The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-29 00:00:00

Bat when a really eloquent and arguinentltive Let the writers leave off abusing this country, S Peeelt is made, wherein sound principles are and they will find this calm tone preserved. Ou t e xPlained: in chaste and perspicuous language, the very day, however, in which such remarks h en the'lleporter has nothing at all to do with were made, the Constitutionnel asserts that the t he matter; the merit is exclusively the orator's violent language Used by the English journals °Wn ;it is only when the speech is bad, that the was to involve France and Spain in war. This is Poor R e p o k er is in fault, thoughpossibly his only a most unjust accusation. M. THIERS knows er ror may have consisted in giving its dullness little of this country if he can believe for a mo 411d verbiage verbatim. meat k that any one party in England would be pleased by such a result. On the contrary, we believe all classes would regard it not only as a calamity to Spain, but to the whole of Europe. BOURSE—PARIS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27. - First -• Highest '...owest Last Price. Price Price. Price. • French Five per Cents. 119 30... 119 35... 119 30... 119 25 Four per Cents. 101 60... 101 60... Hi! 60... 101 60 Threes .. 78 90... 78 90... 78 80.. 78 85 Rankof France, ex div. 3277 50...3310 ...3277 50...3310 Belgian Bank, 1841 _ 1080 _lOBO ...1080 —.lOBO Belgian Fives . 1840.. 1048 —. 1041 —. 1043 —. 104 a 'Spanish Active. . 24 ... 24 ... 24 ... 24 Passive 'Neapolitan ...... 106 70... 106 .75... 106 70... 106 75 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, L.B l2O ... 120 ... 115 -_. 115 R. B 290 ... 2.93 75... 290 ... 293 75 Rouen Orleans. , Strasburg to Bale 205 ... 205 ... 203 7 5... 203 75 DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, DEC. 24 Money. O.mM Del t, 2% per Cent JUL°, ditto 5 per cent. Amsit Svmlic,4s; per cent 9t Ditto, ditto, 234 percent 17.4 77% Commercial Company. 4% per cent 129% 30 Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 9930 t Exchange on London, One month IS 20 Two months Hamburgh, One month l5 87 y 4 Two months 35 653( 1 Dutch Papers, Dec. 24. HAMBURGH BORSENT HALLE, Dec. 23, Bills. Money. 110 The accounts from Marcelona are to the 21st. G eneral SEAONE arrived there on the 20th to re place General VAN HALEN; Senor GUTTIEREZ h ad. also been replaced by Senor 'moo, the L ie wly appointed political chief. The munici r°litY met with much resistance in raising the r eed tax, but the sum was to be paid up with tit further diminution. t, The news from Madrid is without interest. On 20th. •the Five per Cents. were done at 26 11 6 I and 27i with 2 prem.,f0r24,000,000 reals. keen contest is now carried on in France be :een two powerful parties respecting the duties fo ' Sugar. The producers of beet-root sugar call i j more protection, while the merchants and th at connected with the colonies demand ; at the, manufacture of the home-grown article t'uld be suppressed altogether. Delegates from I_llParts of the kingdom where beet-root sugar is Zduced, have arrived at Paris an 4 delivered to • L eh - of the Ministers an address pointing out the • i fstresi to which they are reduced, and calling 81 ! ) ° 1 1 the Government for protection. "We all content ourselves," say they, " with repeat -I,llthat, la they present condition of our industry, hich has arrived at the last stage compatible )i t til the continued existence of such of us as b 4 y d i vot already fallen, there can be nothing 4 4 statu quo of the relative positions of e tllhligenous and colonial sugars, as establishd by e law.of 1840.; but this stab,: quo must be real ,h 1 ,7 1 durable,, with two indispensable correctives, '. an ,iresease of the surtax upon foreign Ars, and a marked improvement in the pre ti o f vexatious system of levying , the duties 4 1) °4 us.. Without these we must be annihilatA. 4 I 'Y increase in the amount of these duties ret ention have any other motive than a covert to destroy us, without giving us itt i Y indemnity ; it would be a real though dis 141ated confiscation of the capital embarked in 04 manufactories. If the many contending in • t reats involved in this question cannot be recoil 4ed without our ruin, and if reasons of state h 4 political considerati o ns ; which we are not to ems, imperiously demand our suppression; k e n, in despair of our cause, and rather than ell up a hopeless. contest, we shall be ready to e tifiee our establishments for the public good, o ti he being indemnified. The sugar question must brought ito a final solution. There must be wi More palliatives, no more half measures, kil l iclixan only lengthen out the sufferings of • ShOuld the Government and the Chambers, to ll tracy to every principle of equity, determine Weep us away without indemnifying us, we 4 ! 1 ., Without any reserve, that it would be less ".1 1 -nit to pronounce against us an immediate of duty, which would have at least the m e rit of a frank proscription, than to have re -I)rurse to the derisory attenuating expedient of a r iti ?gressive equality of duties, which, under the lacious pretext of consulting our interests, tt) (41 41 only be an immoral means of exciting us further disastrous expenditure, and new at !aPts to perform impossibilities, and thus lead, I tliont any just compensation, and by lingering a ti ti t ) ilies, to the same inevitable annihilation of 14 ! industry?! ,The opposite, party use equally 4 1 °4 g language ; and, in. , order to settle lquestion, the ~.Miniaters., intend to. ollg -in a Sugar. .Bill session, which, have for its basis the suppression of the ~t4blialiments for house-grown sugar, with an J'lensuification from the State. According to the I : 4 rnal tie .Harrc, this ;decision has been come by the , Cabinet, with only two dissentient f tt lit "r'lllo4 ; of Messrs. Vii....LEstaiN and MARTIN 4 0 4 1 \412'4 .Thus the inhabitants of • France will taxed to pay the indemnity, and also have to Y 'L higher duty on foreign sugar, which will obtain. a monopoly in the market. v 4,h lie follotving article, respecting the marriage the, Princess CLEMENTINE, appears in the • Deno marriage of the Princess Clementine of Or -I),' ,as with Prince Augustus of Saxe -Coburg Cohari, cithe - r of the Duchess of Nemouri, and of the hus iii4 Donna Maria of Portugal, has been for some 1:e decided on. Prince Augustus was horn on June 1 01 18.18 ; •and is a Major in the Austrian service in the 1) 1 Regiment of Hussars, called the King of Pres -;:l'he Prince is a few months younger..than the th; -4 'eess Clementine. The family arrangements on Q t .B Subject are now terminated. A desire had been Pressoi on the part of the Orleans family, that the i n w ,lY-inarried couple should take up their residence 4 Austria, and- •an application was made to Prince tetternich, to know on what footing the husband of ( l e Princess Clementine would be received at the ti `-' 4 l lrt of. Vienna. The answer was, Princess Clemen i4 would be received as a Princess of the Royal of the Bourbons. As to Prince Augustus of Cos the Austrian Court said it did not recognise in , any right to assume the title of Royal Highness, which the House of Coburg was at present mak application to two great Cabinets of the Con- These applications are supported by the 11 . ,' 41 10f England. Prince Metternich also replied rat Prince Augustus of Coburg being, like his father, 4 , - ,!'lee Ferdinand, a subject of Austria, and in the kviee of that Power no derogation from the eus 14,111aiy • etiquette and ' precedence could be granted ('": -In consequence of this declaration, it has hem 4 :, ;(led that Prince Atgustus will reside in France, it, has been even .added that he will quit the O 4 tria r service, and enter that of France. Some L eulties ar e. offered on ti head, in consequence k'os being an Austrian subject. The marriage is to t i tl e place next year, but the period is not as yet de etily fixed. % 4 he - same journal, in reference to misunder lttandings between Queen CITRISTINA and the e ,_geut of SPAIN, says,— would appear from information derived from a () d source, that Queen Christina has regularly kept, I,i), 'lec - her arrival in Spain, a journal, in which she has 11 , 4 , 1 ',1ied down each day, the principal events of her t i Ltical life. It appears also that Espartero, short back, applied for certain papers concerning the °C ) ardianship and civil list. of Queen Isabella, which I,t 4e cn Christina had brought with her to France. t r - Partero demanded them as being of a nature to be ' - ' 4 eed in the archives of Madrid. The ex-Re "t replied, that she should keep those documents, 11(1 that; on the majority of her daughter, whose legal Warilian she considered herself to be, they should be 1 1 4 eed before Isabella. Queen Christina has also tCwn-np a paper, in whiseh she defends herself from tSeri Nireach addressed to her by the English and JournalS, of having brought away with her the diamOndS of the Crown. This doeuthent has, it is S ' a 'il, bee. ti to the Corps Diplomatique. The Debats' thus points out with satisfaction the difficulties in which the REGENT will be 'aced in keeping up an army in Catalonia number of' troops put in movement by the 4 'l n air of - Barcelona may be estimated at from 25 to 4 "'° o o. The largest portion m ill occupy Catalonia . t ,?(- 1 its capital ; another part will be garrisoned on t " east of Arragon, and on the Tortosa and Lerida ; and a third in the neighbourhood of Tarra raaa and the frontiers of Valentia.' It is said that 70 ttalions and 10 squadrons, forming, with the artil- an army of 40,000 men, are assembled ; but this h ave to be designedly exaggerated. The battalions h _ave not more than 350 men under arms. No regi ent has the full war complement, except three or i' t ur4avourite ones, which serve as Royal Guards to the 'gent, and which lie takes with him everywhere, as, f instance, his Luchana Chasseurs. The expenses of this army already amount to a million and a half "' francs a month. The Regent has granted an allow ance of 25f. for each officer and 51. for each soldier, , 'a addition to their pay. This allowance is paid, U ti t The usual pay remains two or three months tji arrear. Before the capitulation of Barcelona, troops lived only on forced contributions re- T'ired from the inhabitants. Even the officers would 4 hav e a nything to eat were it not for the army r ations th a t we re distributed to all indiscriminately. r ,,s the troops are now to be paid regularly , the army : 611 1; in fact the only guarantee of order in Spain , i v ," as., besides, the expense is much greater no w at they are . placed on a war-footing, the whole a mount will not reach less 'than two millions and a '`' 4l teach month. The Minister of Finance feels the g're'atest difficulty in satisfying all the calls on him . i e'sees the loan, which is not yet effected, in a fair 1; 1 Y 'of being eaten up, and ho grieves to behold the Isent, intent on his military ideas, increasing the e mbarrassments a the Treasury. MnSt of the journals express satisfaction on fi t 4- l- 1 11g-what they call a more calm tone in the '-diglish journals respecting the Barcelona affair, 4411 d appear inclined to follow the example. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1640 Anglo.ltussian Loan 116% lON Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate IO2X Inscription, Ist series lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series " . • Ditto In Certificates DS --. New 4 per Cent. (1840) :b 7 l4 5 , 7 - Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds — New Tickets — Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 8214 82 Spanish, New 5 per Cents. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURGII, Dec. 23-13 8%, Two months 13 7 1 4. PETERSBURG, Dec 13.—Three months, 37% pence. RIGA, DEC. 15. —Three Months, 37A,. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 16.—Seventy-five days, 12 20. CH RISTIA NIA, Dec 7.—Three months, 4 66. VIENNA. Dec. 13.—Three months, 9. 49%, PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—ReitLiN,IDec. 23. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. Prussian English Bonds, 1830, t per cent "1. 2% 124 Exchange on London - 6 24% Prussian State Gazette, Dec. 24. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TIMES. The cOttOn-Market . afr;LiiierpOOl, was animated again yesterday, and the sales were . extensive, amounting 8,000 balei t at full quotations.—ln Rail 7 way Shares Brighton were in demand, but others not so good. Birmingham and Gloucester Scrip realised 13 ;' Great Western, 90 ; Birmingham, 189 ; Brighton, 36i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 20 ; Paris and Rouen, 2C ; and South Eastern, 18. There are no arrivals to-day from any quarter, ex cept by the usual continental mails. The Belgian budget has been adopted in its en tirety by the Chambers, there having been only one lissent►ent voice. Accounts from the Havannah, indirect, state that the Government had' sent vessels, well armed, to clear lie neighbouring seas of the numerous pirates that [nfested it. The Public Securities have been very firm to-clay, and an advance has taken place in the value of Con sols, which have touched 931 to 94. The very different tone of the French journals, and the , detni-official explanations given this morning through the columns of a Morning Contem porary, of all the charges brought against the rend) Consul, has helped to strengthen our Stock market. Exchequer Bills have also risen, the price having got up to 535. and 59i. preinium ; East India Bonds have realised 495. to 50s. preniiiim. The Re duced Three-and-a-Ihlf per Cents. have improved to 1011 and 1014, and the Three per Cent. Annuities have been advanced to 941 and 941. The. Canada Guaranteed Debt has advanced to 14 premium. In the Foreign house there has been less doing. The rise of the last two days in the Spanish securities has, as we anticipated, brought forward 'sellers, and Actives are - not quoted higher than 18i tolBl, -.4 while the Three per Cents. bringl24l to 241. Portuguese , Converted Bonds touched: 34 to ' and a pamphlet that has just appeared, translated from . the Dutch, and recommending investments in this security, hits led some credulous people to . risk their 'money, taking the cha'pter of accidents. Mexican Stock has been at an improvement to 3l and 31;1 ; Buenos Ayres Bonds are 26 ; and Peruvian, 19-1 ; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 52i ; and the Five per Cents. at 1001 to 104. In the Share Market the transactions have been very limited. Brighton are 131 diS.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2 dis. ; Northern and Eastern, 10 dis.; Paris and Rouen, 4 to - 4-1- prem.; and South Eastern, 271 dis:_ - PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWAYS. Paid. Per share. Bristol and Exeter 7O ..... 49 ...... to 4Si Edinlourgh and Glasgow 5O 4O London and lirighton London and South Western ... 41'4 . . 62i to Northern and Eastern North Midland Paris and Roue■ ... .... . ...... 20 ...... 24a to South Eastern anti Dover Ditto Scrip FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account Ditto Three per Cent. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 27. Three per Cent. Consols... Ditto, New, 1830.... Bank Stock .. ... 17.4 5 i MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 28.—We have had agood inquiry for the Railway Shares, and a fair business would have been done if the markets had not been so byre of stock :—Manchester and Birmingham, 20 ; Iludilersfie'd Canal, 10i; South Eastern Scrip, ] 7' to 17i; 111idland Counties Fifths, Gs. to Bs. prem. ; Newcastle and Darlington Junction, 41 to 4i. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Tra leturns for the week ending Dec. 24, 11842 : Passengers Merchandise 5lO 0 2 .£1,332 7 8 Corresponding week last year ...X1,200 0 9 Darlington, Dec. 28. W. O'BRIEN. Secretary. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY) LONDON, DEC. 29.—Wind this day at noon, Wes terly, light breeze and hazy. • DEAL, DEC. 28.—Wind N.W. moderate.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, Diamond, Colombia River ' • Lotus, Barbadoes ; Medora, Ha vannah ; Huron, New Orleans. Sld. most of the out ward bound. The Ludlow has proceeded for the River in tow of a steamer. JERSEY, DEc. 26.—Arrd. Fanny, Newfoundland. . PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28.—Wind N.W. to N .N.W. -Sid. her Majesty's ship Cambridge. FALMOUTH, DEC. 28.—Wind light breezes. YARMOUTH . , DEC. 28.—The John 'and Elizabeth, Erskine, from Montrose to London, which was ashore on the Corton Sand, has been assisted off and into the harbour, leaky. RAMSGATE, DEC. 28.—Arrd. Sophia and Elizabeth, Al ton a for L aguayra. LowEsTorr, DEC. 28.—The Neptune, Young, from Lynn, got in contact in the roads with a ship from Glasgow, and has received considerable damage, and must discharge to repair. LIVERPOOL, DEC. '2B.—Arrd. Assam, M'Alpine, Calcutta, left St. Helena 11th ult. ; Ellen Preble, New Orleans, left the bar 28th ult. The Amazon, from Calcutta, had been hove down at St. Helena, had her leaks stopped, and was reloading 11th ult. SCARBOROUGH DEC. 28.—Arrd. J ean Hastie, Spark, Miramichi. HuLL, DEC. 27.—Sid. George Delius, St. Thomas. BRISTOL, DEC. 28.—Arrd. Thomas ltinsford, Her bert, Miramichi. CAPT. GROVES' FLOATING BREAKWATER. DOVER, DEC. 28.—The breakwater is moored in 34 fathoms at low water in Hay Cliff or West Bay, with the following bearings by compass : " South .East by North ; - Flag Staff on South Pier, E. by N. N. ; Flag Staff on Archeliff Fort, N.E. E.; Shakspeare's Cliff, W .N.W Burru.—At Coombe Abbey, on the 24th inst.,. he Countess of Craven, of a daughter. DEATH OF SIR ALEXANDER CROKE.—The above learned gentleman expired at his seat, Studley Priory, in Oxfordshire, on Tuesday last, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. He was called to the bar in 1786, and was for many pars Judge of the Vice- Admiralty Court in Nova Scotia; on his retirement, in 1816, from that judicial appointment, he received the honour of knighthood, In 1823 he was elected a bencher of the Inner Temple, and in 1829 was ap pointed- Treasurer of that honourable Society. Lord William Fitzgerald, youngest son but one of the Duke of • Leinster, was incautiously handling a loaded fowling-piece on Ch r i s t mas -eve, at Carlton, Ireland, when it exploded, and inflicted such injuries on one of his Lordship's hands, that amputation of the middle finger was deemed necessary. The operation was skilfully performed on the following day by Sur geon Adams, of Gardiner-place, and the Noble patient is now doing well. SiMvIARY OF NEWS AND till tr OP tit tO IT• " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. Great commercial distress is felt at - Paris at present. In the course of last year there had been a great di minution of the exports, which iis mainly attributed to the financial crisis in the United States, and to the elevation of the American tariff, which has had the effect of restraining the commercial intercourse between France and-North America. The ]French Cabinet, it is said, have agreed to a plan !Or suppressing the manufacture of beet-root sugar in France, and granting a compensation to the manufacturers. The Council-General of the Bank of France had fixed at 72 per share the dividend of the last six months of 1842. The subscription opened for erecting a bronze statue of the Duke of Orleans on the Royal-square of Algiers amounted on the 15th to 42,219 f. A crowd of people from Lampurdan, with the Al cable of Figueiras at their head, have sought an asylum in France. M. Manuel Carsy, the President of the insurgent Junta, had arrived at Marseilles, where he was preparing for the press an account of the insur rection of Barcelona. Two aides de-camp and the physician of the Re gent of Spain were sent by him on the 19th to visit the wounded lying in the military hospital of Barce lona. They presented, in the name of the Regent, two dollars to each soldier, three to the sergeants, and a month's pay to each officer. A soldier, belonging to the provincial regiment of Barcelona, convicted of having stolen a pair of ear rings, valued at" 20 dollars, and four dollars in silver, in a house where he was billetted, was sentenced to death, and executed on the 20th. The following appears in the Courrier de Genere of the 24th instant :—" . lt is pretty publicly declared that a conspiracy has been formed against the State, and that the insurgents intend acting by night and by surprise ; they intend, as is declared, : to arrest the members of the Government, to seize on the Ilotel de Ville and the gates of the town, to form a provisional government, and to act afterwards as may seem fit." The - hundredth anniversary of the birthday of Prince Blucher was celebrated at Dusseldorf, on the 15th instant, by a brilliant entertainment, at which not only many comrades of the deceased veteran, but nearly all the officers of the garrison, were present. In almost every large city in Prussia, the day appears to have been celebrated in a similar manner. The earlsruhe Gazette states that, notwithstanding the reports to the contrary, the neg6tiations for a commercial union between France and Belgium were still continued, and the French Government, in order to obviate the -objections made by the European Powers, bad proposed that the existing French tariff should-be maintained for some y ears to come, that the same tariff should be adopted by Belgium, and that the'liroteetion of the frontiers should. be . confided to Belgian Custom-house officers. • S~'~. TUE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBRR 1842. PUBLIC OPINION. I We find the following in the Chronicle:—" It is tolerably clear that the great Tory landowners have been applying the screw to Sir Robert Peel. The time is fast approaching when it will be known u hether he will be allowed to consult the welfare of the country, or whether he will renounce the 'princi ples he professed last session, and become the passive instrument of a short-sighted and mistaken avarice. We say short-sighted avarice, for on what can agri culturists depend for prices but the ability of con sumers. If the returns from foreign trade fall off, the manufacturers have less with which they can go to the market for food, and prices must come down. Prices were high during the war, because the manufacturing population received high wages, and rapidly increased in numbers. There was no hindrance to importation, for the duty was nominal, but prices remained high here, because the people were able to pay them. had the scarcity, which continued for some years after the beginning of the revolutionary war, occurred during a period of unprosperous trade, a great part of the population must have been fed as paupers." ' In reference to the state of affairs in Spain, the Times observes :—" Itis the first wish of t 4 Brtish Government to see the - whole policy of the Spanish Cabinet continue to bs conducted on those fixed prin ciples of international truth and justice which can alone maintain its moral dignity and establish . its claim to the whole support . of Europe. England ceases not to express her readiness to afford to the fullest extent all the support which she has already given to Spain in various former eMergencies to that support site attaches but one condition—namely, that Spain will act on principles which England may her self avow. She espouseS the cause of Spain, not for the purpose of establishing British influence in the Peninsula, still less for that of offering a captious and irritable resistance to the supposed designs of France, but with 'the hope that her alliance may tend to check unwise councils at home, and to ward off aggressions from. abroad. With these views, the present Go- . vernment of this country ha s nothing to fear from a comparison with those who make their artificial en thusiasm for Spain the cloak of their own political passions, and who have even stooped to the propaga tion of statements as false as the• imputations they profess to draw from them." The Herald thus alludes to Lord Manners's late Puseyite pamphlet :—" It is pleasant and gladsome to have the attention diverted from the squabbles of party politics, controversies about tariffs and customs duties, disquisitions on cheapness, and discussions on pauperism, to the consideration of happier and more joyous means of national improvement which are to be found in the observance of those holidays which our forefathers rejoiced to keep, and in the restoration of those sports and pastimes for which England was once so famous. Lord John Manners has caused this diversion, by his agreeable little essay, entitled e A Plea for National Holidays,' reprinted in Monday's Herald, and we thank him for it. If Lord John be a Puseyite, his Puseyism has taken a very delightful turn ; and the realisation of his object would again make the Church of England the church of the poor. For just as Puritanism, Calvinism, and democracy have soured the temper, injured the manners, and deadened the kindliness of Englishmen, have the happiness of the people the brotherhood of all classes, the generous and confiding connection and dependence between employed and employer, and, above all, the affectionate regard between the priesthood and the people, declined. If Puseyism will aim at the revi vification of old English social feelings, respectful loyalty, and veneration, every sound• thinking and right Judging man in England will willingly accept the appellation of l'useyite." The Advertiser has the following remarks on the working of the new Insolvent Act :—" It is highly expedient that the creditor shall enjoy the best means of obtaining the payment of his just demands, which, in other terms, may be stated to be the recovery of his own property. The present law, while it affects to facilitate this object, causes the dissipation of the debtor's substance in unnecessary expenses preparatory to going into the Court; and in his subsistence while prevented from pursuing that business by which alone the debt could be paid. In addition to this positive loss for the profit of a third party, unconnected with the principal transaction, that is, the attorneys, the creditor, in above nine cases out of ten, has to pay the costs of the action and arrest. It is not possible to conceive anything more iniquitous, that is at the same time so ridiculous, as this procedure for the recovery of debt. The law is so far inefficient, considered as a measure for obtaining justice in the recovery of pro perty from a man who declares himself insolvent, that the dividends declared from this source do not amount in the average to one farthing in the pound. The creditor, therefore, obtains nothing; but in order to place the debtor in a state of imprisonment, he is obliged to undertake a process at law, of which the expenses fall upon himself, and add to the original loss. At the same time the debtor, in order to pro cure his release, is obliged to expend money on the third unconnected party, which, with the charges of his subsistence in a state of inactivity, might have gone toward liquidating the debt. The powers of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Court are contrary to the Constitution of the country, and detrimental to the interests of both debtor and creditor. By com mitting the decision of cases to these persons, both are deprived of the benefit of the trial by Jury, under tho direction of a competent and independent Judge ; while the law which regulates bail, inflicts a term of imprisonment considered unnecessary in criminal eases, the adjudication of which is of greater import ance to the community than civil transactions. It places the debtor in a worse situation than a criminal, and by its absurd requisitions as to the kind of bail to be accepted, has, the ekct, in very numerous in stances, of preventing debtors from pursuing their occupations, from the success of which the creditors might entertain hopes of recovering the whole or a portion of the property sunk in the debt. This is the only fjoUrt in Europe in which property is not deemed a sufficient representative of property, and in which the recovery of the value of a thing lost is pre vented by the refusal of its equivalent in favour of a doubtful pledge of appearance. These are but a few of the arguments which have been urged at different times for a revision of the laws of debtor and creditor; but any one of them is sufficient to cause a man to admire, at the . force of that professional prejudice which maintains that a system disfigured by iniquity and monstrous folly, is well enough, and requires no correction. A fellow-feeling for the only party who benefit by the plunder of both debtor and creditor, may reconcile some men to toleratq any species of abuse; but if we may judge from the sympathy ex pressed for poor prisoners in.general, an expectation prevails that Lord Cottenham's promised motion for the abolition of arrest for debt should receive Pal-Ha- MONEY-TRADE--COMMERCE. A meeting of the Paroehhd lieform. Association of St. James's, Westminster, was held at the Crown Tavern, Soho, on Tuesday, when a committee was appointed for the formation of a branch Anti-Corn-law Association for that district: The inhabitants of "the Eighth District" of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association, assembled at the King's Arms Tavern, Kensington, last night, Mr. Sidney Smith addressed the meeting, which afterwards adjourned to Wednesday next. Another strike has taken place at the colleries of the Dundyvan works, near Coatbridge, by which 200 men, with their wives and dependents, become un employed. • ECCLESIASTICAL. The Rev. Bernard Smith of Leadenham, Stamford, has become a convert to Roman CatholicisM, and re signed his liVingof 900/ L per annum. LAW AIO - D POLICE. James Cooke, a dealer in horses, was charged at Bow-street with fraudulently obtaining a horse, chaise, and harness, value 401., from Mr. James Sykes, of Amen-corner. Various - other charges have to be brought against him, and he stands remanded. Shaw Riley was finally examined at the Wand-- worth Police-office on the charge o f einbeizling various sums of money, amounting to 50/., and upwards, the property of his employer, Mr. Frost, auctioneer, at Clapham. He was committed - on two Charges. THEATRICAL. The drama of M. Leon Gozlan, entitled' 11. Etait sae Roi et une Reine, which, about a year and a half since, was prohibited at Paris, as it purported to have for its characters her Majesty the Queen of England and her Illustrious Consort, has just been produced at the Odeon, under the title . of La Main Droite et la Main Gauche. The scene and personages have been re moved to Sweden. • COURT-FASHzoNAnix. The Dowager Countess of Clanricarde is staying with the Earl of Howth, at Howth Castle. - Lord St. Lawrence has recovered from his illness. The Earl and Countess of Belmore are entertaining a party at Castlecoole, their seat in Ireland. The Countess Beaumont Rochemere, since her arrival, has been residing at the house of the -Mexican. Minister, in Sussex-place, Regent'S-park. Viscount and Viscountess Dillon, who - have been residing several weeks at -Brighton, have returned to town. Lord and Miss Foley left Grosvenor-square yester-. day for Paris. Lord and Lady Dunally and family intend passing the winter at Cheltenham, where they arrived la3t week from Ireland. MARKET NEWS. (THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFTELD.—Coarse meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ 15s; useful ditto, 4/ to 4/ 4s ; fine upland ditto, 4/ 5s to 4/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ 4s to 51 103 ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 212 s ; Wheat straw, 2l 2s to 2/ 4s per load. Moderate supply ; trade.throughout heavy, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse meadow Ihy, 31 53 to 41; useful ditto, 4l 4s to 4/ Ss ; fine upland dittO, 4l lOs to 41 12s; Clover Hay, 4/ to 6/ 8s; Oat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s; Wheat' Straw, 2l 3s to 21 5s per load. Supply limited, and trade dull. Prices barely sta tionary. WIIITECIIOPEL.- Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3l 15s ; useful ditto, 41 to 4/ 4s ; fine upland ditto, 4l 5s to 4/ 103 ; Clover Hay, 4/ to 5/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 2/ to 21 2s ; Wheat Straw, 2/ 3s to 2/ 4s per load. The best Wheat Straw sold readily, at full prices; but, otherwise,' the demand was inactive. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, DEC. 28.—Although our market this morning was tolerably well supplied with each kind of fat stock, the general inquiry was steady, at the following prices :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 48 4d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, .3s 10d to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offal.— Supply—Beasts, 35 ; Sheep, 289 • Calves, 24; Pigs, 37. Nearly the whole of the stock found buyers. ROMFOUD, DEC. 28.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were taken off freely ; but otherwise the demand was inactive.—Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s' 6d to 4s 2d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 153 to 28s ; quarter old store-Pigs, 14s to 20s ; and Mich Cows, with their small calf, 14/ to 18/ lOs each. - LEWES, DEC. 27.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 16d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 2d per 8 lbs. A _moderate supply, and a steady trade. CORN AVERAGES. UEN ER AI. A VERA OE PRICES OF It CCISH CORN, eta the Week ended Dee. 24, 1842, made up from the Returns the Inspectori in the dith , rent Cities and l'uwns in Englano and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 47, L. Oats 17, • 4d.l Beata lld. R Mr' AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS• Weas ending WHEAT. Et/ARLEY.' OATS. I R VV- BBINg. Pil t4IL Nov. 19 ... ..... . 49 8 28 I 49 t; 48 6 27 9 47 3 27 1 4 , $ 10 *-6 5 47 , 2 26 5 17 10 17 9 17 9 17 17 's' 17 4 $1 $ 31 6 3! 31 4 28 1 30 11 , 295 30 3 3! 3 28 11 1.9 10 32 2 I:,g 5 , !ZS 11 31 2 3........1 17 ..... 34 2 7 33, 5 IMPIALIA I. AGGREGATE AVXRAGES OF THX SIX WXIXS Wheat,........ 43. 2 1 1 ; Oatsßye ... 96: Pealeßcan rxl Parley.:l2 101. DUTIES OW YORTIGN CORN• Whcat 2O. °d • I Oat s llirley LAW INTELLIGENCE. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.). IN RE R. D. SMYTH. The bankrupt had been a wholesale chemist and perfumer, and the amount of his debts and liabilities exceeded 20,0001, upon which his assets would afford a dividend of nearly 4s. in the pound. This day being appointed for the choice of assignees, Mr. T. Lynar and .Mr. R. Grove were appointed to accept the trust. IN RE JAMES lIARDMAN. A proof of debts having been appointed for this day, under the fiat against the bankrupt, who carried on business as a warehouseman and Molchester mer chant, a number of creditors, most nf whom were from Manchester, appeared to tender their proofs. 'The greater number, amounting in the aggregate to about 9,0001., were admitted without opposition, until that of Mr. Webb, of Liverpool, was offered, when the trade assignee opposed it, on the ground of the bankrupt not having received consideration for it. It appeared by the examination of the claimant that he got an acceptance of . the bankrupt through the hands of a third party, for 7301., for which it was alleged no consideration had been received by the bankrupt, he having merely lent his name to this person by way of accommodation. After a lengthened discussion, - the claim was or dered to stand over to the next day. of meeting, which was appointed for the 17th of January. POLICE INTELLIG EN CE. GUILDHALL.—(Tms DAY . ) henry SamnaPeters, Peters, a m an cf respectable ap pearance, and Louisa Love, a handsome and fashion able looking young woman, were placed the bar, before Sir Chapman Marshall, on a charge of having last night created a disturbance in the Barley Mow public-house Salisbury-court, ' , Fleet-street ; and the male prisoner was further charged with having vio lently assaulted the landlord. , .. 111 r. Pare stated that he was:Abe-landlord of the Barley Mow. At 12 o'clock last night the female pri soner, who had been drinking at the bar, appeared to be intoxicated, and became very violent in her conduct. "Witness observing that. she was a person of re spectable appearance, removed her to a private room, to allow her time to recover her composure. The male prisoner soon came in, and on stating that he was ac quainted with the female, was admitted to see her. After they had been together some time, witness heard the female cry out loudly, and a violent alter cation then took place •between th e p ar ti e s. Witness requested they would lea ve hi s h ou se. which he took with a view t yl i h e e They malere sonfusperdi,leiorwehvyer arm,;theupon to effect his removal. The prisoner then seized him, and throwing him down; put his hand under his cravat was thus assailed to remove the h pt i ed outside the some to pe th rs r o o n t s tle w h h i o m. ha l d Vl b li e le ea w d it r n i e n s k s ing in the house parties.came , i i s ,h a e s s m i s a t a l e n c p e r , i s a o n4 r , v‘ helped hea door, showed as much violence as before, and he was then given into the custody of a policeman. During the row some panes of glass had been broken. . Mr. Charles Prew, a surgeon, residing i n Salisbury square, stated that he was one of the parties who had come to the assistance of the landlord. The prisoner w him in rmostem removing t nt i l l y; and th ere was the greatest e prisoner. , Another witness confirmed this statement. The prisoner Peters said that he and the female had raesa assaulting t difficul ty been for some time living together. lie denied that he had given any cause for the attempt of the landlord to remove him. _ _ sttlieTnafirlooltllinctlehAl Magistrate, he endent property; -V.. .........._ stated, that th e were living in D evons hi re . sbtuaAittl that that l. l e l i i p a ca l t el ) l he ' cii t oi o N sn V fs a a rt s iae a b cl i g il u te ei i V s i prisoner had said at the station-house, that he was a li eu t e nant in the 85th regiment. 1. Sir C. MAasuALL said, that the assault committed by the prisoner was one of. a very - serious character. Ile felt it to be his imperative duty to send the case to the sessions. The parties should be detained in custody, until they found bail that they would accord iilly appear at the sessions to answer the charge against them. —The parties were then removed. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) William Sat was charged with stealing a box of cigars, the property of Mr. Pike, of Bedfordbury. The prisoner went into the house of the prosecutor at five o'clock this morning, and asked for a cigar. A box . was placed before him, and the- prosecutor being called away at that moment, the prisoner was seen to take the box out with him.—Committed. William Munroe, a tailor, was mit to the bar, charged with stealing a can of milk, the property of Mr. Mitten, of Denmark-street. The can had been left at the house of a customer at seven o'clock this morning, and Shortly after the prisoner was discovered offering it for sale. Mr. liutten stated that they were obliged toleave the cans at the house doors of their customers, and they were continually losing them. . • Mr. HALL said it was a great temptation to thieves, but committed the prisoner to NeWgate for trial. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DA Y.) Mary Ann "Wright and Caroline, Shelton were chargat with: disorderly conduct in the Islington Woilchouse, on the previous night, by Mr. James Elns, the [ After a givat deal 'of interrogation, it turned out that the charge was grounded on the prisoners and another pauper having quarrelled about some trifling matter on the previous night, and that the prisoners asked the other girl to go out to the yard and fight. Mr. Ellis, the master, deposed that the conduct of the prisoners was, generally speaking, very bad, and recounted a series of offences by them, which he alleged, occurred - Some time back. They were sentenced to seven days' imprisonment each, in the House of Correction, which they did not seem to ,regret. Two young men named Stanley and Berkeley were committed for trial for stealing a cloak and shawl from the ShOp-door 'of Mr. Smith, a haberdasher, re siding in Upper-street, Islington. UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Ridout, barman in the service of Mr, Gurney, licensed victualler in the Walworth•road, Was charged with robbing his employer. The 'complainant, haying grounds for suspecting that he - was robbed to a considerable extent in the course of his retail trade over the bar, adopted the following expedient to discover the thief. He marked several shillings, which he gave to a neighbour of his,. Who, it was arranged, should make some purchases of liquor over the bar with the marked money. The prisoner was the person who served him, and to whom he paid the marked shillings, and when he was sub sequently searched some of the money ii-was found i his possession. e prisoner said that he should reserve his defence for his trial, and he was committed. THE LATE MURDER IN WHITE CROSS STREET. ADJOURNED INQUEST = (THIS DAY.) The inquest on the body of Thomas Leary was resumed this morning, at ele‘en o'clock, before Wm. Baker, Esq., Coroner for the County. The neigh bourhood of the Two Brewers public-house, where the Jury was sitting, was densely crowded, and the utmost excitement prevailed over the whole district. The first witness called was Hannah Cotter, who, being sWorn, said, I am a widow, living with Mea ghan, 187, Whitecross-street, as servant. I was at home all last Sunday, with the exception of a short time in the morning, when I went out on an errand. Meaghan went out at three o'clock that day to his wife's sister's, where a baby was to be chris tened. lle was to stand godfather, and his wife went with him. The sister's name is Regan. In the evening I went up stairs to make the beds fur the men, and remained there nearly an hour. On my return down stairs I saw Catherine Singleton standing near the door, and the deceased in a stooping position, with his hand either on the counter or his knee, I cannot say which. I passed into the back place with some things, and he said nothing to me then, but whilst I was in the back, I 'heard him say either "Oh dear!" or "Oh God!" The door of the shop was open, and I saw a shadow, bnt whether it was going out or passing in the street I cannot tell. By the CORONER—I do not know who gave the alarm first, and knew of nothing till the crowd came running in at the door. Mrs. Perry was the first person who came in, and I saw John Rice come in after her. I did not say that I could hang two persons if I told. all 1 knew. I could not say so, as I know nothing at all about it, and I would not take a false oath to save my own father. lam not aware that I said anything to Mrs. Darby, or to Olive. J. did not see the knife, till ‘ l saw it at Worship-street ; but I know it is Meaghan's own working , knife, wich used al ways to lie upon the window ledge. I have seen Leary pull and haul Mrs. Meaghan's sister about. I saw no im prtideneies of any sort. I have never seen him take' liberties with Mrs. Meaghan. 'Leal•y has lodged with Meaghan for about five years. I do not know how Leary got into the house, neither. ito'i know whether M rs . Al eag h a n h a d returned before he was stabbed. I saw her after the crowd had come in, and gave . the child into her arms.-- We did not speak to each other as the crowd was so great. The CORONER' said that he had hoped • that some facts would have been elicited to haVe cleared Cathe rine Singleton from the charge at present against her, and that thou they might have her evidence, but as far as they had gone that could not be done. Mr. Henry Bland, tobacconist, 106, Whitecross• street, sworn—l was standing at my own door about twenty minutes after ten on Sunday evening, when my attention was attracted by hearing a scuffling noise from Meaghan's house opposite. I heard no voices, and the door suddenly and with violence opened, and Michael Meaghan, his wife, and another female, whom I believe to. be Catherine Singleton came out. I cannot swear to the last per son, however, but I can positi ve ly t o M eag h an an d hi s wife. I cannot say which came out first ; they seemed to me to be striving who should get out first, as if flying from something that alarmed them. The man went towards Old-street, and the two women in the direction of Chiswell-street. Meaghan had no hat, and to the best of my recollection no coat on. I think I saw one of the women throw a child upon the counter. They did not shut the door after them. I have seen the -knife and have no doubt it was the I instrument with which the wound had been effected. Leary was alive when I went in, but was unable to speak, and died shortly afterwards. By a Juror—Heard no expresSions from the three who came out of the house first. Heard Rice say to the woman, Cutter, she must know all about it. [The inquest had not concluded When the Paper went to press.] CHARGE or Wirxur. MURDER.—Yesterday infor mation was forwarded to Bow-street, and thence to the various metropolitan and city polic2-offices and stations, that a man, named James Crowley, of Warwickshire, stood charged with having committed wilful murder on .Christinas-day last ; the full particulars of which, however, were not appended to the informeion. Crowley is described as follows, viz.:-5 feet 9 inches high, stout made, has a mark or seam over one of his eyebrows, good looking, and of gentlemanly appearance, and when last seen was dressed in a dark cloth coat, black shining boots, and leather leggings. After committing the murder, he absconded, taking with him a horse of the follow ing description :—A bright bay, switch tail, nearly thorough bred, one hip down, black legs, ewe necked, and about fifteen hands one inch high. A reward of 201. will be paid for the apprehension of the murderer,, oil application to Mr. B. Johnson, churchwarden, Spernal, Warwickshire. A biography of the late King of Prussia, Frederick William 111., is announced by a Berlin journal. it is written by the Protestant Bishop, Dr. Eylert, who during his late Majesty's life was at the head of that Church, and admitted to close intimacy with his So vereign. Dr. Eylert gives some details of the visit of the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours to Berlin, and among others relates the following anecdote :—" When the French Princes came to take leave of the King, the Duke of Orleans several times made an attempt to kiss his Majesty's hand, but Frederick William would not admit him to pay this mark of homage. The Duke then earnestly entreated him to accept it, saying that the King of the French had expressly, on his leaving Paris, commanded him to kiss the hand of the Sovereign who had, during twenty years, main tained pence in France. Upon this, the King of Prussia not only gave his hand to be kissed by the Duke of Orleans, but, at the same time, embraced him cordially." A paragraph which, we believe, originated in the imagination of the London correspondent of a Scotch paper, has been so generally circulated, and so confidently reproduced in various forms, that it may be as well to give it the flat contradiction it deserves. The report stated that the increasing infirmities of the Duke of Wellington, in addition to the cares of his new office as Commander-in-Chief, had induced that venerable statesman to declare his intention of not resuming the leadership of the House of Lords, and that it was proposed to supply the place of the Noble Duke by immediately calling Lord Stanley to the Upper house. It was insinuated that this course was objected to by some members of the Cabinet, and that Lord Aberdeen, especially, would dispute with Lord Stanley the honour of being the mouth-piece of the Government among the Peers. We are enabled to state that the Duke of Wellington will, in the approaching Parliament, as in the last, act as the leader of the Upper House, and that no intention exists, or has ever existed, of anticipating .Lord Stanley's elevation to the peerage by the ordinary process of succession.—Times. The &Wine& of Bayonne publishes a notice from the British Consul, that the British Government, having been informed that several inhabitants of Biar rits had, at the peril of their own lives, saved the crcw of an English schooner wrecked in the night of the 24th of October, had sent 300 francs to be distributed among„those brave men ; to which the Lloyd's Com , mittee had added 300 francs more. SPARRING. THE CHAMPION OF ENGLAND AND THE AMERICAN .GIANT. • • Last evening, Caunt, the pugilist, who assumes the title of "Champion of England," simply because, in the present degrinled state - of the " Ring," there is no member of the fraternity who could be relied on to fight out an honest battle for the distinction—took a benefit by an exhibition of sparring—at the National Baths, Westminster Bridge••road. We believe the principal object of the exhibition was, to give the ad mirers of this branch of athletics an opportunity of seeing, foot to foot, in the same arena, the two largest men that ever stood opposed to each other in the pugi listic ring in England, with or without the gloves. On the present occasion, the great swimming bath of this extensive building was drained, and converted into a commodious theatre, with a respect able tier of boxes upon each side, the more select of which were occupied by a number of military, titled, and otherwise distinguished patrons of the art. There j were altogether about 2,500 persons present; and• whatever may be known of some part of the company to those whose duty it is to look out for suspicious charac ters, to our inexperienced eyes the appearanCeof the as semblage in the pit, the cheapest and least fashionable quarter, was extremely decent, and the conduct throughout particularly quiet and orderly. After a great number of pugilists of minor note had set to, with infinitely varied skill and spirit, some being rewarded with vehement applause and abundant showers of copper and silver coin, whilst others (but few certainly) were hooted off for clumsi ness and slinking, the two great men mounted the stage. They were of course 'greeted in a very en thusiastic manner; nor, indeed,•was - it possible to look upon two such fine forms without admiration. They were stripped to the waist, as in the real fight, and wore light breeches and stockings, and what are called high-low shoes. Caunt wore the belt of the Champion of England, and Freeman, the giant's, waist was encircled with a star-st u dd e d belt, em blematic, of course, of his assumed character of American champion. The - best idea we could sug gest of Caunt's appearance would be a figure between the Antinous and the llercules. .The mini seems to about • twenty-six or twenty-eight years of age, with a countenance of a somewhat military character (which is aided by the formal cut of his whiskers), but a very animated and good-humoured expression. He is six feet three inches high, with a development of form, in every outline and proportion a model for the statuary. Although he cannot weigh less than fourteen stone in what is called fighting con dition, his movements are as quick, light, and gradeful, as those of the best harlequin. The Ame rican Giant, who stands the enormous height of six feet eleven inches, and is about twenty-four years of age, seemed to have the advantage over his opponent chiefly in height; for although Freeman's figure would be pronounced almost faultless in its proportions, yet, in some points, his develop ment is inferior to that •of Count. The deltoid muscles of the latter are much fuller in proportion, and give a robustness to the upper part of the figure, more in keeping with the greatness of the rest. In Freeman, the shoulder slopes off from the neck, which gives some appearance of slenderness - to that portion of the body. They set to with great spirit, displaying science, quickness, and steadiness - of the highest order. It is quite absurd to say that Freeman is deficient of science, and that he owes his invincibility to the length of reach. In fact, his strength is such, that a well meant blow from him would put an end to the contest with any man living. But his length did not prevent Caunt from getting at him—and giving some heavy facers too; which were very handsomely returned. It was plain, indeed, that neither of them -put out his strength; and till.; was as it always should be in such mere trials of skill. It takes away all that could be of in terest in the exhibition, to see two fellows (as most of the young ones here last night) thumping away for the very life, to try how much mischief could be done with the gloves on. But it would be great injustice to the champions to say that they trifled. It was no such thing. They sparred in a spirited, manly way, each bringing out to the best of his powers all the science his oppone n t w a s mas t e r of. powers all the science his opponent was master of. Ihey were ap plauded most enthusiastically. Just before Freeman stripped to enter the ring he threw a somerset with his boots on, swinging his body by the hands from the rails. His weight is said to be 18 stone. I It is said that attempts have been made to induce these men to make a match, but that in consequence of some relationship between them, they will not fight. It is quite clear if they do, and fight honestly, neither Caunt's strength nor science will avail—one blow from Freeman would decide the matter, and that blow he can give. It is no less clear that his battles with Perry were protracted more by his mercy than by the slinking tactics of the " Slasher." ALARMING ACCIDENT ON TILE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.:—BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY.— Yesterday morning, about a quar t er b e f ore t we l ve , an alarming accident occurred on the Shoreham branch of the London and Brighton Railway. It appears that the train was proceeding to Shoreham drawn by an engine called " The Brighton." Shortly after passing the Hove Station, about two miles from Brighton, several of the tubes of the engine burst with a loud report. A number of persons were immediately attracted to the spot, when it was found that the engine-driver, named William Cavan, was most severely scalded on the legs and abdomen. The stoker and Mr. Meredith, one of the chief engineers to the Company, who happened to be on the tender at the time, miraculously escaped unhurt. The connecting-rods and other parts of the machinery were found by the policeman stationed at Hove, at a considerable distance from the spot where the accident occurred. Althou4h Cavan is severely scalded, it is expected he will in a short time be able to resume his duty. • SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—OH Monday last a singular accident happened to a child two years of age, son of Mr. Avery, a miller, residing at Summer's-hill, Warbleton, Sussex. The infant was left in a room for a few minutes, when he took up a small penknife, left open in a chair, and inflicted a dreadful cut in his abdomen, from which the bowels protruded. Medical assistance was immediately procured, and the wound sewed up, and hopes are entertained that the little sufferer may recover. Thirteen families have been throWn on the parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell, for support, within the last few days, in consequence of the male parents having deserted them. The authorities of the parish have offered a reward of thirteen guineas for the ap prehension of the deserters, some of whom were trades men in comfortable circumstances. A funeral proceision was proceeding, last week, to the cemetery of Loy arse, near Lyons, when suddenly a herd of oxen came in - view. One of them broke away, and dashed forward into the mid s t o f t h e mourning train. The er t fans de chceur and the priests attempted to seek for safety in flight, but the animal did not give them time to execute their purpose. One of the priests was knocked down, several of the boys trampled on, the coffin thrown to the ground, and all put in confusion. After a time all were placed on their legs again, and some precautions being taken in letting the herd pass, the procession proceeded to its destination. COVENT -GARDEN SA.VINGS RANIC.—At the last meeting of The governors of this bank the following balance -sheet was laid before them, including the, accounts to the last month :—lleceipts in the gross 35,325/. 12s. 4d.; deposits for the past year, 6, 822 1. 135.; repaid, 7,7291. Is. Bd.; interest added, 890/. Os. 6d. • due to depositors , 27,596 /. 12 s. 4 d.; invested with the Commissioners of the National Debt, 27,531/. 17s. ad. ; with the bankers, 243/ ss. 9d. At the close of 1841 the sum of 27,6121. 19s. 3d. was due to the depositors, making a difference of :16/. 9s. 7d. between the years 1841 and 1842. • The bank is opened chiefly for the benefit of the market-gardeners and others whose pursuits connect them with Covent garden. TAlLoits' BENEVOLENT ,INsmuitoN.—A meeting of the Committee of this Institution entrusted with the disposal ofa balance remaining in the hands of the treasurer, since the strike in 1834, was held yesterday, at the offices in Sackville-street, when it was agreed that the said balance should be applied towards the support of the alms-houses_in connexion with the In stitution. THE MODEL PRISON, PRNTONVILLE.—The dietary rules ard regulations for the government of this cri minal establishment having at length received the ap proval of the Secretary of State, it is now definitively settled that the prison shall .:be tenanted by the pri. soners who may be convicted of felony, and receive the sentence of seven years' transportation at the ensuing Epiphany Sessions, which' comme nce gene rally throughout the country at the beginning of next week. By the rules of the prison the terms of captivity will extend from two to three years, but this will in a great measure depend upon the condnct of the convict, for in case of refractory behaviour he will b e at once removed from Pentonville to the hulks, to undergo the full term of his sentence. The convicts will be employed in various useful trades, for w hi c h purpose each cell is provided with gas, which is so arranged as to afford a good and sufficient light. The hours of labour are from six in the morning until nine in the evening in summer, and from seven until eight in winter. The convict dress is dark grey, with the letters " P.P." embroidered in red on the collar. A county gaol upon the same plan as the Model Prison is forthwith to be erected at Reading, and a similar one at Gloucester, whilst a third is now nearly ready for occupation at Bath. WIT IN Humni.}.l LIFE.--A lady nxious to get the sure direction. to a particular pine- asked a cab man, her best way, an d was answered, " Why, ma , an:,, I thinlethe best way is to take a cab." The Marquis of Sligo's health is nearly re-establish ed. His Lordship ta?:es the air daily in the vicinity _PITT TT MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS, FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENIN.4.--- CHRONICLE—Various schemes are-on the tapis at present with the view - of.improving the value of Spanish Bonds, by giving. security to the holders of the Three-per- Cent. Stock, issued in exchange for the Coupons of the Active Debt, that their interests will be regularly paid for a series of years. We are dis posed to look favourably. on these schemes, so far as they may be calculated to confer substantial advan tages on . the holders of Spanish securities, and in far as they may assist the Spanish Minister of Fi nance in effecting a comprehensive scheme of settle ment, by converting the whole of the Active Debt into a stock of less denomination, but which may be a denomination of interest that the finances of Spain can afford, and which may be regularly paid when due. We believe that a general consolidation of the whole foreign debt of Spain into a stock bearing 3 per cent. interest would be generally acquiesced in by the English: bondholders, provided due security were given that this reduced rate of interest would be, duly paid from a date to be fixed, and that date not a distant one. Entertaining that opinion, we look forward to. the revision of the Spanish tariffs, and a commercial treaty with England, as the first great step to be adopted by Spain as a inea:is of restoring her credit by the suppression -of contraband, and the great increase which would thus be obtained in the department of her revenues- of customs. All other means can be little better than stop-gaps, while that great one is untri e d, an d s h ou ld not be allowed to interfere with the success of .the treaty proposed by Lord Clarendon, now, we trust, far advanced to maturity. The anticipated dissolution of the Cortes may perhaps cause delay in the final arrangement of this important treaty; but it is plain that there is no other way by which the resources of Spain can be successfully developed so as to raise her revenue to meet the expenditure, and we therefore trust that the Cortes will be possessed of sufficient patriotism to carry it into speedy execution. If Eng lish cottons were admitted into Spanish ports at a moderate import duty, the revenues of Spain would soon be immensely i nc r ease d, an d M. C a l a t rav a, o r whoever else may be Alinister of Finance at Madrid, would be enabled to place the credit of the Spanish nation on a sound and satisfactory basis. TIMES.—Some printed papers have fallen under our observation relating to the affairs of the Gloces . tershire Banking Company, which are worthy of no tice as exhibiting a degree k of prosperity probly without parallel in any her part of the kingdom, and the More remarkable, as banking profits genfrally have notoriously undergone a great diminution in the course of the last 12 or 18 months. From these do cuments it appears that, at the meeting of share- - holders held on the 10th of August last, the Guaran tee Fund then ainounted to 68,000/., after providing for the dividends of 20s. each share due at Christmas, 1841, and a dividend of 15s. each share then pro posed, being 355. each share, on 10/. paid ; and, con sequently 171 per cent. for the year ending June, 1842. As it appears further, that the Guarantee Fund has been increased since 1840 from 30,0001. - to 68,000/., and, aS these sums must necessarily be de- - rived oho from the profits of the coneern, they may be estimated in the whole perhaps at 30 or 40 per cent. This bank has always enjoyed, and probably deserved, the highest degree of credit, but- this sub ject is worth some investigation by the shareholders, and all other bankers would, no doubt be gratified by some information how these enormous returns are produced. The Gloucestershire Bank, it appears, after availing themselves for some years of the facilities afforded in circulating Bank of England notes, have decided to return to the issue of notes of their own. Some of the clauses of the deed of settlement of this Banking Company are of a very stringent nature, and seem to remove the Managing Directors from nearly all control by the Shareholders. They de clare themselves, for example, to hold their shares " subject to the covenants, provisions, conditions," &c., in the deed of 1831, or whi c h may be contained in any and every " supplemental or future subsisting deed of settlement." Hence it follows, that in proportion to the trust and responsibility devolving. upon the Managing Directors, is the necessity for explanation in matters which militate against the experience of monied men in regard to banking affairs generally. SUN.—Our Consol market continues to look good, and the latest quotation this afternoon was 934 buyers. The transactions, however, were not extensive. Ex chequer Bills brought 535. to 555. preMium; and India Bonds 475..t0 495. prem. Reduced Three-and a-llalf per Cents. were 101* to 1011. There was an increase of activity in the Foreign Securities after two o'clock, and the quotations exhi bited some buoyancy. We must except Spanish, however, as those did not doge quite so good. Portu guese New Five per Cents. remained firm at 401, and the Three per Cents. were. 24 to 24*. Mexican improved to 313 and 321. Colombian Stock was at 211; Brazilian at 71 to 714; and Chilian at 75 to 76, being an advance again in the latter. French Five per Cents. brought 118 E 50e. to 118 f 75c.; and the Dutch Two-and-a-I fall per Cents. 03. The • Five per Cent. Spanish Bonds left off at 183, and the Three per Cents. at 241. The market - fbr Shares is without a feature, there being very very few parties at present either buyers or sellers. Great Western, New, were 14, and Man chester and Leeds, 2 prem. Bristol and Exeter were 9 1:k. Midland Counties 39, and Brighton 131 discount. Paris and Rouen were 6 prem. British North Ame rican Bank Shares were 7 discount, London and Westminster I*, and Union of Australia 7 prem. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTII.—The report that the l3ritannia, 120, will bear the flag of the new Port Admiral is incor rect. Admiral Sir Charles Rowley will hoist his flag in the St. Vincent, 120, which is preparing for the purpose, and is not to go to the Mediterranean to re lieve the Howe, 120. The Gallant Admiral will as sume the command on the Ist of January, with Cap tain Eobert Ro‘Nley as Flag Captain, Commander Walter Toby, and Richard Ilaig, Esq., Purser, as Secretary. The Austrian frigate Bellone, 44, commanded h i his Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick, is. detained at Spithead by strong adverse winds. She is on her return to Trieste, in the Adriatic, and will proceed immeiiately the weather permits. The Cambridge, 78, Captain Barnard, is being equipped in the harbour with all practicable despatch,- under orders to proceed to Plymoutt Rumour sends her to Brazil, to reinforce the squadron there. The brig Rapid, 10, Lieut. Erle, was cruising off the Bight of Benin on the 24th October, in search of a schooner, which was embarking slaves for the Bra zils. It is now reported that she has captured her, having onboard 450 of those unhappy beings. The steamer Styx, Captain Vidal, is being re-fitted at Woolwich, it is reported for further surveying ser vice on the Coast of the Western Islands. She is to be provided with two paddle-box life-boats, invented by Captain George Smith, R.N., known for his st pro inla;'gueramm- er N 3: e . The Acheron ssel has been commissioned a fi t ci l ecY oolwieh by Lieut. Benjamin Aplin, reported for service in the Mediterranean. The Racer, 18, at this port, is being docked for commission; also the Conway and Tyne, 26 gun ships. The Thunderer, 84, Captain Pring, still remains in Plymouth Sound, waiting Admiralty orders. Com mander Macdonald, and several Astistant-Surgeons, to join the Dublin, are to proceed in the Thunderer to Rio de Janeiro. At Spithead—liellone, Austrian friiate. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, CamL'ridge, Saniarang, Frolic;Nsu tilus, Thunderbolt, Rocket, Volcano, and Alban,— Brighton Gazette. . On Friday afternoon az match against time carne off on the Lewes road, Mr. Matthews, of the Britannia, having backed himself to ride his mare twenty miles within an hour. The stak es were 20/., and the match p.p. The race-course wa s the ground at -first in tended to be selected, but r, sin falling heavily during the morning, the turf becan. e unfit for the purpose, and Mr. Matthews in con sequence selected three miles of the Lewes road, fron i near the Hanover Arms t 3 the foot of Falmer-hill. ' The match was made as late as ten o'clock on the previous Thursday evening, when the mare had been racked up for the night, and had been given a but •ket of water. Owing to this circumstance, and 1.0 the mare being en tirely out of training, odd s were offered against her, notwithstanding that la r powers are well known. Soon after two o'clock the match commenced, Mr. Matthews riding out a mile And returning to the Ha nover Arms in four minti es and 35 seconds. Six miles were then done in 1.5 minutes and 35 seconds, and another six in 16 ini'aut• es and 25 seconds. In re turning to the llanor e r tl tis time the mare, when pyssing the barracks, 'east a shoe, which was not re placed. After a res' c , at the Hanover of three minutes the mare accompli shed the 1. tst six miles in 20 mi nutes, being five seconds wi thin the hour. Taki ng into consideratf,on the combination of unfavourable circumstances whii. : l l we have mentioned, and the fact that, owing tc, ar, imperfection in the arrangements, Mr. Matthews ,vershot the distance as much as a ( dozen yards be /ore he pulled up on his first going out, the feat may ' be considered one of the most extraordi nary upon ,cord ; and the interest of the spectators at the close considerahl of the running was intense. Bets to a amount were made on the event. 'The mare's foo . I fro v,e.• L AIN BEEF FRosf mil es unshod; but it is now nearly well. r , L was considerably injured by running the seven m C H ALK. is an! easy and (num. on process, and may be put in Practice as c :Sliows : -Go to a respectable public-house, having first take) I.a residence or lodging in the neighbour ' h°. V Then you wish for beer resort freely to the chalk, an dgo on, getting as much as you can upon this print iple, until it becomes unproductlve, when Apt ... A.- • L r• arfor ALM-19117P_