The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-13 00:00:00

upils a peculiar paper for the prposes of taking notes °f the pastor's sermons, which from that circumstance came to be designated in the establishment as " sermon paper." This article, however, was sometimes put to viler uses, and was Occasionally applied to the candles, in order to steady them in the sockets of the missing candlesticks. Not lung after the robbery, a veritable dealer in marine stores who hawked red herrings, taking in exchange for them_pence -when his customers had them, or " any odd thing or so by which he could turn la penny," called at the prisoner's house and sold him three herrings for each, and, took some broken up brass candlesticks in payment, which he in turn sold again at Sudbury to a genera! dealer, by whom they were stopped, as part of the schoolmaster's property. Among the pieces shown to the prosecutor was one of the sockets, which being examined was found to contain a lining of " sermon paper." Tbe prisoner when called on for his defence denied all knowledge of the pieces of brass, and put into the box a female friend, who dep )sed to her having found them herself in a field, not long before they were handed over to the hawker; but her statement being directly at va liance with her conduct during the dealing, and the evi dence of the hawker, the jury instantly convicted the prisoner, and he was sentenced to six months' imprison meat. ARSON.—Henry Serfeants, aged twenty-one, was in dicted f.fr felonious setting fire to a haulm-stack, at Buz halt, on the 9th of March, the property, of Thomas Dykes.___ Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Couch were counsel for the prosseation; and Mr. Prendergast defended the pri soner. The property which was the subject of this charge was situate a short way from the residence of the pro secutor, in a field, through the hedge of which was a gap leading across two other fields, towards the farm of one Pilgrim, and it abundantly appeared that it had been set on fire on the night in question, when it was partially, if not entirely, consumed. Many person came to the fire, but none of them, according to the testimony of one Parish, quitted it through the gap, but all, including Mr Pilgrim, came and went by the road and gate. No clue was found to the offender, but on the following morning some indistinct footmarks of a man were traced from the stack to end through the gap. Just before the last assizes at Ipswich, et which the prisoner was charged - with and acquitted of settin g diva to some other stacks in the same parish, the grandson of the prosecutor, a man of thirty, informed him of a singular conversation he had had with the prisoner while they were working together about a fortnight after the fire now in question, in which, as he stated, the prisoner had confessed sits guilt to him. In consequence of this Serjeants was detained in cu'tody to take his trial on the charge, and the principal wi ness rigainst him was the grandson. According to his stetsment a &Tuts arose during their work as to its fair division between them, when the prisoner grew angry, and the witness said, " I suppose if you had your own way you would burn it, as you did my grandfather's stack," to which the prisoner replied, " How will you prove that ?" " Why," answered the witness, "you don't know, perhaps, that I saw you lean over the hedge and fire it." On this the prisoner called him " a d—d liar," and added, "You don't know nothing about it, for I got over the hedge a good bit higher up, and pulled an armful out of one end of the :'tack, which I set fire to, and shoved into the other end. I then went through the g ap, and laid d own un d er th e kedge, expecti ng th a t old Pilgrim would go to the fire that way, and if he had I intended to have made a better fire at his farm; but he didn't, so I went away." When cross-examined, the narrator of this strange confession, not only admitted that he had not acquainted his grand . father of it till July, but also that he had not mentioned it to a constable, named Barnes, till he had himself been charged by the prisoner's wife with assaulting her, in conjunction with his brother, during- her husband's ab sence in prison, and compelled to find sureties to keep the peace towards her, while he further acknowledged that he had not long since been charged by Mr. Pilgrim with poisoning his ducks. Mr. PRENDERGAST having addressed the jury on be half of the prisoner, His LORDSHIP summed up the case to them, leaving it to them to say whether, under all these circumstances, they could attach such credit to the testimony of the grandson as would lead them to a conviction. The jury, having deliberated together for ten minutes, returned a verdict of Not Guilty, whereupon the prisoner was removed from the dock, but not until he had re ceived a suitable admonition from the Bench, to " take heed to his ways." William Howe, aged 20, was also indicted for having maliciously fired a stack of straw, and another of clover, •n the night of Saturday, Sept. 28, the property of John Darrant, of Monk's Eleigh, in this county. Mr. O'Malley conducted the case for the prosecution. The prosecutor is a large farmer, holding two farms in the parish of Monk's Eleigh, and the prisoner, who is a labourer, dwelt with his m o th er i n * cottage at the further end of a road called "Folly-lane," which led from the Plough public-house, accross a green, threugh Folly-farm, towards the premises of Mr. Durrant, where there was a goodly array of barns and s t a bli ng , sur rounded by quantities of stacks of all descriptions, and which were all safe at about 10 o'clock, P.M. About that hour the son of the prosecutor, who had had some " dealings in nuts" with the prisoner, went to his cot tage, and not finding him at home he awaited his araival. In a few moments ho saw the prisoner coming from a gate which opened into the lane from a close near his father's farmyard, and called " Norton's-field," at great speed. Crossing the lane he rushed into the house, and was unable fir some moments to reply to the inquiry of his mother as to the cause of his being "so muddled," but having recovered his breath, he said, that as he was coming along he saw " a fire at farmer Durrant's," and added, that he had come home that way in order that she might not know where he had been. Upon this the alarm was given, the farmyard being not very far off, • and the fire, which was then "quite fresh and only as big as a bucket," was speedily extinguished by the united exertions of the family and soma neighbours Who came to their assistance. Even then, however, the two stacks in question were nearly consumed, which etooti against the barn, and from which the flames, had there not been a plentiful supply of hands and water, would soon have communicated to the entire property on the premises. When at the fire the prisoner seemed to lend his aid very clumsily—so much so, as to cause observation, and he was told either "to work effectually, or give place to others who would," on which he seems to have gone away for a time, though here-ap peared at two o'clock in the morning, when a liberal distribution of bread and cheese and ale was made by the grateful farmer to his friends. On the following day a question was asked in the presence of the prisoner by the prosecutor as to "who first saw the fire ?" when he claimed that dangerous pre-eminence, asserting that he saw it as he was coming from the Plough across the green, and then again a little further on near Folly-farm, when it seemed to be as " big as a lantern and a basket." It then appeared on inquiry that the prisoner had been spending the ev, ning at the Plough, which he left at ten o'clock, with a pipe, though it was not proved that it was alight when he quitted the house. A daughter of the prosecutor next saw him crossing the front of Folly farm soon liner ten o'clock ; and the case on the part of the prosecution then assumed that he had soon after wards turned to the left out of the lane into a close called the " Great Lay," in which the farm-buildings and stacks stood, and that he had thence made his way into the Little Lay three/0 a fresh gap, w hi c h was dis cover, d- on Sunday, and so into Norton's field, after hating fired the stacks, and so donn in the lane again opposite to his own cottage. In support of this presump tion it was shown that there was no access into Norton's field save down the farmyard, aid that no trace of any gap wes discoverable in the hedge, through which he could and must have gone if he had not passedilirough the staskyard. It was then &worn, that no one could possibly have seen the fire at all, or even the premises, from the spots diecribed by the prisoner on the green ; while preof was adduced of his haling said, on a former occasion, that "if ever he saw a fire at Mr. Durrant'e he never would tell him of it, as he was sure he would be suspected to have done it." There being no counsel for the prisoner, who ener getically protested his innceence throughout the trial, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS closely cross-examined all the witnt sscs adduced agsdlist him, and afterwards truest carefully and impartially sitinated up the case to the jury, to whom he left it to say whether they would go along with the inference presented for their considera tion and adoption, en the part of the prosecution, as to the prisoner's proceedings in the critical period w hick elapsed after he passed Folly-farm and his appearance at the gate leadi:,g out of Norton's field into the lane. The jury having consulted together some little time, returned a verdict of Guilty.—Sentence deferred. THE NEWRY RAILROAD. MEETINU OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE nL -- BELFAT The meeting on Monday in the Commercial Rooms, rspect.ing the railways westward, was attended by the most influential geht:emen engaged in commercial matters, in this town. There was only one opinion exprecsi d regardi:ig the necessity of supporting the in terests of the Company formed for the construction of the railway from Newf., to Enniskillen, which was re garded by the meeting as an extension of the Ulster line from Belfast, which would pass through almost the only manufacturing districts of the west. The advantages of the line to the agricultural interests of the west were very wointedly state d. .The improvements eft wed in the navigation of the two L t ai: , ll! Erne, which now allow steam ce.nmuuica tion, in a laircct line, for upwards of fifty statute miles, render the formation of a railway from Enniskillen--the key of tho two Loughs —to Belfast and Newry, unques tionably the two b,?st ports on the east coast of Ireland, a proj,ct more likely to be remunerative to shareholders And all other parties concer: ed than any other Irish rail %/1,. speculation with vvhich we are acquainted. The meeting was perfectly unanimous i n support i ng t hi s li ne, to prepare and f o r war d p et i t i ons i n i ts favour, and agrees, which will carry with them all th e w e i g ht a nd i n fl uence which can be atutdfied to the unanimous opinions of the merchants and traders in the greatest commercial town in Ireland.—Buener of Mier, Dcc. 10. BEITII.—SPEEDT DISSOLUTION OF A STRI/C.E..--On Thursday evening week, seven of the workmen at the Glengaroock iron-works were brought into Beith under the charge of a strong party of constables. A prccog• nition being taken by the examination of one of the principals, farther -proceedings were delayed till the following day, when a special meeting of the Justice of Peace Court was held. It came out, on examination, that twenty-four persons bad been engaged in the strike, An oiler had been made by the masters that the men should return to their duty, which was refused; but on the three first examined being sentenced, two of them to fifty, and the other to forty days' imprisonment, the re maining four of the seven succumbed, and promised to return to their labour, while the other three were imme diately dispatched to Ayr.—Ayr Observer. - • THE SrTN. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER, 18, 1e44. sent Ministers of the Crown, opposed to one another in the most decided manner on many paramount questions of foreign and domestic policy, but now combining in a graceful homage to the illustrious merits of Sir 11. POTTINGER. This circumstance elicited one of those interchanges of ger,erous and disinterested commendation, too rare among the statesmen of other countries on such public occasions. The Earl of ABERDEEN, in returning thanks for him self and his colleagues in office, said-- " I may venture, on this occasion, to rejoice in meet ing one who, though he differs from me in many points, concurs with me in congratulating the distinguished officer on the success of his negotiations, and the expe dition which preceded them. I allude to my Noble Friend (Viscount Palmerston) who preceded me in the office I now have the honour to hold, and who has been the means of obtaining for this country the eminent services of Sir Henry Pottinger ; and although my Noble Friend was not so fortunate as to receive those commu nications from Sir Henry Pottinger which came into my hands after he had relinquished the office which I now hold, yet he must have watched the whole course of that officer's public conduct in China with the most lively interest."—(Cheers.) From the Chairman's eloquent tribute to the ad tnirable conduct of Lord PALM EnswoN, in reference to the whole proceedings which eventuated in the successful expedition against China; to the rare talent and facility with which the Noble Viscount made himself master of all the details connected with the great and and responsible charge he had thus to as sume, and carry through ; to the anxious deliberation and reluctance which preceded, and the decision, vigour, and efficiency which followed his Lordship's determination to organise that expedition :—our limits prevent us from inserting any extracts here. From the speech of the Noble Viscount, in returning his acknowledgement for the toast with which the Chairman concluded, we are unwillingly compelled to confine our extracts -to his Lordship's frank and manly reference to Lord ABERDEEN and her MA JEsTY'S present Ministers, and his very remarkable testimony to the direct influence of Sir H. POTTIN GBIeS own pprsoual character and abilities on his sub sequent fortunes. On the former of these topics Lord PALMERSTON thus expressed himself:— " There is a deep satisfaction in being present at such a meeting, and there is also, as has been remarked by my Noble Friend (Lord Aberdeen) a satisfaction in reflecting that this meeting possesses nothing of a political cha racter. We hive assembled here for a common purpose —men of all shades of politics are met—members of the C abinet which began the expedition, and members of the Jabinet which succeeded it, and which, though differing from their predecessors on many other essential points, yet felt it their duty, when clothed with the responsibility of office to continue the operations in China which wers in progress when they came into power."—(Cheers.) In adverting to Sir HENRY'S connexion with the late Government, his Lordship remarked : "My Noble Friend has congratalated me and my colleagues upon having been so fortunate as to choose such an able and efficient officer as Sir H. Pottinger, but, Although it was not only fortunate for us but the country, it arose from no private partiality, for Sir Henry l'ottinger was pointed out as a fit person, solely and alone in consequence of distinguished services which he had rendered at a former period of his career, and although my official duty required that I should name the person who was to go out as . plenipotentiary, yet I had not, at the time of his appointment, th e p l easure arid advantage of a personal acquaintance with Sir Henry Pottinger. He was selected solely for his high character—a character which subsequent events main tained, and which will, I have no doubt, be raised still higher yet." Lord PALMERSTON proceeded to comment, in terms of well-merited admiration and respect on the lofty bearing, high military discipline, and dauntless cou rage which our native forces—the Sepoys—engaged in that memorable expedition had manifested through out its operations; and he congratulated the country on the perfect sympathy and good understanding which, in this instance, had been maintained between them and our own intrepid forces, with which they were associated. The whole of the Noble Viscount's address was signalised by its unostentatious simpli city, its unqualified tribute of applause to the Right Hon. Baronet for his eminent services, an abstinence from all pretensions to credit, on the part of himself and his former official colleagues, for the share they had had in the counsels and the measures of which the Chinese expedition was the fortunate com- plement ; and by some:observations on the true policy, as well as equity, of not exacting extreme terms from a vanquished enemy, which the moralist will advocate with enthusiastic earnestness, and the statesman' may study with singular advantage. - In' our view of the case, it is the crowning felicity, as well as honour of Sir HENRY POTTINGER, practically to have exempli fied that moderation,.the theory of which has found so eloquent and accomplished an exponent as Lord PALMERSTON. A huge blue book has just been issued from the Vote-office, • entitled, "Report of the Select Com mittee on. New Zealand." It comprises —First. The Report (14 pages), terminating with a series of nine teen declaratoiy L‘.l.tesolutions." Secondly. A de tailed account of the proceedings of the Committee, occupying 16 pages. Thirdly. The evidence of fif teen witnesses ;-4,721 questions and answers, ex tending through . 2s2 pages. Fourthly. An Appendix of Papers, Documents, Dispatches, &c., • 500 pages. And, fifthly, an Index, 74 pages. Weara thus par ticular in setting out the statistics of contents (and these appear to be. by no means " superficial " ones), in order to justify our confession that, of this enormous mass- of matter, we have hitherto found time to peruse only the Report. And a most im portant, .remarkable, and surprising digest it is of revelations. among the most incredible that ever attested the excesses to which the reckless spirit of money-making, per fas aut nefas—the pertinacious obstinacy of communities in pushing forward a fa vourite object against all remonstrance, authority, or prudence, where no one individual, in particular, can be saddled with the whole responsibility of pressing it forward—and the timidity or apathy of one Government, and the rashness and impatience of an other, in dealing with the self-same interests—may be pushed. The instruction to the Select Committee was in these terms :—" To inquire into the state of the colony of New Zealand, and the proceedings of the New Zealand Company." They appear, although profoundly sensible to the " extraordinary" difficulty and delicacy of the task imposed upon them, to have addressed themselves to it boldly, but dispassionately. They have not shirked the duty because it was an invidious one, nor spared the expression of their opinions on the policy and deportment of the British Government with regard to the occupation of, or the possessory title to, New Zealand, and the pretensions of the New Zealand Company. Our readers will remember, probably, that we have contended, in former articles , on the affairs of New Zealand, that the normal error of a former Colonial Government consisted in not availing itself, in the first instance— if New Zealand colonisation by British subjects was to be encouraged at all—c: the sound and undoubted title of priority of di"" J O, ) . We denied the right which that Compaq • .ssumed in its outset of settling the lands of the islands composing this now recog nised colony before they themselves had derived any title under grant from the Crown to the allotments which they undertook to di-pose of to intending emi grants; and we expressed our astonishment at the vacillating demeanour of her MAJESTY'S Ministers, who, after denying their responsibility for the acts of the Company to the settlers who had purchased or located on the faith of their validity, and in so far invalidating such transactions, or rather the contracts under which they had occurred, as to have declared that the islands were independent, and presented them with a national flag, subsequently erected New Zea land into a British colony. We might have added, that they subsequently submitted their conflicting claims to all the unoccupied lands of the colony, with those of the New Zealand Company, to the arbitra tion of a third party, a private gentleman, under whose award the Company is entitled to an immense extent of territory which, in their turn, they are now complainants at being debarred from. W perceive that these our views are fully borne out by the Re port of the Select Committee, and especially by the "Resolutions" appended to it, to the declarations embodied in which we shall very speedily recur. Ii is our painful duty, too, to repeat the conviction, fortified by the Report before us, that Lord Jour; RUSSELL is chargeable with great want of statesman- Ike consideration and ministerial energy in having confined, in the first instance, his restraining inter- ferenee with the mischievous and illegal pretensions of the New Zealand Company to mere remonstrances and warning, and to his having afterwards given effect to their unwarrantable assumptions by acts of rasi recognition and acknowledgment on the part of the Government to which he belonged. Had the rights of the Crown been more distinctly asserted, the unauthorised operations of the Company more vigorously put down, there is much probability that the fatal massacre at Wairau would not have after wards occurred; for the unfortunate misunderstand ings and prepossessions of the natives as to the right of property, on their side, to unreclaimed or unoccu pied lands, could not, in that case, have been pre cipitated. The instructions to Governor HOBSoN, however, were founded on an admission of these pre possessions, in the native mind, the same which per vaded the native mind on the conclusion of the treaty of 'Waitangi. But if we are compelled to impute error of judgment in these matters to the late Minis ter for the Colonies, we cannot exempt Lord STANLEY, his successor in the present Administra tion, from a degree of passive apathy or indifference in dealing with the whole of this momentous ques tion. This torpidity seems at other times to have been replaced by an irritable testiness—an impatience, as it were, of a distasteful subject, which augured far more unfavourably for the future interests and permanent welfare of the young colony, than his predecessor's lack of decision, accompanied, as that was, by declarations of a sincere and cordial interest in its advancement. Altogether, it is evident that the proceedings of two Governments with regard to New Zealand aad the New Zealand Company, have been a tissue of ill-informed, ill-considered, and dis crepant legislation, from 1830 or 1832 to the present time. May the experience of its entangled results serve to avert from other colonies the mischiefs of similar treatment ; and from future small capitalists and intending emigrants similar frauds, cruelty, and ruin, to those charged against the Broad-street-build ings Direction. But we shall recur to this subject forthwith. We regret to find from the Madrid journals of the sth instant that the accounts of the hurricane and earthquake at Cuba, which appeared in the papers some days since, are confirmed. Subscriptions are in progress at Madrid for the relief of the sufferers. The QUEEN had contributed 60,000 reels, the QUEEN MOTHLE 20,000, and each of the Ministers 1,000 reels. In the Chamber of Deputies the Finance Mi nister brought in a Bill for the maintenance of the clergy, and proposed a vote of 159,000,000 reals. The Gazette contains a royal ordonnance, signed by General NAILVAEZ, depriving General CASTANEDA of his rank, titles, and decorations, as an accomplice of ZURBANO. The Three per Cents. closed at 31i for cash, and 31i at 60 days; the Four per Cents. at 20 for cash; the Five per Cents. at 202 for cash, and 21f at 60 days; the Floating Debt at 73f at 15 days; and the Coupons at 25i at 60 days. The French Opposition journals are constantly in veighing against certain writers of the London press who, they state, lose no opportunity of offending France, and thereby excite reprisals against this country. There never was a more unjust accusation. The London press for months together has at times exhibited the greatest forbearance, when England was denounced as " perfidious Albion," her naval officers and sailors described as " brutal," and the measures of the Government, whether Whig or Tory, as calculated only to overreach simple-minded French -men-and trample on unoffending France. Indeed, the patience displayed was interpreted by some as symptoms of distrust in our own strength, in place of being regarded in its true character—a disregard, approaching to contempt, for all the bravadoes of the war party. But a few days since a sort of truce was proclaimed —a disposition to write in civil language was ostensibly evinced by M. TRIERS' journal—ail former feuds were to be buried in oblivion, and if bad feelings should ever be again displayed, the cause of offence should not proceed from France. This was the language used especially by the Constitutionnel, yet so impossible is it for the party represented by that journal to cast off their propensities for war, and war only, with England, that within less than a week after the truce had been signed, comes forth an article pro claiming that a general and serious war is almost inevitable, and that peace is a mere dream. These are the sentiments of this restless and wicked war party, which form the commencement of a proposed series of articles on " War and existing interests":—•- " It is our intention to inquire whether the new in terests which, have sprung up in Europe during the last-thirty years, do not render a general and serious conflict almost inevitable. It is well known that we are not among the disciples of the Abbe i de Saint PIERRE; universal and permanent peace appears to us to be a mere dream—a dangerous dream for the Government that indulges in it." After this general proposition, the writer, as a matter of course, turns his eyes to England, tells his countrymen to keep themselves in a warlike attitude, to be prepared for work, and yet beleive that peace may be preserved. This was M. TRIERS' doctrine when he took part with the Pacha of Ecnri-r, dis played a menacing attitude in the Mediterranean and would have brought on a general war had be not been turned adrift by the good sense and humane po- licy of Lotus PHILIPPE ; still the party cherishes the same delusion, and regard a contest with England as an event fatal to her greatness and glory. The Cus toms revenue would be all but annihilated. Our vast colonies would be exposed to ruinous assaults, and of course the Repealers and the Chartists, and we sup pose the Puseyites also, would so weaken her internal strength as to reduce her to the last extremeties. We will let the writer, however, speak for himself:— " The foreign trade of England is exclusively maritime, A war with France would inflict upon - her cruel attacks. and we may assert without exaggeration that the receipts of the customs would be immediately reduced 60 t) 70 per cent. There would no longer be any maritime insu rances ; for, however powerful the London companies may be, they would not be sufficiently so to meet the chances of war, and France a ould be much better able to injure British commerce than she was under the Em. pire. But this is not the only consideration in England. She is not only incapacitated for egression, but has con stantly to provide for her defence. Without talking of the vulnerable points of England and Ireland, Great Bri tain has vast and numerous po , sessions on all points of the glObe. Her fleets ate poweiful and well-organised ; but would they suffice to resist attacks upon every point? She must at the same time defend India, her colonies in North America, the Antilles, the Cape of Good Hope, Sierra Leone, Gambia, the Mauritius, St. Helena, the Austral colonies, Heligoland, Malta, the lonian islands, &c. Without doubt the defence of these different co lonies is well organised ; but could the English forsee on what point the enemy would direct a superior force? Are these possessions, even with the most complete surveil lance, all protected against a coup de main, and could they alike successfully resist attack ? Thus war, with the-distraction of internal difficulties, the situation of the finances, and the destruction of public credit, commerce, and manufactures —war, considered with reference to a purely military point of view, could not be without grave perils for .Englatal." These are the proofs of reconciliation furnished by this journal, which boasts that its patrons are the best friends of peace. The Ministerial Globe makes the following just remarks on the observations of the Commerce, National, end other Oppsitional journals, respecting the new loan : "If you would become acquainted with the spirit of the French read the journals of yesterday morning, and meditate upon the reflections they make on the loan being taken at 841. 75c. Remark that not one of these journals had ever believed that so high a price could be obtained ; and the public theught the same as they did, as was proved by the murmur of astonishment which arose when the Minister read the proposal of Messrs. de Rothschild. One wou ld consequent ly have expected that the journals would have been silent, if they could not make up their minds to congratulate the Govern ment on the confidenc e it inspires, and praise Messrs. de RothsChild for having ?Used public credit by the high price they offered. And yet the very contrary hai taken place. The Government is neverthtless accused of having sacrificed the fortune of the public, and Messrs. de Rothschild are represented as greedy wolves, who devour the State. According to the journals, the State would have obtained what it wanted on better terms, if it had adopted the mode by public subscription. They cannot comprehend that the small capitalists measure their confidence in the state by the confidence they have in the houses whose credit, ability, and pru dence arc known throughout Europe." The fol!owing are additional extracts from the pal ers Itosian • • .... 104 i • • 1041 FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) • • 104 BRUSSELS, 17. 1 c. 10.—The average price of wheat last week was 17f. 04c., and that of rye 10f. 43c. The duties on importation and exportation remain as before. IVe learn from Vienna that Count de Woyna, who is appointed Envoy Extraordinary from the Emperor of Austria to the Court . of Belgium, is to set out from Vienna for Brussels in the course of next week. The Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting to-day, received a project of law, the purport of which is to grant to the department of Public Works a credit of 12,500,000 f. for the construction of a double line to the railways, and of the buildings depending on the stations, for the construction of a section of the railway from Ghent to Tervuren and the entrepots, for the construc tion of a navigable canal to the Meuse, from Liege to Maestrecht, and of a navigable canal to open a conirau nication from Turnhout to the canals of the Campine. The 2d article authorises .the Government to accept the subfcription of the English Company (Mackenzie and Co.), for the construction of the railway from Tourney to Turbise, and from St.:Trond to Hasselt. The necessary funds for these several undertakings will be provided for by the issue of Treasury bonds. We are able to state that the Ring and Queen will quit the Palace of Lacked on Thursday next (for his Majesty's seat at Ardenne, as has been reported) for Paris, in order to be united with the Royal Family of France, to receive the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale. Their Majesties are expected at the Palace at the Tuile ries on Friday next. The voyages of the steamer between Antwerp and Fluhing are stopped by the ice. • The numerous suicides which have lately occurred its Prussia, in the prisons for debt, have drawn the atten tion of the Government to the serious question of im prisonment. It has the opinion of the most eminent lawl ers. It is now under conside u r s a s t n i L o s n , D w zo. he l t o h . er impri sonment for debt . sh a ll not b e wholly abolished, giving creditors soi n n E e L o u f l t A h N e s F security._ ni y . Actua Debt, 2% per Cent., ..... ....... . ............... Rottiscisild's Loan, Five p er Cent ....... Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent ...... PS ;( Three per Cent...« ..... Thirty-seven Milli ns, ditto .... (1840) . 113% Loan of City, 1843, Four per lO3 'Mg ....................... ... 102 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Celt. I Bank of Belgium, • Fiye per Cent... « Issue of 1841............... —Brussels Papers, " Doc.'l2. *". Five A.llllll AN FIJ N Db.—VIENNA, Dec 4 per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents ............ ........ ...................».. la) RThree per Cent 5....... ........ ...... ' 7 . 3 3t Lank Shares ......... 1610 oan, 1834. ......... Ditto, 1839 Esterhazy' s Loan .. -411 gemeke Zeilung, Dec. 8. PRIVY COUNCII„---Sir Janus Graham, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer and other Ministers, left town by the half-past one o'clock train of the Great Western Railway this afternoon for Slough, to attend her Majesty's Privy Council appointed at half-past two o'clock at Windsor Cagle. The Duke of Wel lington and Sir R. Peel will attend the Council, his Grace and the Right Hon. - Baronet being at the Castle on a visit to the Queen: Tue WEATIIER.—The thermometer in the course of last night marked 21, being one degree lower than it has been this season. The barometer is falling rapidly, and there is a keen squally wind from the east, with every appearance for fall of snow. The river is covered already wi:h floating ice. , " We have just received (says the Constitutionnel) a I,,tter from Berne of the Bth. Several students had quitted the town to assist the Liberals of Lucerne. A great number of volunteers from Argau and Bala Cam pagne have crossed the frontier. A contest is regard( d as imminent in the canton of Lucerne, and militaty preparations continue at Berne." The following paragraphs are derived from the Augsburgh Gazette of the 7th instant : " FRONTIER or ITALY, Nov. 30.—The projected mar riage between the Count de Trapani and the Queen of 1 ANTI-PusOii iii THE CITY.--A meeting of the Spain is more than ever talked of. It is a new means of electors of the Ward of Aldgate (preliminary to the strengthening the family connexion betty en the several annual civic elections) was holden on Wednesday; it was branches of the house of Bourbon. It . is the conse- resolved that their representatives be instructed to op quence of the scheme whereby the marriage between pose the grant of 2001. towards the endtiwment of Crip- . the Duke d'Aumale and the Princess de Salerno has 1 plegate new church, and to support Sir Peter Laurie's been effected. Does not this remind us of the reported i amendment to postpone the 'consideration of the sub- marriage of the Duke de Illontpensier and the sister of i ject for one year. 'the members of the ward voted with the Queen of Spain? Sir Peter Laurie yesterday • and in accordance with those "NOVEMDZa 29 . — The rumour is again revived that 1 i nstruct i ons. . . . the Duke de Montpensier, Louis Philippe's younger son, is to be married to th e I n f anta M ar i a Lou i sa, th sister of the Queen of Spain. The more importance is bestowed upon this piece of news as the health of the Queen is said to be very delicate, and, in the event of her dying without issue, the crown would pass to the Infanta. It is, however, believed that England will protest su;ainst the projected match, and prevent its being accompli ,hed." THE BOURSE--WEDXESDAY, DEC. 11. First Highest Lowest Last ce. ce.rice. French Five per Cents.• •—• I Pri 2l 05 1 21 20 .. 1 21 CO. ce .. 121 Fours ..—•• ••• • • • 108 .. 108 .. 108 .. 108 Three per Cents .• 84 75 84 85 .. 84 65 .. 84 65 New Loan •. •• •• • • 86 50 .. 86 70 .. 86 30 .. 86 60 Bank of France Lailltte Bank, I,ooof Sharealloo ••1100 ..1100 ..1100 5,000 L SharessoBo ..6680 —5OBO —5OBO Belgian 8ank........ • • 587 50 .. 587 50 .. 585 .. 585 1841....•••••110 ..1100 —llOO ..1100 Belgian Fives, 1831. 1840 .• .. • ... 1021 .. 1031 • • 103 i .. 103; 1842 •• 106; • • 106 f • . 106; • • 106; Spanish Threes.. •••• •• 361 .. 361 .. 361 • • 30 Active ...• •• •• 33 .. 33 .. 33 .. 33 Passive • • . 6 .. 6 .. 5; Portuguese Five per Cents .. 561 .. 561 .. 56 .. 561 Neep01iten.........• •• • •• 88 50 .. 98 50 .. 98 25 .. 98 25 MARKET NEWS-(THIS -13-AY.) .. 104 CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. RAILWAY SHARES. • • St. Germain Versa Wes, R.ll. •• • •• • • 460 • • 473 78 • • 460 . • 472 50 L.R...•••••••• •• 355 .. 357 50 352 50 .. 357 50 Rouen to Havre.. •• .. • • 791 25 • • 791 25 .. 785 .. 785 Orleans .................1065 ••1070 ••1065 ..1070 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... *492 50 .. 293 75 . 292 50 .. 292 50 Avignon to Marseilles.... • • 920 .. 925 .. 920 .. 920 Very few fresh arrivals of English Wheat have takes place for our markets since Monday, hence the supp!y of that article was small. Owing to the severity of the weather, the millers were rather anxious buyers, and a clearance was readily effected at very full prices. In fine Foreign Wheat rather an extensiue business was transacted, but at no more money. Bonded Grain was held firmly. The Barley trade was much in the same state as last advised. The supply of English was only moderate, but that of Foreign was large. No change whatever was noticed in the demand for, or prices of, Malt. The largel i brewers are holding off for an im provement in quality. Oats, Beans, and Peas were stationary. RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, DEC 16. St. Germain-- •••• •••• •• 930 .. 990 .. 987 50 .. 987 5 0 Versailles, •••• 472 50 .. 475 .. 472 50 .. 473 75 L. 11.....••• 350 . 369 .. 350 .. 356 25 Rouen • 1022 50 —1025 ..1021 25 ..1021 25 Rouen to Havre.. Orleans .1070 ..1071 25 —1057 50 ..1067 50 Strasburg to Bale.. •• •• 292 60 .. 293 75 .. 291 25 .. 291 25 Avignon to Marseilles....., 922 50 .. 922 50 .. 905 .. 9.7 50 THIS DAY'S NEWS PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to day in the Council Chatnixors, Whitehall. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Park*, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, Sir E. IL East, Sir E. Ryan, and Sir F. Johnstone. Their Lordships were occupied the whole day with Indian appeals. CHA NCERY—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's-inn Hall to-day and heard lunatic petitions and appeal motions, none of which possessed any points of interest. VICE - CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) His HONOUR was occupied the whole morning with unopposed petitions and short causes. (Before Sir J. WIGRA.M.) LICE V. PAIN. The arguments in this case, which have occupied the Court for several days continuously, were concluded this morning; his Honour takes time to consider his judg ment. The Court then resumed the hearing of the arguments in " Mallalieu v. Miller," already reported, which comes on again on some points reserved for rehearing. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Lord Denman sat at Nisi Prius to-day, with a London Special Jury, at the Guildhall. The Court was occupied ' the whole morning in trying the case of BUITANELLI V. BLACK AND °THEO, an action brought by the proprietor of a brig Guiachimo de Giorgio, against the underwriters, to recover the in surance effected on his vessel for her voyage from Ro setta to Ancona which vessel, during the course of that voyage, struck upon the rock Suut-au-Angelo, and was lost. The demand was resisted, on the ground that the captain of the vessel had improperly deviated from his course, and that the loss had occurred solely in conse quence of that deviation. The case, which had not concluded when we went to press, will probably last all day. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, before the LORD CIIIEI BARON and a Common Jury.) BURY V. BICKNELL. This was an action to recover damages fur the injury which was alleged to have been done to two volumes of architectural works, published by Pugin. The books in question, which consisted of plates and letter-press, were sent to the defendant, a bookbinder, living in Cole man-street, to be bound, and the complaint was, that the plates were misplaced, and otherwise injured, so as greatly to reduce the value of the books. The principal defence was, that the plaintiff himself was only an agent, the works belonging to his brother, and that, as such, he was not entitled to maintain the action. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 3/. 10s.; costs, 40s. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS D►AY.) (Sittings in London.) The Lord Chief Justice aad a special jury were occu pied the whole morning with the case of Harby v. Bolt, which arose out of a dispute as to the manner in which a cargo of timber was measured for freight from Malabar to London. It was wholly uninteresting to the public. M. 'ARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY ) Edward Ryan.was charged with being drunk and in capable of taking care of himself or the cab (No. 505) he was driving. Police-constable 25 of the C division stated that, be tween eleven and twelve o'clock last night, he saw the defendant sitting asleep in his cab, in Marylebone street. The horse was going on at the time at a quick pace, and ran the cab three or four times on to the footway pavement, to the imminent danger of persons passing at the time. Ile was, in consequence, taken into custody, and the cab and horse to the greenyard. Inspector Plume of the C' division said the defendant was what is termed a " Buck ;" he was employed by the regular drivers to go with their cabs while they were drinking at some public-house. He had, it appears in this instance, been sent out by the driver of the cab, who was regaling himself at an infamous coffee-shop in St. James's Market. Mr. HARDWICK said in every case of this sort he should inflict a very severe penalty. • The defendant was fined 40.1. or one month's impri sonment to hard labour ; and William Broadlield, the driver, was fined 103., or one month's imprisonment, for entrusting and permitting him to drive the cab. Ryan being unable to pay the fine was committed to gaol. _ . AN AMUSING PRESENT FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR. This day is published in small Sw., price 10s. 6d., elegantly bound, gilt edges, with a Portrait of t'.e author, an I an Illustrat :On by Phiz, T HE COMIC MISCELLANY FOR 1545. • By JOHN POOLE, Esq. " Author of " Paul Pry," &c. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF " lIAND:.EY CROSS." :Cow ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vol .., HILLINGDON HALL; A TALE OF COUNTRY' LEFE. By the Author of " Hawley Cro - s," &cc. The author of ' Handley Cross' is a writer of no common promise. le has a world of knowledge of life and manners beyond what most If those now In vogue can pretend to."—Quarterly Review. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Mar boreugh-street. THEATRE ROY A.L, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 13, Will be repeated a Grand Opera Serie, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusighano, Mr. Burdird ; Andrea Cortaro, Mr. Borrani ; Aloncenigo, Ma. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courcy, M. W. Harrison; "at2.rina cornaro, clli,s Rainforth To conclude with the celebrated Ballet of THE PERI. Achmet, M. Desplaces ; The Peri, Mcille. Plunkett; Nourmahal, Mae. O'Bryan ; Aysha, Mrs. Payne. The Box.o.ticeis open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six al the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, a id Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARILLT. Lessee, ;Mr. WEBSTER. THIS EVEIVING, DECEMBER 13, Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, m Five Acts, al'ed OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket .Mr. S riekland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles ;Lathe s Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckatone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; I he Count , ss of i fa. pion. Mrs. W. Clifford; Lody Alice Hawtheri• Madame Veetris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Leßn, tt. After which, will be repeated a New Coral,. Drama, entitled SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Morita, M . Charles Mathews; Mii.nie, Madame Wails. l'o ce tolLwed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG ,:NOLAND Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. P. olec, Mrs. Humby. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On., Guinea and a-Half each. tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at tire Box-office, Lom Ten till Fly, °Thick. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 13, Will he performed VICTOR' NE; or, I'll Sleep on It. Alex andre, Mr. Hudson; Michael, Mr. &shy . Victorine, Mrs. Yates; Elise, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Count Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Vanille, Mr Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; equet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. To conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEMAN; lln which Messrs. Wright, Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter iar. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. blellon.—B o x-o t ti te open from Eleven till Four. Private dozes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the princtpel Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STUE LESSEE, Mr. J. M. M A DDOX THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19, Wi I be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled I'HE CASTLE OF A YMON ; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn, Jun. ; diehard, Mr. Him. ; Re l aud, Mr. Mattacks • Iron, Mr. L amer; liernaine, Mdlle , Helen Conde!! ; Gertru,e, Airs. Foabroke. After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Wilder. Mr. Walter Lacy; Mr Dapper, Mr. Doherty; Lady Clifton, Mrs. Stirling. To br succeeded by a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival. Mr. Waiter Lacy; lire. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling To conc:ude with MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Stage Manager, Mr. H. 1. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. blachinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 45. ; Pit, Gs.; Gallo Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes. Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Proms aium Boxes, Two Guineas and a - H a lf. D oors to b e opened at Half qast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am. Private Boxes and } ree Admissions for the Season to be had at the theatre. HEATER ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE Under the Management or Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 13, Will be repeated a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Kerley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. W ooilidge To be followed by THE SWISS COTTAGE. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Yarnold, Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Jullien's Mazurka and Cellarius Valse will be danced by Mdlies. Louise and Adele, Miss James, and Ws Fairbrother. To conclude with a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND W ARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinleeh, and A. Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. PRICES OF ADMISSION.--Balcony Boxes. 4s. • Upper Ilexes, 35.; Pit, 2 5.; Celery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony B oxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes en the Mite/my Tier bolding eight persons), 'Fire Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Blass on the Pit Der (bolding six persons), One Guir ea. The Box-dike is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the &rec. tien:of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Eveniag, at ASTLF:Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. • THIS EVENING, DECEMBER IS, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fnx.chase on the Stage and In the Circle by living Foc and real Pack of Hounds, purchased ilivgMr. Batty ef Mr T a tt ersa ll, t • rea li se this novel productisn. som Races and other Sporting Features. ew Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse manship. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Three Conscripts. Acting and stage manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open front Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding Mr. R. Smith daily. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MI'S E. TERREY, AND LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER la, Will be performed OTHELLO; the Moor of Venice. Othello, Mr. E. F. Saville; lago, Mr. H. Hughes; Desdemona, Mrs. R. Horner; k.:rollia, Mrs. W. Daly. After which, THE BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Frisky, Mr T. J. Johnson ; Jacob Earwig, Mr. H. Hall; Cecilia Moonshibe, Mrs. Montgomerle. To conclude with the Favourite Drama of MARIE, The Pearl of Chan:tonal. Gisquette (a Savoyard Girl), Miss E. Terrey Marie, Mrs. R. I - Fenner. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Rersehner, at the Box. .ffice, from Eleven to Four. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, Due. 13. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 21 ; Highest, 29 ; Noon, 24 BAROMETER, 29.6.--WIND, E. NOTE.—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 on 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. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY:" co:T.l'g ... 4 minutes after 4 j Evening 21 minutes after 4 • , 4 1).1 vC--* 2 ••• tth. • . . - ‘ 1 " bisrd ' toe s. : - 14 r , 01 T • '.1 1 4;4 • SECOND ‘,eitriening Ant LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1844, Among the healthiest indications of a sound state of public feeling, we look with profound interest on such manifestations as that which the day before yes terday took place in the Hall of the Merchant Tailors in this city. In entertaining at a sumptuous banquet so distinguished a public servant as Sir HENRY POT TINGER, the merchants of London conferred high honour, undoubtedly, on . their guest; but they also did honour to themselves.' They thus demon,trated to the world that they fully appreciate the merits of this most successful diplomatist, and that, looking to the prospective results likely to ensue from the treaty negotiated by him with so much ability, they can postpone to large ulterior views of public interest and national policy,—their, natural solicitude for the immediate realisation of present commercial benefits on some scale commensurate with the magnitude as that on which they ultimately calculate. In all this, we have evidence of a feeling of gratitude and re spect for Sir HENRY'S ability, zeal, and energy, com bined with the proof that - they are not less sagacious and vigilant in observing, than prompt on rewarding, them. Whilst our merchants are open to impres sions and influences like these, there will be no lack of devoted public servants—nor deficiency of ade quate encouragement to their efforts. In the speeches of Sir GEORGE . LARPE,NT, on presenting the address of congratulation from the principal mercantile firms of London ; and or Mr. J. A. &mem, in proposing, as Chairman, the toasts of the evening, the language of commendation; and' even of eulogium, on the great intelligence and wisdom, the forecast, firmness, and moderation, evinced by her MAJESTY'S Plenipotentiary throughout his difficult and eirentiul mission, was almost exhauSted; yet it did not transcend the merits which it celebrated (for these it is not easy to reach), nor the sentiments of those in whose'presence it was uttered (for they, unanimously and enthu , iastically, responded to it). We heartily congratulate Sir H. POTTINGER on a fact so honourable to the conduct which haS acquired for him a reputation thus de servedly high in the metropolis of commerce and of civilisation. The Right. Hon. Baronet's eminent ser vices were handsomely noticed by the two gentlemen whose speeches we hare just recurred to ; and in no passages of them do we more fully concur than in those which dwelt upon the extensive markets opened to our commerce by the treaty of Nankin, and the liberal spirit in which Sir HENRY had arranged the fiscal terms on which the trade between the ports of China and this country will be in future conducted. There were other features, however, in the pro ceedings at this banquet, which imparted to it an un usual and most gratifying interest. To do honour to that much- respected guest who had opened to his coun trymen the high road of peaceful and honourable in- :ereourse with a nation numbering three hundred millions of inhabitants—men of all parties, animated by every variety of political opinions, had assembled in festal harmony. With perfect good taste and good reeling political discussion was excluded from the business, or the pleasure, of the evening. Yet among the more distinguished visitors whose presence graced the banquet., were political antagonists of the highest rank, character, ability, and station ; former and pre- ARRIVALS. Oat/. -7 0 qrs. 2. SOUTII43IpTOI ! T, DEO 12,—Sld. Queen, st., Gibraltar. OFF TOREAY.—William Shand, Potter, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Stakesby, Richards, St. John's, New Brunswick. FALmouTa, DEC.• 12.—Wind E., strongbreeze.— . Arrd. Eliza, Curri e; I c h a b oe: • HAEWICII, DEC. 12.—The Henry, Hills, of Whitsta ble for' Middlesborough, in leaving the harbour, got in contact, t.nd lost bulwarks, &c.' CORE, Dec. 10.—Arrd. Davidson, Newport for Con stantinople ; put in to stop a leak which has been done. CROOKIL&VEN, DEC. 3,--A.rrd. Britannia, Ichaboe. DuatFutEs, Dec. 11.—Arrd. Helen, Scott, Montreal. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 12.—Wind S.S.E., fresh.Arrd. Druid, Ritchie, Singapore ; Nile, Johnson, Charleston ; Evergreen, St. John's ; Harriet, Chambers, Montreal ; Emigrant, Quebec. Sid. Elizabeth, Sydney, New South Wales ; Ambassador, Fanny, and Mary Ann, Ichai oe ; Urgent; Buenos - Ayres ; Cceur de ' Lion, Demerara ; Chaos, Hero of Acre, and Lotus, New Orleans ; Mary, Mobile ; Garrick, New YOrk ; Nautilus, St. John's New Brunswick. Off Prirreess Charlotte, Bombay. ; Eli Whitney, Savannah ,; Adelaide, The St. David steamer, hence for Havre, struck the pier-head this morning, lost bowsprit, &c., but proceeded. HARTLEPOOL, DEC. B.—Put back, Eclipse, of Ips wich, in a sinking state, having been struck by a sea off Scarborough. • • • WISEEA.CII, DEC: 11.. The Enterprise, of Blakeney, drove against the bridge, carrying away her mainmast, and damaged several vesselS this morning. MAWES . , DEC. 1 . 0. 7 -The wreck of a schooner, with 0. L. on her stern, supposed to belong to Bristol, painted blue, but passed otf St. Ann's by the Speculator, arrived ,here. WATERFORD, DEC. 10.—The entire side of apparently a large ship - was passed on the Bth - inst., oft St. Kathe rine's Point; N.N.11.8 miles, - - having a mast attached to it, by the Earl . Mulgrave; at 'this port. PROTECTOR • LIFE ASSURANC E C OMPANY. —Th e . annual meeting of this Company was held yesterday at the office in the Old Jewry.. The chairman, William Cripps, Esq:, M.P., presided, and centered into very full details as vi the progress and state of the Society's affairs. , k.A. report .and talance-sheet were then read, from which it appeared that the assets of the Company, on the 31st October, 1844, amounted to 430,9182 18s. id., and the liabilities (including the proprietors' paid-up capital) to 351,2691. 4s.' ld , leaving a surplus of 79,6491 14s. The report Stated that a revaluation of the assets and liabilities would be made in 1845, when the directors had reason to believe it would be found, if the events of the intervening year were ordinarily favourable, that the surplus above stated was still further augmented, and ' that they would be, at the next general meeting, enabled to recommend the distribution of a very satisfaqory bonus. Thomas I)evas, Nathaniel Gould, and Robert Alexander Gray, Esqs., were re• elected directors in lieu of the gentlemen retired by *rotation ; and Thomas Bud dington, one of the auditors, was also elected to a vacant seat in the directi o n ; 'John Deedes, Esq., and John Wheelton, Esq., were chosen, ,as auditors ; and the thanks of the proprietors having been unanimously voted to the chairman and directors, the meeting separated.— Morning Herald. PROCLAMATION OF OUTLAWRY. Yesterday a County Court of the Sheriff of Middlesex' was held at the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, when proclamation of outlawry was made against John Robert Duncan, . Frederick Hawkes,Charles John Attwood, Spalding, Aaron Jolly, Henry Brown, John Scott Lillie, Arthur Selby, Edward Benjamin Lake,.James Tongue ; and the Court was then adjourned. . . FIRE AT LlMxuousa.—Shortly before one o'clock this morning a fire broke out upon the long line of building in the occupation of Messrs. Chesser and Co., coopers, &c., in Shoulder-of-Mutton-alley, Limehouse, near to Downton's-wharf. The fire progressed must rapidly, the stock being of the most inflammable cha racter, consisting of a vast number of barrels, staves, hoops, &e. An abundant supply of water being ob tained, the en g i ne S were spee dil y set to work, but, owing to the firm hold the flames had obtained, consi derable time elapsed before any impression could be made upon the fire. Eventually, through the exertions of the firemen; police,. and strangers, the fire yielded to the exertions of the parties employed. The damage lone is very considerable. CAUTlON.—Yesterday, in the immediate neigh bourhood of Chiswick, a boy named Bennett, aged 14, was killed by his cousin and brother, by a gun, while engaged in shooting ;small birds. The accident origi nated in a scuffle . between the two last-named youths, during which the gun went off, and the contents, small shot, were lodged in the body of deceased, wh o was standing close at band. The parties have been held to bail. Flow 4,140 Wheat. Barley. Esglish 2,270 qrs: 1,920 qrs. Lrish --2.810 I Malt. 1.760 QM SMITHFIELD. As might be expected on the near approach of the great Christmas market, which will be held on Monday next, the supply of Beasts on sale was large, and, gene rally speaking, of a superior quality. The primest Scots, &c., sold readily at an advance of 2d per 81bs; but all other kinds were heavy, at previous currencies. Only eight Beasts from Rotterdam were brought forward; but from Aberdeen we received 170 Scots, twenty-five of which unfortunately died on the passage. The number of Sheep wao only moderate, yet the Mutton trade was inactive, at barely Monday's quotations. Prime small Calves sold freely at more money ; but all other kinds of Veal were dull. In Pigs a good business was doing. Milch Cows moved off slowly at from 161 to 191 each. Per Bibs. to sink the effal. s. fL to 8. d. s. d. to s. d. Int rior Beasts 110 3 0 Second qualityditto... 3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto... 3 2 3 6 Coarse.woolled ditto.. 310 4 0 Prime largeOzen 3 8 4 2 Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs ............ 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 4 Small Porkers. 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 30 1 Quarter old Pigs,eachl6 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 1 Pigs. 1,582 • • 4,530 147 I 37 DIEWOATE Aral) ILEADEATUALL. We had a large supply of Meat offering, yet the trade was brisk, at our quotations. Ai per atone, by the Carom. d.a. d. too. a . d. top. d. Beef, inferior 4 8 3 0 Mutton, inferior ....„ 2 8 3 2 -- middling 3 2 3 4 middling 3 4 3 G -- prime large 3 4 3 6 prime 3 6 3 g prime Small 3 8 310 P or k, l arge 2 8 3 4 Veal st 4 Q ...... 3 6 4. 0 BOROUGH HOP SIARICVS. As is almost invariably the case at this period of the year, the demand for all kinds of Hops is in a very sluggish state. In prices, however, we have no altera tion to notice, yet holders are loek.ng forward to an improvement in them. COLONIAL SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been dull and prices have receded a little. The sales of the week are about 1,000 hhds to last evening inclusive, and in, this quantity are comprised 96 Idids 4 trcs Barba does at 66s 6d for fine yellow, and 53s to 56s for low. EAST 1ND14.-4,965 bags Bengal partly sold, sound low to good white at 51s 6d to 675, mid to good strong yellow 56s Gd to 61s 6d. Damp brown Khaur taken in at 42s to 44s per cwt. 1,323 bags Manilla were taken in at full rates, good sound greyish yellow at 21s, and washed yellow at 18s 6d per cwt. REFlNED.—Standard lumps have been sold at 72s 6d to 7.3 s per cwt, being rather cheaper. FOREIGN.-1,695 boxes Havannah were nearly all taken in : good white at 29s to 30s, low and mid 26s to 28s, and good and fine yellow 21s to 22s 6d per cwt 549 chests 176 brls Rio were taken in at 18s to 19s Gd for good and fine greyish brown, and at 23s fur fine white, but subsequently part has been sold. COME. —The demand for West India has been limited, and at auction 87 casks 42 barrels Berbice were chiefly taken in, low mid to mid at 75s to 90s per cwt. Ceylon has been rather heavy, and only part of 149 bags offered publicly found buyers, good ord at 535. 748 bags 297 barrels 130 casks Rio were nearly all taken in at 50s to 52s for fine fine ord Plantation sort, and at 265 to 27s for ord, but the damaged sold, and about 40 brls sound, at 57s per cwt. A small parcel of Mocha was taken in at 65s for common mixed green. Costa Rica, 368 bags, have been put up, but the sound was mostly taken in at 44s to 57s Gd, the damaged selling at 31s to 44s per cwt. COCOA.—There is a fair demand for West India ; Grenada has been sold at 41s to 465. SPlCEB.—Pimento is in more request, and sales have been made at 4d to 4ed per lb. Common Sumatra Pepper has been sold at 21-d to lid per lb ; 1,352 bags Penang sold 2-1(1 to *I fur sound. Rim—Bengal is firm at Ils to 12s 6d for low to fine white; and at auction 700 bags Madras realised 8s to 8s 6d. Rum.—The market has been dull. CorroN.—The market has been very firm, and holders are inclined to ask higher rates. At auction, 1,284 bales East ' India were put up. The Surat about half sold at 2,-id to 21d per lb; the Madras was taken in above the Value, viz., at 21t1 to 3d per Ib; and the New Orleans*was also taken in at hrgh rates. TtA.- 1 -The article - has been steady, but at the public sales only a small proportion. has found buyers out of 18,000 packages declared. Hysons have been about ld per lb cheaper, and other kinds without alteration. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 403 6d to 40s 9d per cwt on the spot. LLOYD'S SHIPPi.: (N-1 THIS DAY LONDON, DEc. 13.—Wind this day at noon, fresh breeze at N.E., and cloudy. RAMSGATE, DEC. 12.—The Waterlily, from London to Jamaica, went ashore at Broadstairs this morning, came oil without assistance, and proceeded. DEAL, DEc. 12. —Wind E. to E.S.E.-Sld. Meanwell, Trinidad; Waterlily, Jamaica; Quebec, New York. BRISTOL, DEC. 11.7-.Sld. Randall, .Neves. The Great Britain steam-ship was. .safely anchored in King-road this morning, and has since gone down the Channel for an experimental. trip. - - GLOUCESTER,- DEC. 12.—S1d. Treasurer, Ichaboe. PORTSMOUTH, DEC, 12.---Wind E.N . .E., fresh breeze. —Arrd. Her Majesty's ship Syren, Trincomalee, sailed, Sept. 11, Cape of Good Hope Oct. 19, St. Helena 39th, Ascension 4th ult. MON.LiN AND CiiissiMiEitAAß:), CITY, QUARTER TO THRE E ' The transaction s i n C o t ten yester d ay a t Ltr e were about 5,000 bales at former rates.—There wet,i fair demand f or R a il ways, an d at b etter rates . J 3lls e r ar.d Gloucester, 37; Churnet. Valley. 3L le. 3d.; E a' r oi Counties, 13k ; Edi n b urg h an d Gl asgow , 63; 'tfor Junction, 2,25; . Ditto, Quarter, 434 ; Li ver pool and 1 3 . r, cheater, 103; Ditto, New, 37 ; London end f l i t ininghaw, 221; Ditto, 321. Shar es , 38k ; Ditto, Qu ar o d Shares, 26k; London and Croydon, 16k; Lend° i York, 4k; Manchester and Birmingham, .52; Dit t k o p, Leeds, Half, 53 ; Midl an d C ount i es, 110; N or th 145 ; Scottish Central, 1 • South-Eastern, aiii; v irjr t New, 12 11 4 ; Trent Valley, Si 9; Ulster, 3 8 i; : 0 11 and North Midl an d N ew , Half-shares, 13k; Avignon, 2.4 ; Paris and Lyon s , 31 ; Orleans, Tour g ' Bordeaux, 7A-; Boulogne and Amiens, 5/. 3g. 91 There are accounts to Oct. 10 from Graham's ." 0 ( Cape of Good Hope. They advise the appeurancelof locusts in the Colisberg districts and the confoliW i o great ravages, whol e crops having been destroyed b; or two instances. It is supposed these destructive ;I sects had come from some warmer climate, Ply being among them. The new Governor was alterillgo frontier system, and had already extended much be _, protection to the border farmers against Kafir 00r. 4 91, The weather is so se vere th at t h e Th am es, ne 11 : 0 1 Katherine D oc k s , was ent i re l y f rozen over. DiaTig!;:ol has been, in consequence, suspended, to a ver y extent. _ g. There are many arri va l s i n th e Cit y thi s mora7tit4 A steady mark e t h as ru l e d f or t h e British Secuf"osi to-day. Consol s f or M oney h ave b een d one at 16n ' d ale 100* ; the Thre e p er C ents. R e d uce d at 100 *i ; ici,t New Three-and- a -Q uarter per C ents. at 10 24 sau Bank Stock for the opening has been done at 20 9 • to premium on Exchequer Bills has varied but from lib. 565. The Commi ss i oners b oug h t about 15,0001 Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 102 k. The Scrip of the New French Loan has been eau. c o to 2* per cent. pr em i um . Th e d eman d f or Me/I so Bonds was somewhat bri.k. Early in the moruht, e 4 large an amount as 260,000 dollars having been res ell a l e by the Av.in, for the dividends, in the early part 0 # j morning 37* was paid for the tock, but it is now i t tst cent, lower. It may here be remarked, en passa s , 4 o the loss of another vesse l b e l ong i ng to t h e RoYal s Company has occasioned grea t regret among for parties in the City. Dutch Stock is on the rise. A f i t Bonds there i s a fi rm mar k et at 102, a" t y Brazilian at 88k. In the other Foreign Securities fluctuations have been but trifling to -day. The Share market has not been brisk, and the F ri 6 generally speaking, are rather lower than yesterclaP BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE cpCLOO S. (Prom the Official List.) Bank Stock for Account tz A 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3% per Cent. luo iL Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. J 2 ,71 India Bonds, Ditto Bank Stock •••••• , Consol. for Opening 10020 Exchequer Bills. I%d , 134 d. 1,001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• •••• 11411••• 5 4 56 a • •••••••• 5 4 . Ditto •••••••••••• ~fi 58 p-- Ditto Advertised......... — „cc FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'Cl4"-- Belgian Bonds, 5 per 10' 2 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent...,.,,,,,,,.„ ,.,.,.„.. 86 4 $3% Mexican Bo&ds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ,••••• 37 ql 5 6 7 a Ditto for the Account-,. , Ditto Deferred Stock -- ......... !,/ Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.-. .... " 7 " Ditto Converted.......,-„,_ .. Ditto for the Account Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent Ditto for the Account... ....... ....... ..... Ditto Passive Bonds ....... Ditto Three per Cent. Dutth 2% per Cents..... ..... 64 ...... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifi cates Dutch 5 per 99% " p. „ f oc RPICES OF SHARES 1 HIS DAY AT ONE RAILWAYS. Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 P . A .T..... Pa 95 11 39t A f," 4 Caledonian E tbteril Counties •••••••••••••••••••• 25 ••••••••• 13 % ...... to to Great Western ..... 75 ........103 t o l4 Lancaster 10 ...... London and Birmingham l OO 223 ..... W to ••",, London and Brighton ..... 50 50% .' to P Landon and South Western ...... 41% 84 ,g d Ditto Eighths ..... ..... to Om London and York. ....... 2%.... 4 ••••••" to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ........ 52 Midland ...... ......... 100 ...... Newcastle and DarlingtZiun — el 24 . . "..."1 641i ' Northern and Eastern 45 .... ......... to, Ditto 4 Stares ,:12% Norwich and Brandon 8 ..... to Ditto New 1 ..... 34 ..«.• to Portsmouth Direct ....... ....... 1 to .0 South Eastern and Dover 33% 39 to Ditto New York and North Midland 50 102%.....• to Ditto Scarbore' Branch 18 Ditto Selby Scrip 20 66 to Ditto Extension Boulogne and Amiens :1 to to I Orleans and Bourdeaux to Paris and Lyons Parisand 20 3 9% ...... 00 MANCHESTER STOCK EX CH A NGE , DEC. 12 .—ti, stir tinue to have a good business, and prices are fu".T rA dl. ported. West Yorkshire, 5i ; M anc h ester a nd isl Sixteenth:, 3i; Leeds and West Riding Junc o . 4 P 3/. 9s. 6d. ; Manche s t er an d Leeds, 1181 ; Ps ll ' 9 Lyons, 3i ; Manchester, B ury an d R oss endaiel# London and York, 4 ; Churnets, 3i ; Lyons and non, 2/. 15s. 6d. ; London and W orcester , Oxfor , ;o; Rugby, ; Eastern Counties, ; Midland; 201° South-Eastern and Dover, No. 2, 7 7 1- premium; il vv- Canal, 541 BRITISH FUNDS. O S - Bank Stock 2084 Ditto Bonds .£1,000...... /.0 ' 3 per Cent. Red loo%'Ditto under £1,000...... , 3 per Cent. Cons. ..... 16 r New 5 per Cent. ......... Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001.. .„.„.„.„.• 0 Pd Jan. 1860 l2 1-16 Ditto 5ma11............." 09, Oct. 1859 I i • Jan. 1860 Bank Stock for Acct... 007 Consols for 0pg......-.• .0 Indian Stock lndia Stock for Acct....* FORBID Austrian, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Chllian, 6 per Cent — Colombian, 6 per Cent*"...... 14 3 Danish, 3 per Cent — - Greek, 18_5, 5 per Cent — Mexican, 5 per Cent ...... Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct — Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct — Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct N FUNDS. Russian, 5 per Cent..." Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per Cent., Ditto, 1841 Ditto, Ditto, , Ditto, 1341 ..... 0,0 97 Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 Per French, 5 per Cent.,.... French, 3 per Cent.... Exchange Dutch, 254 per Cent Ditto, 5 per SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 p aid ) 10 . ................. lt , Cambridge and Lincoln, 1% paid s4 Churnet Valley, 2 paid 2% Direct Northern, 2)4 paid Eastern Counties (25 paid) ......... ......... . ,j3%42 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid VV ~... .... 4.1 .• Great Western (75 paid) ' 14% Lancaster and Carlisle, 10 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) .... .......... Ditto, New 'thirds, 2 paid 40 London and Brighton (50 paid) Landou and South Western (411.65. lOtt. paid) Manchester and Birmingham • Midland (100 paid) ................ ......"..... 109 7 9 Birmingham and D er b y , £lO O paid 6 0% Newcastle and Darlington Junction, 24 paid . Northern and Eagtern (45 paid) 16% Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid) ...... ....... Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid Ditto, New Shares, 1 paid . l i ti Richmond and Wert Eft) Junction, 1 paid ......... sgs Nowt k astern and Dover (33 26 4d paid) ......... 5y4 Boulogne and Amiens :2 paid ..... ............ ... ...." il., Orleans and Vicrzon, ' 2 paid " 41% Paris and Orleans (20 paid) ..... OS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—The following se--; dates have passed the examination for honours ;-- ,-, 0 04 e ' cine: Ballard, Edward (gold medal), University uper , Manson, Fredericke Robert, King's College ; Tetec /1 " William Augustus, University C o ll ege ; BrewoeSric Hullett, Guys Hospital. Mid wif er y : Manson, Fr e "; eV Robert, Kin g ' s C o ll ege. To Dr. Ballard awarded a certitieate of special proficiency in Ine wc p - g efil A . corresp o nd en t i n f orms us that two str%' fir not clothed i n mourn i ng, attracted attention at I.teatil neral of the Pri ncess S op hi a, b y taking up t h e ir close to th e coffin. One of th em i s t h e cura t e of al, in the neighbourhood of Slough, and the other a e siot i I:v:ng at Langley. Th ey j o i ne d the, funeral Pr,° . ce it iet e as it passed th roug h Wi ndsor, and proceeded wit' the elepel. La d j 0 GRAND BATTUE3 IN PERTHSHIRE.—Last wee r 000 . , K naaird gave a grand battue, on the preserves 0- r t Y. iory, to four guns ; the result of the day's sP A ° 192 head of game of all sorts. On Tuesday on e " n ero nesday this week the Earl of Mansfield and alarg err the consisting in all of six guns, had similar sport O' foigi pre: erves of Scone. The first day the weather wa s ,ber° and unfavourable, but on Wednesday the atm °s ` ' was clear and frosty, and the sp or t was excellent - ber result of both d a y s , we understand, was nearly 55 , of game, chi e fly pheasants.—lnverness C o wie.• m pg' THE LATE RAILWAY CoLerszorf.-- - -We ar e tx ,0, 11 to hear that Mr. Roberts, spirit tray( ller, of So e .„ Tl e yb e gradually recovering, and that the same terms `Thet :t applied to the other sufferers. Howitt, the T r po , ' policeman, still remains at the General 1 . 11 ; although he is much better ; the jury ineV irdj h c ita :n l iv to the cause of death to Mr. Belestridge, vis-t ed r a body yesterday morning, for the purpose of o lte i n his evidence. The other injured person who vi t l e • to' the hospital (Mr. Kneep), is nearly well ; 9 4.91 ,1. way c ompany h ave given him twenty goine t s gr. u • i recompense f u r l os t ti me . I t i s well known that t oo p Baker, W oo l pac k- lane, was in the train at t h the accident ; it was supposed that he ha c1 ,,, a e ,. 0 l° without material injury, but we are sorry to f a Byer abcnt the tenth day after the accident, be on e • 9- • that the shin bone of his left leg was in a ha del 'o B- e vi ' it .d e. immediately placed himself under the care of If' ee - ley, and is now progressing favourably. The beef! are glad to learn, is not fractured, but the flesh ol io AF much bruised by concussion. Mr. Lightfoot ren li : veri the House of Correction ; public sympathy ba ns op' much iacreased since his incarceration, and g re- ebei r , bers of the most respectable persons in the o eig v i s itinD hood have shown their respect and sympathy hi him. The Misses Lewis have received from the Company, Mr. J. F. Bell and Mr. You' e 01 0- ; ,, ry re waited upon them, and given them pecuniary pense.— Nottingham Review. of t he Ce h re i; BRIG lITON, THURSDAY.---The Master ,-,IA 5,-. monies' ball, which took place last night, at the v . A geg , Hotel, was attended by upwards of 200 P e c t r'i se on° among whom were the Duchess of Calabretto,,wojek Lake, Viscount and Viscountess Dillon, LaelYS ‘ , oger; Sir G. and Lady Westphal, Sir John and 14a ,„•;.„ke, 61 ' bell, Sir Henry Onslow, Sir Arthur de Capel d s' do Dead' Henry Vyner, Sir W. Ball, Sir John Edrno l . l ._ o3o , 1:1°, 11 ; voir, Marquis de Montalembert, General Ir MN ° Banbury Tracy, Colonel, Mrs., and Miss i1 9 „..1 Warburton, Captains Fulcher, White, render V' se t s S great iattblivtg; giment), &c. fternv - ICE ON TIIE Tiumns.—Yesterday a w ee , d high water, a great many large pieces of ice loo n 0. .. floating on the surface of the river, near Bole_ f ee t ?" Woolwich ; some of them were about thrte ; ha d• bgo thickness, and rale r extensive. The tee c w hich floated from the River Lee, some portion a'• - been hymen over. fr o " tke s(1, w 4 Bp o/ the , c\ t)u q , wh, the