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NEW WORK ON INDIA. moody, in 2 vols., small Bvo., with Illustrations, 21s. bowl& A DVENTURES OF AN OFFICER, THB SERVICE OF RITSJEET SINGH. Br MAJOR IL M. L. LAWRENCE, Pik* Artill43ey, British Resident at the Court of Nepaul, and Late kfalsitaut to tho Political Agent in chary° of Britl,ll Rotations With Lahore. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. _ _ . , a.. --. Now ready, at all the Libraries, T HE COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON'S YEW NOVEL. " STRATHERN; OR, LIFE AT HOME AND ABROAD ;" A STORY OF TEE PRESENT DAY. Hoary Colbaru, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. QA Saturday, January 4, 1845, will be Published the First Number of A New Weekly Newspaper, price 6d., under the title of youNG ENGLAND; OR, THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE EMPIRE. All Conanmelcations, Letters, and Books for the Editor, are re liplested to be addressed to Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. Office of " Yoang Engtand," No. 2, York-street, Covent-garden, flthvre Advertisements should be forwarded immediately to secure lu pin ion. *,* Orders received by all News agents and Bocaseilers through out the United Kingdom. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 20, WM be repeated a Grand Opera Syria, called THE DAIRCPITER ler ST. MARK. Lusißnano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Corner., Mr. Serrani Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison • r atarina Cornaro, Miss Rainforth. l'e conclude with the celebrated Ballet of THE PERI. Achmet, Desplaces • The Peri, Mdlle. Plunkett; Nourmahal, Mdlle. &Bryan ; Aysha, Mrs. Payne. The Box-orrice is open daily, front Ten is the Morning until Six fit the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, sad Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EENING, DECEMBER 40, Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. Strickland ' • Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe , ‘ s ; Torn Coke Idr. Webster ; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of k 6ippten, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Vedris ; :dies Rocket, Miss Julia ilcnnett. After which, will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Moritz, Mr. Charles Mathews; Minnie, Madame Vestns. l'o be feMwed a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG ZNGLAND. Ma;ev Nartinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James r .oley. Mr. Bucks;o1:1; Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Humby. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a.Malf each. T.eketa and Plates to be had of Mr. I. T. Ac cher, at the Box.office, ltr)in Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 20, Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.) *New Drama, entitletlTHE CLIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Pella that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Itlr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkin son ; Sir Joseph Rowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will Fern, Mr. udson ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Fortcocue ; Mrs. Chickenstalknr ' Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOWS (RANGER. Count Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Vanille, Mr. Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Croquet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. T. conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEMAN, In Winds Messrs. Wright, Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr . Pitt ; Leader of the land, Mr. Mellen.—Box-orlace open from Eleven till Four. Private Bowe to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. H . MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 20, Will be priaented the Comedy of WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. AVallack, Harry I hunder, Mr. titzjames; Sim, Mr. Oxberry ; Ephraim, Mr. Compton; Lady Amaranth, Mrs. Stirling; Jane, Itlrs. Brougham Amelia, Mrs. Foebroke. After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir 1 Arry Wilder, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mr Dapper, Mr. OxLerry ; Lady Caton, Mrs. Stirling. To coneltEle with a New Strand Orieatsl Ballet, calkd THE INCH AN I'ED SELL. Azolin (an Hinds* Peasant), hi. Roussett ; I almira (the Sultan's Daughter), Mile. Caroline hou,iett; Naire trieiid), Mdlle. Teresina; Ding Doug (the Genii of the Bell), Miss Marshall. Dress Circle, Se. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, Galle Is. Half-price at I..ine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2a. fid. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, ['wo Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce. t•urn Boxes, Two Guineas and a-H-Jf. Doors to be opened at Half rad six, and the Performances 0, commence at Leven o'clock. lho Bur—olive, under the directien of Mr. W. Massing!, san. rivate Ilexes and trot Allnissioas for the Season to be had at the e. HiIATLE ROYAL LYCEUM, LACE ENGLISH OeEttA, - _ _ HOU . SE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Be-engagement of Signor Camillo Sivori—To-night and Tc-morrow. f HST EVENIN't, DECEMBER 'A, Will be repeated a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin 1.11, Stanton, Collier, Yaruold, Turner, Stoker, and Keeley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. lo ne succeoded by Paganini's Adaj o and Rondo, La Clochette, I Signor Camillo Sivor. Atter which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO N; Atilt Y. Supported by Messrs. F. Mathews, Meadows ,Ind Stoker, IM . ss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Wooliidge. r. which will be added Paganini's Theme Burlesque and Carnaval de Venise, by Signor Candi() Sivori. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which ollien's Mazurka and Cellartu3 Valse will be danced by 31dI1r, .oui4e hni Adele, Mils Janes, and Mi s Fairhrother. To be followed by THE SWISS COTTAGE. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Y,rnold, Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley To conclude with a eiew Coutedietta, entitled WATCH AND Vs A RD. 'lnc characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. VVigan ; Miss Fairhrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. PRICES OF A !)MlSSlON.—tialcoity doses. 4 , .• Upper .xes, Ss.; Pit, k. ; (iaAsty, ltd. Second Price—Balcony Bog its, ; ~ p per Bo\ es, is. ; P.t, Private Boxes on the ti Air my titer el ling eight persona), Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Secot , d Tier (h,ildrng eight persons), One Ouinea and a- Half. Private II ate on the /At fier (holding six persona), One Gun ea, e Bos;-.}tlice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the diret.. , - tiros of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. (rent attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds mee This Evening, at ASTI..'"Y'S ROYAL AMPHIIHEATRE OF ART. Prtnrietor ar.d Manager, Mr. W. CATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 20, Will be repeated a New SpeAacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, lhe Race-Home and Lifo's Course of Man and Steed ; ifitrsclucing unequalled Natio] al Fete.. Beal Fox-chase on the Stage .end in the Circle oy living Fat and real Paek of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Natty of :dr Tattersall, to rouliae Cris novel production. Elmore Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenee of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse *;anship. The First I ,Vee.. of the extraordinary B. itish Vault:r and Somersault Thrriwer, Mr Price, and Maiter Chases nice, the Little komestrian Wonder, and other Novell es. .sting situ stage-manager. Mr. W D. ISroadfoot. 1.1,x-office oj:co tie. - n Eleven till live. Lessons in the Art of Riding . er Pelr, ft. Smith (Icily. Mr. BATTY Legs to a-quaint the Nob.lity, Gentry, and he itrons, that, in compli mce with numerous requests from the t untry, and by special desire, he has formed ar aneements to pre *: If, during the Christmas Holder, a S ries of EQUESTRIAN ORNING FETES and FASHIONABLE DAY PERFORM. A NCE, In commence at Half-past One, and termirate at Half-past Three : consisting of patty's S 'lend id S.-enes of Equitition in the role. The first Three Morning Performances will take place on _Monday, Dec.3l, Wednesday, Jae. 2,and Fr dey, Jan. 4. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 20. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 31 ; Highest, 40 ; Noon, 32. BAROMETER, 30.33.—W1ND, E. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the 'Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 52 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on _Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and Rain" at 29; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. 111011 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAT. 140,3 mg ... 34 minutes after 1011 livening 0 minutes after 11. land, the gallant author says—" Their stupid, selfish policy, was to injure agriculture, to check commerce, to oppress the working man, and to accu mulate riches for their own selfish pleasures. What are the people to us ? was the foul expression of Noon 11011ANIED to Lieutenant EASTRICR. Poor or rich what do we care ! If they pay us our revenue, give us our hunting-grounds and enjoyments, that is all we require. The most fertile districts was made a wilderness to form their hunting-grounds. Their Zenanas were filled with young girls torn from their friends, and treated when in the harem with revolting barbarity. In fine, the life of an Ameer was one of gross pleasures, for which the labour and blood of men were remorselessly exacted, the honour and hap piness of women savagely sacrificed." As regards their observance of treaties, we are told that " con stant evasions or direct violations of every article attended the conclusion of every treaty. Forged letters, false seals, secret forms of instruction, false assertions as to promises which had never been made by the opposite party—such were the means dili gently, systematically, and not unskilfully employed by the Ameers at all times in their intercourse with British political agents." Truly it was high time that such a fertile territory as Sinde, peopled, too, by inhabitants, simple, hardy, and industrious in their habits, should be freed from the grinding oppressions and cruelties of rulers like these ; and we can well believe that the vast mass of the Sindian population bless the hour when they were ;first liberated by British policy and valour from the heart-withering despotism of their Ameers. The present part of General NAPIER'S work is, as might be expected, merely introductory, and is principally devoted to a consideration of the many causes which rendered it absolutely indispensable in Lord ELLENBOUOUGII to take the bold step of occupying Sinde with a British army. Of that Noble Lord's system of Indian policy the gallant author expresses himself in warm terms of approbation, and hints indirectly that he fell a victim to a tribe of jobbers and selfish civilians, by whom he was uniformly misrepresented to the Court of Directors, who have themselves a lurking taste for " nepotism," which the Governor- General did all in his power to suppress. The gallant author's work is written in a style of manly glowing eloquence, and as a record of military achievements, is worthy to vie with the ablest that has ever appeared in England. Perhaps the follow ing particulars respecting the Conqueror of Sinde may amuse our readers : " Sir Charles Napier embarked at Bombay in the Zenobia steamer on the 3d of September; thus com mencing his new career upon Oliver Cromwell's fortu nate day, a coincidence which he did not fail to note with some satisfaction as a good omen. Yet the augury seemed at fault in the beginning; for scarcely had the vessel, which was full of troops, gained the open sea, when cholera broke out in the worst form, and the hideous misery of the voyage, which lasted until the 9th, shall be given in his own words:— " 'ln those six bitter days. and nights we cast fifty four dead into the sea, just one-fourth of our com panions! One passenger, it happened, was a surgeon, and he was assisted by two native apprentices belonging to the hospitals: fortunately, only two of the sailors died, or we should have been lost for want of hands. The engineer perished the third day, but happily, there were amongst the passengers two others going to the steamers on the Indus. Since landing, ten more soldiers have died, and one captain, making sixty-four in all ! This pulls down the spirits of men. It was the worst description of blue cholera. The agonies, the convul sions, the dreadful groans, were heart-rending: and then the screams of the poor women who lost their husbands and children! And, amidst all this, in the ciarkness of the night, the necessity of throwing the dead ov,rboard the instant life was extinct, to make room for the living! Then also, added to this scene of human wretchedness, the violent effects of the disease could not be cleaned, and extreme filth increased the misery. ! God he praised! it has ceased, but more troops are on this voyage, and I dread to hear ,of similar sufferings, for most of it has been caused by neglect. I have made a formal complaint to Sir George Arthur, who, I sin sure, will :air about the matter. The Commander of the Zenobia, Mr. Newman, is a noble fellow. I behave all that were saved owe their lives to him; and we, the officers, have given him a gold snuff-box in token of our gratitude.'—' On making the land both mates got drunk, and such a night-scene of confusion .I never saw. We were muariy as possible on a reef of rocks; we fired guns and rockets, but no help came. Had we struck, all must have perished; at least, all the sick, eighty in num ber: at last we cast anchor, and luckily on good holding ground.' " His first care was to provide comforts for the sur vivors of this dreadful voyage, which he ailected by the 10th, bat further mishap awaited himself. On the 131 h, while observing the practice of a rocket train, one of the fiery missiles burst, rocket and shell together, and tore the calf of his right leg open to the bone, but neither the bone itself nor the great artery was injured; tle wound was instantly stitched and dressed, and then a life of temperance, aided by a patient spirit of endurance, was repaid with a surprising cure. The hurt, jagged as it was, healed by the first intention, and in four days he was out of his tent: the fifth saw him free from fever, on horseback, travelling with an escort of wild troopers towards Ifyderabad. " Some superstition the human mind, whether strong or weak, seems always to lean towards, and several of the greatest have rested thereon; those who deal in war seldom reject predestination, and Sir Charles Napier's life, one justifying Lord Byron's remark that truth is more strange than fiction, encourages this sentiment though reason should recoil. In infancy he was snatched while at the last stage of starvation from a vile nurse; while a young boy, attempting a dangerous leap, he tore the flesh from his leg in a frightful manner; a few years later he fractured the other leg. At the battle of Corunna, struggling with several French soldiers, he received five terrible wounds, and but for the aid of a generous French drummer would there have been killed; he was made a prisoner, and his fate being long un known, ho was mourned for as dead by his:fa.mily. IA the battle of Busaco, a bullet struck his face and lodged behind the ear, splintering the articulation of the jaw bone, and with this dreadful hurt he made his way under a fierce sun to Lisbon, wore than one hundred miles! Re turning from France after the battle of 'Waterloo, the ship sunk off Flushing, and he only caved his life by swimming to a pile, on which he clung, until a boat carried him off, half drowned, for the pile was too large to climb up, and he having caught it during the reces sion of a wave, was overwhelmed by each recurring surge. Now, escaping cholera, and a second shipwreck off the Indus, and marvellously recovering from the stroke of that unlucky rocket at Kurrachee, he was again on horseback, and hastening to conduct with matchless energy a dangerous war—and he did conduct it to a glorious termination; for neither age, nor acci dent, nor wounds, had quenched his fiery spirit; but how the spare body, shattered in battle and worn by nearly fifty years' service in every variety of climate, could still suffice to place him amongst the famous cap tains of the world, is a mystery. his star was in the East ! The meeting of paper manufacturers and others concerned in the important trade in that commodity, at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, yes terday, were unanimous in the expression of their support to the resolutions submitted to them, calling on the Government to repeal the whole of the existing duty on paper. It must be evident to every observant mind that the necessary tendency of a tax upon paper must be injurious to the interests of even elementary education—and oppressive and pernicious in respect of its bearing on the general literature of the country. It is, therefore, originally vicious in its nature. But when we find it demon strated in the exceedingly able speech of Mr. DICKEN• sox, the eminent paper maker (who was voted into the chair of the meeting), and corroborated by the personal experience of Sir WILLIAM MAGNAY, the late Lord Mayor, that the duty " at present presses on some branches of the paper manufacture so heavily as to amount from 60 to 150 per cent.," and that for the collection of this revenue, on the one hand, " the Excise regulations adopted greatly im pede trading operations ;" and on the other, " the damages done to packages (of exported English paper) at the Custom-house," by vexatious opening and care less repacking, are such as to cause large parcels to be put aside and sold as waste and refuse on coming to hand at their destination :—we can scarcely imagine a branch of trade which could establish a juster claim upon the consideration of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. But the case of the paper makers is strong in every point of view ; and we agree with Sir W. MAGNAY, that the entiro repeal of the duty offers the " only adequate remedy." The depression of price ac cording to the Chairman, " had been occasioned partly by the reduction of duty," (a reduction of 14d. per lb., or one-half in the year 1836), " but partly by the evasion of payment of any duty by the fraudulent traders." How easily these frauds are practised, and to what extent, can only be judged by a careful notice of the facts detailed in the speeches we have referred to, which also show the enormous extent of the contra band importations of glazed and other papers from France, under the present defective system. Mr. GAUSEEN said that the revenue derived from the pre sent duty was 620,0001., there having been an IN CREASE of 60 per cent. since the reduction of duty in 1836." Can any fact more strongly establish the wisdom and policy of repealing the whole duty ; from which repeal, by parity of reasoning, an increase of just 120 per cent. on the whole consumption of paper, and therewith the immensely extended employment of labour (especially of female hands) in the manu facture, may be confidently anticipated ? A public meeting—the first annual one that has yet taken place—of the Association for promoting the Relief of Destitution in the Metropolis, was held yesterday, at the Hanover-square Rooms. The report which was read at this meeting, gave, on the whole, an encouraging account of the prospects of the Society, for it appears, that within the ten months which have elapsed since its organisation, upwards of fifty new societies have been formed, for the visitation and relief of the poor at their own dwellings; and upwards of a hundred societies, in different parts of London, have been brought into connexion with the metropolitan Association. Moreover, nearly a thou sand visitors of the poor have been called into exist ence since January last; and, with scarcely an exception, the whole of the most destitute parts of the diocese of London is now under a course of visiting, more or less perfect, by societies supplied with the means wherewith to meet the temporal wants of the poor. The Bishop of LONDON—who, by the bye, is far more usefully employed in advocat ing the objects which this Association has at heart, than in advocating the erection of new churches in the metropolis, when the old ones are only half-filled —observed, at the meeting, that the fundamental and most excellent feature of the Society in question was the system of district-visiting which it had established —a system every way calculated to induce the middle and upper classes to overstep the chasm which di vided them from the lower, to descend from their elevation into the vale of poverty, and hold out the right hand of charity to their distressed fellow• crea tures. "It was undeniable," said his Lordship, " that the present age was sadly deficient in that intercourse between these classes which once prevailed through out the country, and which was so conducive to good feeling towards one another." No one can doubt the strict truth of this remark, or fail to perceive—if he be endowed with only ordinary faculties of observa tion—the lamentable results that have ensued from the gradual haughty estrangement of the higher and middle classes from the lower. Of late years the mischief has been .one of rapid progress, and its fruits are now before us in the increasing demoralisa tion of the poor, and their conviction—a conviction which tends to increase their recklessness and sense of degradation—that those who, from posi tion and circumstances, should be their guardians and benefactors, are utterly indifferent to their interests, and careless whether they he in a thriving condition, or rot and die in cellars, garrets, or workhouses. But within the last year or two a more generous and Christian spirit has begun slowly to develop itself in the upper and middle ranks of society. The sig nificant warnings thrown out by " Swing," by "Re becca," and by Chartism, have not been without their effect ; and it is now at length discovered that the vast masses of the overworked and underfed poor are no longer to be neglected with impunity, for the iron has entered deep into their souls, and if they can feel a kindness, and be grateful for it, they can with still greater acuteness feel a slight, and sternly bide their time to retaliate. But it is not enough, in the anxiety to benefit their condition, simply to relieve their temporal wants, and toss alms to them with an air of supercilious commiseration ; the kindly in tercourse, the encouraging smile, the word of friend liness and sympathy spoken in season ; the frequent visit paid in an unassuming spirit to their cottages or, it may be, their hovels—these are quite as effective instruments in their way for doing good, and are even more likely to raise the poor and destitute in their own esteem, and win them back to the classes from whom they have been too long estranged, than the mere act of coldly and ungraciously subscribing to public associations for their relief. " The rich," said the Reverend T. DA LE at the meeting to which we have been alluding, " had no idea of the mine of moral wealth to be found often in the dwellings of the destitute, nor of the noble traits of character which were constantly displayed by them in their conduct to wards each other." Numerous instances of this inherent nobility of nature, flashing out in the gloomy depths of squalor and destitution, have from time to time been recorded in the columns of the public Press, and surely a class, large bodies of whom can be capable of such conduct as Mr. DALE hints at, are well worth conciliating, even at the cost of some personal trouble and inconvenience to their superiors in station 6111. Madrid journals of the 12th inst. have been received, but they add nothing to the intelligence which we have given from the Paris papers. :MADRID BOURSE, DECEMBER 12.—Three per Cents. 32i- cash, and 32i at sixty days. Five per Cents. 22 1-3 at sixty days. Floating Debt, 78 at sixty days. Coupons, 26 at fifty-seven days. Ex change on London, 37 546. The two leading Ministerial journals of Paris have taken different sides in regard to the affairs of Spain and the conduct of the present Government ; the one, we suppose, with a view to conciliate the CHRISTINA party at Madrid, and the other to screen the Court and Cabinet against the attacks of the Opposition in , the Chambers. The Globe expresses great admira tion of the conduct of NARVAEZ in pardoning the persons lately condemned to death, and asserts that he was only waiting for an opportunity to show clemency, without at the same time compromising ' his duty to the throne and public order. This is carrying flattery too far. While NARYAEZ could do nothing less than spare the life of REITGIFO, without exciting universal execration, he has obtained his banishment for life, and his agents in the north are carrying out his murderous system to his heart's content. The journals announce that three more of the unfortunate men taken at Hecho and Anso had been shot at Huesca—a striking proof of the cle mency of the Spanish Government 1 The Journal des Debats, on the other hand, denounces the atrocious system, and calls upon Spain to take warning from the melancholy example of France during the Revo lution. " We have declared a hundred times," it says, " that we are not the enemies of the present Spanish Government. On the contrary, we desire to see it gaining strength, realising its promises, and producing order and prosperity in that unfortunate country. If, to arrive at that end, it is absolutely necessary to reform the Constitution, be it so. But we cannot have two weights and two measures ; we cannot laud in General NAIVAEZ, or cover over with an indulgent silence cruelties which, with all well-think ing persons in Europe, we have stigmatised in General ESPARTERO. The blood of ZURBANO'S sons, shed without trial, and for their father's crime rather than their own, has not cried more loudly to our ears than the blood of the un fortunate DIEGO LBON. The first principle of our politics is humanity; without it, all the fine names which .parties give each other are only odious lies ; without humanity, there is neither liberty, nor progress, nor veritable order. What is it we de mand from the men who at present triumph and govern in Spain ? To justify their title of Moderadoes. What sort of moderation is that which would effect its objects, like tyranny itself, by placing beyond the law, and by executions without trial. We are re minded that France has passed through these acts. No doubt she has, and it is that which renders us mere severe to war d s t h ose w h o, w i t h our cruel good ex periencesen s be e before rue us t r et vo t y a e g ha o v od e , h in ad pla r c e e of imitating . volutionary prevotal. cou r t s , pl ac i ng men out of the pale of the law, and ex ecu ti ons en masse. We, alas ! left nothing to be invented i n th ese i h t e e a s : use w ie neither n sufficient points; all our parties have reciprocally shot, banished, guillotined each other. Blood has flowed in torrents, at one time of the Royalists, at another of the Republicans. Yet, what party has saved itself by such execrable means ? The Convention killed enough, and did it not perish in its turn ? But we have also given another example to the world. Was not the first act of the Government of July to save the lives of the Ministers who had issued the ordi nances ; and who can tell what blood that first act of courage and humanity has spared our revolution ? Blood is not arrested by blood, is ut by clemency. Such is the example which we propose to Spain and her Government ! As long as the Government shall shoot in Spain, it will have to fear being shot. As long as it shall act revolutionally, revolution will threaten it. A pardon granted to ZURBANO'S sons would have caused their stern father to drop his arms, or would have rendered him the execration of the whole world ; at present he is an unfortunate man, whom it is difficult not to pity." One of the Opposition journals at last adverts to some of the grievances to be discussed in the ensuing session, but unfortunately they are already stale. Most of them have been brought forward repeatedly in the Chambers, and the journals have written about them till even French readers have become nauseated with the endless repetitions. Our readers, of course, will presunie that these subjects are the affairs of Otaheite, Morocco, the right of search, and the royal visit to Windsor Castle. The KING, by a royal ordonnance, dated Dec. 16, has conferred the title of Duke on Baron PASQUIER, Chancellor of France, and President of the Chamber of Peers. The National thus ironically points out the services of the Noble Peer, which entitle him to this distinction : " This morning's Monileur contains great news. Baron Denys Etienne Pasquier has just received the title of Duke I Most people will laugh ; as for us, we think it woful. Devote your whole life to notoriety—court the muses and danscuses—become the favourite of Camba ceres—rise, under the protection of an imperial wing, into the prefecture de police—tumble down under the hand of Mallet—then be ready to salute an invasion, and to order the Emperor's statue to be torn from the top of his column—let the hands of the Austrians and Prussians raise you again to power—be a fl ue nt or a t o r, an elegant teller of trifles, an inevitable Minister, a De puty, a Peer, alternately President of the two Legisla tive bodies, and an unexpected member of the French Academy—weather every storm by seasonably lowering and raising your head — serve nine Governments in fifty years—keep a store of compliments ready for every dynasty, mad sugar-plums for every royal christening— exhaust yourself to attain glory and master fortune, and when years shall have frozen your blood and weakened your faculties, a man shall take you at random and make you a duke. Poor Denys Etienne Pasquier I" The same journal contains some unwelcome intelli gence for Spanish bondholders. The Madrid cor respondent of that paper says— It appears that the foreign creditors of the Spanish Government are to share in the ruin that is being effected by the Government; whilst despotism is insured to the country, bankruptcy is imposed upon the State creditors. You have seen by the late decree relative to the Three per Cent. Stock, that no notice is taken of the old Five per Cent. Debt, which principally affects foreigners. Now, on the one band, there is no longer any payment of interest ; and, on the other, the securi ties which were to guarantee the debt are destroyed. It is clear, therefore, that the interest augmenting the capital, and no resource being created for this augmenta tion, the stock will fall to a low price, and the holders of bonds will have in their hands only so much waste paper. Is this what had been stipulated ? Certainly not ; the Cortes and the Crown had solemnly pledged themselves in the face of Europe to make national pro perty the guarantee for the creditors. By the fol lowing table you will see how they have been deprived of this guarantee. The securities taken away from them are :—lst. 1,200,000,000 reels, the estimated value of the property of the secular clergy. 2d. 300,000,000 reels, the value of the nunneries which remain unsold. 3d. 200,000,000 reels, the value of the convents of the monks remaining unsold. 4th. 800,000,000 reels, the amount of the census of the secular clergy, and of the religious orders of both sexes. Total 2,500,000,000 reels (25,000,0001.) Here then is a total guarantee of 2,500,000,000 reels taken from the creditors of the , State, and particularly the foreign creditors. With this sum, and by respecting the mortgages solemnly appro priated by the Cortes to the public debt, there existed the means of wiping off in a period of eight years the sum of seven thousand five hundred millions of reals (1,875,000,0000 By the dispositions of the law regulating the sale of national prof erty, a third of the passive debt, at the rate of fifty per cent., was admitted in payment of national property ; and two-thirds of the active debt, the first third not bearing interest, and the second a debt bearing interest at four or five per cent. By this means, then, and by continuing the sale of na tional property, admitting foreigners as well as Spaniards as purchasers, and the law making no distinction between them, Spain might in eight years have com pletely paid off her old debt, and have had no other bur den titan her three per cent. debt. The advantages of this sale of national property were so considerable, both for the State and the purchasers, that since 1836 there have been disposed of in Spain 210,000 properties. The sale is now suspended, to the prejudice of the treasury and of the public auditors, and to the exclusive profit of the counter revolution. Now look at the difference which is made between the various creditors. Spaniards who had contracts with the Government during the civil war are paid with three per cent. rentes, at the rate of 32, 35, and 40 per cent. But foreigners, who lent to the State in 1834 and 1835 400 millions of reale (100,000,000 f.) at 60 per cent., and who have not had any interest since the end of 1836, are now offered three per cents. in payment of the interest due to them, but are required to receive the stock at par. And are their interests guaranteed for the future ? No. All that is proposed is to pay them in this way for what is due from 1836 to 1840. They are at the same time de• prived of the mortgages which had been granted to them of the only means which they possessed of one day re coveting their capital." THE BOURSE--WEDNEsDAY, DEC. 18. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents.. • . 120 15 .. 120 29 .. 120 .. 120 15 Three per Cents..... 84 25 •• 85 .. 84 93 .. 85 New Luau •• • . 86 40 .. 86 40 .. 86 30 .. 86 30 Bank of ..... 3275 • • 3275 • • 3270 ..3270 Gaftitte Bank, 5,000 f. SharessG92 50 —5092 50 —5085 —SCBS 13e1g;ian Bank 650 • • 660 .. 650 .. 660 Belgian Fives, 1440 . • • • .... 104 • • 104 .. 104 .. 104 1842 .• •• .. 1061 • • 1061 .• 1061 • • 1061 Two-and-a-8a1f.... 62 60 62 GO .. 62 60 .• 62 CO Spanish Threes•• •• ..... ••• 37 1 • • 371 • • 371 • • 371 Active •• •••••• •• •• 32 4 •• 331 .. 33i Passive.••.•• •••••• 6 •• G 6 Neapolitan ••••••• • • • • • • • • 95 65 .. 98 70 .. 98 65 .. 98 70 koman 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 RAILWAY SHIRES. Versailles,R.P.• •••••• • • • • • S C O • • 515 .. 500 .. 500 4 00 •• 400 .. 392 50 .. 392 50 ... lO4O • 1040 —1034 75 ..1038 75 Rouen to Havre ••• • • • 802 50 805 802 50 .. 802 50 1120 ..1123 75 ..1120 ..1123 75 Strasburg to Bale 312 50 .. 316 '25 . 312 60 .. 312 50 Ayignou to Marseilles ••• • • • 920 .• 930 .. 920 .. 927 50 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, J.u.t. 3. St. Germain • • •• •• • • ••••••10 22 50 ••1922 50 —lOl6 25 ..1016 25 .. 400 •• 400 .. 392 50 .. 395 1037 50 ..1045 ..1037 50 ..1040 Roues! toinavre••. Orleans ......... ..... ••••1112 50 ..1127 50 ..1112 50 ..1123 75 strasburg to 8a1e......•••• 312 50 .. 312 BO .. 312 50 .. 313 70 Avignon to liarseillee•••••• 922 50 .. 932 50 . 922 50 .. 927 50 MORTALITY IN TUE METROPOLIS. - The number of deaths during the week ending Saturday, Dec. 14, far exceeds that of the preceding week, and probably is the highest of the whole year. The average is 946, and the return for the week ending Dec. 7, 988, while the last return is 1,201. The increase has taken place chiefly from diseases of the throat and lungs, the total number under that head being 444, while the average is only 286. The deaths from bronchitis are 43, average 14; pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs), 145, average 79 ; asthma, 65, average 24. The deaths from small-pox are also very high-51. Of these fifteen died under 1 year, thirteen 1.3, ten 3-5, nine 5-10, two 10-15, and two 30-40 years. The suicides were five ; and seven persons, chiefly chil dren, were destroyed by burns or scalds. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. allow me to avail myself of a place in your columns, to express my astonishment at the Editor of the Times having admitted into that paper an attack upon the management of this theatre, on the mere report of an anonymous correspondent. There has never been the remotest idea of repeating The Revolt of the Harem, that ballet having been withdrawn from the play-bills by Mr. Bunn's express orders, immediately after the late mourn ful circumstance.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, _ _ _ J. COOPER, Stage-Manager. Theatre Royal Drury-Lane, 12 o'clock A.M., Dec. 20. STEAM-BOAT WHISTLE. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : Sir—Will you allow me through your columns to suggest a simple plan to prevent collision of steam-vessels in foggy weather, and which would have prevented that awful catastrophe at Greenwich on Tuesday with the Sylph and Orwell ? The railroad engine has its whistle, and why not the steam-boat ? which might be kept up during the whole of the passage in a crowded river during such a fog.—l am, Sir, yours respectfully, G. Long-acre. PRESENT OF BLOOD HOUNDS PROM THE PRINCE CONSORT TO THE REIGNING PURE Of SAXE COBURG AND GOTHA.—At the sale of the Hon. Mr. Bagot ' s cele brated pack of Blithfield blood hounds, which took place at Derby, last week, five were purchesed for Prince Al bert, by an agent of his Royal Highness, viz., Countess, for 11 guineas ; Forester, 15 guineas Needwood, 6 guineas ; Rummager, 22 guineas , and Vengeance, 9 guineas. Two of these hounds were presented by Prince Albert to his brother, the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, who took them with him in the Black Eagle to Ostend, on Tue , day last. By the will of the late Colonel Olney, who died in 1836, the sum of B,OOOL is given to the Corporation of Gloucester on the death of his wife, upon the condition that the Council should, within ten years after the testa tor's demise, provide a suitable site for building some almshouses. Of the principal sum of 8,0001., 1,3001 is to be spent in the ere c ti on , an d 100/. in furnishing, leaving the interest of 6,6001. to support the establish ment. The providing of a s it e h a s lately engaged the attention of the Council, and in order that the poor may not lose the benefit of the bequest, some of the members have offered to subscribe towards the purchase of land for the building. It is curious, however, that the weekly allowances to the number of inmates, clothing, &c., pre set ibcd by the testator, exceed in amount the interest of the money, so that it will probably be necessary to apply to the Court of Chancery for a new appropriation. The rase offers a serviceable hint to benevolent individuals, either to see their bounty laid out properly during their lifetime, or to leave their wealth unclogged by condi tions which may swallow up the principal portion in li tigation. FATAL CAB ACCIDENT.-011 Wednesday evening, between four and five o'clock, a fine little boy, named Thomas Appleby, the son of highly respectable parents, , residing in Crescent-place, New-road, was run over by a cab at the end of Judd street, and killed on the spot. The driver was called on to stop, but refused to lend the least assistance, and drove on towards the City at the same furious pace, and has since then escaped detection. :, r 4 4 . ~, t • A '' t l iil :i 7 : '- Aft . ,4f 4V11114\ Z7 , :,..-?, ~4 -- 0 , .:p„, ~ •;., ~ii,,- , . 1 1 , .f-,4 1 ,-,*, - ~„ ! W:, 70- ' , l , '' ' . , I. ~. , , SECOND EDITION. eirk 111. LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1844. When the question of the occupation of Sinde by British troops under the command of Sir CHARLES NAPIER was before the public, engrossing people's attention in no ordinary degree, and creating a sin gular diversity of opinion among men of all parties, The Sun was among the few journals that, from the very first mooting of the question, strenuously insisted on the occupation of that Indian province. 'She majority of our Contemporaries were decidedly opposed to us on this knotty point, arguing that the ltritish Government had no moral or legal right to snake war on Sinde, and that it was a most iniquitous azt of aggression, which would scarcely fail, in the 1 ng run, to be attended with disastrous consequences. _' espite these arguments, which were urged from tine to time with considerable force and ingenuity, we still adhered to our original opinion; for, in the first place, we were well aware of the treacherous c mduct of the Sindian Ameers, who set at nought their most solemn and deliberate pledges ; laughed at the idea of maintaining the faith of treaties, and suede them with us and broke them just as it suited t .air convenience, so that there was absolutely no i :lying on their sense of honour and justice ; secondly, i: was a notorious fact that these degraded Ameers were tyrants of the most remorseless- and incurable character, who oppressed the miserable people sub j..eted to their sway with the most cruel exactions, exceeding in this respect all that has been recorded of l'irpoo SAIB and his father, Ihnza ALI, and had, consequently, no claim on the forbearance of the Pritish Government, with which they had so often played fast and loose ; and, thirdly, they had the un controlled possession of the river Indus from its mouth for several hundred miles up the country, and blocked us out, whenever they pleased, from this great highway of nations, thereby crippling our means of extending and multiplying the commercial resources of India, and preventing us from keeping that quick, vigilant watch on the Affghans, the relochees, and the wild tribes of the contiguous pro vinces, which recent events have shown to be indis p...nsably necessary to the safety of our Indian em ?lre. For these and other reasons, not necessary here to enumerate, The Sun was a constant advocate for the occupation of Sinde; and we are glad to find our AriOtlorttitivase adopted by the celebrated author o: the""l4to of the Peninsular War," Major " Conquest Cenerafg -: who, in his work on the of Sinde ftl .4 l 4, t part of which has just made its 1 eppearanoe‘--m that the occupation of that i country rots i t t necessarily growing out of Lord ' A neg./41'6X njiitaken policy, and which subsequent events hid ..relidered every way &tensible. Speaking of the Sindian Ameers, for whose downfal so much spurious syz Apathy was at one time expressed in Eng- ! THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1844. THIS DAY'S NEWS. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir J. K. BRucE.) PALLIN V. GATHERCOLE. The plaintiff in this case is the rector of Stafford, in Essex, and the defendant, the Rev. Mr. Gathereole, is the editor of the Churchman newspaper, both beingclergymen of the Established Church. The plaintiff had obtained as injunction of the Court, restraining the defendant from publishing certain letters relative to the plaintiff which were alleged by the latter to be of a libellous nature. Mr. WIORAM now applied to the Court to have that injunction dissolved, and on the part of the plaintiff there was a cross-motion for the committal of the defendant for contempt. (The arguments were proceeding when we went to press.) QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) Lord Denman sat at Nisi Prius this morning, at the Guildhall, with a London special jury. The Court was engaged the whole morning in trying the case of the Queen v. Ellis, an indictment for perjury, which will not in all probability be finished this evening. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Chief Justice TINDAL.) Wm. Hill, aged 30, plasterer, was indicted for felo niously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Charles John Chitty, and stealing therefrom certain silver spoons, a waistcoat, and other articles, value 5Z It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner was occasionally employed about the house of the prosecutor to do some jobs for him, and when there was no business for him to do he frequently obtained food and other as sistance from the prosecutor. He thereby obtained a perfect knowledge of the premises, which he turned to the evil purpose of robbing his benefactor. The house was found to have been broken open and the articles mentioned were taken away. On making inquiries they were discovered at a pawnbroker's in the neighbourhood, and the pawnbroker identified the prisoner as the per son who stole them. Verdict, Guilty.—Sentence, 14 years' transportation. Wm. Cox, a young boy, who could scarcely see over the bar, was indicted for stealing 131. 10s. from John Cross Humby. There could be no doubt from the evi dence that the prisoner was guilty, and the jury found accordingly. The CHIEF JUSTICE, in passing sentence on the pri soner, which was twelve month' imprisonment, dwelt on the youth of the offender, and advised him to be cau tious how he committed such a crime again. NEW COURT (Before the RECORDER and Alderman HUGHES.) Sarah Diprose was charged with having stolen a table cloth and other articles, the property of Mr. J. Clay worth, her master. Mr. Doano conducted the case for the prisoner. The prisoner, it appeared, had been employed on va rious occasions by the prosecutor in the capacity of char woman, and that whilst so engaged she had access to va rious parts of his dwelling, in which property of consi derable value was kept. After she had been in his ser vice for some time, several articles were missed, and sus picion fell upon the prisoner, and on a search being made duplicates were found which led to the discovery of the stolen property. A pawnbroker prothieed the stolen articles, which were identified by Mrs. Clayworth as her husband's property. She missed them while the prisoner was in her house. The RECORDER summed up, and the jury found the prisoner Guilty. There was another charge against her of stealing linen from another employer, but she was not tried upon that indictment. It appeared that ihe prisoner had been proviou , ly con victed of felony, and had been tried and convicted in this Court. This was proved by a certificate, which state() that in May, 1841, she was convicted in this Court, and sentenced to seven years' transporiation by his Lordship. The RECORDER inquired how it was that that sen tence had not been carried out ? The gaoler said that, after having been confined for the period of three years, in the lillbank Penitentiary, she was liberated by the Secretary of State for the Home Department in May last. The RECORDErt, in passing sentence upon the prisoner, told her that she had abused the lenity which had been shown t 3 her by that high quarter, and that there was no hope of reforming her in this country ; the sentence of the Court, therefore, was, that she be transported beyond the Seas for ten years. The sessions will terminate to-day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY ) Edward Murray, a veteran soldier-looking man, be tween 50 and 60 years of age, was charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. Police-constable, No. 87 of the C division, stated that between twelve and one o'clock this morning he found the defendant in Wardour-street excessively drunk, and supporting himself against the shutters of a shop win dow. Witness asked him if he lived there ; he replied " No ;" but afterwards said he resided up the street. Witness said, " Which is the house ?" The defendant said, "The glorious 42d! Waterloo! Charge charge !" Witness seeing him so disorderly, charged him accord ingly at the station-house. Mr. HARDWICK—What have you to say, sir, in answer to the charge against you of being drunk and incapable of taking care of yourself ? Defendant—My good Sir, the fact i 5 this ; I served in the 42d—that is, I had the honour to do so—with many brave fellows, at the me morable battle of Waterloo. It is, I believe, allowed that the 42d did their duty there. Mr. HARDWICK—But what has that to do with your being found in the state you were ? Defendant (good humouredly)—Why, I'll let you into the secret. I met last evening with several brother officers, and while talk ing over past and stirring events, we had a pretty con siderable skirmish with sundry bottles of wine, and I have the satisfaction of saying that I firmly believe that the 42d did their duty as usual. Mr. HARDWICK—I shall discharge you ; but don't come here again in the same character. Defendant—l thank you, Sir ; but I hope you'll have the candour to admit that the 42d always do their duty. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 20., NOON.—Wind easterly, fresh breeze and fine clear weather. DEAL, DEC. 19.—Wind E. to E.N.E., fresh breeze.— Arrd. Nestor, M'Meikam, Calcutta ; Ann Falcon, Bouness, Mauritius ; Golden Fleece, Hubback, Bahia ; Minerva, Ogden, Nassau. Sid. Hebe, Valparaiso, Nor wood, Algoa Bay; Cecilia, Ichaboe; Sam Slick, Gambia; Catherine Greene, St. Kitt's ; Cremona, Charleston, and the outward bound. PORTSMOUTH, DEc. 19.—Wind S.E. to E.—Arrd. Hercules, Lightfoot, Quebec. Off, Amwell, Kilton, Hobart Town ; Robert Heddle, Cape Coast Castle. OFF TORBAY, DEC. 18.—City of Poonah, Hight, Madras, left the Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 26, St. He lena, sth ult. OFF THE NEEDLES, DEC. 18.—Eliza Bell, Bell, Bahia to Bremen. HULL, DEC. 11.—The Maria Amelia, from London to Hamburgh, has put into the Roads through stress of weather. BRIXIIAIII, DEC. 18.—A butt of brandy marked A.—P.F.—No. 727, has been picked up off the Bolt. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, OCT. 25.—Arrd. the Pre cursor steamer, Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 19.—S1d. Royal Tar steamer, Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Princess Royal, Ichaboe. ASCENSION, PREVIOUS TO OCT. 26.—Arrd. John, of London, Ichaboe, leaky. LEITH, DEC. 18.—A for( ign vessel is supposed to have been wrecked upon the Carne Rock, some wainscot logs, and the stern of a boat, marked " Davis, Barth," have come on shore. CROOYHAVEN, DEC. 16.—A barque dismasted, and with bows stove, and abandoned, was boarded 10th ult., lat. 49 lon. 36, by the Hiram, arrived here. A schooner, from Waterford to England, is off this in a disabled state. YARMOUTH, DEC. 19.—A black head-board, marked " Mary," was picked up on the beach, sth inst., when a great many burnt deals were washed ashore at the same time. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Daniel Webster, Charleston. Coax, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Sir J. L. Goldsmid, Jobson, Cuba. Sld. Ergent, Buenos Ayres. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19.—Wind E.S.E., moderate.— Arrd. Joshua Waddington, Bottomby, Valparaiso ; Meg of Meldon, Bleasden, Calcutta ; Inovoice, Rawlin, Icha bo Sid. Jargar, Calcutta ; Matthew Pearce, La Guayra ; Argyle, New Orleans ; Carlton and Speed, Savannah. CORR, DEC. 17.—The Borneo, of Beverley, water logged and abandoned, was passed on 'the 7th ult., lat. 30 lon. 69, by the Sir I. L. Goldsmid. THE FUNDS-(C OSING PRICES. BRITISI Bank Stock 209 3 per Cent. Red lOO% 3 per Cent. Cons per Cent. Red New SU per Cent. 103% New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 l2 1-16 Oct. 1859 H FUNDS. Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — Pm Ditto under £l,OOO 75 pm . South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Fix Bills, 1,0001. I%d 6O Pm. Ditto 5001. ......... pm. Ditto Small 5B pm. Bank Stock for Acct 209 Consols for Opg lOO% India Stock for Acct N FUNDS. Russian, 5 per Cent............ Ditto, Metallic ..... Spanish, 5 per Cent., 1840... 25% Ditto, 1841 Ditto, 1842........» — Ditto, Ditto, 1844 Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct — French, 5 per Cent....... —t - c. French, 3 per Cent. —f. Exchange —f. —e. Dutch, 2% per Cent ...... Ditto,:s per Cent ... Jan. 1860 Indian Stock FOREIG Austrian, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent 102% Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Chllian, 6i per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent . . ....... Greek, 185, 5 per Cent — Mexican, 5 per Cent ..... Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct SHARES. Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 paid WM Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid London and Blackwall (161.135. 4d.) 674 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (12t. 1.55. 4d. paid) O%, London and South Western (411.65. 10d. paid) 75 London and York, 234 paid 4% Lynn red Ely, 1M paid Midland 000 paid) Newcastle and Berwick 1% paid 7% Northern and Eastern (46 paid) Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 35% North Kent, 2% paid 34; Norwich and Brandon, S paid 1314 Richmond and West End Junction, lipid 1 Rugby, 1 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4tl paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) lO2 Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen. 2 0 paid 41M Faris and Strasbourg, 2% paid 3 SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vublitz eptuttin, " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the French received on Monday evening Prince Paul of Wurtem berg, the Neapolitan Chargt d'Affaires, the Archbishop of Rheims, Count Hippolyte de la, Rochefoucauld, Baron de Barante, Generals Durosnel, Schneider, De Colbert, Lagrange, Aupick, De Mornay, and Marbot, Admiral Le Ray, and Baron Mechin. The inscription of the marriage of the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale was on Tuesday formally entered in the registers of the Etat-Civil of the Royal Family. By a royal ordonnance, dated December 16, the King has conferred the title of Duke on Baron Pasquier. The French Academy has unanimously elected M. Patin, in the place of M. C. Nodier, to the office of Secre tary of the Standing Committee to draw up the new Dictionary of the French language. The annual mass in celebration of the anniversary of the arrival in Paris of the remains of the Emperor Napoleon, was performed on Monday, in the Church of the Invalides. The Governor and his staff, all the inva lides not confined by infirmity or illness, and a great number of officers and soldiers of the old, as well as of the present army, attended in uniform. The navigation of the Seine, which was stopped for some days by the floating ice•blocks, has become per fectly free again. It is reported that Zurbano is in Madrid, watching an opportunity to put Narvaez to death. The Moniteur Grec, of the 29th ult., affirms that the people of Greece are in the enjoyment of perfect tran- quillity, and the real position of the population forma a direct contrast with the language of certain journals of Athens. On the 13th ult.. the Emperor of Russia issued an ukase for the establishment of gratuitous elementary and superior schools for the children of Jews, and with all the same privileges and advantages as the gratuitous schools for Christians. In the Jewish schools, none but Jewish professors are to be employed for the religious part of the education. The professors for the other branches of education, may be either Jews or Christians. Many of the disabilities under which Jews serving in th4l army laboured, are also abolished. The supply of truffles this year is reported to be but scanty. They were sold last week at 13rive for Bf. the lb., and as much as 10f. the lb. has lately been paid for them at P6rigueux. The journeymen bakers at Rochefort having com bined against their masters to obtain an advance of wages, about twenty of them have been arrested, and the Major-General of the Marine has placed a sufficient number of the Government bakers at the disposal of the Municipality, during the strike, to keep up the supply of bread to the inhabitants. An eruption of Mount Etna, remarkable for its bril liancy, took place on Nov. 30. It was visible at Malta, notwithstanding the distance between that island and Sicily. The Piethrontese Gazette fully confirms the accounts given in private letters of the severe cold lately expe rienced at Turin. It states, on the night of the 6th, the thermometer fell to 20 degrees Centigrade below the freezing point (4 below zero of Fahrenheit), and that three carts arrived at the gates of Turin with the carters lying in them, frozen to death. The cold was aho very severe in Tuscany. The roads between Florence and Leghorn were covA.ed with snow at the date of the last accounts. At seven in the morning of the 10th inst., the thermo meter at the Hague was at 20 degress below zero of the Centigrade scale, 4 below zero of Fahrenheit. 31.A.1i€7 AND POLIC2I. At the Exeter Assizes John Goodwin, a private of the 13th Dragoons, was indicted for stabbing a woman, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. This was the only case for the city of Exeter. After the prose cutrix and other witnesses had been briefly examined, Mr. Baron Alderson went over the facts of the case, pointing out the discrepancies between the evidence of the prosecutrix and the other witnesses, when the jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. His Lord ship then, addressing the jury, said he found the papers had denounced this case as a "horrible and bloody assassination." Such prejudging the case in the papers which were circulated among the jury was an outrage on public justice, and could not be too strongly censured. Peter Phillips, William Doddemead, and Thos. Baths), were convicted of setting fire to a rick of wheat, th,. property of George Kean, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. _ _ _ EIL Daley, Elizabeth Daley, her daughter, and Jas. Daley, her son, were indicted, at Liverpool, for unlaw fully exposing a child. The parties had been indicted at the last assizes for an attempt to murder, but were acquitted on the ground of a variance between the in dictment and the proof. James Daley, Not Guilty; Eliza Daley and Elizabeth Daley, Guilty. To be impri soned twelve calendar months. William Burgess, implicated in the Bank forgery, was covicted at the Central Criminal Court, and sen tenced to be transported for life. In the New Court James James, who has been many years an active officer in the metropolitan and rural police, and four years turnkey at the Brixton house of Correction, was convicted of stealing a truck or barrow, value 30i., the property of Richard Burt, at Clapham, and sentenced to IN: , transported for seven years. William Edbury, a clerk in the Post-office, was con victed of stealing a half-sovereign and two shillings, the property of the Right Hon. the Postmaster-General of her Majesty's Post-office, and sentenced to be kept to hard labour for two years. At Union-hall Charles Richert was brought ap for final examination, charged with stealing a gold watch and chain, the property of Miss Williams, of Stamford street, and Fanny Dronsart as an accessory in the robbery. Mr. Cottingham said that, having heard all the evidence, he should commit Richert for trial to the Cen tral Criminal Court, and adjudge the young woman Dronsart to put in bail to appear at this court on the day after the Old Bailey Sessions commenced, to give the complainant an opportunity of preferring a bill of indict ment against her as an accessory after the fact. COI aT—r aiSEION.&B 2141. The Duke of Devonshire, who left Devonshire House on Wednesday, for Brighton, to visit the Earl and Countess of Granville, will not be absent from town beyond Monday next. The Noble Duke shortly re turns to Chatsworth, and will there receive a succession of visitors during the approaching festive season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter have ar rived at Burghley House from visiting the Marquis of Salisbury at Hatfield House. The Earl and Countess of Ripon, and Lord Goderich, are staying at his Lordship's villa, at Putney. his Lordship is improved in health. Lord Goderich will not attain his majority until 1848. The Earl of Falmouth and his mother, the Countess, are passing the winter at Woolhampton Hall, Berkshire. The Earl of Denbigh, accompanied by Lady Mary Fielding and family, is among the English aristocracy at Borne. The Marquis of Bristol is still at St. James's-square, but his Lordship will shortly leave town for his marine villa at Kemp : town. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and the Ladies de Burgh, at the date of the last letters from Rome, were still in that city. Mr. George Byng, M.P., and Mrs. Byng, returned, on Saturday last, to their mansion in St. James's-square, from Torquay, Devon, and have since left for Wrotham Park, near Barnet, where the Hon. Member will display his customary hospitality at Christmas. Visceunt and Viscountess Palmerston purpose enter taining a large party at Broadlands, Hants, during the Christmas; The visitors are expected to assemble on Monday and Tuesday next. Lord and Lady Wharncliffe entertained the Duke of Devonshire and a select party at dinner on Tuesday evening, at their mansion in Curaon-street. DICISOZZLA3r2IOI:7II. At a meeting of Middlesex Magistrates, held at the Sessions House on Thursday, Mr. Pownall was elected Chairman in the room of Mr. Sergeant Adams, resigned. A ballot took place, as Mr. Rotch was also put in nomi nation, when the numbers were—For Mr. Pownall, 70 ; and for Mr. Botch, 25. _ The recent decease of the Hon. Robert Otway Cave, without issue, will cause the right to the Barony of Braye to devolve, after the present Baroness, upon her four daughters, amongst whom it will be in abeyance, her Majesty having, by letters patent, limited the same to the present Baroness and the heirs male of her body. On Wednesday night some gentlemen who were pre sent at Drury-lane Theatre, tied made acquainted with the praise Worthy conduct of M'Carthy on Saturday night last, at the late dreadful catastrophe, raised a pri vate subscription among themselves for the poor fellow's relief, which amounted to upwards of 101. On Sunday, the Bth, and last Sunday, the 15th inst., sermons were preached in the churches of Tottenham parish, in aid of the funds of one of the parochial schools, when the amount received was 51/. In 1843 it was 701., and in 1842 711. 99. Such are the blessings of Puseyism. The Lord Bishop of St.Asaph has distributed clothing to upwards of 400 poor families in St. Asaph and the neighbourhood, and is giving food daily to those who are in need. The Regalia were removed a short time since to Messrs. Garrard's, the Crown jewellers, in the Hay market, for safe custody, while the necessary works were going on in the new fire-proofapartment, which has been constructed expressly for them in the Tower. On Tuesday last they were removed from the premises of Messrs. Garrard to the Tower. The public are now ad mitted to view them as usual. To•morrow being t. Thomas's-day, the usual ward. motes will be held in the various City wards for the election of Common Councilmen for the ensuing year. Most of the wards will be represented by the same Com mon Councilmen. The wards that will be contested are Portsoken, Ctipplegate Within, and• Farringdon. Without. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.—A spe eial meeting of justices of the county of Middlesex took place yesterday, for the election of a chairman, at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell- green. There was a very numerous attendance of magistrates. Mr. Tulk took the chair. The tw o candidates put in nomination were Mr. Pownall and Mr. Retch. The first was proposed by Mr. Wilks, seconded by Mr. Walesby ; and the last named gentleman was proposed by Captain Bague and seconded by Mr. Whi3kin. The ballot commenced shortly after twelve o'clock ; and terminated at three o'clock, when the scrutineers, Mr. Witham and Mr. Orm, announced the result, namely:—Fur Mr. Pownall, 70; and for Mr. Retch, 25. Mr. Pownall was accord ingly declared duly elected. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS _CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A very large business was done in Cotton at Liver pool yesterday, and the market had a lively aspect, but prices were not higher. Speculators took 3,500 bales and the entire sales amounted to 100,000 bales—viz.. 1,100 Pernara, at 4,-Id. to si-d.; 100 Bahia, at 50. ; 300 Maranham, at 41d. to 51d.; 200 Egyptian, at Sid. to 6d. ; 400 Surat, at 20. to 2:1d.; and the rest Ame rican, at 3-id. to sd. per lb.—Shares were steady. Bristol and Gloucester, 37i ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 21 ; Eastern Counties, 14* ; Grand Junction, 223 ; Ditto, Eighth, 17 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half, 102 ; Ditto, Quarter, 574- ; London and Birmingham, Quarters, 27 ; Ditto and South-Western, 83f ; Ditto and York, 4* ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 52 ; Mid land Counties 112 k; South-Eastern, 38k; Ditto, New, 12; Lyons and Avignon, 21. 14s. ; Paris and Lyons, 31. 3s. ; I Ditto and Rouen, 40-a ; Strasburg and Bale, 12i ; Tours and Nantes, 2 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5k ; Cen tral of France, 111. There are various additional accounts in town today from the Cape of Good hope, but we do not learn that they contain any information of interest. It may have been observed that the Commissioners of Emigration have taken steps to ascertain the names of those parties who are entitled to the bounty, and to lots of land on their arrival out in the colony, which if not attended to soon, the privilege so afforded will cease. The present dates from the Cape are to the 25th of October. Some additional vessels had left the Cape for Guano, at Ichaboe. A very strong feeling is expressed among the slier chants of the City in favour of the repeal of the duty upon raw cotton. Those connected with the export trade with the United States believe most confidently that the result would be to increase the demand for our manufactures, even in the Republic, to an enormous amount. A meeting of the merchants interested is, it is said, in contemplation, in order to memoralise the Government upon this most interesting subject. The reduction of the duty on paper, it is also hoped, may be accomplished if strenuous exertions are made by the manufacturers. We are informed, on the authority of a letter received at the Hall of Commerce this morning, that the Precur sor steamer bad arrived out, after a passage of 45 days• In the Consol market not much business has been transacted to-day. The price for the Account is firm at to i per cent. above par ; Reduced Three per Cents. have been quoted at 1001 A rise in Exchequer Bills has taken place to 605., and upon India Bonds to 755. premium. The new Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have advanced to 3i 'per cent. above par. Bank Stock is at 208. In the Foreign Stock market the principal opera• tions have been in the Dutch Securities, the Two-and a- Half per Cents. having fluctuated from 63i to 64, and the Four per Cents. from 97i to 97i. There has not been any transactions in the Belgian Bonds to-day. Spanish Consols are steady at 25i ; and the Three per Cents at 31 The New French Scrip has been in demand at 1* premium. For Mexican Stock 36 and 36i have been the quotations, and for Portuguese Converte 61 to 58f. _ A very - firm market has ruled to-day for all the princi pal Railway Shares, and in some instances advanced prices have been realised. The Real del Monte Mile Shares, unregistered, have beenquoted at 41 per share. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.): Bank Stock for Account 2014 pyer Cent.,Reduced Annuities ....... 10034% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities. ... .. 1033 r tto undei Consols for loovit Exchequer Bil Li. I%d. 134 d. 1.. .........•• 58 60 pm. 60 58 pm. Ditto 5ma11.... mese. .... •••••••••••• 60 58 pm. Ditto Advertised:"... ........... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent Mexican Bonds, 1237, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account... ....... ............. .. Ditto Defers ed 5t0ck................. ...... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. ............. Ditto Converted ....... •..•. ....... M P • 00 • . ••••••••• SO 5834 Ditto for the Account ... Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1 8 40 25 Ditto for the Account 2534 Ditto Passive Bonds ... ....... •••••• . •••••••• ••••••• 6 36 ~-,•••••• '"`see per Cent. ••••••••••••••••••••«••••••« 37% the Acc0unt...................... ,er Cent 5................. ............ 0434 U 3% i. o ' , to fiir - the Account ... ....... ............ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates. . ...... 97%%34 % Dutch 5 per Cent 5........................ ....... 0236 PIRCES OF SHARES IHIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS, PAID: PER SEAR& Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 ........ 9234.... to •-• Bristol and Gloucester.... ....... 30 .... 3BN to --" Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead ti ...mom 5 Cburnet Valley', 2 ........ 3 3 4 - Dublin and Belfast Junction ...... 23; ...... 4 ...." to ».... Dublin and Osiway - E4stern Counties ..... .......... 25 ..»..„, 14%%: to •-• Great Southein and Western (lreland) 5 ••••••... 103{ t .«....10 Great Western " ........«•...... .. 75 ......151) g 152 to 151% Ditto Fittb5........ • •........•.... 12 ««.»,• 28 London and Birming ham. a••••• • • • 100 ...ern., 22114 to lOW London and Brighton ............. 50 ........ 52%34 to 16 London and South Western .... 4134 . ... 75% London and Y0rk..... .............• 234•........ 4304 ••• to ;7 4 Midland .....». ................ ...... 100...... 112 ......." to ''' k 4 Birmingham and Derby ..„....... 100 - " Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 24 Northern and Eastern ............. 45 South Eastern and Dover ........ 3336 Trent Va11ey?......... ... 2 ..«.».. 9%.. •. 1 0 - York and North Midland Boulogne and Amiens 2 ........ 534% ... to --• Orleans and Vierson Orleans and Bourdeaux Paris and Lyons 2 SUS, to •••• Paris and 0r1ean5..................... 20 •.....•• 43 %* ••• W 41 Paris and. R0uen...................„ 20 ....... - 40% Strasburg and ,Bale .... ....... .... 14 Ditto 1 Dutch MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 19.---We had a fair business doing at steady prices, with a go 7, demand for Shares generally:—Eastern Counties, 141' *; Lancaster and P res t on, N ew Quarters, 4i; Anil and Brighton, 511 ; Ditto, Loan Notes, 12k; Eighth Shares, 2 5-16 ; Manchester and Leeds, 11 ' Ditto and Birmingham, 511 ; Ditt o , Q uar ter Shares',o: 4 15-16; South Eastern, 381 ; Ditt o, N ew, 12; Dit",,t New Creation, 10; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2i; Churni Valley, 31 7-16; Trent Valley, 9; West Yorkshire, 7ii Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 101. 18s- MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY•) CORN-EXCHANGE—FRIDAY. • lel The which, of English Wheat here was very ho l the owing to and the fair attendance of dealers, t o demand ,for that article was steady at fully Mond ay quotations. Foreign Wheat, free of duty, was in request, and previous rates were steadily supported. i:1 quantity of English B ar l e y was no t l arge, yet the was dull, without any variation in price. Foreign e i ley was pl en tif u l, an d th e distillers sup pl ied theinsel er with the best s ort s a t p rev i ous ra t es . Th e b es t ten A , Malt was in request, but other qualities were t r ; Owing to the contrary winds, the arrivals of Oats, small ; yet buyers held b ac k, i n ant i c i pat i on o f pea "" rivals. Other Grain as on Monday. ARRIVALS. I Wheat. Barley. English ..... ..... 1,690 qrs. 1,650 qrs• 1 ri5h ............. - . M.OlOO Foreign. ..... .... .---- 0 -- Malt. 1,270 are. IMIITFIPMCI.D. I For the time of year we h a d a fair average suPP II he Be- . .. tile t Oats. 50 12'% 9,180 qrs. ,easts, both as respects number and quality, w hile er , Beef trade was firm, and Monday's quotations l i . md steadily supported. Scarcely a s i ng l e h ea d o f forelva stock was offering, while the receipts from So tifi tt were small. Sheep, the supply of w hi c h was g ood, Do a sluggish demand, yet we can notice no a lterations prices. In Calves very little w a s d o i ng , ye t the D o t remained stationary. Pigs : were a d u ll sa l e , be 19 1 cheaper. Milch Cows sold h eav ily a t f rom 161 to each. Per Sibs. to s ink the efial. ,d„ tO 6 4 ' ° I d. to s.. Interior Beasts - ... .... 210 3 ( Second qualityditto 3 4 4 ° Second quality ditto." 3 2 3 6 Coarse.woolled ditto 310 4 4 Prime large Oxen.... 3 8 4 2 Southdown Wethers 4 9 .... 4 Prime Scots, &c. ...... 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of the wool -" 5 Large coarse Calves... 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs s 0 4 0 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 4 Small Porkers..., 3S „00 t Suckling Calves, each 18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs, eachl9 ,", 0 " Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. Calve.. 1 rio 94 1, 1,369 5,130 145 1ffE17713.11.TE1 AND sia.anzicaniza. s ad These was a large supply of. Meat, yet the de° was steady, at full prices. At apex stone, by the Carcase. al. . to s. d. i . d. t- s i Beef, inferior 2lO 3 0 Mutton, inferior ..... 2 1 ,1 s i s - middling 3 2 34 - middling 3 - 9 1 6 -prune large ..... 3 6 38 - prime 0 3 S 0 - prime small ...... 3 8 310 Pork, 1arge....... ... 2 ; 4 Veal ........«:.»«....«.. 3 4 4 4-small. 3 BOROUGH HO! DAIEURXET. bit The supply of Hops on offer in this market i s l it limited, yet the demand is in a s l ugg i s h s t a te, a t for' week's quotations. Holders generally are looking ward to higher rates. 90 10 OOLONXAL Suoeu.—This hasbeenaquiet week in Sugar produce generally, and the Colonial markets clo s e 10 evening for the holidays, not re-op en i ng until tv:. W re. January. B r iti s h Pl an t a ti on h as b een i n moderar„c quest at full prices, and the sales to l as t eveningLA - 01 sive ar e 1,250 hhd s . A t auct i on 1 00 hhds Than 6ti sold is to 2s per cent. higher for mid and good, !Pe to is for l ow ; goo d y e ll ow wen t a t 62 a 6 d to 648 v ' at 55s to 56s 6d per cwt. r REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been at 73s P 6- b e ett, EAST INDIA.—Most of the Bengal put up ha s °, 6 4 withdrawn, but some Khaur at auction realised 4 #1 3 e0 to 438 for low heavy damp brown. Mauritius ha s ;cis , neglected, b u t 249 b ags o f t h e new crop so ld a t full P r ', oo ‘l fine yell ow a t 66 5, goo d m id at 57 s to 6 7 8 6d, and brown at 50s to 50s 6d per cat. a 5 COFFEE.—B r iti s h Pl an t a ti on h as b een dull, - ,.. 11 0 iR casks,' 119 b r l s , 21 b ags o ff ere d b y auct i on were tio` oo d at 51s to 52 8 f or fi ne or d grey B er bi ce . Ceylon' te ord has be en so ld p r i va t e l y at 51 s to 51 s 6d Per„ at but the dem an d a t p resent i s li m i te d ; 1,476 134 ' 0 0 auction nearly all sold, bat is to 2s per os r lower, good o rd pale 50s to M s 6d, fine oroid 538 6d, and a few lots Plantation sort 69s for lo vi and 63s to 71s for pea berry. In Mocha 630 bal e d at cases were tak en i n at 75s for mid pale grecni sh A an 688 for mid yellowish. There have been only 17- b c ly Bahia sold by auction at 20s 6d to 26s 6d for sea maged. ocquooAta.—tioßnrs ; itis a h nd Plantation titatniocntiohnasBbl bags eensoll3drporiava:l) Agitt foil 35s for sound. Rum. ---There has not been much doing. at SPICES.— ,680 bags Penang pepper only par-Y 1 old lid to 2d per lb . S ome bl ac k h as b een taken in at - per lb. Pimento is quiet. RR:E.—Pri va t e ly there is a good demand for /31.144 at fuller r a t es ; low to mid white lls to 12s p er evi ,, i na TEA.---There is a steady market. Common 4cl Convou 10id t o 11d, an d ord Twankay Is 3d to P 1 per lb. TALLOW.--.-P. Y. C. is firm at 408 6 d to 403 Ptr e ift on the --- We are authorised to state that the statenlbeeel which appeared in our paper, that two cows hau run over near the Andover-road staticn , on the Sot' Western Railway, is without the slightest foundatiov.