The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-07 00:00:00

F. DI NBURGII REVIEW, No. CLXIII. Ativertii=ents for insertion in No. li3 of the Edinburgh Beviex, are rewsted to be sent to the Publishers' by Friday, -- the 20th Inst. ; and Billion or before Saturday, the 21st. 39, Paternoster-row, December 7, 1844. THE EARL OF MALMESBURY. - Ittst ReAy, Two Vols., Svo., with Portraits, CONCLUDING N OLUMES OF T HE DIARIES AND. CORRESPONDENCE OF JAMES HARRIS, FlrtiT EARL OF MALMESIICRY; Containing Memoirs of his Time, from 1767 to 1809, and an Account of his Missions to the Courts of Madrid, Frederick the Great, Cathe rine the Second, and the Hague, and his Special Embassies to Berlin, Brunswick, ant the French Republic. Editel by his Grandson, the THIRD EARL. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) THEATRE ROYAL, DRUR,-LANE. PHIS EVENING, DECEIIBER 7, Will be repeated a Grand Opera 'aria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Ltutianano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornare, Mr. Borrani ; Mance Age. M.I. Weirs ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr, W. Harrison; at,rina Lornaro, titla 11.3intorth To conclude with the celebrated Ballet of THE PERI. Achraet, 31. Desplaccs ; The Peri. Mdlle. Plunkett; Nourmahal, Mdl.e. ')'Bryan ; Aqaba, Mrs. Payne. The Boa.oa.ce is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six Li the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes. Stalls. Places, nd Tickets may be bad on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee Mr. B. WEBifER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 7, Will be perronncd a Nee and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, cal ed OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket :.Ir. S. rickland ' • Littleton Cake, Mr. Charles Mathe s • Tom Coke Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren; "f he Countess of t ,o , pion„ Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthori, Madame Ve-tris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia .• ennett. After which, will be repeated a New Comm Drama, entitled SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Moritz, M . Charles Mathews; Minnie. .iladame Vestris. I'ot,e toll,wed bye New and Original Farce, called YOUNG ENOLAND Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James Paoley, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Bliley, Mrs. Humby. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On Guinea anti a-Half each. "ickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office. f om fen till F.ve o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Ucder the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 7, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled SIDONIA DI MOLINA% or, Ruse de Guerre. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, ,Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. CouLt Heury de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson; Count Janine, Mr Selby; Ihe Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste; csequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. To conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEMAN, In which 3lessri. Wright, Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. (}aunt; Principal Paintar, dr. Pitt • Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon:— Box -odice open from Eleven till Four. Private duxes to be bad at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 7, Wi I be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beatnanotr, Mr. Walton ; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn, Jun.; Richard, Mr. !limo ; Re.taud, Mr. MatiacKs; Ivon, Mr. Later; Hermine,•aldlle. Helen Conde:l; GertruJe, Mrs. Fesbroke. To be hallowed by the New Drama, called DON CESA R DE I3AZAN Don Caesar, Mr. Wallack • Charles the Secont , Mr. Walton ; Marltana, Mr s . Stirling; &unless di Rotondo, Mrs. o.bruite. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. %Vallack. Stage Director. Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. dmund Bradweil. Drees Circle, sa. ;'loxes, 4s. ; Pit, Gallo Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6.1. ; duxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private /loxes. Twu Guineas and One Guinea and a.Half ; Prosce nium ISoxee, Two Guineas and a-Hlif. Doors to be opened at Half oast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The B%x-wriest, under the direct,en of Mr. W. Massingh ant. Pr.vate Boxes and tree Admissions for the Season to be had at the Cheatre. 1 REATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LA FE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Uxtler the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 7. Will he performed 'a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND ARD. Toe characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinlsch, and A. Wigan ; Mrss Fairbrother, acrd Mrs. A. Wigan. To be foiluwer by a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGER Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Staatoa, Collier, Yarnold, turner, Stoker, and Ke ley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In t ; cmine of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in w%ich lulten's Mazurka and Cellartus Valse will be danced by Mdlles. Louise and Adele, Miss Janus, and Mi s Fairhrother. Atter which, it New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARK Supported try Messrs. F. Matthews. Meadows, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Nlrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woolli4ge. to conclude with THE sEVEN CASTLES ,OF THE PASS.ONS With entirely Ne, Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Ct.aracters Ly Mr. Drddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. (:ouriet, Mr. Craven, and 'sir. Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli tge, Lin A. W . gan,'Miss Turner, Miss James, Miss Arden, Miss Gtove, and Mts. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.-13a1Couy Poxes. 4i. Upper ;loxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, lid. Second Prico—Baloony B oxes, 25.; Upper noses, Is gd.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the tlAtc. my 'Mr • •.l ling eight persons). Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalE Private ,xes on the Pit ner (holding six persons), One Oub•en. l'he Bos-r:tice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direr. lien if Mr. tirogati, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLFY'S ROYAL AMPHiTHEATRR OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. TICS EVENING, DECEMBER 7, . Will be repeated a New Speztacle, entitled THE ROYAL PDX HUNT; or, fhe Race- Hor,e and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequaled Natiot al Fete,. Real Fox-chase on tee Stage and in the Circle by living For and reai Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel producti.n. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Three Cenfcripts Acting and atage.mmager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-oßice open from Eleven till live. Lemons in the Art a Riding ►v Air. R. Smith daily. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL.SURREY THEATRE. THIS ENIG D 7, Will be performed t he admired S Ro E mance of CEMBER CRICHTON OF CLUNIE, AND CATHERINE DE MEDICIS. James Crichton, Mr. E. l. Saville; Ginavra. Mrs. R. lionner. An Ethiopian Entertainment by the REAL AMERICAN /II I HERN MINSTRELS. To conclude with BOBER. r MAC AIRE. Robert Macalre, Mr. E. F. arville ; Jacques Strop. Mr. W. Smith. ?Laces and Priv4te flexes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. ;Alice. front Eleven to Four. WEATILEB..--Suu OFFICE, DEC. 6. T-tictuaosivrius, Lowest, 22; Highest, 34; Noon, 28 . BAr.OIIISTER, 30 3.—WIND, " ara.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the eying point, and 55 temperate. In Barornetera fair is u , iefly placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON -BRIDGE THIS DAY. tto :1 it g 18 minutes atter Il I Evening ... 47 minute, after 11, ett, ;;IL • Al° l ' ': -711 h4 4 - at • '` • AJA, 4kb I AUL LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1844. On Thursday, at the Court of Common Council, in the course of a discussion on the subject of a grant for the erection of a new church in the parish of St. Giles, some remarks were let drop on the subject of th dissensions now prevailing in the metropolitan see, which' at the present moment are worthy of no lice. Sir PET ER LAURIE introduced the matter by observing that, before the grant for the new church was agreed to, the Court ought to know something as to the spirit in which it was to be governed, adding, in justification of his opinion, that at present the greatest discord and disunion prevailed throughout the diocese of London, and it was exceedingly difficult to find two adjoining parishes in which the same discipline and the same forms were observed, and yet each minister could justify his conduct by the Charges of his Bishop: Every man endowed with the slightest power of re fl2ction must have forsien that such would be the re sult of the Bishop of LONDON'S famous Charge of 1841, wherein he said nothing positively —came to no decision—but endeavoured to trim between High Church and Low Church—to keep himself in favour with both parties, and yet compromise himself with neither. Doubtless his Lordship imagined' that by such a halting, jesuitical course of policy, he would be conciliating the diAentients rather than widen ing the breach between them; but, instead of this, he has increased the confusion and discord in his dio cese, by enabling both his Tractarian and Anti- Tractarian clergy to plead his authority for the enforcement of their own peculiar views, tenets, and observances. The consequence has been—as Mr. Deputy CORNET observed —that Puseyism his greatly increased in the metropolis, and owing to its adoption in the Bethnal-green churches, they are now attended by less than half the congregations they are capable of accommodating! While such has been the effect of the Bishop of LON DON'S Charg.=, we cannot augur much better things from the Bishop of EXETER'S Pastoral Letter, which in one passage evinces an arbitrary, unyielding nature that is resolved to carry matters with a high.hand ; and in the next--apprehensive apparently that the bow has been too tightly strung—relaxes somewhat of its starch rigidness, and endeavours to practise the conciliatory system. For instance, on the trouble some question of the Rubric, Doctor Plum:roils is a strict Martinet. Ile will allow of no relaxa tion here. Its ordinances must be obeyed to the letter, and woe be to the clergyman who hesi tates to enforce them, for on his head will surely fall the thunders of his incensed diocesan ! One would suppose that this was explicit and positive enough, and that there could be no possibility of misapprehending the Bishop's Rubrical directions; and yet, in the very next passage, the Right Rev. Prelate proceeds to hint at the inexpediency of being too pertinacious in the enforcement of obsolete, anti quated usages—notwithstanding that many of such usages are to be found recommended in the Rubric ! How are the Bishop's 'clergy to.act, when such are the inconclusive, inconsistent directions of their ec clesiastical superior ? If, in pursuance of his strict ine inj unct i on, they f ollow up rigidly the ordi *l laid d own in the Rubric, they cannot ota. 'otherwise than revive certain obsolete nsagea Isla if they -revive such usages, they are plainly„ told that t acting in an inex pi:lddiethtlte rn 4 alui isi c ii r !of TEhxer!isielisoppareof Lowpolea Charge et the of men who would be 'sitntrerilo'Liglinlit:s rant to the last degree, if they dared' b ut feet_ ing themselves coerced by the power of public opi nion, are compelled to abate somewhat of their haughty, arrogant authority, -but make this conces sion in so clumsy and constrained a manner, that their innate intolerance peeps,out every now and then, in spite of all they can do to hide the cloven foot. It is a fortunate circumstance, that while Tractarianism— owing in no slight degree to the equivocal policy of the brace of Bishops of whom we have just been speaking—has spread far and wide among the upper and middle classes, though even among them it has lately, we have every reason to believe, been on the decline—the heresy has not yet tainted the humbler orders of society. We make this assertion on the authority of the Liverpool Courier, which gives proofs in corroboration of its statement that are every way sa tisfactory, and speak volumes in favour of the common sense, the sagacity, the tone of thought, and the sound, unaffected religious spirit of the lower classes. From the Plymouth Times, and from a London Contemporary, we have recently transferred to our columns two valuable articles, under the respective headings of the " Experimental Squadron" and " Naval Intelligence." Their general effect we may define to be—to show, first, that the results of the sail ing trials between her MAJESTY'S ships the Queen, 110 guns, and the Albion, 90, against the St. Vin cent, 120, and the Caledonia, 120, do not by any means bear out the title to superiority assumed for the two first-named ships; secondly, that in relation to the disparity of conditions, the most important to the determination of the contest, the two last-named ships, in point of fact, must be held to have approved themselves much superior to their competitors. Now, these experimental trials were instituted with the avowed purpose of testing the merits of certain as sumed improvements in the theory of naval architec ture, which, having been introduced by the Sur veyor-General of the Navy (Sir W. SYMONDS), have been since largely acted upon in the construction of new ships of war. This, then, is a question of so much national importance, that we hope the published results in question - will interest the public at large as much as they have' interested us. The repeated state ments which have been made, from time to time, in the House of Commons, by high professional authori ties, such as .Admiral Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON, Captain Rous, R.N., Captain PECHELL, R.N., and others, as to the extremely objectionable character of some of the craft built on new principles most in favour with the acting first Lord of the Admiralty for the time being, have always occasioned great pain to us. The " 10-gun brigs," and " jackass frigates," denounced under the nicknames of the "Forty Thieves," and other significant soubriquets, will at once recur to the minds of most of our readers. But the two articles we have lately transferred into The Sun suggest more than they demonstrate. They seem to infer the existence of a species of favouritism at lead-quarters, which, if it really exist, cannot be too openly or loudly reprobated. These are not times which mere crotchets—however ingenious—are to be carried out into practical working, not only to the deStruction of our character for the superior construc tion of large ships, hitt to the certain disparagement and ultimate decay of our naval strength, and at a tnost mischievous and needless expenditure of the public money.. Nor is this all.. Two principles are now contending for preference in our schools of naval architecture. The one is a well-considered ap plication of scientific theory to those elements of .practical design, the soundness of which has been affirmed by the test of facts observed and recorded through the experience of a long term of years. The other principle inculcates the adoption of a particular theorem, irrespective of these modifications of received systems and practical experience, as the sine qua non of the new, or "intuitive" school, as it is called. But what is this theorem " The form," we are told, " adopted by the Surveyor of the Navy, viz., that of a wedge, with a protrusion at the water surface, which he calls 'bearing,' is most unfavourable to easy 'notion, and it is ruinous in heavy weather. By the swel ling of the body above water, the rolling tends to immerse a greater solid on ohe side than that raised up on the other ; but since, by the law of hydrostatics, the weight of the whole ship is that of the water which she displaces, be the position what it may, therefore the tendency to inequality in the opposite solids, alternately emersed and immersed, as the ship rolls, must necessarily produce a distreising rising and falling during the rolling, which cannot but work everything in pieces at last." This reasoning appears to us indisputable; but its truth is exemplified by the instance of the Vernon, one of Sir W. SYMONDS'S ships. After being but two years out at sea, that fine new frigate was f6und to require a thorough refit ; and it was discovered that each end of her upper deck beams had startd from the ship's timbers, in some instances to the extent of seven-eighths of an inch. In action, or straining through a protracted tempest, in a heavy sea, had she encountered either trial before her refit, where would the Vernon have been ? The- naval 'critics, on whose authority we make these statements, well remark, that for an efficient man-of-war of the first class, like the Queen, 'whose assumed superiority of sailing has been the theme of so-much admiration to the. corre spondent of a Contemporary, fine sailing is not the only, nor perhaps 'the !nest important property re quired. Other qualities are quite as 'indispensable; for example—stowage; 'ease of motion ; capability of keeping the sea in heavy weather; cost of building: facility of steerage, &c. It is instructive to remark how these properties are brought to bear on the ana lytical comparison of the force, equipment, and per formances of the ships engaged in the nautical trials referred to. We 'see no reason to doubt that in such respects the ships, not of the surveyor's build, were very far superior to those of his construction, in equality of conditions being fairly allowed for. Thus the Caledonia and St. Vincent steer easily; are readily manageable ; mount 120 guns each, on a measurement of only 2,600 tons. Their launching cost, at the present moment, would not exceed 75,000/. each. The Queen, on the contrary, does not steer well . ; she rolls very much, and in bad weather her motion is particularly sharp and uneasy. She mounts 110 guns only, on a measurement of 3,000 tons, and her launching cost would now be. abiut 90,000/. ; or 15,000/. more than that of either the. Caledonia or the St. Vincent. In heavy weather and a rolling sea her inclination was only, two degrees less than that of her competitors: whereas, from her much superior width, a far more important difference was to be anticipated. It is evident, moreover, that on these trials no pains had been spared to bring out to the utmost her sailing powers, inasmuch as she carried away two topgallant masts. It is, we are told, from the test of all ex perience yet had of her, to be inferred that as a line of-battle ship, though only four years old, she would he much inferior to either the Caledonia (now 36 years) o'r the St. Vincent (which is 29). But we w ill not weary the leader by going again through the details of these: irregularities, which, as to con dition 'and clearness ;: superior area of wor ki ng sails, superioramount of, load diSplacement, and higher tonnage, were vastly against the Caledonia or St. Vincent, and proportionably in favour of the Queen ar.d the Albion, For the same reason, we do not recur again to the very alarming defect of construc tion in that immense ship the Albion, a two-decker of 90 guns, heavy metal, whiCli, it is affirmed, in heavy seas would absol utely preclude the possibilit y o f working her lower deck tier, and compe her to — keep all her• port-holes closed ; whereas: under the same circumstances of winds and seas, the Caledonia and the St. Vincent can keep all their ports open, and work their guns on all three decks. Our object in. noticing these trials, and the unfounded superiority 'claimed for the Surveyor's slips, is to direct public attention to an evil which, if unchecked, may one day bring upon U 5 again all the ev►ls of that favouritism, presumption, and profes sional incapacity in the administration of affairs at the Admiralty, which, in our last disastrous naval war with the United States, reflected so much discredit on the MELVILLES and CEOKERS of the time. We have better hopes, however, of the men at present filling their places. They cannot but feel the inexpressible amount of responsibility to themselves and to their • country, to the: present 'generation, and to all'pos terity, which they have assumed with their offices. They are pledged to a stern, straightforward, impar . tial management and direction of our most ancient, most glorious, most constitutional, most vigorous force. It is , high time that th e. board o f Ad m i ra lt y , howevei, should eschew the example set them by other Government departments in upholding old womanising errors of judgment, if they be not pre p3ssessions of favour. 'We are beginning to get as impatient of eternal SYMONDSES in naval construc tion, as of never-ceasing SMIRKES in official fabrics. The Dockyards and the British Museum cry aloud, and alike, for an infusion of new blood into their ar chitectural systems. Enough of Sir ROBERT ! enough of Sir WILLIAM ! Accounts from Madrid of the 28th ult. state that the Government had received official intelligence of the execution at Logrono of the son and brother-in law of ZURBANO. The news had caused a great sen sation at Madrid. The Herald() thus endeavours to justify the Ministry :—" Really the measures which Government is obliged to adopt are most deplorable, but they who consider its position, will admit that its conduct is indispensable in presence of the arrogance and threatening attitude of the revolutionists. Fresh rebellions are daily announced at Madrid, and though they are :not realised, it is certain that the revolu tionists are not tired of conspiring." These papers announce that a number of officers of high rank had been banished from Madrid. Among these are General FERREE, * formerly Inspector- General of cavalry who has been banished to Talavera, General TnNA to Cuenca, General CAMBA (formerly Minister of War) to Navarre, General VAN lIALEN to Valen cia, General Cu...cox (formerly Captain-General of Madrid) to Old Castile, General OLLOQUI to Seville, General VALLAPADIERNA to New Castile, General 'sumo to Gallicia, and General LEBRUN to Arragon. Several persons of rank had also been banished from Seville, and orders had been issued by the political chief that all persons having in their possession fowl ing-pieces shall give them up within five days, under pain of confiscation, a fine of 100 ducats, and being placed under the surveillance of the police as suspected. MADRID BOURSE, Nov. 28.—Three per Cents. for cash, 304.; for account, 30t; Five per Cents. for account, 21i. The. Paris Opposition journals are evidently pre paring the way for a determined attack on M. GuizoT at the opening of the session, and certainly the pre sent state of Spain and the atrocious conduct of NAIL' YAEZ and the Queen-Mother will afford his opponents in both Chambers a fair opportunity. When Es ,P,iItTERO was overturned and the French party was placed in full authority at Madrid the Opposition press remained silent on the subject. A change how ever has occurred ; public feeling in France is roused against the illegal proceedings, the military despotism and the numerous executions carried into effect by NARVAEZ without the sanction of a court-martial or any recognised legitimate authority. The Journal des Debats foresees the coming storm, and is there fore making every effort to remove the odium of such deeds from M. GUIZOT and his colleagues. It de nounces in strong terms the executions at Logrono, and now expresses surprise at the order issued for putting General ARAOZ to death. "We know net," says that journal, " the reasons which have driven the Spanish Ministry to this mad measure of re-action. General Anaoz had retired to Chiclana, in Andalusia, where he was born, and it is supposed that he has compromised himself in the conspiracies formed in the south of Spain. He is not a general raised suddenly to that rank, but has gained it by passing regularly through his career. Leaving the military:school with ESPARTBRO, he dis tinguished himself in the last civil war, at the siege of Bilboa, against the generals of Don CARLOS, and the commands Which were entrusted to hiin in Anda lusia and Catalonia. He - was called the diplomatist of the Ayacucho party, and has been remarked for his reserve in all political affairs. It is therefore: with surprise that we see his name mixed up with plots which have been rendered abortive. lie served as the connecting link between- ESPARTERO and MM. OLOZAGA, CORTINA, and MADOZ, which made him suspected by the ex-REGENT, on the occasion of the events of last year. In his career, he had the strange destiny of having ZURBANO under his orders when he was sent, in 1840, to second the pronun ciamiento of Madrid against the Regency of iiitatA CHRISTINA ; and also of having, in the last year, General PRIM under his orders, when the L ()Fez Ministry confided to him the mission of combatting' the central junta of Barcelona. M. TRIRRS, however, will not suffer the GUIZOT Cabinet to throw .off so easily the responsibility which they have incurred by the French intrigues in Spain. The Constitutionnel thus directly charges M. GuizoT as the prime mover in all the changes which have lately taken place : " The situation of Count Bresson, our Ambassador at Madrid, is become a very difficult one. In conformity with the instructions he had received, he encouraged as much as he could the Government at Madrid to proceed in the road of re-action. M. Guizot, when consulted at Paris by M. Martinez de la Rosa, had recommended that the Spanish Constitution should be reformed in such a way that all important matters should be henceforward submitted to the decision of the Ministers, or at least de cided by simple laws that could be postponed or remade, without appearing to violate the fundamental compact. M. Guizot also advised to get these reforms voted without discussion Ole, as an example, cited the Charter of 1830, which was adopted in a few hours, and which has thereby only a greater authority. He forgot that in 1830 France wanted a new Constitution, and that the changes to be introduced in the old charter were long agreed on and accepted by almost the whole of France he did not comprehend that Spain, on the contrary, required not to have her institutions changed, but respected ; did not want new laws to be written on paper, but to habituate herself to a constitutional regime by a lasting and sincere practiee. M. Guizot bad in all probability completed his advice by the grand word of salutary in ,imidation. M. Bresson, in his conferences with the Ministers of Madrid only developed M. Guizot's recbm ruendations. M. Martinez de la Rosa failed in carrying the reform without discussion, but he at least obtaine#: the votes ; General Narvaez, who is no great scholar, reserved to himself the means of intimidation. We have seen in what manner he intends spreading it through Spain. The surprise at Madrid, however, was great when the principal Ministerial organ of Paris opposed a great part of the acts• which our Ministry had recom mended. The Members of the Cabinet of Madrid re paired to the Ambassador's to express their astonish ment, and to ask where the real Ministerial opinion was to be found. M. Bresson, who was exceedingly irritated against the unfortunate journal, quoted his own instructions. Howaver, it appears certain that, after two Cabinet Councils held at Madrid, on . the 24th' and 25th of November, it was determined to demand ex planations from the French Government about the articles recently published by the Debuts, and, in par ticular, about that of the 17th of November, where the ne cessity of. the reform was strongly contested. A verbal communication was made to this effect to M. Bresson and M. Guizot. The Madrid Cabinet represented to the French Government that such publications produced a deplorable effect on public opinion in Spain, and, besides, contrasted strangely with the language of the Ambas sador. M. Guizot hastened to disavow the language of the Debats, of which he could not, he asserted, always govern or direct the caprices. Whilst waiting for the reply of our Government, the Spanish' Ministry con tinues to intimidate Spain. General Araoz, an estimable man, who has a number of friends at Parigy is about to be shot at Cadiz without trial. The eldest son and brother-in law of Zurbano, who voluntarily gave them selves into custody, are going to undergo the same fate. Exile, prescription, the most violent and the most arbi trary punishments,- are falling on the .suspected, and even reach the Opposition press. Such are the acts by which the Government of Narvaez is ushering in the new Constitution. Contempt for all laws, even those of hamanity—the most odious despotism arising from civil war, form the regime which a soldier imposes on Spain to.prepare her for a representative Government." The following melancholy intelligence appears in the Phare de Bayonne of the Ist inst.:— "It is announced that in consequence of information given by Zurbano's son. a grezt number of persons have been arrested at Burgos, Logrono, Vittoria, and other towns.. At Logrono, in particular, these' arrests have been exceedingly numerous, and several officers belong ing to'tbe provincial battalion of Valladolid are included in the number. General Uinta, who resided st Az • peita, has also been arrested, and taken to Vittoria under escort." The Presse states that "the contract fur the loan of 200 millions of francs is to be decided on Monday next. Only two tenders have as yet been sent in— that by Messrs. na RoTuscumn and the Receivers General, and that by the company forme by Messrs. 'TOTTEN GUER and DELESSERT." BOURSE--WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4 Tint Highest Lowest Lean Price. Price. ?rt. Pries. p . m& irtvopercents 119 90 •• 120 10 119 90 - 120 10 111 .. 113 .. 112 •• 113 n ree per Cents.• • B4 25 .. 84 60 84 25 .. 84 60 Bank of lerance• ..• 3165 —3155 • 3165 —3165 L affitte B tnk, I,ooof. Shareslo9s • . 1093 • • 1095 _1095 5,000 f. Sharessoss ..3065 —5053 ..5065 B e l g i an g an k.,.... Belgian Jr.ive.s.lB4o •••••••. 1031 •• 1031 •• 1031 .. 1031 Two-and-s-Half.• •• 61 60 .• 61 60 .. 61 GO .. 61 G 0 Spanish Threes•••• •• •• •••• 361 .. 361 •• 361 .. 361 A 'give 321 .. 321 .. 32} .. 324 P &salve • .. 6 . • 6 • • 6 • • 6 Portz:sap e Five per Cents •• 651 .. 551 .. 55/ .. 551 NeapoLitta n ...... . 97 .. 2$ .. 97 •• 98 Rowan • . •.• 105 .. 105 .. 105 105 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Gertnain , •• •• •• •••• •• 942 50 •• 942 50 .• 942 58 .• 942 50 316 .. 315 .. 315 .. 315 Rouen...." •• • • ••••1020 • 1020 "1020 .4020 Rouen to .11Avre •• •• Orleans ...• •••• • ....1080 —lO7O ..1060 .•1067 50 !Strasburg to Rale .. '• •• .. 280 .. 281 25 280 . 281 25 ♦rignon t 4 Marseilles.-- 92C 25 •• 931 50 .. 926 25 .. 932 60 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Lac 16. St. Germs tit • •—• 942 SO .. 950 .. 942 50 .. 950 . 316 .. 216 26 .. $l2 $0 .. 316 TIIE SUN, townoN, SATURDAY MORNING . DECEM BER 7, 1344. NION.i , ::Y AND C)BIIVIERCIAL NEWS CITY, .FRIDAY EVENING. The English Ma7ket continued ,quiet all day, but the quotations n.ere fiina, and there do not appear to be any Tellers. Consols were 994 to par ; Bank Stock was 2074 to 2034. Spanish Five per Cents. were 244 7, ; and the Three per Cents. 347, to 35 ; Mexican were up to 35i. Some of the Shares in the oil ;lines of Rtilway were rather dearer, but there was not much doing after three o'clock. The Foreign Exchanges hare been rather higher on Frankfort and Trieste, but not quite so good on Hamburgh. _ _ (Frac The Sun of Last Night.) A large business was done in C4tton at Liverpool yes terday. Sales, 8,000 bales, of which speculators took 3,000 bales Americana There was no change -in prices, but the market was not so liberally supplied.—Shares were not so active, and the sales were moderate only.— Eastern Counties Perpetual, No.. 1,,44 1 ls. 6d.; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 62; Grand Junction, 219; Ditto, Half Shares, 1091; Great Western; 143 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 211 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 1054 ; London and Birmin ham, 219; Ditto, 321.. Sh ares , 38 ; L on d on and York, 3i; Blanchester and Birininghatn, 531 ; Mid • land Counties, 108; North British, 54 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1 ; South-Eastern, New, 11i; Lyons and Avig non, V. 14s. 6d.; Paris and Rouen, 2i ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 6.1; Boulogne and Amiens, 5. There are no accounts from abroad of general in terest. Some interest is felt to learn what plan Mr. Hobler can have for cancelling the circulation of the bank notes stolen from Messrs. Rogersi, as not even all order in Council could be supposed to meet this end. It would, however, be very desirable if something could be done, and that too, not only as regards .the present case, but also to meet future wholesale robberies of the like description. The Stock market has to-day been very firm. Con sols for the Account have been sold at 100 ex-dividend, and the Reduced Three per Cents. at 1001 The pre mium upon Exchequer 13:11s has declined to 535. Bank Stock is firm at 204. The .191nmissioners bought Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three-and-a-Quar ter per Cents. The transactions in the Foreign market have not been to any extent to day. The Belgic Scrip has advaneed to premium ; the Dutch Five per Cents, to 99. The Belgian Five per Cents. have beett quoted at 1014 end 1021. In the other Foreign Funds the variations have been slight. In the Share market there has been an iinprovem,nt to-day, as our quotations► will show. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOr:K. (From the Official Liat.) Bank Stock far Account ......... 207% 40834 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .•............. ... 100%tf f s New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities ..... 102%7 Long Annuities, Expir, sth Jan. Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. ..... 12k % India Ditto under 74 Consol. for Account ... - 100 9,74 100 Exchequer Bills. 1%d. : I%d 1,0001. •••••••••••••••••••••• .... 11,11••••••••• 55 a pen. 5001.•• .. ••••••••••••••• .. .....»..... 55 53 pm. • . Ditto 5ina1t .•• .............. - .......... 56 53 pm. Ditto Advertised. - ••••••• ..... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent......................... 102 401% 10234 Ditto Scrip Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent., ...... 36 Colgmbian Bonds. ..... .............................. 14 34 Mexican Bonds, 1937, 5 pin Cent, ................ - Ditto Deferred Stock 1t.%% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 24% Ditto Passive Bonds Dittos Three per Cent. ........... 36%%. French. Rentes, 3 per Cent Exchange -25 f. 'sse. Dutch 2 34 per Cent 5................. ... : . •••••••We 63% 30 . Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates in% 97 Dutch 5 per Cent 5.................... ........ ..... 99 PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS, PAID, Piti. SNAILS Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 ~.„,.,,. RN.... to -: Ditto New ......... ..... : ......... .. 1N.... 23% ......to - Bristol and Exeter ... .... ........ 70 , ........ 79% .to - Cambridge and Lincoln . 24 ... to - Etitern Counties ....,........ (Ireland) .. 25 ..». » ..13% ...,.. to ,- Great Southern and Western - 2 J 5 Great North of England. lOO ll9 - Great Western ........... .. ....... 75 ... ..... 14534 Ditto % Shares • 5O . WI to - Ditto fifth 5........................ 12 ........ 2 1 / 4 3i - Hull and Selby ....... 5O - Liverpool and 'Manchester lOO .... ..... 213 - London and Birmingham. too .....: , 221 ..,. to 220 London and Brighton ............. 50 ~....... 49 ... ... to 48% London and South Western •••••• 41% •••••• 81 82.... to 80% London and Croydon ........ 13% ..... 1 7% London and York. .... ............• 234•.....•.. 3404% to •.-- Manchester and Leeds. • " 70 , ..... .... - - Ditto % Shares 3O ....... 51% .... to .51 Manchester and Birmingham Midland - Birmingham and Derby lOO .... 79 ........ to - Newcastle and DarlingtonJuncL 24 ....... 59 - :834... to 59% North British Norwich and Brandon - P rtsmouth Direct ... - Rugby - Sheffield and Manchester ~.. ..... 8-24 ...... 1-61, 4 11 - South. Devon .......... ......... 10 .... ..... 10% South Eastern and Dover ....... 3334 3754% ... to - York and North Midland •....... 50 102%.... to -.• Ditto 34 Shares 25 • 51 ......... to Ditto Selby Scrip ..».».»........ 20 •67 •• •••••• to _ . Boulogne and Amiens. 2 51 4 .... to 5% Orleans and Vierzon - Orleans and Bourdeaux - Paris and Lyons .... ....-. ....... 2 • 3% to - Paris' And Orleans ..... . ..........».. ............. 20 Parisan44 R0nen...............•....... 80 .......• 39% - 11ouemand Havre. - _ • MANCHESTER .STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. s.—There is no particular change in Our market as regards prices, but a considerable business has been traniacted. Barns ley Junction, 4 15-16 . 44, ex New ; Accrington, 3 ; Chi-shire Junction, 61••, Wigan and T.iverpool, 4 1-16 4; Cambridge and Lincoln, ; Huddersfield .and Man Chester; 44 Oxford and. Rugby. 44 ; London and 3i; - Liverpool and Manchester, Half,Shar. 5,"1054; Manchester and Leeds, 1164 ; M anc h es t er a n d MIL mingham, 531 4;' pitto, Quarter Shares, 5 ; 'South- Eastern New, 74 prem. ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 14 ; West Yot kshiro, 6i 11-16. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH I- UNDS Bank Stock... .......... 3 per Cent. Red lOO3l, 3 per Cent. Cons. .......„ — per Cent. Red ..... New 33( per 1023 i New 5 per Cent........... .... . Long Annuities to expire Jan. 12% Oct. 1859 Jan. 1244 • Indian Stock.. ... ..... FORM s .IDitto Bonds £l,OOO 'Otto under £l,OOO 7l pal South Sea Stock - Ditto Old Annuities . Ditto New Annuities .„ Ex. BiHs, 1,0001. 114 d !nag) 5001 5 1 pr , +titto Small: Bank 'Stock for Acct -- Consols for Opp .....N, lOO India Stock to, Acct NS FUNDS. Ditto, 11 Russian. 5 pe lic r Cent............ .............. Tallish. 5 per Cent., 1840... 247 Jim, 1881 Ditto. Ditto, 1041 ..... Sper Cent Venexuala Bonds, 2 per Ct... Firemen, 5 per c French. 3 per C0nt..... —l. . Exchange —e —c. Dutch, 2%. per . Cent Ditto, 5 per Cent 99% RES. ' Austrian, 5 per Cent ... Belgian, 5 Per Cent.. .. Brazilian Bondi Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...... Chilian, 6 per Cent ........... -r- Qolombian, 6 per Cent - Danish,3 per Cent ..... Greek, Inth. 5 per Cent.... Mexican, 5 per Cent ....... Neapolitan Bonds. 5 per Ct... Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds. 6 per Ct... Portuguese Bonds.s per CI sit. --, Eastern Counties (25 paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow, 54, s ‘ Great North of England, 10 ' Great Western (75 paid) ..., .., Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid i In, lon and Srighton (50 pal 14 . I )it.to Loan Notes, 10 paid l2 ' Lor, 401.: and Greenwich (121. las. 4d : paid). ipx Lend. `o . k nd South Western ( 41 t. 65.:10d. paid) Bl London 'and Croydon .... London ~nd York, 2% paid 4 Midland 0 `'io , paid) ....... ................ Ditto Fift,ls t 42 Paid .... 4% Norwich and •BreTidon. 6 paid Ditto . New Miles (1 paid) South Eastern and Dorn (33 2s 44 paid) .......„ gs }i Trcnt Valley, 2 paid B% York and North Midland (59 paid) lO3 Orleans and Vicrion, 2 paid lOl6 Orleans and finuriOaux, 1 paid ........... ........... . 61i Paris and Lyons, 2 paid .... ,.. , ....... ..... 3 g COURSE .OF EXCf.{AgGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam ' CF. 12 6 I Gibraltar Ditto, at sight ' 12 4 I Leghorn 3O 50 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6a Genoa 25 96 Antwerp 25 95 Man — Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Venice .. . ... Altona 6. 13 14 Naples 394 Paris, 3 days' sight... N 2570 . Palermo, per oz , 118 Ditto, 3 months 25 96 Lisbon - 544 Marseilles 25 95 Oporto 544 Bourdeaux - 25 95 Rio Janeiro 24 Frankfort on Maine.. 121 Bahia 24 Petersburgh, 3 . U5... 37 Buenos Ayres — Berlin 7 Ni wYork,2ldys sight Vienna, effee. 8.3 M 954 Philadelphia — Trieste, ditto Madrid 34 Foreigiii. 4 old, bars... E 3 17 9 Cadii - 36} rortugal Gnld Coin 317 5 Bilbao 36 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 Barcelona 36 New Dollars ' 0 4 91 Seville - Silver in Bars 0 4 11 t 131 i paid )0 Paid O 0:0 ••••• BOO". 00000 as Lid) .. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From Friday Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Vic. toria, cap. 33, for the Week ending on Saturday, th,,, 30th day of November,lB44. ISSUE DEPARTAIENT. • X. X. Notes issued ... 27,786,190 Government debt 11,015.100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion Silver bullion £27,786.190 MA Dated the sth day of D-ce ,£27,786.190 USTIALL t Chief Cashier. ember, 1844. K PA RTMENT. Government secu ritiea (inClud ingDead Weight Annuity) 13,539.775 Other securities 9,958,645 Ni,tes ,Gold and silver coin BANKING D; Proprietora'capi- . tal 14,553,000 Rest 3,140,040 Public deposits'.. (including PA- --- chequer,Savings banks,Commis sioners of Na tional Debt, and dividend ac counts) 5,226,633 Other deposits Seven day and other bills .949,133 £32,214,4161 M MA Dated the sth diy of Deco £32,214,416, RSHALL, Chief Cashier. .tuber, 1844. DREADFUL DEATH BY FIRS.—On Thursday fore noon, a child, five years of age, named William Herring, whose father is a journeyman cabinet-maker, living in West•place, Holywell-lane, Shoreditch, was burnt to death. The panther. it appears, went out in the morn ing, leaving the deceased and two younger children shut into the room occupied by the famfty, at the upper part of the house, and upon her return, about eleven o,clock,, she was horror-struck to find the poor child dead, the clothes being entirely burnt from its person, and the flesh cor9pletely charred. Fortunately the flames from the burning clothes of the deceased did not reach the other children, R men . .....1017,50 ..1022 50 ..1017 50 ..1022 50 Itouen to Havro•• • • •• ,• • • .72d 25 788 75 .. 7$ 25 Orleans ..•.• •• • . •• • • •• 1065 ..1070 -10 . 35 783 75 Strasburg to Bala .• •• •• •• •• 250 Avloon to Marseilles• ••• •• 925 .. 282 r.O .. 250 •• 935 .. 925 •.1070 .. 282 AO .. 932 50 We have reason to believe, on authority to which we attach every confidence, that the Right lion. Sir Uenry Pottinger, G.C.8., will very soon be called upon to replace our present Minister at Constantinople, the Bight lion. Sir Stratford Canning, G.C.8., on the retirement of the latter from the high and impor-. tant embassy he has so long occupied. Her Majesty's Government could not possibly have made a better selection of a representative at the Court of the Sultaun than the distinguished diplomatist whose re markable and most successful services in China, have developed so profound a knowledge of Oriental cha racter, and such adminble qualifications for appre ciating the tendencies of Oriental policy. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 3.—The average price of wheat last week was from 17.06, and that of rye from 10.45 per hectolitre. The import duty on wheat remains, there f ,re, at from 37..50, and on rye at from 21.50 per 1,000 kilogrammes ; and the export duty on both is 25 cen times per 1,000 kilogrammes. In the sitting of the Chambers to-day M. Savant Mar tel brought up the report on the Budget of the Depart ment of Justice, _ _ The Minister of Justice presented a project of law for the introduction of the cellular system (solitary confine ment) into the principal prisons of Belgium. The Chamber agreed unanimously to-Ist. The pro ject of law, granting to the Budget of the public debt a credit of 2.4100,865 E, annulling a sum of 1,497,254 f. re maining disposable upon credits allowed to the same budget ; and 2d. To the project of law, permitting the exchange of London of bonds of the New Four-and a- Half per Cent. Loan for those of the old Five per Cent. ; and 3d. That for the entrepot at Antwerp. The Chamber then entered on the discussion of the budget of the Minister of Finance. This, discussion turned chiefly on the necessity of a new organisation of the several branches of the Ad ministration, and the Minister of Finance promised to concert with his colleagues on the subject. The Chamber then voted the first article of the budget. Most of the trains, and particularly those on the Southern Railway, have been considerably delayed by the snow which covered the rails. BELGIAN FUND3.—Bisuashis, 1160. EL Actua Debt, 2g per Cent., . . ..... — Rothschild's Loan, Five per ' Cent.— ....... 11E 3 1( Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.... 76h Three per Cent........... -...--- Thirty-seven litlillivas, ditto (1840).....« te2 11( -••••• Loan of City, 1843. Four per eent. ICS 1832 ........ 101% Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent Issue of 1841. . ..... •••• rs Pape. — Dec. 4. DUTCH FUNDS.--AmerregDAm, Da . S. Ilinnr.r. Mina. itelap.4l Debt, it% per Cant... ...... 62% GI% Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, ditto, 4 per Cent. D amt. J pa. cost. ~wtiS'•ndic.4%percent !96 ltO Ditto. ditto.' 314 per cent... 83% 9J k Commercial Company, 44 per cent... .48 118% Loan 1837. 434 per cent. ezehangeodi,;ndsrs. Onemonth Two months l2 1G At sight Dutch Papers, Dec. 3 THE LATE DR. THORN. We have received several communications from Eng lish residents at Calais, complaining bitterly of the con duct of the English authorities there in relation to the late unfortunate murder of Dr. Thorn. They consider that their interests have been neglected by the British Consul, and they attribute in a great measure the acquittal of M. Sailor to a memorial got up under his auspices, and signed by him and by twenty- two of the English xesidents in Calais. M. Martinez, the advocate of M. Sallior, in putting this memorial in evidence, said that those who signed it represented the wealth and respectability of the English residents in Calais. The grc at body of the English residents protest against : this assumption. This memorial was got up in secret—there was no public meeting called on the occasion—it was privately hawked about for signatures—and only twenty-two, out of upwards of a thousand English residents in Calais and its neigh bourhood, attached their names to this certificate of itharactsr for M. Sallior. The second name attached to this memorial is that of the clergyman ; and of all the others, the only known name is that of Mr. Morton Dyer, the ex-Middlesex magistrate. The rest of the twenty-two are unknown to fame. The English resident's, however 'do full jutice to the exertions of the Procureur du Roi, whose conclusions appear to have been unanswerable. The deceased and M. Sallior were observed standing close ; together in the vestibule of the Hotel de Ville. Dr. Thord was seen to fall by the sentinel, who picked him up and laid him on a- table, while Sailor went into his office. The sentinel , - vus loosening Dr. Thorn's cravat when Sallior entered t he\ vestibule and said, " My dear friend is dead— send t;)1' a doctor." The defence of Sallior was that h e v ,,,\ a eo intoxicated, that he recollected nothing— that he ;:r.f , 'w nothing of what haddccurred. " That is impossiNe," replied the Procureur du Roi, " for while the scu:inel thought he was only intoxicated. e was dead. You we r e th e fi rs t t o you said that \.- 11 desire that a docl:9-7 should be sent for." The Pr e f e ct of the departmer.% . too, exerted hi mse lf to t h e utmost in behalf CI M. Salli o r . This was but natural, for if;,--as has' been stated, M. Sallior i s an a g ent lc:yet police, h e m i g h t, had heof the been condemned, s h a -v4.' made revelati ons w hi c h would have been any thing b'4 agreeable to th e Go vnefrarmi m o e u n s t ; sp a y nd a systems a proofsof carr i ed extent to which- the in France, we may is state that the English residents ha % It deputed a mem ber of their body to bring their comp tints personally to thi4 country, because they are convi: - wed that any letters which they , might write on the s o .ttiect would be stopped at the French Post -office. The reflecting part of the French community appear to be a 's dissa tisfied with the verdict of the St. Omer jury 0-8 the great majority of the English resid en t s . With s ki:le feelings of the French, however, we have nothing 0, t do, but the conduct of the Engli s h C onsu l i n thi s 'j affair certainly demands a searching inquiry. THE LATE BANK ROBBERY.—We understand that in consequence of a letter addressed to the banking house of Messrs. Rogers and Go, by their solicitor, Mr. ilobler; suggesting a mode of cancelling all the Bank of England notes which have been recently stolen from that firm, and thus rendering the property taken valueless to the robbers and their confederates, some of the partners of the banking-house have had an interview with the Secretary of State upon the plan proposed by Mr. Nob ler, and the matter is now under consideration with Sir James Graham. If so, we are quite sure the public, who have generously sympathised with those gentlemen in their recent loss, will be glad to know that for once the most adroit masters in the art of thieving have met with their match, and there is no doubt the public will con tinue to lend their aid to prevent the robbers deriving any advantage from the possession of the spoil. THE "BLACKBURN ♦ND PRESTON RAILWAY.—On Tuesday afternoon an accident occurred at King's•bank, Lloghton-bottoms, on the new line of railway which is now constructing between Blackburn and Preston, by wnich one man was killed, another so seriously injured that he is not expected to recover, and a third much hurt, though not to a dangerous extent. It appears that the line at King's-bank goes through a pretty deep cut ting at the side of a hill, and the deceased and the two others were engaged in making the cutting, and were at the- time of the accident at work between the hill side and a waggon.i iThey were just about to leave work for the day, when a large portion of the upper part of the hill, it - x is calculated to the extent of nine or ten tons, gave way, falling upon and burying the men be neath. Assistance was immediately pl'ocured, and an ex press sent off to Blackburn for medical assistance. Mr. Pickop, and Mr. J. Pickop, surgeons, immediately pro ceeded to the spot, by which time the um'ortunate men had been extricated , from their position. It' was found that one of them must have been crushed to death against the waggon instantaneously. The second, upon exami nation, was ascertained to be injured to a very dangerous extent, and his lite, we believe, is despaired of. • The third, we are happy to state, was much less hurt, and it is hoped twat speedily recover from the effects of the accident.• Every possible assistance was rendered by the Moors. Pickop to the survivors. As a proof of the narrow escape the third man must have had, we may mention that a snuff• box, which was in one of his pockets, was completely crushed. The deoeased was a fine young man, about eighteen or nineteen years of age. This is the second accident which has happened at this place. A short time ago Mr. Pickop was called upon to attend an excavator, whose leg was broken. and who was very much hurt, by an occurrence, we believe, of a similar nature to the above. FARMING SERVANTS .....-A Sussex Correspondent of the Worcester Journal says :—"I am not learned enough to write for a newspaper, or I would send a letter to ex plain the reason why we farmers gave up having lads in the house. Why, sir, we were summoned for the tax upon men servants, and I fur one. I appealed against it. One of the commissioners asked me, Did the man ever clean your boots? Cer tainly he did,' I replied. Then, farmer,' he said, lam very sorry, but I cannot relieve you; you must pay 245: 'Twenty-four shillings !' says I. ' Yes,' ' cries Mr. Taxgather, 3L 2e. ; you are summoned for two, Farmer Smith, and you can't deny that t'other has not cleaned your boots and your knives too.' I could , not say that he did not, and so I had to pay the 3i 25., and never have I dared to have a man in my house since. Believe me, Sir, this has done more to injure farming men than anything else." FlRR.—About half-past three on Wednesday morning a fire broke out upon the premises of Mr. Treeby, buil der, Milton-street, New-road. Flames were first seen issuing from the lower part of the building by the con stable, who instantly raised an alarm. In o, short time there were in attendance six engines, under the direction of Mr. Folio, and two others. The fire burned most bril liantly; the glare being distinctly seen from the bridges. Abundance of water being at hand, the engines were soon got to work, but not a vestige of stock or building, ex cept the. walls, could be saved. The occupier is insured in the Phoenix. The cause of the fire is not known, no one being in the house at the time of the outbreak. SUMMARY OF NEWS AN„ Oubitt Optutou. " Who runs nay read." WOUNIGIV. There were no receptions at Saint Cloud on Monday in consequence of a performance at the theatre of the palace, to which, however, a large party -ass invited. The King came to Paris on Tuesday. His Majesty held a - Cabinet Council, and gave several audiences, after which he returned to St. Cloud. The French Court went into mourning on Wednesday for six days, fur the Princess Sophia Matilda of England. A Bayonne correspondent writes on the 30th ult.:•— " Several insurgeuta at La Rioja, and among them an otht r sou of Zurbano, have been made prisoners at Lo grono. M. de Gamboa, late Minister, and some other persons were arrested on the 28th and 29th at St. Se bastian." Another corre-pondent says, it is estimated that, within the last two months, 6,000 individuals, against %%how no charge has been brought, have been expa triated, imprisoned, or forced to live at the Government depots, prisoners at large. It is impossible for any one r, aiding out of Spain to form a conception of the miser able oppressed state of all the Urban population. It is ruin to be disliked, and death to be suspected by the Government. The day that Prim was to have left Madrid for Cadiz a party of sixty Constitutionalists, well armed and mounted, pasted themselves near Getafe, about seven miles from Madrid, with the intention of surprising his escort and rescuing him. By some means or another the authorities got information of the intended attack, and Prim did not leave Madrid. .General Villa!ono has been appointed Captain-Ge neral of - Burgos, instead of General Bayona; Brigadier Nozzaguray, Commandant-General of Logrono, instead of General Oribo ; and . General Lora, Commandant- General of the Gibraltar camp. A letter from Madrid of the 28th ult. says:—" The atoentlmetits 01 the new Constitution, as- it came out of the hands of th- Coin:: ittee, in the article relating to the rnarciage of the Sovereign, have been all successively re jected by a majority of 133 votes to 39." A letter from Copenhagen of the 23d ult. announces the at rival of tho frigate Getion, fr , rn the Mediterranean, with about 200 cases, some of them very large, filled with the remains of Thorwaldsen',. collection made at Rome, arid other works of art. The writer adds, that a great nom: - .Kr of neast-r-pieet,, not previously known to be in cxistence, ha..e been found by M. Bravo in a cellar u,lith Thoresaldseh's residence. A.w,.": The Woree,ter - greed .ury have ignored the hi. against Mr. liassad, of Stourbridg.., charging him with manslaughter, in haking accelerated the death of his wife. At the Chelmsford assize. Mr. Justice Williams con sented to postpone the trial of Miss Richardson till the spring assizes, on the gronnd of ill health. George Matthews, aged 21, was convicted, at Wor cester, of stealing, in the parish of St. Peter-the-Great, seven loaves of bread, and various other articles, from the dwelling-house of Richard Jones, which he burgle riously broke open and entered. The prisoner was sen tenced to ten years' transportation. In the same Court, Thomas Wridgway and William Kent were convicted of stealing nine soverei gns , a five peund note , and a purse, from the person of Richard lloltharn, at Upton-on-Severn, on the 13th of October, and sentenced to one year's hard labour. In the Bankruptcy Court Mr. 11. J. Wallack, for metly lessee of Covent- gar d en Th eatre , came up on ap plication for his interim order. He was unopposed, but the Learned Commissioner observed, that the insolvent in this case had stated upon his schedule that be had been previously a bankrupt, or insolvent, and it therefore became necessary that he should state upon the face of the present schedule, what proposition he had to make to his present creditors. The insolvent's application was afterwards granted, and he left the Court amidst the greetings of many of his friends and admirers, who Were in attendance during the proceedings. At York, William Potter was convicted of arson. There was a second charge against him, and sentenee was deferred. At Chester, two respectable young men, each aged nineteen years, surrendered in the discharge of thefr bail on a charge of stealing a diamond pin, four gold rings, and a quantity Of wearing apparel, the property of George Bowrick. The names of the prisoners are Frederick Stonehewer and John Rearton. The jury pronounced both prisoners Guilty, and the prosecutor strongly recommended Stonehewer to merc y. as h e b e . lieved he had been led into the commission of the crime by the other prisoner. Mr. Baron Gurney said he could not attend to the recommendation, and sentenced both prisoners to be transported for ten years. .:O T- ASPLIOSWALIOS2.2I The Earl of Aberdeen has left town for Woburn Al) , bey, Beds, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bed ford, who are receiving a, numerous and distinguished party at that splendid seat. The Duke of Devonshire left Chatsworth on Wed • nesday, to visit Mr. Wm. Mundy, at Monkeaton-hall, near Derby. , . The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby have re turned to the Clarendon Hotel, from .the Duke of Bed ford's, Woburn Abbey. The Marquis of I3ute, who arrived in town on Wed nesday, from Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, has left for his sear in Sogland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, wha came to to'rrn on Tu. slay last, from Tottenham Park, near Marlborou4h, Wilts, have now relinquished their in tended visit to Brighton. and go to Paris for the winter. Th.. Earl and Countess of Macclesfield and Lally Louisa Parker are among the noble families remaining it, town l'or the "tinter. The Earl mid Couniess of Jersey and Lady Clem - n tioa hay.; left BO kelil• square for Middleti.n Park, near Elie ster, at v.hich elegant Seat a large party will assemble :at. Christmag. Lord stri Lady Woraelry interd to prolong rh6r so journ at. Home until the elos., of the Inc4ith. when they . ;; .0 to dh The Earl of Yarborough, with the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Pelham, is at Appuldurcombe, Isle of Wight. Next week the Noble Earl is expected to go on a tour of visits during the approaching festive ~eason. . it' 0 1G AlOl7lll - the frost again was very intense, the ther mometer during the greatest cold having fallen to ten degrees below fret zing, a very rare occurrence so early in December. It appears from the half-yearly report of the Water loo-bridge Company that the receipt from toll for the hall-year amount to 7,8621. Ile.' 6d., being more than the amount received in the corresponding period of last year by 421/. 9s. This increase enabled the committee to pay the interest of the debt, divide 3s. 2d. in the pound amongst the annuitants, and leaves 1,6512 17s. 6d. for the reserve fund. We have much pleasure in stating that the entries for the approaching Kent and Maidstone cattle show ex ceed those of last year by upwards of fifty, and that they include many firbt-rate specimens of breeding and feeding. _ _ On 'Saturday last the workmen in every pit in Lan cashire and Cheshire, except in the St. Helen's district, sent in to their masters a written application, demanding an advance of twopence upon each shilling they now earn. Should their demand be refused, the result will, of course, be a general strike. Yesterday several meet ings were held, and, as far as it was possible to ascer tain, there was not a coal-mine at work in tile whole district. It appears that robberies at the great dock establish ments have been rather numerous lately, so much. se as to excite considerable alarm for the safety of goods, even those deposited in those places of special security, and to infer that a wholesale system of plunder is being carried on by some ingenious gang of rascals. Several gentlemen are spoken of already as likely to be called on to fill the vacancy in the representation of Tipperary, caused by the death of Mr. Otway Cave. Among others are Daniel O'Connell, jun., and the lion. G. Heley Hutchinson. The ilebrew congregation of Chatham have, with the benevolent assistance of their Christian friends and neighbours, remitted to Sir Moses Moutefiore, the um of 501., in aid of the funds now raising for the relief of the distressed Jews at Moga4ore. The Comuittee who managed the Polish ball met on Saturday to settle their accounts. It appeared that 1,157 persons had attended the ball and concert, the amount received for tickets sold being 583/. 145., and in domtions 1641 25., and that the expenses incurred were 392/. 145., leaving a clear balance of 3551. 2s. to be car ri, d to the fund for the relief of the unfor unate Polish refugees. PARISH OF ST. MART, ISLINGTON.—CHURCH-RAT E. —Thursday night, at six, a vestry meeting of the in habitants of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, was held , in the church, for the purpose of making a rate on ac count of the chapel of ease, also Of making a po,r rate, &c., far- ,the estimated expenses of the half y, ar, from Michatimas, 1844, to Lady day, 1845: Mr. Pearson, churchwarden, in the chair. The charge for which a chureh- rate was required was stet. d. to be on account of annuities, 5161. ; of interest, on 12,0001, 240 L ; of poundage, 2581. ; of rent, salary, and coals, 18/. Is. 2d. To- meet that expenditure a penny in the pound on a rental of 208,8181, which would produce 870 L Is. 6d., was agreed to. It was expected that there would he some opposition to the vote, hut it was unanimously adopted. A rate of tenpence in the pound "n account of the phor-rate was also votsd, to pay tor provision and clothing, 2,4001. ; for county rate, 1,0001 ; for police rate, 2,7931..25. 2d ; for the master of the norkhouse, to meet relief to out-door poor, &c. 701. a week, & c ., amounting to nearly 10,000/. A highway and lighting rate were also made. Thanks were then passed to the Chairman and the vestry was dissolved. ATTEMPT TO SET FIRE TO THE ETON UNION WORKHOeSE.—Fire men, named Parker, Taylor, Smith, Harrison, and Smith, who had been admitted into the Eton Union Workhouse, as casual paupers for the night, were charged yesterday morning before the Reverend Thomas Caster and Christopher Tower, Esq., with having attempted 'to set fire to the Eton Union Workhouse, on the evening of Friday last. It peered, from the evidence of two other paupers, who were in the vagrant ward, with the prisoners, th at after they had been locked up for the night, Parker ignited a lucifer match, and set fire to the straw placed fur them to sleep upon, from the fumes of which the whole were nearly suffocated. Upon Hitchcock, the porter of the Union, being aroused by their cries for help, ho immediately proceeded to the ward, when he found a considerable quantity-of the wood flooring con sumed ; and with some difficulty, water being fortunately at hand, the fire was put out. The whole of the priso ners were fully committed to Aylesbury gaol to take their trial for felony at the ensuing assizes for Bohr. UL A sL WlNnson, PRIDAT.—The Que en an d Prince Alert -- 1 and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg walked f O ' time in th e grounds adjlcent to the Castle this In ge ; ing. He r Majesty and hi s R oya l Hi g h n ess promenaded in the pleasure. grounds in the a fteril ) , Their Roy a l Hi g h nesses t h e P r i nce o f Wide's . Princess R o y a l, an d t h e P r i ncess Alice, were to l d for their accustomed early airings on the Terrace sn c i in the pleasure -grounds. His Royal Highness F Alfred was also taken out to day. To-morrow (Saturday) her . Majesty and Fr ig ': e i Albert, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke .1 h Duchess o f S axe Coburo. and Gotha, the ISt Ernest of Wu r t em b erg , and the Royal Fatal , leave the Castle in private for Claremont, where d i ? Will remain until aft er th e f unera l o f h er l a t e .11° Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda. The Governor of the Bank of England 9 0.61 Deputy-Governor had an interview with the C 14 1!:, cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official 16 deuce in Downing -street. Wol• A deputation fro m th e !'ring, Worcester, and,, verhampton Rail wa y, cons i sting of M r. G . C. u l i f l e , Mr. J. Whitmo re I saac , M r . R o b ert S tep h ens on, the Benbow, and Mr. Carter, had an interview Wit l i i ib t Earl of Dalh ous i e y es t er d ay, at the office 01 . Board of Trade. A deputatiOn from the Torquay and Newton — 4l l. way, consisting of Mr. Thomas Kitson, Chairma n ; the Provisional Com m itt ee ; M r . D ymon d , engil 3eer Mr. Charles Kitson, solicitor; and Mr. Burke, liamentary agent, had an interview yesterday 111 the Earl of Dalhousie. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had an intervle,l, with Sir James G ra h am yes t er d ay, at t h e H om e of 6 r to A deputation fro m th e G rea t S out h ern an d Wres i te ho Railway Company, I re l an d, cons i st i ng o f Sir e n ct o i Macneill, engin eer; M essrs . B oot hb v, H ar d.,V , Hutton, directors ; M r . B arr i ng t on and MrLl°llo solicitors, had an interview with the Earl of Paw ° yesterday. Sir John Kirkland, Mr. Francis MillA, and 6 , 0 1 James M‘Gregor, Dire c t ors o f th e South•Es s _ A ,'" Railway, accompanied by Mr. Robert Stephe Mr. P. W. Barlow, Captain William O'Brien{.l l Mr. J. P. Fearon, had an interview yesterlor the Earl of Dalhousie, at the Board of Trade. O, A deputation fr om th e N or th D evon Railwaygro; Crediton to Barn s t a pl e , with a branch to . l3ide consisting oi" Mr. L. W. Buck, M.P. ; Thomas Burnel Chanter, Mayor of Bideford ; James Carroi Wilcox, of Exeter ; Mr. Henry Wp r i o : of Exeter ; and Mr. Ed war d D avy , o f C re ditors, p it , visional Directors; Mr. Brunel, engineer; • , e ,ri Dymond, Surveyor; M r . Bremridge, solicitor; r oe Mr. Burke, Parliamentary agent, had an inter . yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie. . 1 oi l The Judicial Committ ee o f th e P r i vy C o unch yesterday. The appeal, " Pryce Jones v. F r y, Godrich," from the Prerogative Court of Canterby of was resumed... The Solicitor-General was heard the respondent.—The case was adjourned. DEPARTURE OF THE - COVl i f- FOR CLARENIONT. 11 0 /! 1 ,1 WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—Her Majesty and 1 1 -s /- Highness Prince Albert, accom p an i e d b y "their Highnesses the Rei g nin g D u k e an d D uc h es s .. . y (,10 0r Coburg and Gotha, and th e D u k e E rnest o f vv . !, ei berg, will take their d e p arture f rom the 018"is'0 Saturday, for Cl a r emon t, w h ere t h e C ourt will r, .0 0 until after the funer a l o f h er l ate R oya l HighAe,'''oo Princess Sophia of Gl ouces t er , w hi c h w ill ta ke pHl7 , ' Tuesday next. Accordin- tc 40 fill to present arrangements, the Co leave Claremont for Windsor oa Wednesday. OUTIIWARK LITERARY 11 4 TUTION. : de On Wednesday evening Mr, Charles Mack 0 3 livered a lecture upon the origin of the aitl, scienees, and the an ti qu it y o f f reemason ry, practical and musical illustrations. The musical department was most efficiently' formed by Mr. Banks, his first public appearance Mr. Charles M ac k a y' s song o f Tuba' ` 1 ; 11 elicited much applause, and the " Death of Nei, was encored. In-.oThe lecturer exhibit e d grea t tact i n t h e In— at . 0 0 ment of his subject ; rich and ready in his illustra!l keen and sarcastic in his irony. : foi• In his practical definition of free-masonry the' lowing lines were received with considerab 4 plause • In Gallia's fields. when English Harry fought, His drooping soldiers in their tents he sought The man to-day that draws for me his sword Shall be my brother! was the hero's word: The name of brother touch'd each soldier's brW: O 7,4 Each grasp'd his ar ms , an d s h oo k w i t h pr id e MI.. Th' event is known—the boasters forc'd to yielm , Fled, while the band o f b rot h ers scour 'd t h e fieL"' If thus the name of brother, like a chats. ' Could frozen valour into action warm, What solid virtue 'mongst our band must grogit oty ? Who Lwn a brothe l ' s name , an d a ll h i s d ut i es 10 CO COURT OF COMMON COUN ;,,tlo' In the report o f th e di v i s i on w hi ch took place ob' Court of Common Council on Thursday on thiboli ject of the petition against the election of Mr. to the office of surgeon to the City police far i — ,: o ft' error was made in c onsequence o f th e b ust l e nnu. oo ll fusion which prevailed. It was stated that the noi boi e were in favour of the petition. The following , too ever, which has been copied from the Corpor s books, was the `exact result :- 60"°51 Petition of Thomas Abrahain and others sa the election of Mr. Childs as surgeon to the police, to Motion—" To refer it to the Police Coln lni •jek Amendment—" To lie on the table." Court diVAI, For the affirmative —one, the Lord Mayor, 0101 1 dermen, forty-six Commoners, and two tellers — ' fifty-two. ; co if For the negative—One Alderman, nineteen• moners, and two tellers—Total, twenty-two. Majority in favour of Mr. Childs—Thirty , ; The petition ordered to lie on the table accordinel It is proper also to state that the words in tiled, of Parliament r equ i re th a t a surgeon shal l b e e i le c o l' and Mr. Childs, being.a member of the RoYtiot; lege of Surgeon s , an d h av i ng a qualification 1 0 7,310 similar to that of the surgeon of N ewg 11 / ate, the . boil r officers of the army and navy, and . East Indie. or itf pany's service was chosen by a cons id era ble Iteg from ten candidates to fill the office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCY' DBE. ' rt NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSINti . - ... ING.—THURSD AY . stakestl ~ $ 1 Exning Field (S econ d Ti es f t r Puppy -- Ala Maiflen beat Elixi r —C rocus b eat Kestrel—Knab— . " German Cloak—Flash beat Machine. B Lil 0 0 ro Second Ties for All- age d S ta k es —K ey beat - w -Kizzie beat - Captain—N e ll b ea t W arr i or --Fartneo Miracle. 1 4 1 First Ties for Chipp en h am (A ge d-d og) S ta k e 's beat Mussulman—Gamester beat Colonel:—Railre s •• Sweetheart (drawn)--Gem beat Miriam. ffilie r .t First Ties for. Allington Hill (Puppy).Stakes- -- Wer nia ran a bye. (Rocket paid f or f e i t )—Fl or a begS: End—Entre Nous beat Fullsail. , tre . Match—Mr. Fy son ' s F ree b ooter beat Lem. , - - ' ' broke's Maggot. II The sport was v er y goo d, b ut t h e attendance - th/o'4 is feared that the severe f rost, w hi c h postpone d thqCo . to ing till one o'clock to day, will cause divisions. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. 'l* Captain Candler's lids., Tues., at Bredon Lick ey-1 of. ; re!! The Herefordshire hds., Tues., Mynde Park; 'Fr'' : ': 1 ) . Wood-10. ..m Or The Shropiliire hds., Tues, Twemlows; Fri•;.. -- ° Bridge-10i. 1 The Brighton hrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., t he... course ; ,Fri., the Dyke. Tb ie The Brookside hrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill ; • Telscombe Tye. • 000: Hill; • The Surrey stag hds., Tues., Sutton; Sat., lisY es . • mon-11. tre e° 9 The Esse x an d S u ff o lk hd s., Tues Ardleigh's Fri., Gol G r o ve -11. (1 A ITS, The Athersto ne hds., Mon., ~, Bonehill House; l e ,' e r . 1 , Lion, Appleby; Thurs., Cadeby T o ll - g ate; 61 ' .. ' " terworth-103. A" To r d The Cheshire lids., Mon., N or t on P r i or y ; 1Y ene porley ; Th u r s ., S tam f or d. b r i dge; Sat., Wli r `"" • AIM— I Of. tid• • The Gogerildan hds., Mon., Heullys; Fri., Alltv r Y fr i '' The Alontgomery s hi re h d s., Tues., Churbul ; Abermale-10. . . The Ross hrs., Mon., Weston Lodge---. 10. ilest li The Ludlow. hds., ues , Bowden Village; Fri.' House-10. • g oo; Mr. Wall' s hr s ., M on., T ravelly; Wed., Pstlac • Fri., Lhswen-10. Oe i g h The Albrighton hds, Mon., Sheriffhales; Thurs. , ford; Sat., Gittacre-10f. The Unit(d Pack, Thurs., Longville Hill-9. The Wheatland hds., Wed., Billingsley.-10. 00' Sir W. W. Wy nn ' s hd s., Mon., Allen Sadler's ; o f, .. Plas Teg ; Fri., Farndon ; Sat., Bryn-y - fr l'o e* ' oor ; i t t. The Holierness hds., Mon., Brendesburton Lonliborough-gate-road ; Thurs., Winestesd ; A Welton G range . Lord Yarborough 's hds., Mon., Bedsby r V 7-" IV 4, % VW, Hill ; Fri., K e l sey River Head-11. The Eddlethorpe hds., Mon., Settrington Beacon ifeli## half-way between Stamford Bride Or e and Gatg , ley ; F r i., Galley Gap txr . 019 Earl Fit z williarn's hds., Mon., Thornhaugh ;'' 0 thorn Toll-bar. iorsi u ' o Od ' Mr. Hellier's hds., Mon., Haugham ; Tufty.? - m s " - • Mill ; Thurs., South Willingham ; Sat., IT e " -- el' —lok. „, ~,„ Se 0 Mr. Drake's hds., Mon., Bourton Village ~,' I : ll yralf°. dery Gate ; Thurs., Arncott Bridge ; ° ll ' - ' • • Bridge-10i. i s ,,' rs e fli t The Warwickshire hounds, Mon., Ne.wr Fry, II) Tues., Mitford-bridge ; Thurs., Red-h i l l P , Itchington ; Sat.; Upper Pillerton- 9 1;,. „ ge ; " m e The Heythrop hounds, Mon., Chapel ri° l 7iddiegr" , ' ... Eyford ; Fri., Addlestrop-gate ;- Sa t " • wi r' gate-10i. - Ste' . er The Quorn hounds, Mor., Kilby Wharf; T ues" Wel° Hay ; Thurs., H oug h ton - on - t h e -Hill ; xri" ton; pod Inn-101, • 9., r-toil Sir R. Sutton's hounds, Mon., Clipsham • Tu e • bei i . t, Wed., the Lodge, Grimsthorpe Palk ; F t t" ti / tell rap t allot 'fist it h in , ,