The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-02 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS. By the New York papers, which arrived yes terday, it appears that Mr. Stevenson was again, by a considerable majority, re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, making the fourth time that he had been voted to the Chair. The numbers were—for Andrew Stevenson, 142 ; Lewis Williams, 39 ; Edward Everett, 15 ; John Bell, 4 ; Richard Coulter, 2 ; R. H. Wilde, '2 ; C. F. Mercer, 1 ; John Davis, 1 ; Samuel A. Foot, 1 ; Joseph Vance, 1 ; James K. Polk, 1 ; Blanks 8. Mr. Walter Franklin was elected Clerk of the House by a majority of seven over Mr. St. Clair Clarke, the numbers being, for the former 117, and for the latter 110. A letter on this subject says—" These events have extinguished the last hope entertained by the opposition of embar rassing the action of the President during the present Congress, and have satisfied most of them that they can carry none of the various measures they have projected, either to effect that object, or to sustain directly or indirectly the Bank of the United States. In the sitting of the Senate on the sth the annual statement of the accounts of the treasurer of the United States was presented, as well as a very long report of the Secretary of the Trea sury respecting the removal of the deposits from the United States Bank, but no new light was thrown on the snbject, except in its stating, that under the general authority invested in the Secr etary as head of the Treasury department, to ma nage the financial affairs of the Government, he possessed the power to see that the public money ...was deposited in 'safe keeping ; and that the law incorporating the Bank only reserved to him the power he before possessed, but did not con fer on him any new power. And he says, the obligation to assign the reasons for directing the deposits to be removed was not a restriction of his general power, because the right of the Se cretary to designate the place of deposit was always necessarily subject to the control of Con gress. IVIr. Benton gave notice of his intention to introduce a resolution, proposing an amend ment to the Constitution in relation to the elec tion of President ; and also submitted the fol lowing resolution, which was laid on the table for the consideration of the Senate. It was as follows : " Resolved,—That the Secretary of the Trea sury be directed to report to the Senate-Ist, a statement of the amount of public moneys in the Bank of the United States at the end of each month for each year, from the establishment of the Bank to the present time ; 2d, the average amount of the same for each year ; 3d, the average of the same for the whole time." The United States Gazette states that a run had been made on the branch bank of the United States at Savannah, to the amount of 350,000 dollars, but that the whole had been immediately paid in specie. A PATAGONIAN TOMB.—In the centre of a circular trench, of übout a foot in depth and 12 or 14 yards in circumference, a number of bushes and skins were raised up in the form of a cone to the height of 12 or 15 feet; the top of the cone was closely covered in with bushes and skins, and surmounted by two small red flags; around the outside of the trench were placed, at certain distances, several flags of a similar description. But what had the most singular appearance were the effigies of two horses, made out of skins, which were placed with the nose of one of them resting on a stick outside the trench.—Mae. donall's Voyage to Patagonia. The written defence read in Court on the trial of John Bodle, at the late Kent Assizes, for the murder of his grandfather, was written by his counsel, Mr. Bodkin. In a parish not 100 miles from Edinburgh, the principal proprietor is a gallant General, who has bravely served his King and country in many a desperate engagement, and who is much beloved by his dependants. A week or two ago the parish clergyman closed a lu minous discourse with a few comments upon sin in the general. After the dismission of the congregation, a residrnt in the parish asked an old man (a dependant of the General) how he liked the Doctor to-day ? "No weel, no weel," was the answer; be was o'er sair on our master at the end o' his sermon, which comes ill aff his hand, considering the number o' dinners be gets frae him, and it shall ne'er be said that I approve o' his preaching, when he begins about the sins o' the General."—Fife shire Journal. About a quarter past one o'clock yesterday morning, a young woman in the service of Mr. Howard, of Norfolk street, Strand, rushed out into the street, shrieking dreadfully, her clothes all on fire. Fortunate!y John Kirkman, No. 107, F division, was passing at the time, and Its instantly threw his coat round her, and rolled her in the street. The flames were extinguished, hut the poor creature was dreadfully burnt, and great doubts are entertained of her recovery. The brig George Canning, in command o the cbief mate, Mr. Ji.hn Nicholl4, the Captain (Burgtall, having died on the 17th ult., on the passage from Para, in the Brazils, bound to London, lately put into Milford, when Robert Roy, a British seaman, was conveyed before Henry Leach, Esq., under the following circum stances :—lt appeared that " Rob Roy" had been detained in custody at Para, charged with a ca pital offence, and had been placed on board the George Canning to work his passage to England, by Mr. Hesketb, the British Vice-Consul at that place; that the brig had sailed from thence the 18th of October last, anti that Rob Roy, in a little time after be bad been on board, conducted himself in a disorderly manner, got drunk, and was suspected of having stolen liquor ; that he assaulted and struck two of the seamen in a most violent and brutal manner ; and his conduct was so out rageous that the commander was obliged to arm himself, after be had cut open the head of one of the men with the ship's axe ; lie also let go the main braces, cut away the topsail sheets, which made the sails fall back on the mast, it blowing then a heavy gale —no doubt with the intention of destroying the ship and crew with himself, to avoid the punishment of the crime be ha been guilty of. He bad made a blow with the axe at the Commander, and stood over the main batch with it in his hand. to prevent the crew coming up. The mate in coin• mand avoided his blow, and succeeded in securing him, lashed his legs together, and fastened him to the capstan with chains. To the above charges he pleaded guilty. He was committed to Haverfordwest gaol on the 2d inst. Cambrian. LACONIC EPISTLES.—A very celebrated Diplomatist, whose time, at one period of his life, was so engaged in matters of political importance that he could scarcely find a moment to attend to social duties, and a certain facetious colleague used to say that lie never dotted his I a cr crossed his T s, for the purpose of saving time. It is not, therefore, probable that such a man would fritter sway his precious existence in writing letters to friends upon subjects unconnected with ambition or party intrigues. He, however, broke through his deter mination in the following instance. A lady with whom he was well acquainted married a young French noble man, the choice of her heart. Scarcely bad the honey moon passed sway, when the husband was attacked with a severe illness and died. The diplomatist being informed that the affliction of the lady was so in tense, that night and day she did nothing but weep —that sot row would soon bring her to the grave— deemed it an imperative duty to write a letter ofcondo lence. This be performed—but reflecting that true grief is alas' • i litetypipAnd wishing her to understand how alive his etiqe w• et11174 . ,he irreparalle loss she bad sustaine d, ivlalfe\ the -% iscrsi—and they formed the whole cov e NOte-c4dO.;ige,letter " Ah! Madame! !" Six ity;s . ,4l grief and sorrow passed also '414416004e`j ••ittoldjpiplas. The fair lady followed the g l iworAitesus, and took to herself an o ' -' 0 Beii had the writer of protocols hea • ' "fnced more than usual alacrity in c' • ": go-RV:oefi:teltt on of writing a congratulatory epietlelb 4A. ": • etddingly despatched. lie again re flected, ie not loquacious joy is also laconic— and so he wrote---a" Ho! Ho ! Madame!" , ` \\ MADRID, DEC. 23. (From the Times Correspondence.) We had begun to flatter ourselves that the in surrection in the northern provinces was definitively put down. The tardy victories of Saarsfield, and the active administration of Valdez, had set our minds too much at ease as to the state of Biscay, Guipuscoa, and Navarre. It now appears that the insurgents, learning wisdom from experience, have resolved on persisting in a system of sanguinary agitation, taking care never to present themselves in the mass before the troops of the line, until their numbers or their discipline have become such as to insure them the victory. It can no longer be said that they are destitute of leaders. Merino, the priest, is at best but a chief of guerillas, and has, in fact, little influence with the faction over which he hoped to preside. The true leader of the insur rection, Zavallo, is a man of a very different cha racter. He professes to be the chosen representative of the three disturbed provinces, and it is under his auspices that the new system of agitation is carried on. Aware of his great and dangerous influence, General Valdez had found means to open a corre spondence with him, for the purpose of inducing him to abandon his fastnesses in the mountains, end retire, like others of his party, into France. I have seen, in fact, a letter from the priest who acted as 'he go-between. This clerical envoy professes the strictest neutrality, but at the same time describes the scattered forces at the disposal of Zavallo as daily increasing in importance, and as already extremely formidable both in numbers and discipline. It is known that Zavallo was at Bilboa at the time of the death of King Ferdinand, and it was there that as soon as the intelligence arrived the insur rection broke out into " a sudden flood of mutiny." Judging of the rest of Spain by what he observed in his own immediate neighbourhood, Zavallo had expected that the rising would be general, and it would undoubtedly have been much more general than it has proved had the Pretender only ventured, when the tide turned in his favour, to show himself in the country. But the time has now gone by, and the cause of Don Carlos is not to be saved by all the skill of ?Avail°, nor by the high tone he as sumes in his correspondence with General Valdez. To the offer which was made to him of a safe conduct across the French frontier, Zavallo returned for answer that he would not entertain any proposal in which he was not treated as the Commander-in- Chief of the forces of Charles V., and the chosen representative of the three provinces of Biscay, Guipuscoa, and Navarre. The amnesty for his followers alluded to in the letter of General Valdez he professed to despise, declaring that he expected soon to be in a situation where he would be the dispenser of pardons, and not the object of them. The better to enforce the language of his letter he caused three carabineers, whom he had previously made prisoners, to be brought out and shot in presence of the envoy of General Valdez, declaring that similar measures of reprisal would be taken whenever he heard of any execution for political offences against the existing Government within the bounds of what he calls his jurisdiction. I have seen other letters from Bilboa in which the greatest alarm is expressed for the fate of these pro vinces. Even here in Madrid complaints begin to be raised against Zarco del Valle, the new Minister at War, pretty nearly of the same nature with those which were so loudly expressed against his prede cessor. He is accused of indecision and want of energy, and the somewhat pompous display of acts of clemency on the part of the Government is im puted to him as a felt. It is said that as soon as a fresh act of amnesty appears, the insurgents return home in triumphant crowds, and loaded with booty, to their native towns and villages, exulting over the comparative poverty of those who had remained faithful to the Queen, declaring that the Queen's Government had issued an amnesty because it was not strong enough to punish, and boasting of their readiness to take up arms in the cause of Don Carlos, as soon as they should be called upon by their chiefs. Such arguments as these are not very conclusive in favour of that unsparing severity which begins to be recommended by such of the journals as lay claim to liberality and independence, especially as they can be met by the Carlist leaders with the ap plication of the lex tar:anis. It is asserted that no less than a thousand individuals have already suf fered death for their participation in the present re bellion. It is quite certain that a very small portion of them are enumerated in the Gazette, and it is even doubtful if the Captains-General of provinces think it necessary to communicate such trifling de tails to the Central Government. Each Captain-General is in fact a little king in his province, and only more absolute than his no minal superior in, Madrid because he is less under the influence of public opinion. Witness, for in stance, the excessive hesitation displayed in the re moval of the Conde de Cuba, the weakest and most inefficient of these functionaries, from the united viceroyalties of Murcia and Valencia. It is said that this tardy act of vigour has at length been accomplished, and that his se cond in command, Martinez San Martin, has really been directed to supersede him. If this be the case, I venture to say, from what I know of the character of the man, that San Martin has accepted the ap pointment with a firm resolution to exercise his new functions as independent of all control as does Llander in Catalonia, E-peleta in Arragon, or Que sada in Old Castile. There is no one, for instance, who doubts that if Llander were to be sent for by the Queen, he would find some courtly excuse for deferring the journey to Madrid. It may be con venient for the present to wink at this provincial dictatorship, but it is clearly about to be undermined by the new territorial system introduced by the Home Minister, Don Xavier de Burgos. An idea is still abroad that Zea is hostile at heart to these innovations, and that he has yielded against his will to the force of circumstances, and to the rising ascendancy of Burgos. In this explanatio of the state of the Cabinet I have no great faith, although it is pretty generally received, and although Burgos makes no secret of his resolution either to carry the liberal measures he contemplates, or to re tire from the Administration. It was only this morning that the French Ambas sador, Count Rayneval, ascertained the fact, which has probably reached you from Paris or Bayonne, that his late Secretary, M. Perier, had been way laid between Vittoria and Tolosa, and deprived of the despatches with which he was charged. The party that stopp e d hi m h a d b een i n wa i t i ng , i t i s said, for the m a il f rom P ar i s , w hi c h i s suppose d, fromits non-arrival, to have also fallen into their hands. When M. Perier's carriage was stopped he contrived to make his esca p e , an d f rom a cottage i n the neighbourhood sent a note to his servant to fol low him, if possible, with the despatches to Tolosa, which, with the assistanc e o f a gu id e, l ie suc ceeded in reaching by a by-road. The servant, after some delay, was also permitt e d to f o ll ow him, but was refused horses by the post-master, under pretence of his not being provided with a separate passport. As for the despatches, they were carried into some mountain recess, to be laid before the Junta de Gobierno, which was pro bably sitting there under the Presidency of Senor Zavallo. On the direct road to France there has, in fact, been no security for travellers for the last two months, with whatever passports they may have been provided. The English messenger, Draffen, who arrived here on the sth of November last, was also waylaid, and had his despatches vio lated, although not ultimately deprived of them, as M. Perier has been. M Draffen sets out again this evening for London, but as he is to be provided with a military escort on his arrival in the dis turbed districts, he will probably reach the frontier in safety. Don Domingo Lopez, a nephew of the Curti Merino, has been taken at Lerna, by one of Que sada's Lieutenants, and sent to Valladolid for trial. ~ t ' j ~r- 1 GERMAN PAPERS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 30.—Would it be believed that the foreign relations of the Porte give it as much un easiness, nay, even more than its domestic concerns ? The treaty with Russia is still a matter of discussion, and the subject of violent altercations between the Reis Effendi and the Representatives of England and France. The Reis Effendi abides firmly by his arguments, and affirms that be cannot understand why so much noise is made about an alliance which, if it was not directly advised at an un fortunate period to the Porte, was, at least, so far pro moted on the part of England and France, that they pointed out to the Sultan the way which he had to follow in future, and which he was now taking. He cannot, he says, account for the dissatisfaction which is now signified to the Porte because it has formed a close connection with Russia, and endeavours to be on friendly terms with that power. Since our mature examination of the late treaty, and the convention of Adrianople, it appears that no exclusive privilege is given to the Russian nation, but that it is only placed on the same footing as the most favoured nations, the United States, for instance. With respect to the apprehension that Russia would have the command of the Dardanelles, to consider them so is wholly unfounded, because in future none (without one exception), are to enter the Straits without the permission of the Porte. The Porte seems to be acquainted with the resolutions of the three Powers at Munchengratz, which are said by the diplomatic gentlemen here, to be very useful to it in its present situation.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 26. VIENNA, DEC. 20.—The Archduke Palatine has ar rived here, from Presburg; the Archduke Maximilian, from Linz ; M. Verstolk, Minister of the Netherlands, and M. du Shil, Minister of Darmstadt, both plenipoten tiaries to the Congress, have also arrived. The Hunga rian Chambers are proceeding rapidly in the despatch of business. Count Lucchesi Palli, husband of the Duchess of Berry, has come here for a few days from Gratz. It is said that he wishes to settle in the Austrian dominions. Prince Joseph of Schwartzenburg died a few days ago at his residence in Bohemia, at the age of 64. _ . DEC. 24.—1 t is now said that - the Sultan is not satis fied with an annual tribute of 50,000 ducats from Servia, that the city of Belgrade is placed under Servian juris diction, and the taxes levied are not to go to the Pacha, but to the Government. All political afftirs relative to Servia have been decided by a firman of the Sultan, which has reached Crakojewatz, and the return of the Servian deputies, from Constantinople, is now looked for. Prince Alilosch is expected at Belgrade, on a visit to the Paella ; some sly he will fix his residence there or at Semendria. It is not known what has been done relative to the indemnity due to the Turks who pos sessed property in Servia. The Pacha has paid them pro visionally the quarter of the year's income. ROME, DEC. I7.—The monks of St. Antonio continue to pray for Donna Maria in spite of the prohibition of the Pope. They have protested against this prohibition, de claring that force must be employed to prevent them. The Spanish courier, so long expected, has arrived at last with numerous letters for the clergy. The Spanish Mi nister has formally denounced the recognition of the young Queen by the Holy Father. The courier, on his return to Spain, was plundered of everything by brigands near Ronciglione. This news has terrified travellers, as it is long since robbers had been beard of hereabouts. The Spanish Government is using strenuous exertions to obtain the recognition of !he Queen here, as well as at Naples, but without success. The King of Naples persists in saying, that in justice to his successors, he will maintain the Salle law. This will be very annoying to the Queen Regent, as many of the European Courts will not recog nise her until the King of Naples has done so ; and also because the clergy of Spain keep their eyes fixed on Rome, so as to follow the impulse that emanates from the holy city. . - VIENNA, DEC. 21.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 94 15-16 ; Four per Cente., ; Bank Shares, 1,23. Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 27. BERLIN, DEC. 16.—The freedom of commerce, which has been so greatly extended, fills the manufacturers with joy and hope, and it is anticipated with pleasure, that the trade and manufactures of Prussia will receive a favourable impulse. This joy, however, is not wholly free from apprehension, for the manufacturers of the neighbouring countries, especially of Saxony, may raise a dangerous competition. People are at a loss to under stand how the diminution which must nee.s.arily ensue in the receipt of taxes, by the adoption of the general tariff, can be made good ; and it is almost impossible to increase the direct taxes. It is be. lieved that a very rigorous prohibitory system will be adopted towards foreign countries. The new organization of the Courts of Justice will, it is affirmed, cause a dimi nution of the receipts to the amount of nearly twu millions. MUNICH, DEC. U.—Negotiations are in contemplation with Austria, in order to extend the commercial inter. course between the two countries. Baron Grise, Minister of State, will set out in a few days for the Congress,..at Vienna.—Frankfort Papers, Dec. 27. HESSE CASSEL, Dec. 20.—8 y a recent judgment of our High Court of Appeal, it was decided that the or dinances anterior to the charter, which subjected all writings without distinction to the Censorship were an. nulled by the charter, and consequently the freedom of the press is established, and there no longer exists any Censorship, except in cases provided for by the laws of the German Confederation ; so that it is decided to be con trary to the constitution to subject to the Censorship works consisting of more than twenty sheets. —Nurem burg Correspondent, Dec. 24. Morpeth election is fixed for this day, Tues day, Dec. 31. The Hon. Captain E. Howard passed through this town on Thursdayievening to pay his re• spects to the electors, and will no doubt be elected without opposition.— Tyne Mercury. John Thomas Mayne, Esq., of Teffont House, Wilts, is announced as a candidate for the repre sentation of Totness, in the room of J. Cornish, Esq., who, it is understood, will shortly resign his seat.—Bath Paper. A map has been published by. the Reforma- tion Society exhibiting the situations of Roman Catholic chapels, colleges, and seminaries in the several counties of England, Scotland, and Wales, and also the present sta tions of the Reformation Society up to January, 1833. From this it appears that the total number of Catholic chapels in England and Wales, in 1833, was 423, and in Scotland 74, being an increase in England and Wales, since 1824, of 65 ; and in Scotland, since 1829, of 23 Roman Catholic places of worship. The counties in England possessing the greatest number of Catholic chapels are—Lancashire, 87; Yorkshire, 52 ; Stafford shire, 25 ; Northumberland and Middlesex, each 19 ; Warwickshire and Durham, each 14; Hampshire, 12 ; and Lincolnshire, 11. There is no Catholic chapel in the counties of Rutland or Huntingdon. In Wales Ca tholicism seems to have made but little progress-6 out of the 11 counties into 'Thiel' it is divided not h tying a Catholic chapel in them, and there being only 8 ch apels in the entire principality. Inverness-shire and Banffshire appear to be the most Catholic counties in Scotland, there being 17 chapels in the former and 12 in the latter county. The Reformation Society has yet been enabled to establish only 46 stations throughout the whole of Englan , f, Wales, and Scotland, to counteract the rapid strides which Popery seems to be making. THE COURT AND THE CAMP PAPERS.— The " Court Journal" for the New Year is to commence with a complete show-up of the French Gambling-houses, and the " Naval and Military Gazette," with an expose of the murderous doings of the Russian Autocrat, and his army, in Poland. These two subjects alone are certainly rich enough to infuse a high degree of interest into those Journals, the perus.l of which is now become indispen sable with the fashionable and military classes. CAUSES OF INDIGESTION.—Among the chief causes of indigestion (says Dr. Watson Philip, in his treatise on this disease) which act directly on the mus cular fibres of the stomach, are narcotic and other offen sive substances received into it. I have found that although opium applied to the external surface of the alimentary canal and heart produces no sensible effect on their muscular power, applied to their internal surface, it produces the same effect as when directly applied to the muscular fibres themselves, impairing their power, unless the quantity b e ex t reme l y m i nute, and instantly destroy ing it if the quantity be considerable. It is probable that other offensive substances acting on the stomach, tobacco, distilled spirits, strong peppers, those of an acrid or putrid nature generated in the stomach itself, &c., may also in the same way immediately affect the muscular fibres. It is not uncommon for a fit of indigestion to be induced by taking suddenly considerable quantities of iced fluids. Violent and repeated vomiting also debilitates the muscular fibres of the stomach. But of the causes which immediately affect them the most frequent and powerful is morbid distension, the most common cause of which is citing too fast ; another frequent cause being high season ing and great variety of food, or such as particularly pleases the palate, by which we are induced to eat !after the appetite is satisfied. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1834. The Paris papers of Monday and Tuesday have arrived this morning. Their contents, except as regards Spain, are unimportant. The account from that country, however, are interesting. The Guerilla chiefs, sensible of their inability to contend against a regular army on similar prin ciples of organization, have divided their forces into small bands, with which they scour the country, raising contributions from the wealthier inhabitants, and increasing their strength by additions from a starving peasantry, many of whom are indifferent to the cause which they support otherwise than as it affords them the means of subsistence. This is to be expected in a country like Spain ; and it is sheer ignorance alone of the condition of its inhabitants, and of the localities in which this predatory warfare is carried on, which leads some persons here to draw inferences as to the probable duration of the contest from the news which reaches us through indirect and doubtful channels, of the proceedings of the insurgents. There is no country in Europe of which so little is known here as Spain. During the last fifteen years, not more than one in a thousand of those who have visited the continent for purposes of health, pleasure, or information, have entered Spain. They have amused them selves in Paris and at Naples, written tours of Germany, and filled our print-shops with views of the Rhine ; have toiled to the top of Mont Blanc, leaped over the chasms of the Mer de Glace, or defaced the tomb of poor BYssuE SHELLEY with inscriptions ; but few indeed have visited Spain, and acquired knowledge respect ing the resources of a country, or the education of a people so important, although so little known, to the rest of Europe. Of those who write or have written respecting Spain not one in fifty has been in the country, and the few who have been there rushed through it hastily, in order to reach the capital and visit the Escurial, or perhaps extended their journey to the plains of Granada to take a view of that terrestrial Paradise of the Moors, the Alhambra. This was not the way to obtain a knowledge of the Spanish character ; yet upon the reports of such travellers the people of England have formed their opinions of Spain, and have set down the whole of the peasantry as a mass of bigoted and idle vagabonds. Having had better opportunities of forming a correct estimate of the people of Spain, we are not led to the conclusion that the peasantry — with is thecase exceptioniththe in all plc of afaewewhere h e localities rt ine h which, uman as mind is from inclinationisdebase dbyth e orthe an influence wofct of limate—are energyservile i to throw off the yoke of servility. In the north of Spain the peasantry have as strong notions of independence as the people of any country in the world ; and in Estremadura and Castile the peasants are only the slaves of the priesthood from the despotic laws, which throw power into the hands of that pestiferous class, and make the peasantry dependant upon the con vents for subsistence. What is to be expected from men who are not allowed the opportunity of gathering the fruits of their industry, and who are only kept from starvation by the supplies of bread and soup which they receive occasion ally from the convents? Is it surprising that hey are induced to enrol themselves in predatory bands, headed by priests, certain as they are in this way of obtaining food and raiment, with a show of independence which they would not have in their own villages ? and are we to deduce from the existence of these bands that the Spanish peasant is a hugger of bigotry and a hater of political liberty ? If the Government were liberal enough to remove the curse which hangs over the peasant, he would be the de fender of the laws instead of arming himself against them. If the priesthood, instead of being the lords of the soil, and tyrants over its cultivators, were dependant, as they ought to be, upon their free contributions for support, there would be little of the bigotry and degra dation which are supposed to belong essentially to the Spanish character as regards the mass of the population. Let us but see a free Govern ment, and the ranks of the priesthood will soon be abandoned. Why are the Spanish army notoriously opposed to the priesthood? Because they are no longer dependant upon them for subsistence, and are not compelled to receive as the gift of charity a small portion only of what has'been wrung from their industry. The regular troops are formed of the peasantry, as well as the bands of the insurgents ; their condition, however, has been changed, and they act dif ferently. Were a Government to be formed in Spain, with liberality enough to emancipate the people, and prudence enough to temporize with the priesthood, whilst they gradually deprived them of their temporal authority, the Spanish peasantry and the poorer classes generally of Spain would have a very different reputation in other countries. The accounts from Madrid in the French papers, state that the Government had received official intelligence that Don CARLOS was at Chaves, and that RODIL had seized the junta who were with him. They contain a letter from Oleron, confirming the discovery of a conspi racy in Arragon, the ramifications of which ex tend to Huestra and Barbastro, and, by several points of Caspe, to the rebels of Morella. The naval preparations in France are continued. FRENCH FUNDS.-Paets, DEC. 30. Five per Tents., 101 E 104 f. sc. Four and a Half per Cents., 100 f. Four per Cents., 90f. 50c. Three per Cents., 751. 74f. 95e. National Loan, 103 f. 90c. Bank Actions, 1,790 f Rente de Naples, 91f. 90f. 90c. 70c. Roman Five per Cents., 90% 91. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 18. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 4l 41. Royal Spanish Loan, 86 85 Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 69 69g 69. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 96Ni. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 251.. 25c. ; money, 25f. 20c. Three months, paper, 25f. 15c.; money, 25f. 10e. -tours Authentique. FRENCH FUNDS.-Pmts, Dec. 31. Five per Cents., 104 f. 103 f. 95c. 104 f. se. Four per Cents., 90f. 40c. Three per Cents., 74f. 9,ic. 95c. 75f. National Loan, 103 f. 90c. Bank Actions, 1,705 f. Rente de Naples, 90f. 70c. 91f. 90f. 90c. Roman Five per Cents., 91g Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., IN. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 41 41g. Royal Spanish Loan, 86 Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 69 6930. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 96. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money, 25f. 20c. Three months, paper, 25f. 15c.; money, 25f. 10c. -Coors 4uthentiaue. We have received German Papers to the 27th inst. They contain another article from Con stantinople of the 30th of November, in which it is stated that the SULTAN has received some satisfactory communication from the Munchen gratz Confederates. It would appear from this that the Emperor NICHOLAS will not abandon the advantages which he has gained in Turkey without a struggle. The report of the Committee of the House I of Commons appointed last Session to consider the general state of parochial registries, and the laws relating to them, and the expediency of a general registration of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials in England and Wales, has at length been printed. We shall endeavour to give it entire to-morrow ; for a more important and interesting document will not, we imagine, come before the public till the meeting of Parliament. The conclusion to which it appears the Com mittee unanimously came was, that a national civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths, should be established,—that it should include all ranks of society, and religionists of every class, — that the register should be kept in duplicate, one to be forwarded to a central office in the Metropolis. The Committee do not at all propose to discontinue the present ecclesiastical registrations of baptisms, deaths, and marriages, but simply for civil purposes to cause a perfect account of them to be kept. Of the inconve niences of the present imperfect system of regis- ' tration, if system it can be called, the litigation, the deterioration and loss of property it occa sions, there are few who have not at some period of their lives been made to feel to their cost. We cannot imagine, therefore, that there will be any popular impediments thrown in the way of the practical working of any reasonable provisions which the Legislature may frame for putting this important subject upon a proper footing. Indeed the Committee appear to have much greater dread of opposition from selfish bigotry than popular ignorance ; but whatever may have been once apprehended from the efforts of the clergy, and they appear by the report to have been powerful enough at one time to throw out an improved Registration Act, little fear need at present be entertained of them. The little villag e of Lalleo, in the Duchy of Parma, was complet ely reduced to ashes on the 14th ult., by the carelessness of an individual who went to sleep in his stable with a lighted candle. Twelve houses fell a prey to the flames. The loss is considerable, and three persons were deprived of _their lives by the calamity.— Italian Paper. PSI( ES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT 'DNS O'CLOCK. flank Stccec 3 per Cent. lied. 89% BM9 India Stock — 3 per Cent. Cons. ...... ..... shut Ditto Bonds 23 25 pm. 3*4 per Cent. 974 South Sea Stock — Ditto Red 97%4 , Old Annuities 874 New 34 per Cent. 1726 ...00A 3 per Cent. Ann. Cent.. Ann. .. I per Cent. 1826 45 46 pm. Rank Long Ann. to expire 'Ditto 50P...46 45 46 pm. Jan. 5, 186. l7 , Ditto Small 46 45 46 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 — , Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised ...... ... —pm Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank for Account April 5, 1880.— ......... India for Account — Jan. 5. 1870 — Cons. for Account 90% IA as% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 97 Belgian Bonds 96 Ditto Account 96 Brazilian Bonds 67 % 1 ,i Ditto Account MS% Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account 01% Chilian Bonds ... ......... Ditto Account % Columbian Bonds 19% Ditto Account, Ditto Bonds, 1824 2 2 14 Ditto Account 224 Danish Bon 3. "3% Ditto Account 73% Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825. 29 Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 29 4 Ditto Account -17 THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds ' 934 Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 56YR Ditto New Bonds 56 Ditto Acconnt 5 6 %44 Prussian Bonds lO2 ...... .... Ditto Bonds, 1822 lO3 Russian Bonds, 1822 lO4 Ditto Account lO4 Ditto 111 103% Spanish Bonds, 1821 ` 3 % 1 Ditto Acc. 23%4 Ditto Bonds, 1823 20% Ditto Account 20% French Rentes, 5 p. c. —f —c. !--- Exchange ...... —f —c. '--:1 per cent....... —f. —c. -- Exchange —f —c. 'Dutch, 21 p. c 5O 4974 Ditto Account 5OlB 49% I Ditto, 5 p. c 9514 4% Account t Dito ..... 9 5 474 - ----- - vitt , 6 per cent 3B Ditto Account 3B Neapolitan B9 Fr;.nch Scrip 4 sq pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE o'ctocir. Paid. Per Share. Alten Mining Company £7 7%, , Anglo Mex. M. ~o. Os& at U. pm ) XlOO Bolanos Mining Company .£l5O Brazilian Mining Company...... ......... £5 Brazilian Imp. MM. Co. (iss. at Si. pm.) £2O Ditto National 22% Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 Cata Branca Mining Company 3% British Iron Mining , Conmany £so Columbir.n Minim, Co. 'iss at 5/. pm.) 51% English Mining Company 12% General 51ining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo Mexican Mining Co. Real dcl Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) I nited Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scr ip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co. l3 National Provincial Bank of England 5 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 53'4 1114 144 i 1134 2156 21% 48 , I . 3914 - PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 30. Bank Stock 210% i St. Patrick Insur.(perShare Consols, 3 Der cent Gov. Stock, 3K, per cent. V 6 t National Ditto — Ditto, New 96 ;Patriotic Ditto — I per Cent. —lHibernian Bank — Gov. I)eb. 3Y4 per cent.... 'Provincial Ditto ..... ....... Royal Canal Stock 4O Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent 76 Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4D. C. - Commercial Buildings — HAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg 1 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagens 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 1 0 Malta 0 2 France 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Guernsey&Jersev.. 1 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...58 minutes after 7. I Evenine...2o minutes after 8. COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS. AN erroneous impression existing as to the Plan and Price of this New Monthly Publication, it has become necessary to state that its PLAN differs from that of the Waverley Novels in this respect, that it gives, on the first of every Month, THE ENTIRE WORK, whether it be one, two, or three volumes, whereas in the case of the Waverley Novels only part of a set was published one month, and the reader was compelled to wait till the following month, for the conclusion of a story. As to the price, in the case of the Waverley Avels, a set, which had been origi nally published in three Vole, for 1/. I 1 ,. 6d., formed two duodecimo Vols. for 10s., while in Colburn's Mod-rn Novelists, the three handsome post Bvo. Vols. are given, neatly bound, for 12s. The public will now decide which plan is the best, and which work is the cheapest. The nest Number of Colburn's Novelists will comprise Lord Mulgrave's " Yes and No," in 2 Vole., for Sc., bound, with a striking Portrait of the Author, from a drawing by Say. • . "I tik 1a) * 1 1441. XI COURT OF COMMON PLE AS.' Sittings appointed in London and Middlesex before the Right Hon. Sir NICOLAS CONYNOHAM TINDAL, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, in and after Hilary Term, 1334 : IN TERM. MIDDLESEX. LONDON. Wednesday January 15 Friday .........January 17 Wednesday January 22 Friday January 25 AFTER TERM. MIDDLESEX. LONDON. Siturday February 1 Monday.. ....... February 3 N.B. The Court will sit at 10 o'c!ock in the forenoon on each of the days in Term; and at half.past 9 pr..- cisely on each of the days after Term. The causes in the list for each of the above sitting dap, in Term, if not disposed of on those days, will be tried by adjournment on the days following each of such sitting days. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Jaw. I.—Arrived the Charles Kerr, Brodie, from Bombay—sailed the 31st August, and from the Cape of Good Hope the 7th November. HARWICH, Jaw. I.—Arrived the Mary Stuart, Frayan, from St. Petersburgh, assisted in with loss of windlass. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind W. to N. W., squally. LYNN, DEC. 31 —Arrived the Brunswick, Wood, and Milo, Ord, from St. Petersburgh. FALMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Wind W.S.W. to W., strong gales, with violent squalls.—The Captain of the Plover packet reports that be put his Lisbon mail for Oporto on board the Savage, off Oporto, which also bad on board the Lightning mail, but from the boisterous state of the weather the Savage had not been able to land them. Put back the Firebrand steam-packet, for Lisbon and Oporto with mails. DOVER, JAN. I.—Arrived off pert the Salacia, Addi son, from Mauritius. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Arrived off port the Harriet, from Newfoundland. GREENOCK, DEc. 30.—Arrived the Lord Byron, It meson, from Miramiciii. Livmoor., DEC. 31.—Arrived the Brian Born, Cle verly, from Manilla ; New Holland, Thompson, from Buenos Ayres ; and Rolla, Wallace, from Nassau. RAMSGATE, JAN. I.—Arrived the Thomas, Nichols, from St. Michael's. MARGATE, JAN. I.—Arrived the Anna, Cook, from Riga, assisted in with loss of anchor and chains. SHIELDS, DEC. 31.—Arrived the John and Eliza, Thompson, and Ocean, Rattray, from St. Petersburgh ;. George Canning, Dense, from Stettin ; and Cato, Brown, from Riga. STOCKTON, DEC. 31.—Arrived the Maria, Wilkinson, from Riga ; and Elizabeth, Tate, from St. Petershurgh. HULL, DEC. 31.—Arrived the Gales, Keld, Norton, Bell, and Antelope, Bell, from Newcastle • and Hall and Deveron, Highholm, from St. Petetsburgh The Mary, Taylor, from St. Petersburgh to Loudon, was driven upon the Whiting Sand on Tuesday night, and abandoned by the crew. The Carnarvon packet is sunk in the Princes Basin, Liverpoo'. The Vale of Clwyd steamer is sunk off George's Pier, Liverpool. The InvPntus, M'lntoab, from the Clyde to Limerick, was wrecked near Killybegs the 29th ult. The Little Cosmo was on shore at St. Michael's the 21st ult., and would be obliged to discharge. The Sincerity, of Ipswich, was abandoned off Yarmouth on Tuesday night. The Boston packet was carried into Lowestoffe yester daS, after being abandoned by the crew. The Darlington, Bell, of Newcastle, was assisted into Lowestoffe, much damaged, having struck upon the New come Sand. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MA RKETS.—( At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 5 to £3 10 0 Kew 5l endow Hay 3 10 4 Useful Old Ditto 3 15 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 4 Closer flay 4 5 5 0 Oat Straw £1 Bto£l 10 1 Wheat Straw... 110 113 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay 3 10 4 4 Uceful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ..... Clover Hay (extra fine).....£5 0 ..Generally Oat Straw ... LI 4to £1 6 I Wheat Straw 1 8 1 10 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. New York papers to the llth December, Bombay to' the let September, Halifax to the sth, and Philadelphia and Baltimore to the lOth December, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Bombay Paper of August 28.) A considerable fall of rain has taken place at the Presi dency during these list few days; and a proportionate fall in the price of provisions was the consequence on Satur day. The Courier of yesterday states that similar relief has been experienced in the Deccan and Guzerat : we hope this is true, but a letter of the 21st from Surat states that not a drop of rain had fallen in 28 days. Another letter, from Ashnedabad, asserts that gangs of persons were going about plundering in that district, in consequence of the scarcity. Owing to these reports, provisions rose again yesterday to their previous high prices. The Government have sanctioned an extensive reform in the police of Bombay. Accounts from the Vellore districts, and from the Nizam territory, and the British portion of the Deccan, are growing every day more disttessing. Prayers were read in the English church for rain. The Right Hon. the Governor-General returned to Calcutta on the 20th ult. During his short trip his Lordship had to encounter two perils—the cholera had broken out amongst the crew of the Inglis, and the vessel was nearly lost on a reef to the eastward. The New York Papers by the London line of packet ship Sampson,Captain Cbedwick, contains the exceedingly long report of the Committee of the Directors of the Bank of the United States. The Editor of the Paper states that it will be found to contain full answers to all the charges mate, both as regards the motives and actions of the institution. BANK OF CANADA.--.lt is now said to be certain that the airings and Roth,ehildi have concluded to establish a bank in Canada, but whether in the Upper or Lower Pro. vince is not known. The capital is to be two millions sterling. (From the Halifax Papers.) It is rumoured that Ma Excellency Sir Peregrine Mait— land does not return to Nova Scotia, but resigns the Go— vernment and the command of the forces in this province and New Brunswick at the expiration of his leave of absence, which will take place next month. THE FUNDS. i Consols opened at 90 k to I for Account, the p rice they left oft - at yesterday on Change. Spanish 93i Dutch 50 t o ex dividend . HAR from 90; 0-2- t o S 9 for the TWELVE: Within a short period the Consol Mark et has become heavy, and Consols rece de d Account, supposed to be owing to w arlike preparations against Russia. HA LF -PAST ONE. The Funds, in the early part of the morning, had every appearance of maintaining their a dvance prices of yesterday, but on a sudden a change took place, and Console receded to 89i sellers for the Account ; at present they are £3l/i buy er ,. T ile exac t ca use of this decline is not yet ascertained, but attributed to the warlike attitude of Russia, which England and France but prevent from further increase by preparing an equal force. The Foreign Market has not been afftcted in proportion to that of the British. Dutch Stoc k is rath e r lower, 4.9 i ; Portuguese, 561 ; Spanish also lower, 23* 4 ; Brazil, 57k' No fresh arrivals to the present time. THREE O' CL CK. Consols for the Ac coun t, 89k. CLOSING PRICES.—FOU R O'CLOCK, Bank Stock 3 Ditto p ......... 2a inn. er Cent. Red B9 Sou th Sea Stock .......... 3 pet Cent. Cons Ditto Old Ann..........._ I ock 3i per Ccnt 34_ .L.NApejpne:rigj, Jan. 118th) iicAes 1 ,79 9 70 6 D itto Enn. to exle a 13Coa,Dnain.;ikBattottilsoo N sIsl.: e f:o w ffsroi.500mrro A u 01 On. 1859. .......... ;46.} Jan. 1860. ............. .... 446469612P11:1.: FOREIGN FUNDS, 97 Poctuguese, 5 per cent.... 57 • 5 per cent 961 Ditto, Reg. Bonds Belgian, 671 Prussian, 5 per cent. Brazilian Bond: . c ,• er cent. 211 Russian B9nds, 5 per cent. !A" Buenos Ayres, t .. Chilian. 6 per cent. 2:3i Ditto, Metallic lOll unbian, 6 per cent lBl Spanisil 5 po - cent...„..... 2.1 k Ditto, 1824 22-1 Ditto, 1 ' 823 Wit Danish 731 French 5 per Cent.... —f. —c • Greek, 5 per cent 231 Exchange f. ~• Mexican 5 per Cents, 1825 30 French 3 per Cent mo t ' ~" Q • • `:l Ditto 6 per Cent., 1825 3B Dutch, 21 per cent ....... .. It Peruvian 6 per Cent. ln Ditto, 5 per cent ....... ' , r.z.: cent Austrian, 5 j . 1 i