The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-23 00:00:00

EVE.NTlisle THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. Cl gl )ER THE MA NAG E.IIENT OF l'il AD A...11E VESTRIS. ' Last:: Night of " Love" until after the Christmas Holidays. TIPS EVENING, DEC. 23, 1539,. iWill ly ! repeated the New Original Play, in Five Acts, written • by James Sheridan Knowles, ealled LOVE. , .e of 00.6n:bin, Mr. Cooper; Sir Rupert of Lnrch, Mr. V ; - ,1 (me ; Hums, Mr. Anderson ; the Countess of Eppen- Mebz., :Miss Ellen Tree ; Katherine, Madame Vestris. After whioh, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. ?tai Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. W. Farr( n ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Prini ium, Mrs. C. Jones ; Polly Peachure, .'hiss Rainforth; Luo Lockit, Madame Vostris. Oc L Thursday, The Beggar's Opera, after which will be prod' Ice d a N e w G ra nd Comic Christmas Pantomime, width has b eon h(ng in preparation, esitiiled HAI tLEQUIN AND THE MERRIE DEVIL OF ED IONTON ; OR, THE GREAT BED OF WARE. entirely New Scenery. Machinery, Dres3es, and De corations. D rocs Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Cird es, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; I'it, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. D :ors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to corm nonce at Seven o'Clock. T .ckets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at 0 e Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. P rivate Boxes to be had solely of Mr, Andrews. bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEAIRE. Last Night of the Season, with extraordinary attraction. The D rury Lane Dancers, Mr. Collins (the English Paganini), hi s Two Sons, and Mr. Elton. THIS EVENING, Dec. 23, Will be acted, the admired Play of THE STRANGER. ,T he Stranger, Mr. Elton; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. H. Vining. After which, a Ballet from Fairy Lake, called L'AMOUR VAINQUEUH. Principal Dancers Mr. Gilbert, Miss Bailin, Master and Miss Marshall. AN INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT By Mr. Collins and his Two Sons. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. ..ovell, Lord Duke, Mr. Saville ; Sir Harry, 3LI Ross ; Lady Bab, Miss Martin. !II(ili-V1 ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO- .ORROW. ruing 47 .ifinutes after 4. I Evening, 0 minutes after r. . . • - '77,.; ~ r; l ' 41: . .7 .'''' it :a . 42, Zin .ula,. LONDON: MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1889. I MPORTANT FROM HOLLAND. In the Dutch Papers received last night we find th, e following intelligence from the Hague, which deeply regret to state is calculated to deepen the p 1 oom which already hangs over the commercial world. The obstinacy of King WILLIAM in so I t ing refusing to acknowledge the independence of 13 eigium,and thus throwing upon his already heavily to xcd subjects the charge of an unnecessary war es tablishment, begins now to produce the lamentable re sults which all reflecting men, conversant with th e financial state of Holland predicted it w ould. As yet, however, there exists no gr ounds for serious alarm. The retirement of a N. [Mister, or the dissolution of the Chambers will nt )t immediately affect the financial stability of the D iutch Government. We regard the rejection by tl .e Second Chamber of the proposed loan to be el iarged on the Dutch Colonies, as a vote of cen et ire upon the past anti-pacific conduct of the G overnment, rather than as an indication of national in ability or unwillingness honestly to liquidate the !bts incurred by the State, or to provide for the Treason able expenses of its home and Colonial admin istration r -11)3E HAGUE, DEC. 11..--. We hear that the Go • ertiment, considering the observations made by the • ‘etioas of the Second Chamber, in the proposed Budget ft w 1840, has resolved to reduce the amount from 5 5,378,000 florins to 54,378,000 florins, being a dif fe :rence of two millions. DEC. 20.—1 n the sittings of the Second Chamber on El he 18th, 19th, and 20th, the project of law relative to 4 loan of fifty-six millions, to be charged on the Colo ✓ .ies, was discussed. In the sitting of to-day, in which , .51 .members were present, 12 voted for, and 39 against .rt.i2e. project. So that his Majesty will be requested to eke it into further consideration. The President said, that as the rejection of the project )f law on the loan might hare some influence on those re ) tative to the budget, the debate on:the latter would be de ferred till Monday the 3d of Dec. The Minister of Fi- nance and Colonies,spoke with much warmth and feeling in defence of the measure, and described withlgreat ear -neatness the consequences that might result from the - rejection of the law, and declared that such rejection was not the means to avert a national bankruptcy, which was so much feared. The Minister of the Colonies said that if the project were rejected he should be obliged to retire from his post, as it was impossible for him to reconcile the different views of the King and of the .States- General. It is to be expected that those who undertake to instruct folly or punish crime should be themselves wise, and at least discreet, if not virtuous. We cannot, however, say that the prosecutors of Mr. FROST and his companions exhibit these charac ;teristics i❑ the indictment they have drawn up :against him. It isjframed, we have no doubt, ac cording to the most'apiiroved methods, but the least Ivhich can be required from such a document is, t hat both the Juries who are to try the prisoners, and tire prisoners themselves, should understand it. Seldom is that possible for any indictment, and in this in dictment for treason, drawn up more elaborately than usual, it is quite impossible. So overlaid is it with the gibberish of the law, that a Weekly Con temporary declares it to be an insult to every man possessed with a common understanding, and pro poses to substitute for it a new language, called jibbity hoc°. We cannot go along with our Con ternporary in treating such a subject with the kast.appoach to ridicule, for it concerns a great deal more than the lives of individuals attacked by this indictment—it concerns the preservation or de struction of the law itself. If lawyers cannot find wore appropriate means to conduct their proceed ings than such a jargon, men will speedily come to treat with scorn and contempt the whole body of the law. Suppose Mr. FitosT and his companions, which, as far as we see, they might with great propriety, were to say, " We cannot comprehend this act of accusation, we are ignorant of what we are accused, it is such a farrago of nonsence, such t dead language, requiring an interpreter, that it Might as well be drawn up in Hebrew, and we will not answer to any accusation till we fully understand its bearing." Would the Court proceed to pass sen tence on them as contumacious if they refused to plead ? If it did, the public sympathy would no lOnger be on the side of the Court and the law. If it did not, must a new indictment be framed, and the trial postponed ? That would allow th e present agitation to pass away, and pro cure for the prisoners a calm investigation into their whole case. We should not be surprised were Mr. FROST to refuse, now that the gibberish of the indictment has been a subject of public mockery, to answer such a mass of absurdity. Suppose a conscientious juryman on the panel—and there are, no doubt, many such in Monmouthshire—should object, as a con scientious man might and ought, to try the prisoners on such an ill understood charge, what if such a man should say, " I cannot tell by this indictment of what these men are accused, and of Which I am required to declare on my solemn oath whether they be guilty or innocent. I will not hazard my own peace of mind by giving any verdict whatever, and I require the prosecutor to explain in plain and intelligible language, the offence of which these men are accused, the time when, and the place where it was committed, Which is the issue I am to decide, and till that be done, I will give no verdict." Who could blame I a conscientious juryman for taking such a course ? And if such a course were taken mioht not the law be :1,2;;;...2, al:d ..".:purity procur,,i 131 tiiooi: ' e it may have been guilty of a great offence. Looking at these possible consequences of the present mode of drawing up indictments in an unintelligible jar gon, we must assert that it is calculated to bring the whole administration of the law into disrepute. The indictments against Mr. FROST and his friends are a disgrace to the age, and the folly of those who undertake to prosecute and punish him by such means is not much less than his folly. There is another aspect under which these unin telligible documents may be considered. They con stitute an imposing array of hard words. They allude to individuals with much parade of circum stantiality, and are well calculated to entrap half informed, weak men into a conviction that the per son so accused must be a great offender. We ac quit those who drew the indictments of any such intention, but the indictments are calculated to produce such an effect. On a question so all-im portant to the individuals concerned as a trial on life cr death, they are entitled to demand the utmost accuracy, clearness, and precision. On such an all-important question as repressing violence and disorder, and preserving the public peace, by in flicting on the guilty the punishment of death, the society is entitled and even bound to demand from those who exercise its authority the greatest de cency, propriety, and circumspection. Both so ciety, then, and the individuals are outraged by con ducting such an important business by means of obscure, contradictory, and unintelligible docu ments. We mean not by these remarks to cast the slightest reflection on the Law Officers of the Crown, who have, no doubt, done their duty, accord ing to custom ; but the Judge who authorises men to be tried on such documents, and the Legislature which allows Judges, Barristers, and Attorneys, thus to sport with human reason, and thus to make a mockery of afflicted individuals and of the society which imposes high duties on them, are very much to blame. It is their business to correct improper customs and abolish unmeaning forms. The fault lies not with the Law Officer of the Crown, but with the Judges and the Parliament. If in the present case the continued use of the jargon should end in the defeat of the law, far better would it be that one life should be saved by the errors of the law, and that be reformed, than that one should be sacrificed by haste, inaccuracy, or design. Mr. T. ATTWOOD has published in the Bir mingham Journal a very long address to the elec tors and inhabitants of Birmingham on retiring from the representation of that borough. He ac knowledges that his efforts have all failed, at which we are not surprised, now that he has made known his extensive views. He says— For seven years I have toiled on under the influ ence of the righteous hope that I might probably be of service in assisting to restore real and permanent pros perity to the industrious classes, and real and solid li berty to the people. All my hopes have been disap pointed. I have found it utterly impossible to do any good to my country by honest means, either within the walls of Parliament,or without the walls of Parliament. This latter failure has been to me a bitter mortifi cation. When I found that all hope was vain, within Parliament, I turned to the people out of doors. I had done everything in my power to give the Reform Bill a fair trial. I had waited, for year after year, in the hope of its producing fruit meet for the people. It was not until all hope was abandoned that I cried out to the people, " Cut down the tree. Why cumbereth it the ground ?" This cutting down the tree was nothing less than effecting a complete change in the character of the House of Commons, or a revolution by means of the National Convention. He says : Under the dire circumstances of our country, I thought, and I still believe, that in the present state of the House of Commons, there is but little hope of re covering either the domestic prosperity, or the foreign honour, or safety of the nation ; and, therefore, I con sidered that it was necessary to accomplish a radical change. In attempting this great work, seven times greater than that of 1832, I was sensible of the difficulties which surrounded it. I had to move in darkness and danger, through uncertain means, to an uncertain ob ject; and that object, when obtained, doubtful in its results of ultimate weal or woe for the people. . . . The dangers of the attempt were great ; but, in my humble judgment, the necessities of ourlcountry - Were greater. I saw the industrious classes crusho&.and broken down, no hope to cheer them, no , friend to.pro tect them. I saw the best hearts in England breaking some perishing by an untimely death, some flying to the extremities of the earth, and others " Whispering low, Unhallowed vows to guilt, the child of woe." - It was und er these circumstances that I resolved, in conjunction with my friends, to make the last great effort, by just, legal, and peaceful means, to establish a system which should give hope to the wretched, and protection to the poor and oppressed, and at the same time restore the prosperity, the power, and the violated honour of England. That effort has been made, and has totally failed. Opposed on every side by guilt or folly, supported nowhere but in Birmingham, and almost unknown in my motives and objects in every other part of the country, all my labours became worse than useless. My humble warnings were unheard and unseen. The public press, whether Whig, Tory, or Radical, through out the whole nation, concealed them from the public eye. All things went wrong. The deluders of the people succeeded in leading the people astray. Besides the utter failure of the Convention, worse than all, he was opposed by his own crea tures on his favourite currency scheme. On this point we will quote one of his remarks : But, opposed and strangled as I was within the walls of Parliament, ought I not to have been supported out of doors? There was not a man in the GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES who did not know my opinions upon this great subject. They were altogether ignorant of it themselves. They had selected nze as their organ in presenting the National Petition. That petition expressed my opinions: At the very moment that I was justifying the petition and defending their cause and their country's, they joined the ranks of my opponents against me. Thus defeated in his grand schemes of reforming the State and the currency, Mr. ATTWOOD retires from political labour. Entertaining great respect for his character, and bestowing the tribute of our praise on many of his exertions, we cannot deny that he completely misunderstood and miscalculated the means of success. But no individual is entitled to despair of his country because his own opinions do Hot prevail, and if every Reformer were to imitate Mr. ATTWOOD'S example, and retire from the field when he is disappointed, the triumph of the Tories would be at once ensured. We are delighted to find that the Magistrates are combining to make the New Police Act so odious, and their extraordinary interpretation of certain clauses so abhorrent to public feeling , that their con duct must speedily be brought under the notice of the Legislature. We have repeatedly adverted to their harsh and inconsistent decisions respecting the 42d clause, the tyrannical system of espionage they have attempted to establish against respectable publicans and respectable tradesmen, and the bad feeling which they have thereby excited against the Government and every one connected with the introduction and passing of this Muni cipal Act. Not satisfied with the odium they have excited in that respect, they have now taken up the 60th clause, and fine every shopkeeper 40s. for the s li g h test project i on in front of his premises. One informer has been for some time realizing 151. lebon e , b y laying a day in M ary , ess th an s i x h un d r ed. At a meeting these trifling in formations, of of the Vestry on S aturday, the sub j ect taken out not l which at the present time he has was brought under discussion, and the course pursued by the Magistrates excited a general burst of execration. One Vestryman described it as most extraordinary ; another as stretching the l aw to the very extreme ; anti a third, the Rev. Dr. D inDIN, as the most tyrannical system that ever existed. B i u more tyrannical and capricious th an fining one is thatnepub- pub bean five pounds, and letting another offwithout any fine at all, for the very same act, or i s i t half so cruel as reftisin7 refreshment to thirsty trav e llers a:lib:itig at ONdivit at iii: c iiit by the Railway, or to thirsty actors and auditors on leaving the theatre, or to many others engaged in their lawful and necessary occupations ? This Act, as interpreted b,• the Magistrates, in reality is not an Act for the redress of abuses, but an Act of pains and penalties against a por tion of the most industrious, hard-working, and moral class of the community, and that, too, for no earthly purpose that any human being can point out except to excite a bad feeling against Lord NORMANDY especially, and her MAJESTY'S Government in general, and in that respect they have succeeded most admirably. The citizens of Edinburgh have nobly done their duty to the cause of religious liberty. In express ing their sympathy with the prisoner for conscience sake, and protesting against the spiritual tyranny which consigned him to his dungeon, t.het• have given a proof, cheering to the heart of the religious reformer, that the great principle in defence of which their forefathers welcomed the dungeon, and braved death in every frightful form, still lives and flourishes in the soil which those martyrs watered with their blood. Their zeal i❑ this holy cause has earned for them the respect and the gratitude of all its friends. Sincerely do we wish that we had not to contrast their praiseworthy exertions with the supineness of those whose duty it was to be first in the field, and to set an example for others to follow. What must the public think of the extra ordinary course pursued by the London Dissenters ? Here is a case in which both the honour and the interests of the dissenting community are deeply concerned. The country is ringing from the one end to the other with the wrongs and the insults heaped upon the English Non-Conformists by a dominant and persecuting Church. Meetings arc held even in Scotland to obtain redress for the Dissenters of England. Yet London stirs not, speaks not. All is as quiet there as if the torpedo touch of the Patriot had struck the Dissenters of the metro polis with a mortal paralysis. If anything can rouse them from their apathy, the example se t them by the people of Edinburgh, must, we think, produce that tffect. When was it ever known that the Dissenters of London stood by, listless, unconcerned spectators, and saw their battle fought by strangers ? Can there be imagined a more severe rebuke to their backwardness, a more stinging reproof to their in activity, than the active zeal and spirited bearing of the Scottish Dissenters. For the people of Scotland, let it be remembered, are, comparatively speaking, but remotely interested in the question at issue. Their persons cannot be imprisoned for life, on account of a five-and-sixpenny Church- rate. Their necks are not galled by the yoke of an ecclesiastical tyranny. Their labours in this cause are labours of love. Though hoping nothing and fearing nothing for themselves, they cannot see principles which they hold dear violated and trampled upon, without remonstrating against the violation, and sympathizing with those who suffer under it. " Why is not a public meeting called in Lon don," is the question that every one asks and no one answers ? We honestly confess we know not. We are not the organ of the Dissenters, nor are we in their secrets. We advocate their cause because we think it is a just one, and because its success would be favourable to the advancement of general liberty. The Patriot, we doubt not, can solve the puzzling problem. That print is patron ized by at least a portion of the London Dissenters, and is in close communion with, if it does not ac tually constitute, two Dissenting Societies, namely, the Society for the Protection of Religious free- Born, and the Church-rate Abolition Society,—its Editor being the Secretary of the one, and another gentleman connected with it standing in the same relation to the other. There can, at all events, be no lack of information in the Patriot office, as to e reasons which have withlicld,:and still withhold, those Societies from calling forth a public expres sion of the sentiments of the metropolitan Dissenters on matters which excite so much interest ,among their brethren in other parts of the kingdom. Thege' reasons the public have a desire,. the Dissenting public a right, to know ; and the Patriot, if it has any regard for the character of these Societiesso much mixed up with its own—will lose no time in cornumnicating to the world the required informa tion. We hope to learn that, whatever may hitherto have prevented the step to which we have al - - - luded from being taken, it is not finally decided not to have recourse to it. But should this prove to be the case, we trust, for the honour of the London Dissenters, there is still spirit enough among them to shake off the trammels of a clique, and to act as they used to do before there were either Pa- 'riots or Patriotic Societies to save them the trot]. ble of thinking for themselves. Mr. GIBSON, in his speech at Cambridge, very judiciously adverted to some observations which were made at a meeting held at Cambridge, on Friday fortnight, for the support of National Edu cation on the principles of the Church of England. 'We beg leave to quote from the Cambridge Adver tiser the language reported to have been used by t wo t,ventlemen on that occasion, together with a description of the state of education in the district, by which the public will see, on irrefra gable testimony, what the opulent squires of the rich fens of Ely, and the very well-endowed clergy of that diocese, have done for the people. The Hon. ALGERNON HERBERT said— As one of the laity, he f e l t a pecu li ar p l easure, rs he also esteemed it a peculiar duty, to assist the clergy who had called this meeting. He confessed that he had never been a very zealous or enthusiastic advocate for what was called the diffusion of knowledge.—(Hear, hear.) In his opinion, such a diffusion was calculated to do harm rather than good.—(Hear, hear.) He had always looked with suspicion upon what people called popular education.—(Hear, hear.) He considered that what was falselycalledenlightenment, tended but to darken and pervert those powers which the poor and ignorant could only use to unsettle their opinions, excite their passions, and lead them to a wrong jud gmen t.—(H ear, hear.) He supported this plan, because it was based upon the true and lasting foundation of ecclesiastical unity.—(Applause.) He must be satisfied, b e f ore h e consented to the education of the people, that that education was in safe hands—in the hands of ecclesiasti cal instructors. He could give his voice only for sound and wholesome instructions, and this can be looked for only at the hands of the Established Church. Mr. HERBERT would have no teaching what ever, therefore, but by the priesthood. JOHN BENDYSHE, Esq., said— He particularly agreed in those which urged re ligion as the only basis, the one thing needful in edu cation.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the Bible the only book the poor should desire to read, and he would have them taught to read this book at the right end. —(Applause.) He could not help thinking that the lower classes in the present day were a great deal too much given to think for themselves on the most impor tant points—on points they were incapable of com prehending. The meeting, which was most numerously at tended, applauded these sentiments, and plainly avowed the opinion that the people ought not to get a particle of knowledge which does not reach their minds through the priests' filter. Such an opinion is not now formed for the first time by these squires and parsons, it has long been entertained and acted on, and now let the reader see the results. We quote the following passages from the speech of Dr. PEACOCK, Dean of Ely, and as it was sup ported by a Statistical Report laid before the meet ing, is of unquestionable authority No one who had heard the Report which had been read to the meeting by the Secretary, Mr. Gibbs, could doubt the urgent necessity which existed for the for mation of a Society such as that now proposed, for the purpose of supplying the deplorable want of edu cation which had 141 Me inhabitants of the remoter rural districts of this country in a melancholy state of ignorantlit o ore f iT t .eks, rt s i a ty,, y semi-barbarism ; but. in ou o dusi;lui to Lc dravin from before their eyes, he would venture to refer to some of the more remarkable, acreFirthetepoo b r n t : fml4): TO Fr SUN, LONDON, MQ. , ZDA 1 7 , DECEMBER 23. 1839 material results, which it contained. In the town of Cambridge, presenting so many facilities for the education of the poorer classes, in its excellent charity schools, and in the exertions of its parochial ministers, aided by other members of the University, the number of children receiving systematic instruction in the Na tional, British and Foreign, and other schools, was about one-fifteenth of the entire populatior i'the number of children attending the Sunday schools • amounted to one-ninth of the population — a most satisfactory result, and highly creditable to the exertions of the clergy. If we examine the returns received from 121 parishes in the county and Isle of Ely, we shall find about one in thirty receiving daily and regular instruction in Na tional, parochial, British and Foreign, and infant schools, or about one in twelve, if we include those who attend Dames' schools, whilst one in ten will be found to attend the Sunday schools He had hitherto spoken on the state of education in this county and the Isle of Ely, as correctly represen ted by the returns which had been received ; but it was probable, and almost certain, that they generally repre sented the greatest number who attended those schools at any period of the year, and not their average condi tion. And he thought he should not be wrong if he confined the proportion of those receiving daily instruc tion in this town, to one-eighteenth of the population ; and in other parts of the county, and in the fen districts, to one-twentieth, or a still smaller number. Now if we consider three and tifteen to be the limits of the ages of children who are the proper subjects of education, and that two out of every nine living persons arc included between these ages, it would thus appear that not more than one-fourth of those who were in a condition to 7C , ceive education, were simultaneously enjoying its be nefits. That is the state of education in the district of Cambridge, and let the reader contrast that with the general state of education, as mentioned by the Dean, in Switzerland and Germany : He would beg to call the attention of this meeting to the admirable syStem of secular education pursued in some of the Protestant Cantons of Switzerland, in Prus- Wurtemburg, and other parts of Germany, where one-sixth or one-seventh of the population were receiv ing daily instruction, amountin g to more than two thirds of all the children between the ages of three and fifteen ; their schools were established on better principles ; the school-books better selected and better composed ; the masters more carefully and systematically taught ; and the whole conduct of the system subject to a more vigi lant inspection and superintendence. He was induced, from consid er i ng t h e super i or organization of some foreign schools, and the careful education of their teach ers to express a hope that the establishment of a normal school in thi University, where so many able and zea lous instructors may be found, and where so many op portunities a re o ff ere d o f t eac hi ng t h e prac tical discipline and administration of large schools, may sooner or later arise out of the institution of this board. Thus the average of the system in Ger many, where the priesthood are poorly paid, is twice or thrice as advantageous as edu cation in the crack district of Cambridge. In the diocese to which Cambridge belongs, the Bishops, and the sons and nephews of Bishops, have carried off hundreds of thousands of pounds, and at the same time the people have been left, in the remote rural districts, in a state of ignorance amounting to semi-barbarism. Such is the testi mony borne by the Dean of ELY to the results of that conduct in our squires and parsons which the I-lon. Mr. HERBERT expounded and the assem bled clergy applauded. Yet we are told by the Post, and such Journals, that the squires and the parsons are the friends and benefactors of the people, and that the manufacturers, who have established schools in almost every one of their mills, and began the education of their workmen at least as early as 1810, are the enemies and oppressors of the people. But the time is coming when justice will be done to these different classes. We are authorised to contradict a statement (which has appeared in some of the London Papers, copied from the Gloucester Chronicle) that it is the intention of Sir BENJAMIN HALL not to come forward as a candidate for the Borough of Marylebone at the next election ; and to state that, whenever a dissolution of Parliament occurs, the Hon. Baronet will most certainly solicit the support of that constituency which he now repre sents with so much honour to himself and satisfac tion to his Liberal and patriotic supporters. There is not a more consistent or independent man in Par liament than Sir BENJAMIN HALL. The Supreme Civil . Court of Scotland has granted an injunction against the parties appointed to" Vito effect the late resoluti on o f th e Corn mission ,of Assembly, and ordered them to appear within fourteen days, if they intend to question the decisioni of the Court. Meetings have been held in the - parishes of the suspended ministers. The inhabitants in general evinced the strongest feelings o f sympathy on account of the treatment to which their clergymen had been subjected, and their firm determination to support them in the continued and conscientiols discharge of their duties. This dis pute between Law and Church has caused great excitement throughout Scotland. Our Government is not the only one which is made to feel the ascendancy of Russia at Con. stantinople, or the exclusive privileges enjoyed by the Flag of the Automat in the waters of the osphorus and the Black Sea. The following extract from the German Papers received last night, will test the truth of the assertion so often repeated by the Tory Journals—namely, that the Whig Cabinet is the only one in Europe capable of submitting to the dictation of the CZAR. Count SERCEY has been subjected to a much greater hu miliation than Lord DURHAM, as no suggestion was made to him by the ' Porte for evading the establishment of a mortifying precedent ; it being admitted by the writer in the Ger man journal from which the . following account is extracted, that Russia secretly prompted the Porte to decline having recourse to any such evasion. We think we can sec clearly the design of Russia in this proceeding. She wants to pro voke a quarrel between France and the Porte, and by inducing the former to declare unconditionally for MEHEMET ALI, acquire a pretext for assuming alone the protectorate of the SULTAN. She does not herself strike directly at the flag of France, but she directs the weak and irritating blow in the hope of profiting by the substitution of national revenge for the dictates of sober and widely-calculating reflection. If she can make Frenchmen feel that the national ho nour has been stained by Turkey, she knows that they will not stop to consult their judgment before pre paring to wash it out in Mohammedan blood. This would be to play her game completely. But where does the necessity exist for the longer maintenance of such delusions ? Why not drag aside the veil of flimsy diplomatic subterfuge, and at once boldly charge the real offender with the offence ? But we will not anticipate events. We shall rest con tent with having called our readers' attention to the subject, with a view to a future contrast or com parison, as the case may be, of the relative pro ceedings thereon of the London and Paris Cabi nets steam boat in • - CoNSTANTINoPLE, Nov. 28.-1 spoke in a former letter of a failure of the French Diplomacy in the undergoneEas t . which Count Sercey is embarked did not obtain a fir seeemheswthhatemthielietliereen. ch The e al fir man to proceed to Trebizond till some difficul ties were overcome relating to a recognition of the dominions of the Mareclausum of Thrace and of the Euxine. The points are (as it is ex pressly st a t e d in the firman that has been delivered), the taking down of tho flag, and the withdrawing of the guns, &c. This would be regular, and France itself has latterly and repeatedly declared the domi n i on of Turkey over these seas ; but the circumstance that the Russian ships of war traverse the Black Sea w ithout taking d own their sag, or placing their guns in any but the usual manner, is the more mo rtify' -"_.5, as France does not recogn i se e ither the dominion of Russia on the Black Sea, or the closing of the Byzantine Straits, as a measure for the advantage of the Russian establish ments. It is generally believed that the Porte would not have thought of throwing these obstacles in the way of the French men-of-war, but that a secret hand directed the whole, in order to make M. de Sercey ac quainted with the difference that exists in these seas between French and Russian men-of-war. M. de Ser cey is accompanied by six officers of all arms.—Afige- 1 melee Zeitung, Dec. 17. Madrid Journals to time 16th instant hive been received, but their contents are of little moment. General ORA A had been appointed to the military !government of Valencia. General A RAOZ, the Governor of St. Sebastian, was to succeed General ALCA LA as commander of the 3d division of Ar ragon, and the latter was to take his place at St, Se bastian. The Taco del Commercio declares that the report of the murder of Colonel LA \TINA, which it had published, was totally unfounded. An ex change of prisoners, agreed to by CABRERA and General O'DONNELL, was to have taken place at Valencia on the 15th instant. The Five per Cents. Active still continued at 27 for cash. The French Journals of Friday and Saturday have all been received. The following extract from the Moniteur of Saturday contains the latest official news from French Africa : " Government has received despatches from Algiers, dated December IS. Rather a lively engagement has taken place in the province of Algiers between the camp of Arba and the course of the Arach. Colonel Lafontaine, on his return from this camp, where he had been with a moveable column, fell in with a party of 1,000 or 1,200 flacljoute cavalry, which were sup ported by a detachment of infantry. " The battle commenced. The Glst Foot and a squadron of the Ist Chasseurs fought with great. ardour. We had four men killed and several wounded. The enemy's lots must have been greater. Field Mar shal Dumpierre, who was in advance of the Maison Carrere, heard the tiring, and at his advance the enemy fled. " On the 11th a detachment of four hundred horse and two hundred foot, passed the Coned Kaddara, and fired on the, camp of Kara Mustapha. The firing con tinued briskly for about half an hour ; the enemy then retired. We lost one man and one wounded. The Arabs lost three men and a horse. " None of our posts have as yet been seriously attacked. These two are the only engagements which have taken place. " The steamers from Bona and Oran have arrived at Algiers. All was quiet when they left these places. " No act of hostility has as yet been committed at Oran. ; Abd-el-Kader, being in the province of Titeria, the people of the west, disliking a war which would de stroy their commerce, hesitate to declare against us. It is said that the Emir has gone towards the west. His prcacliings are sure to stir up the religious fanatics, and hostilities will then commence. " The province of Constantina is tranquil. Some of the influential Chiefs of the country on hearing of the declaration of war wrote to General Galbois to protest their fidelity to France. " The Kabyles have not received Abd-:1-Kader's emissaries very favourably, and have refused to take any part in the war. Our establishment at Setif is consolidated. The Arabs have transported thither the wood, &c., which was necessary for the troops. The fort of Orleans is in a complete state of defence. •' The health of the troops at Constantina is improv ing. A new barrack and hospital are being built, and works of the same nature are going on at Philippeville. The engineers have engaged 150 civil masons, which has given additional activity to the works in that pro vince." The affair at Mauritius about the alleged insult offered to the French flag was the subject of grave discussion in all the Journals. We give the sub stance of their comments in another part of The Sun. h is stated by the Presse that M. G UIZOT has been offered the embassy to London. It is not added that he declined or accepted the appoint ment. The Capifole states that the Marquis de CROUY CIIANEL escaped to Havre, and thence to England, and intimates that his escape was winked at by the police. It would be well if the French Govern ment were oftener to act thus prudently. On Friday Louis Philippe received in state Nourri Effendi, the new Turkish Ambassador, who delivered his credentials. All the Ministers were present, and his Excellency was afterwards introduced to the Royal Family. He was dressed in a splendid costume, half Turkish half European, and the King sent two Royal state carriages to convey him to the Tuileries. The two Lieutenant• Generals appointed to command the army under Marshal Vallee are the Duke of Orleans and General Schramm. A Toulon letter states that the number of men embarked for Algiers, up to the 16th inst., was 4,60.5, and that 2,610 are assembled at Toulon ready for embarkation. We have received the following letter : " Algiers, 11th December. " Between the Ist and the Bth, Abd-el-Kadcr col lected as many men as possible ; he has sent emissaries in all directions, some of whom have been made pri soners. They had about them the most violent procla mations. The Emir has had the insolence to write to Marshal Vallee, that he had but just time enough to quit Alg ' e'ria if he- would not' 'be comprehended in his Victims. " Every thing was prepared for the 9th, and on that day Abd-cl-Kadel quitted'Mcdeali, and. advanced to the Chiffa, at the head of a considerable body of troops. On the 10th the firing commenced on almost the whole of the line—that is to say, from the Little Atlas to Kolcali, which is but a short distance from the sea, Our troops, too inferior in number to attempt to re pulse the enemy, were obliged to content themselves with defending the camps and the fortified points ; this they have done with success. The Ist Regiment of Chasseurs of Africa, which has been several times sent against the enemy, has executed brilliant charges. " The road to the camp of Foudouck and the Arba, by way of the Maison Carree, has been intercepted by the enemy ; and a strong detachment of artillery, which was on its way to these camps, has been forced to turn back. It has been necessary to place two pieces of cannon on the bridge over the Arach, not far from the Maison Carree. The Arabs have attempted, but in vain, to pass. The camp of the Arach has been abandoned. " Our troops have taken some prisoners. A detach ment lately brought to the city six Hadjoutes, who were immediately put in prison.' Numbers of persons were attracted by curiosity to see the Arabs who have done us so much injury. The Phare has just arrived from France with two companies of the 58th of the line, and announces the speedy arrival of the Alger and Neptune with the three battalions of that regiment. We hear that the Arma zinc frigate, with a battalion of the Ist Regiment of Light Infantry, has been seen in the offing. —Le con slitutionnel. BOURSE.-PARIS, SATURDAY, DEC. 21. Hirst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. French spn Cent* IP' 15 40. II 15 ••4 112 10 112 10 4 per Cents lO6 50 ... 106 50 106 50 106 50 4 per Cents lO2 25 ... 102 50 ... 102 25 ... 10 . 250 3 per Cents BO 50 ... 80 60 ... 80 50 ... 80 55 Bank of France 4987 5U —O9O ...2987 50 ...299J I,affitte Br.ek 5,000 f. bk 5225 ...5225 ...5225 Belgian Bank . ----- 835 ... b 37 50 ... 8:',0 ... 832 50 C3upons Dutch 2% per Cents 53% ... 53% ... 53% ... 53% Spanish Active 254 ... 25% ... 254 ... 25% Passive 6% ... 6% ... 64 ... 64 Neapolitan Roman , ___1014 ... ..... 1014 ... 101% ... 101% RAILWAY - SHARES': St. Germain Versailles, It. 13 505 ... 505 ... 505 ... 505 L.B. 32! 25 ... 327 50 ... 221 25 ...:325 Orleans . . 4.50 ... 457 50 ... 445 ... 445 Strasburg to Bale 315 ... 315 ... 315 ... 315 ASPHALTES AND BITUMENS. Yarn (Maberly's) DUTCH FUNDS.--AMSTEADAN, Disc. 20 Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mort Syridic, 4% per cent 92% 93 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 76 i'74 Commercial Company, 4!. per cent 166 34 167% Ditto (1592 and 1833) 5 per cent. — Ditto 1g37, 5 per cent. 95% 16 1 4 Loan 1837, 5 per cent. -.. ...._ Exchange en London, One month ll 97% Two months —Dutch Papers, Dec, 20. BELGIAN k UNDS—BncesELe, DEC. 21. Actual Deht, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lro3 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per'Cent. 92% ..........-- 3 per Cent 70% Loan of City, 1932, 4 per Cent. 95 Society of Commerce, 45; per Cent. ll4 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7l National Society . Exchange on London (short) - -Brussels Papers, Dec. 21. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.....VIENNA, DEC. 13 _ Five per Cents. Metalliques Emir per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares ............»...................... 1608 ______ ... ..,Allgenseine Zeitung. Dec, 18 ''''''' — HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE ) :Dee. 17 Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. ........ '''''''''''' ........ ..... 106% 100% Bank Shares An.lo.Russian Loan 106% 106% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series 102% 10.1% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series 29 97% Ditto in Certifi ca t es Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 51% 51% Ditto b per Cell' OS Polish Bonds New lieket ~.„ Angle. Danish Loan, 3 per Cent _.. , "3is '2UN Nor w egizn Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent...• IOC% 100 Spanish, New 3 per Cents. 22 is EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, DEC. 17.-13. 6—Two months, 13. 9%. STOCKHOLM, DEC. 10. —Seventy-five days, 11. 39. BERLIN, DEC. 17.—Three months, 6. 24%. Circulars from the Duke of Wellington, sum moning the Conservative Peers for a m eet i ng at Apsley House on the day preceding that appointed for the meeting of Parliament, were delive re d on Friday an d Saturday last. , hose of Viscount Melbourne to the Whig Peers were issued a few days previously.-21forii ing Post. The British Queen steamer, from New York, with the President's message, now out at least sixteen days, had not made her appearance when this paper went to press.—Hampshire Telegraph of Saturday. Colonel Wylde, th e B r i t i s h Commissioner in Spain, has just arrived in Paris from the head-quarters of Espartero.— Galignani. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW:. CITY, TWELVE O'CLO CK The letters and papers from the Post-cffic3 were de livered late this morning. We have received Cape of Good Hope papers to the 3d November. FRONTIER.—.A return of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and other property, robbed from the Colony, taken across the frontier, and reclainmable, &c. &c. for the month of September, presents one horse and twelve cattle recovered ; lost, but not reclaimable, fifteen horses, thirty-fonr head of cattle, three goats ; recovered seven horses and twenty-four head of cattle. A considerable number of horses and cattle arrears due at the beginning of the month, have been paid up. POET NATAL.—The following important intelligence has just come to hand ; it was brought by the Louisa, which arrived at Port Elizabeth on the 23d inst.:— " Natal, Sept. 28, 1839. " The Boers have °not settled everything with Din gaan as yet, but he sent them word to go to his place for the ivory promised, and to receive the cattle, which, he says, are ready for delivery. A commission was ap pointed to visit him, but, when on the point of moving, news came of an extensive revolt in the King's County. Umpanda, his brother, who resided near Tugela, sus pected that Dingaan intended to kill him, and fled across the Tu g ala. A s soon as his flight was i known, he was followed and joined by several chiefs with their people, comprising the Iblernenblini, Janduna, Intinteto, &e. (these are the names of the regiments), the population residing between the Tugala and the Unahlasusi rivers, and probably half, or nearly half the population of the whole entire country. They are no w busy in moving their women and children, cattle, &e., through the Tugala towards the former. " The farmers are full of apprehensions ; they are suspicious that this movement is directed by Dingaan, that the party which had professedly revolted, wish to settle in their vicinity, get their confidence, and improv e the first favourable opportunity to destroy them. They have directed Umpanda not by any means, or for many rc: , .sons to cross the Ornvoote river."—Graliam's Town Journal. " P. S., Sept. 30.—1 have to-day received intelli gence that I can depend upon, that Umpanda has been made King with a great deal of ceremony at Chaka's grave. Frain all accounts, I judge he has at least half of the Zalu natives attached to him, probably more. Dingaan has lately been beaten by Sopnna, and has now, it is said, but the remnant of four regiments : thus far there has not been much blood shed, but if Dingaan lives, he will probably not lose his kingdom without a struggle. Umpando does not fear .him, and intends soon to recross the Tugela river." MARKETS.—The Market has been well attended. This week there has been a good supply of meal, and in consequence it has suffered a reduction in price. This morning it realized a price varying from rds. 33 to 34 4.—Graham's Town Journal. OPENING OF THE HOWIE RIVER.—We are happy to leans that the long des'red and much talked of open ing of the Howie River, for vessels of considerable burthen, is about to be mae the subject of a fair ex periment. A private firm, Messrs. Cock and Hodgskin, having proposed to undertake this very important wall, on conditions, so reasonable, that no doubt can be en tertained of their being readily accepted by Govern ment. In the Legislative Council, Monday, 21st October, it is stated that in the absence of official returns to afford more precise data, the amount of money in the colony mey be estimated at from 250,000/. to 300,0001., exclu sive of the Government promissory -notes, which, in virtue of the Royal prerogative, have been described as of equal value with gold, though it was feared that none of those who thus described them are disposed to think so. As an approximation to the truth, the amount of mortgages may be computed at 500,0001. sterling ; it must therefore be quite obvious that .5,000,000/. mortgages cannot be converted into money, the money in circulation not exceeding some 250,000/. to 300,0001. The foregoing - was mentioned in a very long debate in the Legislative Council on the usury laws and bills of exchange. We have received the Journal of Anfitcry of yester day's date. Letters received from Batavia of the 17th September state that the affairs in China appear to hale taken a more favourable turn, and there was a prospect that commerce would revive again. Extraordinary surprise was experienced this morning by the various merchants connected with the . ,commer eial affairs of th e U n i te d S tates at the great delay of the arrival of the British Queen steamer, as well as the packet ships of the Ist inst., in consequence of which numerous conjectures are afloat, but none of which are verified to the present hour. We have many arrivals this morning, but most of them are of old dates, with the exception of the intelli gence from the Cape of Good Hope. The acco'lnts by the Lisbon mail this morning are rather of an unfavourable complexion, in respect to the capture of two Portuguese slave ships, and their being sunk, but wt have nn doubt that after an explanation on the subject it will end amicably. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off Saturday at 92 for the Open ing, may be quoted at present at the same, with very little doing ; Reduced same as they closed, 904 ; Exchequer Bills, 5 3 die. ; Bank Stock, 177_}• 1784- ; India Stock, 253 255. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which closed on Saturday at 244- has rather improved, at pre sent 2-14 ; Portuguese, which left off at 33} 34, not quite so good at present, owing to the intelligence by the Lisbon mail, 334 4 ; Colombian same as they closcd, 234 244 ; Mexican, 2711 284 ; Brazilian, 71 72 ; Spanish Passive, 64. ; Deferred, 114 ; Dutch Two-and- Half per Cents., .53 1 ; Five per Cents., 991. . P AWES 01 , STOCKs THIS DAY AT ONE u_•CLOCK. Bank Stock 177% 7% 1 India Stock 3 per Cent. red. .90X% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. ......... -....— i South Sea Stock Ditto lied. 93% 9' New Ditto New 314 per Cent... ...... .... -- 3 per Cent. Annuities. 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toe t ni re Di tto 500 Jan. 5, 1860 l4 13 15-16 Ditto Small 5 3 dia. Oct. 10, 1855 — Ditto Commercial — Jrn. 5, 1860 — ' Ditto Advertised ..... Jan. 5, 1850 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1490. — India Stock for Account .. Jan. 5.1870 —t Consos for Account....• 92 RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Tills DAY AT ONE OCLOCK. Austrian Bonds 107% • Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Itrazilia n Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account . ........ 2,hilian 3erzd i Prussian Bonds atto Ace,m. et Russian Bonds, 182" lli% Cokzr - -t: t - 11•71CIS — Ditto Account Pitta Ases nt :.eli ,•: v . 3;7 d 5,1824 —21% % 4 , Spanish Bonds — :..:3:3 AC:9.llt — Ditto Account. i4% -X% Druilsa. 3,:r d • —' P ass i ve t4 Ditto A: cc nt b. "Deferred 11%% Greek Bonds — Fr enc h, 5 per cent....... —l, —4:4 Ditto Bonds, 1825 — --- 4 per cent. Ditto Account — ----- 3 per cent. —f. --e. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent ---- Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent .......... . l' % ' Neapolitan. --' Ditto Acc0unt..........„- --- - -- --- _---- —.moo PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby Railway Cempany ..., 90 ;A Groat Western Railway Company 65 58 Diito New shares Brighton Ttailwar London and Birmingham Railway Company.,. 90 142 I coriou and Croydon Railway Company II/. 18s.. Gd. 9}06 Mexican and South American 7 • 5 PRICES 01 , IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DECEMBER 21. 3 per Cent. Consols - 3y, per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced - Ditto New, 1530 ......... oSii City of Dublin Stearn Comp. - 41 per Cent. Debentures.., 91 National Insurance Company - Bank Stock - City Debentures, 4 per cent. - Grand Canal Stock - Ballast Office Debentures, 4 - Royal Canal Stock - per cent HALF-PAST ONE. We have no tidings to the present time of writing, of the British Queen steamer, or of any of tile other packet ships from New York, which arc d ue , w hi c h . causes much anxiety to the commercial community, and some fears arc now entertained that she has met with some accident, Consols, at present 92 for the Opening, have been 92 to 4 ; Reduced, 904. Exchequer Bills, 5 3 dis. ; Bank Stock, 1784 1774. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 241 ; Pas sive, 64 ; Deferred, 114 ; Portuguese nothing do ing ; Colombian 24, have been 244 ; Russian, 1114 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents,, 534 ; Five per Cents., 994. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY. We have had a moderate demand for Cotton to-day, at yes• terday's quotations ; the sales 3,000 bags, chiefly Ame rican descriptions, to the trade. lIE WEATHER.—This morning at one a.m.' the thermometer stood at $4 degrees in a northern ex posure, or about as high as the average temperature o the month of June, and higher than during some nights in July. We have seen some very beautiful and novel spe cimens of embossed card and paper work, applicable to work and envelope boxes, &c., which have hem de signed by Messrs. Summers and Smith of Tabernacle walk, Finsbury. The medallions and ornamental de vices are finished in a very chaste, accurate style, and the perforated work with which some of the envelopes are decorated, vies in minuteness and elegance with the finest lace. 130 ROUGH OF LUDLOW.—I❑ the Spectator of yasterday a paragraph appeared stating, as a rumour, that Mr. Alcoek, the Liberal Member for Ludlow, would not defend his seat." To this rumour we are authorised to give the most unqualified contradiction ; the defence of the scat is entrusted to Mr. Copp oc k , and all the necessary steps are already taken. Mr. Al. cock's seat is unassailable. Covent-garden Market was re-opened yesterday morning at an early hour, for the sale of fruit and vege tables to the poor and middle classes, who are prevented by their daily occupations from taking the advantage of Saturday's supply. Every commodity remaining unsold was cleared away by a little after nine o'clock. Colonel Ty me is entertaining a large family circle at his seat, Halswell House, Somersetshire. VEN ING EDITION BOWSTREET.-(THIS DAY.) Ellen Meighnahan, a married woman, having an it Pant in her arms, was charged with having a quantit: of wearing apparel in her possession the property of tht Guardians of the Poor of the Strand Union, well knowing them to have been stolen. Mr. Kirby, thereie;:ingoficJ, stated, that from in formation he had received he went to No. 4, Brown's buildings, Stanhope -street, Clare-market, where the prisoner lodged, on Saturday last, and found the articles produced, part of which the prisoner was wearing.. They had been given to Mary Anne Browne, on her going to a situation, from which she absconded after remain ing iu it only a few days, having plundered her mistress of some property, for which she was fully committed for trial, but previous to her being apprehended she took s'aelter in the prisoner's room, where she left every article she bad received at the workhouse, and upc which the mark of the Strand Union was stamped. The prisoner slid she had been deceived by the girl, who told her the clothes had been given to her by her mistress, and cot being able to read she did not know the meaning of the stamp upon them, or she would have delivered them up at the workhouse. A women who lodges in the same house with the pri— saner said, that she was an industrious, honest woman, and would not be gulty of .such an offence had she known to whom the property belonged. Mr. JARDINE said, that had she .not received, such a good character, a very severe punishment should :be in flicted upon her, and in order to deter others from .com mitting a similar offence, and for the protection of pro perty intended for so laudable a purpose, she should. be . committed to prison for three days. THE MARKETS. -{THIS DAY.) Last week's arrivals of most descriptions of grain were good, and of Flour there was a good quantity. The fresh supplies moderate. Fine Wheat was scarce, and obtained last week's terms, but the runs being tender in quality, so ld at a re d uct i on of 2s. per cuarter. Barley is plentiful, and m iddli ng qua li t i es full 2c. per qr. cheaper trap last Monday. Old Beans unra ried, hut New ls. per qr. lower. Barley and Grey Peace rather cheaper. G oo d Oats maintained their late value, a n d otherriour at late prices. sorts were very heavy in sale. A moderate demand for rn.lczs ON LOA RD OF:$111T. When% lied old) '5,. 7'..35. Beau::,tne.ll(ne. ,7 41,466 —..— White (eld).:. ,: , S 5;. 14;11. .---......--- (old) ..... ....—s•—e• ----- Red (I 839) 5471. tios. --. Tick ',new) ....... ..n74 3d a. .-----......- Fir • • GiS C.is. --_ (01d) ...... ....4;:5.44 , -- ' 4ll lx•rtine VSS ~.- (AS. ".^... Harrow (new) .....40,.4`2;. --Wh.te (1::30) Aid, .t . 4,. --- (olcl 445,4G3. --,--- Fine t : ,l;. id,. Bran' —s.—s --Superfine 72i. 755. Oats, Feed. ........... . ......7 5 . — .., t • ---...Forentn free o.s. 82b. -- New ... ' . • , ..44.24.4 ••• -••• Ilyt . 40. 49. F. FnTsne • .—s.—s. Barley. 104 384 ' • New '?.f;•;..2Si. -- Grinding 10, - n6-1. —•Fotatoe . 2, 1 3)s. Malting `zS5. 43 . . Malt . 5r z, t6ss. Scotch . - -R ~,:?S. --- Fine New (;,,, ;.(s, Irish 2e.... 25,..?...'. • P. - .k.ase, Grey, .perk "Re. 40.5. Flour Town Trkcr eack).... ss, f;,,,,. Maple New 401. 425.1-- Seconds 54E.Z.0s White 40s. 425. I --... north Country .... A, :)..?... ---- Boilers 42a. 44,:.! limn 0 19 ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEKK Wheat. Bade,. I km.. Fkk•.•r 5,247cr5, I .14,q2S irs. I 3, , 1 , 3 qr.. 10,"2176.iAtkr.. 10,713 i g 129 5,543 '.31,. English Irish ....• Foreign ... F,7.`,0 I 8.^24 • SMITHFIELD. There were low cattle at market, and the trade having bought largely last week, the supply was equal to the demand. - Meat of all descriptions met with a better sale than could ho ted ; Beef, for the choice sorts, at a decline of about 2d., and Mutton at an advance of 2d. per stone. Veal and Pork also met a fair trade. Price per stone of Sibs., sinking the offal :—Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d., Mutton, 4s. to es. 2d., Veal, 4s. to ss. 4d., and Pork, 4s. to 4s. 3d. Head of Cattle at Mar ket—Beasts 862, Sheep 8,750, Calves 46, and Pigs 215. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supplies;;; 7 ;elyg;O:l, and there was a great demand for Cod is p ar ti cu l ar f or Christmas ; prices were much the } same as last quoted. Turbot 4s. 6d. to 203. ; Cod 3s. to 13s. ; Soles 6d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters 101 to 3 , -- ; o , .sters 16s. to 48s. per bushel; Haddocks Bd. to 2s. ; and Whiting 4d. Bd. - BERMONDSEY WATERSIDE POTATO MARKET. , There was a large supply, but the condition was bad, owing t to the wet weather. The really fine descriptions only were t. saleable. • Prices as last quoted. 1 SEED MARKET. 11 The arrivals of Seeds were moderate, both of Foreign and English, and there was no business done worth notice in any description. Prices the same as they were last Monday. HOP MARKET. The market was quiet, except for, the fine qualities, which, were in good demand, and brought aivanced prices. LLOYD'S 711-104'ING-(11171.1S DAY.) FALNIOCTII, bite 20.—The Miriam, Goss, Item Newfoundland to this port, was 'distrtastcd, and had her y decks swept during a h eav y ga l e o n the igh ult., In lat. 1. 43., lon. 3S , and was fall en i n w ith the following day by t ) the billa Rookb, from the Clyde to 14:krseille.F, who took out the crew and landed them a t Gibraltar. 21.—The Sackville, Fiddes, TeamSierrc Leone t o PI/TroulT3 sprung a leak the sth inst., had her decks swept' Dr' IT'e 1711- ' 4 ` and became waterl,gged on the 19th, en t • t north of Scilly, when she way fallen in wi!b by from Swansea to' Nantes, 14Itich took out the PRO landed them here to-day. _ Conx, Drc. 20.—K kale of cotton was pass^d u the 15th it t. in long. • 15., - by the St. Patrick, Webster, arrived here from Quebec. • ODESSA, " DEC: 6.—Several vessel,: in •tlii3 port • SUS. tained more or less damage during a ►ale from the. N, E. on the night of the 34 instant. • Thl Emma, Simp son, the Goodluck, Deslando, iu particular the .forruQr, being neuly a wreck, and the latter, suffered . _ . . I . LtvzrtrooL, Doc. 21.—Witni S. VI: to\',.. S. W .—'22,1 Wind S., mo d crate .—Arrived, Petrel, T,,,,,,,,. Calcutv. ; (• Bridkrit, Gibson, Montreal; Artemis, Lesh, ditto ; 'Flatea, Neill, ditto ; Ilenry r;l7ss,. Qnebec ; .I!intbe, -.-, 'Nev.'. foundland ; Blddington's, Ma , s, Old ailaliar ; Tarne.r lane, ./ll'lit,nzic., Calcutta; Queen, Thomas, Montieal ; Zsnte, Green, St. John's, New BrunsWiek ; Phcenix, Evans, Miramichi; Eagle, Harworth, Pug trash ; Chief tain, Dixon, St. Andrew's New Brunswick ; Glen, Ray, Prince Edward's Island ;• Navarino, —, Quebec ; Int:cfa tigable, —, ditto ; Off Port.—Jessie, Mir , miclii. Sai2cd , _Wanderer, Binds, St. Lucia; Diadem, Leslie, NefiY Orleans; Ashburton, Bulkelcy, Azores; Dart, Gray, St. Michael's. The Heath. hence to London, was abaacloned in a sinking state, off Tuskar, on the 17th inst. The Pursuit, hence to Shetland, was driven on shore at the Isle of Man on the 17th inst., crew saved. The Col chester, Miltas, bound to Bombay, has put back le lkY• The Ajo, Olivier, from Lisbon, to this port was tot. 'llY wrecked on Watney Island on the 19th inst., crew ssvc d• The Ludy Dana was totally wrecked in the harbour ~of the small isles of Jura on the 12th inst., crew saved. PLvtiorTzt, DEC. 22.—Wind S.W., strong breeze. FALMOUTH, Iliac. 20. Wind W. S W., strong breezes and squally.—Arrived the Isabella, Dempster, from Yar mouth, with bowsprit sprung, and loss of jibbcom, &c., having been in contact with a brig off Lowest:lc. GUERNSKT, DEC. 20.—Sailed the Laura, Dennis, for Tag' a :reg. MAEIPORT, DEC. 20. —Arrived the St. George, Poole, from Quebec. DUBLIN, DEC. 21 —Arrived the Palami Paster, from Halifax; Industry, S ephei s S-. John's, N.B. Corm, DEC. 19.—Arrived the Elizabeth, from Newfoundland, with loss of sails, Sze. ; Gcn. • Doug las, Hyde, Quebec ; St. Petrick, Webster, ditto; Lo belia, Merolith, ditto. MARGATE, Line. 22.—Off Port, the President, Chad. wick, from New York ; Rosiea, Lowe, Calcutta. PORTSMOUTII, DEC. 21.—Wind W. to S.W. fresh breezes.---22. S. W.—Arrived the Mariner, Bartlett, from Quebec. Off prt, the Hopeful, Reeves, from the Care of Good Hope. SHEERNESS, DEC 21.—Arrived H. M. S. Dolphin, from the Coast of Africa. DEAL, DEC. 21.—Wind S. S. W.-22. S. W., fresh breezes. Arrived the Sudlane, Thorn, from Montreal ; Regalia, Alexander, Quebec ; Fanny, Quebec ; Lord Willington, Tate, Sierra Leone; Lord Saumarez, Simon, Mauritius; Eliza Ann, Palmer, Cape Coast Castle; Phcenix, Mayes, Newfoundland; Forth, St. John's, New Brunswick. BELFAST, DEC. 20.- A n Ted the Sarah Stewart, \M. on, from Miramichi. LEITH, DEC. 21.—Sailed the Isabella, Hardy, for Ha vannah ; Haidec, M'Bride, St. Vincent. Billups, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Dovecot, Bui', from Cephalonia. Sailed the Coquette, Morrison, 1,,r Rio Janeiro; Mary Muir, Pain, Charleston. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Defender, Ro binson, from Quebec. Hutt, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Alarm, Anderson, from Batavia. The Norden, Anderson, hence to Shields, has put back, having been on the Barcum. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 20.—Arrived the Thorpe, Stil:e, from Riga, leaky. Row:3/, DEC. 22.—Off port, the Fame, Purvis, irr..'in the Cape of Good Hope. POOLE, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Velocity, Whitway, from in a damaged state. Newfoundland. BRIDPORT, DEC. 21.—Off port, th 3 Mary, D'Esson, from Riga. " D AETH OCTII, DEC. 21.—The True Bess, Jones, f rom Limerick to Portsmouth, in proceeding to sea, was dri ven on the rocks near Ringswear Castle , was assisted off i s a sinking state, and toured into this harbour. Carg o dis charging, VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL —The A( miral Benbow, for Liverpool, in the Gulf of St. Laurence by the Avon, Robinson, arrived at Liverpool ; Mary J ones, 1 lth ult., let. 49, long. 9, by the Dinah, a rr i ved at Gloucester; Caroline, bound to Bombay, tSth inst , lat. 35, long. 16, by the Dart, Airth, arrived in the river; Thomas Row.. land (or Hyland) Savannah to London, 25ili ult., lat. 43, long. 34 ; Adventure, Catto, of Peterhead. from Cartha gena, Bth inst., lat. 52, long. 13, by the Mariner, Craw ford, arrived in the Clyde. FALITOUTII. -"Mr. Hutchins having completed a m os t successful canvass, left Falmouth , accompanied by Captain L a y an d and Mr. C o ppock , on Saturday evening, having pr ev i ous ly put out an address thanking the electors for the reception he had experienced, and regretting that his duty as a Magistrate for the disturbed district in Wales compelled his departure until nearer the election, when he would be found at his post, with the certainty of triumph. Mr. Hutchins's canvass has bee n t h e most dAttering ever made, both at Penrbyn-and Falmouth ; and the union of all classes of R e for mer s having 'men com pletely accomplished, there is no chance for the Tory c andidate, Mr. Cabbell, who having been deluded s place defeated at St. Albans the last general election,only eideel awaits now .a similar fate here. He also left by the Devonport wail alone, and under t a f e igned name, on Sunday. (yesterday), morning, and with a very downcast countenance. In truth the Tories having relied upon the disunion of the Reform pa rty, and finding their hope's disappointed, know that th e y are dead beat, and that the result of this election will involve them in a costly and doubtful struggle for the \ second seat. ~~ h