The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-13 00:00:00

brizwo; ..............."... PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. 210 9% 1031, \ India Stock s 3 per Cent. Red. 68% 8 Ditto Bond lO 8 pin. 3 per Cent. Cons . — . South Sea Stock 3% per Cent. ..... ....... ............ 96% I Old Annnities Ditto Red.. ................. 9614% New Ditto New 3% per Cen.........t. — 3 per Cent. Annuities , 1751 -- New sper Cent ........ ............ --- Exch. Bills, £l,OOO ll 14 pm. Bank LongAnnuitiesto expire Ditto ........ .......500 l4 12 Ppmm.. Jan. 5, 1E360 14 11-16 Illitto Sma ll dis. Oct. 10, 1 55 9 - i Ditto Commercial Jan. 5. 18F0-- Ditto Advertised — —Pm Jan. 5, i 580... I -- Bank Stock for Acc0unt........ 210 April 5, 1880 -- \ India Stock for Account... .....8. -- Jan. 5, 1870 -- Consols for Acconnt.. ..... 9i / 174 % Omnium Pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds ............ THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds Ditto ACCOUTIt ... ...... — . ne . Portuguese Bonds — 1 Ditto Account— Ditto New Bon ds 45 41/, Ditto Account 45% 434 Ditto, 3 per cent. 20% 1 4 Prussian Bonds Russ ian Bonds, 1823 _— Ditto Account ........ Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds D i t to Account Ditto Bonds, 1534 2O Ditto Account -. 2 0%%Ye% . French, 5 per cent .I __---- 4 per cent. —E —c. 3 per cent. —f. —c. e perco h u a n ug cent e n e t 54L 5 4 - Dutch, Ditto A Ditto , txe—f —c. 5 Per cent — -. Ditto Account . 100%14 Ditto Account . ............ .. Brazilian Bonds .... ............... Ditto Account ...... Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 2 2_% Ditto Account ... ..... Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1525 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account ........... Ditto, 6 per cent. . ..... ..... Ditto Account .................. Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company zsi 2 Eastern Counties Railway 2 174 '2 Great Western Railway Company 3O 43 London and Blackwall Railway London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 2% London Grand J unction Railway Manchester South Union Railway Company 2 3% 4 North Midland Railway Company lO 16,4. 16 Sloth Eastern and Dover Railway Company 2 .2 ki Anti Drvrot Company l2y. 12 3 4 general St e am Navigation Company London and Westminster Bank 2O 20,4 20 Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 carthagena 0 Dublin... ' 0 0 Flanders MAILS. .lArrived. Due. Arrived. Due I France 0 I Lisbon o 0 GuGrn.&Jersay 0 0 Malta 0 Hamburg 1 0 Mexico 0 10 Holland .. ..... ... 0 0 Ostend 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M 0 - fling' 35minutes after f. I Evening 1 minutes after 7. - - HAMBURGH, Nov. 15, 1836. OUR Friends, and all those who may have to write to us, are requested to he particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, in lIA3IBURGII, and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but seve r a l inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 10 /., 201., or 30/., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 10/. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. To save expenses that may as well be avoided, we request our Correspondents not to overlook these particulars. HEINE BROTHERS. The publication of TUE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. - 47)17-19 vD, 4 . ,cll ,:.% :1> :10 LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1836 Sir ROBERT PEEL, it seems, has declined the Edinburgh invitation to dinner. " The deputation," says a local Journal, " .%vhich left Edinburgh on Friday evening, to convey to the Right Hon. Baronet the in. vitation to a public dinner here, returned to town yes. terday afternoon from Drayton-manor. We learn that Sr ROBERT, although he felt most deeply the coin pliment that had been paid him by forwarding a re quisition from the metropolis of Scotland so nume rously and respectably signed, yet was under the ne cessity of declining the honour intended him, having also declined other invitations, on account of the as sembling of Parliament so soon after the public dinner at Glasgow, and the little time afforded him in that short interval for other arrangements." This is no more than we had anticipated. The Right Hon, Baronet is a discreet, wily statesman, and has no idea of putting himself ostentatiously forward as the leader of the Incurable Tories. He prefers rather to bold a neutral position between Reformer and anti reformer ; to be amphibious in his politics, so that—as circumstances arc favourable or otherwise—he may be claimed by either party. To dine at Glasgow is, he well knows, merely to show his gratitude for a great public compliment that has been paid him ; but to dine at Edinburgh, with the rank Ultras of that metropolis, would be at once to commit himself—for on what other principle should they invite him ?—as one of the heads of that incorrigible faction. Now such a decisive step would not, at present, suit the views of a waiter on the chapter of Accidents, wle has, besides, an example in Lord LYNDHURST of the danger of premature boldness ; so Sir ROBERT de clares off, leaving the Edinburgh deputation the com fort of knowing that they have put themselves to the expense of a journey to Drayton-manor for . nothing. However, as virtue is its own reward, we have no doubt these hyperborean patriots will disburse with alacrity. We have always looked on Sir ROBERT PEEL as the most dexterous of small politicians. His powers of evasion are prodigious ; and he see-saws be tween Whig and Tory—Reformer and non-Reformer — with such unrivalled skill, that it is next to impossible to say to which party he belongs. So long as the Ultras had it all their own way, he was a stiff Ultra ; when something like liberality crept into the cabinet, he too relaxed a little in his creed ; now that open Reform is the order of the day, behold, he, after a fashion, is a Reformer ! Wherefore these variations in the political temperature of his mind ? Because he wants fixedness and strength of principle. He is guided to his conclusions by expediency ; and has but one object in view—the furtherance of his own personal ambition. This, we confidently assert, is the secret of his present conduct. Just now, he cannot see his way clearly ; -the Tories may, or may not, regain power ; and while matters are in such a doubtful state, he deems it hi s safest plan to hold a mean course between Liberal and Conservative, throwing the handkerchief to neither, but coquetting with alternately both. He is Janus-faced and double-tongued ; and were the party under whose banners he first enlisted once to be put down, with no chance of their ever rising again, we will venture to say that he would be among the them the parti ng ki c k, an d pro readiest to give claim himself as staunch a Liberal as even Mr. O'CONNELL could desire. Before we dismiss the subject of Sir ROBERT PEEL and th e E d i n b urg h no-dinner, we will just beg leave to ask how it is that Lord LYNDHURST, the very coryphams of the Tory faction, has not yet received an invitatio n " to eat, drink and be merry," from any one city, town, or village in his MAJESTY'S dominions ? Surely, if th e re-action in favour of Conservatism is so great as we have been assured, Lord LYNDHURST ShOUld be called upon to rejoice in, and give additional ecla t to, the fact ! The Ultras themselves acknowledge him as their Leader ; how comes it then that not one of the squad proposes to treat him to a dinner ? Is this grateful ? Has Edinburgh no sense of gratitude ? For shame, Glasgow : if PEEL deserves to have a " tent" erected for him to dine in, LYNDIIIJBST merits a palace ; and we call upon you accordingly to build one in his honour ! Since the return of Lord DUNCANNON to town measures have been taken for the purpose of immedi ately transferring the Post-office Packet establishment to the Board of Admiralty. We feel assured that the 1474.----ciovernment will see the propriety of carrying fully to effect the recommendations of the sixth report of 2 Ictommissioners of Inquiry, by getting rid of these Van tlishments entirely, and " provide for the future 7) rrmance of the service by contract, on every sta .. A -1:4 tion where a contract can be obtained on suitable con- ditions Ever since the first introduction of steamers for the conveyance of the mails, the Post-office has maintained a notorious celebrity for having vessels in every way in ferior to all classes of merchant steamers. Most of hese vessels were deficient in power ; and nearly all in a condition scarcely sea worthy. They were also as devoid of every comfort and accommodation for pas sengers as any pig-boat plying in the Irish than .. It is now unnecessary to recal the atten ton of the public to the peculations which have been brought to light in the recent survey of the Post-office Packet stations, or the enormous loss, ex ceeding 100,0001. a year, which the public sustained by the mode in which this establishment was managed by the Post-office agents. These officials, with one ex ception (namely, Capt. STEVENS, of Weymouth), appear, from the Report of the Commissioners of In quiry, to have had as much knowledge of the science of steam navigation, and of all that related to the management of stores or accounts, as any school-boy of ten years of age. We take this opportunity of alluding to a letter which appeared in The Sun of Saturday last, respecting the expediency of dispatching the foreign mails from Ramsgate, in place of Dover. The expense and in convenience of retaining the packets at Dover is shown by the returns obtained by the Post-office Commissioners. It appears they were constantly obliged to anchor in the roadstead, and embark and land their passengers in open boats, which is frequently attended with much danger. The quantity of coals consumed for keeping up the steam, whilst the vessels are lying in the road , stead waiting for the mail, is equal to the whole expen diture for the voyage. The Commissioners of Inquiry were, however, pre cluded from making any report as to the propriety of removing the packets from Dover, in consequence of a treaty entered into by the English Post-office with the French Government in 1833. Although they did not recommend a change, the Appendix to their Report proves the necessity of one ; and we hope that no ob stacles will present themselves to prevent any alteration the good of the service, or the comfort of passengers, may require. 'We copy from a Contemporary the following para graph relative to the establishment of a Morning Mail in the Post Office Department of the United States, and showing the expediency of adopting such a plan in this country : " The new Post-office arrangements in the United States promise to realize all the expectations formed of them. The express mail' (or what we should term a morning or addi tional mail) for the service of the United States of America commenced running on the 15th ult. ; and, according to many reports in several of the papers last received, it had proceeded not only with success and satisfaction as to time and manner, but it had been more profitable than was anti cipated. Thus the Washington Globe, Nov. '23, observes that the express mail' is running with entire regularity as far south as reports on the subject had been received, and generally in less than the contract time. The weight of this additional mail going south was already several pounds, and according to the estimate of the department 101. of letter mail would more than pay the expenses of the service, and surplus is not sought, it being held that the prosperity of the country and the interests of trade are promoted by forward ing- letters, &c., at as cheap a rate as possible, and that the surplus ought to he used to reduce the rate of postage. As to the success that had attended the plan of rapid convey ance of letters, the following is one of several instances : A letter was received by a gentleman at Blakeley from one in Louisburg in four hours, and an answer returned in five hours and five minutes, accomplishing a distance of 104 miles in nine hours and five minutes. Vie originally noticed this great improvement in the Post-office system of tae United States, and continue to mention the progress of the plan in the hope that the details may not be without their effect in this country in proper quarters, for, be it remem bered (to notice one circumstance only), that letters and papers which have to pass through London arrive here at 6 o'clock in the morning, and remain at the Post-office until 8 o'clock in the evening, being a delay of 14 hours. Can such a system continue much longer, especially as our Post-office yields a profit of 1,500,0001. sterling? The question is not' Can such a system continue ?" but the wonder is that it has continued so long. The country is persuaded that the change recommended by our contemporary, and still more frequently by ourselves, is necessary ; and the Legislature, we are confident, is prepared to insist upon its adoption, if the Post-office authorities should presume to oppose it. There is not a week in which we do not receive letters, complaining that a morning mail is not established between the capital and the north and west of the kingdom. The injury to trade by keeping back letters which might leave London by eight o'clock in the morn ing, till the same hour in the afternoon, is im mense. On many occasions the loss occasioned by the delay would be so great, that merchants are compelled to risk the safety of their letters, by sending them earlier by stage-coach conveyances. Commerce of every kind is greatly impeded, and of course suffers dreadfully from the same cause. Now nothing could be more easy than to establish a certain number of coaches to leave London every morning at eight or nine o'clock, to convey the early mails to all the great towns, and thus double the facilities of commercial intercourse now enjoyed. These coaches might be so constructed as to convey as many passengers as the ordinary stage coaches running at the same hours, and thus the revenue of the Post Office would increase by an ar .ement necessary to the welfare of the country. Madrid journals to the 4th inst. have been received The Government had received intelligence that at half• past two o'clock in the afternoon of the 29th ult., the Carlist chief GOMEZ left Osuna at the head of be tween 3,000 and 4,000 troops, marching in the direc tion of Murcia. Osuna is a large town situated to the north of Serrania de Ronda, between the towns of Antiquera, Alcala la Real, Lucena, Ecija and Cor mona. From Osuna, two routes are open to GOMEZ. He may either cross the country to Antiquera, and thence pass through Laja, Granada, Guadix, Baza, and so enter the city of Murcia ; or he may march di rect through Ecija, Cordova, and following the left bank of the Guadalquiver as far as Andujar, there cross the river, and so escape into the Sierra Morena. General NARVAEZ, with his cavalry, reached Osuna two hours and a half after GOMEZ left the town, and expressed great surprise at finding that ALAIX had kept entirely out of the way of the enemy. The weariness of his men obliged him to pass the night there, during which time Gam EZ was rapidly continuing his march. We can not account for the continual weariness of the QUEEN'S troops, the instant they get within sight of the rebels. The fatigue endured by the Carlists under GOMEZ must I have. been fully equal to that of the Christinos under General NARVAEZ. To suffer GOMEZ to increase a start of two hours and a half to fifteen hours, dis plays but indifferent generalship, especially as NAR VAEZ was then satisfied that ALAIX had betrayed him. But we suspect the real truth to be that when NAR VAEZ entered Osuna, he was undeceived respecting the weakn ess of the enemy, and he found that with only a tho usand horse, he could not cope with a body of troops between three and four thousand strong. The treacherous conduct of ALAIX on this occa sion ought not to excite surprise. He twice before be- Government disgraced him by raising NAR VAEZ over his head ; and yet it had the trayed his trust; the to suffer him to retain the comman d o f a e d x iv t i r s e i i o n i o i The want of succes s w hi ch has h i t h erto at tended the Q UE EN'S troops is to b e attributed to this and-half policy,generals, and a re consequent l y Ministers ap ppuealirngfeasrfyosltetonf of th l e i half-and-half despised by them. The whole system is a juggle of compromises, instead of be in g abru p t, inflexi ble , ener getic and impetuous, as beco mes a revolutiona ry era. grnent, Execution should tread upon the heels of jud THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1836. and where the safety of the State is at stake, there ought to be no higgling about mere forms. Letters from Malaga of the 25th ult. informed the Government that the Marquis DE BOVEDA, a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Cordova, and several other Carlists, who had put to sea in a Dutch galliot at the instance of GOMEZ with 20,000 pesos fuertes, had been taken off the coast by a British brig of war and a Portuguese frigate. The money seized was destined for Don CARLOS. About sixty of the ringleaders of the insurrection of the 4th battalion of the Guards were imprisoned on the morning of the 3d instant, and the rest were marched off to be draughted into regiments of the line. These fellows will be brought to trial, and if found guilty, will be shot without mercy. The Govern ment has signified that it will make examples of as many of them as are convicted of the crime of exciting their comrades to acts 'of insur rection. On the same day a corporal, in imita tion of the heroes of the fourth battalion, struck his officer, accompanying the . blow with a menace, the purport of which implied a strong sympathy with the insurgents. He was instantly taken, led forth, and to the dismay of all his associates, shot, in the presence of the troops summoned to witness his execution. A few more such examples will have a good effect upon the discipline of the army. The French papers of Sunday have been received. Their contents arc uninteresting. They contain no ac counts from any part of Spain of a later date than those received in London yesterday. On the sth inst. Bilboa continued to hold out, though ESPARTERO was not nearer the town than he was on the 3a. The defeat of CABRERA on the bank of the Ebro on the Ist inst., and the total dispersion of his followers, is repeated in these journals. CABRERA fled in the direction of Madrid. The Phare of Bayonne of the Bth inst. has the following : _ ,• . " Espartero had on the 2 .-- d inst. reconnoitered the Carlist positions, and there is every reason to believe that he in tended to make a serious attack on them as soon as rein forced by the brigade of Alcala, which he expected on the sth or Gth instant. The reconnoissance mrde by the Ge neral convinced him that the besiegers had withdrawn their artillery from before Bilboa. A decisive and sanguinary action must, ere now,have been fought under the walls of that town ; and it is at this moment asserted that preparations were al ready being made on the Ist, at Durango, for the departure of the Pretender, who, with his habitual prudence, intended to proceed to Villafranca, and there to await the issue of the engagement, which is considered inevitable. Casa Eguia, whose death had been at first erroneously announced, has had his nose carried away, and has been otherwise dis figured, by a fragment of a large stone which was struck by a cannon-ball. Reports are again prevalent relative to a diversion which General Evans has been instructed to make, in order to draw off the Carlists towards St. Sebastian. The Count de Torreno has arrived at Bayonne to meet the Countess. Two envoys, from the Republic of Vene zuela, also passed through this town from Madrid." As we have assisted in giving currency to the many rumours afloat respecting the disappointments of the House of ORLEANS, in some recent match-making speculations, we consider it but just to quote here the salutary corrective adminstered by an Austrian official Journal. We leave the CITIZEN KING to make the most of a balm evidently meant to soothe his wounded feelings. It is somewhat unfortunate that with so much blarney about purity of blood, the Austrian scribes should not manage better than to let the " cat out of the bag :" VIENNA, Nov. 26.—The French, and even the Eng- • isli Journals, contain fabulous and absurd articles respect ing the marriage of the Archduchess Theresa to the King of Naples. As long as they were confined to the Radi cal Press, it was not worth while to notice them, but as other papers have expressed themselves very improperly on the subject, we think it as well to state, in moderate language, what that part of the public thinks, which feels an interest in passing events. The Austrian people love and honour, above all things, the august Imperial Family, and their most fer vent wishes will follow the amiable Princess, who will soon leave us. But it has not entered the head of any body to shut his eyes to the ancient origin of the House of Orleans, whose younger branches, by their amiable and dignified manners, acquired general esteem during their visit here a few months ago. Every body allows that there is no reigning family which would not think itself honoured by an alliance with the House of Orleans, even were it not seated on the throne of France. Austria, attached to monarchy, is seriously grieved at the attempts at revolution and assassi nation which are renewed every six months by an inflammable propaganda, and which are so contrary to the established order of things ; the more so as the talents and ability of the King of the French entitle him to high admiration, and as the domestic manners of that august family inspire great esteem." Montreal and Quebec Papers, the latter to the 18th, and the former to the 22d of November, have been received. They contain the addresses of the Legisla tive Council and House of Assembly of Upper Ca nada, in answer to his Excellency the Lieutenant- Governor's Speech from the Throne, on opening the Legislative Session on the 17th ult. The Speech itself appeared in this Journal of Friday, and as the address of the Legislative Council is merely an echo of the Speech, we shall take no further notice of it. In the House of Assembly the address was opposed by a minority of ten votes against forty-five. This address is remarkable for the conciliatory and constitutional spirit which it breathes ; and the largeness of the ma jority by which it has been carried inclines us to hope that the great exertions of Sir FRANCIS BOND HEAD to effect an union among wise men of all parties are about to be crowned with success. Nevertheless, we must not be too sanguine. There is great cause to fear that the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly will not be reconciled with each other's pro ceedings. The following is the address of the House of Assembly, with his Excellency's answer : " TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR FRANCIS BOND HEAD, KNIGHT, COMMANDER OF THE ROYAL HANOVERIAN GUELPHIC ORDER, KNIGHT OF THE PRUSSIAN MILITARY ORDER OF MERIT, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF UPPER CANADA, &C. " May it please your Excellency—We, his Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of Upper Canada, in Provincial Parliament assembled, humbly beg leave to thank your Excellency for your gracious speech from the throne at the opening of the present Parliament, and to assure your Excellency that we view with sincere gratifica tion the present tranquillity of the province, and will most readily embrace the opportunity afforded to give due con sideration to those subjects especially which the welfare of the country requires should be finally settled. " We will devote our serious attention to the important question of the clergy reserves, and endeavour by every means in our power, to overcome the obstacles which have hitherto prevented its final and satisfactory adjustment. " We regret that no useful result has hitherto attended the beneficent intentions of his Majesty in granting a char ter of incorporation to the University of King's College, and we cordially concur in the hope expressed by your Excellency, that the province will shortly possess within itself the means of bestowing upon youth the inestimable benefits of a refined and liberal education. " Deeply sensible of the importance of promoting gene ral education, we will not fail to give the subject our early consideration, and by a judicious disposal of the school lands, , and the adoption of other efficient measures, will endeavour to secure to the inhabitants of this province this invaluable advantage. " We are fully aware of the evils and inconveniences re sulting from the long period which intervenes between the Courts of Oyer and Terminer in this province, and will carefully consider your Excellency's recommendation on the subject of increasing the number of judges. " We will not fail to give every attention to the sug gestion of your Excellency on the subject of establishing a provincial asylum for lunatics, and will endeavour to alle viate the misery of those unhappy and friendless individuals who, deprived of reason, and without protection, are suf fering from the want of some place of refuge. " We are fully sensible of the advantages to be derived from opening communications by which the agricultural produce of this province might be readily brought to market, and will give our most favourable consideration to the con struction of a great western railroad, or to such other in ternal improvements as will both benefit the province and promote a friendly intercourse with the neighbobring States. " We will not fail to institute an immediate and careful inquiry into the state of the Welland Canal, with a view to ascertain how that important work may be rendered most available for the great objects for which it was commenced, and which it was calculated to effect. " We concur with your Excellency in the expression of regret, that there are existing circumstances to prevent the immediate commencement of negotiations with the adjoin ing province for the improvement of the navigation of the Ottawa ; but in the sincere hope that any such difficulties may speedily be removed, we will devote our attention to the recommendation of your Excellency, as to the propriety of causing a survey and accurate estimate to be made of the expense of connecting Lake Huron with the ocean. " We will devote that attention to the adoption of an effectual system for the maintenance and repair of the pub lic highways in this province which the important bearing of the subject on the interests and prosperity of the com munity demands. " Alive to the advantages resulting from the immigration of our fellow-subjects from Great Britain and Ireland, and their settlement among us, we are happy to learn that your Excellency has recommended measures to his Majesty's Government calculated to give encouragement to it, and sincerely hope that no time will be lost in the adoption of an improved system in the Land-Granting Department. " As the Constitution of Upper Canada happily secures to British emigrants their own revered and cherished insti tutions—as this noble climate:and luxuriant soil offer them immediate independence and support, with a moral assur ance that their lands must in a few years unavoidably in crease in value to a great extent—we reasonably hope, and will earnestly endeavour, to attract the redundant enter prise, capital, and population of the empire, by setting be fore them these solid advantages in the most prominent and conspicuous manner ; and it is but natural for us to expect that capital and industry will now flow towards this favoured province, in which we agree with your Excellency in the conviction that such capital is fully as secure as in the mother country. And while happy to learn that ex tensive tracts of rich land have been obtained from the In dians (whose' liberal motives and feelings in the cession we fully appreciate), we cannot refrain from expressing our anxious wish that these lands may be thrown open to set tlement upon terms of the most favourable nature for those who desire to become residents upon them. " We will give our prompt and careful attention as well to the public accounts as to the estimates of the sums re quired for the necessary support of the public service, as soon as the same are laid before us, and will not fail to take into our immediate consideration measures for relieving the Government of this province from the embarrassment it has laboured under, and it is still suffering, from the sup plies for the public service having been withheld. " We most sincerely hope that the important trust re posed in us by our constituents, will be discharged in a manner calculated to raise the province in the estimation of the British empire, and to secure to it those advantages which we have hitherto derived from its fostering care and protection. " The principles of our Constitution, in the maintenance of which consists the safeguard of our lives, liberties, and property, are identical with those of the Constitution of the mother country, and, if maintained in their purity, cannot fail to produce peace, prosperity, and good government. " We are fully satisfied that the people of this province desire nothinc , more ardently than to see those princ i p les supported, and the connection with the British empire sus tained, and we, therefore, cordially respond to your Excel lency's determination to maintain this, our happy Constitu tion, inviolate. Protected from external danger by the overshadowing power of the mother country, and free to pursue any measures calculated to promote our internal welfare and improvement, we feel that there is a course before us leading to the most auspicious results, and that the time has arrived when, preserving our character as,a loyal British province, our institutions may be settled on a firm basis—our resources developed—all well-founded causes of complaint removed—and peace and prosperity secured or us and our posterity. ARCHIBALD APLEAN. " Commons' House of Assembly, Nov. 15, 1836." HIS EXCELLENCY ' S REPLY. " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly —lt is needless that I should express to you the feelings ;vith which I receive your address. The country will ap preciate the sentiments which it contains, and history will record them." The following, from Lisbon, appears in the second edition of a Tory Morning Contemporary : FALMOUTH, DEC. 11. " This morning his Majesty's packet Lyra, Lieutenant Griffin acting, arrived here from Lisbon. She sailed thence on the 4th instant, at an early hour, with the regular mails, that date being only two days subsequent to the sailing of the Calpe steamer, already arrived. Little had occurred in that brief space of time in addition to the accounts published of the Miguelite force stated to have been off the coast ; nothing fur ther had transpired, but a belief was very prevalent that Miguel had reached the head-quarters of Don Carlos, via Bayonne; considerable apprehension was consequently felt until the truth could be fully ascertained. The Royalists were, however, in good spirits at the news. Another large force of Miguelite guerillas has shown themselves in the Minho, near Valence. No certainty as the result of the elections could be arrived at. Senor Passos cannot get in for Lisbon, but it was believed he would be returned for Oporto. From the con flicting opinions the truth was difficult to be conjectured at as to the Ministry being able to command a majority in the Cortes ; should it be against them, the resignation of office will be the immediate result, and no one can re motely calculate on their successors, or those indivi duals who will readily become the serviles of the Na tional Guard. Generally speaking, the country abounded in confusion, and what the upshot is to be cannot now be developed ; suffice to say most parties agree on the point that affairs as they exist at present can prove but of a temporary tenure. As to Gomez's defeat by Narvaez, nothing farther had been learnt at Lisbon in addition to the accounts received there by the Calpe steamer. The Lyra experienced tremendous weather on her passage home. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O' C L CK. Our arrivals this morning are the French and Dutch mails ; a mail from Lisbon, by the Lyra, 4th December ; and ship letters from Quebec and Philadelphia. From New Brunswick Papers, to the 13th November, received this day, we extract the following I— " BANK OF FREDERICK TOWN.—It is only a short time since we published the prospectus of this institution, which will be in active operation by Tuesday next. Much credit is due to the projectors for the successful adoption of every means calculated to prevent the commercial embarrassments hitherto attendant upon the formation of banks in this pro vince, by the formation of a Joint Stock Company. The only possible objection to the granting of the charter has been completely removed." A French Paper, received this morning by express, states that the Charte does not publish any news from Bil boa; but it is given as certain, that on the 7th, in the evening, at Bordeaux, a telegraphic despatch had been re ceived of the entrance of Espartero on the 6th, in the morning, into Bilboa, without any fighting, the Carlist troops having retreated. THE FUNDS. Consols maintain the leaving off prices of yesterday, 89i 4 for the opening, with very little doing as yet. Re duced, 88i ; Exchequer Bills, 11 13 ; India Bonds, 8 10 ; Bank Stock, 209 210 ; India Stock for opening, 2594. The Foreign Market at present is inactive, owing to no official accounts having been received from Bilboa, and Gomez having again escaped the vigilance of the Queen's Generals ; but Spanish Active continues firm, at 201 ; Passive, 5/ 6 ; Deferred, 81 ; Portuguese, 451 a ; Three per Cent., 29/ 304, HALF-PAST ONE. Consols are not so good as they were in the early part of the morning, and may be quoted at 89i for the opening. Reduced, 88. Exchequer Bills, 11 14 prem. ; India Bonds, 10 8 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2101 : India for the opening, 2591 ; Spanish Active, 201 ; Passive, 51 6 ; Deferred, 81 ; Portuguese lower, 441 ; Three per Cents,29l ; Colombian, 221 ; Mexican, 22} ; Dutch Two-. and-a-Half, M. Consols for the Account, 891. THREE O'CLOCK Ducrow's stud has arrived at his new amphitheatre at Newcastle. Miss Ellen Tree arrived at New York on the 24th ult., after a very short and pleasant passage. The Rouen Journal states that all the plains in that country which border the river are covered with water to the depth of 3 feet, and present the aspect of vast lakes. The damage caused by the late violent storms to the town of Calais is estimated at 200,000 francs. During the seven days, ending on Tuesday, ten packets arrived in that port from England, with 241 passengers, and twelve took their departure with 214. BOA CONSTRICTOR.—Ths lovers of natural his tory have now an opportunity of seeing in Cape Town one of the largest reptiles in the world, in the form of a boa constrictor, from Ceylon, on its way to England. Not hav ing swallowed any food for the last four months, the mon ster is just becoming lively, and acknowledges t he civilities of his servant by issuing a hissing sound, as of the safety valve of a steam-engine. A pretty white r abbit resi des with him in the same cage, jumps over his huge body in in nocent gaiety, and when we saw him on Monday, was amusing himself with a leaf of lettuce, perfectly unconscious of the horrors of his situation, or of the true character of his diabolical companion. --Cape Paper. There is only one person now living, sinceJohnßan nister's death, wh o performed on the stage of the firstDrury lane Theatre with Garrick, and that is the once celebrated Harlequin Byrne, father of Oscar Byrne, who is still ac tive, and enjoys excellent health. CHANCERY COURT {THIS DAY.) LOCKE V. COLEMAN. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case, which came before the Court upon application for a new trial, upon an issue directed by this Court to try whether the plaintiff was the customary heir of a person named Robert Marks, according to the custom of the manor of Taunton Dean. The Jury found that the plaintiff was not, and against that verdict the present application was made. His Lordship, in order to come properly to the conclusion whether the result of that trial was such as to satisfy him, considered it necessary to advert shortly to the state of the claim between the parties in the cause. The plaintiff claimed the property in question as the customary heir through the settler's widow and daughteir, who died in the lifetime of the settler. By the decision in the House of Lords, the customary heir of the settler living at the death of the widow was declared to be entitled, and the object of the plaintiff was to try to make out that she was such customary heir. The defendants, though holding un der a title which the House of Lords had declared to be invalid, were entitled to hold the property until some party had made out that they were the customary heir. The de fendants disputed that the plaintiff was the customary heir of the settler, and insisted that John Marks, the youngest son, sustained that character, and the Jury finding for the defendant, had negatived the plaintiff's claim as customary heir. His Lordship had looked most carefully into all the evidence, and as the case was one of such importance, his Lordship felt bound to hesitate before he pronounced a de cision which would have the effect of establishing a rule for which there was no precedent in the district of Taunton Dean to which the case related. It appeared to his Lordship that the Learned Judge who tried the case, in submitting to the Jury, had not sufficiently called their attention to those points which it was the object of this Court to have decided. Neither had he given sufficient weight to the evidence of reputation ; upon the whole, therefore, his Lordship thought a new trial ought to be had. If, how ever, the case had rested upon the custom of Taunton Priory, or the statements in Mr. Southwold's answer, his Lordship would certainly not, on that ground, have granted a new trial. He would leave those two points to be dealt with as the Learned Judge who next tried the case might ,kink proper. LEVI V. PRENDERGASS. This case came before the Court upon an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls granting an injunc tion to restrain the defendants, the trustees of the Hereford Turnpike Trusts, from letting or putting up to sale the tolls arising therefrom. The bill was filed by Mr. Levi, praying for the specific performance of an agreement which he alleged had been entered into between the defendants and himself, to lease to him for one year the tolls in ques tion, which was to commence in June 1836. The applica tion on the behalf of the plaintiff to purchase the tolls, took place in consequence of an advertisement which ap peared in the Hereford Times, stating that they were to be let. Mr. Levi, on the Ist of June 1836, attended at the Shire Hall, on which occasion the defendant, Mr. Pren dergass and ,other trustees were also present. The plain tiff offered 5,274/. for the lease, and thereby became the best bidder. The trustees, however, refused to grant the lease, and adjourned the meeting from the first of May to the eleventh of June ; another meeting was held on the 11th, and again adjourned to the 25th. Mr. Levi attended that meeting, and again insisted upon his right to have the lease ; the trustees refused, and granted ' the lease to a person named Bennett. The arguments had not concluded when our reporter left. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) The further arguments in " Pitt v. Bonner" occupied Le whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) IIEWSON V. MAXWELL. The bill in this case was filed for the purpose of enforcing the conveyance of certain lands, situated at Crowland, in Lincolnshire, which the defendant refused to execute, un less a proviso was introduced, giving him a perpetual right to the use of a road which had been made across the fields, for the accommodation of both parties, their respective re sidences being situated on each side of the lands in ques tion. There being no written agreement, and the evidence of the plaintiff showing that his intention was, that the defendant should only have the right to use the road during the occupation of a farm near the road, the Master of the Rolls said he was bound to decide in favour of the plaintiff. ADAMS V. TIIOMPSON. • The arguments in this case having been concluded to day, his Lordship directed certain inquiries to be made before the Master, for the purpose of ascertaining the priori ties of the claims upon the property in question. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.) NEAT.E V. EVANS AND ANOTHER. Mr. PLATT (with whom was Mr. STEER), stated the case. It was an action for a trespass in breaking and en tering the plaintiff's house, and turning out the family. The plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Neale, rented a house in Beaufort-buildings, Strand, of which the defendant, Evans, who was the landlord, was desirous of obtaining possession, and for that purpose he proceeded there at about twelve o'clock on the night of Saturday, the 18th of June, assaulted Mrs. Neale, and a policeman being attracted by the noise, the party were taken to the station-house, where the plain tiffs were locked up till the Monday morning following, when they were discharged. The defendants, Evans and a Mrs. Wood, who was the former occupant of the house, retained possession, and refused to allow the plaintiffs to enter again, or to allow the children, who were in the kitchen, to leave the house till the following Monday. The charge of assault and imprisonment of the children had been tried at the Westminster Sessions. The daughter of the plaintiff, a young girl about fourteen years of age, deposed to the assault committed by Evans upon her mother, who immediately opened the window and called a policeman, and charged Evans with the assault, but the policeman refused to take him into custody as he had not witnessed it. She heard that the defendant. Mrs. Wood, who was the former tenant of the house, kept it as a common brothel. Her mother never kept an improper house, so far as she knew. The parlour and first floor were let to ladies. She did not know how the lodgers supported themselves. Police-Sergeant, William Randall, was attracted by the noise and crowd, and Mrs. Neale cried out, " take that fellow," pointing to Evans, " into custody—he has assaulted me." The neighbours said the house was an intolerable nuisance. He knows the house to be a brothel. Policeman William Clarke accompanied the plaintiff on the following Monday to his house. Evans was inside in possession, and the doors and windows were fast. He al lowed witness and plaintiff to go inside, and wanted to fight Neale. The house is an improper one. William Cramp received instructions about retaining pos session from Evans and Mrs. Wood. He remained in pos session five days, during which time all the furniture and fixtures were carried away. Mr. THESSIGER (with whom were Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Dunbar), addressed the jury for the defendants. A more trumpery or disgraceful action it had never been his lot to witness, and he regretted that the case had not been allowed to end where it had commenced at the sessions. The defendants had been on that occasion fined, the one in the sum of 51., and the other in the sum of 50s. for having acted as he (Mr. Thessiger) admitted, illegally ; but from a desire to get rid of tenants who had converted the house into an improper one, and had rendered it a nuisance of which it appeared the whole neighbourhood complained. Ample justice had been done to the complainants on that occasion. Neale and his witnesses had been examined, and the present proceedings had been merely instituted for the purpose of harrassing the defendants, and putting costs into the pocket of some person who was urging the party on to these proceedings. The Learned Counsel, after comment ing upon the evidence for the plaintiff, submitted that, under all the circumstances, they were not entitled to more than nominal damages. Mr. DUNBAR was about to address the jury for the de fendant Evans, but Mr. PLATT objected, and Lord DENMAN decided that, according to the practice of the Court, where the defendants joined in their plea, two Counsel could not address the Jury. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages Si. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY (Before the Lord CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury. DAVIS V. KNIGHT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for a breach of contract. The plaintiff had been employed in the firm of Knight and Reeves, tailors, of Cornhill, as foreman. On the 26th of March, 1836, the parties entered into a contract by which the plaintiff was to travel for the defendants, at a salary of 51. a-week, and the contract was binding for a term of three years. The plaintiff went as traveller to Scotland, and in consequence of the view which the defendants took of the manner in which the plaintiff discharged his duties in Scotland they, on his return in May, discharged him from their service. The plaintiff on this claimed the sum of 8101., being the amount which he was to receive under the contract for the term of three years, and the present action was brought to recover that sum. The complaint made by the defendants was, that the plain tiff had been careless in getting orders, and transmitting them to the house in London. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE suggested whether itwou.ld o i not be better to refer the matter to a barrister, tnquire whether there had been such a degree of neglect and care. lessness on the part of the plaintiff as to justify the defen dants in making the contract. Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY, on the part of the plaintiff, preferred that the case should go to the Jury. Some of the letters of the plaintiff were read, and excited great laughter. The following are specimens of the or ders :—` ` Mr. C-----'s last waistcoat was too short by an inch ; he is a plainish man, and likes a neat fit."—" Mr. B. being a lawyer, will require his pockets deep—(Great laughter)—and roomy for papers." It was admitted, on the part of the plaintiff, that he had been paid for the riod of his actual service, so that the only question in dis pute was the breach of the contract. The Jury found a verdict for plaintiff —Damages, 400/. CENTRAL CRIMINAL CURT• (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Edward Hill was indicted for stealing, on the 2 , lth of November, a bag, containing 561bs. of coffee, the property of Isaac Anderton. It appeared in evidence, that on the 24th of November a young lad, in the employment of the prosecutor, who is a grocer, residing in the neighbourhood of New Montague street, took, by his master's directions, several parcels for delivery ; that having left a box of candles' with Mrs. Owens in that street, he went, accompanied by her servant, to the Black Lion public-house for the purpose of pro curing change, and there saw the prisoner, who, upon over-_ hearing a conversation between them respecting a bag of coffee then on the truck for a Mrs. Temple, left the place, and immediately put it on his shoulder, taking it in the di rection of Mrs. Temple's residence. He was overtaken' and given in charge to a policeman. The prisoner received an excellent character from se veral witnesses, one of whom was Mrs. Temple, who s tated that he was for some years in her employment, and was so at the time of the occurrence. Alderman WINCHESTER suggested that Hill might has° taken the bag of coffee under the impression of receiving' something for carrying it to Mrs. Temple ; and the Jury, acting on this view, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. , William Sexton was indicted for stealing, on the 2a December, five pennyweights of silver, value 25., the pro perty of William Jackson, his master. He was found guilty , and sentenced to be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour, for three calendar months. James Barnes was indicted for stealing and embezzli o g, a sum of ss. 3d., and a further sum of 65., the property 01 George Miles, his master. The prosecutor in this case is a dealer in eggs, and bad the prisoner employed as a salesman and carter. On the 18th of September he received from one of Mr. Miles's ens' tomers a sum of 71. 65., and on the 18th of November a ova of 41. 18s. 3d. The amount of all money received should be entered in a book kept for that purpose. In the one instance Barnes inserted the receipt of 71. and in the other of 41. 13s• instead of what had really been paid to him. Mr. BODKIN addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner , and contended that the deficiency complained of arose ;tote mistakes in keeping the accounts. Several witnesses s poke to his previous good character.—Not guilty. Eliza Jenkins was indicted for stealing 43 value 61., the property of the overseers of the poor of tb.o par ishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr- It appeared in evidence that the prisoner was an, inmate of the poor-house of the above-named parishes, and that she was employed as overseer of the women e'ig:sged at needlework ; that in such capacity she received into he r charge 43 shirts, for the re-delivery of which she was account able, and that on the 4th of December several of them wer e missing. The prisoner, on being questioned respe cting them, gave up the duplicates of pawnbrokers' tickets. The shirts were sent to the workhouse by Prater •and Co., aro, clothiers, of Charing-cross, and by Skinner, Turner, and Go' The prisoner made no defence, and the Jury returned 3 verdict of Guilty. She was sentenced to be transporte d for the term of seven years. Margaret Holland, 59, was indicted for stealing a pound weight of tea, the property of Thomas Richard Kt flick. The servant of the prosecutor stated that on the 2d 0' December she was sent by her master for souie bread. sugar, and tea, and on her return home she mr:,.t the pri soner in the Broadway, Deptford, who asked thr.Lt she might be allowed to carry the basket containing them. Der re' quest being complied with, they continued to - walk together for some time, and on the girl's arrival at her master's house the tea was not to be found. A policeman found in the prisoner's room two cannisters, containing in the dry state twelve and a half ounces of tear besides some leaves of the same. Guilty.—Sentenced to be imprisoned and. kept to hard ,abour in the House of Correction for one calendar month. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, DEC. 12.—Wind S. W. with rain. The wind_ being S. E. this morning at daylight, several of the outward. bound sailed. This afternoon it having shifted to S. S. W. and. S.W. the greater part of them, as well as the weather wi ,t permit us to make them out, have put back.—Arrived the li:lutheriar Wheatley, from Quebec. Came down the River aod remain the Thisbe, —, for Jamaica ; Ganges, Jones, for 'daltimore % Oak, Williams, for Arundel ; Fenshaw, Forbes, f',r NewpOrt• PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 12,--Wind S. E. to S„W. , squ all) , with rain, and blows very hard.—Arrived th e Tobag°P M'Phial, from Quebec, leaky, and with loss of foremast, S:e• PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind variable.—Tbe Neptune 0 : Plymouth was abandoned in the Bay of St. Lawrence ful l of water, having been in contact with the Harriet, Scott, which vessel saved the crew. FALMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind W. to E., moderate breize s with rain.--Arrived the Lyra packet, from Lisbon—sailed the 4th inst. the Egyptian Sayers, for New York. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.—Wind W. N. W. moderate.—Arriv ed, the Herald Honduras, Ward, from St. John's, New Bruils - ; Canton, Melville, —, from Quebec ; Lady CL•emorner Fenvrick, from St. Petersburg ; and Idogheten, Newman, fre, Wasa. Off port, the Thomas Dickson, —, from Savanna li ' and Esther, —, from Quebec. BRISTOL, DEC. 12.—Wind S., with rain.—Arrived, t he Europe, —, from Quebec. YARMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Wind S.—Sailed, the Sarah .A lll4 Taylor ; and Carron. GLOUCESTER, DEC. 12.—Arrived, the Jane, Wood, fr ° o lll St. Andrews; and Industry, M`Gill, from St. John's, .. T Brunswick. tS • CORK, DEC. 10.—Arrived, the Superior, Tyler, ftc , o l Domingo ; and Campion,.—,from Richebucto. BELFAST, DEC. 10.—Arrived, the Harriet, Scott, Qu JERSEY, DEC. 10.—Arrived, the Othello, —, Hiondurss' The James Crawford, from Shetland to Dublin, strucl‘ an anchor going into Donaghadee Harbour on the 9th W .. ' and sunk. pa The Formingan, from Bristol, bound to New York, arr i/- at Cork, leaky, &c. THE POTTERIES.--The "turn-out" still co n-tit - a le ; and its sad effects are most extensively and most sever e n - i felt in the district. Several manufacturers have been 1,11.1 7 on the terms of the Chamber during the week, in soalei,-0 t o hi n the branches ; and so far as the hiring proceeded with t`y, different branches not affected by th e " goo d f roi n questi n on hF , aod a f n sometdrnhieonruenin a nin delegatesa , u 4 f o a o c t oorni statedesi t w s i fi t un h n Ld t s h o. a n t d osbnt that dt t s t b i O a a t rd o Advertiser. On Friday a mischievous boy, a pauper at. Levertoly. drew up a slui ce -d oor , pl ace d on th e es t a t e o f th e Rev' eh Gaitskell, to keep the wa ter out of the plantations, whet' ;;": rush of water destroyed 1,000 trees.—Lincolnshire THE BALLOON.—We have just beard tt tat al l ' 1 ;11 ficulties are removed, and that the stupendouii V 3til ijb balloon will ascend from Paris. The French -and P A 5 ",:e gas companies unite their powers for the inflation, an have no doubt the curiosity of the Parisians. will be at i r t is gratified. The ascent will take place on Monday, the - a inst., from the barracks in the Faubourg L'oissonniere, °Pe, the car will convey abut ten persons. The number , how ,„ ver, cannot be ascertained, as it will depr.ind upon ness of the gas.—Galignani's Messenger. T • iS E L IEUTENANT.—The term Lieutenant "A, well-known vicarious appellation for a locum tenens, ore ""of puty holding the place of a superior ; and it has becovn ,1 lOW large appropriation in the civil, military, and naval "'oil ments. The word is originally derived from 100/ 45 ' the hl; still more immediately from the French lien, aPla ce ,' 0 0 , tenir, to hold—which is precisely the temente , or iliqbe tenente. of Italy, and the Lugar-teniente of Spain. LIL e re army, the individuals bearing this subaltern commission .es, unquestionably the successors of the Roman subcentitriirt, or optiones ; but, notwithstanding the paramount inq tro . ante of this office on board our ships at present , the 111811 duction of the title into the Britis h navy is coin) the recent. In the Roman fl e et, the next in authority to ,a navarchus, or Captain was the g ubern ator , o r Master Var in that of Henry VIII.'s these ranks appear in a si light. In the Cotton MSS. we find that in 1588 there liZot the,utter _ ro , are " lumped" together with corporals and e nsign 1 j Qar r 5 it is probable that they were connected with the foldie embarked:l United Service Journal. ice) M AN CHESTER. — Cotton here maintains • •its psat but there is very little business doing either in t',lo raw' torial or in the goods market. People in husb.iess some time been desirous to do as little as possible, unt3l mone y affairs are more clearly settled : t his precaution Vst had a salutary effect, and we believe the crisis will noVir w ithout any thing lik e gene ral loss. Si lk is somewhat 1,11v,.e, lively than for some time past. A g reat number of :Fae:',..t have recently been sold off in consequence of the dep . r esst in the raw material. We are sorry to have to now failure of a house in this town, whose liabilities are: we understand, be s eVFre` heavy, an d w h ose s toppage will , felt by severa l individuals —by one or two very see' ere 1Y.." Manchester Chronicle.