The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-07 00:00:00

DI NB UR GH REVIEW, No. CLXIII. Advertisements fer insertion in No. 163 of the Edinburgh Review, are requested to be sent to the Publishers' by Friday, the 1114th Inst. ; and Bills on or before Saturday, the 21st. 39, Paternoster-row, Deetrnber 7, 1844. TILE EARL OF MALMESBCRY. Just Ready, Two Vols., Svo., with Portraits, COLDI OF T HE DIARIES AND NGVOLUMES CORRESPONDENCE OF JAMES HARRIS, FIRST EARL OF MALMESBURY Containing Memoirs of his Time, from 1767 to 1809, and an Account of his Missions to the Courts of Madrid, Frederick the Great, Cathe rine the Second, and the Hague, and his Special Embassies to Berlin, Brunswick, and the French Republic. . . Edited by his Grandson, the TRIRD EARL. Richard BentlPy, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) THEATRE ROY AL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 7, Will be repeated a Grand Opera 'eria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornare, Mr. Borrani ; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison; 4 •atarina Camaro,n Itainforth To conelude with the celebrated Ballet of TIIE PERI. Achmet, Desplaces ; The Peri, M dile. Plunkett; Nourmahal, Mdlle. O'Bryan ; Aysha, Mrs. Payne. The Box.ortice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, ~nd Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAILKLT. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECENIBER 7, Will he performed a Nex and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND tOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. Strickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe- s ; Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess oft r.orpiou, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawthorn, Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia ;.ennetL After which, will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Moritz, M , . Charles Mathews; Minnie, asiadame Vestris. To he followed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; !Ir. John James reoley. Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Huinby. Pnvate Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, f.om Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 7, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled SIDONIA DI MOLINA% or, Ruse de Guerre. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, gelby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Drams, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Court Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson Count Vanille, Mr. Selby ; Th e Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. To conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEMAN, in which Messrs. Wright, Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Paintar 4r. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-octice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to ise had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 7, Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn, Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Hime ; Re.laud, Mr. Mattacks; Ivon, Mr. Lefler; Hermine, Mdlle, Helen Condell ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fesbroke. To be followed by the New Drama, called DON CESA R DE BAZAN Don Crsar, Mr. Wallack; Charles the Secont , Mr. Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countess di Rotondo, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack, Stage Director, Mr. Emden. :Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Galls Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 28. td . ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One guinea and a-Half ; Proses. alum Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Bex_ottice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and Free Admissions fer the Season to be had at the Theatre. REATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 1, Will be performed a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinleek, and A. Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Ke ley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Jullien's Mazurka and Cellanus Vain will be danced by Mdlles. Louise and Adele, Miss James, and Mi.s Fairbrother. Alter which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woolliolge. To conclude with THE sEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gourict, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli ige, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Miss James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes. 41.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the balcony Tier I holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One •uinea and a-HalL Private BJXISB on the Pit Iler (holding six persons), One Guirea. l'he Rox.ortice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 7, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, Ile Race- Hor.e and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fnx.chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Fox and real Pack of Hounds, purchased at Mr. Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Three Conscripts. 4cting and stage-m mager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art et Riding I.Y Mr. R. Smith daily. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 7 Will be performed the admired Romance of CRICHTON OF CLUNIE, AND CATHERINE DE MEDICIS. James Crichton, Dlr. E. F. Saville; Gieevra, Mrs. It. Renner. An Ethiopian Entertainment by the REAL AMERICAN SOUTHERN MINSTRELS. To conclude with ROBER I' MAC UR& Robert Macaire, Mr. E. F. Saville; Jacques Strap, Mr. W. Smith. Plates and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, DEC. 7. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 24 ; Highest, 32 ; Noon, 30, BAROMETER, 30.4.—W1ND, E.S.E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the treezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is vignally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning ... 18 minutes after 11 1 Evening ... 47 minutes after IL ttit • 14:14 to , ••$- 41, 7 4 , ,FAummt%. , f->fal 4" 41' if ♦ `:,'Rr T . it 0 pi t 0„ "Ork SECOND EDITION. - 311,1 t LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1844. In the Times of this morning appears a well-written " Letter to Sir ROBERT PEEL," which will be found in another column of The Sun. Mixed up with much of caustic bitterness there is much of truth in this letter, though it is truth of a sort that will be any thing but palatable to the Right Hon. Baronet. The writer commences by reminding the Premier of the circumstances under which he took office—how he had with him the Church, the aristocracy, the bar, the great majority of manufacturing and commercial men, the middle classes, and no small portion of the Liberal party in Parliament. All things, he says, conspired to favour the fortunate Government ; but now, much of these encouraging influences has disappeared, and during the last session the Ministry at times scarcely commanded a bare majority by the aid of its enemies, and was more than once defeated by the strenuous exertions of its friends. And what is the cause of this gradual decline in the strength and popularity of a Government, but four short years since so powerful ? We give the answer to this question in the words of the writer, as addressed to Sir ROBERT PEEL :—" Your warmest admirers, Sir, are at a loss if asked to explain upon what your Home Administration is founded. It identifies itself with no great principles; it enlists in its favour no general or generous sympathies. It has erected no standard, however humble, round which your followers may rally. Calling itself eminently Con servative, it does not distinctly declare what are its objects of conservation. Affecting to resist Reform, it has sanctioned measures of violent change. Professing to maintain our existing insti tutions, it has shifted its ground more than once, and has conducted its defence upon no broad or intelli gible principle." Severe as they are, who can hesitate to assent to the truth of these observations, which in our opinion, sufficiently explain the cause of the Premier's declining influence ? He has taken his stand on the shifting quick-sand of Expediency, in stead of on the broad, solid rock of principle. 'With sagacity enough to see the right path to pursue, he has frequently chosen the wrong one, and may say with the Latin poet of old, Video meliora, proboque, Deteriora sequor. Hence he has engendered a feeling of distrust and apprehension in the breasts of his friends, while he has failed to conciliate his enemies. If he still com mand a majority in the House of Commons, it is not a majority accruing from the goodwill, respect, and confidence entertained towards him, but one caused by the apparent necessity of the case. We grant that he has many difficulties to contend against, but it is tide part of a true statesman boldly to grapple with difficulties, with the firm determination to over come them, rather than weakly to submit to their pressure. We wish that Sir ROBERT PEEL had more of the oak and less of the willow in his nature, braving the storm, instead of pliantly bowing till it has passed over him. That he means well we firmly believe, hut of what avail are good ever good intentions when u nsu pp or t e d b y e and firmness? Of what avail is it &11:010140..ds the doctrine of " buying in the "j" ... -Al , - - ii , •11ing in the dearest market " ' . l!ry 4 tN W p in.p • ' lf he .. „, practice . Ot what avail is it a it y a , 4 4: ,. :, b: , ights a Colmar] by his professions ? 1 ,...... /if"' 2 i: : morrow : he brings sunshine to the f Ve li'e . * ; t. :. • -: by his declarations i n f avour of the ..,,, Si. 3 5 Protective system? If he wishes to re'ain his post, and regain the popularity he has lost, he must bestlt himself, and that quickly. The season of forbearance is passed, and both parties—Whigs as well as Con servatives—will expect that Sir ROBERT PEEL early in the ensuing session will lay down, and make his stand upon, some broad, distinct principle of policy which may at once put an end to the vacillation, confusion, and perplexity, which has so long characterised the discussions in the House of Commons. With the Tories notoriously weakened as they are by discords and jealousies— with the Whigs well disposed to support any enlarged liberal measure that he may bring forward, what is to prevent Sir ROBERT PEEL from enunciating and acting upon some bold, comprehensive, energetic prin ciple that may ensure, at no very distant period the full and perfect triumph of the free-trade system? At present men are almost wholly in the dark as respects the Pre mier. They know not what to make of him—how far to support, how far to oppose him. As he values his own reputation, let him lay aside this studied air of reserve and mystery, which paralyses his friends while it fails to throw his enemies off their guard, He has the means at his command of conferring in estimable benefits on his country ; the stream of pub lic opinion still runs—though not strongly, as it did four years ago—in his favour ; and we do hope and trust that when the proper season arrives, he will be found playing the part of a bold, enlightened, patriotic British Minister. The death of a very staunch Reformer, Sir J. H. SEALE, Bart., has rendered vacant the representation in Parliament of the little borough of Dartmouth. Dartmouth has but a small constituency, hut its Par liamentary franchise dates back from a most respect able antiquity—the 26th of EDWARD I. It assumes, however, a character of much higher interest with the public than any derived from mere prescription of this sort, by reason of its having been the scene of various spirited attempts on the part of the SEALE family to break up the nomination and rotten-borough machinery by which the Government of the day, or the Tory family of the HOLDSWORTHS, have, at successive elections, returned their pocket- man. After narrowly escaping the doom of disfranchisement under the disqualifying retreat of Schedule A, it took rank under the Reform Bill, as a Parliamentary borough returning one Member. Sir J. H. SEALE reaped the fruit of his bold, and—till then—unsuccessful at tempts to disenthral its electoral franchise, by being, in 1832, returned by the electors without opposition, to a Reformed House of Commons. The gallant Baronet has continued to sit for it through four suc cessive Parliaments, until his decease, which took place a few days ago. Before his mortal remains could be committed to the tomb (his interment having taken place only this day), the Tory interest at Dartmouth were busily engaged in looking out and bringing forward a successor, in the person of Mr. JOSEPH SOASIES, the eminent shipowner. This gentleman, we perceive, comes out on the " Con servative interest," a location somewhat odd for the Governor of the New Zealand Company, to whose delinquencies one of our morning Contem poraries so greatly errs, in imputing to us (in terms, indeed, sufficiently courteous), not merely indif ference, but a sort of apologetic tolerance. If, however, as we before remarked, the public at large were indignant at the enormous favouritism, or heed lessness, of Government, in the privileges extended to that Company ; and if the colonists have had as much reason to deplore the fatal massacre of \Vairau, and the imbecility and disorganisation of their local authorities, as our Contemporary has shown, that the . Company's shareholders, contracting emigrants, and others have had to denounce the bad faith and hollow promises of the Directors, what shall we say to the Governor of this Company proposing himself to the freemen of Dartmouth for their representative in the House of Commons, on " Conservative" principles? Come, come, Mr. SoAatEs, transfer your " Conserva tive" solicitude—if you have any real feeling of the kind—to the Company's house in Broad-street, for the benefit of those whose cry is for restitution ; or to the lands at Nelson and elsewhere, where emigrants complain that they have indeed been settled, but not located ; or located but not protected. Leave to Dart mouth the Conservative care of maintaining its own elec toral freedom ; and to Mr. MOFFATT, the Liberal and worthy candidate who steps forward to oppose you, the honour of vindicating it. The choice of the freemen could not be more wisely, advantageously, or even equitably bestowed than on such a man as Mr. MOFFATT, or on account of more substantial public services than those he has already rendered, in his capacity of an eminent London merchant, by his zealous support to the system of reduced rates of postage; his consistent advocacy of the principles of free trade ; and by the hold and liberal character of his political opinions. We heartily commend him to the support of the Dartmouth electors. From the Plymouth Times, and from a London Contemporary, we have recently transferred to our columns two valuable articles, under the respective headings of the " Experimental Squadron" and Naval Intelligence." Their general effect we may lefine to be—to show, first, that the results of the sail ing trials between her MAJESTY'S ships the Queen, 110 guns, and the Albion, 90, against the St. Vin cent, 120, and the Caledonia, 120, do not by any means bear out the title to superiority assumed for the two first-named ships; secondly, that in relation to the disparity of conditions, the most important to the determination of the contest, the two last-named ships, in point of fact, must be held to have approved themselves much superior to their competitors. Now, these experimental trials were instituted with the avowed purpose of testing the merits of certain as sumed improvements in the theory of naval architec- ture, which, having been introduced by the Sur veyor-General of the Navy (Sir W. SYMONDS), have been since largely acted upon in the construction of new ships of war. This, then, is a question of so much national importance, that we hope the published results in question will interest the public at large as much as they have interested us. The repeated :late ments which have been made, from time to time, in the House of Commons, by high professional authori ties, such as Admiral Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON, Captain Roes, RN., Captain PECUELL, R.N., and others, as to the extremely objectionable character of some of the craft built on new principles most in favour with the acting first Lord of the Admiralty for the time being, have always occasioned great pain to us. The " 10-gun brigs," and "jackass frigates," denounced under the nicknames of the "Forty Thieves," and other significant soubriquets, will at once recur to the minds of most of our readers. But the two articles we have lately transferred into The Sun suggest more than they demonstrate. They seem to infer the existence of a species of favouritism at head-quarters, which, if it really exist, cannot be too openly or loudly reprobated. These are not times in which mere crotchets—however ingenious —are to be carried out into practical working, not only to the destruction of our character for the superior construc tion of large ships, hut to the certain disparagement and ultimate decay of our naval strength, and at a most mischievous and needless expenditure of the public money. Nor is this all. Two principles are now contending for preference in our schools of naval architecture. The one is a well-considered ap plication of scientific theory to those elements of practical design, the soundness of which has been affirmed by the test of facts observed and recorded through the experience of a long term of years. The other principle inculcates the adoption of a particular theorem, irrespective of these modifications of received systems and practical experience, as the sine qua non of the new, or "intuitive" school, as it is called. But what is this theorem ? " The form," we are told, " adopted by the Surveyor of the Navy, viz., that of a wedge, with a protrusion at the water surface, which he calls 'bearing,' is most unfavourable to easy motion, and it is ruinous in heavy weather. By the swel ling ofthe body above water, the rolling tends to immerse a greater solid on one side than that raised up on the other ; but since, by the law of hydrostatics, the weight of the whole ship is that of the water which she displaces, be the position what it may, therefore the tendency to inequality in the opposite solids, alternately emersed and immersed, as the ship rolls, must necessarily produce a distressing rising and falling during the rolling, which cannot hut work uverything in piece=s at last." This reasoning appears tou t: indisput a bl e; b u t i ts trut h i s exempl ifi ed b y the ns ce of the Vernon, one of Sir W. SYMONDS'S ships . After being but two years out at sea, that fine new frigate wig found tb require a thorough refit; and it Was discovered that each end of her upper deck beams had started from the ship's timbers, in some instances to the extent of seven-eighths of an inch. In action, or straining through a protracted tempest, in a heavy sea, had she encountered either trial before her refit, where would the Vernon have been ? The naval critics, on whose authority we make these statements, well remark, that for an efficient man-of-war of the first class, like the Queen, whose assumed superiority of sailing has been the theme of so much admiration to the corre spondent of a Contemporary, fine sailing is not the only, nor perhaps the most important property re quired. Other qualities are quite as indispensable; for example--stowage; ease of motion ; capability of keeping the sea in heavy weather; cost of building; facility of steerage, &c. It is instructive to remark how these properties are brought to bear on the ana lytical comparison of the force, equipment, and per formances of the ships engaged in the nautical trials referred to. We see no reason to doubt that in such respects the ships, not of the surveyor's build, were very far superior to those of his construction, in equality of conditions being fairly allowed for. Thus the Caledonia and St. Vincent steer easily; are readily manageable; mount 120 guns each, on a measurement of only 2,600 tons. Their launching cost, at the present moment, would not exceed 75,0001. each. The Queen, on the contrary, does not steer well; she rolls very much, and in bad weather her motion is particularly sharp and uneasy. She mounts 110 guns only, on a measurement of 3,000 tons, and her launching cost would now be about 90,000/. ; or 15,0001. more than that of either the Caledonia or the St. Vincent. In heavy weather and a rolling sea her inclination was only, two degrees less than that of her competitors: whereas, from her much superior width, a far more important difference was to be anticipated. It is evident, moreover, that on these trials no pains had been spared to bring out to the utmost her sailing powers, inasmuch as she carried away two topgallant masts. It is, we are told, from the test of all ex perience yet had of her, to be inferred that as a line of-battle ship, though only four years old, she would be much inferior to either the Caledonia (now 36 years) or the St. Vincent (which is 29). But we w ill not weary the reader by going again through the details of these irregularities, which, as to con dition and clearness, superior area of working sails, superior amount of load displacement, and higher tonnage, were vastly against the Caledonia or St. Vincent, and proportionably in favour of the Queen and the Albion. For the same reason, we do not recur again to the very alarming defect of construc tion in that immense ship the Albion, a two-decker of 90 guns, heavy metal, which, it is affirmed, in heavy seas would absolutely preclude the possibility of working her lower deck tier, and compel her to keep all her port-holes closed ; whereas, under the same circumstances of winds and seas, the Caledonia and the St. Vincent can keep all their ports open, and work their guns on all three decks. Our object in noticing these trials, and the unfounded superiority claimed for the Surveyor's ships, is to direct public attention to an evil which, if unchecked, may ono day bring upon us again all the evils of that favouritism, presumption, and profes sional incapacity in the administration of affairs at the Admiralty, which, in our last disastrous naval war with the United States, reflected so much discredit on the MELVILLES and CROHERS of the time. We have better hopes, however, of the men at present filling their places. They cannot but feel the inexpressible amount of responsibility to themselves and to their country, to the present generation, and to all pos terity, which they have assumed with their offices. They are pledged to a stern, straightforward, impar tial management and direction of our most ancient, most glorious, most constitutional, most vigorous force. It is high time that the Board of Admiralty, however, should eschew the example set them by other Government departments in upholding old womanising errors of judgment, if they be not pre possessions of favour. We are beginning to get as impatient of eternal SYMONDSES in naval construc tion, as of never-ceasing SMIRKES in official fabrics. The Dockyards and the British Museum cry aloud, and alike, for an infusion of new blood into their ar chitectural systems. Enough of Sir ROBERT ! enough of Sir WILLIAM ! Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have been re ceived. The Gazette of that date officially announces that Don BENITO ZURBANO, the son of ZURBANO, Don JUAN MARTINEZ, J. IRANDIA, and J. J. EGUI LAN, were shot on the 25th. Letters from Bayonne state that General ITURBIDE had been sent under a military escort from Vittoria to Logrono to be tried before a military Commission. The orders for his arrest came from the Commission sitting at the latter place, in consequence, probably, of some disclosures made by some of the prisoners, though, it is said, he lived a most retired life, and took no part in politics. In the midst of these scenes the QunEx gave a splendid banquet on the 27th, and on the following day her mother's husband, MUNOZ, imitated the example. The 48th clause of the Re form Bill, which relates to the marriage of the Sovereign and the succession to the Crown, was adopted by a majority of 120 against 39. MADRID BOURSE, Nov. 29.—Three per Cents. for Cash, 30; for Account, 30k. Five per Cents. for Account, 211. The Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnance, dated Dec. 4, which orders material changes in the import duties on the productions of various countries, more especially India, brought to France in French ships, and also in the premiums on home-made machinery used in international navigation. We have given the principal clauses of the decree in another part of the paper, showing the nature and amount of the new duties. The alterations with regard to machinery are thus stated :—" The premium granted by the law of the 6th of May, 1841, to steam-engines, of French manufacture, employed on board French vessels engaged in maritime international navigation, is to be paid according to the basis and quota of the import duties applicable to steam-engines of foreign manu facture imported in French vessels." The ordon nance is accompanied by a report from the Minister of Commerce, from which the following is an extract :—" Our commerce and industry re quired some new modifications of the tariff of im port duties. The object of the greater part of these reductions, is, by means of a reduction of duties, to encourage French ships to import direct into France from India and other countries beyond Europe, cer tain heavy articles intended to be manufactured in this country, such as canes, bamboos, mother-of-pearl, n ore, imported from Hindestan and the Sunda Islands, nitrate of soda coming from South America, and especially from Chili ; camphor, medicinal fruits, carthamum, balsam of copaiba,,and several other pro ductions of the island and continent of America, and brass, which generally comes to us from the north of Europe, but which a better-arranged tax would allow us to comprise among our exchanges with more dis tant countries. A diminution of the duty on badiana, Barbary wood, colours, stones, and chalk, and iron ore imported into Corsica, will have the effect of proportioning more justly the duty to the actual value of the production, in order to permit the employment of them in our manufactures." From all accounts it was full time to make the change, for at all the principal ports of France there has been a decay of shipping and little demand for freights. The National states, that at Bordeaux, Nantes, Havre, and even Marseilles, so much benefited by the trade with Algiers, there has been a con siderable diminution of entries, and the Mar seilles Chamber of Commerce, adverts to the fact in these desponding te►esus :—" Maritime speculations produce unprofitable returns. The un favourable position of the shipowuers reacts on the number of seamen, and the inferior classes withdraw from a profession which produces no advantage." These papers contain no additional intelligence from Spain, but the National gives a frightful picture of the state of the country. " Thera are no bounds," it says, " to the violence of the reaction ; no more laws, no guarantees, no personal security. The humblest citizen, who may have given umbrage, is at once struck either in his person or his property. Pro scription, which had been applied to generals and other officers of rank only, is now extended to men Gf the most interior consiil ?ration. Writers cannot ecape this furor; the'r independence is shaken by this band of malefactors, with whom power is no thing more than art inst.= ►ent of vengeance and destruction. A universal terror reigns over tilt) Pe, ninsula." A file of the newspaper established at Ota heite by the Governor, Captain BRUAT, extending from the sth of May to the 6th of June, had been re ceived at Paris, and extracts from it were published in several of the Opposition journals. The number of the 12th of May gives a long account of the proceedings of Captain HUNT, of the Basilisk, during the inter views between the Chiefs and Queen PONIARE, is the presence of M. MALmelicnE, the agent of Captain BRUAT, and all the details are said to be authentic. Of this we have every doubt. The English mis sionaries are blamed for giving exaggerated state ments, but they fall far short of M.',MaLmmicnE. The first part of the descriptiofl and the conclusion will afford satisfactory proofs. lie must indeed be a rough sailor this Mr. HUNT, the commander of the Basilisk, to treat a King and Queen with such rudeness. M. MarmaxcuE thus describes the scene, and Captain IIuNT'S manner:— 'llis first act was to impose silence, in an angry tone, upon the Chief, who had begun to converse with the Queen. 1)o not talk,' said he, write, write ;' and ad vancing towards the ex-Queen, in a disrespectful manner, he added, 'ls not that the case, Pomare ? Pomare continued to hold down her head. Without doubt she did not comprehend what Mr. Hunt said, for he spoke in English, and she only knows her native language. As he was in want of an interpreter, Mr. Hunt looked about, and perceiving the husband of the Queen, who was stand ing aside, ho took him by the collar, and said to him, angrily, You understand English enough to tell these chiefs that I will not allow them to speak to the Queen ; they must write.' The Queen's husband execu t e d t hi s order with a bad grace, and immediately afterwards re sumed his place." The scene thus closes : " Thereupon M. Malmanche quitted the Basilisk, taking with him the pretended letter of Potnare, and addressint; the following words to Captain Hunt : Since Pomace is a poor woman who is obli ge d t o t a k e counsel from you, all the calamities which have hap pened, and all the blood that has been shed at Otaheite, cannot be attributed to her, but only to Mr. Hunt, cap tain of the Basilisk.' Mr. Hunt wished to reply, but M. Maltnanehe would not stay to hear him." The French Funds continued very firm on Thurs day ; the Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 75c., and the Fives at 120 f. 50c. TIIE BOURSE--TainisDAT, DEc. 5. First Highest Lowest Lasi Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents•• •• 120 15 .. 120 30 .. 120 15 120 30 Four-and-a-Half.... 113 25 .. 113 25 113 25 .. 113 25 Fours.... Three per Cents.•... 84 50 .. 54 75 84 45 .. 54 70 Bank of France "3170 ..3170 ••3170 ..3170 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof Shareslloo ..1100 ..1100 • • 1100 5,000 f Shareeso7o • • 8080 ..5070 ..5080 Belgian Bank..• • • • • • • • • • • • 585 .. 585 •• 585 • • 585 Belgian Fives, 1831 • •• • • 1021 • • 1021 • • 102! • • 102 1540 •••• • • • • 1031 .. 1031 •• 103. • • 1031 Two-and-a-Half.... 61 65 .. 61 75 .. 61 65 .. 61 75 Dutch Two and-a-Half .• .• . 63 • • 63 • • 63 . 63 :vanish Threes •••. • . • ... • • 361 .. 361 • • 361 • • 361 Active • . •••• • • • • 321 • • 321 • • 321 • • 321 Pa55ive............ 6 .. 6 • • 6 • • 6 Portuguese Five per Cents.. 551 .. 551 .• 551 •• 551 5eap01itan............ • •• 98 50 .. 99 .. 98 50 Roman •• • • ••• • •• 104; .. 105 .. 104 i -• 105 RAILWAY SHARES. _ _ Versailles, R. 8.•. 315 .. 315 •• 310 .• 312 50 Rrnion•• •••• •• •• •• •• •• ••••1020 . 1030 ..1020 ..1030 Rouen to Havre•.•• Orleans ........••• .• -• ••••1077 50 —1077 50 —lO7O —lO7O Strasburg to Bale •• •• •.•.•. 2 8l 25 •. 285 • 2SI 25 •• 285 Avignon to Marseilles • • •• • • 937 50 .. 940 •• 93,5 •• 935 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Dm 16. St. Germain........... • . • . 960 .. MO 960 •• 972 50 Versa Wes, R.B. L.B 313 75 . 315 .. 310 .. 312 50 Rouen 10.22 50 —1032 50 ••1022 50 ..1030 Rouen to Havre... ... 790 Orleans ...................1070 .. 792 50 .. 790 -1078 75 ..1070 •. 791 25 ..1070 Btrasburg to Bale ......... 282 r.,0 —286 25 282 50 .. 286 25 Avignon to Marseilles•• •• .. 932 50 .. oae .. 932 50 .. 937 50 THIS DAY'S NEWS QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DEN3IAN and a Middlesex Common Jury.) LEONARD V. THATCHER. This was an action to recover damages for an alleged malicious arrest and false imprisonment. The defendant pleaded that he was justified in what he had done, inas much as the plaintiff had been guilty of felony. Mr. Platt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. V. Lee for defendant. It appeared that there was a sum of money owing from defendant to plaintiff, and that one night, in the month of July last, the matter was to have been settled. The parties met, the one holding the money in his hand, and the other the receipt. The defendant snatched the receipt from plaintiff for the purpose, as he said, of seeing that it was correct before he paid the money. He in sisted on detaining the receipt, and eventually the plaintiff gave him into the custody of a policeman, on a charge of stealing a receipt stamp, and was locked up at the station-house all night, and taken before a magis trate iu the morning and discharged. Two witnesses named Bates and Fry were called, who stated that the defendant had in the presence of Fry said to Bates, " You saw Leonard run round the corner?" To which Bates replied, " No, I did not; and I never said so; or if I did say so, it is not true." To which defendant replied, " If you will swear so I will pay you handsomely." Fur the defence Mr. V. LEE attempted to shake the credit of these witnesses, and said he should prove that the plaintiff had snatched the receipt and run off with it. This he admitted was not a justification, but it was ten dered for the purpose of reducing the damages. Lord DENMAN thought the evidence inadmissible. The plea was not that there was probable cause f or th e arrest, but that the plaintiff had committed a felony. Now, that could not be proved, and therefore there must be a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. V. LEE would not then call any witnesses. Lord DENMAN in summing up said, there cou ld b e no doubt that the plaintiff had acted improperly in detain ing the receipt, but that was not felony, an d h e was en titled to damages for being locked up all night. At the same time the jury were not to con s id er anyt hi ng t h at defendant might have said to Bates, because the plaintiff had not suffered any inconvenience additional in conse. quence, and this was an action fur trespass, merely to recover damages for the assault and fals e i m p r i sonmen t. The jury found for the plaintiff—Dama ges 151. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) KING V. SARSON. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment under the following circumstances :--The plaintiff had been a footman in a gentleman's family, and being con victed of larceny in stealing pheasants and game fowl from his master's stable, he was sentenced to four months imprisonment. At the expiration of his time he returned to his own family, who lived in the neighbourhood of the Regent's-park. One evening, in September last, he went into the house of the defendant, who keeps the Windsor Castle public-house, Park-terrace, St. John's Wood road, and having taken a seat in th e p ar l our , an d or d ere d a pint of b eer , w hi c h was brou g h t hi m b y t h e wa i ter, a park-keeper of the name of George, ob jected to the plaintiff's being allowed to sit in the room, because he had been convicted of theft. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff's wit nesses, that no one else, and there were several present at the time, objected to King'a presence. On the con trary, some of them invited him to drink with them. However the landlord insisted on his leaving the house ; and ultimately expelled him by force, tearing his coat and shirt in the struggle. Sarson then gave him into custody of the police, who took him to the station house, where, however, no charge was preferred against him, and he was dismissed. For the forcible expulsion from the house, and the detention in custody of the police, this action was brought. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD, for the plaintiff, stated these facts, and made a forcible appeal to the jury, as to the hardship and injustice of persecuting a man with infamy for life, after he had expiated an offence, not of the most heinous nature, by the punishment awarded by the law. _ _ Mr. Sergeant SHEA, for the defendant, insisted upon the propriety of the landlord's conduct in endeavouring to keep his house free from persons of tainted character. The Learned Sergeant called witnesses to prove that the plaintiff made a violent resistance to the defendant's at tempt to remove him, and that Sarson did not give him into custody until he was endeavouring to force his way into the parlour again after he had been expelled. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) ARCHES' COURT.-(THIS DAY) TIIE OFFICE OF lIUDGE PROMOTED BY BROOKES AGAINST CRESSWELL, CLERK. This was a citation against the Rev. Henry Creswell, vicar of a parish in Somersetshire, in the diocese of Bath and Wells, calling upon him to answer certain allegations, which charged him with conduct disgraceful to him as a clergyman. The letters of request were issued from the Court of the Bishop of Salisbury. The articles set forth that Mr. Creswell had been guilty of using indecent, obscene, and violent language, of getting drunk, and of fighting and brawling within the parish of which ho was incumbent. The documents, which were very voluminous, entered minutely into the details of Mr. Creseell's conduct, in support of the allegations exhibited in the articles. The Learned Advocates on both sides having ad dressed the Court, The Learned JUDGE went minutely through the several articles, commenting on them as he went along. lie said, that although some of them were such as to agree with and support the charges in the citation, yet there were many more, the form of which required alte ration, and for that purpose the Court telt bound to send them back. On the whole, he was of opinion that there were sufficient grounds for requiring further inquiry. The Lords of the Privy Council had a meeting this morning, in the Council-office, to resume the hearing of a petition from the Island of Guernsey, praying for a reform in the constitution of the state. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their illus trious visitors, are expected to arrive at Claremont, at four o'clock this afternoon from Windsor Castle. HUNGERFORD MARKET.—Five forfeited shares in the gerford Market Company were put u p f ur sa l e et ! li the Auction Mart, in the City, this morning, and each share ietched 564 The value of this utLcket prcperty is yearly improving, no doubt awing to the Suspension bridge. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. John Baty, a tradesman living in St. John's lane, was charged with assaulting eheppard, a re spectable married woman, living in Stunner-Attreet l Clerkenwell. Mrs. Sheppard deposed that on Wednesday last the was passing through St. John's-square, when the prisoner ran over, and, seizing her by the cloak, exclaimed, " I will give you in charge." The lady exclaimed that she had never seen him before, and asked why he should in terfere with her ? The prisoner said he was certain the was the person who stole a sheet from him. She again vehemently protested she knew nothing whatever about him, but he threatened to give her in charge to a constable unless she accompanied him to his house. Greatly frightened, she complied, and when there the wife and children of the prisoner declared she was not the person, and she was set at liberty. Mrs. Sheppard declared she had been ill ever since from the fright. The prisoner in defence said a person whom he had treated hospitably had stolen a sheet from him, and he thought Mrs. Sheppard was the person. The lady said that if Mr. Baker had apologised she would not have taken any proceedings aninst him. If he would now pay 10s. into the poor-box she would not press the charge further. Mr. Baker—No, I can't give more than ss. Mr. COMBE—Then you will pay a fine of 2/. and the costs, or go to prison for a month.—The money was paid. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GIUiDE2C. Owing to the prevailing cold weather, the supply of Vegetables was small, and the trade ruled active, at advanced rates. Most kinds of Fruit were in good re quest, and prices steadily supported. Potatoes from 2s 9d to 4s 6d per cwt; Turnips, 2s 3d to 3s 3d; Carrots, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Coleworts or Greens, Is 6d to 3s; and Leeks, 10d to 159 d per dozen bunches ; Apples and Pears, 2s to 4s ; Spinach, is 3d to 2s ; and Onions, Is 6d to 2s 6(1 per half sieve ; PinelApples, 7s to 9s ; Foreign Grapes, 6d to 10d ; Filberts, 10d to Is 2d; and Cobb Nuts, Ed to Is 2d per lb ; Foreign Melons, Is 6d to 3a each ; Red Cabbages, 2s 6d to 5s ; and Savoys, is to is 9d per dozen ; Horse Radish, 2s to bs ; Broca, is 6d to 2s 9d; and Celery, 8d to 2s 6d per bundle ; Mushrooms, 8d to is per punnet ; and New Oranges, 8s to lOs per 100. DTEWGALTE ANDZZADENHALL. Although the supplies of Meat were rather extensive the general inquiry was steady, at very full prices. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Veal 3s to 4s ; and Pork 2s 4d to 3s 10d per 81bs. by the carcass. We had a very extensive supply of Foreign Game and Poultry offering, and which was mostly dis posed of at miserably low figures. In articles of home produce rather an improved business was doing, yet no advance was noticed in the currencies. NEWPORT. For each kind of prime Meat the demand ruled steady at full prices, but otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Matto', 23 10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 43 per *lbs. INGSGATE. The supply of Fish was in no way extensive, while the trade was firm, and previous rates were well sup ported. VVHITECRAPEL. There was a limited supply of Meat, yet the trade was rather dull, at our quotations. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s id ; Veal, 2s 10d to 3a 10d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per ilbs. HIINGERFORD. For most kinds of Meat we have to report an improved demand, at a trifling advance in the quotations. All other produce met a slow inquiry. BREAD. The prices of wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7d to ;of household ditto, 5f dto 60 per 41bs loaf. BIDE MARKET. Raw hides at per stony of 14Ibs.—Best steers and heifers 5s 6(1 to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; in terior hides, 4s 4d b4s 6d. Sheep and calf skins, at per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; long woolled sheep, 3s to 4s ; short ditto, 2s 6d to 3s 3d. BAT MARECETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 41 15s , Useful ditto, 4116 s to 5148 ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 108 to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 13s to 11 15s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold steadily at full prices. CUSIBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4 /18s; Useful ditto Si to 5155; fine Upland ditto, 51 6s to 51 148 ; Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 5/175 ; Oat Straw, 11 118 to 1/ 13s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to I/ 16s per load. A fair average supply, and an active demand. WUITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 123 to 4/ 15s; Useful ditto, 41 16s to 514 s ; fine Upland ditto, 515 s to Si 13s ; Clover flay, 4/ 10s to 6/; Oat Straw, 11 108 to I / 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1/13s to ,11 15s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade steady. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-FRIDAY. There is again a good arrival of Wheat, the holders are very firm, and demand a small advance upon the finest qualities. Other sorts fully maintain last week's prices, and a good extent of business has been passing at this day's market. The finest samples of Barley nearly support their value, but inferior sorts must be noted rather lower. Oats, Beans, and Shelling are in limited request, at last week's rates. _ Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. EXTRA. New. Wneat Sul%lk, Essex, and Kent Red...„ .. —to 46 44 to 45 Ditto ditto ....... Norfolk Red 45 43 41 Ditto ditto .... . . ..... White — 50 45 48 Lincolnshire and Cambridge... Red.— — 44 42 43 Ditto ditto ....... ..... White.— 50 46 48 Yorkshire... Red 45 40 42 Ditto ditto ............ White — 50 45 48 Foreign fled 48 41 46 Ditto ditto White.„ 52 48 50 Per quarter imperial, Barley, Norfolk and Sunlk 36 34 35 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire — 34 31 3:1 Grinding 29 30 Foreign 34 30 32 Par qr. of 631 b. to the bushel. Beano, Small tine — 44 36 38 Ticks —4 S 37 Foreign — 42 35 44) Oats, Potato aid Pola.d --0 --s •.. —s. Mealing .. 10d. to 12d.. Foreign —d, to —cf. pei Stun . Sholling 254 t 4. 2'7: Od. per I oad. Malt - 404 fine 445. per . d Rapeseed.... ............ ............... 231.03 25 , . Os. —l. us. per Last. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEET ING.—FRIDAY. Allington Hill, Third Ties for Puppy Stakes—Kira bella beat Flash—Golden Crocus ran a bye (Maiden paid forfeit). Third Ties for All-aged Stakes—Kizzie beat Nell— Farmer beat Key. Second Ties for Chippenham Stakes—Fancy beat Railroad—Gem beat Gamester. Second Ties for Allington Hill Stakes—Entre Nous and Hibernia (undecided)—Flora ran a bye. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. Almost a blank day; only one bet made:-10 to I agst Young Eclipse and Islas. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Captain Candler's lids., Tues., at Bredon Hill; Fri., Lickey-101. The Herefordshire hds., Tues., Mynde Park; Fri., Venn Wood-10. The Shropshire hds., Tues., Twemlows; Fri.,;,Montford Bridge-104. The Brighton hrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., the Race• course ; ;Fri., the Dyke. The Brookside hrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill ; Thurs.-, • Telscombe Tye. The Surrey stag hds., Tues., Suttott; Sat., Hayes Com mon-11. The Essex and Suffolk hds., Tues., Ardleigh-street ; Fri., Gol Grove-11. The Atherstone hds., Mon., Bonehill House; Wed., Red Lion, Appleby; Thurs., Cadeby Toll-gate; Sat., Lut terworth —lO 2. The Cheshire hds., Mon., Norton Priory; Wed., Tar porley; Thurs., Stamford- bridge; Sat., Warmington Mill-101. The Gogerddan hds., Mon., Heullys; Fri., Alltwydd. The Montgomeryshire lads., Tues., Churbury ; Fri., Abermale-10. The Ross hrs., Mon., Weston Lodge-10. The Ludlow hds., ues , Bowden Village; Fri., Heath House--10. Mr. Wall's hrs., Mon., Travelly; Wed., Panacastle; Fri., Llyswen-10. The Albrighton hds, Mon., Sheriffhales; Thurs., Seigh ford ; Sat., Gatacre-10i. The United Pack, Thurs., Longville Hill-9. The Wheatland hds., Wed., Billingsley-10. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., Mon., Allen Sadler 's ; Wed. Plas Teg ; Fri., Farndort ; Sat., Bryn-y-pys-101. The Holderness hds., Mon., Brandesburton Moor; Tues., Lonsborough-gate-road ; Thurs., Winestead ; Fri., Welton Grange. Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Bedsby ; Wed., Rye Hill ; Fri., Kelsey River Head-11. The Eddlethorpe hds., Mon., Settrington Beacon ; Wed., half-way between Stamford Bridge and Gate, Helms ley ; Fri., Galley Gap. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon., Thornhaugh ; Wed., By thorn Toll-bar. Mr. Hellier's hds., Mon., Haugham ; Tues., Horsington Mill ; Thurs., South Willingham ; Sat., Welton Wood —lOl. Mr. Drake's hds., Mon., Bourton Village ; Tues., Soul dern Gate ; Thurs., Arncott Bridge ; Sat., Trafford Bridge-104. The Warwickshire hounds, Mon., Newbold Pacey ; Tues., Mitford-bridge ; Thurs., Red-hill ; Fri., Long Itchington ; Sat., Upper I'illerton-9i. The Heythrop hounds, Mon., Chapel House ; Wed., Eyford ; Fri., Addlestrop-gate ; Sat., K iddington gate-10 4. The Quorn hounds, Mon., Kilby Wharf; Tues., Steward' Hay ; Thurs., Houghton-on- the-llill ; Fri., Wedmer pool Inn-101. Sir R. Sutton's hounds, Mon., Clipsham ; Tues., Ayston ; Wed., the Lodge, Grimsthorpe Park ; Fri., Seaton THE NEW BASTARDY LAW.—(FROM A CORRE• SPONDENT.)—As this law now stands, the mother of a child is (before she can obtain proceedings against the father), obliged to make demand of the weekly pay, when a month's arrear is due. Now the man may (and as he often does) live at such a distance from the woman that it costs her more to go and make demand than the arrear amounts to, for she can only go back as far as thirteen weeks, if she has regularly known where to find the man. This new bastardy law, taking it all in all, is a very stupid piece of enactment ; it abounds with absurdities. HER LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS SOPIILL MATILDA. 01 , GT,OLTESTER.—The Lord Clara httrlain, Earl DeALtwarr, in his official capl:eity, has dig rested I)rtiry-Iftno and Covent-gnrden Theatres ,to iDu closed on Tuesday next, the day appointed for the funeral of her late Royal Highness. MuNEY AND CoMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. . _ There was no change in Cotton at Liverpool yes terday. Sales, 8,000 bales, at firm rates.—Shares were quoted as follows:—Chester and Birkenhead, New, 23k; Dublin and Belfast, 3i ; Eastern Counties, 131 ; Grand Junction, 220; Ditto, Half Shares, 110; Great Western, 144 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 88-; Lancaster and Preston, 461 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 3q-- i ; London and Birmingham, 219; Ditto, 321. Shares, 38k; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 26k; London and York, 3i; Manchester and Birmingham, 53 ; Midland Counties, 108; North Union, 147 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 96 ; South- Eastern, 37i ; Ditto, New, 114 ; Lyons and Avignon, 2/. 14s. 6d.; Paris and Lyons, 3/. 53. 6d; Orleans, Tours, an d il,rdeaux, 6i; Boulogne and Amiens, 48 ; Consti • tuted Cen,. al of France, 10i. The returns from the Bank of England exhibit a ge neral increase for week ending the 30th ult., viz., of 257,3151. in the circula‘jon and bullion to the Issue De partment, though the stock of gold and silver coin is re duced by 64,569/. in the Baillcing Department. The public and private deposits have increased together about 900,0001. The profit of the, 134.ik continues to in crease under the new system. There are no arrivals to-day. There is very little doing in the Funds, but tLe quota tions are steady. Consols for the opening realise 169 to Mk. Exchequer Bills are 555. to 58s. premium, a pur chase having rallied the price a little. Bank Stock is 2071 to 208. The New Three-and• a-Quarter per Cents. are 1021 to 103, and the Three per Cents. Reduced 1001 to 100 i. India Stock for Account is 286 to 287. The Foreign mark:t is equally dull. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 24i, and the Three per Cents. 361 to 361, being rather flat. Mexican Bonds are 361 to ; and Peruvian, 27 to Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been firm at 631; and the Four per Cents. at 971 Shares are generally very well supported. Brighton have risen, Great Western are buoyant, and also South- Western and South-Eastern. Orleans and Vierzon Railway Shares are lower, but the other French lines keep up. BRITISH FUNDS:THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, (From the Official List) Bank Stock for Account . ................ 207% 208 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 1004% New 3% per Cent. Annuities le2 103 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 12% India 73 Ditto under Consols for Opening ... 1003{ India Stock for Account 286 237 286% Exchequer Bills. I%d. I %d 1 DittiliMii::::::::::-.•—• - .».».«.. 55 58 pm. Ditto Advertised......... .. ..... ..... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ..«.« 36% Ditto for the Account 36 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents . Ditto for the Account. 27% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent Ditto for the Account 24X Ditto Three per Cent. ..«.».».»•...«.«.«.« Ditto for the Account •••••••••••••••••••••••«••••• 36% Dutch 2% per Cents .......... 63% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 9 -4.e lm Ditto for the Account. 97).4% Dutch 5 per Cent 5................................. 994 . R PICES OF SHARES I.HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAER Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ........ ...... to Ditto New - Bristol and Exeter ........„....».. 70 ....." 79l Bristol and Gloucester.... ...... .. 90 .... ..... 37 38% to 37% Churnet Valley ... ..... ... ......... .... 2 ......... 3% Cornwall Eastern Counties ................... 25 ..„.» , 13% ...,.. to 14 Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Southei n and Western} 5 B% to (Ireland) Great North of Eng1and........... 100 1204 Great Western ........."."........ 75 Ditto Fifths. .. . ~. •••••••••••••••• 12 Lancaster andAeru 7 lisie. London and Brighton ............. 50 ......... 49% 1 4 London and South Western ..... 41% ..... 82% Ditto Eighths London and Y0rk........„........... .2g„„..... 3% Lynn and Ely 1 % 2% .....•• to Manchester and Leeds. 7O ..... •••• to Ditto % Shares Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ......... 533( Midland Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 24 ~»..... 59 ..»..... to 60 North British Northern and Eastern 45 ........ 57%34 ... to , Portsmouth Direct ....... Rugby South Eastern and Dover ..... .... 3336 ...., 38% to York and North Midland ••...... 50 .......• 103 to 102 Boulogne and Amiens Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bourdeaux ...... ... 1 Paris and Orleans ..... ............. 20 Parisand R0uen..................... 20 ........• 30%36 to Paris and Strasbourg PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DEC. 5 11_ 3 per Cent. Consols 9 9% 3 per Cent. Reduced Three and a Quarter Stock~.„ Ditto New, 1630 3% per Cent. Debentures .............. Long Annuities Bank Stock 213% Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock l2 Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent.. 4 per Cent. City Debentures ..... 4 per Cent. City Debentures, New 4 per Cent. Ballast Office Debentures 4 per Cent. Pipe Water — Kingstown Railway Debentures — LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Dublin and K. Railway Drogheda Ditto..... 6O Great Southern and Western..„....„.. 5 die« Ditto Extension 2% ..... :34 Dublin and Belfast Junction ....... . Dublin and Cashel ditto Athlone Railway .. Belfast and Ballymena 2 Waterford and Limerick _ _...• 2 ...... 3 Hibernian Bank 253% Royal Bank National Insurance 25 37 Patriotic ditto Mining Company of Ireland Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company ...... 100 Ditto Difto, 1836 .... Steam Ship Building Company Ditto Ditto 5O — British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 Limerick Extension Railway FLANDERS AND HAMBURGH MAILS. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, DSc. 4.—The Chamber continued to-day the debate on the budget of the finance department. The several chapters of the budget were successively agreed to, and the whole law passed unanimously by the sixty Members present. To-morrow the budget of the depart ment of foreign affairs will be taken into consideration. Sir Hamilton Seymour, her Britannic Majesty's Am bassador, has returned, after having been for some months absent on leave. On Monday, the 16th, his Majesty will have com pleted his fifty-fourth year. Te Deunt will be performed, as usual, in the Church of St. Gudule. ST. PETERSBURGII, Nov. 23.—The Emperor has been pleased to confer the Order of St. Waldimir of the first class, on Dr. Clot Bey, in the service of the Pacha of Egypt, on account of the assistance given by him to the Russian Commissioners, who were sent to Egypt to make experiments on the purification of infected articles, by the application of a high degree of heat. HANOVER, Nov. 30. The report published in some journals, that his Majesty the King in tended to confer on the Prince of Sohns a new here ditary office, that of hereditary Master of the Horse, which was to be created for him, is not only doubted but declared to be unfounded by persons who from their situation must be well informed. In fact, the creation of a new hereditary office seems to be highly improbable in the present state of things. We learn that the last diffi culties which have delayed the final conclusion of the convention respecting the iron railway are now removed, and that the definitive conclusion will probably soon take place. TURKISH FRONTIER, Nov. 18.—The Jews of Jeru salem have examined Dr. Philippson, Rabbi, at Magde burg, and Dr. J. A. Jost in Berlin, because the collections made in Europe for the Jews in Jerusalem, which are said to amount to million and a half dollars annually, may be partly employed by those honourable men in the proposed establishment of a hospital and a school for the Jews at Jerusalem. The Jews of Jeru salem will not learn anything ; they have printed a pro clamation in which they say "We, the seed of Israel, the holy people, have no share in foreign studies, arts, sciences, medicine and the like. If we were to spend our time on those sciences what woull become of religion?" BELGIAN FUNDS.—Banams, Dac. 4. Actus Debt, 2% per Cent., Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Lean of Thirty Milions, Four per Cent 95% Three per Cent........... Thirty-seven Millions, ditto -- (1840) lO% 1844.............. ....... 102 A, Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent. 163 183' Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent. ............. Issue of 1841 .. . , ...... ...... ........ —Brussels ........ Dec. 5. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Dcc. 3. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1650 Anglo-Russian Loan ll4q Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate...— losq 105 Inscription, Ist series 105% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 99 Ditto in Certificates 99 Now 4 per Cent. (1540) iio% Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 61% Gi% Ditto 5 per Cent. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. Spanish, New) per Cents. l9 IS Polish Bonds - New Tickets — Harnburgh, One msnth Two months l3 7 'X( AUSTRIAN FUNDS..—VIENNA, Nov. 22. Five per Cents. Motalliques. llO4 Four par •••••••••••• owe ION Three per Cents. 754 Rank Shares Loan, 1634 Ditto, 1839 Estorhasy's Loan , .alliernesne Zestung, DEC. 1. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Nov. 3:. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 33( per cent. Prussian English Bonds, 1630, 4 per cent — Exchange on London •• 62% Prussian State Gazette. Nov. 30 THE POOR or WINDSOR.—Six hundred and twenty poor families of Windsor will each receive, early in the ensuing week, a sack of coals, as a portion of the dona tion of 2001. presented by the ;King of the French, through the medium of the French Ambassador. The remaining 1001. have been appropriated in aid of the funds of the Windsor and Eton Dispensary. STRATEFIELDSAYE.—On Tuesday last preparations commenced for the approaching visit of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to the Duke of Wel lington, the workmen being engaged in the enlargement of several rooms to increase the ordinary accommoda tion of the ducal mansion. The Duke's stables are to be solely appropriated for the carriage and saddle-horses belonging to the august visitors. A suite of rooms to be selected exclusively for the Queens use is to be fitted up in a style of splendour every way becoming the royal visit. It is said thi.t all these altsmitions are to be ctqu pleted in as fortnigi:iL 11(:.ar It is quito uneeratill whether the Queen's visit will take place before or after Christmas, no positive day being named at present. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. (THIS DAY.) The vestry having met this morning, at the twi l l hour, the clerk, after reading the report of last we ek ' s meeting, called the attention of the vestry to a letter. complaining of the erection of buildings in front of some houses in Cottingham-terrace, New-road. The letter' was from Mrs. Jennings, a lady having a house in Cot tingham-terrace, is front of which a stable had been erected, in consequence of which the rent of the house had fallen from 1301. to 90/. ; and a similar fall had taken place in the rent of other houses in the terrace. A VESTRYMAN expressed his opinion that the vestry had no need to interfere on this occasion. If the inhabi tents of Cottingham - terrace were annoyed by buildings between them and the road they :could themselves pro^ teed against the parties, as well as the vestry. Mr. GOMM said that the vestry were not sufficiently. active in preventing such nuisances ; that the erection (.4 such buildings ought to be interfered with before th eir completion; that persons might not be aware of the ille gality of such erections as those in question ; and If notice of the intention of the vestry to take measures to remove them was sent to the parties in time, it would save them much expense and inconvenience. Mr. WILSON thought that it was the business of the parties concerned, and not the business of the vestry, to proceed against such erections, and that the vestry' ought not to interfere in the matter. The conversation then dropped. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY•) LONDON, DEC. 7.—Wind N. to N.E., fresh breezes, cloudy and frosty. DEAL, DEC. 6.—Wind N.W„ light.—Arrd. Ann, of New Providence, St. John's ; John Craig, Meade, Quebec. Sld. Bangalore, China ; Ganges, Calcutta ; Curragbwore, Madras and Bombay ; William and M Bivion, Ceylon ; Camilla, Buenos Ayres ; Pythagoras , Pernambuco ; I Cybele, Berbice ; Princess Royal (trams' port, :Barbadoes ' • Feronia, Jamaica ; Russell, Cuba ;" Jane Lockhart, Doniinica. PORTSMOUTII, DEC. 6.—Wind Boy, Fernando Po, for Amsterdam. Sld. Brunswick, Cape and Bombay. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 6.—Sld. Aulaloy, Ichafane. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Arrd. Camilla, Mules, Dame' rare ; the Experimental brigs from a cruise. FALMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Arrd. Johns, Fox, Quebec. BRISTOL, DEC. 6.—Arrd. Anna Watson, Stirling, Cal' cutta. Sailed 4th, Rankin, not Rattan, for Mobile. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 6. Wind S.S.E., light. Arra- Eliza, Quebec. Sid. Eliza Johnson, Brazils ; Eagles Ichaboe; Energy, Havannah ; St. George and Rochester, New York ' • Jenny Jones, Legra. Off, George, Fine> St. John's, New Brunswick. THEDDLETHORPE, DEC. s.—Nearly all the cargo of the Elf Geschwester, ashore near Hattoft, has been saved' in good condition. Part of the cargo of the Mathere• about 300 quarters, has been undamaged, also some of the ship's stores. CORK, DEC. 4.—Sld. Clecfrid,lchaboe. CASTLETOWN, DEC. 2.—Arid. Circassian, Duny, -, for Cuba, with loss of main topmast, &c., having encountered a severe gale on the 28th ult., in lat. 5 2 9 lon. 12. LIMERICK, DEC. s.—Sld. China, Savannah. CA RNARVON, DEC. s.—The Portmadoc packet, from Liverpool to Pwllhelc, was run down this morning, of Holyhead, by a large brig; crew saved. SLIGO.—Arrd. Dumahair, Ichaboe (21 days.) DEC. s.—Sld. Powdrell, Ichaboe. YARMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Several hundred red and whiMo deals, varying from twelve to twenty-one feet in length, were washed ashore last night on Yarmouth beach; many of them are burnt. , HARWICH, DEC. 6.—The vessel reported ashore on the Sunflaer, is the Ruby, of, and from Newcastle for London; she has been got off to-day, and in here Teri leaky, and part of cargo thrown overboard. A large barque got on the gunfleet this morning, but got off and proceeded. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the re sp b ctive returns are made, together with the receipts of the isalne week in the previous year : Cs Z ane U Week ending Last week. NAME OF RAILWAY. Nov. 30 29 Arbroath and Forfar •••••• • • • 177 2,055 or 1,635 560 Birmingham and Gloucester • • • • Brandling Junction . • • • • • - • • Bristol and Gloucester • • • • • • • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda.. • Dublin and Kingstown . • • • • • • ..... 341 251 70 0 1,5 51 3,02 4 1,109 662 6,0 1,2 61 11,1 3,5 0 41 13,3 11 61 8 2,043 23 4 63 9 4,5 59 705 2,5 17 5,3 88 7,826 Dundee and Arbroath . Durham and Sunderland . • • ..... Edinburgh and Giasgow Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock. • • • • • •• • • • • 30 Grand Junction •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • Dec. 1 Nov. 30 30 Dec. 1 Nov. 30 Great North of England •• •• •• • • •• Great Western,: • • • • • Dec. 4 Nov. 29 30 Dec. 1 ow. 30 Dec. 3 Liverpool and Manchester ..•••••••• London and Birmingham . •• •• •• •••• London and Blackwall.• •• •• London and Brighton. .• •• •• •• •• •• •• London and Croydon . •••••• •• London and Greenwich . •... ••• London and South Western... Manchester, Bolton, and Bury •• •• Manchester and Birmingham•• •• •• •• Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc— Midland Counties. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Nov. 29 Newcastle and Darlington •• •••• •.•. Newcastle and Carlisle•• •• •• •• •• •• Newcastle and North Shields-• •••• •• North Union and Bolton and Freston Paris, Corbel, and Orleans•• ........ Paris and Rouen . •• •• •• .• •• Dec. 1 Nov. 29 Dec. 2 Nov. 30 30 Dec. 5 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 1 Nov. 30 1,3 61 31 5 * 80 6 3,91 0 3,320 20 , 47 0 2,0 01 1:91$ Preston and Wyre • • • • • ...... Sheffield and Manchester •• •• .• •• •• • South Eastern.... • •• •• •• Taff Yale • . • • • • • . • Ulster. • • • • • • • • 8743 I 616 175 2,259 Yarmouth and Norwich • • • • • • •• • • York and North Midland . .... • • • • MILITARY FORCE IN IRELAND.—The following [ the official return of the military force at present Ireland, which completes the garrisons in that countri f fur the ensuing winter :—Cavalry-2d Regiment ° Dragoon Guards, Longford ; 3d ditto, Ballincollig 4th ditto, t.rthir ; Ist Regiment of Dragoons, Dub: lin ; Bth Hussars, Dublin ; 10th ditto, Newbridge 11th ditto, Dundalk. Infantry—lst Regiment ° Foot, Clare Castle (depot company) ; 2d ditto, En; niskillen ; sth ditto, Belfast ; I4th (depot company' ) ' Belturbet ; 15th, Limerick ; 16th, Dublin ; 2 4 tT Kilkenny ; 30th, Limerick ; 32d, Dublin ; , Cork (depot company) ; 34th, Athlone ; 35th, Il e : nagh (depot company) ; 36th, Newry ; 38th, Boyle (dep ot company) ; 46th, Dublin ; 54th, Mullingar ; 56th, Dub' , lin ; 60th, Ist battalion, Fermoy ; 61st, Buttevan t ; 65th, Castlebar ; 66th, Dublin ; 69th, Templemore 72d, Cork ; 77th (depot company), Waterford ; 7 9t13 ditto, Naas ; 81st do., Templemore ; 82d do., Tr:ll6.e ; 85th do., Londonderry ; 89th do., Newbridge ; 90th Clournel ; 93d do., Birr ; 95th, Kinsale ; and Ist bal.' talion Rifle Brigade (depot company), Athlone. '- 11 & effective military force, including the Royal Horse V:: Foot Artillery, and Royal Engineers, now in Irela nd " is 26,000 men. Besides the above, are the recentli: organised Chelsea out-pensioners, who are fully equipped. and ready to be called out at a short notice if reqni r l The armed police amounts to about 10,000 men, statio ne " throughout the country. LIE NEW HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, ,f 1 1 ,6 works of the new building at Brompton are procee d t rapidly, and it is sincerely hoped that in a few mo nth the western wing will be roofed in, and the interior po r tion in progress. During the past week the Commit t have received several valuable donations, and at the lo meeting of Governors, at which Sif John Hare, Ba rt " &c., presided, the most enthusiastic feelings were er pressed that the good work would be very speedily cot; summated. The annual income of the hospital ft° subscription now somewhat exceeds I,loof. A DETESTABLE WRETCH.--A A miscreant 0 , th e name of Stokes, who has been residing in Sunder's°, for two or three years past, but who is a native s°l. where in the neighbourhood of London, has been mitted to Durham gaol by the magistrates of Sunderl,',o for a disgusting felony committed with a young e : 0 0 about twenty years of age, whom he kept in the ft ;r with him. The details were so shocking that the I 0 „''to trates could scarcely maintain the patience necessa r - I t he the dignity of a court of justice in listening t° t he examination, and the wretch conducted himself wit-b,,p most brutal hardihood. He was in comfortable ei re :, if stances, and lived in a low part of the town, seld °l- e y, ever, feeling any inconvenience from want of ett ed' His remittances from the south were said to be Pt 11)- j ) ich, and liberal for a person living in the low style in vr re. he indulged. The whole neighbourhood in which he.ith sided seems to have been polluted by his exampl e vice and crime. The members of the Licensed Victuallers' Pret6oec.; tion Society, of Bir m ingham, associated with th e , o ed cteties of many other important towns, have dete rin ' t he to convene a meeting of delegates appointed bY ro ble licensed victuallers throughout the kingdom, to a °e i ielv at Nottingham, on a day to be appointed, with 1 010 .- of determining on an address to both Houses of n io% ment, and of adopting such measures and orgli..ooG such plans as may tend to best promote the peri n ' interests of the trade.—Birmingham Pilot. -"o ton The Marquis of Bute has disposed of his Ho° estate to a gentleman of the name of W all ' O L consideration money is stated to have been 1130,0,,4e5ter- NOT TO BE • WONDERED AT.-- - The Chreeick states that a quarter cask of gun?" car; which had been placed in the " bakehouse" of 3 " . ea ns rington, of Rockferry, had, by " some unknown All exploded, and bl ow n the roof off, besides destrollourts the windows in the dwelling-house, and dreadfu Ca llY.nwer ing one of hi s own sons , 'tad injuring Miss rr' and a dressmaker at work there at the time. , 5 pos t a . , Large flocks of wild geese have for some 003 , 1_,. t he been playing their airy gambols on the coast bets**er. Duddon and Morcombe Bay.—Cumberlan d EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.—'Died, 0 4 0 , e d ag e day, at Cr agnagour , near thi s t o wn, at the a a i v life be of 110 ye a r s , Mr. Michael Considine. c rallnw edi was apprenticed to th e t a ilering business, and for some time. gentle was always temperate mil li , SO and addicted to g exercise. He attendelL it rt io his ntb' bath devotions at his parish chapel within the and lately walked into this town and back ° dity. A his t dence, a distance of seven miles, on the saf, bout his faculties were unimpaired to the last, and oeu" his long life his conduct and character were n th e plary.—aire Journal. betW ee out FIRE AT NEWINGTON. — Last br oke . hours of six and seven, a very alarming . _ fi re a nd t l f, irj ,7 upon the premises of Mr. Beckett, 1t,,r2r... 60 . retraufacturer, Ben [ Chicken-lane , i F datnet;. , euzsdei aCe, the proPo rr i can dle i$ our the Atlas-office. A spark from a lighte° posed to have caused the disaster. 1,006 430 SB4 298 1,036 2,063 3,634 1,472 7lb 6,963 1,557 13,281 4,316 13,693 708 3,896 1,009 782 5,021 830 2,975 6,385 8,640 1,031 1,668 340 1,409 4,832 3,972 678 4,035 SUN Th e ot,etts e 4 4' 14 kt Nte C2iekr ®bi k ot , e m i ge babl e ( P41" 4 11 , 1 .*k prs l'h*L4 TILE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1844. ~_ 1 134 tIN