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

AN AMUSING PRESENT FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR. This day is published in small Bvu., price 10s. 6d., elegantly bound, gilt edges, with a Portrait of t'le author, and an Illustration by Phiz, E COMIC MISCELLANY 11 FOR 1845. By JOHN POOLE, Esq. " Author of " Paul Pry, &c. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlboyough-street. • MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. VOLUME THE SEVENTH IS NOW LEADY. NEW and REVISED EDITIONS of the FIRST SIX VOLUMES, price 10s. 6,1. each, may also now be had of all Booksellers. " These volumes have the fascination of a romance united to the integrity of history."—Times. Henry Collourn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROY AL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER P, Will he repeated a Grand Opera Soria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Corners, Mr. Barran' ; Moneenigo, Mr. Weiss; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison; &tains Lornaro, bliss Rainforth To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT. called A FETE AT SEVILLE, in which Monsieur and Madame Finart (Principal Dancers from the Grand Th *treat Madrid), will make their Second Aparanee in this country in a New Grand Pat de Deux. The Box-office 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, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 12, Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. 3• rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe , a ; Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren; The Countess of 1 1, pion. Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Vettris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Zennett. After which, will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Merits, M . Charles Mathews; Minnie, /Madame Vestris. To te folbwed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG ENGLAND Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Poolev, Mrs. Humby. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ac cher, at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENINO, DECEMBER .12, Will he perfumed VIC FORD +E; or, Sleep on It. Alex andre, Mr. Hudson ; Michael, Mr. Selsy, Victoriue, Mrs. Yates; Elise, Mrs. Fitzwiliiam. After which a New Drams, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Court Menry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Yanille, Mr Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. To conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEMAN, tin which Messrs. Wright. Selby, and Miss Woalgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. °allot ; Principal Painter, , dr. Pitt ' • Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-odice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S TH EAT RE, OXFORD-STLIELT. LESSEE, Mr. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 12, WI I be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AVALON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanotr, Mr. Walton ; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun.; Richard, Mr. Hime ; Re;aud, Mr. Mattacks ; • Ivon, Mr. Leffler; ki ermine, Millie. Helen Conde]; Gertruce, Mrs. Fosbroke. To be followed by the New Drama, called DON C/ESA R DE BAZAN Don Caesar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the Secont , Mr. Walton ; Maritsna, Mrs. Stirling; Collates, di Rotondo, Mrs. Fos broke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2a.; Galls Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One lumen and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Twe Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Bex-ottice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingharn. Private Boxes and t roe Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. HtAIRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBett 12, Will be repeated a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Ke ley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARE v. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. W Te be followed by - THE SWISS COTTAGE. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Y tinold, Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley In the coune of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in wt , ich Julhen's Mazurka and Cellarms Valse will be danced by Millie,. Louise and Adele, Miss James, and Ml s Fairbrother. To c:mclude with a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. Inc characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinlocb, and A. Wigan; Miss Fairbrother and Mrs. A. Wigan. ritickis OF A 1) Al eSSIO N.—Balcolly Boxes. 4‘; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is. tid.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the iinicony tier (holding eight persons), Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a..HaIL Private B axes on the Fit Tier (bolding six persons), One Guires. fhe Box-Xfice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direct Itlea:of ?Ir. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Jaatty's Hounds meet This Events& at ASTLEY'S ROYAL t►MPHiTiIEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 12, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Flor,e and Life's Course •f Man and Steed; introducing unequalled Natioi al Fete.. Real Fox chase on tke Stage and In the Circle by living Fos and real Pack of Hounds, purchased bilMr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel producti.n. om Races and other Sporting Features. ew Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of nanehip. To conclule with THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Three Conscripts Acting and etage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding ky Mr. R. Smith daily. DAViim+Fe.'s ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. FOR THE BENEFIT' OF MI S E. TERREY, AND LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 12, Will be performed OTHELLO ; the Moor of Venice. Othello, Mr. E. F. lago, Mr. H. Hughes; Desdemona, Mrs. H. 'loaner ; Emilia, Mrs. W. Daly. After which, THE BOOTS AT THE• SWAN. Frisky, Mr. T. J. Johnson ; Jacob Earwig, Mr. H. Hall; Cecilia Moonshine, Mrs. Montgomerle. To conclude with the Favcurite Drama of MARIE, The Pearl of Chamouni. Gisquette (a Savoyard Girl), bliss E. Terrey ; Mrs. R. Homier. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Pleven to Four. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "A Constant Reader."—The dividend on the Great Western Railway shares should have been 3L 103., not 3L ss. per Ao.re. a 3 incorrectly printed in the last list. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 11. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 26 ; Highest, 29 ; Noon, 29, BAROMETER, 30.05.—W1ND, N. XoTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 cn Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HlOll WATER AT LONDON.BRIDOE THIS DAY. Morning 16 minutes after 31 Evening ...31minuttea after 4 ~. , . , . z....., F . l i Ali, -- - 4 .,.--404 - . ro, 'I C,„ .'`' • ~,,! t, '.."' ;.; :.111Lc,_ 4 7 4 ' ! : 4'..35.,'''''7) .. ; , - .7r. *. ~,,..,,....,:- , i ., ''''''' - ' R. 4... -'.. 64 ' ' ••• _. • 2 / 1 1-11. LONDON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1844. The LEAGUE, whose death the monopolist journals had announced with great joy and exultation, re appeared, in more than its pristine vigour, at Covent garden Theatre last evening. COBDEN, and \\Timor, and VILLIERS, and BRIGHT, are all alive, and, as the farmers' friends will find to their cost, kicking too. There is no appearance of mortality about them, or the army that supports them. The house was crowded to excess —not with females who, at Exeter Hall and some other places, are mustered to make a show-- but with men evidently intent on a purpose, intent to destroy every incubus on trade, and deprive the land owners of a tax raised on the rest of the community, which, as regards its oppression, and especially the mode of levying it, has nothing like it in the Sta tute-book. It stands alone. To no other tax but the landlords' tax is the sliding-scale applied. When our misguided Contemporaries pronounced the League defunct, they mistook silence for death, and seemed more ignorant than our Gallic neighbours, who could always judge of the terrible onset which was to follow the death-like silence of the brave ! If the enemies of the corn-laws have been quiet, they have not been idle. They have been arranging plans for a new campaign, collecting statistical details of registrations and elections which will make an i:npression in higher quarters than Stowe or Goodwood, and realise in right earnest the memorable saying of Sir R. PEEL, that the battle of the Constitution is to be fought in the registration courts. On this subject the speech of Mr. WILSON is replete with important facts —facts as cheering for the present, as pregnant with promise for the future. Already ninety-eight boroughs, out of one hundred and eight, have been shaken to their foundations, and the Monopolists are quaking in the terrors of corrup tion; and should a general election take place to morrow, thirty-two seats which now support the Corn-laws would be changed into free traders, making a difference of sixty-four votes ! This is a fair be ginning, and time and perseverance will work the rest. As with the boroughs, so will it be with the coun ties—the strongholds of the landlords. What the CIJANDOS clause has done to fortify the aristocracy in ..their domination over the connties, the forty-shilling freehold will speedily neutralise, and eventually destroy. The Monopolists have presumed so long on the patience of the people, that they fancied they might go on for ever. But the exertions of the League will soon convince them of their error. As Mr. VILLIERS truly observed, they will find that the -"enormous wrong" of the corn-laws has at length roused the country not only to think, but to act too. E n d urance has had its limit, and x The oppression must give place to justice. "'Ace of reason ha 3 gone forth, and 'Ends a ready echo i n ev e ery unprejudi ce d m i n d . This is the t rue secret of the e t s r s ut o h f w t e L h e m a g a u k e e s ; and it is their c onv i ct i on of that the Monopolists tremble. We will not discuss th e mer i ts of the s everal speeches here—to be fully appreciated, they must be, read. We never heard more soul- stirring eloquence, and the vast assemblage seemed to feel its force by their mute attention for the moment—and their simultaneous bursts of hearty enthusiasm when the chord of feeling was touched. It was altogether a scene to be witnessed—not described. Sir ROBERT PEEL will do wisely to take heed in time. Such meetings as that of last evening must eventually carry the purpose for which they assemble — that purpose being, not for the advantage of a class, but for the general good. How much better, then, would it be for him to yield, while conces sion would be grace, rather than be com pelled to grant that emancipation to commerce which he formerly did to conscience ! The very tendency of his acts points to free trade—why then does he hesitate—when a prompt avowal would so much redound to his own fame, and conduce to the permanent prosperity of the country ? We quote the following significant communica tion from Exeter, which appears in the columns of a morning Contemporary :—" Considerable sensa tion was created in this city on Sunday last by cer tain rubrical adoptions in the performance of Divine worship at all the parish churches, according to the instructions issued by the Bishop of EXETER. The first was at St. Sidwell's Church, where the ceremony af christening was performed in the middle of the service. In every one of the parish churches the sermon was preached in a surplice instead of a gown, and several of the congregations were so offended by this innovation, that they quitted the church the mo ment they saw the minister, so attired, enter the pul pit. It is said that the churching of women will in future be performed in the middle of the Sunday morning service, and a very strong feeling exists as to the indelicacy and impropriety of such a practice." Such are among the first-fruits of the Bishop of EXETER'S late Pastoral Letter to the clergy of his diocese. Though a minister of the gospel of peace, he has contrived to scatter the seeds of discord far and wide throughout his see, and to put its clergy and its laity in a position of direct antagonism to wards each other, the extent of whose evil conse quence no one can at present foresee. Already have the parishes of St. Lawrence, St. John, and St. George, Exeter, sounded the tocsin of alarm, and warmly remonstrated against the alterations in Di vine service proposed by their diocesan, adding, that these alterations are the revival of practices which having universally fallen into desuetude by the common consent of the Bishops and the laity at large, have been pressed upon the latter by only a small minority in the Church; and they deem it not merely inexpedient but unjust, that the majority of the clergy and laity should be compelled to bend to the example of this crotchety minority. The flame of discontent once lighted in Exeter will not be confined to that epi-copal city, but will be sure to spread like wild fire, and in a short time we may expect to see the whole diocese a prey to dissensions, heart-burnings, and jealousies of the most harassing and unchristian character. And will not other sees, too, catch the in fection? Assuredly they will, and not a zealous Tractarian minister in England, but will be encou raged by the sanction of the Bishop of EXETER, to persist in the revival of absurd, obsolete usages. t This rash, officious Prelate is, we suspect, little aware of the nature of the apposition he is raising up against himself. Not only will'he have the common sense of the male portion of his flock arrayed in vigorous hos tility to his decrees, but if it be really true that, among other ridiculous, exploded usages, he has sanctioned the churching of women publicly in the middle of the Sunday morning service, he will have ill the females also of his diocese in arms against rim; and justly so, for we cannot imagine any , .hing more offensive to their . sense of propriety ban their being exposed during the ceremony of churching—which hitherto has been in some degree of a private character, usually taking place either before or after the evening service—to the full, broad gaze of a crowded congregation. If once the female portion of his flock declare unanimously against him, we would not give much for the Bishop's chance of success in his innovations ! He will be beaten to a dead certainty, and have ample cause to rue the hour when he brought a hornet's nest about his ears. As regards the question of the surplice, which teems to have given such °Renee to the good people of Exeter, we can scarcely wonder at their dislike of the innovation, for trifling as it is in itself, it becomes of consequence when taken in connexion with the revival of other wages notoriously borrowed from the Church of Rome. It is evident, indeed, from their present conduct, that the Tractarian clergy, and those in authority who approve of their tenets, are endeavouring by degrees to habituate their flocks to Romish practices, and to wean them from their long-cherished distrust of Popery. Already they have succeeded, to some extent, in their jesuitical attempts ; and it is high time, therefore, that a bold, resolute stand should be made against them. 'We will even go further, and add, that no clergyman who advocates the Tractarian heresy, should be allowed any longer to minister at a Pro testant altar, or receive the emoluments of the Pro testant Establishment. He should be looked on as a wolf in sheep's clothing, and be driven from the fold without delay. It must come to this at last, and the sooner, therefore, the Tractarian zealots are thus summarily and vigorously dealt with, the better it will be for the interests of that great national Establishment, which is now placed in imminent peril by their underhand practices. Madrid papers of the 3d instant have been received. The accounts from Logrono, and the north'of Spain generally, are some of them of a painful character. According to the Castellano, the disclosures made by ZURBANO'S BOBS led to the apprehension of M. GAM.. BOA, General ITURBI, the Advocate OYNELBY, and a number of other persons, who have been conducted to Logrono. If this information be correct, we fear there has been some foul play in the business; for it is not likely these young men would have made any disclosures whatever, unless on the understanding that their lives would be saved. The Eco del Comercio publishes a letter from Logrono, stating that ZBRBANO'S country house had been levelled to the ground, the furniture burnt, and the cattle killed. Two hundred persons were seised at Saragossa on the 26th ultimo, eighty of whom have been thrown into prison. A Council of War had been constituted for the trial of the insurgents in other dis tricts. On the 11th, NARVAEZ, in full uniform, appeared in the Chamber of Deputies, and presented a Bill for " granting pensions to the families of the officers put to death, after being made prisoners, by the rebels in their recent attempts on the frontier of the province of Huesca." The following paragraph appears in the letter of a Bilbao Correspondent :—" A Spanish vessel, which has just entered this town from Havannab, after a passage of thirty-two days, left that town almost de stroyed by an earthquake. The finest buildings have been subverted; there have been a large number of victims, and a part of the population is fled to the con ntry." THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12 1844. back, being consented to by the French Government. The Governor of Otaheite, in consequence, dispatched a vessel to these islands to notify that they were to be occupied. The protectorate of the Gambier Islands has also been notified. The following is the only news of the slightest interest in the papers The Constitutionnel publishes the following from its correspondent at Berne, dated the sth : " The imprudent decision by which the grand council of Lucerne has sanctioned the encouragement of the Jesuits, in spite of the popular repugnance, begins to bear fruit. The Government of Lucerne, disliked by the great majority of the population, particularly in the chief town, is obliged, in order to get itself obeyed, to have recourse to violent means, which, if they are not crowned with a prompt success, will only render its position more critical, if they do not cause its complete overthrow. Already the first act of the Jesuitical drama has just been played. According to information received this morning, an insurrection has burst out at Willisau, a little town six leagues from the capital. The Govern ment had ordered the prefect to arrest some men of the place known for their opposition to the Jesuits. One hundred men of the line were called out to give assist ance to the authorities, but when the commanding officer wished to proceed to execute the warrant, the people raised a riot, and opposed so strong a resistance, that the officer ordered the troops to fire on the mob. But the soldiers, far from complying, took part with the people. At this moment the insurrection threatens to ex tend to other localities, even to the capital itself, where the greater number of the superior officers are hostile to the Government, on account of its predilection for the Jesuits. Such are the scenes brought on by the proceedings of the reverend fathers to force themselves on a population by whom they are detested." According to the Constantinople letter of the 20th ult., in a Vienna journal, RIFAAT PACRA, who was lately Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been made a member of the Great Council. SARI:[-EFFENDI, ex- Minister of Foreign Affairs, is to go to London as Ambassador in place of AALI-EFFENDI ; and NArr- EFFENDI, formerly Ambassador to France, to replace MOUKIITAR BET, Ambassador at Vienna. A Constantinople letter of the 20th, in the Alms burrgh Gazette; informs us that a serious misnnder• standing had taken place between ABDULLAR PACHA, the Governor of Trebisonde, and the English Consul at that place. The Governor, in consequence of some pique against the Consul, had ordered 2,000 blows to be inflicted, for some real or supposed offence, upon a young Greek who was under the Consul's protection, and the victim had already received 800, and was almost dead, when the' Consul reached the spot, and insisted on the remission of the remainder of the sentence. The letter ad Is, that Sir STRAT- FORD CANNING has ordered an inquiry into the cir cumstances, and declared that if. the Consul's account should be substantiated, he will demand not only the dismissal of the Governor, but some signal chastise ment. THE BOURSE--MONDAY, DEC. 9. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Prim. Prim. Price. French Five per Cents ••• • • • 121 05 .. 122 .. 121 05 .. 121 65 Three per Cents.• ••• 85 .. 115 65 .. 25 .. $$ 20 New Loan •• •• $6 90 .. 27 25 .. 86 .85 86 85 Bank of France •• 2250 ..3260 .•3250 ••3260 Larlitte Bank. 5,000 f. Sharesso6o SCBO ..5080 • • 5060 Selgian Fives. 1840 .. •• .. lO3l • • 1031 • • 1021 • • 1031 Two-and-a-Half.. •• 62 25 .. 64 75 .• 62 25 .• 62 73 Spanish Threes •••••• • • • • • • 361 .. .. 34 •• 361 Active •• ••••• • • • • • 32; • • 32 • • 321 •• 320 Portuguese Five per Cents 861 .. 661 •• 561 .. 56j Igeapolitan• ••••.•- •• • • . • • 99 . 50 .• 99 . 50 .. 99 50 .. 99 50 DutCh Two aud-a-11a1f..... 631 •• 631 •. 631 . 631 Rosman • • RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8.•• .••••• . • 455 .. 455 .. 455 .• 455 L.B.— •••• •••• 327 50 .. 330 .. 327 50 .. 330 Rouen• • • 1027 50 . 1027 50 ..1027 50 ..1027 50 Rouen to Havre. Orleans .. ....... •• .• • 1071 25 .4072 50 ..1067 50 ..1070 Strasburg to Bale-- •• 295 .. 295 . 292 50 .• 292 50 Avignon to Marseilles.... 930 .. 930 .. 930 .• 930 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Dim 16. St. Germain • . .• • 985 985 .. 985 .. 955 Versailles, R. 8.• •• •• • • 457 50 .. 457 50 .. 457 58 .. 457 50 L.B Roues.— ................1027 50 ..1032 50 ..1027 90 ..1027 50 0r1ean5...............1070 —1072 50 ..1067 50 ..1070 Strasburg to .. 294 .. 295 .. 292 50 .• 292 50 Avignon to Marseilles.. 936 .. 935 .• 927 50 .. 927 50 MORTALITY. IN , THE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths during the week ending Saturday, Dec. 7, was 988, that of the preceding week being 1,075, showing a decrease of 87, and the average for five years being 942. In the first class, including epidemic and contagious diseases, there is a considerable de crease, particularly in small-pox and scarlatina. There is an increase, however, in complaints caused by cold weather. Bronchitis is marked 30, while the average is 12 ; and pnuemonia (inflammation of the lungs), 127, average 79. The deaths from small-pox oc curred at the following ages :—Eleven under 1 year; four, 1-3; four, 3-5 ; six, 5-10; one, 10 years ; one, 17 ; and four, 20-30 years. Among the violent deaths are six cases. The unfortunate victims, with one ex ception, being vary young children, were burnt to death from their clothes taking fire. There are only two suicides recorded. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 8.--The Journal de Bruxelles an nounees that Mr. Vergdt, member of the deputation of Antwerp, has been appointed director of the colony of St. Thomas, in the room of Mr. Guillamanot, who is said to be now on his return to Belgium. We shall be:glad if this statement should be unfounded. The nomination and acceptance of Mr. Verdt would be a pledge of confidence in the future prosperity of the The Government has received from Mr. Bosch, Consul- General of Belgium, in Chili and Peru, a decree of the Peruvian Government, dated the 14th of June, 1843, by which the term of five years granted to the Society for the exportation of guano, is prolonged for three years. In consequence of the severe cold we have had, for some days past, the Meuse is full of floating ice, and the navigation is interrupted in the whole course of the river. Our readers probably remember that while his Ma jstsy the King of the French was in England an indivi dual, named 1)e Buchoz:Hilton, who pretended that he was a creditor of the King, applied to a court of justice to be authorised to take legal measures, and even to arrest his Majesty. We are now able to throw some light on the character of this man, by the following de tails:—Buchoz.Hilton was born at Metz, and is now fifty-three years of age. In June, 1831 he was im prisoned at Brussels on a charge of vagrancy. In 1819 he had been condemned by the Court of Assize of South Brabant to seven years' imprisonment, to stand in the pillory, and to be branded as implicated in a plot against the life of the Emperor Alexander when he passed through Brussels. Being sent to Vilvorde to undergo his penalty, he sent several petitions to King William, praying to be relieved from his imprisonment. On the 6th of August,.lB24, a royal decree granted his petition, on condition that he should immediately quit Belgium; and never return ; if he did he was to suffer the remainder of his punishment. In consequence of this decree Buchoz escaped from Metz, and came to Belgium, where he was arrested as a vagabond. When in the prison of the Petits Cannes, he applied to be received into the military service of Belgium. ALARMING FIRE AT BRlXTON.—Yesterday morning, shortly before one o'clock, a fire broke out in the house belonging to Mrs. Powney, town carrier, situate at No. 7, Chrystal-road, North Brixton. The Waterloo brigade engine promptly attend e d, an d was followed by the West of England, and another from Southwark-bridge -road. There being a good supply of water instantly procured, the firemen set to work most vigorously, and before two o'clock they suc ceeded in extinguishing the fire, not e however, until very considerable damage had beet; effected. Owing to the density of the smoke, the inmates in the upper part of the building, had the greatest difficulty in escaping, and for some time it was believed that Mrs. Powney had been burnt to death, as she could not be found. Upon examining the premises after the fire was extinguished, no trace of any person having been burnt Could be dis covered ; the probabili , yoherefOre, is that she was from home at the time of the disaster. As to the origin of the fire, or whether or not the sufferer was insured, we could not learn during the excitement that prevailed. Da BEAUVOIR NATIONAL ScaooLs.---On 'rue- day a general meeting of the subcribers tti the De Beau voir National schools was held in the girls' school room (St. Peter's, Kingsland), to take into con sideration the propriety of the immediate dismissal teachers a c th h e e rs schools. were that the these tress of Mr. a n d M rs. Williams, the master and mis- Thecl ; a hadr ges alb rodeu e c h e t r t against ai o d i s .. closures injurious to the moral character of the minis ter of the district, the Rev. F. T. Moncton. After the The contract for the new French loan of debate had extended some length, a show of hands was 200,000,000 f. (8,000,0001) was completed at Paris the edni s u m p i o s ti sa t l he B resolutio n , w h en the numbers were—For on Monday. The adjudication took place at the was consequ ently' naegagaintisvteddi.smissal, 14. Th e p ropos i t i on office of the Finance Minister at noon. The only EARLT CLOSING OF Snors.—On Tuesday a very bidders were—Messrs. DR ROTHSCHILD and. DR ST. I liwll.tlDhetriOieUSDarandperhsrmlyetrreospeolicttaanblAe meeting, in connexion DIDIER and Beunox, as representatives of the Re- 1 the Mechanics' Institute, Southampoctoinat.truinasgahelait.. ceivers-General, Messrs. FIOTTINGUER and Co., Messrs. born, in order to effect a more general early closing of DURAND, and Messrs. BARING. The price offered by shops throughout l th i e metropolis among the whole of the the former company was 84f. 75c., and by the latter upon different on to preside, traes said . it Ambro se was extremelyore who 17:1:4"k:heal 83f. 95c., consequently the loan was adjudged to and there should be a cordial co-operation among the trades- Messrs. DE ROTHSCHILD and DE Sr. DIDIBR men of the metropolis to effect an early closing of their BAUDON. The minimum of the Minister of Finance establishments ; an object which might be easily at wasting conciliatory measures. The early 83, so that the offer of M essrs . R OTHSCHILD an d C o. not precisely know n , b u t it was un d ers t oo d to be ,closing twined shopsof would not curtail the tradesman of the profits of his business ; and he was certain that great exceeded it by lf. 75c. This high offer had excited benefit and advantage might be attained by its adoption. com•iderable surprise at the Bourse, yet parties were The meeting was addressed by Mr. Payne, the t barrister eager to purchase at an increa se d ra t e . At th e open- a m n r d c d G o p m u m t ) i - a - g o rsoande several other 1 ge r ntlemen. Resolutions ing of the Bourse the new loa n was d one a t 86f . 50c. in furtheranc e of the object of the meeting were agreed to. it quickly rose to 87f. SOc., ane. closed at 86f. 90c. Mr. J. Payne said that in his profession be had long sul fur cash, and 87f. 15c. for the account. The French fared from the late hour system—he alluded to the even- Government, according to a letter f rom Ot a h e it e o f ing sittings a t th e Central Criminal Court, which he was happy to say were now to b e a b olished. They were the 2d of June, h as t a k en un d er *-1 protection several productive of great evil, and were alike unsatisfactory to other islands in the Pacific. Tip letter states th a t I the judge, the counsel, the prisoner, and all officially the chiefs of Wallie's Islands and of the Island of connected with the administration of justice in that court. Vontan - - A Committee was formed to wait upon the shopkeepers a, are henoetorvrard unkt.er the protectorate of France,thi s step, hi h • of London, in order to induce them to co-operate with w e was applied for several months the meeting. • Mr. BULWER, it is said, had obtained a settlement of the arrears due to the British Legion. MADRID BOURSE, DEC. 3.—The Three per Cents. are per cent. higher to-day, closing at 30 9-16 cash, and 31 at 60 days ; 53,000,000 done. Five per Cents. 21i for 7th January, and 21f at 55 days. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS cxTy, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The quotations for Consols are scarcely so good this afternoon; being 1001-1 ; Exchequer Bills have realised 565. to 58s. premium ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. receded to 1021 ; Bank Stock was firm at 2083 ; and India Stock at 286 to 2863. The Foreign Stocks were well supported up to the close. Spanish Actives realised 253 to- 25 ; the Three per Cents., 37 to I ; Mexican, 361 ; Belgian, 101 1 ; and Dutch Two-and-a• Half per Cents., 641. The French Scrip was 2 to 23 premium. Tho additional , transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Cambridge and Lincoln were 1 to 1 ; Churnet Valley, 11 ; Great Southern and West e rn (Ire land), 33 ; Great NVestern, Half, 40 to 39+ ; Hull and Selby, 19 ; Birmingham, Thirds; 36 ; South-Western, 401 to 411; Croydon, 21 .. i Lynn and Ely, 13 ; Manches ter and Birmingham, New, 3 to 21 ; Northern and Eastern, 121 ; North Kent, 3 1 ; Norwich and Brandon, New, 21 1 ; South-Eastern, 5/ to 1 ; Ditto, New, 73 to 8; Trent Valley, 63 to 7 ; York and North Midland, 52 ; Ditto, Half, 26 to 251 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 311; Paris and Lyons, 13 3 ; and Paris and Strasbourg, premium. Birmingham and Gloucester have been 4 ; Direct Northern, 3 ; Eastern Counties, 113; and Green wich 33 discount. North British were a t p ar ; an d Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 1-5 prem. to par; British North 'American Bank Shares were 5,i discount ; London Joint-Stock 3 1 ; National Provincial of England, 2 ; and Provincial of Ireland, 193 premium. (Fret: The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were large, and prices were firm. About 7,600 bales changed hands, including 2,000 American on speculation.—Shares were not quite so good :—Bristol and Gloucester, 87; Churnet Valley, 31. Is. 3d.; Eastern Counties, 131 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 61i ; Grand Junction, 225 ; Ditto, Quarters, 561 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 211 ; London and Birmi ng h am , 221 ; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 381 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 261; Ditto and South-Western New, 33 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 521 ; Midland Counties, 1084 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 141 ; South-Eastern N ew , 1 2 ; T rent Valley, 83_ ; Ulster, S ; Lyons and Avignon, 24 ; Paris and Lyons, 665. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5. We are without any late arrivals from the colonies to- day. It appears , that a portion of the 260,0001. loan, gua ranteed by the Government, for the prosecution of public works in Canada, was taken at 112, or very nearly 1 per cent. under the quotation realised a few weeks since for a parcel of the debentures (paying four per cent.) before issued on the same account. The piiCe at which the New ThreePeTaent. French Loan ha's been taken by the Messrs. Rothschild, Brothers, in Paris is prima fucie apparently high, but it should be 'considered that there are inducements held out in its favour which do not appertain to most other ad vances of capital to Governments that the ..pro ceed► are to be devoted to railway and other public works. Every measure that may tend to promote internal communication in a country advances its prosperity ; and hence, under a well-regulated admi nistration of public works, the means of payment of in terest upon such advances is rendered the more certain. The reports current last evening of the terms upon which the contract for the 200,000,000 f. was taken, were pretty nearly correct. We have heard that the minimum ♦alue fixed by the French Minister of Finance was 84f. 50c. The bidding et the Messrs. Rothschild was 84f. 75c., and that is the contract price. When it is recollected that our Three per Cents, are above par, it may fairly be considered that there is a wide margin for an advance in the New Three per Cents. French Loan that was contracted for on Monday last. The Old French Three per Cents. since July last have advaneed nearly 3 per cent., and the stock is scarce here, as well as on the Bourse of Paris. Parsuant to the decree of the Ist December, there were drawn at the Hague the . following (being the fourth series of debt to be paid off in money) letters, Q. Y, N, F, and Z, and the greater part of K, under which last letter stand the administration of Koning and Ketvich, and Voonibergh. Also there were drawn under the fifth series for conversion, 4/. per Cents., letters I, 0, H , and part of B ; under the last letter stand the administrations of Brondeest, Byleveld, and Boorgaurt. The Commissioners bought about 13,0001. or 14,0001. of the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents• this morn ing, at 103. The market for Consols for the Opening has been rather heavy, the prices having receded from tool •to 1001. The New Threi , ,and-a-Quarter per Cents. have 'Jaen fluctuating from 102 i to 1031. Bank Stock is 1 per cent. lower than it was yesterday. Ex chequer Bills are rather lower than yesterday. India Bonds rather higher. India and Bank Stocks have re ceded-1 per cent. A great deal of business has been done this morning in the Foreign Stock Exchange. The principal variations have been as follows:—Belgic Scrip has touched 1k premium; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 64; the Five per Cents, 98 ; Spanish, 25k; the Three per Cents., 371; the Portuguese Converted, 57; Russian Five per Cents., 119; Mexican, 361 k; and Colombian, 14k 1. The Railway Share market is scarcely so high as it was 'yesterday, with the exception of . the London and Birminihams, which are up to 122 premium. PRICES OF BRITISH k UNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. • (From the Official List) Bank Stock for Account 3_per Cont. Reduced Annuities 100 ,4% New 34 per Cent. Annuitie5..„............ 103 4 402% India 80nd5,1,000.. 78 Ditto under • 7B Consol. for Opening 10 0%% India Stock for Account ........«......» »...•. 284% 288 Exchequer Bills. 130. 14d. 10801..•»•M«••••»••••»» •••••••••••• 58 58 pm. •"•••••••••••••• •••••••••••• Ditto pm. Ditto Adrertis.a.... ..... — PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, BeMan Bonds, spot Cent. .... Ditto Scrip Columbian Bonds .. 14%% Danish Bonds, 1825, .S:per Cent. gg Mexican Bonds. 107, 5 per Cent. ..... DMA for the Account 88%% Ditto Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents.. ....... Ditto fir the Account.- ......... ..".. Portuguese Bonds 5 per Ditto Converted.... ......... . ...... Ditto for the Account 58% 57 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent.. ... Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 25 Ditto for the ....... 251 25 Ditto Three per Cent. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 974 Ditto for the Account •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3'74% Dutch 234 per ..... 63% 64 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICES OF SHARES AT, ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER Saws. Bristol and Exeter 70 78% Bristol and G10uce5ter.. „ .......... 90 37% Caledonian 5 44 to Churnet Valley ....... 2 214% to Dublin and Belfast Junction 2% ..... 3% to Ely and Bedford Great North of England. lOO ........,121% Great Western 75 Ditto 34 Shares 5O ..... ..... to MN Lancaster and .Carliale. ....... London and Birmingham. l4O .... ...221 to 222 Ditto % Shares London and Brighton 50 504 to Ditto Loan Notes London and South Western 41% 82 .. to Ditto Eightha ....... VA to London anS ..... 431. Manchester and Birmingham Midland ...... 108 Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct 24 61 Rub Sbr g ews y bury, Wolverhampton,l 1 Dudley, and Birmingham j South Eastern and Dover ..... 33% ...... SEA% Jo Boulogne and Amiens • SIA% ... to Orleans and Thrum Paris and Lyons MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHA.NGR, DEC. 10.—Manches ter and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 10i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 52-4,; Ditto, Quarter Shares * 6-16; Midland 401.- Shares, ; York and North Midland, 102 ; Cburnet Valley, 33, 3/. ss. 6d. ; London and York, 33 13-16 ; West Yorkshire, 63 6. The market con tinues firm, and the heavier stooks generally are hi gher. . CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 208% Ditto Bonds 41 ; 000...... /8 pm. 3 per Cent. Red ....... ....... , =-'':%, Vi n t: 6 h Sr: AnVnt a i l es s... .... .--- 3 per Cent. Cent. Cone. .....u, ::::::: : ,....e: New 3 1gl per Celitsisii 102% Ditto New Annuities... RIM 5 per Cent........--• Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001. ......•.....•. -- Pm Ditto 5ma11...,..... ..... bd pm Oct. 1859:•.....•..•.:.. Bank Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860 — Consols for Opg. ......... 1004 Indian-Stocks...i.e. ........... .. .•-• India Stank for Acct. me 286 FOREIGN Ftmog . Austrian ; 5 per Cent . '- Ruislish, 5 per Cent............ &Meth, 5 per Ceht ..... lO l B4 Ditto; Metallic . ...... ...... Britilliali Bonds — ipanish, 5 per &int., 1840... 25 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... ditto;lB4l ..................... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 1842............... -... Chllian t 6 per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent..., — Ditto, 184$ ..... ................ Danish, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 3 per Cent ..".. ... ...... 37)4 Greek, 18'25, 5 per Cent." — Venesuela Bonds, 2perCtEss -- Metican, 5 per Cent Neapolitan Bends, 5 pet Ct — French, 3 por COM...—. —E —e, Prussian Bonds, 4 per Ceht — Exchange .................. —f. —c. Perlivian 'Wilds, A per Ct — Dutch, ' 2 34 per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct Ditto,,s per Cent ... — Birmingham and Gloucester SHARES.(IOO paid) 2 .ChurnetCambrid ge vm a ie n i d .„ L pa inc id 01n , , ,.... 1 , % .,,e r ,.. 1 , e1 “ .. , ;!....::::. i t5. ,. ... , :a . ; 1 Direet Notthern; 211 0210 13 Flistierti Chanties (25 paid) Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 raid ••• 8 Great Weitern (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid • • MU 60 . Hull and Selby, 50 paid . . London and Birmingham (Stock) 3 . 1 i Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid ...... ii.sssita !! .s; - lisondett Arta Orethrrith (121. 151 i. 4d. paid) 9 abit itid South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) B3 Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) London and Croydon Lynn and Ely, 14 paid Manchester and Birmingham Ditto Quarters ( 2 paid) ' 4ai Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, .24 paid 1 North - British, 5 paid Northen and Eastern (45 paid) North Kent, 2% paid 34 Richmond and West End Junction, 1 paid .... 2 Rugby, I paid l% boutr. Eastern and Dover (33 2a 4d paid) ••••••••• 39 Ditto, New Shares, 4 paid................. ..... .... Trent Valley, 2 paid 9 York and North Midland (50 paid) lO2 Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) Boulogne and Amiens, 2 paid „....,.«.. w 4.01 t ..... Paris and Lyons, 2 paid .. . . • z ... Paris an •••......•.... , 4 d Strasbourg 2N . n . ii.4 ' --______ -__ -•-- HIGH TIDL—On Tuesday afternoon the tide rose ' unusually high, and several premises along . tin Ti!q,roio were flooded ; but as a high title *i4li aiitibipated 'u l y most of the occupiers; the diEige Sustained was comparatively Wittig, At high tide (2 o'clock) the depth of water at the outer entrance lock of the St. Katharine Dock was 28 feet 7 inches. The high tide is attributable to the prevalence of north-easterly winds. As the tides art e_Aill oh the iiii:. crease, ected. a few more parti a l over fl o w s a the Thilibes may be expWharfmgers and others have adopted the necessary precautions against the loss or damage to pro pyrty intrusted to th e i r temporary keeping. ECCLpIASTICAL NOTICE.—The Bishops of London, Durham, Lincoln, and Ely, have given notice, that after the present year, they will require from all candidates of the University of Cambridge applying to them for holy orders, a certificate of their having passed the voluntary theological examination. The Bishop of Norwich has given a similar notice, but his Lordship intends that it shall apply only to gentlemen seeking admission to the pri 'estheod, and that it shall come into operation aft or • August, 1545, SUMMARY OF NEWS AND publtr 1 4% ptnton. " Who runs may read." "rozszeu The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and the Prince de Joinville reached Marseilles on the sth instant. A tri umphal arch had been crested near that part of the port which touches the Canebiere. Its summit was on either side blazoned with the arms and initials of the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and the sides and front were deco rated with trophies representing the battles of Tangiers, Mogadore, the Sniala, and Biscora. They landed at the triumphal arch, traversed the Canebiere, the rue de St. Feriol, to the Hotel d'Orient, in the rue Grignon, the air resounding with the firing of guns, the ringing of bells, and the voices of thousands of persons shouting, " Vive le Duke d'Aumale," " Vive la Duchess," " Vive le Prince de Joinville," " Vive le Roi," &c. At ten o'clock the royal party went to the theatre ; their recep tion was most enthusiastic. The cold is still increasing at Paris. On Monday morning, at six o'clock, the centigrade thermometer marked 9.4 degrees below zero (15 Fahrenheit). The last severe winter felt at Paris was in 1838, the thermo. meter at the Observatory being down to 19 degrees cen tigrade (2 below zero of Fahrenheit). At 9 degrees centigrade (16 Fahrenheit), if.continued for two or three days, the Seine freezes over. The Courrier Francais says:—" Since 1890 the Halle Au Bld has never been so bare of flour as at present. _ _ The official returns of Friday show only 6,976' quintals - - in store. The consumption per day is 1,588 quintals, so that there remained at that time not more than two days' provision. This circumstance has caused an advance in price. The late severe weather has, by the freezing of the canals, been a main cause of the present small supply. The number of pupils at the Royal and Communal Colleges of France is at present not less than 57,278. Last year, at the same period, they were only 53,864, which shows an increase of 3,414 pupils. The Memorial des Pyrenees states that a French sloop, having fifteen men on board, went down on Thursday last in the Bay of Saint Jean de Luz, and every soul perished. The name of the vessel is not given. The Academie de Misdkine having received several very interesting works on the plague, and being charged by an express ordonnance to make a report to the Go vernment on the subject, has appointed a committee of eleven of its members to take into consideration the above, and all other documents that are likely to throw light on all the questions which have arisen on this important matter. The Constitutionnel states that at Saragossa, on the 26th ult., all the persons found in the streets wearing cloaks, 400 in number, were arrested by the authorities, but only 80 of them were retained in custody. The wives of several of the prisoners having assembled, and demanded the release of their husbands, tke Captain-Ge neral threatened to employ force if they did not retire. The motive of these arrests is not stated. Similar pro ceedings have taken place at Almeria and Alicant, and the whole of the province of Teruel has been declared in a state of siege. The Verdad of Barcelona, of the Ist, says :—" We have just learned, by a letter from General Prim him self, that he is on his way to Cadiz, where he is to em bark immediately fur the Philippine Islands to undergo his sentence. lie says in his letter that whit gives him most pain is being compelled to abandon his aged mother, without being able to leave her any reiources for 11 ,, r support." Some time ago, at Munich, a girl six years of age was placed as dead in an open coffin, in what is called in that country the hall of death, preparatory to interment. On the following day she was found playing with the white roses which had been strewed over her. The keeper of the hall took her in his arms, and carried her to her mother. In France (says the Presse, which men tions this fact), where there is no precautionary measure of this kind, the child would have been buried alive. MAW AND P 03.10311. The Committee of the Privy Council was engaged in hearing the arguments in the case of the Royal Court of Guernsey, against General Napier, the Lieutenant- Governor of the Island. The furt her consideration of the case was adjourned to Monday. The Commission at Derby was opened by Mr. Justice Patteson on Monday afternoon. The calendar contains the names of 27 prisoners, and one has been committed since it was printed, At Chester Edwin James Port, 49, was placed at the bar on a charge of killing and slaying Mary Harris, at Birkenhead, by the application of white arsenic to her right breast, which produced a sore or ulcer, and a mortal sickness, on the II th of October last, of which she died on the 24th -of the same month. The defendant was a quack doctor, who advertised to cure cancer. He was acquitted, and, in discharging him, Mr. Baron Gurney gave him the following caution t- - " Take care of your- self for the future- - --you may not be so fortunate another Joseph Stett„dinan Morrison, a police superintendent, was convicted 4fore Mr. Justice Coleridge, at York, of having embeialed.l7l. The money had been remitted to him as a subscription to the Police Association, At Guildhall; Sir Peter Laurie' mentioned that some persons residing at Paris, had hit- upon' a singular plan to recruit their finances. They had taken up Dodd's account of the nobility and gentry, and had begun rondino eiroulara to tho individuals en tunorated therein, soliciting a remittance towards translat ing into German, and publishing, a series of biogra phical sketches.- The application enclosed a sketch of the article intended to be published, in which the person addressed was eulogised, and blanks were left for the insertion of some particulars. Though the names were varied, the style of description was adapted to all of that grade. Sir Peter said the price of fame was to be one guinea per page. He had written to Paris declining the favour, as he comprehended the object. Leah Mary Roper, the notorious shoplifter, was fully committed from Bow-street. A young woman was charged at Marylebone with having stolen , from the person of Mr. Arthur Rumsey, a wine merchant, carrying on business iu Bond-street, two Bank of England Rotes of 201. each, and one ditto of 10/., together with a sovereign, 65., and a gold ring. It appeared that the prisoner met the prosecutor in the street and accosted him as if 'she knew him. lie as sured her she was mistaken. She however followed him, stating► she was a lady's maid, and eventually sncceeded in picking his pocket of the articles mentioned. She was remanded until next Tuesday. The police of the various divisions have, from time to time, received information with regard to other robberies perpetrated under circum stances of the like artful character, and it is more than probable that on the next examination, other " gentlemen" who have been " victimised" by " ladies' maids" may at tend to prefer more charges. John Stump, who pleaded drunkenness as an excuse for his conduct, was sentenced at Worship -street to six weeks' hard labour for having entered the house of an old lady, seventy years of age, and forced himself into her bed. coIrieT—PASINIOWABIas. The Marquis and Marchioness of West m i ns t er are en tertaining a select circle at Litton nail. Baron Nieumann and his bride (eldest daughter of the Duke of Beaufort) have left England, for Florence, where the Baron has been appointed Minister Plenipo tentiary from the court of his Imperial Majesty the Em peror of Austria. The Right Hon. the Paymaster-General and Lady and Miss Knatchbull, arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on Monday, from Mershatn, near Ashford. Sir James Graham has taken Orton House, at Brighton, where Lady Graham and family arrived on Monday. Miss Burdett Coutta arrived on Tuesday at the Norfolk Hotel, Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Grosvenor will arrive at Eaton Hall in the course of the week, to remain during the holidays with the Marquis and Marchioness of West minster at their splendid mansion. Earl and Countess tie Grey have arrived in St. James's-square from Brighton, and on Saturday the Noble Earl and Countess leave for their seat, Wrest Park, near fiiisoe, fiedferdshire, where his Lordship in tends to pass a short time. The Marquis of Exeter has arrived in Grosvenor square from Blitleigh Houte j to be present at the Chapter of the Order of the Garter, to be held to-day at Windsor Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire are not expected to leave town for East Hampstead- park, Berk shire, until the end of the ensuing thumbs The Earl of Hillsborough is still at his hunting seat, llaxterley near Leamington Spa, where Mr, and Lady Charlotte Chetwynd are staying. *its °MILAN/Aim:M. 'the metropolis was visited yesterday 17 a niodt unwelcome acquaintance —a dense fog—which caused almost complete darkness for several hours. Though somewhat - abated at two P.M., the gas lights were re quired in shops, warehouses, &e,, as at night. tti retereotte to a paragraph that appeared in The Run, giving the inquest on the stiddeti death of Mr: Shutter, a stockbrok er i n t h e Ci ty, we are requested to state that he was not a Jew. Mr. Soutter it appears, was a Christian, a n d atten d ed the Swiss Protestant Church in Dean-street, Solo, of which the Rev. Mr. Andemars is minister. Thethilversity or Edinburgh has eonferred the de , . gree of Doctor in Divinity ea the Rey. JOhil M.A., minister of the Scottish National Church, Crown court, Covent-garden, to mark their sense of his great acquireinents and untiring services to the' Church of ticntland, The dattle air Of tilt; §mithfield dull ; which is floe ppen tb iio; iab s ig Mod t,l4t lOrrst and best that EEO: LoOi „d M greater than it has been, and their quality, speaking is also very superior. Scarcely a county in England but has its representative—of one description or an2th/r, Fi•btti of the Small Pok ff ()that fo r tho Pest, ''*" • month of November, it appears that the epidemic con tinues to increase, for the admission of patients during that period has been 77, making a total of 573 patients received this year into this valuable Institution, which not. only relevis the mltropolis from so dreadful a con tient); hilt di6iftiglibs the Spread or tbs in/tit - 14 by theitli of vaccination. The amount of the Repeal Rent for the last week was 3331, 1 111111111 AfEETING TO PETITION AGAINST TDB WINDOW T.ix.--On Tuesday a meeting of the ratepayers of SL James's, West, was held at the Crown Hotel, Broad-street, Golden-square, to consider the propriety of taking measures to petition Parliament for the repeal of the window tax. Mr. Austen, of G.oldeu-square, churchwarden of the parish, was in the chair, Apd ex plained the objects of the meeting. Reoolutions in fur therance of the object were then parried utiat 4 imonsly and a committee appointed. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duke and, Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, at tended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward Bowater, and the Baron de Alvensleben, arrived at seven minutes past four o'clock at the Castle in the char-a-bane, from Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wale 3, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, arrived from Claremont with their usual at tendants, in close carriages. The Lord Steward arrived via town from Clare mont at six o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and the Countess Wratislaw, joined the royal circle at the Castle at dinner this evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yesterday after noon from his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Earl of Haddington had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. In the evening Sir Robert left town for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. A deputation from the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company, consisting of 111 r. Charles Jen nings, Mr. James Lyle, Mr. John Boyd, Mr. Hill Irvine, and Mr. James Coombe, accompanied by the Marquis of Downshire, the Hon. J. 11. Knox, Sir John Rennie, the engineer of the Company, and Mr. Bryden, the Parliamentary agent, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Tuesday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting on Tuesday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of Ripon, and the Dean of West minster. Dispatches from the Governors of Van Diemen's Land, Ceylon, and Malta, were received on Tuesday at the Colonial• office. The Marquis of Salisbury had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber. The Lords pre sent were Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn wall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Turner, Queen's Counsel, was heard on an appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, " Pryce Jones v. Francis Godrich."—Judgment was not given. Mr. Charles Buller and Mr. Jackson were heard on an appeal from Bengal, "Chowdry Deby Persad v. Chowdry Dowlut Singh.—The case was adjourned. LLOYD'S. At a general meeting of the members of Lloyd's, held at the South Sea. house yesterday, G. R. Robinson, Esq., the chairman, it was proposed, and carried unanimously, " That a special vote of thanks be presented to his Majesty the King of the French, for the valuable set of charts presented to Lloyd's by order of his Majesty; likewise to the President of the United States for a similar presentation." It was also proposed and carried unanimously, " That a vote of 51. be given to three men for their meritorious exertions in saving the crew of the Two Brothers, Tomkins, of Lowestoff, wrecked on the Whitby Rock, 11th ult." After the special Committee for the permanent establishment of Lloyd's had presented their fifth report, the meeting separated. SPORTING IN MANCHESTI DEP TELLIGENCE. 'LR -TUESDAY. 10 to 1 agst Alarm—taken' freely 20 to 1 agst Cobweb c. 20 to 1 agst Kedger 20 to 1 agst Idea 20 to 1 agst Young Eclipse 22 to 1 agst Pain 30 to 1 agst New smongcr 30 to 1 agst Rebecca c. 35 to 1 agst Laird o' Cock pen 40 to 1 agst Old England —taken 40 to 1 apt Connaught Ranger—taken 1000 to 15 agst Iron Master —offered 1000 to 10 agst Black Prince 15 to 1 agst Forth's lot 7 to 1 agst John Day's lot 6 to 1 agst Scott's lot—t. IR CUP. on the field. CREST] 40 to l offer COURSING. NORTH BERWICK AND DIRLETON MEETING The Puppy Stakes (14 dogs) were won by Mr. Cal lender's Princess ; Mr. tiibson's Percy ran up. The. All-Aged Stakes (14 dogs) were won by Mr. W. Sharpe's Daintie Davie ; Mr. Curror's Scorpion ran up. The Champion Stakes (8 (Jogs) were won by Mr. Cur ror's Colonel ; Mr. Inn.s's Valiant ran up. The Consolation Stakes were won by Slr. J. P. Mi chell's Warrior ; Mr. Innes's Victor ran up. WESTON GRANGE MEETING. The Silver Cup was won by Mr. Gibbs's Stockton ; the Subscription Puree by Mr. Garner's Spotless, and he Consolation Stakes ley Mr. Stephens's Victoria. EXPERIMENTS IN THE MARSHES WooLwicn, DEC. Di—Lieut.-Colonel Dancey, C. 8., Lieut.-Colonel Chalmer, Assistant Director-General of Artillery, and a number of officers, attended at half past one o'clock yesterday in the Marshes, to witness the con tinuation of the experiments with extra charges of powder, and at a greater distance than point blank range, which were interrupted by the number of vessels passing in the river opposite the practice ground on the previous Wednesday. The tide being just on the turn as the experiments were about to commence, the number of vessels passing down the river were so great, and in in such close succession to each other, that it was past three o'clock before a single shot could be fired. Shortly after that hour an opportunity offering, three rounds were fired with shells fitted with Mr. Marsh's fumes formed of wood, and fitted with four copper caps, filled with meal powder, and attached with Jeffrey's marine glue, over which a small piece of cartridge paper was placed, sized with the same sub stance, as an additional protector, and the result was most successful, the 32-pounder shells and the 68-pounder shells all striking the bulk head or target, and exploding instantaneously by the force of the concussion. The first 32-pounder shell that was fired, and the 68-pounder, burst when passing through the wooden bulkhead, and the other 32 pounder shell, on striking the object against which it was directed, at 600 yards' distance. The guns were again charged and supplied with two 32-pounder shells and one 68-pounder shell, fitted with fuzees, on Lieutenant-Colonel Dansey's plan, and attached to the shells immediately before firing. The 68 pounder shell and one of the 32-pounder shells buret instantan eously on striking the bulkhead, with excellent effect, and the first fired, having entered the ground a few yards in front of the target, did not explode until the expira tion of ten seconds, the period required to burn the full length of the fuzee. The experiments with Mr. Marsh's and Lieutenant-Colonel Dancey's fuzees have fully an swered the expectations and end of the inventors, and afforded evidence that they can be fired with extra charges of powder, and still be perfectly safe and free from the least apprehension of danger to those using them. Three shells were then fitted with Mr. Tyers's fuzees, formed of brass or gun metal, with a groove in them to cause them to break by percussion ; but they all burst within a few yards of the mouth of the guns, and would have been most dangerous to troops at fifty or one hundred yards in advance, and, consequently, unfit for service. Mr. Tyers simply tried the experiment to ascertain if it would be possible to render the thou sands of these fuzees lying in store in the Royal Ar senal available in the new mode of shell practice, and he filled the groove with an easily fused metal, but he must have weakened the fuzees so much that they broke in the action of firing, and burst at the mouth of the gun, or a few yards in advance. The other wooden fuzes s are simple and safe, and certain of effect, as the result of the experiment has shown ; and by a coating of marine glue, mixed with mineral poison, in the opinion of Mr. Marsh, may be preserved for a long period from the white ants of tropical climates, or the damps and frosts of other parts of the world. We are requested to State that the concluding volumes of "Lord Malmesbury's Diaries and Corre spondence," edited by his Grandson, the third Earl, will be published by Mr. Bentley, of ew Burlington-street (publisher in ordinary to her Majesty), on Saturday nett, the 14th inst., 2 vols. Svo., with Portraits. Orders reg6iied My all booksellers. Also, now ready , and to be had of all bookseller's) "Memoirs of the reign of George III.," by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford 1 edited, with notes, by Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart., 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits. THE "ADVENTURES" OF COL. MAXWELL (BROTHER OF Mtittuat MAXWELL).—The publication of a *Orli from the /len of Col. Montgomery Maxwell, en titled " My AdVetittirks 4 4 will excite no less interest and curiosity in the reading public daft it will among the numerous friends, family connexions, and companions of that popular officer. The " Adventures " relate to the most remarkable and stirring period of modern history -•-:ruttrtel, the last few years of the Continental war ; and the; inklude ittnntrierable &Ks, anecdotes, and per sonal traits of nearly all the leading individuals who took part in that wonderful contest. Among the personages who are brought before the reader, not merely " in their habit as they lived," but speaking the very words they uttered during the author's personal intercourse with thetild tit, till Etrtiltror Napoleon, the Empress Marie uiSe, ;112 Fot r oe! queen garoline of England, the Em press of Austria, the Archdulte Charles) the King of Prussia, the Kings and Queens of Naples ) Srdinia, Etruria, &c., the w ole of the ecribed.from a l fliar , kept by "Adventures" being tran the author at the periods -- re respectively erre ft BRITISH NORTH AMERICA* Tuesday was held a special extraordinary meetinC of the pro • prietors of this corporation, established some years since for the purpose of extending banking, facilities in British forth Americos to fill up a vacancy in the Court of Directors, by the death d fhb lute Mrs Pemberton. The meeting was held at the bank's house in Si. lieleu'l. +l.. chair was taken by Mr. Carter. The place, anu •. I: :r nman 9d Mr. Fowler candidates were Mr. W. C Newsam. After a somewhat animater discussion of the merits of the candidates; a show of hands was taken, which terminated by a large majority in favour of Mr. ChSplnftlii,Xlebo was a ccordiugly declared to be oiecteri Director . Th,s 4 ks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting sep,arated. The Customs revenue,of Liverpool for the past year is likely to yield upwardA of 4,500,0001. sterling, a sum greater by very nearly half a million than the pp ount contributed last year.—Liverpoolcourier, GREAT MEETUNG OF THE ANTI-CO RN-LAW LEAGUE. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The first great metropolitan meeting of the men"' bers of the Anti-Corn-law League fur the pielt. season, took place at Covent-garden Theatre 1 06 evening. The doors wer e o p ene d a t s i x o'clock. this; rush was tremendous, and within ten minutes frigi! the time that the doors were opened, the house 1 06 " crowded in every part. Even the upper gallery 1 / 11$ full. The greater part of the private boxes were full/ occupied; the stage was crowded; and such was the` desire to obtain admittance, that a great number persons, including several ladies, were accommodate! . in the orchestra portion of the house, which he " hitherto been appropri a t e d exc l us i ve l y to th e use . °f reporters. There were not, perhaps, so many W ts , present as has been usual at these meetings, but thhe number of gentlemen was much greater, and tha meeting was characterised by a degree of earnestness' and quiet enthusiasm, if one may be allowed tbl' phrase, which showed that all present were actuete 9 ' by a fixed determination to carry out the great prin . : ciple of free trade, in support of which they lve r, leagued together. From th e genera l appearance o f ; the meeting we should say that there were mere,' the enfranchised present at it than had been cone' gated on any former similar occasion. At a quarter-past seven o'clock, George Wile . ' Esq., Chairman of the League, t oo k th e c h a ir, amids t the most enthusiastic cheers. On his entrance into the theatre he was aceo°' panied by several of the most active members ergs League, who were loudly cheered as they made 00. appearance. Among those present we observed—George 01 " son, Esq., chairman, Hon. Charles Pelham M.P., Richard Cobden, M.P., John Bright, Dr. Cooke Taylor, Robert Clark, D. Dewar, Stainton, J. Baines, Brook s b an k, R ev . J. Wolk." G. P. Fletcher, W. Wilson, W. Hickson, Feelp sl ,: Alfred Novello, J. H. T. L ew i s , C a pt a i n C o sse t 1 " Bauer, G. Thompson, Major-General Briggs, 11 /$ llll A. Lyon, S. Lucas, W. A. Wilkinson, S. Harriee l4 Joseph Ivimy, P. A. Taylor, Cowden Clark, --Les ve t, —Harker, W. Ellis, J. P. Burnard, J. A. Patties, Dr. Lewis, Colonel Tucker, Colonel T. P. Theteroll - Bourne, Isaac Sewell, Josiah Conder, Lattimer (Wheathampstead), Arthur Move, _ us Chalmers, Ralph Ricardo, Rich ar d Sh a rpe, 'lt Lowe, Thomas Rusto n , W. G ees i n , J ose ph rhe l l; W.A.Brown, James Brothert on , J. H ewer , E. (Crediton), John Fish, L. W. Ash, Charles vvt 7- ; stable, R. L. Tweedale, R. R. R. Moore, W. B°l l , J. Poulter, John Jee (Northampton), J. Cooke , Parry (Ilfracombe), John Butterworth (Mancheet es : ims ' Charles James _Wilson, Henry Lloyd Morgacl . ,,J 6P- Wilson, John Smith, Professor K e y, W. Tl' s borrow, &c. The Chairman then came forward to addriele meeting, and was received with loud cheering I t waving of hats and handkerchiefs, which lastede some minutes. The pit rose to welcome. him': -1 7 - 1 0 , congratulations were repeatedly acknowledg e .gria Mr. Wilson. Silence was at length restored, 0 1;0 was about to commence his address, when there /m i l a call for " One cheer more, and a good one.". Pc,. call having been most enthusiastically. responded The CHAIRMAN commenced his address as foil ° t if Ladies and Gentlemen,—Had we not. been perf l o c fs accustomed to see this theatre crowded—crayern,L o suffocation, to use an ordinary phrase--et League meetings, this immense meeting would excited some surprise in our minds,' occurring, l 7o - does, at the present season of the year—a season_ a w is supposed to be the least favourable to politice.i. lg ii t citement, and when the greater number of our fr i _l,6l are generally engaged in different and more cheT d s• avocations. But as it is, we look upon this L g, meeting as a sign of the great and - the ifier" r- il interest which is experienced by a large I:o 4° w the inhabitants of this vast city in favour of the $ s O lition of these restrictions in trade ivhiela-WiLi acknowledge, and in favour of the abrogation of leas which interfere with the sustenance ni_s people. We have met together to-night .to re f r e o our engagements with each other, to enter into * Jo bonds with each other—(Hear, hear) —to ePe re s s exertion until we shall have obtained the totlit the conditional—but the total—(Loud cheers d~° repeat it, not the conditional, but the total abreg s o .' of the corn-laws.—(Renewed cheering.) Vi r e met here to-night, having gathered experience ' eitt i f the past. We have now served our apprehti c .A to the calling of agitation. We are. determin e overcome any obstacles which may oppose usg, i o o ,l joicing over those which are past, and having l at cause for rejoicing in the progress .we have .ol 7, o l made, and in that we are likely to make.--(C hee dll We are now at the commencement of 'our . 01 ,0 campaign, and we visit you under different, $ 1 . 13 ,0. think, more favourable circumstances, than If s attended any of our previous meetings• oe are here to-night, after having diffuseaoJt formation on the subject of free ;: ro f, through every part of the kingdom having sent missionaries to the remotest can e * j the realm—and after having placed on the ti v id pretty nearly every elector the fruits of the snot the greatest men of the day in relation to this —(Cheers)—we have met here, five or six th ° , tidy strong, a small number in comparison of th e t organisation of which we are the re present (Cheers)—the greatest organisation of caP i ro middle-class men, and operatives which this co ,$ has ever seen. When we last met you were that the League was going, to use a fee ll 7:rfog phrase of the day, " for a time into retire s inente were told, that if you heard no more of the Les for a time, you were to take it for granted that -/ were hard at work in the registration cou rts' t he explained to you what was taking place 5 1- 0 01 purpose of purifying the representation- 4 A 1 40 to you that we were busy in ahhuL,,,,jog boroughs in England, with a view of 7 . 7 tse si registration committees, where no such ce0.7 0 ,1 1 existed, and of rendering assistance and alnof ob' committees, already existing, for the purr ) " o to taining fuller and more complete inforreati °° oo ol; the state of the registration throughout the ro od_ generally. Well, we have done this; we ha' ' o ber' committees, and we have assistant-committeegr_ _ ~stO they have already been formed on behalf of thelistot traders, for the purpose of revising the electoral be and, although we do not possess the entire of .wooly. ports from the 140 boroughs so visited, owing zu d j 4 • ts cases to an irregular transmission of the Its I S bb e others to some of the claims having been i A t i n fer for re-investigation, yet, so far as we have rece if to mation on which we can depend—and I prcls se os aee t . you no information to-night on which Yea s , ;(0 depend—so far as we have obtained inform_ _Poo, which we can depend, out of 108 of these re in 98 or 100 we have obtained a majority in . voi chi visions. —(Loud cheers.) In 98 of these r_ouito; there has been a gain in the revisionalo s ex of the free traders—(Cheers) — while onl y 1 jo fy_ seven, or at most eight, has there been 8,8 1 /: P s5 Ott e vour of the monop _ olists, and in no instance I ' ffec t tbe. been any gain in their favour so far as to io it!! seat of a free trader. We have been told $ 11$ 0 .0 1 :: again that we could judge but little froni . lo t i b : registration courts, and that gain or loss r _ sion courts would not furnish sufficient d a t e of t he ; any judgment as to what would be the ste_ o ar t: , gistration at the time of an election. z „ extent this must be admitted. The rees e t r _l_„,;" on lf piled by takes eognisines: the overseer, and the revisiocalati7oo of objections made ea r the rela t e sn on the list as published by the oversee t. , e % st c ba c lf t , tration courts takes no cognisance. o f .. % 136 in 0 7 0 which are continually occurring ;Ifieh?.sfaralchisesicceo, sequence of deaths, removals, or t di i tna nc ii° edit s or enfranchisement of borough e lec tors, m knowledge o ra f t t e herevisige ro s t.h ni e. u2i es t e r i e j i t p til; from these causes. We have frequently at ; 08 . 000 7 on can courts be of ob th ta e in ch ed an f that a borough is at a dead loc k, th e be s o 10 - 4 . 0 0, a change did take place, ,,ec it t the oat. constituency could take place, r that, et AO A could Pever