The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-06 00:00:00

LADY BLESSINGTON'S NEW NOVEL. In a (w days, S TR A T HERN; or, LIFE AT HOME AND ABROAD ; A STORY OF THE PRESENT D.Y. By the COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post AVO.. it H E PALAIS ROY AL. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. By the Author of "HENRI QUATRE ; OR, THE DAYS OF THE LEAGUE." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Grea Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DECESIBEK 6, Will berepeated a Grand Opera aria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusienano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornare, Mr. Borrani ; Moncenigo Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harriso.n; atarina Cornaro, Milts Rainforth To conelude with the celebrated Ballet of THE PERI. Achmet, M. Desplaces ; The Pefi, Plunkett; Nourmahal, eldl:e. O'Bryan ; Aysha, Mrs. Payne. The Box.o•r:c• is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six iA the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, :.nd Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARLET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 6, Will he pssformcd a New and Original Comedy, in Five - Acts, Cared OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket AIL S rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe- s t Torn Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of ....pion. Mrs. W. Clifford; Lidy Alice Hawthorn Madame Ve , -tris; Miss Rocket. Miss Julia .7.ennett. After which, wilt be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Moritz, M-. Charles Mathews; Minnie, Afadame Vestris. To r e followed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James Pooley. Mr. Buckstone •' Mrs. Peolev ' Mrs. Humby. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On, Guinea and a.. Half each. rickets and places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.otfice, f urn Ten nil Five o'Clock, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 6, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled SIDONIA DI MOLINA:: or, Ruse de Guerre. Principal Characters by Mews. Hudson, ,Sellay, Wright, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After wh"ch, a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. CouLt Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson Count Vanille, Mr Selby ; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore. Mr. 0 Smith. To conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEMAN, In which illessm Wright, Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. Gallat ; Principal Paintar, 4r. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-orlice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING. DECEMBER 6, WM be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AYMON ; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton ; Olivier, Mr. Horn, Allen; Allard, Mr. C . Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Hime ; Reaaud, Mr. Mattacks Ivon, Mr. Leila; Hermine, kldlle, Helen Conde!' ; Gertrude, Sirs. Fesbroke. To conclude with THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. Wallack ; Bullfrog, Mr. Cosnpton ; Rachel Heywood, Mrs. Stirling. Stage Manager, Mr. li . 1. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 48. ; Pit, 2s. ; Galls Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. ed.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 64. Private Boxes, l'wo Guineas :mad One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. oast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-ottice, under the direction of Mr. W. blassinghanx. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. IMEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OrERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING!, DECEMBER 6, Will he performed a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. Tne characters by Means. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wigan; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be fo.lowed by a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, ,tanton, Collier, Yarnold, burner, Stoker, and Ke ley, Mrs. Wig.tn and Mre. Keeley. In tr.e courr , e of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in se; ich Jull•en's Mazurka and Cellarms Valse will be danced by ltdlles. Louise and Adele, Miss James, end Mi s Fairbrother. Alter which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MAUR Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. !Amin**. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASS.ONS With entirely Nev. Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley; Mirs Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolliige, Mrs. A. Wlan, Miss Turner, MSS James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcoiay Poxes. 41. • Upper Boxes, as.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, I'd. Second Price—Baleony B oxes, 2g. ; Upper Boxes, Is. fid.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the itAtc.rny Tier ening eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One guinea and a-Half. Private B nes on the lit Fier (holding six persons), One Guirea. rte Box.,,'lice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLFY'S ROYAL ANWHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 6, Will he repeated a New Spe:tacle, entitled ThE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, Ehe Race..; - for.e and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled Natioi al Fite.. Real Fox-chase on tloi Stage and in the Circle by living Fo 1 and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty oi 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, Tke Three Conscripts Acting and stage-moaner, Mr. W 0 Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art at Riding se Mr. R. Smith daily. DA VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER ft, AIII he ie , ,eated a New trama, entitled THE SEALED SEN. TENCE, suvorted by k.essrs. Hughes, N. T. Hicks, Vale, Johnson, Morrison, Mr.,. K Horier, Meg. Lewis, &c. An Ethiopian Entertainment by the REAL AMERICAN !WU I HERN MINSTRELS. To be followed by CRAMOND BRIG, In which Messrs. N. T. Hi ks, N ville, Fit2Jamrs, Mrs. W. Daly. and Miss E. Terrey will sustain the principal Characters. After wh.cim, an entirely New Drama, THE SISTERS OF CHA TILLON .in which Messrs. Hicks, Neville, R. Shephard, Vale, Johnson. geslop. UM R. Honner, Miss Terrey, Mrs. H. Vining, &c. will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner. at the Box oftlei,, from Eleven to Four. 'I HE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, DEC. 6. T-oormosurau, Lowest, 22; Highest, 34 ; Noon, 28 EAROMETZB., 30 3.—Wegn, N.E. (rm.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the a-ezing point, end 55 temperate. In Baroinevags fair is u4tially placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Mug ... I minutes after WI Evening ... 45 minutes after II . :-. , f. , i ... „. ~- -, ,e- , ks 4 t.:.:, 4 Y ‘ ' lc , A' t 111 --AVV ' -- "‘ ".l. - t !I - 4 'I• .id i. 7 s 41' 4#06 ' •:,(. ' 5'6%,„, ...OR ~. A. _ . . ...._ ti ,Es-, , 1 ~.. ', • 4N,di e t, V -."`^ °IF. v MY 1 .,1: . Z.V141111111111 1 W4 0:• '''. 0 ` ,Et -MI '', ,Ak--- 4 . 4 e• .._ , -., It c . vittn . " 4 " . *Ron t,..-- - , - OpECOND EDITION_ 011031X1 (_l,k ;,=-=l,tit LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1844. Yesterday, 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 the dissensions now prevailing in the metropolitan see, which at the present moment are worthy of no tice. Sir PEIER 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 flection must have farseen that such would be the re sult of the Bishop of LONDON'i 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 dissentients 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 ,has 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 Charge, we cannot augur much better things from the Bishop of EXETER'S Pastoral Letter, which in ore 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 PIIILLFOTTS is a strict Martinet. He 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 in conc l us i ve, inconsistent directions of their ec clesiastical superior ? If, in pursuance of his ...strict injunction, they follow up rigidly the ordi nances Itiid down in the Rubric, they cannot otherisedo th an revive certainobsolete usages ; at k i if they revive such usages, they are_ plainly , told that they are act i ng in an inex pedient manner! The Bishop of LoNnoN's Charge And the Bishl, of EX-F.1E11 . 5 Patt7ral Letter give the idea of men who would be imperious and intole rant to the last degree, if they dared; but who, feel 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. cash, 30; ; for account, 301; 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 Nan- VAEZ and the Queen-Mother will afford his opponents in both Chambers a fair opportunity. When Es- PARTERO 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. He de nounced in strong terms the executions at Logrono, 2nd 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 ARAOZ 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 him 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. He served as the connecting link between ESPARTRRO and MM. OLOZAGA, CORTINA, and MADOZ, which made him suspected by the OX-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 MARIA CHRISTINA ; and also of having, in the last year, General PRIM under his orders, when the LOPEZ Ministry confided to him the mission of combatting the central junta of Barcelona. M. TILIBRS, 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. Guizor as the prime mover in all the changes which have lately taken place : We perceive, from our report of a case heard a day a. two since at the Union-hall Police-office, that the decisions of the rural justices in quarter sessions, on certain informations under the Game-laws, to which we recently adverted, may be entitled to more respect than we really thought it likely they could ever carry with them. We were wrong in imagining that only in agricultural counties, like Kent and Sussex, Somersetshire and Wiltshire, peril of human life and limb was held to be of minor public import than peril of partridges. We must suppose, at any rate, that the stipendiary magistrates of our police-courts are as cognizant as ourselves of the Midas-law delivered, from time to time, by our agrarian Solons. On that assumption, we imagine, they must have conned over the case we touched upon of an unlucky youngster, who, having shot at a covey of birds " without ruffling a feather," was fined 101. for—it must be con cluded—an assault with intent to—kill. We stated, at the time, that this penalty was a much severer one than the law attached to many grave misdemeanours amounting almost to felony ; but, in the metropolitan police-offices, the magistrates appear to be tied down by the letter of an absurdly imperfect statute to re peat these preposterous anomalies in the law of criminal compensations. At Union-hall, a ruffian, described as mate of a merchantman, was brought up, charged with an act of fiendish brutality, under the following . circumstances :—He called with a messmate on a poor woman, the wife of an acquaint ance of his, then away at sea; and after being hospitably entertained, in consideration of his in timacy with her husband, the fellow repaid the kind ness of his hostess by the rudest and most scandalous conduct towards her, in which the scoundrel who was in his company assisted him; and in the struggle she offered to them the poor woman's right arm was broken. For this assault and injury the sitting magistrate sentenced the mate (his confederate being on a voyage, or not forthcoming) to a fine of-51., or two months imprisonment ! We have not the Act before us under which Mr. COTTISGUAM pronounced this remarkable sentence ; hut we suppose, as matter of course, that it was the maximum penalty inflicted by the statute under such circumstances. Our complaint, therefore, must be, not of Mr. COTTISGUAM, who must administer the law as he finds it, but of the legislation which has !eft him such a law to administer. Five pounds for the serious, and alarming, and disabling injury in flicted by two brutal cowards on a defenceless woman ! Ten pounds for a random shot—harmless as the waggery of an alderman—at a covey of birds! What is the principle, the proportion, or the justice of this scheme of punishments ? Perhaps a covey of partridges, in the eye of the framers of the statute under consideration, was regarded as in the nature of a corporation ;—having a right of action for tres pass committed on one of its members as for a tool to the whole body. But this hypothesis will not much aid the defence of such partial law-making. For if it be assumed that for one of the partridges to have been wounded, or in danger of being wounded, was case enough to ground the penalty of 101., what is the equation between the bird and the woman ? That the one arm of the latter is legally appraised at half the amercement valuation of the two legs of the former ;—that on this principle, 51. penalty is decreed in the one instance, 101. in the other. But really the only Saxon tariff of criminal compensations, which no nicely ascertained the graduated fines for murders, homicides, Sce., and so respectfully ran up the score from the zero point that marked the con sideration to be exacted for the simple indulgence of slaying a " Ceorl," or rural serf, to the patrician price at which alone the aristocratic luxury of knock ing a Thane or an Ealder-man on the head could be atoned for, was neither more barbarous, nor more absurd, nor more intolerable, than the "sliding-scale" of protection which the existing law has applied to preserves of game and the preserving of human life, respectively. See to what enormous and preposterous consequences these " discriminating" penalties logi cally tend. The defence of the mate to the charge of breaking the poor woman's arm was not a denial of the fact, but, as it were, a plea in abatement—he was, forsooth, intoxicated. Then, intoxication disposes men of the mate's temperament to acts of brutality Drunken men are, proverbially, fools. Fools, ac cording to Locales definition, are different from madmen in this that, in place of drawing right conclusions from false premises, they draw false con clusions from right premises. So a madman would have rightly inferred, Gn the false assumption that the Somersetshire m igistrates had laid down bad law, in i mulcting a man in 10/. who had shot at birds with out hitting them, that he himself had only to kill all I birds that might come within his reach, to be safely within the law. But a fool, from the correct pre. miser that to wound, or to attempt to wound, a par tridge, incurs a penalty of 10/., whilst an absolute mutilation of a woman will subject him to no more than a Si. fine, falsely concludes that it is at once 51. better and cheaper to commit the one outrage than the other. If the mate be but a fool, in addition to being a brute, we are curious to know to what future atrocities his inductive reasoning and our admirable statute-law will lead him. " The situation of Count Bresson, our Ambassad.)r at Madrid, is become a very difficult One. In conformity with the instructions he had received, he encouraged as Touch 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 heneerorwaid mubmitted to the decision of the Ministers, or at least de cided by simple laws that could be postponed or remade, *ithout appearing to violate the fundamental compact. M. Guizot also advised to get these reforms voted without discussion; he, as an example, cited the Charter of 1830, A hich was adopted in a few hours, and which has thereby inly a greater authority. He forgot that in 1830 France wanted a new Constitution, and that the changes to be ntroduced 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 practice. M. Guizot had in all probability eiimpleted 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 recom mendations. M. Martinez de la Rosa failed in carrying the reform without discussion, but he at least obtained 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 'ipain. The surprise at Madrid, however, was great when the principal Ministerial organ of Paris opposed a treat part of the acts which our Ministry had recom nended. The Members of the Cabinet of Madrid re • daired to the Ambassador's to express their astonish neat, and to ask where the real Niimsterial opinion was to he found. M. Br( sson, who was exceedingly irritated .gainst the unfortunate journal, quoted his own nstructions. Hows.ver, it Appears certain that, after two Cabinet Councils held at Iliadrid, 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 Debella, and, in par , icular, about that of the 17th of November, where the ne _lessity of the reform was strongly contested. A verbal tommunication. 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 •he Debats, of which he could not, he asserted, always govern or direct the caprices. Whilst waiting for the , eply of our Government, the Spanish Ministry con • aims to intimidate Spain. General Araoz, an estimable man, who has a number of friends at Paris, is about to be shot at Cadiz without trial. The eldest son and orother-in law of Zurbano, who voluntarily gave them .elves 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 arc the acts by which the Government of Narvaez is ushering in the new Constitution. Contempt for all laws, even those .f humanity—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 Siren by Zurbano's son, a:greAt number of persons have ocen arrested at Burgos, Logrono, Vittoria, and other Towns. At Logrono, in particular, these arrests have been exceedingly numerous, and several officers belong •ng to the provincial battalion of Valladolid are included in the number. i , eneral Iturbs, who resided at Az petta, has also been arrested, and taken to Vittoria under escort." THIS DAY'S NEWS We have reason to believe, on authority to which we attach every confidence, that the Right Hon. Sir Henry Pottinger, G.C.8., will very soon be called upon to replace our present Minister at Constantinople, the Right Hon. 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 Orient a l cha racter, and such admirable qualifications for appre ciating the tendencies of Oriental policy. VICE-CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir J. Wice.taf.) His HONOUR disposed of short causes and petitions, taking the unopposed first, after which he proceeded to the causes on the paper. PARKER V. CARTER. The arguments in this case were resumed by Mr. Walker. The suit is instituted to recover possession of tke moiety of an estate under a deed made in 1790, which did not appear to have been acted on by any of the parties until on a discovery of a deed the title under it was insisted on. QUEEN'S BENCH. --(THIS DAT.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN and a Middlesex Common Jury.) GREEN V. WATTS. This was an action brought by Mr. Charles Green, an accountant, to recover an amount alleged to be due to him irom Messrs. Watts, the ale merchants, in Lincoln's Inn-fields, for work and labour done by himself and his clerks, in keeping the books and accounts of the firm of Messrs. Watts. In the defence it was attempted to tet up an agreement to do the work for a specified sum, and the number of hours charged by the plaintiff was dis ruted. A discharged clerk of the plaintiff's was called for the purpose of proving the ;defendant's case. The attempt to set up the agreement felled, but Lord Den man intimated that he thought the charge rather high, and the jury found for the plaintiff, Damages-45L COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL.) MAY V. FISHER AND ANOTHER. This. was an action on a bill of exchange for 831. 10s., the interest 13/. 7s. making together 96/. 17s. It ap peared that the bill was drawn by Harrison and Co., and accepted by oneof the defendants, of the name of Harmer, in the name of the firm of Fisher and Harmer, drill and fustian makers, of London and Manchester, in which firm he was a partner. The defendant Harmer allowed judgment to go by default, the other defendant, Fisher, pleaded that he did not accept the bill, but it was ac cepted by Harmer without his acquiescence, he also pleaded that he had received no consideration. The only witness on the part of the plaintiff was Thomas Tower, who was clerk to Messrs. Harrison and Ce. at the tithe they drew the hill. He proved the drawing of the bill and the handwriting, and he deposed that Messrs. Fisher and Harmer were partners at that time, that Mr. Fisher carried on the business at Manchester and Mr. Harmer in London. He knew both the defen dants, and Mr. Fisher was not present at the drawing of the bill. The. LORD CRIET JUSTICE directed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff; and said that it was evident that the defendants were in partnership at the - time, and therefore it was sufficient that the defendant Harmer ac cep.ted.the bill, and it was nut necessary that both should sign it. The jury accordingly found for the plaintiff. The Presse states that " the contract for the loan of 200 millions of francs is to be decided on Monday ❑ext. Only two tenders have as yet been sent in— :hat by Messrs. Da ROTHSCHILD and the Receivers• General, and that by the company formed by Messrs. EIOTTINGUER and DELESSERT." THE BOURSE—WF.DNEsnex, DEC. 4 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT•JUDGZ.) John Stereos, a very ri spectable-looking man, sur rendered on his bail to take his trial upon an indict ment charging him with an assault upon John Bunting, on the 2d of Nov. last. - Mr. Ballantine appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Payne for the defence. It appeared by the evidence that the prosecutor lost, some bets upon the result of the last Caez•srawitch race, and upon calling on him for payment, the assault com plained of was committed. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver dict of Guilty, and the Court sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of 3L to the Queen. George Hinton was indicted for an assault upon John Hinton on the 3d of November. Mr. Haworth appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine for the defendant. It appeared that the prosecutor is a member of the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple, and also was con netted with the cutlery trade. (The statement of this fact cansed considerable laughter.) The defendant car ried on business as a carpenter and builder in Leicester square, and was also the proprietor of the Leicester Chambers, in Leicester-squar-. The Learned CotrssEL stated the facts of the case which were briefly as foltoWs :—The prosecutor went to the Leicester Chambers on the day named in the indict ment, and inquired of the - housekeeper if a person named Smith lived there, to which she replied in the negative. He immediately told her she was a liar, and used several other most abusive epithets, upon which the defendant came up to him, and ordered him to quit , the premises, and when he refused a scuffle ensued, the result of which was that the prosecutor was put out into the street. ' A number of witnesses having been called on both sides in support of these facts, The jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict of Acquittal. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. F - such Five per Cents. ••• 119 90 120 10 119 90 120 10 Four-and-a-Half.... 113 .. 113 •• 113 113 Three per Cents..... 84 25 .. 84 60 .. 84 25 .. 14 60 sank of France .• 3165 ..3165 3165 —3165 :,affitte Bank. I,ooof. Shareslo9s ..1095 • • 1095 .. 1095 6,000 f. Shareesoss —5065 ..6055 • .5065 Belgian Bank-- •.. . 585 .. 585 .. 582 50 .. 682 50 •telglan Five3,lB4o 1031 •• 1031 • • 1031 • 1034 Two-aid-a-Hag— 61 60 • • 61 60 • • 61 60 .. 61 60 Ipanish Threes. ..... • • 361 •• 361 •• 34 .. 361 Actiie .• .• .• .• 324 .. 324 .. 324 .. 324 Passive .•. 6 .. 6 .. 6 6 : , ortuguese Five per Cents.. 551 .. 851 •• 551 .. 551 Neapolitan •••• •• •• ••• .. 97 .. 911 •• 97 •• 98 R o man .. . .... UNION-HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Alexander Wilson, a notorious burglar, was charged with breaking into the house of Moss Davis, a jeweller, in - Alfred-place, Waterloo-road, and stealing a watch. Police sergeant 16 L stated that, between three and attention was call e d on h ear i ng a no i se four o'clock that morning, while passing Th e complain ant's an Ot lt the hie within.. He listened and h ear d th e back, and the door was caut i ous l y opened. balls ts' drawnhouse, str e e when the prisoner attempted to rush out into the road. The sergeant, however, prevented this, and the prisoner retreated into the parlour,' where, in the dark, they had a severe struggle, during which the prisoner let a watch fall .on the floor. By this time another policeman came to the sergeant's assistance, and the prisoner, upon whom was found a complete set of house breaking implements, was then secured. It was sub sequently ascertained the prisoner obtained access to the •house• by getting over the wall of Zion Chapel, and from thence into the yard of complainant's house, from which he got into the interior, and went directly to the front kitchen, whpre the, complainant's sister was asleep, and, without awakening her, actually took the watch from the bedstead, where it was hanging over her head. He was in the act of letting himself out, as above de scribed, when the discovery took place. The prisoner, who has keen repeatedly in custody, said that the last , time he got out of " trouble, " he tried to earn an honest living, but that, failing in his efforts, he was compelled to have recourse to his old practices. He was committed. A letter from " A Mechanic," which appears in the columns of our paper to-day, will be found to com prise some suggestions in relation to the mode of giving effect to Mr. COBDEN'S propositions for se curing the return of County Members to Parliament, who shall be the pledged advocates of the unrestricted freedom of trade. The difficulties opposing them selves to the purchase of freehold qualifications for any large number of voters are, as "A Mechanic" rightly surmises, of a twofold character:-1. The enormous aggregate of the funds required for such a purpose; 2. The enhanced amount of that aggregate, by reason of the proportionably larger prices which the smaller freeholds are found to realise in the market—it being, however, with small freeholds only that any such plan as Mr. COBDEN'S could deal. For the mode in which our Correspondent would meet these difficulties, we must refer the reader to a perusal of the letter, in which it is expounded with some degree of care. 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 ZURBA.NO. The news had caused a great sen sation at Madrid. The Heraldo 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 FERREZ, formerly Inspector-General of cavalry who has been banished to Talavera, General TENA to Cuenca, General CAMBA (formerly Minister of War) to Navarre, General VAN llALzsi to Valen cia, General CHACON (formerly Captain-General of Madrid) to Old Castile, General OLLOQUI to Seville, General VALLAPADIERNA to New Castile, General Isinno 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, N 0v.28. Three per Cents. for ILO YD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONPON, DEC. 6 . —Wind S.E., moderate breeze, fine weather, an frosty. DEAL, DEC. s. —Wind E.S.E. to S.S.E., moderate.— Sid. Carnatic, Bombay. OFF BEACHY HEAD.—Johannes, Henricken, Rio for HIWARTgh.. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. s.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Bruns wick, London, for Cape and Bombay. The Rose, of Yarmouth, dismasted, loss of bulwarks, &c., and aban doned, was towed in here this morning by the Bruns wick, from London. COWES, DEC. s.—Arrd. William, Fornebecchia, for Gothenburgh, with loss of , main and wizen masts, and other damage, having been in contact, 9th inst., 80 miles S.E. of the Wight, with a ship name unknown. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. s.—Sid. Montrose steamer, Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH, DEC. s.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Corsair, Cunning, Ichaboe. FALMOUTH, DEC. s.—Wind E.N.E., strong breeze. —Arrd. off, Brookaly, Thomson, Manilla ; Camillus, Dimerara. _ • SCILLY, Nov. 27.—Arrd. Robert Henry, Legg, Africa for Cork. Off, Guliane, Quedeus, St. Croix, sailed Oct. 26. Sld, Deke, Amsterdam, from Africa. LIVERPOOL, DEc. s.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Arthena, Ogg, Calcutta. Sailed Cinnina, Calcutta ; Intrepid, New Orleans ; John Bently, Mobile ; Jessie and Ma cao, Charleston ; Plutus, St. Andrews. Off port George Finch, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Eliza, Quebec. The Jenny Jones, for Syra, is ashore in the River, off King's Dock. ICHAROE.—Arrd. Crescent, Liverpool. WATERFORD, DEC. 3. Sld. John Ball, New Orleans. GALWAY, Nov. 28.—Arrd. William Sturch,Quebec. HULL, DEC. s.—Arrd. Employ, St. John 's, New Brunswick. Sailed, Bernhard, Ichaboe. HARWICH, DEC. 4. Arrd. Lord Althorp, Miram!chi, for Hull. sth.—A loaded brig is ashore on the Middle Bank ; also one on the Gunileet. DUBLIN, DEC. 3.—Arrd. Demerara, Miller, Deme rara. Sailed Hugh, Trinidad. Jswisu FRBEMASONS.—We are pleased to find, that the communication upon the subject of the non -ad mission of Jews toJnasonic lodges in Prussia in our No. 83, which was subsequently copied into The Sun news paper, is creating considerable sensation abroad ; and that the Freemason's Quarterly Review, the masonic organ -of communication in England, has warmly espoused the cause. We are informed by correspondents, that the French.. and German masonic periodicals are cordially assisting the cause of our co-religionists of the brotherhood.— The Voice of Jacob. DREADFUL DEATII BYTIRR.—On Thursday fore noon. a child, five years of age, named William Herring, whose father is a journeyman cabinet-maker, living in West•place, Shoreditch, was burnt to death. The mother, it appears, went out in the morn ing, leaving the deceased and two younger children shut into the room occupied by the family, 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 completely charred. Fortunately the flames from the burning clothes of the deceased did not retch the other children. " LAYING" A GHOST.—Last week, a fellow who I had terrified some of the inhabitants of Handaworth by r personating a ghost, was waylaid by six men, who thrashed him so severely that he had t 9 be talwA to the hospital:—Cumberland Pacquet. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DtCENIBER 6 1844. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS WTI", QUARTER TO THREE. A large business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yes terday. Sales, 8,000 bales, of which speculators took 3,000 bales American. 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, 41 1 ls. 6d.; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 62; Grand Junction, 219; Ditto, Halt• Shares, 109 k; Great Western, 143 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 211 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 1051} ; London and Birmingham, 219; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 38; London and York, 3t ; Manchester and Birmingham, 531 ; Mid land Counties, 108; North British, 5i ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1 ; South-Eastern, New, 11k; Lyons and Avig non, 21. 14s. 6d.; Paris and Rouen, 24 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 64; Boulogne an Amiens, 5. There are no accounts from abroad of general in terest. Some interest is felt tol learn what plan Mr. nobler can have for cancelling the circulation of the bank notes stolen from Messrs. Rogers, as not:even an order in Council could be supposed to meet this end. 'lt 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 hare been sold at 100 ex-dividend, and the Reduced Three per Cents. at Mk il. The pre mium upon Exchequer=bills has declined to 535. Bank Stock is firm at 2081. The Commissioners 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 advanced to i premium ; the Dutch Five per Cents. to 99. The Belgian Five per Cents. have been quoted at 1011 and 1021 1 . In the , other Foreign Funds the variations have been slight. In the Share market there has been an improvement to-day, as our quotations will show. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock fer Account 207% 20F154 S per Cent. Reduced Annuities 10 0 % 1 4% New 35( per Cent. 10230; Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 12% Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. ..... 121,, % India 80nd5,1,000.. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• - Ditto under Consol for Account ••• ••••••••-- Exchequer Bins. roti. Loa. 100 gg A 100 11441. 55 - 53 pm - 55 53 pm 56 53 pm. to to 145 to to to to to 220 to 481 to 60 to 16 to to to 51 to 52%7 $ to to to 5831 to to to to to I to 11 to to to to to 5 to to to to 41 to RAILWAY SHARER St. Germain Versailles, L.B.— •••• 315 .. 315 .. 315 315 gouen•• •••••• •• •• .• •• •• —lO2O . 1020 .1020 —lO2O Rouen to Havre .• 785 .. 787 50 • 785 —Ttii 25 Orleans ••.. Strasburg to Bale— .• •• 280 .. 281 25 .. 2xo . 281 25 Avignon to Marseilles...... 926 25 .. 932 50 .. 926 2s .• 932 to RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Dec 16. St. Germain • • . 942 50 950 .. 942 80 .. 950 Versailles, L.8..............15.. .. 316 25 .. 312 50 .. 318 Rouen .• •• •••• •••••• •••• •.1017 80 ••1022 50 ••1017 50 .•1022 50 Ronan to Havre. . 786 25 .. 788 75 —786 25 788 75 Orleans.•-.••••••••••••••-1065 ..1070 ..1055 ..1070 Strasburg to Bals• • • • •• •• •• 280 avigaon to Marsoilles•• •• •• 925 •• 282 &O .• 280 •• 935 •• 925 •• 292 b 0 .• 932 50 PARISH OF ST. MART, ISLINGTON.—CHURCH-RATE. —Last night, at six o'clock, 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 poor rate, &c., for the estimated expenses of the half year, from Michaelmas, 1844, to Lady-day, 1845. Mr. Pearson, churchwarden, in the chair. The charge fur which a church-rate was required was statue] to be on account of annuities, 516/. ; of interest, on 12,0001, 240/. ; of poundage, 258/. ; of rent, salary, and coals, 181. Is. 2d. To meet that expenditure a penny in the pound on a rental of 208,818/., which would produce 870/. Is. 6d., was agreed to. It was expected that there would be some opposition to the vote, but it was unanimously adopted. A rate of tenpence in the pound on account of . the poor-rate was also voted, to pay for provision and clothing, 2,400/. ; for county rate, I,OOOL ; for police rate, 2,793/. 2s. 2d.; for the master of the workhouse, to meet relief to out-door poor, &c., 70/. a week, &c., amounting to nearly 10,0001. 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 WonicuouisE.—Five men, named Parker, 'l'aylor, 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 Carter and Christopher Tower, Esq., with having attempted to set fire to the Eton Union Workhouse, on the evening of Friday last. It ap peared, from the evidence of two other paupers, who were in the vagrant ward, with the prisoners, that after they had been locked up for the night, Parker ignited a lucifer match, and set fire to the straw placed for 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, he 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 fcr felony at the ensuing assizes fur Bucks. Ilitd. Ditto Ditto Advertis ell••••••••• ••••••• •**** FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent .....„.».».......«.«.. 102 101% 10234 Ditto Scrip Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... ..........» 36 Columbian Bonds. .....«.«.«.«.».„.»....„.».» 1434 Mexican Bonds, 193 i, 5 per Ceat. Ditto Deferred Stock. .... .. ............ 11 %% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 24% Ditto Passive Bonds 41.0••••• •••• • 654 Ditto Three per Cent. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••se 36%% French nentes, 3 per Cent Exchange 2sf 55c. Dutch 234 per ....... 63 % Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . 97% 97 Dutch 5 per 99 APICES OF SHARES MIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ratimaire PAID. PER SEARS Birmingham and 01011Eattetee.” 100 ••••••••• tIN.••••• t• Ditto New .......... ' 17% 23% ... to Bristol and Exeter ......".........• 70 00000 70 14 to Cambridge and Lincoln ....... ..... 14......... 2 '%., to Ei4tern Counties .......'.............. 25 ....... 13% to Great Southern and' Western't (Ireland) 3 5 6% Great North of England. lOO ll9 Great Western .•••••••••••••••••••••••• 75 ea« 00000 14536 . ..• Ditto % Shares SO Ditto Fitt1i5.•„•.....•.............. 12 Hull and Selby 'Liverpool and Manchester ..... .... 100 .....„ 213 London and Birmingham..."..... 100 ....... 221 London and Brighton ••.......... 50 ......... 40 London and South Western ..... 41% 5 .... SI S 2 London and Croydon ........ ...... 13% ...... 174 London and Y0rk................. 2% 3 304% Manchester and Leeds. 7O ....MM ..••• • • •••••• Ditto % Share5...". ...... Manchester and Birmingha m... 41 Midland- 000ssoosse ............. ..*•••• 100 IMO ...PR ..••••••• Birmingham and Derby........... 100 ..... ... 79. .• Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 24 ....... 59• :84 North British. .. oo• .•. .... •••••••••••• 5 .... 5 ••.• . Norwich and Brandon ......... 2 Portsmouth Direct .......... ...... 1 ........ Rugby Sheffield and Manchester ... ..... 82'4 95% •••••• South Devon ........... ... ... 10 Muth Eastern and Dover "..... 33% York and North Midland ........ 50 ..." 10234.... Ditto 4 5hare5..„.„.„....„..... 25 ..... " • 51 ..... ..... Ditto Selby Scrip "..."........ 20 " 67 •• .... Boulogne and Amien5............... 2 ... 5% H." Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bourdeaux Paris and Lyons Paris and 0r1ean5.................... $0 .••• Parisand 1teren.................... .20 to_ Rouen and Havre. •••••••••••••••••• 12 .... ••••• ?2j{,..«.».. to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. s.—There is no particular change in our market as regards prices, but a considerable business•has been transacted. Barns ley Junction, 4 15-16 4i, ex New ; Accrington, 3 ; Cheshire Junction, 64 ; Wigan and Liverpool, 4 1-16 4; Cambridge and Lincoln, 24 ; Huddersfield and Man • cheater, 4 ; Oxford and Rugby, 41 ; London and York, 3i; Liverpool and Manchester, lialf Shares, 1051; Manchester and Leeds, 61 ; Manchester and Bir mingham, 53+ ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5 ; South- Eastern New, 74 prem. ; Sheffield and Lincoln, ; West Yorkshire, 61 11-16. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-E_XCHANGE-FRIDAY. We had a fair average quantity of English Wheat on sale here. As was the case on Monday, the best parcels were in steady request ; but all other kinds were a mere drug. The,, , show of foreign Wheat was not large, yet the inquiry for it was heavy at previous figures. Our supplies of Barley, both English and Foreign, are large, which caused _the Barley trade to be excessively heavy, and prices too have a downward tendency. Malt was in slow request, but not cheaper. Oats, Beans, and Peas were steady at full prices. ARRIVALS. Wheat f Earley. 6,950 qrs. P,640 qrs. Epc1i5h......... - F0reign.„........ I 1,180 Oat. 2,430 14,670 tiro. 6,8 "0 Flout 4,710 15,2;0 Malt. 4,760 oit. SMITIMI3OLD. The supply of Beasts was'somewhat extensive, but o very middling quality. For the primest Scots the de. mand was 'steady, at full prices, but otherwise the Beet trade ruled very dull. We had, on offer 70 Oxen and Cows, together with 180 Sheep, from Rotterdam, in good condition, while the arrivals from • Scotland com prised 90 Scots. The number of Sheep were small, yet thp sale for that description of stock was inactive, at barely Monday's. quotations. Calves were in limited supply and - sluggish inquiry, at late rates. In Pigs, very little was doing. Mitch Cows sold at from 16/ to 191 each. Ink the offal. Per Sibs. jolt _ _______ it d. to s. d. s, d. to a. d. inferior Beasts .. ... . 2 6 2 8 Secondqualityditto... s 6 3 8 Second quality ditto 210 3 6 C , oarse.woolled ditto.. 1 8 310 Prime large Oxen $ 8 310 Southdown •Wethers 4 0 4 2 Prime Scots, Sic. Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 Large Hogs 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditto 3 8 4 0 Small Porkers.... ... . 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves, each la 0 32 4 , Quarter o ld Pl gs .eacisl6 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep t' 9 3 4 Lambs 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. 1 Calves. I rig.. 1,005 4,510 ► 130 379 NEWG &Ts AND MiIIAZINNBAL X. There was a fair average amount of business doing, al full prices. At per stone, by the Carew. 1. d. toe. d. s. d. to e.d. Reef, ..... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior 2 6 210 11 210 -- middling 9 0 3 4 prime large 3 0 3 4 --. prime 3 6 ft -- prime small ...... 3 6 3 8 Pork, 1arge......... Vial ..... 9 0 4 0 3 6 4 0 ZIOROUGIC NOP MILEXMT. Comparatively speaking, very little business has been transacted this week in new pockets, yet prices are steadily supported. Bags—the supply of which are on the increase —command full rates of currency. Sussex pockets, 71 to 81; Wealds, 61 18s to 8/ ; Mid Kent, 81 to 10/ lOs ; East Kent, 71 7s to 815 s; Choice, 101 to 12/; Farnharns, 10/ to 101 15s. COLONTAX. SUGAR.—The business done in British Plantation, as indeed also in most other descriptions, has this week been limited. The sales have been about 700 hhds this week, up to last night, including 100 hhds Barba does, which sold at 66s Gd for fine yellow, at 57s 6d to 59s for mid, and at 53s for low soft grey. REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been at 73s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-2,588 bags 77 boxes Bengal have been put up, but only part found buyers, at 41s 6d to 66s for brown to good white. Fine brown went at 48s Gd and 49s per cwt. 4,158 bags,ll4o casks Mauritius sold at 63s to GGs 6d for fine yellow, at 58s to 58s Gd for good mid, and at 52e for . fine brown. Some of the Bengal that was taken in was at 673 6d to 70s per cwt ; 6,003 bags Madras in bond partly sold, damp at 18s 6d to 335, and sound at 18s Gd to 33s per cwt. FOREIGN has been in fair request. COFFEES.—The market for Coffee has been dull. At auction 227. casks and barrels of British Plantation realised full rates, mid Jamaica 82s 6d to 85s, fine ord 53e 6d. and triage 34s to 39s Gd per cwt, but part of the rest was knight in, fine ord Trinidad at 525. Only 500 bags Ceylon have been put up, and these were all taken in at 535, and privately there has not been much doing. Good ord pale is quoted 52s to 53s per, cwt ; 51 bales 10 cases Mocha brought 40$ to 66s for ord to mid, and some mixed Mysore 34s per cwt. RlCE.—Bengal has been steady, but there have been no auctions. SALTPETRE. -2,629 bags Bengal mostly fouud buyers at 24i 6d to 26a, for 10/ is 71b3 refraction, the lots, taken in being at 26s to 275, for 6i to 43-lbs refraction ; and 946 bags Madras at 24s 6d, for 101 refraction. Bms:el.—Pimento has been steady, and also Pepper, but with very _little doing. Iturt.—Leoward Island has been in limited demand, at 21 4d to 2s 4id per proof gallon ; and Jamaica has also sold at about previous rates. INDIGO.—The market during the past month has been very dull, but holders generally are firm. The deliveries this year have increased. COCHINEAL—Within the last month 2d to 3d per lb adrance has been paid on the ordinary sorts, and the market is still tending upwards. LAC DYE sustains full prices. TF.A.—The market has been ♦ery firm since the Over land Mail arrived, prices being high in China. The stock was 29,151,0001bs on the Ist instant in London. The deliveries this year to the same date were 32,668,0001b5, and the imports 32,885,0001b5. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 40s 6d to 40s 9d per cwt on the spot. The import of Tallow from Russia this year is 89,329 casks for the whole of the United Kingdom. PRINCE ALBERT'S (PRIZE) Ox YOB THE ENSUING SMITHFIELD CATTLE SHOW.—The splendid black poll Scotch beast, which has been fattening during the past twelve months, for exhibition at the ensuing Smithfield Cattle Show, at Flemish Farm, at Windsor, will leave for town this morning. This extraordinary ex, which was purchased for his Royal Highness in Scotland in the autumn of last year, is now of the estimated weight of upwards of 200 stone, and finely proportioned withal. Its girth is ten feet six irehes, and it studs upwards of eaten hands high. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) 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 fore, 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 3,600,865 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 Fonr-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 FUNDS,—BaUSSELS, D. 2, Aetna Debt, 254 per Cent., Rothschild's Loan, Fire per Cent .........».».».» lei,( Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. 76% Three per Thirty-seven Milllrne, ditto ...... 103)4 (1841).....».»..... 14.2% Loan of City, 1843, Four per ....... ".... 1(13 11132 ....... . 101% Society of Commerce. Four and a Half per Coat. —; sank of Belgium. Five per Cent. Issue of 0000000 —Brussels Papers, Dec. 4. DUTCH FUNUA.—AxsTERDsis, Dec. 3. Stone;. gills. ..,1141 Debt, ( 2}4 per Cent.... Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto, ditto, 4 per Cent ...... 97 91X ' ditto .5 per cent..... 9tl 1 0 sitant Syndic,4S, percent. l-9y4 Ird . . t)itto, ditto, 3% per cent... 89% 9114 Commercial Company, per cent 48 143% Loan 1837, 4% per cent. xchange on London, Onemonth ..... Two months 12 IG At sight Dutch Papers, Dec. 3 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The Derby betting yesterday afternoon, without being at all heavy, was at least as lively as it usually is at this period ; the chief outlay was on Idas, who was backed for about 3001. ; about half that sum was put on Young Eclipse, and a smaller amount on Pam, the odds in each 22 to I. Anti-Repealer was backed at 25 to 1 for sixty or seventy pounds (the taker willing to go on) ; Con naught Ranger for 601., at 40 to 1 ; Miss Whip colt at 2,000 to 45 ; and two other outsiders for small sums. The odds quoted against Alarm and the Cobweb colt are nominal. Latest prices : CHESTER CUP (NAME OR NOT). 400 to 10 was laid agst Foig-a-ballagh ; 1,000 to 15 agst The Dean ; and 500 to 10 agst each of the following. in one bet :—Ratan, Alice Hawthorn, Foig a-ballagh, Extempore, Croton Oil, Pastoral, Agriculturist, colt by Gladiator, dam by Capsicum, Morpeth, and Portobello. DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Forth's lot 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 17 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt 18 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. Colemaa's Young Eclipse—taken 22 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken freely 22 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken 23" to 1 apt Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer—t. 25 to 1 30 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt 40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken 45 to 1 eget Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Lady Berners colt—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's colt—Calypso's dam—t. 1000 even between Anti-Repealer and Idas 1000 even between Young Eclipse and Idas 1000 to 10 agst the Cobweb colt winning the 2,000 Guinea Stakes and Derby, and Lancashire Witch the Oaks. THE LATE MR. CROCKFORD'S ACCOUNT. We are desired to state that the guarantee required by the Jockey Club will be forthcoming on Monday next, and that the gentleman giving it will be prepared on the following Monday to settle the account. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSIN4 MEET ING.—THURSDAY. Exning Field (Second Ties fur Puppy Stakes) — Maiden beat Elixir—Crocus beat Kestrel—Knabella beat German Cloak—Flash beat Machine. Second Ties for All-aged Stakes—Key beat Brocade —Kizzie beat Captain—Nell beat Warrior—Farmer beat Miracle. First Ties for Chippenham (Aged-dog) Stakes—Fancy beat Mussulman—Gamester beat Colonel—Railroad beat Sweetheart (drawn)—Gem beat Miriam. First Ties for Allington Hill (Puppy) Stakes—Hiber nia ran a bye (Rocket paid forfeit)—Flora beat West End—Entre Nous beat Fulisail. Match—Mr. Fyson's Freebooter beat Lord Strad broke's Maggot. The sport was very good, but the attendance thin. It is feared that the severe frost, which postponed the cours ing till one o'clock to day, will cause divisions. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN BIRMINGHAM. -- O❑ Tuesday evening last, at the Grand Junction station yard, in Birmingham, a young man, named William Graystone, many years employed as a cleaner on the Birmingham line, was assisting in removing an engine, called the Odin, from one line to another, and while doing so he had occasion to move in front of the engine. As he was walking on, however, ad vancing towards an ash pit, a policeman and others who saw him, and anticipated danger from his posi tion, cried out to him to take care. He replied that all would be right, and he immediately started off before the engine, which was then moving rapidly, and he jumped into the ash pit, where he stood for a mo ment, apparently not knowing what to do, although he had only to stoop and allow the engine to pass over him. That, however, he unfortunately did not do, but ran to the end of the pit, and endeavoured to get up three or four steps. In this, however, he failed; he slipped on one side, the engine arrived rapidly upon him, and he was swept away by the ash-pan, and crushed to death in a most frightful manner. He was found lying on his face, quite dead, in a second ash-pit, at a distance of eight yards, with his body horribly mangled, particularly his head, in which not a single feature could be recognised. An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday night, before J. B. Davies, Esq., and a verdict of accidental death returned. TnE LATE BANK RORBERY•—We understand that in consequence of a letter addressed to the banking house of Messrs. Rogers and Co , 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. Hob 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 AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—On Tuesday afternoon an accident occurred at King's- bank, Hoghton-bottoms, on the new line of railway which is now constructing between Blackburn and Preston, by which one man was killed, another so seriously injured that ho 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.' 'They were just about to leave work for the day, when a large portion of the upper part of the hill, it is calculated to the extent of nine or ten tons, gave way, falling upon and burying the men be neath. Assistance was immediately procured, 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 =fortunate men had been extricated from their position. It was found that one of them must have been crushed to death against Xhe waggon instantaneously. The second, upon exami• nation, was ascertained to be injured to a very dangerous extent, and his life, we believe, is despaired of. The third, we are happy to state, was much less hurt, and it is hoped will speedily recover from the effects of the accident. Every possible assistance was rendered by the Messrs. 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 deceased 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. Pickup 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 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 for one. I appealed against it. One of the commissioners asked 105, 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 ay 245.' Twenty-four shillings I' says I. ' Yes,' cries Mr. Taxgather, '3l. 2s. ; 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 31 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." FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.-011 Wednesday afternoon several workmen were employed in erecting a rack, or frame-work, for supporting bars of iron, in the boiler-making department, when some of the rivets which which it was joined together gave way, and a portion of the frame fell upon four of the men, named Bates, Marshall, Skinner, and Moody. Three of the men were so seriously injured, that they were imme diately conveyed to the Marine Infirmary, to obtain medical and surgical aid ; and Bates has since died, owing to the severe injuries ho sustained. SUMMARY OF NEVIS AND übttt ptnton. " Who runs may read" TOREXCIN. There were no receptions at Saint Cloud on t , .. °° ol in consequence of a performance at the theatre;d, palace, to which, however, a large party was inv.,' al The King came to Paris on Tuesday. His ') held a Cabinet Council, and gave several . audienc egt which he returned to St. Cloud. d The French Court went into mourning on Vi r cur i for six days, for the Princess Sophia Matilda of gl it.; A Bayonne correspondent writes on the 3 0 th i " Several insurgents at La Rioja, and among th em- 0 other son of Zurbano, have been made prisoners . 0 4 grono. M. de Gamboa, late Minister, and some persons were arrested on the 2iith and 29th a t St . bastian." gi l Another correspondent says. it is estimate d tir ' within the last two months, 6,000 individuals , 6 4/ whom no charge has been brought, have bee n !.s triated, imprisoned, or forced to live at the Governao depots, prisoners at large. It is impossible for ar l iit residing out of Spain to form a conception of the 113 11° able oppressed state of all the Urban population. 0 ruin to be disliked, and death to be suspected h i Government. r CO) f The day that Prim was to have left Madrid • (:) .4v a party of sixty Constitutionalists, well ell of!, mounted, posted themselves near Getafe, sh°, ll ';„i el miles from Madrid, with the intention of surPn,,,V escort and rescuing him. By some me ans or an , authorities got information of the intended Mtge Prim did not leave Madrid. tg irq General Villalongs. has been appointed Cat,;, neral of Burgos, instead of General Bayous; P r :' Nov.zaguray, Commandant-General of Logronot i a of General Oribe ; and General Lora, Coralnin General of the Gibraltar camp. 6. A letter from Madrid of the 23th ult. stir :" . 00 1, amendments of the new Constitution, as it ca m to lt j the hands of the Committee, in the article relating li t marriage of the Sovereign, have been all succe lol jected by a majority of 133 votes to 39." 0 001 A letter from Copenhagen of the 23d ult. 5n .. . 40 the arrival of the frigate Gefion, from the Medit e ' .- with about 200 cases, some of them verylarge,de with the remains of Thorwaldsen's collection i r e tat! Borne, and other works of art. The writer ad° l o l o o great number of roaster-pieces, not previously kg be in existence, have been found by M. Bravo is 11 beneath Thorwaldsen's residence. ]SAW din) POWOM. The Worcester grand jury have ignored , t . b et a ;, against Mr. Hassell, of Stourbridge, charging de ft manslaughter, in having accelerated the death " 1 " co At the Chelmsford assizes Mr. Justice Will ie % sented to postpone the trial of Miss Richardso n spring assizes, on the ground of ill health. George Matthews, aged 21, was convic l te - e , 11 0 1 tester, of stealing, in the parish of St. Peter-th e ; ft 4 seven loaves of bread, and various other artiele;4l the dwelling-house of Richard Jones, which h e riousiy broke open and entered. The prisoner If tented to ten years' transportation. Iv Wit In the same Court, Thomas Wridgway an - Kent were convicted of stealing nine sove reigns , , l i c i? pound note, and a purse, from the person of ,'',oo Holtham, at Upton-on-Severn, on the 13th of 1 , 0 and sentenced to one year's hard labour. e it ee d In the Bankruptcy Court Mr. H. J. n il ' or', l merly lessee of Covent-garden Theatre, came 0 4 14 plication for his interim order. He was unore - or the Learned Commissioner observed, that the 111 0 0, in this case had stated upon his schedule that been previously a bankrupt. or insolvent, and fod . , became necessary that he should state upon If e te es the present schedule, what proposition he had eceA, to his present creditors. The insolvent's els? e f, was afterwards granted, and he left the Co urt the greetings of many of his friends and adin irero were in attendance during the proceedings. f or; At York, William Potter was convicted :p There was a second charge against him, and d Of was deferred. At Chester, two respectable young men, - ea o f nineteen years, surrendered in the di s chsrge bail on a charge of stealing a diamond pin , 11) f or rings, and a quantity of wearing apparel, as! r e ro, 2 ' of George Bowrick. The names of the Pl i o T A Frederick Stonehewer and John Rearton. d o/ pronounced both prisoners Guilty, and the P r , strongly recommended Stonehewer to mercy. Pas tiered he had been led into the commission of t" he c by the other prisoner. Mr. Baron Gurney said id not attend to the recommendation, and senten prisoners to be transported fur ten years. oat taxer.. rlelatioteaus3l , lo l -„ 1,004 The Earl of Aberdeen has left town for Vv°_," o f" bey, Beds, on a visit to the Duke and Duch ess ford, who are receiving a numerous and di stl " party at that splendid seat. The The Duke of Devonshire left Chatswort to .V nesday, to visit Mr. Win. Mundy, at Monk 0 near Derby. • 11 01 10 The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanb7 g turned to the Clarendon Hotel, from the DM° ford's, Woburn Abbey. V The Marquis of Bute, who arrived in tow -n f t 011 k nesday, from Kirtlieg, Cambridgeshire, has l e- A , seat in Scotland. 7 .1 4 The 'Mir ms and Marchioness of Ailesbury ,* 4, to town on fnesday last, from Tottenham Pai Marlborough, Wilts, have now relinquishe d tended visit to Brighton, and go to Paris for th e t i The Earl and Countess of Macclesfield ° o f • Louisa Parker are among the noble families re in town for the winter. , Cle. 1 :1 1 The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Leal„ ei tina have left Berkeley-square for Middleton 'le Bicester, at which elegant seat a large party wi lt at Christmas. do lt Lord and Lady Worsley intend to prolong , journ at Rome until the close of the month , W go to Naples. The Earl of Yarborough, with the Hon igb- Mrs. Pelham, is at Appuldurcombe, Isle of ef" week the Noble Earl is expected to go on a W I " - during the approaching festive season. t i ter..IOOII3IGAMISOVII. p 1 Last night the frost again was very inteneei, eo o) , mometer during the greatest cold baying f'"_,,o" degrees below freezing, a very rare occurren ce . in December. be ll 4 It appears from the half-yearly report of t fori , 100-bridge Company that the receipt from to half-year amount to 7,862/. 11 s. 6d., being ll llo / amount received in the corresponding period % e t!), by 421/. 9s. This increase enabled the cornest", bo o l the interest of the debt, divide 3s. 2d.. amongst the annuitants, and leaves 1,651/ 1i o r the reserve fund. g itn We have much pleasure in stating that the - 40 0 ,0 i, the approaching Kent and Maidstone cattl e ' t ag coed those of last year by upwards of 01 ;0 they include many first-rate specimens of bre feeding. 06 4 On Saturday last the workmen. in. every P, 9 X51 cashire and Cheshire, except in the St. Ilel en de elq, sent in to their masters a written application , oete an advance of twopence upon each shilling ak i ,e l earn. Should their demand be refused, the re o l of course, be a general strike. Yesterday O le to i l, ings were held, and, as far as it wasp ossibleile tam, there was not a coal-mine at work in t district. es It appears that robberies at the great dee.,, - e stp, ments have been rather numerous lately, so w o f to excite considerable alarm for the safety i 0 , 0 ,14 even those deposited in those places of spel l ie and to infer that a wholesale system of plun der . 4 carried on by at me ingenious gang of r ascels. s Several gentlemen are spoken of ahead,' 0 0 0 ,1 be called on to fill the vacancy in the represeof Lie ipperary, caused by the death of Mr. O l d t he Among others are Daniel O'Connelljun, an G. Heley Hutchinson. e Ai tb The Hebrew congregation of Chatham haV e pe4. , :, benevolent assistance of their Christian ' ll ,, neighbours, remitted to Sir Moses MontefiT:,/of the sum of 501., in aid of the funds now raisl" cl relief of the distressed Jews at Mogaelore. el e l lo The Committee who managed the Polish In t oc ad Saturday to settle their accounts. It aPP e cer_ / „L i9 1,157 persons had attended the ball. and 1, nror amount received for tickets sold being 58 31 . 1 4 ;1 0 e, donations 164/. 25., and that the expenses inclober 392/. 145., leaving a clear balance of 353/. 2s• o to „o tied to the fund for the relief of the unfortU° refugees. ttY Poo ERRATUM.--In the report of the'proceedi r l in k Middlesex Sessions yesterday, which ePP e r . s ie elcs°, l / San, it was erroneously stated that Mr. tt dressed the jury on behalf of Mrs. Tyrs" / tf N Mr. Chambers conducted the defence. ,„ s enr t( Pe CALEDONIAN ASYLUM Yesterday th e - 8 ,c1 0. 0 r the corporation of this Society, which proes,;io 0 0 4 food, instruction, and lodging. foraee r ,.. B ) 11° 11 1 ,1 of the children of Scottish widows, wilv' t .inehoce", are deceased in the army, nary, or Is te fe ete, their winter meeting at the Freemasons' Te ll 0 0, Queen-street, for the election of a fresh hott og ets:oo o ,„ children into the Asylum in CoP en C . For( and for the transaction of business. T be ts oo ° e f occupied the chair. The point of the gr et/ eill e ro l lo ance discussed was with reference to tbe of sce the school being a member of the Chur ch re e l e ct torn o° and not a Free Churchman. On the Dim e jot, to 1, that they had, at a meeting Mr. Lightbody (the assistant master Pre v ; the I tt 'li r o vacant office of head master of the sehl..' n erei t o 'o Cumming wished to know whether the te h ' tbe ji 0• 0 0 taken care to ascertain that Mr. Lig e 11; 1 ;i member of the Established Chisre h d ianssi 0 10,4 Several of the Directors said that they h it duly g e oe'• in October.oolll.A that subject, and bad found that he *l° sr. CU , according to that rule of the Society vr hich tbat it to 1: 11 spoke under. Mr. Cumming adde d l b ; es ted oil f e e most important question, and he t o urt Age appointment being confirmed by that Lebody proof had been obtained that Dlr. Lig"_; 3o( lo3o,e,, Established Churchman. The Directorell'ireeot, pressed the confirmation of their tipPo' eo pt i r. CO; being moved by Mr. Lindesay, and r e it y nl„ 10,, e 0 :1 Nisbett, was carried by a large DM ° ea t. bier ming objected strongly to the appoinr he pits that Mr. Lightbody was not a member said t he oo' Church of Scotland. The Chairman A ir. t• t he iji ;td ment was subject to his being so or 13 ° r to s declared he would canvass the matte ~ jot° The election of twelve boys and eight (op lum then took. place, and occupied till the c'