The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-11 00:00:00

Saturday, January 4, 1845, will be Published the First Number of a New Weekly Newspaper, price Gd., under the title of YOUNG ENGLAND; OR, THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE EMPIRE. All Communications, Letters, and Books for the Editor, are re fp tested to be addressed to Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. Office of" Young England," No. 2, York-street, Covent•garden, IN here Advertisements should be sent. *** Orders received by all Newsvendors and Booksellers through put the United Kingdom. Now ready, THE NELSON LETTERS and _ DISPATCHES. VOLUME THE FIRST. EDITED BY SIR HARRIS NICHOLAS, G.C.M.G., Svz. To be completed in about 3 vols. Bvo., price 15s. each, bound ; the Second of which will be ready in January next. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. • Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., *HAMPTON COURT, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, Will be repeated a Grand Opera Soria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burclici ; Andrea Comer., Mr. Lorrani ; Moncenigo, Mi. Weiss ; Adolphe de Conroy, Mr. W. Harrison; ''atarina Corrurro, Rainforth To conelude with the celebrated Ballet of THE PERI. Achmet, 111. Devisees ; The Peri, M dile. Plunkett; Nourmahal, iddlle. O'Bryan ; Aysha, Mrs. Payne. The Bex-ortice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARLET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 'Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, Galled OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Intr. Strickland ; •Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles M a th e s ; T om C o k e Mr. Wetter; Bob, Mr Buckatone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren; 'The Countess of k crpion, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawthori, iMadame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia .Sennett. After which, will be repeated a New Comm Drama, entitled SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Merits, NU., Charles dathews; Minnie, .Madame Venni. To be fbllowed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG Y.NOLAND. Major Martinet, M r . Strickland; Mr. John James Vooloy, Mr. Buck stone; M rs. F eeley, Mrs. Humby. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On Guinea and aildalf each. Wickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. :kr cher, at the Box.office, trap Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1 1 1111 be /informed VICTORINE; or, I'll Sleep on It. Alex andre Mr. Hudson; Michael, Mr. 13e1,y; Victorine, Mrs. Yates; I~9ise, Mrs . Fitzwilliam. After which a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Coutt Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson Count Vanille, Mr Selby; The My s t er i ous S tranger, Madame Celeste; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. To conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEM AN, In which Messrs. Wright. Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. (allot ; Principal Painter dr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—B ox - oc ti ce 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 11, Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Barun de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn, Jun.; Richard, Mr. 'lime ; Reilaud, Mr. Mattacks; Ivon, Mr. Leffler; .Hermine, Mdlle. Helen Conde!! ; Gertruce, Mrs. Fosbroke. To. conclude with THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. Wallack ; Bullfrog, Mr. Compton ; R achel Heywood, Mrs. Stirling. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Galls Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dre ss Circle, 2s. 6d. • Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls.; Gallery, 6d. 'Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One guine a an d a -H a lf ; Proses tsium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half past Six, and the Performanc;s to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Maesingham. Private Boxes arid Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. .THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMI3ER 11, Will 5 Je performed THE MOMENTOUS QUESTION. Cha- Teeters by Messrs. F. Vining, Dildear, Collier, larnold, Miss 'Nal et U. - and Mrs. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Ke ley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which ...Millen's Mazurka and Cellartus Valse will be danced by MdJles. _Louise:and Adele, Miss Janice, and MI-s Fairhrother. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS 'With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal 'Characters by Mr. Dleldear, Mr. J. W. Collis*, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. 'Craven, and Mr. Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli lire, Mrs. A. W_igan, Miss Turner, Miss James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and .Mrs, Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes, 4 - 1.; Upper 33. • Pit, 2s . ; Gallery, 6d. Seco n d Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; upper Boles, Is. fld.; Pit, is. Private Boxes on the Wilcony Tier iholding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second "Der (holding eight persons), One Illuinea and a-Half. Private :130xes on the Pit fler (holding six persons), One Guirea, The Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc— tion:of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attmetion every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Eiening, at - /..STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. RATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race- Hone and Life's Course of Man and Steed; Mtroducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fnx-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Foe and real Pack of Hounds, purchased 1 1 / 7 Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel productian. .Epsona Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse anuiship. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Three Conscripts. &cting and stage-mmagor, Mr. W. 1). Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lemons in the Art of Riding Mr. R. Smith daily • DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. EVENING DECEMBER 11 Will be performed THlS Ti E MER C HANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Roberts Tindal; Bassanio, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Gratiano, Mr. E. F. Saville; Portia, Mrs. R. Honner' Nerissa. Mies E. ferrey. After which the Favounte Farce of THE KING'S GARDENER. Galochard, Mr. Biddies (from the Theatre Royal Guernsey). Ethiopianwed by A BALLE DIVERTISSEMENT. An Entertainment by the REAL AMERICAN SOUTHERN MINSTRELS. To conclude with THE CARPENTER OF ROUEN. Marteau (the Carpenter), Mr. J. Hudson Kirby ; Madelon, Mrs. R. Honner. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner , at the Box. ,ollse, from Eleven to Four. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "A Constant Reader."—The dividend on the Great Western Railway shares should have been 31. 10s., not ss. per share, as incorrectly printed in the last list. THE WEATIIER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 11. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 26 ; Highest, 29 ; Noon, 29. BAROMETER, 30.05.-WIND, N. NoTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and "Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. 'Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and " Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. iftorrigg 26 minutes after 2 I Evening M minutes after 2. c4“--) . • , 4 -V, r 4 i f(''i2f7l - 447 ,4 9‘ , 0t . 4 - ^ 1 ) •4410iN ; 7 ,:atr, •-• !Ow 4'1441.7 T " 4 "1;,;- . DJ ~,,,, • •••.4 ° 1, 11 OVI • '; u. FJCOND EDITION. e - fling V-iitalA LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1544. We quote the following significant communica tion from Exeter, which appears in the columns of a morning Contemporary :—" Considerable sensa tion was created in this city on Sunday last by cer tain rubrical adoptions in the performance of Divine worship at all the parish churches, according to the instructions issued by the Bishop of EXETER. The first was at St. Sid well's Church, where the ceremony sff christening was performed in the middle of the :service. In every one of the parish churches the ;sermon was preached in a surplice instead of a gown, :and several of the congregations were so offended by this innovation, that they quitted the church the mo anent they saw the minister, so attired, enter the pul pit. It is said that the churching of women will in tliture be performed in the middle of the Sunday morning service, and a very strong feeling exists as to the indelicacy and impropriety of such a practice." Such are among the first-fruits of' the Bishop of K - IXETER'S late Pastoral Letter to the clergy of his diocese. Though a minister of the gospel of peace, be has contrived to scatter the seeds of discord far % sad wide throughout his sec, and to put its clergy a nd its laity in a position of direct antagonism to la Yards each other, the extent of whose evil conse quence no one can at present foresee. Already have the parishes of St. Lawrence, St. John, and St. George, Exeter, sounded the tocsin of alarm, and a warmly remonstrated against the alterations in Di v ine service proposed by their diocesan, adding, ti gat these alterations are the revival of practices hich having universally fallen into desuetude by the eA ammon consent of the Bishops and the laity at large, h ave been pressed upon the latter by only a small ,inority in the Church ; and they deem it not merely is !expedient but unjust, that the majority of the clergy and laity should be compelled to bend to the example of this crotchety minority. The flame of discontent once lighted in Exeter will not be confined to that apiscopal city, but will be sure to spread like wild fire, and in a short time we may expect to see the vs , hole diocese a prey to dissensions, heart-burnings, stad jealousies of the most harassing and unchristian entracter. And will not other sees, too, catch the in fi ction ? Assuredly they will, and not a zealous Tractarian minister in England, but will be encou raged by the sanction of the Bishop of EXETER, to persist in the revival of absurd, obsolete usages. This rush, officious Prelate is, we suspect, little aware of !lie nature of the opposition he is raising up against himself. Not only will he have the common sense of the male portion of his flock arrayed in vigorous hos tility to his decrees, but if it be really true that, among other ridiculous, exploded publicly ealeusages, he has sanc ti one d the chur c hi ng of w in th e m iddl e of the Sunday m orn i ng service, llril a l ega h ai a n v s e t ill the females also o f his diocese he in at aim; and justly so, for we cannot imagine n thing more offensive to their s ense of propriety their being exposed during the ceremony of THE NC ci.." WEDNESDAY EVEN DECEMBER 11, 1h44 churching—which hitherto has been in some degreet of a private character, usually taking place either before or after the evening service—to the full, broad gaze of a crowded congregation. If once the fem portion of his flock declare unanimously against him, we would not give much for the Bishop's chance of success in his innovations! He will be beaten to a dead certainty, and have ample cause to rue the hour when he brought a hornet's nest about his ears. As regards the question of the surplice, which seems to have given such offence to the good people of Exeter, we can scarcely wonder at their dislike of the innovation, for trifling as it is in itself, it becomes of consequence when taken in connexion with the revival of other usages notoriously borrowed from the Church of Rome. It is ev:dent, indeed, from their present conduct, that the Tractarian clergy, and those in authority who approve of their tenets, are endeavouring by degrees to haL;tuate their flocks to Romish practices, and to wean tit( et from their long-cherished distrust of Popery. Already they have succeeded, to some extent, in their jesuitical attempts; and it is high time, therefore, that a bold, resolute stand should be made against them. We will even go further, and add, that no clergyman who advocates the Tractarian heresy, should be allowed any longer to minister at a Pro tes'ant altar, or receive the emoluments of the Pro testant Establishment. He should be looked on as a taw elf in sheep's clothing, and be driven from the fo!d without delay. It must come to this at last, and the sooner, therefore, the Tractarian zealots are thus summarily and vigorously dealt with, the better it will be for the interests of that great national Establishment, which is now placed in imminent peril by their underhand practices. The Times of yesterday published a leading art:cle, the text of which was supplied by the me morial of Mr. FRANCIS HEALY, one of the many victims (for many, we fear, there have been) of the bad organisation, the bad management, and, worst of all, the bad faith of the New Zealand Company. We have recently animadverted on the defects of that body's original constitution, and the wavering and inconsistent relations at different periods subsisting between it and the British Colonial Department; on the exorbitancy and favouritism of the powers and grants virtually conceded to this incorporated body ; on the fearful responsibility accruing to the officer exercising the authority of Government in the colony, by reason of the virtually withholding of all protection to those under his jurisdiction, and his deportment subsequent to the massacre at Wairau. Another Contemporary, the Morning Advertiser, having devoted its columns to the exposure of the wrongs and the spoliation sustained by numerous complainants who had themselves, or were the re pre.entatives of those who had, invested money in the New Zealand Company's scheme, on the faith of promises and contracts which it has never since ful filled or redeemed, we shall not at present enter into the particulars of the disgraceful charges so seriously implicating the Direction of the Company at home, and its agents abroad. But we observe in the Times the following passage, which, as applicable to Emi.. gration Companies in general, seems to call for some remark :—" To imagine that an Emigration Com pany is to be trusted on the point, of all others in the world, of a bargain and sale of land! Why, for what other object is an Emigration Company formed, at all—if not for this of getting rid of supposed landed estates to would-be emigrants ?" Perhaps the Times does not care for any distinc tion which may be taken between "Land Companies," properly so called, and "Emigration Companies," under which designation it attacks the New Zealand Company. But we must observe, that if Land Com- prudes are to be classed in the same category with these Emigration Companies of which the New Zealand concern is to be taken as a type, great in justice will be committed by the assumption of an evality of mismanagement, to say nothing of the much graver question of moral delinquency. The "Canada," or the "North American" Land Com pany, for example, has not, we apprehend, rendered itself obnoxious to such a comparison. It has not, that we are aware of, been challenged by any Mr. lIE&Lx with taking the money of a " would-be emi grant," as the Times calls him, for lands which he cannot procure after going out to locate himself upon tl - wm ; which either were never in the possession of the parties who have ostensibly sold them to him, or which, if so possessed by them, these parties have either never been in a condition to transfer, or have wilfully abstained from executing a legitimate title to, for the benefit of the purchaser. We know of ca.-es in which blocks of land, some of very con siderable, some of smaller dimensions, have been Purchased, transferred, and occupied in Eastern and in Western Canada, with as much good faith and prompt dealing as any transactions of the sort could have been conducted with in England. In short, it is neither reasonable nor consistent with facts to infer, from the assumed misconduct of the New Zealand speculation, that no Emigration Company is to be " trusted in a bargain and sale of land ;" or to say that it exists for no conceivable object, if not for that " of getting rid of supposed landed estates." For our own parts, we entertain a strong and conscientious impression that, for a country like ours, with all the exiting exigencies of its social and moral condition, to neglect the duty of maturing a sound, extensive, ami permanent system of emigration, under well dig,sted guarantees of encouragement and protec tion on the part of the Imperial Government and its col , vial officers, is to repudiate the magnificent career which PROVIDENCE has opened to us and to our pos- terry in another hemisphere, and under other skies. The primary condition on which we hold our almost unbounded colonial dominion we conceive to be to re- lieve, at present, the pressure of our native redundant population and surplus industry and unoccupied en terprise to those transmarine possessions, of every variety of climate, soil, and produce, which open exhaustless fields for their settlement and improve ment ; and by the process of gradual and beneficent development, finally to establish in these wild and half-reclaimed regions, and among their now semi barbarous people, the arts, the sciences, the religion, the institutions, the commerce, the genius, and re finement of the old country, from whence it will be their pride hereafter to date the era of their improve ment and their greatness. With these views and opinions we cordially concur in the concluding sen timent of the article from which we have already queted. " The more" (writes our Contemporary) " public attention becomes fixed on our modern methods of colonisation, the more remarkable will be found our inferiority, on this point, to the heathen nations of old." Undoubtedly. May we add an ex pre,sion of regret that the writer does not lend his powerful aid and influence towards the organisation of some great emigration movement, which may rivd, in the extent of its application, the benevo lence of its objects, the wisdom of its details, the sa gacity of its management, and the liberality of its surerintendence and administration, those generous efforts by which Phoenicia and Carthage, Egypt, Grcece, and Rome, hived their own redundant swarms of native population in the most eligible localities for their future establishment and prosperity, and thus ditlesed their inventions, their learning, their his- tors-, their sciences, their civilisation, over the fairest, but, in their time, least peopled countries of th e globe ? Madrid papers of the 3d instant have been received. The accounts from Logrono, and the north of Spain generally, are some of them of a painful character. According to the Castellano, the disclosures made by ZURBANO'S SOBS led to the apprehension of M. GAM.- 130.1, General ITURBE, the Advocate OTNELEY, and a number of other persons, who have been conducted to Logrono. If this information be correct, we fear there has been some foul play in the business ; for it is not likely these young men would have made any disclosures whatever, unless on the understanding that their lives would be saved. The Eco del Comercio publishes a letter from Logrono, stating that &BEANO'S country house had been levelled to the ground, the furniture burnt, and the cattle killed. Two hundred persons were seized at Saragossa on the 26th ultimo, eighty of whom have been thrown into prison. A Council of 'War had been constituted for the trial of the insurgents in other dis tricts. On the 11th, NAnvAEz, in full uniform, appeared in th e Ch am b er o f D e p u ti es , an d presen t e d 11111 for " granting pensions to the famili es o f th e offic ers put to death, after bein g made prisoners, by he rebels in their recent attempts on the frontier of the province of Huesca." The following paragraph appears in the letter of a Bilbao Correspondent :—" A Spanish vessel, which has just entered this town from Havannah, after a passage of thirty-two days, left that town almost de stroyed by an earthquake. The finest buildings have been subverted ; there have been a large number of victims, and a part of the population is fled to the country." Mr. BULWER, it is said, had obtained a settlement of the arrears due to the British Legion. MADRID BOURSE, DEC. 3.—The Three per Cents. are per cent. higher to-day, closing at 30 9-16 cash, and 31 at 60 days ; 53,000,000 done. Five per Cents. 211 for 7th January, and 211 at 55 days. The contract for the new French loan of 200,000,000 f. (8,000,0001) was completed at Paris on Monday. The adjudication took place at the office of the Finance Minister at noen. The only bidders were—Messrs. DE ROTHSCHILD and DE ST. DIDIER and BAUDON, as representatives of the Re ceivers-General, Messrs. HOTTINGUER and Co., Messrs. DURAND, and Messrs. BARING. The price offered by the former company was 84f. 75c., and by the latter 83f. 95c., consequently the loan was adjudged to Messrs. DE ROTHSCHILD and DE ST. DIDIER and BAUDON. The minimum of the Minister of Finance was not precisely known, but it was understood to be 83, so that the offer of Messrs. ROTHSCHILD and Co. exceeded it by lf. 7.5 c. This high offer had excited considerable surprise at the Bourse, yet parties were eager to purchase at an increased rate. At the open ing of the Bourse the new loan was done at 86f. 50c. it quickly rose to 87f. 50c., and closed at 86f. 90c. for cash, and 87f. 15c. for the account. The French Government, according to a letter from Otaheite of the 2d cf June, has taken under its protection several other islands in the Pacific. The letter states that the chiefs of Wallis's Islands and of the Island of Fontana, are henceforward under the protectorate of France, this step, which was applied for several months back, being consented to by the French Government. The Governor of Otaheite, in consequence, dispatched a vessel to these islands to notify that they were to be occupied. The protectorate of the Gambier Islands has also been notified. The following is the only news of the slightest interest in the papers : The Conatitutionizel publishes the folloWing from its correspondent at Berne, dated the sth : " The imprudent decision by which the grand council of Lucerne has sanctioned the encouragement of the Jesuits, in spite of the popular repugnance, begins to bear fruit. The Government of Lucerne, disliked by the great majority of the population, particularly in the chief town, is obliged, in order to get itself obeyed, to have recourse to violent means, which, if they are not crooned with a prompt success, will only render its position more critical, if they do not cause its complete overthrow. Already the first act of the Jesuitical drama has just been played. According to information received this morning, an insurrection has burst out at W illisau, a little town six leagues from the capital. The Govern ment had ordered the prefect to arrest some men of the place known for their opposition to the Jesuits. One hundred men of the line were called out to give assist ance to the authorities, but when the commanding officer wished to proceed to execute the warrant, the people raised a riot, and opposed so strong a resistance, that the officer ordered the troops to fire on the mob. But the soldiers, far from complying, took part with the people. At this moment the insurrection threatens to ex tend to other localities, even to the capital itself, where the greater number of the superior officers are hostile to the Government, on account of its predilection for the Jesuits. Such are the scenes brought on by the proceedings of the reverend fathers to force themselves on a population by whom they are detested." According to the Constantinople letter of the 20th ult., in a Vienna journitl, RIFAAT PACIIA, who was lately Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been made a member of the Great Council. SAAR-EFFENDI, ex- Minister of Foreign Affairs, is to go to London as Ambassador in place of AALI-EFFENDI ; and NAFI EFFENDI, formerly Ambassador to France, to replace MoniurrAa BEY, Ambassador at Vienna. A Constantinople letter of the 20th, in the Augs burrgh Gazette, informs us that a serious misunder standing had taken place between ABDULLAII PACHA, the Governor of Trebisonde, and the English Consul at that place. The Governor, in consequence of some pique against the Consul, had ordered 2,000 blows to be inflicted, for same real or supposed offence, upon a young Greek who was under the Consul's protection, and the victim had already received 800, and was almost dead, when the Consul reached the spot, and insisted on the remission of the remainder of the sentence. The letter adds, that Sir STRAT FORD CANNING has ordered an inquiry into the cir cumstances, and declared that if the Gansul's account should be substantiated, he will demazid not only the dismissal of the Governor, but some signal chastise ment. THE BOURSE—MoNDAY, DEC. 9. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price French. Five per Cents.• •• 121 05 .. 122 .. 121 05 .• 121 65 Tree per Cents••• .. 85 85 65. ••• 85 .. 118 20 New Loan •••••••• 86 90 .. 87 25. .. 86 85 .. 86 85 Bank of France. 1250 ••3260 .• 3250 —3260 Lae.itte Bank, 5,000 f. SharessoBo .• 8080 —5OBO • • 5080 Belgian Fives, 1840 .. ••. • .. 103} • • 103} 103} • • 103} Two-and-a-Half•• •• 62 25 • • 62 75 .• 62 25 .. 62 75 Spanish Threes•• •• •• •••• •• 36/ •• 361 .. 36: •• 361 Active . ....... 321 .. 321 32; .• 320 Portuguese Five per Cents • • 561 .. SE } •• 56} •• 56} Neapolitan•.•• •• •• •••• • •• 99 50 .. 9`.1 50 .. 99 50 .. 99 50 Dutch Two and-a-Half .• ••. 63} .. .. 63} . 63} Roman .• ..... 1041 • • 1.044 • • 1041 .. 1041 RAILWAY SHA.RES. Versailles, R.B.— •••• ••• • • • 455 • • 455 .. 455 .. 455 L.B .. 327 50 .. 330 .. 327 50 .. 330 Rulloa•- •••••• •• •••• ••••••1027 50 • 14)27 50 ..1027 50 ..1027 50 Rouen 14 nacre— ..... . 793 75 .. 793 75 -. 793 75 .. 793 75 0r1e5.7,-; Simi burg to Bale ••••.. • • 295 .. 295 . 292 50 .• 292 50 Avignon to Marseilles— •• 930 -. 930 .. 930 .. 930 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Dec 16. St. Germain • • 985 .. 985 .. 985 .. 985 Versailles, 'LB-- •• •••••• 457 50 .. 457 50 .. 457 he .. 457 50 L.B•••••••••••• 332 .50 . 332 50 .. 331 25 .. 331 25 Rouen Orleans .........•••••• •• —lO7O ..1072 50 -.1067 50 ..1070 Str.tablirg to 8a1e.... Avignon to • 935 .. 935 .. 927 50 .. 927 50 e ---- ALARMING FIRE AT BRlXTOlvi.—This morning, shortly before one o'clock, a fire br-ake out in the house belonging to Mrs. Powney, tow, i carrier, situate at No. 7, Chrystal•rnad, North Brii ;ton. The Waterioo brigade engine promptly attends d, and was followed by the West of England, and another from Southwark-bridge -road. There 'lll 'ing a good supply of water instantly procured, the firemen set to work most rigorously, and before tw o o'clock they suc ceeded in extinguishing the fire, not, however, until very considerable damage had been effected. Owing to the density of the smoke, the inmaJ tes in the upper part of the building had the greatest difficulty in escaping, and fur some time it was believed th at Mrs. Powney had been burnt to death, as she could not be found. Upon examining the premises after the Ere was extinguished, no trace of any person having bec It burnt could be dis covered ; the probability, therefore, is that she was from home at the time of the disaster. As to the origin of the fire, or whether or not the suffuj er was insured, we could not learn during the excitemet it that prevailed. DE BEAUVOIR NATIONAL SCIK, OOLEL—Last even ing a general meeting of the subcrib ers to the he Beau voir National schools was held iii the girls' school room (St. Peter's, Kingsland), Ito take into con sideration the propriety of the immediate dismissal of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, the master and mis- ress of the schools. The charg es brought against the.Fc teachers were, that they ha Kl made certain dis closures injurious to the moral chE trader of the minis ter of the district, the Rev. F. T. r loricton. After the debate had extended some length, a show of hands was taken upon the resolution, when the :numbers were—For the dismissal, 8 ; against dismissal, 1 4. The proposition was consequently negatived. EARLY CLOSING OF Ssiors.—Li tst night a very numerous and, highly respectable mee ting, in conne x i on with the Drapers' Metropolitan Association, was held at the Mechanics' Institute, Southampta 11°1- born, in order to effect a more genera 1. early closing of shops throughout the metropolis (mom' ; the whole of the different trades. Mr. Ambrose Moor e , who was called upon to preside, said it was extrermel y desirable that e ta s i t ii a e b d lis h h y me a n d t e s pling an there sho u ld b e a cor di a l co - operat i on a mong the trades men of th e metropo li s to effect an earl; y closing of their co o n bj c e i c li t a t o;y which mean L a i u g r h e t s. be easily The ea early y closing of shops would not curtail the): tradesman of the profits of his business ; and he was 'certain that great benefit and adva n t age m i ght be attaire^d by adoption its The meeting was add resse d b y Mr. Pa ne, thebarrister . i and deputy-coroner ; th e R ev. Mr. ' tho Rev. Mr. Cumming, and several other gent lemon. Resolutions in furtherance of the object of the meet i, ng were agreed to. Mr. J. Payne said that in his profession he had long suf fert-d from the late hour system—he ar t tided to the even ing.; sittings at the Central Criminal C. nut, which he was happy to say were now to be aboli: lied. They were productive of great evil, and were EAU A) unsatisfactory to the judge, the counsel, the prisoner, and all officially connected with the administration of ji istiee in that court. A Committee was formed to wait up( in the shopkeepers of London, in order to induce them ' ;.o co• operate with the meeting. LINLITHOOW.—It will be gratif:,i - ing to learn that the ancient and royal palace of Lin ti thgow has lately undergone extensive repairs, under th e sanction and l it the expense of the Government. This. venerable build ing forms one of the noblest piles of : ancient architec ture in Scotland, and, with the sweet ax , d placid loch re posing amidst the graceful undulations c )f the neighbo•ar ing landscape, forms altogether an object ' of much 2, eauty and interest. Some encroachments ha. 'leg hr. en made on the boundaries of the loch by some if the, small pro. prietors whose lands come down to t Ale. water's edge, Mr. Donald Horne, from the office her Majesty's Works, inspected the locality a few days ago, and we understand has fully confirmed the a acient right of the public to free access round the loch.- k-EcSiOurghWitness. THIS DAY'S NEWS PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to day at the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Prerogative Court. insensible state. The event has caused the greatest ex citement in the neighbourhood of the railway station. SPORTING IN (RECEIVED TELLIGENCE. THIS DAY.) my. 10 to 1 agst Alarm—taken freely 20 to 1 agst Cobweb c. 20 to 1 agst Kedger 20 to 1 agst Ides 20 to 1 agst Young Eclipse 22 to 1 agst Pam 30 to 1 agst Newsmongt r 30 to 1 agst Rebecca c. 35 to 1 agst Laird o' Cock pen 40 to 1 agst Old England —taken 40 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger— taken 1000 to 15 agst Iron Master —offered 1000 to 10 agst Black Prince 15 to 1 agst Forth's lot 7 to 1 agst John Day's lot 6 to 1 agst Scott's lot—t. CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 offered on the field. COURSING. NORTH BERWICK AND DIRLETON MEETING The Puppy Stakes (14 dogs) were won by Mr. Cal. lender's Princess ; Mr. ._:ibson's Percy ran up. The All-Aged Stakes (14 dogs) were won by Mr. W, Sharpe's llaintie Davie ; Mr. Curror's Scorpion ran up. The Champion Stakes (8 dogs) were won by Mr. Cur ror's Colonel ; Mr. Innes's Ant ran up. The Consolation Stakes were won by Mr. J. P. Mit chell's Warrior ; Mr. Innes's Victor ran up. WESTON GRANGE MEETING. The Silver Cup was won by Mr. Gibbs's Stockton ; the Subscription Purse by 'l,fr. Garner's Spotless, and he Consolation Stakes by Mr. Stephens's Victoria. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. B.—The Journal de Bruxelles an nounees that Mr. Vergdt, member of the deputation of Antwerp, has been appointed director of the colony of St. Thomas, in the room of Mr. Guillamanot, who is said to be now on his return to Belgium. We shall beiglad if this statement should be unfounded. The nomination and acceptance of Mr. Verdt would be a pledge of confidence in the future prosperity of the colony. The Government has received from Mr. Bosch, Consul- General of Belgium, in Chili and Peru, a decree of the Peruvian Government, dated the 14th of June, 1843, by which the term of five years granted to the Society for the exportation of guano, is prolonged for three years. In consequence of the severe cold we have had, for some days past, the Meuse is full of floating ice, and the navigation is interrupted in the whole course of the river. Our readers probably remember that while his Ma jesty the King of the French was in England an indivi dual, named 1:e Buchoz Hilton, who pretended that he was a creditor of the King, applied to a court of justice to be authorised to take legal measures, and even to arrest his Majesty. We are now able to throw some light on the character of this man, by the following de tails:—Buchozjiilton was born at Metz, and is now fifty-three years of age. In June, 1831 he was im prisoned at Brussels on a charge of vagrancy. In 1819 he had been condemned by the Court of Assize of South Brabant to seven years' imprisonment, to stand in the pillory, and to be branded as implicated i❑ a plot against the life of the Emperor Alexander when he passed through Brussels. Being sent to Vilvorde to undergo his penalty, he sent several petitions to King William, praying to be relieved from his imprisonment. On the 6th of August, 1824, a royal decree granted his petition, on condition that he should immediately quit Belgium; and never return ; if he did he was to suffer the remainder of his punishment. In consequence of this decree Buchoz escaped from Metz, and came to Belgium, where he was arrested as a vagabond. When in the prison of the Petits Cannes, he applied to be received into the military service of Belgium. LLO VD'S SHIPPIN G—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 11.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.B. fresh breezes and cloudy. DEAL, DEC. 10.—Wind, fresh.—Sld. Oriental and Cape Packet, Calcutta ; Julie, Bahia ; African, Bathurst ; Tropic, Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 10.—S1d. China, New Orleans. DOVER, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Leila, Galway for London, with loss of foretopmast and other damage, having been in contact, off the South Foreland, with a light brig. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. W.—Wind, N.E.—Arrd. Hebden, London, for the west coast of Africa, with starboard bow stove, loss of bulwarks, gibboom, &c., having been in contact with a brig, with oats, from Galway to London. COWES, DEC. iO.--Arrd. the Maria Susannah Hen drika, from Amsterdam to Batavia, with loss of bewsprit cutwater, &c., having been in contact, 6th inst., off the Dutch coast, with a vessel, name unknown, which, it is feared, foundered with all hands. The Flora, Michaelson, from Newport to Hamburgh, and the Rena, from Cadiz to Hamburgh, have put in here, both with much damage, having been in contact off Dungeness on the night of the Bth inst. _ _ LIVERPOOL, DEC. 10.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd. New Hampshire, Chase, New Orleans; Mersey, Tucker, Charleston ; Mars, Robinson, New York. Sid. Harbin ger, Singapore ; John Walker, Cape and Bombay ; Mary Ray, Ichaboe ; Lydia, Brazils, &e. ; Hope, Hayti; Tam O'Shanter, Jamaica; Flor, Havannah ; Jane, New Orleans ; Alliance, Charleston ; Jacob Horey, Boston. Off, Cumana and Lady Bute, Calcutta ; Emigrant and Henry Bliss. CORK, DEC. B.—Arrd. Hopewell, M'Arthur, Ichaboe ; Mary Ann, Ovrien, Carnarvon ; Millicient, Prince Ed. ward's Island ; Lady Harvey, Reid, Valparaiso ; Perth shire, Clyde, for Pictou, out 50 days, bore up from lon. 42, leaky, and with loss of sails, yards, &c. LEITH, DEC. B.—Arrd. D. Dyer, Dyer, Ichaboe. 9. Sid. Cockburn, Tobago. SHEERNESS, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Harry and Mayor, both from London to Sunderland, with damage, having been in contact. BANBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, DEC. 9.—A ship's board marked " Bangalore," in large gilt letters, apparently a quarter board, has been picked up off Banbridge Ledge. SHIELDS, DEC. 9.—The Garnet, of Hull, in coming in yesterday, grounded in the Muschel Scarp, but was as sisted off the following tide. The Johns, of and for Lynn, put back yesterday leaky, and has been laid on the ground. LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 10.—The Albion and the Triune, both ashore near here, have bilged, and are full of water. The Fortuna, Ryles, of South Shields, was totally lost upon the Barnard Sand, last night ; crew saved. SUMMARY OF NEWS AZ-11) ub ttc wptittan. " Who runs may read." 3roalszelt. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and the Prince de Joinville reached Marseilles on the sth instant. A tri umphal arch had been erected near. that part of the port which touches the Canebiere. Its summit was on either side blazoned with the arms and initials of the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and the sides and front were deco rated with trophies representing the battles of Tangiers, Mogadore, the Simile, and Biscora. They landed at the triumphal arch, traversed the Canebiere, the rue de St. Feriol, to the Hotel d'Orient, in the rue Grignon, the air resounding with the firing of guns, the ringing of bells, and tha voices of thousands of persons shouting, " Vive le Duke d'Aumale," " Vive la Duchess," " Vive le Prince de Joinville," " Vive le Roi," &c. At ten o'clock the royal party went to the theatre ; their recep tion was most enthusiastic. The cold is still increasing at Paris. On Monday morning, at six o'clock, the centigrade thermometer marked 9.4 degrees below zero (15 Fahrenheit). The last severe winter felt at Paris was in 1838, the thermo. meter at the Observatory being down to 19 degrees cen tigrade (2 below zero of Fahrenheit). At 9 degrees centigr ide (16 Fahrenheit), if,continued for two or three days, the Seine freezes over. The Courricr Francais says: Since 1830 the Halle au BS has never been so bare of flour as at present. The official returns of Friday show only 6,976 quintals in store. The consumption per day is 1,588 quintals, so that there remained at that time notmore than two days' provision. This circumstance has caused an advance in price. The late severe weather has, by the freezing of the canals, been a main cause of the present small supply. The number of pupils at the Royal and Communal Colleges of France is at present not less than 57,278. Last year, at the same period, they were only 53,864, which shows an increase of 3,414 pupils. The Memorial des Pyrenees states that a French sloop, having fifteen men on board, went down on Thursday last in the Bay of Saint Jean de Luz, and every soul prished. The name of the vessel is not given. The Aced 6mie de M6d6cine having received several very interesting works on the plague, and being charged by au express ordonnance to make a report to the Go vernment on the subject, has appointed a committee of eleven of its members to take into consideration the above, and all other documents that are likely to throw light on all the questions which have arisen on this important matter. _ Constitutionnel states that at Saragossa, on the 26th ult., all the persons found in the streets wearing cloaks, 400 in number, were arrested by the authorities, but only 80 of them were retained in custody. The wives of several of the prisoners having assembled, and demanded the release of their husbands, the Captain-Ge neral threatened to employ force if they did not retire. The motive of these arrests is not stated. Similar pro ceedings have taken place at Almeria and Alicant, and the whole cf the province of Teruel has been declared in a state of siege. The Verdud of Barcelona, of the Ist, says :—" We have just learned, by a letter from General Prim him self, that he is on his way to Cadiz, where he is to em bark immediately for the Philippine Islands to undergo his sentence. lie says in his letter that what gives him most pain is being compelled to abandon his aged mother, without being able to leave her any resources for 11 ,, r support." Some time ago, at Munich, a girl six years of age was placed as dead in an open coffin, in what is called in that country the hail of death, preparatory to interment. On the following day she was found playing with the white roses which had been strewed over her. The keeper of the hall took her in his arms, and carried her to her mother. In France (says the Presse, which men tions this fact), where there is no precautionary measure of this kind, the child would have been buried alive. 3.4ILVY .&10'D PDX.XOa. The Committee of the Privy Council was engaged in hearing the arguments in the case of the Royal Court of Guernsey, against General Napier, the Lieutenant- Governor of the Island. The further consideration of the case was adjourned to Monday. The Commission at Derby was opened by Mr. Justice Patteson on Monday afternoon. The calendar contains the names of 27 prisoners, and one has been committed since it was printed. At Chester Edwin James Port, 49, was placed at the bar on a charge of killing and slaying Mary 'Terris, at Birkenhead, by the application of white arsenic to her right breast, which produced a sore or ulcer, and a mortal sickness, on the 11th of October last, of which she died on the 24th of the same month. The defendant was a quack doctor, who advertised to cure cancer. Ho was acquitted, and, in discharging him, Mr. Baron Gurney gave him the following caution :—" Take care of your self for the future —you may not be so fortunate another time." Je!,eph Steadman Morrison, a police superintendent, was convicted before Mr. Justice Coleridge, at York, of having embezzled 171. The money had been remitted to him as a subscription to the Police Association. At Guildhall, Sir Peter Laurie mentioned that some persons residing at Paris, had hit upon a singular plan to recruit their finances. They had taken up Dodd's account of the nobility and: gentry, and had begun sending circulars to the individuals enumerated therein, soliciting a remittance towards translat ing into German, and publishing, a series of biogra phical sketches. The application enclosed a sketch of the article intended to be published, in which the person addressed was eulogised, and blanks were left for the insertion of some particulars. Though the names were varied, the style of description was adapted to a ll o f th a t grade. Sir Peter said the price of fame was to be one guinea per page. He had written to Paris declining the favour, as he comprehended the object. Leah Mary Roper, the notorious shoplifter, was fully committed from Bow-street. A young woman was charged at Marylebone with having stolen from the person of Mr. Arthur Rumsey, a wine merchant, carrying on business in Bond-street, two Bank of England Notes of 201. each, and one ditto of 101., together with a sovereign, Gs., and a gold ring. It appeared that the prisoner met the prosecutor in the street and accosted him as if 'she knew him. Ho as• sured her she was mistaken. Sim however followed him, stating she was a lady's maid, and eventually sncceeded in picking his pocket of the articles mentioned. She was remanded until next Tuesday. The police of the various divisions have, from time to time, received information with regard to other robberies perpetrated under circum stances of the like artful character, and it is more than probable that on the next examination, other "gentlemen" who have been " victi:nised" by " ladies' maids" may at tend to prefer more charges. John Stump, who pleaded drunk enness as an excuse for his conduct, was sentenced at Worship-street to six weeks' hard labour for having entered the house of an old lady, seventy years of age, and forced himself into her bed. _ covnT .,-- PAJORIONIAIa)taI. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster are en tertaining a select circle at Eaton Ilan. Baron Nieumann and his bride (eldest daughter of the Duke of Beaufort) have left England, for Florence, where the Baron has been appointed Minister Plenipo tentiary from the court of his Imperial Majesty the Em peror of Austria. The Right Hon. the Paymaster -General and Lady and Miss Knatchbull, arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on Monday, from Mersham, near Ashford. Sir James Graham has taken Orton House, at Brighton, where Lady Graham and family arrived on Monday. Miss Burdett Coutts arrived on Tuesday at the Norfolk Hotel, Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Grosvenor will arrive at Eaton llall in the course of the week, to remain during the holidays with the Marquis and Marchioness of West minster at their splendid mansion. Earl and Countess Dc Grey have arrived in St. James's-square from Brighton, and on Saturday the Noble Earl and Countess leave for their seat, Wrest Park, near Silsoe, Bedfordshire, where his Lordship in tends to pass a short time. The Marquis of Exeter has arrived in Grosvenor square from Burleigh House, to be present at the Chapter of the Order of the Garter, to be held to-morrow, at Windsor Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire are not expected to leave town for East Hampstead- park, Berk shire, until the end of the ensuing month. The Earl of Hillsborough is still at his hunting seat, Baxterley Hall, near Leamington Spa, where Mr. and Lady Charlotte Chetwynd are staying. MCIISOZZLAIRABOVEL , The metropolis was visited this morning by a most unwelcome acquaintance —a dense fug—which caused almost complete darkness for several hours. Though somewhat abated at two P.M., the gas lights are still re quired in shops, warehouses, &c., as at night. In reference to a paragraph that appeared in The Sun, giving the inquest on the sudden death of Mr. Soutter, a stockbroker in the City, we are requested to state that he was not a Jew. Mr. Sontter, it appears, was a Christian, and attended the Swiss Protestant Church in Dean-street, Suho, of which the Rev. Mr. Andemars is minister. The University of Edinburgh has conferred the de gree of Doctor in Divinity on the Rev. John Cumming, M.A., minister of the Scottish National Church, Crown court, C*vent-garden, to mark their sense of his great acquirz , ments and untiring services to the Church of Scotland. The cattle show of the Smithfield Club, which is now open to the public, is reckoned the largest and best that has been seen for a long time. The number of cattle greater than it has ever been, and their quality, spe-'„ ing generally, is also very superior. Scarcely a ;,,aunty in England b u t h as i ts representative—of or another. ..,nescript ion or From returns of the Small P , month of November, it am ears that the epidemic con thattinues to increase, for •' one admission of patients during period has 13 , .: • received this - - total of 573 patients en 71, making a . . ,ic Hospital for the past not only - •• year into this valuable Institution, which eeneyes the metropolis from so dreadful a con tar::..,n,.but diminishes the spread of the malady by means of vaccination. The amount of the Repeal Rent for the last week was 333/. MEETING TO PtTITION AGAINST THE WINDOW TAX.—Last evening a meeting of the ratepayers of St. James's, West, was held at the Crown Hotel, Broad -street, Golden -square, to consider the propriety of taking ni‘a , urbs to petition Parliament for the rept.al of the window tax. Mr. Auaten, of Golden-square, churchwarden of the parish, was in the chair, and ex plained the objects of the meeting. Resolutions in fur therance of the object were then carried unanimously, and a committee appointed. JONES V. GODERICII. The further arguments in this part heard appeal from the Prerogative Court were resumed and concluded to day. Their Lordships postponed giving judgment. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY:). Lord DENMAN sat at Nisi Priusto-day at the Guild hall, with London Common Juries. During the course of the morning several causes were disposed of which were of no interest except to the parties immediately concerned. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) The Court disposed of all the common jury cases of the present sittings, and rose at twelve o'clock. There are many causes on the special jury list, which will be taken to-morrow, Thursday. The Court will resume the sittings at Nisi Prins in Westminster-hall, on Satur day, 21st inst. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) Ivanhoff Kantrowitz, sen., and Ivanhoff Kantrow:itz, jun., who give concerts at Crosby-hall and other places, under the name of the Polish family, charged Mr. Woo?fand, a respectable tradaman, living in Old North street, Red Lion-square, Mr. Bailey, and Mr. Pullen, broker, with assaulting them. Solicitors appeared on both sides. The complaint was simply this :—That they having taken lodgings at Mr. Woolfond's house, were forcibly expelled from their apartment by Messrs. Woolfond and Pullen. The as sault was not a serious one. The complainants were dressed in singular costume, and an interpreter was re quired, in order to translate the Polish language to the Magistrate. The defence set up by the defendants was, that the younger Kantrowitz and his brother had taken an apart ment several months ago, but, as they were 51. in debt for rent, Mr. Woolfund ejected them ; they were forcibly expelled, the door locked, and the key given up in the usual manner. The complainants again took possession of the room, and it was contended, even if Mr. Wool fond and Mr. Pullen had by force expelled them from the room, they were justified in doing so, as they had been already legally ejected. The bed had been removed from the complainants' room, and they brought in a bundle of straw, on which they lay, refusing either to give up possession or pay their rent. Mr. COMBE bound over the defendants to answer the charge at the sessions. THE LATE BANK OF ENGLAND ROBBERY. FINAL EXAMINATION OF BURGESS AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS DAY). Long before the hour _tippointed for the re-examina tion of the Bank clerk, Win. Burgess, the various ap proaches to the Mansion-house were crowded by re spectably dressed persons, who appeared eager to obtain admission to the justice-room. In the immediate vici nity of the Mansion-house, there were many persons anxious to obtain a sight of the prisoner, but in this they were in a measure disappointed, as he was conveyed to the Mansion-house some time before the hour at which it was stated he would be brought up before the Lord Mayor. The justice-room was not inconveniently crowded, and the reporters were, as on the last occa sion, accommodated with seats below the bar. The Lord Mayor entered and took his seat at twelve o'clock precisely, and after the disposal of three cases the prisoner was placed at the bar in the custody of John Forrester, charged with having fraudulently c bt a i ne d th e transfer of 8,2001., which stood in the name of William Oxenford, Esq., in the Bank of England in the Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities. Mr. L C. Salomons appeared for the prisoner ; Mr • Weir, from the office of the Bank solicitors (Messrs. Freshfield and Co. ), attended to conduct the prosecution. Burgess looked more concerned than during his ex amination before the Lord Mayor on Wednesday last. He appeared to be suffering considerable pain in his left leg, and was accommodated with a seat, as he was al most unable to stand. It appeared that he caught a se. vere cold whilst endeavouring to escape from the officers who pursued him from the hotel in Boston to Brewster's Island, nearly eleven miles distant, and that it settled into a severe attack of rheumatism. The first witness examined was Mr. C. C. Lawrence, cashier in Messrs. Lubbock and Co.'s bank, who stated that at about twenty minutes to two o'clock on Tuesday the 3d of September, the cheque now produced was of fered to me for payment. It was for 8,000/., and was drawn on the bank of Charles Keazer, a gentleman of considerable property, who keeps his account at Messrs. Lubbock's. The cheque was presented by a shorter per son than the prisoner, but he (the prisoner) accompanied him. On inquiring the name of the person who pre sented it, they gave that of William Oxenford. I wrote it on a piece of waste paper. I asked them how they would have it, and the person who accompanied the prisoner said, " All, or part in gold." I answered, that if they wanted it in gold they had better get it at the Bank, adding, that I would pay the cheque in notes. To this they assented, and I handed the notes to the prisoner's companion. The notes produced are those I gave him. Cross-examined by Mr. Salomon—Mr. Keazer is in the habit of drawing large amounts from the banking house, much larger in amount than 8,0001. He keeps a very large account. I did not get the prisoner's friend to write his name on the back of the cheqne. I had no suspicion that there was anything incorrect, and consi dered that it came fairly into their possession. Mr. Keazer does a great deal of business on the Stock Ex change. MI Thomas Agar, a teller in the Bank of England, wag next examined--On the 3d of September, a person unknown presented notes to the amount of 8,200/. to me for payment. My principal, Mr. Dean, directed me to pay the money. As we were out of cash in our de partment, I made an order on another department of the Bank for 10,0001. in gold • 8,000/. was paid t o th a t per son, and the rest he handed to me. This person pro duced two canvas bags and a carpet bag. The gold was emptied into the canvas bags, and they were put into the carpet bag. The prisoner was not present. The person endeavoured to carry the bag, but did so with difficulty. I remarked that it was heavier than ho thought. I offered him the service of two porters to carry it to the door of the Bank. He ac cepted their services, and they left him at the entrance. Cross-examined—l did not get the person to write his name on the back of the notes. _ _ Mr. Salomon then proceeded to address the Lord Mayor on the part of the prisoner. He presumed his Lordship had been informed under what Act of Par liament the prisoner had been brought before him. In his opinion the charge against him could not be main tained. He begged his Lordship to bear:in mind that the prisoner did not go to the Bank of England to receive the money, but that the other person went there and re ceived it. He contended that the prisoner was not the person who represented Mr. Oxenford. It was true he was present at the time, but he submitted that he did no more than any stockbroker would have done. The Act of Parliament was somewhat ambiguous as to the punishment of persons fraudulently identifying persons transferring stock. He had no intention of defrauding the Bank of England when he identified the person Vernon as Joseph Elder. Was it not probable that the prisoner—a young man of five-and-twenty—might have been made the dupe of a man about town, and a no torious horse dealer, as Elder was ? He admitted that the prisoner had acted with great imprudence Burgess had received an excellent education, and had obtained the appointment which he held in the Bank through the instrumentality of one of its present Direc tors. After addressing the Lord Mayor at much greater length in behalf of the prisoner, he concluded by sub mitting to his Lordship that there was not sufficient evi dence to justify his Lordship in committing him for trial. The LORD MAYOR said he was quite warranted in committing the prisoner for trial on the evidence which had been adduced before him. 11r. Salomon said he could give very cogent reasons why the prisoner absconded. The LORD MAYOR—If he was innocent why did he run away from justice? But he did not intend to make any remarks on the case, which would b e f u ll y investi gated before an o th er tribunal. Burgess, I shall commit you for trial. The prisoner, who hung down his head and cried bit terly during his solicitor's address, rose and bowed to his Lordship. The depositions were then read over, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial, and walked from the bar with difficulty. FATAL ACCIDENT on the DOVER RAILWAY. This morning, about five o'clock, a most frightful and fatal accident occurred on the Dover Railway, near the Bricklayers' Arms station, Old Kent-road, by which one man, named Thomas Buckley, an engine -driver, was' killed on the spot, and William Wilkinson, the stoker, received such extensive inittrte:, that his recovery is utterly impossible. Several other persons Were also se verely injured and conveyed -to Guy's Hospital, where they received every attention from Mr. gdward Cock, the resident house-surgeon. It appears that shortly after five o'clock this morning, the Dover luggage train ar rived at the above-named station in the Old Rent-road, i lionediately afterwards the engine and tender ran off on to another line, and before the driver had time to stop the engine he found that the switchman bad neglected to shift the rails, as was the usual cus tom. The consequence was, that the engine and tender ran off the viaduct into the field adjoining (a depth of 25 feet) with a most horrible crash. Several persons connected with the railway station ran to the spot, when a most heart-rending sight presented itself to those who went to the rescue. The engine and tender were completely smashed to pieces —Buckley was lying quite dead several yards from the mutilated parts of the engine and tender, and Wilkinson, the stoker, was near him in an insensible state bleeding from a severe fracture of the skull, he was also dreadfully scalded over the whole of his person. Buckley was conveyed to a shed in the neighbourhood as life was perfectly extinct. Wilkinsoa was removed with a man named Cook, a plate-layer engaged on the carne line, to the accident , ward of Guy's Hospital, where the greatest attention was paid to them by the house-surgeon, Mr. E. Cook, who gave not the slightest hopes of Wilkinson, who lies in an , MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY We had a fair average supply of English Wheat here. For the best parcels the demand was tolerably steady, but other kinds were very dull, at late rates. Holders of Foreign Wheat were again firm, and both free and bonded qualities were quite as dear. Barley and Malt met a very inactive demand, yet Monday's qnotations were supported. The Oat trade was steady, but all kinds of grain were a mere drug. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. 1,790 qrs. 1,160 qrs. Oats, English Irish.. Foreign. Flour 3,400 14,670 qrs. 1,7.0 , 2,810 , Shit. 900 ors. WICXTMCIMPEL- The supply of Mea: on sile was only moderate, while the demand ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s to 4s; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 10d per Sibs, by the carcase. CAUTION.—The licensed victuallers in the neigh bourhood of Islington have for a considerable time been victimised by the following means :—lt appears that a tall fellow, accompanied by a female of almost equal sta ture, enter the house as if just from a long journey; a glass of mixed liquor is ordered, and, in the course of drinking, a request is made for a steak or chop, &c. Wherever the request has been acceded to, the parties havo invariably made off during the progress of cooking, with glasses, spoons, and, in several cases, even with spittoons, pipe -rests, and any other available article. Yesterday the landlord of the Kenilworth Castle, in the North-road, was robbed of three tumblers and an eight day clock; it is suspected by the same individuals. BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN BANK.—Yesterday was held a special extraordinary meeting of the pro prietors of this corporation, established some years since for the purpose of extending banking faciliti e s i n British North America, to fill up a vacancy in the Court of Directors, by the death of the late Mr. Pemberton. The meeting was held at the bank's house in St. Helen's place, and the chair was taken by Mr. Carter. The candidates were Mr. W. Chapman and Mr. Fowler Newsom. After a somewhat animated discussion of the merits of the candidates, a show of hands was taken, which terminated by a large majority in favour of Mr. Chapman, who was accordingly declared to be elected a Director. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. Pnizn FIGHT roil ONE HUNDRED POUNDS.— Yesterday the contest between the well known pu gilists, harry Broome and Joe Rowe, came off near Gravesend. This was the second appearance of Broome, the first fight having been with Mason. Rowe has figured in the ring on several occasions, and dis played great courage and science. The weight of the men was limited to ten stone five pounds. and it was arranged that stearn-boate should be provided to convey the combatants and their respective friends to the appointed locality. In accordance withi this agree ment, they left Hungerford-pier with a large number of the pugilistic school, and duly arriving at their destination, a ring was formed, and the neces cessary preliminaries completed, the spectators amount ing to three thousand. The men stripped and shook hands, and operations were commenced with much cau tion, both men evidently waiting the attack. The first round occupied eleven minutes. The men then began with spirit. They contended with much coyness till the ninth round, when both men exerted all their energies, and fought with great desperation, both receiving much pu nishment. They kept up the contest three hours and seven minutes, when there being but little probability of the battle terminating before dark, the friends of the men interposed, and the fight was adjourned. In bet ting, to 4 wete laid on Broom© to a large amount. Simmonds and Hannan were the seconds for Broome, and Turner and Sambo did the needful for Rowe. Broome drew first blood, and Rowe gave the first knock-down blow, upon which there was much money speculated. HIGH TlDl3.—Yesterdav afternoon the tide rose unusually high, and several premises along the river side were flooded ; but as a high tide was anticipated by most of the occupiers, the damage sustained was comparatively trifling. At high tide (2 o'clock) the depth of water at the outer entrance lock of the St. Katharine Dock was 28 feet 7 inches. The high tide is attributable to the prevalence of northeasterly winds. As the tides are still on the in crease, a few more partial overflow. of the Thames may be expected. Whartingers and others have adopted the necessary precautions against the loss or damage to pro perty intrusted to their temporary keeping., • YetLopi t , :Y AND Co NIMEItuIAL Eµ 8 CITY, QUARTER TO TIIREIL The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday vrer e , large, and prices were firm. About 7,1500 bales change ( ' hands, including 2,000 American on speculation.—Share s ' were not quite so good :—Bristol and Gloucester, 6 7 ; Churnet Valley, 31. ls. 3d.; Eastern Counties, 131'+ Edinburgh and Glasgow, 61i ; Grand Junction, 225 ; Ditto, Quarters, 561 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 211 ; London and Birmingham, 221 Ditto, 321. Shares, 38i ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 26i; - Ditto and South-Western New, 33 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 52i ; Midland Counties, 1088 ; Sheffiein and Manchester, 143- ; South-Eastern New, 12 ; Tre nt Valley, s t i ; Ulster, ; Lyons and:Avignon, 2,1 ; Paris and Lyons, 665. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5. We are without any late arrivals from the colonies to-day. • It appears that a portion of the 260,0001. loan, vs; ranteed by the Government, for the prosecution 0, public works in Canada, was taken at 112, or very nearly 1 per cent. under the quotation realised a few weeks since for a parcel of the debentures (paying fou r per cent.) before issued on the same account. The price at which the New Three per Cent. French Loan has been taken by: the Messrs. Rothschild, Brothers,,in Paris is prima fucie apparently high, but should be considered that there are inducements held ous in its favour which do not appertain to most other ad' vances of capital to Governments that the pro coeds are to be devoted to railway and other, public works. Every measure that may tend to promote internal communication in a country advances its prosperity ; and hence, under a well-regulated admi nistration of public works, the means of payment of in' terest upon such advances is rendered the more certain. The reports current last evening of the terms 1 3 P C4/ which the contract for the 200,010,000 f. wa s taken, were pretty nearly correct. We have hea l ' that the minimum value fixed by the French Minister of Finance was 84f. 50c. The bidding oaf the Messrs. Rothschild was 84f. 75c., and that is the contract price. When it is recollected that our Three per Centel are above par, it may fairly be considered that tbareis wide margin for an advance in the New Three per Cettli g. French Loan that was contracted for on Monday lot' The Old French Three ,per Cents. since July last have . advanced nearly 3 per cent., and the stock is scarce here' as well as on the Bourse of Paris. Pursuant to the decree of the Ist December, there were drawn at the Hague the following (being the fourth series of debt to be paid off in money) letters , Q. Y, N, 1 3 , and Z, and the greater part of K, under, which last letter stand the administration of Boning an° Ketvich, and Voonibergh. Also there were drawn under the fifth series for conversion, 41. per Cents., lett ers I, 0, 11, and part of B ; under the last letter stand the administrations of Brondeest, Byleveld, and Boorgaurt!, The Commissioners bought about 13,0001. or 14,0004 of the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. this morn" ing, at 103. The market for Consols for the Opening has been rather heavy, the prices having receded &co l 1001 to 104. The New Three-and-a-Quarter 11 Cents. have been fluctuating from 10 4 to 1034. Be Stock is per cent. lower than it was yesterday. chequer Bills are rather lower than yesterday. Ind° Bonds rather higher. India and Bank stocks have re" ceded per cent. A great deal of business has been done this moraingin the • • Infrv e Foreign Stock Exchange. The principal variations been as follows :—Belgic Scrip has touched 1i preinine l _ the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 64 ; the Five pr Cents , 98 ; Spanish, 25i; the Three per Cents., 371' the Portuguese Converted, 57; Russian Five per Cents.' 119; Mexican, 36 i; and Colombian, 14 f f. AS i S The Railway Share market is scarcely so high d was yesterday, with the exception of the London se Birminghams, which are up to 122 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock fir Account 206 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 100%/ n ag New 3% per Cent. Annuities ...... 1033( India '76 Ditto under 76_ Congo!. for Opening 100 %4 286 286% India Stock for Account Exchequer Bills I%cl. 114 d. Ditto ......... Ditto FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..... Ditto Scrip • I Columbian 80nd5.... 14%% Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 - per Cent. eg Mexican Bonds, 1637, 5 per Cent. ».».... .,.. .« Ditto for the Account .... ...... 36 %4 Ditto Deferred ........ 167(j Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 5.......... ..... ........ Ditto for the Account. 27% Portuguese Bonds 5 per Cent. ........ ....... ... Ditto Converted — , Ditto for the Account 56% * 1- Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent • 110 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 25 Ditto for the Account 25% 0 Ditto Three per Cent. 37 Ditto for the Account 374$ Dutch 2% per Cent 5................ ..... 03% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates RPICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.' RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE Bristol and Exeter ...... .......... 70 78% ...... t° Bristol and Gloucester 9O 37% ... t° Caledonian Chun et Valley . ....... Dublin and Belfast Junction Ely and Bedford Great North of England. lOO 121% ...... to :1116, Great Western 75 147% ..... 50 .... Ditto % Shares to 7° Lancaster and, Carlisle. lO ........ 13% London and Birmingham. lOO ... 221 Ditto tA Shares London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes London and South Western ...... 41% 8 . 2 tO Ditto Eighths.. ... ....... ..... % to London and 2% 4% to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ...... 52 to Midland A nti Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 24 ..„.».. 61 ...... t ° " Rugby Shrewsbury, Wolverhanipton,l Dudley, and Birmingham ...5 "Jo ...... South Eastern and Dover ........ 33% Boulogne and Amiens Orleans and Vierzon Paris and Lyons MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 10.--lide";01 ter and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 10i: ; Mancheste r i Birmingham, 52i.; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5-16; gi c wid n i; 401. Shares, 4k ; York and North Midland, judc, Churnet Valley, 34-, M. ss. 6d. ; London and 3:i 13-16 ; West Yorkshire, 6i 6. The market tinucs firm, and the heavier stocks generally are high . r 0 THE PERMANENCY OF Cri LA: AS A MANURE. prim e This is a subject of great importance at t o when the importation of this manure is going,_ ° , - a large extent, and when the propriety of uswg', Bo . and extending its use, must be occupying the at. d tion of farmers in all parts of the country. Ma ll lot the best practical agriculturists in this neighbouto have long been satisfied of the permanent advAn t ro of guano to the land. At the Highland Seni, e 4t, competition at Glasgow, in October, for seed vieo Mr. Lorne Campbell, of Roseneath, who gaine d 6 101. prize for white wheat, exhibited five val'e s ii from his farm, the average weight of which Was p lbs. per bushel. The Chevalier wheat, Weig v gh 651bs. was after turnips raised upon guano, and althnf sown as late as 23d December, was the heavie st- ', 7 o er o in the farm. At a recent meeting of the de Farmers' Club, and other agriculturists, held at D{ to more, when Mr. M'Culloch, of Auchness, fant! r t he Colonel M'Dowal, of Logan, occupied the elnw'llie same subject was discussed by those present.. e a t o chairman, Mr. M'Culloch, said—ln 1842 I 80 1 % 0 turnips, on three different plots of ground, t o of were all contiguous, to the first guano, at the 1 1 , t ba four cwt. per acre—to the second, bone manure, 11%4 rate of 30 bushels—and, to the third, good farcel;p manure, at about 20 tons per acre. The crop g r f i e upon guano brairded first, and was singled fo nt. h ot sooner than the other, and continued throng or the whole season to have a more luxuriant APP e he a , ante ; and, when weighed, were about one-sixt h fiftil vier than those grown upon bones, and about one'44, heavier than those upon dung. And the oetavtio upon the guano was superior in quality, 00 o po o quantity of grain and straw was greater thsit l d .oie' either of the other two plots, and now I ow guish no difference betwixt the grasses in q u 'i- o re and quality. So far as I could judge from t ha t too , going, added Mr. AFC., guano, as a perman eh t iop* nure, has exceeded my most sanguine expen, t t or, Following up the matter as a sow-out, hav ing nured the green crop with guano, Mr. M'Culi n n e llf he found his oats after a guano green crop . de ny V e superior to the sow-out of other manuring- t ato oats after bone manure were lightest. Ills P llll l O4 after guano green cropping, was an equally g7 lre ett thick sole of grass to any other. Mr. M'Bride, Biro, having had occasion to make similar trials 1 1 . 0 % 1 I l i. periments with Mr. M'Culloch, corrobor ate . is. views. Mr. Anderson, Drumore, stated that fro. grown potatoes with guano, at the rate of four _u per acre, which yielded him as good a crop r tatoes put in with fifty cart-load of sea-wee"' ie twenty cart-load of good farm-yard manureas' afte r wheat crop was as good after guano manuring g°64 ordinary manuring; his sow-out was also 10, o§ the pasture affording an equally good sole nr,enhad with guano as the ordinary manuring did. %on , also tried nitrate of soda, soot, gypsum, an d e 1 ) 8 r as a top dressing for grass, and, on the w ho ' y thought guano the best, and equally chest, for M'Culloch had tried guano also as a top-dressypoti hay and pasture-land. The effect was rapid t ics Both Both these gentlemen recommended the P l 7 lO OOl forcing on a portion of the hay land with guA d ca ttl; in the spring, as a great benefit to horses an C oln for ioeding in the house, after the turnip hallterj; scarce an t ; fibry. A small patch, a nd a 11" o o r tity of guano, Will suffice to raise very ear i f or aft e . o quantity of good gi.ass ; and the second crolker, cut, will be as heavy ilDd productive as. n'L l ited.' the permanent pasture wii be greatly ben° Caledonian Mercury. l. SERIOUS ACClDRNT.—Yesterday morning , r n r iel f‘cc ti, dtnt occurred to Mr. Starling, landlord of t h e "oat °' Arms, Swan -street, Borough, by foolishlyjlonProl9g.ert°9- a gig - He was riding in a one-horse break along .lof fit• street, Newington-causeway, with the forero9o Blewitt, of Swan-street, when the horse shied St r 3.lr the middle of the road, and commenced pllogint.of 1r- the Starling, in a state - of excitement, juniPeu out 01 °' break, and fell with his right leg under him 0 1 ) „e' of the kerb-stone, breaking his thigh -bone in t w° e"" d .1,, coo l • being near his own house he %las instailL,/ cti. - thera and placed in bed, and medical assistauci? P ro r o 0 ..4 1 0 Mr. Starling is a very heavy man. Ile Pio 14 Age' of his gig about twelve months ago, and recoil' injury on his head. - _,„. Thl Thl PeCua te( 100 ;tali ( l eare Uith, Tb hat 11.1 Th `"mm voice lie gin, Y 1414 been e tr e( the le