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"~ s ``,~~ : .. ~.JF 13. Great Marlborough-street. T HE NEW -NOVEL ENTITLED "LEONORA," WILL BE PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN, On Monday next, December 20. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., TOWN By COUNTRY. By MRS. TROLLOPS. " It s d as hing portraiture of character, novel story, sustained ac tion, and knowledge et the world, will render this work as popular as any of the authore's previous productions."—Britannia. "We are inelined to consider Town and Country' as the most agreeable, if not the ablest of Mrs Troilope's novels.' —Atlas. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3farlborough-street. N ow complete, in One Volume, with Thirty-two Illustrations, by Leech, and a Portrait of the Author. Price 16s. bound. CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. By ALBERT SMITH. Author of " The Adventures of Mr. Ledbury," " The Marchioness of Brinvilliere," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 1, ,,* To be had of all Booksellers. Just published, livo., Sewed, price I s., THE RIGHT OF THE ARISTOCRACY TO THE SOIL CONSIDERED. BY JOHN NOAKE& " a smart, clever, fearless pamphlet." Douglas Jerrold's Newspaper, "A clever and outspoken pamplile Nonconformist. "Broad as its propositions are, they are in every respect borne out." London Mercury. " Full of strong truths is this writer." Weekly Times. Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. Sent post free, us transmission of Sixteen Stamps THEATIaI ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Un ler the Management of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee. Tins EVENING Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of TILE LOVE iIIASE, Sir William P,millove, Mr. Tilbury; Master Waller, Mr. Rowe ; Widow Green. Mrs. Glover : Constance. Mrs. Nistett. After which the new Comic Drama, called THE ROUSED LION. Characters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, H. Vanden- Isof ; Mrs. Keeley. Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with the Farce of MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. stage Manager. Mr. Fallen; Acting Manager, Mr. E. Web;ter. J. T. Archer, Boz-book keeper. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 3s. ; 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors opon at 'Lilt-past Six, P;rioinialice to sommenCS at Seven THEATRE 130YAL, AI)ELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING Will be performed, the celebrated Comedy of PAUL PRY. Frank Hardy, Mr. Stoker; Witherton, Mr. Cullenford; Somers, Mr. Wor rell ; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lambert ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas ; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith; Eliza, Miss M. Taylor; Marian, Miss Emma Harding ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Yates ; Plicebe, Mis Woolgar. To be tollowed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE CIA.CY. Tamara Green. Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Isaiity Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ; Policem on, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy ChubbloCk, Misi Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD "the proper 3of the late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. ha ractera by Mcsar.i..Wright, Cullentord, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford, Mr:: Laws, /ire., &c. • Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Fors open :It Ilall-past Six, Peribrintuice to commence at Sevcn ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the 3,lanageraeut of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. TIIIS EVE:NISH, Will be performed a new Comic Drama, entitled THE TRA • GEDY QUEEN. After' h!cl , a new Comic Drama called PEG.;Y GREEN. To be followed by a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. " To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called .130 X. and COX Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. %Imam Dress Boxes, 53.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 13. - No half-prltx to any part of the house: . - The .I.\''ew Bun-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradw'ell of the Cclossenm. PRIticESS'S TIIEATILE. Madame ANN'A. TitILLON THIS EVE-?..11NG I new Comic Opera, entitled THE AMBASSADRESS. Duke de Valt,erg, Mr. Balla ; Beriedict, Mr. Larkir Fortunatus, Mr. Lef fler; Countess de I.'ersehomberg, .Miss Villars ; Madame Barneek, Mrs. Selby; Charlotte, Miss Alljle Romer; Ilenriatte, Madame Anna Thil!on. ..... To collet:ale with the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Haller, Miss Cushman. To eow*.ude wlat tho Comedy' of THE lIONEYMOON. Duke Aranza, Mr. Cooper ; Couut Montalllan, Mr., C. Fisher; Rolando, Mr. J. 'Ming ; Jacques, Mr. Compton; Juliana, Miss-Cushman Volante. 31!ss Susan Cushman. Dress 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 13. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATIZF Lessee, Mr. Jail Mitchell, 33, Old Boud-street, THIS EVENING, Wilt ')e• presented LE CIIEF-LKEUVRE INCONNU. Maitre M . Marie; Rolla, M. Fechtur ; Stephan°, -Wile. Baptiste After which, LE REVELL DU LION. M. StadiaLlus de Fun blanche, M. Cartiguy ; Hector Ilauleoe, M. Nlontaland ; Charlotte de Villedieu, Madame Valroy. To conclude with LE SECRET DE NION ONCLE. Desjobert, If. Henri L iia ; Ernest Dupare, M. Montaland. A detailed prospectus of the ;smeral arrangements, and of the pieces which will be produced during the season, may be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,.33, Old hood-street and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from 11 to 5. Boxes, es. ; tit, u. 64,1.; Amphitheatre, 3s, ; Gallery, is ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Da'ridge, No. 1, Davldge-terrace, Kensington-road, Murrey. THIS EVENING, Will be presented Goldsmith's Comedy of SIIE STOOPS TO CON QUER. To conclude with ROB ROY. natshleigh Osbaldiston,,Mr. T. Fre dericks ; Francis Osbahliston, Mr. Ratter; Rob Boy, Mr. Hugh, i ; Baillie Nicol Jarvis, Mr. Attwood ; Dougal, Mr. Payne; Diana Ver non, Miss R. Isaacs ; Helen M`Gregor, M s W.' West. A distiaet entrance to the private boxes ha► been male (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the ►rincipal Librarians ; and at the Box-singe of the Theatre, which is open daily from Ten until Four. Boxes, i 5. C Pit, Is.; Gallery. Gil. ASTLEY'S ROY AL AM V111'1111.: AIRE, 1 - I..)prtetor and I'ar.2z or, Air. Mr. Batty's performing. Elephants. Tills. El/V.l4lRu The,Grand Spectacle or TIIa CA NIP OF SILZSIA. Entire;y new Seencs in the Arona, by the talented A.rti'ites of the .tstalli4linnent. in :hi: tariona modes or equestration. To conclude with * new Domestic Drsuns, called THE wrirrE FARM. In preparation, a New Gran,] Comic Christina. Pant.mnime, w!:ich will exceed iu splendour and einiet all fernier prialuction_i at the Amphitheatre, open tom 11 till 5 Actin; and Stage; alant42r. Mr. W West THE THIRD EDITIONS "THE S. UN " CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAAIENTEMY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF YOST, Orders ree,;iecd by all Newsmen, and at the Scat oy.ce, 112, Strand. r: 1:N Jr I , ILE, I)Ec. 15 THERMOMETEU, LowPs', 40 ; 114;1;f-sr. 47 ; Noon. 47 flArsonzrzn, 30 06 —WIND S.S:E.; WAT R. A'S ornln v . . 31 tnitintel I; 9 lite: . , 0,.....--,./. t , z ..„ 4 „,k4.,,,47 - 1r ~, iii :v...„ , •, , ,i.. 7. 5, ~, ~.,,,,,, • „0-. , ,, M 1 ' . --D,-i- f ,t,ks , - M''al Air 111111 1( ‘11‘1114; LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1847, As an explanation of a somewhat mysterious pro • needing on the part of Government, the speech de livered last evening by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in answer to the inquiries of Lord STANLEY, could not by possibility have 'been more manly, more ex plicit, or altogether of a more satisfactory character. The explanation had reference to the continental travels of the Lord Privy Seal, and the supposed in terference of the Cabinet in the political events which have recently convulsed the different states of the Italian Peninsula. Throughout every syllable pro nounced by the Noble Leader of the Opposition it was manifest that he was labouring under the delu sion that the members of the Administration had grievously committed themselves in regard to the excursion of Lord MINT°, and that they had thereby afforded him a delightful opportunity for driving the Lord President of the Council into a dilemma. Sir R OBERT HARRY INGLIS was, on F r id a y even i ng, t h e victim of a similar misapprehension, but his curiosity w ason that occas i on b au lk e d b y the ingenious evasions of her MAJESTY'S Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Lord pALliE y ßST f UN hi wa s . 3 possibly h r t ese h rvin y g his rejoinder for the'da representative of 11 the Tunghai ci. Howo p ver this . may be, the two querists into our - of Italy iplomatic relations with the principaliti es fo r r ece o lved very different re ceptions. The Member enigmatical was dismissed .. with a few desultory and theFr tcon.tradictions, whereas the Champion of ob tained a series of revelations from mctionists of Lord LANSDOWNE o f a natur e the lirs more plain-spoken, we conceive, than he had anticipated, and certainly as rational ande .conclusive as they were plain-spoken. If the Hon Gentlethan the A:ember for Nottingham has acquired for hinisdi the somewhat invidious fame of having delivered the most intemperate and injudicious speech of the session, the Noble Marquis the President of the Council has assuredly raalefed hurrssE if conspicuous by the enunciation of sentiments more frank, more unreserved, and more characterised by the emphasis of candour, than any yet pronounced since the assem blage of the new Parliament. It was judiciously observed by Lord LANSDOWNE that the - occurrences which have of late transpired in 'the Italian . territories have been alto• getlitr pf a nature so extraordinary as to riot* it, in a particular manner, essen3st o r the Government of the country to have „ some immediate communication with the different Courts of that peninsula. To invest this correspond ence with the cordiality and confidence so peculiarly requisite under the circumstances, it appeared to the Ministerial advisers of our SOVEREIGN that this cor diality and confidence might be at once insured by the departure of one of themselves to the seat of this great movement of social and political reformation. That such a conclusion was dictated by the sagacity of true administrators every one will at once acknow ledge who comprehends the importance of the changes taking place in the internal condition of Italy. Considering that those changes must affect, more or less, every one of the European sovereignties, it be came absolutely necessary that some individual, duly accredited by the Government of Great Britain, should proceed to the scene of these glorious commo tions, for the purpose of transmitting the most accu rate information homewards, and of affording such advice to the several princes of Italy as might tend, in some degree, to allay the turbulence and dissipate the evil consequences which might otherwise result from their legislative innovations. The rationality of such reflections is indisputable. Satisfied, therefore, as to the advisability of sending some competent envoy to the Peninsula, it became evident that one of the Ministers of the Crown would, from the elevation of his official rank, convey more authority and inspire more reliance than any other personage, however distinguished. Of all individuals, moreover, who could have been more appropriately selected for the fulfilment of this extraordinary mission than Lord MINTO ?—a nobleman eminently qualified for the delicate duties of the.occasion by his unquestion able skill as a diplomatist, and one, besides, who could, with the least inconvenience to the public business, be spared from his Ministerial occupations. Having made this selection, and having provided for the performance of the duties appertaining to the office of Privy Seal under commission from the Crown, the Government deputed the Earl of MINTO upon his memorable excursion across the Continent. So far we have the assertion of the Lord President of the Council, that " the Earl of MINTO has not been a mere pleasure traveller in Italy during the last few months," but that, on the contrary, "he is there accredited to all the sovereigns of Italy, with the exception of one, to whom, by the law of the country, as it is understood, he could not be legally accredited." In touching upon this question the Noble Marquis adventured upon ground still more delicate than that to which the Lord Privy Seal had proceeded. So thought Lord STANLBT, and, acting upon this impression, he exonerated Lord Laes- DOWNE from the peril of entering upon the matter, by interrupting him with the reminder that " the subject formed no part of his question." Again the Leader of the Opposition plunged—by an error of judgment—from the frying-pan. " No, (said the Marquis of LANSDOWNE), the Noble Lord alluded to it for the purpose of abstaining from giving any opinion upon a most important subject. Now I, my Lords, alluded to it for the express purpose of giving my opinion upon the question. My Lords, I think it would be most desirable that we should have an accredited Minister at the Court of Rome. My Lords, I think it monstrous that while this country is represented at, and has the means of procuring the best information from, every state in Europe, in America, and in Asia—that while she is represented in all climes, and at Courts pro fes,ing all creeds, there is a Court in the very centre of Europe at which she has no Minister, nor any means of procuring that information which is so necessary, situated as England is both at home and in her co lonies ; nor has she any means of giving advice or ex planation which might avert much misunderstanding. My Lords, there is no Court at which it would be more useful that the Government of this country should be able to explain the nature of many of their transactions than at the Court of Rome. That can not now be done, because of the law to which I have before adverted ; but I think it but fair and open and frank to the Noble Lord, to your Lordships, and thrsugh your Lordships to the country, to state dis tinctly my opinions upon the subject." We thank the Lord President of the Council for the manly dis tinctness of this declaration, a declaration which must be the more satisfactory to the lovers of religious toleration, seeing that it implies the unanimous coin cidence of opinion upon this matter among the dif ferent members of the Administration. The Noble Marquis considers the existence of a law preventing any diplomatic relations whatsoever between the Courts of the Quirinal and St. James's to be - nothing less than a monstrous anomaly ; and we ask any sensible man whether it is not a monstrousanomaly . that we should hold ourselves aloof from apy i ter coarse with the Papal States, at yet propose to admit Jews into the House of' Legislature ! whether it is not a monstrous anomaly to accredit an Ambassador to the Court of the Emperor NienObl44, and to recoil from the notion or, sending ate, to• that : of the illustrious and benevolent Pius !—whether it is not a monstrous and incomprehensible anomaly to admit of a diplomatic correspondence with Prince METTERNICIT, and to revolt at the idea of holding any communication whatever with such a man as the Cardinal FERRETTI ! The Committee on the causes of the late commer cial distress has not yet been nominated; all that has been decided on is that it shall consist of twenty ,ix Members, but strong oljections have been offered to the selection made by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, as not affording a fair representation of the various classes of opinion entertained both in the [louse and throughout the entire country. The labours of such a Committee can only be beneficial when the most unreserved confidence is entertained in its composition. As we have repeatedly declared, we do not hope for any very valuable results from the investigation. The subject has already been more fully inquired into than any other that has ever come before Parliament. There is an enormous mass of evidence published, so that there could be no imputation of rashness, or of legislating on so important a subject without suffi cient information having been obtained, if measures were forthwith introduced. But if every proceeding is to be suspended on this, the most important topic of the day—if the country is still to be subjected to the operation of the code under which it has so long suffered, and the operation of which bas led to such general and wide- spread ruin, which has paralyzed our trade and commerce, and occasioned so lamentable a depreciation in the value of every description of property, until the report is obtained it would certainly be desirable that such an appointment should take place as would leave the nature of the final decision in some degree of doubt, and not induce the public generally to conclude that the only object was to obtain a temporary postponement, and to evade any change or alteration in the present objec tionable system. It is not very often that we find our opinions in accordance with those of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, but there certainly appears to be a remark able exclusion of the gentlemen who, on a former occasion, opposed the passing of the Act of 1844. It is admitted, too, that the Bank of England is to be put upon its trial. The conduct of its directors is directly impeached, and they have intimated their inten tion of not insisting on the privileges that have been accorded to them, by former Parliaments, as a bar to the immediate introduction of such measures as the wisdom of the Legislature may devise. Under such circumstances, it would be but reasonable that they should be fully and fairly represented. The Hon. Member for London (Mr. PATTISON), a gentleman of great experience, of the most undoubted integrity, and who long has occupied a seat in the direction of that great establishment, possesses therefore undoubted claims to a place in that Committee, but he has most unaccountably been passed over, and only one person at all connected with tke Bank (the Member for 'Westmoreland) has been nominated. Again, there are but two of the Scottish representatives pro epoousendt,ryaltohfouagpherafeestyl y3tden bankingififerernt character exists fro i m n that an that is practi se d in England, and from which the most beneficial results have been any degree produced, and neither of those S co tti s h Members are in f connected with the j o i n t- stock banks, theor 'ss com mercial interests of Scotla n d. T here is also but one Irish Member selected. In both countries an issue of one-pound notes is sanctioned, which is not per mitted i n England. Surely one of the most important inquiries connected with bank ing would be the prudence and propriety of such a currency, whether it could with safety be adopted throughout the entire nation, and whether any and what precautions should be introduced with respect thereto; and yet but three Members of the twenty-six are competent to speak as to the practical operations and effects of the use of the smaller de nominations of notes, and not one of those three are connected with the banks by which these denomina tions are sent into circulation. The omission of the Hon. Member for Birmingham (Mr. MuziTz) is, if possible, more strange than any to which we have yet alluded. That Honourable Gentleman may be looked on as the representative of a large and rapidly increasing party, who entertain the strongest objections to the Acts of 1819 and 1844, and who trace the continued fluctuations in the value of money, and the deeply injurious consequences thereof, to the effects of these enactments. He has repeatedly ex hibited the greatest tact and skill in the examination of persons who were produced to g:ve evidence in favour of the views of the bullionisti, and by judi cious interrogatories obtained answers showing on what slight foundations the opinions of the party under examination rested, so as greatly to reduce, if not altogether overthrow, the value of the testimony ; but he is passed by, perhaps, for that very reason, as if the inquiry was not instituted for the purpose of testing the efficacy of the present system, but that it was only conceded in order to obtain a report in favour thereof. The feeling of confidence will certainly be greatly increased if the amendment of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK is acceded to, and the names of Mr. HASTIE, Mr. PATTISON, Mr. W. BROWN, Mr. HENLEY, and Mr. MUNTZ substituted for those of Mr. LADOUCHERE, Mr. CARDWELL, Mr. RICARDO, Sir WILLIAM CLAY, and Mr. J. WiLsoN. Not, as we have already stated, that we wish to be understood as casting a censure upon any of the last-named gentlemen, but that the opinions which they are known to entertain would be fully represented on the Committee, al though their names were omitted, and that parties would be more fairly balanced if the proposed change was effected. Letters from Malta of the 4th have been received. The Earl and Countess of DALHOUSIE had arrived there safel%, and had left for Alexandria. The French steamer Tancrede, on her passage from Smyrna, had lost one of her men from cholera. She was consequently ordered to quit Malta. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the 19th instant. The elections of the electoral colleges took place throughout the kingdom on the preceding Sunday, and in every instance Cabralbts have been elected. The Septembrists protest against the elections as illegal. Intelligence from Madeira to the 4th December had been received at Lisbon. The health of the QUEEN DOWAGER was much improved. Madrid pipers to the 7th have arrived. The debate on the Address was proceeding in the Senate, and NARVAhZ had in the course of it re peated the declarations as to the line of policy he intended to pursue, which he had previously made to the Deputies. The Congress have granted to the Government authority to colle , q taxes until after Christmas. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The Opposition papers all comment on the article on Swiss affairs, which appeared in the Davis of the preceding day, and on the helplessly absurd position into which M. GurzoT's Jesuit propensities have caused him to place himself. We give the following short extract from the Siimile as a specimen of the manner in which these journals comment on M. Guizor's proceedings : " We had yesterday the day of dupes, to-morrow we shall have that of the spurs, for it is not possible that the Ministry will not beat a retreat from the irresistible ridicule which on every side attacks its unfortunate me diation. It has, so to speak, pissed itself on the pillory, and each passer- by can fling insult or clerision is its face. In the discussion which took place in the Diet relative to the absurd dispatch of M. aeis-le-Comte, M. Guiz.it passed like a deserter before the Swiss Deputies to un dergo his flagellation. Already our Catholic journals have inflicted a discipline oa him; General Maillardoz pummels him with the fragment of his sword, and de monstates in toe jeurnales the folly of the enterpriee in which the perfidious invitAtions of our Government had driven the misled population. At present, the co reli gionists of M. Guiz .t protest aloud against the political heresy of intervention." The Eurnal des Debuts, in the course of a long article on the subject of the recent decree of the Spanish Government imposing additional duties on foreign manufactures, takes occasion to strenuously advocate the . principles of free trade. The same journal publishes a letter from Naples of the 4th, which gives the following account of the recent de monstrations in. Sicily : ".The manifestations which took place here some .days past could not fail to produce their effect in Sicily, .country which- supports with great impatience the 'Neapolitan Administration, and where emissaries, it is said, from Malta and Corfu, keep up a sort of repeal of the Union agitation. At present you must have leareed at Paris the demonstration which took place at Palermo on the 27th ult.. in the Carolina Theatre. It is said that M. Franco, ex•Miuister of Sicilian Affairs, happening:to be in a box with his wile, regarded with an evil eye a hat was passing. The cries then became more violent, and from every side cushions were thrown at him, until at last, weeping with rage, he was obliged to cry out like the rest. A quantity of printed papers were scattered about, containing Liberal senti ments. The next day (Sunday) the gigantic statue of Palermo was crowned amidst the accla mations of several thousand spectators, the crowd was harangued by several orators, and the agitation con tinued to spr,ad. A petition praying for the immediate formation of the National Guard was at cnce signed by a multitude of citizens, but the authorities did not think it advisable to entrust at that moment arms to the people. On the Monday the aspect of the city was gloomy and menacing. The authorities wisely avoided bringing the Neapolitan troops in contact with the population. It is said, however, that a conflict took place between a portion of the crowd and some police agents, and that several persons were wounded. How ever that may be, the counsels of good citizens suc ceeded for the time in calming down the effervescence. On Dec. 2, when the steamer left Palermo, all was quiet. A number of absurd reports have been in circulation here about these troubles—that the consti tution of 1812 had been proclaimed, and that Sicily having declared itself independent, had applied to the English for succour. Do not place any faith in these allegations ; all that is true I have told you." The Courrier de Marseilles of the 10th says— " The Prince de Syracuse, brother of the King of Naples, arrived here yesterday, and immediately pro ceeded to Paris. This new journey of the Prince, after his so recent sojourn in France, would seem to have some political motives. The ridlections of the Journal des Debuts, in announcing the departure of M. de Serra Capriole, to take upon him the vice-royalty of Sicily .are calculated to warrant this opinion." The Duke DE DINo is about to be sent as envoy from the Court of France to the Shah of Peas's. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday, at 75f. sc. ; New Loan, 76f. 25c. ; the Five per Cents., 1161. 35c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,186 f. 25c.; Rouen, 898 f. 75c. ; Havre, 4701. 50c.; Avignon, 555 f. ; Vierz o n, 542 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 482. 50c. ; Boulogne, 3751.; Dieppe, 2601.; Basle, 162 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 407 f. 50e.; Tours and Nantes, 3901.; Paris and Lyons, 383 f. 75c.; Spanish Actives, 23} ; Spanish Three per Cents., 30k; Spanish Domestic Debt, 25f. MARSEILLES, DEC. 9.—Marseilles aid Avignon, 571 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE 1N FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 14. Boulogne and Amiens, 14%—Dutch Rheni.Qh, 2 3 4 Northern of France, 11%—Paris and Lyons, 55i—Paris and Rouen, 34 3 /—Paris and Strasbourg, 3% —Sambre and Meuse, 6% —Tours and Nantes, 4—West Flanders, 114. SUPPLEMENT TO "THE LONDON GAZETTE" OF TUESDAY, DEC. 14. [The following should have appeared in last right's Gazette]:— , In pursuance of the directions of an Act, passed in the twenty•fourth_ year of the reign of hi s l a t e M a j es ty King George th e Third, intituled An Act to repeal so much 'of two Acts, made in the tenth and fifteenth years of the reign of his present Majesty, as authorises the Speaker of the House of Commons to issue his warrants to the Clerk of the Crown for making out writs for the election of Members to servo in Parlia ment, in the manner therein menti,ned, and for substi tuting other provisions for the like purp , sea:" I do hereby nominate and apppoint Ralph Bernal, Esq., the Right Honourable Robert Grosvenor, com monly called the Right Honourable Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir William Ileathcote, Bart., William Ord, Esq., Thomas Greene, Eiq. and Thomas Willi am Bramaton, Esq., b e i ng Members of the House of Commons, or any one or more of them, to issue war rants to the Clerk of the Crown, in cases in the said Act specified. Giveil%nder iny hand and seal this 13th day of December, 1847, CHARLES SHAW LEFEVRE, Speaker. - - - RE-ELECTION OF AIR. CHARLES BULLER FOR lasicEsnn.—The election tor Liskrard took place yes terday, when Mr. Charles Buller was re-elected without opposition. 1,0001. 50J/. Small oNE O'CLOCK Ditto, , ditto, New . .... 2 ... Exeter, Yeovil,& Dorch. 2%....„ Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Bl. 68.8 d ..... 61asgow,Kilmar.,86 Ayr 50 Ditto, New .. 40 Do. I'referenceConsol. 12 1 / 2 „.... Great Nortkern lO4 ...... 4% Do., London and York 2k.. Great South. and West. 43% TliE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA EVENING, DECEMBER l5, 1847. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firmer, at Friday's rates. Sales 2,500 to 3,000 bales. American realising 4id. to 6d. per lb.—Railway Shares had been quiet, but were steady in value. We have no letters yet by the steamer from Halifax, but the following received via Havre, respecting the specie movement is interesting : " The demand for foreign exchange, for the packets which have left this port and Boston during the past week, has been limited, while the shipments of specie have been about one million of dollars. The arrival of these shipments in England must have a very favourable effect upon the money market, and the re-action upon this country will, of course, be of a corresponding na ture. As soon as confidence begins to rise again, and credits become established, the sterling bills in our market will be in more demand for remittance, and the outward current of specie be very much reduced. The panic pro duced by the exportation of specie within the past week or two, shows how sensitive the public mind is upon this point, when the movement first commences, and the tide, is setting from us, but the moment it turns and sets in, there will be as great a reaction in the public mind, and we shall rapidly recover everything we have lost. We shall be in a much better and stronger posi tion, as the check upon credits, which the panic has pro. duced, was necessary, and must have a beneficial influ ence upon commercial matters generally. In times like these, all such restrictions are desirable, and produce a healthy state of things. It is necessary that we should at times stop and take an observation of our position, that our course may be more carefully marked out and our condition better understood. A little panic is a good thing, and creates a degree of cautiousness in commercial circles calculated to prevent too great an expansion in squally times, when sail should be taken in, and every thing made snug." The accounts from the East Indies, as stated yester day, are considered to be favourable on the whole, and the remittances which have come from Bombay are in a form which will be useful, not being upon any of the great houses which at that presidency were known to have fallen. The China intelligence is not at all of re cent date. A new loan for Belgium is said to be on the tapir, and the amount is reported to be 60,000,000 francs. The English Funds have been steady again this morn ing. Cousols for Account, 851 to New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents., 861 i; and the Three per Cents. Reduced 841 to 85; Bank Stook is 1861 to 1881; Ex. chequer- bills have been 7s. to 1015. premium, and India Bonds, 183. discount. Rather more business has been done in the Foreign Market, and prices have been generally steady. Spanish Five per Cents. 17k, and the Three per Cents. 28,t. Mexican Bonds, 18 to I ; Grenada Deferred, 31 ; and Chilian Three per Cents., 49i ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 55. In the Railway Share Market the purchases have not been large, and prices have varied but little. North. Western and one or two others are better. The Paris and Lyons and Boulogne and Amiens have also im proved. ONE CLOSING - NIECES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 18 6 14 188 188 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns.. 84% 85 84% 85 85 New 3;‘ per Cent. Anns 86 % 14 86 1 4 LongAnns.to expire Jan.lß6o India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001.. ~, 24 dis Consols for Account 8 5V 4 14 85% Exchequer Bills. Bd. lop lop lop RICFS OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent........., Ditto 3 Der Cent 49% Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 lB Ditto, Account lB ti % Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent. — Spamsh 5 per Cent. 1840. • 17 1 41 Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent 28% Dividends on the above payable in London. Frenchßentes, 5 per Cent llsf. 75c. 115 f. 75 c , Exchange 25f. 70c. 25f. 70e. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 55 55% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 84% 84 3 A PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% % Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — Belfast & County Down 10 ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction - Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... 13% %. .... ..... Birming.,Wolverlepton, and Stour Valley 101. 14e.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, • and Cheshire Junc.... 7%. Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 6 — •••• •••• — riatol and Exeter SO Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire IW. 4s. .... Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares 3 3 /4 — Ditto, Clydesdale Junc 50 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 ,u Ditto, Preference .. 8 Clarence - Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10 ...... Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... _ Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Dublin and BelfastJunc 2O ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 ...... _ - East Anglia, •z 5/., L. & E. and L. and D....... 25 •••••• .. ..... Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 ...... ..... . • Da., 31.105., E. &H. 2 ...... E_at= Cou - Wes ......... 20 ...... 15% 16 .. Ditto (13) 2O .... . _ 1 Lto,Extension, b per Cent, No. 1....... 6/.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, N 0.2... 61. 13s. 4d... par Do., York Extension.. 10 „.... Do., North. & Eastern 60 Do., Quarters ......... 12 1 / 2 ...... 110., New Et: tern Union ........... 60 ..... ... ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ..... Ditto, Thirds .......1 3 s. 40..,... Do., (guar. 6 percent) ...... ... ...... ....• r.. , ..t Lancashire ......... 25 ...... Ditto. New Ditto, New Quarters... 3% ..... ..... ...... East Lincolnshire ...... 12 1 / 2 ..,... ..._ •4 • Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 43% 46 ... ..... Ditto Half Shares ... 15 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ' ...., _ Edinburgh &Northern.. 22 1 ,... Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ..• 9 ?t-- 2 / CLOSING PRICES. 49% liil /2 181,4 22% 17 1 4 314 29 Do. New 50/. ... . ... 32%.. .. 28% ex new ...28 1 4.x.n. Do. New 401 .. 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto . .... .... 40 Ditto, Thirds 61.135. 4d.... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &Coleraine 27%. ....... Londonderry and Ennis killen 23% ...... ... ..... .... •-• Manthester•Buxton,and Matlock. ..... ........ Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 - ••.. — Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ......... 7 ...... ..... Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7%..• •, ....w.....„., Manehost.& Southampt 2% . _. Mildand lOO 107% 108%...... 108% Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 401. Shares Du. 504 Shares lO Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland ConsoL Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent. 100 ...... Midlnd, Brist. & Glocstr. 34 ...... ..... •••••• Ditto, ditto Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.100 Midland Great Western Irish ... 85 Newcastleand Carlisle...100 Do. Quarters 25 ...... Newmrk et & Chesterford 18% Do. Extension ........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford - Newry and Enniskillen 7 - Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor .. 12% —.. ........ .... Norfolk .......... 100 E— , Do. New 201. Do. Extension . 16 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 — Northern Counties Union 4 — ... North British ........ ... 25 ...... 26% Do. Half Shares; 12%...... 11% Do. Quarters Do. Extension DUO Thirds 2 ...... 1% 2 Nort , Staffordshire...... 7%...... 7% 1 A North Wales North Western Oxford, Wor 'iter td 134 2% 13% 17i 26 1 4 11% .4% 71. ...Irceater. an.. Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Rovston and Hitchin ... 1% — ... ........ .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 17% . .... Ditto, New ......... ..... 10 ihetlield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditt• Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .. .... Ditto Oswestry ..... 12 Ditto New - Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference South Stafibrdshire...... 4 south Eastern & Dover. 33% 3 0 34 31% 30% 311 4 Do., No. 1 2O • Do., Nc. 2. Do , No. 3 Do., No. 4 South Wales .:: outh Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 4 faw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ...... 17% — Vale of Neath 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13% — .. Waterford and Limerick 40 — Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall Whitehaven & Furness 12 — Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 525. — Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ ......... 30 York, Newcastle, and. Berwick. .... .. — Do. Original New and Berwick .. 25 Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extension No., 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2........410 Ds G.N E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREION RAILWAYS. 23 %.dis ... 4% (Ireland) IlreatNorthof Eugland..loo ...... Ditto, New 40/......... 5 ...... Ditto, New 30/. Ditto, New 15/ 6 1,4 ...... .)1 eat Western. B5 ...... Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... 57% Litt°, !A Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O ... Ditto, New 171 Huddersfield & blanches. 22 - Ditto, Thirds ...... Hull and Selby 5O .. ... ........ ••••~ — Ditto, Half Shares 25 • • 49 Ditto, % Shares ....... 12% 4pswic Bury St. Edm. 15 .. Do., do., and Norwich 15 ...... Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds ......... .. 10 Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto ............ 82 ... Ditto % Shares . ... 38 ...... ..... D D o o . . Q yi u f ar ths te . i .d S .id h is ar .hie. es Eff...r.. . y.). .... 384 1 3478 4 % % .. ... ....-- ............. .. 2% _dia. • .... Do. Sixteenths ...... .. 6 1 4 Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 4a.... 5 1 4 dis 5 1 , 1i die. •••• •••• ..... Ditto 1 4 (late Hud- Dv D p oo o o f d .. .:( e a(( l:2 % vvep V t ifi r v . a .eB B B l:k i to d e i P Gdi fi a l l e n l ii d g , uw P n o yr :l o t nee)) - 4526 34% 34% Do. % Shares (A) 9 — Ditto .-- ditto (B) ... 1.!4 Leeds and Bradford...... 60 Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37% —•-• ......... ••• Do., Branch 54 Shares 125.. Do. New Branch(blue) 254 Do. Extension (green) 254.. ... - Do. NewExten. (pi n k) 2 % Leeds and Thirsk • 36 ...... Ditto, New 20 — ........ ••...• Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 h — ......N..•• - Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .... .... 2 Liverp., Mnchstr& New castle Juncti0n......... 2% ... ... London and Blackwall..l6/. Us. 4d. Do. New, No. 1 ... .. ...... .... ... Do. New, No. 2 .. 4/ l3s. 4d.... Do. Extension ......... 17% — ••• London, Brighton, and South Coast ...., ..... 50 • Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - Do. Pref. Con.s per ct. 50 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... !,Ditto, Preference ... 18/1;s 2d... . London and N. W es t ern 1 00 15 2% 153. •• 153 Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 Do., do., New . Ditto Fifths .........2 Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J. 25 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 7% —•-• -- ......... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 71 . E — Do. 10/. (51. & B.) C. 1 ....• ......... .. ... Lond.. t e S w .W co es ns te z 8 4 1 1 118 /. 6: 0 8d 54 533/4 x.n.... 54Ux.n. Do. 221, 57% 5 3 / 4 13% 9% 75% Anglo-Belgian ... 4 — Barbadoes .. 1 - Boulogne and Amiens.... 20 ...... 14%%%. ... 14% Central of France (the leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ........ 2 Ceylon Demerara ... •• ...... ..... 5 ...... --- Dandre Valley — Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish ....... East Indian ... ..... .... 1 1 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... Great Southern of Madras 55. Great Western Bengal... se. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... .. Jamaica &Mid. J unction 1 - Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 ... . .. — Luxembourg. — Lyons and Avignon 5 6 .....• .... ii:.0 ... • •••.....• •• Madras 1 - Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % . Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ..• .. .. — Namur aid Liege 1 l4 ...... 5%.... 5l N orthern of France lO .. ... 11% .. . ll% Orleans and I3Ordeaux 6 - .••••• ....... ••• Over Yssel ...: 413 s 4d . ... Paris and Lyons .. 10 ..... 5 1 . i..... Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Ao aen Paris and:' Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ... .• 18 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes ...... 8 ..... ,•.••• Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 Trinidad — West Flanders : ..... .... 81 /I i ! — JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - ---- - 4 0 - -- -- 00000 ••• British North Am er i can 50 - 00000000 •••••• Colonial ... 25 Provincial of In tland ... 25 Commercial of London 20 — London & West: ninster 20 London Joint Stack lO. National Prov. E ngland. 35 Ditto,New .. .... 10 National of Ireland 22 - ••••••• ..... •** Ditto New............... 10 Union of Australia Ditt0,New......—...... 2% — • Union of L0nd0n..... lO Union of Madrid .... MINES. Anglo Mexican .......... 1 0 0 British Iron ._..... 12 ...... Bolonos Scrip .. ....... Real Le Monte, 17n:reg. - lih ROLLS' CtOURT.-(THIS DAY.) cCHILDE V. CLEAVE. This was a mot i( >n for an injunction to restrain the defendant from wor ling a mine, of which he was joint proprietor with the. ;plaintiff, and for the appointment of a receiver to the e its ite. Lord LANGDALE„ in delivering judgment, said, that in :his case both pat ties deserved to have their affairs wound up. If it al ►p eared, in carrying out their wishes, that either party w at in danger of not having his proper share, then the Cio urt would interfere to appoint a receiver, and do for .them what they should do for them selves; but in the present case there was no exclusion, no bad management,, no damage, no waste, and nothing, in fact, to warrant s h interference. Ile would there fore refuse the motig ,r ►. J The motion was dit imissed with costs. - 11% SECONDA ItIES.—(THIS DAY.) There was only o cog case set down for hearing, PETERS .1, BEAT AND ♦NOTHER. The plaintiff is the proprietor of the George and Blue Boar Inn, Holborn, ,ia id the defendants are wine mer chants. The actions v; Is to recover the value of six pipes of wine, alleged to h a ye been deposited with defendants for cellarage during tl repairing of the above inn. The defendants set up a c o tinter The case did not :possess any features of general in terest, although the n 'hole of the morning was occupied in hearing very coi ii lictory evidence. The case was likely to occupy a coat 3iderable time longer. 4:. 001•1• CRIMINAL CrOURT.—(THIS DAY.) a LD COURT. (Before the LORD La ICOR, Mr. Baron ROLFE, and Mr. aStiCa WIGHTMAN.) William Newton Onstt, a boy aged about twelve years, was placed at the bar charged with the wilful murder of his grandfather, Se. m uel Nelm, by mixing arsenic in bite food of the deceased:.; and he was also charged with lar ceny in a dwelling-h ouse. Mr. RYLAND condi acted the ease for the prosecution. He went through 2 statement of the facts, but was, for 4 ,f ost part, inaudible to the reporters. Towards the nsiusion of his at ldregs, he said, that a question might 'arise from the isv:At .nce for the grave consideration of the jury, respecting thi a soundness of the prisoner's mind at the time when h 4 mixed the arsenic (if they found that he had mixed i t) with the arrowroot and sugar in tended for his gram dfather's use. It was statedbythe p r i son er's mother tb at his father was subject to epileptic fits, and that at thus time of his death he was decidedly insane. Sb.o a.Esn► stated before the coroner that the prisoner Himself 'b i ad received in very ear l y li fe an n- jury of the lima, which she suspected t o h ave affected his reasoning powers He had freq uen tl y strange .con versation w ith her on the subject of poisons.. Other witnesses a could also speak to strange conversation s w i t h him on other subjects. If from that evidence the jury should bob LYC that the prisoner was not in a sane s t a t e of mind A the time of the alleged a acquit hir ; but if they believed that, however theyeve must strange; his coed act mklht be upon other oceasions, ho mixed the poison with the food for the purpose of procuring the death of his grandfather, being at that time in a sound state of mind, it would be their duty to find him guilty. The Learned Gentleman, after some objection on the part of Mr. Ballantine, who appeared for the prisoner, read two letters, addressed from Newgate by the prisoner to his mother, in which he confessed his guilt, and gave a description of extraordinary dreams or visions which he had after hearing exhortations from the Ordinary of Newgate, Mr. Davis. (These letters have already ap peared in The Sun.) The Learned Gentleman then pro ceeded to call various witnesses to prove his case, but their evidence has been so recently given in The Sun, in the reports of the proceedings before the Coroner, and before the Magistrate, that it is unnecessary to repeat it. Mrs. Mary Louisa Allnut, the mother of the prisoner' in the course of her cross-examination, said that the father of the prisoner died about two years and a halt ago. He had been in the habit of drinking, and was subject to epileptic fits. When he died he was (we un derstood) in a state of insanity. At the time of the birth of the boy at the bar, the mind of the witness was much affected, and had long been so, from family troubles. The prisoner, when a year and a half old, had a fall upon a ploughshare, and when he was first brought in he was thought to he dead. The accident was followed by brain fever. The cut was above the top of the nose. In December, 1844, he had an obstinate attack of ringworm, and, singe that, manifestations of scrofula. He was a boy with whom she had had a great deal of trouble, and frequently had to remonstrate with him for misconduct. That made no impression on him, and he would say that he did lot feel that he was doing wrong. Ho had been much worse since he had a fall upon the ice in January last. Since that time he complained very much of headaches, and seemed to suffer greatly from them. When she spoke to him about the wrong things he did, he used to say that some one seemed to talk to him in his head, and to say "do it, do it; you will not be found out." To the COURT—Iie never said that, until witness remonstrated with him about a watch. That was since her father's death. Before that she had observed him to suffer much from headache. He was always very different from all her other children in morals and in his health. tie had been subject to walking in his sleep. Mr. Justice WIGUTMAN then called Dr. Letheby, and asked whether he considered walking in the sleep a symptom of disordered brain. - Dr. Letheby said it might be, or only of a disordered stomach. In answer to further questions from the Learned Judge, the witness said that scrofula would affect the brain, and that it was possible such a wound as the prisoner received in his infancy might produce injuries that would result in disorganization of the brain. Noises in the head arose from a disordered state of the brain. So also might calling out in the sleep. _ _ After a long discussion upon the subject of the letters which had been put in, as written in Nswgate by the prisoner, and addressed to his mother, The Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary, was called by Mr. BALLANTINE, and said that he had in his exhortation of the prisoner told him to confess to God, and had never said a word (as was stated in the letter) about confessing to his mother, or to any other person. Had never said a word about God striking him dead; all that was mere invention. The prisoner was a very clever boy; but, in prison, he told a great variety of falsehoods on a variety of subjects. The letters were then put in, and the case for the pro secution was closed. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Peter Dimwit, who described himself as a gen tleman, following no profession or business, was brought up on a warrant charging him with having " written, sent, and delivered, or caused to be written, sent, and delivered," a letter, challenging Mr. Phineas Gold smith, a West India merchant, to fight a duel. Mr. Dimont, it appeared, had been in the habit of calling at Mr. Goldsmith's house to visit a Mr. Phillips. On the occasion of one of these visits, ho said some thing to Mr. Phillips concerning complainant, which induced the latter, on hearing of it, to order him to leave th© house. The next day (the 7th inst.) defen dant sent a letter to complainant, saying that his con duct was ungentlemanly. and demanding either an apology or " satisfaction," but giving the alternative of a" thorough thrashing," and posting as a coward. Mr. Clipper, an attorney, who appeared for the de fendant, was about to set up a defence to the effect, that defendant had received great provocation from Mr. Goldsmith. Mr. HENRY said no provocation would justify any one in writing such a letter as this. Mr. Clipper said it was written in a moment of anger, but his client had now no intention either of pressing Mr. Goldsmith to fight, or of putting hie threats of " thrashing" and " posting" into execution. Mr. HENRY said he must find bail ; and, after some discussion, ordered him to enter into his own recogni sances fur 5004, and find one surety in the same amount, to keep the peace for twelve months. The defendant found bail, and was liberated. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. Mr. JoRN NEELD and another Llon. Member took the oaths and their seats. PETITIONS. Mr. J. 'WILLIAMS presented a petition praying the House to pass a law to enable poor-law guardians to make retiring allowances to their officers. Mr. LEWIS and Mr. HSTTT presented similar petitions. Mr. F. BARING presented a petition from Ports mouth in favour of the removal of Jewish disabilities. A number of petitions were presented against the ad mission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. SCHOLEFIELI) presented a petition against the Roman Catholic Trusts Bill. Sir W. IIEATHCOTE presented a petition complain ing of the practice of Roman Catholics in Ireland de nouncing persons from the altar. Certain HARRIS presented a petition against the Roman Catholic Trust Bill. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition, praying the House to take measures to prevent Roman Catholic priests denouncing persons from the altar. Mr. C. ANSTY presented a petition from a place in Ireland, praying the House to amend the law of landlord and tenant. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Yarmouth, praying for the removal of Jewish disabilitiee. NOTICES OF MOTION. 5 1 4 46► h 34 Major BLACKALL gave notice that, on Friday, he should move that the House do not adjourn till it had taken into consideration the distress of Ireland, and the means available to Government for mitigating it. Colonel SALWEY gave notice that to morrow he would ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment whether it was his intention, in the course of the present session, to introduce any measure for the relief of that portion of her Majesty's subjects who conscien tiously differ from the doctrines of the Established Church from the payment of church•rates. Mr. lIERRIES postponed his motion relating to commercial distress till after the vacation, when he hoped Government would assist him in bringing it forward on an early day. The CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in the absence of his Noble Friend the First Lord of the Trea sury, could make no promises, but of course it was open to the Right Hon. Gentleman to re-appoint his motion for any notice day after the recess. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. FRENCH appealed to the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer to allow the Public Works (Ireland) Bill to be read a third time before the order of the day for no m i na ti ng th e C omm it tee on Commercial Distress, in order that it mi g ht b e read a first time to- Llaty in the Lords. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was always anxious to do as he would Ile done by, and there fore he would readily assent to the proposal of the lion. Member. Mr. _FRENCH then moved the third reading of the Bill. Lord LINCOLN, before the Bill was read a third time, was anxious to know whether it had the sanc tion of Government, and whether its provisions had been approved of by the law officers of the Crown. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said some short time ago a deputation waited upon him to know what were the intentions of the Government witk respect to these public works, and his answer was that they were not prepared to borrow any more moneyjuntil former advancas had been repaid. He was then asked whether Government had any objection to the intro duction of a Bill to enable Irish counties to raise money on their own responsibility, for the purpose of com pleting their public works. He replied that he had not, in and the present measure, althoug h brou g ht in by two private Members, had f a c t been prepared und e r the Crown. After of the Irish law o ffi cer s of the After a few words from Major BLACKALL, who said the Bill ought to have been introduced by the Go vernment themselves, the Bill was read a third time and passed. COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. The CHANC ELLOR of the E XCHE • QUBR, in rising to move the order of the da y f or nominating the u of h had e n d t e y c_i s d i x e d m t e tt! Committee on commercial distre ss , said he wished to make a few observations on the general c om p os i t i on of u e e the C C o rm m it i t t e t e ee' shou T ld heilese consist bteenrs now before the House e lion. b w er evi a ,,' who and thosethe st Members Gentlemen had complained of the omission nam es', but he hoped th ose gentlemen who se name of certain been mentioned would not cons id er that the om issio n hadon arose out of any disrespect, or want of courtesy for them. Other Honourable Gentlemen had urged upon the 1101130 the necessity of having every class repre sented on the Committee, while had one or two gentlemen gone su far as to say that a larger number of Scotch and Irish Members ought to have been selected to serve upon this inquiry. S ome contended that the East and West India interest ought to have been largely repre sea ted; others that the manufacturing and trading com munity oughtto have been more extensively represented; but the House would agree with him, he was sure, that the Committee was already large enough, and to add to its numbers might tend to defeat the objects they bad in view in appointing it. But Hon. Gentlemen must remember that the cases of any class or individual were repeatedly brought before such Committees as these by evidence, and, therefore, it was hardly necessary to have each class or set of individuals directly represented upon the Committee. For instance, on the Committee of 1840, the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester representing more or less that part of the country, sent a deputation to represent their opinions in the Com mittee, and in the same way were the opinions and interests of other classes and individuals brought pro- minently before the Committee. So with respect to this Committee, he was quite sure there would be no indisposition to examine witnesses cr receive deputations from any class who were anxious to be represented, and he thought it would be much better to rely upon the ma chinery of evidence than to make the Committee practi cally inoperative by uselessly augmentingits number. Al though every class might not be directly represented every shade of opinion was, and he had no doubt Henn Members who composed the Committee would take care to see that their views and opinions were properly investigated. First, he had placed upon the Committee three members of the present Cabinet, whose especial duty it was to attend to the financial department of the Government, and yet the Noble Lord, the Member for L) nn, proposed that one of these should be struck out. Again he had placed three members of the late Govern ment on the Committee, namely, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Goulburn, who were also members of the Committee of 1840, and these names could not possibly be objected to. Next on the list were the names of Lord G.Bentinck, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Herries, and he confessed he did not think any body could find fault with these selections, for here they had represented the Government present,the Government past, a nd the Government in future.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The Right Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to show that his other selections had been made from Members who had represented every shade of opinion, from those who were for and against the Bill of 1844-- from those who were for a mixed standard of Talus- - from those who were for the re-issue of one-pound notes —from those who were for free trade in bullion—fro nt those who were connected with manufacture and trade -- and from those who were connected with D3o ll ' Scotch, and Irish banking establishments. In fact, ne said it was hardly possible to have selected a Committ ee that could present a greater variety of opin ie° than the one ho now proposed to nominate. The Hon. Gentleman then read the names of those Members who were in favour, and those who wer e against the Bill of 1844. Six of the gentlemen nora i. nated had not given their opinion. As the list stood, seven Members were favourable to the views of the Noble Lord (Lord George Bentinck), five were pledged to the, Bill, and fourteen aga i ns t i t . —(H ear. ) Thi s s howen that he wished to have the mercantile community fairly represented on the Committee—that he did not wish to have it packed.—(Hear, hear.) It would be useless to the public if gentlemen of such experience as hlr' Hume and Mr. Herries declined to serve. The expert' mace they had had fitted them for such an inveetigatioln He should have no objection to see Mr. Hume in that Committee; but he thought - Mr. Herries the better Men ber, because he fairly represented the opinions o f the mercantile world respecting Scotch banks of issue. They, had, however, a fair claim t o b e on t h at C omm i ttee; an d he trusted one of them would serve. He should resist any alteration in the Committee, except the substitutio n of another Hon. Member in the place of Mr. Hume. }le considered, that in nominating the Committee as he bad done, he had selected those Members who would do the public essential serviee.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. DRUMMOND did not think that they would derive any relief from the report of the Committee It; question.—(Hear, hear.) What did the House .want? Did it wish to get rid of the dull and uninteresti n g debates by shutting up those Members who spoke ups the question in a small committee-room up stairs (Laughter.) That was not the proper way to legislate. —(Hear.) They should first understand the A BC, ef their inquiry, and not en t er , as i t appeared to him toe/ would, into a mass of uncertain investigation. Un less the Committee were unanimous in the principles of their investigation their labours would prove abortive. T he present was a day of expansion. The old foot-rule viola no doubt be declar e d insufficient to m ea s ure th e number am' , length of railways to be made, and our trade being n e longer confined t o h ome , t h ese persons might sa y that they should use expansive vessels, and convey their commodities in exp ans i ve s hi ps .—(L aug h ter .) What they wanted was a measure of fixed value, which he contended they pess esse d, b ecause go ld , i n i ts didifferentparts, was stamp e d o f a certa i n va l ue, an d - was re ceived in commercial trans ac ti ons at t h e specified value. Se , measure which they could enac t wou ld prevent periodical crises. When the fund s were l ow , an d over -trading prevalent, commerci a l cr i ses wou ld a l most i ne vitably f'ol low. Mr. OSBORNE replied to the question of the Honourable Member. What did the House want ? The House was abo u t t o enact a sce ne, , his opinion, from Much Ado about IVothin9. The whole burden of that Right Hon. Baronet's speech (Sir R. Peel) was this—that after the Committ" a which had been appointed it was unnecessary to ap point another. He said fifteen thousand questions wer e asked in these f o r mer Committees, and what more d id they want? But, if a n y one came to l oo k- at them, would find that the replies of Mr. Jones Loyd were mote like essays, and might be published as such sepa" rately, than as replies to terse and definite queriee.— se (Laughter.) Now, it app eare d to him that the House were going to shelve th e question.—(Hear, -bear.) • Th e commercial classes, instead of obtaining any immediate remedy, would have their prayers put off, and the Committee would no doubt report in about two years, when their labours would be valueless. —(Hear, hear.) He regretted now that he had voted with the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir Robert Peel)--. he was so taken away with his able speecli,"that he could have followed him anywhere.—(Laughter.) But the next morning—(Laughter)—when he looked at his views with calm deliberation, he regretted that he had not followed the Noble Lord (Lord George Bentinck) into the lobby, because he believed that he should have adopted the proper course. He considered that they should have a Committee composed of independent Members—of those who had not expressed anrsenti ments on the question of currency. They• should have those who had not read any currency pamphlets, he' cause they might depend upon it that their time would be occupied in currency controversies.—(Hear-) He should prefer Mr. Reynolds (Dublin) to Mr. Hume, though he entertained great respect for the ability of the latter lion. Gentleman. He said this because the Hon. Gentleman had told him that the labours of the Committee would be futile, for it was rner el l shelving the question—(Hear, hear)—from the How ie ' He should support the name of Mr. Reynolds, if they went to a division. Mr. NEWDEGATE supported the names proposed by his Hon. Friend (Lord G. Bentinck). He did go be d . cause they would obtain men practically acquainted with the working of the measure complained of ; t h e y would have practical men, and not mere theorists- fi r ' Muntz, Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Brown were largel y engaged in h ome an d colonial trade, an d were therefore fit gent l emen to constitute the lartne. gral portion o f suc h a tribunal as the one ,F r d , posed. The exc l us i ve use of gold as their stallun"„f almost to the exclusion of silver, was the great cans errs the commerci a l d e p ress i on. Let the Committee rep° upon this poi n t. H e to l d the Governmen t thet , . though they might stop the discussion of the m atter in the House by the appointment of a Committee, t be l would not stifle extensive discussion out of doors. Lord G. BENTINCIC rose to draw back the atten: tion of the Hous e t o th e rea l matter o f t h e debat e , He would confin e hi mse lf t o t h e names h e h a d propose d id and though their might be several additions he shot , in not again address them. H e assure d t h e Honoural d Members, the exclusion of whose names i n . had proposed, th a t h e did so w i t h o ut „ t, tending to ca s t u p on th em any persona l disrespe ct ' The limitation of th e C omm itt ee t o 26 re d uce d biol „ the invidious necessity o f p ropos i ng th e i r exchistn" . , He had proposed the names o f severa l gentleman iii order to render the Committ ee more likely to w 7 ti greater good than as originally p ro p ose d." Be propo .e" Mr. Ilastie in the room of M r . L a b ouc h ere , b e cause le_ thought that ho would bett er represent a cer t a in sectio n of the commercial comm un it y . Th e same m i g ht be s e ll ,. by him with resp e ct t o t h e ot h ers. H e t h o ught tha t as the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) w as pledged to th e measure, and as Si r W. Cl ay h a d wr i tten a book en the question, it w ou ld b e b etter to have t h e City of London represented by Mr. Pattison.—(Hear, hear.) From the way in whi c h t h e Right Hotm a ßaronet (Sir R. Pe e l ) supported th e G overnmen t in fact it might almost be said that he was the Government—it seemed as if he had dictated the letter sent by the Government to the Bank.—(llear, hear.) The House wished, 11 ° doubt, to see new blood in a Committee of this kind:" (Hear.) It was because he did not think that the gen; tlemen proposed were likely to come to an unprejudiced opinion that he proposed substitutes for some of theni: —(Cheers.) Let th e H ouse r e collect that it was n°; until houses had failed for 15,000,0001. t h at the Government consented to susp en d the Act. Those whom he proposed were indepen den t t]. men, and likely to come to an unprejudiced opitti,ehn He thought that Mr. B rown wou ld better r e present 1- r sentiments of Liverpool th an M r. Cardwell. The forme s gentleman, in a recent deputation on the subject of co os' mercial distress, did th e ornamental work, whilst ;7t latter perform e d th e most l a b orious and arduous part 0` ,ii and was, in his opi n i on, a gentleman who would more fir,' represent the sent i ments of the cotton lords than t° lion. and Lear ne d G ent l eman. —(Hear.) Let them ~." collect that Mr. Brown differed with him ; in feet b e t had proposed b u t one gentleman who acted in cottra st ; with him. Then, with respect to Scotland, the 'g Honourable Gentleman said he had named (Mr. li. Drummond), and he did not object to him. T h e , e l Chancellor'of the Exchequer had said that he hadconstul. all sorts of persons on the subject, and all they requ es te d of him was, to give them the light of his countenan. Honourable Gentleman the Member for Perths. The means of stayi ng th e p an i c h a d been adopte9,r e consequence of the r e p resen t a ti ons of the bankers of. tt,. City of London, and he thought that it was but !ago! that one of the Hon. Members connected w ith tb City of London should be placed on the Committee' li With respect to the appointment of the on. Member for Oxford (Mr. Henle } ) in the room of Mr. Ricardo, he thought that change ought to be made. The H on ' Member for Stoke-upon-Trent (Mr. Ricardo) w as a consider that by profession, and he did not that that profession was one which could be consi d ered as connected with the commercial institutions of the country ; that he also possessed, by almost hereditary right, very strong opinions upon the subject of the rency. In the room of Mr. Ricardo he proposed' , therefore, to insert the name of Mr. Henley, who au opposed the Bank Charter Act. (LEFT SITTING DIED. On the Bth inst., at Kinmel-park, St. Asaph, the Right lion. Frances Margaret Baroness Gardner. On the 30th ult., in St. John's-wood.road, Sebastian No b ' Esq., aged 69. On the 2d inst., in Manor-street, Clapham, Mrs. 1 1011 Fry, aged 68. On the 6th inst., at Paris, Mn.s Marsh, widow of Tho Mas Coxhead, Marsh, sq. London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y017.1‘3e , 11 , fr No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ceautY Middlesex, Wednesday, December 15, 1847. •\O.~`