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Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price :is. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Prioe 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the filmes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the 13°x-office, from 'Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-stroet ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Malt. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 9, Will be repeated the Comedietta of A CURE FOR LOVE. Felix Trimmer, rsq., Mr. W. Farren ; Richard Sadgrove. Esq., Mr. Buckstone. Mrs. Felix Trimmer, Mrs. Malone Raymond ; Mrs. Major Browne, Mrs. W. Clifford; Miss Bitterton, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Tubbs, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, THE DOWAGER. Lord Alfred Lyndsay, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Dowager Countess of Tresilian, Madame Vestris. To which will be added, the Petite Drama of SUZANNE. S i mon Swallow, Mr. Buckstone ; Suzanne, (an Orphan), Ma'am° Celeste. To be followed by the Burletta of THE LOAN OF A LOVER. Captain Amersfort, Mr. Howe; Peter Spyk, Mr. Merles _Mathews ; Swyzel, Mr. Tilbury. Gertrude, Madame Yestri', with the Song of " I'd Marry him To-morrow." Ernestine, Miss C. Connor. To conclude with Mr. Buckstone's last New Farce, called A KISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Selim Pettibone, Mr. Bucketone ; Frank Fathom, Mr. Howe ; Mary, Miss Mattley ; The Unknown Female, Miss Connor ; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. Clifford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 9, Will be repeated a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU )(NOW WHAT. The principal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, Nr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Fawcit, and Miss Murray. After which, a New Comic Barletta, called AN I'ONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. To be followed by a Grand Barletta. Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubiles.' To conclude with THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin.. Opt Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson. Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Mita Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. 'II HIS EVENING, DEC. 9, Mr. T. P. Cooke in a new Character, and positively the last Two Nights of his Engagement, carnmencing, with a nev: Drama called THE FORCED MARRIAGE; or, RE TURNED FROM SIBERIA, in which Mr. T. P. Cooke will be supported by the Entire Company. After which, ROBERT MACA IRE. Robert Mania., Dlr. T. I'. Cooke. To conrlude with Mr. Barber's new Drama, en titled THE BLACK LAW OF MARTINIQUE ; or, the FUGITIVE SLAVE. Zamba, the Slate, by Mrs. H. Vining. The aim. Characters by Messrs. Hughei, Hicks, Neville, W. Smith, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Terry, who will sing Miss Eliza Cook's Song of " Oh ! why does the White Man hang en my path ?" composed by Mr. G. Stansbury. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. MAP OF CHINA. THE NEW CHINA SUN IS NOW ON SALE, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CH OW-k 00 WINGPO, AND SHANGHA.E ; WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS Orders ;Teemed at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. • MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. V riming...—. 21 minute.: after 61 Evening ......46 minutes after 6. 4 ;4 , 4 , • v ' l l , - - P"" \Ott LONDON : FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1842. The Essex Herald compliments us by saying that our attempt to persuade the farmers, in re fixence to its statement of pauperism being on the increase, that the Corn-laws were the causes of their distress, was " adroitly and skilfully made." That journal is, however, more complimentary than correct. It required no great degree of skill or adroitness to connect the present condition, both of farmers and labourers, with laws which obviously destroy the increase and the prosperity of their best and richest customers. We cannot repay the compliment by saying that the Essex Herald has shown adroitness and skill in its attempt to prove that those laws have not caused the present lamentable condition of both farmer and labourer; it has only displayed great igno rance or very bad faith. What can the public think of a journalist who asserts " that the last harvest was below the ge neral average, and below the average (harvest Qy.) of 1841," in order to throw the blame of the present condition of the agriculturists on Sir ROBERT PEEL'S puny alteration of the sliding scale ? We must refuse to credit any public statements if the produce of the wheat-lands throughout England and Scotland in 1842, taking both quantity and quality into considera tion, was not nearly one-third better than the hiirvest of 1841, and than the average of the harvests since 1838 inclusive. Why, the whole empire, both in Parliament and out of Parlia ment —aye, even the pulpits—have resounded with praise of the harvest of 1842 and for a journalist now to make a contrary - assertion for as obvious purpose, is more a proof of reckless ness than of ignorance. If the harvest were not, as we described it, a decent one, what reduced the price of wheat ? Not Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Bill, for under it the necessary supply of wheat has been introduced at a duty of Bs., which under the old law was generally introduced at Is. What has ruined ale speculators in grain, but the unexpected, early, and good Larvest? They strove all in their power to keep up prices; they kept their corn out of the market as long as possible, and scarcely a grain was introduced till the markets were rising. But when it was ascertained that our own produce was larger than usual—when prices, in consequence, could not be forced up— when they had begun sensibly to fall, then the importers introduced the foreign wheat at a much higher duty than it was ever before necessary to pay on the hulk of the foreign supply. It seems to us that the ruin of the specu lators in foreign grain, and the fall of price be fore their wheat had passed the Custom-house, fully demonstrates that the common reports of the harvest were correct, and coufirm the opinion we have expressed of our opponent. We believe the harvest was not even decent on the clay lands of Essex, the farmers of which had to bear all the expense of a costly system of cultivation and high rents, while they could not secure themselves from the competition of the farmers of other parts of the country, whose crops were excellent. But while they are grumbling at their short crop, the farmers of Haddington are rejoicing, according to Mr. GEORGE HOPE, the author of a prize essay published by the League, " in a most abundant crop of the finest quality." The present laws subject the tenants to certain outlays, while the harvest is always a contingency. Those whose crops suc ceed are, at the best of times, barely remune rated, while those whose crops fail are utterly ruined. The Essex farmers promised rent for the present year, and were at an expense of cul tivating the land, tantamount to wheat being 60s. per quarter; it has fallen below 505., their crop is short, the law did not destroy the harvest of the farmers in the north, nor keep it out of the market, and the Essex farmers are nearly ruined. The law, by increasing the expense of cultiva tion and raising rents all over the country, while it cannot secure equal crops for every farmer, was and is the cause of the distress of the Essex farmers, which makes them dismiss their la bourers. We need not add one word to remind our readers that those laws, by destroying the pro perty of the manufacturing classes, have made even a short harvest abundant, in relation to their means of purchase, and have caused that fall in price which is felt as an injury to both farmers and agricultural labourers. Neither do we require to notice the statement that the present distress is caused by a partial abandon ment of the system of protection, for the decay of the agriculturists far exceeds the amount of that abandonment, and began before that could have had any effect. The whole mischief has been caused, as Mr. GREG has shown in a pam phlet published by the League, by the Corn-laws inducing the Elmer to promise rents and incur expenses, which the price of wheat, except in years of scarcity, will not enable him to pay. The Bengal Hurharu of October 11, says, hat the official reports of the deposition of the Hill Coolies returned from the Mauritius de clare that some Coolies say they would rather break stones than work in the cane plantations; others complain of .being cruelly treated by the overseers, of having been beaten, imprisoned, and deprived of their rations for the most trifling offences. It adds that not one in a hundred have returned to Bengal. The Mauritius, it is concluded, is very fitr from being the Coolie Eldorado described by interested persons. This statement is of considerable importance, both in relation to our duties un sugar, which are con structed to give a heavy bounty on the so-called pee Coolie labour in the Mauritius, and depress the slave labour of the Brazils—a subject which will again be agitated when Parliament assem bles; and in relation to Lord STANLEY'S notable scheme to tax the labourers of the Mauritius to import Hill Coolies in order to beat down the wages of their own labour, which we brought under the notice of our readers on the 17thult. Lord STANLEY did not carry his plan through Parliament uninformed of the certain oppression of the Hill Coolies, which he was pro inotiner. To be sure the - Noble Lord, with that overweening confidence in his own wisdom which always distinguishes such petted children of for tune, was, and no doubt still is, quite certain that the nice regulations nu had devised would be mare to prevent all the evil consequences of the cupidity to which he was giving a legal sanctio n , By such immeas ura bl e vanity, which refuses to take council from experience, and persists in supposing that it can achieve by some paper orders what all previous statesmen have failed to accomplish, blacks and whites are at all times made to suffer. Mr. HoeG, who opposed Lord STANLEY, thins remonstrated with him : What !, thirty or forty thousand of the natives of In is torn by force, or beguiled by fraud, from their 'loans, transported to a distant island, where, from the nature of the soil, labourin the field is severe in the extreme; there, handed over to taskmasters who extorted from them work beyond what their frames were physically capable of enduring—while their finnilies, abandoned in .India, were languishing in misery and destitution. And the system which in duced those frightful calamities to be again resorted to, without the specification of a single precautionary measure (at least as regarded India) that had not be fore been tried and found unavailing. Mr. HoGG's remarks are fully confirmed by the Bengal newspaper; but in spite of all his remonstrances, and in spite of all Li; flicts, Lord STANLEY, as Mr. HOGG justly observed, sup ported on one side of the House measures which he had opposed on the other." The Noble Lord's superabundant confidence in himself was • in fact sufficient equally to overcome all regard for his own consistency and all respect for trhat is due to the labourers in the Mauritius and the Coolies in India. Notwithstanding this addi tional testimony to the enslaved condition of the labourers forced or beguiled from India to the Mauritius, and of the in sufficiency of all regulations to cope with the avarice of planters, endowed both with the. political power and the land of our colonies, we shall no doubt be told with much earnestness still to rely on the wisdom and precautions of Lord STANLE Y to prevent all mischief in future. We shall be called on to continue thepresent,orper hapssotne mitigated, bounty on the cultivation of sugar in our own coloniosby some scheme of forced labour, now contemplated, miscalled free im migration from Africa or India We place no reliance whatever on any such regulations, and therefore we conclude that the only way to put an end to such oppression as occurs in the cane plantations in the Mauritius, and we have no doubt in our other colonies, is to put an end to the enormous bounty which .esoniecultivation is now ti given of n discriminating sugar du that commodity in our own colonies. --- REMISSION OF RENT.—We remember that we were severely taken to task a few years ago, by more than one agricultural Correspondent, for speaking of the tenants as paupers, and dependents on the landlords.. We hope they will excuse us for repeating the state ment. We hear numerous instances of their in- ' ability to pay the runt they have contracted to pay. We see accounts of this Rector at his tithe audit, and that landlord on his rent day, remitting 10 or 20 per cent. of his claims. The Sussex Advertiser, for example, tells us that Mr. Courthope, of Whiligh, has remitted 20 per cent. on all his tenants' rentals. What is this abatement of a demand, this forgiveness of a sum promised and due, this acceptance of a re mission of a claim which cannot be met, but a proof of dependence and of pauperism, which ought not to be the condition of the industrious and intelligent yeomanry of England ? FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD A. WEST INDIAMAN —Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. C. J. Carttar, at the Unicorn public-house, Greenwich, on the body of James Smith, aged 65, a seaman onboard the London, of London, West Indiaman. It appeared by the evidence that, on Monday last, as the London was proceeding down the river on her outward bound voyage to Jamaica, when the deceased was standing on the foreyard, handing a rope to another sailor, his foot slipped and he fell on to the windlass-chain with great violence. He was taken on board the Dread nought hospital-ship, where he died in about an hour after the accident. Mr. Botley, the assistant-surgeon of the Dreadnought, deposed that, on a post mortem examination, he found that the liver had been crushed into the cavity of the chest, one of his thighs, legs, and wrist were also broken. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." In consequence of the very reduced prices of grain, several of the publicans of Bath and Bristol have re, duced the price of beer one Penny per q uar t.—B a th Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1842. AUGUSTE VESTRIS. Vestris, par le fini, le brillant de ses pas, Nous rappelle son maitre, et no I'eclipse pas. The death of this renowned dancer and posture master has been announced by the Paris Journals of Tuesday. Who has not heard of Auguste Vestris ?—Vestris, the prince of dancers—himself the descendant of the god of dance.* Who remembers not him, who made glorious evenings for nearly all the theatres of the Continent—evenings when whole houses have been thronged with all the brilliancies of the Court and crowds of the city—when the theatre has resembled a vast saloon, swimming as it were in golden light, filled with the youth, opulence, and aristocracy of France gazing on the " poetry of his motion"—the raptures of his dance. Who forgets that splendid spectacle ? Princes, beauties, poets, worship ping him as their idol, and lavishing on him their wit, their plaudits, their ducats, and bouquets. That day of fascination is, however, gone, and in common, with the reminiscences which attach to this celebrated name, the biographer has only to look back in regret, and while he sighs at the present treasure lost, should endeavour to discover some share of comfort in remembering the gratifications of the past. Auguste Vestris, better known perhaps by the name of Vestr' Allard—thus having joined his own name to the latter dissyllable, that being the name of his mother, herself a dancer of most eminent merit —was born in 1759. The name of his family was originally Vestri, and it is to Florence that they lay the claim of extraction. Long known as the finest dancer in Europe—possessed of a form remarkable for its symmetry—an air replete with elegance —year upon year, and season upon seaon, Vestris continued to be the leader, and Coryphxus of the Opera. In later years, when he retired from the stage, and we believe up to the present time, he has been a pensioner of the Royal Academy of Music, at Paris. But Vestris his father !—Gaetano Apolin Bal thazar Vestris—under whose own education, whose own splendid lessons, Auguste learned whatever he possessed of grace or excellence of movement. What an opera was that, in the year 1748, when he made his first debut on the Parisian boards, and won shortly after from the monarch of the Bourbons, the full honours of his science. "Dieu dc la clause" he was named in triumph, and no sooner had he been so entitled, than, with the self-love that formed the finest species of vain glory ever known, he from that day forth, kept perpetually repeat ing to himself the phrse, rendered more remark able by his Italian accent. His admirers, not satisfied with this mark of homage, in the warmth of their enthusiasm bestowed on him another. "The handsome Vestris" was in the mouth of every beauty, every beau, every admirer ; nor did his tall, erect, and noble figure appear, in this respect, to discounte nance the flattery. Nevertheless, the dancer's own vanity was not backward in giving himself a station. He considered that there were but three great men in his century, and of the illustrious triumvirate, he adjudged himself the foremost—" 1, Voltaire, and Frederick the Great." This extravagant humour grew upon him; he indulged in it with incompre hensible humour, and one day, when he had been applauded with transport, he majestically presented his leg to a young elere, or pupil, who had expressed a sort of adoration for him. Laharpe tells the following :—lt was an amusing scene. The Duke de Bourbon arrived at the moment when Vestris was dancing. The house received the Prince, who was much beloved, with intense plaudits. Vestris considered this astounding approbation to be for him, and he redoubled his efforts in a manner so marked that the public perceived it, and laughed out right. Vestris was so far animated, that he continued to dance even after the violins had ceased. Rose Dugazon Vestris !—another brilliant name of the same family—actress and comedian, whose fame was once as great in the theatre role, as the renown of her who long in England has borne the same name by intermarriage with a branch of this noted family, and who for symmetry of form, personal charms, and ex quisite powers, seems to have united by nature within her all the accomplishments of every member of the far-famed Florence family. Rose Dugazon married the brother of the first Vestris, father of the deceased Auguste, whom it is to-day our melancholy duty to memoralise. The wit and beauty of the young Du gazon took the heart Of Paco, as it did in ano less astonishing manner those of the great and courtly of her day. Honours poured in on her from all quarters. Voltaire, after he had written for her the magnificent part of Irene, presented it to her, saying, " Lady, I have worked for you all night, as if I had been fervid with youth !" The Duke de Choiseul, • then Minister, upon the sparkling success that attended her personation of Zaire, made her a present of a magnificent robe, whose value was beyond conjecture. Opposed in her superb career by Mademoiselle Sainvalle, Madame Vestris succumbed in no point—the rivalry still left her highest—Amenaide, Ariane—ldame— the gorgeous conceptions of Corneille, Racine, and Voltaire, were unfailingly pourtrayed by her powers. The prodigious effect which she produced in the agony of Gabriel de Vergy, is said to have been one of the most remarkable instances in the annals of the drama. The beauty of her pantomime, also, in Macbeth, where Fredegonda figures in the phantas magoria scene, is alsci dwelt upon by critics with ad miration. Her voice was rich, her gait noble, and the loveliness of her arms and bust created admirers no less than the beauty of her person. Madame Dugazon Vestris enjoyed company of the highest distinction, and her society was courted by all the men of letters of the day. During the era of the Revolution, the role of the actor, no less than the province of the dancer, was of course at a discount. The peace, however, which en sued under the empire and the Restoration, caused 'Palma to assunie the robe of the one, and Vestris the departinent of the other. During his glowing season of success, the nature of the son appears to have ex hibited itself similarly with the father. Imitating the trope addressed by Alexander to Parmenio, though in a reversed shape, "If I were not Vestris," said lie, "I would be the King." He long outlived the day, however, when the heat of youth dictated such hyper boles of feeling or expression, since more than eighty winters had visited him at his death. * The epithet bestowed on his father by the Court of Louis XIV. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. - His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria, hunted with the harriers in the Great Park this morning, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, le Chevalier .Marinovich, Major- General Wemyss and Mr. G. E. Anson. The Royal party had excellent sport, killing three hares ; the last was a splendid race. Lady Fanny Howard has succeeded Lady Charlotte Dundas as the Lady in Waiting on her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent. The unfavourable state of the weather prevented her Majesty leaving the Castle to-day. The Queen has a dinner party this evening. Covers are laid for twenty-nine. The company is expected to include her Royal highness the. Duchess of Kent, his Imperial llighness the Archduke, Lady Cremorne, Lady Suffield, Mr. G. E. and the lion. Mrs. Anson, Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Delawarr, Earl of Jersey, Lady Fanny howard, the Lord and Lady in Wait ing, the two Maids of Honour, the Groom and the Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, the Equerry in Waiting on his Royal llighness, Baron Lebzeltern, Count Marinovich, Captain Kochel, Captain Dumont, and Count Carolyi. Her Majesty's private hand, and the band of the Life Guards, will be in attendance at the Castle in the evening. The Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy-Governor, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official re side iN e i n r c .r n h i D t ozr n o f i n B g - a s r t b r e m e i t o . e had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial -office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Master-General of the Ordnance also visited the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mc. John Montague had an interview yesterday with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office. The Judicial 'Committee of her Majest3r's Most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were—Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Erskine, Sir H. Jenner Fust (Judge of the Prerogative Court), and Dr. Lushington (Judge of the Admiralty Court). The Solicitor-General was heard in opposition to Mr. Simister's petition for an extension of the term of his patent for stays. Lord Campbell, on the part of the Lords, then gave judgment, that no sufficient ground had been shown for their Lordships to advise her Majesty to extend the term of the patent. The Court,then rose. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. CHEAP PORK.—When pigs is scarce, there's plenty o' ways of filling the pork barrel for them Britishers You know there's young porpesses, seals an slick dogs,' as well as bears an possums, an 'th ere ' s plenty of bones o' them pigs as died in murrain time to put along with urn. Them ere pigs wa'rnt a no use then—but now, we know better—we sha'nt throw away nothing. But man it a'nt laWful to put no young children in pickle.—Ameriam pafier.• Rossini is reported to have finished a Grand Opera, which he has deposited in the hands of a notary, to be sealed up, and not opened until after his death. Out of the proceeds that may arise from its representation, and sale, the gran maestro .has dictated, that masses shall be performed, for the good of his soul.—Musical .Examiner. In pocket Vols., neatly bound, price Half-a-Crown. B ENTLEY'S HAND-BOOKS OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART. 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But the Repealers, with that whimsical inconsisti ency which characterizes all their actions, while hating Englishmen, profess to idolize their Queen; and, after the true Irish fashion, propose to show their affection for her, by doing as much mischief as they possibly can to her sub jects, whose interests are so inseparably bound up with hers that it is impossible to strike a blow at the one, without seriously injuring the other. Verily, Irish Repeal is a queer crotchet, and Irish Repealers still more eccentric. Madrid papers of the 30th have been received. The Gazette publishes an address of the National Guard of Madrid to the QUEEN, in which they assure her MAJESTY of their determination " to maintain the Constitution, the public liberties, and the inviolability of the throne and person of the QUEEN." The following is her MAJESTY'S reply : " I am delighted to receive the patriotic homage of the National Guards of Madrid. I have never doubted their loyalty and good sentiments, and I am both penetrated at and convinced of their attachment for my Royal person and that of my august Sister, as well as their loyalty and patriotism." The National Guard had also seat an address to the REGENT, offering their loyal co-operation for the defence of the fundamental law of the kingdom, public order, and the Regency in trusted to him by the delegates of the people during the minority of the QUEEN. The Three per Cents. were done at 221, at 60 days, with preminin ; the Five per Cents. at 26k, at 60 days; and the Floating Debt at 41 1-IG, on the 14th of January. The Paris Moniteur publishes another dis patch, giving an account of the latest operations against the renowned ABD-EL-KADER. It is dated Algiers, Nov. 25, and is addressed to the Minister of War by General DE BAR, who re places the Governor-General during his ab sence in the interior of the country. General LAMORICIERE, who had been sent in quest of the Arab Chief, states that the tribe of the Krallefas had submitted; thus completing the submission of the whole country between the territory of Morocco and the left bank of the Mina. This tribe had accompanied ABD-EL-KADER during part of his flight, and in the course of it endured great hardships, besides losing all their beasts of burthen, a great portion of their flocks, and many horses. The Chiefs assured General DE LAMO RICIERE that nearly 30,000 of the population of that part of the country had followed ABD-EI, KADER, and, being almost destitute of provisions, 2,000 of them had died on their way. ' The Commerce, evidently alarmed at the state of affairs in Spain, and the growing influence of, England in that country, - calls upon the French Government to quit its state of majestic repose, and send forthwith a repre sentative to Madrid, to defend the interest and support the rights of France. " Whether a treaty of commerce with England has been signed with England or not," says that journal, " it is certain, in our opinion, that ESPARTERO either had come, or was on the point of coming, to an understanding with the English Minister. This is a question which our Government ought to look closely after; it involves interests which should awaken all its solicitude. It is ano less important work than to know if Spain, to the in jury of France and to her own great detriment, shall deviate from the paths which for more than a century her family alliances have caused her to tread. This important question is well worth the sacrifice of a paltry piece of etiquette." France, according to another journal, is ewally unfortu• nate in the East, and is losing ground in every quarter. But what else can she expect? She refuses to form a cordial alliance with any country, and she Ins not a friend in Europe, says the National, and it is not a matter of won der, therefore, th a t her Mi n i s t ers a b road are iso lated, as well as the country. France wished to take the Christians in the East under her especial protection, but the jealousy of the other Powert , defeated her object. The Univers says:— Our Constantinople correspondence of Nov. 17 in forms us of a very sad piece of news, which confirms the official abandOnment by France of the protectorate of the Christians of the East. For two years all the European Powers have been exceedingly busy at Con stmtinople with a foundation of art hospital for the Christians. Count de Pontois, when ambassador in tbat city, maintained with the most.praise-worthy energy the right of France to be the exclusive protectress of that establishment. The claim was strongly contested by the other great Powers,which have determined to destroy the influence ofFrance in the East, by putting an end to her protectorate. The question was discussed with warmth at Constantinople between the French and Anti French parties. At last, M. de Pontois took posses sion of the hospital in the name of France. Shortly after, the Count was recalled to Paris, and replaced by the ex-editor of the Debats, M. de Bourqueney. This diplomatist was ordered to stifle or elude all di fficulties, and he has marvellously succeeded,' by sacri ficing the interests of France. As to the special af fair of the hospital, this policy of incessant concession and humiliations has ended in proving that our Ca tholic protectorate is definitively abandoned to the de mands of the Great Powers. The instructions sent to M. de Bourqueney ordered him to give up the claim of France to be recognised as the sole protectress of the Christian hospital. M de Bourqueney has al lowed the principle of collective protection, which is nothing else than a triumph to the enemies of France ; for it is the abandonment of her ancient and glorious protection in the East. BOURSE—PARIs, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 70... 119 70... 119 65... 119 70 4 1 / 2 per Cents 106 60... 106 60... 106 60... 106 60 Four per Cents. 101 30... 101 30 .. 101 30... 101 30 3 per Cents 79 39... 79 30... 79 25... 79 25 Bank of France 3340 ...3340 ...3340 .. 3340 Lactitte Bank 5,000 f 5080 —.5080 ...5080 ..5080 Belgian Bank BlO ... 810 ... 810 810 Belgian Fives 103,E ... 103 i ... 103 k ... 1034 1840 1044 ... 104 g ... 104 i ... 104 i Spanish Active. . '23i ... ... 23 23 Passive Portuguese Fives 32i ... 321 ... 32i ... 321 Neapolitan lO7 25... 107 35... 107 25... 107 35 Roman, ... 104 k ... 104 i ... 104 k ... 1041 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain .. 832 50... 832 50... 832 50... 832 50 Versailles, R. B 265 ... 270 ... 265 ... 270 L.B B7 50... 87 50... 87 50... 87 50 Rouen Orleans. 6lO ... 610 ... 610 ... 610 Strasburg to Bale 203 75... 203 75... 203 75... 203 75 JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.---. Judo-tnent was given thi s morn i ng on an appea l from the Arches Court of Canterbury—the Rev. H. Ers kine Head v. Ralph Saunders promoting the office of the Judge. The appellant had been cited in the Arches Court for writing letters in the Western Times, headed " A View of the Duplicity of the present Sys tem of Episcopal Ministration, in a Letter addressed to the Parishioners of Feniton, Devon, occa sioned by the Bishop of Exeter's Circular on con firmation ; by Henry Erskine Head, Rector of Feni ton, Devon." The appellant had interposed a protest in the Court below. Lord Campbell, on the part of the Judicial Committee, affirmed the decree of the Court below. Summonses were issued this morning to the Minis . ters to attend a Privy Council, appointed for to-mor row afternoon, at two o'clock, at Windsor Castle. The time for the meeting of Parliament will be fixed at this Council. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.--A very crowded public meeting was held last night, of the friends and supporters of this Institution, at the large school-room, George-street, Prince's-road, Lambeth. Benjamin Hawes, Esq., in the chair. The Chairman, in the course of his address, said that he was happy to say that Lambeth was one of the purest boroughs in the kingdom. Lambeth had furnished members to serve on , the late Committee appointed by the House of Commons to investigate certain election transactions. He attributed this purity not to the wealth of the in habitants, but to their intelligence. He impressed on the meeting the necessity of extending education, as it was calculated to reduce the amount of crime, and thereby sove the country from heavy taxes for the support of an extraordinary number of criminal Courts, &c. Several eloquent speeches were delivered by the Rev. Messrs. Clayton, Dubard, and others. A collection was made, and the Chairinan put his name down for 51. The meeting, which was prin cipally composed of ladies, then separated. WESTERN LITERARY INSTITUTION, LEICESTER SQUARE.—A lecture was delivered at this institution yesterday evening, by T. Fowndes, Esq., on the history of chemistry, tracing the science, e cunabulis, up to its present state as a science. B. Hin 4 . - on,sEsq., in the chair. A conversazione ensued, when the as semblage, among whom were many ladies, proceeded to view the specimens of antique bronze, calotype por traits, microscopes, &c., displayed. A musical IsWieur attracted much notice, as also some fine carvings in tended for the Earl of Orford's mansion. A very consiliable — ;;;;; --- of foreign Bank of England notes are again in eirculation. They appear to have been worked from one plate, as they are num bered 1827, and are all dated June 4, 1842. *trontiMbttion SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. If the authors of the Income-tax wish to re tain that impost for three years, and force the people to submit with some degree of patience to its inquisitorial exactions, they must keep a watchful eye on the functionaries appointed to carry it into effect. At Brighton, and some other places, the Commissioners have performed their disagreeable labours with discretion and lenity, and refrained from extreme measures, except in cases which left no other alternative. It would appear, however, that the City Commissioners do not follow these good examples, if we may judge from the following statement communicated to a Contemporary. "lam acommercial traveller," says the writer, " my salary is 1401. per annum, and, being assessed at 1501., I appealed to the Commissioners in Basing - hall-street. After answering questions as to my name and salary, I was told I was fortunate in not being charged more, and on endeavouring to expostulate upon what I considered an act of injustice, I was told no remarks were allowed there.'" Treatment like this cannot be too much repro bated. Judging from expressions which fell from Sir ROBERT PEEL on introducing the Bill, it never was his intention to enforce it with such severity and injustice upon any class, and least of all upon those who have barely the means of subsistence. If instances of this kind are numerous, the Government will find the public voice too powerffil for them, and be com pelled to re move agents who thuscompromise their measures, and wantonly excite the people to dis obey the law. Were it not for the hardship inflicted on individuals, we . should rejoice to see all the Commissioners act in this manner, as such inso lent conduct would raise general indignation, and possibly also general resistance to the obnoxious tax. If the Correspondent who complains of this treatment, has stated the case correctly, he is not bound to pay the tax ; and if he had the means to resist it in a Court of Law, a Jury of his countrymen would do him justice. But a commercial tra veller, with such a limited income, cannot afford the means, and besides the disclosure which must follow such a co u rs e , might do him m ore i n j ury than he could suffer by paying the tax. Thi s i s only one of the numerous evils attending- this grievous impost. We would therefore recom mend the sufferer, if he finds no other remedy, to appeal at once to the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and if that functionary also tells him " no remarks are allowed," let him appeal to the public through the Press. One well authenticated instance of oppression, like this, would soon bring iforth ialny others, and excite general sympathy. We a ll u d e d yesterday to a motion which was made at a meeting of the Dublin Corporation on Tuesday, to the effect that " the members of this Council, in congratulating themselves and the public on an end being put to the horrors of war in India and China, beg to render the thanks of this assembly to Lord SALTOUN, Generals Sir HUGH GouGH, NOTT, and POLLOCK, Sir ROBT. SALE, Sir HENRY POTTINGER, Unlit. CUDDY, and Lady SALE, by whose exertions it is hoped the commerce of these countries will be greatly increased, and by whom the blessings of peace have been mainly accomplished; and that the Town-clerk be directed to convey the same to these distinguished individuals." In alluding to this motion, we expressed a confi dent hope that " common sense and national gratitude would prevail," and that it would be carried by a triumphant majority. We took for granted that Irishmen, like Scotchmen, would kel a generous pride in the successes of their coun trymen in the East, and that their nationality would prevail over all petty party consi derations. We thought that their hearts would warm at the mention of such names as POTTINGER, GOUGH, and KEANE; and that whether Whigs or Tories, Protestants or Catholics, Repealers, or Non-Repealers, the members of the Corporation would vie, each with the other, in expressing their sense of the skill, valour, and perseverance of their country men. But we were mistaken, it seems. The motion, instead of being carried, was rejected, and Irishmen alone have proved that they are insensible to the merits of Irishmen. What, in the name of common sense, can be the meaning of such conduct? What object do the Dublin Corporators propose to serve by it ? Are they jealous of the military renown of their countrymen ? Do they imagine that members of their own body should have been selected to crush AKBAR KHAN, and bring the Imperial NV - HANG-TO and his pig-tailed sub jects to their senses? We protest we are ut terly in the dark as to the cause of the churlish behaviourof the Dublin Corporation; and as Irish logic is apt at times to he very perplexing, we doubt much whether we should have been enlight ened, even had we been present at the discussion. Since writing the above passage we have seen the Dublin Pilot, and are no longer at a loss to account for the conduct of the Dublin municipa lity. Our Contemporary is quite in extacies at the rejection of the vote of thanks, and sets no bounds to his praises of the Corporation. Ac cording to him, it has evinced a wonderful degree of " spirit; and nationality in having refused to throw up ito cap, and shout for England." He adds, there exiots no identity of interests between Ireland and . the sister country. • Not only none, but even less than none ! It is not Ireland's in terest that England should prosper; England's prosperity, it has been well insisted, is Ireland's adversity. Are we then to rejoice in our own misfortune?" The bitter, malignant spirit of this passage need not be pointed out. It must be obvious to the most obtuse capacity. We are glad, however, that the Repealers are at length exhibiting. themselves in their true colours; and commend their frankness, even while we indignantly denounce the malevolent spirit by which they are influ enced. We may well have been puzzled to ac- count for the doings of the Dublin Corporation, for we never should have imagined that a mean rancorous hatred of England was atthe bottom of theirstrange proceedinis. So, the polieyofthe Irish Repealers is to take every opportunity of sowing dissension between the two countries, and teach one to hate the other with all the malice of a fiend. 'Tis well, and furnishes us with anotkei incontrovertible argument against their crazy project, Repeal. What, permit Ireland to have a legislation distinct from England—lreland, whose Repealers boldly and frankly tell us that they hate us, as the devil hates holy water? We should be the veriest set of fools . _ in Christendom even to dream of such a A thing I Sri fir go • Pal EVI AND tliMit 4 Wilton. " Who runs may read.' FOIZEXGN. The French Court took up its residence at the Tui leries for the season on Wednesday. The Arabian horses sent by the Pacha of Egypt to the King of the French arrived on Tuesday at the Turkish embassy. They are eight in number, and one of them is said to be the horse which Ibrahim Paella rode at the battle of Nezib. Although very warmly clothed, they appear to have suffered from the cold since their arrival in France. The fog, which has enveloped Paris for some days past, extended, it appears, to a considerable distance in the country, and rendered travelling exceedingly dangerous. On Tuesday evening the fog in Paris was for some time snore intense than on the preceding days. A new Government steamer, of 120 horse power, called the Napoleon, and intended for the conveyance of the mail to Bastia, was launched at Havre on Tuesday. She is the first French steamer to which the principle of the Archimedes screw has been applied. She was built by M. Normand, of Havre, but her engines are English, from the factory of Mr. Barnes. No accounts have been received yet of the surrender of Barcelona. The latest particulars will be found under that head. The municipality of Barcelona was, before the in surrection, 4,000,000 reals in arrear for the payment of contributions, and was closely pressed by the finance intendant of the province for the payment. Since then these insurgents have squandered the four millions of reals found in the provincial treasury. The Constitucional of the 30th publishes a pro clamation of Van Helen to the Barcelonese, dated the 26th, from his head-quarters at Esplugas de Lobregat. It states that the insurrectional movement had been essayed and put down at Vich and Girona, and calls upon the insurgents to submit at once to the legiti mate Government. The Prussian State Gazette of the 2d inst. publishes a Cabinet order to' the following effect :—The reduc tion of taxes, which had been fixed at from 1,500,000 to 1,600,000 rix dollars, is, with the consent of the Committees of she Provincial States, raised to 2,000,000 rix dollars, to commence Ist January next. Prince Alexander Ghika, on the 26th of October last, signed his formal abdication of the sovereignty of Wallachia, in compliance, as the document states, with the will of the high protecting Powers, and re mitted the Government into the hands of the Kaima kans appointed by the Sublime Porte. The Memorial des Pyrenees says :—" it is affirmed that, in consequence of the serious events which are now taking place in Catalonia, the French Govern ment has decided that a corps of observation shall be formed on that part of our frontiers which borders on that province. Forces are going to be sent towards Perpignan." PUBLIC OPINION. We quote the following from the Chronicle:— " We yesterday noticed two of the three Prize Essays on Agriculture and the Corn-law, published by . the National Anti-Corn-law League. We reserved for to-day that of Mr. Greg. This gentleman has com prised within a few pages the marrow of this great question. We cannot help thinking that the exten sive distribution of his essay among farmers and labourers must produce the most powerful effect on them, and that minds the least accustomed to pro cesses of reasoning must be struck with the facts which he brings to be bear upon the question. On one point, of the greatest importance with refer ence to the tranquillity of the country at this time, the facts urged by Mr. Greg are of paramount importance. The agricultural districts are great breeders of human beings ; but notwithstanding the immense addition to the produce of the soil within the last forty years, the great number of Inclosure Bills, &c., the number of hands employed in agriculture does not increase. There is always in the agricultural districts many more hands than can be employed; but it would be frightful to think of what the state of the country must have been, had not employment been found in our manufacturing towns, every year, for vast numbers of the persons reared in the rural dis tricts. But by the law of England, every human being must be maintained, whether employed or not, and the large addition which, if the manufacturing towns be closed against immigration, must be made to the unemployed, must in a very few years create a social revolution in England." On the subject of Irish education, the Post re marks as follows :—" We feel strongly the great need of a Church of England. system of education in Ire land, and we therefore intreat all who can affbrd to do so, to contribute to the funds of the Irish Church Education Society. The Government will not give its aid to edUcation in the principles of the Church of England. We call upon the people to discharge, so far as they can, that duty which the Government does notconsider to be a duty. Our English readers w ill see, from a perusal of the admirable address of the Bishops, that in encouraging the Irish Church Education Society, they run no risk of encouraging that drunken fury of hatred towards the religion of the great mass of the people of Ireland, which for so long a time was the disgrace of Irish Protestantism. Whatever is to be said of the political priests, the mass of the people of Ireland have a sincere veneration for religion, erro neous in some points, and clouded with superstition, though it be. We ask for nothing to swell the tide of political hatred to. the sincere piety of Ireland. God forbid. We only ask that such of the poor of Ireland as are members of the Church of England, may not be left a prey to ignorance and neglect, be cause they are conscientious, and desire to be taught the doctrines of their own Church, and to escape from all the snares which they believe are everywhere set by Rom anism." The Times, alluding to certain speeches made at recent agricultural meetings, observes It is as satisfactory to ourselves as it is creditable to these speakers, that they, the persons directly and most deeply interested in maintaining the value of their own property, should be also those who take the lead among their .party in defending the past, and leading the way to future relaxations of their own protection. It is a happy augury when they are seen employing themselves to calm the apprehensions, and encourage the exertions, of their less menaced but more prejudiced depenlents. We suspect, however, that their risk is less than it is fancied. The Duke of Rutland mentions that the whole importations of cattle, during the three months which had elapsed since the passing of the new tariff, have not exceeded one week's average sale at Smithfield ; and it is, of course, plain that no con clusions as to the future prices of gran can be drawn from that cheapness which the very peculiar circum stances oC the present moment—the abundant harvest and the mistaken speculations of the corn-dealers— have conspired to effect. Be that as it may, we hear tily rejoice to see that English country gentlemen are prepared to co-operate, at all hazards to themselves, in that change of the commercial system, of which the circumstances of the times, and the current of public opinion, so distinctly indicate the approach." PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. The Commissioners appointed to inspect the state of the prisons in Gloucester met yesterday in the Temple to consider their Report. The prison at Northleach has been inspected, and the windows were, found to be unglazed, the cells in winter damp, and with only wooden shutters to keep out the wet and cold. It is conjectured that the Report will re commend its discontinuance, as there is ample accom modation for the prisoners, usually committed here from Cheltenham, in the bounty gaol of that place. NAVAL EI.NI) MILITARY. The statement that Lady Sale, is. the daughter of the late Vicar of Puddleworth, Dorset, the Rev. Mr. Wynch, has been contradicted. Lady Sale, it appears, is the daughter of the late George Wynch, Esq., of the Hon. East India Company's service, and a granddaughter of the late Alexander Wynch, for , merly Governor of Madras. LAW AND PO:LICIE. Henry Stanton, alias Dr. Henry Stanhope, was finally examined at Clerkenwell on the charge of several robberies, and committed for trial to Newgate. Between 20 and 30 men arid lads were brought up at Union Hall for refusing to work at the St. George's Workhouse, creating a disturbance, and breaking the windows. The porter was blamed for not furnishing them with the appointed food ; they were then com mitted, but ordered to be afterwards furnished with passes to their parishes. Catiwr—rii.snzontanLE. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and family arrived in Portland-place, on Wednesday evening, from Gordon Castle. The family, on Tuesday next, go to Goodwood-park, Sussex, for the winter. The Duke of Norfolk, with the Earl of Arundel and Lord Edward Howard, left Hyde-park-place on Wednesday, for Arundel Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol, accompa nied by Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P., left town yester day afternoon, by the four o'clock train, for Brighton. The Marquis of Northampton has left town to visit to:the Dowager Marchioness of Northampton at Cool hurst. The Marquis of. Normanby arrived in town on Wednesday, from Mulgrave Castle, the Noble Mar quis's seat, near Whitby, Yorkshire. The Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Inverness are expected to pass the holidays at Colonel Wild man s nat. . _ _ _ Major-General Sir Alexander Woodford, G.C.B. the ]ate Governor of Gibraltar, with Lady Woodford and family, have arrived at Portsmouth from Spain, and are hourly expectecrin town. The Earl and Countess of Mornington arrived yes terday in Saville•row, from Deal Castle. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers arrived in town last evening .from a visit to Middleton Park. - ..--_,_--------------- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE,W,,S. CITY, QUARTER TO fillß-6',' In the Live 00l cotton market y esterda y 01"- moderate busine rp ss was done, the sales being tr a d e. bales, all of which, however , wer e taken by tile were Prices ruled the same.. The leading ra ilwa y' s in much request, but there was no improveraont in the others. Eastern Counties, New, were 10 i ; .6(1,,.` ill , - burgh and Glasgow, 4g ; G rand Junction, W,;_ Santa Great Western, Fifths, 9;-; Brighton, 35i Western, 61-; and Midland Counties, 62. The progress of events in Spain excites a ge,, t3d e deal of interest in the City, and the issue of t" Barcelona contest is looked for with some an: :iety . That submission must eventually take place, fel ir incurredtu disposed to doubt, though the expenditure _ cannot be got rid of, and in addition to the 4 9 °()° ' °°° reals taken by the insurgents from the aity Tr€_1 5 ,, 1 • 1 2: 9 Espartero will lose all the expenses of hi.i exPe w '' or more properly speaking, the inhabitant.' ; who, n° pay the doubt, will be made, as they ought, " 6. e .and so as to teach a lesson of quietude ever fut ur , . prompt them to repress the factious ever ri.5 111 1_4" u p among them. The English funds are firmer today, althi9l!gh.. scarcely any activity has prevailed in the marker t,...: yond that imparted by a purchase of 50,000/.. - 6 - which has materially improved proved the chequer Bills at 51 prom., I y the Government lr!,oker, for markt It n o n 1 the this se • • security, since called 51 to 63 . ''' r ' e at 49- commencement of business they were don lir ,''' For the Savings' Banks, as is believ ed, there is 0' Be . been an investment to the extent of 5,301. ii 2 I. for duced Three per Cents., taken at 94i. C0 115 °,,, h 1 ree ., the opening are marked 931 to 94. Re duced -).- „ lk and-a-Half per Cents. have realised looi to 1 01. -I" Stock is 172 i ; and Long Annuities are 12i. ,reign _ Not much buoyancy is exhibited in the x 0 1: o f . Securities, in the absence of any Continental ne ~L „ , interest. Spanish Active Bonds have been. dull, though steady, at 181, and the Three per Cents • etl e ' d, remained at 231 to -a. Mexican Bonds are dept"e_sstrian at 30a to 30,i. Brazil Stock is worth 691 . - l f Five Metalliques have been done at 111; and Dute"' per Cents. at 101. ~, e, Railway . Shares wear a very healthy *Pear-111:i; l and full prices are asked, Eastern Countics i ire , 00 ,,.. F righton, 14i ; Midland Counties, 38 ; and f i 0 :: New Scrip, 2 discount ; Edinburgh and Gl a l e e , , 1 ew, are A ; Great Western, 25 to 26 ; Ditto, on. 41 ; Birmingham, 100 ; South Western, 20i i ; Fa ris chester and Leeds, 1 ; ditto, New, 1 t o Ji, 311 : i SdOCk and Rouen, 5i- to 54 prem. Londo n join' - a . 11 Bank Shares are 31, and London and AVestini t nste o 2 prem ; Union of London are dic,count. , • . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DA Y AT Gl`Lu a A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Shore' f• .....• Eastern Counties Ditto Now 8/. Gs. .Bd. ...... .- to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ...... ..... .• t -"- Ditto New...... bb ...... n 5 1 Great Western Ditto New ...... * ......... *** ...... . t. •• 50 64/ • •••• I°' London and Brighton 60 •••• . 35 i . . --- ...... ..._ " Landon and Birmingham 90 ......190 •••••• to London and South Western ..-- ... 41% ..• .. 61 4 ..... . ....... Manchesterand Leeds ... 70 ...... 71 ... •• to Ditto New Shares to --- 30 ...... 31i ..... 6,2: Midland Counties... lOO ...... 62i-- .... t° Paris and Rouea • .. to --- South Easter* and • Do";e • • •••••• J. --' Ditto Scrip. .. r - •••••• 0 ...- 20 ...... 18 ...... t Iv o • MANCIIEST • 1.11. STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 8-- ,,,riag has been .but little business transacted to-dr.Y;',. a n chiefly to a disposition to keep back stock I° ' l itto advance. Manchester and Leeds Half, 001; " Quarters, 5. ._........, . MARKET NE (THIS DAY.) i i)it 3. • t CORN EXCHANGE.—FRA I „ h Whea t Although a very limited supply of Eng"l e or 1 1 has come to hand this week, either costw'—ra tha t land carriage, we had very heavy inqu il l,:, - fficui t Y article to-day, and Monday's rates were wi th ,—. s coL a° maintained. Scarcely any Foreign Wheat l a' f o r it, fresh to hand, yet so inanimate \s'3s the s° '' e hun g 0 0 that prices were next to nominal. Ba rle t tc heaPe r ' hand, and the inferior parcels were somewhat - e wig In Malt next to nothing was doing.; b ut g i o ll arte r ' qualities were sold at an abatement of l a. per itered. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flo u r, remai ned una ARRIVALS. Flot o t V21,11:13t4.r.„"" leY* A ( . 3 1 2 ;( 1. TR { 2 ' 6" English ,550 qrs. - , .--- 3 SIO j ~..... Irish — Foreign 4,850 sranturnlin. fi ii i 1.- 0 e r In to-day's markets, the number of b eas ' o bu were by no means larger for the time of Y e ts o ' f the by far more than adequate to meet the I van t boa buyers; hence the Beef trade was very dull a s pin, stationary prices. There were 12 Beasts fr onl a ditioat and 50 Scots, by sea, from Scotland, in fair CO *-- " iv" .5 but the general quality of the Bullock sulr e l , yet inferior. With Sheep we were scantily saPPl,itered the demand for them was slow, at a ler ons, uotations. Calves ' were by no means lia"i„ re while the inquiry for them was consider' 4d pe r novated, at an improvement in prices 81bs. In pigs, a fair amount of business w as I) , an d at full prices. Mulch Cows were a mere (I r tl f .l l l , iir produced low figures, say from 16/ to 19/ 50 ea eluding their small calf. .... 01',..1,' PRICES TER STONE OF BLES., TO SINE 'r-... - - . d .- .3 S. d. to R. el. .il 0 3 t ; Inferior Beasts 2 I 3 0 Inferior SheeP ..... '"• 3 4 ,' I , Second quality ditto 3 2 :i 4 Second quality ditto.... 8 1 ['rime large Oxen 3 6 310 Coars-woolled ditto- 1 0 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 4 Southdown Wethers ~ to 4 0 Large coarse Calves „ 4 0 . 4 . 1 rriMe small ditto 4 4 4 6 ;Small Por kers .-.••••• • • 15 v Suckling Calves, each 16 0 30 01 Quarter old Pigo,e ac " -- SUFFLY AT MARKET. ri s ‘ . Pea.ts. i Sheep. I Calves. I SO 855 3,670 183 of quite I),' and NEWGATE AND LEADZIV II/$1" ,,,t di ° We had a large supply of meat here to-daYl 3 - demand was steady, at full prices. 0 , d ' At per stone, by the Carcase. s• d' t 3 4 a. d. tog. el.! Beef, inferior...... r .... 2B . 2 101 Mutton, inferior • 5 2 513 _ 3 6 310 --- middling ....... 3'o 3 2' , ---. middling ••••• 3 8 4 0 .-- prime large prime ...... ." n 6 1 6 prime small ...... 3 6 3 8; Pork, 1 ge............. * - 2 " Veal Our m:9k°etßb°euinGgEstifiOhrea:Yiliyasirr;.withtiliile s : anp ,or prev descriptions of hops, the demand for the m e „ e , n OP: heavy, exportationiprevious s rate rates little are ilsv ported. 61 ; Sussex, 4/ lOs to 518 s ; Far ' in pockets, Si lOs to fil lOs ; Mid Bents ditto, ° old 8/ to I° , i; Driams, Hops, 30/ to 40/. idthoindgit.lie.Et7s,4 frtot, COLONIAL ap t hirleiocledi about demand dob be ni e d i o n st. g i, c inclusive c e . l a u d sl i il,vyhee dis p o si tion SUGAR.—There has been rather more t . ek, b" shown to purchase British Plactation this Ns e lit in c , ,t , flarbtadldiceisa,. abnrodugh3tsnio onife auctioneds former and which i :: off heavily, h t h 11 75 - f or to very , fine quality, and the latter at 57s 6d brow 61 „ 1 11. low greyish to fine yellow, and low to gwd „tis 53s to 575, being for the Barbadoes fu lly previt ol.4 , rates, but the St. Lucia may be quoted in 9°llle '.. stances 6d to is lower for the inferior. .1 - t iOn t ,i . MOLASSES continue in only limited dernan" ; ' vs; a6l4lbsarsrooeilds,7o,,bs•u• ftor went brought 200 puns, chiefly St. Vincent's, have been sold at . :if; to 26s 6d , for ord to mkt quality, and fair St. 1- 31c13 . I 25s to 255 6d, being about former prices. f the ALtuninus.-1,792 bags (consisting chiefly ~..,° for new crop) all found buyers at 58s 6d to 665 to transactionsonh ihndisP.r° v pu nt t o mid to fine yellow, and low to fine brown a t 48 5 t hl.l .A 575, being for the better sorts fully former prices, - r 4 the inferior descriptions sold in some instances ratio) cheaper. , BENGAL.-5,493 bags and 36 casks went off vel heavily, but mostly sold at 62s to 69s for low to fin e ovt white, low to fine greyish yellow 56s to 625, and 1 , to fine brown at 46s to 545, which is a decline of full,. is to 13 6d on the low and mid sorts, while the better . . qualities brought nearly former prices. 110 5 FOREIGN.—The demand for these .descriptions rather subsided ; the r e are, however, no parcels press" ing upon the market, and as holders remain ex tremely firm, purchases cannot be made at lower prices. In the absence of public sales, no transac tions have taken place worth reporting. ItEnNED.—Only a limited business continues to be done in grocery descriptions at the prices of last week. Crashed has been much inquired for at 265., which ; 5 the previous value, but at this price there are not r nerally sellers. • an d COEFEE.—OnIy 107 casks British Plantation, 15C bags Ceylon, have been brought to auction, which all sold at, and after the sale, at 95s to 100 s fOr mid to good mid Berbice, being a decl ine of fully 45 to 5s on the previous nominal value. The CeY l ° D found buyers at about former rates, viz.—at 63s t 0 67s 6d for good to fine ord quality. The inquiry fort the lower sorts of East India and Foreign has ahnos entirely subsided, and in the absence of public sales/ prices must be considered nominal. ~..---......... —_ Earl and Lady Katherine Jermyn left leJ worth Park on Saturday laot for Belvoi r Castle. IYZXSCIZI.I.A.N3 goys. Owing to the present abbreviation of the office copies in Chancery, a defendant I; itely escaped. a trial on a technical objection ar Ldng from. them. T The in he wortrods of Lord Denman on the oce,lsion were—" d uction into office-copies of abbreviations was a mos t improper practice, and no office- copy ought to be In this Court that was the practce, made: without being word for woi ' d in full length' i the contrary most grievous and im,tiortant error s a ctd where it w as might be committed." The regulations just issued from the Ac. m` re: specting the survey of all ships in future, a re a 3 they should be, stringent. The spars of a vessei couple of long voyages are most likely to bed efectiv.e. Instances frequently occur where an internal , lecay a' a tree had been originally unknown even to th e roast' maker himself, but which after the wear and t 4 !sr of.a voyage or two had become sufficiently apparent to ga las practised eye to be detected in the course of a sury, a fter . a by him on board ; whilst by the commander and ship's carpenter no serious defect could be seen-