The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-28 00:00:00

1, 7 EYING EDITION. ; f 'l.-1"16 Gat) i 1 Tit N 3:A_N C Y [)ably ~..1,,;., ot our -; v ~ r , c surprised to I..ara tn..t awn!. is Sc: much, ot tnaoulactw . e in the pro (te,:tion of tea as We find tb..!re is by the following pas ; se:2.s iii a io.:ent po:alit!...ttion ty Dr Sigrnood : j - _\' tii•• . prof ::r per'iod for the gorinumzenient of pi.it,- ti;,,, Lyle groutra p. coo, iLti. "AVOW, prfl,4ibl k :.I,"cordiv.r to the c u , : tnr o of; erich -particular ...titi.Loot, a= v..,c iiDd to 411 titlier oi .41:t..1:1)1it to the 111,11 , LL".4,;a Sixte,...!, meee mime e iii their capsules,,are put into a hole, four or ' ti • ..,...Imes in the giound, at certain distances from each .. e ...r. I hey are then allowed to vegetate by some eee,.. a any other care ; by others the greatest ae .ritein ,is paid to ' the removal of weeds, iee manuring of the lend, and occasional , xetemies. . When the shrub has grown about three the leaves are. ready for picking. This is done with , the greatest caret; they are not plucked by handsfull, .but e e e lm leaf eeparetely. They are thus, although the poeesehe sonmeevlirtt . tedious, enabled to collect, in the •ourse of the clay, hiteen pounds. . . . . In the corn ) moo tea-plant, the commencement of the leaf-gathering i takes place in the early spring, and three different crops ere obtained in the summer. Scarcely, in the first in s. wee, has.the; leaf attained it.' growth, and whilst it is • yet :mudding into life, than the picking commences, and the tea will be finer in proportion to the tender age of the leaf. The most agreeable aroma and the most deli . eieus flavour are then ohtaimmed from it. A soft white dewn covers the first leaflets, which is called, in the • i thinese language. Pa-ho, and hence our name pekoe. eme most exquisitely flavoured of these trees with :, eLich we are acquainted. Trees, until: they reach t tee, sixth year, furnish this tea. A few days' ledger eemmwth supplies us with the black-leaf Pekoe. In the ' elenth of May ;,the leaves that have, grown since the first gathering., having arrived at maturity,•are stripped 'irom the trees : these form the Souchong—the Seaou ehoung—e the small or scarce sort:, . About six weeks after this there is a third g athering .ni'the new crop thrown out ; and from the Chinese word, Koong-fou, I signifying labour or assiduity, springs our term Congou. iFrom this a particular pars is selected e called. Kienpoey f —a selection which is knowneo its under the name of e Campoy. The tea familiar to pet underehe •appellation ,e" Bolmea should be thg'produce of the district from which ti et derives its name. It is - a rough preparation of the later • It / groom: leaves, wiriCli yield a beverage oflietle strength and lof inferior fitvotpr , i• Green teas undergo the-same kind of - imerveste Freneftlie tender leaflets is produced Hyson ; and 'a veer -expensive kind, Loontsing, is more para . ettlitrly prized ; it was called Yutsein, ' before the rains e - me mist Hymn is a corruption from ' flowery spring;' Tne Gunpowder' is a Ilyson gathered with great attentoe, and rolled with much nicety and care ; indeedit would appeal-Ace he a selection of the more de ' lieate (eaves The coarser and yellower leaves remain -1 ink After te.ie selection are called Hyson Skin. The t: 11 . `Val. kly' is the last Whored crop, and ecisists of an del: r - leal, in which less' attention is paid to the mani eu:atieus. ' . . When the leaves have been .picked . t ,,. est are left in large' bamboo baskets; exposed to the . • ;.,„ „ if the sun, being. enlyemecaeionally - stirred. Alter : tem., or three hours' the' peasants take the baskets into time hotise, and in the•'ectemree bf lialfean hour a series ti!' r ua rep e l et 'one commence, during which the manu t fil:twe-, mit infee'ves'ef,an hour, rolls the leaves three ee. our tidies -V„eereen hie fingers until they have ' t.: c Aiie. :is . Stil 113 . fea:l. ' " v el• . When the operation is con the epplication. of heat, for c tided, t.miey.,are ml'eadifie" t e e pe e ee e e - et 'e ry ie 4 .. e ed e e'eldering therm eeisp. The t.orme . Is mmee ..uet . teteelerated accord,'.' to 'the delicaer of I - q 'tut the • „ , . i tee part cuter tea, andapPralli4s is - regula ted ' . with - the' utmost nicely. Time ordintay process is to p' e abode Iwct 'potinde.of tea in - a hot cast-iLor pan, • ex'; imm ~, ..in - :-.11 circular Mud Arercace, heated by e fire , OF ,teme or of hgremthi. •Tlfe letiveg are briAly agitated , with' the naked band, to prevent their being buret. and that tee'll - in my shave its dee expciure to the p r e l eer 0 neon,: of tree neat. , Whenthey have become seifficieney , imot ti.oi :tre))lAce2tr iie a closely worked bamboo basket, ' ; trl rown .fozil' it upon mitalile,'WhereYhey are diode u.ett into t o hr th`ree ieercele: Another set of manipu- • ~i m t .li *.'e jeme them itinto , liiiits iiiilf great gentleness and eau- `e 0 tao,..ya t hy-alaee'ullet: de of `hmimiling them express an yi.:;(e tau)/ may contain. `The leaves alter this are a;a;ri taken VaCk to the liot e pe - ns", agaih - turned with the rieteed . ,ban I:duel:When tedted, "again' a-en - loved. They r ..re t hen seread on a sieye,i•ollee again, and then exposed l! it'M Cue act on of beat; the whole . being placed over a F.. elem.-coal fire : during this stage great care is necessary t' , , Left any smoke should affect the tea. In ad the varied e'?. - at)ges from basket to basket, arid they .sometimes un dtergo many.'ette l ntion' is, paid lest any receiver should aver ne placed. upon time ground. The number of expo i ewes teethe action of the fire is sometimes very great, 'al' an examination takei pike from time to time to - 4,,, ^.ertain 'the'state' to, which the leaves have arrived. W e, oe they become crisp. and mire easily broken, they ere! , moved- from the fire, allowed to cool, and the !, eeess :again commenced, until the experienced menu ) te..'ueerle fully satisfied with the condition and time pro 1, „ e „ , „ pv , ea ra.nce of the, tea." This fie by no means the whole, for a great deal of !0, 01/r and ekid arc still to be applied in sorting and e . „„ei ng the e„fieies descriptions of tea, but our extract 0 2:r.ca(ly long eno:leb for the present. r NEW YORK THEATRICALS. , . THE QUADRUPED PERFORMERS. thorn the New York Morning h:-rald of the 2d inst.) 1 BOWERY AMPHITHEATItE.--The r:lanat7ement of this I, e'egant plasm of amusement is beginning to display the .: l aze attention to the minutiae of the equestrian drama th a t characterised the performances last season. Their Their stud I f horses arc, with one or two exceptions , artists 01 4 'a superior grade, and give evidence of that . Bowes ion of , talent which - must ultimately make them run to tile vt.'ry pinnacle of fame. ..! , The tt‘q.ifa 9tiadrprideal artists that appear in the . Polish Entree'/" are perhaps the best specimens we could select as es: . dencei of this position. The . . into i' manner in which they ',enter the business of the scene, and make up by .theit spirit and vivacity for the deficiencies of the anqiu.r, who certainly has not infused too much plot into ,the piece, prove their koq' %ledge of stage business. See that delicate i white filly. Miss Medina, with - what at arch coquettish 1 1 ! . air she makes her first obeisance to the .audience, and with what a gratified toss of the head, An d a whisk of her elegant tkil, she acknowledges the warmth of her i deception. Tnis actress is certrinly a superior being—how ;:ier nods and winks come in as a sort of comment on thy' whole and convey a speeies of humour which the audi -1 01 ce seems perfectly to comprehend, while louder and Tore continued roars are called forth by the address of • ;his fair creature, than by any lady in our memory, ex cept. perhap -, Ellen Tree or Miss Vandenhoff. Tie ore:am-coloured filly Katarina is of a more se . riion7 tot n, and graduated in the Kemble school. '' D 9 :;:,g :11 , whole time her mind seems intent on the i 2 ,,, tee ss rat the scene. Her Majestic gait and noble f)uriag mark her out as a tit representative of the , b, - gone miesty of those times when Kings and Princes w. i'l• deemed a superior race, and possessed of a i.v a . right to do wrong. She has none of that airy Wit I , ,oneness which characterizes the Thalia-like .• mew-merit of Miss Medina, who seems more intent 'y Ka w:atchirg the audience thee- on the stage business. 1-",. .Ll:arina, on the contrary, proceeds through most of t her parts with John Kemble-like, or st o i c al inditT e t. vace• ; and the uproar of the pit, or the applause from fiae hoses.,,does not appear to have •the least cffect on '; he- nerves. _ - , W . ..i have spoken of the females first, as bound to do liv o rr vows o: gallantry to the heoux sex—and, having 31 I , it oul ! space left to speak of the male performers, can a T y) • 0,4 the three tollowing, viz : " Spartacus," " Mel t .otte," aqd " Master Walter." ,I • The:first i of the Forrest school, and his- fine pli)si c a 1 proportions show how judiciously his preceptors have ti t a ned Imo for those parts which the students of that . • • irt ! ,le oi acting are so pre-eminent. in. The eye full of vi.ftrt and express on ; the expanded nostri s and the full '-. *tun e of voice with which he utters the part set down * :41' laim, show great juiga e It and discrimination, whilst i; e foreo and vehemence of his kick are well calculated oto Produce the most striking scenic effects. Melnotte, I t k.rs the °tiny. littod, is all impulse. Full of fire, and 1 , -; altr.ough his acting is unequal when taken as a whole, 4 still there are parts where he produces most electrical t ffects upon his audier.ce. His positions, like Charles K , an's, are eminently fine, and he /zit off many of the best points in a way that was calculated to disarm the wr a. h of any of the critic clan that might have stood in h s way. Tne acting of the sable horse, " Master f, Walter," is more studied, which shows that ha has adopted the stage as a profession, because it afforded I him occasions whereby lie might cultivate and pamper those high tastes or imaginition s in whfch his spirit seems to float in an ideal world of imperishable gran , Ceur and beauty. l ' Want of sp. c ! prevents our following up this candid Criticism, through the whole stud, but we shall take a ifuture opportunity of analyzing the entire dramatic ta lent of tho quadrupidal corps of artists. RELIEF OF DISTRESSED ARTISANS.—.A public meeting will be held in the Town Hall on Sa turday next, at twelve o'clock, to consider what means shonld be adopted to relieve the distressed artisans of this town. Sir George Crewe has kindly forwarded a cheque for 501. to be placed at the disposal of any Com mittee or Association formed for the relief of the dis treised.—Derby Reporter. MADRID, DEC. 19.—Bargains to the amount of 14,0(10,000 of reals were made in the Five per eats. on the 19th, five f)r cash at 27: 1 ; and -a, and the ott,,ers for account ; the last operation was negotiated at 28 at 30 days. The old coupons of the debt beariag 'lALSl ll ) . r.istrifll at 91 at 60 days, and the modern at 6. •••• OF THE - METROPOLIS.—We per '. r_om the.-Yreekly bills of mortality made up to the i; ir inst.. thafthtre is a d ecrease on t: e b ur i a l s , as corn ,,, i , :d witkthe week precedi ng , o f 172. tit ~- 1 TUE k'URRENCV QUESTION. (Front n Printphlc.l with, this It is admitted that Paper Money is one of the most refined of ail the expedients to which the relations of society has given birth. It saves a portion of such costly articles as the precious metals, and thug increases the comforts and conveniences of life, by enabling, them to be appropriated to the -purpose of ornament -and of use, , It facilitates cxcherges beti7cen places remote :mit each other—economises tbn time and labour of paymeuts--aids reproduct:on, by epening u wife Lid for the relative operations of capital and labour — Noyes J. cheap agent—while it diminishes the risks and losses sustained by the attrition and debasement of coin, boarding, and casualties. At the same time paper money can only be regarded as a circulation of credit ; and as coined metals were, in the progress of mankind from barba rism, substituted barter, so, in a further stage of improvement, a pa per medium ;has been partly st7bstitutect for-coin. The essontial'bebefrt of the -invention does not then consist in forming an entire substitute for the precious metals. The itionetarrsyitem to be perfect,-must be composed of specie and paper ; ..for specie, es'poesessing intrinsic value, must still be considered as the immediate ele ment into which the currency of the country may, at all times, .he resolved, and constitutes the true basis on which the fabric of paper circulation can be solidly reared. The permanency of paper currency can, there fore, only be secured by making the representation of valte, constantly and readily convertible into real value, immediately into gold and silver, because thesa pre serve, more steadily than other commodities, a uniform value, and form tha most convenient measure of ex change, and ultimately, , by their medium, convertible into any commodity possessed of intrinsic value. From these principles, it is evident that a paper currency, con vertible into :Specie, will answer every purpose both of usefulness and expediency. Bqb in order effectually to insure the means of constant convertibility, it becomes a question of pri mary consideration to select the body or department to which the privilege of issuing paper money should be entrusted. _ _ Experience has proved, that a power of such para mount importance cannot be safely confided either to private Banking Companies or Joint-stock Banks. as at present constituted, however large their capital or judicious their management. The natural results of the existing system of unlimited issues and doubtful re sponsibility, are constantly developed in visionary spe culations—depreciation of the currency—fluctuation in pr;ces—derangement in the foreign exchanges—a run for gold—the exportation of bullion—a recurrence of panics—commercial embarrassments—bank failures— and a threatened suspension of cash payments. It may, perhaps. be difficult to propose a complete and effectual remedy for the correction of abuses incidental to an in stitution so eminently artificial, but it is comparatively easy to devise - such improvements both in the aaplication of the principle and the details, as may obviate its most glarir ' , defects. .With this view I take the liberty of suggesting the following plan, which appears to me to combine the ad vantages of complete security, with a free trade in bank ing, while the supply of the currency and the demand will regulate itself according to the legitimate wants and exigencies of the community : l:—That one uniform description of paper money be 1, ,alined in the United Empire, consisting of Imperial Treasury notes or bills. .2.—That a permanent office be established at the Treasury which. shall be authorised to advance these notes or bills to all banks of discount and deposit, whe ther Chartered Joint Stock Corporations or Licensed Private Companies, according•to the option of the bor rovers as to number and quality, on depositing in the Exchequer an equal amount of bullion or Government Securities, taken at she average market price for the previous year. 3.—That the Treasury be empowered to exchange new notes or bills fir old ones cancelled. _ 4.—That the dividends on the stock lodged at the I;:easury be paid to the respective parties, making the ,I„ po i i . : subject to a deduction of one per cent per an. nun Intert-,:t on the amount of Treasury notes or bills reeei;vld in lieu pf stock, and one-fourth per cent. in lieu of bullion. s.—That the whole amount of bullion, o r Govern ment Securities, or any portion thereof, may, at any time, be withdrawn from the Exchequer, or transferred by the parties depositing the same, or their assignees, on presentation of an equal amount of the Treasury notes issued to such parties respectively, payment of interest being made on said notes to the day of returning same ; and in case any such establishment shall, at any time, determine to discontinue transacting banking business, that the balance or residue of bullion and of stock re maining to cover outstanding liabilities, be returned after an interval of three years from the period of notification. 6.—That the tiriperial notes be signed by the proper officer of the Treasury—that the name of the banking establishment, to whom they are supplied, be engraved on same, and that they be endorsed befOre issue by the responsible agent of the firm. 7.—That the notes of each banking establishment be made payable at their respective offices in specie, on fourteen days' notice in writing of the demand, but that an exception be made with respect to London banks where the notice be limited to seven days. B.—That an annual report be presented to Parlia ment of the Treasury notes in circulation, specifying the monthly and , yearly averages, together with the amount of bullion, and the sum total and description of stock lodged by each establishment, and a return of their other assets, and that these accounts be published periodically in the Gazette. An arrangement of the currency, founded on these principles, is peculiarly calculated to revive credit, afford relief, and secure public confidence. Without violating any constitutional principle, that portion of the Royal Prerogative will be restored to the Crown, which is t present exercised by the most obscure bank. The Treasury notes to be issued under the proposed enact ment will possess the primary element of credit, sol vency, roa f capital, and the whole property of the British Empire plecl,zed for their security. On a genera: v i e ,y of the subject, there can be little doubt but that, :'nder existing circumstances, some measure of the kind contem would prove a pub lie benefit—promote the progres; we improvement of the country, and contribute materially to consolidate the b interests of the Empire. As far as the ,:nk of Ireland is concerned, the hands of the Legislature are free ; and as the note circulation of that Establishment has seldom exceeded the amount of the debt due to them by f3o vernment, the proposed plan might be brought at once into partial operation, without detriment to their inte rests. Should the trial be attended with the success ioticipated, and a preference for the Imperial notes be e vii,ced by the public, the measure may be gradually introduced, and extended throughout the kingdom, on the ezpir4tion of the Bank of England Charter. GLEANINGS I , ROM THE AMERI- CAN PAPERS. WANTED.---.A. few files of locofocos, say 50 Butend ers, 73 Roarers, 86 Ball-rollers, 70 screamers, 80 In fernals, and 0 00 Loafers to go on to Washington, and kick up a row in the Capitol on the organization of the House of Representatives. For further particulars apply to Slam, Bang, and Co., Custom-house. USE OF RED PEPPER —Let every young lady carry in her reticule little packages of t ed pepper, and when loafers insult her in the street, just take an opportunity and fling a paper of it into the scoundrel's eyes. Snuff will answer a like purpose. AN HONEST MALI IN WALL-STREET.—John Q. Adams, the venerable ex-President, took a walk in Wall-street on the morning of Thanksgiving day. There was a fine looking lady on his arm, to whom he was pointing out the names of the several banks. As John Q. entered at the upper end of the street the devil escaped at the other, thinking, probably, that the sight of an honest man and a respectable woman in Wall- street betokened an earthquake, a hurricane, or the day of judgment. HARD CURRENCY.--" Musket balls full bore," were a legal tender in Massachusetts, in 1656, " current for a farthing a piece, provided that no man be compelled to.take above twelve at a time of them." In 1680 the town of Hingham paid its taxes in milk pails. THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK " MORNING HERALD ' S " ADVICE TO YOUNG LADIES IN SELECTING HUSEANDS.—You are sitting some evening on a sofa, looking out on the clear moonlight —your adorer near hy, also looking at heaven in your lovely countenance. After a long breath, a tremulous motion of the heart, be murmurs forth his " love,"" adoration"—" declaration"— •• till death"—" have pity"—" say yes," &c., &c. You are to be quite cool and calm all the time, pattihg the car pet with your pretty little foot. You slowly turn round, and with one end of your soft melting eye upon him, proceed to the cross-examination thus :—First ask him " do you take a newspaper ?" If he replies " no," cut him at once as a savage and barbarian—if he says " yes," pro ceed to the next question, " what daily paper do you take ?" If he replies " the Courier,"" the Express, or any of the penny prints, then he won't do at all. A man who only takes such papers, has no sentiment, no feel ing, no light dawns on his soul—can have no proper esti mate of the qualities of an amiable, sensible, and affec tionate woman. Of course reject him. But if the for tunate dog should say " I take Bennett's Herald, that's my breakfast every morning," then the whole thing is done—pin him at once, say " Gre ask my mammie," have the wedding day appointed, and you are a happy wife with a devoted husband as long as life doth run." " Pin him at once "—forget not that. DOUBLE FARstEas,—The Siamese twins have pur chased a farm in Wilkes connty, N. C., and gone to farming it in real earnest. They drive a double team, anl ought to raise a double crop. EDITORS TO OFFlCE.—Governor Seward is impor tuned to appoint half the Whig editors of New York to office. Beware ! Let these rascals be as indus tri)ns, honest, and independent as I am, and they wart no office. but the fruits of their own efforts. Beware ! Governor.--New York Morning Herald. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED stveral DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIWic, (thr:of t li On- are NO LOTTERIES) of*: many poniibilities of obtaining • LARGE FORTUNES, • HEINE liiioTHERS, at HAmBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBV TIONS. Pcr•ons desirous to purchase may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving any order. the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing. WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMMTRGII. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of TWELVE THOUSAND, sIX THOUSAND, THREE THOESAND. ONE THOUSAND • FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED, TWO HUN DRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED, ONE HUN DRED AND FIFTY, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, &e. THE DISTRIBUTING DAY BEING NEAR, and Shares clearing off most rapidly, A RISE IN PRICE will sofas occur. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, Dec. 28, Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Mr Anthony Absolute, Mr. W. Farrell; Captain Absolute, Mr. Anderson; Sir Lucius O''f rigger, Mr. Brougham ; land, Mr. Cooper ; Acres, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. 'Malaprop, Mis. C. Jones ; Lydia Languish, Madame Vestris ; Julia, Mrs. Nisbett; Lney, Mrs. Humby. Afteriwhiab will be repeated the New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which has been long in preparation, efaiiled HARLEQUIN AND THE MERRIE DEVIL OF ED MONTON; OR, THE GREAT BED OF WARE. With cr6rely New Scenery. Machinery, Dresses, and .De- aerations. Harlequin. Mr. C. J. Smith Pantaloon. Mr. 'Morelli ; Merrie Devil, Mr. Gibson ; and Co umbine, Mies Fairbrother. - - - Dress Boxes, is; Second Brie., 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Cireles,ss. ; &amid Price, -23. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, b.; Gallery, Is. • Doers to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to eourrenee at Seven e'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season'Tickets may be hail upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews. bookseller, 147, New Bond-sirreet. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The Two New Dramas, and the Grand Christmas Panto mime, with splendid Scenery, and a magnificent Diorania. THIS EVENING, DEC. 28, Will be acted, third time, a New Romantic Drama, called MICHAEL EARLE, THE MANIAC LOVER. Characters by Messrs. Saville, H. Hughes, Neville, John son, and Smith ; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, and Miss Martin. After which, M time, a Comedietta, from the French, entitled FAMILY JA RS MENDED. - _ Benhomme, Mr. Smith; Chapinet, Mr, Saville ; Madame Bonhemme, Mrs. Daly ; Theresia, Miss Martin. To conclude with the New Grand Christmas Pantomime. called THE QUEEN BEE, OR HARLEQUIN AND GOODY TWO SHOES. Tho splendid Scenery by Mr. Brunning—The magnificent Diorama by Mr. P. Phillips. Columbine, Miss Sharpe ; Harlequin, Clown, Pantaloon, and Sprite, by the Bolero Family. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Tha address on " Military Flogging" is too long for insertion in a new•pk„'r. The same oblectix) applies to the communication from Harrow Road relative to Sunday Newspapers. H1(41-1-WATElt AT I.ONDON bXIJJOE T0. , “)11.R0W. Morning 25 minutes tate 8 ► Evening f 3 minutes atter 8 Id ' l l' „ . 4.0p 4 . 14 1, 1 • SUN, LONDON'. SATITRAiA V, DECEAOI-4',R 28 )c:l9, Zfn '-altl,l'. LONDON : SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1839. The Globe begins at length to see that the, country is threatened with a nearer and greater danger than any the No Popery cry, or the No Church-rate demand is calculated to avert. It talks of a revolution, of a bread war, of the wrang lers for trifles standing on a volcanic soil, and it mourns, as well it may, over the difficulty there is in defending our institutions while Corn-laws enlist aga it►st them the strongest passions of the masses. We ccpy our Contemporary's remarks, and earnestly h o p e the;' may command the attention of her MAJESTY'S Ministers. We have long been convinced, from the strange doctrines which are afloat in the community—from the strange acts of our legislators, which have jus tified the strangest deductions against them—hom the strange conduct of the upper and middle classes, —as if it were intended to alienate from them all the humbler classes, and which has been followed by equally strange conduct in the alienated classes—from the manner in which i!te first rin ciples of political society and of property have been discussed, as if revolutions were soon to be every day occurrences—from what we continually hear and see, and have long heard and seen, we are convinced that the view now taken by th Globe is correct, and that it will not do for the Statesmen of any party longer to treat these matters as trifles, or fancy that this great commotion of society can be stilled by waving a birch xod. The efforts of the Tories to stay the waves of Reform were aptly compared, during the progress of the Bill, to Dame PARTINGTON endeavouring to mop up the At lantic—and the efforts of all our: Statesmen com bined will, we are afraid, unless they leave all minor matters, and bend their thoughts seriously, earnestly, and religiOusly to this great work, be as unavailing to extinguish the volcano which is now beneath our feet, or blow it off harmless, as were the efforts of the Dame and the Tories. Such being our conviction, we shall conclude that the Ministers are much to blame if they do not bend all their energy to avert the cala mities which are pending over England from the 1 nNsrliar condition of our working population. W e ; ism . ,:nuch whispered about legislgion for Canada, and l e o s ,fi ,on for Jamaica, and legisiatioh for the slaves; but we Flo not hear, except some intimation that the Ministers mean to propose to substitute a fixed tax on corn, for the fluctuating tax, of any legislation to amend the condition of the neople. We trust that the idea of effecting tilat is not given up in despair ; for nothing else 1 can save the country from a great calamity. We trust it is riot to be said that the condition of the people is the result of natural laws, which no poii• tical power can amend ; f,i if that doctrine be held, after the exercise of political power has brought the country into its present difficuitiez, we must despair that it *4l ever be peacefully and tranquilly extricated. But we are to have elaborate I , fie,iFiation for Canada ; the two provinces bundled itii4; one, and some nice plan for collecting Red presentatives which will please persons at home. What, however, does any man in England know about Canada, that he should deem it within the compass of his ability to make good laws for that partially settled country ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL, with the help of official informa tion, seeing all things through a medium that re fiacts, distorts, and discolours them, has been closely studying the question of Canada for six months. Though we have not studied it at all, we will answer that it is no longer the same question as when he began his investigations. A few lite rary men, who have taken a note or two of of ficial despatches—have read a few books of travels in Canada—.-and have read the party news papers, probably of one side only, think they are well acquainted with the Colonies, and could make laws for Canada. Perhaps, too, a ship cap tain who has been at Quebec, or a merchant who has sent thither a few cargoes, and has an agent on th e spot, is quite convinced that lie knows all about the matter. With great deference to all these gen tlemen, even to the ship captain, we beg leave to doubt, seeing what a miserable bungling work our pious bishops, our well-educated peers, our enlightened country gentlemen, and our captains, colonels, and merchants, who sit in the House of Commons, have made of legislation at home, whe ther they are so very competent to make laws for Canada, that other matters should be neglected. One thing is quite certain, that the legisla tion will have to be carried into effect or en forced, if necessary, by the power of our people ; and whatever may be the knowledge of the ship esabidulklitoefratryhemen,and Lord community and , JOHN captain, oof th e RUSSELL,a aforesaid literary men, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, t rhe the bulk of its representatives are no more fit to •(, • tegislaWfpr'.4:4atiada titan f. )1- Japan. The leas'', posalein s 'ille way of law-t raking for that trans atlantic possessim which can._ he brought forward will be the most commendable. We hope - accord ingly that when Parliament meets . , not Canada, but the extraordinary condition of our own population Will occupy the foreground of her MAJESTY'S Speech. To revive in the. people confidence in the Government, and to make them itiok to it for die quiet redress of their manifold grievances, is essential, not merely to the national 'safety, but to tile national existence. In another place will be found a letter addressed by Mr. GEACII, Mr. FRosT's attorney, to the Marquis of NORMANBY, soliciting a postponement of the trials for treason, and asking for a sum of. money to enable the prisoners, many of whom are very poor, to procure the means of defence. There is also the Marquis of NORMANBY'S answer, stating that the first of the applications must be made . to the Judges, and that it was beyond his province to interfere ; and that he could not comply with the; second. We also publish a memorial to the QUEEN, praying her MAJESTY to order a grant of money, and the Marquis of NORNtANBY's answer, stating that he could not advise her MAJESTY to corn ply - with the prayer of the memorial. These will hereafter be important historical documents. The letter to the Marquis of NORMANBY places the matter in a clear point of view, and strange as the application seems for a sum of money from the State, which is the prosecutor, to enable the pri soners to defeat it, the application is not without reason. The law is such a complicated machine, that it can be only worked by great strength and power. To set it in ,operation against the prisoners the State commands the highest forensic abilities; while, as they are to be tried under a Special Commis sion, and as there is to be no circuit bar, they must be wholly undefended by Counsel, unless the State, or the charity of individuals, supply the means of hiring them. If the State be bound to defend its _subjects when unjustly assailed by other States, it must also be bound to defend them against in justice at home, and hence the application to it f o r assistance, to enable the prisoners assailed by it, with such overwhelming power, to obtain justice. We do not object to the refusal, which is accord ing to the strict practices of England. At the same time the lax practices of Ireland, enabling the Viceroy there to do what the QUEEN here can not do, may have encouraged the applicants to hope, from Lord NORNIA N BY'S conduct there, what, as Secretary of State here, it must be painful to hirri to refuse. The poor Tories know ngt whether to make war on the Ministers or not; and the Eta/A(l*d re tracts yesterday the advice to be quiet it gave a Ly 9r before, It now calls on the agriculturists t o turn out the Ministers, or agriculture will be ruined ;an another Journal calla on the Pro testants to turn them out for appointing Messrs. RHALL, or Protestantism WYSE, SUM, and O'FE will be ruined, Prof,eatantisth and agriculture, therefore, go together, and it the increase of our town population which has enciaogefej ,the faith of the people. Another Tory Journal sought yesterday morning to justify Sir ROBERT PEEL for not interfering to stop the No Popery cry ; but it put the question, as usual, on a false foundation. Sir IL. PFEIL knew and was warned that his party were doing a great public mischief, by which, however, he, per personally, and his party, were expected . and intended to profit. He allowed them to commit the mischief when he might have stopped tildrn. He wag )ike a man witnessing a felony by which he was to ha anfiaed, who, when it is foundout, exclaims, " I am perfeetiy irmocent ; why should you expect me to prevent another man irtiarii thipviog for my Adva.ntage ?" The - No-Popery cry and ' the • demand to re-conquer 'lreland, have turned out injurious to the Right Hon. Baronet, and now the Ines blames the Whigs for having braid he ought to t►ave ioterfered and atopped the mischief. He has, as I36 . T.lNGttapicE once said of the Whigs, made a fire to roast the Catholics, that he might get into office, and burnt himself. He ghola have put out the fire when he had an opportunity. Mt. O'CONNELL'S speech, which wo yesterday quoted, proves that it is now too late, --• REPRESENTATION OF BIRMINGHAM- A Mr. ALLEN has taken the field on the Con. servative-Reform interest. So the gentleman's creed is enlarged to catch as many votes as pos sible. He is not to recommend the breaking down the Constitution, but he will not hear of finality. The law of nature, he says, histtuels us, and that law says, that men shall get their bread by the sweat of their brow, but he makes an exception for Lords. He preaebee . absolute and positive resistance to those laws which say, like thy: Corn-law, though he does not include that law amongst those which ought to be resisted, " Starve, die, the law demands it of you." Mr. ALT,F;rI does not like the New Poor-law, and he thinks, with Mr. OASTLER, that it tilq he resisted ; but he likes the Corn•law, and is therefore' for upholding it. 1 - fr preaches resistance or submission as imt? f anc i es d ie joy is for his interest. The Poor law may not provldc. w i lisf for all in distress, it kills none—the Corn-law kitij it thousands and its • tens of thousands ; and this -(3on: serve tigg Reformer, • being a barrister to 1111 boot, pretiehae resistance to the Poor-law, and patient submission t& the Corn-law. The gen of Birmingham will, we are fiura, have none of hi m ; ol d se b, t ! tie not fee'd by the Carlton Club to provoke» at4!„.7;..,.e a. little ill blood in 13ir ii a split giam,heis wasting his G4,144i,c 1 .bis eloquence pursuit. Great excitement irs-2 been created in Holland by the unusual opposition of di, Members of the Se cola; Chamber of the Statcs•General to the gnaw. cis! Drojeeta of the Government. King WILLIAM, whose horror •and hatred of revolutions is well known throughout Europe, must fancy himself i n the midst of one, as he contemplates the sudden change which has PtkPr) place in the opinions of the " High and Mighty Lox4§" who compose the majority in the Second Chamber 4)( tbt2 States- General. On the 19th instant they rejected by AT , large majority a Bill for a loan of fif t y - s i x millions of florins, though the Pitt anc e Minister declar e d beforehand that the Bill was essseritiili to the main tenance of the national credit, and that it§ lusa would dissolve the Cabinet. When the Bill wag thrown out Minist e rs a djourned the further meet ing of the Second Chamber till the 21st, in ord er to afford time for cool reflection upon the COP§e quences of the condemnatory vote, and to p re p are the Members for the orderly discussion of the Budget. When the Chamber met on the 21st, the Budget was brought forward, and along with i t another loan Bill for the comparatively small sum of fifteen mil:ions seven hundred and forty two thousand florins. Immediately the Chamber be came a scene of uproar, such as was never wit ne ,,, ee d before at the Sittings of the grave and taciturn' Le gislators of Holland. Not only the Bill but. t h e Budget also, were thrown out by the unanimous vote of the whole Chamber, the Finance Minister only excepted. So extraordinary a circumstance could not fail to make a deep impression upo n t h e public mind of a people so unaccustomed to witness anything like regular Parliamentary oppositio n t o the Government as the Dutch. Every person asked what would the Government do, and every real lover of his country dreaded mischief from the inveterate.obstinacy of the KING. Some attributed the double vote of the Second Chamber to dislike of the rumoured marriage of the ICING with the COUIItcSSIYOULTRENIONT, raid to have been cele bratecity proxy at Rome ; but, we believe, the main . reasntr can be traced to the financial difficulties under which Holland is labouring, and to disapproba tion of the KING'S conduct with respect to the Settlement of the Belgian question. King WIL- L.t.A., - Nes mulish stubbornness has already cost Hol land upwards of four hundred millions of florins— for that country . would .not : now have been in debt to' the amount of a single stiver had her SOVE REIGN permeably acquiesced nine year ago in the . decision ,of the Cabinets of London and Paris, resFreetint The independence- of Belgium. But to whatever cause the throwing out of the Budget is attributable,, the fact proves that the KING is nei ther so.p.opular, out of doors, nor so influential in the. Lower,. Chamber, as he was :at 'any pre vious period during his reign. Though the odium id preparing the two rejected Bills is verbally cast uptin the Finance Minister by Dutch politicians, they all know right well that the KING himself .was the Teal author and prompter of them: It was at,the KING too that the blow of their rejection was aimed. What its consequences may be we pretend not exactly to foresee, but it has, created a great ferment at the Hague. . 'We. have' already noticed the late attack in the nines upon our Right Reverend friend, Old Tpsy. l 4Tory Bishop in the gripe of the Times is, however, so rare and interesting a spectacle, that we cannot paSs 'it. lightly over. We shall, there fore, cull, for the recreati o n o f our rea d ers at t hi s . a merry season, few of the flowers which our Con temporary:scatters about him in dealing with the eefebiated .• Charge,' and also with the conduct of its no less celebrated' author. PHtLPOTTS is a great stickler for discipline and due subordination among the Clergy : bow does he like to find. himself subjected to the lash which he lays' so 'vigorously on the backs of those ,over whom he is placed in authoriiy ? The following passage must, we think, come, home to his conscience, if he keep. such a. thing :—:.. It is a singular mode of producing discipline in the Church now pursued by the Bishop of Exeter—namely, . to rouse it's thembers against their head,.. and Co call upon them for aid in the promotion of his views, and in obtaining the'Paising of his own Bill, in preference to that. of the Archbishop Of Canterbury, sanctioned other Bishops also, senior to Pr. Phillpotts on the bench, and of no small. distinction for learning and talents. And this breach of good order is the more striking arid offen sive, because on the very day on which the Primate of all England has announced his intention of presenting his Bill to the House of Lords' for enfOrcing. church discipline —yes, on that, very day has the Bishop of Exeter announced his determination to Offer his own bill to their Lordships. by which that of his superior is to be - ousted . ' and.' defeated. " I," says the Bishop of Exeter, in his address to his Clergy, " at the same time submit to you the. heads of a Bill which I wish to present. • to.Parlionont pi! Me day on which the.other {the Arch bishop's) sbripl by piraiciila, after it §hall have received such impi:ovament as may be smgestc-il cjiJter by you ; or by any others of the clergy, who shall think fit to give me the benet of their judgMent on this very im portant subject." Pqr PPI . this course," 'says the Bishop of Exeter, " doubt cct 04 he paiip4 ap nuitetor Ibeit so have lived long enough not to be much moved by bar words: &c." It is .not the appellation, my Lord, but the qualities which it designates, at which you ought to .qh(l4cr., For what 014 TM 1Y 444 44 4 .ord of Parlia ment, he is, we apprehend, not responsible to any ecclesiastical superior, but when he " agitates" 4iPon.g his Clergy, against .his Archbishop, when he gpes 4490 the - §Ce(ls pf rebellion in the Church, mid acinall7 calls qpim heaps ? Arphdeq, coils,* Rectors, Vicars, and Curates to furnish him with weapons wherewith to fight the Primate of all England, we really think it is " too bad," and agree with the - e9tering op( golemn pro test aganfit:sitCh contemol : 44ligtiities defiance. of order. - The next' reproof administered to Old TOBY is ,(fir Bl;aiij►ing. 0 right to open and shut the gates of Heaven and Hell just as he pleases. This sup -posed right is called " the Power of the Keys," and, rests, as the writer in the Times shows, on the mixunder'standing of a texthaving reference to a custom among the Jews of delivering a key to the doctors or teachers of the law as a symbol of their office, which was,to open or interpret the Scrip tures. • This point being settled, we find the Right Rev. Prelate rather irreverently charged with being as much inclined to bambOozle his juniors as to bully his 4kilitir . S, It is plainly stated of him, that while he rises into nlntemptuous practical insubordina tion against his superiors and seniors on the - bench, he attempts to bailie a junior Bishop with wire woven, long drawn, hollow sophistry." The Christian graces and dove-like innocence of the epi4AOp4lO)4F4c;;PT Are finely shadowed forth in the ithertion ti)4 lee (TquYi " 1Y994 - 1 4Pg . Ef4r And ruin, and that in the hild‘it Af Simpers 41)4 smile's, while others are content with the more dilatory process of pdirippishing, reproving, perhaps reforming." After soine sewere R.na jt.4t remarks on the un blushing.nepotism of the Bishops, in the course of which allusion is made to . a Right Reverend Father, on, a boy at Eton, has lately been appointed Registrar of his father's diocese, the writer proceeds to tickle Old TOBY on his dogma qt,lT.)? his infallibility, his presumption, his learning, and his pamphlet:il l .after the following f as hi on : To pass to another topic cf the flishopls Charge, Be sides the usual subjects of such publications, it contains if strict dogmatical theology. Does the Bishop possess ;tise i Yirtao of that divine influence secretly instilled into him when pot tipett the by the Minister who now regrets the act, the power of deciding infallibly upon matters of this nature—on primitive tradition, for example. Surely the doctrine would have been better consigned to a sei arute treatise, if his Lordship be com petent to I,vorks of that nature, than introduced into a cyclical addkvs,, iNk4 at the past occupations and engagements of Dr. Philpott's life, and PCIP'4I , 4CfS the studies really necessary for attaining a proper knowledge the most obscure points of Church histor, must be 4 wkwe that *ere are clergymen in his diocese more competekt than himopft - geliyer a judgment upon the of what are caii6d the Oxford tocts, Are such men to be concluded by his decision, or to be silenced, if they choose to speak, by his prohibition ? Absurd ! " Do they rmernhpr," he says, " or do they know, that no. private cab, ii4Opyi pre i nimption, pronounce any opinion to be heresy 6htil the ehlireli shall have solemnly declared it such ?" flow many minions of the Church of Rome, and even of Pro testant bizscnters i . IFirrow and Hooker pronounce to be heretical, witiPil OtP ONO?. Ft' } 2e7 longed had never solemnly tied:4%4obn spelt 1 Was it " sinful presumption" in those great men in private sta !lops to come to such a conclusion in the way of argu ment? Besides, bow is the Church to speak but by its members', And wit ingueppc corm ensrot t tn With the character of mil ; 444 9t . his WQl* for learning and prudence ? There is no COCIVOCatiMi; no wcumenic council, nor ever likely to be. /40 4n Op subject of "sinful presumption," is there nothing Pf this h4ality in a private Bishop —one of twenty-sig-,.-isb o 4ets h roof( ' 4t w;r, and openly heats up for recruits in the Church against his Archbishop ? , kVh o denou nces a measure o f t h e P r i mate of all Eng-• Pd as calculated to produce the destruction of the Chu - J . (41,4f he would in that case be the unworthy head? Who gives that Primate notice that hp will fight him on the boards of the House of Peers on the first day of Session now at hand ? And if he dares to pre gent his Bill again, he will beard him on that very day, and in that wppy Rlap.p with an " mtrow horum P" with a Bill of his own; far preferable til that of the Arch bishop ? Is there no " sinful presumption'' in all this ? Aye, that is just what we want to know ? But we 'Jni44t.lia4to . l IQ the conclusion, and that, we assure our readers, is neither 6 ' lame nor impotent." Here it is I Old TOBY compared to 13oNNER " The chpreh,". says this castigator of Bishops, ff w ill hAye pen nothing like such disorder within her ()alp as is iIQW mewed hffe, wince the time that Bonner Worried Crannier to oleath.'! Christmas-day being observed as a solemn Sat? batical festival in all Catholic countries, very fell' of the Paris journals were published on Tfiursday. We have, however, received the Commerce, the Nalional, and the'Constit4tionnel of that date, the latter of which announces the receint of hiPhlv portant news:from ',Afri ca . Thi s news we give in ;Swords of t!Pt correspondent of our Paris Con- temporary ; q , liose letter is dated 'foul Instant : i, .0 22d " The Neptune of the line and the A►uazone fri gate, which have arrived in the road this !t)rmll2 . hring word that on the 17th there a as at, ;lc'ion near the Maison Carree, in which the Arabs lost nearly 5,000 men. It appears that Marshal VALLEE had taken measures by which the enemy, whd had harassed us for some days, were surrounded. .We have not received the particulars, but the following are the reports circulated in the City ;.--- - "Out-troops having received orders to evacuate the Maison Carree ; the Arabs immediately took pos session of it, and it seems .that they made, it, the head -quarters. The enemy were in .force at this point. At the same time General RULFIIERES received'orders to approach with the moveable co lumn ; several camps near Algiers prepared a!so to send troops. Lastly, a ship of the line landed 1,100 fresh troops at the mouth of the Arad). Every thing announces that the enemy, taken be tween two fires, has experienced severe losses. The number *of the killed is said to be 4,000. Both parties fought with desperate 'courage. • " No letters have come by these ships, whence it is presumed that the Marshal forbids the crews of the men-of-war to bring letters. " An important action had already taken place in the environs of Blidah, in which ADB-EL-KA DER'S regular infantry had been almost entirely de . - strdyed by the troops under General DUV.IVIER. " General PARCHAPPE left Toulon on the 22d, on board the Castor, 'steam-boat, for Algiers. " Major-General-LAHITTE, who will have the command of the artillery of ihe. expedition, was to embark at Toulon on .the 23d." • . • . . The destruction of the two Portuguese slavers by the English brig of war, the Columbine, of which thedetails,.so far as they are yet known, appeared in the London Journals of Monday last, is made a handle for fresh attacks upon the presumed inso lence of Great Britain in the columns of the Repub lican and Legitimist Press. The National is su- Perlatively indignant, quoting with manifest deligh the furious and insane ravings of the Lisbon Press, to which .we have already given insertion in the co lumns of The Sun. Knowing, as we do, the mi serable section of the French people whose senti ments towards this country the National expressos, we should not take the trouble of so often recom mending: moderation to that .Journal, were we not aware'that outrages resulting from individual fana ticisnv are frequently the causes of wars between great :and friendly - nations. Through the exhor tations of an . anti-Anglican Journal to regard Great.:Bfitairi with hatred 'and suspicion must fall unheeded on the ear of the French people, there 44i§tA. a IpoObility or their. moving the arms of 'some naval or military fanatics to strike a blow, comprornising • the peace. of the two cottntries. ,It is this cOnsiderationwhich,induces us to impress upon the, governments. of France and ;ngland the great nece.-.sity . of iestraintrig the Insolenoes of their respec tive subordinates; and were Marshal SOULT to give a hint to this effect to his colleague, the lVlinister cif Marine, •we have reason to !le4yt3, that the lfsglt wo:nld highly henelleial. We had hoped that the chivalrous and noble bearing common to brave men who had learned to respect each others courage and patriotism, would have so influeosecl the c(.41140 91 the pP9p111.3.1 Qf Pftlle.o 4114 England in their mutual intereouraß is to render pacific ap peals altogether unnecessary... The Chamber of Deputies met on Thurfiday t atAd elected three of the fo ... tegOat: '?`ice-Presidents. The thee e le c ted . a'ce Cieneral-JAcQuEmiNoT, and AM CA L.MON and .6AUNERON." The ( I ,ll4rOvr of Peers did not nept i • ' • Letters from Mille of the .sth inst., state that the POP E has been attacked ivith a malignant fever. His Holiness is also suffering from a cancer itllia taco. The Duke DE NEAIOURS is confined to his epartment by a swelling in hiS throat, from which he suffered much some time . ago. He was sap pos,;(l to be cured, but the symptoms of the dis order have returned, and it has . been deomed proper by the Faculty to apply. setons to the throat, A Royal ordinance signed by the King, and counter-signed by the Minister of the Interior, regulating the laws respectin.,?, aliens in I( mm, appears in the Journals of Th-orw A y, w hi c h we have received. Want of spue prevents us from more than alluding to it to-day, e6peeially as it a document of very little general interest. BOURSE.—PAhis, TIIVIIMU4I, Dar, 26. irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price, Price Price rench 5 per Cents llO 9,5 ... 110 2 0... 112 1 , 2 15 4 1 4 per Cents lO7 ~, 107 107 107 4 pert eats 102.50 ... 192.50 ... Ws 50 ..: 102 50 3 per Cents BO 60 RO 65 ... 80 45 ... 8 , 1 55 Bank of France Belgian 5 per Cents lOl% 101% „.; 3 per Cents 7l 90 ... 71 9 , 17! cti Ban); . - %. B V+ l 1515 ' s l''!lP‘ .ll ,l/" . !,•••• , ttlk, 11f§ry., „, ... 6 % Po ring:i ese vents ';ea:.ol;t.tn - 10 20 Homan .......... lOl i O l% ... 101 11:114 APIANAO OF TUE SEASONS, 1840.—This is an ingenious Sheet Almanac, published by Knight and Co. The seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, are represented by different colours in the grounds on which the ealender is printed. The 24 hours of each day exhibit, as on a dial plate, the hours and portions of an hour of darkness, twilight, moonlight, twilight blended with moonlight, and daylight ; with the respective colours of blue, tinted blue, yellow, tinted yellow and white, giving the whole a lively and variegated appearance. GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY). THE MEARS'S DINNER PARTY.—The first floor front of a house in one of the most respectable alleys In the City of .London, w l l4 StllntliQned by the ground floor back .of the same, for having given him a black cp.. •s. Thomas Mears was call e d, an d t h e fi rst floor front stepped. forward, and exhibited to view a burly, good, humoured looking person, with a roguish twinkling eye, and - a emantenance betokening no objection to a fair share of the creature comforts. The ground floor back answered to the name of Thomas Clark, and stepped into the witness•box. Mr. Thomas Clark i ti thin, . precise-104!nc'. pCr - oPaV,Pi n 1 1 ,4 -Wail his hair a la Jack Sheppard, and. has countenance in a perpetual smile, causing his mouth to ` appear like a long black line in • a parenthesis—the h oc k s Qf wh!ph Ire formed by - semieirculitr 11 7 0001 : It appeared th a t on QhrisintasTl4) . Mr? Thomas Mears had a dinner party, and as hit guests were patrons of lit:suture, it was determined that Mrs. Mears should read to Clem and, accordingly, she went to Mrs, Thwijas Park to reon,est a hook i which the !utillepticmo lady had bor. u t le - fl Qf' h 04::; . Mrs. Clark, a diminutive parsonage, with a face like a hatchet ; nn4 a tongue like the Inch 7 Cape-bell, here stepped for Ward, and indiflaal l tly denied the accusation. Mr. .A.l(lofroaq utlMPltEtty--,Wh A t was the book V Mrs. fears--4 very good hook called Antidotes upon Sc, iPhirs' — Roars of laughter.) A ir.s (nar k-.-.You 'said then it was a w ork . npon talkativeness.--(Shouts of laught er i n w hich the Alder man Vitlefl, . - ... Mears do ? p- shall see. The Clark 1 . did Mr. Alderman lIUMPHERY—Wna. lam bruised Mr. Clark—He punched . me all over. The from !stem' to stern, as your worshi officer of the court, however, pre ventedia, i i which he f A from exhibiting in gurus natur % li me further parley the v6py desirous of doing. After s the Alderman dismissed the case, directingMears to pay for the summons. .m*RLB THIS DAY.) . ~.. of C p t e t r u s t o Tt ro A r s oisooros.otiiNtoti.o—g:ln'sbsiariuyitfisvewhcillieffeitrienot state e ge o s f drunkenness , as w u e pf r r i o n gm thisthe ro different oroi o , s t h a e t t i o o r n ; i i o district, for . Magistrate. Th e gene e ral plea_ iir .D ydefr,the, , ,e were ha presiding bronht. of excuse wa s thei r having been Chrismas-boxing The grea ter portion of them w e re fined in some instances to a v i e; i y o h a e r av di ; i n gl m r n r , u n it t t of very respectable ap- Coventry- street last young charged g w n it la h n being found drunk in poar3lloo, Was The defendant said hg wa l :Shetland Islands, ng and came f from the .Shetland eravesend yesterday, • o n t h r,„,-,i e .. t ~s .e, e P,Mie to was induced to take a 13beirietivieAl were of grog with two strangers, which he drugged, as soon after landing be became, insensible, and while so, was robbed of every fez 4hing 11 . hai brought with him, 13/. 161 li had ho ' - Q London,and . ,-• • e he did upc knaisliow 4 6 should. get home, 444 ___-- -- ----- , - E V ENING F; )irto MARKETS.__(i'fiIS DA Y:) ( ':'VENT-GARDEN MARKET. • irhere tsa r s but a slender supply of all kinds in season, and - very slack trade. Grapes, Is. per lb. ; English Hot-house, ;: • Pities. 6s. 6d,' to Ios. :per lb.; Plants, 2s. to 2s. 6(1, per dos. ; Celery, Is. 2d. to 2s. 2(1. per bundle • Onions, 10d. to IS. Sd. Tier sieve; Carrot s , 4 s. 6d. per'doz. bunches ; Broceli, I-. Bd. to 4s. per bundle; Turnips, I%d. to 2d. per bunch; Oiange,, which are bevoming sweeter, 4s. 6d. to Ss. per 1.00; Lemons, 55..t0 7s. per 100; Apples, 4s. to 10s. per, bushel; -Devon Potatoes, 40s. to 50e. per ton; Yorks, 455,, to 60s. HUNGERFORD MARKET. The stipplies were slender, aid the market slack ; prises much as before. Turbot, 6s. to 205., and higher; Cod, 4s. to los. ; Soles, Is. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. Butchers' Meat dull of sale, and prices lower; Beef, 7d. to MIL ; Mutton, 7d. to 80. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d., and Pork, 7d. to Bd. per lb. Vegetables were not in great plenty, and the demand is for everything else very slack. Prices same as at Covent-garden. . . , , .NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. Meat was in large supply; the demand dull, and prices rather lower. Beef 2s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton 2s. Bd. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal 3s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ; Pork 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish 3s. to 3s. 6d. Game and Poultry in.small supply; 'Pri ces rather lower: Geese, 4s. to 7s. 6d. ; Rabbits, 9d. to Is. 6d. ; Ducks, Is. to Is. 9d. ; Widf„reons, Is. to Is. 6d.-;. snipes., a to Is. ; Pigeons, Is. 6d. to 25..; Hares, 39. to 4s. ; Pheasants, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Partridges, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Fowls, 2s. ,6d. to 4s. ; Turkeys, ss. tol2s. ;, Teal,'3d. to 6d. ; Larks, Is., to Is. Gd. per doz. Eggs doll of sale, but in large a supply, sud prices lower, riz, 7s. 6d. to 10s. per 1.20. CITY FISH MARKET. The supplies were rather small, and prices rather higher. Trade not lively. Turbot, ss. to 255. ;• Cod, `)s. 6d. to Ms. ; Otsters 425. to 48s. per bushel ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. 6d Whitings sd. CO 10d.; and Haddocks 10d. to 4 s . _ _ HAY MARKETS. The supplies very scanty generally of dry provender, and the demand but moderate. Hay, 50s to 85s. and higher ; Clover, 84s. to Ho:. ; Straw, 30s. to 38s, ler load. TALLOW AND OIL I% ARKET. co, ... This is settling day in the Tallow Market, and therefore no quotation can be given. The principal matter in the Oil Mar ket-is the-high price asked for Sperm, even 1071. per tun ! This is owing to the very short stock. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, TWELVE.' O'CLOCK. The letters and papers from the Post Office were delivered late this morning. LIVERPOOL, COTTON MARKET, FRIDAy.--“ The closing prices of last week have been current th►oughout this, and a fair extent of business has beendone, bt. with out any eagerness to sell. Exporters have taken 1,000 bales of American, and speculators 500 bales. The de— mand to-day is moderate, sales about 3,000 bags of all kinds. Market not quite so steady. We have no arrivals this morning of any importance► the Liverpool steamer is generally expected by Tues lay, which no doubt will bring the President's message o Congress. Most of.. the Foreign, Exchangei were better'yester layafternoon, with the exception of that of Hamburgh. The Quebec papers to the 26th of November state by accounts from Upper Canada to the 22d, that a p±. titian'.was going rou n d th e se v e r a l di str i cts o f the Pilo" vinees for signature, and Which is one of vital import-, ;Mee, and they. earnestly request every loyal .roan who has 'the good of his country at heart, to sign it imme diately,.in order that it may be presented'at the open ing of the House. It states that the number of traitor/. to her Majesty in this province is unhappily so great as to render it necessary in the opinion of the petitioners, for: the Parliament of Upper Canada to pass laws during the present Session of Parliament for' the, pro tection of her Majesty's faithful subjects from the ma chinations of the disaffected portion of the people of this country, and the lawless inhabitants residing upon the northern frontier of the United States of America. Pernambuco Papers have been received to the 23d November. Accounts from Bahia of the 15th November state that every thing was quiet there. The papers state that there was every hope of its continuance. lxchange on England, 33 p., no transactions to any amount has been done. THE 'FUNDS. Consols openod at the closing prices of yesterday, 92 for , the Account, scarce a bargain doing as yet.; ,ikOtAced, 904; Exchequer Bills, 3 1 dis., improved ;. link Stock, 177 178 ; India Stock, 253 215. In the Foreign Market the prices may be quoted nominal, Spanish Activo sumo aethey left off, 24i 25i ; 'Portuguese. th, * Woe, 3.3 i. 34 ; Three per Cents., 23i- 24 i Ce)utniaiao, 24i ; Mexican, 25-' i i ; Brazilian, 7i 1 V i Belgian, 100 i li ; Dutch Two.and.o-Ralf per Veilts„ saii; Five per Cents., 97i 9&i. ' ' ' 1 4 11 ICES of STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE OicLoC/E. Bank Stozlt l7B leaky Stack rB per Cent. Red. c 0115 1 , V 4 , Ditto Bonds 8 per Cent. Cons it. „,„ --, i South Sc. Stock.... ....... ..... --"' 3!..', per 0;i11.t..„„,„...,,, — I Old Annuities ...... ..... --- IJ , ,sa l A A seq. 98% 61 New Ditto .... ~....... ........ ---- Niq 316 pei."0ni,............. .--- 3 per Cent. A PHU ities. as! ---: New 5 inr Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpirc I Th* i to 500 ..... • •s. Par 3 Jan; 5, 1800 „ Ii Ditto Small ..... ... ..... ch Oct. 10, 1859 ,, , .‘„. .---. Ditto Commerciai...... Ji..n. 5, 15641 . Ditto AdvertiAed ••• " 178 Jan. 5, !S', R ec. , - !lank 8108 far Account ... A /Will 5, 18s6 lNlitkitock for Account .. ..--- Jan. 5,1870 —...., cygsos for Acc0unt......... S>S yi ___ ItICES OF FOREIGN 11/14/08'FHIS DAI AT ONE OSLOCE. Austrian Bonds ,„ Peri ivim Bonds Belgian Bond; Ditto Account DAitt) Portuguese !jowl; - Brardiz Bonds • Ditto New Bonds ..... Ditto Account itenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Azz3;tit ... „ „... ::IMO oilman 3q114 r te . . ...... ...„. -- Prussian $(41,4 ,• -1 4)tto tc:a Art — Russimi Re kit t i , issr, Colt** g< " " • Vrttloa t' . Ditto icza, tti • „, . Distr. • C.Ol fir : t: 3: - cia,l44 3.lfe "" 12. 1 1,qcq-114 ttrtnts, 14 • MAO. or • Gm. P.' • otS -Lt9 Bonds, 18 5 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account . Neapolitan ..ot ............... ..... ...wish Bonds .................. 25 4% Ditto Account. .251,i 5 47fi Passive ' Deferred ll French, 5 per cent. —c. 4 per cent. —f. —c. 3 per cent....... —f. —c• Exchange. —l. —C. Dutch, 2,K, per cent. Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent 9B Ditto PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. London and Birmingham Railway Company 9O Ditto 4 Sharer, 5 E" Lon:mi.' and Croydon Railway Company l4/. Hs. 6d. Ditto Scrip 44 No: th Nlioland Railway Company 95 Ditto New ln Union Bank of Australia Australian Company 27,4 COUltSt. Ot EXCHANGE, YE' eliti.DAY. Amsterdam.. C.F. 12 t: : (Miran... ............... ............ 49 Ditto, at eight tiWaerdam....... •) U 12 aN i i beim:— ... ......—...- •' 6 44 Antwerp... Hamburg. Altona •.... ••. 1...! /:..!.% 01...p1es .00,••••••••••••••••••••...• 11 ..• Paris, 1 ' 141 3' 8 ' 3 41 3 i... i's 45 , Palermo ~...............per oz. 14 , . iittow. N I y... , (.. ......,,,'3 Alt. '2, 70 ' Lisocri Via,. •••••••,•• ,-.• 110 r., slit q'le4W.. 25 70 1 0p0r5q.............i ... it......... ...... 64X llCAll•leaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. bl. 151 i5a0 , 4.............,.......•............ 97 N.tersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us, 11 ;Buenos Ayi es ........... • , -ii....•••• Berlin i.l-,1,1,.. H. . I . , , Vienna, elliii.t;ir.o 4.... i M. H. o 1 Phi1am..nn.a......... ....... it rimktc ..... ditto sl'. - .{lrld - ` : i i 6 l y s , ' ,I l e - o ß t i tiVa : _ lj t!f.ll i , L c Ll' om i .. ll ..ZU PiN o (1 %1 4. Cadiz.... ... ............ .... Bilboa .•.. ••••••• 00000000 Lid B ircelon2 1" 4 2t3; t w New DOUbiaoqa .••••..•. N 2%47 1)" , !/%1R e.t.a ••••• ••••• II 4 10)4 Silver iiars 0 5 Wit PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, DECEMBER 26. 1 per gent. Consols t per Cent. stock - Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1530 31,.', per Cent. Debentures... 91' NationalinsuranceCompasY —.-- Bank Stock, , grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock HALF- P AS TON E u The New York illarviAg -Herald states that, the weather and navigation of the river at Albany iss closed. Why Ow stnamdioat came down on Saturday night there was a great deal of drift ice 11:1 the river, and thQ canals and lakes were .;lased fa:- the winter, and neatrbt• 600 boats were fastened in. The produce on hoard of them w 44 upwards of 80 thousand barrels of flours 'rh o Hamburgh mail has just arrived of the 24th December. The Elbe is open again from the ice. Ex change on London, 14 4i i Gold, 429 ; Metal, 106 i Bank Shares 4 1,4 4 . . . - To, the present time the British Funds os':, t i nue firm, with little doing. .- Consols contintAo at the price 'of the morning, 92f for AcppAnt Exchequer dis., par ; Bank Stock VA. Portuguese Three per a; vents.sl Active 23i .' c ratherolonib r 4, 24 ; 23 1, lower ; Mexican nothing done Dutch Five per Cents. nothing done ; Vivo por Centa. 98. It has been determined to call a meeting of the electors of Glasgow, for the purpose of petitioning for a p re ia p e e o al to t tohrerovlCornr-idlaws),, ti a t n t d r.o th o e ,el m oc e k e , ti i n n g ti i l s e T to ra t d a e k:, general t il ho ul e b 4 l l t las is pr t e o v e b n e in the demand. te re d g a re ll tte regretted Since tha t parties joining, o t i h en e ai state nngn ,o vtw bt o he f feelingsnoe, voice,howi n: one party hat been able to insist upon put ting the demand in its own peculiar form, it becomes othe rs to adopt th e i r own mode of pet i t i on. We trust that the Trades' Hall will be as well filled as the Town Hall was, and by those who will be more unanimous. — Glasgow Argu.s. CUELMSFoRD CHURCH HATES. —Mr. Eve rett, a member of the Society of Friends, at present residing at Sp r i ng fi e ld, was summone d f or 1/. 10s /°.° for a Ch urc h- rate o f a s h op an d prem i ses i n w hich Se formerly carried on business in Chelmsford. s tated that he attended to request the Magistraq s to post pone it for a w ee k. Th e rate , he otraerved, w as ma de on the 23d April, and he disprlsed of his business in May. Mr. Gepp said the Quarter Sessions wa s cer tainly close at hand, and if 111 - r, Everett intended to appeal he had not mu c h till - 4 k but if that was his o bject he believed he might outer the case and respite it. DEATH OV FOGARTY, Q.C.—lt is with real sorrow that we have to announce the death of Philhp Fogarty, Esq., Q.C., Chairman of the County Loath. Few men have departed from amongst us leaving more sorrowing friends than Mr. Fogarty, because few more eminently possessed those valit: ,, s which form the basis of steady friendship.—Dublin Evenivg Pod. DoNNuTs.—Amidst the general depression of trade, it is satisfactory to learn that there is a consider able animation in this anwent branch of Kilmarnock manufacture. bonnet man u f ac t urer i n town is at preset at engaged in completing an o r der of 12,0 00 bo n cats for seamen in the navy, being a Government con tract. —Kilmarnock Journal. How TO DRAW,--.The managers of the Cincin n ati Theatre inf,; Ada ed the horse Wagner on the stag e. je drew well. 1