The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-06 00:00:00

- •" EVENING EDITION. of Settlement. There can be no doubt that it is for the good of the community, as long as the Mo narchy is to be preserved--whatever order of priests the QUEEN may favour—that she should be suffered still to reign, though she may act in direct opposi tion to one positive but unreasonable law. A deviation in the Sovereign from one enactment, by which no person will be injured in his faith, his repu- Cation, his person, or his property, would be a very in• __ _ sufficient reason for resisting the customary authority of Queen VICTORIA. " Not every invasion of the subjects' rights or liberty, or of the Constitution," says PALEY, " not every breach of promise, or of oaths, not every stretch of prerogative, abuse of power, or neglect of duty by the Chief Magistrate, or by the whole or any branch of the legislative ;body, justifies resistance, unless these crimes draw a fter them public consequences of sufficient magni tude to outweigh the evils of civil disturbance." Every such question as deposing a Sovereign :must be tried by its own merits ; and personal con siderations must not be overlooked. The substitu- tion of WILLIAM 111. for JAMES 11., placed the foremost hero of civil and religious liberty then reigning in Europe on the throne of a poor bigot, the tool of a despotic priesthood, the pensioner and ally of the great enemy of England. The sub stitution of Prince ERNEST for Queen VICTORIA would place a hoary sinner, one of the most outra geous despots in a small way, and one of the poorest bigots who now sit on the thrones of Europe, in the seat of a young Lady who, as far as time has yet developed her character, is kindly and liberal, full of truth, virtuous affections, and goodness. To make such an astounding change, the nation would require, even could it be quietly and peaceably made, more sufficient reasons than an infringement of a clause of an antiquated law, which has never been called into operation since it was made, and may be fairly said, till the Tories revived it for a factious purpose, to have fallen into des uetude. But could such a change be quietly and peace ably be made supposing Queen VICTORIA to turn Papist ? That would not disparage her in the eyes of her Catholic subjects, forming one-third of her people, and they would assuredly stand by her, and maintain her right against Prince ERNEST and the Tories. All the persons who are indifferent or hostile to the union between Church and State, now not a few, would never desert her MAJESTY for Prince ERNEST. The Protestant Dissenters might not like a Catholic Queen, but neither would they like a despotic King, and they would probably balance between the two, or favour he r MAJESTY. The Whigs would probably sacrifice their Church to their State, and would side with the QUEEN. The Anglican Church is no longer re garded with much favour, and few persons except its priests—many of whom, including all the Puseyites, would readily conform to Catholicism— would think it worth their while to plunge the com munity into civil war, for the sake of pre serving such a rotten and worthless Esta blishment, and placing Prince ERNEST at its head. There would be little or no pro bability that he and the Tories could succeed against Queen VICTORIA, were she to turn Papist to-morrow, of which there is no chance whatever ; and it is quite certain that an attempt to change the succession on a religious ground would put an end to the peace and the prosperity of the empire. The legal penalty for turning Papist could not, in fact, be enforced against her MAJESTY, and th e law, like the often-abused thunder of the Times, must necessarily be almost a nullity. It might produce mischief, but it cannot now be a national guide, and if the Anglican priesthood have nothing better to stand on than that, and on con strained oaths, they may prepare themselves for a speedy adieu to their supremacy. In the beginning of our yesterday's article we said that the Times had referred to this clause with more of the sagacity of the parrot than the man. We have fully proved that. What is the force or Utility of a law which cannot be carried into exe cution ? Our Contemporary yesterday, however, repeated its parrot notes, which demonstrates that with all its bluster it has not more sense than the ,bird which utters sounds without the least compre hension of what they mean. It is worthy, how ever, of the Tories, and the Tories are worthy of it, for they have always screamed out words that Were the signs of passed away prejudices, with a view to kindle the anger of the ignorant and un thinking. Only such are affected by them, and if they saw these mock patriots in their true colours they would be ashamed of their leaders. We may add, for the edification of the Times, that the Bill of Rights does not provide for a very prob able case, namely, the Sovereign marrying a person who is at the time of the alliance a professed Protestant, and afterwards becomes a Catholic. Prince ALBERT, for example, who is now a Pro testant, may six months after his marriage turn Papist, which will not forfeit her MAJESTY'S title to the Crown. In another part of The Sun will be found a cir. cular which the clergy of Kent and Sussex have addressed to their congregations on the subject of registration. The clergy in this circular renew an assertion which has been before made by some of them, and on some occasions carried into practice, namely, that the officiating clergyman of a parish is not permitted to perform the funeral service over the dead body of any person who shall die unbap tised by a minister of the Church." To clinch the 'natter, the circular also states " that no minister of the Church is allowed to perform the funeral Service over any body which shall have died Without the baptism of the Church." Such is not the law, as we lately showed on the autho rity of the Bishop of NORWICH, and we are quite sure it is not the practice. "A clergymen (says an Evening Contemporary) places himself in peril of he avy penalties who refuses to perform the funeral service prescribed by the Rubric at the grave, being within the churchyard, over any body by whom soever baptised ; nor is he to require, as a condition of doing so, proof of such baptism. Whether he regard it valid or not, he is not at liberty to object to its validity, as a re ason to j us tify his refusal. Baptism is not by th e law, which every clergyman is bound to obey, a sine qua i non for " Christian burial.'' If it were the practice, the clerg y man must ne cessarily require a certificate of baptism to accom pany every corpse. Nothing so revolting is done. In the great majority of cases the cler gyman is quite satisfied by an application for his services, that they ought to be given. If that were not the g e . neral rule, the observations of our Correspondent, " One of the Multitude," in the Evening Sun of Tuesday, and the Morning Sun of Wednesday, would convict the clergy of being the veriest time servers and wealth-worshippers that ever existed. Who ever heard of one of them refusing to perform the burial service for a rich man or for a prince, without asking any question as to his baptism ? The practice, therefore, agrees with the law, and it will be a most illegal innovation for the priesthood now to require a certificate of bap tism by some cleraymen of the Anglican Church for every corpse before they will perform over it the funeral service. It will be noticed by those who, like us, are lather careful in watching the assumptions of the priesthood, that this threat of non-burial, unless the.rite of baptism be first performed, is another example of the use of undefined terror by the clergy, in order to make men submit to t r ordinances and to their power. The Papal pr hood cannot possibly make more arrogant clai or enforce them in a more priestly manner, than the Anglican Clergy. Before we conclude we must direct the attention of our readers to a letter which we copy from the Brighton Guardian, inserted in another part of The Sun, describing the contest at Pevensey between the Churchwarden and the Vicar, relative to the preser vation of a majestic tree which stands in the church yard, the Vicar having ordered it to be felled, and the Churchwarden having by force resisted the Vicar's workmen. To be placed beneath " the yew tree's shade," or beneath the shade of other trees, is a hallowed desire common to mankind in all ages ; and the inhabitants of Pe. vensey must be filled with just resentment at the sacriligious orders of the Vicar to destroy the noble tree under which " the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." Selfish extortioners and arro gant denouncers as are the great bulk of the priests, now that they begin sacriligiously to trample on the best feelings of their parishioners, they will surely revolt against them those very associations and apprehensions they have so long cultivated to their exclusive profit. The African question occupies, naturally enough, the attention of the whole of the Paris Press. The Commerce of Wednesday, which we have received along with the other French Journals of the same date, attributes the commencement of hostilities on the part of ABD-EL-KADER to the ridiculous, Hudibrastic expedition of the Duke of ORLEANS to the Iron Gates. We are assured, says that Journal, that the Government has suppressed an important document which Marshal VALEE sent with his Report of the 24th of No vember. It is a declaration from ABL-EL KADER that the principal motive of his aggression was the expedition to the Iron Gates. The Emir complains, in terms full of anger, that a French corps violated his territories, and attacked peaceable tribes, who wished to oppose the invasion ; that if he had been previously aware of the expedition he would have met it at the Iron Gates at the head of his army, and that the French should not have passed without marching over the bodies of himself and his soldiers. It was this that induced him to call upon the Faithful to join in the holy war, it being the duty of every true Mussulman to prefer death to injustice and oppression from infidels. This statement is exceedingly probable, and, if confirmed, will render the expedition of the Duke truly ridiculous. His Highness's popularity is already on the wane. For accounts of the prepara tions making to carry on the war with vigour, and the actual condition of French Africa, we refer our readers to subjoined extracts from the private cor respondence of the Paris journals. M. DURAND, the principal Editor of the Ca pitole, was arrested on suspicion of being con cerned in a Bonapartist plot on Tuesday. This gentleman is likely to give LOUIS PHILIPPE more trouble than any other newspaper writer in France. The following is his own witty account of this affair. His epigrams, like scorpions, have stings in their tails. Our readers will not fail to see how dan gerous an opponent the writer of such a letter as the following must be to a corrupt Government, opposed in all its acts to the principles upon which it professes to have been established : ARREST OF M. DURAND, PRINCIPAL EDI TOR OF THE " CAPITOLE." " Paris, December 3. "My dear Brother Editors.—You will, perhaps, hear that my house bas been visited by the police, and that I have been thrown into prison ; let not this intelligence excite your risibility too much, for there is some truth in the case ; but come, I will tell you the whole adventure. " This morning, between six and seven, I was awoke by hearing my bell ring. I immediately jumped up, and hastened to open my door. A tall man, with a red riband, and having, in truth, all the appearance of a gentleman, was standing there with five or six others, one of whom held a lighted candle. " Sir, it is the police !" Very well, one must always ask the police to come in, for they would do so without the invitation, and one thus acquires the reputation of being polite. " Closets, chests, table-drawers, were ransacked with the greatest politeness. It was not possible to annoy one with greater delicacy. " I was present at the inventory, and every now and then the police commissary of the first arondissement (for the King and I belong to it) told me to dress my self. I requested him to pay no attention to my not being dressed ; but he continued to urge the same re quest. I told him I was not cold, and thanked him. At last the request was a torrent of light—' Dress yourself, sir, for you arc to accompany us.' I then con cluded that 1 was arrested, and put on my boots to pro ceed, properly attended, to a certain building in the Rue de Jerusalem, with which you are well acquainted. " When there, a gentleman looked at me rather harshly, and gave me a paper in the room of the one I had. After which, escorted by a gendarme, I was con ducted to a door, which was opened, on ringing, by a gaoler. I was then introduced, the bolt was drawn on the outside, and somebody bawled to the head man of the place, a political prisoner . 1 " This pleased me a little, for it is always agreeable not to be taken for a thief. " A man then came forward, and led me to a vile looking room, where I was searched, doubtless to see if I had not some infernal machine in my pocket, like the one of the Rue Montpensier. The result of the in spection was the discovery of 60 francs in my waist coat pocket, 40 of which were taken away, and the re mainder was left me as pocket-money. I was then taken up a second story, into a cell, which was immediately bolted. " I examined the furniture of my roam, which con sisted of a table, chair, and bed, with a grey blanket and two bolsters. The upper one, at first sight, appeared rather dirty, but a minute after I rendered it due jus tice, for it was infinitely cleaner than the under one. " When the gaoler entered, I asked him if he could not give me anything cleaner to lay my head on ? He told me it was impossible, for the effects belonged to Government, and could not be changed, even for money. I could not conceive what interest they could have in making political prisoners lie in dirt, but I said nothing, lest I should pass for being over-nice. " Can I write to my wife ?" said I to the gaoler. " Yes, Sir," and be instantly gave me a sheet of letter paper. I wrote, and begged him to send my letter to its address immediately. A porter undertook to take it. Now judge how great was this morning's fog—the kind fellow who had taken charge of my letter, mistook . his road so muc h that my missive to my wife, instead of reaching her, found its way into the room of the Juge d'lnstruction. " Alone in my room, and not knowing what to do, I thought of following the example of Lafontaine's hare— ' What can one do in one's form but dream f'—aud as my cell barely allowed me room to turn, I laid down on my pallet. " I was disturbed at twelve, and was obliged to go down stairs between two gendarmes, one at my side and the other behind me ; and had you been walking at that time on the quay between the Prefecture de Police and the Palais de Justice, you would have seen your prin cipal editor marched through the streets like a culprit about to be tried at the Assizes, and exciting the com misseration of all passing that way by his placid countenance. " At length I was brought before the Juge ("Instruc tion, M. Lingracomi, who did not seem to consider me asany g reat catch. H e exam i ned me frankly and pro perly ; and letters scattered o ver hi s table showed me upon what and whom my examinatio n was to b e. I ould lay any wager that the Judge lear ne d f rom me nothing that he was not acquainted with previously, but he was enabled to see that in my political creed, as in all others, there was no dearth of honourable m en . " The Judge understood his business, and separating from his voluminous evidence what concerned the Capitols alone, he ordered me to be liberated —an agree able and just t erm ination after such brutal treatm en t. and rights of the citizen, take note of " Fell ow .l a b ourers, w h o pre f e r discu ss i ng m i n i sterial questions t o protest i ng i n a b o dy against th e v i o l at i on of the dwelling what has happened to me to-day, for it will be your turn to-mor row . "Your d we lli ng will be searched, and you will have issued a ga i nst You, not a mandat de comparation, which would merely oblig e you to attend at a proper hour, but a mandat d'amener, as is issued against thieves, galley slaves who have served their time, and other malefactors that can be comp e ll ed to obey, should they attempt to resist. You will be imprison e d in the Prefecture de Police, and then you will be marched off between two gendarmes, along the quay, to de Justice, while you will hear th e crowd , uay, eete see you, in quire, Is he a thief ? I s h e an ass min? No—he is the principal editor of a journal. " This is my history ; one day it will b e yours. It was for such an end that a revol ut i on was made in July " It CHARLES Du A ND" King LOUIS PHILIPPE has just raised his fourth son, the Duke of AUMALE, from the rank of Cap. tain to that of Chief of Battalion in the 4th Regi. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1839 I meta of Light Infantry. No promotion could be better deserved, as the warlike exploits of the illus trious Duke are famed throughout Europe. True, his trusty sword is yet guiltless of the blood of friend or foe, but what of that ? Has he not per formed prodigies of valour at the summer sham campaigns, and received laurel crowns from the fair hands of Maids of Honour ? He is not, it must be confessed, so formidable a fire eater as his gallant and princely brother the Royal Hero of the Iron Gates, but neither has his pro motion been so rapid. Happy France ! No nation is now so prolific in Royal commanders. Rumours of a marriage between the Duke of Nemours and the daughter of the Duchess of Leuch tenberg were circulated in Paris. Several shipwrecks have lately taken place in the Black Sea. Near the San Giorgio mouth of the Danube no fewer than ten wer e lost. Among them was an Austrian brig, with a cargo from London, bound for Odessa, and a Russian war transport. It was observed that the navigation of the Black Sea was never attended with more serious losses than during the last two years. _ _ _ THE WAR IN FRENCH AFRICA. TOULON, Nov. 30.—The news brought yesterday from Algiers by the steamer La Chimere has given a death-blow to commerce, and several expeditions are thus compelled to be postponed. Twenty ships, which were on the point of starting, have not dared to get under way, and the passengers have demanded their passports, waiting for further news from Africa. The captains of ships have already sustained severe losses by their freights, which they have been compelled to unload. Not only are they consuming all their pro visions, but they also lose the pay which they hare advanced to their crews. The news has spread a panic through the merchants, and all those who have friends or relations in Algiers, where a revolution, it is feared, will be effected. An order has just been telegraphed to despatch in stantly the Neptune and Alger, each with 1,000 troops on board, destined for Algiers. The following are extracts of letters from Algiers : " The Mayor of Couba, two leagues off, has just come to require the protection of an armed force, and Marshal Valee has put the rest of our garrison at the disposal of this Magistrate. Algiers is filled to repletion with colonists from the plain of the Metidja, who have left their houses, flocks, herds, and all they possess, intent only on saving their own lives. They are without means of existence, and almost without clothing." . . . The Messager gives the following on the authority of a letter from a young surgeon of one of the military hos pitals at Algiers, and states that the force attacked, de scribed in the despatches of Marshal Valee as a simple detachment of 200 men, was an entire battalion, and that the less was 130 instead of 105 men, without reckoning the wounded, who were very numerous. This letter also contradicts the statement of Marshal Valee as to the general retreat of the enemy on the 23d. On that day, it says, fighting was still going on, although the attacks of the Arabs were less vigorous, which the writer attributes to the heavy rain and general badness of the weather. The Arabs, so far from re treating, had shown themselves on different points of the French territory, thousands at a time, and were burning and plundering every where, assassinating the colonists, or carrying them into captivity, according to their caprice. A private letter from Oran of the 20th contains the following information :- 1 this moment learn that on his return from his excursion to the East Abd-el-Kader proceeded rapidly to the frontiers of Morocco, on this side of Medroma, and that he conferred with the officers of Muley Abd- Arraman, the Sultan of Morocco ; from this place Abd el-Kader distributed all his circulars, and put in prac tice his usual manoeuvres. I can assure you that con voys of powder and steel have been forwarded from Morocco, and are now on their way to the interior. We are now, then, as in 1836, engaged in a contest with Abd-el-Kader, supported by the Sultan of Morocco, who himself acts only under the influence of foreign jealousy. At the unfortunate combat of the Tafna, in 1836, we had against us 6,000 Moroquese ; now the campaign opens against the combined force of the two people. Our Government ought not to tolerate this. We are assured that the tribe of the Angaid refused to join Abd-el-Kader, and place itself under his stan dard for this holy war. The Emir, enraged at meeting with an obstacle which he did not expect, in a tribe so numerous and warlike, is said to have resolved on strik ing a great blow, by attacking the rebels unawares ; directed the attack in person, and completely succeeded. There is probably some exaggeration in this information, transmitted by the Arabs ; however, I forward it to you after very minute inquiry.—Le Commerce. BOURSE.--PARIS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4. . . I irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. rrencb 3 per Cents ll2 50 ... 112 75 ... 112 50 ... 1 2 75 4 per Cents lOl 60 ... 105 70 ... 101 r 0 .•.. .101 70 -,, 3 per Cents B2 2U ... SO 40 ... 82 20....- 82 40 ' Bank of r'rance 2070 ...2930 .4 970 ... 2 9 5 0 . ':, Lattitte Bank 1,0001. Sh 1075 ...1075 ...11116 . ..I , 7S' ._ 5,000 f. Sh 5225 -.5225 ..5225 :..t,22 5 ' Belgian 5 per Cents lOl% ... 101% ... 101% ... 101% Bank . 750 ... 759 ... 7,i0 ... 750 Spanish Active 25% ... -25% ... .25% .... 215 Passive 6% ... 6% ... 6% ... 6% Portuguese 3 per Cents 23 ... 23 ... 23 ... 23 Don Miguel Neapolitan Roman lOl% ... 101% ... 101% ...101% to Vourla, where it will be stationed for the winter, and not at Mitylene, as was previously reported. The two Persian Princes who have passed some time here, are gone to Alexandria, on board a Turkish steam-boat. It is their intention to visit Mecca. It is affirmed that the same steam-boat has on board a Turkish agent who is to negotiate a peace with Mehe met Ali. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 6.—The Tui(kish fleet lies at anchor in the harbour, and will not return to Constanti aople till the peace is concluded. It costs Mehemet Ali for pay and maintenance 9,000 dollars daily. It had only 600,000 dollars on board. The Pacha will there fore have a pretty handsome demand on the Turkish Government, which he will doubtless bring forward as a set-off against the tribute due by him. Since the Turks have: been here the Arabs have become more violent in their behaviour to the Europeans, against whom they are much embittered, ascribing all their dis tress to them and th e i r di sputes with the Pacha. The Turks immediately take part with them, when quarrels ensue. All this will cease when the fleet is .one. The steam-boat from Beyrout will not arrive tilrto-morrow. The Madrid papers are of the 26th, but their contents are of no interest. It was believed that ESPA RTERO would take up his winter quarters in Saragossa. The Stocks experienced a slight decline on the 2Gth. The Five per Cents, fell from 30 to 29i for cash. The Saragossa Eco of the 28th says : " Our troops are in the same positions. In Castel seras they arc fortifying the house of Almudia, close to the bridge over the Guadeloupe. The factious were about to fortify Monroyo, as well as the mountains by the side of Arcs del Maestro. Cabrera has dismissed O'Callaghan from the post of Governor of Morella. He has appointed both there and in other places soldiers who do not know how to read or write. These are essentials to being entrusted by him with a command." COAL MONOPOLY.-- I n answer to a Corres pondent wh o some t i me ago expressed his belief that a co ns id era bl e sum ra i sed by penny subscrip tions for a piece of plate to the late Lord Mayor remained on hand," we are authorised by the Chair man of the Committee to state that no surplus re mains, that the accounts have been duly audited, and may be seen up to the 15th inst., upon appli cation at the house in Islington where the subscrip tion originated. From an article and a letter which have been pub lished in the Times, declaring that there ought to be a vacancy at Stroud, because Lord John Rus sell has changed from the Home to the Colonial Office, we think it necessary to state that the law only requires a seat in Parliament to be vacated on accepting an office under the Crown. Lord John Russell has accepted no office since he was elected. He was then one of her Majesty's Seeretaries of State, he is now one of them. He has never re signed the seals of office, and had them replaced in his hands. As one of her Majesty's Secretaries of State, it is of no importance, in the eye of law, which department he takes charge of. That is a mere matter of arrangement between him and the other Secretaries of State ; and removing from the Home Department to the Colonies, does nut create a vacancy for Stroud. Both the letter and the article in the Times, are merely there for the pur pose of supplying a peg on which to hang some abuse of Lord Normanby ; that Journal and its correspondent knowing very well that there is no other ground for either the letter or the article. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURGDAY.— WC have had a moderate demand for Cotton to-day at about yesterday's prices. The sales have been 3,000 bags to the trade. The British Queen, London to New York, was spoken with the 15th November, at noon, lat. 40 46, long. 44 45 W., twelve days from Portsmouth, wind blowing N.N.W. The British Queen steamer, according to the latitude and longitude, had made but little more than half-way to New York. We had a late delivery of the letters and papers this morning from the Post Office ; no doubt owing to the fog and the new regulations of the Post Office in sort ing the 4d. letters, which were very numerous. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. The only article it contains worth notice is, that the Belgian Government had concluded a treaty of commerce with Prussia, on the same terms as that negociated with Holland. The Dutch Funds come the same as received by the,Dutch mail yesterday. Accounts from Peru, although not of a later date than previously received, are rather of interest in re spect to commercial affairs in that quarter. The foreign commerce of Chili has taken a lively turn, and consider ,ableAktlea have been effected at Valparaiso for every part of the Republic, as well as for Bolivia. Articles from spe British , ssoh Fr ug a go n ho c td e, sh wh after, av ich e were al andsoes:pinde r little demand, eaddvhaingthaegre a op r ur e si c a ep t sr,i p cb r eu e s - t. those of North America are not in demand. THE FUNDS. • The bad state of the weather this morning, accompa nied by a fog, damps all description of speculation, both in the funds 'and commercial transactions, and up to the present hour there is not a feature in either of the markets worth noticing, with the exception th a t the Three per C ents . Reduced have rather improved ; they left off at 904, at present may be quoted 90i Consols for the January Account opened at the clos ing price of yesterday, 91-1,- buyers; Exchequer Bilis, 5 3 dis. ; Bank Stock, 178/ 179/ ; India Stock, shut. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which left off at 254 1, is not so good, at present 24i 251- ; Portu guese also rather lower, closed at 344 4, at present 344 4 ; Brazilian, 71/ 721 ; Colombian, 30i ; Mexi can, 291 ; Spanish Passive, 61 1 ; Deferred, I ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. same as they closed, with an improvement of nearly 1 per cent., owing to the news received by the Dutch mail yesterday afternoon, may be quoted at 53i ; Five per Cents. 994 PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 0 0%%j 3 per Cent. Cons. 3yl, per Cent Ditto Red. 98ys New 3N, per Cent New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Jan. 5, 1860 13 11—I6li Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 l3li 14 Jan. 5, 1860 ___ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock lOO Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities. 1731 Exch. Bills, £1,000... 4 1 dis. Ditto 500 .... 4 i dis. Ditto Small 3 din. par Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account April 5, 1880 — I Jan. 5. 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS' Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds 71% Ditto Account 711,0i 2, Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account ... .. . ..... — Columbian 80nd5,1824 51:34 2 W,U4 Ditto Account Danish Bonds ......„. ..... ; Ditto Account Greek Bonds .......oiiiit ..• --- India Stock for Account :.55 i Consos for Account..., 92 1% 2 THIS DAI AT ONE O.CLOCK Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account _ Portuguese Bonds. Ditto New Bonds — Ditto Accoun• 3-11 37,„ Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 21 304 1 Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1822.......'1110 3 % , Ditto Account Ditto Metaltic....-- (Spanish Bonds. .......... :5% 5 Ditto Account 35% 5 U Passive ..... 6 :Deferred w 11 French, 5 per cent.— c _ Ditto Bonds, 1825 .... Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cont Ditto Account — ....».. t• - C. 4 per cent....... —f. —c. 3 per cent. —f. —c, Exchange....... —f. —C. Dutch, 2S per cent, , Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account 29%% Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THE ••• 000000 53' Ditto A-c Count. ........ • Ditto, 5 per cent ............ 1 . 00 99 - 34 Ditto Account.....„ ...... ___ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Great Western Railway C ompany Paid. Per Share. Ditto Ditto New 515, 2.1 3 c , Brighton Railway 30 15 15y4 IA 14 i 4 London and South We s t ern 38/ %15 14% 17s. 9d. 38% 77 North Midland Railway Company ................. , 85 Colonial Join: Stock Bank 25 29 London Joint Stock Bank Union Bank of Australia Danube and Mayne Company 4l/ 13s, 4d. 27 HALF_ PAS T ONE. `W e have no feature of consequence to communicate respecting the operations in the British Market, during the course of the morning, with the exception that money is more easy to be obtained in the House at the low rate of 4 per cent, but for commercial transactions it still continues at high discounts. United States Bank Shares have been done at 16/. ss. to 161. 10s. We have very few arrivals this morning, an d t h e Con tinental intelligence and that of the Peninsula, is of a very meagre description, which causes a paucity in the operations of the various Funds. the morning at 92, since which they arc a . s el', 91-i 92 for the : Three per Cents., 234 ; Mexican, 291 ; 1784 ; India for the opening ope C n o in n g so ; ls h E a x v c e h c e o g n u t e in r ue ß d ill fi sh rm a3d: d 2 u ,io r r in d g is. ; Bank Stock 255 ; Reduced Three per Cents. 901 i• In the Foreign Market some business has been doing, but not to great extent ; Spanish Active 2.5 i ; Portu- Brazilian, 71,-1 72 ; Dutch Two and a a Half per Cents. steady at 534 ; Five per Cents., 99 4 , have been 100. u Co lombianese rather a also lower, lo wer ! 3i o i ; SURE—NOT QUITE SATISFIED.—A distinction " quite sure" and " quite satisfied" was happily QUITE between S ui t exe mplified at the City Registry, on ex amination, by Mr. Pike, of a freeman, who came up to register in right of marriage :—Mr. Pike—Are you quite sure you are married ? Freeman —Oh, yes, quite sure. Mr. Pike-131, witn ess , are you quite sa tised th a t you are married . Quite satisfied ? Oh, I am not bound to answer that question. Court—You are &lot It m ight be productive of family broils.— Dublin &Statesman. _ _ A GOOD LEAP. —Lord Gardiner, who has been o n a v isit to Lord Worsley, w hil e out hunting the other day, leaped over the immense stone wa ll into Nor ton park from the turnpike-road. The wa ll i s more than six f ee t and a half high.—L incoln Gazette. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS;DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR heard original causes to-day. BURTON V. BRITNELL. The bill in this case was filed by the plaintiff, for the purpose of compelling the specific performance of a contract on the part of the defendant, to sell him a piece of land situate in Tattenhoe, in the county of Bedford. The short facts of the case appear to be as follows, from the statements of counsel :—As far back as the year 1810 Mr. Purton, the plaintiff, married a lady who was at that time seized in fee of the land in question. Mrs. Purton died in the year 1830. Previous to this time, and during the marriage, the plaintiff' had made several valuable erections on the property, and up on hi s w if e ' s death he supp o sed he was intitled to the property in fee, but Mrs. Purton dying without children, her heir at law, the defendant, became entitled to the property. The defect in the title of the plaintiff being discovered, upon his applying to a gentleman, named Cartwright, to advance him money to make further erections on the land, a negotiation took place between the plaintiff and defendant, for the purchase of the land from the latter, and an agreement was entered into by which the defendant covenanted to sell the property to the plaintiff for 1301. Some objections then took place as to the method resorted to by the defendant to make out his t.t!e as the heir-at-law, in consequence of which an action of ejectment was brought, by him, in the Hilary Term, 183, to obtain possession of the land. Upon that action being brought, the plaintiff filed his bill for a specific performance of the contract for the sale, and also for an injunction in the meantime to restrain the defendant in equity from proceeding with the action. That injunction was granted in March, 1836 ; since that period, the defendant had furnished the necessary documents for making out his title as heir-at-law, but he would not agree to perform the contract for sale ; under these circumstances the cause now came on for hearing. Mr. Richards and Mr. Anderson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Wakefield and Mr. Roupell were counsel for the defendant. The LORD CHANCELLOr considered the defendant bound by the agreement he had entered into, and de creed a specific performance ; at the same time ordering the defendant to pay the costs of the suit. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) Short causes, and unopposed petitions occupied his Honour the Vice• Chancellor the whole morning. RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles. R. B 490 ... 455 ... 480 ... 485 L.B. 3uo ... :300 ... :TO ... 300 §ASPHALTES AND BITU NIENS. Yarn (Maberly's) The Hatti Scheriff lately promulgated by the Ottoman Government, is reported to have given umbrage to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. Ac cording to a letter from Constantinople, dated the 13th ult., M. BOUTINIEFF, the Russian Ambas sador, represented to the Divan, at his first inter view with REDSCHID PACHA after the public reading of the new law, that the reform contemp lated in the administration of the Empire was in auspicious, and unsuited to the wants of the people, and that the better course would have been to assimilate the changes as near as possible to the sys tem established throughout Russia. What effect this representation may have upon the future Councils of the SULTAN, it is impossible at present to de termine. Unless France and England bestir them selves—the latter to secure some degree of civil and religious liberty to the inhabitants of Turkey— and the former to give vitality to a Constitution which she claims the honour of having suggested, if not actually framed—it will not be difficult for Russia to render so flimsy a production as the Hatti Sche. riff a dead letter. It will be easy to show that it wants all the requisites of a law for guiding, the administration of any country, being too gene rally declaratory to apply to any particular case out of ten thousand that may occur calling for its interference ; whereas in those points in which it is truly valuable, it is directly opposed to the letter of the Koran, as all who are acquainted with the text of that most extraordinary book must know well. Thus, for example, the part of the new law which extends equal protection, equal justice, and equal rights to the Mussulmans and Rayahs, or Christian subjects, of the Porte, is completely at variance with the precepts of the Koran, and there would be no difficulty in directing against it all the bigoted and fanatical fury of the Mussulman priesthood, who, to do them justice, are not a jot less zealous for the rights of the " Establishment" than are their Popish and Anglican brethren in Austria and England. But this is a question upon which we shall soon have further opportunities of descanting. The Fast of the Rhamadan began a few days before the date of the letter from Constan tinople, to which we are referring, and therefore all political discussions were for some time necessarily suspended. The Prince DE JOINVILLE was to spend the winter at Pera. He had gone on a short excur sion to Trebisonde, but was expected to return in a few days. Nearly all the Turkish Ministers visited him on board the Belle Poule frigate, and the SULTAN presented him, through the hands of REDSCHID PACHA, magnificent presents. It was reported that the Porte had arranged a loan to the amount of five millions sterling with the house of ROTHSCHILD. Another rumour, of a less plea sant nature, prevailed. It was that the Pacha of EGYPT had started fresh difficulties, and had abso lutely refused to give up the Turkish fleet. What credit is due to such rumours, we pretend not to determine. The following additional intelligence from Con- stantinople and Alexandria is from the German papers received this morning : -- CONSTANTINOPLE, Noy. 13.--While the elder Nourri Effendi goes as Minister Plenipotentiary to France, the younger Nourri Effendi is appointed Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Berlin. The French fleet has left Besika Bay, and is gone ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DA ic.) WARBURTON V. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY.-A NOVEL POINT. In this case a motion was made yesterday by Mr. PEMBERTON, on the part of the defendants, that an or der, bearing date the 27th November last, might be varied, by omitting the words " without prejudice to the injunction." It appeared the bill was filed on the 16th November, 1839, against the defendants, to restrain them from dealing with certain lands belonging to the plaintiff, which lay in the line of the railway. On the same day, and before appearance, the bill was amended by order. On the 18th the plaintiffs obtained ex parte the in junction. On the 25th, the defendants gave notice of motion, and moved before the Vice- Chancellor to dissolve the injunction, and on the 26th they filed a demurrer to the bill for want of equity and for want of parties. On the 27th the plaintiff's obtained of course the order in question to amend their bill, and which contained the words " with out prejudice to the injunction." Mr. PEMBERTON and Mr. BIGG, for the defendants, contended that the plaintiffs, by amending their bill, had submitted to the demurrer, and that the allowance of the demurrer threw the bill out of Court and destroyed the injunction. No case could be found in the books bearing on this point, and the absence of such authority showed no such order had been obtained as of course. If this order were allowed to stand the Court would commit this absurdity, to declare the plaintiff had no equity and yet to declare that he was entitled to the in junction. Mr. KINDEUSLEY and Mr. G. RUSSELL appeared fo r the plaintiffs, and in support of the order. The in junction had been obtained on the merits. The demurrer had never been set down, and the amendment which had been made was merely technical. If the demurrer had been argued, and the Court had considered the demurrer good, leave would have been given to amend, and the injunction, if properly granted on the facts, would have stood. It had been held over and over again that the amending of a bill, although it dissolved a common in junction, did not dissolve a special injunction obtained on the merits. The Learned Counsel further submitted that when defendants were dissatisfied with an order obtained by the plaintiffs they must move to discharge it altogether, and could not, as the defendants did in this case, seek to vary it by striking out certain words. Mr. PEMBERTON replied.—lt was clear the order was irregular, because the defendants here obtained that order, as of course, continuing the injunction on a bill admitted to contain no equity. As to the form of the motion, the plaintiffs had introduced into the order words that ought not to be there ; and having taken an unfair advantage in the absence of the other parties, they could not be allowed to maintain it. The de fendants had a right to have the irregular words ex punged. The MASTER of the ROLLS said he would make in quiry among the officers of the Court upon the point, but he conceived that when an order to amend was ob tained and acted upon. that that order was without pre judice to the injunction ; whether the words were in serted or not. His LORDSHIP this morning stated that he had made inquiry, but he could not find that the exact point had been litigated. He did not, however, think the order obtained was irregular. It was now the settled practice that upon an injunction obtained specially on the merits in a certificate of bill filed, there might be an order to amend, and as he had stated yester day, whether an order to amend contained the words " without. prejudice to the injunction" or not, it was without prejudice to the injunction. Where there was a demurrer filed, the party might have liberty to amend, the costs depending on whether the demurrer had been set down or not. According to the usual practice the order to amend would have prejudiced the transaction, and therefore he did not think the order in this case was irregular.—Motion refused with costs. ATTORNEY•GENERAL V. BROOKE. Mr. PEMBERTON was then heard in reply in this case, and _ The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment, but it having been delivered at a late period of the day, we postpone the report of it for our Morning Edition to morrow. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.) SCOTT V. PARKER. Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK stated the case, which was an action to recover a sum of 300/., 1001. being the amount of a bill of exchange which plaintiff had given a guarantee to pay in the event of its not being honoured by a third party, and 2001. money actually lent upon certain securities. It appeared that a gen tleman named Cox, being anxious to obtain a loan of 1001. applied to the plaintiff, Mr. Scott, who expressed his willingness to advance the money upon a bill, if the defendant, who was a friend of Mr. Scott, would guarantee the payment of the bill when it became due. On that undertaking the money was paid over and a further sum of 2001. was advanced to the defen dant, he having deposited eighty shares of a Joint Stock Company as a security. Witnesses having been called to prove the plaintiff's case, Mr. ERLE objected to the form of the declaration, inasmuch as the stipulation to return the shares held as security was not set forth, The plaintiff, therefore, he submitted, could not recover on the first plea of non assumpsit. After a good deal of discussion between the Learned Counsel with respect to the form of the pleadings, Lord DENMAN said he wished these unnecessary pleas were omitted, as they occasioned a good deal of expense and trouble. It was at length agreed that a verdict should be taken for the plaintiff for 9.00/., with leave to the defendant to set aside the verdict, and enter a nonsuit on a point reserved. BOLTON V. SHIPLEY. This was an action for goods sold and delivered and work and labour done. The plaintiff was a tailor, for merly foreman to Mr. Nugee, carrying on business in Pall-Mall, and the action was brought to recover the amount of clothes supplied to the two sons of the de fendant. _ _ _ The defendant, Charlotte Shipley, pleaded that at the time of the clothes being furnished to her she was a married woman. The plaintiff's clerk proved that the defendant came to the plaintiff's shop in August, 1835, with another lady. She was in mourning, and said she recollected Mr. Bolton when he was at Nugee's, and that she would give him an order for clothes for her sons if he would make them as reasonably as any other respectable house. She said she was a widow, and gave her ad dress Spring-terrace, %V andsworth-road. He called at the defendant's residence in September, an d she said she was surprised he should call so soon for the money—that it would be accommodation to her if he could wait till Christmas. Another witness proved the delivery of the goods. Mr. Anderson, a tailor, in New Bond-street, recol lected the defendant, Mrs. Shipley, coming to his esta blishment in January. She said she was a widow from Devizes, left with six children, and ordered a cloak for herself and about 251. worth of clothes for her sons. He had made inquiries— Lord DEN MAN—That is enough. Mr. THESIGER addressed the Jury for the defen dant. He said it was well known at the time the goods were purchased that the defendant was married to Mr. Shipley, who was still living. He thought it would be merely necessary for him to prove that fact. The register of the marriage of Thomas Shipley and Charlotte Langford, at St. Andrew's, Holborn, in 1833, was then put in and read, and the witnesses who were present at the marriage were called. Charles Male saw the defendant's husband in June or July last, at Spring Terrace, Wandsworth-road. Lord DENMAN was very unwilling to give effect to such a defence, but it was a defence in law, and they must find accordingly. Verdict for the defendant. WARD V. SAUNDERSON. Mr. ERLE stated the case. It was an action to re cover the sum of 30/., paid for a horse which had turned out to be unsound. The defendant was a horse dealer carrying on business at Grosvenor-square, and in May last the plaintiff, a gentleman residing at Uxbridge, came and agreed to give a bay gelding and 18/. for a chesnut horse ; he was to have a fortnight's trial, and if disap proved of, the sum of 30/. was to be returned. The horse was warranted sound. It would be proved by the witnesses for the plaintiff that the horse was actually un able to keep upon his legs—that on one occasion he fell and rubbed the hair off his knees, and he was of con& returned. The defendant, however, refused to tal, him back on the ground of his knees being injured. A month or two afterwards the horse died at the defend ant's stables. Witnesses having been examined on the part of the plaintiff, Mr. CROWDER addressed the Jury for the defendant, and called the following witnesses : William Collins—l am a horse-dealer in the West minster-road. In the middle of May I sold the chest nut horse in question to Mr. Saunderson. I had bought him at a fair in the March previously. I bought and sold him with a warranty, and believe he was perfectly sound. He was worth about 401. I should say broken knees would deteriorate the value of the horse about 201. Cross-examined—He was five years old, and a fresh horse. I have sold about a dozen horses to the defen dant in the course of the year. Benjamin Wade—l am Sheriff for the county of Buckingham. I know the plaintiff, and the defendant, who is a livery stable-keeper. I saw the horse in question before the plaintiff bought him. The horse appeared to me be sound and useful. I rode and drove him. I called on plaintiff at S ►underson's request, after the horse was returned. I told him I was anthorized to compromise the matter, but Mr. Ward would enter into no agreement. Cross-examined—l knew defendant about six years. My horses always stood at livery there. I have had one or two dealings with him. The horse went near the ground, but that was not my particular objection to him. Charles Franklin—ln May last, was defendant's hostler. I knew the horse sold to the plaintiff. I rode and drove him, and never knew him to be unsound. I was with plaintiff in the gig when he tried him first. I thought plaintiff was a bad driver. I was present when the horse was returned. Mr. Ward said he should not have returned him, but he had broken his knees. When he came back he had a cough also. His shoes were worn very thin, as if he had been worked very hard. Wm. Gaywood—l saw the horse in question when Mr. Ward returned him. He said he should not have returned him if he bad not broken his knees. Joseph Boston deposed that he had opened the horse after his death. One of the lungs was in a state of suppuration, arising from inflammation. Mr. ERLE was about to address the Jury for the plaintiff, when the Jury said they were agreed, and re turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 301. EXCHEQUER. COURT-THIS DAY. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) There were only three cases remaining in the paper The first was settled out of Court ; the second was sent to a reference ; wad the third was withdrawn in come quence of the absence of a material witness. SECONDARIES' COURT. (THIS DAY.) MAYHEW V. GREATOREX. In this case the defendant had detained certain cows, the property of the plaintiff, and the plaintiff had brought this action to recover 461. 25., the value of the cows and their milk. The defendant had suffered judgment to go by default, and this was a writ of in quiry to assess damages. Mr.Taoktas stated the case for the plaintiff. He said that the cows in question had been placed with a per son named Brooks, who rented the grazing ground in the Regent's Park, for the purpose of agistment. It appears that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have laid down a rule, that cattle must be removed from the park on certain days, and accordingly these cows had been removed by Brook, and intrusted to the care of Greatorex, who is a cow-keeper. Plaintiff had:gone a day or two after to demand them of defendant, who re fused to give them up. He, consequently brought this actions; defendant confessed himself in the wrong by suf . - fering judgment to go by default, therefore, all the Jury had to do was to calculate the value of the cows and milk. The cows cost 36/. in May last, and the balance was for the value of the milk. Witnesses having deposed to these facts, Mr. BINGHAM, for the defendant, said his client was unfortunately situated. These cows had been placed with Mr. Brook, who unfortunately took upon himself to he a lawyer, and having or fancying he bad some claim upon the plaintiff for agistment, had taken the cows to the defendant with orders not to give them up to any per son but himself. Now the law was that no one had a right to detain the goods of his debtor but a land lord. Thus the defendant was placed in this unfortu nate position, if he gave up the cows Brook would bring an action against him, and as it was Mayhew had done so. With regard to the value of the cows, he should prove that they had considerably lessened in value since plaintiff had purchased them. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call his witnesses. Mr. THOMAS in reply said the defendant had received an indemnity from Brook. The SECONDARY summed up, and the Jury assessed the damages at 801. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) BURGLARY AT MESSRS. P. WATSON AND CO.'s, HIGH HOLBORN.—This morning the prisoner Smith, who was remanded from Tuesday last, was again brought before Sir PETER LAURIE, for re-examination, charged with robbing the above firm of silk, &c., to the amount of upwards of 150/. John Field, the porter, briefly recapitulated his former evidence, and Philip Jay, a shopman to the above firm, stated that his employers had been robbed of property to a large amount in a similar manner about six months ago. Sergeant \V alter, of the City police, stated that although he had used every exertion in his power to capture the other prisoner, he had not as yet been. suc cessful. The prisoner was one belonging to a gang of well-dressed thieves, who had succeeded in robbing a lady of a purse of sovereigns on Lord Mayor's da3- last, and was brought before the Lord Mayor, but for want of sufficient evidence he was discharged. Sir PETER LAURIE asked the prisoner what trade he was ? To which the prisoner replied—A pig-jobber. Sir PETER LAURIE said he was afraid that he had at last " brought his pigs to the wrong market."—The prisoner was then fully committed. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Win. Lea, a countryman, was charged with conducting himself in a riotous manner in a coffee-shop, and com mitting an unprovoked assault upon the proprietor of the establishment. Mr. Bailey, who keeps a coffee-shop in Compton street, stated that the prisoner, a ccom p an ied by ano th er man, entered his premises this mo rn i ng a t an ear ly h our in a state of intoxication, and after passing through the room appropriated for the use of persons taking refresh ment, they entered his private apartment. They sat, down, and put their feet upon the fender, so as to pre vent him from attending to his business. They were told that the house was frequented by persons principally members of the Temperance Society, and if they wished for refreshments they might retire to the other room, but the prisoner became very abusive, and, using the foulest language, be refused to leave the place. Find ing that remonstrance had no effect, the complainant laid hold of him to put him out without disturbing his customers, when he seized on him, and tearing his clothes, broke two squares of glass, with all the crock ery that came in his way, which he valued at 30s. The prisone r , a ft er d e nyi n g that he was drunk, said that being a stranger in town, he thought he was privileged to sit by the fire as long as ho thought proper in a pubic place of entertainment, and it was the com plainant who did the damage in his endeavours to eject him from the house. The defendant's friend could no tell who first com mitted the assault, and he had already offered to pay the amount of the damage. Mr. JARDINE said it was a most flagrant case, and unless the prisoner was prepared instantly to pay the amount of damage, lie should be dealt with in as severe a manner as the law would allow. The prisoner paid the sum, together with Is. fine, and he was liberated. This morning, about half past seven o'clock, the lamplighter, Joseph York, while putting out the lights on 'Waterloo Bridge, near the Surrey side, observed something outside the balustrades ; on getting over he discovered it to be the body of a new-born, full-grown, male infant, wrapped up in a piece of linen. He took it to St. John's Church, Waterloo-road, where it remains for the Coroner's inquest. FIRES IN THE INlETRoPoLts.—During the last three months no fewer than 9.00 fires have hap pended in London, and attended with the loss of sixteen iIVENING EDITI THE MARKETS.-(THI s . tr )N . , 7 ;0 4 -'''..• .7 I D4Y.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of Grain this week have been sttfalJfr An in- - creased demand for Foreign Wheat has advanced the i)rites Is. per quarter, and English was firm at Monday's rates. Barley 2s. per quarter dearer, having little left at Market. Beans and Pease unaltered. Oats have met a dull sale this week, at the rates of Monday. The Flour trade did not mani fest any improvement. English ...... Irish Foreign ARRIVALS. Wheat I Bar leY 2, 05 qrs, i',300 qrs. Oats. I Four. E(O ;rs. i 2,Zol,acks `.9) 1,400 SMITHIELD. The supply of C a t t l e was but an average one, but the de mand being slight, the trade was very heavy, with a decline in prices. Beef and Mutton barely maintained last Monday's prices. Veal and Pork, 2d. lower. Price pc: stone of 81b., sinking the offal :—Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 4s. to 5 6 , ; %real, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; Pork, 3s. 10d. to 4s. 101 Head of Cattle at market :—Beasts, 525 ; Sheep, 3,640 ; Pigs, 568 ; Calves, 157. -- brls _ BILLINGSGATE MARKET. There were tolerably good supplies, and a fair trade, prices much as last quoted. Turbot Bs. to 255. ; Cod Bs. to Ns. ; Soles 10d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters 10d. to 4s. ; Oysters, 12s. to 40s. per bushel; Whitings sd. to 10d. ; and Had docks Bd. to s. 6d. TEA SALE--(FIFTH DAY). The Sale was rather flat, and the attendance limited. There was not much buying in, but still the sale is not brisk. The sale is now over, and a very small portion has been brought in, very much less so than for some sales last past. PUBLIC SALE OF COTTON. There were public sales of Cotton, amounting to 1,800 bales of Madras, and 4,200 of Surat were put up at sale. There was a fair attendance of the trade. and most of what was put up sold ; prices much as i rnic usly given. COLONIAL MARKET; There was not much business doing, and prices were very steady. British Plantation Surgar sold steadily at 60s. for brown, 634. for middling, and 635. for fine ; 3,200 bags Mau ritius went at 50s. to 60s. Rice has sold at 121. to 12s. 6d. for good fine Bengal. Saltpetre, a. small parcel sold at 235. Coffee, 500 bags, 9d. duty, at 565. for mid yellow• Spices were at their previous worth. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, DEC. s.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Pacific, Morrison, from Quebec: Wandsworth, Nelson, ditto; New York, Richardson, Pictou. Sailed, the Victor, Rid ley, Madras; London, Gunton, Alexandria. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 3.—Wind N. W., fresh.—Arrived the United States, Barr, from Philadelphia ; Jessie, M'Al pine, Miramichi ; Venture, Wilson, Quebec; Jona, Camp bell, ditto ; Porcupine, Cook, Smyrna. Sailed, the Tyn wald, Porteus, Vera Cruz ; Amicitia, Havatmah. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Done gal, Dixon. Corunna. FALMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Wind N.N. E. to N.—Sailed, the Tyrian packet, folthe West Indies ; West Indian, Turner, Jamaica. Off Port, the Harrison Chilton M'Gregor, Quebec. SCILLY, Nov. 30.—Sailed the Friendship, Grey, for Alexandria ; Emerald, Thomas, and Merlin, Duff, for Terceira. CORK, DEC. 3.—Sailed the Ft. John's, Newfoundland. SHIELDS, DEC. 3.—A schooner was seen to sink off the Coquette on the 30th ult. by the Advance, Park ; put back to this port with loss of bulwarks, &c. PLYMOUTH, Dac. 4 —The George, from Jersey to St. Übes was fallen in with on the 23d ult., in lat. 46, long. 7, dismasted, and half fall of water, and towed into Corunua on the 28th by the Minerva of London. VESSELS SPOKEN wrrti. —The David Scott, Spence China to Lcndon, 11th Aogust, in the Gillolo Passage, by the liasheney, arrived at Anjer. James Leman, Liver pool to St. John's. New Brunswick, 29th October, lat. 46, long. 45, by the Justitia, arrived at Newfoundland. St. Lawrence. Liverpool to Rest igouche, 28th October, lat. 47, long. .59 ; Halifax, Livertiool to Halifax,l7th ult., lat. 50, long. 18, by the Congress;lrrived at Fleetwood, EXTRACT OF A LETTER POSTED AT LLYOD'S. GENOA, DEC. 27.—The Chamber of Commerce of this city has notified having received official news, that the Ottoman Government has prohibited the exportation of wheat, and of every sort of grain, from every port de pendent on the said empire. To W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary at Llyod's. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC; JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. (From the Morning Chronicle.) It is much to be regretted that Parliament is only to meet for the dispatch of business on the 16th January, as the assembling only a few days earlier—on the 11th for instance, would, we understand, have bad a mate rial bearing on the ve r y i mportant i ssue i n which the House of Commons c an no l onger avo id act i ng with a high hand. The Sheriffs h ave unnecessar il y p. laced themselves and their officers in jeopardy. They ittih 1i " have so acted as to be secure from the Queen's Benet.. and the House of Commons ; but punished they now must be, whatever course they may hereafter adopt. The House of Commons can never suffer to be seized with impunity, at the time it is not sitting, the goods of a man for acts done in pursuance of its orders ; for were it to overlook such an infringement of its privi leges, its privileges would be at an end. The Sheriffs have, therefore placed themselves directly in opposition to the House, the resolutions of which were communi cated to them. They will soon learn, to their cost, whe the House can reach them. The House must act coer cive:y, and the means by which it can so act are well known and of sufficient efficacy. We will to-morrow return to this important subject. They who think the issue can be any longer staved off, labour under a grievous mistake. The following edifying printed hand-bill and catalogue of some of the effects of Messrs. Hansards, printers and publishers to the House of Commons, were yestey day circulated among the " trade" by Mr. Crook, the Sheriff's auctioneer : " To PRINTERS AND OTHERS—Two hydraulic presses, two standing, ditto, eleven Stanhope ditto, and one wood proof ditto, Lincoln's-inn-Fields.—To be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Crook, on the Premises, Titchbourne-court, Whetstone-park, Lincoln's-inn-Fields, on Tuesday, the 17th of December, 1839, at Twelve for One o'clock pre cisely, by order of the Sheriff of Middlesex, under a writ of ficri facias, in a cause Stockdale v. Hansard and Others.' Conditions of sale as usual. The lots to be paid for and cleared immediately after the sale. " A CATALOGUE " BACK WAREHOUSE: GROUND —Lot. I, one bydraulic press, with force pump, complete ; 2, one ditto ; 3, one standing press with Athol power ; 4, one ditto. " FIRS r PRESS -ROOM, ONE PAIR —Lot 5, one Stanhope press with bank and horse, and inking-table, complete; 6, one ditto, ditto ; 7, one ditto, ditto. " SECOND PRESS-ROOM—FIRST FLOOR.-Lot 5", one Stanhope-press, with bank and horse, and inking-table, complete ; 9, one ditto, ditto; 10, one ditto, ditto; 11, one ditto, ditto ; 12, one ditto, ditto. " UPPER PRESS ROOM—UPPER STORY.-Lot 13, ohe Stanhope-press, with bank, and horse, and inking_ table ; 14. one ditto, ditto; 13, one ditto, ditto; 16, one wood-press. "To be viewed the morning of sale. Catalogues may be had on the premises, and of Mr. Crook, Auctioner, &c.. 45, Skinner -street, Snow hill." This document, it will be observed, gives the parti culars of the general advertisement of sale we noticed yesterday. We understand that Messrs. Hansards, acting under legal advice, decline to pay the execution voluntarily, choosing that the whole proceeding against them shall be compulsory. The Sheriffs of Middlesex, their deputies, and bailiffs, will, therefore be placed in an awkward situation. From the course of the procedings, they have hitherto been acting apparently underthe forms and orders of the Courts of Westminster. Whether these officers will or not hold the produce of the sale as an indemnity against their own liability to Parliament, remains to be seen. We view the entire proceeding as most humiliating and disgraceful to the House of Com mons. The privilege of publication is essential to the due discharge of the most important functions of the House of Commons, and exercised for the benefit of the people. The advertisement above quoted glaringly ex hibits the consequences of the procrastinating and pusil lanimous conduct of the House of Commons last Ses sion. We apprehend, however, that our representatives must now take a decided course, and act on the offen sive the moment Parliament meets. It is not a little curious that the identical Report on Gaols, the subject of the alleged libel, was, by resolution (recorded in the Lords' Journals), directed to be printed by the Lords, and has been printed and distributed for the Upper House. All Parliamentary printed documents of the House of Lords are distributed by their Lordships' or ders., and copies forwarded to the reading rooms of our public institutions, such, for instance, as the British Museum. This is " publication," or amenability to the law of libel, as expounded by Lord Denman. If Mr. Stockdalc brings his action also for this publication, it remains to be seen how the Lords will defend themselves. ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL PEER —The writs for electing a Temporal Peer for Ireland, in the room of the late Lord Kingston, bearing date the 0 9th of last month (November), have issued, and notice of tile fact has been published by the Clerk of the Hanaper. SHERIFF-SUBSTITUTES.—The burgh of Wick has followed the example of several of the southern towns (which we hope will become general in Scotland) of petitioning the Lords of the Treasury in favour of an augmentation of salary to the Sheriff-substitutes. THE NORTHERN BURGIIS.—Mr. Loch,M.P., has returned south, after visiting his constitutents of the Northern Burghs, from Dingwall to Kirkwall. After the most careful and accurate investigation," says Mr. Loch, " I can assure you, that whenever a contest shall come, if it shall come at all, our majority will be most triumphant." We sincerely trust that the contest will not come ; for its only effect will be, over a wide tract of country, to cause strife and dissension, a needless waste of money, and all the idleness and dissipation usually attendant on a contested election.. But if such a struggle does take place, and if Mr. Dempster of Skibo be determined to lead the forlorn hope, we are happy to think that the result will be the same as at present.—lnverriess Courier. plunder ev ery one w h om t h ey w The neighbourhood of Salisbury is still infested A most heartless robberp was d aoyf b a y 'f' it t iel h ar e i m ndsa, o r‘kv n i:o the evening of Saturday week, canbc y o m a m g ai i a tN n t-e g almost sight of the village o f Ei s h o p s t one ; th e person being an agricultural labourer, from whom they I took a sovcreig:i, tile whole p ro du c e o f hi s wee k's labour, which s; as carrying home to his family. peon within • t:> ~~t ,N 1