The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-05 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. TALBOT COMMERCIAL INN and FAMILY HOTEL, BAT H-STREE T, BRISTOL. JOANNA FRY (late of the Churchill Hotel, Somerset), respectfully informs her Friends and the Public, that she has succeeded to the occupation of the TALBOT INN and HOTEL, heretofore kept by the late Mrs. CLIFTON, where Families, Commercial, and other Gentlemen, may rely on moderate charges, and on the strictest attention being paid to their comfort. Passengers can be booked from the Coach-office to most of the prindital Towns in the kingdom ; and those leaving by the Coaches to London and elsewhere can he accommodated with Breakfast at any hour from six in the morning. N.B. Good Stabling, and lock-up Coach-houses. November 28, 1839. 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET. “M ICH AEL ARMSTRONG,” COMPLETE. Mr. COLBURN will publisl, on the 9th instant, the com plete edition, in 3 vols., post Svo., price 2.35. bound, of " The LIFE and ADVENTURES of MICHAEL ARM STRONG,. the FACTORY BOY." By Mrs. TROLLOPE, _ . _ _ _ _ With all the Illustrations, by Hervieu, Buss. and Onwhyn. Orders received by all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, D/c. 5, 1t!39, Will lie performed Sheridan's Comedy •f THE RIVALS. Sir Anthony Absolute, Mr. W. Farren ; Captain Absolute, kir. Anderson; Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Mr. Brougham; Faulk ;and, Mr. Cooper ; Acres, Mr. Harley; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. C. R4IQI ; Lydia Languish, Madame Vestris ; Julia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. After whieh, ARTAXERXES. Artaxerxes, Madame Vestris; Artabanes, Mr. Berrani ; Ar hates, Mr. W. Harrison ; Mandane, Miss Rainforth ; Semira, Mrs. E. Knight. To-morrow, Love, with The Beggar's Opera. Dress Boxes, 7s ; Sec on d P r i ce , 3s. 6 ( 1 - ; First and Second Circles, 9s. ; Second Price, :IL 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Priee, ; Gallery, IL Doers to be opened at half-pa - St Six—the performancei to eorn-nence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. totter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets :::av be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. he production of Ainsworth's "Jack Sheppard," has attracted co mplete overflows, and seen pronounc e d to be the greatest ac hievement ever yet attempted, it will eonssquently be acted every Evening. THIS EVENING, DEC. 5, Will be acted, Ainsworth's celebrated Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Illustratin; all Crnikshanks' inimitable Tableaus Vivant. (haraeters by Messrs. Saville, Dale, Heslop, Laws, Smith, Ross, Neville ; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss Martin, Miss Grant Mts. Laws, &c. To conclude with, THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Dale ; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. H. Vining. HIGH-WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.SIORROW. K ruing 6 minutes after 2 I Rvening 30 minutes atter TO CORRESPONDENTS. Two or more substantives joined by a copulative must always require the verb to be placed in the plural num ber."—Blair. " The wages of sin is death."—Trans lators of the Bible. Thus the gentlemen of " The Sun and Horshoe" see that doctors differ like themselves. Such phrases as the one • refereed to, are to be met with in the works of good authors of bygone days, but they are rejected by modern grammarians. Hiley lays down this rule—" When a verb comes between two nominatives it must agree with that which is properly its subject, and the subject must be placed before the verb, as—" the wages of sin are death." LONDON : THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 11139. A change seems to have come over the Tory journals. They find it necessary to forsake person alities and refer to principles. On Tuesday the Times quoted BLACKSTONE and the Bill of Rights, and the Herald was learned on the Prerogative and HALLAM. We congratulate our Contempora ries on their conversion, and shall do what we can to prevent them from apostatising by supplying tfhe►m with some temptation to keep in the right path. Leaving the learning of our Prerogative friend the Herald for another opportunity, we shall say something on the doctrines quoted by the Times, with more of the sagacity of the parrot than the man. Not that we attach much importance to our Contemporary's remarks, for its power is pro digiously overrated, but the observations it has borrowed for a mere party purpose, without reflect ing on their bearings and consequences are worthy of notice. IThe Times, in an article inserted in the Evening Sun on Tuesday, quoted the Act of Settlement and the Bill of Rights, to prove that the QUERN, by allying herself with a Catholic, would, ipso facto, cut off the allegiance of the people and forfeit all claim on the Throne. We admit that such is the language of the two documents ; but the object and intention of both was to main tain the ascendancy of Protestantism as a political power in the realm, and that ascendancy, in almost every point except this mere nominal one of the Sovereign not being a Papist, has been since gra dual y lessened, till it was almost totally abro gated in 1829. The Act of Settlement and the Bill of Rights were useful in their time, hut the more such matters are discussed, the more insufE- Lient appears the wisdom of our ancestors. If Protestant ascendancy had not been abolished in 1829, the Government would have fallen to pieces, and a pestilent civil commotion would have en sued. Now that the ascendanCy is abolished in spirit and in fact, it seems first to be found out that the purpose of the Act of Settlement, and of one clause of the Bill of Rights, has ' been substantially set aside, though nominally it is preserved, by the Sovereign being a conformer to the Church of England. When that condition was imposed on the occupant of the Throne, the Sovereign possessed considerable power to which he now lays no claim. To that [ period the Monarchs of England, as remarked by Mr. HA LLA m, in his " Constitutional History," " had been a good deal above the average in those gualities which enable, or at least induce Kings to td ke on themselves a large share of the public ad ministration." The TUDORS and the STUARTS, he observes, " were the master movers of their own policy." This was eminently the case also with WILLIAM III" "who was truly his own Minister." Subsequently to the date of the Act of Settlement, even ANNE, as well as WILLIAst, had a will of her own which did not ask the advice of her Cabi net. " ANNE herself," says Mr. HALLAss, "like rIl her predecessors, kept in her own hands the reins of power. She took a share in all business, fre quently presided in meetings of the Cabinet, and sometimes gave directions without their advice. The first instance where 1 find the responsibility of some one for every act of the Crown strongly laid down, is in a speech of the Duke of ARGYLL in 1739." The two first GEORGES being foreigners, so igno rant of the English language that the first GEORGE and Sir R. WALPOLE communicated together by means of the Latin language, and having never ac quired either power or popul ar i ty, t h e th i rd GEoRGs having been for half his reign out of his wits, and the last GEORGE having been obliged, as the Standard has remarked, to make a compromise of his principles on account of his doubtful character, upwards of a century has now elapsed since the power of the Crown has been reduced almost to a nullity, without any chance, should the Sove reign even be at once a man of talent and ambi tion, of ever again becoming of importance. N ow this great alteration in the Government and Constitu. tion since the Act of Settlement and the Bill of Rights were passed, by which the prerogatives have all come to be exercised by responsible Ministers in the name of the Crown, those 'Ministers being much less under its control than under that of the Commons, renders, in fact, the restriction of the Act. of Settlement and of the Bill of Rights a mere matter of form. Though the Tories, for their pur poses, now insist on adhering to what they opposed when it passed, the provisions are of no importance whatever. To maintain Protestant ascendancy, it ; e - ,,r 400Vtig-r" Zbie N s 1 , " THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1839. should have been decreed that no Cabinet Minis- I ter, no Privy Councillor, no Member of the House of Commons, should be of any other religion than that of the Church of England. In truth, the consistent men of the Revolution of 1688 found that settled to their hands, but the necessity which has arisen in our time to abrogate the exclusions formerly imposed is a decisive proof of the inutility, not to say folly, of preserving that minor restriction as to the Queen or the King, which is so carefully but uselessly provided in the Bill of Rights and the Act of Set tlement. To hold up such a lifeless skeleton as a Catholic King as a bugbear to the people, while all substantial power is fled from the Crown, is quite consistent with the deceptive and humbugging po licy which the Tories have always pursued, to the injury of the country and their own debasement. We are not sorry on other accounts to have the public attention directed to the celebrated Bill of Rights. Its declaration that the Sovereign should forfeit the allegiance of the people by ever contract ing a matrimonial alliance with a Catholic, is said by Mr. HALLAM to go as far as the Parliament dared in declaring the bounds of allegiance. We ' have n o d ou b t that the Whig Statesmen of that day meant we ll ; but it is obvious that this cele brated Bill was adapted only to the temporary exigency of the occasion. Suspending the laws, and endeavouring to restore Catholicism, were the principal offences of JAMES, which had startled and disgusted the nation, and against these the Bill of Rights provided. But every one who reads it now must be at once struck with the one-sided ness, the narrowness, the shallow insufficiency of this Bill of Rights, absolving the nation of its allegiance to the Sovereign on the single ground of not belonging to one sect of Christians, while it does not lay down any of those great principles, nor refer to those gigantic grievances (such as were felt in the reign of the first CHARLES, and such as had driven the United Provinces to separate from Spain) which prompt people to take up arms and justify rebellion. The worse than insufficiency of this celebrated Bill of Rights, becomes glaring when we recollect that at present the Monarch who is to forfeit the allegiance of his subjects for em bracing Roman Catholicism is the Sovereign of at least eight million Catholics, and that sect of which he must be a member, now appears to he a minority of his whole people. Enough has been said of this Bill of Rights to show that it must at all times have been inadequate as a general law, unworthy of its name, and wholly adapted to a temporary exi gency, while the change of circumstances since it was enacted have reduced it to be something worse than an unmeaning form. As it is now, and has been, perverted by the Tories, it seems to us to resemble those shifting points on railways, which, when the watch men neglect, or place them improperly, instead of guiding the carriages successfully across any breaks and difficulties, hurl them off the track, and hurry carriages and passengers to destruction. So the Tories would now misplace the Bill of Rights, and force the nation, if they could, off the railroad of improvement, to be buried in the quagmire of re ligious contention. We yesterday made a few observations to show that ever since the Tories have been known as a party, they have opposed the improvement of so ciety, and have been disloyal to every sovereign who has been the sign and symbol of improvement. Their opposition to the present plans for the im provement of the people, their fierce hostility to education except under the control of such, Church men as HENRY EXETER, their equally fierce ad vocacy of the Starvation Laws, are so continually forced on the public attention that it is only neces sary for us to menti•n them to complete their cha racter. If they were not to patronise ignorance and starvation they would not be Tories. If they were not to uphold the arrogance of the priesthood, and humiliate the people, they would act incon sistently with their principles. They are sensible that knowledge would strip off' their garb of patri otism, and expos. them as selfish public enemies ; and that prosperity would make the people impa tient of their yoke, and therefore they conspire, and therefore they labour, to keep the people ignorant and impoverished. Being out of office, we can only judge of what their policy in office would be by their professions in opposition. Without one single exception they have thwarted and opposed every plan for extending the libertie s and reducing the burdens of the people, and with out losing a single opportunity they have professed an unbounded veneration for the priesthood, and a profound contempt for the people. They demand more rewards for the former and more coercion for the latter. For them the Whigs neither give enough to the priests, nor are severe enough for the people. We have always been of opinion that the Whigs have deferred a great deal too much to the priests, and have had too little confidence in the people ; and we can but look on the Tories, who on both those points go much farther on the wrong side than the Whigs, to be the worst enemies of so ciety. Such has ever been and still is the character of the Tories. We call the attention of our readers to another sample of the wisdom and justice of a Metropo litan Alagistrate. It will be found in the report from Hatton-garden Police Court. A respectable publican is fined 30s. and costs for not expelling by force two or three respectable tradesmen, who hap pened to remain in his house alter twelve o'clock on Saturday night last. The policemen, who were the informers, admitted that no house could be better conducted—no proof was given that liquor was served out after twelve—there was no noise, or any one act committed that could be injurious to the individuals themselves or the public, yet they arc turned out of the place like lawless vagabonds, and a fine is inflicted at the ca price of the Magistrate. We call it caprice. Other Magistrates now refuse to fine under such circum stances. Witness the case at Bew-street the other day, and also the just decision of Mr. BURRELL, of Queen-square, who decided that he could not punish a man for an act which no law described as an offence. Why do not respectable publicans and tradesmen combine against this unjust, illegal, and tyrannical interference with the privacy of social life ? It is contrary to law, and even if such a law existed, it would be the duty of every Englishman to rise up against an invasion of rights which is not surpassed in Turkey or Egypt. The publicans are grievously annoyed and oppressed by these domici liary visits and these illegal fines ; yet th ough they have an organ of their own, it never sends forth a blast against Magistrates, paid or unpaid, that de light in humbling them to the earth. We took occasion, a few days ago, in consequence of a number of convictions before the _Magistrates at Brentford, to call public attention to the cruel and scandalous frauds which the smaller class of dealers are in the habit of practising on the poor, by means of false weights. It will be seen, by the proceedings before the Magistrates of the Chelms ford district last week, a report of which will be found i n anot h er part o f t h e P aper, t h at t hi s cry ing iniquity i s no t con fi ne d to one di str i ct . Th e truth is, as we believe, that it is all but universal, and we hop e t h at b oth Inspectors and Magistrates will do their duty in putting it down, the former by keeping a vi g il ant eye upon the heartless offenders, the latter by pun i shing them sure, and every ot h er wa y tha t b t b y e fi ne, law p a u u t b h l i o c r e s x e s p . o- The people of this great metropolis are not to be defeated in their appreciation of public conduct and public virtue by envious or selfish cliques or clamourers. The meeting of yesterday at the Lon don Coffee-house, to present a testimonial to the late LORD MAYOR, proves that Mr. Alderman WILSON iS unquestionably one of the most un daunted and persevering Reformers that for many years have filled the civic chair. We do not use the term Reformer in a party sense, we use it in the sense in which it is above all party, in which it is connected with the public good—with getting rid of great abuses, whether the same be supported by a LONDONDERRY 011 the one side, or a LA3IB TON on the other—in denouncing corrup tion, defying monopoly, and throwing the shield of office and authority over the destitute and the helpless, no matter who may be their assailants or oppressors. In this respect the late LORD MAYOR is a Reformer—no matter the political party to which he may attach himself, if he attach himself to any—a circumstance which no man could discover by any act of his Mayoralty. Like the character in MOLIERE, who found he had been talking prose all his life, without knowing it, Alderman WILSON has been a Re former all his life, without knowing it. One such practical man is worth a thousand chatterers in favour of theories, who only illustrate the saying of BACON that " measures without men are dead images." It appears, however, that among the Common Council and Aldermanic patriots, Alder man WILSON is by no means a favourite. By his vigorous and searching exposure of abuses, and de nunciation of monopolies, he has disturbed the quiet and easy way of going through the high office he held, and set an example which few will have the nerve to follow, and still fewer the inclination. Besides, in distributing the hospitality of the Man sion House, he did not confine it to a favoured clique of the City Senate, or invite only their wives, to the exclusion of many other ladies who, being comparative strangers to civic feasts, had an opportunity during his Mayoralty of participating in the good things of the Mansion House. Really, these are miserable grounds of opposition to ser vices which the gentleman at the London Coffee house have recorded and are about to reward. We see by the Bombay papers received yester day, that the pious pastors of the Anglo-Indian Established Church in that Presidency, who, like their brethren in every part of the world, pretend with as much absolute certainty to an acquaintance with the inscrutable decrees of the ETERNAL,as do the seven-and-sixpenny cobbling and tailoring lecturer s in Divinity, who amuse the profane and scandalise the religious hebdominally in Smithfield, and the approaches to Hyde Park, have been making the recent conquest of Cabool by the British army, the subject of thanksgiving sermons from the pulpit. This is another of the sad fruits of the so boasted union between Church and State. To share in the smiles of the dispensers of rich livings, and high Ecclesiastical dignities, the professed ser vants and followers of the holy and the humble ONE, whose birth was announced by the angelic song of peace on earth to the human race, who taught his disciples to love their enemies, to do good to all, to offer the left cheek to the smiter upon the right, and who forbade the shedding of blood un der any pretext whatsoever, come forward clothed in the attributes of Ministers of His word, and from His very temple impiously and sacriligiously glorify GOD for the slaughter of an innocent and unoffend ing people, and for success in rendering their country a scene of rapine and bloodshed I A reader of the New Testament would suppose that our Churchmen would regard war as they might be supposed to do duelling, profanity, adultery, or any other crime against Heaven, which, from the proneness of human nature to sin, and their own in firmity, they found it impossible to eradicate ; that they would take every occasion to discountenance it openly, and in secret weep over such a violation of the law of their Divine Master. But such a reader, while judging naturally from a true know ledge of the duties of the priesthood, would err most egregiously with respect to their actual conduct. They are never so eloquent as when celebrating from the pulpit some " patriotic" slaughter of the human race. Tattered rags, me morials of our contempt for the peaceful doctrines of the New Testament, ornament the interior of our churches, where we are content to replace the em blems of saintly worship by those of international enmity and hatred. A blood-stained banner, reminding us that we ought to hate some neighbouring people, replaces the image of the VIRGIN and CHILD, and under this appropriate canopy the Minister of the Gospel implores us to praise GOD for the pros tration of another foe I This view of this very important subject is not exclusively confined to this Journal. On the con trary, we are happy to find in the Bombay Gazette the same sentiments expressed in somewhat diffe- rent language. " For our own part we must con tend," says that Journal, alluding to a ser. mon on the conquest of Cabool, delivered in the Cathedral Church of Bombay, " that ser- mons on the results of war, the termination of a campaign, or the gaining of a victory, all which transactions have occasioned a vast loss of life, and brought about a great deal of misery, ought never to proceed from the bps of those who cal themselves the messengers of peace. We hold to be an act of daring impiety to ascribe the suc. cess that may attend the arms of a ♦ictor to the favour of GOD ; and it is an insult to the Majesty of Heaven to give thanks to GOD for enabling us to slaughter a number of our fellow creatures. The impiety and insult evinced by this conduc arise from the rash attempt thereby made to break into the mysteries of Divine Providence. In the same way a robber, who has got clear off with his booty, may thank GOD for his favour, and if he be often successful in his pursuits, and escape detection and punishment, he may take his good luck as a sign of Heaven's approbation." But no such scandals would be witnessed were we not blessed with a State Religion ; or, in other words with a Church whose ministers regard them selves as the spiritual staff of the Crown, to whose countenance they constantly look for the enjoyment of the lion's share of the spoil. They do not fight themselves, but, like the Marquis of LONDON DERRY, they are to a man ready to prove that red coats and black coats may march in opposite direc tions, and yet arrive simultaneously at the gates of Paradise. Heaven decides, not by the merits of redemption and acts, but by the colour of the gar ment. But the State priests go even further than this. They consent to become bottle-holders in the strife, and to chaunt in the temple of GOD the praises of the victors who have trangressed his laws. We are not here speaking of the abstract question of the existence of wars in the world. We are merely calling attention to the inconsis tency of the professions and the solemn profanity of a priesthood, who at one moment inculcate the maxims of the SAVIOUR, and recommend his example to mankind, and they next set forth that the " favour of Heaven is unerringly known by the sharpness of our swords," and that the thunder of battle, the groans of the dying, and the "steam of a reekin g and gory field " are among the most pleasing objects of Divine contemplation. The breaking out of th e war in Africa occupies r almost exclusively the col umns o f t h e F renc h Jour nals of Tuesday. Our read ers w ill f i nd, un d er t h e proper theyin another supply par e The Sun, all the information and unexpected affair. It appears th a t t h e con d uct of the war with ABD - EL - KADER is not t o he ei t a L ofiv to this disastrous en trusted to Marshall VALLEE, notwithstanding the extreme length of his despaches, detailing the bril- Among liant exploits of the Dui , e r)1. ORLEANS, the candidates for that office we find the name o. Marshal SOULT, but the King declined to appoint him, as such a proceeding would break up the Cabinet. The ilfoniteur announces the arrest of one indi vidual suspected of being concerned in the affair of the infernal machine explosion. He is stated to have already made important revelations to the Government. SPAIN.—The Eco d'Az ragon of the 27th ult. states, that the Queen's army continued to occupy the same po sition. According to its correspondence from Teruel of the 21st, 200 men of a battalion of recruits, lately formed by Cabrera, hail deserted to the Christinos, and been partly incorporated with the corps of Piqueras, which was formed at the opening of the campaign, for the purpose of pursuing the Carlist bands of the pro vince. Brigadier Hoyos left Teruel on the 21st for Valencia with four battalions ; and General Aspiroz, at the head of eleven others,iwas at Alpuente. As he had with him a large park of artill ery, i t was supposed t h at be intended to lay siege to some strong place. It may be remembered that M. Lerminier, the lec turer on comparative legislation, had been long pre vented from delivering hi 3 course at the College de France by the opposition of the students, who regard him as a renegade and lioninze vendu. On Monday M. Lerminier attempted to commence his lectures, but was again successfully put down b y t h e hi ss i ng o f 400 stu dents. A Commissioner of Police, with a picquet of infantry and a detachment of the Municipal Guard, was called in to clear the amphitheatre, which was done without resorting to any violence. The Moniteur Pa risien announces that the Professor's lectures are pro visionally s uspended. The Marquis of Crouy Chenel and the Count Crouy Chenel, his nephew, arrested on a suspicion of a Bona partist conspiracy, one object o f w hi c h, i t was sa id , was to carry off Louis Philippe from the Chateau d'Eu, are now definitively in prison for trial. The Roman Government published an edict last month, modifying its tariff in some respects. Mixed stuffs pay the same now as silk. Woollen stuffs, in stead of from 40 to 60 scud' the 100 pounds, are to pay but 30 scudi. Cotton stuffs, which paid 15 bayocchi the pound, are to pay 12. The duty on linen and lace is increased. THE _MARKETS-, DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. There were fair supplies to-day of most kinds, and there was a good trade. Fish rather cheaper. Turbot Bs. to 30s. Cod 3s. 6d. to 12s. Soles 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair. Lobsters 10d. to 4s. Beef 7d. to gi l d. Veal Bd. to 9d. Pork 7d. to Bd. Mutton 7d. to Bd. per lb. Prices of Vegetables were rather looking up. BOURSE.--PARIS, TUESDAY, Dsc. 3. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Price. l'rench 5 per Cents lll 75 ... 112 ... 111 75 ... 1 2 4% per Cents lO5 65 ... 105 65 ... 1 , 5 65 ... 105 65 4 per Cents lOl 50 ... BA 60 ... 101 50 ... 101 60 3 per Cents Bl 00 ... 82 5 ... 81 85 ... 82 Bank of erance 2965 ...2995 ...2965 _2965 Laffitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 1075 ...1075 ...1075 ...1.,75 5,000 f. Sh 5220 ...5220 ...529.0 _52:20 Belgian 5 per Cents lOl% ... 101% ... 101% ... 10134 Bank 750 ... 750 ... 7ao ... 750 Spanish Active 25% ... 25% ... 25% ... 25N, Passive 6% ... 6 % —• 6 % ... 6 % Portuguese 5 per Cents 32 ... 32 .32 . 32 3 . per Cents Neapolitan Roman lOl% ... 10134 ... 10134 ... 18134 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ...... ............. Versailles, R. B 472 50 ... 475 ... 472 50 ... 475 L B 297 50 ... 297 50 .....:97 50 ... `A7 Orleans .. _ 442 50 442 50 ... 442 50 442 Strasburg to Bale 2 l, 442 50 815 300 .. 291 75 ... 3(X) ASPHALTES AND BITUMENS. Yarn (Maberly's) Brussels and German Papers of the latest dates were received this morning. The following extracts from them embody all the news they contain of any interest : BRUSSELS, DEC. I.—The King, who left Liege yes terddy afternoon at half past one o'clock, arrived at five, by a special train, at the station of the railway at Brus sels, whence he immediately proceeded in his carriage to Laeken. The Duke of Saxe Cobourg-Gotha has conferred the insignia of the order of his family on Dr. Reiken, his Majesty's physician. BRUSSELi. DEC. 3.—On Sunday the King presided in the Council of Ministers. Count Le Hon, Belgian Ambassador at Paris, arrived at Brussels two days ago. The new Legation of Belgium at Rome was received on the 15th by the Pope with peculiar marks of regard. His Highness conversed with Count d'Oultremont for above an hour. VIENNA, Nov. 25.—The last accounts from Con stantinople and Alexandria scarcely leave a doubt of the speedy conclusion of an amicable arrangement be tween the Porte and Mehemet Ali. It is even said that the Porte has made a confidential communication to this effect to the representatives of the Five Powers. There are different statements of the basis of this arrangement, One says that Mehemet Ali on being secured in the hereditary possession of Egypt, Syria, and Arabia, would renounce Candia, the districts of Taurus and Adana, and that the Porte will be satis fied to make these concessions. As soon as they are announced at Alexandria the Turkish fleet is immedi ately to sail for Constantinople. Others say that Me hemet requires the government of Adana for life for one of his sons, who has no share in the hereditary pos sessions of Egypt, &c., but Candia not to revert to the Porte till after Mehemet Ali's death. TRIESTE, Nov. 24.—The Archduke John steam boat has arrived from Syria, but as the letters will not be delivered till tomorrow I can only tell you that the passengers say the Turkish fleet was still at anchor at Alexandria when the French steamer left, on the 7th, without any indication whatever that it would sail, and that it was generally believed that an amicable arrange ment between the Porte and Mehemet Ali was certain. BELGIAN k UNDS--Bitraino, DEO. 3. Actual Debt, 23 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. .... . 101 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per - Cc ... t ... 92 1 ; 3 per Cent ..... 70%, Lean of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 95 Society of Commerce, 4% per Cent ll4 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7O Exchange on London (Short) ". 2 — A B L us tiß si t P AR Per S s HEN HALLE, Nov. 29. Bs. Mon ey. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1642 1639 Anulo-Russian Loan HZ% 101% Russian 5 per Cent. lot series, Certificate Inscription, let Series 1024 102 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4tb Series 97% 97% Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 254 pe- Cent 5 0 14 Ditto 5 per Cent 9B Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 70% 71.13 Norwegian Loan, 1534, 4 per Cent... Spanish, New 3 per Cents. 22% 95% EXCHANGES OS LONDON. HAMBURG, Nov. 29.—13. 53;—Two months, 13. 3%. STOCKHOLM, Nor. 22.—Seventy-five days, 11. 35. PETKRSBURGII, Nov. 19.—Two months, 393. CHRISTIANIA, Nov.2o.—Thr c months, 4 116. VIENNA, Nov. 20.—Three months. 9. 17. AUSTRIA N ... EUNDS.—VtaxNa, Nov 25 Five per Cents. Metalliques Fear per Cents. Three per Cents. - Bank Shares —Allgemeine Zeltung, Nov. 30. CORONER'S INQUEST.—ThIS morning, at ten o'clock, an inquest was held at the University College Hospital, before Thomas Wakley, Esq., M.P., the Coroner, on view of the body of Miss Frances Hatton, aged twenty-two years, who came by her death under the following circumstances :--Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, of No. 31, Ossulston-street, Somers -town, stated that the deceased, with her mother, a widow lady, occupied apart ments in her house. On the morning of Saturday fort night witness heard shrieks proceeding from the front parlour, and on running up stairs found the deceased standing in the passage, with her clothes on fire ; they were burninc , from the lower part upward s , an d t h e flames reached ' about two feet over her head. She was dreadfully burned, and died yesterday in the Hospital. Verdict—Accidental death. [At this inquest the Re porters had another impediment thrown in their way in the discharge of their duty, by the Coroner refusing to allow them to write at the inquest table.] REMARKABLE OPERATION.—LateIy at Stey ning, an old lady, now 83 years of age, performed the operation of shaving, without the aid of spectacles, on four men, one of them older than herself, and the other three between 60 and 70. The operatrix, it should be added, for 20 years or more conducted the shaving business of Steyning and its neighbourhood, but had not renewed her art till the above occasion. The old lady did the job admirably, her hand being firm, quick, and steady, and her eyesight perfect. A SPIRIT -STIRRING SCENE.—Over two hun dred of the " finest pisantry" broke up from their winter cantonments in the neighbourhood of Loop head, along that portion of the western coast of Clare, and sailed for Lim er i c k on F r id a y, to enjoy a glimpse of the Rev. Mr. Mathew, of anti whisky drinking cele brity, who preached in that city on Sunday last. Many of the " Great Westerns" made the best, or rather worst use of their time before they left per steamer for the " city of violated treaty ;" and yet, as Pat expresses it, " as drunk as Bannalanna !" So that what be tween the shouting of some, and expostulations of others, wives scolding, children scr eaming, and Steam Company's age n t remonstrat i ng, toget h er with an occa sional " Ilurroo for Father Mathew !" it was what Jo nathan would call " A dreadful, pretty, tarnation, amusing spree, i t was. " SPANISH R EFUGEES.— A d e putation from body of Carli s t S pan i sh refugees, at present residing a t a public hous e i n Ch elsea, waited on W e d n esd a y upon Sir J. S. Lilli e an d Mr. Barlow,Magistrates of Kens ington, to represent their distressed condition. It ap peared that for some time past they had been supported by the donations of the charitable, but were anxious to raise means for getting to France or Italy. They were accompanied by an interpreter. As a proof of their distress it was stated that they were living upon 4d. per day each, and that recently they had killed a cat and eaten it. The Magistrates recommended an applica tion to Lord Palmerston. After a great deal of con versation between Sir J. S. Lillie and the deputation, during which the worthy Magistrate recognised the in terpreter as having been the banker of Don Carlos, Sir J. S. Lillie and Mr. Barlow each gave the unfortu nate men a sovereign for their present exigencies, and directed them to apply the next day to the Board of Guardians of the Kensington Union for assistance, until the result of the application to Lord Palmerston is known liILLINGSGATE MARKET, The supplies were moderate, and prices were lower. Trade to a fair extent. Turbot, Bs. to 30s. ; Soles, 6d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. 6d ; Cod, 2s; 6d. to I2s. ; Oysters, 12s. and 40s. per bushel; Whitings, sd. to 10d. ; and Had docks, Bd. to 2s. HAY MARKETS. The supplies were but moderate, as the holders are keeping them back. The demand was also but moderate, and prices much as before. Hay 50s. to 935. ; Clover 841. to 113 s. ; Straw 28s. to 38s. per load. TEA SALE—(FOURTH DAY). The diminution in briskness was again perceptible, and the attendance was not quite so good, and there was more buying in. Still there was a very great business doing, and prices were very firm. We do not expect that the sale will be over before Monday. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY DEAL, DEC. 4.—Wind, N.N. W.—Arrived the Nep tune, Millar, from Richebucto. Sailed the Lady of the Lake, Kaberg, for Hobart Town ; Columbus, Green, Per nambuco ; Medora, Bunting, Jamaica ; Fair Acadian, Rogers, Demerara; Emerald, Hill, Antigua; Prince Co burg, Smith, Trinidad ; Union, Whitely, Boston ; Pet, Bulkeley, St. Michael's. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 4.—Wind, S. E.—Arrived the Vic toria, Lennox, from Charleston ; Matthew Bell, Halt, Quebec. Sailed the Jemima, M'Gill, Calcutta ; Wil berforce, Harrison, Maranham ; United States, Fisher, New York. Off port, the Hercules, from Quebec ; Flora, St. John's. New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, Dtc. 4.—Wind N. to N. N. E.— Sailed, the Batavia, Pronk, and Hoop, Pronk, for Batavia ; Astrea, De Lange, Surinam. Off Port—the John, Nicol, from Gulf of St. Lawrence ; Sampson, Townsend, New York. Cowan, DEC. 4..—Sailed the Active, Buschman, La Guayra ; Wilhelmina , Klint, Surinam. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Off Port, the Baltic Merchant, from Quebec. PLYMOUTH, Dac. 4.—Wind .N.E.—Arrived the Ro• manoff, Turnbull, from Miramichi. Off Port—The Pro• vidence, Wilson, from Quebec ; Thomas Yates, Beall Cephalonia. FALMOUTH, DEC. 3. Wind S.E. to E. S.E., fresh breezes.—Sailed the Delight packet on a cruize, with sup plies for the homeward bound. - BRISTOL, Dim. 4.—Arrived the Eldon, Moon, from Quebec. Sailed James Daly, Potter, for Africa. OFF THE LIZARD, DEC. B.—Friendship, Newfoundland. DUBLIN, Dsc. 3.—Arrived the Transit, Braithwaite, from Quebec. Coax, Dac. 2.—Arrived the Earl Grey, Henet, New foundland ; Belinda, Press, Quebec. VESSELS SeoaaN WITH. —The Christiana, Simpson, from Belfast to New Orleans, 29th ult., lat. 47, long. 12, by the Alert packet, arrived at Falmouth ; Derwent, of Working ton, for Miramichi, 22d ult.,long. 25, by the Royalist, arrived off Holyhead ; Monarch, St. Petersburgh to Boston, United States, 17th ult., lat. 45, long. 37; Ritchie, of Glasgow, 18th ult., lat. 48, long. 33, by the Kent, arrived at Liverpsol. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.— The demand for Cotton to-day has been to a moderate ex tent.' The sales 3,500 bags at a decline on Friday's prices of id. per lb. all to the trade. The London line of packet ship:Samson has arrived from New York, sailed the 10th ult., old date ; we have had the 16th ult. Arrivals this morning —French and Ostend mails, ship-letters from Halifax, and New York by the Samson, We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date, bringing the Dutch Two-and. a- H alf per Cents. per cent. higher, at 51 15.16 ; Five per Cents, 98 5-16 ; Ardoin's Spanish, 24k. At the Exchange at Amsterdam on Monday, Dec. 2, the Dutch Funds in general got up ; there was a great deal bought in the interior of the country. Th' Avondbode says that this improvement was owing to the satisfactory answer given by the Government to the observations on the Budget by the Sections. Prince Henry, of the Pays-Bas, landed on the 12th •f November at Genoa, after having performed quaran tine. The Herring fishery has not been so successful as the previous year. The Dutch Papers of the Ist instant state, that the observations of the Second Chambers on the project of -n law for the loan of 56 millions to the charge of the Colonial possessions, had induced the Government to modify it. An annual report will be made to the State ' General of the total amount of the crops, and of the sum required for the Budget ; on financial affairs the answer is said to contain very important communications. Among other things, the heavy amount of the Budget is accounted for by the circumstance of the whole ex penditure of the kingdom having been classed under one head, but that, nevertheless, great economy will be introduced into various depart ments of the State, and even should the expenditure increase it will be covered by the means at the disposal of the Government, without resorting to any fresh loan. That the present loan will bring all on a regular footing, not only for the year 1840 but for every suc ceeding year. The loan of fifty-six millions is raised for the fol lowing purposes .—To the liquidation of forty millions due to the Netherland Trading Company ; the pay ment of ten millions of debt, and for the Sinking Fund of 1840 four millions. TALE FUNDS. Consols are shut. Three per Cents. Reduced opened this morning at 90i, and Consols for the Account at 91i Money in the house continues at 6 per cent., and for commercial purposes rather scarce at higher rates ; Exchequer Bills, 5 to 2 discount ; Bank Stock, 178 179 ; India Stock shut ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, shut. In the Foreign Market Spanish, which closed at 254, have receded to 244 25 ; Portuguese, same as they left off,:33i 34 ; Three per Cents. 231 f ; Brazilian, 71i 72 ; Colombian, 30} ; Mexican, 291 ; Belgian, 100 fr 10Ii ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52-i 4 ; Five per Cents. 981 99. The statement of the affairs of the United States Bank, published by Mr. Jaudon on the Ist of Novem ber, has caused some excitement in the City, and va rious opinions are formed on the subject. The great question is whether the dividends will be paid on the 10th January next. PRICES OF STOCKS TEAS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. per Cent. Cons. DAY AT ONE O'CLOC/c. India Stock Ditto Bonds lO 7 die South Sca Stock 3% per Cent 93% , Old Annuities Ditto Red. 98qN, , New Ditto New 314 per Cent _ -- ' 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, £1,000... 3 5 dis. Bank Long Annuities toexpire I Ditto 500 ...3 2 s dis. Jan. 5, 1860 13% 11-16 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859 Li% 9 -16, Ditto C ommerci al..,,,, ......... Jan. 5, 1860 - ' Ditto Advertised ...... Jan. 5, 1880 - Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 - India Stock for Account ... Jan. 3. 1870 --, Consos for Acc0unt,.,.,,.. 31% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Tills DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK Austrian Bonds - Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds - Ditto Account Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds - Ditto New Bonds - Ditto Account - , Ditto Account ......... 33% % .% Buenos Ayres Bonds -, Ditto, 3 per Cent. ..... -.23%34 Ditto Account - ' Ditto Account '.43 Chilian Bonds - Ditto Ac count Prussian Bonds Ditto Ac ' - Russian Bonds, 1822 .- ".......... - - Columbian onds -.t Ditto Account - cunt - Ditto Metallic ..._ Columbian 80nd5,1824.. 3N 30% Spanish Bonds .23 Ditto Account - , Ditto Account... 2 - ,% 4S 47‘ , 5% :Ai Danish Bonds 73% Ai , Passive Ditto Account -: :Deferred 1 1 1,4;“, Greek Bonds ; French, 5 per cent.... -f. -c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 -; ---- 4 per cent ..... -f. -c. Ditto Account - , --- 3 per cent. -f. -c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent - Exchange. -f. -c. Ditto Account - Dutch, 2% per cent. 42% 3 Ditto, 6 per Cent. - , Ditto Account... ..... ....... - Ditto Account Neapolitan - .1 Ditto Account.... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Share. London and Croydon Railway Company Paid. 144 Its. Id Per . 8;4 % Union Bank of Australia l5 19% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DECEMBER 3. per Cent. Consols I% per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced - Ditto New, 1830 ... 97% City of Dublin Steam Comp. 1% per Cent. Debentures.. 90% National Insurance Company Bank Stock . ' . — City D e b en t ures , 4 per cent. nrand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock HALF-PAST ONE. The Hamburg mail, for which some fears were enter tained for its safety, has arrived with papers to the 30th November, bringing the Exchange in London schilling lower, 13 31 ; Gold the same as per last ac count, 429 ; Metalliques, 1061 ; Bank Shares, 1,639. The above mail being over due was owing to the foggy weather, and no water to come out of the Elbe. CRONSTADT, Nov. 18.—Some passengers have come over on the ice from Oranrenbaum. As far as the eye reaches there is nothing but ice to be seen towards the Consols have remained firm during the morning at 901 for the opening, and Three per Cents. Reduced 90i, with little doing ; Exchequer Bills 3 to 5 dis. ; India Bonds 10 to 7 dis. ; Bank Stock 178 i ; India Stock shut. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active rather im proved since the morning, and may be quoted 2.5 i ; Portuguese, 334 i : Three per Cents., 23i I ; Colom bian, 30f ; Danish, 73i j- ; Spanish Passive, 6i ; De ferred 11 i ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents. im proved, 22i 53 ; Five per Cents., 99i. ERRATUM.—In the notice of the Christian Reformer in The Sun of yesterday, for " career" of Scripture, read " canon" of Scripture. Mr. Le Dieu, one of the Secretaries of the Mas ter of the Rolls, was this morning sworn in before his Lordship as Chief Usher of the Court of Chancery, in the room of the late Richard Critchett, Esq. This office, which is in the gift of the Master of the Rolls, is not only one of emolument and honour, but we be lieve, of great antiquity. The river Tyne was on Friday and Saturday last swollen to an unusual height. Several ships, steam boats, and other craft were d r i ven f rom th e i r moorings both here and at Shields,. and sustained more or less damage.—Tyne Mercury. sea. CHANCERY CO URT..-(TH IS DA 'V THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE EARL OF STAMFORD AND OTHERS. Mr. WIGRAM replied this morning in this case—the arguments in which have already occupied several days. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judgment. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DA r.) STUBBS U. SARGON. Mr. SPENCE applied for an injunction to restrain a Mr. White, the purchaser of the book debts of the tes tatrix in the cause, which were sold under a decree of the Court, from proceeding with an action at law against the executors. The order directing the sale of the debts, amounting to 7,0001. and upwards, was made on the 10th of July, 1838. The sale took place, with the approbation of the Master, on the 21st December 1838. By the conditions of sale, the purchase money was to be paid on the 31st January 1839, that the purchaser, on payment of his purchase money into Court, and on entering into a bothi of in demnity in the penal sum of 2,0001., saving harmless the assignee's and testator's estate from all claims, should have a proper assignment of the debts, and should be entitled to the custody of the day-book and ledger of the testator, and to certain securities of bills of exchange, &c. The Learned Counsel read a long affidavit in support of his application, from which it appeared the purchase money was not paid into Court till July last, and that the indemnity had not been given, and that an application had been made by the Solicitor of Mr. White to the Solicitors of the executors for the securities. That application having been refused, a " hostile correspondence" took place between the so licitors of the parties, which terminated not in the po pular method of a " meeting for satisfaction," but in a proceeding more agreeable to law, namely, an action of trover to recover the desired securities. Mr. SPENCE submitted that as the action was brought to recover the documents before the indemnity was given, the injunction must issue. Mr. CAMPBELL appeared for Mr. White in opposi tion to the motion, and contended that his client had been improperly treated. Mr. White bad paid in his purchase money with interest, and had purchased under conditions which it had afterwards turned out could not be complied with by the vendors. The present motion was ❑ot made till the sth of December, and the action stood in the paper for trial to-morrow. The MASTER of the ROLLS—What is to be tried Mr. Campbell in the action ? Mr. CAMPBELL—The wrong and injury sustained by the purchaser by the breach of the conditions on the part of the vendor. The MASTER of the Rou.s—l shall be most anxious to put an end to any delay by which your client, Mr. Campbell, has been injured, but an action of trover by a purchaser, in the midst of the proceedings before the Master, is not a very proper step to take. His Lordship proceeded to observe that that action must be stepped, but he thought there had been more delay than there ought to have been in car rying the contract into effect, for it was quite clear the property purchased was of a very perishable nature. The day-book and ledger Mr. White onght to have immediately ; and if Counsel could suggest any mean 3 by which he could facilitate the conclusion of the proceedings in the Master's office, so that Mr. White could have the proper assignment of the securities, his Lordship would be glad to as sist them. Mr. SPENCE—The affidavits differed as to abether the inquiry before the Master was completed ; but if the Master had settled the draft, there was nothing more to do. Mr. CAMPBELL.--I have seen the draft. Mr. SPENCE—But the Master gives a certificate when the proceedings are finally concluded ; and there fore, although the draft may have been settled, yet he may desire further information. The MASTER of the ROLLS—The fact is, these gen tlemen have quarrelled, and when solicitors do quarrel it always tends to the injury of their clients. 1 know no quality more valuable in a solicitor than to be able to keep his temper on all occasions. After some further discussion an order was made that the proceedings in the action should be stayed ; that the ledger and day-book should be delivered up to Mr. White, and that on his signing the bond of in demnity the remainder of the securities should be de livered to him. The MASTER of the ROLLS—Now that is really an order to carry into effect the former order of the Court, and is for the advantage of everybody. I think that may dispense with my saying anything about the costs of this application, though I certainly wish the proceed ing at law had not been adopted. Mr. CAMPBELL—I did not advise it, my Lord. The MASTER of the ROLLS—NO, I am sure of that —no equity lawyer would have given such advice. Mr. CAMPBELL—My client went in the long vacation to the Temple.—(Laughter.) The MASTER of the RoLLs—Well, he could have obtained redress here in the vacation, I am certain. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sitting at Nisi Prins, before Lord DENMAN and a (Common Jury.) GEDDES V. POOLE. The plaintiff in this case was a clerk in the Bank of England, and the defendant master of the St. Peter's (Pimlico) Grammar School, and the action was brought to recover a sum of 151. money had and received, being the price of a share in the above school alleged to have been sold by the defendant to a Mr. Harman, who was desirous of purchasing a share to enable him to nominate his son to the school. For the defendant it was al leged that the share had been purchased from a Mr. Spratt for 51. by the plaintiff, and then resold by him for 151., and that the defendant was liable to Mr. Spratt for the value of the share. Mr. Hoggins appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ogle for the defendant. Lord DENMAN left it to the Jury to say whether they belielved the share sold to be the property of the plaintiff. His conduct was not, perhaps, very hand some, but there was not such fraud as would vitiate the bargain. Verdict for the plaintiff 151. HICKEY V. EDGINGTON. Mr. ERLE stated the case. It was an action brought by the plaintiff, a travelling linen draper, against the defendant, who was he proprietor of the Sturges Castle Inn, near Oxford, to recover the amount of certain pro perty confided to his care by the plaintiff as a tra veller. It appeared that the plaintiff was in the habit of frequenting the inn in question, and on the 13th of December, 1837, the horse and cart which he brought with him was put into a barn and locked up by the de fendant. Plaintiff slept in the inn that night, and the following morning when he went to the barn he found the brother and nephew of the defendant at work in it. His cart had been drawn out, and on going to it he found every particle of his goods had been carried off. Search was made, and a portion of the goods Was found in the neighbourhood, in the house of the brother and nephew of the defendant. A large quantity of the goods were found, and they were prosecuted and convicted of the robbery. The present action was brought to re cover the value of the property lost, while it was in the defendant's charge as an innkeeper. The defence was, that the plaintiff was not in the de fendant's house as a traveller ; and, secondly, that he had been given the barn to place his goods in, and had taken upon himself the care and responsibility of their safe custody. That defence, he contended would be at once overturned by the evidence which would be sub mitted to the Jury, and he would show that the loss sustained by the plaintiff amounted to upwards of 1001. After witnesses had been examined to prove the plaintlf's case, Mr. CRESWELL, for the defendant, submitted that there was not that confiding of the goods to the defen dant which would make him responsible. The barn was no part of the inn, nor was it within several yards of the house, and in order to make the defendant liable, it must have been shown that the goods were confided. to him in his inn by the plaintiff in the character of a guest or traveller. Lord DENMAN thought that might be 1;lt to the Jury. Mr. CRESWELL contended that it w as mere l y a ques tion of law, and trusted his Loraship would allow him to move to enter a verdict for the defendant on that point, before the full Court. Lord DENMAN said he might move to enter a verdict for the defendant if it was shown that there was no ground for going to the Jury. Mr. CRESWELL then addressed the Jury for the defendant, and contended that the plaintiff had no ground for the present action. If he had unloaded his cart and brought his goods into the inn, then the land lord would be responsible in point of law ; but when, at the request of the traveller, and to save him trouble and expense, he permitted him to put the goods in the barn, the landl or d' s li a bili ty was com plet e ly t a k en away. It might as well be said that if a party asked the landlord to leave a pianoforte in his yard for the night, and that in consequence of rain coming in the instrument was spoiled, the landlord would be resp ons ib le, which in point of lava he would not. Witnesses were then examined on behalf of the defendant. Mr. ERLE replied. Lord-DENmaN left it to the Jury in the first instance, to say whether thn the custodey were of Opinion th at t h e goods were placed regularly i innkeeper, or whether the plaintiff, f or hi s own accom modation, took upon himself the risk of pl ac i ng t h em i n the barn under hi s own control and c us t o d y . The Jury, after deliberati ng for about ten minutes, found a verdict for the plaintiff. The LEARNED JUDGE then addressed them upon the question of damages, and the Jury returned a verdict, damages, 104 EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY HARMER V. SOMERTON. This Was an action against the defendant for a libel DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last i a i g ht, a b out e i ght o'clock, a fire broke out on the pretriises of Mr. Ashton, No. 16, Walcott-place, Westmirister. The fire ori ginated in a bed-room on the second floor , in which a fire had been kindled, and a quantity of linen which had been placed before it for the purpose of airing, became ignited, and the room was presently in a general blaze, and rapidly communicated to other parts of the building ; but by the prompt arrival of the West of England other fire-engines, it was speedily got under. Mr. Ashton is insured, but he has sustained a loss of 2201. in money,which he had placed behind the wainscot before he went out, for security, but which, unfortu nately for him, on his return, the room and cash bad both been destroyed by thefire. PIVEN. TNrer .EMVON. contained in the Brisiol Mc/ cary, of %ilich paper he was proprietor, upon the plaintiff. Mr. KELLY (with him Mr. Alexander) stated the case to the Jury. He said the plaintiff was a most re spectable attorney in Bristol, who was forced to come before a Jury for the purpose of clearing his character from some of the most foul aspersions Oa t bad ev,:t ! , ,An 4' r .wn out against 111 , ' character of a prokissional. After the general election of 1837 a prosecution for perjury was instituted against Sarah Verrier, for evidence given by her before a Com mittee of the House of Commons appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return of Mr. Berkeley, and the plaintiff acted in that prosecution as attorney. Soon attwr that trial, at which Mr. Berkeley was a witness, the plaintiff saw the repo rt of a sp e e c h p ur p o rti n g to h a ve been delivered by Mr. Berkeley at Bristol, in which he was grossly calumniated. At the trial Mr. Thesiger was Counsel for Sarah Verrier, and speaking of him the libel said, " He knew not the extent of hlackguardism to which a Counsel might go, hut. Thessieer went to its very extreme, and if he was so ii dined, he had an able assistant in Mr. Attorney Illrmer. It was not to a re spectable house like Osborne and Walker's that such a business was left, but to Mr. Harmer, who is known to the public through police reports-- a Gentleman—l beg pardon—a man who gains his livelihood by defending the villany and har lotry of Bristol, &c." He was not counsel for his Learned Friend, Mr. Thesiger ; his high character was too well established for such slanders to have the least effect upon it, but the case was very different with an attorney residing in Bristol, where he depended for his subsisten ce on the character which he main" t ained. The plaintiff bad been a Solicitor in good practice in Bristol since 1823—he was em ployed in the regular manner to defend Sarah Verrier as an attorney. He did so. He prepared the evidence , and instructed the counsel in the regular manner as a" attorney. He did no more than his duty. Was it not, then, likely do to him much harm? Would such libels not tend to hurt his business in Bristol, if such libels were allowed to pass unnoticed ? If the plaintiff had sat down under such imputations, would any one have con fidence in him, and entrust him with their business? 1 1 ° had found it nec essar y to appea l to a J ury, i n order, i f there was any truth in the charges, the defendant mig ht have an opportunity o f p rov i ng it. He had avoided the challenge, and h a d contente d hi mself w i t h merely denying the publication, thereby admitting the falsehood of . the charges. For such foul, unwarrantable, and scandalous ch a rg es , h e t rusta d t h e J ury wou ld g ive suc h damages as would set the plaintiff right with the people of Bristol and the public. The publication was admitted, and the libel put in and read. Mr. CitowDza then addressed the Jury for the de fendant. How w as it, if t h e plaintiff had any charac ter in Bristol, that he summoned a Jury at the distatioe of 120 miles to vindicate it? What did one of the Jury know of the plaintiff or his character ? Why Is d he so libelled the merchants and traders of Bristol by. bringing the tri a l b e f ore a Middl esex J ury ? had a right to assume that the plaintiff dared not bring his action in Bristol, where he was known---net be ; cause it was a politi ca l case , b ecause i t was re r g t . city ; and surely if h e h a d b een a respectable have torney since 1823, h e cou ld not f ear to h d " a fair and imp ar ti a l t r i a l amongst hi s frien sa. He had a right then to assume that the plaintiff's ch" racter was so well known in Bristol that he feared 'CO appeal to a jury th ere . Hi s L earne d F r i en d bad not _ told the Jury th a t th a t was not the fi rst or the sec ond time, but the third ti me w hi c h t h e case b a d engaged.a the d attention; of a jury. N ot very h ang ha d been the case been submitted in th a t C ourt to a comm on jury, and although they had h ear d a ll the e l oq uence of his Learned Friend, th e y wou ld not b e pers uaded to give even a farthing da mages , an d l et him ca ll their attention to the fact, that th a t even was all t h a t t he plaint _ wanted—giv e hi m a f art hi ng, and they wou ld put 100 1 in the shape of cos t s i nto hi s poc k et. H e wo uld lik e to know whether he had not already pocketed costs, for the same words, against another newspaper. If the Jury found against the defendant on the present occa sion, newspaper editors had better shut up their presses. Here was a great public meeting, upon a great public occasion, the proceedings of whi , :ll were looked for w ith anxiety by the public, and it vas the duty of Mr. So' merton, is the fair discharge of his duty, to give a fair and impartial account of the proceedings—it, in doing so, he had committed a crime, for which he was to be mulcted in damages and costs, he had better, and must put down his paper. He went through the libel, Para" graph by paragraph, and turned it into ridicule ; he concluded by calling upon the jury to protect the de-• felidant in the fair and impartial discharge: of and disappoint the def en d an t i n hi s ne f ar i ous a ttempt. The Learned J UDGE summe d up. B e said it lead been urged that th e d e f en d ant h a d made this publica tion , in the discha rge o f a d uty . B ut in h i s o pinion if "r was good for a j ourna li s t to pu bli sh the procee dings ' 3 ' a meeting, he m us t t a k e care that he slanders no wee' A manwh e n co i ol in the he ref ofa rainf meeting rom m 4 t D the sa y much Newspaper ha s ti me to see what go , .rs through hi s pregg , e) . and must be an swera bl e f or i t— i t i :f no part of his duty to slander any on e . lEdi t orhu °s h d tu o The Jury consulted a few minutes, and then returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damage s , One Farthing. His LORDSHIP refused to certify either; that it was a case for a Special Jury, or to deprive the plaintiff of h la costs. EXCHEQUER IN EQUITY. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON, 'at Sergeants' Inn.) TOWNSEND V. CHAMPURNOWNE. On this case, which occupied the Court the whole of yesterday, being again called on this morning, Mr. SWANSTON said he believed it was nc.w under compromise. Mr. Baton ALDERSON—Perhaps it had batter stand over. 111 r. SWANSTON—If it stand over until the 17th, per— haps the Court will have no further trouble with it. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—That is the day the Solidi tor-General is to come here. Sir W. FOLLETT—We have made a proposition which we understood was accepted, but_. Mr. Baron A LDERSON—Perhaps I. little - more consi deration will settle it. It is exactly a prop er case for a compromise for the interests of all parties. After a short consultation batwe:en the p artier, Sir W. FOLLETT said he was happy t 0 inform big Lordship that they had arranged the case it last. Mr. SWANSTON sa id they would take a decree, t he minute of which would be prepared. THE EXILED BOURF3O NS• The Viscount de Walsh has addressed ti re following letter to the Mode ROME, Nov. 1 9.—You have doubtless 'll eard a ll the fables s o i n d ustr i ously propagated by the llnas tic press and the ter rors o f the Juste Milieu, with regard to the journey to Rome. of H enr i d e Bourbon. Co refute t hese falsehoods I w ill te ll you a few truths, as the tr a i n hn speaks volu mes i n f avour of the illustriot is prince, W knows how t o k eep up t h e dignity of his Royal bouse in exile, as in h a ppi er t i mes his family kne w hfew to make the nation a l h onour respected. In the fi rs t pl ace t h e Count de Ch ambone t rd has e changed hi s name to sneak into Rome, nor has the P o p s requested th e d escen d ant of Louis X' IV . t o return 0 Austria, According to his custom . the Princre travel led incognito as the Count de Chat .rth ord. As the te dious dipl omat i c f ormalities would rally havri retarded his departure, the august traveller w as conter t with n ° ' tifying hi s i n t ent i on of leaving., no t thinking it filtiag , that a P r i nce o f t h e house of leranr ;e sh ou ld as k f o r that which no one had a right a t refuse him. He was accompanie.:l by the Ehlike de Levis, and now inhabits the Palace Conti, which, b e h as t a k en f or three months. The horses and suite arrived yesterelay from Germany, and the Prince will not return befor e be has visited the principal towns of Italy. The spite and humiliation of the French Ambassador knew no bounds wh en h e sale his own deserted salons, and the eager c row d s of Prench, English, German s " Russians, &c., who flocked to welcom e the ill us trious. Prince. Th e P r i nce ' s receptions are attended by a ll the noble and distinguished foreigners and French PO W in the city of the Camara. When we Royalists speak of Henri de Bourbon, W e are suspected of enthusiasm ; but wh o cou ld l oo k WIT, the nobl e b ear i ng of the exiled P r i nce , grace d with a ll the vi rtue and talents for which his illustrious boll",., have long been remarked --who could look upon thi s picture without breathing a prayer for his future Pr' sperity? All the Royal family is in excellent health. as we learn by a letter just received from her Royal MO W ' Mademoiselle. The Duchesse de Berri, aff.er a shor t sejour at Florence, will proceed to Gratz tiarougb Gl3 ; ritz. where she is expected. This will be a delightful meeting of the aug ust member s o f t h e h ouse o f B our bon. The subject of thir discourse will be the yv ,ung Prince, at once the pride and hope of his race, and whom Louis Antoine and Maria Theresa love as though he were their own child. Tile august inhabitants of Goritz have already b een i n f ormed of the sucess of th e Prince at the camp of Verona, which has given univer..sal satisfaction.