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EfllC' AT F.: tf:x $.11;—..N,E If, DO UG LAS, K • C • B. arid . K Corn Ing Jl-11i1jeFity's.Forces iu Scotland. I.`nw ready, in 2 vols. small Svo., with Portraits, price bouni, T E S. B 111 Y y C 0 L A OX IPL MG V ; T G E O WI: LL, K.H., Contimtniling the 36:11 iteghnent. }Teary Ca lhurn, Publi.th,r, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW ALMA NICK ruid DIARY for 1845, Copied from the HOURS cf ANNE of BEI'I'TANY. Published this day, Imperial 6v0., bound in an appropriate ornamental - - • - - cover, price 21. 2s. THE ILLUMINATED CALENDAR and DIARY 1343, enib4ished with Twelve large Designs, one • esett Tvic,nlh, llittstrnite 3larinet. and Cutton , ,a of tTz r - 1142nth Cc; tart', care.diy:CAAMl han.L)and enriched with gold. The Title-page is urnamentokwith Fruits on' a•Gold Ground ; and each pp of the Diary ha's an Ornamental Border, composed of Natural Flowers, and printed in Gold and Colours, by Owen Jones. The whole copied ft - 0m the lialendar in " The Hours Of Anne of Brittany." London : Lon,gman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THEATRE ROYAL ; DRURY-LANE. I WS EVENING, DECEMBER 2, Will he repeated a G,anu Opera cria, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MA It h. Lusigraim, Mr. lcurttr.i ; Andrea Cornara, Mr. Bortarti ; Mome-it t e, M. Weiss; Adolphe de Coutcy, M-. W. Harri,n • at.irina . ornaro, islt t niorth To conjlude v. ith the celebrated Mallet 'ff IE PEit I. Achmet, NI. D.splaces ; The Peri, .I.chle. Plunkett; Nourmahal, ; Aysba, Mts. l'ayne. Tito Box-on ce is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evming, where Ptisate and Family Wows, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had ott application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECENIRER 3, Will he peseorincd a Near and Original Comedy, in Fire Acts, cal ed OLD II EA DS AND 7 (JUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. S rid:land ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe• s Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr f!eckstone; Jeae Rural, Mr. W. barren; he Count as er f pion, Mrs W. Clifford ; L , cly Alice Hawthorn Madame tri:; Mi.s Rocket, Mis. Julia :'ennttt. fri e toll Arod by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG ENGLAND Major Martiuet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John Janes kaoley. Mr. Backstrine; Mrs. P. (Aar ' Mrs. Humby. After whlch,the Farce of TEDDY THE TILER. Thady Mul lowny (the Tiler', Mr. Collins. Pnvate Boxes, 'lwo Guineas and Oa' Guinea and a-Half each. •Dettets arid-Maces I. be bad of Mr. 1. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, from lop till Free o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Unto the Direction of Madame CELESTE. • THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 3, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled SIDONIA Dl MOLIN.TA ; or, Ruse de Cuerre. Principal Characters by ble , srs. Hudson, Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, and Miss •Woolgir. •Alter wh:ch, a New Drams, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Coin.t Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson • Count Vanillu. Mr Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. To conclude with NORNIA, in which Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, and Miss Reynolds will perform. Prompter, Mr. Gallo; Principal Fainter, tr. Fitt; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-ortice open from Eleven till Four. Private Paws to be bad at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING. DECEMBER 3, NATI be repeated a New Cemic Opera, entitled '1 HE CASTLE OF AYMON; •r, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir, Mr. Waltoa ; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun.; Richard, Mr. Him* ; flenatirl, Mr. Mattacks ; • Ivon, Mr. Lager; Heroine, Mdlle, Helen Cordell ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which, a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement FurniraL Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirl.ng 'Fe conclude with a New Grand Orieatil Ballet, ealkd THE ENCHANTED BELL Azoiin (an Hindoo Peasant), M. Roussett ; Palmlra (Use Snlt4n's Daughter), Mdlle. Caroline noussett; Naire (her Friend) Mdlle. Teresine; Diag Doug (the Genii •f the Bell), Mis 3 Marshall. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. SVallack. Stage Di ector, Mr. Braden. !Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 48. j Pit, 25 .; Gallo la Half.price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. td. ; loxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One guinea and a-Half ; Proses. aium 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-office, under the direction of Mr. W. folassinghsun. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be bad at the Theatre. . THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM LATE ENGLISH OPERA. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 3, Will be repeated an Original Drama, entitled HOME AGAIN; or, The Lieutenant's D,ughters. Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, Craven, and Keeley, Miss Fortescue and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, ealled A TRIP TO KISSIN OEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin ooh, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Ke 'ley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in wk Ich Jul Len's Mazurka and Cellarius Valse will be danced by Mcllles. Louise and Adele, Miss Janus, and MI s Fairhrother. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Geuriet, Mr. t raven, and Mr. Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli age, A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mt a James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and 'Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF All M11',210/4.—Balcouy Poxes, 4:.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Celery, ed. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, ; Upper Boxes, la 6d.; Pit, P. Private Boxes en the liiloany Tier the-Ming eight persons), Ta • fluineas. Private Boxes on the Second Iler (Voiding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the P►t Tier (holding six persons), One Guirea. The Box-adice Is open from Ten to Four e'Clock, under the dlrec -24 n of Air. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Urea) attraction erery Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY, THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 3, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, Ile Race-Hone and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase en the Stage and in the Circle by living Fo c and real Pack of Hounds, purchased bilk Mr. Patty of Mr Tatters/11, to realise this novel producti s n. isoin Races and other Sporting Features. ;ew Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude witk THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Three Conscripts!. &cling and stage-manager, Mr. W. D.Broadfoot„ Box-office open front Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding 61 Mr. It. South daily. DAVIDGE"S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER Will be performed the admired &mance of CRICHTON OF CLUNIE, AND CATHERINE DE MEDICIS. James Crichton, Mr. E. F. Saville; Gmevra, Mrs. R An Ethiopian lintertainment ►y the REAL AMERICAN SOU I HERN MINSTRELS. To conclude with RORER I' MAC 4.IRE. Robert Macaire, Mr. 1%. F. Saville; Jacques Strop, Mr. W. Smith. tuxes and Private Boxes is be had of Mr. Kerschner. at the Box. fro. lineveu to Four. IRE WEATIIER.—SIIN OFFICE, DEC. 3. DIRE3IOMETER, Lowest, 31 ; Highest, 38 ; Noon, 35 BALOMETHE, 30.1.—Worn, N.N.E. '4 . 'on —Th. number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the eiing point. and 55 temperate. In Baromatere fair ie eoually pistol opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Ait.wr.tug 53 flPi=uteis after 6 Evening... 0 minutes after 7 4 I f e w 'k , . _ r • 0 4. 17, 4. • i„„„,„;A - I 2; - .7r 1111 P fa •." • SECOND EDITION. e tt ein ( LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1844. • The disputes that have lately arisen in the Church of England on unimportant as well as important matters, and that are still in active progress, being carried on in many places with more Teal than charity, have induced the Bishop of EXETER to summon a general Chapter of the cathedral of that diecese for the purfose of obtaining the benefit of their united deliberations. At this Chapter, which was held a few days since in the Chapter-room, all parCes, it seems, agreed in lamenting the dissensions that now prevailed, and' in apprehending still more serious ones, if some timely check were not applied. They were by no means unanimous, however, in advising what that check should be ; but at I. ngth, of er an animated discussion of nearly three hours, more than two-thirds of the clergymen assembled agreed in opinion that the only proper and effectual remedy appeared t( be, at once to restrain all undue change, and look to the law as the best and surest guide of action. In conformity with this op . nion the Bishop of EXETER immediately issued a Pestoral Letter to the clergy of diocese, which las teen just published by Aka :stay, and which on the whole is more moderate and .rational In its tone—thou 2h occasionally betraying tok-ens of a jesuitical spirit—than we v. •re prepared to expect from so strict and unbending a High Ulairel.maa re his Lordship. But it is evident from the general bearing of his letter that the Bishop has at length taken alarm at the rapid progress of the dissensions in the Establishment, and seeing that the more zeatou‘ and ardent party in the Church have carrittl matters with so high a hand as to rouse hosti lity ratle:r than induce conviction, he has come to the wholesome conclusion, that it is expedient to practise the. soothing system, and abate something of the-pride and assumption of the cloth. Upon no other principle can we account for the altered tone that pervades the Bishop's observations, which—no far as our memory serves us--are at variance with the spirit that was manifested in his recent judgment in the case of the Rev. WALTER BLUNT, of Helston. lie no longer insists en a rigid observance of all the obsolete usages touched upon in the Rubric, but advises, as regards the duty of the laity as laid down in the Rubric, that a very eautioui and forbearing tone be adopted. The Offertory he, in a great measure, gives up ; imitating, In this respect, the example of the shrewd, dis creet 4:4 - LIREEs JAY ES LONDON, who, when he found that his air of arrogance and menace produced no effect, at once lowered his pretensions, and adopted the conciliatbry system. "In every church," says Doctor Piiineeorrs, " in which the congregation in general is prepared to regard the Offertory as the exercise of a high Christian privilege, there I advise that a collection be always made. But wherever the pervading tone and feeling are not yet of this high order, be patient, strive,' but strive gently, and with Prayer to Gon, to raise your people to a better Inuld; and till th ey have attain -d to it, shock- not their prejudices, irritate not their selfishness, it may be th e i r worldly-mindedness:' The spirit of this passage i t i n every respecttot be commended, with one sole exception—namely' that w se e ir t not ~t hink ,that the word s " prejudices," „ " worldly-mindedne ss ," are exactly the fitted t2e) aentdo apply to those who from sonie pressing c ause or other may be unable to contribute to the plate which is to be handed round among the congregation just as often as the officiating clergyman may deem expedient. Parishioners have already quite as ma y burdens hid on theM as they can well bear, and if they contribute handsomely to charity sermons, &c., we do not see why they should be taunted with " sel fishness," because they refuse their subscriptions to a regular weekly offertory, in addition to their other voluntary - and involuntary contributions. On the unin - Lportant suiject of the surplice—which, frivol. ous as it is, has caused no slight diversity of opinion —the Bishop is explicit and positive. " The law," he observes, " beyond all question which can now arise, requires that the surplice be always used in the sermon, which is part of the Communion Service ; and as to all other times, whenever a sermon is part of the ministration of the parochial clergy, there is so little reason for question, that I resolve the doubt by requiring (as it was required in the diocese in which my own ministerial life was passed) that the surplice be always used." The parenthetical allusion to the diocese in which the Bishop's earlier ministerial life was passed, at once explains the cause of his fondnes s for the surplice, for he cannot but remember that he was "required" to wear it in those happy, prosperous days when he was in the full enjoyment of the fat, rich Rectory of Stanhope, which lie strove hard to retain when promoted to the see of Exeter, but which, alas, the unfeeling 'Whigs compelled him to resign, notwithstanding his melting supplications, which might have " drawn iron tears down Pluto's cheek," though they failed to touch the obdurate heart of Earl Guar ! On the whole, Dr. Plum, POTT'S pastoral letter—if we except one or two am biguous remarks—deserves praise for its temperate and conciliatory tone. 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 exhalatiom is reported as of so noxious and in tense a character, as to render the recovery of the bodies (four :only 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 been 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 be 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 Ihmenting 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 some 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, adita opened, galleries commenced or closed, &e.), to which we have at such times referred, as one of the unfortunate and unconsidered refftenets 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 arising out of the re ported condition of the works at Cwm 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 averted 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 Cwm Avon affair, it is but too probable may never be revealed. I'he 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 igain 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 earliest cares of Parliament to legislate for the salutary and beneficent purposes of this protection, by some such law of Mining Registration, inspection, and contro fis 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 GRAHAM abandon his morbid appetite for schemes of prison liscipline 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 " fur 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 th© safest and best machinery and workings, 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 J 131311, 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 lion. 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 " Alining 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 betraying, or clandestinely acting upon, their filched contents. Let him, then, reassert the claims of the Sir JAMES GRAHAM of Lord GREY'S Adminis- trution upon public respect, by such an effort, on the part of the Sir JAMES GRAWAM of the PEHL Go vernment, in the cause of humanity at large, and for the immediate benefit of one of the largest, most la horious, and most perilously occupied classes of our industrial community. We have accounts, by the Levant mail, from Con• stantinople, to the 13th ult., Alexandria the 20th, and Malta the 24th. The news from the Turkish capital is without interest. MEUEIIIT ALI still remained at Cairo in good health, and displaying great activity in business. A telegraphic dispatch was received at Alexandria on the 20th, announcing the arrival of the Overland mail at Suez, on the 19th. The steamer Liverpool, had arrived at Alexandria to convey the mail to Marseilles. We bays received Madridiournals of the 25th ult• According to some of them the Council of Ministers have very frequent meetings, but the public are kept in ignorance as to their objecls, though they are sup posed to have reference to the late attempts at insur rection. it was said that ORIBE had been dismissed from the military command of Logrono, because he had not taken sufficiently energetic measures against ZURBANO'S band. A deputation from that town had arrived in Madrid, and addressed a petition to the QULEN 111 favour of ZURBANO'S son, but we fear too late, for accounts from Bayonne of the 28th announce that BENITO Zuftnafio, aged twenty-eight years, and ex-Lieutenant-Colonel in the Spanish service, toge ther with CAYO Mono, ZURBANO'S brother-in-law, and two other insurgents, were shot at Logrono on the 25th. The Funds continued to rise. On the 25th the Three per Cents. closed at 30i- for cash, and at 31 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 204 at 60 days; and the Floating Debt at 67, for the 1 1 th instant. By the steam-packet Queen, which arrived at Southampton on the 2d inst., we have intelligence from Gibraltar to the 24th, and Lisbon to the 27th of November. 'We regret to state that a most lamentable fire had broken out on Wednesday last, at Lisbon, in the Rua Magdalena, by which 13 persons had been burnt to death. It appears there were no ladders at hand, and neither the police nor the authorities could render any assistance. A Bill of Indemnity had passed the Chamber of Peers by a majority of eight in favour of Ministers. The muni cipal elections were also going on in their favour. A meeting of the English residents, for the pur pose of electing a British Judge Conservator in that city, took place on the 22d inst., when Doctor SILV.A PEREIRA was elected by a large majority. The Al bion, 90 guns, had returned to Lisbon, after a cruise. The attacks made by Mr. O'CONNELL last week on Louis PHILIPPE, the French press, the University, M. THIERS, and other leading men in France, has excited replies from the Paris journals of a very amus ing character. The writers having had sufficient provocation speak their minds rather freely, and cer tainly do not come off worst. The Constitutionnel which takes up the cause of M. TIIIERS, says—" The conduct of O'CONNELL sets all calculation at defiance; he has an object in view which he pursues with an ad mirable perseverance ; it is the great point of his character, and his life ; but setting aside his stedfast ness of purpose to a sacred cause, if we examine the means set at work, we shall find, in all the acts and all the words of the old agitator, an absence of fixity, a mobilityof ideas, which despairs and alarms ;" and af terwards adds, " but we must pity the errors and the faults of a great, man." The Journal des Debats animadverts on his speech rather in raillery than anger. " There is Mr. O'CoNNELL again, who appears in the horizon decked in a cap of blue velvet embroidered in gold, with gar lands of shamrock. 'We are really grieved that the air of his mountains has not better soothed his bile ; and if we were not aware that great men had their weaknesses, and that even the most accomplished comedians cannot bear criticism patiently, we should be astonished at the transports of rage into which this irascible personage is thrown by the most moderate observations. Mr. O'CoNNELL on that day was in full vein for applying epithets. He wished to give us our share, and we do him the justice to acknowledge that he placed us in good company. For this reason we do not bear him any malice, and to prove it to him, we republish most accurately the abuse with which he honoured us. Mr. O'CONNELL when he abuses is sure to have the upper hand. He has such richness and fecundity of picturesque expressions, that unless we had at our service the catechism which is sold in the streets during the Carnival, and in which we are taught the manner of re plying to personalities without falling into a passions we could not reasonably endeavour to contend with him. For this reason GOD forbid that we should attempt it. 'We might well permit him, moreover, to call us c incredulous,' for it is certain we do not believe one word he says, and that it is that makes him so furious. Every one may have seen in the public squares a mountebank, who begins by twisting , the neck of a bird, and then places it on a table, say ing, I will restore him to life immediately.' He then begins to tell anecdotes, whilst he is making his collection in the meantime. Those among the spec tators who become weary depart, quite persuaded that the bird will recover ; but there are others who have the indiscretion to remain and await the miracle. Tose persons are the most troublesome, and it is those that the operators love the least. It is thus that Mr. O'CONNELL proceeds. He commences by promis ing repeal. It will be had in six months ; in three months. He then passes to another subject. He speaks of the four quarters of the world ; of the emancipation of the negroes ; of the French journals ; of the impious university; et de quibusdam aliis, whilst his audience listen to him with their mouths open. But if some bungling spectator should de mand news of repeal, he would do well to quit the ring as quickly as possible. This is nearly what has happened to us. We are unbelievers because we do not believe in O'CONNELL'S word. We are atheists because we have no faith in his miracles, But if Mr. O ' CONNELL cares so little about us as he asserts, why is he so angry Why does there enter so much gall into the soul of a devotee ?' In truth, when we see the sad position in which Mr. O ' CONNELL is placed, and the extravagant tricks he is obliged to play before the public, we feel but, commiseration for him. We must take into consideration his embarrassments. He can only speak. He has already finished the Tories and the Whigs, who, however, are not the worse. At present it is the turn of the KING of the FRENCH, and of the University, and of that immoral French press, which has had the cruelty to refuse to believe him teleserious." The National defends itself and M. ODILON BARROT and taunts Mr. O'CONNELL with want of courage in' eternally talking whilst he should be acting. After stating that M. BARROT has nothing to do with the National, it says : " We should be happy to give assistance to the people of Ireland, as we should to every people sighing for in dependence. Stripped of its soil, reduced to a condition of frightful misery, deprived of its most precious rights, ever treated as a conquered race, the people of Ireland exhibits to us the most painful and palpable instance of the violence and cupidity of British aristocracy. And, when t'iat people is struggling under the %%eight of so Many chains, alien it has neither bread nor an asylum left, it appars to us that O'Connell, armed with a power so ' ()Teat, could do better than etern a lly s p ea k o f him self. It appears to us that a man gifted with so much talent, if he had a particle of feeling, would not confine himself to act the part of a citiz n advocate. We stigmatise) -cruel mockery the conduct of a mountebank who delights in throwing an entire famishing population into a state of sterile agita tion. A good Christian should not assume an atti tude so contemptible, nor everlastingly deceive by his falsehoods a people ground down by their misfortunes. It appears to us that a man, placed at the head of 7,000,000 of an ardent and almost desperate population, and receiving from them a liberal civil list, exposes him self to the contemptuous disdain of honest men by hold ing out to that people from year to year, from month to month, the prospect of repeal, which he knows to be im possible. Such are our sentiments. If O'Connell due, not understand them, we are certain that they will be understood by the sincere men who surround him, and who address him in secret reproaches similar to those with which we publicly assail him. They have not the advantage of being crafty jurists, eloquent orators, and narrators of puerile trifling stories ; but they ardently love their country, they share all the sufferings of the people, and they spurn the idea of making Ireland, bleed ing from all her pores, a pedestal for their own renown. If amongst them are citizens who have not the courage to sacrifice their lives for the liberation of their country, they will no doubt leave to others the honour of placing themselves at the head of those who shall take Seld. Command in such a country like Ireland is both an honour and a danger. No ens ought to accept the one when he has not the courage to incur the other." The Gabe, a Ministerial journal, thus ungenerously, we think, exults over the helpless condition of the Duke of BOURDEAUX, and indiscreetly places the policy of Lolls PHILIPPE in a very equivocal li g ht His Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumalo has just married, at Naples, the Princess Caroline of Solerno. Princess Caroline is the Duke de Bourdeaux's cousin. Thus the revolution of 1830 finds alliances even in the Pretender's family. This must make the Legitimists reflect. It must make them reflect the more, as, while the Duke de Aumale finds an alliance in the very family of the Duke do Bordeaux, the Duke de Bourdeaux. can find none anywhere, not even among the princely families that are hostile to the Revolution of July—so true it is that the eldest branch is considered by all, even by tly.)se who regret it, as a dead branch. Tne living may weep over the dead, but do not enter into alliances with them. " It is a strange thing—the policy of Lewis XlV.—tho policy of alliances by and between the members of the Bourbon family is, at this moment, being realised in ; southern Europa, 1:t is a Bourbon who reigns at Naples, and who has just formed an alliance. with a Bourbon of ! the younger branch, which reigua in France. Spain, by the marriage of queen Isabella with 4 Bourbon, la TrUE SVN, LONDON ; TUrEnkir E - ir:ENING, DECEMBER 1.1a4-4. about to re-enter. the bosom of that eminently French f Emil Thus are three European royalties established on this noble and ancient basis. " This is not the mere effect of chance. The King of the Fr,ncb, wi:h that i:•;stinct which in. him has admirably understood ,that the alliances of France must be of two sorts. Owing to her past and her pre sent position in Europe, France must have monarchical alliances. Owing to her ideas and institutions, France must have liberal alliances. The King of the French makes those two sorts of alliances go together, and he was fraternising in London with the Consti tutional Government, issued from the Revolution of IGSS, he was concluding at Naples a monarchical-alli ance with the house of Bjurbon. This is sound and grand policy." A fine able-bodied young man, named George Knight, was indicted for stealing a coat, of the value of 193., the property of Thos. Marshall. The French Three per Cents. continued firm, and were quoted on Sunday at 83f. 65c. for the settle ment, and at 83f. 80c. for the end of December. THIS DAY'S NEWS CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat at Lincoln's Inn-hall to-day, shortly after ten o'clock. The. ASSISTANT-JUDGE—Have you reflected suffici ently-upon the matter before you make the request? Prisoner—l have, and I think that if I went to an other country I might eventually earn an honest live lihood. llis LORDSUIP, after disposing of the case of Ashley v. Hoskins, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part-heard case of the Princess Bsratinski, which our readers will recollect is a lunatic petitioner, and comes before the Court upon a petition presented by her brother, who is a Russian Prince. The facts of the case we have already given at some length. Sir Charles Wetherell, on behalf of the unfortunate lunatic,:occupied. the Court nearly the whole day. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE.—If this be your wish, I shall respite the sentence until next session, when some course will be adopted if you still be of the same opinion. The prisoner was then removed fromthe bar, af ter thanking the Court with e ver y appearance of sincerity. John Moore was indicted for stealing a knife, the pro perty of John Burgess. The Jury:returned' a - verdict:of Guilty and the Court sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. VICE - CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir K. BRUCE.) THE GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND, CLARENCE, AND HARTLE POOL JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE CLARENCE RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a motion for an inj unc ti on to restra i n t h e defendants from offering any obstruction to the plain tiffs in constructing a bridge over the defendant's line, which should form• a shorter and more direct mode of communication than the Clarence Railway now afforded. The defendants refused to let the plaintiffs make use of their land adjoining their line for the erection of the ne cessary scaffolding, &c., for the construction, and had built tip high walls so as to completely prevent the plain tiffs from proceeding with the bridge. The object of the motion was to have the obstruct'ons thus erected re moved, so that the plaintiffs' wor:.s might proceed. The case has been already twice before the Court. His HoNoira to-day stated, that, under all the circus,. stances of the case, he thought the best course he could adopt for all parties was to refuse to make any order upon the motion at present, as the plaintiffs did not yet appear to have a right to the temporary casement on the defendant's soil, which they claimed as being requisite for the construction of the bridge. Let the parties bring the motion before the Lord Chancellor, without being re quired to give fresh notice. (Before Sir J. I - Vionm.t.) His Honour to-day heard arguments in several cases which wore set down to be spoken to. His Honour will take petitions and short causes on Friday next instead of Saturday. The ASSISTANT-JUDOS expressed his hopes that the statement of the police-constable would gain publicity through the medium of the press. There were few relics more valued and prised by an old veteran thax a medal, and he desired the constable to use every exertion to find the owner. 'En - WON EY AND COMME ituiAL NIE WS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000 to 4,000 bales, including 400 bales Pernambuco, at sd. to 61d. ; 150 Egyptian, at si-d. ; and 300 Surat, at 21d. to 3d. ; 150 Maranham, at 41d. to sd. ; and the rest American, at 3d. to 51d. per lb.—There was an active business in Shares at firm prices :—Birmingham and Gloucester, 97 • Bristol and Glou ces t er , 354 ; Cale donian, 41 ; Direct Northern, 2-1- ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 621 ; Grand Junction, 215 ; Ditto, Halves, 1071 ; Great Western, 142 ; Hull and Selby, Halves, 141 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 35 341 ; London and York, 85s. 83s. 9d ; London and Brighton, 481 ; London and South-Western, 79 ; Ditto, New, 27 ; Manchester and Birmingham 511 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 1231 ; Manchester and Leeds, 1141 ; New castle and Carlsle, 105 f ; Sheffield and Manchester, 941 95 ; Paris and Lyons, 3f ; Paris and Rouen, 39f Sambre and Meuse, 3; Tours and Nantes,2l; Boulogne and Amiens, 5 47. The affair of Zurbano, according to the advices re ceived within the last few days, will soon be reckoned among the mere petty enteutes which so frequently dis tract, without revolutionising, Spain; and, as in the his tory of moat countries, for a time at least, the Govern ment of Narvaez appears to hare acquired in the eyes of his countrymen increased solidity and power. The effect of a strong Government in Spain might, it is ac knowledged, prove highly beneficial, were its efforts directed to the preservation of the constitu tion ; but, as is generally the case, and as was particularly exemplified in the fate of Espartero, men who hesitate at strong measures, are generally those who hare most at heart the welfare of their native land. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMA.N and a Middlesex Special Jury.) THE QUEEN E. GORDON. This was an indictment against the defendant, James Brodie Gordon, for perjury alleged to have been com mitted in swearing in two affidavits, in an answer in the Court of Chancery, that certain promissory notes and bills therein mentioned were not in the possession of the firm of Gordon and Sons, of which firm defendant was a member, whereas the said notes and bills had been out of the possession of the said firm. Mr. Kelly and Mr. Bute conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Jervis and Mr. Bodkin appeared fur the de fendant. Mr. KELLY having stated the case to the jury, put in the bills, the affidavits and the proceedings in Chancery, on an application to the Vice-Chancellor, for an injunc tion against the defendant and his partners, restraining them from endorsing or paying away a promissory note for 1,0001. signed by a Mr. Rice, then in their posses sion. The solicitor, who conducted the proceedings in Chan cery, and his clerk, Mr. Westwood, described the his tory of the suit. Mr. Edwin Bryant, merchant, has known defendant fifteen years. He has had in possession a promissory note of Mr. Rice's for :1,0001. in July or February, 1841. It was left with ..him by defendant as a col lateral security for money lent, Defendant told witness if he had an opportunity of negotiating it, or desired to discount it, he might do so. Witness said in reply, " He would do so, if ho had an opportunity." In March defendant applied for further advances, and had 1001. That was on the 3d of March, He had also advanced money on the 19th of February On the 15th of March there was another advance of 65/. and on the 23d of March another of 120/. Witness did net negotiate the bill. He does not recollect having pre sented the bill while it was running, although he has been told that he did. He has been closely interrogated upon the point before, but he cannot recollect that the bill was out of his possession until after the month of June. Has understood from defendant that Glynn and Co.had granted him a temporary loan upon securities, of which this note constituted a portion. Has been told that such was the case while the bill was running. If he had been asked, he would have had no objection to have let defendant have the bill to raise money upon it, for the purpose of withdrawing it, and repaying him, or of letting him have it again. He had the utmost confidence in the firm of Gordon and Sons. The first time he heard of the bill having been at Glynn's was about the time of the trial of Scurnett v. Rice, to recover the amount of the bill. In June he made a further advance to 'defendant. Mr. KELLY —Did you make any advance on the 9th of June ? Witness—Certainly not. Mr. KELLY—Your Lordship will find it so stated in the supplemental bill. Mr. JERvis interrupted the Learned Gentleman, who resumed the examination. Witness did not on 9th of June give the defendant or his firm 3801, or any such sum, to retrieve the bill from Glynn's. die does not recollect defendant stating when the note came back into his hands. It was most cer tainly in his hands on the 10th of June, the day it be came due, and his clerk presented it for payment. He had never had any further communication oh the sub ject with defendant since the trial of Scurnett v. Rice. Had never either directly or indirectly had any commis nication with Messrs. Glynn on the subject. Presented the note to Mr. Eyres at the request of Messrs. Gordon on n s payment of costs some months aft er th e bill h a d b e • come due. Cross wasss —When the promissory not N i is nadvance to the G or d ons 4001 or 5001. The note was end orse d t o hi m i n t h e regular way. The disputes between G owan an d G or d on r had been referred. When defendant s p o k e to w i tness a b out e g x i a v m en in t o e d hi, N h Mr. JE a by w the bill he told him that all his books were in possession of the arbitrators, and that consequently he was in a very awkward position. Mr. Daniels, this managing clerk to Glynn and Co., deposed that they were the bankers of Messrs. Gordon. On the 10th of April, 1841, there was an advance to Gordons of 1,500/. Has no doubt but that they took security, but that would not appear in the books. Mr. Pickering, another clerk at Glynn's, proved the state of Gordons' account at the bank in the early part of 1841, f rom which it appeared that, before - the ad vance On the 10th of April, they had 16/. balance in the bankers' hands, and, on the 7th, 254/. This concluded the case for the prosecution. JEavis then addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant, and contended that there was not one tittle of evidence to support the charge. Not only so, but there was not the slightest stain upon his character. Lord DENMAN, in summing up the case, told the jury that the perjury was alleged to have been committed in two affidavits and a supplemental bill in the Court of Chancery. William Rice, it app• arekl, had applied 14 r an injunction to restrain defendant from negotiating two promissory notes signed by him, and should de liver them up to Willi:4m Rice. Thu defendant stated in his affidavit that he had paid allay the two promis-ry not+ s, and had them not ie his possession. This was alleged to be untrue. In the second affidavit it was sworn that the notes had been paid, the one to Mr. Scurnett and the other to Mr. Bryant. This was denies!, and p,rjury assigned thereon ; and in answer to the supplemental bill, defendant stated that the bills were not in his possession, and had not been in his power ; and on that statement also perjury was assigned. Such were th:., alleg4-d per juries, and it certainly was much to be regretted that Mr. Wee should have died before the case was brought to trial. He now came to the supplemental bill, in the answer to which defendant swore that he had pro cured the bill from Bryant, and lodged it as security Kith Glynn's for an advance, and that on.the 9th June he had agreed with Bryant, that he should;advance 387/. • to make up the sum required to redeem the Lill from Glynn's, which was done, and the bill was handed over to There is not a syllable of news in the City, that may be depended upon, relative to the robbery of Rogers and Co. That a strong desire exists to learn the mode in which the delinquency was committed is certain, but we think that no clue will be publicly given as to the trans action. Has negotiation is said to be out of the ques tion, whether for 4,0002 or 5,0002 to return the whole amount, the detective principle will be strongly exerted. The loss of the Liverpool line of packet ship Eliza beth, Captain Paton, has caused an expression of great regret by a numerous class of parties in the City. The veteran Commander was well known, not only at the out-port above named, but also in the port of London. .Captain Paton, we are induced to believe, has for years had the means of enjoying his etirint cunt dignatati—but he could not bear a state of inactivity. The Commissioners took this morning Three per Cent. Consols for Money, at 1001, and tile New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. at 1021—in all, about 15,0001. were bought. Consols for the Account have been quoted at 101, and for Money at 101 k. The premium upon Ex • chequer Bills continues to fall. Sales have been made as row as 555. premium. South Sea Stock has advanced to 116 and 1 16i. India Stock has reached '290, but it is now 2 per cent. lower. Bank Stock is 1 per cent. under yesterday's prices. In the Foreign Funds there has been a good deal of speculation going on to-day. Spanish Three per Cents. have advanced to 37 ; and the Active Bonds to 25 ; but the market is now a shade lower. Portuguese Con verted Bonds have been sold at 55:1 ; Brazil ran at 89 ; the Dutch Four per Cents. at 97 ; the Five per Cents. at 99; Colombian at 14i; and Mexican at 3GI The Share market has been rather heavy to-day ; and businesi somewhat slack at our latest quotations. BRITISH FUNDS:THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... 100 1 4% 3 per Cent. Coaiols. Anna New N per Cent. Annuities • ••• 1 042 %%% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan, 12 1-15 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 India Stock South Sea Stock. IR% 116 Coasol, for Account _ 101 Exchequer ➢ills. 1,0601. ....... I%d. I%d. 58 55 pm. 58 55 Inn Ditto 58 55 pm. Ditte Advertised....... FOAEIGN FUNDS THIS DAY ATONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..... 85% 88% 89 Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 Columbian Bonds... ..... ......."... ........... Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Ceat. Ditto for the Account 36% Ditto Deferred Stock Portuguese Bonds S per Cent. Ditto Converted 55% Ditto for the Account 55 1 ,4 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 ...... 24704 Ditto for tne Account .... .. APICES DutchDu°DpDtciiii ttthEOrti;'4PipoSbaseirriterihivte:CßPltEisnrotc.B7::::Cl:tt:l"i"Stile.—.D3...":"Ael;A:l"lT 1:117 . O Ir: j : . 36% RAILWAYS, PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ..... to 97 Bristol and Gloucester ... 30 ...... 35% to Direct Northern 2%. ........ 2% to Eaten' Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow .... ..... 50 ..—.... to 61 Great North of England. lOO .......„119 Great Western ..».......».»,«..... 75 .... ..... 142% Ditto % Shares London and Birmingham. lOO 219 London and Brighton Ditto Eighths Loudon and South Western 41% ... ....„ to eA Yr ...... 23{, London and Croydon to London and York ...... to Manchester and Birmingham Midland to 108 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. '24 Norwich and Brandon 8 12% South Eastern and Dover 33% ...... 37% Trent Valley York and North Midland ..... 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch ..... 10 ... 31% Boulogne and Amiens Y ........ 5% 1 4 to Orleans and Bourdeaux Paris and Lyons .... ~ .. to Rouen and Gavle. 'MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, 1:1:C. • 2.—We have had it large amount of business doing to-day, without any material change in prices:— London and York, 4h 4 ; Churncts, 735. 6(1. 3i ; Shi flield and Lincoln, 345. 1 ; Preston and W) 10, guaranteed, 26 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 6 ; West Yorkshire, 6i; London and liugby, li; Manches ter and Birmingham, Quarters, 5 1-16 5 ; Accringtons, 2 15.16 ; London. and Birmingham, 219 218 ; London and South Western, (average,' ; Manchester and Birmingham, 521 ; Midland, 401. Snares, 84s. 4 3-16 Paris and Lyons,; Huddersfield C ana l , 19 1 . ; 2't Piny! CouNctr..—Sir James Graham, Lord Wharncliffe, and other Lords of the Council, had a meeting this morning to resume the hearing of the petition from Guernsey, praying for the confirmation of a project of a reform in the constitution of the States. ova lavEs Lorr.—"Another of those deplorable and lamentable occurrences which too frequently accom pany mining operations, and characterise the critical and dangerous position of that class of individuals who labour to gain their daily bread in this section of national in dustry, happened at Beaufort Iron Works, in one of the mine quarries, or patches, on Tuesday afternoon, by which the lives of four persons.were sacrificed. The un fortunate party were at that time engaged in pushing up the rubbish train, for the purpose of clearing the re mains of a " fall," when a piece of ground from the strata, lying eight yards above, unexpectedly gave way, and fell directly on- them, literally crushing nearly every bone in their bodies, and, in a moment, depriving them of life. A strict inquiry has been made, so as to ascer tain whether this serious event was occasioned by any negligence on the part of the master-watchman, and from which it appears there is not the slightest blame attributable to him, but that has been the result of pure accident. The ground was apparently safe, and there was not the slightest indication •of danger. The names of the deceased are, Isaac Jame, aged 18, Cecilia James, 18 (brother and sister) ; Charles Pensham, 21 ; and Margaret Davies, N.—Monmouthshire Merlin. HaALTR OF GENERAL NOTT.—Dating the past week the General has continued to gain strength, and he is now much better than he has been since his arrival in England. So satisfactory, indeed, is the state of the Gallant General's health that he may be said to be fast i-tooTos HALL.—Sir W. Massey Stanley, 3art.'s, approaching convalesence. Lady Nott took carriage birthday last week, w as ce l e b ra t e d a ft er th e goo d old airings yesterday and to day, and it is gratifying to learn style of 'English hospitality, at his seat in Cheshire. that her ladyship's health is improved.— Welshman. The respected Baronet- entertained nearly 1,000 of his I Fox-nuNurto IN WALEs.—_Notwithstanding the tenantry in a spacious marquee erected purposely for the , " distressed state of agriculture," there are, in and about occasion. - The school children were not forgotten, a Carmarthenshire, no less than nine packs of hounds. In handsome provision being laid o u t a t the hall. On ' the immediate neighbourhood of the town of Carmarthen Wednesday Si!' William gave a ball and sapper, which alone, there are the Bronwydd, the Maesg,wynne, the concluded the three days' festivities. Tregib, the Pantykencly, and the Carmarthen pack of f0i13944(14.--OunOrian. Bryant. Now, this certainly was a diffrrent account from the one formerly given, but they must be satisfied that this was the true account, and that the other was false, before they oould convict. If they had any doubt on the subject, they must acquit, It was also stated that the defendant was very nervous, and :hat the interrogatories put by the Court of Chi:leery were very embarrassing, but they would not lead a person to make a false statement. They must also be satisfied that the false statements had been made wilfully and corruptly, and certainly it should be recollected that he had by his first affidavit obtained his object, the dismissal of Rice's application ‘iith costs. They -had heard the evidence of Mr. l3yant, and they would 'determine whether the former account given by d6fendant was untrue in point of fact, and if such un truth 'Was-uttered corruptly—if . so they would give the verdict for the Crown, but if they had any doubt they would give their verdict for defendant. The jury, without retiring„ returned a verdict of Nut Guilty. BA►NKRUPTCY.T=(THIS• DAY.) There were about thirty cases put down today for bearing before the several Commissioners, but none of them up to the time of going to press,were of any im portance. , MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE and a full Bench of Magistrate I.) The first December Sessions for the county of Middle sex commenced this morning at the usual hour, at the Court-house, Clerkeuwell-green. The calendar contained more than the average number of prisoners, there appearing no less than 63 cases, of which 54 were charges of felony, and 9 for assaults and other misdemeanours. It appeared by the evidence, that the prisoner entered the shop of the prosecutor, and taking up the article named in the indictment, ran off with it. He was, how ever, eventually taken in custody, after a sharp run. The jury at unce returned a verdict of Guilty, and The COURT, after cauttoning the prisoner, sentenced him to three months' imprisonment with bard labour. The Prisoner—My Lord, I entreat of you to send me out of the country. I have lost my character, and tor the last three years I find it impossible to earn an honest livelihood. Just as the prisoner was removed from the bar, the Police Constable, D 168, who took him into custody, stated to the Court that he had found the duplicate of a Waterloo medal upon the prisoner. It bore the name of James Heaney, and, upon inquiry at the Horse Guards, he found that a person of the name of Heaney had been discharged in the year 1817, from the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS I)AY.) BRUSSELS, DEC. I.—The Chamber terminated yester day the debate on the budget of ways and means, which was agreed to without modification by a majority of 61 to 4. A sudden change has taken place in the affairs of St. Thomas's. Among the Members of the Chamber who, for these three days have taken a malicious pleasure in de crying the colony at St. Thomas, there are some who would be very glad if they could recal their words while they were talking of a ruinous combination and impor tune, and at the moment when it was least expected a change has taken place, and the English have taken it up. What does this mean ? What has happened ? Why, the English have said, . You will not give three millions to a company cam posed of your own countrymen I Well, we will give them. You will not have your countrymen go with their labour and their capital, to fertilise the virgin soil of St. Thomas's ; well, we will send ours. You will not found a Belgian American empire for your glory, and for the future splendour of your industry; well, we will found an empire which shall equal Anglo-America. Everybody will be contented, because you will get rid of an affair which annoyed you ; and we, because while seeking an oppor tunity to employ our capital to advantage, we at the same time always bear in mind the territorial aggran• disement and the prosperity of the manufactories of our country." We hope, however, that the Belgian Company will not be completely tramformed into an English one. Undoubtedly those who give three millions to the Company have reserved to themselves some rights of su perintendence and control. We may therefore expect that some Englishmen will be joined with Lelgians in the twelve Director: of the Company : we shall see Eng lishmen take part in the advantages which the peculiar situation of St. Thomas's offer to the commerce and ma nufacture of Europe: we still hope that Brussels will continue to be the seat of this Company, that .Ostend and Bruges will not lose the promised Opportunity of sending their ships and receiving the returns. All these, how ever, must soon be cleared up,—Courrier Beige. THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES.) BRIT IS I Bask 5t0ck............ex div 2 7 3 per Cent. Red lOO% per Cent. Cons per Cent. Red New 3% per Cent. 102% New 5 per Cent — Long Annuities to expire Jan. 10130 l2 1-10 Oct. 1859 ll% Jan. IWO FUNDS. Ditto Bonds £1,00‘9. — pm, !Ditto under £l,OOO - Pm, South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Lx. Bills ' 1,000/. 13 d Ditto 5001. Ditto Small 56 pie Bank Stock for Acct — Consols for Act......, lOl% India Stock for Acct — 4 FUNDS. Russian,_ 5 per Cent......... —. Ditto, Metallic ..... ...... ipanish, 5 per Cent ., 1840... 24% Ditto, 1841 ....... ..... Ditto, 1842....,.,, » ..... -- Ditto, 1 8 4 3 ..... Ditto 1841, Ditto, iper Cent ... 36% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct — .'reach, 5 per Cent., —t. —e. French, 3 per Cant —f —e. Exchange Dutch, 23% per Cent Dltto,:s per Cent ...... .99% _RES. Aberdeen 2% pall 2% Bristol and Exeter (00 paid) 68% Caledonian (5 paid) Chester and Holyhead ( 5 p a id) Direct Northern, 2% paid Eastern Counties (25 paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid London and Blackwell (161.135. 4d.) 7 London and Brighton (50 paid) ~ ..,« ..... .. London and South West e rn (41/. 6s. 10d. paid) B2 London and Croydon London and York, 2% paid 4% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 24 paid - 61 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 35 North Kent, 2% paid 3 Richmond and West End Junction, I:paiti, l% South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 41 paid) ..... Ditto, New Shares, 4 paid... ................. South Wales, 236 paid...... . 2% Trent Valley, 2 paid B% Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid ... .. 5% Orleans and Vicrzon, 2 rold ll% Indian Stock 2BB FOREIGI Austrian, S per Cent ...... Belgian, 5 per Cent 10 174 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Chllian, 6 - per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18:.6, 5 per Cent — Mexican, 5 per Cent ..., 3631 Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct — Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct 25 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct BHA FUNERAL OF THE PRINCESS SOPHIA OF GLOUCES TER.—The remains of her Royal Highness will be de posited in the same vault, at the west end of the south aisle of St. George's Chapel, which contains the remains of William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, who died in 1805, of the Duchess of Gloucester, who died in 1807, and of the Princess Caroline of Gloucester who died in infancy, iA i7lO, • MARKET ISEWS.—(THIS DAY.) rEzor ItLetlet'.4e,ETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4115 s Useful ditto, 4116 s to 5/4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 103 to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 123 to 11 14s per load. A limited supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 18s to 4118 s: Useful ditto 51 to 5155; fine Upland ditto, 51 6s to 5/ 12s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 5/18s ; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 13s ; Wheat Straw, 11 13s to 11 15s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade rather brisk. WHITECIIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 41155; Useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 514 s ; fine Upland ditto, Si 5s to 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 10. to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 108 to 1112; ; Wheat Straw, 11 13s to 1115 s per load. A fair average supply, and an active inquiry. cOLONZA.X. SUGAR.—There has been very little business done in British Plantation, only about 250 casks having found buyers, inclusive of 103 casks Barbadoes, which sold by auction ai 56s to 65s for mid to fine greyish yellow, being firmer prices, but the market is heavy. The public sales have only offered 2,192 bags Bengal, which partly sold at previous rates. The only transaction which has transpired privately consists of 3,000 bagsgood yellow (elayed) Manilla ' which have been sold at 20 s , b e i ng an advance of fully 6d for this description. It is like wise reported that 9,000 bags of similar quality h ave subsequently been di s p ose d o f at 19s 6d. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 876 hhds 64 tierces 287 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,552 hhds 235 tierces 313 barrels. The stock in the same places is 11,490 hhds 1,548 tierces 2,413 blip. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 197 puns 38 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 160 puns 42 hhds, and ex ported 53 puns 28 hhds. The stock in the same places is 12,178 puns 1,401 hhds. TEA.—The market is very firm, and rather promises an improvement. The stock is 29,151,000 lbs for the Port of London ; the deliveries this year have been 32,668,0001b5, and the imports 32,885,0001b5. We quote Bohea 4d to Bd, Congou ord to ord 100, ditto rather blackish leaf is 6d to 2s 3d, ditto Pekoe kind 2s 2d to 2s sd, Pouchong ed to 10d, Twankay is 21d, ditto mid to Hyson kind is Gd to 2s sd, Hyson good ord 2s 6d, mid to good mid 3s to ss, young Hyson is 7d to 3s, Imperial 2s 7d to 3s, and Gunpowder 3s Id to 4s 6d per lb. TOBACCO.—The market has not been so active within the past month, but the sales were nearly 1,300 hhds. Virginia has been taken at 3id to 4id, principally for leaf ; Kentucky leaf and strips have bees in steady de. mand, the former at 3id to 31d, and the latter at 41d to 51d per lb. A few hhds of Maryland have been bought in at 5-id to 51d. ,Havannah leaf has been in goodrequest at improved rates, and a good business has been done in Havannah Segars. TALLow.—P. Y. C. is quoted 40s 6d to 408 9d per cat on the spot, and Town 43s 6d. The stock is 41,828 casks ; the deliveries last month were 10,125 casks. HEMP.—Clean is 27s to 27s 5d per cwt. The stock is 7,143 tons, and the deliveries last month were 940 tons. COAX. MAREET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main 17s ; Buddle's West Hartley, 17 $ 6d ; C arr ' s Hartley, 171 6d ; Chester Main, 18s 6d ; Davison's West Hartley, 18s to 18s 6d ; Hasting's Hartley, 18s ; Holywell Main, 19s ; Nelson's West Hartley, 18s ; Old Pontop, 16s ; Ord's Redheugh, 16s ; Tanfield Moor Butes, 16s ed ; Tanfield Moor, 19s 6d ; Taylor's West Hartley, 17s 6d ; Townley, 17c ; West lartley, 17 s 9d ; W. E., Bewicke and Co., 21s 6d ; W. E., Clark and Co., Iss ; W. E., Clennell, 18s 3d ; W. E., Edrnondsley, 19s ; W. E., Gibson, 21s ; W. E., Heaton, 20s 6d ; W. E., Hotspur, 19s 9d ; W. E., Killingworth, 19s 6d to 20s ; W. E. Wharneliffe, 20s 6d ; W. E., Wreck ington, 17s ; W. E. Eden Main, 20s 6d ; W. E., Bel mont, 21s 3d ; W. E., Braddyll's Hetton, 22s 3d to 22s 6d ; W. E., East Hetton, 20s 9d ; W. E., Haswell, 22s 6d ' • W. E., Hetton, 22 s 3d ; W. E.4Lambton, 22s 3d; W. E., Richmond, 20s 6d ; W. E., Sunderland, 20s 6d ; W. E., Hartlepool, 22s ; W. E., Harvey, .19s 6d ; W. E., Heselden, 208 ; W. E., Kelloe, 22s ; W. E., South Har tlepool, 17s 6d ; W. E., South Kelloe, 228 ; W. E., Ten nant's Hartlepool, 208 ; W. E., Adelaide, unshipped, and Caradoc, 21s ; W. E., Bitchburn, 19s ' • W. E., Corondon Tees, 20s ; W. E., Gordon, 20s ; W. E., Seymour Tees, 21s 3d ; W. E. South Durham, 21s ; W. E., T ees , 22 s ; W. E., West Tees, 20s ; Blytb, 15s ; Clackmannan, 16s; Cowpen Hartley, 17s 6d ; Hartley, 19s 6d ; West Hartley, Netherton, 18s.—Ships arrived since last day, 18. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. B.—Wind Northerly, fresh breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, DEC. 2.—Wind N.W. be E.S.E.—Arrd. Nile, Anderson, Arica; Paragon, Berbice; Emma Searle, Hogan, Prince Edward's Island; Palemon, Sanderson, Quebec. Sld. Black Nymph, Batavia; Grace Darling, Madeira. The Everette, Brown, from St. John's, N ew Brunswick, to Hull, got on th e Goodwin Sands this morning, but has been got off, and has proceeded for the North Foreland (she has gone to Margate roads with loss of anchor and chain, which have been supplied to her). RAMSGATE, DEC. 2.—The Anna Agatha, in going off the patent slip to-day sprung her wizen-mast. OFF DOVER, DEC. 2.—Mary, Randall, St. John's, New Brunswick; Employ, ditto for Hull; Ocean, Ri chardson, Ichaboe. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Red wing, Stewart, Miramichi, for Hull, leaky ; Claud, Quebec, for Hull. TORBAY, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Hope, Elliott, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Bridport. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Wind S.E.—Off port, Wel lington, Chadwick, New York. OFF SEAFORD, DEC. I.—lsabella, Rio, for Bremen ; Creole, St. a mits;o, for Bremen. PORTLEYEN, Nov. 30.—A cask marked " Ship Cathe• rine ship-stores and provisions," and a large beam, ap parently belonOng to a ship of 400 or 500 tons, not long inthe water, have been picked up near here. PORTCULLEAN, Nov. 30,—The Elizabeth and At m, Charles, of Kidwelly, which was driven ashore here on the 4th inst., was got off on the 28th, and brought into the pier, with damage. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrd. British Queen, Antigua. Sld. John Gray, Ichahoe; Unicorn, Gulf of Mexico; Wonder, Calcutta; Pollock, New York. CLYDE Nov. 30.—S1d. Tay, Lengraill, Mobile. 'SUM ARY OF NEWS AND Oubitt eptuton. " Who runs may read." POZEICCM. reli On Saturday Louis Philippe, accompanied by se-,l officers, left St. Cloud for Versailles, and returned keven o'clock. A heavy fall of snow took place in Paris and its 1 0 pity on Su n d ay morn i ng, and continued at interY throughout the day. : ,„ 4 The 111Gniteur publishes the returns of the ere - ,, wheat in the different markets of France, which sold an averag. at Toulouse, Gray, Lyons, and Marseli c.l for 19f. 83c. ; at Marans and Bordeaux, for ISt 82 . 1 ,, and at other places for considerably less, at Charley 4 for instance, at 15f. th e hectolitre (21. imperial loto le1 ; A Bayonne lett er o f t h e 2 0t h u l t. announces the e cution of the son and brother in law of Zurbano se two officers at Logrono. There is no positive intelligence in the Madrid join's° of Zurbano. The Saragossa mail had arrived without bringing lei advices from Upp er A rragon, wh i ch ha d b ee n ini e of cepted at Ayerbe by a small armed band, in the Y 4ll of Anzo. The chief of the movement in that quarter° M. Fernando Madoz, the brother of the Deputy. id; The discussi on on t h e R e f orm Bill was procee ded e' er , in the Chambe r o f D e p ut i es, b ut the procee di n gs , w not of much inter es t. S evera l art i c l es were a d o pto' „ LAW AND POILICS. j At the New Court, Old Bailey,T. Taylor was 00 1 7 0 of stealing ten looki ng - g l asses an d a l arg e quantl t i o j japanned articles, crockery, drapery, &c., value 506 0 . upwards, the prop er ty o f John Taylor, lie was teneed to six months hard labour. Captain Arthur Whally Owen was indicted f t ; saulting Edwin Davi s , on b oar d a vessel calle d the Fat Queen, on the hi g h seas , w i t hi n the j urisd i ct i on of the Admiralty of England, on the 22d of June, and -on o o 12th of July last. The j ury h av i ng consulte d for se w tune, prayed leave to re ti re . Af ter b e i ng a bsent more than an hour, they c ame i n t o C ourt an d delirei; s a verdict of " Acquitt a l," accompan i ed by a hope toe Captain Owen would be more cautious in future. Court at its rising adjourned to the 16th. obis William Latham and Joh n Si tnmon d s, two reopen- .rig looking men, were c h arge d at U n i on Hall Wi t h refe: l o to pay the difference between Ist and 2d class fare I 0 Kingston to Nine Elms, and the former def..ndant also charged with using indecent language in the ste r house, whereby he incurred a further penalty 01. of Both defendants said th a t w i t h regard to the charge.; defrauding the company, they had -no such that as they were not in the habit of travelling by tri g way, they went i n t o th e fi rst - c l ass carriages, t hink they were the right ones. Mr. Traill said that it 0 . most improbable they, could have mistaken first 0 1, 0 8 cond-class carriages, an d th at t h ey were boun d t° ,:flit known or to hav e p a id th e diff erence in the fares wg".c`iel was demanded of th em . Th e M ag i strate then inni a fine of 20s. each on the defendants for that offence, so an additional 20s. on Latham for his indecent condu ct the station-house. 0012 11.7 1 -PALUZZO wax 37.7 A. The Duc de Richelieu, Viscount Canning, ands s e d party have been on a ' sporting vi s it t o t h e Ear i ',„js Countess of Malm es b ur y, at H eron - court. The it' to Richelieu left at th e c l ose o f l ast week, on his retlD the Continent. Baron Brunnow en t er t a i ne d a distinguished elre•The dinner on Sunday evening at Ashburnham House. 60 . Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Augnst t ► ep ol merset, his Excellency B aron Nieumann, his Exce,%ai M. Dedel, th e E ar l an d C ountess of Jersey ann0"01 Clementine Villiers, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Esterhazy, Baron Bremer ' Sir Wm. C. an d Lady " o : *ts giana Codrington, Dr. Quin, M. Lomonoff, &e.; among the guests of the Noble Baron. es ( Earl and Countess Grosvenor and Ladies Grolle gs leave Motcombe House, Dorset, next week, for £ o f Hall, Cheshire, to v i s i t t h e M arquis and Marchione ss Westminster, with whom a large family party will r the approaching festive season. The Earl and Countess of Beverley and Lady. Th ot h Percy are about t o l eave P ortman-square for Brigb where they purpose sojourning until the close of month. i The . Earl of Ripon i s r es idi ng at hi s villa at Auto • Heath, where the Count ess an d Vi scount Goder i n b ba arrived from Yorkshire. Lord Bloomfield, a n d hi s E xce ll ency J. A. D. 131,,„°°01.111# field, our Minist er at th e C ourt of Russia, left the v",, , s . mandant's residenc e a t W oo l w i c h , l ast week, for B r ight lti The Marquis of Salisbury has, during the last ns, entertained a numerous party at Hatfield House, Among the guests have been the Marquis of Dourntr o st and Lady Charl es W e ll es l ey , L ord Brooke, Sir Mitfro. and Hon. Lady Middl e t on , t h e Hon. Captain and "" Cost, Right Hon. Henry Pierrepont, &c. ty The Marquis of Lansdowne and Lady L o uisa . ro , maurice have left Lansdowne House, Berkeley-gi ll- s for Bowood Park. The Earl and Countess of Shellnl are expected to arrive a t L ans d owne H ouse on Thuryell, from Bow o od, t o rema i n i n town until after her I;kis ship's accouchement, which is expected shortly to place. The marriage of his Exc e ll ency t h e Baron d e vie r mann with Lady Augusta Somerset will take plac e • Thursday next, the sth inst., first according to the I°‘ man Catholic rites, at Chandos Honse, and subseclue/ at Beaufort House, in the form prescribed by the Lb u of England. valsonsarakansous. w i t h On Friday the E ar l o f Li nco l n, in company wllemi Brunel!, Mr. Page,,Mr. Barry, a n d M r . Cubits, Insr,dgic the river, fro m V aux h a ll-b r id ge to Battersea- 0 ' pi' preparatory to introducing a Bill into Parliamen t the purpose of the Thames embankment. The various new lines of street which have been 54 ; Bested in the west and east ends of the tuetropolir effect which above six hundred houses have bee! , 0 0 posed of and tak en d own , are now nearly ready for erection of the houses. 70 0 Workmen hav e commence d operations for fortn inb Victoria Park. fer The subscription now in progress at Carmarthes, erecting a monument to the memory of General ro of is going on favourably. In addition to the donatiooso4 Lord Dynevor and the Hon. Colonel Trevor, Sit each, Dilajor.General the Hon. H. Lygnp, M.l'•' 8 4 John Mansell, and M r . D. M orr i s, M.P., have eontr im• most liberally towards that object: At the Surrey December sessions, after the 0 , 1 to reports of the vi s i t i ng mag i strates had been read, Court proceed e d t o t h e e l ect i on of district survei to under the New Metropolitan Building Act, wh,, el - 1 30, following gentl emen were e l ected :—Cam berwe"',. t of Stow ; Streatha m , M r . M u ll ens ; Clapham. and P'st, Battersea, Mr. I'Anson ; Wansworth and Tooting' pal Hiscocks. There w ere ten can di dates, nine. o f w tbs went to the poll. There was no case of felony bef °re Court of the slightest public interest. ,; The anniversary meeting of the Royal Society held on Saturday last, at the Society's apartinell tj t y Somerset-house, the Marquis of Northampton ifi f chair. The R o y a l go ld me d a l s were awarded to Wiled Boole, of Linc o l n , for a mathem a ti ca l pa p e r, el" " On a new method in analysis ;" and to Dr. Anl a sid of Belfast. for a paper, " On the thermal changes c, je d Substitutions." Th e go ld C op l ey medal was away " s l Professor i\latteucci, of Pisa, for his researches in An t ' Electricity. dar r A meeting of the tenant r y o f the. Marquis of 1 01 s he derry was held in Ne w t ownar d s, on the 21st ult., tbribss purpose of con s id er i ng t h e propriety , of inv i t i n g re . nobleman and Lord Castlereagh to a public dinner , P oo • i.ious to their departure from Mouotstewart, a nd a r ow lution to that effect was unan i mously and moat Tres, siastically a d o p te d. I t was also resolved that an au. should be presented to Lord Londonderry. - tv ROYAL VI SIT TO S TOWE. —W e are enabled -"„ of announce that her M a j es t y h as s i gn ifi e d her it:tone: 3 'o v honouring by an early visit his Grace the Duke of 13 t re , inghani, a t hi s pr i nce l y mansion in Bucki ngbeinsPlyie The precise day is not yet fixed, but we belie v g e ta is may state th a t th e Court will leave Windsor for.f r i• either d ur i ng t h e wee k b e f ore or the week a f ter um' s ,. mas. We are not aware that the melancholy de c _,,. e , of her Roy a l highness the Princess S u phia will tos' fi a change i n t h ese arrangements, which, h ow ever; should add, were completed bet Ore that event took Pi l —Post. r VICTORIA 1 - ARK.—Yesterday the wopkta--- 4„ n cco menced las ing down the oak posts and railings O P o ,a boundary adjacent to the Grove-road. The line ot.rde, has been struck out for the new iron ornamental bri bijl, which is to cross the Regent's Canal at Bonner's-lige and a circle has also been made for a handsome Ca rri llo drive to the chief entrance from Bethnal-green• rot a improveme n t s on th e Old F or d- roa d , which partlfieted, through the s it e o f the par k, h ave b een near ly cola to PAISLEY.—STATE OF TRADE.—We are e va de) notice that the preparations for the spring shawl to are now pretty actively set on foot. The goods 11" . ;; y er be made are of the richest description that hail pie been manufactured in th e country ; a nd as an a rtl i,ode dress fur the first c i rc l es , they are likely to tuPeholi those various c l asses o f goo d s w hi c h th e wove s'shoe have for some time had to contend with.—Renfi lic Reformer. a il 0 1 MARINERS' REGI S T ER TlCKBTS.—Yester—AThir the first day of gran ti ng reg i ster t i c kets, ace°r"Tisios• the Act of Parliament 7th and Bth Victoria, e: 1 20, to merchant seamen, at the London station, 2 ,, , _; eo ce met-street, Tower-hill. To prevent the incon that might arise from the assemblage of a large r _ il t ;i w i t h thor e to . ber of applicants for tickets than could be gly e _ P ; v hese were taken alphabetically, beginning surnames commenced with the letters A, B, an d IC, day they urn take D, E, F, G ; to-morrow, 1. ; Thursday, M, N, 0, P, Q, R; on Fridaldistio. IJ, V, W, X, Y, Z ; and on Saturday, without . 1 therai tion of letters, those who have neglected $° aYlliffordeu selves during the week of the accommodatietfavery of by this arrangement. This preliminary N esn iedi tickets will be continued until the Merchant 1 845. Act comes into operation on the Ist of J an uary' :so d on and aft e r w hi c h reg i s t er ti c k e ts will be do' iet' • daily t o a ll app li cants ent i t l e d thereto, withouTal otir tion. This e x c e ll en t arrangeme nt gave geo ho been faction to the numerous applicants. Th e sa li n e ; out porte• adopted at the differ e nt Cu s tom-houses at the at has The port of Lond on i s f u ll e r now of seaule i v rots ge ° been known for a l ong ti me , w ho will take au this regulation. nO u se r TRADE IN MANCIIESTER.—There are now gcs than fifteen wareho u ses in the course of erectio n betucagee! chester, and a dozen of them are of what 10 y. d e areeP the first class, and which, on an average , 6 t L rao railiri worth 300/. each per annum. This is an not _, contrast to the state of things in 1841-2,,!. De single building of the like description we erection,—ifacclesfield Courier tz r 1:XI subj ect ?f. pr COI th reatt almost rthis di "Pecia h ope," 1 st ead v ral soh 4, Et ernpt fi D evon: ,grave tni niate neither "R *