The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-09 00:00:00

NEW NOVEL BY MISS KAVANAGH. New ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., N A T II A L lE. A TA-14 T: BY JULIA KAVANAGH. Author of " Woman in France," &c. " Her heart upon her lips, Her soul within her eyes, Soft as her native clime, And sunny as its skies." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ramtilul English feelings. It is a recognised and well-esta • ilished legal maxim in this happy land, that " pre vention is better than cure ;" and far better would it be that the censorship of the press were at once esta blished, and every publication revised and modi fied by public officers before it could be issued to the community —aye, that every independent journal were suppressed by the iron hand of despotism and its appearance absolutely prohibited, than that it should be denrived of its utility by being prevented from fairly commenting on the public acts of public men, or even of persons in private stations, if those acts should be prejudicial or dangerous to the national interests, the safety and welfare of the community in general. Then, indeed, would it be degraded from the important and exalted functions it previously dis charged. In place of being the fearless vindicator of national freedom, the terror of political criminals, the scourge apolitical vice and turpitude, the indignant exposer of public offences, it would sink into the ver bose and inane chronicler of aristocratic parties and aristocratic movements, the sycophantic adulator of those with sufficient wealth to purchase its venal and fulsome praise. It could not in any case venture on censure, however richly merited, for then (crede his ex Highness) "it should be punished for it," and the obsolete maxim, "the greater the truth the greater the libel," would be restored with renovated force. Gun forbid that this " liberty," of which we are so justly jealous, should ever degenerate into licentious ness, that the right of legitimate comment on public affairs should ever be turned into the instrument of private malice or private vindictiveness, to invade the sanctity of domestic life, or to calumniate, or to hurt the feelings of individuals, when no public principle was to be asserted. If any journalist should be base enough so to misapply the extraordinary privileges with which he is invested, no punishment could be too great for his offence. The stringency of the penalty should be proportioned to the magnitude of the powers which had been perverted and abused. Let the fullest measure of justice be inflicted on all such offenders. There can be no sympathy or com passion felt for the wilful, malignant, and habitual libeller, however formidable may be the personal con sequences of his outrage on propriety and the best interests of society. But we boldly and unhesi tatingly deny that The Sun has thus prosti tuted its privileges or its powers. Private slander we have ever held in the deepest detestation, and it is with pride we assert that it is impossible to exercise greater caution than we use, and have ever used, against the admission of any untrue reports or improper language calculated to inflict unnecessary pain on any person, high or low, rich or poor, exalted or humble. But if the sacred duty we owe to our friends and subcribers, and to the community in general, as an organ (and one not altogether un influential) of public opinion, demand the notice or consideration of any facts or subjects, we give it in a fearless, straightforward, and unmistakeable manner . While we never have gratuitously attacked, and never shall unduly or unnecessarily attack, the indi vidual, we never sacrificed and never will relinquish the independence and privileges of our position. So far as we were concerned the Duke of BRUNSWICK might for ever have continued in the "natural and sinister obscurity" to which he had been consigned by the withdrawal of the confidence of his subjects, his expulsion from his hereditary dominions, and the substitution of a junior branch of his family on the Ducal throne of Brunswick, without notice or obser vation. It was nothing to us whether he were adorned by the virtues of an AURELIAN, or dis figured by the vices of a HELIOGABALUS. So long as these virtues or vices were concealed from public view, provided that they belonged to the man and not to the public character, we would neither flatter him by ascribing the one, or censure him by imputing the other. But when he repaid the hospitality so gene rously afforded to him in common with every other political refugee—to the high-minded and noble as well as to the base and mean—to the victim of un merited misfortunes as to the sufferer from his own unjustifiable acts—by assailing one of our most cherished institutions, one of the most potent bul warks of popular rights and popular liberties, we could no longer remain silent. We speak of him in his public capacity to prevent the possible conse quences of his public acts. As Mr. Justice ELME justly and truly remarked, our article—for which two actions have already been brought, and two trials in banco have taken place at an enormous expense— " was directed throughout to the defence of journal ism against the party by whom the verdict which called it forth had been obtained." The whole tenor and effect of our observations showed that we had no other object than that which the jury by their verdict have found ; and we repudiate with disgust the hor rible meaning which the Duke endeavoured to affix to one of our expressions, and to sustain by an un founded allegation, that the word " own " was printed in a larger type than the remainder of the sentence. Having thus vindicated ourselves from charges to which we could not properly allude during the pen dency of the action now happily and justly disposed of, we must offer a few remarks as to the particular mode in which these proceedings were conducted. If the object of the Duke were merely the defenceof his private character against what he considered to be unwarrantable aspersions, why, we ask—seeing that he asserted that he was not desirous of "gagging journalism," or entering upon "a profitable specula tion"—did he not apply to the Ceurt of Queen's Beach for liberty to file a criminal information, in place of' instituting an action, or rather actions, for pecuniary damages ? The former has ever been re garded as a more satisfactory vindication of character than the latter. The complainant, who considers himself aggrieved, has the opportunity afforded him of denying on oath the accuracy of the charges pre ferred against him; of showing that they were wholly unjustifiable and undeserved; that his hands were pure and undefiled. He could not in such a proceeding heap insults or slanders on his opponent. It is for the Duke to say why he did not adopt that obvious and straightforward course, for the less satisfactory proceeding by civil suit, where he himself could not be called on as a witness, or enabled to clear his reputation from what he considered to be improper aspersions, under the sacred obligation of an oath. Again we ask, why did not the Duke place his case in the hands of some one or more of the many eminent advocates who adorn and reflect honour on the English bar ? Thera is, happily, no lack of such persons, to whom the pecuniary interests, the reputa tions, the honour, even the lives of the suitors may safely be entrusted, and who would ably and fearlessly discharge the duty imposed upon them. The Duke, however, preferred to act as counsel on his own be half, and in doing so sought a latitude which no practising barrister would venture to assume. No leader of the English bar would disregard the repeated remonstrances of the learned and respected judge, who presided on the bench of justice with so much courtesy and dignity. No respectable practitioner would have disregarded " those conven tional courtesies which belong to society in general, and the technical rules which prevail in courts of law, and which are necessary for the right and due adMinistration of justice ;" nor would he travel be yond the limits of the subject-matter then under in vestigation for the purpose of assailing in a privileged address the characters of the absent and of the dead— of those who were there unrepresented and incapable of defending themselves. He would not read to the jury a long written address, every word and sentence of which had been carefully framed and ela borated, and calmly and maturely considered. There might have been some excuse for the introduction of irrelevant matter, if it had occurred in the heat of discussion, and had been improvised from some circumstance occurring at the moment, bat there could be none when it was premeditated in the privacy of the closet, without any disturbing in fluences to warrant or justify such allegations. The Duke, however, took his own course. He had all the advantages of professional assistance and legal ex perience, without any of the drawbacks that might arise from the feelings of those who might be un willing to hazard their professional reputations by the introduction of topics justly and properly for bidden by the ordinary and well -recognised regula tions of the ; tribunal before which theinquiry was . he' -griebutt conducted. : It was undoubtedly the pri v il eg e o f t h e Duke to conduct Isis owii case' if h , budakid .we budlP, was a precedent whi c h on p should greatly regret' to see generally fOliiiiied: ' It was-not, as Sir FBERERIc. niEuG A ,,, t i uky ,.. re _,, tasked,, from' sad necessity or slender toetttiSithat.' IT .-,n1,11 the Duke had been driven to this alternative; he had boasted of h's ample resources, which enabled him to distribute the proceeds of the large verdicts he had obtained against journalists of a very different character from ourselves, in acts of charity and beneficence. But it would certainly have been better if he had not mentioned these matters to the jury while the amount of damages (if any had been given) were still undecided, or endeavoured to gratify his liberal feefings at the expense of ourselves. We do not think a profevional advocate would have in- troduced such a topic, or cast it as an ingredient in the case into the jury-box. But as the Duke thought proper to allude to it, we confess to a slight feeling of curiosity to discover R hich were the fortunate institu tions or charities that benefited to so large an extent by his Highness's exceeding generosity. We shall not now advert at any length to the omission of those parts of the article which might possibly have led to pleas of justification on our part. The matters relating to the witness Camila. REIN.. UOLD to our judgment appeared the most important part of the subject. The Duke, however, deliberately and advisedly disregarded it, ar,d, therefore, we need offer no objection, as he manifestly considered it as forming no sufficient ground of complaint. It would, however, seem more fitting, as a general rule, that the whole of an article should be submitted to a jury, than that detached portions should be selected, which might by themselves appear objectionable, when taken without the qualifications contained in the remainder of the publication. We speak of it not in reference to our own case, but as inconvenient, if generally adopted. But we do think that we have a just ground of complaint in the unnecessary multiplication of suits, the double litigation forced upon us for one and the same cause of action. Why should a party recover double or treble damages for the same injury ? If a bill of exchange were dishonoured, the holder might bring actions against all the parties—acceptor, drawer, and all the indorsers ; but if he recover damages against one of these parties, and that the amount assessed by the jury wer e satisfied, the other suits would be discontinued, at least upon the pay. ment of the costs. But here it was different. A jury having ascertained the amount to which they con ceived him entitled—his shilling (!) being honestly paid —why should he seek for further pecuniary compen sation ? The recent "appreciation" in the value of silver, its comparative scarcity as a medium of exchange, and the extraordinary demand for it in all parts of the world, are worthy of deep and serious consideration. The bullionists may, perhaps, find that the game is not so completely in their own hands as they have hitherto thought; and it is by no means improbable that, ere many years have elapsed, those who have hitherto stuck to the letter of their contract in direct violation of its spirit, who have rigorously insisted on their "pound of flesh," and would agree to no modi fication or alteration, may be the first to cry out for an equitable arrangement, based upon the real value —the " purchasing power" of the pound sterling, and not the mere weight and purity of the gold con tained in the "sovereign." It is perfectly manifest that this change has been occasioned by the large amount of gold obtained from California, which has altered the previously existing proportions of gold and silver. The world has re peatedly witnessed such changes, and it is more than probable that we are on the eve of a great monetary convulsion, such as that which was produced in the six teenth century by the discovery of the Mexican and Peruvian mines, and the extensive importations of the precious metals from the New World to Europe. The people were then ignorant of currency principles; they were not aware of the alteration in prices that must necessarily ensue from a considerable addition to the circulation. The enhanced prices were attri buted to every cause but the true one. The people were discontented and dissatisfied ; they de manded stringent remedies without knowing the source of the disease ; they found that prices were more than quadrupled within less than half a century. The average cost of wheat which, from 1460 to 1560 had only been 9s. 2d. per quarter, vas in the next 40 years increased to 2/. 7s. 5d., or rather more than it now sells for, notwithstanding the vast increase of population that has taken place during the interval. The cause of this miraculous alteration is now perfectly obvious. It was not that wheat had become dear, but that money was made cheap. It was not that there was a scarcity of food—a famine in the land—or that the soil of England had become less fertile, or its inhabitants less industrious, that there was a great addition to the indirect taxation of the country, which should necessarily fall upon the con sumers, but simply that the mines of South America had proved very productive and easily .worked, that the quantity of labour re quired to produce the precious metals was much less than had previously been the case. And, as labour is the true measure of value, bullion became cheaper, and the natural consequences of that plain and simple fact were said to be the " dearness of all other com modities," just as at this moment many short sighted persons ascribe the ruinously low prices of agricultural produce to the abolition of the corn.laws, and the absence of protective imposts, in place of to the monetary scarcity produced by the iniquitous and impolitic laws of 1819 and 1844. There were "corn-laws" enacted at that period also, but, of a very different character from those now de manded. They were directed against monopolies, regrating, forestalling, boarding, and other acts, then supposed to be practised by the " rogues in grain," but, like every interference with the natural course of trade, they proved not only very mischievous, but utterly inefficient for the purposes for which they were enacted. The increase of prices went regularly on, more money would be demanded, and more money paid for goods with every addition to the circulating medium of the country, and no Act or Acts of Par liament could prevent the inevitable results of the vast addition to the measures and representatives of value in the country. And yet those times, durisg which these alterations were taking place, are still known as " the golden days of good Queen BESS." There was ease and comfort on every side, the national industry was stimulated to the highest degree, because it met with its legitimate rewards. There was full and re munerative employment for every man able and willing to work. At first, perhaps, the mere labourer suffered a little from the change, for in every case of transition, even from a bad to a good system, some degree of inconvenience must be sus tained by some parties. If it be " a bad wind that blows nobody good," it must be a singularly " good wind that blows nobody harm." It may be impossi ble to suit the wishes of, or satisfy all parties, and therefore "the greatest good to the greatest number" is a maxim that must be acted on whenever it can be without gross and palpable injustice to the few. But the evil to the labourer was of a very'brief and passing character, and he perhaps eventually received the greatest advantages of any from the change. At first his wages would procure less food than he for merly could obtain, but speedily employment be came more regular and constant. There was no compulsory idleness, no wasting of valuable hours. There was something to be done in rainy weather, even in the short cold days of winter, when he would under different and less favourable circumstances be turned adrift to seek the tender mercies of the union work house. His wages will soon be increase, for from the new branches of industry opened, there will be le,s competition for any singly description of labour, And the farmer, who finds that he can defray his rents, rates, tithes, and taxes with little more tha❑ one-half the quantity of produce formerly required will apply a conitiderable portion of the surplus that remains fur his own use to the improved cultivation of his holding, or, in other words, the employment of additional labour, for which there will be xn increased demand, and consequently an increased price, or what - - - is popularly known as " better wages." These are the results that must follow the in creased supply of bullion from the golden sands of California. Prices will gradually increase as coin becomes more abundant. The fuudholder and annuitant may perhaps then feel disposed to alter the definition of a poupd---that transparent fallacy on which, they pin their faith at present. They will not , then think that the public f a ith i s ma i nta i ne d b y t h e delivery of ti.dwts. 3 grs. of yelloVimetal of a certain degree of fineness, when they perceive that it lacks the command over the necessaries and comforts ofi HER MAJESTY'S I'HEATRE. THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. THIS EVENING. Angri, Miss Poole, Mrs. A. Newton, Miss Goddard, Frank Bodda, Sims Reeves, Richardson, Franc, Remusat, Arban, Zeiss, Winter bottom, Prospere, Barret, and the En?,lish Chorus. Briccialdi. Awe Metisrs. Distin, and, Henry Cooper, Hayward, Hans POSITIVELY the LAST WEEK BUT TWO of the present season. Mr. Howard Glover's Grand Selection from " HERO and LEAN. DER," for the first time, this evening. BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHONIE in B FLAT, for the first time, this evening. PROGRAMME. PART FIRST. Grand Selection from a " Hero and Leander," preceded by an Original Overture, composed expressly for these Con certs, by Mr. Howard Glover. The principal parts will be sustained by Mdlle. Angrl, Miss Poole, Mrs. Alexander Newton, Mr. Frank Bodda, and Mr. Sims Reeves, with a fall English Chorus. ORDER OF THE SELECTION. Overture. Opening Chorus, " What sorrow has thy soul oparesed." Romanza. "Star of Mornieg," Mrs. Alexander Newton. Song, " My fate is in my Hero's eyes," Mr. Shns Reeves. Romanra, " A wild disorder," Miss Poole. Ballad, " The strain I heard in lispysier days," Mdlle. Angri ; Horn Obligato, M. Steglich. Arietta, " I do not love," Mrs. Alexander Newton. Quartett, " The fated hour," Miss Poole, Mrs. A. Newton, Mr. Frank Bodda, and Mr. Sims Reeves. Aria, " Thou hast left me," Mr. ins Reeves. Cavatina, " Why, oh ! why longed my soul to tell ?" Mrs. Alexander Newton. Song, "Voices from Home," Miss Poole; Cornet-a-Pistons Obligato 31. Arban. Aria Ban, "Brightest beauty," Mr. Frank Bodda. Grand Finale—Solo and Chorus, " His death alone !" PART SECOND. Symphonic in B Flat (dust time), Allegro Vivace, Adagio, Minnetto allegro vivace, Trio, tin poco meno, Finale, Allegro Aria, Madlle. Angri, " Gone, he's gone !" from the New Serenata, •`The Sleeper Awakened" - Macfarren. Fantasie, Grand Pianoforte, Miss Goddard, on Airs from "lucrezia Borgia" Overture, " Fra Diavolo" Duet, Madlle. Angri and Mr. Sims Reeves, " M'Ab- Rossini. braccia," " Tancredi" - - - - Grand Selection from the Opera, " The Siege of Ro chelle," introducing the celebrated " Bell Quar tett"— Soprano, performed on the Cornet-a- -- Pistons, by M. Arban ; Contralto, performed on the Tenor Cornet.a-Pistons, by M. Zeiss; Tenor, performed on the Tenor Trombone, ky Mr. Win terbottom ; and Bass, performed on the Ophi cleide, by M. Prospere. The Grand Chorus, " Vive le Roi," by the full English Chorus. Ar ranged expressly for, and performed for the first time at the Grand National Concerts by - - Balfe. Fantaisie, Flute, Mr. Richardson " The Swiss Boy" (by desire) " THE GREAT QUADRILLE OF ALL NA TIONS" (20th time of performance), composed and dedicated by special permission to Zits Royal Highness Prince Albert, by - - - - Labitzky. Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Balfe. Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Herr Labitzky. Promenade (admitting to the Ha!f-Circles, Gallery} 1 6 and Pit Stalls) • • .. •. •• • • The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Bei-office, where Programmes of the performance n ay be obtained. Mr. Thomas Masts. a of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal Botanic and Zoelogical Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. - THIS EVENING, Will be performed KING JOHN: After which A RADICAL CURE. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Peter White, Mr. H. Bedford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIH. Under the direction 01 Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ford, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. After which a new r.ree called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Osptain Kiteilyer, Mr. Boyce; Major Stiff, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin. To be followed by a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK I 1 TUE GREEN ; or, Hints on Eti quette. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR. Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Fisher, Belton, Addison, Vining, Cath cart, Everett, C. Kean ; and Mrs. C. Keau. Alter which BETSY BAKER; or, "Too Attentive by Half." Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Murray. To conclude with TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of 31ailame Vestrli. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A PRACTICAL MAN. To be followed by A DAY al' RECKONING. After which THE RINGDOVES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed PHILIP OF FRANCE AND MARIE DE MERANIE. Characters by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, li. Farren, Norton, W. Farren, jun., Johnstone, G. Cooke, Diddear ; Miss Helen Faucit, and Mrs. L. Murray. After which SPEED THE PLOUGH. s't Lr Y'h ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Last week of the gorged .s Spectacle. Extraordinary series of attractiie novelties. Second week of the Revival of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK, THIS EVENINO, The Grand new Spectacle of THE ENCIIANTED PALFREY ; or, The War for of tIR! Crescent. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing the Maznificext Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes. ... ... - , - .: The whole conelading with the Equestrian Drama (for the firs' time these live years) of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. liox-otflee open from Eleven till Your. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH w ATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tuts DAT —Morning 5 min. after 5 I Evening 25 min. after 5 To-Moscow—Morning 45 min. after 5 I Evening 7 min, arte, THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, DECEXBEE 8. THERMOXETER, DI THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 36—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.39. WIND S. E.-. dull, foggy weather. MONDAY, Dac. 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 37—highest since noon yesterday. 29—lowest this morning and daring the night. 31— this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 3017. WIND E.N.E.—dense fc g all the morning. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless. Poaxsmoum—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. HASTINGS—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON— Wind S., strong breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE - Wind N., calm—overcast. BRISTOL Wind E., calm—cloudy. READING — Wind N.E., gentle breeze—foggy. GREENWlCH—Calm—overcast. SWINDON— Wind S., light airs—overcast. CoLcuesims—Wind S.W., gentle breeze— overcast. CAMBRIDGE— Wind S.. gentle breeze—overcast. YARMOUTH—Wind S. W., calm—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : CAaLow—Wind S.W., gentle breeze partially cloudy. MULLLXGAR— t ind S.E., strong breeze—cloudy. DUNDALK—Wind S. E., light breeze—cloudy. POOLE - •Wind N.W., gentle breeze—foggy. CoLcuEsTE ft —Wind S.W., calm—overcast. SHEFFIELD—Foggy. LANCASTER—Wind S.W., calm—principally clear. BEATTOCK —Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. •'''. :4 4k,,,,, ~, • t _z, ! a . ) . 7.. 4 ~,,, . 4,, ..„ 1„ _44_.,p 4 . , , ..... N. . ...". 441 7 1 ,, - • ~, „,..„4 . ..'et 1 4.. s ', , ._,,,..,.., - , :4 4 k: ', ,•.9* ) "" :I:i ' . a l ' 0 I J . : i3'' , ' 'c •, ~4 0 1. . ... . ...,»'',i , ..!''''''...t.i. .t. ' ' .., .:, ‘,.., anit - s* -, LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1850. The Duke of BauNswics has received " a heavy blow and great discouragement" in the crusade on which he has deemed it expedient to enter against public journalism in the country which has been selected by him as a haven of refuge, a sanctuary against the consequences of his political position with reference to his quondam subjects. Thanks to a consti • tutional British JUDGE and an intelligent and indepen dent British JURY, the great and formidable experiment has proved a total failure, and " the liberty of the press," that glorious guarantee and safeguard of the liberties of the people, has been established on a broad and sub stantial basis, from which it cannot easily be shaken or overturned. If the interpretation of that "liberty," solemnly and deliberately put forward by the Duke had been received and acted on, then indesd it would have been vox et preterea nihil— an empty sound, a vain and figurative expression. But it has been shown to be a great and incontro vertible fact—a real subsisting and substantial freedom from all unfair and paltry restrictions that could cramp or impede its mighty energies. The Duke declared it to consist in " being allowed to publish what:ever a man liked, but he must be punished for it afterwards." Well might the able and accomplished advocate for the defence express his unqualified asto-' I;ll3luneut at. thil; . strange and limited definition, one i n ' ; eirertrespect so contrary to Engli s h habits .and; aavoiti 9, life that the posse,sion of a pound now carries with it. There will be wailing and lamentations among the drones in the national hive. - The " moneyocracy" will be clad in sackcloth and ashes. There is yet time for an equitable and amicable settlement ; let not the golden opportunity be neglected or misap plied, or they may too late find that the people will laugh to scorn the whining complaints of those who in other times were their hard-hearted oppressors and rigorous taskmasters. THE FRENCH REPUBLI We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. These journals all comment on the state of affairs in Prussia, which they consider as very grave. They all, from the Legitimatist Opinion Publique to the Republican National and the Socialist Presse ' pro phecy the downfall of M ANTEUFFEL an d the King of PRUSSIA. The Opinion Publique hints at the pro bability of the abdication of the MONARCH, the Mi nisterial Constitutionnel expresses its alarm at the strength of the war party, the Union declares that " the real difficulties are now commencing for the King of PRUSSIA," and adds—'' GOD grant that after having assumed a menacing attitude against his powerful allies, he may not be obliged to have recourse before long to their friendly intervention !" The National thus comments on the prorogation of the Prussian Chambers— " We will not exaggerate, as they do at the Bourse, the probable conseciueeces of this measure. The Pros• scan nation has three or four times already allowed itseh to be insulted in the person of its representatives. It will no doubt endure this last affront, but the Royal au thority is gradually undermining itself by such proceed logs. The few words by which an incapable Minister can always get rid of Assemblies to whose respect he has forfeited all claim, lose their prestige, and leave the desires, sentiments, and opinions of the country just as they were. A concealed irritation and a bitter memory survive their constrained obe3ience. The elements of resistance accumulate, hostile convictions gain ground; oppression, becoming heavier, wears away and crushes its foundations; the divorce of the dynasty and the people is pronounced in every heart; and when the propitious moment comes, the decree is carried into ex ecution. For these reasons we clap our bands for joy at this new act of authority, which increases the depth of the abyss between the House of Hohenzollern and our Prussian brethren. May they not forget the 4th De cember, and be over mindful of the days of March." We read in the Presse— " The Minister had no alternative but to retire, or have recourse to those measures which the constitutional regime authorises, but which, nevertheless, in most cases, are the prelude to coups d'etat or revolutions. On the morrow, December 4, the Minister announced to the Chambers that they were prorogued to the 3d of January. This gives a month's respite. The Ca binet reckons on obtaining absolution for its indignity by the insolence of accomplished facts. It will not succeed; it will only fill up the measure and make the cup run over. Ah! you fancy a national movement can be stifled 'by adjourning the Chambers. Do not deceive yourselves. Your destiny is to go as far as you can, to employ every means, and tail at last. Atter prori.guing the Chambers you will dissolve them; after stifling dis cussion in the Parliament, you will try to stifle it in the press, you will suspend the journals, proclaim mar tial law; and if, as we believe, your soldiers will not follow you, you will call in the foreigner, you will cull on the Diet which your have resisted; you will exhaust the whole arsenal of repression, and when you have broken all your weapons, you will fall powerless before the public reprobation, before the conscience of that people whom you want to abase, and ,who will stand up against you." The supporters of the politics of the defunct Re forme have recently started a journal called the Vote Universel. This journal has been repeatedly prose cuted during the period of its brief existence, but in spite of prosecution it still lived on ; in order, how ever, to effectually destroy it MM. BAROCHE and CAELIER have caused its editor, M. CHARLES DR LESSEPS, to be arrested on a charge of being con cerned in the Lyons conspiracy, which conspiracy is a mere police-concocted sham. However, M. DE LESSEPS has been kept in confinement a fortnight without even having been examined by a magistrate, and is now ordered to be transferred to the prison of Lyons. In a letter which he has addressed to the journals, he says— " I defy not only the courts of Lyons, bat all the tri bunals in France, to find that I have any relation, I will not say of a political character, but any relation of any kind, even as a private individual, with the department of the Rhone, the city of Lyons, or with the departments which surround that city within a circumference of forty leagues. The circle is large; but still I believe that I do not advance too much in declaring that during my whole life I have neither written nor received a letter trom it. At all events, I affirm the fact as respects the last three years to the present day. Surely this is peremptory; Hundreds of persons have been arrested on the ac cusation of being concerned in this pretended plot, concerning the details of which not one word has been given to the public. The police are exhausting the patience of the people by their conduct in this natter, As is justly observed by the &isle," the plot of Lyons is covering France with misery and with tears, and is exciting the worst passions." The Committee of the A. , sernbly has reported against the proposition of M. VicToß LEFRANC for the amendment of the electoral law. The Bill for the establishment of baths and wash houses for the poor was passed on S sturclay by a ma jority of 345 to 27g. The Moniteur publishes the law recently passed by the Assumbly, by which the public are to be allowed the use of the State telegraphs throughout Franck., for the purpose of sending private communications. The law comes into operation on the Ist of March, 1851. The Moniteur also publishes the law passed two days ago relative to th e cre dit s d eman d e d b y the 'Government for the extraordinary levy of 40,000 men. A decree appears in the Moniteur, authorising the Minister of Finances to proceed to public sale, by sealed tenders, of 1,542 1 547 f. of Five per Cent. Rentes, and of 493,217 t. Three per Cent. Rentes, arising from Caisses d'Epargnes and the Lyons Railway. The adjudication is to take plate on the 23d of December next. BUSINESS DO, f 11' 1 FOREIGN RAIL , A AYS LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 7—Central of France (Orleans and Vier4on), 15 %--Great Indian Peninsula, I; 7 l ; l —Namur and Liege, 7 1 A Northern of France 144 Paris and Strasburg, 8% Roueu and Havre, 9 1 / 8 Sambre and Meuse, *4. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23 have arrived. The Chamber of Deputies had urijourned for two days in consequence of the Ministerial crisis. MADRID BoLSA, DEC. 2.—The Three per Cents. have Wien to 33k, and a kind of panic prevails on our Bourse, owing to the Ministerial crisis, and other causes of anxiety. GERMAN Y. _ . Accounts have been received from Berlin to the 6th, from Vienna to the 4th, and from Frankfort to the 6th. The Olmutz arrangement entered into between SCHWAHZENBERG and MANTEUFFEL has dissatisfied all parties ; the Constitutionalist s of Prussia and of Hesse contend, and with reason, that MANTEUFFEL has been wanting in his duty to the honour of his country, in sacrificing the Constitutionalists of Hesse by subjects, having to the exigencies of Austria; the Elector of HESSE complains that he is not permitted to arrange but that instead he a matters ya large Prussian and Austrian force to maintain. The Absolutists of Austria are dissatisfied with the concessions made by SCHWARZE/tiBURG on the subject of the Federal Diet, a w re it r h uin h e i d s and all are dissatisfied with the arrangement come to with regard to the Duchies, which leaves the question of the connexion with Denmark to be settled at the death of the present King of DENMARK. The Prussian Staats Anzieger of the sth publishes the Royal ordinance, whereby the KING, by virtue of Art. 52 of the Constitutional Code, prorogues both Chambers until the 3d of January next (as we mentioned on Saturday would be the case). The ordonnance is countersigned by MANTEUFFEL, Von DU HETDT, Von BABE, SIMON, and Von STOCK. HAUSEN, The .Elberfeld Zeitung publishes the project of the address got up by the minority of the committee of the extreme left. The following is the substance " We deplore with your Majesty that in cons(Ation ce of last year's events the equilibrium of the receipts and expenditure of the stAte has not been re-established. The country is ready to make any sacrifice for defending the honour of Prussia. " Your Majesty is aware that your generous inten tions hivi not hitherto been successtui in procuring iur the United States of Germany such a constitution as is conformable to their requirements, and we deeply regret that the constitution which resulted from the treaty of the twenty:seven German Government, and was regu lated by the Parli:: , ment of Erruit, has nut yet been car ried into effect. We doubt not that your Majesty's Go vemment is iully aware that the honour of Prussia is involved in accomplishing this duty, both to princes and people. " We deeply intent that complications should have arisen in Electoral Hesse between the representatives of the people and the Ministry, which has been suc ceeded by the suspension of the constitution, in conse quence of which the Government of Ge!many, in con tempt of every national right, have arbitrarily interfered for the maintenanbt of an authority which pretends to be threatened with danger. We have full confidence in your Majesty'N spirit of justice; and that you will continue to command the . Prussian army to .oppose an intervention, • which is unauthorised in the affairs of .a state which is a ember of 'the union." • ThOticOisbi of 'LADENBEItG bas not.yet b een ap pointet .: : It is. thought by. SOlllB •that CoUnt. Doaxa will made President of. the-Council, , butttie tubre probable idea is that M. DE 21101 . 0.17F,Et will add , the -outies of that '04136e to those of . Foreign MinisteC MM. UCHTRITZ ItauNtEtt arc spoke❑ of as Ml oisters of Public Worship. It is said that a portion of the landwher are to be dismissed to their homes. The Free Conferences will be opened at Dresden about the middle of the month. There is no truth in the rumours of a renewed collision between the Prussian and Bavarian troops in Hesse, as the latter advance the former retreat. The Bavarians were to enter Cassel on the sth. The re cruiting in Austria still continued, but the arming in W urtemburg was suspended. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Berne of the 3(1 says:—" The Bill relating to mixed marriages has just been voted in the National Council. According to the measure, as originally presented, the children were always to follow the religion of the father; but by the Bill as amender], and now adopted, tt (- father is to decide in which religion the child is to be brought up. The law in its amendEd form is to be shortly promulgated." TURKEY. A letter frf m Constantinople of the 20:11 ult. says : —"Dr. Sphzel, an Athtrian physician, who for the last six or seven years has filled the office of medical adviser to thf7... Sultan, has just been sent away from the palace, with orders at once to quit Con ttantineple. He took his departure on Saturday by the. Trieste steamer. The cause of this sudden dis missal is not known." RUSSIA AND CIRCASSIA. The Journal de St. Peterslurgh of the 24th ult. contains the following :—" The Emperor has received from the Commandant-in-Chief of the Army of Cau casus the following report, dated from the fort of Atchkhoi, the 27th October. Yesterday we were in march to arrive at this place, with an escort com posed of a detachment of the regiment of chasseurs bearing my name, a body of Cossacks, the native militia, and a number of the TchetcLiines who had submitted accompanied us. The hereditary Grand Duke was, as usual, with the advanced guard. Be tween Roschnia and Waleryk, his Imperial Highness remarked a party of the enemy coming from the Black Mountains, and directing their course across the chain of our videttes. The Grand Duke dashed forward to meet them with a part of the cavalry and the native troops, and approached them so closely that he was fired at by some of the . Tchetchenes, wbo immediately galloped off. They were, howl ver, pursued by the cavalry of the advanced guard, whilst another detachment made a movement to cut off their retreat, The chit-f of the enemy's party was killed close to the Grand Duke. He is said to be the standard bearer of the Naib B:ideas. and his arms were presented as trophies to his Imperial Highness. I confess I did not witness without alarm the rapidity and boldness with which the Grand Duke dashed for ward towards the enemy, and the more so, as, being mounted on an excellent horse, he outstripped all the rest of the detachment. This perfectly unforeseen incident signalised the termination of the visit of his Imperial Highness to the Caucasus. I dare hope, Sire, that the impression produced by this brilliant action of your august son will be agreeable to you, and that your Majesty will deign to gratify ail the army of the Caucasts by decorating the valiant breast of the Grand Duke with the insignia of the brave. This favour will be just. I entreat your Majesty to grant me this request. The cross of St. George of the Fourth Class, a worthy recompense of the valour of the Hereditary Grand Duke, will be consid ere d by all the troop s a s th e mos t valuable reward granted to the army of the Caucasus. The Emperor, in ac cordance with the proposition of the commandant of the army of the Caucasus, has sent to the Hereditary Grand Duke the Cross of St. George of the Fourth Class, which Colonel Patkull, his aide-de-camp, was charged to deliver to him." ITALY, Accounts from Rome of the 30th ult. state that Lord PALMERSTON had addressed a sharp remon strance to the Papal Court on account of the unjustifi able manner in which Mr. HELY, a British subject, had been expelled from Rome. The only cause of complaint alleged against Mr. HELY was that he was the brother in law of Dr.:Acinw. It is said that the POPE personally was opposed to the recent establishment of the English hierarchy, and that he now regrets having given way to the in stances of the " Propaganda fide." The Anti-Popery demonstrations in England have produced so much alarm in the College of Cardinals that they now are exceeding anxious to settle their differences with Piedmont, By a Royal decree of the 28d ult., the Provincial and Divisional Councils of the kingdom of Sardinia are convoked respectively for the Ist and 20th of January next, for the formation of the budget of 1851. The Tuscan Monitore publishes a Ministerial de cree, dated Florence, 27th ult., informing the public that the bonds of the Tuscan loan, which were to be reimbursed on or after the 31st inst. only, will be im mediately psi I by the Tuscan Government, in order that so large a sum may not lie inactive without ne cessity. Parliament, it is said, will probably meet for the dispatch o•f business on Tuesday, the 4th February-. The Hon. George Jerningham, now Secretary of the Embassy at Constantinople, is appointed Secretary of the Embassy at Paris. DEATH OF THE BARRACK MASTER OF TUB TOWER OF LONDON.—On the Ist icst., Lieutenant Halls, wh• had for many years held this appointment, died at an ad vanced age. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT AND THE lioN. ARTILLERY COMrANY.-- On Friday night a general meeting of the corps (~bout 3:!0) took place in the great hall of the company's armoury, in Finsbury, for the purpose of electing the court of assistants and other officers. More than ordinary interest was attached to the proeeedings from the circumstance of his Royal Highness Prince Albert inti mating his intention of resigning the office of Captain General of the corps in the event of the court of assistants resisting the regulations of the Queen's warrant, and the probability of her Majesty's Government disbanding the regiment. At a mee , lug which was presided over by Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.) a ballot was taken, and the re sult was the overthrow of most of the members forming the court, and the election of others in favour of the Prince's views. The result was hailed with great cheering. Mr. Henri Laurent, the composer of the opera of Quentin Durward, and brother to the celebrated conductor, Laurent, jun., has been appointed musical director at the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, for the coining season, beginning at Christmas. EXHIBITION or 1851.—We understand that the corporation of Stockton-on-Tees voted at their last meeting the ,um of 20/. towards the contributions raising in that town for carrying out the Exhibition of next year. .tE.CAPTURE OF A CONVICT AT WOOLWICH Edward Griffiths, who escaped !rem Woolwich Dockyard on the iGill of July last, it was supposed by having put on a portion of one of the shipwright's canvas coverings when at work near the Royal Albert, and by that means got out at the south-east gate when the workmen went to breakfast, has been apprehended at Liverpool and committed for trial. No intellig;mce has as yet been received of either of the three convicts who escaped from the Warrior in the early part of last week. NOTTINGHAM, SUNDAY.—Another vacancy will take place is the representation of this county. it being un derstood that Mr. T. Hot .sworth, now M.P. for North Notts, will retire from i'arlianient at the commencement of the ensuing session. STRANGE PROCEEDINGS IN WELLS-STREET CHURCH.—On Friday evening, during the performance of Divine service at the Church of St. Andrew, Wells-street, Marylebone, here, as is alleged, Puseyite practices are adopted to a great extent, the congregation and the officiating ministers were disturbed irons their solemnities by the flat tering about of three little members of the feathered tribe, attired in a most grotesque manner, against the gas lights, and falling amongst the congregation. On being captured, they were discovered to be two goldfinches and a sparrow, the latter attired as a cardinal, and the former as Kornish priests. The wag who had performed this not very decorous trick in a place of worship had added cruelty to his freak, for the cardinal's hat, as also the priestly vestments of the poor little birds, had been tightly glued on, so that to release them the feathers had to be plucked out. THE LAW or DITORCE.—A Royal Commission is about to issue to inquire and report upon the whole subject of the law of divorce—not merely the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Courts, but the proceedings in Parliament— not the divorce a mensei et thoro alone, but the more weighty and important question of the divorce a vinculo nuttrinzonii, which troubles many an honest man, and we have no doubt many an honest woman too. This was precisely one of those questions which, although palpable to all, yet on which it Is most expedient, as it is most easy, to collect and con dense an overwhelming weight of testimony. The Commis sion is chosen from most eminent lawyers and. Members of both Houses of Parliament. There could not possibly be a better selection. It will be composed of the following:-- Lord Campbell, Lord Beaumont, Lord Redesdale, Dr. Lush ington, Spencer Horatio Walpole, M.P., W. Page Wood M.P., and the Hon. E. P. Bouverie, At P. , THE PLATE ROREERY IN THE STRAND.--The six prisoners charged with he participation in the robbery of ' Messrs. Williams and Clapham in the Strand, were again placed at the bar, at the Bow-street Police Court, on Satur day, when Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor for the prosecution, int;mated that he ln:d no further evidence to offer. Upon Mr. Henry, the presiding magistrate, expressng his inten tion to commit for trial, and to have witnesses bound over to prosecute, it was stated that Mr. Saunders, who had identified the prisoner Gardner on account of the dog in his possession, had gone to the Isle of V in consetuence of the indisposition of a relative. Under these circumstances it was directed that the prisoners should be remanded again till Wednesday, when all the witnesses were directed to attend, with the exception of Inspector Lund, whose pre sence is required at the trial of Mr. Sirrell, at Liverpool, and who entered into the usual recognizance. Buncher and his wife were permitted to be at large upon their former bail, ' and the application to admit Shaw to bail was again refused. The Bishop of London has directed the Arch deacons of London and Middlesex to visit all the churches and chapels in which it is alleged that Romish ceremonies are practised, and to report to him every case in which any gerentonies or forms are used not authorised by the rubric, nor sanctioned by established custom. 40M*ODCIRE gLUMWDGB. ,--- After a careful revision of 'ihe minypes o the poort of Inquiry held , 'on this iofheerr at pt yn i out. 4 , we. understand the Lords of the ,-,eidoilralty hive iilformed hith that not (me of the c h arge s ' Ma d e bp his 'f ormer secre t ar y was - Littstaatiatea. , 1it,u19Z).14 gni bt Vllllll THE SHARE MARKETS, BRITISH RAILWAYS Paid. 1 Nominal Prices. Railways. •• •• •• 1 6 1 ••I 61 Do. preference, 5 p ct. 5 Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 • • f. 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X— fpm. 11% 12 U 34 pm. par % pm. 34 - 1 15(-2 7 —73 14% 14% —4% dia. 31 33 24 1 ,4 —24 6% 6 , A dl, 9 % 9 3 ”i —3 .. .. 10% —loli dis • 8% I IN - STOCK BANKS. 27 % -2N 4214 - 42% 10 25 -25 u 10 15% 10 10 27% 27% la :: --- !23i ,17% r-- 18Xa 15 42 —43 • 0: 15 7 0 . 1 ' - 16 1)11 1 Oi/ l!i -,,. t , .."”... 7 1, ,P.,,i 7 - 7 14 , .• •-• .. , 1% 1 .: 11 - - 11 20 5 1% 7% thasb 1I onal uatiti tit _.;~ . Y ~ ~. ~~ 'N 15% 34 74 4% 5 1 4 10% X 12% 4 Anglo•Mexican(is. 5/. p.) Asturian .... • • Australian • . •• • Barossa Rasge .. • • ... Mama - won Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip ........ British 1r0n... • .. • • .... Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) Do. Cocaes and Culaba Do. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper .• . • • Copiapo ..... • • • • • General ..... Real Del Monte, Irnre,g. - .. 3 - 34 3% -3% - •• - 14 % - 16% 32% -- 33 5% -- 5 15i, - 1 3 % X Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Debentures Santiago de Cuba ...... lO Tin Croft .. • • • • • • .... • •' 7 United Mexican • . •• 28 2 814 MISCELL 323 Canada .• Gen. Steam Navigation Penni. & Oriental Steam. Royal Jluil Steam •• We] cannot he answ •able for t [75 li % 74 66% 66 43i 5p 154% 55X 4% 95 14 133 i Consols Ditto Account Business dons to-dil• .. 9 9 1 4 10IX 11 G'l-IN 1 ,ANEOUS. ! 24t% - 27 79Y 4 - 83 667, - Gs _-- - N if S. MO.NLI and COMMERCIAL -, ,cx. CITY, TWO O'Ci'' fe te _ ____ _ le errors of the Ottirial L l Ø* l The aisles of Cotton et Liverpool on Saturdoli ore estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,100 Brag i ! 4, 000 talc, nen speculation. The sales comprised a r : co.; American, 1,300 Pernam and Maranhao, at Bat sd. 0 100 Egypti a n, at Bd. to fd.; and 7 00 Surat, _yogi sf i ld. per lb. The market closed Sgteenaedrsiy;;sdPrri:ezdol rates.-Railway Shares were firm. The Continental letters read well the prospects of peace. A disarmament or *On us ~ o d troops was in progress both by Austria and Fr • To be in a few days the mercantile community.abroaa.-4 0 relieved from further anxiety by hearing a ' , of arranged. have 01 0 r e From the Amsterdam Bourse we ip p too- December 7, which state that the funds wer e ~ , For eign favourable position, but not animated. Do s ' li ited. Securities were better, but the transactions wer 6s . AS Gold Pieces cf 10 florins were selling ..,.st_e'aies Were Frankfort, on the 6th instant, Austrian WI 74i , and Spanish Three per Cents. 3 3/ to r t the firts It is stated in some of the foreign PsP ers Listioes Or o l ofannso t t o hs t c h h e il a d m a o n u cl at C of o. nheaavrelreceived aPP D - , w ill' ding nearly all the great a continentaliniiiiPlio:t4srii-'lls7:bspicabral' suffering from the expense of their late e' t e the Pao meats. A report is current, likewise' 11)s glish woes/ guese covensGovement intends trying heatt I: '' per c ep i . market dw hich i? . es t 't . upon the guarantee of their sinking fl' ll ' rid that I mated at 100,000/. per annum. We aPP re •b e to ell o bscri would bo the height of indiscretion to „ • such loan. a causes "Io The non-arrival of the West India mail c opes, il l,; disappointment to the merchants ane bad° 100'1 are anxious to learn whether the cholera depitif. and to the Mexican Bondholders who e x P,..„ ec i pent s f/1 :: intelligence concerning the proposed Oreille . ter, n ot - debt. The new mail arrangements are, 13°w ;atas 11° ,, b : fair working order, and should the intercoll be f o re tl i delayed, the steamer may not reach Pl i t t . ertil l 11th or 12th inst. At any rate, although "L i . ssfor,,p hourly expected, no uneasiness is felt as to u`" an d 0,4, The English Funds have been very fir t Ca ls " o s Saturday's quotations there is an adtas e " i are ',a have been marked 97/ ii, and for Ja,, s b e r tog :l i e to 984-, the rise o " continuation d at 0 0 high. Beak Stock has been suPPo r tpts, Th e The New Three•and-a Quarter per ", - 6 11. ~` i t , realised 9Si i-, and the Three per Cellts• • t pis I'l 4 l transfer books for Consols, &c., will cl° se , 11 0 0- Exchequer-bills have been quoted 648. to 67'' Ai v t Bonds 83e. premium. generally bees b c ," a IS ge nere.. • se.,- e .. The Foreign Securities have not but Mexican Bonds are higher, having beeli r i e ll at°' 11 1 , at 321 i. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half Per n ' sr ob ri t o been marked 80, and Braailian, small, 8 6 ; • 1 1,, - ts t h l : t s, per Cents. have realized 100 i to 101, as a ; " -- „,o , b e fog and-a-Half per Cents. 57} / Spanish Fiv e 39 1, 0 have been 174-, and the Three per Cents' have e rather lower. Portuguese Four per Cents' quoted 34k. to bu oy' In Railway Shares ther e has been considers '3, S es ol , MA O (11 10 ancy, and the quotati ons are b e tter tor .-- Le- Western, Great North e r n , an d several otbel* i „„ t ° and Wolverhampton are lower. flo unce': til! The Namur and Liege Company's n.„.„ °- „ - doe °„" stlo the annual meeting, to ho held in l' acc oon7 i , of 16th instant, states that the c,,ropattY' s 7 2 - oil t i # s et documents relating thereto will, ne th e - JAY v i s; ari a December now next, be deposited fortwiqe,.o4olo is the respective offices of the company 1 ,.° m i bolde rs ii London for the inspection of the ses s- foes& ~'0 • conformity with article 46 of the statutes S owe d 0 ' il Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons haveolt, to fors Si tice, reminding the English holders,,,,, pays ie ,, s of and Strasburg shares, on which the eigs'',f ie salS% of required i per red s t h o a r b e e h m e a s d n e o not n v e p t a b r e i s e n fr e o ff m e c: b e d e , ji t s b t ist t j, thetbe 2:611110i! October last, and that the shares on whl e , / , 3 to „„i: of uopuid ate at the present moment, aceotut detsu ir e, Lutes, liable to be sold on the Exchange, ' d by sa d' Lutes, ot. payment. This call may st ill be 0 0 ' 1 r f t s.e r- N. M. Rothschild iced Sons, with inter est " per annum for the delay. gal° QUA R TER - /, ° 911," .. - - • 974' nSIO RICES OF BRITInti rIT:D O•C ° 1 " °C1• ' ' CL-;:l ; - O. . l'" lL 'l3 if aii, zdk,c, ~ . ent. i-...-duo.od Arns. .. .• 96 " 982 •OW . -Onso.s _A OPOiLlthi.... - ...• 97se'" ' ',. i 7 1, gelv 3 1 4 per t:'.-nt. Anns ... . *** 9SNTs ~)'',' e 5 r • 0.1; ADM. to ..xpire ./ an. 1 860 ** ** .. .. :-- ' 5?- 1 !" 832 71 ; )54 , 3 °, ,nod' Account' under i '' 1 11)1 $3 p . '"- 97 '"'.***-- ** ****** -* t 3 - 21 ' 64 P Txchequer Bills. 1140 61P 04 M. illlll, ** 67 64 P :64 P. `of q. June 67 64 P 'CiYo'sS• . TS l ' ()NB .. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCIC• 81 34 ; 1'iez h ri DSI' i l l i l l'i i 4t a ' . :; a 1 : 1:1 13 S1 .: Bonds in'lJung'l-a c sil 6 n ' t ner Cent .. - 1 01 86 .• - 101 ffitush Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. - 10% 1 ...,1 M. tae., _. per Cent. 0.4 0 0 6, with Coup nr-- ° 1 . / . gii onto, Ex Jan. Coupons --• s/ Ditto Account • • *- - 32 3 4 ?to % - - r,(, aP uviau bonds. 4i, per Cent--80 • • • •• . / 0 i tto, Deferred - 544 Po tugueee 5 per Cents. - ....• . t;itro,4 per Cent. Russian Bonds - 1 Ditto, 41;( 2 per Cent Sl,Anizt. 5 per (I,nt. 184€ Ditto. 3 per Cent ~vlo,mis on the above pevabh• in I.onuou bIS ~ tch .25 per Cent.. 12 (,guild, . .ire.. 4 oer t :..nt.. Certifigatez, - A Ditto, Account B B l4 . , "A, I,LOYD''' zNei.I.YI - 'lia Ci.—ti' HIS .'„" b ; Sir' LONDON, DEC. IL-Wind at noon E.N.Ee us " .., ro iS 6 and toepy., c l .14 9 ' 00 QUEENSTOWN, DEC 7 -Wind S.S.E.--Art • „ 0 , A ' and Reward, Callao; Perseverance and AbeeNt'itpro"' Grande; Scriber Dc , 3 Mariantoz, Carmiabat "- Bniaabay. Off port. Frederick Butieu SingsPagt; ptll Quebec. i l E n L E F iE T T E hileD, Demerara; 1 . Ce. 7 i7 . Wanderer, ar-i I i 11 0 d f 1 6) a . S cis E t o ' W s tß r .:11; e I; i : C 1 I 11. ' govv, has been on shore. - e l' thew King,, ‘ • Vi A nd lbi ß. o . n, to N bi. E.s7°Ablirr:l: ,:p e ti l Brunswick. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 8.-The Industry, of S ,f ; il ,, cl etl ei l itil. got on Flamborough Head Rock, but has sow -- damage. ft' o ply' , DOS PENZANCE, DEC. 7.-The Wcsthoe sloop, t b it s - mouth, got ou shore behind the New Pier, 1311 to sustained much apparent damage. Mg 1 " 1° 11• GOTHENBURG, Nov. 28.-The Record , le s. London, has put in t o di sc h arge and repai r, beif3,g, ' . 0 PLYMOUTH, Leone;AI ~r r a D i O E LI C : B R . , Si fi err LEITH.—Sid. Oscar, Siam. sm. G e e , 001 ,00 ,00 , New York; King 'Witham, Madras. to W J i' a d nie E r . o. ~.„,,,b --Sld', - 06 0 a pore Earl FALMOUTH, DEC. 8.-Wind E.S.E., L.-- - ,../ottse ~pt of Ripen, Cape of Good Hupe; Vixen, F°Do p psba r e port, Margaretha, Payta, and sailed for •Oh Leoonside, Bahia ; K e eps a ke, Quebec. Water OFF PENZANCE.-lier Majesty's s' h i p , Sierra Leone. SCILLY.-Arrd. Agnes, Rio Janeiro. e GLoUCESTER.-Arrd. JOsvpha, Qt s e t . Old, i ' L t S :, OFFA 111. F N . Ht o D R T . 7.1 A F k t o r d R . E LA Allen, ND . _ T Brown , bse rees :: : : d fi e l zr :: b c : 0 6. u S: pi 0, 5 : fr7o.-mWthiendr.s;:r flee sailed a t : le e a . : Anseod O i o.ei , : cloudy - LA l) r k rd c .. Shanghai; Cumillus Demerara' Liebe, Barbadoes. gld. Jersey Let C i. a P e Manahurdy, Tobago; Union, Havanes u. obis , OFF Doven.=-Elise, New 'York. old. Zen obis , DEC. 8.-Wind E . S . E . " 1 tu ti l e Monte Video; Gaspaniu o , Havannab. ;$, CA -C COWES, DEC. 8.-Wind E.--Arrd. B o Arrd. Sr' • J. Sid. Narcissi', Buenos Ayres. q• E. , A 5,.... York, LIVERPOOL, DEC. 7 AND 8.--Wini• , A New William Hutt, Savanilla; Western VV° r lptell il , e ' 0 51 Jenny Lind, St. John's, New Brunswicki,jo 00 ° 0 John's, New Brunswick; General Berry , ~.de, Elizabeth Ann, Quebec; Lady Elgivv 14/1- Ad el o 0 Supply, Sydney, New South Wales; Caroltaev 0b 1 ; p : South Australia; Patriot Queen ' Calc ult VsetsP il br Bombay; Montezuma, Rio Janeiro; Flint a n ,. Nevi t ot Pernambuco; Eleanor. Barbadoes; Eticl°e'-bstleorla William B l eans; Berlin , B R P i r a ll t i e h l a . b d o e N n l pea,npiiae Newr y A o f r r k i Mobile c ; a ; liong-Kong; E 1 B b savantss, Poif P e mu ous, ar adoes; It. Iris, llavennah; Constitution, New Yor o s t 0 : 0 0 0 6 0 , stastmoreira: J.,,,,e.oloppos..febr; Thomas Fielden.C alf $° Pl' 0 0 F i F e T W H O E R N T H E I E N D G L , Es. DEC...... T 8 i t . a - n iSgt:jftesisoieja' Michaels,l3a e iro burgh ; Torn Cringle, St. Jag° de Cuba. _ _ WEYMOUTH. -Arrd. Kong Suerre, Quebee.Aupetio OFF TORBAY.—Johann Julius , B atavia, {ors b ee, P. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 8.-Wind S.E.---Sid. . 1-- o d, Grande. Vleo ll/ 00' CLYDE -Sid. Jane Ewing , Calcutta; , ro pe, op Me.uritius; Lord Hardinge, Valparaiso; Ps.fork; vannah; Sulan, Savannah; W arren, Nell O h Fillan, Newfoundland; Gipsy, ditto. peter sb or s CRONSTADT, Nov. 28.--Toward 4 st• . t pe °l4l° there is a great space of open water, bu ~, tO crossing on foot to Oranien Baum. c , o o,baD',o AMSTERDAM, DEC. 6.-The Epervier, !?..„,.., sr; CP' St. Mato, was stranded on Ameland, 31 '" , landed, cargo expected to be saved. ,f a •: . ..so : ( st -- ~ --.,,,, ':, , 1 , , , I" ' 1 : 1 4 ESC APB , FON ) Ttg, j( YARIP; ~, ' au4bel ' die' hrtiaef 1i415., bf sit )' to(Kaffr r # ths s 4o' o t 'GbOrg: 'Hackett, gld e 'IA , daring esca , ! „. 3 i,i oco Pelson, 4 1 Picielaffildi 414 isitied `pliS tti' meat effermg a reward 9f 501. fur 1118 appreitenawn. 0 64 ' -~ 79 73 1736 9 % % 6 % 11% % 120 120% 20 3% 73 724 % 73 7% !,i 9% 10 9% 44% % 45 14% 1 4 1 ,4 23 127% 126 X lail 34 34 14% 9% 9 [16% 15 1004 die. 5 3ii die. ( 2 1X 121 21% 20% 10 17 19% % 17 % U % 12% % 231,i % li 8% 3 15% % 1% 2 814 % 9% MINES. Paid. Nominal Prices. 1 13 0 13 5 24 lb% 16 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 9, 1850. 1 At di d. <A S i P,