The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-30 00:00:00

SECON D EDITION. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... l37i f i India Stock ......... ..• •• 3 per Cent. Red BB Zi Ditto Bonds .. . 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. Ditto Old Annuities - 3 per Cent Red ...... .. 97i Ditto New Annuities — New 3i per Cent .. ... Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d '2 pm New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto 500/ 4pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 6pm Jan. 1860. l3 Bank Stock for Acct ... Oct 1859... l2 13-16 India Stock for Acct ... Jan. 1860 . . — ___. _ __Consols for Opg B,t+i FOREIGN FUNDS. A astrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto.... . Brazilian Bonus .. BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent.... Chilian, 6 per csnt Colombian, t; per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent •, I i Ditto, 1824 24 Ditto, Deferred .. 12i Danish, 3 per cent..... French,s per cent... —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 percent. Exchange .. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 28 1 , French, 3 per cent —l. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 24 per cent 5 ll Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 971 SHARES. Great Western Railway (65 paid) 904 Ditto New Shares (40 paid) ...... ... 52 Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ... 1011 London and Brighton Railway (50 paid) ... 43& London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 172 Ditto New Shares (24 paid) London and Greenwich Railway :(20 paid) Ditto Scrip. ( 2 paid). , n London and South Western Railway ... ...... 56i SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS IRON THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Globe.) Were the defects of the amended Poor-law equal in number, and in imputed injurious results, to the sweep ing denunciations hurled against it in the columns o! the Timex and the Herald, there would still remain, as a reproach to all such accusers of the Whigs, as exclusively the authors and approvers of the measure, the incon testable fact, that it was introduced and consummated by the concurrence and assistance of all parties, who saw in the continued operation of the old law the cer tain demoralization of the labouring classes, whose ra pidly increasing pauperism, produced by the vicioussy stem of relief afforded to the applicants, and the yet more vicious administration of the law, was rapidly destroy ing the springs of industry, by giving a bounty to in dolence, and prostrating the independence of the able. bodied labourer before the parish pay-table. Whether the absence of those qualities, essential to the efficient administration of the new law in any instance, has wrought injury to the rate-payers, or neglect and op pression to the poor, these furnish no legitimate ground of argument against the law, unless it can be proved that some defect in its construction, or some positive oppression in its provisions, create or sancton these evils. Under the old law the instance of maladminis tration were more numerous and injurious—peculation, extravagance, corruption in all the various forms in which long practices had rendered it familiar to paro chial officers, from the beadles, strutting at the head of the procession of parochial officers, bedizened with gold lace, and bearing the mysterious silver-headed staves, to the churchwardens, " with fair round belly, with good capon lined," their countenances be-purpled with port, charged in the yearly account as " sacra mental wine," but the quantity of which, if used exclu sively for such pious purposes, must have rendered each communicant a receptacle of at least two bottles on every occasion on which the sacrament was administered. We are not drawing an imaginary picture. On auditing the accounts of a large parish in the metropolis, the churchwardens' account for " \Vine for the Church" attracted the attention of an auditor, who considered it to be within his duty to dissect as well as pass the ac counts. The result of the investigation into this item gave the result we have described. (From the Standard.) It is, indeed, rather late in the day for the illorning Chronicle to tell us that the power of the Romish priests in Ireland rests upon opinion in any other sense than the power of Mehemet Ali, or the Emperor of China, may be said to rest upon opinion. Doubtless all power rests upon opinion of some kind or other. Mehemet's power rested upon the opinion, not of the unfortunate Fel lahs, upon whom it was so cruelly exercised, ex cept as they were of opinion that resistance was vain, but upon the opinion of his mercenary Arnauts, who were of opinion that his service was profitable, and the exercise of a derivative tyranny a pleasant thing. Such is the power of the Irish Ro manist priests, they have their fanatical familiars, and their militia of Ribbonmen, to punish all who disobey them, as has been sufficiently proved by what followed the Carlow election. Superstition and ignorance pre vent, perhaps, that general and combined resistance by which only a people can cast off such a tyranny as that of the Irish priests ; but in the acts by which the unhappy people prove their submission, they ex ercise as little of the right of opinion as the French people did under the reign of Robes pierre. The case of Carlow, and fifty other cases, prove that the power exercised by the priests is " not in opinion merely, but in external terror ;" and how would the ballot cure this? The elector's vote would be known to the priest through the confessional ; and the priest would not want the opportunity of em ploying external means of punishment for an adverse vote, as the penitent must be well aware. Of ail the falsehoods of the Romanist system, the pretended se cresy of the confessional is the most gross. Whatever may be the form of election in a country circumstanced hike the United Kingdom, the great majority of elec tors must take their opinions from other men, if they vote honestly, in reliance upon the good disposition and sound views of those by whom they summit to be in structed. (From the Courser.) One great good may ultimately flow even from , the excesses of Chartism and th e h ear tl essness o f New Poor-law Administration, if it shall be the means for calling the attention of public men more strongly and earnestly to the actual condition of the great masses of the community, not in the political sense as vulgarly un derstood and acted on by clap-trap agitators of the reform school still engaged in purveying the materials for a capi tal stock of public discontent on which to trade for their awn special aggrandisement, but in the physical and reli giou a acceptation, so as to restore a healthy state of cor poreal action cmultaneously with that mental improve ment, the men: sang in corporc sano, which it were vain to hope for the establishment of in the body politi under any other combination. The extraordinary and lamentable revolution in the temper and habits of the working classes for many years past could not of course escape the notice of those endowed with the capacity and the leisure, as invested with the obligation for in vestigation into its causes, which ascertained, a fair ap, preciation of the consequences ought to have followed with the suggestion and application of such remedies as might assuage if they could not eradicate evils preg nant with peril to the peace and order of society. It was, as it is, acknowledged on all hands that the social system, so far as the lower orders, was one mass of irritable humours, which could not fail of violent out.. breaks in particular cases of excitement, to the jeo pardy of all classes in contact with the corruption fermenting around. But though the doctors were Agreed on the diagnostics of the disease and the des peration of the crisis, all, or nearly all, agreed to differ as to the methods of cure and the medicines or medicaments to be specially exhibited. The cry of one party was for reform in Parliament as the un doubted panacea for the inward er external wound, and they succeeded in inoculating the poor patient in hand so fiercely with faith in the wonder-working powers of this mighty specific, that to this day his ravings are ever of more plenteous doses still— for more copious draughts of reform in the shape of Chartism, although prostrate and exhausted under the searching purgation of the Reform Bill, the blessings of which be has experienced only in the form of new Poor law rigours and Poor.law manacles. To the working classes the Reform Bill has vaguely communicated the extension o f po li t i ca l r i g h ts, rather abstract than prne tict!l, and therefore ornamental rather than useful ; but whilst w i t h one hand it thus concedes a boon, unser viceable, because almost unavailable, it has with the other rigorously excis e d hi m o f r i g h ts most su b stant i a l , dear as his household gods of home and hearth, and handed dow n t o h i m and cherish e d as una li ena bl e an d irrevocable. Such, an d i ts enactments, is the new Poor la w, by which the Elizabethan charter of the poor has been abrogated and superseded. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCIIE4TET.— Yesterday being the market interveni ng between Ch r istmas and New Year's D a y, t h ere was as usual very little business done ; and the trifling demand which might be expected at this season was checked by the advance ri quired by the spinners and manufactiirors, or , almost all descriptions of goods and yarn. This ad vance buyers did not seem much disposed to givp ; bu• senors were firm, and the little business transacted was either at advanced prices, or the very full rates of the previous week. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, DEC. 29.—Thero have been very ft w buyers in the market to-day, and "II little business of any kind has been done. Indeed, at the markets which fall between Christmas-day and the •' new market," very few attend. The new market is always held on the first Monday after Old Christmas Day (or the 6th of January). In the prico of flannels there has been no change, and the wool market continues dull, with prices firm. 11CDDERsrIELD MARKET, FRIDAY, DEC. 29. This market was unusually animated for the last in the year. The amount of goods sold was not heavy, but the pros pect of a good spring trade seems to animate the spirits Of all parties. Priecs remain firm in all new goods, awl the raw material. Orders for shipping arc tolerably heavy, which keep the operatives employed. A fair busi nrss is doing in the warehouses. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A woman, named Mary Lambert, who had been confidentially employed as housekeeper in a highly respectable tradesman's house in the City, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with felony. Thomas Hobell, foreman in the service of Mr. Ban nister, of No. 17, Threadneedle-street, butcher, stated that his employer had, for some time past, supplied meat to Mr. Sanford, of Bishopsgate-street, to whom the prisoner was housekeeper, and from the books it appeared that, on the 26th of September last, a leg of mutton, a leg of pork, a breast of veal, and two kidneys, were sent to Mr. Sanford's house. Mary Whitfield, a charwoman, stated that she had been employed about fifteen months by the prisoner to work in Mr. Sanford's house. At the latter end of September last the prisoner packed up a leg of pork and a leg of mutton in a basket, and directed witness to take the basket and leave it at her son's house in Princes place, illackfriars-road. Witness took the articles as directed, and left them in the room where the pri soner's son and daughter were. The account given by the prisoner to the witness about the transaction was that the contents of the basket were for the wedding dinner of her daughter, who was just going to be married. Mr. Henry Sanford, jun., son of the prosecutor, who carries on the business of a wholesale ironmonger at No. 180, Bishopsgate Without, stated that the prisoner had been in his father's employment as a housekeeper about three years, and had the sole management of the housekeeping, being entrusted to purchase, to pay for, and to prepare all the provisions for the establishment in town. Witness found that the joints of meat alluded to by the former witness formed part of the bill which was specified in the book pro duced, and which was paid for by his father's check. Th, prisoner was never authorised to give away, or otherwise dispose of the provisions entrusted to her care, and there was every reason to believe that rob bery to a great extent had been committed in the house keeper's department. The prisoner's wages were liberal, and she was considered to be a confidential servant. Sergeant Dick, of the City police, stated that on Saturday last he took the prisoner into custody, on the charge of having disposed of the meat in the manner described. She admitted at once that she had had the joints alluded to, but she declared that it was her in tention to pay for them. In a box in drawers, which the prisoner said belonged to her, witness found two sovereigns, one of which she claimed as her own, and the other sho stated was the property of her master. The prisoner said thit she had no idea of plundering her master, and that she had never done anything of the kind before. She was committed for trial. A smooth-tongued Irish woman, who stated that her name was Simmons, was brought before Alderman Wilson, charged by Horstord, a constable in the em ployment of the Mendicity Society, with having carried on her trade in the city. Horsford . said that he saw the prisoner, whose name was not Simmons, but Morris, act off on a begging ex pedition from a celebrated rendezvous of begging letter impostors called the White Bear, in company with a man named Finlay, who was an old hand, and had been frequently convicted. Witness perceiving that they were on a cruise, followed them, and perceived the woman going into a banking-house. Finlay, upon seeing witness, got away out of sight in an instant. The woman, it was found, had assisted her elo quence by a letter, which represented that her hus band was lying in a deplorable state in Westminster Hospital, and that she had four children at home quite destitute. The case was recommended by a respectable person, who no doubt had been imposed on by her, and who contributed to her pretended wants. Alderman WILsoN—A great deal of mischief is done by gentleman who are ready to believe every tale of distress, and whose signatures are used as a sort of sanction to applications for charity. The Mendicity Officer said there was no doubt as to the fact that the prisoner had imposed upon the gentle man in question. Witness had ascertained that there was a man of the name of Simmons in the Westminster Hospital, so that if a superficial inquiry were made the woman's story would appear to be borne out. The man, however, had nothing at all to do with the prisoner. Sergeant Woodroffe said that the prisoner told him that she did not know where her husband was. Alderman WILSON remanded the prisoner, and de sired that the gentleman who had rewarded her case should be requested to attend. GUILDHALL. Alfred Sakw - 4 a watchmaker, was charged by Mr. James Days, of 22., Birchin-lane, with a misdemeanour, under the following circumstances : Mr. Days stated that he was a watch and chronometer maker, and some time since gave a goldwatch, and the interior works of another, to the prisoner to repair, soon after which he absconded, and he (Mr. Days) was unable to find him, notwithstanding every exertion being :used, until this morning, when he met him by chance, and gave him in charge to a policeman. Salmon, in his defence, said that he was on his way to return the articles to the prosecutor, when, meeting some friends, he became intoxicated, and lost the property. . . Alter some conversation the case was adjourned to Thursday, to gain information as to whether the charge was to be considered as one of felony or misdemeanour. TRIAL of the ABBE LAMENNAIS. ASSIZES OF THE SEINE.-SITTING OF DEC. 26. The crowd was so considerable at the opening of the Court, that the lawyers, finding no plaue, were obliged to take refuge on the steps of the raised circle on which the Judges sit. There were numbers of reserved scats. Chateaubriand, Cormenin, Garnier Pages, and many deputies were present. M. Lamennais and Pa guerre, his printer, were at the bar. M. Mauguin and M. Benoist, as his counsel, were near him. The rid• vocate-General was M. Partarien Lafosse. At half-past ten the Judge, M. Frey, opened the Court. The accused were then asked their names, and answered as—Felicite Robert Lamennais, aged 59 ; A. L. Paguerre, aged 35. The Greffier then read the arret, to the purpose that, in October, Paguerre published a pamphlet, en titled "Le Gouvernment, par M. Lamennais." The attention of the Ministry was called to it, and it was seized on the 19th. Some copies were seized at La mennais's, and 5,000 at the printer's. Lamennais and Paguerre were indicted for four misdemeanours. Ist, For exciting hatred and contempt towards the Go vernment ; 2d, For infringing the respect due to the laws ; 3d, For apologizing said crimes ; 4th, For pro voking hatred between different classes of society. The other counts came befoie the Court in f•lovem her, and the accused were condemned in their absence to two years' imprisonment and 5,000 francs fine. M. Lamennais owned having written the pamphlet. . . The Advocate-General then began as follows : Gentlemen of the Jury, the celebrity of certain writers in crimes of the press may be regarded under a double aspect. Some see in this cele brity a guarantee against persecution, and consider that a great intelligence cannot write what is wrong ; that criticism alone has the right to cen sure, and that such pens are not responsible before a criminal jurisdiction. The public ministry of justice cannot admit or participate in such sympathies ; how ever, it may be fully alive to the great productions of high and enlightened minds. But the more celebrated the writer, the greater was his power and sphere of harm. His responsibility is in proportion to his talent. And, in a country like France, so attached to equality, there was no head so high as to be privileged or above the laws. An inculpated article takes its character not only from what it contains, but also from the circumstances in which it has been written. Now, the articles of M. La mennais appeared on the 13th October, an epoch in which the troubles proceeding from the coalitions of the work ing classes were far from being appeased. At this epoch also had arisen the greatest question which had been agitated since the revolution of July, namely, that of war or peace. it was in these circumstances that the publication of M. Lamennais appeared. Its size showed clearly that it was not in tended for a public of learned men, but for the mass of the population. The subject treated in it showed also that the book of the accused was addressed to the burn ing passions excited by the question of the day. The Advoeatc-General then read several extracts from the pamphlet of M. Lamennais, to the purport that th• police poignarded the people. He then read other extracts, including the following :—" If from the administrative order we pass to the judicial, the picture is mere sombre still. The Jury abolished in those causes where it is most required has destroyed the first of social links, and justice itself has become an oppression. Tyranny has made of it an arm, thus strik ing under a sacred veil. But this has always been during the most horrible epochs of humanity. Montes quieu has declared that there is no more cruel tyranny than that which is exercised under the semblance of jus tice. , 4 4 tyrant never wants instruments ; and the senate which had the chief judicial power under Tiberius became as vile as he could have wished. Afterwards the lives of the Emperors became more secure ; they were able to die in their beds, and so they became less ferocious in spilling blood. But if there were no massacres, there were still infamous sentences. There were more artifices, arts, meanness, and as much petty oppression as in sanguinary times, &c. The zeal of political justice was excited by less than political crime. The aristocracy of wealth was to be flattered and secured, and their serfs wero to be punished whenever they dared to clamour for bread ; and when they merely sought to be heard by their delegates, they received an answer in being beaten down to the pavement, and crammed by hundreds into prisons. An executive abuse had been intro duced under the Restoration, which the Government of the 7th of August has stretched to the utmost : he meant arrest. Under any pretext soever, even the most futile, a man can be seized, imprisoned, tormented in every way, separated from his friends, and associated with thieves and assassins. Thus he awaits for an indefinite length of time the hearing of Lis cause, which may be adjourned at pleasure.lt may be prolonged for months, nay, even for years, if it please the Ministers of Justice. They can take the first person they please from his family and his affairs, ruin him, torture him, and plunge his wife and children into the most frightful misery ; far from having any thing to fear, Ido not say from punishment, but from the blame of such a monstrous abuse of power, they arc thanked for their zeal. When a people has come to that point, one can no more speak either of liberty or of society." The Advocate General then read a passage from the eighty-eighth page of the publication :—" Tell me, 0 peo ple, what are you What you are ! If I open the charter, I find a solemn declaration of your sove reignty. This was written after your victory. If I look upon the facts, I see that there is not, and never was slavery equal to thine ; for ancient slavery did not deprive a man of his liberty, but yours deprives you even of life. A pariah in politics, you are out of politics nothing but a machine for working. 'To the fields,' your mas ters say, 'sow and reap for us.' You know what you are told in other places ; you know what is the reward of your fatigues, your watching, and the sweat of your brow. If crowded together into ignorance and poverty, decimated by maladies engendered by hunger, by cold, and the infectious air of the garrets to which you retire after the labour of the day and part of the night, you ' demand some relief, you fall under the sword, you are shot at, or, like the ox at the shambles, you fall under the blows of paid and patented assassins. Then the gaols are open for your reception, the legal sovereign is enthroned, and correc tional judges send you to prison ; for, 0 people— you must know it, workmen have no right to communicate with each other even for the amelioration of their lot A plot may be laid in the infamous den of the Bourse to spoil the simple fundholders, or to commit robberies of fifteen or of even twenty millions. 'this is permitted ; and if public indignation force the authorities to bring these matters to light they will insure merely a mock inquest, which would find no one guilty : for the guilty would be found in too high a station. There are no crimes supposed to be in that region. But if simple workmen get together, not to rob or swindle the public, but to come to an understanding for their mutual interest, and discuss their interests with their employers, this is an unpardonable crime. Nothing but a prison can expiate it ; and this they have been so severely taught, as to be by this time superabundantly convinced of it. Underneath the official class thirty-three millions of per sons were declared by the President of the Council de prived of all their claims, as no one can have any right except those which are granted by law ; and in that case rights only begin in France with the amount of 200 francs tax-paying, the last farthing of these 200 francs elevating a person from the state of a brute to the state of man ; for what would be a man stripped of his rights ?" After having read over the different incriminated passages, which take up almost the whole book, the Advocate- General added a few words on the position of the editor in the cause, and then again spoke of the prin ciples accused. In 1820 he (M. Lamennais) was ultraonontane, would see the source of all truth in the tongue of the Pope, and would have kings' sceptres laid at the Papal foot. Now the same man re bels against the Holy Father, and scandalizes his old friends by declaring himself an unbeliever. He pub lishes a work on philosophy, which excludes all ideas of religion. In his politics there is the same inconstancy. Absolutist under the restoration, breathing ineffable dis dain for democracy, he throws himself now upon his knees before that very democracy which be has scarcely ceased to curse. M. Mauguin, counsel for M. Lamennais, said, that though one of the most eminent writers of the day was the accused, he was charged with his defence only, not his eulogium. The accusation depicted all the varia tions in Lamennais's opinions ; representing him as a factious priest ten years ago, the bitterest enemy of the Revolution—of its ideas, and its sons. I (said Mauguin) shall only explain this by saying that La mennais is always the enemy of what is menacing and en croaching. Fifteen years ago the power of the King was most encroaching, most to be dreaded. Lamennais sought a check and counterpoise to it in the authority of the Church and the Pope. The revolution of July changed this state of things, and Lamennais changed with it. Ile saw in that revolution the sanction of general as sent, which he did not sac in the monarchy of July. The Advocate-General was mistaken in saying thai Lamennais's pamphlet was written or published during the strike of the operatives. It was published a month later, when the questions on war or peace had sprung up. Lamennais attacked the Thiers cabinet, and all preceding cabinets, when accused of labouring to enslave Franco at home, and betray it abroad. 'This is his chief assertion, which, if true, let the jury acquit him ; if false, let it condemn him. M. Mauguin then drew a picture of the great hopes and prospects, the popular conquests and popular alliances offered to France by the revolution of July, all of which he represented as lost and thrown away in 1840. Ile then proceeded to Egypt and the Paella, and Lord Melbourne's threat of sweeping French armaments from the sea ; and wound up with the threat of the weekly paper, the John Bull, to rase Paris to the ground. To this state of humiliation France had been brought by M. Thiers and M. Guizot. M. Mauguin then dwelt on the project of enclosing Paris with bastilles. Lamennais, he said, was indignant at all these things, and spoke out the popular indignation. He called for reform ; he was the defender of humanity, and as such the Jury would not condemn him. M. Coraly then spoke in defence of Paguerre. M. Lamennais was asked if he had anything to say, whereupon he took out a bit of paper, and read the fol lowing : " I should have nothing to add to the defence which you have just heard, if I did not wish to explain my self on a certain point more important than the immediate results of this trial. The movement of men's minds of the times in which we live—times of dis quietude and doubt—throw men into many different paths. Hence the confused multiplicity of contrary doc trines which always start up at epochs of transition and renewal. Society wavers between a past that is extinct and a future that is not yet developed, and when there is no common belief. But this state of things ought not to create alarm, nor give rise to vain efforts to put a stop to it. Human nature of itself will get out of the difficulty without our persecution or our med dling. I accept some of the ideas current—l reject others. I will not enter into an examination of different systems ; all deserve to be heard ; and public mama would bear and pass judgment upon all. I call with my whole soul for the amelioration of the lower classes, and declare that this ought to be effected with out anarchy, or perturbation, or by disorder, but by tranquil and progressive measures. Family and pro perty, united to moral belief, should be the bases of so ciety. This was w hat I wished to proclaim." The jury withdrew at half-past seven, and at ten re turned to the Court. On the four articles of indict ment, it declared him guilty of three ; viz., of exciting hatred against the Government—of showing disrespect to the law—and of writing an apology for acts declared crimes by the law. But on that count which accused him of exciting hatred between different classes of so ciety, Lamennais was declared not guilty. The Judges then condemned him to one year's im prisonment, and 2,000 francs fine, with costs. EXTENSION OF THE METROPO LITAN POLICE. Our readers are aware that within the last few mouths the Metropolitan Police district has been extended to a distance of fifteen miles from Charing-cross ; and all the old constabulary in the respective districts have been done away with. The new system appears to give great satisfaction to the inhabitants of the extended district generally, and they feel that they receive a much greater degree of protection, both as regards person and pro perty, than they possessed under the old system. Although, however, the extension has now taken place for several months, it would appear that the arrange ments connected with it, are rather defective. In the first instance, in very few places station•houses were provided, and it is only within a short time that one wns provided in the town of Kingston. At Croydon, at the present time, there is no proper station, or indeed any convenience for the police stationed there ; and the only place for the safe keeping of any prisoners, is what is called the parish cage, and a certain sum is demanded by the parish for every prisoner taken there, which the constables frequently have to pay out of their own pockets, as there is no fund from whence such expenses can be drawn. Another very great inconvenience arises from the different jurisdic tion of Magistrates created by the Police Courts Act, and the Police Act. The latter Act extends to a dis tance of fifteen miles from Charing Cross, but no sin gle county Justice can act under it, and no proceedings can be taken under that Act in the county districts, unless two Justices, at least, are present ; and as it very frequently happens that two Magistrates cannot be foiled, except upon the special days for the Petty Ses sions, the Act is to a great extent a dead letter. 1 t would be very desirable that this state of things should be remedied, either by giving county Justices the same power as the stipendiary Magistrates, or else to create all the respective districts into Police Courts, and thus do away with the present inconvenient state of things. PROTESTANTISM IN HUNGA RY.—The Re formed Church is also in a state of disorganisation deeply to be deplored. There is no established clerical supre macy in the country, and there is a l wa y s con f us i on an d disorder among the ecclesiastics themselves. its educa tional establishments are, however, greatly superior to those of the Catholics in liberality of spirit, and opportu nities of information; a fact admitted by the Catholics themselves, who confess that the Protestant stwlents generally distinguish themselves by a higher spiritual and moral development than their own. Formerly the youths intended for the Reformed Church received their .1 dues- Lion in the different German Universities, but since the last revolutionary movement this system has been inter dieted..—Miss Pardoe's City of the Magyar, FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 29, 1840. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain C. E. Doherty, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Weston, who exchanges, Dec. 29. 77 1 .. . I • • = 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain G. Weston, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice C. E. Doherty, who exchanges, Dec. 29. • • 15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon E. Mockler, from the 79th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reade, who exchanges, Dec. 29. - Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Capt. 11. Fitzroy to he Capt. and Lieut.-Col„ vice Loftus, who retires; Lieut. the Hon. H. H. M. Percy, to he Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Fitzroy ; J. Rolle Viscount Hinton, to be Ensign and Lieutenant by purchase, Dec. 29. 9th Regiment of Foot—Ensign A. Layard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brownrigg, promoted in the 2d West India Regiment, Dec. 29. 16th Foot—Lieut. W. Ashmore to be Captain, without par chase, vice Colley, deceased, Dec. 29; Ensign W. S Carter, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jones, deceased, Sept. 23 ; Ensign Garratt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ashmore ; Quartermaster 'W. Semple to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Carter, Dec. 29 ; 11. A. Macdonald, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice Garratt, Dec. 30. 21st Foot—Lieutenant W. J. King, to be Captain without purchase, vice Nicolls, deceased ; Second Lieutenant .1. I'. Stuart, to be First Lieutenant, vice King, Oct. 3 ; Gentleman Cadet A: Bolton, from the Royal Military College, to be Se cond Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stuart, Dec. 29. 22d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. Anderson, from the 79th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Dee. 29. 26th Foot—Major A. S. H. Mountain to be Lieut.-Col., without purchase, vice Brevet Col. Oglander, deceased, Dec. 23. Brevet Major W. Johnstone to be Major, vice Mountain, June 23 ; Lieut. T. Ffrench to be Captain, vice Johnstone, Oct. 31 ; Ensign H. B. Phipps to be Lieutenant, vice Ffrench, Oct. 31 ; Ensign A. F. Wallace to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Phipps, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancell. Dec. 29 ; Troop Sergeant-Major C. Duperier, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Wallace, Dec. 20. 35th Foot—T. 11. Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Trafford, who retires, Dec. 29. 44th Foot—Ensign G• H. Skipton tu be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Jenkins, deceased; Ensign and Adjutant R. Kipling to have the rank of Lieutenant, September 10 ; W. Swayne, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Skip ton, Dec. 29. 47th Foot—R. W. Lowry, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Coffin, whose appointment has been cancelled, Dee. 29. 53d Foot—E. S. Docker, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bardin, promoted in the 98th Foot, Dec. 29. 60th Foot—Second Lieutenant and Adjutant Thomas Mit• chell to have the rank of First Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet G. Clapcott, from the Royal Military College, to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Brown, promoted in the 68th Foot, Dec, 29. 61st Foot—Ensign T. N. Dalton, to 'be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Fenwick, deceased, Dec. 14; Ensign A. Forbes, from the 66th Foot, tebe Ensign, vice Dalton, Dec.3o. 62d Foot—Ensign J. Dane, to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Fulton, deceased, July 28; Ensign R. G übbins to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Elkington, deceased, Sept. 2. 66th Foot—A. Forbes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase ; vice Hammond, appointed to the Rifle Brigade, Dec. 29 ; Gentleman Cadet F. W. Newdigato, from the Royal Military College, ,to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Forbes, ap pointed to the 61st Foot, Dec. 30. 79th Foot —Assistant-Surgeon H. C. Reade, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Assistant-Surgeon, rice Mockler, who exchanges; H. 13. Oakes, Gent. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Anderson, appointed to the 22d Foot, Dec. 29. Bth Foot—second Lieut. E. J. V. Brown, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, ',ico hlackie, pro moted, Dec. 29. 96th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon, G. Stewart, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Dec. 29. 98th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon M. Bardin, from the 53d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice T. Bourchier, who retires on half pay, Dee. 29. Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant G. B. Dawson to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fergusson, who retires; Ensign M. M. Hammond, from the 66th Foot, to be Second Lieute nant by purchase, rice Dawson, Dec. 29. 2d West India Regiment--Captain J. Allen, to be Major, by purchase, vice Anderson, who retires ; Lieutenant S. Brownrigg, from the 9th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cublse, promoted, Dec. 29 ; Lieutenant A. Carden, from the 41st Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Allen, Dec. 30. -- 1 RoyaNewfoundland Vete-an Companies—Ensign and Ad jutant W. Jenkins, to have the rank of Lieutenant, Dec. 29. UNArrAcuED—Major P. MacDougall, from the 4Sth Foot, to bti Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, Dec. 29; Lien. tenant W. 11. Goode, from the 19th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Dee, 29. HoserrAi. STAFF—J. C. Dempster, 111. D., to be Assistant- Surgeon to the Forces, vice Grigor Stewart., appointed to the 96th Foot, Dec. 29. illEmoßANnum.—The Christian names of Ensign Alms, o 1 the 22d Foot, are Thomas Frederick Hill. Erratum in thee " Gazette" of 15th December, 1540. 35th Foot—Fir Sergeant-Major George Gore to be Quarter• master. vice John Connon, who retires upon half-pay, read Sergeant-Major George Cole to be Quarter-master, &c. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. ELIAS LINDO, coal merchant,Matson'sCottages,Kingsland. CHARLES KNIGHT and PETER KNIGHT, salesmen, Ivy-lane, Nevigate Market. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOHN BANKS NICKLIN, ironmonger, Wolverliamp!on BANKRUPTS. JAMES JACKSON, grocer, Hammersmith, to surrender, Jan. 12, at twelve, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Backruptcy. Clark, official assignee, Broad-street-court, New Broad-street; Lawson, Barge-yard, ltucklersbury. THONIAs PICKARD, cabinet-mak e r, Lects, Jan._l2,.at ten, and Feb. 0, at one, at . the Cornmissioiaere-rjoma. Leeds. Atkinson, Dibb, and Holland, Leeds; Hawkins, illoxam, and stocker, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inc-fields, Londua. JAMES JORDAN, cabinet-maker, Leeds, Jan. 12, at eleven, and Feb. 9, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Michael, Bed Lion-square, Holborn, London ; Bird and Saunders, Kidderminster; Atkinson, Dibb, and Bolland, Leeds. THOMAS JOHN ASHTON, tailo:, Pall-mall, and CHARLES SUGARS, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Jan. 8, at half-past one, and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee ; Edwards, Bedford-row ; M‘Gregor, Fig-tree-court, Temple, London. JOHN COLE, cattle-dealer, Old Byland, Yorkshire, Jan. 2, at the Three Tuns Inn, Think, and Feb. 9, at the flack Swan Inn, Bedale, Yorkshire, at eleven. Jacques, Battye, and Edwards, Ely-place, London; Richardson: and Geld, or Wood, York. JOHN LLOYD, tanner, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Jan. 13 and Feb. 9, at ten, at the Albion Hotel, Bangor, Carnaryonshire ; Lowe, Garey, and Sweeting, Southampton-buildings, Chan cery-lane, London; Roberts, Carnarvon. JOHN SHUFFLEBOTHAM, hat manufacturer, Newcas tle-under-Lyme, n d N v e Newcastle-under. a y .ms,„, s_ Jan. 12, an d F e b . 9 , at twe l ve, at t h e Glo b e under-Ly me . H ar di ng , N ewcastle-under- Lyme;ymond'a I nn, Ch ancery _ lane, L ondon. I e \ r t e WI LLIAM RIC II ARD S, pawnbroker, Northampton, Jan. 4, an d F e b, 9, at eleven, at the Dolphin Inn, Northampton nNorthampton; Blower and Wi zar d, Lincoln's Inn fields, HOLM E, attorney at law, L e ed s , J an . 12, an d London. Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Heald, Leeds ; Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard, Cheapside, London. ROBERT JAMES FOSTER, paper-hanger, Gloucester, Jan. 11, and Feb. 9, at ten, at the office of Mr. Lovegrove, Holborn, London ; Lovegrove, Gloucester. Gucester. Bull, Ely. place, REBECCA DRENVRY, banker, Penrith, Cumberland, Jan. 11, and Feb. 9, at one, at the Crown lintel, Penrith. Chester, Staple Inn, London ; Alaychell, Penrith. WILLIAM MORGAN, ship-builder, Pill, Somersetshire, Jan. 5, at one, and Feb. 9, at two, at the Commercial Rouros, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London ; Wil hams and Barker, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. E. Hilton and J. Woolstenhulme, machine makers, Oldham, Lancashire—G. and 'l'. Rudd, machine makers, 13 orough-bridge, Yorkshire—S. Runciman and A. Roberts, schoolmistresses, Stone, Sussex—J. Barlow, J. Gill, and \V. B. Hills, wharfingers, Maidstone, Kent—J. Rylands, J. S. Winfield, and J. Cooper, cotton spinners, Manehester—C. Crnz and J. Downing, mercers, Cheltenham—G. Parton, A. Turner, and G. Austin, colour makers, Burslem, Staffordshire —J. C. and R. Ending, Salvador-house—H. Crocker and W. W. Campion, coach builders, Tomes, Devonshire--J. Dub bing, G. Lamb, and M. Lamb, canvas manufacturers, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham—H. Simpson and J. Mundy, boot makers, Winchester—W. Mitchell and T. Field, merchants, Kingston -upon-Hull—J. T. Coles and T. Barratt, paper makers, Wookey dills, Wells, Somersetshire—G. R. Robin son, T. H. Broctiking, and J. B. Garland, London—E. Thomp son P. Thompson, 11. Thompson, and 'l'. Thompson, tallow chandlers, Liverpool (so far as regards E. and T. Thompson)— G. B. Ch apman an d 'W. Kadwell, linen drapers, Nelson-place, Old Kent-road—G. Tindall and G. I'. Vickerman, ship brokers, Lime-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. THOMAS PARK, wine merchant, Glasgow, Jan. 5 and 22, at one, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. WILLIAAI APNAUGHT and CO., silk mercers, Edin burgh, Jan. 5 and 26, at one, at the Old Signet Hall, Edinburgh. WILLIAAI HENDERSON and SON, builders, Hamilton, Jan. 5 and 25, at twelve, at the Writing Chambers of A. Gem mill, Gl asgow. JOHN STEWART and JAMES YOUNG, builders, Glas gow, Jan. 2, an d 22, a t one , a t th e ch a mb ers o f Si r. James Smit, writer, Glasgow. .JOHN M' G REGO lt, farmer, Bowhouse, Kilspindie, Perth shire,si De c . 31 , an d Jan. 22, at one, a t t h e off i ce of J. and J. rwriters, Kilspindie. JOHN ARMSTRONG, merchant, Glasgow, Dec. no, azal Jan. 20, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Iteddie and Forbes, writers, Glasgow. JOII N OVENSTONE, farm?r, East L e y s , E rro l , P ertl - shire, Jan. 2 , and 25, at twelve, at the office of Messrs. Mon erieff and M c Whannell, writers, Perth. ADAM TURNBULL, clothier, Edinburgh, Dec. 31, and Jan. 20, at one, at the chambers of Mr. \Vm. Muir, S.S. C., Edinburgh. INFORNIERS IN TROUBLE.—The Lords met to -day upon the examination of Mrs. Hansard, and the rest taken up on her account. It seems she came into England in man's apparel, and continued so for a fortnight in town, and she had but a very cracked reputation in Dublin, being addicted to thieving. They say Colonel Cunningham and Palmer, Mr. Pultrey's deputy, can give an account how chaste she was. Ske brazened it out to the Lords, at was true. o maintained all s h e h a d sa id o f M ac donnel Rut for t h e other part of her conduct she said that was of no use to have it inquired into, and therefore she would answe r no questions about it. I find she has a passion for Mrs. Dixev, her kinswoman, whom she brought )ver with her ; and this gentlewoman being taken up and 'Kept in another messenger's custody, puts her into great concern. And this night she has writ to me, to let me know that she would confess all, and throwself at the King's mercy. I sent her word, when I saw the heads of her confession, I would got the Lords to meet and receive it. So much, I think, is already plain, that there never were two such hardened liars as she and her brother.— James's Court and Times of lVilliaxi 111. GL A SCOW POLICE OFFlCE.—Friday night three dead bodies were lying in tho dead-room of the police office, two of which are grown persons, whose deaths have been hastened by cold and hunger; both were brought in alive, but in a dreadfully exhausted state. The third body is that of an infant, supposed to have been strangled.—Reformers' Gazette. The iller/in. of Monmouth, states that the suffering of the unemployed poor in the neighbourhood is extremely severe. By the stoppage of the Dock works there alone, 350 families were added to the unusually large number before out of employ. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 29. Number Dividend Price _ _ CANALM. of per per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1.76 6 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l.lBs. eh. 110 1,402 41. Ashby.de-lesZeuch Average 1131.5 h, 72 1,200 Basingstoke.... lool.lh. 5 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny" 150/. sh. 9'2 5',) 1-16th. - 101, Birmingham, 1-16th share ....141. & 711. 201 4,900 Ditto S. Liverpool Junct.l2ol. eh 100 pd 20 600 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool. sh. all pd - 400 51. Cheimer and Blackwater lOOl. sh . 101 500 32/. Caventry 1001. sh. 660 Croydon. Average 311.21/ 10d. sh. - 060 51. Os. Dudley..... ..... .. 1001. sh. 973¢ 800 131. Derby lool.sh. 130 20,000 4 per cent, Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 34 3,574 41. Ellestnereand Chester Average 1331.5 h. SI 231 601 Erewasn lool.in. 750 1,287 301 Forth a nd Clyde... Average 44101.165. ah. 610 11,0(0 81. Grand junction 1001.6 n 140 1,9490 255. Grand Onion lool.sh. 26 1,500.. Grand Surrey 1,000/ 41 . . percent. Ditto (optional) .I.7an 1001. 3 n 96 Grand Western 600 131.128.9 d. 012.morganshire, Aver. cost 170/. 13s. 4d. 230 749 I'2B. Grantham 6,236 2/, Os. Hucims,fisdd Average 511. tis. 6d. sh 27 100 Kensington lOO sh. all pd 10 20.328 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391. IRs.lo.l.sh 25 11,699} I'. 7s. Lancaster Average 47/. 6s. Sd 27% 2,8973 301. Leeds and Liverpool lool.th 760 5453 151. I.eicester 140/.31. 146 1,897 51.95. Leicester k Northampton Aver 83/.10? 73% 2.400 101. Monmouthshire lOOl.B l, 200 150 101. Melton Mowbray 500 '251. Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh. 565 3,000 2/. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 37% 247 171. Neath lool.sls. 325 0,400 51. Peak Forest Aver..ge about 78/. sh. 75 21,11 R Os. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.165.9d. sh. 103{ 1,609 6/. per cent. Rochdale Average MI. sh. B7 500 81. Shropshire ..)251.5h. 150 000 103.05. Somerset Coal l5O/. sh. 183 3,6001. 4} prr cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 101. 10s. sh. 11 5 4 700 36/. Stafford and Worcester 140/.sh, 650 500 151. Shrewsbury 1251. oh, 280 300 91. Stourbridgej. 3,017 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ri ve r -.7 Ili. Os. t‘ti. sh. 41 533 Int Sw,nsea lool.sh. '265 5,760 2/. RA. Severn and Wye and Railway Av. 351. sh. 45 0,601 *h. 027. 10s. Trent and Mersey, I share lOOOl. oh. 580 4,149 Thames and Medway Av. 191. ss. Bd. oh. 2 1,0003h. - 1 in ,. Warwick and 13; rmisigham looLsh• 245 00018b,S .- 93)0 138 Warwick and ilapt.n . 1001. sh. 175 7,000 '4l , Worcester & Birmingham Av.l7/.81. sh. 50% 5.00 325. Wilts and Berk/. Average 671. lOs Rd. all. 27 eOO 6.. Wy i ley and Essington 1051. sh 74 .26 W:sucacn 1^;;I. 3h . so 9C 5 1/. Wey and Arun. llOl. bn. 22 DOCKS. 1,600 k } 3p. c. Commerc al loo l . Bh. 8 5 1,06515 h. East and West India Stock 9734 3,238,310 V. 60s. p.ct. London Stock 67 Ditto Bonds -- - - 2,209 3/. (is. sd. Bristol Average 14'1. its. sh. 75 68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 352,751 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 99!4 500,000 ti per cent. Ditto Bonds 20.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years Deptford Pier .. "01. sh. 20/. pd 10 SRI 1) 0 E 3. ,000 10s. Hammersmith 50/. sh. 21 7,231 Southwark, 01d... ...... Av. 031.2 s Rd. xh. 25 9 1,700 1!. 15s. Ditto, Ncsv, of 7 1 , , per cent., 50/. sh. 13 4100 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 00/. pO. 20 1 /, 5,000 19s. 3el. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 30,0001. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 . 26s Vauxhall .........Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 2631 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/10s Albion 5OOl, sh. 501. pd 73 50,000 1 6 1 ) ,,, c [ i c l e s n , t 'i Alliance British &Foreignloo/.sh. 11/. pd 13!.4 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 51. rid 5 1 /,',, 4,000 fl. per sh. Atlas 5(11. sh. 51. pd 14e: 1,200 ph. 5!. Birmingham 1' ire °5Ol. sh. 55/. pd 107 r(,i 40,000 41. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pet 40 12,000 (31. per cent. British Commercial 5lll. O. 5!. pd 5% 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Meili,:r I Life, Ma sh. 2/10s pd 4I A 4,000 3103 County lOO/. sh. 101. lid IC 20,300 ss. Eagle 50!. sh. 5/. pd 5% 200 a 5 per cent./ Economic L it e 10 00/ . s h . 250/ . p d 406 1 and 30/ bs. 2,271 228. per cent. European Li, "0/. ch. all pd 22 50,000 2.5. Ditto, New °O/. sh. '2l. pd 1 & 1.000,0001. 6!. per et Globe Stock 121 54 20,000 51. Guarilian 30,000 a. 04. Hope 501. sh. 5!. pd 5% 2,400 5/. 7s. Od. Imperial Lire 500!. sh. 501. pd 13.5 7,500 Os. Imperial Lile ... 100/. sh. 101. pd 10 13,452 5/. par cent. Indemnity Marine IOW. sh. 8/. pd 9 1, 2,020 31 lOs Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life .._. 10,000 iii - s". Law Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd 30 5,000 10s. London, Fire 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd ISN 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 18 1 ,1 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Lite 100/. sh. 5.'0,0004 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Life 5O/. sh. 21. pd 2/ Gs 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fire 9 0/. sh. 2/. pd 18s Od 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters .... 1101. sh. 5/. pd 5 .2,500 N. Provident Lite 210,00 0 71. Rock Life 54 pd 4 V49,t2 . 20/ 51. per mit. Royal Exchange Stock 200 0,000 5 per cent. University Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 5 1 4 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 71i JOINT STOCK BANKS. _., 25,000 Agric and Cum. of Ircland2sl. sh. RV. pd 5,000 R percent. Australasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 5J N 10 0 1)51 10 percent. Bank of Bil oiingham 50/. sh. 101. pit 13-'4 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 101. lid 23 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh, 251. pd 9.3 N 60,000 51. London Joint Stock 501. sh. In/. pd 13 .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. eh. 001. rd 50 25,000 Liverpool lOOl sh. 10/. pd 2174 50,060 71 per cent, Manchester and Liver ] 50 ,., h. 151 pd 2(1), Pool District 20,000 7 per Cif 9t. Manchester lOOl. sh. 25/. pd 41?{ 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. eh. 251. IA 43',1 511,410 5i er cent. National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 171/. pd lot. 10,000 5 per cent. National Prosn,,cial Eng.loo/, sh. 351. pd 35 S•; 10,000 .,. Ditto New• 101. sh, 10/ pd 10% 10,000 Gloucestershire SO/. sh. 10/. pd 30 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 9 . _.—.. GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s Od Bath 20/. sh. 10/. pd 22 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 18 1 2 51. per 1,000 L and cent. Rs. 6 ..1 Ditto Provincial 2O/. sh. 191. pd 25 928 51 lOs Birmingham 501. sh. 96 4,250 21 Os Bristol O O, sh. 36 2,250 3/ Ills Brighton '2o/. th. 14 750 3/ 10s Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 9 2,471 4} per cent. Brighton General '2ol. sh. all ptl 9 4,000 '7l. Os. Continental Consolidatcd ....751. ti2l/.pd 105 1,000 10/. City of L0nd0n......... ....lOW. sh. all pd 195 1,000 N. Ditto, New lOOl. sh. 75/. pd 150 4,000 31.05. Eqttitalle 5O/. pd IX) 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 501. sh. 57"4 900 5/. per cent. Isle of l'hanet '2s/. sh. 20/. pal 1n34 2,350 61. prr cant. Independent '3Ol. sh. all r., 49 6,000 4/. per cent. l'hcenix 5O/. Eh. 30/. pa 3:344 1,900 4/. per cent. Ilateliff lOOl. sh. #0!. pd 6:1 4,000 Somth MAropolitan 502. sh. 191. pd 17 9,000 4/. per cent. Unites' General 501. sh. 47/. pit 3.X14 240 51. per csnt. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 51. per cent, WaltefiQld 2,000 1. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5(l. 'h. 10)1. pd 114, 760 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2O/. sh. 18/. pd WATER WORKS 4,800 llt. Birmingham 25/, sh. 251. pd ‘.:2 4,434 71. East London )90 !• sh. 170 5,500 2! 15s. Grand Junction Average 411. 15s. 49.1 h. 65 2,000 2/. Kellt lOO/. sh. 45% 372 IN. Lirerpool Bootle 220/. sh. 320 1,500 2 /10s New River London Bridge Water Ann... (10 0,480, 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford 100/. sh. 55 1,000 4 per cent. South London lOOl. sh. 1044; 2 8,204 4i/. West Middlesex Average 63/.'l2s. 9d. sh. 101 1,060 11 Its York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001, sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 8,300 ...... ... Birmingham and Derby ..... lOO/ pd 75 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 9O/, pd 17 15,000 ... ...... Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. 60 pd 3; 7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western 100/.Bh. 12 sk /. 2914 3,009 Clarence 1001. sh. 1001 pd 25 • 8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5/. pd 50,00(1 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 231. pd 91 - i 10,000 Great North of England I/O!. sh. 701. pd 57 10,918 14 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd '210% 25,000 Great Western lOOl. sh. 65/, pa 1101.,, 25,000 Ditto New 50/. eh. 40!. pd 50 /5,000 per cent Gosport Junction... 501. sh. 351. ixl 3-14 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool lOO/. IS 11. 1001. pd 11514 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 50/. pd 46 2,100 41. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 1514 5,100 11) per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10(1.sh. 100/. pel 195 7,908 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5O!. pd 6714 11,195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 0 5/. pd 45 36,000 .... ..... London and Brighton 501. sh. 50/ pd 431%t 24,000 London and Blackwall 25/. sh. 2211. pd 18 1 4 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. ak. 201. pa 7 3e 25,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 100/. sh. 90/. pd 171 25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares ....25/. sh. 51. pd 27 31,250 ~„„.„ Dit o New Shares 32/. sh. 21/. pd 49 36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western A v.lB/, 175.110. 53 1 ,4 33,000 London and Croydon/ Av. W. 15s. 1 , (1. 121 4 Ditto New Scrip.... 1214 13,000 ~„..... Manchester and Leetts...loo/. sh. 70/. lid 741 4 13,000 ...... ... Ditto Half Shares 5O/. 25/. pd 2714 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 401. 57 I )itto Extension 7l. pd 31 14 10,000 Midland Counties 1001. sh. lON. lxi 75 15,000 North Midland Ditto Nev' 4O!. 1;0 :13 1,4 5,128 Northern and Eastern.... 60/. sh. 301. pd 511 ;.,tint Preston and Wyre 5Ol. sh. 301. pd 14 28,0011 South Eastern and Dover 1,10)0 M. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 275 9,00(1 Thames Haven 501. sh 5/. pa 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/. pd 67 ......... MINES, ........... 8,000 Albion Copper ... 5!. s'). 21/. pd 19 4,000 11. ss. Alten IS/. sh. 121. it : pc! 10 10,000 .... Anglo Mexican,iss. 5/. pm.loo/. sh. ai 1 d 1N Ditto Subscription .25/. liti i 2.000 10!. Bolanos l5Ol. sh ;ill 0:1 35 10,000 IL 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm 35/. sh. 201. pd 12 6,000 ... ...... Macaubas el: Cocaes United 25/.5h.25/. pd )5 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 2O/. sh. 14/ pd 2 10,010 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/, sh. 20/, pd j 10,000 Ditto Scrip lO/. sh. 10/. pd 2 20,000 British Iron 501. sh. 55! pd 1 ,000 British Copper 51. sh. 41/. pd 1% .- .. . . Cst i Br.inca 6i/. pd 11 1 ,4 C a ndong a 10,000 Is Copiapo .................. ...... 20/. sh, 13!. pd 10 $,500 ~ Columbian, in. Si. pm. ...551. sh. 551. pd 0 2,850 3!. English 5.'0,000 ~.. G , metal MinitigAssoelation2o/ shift/. pd ti 6,155 t 0,..... Mexican Crimpsny lOOl. sh. 57 it pd 6 3,000 Polberou Consols .. .........101. sh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte Unregistered 3 Ditto Loan Dotes 150!. pd 100 30,000 United Ate?ticen. iss. 2 pm. 40/. oh, all pd 2 Dittl, so,tio. ....wino, .............. 44.461 , .. 0 4 Tilltb Not4i :ieflp tit pd slf West Cork 5Ol. sh 50/. pd 28 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. —. ..... . 1,000 1,500 London University lOOl. sh. all pd $ 700 littsinio , M 111,Lii.41111111 ......... . 13 14 , • Sh• tilkilo Ctqlr.tD lOOl. 1 P34 MISCELLANEOUS. 111, Yfi Iss. Australian Agricultural.loo/45h. 28/. pd 37% BPOC 1. per cent. British American Land Company 031. pd 10 10,0 1 '0 1. per cent. Canada Coinorly lOOl. sh. 00/. pd SIN 110,01:0 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent lOO% 20,000 It. Bs. tleneral Strain Navigation 15/. di. 14/. pd 21 F. 10/.per cant. Hudson's Bay Stock ,000 11. London Cerra. Sale ftooms....A v. 75/. sh l9 0,000 Caoutchotte Company 1211. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Comps, y... 501. pd le 2,751 5/. per cent. Iteeersionary Int, SOCo.IOO/. at. 100/. pd 110 2,63:1 5/. per cent. Ditto Now 100/. 'ls. 1001. pd 117 1,0.5 i , Thames Tunnel "AV. sh. all pd 101' 10,000 6s Van Dec,net,'s Land.... 1001. eh. 1711. pd 0 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES DEC. 19, 1840. BA ?! 4000,000/. 6/. n. rt. Blink di sotlatia _AV. fig. ad. th. all pd 163 2,000,000 1, fi p. ct. Ilcyal of Scotland lOW. sh. all pd 157 500,000/. 8 p. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 233 500,000/. 61. p. ct. Commercial sool. sh. 1001. pd 178 500,0)) t. sn. ct. National I 001. sh. 10/. pd 1.17 500,0001. 7/. p. ct. Glasgow Union '2lO/. sh. 50/. pd 84 t,000,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40/. pd 73 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 7 250.0005 h. 6} p. ct. Scottish Union .0)1. sh.gif. pd 275.0 d. 7,500 7p. ct. Hercules 1)14)1. sh. 101. pd 134 1009 5 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh. all pd SO4 50,00 d Bp. et. North British 2OO/. sh. 101. pd IBN . 1,001) 8 p. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1 , 5' 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Istre 100/. sh. 101. psi 15 1 ,4 100,000 3} p. ct. Wed of Scotland lO/. pd . _ • I4ISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 ~.. Ditto Allocated! On/. sh. all pd 47 5,40(. 5 per cent. Edinl% Jolla Stork Watcr.:2s/. sh. all pd 3:1 2,0005 h :5 per cent. Shotts Iron Founori v.. .... 50,! sh ISt pd 5:1 10,0t10 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.'4ol.sh. 111. Pi P 4,5110 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ;6/. sh. all lid tit: li 4,150 10 per cent. Clasgow G 'ii. sh. all pd 51} 750 7i per cent, '...cirli Coal (tas 2Ol. ch. all pd 51 1,200 Edinburgh and Dalkeith itai'may 50/. sh 59 23,000 5 ner cont. Equitable Loan Company "15 i.sh.uct 9 91 SCLAVONIC LITERATURE.—The Sclavonic literature is under the decided and undisguised protection of Russia, who rewards both with gold and favour every Sclave writer of any reputation, let him inhabit what country he may : and such is said to be the case in the instance of a Sclavonic Protestant ecclesiastic of Pesth, renowned throughout Hungary for his great knowledge of Sclave literature and fanatic nationalism. The Poles alone, notwithstanding thoir Sclavonic origin, are uni versally anti-Russian; but this fact must be so obvious as scarcely to require mention.—Miss Pardoe's City of the Magyar. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Area, Price Current of December 29.) SUGAR.—The market for British plantation presented a I quiet aspect on Wednesday and Thursday, for although the merchants submitted to a further reduction of Is to 13 (id for low yellow and brown, and 6d for good and fine yellow descriptions, still the trade operated with caution, arid the , purchases for the two days amounted to only 500 hhds and tierces ; Berbice, low yellow was disposed of at 73s ; Gre nada, middling yellow 74s to 75s good 77s 6d to 78s; Antigua, fine bright 81s 6cl to 82s; Jamaica, middling and good 76s to 783 per cwt: of fine yellow sorts but few samples were to be met with.* The Gazette average price is now 51s. 81d., in 1839, 37s 74d, and in 1838, 35s 10d. REFINED —There has been little variatiiiiiitiffie va lue of refined goods since we last wrote ; Standard lumps at 90s ; Tittlers ordinary and good 90s to 95s ; Hambro Loaves 91s to 965, low and good brown lumps 87s to 89s per cwt Common 'Treacle 36s 6ci to 373, patent at 41s, best old Golden Syrup at 42s to 44s per cwt. Bastards declining; for common sorts, 51s to 525. Pieces have again given way. Bonded Crushed Sugar 335; Loaves have been in good request, 14lbs at 36s 6d, 10113.3 37s to 37s (id. and 6lbs 40a to 40s 6d per cwt . . Treacle at 15s, Bastards and Pieces at 16s to 265. Dutch Crushed Sugar at 31s 3d on board at Amsterdam. To-day it was difficult to get standard lumps under 91s. Crushed at former rates. Treacle at 15s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—OnIy 59 bags have been submitted to public competition, which went at 50s 6d to 64s 6d for low and good brown. To-day there was rathar more disposition evinced to.pur chase on the part of the grocers. EAST INDIA.—In Bengal prices have given way 2s for white sorts : brown and yellow kinds at reduced rates; low white went at 80s to 805 6d, middling and good t>ils to 82s 6d, fine 83s to 84s 6d, fine bright yellow 78a to 79i 6d, good 76s to 76s 6d, ordinary 725, damps and washed of various descriptions 60s to 85s per cwt. Siam low and good white have fetched 24s to 27s 6d per cwt. To-day several parcels of Bengal were disposed -of to the home trade at the rates quoted above. FOEF.IGN.—Holders of yellow flavannah display firm ness, and refuse to sell excepting at former rates, 22i 6d to 25s for low and fine quality ; white is not offered at any further reduction. Brazil has maintained previous rates, and for white sorts a fair demand has prevailed ; 200 barrels have been disposed of by private treaty for shipping at an average of 24s 6d for low and good soft quality : brown sorts with strength have been much sought after by our refiners, but few parcels are to be had ; at auction 36 . cases 5 barrels Bahia were disposed of at 193 6d to 20s for ordinary brawn, 21s for good, 22a to 23s for good and fine grey, and 24s (id for low middling white. Porto Rico has been in much better request, and nearly 700 hhds have been taken by our refiners at 23s fur good strong and of middling colour. TEA.—holders of Free Trade Tea have displayed firm ness since we last wrote, and have obtained a further ad vance of Id per lb. To-day buyers of Free Trade were on the alert, and a good demand prevailed for cash parcels ; but the reluctance of holders to sell restricted business, and common Congou is with difficulty to be purchased under 2s ; and fair Twankay 2s lid. Company's Congou is in goad request at 2s lkd to 2s lid cash, and closed at the latter price. COFFEE.—There has been to public sale of West India, and none is announced, but the demand by private treaty has been very limited for clean descriptions, former rates however have been maintained, and holders for the most part are sanguine in their expectations ; un clean kinds are not asked for. The arriaals hare been trifling since this day week. The letters from Jamaica speak unfavourably of the crop. With East India and Cape description the importers have supplied the market sparingly, and in prices little variation has taken place. In Ceylon the transactions by private treaty have been on a small scale, but real good ordinary is not to be purchased under 73s per cwt. Java is withheld from the market, at the same time the trade are not inclined to do business. St. Jago de Cuba is held for former rates, but-the demand has become limited. Mocha is more plentiful, and the demand being dull, prices look downward. Brazil and St. Domingo, from the Cape, are however hold firmly, and in request by the shippers. The rates previously established have been fully maintained for Foreign, and a fair business has been trails acted by private treaty; 600 bags Rio have been disposed of at 45s for fine ordinary, and 40a (id to 44s 6d for low and gocd ordinary ; 700 bags St. Domingo at 43s 6d to to 445 6d for good and fine ordinary. There has been no public sale. The stock is on the decrease. To-day fine sorts of Brazil were sought after, and 45s paid, but of such the supply is small ; a large parcel of good ord Ceylon is reported to have been disposed of, but at lower rates. Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For India Rum former rates have been supported, indeed holders have for the most part withdrawn their samples from the market, but the demand bas been very limited for all kinds, and the total sales last week have not exceeded 140 puncheons. Common shipping Lecwards are not to be had under 2s 9d per gallon. A parcel of fine Jamaica has fetched 7a 2d. Of East India, 220 puns have been disposed of at 26 2d for proof strength. For Brandy there are few buyers, but holders are firm, and last week's rates have been supported. Geneva sells slowly at Is lld to 2s for export. The de mand is dull for British Corn Spirits at los cash. Smcas.—For Black Pepper buyers have been more on the alert, it is difficult to purchase common Sumatra at 3d per lb. Pimento at former rates. Cassia Lignea fine thin quill at 903 to 91s, good 88s to 89s, low middling and middling . 845 to 875. East India Ginger is held firmly. West India at former rates. Nutmegs have brought for mer prices. Cloves have an upward tendency. Cinna mon at last sales' rates. Mace, prices firm. RICA .—Prices fur Bengal have advanced 6d ; low mid dling white at 12s (id to I2s 91, mid 13a, good middling and good 13s 6d to 14s, fine bold white 14s 6d. Siam and Java are held firmly. Carolina for home use at 34s to 36i per cwt. To-day there was an increased demand for Bengal, and advanced rates were paid, middling white fetched 13e 6d, and good middlings 13s 9d to 14s per cwt. Siam and Manilla attracted more attention, and holders were less disposed to sell. 0 1 1,8.—For all descriptions of common Fish Oils prices have improved since we last wrote 10s to 20s per tun. Pale Seal at 341 to 34/ 103, yellow and straw colour at 29/ lOs to 32/, brown 281 to 291; Cod 27/ 155 to 281; Southern fine 291 to 301, middling and good 271 to 251105, ordinary 261 to 261 103 per tun ; Sperm at former rates; one firm will not sell under 110/. In Linseed Oil prices have further improved; sales on the spot have been made at 285 6d, and for delivery in the next two and four months at 295 to 30s; for Rape prices continue on the advance ; Pale at 45s to 45s 6d, and brown 44s to 44s 6d per cwt. Palm 341 lOs to 35l fur good quality. Olive Oil has been in good request, and it is difficult to purchase at former rates, the lowest price for Spanish is 601. per tun. East India Cocoa Nut of good quality 40s to 41s. TALLOW.—For Russian Tallow last week holders sub mitted to lower rates by od to 9d per cwt; prices declined for Petersburgh yellow candle to 47s 3d on the spot, and 47s 6d to 47s 9d for delivery in the early part of next year ; yesterday, however, a fair demand prevailed for P. Y. C., holders obtained 47s tid to 47s 9i for parcels on the spot, and sales were made at 47s Pd to 48; for delivery in spring months. Town Tallow at fortncr rates. Sotith American at 405 to 46s 6d for ordinary and floe quality- To-day I'. Y. C. on the spot at 47s 9U. For delivery in spring months 47s 9d to 483 per cwt. Farirr.—Valencia Raisins of fine quality have been in fair demand at 38s. Currants have been taken sparingly, and 71s is the extreme quotation for fine parcels. The arrivals of Turkey Figs continuing large cause importe:a to be anxious to realize, 40s to 453 have been accepted ; on those terms, however, a fair business i has been tran sacted. Muscatel Ra isins hare been n fair demand. French Plums and Prunes have moved off slowly. To-day holders were net disposed to submit to lower rater. MoLAssEs.--There being but few buyers of West In. dia, and importers still desirous to sell, prices have further given way ; some parcels have been disposed of 27s to 28s for ord. Berbice, and 29s to 30s for Demerara : the finest sort i❑ the market cannot be quoted above 3.5 s per cut. The stock is on the increase, and is larger than last year at this time. PROVISIONS.—For Irish Butter prices have further im proved is to is 6d per cwt. ; sales in Carlow landed have been at 103 s to 109 s ; Waterford, 101 s to 1033; Cork, 104 s to 106 s ; Limerick, 101 s to 103 s ; Sligo, 100 s to 102;. On board, Carlow, 102 s to 108 s; Waterford, 100 s to 104. Fine sorts of English sell readily. For Dutch fine sorts are selling at 120 s. The Bacon market is firm ; prime Waterford lauded is held firmly for .50s to b2s. Lard in brisk request ; prime Waterford bladdcred at 72s to 745. Irish Hams of prime quality at 64s to 683. India and Mess Pork in good request ; sales of the latter on board have been made at 68s to 70s. The market for Beef is firm, and the demand steady. W091,.-There has been a fair demand for Foreign Wool; holders are sanguine in their expectations, and expect that an extensive demand will exist early in the en suing year. Hors.—holders are firm, and expect that a good de mand will prevail ere long ; the stocks in the warehouses are not half of what they were last ycer at this time ; of fine new sorts the supply is very small. IRISH MARKETS. dUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the WEKK ending DEC. 24. From 24 0 10 tl 13 li 10 0 To 3 , U 12 0 15 0 12 C Average 31 11 1 14 ( 11 t! 973 Wheat,perbarrol 9t swim 8;5 8ere,.,..... ....... ... 10 stone 710 Barley 991 Oats 11 Flour, per cwt. .. tistwoc - 0 - 528 Oatmeal------ 8 stone lO 6 13 II Sold to Bakers only. 17,356 Cwt. Flour 0 0 21 0 I Average price ,If V* heat and 'lour 51. SI per sack. • Pints .. from 21s. 01 to 24c Or, Receipts of Flour, 11,6i31 5ee . 0 . ....... from 14s. Ist. to :Ali .oel Sel44. of Do. 17,354 - Ftords ........ from 9:. Od. to lle (id ?KICK OF BREAP. Quartert Loaf ........Id. i H,2:1 Quattern ....4%d. CORN M A 11. K ETS -Dee. 06, Wheat (per 00s`..)11)0 01. telitls 0 i.r.kits (per 1461. .. 9. Wt. to 11'. , d Barley (per 16st.) 7 0 15 2 fI. 100 r (per cwt ) ... 1 1 0 24 0 Oatmeal (percwt.)... ...... ... i s ., I.d to 10s 01 Bee, t 71.-IMottou, sd. to 60.- Veal, 4d to 0d Por f k, - 40. o to , 5(1.-Presh Millet, 10d. to 1 Id per lb. I'll ICE ,IS' IWTTF.R. To the :Merchants. To the Country First Quality.. ............. ....ill< ............ .... . ......... 91 F Seconti Third ............ •• ...• ...... roe" t . 6 •••••• ..... .••••••*•.•••• ••• .., Fllllllll Fifth B4 ......... ...... ...,......., 74 Sixth CLO N HELL AEA LI K ETS,....Deo, 26 Per 1. wt. s d. 5, d s. . s• rt. d.O to 24 0 New Butter . ........ SO o to 90 0 Hides (raw)......... -- Oatmeal 12 0 12 3 BaconPno ...... .... lid 0 40 0 Rendered Lard - 0 N 9 Heads. ....... ...... 2S .... . Per Pet,. flour,Second ..- 0 44 0 1 t10ur,T10rd5....,.....- ft 30 I ) --llousehold - V 42 0 1--- l'outtOs„... 'l2 0 - 0 Per Barrel. 33peseed 20 0 -0I Barley !Sere 6 4 10 01 C. ,, ds -il ... 0 ' KILKENNY MARKEIS. Wlieat,pr barrel) 3os . o d.to 07s. M. !AT( ' . ,ler I, „.. 0,. pd. t , 0 ,„ . rd . BArley 'to 0 22 0 Ni. , 'xn ...,.......0 5 0 ly.its. .2 0 14 0 MI k , •.I , 4 0 Flour (per bag).....0 0 hU It %%el! .....,............ 0 0 0 7 Butter (per cwt.)...90 0 11: 0 iresh flutter .... 0 0 111 Bacon Pigs 35 0 36 0 ialt 10 Carl! ' 1 0 1 2 VOtitili(p% tit.) V 2 0 0 11 8 1 !21 0 A CURIOUS OFFEROF MARRIAGE We extract the subjoined matrimonial notifieatio ne o u r i e lt castle,s. Thefrom the M un i c h J ourna l : — " I am th e h ere dit ar y possescor of a domain and newly-built -h forests. situ c a a t s e tl i e n , a w b h e i a c u h beautiful part n ina ofy the fine spa cious Ba varian apartments. is surrounded with mountanis, lovely meadows, and fields, through whieit rivulets wind, woods for the hunt, and streams far rmgline . ; it stands in a charming valley, wherein the tow n of Chant, w ith its many old towers, castles of ancient Imights, and ruins of the remotest ages, inspires the soul with poetical feelings. But, however deli g htf u l the spot may be to those who judge of rural life by the fable; of' Virgil. Horace, and Delille, I think it very melancholy to beheld none but myself in my fine rooms, and to see but my own person reflected in my looking-glass. 1 have, therefore, resolved to marry. like other simpletons; and since it is affirmed that marriages arc made in hea ven, and are but a lottery, to see what heaven may' have in store for me, and what fair creature the vrlice of fortune may allot me,—with this view I submit my wishes to all young ladies through the medium of the newspapers. The one I wish to marry must be be tween sixteen and twenty years of age ; she must have fine hair, fine teeth, and beautiful little feet. She must be born of honest and good parents, and her fame must be spotless. She must dress elegantly, but plainly, in either silk or velvet, but no other materials. She must not wear ear-rings, chains, rings, or any silly ornaments of that description ; neither must she wear slippers, caps, ribands, false hair, &c., nor have her dresses made alter existing fashions, nothing being so foolish as to follow other human beings, as cows follow one another. She must have her clothes made, and wear them ac cording to her own taste and fancy, heedless of what the herd of fashionable women any say about it. She must know or learn how to rid• and drive. She m ust never knit, that being a mare manual occupati on to con ceal stupidity. She shall be allowed music onl y if she be perfect in that art, it being tiresome to listen to the bad performers who annoy visitors in so many hou ses. She shall be mistress of the house in all domestic matters, and I.myself,shgarllbtenemye happy to slavish o r toyieldto l eh r ed re le a t s te o e na s b u l d e whims, being a great submission, whence, thanks to the Church, all quarr els and discontent derive their origin ; but she must accona" ,pany me in all my journies and excursions , because it is in my opinion a shame that a man s hould g° about day and night, living in splendour at hotels. whilst his wife is left at home alone, a prey to en nui : She must not, as is the case with most married eon couples, forget what becomes female dignity, and descend to be the first to coax her husbend, as rc an Y a high-minded lady is compelled to do to humour her un-: ati couth lord. Whatever I have expressed d by conventhe vi,ord tion must is not slavery, but a contract entered into for her real welfare. O n the day. of her marriage she shall receive 30,000 florins in Rutetin and Prussian State bonds, the interest upon which she will however, be obliged to spend as may suit her pleasur; no vice being more abominable than avarice. IBY convention she will never be allowed to (lance, iecau_e I will not see my wife frisk about like an idio it not tek.e she have property of her own, I will from her on marrying her. She shall dispose. of it a may suit her, as well as the interest on her jointurient but those interests shall not be capitalised on the i p )e r in, ciple of the avaricious, nothing more stupid than to save for other folks. My Pi ciple and wisdom consist in the enjoyment of the plea sures of life in continual good-humour. I am 7I " I must now say something about m yself. 25. years old, according to the almanack, but only heer judging by my health and strength. I am always c H our ful. I seek for pleasure wherever the strictest hono a admits of it. If, therefore, there exist anywhere e. in this world no. handsome young girl, willing to bustle about on oast..hrs. back, in travelling, or at home with an old n,. hale, hearty, and active, she may write to me, and a t will go and meet her, to see her and let her see me, not any piece within a hundred or le d of haguesonour of Mtha t unich h er name , but further, engaging o n my w never shall be uttered. " THEODORE, BAItON VON HALLBERG OF Bisoneht rt, " Commander of the Order of St. Mchael, knig of the Order of St. Ann, and Captain Colonel of the Rhine and Meese. " Munich, at the Black Eagle, 15th Nov. , 1840? THE DISTRESSED POOR OF CITY OF LONDON. The following notice has been circulated through the Ward of Aldersgate, in which there arc many fa milies in a deplorable state of poverty : " WARD OF ALDEIiSGATE. " Notice is hereby given, that the Foreman and Gen tlemen of the Inquest will wait upon the inhabitants for their subscriptions for the poor the of this ward u on Wednesday and Thursday next, and y respe sea urge urge upon the inhabitants the present inclement son as a ground for additional liberality in their sub scriptions. " THOS. GEO. POSTAN, Ward Clerk. " Saturday, Dec. '26. 1840." Hitherto the Inquest have gone round without notice, and generally at a late period of the sea son. after the rigours of it had passed away. The alarming increase of pauperism requires now unwearied exer tion upon the part of the humane, and it is expe cted that the bene- the volent activity of Mr. Herring, the Fo r e man of Inquest, and the gentlemen of the In q uest acting with him, will be productive of an effec t proportioned to the deep necessity which exists for a generous distribution of the superfluities of fortune. The money col! lected will be bestowed upon the p oor of theirsvisrd in bread, coals, clothing, &c. T he other wards the City will, it is hoped, adopt similar means of ex ertat endi th is relief to the poor, who ale huddled togeth frightful season to the destitute and friendless. CHELTENHAM STAG HOUNDS. —The meet ing of the subscribers to the stag hounds, which took place last Saturday at the Assembly Rcoms, we rojoice to find was the means of effectually reconciling the differ ences which had subsisted between the Committee of Management and that of the tradesmen. The mis understanding which had given rise to them having been satisfactorily explained, the latter consented anew to raise an annual subscription of 2001. towards the expenses of the establishracnt. After these matters of business had been gone through, Col. Charritie, in the name of the committee, presented a handsome silver cup to Mr. Griffiths, of the Montpelier Livery Stables, as a mark of their ap probation of his s pirited and liberal co nduct at all times, in ring the objects of their hunt.—Cheltenham Looker-on. SILVER TEA SERVICES. —A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, Landon, opposite the Bank of England, submit the prices of the following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SERVICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet, the tea and eoffee-pots with a flower ornament on the lids. The King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. The shape of either is new and elegant :--- COT TAGE rATTERN. XING'S rATTE LN. 1 X 1: a. ' 8• Strong' Silver Tea-p0t.....12 0 Strong Silver Teapot ...... 127 10 0 Ditt o Sugar 13asin 6 16 Ditto Sugar Basinr 5 1 0 Ditto Itlilk Ewer. 410 Ditto Cream Ewe Ditt o Coffee-pot. 15 0 Ditto Coffee-p0t..15 0 ----- ---- Complete A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Services may he seen in the Show-rooms, where may be selected every article of Silver requisite for the sideboard or plate .chest. Pamphlets of prices, illustrated with sketches of the various articles, gratis and forwarded postage free to any part of the kingdom. —A. ll• Savory and Sons, 14, Cornhill, London, Dpposite the Bank of England. SETS of PLATED CORNER DISHES, with or without Warmers. The p rice of the Set of Four Dis hes Eight to T en and Covers, without Warmers, varies from Gu i ne as t Guineas. The Warm ers are from Five to Nim v u ed, p os he Set. Engravings of t he various p atterns will be fol•ward t free, if application is made, post paid. The dis hes are c om p ff) t h e L e t o in th e mselves without warm ers, and the handles tak 9 o covers thus forming four extra dishes when required. , T. COX SAVORY, Silversmith, &c., No. 47, Cornhill ( Seven deers front Gracechurch-street ), London STEEL IRE-IRONS, with Bronzed Ileadi 151. per Set, Bronzed Fenster', Ps. A variety of pat-. terns a nd prices, from the above to 303. at which pries tho fenders are particularly handsome, with splendid s eroll centec, richly intermixed with steel, the ends are steel, and the stip porters for the fire-irons bronzed. Polished steel re- irons, from 4s. per set. containing the prices of every artic le of Catalogues gratis , Furnishing Ironmongery. RIPPON and 13URTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. inewerwri- BIRTHS. On the 26th inst , at Milton, Frances Viscountess Milton) of a son. O n the 2 6 th in st., Mrs. H. D. D. Stead, Griffin-st reet, Shadwell, of a son. O n the 26th inst., at Lymington, Hants, the wife of N. G. Hopkins, Esq., of a daughter, still-born. On the 28th inst., at Upper Bedford. place, Mrs. WinoughbY) of a son. On the 28th inst., Mrs. E. Brandt, of Chester-place, Re" gent's-park, of a daughter. On the 28th inst., Airs. R. I. Leeds, George -street, Euston square, of a son. W le, On the 29th inst., in Serie-street, Mrs. Spencer a. P ° of a daughter. MARRIED. On the lith inst., at Kensington, Arthur, se cond son o f Mr. C. Ch e sterton, of Ke ns ington, t o Susannah, youngest daughter of Mr. J. Ball, of the some place. E 3 q , On the 24th inst ,at Kensington, F. Williams, •°f Kentish-town, to Caroline. Ilensman, of Notting -tell fourth daughter of the late William Ilensitan, holton, II untingdanshire. 'rol On the 29th init., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Edward , ti" son of the late Edward Longdon Mackinurdo, Esq., of Cloptur" Aliddlesox, to Anne, eldest daugl t of the Rev. T. Jos"' 1 ur A.M., one of her Majesty's chaplains at Wl! i 2l l ±:—.---- ---_,_ Esq., of ICtist- DIED. On the 18th inst., at Manor H ous e, Davylish, Helen, wife Allan M'llonald, Esq. of Berbice. On the 21st inst., ' Mrs. A. Barnard , o f Sudbury, Silif°lk' relict of the late J. Barnard , . E s q ., a g ed 90. se cond (lau On the 24th inst., at Peckha m, Anne Maria, I l ghter of the late Captain \V. Adams on, of the Hon. East dia Com pany's service don : Printed and Published by 1111111D0 YOUNG , •I Lon No. 11'2, Strand, at The Sun Of4ce, No. 11.2. tarsal 4(4 , in the county el Aliddhiees,—Wcclneselay, Deeember• 3 0 , 0 coQ Netice twral W 11 Day of F, tens B ags buses, or in and frc Chari ti g- P i)rt land North-rc South , , a loarie-st York-st r cv Inc Itatcliff Barnet L lif''C'S'a) : I: rr ileUr: : : . liack nry tromiey Enfield Ramp i or Croydon Wood for Wool wic Wood tor , 1 1 igli gati Ntan rn , Lioultilo , 1 vr icke n Kilburn Prom H 13g N.u. excepted t . or n. 11 C B l' • • rxr. 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