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

Now ready, T HE NELSON LETTERS and DISPATCHES. VOLL'3IE THE FIRST. EDITED BY I,IR HABRES NICHOLAS, G.C.M.G., Evz. 74 be comp etsd in al)out 3 vols. 8r0.,. price 153. each, bound ; the &Toad of which will he ready in January next. Henry Coraurn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. *** Ordei 3 received by all Booksellers. Just ready, In 3 vols., post tivo., ITAMPTON•COURT, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, IJECEM/3Eti 11; Will be repeated a Grand Opera Soria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. bliiffilarlo, Mr. Burdini ; 'Andrea Corners, Mr. Barran ; Dlonce,go, Mr. Weirs; Adolphe de Conley, M:. W. Harris, e ; at.atna -ornaro, Rantorth To conelude with the celebrated Ballet of THE PERI. Achwret, Desplacse ; The Peri, NAille. Plunkett; Nourmahal. Plat. O'Bryan ; Ayala, Mrs. Payne. The Box.o.r,ce is open daily, from "fen 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, HAYMARKET. Lessee Mr. E. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, Will he performed a Nev and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, tared OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HRARIS. Colonel Rocket Mr. S Ackland ' • Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Olathe Teri Coke Mr. Welester; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. I, erre, ; The Countess of pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawtheri, Madame Ve.tris; Miss Racket, Miss Julia .;ennett. After which, wilt be repeated a New Comi Drama, 'entitled BO EBO D Y ELSE. Haas Moritz, X . Charles *Whims; Minnie, Madame Vestris. _ . _ Ti — e Poll ,wed by s New and Original Farce, called YOUNG ENGLAND Major :Martinet, Mr. Wrickland; Mr. John James reoley, Mr. Blackstone; Mrs. Potal, ' Mrs. Hutraby. Private Boxes, Two tiuineas and On: Gmnea and a-Half each. llekets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, lore fen till Five o'Cloct. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL • Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, Will he performed VIC TOM NE; or, I'll Sleep on It. Alex andre, Mr. Hudson; Michael, Mr. Stl, y, Victorine, Mrs. Yates; Mrs, Fitawitli sm. After which a New Brants, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Com. t Henry de BeausJleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count• Vanilla, Mr Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0 Smith. To conrlncie with THE UNFINISHED GEN I'LEM kN, yln which Nlessri. Wright, Selby, and Miss Vio3lgar will perform. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, sir. ; Leader of the Band. Mr. Mellon.—Box-octice open from Eleren till Four. Private Bozos to he had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STKEET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, be repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF ATMON ; or, The Four Brothers. Bar., de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn, Jun.; Richard, Mr. Mine ; Ite.iitu,l, Mr. Mst.acks; Iron, Mr. Lenin' ; Hermine, Mdlle. Helen I:andel; Gertru!e, Mrs. Fosinoko. To conclude with THE REN DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. Wallack ; Bullfrog, Mr. Cosnpton z Rachel Heywood, Mrs. Stirling. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL " " ' Dress Circle ss. ; Boxes, as. ; Pit, `36.; Galls Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock — Dress Circle,2s. dd.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 61. Private Boxes, I'wo Guineas and One guinea and a.Half ; Proses. Lula Boxes, Two tfuineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half oa4t Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The i3ex-ochce, under the direetlon of Mr. W. Idastingkan2. Private Boxes and tree Admissions for the season t• be had at the 'Theatre. AHCATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMIEWR 11, Will he narfortn . d THE MOMENTOUS QUESTION. Cha. racters by Messrs. F. Vining, Di . dear, Collier, larnold, Miss Wal. e tt, aid Mrs. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINOEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Ke ley, Mrs. 'Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In toe cour-e of the Evening A DIV ERTISSENIENT, in Vaich Jullieu's Mazurka and Cellarius False will lee danced by Ad lles. Louise:;nd .Adele, Miss James, and MI s Fairhrother. To conclude with THE sEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS With entirely Ne, Icenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Characters by Mr. Dlsidear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. (louriet, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley; Misr Fairbrother, Mn. Woolli lice, Mrs. A. W' an, Miss Turner, Miss James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADM ISSI 0 N.— %Icon y ioxes. 4; . 1 Upper B fis.; Pit. 45.; Gallery, (id. Second Price—Balcony B oxes, 2r. ; upper Boxes, Is. f)d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the it oc , my Tier olding eight persons). Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (bolding eight persons), One Guinea and a- Half. Private B mei on the Pit Pier (holding six persons), One Guinea, Box-,lice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tista:of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Ratty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL tiMrtiVIHEATRF. OF ARTS. . Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W NATTY. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 11, Will he repeated a New Spenacle, ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-l-for•e and Life's Conirse of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled Natloi , al Fete. roil Fox-chase on the Stage And In the Circle by living 10, and real Pack of Hounds, purchased let Mr. Batty of I‘lr Tattersall, to realise this novel producti.n. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats et Horse alansh p. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Thee* Com.cripts Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W 0 Broadfoot. Box-otlice open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding to Mr. R, Smith daily. r ~ DA. V I Does ROYAL SURREY tHEA FRE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER Will be p rformed T MERCHAN I' OF •VENICE Shylock, Mr. Roberts f ndal ; Bassanio, Mr. N. T. Hicks ; Gratiano, Mr. F Saville; Port.. Mrs. R. Honner; Ne,issa, Miss E. Verrey. After which the F'avourtte Farce of THE KING'S GARDENER. Galochard, Mr. Biddies ;fr. m the Theatre Ito►al, Guer - sey). Tote followed by A BALLE DIVERTISSEMENT. An Ethiopian En'ert°inmer,t 'the REAL AMERICAN SOU I HERN MINSTRELS. To c nclude with THE C a RPESTER OF ROUEN, Marteau (the Carpenter), Mr. J. Hudson King , Madelon, Mrs. It. Honner. Places Ind Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at th• Box. office, fro:. Eleven to Four . VITEATIIER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 10. T oikMONflrr&R, Lowest, 27 ; Highest, 31 ; Noon, 28. B tROMETER, 30.16.—Wurn, N.E. 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 ( n 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. 'an- • I minutes atter 2 j E , en.ing... :I minutes aßer 2. ir •• i i <- , .. 1 4 lit 4 ,0 , •* , y- ,' , _ . .......^' _•• , . 4 T .. , e - .r. incirivam LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, tf444 ls'eueeten is one of those men who with zsal, energy, and perseverance, backed by good intentions, make no way in public life, but decline rather than rise in the estimation of the community at large, and this in exact proportion to the efforts they make to be useful. The reason of this ill-success on the part of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, is, we think, sufficiently obvious. He has spirit, but not judg ment—ability, but not an atom of discretion—in tact, he has every sense but common sense. In every thing he says—in every question he takes up—he is ever in extremes. Moderation and prudence of lan gunge he scouts with contempt, as matters beneath his consideration, and seems to think that the true secret of eloquence—the art of making an im• pression • on the public mind consists in hyperbole and virulent declamation. The con sequence of this mistaken notion is, that Mr. FRIMAND'S speeches, whether within or without the wails of Parliament, though they may startle fur the moment, produce nut the slightest permanent effect ; and after the first surprise is over, no one thinks it worth his while to burden his memory with the arguments, the sentiments, or the overcharged statements, contained in them. The Hon. Gentle man, we see, has been recently edifying his Knares • borough constituents with his opinions de omnibus rebus, et quibusdani aliis, and in the course of the fervid and incoherent harangue which he threw off to them, after abusing all parties with nearly equal beartine , s, he assured them that it was his firm persuasion that " England had become a nation of humbugs." Now, has Mr. }'ERRAND, who talks thus glibely about humbugs, no recol lection of having published a letter in the papers, wherein he 'stated, in no very equivocal terms, that he owed his return to Parliament in a great degree to the bribery that had been practised among his con stituents ? Our memory, we think, does not deceive us in this matter ; we have an impression that we not only read, but commented on the letter in question at the time it appeared; and we now ask Mr. FER BAND how—after having penned such a conununica tion—he can have the face to come forward and launch a wholesale charge of humbug against his country men, when he himself, on his own showing, stands convicted of having practised the art in its highest per fection at his last election. But this is not the only instanee of rash, headstrong assertion contained in the Hon. Member's address to his constituents at Knaresborough. Speaking of the New Poor-law— to some of whose provisions, by the bye, we fear no greater good will result than he dues himself—he ob served :—" It is a remarkable coincidence, that since this law was passed, England has never . known what it is to rest in peace. The New Poor-law has sown the seeds of rebellion. In the northern districts strife and dissension have reared their bold fronts, while the south has been wrapped in flames by the incendiary." What a reckless statement is this. The insurrection in the manufacturing counties, some two or three years since, had nothing on earth to do with the New Poor-law, but originated solely in the depressed state of trade, and the general strike among the operatives for higher wages. Ail regards incendiarism Mr. FURILAND's remark is gutsily unfounded, for this atroci ous crime ' was first e known in England, an d was most generally perpetratedinthe autumn and svelter of the year 1830, at which pe \ r N iod ,h the New P or-law was not i n ex i stent, can be placed on a politi c i an who _can maatkreelisnce as tions like these with such an. utte r di sregu.ra ser o - f dr,4l,lrtq I With the Holnuralli 1/ember's quarrel with Sir JAMES GRAHAM we do not interpose —for the Right Honourable Baronet is no fa vourite of ours, and we have not the slightest in clination to fight his battles but when Mr. FERNAND says of Sir ROBERT PEEL, " he will not hesitate, if you keep him in office, to sacrifice the religion which he professes; and I know full well that there is not a Protestant in England but believes that he is stealthily and furtively aiming a deadly blow at the Protestant religion in Ireland," we must enter our protest against his statement as a most unfounded calumny. To break up the monopoly of the Dublin University, and put education on a more rational footing throughout Ireland, is not ti) destroy the Pro testant religion of that country, but on the contrary, to strengthen its foundations, and increa'e its effi eiency. Though no very impassioned admirers of the Pr&mier, we deem it to be doing him no more than ustice to say, that there is not a public man in the empire, not even the Bishops, who is more desirous to maintain inviolate the interests of Protestantism than Sir R. PEEL. The Times of yesterday published a leading article, 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 presentatives 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 vents abroad. But we observe in the Times th following passage, which, as applicable to Etni- 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 f 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 rinies are to be classed in the same category with those 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 equality 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. 14.ALy with taking the money of a " would-be emi grant," as the Times calls him, or lands: Which he cannot procure after going out to locate himself upon them ; 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 pmrties 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 cases in which blocks of land, some of very con shlerable, 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 ow•n parts, we entertain a strong and conscientious impression that, for a country like ours, with all the existing exigencies of its -social and moral condition, to neglect the duty of maturing a sound, eiten . sive, an.l permanent system of emigration, under well digested guarantees of encouragement and protec tion on the part of the Imperial Government and its collnial officers, is to repudiate the magnificent career which PROVIDENCE has opened to us and to our pos- terity in another hemisphere, and under other sides. The primary condition on which we hold our almost unbounded colonial dominion we conceive to he 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 fur their settlement and - improve ment ; and by the process of gradual and beneficent development, finally to establish in these wild and h;:lf-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 quoted. " The more" (writes our Contemporary) " public attention becomes fixed on our modern int.thods 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 pression . of regret that the writer does not lend his p )werful aid and influence towards the organisation of some great emigration movement, which may rival, 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 superintendence and administration, those generous efforts by which Phoenicia and Carthage,.. Egypt, Greece, and Rome, hired their own redundant swarms of native population in the most eligible localities for their future establishment and prosperity, and thus diffused their inventions, their learning, their his tory, their sciences, their civilisation, over the fairest, but, in their time, least peopled countries of the globe ? Madrid journals of the 2d inst. have been received. General PRIM had arrived at Cordova, on 'his way to Cadiz, where he was to be shipped for the Marianne Islands.• lie was in a very bad state of health, and his mother had hastened to Madrid in order to peti tion the Que.Ex that her son might be sent to Cuba or Porto Rico, in place of the Marianne Islands, the climate of which, it is feared, would be fatal to him; but the NARVALIZ Government cruelly prohibited an interview. The eighth section of the Reform Bill, relative to the minority of the Sovereign and the Regency, was discussed on the 2d, and that clause of it, which conferred the Regency on the nearest re lative was carried by a large majority. The Three per Cents. closed at 30 for caah, and 341:q at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at '2l fur cash, and 21i at 60 days. The robberies and murders which have been com mitted in Paris and the suburbs for the last eight or nine years, and the conviction of a gang of fifteen which have long infested the metropolis, has at last induced the Prefect of Police to adopt some measures for the protection of the inhabitants. The first step, says one of the journals, is to increase the patrols, each of which is to consist of not fewer than three men. This, however, will afford but a trifling relief, for, from all accounts, never was there a race of cOnstables, not even the old watchmen of London, so utterly useless as the present guardians of the French capital. In 1836 the band of felons just convicted commenced their operations, and since that year a vast number of crimes have been committed with im !- punit2,-, not one of them having been at all interrupted in their course by the interference of the police. The noise of the scuffles in the streets, says the Coy,iti , tuiionnel, the cries of the victims, have brought the iniabitan.i3 to the wind ows , b u t th ey d urs t not descend ; yet the tum u lt caused by these - savage a,:ail anta , and by the desperate resistaLc9 t f their unhappy victims taken unawares, never brought to the scene of crime one patrol, one constable, or a single individual of a body formed for the protection' of the public. Nay, more. After the robbery, the thieves Here generally allowed to escape peaceably with their booty. Only one had been caught, because he had. not the sense to throw away the heavy load with which he was encumbered. It appears theses nsale-* factors were at last discovered, not by the police, but by a leader of the gang, who betrayed his comrades. This journal recommends a system of police like that in existence here, but with still more authority and power. It is surprising that in a city like Paris, and with a Government so watchful and generally careful of the public safety, scenes should have been allowed to con tinue which would disgrace Rome and Madrid. The Journal des Debuts has another article on the election of Mr. Potic to the Presidency, which it considers unfavourable to order and the cordial union of the northern and southern States. " This time," it says, " the question was more clearly than ever a struggle betsleen the north and the south—between the free and the slaves states, which have opposite interests. Of all the characteristics of this election, this is per haps the most annoying. In fine, thi s election, by the very choice which it has made, appears not a fit one to resolve the difficulties in which the States have been places for the last eight years. For such a re sult, a firm and able hand like Mr. CLAY'S would have been necessary. It has brought forward in re lief the tendencies which may become dangerous to the repose of the States, and even for the maintenance of the union. Ai to the great questions of the custom-house tariff and Texas, there appears little propability of their being soon settled. But the elec tion of Mr. POLK having opened the field to many intrigues, and having set public affairs adrift, to be acted upon by accidental causes, and passing unex pected influences, it is impossible to foretell with any certainty what may occur in America (luring the next four years in regard to the conduct of public affairs." A Toulouse paper called the Emancipation has published a letter from Otahaite, describing in the most violent language the conduct of the English missionaries, to whom they attribute all the disturb ances in the island. The following extract is a speci men : " It is now evident that it is solely to the perfidious councils of some wicked men, who cannot relinquiila their old instinct of internal hatred, that the present de plorable state of this country is due. These men cannot see a regular and strong authority established in a coun try where they *ere nearly masters, and where their iwrigues, Secimded by their influence over Queen Pu mare—a poor, spiritless woman, replete with vanity— gave them a supremacy which they have not feared to wake even Europeans often feel. They, therefore, had . rather see the unfortunate Otaheitans perish by famine, or decimated by our grape-shot, than see them escape their yoke, and live quietly and happily under French authority. Nothing is spared to deceive them, and keep up their hostility to us ; the most absurd tales, and most extravagant promises—everything, in short, is resorted to for the purpose. Every day the insurgents ascend the mountain, to discover the English fleet that is to ex terminate us." The Natio - nal, as a matter of course, believes every word of the latter, and thus attacks the Government and the English " The Emtincipution'e correspondent has still the good nature to ask whether the French Government will de mand some reparation, of that of Great Britain ? We, unfortunately, know, on this aide of the ocean, what is to be expected. Instead of demanding reparation, we have ►acrificed the men who had worthily upheld the honour of France against the odious intrigues of Eng lam'. But how has the disavowal which has fallen on those men •been received at Otaheite ? This the GO: rerniuerit knows but takes care not to tell. It has re ceived dispatches, and, according to its custom, it keeps them shut up in the navy department's cartons, or in otter car tons which it is useb-es to name. The report has, nevertheless, spread that the English frigate Cary's fort, which carried to Otitheite the disavowal of Admiral Dupeiit Thouars, has been received by the French with indignation. It even said that their emotion has been so great that some artillerymen have threatened to fire on the friendly ship which brought the news of the dig-. avowal of the Admiral and :.of his being superseded. The Ministry will, probably, not explain themselves re- - garding these rumours ; but the Chamber well know how to force them to it, provided the Chamber have in their heart a single drop of blood which runs in the veins of our countrymen,. who are exposing their lives yonder in defending our flag against the enemies of France." The French Three per Cents. were quoted at . TORTONI'S, on Sunday, at 84f. PRIYT COUNCIL.--CONDUCT oP THZ GOVERNOR OT GUIERNSET.—The Lords of the Priry Council sat yes terday, the Lord Chancellor presiding, to investigate a petition 'from Guernsey, touching the conduct of the Lieutenant-Gorernor of that island. Sir James Graham and other Lords were present. A number of equipages, belonging to the dif ferent members of the Royal Family, left town at an early hour yesterday morning for Black heath, to join in the funeral procession of her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda. The procession was appointed to leave the ranger's house (the Princess's late residence) at one o'clock; to proceed to -the Great Western Railway station at Paddington. A special train was ordered to be in• .readiness to convey the royal remains to Slough, from whence a procession was formed to St. George's Chapel, Windsor. :* FLANDERS and HAMBURGH MAIL. Ilaussp,s, Dric. 6.—ln the night of the sth inst. the mercury in the centigrade thermometer at the Observatory, suspended three yards above the ground in a north aspect, fell to 4 deg. Reaumur (23 Fahrenheit) below. zero. In December, 1843, the greatest degre . of cold was only 2 deg. 2 min. (1 deg. 8 min. - .Reaumur) below zero. The greatest degree of cold since 1833 was in the night of the 16th Deceniber, 1840—viz., 12 deg. 9 min. (10 deg. 3 min. of Reaumur.) BRUSSELS,. DEC. 7.—Last night the mercury in the centigrade thermometer fell to 83- deg. Resumer (16i- deg. Fahrenheit) below zero. Since sunrise a strong north-east wind has increased Vie intensity of the cold. The navigation in the canals from Brussels to Ville • brook and Charleroy is completely stopped, and also the canal -of Louvain. • The ice is already several inches thick. The rivers - Pyle and Senne are begin in freeze. the arrival at Brussels, of Mr. Defrandis, is not without importance. It has been long known that Mr. Deffandii would be commissioned to stipulate thr the interest of France,- in the commercial negotia tions that might be opened between the two coun tries. Thiastep, therefore, whether it has been taken at the leave of our Cabinet, or spontaneously by the Cabinet of the Tuileries; shows that notwithstandin g all that has been said, the treaty of the Ist of Sep tember has not canard any serious difference between France and Belgium : M. Deffandis may easily con• vince himself during his stay at Brussels that, on concluding the treaty of Sept. 1, Belgium by no means renounced its desire to form a close commercial connexion with France as far as the interests even of France itself permitted. HANOVER, DEC. 2.—His Majesty the King, ac companied by Prince William of Sohns-Br aun f e l s , set out at eleven o'clock this morniag by a special train, to join a hunting party of the King of Pr ssia at Quedlinburg. • The Earl of Westmoreland, who, with his family, has been here some days on a visit to the King, and lodged in the royal palace, has now left us. ST. PETEISIIURGU, NOV. 26.—8 y an Imperial ukase directed to the Minister of Finance, the Em peror, considering the expenses necessary in 1845 for the construction of the railroad between Peters burgh and Moscow, orders that a loan of twelve millions of silver .roubles shall be opened abroad, on the same basis as that of the third Four per Cent. Loan. The inscription of 500 silver roubles each are to be divided in 184 equal sections and to bear interest from the Ist of August this year. , The repayment commences in August, 1846, The capital destined for this purpose is, in the year 1846, 125,000 roubles; and in the following year, 300,000 silver roubles, in 21 per cent. of the nominal capital of the loan. ; The realisation of the loan is entrusted' to Baron Stieglitz, in Petersburgh. HAMBURGIi i DEC. 6.—The mercury in the ther mometer is now constantly below zero. The greatest degree of cold we have yet had is 7 deg. below freez ing point (probably Fahrenheit). BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussExa, Vote. 3. Actua Debt, 9% per Cent., ....• Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent... ......» .».,,..... Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent m u -- Three per Thirty-sevea Millar ns, ditto (la4s) • ill 102 Loan of City; 1 843 ; Four per Cent...-. ........... ICC 19,3' lO3 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cert — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent. ••• Issue of ..... —Brussels Papers. Dcc. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, De a r. i t money. Austrian 5 per Cents. - 1656 Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Lean ll4 Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate... 103 105 Inscription, lit series Russian o per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series... ............... 99 Ditto in Certifica tes • •. Vg„ ~ Now 4 per Cent. (1540) ........ 90 31 Dutch Actual Debt. 2% per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Coat. • to Vampish. New S per Cents. .. . ..... l9k /9 Polish Bonds. . : ........ •••• • New Ticket 5........... .... . ' ..... • Exchange on London. Hanalrugh, One Incnth • Tv03201:1011*rr M.. 12 nix SUN, LONDON, WEDNESI) 31ORNING, 44. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL :'ii EW S CITY. TUESDAY ETENIN4I. A further advance occurred in Consols this after noon, after it became known that the French Loan had been taken at a high price. (4.lotations 3to 3 per cent. above par were realised for Consols. Exchequer Bills brought 565. to 58s. premium, and Reduced Three per Cents. touched loci to 1003. There was no improvement in the Foreign Bonds. Spanish Actives were 24 1 ; and the Three per Cents., 363 /. Brazilian were 883, and Portuguese Converted, 56 to 3.. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :-Chester and Holyhead were I ; Churnet Valley, 1 to 1 ; Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 33; Great Western, 73; Ditto, Fifths, 154; Birmingham, 122 ; Ditto, Thirds, 363; Ditto, Fifths, 24 to 3; South- Western, 413 to 433; Croydon, 3 ; Manchester and "Leeds; Sikteenthe, 23 to 3; NorWich and Brandon, New, 23; Rugby, 3; South-Eistern, 53 ; B ou l ogne an d Amiens, 33 1 ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 43; and Paris and Orleans, 223 premium. Eastern Union were 1 discount, and Brighton 3 discount to par. British North American Bank Shares were 53 discount, and London Joint-Stock 33 premium. 'There was a decline in the rate of Exchange on Ham burgh, Trieste, and Paris, but upon Antwerp,' Amster dan, and Frankfort, the quotations were firm. The'following is. the official return of the exporta of bullion from the port of London for the week endiag Thursday last.:- - • ~ .. Silver Coin to China 3,600 ounces. . Silver Coin to Rotterdam 60,000 „ Silver Bars to Rotterdani Silver Bars to ilamburgh 45,000 „ - (From The Sue _of List Night.) -• Tile Cotton market at Liverpool was very animated yesterday. About 9,000 bales were sold at 3d. per lb. advance en the lowest rates of last week. Speculators tOok'2,ooo bales, and the sales comprised 1,000 Pernam at 43d. to 53d., 200 Egyptian at•s3d. to 61d., 100 Bahia 'at sd.'to 53d., 300. Surat at 23d. to 31d., a nd th e res t American at 33d. to 641. for Orleans.-There was a brisk dernand for Shares at rising lifiees. Bristol and Glou heater; . 33 173; Chester and 'Birkenhead, 22; Chester .and -Holyhead, 51; Churnet Valley, 68s. 6d.; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 1, .91a. 10d.; Grand Junction, 2213 4 5; Great Western, 1453 146; Ditto, Fifths, 28; Liverpool and Manchester, Halt Sh ares , 525 ; London and Birmingham ' 321. Shares, . 383 i 3; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 263 3; London and York, 3 4; London and South-Western, 84; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenths, 33; Midland Counties, 1083 3; , North Union, 14 73 148; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 97; South-Eastern, 183 393; Ditto, New, 113 1•23; Trent Valley, 83;- Paris and Lyons, 654. 6d; Paris and Rouen, 391; Paris and Strasburg, 555. Gd. 23; Boulogne and Amiens, 53. There are no arrivals to-day with later intelligence of interest from any quarter. . . The commercial markets are becoming quieter as Christmas approaches, and there is a decided paring down of operations to the lowest possible limits, in order to enable parties to make up their books for the year. The seasonable weather has served, however, to give a little impulse to particular departments connected with our textile manufactures. The expectation of the terms of the French loan being known here has caused the English Stuck market to rule dull during the greater part of the morning, although it is not certain that - much effect will be produced upon prices here, as the principal distribution is expected to be on the Continent. • Consols for transfer upon the re-open ing of the books are 100 to 1003. Exchequer Bills are 563. to 58s. pre mium, being again very firm. East India Bonds obtain 735. to 75a, preminui. Bank Stock has been marked 2073 to 2083. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are higher again, having touched 1033. The Three per Cents. bring 1003 to 1. 'ffie Foreign Investments are very inactive, Spanish Three per Cents. are heavy, at 363. Mexican Bonds realise 363 1; and Peruvian, 27 to 273. Venezuela Stock is 431. Belgian Scrip is worth 1 prem. Dutch Two•and-a-llalf per Cents. obtain 633 to 64; and the Four . per Cents., 973 3. The Railway Shares realise steady prices, but the market is not quite so buoyant as yesterday. PRICES OF . BRITISH I. UN DS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Front the Official List.) Bank Stock for Account ...................•••• 202 3 207% Ma% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .............. 1085(,% A New 34 per Cent. Annuities . 101% ' Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1600.......... 22% 1 . 40 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1350 India 80nd5,1,000.........i. . , '- Ditto under 1,000.......„,_„__, .. . Consol - for Op en i ng ...................--“•-e• 1110 5( 4 India Stock for Account • Exchequer Bills. [%d. 15(.d . - 1 0801. .................... - ............ 50 5 i Put k Ditto gina11................ - ••••••...." M 50 psi. Ditto Advertised........ PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CL9CK , . Belgian Bonds, Sper Cent --- Ditto Scrip Mexico... Bond., ilex, 5 p.r Cent. .......... . 36-% • . Bats for the Account ...............- .......... Ditto Deferred 5teck............ ............ - 163 i% 1 63i% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. - . . Ditto for the Account. • 2 734% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840............„, _ Ditto Three per Cent, - . Ditto for the Account ..... Venezuela Bonds, 3 per. Cent 43% PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK . . , RAILIT&TS. ' TAIL Pam SEARS • Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ........ 90% to - Bristol and Exeter ..... ............. 70 ....... 7 0 % to - Bristol and G10uce5ter..„....,.'.-. . . 3O - ..... 37 ... to 3$ - Cambrid g e and Linc01n1%......... 2 to - ... . Chester and Heiyhead........... ; 5 ..... .... 5 3% % to - chur••et Valley ..............-- ~ .. I ..... .... to 3 '.7 • Direct Northern :........... - Elstern Counties ..*.... .--......... 25 Great Southei a and - Western] - . (Ireland) 5 ........ $ Great Western ..............: ..... .. 7.5 - Ditto ) Shares 56 BO% 4... to - . London and Birmingham. l6e ... WI Ditto New Third 5................. 2 .... .... 37% ...... to - Ditto 4 Shares '2 .... 24 London and 81ackwa11............. 16% ...... 6% - London and Greenwich .....»..... 12% ....., 9% - London and South Writer* ...... 41% ...... 84 London and Croydon ..... ....... 13% .... 15%% ... to - London and Y0rk,................... 2% 3% Lynn arid Ely IS( 2% ...... to -- Manchester and Leeds-. ...... .... 70 .....« I'9 • 120 to t o- 112 Manchester and Birmingham ... as - Dit i 4 Shares ..... ..... ...... .... 2 ... - N ewcast l e . an d Darlington Junct. 94 ......... 1104 North British ..... .... •••• ........ .... 5 .... 5% ...... to _ Ri c h mo nd and West End Juliet. .1 to .... • Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, os t 2 Dudley,. a nd Bi , mingham ....5 . - York and North Midland ... ...... 50 to South Eastern liew an d Dover ... ...... 33' „„,, „,,,,,...- to - • Dina % 5hare5.......... ........... 25 ...... ... 51%, - Ditto Scarbore' Branch ~» ,..,. .15 .. ..... 91% - Ditto Selby ecrte•---•••••-... as ......... 67 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bourdwaux • Paris and Lyons. 2 ...... ... 3%4... to - ransom' Reuen...............•••••••••• le ..,.,».. 354% 14 ... to - Paris and Stra Bourg ...... ... 3 ......... 2% ...... to - • MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 9.-We have had a good market to-day, and late prices are well maintained. Bristol and Gloucester, 373 ; London and L B e r e ig d l s i , to s ti xte Eighthetah sha ti re h s a , res, ei ; Manchester and 3 3 ; 4tanchester and Bir mingham, 53 ; Midland, Birmingham, a nd D er by, 40L Shares, 43 ; Sheffield i and Manchester, 961 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 13 ; .., c• outh-Eastern, 381 39 Ditto, New Creation, 73 9-16 prem. ; Birkenhead, Man. chester, and Cheshire Junction, 63 ; Churnet Valley, ,31. 6s. 6d. ; Leeds, Dew s b ury, an d Nfanches ter, 51 3 ; Ditto and West Riding Junction, 3 ; _London and Rugby, 13; Manchester and Buxton 1 5-16; Sheffield arid Lincoln, 13 ; West Yorkshire, 63 ; Bou logne and Amiens, 51 ; Paris and Strasbourg, 23 15-16. BRITISH FUNDS Sauk Stock...-. ...... .... ..... 211854; Ditto Bonds £1,000...... 75 pm. .1 per CenC4lted l OO% Ditto under XI,OOO 7O pie t 3 per C e nt. C on s. ........... - I South Sea Stock - per Cent. Red ....... ..... - 'Ditto Old Annuities - New 34 per Cent 103% Ditto New Annuities... - News per Cent......... Long . Annuities to expire Ditt o 5001. ..... ........ 53 pin lan. 1660 l2 1-16 Di tto 5ma11...............„ 53 pun Oct. 1659 .... . . - Jan. -1%0 - Consols for Oro. ......... 10D% Indian Stock - India Stock for Acct... 2116% FOREIGN FUNDS. '• Austrian, S per Cent - Russian, 5 per Cent........... - • Belgian, 5 per Cent ...... - Ditto, Meta11ie.............. - Brazilian BBnds Buenos Ayres, (1 per Cent - ,htto, 1841 .................... .- Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cant - Ditto, 1842 ..... .............. eenian, C per Cent ..... ..... -- Ditt o , ig5a„,,,,,,,„,,,,„„.,„ - Colombian, 6 per Cent: - Di tt . , tut ........ .......... _ Danish,:) per Cent - Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... ...... ... 36% Greek,l6_s,s per Cent - Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct... - Mexics.n,S per Cent ....- 36% etench, Sper Cent,...... -t. -c. Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct - French, 3 par Cent..., -f. -r. Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent - Exchange Pei net:. Bonds r; per _Ct... - Dutch, 13 , i pet Cent .. ll4 Purtuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct - i)itto,.;, per Cent ... -- 1 SHARES. - Chester and Holyhead ( S paid) .... .............„•..., 6 Churnet Valley, 9 paid 344 Eastern Union. 5 paid 3 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 ?air::: 13%, Great Western (75‘paid) - Ditto Fifths, 12 paid • London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid Ditto, Quarter:Shares ( 2 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) - 50 London and South Western (411. 6s. 100. paid) 64% . London and Croydon . . 16% Rugby, 1 paid. ..... ............. ..... Solite Eastern and Dover (33 2s tid paid) Boulogne and Amiens, 2 ;slid ..... . ..... ........ . Orleans and Victzon, 2 paid .. 115, Orleans and Bourdeaux, I paid ..............-....«.. 0% Paris and Orleans 420 paid) Paris and Rouen: n paid COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar - Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 3O 50 Rotterdam 2U. 12 63 Genoa 25 95 Antwerp 25 95 Milan - Hamburgh M.B. 13 133 Venice .... ... .......... 47 Alton* l3 135 Naples 391 Paris,3 days' sight... . 25 70 Palermo, per oz ll3 Ditto, 3 months • 25 96 Lisbon 543 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 • Rio Janeiro 24 Frankfort on Maine.. 121 Bahia 24 reteraburgh, 3 Us... 37 Buenos Ayres - Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldyssight - Vienna, effoc. 11.3 M 954 Philadelphia - Trieste, ditto Madrid 36* Foreign Geld, bars...C3 17 9 Cadiz Bilbao 36 New Doubloons-- 0 0 0 Barcelona 36 New Dollars 0 4 9; Seville - , Silver in Bars 0 4 lit . - •• I••••••••• DEATI.I Or TIIE - DOWAGER LADY FLOTD.—WC re gret to hear that Sir Robert and Lady Peel have received from the Continent the melancholy information 01 the sudden death of the Dowager Lady Floyd, mother of Lady Peel. We are informed that her Ladyship, who was at the banquet given at the Royal Exchange in ho nour of the Queen's visit, in the enjoyment of excellent health, a fortnight back left this country for Italy, with the intention of also sojourning a short tine at Nice. On teaching Paris, however, the deceased lady was seized with symptoms of indisposition, which, in two days. terminated in her death. Her Ladyship died on Wednesday lest. The deceased was relict of the late General Sir John Floyd, Bart., whom she has survived twenty-six years. By that Gallant General her Lady ship leaves issue Lady Fuller. widow of the late Lien. tenant-General Sir John Fuller, who died in October, 18.41, and Lady Peel. It was confidently reported at Antwerp that tiks4 contract for the construction of the two sections •f w ay r -one from Jurbise to Tottrnay, and the other from 6t Trccd to klandt—wl3 ivied on the el tut ' SU MARY OF NEWS AN titittr Opttito‘i Who nuts may read." POZZIOW. Accounts fro - m Marseilles announce that the Gomer, with the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale on board, and the other vessels commanded by the Prince de Joinville,hai been compt lled. i by stress 'of weather to take shelter in the Toulon Roads. . • _ _ The frost at Paris on Sunday was very intense. At noon the thermometer stood at 24, and it was expected that in a rev,' days the Seine would beemOotely frozen over. The Paris barristers have elected M. Durergier de Hauraiine their battonier, in place ef. M. Chain d'Est Ange, who hus resigned in consequence of his election as Deputy for* Itheinii. The other candidates. were IL. Gaudry• and The Nonitetir publishes a communication from the Ministry of Csmitrierce, stating that in 1843 Austria pos sessed , :1,300.000 -horses, 10,400,000 heads of horned cattle, 25,000,000.- sheep (furnishing 55,000,00016, of wool). 5,800.04)0 pigs, and 1,245.000 goats.' The 'Uhiverx-siatcs that a proi . essor of tine of the c-l -leges huriogya-tew days ago, punished the pupils . of his class EA• the pi ivetion of their usual holyday; they had mutinied, called the professor a r Jesuit, and chanted the Morseiklaice. • • The Madrid correspondent of the Constitution:ad writes,, that the. Minister of Finance would present to the Cortes, immediately after the adoption of the reforms in the Constitution, a project of law re-establishing the tax of three per cent, on agricultural produce, to form a dotation for the clergy; but maintaining at'the sane time the suspension of the sale of national property. Lett4;rs and•papers of the '3d inst. him) - fren received from Lisbon, but they are unimportant. An influential member of the Chamber of Peers, Senhor Gereldas, had resigned his Seat in . the Chamber, and the dignity" of the peerage, on account of the late decision of the Chamber, approving of the dietaWrial measures of the Government. The municipal elections had gone in favour of the Government., His Excellency Fued 'Effendi, AMbasssador from the Ottoman Porte to 'the Courts of Spain and Portugal, having . terminated his diplomatic mi,lsions; arrived at Gibraltar on the 20th ult., by the Royal Tar steamer, and, accompanied by a guard of honour, proceeded to the Government house. He was to embark is a few days for Constantinople, . A . AIPT AND POILICII. At the Che,ter assizes, Mary Gallop,. aged 91, was Convicted 'of the ,wilful murder of ltiehard Gallop, her own father, at - Monks Coppenhall, and sentenced by Mr. Baron Gurney to be executed. The Jury recommended the parracide to mercy, but the Judge refused to listeu to the recommendation. At Marlborough-street John Griffin, driver, and Thomas Harris, conductor, of a Highgate omnibus, were brought before Mr. Hardwick for misconduct. Police constabk! Adams, ' C 62, said he was on - duty in Great Pulteney•stieet, on Sunday evening, when he saw an omnibus coming along at a •very rapid rate. A cab driver, perceiving that the omnibus was not on the right side, called out to the driver, but without effe:l, for the omnibus ran against the cab, knocked the horse down, and broke one of the shafts. As soon as the rmnibus was extricated the driver whipped the horses, and went off at a gallop. The driver and conductor were both drunk. The driver was sent to prison for twenty-one days, and, in addition,'sentenced to pay the amount of the damage ; and the conductor was sent to prison fer ten days. William Poshilly, a man about 30 years of age, was brought before Mr. Broderip, at the Thames Police court, on a charge•of stealing a quantity of silk and other property, from - the' warehcuse of his employer, Mr. Robinson, outfitter, in Nassau. place, Commercial- road, East. The prosecutor's foreman said his employer wished the case to_ be disposed of summarily, and the prisoner to be leniently dealt with. Mr. Broderip said that similar applications were made every day, but he had no power to dispose of cases of -felony summarily. This was the "case of a man'robbing his master, and of a very serious nature, and he committed the prisoner for trial. ' r iLazzomAltit.a. Sir Robert Peel come;. 7 tO --- toTs 7 l7tTfis day front Drayton House, to attend the Privy Council at Windsor Castle on Thursday next. The Right lion. Baronet's fourth son, Mr. John Floyd Peel, has just entered the Scots Fusilier Guards akent 7 ign and lieutenant. The Earl of Aberdeen has - returned to town from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, Beds. The Earl of Derby is passing the winter at. Knowsley Hull, in inprove , i-beaith, surrounded by a fatuity circle. including Lord Stanley, the. Hon. Colones and Mrs. Charles Stanley, Zit!. The Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane have arrived at Breadalbane House, Park-lane: The Noble Marquis and Marchioness are expected to leave town for Kemp Town, Brighton, at the end of the "week. The-Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady Jane Grimstone are on a visit to Viseount 'and . Viseountess Folkestone, at Longford Castle; near Sidistiury. The Earl of Howth, who arrived the week before last at Howth Castle,'frOm Paris, has left for .Lutterworth, in Leicestershire. The Noble Earl's family remained in the French capital!. , The Earl of Hillsborough, Sir William W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., Lord Dinurleen, Lord Edwin Hill, and the Recorder of Chester are expected to 'be'laresent at the Cheshire Grand Provincial Freemasons' -Ledge on the 27th inst., to be held at Chester, and at which Lord Vis count Cornbermere is to preside. Earl and Countess Craven are prolonging. their visit to the Dowager Lady Craven at her Ladyship's seat, near Newbury. The Noble Earl and Countess shortly go to Longford Castle to join the circle assembled there on visits to Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone.' The Earl of Fa!Month has loft town for Woolhampton llouse, near Newbury. The Dowager Countess is pass ing the winter there. Ilia Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Everett have returned to town from visiting Lord and Lady Ashburton. at the Grange, Hants. Lor k -George sranners and Lady Adehas Manners have left town for the Duke of Rutland's seat, Belvoir Castle, where a family circle will assemble durieg Christmas. 0 &N NOV I . M. Jullien appears determined to finish the season of his popular concerts•with becoming eclat. The near ap proach of their termination has induced him to re-engage Sivori for the few remaining. Accordingly, last night this celebrated violinist, and only pupil of the immortal Paganini, again appeared among Jullien's artistes, and pla)ed 1)e Beriot's Adagio and Rondo, Russo ; and hie late master's solo, called " Perpetual motion." A Paris paper states that the number of thieves who pursue their profession in the capital, according to M. Gisquet, amounts to 10,000.. Of this number 6,000 would take your:purse if they found it lying about ; 3,000 would pick, your pocket ; 2,000 would pick the luck of your door ; 1,000 would enter,your apartment at night by breaking open your doors .or windows ; anil 600 would not4he,sitate to commit murder in order to effect a robbery. Mr. Williftin , Peel; of Baginton Hall, •has given the liberal donation of thirty guine as f o ith e C oventry and Warwickshire ti l ospital, and ha's aliiibecemiit an annual subscriber of five. guineas to thit . daa-liable Institu. tion. . . On Monday awning, a man named Bray, was pro ceeding along the Harrow-road, with a cart drawn by two horses, when the animals took fright, and ran off at a rapid rate, and on his encieavouring,to- stop them, he was knocked down in the road, one of 'the wheels of the vehicle passed over his body, and, in a very,short period, the poor fellow expired. In consequence of the death of Mr. Andrew Muir, the inspcc;or of Shipping stores to the Marine Insurance Clubs, at Sunderland, the Committees have determined to have in future two inspectors in place of , the late Mr. Muir. A ballot took place on Friday, evening for these situations, when Mr. Barker Fairl e y, o f. Bishopwesr mouth, shipowner, and Mr. Thomas Walker, of Monk• wearmouth. shipowner, were elected. There were four teen or tifii en candidates, and Mr. Sanderson J. Howe had only on vote less than his immediate rival, Mr. Thomas Walker. Sir William Middleton has let twenty acres of land among' the cottagers of Great and Little Livertnere, the rents varying from 11. to 2L an acre. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. This Society met on Monday last, Mr. ,Murchison, President, in the chair. The paper of the evening .was the Chevalier Schomburgk's account of his last expedition in British Guayana, via.,' his route from I'irara to the liplier Corentyu, and from thence to Demerara. This was rather a large volume than a paper, so that portions only could be• read; and as these will be continued at the next meeting, we re serve our report of Mr. Schomburgk's interesting explorations till then. We must, however, add, that the walls of the large room of the Society were lite rally covered with the beautiful drawings of Mr. Goodall, the artist of the expedition ; and the splendid maps constructed - by Air. Schomburgk ; while on the tables were displayed about 150 more draWings, and. a vast number of specimens of minerals and beauti &l woods, which' latter might with muCh_ advantage be introduced into this country. Mr...Schomburgk was prevent, and,-elter answering many questions put to him by the President strul members, said that, be fore leaving this country to return to his family after so long . an absence - (four years), he .begged to express his warm gratitude to the Society, who had been the first to take him -by the hand, andhis assurance that he had done all in his power to renchir:himself worthy of the encouragement he had 'received from it. will be be remembered that Mr. Schomburgk received the gold medal of the Society ; in 1840. NATIONAL Danr.—" If there were no national debt, then we might have free trade," so say the lovers of dear corn and high rents. Let us, however, remember that the rent lords were the chief contractors of this debt, and that it was contracted Chiefly to defend landed property. This class are the last to adopt national eco nomy in order to get the debt' paid off. The national debt can only be , paid by national, not class prosperity, and, therefore, to injure trade islo make the debt heavier, and not lighter. The richer a country is the easier is can pay its d e bt s . 'Th e unlikeliest of all plans is for one class to-rob another, and to impoverish the country be twixt them.— The Struggle. DRAYTON MANOR.—In consequence of the death of the Dowager Lady Floyd, Sir Robert and Lady Peel will be prevented from receiving company at the manor this valitt.r, FUNERAL of the t.AT PRINCESS SOPHIA MATILDA. The funeral procession of her late lloyal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda arrived at St. George's Chapel at twenty minutes past eight o'clock 3 ester day evening, its approach being announced by thi , mi litary band playing the Dead March in " Saul." The Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain of her Ma jesty's Household, and Sir Charles Young, Garter King of Arms, received the royal corpse at the en- . trance of the Chapel, where alsOx number of the ladies and gentlemen who formed part of the procession, and ; the Dean and Canons of Windsor, were assembled. 1 The procession moved down he south aisle, .the ' choir singing, " I am the'resurrection and the life." (Croft.) After the Pages of het-lite Royal Highneas came the medical attendant or • the •Princess, Mr. W. F. Wattsford ; Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting to the Queen; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert; the •Eitrl of Hardwieke, Lord in Waiting to the Queen ; and Lord George Lennox, Lord 'in Waiting to Prince Albert. The Choir of Windsor.' The Canons of Windsor. - Tho Dean of Windsor. j Tie Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, having on his right Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher, and on his left Sir Noel Harris, Gentleman Usher. The Coronet of her Royal Highness, on a black velvet cushion, borne by' Sir Archibald Murray, Bart. The Body, covered with a black velvet pall, and adorned with eight escutcheons of her late Royal Highness's arms. The Pall, supported at the feet by Mrs. George Banks and Mrs. Morier, and at the head by the Hon. Mrs. Henry Legge and the Hon. Mrs. William Cust`; Sir Charles Young, Garter Principal King of Arms, carrying his sceptre and wearing his badge of office, supported on each side by a Gentleman Usher. The Chief Mourner, the Countess of Gainsborough, veiled, her •train borne•by Miss Waldegrave, veiled. The Countess was suppored on the right by Lady Gardiner, veiled, and on . the left by the Hon. Mrs. Brand, veiled. The Executors and Executrixes named in the will of her late Royal Highness :—The Hon. H. Legge, Mr. George Bankes, eursitor Baron, the Lady Alicia Gordon, and Miss Cotes. • The Ladies invited-Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Lady in. Waiting on the Duchess of Gloucester; Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting on the -Duchess of Kent; Lady Caroline Murray, and Miss Vyse. The Gentlemen invited :—Sir John Morillyon Wilson, of the Queen Dowager's Household ; Baron Knesebeck, Equerry to the-Duke of Cambridge: Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., first Equerry to the Duchess •of Kent ;• the • Hon. Captain Liddell, first Equerry to the Duchess of Gloucester; Lord Wrottealey, Captain Feed, R.N., the Hon. Major Legge, the lion. Captain Waldegrave, the Hon. and Rev.; Charles Leslie Courtenay, and, the Rev. Mr. Cotes. The procesSion passed np..the nave into the choir, where the coffin was placed upon the tressles, the feet towards the altar, and the coronet and cushion laid upon the coffin. The .Chief Mourner and sup porters, the Lord Chamberlain, Garter King of Arms, and the Executors, taking their respective places ; the Ladies seating themselves on the south side, and the Gentlemen opposite, with the exception of the Lord and Groom in Waiting, who took their stations be hind the Ladies. The Burial Service.. Commenced ; the Psalms chanted were Purcell's single chant in G minor. The Dean of Windsor read- the lesson, after which the choir sang the anthem, " When the ear heard her, .thcn it blessed heri•ahe•delivered the poor that cried."—(Handel.) . After which the procession moved to the grave, when the choir sang " Man. that is born of a• woman, the verse by Purcell, - " Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts." • 'The: Dean of Windsor read ...the prayer, " Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God." The choir then sang- " I heard a voice from tleaven" (Croft). Then Dean of Windsor 'read the• Lord's Prayer, and afterwards the prayer, " Al mighty God, with %loin do live the spirits." The choir sang the second sintliem, _" Her body is buried in, peace, but her name. liseth evermore" (Handel). The Dean-of Windsor then concluded the service by the two final prayers.si-Garter" then proclaimed her late Royal Highness's style. . At the conclusion of the service Dr. Elvey, who presided at the organ, played the Dead March in ". Saul." • The body was deposited in the vault near the Sovereign's stall. - - His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended the mournful ceremony, and Sat in his stall. The Prince wore the uniform.of a Field-marshal, with the ensigns of the . Most .Noble-Order of the Garter and the Golden Fleece, anal% mourning scurf. The Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole, and Major-General Sir EdWardßowater, Equerry, were in waiting on his Royal Highness. The ceremony was . concluded at half-past nine. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, and their illus trious visitors, took their usual walks at Claremont yesterday and on Monday. The Prince left Clare mont yesterday afternoon attended by Sir Edward Bowater, for Windsor Clistle, to attend the funeral of her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were . taken their airings yester day and ea Mtadir,at Claremont. A deputation from the Dublin and Drogheda Rail way and Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, con sisting of Mr. Henry Hutton, Mr. Wm. Evans, Mr. Robert Hutton, Mr. D. Darbishire, Sir J. Macneill, and Mr. Peter Eckersley, had an interview with Lord Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Colonel Brownlow transacted business yesterday with Lord Dalhousie. The Marquis of Downshire, and a deputation from the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company, had an interview with Lord Dalhousie yesterday. A deputation from the West Yorkshire Railway had an interview with Lord Dalhousie yesterday. Baron Rotitschild has become the purchasfr of the whole of the red deer belonging to the late Hon. Charles Stuart Wortley. - The herd was last week re moved to the Noble Baron's seat in Bedfordhhire. TILE WEATuka ix PAltiA.—The winter has set in very vigorously in Paris. - At - six o'clock in the morning of Saturday the thermometer indicated 7 deg. 2 min. (centigrade). In 1838, the coldest winter experienced in Paris since 1829, the same thermometer descended to 19 deg. at the Observatory. The river freezes at 9 deg. The snow which fell at the beginning of the month occa• sinned obstructions to the traffic on the railroad. Be tween Rouen and Pont• de - l'Arche the snow that co vered the rails was So • hard, that the trai❑ had to stop in the last 'station - until the arrival of a second engine. The mails from' Lyons, Geneva, Mar seilles, Havre, and Striisburgh, reached Paris many hours after their usual lime. An immense number of migratory birds have of late been observed to pass over the towns situate along the Channel, particularly wild ducks and geese, curlews ; plovers; Bm—a Circumstance considered by the inhabitants as the sure sign of a rigorous winter. _ _ _ DialtiolacAL AcT.---:On Tuesday night last some evil-disposed person tied a:rijpe across the high road, at a place c,dled Cat's• hill, in this county, with the inten tion, no doubt, to cause mischief. It appears, that on the same night a son of Mr..Wrenn, fishmonger, Ware, hap pened to pass down this hill in a cart, and being unable to perceive the obstruction in consequence of the ex treme darkness of the night,• the• horse came in contact with it, and the result was,- that the animal was thrown down, the cart turned over, and the driver precipitated into the road. The shafts of the vehicle were broken ; but we hear that the driver and the horse escaped with comparatively little injur}r.. It is sincerely to be wished that the perpetrator of this diabolical and cowardly act may be det.cted.—Hertford County Press. RIVER POACIIING.—The fishing season has fairly commenced here, and notwithstanding the exertions of the water bailiffs, the quantity of fish already killed (if we may believe what everybody says) is fully as great as in any former year. It is calculated that not less than 800 fish have been taken in little more than a fortnight, and we have heard it stated thit one party of five men • caught about 140 in one night. Even in the open day fish are taken out of the river close to the town, but few will inform, and unless seen by the water bailiffs the fishersare quite safe. It is said that not a few have been detected, who will forthwith be.• proceeded against ; but we merely state public reports, the general truth of which there is little reason to doubt.—Kelso Chronicle. ADD.EL-KADHR AGAIN.—The National states, that according to a private letter from Oran, the Coloriel of the 2d Regiment of Hussars, who was detached with his regiment at Sebdon, having' gone to shoot game with the surgeon and some privates of his regiment, was sur rounded by a number of Arabs,.who carried off the en tire party. It is supposed that this feat was performed by some of Abd-el Kader's troops, who are encamped on the frontiers of Algeria. " This fact," adds the writer of the letter, " demonstrates that no advantage has been gained by the treaty Gf peace with Morocco." On Friday, some hills becoming due at several of the Perth banking-houses, and none of the parties concerned having appeared, it was discovered, on inquiry, that forgeries to a very considerable amount had been committed. The usual steps. being taken under simi lar circumstances, it was.•ascertained that the guilty party had absconded. This was no less a personage than the Rev. -, minister of the neighbouring parish of No sooner Aid such an extraordinary circum stance become known than it became the subject of every.. body's talk ; and during the whole of Saturday, Sunday, I and Monday, up to the hob! of post, innumerable ru mours and conjectures were in circulation as to the ex tent of Mr. -'s delinquencies, and the parties involved by his frauds. All that can be stated in the meantime is, that Mr. -, with a stipend of 4001. a year, has ab sconded ; that there can•be little doubt he is guilty of fraud and forgeries to a considerable amount ; and we believe that this is all that any one is justified in stating. in the present state of information on such a disagree able subject—Perth Paper. LITERATURE. BRIASI-1 AND FOREIGN !''EVjE IV. No. Toiptir, Lc whin, 1844. The qualifications of M. Eugene Sue—the autl. l4 of the " 11‘ steries of Paris," which bare created ene b ' an unprecedented sensation on the Continent- 4 A le . • moralist, anti a writer of fiction, are ably discussed this Number. The Reviewer, who is no a dmirer: . M. Sue, but who does net con d emn w ithout.givi9 reasons for the faith that is in him, asserts that be)" one of the most immoral and dangerous'writers of Of modern French school of fiction, and. allu4 particular, to his " Mysteries o f P al aris,'" says, • work has now found its way into thousands v!,. English houses—thanks to• its at/lasing popelaritr thanks • also to its almost unparalleled immorett4 No one has denounced it as a bad and exalt book ; the consequence has b een , th a t no one I ° • thought it bad. Its licentiousness, its htleons . tures of civilised depra v ity, it s b o l,l a tt ac k s on 0 15 ,r .: ing society, and its outrage o f ex i s tin g :l aw s, hare In been relished ; the feverish excitements which the book produces on most readers, has been . openly in' dulged, and openly proclaimed." This is severe— censure, but from the extracts we hare .seen.from t h i e s notorious work in question, we incline to think it by no means undeserved. But a reckless disreg'w . of all moral and religious cous id era ti on a seems - tql: the chief characteristics of th e mod e rn Pen' novelists, who, provided th a t th e y c a n ma ke a 'del l :, impression on their readers' feelings, care not by iv, means that impression is produced. The .I 'n, Revolution in Greece" is a summary of the prineri political events that have taken place in'that country since the accession of the Bavirain Otho the throne, and is penned by o n e w h o is familiar ivit h . i the subject on which he expatiates, and .who takes deep interest in the - welfare of the Greeks. • "Dili tion in India" advocates the introduction of a gene s. system of instruction among the inhabitants of 'Slo vast continent, as being the surest means to pree nt dissaffection, and attach the people to the Govern' o ment by a bond of common uni o n. The articlq written in a very frank, temperate, and. liberal sint l A In the critical essay on the "Faust' of . Goethe an. Marlowe," the Reviewer greatly, underrates talents of the old English dramatist, the conclusion whose play of Doctor Fumtus is unquestiOnably tn, er ,;. impressive than any scene to be found •• in Goeta Faust. On the whole; the NuMber is a good, but bf .no means, a superior one. CAXITAL LA II OUR COMPre. TITION—OO-OPERATION- • (From the Struggle) ' t the I know nothing so fatal t o th e int e rests 6' , 0 working class as the various attempts to set car s , against labour, and to represent their interests at I to riance with each other. There are "certain agita is 7l who seem to study nothing else .;, and though ,tu cannot point to any good they have ever accomptis isso yet such is their combative propinsities, that t.' seem to feel happy in pursuing no other coo' Capital is simply accumulated labour. The legs l 4 sessors of it cannot enjoy a s i ng l e p a rticle witu ii io conferring' part upon others. Manufacturing in t to country requires large capital in order to cel with other countries, and produce thole"Chee art: el 2 s , which are an advantage to all consume r s . The ' is proprietor is but a trustee ; while he lives he gets bio food, clothing, attendance, and indulgences for • o f superintendence. All the rest goes, in one shsPe s s io other, to pay labour, and when he dies, those . M . succeed him must resume it upon j he satuctcii Otherwise it will be useless to them. Wealth sun,_ , Tt i o a mill can never be carried away, and can nefe r t is made productive without labour, and without payment of labour. s cb 1 This hostility of labour to capital is a bras* be ' ei the community system, which, though it hr_ s isio. tried in various forms, has al w ays p rove d 10 7. n 0t There is no question that, if the co- o perative plan no' take the place of the competitive (as it' is calles 1 )10 end would be gained, for very soon there "I go , be no capital to fall out with. • Co-oper a te doing away with individuality o f 'interest, w ° o f produce an inactive, slothful, and jealoni 1 1 _ 1 1 f# people. Few exert themselv e s ex cept ; promPT s d, . necessity. None work for the please e ; of ssOr'", - when others, who work less, are to resit) e quall?#!,4 , If we lived in a world where food and' clething 7i - 1 i as amply supplied as atmospheric air, we might -bat co-operate, and enjoy ourselves in communities i - p o it is impracticable when every man's living deP e sEt upon exertion. The beggar works none . l' 1 "; # 1 , he can live with begging. The weaver works ha; at the latter end of the week, because he is f si nt.d o i . and the parson seldom makes his ser mon till rr: $0 or Saturday. It is, in fact, necessity.that We i bar action. Min's invention and energies would be 6 W A mint, and the flood of labour in a stateof backs if deprived of the stimulant of individual interest' The evils of competition are not such, nor so n g i o r rous, as are often represented. There may occ ag : h ibifr ally be two tea-shops, or two drapers' shops, e'''' 1;0 1 ing the bitter feelings of opposition ito each sithql g be it is not common. So far from this' invalidating o s individuality of i n t eres t, th e grea t er num b er wn, r o il amicably, and with f ar l ess susp i c i on ' and sienl o so• than generally obtains among the co-oret ke p, With the exception of the ti me w h en a farm Is w' s , 4 the farmers never seem to have the least feelir l s eqg Opposition to each other. It i s the . same with b/ t sis the greatest number of op e rati ves ; and thoug h yeti feeling is most manif es t among s h o pke e pers, r ot os greatest number of th em , I am con fid e nt, ha 0 0 feeling of hostility t owar d s eac h o th er . The q s ol of individual interests cannot, in itself, produc e od great degree of hostility. It is only when, by o 0 laws, the scope for a living or for profit beenw e n ;lie kt circumscribed, that these conflicts•ene. Wile 4; I pigs• hoe plenty ofpotatoeS, they enjoy and let e n V , but if food for twenty" be thrown' among fort''".„ ` . .tliViVierest competition follows. ee°. The remedies for the evils incident to the 'O O petitive principle are not to be found antisocl introduction of a system which, having beet,°_, 01' in a variety of provision establishments, ba r ways ways broke down, and often left the ou — eti rators greater enemies than other people', e ' t ie Wight live on the community principle win s ' ai d: stock lasted ; but fi nding little or nothing Pr°"7._, b o on when supplies began to run short, the inch' i diot would soon snap asunder, and, like retreating no' from the field of battle, or like the members Of * assail out, just broken up, every man, under an unn; 0 0 0 excitement of individual interest, would care for .. but himself. • n 0 ° 'to n e true remedies for the evils of compel I sdil, these. First, to neutralise the feeling:_ by P r f dt ,pil,' plenty. I have seen lads, when nutting 'l lol ' •e e ' lA.. 0 each other's eyes out when they met with s d t o bush well stored with nuts ; but when each 514 With a bush, they were too much engaged wit ° ss plir their pockets to annoy each other. When the P a r s o llf pie at the table is large enough to allows plentfillib j t t every boy is satisfied with his own plate, tniec i t may contain a less portion than others ; but 1 1 0;00 ,01 is clear that some must come short,:the arl i P - . , a competitive feeling are not to be restrained : o jetie s ei Another preventative is the influence uf bene/ op t Thisis a part of our nature, and may be Pr° o o t_ t ; and matured by various influences. - It. is gl ip is counteract and modify our conduct in the . Puna 1 11 what might be considered strictly just. 0 1 t beit proportion as bad laws deprive the people 7 I " , fair share of enjoyments, for the time ti, nothing else to rely upon. Whilst . the en, ( ll_ be t! feelings prompt us to acquire for ourselves, til' ce l e volent feelings lead us to share our.sulsets n irs ocic s the poor. The same feeling tells us - to ~mr , ,, with mercy, to avoid oppressing the wea ' l ' defenceless. 0 0 Let these two remedies be adopted, find ° s a e se, I have many of the evils of a competing 7000 modified or removed, without deitroying.. s uire springs of action which are essential to the Tv's ments of society. W O' TnE FROST.—We gave warning, last w f elt of all wise and prudent housekeepers to lay in a 8 0 003 coals, as, frequently, dense fogs were the heralds o r P t and continued frosts ; unfortunately for the P o p °,,, 13 snow of last Sunday and Monday still lie s u r fields and houses, and winter in his most gris Y or (roo t has laid his icy hand upon us ; this night week sb al , commenced, and we "see no likelihood of when "ithic`; have a thaw. Our gutters are six inches thick sci i3t, th j the glass has been twelve below freezing s sn. d fur t ios skaiters are looking everywhere for ponds , !, 11 „ 1 , 0 11 ~,e " muffled forms are the order of the day" the weather has been most cheering ; our (DV , ce of, blue skies above us, have wore more the apPeor a tl ythi rl . P l ' ) clear and exhilirating Canadian winter than t a we el ( ,„ / , we remember in Europe. And this, the fir s rs ioe.. - s December ! Which of the young men of the da t f tria ts tii bars a similar early continuous frost ? li nine tze a d eighteenth century it was common ; with the ve sr , ° To Winter delayed his visits generally to the new ;roe'. be often, as last season, forgot his urbanity all tog it to what then are we indebted for this c hange ? 15 0 . s 11 comets or the eclipses ? Whatever the couse , Go rtii the poor will not be forgotten.—Boulogne h /ss Mond. io . • ay WEA.THER.—The change to frost *b.heil • Tb noticed on Thursday la s t, has continued since ; h pristti'her n , out intermission, and with impressing hp- - n os. 0 thermometer on Thursday night indicated, 1 0 e _ a _ ti g< i t o exposure, 23 degrees—nine degrees below ft t ec rot e s : , ',„ has generally ranged from 25 to 30 dogee e !„ b eir the day. On Friday the ice on Duddingolu"enjolltio :so strong as to tempt some keen skaters to shouldvje f in voarite sport on the margins of the loch. ht, the n o r , st continue, as it appeared to do last pig,. o , 0 11fi"'" e rsi of t> 'is beautiful sheet o f water will be sate, i s ge,„,ie tO•cla,v. The change of weather, we Pe Dyer the o ot' er, though somewhat early, preYoP s _•,., t oo .. island, In this neighbourhood every desc i 'Lli 60 door-la hour has been suspended for the ' 1 " days.—Caltdos.tian Mercury of Mondays i „a 0 9 ,1 1 '5 The two. leading authorities, the Sell' the ost: ll _ r o• of Elders, of Hainburg . h, have declare?tes ir t n t r e ijo; favour of the, 4 s saancipation of the IsllifelnallY, son assigned r this measure is, Pr ilu fe s 11 10 ., ire ° manse sacriiges % which the aaraburgh giesv for the ralici ti t o numerous victims of $ll - 164% 01 .ute4)