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11aturday, 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 Communicatlens, Letters, and Books for the Editor, are re /nested to be addressed to Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. Moe of " Young En&la,¢d," No. 2, York-street, Covent-garden, Where Advertisements should be sent. *** Orders received by all Newsvendors and Booksellers through- Sut the United Kingdom. Now ready, T HE NELSON LETTERS and DISPATCHES. VOLUME THE I'IRST. EDITED BY SIR HARRIS NICHOLAS, G.C.M.G., &c. To be completed in about 4 eels. Bvo., price 15s. each, bound ; the Second of which will be ready in January next. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ° w• Orders received by all Booksellers. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., EVAIP TON COURT, AY HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER Will be reputed a Grand Opera Serie, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornare, Mr. Porrani ; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss; Adolphe de Courcy, M'. W. Morrison; Catarina t mar°, Miss Raintorth To conelude with the celebrated Ballet of THE PERI. Achmet, Desplaces ; The Peri, Mdtle. Plunkett; Nourmahal, Mdlle. (PBryara ; Aysha, Mrs. Payne. The Box.ortice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYbi A RILET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, tolled OLD HEADS,AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket 1111r.34ickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe s Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob,llr )3uckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of t Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn, Maclaine Veetris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia iv, ennett. After which, will -be repeated a New C0m1.., Drama, entitled SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Moritz, M . Charles Mathews; Minnie, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG ENGLAND.,.. Major. Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James "'Web Mr. Buckstono •' Mrs. P. oleo , Mrs. Humby. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On, Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, 1 : 0 14 Ten till Eive o'Cloek. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, Will be performed VICTOR' NE; or, I'll Sleep on It. Alex andre' Mr. Hudson ; Michael, Mr. Sel,y, Victorine, Mrs. Yates; Salee,Mrs. Fitzwillitim. After which a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Count Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Vanille, Mr. Selby; Vie Mysterieua Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. To cwt.-Jude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEMAN, fin which Messrs. Wright, Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. (allot; Principal Painter, dr. Pitt ; Leadel of the Sand, Mr. Mellon.—Box-ortice open from Eleven till Four. Private litaxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. 1. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled TIE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Bearnanoir, 111. r. Walton; Olivier, ' Horn, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Jun.; Richard, Mr. Him& ; Renaud, Mr. Mattacks; Lyon, Mr. Leffler; Mermine, Mdlle. 'Helen Condcll ; Gertruce, Mrs. Fosnroke. T. conclude wi„th THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. Wallack; Bullfrog, Mr. Compton ; Rachel Heywood, Mrs. Stirling. Stage Manager, , Mr.; H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Dress Circle, ss.'; Boxes, 4e. ; Pit, 21. ; Gallo Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dresif Circle, 2a. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two illuineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office ; under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and Free Admissions far the Season to be had at the Theatre. IHEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LAVE ENGLISH °VERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mts. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, Will be performed THE MOMENTOUS QUESTION. Cha. Tacters by Messrs.'F. Vining, Diddear, arnold, Miss Wal. c..,tt, and Mrs. Wigan. To be followed - bpa , New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSIN GEN Characters by Metm, Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, StOker,aWd Ke ley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In the course df the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Jullien's Mazurka, and Cellanus Valse will be danced by Mdlles. Louise:and Adele, Miss James, and MI s Fairbrother. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS 'With entirely , New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Characters by Mr. 'Diddear Mr. J. W. Collin', Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Craven, and Mr ; Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli ige, Mrs. A. WjEan, Miss .Turser, Miss James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES !Fl ADMISSION.--Balcony Boxes. 41.. Upper Boxes, 33.; Pit, 10.1 Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony B oxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is.Bd. • Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Kilomy Ti er (holding eight ) tstisoris), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private ax es on the Pit." Der (holding six persons), One Guinea. The Box-dliceisiapen from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direr.- ties:of Mr. Guyon, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attracUon,ev,ery Evening—Squire Eatty's Hounds meet This Eienisig, at ASTLFY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Prisprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Hone and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fnx-chase on the Stage and In the Circle by living For and real Pack of Hounds, purchased Batty oi Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. om Races, and other Sporting Features. ew Scenes 0018 Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse manship.. To conclude witti THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Three Conscripts. - Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open. from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding t , Mr. R. Smith daily. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, Will be THIS 'DIE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Roberts "elndal ; Bassanio, Mr. N. T. Hicks ; Gratiano, Mr. E. F. Saville; , 'Perna, Mrs. R. Honner ; Nerissa. Miss E. Terrey. After which the Favourite Farce of THE KING'S GARDENER. tlalochard, Mr. Biddies (from the Theatre Royal Guernsey). To be folio wed by A BALLET' DIVERTISSEMENT. An Ethiopian Entertainment by the REAL AMERICAN SOUTHERN MINSTRELS. To conclude nr;lth THE CARPENTER OF ROUEN. Marteau (the Carpenter), "Mr. J. Hudson Kirby ; Madelon, Mrs. R. Homier. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. anee, , from E/ eve xt to Four. fr I Ri— 'TO CORRESPONDENTS. 44 A Conataint -,Reader."—The dividend on the Great Western RI iilway shares should have been 31. 10s., not 3L ss. per _share, as incorrectly printed in the last list. THE,',WEATHER.—Surt OFFICE, DEC. 11. THERMODI/ riEE, Lowest, 26 ; Highest, 29 ; Noon, 29. : 11A_ROMETER, 30.05.- - WIND, N. NoTE..--:11m figures which follow the words "Lowest" and "Highest.', ~, 4 43note the lowest and highest state of the Therrnometf i r during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other o se rsrations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 one Thgrmometers 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. HIGH , isr.ATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morring le'mlnutes after 2 Evening 51 minutes after 2. , ..... 1 , '' (.‘4 i ~ , f11..T., , „, ... ~. ' . ,4 t . 1 ~......,, , ~1" ,0,-.. ., ,,,....., ...,,,,,;,-,,_ A - ~,,• 7, 4 . , its, ,:-...„-.4llmmli k .." 0 , . - .- , , A ...._ ,p ,... ,,,,,,t; ..- _....- 1•1.1_ ~, ,zik • e i e V r ••• ,„. „ vid? . .* .., "ra...7lwallehili ' c ; 1' ' '' 1 ' ... . ~,. ~, '.II6ZONOrt --.,. . -ed.,. V , O 29 ..t. i i 4 0.0 it,'•`:' ~,.."' >, ... ,-....... 'ItiECOND EDITION. *, lUfl LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1844. We :(iliote the following significant communica tion frOM'Exeter, which appears in the columns of monaitop Contemporary :—" Considerable sensa tion wsierereated in this city on Sunday last by cer tain rubrical adoptions in the performance of Divine worship at all the parish churches, according to the instructions issued by the Bishop of EXETER. The rst was at St. Sidwell's Church, where the ceremony of christening was performed in the middle of the service. In every one of the parish churches the sermon was preached in a surplice instead of a gown, and several of the congregations were so offended by this innovation, that they quitted the church the filo meni 'they saw the minister, so attired, enter the pul pit. 2tt is said that the churching of women will in futurt be performed in the middle of the Sunday morning service, and a very strong feeling exists as to the indelicacy and impropriety of such a practice." such are among the first-fruits of the Bishop of EXETNIC'S late Pastoral Letter to the clergy of his diocese. Though a minister of the gospel of peace, he has contrived to scatter the seeds of discord far and wide throughout his see, and to put its clergy end its laity in a position of direct antagonism to wards each other, the extent of whose evil conse quince no one can at present foresee. Already have the ! - parishes of St. Lawrence, St. John, and St. George, Exeter, sounded the tocsin of alarm, and warmly remonstrated against the alterations in Di yinel-service proposed by their diocesan, adding, that` these alterations are the revival of practices hiOh Wing universally fallen into desuetude by the o)rrunon consent of the Bishops and the laity at large, have been pressed upon the latter by only a small i minority in the Church ; and they deem it not merely inexpedient but unjust, that the majority of the clergy and laity should be compelled to bend to the example of this crotchety minority. The flame of discontent once lighted in Exeter will not be confined to that episcopal city, but will be sure to spread like wild firei-and in a short time we may expect to see the whole diocese a prey to dissensions, heart-burnings, and jealousies of the most harassing and unchristian ohdrltcter. And will not other sees, too, catch the in fectiOn ? Assuredly they will, and not a zealous Tractarian minister in England, but will be encou rated by the sanction of the Bishop of EXETER, to persist in' the revival of absurd, obsolete usages. 'This ?ash, officious P re l a t e i s, we suspect, li tt l e aware o f c iwatur e of the epposition he is raising up against bil4kzelf, Not only will he have the common sense of the•male portion of his flock arra yed in vig orous hos tsTaiy,to his decrees, but if it bereezall?: e has sanctioned true that, a mong ether ridiculous, expl o d e d uPag the churching of women publicly in the middle E •AV a the giinday morning service, h e w ill have ill the ,y their fe les also of his diocese in ar ms aga i nst " 4 :7 - i ln ; and' stly so, for we cannot imagine any tiling m oro' ffensive to their sense of propriety g exposed during the ceremony of Sban - - lkti Nt THE SUN, LONDON, W churching—which hitherto has been in some degreet of a private character, usually taking place either before or after the evening service—to the full, broad gaze of a crowded congregation. If once the female portion of his flock declare unanimously against him, we would not give much for the Bishop's chance of success in his innovations ! He will be beaten to a dead certainty, and have ample cause to rue the hour when he brought a hornet's nest about his ears. As regards the question of the surplice, which seems to have given such offence to the good people of Exeter, we can scarcely wonder at their dislike of the innovation, for trifling as it is in itself, it becomes of consequence when taken in connexion with the revival of other wages notoriously borrowed from the Church of Rome. It is evident, indeed, from their present conduct, that the Tractarian clergy, and those in authority who approve of their tenets, are endeavouring by degrees to habituate their flocks to Romish practices, and to wean them from their long-cherished distrust of Popery. ady they have succeeded, to some extent, in their jesuitical attempts; and it is high time, therefore, that a b'ld, resolute stand should be made against them. We will even go further, and add, that no clergyman who advocates the Tractarian heresy, should be allowed any longer to linister at a Pro testant altar, or receive the emoluments of the Pro testant Establishment. He should be looked on as a wolf in sheep's clothing, and be driven from the fold without delay. It must come to this at last, and the sooner, therefore, the Tractarian zealots are thus summarily and vigorously dealt with, the better it will be for the interests of that great national Establishment, which is now placed in imminent peril by their underhand practices. The Times of yesterday published a leading article, the text of which was supplied by the me he rebels in their recent attempts on the frontier of the province of Huesca." The following paragraph appears in the letter of a Bilbao Correspondent :—" A Spanish vessel, which has just entered this town from Havannah, after a passage of thirty-two days, left that town almost de stroyed by an earthquake. The finest buildings have been subverted ; there have been a large number of victims, and a part of the population is fled to the country" Mr. BULWER, it is said, had obtained a settlement of the arrears due to the British Legion. morial of Mr. FRANCIS HEALY, one of the many victims (for many, we fear, there have been) of the bad organisation, the bad management, and, worst of all, the bad faith of the New Zealand Company, We have recently animadverted on the defects of that MADRID BOURSE, DEC. 3.—The Three per Cents. are per cent. higher to-day, closing at 30 9-16 cash, and 31 at 60 days ; 53,000,000 done. Five per Cents. 24 for 7th January, and 211 at 55 days. The contract for the new French loan of 200,000,000 f. (8,000,0001) was completed at Paris on Monday. The adjudication took place at the office of the Finance Minister at noon. The only bidders were—Messrs. DE ROTUSCHILD and DE ST. DIDIER and BAUDON, as representatives of the Re- ceivers-General, Messrs. HOTTINGUER and Co., Messrs. DURAND, and Messrs. BARING. The price offered by the former company was 84f. 75c., and by the latter 83f. 95c., consequently the loan was adjudged to Messrs. DE ROTHSCHILD and DR ST. DIDIER and BAUDON. The minimum of the Minister of Finance was not precisely known, but it was understood to be 83, so that the offer of Messrs. ROTHSCHILD and Co. exceeded it by lf. 75c. This high offer had excited considerable surprise at the Bourse, yet parties were eager to purchase at an increased rate. At the open ing of the Bourse the new loan was done at 86f. 50c. it quickly rose to 87f. 50c., and closed at 86f. 90c. for cash, and 87f. 15c. for the account. The French Government, according to a letter from Otaheite of the 2d of June, has taken under its protection several other islands in the Pacific. The letter states that the chiefs of Wallis's Islands and of the Island of Fontana, are henceforward under the protectorate of France, this step, which was applied for several months back, being consented to by the French Government. The Governor of Otaheite, in consequence, dispatched a vessel to these islands to notify that they were to be occupied. The protectorate of the Gambier Islands has also been notified. body's original constitution, and the wavering and inconsistent relations at different periods subsisting between it and the British Colonial Department; on the exorbitancy and favouritism of the powers and grants virtually conceded to this incorporated body ; on the fearful responsibility accruing to the officer exercising the authority of Government in the colony, by reason of the virtually withholding of all protection to those under his jurisdiction, and his deportment subsequent to the massacre at Waken. Another Contemporary, the Morning Advertiser, having devoted its columns to the exposure of the wrongs and the spoliation sustained by numerous complainants who had themselves, or were the re presentatives of those who had, invested money in the New Zealand Company's scheme, on the faith of promises and contracts which it has never since ful filled or redeemed, we shall not at present enter into the particulars of the disgraceful charges so seriously implicating the Direction of the Company at home, and its agents abroad. But we observe in the Times the following passage, which, as applicable to Emi gration Companies in general, seems to call for some remark :—" To imagine that en Emigration Com pany is to be trusted on the point, of all others in the world, of a bargain and sale of land ! Why, for what other object is an Emigration Company formed, at all—if not for this of getting rid of supposed landed estates to would-be emigrants ?" Perhaps the Times does not care for any distinc tion which may be taken between " Land Companies," properly so called, and " Emigration Companies," under which designation it attacks the New Zealand Company. But we must observe, that if Land Com panies are to be classed in the same category with those Emigration Companies of which the New Zealand concern is to be taken as a type, great in justice will be committed by the assumption of an equality of mismanagement, to say nothing of the much graver question of moral delinquency. The " Canada," or the " North American" Land Com pany, for example, has not, we apprehend, rendered itself obnoxious to such a comparison. It has not, that we are aware of, been challenged by any Mr. lIEALY with taking the money of a " would-be emi grant," as the Times calls him, for lands which he cannot procure after going out to locate himself upon them ; which either were never in the possession of the parties who have ostensibly sold them to him, or which, if so possessed by them, these parties have either never been in a condition to transfer, or have wilfully abstained from executing a legitimate title to, for the benefit of the purchaser. We know of cases in which blocks of land, some of very con siderable, some of smaller dimensions, have been purchased, transferred, and occupied in Eastern and in Western Canada, with as much good faith and prompt dealing as any transactions of the sort could have been conducted with in England. In short, it is neither reasonable nor consistent with facts to infer, from the assumed misconduct of the New Zealand speculation, that no Emigration Company is to be " trusted in a bargain and sale of land ;" or to say that it exists for no conceivable object, if not for that "of getting rid of supposed landed estates." For our own parts, we entertain a strong and conscientious impression that, for a country like ours, with all the existing exigencies of its social and moral condition, to neglect the duty of maturing a sound, extensive, and permanent system of emigration, under well digested guarantees of encouragement and protec tion on the part of the Imperial Government and its coknial officers, is to repudiate the magnificent career which PROVIDENCE has opened to us and to our pos terity in another hemisphere, and under other skies. The primary condition on which we hold our almost unbounded colonial dominion we conceive to be to re lieve, at present, the pressure of our native redundant population and surplus industry and unoccupied en terprise to those transmarine possessions, of every variety of climate, soil, and produce, which open exhaustless fields for their settlement and improve ment; and by the process of gradual and beneficent development, finally to establish in these wild and half-reclaimed regions, and among their now semi barbarous people, the arts, the sciences, the religion, the institutions, the commerce, the genius, and re finement of the old country, from whence it will be their pride hereafter to date the era of their improve ment and their greatness. With these views and opinions we cordially concur in the concluding sen timent of the article from which we have already quoted. " The more" (writes our Contemporary) " public attention becomes fixed on our modern methods of colonisation, the more remarkable will be found our inferiority, on this point, to the heathen nations of old." Undoubtedly. May we add an ex pression of regret that the writer does not lend his powerful aid and influence towards the organisation of some great emigration movement, which may rival, in the extent of its application, the benevo lence of its objects, the wisdom of its details, the sa gacity of its management, and the liberality of its superintendence and administration, those generous efforts by which Phoenicia and Carthage, Egypt ' Greece, and Rome, hived their own redundant swarms of native population in the most eligible localities for their future establishment and prosperity, and thus diffused their inventions, their learning, their his tory, their sciences, their civilisation, over the fairest, but, in their time, least peopled countries of the globe ? The following is the only news of the slightest interest in the papers : The Constitutionnel publishes the following from its correspondent at Berne, dated the 6th : " The imprudent decision by which the grand council of Lucerne has sanctioned the encouragement of the Jesuits, in spite of the popular repugnance, begins to bear fruit. The Government of Lucerne, disliked by the great majority of the population, particularly in the chief town, is obliged, in order to get itself obeyed, to have recourse to violent means, which, if they are not croe ned with a prompt success, will only render its position more critical, if they do not cause its complete overthrow. Already the first act of the Jesuitical drama has just been played. According to information received this morning, an insurrection has burst out at Willisau, a little town six leagues from the capital. The Govern ment bad ordered the prefect to arrest some men of the place known for their opposition to the Jesuits. One hundred men of the line were called out to give assist- Madrid papers of the 3d instant have been received. The accounts from Logrono, and the north of Spain generally, are some of them of a painful character. According to the Castellano, the disclosures made by Zunnarto's sons led to the apprehension of M. GAM BOA, General ITURRE, the Advocate OTNELEY, and a number of other persons, who have been conducted to Logrono. If this information be correct, we fear there has been some foul play in the business; for it is not likely these young men would have made any disclosures whatever, unless on the understanding that their lives would be saved. The Eco del Com ercio publishes a letter from Logrono, stating that ZURBANO'S country house had been levelled to the ground, the furniture burnt, and the cattle killed. Two hundred persons were seized at Saragossa on the 26th ultimo, eighty of whom have been thrown into prison. A Council of War had been constituted :a . d O in n the the for the trial of the insurgents in other did- Ch n am th br ,eN of A Deputies, RVAEZ, in andf full p u re n s i e fu n r td m e , apps re a Bill for " granting pensions to the families of the officers put to death, after being made prisoners, by ance to the authorities, but when the commanding officer wished to proceed to execute the warrant, the people raised 'a riot, and opposed so strong a resistance, that the officer ordered the troops to fire on the mob. But the soldiers, far from complying, took part with the people. At this moment the insurrection threatens to ex tend to other localities, even to the capital itself, where the greater number of the superior officers are hostile to the Government, on account of its predilection for the Jesuits. Such are the scenes brought on by the proceedings of the reverend fathers to force themselves on a population by whom they are detested." According to the Constantinople letter of the 20th ult., in a Vienna journal, RIFAAT PACEIA, who was lately Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been made a member of the Great Council. SAmst-EFFENDI, ex inister of Foreign Affairs, is to go to London as Ambassador in place of AALI-EFFENDI ; and NAFI EFFENDI, formerly Ambassador to France, to replace MOUKIITAR BEY, Ambassador at Vienna. A Constantinople letter of the 20th, in the Augs burrgh Gazette, informs us that a serious misunder standing had taken place between ADDULLAU PACHA, the Governor of Trebisonde, and the English Consul at that place. The Governor, in consequence of some pique against the Consul, had ordered 2,000 blows to be inflicted, for some real or supposed offence, upon a young Greek who was under the Consul's protection, and the victim had already received 800, and was almost dead, when the Consul reached the spot, and insisted on the remission of the remainder of the sentence. The letter adds, that Sir STRAT FORD CANNING has ordered an inquiry into the cir cumstances, and declared that if the Consul's account should be substantiated, he will demand not only the dismissal of the Governor, but some signal chastise ment. THE BOURSE—MomnIY, DEC. 9. First Highest Lowest Lasi Prim. Price. Price. Price. Frencn Five per Cents •• • • 121 05 .• 122 .• 121 05 .. 121 65 Three per Cents •• . 85 .. 85 65 .. 85 .. 85 20 New Loan .• •• •• • • 86 90 .• 87 25 .. 86 85 .. 86 85 Bank of France 3250 .•3260 .•3250 —3260 Laffitte Bank, 5,000 f• Sharesso6o "5080 —5OBO ..5080 Belgian Fives, 1840 Two-and-a-Half.. • . 62 25 .. 62 75 • • 62 25 .. 62 75 Spanish Threes.. • ..... 361 .. 361 • • 36/ 36/ Active •••••• • • • • • • 321 • . 321 .. 32f .. 320 Portuguese Five per Cents • . 561 .. 561 .. 561 .. 561 Neapolitan.. •-••• • • • • • • 99 50 • • 99 50 • • 99 50 .. 99.60 llutCh Two and-a-Half... 631 •• 631 .. 631 . 631 Rowan ... ...... ..... .... 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8.• • •• • • • • • • . • 455 .. 455 .. 455 .. 455 L.B.•••••• •••••• 327 50 .. 330 .. 327 50 .. 330 R0uen•......• •• ••••••••••1027 50 . 1027 50 —1027 50 ..1027 50 Rouen to Uavre•. 793 75 .. 793 75 -. 793 75 .. 793 75 Orleans •• ••••••• •• •• -• •••.1071 25 ..1072 50 ..1067 50 .•1070 Strasburg to Baie•• •• •• •• •• 295 Avignon to Marseilles 930 •• 295 •• 930 . 292 50 .. 292 50 •• 930 .• 930 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, DEC 16. St. Germain 985 985 .. 985 .. 985 Versailles, R. 8.....• •••••• 457 50 .. 457 50 .. 457 50 .• 457 50 L. 8..•.•. Rotten 50 .•1032 50 ..1027 SO ..1027 50 Orleans • lO7O —1072 50 ..1067 50 ..1070 Strasburg to 8a1e.... • ..... 295 A.vignon. to Marseilles...• .. 935 .. 295 .. 935 .. 292 50 .. 292 50 .. 927 50 .. 927 50 ALARMING FIRE AT BRIXTON.—This morning, shortly before one o'clock, a fire broke out in the house belonging to Mrs. Powney, town carrier, situate at No. 7, Chrystal-road, North Brixton. The Waterioo brigade engine promptly attended, and was followed by the West of England, and anoth'er from Southwark-bridge-road. There being a good supply of water instantly procured, the firemen set to work most vigorously, and before two o'clock they suc ceeded in extinguishing the fire, not, however, until very considerable damage had been effected. Owing to the density of the smoke, the inmates in the upper part of the building had the greatest difficulty in escaping, and for some time it was believed t'nat Mrs. Powney had been burnt to death, as she could not be found. Upon examining the premises after the fire was extinguished, no trace of any person having been burnt could be dis covered ; the probability, thereceire, is that she was from home at the time of the di , ,aster. As to the origin of the fire, or whether or not +,,he sufferer was insured, we could not learn during the excitement that prevailed. DE BEAUVOIR NAT:ONAL SCHOOLS.—Last even ing a general meeting of the subcribers to the De Beau voir National schools was held in the girls' school room (St. Peter's, Kingsland), to take into con sideratiou the 'propriety of the immediate dismissal of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, the master and mis tress of the schools. The charges brought against these teachers were, that they bad made certain dis closures injurious to the moral character of the minis ter of the district, the Rev. F. T. Moncton. After the deb;ete bad extended some length, a show of hands was talien upon the resolution, when the numbers were—For t:ne dismissal, 8 ; against dismissal, 14. The proposition was consequently negatived. EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS.—Last night a very numerous and A highly respectable meeting, in connexion with the Drapers' Mettupolitan Association, was held at the Mechanics' Institute, Southampton-buildings, Hol born, in order to effect a more p,.erieral early closing of shops throughout the metropolis among the whole of the different trades. Mr. Ambrose M oore, who was called upon to preside, said it was extvemely desirable that establishments ; metropolisan objectto effect whit ;h ,h there should b e a cor di a l co-opera . Lion among the trades men ieamrliot yclo b s e ing ea o si f ly th a ei t r f the _ tainecl by adopting conciliatory measures. The early closing of shops would not curtz iii the tradesman of the profits of his business ; and he was certain that great benefit and advantage might be attained by its adoption. The meeting was addressed by Dlr. Payne, the barrister and deputy-coroner ; the Rev.. Mr. Thelwall, the Rev. Mr. Cumming, arid several other gentlemen. Resolutions in furtherance of the object of tl xe meeting were agreed to. Mr. J. Payne said that in his p rofession he had long suf fered from the late hour systea c---he alluded to the even ing sittings at the Central Cris n in a l Court, which he was happy to say were now to be abolished. They were produ ctive of great evil, and wv ere alike uns at is factory to pi 'isoner, and all the judge, the counsel, the officially connected with the adrninistrati of justice in that ce;ert. A Committee was formed to w Irak . upon the shopkeepers of London, in order to induce them to co-operate with the meeting. LINLITHGOW.—It will be gratifying to learn that the ancient and royal palace pf Linlithgow has lately undergone extensive repairs, ul ider the sanction and at the expense of the Government ;. This venerable build-, ing forms one of the noblest 1 tiles of ancient architec ture in Scotland, and, with the a weet and p! acid loch re posing amidst the graceful undo lations Oft the neighbour ing landscape, forms altogether in obl t ect of much aoauty and interest. Some encroachrc s having tent h • ng been made on the boundaries of the loch by ' some of the sma ll pro prietors whose lands come dew n to the wat er ' s e d g Mr. Donald Horne, from the office of her Majesty's Works, inspected the locality u few days ago, and w understand has fully confirmed i th e anc i ent right of th : public to free access round the 10911.—,Edinb„srh Wiens _ - 8. !IDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1844 THIS DAY'S NEWS. PRIVY COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to day at the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Prerogative Court. JONES V. GODERICH. The further arguments in this part heard appeal from the Prerogative Court were resumed and concluded to day. Their Lordships postponed giving judgment. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Lord DENMAN sat at Nisi Prius to-day at the Guild hall. with London Common Juries. During the course of the morning several causes were disposed of which were of no interest except to the parties immediately concerned. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) The Court disposed of all the common jury cases of the present sittings, and rose at twelve o'clock. There are many causes on the special jury list, which will be taken to-morrow, Thursday. The Court will resume the sittings at Nisi Prius in Westminster-hall, on Satur day, 21st inst. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) Jvanhoff Kantrowitz, sen., and Ivanhoff Kantrowitz, jun., who give concerts at Crosby•hall and other places, under the name of the Polish family, charged Mr. Woolfond, a respectable tradsman, living in Old North street, Red Lion-square, Mr. Bailey, and Mr. Pullen, broker, with assaulting them. Solicitors appeared on both sides. The complaint was simply this :—That they having taken lodgings at Mr. Woolfond's house, were forcibly expelled from their apartment by Messrs. Woo!fond and Pullen. The as sault was not a serious one. The complainants were dressed in singular costume, and an interpreter was re quired, in order to translate the Polish language to the Magistrate. The defence set up by the defendants was, that the younger Kantrowitz and his brother had taken an apart ment several months ago, but, as they were 51. in debt for rent, Mr. Woolfond ejected them ; they were forcibly expelled, the door locked, and the key given up in the usual manner. The complainants again took possession of the room, and it was contended, even if Mr. Wool fond and Mr. Pullen had by force expelled them from the room, they were justified in doing so, as they had been already legally ejected. The bed had been removed from the complainants' room, and they brought in a bundle of straw, on which they lay, refusing either to give up possession or pay their rent. Mr. COMBS bound over the defendants to answer the charge at the sessions. THE LATE BANK OF ENGLAND ROBBERY. FINAL EXAMINATION OF BURGESS AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY). Long before the hour appointed for the re-examina tion of the Bank clerk, Win. Burgess, the various ap proaches to the Mansion-house were crowded by re spectably dressed persons, who appeared eager to obtain admission to the justice-room. In the immediate vici nity of the Mansion-house, there were many persons anxious to obtain a sight of the prisoner, but in this they were in a measure disappointed, as he was conveyed to the Mansion-house some time before the hour at which it was stated he would be brought up before the Lord Mayor. The justice-room was not inconveniently crowded, and the reporters were, as on the last occa sion, accommodated with seats below the bar. The Lord Mayor entered and took his seat at twelve o'clock precisely, and after the disposal of three cases the prisoner was placed at the bar in the custody of John Forrester, charged with having fraudulently obtained the transfer of 8,2001., which stood in the name of William Oxenford, Esq., in the Bank of England in the Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities. Mr. I. C. Salomons appeared for the prisoner ; Mr , - Weir, from the office of the Bank solicitors (Messrs. Freshfleld and Co.), attended to conduct the prosecution. Burgess looked more concerned than during his ex amination before the Lord Mayor on Wednesday last. He appeared to be suffering considerable pain in his left leg, and was accommodated with a seat, as he was al most unable to stand. It appeared that he caught a se. vere cold whilst endeavouring to escape from the officers who pursued him from the hotel in Boston to Brewster's Island, nearly eleven miles distant, and that it settled into a severe attack of rheumatism. The first witness examined was Mr. C. C. Lawrence, cashier in Messrs. Lubbock and Co.'s bank, who stated that at about twenty minutes to two o'clock on Tuesday the 3d of September, the cheque now produced was of fered to me for payment. It was for 8,0001., and was drawn on the bank of Charles Keazer, a gentleman of considerable property, who keeps his account at Messrs. Lubbock's. The cheque was presented by a shorter per son than the prisoner, but he (the prisoner) accompanied him. On inquiring the name of the person who pre sented it, they gave that of William Oxenford. I wrote it on a piece of waste paper. I asked them how they would have it, and the person who accompanied the prisoner said, " All, or part in gold." I answered, that if they wanted it in gold they had better get it at the Bank, adding, that I would pay the cheque in notes. To this they assented, and I handed the' notes to the prisoner's companion. The notes produced are those I gave him. Cross-examined by Mr. Salomon—Mr. Keazer is in the habit of drawing large amounts from the banking house, much larger in amount than 8,000/. He keeps a very large account. I did not get the prisoner's friend to write his name on the back of the cheque. I had no suspicion that there was anything incorrect, and consi dered that it came fairly into their possession. Mr. Keazer does a great deal of business on the Stock Ex change. Mr. Thomas Agar, a teller in the Bank of England, was next examined—On the 3d of September, a person unknown presented notes to the amount of 8,2001. to me for payment. My principal, Mr. Dean, directed me to pay the money. As we were out of cash in our de partment, I made an order on another department of the Bank for 10,000/. in gold ; 8,000/. was paid to that per son, and the rest he handed to me. This person pro duced two canvas bags and a carpet bag. The gold was emptied into the canvas bags, and they were put into the carpet bag. The prisoner was not present. The person endeavoured to carry the bag, but did so with difficulty. I remarked that it was heavier than he thought. I offered him the service of two porters to carry it to the door of the Bank. He ac cepted their services, and they left him at the entrance. Cross-examined—l did not get the person to write his ded to address the Lord name mr. on s o e ni back t o h f e t n h e p n r o o t c e e s. e Mayor on the part of the prisoner. He presumed his Lordship had been informed under what Act of Par liament the prisoner had been brought before him. In his opinion the charge against him could not be main tained. He begged his Lordship to bear:in mind that the prisoner did not go to the Bank of England to receive the money, but that the other person went there and re ceived it. He contended that the prisoner was not the person who represented Mr. Oxenford. It was true he was present at the time, but he submitted that he did no more than auy stockbroker would have done. The Act of Parliament was somewhat ambiguous as to the punishment of persons fraudulently identifying persons transferring stock. He had no intention of defrauding the Bank of England when he identified the person Vernon as Joseph Elder. Was it not probable that the prisoner—a young man of five-and-twenty—might hive been made the dupe of a man about town, and a no torious horse dealer, as Elder was ? He admitted that the prisoner had acted with great imprudence Burgess had received an excellent education, and had obtained the appointment which he held in the Bank through the instrumentality of one of its present Direc tors. After addressing the Lord Mayor at much greater length in behalf of the prisoner, he concluded by sub mitting to his Lordship that there was not sufficient evi dence to justify his Lordship in committing him for trial. The LORD MAYOR Said he was quite warranted in committing the prisoner for trial on the evidence which had been adduced before him. %Ir. Salomon said he could give very cogent reasons why the prisoner nbcormilod. The LORD MAYOR—If he was innocent why did he run away from justice? But he did not intend to make any remarks on the case, which would be fully investi gated before another tribunal. Burgess, I shall commit you for trial. The prisoner, who hung down his head and cried bit terly during his solicitor's address, rose and bowed to his Lordship. The depositions were then read over, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial, and walked from the bar with difficulty. led FATAL ACCIDENT on the DOVER RAILWAY. This morning, about Ave o'clock, a most frightful and fatal accident occurred on the Dover Railway, near the Bricklayers' Arms station, Old Kent-road, by which one man, named Thomas Buckley, an engine -driver, was killed on the spot, and William Wilkinson, the stoker, received such extensive injuries, that his recovery is utterly impossible. Several other persons were also se verely injured and conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where they received every attention from Mr. Edward Cock, the resident house-surgeon. It appears that shortly after five o'clock this morning, the Dover luggage train ar rived at the above-named station in the Old Kent-road, immediately afterwards the engine and tender ran off on to another line, and before the driver had time to stop the engine he found that the switchman had neglected to shift the rails, as was the usual cus tom. The consequence was, that the engine and tender ran off the viaduct into the field adjoining (a depth of 25 feet) with a most horrible crash. Several persons connected with the railway station ran to the spot, when a most heart-rending sight prellepted itself to those who went to the rescue. The engine and tender wo--- .....umplotelY smashed to pieces—Buckley was lying quite dead several yards from the mutilated parts of the engine and tender, and Wilkinson, the stoker, was near him in an insensible state bleeding from a severe fracture of the skull, he was also dreadfully scalded over the whole of his person. Buckley was conveyed to a shed in the Ileiglll.- L ~.., li fe was perfectly extinct. shed OUT Ovu as. -,--' " ~ „,Lipson was removed with a man named Cook, a plate-layer engaged on t 11® am ward of Guy's Hospital, wheretheseline, to the accident grea t e st attention was 13 paid to 41prot ;k the house. -surg Wilkinson, who lies in an, Mr. E. Cock, who gave not the of W s li g htest hoget insensible state. The event has caused the greatest ex citement in the neighbourhood of the railway station. SPORTING IN (RECEIVED DEF 10 . to 1 agst Alarm—taken freely 20 to 1 agst Cobweb c. 20 to 1 agst Ledger 20 to 1 agst Idas 20 to 1 agstYoungEclipse 22 to 1 agst Pam 30 to 1 agst Newsmongcr 30 to 1 agst Rebecca c. 35 to 1 agst Laird o' Cock pen TELLIGENCE. THIS DAY.) tEY. 40 to 1 agst Old England —taken 40 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger—taken 1000 to 15 agst Iron Master —offered 1000 to 10 agst Black Prince 15 to 1 agst Forth's lot 7 to 1 agst John Day's lot 6 t7)l aget Scott's lot—t. CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 offered on the field. COURSING. NORTH BERWICK AND DIRLETON MEETING. The Puppy Stakes (14 dogs) were won by Mr. Cal lender's Princess ; Mr. ibson's Percy ran up. The All. Aged Stakes (14 digs) were won by Mr. W. Sharpe's Daint:e Davie ; Mr. Curror's Scorpion ran up. The Champion Stakes (8 Fo b s) were won by Mr. Cur ror's Colonel ; Mr. Innes's Valiant ran up. The Consolation Stakes were won by Mr. J. P. Mit chell's Warrior ; Mr. Innes's Victor ran-up. W ESTON GRANGE MEETING. The Silver Cup was won by Mr. Gibbs's Stockton ; the Subscription Purse by Mr. Garner's Spotless, and he Consolation Stakes by Mr. Stephens's Victoria. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vublit eptnton. " Who runs may read." POSSUM. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and the Prince de Joinville reached Marseilles on the sth instant. A tri umphal arch had been erected near that part of the port which touches the Canebiere. Its summit was on either side blazoned with the arms and initials of the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and the sides and front were deco rated with trophies representing the battles of Tangiers, Mogadore, the Salida, and Biscora. They landed at the triumphal arch, traversed the Canebiere, the rue de St. Feriol, to the Hotel d'Orient, in the rue Grignon, the air resounding with the firing of guns, the ringing of bells, and the voices of thousands of persons shouting, "Vive le Duke d'Aumale," " Vive la Duchess," " Vive le Prince de Joinville," " Vive le Roi," &c. At ten o'clock the royal party went to the theatre; their recep tion was most enthusiastic. The cold is still increasing at Paris. On Monday morning, at six o'clock, the centigrade thermometer marked 9.4 degrees below zero (15 Fahrenheit). The last severe winter felt at Paris welt in 1838, the thermo• meter at the Observatory being down to 19 degrees cen tigrade (2 below zero of Fahrenheit). At 9 degrees centigrade (16 Fahrenheit), ifcontinued for two or three days, the Seine freezes over. The Courrier Francais says:—" Since 1830 the Halle au BA has never been so bare of flour as at present. The official returns of Friday show only 6,976 quintals in store. The consumption per day is 1,588 quintals, so that there remained at that time not more than two days' provision. This circumstance has caused an advance in price. The late severe weather has, by the freezing of th• canals, been a main cause of the present small supply. The number of pupils at the Royal and Communal Colleges of France is at present not less than 57,278. Last y ear, at the same period, they were only 53,864, which shows an increase of 3,414 pupils. The Memorial des Pyrenees states that a French sloop, having fifteen men on board, went down on Thursday last in the Bay of Saint Jean de Luz, and every soul perished. The name of the vessel is not given. The Acad6mie de M6d6cine having received several very interesting works on the plague, and being charged by an express ordonnance to make a report to the Go vernment on the subject, has appointed a committee of eleven of its members to take into consideration the above, and all other documents that are likely to throw ight on all the questions which have arisen on this tnportant matter. fhe Constitutionnel states that at Saragossa, on the 26th ult., all the persons found in the streets wearing cloaks, 400 in number, were arrested by the authorities, but only 80 of them were retained in custody. The wives of several of the prisoners having assembled, and demanded the release of their husbands, the Captain-Ge neral threatened to employ force if they did not retire. The motive of these arrests is not stated. Similar pro ceedings have taken place at Almeria and Alicant, and the whole of the province of Teruel has been declared in a state of siege. The Verdad of Barcelona, of the Ist, says :—" We have just learned, by a letter from General Prim him self, that he is on his way to Cadiz, where he is to em bark immediately fur the Philippine Islands to undergo his sentence. He says in his letter that what gives him most pain is being compelled to abandon his aged mother, without being able to leave her any resources for her support." Some time ago, at Munich, a girl six years of age was placed as dead in an open coffin, in what is called in that country the hall of death, preparatory to interment. On the following day she was found playing with the white roses which had been strewed over her. The keeper of the hall took her in his arms, and carried her to her mother. In France (says the Presse, which men tions this fact), where there is no precautionary measure of this kind, the child would have been buried alive. SAW AND POLICD. The Committee of the Privy Council was engaged in hearing the arguments in the case of the Royal Court of Guernsey, against General Napier, the Lieutenant- Governor of the Island. The further consideration of the case was adjourned to Monday. The Commission at Derby was opened by Mr. Justice Patteson on Monday afternoon. The calendar contains the names of 27 prisoners, and one has been committed since it was printed. At Chester Edwin James Port, 49, was placed at the bar on a charge of killing and slaying Mary Harris, at Birkenhead, by the application of white arsenic to her right breast, which produced a sore or ulcer, and a mortal sickness, on the 11th of October last, of which she died on the 24th of the same month. The defendant was a quack doctor, who advertised to cure cancer. He was acquitted, and, in discharging him, Mr. Baron Gurney gave him the following caution :—" Take care of your. self for the future—you may not be so fortunate another time." Joseph Steadman Morrison, a police superintendent, was convicted before Mr. Justice Coleridge, at York, of having embezzled 171. The money had been remitted to him as a subscription to the Police Association. At Guildhall, Sir Peter Laurie mentioned that some persons residing at Paris, had hit upon a singular plan to recruit their finances. They had taken up Dodd's account of the nobility and: gentry, and had begun sending circulars to the individuals enumerated therein, soliciting a remittance towards translat ing into German, and publishing, a series of biogra phical sketches. The application enclosed a sketch of the article intended to be published, in which the person addressed was eulogised, and blanks were left for the insertion of some particulars. Though the names were varied, the style of description was adapted to all of that grade. Sir Peter said the price of fame was tobe one guinea per page. He had written to Paris declining the fa% our, as he comprehended the object. Leah Mary Roper, the notorious shoplifter, was fully committed from Bow-street. A young woman was charged at Marylebone with having stolen from the person of Mr. Arthur Rumsey, a wine merchant, carrying on business in Bond-street, two Bank of England notes of 201 . each, and one ditto of 10/., together with a sovereign, 65., and a gold ring. It appeared that the prisoner met the prosecutor in the street and accosted him as if 'she knew him. He as sured her she was mistaken. She however followed him, stating she was a lady's maid, and eventually succeeded in picking his pocket of the articles mentioned. She was remanded until next Tuesday. The police of the various divisions have, from time to time, received information with regard to other robberies perpetrated under circum stances of the like artful character, and it is more than probable that on the next examination, other " gentlemen" who have been " victimised" by "ladies' maids" may at tend to prefer more charges. John Stump, who pleaded drunkenness as an excuse for his conduct, was sentenced at Worship-street to six weeks' hard labour for having entered the house of an old lady, seventy years of age, and forced himself into her bed. colnyr—radiliZONAßZEl. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster are en tertaining a select circle at Eaton Hall. Baron Nieumann and his bride (eldest daughter of the Duke of Beaufort) have left England, for Florence, where the Baron has been appointed Minister Plenipo tentiary from the court of his Imperial Majesty the Em peror of Austria. The Right Hon. the Paymaster-General and Lady and Miss Knatchbull, arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on Monday, from Mersham, near Ashford. Sir James Graham has taken Orton House, at Brighton, where Lady Graham and family arrived on Monday. Miss Burdett Coutts arrived on Tuesday at the Norfolk Hotel, Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Grosvenor will arrive at Eaton Hall in the course of the week, to remain during the holidays with the Marquis and Marchioiess of West minster at their splendid mansion. Earl and Countess De Grey have arrived in St. James's-square from Brighton, and on Saturday the Noble Earl and Countess leave for their seat, Wrest Park, near Silsoe, Bedfordshire, where his Lordship in tends to pass a short time. The Mstrquis of Exeter has arrived in Grosvenor square from Burleigh House, to be present at the Chapter of the Order of the Garter, to be held to-morrow, at Windsor Castle. _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire are no\ expected to leave town for East Hampstead park, Berk shire, until the end of the ensuing month. The Earl of Hillsborough is still at his hunting seat, Baxterley Hall, near Leamington Spa, where Mr. and Lady Charlotte Chetwynd are staying. =Lb 0 /1111.X.AN MOUS. The metropolis was visited this morning by a most unwelcome acquaintance--4 dense fog—which cam almost complete darkness for several hours. Though somewhat abated at two P.M., the gas lights are still re quired in shops, warehouses, &c., as at night. In reference to a paragraph that appeared in The Sun, giving the inquest on the sudden death of Mr. Sputter, a stockbroker in the City, we are requested to state that he was not a Jew. Mr. Sontter, it appears, wag a Christian, and attended the Swiss Protestant Church in Dean-street, Soho, of which the Rev. Mr. Andemars is minister. The University of Edinburgh has conferred the de gree of Doctor in Divinity on the Rev. John Cumming, M.A., minister of the Scottish National Church, Crown court, Csvent-garden, to mark their sense of his great acquirements and untiring services to the Church of Scotland. The cattle show of the Stnithd Club, which is now open to the public, is reckor,ed the largest and best that has been seen for a l ow * t i me. The num b e r of cattle is greater than it has ...re;been, and their quality, speaking generally, i England b s air..o very sup er i or . S ca rcely a county in ::,, has its representative—of one description or anothe .. ..." from returns of the Small Pox Hospital for the past month of November, it appears that the epidemic con tinues to increase, for the admission of patients during that period has been 77, making a total of 573 patients received this year into this valuable Institution, which not only relieves the metropolis from so dreadful a con tagion, but diminishes the spread of the malady by means of vaccination. 33 T 3 11 . amount of the R e p ea l Rent for . ' last week was Mr - the taktin - --..1N0 TO PETITION AGAINST THE WINDOW TAx.---Last evening a meeting of the ratepayers of St. James's, West, was held at the Crown Hotel, Broad-street, Golden -square, to consider the propriety of taking measures to petition Parliament for the repeal of the window tax. 11,fr. Austen, of Gold.- churchwarden of the pai,sh, was in ' plained the objects of ' therance of the obje, c t were g then.co• . _...4-square, -- Laechair, and ex and a committee Appoint e d ..cried unatzimolydr, FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Dxc. B.—The Journal de Bruxelles an nounces that Mr. Vergdt, member of the deputation of Antwerp, has been appointed director of the colony of St. Thomas, in the room of Mr. Guillamanot, who is said to be now on his return to Belgium. We shall belglad if this statement should be unfounded• The nomination and acceptance of Mr. Verdt would be a pledge of confidence in the future prosperity of the colony. The Government has received from Mr. Busch, Consul- General of Belgium, in Chili and Peru, a decree of the Peruvian Government, dated the 14th of June, 1843, by which the term of five years granted to the Society fur the exportation of guano, is prolonged for three years. In consequence of the severe cold we have had, for some days past, the Meuse is full of floating ice, and the navigation is interrupted in the whole course of the river. Our readers probably remember that while his Ma jesty the King of the French was in England an indivi dual, named 1:e Buchoz:llilton, who pretended that he was a creditor of the King, applied to a court of justice to be authorised to take legal measures, and even to arrest his Majesty. We are now able to throw some light on the character of this man, by the following de tails:—Buchoz,llilton was born at Metz, and is now fifty-three years of age. In June, 1831 he was im prisoned at Brussels on a charge of vagrancy. In 1819 he had been condemned by the Court of Assize of South Brabant to seven years' imprisonment, to stand in the pillory, and to be branded as implicated in a plot against the life of the Emperor Alexander when he passed through Brussels. Being sent to Vilvorde to undergo his penalty, he sent several petitions to King William, praying to be relieved from his imprisonment. On the 6th of August, 1824, a royal decree granted his petition, on condition that he should immediately quit Belgium; and never return ; if he did he was to suffer the remainder of his punishment. In consequence of this decree Buchoz escaped from Metz, and came to Belgium, where he was arrested as a vagabond. When in the prison of the Petits Cannes, he applied to be received into the military service of Belgium. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 11.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.E. fresh breezes and cloudy. DEAL, DEC. 10.—Wind, E.N.E., fresh.—Sld. Oriental and Cape Packet, Calcutta ; Julie, Bahia ; African, Bathurst ; Tropic, Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 10.—S1d. China, New Orleans. DOVER, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Leila, Galway for London, with loss of foretopmast and other damage, having been in contact, off the South Foreland, with a light brig. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 10.—Wind, N.E.—Arrd. Hebden, London, for the west coast of Africa, with starboard bow stove, loss of bulwarks, gibboom, &c., having been in contact with a brig, with oats, from Galway to London. COWES, DEC. I.o.—Arrd. the Maria Susannah Hen drika, from Amsterdam to Batavia, with loss of bowsprit cutwater, &c., having been in contact, 6th inst., off the Dutch coast, with a vessel, name unknown, which, it is feared, foundered with all hands. The Flora, Michaelson, from Newport to Hamburgh, and the Rena, from Cadiz to Hamburgh, have put in here, both with much damage, having been in contact off Dungeness on the night of the Bth inst. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 10.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd. New Hampshire, Chase, New Orleans; Mersey, Tucker, Charleston ; Mars, Robinson, New York. Sid. Harbin ger, Singapore ; John Walker, Cape and Bombay ; Mary Ray, Ichaboe ; Lydia, Brazils, &c. ; Hope, Hayti; Tam O'Shanter, Jamaica; Flor, llavannah ; Jane, New Orleans ; Alliance, Charleston ; Jacob Horey, Boston. Off, Cumana and Lady Bute, Calcutta ; Emigrant and Henry Bliss. CORK, DEC. B.—Arrd. Hopewell, M'Arthur, Ichaboe ; Mary Ann, Ovrien, Carnarvon ; Millicient, Prince Ed. ward's Island ; Lady Harvey, Reid, Valparaiso ; Perth shire, Clyde, for Pictou, out 50 days, bore up from lon. 42, leaky, and with loss of sails, yards, &c. LEITH, DEC. 8. —Arrd. D. Dyer, Dyer, Ichaboe. 9. Sld. Cockburn, Tobago. SHEERNESS, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Harry and Mayor, both from London to Sunderland, with damage, having been in contact. BANBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, DEC. 9.—A ship's board marked " Bangalore," in large gilt letters, apparently a quarter board, has been picked up off Banbridge Ledge. SHIELDS, DEC. 9.—The Garnet, of Hull, in coming in yesterday, grounded in the Muschel Scarp, but was as sisted off the following tide. The Johns, of and for Lynn, put back yesterday leaky, and has been laid on the ground. LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 10.—The Albion and the Triune, both ashore near here, have bilged, and are full of water. The Fortuna, Ryles, of South Shields, was totally lost upon the Barnard Sand, last night ; crew saved. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY We had a fair average supply of English Wheat here. For the best parcels the demand was tolerably steady, but other kinds were very dull, at late rates. Holders of Fureign Wheat were again firm, and both free and bonded qualities were quite as dear. Barley and Malt met a very inactive demand, yet Monday's (rotations were supported. The Oat trade was steady, but all kinds of grain were a mere drug. Oatr. 10 14,670 qrs. 2,7(.0 OMIT 3,400 ARRIVALS. Wheat. Earley. 1,790 qrs. 1,160 qrs. Irish. - - Foreign " 2,810 Platt. 900 Gm. WinIXTECILELPEL. The supply of Meat on sale was only moderate, while the demand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s Sd ; Veal, 3s to 4s; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 10d per Sibs, by the carcase. CAuTiosi.—The licensed victuallers in the neigh bourhood of Islington have for a considerable time been victimised by the following means :—lt appears that a tall fellow, accompanied by a female of almost equal sta ture, enter the house as if just from a long journey; a glass of mixed liquor is ordered, and, in the course of drinking, a request is made for a steak or chop, &c. Wherever the request has been acceded to, the parties have invariably made off during the progress of cooking, with glasses, spoons, and, in several cases, even with spittoons, pipe -rests, and any other available article. Yesterday, the landlord of the Kenilworth Castle, in the North-road, was robbed of three tumblers and an eight day clock; it is suspected by the same individuals. BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN BANE.—Yesterday was held a special extraordinary meeting of the pro prietors of this corporation, established some years since for the purpose of extending banking facilities in British North America, to fill up a vacancy in the Court of Directors, by the death of the late Mr. Pemberton. The meeting was held at the bank's home in St. Helen's place, and the chair was taken by Mr. Carter. The candidates were Mr. W. Chapman and Mr. Fowler Nevvsam. After a somewhat animated discussion of the merits of the candidates, a show of hands was taken, which terminated by a large majority in favour of Mr. Chapman, who was accordingly declared to be elected a Director. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. Prtan Finial` ion ONE HUNDRED PoUNDs.— Yesterday the contest between the well known pu gilists, Harry Broome and Joe Rowe, came off near Urtivesend. `This was the second appearance of Broome, the first fight having been with 'Mason. Rowe has figured in the ring on several occasions, and dis played great courage and science. The weight of the men was limited to ten stone five pounds. and it was arranged that steam-boats should be provided to convey the combatants and their respective friends to the appointed locality. In accordance with this agree ment, they left Hungerford-pier with a large number of the pugilistic school, and duly arriving at their destination, a ring was formed, and the neces cessary preliminaries completed, the spectators amount ing to throe thousand. The men stripped and shook hands, and operations were commenced with much cau tion, both men evidently waiting the attack. The first roufiti_ occupied eleven minutes. The men then began with spirit. They coli!floc10 with much coyness till the ninth round, when both men ;,'seTted all their energies, and fought with great desperat:,l:2: e t:ours . and seven :-xth receiving much pa nishment. They kept up the contest " hility of the minutes, when there being but little prone— e t h e battle terminating before dark, the friends tmego i n r interposed, and the fight was adjourned , In bet in to 4 welt Iftid on Broome to a large amount. sitio-. ridtheßroome , —../uon.6 /e ye S econ ds for and Turner and Sambo did the needful foritowe. Broome eculated. blow, upon which ther toas much money p drew first bioool ~.sod Rowe gave the first knock-down esesverclalaypreanaftiesrensoaolonngsththee triidveerrsoidsee un il us l u G ally T h i ig l Z — an Y d of the occupiers, the damage were flooded ; but as a high stuidsetawinaesdan:aicsipeoamtepdabryatmiveolsyt outer entrance lock of the St. Katharine: trifling. At high tide (2 o'clock) th de p th of oeofkwwataesr2aBt feet 7innecrthehs..easTtleillyhiwghmtdisd.e isAastttrhiebutitdabesleartoe tshtiellpornevtahleenince. esf crease, a few more partial overflows of the Thames may be expected. Wharfingers and others have adopted the necessary precautions against the loss or damage to pro perty intrusted to their temporary keeping. MON.LY AND COMMERCIAL NE W S CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were large, and prices were firm. About 7,600 bales changed hands, including 2,000 American on speculation.—Shares were not quite so good :—Bristol and Gloucester, 37; Churnet Valley, 31. Is. 3d.; Eastern Counties, 131 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 6171 ; Grand Junction, 225 ; Ditto, Quarters, 56i ; Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 211 ; London and Birmingham, 221 ; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 381 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 26k; Ditto and South-Western New, 33 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 54 ; Midland Counties, 1081 ; Sheffield and 3ranchester, 141 ; South-Eastern New, 12 ; Trent Valley, Bg. ; Ulster, $ ; Lyons and:Avignon, 24 ; Paris and Lyons, 665. ; Boulogne an Amiens, 5. We are without any late atrivals from the colonies to-day. It appears that a portion of the 260,0001. loan, gua ranteed by the Government, for the prosecution of public works in Canada, was taken at 112, or very nearly 1 per cent. under the quotation realised a few weeks since for a parcel of the debentures (paying four per cent.) before issued on the same account. The price at which the New Three per Cent. French Loan has - been taken by; the Messrs. Rothschild, Brothers,,in Paris is prima facie apparently high, but it should be considered that there are inducements held out in its favour which do not appertain to most other ad vances of capital to Governments that the pro ceeds are to be devoted to railway anti other public works. Every measu r e that may tend to promote internal communication in a country advauc!s its prosperity I and hence, under a well-regulated admix nistration of public works, the means of payment of in terest upon such advances is rendered the more certain. The reports current last evening of the terms upon which the contract for the 200,060,000 f. was taken, were pretty nearly correct. We have heard that the minimum value fixed by the French Minister of Finance was 84f. 50c. The bidding st the Messrs. Rothschild was 84f. 75c., and that is the contract price. When it is recollected that our Three per Cents, are above par, it may fairly be considered that there is a wide margin for an advance in the New Three per Cents. French Loan that was contracted for on Monday last. The Old French Three per Cents. since July last have advanced nearly 3 per cent., and the stock is scarce here, as well as on the Bourse of Paris. Pursuant to the decree of the Ist December, there were drawn at the Hague the following (being the fourth series of debt to be paid off in money) letters, Q, Y, N, I', and Z, and the greater part of K, under which last letter stand the administration of Koning and Ketvich, and Voonibergh. Also there were drawn under the fifth series ,for conversion, 41. per Cents., letters I, 0, H, and part of B ; under the last letter stand the administrations of Brondeest, Byleveld, and Boorgaurt. The Commissioners bought about 13,0001. or 14,000 1 . of the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. this morn ing, at 103. The market for Consols for the Opening has been rather heavy, the prices having receded from 100 k to 100 k. The New Three-sual-a-Quarter per Cents. have been fluctuating from 1028 to 103 f. Bank Stock is per cent. lower than it was yesterday. Ex- Bonds rather higher. India and Bank stocks have re ceded * per cent. A great deal of business has been done this moraingin the Foreign Stock Exchange. The principal variations have been as follows :—Belgic Scrip has touched 1* premium; the Dutch Two-and-a-llalf per Cents., 64; the Five per Cents , 98 ; Spanish, 258; the Three per Cents., 371; the Portuguese Converted, 57; Russian Five per Cents., 119; Mexican, 36 I I; and Colombian, 14* 3. The Railway Share market is scarcely so high as it was yesterday, with the exception of the London and Birminghams, which are up to 122 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock for Account .... ....... 208 fi N tec , e 4 n pe t. 18 . ( 3 /1 02s India Bonds , 76 Ditto under '76 Consol. for Opening 100%% India Stock for Account ... 286% 288 Exchequer Bills. I %d. 1)01. - ran_ Ditto 5ma11....,.......... •••••••••••• - pm. Ditto Advertised......... .0- ••••• «•«« FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..... ........... Ditto Scrip Columbian Bonds. ..... ..................... 14)04 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3:per Cent. B9 Mexican Bonds, 1537, 5 per Cent. ....... ..... « — Ditto for the Account ... ....... ......... 3ON Ditto Deferred Stock.. ...... ........... Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents Ditto for the Account. 2 7 —% Portuguese Bonds 5 per Cent. ........ . ... Ditto Converted — Ditto for the Account .. ._..-.......".........„ 56% 57 Russian Bonds, 1822, b per Cent ll9 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1540 IS Ditto for the Account 2 51 ,6 25 Ditto Three per Cent. .......-....- 37% Ditto for the Account •.« .. ....•.•« 37 4,1 4 Dutch 2% per Cent5......-_ ........ .............» • 63% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates r% 98 RPICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIL RAI LW AYE. PAID. PEA SHAKE. 70 ..«..... 79% Bristol and Exeter ........ «........ -- Bristol and Gloucester 3O .... ..... 3 7 % ... to 2 8 Caledonian Chur„er Valley - Dublin and Belfast Junction - Ely and Bedford - Great North of England. lOO ..... ....121% Great Western ...........„........... 75 .... .... D7)4 149 Ditto )4 Shares Lancaster and. Carlisle. lO - London and Birmingham. lOO .221 .... to 222 Ditto % Shares - London and Brighton ............... 50 ........ 50% - Ditto Loan Notes lO - London and South Western ...... 41% - Ditto Eighths .•...“ .............» .. %.. •• 3% •••••• to •••• London and Y0rk.....- ........ ...... 234 451 - Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ......... 52 - Midland ....... - ........ . ....... 100 ..«.....198%)4 ... to --__,, Newcastle and.DarlingtonJunct. ..i4 ........ 61 ..„..... to 69,11 Rugby - Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, 1 2% ...... , 2% - D udley, ;and Birmingham ... j South Eastern and Dover .»...... 33% ...... 38%% Boulogne and Amiens 2 - Orleans and Viereon Paris and Lyons MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 10.—Manc h a ter and Leeds, Quarter S h ar es, 10 1 ; Manchester a nd Birmingham, 52t ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5-16; Midla 40/. Shares, 4* i ; York an d North Midland, 102; r rift Churnet Valley, 31, 3/. 53 . 6d. ; London and 1 3.* 13-16 ; West Yorkshire, si 6. The market c o " lief' tinues firm, and the heavier stocks ge nerall y are big THE PERMANENCY OF GUAM' AS A MANURE. This is a subject of great importance at press to when the importation of this manure is going 0 0 ,, a large extent, and when the propriety of using ; and extending its use, must be occupying the attee d tion of farmers in all parts of the country. Many,i the best practical agriculturists in this neighbourh have long been satisfied of the permanent advantWo of guano to the land. At the Highland S ociet 9 _t.. competition at Glasgow, in October, for seed s viher e Mr. Lorne Campbell, of Roseneath , who gaiel.life• 101. prize for white wheat, exhibited fiv e varletll from his farm, the average weight of which was , lbs. per bushel. The Chevalier wheat , weight° 651bs. was after turnips raised upon guano, and althott sown as late as 23d December, was the heaviest ell; in the farm. At a recent meeting of the , 11 02 . Farmers' Club, and other agriculturists , held at Al s o more, when Mr. M'Culloch, of Auchness, factog.be Colonel M'Dowal, of Logan, occupied the chair,, same subject was discussed by those p re sent..Tio chairman, Mr. M'Culloch, said — ln 1842 I apPheuc.,oll turnips, on three different plots of ground, d were all contiguous, to the first guano, at the St t )" four cwt. per acre—to the second, bone ma nure, At ri rate of 30 bushels—and, to the third, good fartill it i o manure, at about 20 tons per acre. The crop gr c e t ,p upon guano brairded first, and was singled four . sooner than the other, and continued throu g e l , the whole season to have a more luxuria nt APP• ance ; and, when weighed, were about one-sixth ligabe* vier than those grown upon bones, and about one";;;_ heavier than those upon dung. And the oaticiie upon the guano was superior in quality, se a _,„oo quantity of grain and straw was greater tban.Pr;n• either of the other two plots, and now I can dlrl guish no difference betwixt the grasses in que,.i and quality. So far as I could judge from the Toe going, added Mr. MC., guano, as a permanelleoo nure, has exceeded my most sanguine e x p ects 10 , Following up the matter as a sow - out , havie f nured the green crop with guano, Mr. M' Culloe. he found his oats after a guano green crop.deelayba superior to the sow-out of other manuring. t oe, oath after bone manure were lightest. His P e ! l after guano green cropping, was an equally gol o s, thick sole of grass to any other. Mr. Mißride, e? having had occasion to make similar trials An, periments with Mr. M'Culloch, cor roborated views. Mr. Anderson, Drumore, stated that hr. • o ts. grown potatoes with guano, at the rate of four per acre, which yielded him as good a crop r tatoes put in with fifty cart - load of sea-wee' 140 twenty cart-load of good farm-yard manure'... wheat crop was as good after guano manuring s'goodf ordinary manuring; his sow-out was also As, c oil the pasture affording an equally good sole 0 1 40 0 with guano as the ordinary manuring did. 1- ' o , o o o f also tried nitrate of soda, soot, gypsum, an d le as a top dressing for grass, and, on the W M thought guano the best, and equally ehea-Tpg so M'Culloch had tried guano also as a top - dgtef hay and pasture-land. The effect was rapid if, t ice Both these gentlemen recommended the P1 . 7.; 0 4 forcing on a portion of the hay land with gtuia o p t ; in the spring, as a great benefit to horses se w e , for feeding in the house, after the turnip 4 00 9 0 . scarce and fibry. A small patch, and A er r , ge t , tity of guano, will suffice to raise very' ea r o r sin e quantity of good grass ; and the second el'eP y ' er , cut, will be as heavy and productive As ova. the permanent pasture will be great l y be ' Caledonian Mercury. dent occurred to qtr. ---- oco i, B ER/ou s J .L . c cID EN T.--Yesterday morning 1112,,ipiti, Arms, Swan-street,Bo:. Starling, landlord of the - 1 ; 1 0 ot ough, by foolishlyjorDlVertr,.°°' a gig. He was riding in a on. pith break along o f sr f .: Blewitt, of Swan- street, when street, Newington-causeway, nith the fore at „ v itt' the middle of the road, and commenced, Pluin,,i,frof Lfelie Starling, in a state of excitement, juniPeci ":the 6 1', o break, and fell with his right leg undonebin? efivo O? f the kerb-stone, breaking his thig 1 1 " cosivoti, Being near his own house ho was instantlY rocat ots there and placed in bed, and medical forassistsoPown,de Mr. Starling is a very heavy man- He was, a o of his gig about twelve receive months ago, iiin the ;;Prse shied at ••• p [ injury on his head. - 4 LA,r . , dg No , 'IQRA.] bY 01 llii w , eg, °rl tile b tri _ e 41 at the trivi i a , killed .. of .", Yer I P .li Y , . ligi kpb oo t kr.. ( l l° leu • ~0 1 1 44 °n ot 0' i" 4 nd ock . Of .44, 3 4 it I let pa 11,248, ; 4 4 4, eh tSti,!.°4c 0410 one IL °4 stri i thel 6 rst 'Ot te or klth Be th e 04 na th e ciw vt f 4 11: evid k 1 % P riCt, f° tTe e v ettue 4 1 * h ith in h -ay e , leh r i ht, I ............ Cow,