The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-14 00:00:00

~.....- _ - • PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. - 3 per Cent. Red. 58 7 % , Ditto Ron& 8 10 8 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons - !South Sea Stock ........ ..- ..... SSX --- :”‘ per Cent. --101d Annnities ..................... Ditto Red 96%% New Ditto .......................... -- New 3V, per Cent .-- ' 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1'751... New sper Cent - --- Exch. Bills, .£l,OOO ......... Bank LongAnnuitiestoexpireV-) 14 pin. Ditt0............... Jan. 5, ISCO 14% Ditto Small ............... .. 13 16 pm. Oct. 10, 18Lo l4 9.16 IDitto C0mmercia1............ 6 pm. Jan. '. 1860 ---1 Ditto Advertised .......... .. 11 pm. Jan. 5, £BBO -- Bank Stock for Acc0unt........ 9101,4 April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Acc0unt......... Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account.. Omni= pin. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belvian Bonds Ditto Account . .. ....... Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Therms Ayres Bonds THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds 445 , 4 3y, Ditto Account 44 3% 43% Ditto, 3 per cent ..... 2sy 9 7 3 ' pn. 4 .4 issian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1922 Ditto Account Chillian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, l 4 -2!•4 Et Ditto Account ....... •••• Dini.,Jl Bonds Ditto Account .................. Greek Bonds ..............»•••••••• Ditto Bonds, 19•25 ............. Ditto Account . ................. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent.... Ditto Account .................. 22 Ditto, 6 per cent. . Ditto Account ............... -- Ditto Account Ditto Metallic..... ......... Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1834...20% 20 1 , 4 , i 4 20 Ditto Account 00% DA 20 French, 5 per cent........ —f- — C. 4 per cent. —f. —c. ...._f. —c. 2 per cent . -- Exchange -1. -c. Dutch, 2y per cent. Ditto Account 53 Ditto, 5 per cent loo 3o' ''; Ditto Account — ---- PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. United Mexican (issued at 2/, pm.) Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 5 7% 8 Cheltenham, Oxford, and Tring R a i lway Eastern Counties Railway 2 2 (treat Western Railway Company no 44 31-3rizhton Railway Company 5 8 7 3 4 B'4 Brighton (Cundy's ) 3 44 London and Blackwall Railway London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 21 iP-1 .i.pinion and Southampton Railway Company London Grand Junction Railway Manchester and Leeds Railway Company Manchester South Union Railway Company 2 4 1 4 4 N o rth Midland Railw a y C ompan y lO 16 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 2 2 1:;_ Witish North American Bank London and Westminster Bald - on 20 , 34 r k o-Ancial Bank of Ireland 25 41 COURSE OF EXCEL, Amsterdam C.F. 12 '7 13ztto, at sight 4 Eon - calm 0 U l2 7 Atqwerp.., „1 - I,:mLurg. Altona . Paris, 11 tlays' sight 2560 Ditto ........ ............. 2Us 26 0 Marpiljes. Frankfort off Maine, Ex. M 153 Pet ers bu tgh i ruble 3 Us. 10 0 Berlin Vienna, etTective fl ...... 2 51 lO 15 U'rie,te ditto lO 16 'Madrid sy, C.uli7 37 11;ibr:a Barcelona 96 s , ,willfb SO (111,41 tar i N GE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47,4 Genoa t26 5 Milan 11 Venice Naple^ 4O Palermo per or. 121 Lisbon 51. Oporto r 4 4" 2 Rio Janeiro "4 Bahia ... i.. 6 Euenos Ayres - Dublin, :21 days' sight 1 Cork 1 y, PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bar 5...... 17 0 New Doubloons New Dollars ........... 0 0 0 Silver. bars. standard 0 3 0 MAILS. Arrived. Due Arrivel. D , [! Arrived. Due 0 America. 0 I France 0 0 Lisbon.-- ...... 0 i) (1 llr a zil 0 liacnosAyres... 0 0 Hamburg I 0 Mexteo 0 t Carthagenl OI 0 1101120.1 1 Dublin... 0 ! - 'lander3 - .... 0 MOH WATER AT LONDON MUDGE TO-MORROW. .... I.7minutes after 7. I Evening 54 minutes after 7. ..._____,....,....-_—..... ITAMBURGII, Nov. 15, 15: - .;6. 0 UR Friends, and all those who may have to write to ul. are requested to be particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, in lIAMBURGH, and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage nulv, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. . TLs 10/:, 20/., or 50/., for instance, if remitted in One Dank of En ,- - lant,i Note would only cause double Postage, but 10!. remitted in two Dotes, 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 Ono 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 raiser be made in ii'dis of P: change, on London. To save expenses that may as well be avoided, we request oul• C'orrespondent 3 not to overlook these particulars. HEINE, BROTHERS. he . I .,...thiicatirm of TriF. SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this ,I(2 . ?, at I 0 minutes past Three* o' Clock. - r.rt-,.-;,, - kx_., i.--). ...--,,1N „..!... A : . . ~F.,: i .1...4.te . e,-....„.,:.,„,...•. kt ? 0%, ~ct - ,,,,_ ~,,t _ ....„.„ 4. ~,,-,,,,:, :s t l ,, N ; ;,:_ts .1,„_,.,.. -, -17 - 44 A 'l::A.P.',.. •et, , %t;e' . \ - ). - 1 -t sle:',7, - , , _., J ''. , 1 7 7' ,, , i se , ~- A r7:- . ?„-i,,,,, A. 17.`, , r, , ,, 4 t.:Z.;:,774 , L - __ _l4l ..a ~ .! - LiN' , ,-.., -- , .- - .......z:Yi ... - - 7 _1.--' -t3,1 1, - - - . f5.:",:::::::,...-:.,:_ -, ... -, ~; - ..•::: z;,,-,... • " 4, <-2Q) LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECENIBEII 14, 1836 It may perhaps be in the recollection of our readers that an Association, the object of which was to procure an alteration oldie currency, was formed last year, un der the deceitful title of the Agricultural Society of England. The pretence held out to the public by the originators of the plot, who were owners of land, %va c 's relief to the Agriculturists—the realitll, relief to the landowners by a depreciation of the circulating medium. They very prudently calculated that if they could by any means contrive to raise a sixpence to the nominal value of a shilling, it would take only half the quantity of money to pay the interest of the mortgages on their estates. Beyond this selfish consideration their short-sighted views never strayed. The ruin that their heartless project would have entailed upon an nuitants and all others who depend upon a fixed amount of income, was a matter of no moment to them. They banded themselves together for this purpose, and in order to give a false colour to their design forced the farmers into it by establishing branch So cieties all over the country, and then came before Parliament as the agricultural interest borne down with distress, and suing for relief. A Committee was appointed at their solicitation to enquire into the state of agriculture with a view to its relief, and every one knows the result. So com pletely were their assertions disproved by the evidence, that they dared not even venture on a report, for fear, they said, that it would injure the agri cultural interest. The publication of the truth would injure the agricultural interest ! ! It would no doubt have blown up the fraudulent schemes of the landholders more completely than the voluminous evidence which but few can have time or opportunity to read, and therefore it was shirked. Th e Annual Meeting—as they call it—of the Society w as , it seems, held yesterday at the Crown and Anchor, an d a Report of a Committee was read by Mr. MONTGOMERY MARTIN, the purport of which appears to be to excite an alarm about the repeal of the Corn Laws, in consequence of a declaration on the subject imputed to Sir HENRY PARNELL in lately made b y a speech him at Dundee. They pretend that Sir HENRY stated on that occasion, that the Government granted the Parliamentary Committee last year, with a view to an abolition of the Corn-laws. It is quite clear, even if Sir HENRY had not contra dicted it, that no one connected with the Government could have made such an assertion ; because it is well known that the Government were .reluctantly goa d e d into the investigation, by the agitatio n and clamour got up by the agricultural people throug hout the country. But, nevertheless, the rumour, false as it was, answered the purpose of a peg to hang one or two of the silliest speeches we have seen in print for many a day. The present high price of agricultural produce seems to have sadly gravelled each and all of the speakers. They, however, got over the difficulty which this uybrtunate circumstance places in the way of Parliamentary relief, by unanimously agreeing that high prices shall be but temporary, and that Parliament must be called upon to grant them permanent relief—equally modest and wise ! Mr. SPOONER, the banker and currency-monger, moved that the annual meeting should take place in future in March, instead of December, the former pe riod being more favourable for agitation. The Speaker then attacked Mr. LEFEVRE for letting out the secret of agricultural humbug in his excellent pamphlet. Mr. WILKs uttered a few truisms, and Mr. Itictimtns, M.P., made a capital speech in favour of the abrogation .of the Corn Laws. The Hon. Gentleman candidly con fessed that the object of the Society was nothing e ls e thark the repeal of Peel's Act. The confession is rather tardy, but it will do good. A vary interesting correspondence has lately passed be tween Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII and Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN, Master-General of the Ordnance. Our readers arc aware that Sir WILLIAM, though at pre sent the Representative of East Cornwall, has signi . r. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1836. fled his determination to withdraw at the next general election, as lie finds he is too sturdy a Reformer for the Cornishmen. Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN, whose poli- tical principles are more likely to find favour with the Liberals of East Cornwall, has been invited to come forward by some of the leading Whigs in that quarter, and wishing naturally enough to have the powerful support of Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH opens a correspondence with him on the subject. The only terms upon which that support can be granted are stated by Sir WILLIAM to be, either that Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN shall pledge himself to vote for the Ballot, or that that shall be considered an open question by the Government. It appears that on nei ther of these points can a satisfactory answer be ob tained from the Whig candidate. Sir HUSSEY says he has objections to the Ballot, but has not yet made up his mind on the subject. It is possible that further inquiry may lead him to see the propriety of adopting that mode of voting, but he will not pledge himself. " `Well, then," replies Sir WILLIAM, " in case you should become convinced of the necessity of the Bal lot, are you, Sir HUSSEY, at liberty, as a member of the Government, to vote on this question according to your conviction ? Is the Ballot an open question, or may you not be driven to the awkward alternative of resigning either your principles or your place ? Hadn't you better get some assurance on this important point from the head of the Administration ? As soon as you have obtained such assurance—as soon as you have satisfied me that the Ballot is in future to be considered by the Government as an open question — your mind being still undecided upon it, you shall have my cordial support—otherwise not." Sir HUssEY VIVIAN alleges, in reply to this demand, that not being in Parliament, he has no right to ask such a question of Lord MELBOURNE—that mutual concessions must be made by members of the same Go vernment—but that it is doing hiss great in justice to suppose that the tenure of office would ever influence his vote on any important question on which he had made up his mind. " I am sorry," rejoins Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII, " if I have done you injustice, Sir HussEY. I had no inten tion of doing so. I only supposed you would act as some other members of . the Government have done, who have long ago made up their minds in favour of the Ballot ; but I am afraid, from your reluctance fo press Ministers on this point, that they as a Cabinet mean to oppose it." Against this latter conclusion Sir HUSSEY protests, and asserts that he is totally ignorant of the intentions of the Government ; and moreover de clares, that whether the Ballot be an open question or not, if he finds that it is necessary to the protection of the independence of those on whom the elective fran chise has been bestowed, he will unhesitatingly vote for giving it a trial. Sir WILLIAM is not satisfied with this declaration, and the correspondence terminates with his reply, of which this is the concluding passage— " How after this could you hope for my support with out being prepared to promise explicitly to vote for the ? Even after my solemn declaration, I have encoun tered, to a certain degree, the charge of inconsistency, in order if possible to support you. MY , wish not in any way to be the cause of unnecessary disunion—my desire to show uncompromising hostility to the Tory party—my feelings of sincere personal regard and great esteem for you—my unwillingness to take upon myself the responsibility of your refusing to come forward—my anxiety not to do anything which might be displeasing to some of my constituents, all contributed to induce me to swerve from the course which I originally intended to pursue, and which I inn by no means convinced is not the right one. Swayed by your earnest request, and most anxious to comply with your desires, finding that you were undetermined and open to conviction, and fancying, from the tenor of your letters that you are becoming inclined to the ballot, I offered and still am ready to support you, as soon as the Government of which you are a member declares the ballot an open ques tion. I trust this may soon be the case, both for their sake and yours." The perusal of the correspondence has impressed us with the conviction that Ministers must either give the assurance required by Sir WILLIAM MOLES WORTH—nameIy, that the ballot shall be an open question to the members of the Government—or forfeit the support which they have hitherto received from the Radical Reformers. We trust they will not require much time to deliberate as to which course it is their interest to pursue. If the members of the Government who have already declared their adhesion to the ballot had acted with a little more firmness, this course would have been decided long ago. The decision, however, cannot now be delayed any longer, nor can we dis guise our opinion that a great deal depends upon it. As to those who wait for more light on this subject —who are not yet convinced that the protection afforded by secret voting is necessary to the expression of th© real sentiments of the electors, particularly in the counties —who deal in ifs and buts, and other expletives of the same kind, we can only say that we have little hope of them. They are unconvertible unbe lievers—they would not be convinced though one rose from the dead. Madrid Journals, of the 6th inst., have been re ceived. The Gazelle of the sth contains the following despatch from General NARVAEZ to his Excellency the Minister of War : " ARMY OF THE NORTH-DIVISION OF THE AD. VANCED GUARD. " I wrote to 'you from Arcos, on the 26th, to acquaint you, in a few words, with the news of the victory obtained over Gomez and his whole force on the 25th ; I then hoped to be able to give you a detailed account on the following day of the action ; but you will conclude, from the date of the present desptch, that I have had scarcely time enough to arrive here,even by forced marches. 1.1 4 .. the head of the Cavalry and the 3d Division, I am pursuing Gomez, who has with him only 4,000 or 5,000 men, worn-out with fatigue and the rapidity of their flight. He is gone to pass the night at Estepa, and I hope to be able to come up with him to-morrow. His soldiers, who formed a corps of 14,000 men, are now wandering about in all directions, and falling into the hands of the National Guards, and the authorities of the different boroughs. Osuna, Nov. 27. ~ NARVAEZ." In his despatch of the preceding day NARVAEZ stated that GOMEZ was flying, accompanied by only two thousand men ; here he gives the number as more than double what he reported it only a few hours before, without offering a sentence by way of re conciling so marked a discrepancy. Great allowance will be made for the hurry in which the General writes ; but the latitude which lie has taken in this case in ad dressing a Government is beyond what his standing and services can presume to justify. The debate in the Cortes on the subject of the extraordi►iary powers demanded by the Cortes was not concluded on the sth inst. The Journals French .O. of Monday, received this mornin g , b r i ng no important advises from Spain. Pri vate letter s fro m Bayonne state, that on the sth inst. R EAL and RoviA (three General EsPARTEIto made a movement upon Bilboa, by the combined forces under when he was attacked battalions being left I t i lues garrisonmusketry, l v i l r l ii which check) and that after a smart firetVo lkeep o L f A lasted the whole Christinos were driven ba c k a league and a half. The loss on both s id es was very inconsiderable, as the two armies kept at a respectful distance, so that few of the shots took effect. The d a vantages of the ground were all in favour of the Carlists. They were posted on rising grounds, covered with trees and underwood, whence they sallied forth in small detach ments as the Christinos approached, and from whence they could keep up a galling fire without being seen ; whereas the Christinos occupied an open plain, unshel tered and exposed on every side. There is but one thing in the accounts which have been received of this affair which is calculted to excite distrust ; and that is the absence of that spirit of enthusiasm in the troops, without which neither a Spanish nor a French army seized the cloak from off the chair where I had placed it. and said he would keep it till I brought him a sovereign. I remonstrated with him, upon which he remarked, " I did not ask you to come up." I said that it might have been as well if he had brought a third person. He asked me what I meant, and I muttered something about po lice. He then said, " Ha ! a pretty figure you would make in the papers before all your friends as a damned He consented, however, to let me have the cloak, provided Pgave him something more to keep till I brought him the sovereign ; and upon my assuring him that I had nothing more about me, and feeling my waistcoat pocket at the same time, he saw two studs which I wore in my shirt, and a ring I had on my finger. These he demanded. I said that nothing would induce me to part with them, and he then said, " Well, well, I dont wish to be hard with you ; you'll bring me the sovereign, I'm sure, won't you ? I said I would, but not to this place. I promised to bring it to the Piazza, where I had met him, and after some conversa tion I appointed Friday evening for that purpose. He then stirred the fire, talking more familiarly, saying " My good fellow, I think I can depend on you to bring it me." He again proposed having something to drink, and then opened the door, accompanied me down stairs, and at the foot reminded me of the appointment for Friday evening. We then parted. I did not take my cloak away, as he would not permit me. Next morning I called on an attorney as I went to the Custom-house--he was not then at home, and having come away a little earlier than usual, I went to a friend, a barrister in Grey's Inn, by whose advice I went to the Magistrates on Tuesday afternoon, at Marlborough street office. They had separated, and I called at the house of Mr. Dyer. He desired me to appear at the office next morning, and having then related the circumstances, I ar ranged with Scholefield, the officer, the best manner of ap prehending the prisoner. We went on Wednesday evening to the neighbourhood of the theatres, and I there met with him. The prisoner had on my cloak, and on being taken into custody denied having ever seen me before. Scholefield, the officer, stated that he had taken the pri soner into custody. He then said the cloak which he wore was his own. Mr. Thomas identified it as his property. The gloves were in the pocket. At first the prisoner re fused to give his name or address. He afterwards said his name was John Davis, and referred to his uncle, a Mr. Price, Curtain-road, Shoreditch. In reply to questions from the prisoner, the prosecutor denied having seen him at Wyche-street, nor did he recollect having ever met him until he was waiting for the half price hour at Drury-lane Theatre. Davis being called upon for his defence, stated that on the night of the 2d of December he met the prosecutor in Wyche-street, and that having walked together for some time Mr. Thomas proposed going to his lodgings and hav ing something to drink there. Upon coming to No. 18, Brownlow-street, they went up stairs, and the prosecutor gave a shilling to procure gin and water. He expressed an anxiety to become better acquainted with the prisoner, and after remaining for some time promised to lend the cloak to him until the following Friday evening. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE having summed up the evidence, the Jury found the prisoner Guilty of stealing the cloak with a felonious intent, but acquitted him on the count in which he was charged with having put the prosecutor in bodily fear. NEW COURT. William Bennett was ; indicted for stealing six handker chiefs and a waistcoat, the property of Messrs. Machin and Debenham. . . It appeared by the evidence that the prisoner went to the sale-room of the prosecutors on two several occasions, on the 6th instant, when he was apprehended after com mitting the several thefts, before which he had pledged the waistcoat. The prisoner was pursued and overtaken in Long-Acre, and the property found in his hat. Pocock found a silver spoon and other articles at the prisoner's lodgings, which, however, he had satifactorily ac counted for. The Judge ordered them to be given to the prisoner. A witness was called to give the prisoner a character, and he said he was a waiter out of place, having lived three years at the Star end Garter at Richmond, and with Mr. Lovegrove at lilac!: wall. Distress induced him to commit crime. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, accompanied with a recommendation to mercy. Avis, a respectable police-officer, stated that he knew the prisoner when he lived at Payne's Hotel, when he bore a high character. Property was stolen from that establish ment, and the prisoner assisted himself with him (Avis) to detect the thief. . ...._,.. ...._ The COURT intimated the punishment would be slight COURT OF REQUESTS, TUESDAY CASTLE STREET. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.-FINNS V. NICHOLLS. Mr. C. K. Nicholls appeared upon a summons obtained against him at the instance of Mr. Binns, watchmaker, of the Strand, for the sum of two pounds, for the hire of his rooms. Mr. Binns stated, a Joint Stock Bank had been started a few months since, and that the temporary offices and meetings were held at his house, and that the defendant was at times present. From sonic misunderstanding, the Chairman of the Com pany left it, and the remaining Directors in consequence also resigned. The expenses up to that time for rent, lawyers' hills, printing, &c., amounted to 1401. 21. was claimearom the defendant for his share of plaintiff's demand. Mr. Nicholls observed to the Commissioners that spe culative Companies were frequently formed by parties, to forward which the names of respectable individuals were canvassed ; and that, in the event of the Company not suc ceeding, the disbursements in those cases were saddled upon the Director. _ _ Mr. Nicholls, however, took a preliminary objection to the summons, intimating that the Commissioners could not interfere, as Mr. Binn's account against each Director was for 21., portion of the sum of 25/. ; and by the 42d clause, c. 137, in the late County Act, the plaintiff cannot "split or divide" any debt for the purpose of suing two or more persons. The COMMISSIONERS concurring in this view, the sum mons was dismissed, with costs. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Berry, the captain of a gang of juvenile pick pockets, wad charged with having, in company with three very young lads, attempted to pick pockets in Drury-lane. Sir F. ROE said he received daily complaints of the gangs of young thieves that infested that neighbourhood. He committed the prisoner for three months to the House of Correction. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, DEC. 13.—Arrived the Vier Gebroders, Bakker, from New York ; Ocean, Harrison, from Quebec. Sailed. The whole of the outward bound, which sailed yesterday, have put back and remain. Came down the River and re mains with the outward bound, the Favourite, fur Dublin. Wind S.W., moderate. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 13. —Wind W. S. W. PLYMOUTH, Dac. 13.—Wind S. S. W.—Arrived the Nor val, Beckford, from Prince Edward's Isle; Bezuliel, Hume, from Demerara. FALMOUTH, 12.—Wind S. to S.W., strong gales and squally. Put back, the Vanguard, Stewart, from Bombay. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 12.—Wind S. S.E., fresh.—Arrived the Albion, Kyle, from St. Petersburg. TEIGNMOUTII, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Jane and Susan, La vis, from Newfoundland. MILFORD, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Hibernia, Farrell, from St. John's, New Brunswick, and towed in ith loss of fore mast, &C. PENARTII ROADS.—Arrived the Perseverance, —, from Richebucto. JERSEY, DEC. 9.—Arrived the Harmony, Dupre, from Newfoundland. STROMNESS, DEC. 11.—Arrived the Alexander Loven, Ohrt, from Petersburg ; and Jupiter, Renck, from Wolgat. ISLE OF LEWIS, DEC. 9.—Off port the Lora, —, from St. Petersburg. LEITH, DEC. 11.—Arrived the Pomona, Morrison, from Quebec ; and the Water Witch, from Cadiz. A LD BOROUGII, DEC. 12.—Artived Off port the Trusty, Ber riman, from St. Petersburg. DUBLIN, Die. 11.—Arrived the St. John, Hughes, from Oporto ; and John and Marian, Christat, from Archangel. WATERFORD, DEC. 12.—Arrived, the Molly, More, from Miramichi. CORK, DEC. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Colonist, M'Master, from St. Andrew's ; sailed, the Mary Startley, Priestman, for Calcutta. LONDONDERRY, DEC. 11.—Arrived the Spruce, M,Farrow, from St. John's. The Staffordshire, from Swansea to Bridgewater, foundered on the Foreland 10th inst. The Adamante, from Scarbro', got on the rocks near the New Pier 12th inst., and became a wreck; crew and materials saved. PLTMOUTII.—Frances, Crosby, from London, leaky, and with loss of sails, bound to St. Lucia. OPENING OF THE LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY.—(Tnis DAY.)—This undertaking was opened to-day, with much cer emon y an d grand display. The Lord Mayor officiated. W e shall give the particulars to-morrow. SELECT PREACHERS AT OXFORD.---" PRO TEST.---TO THE REVEREND THE VICE-CHANCELL OR. Christchurch, Nov. 8, 1886. Reverend Sir—As Regius Professor of Divinity, I feel it to be my duty to protest against any nomination to the office of select preacher, in which I do not bear a part ; and do hereby protest against such nomination, in protection of the privileges of my of fice, and in duty to his Majesty, who has placed me in it. —R. D. Hampden, Regius Professor of Divinity." can be depended upon. We ought to observe that the reports which have reached us are all tinged with Carlism, and are therefore to be received with a due allowance for the excessive spirit of partizanship which distinguishes all rumours originating in that quarter. The check received by ESPARTERO is, however, under all the circumstances of the affair, very unfortunate, because it will damp the ardour of the garrison, and perhaps sow the seeds of distrust in the minds of those citizens who are already enduring all the miseries of a protracted siege. A young woman, charged with despatches from the Military Governor of Bilboa to ESPARTERO, was taken by the Carlists, and instantly shot. The des patches stated that the city must capitulate if not speedily relieved. The defeat of CABRERA is repeated in the French papers of Monday. A letter from Bayonne of the Bth inst., states that the courier ST. JAGO, attached to the English Legation at Madrid, arrived there on the 7th with letters for General EVANS. The courier, who left the capital on the 4th, was delayed for twenty-four hours at Calatayud, in consequence of the rout of CA BRERA'S bands, the remnant of which were flying in the direction of Lower Arragon. The French papers state that the reports in circula- tion respecting the mental alienation of the Emperor NICHOLAS are unfounded. His Imperial Majesty has decreed that all Jews who have taken a degree in medicine shall henceforth be eligible to all employments in the western provinces of the empire. The Moniteur of Monday contains the following telegraphic dispatch from Spain : " Perpignan, Dec. 7. " On the 3d a serenade was given to the Presidents of the Armament Juntas and to the Barcelona Municipality as a token of the gratitude of the exaltados for the two addresses presented to the Cortes against the proposed political measures. The first alcade, Borel, promised to march in a revolutionary line ; he was answered by cries of Viva la Constilucion ." Viva el Pueblo Soberano P and patriotic hymns were sung. " Should this continue another separation of Catalonia may be depended upon. " According to a report from Borso he had beaten, on the 22d of November, 4,000 rebels near Vinaroz. A courier has been captured between Fraga and Lerida. The Carlists continue to intercept the communications." There is no domestic news of any interest in the Paris Papers of !Monday. On Sunday, M. PERSIL had a long interview with the KING, which has led to rumours of a change in the Cabinet. For the other reports in circulation we refer to our extracts. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY POWYS V. MANSFIELD. The LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morn ing with the opening speech of Sir Chas. Wetherell in this case, which was an appeal from the decision of the Vice- Chancellor. The case seems likely to occupy several days. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The arguments in the part-heard case of " Pitt v. Bon ner" were resumed to-day, and had not concluded when our reporter left. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied the whole of the morning with the case of Davis v. Gatacre, which was opened yesterday, and which possessed no public interest ; the dispute be tween the parties relating merely to a question of pedigree. A notice has been posted in the Court, intimating that the Master of the Rolls will take short causes and further directions on Friday the 23d of December. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) LAMPORT V. BUSH AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought against the assignees of a bankrupt, named Hayward, to recover a sum of 211., for meat supplied. The case was of a very uninteresting nature, and had not concluded when our reporter came away. COMMON PLEAS.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) DIVAS AND OTHERS V. VENABLES AND OTHERS. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, as assignees of Messrs. Bowring and Garrod, silk merchants, to recover the sum of 1,1201., being the value of certain goods al leged to have been fraudulently transferred to the defen dants by Messrs. Bowring and Garrod, subsequent to their bankruptcy. The case was not concluded when we left. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the LORD MAYOR, Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, and Mr. Baron BOLLAND.) FEES TO COUNSEL. At the sitting of the Court this mornin g , Mr. PAYNE addressed their Lordships, and said, that during the pre sent session some cases had arisen respecting the allowance of fees to counsel on which it was desirable to have their opinion. It was the wish of the Recorder and of the Com mon Sergeant, and also of the officer of the Court, Mr. Clarke, that the matter might be mentioned. What they desired to know was, if in cases where no barrister ap peared for the defence, their Lordships would direct in the making up of the expenses the fee to Counsel for the prose cution, when the case appeared to the Judge to be one in which the assistance of counsel might be required. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.—It iS impossible for us now to say ; we have had no opportunity of considering the sub ject ; it must be settled by all the Judges in the Com mission. Mr. BODKIN.—I believe, my Lords, the bar generally have no anxiety about this matter. Mr. PAYNE.—I make the application in consequence of what fell from the Recorder and Common Sergeant yester day, and at the desire of the officer of the Court. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, having conferred with Baron BOLLAND, observed, " All that we can now say is, that in cases where it may appear proper for us to allow the ex penses of prosecution we shall do so, including the fee to Counsel. It will be for the Magistrates to consider the propriety of allowing it generally. I know on circuit the practice is different in several counties. John Davis was indicted for having, on the sth of De cember, stolen from the person of William W. Thomas a cloak and one shilling, the property of the said William W. Thomas. - William W. Thomas—l live at 15, Warwick-square. am a clerk in the Coast Guard-office, Custom-house. went to Drury-lane Theatre on Monday, the sth of De cember, at half-price time. I was there before the hour, and waited ; others waited as well as myself. I had a handkerchief round my neck ; I took it off ; it and my gloves fell out of my hands ; the prisoner picked them up ; when he offered them back he made a half bow, offering to hold them while I adjusted my neckcloth and collar. I assented. I turned round when this was done and the prisoner was gone. I went after him, and in about half an hour I found him under the piazza at Covent Garden ; he said he had been looking for me, and my gloves a nd hand that having caught a glimp se of a f riend, ho had rushed kerchiefa fter im . , quiteforgettingked him them. he He repli e d, l oo ki ng at had himself, " Why, I have been home and changed my coat, and having given up the chance of seeing you again this evening, I left the gloves and handkerchief in the pocket of the one I wore when I saw you. He added, if I were walking his way, we would go and fetch them. He then took hold of my arm, and asked me t o go into a public house opposite to see if his friend was t here. There seemed nobody there who appeared to be acquainted with him. He wished me to drink with him , w hich I declined, and I proposed going. When we left the house, he said I m i g h t find him at any time at the large shop in St. Paul's Church yard ; but lie again took my arm. and said we should go to his rooms. We walked to a house in Brownlow-street, Long Acre, and coming to an entry he stopped with an as surance that he should run up and fetch the handker chief, and would not trouble me to go up. There seemed to be a passage at the foot of the entry leading out to some other street, and thinking he wanted to make away with my property, I accompanied him up stairs. I saw a woman there, who gave the prisoner a light. We came to his room, he opened the door, and we walked in ; it seemed rather an odd kind of apartment. On my turning round the prisoner was shutting the door, and taking the key out of it. This alarmed me, as I suspected having fallen into a snare ; and though I was in great fear, I endeavoured to appear collected. I first spoke, and civilly asked for my handkerchief. He said, " Ha! we'll talk of that presently, let us have something to drink ;" at the same time holding out his hand, that I might supply money to procure it ; and I, wishing to keep on terms with the prisoner, gave him a shilling. He immediately said, " Come, I know you have a sovereign about you." I assured him I had not ; and he repeated his belief that I had one. Upon my per sisting in _denying that I had not, be rushed forward, Ll' '; LIONEL WAKEFIELD. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1836. There is both sober good sense, and discrimination of character in these volumes, which are the produc tion of a gentleman named Massey, author of " Syden ham ;" and record the struggles and difficulties en countered by an enterprising young man in his attempts to raise himself in life. The subject is a trite one, but will bear repetition ; for " what subject is there"— as Burke says, in all the pride of genius—" that is not inexhaustible ? Lionel Wakefield, the hero of the tale before us, is of the Gil Blas class of characters— that is to say, he is quick-witted, adventurous, ready to take advantage of circumstances, and by no means en cumbered with a Spartan rigidness of principle ; though, as the world goes, he may safely be pronounced a respectable young gentleman who is merely " sowing his wild oats ;" for he neither swindles, nor commits petty larceny ; but contents himself with intriguing with married ladies, and speculating in the matrimo nial lottery, after the orthodox fashion of a spirited young West-end Roue. At the commencement of his career we find him studying law in the Temple ; he afterwards, by way of filling up his leisure hours, plants a flourishing pair of antlers on the head of a married gentleman, named .Stoughton ; and having dili gently watched and fostered the growth of these tem poral embellishments, till they have become obvious to the dimmest sight, gets rid of the adulterous connec tion, by a seasonable quarrel with Mrs. Stoughton ; en deavours to ingratiate himself with a wary old poli tician named Ludlow, in the hope of being brought into the House of Commons ; which failing, he looks out for some young heiress, and contrives, though not without difficulty, to marry the daughter of a rich old city cheesemonger, one Pritchard, who, however, instead of settling a handsome fortune on him, cuts him off with a pittance of one hundred pounds per annum. A few months after his mar riage, his wife elopes from him ; on which he plunges into literature; becomes connected,' with the Press ; engages himself as an usher at a boy's school, and finally turns politician, and manages at the close of the third volume, to achieve the great objet of his ambition, a respectable standing in society. These incidents are all common-place enough, but they are agreeably worked up, and hurry on, one after the other, with very exciting rapidity. The best drawn characters in the tale are, next to the hero's, those of Major O'Malley, an Irish fire-eater ; Mrs. Stoughton ; Miss Gorget, a young Blue ; and Mr. Ludlow, an old hack politician. On the whole, Lionel Wakefield is an amusing enough novel of the harmless, common place school, with not one atom of invention or origi nality ; but displaying here and there proofs of a varied acquaintance with human nature, which are developed with much literary tact. WORDSWORTIPS POEMS. Vol. 2. Mo.ron, London. 1836. The volume before us contains the splendid poem of.' " Laodamia," which is polished as Parian marble. and full of lofty thoughts, and chaste and profounC. sensibility. Here, too, we find our favourite " Line., on revisiting the Banks of Wye," which contain:: more than one passage worthy to be held in undying: memory. The " still sad music of humanity"—onc of the finest lines in the language—pervades every por tion of this thoughtful and eloquent production. "On the power of Sound" is another noble poem which nonc but Wordsworth could have written. Our readers will doubtless thank us for extracting these impressive lines : " The Heavens whose aspect makes our minds as still As they themselves appear to be ; Innumerable voices fill With everlasting harmony. The towering headlands crowned with mist, Their feet among the billows, know That Ocean is a mighty harmonist ; Thy pinions, universal Air, Ever waving to and fro, Are delegates of harmony, and bear Strains that support the seasons in their round— Stern winter loves a dirge-like sound." " A Voice to light gave being ; To time, and man his earth-born chronicler; A Voice shall finish doubt and dim foreseeing, And sweep away life's visionary stir ; The trumpet (we, intoxicate with pride, Arm at its blast for deadly wars) To archangelic lips applied, The grave shall open, quench the stars." Close following on this majestic ode, comes " Peter Bell," a tale, in which, after reading it for the second time, we can find nothing intelligible. The hero of this crude story is a half-starved jackass, who by some mysterious means or:other, is made the instrument of converting " Peter Bell" from a reckless profligate into a sober and honest operative. Mr. Wordsworth says, there are " touches of deep imagination and passion" in this poem ; doubtless, he must know best, but for ourselves, after a most diligent scrutiny, we have been unable to discover either the one or the other. The best line in the poem—if we may be permitted to volunteer an opinion—is, " The hard, dry see-saw of his horrible bray," which is admirably descriptive of the excruciating powers of melody of that four-footed Braham, the donkey. We cannot but consider " Peter Bell" whatever his undiscriminating eulogists may say to the contrary—as wholly unworthy of the author of those magnificent lines " on the ruins of Kilchurn Castle," and that meditative sonnet on " Westminster Abbey." A lean jack-ass is a fitter' subject for the contemplation of a zoologist, than a philosopher. TINTS OF TALENT. Thomas, London, 1836. This little volume may be classed with the Annuals, though it contains no pictorial embellishments. Its contents are of a motley, miscellaneous character, be ing made up of a vast variety of short tales and essays in prose and verse, the production of " many pencils," as the title-page specially informs us. The two best contributions are, the " Summons," by John Clare, and " Reflections on Life," by an anonymous author. Both these poems display fancy and sensibility ; for the rest, the less said about them the better, for the " tints of talent" displayed in them are so faint, as to be all but invisible. Mrs. MABEREY ; or the WORLD AS IT WILL DX In three Vols. London, Macrone, 1836. We confess ourselves wholly incompetent to write a criticism on the merits of these volumes. After this candid confession, it is scarcely necessary to observe that it would be superfluous on our part to give any opinion about them. We know a good deal of the past, and something of the present ; but our know ledge of the future is too vague and scanty to justify us in deciding upon the work of a literary seer, who is pleased to afford us a glimpse of fashionable society in Australia, Ceylon, and at the North Pole, in the year 2036. Taking the future as we find it here represented, in the year of our Lord, above men tioned, Vitrea, in the neighbourhood of the North Pole, will be the most fashionable place in the world ; England will be a province of Russia ; the tour of the earth will be made in a few weeks ; there will be patent sea-smootheners, so that sea-sickness will be unknown ; men will have made such discoveries in science, that a concentration of all the climates in the world will be made within the limits of a single city, so that every citizen may either breathe the atmosphere of Egypt, Italy, or Siberia, just as suits his fancy or his lungs ; and as a lost remnant of oldstimes, the m en will be as foppish, and the women as clever at husband hunting, as they are at present. To mark the progress of what is called " good society," we will quote a sin g le extract from the first of the three volumes before us. It is a specimen of the dinner-table conversation of a Van Diernen's Land dandy at a Table d'llote in Ceylon, in the year 2036 : Among the rest, Mr. Loftus Longlegs, who had eaten a --- whole plate of bird's nest soup, another of trepnr,,,-;., the feeler of a cattle-fish, and two broiled 124 began to direct his attention to the fair lady opposite, as far as the glare of a couple of wax-lights, that stood between them, would permit. " The air of Ceylon gives one a rare good appetite ; doesn't it, Miss Liddy ?" said Mr. Loftus. " I'm sure I don't know," simpered Miss Liddy ; " for I think so little about eating. I never felt hungry in all my life ; no, never. But I don't like Ceylon at all, it makes one so brown. I wore three veils on board the packet, one over the other, and yet I am become so tanned, that I declare I'm not fit to be seen." And as she made this announce ment, she pulled the low bosom of her dress another inch still lower. " I can't see whether that's true or no, Miss Liddy ; for the candles quite take away my eye-sight," replied Mr. Longlegs, with gallant incredulity " Waiter ! set them there candles wee-waw, so as I may see Miss Lidd.),'s face:' The waiter looked astonished at the expression, considered a moment, and then obeyed, by placing the lights aside, so as to allow Mr. Longlegs to gaze on Miss O'Rourke's fully displayed charms. Wee-waw !" said Miss Dwyer to Mr. Atherstone ; " pray, what language is that ?" " Oh! don't you know ?—Mr. Longlegs is from Laun ceston, Van Diemen's Land, and has too much patriotism to be ashamed of the idioms of his native place.—You are a native of Launceston, Sir, I believe ?" " Why, I can't exactly say that I am a native," replied Mr. Longlegs ; " for though I was born there, I have been living away ever since. But my father is a regular native : he never was out of Launceston but once in the whole course of his life, and then he was run away with in a donkey-chay. My father ha' got three sons—all boys—and I'm the eldest--Deuced lucky for me !" The attention of the whole party was excited to Mr. Longlegs' account of himself ; and Miss O'Rourke, who imagined that it must be his cleverness which struck every one so forcibly, felt delighted that so witty a man should discover such a decided admiration of herself. " I have heard a great deal about Launceston," observed Miss Dwyer, who was anxious to see a little further into the nature of this odd genius ; " Launceston is a very ancient city, is it not ?" " It was once, Ma'am ; but since the new change in the corporation, it it very much fallen off in every r e spect. They say that that there new corporation will be the ruin of the town, for certain." " Ha! ha! ha! laughed Edgar. " I see you're a per son of some observation and judgment." " I think I am," answered Longlegs, with a knowiog look ; " and at any rate I can observe that this here dish smell very bootiful. Allow me, Sir, to cut you a piece of this here bandeau of veal." " If you please.—Did you say bandeau of veal ?" " Yes, to be sure : bandeau of veal is French for fillet of veal ; and my mother say you should always call dishes by the French name, whenever they have one." " Your mother's observation, Sir, is perfectly correct ; people in general are far too regardless of accuracy iu these matters." " Your are right, Sir," replied Mr. Longlegs, much flat tered. " If folks did but do as they should do, they wouldn't do as they do do." " Certainly not ; it is a pity that more attention is not paid to your maxim. By the way, Mr. Longlegs, it is said that you are a musical person ; I am desirous to hear w hat is your opinion of this band in the gallery, which Mr. Dela mere has just engaged for the season. lam no judge ; but it appears to me that the bravura they are now playing., from Suonadolce's new opera of 11 Sartore Amoroso, goes off very tolerably. ""I'would certainly if them there wind instruments were a little better in tune, and minded their forlys and, their planners a little more." " Wind-instruments ! which do you mean ? I do trot see any. " Why, the drums, to be sure !" said Mr. Loftus, sur prised at Edgar's ignorance. " The drums are win(l-;nstru- , ments, aren't they ?--they are full of wind !—and if ye.o w ere to go and put your finger into the hole at the bottom, w hen any one was playing at the top, you would soon find that out, I can tell you !" " Yes !—I beg your pardon, but I don't pretend to un derstand anything about these matters. You, however, I hear, sing uncommonly well. lam sure th e l a di es wou ld be delighted if you would favour them with a song some time after dinner." " You don't suppose I can sing, when I am right. chuck full of soup and beef. No, if they want to hear we, they must come in the morning, when I ha' room to take in a good pull of wind." "Xh ; I think I recollect having heard that. ;ill great Singers perform best fasting. I should suppose. that your father and your mother must be considerable proficients, and it is from them that you inherit your musical talents !" " Lawk ! bless you—no Sir ;my father, he do play a little on the barrel-organ ; but my mother she don't know the tune of Sidnet for ever' from ' The flower of Tahiti But my sister Rogers, she certainly have a very great gift for music, and I suppose I must inherit it from her." " Ah ! that explains it then beyond all doubt." In conclusion, we recommend these volumes to the careful perusal of Mr. Robert Owen, and all, the Pro fessors of Universal Optimism. They will. learn from them how far they are right with respect to the diffu sion of philanthropic principles. THE FUNDS.-(THIS I)AY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French mails, and ship letters from Quebec and Honduras. The Quebec papers to the 19th Nov., received this day, give the following comparative statement of arrivals a nd settlers at the port of Quebec, up to the 18th Nov. : Vessels. Settlers. 1836 .. 1,177 1835 Difference .. The accounts in the French papers, received this mottl ing, state that four cases of the plague have taken plEvie at Vienna, and that the Austrian Ambassador is g re atlf alarmed at this unfortunate event, accounts of which, he re ceived by a courier. A report prevailed at Genoa that the French army had entered Constantina. TIIE FUNDS. Scarce any business doing as yet in the British an& Foreign Funds. Consols opened at the quotations then closed at yesterday, 89 to 89h for the opening ; Reduced" 87/ 88 ; Exchequer Bill; 12 14 ; India Bonds, 810 ; Bank Stock, 210 211. In the Foreign Market, owing to the non-arrival of tra official information respecting the fate of Bilboa, Spanish Active continues steady at 20i ; Passive, 5 6 ; De" ferred, 81 3 ; Portuguese, 44 45 ; Three per (Dents , 29f ; Columbian, 22f- ; Mexican, 22f ; Dutch Twv-and a-half per Cents, 53i 54. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols have receded since the early part of the morn." ing from 89k to 88i 89 for the Opening, with little doing ; Reduced 87.1-; Exchequer Bills, 12 14 ; India Bonds , 10 8 ; Bank Stock, 210 ; India Stock shut. In the Foreign Market Portuguese Stock has been heavy during the morning, and receded 1 per Cent., owin Ig to a report that the dividend would not be f or th com ing. t " went down from 441 to 43i ; at present 44 ; Three Pe t . Cents. 28 ; Spanish Active also lower, in consequence ' 0 the Carlists causing Espartero to retreat from Bilboa, ( 100 at 20 ; at present, 20 ; Passive, 51- ; Colombian, tr - ti ; Mexican, 22 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 534 54. THREE 0' CL 0 ( JL Consols for the Account, 88i 89. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 2lO Oinnium -- 3 per Cent. Red B7N India Stock ...... ..... , 3 per Cent. Cons Ditto Bonds... ." -....-• .... . : - ...10 P 3% per Cent. 3% per Cent. Red 9 6 3,4 Ditto Old Annuities New 3% per Cent 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented o7l€ I D :a i D t . t iß o tti N olls e7 lsoo A o ll 4l nuiticj , ; ( 7 . ... .... i - 544! p i w„ ,„ o,.. 5001 Lopg Annuities to expire _._ _ . _ Ditto 5 _ , J It Stock for PI,. . ~ - - Ja a. 1860 l4 11-16 Oct. 1850 14% Bank India Stock for ct. Act. - A Jan. 1860 ...... ..... ... ........ --- 1 , 0 REI G Consols for FUNDS• Ditto, P PrussiorßussiantuNewguese t c 5 Ben ds , . 4-1 per resit ! Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent ...... . ••••• , 20 Ditto. Consolidated . ...... —f. French, 5 per c en t _.c. Exchange French, 3 per cent......... 53 h DutchDitto,s2ip e l l ! a c r e .. . RES . .... 1004 Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds" — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent 4OY4 Colombian 6 per cent. — Ditto, 183 4 Danish, 3 percent Greek Bonds, 1525.5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 ....••• z ' Peruvian, 1825, 6 per cen t. BHA ................ 4, 3 .4 (Stevenson's) ............ I x (Rennie's) ............... Iway .......................... 2 V, Tway ........................... ; s. o t f Shares since ou r One o'cledt City Railway ......••••••••. Great Weste away London arid Brighton . Railway London and Brighton Railway London and Southampton Rail South Eastern and Dover Rail No other variations in the Prices Li: The death of R. Westall, Esq., R.A., has oi:ca sioned a vacancy in the Royal Academy. Many c i f his pictures have great merit, and his vignettes and other. illus trations of several popular works are held in high, Estima tion. H e was one of the oldest members of f•A le R o yal Academy. During the hurricane of Tuesday week, 'gr. Filcher, of M a id stone , age d eighty-four , w as blown down in S a n e street, an d rece ived such injury , b y his head coming against the l zer b. s t o ne, that he died on Wednesday last, havine: The lost - a large quantity of blood at the time of the accident. unfortunate deceased was much r espected, in Maidsto Lle.- - Maidstone Gazette,