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

NEW NOVEL BY MISS KAVANAGH. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., A T II AL lE. A TALE. BY JULIA K AVANAG 11. Author of " Woman in France," Scc. " Her heart upon her lips, Her soul within her eyes, Soft as her native clime, And sunny as it 4 skies." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborsugh-Street. HER M AJE ST Y'S THEATRE, 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 English Chorus. Brio:M:11dt. the Mesws. Distin, and! Henry Cooper, Hayward, Hans POSITIVELY the LAST WEEK BUT TWO of the present season. Mr. Howard Glover's Grand Selection from " FIERO and LEAN DER," for the first time, this evening. BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHO.NIE in B FLAT, for the first time, this evening. PROGRAMME. PART FIRST. Grand Selection from a MS. Opera, entitled" Hero and Leander," preceded by an Original Overture, composed expressly for these Can .certs, by Mr. Howard Glover. The principal parts will be sustained by Mdlie. Angri, 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 oppress'd." Romania. "Star of Morni; g," Mn. Alexander Newton. Song, "My fate is in my Hero's eyes," Mr. Sims Veves. Romania, " A wild disorder," Miss Poole. Ballad, " The strain I heard in hopaier 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. ims 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 Buffs, "Brightest beauty," Mr. Frank Bodda. Grand Finale—Solo and Chorus, " His death alone'." PART SECOND. Symphonic in B Flat (first time), Allegro Vivace, Adagio, Minuetto allegro vivace, Trio, un poco mono, Finale, Allegro Aria, Madlle. Angri, " Gone, he's gene !" from the New Serenata, " The Sleeper Awakened" - - Macfarren. Fantasie, Grand Pianoforte, Miss Goddard, on Airs from "Lucrezia Borgia" - - - - - Thalberg. Overture, " Fra Diavolo" Duet, Madlle. Angri and Mr. Sims Reeves, " M'Ab bracci a," " 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, by 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 His Royal Highness Prince Albert, by - - - - Labitzky. Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Rant. Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Herr Labitzky. - Rossini. Promenade (admitting to the Half-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 to had at the Box-office, where Programmes of the performance n ybe obtained. Mr. Thomas Maste. s of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal Botanic and Zoological 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, ADELPHI. Under the direction of 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 Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling flop. Captain Kiteflyer, 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 IN THE GREEN; or, flints 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 TFIE TEMPLAR. Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Fisher, Belton, Addison, Vining, Cath cart, Everett, C. Kean ; and Mrs. C. Kean. After which BETSY BAKER; or, "Too Attentive by Half." Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, Keeley, airs. 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 Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A PRACTICAL MAN. To be followed by A DAY JF RECKONING. After which THE RINGDOVES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, WAR be performed Purim' OF FRANCE AND MARIE DE MERANIE. Characters by Messrs G. V. Brooke, 11. Farren, Norton, W. Farren, jun., Johnstone, G. Cooke, Dlddear ; Miss Helen Faucit, and Mrs. L. Murray. After which SPEED THE PLOUGH. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Under tho Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Pmorietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Last week of the gorgeous Spectacle. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. Second week of the Revival of TURHN'S RIDE to YORK. THIS EVENING. The Grand new Spectacle of THE ENCIIANTED PALFREY; or, The War, for of the Crescent. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing the Magnificemt Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes. The whole concluding with the Eittestrlan Drama (for the first time these five years) of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGII %%ATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tun UST -Morning 5 min. after 5 I Evening 25 nifti. after 5 To-Mositow—Moraing 4-5 min. after 5 I Evening 7 nun. arter 6 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 8 . THERMOMETER, LN THE &LID& 45—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 36—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'39. WIND S. ti. - dull, foggy weather. MONDAY, DEC. 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 87—highest since noon yesterday.. 29—lowest this morning and during the night. 81— this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.37. WIND E.N.E.—dense fog 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. PoßTsmouTH—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. lasTlNGs—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. SouTHAmrToN—Wind S., strong breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE —Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE • Wind N., calm—overcast. BElsToc Wind E., calm—cloudy. READING—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—foggy. GREENWICH —Calm—overcast. SWINDON—Wind S., light airs—overcast. COLCHESTER—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 : CAR.Low—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. MULLINGAR— w ind S.E., strong breeze—cloudy. DUNDALK—Wind S. E., light breeze—cloudy. POOLE Wind N.W., gentle breeze—foggy. COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., calm—overcast. SHEFFIELD—Fogu. LANCASTER—Wind S.W., calm—principally clear. BEArrocK—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. , . • & , ..., 4Y5,-p :Ej 4,- • 44t i . j :2:At_ 0 7, - :' s o x ollcut • m.ii. ,__, . 4, , ' qi. ' 0* '' '' f 44 , Z,. I :.\ -4 , 4.1 ' $4.4r4 t ~1 2 1:- L : t2_ ' ... ; , .., o,l llk. Zit• .: ' . ' ". 112i-...' la l t ct . ' "F: - - English feelings. It is a recognised and well-esta • hlished 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 band of despotism and its appearance absolutely prehibited, than that it should be deprived 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 of political vice and turpitude, die 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. GOD 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 bumble. 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 lIELIOGADALUS. 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 ERLE 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 Court of Queen's Bench 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 ? There 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 03 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 a-Meese the characters of the absent and of the dead— of those who ware there unrepresented and incapable of defenditg 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 bad occurred in the heat of discussion, and had been improvised from some circumstance occurring at the moment, but there could be none when it was premeditated in the privacy of the closet, without any disturbing in fluences to warrant or jus:ify sue allegations. The Duke, however, took his own course. He had all the advantages of prufessiotial 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 bi&iden by the or4imary and well -r,-( tg: iced r, gut - lion, of the tribunal before vs h;ch the inquiry was conducted. It was undoubtedly the privileBe of the Duke to conduct his own case if he thought proper, but it was a precedent which on public grounds we Should greatly r.gret to see generally followed. li was - not, as Sir FREDIRICK THLIGE2 truly re-- means that mar k e d, f rom sad necessity or deader the Duke had been driven to this alternative; he had boasted of his 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 bad been given) were still undecided, or endeavoured to gratify his liberal feelings at the expense of ourselves. We do not think a professional 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 w hick 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 migh. possibly have led to pleas of justification on our part. The matters relating to the witness Casfraiß lisin- HOLD to our judgment appeared the most important part of the subject. The Duke, however, deliberately and advisedly disregarded it, and, therefore, we need offer no objection, as he manifestly considered it as forming no sufficient ground of complaint. It would, however, serm 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 thick that we have a just ground of complaint in the unnecessary multiplication of suits, the double litigation forced upon us fur 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 were satisfied, the other suits would be discontinued, at least upon the pay. went 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, is comparative scarcity as a medium of exchange, and ,he 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 baa 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 leis than half a century. The average cost of wheat which, from 1460 to 1560 had only been 9s. 2d. per quarter, was 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 She 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 ¶uentity 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, hoarding, 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, during which these alterations were taking place, are still known as " the golden days of good Queen Bass." 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." I, may be imp(.&4- 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 b without gross and palpable injustice to the few. But the evil to the labourer was of a very brief and passing character, and he pet haps eventually received the greatest advantages of any from the change. At first his wages would procure less food than be for merly could obtain, but speedily employment be came more regular and constant. There was to compulsory idleness, no wasting of valuable hours. There wasesomething to be done in rainy weather, even in the short cold days of winter, when he would under different and less favourable circumstanees 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 less competition for any single description of labour. And the farmer, who finds that he can defray his rents, rates, tithes, and taxes with little. more the one-ha the quantity of produce formerly required will apply a ta neiderahle portion of the surplus that remains for his own use to the improved eultivatioo of his holding, or, in other words, the employment of additional labour, for which there will he ate increased demand, aid cons, quently an increased price, or what is popularly known as " better wages." These ate the results that must follow the in creased 'apply of bullion from the golden sands of California. Prices will gradually increase as neooloes inoro abundant. The fundholder Prlii anoultant may perhaps then feel disposed to alter the def;nition of a pound—►hat transparent fallacy on which they pin their faith at present. They will not then think that the public saitn is maintained by the delivery of 5 dwts. 3 gre. of yellow metal of is certain degree of finene”, when they perceive that it lacks the command over the necessaries and comforts of I life that the possession of a pound now carries with it. There will bit 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 hardhearted oppressors and rigorous taskmasters. THE FRENCH REPUBL 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 MMSTEUFFEL and the King of PRUSSIA. The Opinion Publique hints at the pro bability of the abdication of the .UoNAacEt, the Ali nisterial Constitutionne/ 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 men ac i ng att i tu d e aga i nst his powerul allies, he may not be obliged to have recourse before long to their friendly intervention r The National hus comments on the prorogation of the Prussian Chambers— " We will not exaggerate, as they do at the Bourse, the probable conseauefices of this measure. The Pens. sian nation has three or four times already allowed itself 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 ings. 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 obedience. 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 hands 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 ever 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 t, i 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 fail at last. Alter proroguing 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 call 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 fell 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 CARLIER have caused its editor, M. CHARLES DE LESSEPS, to be arrested on a charge of being con cerned in the Lyons conspiracy, which conspiracy is a mere police-concocted shatn. 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, but all the tri bunals in France, to find that I have any relation, I will net say of a political character, but any relation of any kind, even as a private individual, with the department of the Rhoue, the city or Lyons, or with the departments which surround that city within a circumference of forty leagues. The circle is large; hut still I believe that I do not advance too much in Blaring that during my whole life I have neither written nor received a letter irons it. At all events, I affirm the fact as respects the last three years to the present day. Surely this is peremptory." - Liu;idreds of persons have been arrested on the ac cusation of being concerned in this pretended plot, concerning the details of which not vie word has been given to the public. The police are exhausting the patience of the people by their conduct in this matter, As is justly observed by th , Sieele, - the plot of Lyons is covering France with misery and with tears, and is exciting the worst pas.qons." The Committee of the Assembly has reported against the proposition of M. VICTOR LEFRANC for the amendment of the electoral law. The Bill for the establishment of baths and wash houses for the poor was passed on Saturday by a ma jority of 345 to 278. The Moniteur publishes the law recently passed by the Assembly, by which the public are to be allowed the use of the State telegraphs throughout France, for the purpose of sending private communications. The law comes into operation on the lit of March 185' The Moniteur also publishes the law passed two days ago relative to the credits demanded by the Government for the extraordinary levy of 40,000 men. A decree appears in the Illoniteur, authorising the Minister of Finances to proceed to public sale, by sealed tenders, of 1,542,547 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 place on the 23d of December next. BUSINESS DO F' IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TOE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 7;/,—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 15% Great Indian Peninsula. 1% —Namur and Liege, 7 1 % Northern of France 1.4!,¢ Paris and Strasburg, 8% 4 Rouen and Havre, 9% -- Sambre and Meuse, laiertinit Int LONDON, MONDAY DECEMBER 9, 1850. The Duke of BauNswicx 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 havrn 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 gloric us gu srantee and safeguard of the liberties o 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 bad been received and acted on, then indeed it would have been vox et preterea nahil— an empty sound, a vain and figurative expression. But it has bee shown to be a great and incontro vertible fact-1 real :übsisting 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 whatever a man liked, but he must be punished for is afterwards." Well might the able and accomplished advocate for the defence express his unqualified asto nishment at this strange and limited definition, one in every respect so contrary to English habits and THE SUN, LON nON, MONDAY EVENING, DECF:MBER 9, 1850. MM. UCIITTIITZ !thri - I:,,Aumha are spoken of as 2VI . !doers of Public Worship. It is said that a portion of the laadwher are to be , iisrnissed to their homes. The Free Confere:xes will be opened at Dresden 4 bout the middle of the month. There is no truth in the rumours of a renewe,; 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 Wurtemburg was suspended. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Berne of the 3i says:—" The Bill relating to mixed marriages has just been vote. 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 13111 as amended, and now adopted, ttl 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 from Constantinople of the 20:h ult. says : —"Dr. Spitzl, an Austrian physician, who for the last six or seven years has filled the office of medical adviser to the Sultan, has just been sent away from the palace, with orders at once to quit Con .stantinuple. He took his departure on Saturday by the Trieste s•eamer. The cause of this sudden dis= missal is not known." RUSSIA AND CIRCASSIA. The Journal de St Petersburgh 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 Atchhhoi, 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 Tchetchenes who had submitted accompanied us. The hereditary Grand Duke was, as usual, with the advanced guard. Be tween Reschnia and Waleryk, his Imperial Highness remarked a party of the enemy coming from the Black Mountain•, 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, who immediately galloped off. They were, however, pursued by the cavalry of the advanced guard, whilst another detachment made a movement to cut off their retreat. The chief of the enemy's party was killed close to the Grand Duke. He is said to be the standard bearer of the Naib Sadaulla, 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 all the army of the Caucasus 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 considered by all the troops as the most 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." TUE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH RAILWAYS Railways. Paid. berdeen .. .. -- Do. Preference • • ••1 8 A mbergate, Nottingham, ! Boston, &. E. Juncion ' Ayrshire and Gallo way • • Belfast and County Down 3; I ;erks and Hants Exten. (Great W extern Per petual 5 per cent) .. 1 Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... 21 Do. without a guar... 2, Binning., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a, guarantee .. .. 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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. A ciiiLLL It is said that the Porz 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 Pied mont. By a Royal decree of the 23d 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 111onitore publishes a Ministerial de cree, dated Florence, 27th ult., informing the publ c that the bonds of the Tu,can loan, which were to be reimbursed on or after the 31st inst. only, will be im mediately pai , l by the Tuscan G- .vernment, in order that so large a sum may not lie inactive without ne cessity. Parliament, it is said, will probably meet for the dispatch t f business on Tuesday, the 4th February. 'Ti- Hon. George Jerniokhatn, now St-rn-tary of the Embassy at Constantinople, is appointed Secretary of the Embassy at Paris. DEATH OF THE BARRACK MATTER OF THE TOWER OF LONDON.—On the Ist inst., Lieutenant Halls, who had for many years held this appointment, died at an ad vanced age. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT AND THE HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY.— On Friday night a general meeting of the corps (about 3t10) took place in the great ball 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 mewing 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 Lr.urenr, 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 coming season, beginning at Christmas. ftohreEXHlßlTlONcorporationuitn carryingof 2000 tll.sttt towards hlo o N ek, a r ti ~(I)nxsl..hBtotisrible.li Stockton-on-Tees Exhibition st l ro l vi frbneui voted etc contributions ntas:. understand reaatihrs.ienirgl ians last that e t hewn the iv,nr RE -CAPTURE OF A CONVICT AT WOOLWICH.— Edward Griffiths, who escaped from. Woolwich Dockyard on the lfith of July last, it was supposed by having put on a :; f a o t t 3 e h • a e l l‘ s ,.k b h i l e P b ni w e r i t t i , g h a l e i n t dl 3 It portion vhoer sk o un te h o a f -r e o ta n hs one et workmen canvas byth a means t e w o e v n e t ri n to g s when gotbre breakfast, s e t t , GERMAN Y. has been apprehended at Liverpool and committed for trial. T c t t e s lli l g vh er o ic e e s has , a d se t been received of either of the three Accounts have beep received from Berlin to the convicts cap from the Warrior in the early part of 6th, from Vienna to the 4th, and from Frankfort to last week. R z G a a r n r the 6th. take place ie the r ' ep , i i. ese i n i t o a i t NOTTINGHAM SUNDAY arrangement entered into between representation 0 or fth — Another thins oclovu n.s7 ;aC i t a fnboecriy.: North t i n l h_ l d an MANTEUFFEL has dissatisfied all derstood that Mr. parties ; the Constituionalists of Prussia arid of Netts, will retire from Parliament at the commencement of Hesse contend, and with reason, that MANTEUFFEL the ensuing session. S C The S h i h e R ° Z E l M N B il E t has been wanting in his duty to the honour of his STRANGE PROCEEDINGS IN WELLS-STREET country, in sacrificing the Constitutionalists of Hesse CHURCH.—On Friday evening, during the performance of to the exigencies of Austria; the Elector of Divine service at the Church of St. Andrew, Wells-street, arylebone, whe re , as i s alleged, Puseyite practices are HESSE complains that he i s not permitted to arras g e M adopted to a great extent ,the congregation and the officiating matters with his subjects, but that instead he ministers were disturbed from their solemnities by the dot and they are ruined by having a large Prussian and tering about of three little members of the feathered tribe, Austrian force to maintain. The Absolutists of attired in a most grotesque manner, against the gas lights, Austria are dissatisfied with the cr , ncessions made by and falling amongst the congregation. On being captured, they were discovered to be two goldfinches and a sparrow, SCHWARZENBURG on the subject of the Federal Diet, the latter attired as a cardinal, and the former as IZ ' otnish and all are dissatisfied with the arrangement come to priests. The wa g who had p f d his not d with regard to the Duchies, which leaves the question trick in a place of worship had er ad ° drmedecrtueltytovhers-freea7rofeurs 4 the connexion with Denmark to be settled at the the cardinal's hat, as also the priestly vestments of the poor death of the present King of DENMARK, little birds, hat been tightly glued on, so that to release The Prussian Staats Anzieger of the sth publishes them the fe a th ers h ad to b e plucked out. the Royal ordinance, whereby the KING, by virtue THE LAW of D IVOLICE.A Royal Commission is of Art. 52 of the Constitutioital Code, prorogues about to issue to inquire and report upon the whole subject bob Chambers until the 3d of January • nex;; (ti,, Wr' of the law of 'divorce—not merely the proceedings in the mentioned on Saturday would he the case). Th.- Ecclesiastical Courts, but the proceedings in Parliament— ot the divorce a meadmeadet thoro alone, but . the more weighty ordonnance is countersigned by MNTEUFFEL, Vim n and important question of the divorce a eteculo 2natrimonii, DU HCYDT, Von R A SE, SIMuN, aod Volt ST ocx - which troubles many an honest man, and wehave no doubt BATMEN, many an In nest woman too. This was precisely one of those The Elberfeld Zeitung publishes the project of the questions which, although palpable to all, yet on which it addres s got up b y t h e mino rity o f the committee, is most expeni en t, as i t i s most eas y, t o collect tied con- dense an ove r whelmi ng we i g ht o f t es ti mon y. Th e Commis of the e x t reme l e ft. Th e f o ll ow i ng i s th e substance : "We depl ore With your Mejesty 'bat in con eeperice ' , h ' i o , t n h i s h f o h o o , s e e s n o f t r from I T a o h s l t e l eminent r l e a t o v o y n e i r d s not and of of last y ear ' s evi : bta the equilibrium IA the receipts and b e t ter se l ect i on. I t w i ll oe composed of the follewi y n . e a expenditure o f t h e state h as n o t. been re-established. 1 ord C amp b e ll . L or d B eaumont , Lord Itedesdale, Dr. Lush The country is ready to make any sacrifice fur defending ington, Spencer Horatio \Valpole, M.P., W. Page , Wood the honour of Prus s i a . -. M.P., and the Hon. E. P. Bouverie, M.P. " Your Majesty is aware that your generous inten- THE PLATE ROBBERY IN THE STRAND. —The six tions have not hitherto been successful in procuring for prisoners charged with the participation in the robbery o f the United Stat es o f Germany such a constitutio n as is Messrs. Williams and Clapham in the Strand, were agai n conformable t o their requirements. and we deeply reg7et 1 placed at the bar, at the Bow-street Police Court, on Satur that the constitution which resulted from the treaty of day, when Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor for the• prosecution, int.mated that he hed no further evidence to offer. Upon the twenty-seven German Governments, anti was regu- Mr. Henry, the presiding magistrate, expressng his inter_ lated by the Parinfment or EKurt, has not yet been car- Lion to commit tor trial, and to have witnesses bound tied into etteci - . We doubt not that ~, rue NI , -jest e .'s Go_ ties to prosecute, it was stated that Mr. Saunders, , who bad vernment is fully aerare testi tier hoeue: of Prus.Aa is identified the prisoner Gardner on account .' - iof the dog in his involved in ace ,- .mplisiiing this dat: , , , b , th to priecee anei ,had gone to the l s l e of \lignt in consevence of' people. the indisposition of a relative. Under these circumstances "'We deeply regreat that complications 'ln old have :it was directed that the prisoners should be remanded m aga • arisen in El ectora l H e -' 6e b etween t h e represeidatives till Wednesday, when a ll th e w i tnesses were directed to of e the people and the Micietry, which has beet, sue- attend, with the exception of Inspe c t or L un d , whose pre by seace is required at the t ri a l o f M r . Si rre l l, at Liverpool, and ceded the susp en son of the corfstituti.: ll , in cen:,e quence of shish the Government. ~, Ge. in my. in cat- . who entered into time usual recognizance. Puncher and his tempt of every natio na l r i g h t , h ave ar bi trar il y i nter f ere i wife were permitted to be a t l arge upon their former bail, and the application ~o admit Shaw to bail was aga i n refused. for the maintenance o f an aut h or i ty wifec h pretends fo be threatened with danger. We hove lull ceefidence in your The Bi.hop of London has directed the Arch- Majesty's spirit of jos - ice; and that y u will o.niinue to deacons of London and Middlesex to visit all the church es command the Prussian army to oppose an inzi.ry 'llion, and chapels in which it is alleged that Itomish ceremonies practised, and to report to him ev er y case i n which any which is unieuthori ee d in the affeere =,t a state which it are , ceremonies or ferries are seed not authorised by the rubric, a member of Ilie einion," or sanctioned by established custom. The successOr Of LADENBERG 1113 not yet ~.;eel u.:- n ( OMMoDORE PLUMRIDGE —Aft er a care f ul revision pointed,- it is thought by some tiiitf• Csiune Doitr.A Inure '; of the Minutes of theCourtof Inquiry h e ld O n t hi s offie,er probable idea is that - M. DE MA N TFivrrEL w ill a dd t h, will be made- PreAdeitt-ef the ifi Co ed oil, but the ! at . i:ly . inouth, vie understand the Lords of the Adrairalty I , ii ,ve Informed t llat one - duties of that 'tee to those of Foreign Minister: - tortner secretari him was substanti..ted f . the charges made by his t SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2rl hlva arrived. The Chamber of Deputies had adjourned for two days in consequenc e of the Ministerial MADSID BOLSA, DEC. 2.—The Three per Cents have fallen to 33,k, and a kind of panic prevas on our Bourse, owing to the Ministerial crisis, and other causes of anxiety. 24 14 dts. 16% 4% .5"41i —B4 8 IN s% —B% dis. 9% 9 i 0 17 - 17% 16% 16 t 5 42 -43 42 (114 7% -7% p. 18 18% - 18% 18% 6( 7%- 7 % ?5 12 -12% ,2 14 1.. _:: 5 3 7 —6% dis. dL 12 3 6 —5% dis. 6% di 8,9% —lO 20 11 10 514 20 8% 1 1U 10 13% 6% 3% 50 12 25 10 9% 3% 30 1 20% 10 .. -„ 50 22% - 23% -- 13 —6% ( J 1 die. 14 1 4 13% —3% die. 14 12 3 dig. 21 121 21% [5 I 3% 3 dis is% I .. 10 1.. , 9% 9 7 dls. 1734• 13 3 * 3 ', / 20 4 2, 1 SO 15 __ 15% 3 i5O 41 - 4036 17 Z 5 1836_ 1 936 193,( % . .. 7% i - 836 ...." • • 42% -- 43% I 5 117 -- 17% 11734 8 7},i di?.' 12% 9 4 —3%( die, 17 15 —l6 5 3% 4 i 0 123 2334 23M [0 1% —13 i 8% FOREIGN. 1 41 1 7 % -2% 15% - 15% 115% 17% • 8 s, s u —4% die. 11 3 1 Pm. 10 11% 12 5 4 34 Pm. IN Par pm. 1 % 7 34 . 34 -1 Iq-2 7 —7% 7% 14% 14% 4% —4% dls. 31 —33 24% 24% 6% —6% dir. 814 9% — 9% 9 N 2% 3 [o 3y — io dfs, • - •• 1 % - Ir* ITOCK BANKS. 10 1 273( -28% .0 42%-_42% 08 ?,0 25 - 21,% 10 18% - 18% !O 27% -- 27% 15 1 7% - 4 2 -43 ;Y 15 % -16 ' 45 aff; 35% 2% .. _ .. 0 12% —l3 10 i. ......' JOIN Nominal Prices Anglo-Mexicail(is. 51. p. 10 10 Asturian • . • •. . ••• • Australian llarossa Range •••• • . • Illaemirvon Iron and Coal' BolatioA Scrip British Iron.. • .••• . • • Brazilian Imp (Is. 5/. p.) Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba Do. St. John del Rey • • Cobre Copper ..... Copiapo ............ General.. • • ... • • ! Real Del Monte, I.TLreg. Paid • 1 13 13 5 . - . 3 - 3 q 3% -. 3% • • ...... • • Do. Black Debentures. , Do. Red Debentures j :Santiago de Cuba .. Tin Croft .. • ... • • • • ' 7 United Mexican MISCELL 32% Canada ........ Gen. Steam Navigation Penin. & Oriental Steam Royal Mail Steam .. • • We] cannot be answer 'able for t _ - .. .• - 14 2 4 - 16% 324 -3. - 5 , 15 8 - 13 113 1113 Busine o ilO6. w-dST. 15% 16 .. 9 — 9% lOU " 6 1 4 6h —Cis :i.NEOT_TS. . 11 44 42% 26% — 2 l 79 1 / 8 6 0 , -,„ --68 " _ c ,..., Lists] We errors or the OMR. „ e a L MONEY and COIV ERCIA 71-lIVIdoCI.4 CITY. TWO rag vit. The sales of Ceston at Liverpool on FaTroil estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,100 . ibeat 4,00 taken on speculation. The sales conapthe d , B j, teEi American, 1,300 Pernam and Maranhao), ”` sel• 100 E pe g r y lb. The atork9edt.;clirot isTeatidialyres's ref° old rates.—Railway Shares were firm. rey The Cuntinental letters read the prospects of peace. A disarmament or,i'7,rassis,anbi troops was in pt ogress both by Austria grj broa d 1 1 1 we ll generaliqdroal in a few days the mercantile communitY.a t he relieved from further anxiety by hearing of Ad' iCel arranged. hest - toe From the Amstei dam Bourse i" a in • - 40 December 7, which sate that the funds w frvourable position, but not animated. 2,,,,fionteAt Securities were better, but the transactions r 9 6 5, Gold Pieces of 10 florins were selling ;L I AO ero Frankfort, on the 6th instant, Austria n ! , 0 34. , Sim 741 4. and Spanish Three per Cents. 3 3 4 t that w e fut It is stated in some of the foreign PaP ers e liestio°,'„he of Rothschild and Co. have received sPr 00" f frac •h ae loans to the amount of nearly ding nearly all the great continental Pe e ' v xte ,, s iee g oo . a eSillion opts. e erie 00 , suffering from the expense of their )ate that the V ° oo l meats. A report is current, likewi se ' E n glish 14- et e il• guess Government intends trying toa st 3 P er e c eot i* market for a loan of 2 000,000 1 • d w hich 7. upon the guarantee of their sinking fu n r ' e b e nd °of mated at 100,000/. per annum. We 91313- b crib° t° would be the height of indiscretion to sit s SO such loan. il c 0115.- . 4 The non-arrival o f th e W est India rp : odier*b a lefi , disappointment to the merchants hilts are anxious to learn whether the c h e lers ect de6of tys and to the Mexican Bondholders wh o "P geree rjs in intelligence concerning the proposed arranjoereS debt. The new mail arrangements are, I ' lo o4 0 0 8 tbs fair working order, and should the interl g obef e . r 4 is delayed, the steamer may not reach Eng i , - h e r fir t ( 1 ;11, 11th or 12th inst. At any rate, although b e r'Wooti hourly expected, no uneasiness is felt as o ld 00 11 The English Funds have been verY:rwee. Co 5 5 7 4 Saturday's quotations there is an 0 , 8 14. ° oil! have been marked 97-a - 1 1, and for ° lt ; bea t 03. to 98 4 1 -, the rise of •'continnati °ll nr ted of o high. Beak St oc k h as b een OPP - Ceats' i 1 11° The New Thee.and-a Quarter Fe l. ja 961 1 ' lee k ' realised 9811 and the Three per Ce ° r e 0 5 1 0 dis transfer books f ar C onso l s, &c., will el ° . es' Exchequer-bill s h ave b een quote d 640. t °67b' Bonds 83s emium. 111 beti ste " The Foreign Securities have not gen e r ee is but Mexican Bonds are higher, having u s ' Cest s , fire at 32* Peruvian Four-and-a-Half Pet Doisviyo been marked 80, and Brazilian, small, 86 d 1)1 0 0.1 1 * • per Cents. have realized 100? to 101, fat,.„ pet , via and-a-Half per Cents. 57i Spanish ": 4 391., have been 17*, and the Three. per C ri e v-. bo re rather lower. Portuguese Four per oor b quoted 341. ere bis tb 0 (1, In Railway Sh ares th ere h as b ee n nons Ass m 50 fof d ancy, and the quo t at i ons are b etter for Western, Great Northern, and several ot „ 0 1 0 ' ce r the and Wolverhempton are lower. so j - The Namur and Liege Cumpany . 's tr,d Of the annual meeting, to be held in P 0 :0 11)/ d s o 16th instant, states that the cs,n3PanY,: s 20 0 dyo tt documents relating thereto will, on tlic ee oti,, 3 l l o o t r a December now next, be deposited for I "l3row de °' the respective offices of the compartY in b elv elia' London for the inspection of the a b a te a fore" Po: conformity with article 46 of the statute s ,t Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sops 1181- 0 1 St °. tice, reminding the English holders eighth r ou te 0 00, and Strasburg shares, on which the t bess yl ob 25i. per share has not vet been effected , , lb" to fi ts2 esli ta " required to be made in Paris from the • s k t ;( „b di e l he°' October last, and (hat the shares on ;te ' A sh unpaid are at the present moment, aceor'l o r f tutes, liable to be sold on the Exchenge bY per payment. Thi s ca ll may st i ll b e rees ll " ; eP" N. M. Roth sc hild an d S ons, w i th interests R id' per annum for the delay. TA QUARTER? consols ••' 9 71 0 a , • 0 n Ditto Account ' FIRITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ° From the 4 )fficiai i 3 colti ;ant;Stock ..... ......................... ;. - B aba per Cent. Reduced Annuities.-- ..... a t ; 4 o 4 3 per Cent. Consols Arms ....... NH , 314 per Cant. Anna. .............. s exile 5t0ck...................... • ee P Do. Bonds, WOOL.. .......................... p Ditto under 1.000/ ................ ' O O • eneois for Account ..................... -• jat es E chequer Hills Ihd• 1 64? March , 6 6 4 P arn,. „ 0 p •001 6 1.4 0 1 matt PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT O` • - OCb Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. .....• $6 Ditto, Small . . Danish ,Bonds 1825, 3 perCent-e' 004 Ditto, 5 per Cent ................ 11 , .)cicat. i50n45,1846,5 partant, Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons ......... Ditto fer the Account 60 Peruvian Bonds, 4 %2 per Cent ...... Portuguese Bends, 5 par Cent .....• 0 4 Ditto 4 oer Cent. .................. Thissian Bonds, 1g22, 5 per Cent-. 9 0 4 / Ditto 4 .4 per Cent. ..............ii% t!ipanisb Bonds, 5 per Cent...... 3 4 Spanish Bonds,3 per Cent,lB4o eels% Dividends on the ab ove p a y a ble 1A `b73.17 4 Dutch 2 1 ,e per Cent., 12 Guild ••• Ditto 4 oer Ceut. Certificates 88 ir,) Ditto Account 1.4 DA LLOYD'S 1 - 1 11- 1 VIA Tr; light LONDON, DEc. 9.—Wi n d at no on E•l4'-'' to i° and foggy. d. S i° Art e s, e 4 , QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 7.—W in d _ and Reward, Callao; Perseverance ano ta ; P i Grande; Senhor Do s M ar i antoz , Car "aro tsit h Bombay. Off port. Frederick Boben, St BELFAST. DEC. 7.—Wind lt, r ea en t o , Quebi c. The Wandere r , of Padetow , A 0 ' ; gow, has been on s h ore . Se! ABERDEEN, DEC. 7.--Wind E. to joh° thew King, Demerara ; ° I " AO JO Brunswick. f BRIDLINGTON, DEC. B,—The Industry' 0 0 0 " got on Flamburough Head Ruck, but No pif damage. e o°' PENZANCE, DEC. 7.—The Westboe slookebutere to mouth, got on shore behind the New Fo r ' sustained much apparent damage. A poo t l e i li C l‘t GOTHENBURG, Nov. 28.—The Ree°, r-P beieg London, has put in to discharge and repair' G lat t LEITH.-81d. Oscar, Siam. ° too, O cICP PLyMOUTII, DEC• S.—Wind G e Leone ; Marmiun,. Rio Janierv. 011 P° rte , pit; New York ; Ki ng Madras. - • OP FAL3I , 9UTII, DEC. B. Wind KS.E n, e f r re e s i t i l ti ' o ts ere i 0 1 Ripon, Cape of G oo d H ope; V e x, p Margaretha, Pay ta , an d s ailed i bt Leoonside, Bahia; Keepsake, Quebec. Wat er OFF PENZANCE.—Her Majesty's 9 ' 4' Sierra Leone. • SCILLY.—Arrd. Agnes, Rio Je,neiro - GLOUCESTER.—Arrd. Josepha, Queben,:o S. MILE ißD.—Arrd. Allen, Brown, Bl i l'ip ' srob' h ° ' OFF NORTH FORELAND.—ThereSe , , ye; St l.' o l‘ l6l : DEAL, DEC. 7.—Wind S., fine ni e e d, laen-ee- aloe s; cloudy—Arrd. from the rivr and 6 "d e r, D' r b A so ol Shanghai; Cumillus Demerara; Isla' 400 1 Hebe, Barbadoes. S ' ld. Jersey Lao dP Manahurdy, Tobago; Union, Haverty ' Id. Ze OFF DOVER.—Elise, New York. PORTSbIoUTH, DEC. B.—Wind E.Degi• CalCutfet Monte Video; Gaspanino, Havanuah. COWEs, DEC. B.—Wind E,—Aerd. Ar tcj ‘ Sid. Narcissa, Buenos Ayres. E~y Yoe LIVERPOOL, DEC. 7 AND , William Hutt, &vanilla; Western vsO" 'sstewi e es o Jenny Lind, St. John's, New Brunswinitto Or John's, New Brunswick; General Berry,4 ue bec. la ijet Elizabeth Ann, Q ue b ec; L a dy Eigty' ee, A de rs° Supply, Sydney, New South Wales ; Caro I ts . So bites South Austr a l ia; P atr i ot Q ueen , Ca le° 6 C6eroP et' Bombay; Montezuma, Rio Jaueiro; Flint Bacloc An a , ,boles NO' gorit , Pernambuco ; El eanor . B ar b a does; D e r, leans; Sir C. N ap i er, M o bil e ; Astoria , Neeses veto Berlin, Philadelphia ; Africa eteotner, William Itethbon e , New York; Jessica, Boa t o a visti n Hong-Kong; Emulous, Barbados'; Sarty ttes ' Off P ° Iris, Havannah; Constitution, New Yur " k ' l'homas Fielden. ,_ - e ve' OFF WORTHING, DEC. B.—St. Michaels, Calf r Po OFF TILE NEEDLES.—Titania, Rio Janet' . burgh; Tom Cringle, St. Jago de Cuba. WEYMOUTH. —Arrd. Kong Suerre, 4 2 11 -u,,,v' t , Al CO P itiO OFF TORBAY.—Johann Julitiv, Batavia , e DARTILAJTII, DEC. B.—Wind 10° ° : Grande. ; Eo F ro le P : ' env - Dn.—Sid. Jane Ewing. Sw Mauritius; Lord Hardinge, Valegricaluat2,ll_w York; vannah; Sulan, Savannah; Warren, Ile bid lihari, Newfoundland; Gipsy, ditto. v CRONSTADT, Nov. 2S.—Towatds 5t..11,_-‘. Peelle O there is a great s crossing on foot to Oranien Baum. , ) ,1 he AMSTERDAM, DEC. 6.—The Eperver, c ry pace of open water, b I S atd M ed a , l° Car w g a o s ex s p tr e a c n te d d ed to on b e sialvmelland, act a 5 % % THE EiC APE FROM 'FHB iVIODIIIL 1 31116° , r4 ;;Diti Clue having yet been obtained to the discovery of tml - goo- Ge . orge Hackett, since his daring escape -front l o ge Prison, a prodamation was issued on SaturdaY, 10 , =Nat Olean _woad 'O4 kg Alt givrelleilaot: 66% P 14 13 120 121 20 7 % % 9% to