The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-16 00:00:00

ICTIDDCES:EX COUNTY RATE. The rate-payers of the county of Middlesex are aware that, in consequence of the defalcations of Mr. Mainwaring, the County Treasurer in 1 t=z22, and which occasioned a loss to the rate-payers of many thousand pounds, a local Act was,. at an expense of Q-235/. I Is. W.. jhrced upon the Middlesex Magistrates by the exertions of the defrauded rate-payers in 1822, from which local Act., 3d of Geo. IV., cap. 107, we extract the following important passage : ' " And whereas abuses and irregularities hare occurred in the execution of the office of Treasurer for the county of Middlesex, and it is expedient to make further provision relative to the appointment of such Treasurer, and the se curity to be taken from him and his sureties for the due execution of his office, and for preventing the accumulation of large balances in the hands of such Treasurer in future." This excellent and judicious clause, so imperatively de manded by the conduct of the County Treasurer alluded to, and so well calculated to insure security on the one band to the rate-payers, cnd to promote economy on the other in the expen,liture of the rates, has, we fear, been to a great extent rendered nugatory by the proceed ings of that irresponsible body, the Middlesex County Ma gistrates, in regard to the making of county-rates. Here, at all events, is one small specimen of the strict squaring of their conduct with the provisions of the Act. The Treasurer of Middlesex has, be it observed, a salary of 750/. per a nnum. The following were the cash balances in the Treasurer's hands during the period of the July county-rate of one penny in the pound, the same balances beine , taken after all payments on the respective days were made ; and where a d a y is omitted, the cash balance remained the same as on the day previous : July 22 £1,515 1 7 \ 23 -1,250 6 3 25 .. 953 7 10 26 ... 540 6 1 27 5lO 11 5 28 459 13 81 29... 251 2 2 30.„,,,,,, 205 8 111, Aug 1 lO4 19 10 2 516 3 51 3 S9S 3 11 4 3lB 4 14 5 176 1 104' 6 856 13 41 8 869 8 101 11 B6B 13 3 12 761 10 4 13 232 1 21 15 534 12 101 16 607 13 41 17 502 3 41 18... 2,295 1 81 19 1,249 9 01 4,846 16 111 22.... 0,668 4 5 23 „3,322 2 10 24 ..... _3,935 18 0 25 4,486 5 2 26 4,;.43 19 1 27 5,240 7 1 29 5,233 6 8 30 7,400 18 10 31 7,428 11 9 Sept. 1 7,600 1 d 2 7,545 4 9 3 7,621 9 5 5 8,439 11 4 6 8,441 19 8 7 8,501 11 5 8 8,499 18 6 Sept. 9 £8,489 210 10 8,611 11 •2 13 9,082 13 2 14 ..... ~ 9,107 13 2 15 9,372 4 5 16 9,927 19 1 17 10,126 11 10 19 10,107 3 10 20 10,062 10 1)t 21 9,946 1 77, 9 ,- ) 9,67817 7i 23 9,613 15 1i 94 9,441 6 M 26 9,433 3 1; 27 9,413 3 1. 1 ; 28 9,634 7 31 29 9,740 2 34 30 9,828 3 41 Oct. 1 9,808 4 14 3 9,813 2 71 4 9,981 4 54 5 9,998 8 9:-; 6 10,091 2 94 • 7 10,076 9 34 8 11,074 8 31 12 11,282 18 14 13 12,040 9 94 14 11,892 6 04 15 12,017 2 14 17 12,005 17 14 18 12,509 9 61 19 12,840 17 11 20 12,827 4 74 21 12,188 14 61 09 11,989 17 44 24 12,395 17 24 125 12,289 11 114 26 11,035 18 114 27) County ?, 5,8!4 7 114 day ) And a new rate of one halfpenny in the pound, or 11,185/. 3s. 6d. was made Such are the advantages to the rate-payers of an irresponsible management of the county rates of Middlesex, which rate, as we informed our readers the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, have resolved to appeal against. METEOROLOGICAL SOCIBTY. A meeting of this society was held on Tuesday eve ning, the 13th of Dec. inst. at the Mechanics' Institu tion, Southampton-buildings, Dr. Birkbcck, President, in the Chair. Several letters were read from various parts of the country on the late tremendous gale that visited this island on the 29th of November last, and many of the members present stated the phenomena they had observed on the. same day. From the circumstance that the va riations of the wind were observed to take place in different directions at different places, it was considered that this gale belonged to the class of hurricanes that traverse the Western basin of the Atlantic ; they consist of a large body of air movino• b with considerable velocity round an axis which describes an elliptic or parabolic curve ; the apex of this curve is situated about the paral lel of the 20th degree of North latitude. P. Munpliv, Esq., read a paper on the anticipated state of the weather during the approaching month of January, 1827. The author observed that the tendency of the weather throughout the month will be to drought. About the .sth, if not earlier, frost may be expected to set in, and the greatest cold may be expected to occur in the night of the 13th, or morning of the 14th, succeeded by a thaw ; from the 13th to the 22d the weather will be squally with rain, and from the 22d to the end of the month it will be frosty, dry, and harsh. It was suggested that meteorologists should rigorously observe the phenomena during the month, accurately record their observations, and report them to the Society, by which Mr. Murphy's anticipations may be corroborated or refuted. Prince de Talleyrand and the Duchess de Dino ar rived in Paris on Saturday night from Rochecotte, the Duchess de Dino's seat. On Sunday night be had a long conference with the Kin, of the French. On the 2d ult., at a Congregation at Cambridge, the degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred upon the Rev. J. B. Smith, of Christ College, rector of Sotby and Martin, Lincolnshire, head master of Hof.ncastle Grammar School, and formerly a compositor in York. This gentle man, who has advanced himself by his own Close appli cation to the highest degree of university honour s, was apprenticed to the late Mr. W. Blanchard, printer of the York Chronicle.—Manchester Chronicle. On Tuesday evening last, as the Wolverhampton coach was on its road from Kidderminster, one of the pas sengers, in a state of intoxication, fell off near the Park Gate, unnoticed by the rest, when one of the wheels passed so close to his body as to sever nearly the whole of his ear from his bead. He is now going on well, and is considered out of danger.—lVolverhanipton Chronicle. Yesterday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, the following lamentable accident, attended with the loss of human life, occurred on the line of the London and Bir mingham Railroad, near to the (Hampstead-road :—A lad named John King, 15 years of age, the produce of whose labour was the sole support of a widowed mother and two children, was pursuing his usual employment of driv ing a train of excavation waggons, when he suddenly slipped down, and falling across the rail of the tramway, the off-wheel of the waggons passed over his body and limbs, causing a fracture of the skull and extensively lace rating the flesh, also severing the right arm just above the elbow, and completely crushing the thigh and lower bones of the legs in a most dreadful manner. When taken up lie presented an appalling spectacle, and was immediately removed to the North London Hospital, in Upper Gower street, Bedford-square, where he expired in about two hours afterwards. We understand that the recent failures connected w ith Dundee have had a very injurious effect on the ma nufacturing interest in the counties of Fife and Forfar. In Kirkaldy and neighbourhood weavers' wages arc lower, last -- week, fully 1 5 per cent. upon some descriptions of goods.— Edinburgh Courant. We are enabled to lay before our readers the result of the registration of this year, as compared with that of the last ; by which it appears that there is an increase of Par liamentary voters on this year's list of 498 ; the registra tion of 1835 being 19,981, while that for 1836 is 13,449. It is in the highest degree satisflictory to state that the in , crease is on the part of the householders, there being a de crease on the freemen's list of 326, leaving 794 more re gistered household voters than on the registration of 1835. —Liverpool Telegraph. The Rev. W. Malthus, of Exeter (son of the cele- brated Mr. 'Malthus), and his escaped destruction during the storm the week before last by s leeping from home : a chimney and part of the roof was found in the morning to occupy their beds. By accounts from Madras we learn that such ar rangements hail been made with the house of Messy:;. Guichard and Co., as would enable that firm to resume its payments, under very encouraging circumstances. It was understood that definitive orders had been received from the Home Authorities for the re-establishment of the Mint, at Madras. The commercial part of the community is said to have suffered severely by its abolition. The wea ther had been very oppressive. The following is the result of the ballot at Lloyd's, on Wednesday, for three members to fill the vacancies in the Committee :—Samuel Smith, Esq., °27 ; Francis Ca vendish Aberdein, Esq., 200 ; James Bischoff, Esq., 199 ; George Whitmore, Esq., 173 ; Thomas Octavius Towles, Esq., 166. The three first were consequently elected. Among the Fellows of the new Whiff University is ‘‘4 r, the Noble Premier's apothecary. It is rumoured in the clubs that a Noble Lord's re . cent winnings at cards must exceed 60,0001. Duripl the late hurricance the celebrated yew tree •its Dibden church-yard, between Lyndhurst and Lyming : \ • - tad, mentioned by Gilpin in his " Forest Scenery" as the c"' - largesyyew tree in England, was completely torn up by the roc)* It was 30 feet in circumference, with three vast rf~ fth 'mine, the weight of which greatly aided the power of the ' wind inks destruction. I'IIICI.S Of SI Ol K . ' Tllls 11% Y Al u NI: O'CLOCK. Rath I..iinri - - 3 1 ,1 1 rel. ttni ...1.3 , .../ i' , :ttn Flom , : ,er Cent. C - oi.s — s,,,,iii , Pa S. cti , .. --- 214 per Cent 9 y,,, 'old Annuities Dato lied 1 '69;, 1 A , i Netv Ditto — New 11I.; ;tor Cent —' 11 i•Pr Cent. Annuities, 1751_ New sper Cent --- , 1, , ...„ ch. Bills, 1 . 1,11 , l2 14 p i'. 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Ponds — French, 5 per cent.......... —l• —••••— ' Bonds, 1 , 25 —i ---- A per cent ; tk., cent..... slexicati Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account Ditto. 6 per cent Ditto Account . ..... Neapolitan Fxchange ........... Dutch, 2 1 :, per cent ....... —1 Ditto Account ............... 51 Ditto, 5 per cent .............. - Ditto Account .................. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Cobre Cooper 2 .1i; .:ity Railway Brighton Railway Company Brighton (Gibbe) Railway I 3 Brighton ( Rennie's) I.ondon Grand Junction ltailway Manchester and Leeds Railway Company 2 Manchester South Union Railway Company Midland Counties Railway Company —..... 111(;11 WATER AT LONDON TO.:MORROW. Morning 19:nioutes after 9. I Eveuing......l 4 minutes after 9. This day was published, Third Edition, fcp. Bvo. 3s. gilt edges, S.HORT WHIST By Major A*****. Also, Ninth Edition, foolscap Bvo., 2s. 6d., gilt edges, HINTS ON ETIQUETTE; and the USAGES of SOCIETY, &c. By Ar.)7oc• London : Longt, nan, Rees, Orme, and Co. Nov. 15, 1836. OUR Friends, and all those who may have to write to us, are requested to be particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, in HANIIIIIRGH, and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 10/., '2Ol. , or 30/., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 10/. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher- charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money t o Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note ; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. To save expenses that may as well be avoided, we request our Correspondents not to overlook these particulars. HEINE BROTHERS. The publication of TIIE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. Bi 4; 8 13 4 3 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1836, The South Devon Reform dinner which took place on Wednesday at Totness, and which was attended by five hundred of the most respectable, intelligent, and influential people of the district, is another flagrant proof of what the Tories are pleased to call, " re action." In every sense of the word this spirited Re form gathering may be considered as one of the most important that has been held since the close of the Session. It reads an equally valuable lesson toWhigs and Tories. To the former, because, taken in con nection with other meetings of a similar character, it furnishes them with proof positive that they can only retain office by pressing onward, instead of halt ing in their course ; to the latter, because it brings home to them with equal force, the fact, that their influence over the mind of the community is past and gone. In the determination and enthu siasm exhibited by the Reformers of Devon, the To ries may read their death-warrant. Is this the lan guage of exaggeration ? Surely not—for when we find an assemblage consisting of the elite of one of the largest, most populous, and most influential counties in the kingdom, rising unanimously, and giving three cheers at the very mention of the word " ballot," we may be pretty certain that this enthusiastic spirit will spread. And then, where are the Tories ? Intrigues and backstairs influence will not avail them when once the public fiat has gone forth against the present elec tion system; and already opinion is making itself felt on the subject, with a force that no Ministry will henceforth be able to stifle. Well said Sir WNL MOLESWORTII, that the " Ballot " and " Peerage Re. form " were hourly obtaining converts. But three short years since, these two questions were in their nonage ; now they are all but arrived at man's estate. Under these circumstances what remains for Ministers to do ? Why just this—to make both questions open ones, just as the 'f,:ries were compelled to do with Catholic Emancipa tion. :Unless they come to this determination, they have one really honest adherent left them ; will scarcely' and in the event z , f a dissolution, or any other contin gency, will find thcmselves completely non-plus'd. Mr. LEADER'S remark, that the ballot and Peerage Reform should hencefeth form the subject of in cessant c onstitutional agitat:on, is deserving the most serious attention of the people. If they desire to obtain equal justice for Ireland, and such other Re forms as are called for by the ciecumstances of the times, it is only by adopting Mr. LEAD i s suggestion, and following it up with zeal and perseveonce, that they can obtain these advantages. They may rely oil it that the Tory faction in the Lords and Commons are incurable ; that advice—remonstrance —menace — are all equally lost on them ; and that the Ballot and Peerage Reform are the only means left of extin guishing them. Let us fix our attention then unceas ingly on these two great cardinal questions. Let us agitate them in every possible form ; by speeches—by addresses—by petitions ; and if these do not give suf ficient impulse, by reviving the Political Unions. We have lost much by delay ; let us learn wisdom from experi ence, and ape time Fabian character no longer. Energy and determined constancy of purpose are now the only things wanting to ensure our success. The victor's wreath is our own, if we will but stretch out our hands to reach it. It is idle for us to shake our heads despond ingly, and say, " The people are not yet ripe for these sorts of reforms." They are ripe—ripe as medlars — for them ; but granted that they be not, how, in God's name, arc they to become so, if their leaders will not— to use Lady MoRGAN'S choice expression—" stir them up with a long pole ?" Sir WILLIAM MOLES wORTII—MCSSIS. LE .% D ER—GISBOR NE—PA RROT — NEWTON FELLowlis —HOLLAND—Sir H. PAR NEI-L.—and others—who have all become converts to the necessity of Peerage Reform and the Ballot — these gentlemen have bravely led the way ; and we most devoutly hope that their example will not be lost Reform Representatives. on the rest of our subject of the necessity of esta blistnrsestaineistemina the ofsup Poor Laws in Ireland, we wish it to be primarily- understood, that we shall not here enter into any discussion c , respecti" the frivolous and absurd objections made to that u m nd e measure by Reportsignorant o : o f • and interested declai mers, who sele c t for their tests a few isolated passages, to be found the English Commissioners, relative to the bad effects of a system of compulsory relief upon the morality of particular districts. There is, in our opinion, a great deal of unnecessary anxiety evinced respecting the danger to public morals in Ireland, from the introduc tion of a law for the prevention of periodical starva tion. A world of very superfluous sympathy is daily frittered away in this manner, in the shape of speeches, THE SUN, LONDON, sixpenny pamphlets, and elaborate treatises in a still more bulky form. This, upon the whole, is some what suspicious. Such excessive trepidation on the part of certain persons and bodies of men in this country, is rather calculated to make the thinking portion of the Irish people cry out for a Poor Law, than to oppose its enactment. Ireland has had ample experience of the fact, that none have ever yet canted about preserving her morals and her religion, without, at the same time, harbouring a design upon her purse. If we were silly enough to pay any regard to the excla mations of those who so violently oppose the establish• rent of any system of compulsory relief in the sister kingdom, they would persuade us to believe that Ire land is an Eden into which crime never yet entered — that they themselves are only intent upon preserving it from the miseries entailed upon degraded and demo. ralized England—and that, in a word, they seek but to preserve a nation of high-minded, happy freemen, from being perverted by a pernicious law into a horde of idle and dissolute paupers. But such prattle as this would reflect discredit upon the mental capacity of a nursery-maid's charge. We beg to ask these phi lanthropists—rhapsody apart—can the condition of Ire land be more wretched than it is at this moment We want no fine sentimental high-flown flourishes about a sense of independence—we ask a straight-for ward plain question, and require a simple answer. Or, if this mode of putting such a question be ob jected to, we wish to be informed, if, in the opinion of these gentlemen, the condition of the poor of Ire land be better, and more conducive to good morals, than that of their fellow-subjects in the same position in society in England ? They dare not answer these questions. They know, as well as we do, that hunger has changed Ireland into a theatre where wretched ness, vice, and depravity exhibit themselves in all their deformity, to the amazement of Europe. They re quire not to be told that in Ireland the great bulk of the people regard the laws, and all who administer them, as their natural enemies—that they scorn their protection, and seek only to evade their vengeance. It is a hitter—an insulting mockery, to talk about the moral effects of a Poor Law to a people annually driven to the commission of agrarian outrage by the horrors of famine. We care not what may be the baneful effects of a Poor Law—its introduction into Ireland must be for the benefit of the nation. The mischiefs cited as the consequences of a Poor Law in England cannot have an existence in Ireland. In the first place, a Poor Law cannot depreciate the tone of public morals, in a country disgraced by the presence of Associations for the perpetration of agrarian outrages, as Terry-Alts, Whitefeet, Rockites, and Levellers. A Poor Law cannot lessen charitable sympathy, in a land where the rich leave the poor to die of hunger, unless relieved by creatures who are themselves hardly removed one degree above the fear of immediate starva tion. A Poor Law cannot depreciate the wages of labour among a population unable to find constant employ ment, at an average rate of two:shillings and sixpence a week, round the year. A Poor Law cannot in crease idleness, in a nation where nearly one-half of the people are without any kind of useful employment for more than two-thirds of every season, though otherwise willing and able to work. A Poor Law can not dissociate the rich from the poor, for at present there is no connecting link between them. A Poor Law cannot encourage improvident habits, among a peasantry who having no interets in the soil, of which having no leases, they have no inducement to hoard earnings which their landlords would not suffer them to enjoy. Neither can a Poor Law lead to early and ill-assorted marriages, in a country where, without it, the men marry for love at twenty, and the women at seventeen. Where, then, are the dreaded evils to be apprehended from the introduction of a Poor Law ? They dwindle down to the hobgoblin of the rental. This really is the only calamity anticipated by the philanthropists. They fear a Poor Law would touch the pockets, or otherwise abridge the barbarous power of the heartless Aristocracy, who feed upon the vitals of the Irish peasantry. They are too short-sighted to perceive that in the long run the ruin of the peasant must involve the degradation of his oppressors. As a Poor Law is not a stationary measure, it may be safely assumed that where its introduction can be proved incapable of evil, it must effect good. Admit ting that the. system be liable to great abuse, the people of Ireland ought to be left to decide whether they will accept it, such as they can make it, or do without it. Poor Laws arc established in England, in Scotland, in France, in the Canton of Berne,in Bavaria, in Wir temberg, in Norway, in Sweden, in Denmark, in Mecklenburg, in Prussia, and even in Russia ; and though the system in these several States is widely dif ferent, the principle is everywhere the same. Now it is for the principle only that we are contending. A principle essential to the well-being of so many different races of men, must be equally essential to the happiness of a country circumstanced as is Ireland at the present moment. We yesterday suggested the' expediency of forming an Association for the establishment of a good Poor Law in Ireland. We are confident that we could re commend no measure more likely to obtain for all en gaged in carrying it into operation, the lasting gratitude of the Irish nation. Of the pleasure derivable from the consciousness of having been the instrument of re storing peace and plenty to the homestead, and the hearth of hundreds of thousands of starving wretches tottering on the verge of crime and despair, we shall say nothing. The hearts of the benevolent will readily suggest to them all we could say on the subject ; and as for the unfeeling, an appeal so made to them would be made in vain. An Association so consonant with the spirit of Christianity would be speedily joined by the great majority of the clergy of Ireland, of every reli gious denomination. The more humane among the middle classes, and the most intelligent in every grade and rank, would speedily follow their example. All parties would begin to give the subject that share of careful consideration necessary to a perfect understanding of its more immediate results, however little they might know of its ulterior conse quences. The film which prejudi ce h as dr awn over the eyes of the public would be removed ; and in a very short time the landlords themselves would discover that no body would derive greater advantages from the establishment of a good Poor Law than would they. If an Association for the establishment of a Poor Law be formed in any part of Ireland, it shall have our best support. io originat e it is worthy of 1 - ie brave men of Clare. Without some such combi nation on the part of the advocates of a Poor Law, years may yet elapse before it can be extorted by the cries of the famishing peasantry, from a Parliament misled by the ignorant clamours of Irish absentees. We address ourselves to the creatures of no faction in recommending such a project. We appeal to the just and generous feelings of all honest Irishmen. The Protestant, the Catholic , the Presbyterian, the Quaker, and the Methodist, have here ample ground for trio' common onitivation of the noblest feelings of our nature. We shall await the result of this suggestion before again returning to the subjee.t, When it is re quisite to discuss the details of any fixed plan, opinions shall not be withheld from the public. We had been endeavourinZ PI) find out the reason why, among all the mountebank displays Af Toryism during the last two or three months, Mr. PETLR BoRTHWICK should have been kept in the back ground—when lo ! PETER bursts upon the public view in all his glory. Having waited with a degree of pa tience that can be estimated only by those who are ani- "itiDA'Yb DECEMBER 16, 1836. ;atm; an , equally ardent ambition, for an invitation to take part in some of the numerous and various exhi bitions friends have been getting up ohfis late,t a and himself quite overlooked — finding le:Yith'ls(f'obr finding rd ng gedy, comedy, and melodrama, are in as little demand on the political stago as they were when he was a candidate for theatrical honours at the Ro tunda—PETEß, we say, finding all this, and not a little mortified at the discovery, determined, like a high-minded hero, to get up a little farce of his own. Accordingly, off he posts the other day to the ancient and renowned borough of Evesham—for which, by a dexterous piece of harlequinade, he managed to get himself popped into Parliament, under the style and title of Representative—takes the worthy burgesses, who were never dreaming of such an honour, by sur prise, and before you could say " Jack Robinson," finds himself seated, brimful of eloquence, at the right-hand of the IVIAYort, in the Guildhall, ready to astonish two or three dozen of natives assembled on the spur of the occasion by the village bell man. It is dear from PETER'S speech, that it had been carefully committed to memory, and often re hearsed. Stupid as he is, we hold it utterly im possible that he or any man should have uttered so much nonsense in so short a space, at a moment's no tice. The pompous style, elaborate inanity, and ill assorted mixture of evangelical and theatrical phraseo logy, are exceedingly curious, as sheaving the men tal compound generated by the influence of pro fessional habits of opposite kinds jumbled together Judging from the evidence here_ afforded we should say that PETER'S taste lay more towards the theatrical, which was his latest line of business, than to the evan gelical, which he was engaged in at an earlier period—we believe, after his bankruptcy as a sta tioner at Dalkeith. We find his effusions studded with such green-room expressions as these—" tragi comedy rehearsed at Stourbridge," " judicious curtail ments," " imperfections of the first performance," his " occupation's gone,"—which latter quotation is parti cularly happy, as Othello was one of PETER'S fa vourite characters in days of yore. Two parsons addressed the motley meeting. One was a superannuated driveller, who recommended the assembling of the Convocation ! The other was, we should think, a very young aspirant for clerical honours, who remarked that he had given them " a little, good Latin, and a considerable quantity of very indifferent English." To the fact asserted in the latter portion of this sentence, we bear our cordial testimony. The Paris papers of Tuesday and Wednesday have been all received this morning. The Moniteur of Wednesday does not contain a line of the continuation of Marshal Cr, AusEL's despatch from Constantina, of which the first part appeared in this paper of yester day, copied from the extraordinary express of a Morning Contemporary. This omission has excited a strong feeling of hostility to the Government on the part of the Opposition press. It is presumed that the facts withheld are disgraceful to the French arms, and the Opposition is loud in its censures of Ministers, who declined to send Marshal CLAUSEL the reinforce ments promised him by M. TMIERS. Even the Paix, a Ministerial print, dares to condemn the policy of the French Cabinet, with respect to Africa and Spain. Both countries, in the opinion of this new convert to liberal ideas, must be strenuously defended, or openly abandoned. There must be no more com promising. The Gazette de France treats the whole affair of the dispatch as a piece of humbug. It asks, wherefore was the dispatch not published earlier ? *Why was it not dated? Why are the details not given, seeing that the public mind is in such a state of excitement ? This journal laughs at the subterfuge of an interruption by night-fall, and leaves it to be inferred that the Government is play ing a dishonest game. The National declares iat it cannot recognise in the published fragment .he language of a Marshal of France. The bulletin of the grand army under NAPOLEON announcing the retreat from Russia, displayed dignity, at least, in bad fortune ; but the fragment, signed " CLAUSEL," must be the work of M. GUIZOT, or some tutor of the Duke of NEmouas. The National concludes by stating that the fate of the expedition is but the a ccomplishment of its early prediction The colony of Algiers must be destroyed by the Marshal, and the Marshal by the colony." This is not so much a prediction as a riddle, delivered in a Sybilline form. The following official despatches are copied from the Moniteur:— " December 8, half-past two o'clock. " Carlist reports of the sth announce that Espartero, on Loe 4th, attempted to force their positions at Asnu, fur nished with a part of their besieging artillery, and that he succeeded on the sth ; but Villareal and Eguia having joined, had repulsed him. He fell back upon the heights opposite Desierto, and was preparing to repass to the left bank of the river. The mail from Madrid was stopped at Ateca, by Quelez ; but an English courier has brought letters of the 3d; announcing that Gomez had escaped, and arrived at Osuna." " December 8, eight o'clock in the evening. " They write from Portugalette on the 6th, that Espar tero has repassed the river in order to join his reserve, which has arrived from Balmaceda. It is hoped that with the aid of this reinforcement he may be able to make his way into Bilboa. Irrabaren again came up with Cabrera on the 3d, near Jouguas, and killed or took 150 of his men, and as many of his horses." " Bayonne, Dec. 9, half-past one o'clock (arrived by the mail).—Accounts from Callahora of the sth announce that Cabrera, after his second defeat of the 3d, dispersed his forces in groups, a part of which endeavoured to gain Mount Cavo, and the others the Sierra Cebollera. They were beaten by the Governor of Soria. Irrebarren has returned into Navarre. Narvaez arrived on the 28th ult. at Osuna, and had Gomez only four leagues from him, at Estepa. He hoped to come up with him on the following day." " December 10, Three o'Clock.. " Nothing new from Bilboa. It is believed that the cap ure of the town will depend upon the result of the opera iions against Espartero, who was joined on the 6th, at Por tugalette, by five battalions of the reserve. The Carlists have made an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the bridge of the Desierto. Brigadier Albu►n, on the 4th, took from Cabrera 450 more horses. The Bishop of Pampeluna is among the prisoners. " December 11, half-past twelve. " According t o indirect reports, Alaix came up with Gomez, at Alcaudete, in the night of the 29th, dispersed his force, and killed or captured a great many of his fo . lowers." " Bayonne; Dec.l2, four o'clock in the afternoon. " News of the 10th states that Espartero, established on the left bank, between Portugalette and Baracaldo, has caused his bridge to be replaced. The Carlists are for tifying themselves on this shore, in order to prevent his reaching Bilboa. They have left before the town one part of their artillery, an d planted the other on the heights. Their fire against Bilboa has been suspended ever since the Ist instant. They seem to place their successs in the siege upon that of their operations against Espartero." • The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of the 10th inst. has the following remarks upon the condition of the be sieged and the besiegers. We cannot vouch for their correctness, especially as regards the abundance of provisions in the city, as a state of things directly the reverse is represented to us in private letters from Por- tugalette : Baca is abundantly supplied with provisions and ammu nition, and defended by 6,000 brave men, 5,000 of whom are troops of the line, and 1,000 National Guards. There is a battery of nearly seventy pieces o f cannon, and the carli2ts have already had some experience of the courage of Santos sap Mignel arld Antonio Arana, It is impos sible that Espartero, reinforced by the division of Alcr t la, should be unable to make his way through the Carlist bat talions. The besiegers, who, since the 30th ult., have lipitle no demonstration against the town, have withclrawo then: heady artillery i Upt their nff WPTIq are stlil crowned by their light artillery. We have beard no other news on which we can depend. The troops brought by Espartero are, it appears, in great part, new levies = at least those who have been made prisoners seem to be scarcely 16 year old. Nothing is wanting in the camp of the besiegers. - ;74. '.• • •., ---- -1 1- 1? 4.,!...7.r!'-, . , - ..-,- , E.---, - - - , t i.' ---.7 1, 7 ': 4: fr G i Ak A git s, , Z . ,' ' 9 4-774' -. .e... t (",,,... : 2 al,, - ~,,,,, • q . , . 'k''. ' ^ c.c.. ZA),.e 10-1,.. Br,zi They are regularly supplied with provisions, and each soldier has daily a large allowance of brandy?' The escape of GomEz into the Sierra Morena is confidently affirmed in several communications from Spain. Madrid Papers to the 7th inst. inclusive have been received. The Gazette of the sth contains a dispatch from General MuEta°, descriptive of his route and proposed operations. Its contents are of no moment. GOMEZ had passed the Sierra Morena by Despenna penos, and was marching with the remains of his baud upon Mauzanares, after having suffered a second de feat at Alcandete. The debates in the Cortes on the sittings of the 4th, sth, and 6th inst., had reference only to the Reforms suggested in the Constitution. SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, DEC. 15.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived the Rosalind, Crouch, from Quebec ; Porcupine, —, from Odessa ; Co lumbine, --, from Leghorn ; Jane, Davie, from Oporto ; and Courier, Smith, from Belfast. The whole of the outward bound sailed in the course of the day. Sailed the Aguilla, Paris, for Denia ; Joseph Clark, Tuff, for Jamaica ; and Joseph, Fenton, for Leghorn. PORTSMOUTH, Due. 15. —Wind N. N. W., fine. FALMOUTH, DEC. 14. —Wing W.N. W., fresh gales and squally.—Arrived the Haidee, Henry, from Zante ; Reform, Bontoft, from Malaga ; and Minerva, --, from London, leaky, bound to Fayal. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 15 —Wind N. to W.—Arrived the William Gray, Gray, from Oporto. TORBAY, DEC. 14.—Arrived the Polly, Pratt, from Quebec. BRISTOL, DEC. 15. —Wind N. W., fine.—Arrived the Ethelbert, --, from Miramichi ; and Eliza Scott, White, from Smyrna. MARGATE, DEC. 15.—Arrived the King of Tyre, --, from Denia; and Charles Buchan, Annensen, from Messina. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14. —Wind W.N. W., very fresh.—Ar rived the Nantasket, Crocker, from Savannah ; Governor Troup, Alexander, from Savannah ; Winscales, Walmsley, from Quebec ; Thomais, Reed, from Quebec ; Bride of Aby dos, —, from Vostizza ; Ranger, Donaldson, from Trieste ; Fisherman, Gibaut, from Naples ; and Joven, Elena, from Tarragona. The Isabella, from Philadelphia to Amsterdam, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands 14th instant—crew saved. The Genii, Roberts, from Ramsgate to Newcastle, was wrecked on the Kentish Knock yesterday—crew saved. The Lowther Castle, for Dundalk, was on shore near Crosby 14th inst. The Lady Kenmare, James, arrived at Milford in a sinking state, having sprung a leak the 12th inst., off the Smalls. The Juliet, Ray, from Boston to Goole, was run down the 12th inst., off Killingholmes, by the Retrench, Gage, from London—crew saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are two French, one Ostend, and the Hamburg mails ; with ship letters from Smyrna, Jamaica, and Oporto. Consols opened at $8; '— s for the opening ; Reduced 871 ; Exchequer Bills 12 1 0 ; India Bonds 810 ; Barn: Stock 1091 1101 ; India Stock shut. Spanish Active 201 ; Passive 5 ; Deferred 8; ; Portuguese 441 ; Three per Cents. 28f ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents. 531 54 ; Colombian 21t 22 1 ; Mexican 211 22. This is settling-day in the Foreign Market, and the chief attention of the jobbers and brokers is in settling their ac counts ; consequently little business is doing either in the British or Foreign Markets. The heaviest account to ad just is the Portuguese ; the extreme fluctuation of which has been, during the account, about 44 per cent. ; and that of Spanish about 21 per cent. To the present hour we do not hear of any failures, nor is it expected that any of con sequence will occur, as most of the transactions were amongst the first-rate speculators. HALF-PAST ONE. T HREE 0' CLOCK, Extract of a letter from Madrid, dated 6th December : —" The affairs of Spain are visibly improving, and a better spirit seems to pervade the minds of the people in ge neral, to which the late successes which have attended the Queen's arms have materially contributed. Gomez has had his rear-guard utterly annihilated in Alcandete ; and further accounts from the North bring the intelligence of Cabrera having lost 200 men in killed and prisoners, and the whole of his baggage, which is at Logrona. The Bourse is more active of late, 5-22/ cash. Consols may be quoted at 884 for the opening ; Re duced, 87i 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 12 14 ; India Bonds, 8 10 ; Bank Stock, 209 k 210 ; India shut. The settling in the Foreign Market appears to be going off well at present, as we do not hear of any failures.— Spanish Active Bonds, 20 ; Deferred, 81; Debentures, 34 ; Portuguese, 444 ; Three per Cents., 28i ; Colum bian, 214 ; Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents, 53g. Little doing in the Share Market—prices much the same as yesterday. Consols for the Account, 884 The necessary alterations for transforming Albany barrack, in the Isle of Wight, into a prison for juvenile of- fenders are already in progress. Sir Edward Alderson entertained a select party to dinner on Wednesday evening, in Park-crescent. Lord St. Helens, who forty years ago was Ambas sador to St. Pcterburgh, and who resides in Grafton-street all the year round, entertained the Duke of Palmella and a select party at dinner on Wednesday. A dreadful fire occurred last week at Desvres, a town about twelve miles distant from Boulogne, by which eleven houses were burnt down in the Rue des Potiers, near the church. It was occasioned by a femalo impru dently placing some braise in a granary ; and so rapid was the conflagration, that eleven houses were burnt to the ground in less than an hour.—Boulogne Journal. The Town Council of Portsmouth have received a letter from the Home Office, stating that a grant has passed the Great Seal, authorising the Corporatiol to hold in mortmain the ground on which the new market-house has been erected, and that the same will be delivered on pay ment of the fees, amounting to 1571. _ _ A Bill is now proposed by Ministers, and will be brought forward early in the ensuing Session, giving to the Poor Law Commissioners the power of appointing general auditors of the Poor Law Union disbursements, who are to go circuits inspecting and passing the various district accounts. The monthly meeting of the trustees and managers of the Hertfordshire Savings' Bank was held on Wednesday, the 7th inst., at the Town-hall. The amount of the deposits up to this time has been 12,7551. 14s. Id., of which sum 2431. 2s. sd. is invested with the Commissioners of the National Debt, agreeably to the Act of Parliament. The bank was opened on the ad of February last, and it appears that the average amount of deposits weekly in the first four months was about 4801.—Hertford Paper. It is not a little curious that the Manchester papers should publish every week an account of the " alarming state of illness of De Beriot" since the decease of Malibran. We understand, however, that he was in robust health last week, and at a private party played a concerto in his best style.—Morning Paper. On Tuesday night a boy, named Ironsides, belong ing to the Scotch smack Earl of Fife, was proceeding in the ship's boat from the vessel to the shore, for the purpose of fetching the master, when the oar with which he was " scul ling" the boat slipped out of the row-lock, and the boy, who was standing in the middle of the boat, was precipitated into the river head foremost, and was drowned. His body was not found until Wednesday afternoon. At a numerous meeting of ironmasters, held at Newport on Saturday, December 3, it was unanimously determined .to maintain the price of bar-iron at 101. per ton in Wales, and No. 1 Foundry-pig iron at 61. per ton. It was also unanimously agreed to reduce the make of iron one-fifth ; twenty to thirty furnaces were to be blown out by the 15th inst. In Shropshire and Stafford shire the demand is improving, and there is no doubt but the present quotations will be maintained, and any further reduction in the price of iron will probably be prevented by the measures now adopted by the trade.—Molanouththire Merlin. The Swabian Mercury gives a letter of the 3d inst. from Vienna, saying—" The Count de Montbel has brought the answer of the Duke and Duchess d'Angouleme to the message sent by Count Coudenhofen. The Duchess de Berri has not yet set out for Goritz. All that has been said about the will of Charles X. is unfounded, as may be seen by the publication of the Count de Montbel on the last moments of the late King, who in his testament exhorts the members of his family to be united in concord. The Duke d'Angouleme, to whom those who are about him give the title of Louis XIX., has taken the direction of the fa mily affairs." Within the last five weeks the remains of upwards of 8(;) children, who died of the measles, have been interred at the Blackburn Pariah Church. The ravages of t his disQocr WWI; the children of the poor are most distressing, pl-11LADELPUIA BON MOTS.--" Well, B' said a member of the bar to another, " I have been trying to wade through your tragedy, but I could not g et on." I dare say not," was the answer, " You f o und yoursr,At beyond your depth."—" This is a miserable *aid ber another of the wrangling tribe to a Kapotrue lonal Novem friend, on one of the late ray and ri k iny wa rnings h a great mind weather It provokes one tosuieido ; I hate .to blow my brains out." " Well, try it ; you will be a glorious shot if you kit era," was the reply, CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAN.) THORNTON V. BRIGHT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case. It was an appeal from a decision of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, relative to an appointment made by Sergeant Haywood, with respect to estates in Ireland. By the Sergeant's marriage-settlement, in 1786, powers were given to him to settle the estates in question upon his wife, if she should survive him. He did so ; and upon her death he gave it to his three daughters. Two of the daughters died in the lifetime of their mother, and the third was married to a Mr. Elliot, who claimed through her the right to two thirds of the Irish estates. By the deci sion of the Vice-Chancellor, only a life interest was given to Mrs. Elliott, and the appointment to trus tees for the benefit of her children was declared to he invalid. The Lord Chancellor, after going at considerable length into the facts, gave it as his opinion that the decision of the Vice-Chancellor was wrong, and therefore it ought to be reversed. POWIS V. MANSFIELD. The arguments in this case, which were commenced. on Wednesday, were resumed to-day. The case will occupy several days in argument. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) PITT V. BONNER. Mr. SPENCE concluded his reply to-day, and His lloNott postponed his judgment till after the Chtist mas vacation. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THELLUSSON V. WOODFORD. Mr. KINDERSLEY applied on behalf of Lord Rendle• sham under the Thellusson Estate Act, to pay a sum of 5,7501., being a moiety of a half year's 'rent, into the hands of the accountant-general in trust ilk th e cause . The MASTER of the ROLLS iecirired whether it was ne cessary to make such an application every half-year, or whe ther one general order would not answer the purpose? Mr. KINDERSLEY said that by the Act of Parliament It was absolutely necessary the application should be made.*** Ordered. His LORDSHIP, after disposing of a few consent petitions , proceeded to hear the arguments of counsel in the part heard case of " Davies v. Gatacre." KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) :Sittings in Nisi Prins, before Lord DuNmAN and a Special Jury.) SOWERICROP V. DAY AND OTHERS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, as representa tive of the estate of the late John Hubert Fox, of De. merara, to recover from the defendants, Messrs. Wm. Day and Co., a sum of 3301., interest upon an account current between the parties. Several documents were given in evi dence, showing an occasional settlement of accounts with ea allowance of interest at 5 per cent. for the balance in the defendant's hands. On the last settlement there appeared to be a balance of 1,676/. 16s. 2d. due to the estate of Mr. Fox, which the plaintiff, as his representative, claimed, and that sum was accordingly paid by the defendants in De cember, 1833, the plaintiff giving a receipt for it. A demand of 5 per cent. interest was made, but the defendants, by the advice of their solicitor, refused to pay it, alleging that _ their agreement with the late Mr. Fox was that three months' notice should be given whenever the principal was to be withdrawn. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 3301., the sum claimed, subject to the opinion of the Court upon a point reserved. Mr. PLATT appeared for the plaintiff, and the Al' TORjVEY•GENERAL for the defendants. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special 313ry.) STOWELL V. ROBINSON. This was an action brought to recover the sure of 3 714 being the expenses of the assignment of a public-house , which the defendant had not been able to complete w ithin , the limited time. The main point at issue was, whether there had been an agreement between the parties to allow of an extension of the time for completing the assignment' The case was not edncluded Veen we left. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. William Jenkins was indicted for stealing two shawls, from the person of Sarah Foster.—Not Guilty. Edward Loveland, Isaac Seymour, William Green, and, John. Spencer, were indict e d f or f e l on i ous l y ma king and counterfeiting the King's current copper coin ; ar,A, in an; other count, with having in their possession a moujd adapted and intended for counterfeiting the King's current cor per coin. In the first count the evidence was not sufficient to sus tain the charge, and in the second it appeared that mould was found by a p o li ceman i n an hpartment occuPi e t by the pri soners . Th ree or f our pieces of counterf eit coin were scattered on the floor. One of the prisoners, in his defence, stated the mould v iii ; had b een b roug h t to t h e i r roam by the same person conducted the police to apprehend them, and that it was plan laid to ensnare them. The policeman, upon his cross-examination, admitted .. that a conversation of the nature described by the prisooe' occurred at the time when they were taken into custa d l i ; The person who pointed out their residence was the s° oo of a dealer in articles that would readily furnish the ole!„, of c oun t er f e i t i ng co i n , an d was himself not of the best e a Z_ ratter, and had been in ch ar g e f or s t ea li ng s ilk h an dkerchie l ; The RECORDER thought it would be well if the perl a was brought forward to give some account of his part the transaction. The Jury acquitted Spencer, and found the other Pr i. soners guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. The COURT sentenced them to six months imprisonra en _ t : in the House of Correction, and to be kept at hard 10b0 . % James 111‘Grath was indicted: for unlawfully uttern; counterfeit coin, on the 26th day of November, having be previously convicted for a similar offence. The record of the prisoner's conviction for uttering haft coin at the July Sessions 1833, was given in evidence , ° * - 1 , 0 proof made of his identity. It was also shown that on t 26th of November he uttered a bad half-crown piece dt, the Nag's Head public-house, Islington. Guilty.—Seven year's transportation. This was the last case for trial, and on its conclusion- ••ir L SE ire N ._ TE E r va E rit , RECORDER discharged the Juries, thanking them for t he. attention to the public business. b rt Transportation for l de l3ewes, Geo. Robert Robinson, and John Davis. Blake, John 11 ° -e For Fourteen Years.—Elizabeth Walters, John X'' '. Henry Elduridge, and Rich • d For Seven Y ears . —M ary Motts, Bridget Hogan , '-' 3 O Robinson, Elizabeth Hancock, William Connor Thomas Jubb, John Williams, Humphrey N e wberry , i ' l . °o l liam Miles, Charles Walin g , Thomas Wilson, W i ho Munt, John Foster, Henry Chivers, Thomas Fuller, Jjoo ,Maliony, Wm. Cooke, Win. Warren, Wm. Morgan , Barrett, and John Browne. ter tol The following prisoners were sentenced to cariou s ne tt, of imprisonment :—William Jones, William 13el 'OOF Charles Hart, Johh 'Williams, Charles Nash, James t, J. Waddle, C. Coates, E. Ryen, I. Slater. H. F.Dl t e nri Hicks, 'F. Roper, J. Cowper, G. Douse, J. Adams, smith' Wright, William Robinson, Mary M'Carthy, A" ne . 1 04 11 ' Elizebeth Osborne, Margaret Faulkner, Sat4 l ' „ So' Bridget Smith, Mary Andrews, Elizabeth John ston ' phia Perryweth, and Mary Anne Andrews. s sioi* One of the prisoners convicted at the present Serioner named Sheen, was so violently assaulted by a fellow P io ,. hill' since his trial, that it was deemed imprudent to brio,. _ r e up for judgment, his life being considered in a very V carious state. tll° The sentence on J. Minter Hart was respy.ed I °, , opinion of the Judges could be had on the poin ts reset 01 MA ____---_—_—_— ICiigladtEsTEß.—We are to state that ti,. eye was a decided improvement in b us iness at the market 00 terda, in the demand both for goods and yar ns ; an iao severa y l descriptions of goods, particularly on shirtiogs, b. advance of from 3d. to 40. the piece was very reaailY o b. tained. Indeed, business generally was decidedly El'; ‘ ,l brisk than usual at this period of the year. A 0 1 1 1. : s ys' some magnitude has been announced within a few " - ; ; P: but not being connected with the staple trade of the tos it has not produced much sensation.—Guardia n. 10 / A New York Paper of the 22d ultimo states t intelligence had just arrived from the seat of war in Flor ida, c i l y that the c elebrated Seminole Chief, Oseola, had bee n ~,:f 0 turgid by a purty of Creeks, under General Jessup, wh °s ;,a , eed t c h d ou ia sa:l pt d a o r l i l a a;s h t i o m t , he individual Creek who had 5 .: 0 .. octennancy. General Jessupgrave's hiessisdteasteparotma o h t a i_n v g a hsaimid ttohaatlitlie consequently last a fort,...ight longer• f or the gaol, On Sunday night the Duke ril Orleans left Paris Brussels. . The Duhlin Reri)rier states that during Lord 3Pl' crime of the tried prisoners, and was pleased, wh ere r ate governor reported favourably of their conduct, to libe 1":;.1 ex;imainoedNmainuntelhyiisn EtOcteleilelednicierPernlcseheacidedstEf theta to the number of twenty-one. p t o e r T i e fall,n' i e Ee andd \ a severeEATl WEATHER continuedfEr frost. t s .tt— till m6Ten three lMonday o v t e c o'clock, ck In , lay aad several up ta a ilnactletehsatahri thick. last night ou it r co o'clocka tiaa e a , it.....h...a wsctootoskga; Sinc e o ,v r ri t i i e S n n a g t theusur d o virsgYrboeteig:i