one of them a Major in the army, who proved in the most satisfactory manner that there was not one word of truth in the evidence on which a respectable medical man had been fined for drunkenness. Mr. GREENWOOD, however, had decided, and his sentence could not be reversed. We refer to a full report of the case under the proper head. It is the duty of a Magistrate to hear charges for drunkenness against any parties with great caution, but, above all, those made against professional men, whose character =and prac tice may be ruined by the false evidence of policemen. A surgeon, rather than have such a fine inflicted and made public, would purchase his escape at any price ; and we may, therefore, easily account for the anxiety of Mr. KING to get his release, or clear his character of such a grave charge by the most undoubted evidence. This he has done very satis factorily ; but the injury has 'been com mitted, his name is registered on the police-books with the words " fined ss. for drunkenness," and his rivals and enemies may make a good use of the fact. Some days ago a publican was fined 51. by the same Magistrate, on a charge made by a policeman that he saw two drunken men in his house, and for this he may possibly lose his license and his means of subsistence. The illegal and unjust decisions of certain Magistrates require the immediate attention of the Home Secretary. With such credulous judges and such unscrupu lous informers, no man's character or property is safe. A communication has been received from Con stantinople, by • way of Vienna, announcing a serious misunderstanding between the Court of St. Petcrsburgh and the Sublime Porte, on the Servian question. The Emperor of RUSSIA, it is said, in an autograph letter to the SULTAN, had formally demanded the revocation of the decree in favour of the present ruler in Servia, and the re-establishment of the banished Prince MI CHAEL, in whose family, Russia contends, the sovereignty of Servia is invested for ever, by vir tue of a finnan of the late Sultan AlAumoun. It is also said that the Divan refused to assent to this demand, upon which M. DE BOUTLNIEFF declared that he was instructed to demand his passports. Madrid paptrs of the 13th instant have *been received. The Gazette publishes an address from the militia of Cadiz, which will excite sonic more indignation at Paris, as it directly charges France with having excited all the insurrections which have occurred in Spain since 1840. Letters from Barcelona of the 13th announce that the REGENT intended to raise the state of siege, and grant an amnesty on the l6th instant. He proposed being in Madrid by the 26th. MASA NET, the murderer of General BASSA, in 1836, and GIBERG A, were put upon their trial on the 15th. M. LISSEPS, the French Consul, having had cognizance of the charges against him inserted in the Madrid Offi cial Gazette, on the authority ofSenor G UTTIEREZ, the political chief of Barcelona, had addressed a strong protest to the Captain-General, denying in Coto the allegations of Senor GUTTIEREZ, an demanding satisfaction fir the insult, by the dis missal- of that functionary. The Fives on the Madrid Exchange on the 13th were done at 25 13-16 cash : 2G sixty day's; and the Threes 22 sixty days. Exchange on London, ninety days, 371. In the comments made by the Paris journals on the Barcelona insurrection and its conse- quence, it is gratifying to find that one takes a calm and dispassionate view of the REGENT'S conduct, and reprobates the calumnies cast upon him and the English Government. That journal, we believe, is under the influence of N. GUIZOT, and as it may, therefore, be supposed to speak his sentiments, we make no apology for giving the article at length. The lies about the For midable, the writer settles in a very summary manner :—" We have alluded more than once," says the Globe, " to the marvellous concord which exists in our journals relative to the affairs of Barcelona. Some are for an absolute King—others for a constitutional female Regent —others for a Republic—but all are agreed in desiring the overthrow of the present Govern ment. The Globe, which is the enemy of revo lution, under whatever standard, and the enemy of the overthrow of Governments, whoever is to profit by them—the Globe alone has spoken out freely and openly relative to the events of Cata lonia. The other journals say that the insur gents at Barcelona shouted Vive la France! This may be true, but we beg to ob serve that in a preceding insurrection—for such events are common at Barcelona—the demolition of the citadel was accomplished amidst cries of Mort aux Francais ! If the journals of the Op position now accuse England of having excited the insurrection of the 14th ult., we have not for gotten that these same journals accused Frauce and Queen CHRISTINA of having organised the echauffouree of Pampeluna. Reasoning calmly and without prejudice, we ask what is the true state of the question ? Almost an entire popu lation rises in arms, massacres a portion of the garrison, ignominiously expels the remainder, and proclaims a new Government. The existing Government arms in its own defence, marches against its enemies, and calls upon them to lay down their arms. They resist, and send emis saries throughout the neighbouring country. The cry is now, that all Catalonia is rising, and that fifty thousand insurgents are about to place the army of the Government be• tween two fires. What, in such a position as this, was the chief of the Government to do ? Was he to wait until these fifty thou sand men should have blockaded him at the fort of Montjuich? In that case, what capitulation could he have expected? lie resorted to action, therefore ; he attacked, and he has triumphed. It remains to be seen whether, after the victory, he displayed unnecessary rigour; time will show whether this was the case or not. Are we at the present moment to give credit to the thousand and one rumours which are current on this sub ject, without having the least confirmation as to their truth? What also do we know for certain as to the conduct of the French and English Consuls ? On this side of the Pyrenees, decla mations are made against the English Consul ; on the other side, all the anathemas are for the French Consul. The Debats now tells us that the French. Consul acted in concurrence with the Consul of England; that the two went together to the Junta, which implored their mediation ; that they went together to the Governor of Montjuich, and had together at the head-quarters of Llobregat a conference- with VAN HALnN; and, finally, that, in each of these proceedings, the two Consuls did not fail to repeat that they were acting from the pure dictates of humanity, and not as the official representatives of their nations. What is most grave as regards our Consul is the fact of our Government having rewarded him for his conduct, and thus placed the Spanish Govern ment under the necessity of demanding his re cal, if it be true that it has permitted its agents in public, authentic, and official documents, to describe, as they are said to have done, the acts and the conduct of the French Consul. It is affirmed on this side of the Pyrenees that guns, shells, congreve rockets, and powder, were supplied by England to the fort of Montjuich. The Presse has even gone to the absurd length of stating that the Formidable had gone aground for the ex press purpose of landing munitions of war, and having them conveyed to the fort which was to bombard Barcelona. From the other side of the Pyrenees we learn that the Formidable was only saved from total wreck by the aid of our steam frigates. Our sailors assisted and co-ope rated in lightening the Formidable, with a view to saving her from destruction. They succeeded, and were saluted with cheers from the crews of the Formidable and the Rodney. Were our ships and our crew s therefore accomplices or dupes of the trick sa id to h ave b e e n pr ac ti se d by the Formidable? What is to be concluded from all this? That we must still wait. The Spanish Chambers will soon open ; questions will to the affair of B arce l ona. Th e ma tter will be be put canvassed l?.a o n d explanations demanded relative and Con. , and the truth will appear. Until then we must pity the peaceful popula ti o always, arc time victim; of the follies of parties. Le t n feel which, for i n the as elsewhere, now as us con thatants who remain at the i discretion of the conqueror, when the chiefs of the insurrection fly, almost always with their pockets full." The Debats, the Court journal, represents the state of Catalonia as very alarming. There is nothing in the Sp an i s h j ourn als to warrant such a statement, but th e ex -Q uee n CHRISTINA may have agents in that province who are better ac quainted with what is doing or what is to be done. " Troops continue to flock towards Catalonia," says that journal, " 4 and receive, as they arrive, orders to repair. to sigh places- as require their presence. ESPARTER), assisted by his Minister of War, RODIL, is constantly engaged in giving orders, specifying- routes, and combining move ments of troops, as if fbr a campaign. This dis play of forces is anything but superfluous in the actual state of public opinion in Catalonia. All parties are ready to unite and take up arms against the Government. The Exaltados, who supported it, and overturned Queen CLLRISTINA, are divided at present into Esparterists, or Con stitutionalists, and Republicans, or impatient Progressives. TheCarlists and the Christinos, tnimical to the REGENT, the more bitterly be cause they were conquered and put down by him, let the Republicans alone, as they are their avengers. To political passions are joined those which the manufacturing 'question has excited, so that, notwithstanding the reduction of Barce lona, it may be affirmed that all Catalonia would rush into revolt and anarchy, were it not for the numerous forces which the REGENT displays there so opportunely. The following telegraphic dispatch appears in the Messayer " BARCELONA, DEC. 15. " Two thousand men, one-half of whom arc soldiers, are working at the re-construction of the citadel. A war contribution of 3,000,000 f. has been imposed on Barcelona, and must be paid within three days. The city will be bound to supply its c;mtingent for the recruitment for the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. ESPARTERO rs still at Sarria. The 13 soldiers shot on the espla nade were drawn by lot from those who were arrested after the entrance of the Captain- General." The French Funds, which had been much de pressed by the news from Catalonia, have rallied a little. The report that ESPARTERO had de manded the recal of the French Consul at Bar celona, is attributed as the chief cause of the depression. The King and the Dukes ofNemours and Montpen sier visited Vincennes on Monday, where his Mcjesty mounted on horseback and reviewed the troops of the garrison, after which he inspected the works of the fort; from thence he went to Saint-Maur and the fort of Charenton, after which the Royal party got into their carrages and returned to the Tuileries. The King, in addition to the Royal Dukes, was ac companied by Marshal Soult, Generals Dode, T. Sebastiani, Rumigny, and Vallaint; his Aides-de- Camp, Colonels Estissac, De Chabanne, and Dumas, and his orderly officers. His Majesty was repeatedly greeted by cries of " Vive le Poi!" BOURSE—PARIS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20. First Highest -..owest Last Price. Price Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 ... 119 ... 118 50... 118 60 4% per Cents. 106 60... 106 60.. 106 60... 106 60 Four per Cents. 100 95... 100 95... 190 95... 100 95 Threes 7B 65... 78 55... 78 10.. 78 20 Bank of France 3320 —.3320 ...3320 ...3320 Belgian Bank BO5 ... 805 ... 805 ... 805 Belgian Fives 1840 lO4 ... 104 ... 104 ... 104 Portuguese Fives 321 ... 321 ... 321 ... 321 Neapolitan ...... ..... Boman lO4 ... 104 ... 104 ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain B3O ... 830 ... 830 ... 839 Versailles, L.B lO5 ... 105 ... 105 ... 'O6 R.B 265 ... 265.. 265 ... 265 Rouen - 632 50 . 610 ... 625 Orleans. 612 50. 612 50.- Strasburg to 8a1e...... 202 50 ' 7... 202 20 °" l a 2 6 0 0 f 5 2.09 BELGIAN FUN-S.—BRUSSELS, Dec. 20. Actual Debt, :).% per Cent,_ — Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. lO2 y‘ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 93 Three per Cent........... --Thirty-seven Millik ns, ditto ..-- 72% (1840) 103% Loan of City, 1832, Four per C en t Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 77 National Society — Exchange on London (short) «..— —Brussels Pap ers , Lee. 20. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Disc. 12 Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cent s . JOON Three per Cents . Bank Shares Allgerneine Zcitung, Dec. 10. A CONSERVATIVE FESTIVAL took place at Devon port on Tuesday. There were 540 gentlemen present, including two Conservative Members for Devonshire, in a Hall which the Chairman said he " defied the world to equal." There was much self laudation about the growth of Conservative principles, and the increase of Conservatives, meaning, we presume, the increase of those who now, as a principle, look to Sir Robert Peel's Administration for admission to the snug places which abound in the neighbouring Dock, Ordnance, and Victualling yards. Amongst the company there was a fair sprinkling of those who are dependent on the Government, and without im peaching either the consistency or the principles of the convives, we are afraid, contrary to the opinion of the Chairman, who unfortuneely alluded to the subject, that the change of Ministry has had considerable influence in causing the increase of Conservatives in the borough of Devon port. The Chairman says it is so great, that the pre sent Members must look on the gathering as a notice to quit and demean themselves accordingly. They, however, will wisely wait and see which party is in the ascendant at the next general election. They will not assume that the boasting of their opponents is the index to the number of their own friends, and they will not retire because their enemies are tired of them. INCOME-TAX.—The Town Council of Edinburgh passed, on the 20th instant, a series of strong resolu tions against the Income-tax, by twenty votes to four. NEW POLITICAL GOOSE•CLUB. BY AN ULTRA-TORY. " About three or four weeks before Christmas, a society is formed, under the somewhat peculiar name of the Goose-club, at Somers-town, the members of which are called on to pay sixpence per week."— The Sun of yesterday. Tantarara ! Rub-a-dub-dub ! Who'll join—who'll join our new Goose-Club ? Sibthorp's President, Borthwick's Sub, And Bobby will keep us all in grub; We can boast of many a rat and scrub, Many a green political shrub, And many an Ultra-Tory cub, Like the bigot in Dean Swift's Tale of a Tub, Or the placeman of old, whose name was Bubb;* And we care no more for satire's rub, Or the patriot's scorn, than Beelzebub ! Who'll join our Club ? there's little to pay, And character won't stand much in the way, For we're used in error's wilds to stray, And our object is, from day to day, No matter what Liberals think or say, The march of enlightened Reform to stay, Bigotry's game to boldly play, Swear right is wrong 'till our hairs are grey, And compel John Bull (God grant we may !) To own for ever our party's sway. Tantarara! Rub-a-dub-dub ! Who'll join—who'll join our new Goose Club? * The famous placeman, Bubb Doddington. NA TIONAL ASSOCIATION.L At the usual Weekly Meeting of the above Association, the following Resolution was unanimously agreed to:— Resolved,—That this Association, as friends of justice and humanity, cannot look with any sa•isfaction cn the late war between the British Government and China ; believing that all aggressive wars are unjust, and, inv2riably, are injurious to the aggressors, this Association deeply deplores the success of the British arms in a war which was begun in injustice, carried on with al atter disregard ef human life, and finished with a glar ing art of spoliation, and most earnestly deprecates all such wars in future, as being opposed to justice, humanity. and honesty, and also the precepts ot, 7 ,Christ's (whose followers the British Government profess to be), " As ye would that others should do unto you, do ye also unto them." Nov; ready, in 3 vols., post Svo., CHARLES HARCOURT, Or, the ADVENTURES of a LEGATEE. A NOVEL. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. Just ready, in post Bvo., with characteristic Illustrations by Leech, THE SECOND SERIES OF T ILE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS; Or, MIRTH AND MARVELS. By THOMAS INGOLDSBY, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-streot. BETTS' PATENT BR ANDY.—The upparal lele:l and •till increasing sale of this favour,ite beverage, has been attended by its natural conseqnence—the excitement of envy in every branch of the Spirit trade. Hence, each suc ceeding year brings to notice competitors, whose announce ments, under fallacious pretences and high sounding titles, urge upon the publie notice articles, whose only distingnishuag fea ture is their vast inferiority to the Patent Brandy. . • is to .4uard 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 Eighteen shins per Gallon, of the highest legal strength. IFITE NEXT DISTRIBUTION-- 'of ,AIONEY A. DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISEDand GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY HA E ‘IPER Olt of A USTIUA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £60.4:9). £llO, .£19.0, Zl5O, £2OO, £4OO, £6OO, Ez3oo, £1,000,' :El .7100, £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. TEINE DROTIIERS having remitted . dhringa _IL _A._ very abort time very large Amounts of Money Divi dends to their Correspondents in Gre:;.t Britain and Ireland. Dividend o f 25.0001., I t;,000/., 9,000/., .5.0004, and 3,6001. to London; 3,600/., SOW., an 17001. to Edinburgh; 3,600/. to Dubin ; 3,6031. to Beverley ; 3.600/. to Halifax ; 1,2001. t.o Porthlenven harbour ; 9001., 700!., and 6001. to Liver pool ; 9301. to Hull ; 000/. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. and 600'. to Manchester ; 700/. to Kist Iletford, Nottingham- shit.° ; 700/. to Caine. Lancashire; 7WI. to Hyde, Isle of Wight; 600/. to Cork; 6001. to Bideford ; and 600!. to Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Money I)ividen& to the, appr,,achinT, EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua ranteed by the Governm,mt. This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more then 25,0{,0/. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of it. and up•.varth. Price of One Share, 1/. ; Shares, 1. ; three Shares, 3/.; four Shares, 4/. ; five Shares, 5/. ; six Shares, ti/. ; seven Shares, 71. ; eight Shares, 81. ; nine Shares, 9/. ; ten Shares, 101. Direct fur Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS at Lubeck. The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, upon addressing a line to li2ine Brothers. 11. TE a TRE ROYAL, COVENT-O,ARDE: LAST NIGHT OF AHSS ADELAIDE KEMBLE'S APPEARANCE. Tills EVENING. DEC. 23. Will be presented Bellini's Opera of NORAIA. Norma, by Miss Adelaide Kemble ; Poßio. Mr. W. Harrisrn ; Oroveso, Mr. Giubilei ; Adalgisa, Miss liainforth. After which THE TURF. Captain Fiatooker, Mr. Walter I..t.cy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows; Aaron 'fret, Mr. Harley; Airs. Culpepper, Mrs. Humby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances corn ,nenc: at Seven.—Dress Boxes is., Second Price 3s. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2.5. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 25. ; Gallery Is. Tiekets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit !ow, at the Box-otlice, from Ten 411 Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private r3coces to be had at the Box-olEcc ; of Mews. An. draws, 167, New B,nd-street ; Mr. IJitchell, Old Bocd-street and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL. HAY-MARKET. TUTS EVENING, DEC. 23, Will be performed Coogreve's Comedy of THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Adapted for Representation). Period, 1699. Sir Wilfull Wittwoud, Mr. W. Farren ; Fainall, Mr. Vining; Merwoud, Mr. Stuart; Witwoud, Mr. Charles Mathews; Petulant, Mr. Buckstone ; Waitwell, Mr. Strickland; Mil lament, Madame Vestris; Lady Wishfort, Mrs. Glover. After which, a new Drama, called THE BASTILE. Louis Quatorze, Mr. H. Holl ; Frieandeau, Mr. Webster ; the Duchess de Montbazon, Miss Charles; Ninon Labatte, Ma dame Celeste. To he followed by Mr. Buckstone's New Farce, called A KISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Selim Pettibone, Mr. Buckstone ;••Frank Fathom, Mr. Howe ; Marv. Miss :Maley ; The Unknown Plltnale, Miss Connor ; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. rlifferd. To conclude with the Farce of HONEST THIEVES. Obadiah, Mr. Strickland; Teague, Mr. Malone Raymond ; Hnth, Mrs. Malone Raymond ; Arabella, Miss C. Connor. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. This New and Elegant Theatre, fitted up in astyle of splendour hitherto vnequalled in this country, Will OPEN on MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, With an ADDRESS, to be delivered by Mr. J. H. Wallack. After which, LA SOMNAMBULA. Count Rodolph, Mr. W. H. Weiss; Alessio, Mr. Walton; Liza, Mrs. J. H. Si yern ; Amina, Madame Eugenia Garcia (her first appearance ox the English stage); Elvino, Mr. Templeton. To conelude with a New Fairy burlesque burletta, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF. Principal characters by Mr. Oxberry, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Noel, Madle. Melanie Duval, and M. Deneze, who will make their first appearance in this country in the incidental ballet. Places and Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 23, Will be repeated the new Burletta, entitled THE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters WMessrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Wright, Maynard, ieland, Miss Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. P. Grattan. After which a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU KNOW WHAT. The principal Characters by r. 0. Smith, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, and Miss Faucit. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Ginbiloi. To conclude with NORMA. Pollio, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. TEE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1842. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 18.—The central section of the Chamber of Representatives met yesterday, for the first time, to examine the treaty of the .sth of November. Yesterday the King gave an audience to Monseig neur Fornari, the Papal Nuncio. Yesterday the manufactory of cotton yarn, of Mr. Robbe, at Ghent, was totally destroyed by fire; it was not without great efforts that the neighbouring buildings were saved. Of Mr. Robbe's manufactory nothing remains but the bare walls ; the goods, the machinery, and furniture, were destroyed by the flames. The loss is great, but it is said that the whole was insured. Further particulars relative to the accident on the railway, on the 4th, prove that there seems to be no reason for ascribing it to design. Another accident happened the day before yester day, in the morning, on the southern line, between Jurbise and Mons. A countryman, about thirty years of age, had the imprudence to cross the line when the train was approaching, he stumbled and fell, and not being seen by any person, the train passed over him ; he was so severely injured, that he sur vived only a quarter of an hour. BRUSSELS, DEC. 19.—The Committee of Belgian manufacturers in their sitting of the Bth, had a Report from the Vice-President of the gracious reception given him by his Majesty. He stated the views which his Majesty had been pleased to communicate to him, the possibility of a commercial treaty with France, the obstacles that it may meet with, and the utility o f the establish men t o f a commercial' society for the purpose of exportation. Baussims, DEC. 20.—The Director and three keepers of the Petit Cannes are summoned to appear on the 24th, on the appeal of the Attorney-General from the decision in the first instance which acquitted the Director and two of the keepers. It is thought that the Ministry waits only for the result of this appeal to come to a final decision with respect to Messrs. Vandermeeren, Van Zuethem, and Verpraot, whether to pardon them or order their removal to Bouillon, but it appears most probable that they will be pardoned. The damage done by the fire at Ghent in the manufactory of Messrs. Burroughs and Robbe, is estimated at 50,000 francs, Ithey are insured for 27,000 francs by the Brussels Company. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. Our Market for Stocks closed rather better this afternoon, and parties here have more confidence than in Paris. Money continues easy, but is, notwith standing, in rather greater.request than up to the last month, Christmas time being , generally reckoned an absorber of the loose capital lying idle in the market, as mercantile men have their books to wind up. Con sols for the opening were marked 93+ to 931, closing buyers at the latter quotation. Reduced Three-and-a- Half per Cents. brought 100+ to 101* ; and the Three per Cents., 94 to 94+. Long Annuities were 121 to 12 9-16ths. Exchequer Bills were steady at 495. to 51s. premium, and India Bonds at 445. premium. The dealings in the Foreign Market have been cir cumscribed, and speculators lack spirit just now. Porttiguese Stock has been most in request, and wears a somewhat firmer appearance, while the news from Brazil of an intention to allow the present treaty of commerce to run on till the year 1844 without any opposition, gave a tone to the market for that security. The Five per Cent. Spanish Bonds have been dull at 18+ to 181; and the Threes at 231 to 231. Portuguese New Five per Cents. brought 381 for Account, and the Converted realised 311 and 31i. Mexican Stock did not fluctuate beyond 311 and 311 ; Colombian was at 21+, and Buenos Ayres at 24 to 241. Old Brazil Stock was rather better, being 68+ to 691. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were marked 521 to 521, and Danish Bonds 84 to 84+. There was a slight increase of business this after noon in the Railway Shares, but the quotations did not improve. Edinburgh and Glasgow were 21 ; Midland Counties, 40 ; South Eastern, 28+ ; and the Scrip, 3+ discount. Great Western New were 14+ ; Birmingham Thirds, •31+ • Northern and Eastern Scrip, 4+ ; and York a n d / North Midland, 43 prem. Colonial Bank Shares were 5 to 51 discount; and London and Westminster, 1+ to 1+ premium. Letters and papers ia.cnved to-day from Rio de Janerio state that the discussion of the Brazil question, as it appeared in The Sun, had attracted a good deal of attention there, and a journal of that city alludes at some length to the circumstance, as an evidence of the incrensing interest felt in London in connexion with the affairs of Brazil. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The report from the Liverpool Cotton Market states that pricey have been rather steady, and that a fair business has been done. About 1,000 bales of American were taken on speculation, the total sales being 5,000 bales. In the Rail way Shares there had been a better business doing in Brighton, but the inquiry for the other lines was dull. Birmingham and Gloucester Scrip were 12+ ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 481; Birmingham, New, 33+; Brighton, 36 ; North Midland, 62 • Paris and Rouen, 241 ; a n d S ou th E astern, New, 14. The East India files, by the steamer Tweed, fur nish but little news. The accounts from Jamaica represent the weather as having been very favourable, and the island seems in a more prosperous state. From Demerara the advices are also more satisfactory, the drought having been succeeded by copious showers. From the minor dependencies we find nothing of the least interest to the general reader here. Accounts have also been received from the Cape of Good Hope to the 26th of October. The har vest was expected to be most abundant, and the drought in the frontier provinces had entirely subsided. One of the Caffer chiefs had intimated his disapproval of the reports in circulation as to an intention on his part to invade the frontier and which he solemnly denies, calling upon the Go vernment to investigate the affair, and bring the ca lumniator to justice. The revenue of the colony had been decidedly improving, there being an increase of 18,0001. in the October quarter. In the funds we have had no improvement, but there is a slightly increased disposition to purchase at the present reduced rates. Consols for the opening have ranged from 931 to 931. Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities have been 94 to 941, and the Three and-a-Half per :Cents. 100+ to 101*. Exchequer Bills have realised 495. to 515., and India Bonds 445. premium. Long Annuities are 121 to 12 9-16. The broker acting for Government has taken about 5,0001. Reduced Three per Cents. at 941. The Canada Guaranteed Debentures have been done at 1 premium. The news from France and Spain, and the further decline in the Rentes at Paris, prevents, of necessity, any symptoms of returning buoyancy in the Spanish Securities, though it is satisfactory to find that they are not depressed so materially as the anxiety or alarm felt by many might have , led us to suppose. The Actives have been quoted 18f to 181, and the Three per Cents. 23k ; Portuguese, New Five per Cents. are worth 38f, the Converted 32i to 321-, and the Three per Cents. 32i, which are rather steady quota tions. Mexican Stock is neglected, although the packet is understood to bring a remittance. Brazil bonds have been rather good, owing to the satisfactory in formation received of the continuance of the present treaty till the year 1844. The rates have been 682 to 694. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 52k, and Danish Bonds at 84 to 841. We have scarcely a bargain to notice in the Rail way Shares. South Western are 204 premium, and South Eastern Scrip, 3s. discount. In the produce markets, though there is not a large business doing, we have still to notice more activity than might be expected so near the close of the year. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 20. Three per Cent. Consols 94 ..4,. N Ditto, New, 1830 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 21.—We have had a very quiet market to-day in Shares. Our quotations are as follow :—Sheffield and Manchester, 314 ; South Eastern New, 17; Manchester and Leeds, 73 to 74 ; ditto Halves, 314 to 32 ; Manchester and Salford Water IVorks, CLOSING BRITISH PRICES. FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. - 3i per Cent. Red... 101 k ew 3! 1 - per Cent — New .5 per Ceti: -- Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 India Stock Ditto Bonds .... 44 pm Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annuities... 'Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 5 l -ors Ditto 5001— .51 pm Ditto Small ...... 51 pm Bank Stock for Acct. India Stock for Opg !Consols for Opg. ;,1 FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, - New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. I Russian, 5 pei cent Ditto, Nletallic ...... . Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, Deferred.... . 10i. French, 5 per cent. —f. --e. Exchange —f —c French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 2i per cent....... 521 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 1001 FOREIG kustrian, 5 per cent Belgian, S per cent — Brazilian Bonds... 69i Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. 24 Chilian, 6 per cent. — Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 2la Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Boh Danish, 3 per :eat 34 Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 3lh Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825,6 perct. 77_ SHA Eastern Counties (23 pt Ditto New (—paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 pa id) ... ... 478 Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) . ... Ditto Thirds (32 paid) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 618 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 9; South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)......... 21i Ditto Scrip (90 raid) York and North Midland (50 paid) •.. .RES. Lid) GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending Dec. 1 7, 1842 Passengers Merchandise 514 3 10 £1,236 11 4 Corresponding week last year ....£1,165 19 2 Darlington, Dec. 21. W. O'BRIEN. Secretary. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The list of bets given below will sufficiently explain the nature and extent of the business transacted yes terday afternoon, and save us the trouble of any comment : DEBBY. 255 to 30 agst Mr. Blakelock's A British Yeoman--t 2500 to 100 agst Colonel Peel's Murat—taken 1000 to 20 agst Duke of Grafton's;Oxygen colt—taken. 5000 to 100 agst Col. Peel's St. Valentine—taken 500 to 10 agst Lord Chesterfield's Parthian—taken and afterwards offered 1000 to 16 agst Mr. Coleman's Jamal—t. and aft. off. 1000 to 13 agst Duke of Richmond's Clara colt—taken and afterwards offered 2000 to 30 agst Lord Exeter's Lucetta colt—taken 2000 to 15 agst Mr. St. Paul's Cheviot—taken. u_kxs. 1000 to 30 agst Lord Westminster's Decoy filly—taken THE CHESTER RACES.—The new Clerk of the Course is Mr. E. W. Tophaw, and not Mr. T. Topham, as stated in our last. The Inspector of Prisons transacted business this morning at the Home-office. The traffic on the London and Brighton Railway has experienced a considerable increase this week, the total amount of receipts for the week ending 10th December being 2,9211. Bs. 9d.—Brighton Gazette. The late Earl of Dudley laid down the following axiom on the subject of dinner :—" A good soup, a small turbot, a neck of venison, ducklings with green peas, or chicken with aspaaagus, i and an apricot ta r t, is a dinner fit for an emperor." We learn from Belize, that General Morazan, Pre sident of the State of Costa Rica, was deposed and murdered in the middle of September, while preparing to make an attack on Nicaragua. An insurrection arose in the capital, and his troops were driven out, followed by the insurgents ; he was overtaken at a distance of five leagues, where he was shot, and his soldiers massacred to a man. This event, adds the account, shows that the Indian race, at the head of which is Carrara, the rival of Morazan, are about to become the masters of Costa Rica, as they are already of the rest of Guatemala.—Galignani. SLi 11/1 IVJ IPt " 3 - ir: - • k - 1 ir t j E try AND Vtabltc eptuton. " Who rung may read.' FOREIGN. The King of the French, with the Dukes of Ne mours and Montpensier, visited Vincennes on Mon day. His Majesty reviewed the troops of the garri son, after which he inspected the works of the fort, from thence lie went to Saint-Maur and the fort of Charenton, and returned to the Tuileries in the evening. On Sunday their Majesties received Admiral Baron Roussin, Baron Pelet, and Lieut.-General Schramm, Peers of France. A report which created some sensation was currant on the Paris 'Change, that the Regent of Spain bad demanded the recal of M. de Lesseps, the French Consul at Barcelona. The evening A.liiiisterial journal btates that the rumour is without foundation. A serious difference has taken place between the Ottoman Porte and the Court of St. Petersburgh re specting Servia. A letter from Constantinople asserts that the Otto man Cabinet has ordered all the subjects of the Sultan who are not Mussulmans to wear on their caps and hats a silver ornament, which varies according to their rank or profession. The Count of Nassau (ex -King of Holland) arrived with his Countess at the Hague on the 17th inst., and alighted at the Palace of Noordeinde. A letter of the 10th inst. from Algiers gives the following account of the proceedings of Colonel Ma rengo in raising the village to be called St. Ferdinand. In forty-five days he cleared about 110 acres of land covered with brushwood, and had them sown with seed. He has constructed a redoubt, forming an ample temporary camp, built six double houses of stone, and a chateau surrounded by fi ne orchards. In: three more months the village will be complete, and serve as a model for others. The hamlet of Novette, in Savoy, has been a linGst entirely reduced to ashes, upwards of 60 houses, in cluding ly th z e o l4ls i o r nag, t ha i li! )e o e iv n jcw bu r rn s t ic do v ::: v ere Monday large free-trade meeting was held were . Monday last, when upwards of 800 pers° lls present ; the subscriptions for the evening am ountca to 772/. 17s. 4d. PURL= IMPROVEMENTS. Wednesday a numerous meeting of the C appointed to watch over the progress of the Health .o. was held Towns Bill, for the purpose of opposition, in Moorfields to receive the reort of a deputation ar pointed to wait on Sir James Graham, on the ques tion, who had stated to them that Mr. Mackinnon 3 Bill had been under the serious consideration of Go; vernment, but they were not prepared to adoPt i t i he measure on this subject will be brought forward in ommittee ensuing session. LITERARY AND SCIENTIrZ C• The sale of the metal of the grea t equatorial instrau merit, made for the Kensington Observatory, Messrs. Troughton and Simms took place on We dins day, at Sir J. South's the well-known astronomer, a t Camden-hill, Kensington. It was divided into frog; ments, and originally cost 8001. The amount realised did not transpire COURT-FASHIONABLE „ D t The Earl Cornwallis has returned to Hin- . 5".'" from Maidstone. The Earl and Countess Craven have left for G o , l :* hambury, the seat of the Earl of Verulaxa , near 04'' The Earl and Countess of Sefton returned to Sefto n House, Belgrave-square, from Croxteth M an ; chester, on Wednesday. In a few days they leave WIC to pass the holidays at St. Leonard's. Lord Norreys has arrived in town: from a tour. Lady Frances Hope still remains at Learning ° n Spa in very delicate health. Lord and Lady Waterpark left Croxteth 11 511 last week for Bath. Lord and Lady Carbery have returned to Castle Treke, near Dublin, from a tour. Sir John and Lady Shelley left the seat of the Earl of Sefton on Monday last for Preston, i n L an ' cashire. At St. Giles's, the seat of the Earl of ShaftesburY,l family party are assembled, consisting of Lord sn" Lady Ashley, Hon. Anthony John Ashley ConPer' Hon. Lionel A. Cooper, &c. Lord and Lady Charles Beauclerk left to an on We d " nesday, on a visit to the Earl and Countess ofh ex ' , at Cashiobury Park, where they will pass the CbriSt mas holidays, and proceed thence on a tour of visi' to the north. MISCELLANEOUS. The remains of the Hon. Henry Butler were 'n li ; terred at Nunmonckton, near York, on Alonday• the Butler was cousin to the Marquis of Ormonde and late Earl of Kilkenny. A meeting took place at Greenwich on Tuesday , in addition to those in the metropolis, already given jrl The Sun, when a delegate was chosen to attend t h e Birmingham Conference. THE INCOME.TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Among the doubts that exist as to the ex emptions which should justly b e a llowed fro m assess ment under the Inco me -t ax , are those which apply to the cases of persons who have newly e ntered into business since th e d a t e o f th e assessments, come• quently without any previous trading to refer back to for average profits, and whose present success, upon the average of their first year, must be perfectly spe culative till this year is ended. Such will be the position of bankrupts recommencing trade in the present year, and whose last twelve months, or three years, must h ave b een l os i ng ones . Your opini on u p on th ese cases would be inter esting to very many of your readers. C. 11 . Your obedient and respectful, Guildhall Coffee-house, Bristol, Dec. 21, 1842. [A clause in schedule D of the Income-tax provides that, in cases where the trade, &c., shall have been set up within three years, the computation shall be °lath% for one year, on the average of the balance of in profits from the period of first setting up; an d d cases where the trade shall have been commen c h e ll within the year of assessment, the computation 5--,ar be made according to an average of such period grea',, e s or less than one year as the case may require, and c ' h shall be directed by the Commissioners; and su statement and computation shall be made to th e the knowledge and belief of the person in th e receipt of the same.] b est of CHARACTERISTIC MILITARY ANECDOTE.---Wile the late General Sir Frederick Augustus Wetherellll , n. was a close prisoner at Guadeloupe (17 95 ) i n a d9n geon, and in irons, a detachment, consisting Pr'd cipally of the 32d regiment, with which he had servevep at Gibraltar, were taken prisoners on their Pas: ' from that garrison to Barbadoes, and also broughl into Guadaloupe ; on hearing of th e severe and In human treatment he experienced, by order of then e" volutionary Governor of the island, Victor Ne (father, by the way, we believe, of the present ean. themselves of 11 guineas, and forwarded it nent French writer), they made a collection ern°ngl Wetherall, through the medium of a negro eraP l°)re s4 in the delivery of provisions, concealed M e - small loaf of bread, with a note from a sergeant'''. thef 32d regiment, requesting, in the name of the men ° that corps, and other unfortunate companions in e a r tivity, his acceptance of the money as a small toliell3 of esteem, and in the hope of its affording him some, relief and comfort under the sufferings and cruk_i; treatment they understood he experienced. I:.°f noble act was mentioned to the Cosrunander-in-Cl. the Duke of York, who conferred an ensigncy on - to Coloned sergeant. Wil liams, On Sunday last a sermon was preached in Quelr Chapel, Portman-square, by the Rev. Aed M.A.., in aid of the funds of the Royal and sary for Diseases of the Ear, before a numerous i_is highly respectable congregation. At the close of his highly and eloquent discourse the Rev. Gentleman go° a brief outline of the objects and history of this trail useful and meritorious institution, from which it ap peared that since its establishment in 1816, it hasbee the means of curing or relieving upwards of lofts persona afflicted with deafness and other diseases ear, including several cases of the deaf and dumb. The .. pe Dispensary has been more than usually pros during the pastyear, having received the patronage her Majesty the Queen and several munificons" ent d tions, particularly one from the Ratcliffe TrustelSi, Two anthem: , were beautifully sung ill the course the service by the Choir of the Chapel. Coax-LAws.--We learn that R. Cobden, IL' • M.P., after attending the Glasgow and Edinbut f!'" demonstrations in favour of free trade, will ' Dundee. The Dundee Anti-Corn-law Associatif.n have invited him to attend a soiree to be held ; Dundee on the evening of the 16th January. w r l ee he accompanied by Colonel Thompso n. The traders in Forfarshire, Perthshire, and Fifeshire, thus have an opportunity of listening t o the best p ile : . tical expounder of the evils of the Corn -laws whew the men of Manchester have as yet sent forth, to_ combat a monopoly fraught wth injustice to all classes of the community.—Scots/run i . CHRISTMAS SOUVENIR. — At a p eriod when the the h social sympathies are most predominant, end , t genial influence of " Home "is felt i n the "ig"°s . 4 degree, more especially by " My yo un g missus,,Jt7o arrived to spend her vacation at the "Old Hall; o f most appropriate present becomes the first subiee'vi.. consideration ; a merely useful one can afford no e t 0,,. donee of taste, while a present possessing no claim s ,. e utility shows a want of judgment. T o combine tn. '• * requisites, we can hardly suggest a more fitting s °w 0 venir than Rowland's toilet articles , the " s Ma e "Kalydor," and " Odonto," which, from their bean_:;" fying effects on the hair, complexion, and teeth, ere culated to preserve a grateful recollection of the dolly' 11 4 N. •