The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-03 00:00:00

DEDICATED TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR NEIL DOUGLAS, K.C.B. and K.C.11., Commanding her Majesty's Forces in Scotland. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Portraits, price 21s. bound, MY AD V E N TURES. By COLONEL MONTGOMERY MAXWELL, K. 11., Commanding the 36th Regiment. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW ALMANACK and DIARY for IS-15, Copied from the HOURS of 4.NNE of BRITTANY. Published this day, imperial Bvo., bound in an appropriate ornamental cover, price 2/. 2s. THE ILLUMINATED CALENDAR and DIARY for 1845, embellished with Twelve large Designs, one appropriate to each Month, illustrative of Manners and Customs of the Fifteenth Century, carefully coloured by hand, and enriched with gold. The Title-page is ornamented with Fruits on a Gold Ground ; and each page of the Diary has an Ornamental Border, composed of Natural Flowers, and printed in Gold and Colours, by Owen Jones. The whole copied from the Kalendar in " The Hours of Anne of Brittany." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. ROYAL,TbIEATRE DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING,'DECEMBER. 3 Will be repeated a !rand Opera Soria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARL Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Corner., Tilt. Borrani j Moncenigo, Mr. Weis ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Ramforth . To conelude with the celebrated Ballet of THE PERI. Achmet, N. Displaces; The Peri, Mdlle. Plunkett; Nourmahal, bldlle. O'Bryan ; Aysha, Mrs. Payne. The Box.othee is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAUSET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 3, Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. Strickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mather s ,• Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Blackstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of Pompton, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James Feeley, Mr. Bucketone; Mrs. Poolev, Mrs. Humby. After which, the Farce of TEDDY THE TILER. Thady Mul lewny (the Tiler), Mr. Collins. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. n sT . At cher, at the Box.office, kora Ten till ve o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Vaster the Direction of Madame CELESTE THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 9, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled SIDONIA DI MOLINA ; or, Ruse de Guerre. Principal Characters by Moues. Hudson, Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, and Miss Wagger. After which, a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Count Idenry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Vanilla, Mr. Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Checliore, Mr. 0. Smith. Te conclude with NORMA, in which Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, and Miss Reynolds will perform. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Ur. Pitt; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-ortice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. It. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 3, Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF ♦YMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton; Olivier, Mr. Allan; Allard, Mr. C Horn, Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Him. ; Renaud, Mr. Mattacks• Icon, Mr. Letter; .Hermine, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which, a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival. Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New Grand Orieatil Ballet, THE ENCHANTED BELL. Azolin (an Hindoo Peasant), M. Roussett ; Palmira (the Sultan's Daughter), Mdlle. Caroline Hougsett; Naire (her Friend), Mdlle. Teresina; Ding Doug (the Genii of the Bell), Miss Marshall. Stage Manager, Mr. M. 1. Wallack. Stage Di ector, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Dress Circle, 58. ; Boxes, 48. ; Pit, 2s. ; Galls Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. Gel. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-ottice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the 'theatre. iHEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 3 Win be repeated an Original Drama, entitled HOME AGAIN; or, The Lieutenant's Daughters. Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, Craven, and Keeley, Miss Fortescue and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, called A TRIP TO K ISSI N GEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin otth, , tanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Kerley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Jullien's Mazurka and Cellarrus Valse will be danced by Ad/les. Louise and Adele, Miss James, and MI s Fairbrother. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASS.ONS With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principa• cbarae,ters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. ,7ollier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Craven, ait4 Mr. Keeley ; Mis s Falrbrother, Mrs. Woolli ige, Mrs A. Wigan, DZiss Turner, MI es James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF AD MlSSlON.—Balceary ''oxes. 4 ;.; UPPv! Boxes, Is.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, (Id. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit. Jr. Private Boxes on the it my tnolding eight persons), Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Der (holding etght persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private SoNes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Cluir ea. the Box-odice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the three t.,n of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squiro Batty's Hounds meet This Eveniv.g, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHI l UEATRE Of ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W BATTY, THIS EVENING, OECEMBER 3, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitle 1 THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-I-ion e and Life's Course of Man and Steed, introducing unequal!ed Natioi al Fetes. Fell Fox-chase on the Stag( and in the Circle by living Fog and rea Pack of Hounds, purchased b Mr. Batty of Mr Tatteisall, to rea lis e this novel p roductirn. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalle I Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Three Conscripts Acting and stagezninager, Mr. NV, D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Le.sons in the Art of Riding Mr. R. Smith daily. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY f HEATRE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER. Will be performed the admired Itamatlce of CRICHTON OF CLUNIE, AND CATHERINE DE MEDICIS. James Crichton, Mr. E. F. Saville; Ginevra, Mrs. It Honmr. An Ethiopian Entertainment by the REAL AMERICAN S+ )U I HERN MINSTRELS. To con lode with ROBERT MAC URA. Robert Alacaire, Mr. E. F. aville • Jacques Strop, Mr. W. Smith. f Lees and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. otEc , , iron Eleven to Four. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, DI:C. 2. HERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 38; Noon, 37. BAROMETER, 30.1.—W0m, E.N.E. gcnit.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is to.ialiy placed opposite 30, and rain at 29 HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. %or, Ing ... 53 minutes after ti J Evening 23 minutes after 7, mode of thinking on divinity subjects :—" It would be edifying to trace the spirit of the Roman Church through all ages and in all departments, and see how a most unworldly, dispassionate moderation has distin guished it. It is quite solemn and overawing." If there be anything " solemn and overawing " it is to be found in the astounding mendacity of this passage. " Unworldly " applied to the tactics of the Church of Rome ! Never was there a grosser misapplication of terms. The most remarkable pecu liarity in this Church is, and has ever been, the ex treme worldliness of its ecclesiastical system, and the exquisitely skilful way in which it has adapted itself to the prejudices of society, and rendered the weak ness and short-sightedness of human nature subser vient to its own views of temporal and spiritual aggrandisement. Rarely, if ever, has it neglected an opportunity of serving its own purposes, and we really believe, that the only serious blunder it ever made— and which it has ever since been striving to remedy— was in driving LUTHER and the Reformers to extre mities, at a time when by making a dexterous com promise, it might have retained much, if not all, of what it afterwards lost. In the long and eventful annals of the Church of Rome, priestcraft wears a more subtle worldly aspect than is the case with any eccle siastical establishment in the ancient or the modern world. We have elsewhere recorded the recent fatal ex plosion of fire-damp at the Cwm Avon Colliery, near Neath. A Morning Contemporary, we observe, suggests a benevolent doubt about the fact, from the circumstance of its not having been noticed in a sub sequent impression of a provincial journal, printed at not more than twelve miles' distance from the lo cality where the catastrophe is said to have occurred. But besides the allowance to be made for the very imperfect system of intercommunication that exists between the various districts of that portion of South Wales, our Contemporary's Bristol correspondent confirms the rumour that has been published by the Monmouthshire Merlin. It may, therefore, be as sumed, we fear, that on Wednesday last fifty human lives were, in a moment, sacrificed by a terrible visi tation, of which the frequent occurrence of late appears to us to be scarcely less notable as a physical phenomenon, than deplorable as an agent of exten sive social misery. In the present instance the action of the explosion appears to have assumed a character of almost volcanic expansiveness and power. The works are described as having been so shattered that they have tumbled down "in hideous ruin ;" whilst the exhalation is reported as of so noxious and in tense a character, as to render the recovery of the bodies (four lonly of which had yet been retrieved from their subterranean sepulchre) a labour of as much difficulty as danger. In the absence of fur ther and more explicit details, we can form, of course, no definitive opinion as to the degree in which this calamity at Cwm Avon might have bee❑ averted or modified, if, indeed, it was not one of those frightful casualties which human foresight cannot prevent, or which past experience has not taught men to provide for. But there can he little doubt that it has been a disaster to be added to that fearful class of accidents to which we have so often—and so vainly—implored the timely and paternal attention of the Government And the Legislature. In two or three former articles we have had occa sion, whilst lamenting the fate of the multiplied victims to fire-damp explosion in mines and collieries, to urge upon the authorities the expediency and duty of establishing sonic code of precautionary regula tions for the better protection of life and property engaged in the working, or invested in the property, of such undertakings. That useful " Bill" for the compulsory Registration of all new works, &c., un dertaken in connexion with such concerns (shafts sunk, adits opened, galleries commenced or closed, Sec.), to which we have at such !Liles referred, as one of the unfortunate and unconsidered remeriets of the sessional labours of Parliament for 1844, again forces itself on our recollection. Is it not very pos sible that had such a system of Registry been esta blished and in full work (and there has been ample time for accomplishing all this, and more, since the proposition was first mooted in the House of Commons), their attention might have been awakened to the probabilities of danger asising out of the re ported condition of the works at CsA'al Avon, who, from their knowledge of, or interest in, such matters, would have been both qualified and induced to make the necessary representations in the proper quarters ? ' Might not these representations have led to the im mediate adoption of precautions, and of deviations from the previous system or direction of the work ings carried on in this colliery, that would have everted the enormous destruction which has since ensued in it ? These are questions, as we have before admitted, to be determined, in great measure, by specific facts, which facts, however, in the Cwin Avon affair, it is but too probable may never be revealed. The eyes that witnessed—the tongues that could have described—the circumstances and incidents of this terrible explosion, have been blasted and silenced for ever by its fury. Perhaps even their bones may not be recovered from beneath the superincumbent masses which entomb them. If the past, then, cannot be re called ;—if these sufferers are victims who shall never more hear the voice of human sympathy, or wake again to the consciousness of human existence ;—the duty remains, to those who survive them, of guarding against the perils of the future. We do hope that it will be among the esrliest cares of Parliament to legislate for the salutary and beneficent purposes of this protection, by some such law of Mining Registration, inspection, and control, as we have alluded to. Nor can we imagine any more pressing or reasonable demand on the official consideration and solicitude of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Let Sir JAMES Gnanast abandon his morbid appetite for schemes of prison discipline in favour of Mining Regulation. Let him forego his expensive and sinister passion for Model Prisons in - favour of Model Mines and Collieries. We would much rather, for our own parts, peruse a dispatch on this latter subject from the Right lion. Baronet, illustrated by the clever and useful sugges tions of his practical and business-like mind, than we would read again his famous letter of December, 1842, to "My Lords and Gentlemen," Commissioners " for the Government of Pentonville Prison," in which his own notions of the statistics of criminal reproba tion are set forth with so much appalling tranquillity. We would rather see, to-morrow, a Blue-book, full of lithographed plans, sections, elevations, &c., of the safest and best machinery and world ngs, illustrated by details of the management, of the best conducted mines and collieries in the country, than the " twenty-two plans and details," executed at the public cost by Major JEBB, in order to develop the whole " art and mystery " wherewith Sir JAMES'S favourite crotchet has been carried out (at a frightful expense), from the vaulted roofing of the chapel, and the fittings of the cells, down to the nameless furniture of the latter, and the pigeon-hole sittings of the former. _ The Right Hon. Baronet might find it a more honest and ennobling occupation for a public servant to devote his inquiries and invention, even, to the obviating, by a well digested scheme of what may be called " ining regu lation and registry," the frightful sacrifices of human life and members to which we are recurring, than the impounding the letters of foreigners resi dent in this country ; violating their seals, and bet:aying, or clandestinely acting upon, their filched contents. Let him, then, reassert the claims of the Sir JAMES GRAHAM of Lord GREY'S Adminis tration upon public respect, by such an effort, on the part of the Sir JAMES GRAaAM of the PEEL Go vernment, in the cause of humanity at large, and for the immediate benefit of one of the largest, most la borious, and most perilously occupied classes of our industrial community. 1837 at Mirande de Ebro, had set out for Madrid to implore the clemency of the Government for the pri soner. The court-martial appointed to try General ARAOZ at Cadiz, for participation in the late conspi• racy, had found him guilty. On the 23d the Three per Cents. closed at 28 5-16 for Cash, and 284 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 201 at 60 days ; the Floating Debt at 65f for Cash, and 66 at 60 days. The Journal des Debats contains another article I on the state of Ireland, and particularly the repeal question. It is founded upon the work of M. DE BEAUMONT, which appears to be very popular in France, and in a few weeks has reached a sixth edi tion. That journal, on the whole, takes a very ra tional view of the subject, points out the utter hope lessness of repeal, and the folly of a party that would alienate the best friends of Ireland, in the vain at tempt to accomplish an impossibility. The following plain truths we recommend to the attention of those repealers who think they can carry repeal without the aid of that powerful and disinterested party, composed of Tories as well as Whigs :—" It would seem as if the idea was entertained that Ireland, and Ireland alone, brought about the great reform of Catholic emancipation. A simple element in the question has been forgotten, and that is England. Without the slightest doubt, the Irish agitation, the Catholic Asso ciation, and all the movement which came to a head in the Clare election, contributed much to open the eyes of England, and to force the hands of the Duke of WELLINGTON and Sir R. PEEL. But what is apparently forgotten is, that there were also meetings in England for Catholic emancipation; that this great measure was prepared by a century of discussions ; that it could boast of the illustrious patronage of Mr. Fox, Mr. CANNING, Lord GREY, Lord J. RUSSELL, in a word, of all the Liberal party. It was not, there fore, Ireland alone that achieved Catholic emacipa tion—it was also England and the irresistible force of , publio opinion. It is also to her aid that Ireland has since 'owed the reforms of church-rates and of municipal morations, and the reduction and com position of tithes ; it is to her that is due the Cha ritable Bequests Bill, which gives the Catholic clergy the right of collective property, and which raises so high at this moment the anger of the Protestant party ; L it is to her, in fact, that Ireland will be in debted for the ameliorations -which she demands so loudly, and which cannot be long refused. The only resource of Ireland, we must repeat, is her alliance with what may be called the Irish party in England; and therefore whatever can alienate that party, as an absurdity like repeal must do, is a calamity for her." M. DE BEAUMONT, in his preface, pays the highest compliment to the House of Lords in reference to Mr. O'CoNNELL's case, when they preferred the strict observance of constitutional law to victory over a determined opponent. " All the judges of England," he says, " except one, ratified the sentence of the Irish judges. The Chamber of Lords, that Chamber which Mr. O'CONNELL had called an " assembly of pigs, the Duke of WELLINGTON being their keeper," held in their hands the fate of the condemned, and then it was that a Minister of the Crown rose in his place in Parliament and induced a vast majority of the Lords to abstain from voting, and leave the final judgment to three political adversaries. Woe to a country in which such examples do not excite admi ration." In another place he adverts to the pre tended assistance which France would find in Ireland in case of a war, and says, "Is not such an idea an illusion ? If we only study the past and present his tory of Ireland, we shall be convinced that in such a case Ireland would remain English. It is doubtful that she wishes a revolution, and if she wished it, it is doubtful that in order to accomplish it she would accept even the most generous assistance of France." If M. LEDRU ROLLIN, before he accepted his cele brated embassy to the Repeal Association, had taken the trouble to consult his honourable colleague of the Opposition, he would have spared himself both the uncoutteous reply of Mr. O'ComvELL, and the pro found ridicule with which his burlesque enterprise covered him. The intelligence in the French papers from Spain confirm the accounts of the utter dispersion of the small force under ZURBANO, and the capture of his son and brother-in-law. The subjoined details from the Phare des Pyrenees of the 27th ult. will be read with interest : Accounts from Madrid of the 24th nit. state that the Supreme Military Tribunal had confirmed the sentence passed on Genaral PRIM. " Yesterday morn ing," says the Clamor Paidico, at half-past six, the brave General left Madrid by the Tolerlo gate ; he is repairing to Cadiz in a coach drawn by six mules, and escortcd by twenty-five foot soldiers of the Princesa Regiment, and twelve troopers of the Regiment of Leon. His ultimate destination is still uulthot,vn." It is generally believed, however, that he would be transported to Cuba or the Marianne Islands. The appeal of his accomplices, who were all civilians, hav ing been admitted, they were to be tried again by the ordinary courts. Some of the journals confirm the report o f t h e capture of the son and brother-in-law of 7 uuu.kN o . The mother of the former and the mother of his youn g wife, the niece of the unfortunate General ESCALBItA, who was assassinated by the Carlists in " After the affair of Montenegro, in the direction of Soria, in which Zurbano beheld himself abandoned by all the foot soldiers who accompanied him on his entry into Najera, he could only think of seeking for safety by flight. The Queen's troops divided into various de tachments, and even the population was in active pur. suit of the fugitives ; and the number of those who have submitted has amounted to forty-six. The younger son of Zurbano, by name Benito, chef d'escadron in the army, was yesterday made prisoner, as well as his uncle, an inn keeper near Logrono, and a servant. After having abandoned their horses, one of which was found dead from starvation, they had hid themselves in an olive wood, near the village of Varca, not far from Logrono, where Benito was born. It was the sight of the aban doned horses which put the troops on the scent, and when the fugitives were taken their condition was despe. rate. They had not slept several nights, and more than four-and-twenty hours had elapsed without their having tasted food. On their being taken to Logrono, General Oribe had given orders to have them shot, but a few in stants after he suspended the execution, and applied for fresh instructions from the Captain-General of Burgos. As to Zurbano, and his brother-in-law, Cayo Muro, it appears positive that the former was not far from his son, a little before the latter was arrested ; and, as to the second, he is supposed to be concealed in the moun tains of Cameros. Considering, however, the active search that is made, it is almost impossible for them not to fall into the hands of our troops." The Presse gives some particulars of the defeat of Rutz, and his escape into France : " The rebels of the valleys of Anso and Hecho are in flight. General Ruiz, Colonel Gavila, and Commandant Casanovo were arrested at the moment they were at tempting to cross the frontier. At nine in the evening of the 24th they were brought into Oleron and placed in confinement. In the night of the 20th Zurbano and the horsemen who accompanied him made an attempt to get into the village of Mansares, but the inhabitants op posed them with their fire-arms, and drove them back. It was in consequence of this repulse that the insurgents threw away their arms, and that the eldest son of Zur bano, his brother-in-law Cayro, and a servant, were taken. It is impossible to gain any intelligence of Zur bane himself. In Castille, in the Rioja, in the Basque Provinces, and in Navarre, all the troops, both infantry and cavalry, are in motion. At Haro the very name of Zurbano inspires so much terror that the inhabitants of the country, although they believe him to be quite alone, have assembled in arms to the number of 400, not con sidering themselves safe, notwithstanding the passage of the Ebro is guarded by 50 carabineers and 100 other soldiers. General Jose Concha, Captain-General of the Basque Provinces, has visited Haro and Miranda, and taken the most active and best-combined measures to secure the capture of Zurbano." The Illoniteur announces that, in consequence of the great number of deaths from poison, a Commis sion has been appointed by royal ordonnance, to as certain if the sale of violent poisons, such as arsenic and prussic acid, could be prohibited altogether, with out serious inconvenience to the medical and manu facturing interests. The Commission, presided over by M. GAY LussAc, was composed of MM. ORFILA, Dumes, and PAYRN, of the Academy of Sciences, and a number of manufacturers. The preamble of the or donnance states, that the Academy of Medicine, the College of Pharmacy, the Council of Public Health, and the Commission of Arts and Manufactures have already been consulted as to the means of altering the colour and external character of arsenic in such a way as to render the use of it difficult for criminal• purposes without immediate detection on the part of those to whom it is to be administered. TIIE BOURSE--SATURDAY, NOY. 30. Fir c s o t . Highest Lowest i Last French FiveperCenta....•• 118 1 90 .. 119 15 .. 118 90 .. 119 15 Three per Cents 83 10 .. 83 60 .. $3 10 .. 83 60 Bank of France. • • 3150 —3150 ..3150 ..3150 Lailltte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslo9s ••1095 .•1095 ..1095 5,000 E Shareeso4o .•5040 .•5040 .•5040 Belgian Dank.••• •••• •• •••• 480 .. 585 .. 580 .. 582 50 BeldanFives,lB4o •• •••• •• 1031 .. 103 f .. 1031 •• 1031 1842 •••• •• 10611 .. 1061 •• 106 63 f 106 5 Dutch Two and-a-Half 63 63 .. 61 Threes•• •• •• •• •• •• 35} •• 36 •• 35/ 36 Passive...... .....• 51 6 6 r per Cents 551 .. 651 .. 55/ .. 55 1 s . . 95 60 95 70 .• 95 60 .. 9 5 7 0 1041 .. 1041 •• 104 104 o e r a t p u o g li u tAn ese . }2l . v . e ........ RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles,R.B.—.....•••.. 443 75 .. 443 75 .. 441 75 .• 441 76 L. 8.•• .......... 320 .. 920 .. 31$ 75 .. 320 Sold.. ........•.1006 • 1009 75 ..1005 ..1008 75 Rosen to Zayre ... 7so 780 •• 780 780 Orlean •.••••.•°••••••••••1047 60 .•1055 ..1047 50 ..1055 Strasburg to 10.1••••.•••••• 2 7 5 '• 278 75 " 275 . 278 75 Avignon to 11113011141...... 1100 .. 910 • 900 .. gio RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, PLO 3. Vereaillos, ROU.-!11 •• •• •••••••• 90 • • •• 100 i ..1010 "1005 ..1010 Rout nto Havre ••••.• • • • • • • 7:0 75 3 76 •• 780 ' • 783 71 Orleans .•• ••••.. •• • —.1045 —lO5O 25 ..1045 —1055 Strasburg to Bale— •• •• 275 .. 278 75 .. 275 .. 278 76 Avignou to Marseilles...... 895 .. 913 75 .. 895 .. 910 FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning Mr. Alexander Bruce, a respectable shipping agent and broker, residing in Burr-street, Lower East Smithfield, expired in the Queen's Arms public-house, Wapping, from the effects of injuries he received by falling through the hatchway into the hold of a vessel lying in the Wapping-basin of the London Docks on . the proviotts evening. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1344. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Nov. 28.—At the commencement of the sitting of the Chamber to-day, M. de Decker laid on the table the budget of the department of Foreign Affairs. The Chamber then resumed the general discussion of the budget of ways and means. M. de la Coste main tained the opinion that the legislation on sugar should not be meddled with at present. He has proceeded to show the defects of our system of commercial octrois. M. Delfosse, who spoke next, warmly attacked the policy of the Cabinet, or rather that of the Minister of the Inte rior. He, however, deferred the political discussion till the budget of the interior shall be brought forward, and then attacked the financial system of the Cabinet. Seve ral members then spoke. The chief subject of discussion was the assistance given to the Colonisation Company. The Minister of the Interior deferred to a future occasion the explanation to be given on this subject. At the end of the sitting, the Minister of the Interior introduced a project of law for placing the canals of Ghent and Ostend on the same same footing as that of Teriveuren by the treaty concluded with the Netherlands. The King will go on Monday to Ardenne. ButissELs, Nov. 29.—1 n to-day's sitting of the Cham ber, Mr. Ory asked for a report on a loan of two millions to a company at Antwerp for the exportation of cotton manufactures. The Minister of the Interior promised to present the report, but added that the matter concerned a former stheinistratiam. The Guatemala Company was again the chief subject of the debate. The members of the Cabinet continued to be very reserved on this question, but the Minister of the Interior pronounced tkat the convention between that Company and the Government should be laid before the Chamber. Among other things for which the Mi nistry was blamed, was a grant of 3,000 francs to the company to procure for the public collection specimens of the natural productions of Guatemala, in curiosities of that part of the American continent. The general debate was then closed. .. - BERLIN, Nov. 26.—1 t has been reported for some days that the King has confirmed the sentence of death pro nounced against Tchesh, in the second instance, but by a special order of the Sovereign, the execution is to be left to the reign of his Majesty's successor. If this is true, the King, who in this case has to decide in his own cause, following the dictates of his humane heart, granted the life of the criminal without opposing public opinion, and the course of justice for the sword is still sus pended over the head of the criminal ; but his blood is not shed before the eyes of the King, whose life was so providentially- preserved. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BstussELe, Nev. 29. Aetua Debt, 9% per Cent., Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ............ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 9B Three per Cent.........„ Thirty-sevex Millions, ditto 77 (1840) l('BN 1544 ..* . ... ....... 102% Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent. 103% 1832 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgitm, Five per Cent sl' Issue of 1841—. 0000000000000000000000 0000000 - -Brussels Papers, Nov. SO. AUSTRIAN FUNDS. — VIENNA, Nov. 23. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. IOON Three per Cents. 78)4 Bank Shares .....................».»......».».....................1628 Loan, 1234 Ditto, 1839 Esterhazy's Loan RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand 152 Gloggnita ll6 Milan lo9i —Allgemeine Zeitung, Nov. 26. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—ThiRLIN, Nov. 28, Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 3% per cent. Prussian English 80nd5,18.30, 4 per cent. _ Exchange on London. Prussian State Gazette. Nov. 29 . HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, N - 1 0 1 v 4 . ,4 29. 23 : Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1650 Anglo-Russian Loan Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 10 5 1,i 105 Inscription, Ist series — IC5t Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates ... 99 New 4 per Cent. (1640) 9O Dutch Actual Debt, 254 per Cent. ......... Ditto 5 per Cent. — _ Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. — Spanish, New 5 per Cents. Polish Bonds — New Tickets .... Hamburgh, One month Two months,.„„„„ 13 8 4 V, u • 1 .1.1 . 5 44 , "; • • • t. lania 4inx4 LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1844. According to the statement in the Heraldof yesterday morning, the British Magazine—whose last Number we have not yet seen—has become the resolute op ponent of the Tractarian tenets. For some years this periodical was one of their staunchest advocates, and not a few of Mr. NEWMAN'S subtlest works first appeared in its pages. But a great change has come over it of late. It now clearly sees—what it ought to have foreseen long since—that the tendency of these tenets is decidedly towards Bomanism, and conse quently is subversive of the Protestant Establishment. We quote the passage in which the British Maga zine announces its change of opinion, as it is some what curious :—" For a considerable period persons , whose charity led them to put the most hopeful construction on the language and conduct of the Tractarians, did persuade themselves that what Mr. NEWMAN and his friends called Church princi ples and Catholicity, differed in nothing substantial from the old-fashioned orthodoxy of the Church of England. Whether such close and jealous attention as the importance of the movement demanded was , paid to the gradual development and disclosures by , which the movement has at last reached its present form and attitude, are questions which do not come within the scope of the present inquiry. But, of the fact itself, there can be no doubt whatever, that per sons utterly opposed to any Romeward tendencies did think thus charitably and hopefully. Every ves tige of this hope, however, has long been at an end." In the above passage the British Magazine frankly intimates that it did not pay such " close and jealous attention" to the doctrines and movements of the 'Tractarians as the importance of the subject de manded, which is an act of negligence of no slight order, for surely if there were one question of more moment than another, and which should have been ,discussed and investigated with the utmost keenness, the question of Tractarianism was that one. As re gals& the tendency of the tenets of this party, the Britisi Magazine has now only discovered what The San discovered and proclaimed years since—nau ely, that Tractarianism was nothing more than the wolf in the sheev's clothing—that is to say, Popery in a ;masquerade dress. We added that if those who pra• Leased these tenets were but allowed rope enough, they would infallibly hang themselves, and our pre diction has been fulfilled to the letter ; for they have at length thrown off all disguise, and openly avowed their sympathy with Rome, and the conse quence is, that a reaction has already set in against them, and the moral influence which they once ex ercised is daily verging to its decline. We have said that they have thrown off all disguise. Here is a v assage from one of their publications, which the Y iiN.itish Magazine quotes in justification of its newly rous ed hostility to them :—" He, WILFRID, mate rially aided in the blessed work of riveting more tightl y , 'be happy chains which held England to ST. Pe Tei e s ~ L e.r—chains never snapped, as sad expe rience tells b us, without the loss of many precious Christian tisil,gs I" It is impossible to mistake th e animus of this ruatark, or to doubt for who pe nne d i t, and , an instant that he .. l sde,),llWAt)prove it, are Catholics at heart, how- INki sfar - di' they may confok-n to : p . ore,e i f f hoveEngland, , n l o a nright tvirdi r t'' to "n S t b i a e" r aut e :nnl i t n ie'rnin it - s . men_ of tbi,Nir ho <2...kstich rn-teri, 4,....; i. 4 4ldr prAeo . . .0 , ' -f.! 't nie n6 - 144 it is an impeach t r ./..„, . ....,,, /..., 4... e Aitiika 0 not at once abandon it, and go over ' is another specimen of their peculiar i litj IFIAMBURGH MAIL. STOCKIIOLM, Nov. 22.—The King and Queen went yesterday to Upsal, and are expected back to-morrow. The Crown Prince is said to be entirely recovered. The merchants of Gefle have addressed a petition to the Government, praying for the conclusion of a com mercial treaty with Brazil. CHRISTIANA ' Nov. 22.—The King is expected here in January, and will probably open the Storthing in person. Besides the 200,000 lately received by the Bank from Konigsburg, 60,C00 dollars more, in dol lars and half-dollars, are just arrived. From one of the mines a mass of silver ore, weighing 1,6801b5., which will probably yield 8401bs. of pure silver, the largest lump, perhaps, that has ever been extracted from a mine. FROM THE RHINE, Nov. 22.—Accounts from Berlin say that the Emperor of Russia has refused to allow Russian officers to take part in the war in the Cau casus. We likewise learn that Russia will not ex tend the advantages granted by Prussia to the Zoll verien, which it does not recognise as a Power. BERLIN, Nov. 25.—T0 the four or five plans of colonisation hitherto proposed (Texas, the Mississippi, St. Thomas, Brazil, and the Mosquito shore), another is now added, situated by the west coast of Africa, which causes much attention, because the great Elector of Brandeberg had acquired possession of a spot on that coast. This is Cape Mount, half way between Sierra Leone and the North American negro colony, Libeira, bounded to the south and east by Little Cape Mount, and the north-west by the river Sugari. This spot was formally ceded, on the 23d of February, 1841, to the present proprietors, George Clavering Redman and Theodore Canot, under the protection and assistance of the British naval force, in order to abolish the slave trade, by means of a lawful commerce. The owners have already erected dwelling -houses and other buildings, and built two ships. Mr. Redman is now in Berlin, and endeavouring to gain friends for the establishment of a colony. He particularly invites attention to the ample revenue of the rich soil and of commerce, and likewise to the gold mines, whi c h m i g ht b e wor k e d wining to advantage, no operations ever having been carried on in that country. SINGULAR OCC URRENCE.—The Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire foxhounds, under the charge of Mr. Cun ningham of Craigends, have been kennelled at Hamilton for upwards of a month, and have hunted the neighbour hood almost every alternate day, and had good sport, on ly meeting with one blank day. About a fortnight ago one of the leading dogs, named Libertine, disap peared when hunting at Jervieston, and, notwithstand ing every search, was not discovered until eleven days afterwards, when the pack were in the same locality, and some of the dogs stopped suddenly at the mouth ,of a coal waste, and would not leave it. The huntsman. in looking down the pit, discovered a dog which he sup posed to be Libertine ;,and having got ropes and sent down a man, the missing dog was brought up so little the worse for having dropped down twenty fathoms, or 120 feet, and been starved for eleven days, that he was able, after getting some warm milk, to walk to Um kennel, and he is again in good hunting trim. FIRES.—On Saturday evening, shortly after five o'clock, a fire broke out at No. 32, Old Change. It originated in the cutting and store-room belonging to Mr. G. Hogg, tailor and man's mercer, situate on the first floor of the building, The flames in less than an hour were entirely subdued, but not until a large quantity of silks and cloth of considerable value was burned and much damage done to the premises. The origin of the outbreak is unknown. Mr. Hogg was uninsured. About three hours later the bakehouse belonging to Mr. Fell, bread and biscuit baker, 18, Paradise-row, Chelsea, was discovered to be on fire. The fire was confined to the building in which it began. The loss will fall upon the Phoenix Fire-office. A third fire occurred shortly before mid night upon the premises of Mr. J. Reeves, pastry-cook, 1 97, Limehouse-causeway, a very narrow thoroughfare. The flames were soon extinguished, not, however, until the roof was partly burned off, and the remainder of the premises, with stock in trade, seriously injured. The building was insured in the Phoenix-office, but the occu pier was uninsured. The cause of the two last fires was from the overheating of the ovens. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, " THE PALAU ROYAL."—Of all the many gay places to be found in the French capital, " The Palais Royal" possesses the most pleasant and romantic associations, and this perhaps ac comas for its giving the title to the new historical ro mance by the author of" Henri Quartre or, The Days of the League." The subject is an admirable one for such a writer, and has been very effectively treated ; for we are presented with a stirring fiction of the most ro mantic character, in which figure many interesting per sonages, such as the Cardinals Mazarin and De Retz, the Prince de Condi, Gaston of Orleans, the Duke de Beaufort, Anne of Austria, the Duchesse de Chevreuse, and the rest of the brilliant coterie who figured so pro minently in the numerous intrigues that distinguished that remarkable epoch in the annals of Frans* The work exhibits a striking picture of Court life in the youth of Louis the FourttortBh, that can scarcely fail of be coming equally attractive with " Richelieu," or any other of the animated fictions of a similar class illus: trative of. French history. ATTEMPT TO POISON A WHOLE FAMIL Thursday last, John Wall, of Oadby, framework knitter, aged twenty-five, was examined before I. Hodgson, Esq., on a charge of attempting to kill his sister, mother, and brother, by mixing a quantity of arsenic in sugar, and administering some to them. It appears that on the morning of the 19th instant, about an hour after the family had taken breakfast, they were seized with violent sickness, which continued during that day and part of the next, and at length they became so greatly alarmed that Mr. Beasley, surgeon, was called in, and he imme diately discovered that they were suffering from the effects of poison. The sugar which remained had been made away with. The prisoner's brother and sister are partially recovered, but his mother still remains in a very dangerous state, and but little hopes are entertained of her recovery. The only motive that can be assigned for the perpetration of so diabolical an offence is, that the prisoner wished to get possession of a sum of money to which he and his brother and sister were entitled on the death of their mother. He was remanded to Mon day next for turther examination.—Leicester Mercury. The Rev. Dr. Cramer, Principal of New Inn Hall, and Professor of Modern History in the Univer sity of Oxford, is appointed by her Majesty to be Dean of Carlisle. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Consols furtherimproved this afternoon, touching 1014 for Money; for Account they closed at 1011 sellers. Ex chequer Bills, however, receded to 575. and 565. premium. India Stock for Account touched 290. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. were at 1024. In the Foreign Market prices also looked buoyant. Spanish Actives were 244; and the Three per Cents., 364 4. Mexican were 364 4 1 ; and Colombian improved to 144 -1. Dutch Four per Cents. were 97 to 964. The additional transactions in Railway Shares ha►s been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New, were 6 to 61 ; Bristol and Exeter, 4 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 5 to 4 ; Churnet Valley, 14 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 11 ; Great North of England, 20 ; Great Western, Half, 374 ; Birmingham, Quarter, 234 ; South-Western, 404 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 12 ; Ditto, New, 44 ; Northern and Eastern, 124 ; Rugby, 4 ; South Devon, 4 ; South- Eastern, 44 to 34 ; Ditto, New, 64 ; York and North Midland, 544 ; Ditto, Selby Scrip, 49; Ditto, Extension, 134; and Orleans and Vierzon, 94 premium ; Eastern Counties, ilk ; South Wales, 4 ; Brighton, 2 to 14 ; and Midland and Birmingham and Derby, 191- dis. ; Direct Northern were 4 dis. to par ; Shrewsbury,-Wolverhamp ton, and Birmingham, were at par; and Ely and Bedford were also at par. (Pim The Sun of Last Nigbt.) The Cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday was much depressed, at the previous reduction. Sales, 3,000 bales, comprising 250 bales Egyptian, at 54d. to 7d, and 200 Surat, at 24d. to 24d. per lb.—The Share market showed much activity, and the transactions were to a good extent. Eastern Counties, 134 ; Grand Junction, 215; Ditto, Half, 1074 i ; Great Western, Half Shares, 874 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 344 ; London and York, 44 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 504 ; Midland Counties, 103 ; South-Eastern, 384 ; Lyons and Avignon, 525. ; Paris and Rouen, 394 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 64 ; Sambre and Meuse, 51s. 6d. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 44 ; Central of France, 114. There are not any arrivals of importance in the City this morning. We have received the monthly Circular of Messrs. Ferguson and Taylor, of Manchester, relative to the state of the manufacturing trade of that important district. It states, and most truly, that as far as respects Continental demand this is the dullest season of the year, shippers to the northern parts of Europe having suspended their operations for the present year. Prices have, however, continued steady for most descriptions of goods A strong feature, indicative of prosperity, is, that new mills are in the course of erection in the vicinity of Manchester, and that old ones are being enlarged. The Circular then states thus :—" Early in the new year a large increase in the means of supple► will be thus brought into operation, and it remains to be seen what effect this will have on demand and prices. For the present, the great bulk of our pro • ducers are engaged with contracts which will carry them into February. The turn of the year will doubtless, as usual, bring the 'orders which have been withheld into the market; and as stocks are most likely to be exceed ingly low, prices will have a tendency to advance. Meantime, it is expected cotton will continue to further recede." It will be observed, by an announcement in our ad vertising columns, that the third portion of the Canada Guaranteed Loan is to be bid for on Friday next. This loan is a great favourite with the principal capitalists of the City. Its proceeds are wholly to be devoted to the extension of public works in the Canadas. The Deben tures pay 4 per cent., and those already issued are worth 1131 to 114. There is a great scarcity of Consols in the Stock Ex change to-day. Jobbers are fearful of selling even 1,0001., lest the price may rise upon them before the transfer can be completed. Consols for the Account are at 1014, and for Money at 101, each being higher than at the close of business on Saturday afternoon. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are very firm at 1024 ; and Reduced Three per Cents. at a rise from 994 to 1004. Exchequer Bills, India Bonds, and Bank Stock, are rather cheaper to-day. A great deal of business has been effected in the Fo reign Stocks to-day. It is fully expected that the attempt of Zurbano to excite revolt will be soon entirely put down. The Active Spanish Bonds have advanced to 244 4, and the Three per Cents, from 354 to 364 4, and the Passive Bonds to 6/. For Portuguese Converted Bonds the price has rallied to 554. Belgian Scrip is firm at premium ; Dutch Five per Cents. at 574 ; Mexican at 364 ; Brazilian at 821 ; and Belgian are at 9 per Cent. above par. An improvement is apparent in most of the railway shares to-day. The Aberdeen are at 21 premium ; the Great 'Western are in request at 67i premium ; the Li verpool end Manchester at 109 premium ; and the Lon don and Birmingham at 120 premium. Anglo-Mexican Mining Shares are at 3, and United Mexican at q. PRICES OF BIITISH FUNDS AT ORE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) __ Bank Stock .... ............- -. 207% 3 per Cont . Reduced Annuities ..... .. 99% 1003 3 per Cent. Coniols. Ann& lOO% 101 New 33% per Cent. Annuities ..... ......... Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860.... Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1800...„ 1234 India 80nd5,1,000.. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ... pitte under 1,000:. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 82 Consols for Account ..... ..................• 10134 Exchequer Bills. I%d. 134 d 1000 . 1. ••••••••••••••••••••••••• •-• •••••••••••• 59 ST pin. ......................... - ........... 59 57 pm. Ditto 5ma11..., ........ - ......... 59 57 pm. Ditto Advertise d - ....... ..... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bolds, 5 per Cent 10 23( 102 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ............. 6834 Mexican Bonds, 1237, 5 per Ceit. .s•••• 313 34 Ditto for the Account •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••‘• 36%34 Ditto Deferred Stock 16% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents - Ditto for the Account. 26 Portuguese Bonds 5 per Cent........... - Ditto Converted . 55% • Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840............, 24%34 Ditto for the Account 24%% Ditto Passive Bonds ..... ..... Ditto Deferred 1 5 %34 Ditto Three per Cent. ............•.........: 36% Ditto for the Account •••••.•.. ...... ••••• Dutch 236 per Cents... ..... ....... .......... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97 PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 **m.o.. 9634...... to 98 Bristol and Exeter I ..............»,. 70 .. ... .... 70 .......• to - Bristol and Gloucester 9O •••. ..... 35. .. . •••• to - Caledonian 5 4 1 13:: „. to - Cambridge and Lincoln - Churnet Valley Direct Northern 2% 2% to - 4 Eastern Counties •...•..............•• 25 ••.•.... 13% ...,.• to - Edinburgh and Glasgnw .. . ... ...... 50 ......... 62 to 6134 Great Southein and Western] 5 te - 2% (Ireland) Great Western •••••••••••••••••••••••• 75 - Ditto 34 Shares ..... ..... ..... ...... 50 ......... 8734 - Liverpool and Manchester......... 100 - London and Birmingham...-. 100 918 .. .... .. to 220 Ditto New Thirds ........ ........ 2 - Ditto 4 Shares - London and Brighton ............. 50 ......... 4•• _. . to London and South Western ...... 41% *"..e. 79 % . 82 to 111 Ditto Eighths 3( ... ..... S London and Croydon ..... ......... 13% ..... 1634% .., to _ London and Y0rk.................... 234. - ... ..... 43 6 %% to - Manchester and Leeds. 7O ..... ...114% ••..•. to - Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ....... 52 Midland ........... .............. ...... 100 .........199 Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 21 ........ 6036 Norwich and Brandon - Ditto New •••• ..... ...woo. ....... ...go , 1 .... - Portsmouth Direct ... I .......... 014 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Nov. 30. 3 per Cent. Consols 99% 3 per Cent. Reduced « - Three and a Quarter Stock... Ditto New, 1530 - 334 per Cent . Debentures 94% Long Annuities ........ ..... ..... Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock - - Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent 76% Ditto 4 per Cent .. 4 per Cent. City Debentures ~. ..... .......... , ... 4 per Cent. City Debentures, Net, 4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures - 4 per Cent. Pipe Water Kingstown Railway Debentures - LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SWAM Dublin and K. Railway D r ogheda Ditto., Great Southern and Western 5 Ditto Extension...." ............. .. ..... 2 34 Dublin and Belfast Junction..., ... . ... 234 ~,,,, 3 Dublin and Cashel ditto Athlone Railway 2 Belfast and Ballymena 2 ..... 4 3% Waterford and Limerick ...... - ....: 2 ... Hibernian Bank 25% ..... 33% Royal Bank National Insurance 25 37 Patriotic ditto ....... ...... Mining Company of Ireland Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company lOO lOB Steam Ship Building Company Ditto Ditto 5O - Ditto Difto, 1836 British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 Limerick Extension Railway - MANCHESTER STOCK * EKCHANGE, 2 1ty. 30.—We have not had a large amount of business to-day, but prices were well maintained:—London and York, 4k ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1 1 1-16 ; Churnets, 3;, ::Darwen and Bolton, 2 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2 5-16 ; Trent Valley, 7i ; Huddersfield :and Sh e ffi e ld, a i ; Manchester and irmingham, 51f 2 ; Manchester and Leeds Sixteenths, 34. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bask Stock ex dlv. 209 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO - pm. 3 per Cent. Red .............. 100% Ditto under £1,002 B2 pm. per Cent. Cons. - 36 per Cent. Red ..... - Ditto Old Annuities - New 3 3 % per Cent.... ..... 1024 6 Ditto New Annuities - New 5 per Cent„............ - Lx. Bills, 1,0001. 156 d Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001. Jan. 1860 l2 1-16 12 Ditto Small 57 pm, Oct. 1859.............. 11X Bank Stock for Acct - Jan. 1880 1234 Consols for Act lOl% Indian Stock. - India Stock for Acct IIII FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent - Russian, 5 per Cent..„........ - Belgian, 5 per Cent - 'He, Metallic.... .. . .. ..... - Brazilian Bonds ... . . ... - panish, 5 per Cent., 1941... 24% Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent B6 Ditto, 1841 .....-....... ...... - Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent - Ditto, 1842 - Chllian, 6 per Cent .......... - Ditto,lB43, ... - Colombian, 6 per Cent - Danish, 3 per Cent . ...... - itto, 3 per Cent 36% Greek, 1825, 5 per Cent.... - Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct - Mexican, 5 per Cent .... ..... - French, 5 per Cent,...... -t -c. Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct... - French, 3 per Cent.... -f -C. Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent. - Exchange ..... ..... ...... -I -c. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct... - Dutch, '234 per Cent - Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct - Ditto,',s per Cent ... - SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) — Ditto New Shares, 17% . paid 23 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) 7O Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Cambridge and Lincoln, 1% paid 2 Churnet Valley, 2 paid _.. . Direct Northern, 2% paid Eastern Counties (25 paid) .... ..... Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 21 13s 4d. paid,No.l s Ely and Bedford, 1 paid ••• Great North of England, 100 paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) London and York;2) paid 4 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Manchester and Birmingham Ditto Quarters ( 2 paid) Birmingham and Derby, £lOO paid Bok, Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Devon, 10 paid lO% South Eastern and Dover X 33 2s 4d paid) Ditto, New Shares, 4 paid.... IOK South Wales, 256 paid.... ... 2% York and North Midland (50 paid) _ ~ 104%, Ditto Extension Orleans and Viemon, 2 paid j Orleans and loardeaux, 1 paid 7 SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubitt eptnton. " Whe runs may read." PORZIGN. On the 19th ult. the Prince de Joinville and the Duke d'Aumale arrived in the Bay of Naples. The Princes shortly afterwards landed, and notwithstanding the late ness of the hour they repaired to the theatre, where the Court was presiding at an extraordinary performance given on the occasion of the Queen Dowager's birthday. On the 21st a grand dinner, followed by a brilliant re ception, took place at Court; and the King, accompanied by the two French Princes, was to hold a review of all the troops of the garrison on the 24th. The marriage of the Duke d'Aumale with the Princess of Salerno was to be celebrated on the following day at La Favorite, a country seat belonging to the Duke of Salerno, situate near Portici. The Quotidienne, in an article on the French navy, states that the losses of France during twenty-three years' war with England, from 1793 to 1515, were 91 ships of the line, 177 frigates. The losses of Holland were 22 ships of the line and 40 frigates; of Spain 21 ships and 22 frigates; and of Denmark 20 ships and 10 frigates. Out of the ships taken 41 were added to the British navy with 108 frigates. The Court of Assiaes of the Meurthe was occupied on the 23d inst.. and the two following days, with the trial of Francois Marshal, for parricide. The jury found a verdict of guilty, and the Court ordered him to be executed on the market-place of Chateau-Salins. The Swiss journals of the 26th announce that the central tribunal of the Valais has just pronounced its sentence on the principal leaders of the late revolt in the Valais. M. Maurice Barman has been condemned to twenty years' confinement in a State prison, the depriva tion of political rights for life, the payment of the ex penses of the war during three days of the revolt, and payment of the amount of the loss sustained by the de struction of several bridges, and the fire at Varnayaz. These indemnities are subject to diminution by what. ever amount may be fixed for his accomplices, but in the event of non-payment M. Barman is to be held respon sible for the whole. A Brest letter of the 25th instant states that, during the two preceding days the cold there had been so great that the dealers in ice had begun to lay in their stores. In the night of the 24th the thermometer was down at two degrees below zero of the Centigrade scale, twenty seven Fahrenheit. It was rumoured at Madrid that General Narvaez was about to be raised to the dignity of a Grandee of the first class, with the title of Duke d'Ardoz. A letter from Bayonne of the 27th ult. announces, that the eldest son of General Zurbano arrived in the morning of that day on the French territory. Letters from Brest, dated the 26th ult., state that ad vices from Rio Janeiro, dated the 2d of October last, had reached, announcing tie approaching departure for France of the frigate Reine Blanche, bearing the flag of Admiral Dupetit Thouars. That frigate had been or dered to sail for Cherbourg, where she was daily ex pected. . _ _ The Courrier de Lyon states that several Englishmen, connected with silk factories in England, are now at Lyons, endeavouring to obtain admission into the fac tories of that place, for the purpose of pirating the fashions for 1845. The Courrier cautions the Lyons manufacturers against these visitors. According to a Berlin letter of the 21st ult., all the presents made to Blucher, and the various and valuable decorations bestowed upon him by different Sovereigns, which were kept in a chateau belonging to his descend. ants in the environs of Berlin, have been carried off by thieves. A letter from Warsaw of the 16th ult. states, that se veral young Poles, who had been banished to Siberia for conspiracy against their government, had just re turned, having received a free pardon. It is also stated that the rescript against the Jews is virtually abandoned. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDIT.—The Chapter of the Order °f the Garter, fixed for the 12th i ns t., a t Wi n d so r Casbei will be held on that day, but th e i n t en d e d Banquet in St. George's Hall in the evening will not be ref' in consequence of the decease of her late Royal WS' ? ness the Princess Sophia Matilda. The Queen and the Duch ess o f S axe C o burg o fl , Gotha walked for some time w ithi n th e p re cincts 45 ` the Castle grounds this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and tb Princess Alice, were taken an airing to-day in 1.1 " pleasure-grounds adjacent to the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent returo 4 co her residence, Frogmore House, on Saturday eve n ! ing, after paying a visit to her oyal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, in town. The Duchess of Cambridge arrived in town yester day from Kew, and visited her !Royal Highness tb. Duchess of Gloucester. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left their residence il l Whitehall-gardens yesterday for Drayton 3118 101 ' Staffordshire. Lord Stanley left town yesterday morning, on tour. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mausiti° were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Sir James Graham had an (interview with Sir P . Peel yesterday. The Committee of the Lords of her Make Most Hon. Privy Council for the affairs of Guer:s and Jersey had a meeting yesterday in the Co d Chamber, for the purpose of considering a petitilo the States of the Island of Guernsey, praying 4,1 Majesty's confirmation of a project of reform in v" Constitution of the said States. Mr. Burge, Q.C., and the Hon. James Wort Q.C., were heard in support of the petition frofs States. The latter gentleman had not concluded 6' address at four o'clock, when their Lordships r"' and adjourned the case until this day. The Loris present were the Lord President"! Secretary of State . for the Home Department, 1 :,", Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of 0 0 " wall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. The Hon. Wm. Bathurst was Clerk of the Cow' in Waiting. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 2.—Wind N. to N.E., fresh breeser ld cloudy. DEAL, Nov. 30.—Wind E. to E.N.E., fresh breell' o , Arrd. Lady Seaton, Thompson, Montreal ; Wog. White, Quebec. DEC. 1, A.M.—Variable and s 401 1; P.M.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Eleanor, Fum e y, Barbst,j, Lord Wellington, Quebec. Sld., 29th, Cumbern. Demerara; 30, Nautilus, Mauritius; Claudia, penal, / Dec. 1, Birman, Calcutta. The Lady Seaton left Qu e l d on the 7th ult., and left fifty sail bound to the 11li Kingdom, the greater part half loaded. OFF DOVER, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Maria Elizabeth, Ajo Batavia, for Rotterdam. 30, Hornby, Allen, ne r ' Dec. 1, Arab, Nickels, Mauritius. 00, PORTSMOUTH, DEC. I.—Wind N.E.—Arr.• to Quebec, for Sunderland ; Evenwood, Procter, clit!'d Hartlepool. Sid. her Majesty's ship Hornet, BOP P- Off, Trident, Smith, Porto Rico, for Hamburgh. _ 1 .40 OFF FOLKESTONE, Nov. 30.—Borneo, Hogg, COWES, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Louisa, Snow, /Ilea Sabina, Puento, ditto, for Bremen. PLYMOUTH, DEC. I.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd• fr i° Carl, Stockholm, for the Cape and China. FALMOUTH, DEc. I.—Wind E., fresh breeze...i Clio, Halerow, Miramichi. Sld. Duke of Manch" ; Jamaica ; Niord, Havannah. GuEaNsEr, Nov. 28.—S1d. Flora, St. Helens; S ", Havannah. Tehs l P C ‘ ' JERSEY, Nov. 29.—Arrd, Syren, Joyce, P. R. C., Cape Breton ; Dit On, Arichat ; bore ; Welcome, Bernice ; Pallas, Fortune Bay. . CARDIFF, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Industry, Mirarnichl.4 BRISTOL, Now 30.—S1d. Flora, Trinidad ; Brit s° Barbadoes ; Adelaide, Tobago and St. Vincent. SWANSEA, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Sir John Russell, CP`lO MILFORD, Nov. 29.—The Mary Lyon, which "r l7 iV here the 27th instant from Ichab oe , h as b een la I, f ground to be surveyed, having struck on the rc. that place, broken her keel fore and aft, and rub l u" . some of her copper. BELFAST, Nov. 30.—The Augusta, of Leith, o+ l- 9‘) from Dalhousie to the Clyde, struck en the Cannono/ yesterday, beat over, with loss of rudder and .„ logged; crew and passengers saved. She has gu" Greenock in tow of a steamer. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30.—Wind S.S.E. moderate• 1. S.E., ditto.—Arrd. (30) Ward, Chapman, St.o„pi New Brunswick, after being ashore, but without rent damage; Royal Albert and Calcutta (27), 9 . .. 13 ,'# Sld. 29. Senator, Batavia; Trueputa, New Orler,4o William Parker, Bombay; Flowers of Ergie, Ar ti 7ail 4 Flying Fish, Rio Grande; Iron Queen, Rio Jn o li Phoenix, Antigua; Leo, Trinidad; Gertrude anagd Bolton, New Orleans; Susan, Vera Cruz; St - 01 4 Savannah. 1. Tigris, Calcutta; Emilia, Rio 311.01 Gipsy, Maranham; Georgiana and Swan, New 0.1:51 England and Southemor, New York. Off, Mar s '. r ,ao o ICHAEOE.—Arrd. W. S. Hamilt on , London; °I -- and Tiber, Liverpool. LANCASTER BAY, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Chisitaia'},Clanuk for Glasgow, Dock e , l ea ky, h av i ng struc k on • Rossall Point, 28th inst. CLYDE, Nov. 29.—Sid. California, Demerara; New Orleans. CORE, Nov. 28.—Arrd. Volusia, Bartlett, nd Elizabeth, Honduras. 10 1 • KINGSTON, Nov. 29.—A water-logg e d ship in with on the 25th inst. lat. 51, ion. 14, by the Y arrived here from Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 30.—Arrd. George , Brown, Quebec. HULL, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Charles, Smith, Ich9l ol . G ainsborough. 110? CROOKHAVAN, ,Nov. 27.—A topmast, a tops 01 1 part of a lower-mast rigging attached, have be ll no f ashore near here. They appear to belong to a ship tons, and not long in the water. tr j BELMULLET, Nov. 28.—The R. A. Parke, from bec to this port, hauled her chains l as t n i g ht, 'Cr ashore in Black Sod Bay ; is much damsel' saved. BELFAST, Nov. 28.—Arrd. James Hunt, Stew /I '" tigua ; Elenshere and Rose, Cowie, Quebec. , 0 1$1; PORT RUSH, Nov. 26.—The sm ac k Vi c toria, f ob' verpool to this port was found this morning 0 311 1 9 4 and a total wreck, in the Skerri es . C re w re? be saved. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 30.—The Mary Anne, WP 4 from St. Petersburgh to Shields, ashore at Seat ' V; remains without much damage, her cargo saved. The cargo of the Celia, from Memel wrecked near here, has been saved. ,11 NOTICE TO MARINERS. f ote The following has been received at Lloyd's, Ilydrographic-oifice, Nov. 27, 1844 : LIGHTS ON THE COAST OF CORS- t yj The French Government has ann ounce d thOsetor lowing lights have been'established on the We s of the Island of Corsica : els 1. A fixed light, on Revellata Point, at the 06 entrance of the Gulf of Calvi, in lat. 43 degLA 10 sec. N., and 8 deg. 43 min. 50 sec. E. of 0500,y The lighthouse is 28 feet high ; the light stand.% itis above the level of the sea, and in clear weather lei seen at the distance of 18 miles. • 2. Anintermitting light, on the summit of 5 51 . 3 „ Island, at the entrance of the Gulf of Ajaccio, I Zoe," deg. 52 min. 50 sec. N., and lon. 8 deg. 35 mill ' " "oiy of Greenwich. This light is varied every d by a strong flash, which is preced e d and follo o lt short interval of darkness, but the light will he disappear within the distance of ten miles. ' ke t house is 52 feet high, and the light stands 32 1 '09. 4 4 the level of the sea. It may be seen about 20,, IiI sforti 3. A revolving light, on Cape Pertusato, at I. o ` 0000 entrance of Bomfacio Strait, in lat. 41 deg. sec. N., lon. 9 deg. 11 min. 20 sec. E. of Green obi' light will revolve once every min u te, but wil l ooPY disappear within the distance of ten miles. lbosr•O! house is 52 feet high, and the light is 324 fee t , iy# level of the sea. In very clear weather it rosy be seen 27 miles. fr° PRESBYTERIAN ADDRES S ' e LORD HEYTESBUI I • to ToP _afft On Friday an address was presented ro Heytesbury by a deputation from th e recep,,, e Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. , 10 assembled at Cook's-town. The followil* o p , reply of his Excellency. It is much rne re S i 0' than his reply, a month or two since, to the op 0 0 1 strant or Unitarian Synod, to whom he glvi e ° rgeP s ranee that his mission in Ireland was one ,„? conciliation : fr' , the, co°, " Gentlemen of the General AssemblY ° f oi, t p. byterian Church in Ireland,—Your add ress 0 0 oe gratulation upon my arrival in this count rots flattering terms in which these congrat ° a to es#oo conveyed, demand my warmest acknowledgt thittol "There can be no doubt, gentlemen , bu r friPier, Presbyterians of this country, under Yel l er er i o p4 jurisdiction, have been distinguished for t .,„ortil, d le prising and industrious habits—for their ' l . Ow peaceable conduct—and for their here dity ipe o/ „ ment to the House of Brunswick. f oli f oil' " Your patriotism and steady loyal*" dowya'ists for the prosperity and unity of these king sect ires A si ever receive that royal approbation whie ll iA l e ge* pe in the enjoyment of your religious Pr ' s oist s d which, as you are pleased to state, g reatiL ies of; encourages you in the discharge of t he du` 0' u poo sacred calling. boos. 0 " I rely with confidence, gentlegle n t, io 0 00 be f surance you give me of your determichw the a be me, by every means in your power , inure. fifi 00 duties which have been entrusted t° ive ill ip 0 Most Gracious Majesty's representat A. ,. se ca s d i country, I can have no other wish then; n ioe : 0 0' each the free exercise of his religious c pe as 110 worship—to disseminate in as wide a f veg eP pl I° sible the advantages of moral as well °' 35 ;S ible ( W wh ic t b struction—and to contribute in every P _ r i t io..iiov the development of that industrial pr?a sp i e .r, 00 0 0 03 0, so many encouraging symptoms are Al idnli," themselves in every part of t hi sri b E eV,c .g sigl ' , , I --------,,f e ssor i f .40' tr oot P i r n : ghitod h j or st . tili c t d e i:; s t tP __ Normal Last w sc e h e o k ol M a . t D A iuz.ieenrr, Auxerre, after ceeded to charge the barrel which other If s 'li charged, when by some accident the . d, Dora toro pi off, and the contents entering his hen "o se c° tered his brains over one of the persons' ...hi. him. Ile had been married only Dix sa' LAW .A. 311) POLICE. At Warwick James Leigh, aged 30, Thomas Leigh, aged 34, Thomas Flowers, aged 37, and William Watts, were placed at the bar, charged with having violently assaulted, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm, one William Freeman and others. They were found guilty ; and Justice Coltman, in passing sentence, said, considering the violent nature of the affray, he must teach them a severe lesson, and to James Leigh, who had acted as ringleader throughout, he should award an imprisonment of 18 calendar months, with hard labour; to the other three an imprisonment of twelve calendar months ; and the remaining twenty-four prisoners his. Lordship sentenced to an imprisonment of three months each. The York assizes commenced on the 29th ult., and on the 30th several trials took place; but they were without interest. At the Gloucester assizes George Cole, 24, William Fry, 30, and William Gunning were convicted of a rob bery, with violence, from the person of Mr. Abraham Williams, at Bilton, and sentenced to hard labour for three years. Coll7lllr-PASZIONIILIMIL The Duke of Norfolk, who arrived in town on Thurs day last, has since left for Arundel Castle. The Noble Duke is about to present fifty acres of land to the people of Sheffield, for public pleasure grounds. The Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey are at present on a visit to J. A. Smith, Esq., Dale Park, where a shooting party is assembled. • The Duke of Buckingham, Lord Guernsey, Lord Bel grave, Sir John Key, and Miss Key, have been among the recent visitors to the Rev. George Chetwode, at Long Crenden, Oxfordshire. The karquis de St. Aulaire, son of his Excellency the French Ambassador, has left Manchester House for Paris. The Duchess Deca.aes, who has been staying on a visit to her noble parents, has also left town for the Continent. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn hare ar rived at Dudley House, Park-lane, from Arveryke Lodge, Inverness-shire. The Noble Marquis and Marchioness proceed shortly to Barron's Court, county Tyrone, for the Christmas holidays. The Earl of Abergavenny will shortly leave Eridge Castle for Brighton, where the Noble Earl intends so journing the winter. Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland passed through Edinburgh on Wednesday, accompanied by Lord and Lady Blantyre and the Marquis and Mar chioness of Lorn, on their way to Lennoxiove, the seat of the Dowager Lady Blantyre, where they are to remain on a visit to her Ladyship for a few days. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton have arrived in Portinan-square, from Bath. . - The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglass (Princess Mary of Baden) have left Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, and proceeded on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Dunmore, at Dunmore Castle, near Falkirk. The Marquis of Bristol has arrived in St. James's square, from Lettworth Park, near Bury. The Earl and Countess of Brownlow, and the Ladies Cust, were 'expected to leave Witley Court at the close of last week, for Brighton. The Noble Countess, who succeeded Viscountess Barrington as Lady of the Queen Dowager's Bedchamber, having fulfilled her period of attendance on her Majesty. lIIISOZSLANZOVII. A case was recently brought before the Leeds magis trates, by Captain John St. Alban, of the 83, who claimed exemption from the payment of toll at one of the toll-bars. The exemption of officers of infantry re giments from the payment of toll for passing through turnpike bars on horseback being ' a question of some doubt, a communication was made to the War-office on the subject, and tke reply was, " that the law officers of the Crown have given their opinion that the words of the Mutiny Act do exempt, as they were intended to ex - empt, all military officers in uniform, dress or undress, and their horses, from the payment of toll when passing through turnpike gates or bridges erected by the autho rity of Parliament." In consequence of the demise of the Princess Sophia of Gloucester, on Sunday the New Terrace was closed to the public by command of the Queen. The State apartments also remain shut. It is not expected they will be opened for the admission of the public until after the funeral shall have taken place. Although the Princess Sophia expired at her residence at Blackheath on Friday morn ing between ten and eleven o'clock, the intelligence was not received by her Majesty until seven o'clock that evening. The following is an extract from a letter of the 27th ult., addressed by General Pasley to Mr. Lightfoot " I am very sorry to inform you, that I have felt it my duty to report to the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade, that I ascribe the cause of the accident on the 21st instant, to an error of judgment on your part, in setting aside the directions given by John Kearsley, tbe. engmeman, and communicated at the Beeston station by James Howitt. I regret the circum stances exceedingly, as I am sensible that your inter ference, though it led to such fatal consequences, was prompted by zeal, and you risked your own life as well , as that of others on the occasion. The following removals of troops are ordered to take place:—The 56th Foot from Ireland to England, the depot of the 14th Foot from Ireland to England, and the 67th Foot from England to Ireland. The 72d Foot embarked at Cork for Gibraltar on the 27th ult. Her Majesty has assigned apartments in Hampton Court to the widow of the late Lieut.-General John Skinner, 16th Regiment, who served in the army for 55 years. This lady lost three sons in the army, Lieut.- Colonel T. Skinner, 31st ; Ensign J. Skinner, 58th Re giment ; and Captain J. Skinner, 61st Bengal Native Infantry. COACH ACCIDENTS.—On Friday last as a man, who is deaf, was returning towards Bewdley, from the Far Forest coal pits, with a sack of coals on his back, the Red Rover coach overtook him, and in his attempt to get out of the road the horses caught the sack and knocked him down, the wheel passing up hi s leg. His shoulder and face were cut very badly. On the previous day, as the Worcester and Ludlow mail coach was on its journey to the latter place, a half-drunken tailor of Abberley got upon it, and seated himself behind the ceachman, and when the vehicle was descending the hill near Witley, he fell to the ground. At first it was feared that the wheels had passed over his body and killed him, but it turned out that he %as com paratively uninjured by the fall. Mr. Hughes, the coroner, was sitting on the box, and the tailor, grasping at him to save himself, nearly pulled him from his seat. —Worcester Guardian. HASWELL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—The amount of subscriptions for the relief of the relatives of the sufferers at the recent colliery explosion at Haswell, paid to the (treasurer of the fund up to Wednesday last was 4,0474 12s. ld. F iff I