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

I, • "Ni, - y-- .^'w* ,\ EVENENC-1 EDITION. INSURRECTION IN WALES. TRIAL OF JOHN FROST.—READ HE CHARTER NEWSPAPER of _IL SUNDAY NEXT, for the fullest and best Account of the Proceedings of the SPECIAL COMMISSION at MONMOUTH, with Exclusive Information relating to the MOVEMENTS of the CHARTISTS. The CHARTER contains all the authentic and official In formation of Gnartist Proceedings, together with the whole News of the Week, Law, Police, &c. &c. The Best and Largest Paper published. Order at once of the Newsmen. Office, 16, Catherine street, Strand. lIIS Aus N T R 1 J E h S av T i n Y: A t u b r r e E R N I s E P D E EMP n EROR G I _ f d RAN T TEED several DIS 7 TRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtainin g LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, arc NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBI7- TIONS. 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Arsaxerxes, Madame Vestris; Artabanes, Mr. Borrani; Ar bases, Mr. W. Harrison ; Mandane, Miss Rainforth ; Semira, Mrs. E. Knight. To-morrow, Love, with The Beggar's Opera. Dress Boxes, is; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, bs. ; Second Price, - 2.5. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, *a. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-east Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. dotter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr, Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Ainsworth's original and extraordinary Drama of " Jack Shep pard " still maintains its supremacy ; 130,000 persons have witne , sed its representation, and the nightly owl-flows have confirnted its popularity. It will be acted every Evening. THIS EVENING, Dvc. 12, Will be acted, Ainsworth's celebrated Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Illustrating all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivant. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Dale, Heslop, Laws, Smith, Kos!, ; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss Martin, Miss grant Mis. Laws, Ictc. After which, a Comic Burletta called LOVE'S TRIUMPH. To conclude with, JOCKO, THE BRAZILIAN APE. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are much obliged by the information supplied by a " Corn-law Repealer," Sheffield, but we think it would 1)e 'inadvisable to publish his strictures. wh e; , we first received Mr. Ryan's letter relative to Mr. F ro s t , the examination it referred to was so long prece dent, that we doubted the propriety of publishing it ; and h av i u g several days subsequently not found room for it, the opport unity passed away. 'We did not believe Mr. Fisher serious till we received his second letter. Is it reasonable to expect that we should give an ex parte statement of a quarrel in an inn, about hich we know nothing, and which does not even ap pear to ha-ie been brought under the cognisance of any M. gistrate ? .Hlr;H-WATER AT LONDON BRID TO-MORROW. at `CT1'~.; ....•• 1 innate. atter Evemng t; minutes atter 7 .!`• " r4111 41i . Ali e at gIVIL LONDON: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1839. DISMISSAL OF THE PORTUGUESE MINISTRY. Letters from Portugal, of the 3d inst. announce the dismissal of the whole of the Portuguese Ali \ rtistry on the 25th ult. When Baron SABaosA „nd his colleagues were summoned by the QUEEN to I,'e Palace to receive this proof of her most faithful MAJESTY'S regard for the welfare of her t h ey , I \ail not the remotest idea of the fate that awaited them, Queen DONNA MARIA is ( not remarkable for extigme courtesy in the dis charge of her regal functions, and on this occasion &played more than her wonted abruptness. Were t'►c act performed by a Sovereign of the other sex it would be designated ” kicking out g Cabinet." The following is a list of the new Cabinet :--- Count BOMFIAI, President of the Council and I Minister of War. Viscount CAREIRA, Foreign Affairs. FLORID() FERRAZ, Finance. FONSECA MAGALHAES, Interior. COSTA CABRAL, Grace and Justice. COMA VILLA REAL, Marine. As Viscount CAREIRA and Count VILLA R EAL a rc at present in France, the QUEEN en trusted their portefertilles to the President 01 the Council. With the exception of BONIFIN and COSTA CABRAL the new Ministry is composed of decided Charterists ; but the President of the Council and the Minister of Justice belong to the Ultra Liberal party. A great outcry was raised by the Opposition Press of Lisbon about the change of Ministry being a conces'ion to Eng land—which it doubtless is—hut the public peace remained undisturbed. " The last act of SA . BIiOSA'S Ministerial career was," says the corres pondent of a Contemporary, " the publication of two more notes which had passed between him and the British Embassy. - That from Lord k-lOWA RD to him contained a statement of the several claims, amounting to 376,0001., which he was directed to urge upon the Portuguese Go• vernment on behalf of English subjects, and a posit►ve demand for their immediate payment. I Baron SABROSA'S reply was to the effect that he would submit the matter to his colleagues, with- 01 ;t whose concurrence he could not take any step in it, but that meanwhile he had a counter claim to presen,, founded on the 14th article of the treaty f 1661, whereby England bound herself, in case s he should recover the Island of Ceylon from the Dutch, to give to Portugal the port of Columbo, in that island, and that, therefore, as England had become mistress of Ceylon by the treaty of Amiens, he demanded the delivery of Columbo to Portugal, tosrether with an its revenues accrued since 1802." It is a thousand pities that a man so industrious in the perusal of forgotten treaties as the Baron DE SA B ROSA was not appoint e d perpetua l k eeper o f t h e State archives. Who can tell but that among the old parchments he might discover a treaty for con verting Great Britai n into a Portuguese colony ? Let the A' acional of Lisbon, so furious against the " proud and insol ent I s l an d ers, " b eth i nk how ve ry easily this hint might be improved upon. The commencement of the important proceed ings at 'Monmouth naturally excites great and pain ful interest. VC ith one report we felt especial pleasure. A belief prevails at Monmouth and Newport, that let what will be the result of the trials no blood will be shed. Her MAJESTY's announced and approaching marria g e is the cir cumstance which gives countenance to the sup position. The graceful pardon of any misleading and misled delinquents would recommend to the people the contribution they will probably be called on to make for the support of her MAJESTY'S husband, and would hallow the marriage in the eyes of the multitude. The blessings of mercy have never yet been fathomed, and we have a thorough conviction that the pardon of LovETT COLLINS, for which we pressed, three months ago, would, by soothing the people, and restoring 16 them a cautiou s leader, hare prevented the out brvak in Wales. Our voice was then disregarded --we hope that our pres en t an ti c ip at i ons may not be falsified. The above report, which we would fain persuade ourselves has some foundation, is the only part of the history of the first day's proceed ings at Monmouth in which we can find any satis faction. They began by a solemn procession of the Judges to the County Hall, who afterwards re paired to church, where a sermon was preached, not on forgiveness of injuries. Whatever might be the practices of the heathens in offering up human and other sacrifices on the altars of their idols, which they began and ended with religious rites, we have no recollection of any passage in the Gospels of CHRIST which warrants the Church in connecting His peaceful religion with the commence ment of a great, and perhaps sanguinary sacrifice, by the law. But it is part of that system which connects the Church with the State, that the former should sanction by its presence and its precepts all the acts, whether good or evil, of the latter. If religion be benefited by the alliance, we have no reason to believe that the power of the law will be strengthened. The Rev. Mr. IR vfNo, who was the officiating clergyman on the occasion, seems to have had it in view to cumulate on the unhappy persons who are charged with high treason the additional of fences of schism and apostacy. He dwelt on infi delity as the cause of treason, and implied that those who had violated the laws were at enmity with GOD. The Judge, at the close of his charge, adopted Mr. IR`•ING'S principles, and said that men were bound to yield obedience to the laws from a thorough belief that the powers which be " are ordained of GoD." Is the law then of no validity un less it be sanctioned by the Church, as the Church can only stand by the help of the law? Why should not each rest on its own merits ? It may be very satisfactory to Judges and Clergy men in their pulpits, who can speak without fear of contradiction, and who are personally and selfishly much interested in inculcating obedience, to invest it with the sacred:sanction of religion ; but the persons whom the former are about to try, and the latter wish to persuade, set out on the principle that the authorities they resist are not of GOD, and unless that conviction be first overturned, the presumption is, that connecting religion with obedience will only serve to bring it and its ministers into contempt. In truth, there are so many bad laws, including the Devil's laws, now heaped on the community, that it is trespassing on most dangerous ground to describe obedience to them as a religious duty. If obedi ence cannot be defended on its own merits, nor proved to be useful to those who are required to obey, it will not be recommended to the Welsh by being described as a religious duty by pastors with whom they have long ceased to have any friendly connection. Mr. IrtviNG dwelt very much on the wicked ness of man's will ; we wish we could believe that he meant it as a warning to those who have gene rally indulged their own arrogant lust of power. But we believe it was directed against those whom the law never allows to have a will of their own. Somehow or other, the Clergy, who pursue wealth, the Judges who seek distinction, and the Legisla tors who frame systems, never suppose that such admonitions apply to their proceedings ; and, how ever much their conduct may be in direct opposition to the humility, poverty, charity, and kindness, in culcated by the Gospel, they set it down as quite in accordance with the will of GOD. They consider themselves as exempt from the laws they say are prescribed for others, and though, arrogantly grasp lag after wealth and power, and inflicting much misery to secure them, they conclude that their will is perfect righteousness. We differ from them, and think both the religious ceremony and the religious doctrines expounded on the occasion very much misplaced. The Judge's charge was clear and distinct. It explains all that is essential in the law of treason in a short compass. We cannot, however, say that the law is reasonable, or calculated to make the enor mity of which Mr. FROST and his followers were guilty apparent either to themselves or the commu nity. Their offence in coming armed to invade a peaceful town, using violence to achieve their ends, is great and palpable ; but they are to be tried for treason. Now the law of treason is chiefly founded on the statute of EDWARD 111., when such acts of Iviolence, as those committed by Mr. FROST, were an every day occurrence, and when a fictitious tie between liege lord and vassal was of infinite more importance in the public estimation than the laws of GOD. ;fence the great offence under this law is levying war against the King, and so violating this fictitious tie, a violation of which is at the same time solemnly sanctioned by the Bill of Rights, and is always virtuous if it succeed. A law passed in the reign of EDWARD 111., when the condition of so ciety was so totally' different from its present condi tion, cannot command approbation, and to punish under it an act, which w o then no crime at all, will not be supported by public sympathy. The law of treason has another origin. In the year 1796, when Tory apprehensions were rife in the Legislature, another law was passed very much extending the doctrine of treason, and including, amongst other things, the " publishing any writing or printing to intimidate or overawe both houses of Parliament." At that period authority was fright ened by a violent commotion abroad, and the pre sent law of treason was the result of its terror. One or two words will show that it is not un worthy of its origin. " The law knows no dis tinction," said the Judge, " between principal and accessory ; all who partake in the treason incur the same guilt and are liable to the same punishment." It is treason, 3ccording to the Judge, "to intimidate or overawe both Houses or either House of Parliament," "by publishing any printing or writing." "Or whe:e the object of the treason has not bean actua;.ly perpe trated, meetings to propose, to plan, to ;nature, or to accelerate its completion," such as ovenoting either House of Parliament, are classed by tlm Judges as overt acts, coming within the definition, and liable to the punishment of treason. We are hound, therefore, on this doctrine, to agree in what we believe the Standard has sometimes said, that the whole of the proceedings to procure the passing of the Reform Act were treason ; the numbers engaged in it secured them against prosecution, and on the same principle it was only necessary that Mr, FROST should have been well supported and successful to to be exonerated from guilt. Nay, a ll t h e e ff orts now making to get up meetings of the manufactur ing classes throughout the country to overaw e and intimidate the Legislature, which is daily recom mended by speakers and writers, in order to pro cure the repeal of the Corn-laws are overt acts of treason. Moreover, Journalists who, like our selves, think it their duty almost daily to denounce those laws, and do their best to excite the people to demand a repeal of them, because they are a violation of the laws of GoD, and the first principles of society, are, according to the 36th of Geo. 111., as laid down by the Judge, guilty of treason. But such an absurd conclusion is a proof that the law is absurd, or worthy of the terror in which it originated ; and knowing that absurdity, we say that to try Mr. FROST and his associates for treason is not likely to impress him and them, an d the bulk of the community, with a correct idea eithe r of the nature or the enormity of his offence. An attempt to sack the town of New port is by the law of treason confounded in one and the same description of crime with WI attempt to repeal the Corn-laws. There may, however, be some hidden, merciful TILE SUN, LONDON, TIIIIRSDA r. DEC - .6ilin 12, 1839. intention in charging Mr. FROST with treason, for the Judge seems to have some doubts whether the riotous assemblage of a parcel of men without any known general object, be an act of treason. It is not so clearly an act of treason as the systematic attempt of the Reformers in 1832 to overawe the House of Lords, or as the continual efforts now made day after day by nearly half the news papers of the Empire, to excite the people to overawe the two Houses of Parliament, and make them abolish the Corn-laws. Why there is not a Liberal Journal throughout the em pire; which does not tell the people that the Legislature will yield nothing to justice, but all to compulsion. In this law there are great incon gruities, and we cannot believe that either it or re ligion will be recommended to the discriminating part of mankind, by the Judge and the Clergy man having combined to make obedience to it a re ligious duty, and to accumulate on the heads of the unhappy offenders against it the additional odium of having offended against religion. Amongst our extracts from the Evening Papers will be found the explanation which the Globe gives of the seizure of the Vindicator. That pub lication, which cannot be suppressed it appears, as an unstamped Newspaper, for it is not a News paper, contained a letter recommending assassina tion. Such a letter, with such a recommendation, let it proceed from whomever it may, cannot be looked on with too much horror, or be too severely repro bated, but all men are put on their guard against it by the publication, and measures can far better be taken to prevent such an abominable crime than if it were planned and recommended in secret. There are very few combinations, and no conspira cies, which will bear to be brought before the public. We were blamed at the time for publishing the pro ceedings of the Convention, but we are convinced that our publishing those proceedings, though dictated by no hostility to the Convention, was far more effi cacious in bringing about the dissolution of that assembly than all the abuse which was poured out against it. We quite agree with our Correspon dent, " A Constant Reader," that to suppress a quiet and peaceable mode of expressing mens' opi nions is mischievous, because it makes them adopt a secret means of diffusing and enforcing their sentiments. Whatever might be the doctrines of the Vindicator, and we are quite ignorant of them, we have so much confidence in the good sense and right moral feeling of mankind that we cannot approve of any interference with its circulation. Our readers will remember that we some time ago callcdtheir attention to the work of "Marcus," which advised assassination by wholesale, and pointed out how " painless extinction" might be brought about ; but that work was never suppressed, nor did the Tories demand its suppression. The Earl of ORFORD and the Times, somewhat more than three years ago, called for a bloody war in Ireland, but the Earl was not impeached, nor the Times proscribed. The very act of assassination is slowly and deliberately performed every day by the Corn-law making Legislature. It is not w - sassination generally, therefore, at which the Tc ries, and those who follow their lead, feel any horror. Some of them have no objection to an asassination of the people, but they do not like an assassinationlof which themselves per chance may be the victims. If works must be suppressed because they expound improper doc trines, let us at least have even-handed law, and a censorship that shall cut out every phrase and sen timent from every publication displeasing to the ruling classes. Let us also have a gag put on the mouths of the GREGGS and the M'GHEEs, whose doctrines tend to stir up strife, and lead to assassi nation on a great scale, as well as on the mouths and pens of a different class of firebrands. Ecclesiastical affairs in Scotland seem to get more and more embroiled every day. This is the natural consequence of that constant tendency toward domination, which is inherent in all State created establishments of religion. The evil prin ciple may sometimes lie dormant in the constitution of the Church, as disease does in the human con stitution ; but there nevertheless it is, and it will show itself whenever a combination of circumstances favourable to its development takes place. En croachment and usurpation are inseparable from the priestly character, whatever be the system of faith professed. It would, perhaps, be difficult to find in the annals of any Church, not even excepting that of Rome, a more impudent attempt on the part of the Clergy to ride rough-shod over the rights of the laity, than the passing of the Veto Act by the General Assembly of the Church of Scot land. The effect of this enactment, had the Assembly been able to give it validity, would have been to transfer the entire patronage of the Church from the hands of those who now lawfully enjoy it, not to the people, as was pretended by its advo cates, but to the Clergy. There is only one thing that can match the arrogance of this claim of un limited jurisdiction, and that is the contumacious effrontery with which it is persisted in, in defiance of the solemn decision of the highest tribunals in the kingdom—the decision of the Court of Sessicn confirmed by the House of Peers. This perverse opposition to the law of the land by a body of men who, above all others, ought to set an example of obedience to the law, has, we are sorry to say, lowered the character of the Church of Scotland much in public estimation. It has also produced, and is daily producing, conse quences fatal to the peace and good order of the Church, as well as dist! essing to many of the Clergy themselves. It is now impossible, whenever the veto' is exercised by a parish, for the ministers 01 the Presbytery within the bounds of which the pa rish is situated, to avoid subjecting themselves either to the penalties of the civil Jaw, or to the ven• geance of the Ecclesiastical Court. A case of this kind, in which the Reverend Gentlemen found themselves in the very awkward dilemma we have described, lately came before a Pi.esbytery in Aberdeenshire. As it illustrates ad ►nirably the working of the Veto Act, we have inserted a pretty full report of the proceedings in another part of The Sun. It will be seen that the Reverend Court set aside the " veto," thus obey ing the law of the land, and disobeying the law of the Church. What is to be the end of all this confusion ? The 11 Mediternzneo states that the French and English fleets were still at Ourla.. on the 26th ult. Admiral STOPFORD had at first intended to send a part of the English . fleet to Malta, and proceed with the remainder to Athena, but he had suddenly changed his mind. The Dido and Ha zard corvettes, which Admiral STOPPORD had sent to cruize between Miconi and Naxos, had rejoined the squadron. The Powerful and Gorgon of the line, and three French ships of the line, were at Smyrna. The Castor was to go to Constantinople to relieve the Carysfort ; and it was supposed that the Hydra and the Gorgon would be ordered to Alex andria. The same Journal adds that the settle ment of the Eastern question was not so close at hand as was generally supposed. AtEIIEgET ALI r w e a a s lit at the ind epen d ent S overe i gn ty of difficulties, and in reality a n i t l i n n e u d a y starting fresh Egypt. The Madrid Journals are of the 2d inst, ThP QUEEN REGENT had consented t o acc ept the resignations of Captains-General s —EOANE and VALDEZ. In truth her MAJEST Y ' S preten d e d unwillingness to part with the services of these gallant awl liberal officers was but a piece of Court acting, intended to impose upon the Constitutional party. Generals IVIONso and BUERENS are spo ken of as their successors. A letter from Calanda, of the 30th ult., published in the Eco de Arragon, a Saragossa Journal, of the 4th instant, contains the following account of the position of the hostile armies at the above date. The first divi sion of the QUEEN'S army with the head-quarters of the Commander-in-Chief, at Mas de las Matas. The second division at Aguaviva and Tenebrosa, which they arc fortifying. The third division has a brigade at Castelszras, and another in the envi rons of Huesa, Hijar, Andorra, Alcorisa, and Ca landa ; arc well fortified, and have strong garrisons. The positions of the Carlists are as follow ; The chief, BOSQUE, is at Belmonte and Corollera, from whence he makes his excursions. LLAN GOSTERA is at Monroyo, and from thence his lines extend to Molinos and Ejulve CABRERA is at Villarbuengo, but it was not believed he would long remain there. Th© Carlist garrisons have been increased by the new recruits to guard the prisoners. A French vessel was seized by the Spanish au thorities at Santander charged with smuggling, and with not having her papers regular. She was bound to Oporto. , Great preparations were making in Madrid for the elections. Never was there such a political contest in Spain as ther e i s lik e ly t o b e w h e n the new Cortes assemble. The Paris Journals of Tuesday have all reached us, but they bring no news from Africa of a later date than the accounts received yesterday. Ac cording to private letters the French were expecting that a formidable attack would be made upon the garrison of Mascara, which was but indifferently provided with the means of successfully repelling it. The Consul of AnD-EL-K A DER at Oran had likewise been arrested by order of Marshal VALEE as he was on the point of leaving that town to join the camp of the Emir. Two other persons have been arrested in Paris on charges connected with the last Infernal Machine explosion. Some arms and ammunition were found concealed in their respective residences. On the morning of the 6th instant, the office and private apartments of the editor of the Journal du Com merce of Lyons, were searched by the police for the discovery of a correspondence between Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON and the Marquis DE CROUY CHENEL. The search was unsuccessful, as no papers of a treasonable nature were found. The Monileur of Tuesday is completely silent about the reported Bonapartist conspiracy. The accounts from Saragossa are of the 3d. The Pilaw de Bayonne continues to say that Espartero is going to undertake the siege of Segura. The correspondent of the Sentinelle des Pyrenees writes that the campaign is terminated. Arrangements continue to be spoken of, but their bases are not known. It is affirmed that the conditions will he settled at Paris or at Bourges.—Le Co✓tslilu tionnel. A letter from Saragossa of the 3d informs us that many sick and wounded from the army of Espartero have arrived in that city, where the General-in-Chief was daily expected. The inhabitants of Saragossa are persuaded that no operations against Cabrera will be attempted during the winter. O'Donnell, whose move ments are combined with those of Espartero, is retreat ing like him. It seems that the Count de Morella thinks of harassing them in their retreat--Le Gazette de Fra ?ice. THE ARMY.—The 6th Regiment of Light Infantry and the 31st of the Line had been ordered to quit Lyons and repair immediately to Toulon and Marseilles. The former was to embark for Algeria, and the lattrr to replace the 38th in Marseilles. General Parchappe, who commands two brigades at Lyons, was forthwith to proceed to Africa. The3d company of the waggon train in garrison in Lyons was also to leave for Toulon. Several officers of the military administration in Strasburg had received orders to set out in twenty-tour hours for Toulon. A battery of the 6th Regiment of Artillery was likewise ordered from Besancon to Africa. BRUSSELS, Dye. 9.—M. de Gerslacher, Minister of the Grand Duke of Baden at Paris, has been intrusted by his Sovereign with a special mission to the King of the Belgians. This mission is on occasion of the open ing of official relations between the two countries. Ile had a private audience of his Majesty on the 7th at the Palace of Laeken. We have mentioned that the notaries of the ceded portion of Luxemburg, eleven in number, who had been provisionally retained in their functions, were suspended 'try Messrs. Stift and Hasenpflug, but having obtained an audience of King William, they received the assur ance that all of them should be reinstated. A letter Irom Maestricht says, that the Commissioners have issued a circular dated the 29th of November, stating that they have resolved to put into execution the convention relative to the navigation. The King gave a private audience on the Bth, to the Count de Jounione Walwork, Minister Plenipoten tiary for the King of Bavaria at Paris, who has come to Brussels on a special mission to the King. The Chamber of Representatives continue the dis cussion of the several portions of the budget. It is said that . the Chambers are going to de liberate on a law against anonymous libels. We do not know what may be the fate of the discussion .vhich it will occasion, but, at all events, it must do much good, even though the law should be re jected. For in this case it mo Ild doubtless be sufficient it the first power in the nation had made solemn and au thentic declarations to stigmatize for ever the authors of such attacks on character, made under the cover of the anonymous press. It would be sufficient, we say, if the Legislature declared that every anonymous attack on individuals is unworthy of any credit, because it is the work of a coward, who hides himself like an assassin, to attack unwary passengers. VIENNA, DEC. 2.—The Princess Amelia of Saxony has declined the offer of apartments in the Imperial Palace, but has cheerfully accepted the use of the Court equipage and servants placed at her disposal, and the many other marks of deticate attention. Every body was eager to treat the illustrious visitor with the regard due to her. Her Royal Highness left Vienna this morning. For some weeks past the waters in the Danube have been so unusually low that the navigation is attended with the greatest difficulties, and the communication by steam-boats was obliged to cease about Presburg. This favourable opportunity is taken to complete the blowing up of the rocks near the much dreaded whirlpools, which still obstruct the passage. The latest accounts from Presburg are again more fa vourable. The tick iAlt point of the freedom of debate, on which the Diet hes been more than once in danger of coming into difficulties, is likely to beg ttled in a .atizfactory manner, the Government having, it is said. riven very aufficient assurance on the subject. A 'avourable iinpresaion has been made in the Diet b 1 tha affer of the Government to pay out of the pub ic treaanry the expense of the four new courts of j us tice, and a court of appeal, to be created in Hungary. BOURSM....PARIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 10. . . rust Highest Lowest last Price Price. Price. Price, 10 1 1 50 ...... 1 1 1 1 1 : 5 10 0 . . , ..... 5, 1 :1 4 2 1 , , 0 . ........ 5 :1 4 0 , 2 : 2 50 . rench 5 per Cents 4 per Cents 3 per Cent 5,,,.,,,,.,,, 80 50 ... S" 05 ••• SO 50 ..> 10 t. - 5 ;lank of trance Lattitte Bank 1,0001. Sli lo7i §l/ .1,11,77 50 ...1077 50 —.l 77 50 5,10)01. sh 524.1 ~,SWI • iQlgian 5 per Cents lO9. „. 1 01 i,, 1 112 ~. 106 3 per Cants 72 ... 72 ... 71 , , 7 2 8ank.. , ,,,... Ciupons .... ...,,, 46 25 ... 46 25 ... 40 25 ... 46 55 ••paiush Ac' ive .' 2 . 04 ... 2 5 %.... 2 . 5 ti ... 25%, Passive IN ,), Oi',. "' 6 % ••• 6 % New Dtferrei Don Miguel Neal.olitaii human ill ... 101 ... 101 ~. 101 11,11LWAY SHARES. .t. Germain Versailles. 11 B ''' .., 505 ~. 512 50 .., 512 50 LB 3 li-' 2 50 ...:31 2 40 ... j: 0 ... 31.1 IT tyre Orleans ... .................. " '•• 45 ° Strisuurg to Bale -- • 3 15 .„ 316 „, 311) .„ 310 g 0 I : , 4: E ei t. . I.lni ct 4l l l., : t ,L N 2oti t n p, U e5 N r p D ceer S n — ct Q. B n it .t. t .. ~ .ii. ..i ....e. ...1 : . ....................... 0 .... . 1 0 15,731 s Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 pefCent. ......... 924 ...... 3 per Cent.......... 70N, Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Coot ..... , . ~,, ...... " 95 Society of Commerce, 43 per Cent ....... ~., .. 114 Risiik of Belgium, 5 per Cent ............. .. ...... 704 ilati4nalSeciety . .................................. . Exchange oi; Vingon (short) ................• 12 —Brussels Papers, Dec. 10. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VtztaLS, PP!.. , . i• rive per Cents. Metalliques ........................... ... ....... ,T;pyir per Cents. P.3of 0% .1 1 ; a t n if- k - c til pF ,a r , „ C ,,, ent , s . . 104 14 ~.....,411gernebie' Zell,,irg. Dec 7 Some of our Contemporaries-1)066;13',Y for want of among something better to do—are filling their columnu ---- , of the London J ouroa ;. 3 , with intelligen ez f rom Chi na w hich appeared in seve ralthe number, more th an a mon th ago. It may suf fice to ay.!: generally th a t the last overland mail The $llll being from India brought pp pews from Canton of a later date than the accounts by the pi . ev i p p s firrival from Bombay and Calcutta by the same route. The ,Standard tells us, with great glee, that the King Ot„haq'veLi; neither dead nor dy in g , as was reported oy the Hatnburg papers. , ()it the con trary, his most pions Majesty is, says the Standard, i.; ir,, tAe enjoyment of perfect health when the latest accoufir..3 WI 4,7.nner; ;Ind his active and tenirerate habits afford prohli. of Divine Providence, that ot' Lhe ble§sin health he NVill asphemy of DLitt' th t shoc long preserve the enjoyment gravely coupling the names of "I h Duke of Cumberland in one sentenc;; every ear but that of the most thorough pa Tory. As for the Kiug of Hanov;'',.: the prospect of his long enjoyment of it, we are only concerned to have to state that the announce ment is one of the most unpleasant sounds that can be made in the ears of his own subjects. It will be seen from our Bow-street Report that the Proprietor of the Observer has been called to account for carrying on his worldly calling on the Sunday. We trust the Rev. Herbert Smith will act impartially, and lay informations against all the Morning Papers. The Observer is a very paltry offender. For one Sabbath breaker em ployed by that Journal the others employ ten. They commence during the hours of Divine Ser vice in the afternoon—they work as it were in defiance of the Church ; and while the bells are ringing and the people are going to prayers, they are busy in composing scandal, libels, and treason. Let the thing therefore be done on a grand scale. Of what use is it to punish one small offender, while all the others are allowed to escape ? BOROUGH OF SO UTH WA Ric.—A very nume rous and highly respectable meeting of the friends of Mr. Wood was held, last evening, at the Brown Bear, Southwark-bridge-road, Mr. Cooper in the chair. Mr. Wood addressed the meeting at great length, in explanation of his principles, and views on the Corn-law question, as well as o❑ the new Poor-law, which gave universal satisfac tion. Afterwards, several resolutions, expressive of the confidence of the meeting in Mr. Wood, were put and carried. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCI. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WED NESDAY.—Ti,e Market this day has been very dull. The sales 2,5C0 bags, at a slight decline. The transactions wholly to the trade. The Liverpool steamer to New York was spoken with 26th November, 10 A.M., lat. 42.45, long. 32, ten days out. We have received Hobart Town prper3 to the 20th July. The Hobart Town paper of the 29th July says, the the meeting of the Legislative Council has been pot polled until the 19th August. _ _ HOBART TOWN MARYETS.—There has been but trifling transactions in flour and wheat since our last, and that without any alteration in the figure ; holders felt no inclination to force the price, until the last mo ment, and buyers are waiting that opportunity for pur ch.k,e. Oats have advanced Is. per bu,hel, in conse quence of a scarcity in the supply and an increased de mand ; other articles at last quotations. The rain in the south of the Island, wa hear, has been very abundant for this last fortnight ; on this side we have had but few days rain, and we regret to hear that even this, a few miles distant froth town, has pene trated but a few inches below the surface. His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to direct the following notice of a proposed Act which is about to be laid before the Legislative Coun cil, entitled " An Act to ascertain by the verdict of a Jury, whether applicants for compensstion under an Act of this Island, passed the 14th of November, 1838, entitled An Act to prohibit distillation within the Island of Van Diemen's Land,' be entitled to com pensation," be published for general information. The Port Philip papers state that it is the intention of the Government to form a settlement at Portlond Bay, in the district of Australia Felix. The above papers arc filled with English intelligence. The arrivals this morning have been the French and Oiteud mails, ship letters from China, old dates, South Australis, July 2, Hobart Town, July 21, Calcutta, old dates. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yes terday's date, bringing the Amsterdam prices of the 9th December :—Two-and-a-Hall per Cents., 52i ; Five per Cents., 99 5-16ths ; Spanish 23 7-16ths. THE FUNDS. The gloomy state of the weather damps all descrip tions of speculations in the funds. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 911 for the Account ; Reduced, 904 ; Exchequer Bills, 4 2 discount ; Bank Stock, 176 179 ; India Stock short. In the Foreign Market most of the prices are at the same quotations as they left off yesterday. We heal that there has been an extensive failure yesterday in Colombian Bonds—not a Member of the House. Spanish Actives same as they closed at 23i ; Pont]. geese 334; Three per Cents., 23* ; Brazilian, 71-4 72i ; Colombian, 25 a ; Spanish Passive, 5- 6* ; -Deferred. 101 11 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53i ; Five per Cents., 99i No American arrivals. PRICES OF STOLR .; 11115 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Sto.:k... ... . ... 1740,4 7ii J India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .........t 01 4 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent, Cons. — South Sea Stock — 3-,. per Cent. I ha° Red. 9814% New Ditto - New 314 pet Cent - 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 - New 5 per Cent. Sank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 Jan. 5, 1860 l37i Ditto Small 23 1 dis. Oct. 10, 1850 .„,.. Ditto Commercial.... Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised ..... Jan. 5, MO — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, IWO. — India Stock for Account ... Jae. 5. 1870 — Consos for Account 9114 I t RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O.CLOCK Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilia ~ i Bonds ...... Ditto Account 3uenos =tyres Bonds Ditto iccoutit I'.hilian 3crid i Prussian Bonds D.tt3 '.2:v, nt — Russian Bonds, 1321 7olamt 1, - .B•lids — Ditto Account Ditto ic:l . 3, nt :.: 17 IJt 3 " d 5,1824 L.;1:::.1 iO:3 lit 2 ',14 I‘,3i 6 Ditto Account anish ks .1 .... ........ ..... , 3% 54 Passive Ditto Ace:: nt "Deferred 10;. ti reek Bonds — French, 5 per cent.... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1815 — 4 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Account — 3 per cent...—. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent ; Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account — Dutch, 2Y4 per cent. 53%y Ditto, 0 per Cent. Ditto Account ~. ... 2 7 9d, 8 Ditto, 5 per cent 00% 1041 Neapolitan ....•.... -- Ditto Account.... ...... 93% PRICES OF SH A RES THIS DAY A' ,a (rE O'CL y e, C l'i st . m.... Eastern Counties Rallway........•••••••••••••••• ls 41,E Great Western Railway company Br.ghton Railway 1 , r. inn and Birmingham Railway Company ... on 14 3, Ditto New Shares London and South Western , ... I ondon And Croydon Railway Company ll/. 18x.. 6d, 8.14 Lo or. and Blao . .wal , Railway Colonial Joint Stock Bank eltit. Es tit I itlSii Si tit, KS. DUBLIN, DECEMBER 10. 3 per cent. Consols I ( Stock .. — I:l'Ar Cent, Ditto - Ravi nian Bank Ditto New, IQ3O ....... , City of Dublin Ste am Comp. 3y4 per Cent. Debentures... 9117 i ' National Insurance Company Bank Stock ... Grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock - per cent — HALF-PAST ONB. The Launceston Paper of the llth July says, .‘ In our number of the week before last, we referred to the determination of the Government to compute the pro fits of the distillers upon the assumption of the duty paid having been 4s. the gallon. " Upon the subject of this 4s. duty, the Hobart Town Courier has the following excellent remarks : "It might hare been in contemplation of the Go vernment to raise the duty to 45., but having omitted to do so, they cannot now take advantage of their own neglect. Such a proceeding is against every principle of law, as it is of justice. We trust, therefore, that the duty will be calculated from 2s. 3d., which was the suns at which it was fixed when the Distillation Act came into operation." We give the following from the " Commercial Daily List" of this morning : The average yearly consumptions of Tea in Europe is as under LBS. Great Britain United states 8,000,000 Holland 2,800,000 Russia 6,500,000 Germany 2,000,000 France 230,000 57,550 000 There are about 35,000,000 of pounds in this port at present. The intelligence received from Lisbon this morning of the Portuguese Ministry having been turned out, and new Ministers having been appointed by the Queen has not had much effect on the Portuguese Stocks, which have improved about f per cent. We understand that the present gentlemen in office are very favourable to the British Government, and we have no doubt that the slave question will soon be amicably settled between the two Governments. We have no further arrivals to communicate at IMPERIA PA IiLLAMENI (THI6 DAY.) Parliament met to-day pro .jbrnza, p p toro2Ation. S!lorily after two the NLoquis (if Nonii took their b,cito its LtJaiS LuniliosstonLi The House of Commons was then summoned by Mr. Pulman, the Deputy-Usher of the Black Rod, to hear the Commission read, and in a few moments Mr. W. Lee and the officers of the House of Commons appeared at the Bar, when the Commission was read at the table by the Clerk. till Lurd Duneall, )Ck the Lo The Lord Chancellor then, in her Majesty's name, declared the Parliament pro rogue d Co Thurs day, the 16th of January, then to be holden for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) HILL V. GOMME. This case came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the present Master of the Rolls dis missing the plaintiff's bill with costs. The plaintiff William Thomas Hill, claimed under an indenture exe cuted by u person named Deans, the whole of the pro perty left by him at his death. The plaintiff is the son of a person who previous to his death carried on the business of an agricultural instrument maker, in Oxford-street. He was on terms of great intimacy with Deans, who kept the Seven Stars, at Starch Green. Deans having no children, became much attached to the plaintiff, and in 1818 he executed an indenture, by which he gave the whole of his property to his wife, and at her death it was to go to the plaintiff, to the exclusion of his own relations. The defendants alleged that the instrument had been fraudulently ob tained from Deans, who, being an illiterate man, was wholly ignorant of the effect of the transaction that had taken place between himself and the father of the plaintiff. The arguments in the case bad not concluded when his Lordship rose, at haP-past one o'clock. present. This day is the weekly meeting of the Bank D:ree tors, but as yet we have not heard of any notice being issued by them.. Consols at present may be quoted at 91a for the Account, with a steady market ; Exchequer Bills, 4 2 di. ; India Bonds, 8 dis. ; Bank Stock lower, 1713 In tie Foreign Market Spanish Actives a shade better, 23 Portuguese 331 4, in the morning, 334 ; Three per Cents. 23 ; Colombian has Hiso improved to 26 ; Spanish Deterred, 101; Dutch Two and-4- Half per Cents. 53 ; Five per Cents. 901, FATAL ACCIDENT BY LUCIFER MATCHES. _This morning William Mills, aged 32 years ? a la bouring man, died in Univer,ity (ollctip 1104111,4 1 Ircl.iu th.' lw h) I,ipit lqi:;fer i"g p,,, k i t, W!!fic Pre sq leis ' as he was lying all,' I , 111 ' ti statalr ii. Duke !;•.:V!. Bloomsbury. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DA r.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. IRONMONGERS' COMPANY. This case came before the Court upon exceptions to the Master's Report. The information in this case was filed in Michaelmas Term, 1825, against the Ironrriongers' Company as trustees under the will of Mr. Thomas Betton, dated February, 1723, praying for an account of the trust estates ; that a moiety, which was by the will directed to be appropriated to the redemption of British slaves in Turkey and Barbary (there being now no such objects) might be applied to a charity as near the original object of the donor as circumstances would permit ; and for a reference to the Master to approve of a scheme. When the cause came on for hearing before Sir John Leach, it appeared that for some years past the Ironmongers' Company had been in the habit of applying that portion of the fund which was not wanted for the redemption of slaves in Turkey and Barbary to other purposes of charity mentioned in the will, viz., to the support of schools and the support of decayed freemen of the Ironmongers' Company ; and in the order of reference to the Master to approve of a scheme, &c. there was a direction that that appropria tion should be continued pending the inquiry. The Master in his report stated that a large fund had accu mulated from the unapplied portion of the income of the testator's estate, there having been but few objects of the charity found ; that 7,0001. should be set apart for the purpose of redeeming any English subjects in capti vity in Turkey and Barbary, should such objects arise, and that the remainder of the accumulation should be applied to the other purposes of the testator's will. Exceptions were taken to that report, and when the report c-sme to be argued before Sir John Leach, his Honour expressed a doubt whether he had any jurisdic tion at all, because he thought that as the objects of the testator's bounty had altogether failed, it fell to the Crown to appoint by sign manual. The case having stood over for consideration, the Attorney-General of that day appeared in person before his Honour, and ,tated that upon investigation into the authorities, he Nas satisfied it did not fall to the Crown. Sir John Leach ultimately came to the doeision, that one of the abjects having failed, the Court had no jurisdiction at all over that portion of the property. On appeal to the Lord Chancellor that part of the decree was re versed, and an order was made, referring the case back again to the Master, The Master in his report, stated that he had been applied to by dif ferent parties on behalf of Lady Mico's Charity, Greenwich Hospital, the Royal Naval Benevolent So ciety, but that Lady Mieo's charity approached nearest the object of the testator. To that report the present exceptions were taken. Lady Mica's charity was ori established for the redemption of slaves in the West Indies,; but since the emancipation of slaves the trustees of that charity had appropriated their funds towards the education of Negroes in the West Indies, and the establishment of " Normal" schools ; and it was therefore agreed in support of the exceptions, that that charity was not at all analagous to .he intention of the testator, and that the first objects saving failed, the accumulations ought to be applied to he other purposes mentioned in the will, namely, the , chools and the poor freemen of the Company, of which the testator himself was a member. Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT, Mr. KINDERSLEY, and Mr. SUTTON SHARPE, appeared for the Ironmongers' Com pany, and in support of the exceptions. Mr. PEMBERTON and Mr. ANDERDON for the de ators, and The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. BETIIELL for Lady Mico's Charity. DICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) RAWSON V. SAMUVL. The Vic-CHaNcELLott gave judgment to-day in this c ►se, in which the bill was filed by the plaintiff for the purpose of preventing the defendant from proceeding at law to recover a large amount, which the defendant al leged was due to him in the transactions that had taken place between them. His Honour granted this injunction to stav Pxecution, but refused to stop the proceedings in the action. ILLINGWORTH V. THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAIL• ''VENING ED IT I'd HIS DAY ) fi.NGEFtFoilll MARKET. suiThe, nio.rilet, but. the trade was heavy, and cep much as last. quoted. Turbot, ss. to 20s. ; Cjd, 3s. to ; 9fl. in 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, 10d. to 35 6d. 7,1. to ; to 9d. ; Pork, 7d. to Bd. per lb. BILLINUSGA'rE MARKET. ••, ;oir supplies, and a good tra.d;;; prices much as kid:Ak a. Turbot as. to 20s. ; Cod 31. to Its. ; Soles 6d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters 10d to 3s. 6d. ; Oysters 12s. to 40s. per bushel; Whitings 4d. to Bcl., and Haddocks Bd. to 2s. H 1Y MARKETS. There were good supplies and a fair demand, prices steady. Hay 60s. to 90,. ; Clover, 80s. to 1 lOs. ; Straw 325. to 40s per load. WAY. This case came before the Court upon motion to dis solve an injunction, restraining the defendants from proceeding with certain works to divert the stream of the river Calder, for the purpose of carrying their Rail way along the line. The arguments were proceeding when our Evening Edition went to press. DEFEAT OF CRATES. This morning a vestry w is held o f t h e parishioners and rate-payers of the parish of St. Mary's, White chapel, for the purpose of taking into consideration the report of a Committee appointed to inquire into the state of the parish Church, and recommend the means best to be adopted under the existing circumstances. Mr. JEREMIAH 13a0m14:Y, the Churchwarden, took he Chair, The CLERK then read Mr. Blower's report fully. and touched on some previous opinions passed in 1825, and concluded by stating, that the Committee recommend as their opinion, after a :ireful investigation of the several opinions of the archi tects consulted, that the only plan to be adopted would be the building a new Church, which could be effected tnr 14,0001., whilst the materials of the old one would sell for 1,0001., thus leaving 13,0001, to be raised, which Nould be done at no higher expense to the parish than a 4d._ratol It being proposed and seconded that the Vestry should adopt the Report of the Committee, in answer to a question from Mr. COATES, The VESTRY CLERK read a Report by Mr. Shaw in 1825, in which he said that the Church was quite sound, excepting a slight deviation from the perpen dicular in the pillars, which was counteracted by intro ducing iron bars from the roof. Mr. COATES said, as the report only contained the opinion of Mr. Blower, who w Church bein g b u il t, whilst it altZetinherfa passedh by those t h n o e s w e of the architects who were more moderate in their views, he eould not consider it a fair one, and would therefore move that it he again referred to the commit tee. This motion being refused to be entertained by the Chairman, Mr. OFFERT rose and said it was ridiculous to talk of a 4d. r a t e d e f ray i ng the expense of a ne w church, a s at present the parish was burthened with a 2d rate for th e building of a sma ll port i on of t h e wa ll around the church yard. Let th e c h urc h f requen ters, rf they build a church of gold, b u t no t rob him and his broth er Dis senters by unn eces s a ry ex penses . _ He concl u d e d b y moving as an ame ndment, that the report be taken into consideration on that day twelve months. Hundreds of hands were held up in favour of the amendment, and about six or seven (positively not ten) for adopting the report. The CHAIRMAN announced th a n Off.r.'s amend ment was curried, and, therefore, the obj .ets of the at an end. Thi s meeting welt , l thii(Mlle , lllPM was re ceived with loud cheerii,g, am( the , Di m , rou, rue, :ink sep..rated. LICENSED VICTUALLRS' PROTECTION SO 10,1wnEiTe::1F--anYniu•s al terd:ty, p ursuant to aallysix.h meeting of t hi s S oc i ety was held at the C; or al and Anchor Tavern, Strand. The meeting was respectably attended. The secretary read the report, which was rec6ypii with a genera rxPle6- 10n of satisfaction. Aftor the re,eh.ptiqn Q 1 th , ' hers of the (ntrnitil4'e, the 411/6"""-- malty 1 s, f }. 4 . s9O 1 e (4"r 1"3 " ' 01$1,0sed,:af', t o le u m u n ( e - e t :i ' o r g e gle t., se- tioni .he re pmt, 'hat . • 1,1 6 t VN ut,u s of th e S . xc cif Itir TEA MARKET - ------- This market was very quiet, and scarcely anything done, but prices were firm. . _ COLONIAL MARKET. B. P. Sugar sold slog ly at 60s. for brown, 635. for middling , and 683. for fine LLOYD'S SHIPI 11IG-(THIS DAY•) DEAL, DEC, Wind S. E., strong breezes.—Ar rived the Venteur, Blackshaw, from Richebuctu. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11. —Wind S. S. E.—Sailed the Colonist, Cowman, for Ceylon ; Banffshire, Nicol, Mo bile ; Sarah, Kenny, Savannah ; Chicory, Halsey, Charl ston; Hibernia, Cobb, and Scotland, Robinson, New York. STANGATE CREEK, DEC, 11.—Arrived the Racehorse, Punchard, from Vastizza. RAMSGATE, DEC. 1 1.—Off port, the Dash, from Cape of Good Hope. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Arrived the Rhoda, Nixon, from Hobart Town, SCILLY, Nov. 7.—Arrived the Lusitania, Donaldson , from the Havannah ; Planet, Mitchell, Caz, with loss of bulwarks, &c., and making two feet water per hour. GLOSTER, Nov. 11.—Sailed the Rubicon, Chaning, for Sierra Leone. CORK, Nov 9.—Sailed the Calcutta, NPlCinnal, for St. Juhn's, New Brunswick. ABERDEEN, Nov. 7.—Arrived the Heroine, Walker, from Quebec ; Fleece, Bain, Riga. SHIELDS. Nov. 9.—Arrived the Ariadne, M'Donald, from Riga; Carrs. Young, Quebec. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The British Queen steamer, from London to New York, 17th ult., lat. 40, lon. 50, by the Oberlin, arrived at Liverpool; Cayuga ( Amsterdam brig), 10th ult., lat. 12, lon. 29; Helen, Liverpool to New Orleans, 14th ult., lat. 21, lon. 34; Erin-go-Bragh, Li verpool to St. Thomas, 15th ult., lat. 22, lon. 34, by the Mary Somerville, arrived at Liverpool ; Charles Carrol, Russell, lon. 11, by the Arin, arrived at Milford; Har binger, London to Van Diemen's Land, 25th O c tober, lat. 3 N., lon. 22 W. ; Thomas Battersby, Liverpool to Bahia, 30th ult., lat. 8, lon. 22, by the Stratheden, arrived off Portland ; Rapid, of London, from Tarragona, 4th list., lat. 4, lon. 8, by the Lord of the Isles, arrived at Dart mouth ; Mary Ann, London to Madras, 14th Oct., lat. 28 S., lon. 28 W. ; by the Horsburgh, arrived at Covvcs; Edward, of Prince Edward's Island, lying to, 28th ult., lat. 45, lon. 34 ; by the Derwent, Purdy, arrived at Fleet wood ; Matthew, Bell, bound to Belfast, 24th ult., lon.. 20 ; Alexander, of London, 2d instant, by the Orion, P.r rived at Scarborough ; Shepherd, Jardine, London to Swan River, 15th August, lat. 39 S., lon, 16 E. ; Sultan. Poole, London to Sydney, New South Wales, lat. 39 S., lon. 32 E., by the Regular, arrived at Bombay. Lord Brougham left London for Paris ;hi s morning. We have great pl easure i n contra di ct i ng, as vie do by authority, the s t a t ements o f t h e newspapers, that t h e King of Hanover has been lately suffering from a para lytic or apoplectic attack, or some other severe diciest His Majesty was in th e en j oyment of per f ect health when the latest accounts left Hanover ; and his acti ve and temperate habit s a ff or d prom i se, un d er t h e blessing of Divine Provid ence , th at o f such health h e w ill long preserve the enj o y ment . Th e f a l se statement w hich w e contradict may b e t race d to H am b urg, w h ere s ome ers dis affected Hanoveri ans h ave ta k en up their quart ers. The rumour of the Ki ng ' s ill ness was, b y the exert ions of these persons, current in Hamb urg at a date Ter'. days prior to that of the lette rs upon the authority of which we c o nt ra di c t th e statement. —Straub:rd. RIOT EY THE GOWNSMEN AT CAMBRIDGE. _O n Sunday evening, about nine "lock, the peace able inhabitants of T"lrePles'l On-street, t h e King's-pa rade, and T r i n i ty - street; this town, were interrupted by the , yells and krowlings of about one thousand of the Under Gr'ajtuates, who, it appears, had determined to li"k themselves to insult and to hoot the Proctors on duty for doing justice to one of their body, whom they had discovered in a state of beastly intoxication, and who had otherwise committed himself in a most dis graceful manner. They, therefore, as is usual whenever they have determined to commit any nuisance a nd breach of the peace, immediately congregated in great numbers, and assailed the Proctors from one end of the street to the other, making use of the most violent and disgraceful language, and hallooing to the very top of their voices. The inhabitants had, in many instances, but just returned from their respective places of wor ship. The police, during the whole period, were walk" fog about with the greatest unconcern, for it is not lawful" for them to interfere with the Under Graduates of the University. They have their own discipline and their own officers.—Bury Post, SOUTHWARK ELECTION.—There was another meeting on Tuesday of the electors interested in the re turn to Parliament of Mr. Walter, when it wa s ar ranged that that gentleman should be relieved from the fatigue of canvassing. It was deemed quite sufficient that Mr. Walter (who was present), should attend meetings of the electors convened in different districts. It is reported that Mr. Curling, Reformer, will be a candidate for this borough. There is nothing settled respectin g successor in the see of Li c hfi e ld. S ame co ntemporary rumours on the subject are w ith,. jut authority. The following were ainrj ng the visitors at Covent garden Theatre l as t week :—The Queen Dowager , Earl Denbigh, Eof, Howe, Lord and Lady Sheffield, Sir H. When ;fey, Duke of Devonshire Dr. Butler's Devonshire, Countess Stan hope, J. and Lady Campbell, Lord W. Russell, Lord H. Russell, Lord Dillon, Colonel and Mrs. Mo berly, Lord Seaford, Lord Duncannon and family, Sir J. Copley, Duke of Brunswick, Hon. Mr. Cust, Duke and Duchess of Buceleugh, Mdlle. &Este, Lady Hr;i land, Baron Biome, Lord Holland, Lord and Lady Harrington, Earl of Ilchester, Massey Stanley, and Lord A. Conynham. Tygh The Earl o f H a ddi ngton is staying at h i s seat, NOMINATION OF COMMON COUNCILMEN FOR FARRINGDO N WARD WlTHOUT.—Yesterday, at one o'clock, a numerous meeting of the citizens resi. dent withi n t h e precincts of St.Dunstan's-in-the-West took place. The numbers being in favour of Messrs. Ramshaw, Savage, and Charles, Mr. Wells declared his iutention of going to the poll on St. Thomas's-dal , . The inquest and other officers having then been chosen, a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, an& the meeting separated. PASSING FORGED NOTES.—This morning in formation was received at Marylubone police•office that a number of well executed forged five and ten pound notes, purporting to be of the aink of England, are is circulation, particularly in the borough of Marylebone , to an enormous extent. Yesterday atternocn two well" dressed females entered the shop of Mr. Cline, haber dasher, in Oxford-street ; after purchasing some trifling articles, they tendered the shopman a five pound note, which, from their appearance, took him off his guard, and they received the change, and left the shop ; shortly afterwards the note w as f oun d to b e a forgery. Anot h er 1 system adopted, and which has proved successful to the depredators, is by a young man, having the appearance of a grocer or cheeseinonger's shopman, with an apron on, without a hat, hastily entering a shop for change, stating it to be for his employer, residing only a few doors off. Th e n o t es are suppose d to h ave b e en manu factured abroad. THE WAY TO BREAK DOWN A PRESS.--It has been justly said that an independent press rests on a firmer basis for support than one of a contrary cha racter ; and it has been supposed difficult to break down aes way e in r e w a n d i e c r h t h i t i o c k a n t b b i s e done, h s such vaepr.ressA. And d T h h o e w re i d s o k By dthe misconductßytelling can be accomplished cerning its editor? No. By threats? 'N o . By getting a hireling for the special purpose 'of writing it down % No. 'lnprincipled po litical 13 , .;stmasters ? No. But this is the secret :—.. Leta large number of its subscribers conclude that necause the business is good the editor is not in want of d th e e la l y ittil h e e su fu m fi s ini th e e n y t s o e f V t e h r eailrly p o r w onl ey s e e t a it a s n i d rie c n o d n s tr h a n c b t i s tu w a i l t l b y twhoerleddimtours,tacnodmtheedmowonst partoslpaesrt.o_usßeastlaebiglhishrAemnteriinceithne) all sorts of I ; es con- Slandai ZOOLOGICALd' : LJOCIETY.—At the ordinary meeting on To'::sday evening, IN . H. Lloyd, Esq., in the c h a i r, there was exhibited on the table a large col lection o f marine productions, from Kangaroo Island, South A ustralia, forwarded by Mr.arvey. Mr. Waterh ouse next presented to the meet H ing a tabular view of the geographical distribution of the rodent's. One p ecu li ar i ty i n their character was, that the gre at n mass of South A mer i can ro d ents b elong to a se ct' distinct f rom t h at o f t h e old world. A letter was r ead from D r . W e i ssen b orn, accompanying two specimen s of _ the black va r i e ty o f t h e G erman hamster, whic h h e pre seated to the S oc i ety . P ro f essor Owen rea d a paper on the anatomy of the biscacha, a small animal from I Buenos Ayr es , w hi c h h as b een f or some years i n t 0 gardens of the society ; and also a communication frJra Professor Rudolph Wagner, on the reproductive p, o wcr ut some of the lower animals. r BRIGHTON, DEC. 11.—Sir Augustus :aid Lady Gifford and family left Regency-square yesterday for Loudon. The Marchioness of Queettsbary has arriv: d fr r the season. Sir Felix and Miss Booth ar.' Allington are expected on Saturday fo r tis- "- Earl and Countess. Somers are sly- ..e season. The Winter. Lord Lyndhurst - ...Ely expected for the At the theatre on Si.' - patronised the performance s in the boxP- ..urday night. Among the companY 1,3 • we observed Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, Williams, Lady Georgiana Pane, Lady Twisden, Han. Mrs. Greville, D. Salontotts, Esq., &c. Lady Morns .s exp,-eted I.llis week on a v*Bit to Lady Vernon. T i „ a i,f (:,411,,ty Hospital this evening is e.••. 1 to .ttitt fashionably attended. L .0, F t . akeo a house in Kemp Town, anti is expected on Saturday. i