The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-19 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19, Will be repeated a Grand Opera Sori a , ca ll e d THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornaro, Mr. rrn/ Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. .nartssost ; Catarina Colman), Miss Rainforth tla conclude with the celebrated Ballet of THE PERI. Achmet, Des Places; The Pefi, Mdlle. Plunkett; Nourmahal, Mdlle. , O Bryan ; Aysha, Mrs. Payne. The Box.ottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, aid Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19, Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. Strictsland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe•• s • Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Barren; The Countess of k 4nipion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia iennett. After which. will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled NOMEPODY ELSE. Hans Moritz, M . Charles Mathews; Minnie, Madame Vestris. To he followed by a New and Original Farce, called YOUNG - ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. P , olev, Mrs. Hamby. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. 1. T. Ar cher, at the Box-otlice, from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19. Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Mr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tugby, Mr. Wilkie. eon Sir Joseph Bowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Redford ; Will Fern, Mr. Hudson; Richard, Mr. Selby ; Meggy Vcck, Miss Fortescue ; Mrs. Chickenstalkcr, Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. CouLt Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count glassine, Mr Selby ; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. To conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEM kN, In which Messrs. Wright, Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. Gallo(; Principal Painter, sir. Pitt ; Leader of the sand, Mr. Mellon.—Box-odice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Meteoric Succe,s 7 Enlightening and Deligting-:!econd Night of " The Chimes. - A Goblin .. :tni - y." THIS EVENIN , 4 will be repeated, by the especial permission of Charles Dickens, Esq. THE ' CHIMES; A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. The Scenery from the Ori final Sketches of Daniel Maclise, R.A Clarkson Stanfield, ILA., John Leech, and R. Doyle. The Story Dramatised by Mark Lemon and Gilbert A'Beckett. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19, Will be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn, Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Hime ; Renaud, Mr. Matiacks; Ivo., Mr. Loftier; Hermine, Mdlle, Helen Connell ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke. To be succeeded by a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival. Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling To conclude with a New Grand Orientll Ballet, called THE ENCHANTED BELL. Azolin (an Hinder; Peasant), Al. Roussett ; Palmira (the Sultan's Daughter), MJlle. Caroline Boussett; Naire (her Friend), Mdlia. Teresina; Ding Doug (the Genii of the Bell), Miss Marshall. Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallo Is. Halt. price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. tkl. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a_Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Oulneas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. oast Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box..otfice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. HEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA_ HOUSE Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. The Re-engagement of Signor Camille Sivori for Three Nights more—To-night, To-morrow, and Saturday. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19, Will be repeated a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Kelley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. To be succeeded by Paganini's Adajto and Rondo, La Clochette, by Signor Camillo Sivori. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO ]MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Mathews, Meadows ,and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollielge. To which will be added Paganini's Theme Burlesque and Carnaval tie Venice, by Signor Camillo Sivori. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Jullien's Mazurka and Cellarms Valse will be danced by Mdlles. Louise and Adele, Miss James, and Mi. s Fairbrother. To be followed by THE SWISS COTTAGE. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Yarnold, Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinlecla, and A. Wigan; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes. 4 Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the It'llcony Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalL Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guiren. The Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the three den of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 19, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Hone and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled National Fetes Real Fox-chase on the Stage sod In the Circle by living Fox and real Pack of Hounds, p urc h ase d r!1 Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. om Races and other Sporting Features. ew Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse svansh ip. The First Week of the extraordinary British Vaulter and Somersault Thrower, Mr. Price, and Mater Charles Price, the Little Equestrian Wonder, and other Novelties. Acting and stage-msnager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot, BOX-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily. Mr. BATTY bogs to asquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and his Patrons, that, in compliance with numerous requests from the country, and by special desire, he has formed ar-ansements to pre. sent, during the Christmas Holidays, a S rice of EQUESTRIAN MORNING FECES and FASHIO NABLE , DAY PERFORM. ANCE, to commence at Half-past One, and terminate at Half-past Three; consisting of Batty% Splendid Scenes of Equitation in the Circle. The fir s t Three Morning Performances wilt take place on Monday, Des. 31, Wednesday, Jan. 2,and Fr,cley, Jan. 4. THE WEATIIER.—SuN OFFICE, DEC. 18. THERDIONETER, Lowest. 36 ; Highest, 42 ; Noon, 42, BAROMETER, 29.7.—W1ND, 6“ , z the words "Lowest" and - .Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of tha 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 weatior Nrhen the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Scorning ... 2'7 minutes after 9 1 Evening ... 59 minutes after 9 . . 0 .., ....• 4 . • Cr 4 16 4 -1 -* rf . :t7 . l . 4- eSf zi.r.i.110.... % re, -: • 194 4 •-.•- ~ 4v. s Aim, -' • p : AllanO., :lc , :- ilgo ' it l f:k * : , t os,-,-.... * .01.00, P A 01. " 4 ..,,._ f'• - 4.7... -.1. j, 10,1,1. inarnin LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1844. We quote the following remarkable passsage from the Post of yesterday :—" Will the landowners of Xngland still refuse to learn wisdom:from experience ? Will they still support that insane policy which is undermining their social position, and sweeping away their natural supporters into the abyss of ruin ? Landowners are unwilling to break with the Minister of their choice. The alternative, however, will not long be left to them. The Minister will, at no distant date, break with them ! Day by day the farmer chosen Minister draws nearer to the ranks of the free traders! Very soon will landowners be compelled, openly, to adopt the principles of the League, or to look out for new leaders." There is a world of truth in this prediction of our Contemporary, which is wrung from him, as it were, in very bitterness of spirit. The day, indeed, is not distant when Sir ROBERT PEEL, true to that system of expediency which has always governed, and will always continue to govern, his every action, will break fully and completely with the Conservative landowners, and carry out into prac tice those principles of free trade which he has long since declared to be the principles of common sense. He sees the direction which the stream of public opinion is taking, and though he may for a time make head against it, he has quite sufficient sagacity to foresee that it will in the entoverwhelm him, unless he allow himself to be borne quletly onward with the current. Ile is quite aware that the question of free trade is one only of time; that it is a great national necessity which, year by year, is be coming more and more apparent ; that the Anti-Corn-law League is nothing more than the ex pression of this necessity, and is only popular be cause it expresses it with emphasis and particularity; and our chief complaint against Sir ROBERT PEEL is, that knowing all this—knowing that no party nor combination of parties can protract much longer the full and perfect triumph of the free-trade system, he refuses to make the concession, while yet it is in his power to concede with grace. Ile is evidently de sirous to play over again the old game of the Test end Corporation Acts—that is to say, to make a show of resistance to the last moment, long after conviction has flashed upon his mind, and yield only to the irre sistible pressure of necessity. And wherefore this ? Simply in order that he may fur a brief while longer secure the support of the Conservatives, whom he cannot find it in his heart to break with, just at present, notwithstanding that he has no sympathy with many of their principles and prejudices, arid knows that the liJur of his final separation from them is at hand. There is, to our thinking, something ex ceedingly petty in this indecision and temporising. It is very unworthy of the character of the first Mi nister of the first commercial kingdom in the world. Far better would it be for the Premier's reputation as a statesman, that he should do at once what must eventually be done, and do it in a graceful, instead of a churlish and reluctant, spirit. But Sir ROBERT PEEL is not a Minister of an enlarged or generous turn of mind. He ha s not hi ng of the CHATHAM or CADMING in his nature. He adopts popular measures, not from conviction, but on compulsion. He is inac cessible to 19fty and fervid impulses, and must be as stilled on the iide of his apprehensions. Above all things, tie is the slave'of precedent, and shrinks aghast from the idea of originating anything for which he has not t some sort of warrant from the past. It is this marked trait in his political character that induces many people to give him credit for being a safe Minister; but such people should bear in mind that there are times and seasons when the boldest and most decided course of policy is also the safest that can be pursued. Such a period is the present, for there is no question that the Premier's constant habit of shilly-shallying on the subject of free trade, at one moment giving it his direct counte nance, at another repudiating the system, m uncalled for by existing circumstances, merely in order to keep himself for a short time longer in fa vour with the Conservatives ;—there is no question, we say, that this favourite habit, on the part of Sir ROBERT PEEL, of playing fast-and-loose with free trade, is daily tending more and more to unsettle men's minds ; to engender in them a dis trust of Government and its policy; and by so doing, to affect in no inconsider able or remote degree, all the great commercial interests of the country. And are the Conservatives grateful to the Premier for this temporising course of policy ? Certainly not. They see clearly enough that it must ere long have an end, and already they dislike their leader quite as much as they would do, were he at once to cut all connexion with them, throw himself into the arms of the Liberals, and publicly proclaim his adhesion to the principles of free trade. We have seen in the Liverpool Mercury a very sensible letter, conceived in terms of great moderation, on the subject of Brazilian sugars. Our readers are aware of the extraordinary interest which has been imparted to this question by some of the more ex citable opponents—(and in this country it has no fi iends)—of slavery. In their zeal to discourage, and if possible to punish, the States which still permit the- practice of this odious insult upon humanity, these parties are for excluding from our ports all sugar the produce of Brazil, inasmuch as it is to be inferred that it must have been slave-grown. The expiration of our seventeen years' treaty with that Power, having left our hands free to deal with it as we may see fit, we are urged to punish the sin it has committed in the toleration of slavery, but which sin we have, all that time, ourselves condoned and com promised by tolerating it, in virtue of that very treaty. For sugar was not the less raised by slave labour, in Brazil, in consequence of her consenting to ab indon the trade or importation of slaves. Brazil, herself, might honestly consent to, and even fulfil, this latter stipulation (though that is not now the question), and yet have not attempted to covenant with, or coerce, her own subjects to employ only free labour in the cultivation of sugar. Why, therefore, the tardy suggestions of our slumbering morality, and the period of the treaty's decease, should be coinci dent, it does seem difficult to account for, on any broad and intelligible principles. The correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury argues rightly, that if the terms of that treaty had been capable of producing any positive effect towards attaining its avowed object (the repression or extinction of slavery in Brazil), the lapse of seventeen years ought to have sufficed to develop that effect. But since the commer cial policy of this country has been—as well before as subsequently to the existence of that compact—to discourage the consumption of Brazilian sugar, we cannot perceive how that Brazilian question is di rectly affected by the New Sugar Bill of last session. The much-complained-of admission of the sugars of Venezuela, or even of the United States, leaves that question, therefore, entirely untouched, without adding to, or taking away, a single customer from Brazil. The continued exclusion of Brazilian sugars from our markets for consumption is no novelty, but a mere perseverance in a system, long established, ith a view to carry out that scheme of the universal ab dition of slavery for which this country has already paid so enormous a sum. But to what extent we have achieved that vast object, beyond the shores and limits of our own colonies, is, unhappily, a point of by no means easy determination. Much less to be d nibted is it, that, by attempting to enforce on other States the more than literal adoption of our anti slavery views, and to enforce our enactments in respect of those views, as if we were invoking a " lex talionis"—is a course more calculated to defeat than to advance the beneficial end, to the complete accomplishment of which we have ungrudgingly made such eosay But what have we gained—what shall we acquire— in the shape of advantage to our own sugar consumers at home (who have some right to be considered in such a matter), by straining the law of our own country, touching slavery and the slave trade, against the commerce of foreign States, willing to enter into trading relations with us of mutual benefit, on con dition of our receiving sugars, the fact of which having been raised by free labour, cannot be certified in the manner prescribed by the New Sugar Duties Bill, to qualify for admission the sugars of Manilla and other foreign possessions ? Simply this—the vindication and unity of a great principle; namely, the principle of utterly discouraging the employment of Slave labour. But, in truth, we have made ships wreck of this principle already, by admitting Bra zilian sugars for the purposes of " refining." Will all the boiling coppers and the pans of the White chapel houses—all the chemistry and manipulation of the German refiners settled in London or at Liver pool—purify the product on which they work from the guilt of the slave labour employed in raising that raw commodity ? Will the atrocity of slavery (to which no men can be more indignantly alive than ourselves) be discharged with the scum and the im purities that are swept from its surface under tho action of refining ? To give the " unity" which some parties so hotly contend for to this principle of slave labour discouragement, you should have pro hibited the importation of a single particle of Bra zilian-grown sugar, under whatever circumstanses— ith whatever ostensible destination imported. Its manufacture, here, for the dealers of Hamburgh and St. Petershurgh, will not eradicate the slave-growth taint it had acquired in the plantations of Aroibe or Pernambuco. But the theory of thus utterly excluding Brazilian, as slave-grown sugars, from our own markets, in volves one enormous error, whilst its practical en forcement entails a commensurate evil. The theory falsely assumes that, in faro conscientice, Govern. ments (.4 d we will suppose the case of those which are - - ~ore highly organised, efficient, and pow• at of Brazil) are to be held as repo . to individuals or communities are in r conduct of their servants, for the good fait with which their subjects shall discharge the obligations contracted, on their behalf, by those Governments. But there are prejudices of hab - - anti occupation, as well as of opinion, which the , st wise and the best established Government can .only eradicate or defeat with the aid of time, and by the exercise of consummate prudence. The toleration of negro slavery by a civilised Christian community is one of these prejudices; and in respect of any nation wherein it exists, no other nation has a right to look too harshly or implacably at the offences of individual citizens who have an immediate personal interest in contravening the stipulations entered into between their own SOVEREIGN and any other poten tate. If French smugglers succeed in largely running contraband goods into this country, all we can expect of a French Minister is his honourable assurance that every possible means have been adopted, on his side, to discourage and disavow such practices. No man would dream of retaliating on the legitimate com- merce of France with England, by encouraging Eng lish smugglers to run prohibited English goods into France. We have done enough to vindicate our sincere anxiety for the abolition of slavery. Our anti-Brazilian policy is becoming, like Hamlet's metaphysics, apt to "deal too curiously" with diffi- cult and unsatisfactory premises. So much for the thcoretieal error. The practical one is that which, in the letter before us, is thus succinctly4sposed of; and we have nothing to add to it, unless it be to commend it to the reader's best attention : " We see England making great sacrifices in life and treasure, in her attempts—hitherto fruitless—to abolish slavery and the slave trade in foreign countries. She deprives her population of the advantages to be derived from the admission of Brazil sugars, and from an ex- tended and beneficial commerce with that country; and whilst she is doing this, her rivals of the Zollverein and elsewhere are preparing to profit by her anti-slavery poli-y. She stands alone in her refusal of slave sugars, and unless she can prevail upon other nations to join her and to do likewise,' and thus succeed in closing up all the European markets against them, can there be any reasonable expectation of her ever being able, solo, to , accomplish the ' object' she has in view in keeping out those sugars ?" Accounts from Madrid of the 10th state that Colonel REIIJIFO, GARCIA, and ARILLA had been placed en capilla (in the chapel). Their friends were making great efforts to procure a commutation of the sentence, with apparently little hope of suc ceeding; for NARVAEZ, despite the representations of Mr. BULWEN, and the Count DE BRESSON, seems de termined upon more slaughter, or examples, as he terms his butcheries. We are inclined, however, to believe the statement in the French Government papers, that they had been pardoned. We find no news of importance in the papers. The cold at Madrid on the Bth was excessively severe. At Bayonne the thermometer had stood as low as 24, and vast quantities of snow had fallen along the frontier. MADRID BOURSE, Dzc. 10.—The Three per Cents. are 1 per cent. higher to-day, and transac tions to the amount of 127,000,000 of reals took place ; they closed at 321 at 60 days. Five per Cents. 21+ at 60 days; Floating Debt 74 for 18th instant ; Coupons 25i at 60 days The sudden departure of Sir STRATFORD CANNING from Constantinople gives rise to several conjectures in the Paris papers. Some infer that it is a mere jaunt of pleasure, and others that a serious misunder standing has taken place between the Porte and the British Ambassador, and that he has demanded his . passports. It appears, however, from the statements in these papers that there is little foundation for such rumours. The Smyrna Journal states that the short absence of Sir STRATFORD CANNING IS no more than an excursion of pleasure, which he has been in the habit of making every year, and the Journal des De bats, which contains news from Constantinople to the 27th ult., says :—" It appears that the object of Sir S. email/ices excursion was to visit the British Con sulates in the Troad, and a desire to ensure the sup ply of provisions which the English station of the Levant required. Sir S. CANNING had passed over to Tenedos on the 23d, and when the last intelligence left was daily expected at Constantinople." M.THIERS' journal, however, takes a different view of the affair, and infers that owing to the little support which the Am bassador received from Lord ABERDEEN, the report merits attention, " not that it is true, but as it proves the truth of an observation we have often made during the affairs of Servia, and which, indeed, has become a general opinion, that the British Ambassador is not sufficiently supported by his own Government, and, therefore, not in a position to obtain any important concession from the Porte." The National has an article on jobbing in railway shares and on the nature of the contracts entered into by the Government with the different companies, which it considers too favour able to the latter. It states that the conditional pro mises of shares in the Northern line are sold at a pre mium of 40f. each, that the shares of the intended line from Amiens to Boulogne are at 180 f. premium, those of Orleans to Bordeaux 130 f , Vierzon 2301., Rouen to Havre 293 f., and Avignon to Marseilles 427 f. The National observes that, upon the shares of the Paris and Rouen line, which is in action, the shares are at a premium of .5301., and those of the Paris and Orleans line, also in action, 600 fr" The Journal des Debats announces on the authority of a letter from Madrid of the 10th, that the Queen of SPAIN has granted a pardon to Colonel Rou.rfro, Captain GARCIA, and Don MANUEL ARILLA, who had been condemned to death by a court-martial, and then adds :—" This act of clemency and royal generosity does honour to the Spanish Government, and is, in the present state of disturbance, both a proof of courage and of strength. Such acts do more to insure the duration of a government and the peace of a kingdom than othose which we have been lately obliged to condemn, and we hope that they are only the augury of a really. humane and liberal policy." We can see no proof either of courage or strength in such a course. These men were unjustly condemned and NARVAEZ would have carried the sentence into effect but for the fear of universal execration. The following extract of a Madrid letter in the National forms a strong contrast to this proof of courage and strength : " Each day brings us the news of some massacre. The Government was not quite satisfied with having shot Zurhano's brother-in-law and son ; it has also shot ftnothri..*.a with the,...11 the vicins taken with arms in their hands, or without them. this is (102115 wan out trial, and on the simple proof of their identity. They have just shot twelve men in Arragon ; it is the begin ning of a butchery which will not stop there. General Don Pedro Ramirez, 75 years of age, and who reckons 65 years' services, had the imprudence to make some representations to the Government on all these acts of barbarity, and at once he was arrested, and taken by file of soldiers to the castello of Cadiz, where he is to be embarked in the first vessel for the Canaries. Prison first, exile next—such is the fate reserved for the oldest and most faithful servants of the State." The Constittdionnel makes these remarks on the announcement of the Slade, that the King of Pausal. is about to give a Representative Constitu tion to his people : '•The Steele announces that the King of Prussia is about to give a Constitution to his States, and has al ready officially communicated his intentions to the other European Cabinets. According to all the information we have received from time to time from Berlin, this news is at least premature. The King of Prussia, it is true, long ago thought of giving a Constitution to his people, and he has bestowed great labour on the project; but nothing has yet appeared to show that the work is completed, and that the population of Prussia is on the point of seeing its present government transformed into a representative government. It is certain that between the elaboration of a Constitution, in the leisure hours of a Cabinet, and its public promulgation, there must be a long interval. There is no doubt, however, that at a period more or less remote, and under divers forms, the representative system will be extended to nearly all civ►lised States. Prussia, that enlightened, wise, and inquiring nation, the lover of controversy, will certainly be one of the first to adopt a mode of government founded upon free discussion. But whether her King will take the initiative, is very problematical." THE BOURSE---bioNDAY, DEC. 16. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. ••• • • 120 95 .. 121 • • 120 80 . • 120 80 Fours . Three per Cents..... 85 .. 85 10 .. 85 .. 85 10 New Loan •• •• 86 50 .. 86 60 .. 86 50 .. 86 GO Bank of France • .3275 —3275 • • 3275 .. 3275 Lafatte Bank, I,ooof Bhare/11110 ..1110 • • 1110 ..1110 5,000 f Bharesso92 50 —5091 50 —5091 50 "5092 50 Belgian Bank .. •• • ••• • • • 585 .• 595 • • 585 .. 595 1841•• •••••••1100 ••1100 ••1100 —llOO Belgian Fives, 1840 •• • • • • 1031 . • 104 . • 1031 104 1842 .... •• • • 1061 .. 1061 • . 1061 • . 1061 Two-and-a-Half. ••• 62 70 62 70 .. 62 60 .. 62 60 Dutch Two and-a-Ha1f..... 631 • • 631 631 . 631 Portuguese Five per Cents— 57 .. 57 .. 57 .• 57 Spanisn Threes.. ••••• • • • • • 371 • • 371 .. 371 • • 371 Passive • •• . 6 • • 6 6 .. 6 Neapolitan •• • • •••• • • • • • 98 60 .. 98 60 .. 98 60 .. 98 60 R oman .• •• • • ..... •. •• 1044 • • 1041 .. 1041 • • 1041 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ..............1015 ..1020 ..101$ —lO2B Versaales,R.B.•••••••• • 500 .. 580 .. 500 .. .500 L.B ••••• • • • 400 .. 400 .. 375 .. 375 Roman • .1045 . 1045 ..1015 ..1045 Rouen to Havre— .• •• 800 .. 805 .. &00 .. 802 50 Orleans .....•.....1110... Stramherg to Bale• ••• •• •• 310 .. 318 75 . 310 .. 310 Avignon to Dfarseilles• • .. • • 917 50 .. 033 75 .. 911 50 .. 930 RAILWAY SIIARES FOR SETTLING, DE6. 16. St. Germain: ...• •• •• ..1010 —lO2O ..1010 —lO2O Versailles. L. 8.• •• •• •• 353 75 • 402 50 363 75 .. 368 75 Room •••• •• •• •••• •• •• ••1037 50 ..1045 ..1037 50 ..1040 Rouen to Ilavre• Orleans ....... ...... .••• —llOO ..1172 50 ..1100 —lll5 Strashurg to Bale-- •••• 310 .. 317 50 •• 310 .. 310 Avignon to Marseilles 920 25 .. 935 .. 926 25 .. 931 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, JAN. 3. St. Germain .• • • •••• • • ••1018 ..1030 —lOl2 50 ..1020 Versailles, It. 11.•• L.B. ... 395 403 75 370 .. 370 Rouen ..........•• •••• •• 1045 ..1050 ..1045 ..1045 Rouen to llayre•• Orleans . Strasburg to Bale-- •••• 312 50 .. 320 .. 308 75 .. 306 75 Avignon to Itaxseilles....•• 927 80 .. 937 50 . 927 50 .. 930 wkI:BIETERL.A_TEThFe A in T q A u L isi A tio C n ClD t :N b T e h T e O ld, l‘ t i o lS i s rive C stig A a ß t ik e the circumstances leading; to the death of this young and pi omising arable, will held its sitting at ten: o'clock this day. I...7PIL4aEIt ' S BACHELOR'S KETTLE.—We have had submittedig our, inspehtion, by M r. Edmond Spiller. of' Holborn-hill, a' very ingenious contrivance for boiling water, which he calls a " Bachelor's Kettle." It consist., of a flattened tea-kettle, which fits on a tin stand, the stand being completely closed when the kettle is fitted on, excepting for a small space at bottom, opposite to which aperture is the chimney. In the centre of this case a bundle of patent fire-wood is placed and lighted. The kettle, filled with water, is fixed in. its place, and in ten minutes the bachelor has three pints 'of boiling water, at the cost, for fuel, of one farthing. In summer, or in gipsy parties, the " Bachelor's Kettle" nec st be invaluable. An inquest was held before C. H. Cooper, Esq., at the New Inn, Parker's Piece, on view of the body of Mr. Stephen Camp, late of Eden-strQift, aged 68. The deceased had been in good health up :to the day of his decease, and on Sunday he ate a heext.y dinner of roast pork. In the evening of that day h e complained of a pain in his chest. He took some p;in and water, and then said he felt better. After walkii 3p.; up and down the room, he sat down in a chair, and in s, few minutes after wards expired. A post-mortem exa urination was made by Mr. Lostourgeon, who was of opi [Lion that death had been caused by the quantity of pork d eceased had eaten (of which there were pieces nearly: an inch square), which had prevented the action of the heart, and so occa sioned death. The jury returned a - verdict of " Died by the visitation of God.' *—Cantbridye Advertiser. rwE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ID, 1344. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The English Stock Market closes very firmly, and Consols were at 1004 iex div. for Money. Bank Stock was 208 to a . New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 103 to . Exchequer Bills were 595. to 575. prem. Spanish Active Bonds obtained 254 4 ; the Three per Cents., 374 4 ; Peruvian, 30 ; Chilian, 101 ; and Bel gian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, 1024. French Scrip was 11 premium. The additional transactions in Railway Shares were at full quotations. For London and York, 141 ; Northern and Eastern, 121 ; South - Eastern, 5R ; and Lancaster and Carlisle 3 -4- to 4 premium. Greenwich were 34 dis. (Frorr The Sun of Last Night.) There was a quiet, though steady, market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, and previous rates were paid for about 3,000 bales, sold to the trade. There was a good demand for Railway Shares, and prices remained firm.— Chester and Birkenhead, 344 ; Chestei and Holyhead, 6; Churnet Valley, 34 ; Eastern Counties, 134 ; Grand jenction 223 ; Grand Junction, New, Quarters, 421 ; r,Greatievrp Liverpool and Manchester, N;o r North f England, 0 123 42 1 9 ;; Great Western, 148 ; Ditto, Half, 1024 ; London and Birmingham, 2241 ; Ditto, 321. Shams, 37 ; London and Brighton, 504 ; London and South Western, 524 ; London and York, 44 ; Midland Counties, 115 ; South Eastern, New, 124 ; Trent Valley, 7 ; Lyons and Avignon, 535. ; Paris and Lyons, 655.; Paris and Rouen, 40 ; Strasburg and Bale, 124 ; Sambre and Meuse, 61s. 6d. There are no arrivals to-day. It is stated that the Customs' authorities have wholly denied redress to the importers of oranges, for the excess in the charge fur duty, and, unless something is done, the trade must be stopped, as the merchants will never submit to an extra payment of 50 or 100 per cent. for the sake of half-a-dozen oranges. The whole case is as overstrained as any we ever heard of, and the loss upon the fruit coming over will be a serious matter, unless the Treasury does something. Much satisfaction has been expressed in the City this morning among the merchants and others connected with the East Indies, at the announcement made this morning by the Chairman of the Company, that dis patches have been sent out to sever the connexion be tween the Government of India and the keeping up of the Idolatrous Temples there. At the General Court of Proprietors now being held, the announcement was received with a burst of applause. We believe we may state with confidence, that the financial affairs of the Government of the East Indies is rapidly improving. There is an increased demand for money in the City this morning, and that, too, for commercial purposes. Still the markets for Stock rate high. For the Account, the prices have been at 100 k I, and the Reduced Three per Cents. have reached i per cent. above par. The Commissioners bought about 15,000/. of the Three-and s-Quarter per Cents., at 103 k. Exchequer Bills were gone at 595. and 575. premium, and Indian Bonds at 75k premium. Bank Stock has improved to 1081. In the Foreign Funds a very fair amount of business has been transacted. Spanish Three per Cents. have been steady at 37i I, but Portuguese Converted, after touching 581, are now at 58. The Dutch Four per Cents. have fluctuated from 97i to 97i, and the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. hare fallen from 644 to 64. Buenos Ayres Bonds have been done at 37, Mexican at 361, and Peruvian at 29. The Share Market is firm this morning. Confidence in the new Irish projected lines is much increasing. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (F;;liih; Official List.) Bank Steck for Account ..... 206%s Slier Cent . Reduced Annuities ..... 10034% New 35( per Cent. AnnuitieS ....... ............. 1035 e Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1960............ 12 1-1654 India 80nd5,1,000..... Ditto under 1,91111.„ Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. Ditto &10 1 . •••”•••••«••••••••••• •••••••••••• 59 57 pm. •••••••••••• 59 57 pm. Ditto Advertisa , ........ — PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent...... ....... 37 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ..«•«•.••••••••• 36%4 D D i i t t t t o o D fo e r fe r the red Ag t c o o c u t n 3 16 6 i 16 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. 29 29 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted...—. .......... ••••••• 5e% 58 Russian Bonds, 1822 5 per Cent. .„ ....... 1.19 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Dutch 2 54 per Cent 5......„................ 04 84 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates........ ....... .... 97 %X % Dutch 5 per ........ ••••-• 99 54 1.1111 PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pan SHARE Bristol and Exeter .....„.„.«.».. 70 . ........ 79 to Cambridge and Lincoln Eastern Counties .. . .........•. 25 •l4 to Great Southern and Western/ 5 •.. (Ireland) Great Western •••••••••••••••••••• • 75 «« .....14$3e 150 to 140% Ditto Shares 5O 81116% Hull and - Selby London and Birmingham......... 100 to Ditto New Third 5................. 2 ..... 2 9 54 Ditto % Shares London and 16% London and Brighton 50 ..„.« to Ditto Loan Notes London and South Western ..„...41% 76 to 77 Manchester and 70 to 120 Midland ..... 113 ...... .. to 112% Birmingham and 100 83 ... to $254 Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct. 24 61;4 to Richmond and West End Junct. 1 South Eastern and Dover ..... 3354 3854% York and North Midland ........ 50 103 to Ditto Extension 1154 ..... to 121( Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bourdequx ..... 29 73% Paris and Orleans. 43 - Parisand R0uen.............•...... 20 a Paris and Stra bourg Strasburg end Pasle 14 JOI NTAITOCIE lAMICA NationalProvinci.i.....l4.llU..• JJ ..••••••• 47 Erratum in yesterday's list.—Read Great Western 149, instead of Great North of England. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 17.—A con. siderable business has been done to-day at firm prices.— Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 3 ; West York shire, 6/ I; Churnet Valley, 3 7-16 ; Chester and Bir kenhead, 331 ex new ; London and York, 4; Belfast Junction, 31 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 6i. ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2i i; Paris and Lyons, 3i; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter, 12 15-16; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter, 41. 18s. 9d. litd. I;4d. 59 67 100%% CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bask 5t0ck......„.„....„..... 205% Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — Pm. 3 per Cent. Red ....... ........ 100% Ditto under 11,000 73 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. I — South Sea Stock per Cent. Red — Ditto Old Annuities ... New SU per Cent...„ 103% Ditto New Annuities... New 5 per Cent...„.„.„ — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 13id ... 57 pm. Long Annuities to expire Di tto 5001 . .......... ..... 57 pm. Jan. 1860............... 12 1.164 Ditto 5ma11............. 57 pm Oct. 1859............... Bank Stock for Acct. , Consols for Opg. 100% India Stock for Acct. FUNDS, Austrian, 5 per Cent Russian, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent............ Ditto, Metallic Brazilian Bonds Spanish, 5 per Cent.:ls4o 25% Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Ditto, 1841.,„..„„ ,„,„,„, Cuba Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...... Ditto, . Claim, 6 per Cent 1 0 1 Ditto, Colombian, 6 per Ce ' nt Ditto, 1844 Danish, 3 per Cent ............ Pitto, 3 per Cent ..... 37% Greek, 1825, 5 per Cent — Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct... Mexican, 5 per Cent French, 5 per Cent...... —t. c. Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct — French, 3 per Cent —f. Prussian ibnds, 4 per Cent. Exchange Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct.. 30 Dutch, 2% per C . ent ..... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct Ditto,:4 per ..... - 994 SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .............. 6934 Caledonian (5 paid) 4 Churnet 2 paid ........... Eastern Counties (25 paid) Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 paid Great Western (75 paid) Lancaster and Carlisle, 10 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Brighton (50 paid) Ditto Loan Notes, 10 paid 12% London and Greenwich (121. 15s. it paid) ...... 9% London and Yor k , 2 ) 4 p aid 4 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto Quarters ( 2 paid) ........ ..... Manchester and Birmingham,4opakt...... ......... 51 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Eastern and Dover (33 2s Id paid) ••••• 391 Ditto l lew Shares (4 paid) West:Cornwall. If 5s .......... . ........... 4 York and North Midland (50 paid) ........ Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) Ditto Searboros Branch, ••• 10 paid Boulogne and Amiens 2' paid Paris and Lyons, 2 paid ............. •„•„.„.... Paris and Orleans (20 paid) .......... ••••• • • ..••• 43 Paris and Rouen. 20 paid ............................. 40 Jan. 1860.....«....... -- Indian 5t0Ck....”,...”. ........ ale ani ibvurg, 2. paid ------- 3 QUARANTINE. A private letter from Messina, dated the 30th ult., mentions that his Majesty the King of the Two Sici lies has made the following reductions in the quaran tine department :- 1. Vessels arriving from Constantinople, if furnished with a clean bill of health, and a consular certificate, will perform 14 days' quarantine, instead of 21, as formerly. 2. Vessels from Algiers (the country) will perform 7 days, provided no goods from the interior of that regency be on board. 3. Vessels from the port of Algiers, from ports of Russia, the Black Sea, and Azof, will be admitted to free pratique, when furnished with the consular certifi cate as above. 4.. Restrictions for shipping goods in America, except the Antilles and the Mississippi, are entirely abolished. 5. Restrictions on all vessels coming from Spain, Por tugal, the Balearic Isles, and Gibraltar, are also abolished. 6. The qUarantine on vessels coming from Tangiers, Tunis, Greece, and the lonian Islands, having been im posed by foreign Powers, no alteration has been deemed necessary by his Sicilian Majesty in this respect.—Ship ping Gazette. - Dovaa, DEC. 17.—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, with their suite, arrived here this afternoon, about *four o'clock, by special train, and immediately embarked in the Black Eagle steamer, under a royal :slate from the Western heights. The Black Eagle left the harbour shortly after for Calais. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON TIIE DOVER RAILWAY. — On Sunday afternoon the remains of the unfortunate men, Robert Buckley and Aaron Wilkinson, who were killed by the explosion of an engine on the Bricklayers' Arms branch of the above railway, on Tuesday night last, were interned in the burial-ground attached to the New Church, Deptford. A ♦ast number of people assem bled rit New-cross, where they lately resided, to witness the funeral, the expenses of which were defrayed by the Railway Company. Both men were single, and Buckley was on the point of marriage when the melancholy acci dent occurred. A sIITON- UND ER - LYNE.—COLLTERS' WAGES.—On Saturday last, the notices given to the coal-masters, by the colliers of this district, for an advance of wages, ex pired ; when it was expected that a strike would take place at many of the pits in the neighbourhood. We are happy, however, to state that the matter ht,s been amicably arranged between the masters and men ; the latter having received an advance upon their wages of twopence in the shilling. Coals have been raised in price one halfpenny per hundred weight, which is thought by the manufactiirers in this locality to be most exorbi tant ; and many of them have determined to get their supplies from other parts of the country.—Manchester Guardian. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS. DEC. 15.—The Prince of Capua, brother of the King of Naples, has arrived at the Hotel de Bellevue, from Spa. - We do not publish the observations made at the observatory. It has been thawing here since yester day evening. The mercury is now above freezing point. . . ... _ _ We are happy to say that public and private charity has been everywhere relieving the distresses of the poor in the severe weather which we have had for some days. BRBALE N, DEC. 11.-It was reported on 'Change to-day, on the authority of a traveller who came from Hamburgh, that Mr. Solomon Heine was dead. It was likewise said that one of the bank-notes lately stolen in London had made its appearance in Ham burgh, and that the person, in attempting to pass it, had been immediately arrested by the police of that city.—Froggfort Obcr Postampts Zeitung, Dec. 15. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—The National Legislature convenes on Monday, the 2d of December. The greatest doubt and uncertainty as to the policy which Congress will pursue at their approaching session, pervade the mind of every calm thinking man. None —no, not one is prepared to give an opinion upon which he is willing to act three months hence. One thing is certain, and that is, the election of Mr. Polk has already had an injurious effect upon all the operations of trade. It has alarmed the ever-timid capitalist, and =lust, through him, ere long reach all classes of society. It is not for me to say whether there is, or is not, sufficient cause for such apprehen sions. I state the fact as I know it to exist. In coming to any conclusion on this sulect, the state of political parties must be constantly kept in view. In the House of Representatives the Loco focos have an overwhelming majority. In the Senate, at their last adjournment, the Whigs had a majority of six, but during the recess two vacancies have occurred—viz., Mr. Wright (a Locofoco), one of the New York senators, has been elected Governor o f the State; and Mr. Tal madge (a Whig), the other New York senator, has been appointed Governor of Wis consin. These vacancies will b. filled by two Loco focos; consequently, the Whigs lose one of their ma jority, while their opponents gain a member, thus reducing the Whig majority to four—amply suffi cient for all practical purposes, if they remain firm and united. But will they so remain ? On the answer to this question everything depends. In my last letter I briefly suggested what appeared to be the feelings of many Whigs. So far as I can judge, some from one cause and some from another, a very respectable minority of the party is favourable to the scheme of allowing the Locofocos to carry all their plans into operation immediately. The Whigs would not vote for these measures, but on the final question some of the Whig senators would retire, leaving the power in the hands of their opponents. In such an event Texas would be annexed, and the tariff of 1842 would be repealed. Or, if these pro positions failed, they must fail by Locofoco votes. It is true the Whigs who now favour this project, generally take counsel from their irritated feelings; perhaps they may think and act differently when more under the control of calm reflection. That the Locofoco friends of the tariff have already become alarmed for its safety is certain. The coal and iron of Pennsylvania are most liberally protected. Without that protection they must languish, perhaps perish. They employ a great number of labourers, and constitute much of the productive wealth of the State. While the Locofoco journals of the south are revelling in the prospect that the tariff, through the instrumentality of Mr. Polk, is to be annihilated, the same party journals of Pennsylvania and other tariff States are crying aloud, that Mr. Polk was elected as the friend of the tariff, and that if he should now abandon those " who have thus elected him, he would be worse than a traitor." As the period for Mr. Tyler's retirement t 9 private life approaches, he appears anxious that some measure should be adopted by Congress that might be called his measure. The annexation of Texas to the United States is claimed as a suggestion of his; but this claim is ridiculed and laughed at by the Washington Globe, and kindred prints. Be that as it may, while the President claims it as " his thunder," he will sacrifice any and every other measure, if necessary, to accMnplish this much-wished-for object. For some months past nothing has beeh heard on this exciting subject. If any further negotiation between the Governments of the United States and Texas has taken place, the American people are in ignorance as to the character of such negotiation. Within a few days, however, we have had advices from Texas, which state, with entire confidence, that Mr. Jones, the President of that Republic, is opposed to the annexation. If this rumour should prove to be well-founded, it will put a new face upon the trans action, and may thus compel President Tyler, as a last resort, to fall back upon Oregon. me vv nig journals nirougnout the country seem to be recovering from that state of astonishment into which their late defeat had thrown them. Those that have recovered recommend in strong terms an immediate rally in opposition to the measure of an nexation, and in favour of the tariff of 1842. Should this counsel prevail, nothing of importance will be done during the approaching session, and Mr. Tyler will retire from public life under deep disappointment and mortification. But he will not be the only mortified man. The South Carolina Nullifiers will share his disappoint ment. A restless band, at. they are, will require of Mr. Polk prompt action. They will press upon him the necessity of an extra session, for the purpose of taking up the exciting topics of annexation and the tariff. Whether they will be able to induce him to issue his proclamation for such session is problema tical. If not, they will comme nce intriguing against the Executive and his advisers. The President, in his annual message, may, and probably will, speak of the prosperous condition of the finances of the country; and well he may, for never were they in a more gratifying state. The tariff of 1842, a Whig measure, rescued the nation from impending bankruptcy, revived public and pri vate credit, and furnished full and profitable employ ment to the industrious labourer. This subject, I think, the President will handle with caution. It is probable that the annexation of Texas will be taken up in a separate and distinct message. Should this be the case, details will not be given in the opening communication. Very few members of Congress have yet reached this city on their way to Washington. There is, therefore, no probability that a quorum will be pre sent on Monday; perhaps not until the middle of the week. The following is the amount of duties collected in this port during the months of September, October , and November, 1843, viz.:— In September 1,084,246 613,524 In October In November 3,407,332 In September, October, and November, 1844, viz In September In October In November 4,474,671 In September, October, and November, 1844, there has been exported from this port in specie, vig. In September . In October ... 1,197,958 In November Total exports in specie during the last three months Imported during the same period, via.:— In September In October In November .• 106,108 Exports of specie in three months beyond imports . —Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER, The incendiary, we are sorry to say, has been again at work in Mildenhall. About half-past one on Thursday morning, a fire broke out in a straw stack adjoining the homestall belonging to Mr. Edward Peachey, of Holm sey-green, which in a short time communicated to the barn, stables, and other buildings, the whole of which, with a quantity of corn thrashed and unthrashed, farm ing implements, &c., were totally destroyed. The house, which is built of stone and tiled, was saved. The sceae of this fire was within 100 yards of the spot where Mr. Childerstone's stacks were burnt last winter. An old man who worked upon the premises nearly lost his life in his endeavour to save some property in a barn, and was rescued by persons outside breaking a hole through and dragging him out. Mr. P. is insured in the Norwich Union. A reward of 1001. is offered on conviction of the incendiary.—Cambridg e Advertiser. LEWES AND HASTINGS RAILWAY.—Works hare now begun at Southeram, on the eastern side of the river Ouse, being the first commencement of the Hastings line. Upwards of 100 men have already been engaged, and in the few days they have been occupied, they have com pletely changed the face of the country on which they are at work. Heavy cuttings have been made, and large embankments already show themselves. We understand that, as soon as the legal arrangements can be completed, the works will be prosecuted with vigour at Bexhill and other parts on the line. —Susses Express. WORCESTER, DEC. 16.—A meeting was held at the Guildhall to-day, the Right Rev, the Bishop of Ro chester, Dean of Worcester, in the chair (in the absence of the Mayor from illness), to take into consideration the sufferings of the poor at the present inclement season. Various resolutions were passed to carry out the object of the meeting, and nearly 150 L was subscribed on the spot. The Bishop of the diocese (unable to attend the meeting), with his accustomed liberality, subscribed 20/. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vutatt eptuton. " Who runs may read." rox.Exems. The Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnance, dated St. Cloud, 7th instant, prescribing the publication of the convention entered into with the Emperor of Morocco on the 10th September, and ratified on the 26th Octo ber. The ordonnance is followed by the convention, which differs in no point from the copy which we have already published. The Minister of the Interior has just signed an autho risation in favour of an important decision which was come to a few days ago, by the Council of the Mont de Pile, at which the Prefect of the Seine presided. By this decision, with a view to the relief of the indigent during the winter season, a sum of 11100,000 f. is to be employed during the first three months of 1845, in loans without interest. The maximum of the loans is to be twenty francs, and the minimum three, and no persons will be permitted to make pledges for loans free from interest, except the indigent, who have certificates from the Bureaux de Bienfaisance. M. Alexandre Gouin, member of the Chamber of De puties, banker at Tours, and formerly Minister of Finance, has consented to become Managing Director of Laffitte and Co.'s Bank, which will henceforth be entitled the bank of " A. Gouin and Co." According to the journals of the south the cold in Languedoc, last week, was quite as severe as in Paris. Indeed, at Montpellier, on the night of the Bth, the ther mometer fell nearly half a degree centigrade lower than the lowest point in Paris. A young soldier was frozen to death on the road from Lod 'e to Caylar; and on Monday morning last a boy was frozen to death in a boat in the port of Marseilles. It is stated by a Brussels paper that the cold in Bel gium, last week, was so intense, that several children were found frozen to death in the snow. " A new amnesty for political offenders has been talked of," says the Constilstionnel, "but we learn that M. Toussant Michel, condemned to six months' imprison ment for a pamphlet entitled Caduciti des Religions,' and whose term expired on Saturday, is still detained, and will hare to remain in confinement twelve months longer for non-payment of 2,413 f., the amount of his fine, and the costs of the prosecution." Our accounts from Berlin of the 12th state that at Lucerne on the 11th there was no change in the situation of the repective paities. The Government was adopting vigorous measures against the rebel chiefs who had fallen into his hands, and the journals favourable to the insurrection had suspended publication under the dread of prosecution. The Messager publishes the following return of the vessels entering the port of Papeiti (Otaheite) during the first three months of 1844 :—Whalers (French) 3, measuring together 715 tons, with cargoes valued at 222,000 fr. ; English, 1, of 350 tons, cargo 95,000 fr. ; American, 15, 4,853 tons, cargoes 877,000 fr.; Bremen, 1, of 340 tons, cargo9s,ooofr.—Trading vessels (French), 8, measuring together 243 tons, cargoes 16,250 fr., be sides 5 vessels freighted by the State ; English, 9, to gether 1,094 tons, cargoes 221,500 fr. ; Chilian, 1, of 115 tons, cargo 15,000 fr. ; Danish, 2, 635 tons, cargoes 65,000 fr. The Chamber of Nobles of Sweden decided, on the 23d ult., by a large majority, that, on the intended in troduction of a new monetary system. the decimal divi sion shall be adopted, notwithstanding the opposition of the bank committee to this mode of division Another gang of malefactors, ten in number, called La Bande du Marais, was tried last week by the Paris Court of Assize. An immense number of robberies were proved against them, chiefly on the evidence of a portion of the gang, and on Saturday a verdict of guilty was recorded against the whole of them. The most criminal were sentenced to various terms of imprison ment, of from five to ten years, at the Bagne, and the least criminal were condemned to solitary confinement or simple imprisonment for periods of three to six years. We learn from Strasburg that the steeple of the cathedral, which, from some unknown cause, has been for some time gradually diverting from the pet pen dicular, now leans so much that the summit is two metres out of a line with the base. Great fears are entertained of its falling. LAW AND POLICE. At the Liverpool assize, Thomas Stew was convicted of the wilful murder of Alice Nolan, at Manchester, by cutting her throat, and sentenced to death. Paul Downing, 19, and Charles Powys, 17, were in dicted, at Stafford, for the wilful murder of William Cooper, at Audley, on the 4th August last, the head gamekeeper to Sir Thomas Boughey. The trial lasted all Monday, and was adjourned. At the Guildhall Walter Bennet, a lad about ten years of age, who was brought up at this court on the 21st of November last for stabbing an apprentice in the employ ' of Mr. Graham, of Bride-lane, with a gouge, and who has been remanded from time to time in consequence of the dangerous nature of the wound, was again placed at the bar with a view to the obtainment of his liberation. A surgeon's certificate was handed in, stating that the boy Ingrain was now out of danger, but still too weak to attend and give his evidence. Alderman Johnson said he should not allow the affair to end in that manner. He must see the boy in court, and for that purpose he should remand the prisoner for another week. Tuesday, Sarah Smith, a middle-aged woman, who had been for the last four or five years engaged as a charwoman at the houses of several respectable persons at Chelsea and Brompton, and availed herself of the opportunity so afforded to plunder her employers to a considerable extent, was committed, on three distinct charges, from Queen-square. Four men, named Pear, Elliott, Carr, and Donovan, were on Tuesday placed at the bar at Union-hall, before Mr. Traill, charged with being concerneol in manufac turing glass in an unlicensed house. Mr. Traill inflicted the penalty of 301. on each of the prisoners. In default of payment they were committed to prison for three months. The following notice was posted outside Union-hall : —" By an Order in Council the Police-court, Union hall, will close after the 28th init., when the estalalish ment will be removed to the Police-court Blackman street. By order of the magistrates, " N. EDWIN, Chief Clerk." James Webb, aged 18, was committed at Clerkenwell for stealing a gown, the property of his mother, a poor widow living in John -street, Tottenham-court-road. COITAT-PASHIONA.B3.2. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn left Dud ley House, Park-lane, on Monday, for Barons Court, county Tyrone, where his Lordship will entertain a family circle, including Lord and Lady Claude Hamil ton, during the approaching Christmas recess. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas have arrived on a visit to Lord Frederick and Lady Augusta Fitecla rence, at Etal House, near Coldstream, from the Earl of Dunmore's, Dunmore Castle, Falkirk, N.B. The Earl of Ellenborough, who has been visiting the Marquis of Salisbury at Hatfield House, has returned to Southam, where he intends to remain until after the Christmas rocas.% Viscount Mandeville, eldest son of the Duke of Man chester, who is on the staff of Lieutenant-General Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, has recently attained his majority. The Count and Countess de Jarnac, late the Hon. Miss Foley, are expected to return to town on Friday or Sa turday next, from the Earl and Countess of Tanker ville's Tills, at Walton-upon-Thames. The Count and his Noble bride are expected on a sojourn at Mivart's Hotel, previous to their departure for Paris. Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, who are staying on a visit to the Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield House, will leave on Saturday next for the Marquis of West minster's seat, Eaton Hall, Cheshire: His Excellency Cams Irujo, Spanish Minister Plenipo tentiary, will arrive shortly in London. The late resi dence of Mr. More O'F'errall, M.P., in Harley-street, is being prepared for his Excellency's reception. knitto 41N.:16.4.11r One of the largest meetings which eTer took place in Brighton was held on Monday evening, by adjournment from that day week, the adjournment being fur the pur pose of giving the inhabitants time to read and digest a report presented by a Committee appointed at a previous meeting, and which recommended the inhabitants to pe tition the Queen in Council for a charter of incorpora tion. The meeting did not break up till one o'clock on Tuesday morning, when the proposal to incorporate the town was negatived by a large majority. The repeal rent for the last week amounted to 179/. An action was tried in the Irish Court of Exchequer, on Friday and Saturday last, in which the defendant was a Mr. Benedict Arthur Yates, a gentleman of pro• perty, and a magistrate of the county Kildare, and the plaintiff a very poor woman, named Smith. It was an action for the seduction of the plaintiff's daughter, a girl of about eighteen. The jury found for the plaintiff, with 300/. damages. The Gazette of Tuesday contains an Order in Council defining the boundaries of the divisions assigned to the different metropolitan police• offices, which will be found in another part of the paper. The-Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy and his clergy met last week at Meath, and have fulminated the following anathema against any bishop, priest, or layman, who will take a part in carrying the Charitable Bequests Act into effect :—"Resolved—Thist any Roman Catholic, lay or clerical, taking a place on the commission to carry into effect this odious Act, deserves the heavy censure of the Church, and the indignant scorn of the people of Ireland." SALE OF THE WEST LONDON RAILWAY.—It having been announced that this railway, which has proved such an unfortunate speculation to the shareholders in it, was to be sold by auction on Tuesday, piecemeal, several capi talists and contractors attended at the Kensington station of the railway at Knightsbridge. No sale, however, took place, as it was announced that, since the adver tisement had appeared, announcing the sale, proposals had been received from the London and Birmingham Company for the purchase of the line, which proposals, it was hoped, would meet with the approbation of the shareholders. The sale was, therefore, indefinitely post poned. DRAYTON BEAUCHAMP.—The Queen Dowager has caused a donation of 201. to be transmitted to the rector of Drayton Beauchamp, towards the expenses of build ing a national school and a teacher's residence, which have just been erected here. If report may be credited, and we hope, in this case, it will be found correct, the two daughters-in-law of a Noble Duke, whose name England most wishes to preserve, are in a state which bids fair to gratify this desire. This intelligence will, we are sure, give universal satisfaetion.—Court Journal. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. —The unfavourable stated the weather has prevented the Queen and the Ror l Family from leaving the Castle to-day. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback this morning, attended by Alajor-Genera Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting. The Queen and Prince Albert inspected the fini4 l l engraving of his Royal Highness Albert Prince Wales, after Winterhalter, which was submitted by • Mr. Moon to her. Majesty and his Royal Highness. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High— ness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Glow' cester House. His Royal Highness afterwards re - ,o*: turned to his residence at Kew. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening frel li the Colonial-office for the Governor of Gibraltar. The Lords Committee of the privy Council for the affairs of Guernsey and Jersey sat yesterday, and re' sumed the consideration of two petitions from the Royal Court of Guernsey, touching the conduct of, the Lieutenant-Governor of the island. The Lord!, present were the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary 01 State for the Home Department, 111 r. Baron Parke , the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Burge, Q.C., was heard in reply, and had lo t concluded his address at four o'clock, when their Lordships rose, adjourning the case for further hear' ing until Friday next. ADELPHI TIIEATRE. The Adelphi, under the new management, wel l " tains its old character ' of being the first in the field with novelties. It has fairly distanced its competitors in the production of Charles Dickens's Chimes. Th e Adelphi chimes rang for the first time last e venin, ,g 1 and a bumper house was collected to see a beauti* series of tableauvsvivans, illustrative of the goblin story of some bells that rang an old year out and a n . ,_ev i year in. Mark Lemon and Gilbert A'Beckett are spy, dramatisers of the story and the illustrative sketches 011 Maelise, Stanfield, Leech, and Doyle, have been admin . bly transferred to canvass by Messrs. T. Pitt and John, stone. A beautiful copy of Maclise's exquisite Wu!: trated title-page to the work is used as the drop•snel: between the four quarters into which the pie ° J" divided. After a prologue spoken, by Miss E. Chap ras a spirit of the chimes, we are introduct atty Vock (Mr. 0. Smith) and his daughter, Dm (Miss Fortescue), and see Trotty's memorable UV dinner in front of the house of Alderman Cute ( 1 1; Wright). We are next introduced to Sir Jos e f Bowley (Mr. Paul Bedford), the poor man's friend, who plays at skittles once a year with his by bourers, that is to say, with those who ps, I their rent, and tyrannises over his to ga," Secretary Fish, and sends poachers to Prisl,,, P ' and to his philanthropic lady (Miss E.Harding) , subscribes to charities which give more than 11 votes for five guineas. We then meet with W'l Fern (Mr. Hudson), the English labourer—not theb English labourer of former days, but the Eng li t, labourer whom neglect and penury have driven i've Misery, and misery to crime; and then we } i l l ‘ Trotty's dream of the chimes, and see Meg, a 113 , 1 ,,.• serable sempstress, driven to suicide by want; gloomy parts of the picture being enlivened by f: kindheartedness of Mrs. Chickenstalker Mathews), and her quarrels with the hard-hear well to do, Mr. Tugby (Mr. Wilkinson), umquhile b 5131 porter to Sir Joseph Bowley, but now the husban d ° I the ci-devant Mrs. Chickenstalker, and the landlord r poor Meg. In the last scene Trotty awakes from 1 1 dream, determining, henceforth, to eschew tripe, i tA all ends happily with the marriage of Meg and Rich e's (Mr. Selby). 0. Smith's Trotty Veck is one of j _s°' most artistical pieces of acting we have ever witnes' 6 ' It is quite equal to his old Scrooge. Miss ForteselL who has, we are glad to see, returned to the theef t where she first made for herself her fame, - supPnir him admirably, and made a most interesting chareci; of Meggy Veck. Wright, as the dogmatical Alder man, who is " up to everything" and is detertni n . t h to put down "everything," convulsed the audiesce w l ,, laughter by his quaint and ignorant self-suffinieni The sketch is evidently one from nature, and Wrig io had the good taste not to " make up" the charactertio as to bear any personal resemblance to the original; 0 , satire, therefore, does not degenerate into bu r ., Hudson's Will Fern was full of power, and the (J'iii; truths which he uttered were taken up by the .I'lllAO ence and applauded to the echo. Paul Bedford the most of the " poor man's friend," and al s , Harding, as his lady, was an admirable represent! ,o,„ of the fashionable female philanthropist, while kinson, as the fat, red-faced hall porter, was the ve t y s beau ideal of the class of men who ask " taxes ?" The piece has been put upon the stage ;t i i, the greatest care and attention, and, with a Littlepiiie cious curtailment, will run pleasantly through e el Christmas season. The house was crammed to e l " long before the rising of the curtain. ' SPORTING INTELLIGENC IS ; ASHDOWN-PARK COURSING MEETIN"' TUESDAY. by THE GOLD CUP.—Mr. Flesher's Empress 1111 1 6 s' ' (Mr. J. Parkinson's dog absent) • M r . J. Mstth ew l, Brilliant beat Mr. E. Jones's Jim-along-Josey ; 111 'w. Palmer's Perseverance beat Mr. Etwell's Empress ; 0 I F. Parkinson's Pirate beat M. Meyrick's Cruiske e a r . Mr. Fowles's Feathers beat Mr. Rake's Regent ; has 11. Miller's Polly ran a bye (Mr. Dunsford's absent) ; Mr. Etwall's The Winner ran a bye_ ,_(CsP beo l Wyndham's dog absent) ; Mr. Lawrence's .I.sa* Mr. Bowles's Blacksmith's Daughter. Elasti c THE CRAVEN PUPPY STAKES.—Mr. Etwal l 's beat Mr. F. Palmer's Picknick ; Mr. Gordon's eff, fi r' beat Dr. Sweeny's Gem; Mr. Fowles's Frighten ran a bye. Coursing put a stop to by the fog. MANCHESTER —TUESDAY. DERBY . 10 to 1 agst Alarm—off 33 • to 1 agat colt ogti°l 18 to 1 agst Ides Calypso ' s dam—off e r 20 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 33 to 1 agst Rebecca c• A 20 to 1 agat Kedger 25 to 1 agst Pam—t 33 to 1 agst Old ,Eng lll , ‘ 7 l 33 to 1 agat Vireatber',',;r• 25 to 1 agst Y. Eclipse—offd , 6to 1 agst Scotts Av 30 to 1 agst Newsmonger offers to take CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Portobello—t 40 to 1 agst Ratan 40 to 1 agt Extempore 40 to 1 agst Morpeth• Ale done. Very liti A deputation from the North Devon Railway h e rect from the Tiverton-road station to Ilfracombe. ili f i s l• Bristol Channel, had au i n ter v i ew w ith the Earl of t he housie and the Railway Committee on Tuesday ,ll 'of Board of T ra d e . Thi s li ne goes through Ti ver South Molt on , an d B arnsta pl e . Tiverton vra5.,,, r 103 sented by Lord P a l mers to n , M r . H ea thcote, 3 1 ." s od Mr. Tripp ; Barnstaple by Mr. Tarnlyn, barrister, le , Mr. Lionel Bencraft, town-clerk ; South Molton by / 0 - Bawden and Mr. Rickard. The deputation were ve i l_og vourably received. This line comprehends the four to we have mentioned, having a population of n early 4( l 3 ' t , in inhabit an t s , an d severa l p o p u l ous v ill ages , a nd Will 0 11 length f rom th e Tiverton -road sta ti on t o B a rnstaple' ) 34 miles, and to Ilfracombe about 45 miles. to We have had occasion more (than once of Itiw t o refer to the indi s po s itio n o f th e H on . C. A. 31111. three Master of the Household, who has been for the las t . c ci months suffering from the consequences of a sever e it dent, but is now nearly convalescent. Neverthel efi c ' e p , being doubtf u l w h e th er th e H on . G en tl ema n could to ture, without risk of retarding his complete r•c °v , e , rl ;oo' resume his present official functions, which requa hand stant activity, attendance, and exertion, we under. eO, that the Queen has, with her usual considerate ki ndD Sr. desired th e E ar l of Aberdeen to ascertain whether, r i he Murray would p re f er th e l e s s ar d uous d u ties of !:„l e r's matic employment, and, in the event of that 3 1 ' n iet . receiving an affirmative reply, to otTer him an APP`The ment on the occurrence of the first eligible TACESCP Gazette may probably bear witness ere long to the rectness of our intelligence.—Times. l Pr' Till LATE EA R L OP LIMERIICSI,—The mor t i mains of the late Earl of Limerick lay in state on " m et day last, at South-hill Park, where the universair ee b r on and esteem in w hi c h th e l amen t e d L or d h a d log thf if held attracted a vast concourse of persons to pal last tribute of regar d. Th e h a ll an d t wo o f the Priur - old apartments were prepared for this solemn occa sion' l # ingress wa s f ree ly g i ven t o a ll w h o presen t e d thee/ 0c o p between the hours of two and four o'clock. In th e feli oas of the saloon, which was carpeted with black elotbs vo llf placed, on a pl a tf orm p overe d w i t h a bl ac k Tel ve and displ a yi ng t h e armor i a l b ear i ngs o f t h e farail t coffin, covered with black vel v et, on the lid of whi(-rd, plate bearing the style and titles of the deceased and at the head of which was placed, resting e f $ 0 cushion of crimson velvet and gold, the coronet ° o r' Earl. Six colossal silver candelabra, containing t r e• lights, stood round the biers and two of the near e d t oo lotions sat as mourners at the head of the coffin, *l i rn ia* members of the establishment attired in deep 1 : 13°I1 1 , — e Jid sat at the feet. Behind the mourners was placed t" co r of feathers, and at the upper extremity of th e r b e ar hung a large esetucheon, displaying the armorial wer e ings of the deceased Nobleman. The apartment -5 A l> lighted b wax-lights placed at intervals round the w iii k At ten o'clock yesterday morning the mournful „t cad, left South-hill Park for Ireland, and will army Limerick House on Saturday, where the body w ill lie in st a t e on S un d ay next; and on M on d a y, t' s itetl inst., the remains of the lamented Lord will be dell 00 with those of his ancestors in the butial-plac • ° t o, family under the Pery Chapel, in Limerick C a thecir to I On Monday morning a fine fat ox, belonging be ir% butcher, i n Wells -street, Oxford-street, wh ile VG driven, with several others, through Brooks t he Holborn, sudd en l y l e f t t h e h er d, and walked IT o pe, private entrance of a house, occupied by Mr. 1 ' I t he tailor, &c., Dornington-street, and after walking liP so ge passage, became firmly fixed at the end. Thep 11 „ 0 50; was so peculiarly constructed that it was n°6 raineo ble to ge t it out alive, and after the animal had ref T 1 in the same position from Monday unti i morningway day ni g ht, i t was found necessary t o kill it, whc h ha d not done without considerable difficulty. So swollen , re the bea s t b ecome f rom i ts cramped position that o f quired th e un i te d exert i ons o f two horses and upwa rd twenty men to e xt r i ca t e it. t 1 ra id Tn ted brevet writ take ply doe commenceme n t of the new year. This has been loncllf the EXPECTED lon-e that BRYVET.--It is confide®i the e g c to the army, an d we are sure that it will be g nat received.--Herald. 4 .k..., FOREIO