The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-31 00:00:00

To be had of all Booksellers. pEPY S' DIARY—CHEAP RE-ISSUE. vol. I. IS NOW READY, price 69. This complete Edition of Pepys' Diary and Correspondence con taining alt the passages restored from the original manuscript, and all the additional notes, will be published in Fve Monthly, Volumes, post 3v0 ., with Portraits, &c., price 69. web, bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3larlboreugh-street. Now ready at all the lAbraries, in 2 vols., post Bvo., A NOVEL. 0 0 D. " The author, we are convinced, is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha acterisenature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Man iserses, and Smythes."—Observer. Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and Is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has proiuced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gcrdon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all." —Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LA.NE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. The Performances (during the Holidays) will commence at Half• p.. st Six precisely. Doors open at Six. THIS EVENING, Will be presenterl by her Majesty's Servants The First Part of ISEN)ELY IV. The King, Mr. Cooper ; Prinre of Wales, Mr. J. Anderson ; Hotspur, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Falstaff, Mr. Barratt ; Lady Percy, Miss F. Vining. After which (fifth time) an entirely New Grand, Historical, Em blematical, Aerostatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal, Municipal, Juvenile, Pantomical Pantomime, by the popular author of " Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," E. Fitzhall, entitled HARLEQUIN and HU3IPTY DUMPTY; or, Robbin de Bobbin and the First Lord Mayor of Lun'un. Private Boxes, 3/. 35., 2/. 12s. 6d., 2/. 25., 1/. 111. 64.1., and Li. I s. To be obtained on application at the Box-office ; Mr. Sam's Libarary, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Mitchell Ebers and Co. ; Andrews and Alcroft, Bend-street; at Jullien's Music Warehouse, Regent street ; Chappels, New Bond-street; Leader and Cocks, 63, New Bond-street; Ransford and Co., New Bond-street; and Bailey and Moon, Carlton Library. 12, Regent-street. Stalls, ss. each. First Price—Dress Circle, ss. Od. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 2s. Gd. ; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Tipper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 641. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. No Half-price to tipper or Lower Galleries. The Box-office open from I I till .1. It is respectfully Intimated that seats in the Boxes cannot be reserved after the First et ofthe Play. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. THIS EVENING. The Single Act of the Second Part of 'HENRY THE FOURTH. Henry IV , Mr. Macready. To be folowed by the JEALOUS WIFE, in which Mr. Macready will appear. After which a now translation of TIIE SECOND CALENDAR and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the Fight with the Genie. Frincip.tl characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Selby, Lebarr, Buckstone, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss P. Horton, and Miss A. Romer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPLII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. llughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ford, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ; or, the Spider King. Characters by Ilfessrr•. Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, Madame Celeste, &c. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keam and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR. aaaracters by Messrs. Ryder, Fisher, Belton, Addison, Yining, Cath cart, Everett, C. Kean ; and Mrs. C. Kean. After which a new Comic Christna - ; Pantomime, called ALONZO THE BFAVE AND THE F.kllt IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the Baron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Carlotti Le Clercq. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingbam ; of whom also places may Le 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 THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. After which an entirely new and oeginal Fairy Extravaganza, to be called KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, Bellingham, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with THE RINGDOVES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Re-engagement of Mr. G. V. Brooke. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE STRANGER. To conclude with PRINCE DORI'S ; or, The Romance of the Nose. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. THIS EVENING The Grand new Spectacle of KENNILS% ORTII ; or the Golden Days of the Virgin Queen, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle, introducing the Magnificent Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes, also, for the first time in England, M. Ghelia, with his three highly-trained fiteeds, M. Nicoll) Plige, the great Barrel Equilibrist, and the Bro th,rs Francisco, from the Hippodrome, Paris. To conclua with an entirely new and original grand historical Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre, by the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGIIUE or, The White Horse of Killarney. Box-eftleo open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al Luz. ovx Tars i)Alr --Biterning 13after 12 I Evening 3G min. after 12 To•lioaaow—Morning 1 min. after 1 I Evening 24 min. after 1 THE .WEATHER. —Sus OFFICE, DECEMBER 31 3 THEW/01MM; IN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day, at noon. BAROMETEIZ, 29.86. WIND W.— dull, dirty weather, with rain. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTTI—W ind gentle breeze —foggy. PORTSMOCTIS—W had S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. BRIGHTON —Wind N.W., calm—overcast. HasTEscis—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON— W ind S.W., calm—foggy. F OLK ESTONE —Wind W._, gentle breeze—overcast. BASINGSTOKE Wind S.W., calm—overct. GREENWICEI—Wind S.W., gentle bree as ze—overcast. SWINDON—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. L Erca rrox —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. B IR MINGHAM—Wind S. W., calm—partially cloudy. PETERBOROUGH —W ind S.W., calm—cloudy. YAnmount—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. LT NN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CREWE--Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. LIVERPOOL —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. MANCHESTER—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. Wiarrav—Wind S.W , gentle breeze—overcast. SNAP—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CARLISLE — Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. BEATTOCK—Wind S., gentle breeze —overcast. EDINBURGH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : CORK—Wind S.W., light breeze—cloudy. MuLtatraAn—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. POOLE —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LEIGHTON—Wind S:, calm—cloudless. BIRMINGHAM—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. LEEDS—Wind N.W., hard wind— overcast. ,s 4 . , „,, > : ' 11 : 4 ',.; • - 4 e 42.4 eriVmingifl LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1850. Notwithstanding the natural tendency of the human mind to look hopefully to the future, there is something irresistibly mournful connected with the last day of the year. Ere entering upon a new period of time:fraught with the happiest anticipations, we cast " a longing, lingering look behind," while, perchance, we contrast the promises of the last January with the very different realities witnessed by the succeeding months. Very few can listen to the midnight chimes of the thirty-first of December without re-echoing that lamentation of the Roman EMPEROR over a lost day, and many lost days—very few can witness the close of a year of life without a sigh for what it has failed to bestow, or perhaps a tear for what it has taken away. Both as a nation and as individuals, we have had cause for sorrow during the past twelvemonth, but, thank GOD ! we have had cause for rejoicing also. Not again have we had to mourn over the fearful pestilence, y e t th e h an d o f d ea th h as b een ra vages of sadly visible. A royal Prince has been added to the happy group in Windsor Castle, and a royal Prince has been added to the silent dead at Kew. Less illustrious by birth, but more illustrious in position— illustrious by the conspicuous place he held in life, and yet more illustrious by the heartfelt and uni versal lamentation poured upon his tomb Sir ROBERT PEEL, since last January, has passed from among us. Saddest among the days of 1850, the 2d of July will be long re membered with regret. Added to such themes of common sorrow, the individual experience of most of us can too readily suggest ample reason for regret over the past year, even while, undismayed by disappointments, we turn hopefully towards its dawning successor. Seldom has the name of a coming year been so frequently upon the lips of every one, and the theme not so much of speculative conjecture, but of assured gratulation, as that of 1851, the year of the great Exhibition. Cause, indeed, shall we have for rejoicing next December if one-half of the public anticipations be realized. Cause, indeed, shall we have for exultation when the true Peace Congress shall have been held in London, and the representatives of all nations shall have met together in peaceful and " twice-blessed" rivalry. With this auspicious event in prospect, it is but natural that 1851 should be greeted with even more of hope and satisfaction than his predecessors. While trusting in PROVIDENCE for the happy issue of these expectations, let us remember, one and all, the old say ing respecting " good intentions"—good intentions which are worse than fruitless, unless consummated by good actions. One and all, rich and poor, wise and simple, have their part to perform in the drama of human life. None are so insignificant as to be excused from their allotted post. Such thoughts, which' are always worthy of re membrance, are more especially suggested by the arrival of the thirty-first of December. Both in a public and private capacity, both as a nation and as individuals, let us remember that it is useless to lament lost. opportunities, unless from that lamenta tion we are led to better performances. It is vain and futile to build up castles in the air for the future, un less we at once set about laying their foundation in the present. Chastened, but not depressed by former disappointments, cheered, but not too much elated by anticipated success, let us greet the new year now about to dswn upon us. flow many aching hearts and weary brains are looking forward to that new year for a solace to their suffering and repose from their toil. To how many of the friendless chil dren who crowd our thoroughfares, and the sinking, starving labourers who toil in the garrets and cellars of our cities, will not the coming year be fraught with good or evil, perhaps not only for time, but for eternity ? A moment's pause in the giddy whirl of life, a moment's contemplation of the state of so many of our fellow-creatures end fellow-countrymen, cannot but sadden and oppress every feeling heart and thoughtful mind with a sense of overwhelming re sponsibility. At the hands of every one of us will their blood ho required—those unhappy ones who die in sorrow or live in sin, because when ignorant children we have not taught them, and when strug gling, suffering men and women we have stretched forth no hand to succour or to save them. Sad, indeed, are the thoughts associated with New Year's Day to the unfaithful steward—to the legislators, who forget their primary duty, as the people's guardians, to the masters, who impose unjust burdens, and forget thA the labourer is worthy of his hire; in short, to one and all, these periodical days of reckoning ere themes for reproach and repentance, for how many, when weighed in the balance, are found not wanting ? Solemn and serious as these reflections are, they are not inappropriate to the closing hcurs of the year, when the brightness of spring and the bloom of summer have given place to _the darkness and desolation of winter— _ _ _ " Dead, alas ! are buds and blossoms—dead, dead ! Like the blushes of a virgin they have bloomed and fled; In the dust the reeds are lying, To their roots the sap is flying ; Faint and feeblo—al) its beauty shed— See the Old Year dying." In society we ever find persons most eloquent in deprecating the vices to which they are secretly in clined, and that eloquence will become absolutely overwhelming if their favourite predilections happen to be in any degree suspected. The " blackleg," who gains an infamous livelihood by swindling the com munity, is continually speaking of "his honour," so that so far as mere words were concerned, you would suppose him to be a model of integrity. He would scorn to take any unfair advantage. He would lay down life itself, before he would be guilty of any act that could in any degree impair his high and unblemished reputation ! He would not, under any circumstances, postpone payment of his gambling debts, or, as he would term them, "debts of honour, even for a single moment; but, notwithstand ing all these professions, woe to the unfortunate dupe that sits down with the worthy man to any game of chance or skill, or enters into a match on the turf. The cards will be marked, the dice loaded, or the steed drugged ; or, even if these precautions be dispensed with by the " man of honour," he is enabled, by the sleight of-hand and dexterity acquired by lnng prartice, to Tntnier it anything hut an equal match, so that the result of the play is certain. Then, indeed, he is inexorable,in enforcing the prompt and satisfactory settlement of his unjust demand, and GOD help the unfortunate debtor who is compelled by the amount of his losses to seek any indul gence at his hands. He absolutely rises into moral dignity in the power and strength of his vituperation, or in the withering denunciation• which he hurls at the devoted head of the betrayed and cheated victim ! • So it is with the bullionists, they raise a parrot cry of " keeping faith" with the public creditor, and impute the grossest dishonesty to all who venture to suggest that justice should be rendered to the public debtor. They have " packed the cards," " cogged the dice," and " drugged the race-horse" by their acts for the restoration of cash payments, for the abolition of small notes, and for the separation of the issue and banking departments of the Bank of England, and compelling the directors to keep a large amount of bullion buried in their vaults, of no greater practical utility than an equal weight of quarry stones. By these artificial restrictions they have greatly enhanced the value of the pound sterling, so that they have for many years past been extracting from the pockets of the industrious population of the country, who, as a matter of strict and equal justice should not be called on to devote any portion of their earnings , to the liquidation of debts contracted by their fore fathers, far more than they had any right or any claim to receive, and yet the moment a word is uttered respecting an equitable arrangement cf the outstanding liabili!ies, a torrent of low scurrility is poured forth against the hardy aggressor, in order to deter him and all others from again offending in a similar manner — something analogous to the " appeal to the pistol," the challenge to mortal combat, with which the worthy " bonnet" answers the remonstrances of his victim. Such arguments may, however, be carried a little too far, and provoke inconvenient recrimina tions scarcely anticipated. What, for instance, would the Times say if the right of the parties, by whom the national debt was contracted, to mortgage the labour of their descendants through succeeding gene rations, were altogether disputed ? Our Con temporary (in its leader of the 27th instant) says, " As we can recognize no distinction between a private and a public debtor, we will take an indivi dual case." It then gives a sketch of the proceedings of a certain Earl of ENTAILS, who, being engaged in sundry lawsuits and divers speculations requiring an extraordinary outlay, has fallen into the hands of Jew money-lenders (and what a mine of wealth does the unfortunate nobleman prove to that estimable class, according to the showing of our contemporary !), and grants bonds for 1001., the real consideration received not being more than 30/. It then asks, what should be his Lordship's con- duct if, by some fortunate accident, he came into possession of means sufficient to liquidate all his lia bilities to the uttermost farthing ? We accept the new illustration, although we believe the case of Sir GODFREY GREENHORN (a more fitting namefor the bor rower) was, in 1847, during the commercial panic pro duced by our infamous monetary code, the favourite example of our Contemporary. We shall,however, carry the case a little farther. Let us suppose that the Noble Lord has been gathered to his fathers, that a hatchment is placed on the family mansion, and that the eldest son (Lord FAIRPLAY) has succeeded to the hereditary titles and estates, and a number of younger children are left utterly unprovided for, the Noble Lord having lived up to the full extent of his income. There is a sound of mourning in Israel—the goose that laid the golden eggs, that paid 1001. for every SU borrowed, is no more. The new Earl has succeeded to the wide. spread domains without any incumbrance; his father had but a life interest, as his usurious creditors well knew, and they took care to charge him in proportion to the infirmity of his title and the precarious and limited nature of his tenure. The young Lord may, if he pleases, set them at defiance. So far as the law is concerned their bonds are no better than so much waste paper, or, to use a stereotyped phrase of the bullionists, " worthless rags." "what will be their condition if they institute legal proceedings ? or, to adopt the language of our Contemporary " How would[they fare in a court of justice ?" There can be no difficulty as to the answer. Their case would be scouted out of court, and they themselves mulcted in costs for their unfounded demand. But, again, let us carry the case still further. The portionless children have forgotten their aris tocratic birth,; and condescended to earn an honest livelihood by their own exertions. One has been so fortunate as to obtain a seat in Parliament and a Lordship of the Treasury, or some of those comfort able situations that reward the labours of statesmen in embryo. Another may be a barrister in good basinsss ; a third a popular preacher, with:a fair pros pect of a mitre. The army and navy will have a fourth and fifth ; and if the " detrimentals"—as we believe the younger sons are termed in the vocabulary of match-making mammas—be very numerous, some may even condescend to embark in trade, commerce, or manufacture. They are thriving in their several vocations, and anxious to redeem the memory of a revered, although an impro vident, parent from every imputation. There is a family meeting to decide on what course to be adopted. Would they be considered robbers and plun derers if _they proposed to pay the full amount ac tually contracted with reasonable, but not usurious interest, to restore the thirty pounds per cent., and to a fair usance for the money ? Far from it, their conduct would be• con sidered beyond all praise ; the creditors would bless those whose high sense of honour led to so noble a proposition, which would be gratefaily and thankfully accepted. The Times, then, should avoid such to pics, or those of whom it is the avowed organ may have little reason to be pleased with its advocacy. No question can be disposed of by using gross or abusive language. It will henceforward do well to observe the salutary caution of Mr. MIINTZ, and " to avoid blackguardism," or it may find that others can call things by their right names, and place matters in a very different point of view. Although no code, human or divine, imposes upon children the necessity of liquidating the debts of their forefathers beyond the amount of assets which they may have received from their ancestors, and which were disposable, and could be alienated by them, we do not desire to repudiate the national debt, or, slight the claims of the public creditor. We only wish to render equal and impartial justice to all —to the debtor as well as to the creditor—and nothing but such unfair and unjustifiable arguments as those recently put forward on behalf of the bullionists can endanger the rights of the latter ; and we sin cerely hope that henceforward the matter may be dis cu'sed in a calm and temperate spirit, and that all unnecessary violence pf language may be avoided on either side. We cannot conclude without directing the attention of our readers to an admirable article of our esteemed and talented Contemporary, the Derbyshire Courier , which will be fcund extracted into another part of this day's impression. It will well repay perusal. In another column of our journal of this day, a statement will be found detailing the grounds and cir cumstances of a dispute which has recently taken place between the Hon. and Rev. FRANCIS RICHARD GREY, the Rector of Morpeth, and the churchwar dens of St. Mary's, in that town, to which we invite attention. It appears that the; churchwardens had received from the Duke of M.lNcuEsTErt, as chair man of the National Club, a pamphlet containing certain "suggestions" to laymen for putting down Romanizing practices in the Established Church. For some time past they, in common with others of the parishioners, had been subjected to constant annoy ance by a system of chanting the psalms and prayers, introduced by Mr. GREY into the service of the church there, and they were resolved to make an attempt to procure a discontinuance of those objec tionable practices. With this view they recently sought, and obtained, a personal interview with the Rev erend Gentleman, and, with more ingenuousness than worldly wisdom, directed his attention to the " sugges flops" transmitted to them by then uke of MANC HESTER. The request theypreferred to the rector was that he would relinquish the chanting of the creed and the psalms in the parish church on the first Sunday in the month, and in St. James's Church every Sunday. During the conversation, " Mr. Churchwarden KING" appears 'b. Ln•c Mull,' ...a loccaa ciarAprca in.n tile udinll3Blo2), that but for the publication of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S famous letter to the Bishop of DURHAM, the church wardens would not have thought of asking the rector to change the mode of conducting the service. Such rare indiscretion, if it be true, on the part of " Mr. Churchwarden KING," has, in our opinion, seriously marred and retarded the very good cause he and his colleagues were promoting. It is but justice, how ever, to that gentleman to say that he denies making the infelicitous admission. The day after the interview Mr. GREY replied by letter to the request of the:churchwardens, in which he announced his intention to make a trifling conces sion to them, but absolutely refused to discontinue ;he choral service at St. James's Church. This etter of Mr. GREY, however, is chiefly remarkable or the defiant, and, we may be permitted to say, gra tuitous language which he holds towards Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his Grace the Duke of MANCHESTER, whom he designates " foreign extra-parochial agita tors." "I do not see," says Mr. GREY, " what right foreign extra parochial agitators, however high in office or in rank they may be, have to interfere in my parish. Ido not see why we should give their sug gestions' a moment's consideration. In plain words, I do not recognise Lord JOHN RUSSELL as the Prime Minister of England, or his Grace the Duke of MANCHESTER as the chairman of the National Club, as having authority of any kind whatever, ecclesiasti cal or civil, in the parish of Morpeth. . . I should,` however, be sorry to follow the example set by those high in office and in rank, and to walk in the path which they have pointed out—the path of agitation and strife." Now we take leave to say that, as respects Lord JonN RUSSELL at least, this is an extremely unmanly and undeserved attack upon his Lordship, seeing that it does not appear that his Loldship has ever in the slightest degree, or in any manner whatever, inter fered in the parish which is blessed by the. Hon. and Rev. Mr. GREY'S clerical oversight, and that the Rev. Gentleman must have well known when he penned the words we have quoted. We gravely suspect that in these times the Premier of England has other fish to fry than to seek to pervert the parishioners of Morpeth from their allegiance to their rector. Even supposing that the sending the printed " suggestions " of the Duke of MANCHESTER to the churchwardens of Morpetb,was fairly chargeable as an act of interference in the Rev. Gentleman's parish, it was in the highest degree disingenuous and unworthy so to construe the letter of Lord JoHN RUSSELL to the Bishop of Dui- HAM, for which his Lordship has since had " to blush to find it fame." This correspondence is lamentable, as discovering in a remote part of the kingdom, another among the many attempts that have been made in recent years to revive and engraft obsolete usages upon the beautifully simple and devotional liturgy of the Church of England, and so to pave the way, though perhaps unintentionally, for that scheme of aggres sion originating in the insatiable lust for ecclesiasti cal domination which now assails the Constitution cf this realm in a vital part. But to find an attempt of this kind made and promoted by one ennobled by the illustrious name of GREY, and by family ties with " the blood of all the HOWARDS," indissolubly inter woven as these names are with the history of a series of memorable struggles for political freedom and human progress, had not:entered into our comprehen sion, and must be a humiliating consideration to many who with ourselves have heretofore identified the immediate ancestor of the Rector of Morpeth with the advancement of liberty and civilization. 'We regret to learn that early in the present week Lord Dalmeny, M.P., was dangerously attacked with pleu risy, and lies extremely ill at Dalmeny Park, near Queens ferry, the seat of his father, the Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery.— Glasgow Daily Mail. The trustees of the late Colonel Cheap, of Gir genti, are now, in terms of his bequest, paying over to the infirmaries of Ediuburgh,Glasgow, Dumfries, Aberdeen, and Inverness, the sums realised from his estate. It was ex pected that each of the charities would receive 2,0001., and, though the whole of the estate has not yet been disposed of, 1,8001. has already been allotted to each. CORNISH GRANITE FOR THE GREAT EXISIBITION. —A very large block of granite, being more than twenty feet long, of the finest quality and colour, has lately been raised by the Cheesewring Granite Company, at their quar ries on the Cheesewring Hill, which is intended to be sent to the Great Exhibition of 1851. THE SUN, LON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, -1850. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The " great party of order" is in a state of most admired disorder, and the various fractions of " the honest and moderate " are, in terms the most vehe ment, accusing each other of dishonesty the most flagrant ; the Ministry and the Assembly are at open war, and hitherto the defeats and the humiliations have all fallen to the lot of the Ministry. On Satur day, as we stated yesterday, the Assembly, in despite of the opposition of M. ROUHER, voted the immediate liberation of M. MAUGUIN, At the conclusion of the division, M. Rounaa, declared to those around him that he would oppose the execution of the order of liberation by force; how he carried out his declara tion will appear from the following narrative, which appears in the Dibats : " After the vote of the Assembly on Saturday evening M. Bazo, one of the questors, went immediately to the Debtors' Prison, accompanied by several representatives and by one of the ushers of the Assembly. Ho took with him the order of the day motive, signed in form of emequatar by M. Dupin. M. Baze ordered the usher to knock at the closed door of the prison, and to require its being opened in the name of the National Assembly. The door was opened, and M. Baz, proceeded to the re• gistrar's effic'e. As the director was absent he was re ceived hy the registrar. M. Baze called his attention to the entry in his books relative to M. Mauguin, and de manded that he should transcribe opposite to it the order of the day motive of the Assembly. The registrar at first pleaded the absence of his chief, but having been warned by the quest)r that the assistance of the armed force would be called for if necessary, he no longer re sisted, and M. Mauguin aas immediately set at liberty. It is affirmed ►hat M. Charon, the creditor of M. Mau guin, and at whose suit the latter was arrested, intends to bring an action for damages against the director of the prison for releasing his creditor. It appears that, on his part, M. Mauguin has given notice of appeal against the sentence of the Tribunal of the Seine, which paced him under arrest. 'The affair. it is said, will came on immediately before the First Chamber of the Court of Appeal." M. ROUHER, like Sir JOHN FALsTArr, thinks " the better part of valour is discretion." But this is not the " unkindest cut" which the Ministers have received. The dismissal of M. YON was demanded by MM. BAROCHE and CARLIER as a matter necessary to the maintenance of their own credit, because it is evident that the triumph of M. Yox is the condemnation of MU. BAROCHE and - CARLIER. The demand for the dismissal of M. Yoe was formally made to the Bureau of tha As• sembly by M. BAROCHE, and Monday was fixed by the Bureau for the consideration of the demand. So important did the Elysee consider it to secure the dismissal of this officer, that all the Bonapartist journals of Monday have articles on this subject ; the least violent of which, that of the Consti tutionnel, declares that, " if, which however is impos sible, the decision of the Bureau should be in favour of M. YoN,:, it will be a blow not only to the execu tive but to the judicial power." That blow the Bureau has struck, for it has decided in favour of M. YoN. The Pattie gives the following account of the decision : "The Bureau of the National Assembly met to-day to come to a resolution relative to the demand for the rave cation of M. Yon, addressed to it by the Minister of thp Interior. The dif cession c3m3acnced at noon end lasted till five o'clock. The Bureau decided by a majority of eight to six that M. Yon should be maintained in his functions as special co-nmissary of the Assembly. The votes were divided as follows:—For the revccatior, MM. Lilon Faucher and Paul Dare, Vice-Presidents; Lacaz- , , Berard, Peupin, and Ilcekeru, secretaries. Fur the maintenance—MM. Dupin, president; Bedeau and Be tacit d'Azy, vice presidents; Chabot and Arnaud (de l'ArA;e), secretaries; Lfflo, Baze, and de Panat, ques ters. This decision will certainly produce a painful and profound rensation in the country. We can already affirm that it was received with equal regret and surprise in the Salle des Conferences. Ic was stated that a con siderable number of representatives rivpose to bring the question before the Assembly in public sitting." It is evident that the whole matter must now come before the Assembly, and that MM. BARocHE, CAR LIER, YoN, and DUPIN, and the pilgrims of Wiesbaden and of Claremont, must make clean breasts of it. All the intrigues in which the reaclionaires have been engaged, from the moment of the proclamation of the Republic, will now probably be exposed, and the honest men who have been made the victims of the most unscrupulous knot of police conspirators that ever retailed perjuries per order of the Prefect, re stored to their proper positions in society. " The rogues have fallen out." PAItIs BouRSE, DEC. 30.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 91f. 95c. ; Three per Cents., 56f. 90c. ; Bank of France, 2,237 r. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TUE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 30. Anglo-Italian (late Italian and Austrian), 2 1 4 —Boulogne and Amiens, B%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 15%—Dutch Rhenish, 34.—East Indian, 11 3 A —Luxem bourg, ILA—Ditto, 2 , 4—Namur and Liege, 8 5 / 4 —Northern of France, 15—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3—Paris and Rouen, 274, —Rouen and ,Ilayre, 11—Sambre and Meuse, 3 1 / 2 — Tut,“, E ex div. GERMAN Y. llAssrsrrLuG and HATNAII, protected by a strong military escort, arrived at Cassel on the 28th. Prince SCIIWARZIENBERG and Baron MANTEUFFEL arrived at Berlin from Dresden on the 28th. The KING gave a grand dinner on that day to Prince SCIIWARZENIIMIG. The Prince was to return to Dresden on the 30th, until which day the Conference would be occupied with preliminary proceedings. The address with which Prince SCRWAIIMNBERG opened the Conference has been published. The first part of it is a recognition of the advantages Ger many has derived from the constitution of the old Bund, the chief of which was the preservation of peace for more than 30 years ; though he contended it had done much good in other respects, which some had misunderstood and o!hers had not understood at all, because it had not worked according to their views, or bad not produced all the good of which it contained within itself the germ. He contended that the bases on which the Band rested were not only sound and true, but that they were the only ones adapted for a system which was to in clude a community of states like Germany. All at tempts to construct another system on an entirely new basis had fdiled. At the same time he recog nized the defects of the old constitution, one of the chief of which was the weakness of the executive ; the great necessity was to strengthen it by regula tions that would enable it for the future to uphold the monarchic principle, and to " oppose a dam to the torrent of revolution." In the sitting of the 26th, under the presidence of Baron DI BELTS; the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saxons, four committees were appointed, to whom were referred the revision of the laws of the alliance of 1815. TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople of the 15th an nounce the arrival in Aleppo, as governor, of MEHEMET PACHA, late Au,b3ssador from the Porte to the Court of Great Britain. ITALY. Accounts from Rome of the 18th stata that it has bee❑ determined not to garrison the Roman States with Neapolitan troops. The Romans entertain the greatest contempt for them, and the King of NAPLES fears their contact with the Liberals of the Roman States. REWARD FOR THE APPREHENSION . 01' Mrs. SLOANE.—We have received a letter, signed "J. D., Vauxhall" (which shall appear to-morrow), suggest• ing the propriety of offering a public reward of 501. or 1001. for the apprehension of Mrs. Sloane, and inclosing 21. 7s. 2d., "being the amount subscribed by his fellow-workmen for this purpose," and request ing that should the object for which the above was subscribed be already obtained, the amount should be handed over for the benefit of Jane Wilbred. We entirely agree with the writer in thinking that "it would be a national offence to allow any person to escape charged with so grave an offence without a thorough investigation into its merits," and consider that the working men of London have donethem selves great honour by taking the initiative inthis work of justice and humanity, and have put to shame those whose duty it was to have done so long since. HEALTH OP HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHIES OF GLOUCESTER,—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester was better yesterday. Dr. Hawkins attended her Royal Highness yesterday, at Gloucester House, Pic cadilly. DEATII OF MR. J. G. CAMERON OF ELGIN.—The Elgin Courier announces the death of Mr. J. G. Cameron, banker, which took place at his house at Haughland on Wed nesday last. _ . MARRIAGE IN TRIPOLI, BABBARY.-011 the 28th November, Don Joaquin de Zugasti, Vice-Consul of her Catholic Majesty, was married in the British Consulate by the licence and in the presence of G. W. Crowe, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's Agent and ConsubGeneral, to Ann; eldest daughter of the late John Dickson, Esq., surgeon in the British Royal Navy. Thetmarriage was celebrated by the Superior of the Catholic Mission according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church, under dispensation from his Holiness the Pope, the bride being a Protestant. This is the first marriage which has taken place in Tripoli, ac cording to the provisions of the recent Act of Parliament for 'facilitating the marriage of British subjects abroad. Malta Mail. THE RECTORY OF ST. MARY'S, SOUTHAMPTON, This valuable living, recently vacated by the resignation of the Earl of Guildford, has been presented by the Bishop of the diocese to the Venerable Archdeacon Wigram (not Wrangham, as stated by a contemporary last week), who will shortly enter on his duties. Arrangements are in pro gress for dividing the immense parish into four or five trict s.—Hanipshirc Independent. PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Richard Burgess, 8.D., Rector of Upper Chelsea, to be a Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral. TIIE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH RAILWAYS Railways. I Paid. I Nominal Prices. Aberdeen • • .. • • • • Do. Preference • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, I Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway • • Belfast and County Down Berks and Hants Eiden.' (Great N extern Per. petual 5 per cent) Birmingham and Oxford Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Birming., Wolverhamp - ' ton, aud Dudley, calls ) duly paid, or with guarantee ••• Do. without a guar. •• W9iverhanap.,' and Stour Valley Birkenhead, Lanea,s., and Cheshire Junction •• Bristol and Exeter• • • Buckingliamslure • • •• Caledonian Do. 10/. Preference •• Do. Clydesdale June.. • Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Frefererce .. Clarence .. ------- Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. . _ Do. 2d do., 5 per cent. l Do. Gov. Loan, 4 pr. ct. Direct Loud. and Portsra.! Dublin and Belfast Juliet.' . _ Dundalk and Enniskillen' East Anglian (251. L. So . E. and L. & D.) • • .. Do (1 , 4. E. & II.) •• Do. (3/. 108.) 6 per cent. Preference • • Do. (5/.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p.c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. • • Do. Eaten., 5 per cent. No. I .• • • Do. No. 2 • • • • • • Do .New Preference, 6 per cent. .. • - •• Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. • • Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., P. & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. •• •• East Lancastire •• •• Do. New quarters • • Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. • • East LineoLushire, gua. 6 ptr cent • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West,, Do. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. & C. stock Gloucester Dean Forest Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. . _ Do. 5 per cent. pref... Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Do. elghtlis Great North of England. Do. new 40/. .. Do. new 301. .. Do. new 15/. . Great Western .• 1)0. Nvw, 171. .. Hull and Selby •• Do. half shares • . .. Do. quarter shares Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • • • Do. F. 201. .. • • Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. • Do. kludders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Bradford • • Leeds and Thirsk • • • • Do. pref. 6 p et., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1818 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. • • London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croyd en thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p et. Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .• Do. new guaranteed, 6, per cent. .. .• • • London and Greenwich . Do. preference • • Lendon and .N.-Western, Do. do. new quarters .1 Do. fift hs • Do. 101. sh., M. &11 (c) London and S.-Western . Do. new 50/. . • Do. new 401. • • Do. new preference • • Londonderry & Coleraine Do. half shares .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct. Do. do. 6 per cent. • • Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. • • • • Do. half shares •• • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • • • • • Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • - • • Do. quarters, No. 1 . • 101 proforenoo Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland • • • • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 50/. shares • • • • Do. 111: ming & Derby Do. Consol. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. • • Do. Erewash Val. pref.' Do. Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. • • Do. extension scrip • • Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • • • • Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrcvor • • .. • • Norfolk .. • • .. • • Do. New 201. shares.. I ie. Extension • • • • 1)o. guar. 5% per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British...... Do. Preference • • .. North Staffordshire • • North-Western .. • • Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. • . Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) • • • • Reading, Guildford, and Jleigate . • • • • • Royston and Ilitchin - J)o. Shepreth Exten.• • Scottish Central .. • . Scottish Midland .. .• Do. new . • • • • Sarewsbury & Birming. Class A.. •• •• Do. Class 8.. • • • • Do. New Guarantee.. SlarewsNii y & Hereford •Inewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) • • .• Do. Hal.. es .. • • • • Do. Oswestry • • • • Do. New • • • • • • • • Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union • • • • South Devon • • .• • • Do. ['reference • • • • South Staffordshire • • South-Eastern • . • • Do. do. 434 per cent... South Wales.. .. • • South Yorksh. and. River Dun Shell., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. • • Swansea & Loughor, &c. raw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. • . • • Vale of Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Water:or d, Wex., Wick., and Dublin • . Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed • • Do. do. Do. do. West 4.lornwall .. • • Whitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. .• •• Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth . • • • • • • • York, Newcastle, & Ber- do. .. do. .. wick .. .• • • • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • • • • Do. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway • • .. York and North Midland Do. Preference •• Anglo-Italian (late nit- Tian and Austrian) • • Boulogne and Amiens • • Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) • • Demerara . .• Dutch Rhenish • • • • East Indian • • • • • • Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Peninsula • • Ditto ditto • • • . Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg • • • • .. Ditto . • • • • • • • Madrid and V akntia .. Namur and Liege .. • • Northern of France • • Orleans arid Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen • • • • Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse .. Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan .. den, and Ilasselt , We.st Flaaders . Australasia .. •••• • • • • British North America Colonial .. ConVnercial of London London Joint Stock London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New . . • • • • • • • • National of Ireland .. • • Provincial of Ireland• • -• Do. New..• • • ...... Union of Australia .. • • Do. New ............ Union of London •• •• •• Union of Madrid 50 6 6 8 1() to 10 3 / 4 % % dis. 5% —5% diF!. .. ••••• • • hi - 1 P. 29 -30 27 -28 8- 9 p 7- 8 p 1034 - 11% 75 -77 17% - 18 10 1 ,4 - 10% - 16 -17 13% - 14 •• --- •• 25 —23 dis, 34 -3% 2y -2% 1% I% 1 —I% ',7i —1 to —GX 1 / 4 dis. 1 / 4 P 10% - 11 55 -57 55 -57 4% - 63 p 64 - 7 .. - .. 4% -4% 19 - 19% 12 - 12% -2% 3!% 28 -30 6 -7 13 - 2 I A - li 17% - 17% % -6% 101 9 - 11% 124 - 12% 38 -40 - P 242 - 245 77V, —78% 4 1 A dis. 99 101 49 1 A 50% 22 —23 63 —73 514 6 4 P. 26 —27 p 57% —sBs 10% 10 1 4 dis 7 dis. 1% —1% dis, 123 - 132 6 —5% dis. 96 —97 13 -14 3% —2% dis. 3% 3 dis. i % 74 dis. '4 'A P .. '- •• 6% -6% 8634 - 8734 10% -11 M 57 -GO 57 -60 137 - 139 11% - 12 23-244 -125 3 3 4 i —4% p. 4 3 4 —5% p. 2%-2 p. 77% —78% LI% —lO% dia. 10 9 Ws. 2%-2% p. •• •• 13 -15 4 1 ,4 37 dis. - 27 10% - 1114 D , ,•4 - 104 2 3 4 dis, 47% 48% IN - 1834 dis. 24 —26 128 - 130 .. - .. 214 - 3 21 —23 15 —l4 dis. 16 —l7 —44 M 8.4 —94 4% 51 8 dis. 17% - IS 41% - 42% - 8 3 p. 18% -19 X ,?4- 8 - 1 % 13 -11 - 6% —5.3 i 5% —4% dis, I , qi 10 12 -- 13 6 —6% 9 —lO 1% 1 Ms. 13 —l4 3% 3% (Hs, 14 —l6 11 —l3 3 9 ,E — 3 1 A 2214 23 •• - •• 22 -23 —2% dis. . • . ---- • 9 7 dis, N —6% dia. 3 5 16% 18 .. - 20% -21% .. - .. 8 -8% 44 -45 18% - 19 fy. —s dis, 3', —2% dia. 16 —l7 22 y 4 —23 1 1 lii 1 die. 2 -2g 15 - 16% 4 3 4 dls.z.d! t Pm. 1 U - 3 4 Pm• ifi - % pm. 1 - Ili 2%-2% -91 15 —l5 is 34 —36 27 —2736 61 / 4 —5% dis. :10% 11% 3 % 3 .. , 10%--- 9% dLs.xcll .% - 17i - .. 1 IC hANKS. 28 -3N , 4214 -43 9% - 10 25 - 2: - 34 18% - 19 1 ,4 2734 -2814 17% - 18 42 - 4316 15% - 15% 34Tj i - 35 12% - 13 ••• = •• 1 13 0 13 b 24y, Business d one to-day. 1046 % dis. 2X Anglo.Mexican(is. 51. p.) Asturian • • ...... •• • • Australian .... ••• • • • • flarossa Range .. 31,4 - 3 34 - 354 -„ - P.lnenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip ........ • • British iron..• • .. • • • • • • ' Brazilian Imp. (is.p/, p.) Do. Cocaes and Cuiabal Do. St. John dcl Rey• • Cobre Copper • • ...• • • • Copiapo • • • General .. • . . ...... . . . Real Del Monte, Unreg. 3% 314 14% —14% &% 35 - 5 14 15% - 13% tAs Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft ...• • • • United Mexican•- .• •• 10 9 —7% 1 1 7 lON —II 23 28N 6% [ISCELLANEOUS. 323 42% 44 14 26% 27 50 SO% 88 60 73 —74 able for the errors of the Official Lists, and interested correspondents.] 54a ' Canada ••..•••• • • • • • • Gen. Steam Navigation . Perin. & Oriental Steam. Royal Mail Steam .. • • .. [We cannot be answer will not be influenced by 17,40NY&Y and Uo.slliThatCiAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday wore esti mated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 wore taken on spe culation. The market closed steadily.—ln Railway Shares only a limited business was done, and prices had a downward tendency. The Colonial Markts re-open to-morrow. The Foreign Exchanges are expected to exhibit some improvement this afternoon, though there are parties who feel ::ceptical as to whether the alteration will be permanent. The abolition of tho gold coinage in Bel gium may cause some amount to be forwarded hither, but there is no silver here at present . to give in barter. As supplies come in from the United States, we shall readily ho able to dispose thereof for gold. The fall of the exchange against England at Paris from 25 27, on 26th July, 1850, to 24 85, on 21st Dec., 1850, and the similar fall at liamburfsh from 13 74, on 26th July, 1850, to 131, en 21st Dee, 185 U, was of ne cessity occasioned by a superaheir.aance of bills cn London offering at these placca--tlint is to say, the bill for li„ which t, would sell for L . :25 27 ,in July, would sell for only 24 85 in December, be cause more £.'s were offering at the latter than at the former date. This increased quantity of bills on London appears to have been occasioned by the desire of foreign brokers and others to obtain. Aver. The first seller of a bill on London, say at Ptv.!ir, turned his bill into silver at once. The person who b( aught it at a pro portionate price for the purpose of revel ttance to London did so, in a great number of intitances, with a direct view of having the proceeds of -the bill returned to him from London in silver. Emma the rapid fall of the exchange on London at Penis, and hence, also, the rapid fall in the premium en gold at the same place, .in spite of the non,-.8 rrival there of any gold from England. The exclusive and enormous demand for silver renilered gold an ineligible mode of remittance until the time should arrive wheri.t the fall of gold to par at; Paris, combined with the state of the exchange, and the privilege of using gold in France as a legal tender, should at length render gold so much dearer in Paris than in London as to justify its exportation from hence. 'That time has now arrived ; gold has began to flow into France, and the probability is, that the recent anomal.ons state of things will he speedily corrected. When that correction has in acme measure taken place, and the: extraordinary de mand for silver on the continent has erased, the quota . tions cf the premium on gold at Par^s will be watched with much interest. If that premium !i.hould permanently disappear, or be replaced by a dise:ount, there will be stronger grounds than there are at pl'e sent for supposing that the Californian mines are beginiii.ng to disturb the relative value of gold and silver to each other. In the meantime, we may test content wien the assurance that the, zeal exchange between this coarotry and the conti nent, as re„gulated by the trade in commodities, is not against but in fav(mr of England. At Hamburgh, last Friday, the rs ,te of exchange on London was 13 04, being I lower atr i a in. The quotations at Frankfort on the 28th inst. were 73i for Austrian Metallics, and 33 4 for Spanish. The English Funds are very infix aive. Consols have been quoted 96 /, and the New '.Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 98i Bank Stock worth 213. Ex chequer-bills are 58s. to 625. ' and J Lelia Bonds 78s. prem. The Foreign Investments have 'ta3Cll heavy. Mexican are 34 for the Five per Cents. fir: Money, and 35i for Account. Spanish Five per Gin ts. are 171, and the Three per Cents. 394. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 59. _ In the Share Market the net ount is Bullish, and high rates of " continuation" bej.ng demanded, many parties have preferred to sell. 'We believe, however, that the speculation is by no mean s so enormous as has been asserteo, and that full advaavage is taken by those Laving cepital to make borrowebta pay handsomely, in consequence of the advance in. .discounts at`the Bank of England. QUARZER TO THREE. Con4ola Ditto Account 961 1 ex d. CLOSING PRICES. 213 97% Q R 7 3 / 4 75 p 7$ p 96% ONE rEICES OF nnrrisa rim - Los O'CLOCK. B Ink 6 Welt 3 per Cer.t. Reduced Anns. ..... 97 97t N.,. 334 T .... Cum t._ ATM. _ _ _ - __ _ 9 Alh, .44 (-Aim); Anus. to csxpire Jan.lB6o ....... 7 % Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1850.-- 7 1 / 2 En tie Bonds, LOOM-- . --- Ditto under 1,0001.„........... . 78 p Corwls for Account , . 96 Lh % tr, xCh HQ uor Bills. I;id. Ss 2d 1,0001. June 813.11. June 5B 62 p 62 p CLOS,ING PRICES. ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Maxie= ' 5 per C0nt.1846, with 'Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ....... .. 34% % Ditto, Account ..... 351 4 S; anieh 5 per C.:,nt. 1840 ....... 17 1 A Ditto. 3 per Cent ... 39% Dividends on the above pa gable in London - French Rentes, 5 per Cent — Exchange Itutch '2 pr,r Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 95f. 50c. 241. 90c 59 903/4 LLOYD'S SIIIPPIN .-( THIS DAY Lomporr, DEc. 31.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze, and dull hazy wee.ther, with drizzling rain. DEAL, DEc. W.—And. Rotterdam, Ness, Batavia for Rotb rdam. Arrd.. from the River, Magnus, Bahia; Cornelius Grumell, New York; Tom Cringle, Cuba. Arrd. from the River -and sailed, Lancastrian, Port Philip. Bnis'ioi, DEC. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Stratford Mauritius. NEWPORT, DEC. 29.—Winei 'W.—Sld. Cambria, Now Orleans. BULL, DEC 30.—Wind W.—Sld. Tamarae, New Orleans. COWEN, DEC. 30.—The A Ifred, Newcastle to Malaga, has put is v►ith damage from contact with a brig off the W ight. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30.—Wi ad W.S.W.—Arrd. Courier, Towereon, Calcutta; Roder Lek Dhu, Williams, West Coast; Laura, Campbell, ?i6 iramichi ; towed round from Waterford, Queen of Englar id, China; Anne Melheusb, Calcutta; Robert Pulsford, ditto; Navigator, Buenos Ayres; Andover, Ceara; Ei in-go-Brugh, New Orleans; F. B. Brune, Baltimore; Vanilla, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick; Albion, Richihi icto; Hindoo, Quebec; Gip sey, Prince Edward's Isla ad. Sld. Reindeer, Hong- Kong; Lanercost, Valparai .so; Rajah, New York. Put back, Jessee, Savannah, le sky, bore up from long. 9.; States Rights, New York, t awed back from Queenstown with loss of topmasts. The Hants, from Africa to this port, lost main and mizento pmast, &c., in a squall on the 18th inst., lat. 37, 10ng.7,34. SHEERNESS, DEC. 30.—= ,Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Wil helmina, Honduras. FALMOUTH, DEc. 30.—W ind W.S.W.—Arrd. Crane Packet, Rio Janeiro, left 126 i Nov.; on freight about 10,0001. in gold and dianacinds. Possedone, Odessa, with rudder damaged and be wa stove, had been on her beam ends 23 inst. off Cape Finisterre. HULL, DEC. 30.—The Pe nil, Shields to Carthagena, has put in leaky, having str ack the bar in leaving the former port. YARMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Vile Bernard, Newcastle to London, makes 13 inches wa tor per hour, having been on Carton Sand, but will pr abably proceed with extra hands. The Phenix, of awl from Montrose to London, has put in leaky, having bee n on Barber Sand. ALMERIA, DEC. 20.—The Constantine, of Sunderland, Alexandria to Liverpool, we nt on shore four miles off Itiquetas Point during a sev ere gale at W. yesterday, struck very heavily, came o:N, filled, and was abandoned; crew and one passenger :wed and arrived here this morning. MARKET NEWB. = (THIS DAY NEAT IvAus JLZ. s iSTB. SMITIIFIELD.—Moadow F Lay, 218 s to 3/ 15s; Clover, 31 03 to 41 Os ; and Straw, II Is to 1/ 7s per load. A full average supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 2/ 10s to 31 16s ; Clover, 3/ Os to 410 a; and Straw, 1/ is to 11 8s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow , Hay, 2l 8s to 31 15s; Clover, 310 s to 410 s; and Si raw, 1/ is to 1/ 7s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. SURREY SESSIONS.--(THIS DAY.) The Epiphany Quarter Sessions for the county of Surrey commenced this morr dng at the Sessions-house, Newington-causeway, before, Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar contained tile names of 45 prisoners for trial. The grand jury having be m sworn, The CHAIRMAN briefly a dressed them, and dismissed them to their duties. .—(THIS DAY. ) A l3° 'youn W g n :a B u T n l a t m E ed E C T hilrles Durden, the landlord of the Somerset -house beer-6h( pin John street, Totten hara•court-road, was charged with having stabbed a policeman. Policc-constable A. 332 deposed as follows:—About half past one o'clock I was on duty. in Middle-row, Holborn, when the prisoner, who was standing by the pump, flew at me and knocked me against the shutters o f a shop. The prisoner then said, " Where am I?" and I replied, "You are in Holborn; get on home. You are, not so drunk as you prehend to be." Ho retorted, I tell you what it is; I have got a stiletto here, an in strument you know nothing about, and I will put it into you as far as I can if you come near me." He then went along Holborn flourishirg a large knife, and vow ing that he would stab every Englishman he came near. A boy named crow, who paw that I was afraid of 13 14 0 100 17% 78 6 8 6 13 4 6 :3 4 2% 1 1 0 8 6 8 2% 100 II 13 41 4714, 100 23% 11% 15 11 6 100 12 15 4 20 100 100 42% 4 2 29 16 0 100 47% 2 12 0 13 5 ai 9 12 3, FOREIGN. 620 [NT STI 6% 6 % I) par 10 3 A % 12 % 17% M 11% 4 11 12% (76% 78 77% 77 57 56% 5N [5714 554 56 414% [55% [122% 123% 123 124 20% % 26 26 % dis. 47% li 46% 15% :X 3 N 9 % % 17X 34 7% 3}4 [22% % 22% 3 21; 6% % 8 % M % 4 3% x.inl 9 IA 8% Nominal Prices. the prisoner, came up to me and asked, "What can Ido for you?" I replied, "You run and bring the nearest constable you can find." He did so, and in a few minutia he returned with Caleb Davis, 22 F, who task .ed what Ras the matter. I said that man there , point leg to the prisoner, has got some tv , eapon in his bend. I did not know what it NEM then, and said he must be very careful with h .im. The prisoner then turned round to go in another direction, when we rushed behind him, and each of us laid bold of either arm. Mr. 11 - Emu—Had he the knife still open in his handy Witness—He had, your Worship. I got hold of his left arm and 22 caught hold of his right, and wb Me I was trying to take the knife away from him, I said to Davis, " Mind, my lad, or he will stab you." Davie a replied , "By God, he has done it already," and then dropping the prisoner's arm, he said, " I feel the blood tri cklin g down into my boots." The boy Crow then to ok hold of his right arm, while Davies picked up the ku ife, which the prisoner had thrown down, and then sprang his rattle. A third constable then came up, and the pr isoner was with some difficulty carried to the station. 0 n the way there he conducted himself in a very frantic m inner, and let pt swearing and cursing, declaring that he ltnew what b-- Englishmen were, and he would let aomebody know it, for he.had got something else up biS °le e " which would do for them. Mr. HENRY—What became of the constabi , irh° " 6 stabbed? Witness—He was brought to the a tation in a cab, and from thence he was sent to KieVe Cul le g e Hospital. Mr. HENnY—Have you seen him this morning? Witness—Yes, Sir; he was still bleeding wry mu ch ' and the surgeon would not allow him to leave his bed. The prisoner said he had no questions to :put to this witness. Inspector Dodd said I was on duty at the B station between one and two o'clock this morning wh en the charge was brought in, If 22 came in as id said me, " This man (pointing to the prisoner) has stobbea me in the thigh with this knife," handing me the knife, which I now produce. (It was a long sharp-pointed in strument.) The prisoner said nothing, but b eing very drunk be behaved in a wild, ridiculous mannor, vowing ow-street vengeance against all b-- Englishmen, I directed 22 to return to the cab and Iv off directly to the hospital where the wound, which was a large one, anti bad it been an inch or two deeper, would have caused instant death, was dressed, and the constabla was put to lied. 11 °, 15 . still suffering, and will not be able to leave lies bed ic` some days. Mr. IJEerny asked the prisoner if be had anything. taco say in answer to the charge, giving him the n seal cantle that what he did say would be taken down in writing' and might be used against him on his trial? Tbe pri soner, who bad deep black hair, and a dark sallow .co,cni plexiou, said lam sorry for what has occurred, but have not the slightest knowledge of it--I an' very sor y indeed. ( drunk Mr. HENRY—Do you mean 'hat you were 5- , Fri . that you have no recollection of what occurned? soner—l have no recollection whatever of it. woun d e d Mr. HENRY—I must remand you until tb.e constable is ab!e to attend. I wilt remand you till teirday, in the hope that he will be able to attend then. The prisoner was then removed in custody. THE LEICESTER- SQUARE SOUP KITCHEN. We are happy to inform our readers that the under:. mentioned tradesmen most liberally co ntributed toward', the oinner of roast meat and plum pa ddin g given a t the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen to the poor on Chris tmas Day, as well as to the ragged schools in the neighou!: ing parishes :—Meat Salesmen and Butchers-40. Cooper, 54, Great Portland-street, 1501bs. meat, lie.; Messrs. Slater and Cooke, 47, Jernsyn-street, 151b5.; 3 11. ; J. Moore, Marchmont-street, 151 hs ; Mr. Pay sibxf• u Market, 20 be.; Mr. Anstee, Oxford Market, Pollens ; gr Hawkins, Oxford Market, 22, b 5. ; Mr. lIOW, street, Hanover square, 121 b5.; M r. Homes, Silver-street, 561b5.; Mr. Cooper, Newport Ma rket, 481b5.; Mr.Bianal, Church-place, Piccadilly, 101bs.; Mr. J. Baueist'e,ar' Threadneedle-street, 36 41b5.; M essrs. Saul, Netvgai" Market, 201b3.; Mr. Prentice, Newgate Market, 1 711384 M 121 Miss Ward, Rose-street, Newgate Alaska, 104 Messrs. Duckworth and Kennedy, Newgate Market 201b5.; Mr. King, Leadenhall Market ((Tr meat), 7(03.; Mr. Jeffries, Leadenh.all ame" 1811bs.; Messrs. Stubbing and Son, Leadenhall Market! 401bs. Bakers—Mr. Adams, 7, St. James'street flour 2 bushels; Mr. Barker, 3, Bury-street, baked Pl2l,°l_ pudding; Mr. Cook, 50, Duke-street, plump udding; 1161 1 - : Davies, 19, George-street, Portman-square, plum 1 )11 "_ ding; Mr. Crofte, 188, Piccadilly, flour two sr artere,,et with ingredients for a plum pudding; Mr. Bragg , b t Wigmore-street, large baked plum pudding; ar. ber, 81, Lombard-street, bread 1001bs. Tea Dego" Messrs. Stericker and Co., Fenchurch-street, tea 11 # lbs.; Messrs. Bennett, Brown, and Co., cannon-streegt Leicester-square, tea 51bs.; Messrs. Mansell and C° l, " Bucklersbury, tea 61bs. The tradespeople serve kitchen also contributed towards the dinner. " I t; derstand the committee is, now about to carry out " project of putting a stop to destitution and mendicsoef in the metropolis; and as much depends on the s u Pp or ' in contributions of food, it receives f rom charitable OS . benevolent householders and tradespeop le, we would r e commend that, whenever the " collecting basket" o f the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen is passing their (1 °; they would throw in a loaf of bread , p iece of meet " any broken food which might be at hand. THE MARBLE ARCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As the Times made some very earnest obserill; tions on the recent operations in St. James's-park , 11°5 4 Buckingham Palace, it is presumed that a knowlecife;pi the sealed fate of the unfortunate marble arch, isi"" elicited those observations, will not be unacceptable. It is a fact that the Chief Commissioner, on his l i d responsibility and of his own free will, has deter 3430, that the said marble arch, which cost the nation fro so,OOOL to moot, is to be placed at Cumberland-gst_e; Now, it must be obvious that this will be not °WY unwarrantable sacrifice, but an absolute breach of gr io taste, inasmuch as a feature of such a character oug h ' 10 be tit propus to something dignified, or, at any a something architecturally important. magine, 1 " triumptal arch, flanked by the present small lodge 0 .4 among ordinary brick houses), opposite an oblique to curved line of drive, instead of being a terminus, ' b if formal vista or avenue leading directly to, and 1 31 4 11 .., 6$ belonging to, Buckingham Palace, for which it " originally built I The grand question, however, is, whether the Pu bi t i f , has not a right to have a voice in such matters', P I l! r o cularly where the disposal of the public Inun e Y t o stake. The simple taking down of the arc h from . ro , front of the palace cost 7001., and to rebu ild it will Pao ... A bably cost 3,0001. ; consequently the total sum for perpetration of a moat preposte rous v iolation of g o.- taste may reasonably be estimated at $3,70 01 . I am, Sir, yours, AN , , e g• COUNTERFEIT SOTEREIIINS,—At Bow-streep J ery terday Jane Williams, *lies Harris, a young woolen T o w neatly attired, was chirged with uttering counterfeit e hs , o reigns. On Saturday afternoon the prisoner entered g,J1,0 oyster-shop, in the Strand, and requested to be serven..eis• a lobster. She selected one for ls. 3d., and gave a sol e ' a• in payment. The shopman returned her the change..iiiog, then said she thought the lobster was to be only a Ol •e d refused to have it, and desired the sovereign to be retur • two T ile° to her. The shopinan gave it her, and at that time e , t ile entered, and engaged his attention.. The prisoner 1 „, “: 01 0 shop, and almost immediately returned, saying s be e iga• have the lobster, tendering what seemed to be a sovcr __, He ,gave *e piece to the waitress, who Said the non 7_rt spurious. The two men rushed out of the shop, leavirlg.nt change upeltabe counter, and the prisoner was detaine.a _..i., seemed that the two me* were companions of the piso_lor and endeavoured to engage the attention of the sboprn u l' e ctOr the purpose of preventing him noticing the piece. insPd for Dodd said the prisoner had freq,uently been in custo y, • Passing counterfeit coin. She and a man were charge(J • fortnight since for uttering a counterfeit balf-sovereign ,N,et coffee-house in Covent-garden. She WAS discharged aneud'ibt companion was committed. He had been in] fourteen days, and was found engaged in his nefaPrfoi;l3hterirri, actions within an hour after his release from gaol. 1 1 o til soner, who said nothing in her defence, was remitndea the Mint solicitor was informed of the charge. A . a Crr THE STATE OF THE CITY SEWEES.*- --, - - ,, i d 00 spondent informs us that about a fort ni g ht ago a e city. nearly eaten to death by rate in Carter -lane , in the a the The parents, it would appear, lived on the first'door, ni 3 in 0 mother went out to market, leaving the child a lo s o up cradle. During her absence the persons living on the o per• Boor heard the child screaming in a most piteou! m atter and after some time they went up to see what was tue -- - „,,,14 Upon entering the room they beheld several rats ke"' had one of teat child's hands, two fingers of which they . ~6 0 actually n off. The child was almost imraediately lu'sol to the hospital and had the lacerated parts cut sly s t' s er fortunately no fatal consequences ensued. The rats underare sup' posed to have effected their entrance from the &Ain 014 neath the house, communicating with the main sewer , 0 01 but for the timely interference of the occupiers of the g r , ire lY door, there is little doubt the child would have been eTr.faile eaten up. The circumstance has eccasioned consiu:hieD sensatihoinchimintrheestntehigebebito:rshewooedr,santod the dwellings ethireaidgoanogrer...."e b bl may arise to infants from the easy access of the nunt ai iv. rats w —Yesterday Lw aT AT E . COLLISION ON THE BASTBILAA C ,,,, r o. the. oclryi with 1, ~ 01 1 $ ° i the Enfield Stratford h T a ia b l itila ß ialit e s i L. train at Stratford , having negligently g h b i e e n n eyw 28th , h o ' l f d cah u m m r c i e a n as g g t thereil magistrates, i t t e f eo o s i f de ° ; 03 1 W 1 a l a ' s r i g : ee h a r r : t :II lb : before the driven an engine into a.Pass et t g istri te S . After the examination of several witnesses, the In a lat, s ti declared that they felt bound to dismiss the In the defendant was discharged. tife pti FLAMBOR LIGHTHOU S ES. —Nearly "witig vessels _ OUGH LIGHTHOUSES. have been on the rocks near these lighthouses exce pt thesince foggy te weather, vyhich has prevailed to such,,, 3 ! re beill; 0 commencement of the present month. I ,:f li ii of little • o _ wind, and the sea smooth, they were eventual,/ II more or less damaged. Sunderland Herald. Pr IV ~ PROGRESS OF THE PANAMA RAILROA-1)'-"-- s od ". !Tina Railroad Company are collecting. materials , tb ° h urers, with a view to commence operations as soel t 7d el' dry season sets in ; 400 men, exclusive of offic ers :o o l gineers, have gone out from the United State* 1 ", pan!: laden with timber and other materials are len v e ' n fi c is-On daily. No less than 28 sail, comprising vessels 'N I % y 0, 1 %; have left for the general depot of the company a t :t 5 '.„ 0- : also six steam pile-drivers. These have all goo' : 01 :0pv',. the Ist of October; 14 vessels were loading for goo fs ,_., lag' Saturday Os at one time. The steamer Gorgona sailed on for the same destination. She is designed to rue o ° f ale , Chagres river, for the delivery and transportatiotilley of terials at various points on the line of the roaJ, 8s be needed.—New York Journal of Commerce. of ' The Bishop of Lond in to a letter a pies London, answer 4 , o te ten to him in the name of the deputation whop rs'Aecieica3,4, with a memorial requesting him to reconsider lue t u rt iier fi.. to Mr. Benneti's resignation, has declined anY ',„, u a l I' cussion, and now waits for that gentleman Or". Oh nation. g Nta lb eS 6 t i The noble estate of Lord Ribblesdale 5 jog i, egy d in Yorkshire, comprising upwards of 10,-000 or dor y .- been purchased by - Mr. James Morria6; a 13asil Business done to-thty. 60 p 84% 35 17% 393/4 EIN % Paid. A 1' 11