The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-07 00:00:00

EiTENING EDITION. HAYMARKET THEATRE. - - A new farce, in one act, wns produced at this theatre, on Saturday evening, under the elegant title of Bob Short. It is said to be written by Mr. Lemon, and the plot, like the piece itself, is short and simple. Bob Short (Wrench) is a personage whose means bear too close a resemblance to his name. He has the mis fortune to be two or three weeks in debt for lodging to his landlady, Mrs. Ticknot (Mrs. Stanley) a prudent indivilual, who, under the dread of his incurring a long score, deems it boat in concert with her servant, Betty, (Mrs. P. Mathews), to put up the chain, to prevent the entrasice of so undesirable a lodger. Bob is, in fact, barred out" and in revenge takes up his post near the door, and by sundry little fictions frightensaway the family butcher Ind baker from delivering the usual supply. While mus ing and moralising on the emptiness of his pockets, he has the good luck to encounter a former schooltellow, one Mr. Tot (Mr. D. Rees) a fat and flourishing cock ney, who, in the plenitude of old recollections and pre sent friendship, offers to amend his pecuniary prospects —on one condition, however, and that one highly fit ted to put Bob Short's philosophy to the test. It is, Its ;t, on receiving one hundred pounds sterling, he sh ill assist him (rot) in gaining the hand of Miss Es her Dipwick (Miss P. Horton), only daughter of a wealahy tallow-chandler—a " flame," in fact, of Bob himself. Necessity has no law, and Bab consents ; he has nevertheless his wits about him, and persuades Tot to send a note to Miss Esther proposing an elopement, while he himself pens another, informing the young lady how ho intended to turn that accident to account. Dipwick (Mr. Strickland) favours the pretensions of the rich suitor, Tot, and vehemently denounces the poor one, Short. Miss Esther does ex ictly the reverse. Night having ars 4 ved, Tot serenades his lady-love, preparatory to his elopement, more to the surprise than the delight of his intended father-in-law, and afterwards is persuaded to get on the tiles, in order to receive sundry bundles es sential to a matrimonial jaunt. By his ungainly ma neeqvres, however, ho breaks through the tiles, and, with one leg through the roof, he has the mortification of seeing Miss Esther and the faithless Short depart, with ful*ntent to make use of the chaise he has in waiting. In his subsequent struggle he tumbles through into the tallow-vat, while Short's travels are put a sudden stop to by a couple of policemen, who object to his departure at that unseasonable how. Dipwick enters upon the scene in his night dress, and Tot, too, having smerged from the tallow tub, the general confusion is compete. A Mr. Hoyle, a friend of Bob Short's fan.ily, now comes most opportunely forward, his ing been in quest of the gentleman in 'order to con vey the welcome news of the death of an old aunt, whet by a bequest of six thousand pounds puts him in pos session of a long purse for the future ; Dipsriek's scru ples venial, Short gains the lady, and 'lot gains no thing but a dipping gratis. The piece is lively, and smartly written ; it gives a promise of richness of hu maur at the beginning that the offer dialogue scarcely bore out. It was in all respects well acted, and received with laughter and plaudits throughout. THE BOY IN THE PALACE. We eepy the following from the Observer, as we cannot find words half so eloquent and pathetic as those iu which the writer describes " the alarming intrusion of the ragamuffin urchin" into the palace of the Queen, " within a few feet of her beloved babe." The allusion to " these latitudes at this season," is excellent " It is with the sincerest pleasure we inform our readers that we have cothing to state of h2r Majesty and tic l'ilocess Royal besides the gratifying fact that they continue to " thrive and prosper" at a rate which ma y be absolutely and really termed unparalleled in these latitudes at this season. So strongly, indeed, i the merciful dispensation of Providence ma nifested towards this nation in that respect, that not even the alarming intrusion of the raga muffin urchin recently caught in her dressing-room— wit bin a few feet of her beloved babe, and only a few yards from her own bedside—has been of power to pro duct! any derangement, the slightest even, of her health, or retardation of her convalescence. If this be not the hand of God visibly extended in special care of her's— the most precious life in the kingdom—we know not by whit to designate the continuous rapidity of our beloved Queen's recovery. May we everhave the same t.ile to tell respecting her Maj.:sty and her Royal Glf.prieg!" MONEY 'MARKET and CITY NEWS. (SATURDAY EVENING.) TIME S.—The recent failures of private banks have directed general attention to the perfect security, as it is held out to be, of joint-stock banks; but the public should be aware at the same time, that it is quite possible in the pram nt state of the law to have so many impediments thrown in the way of creditors, on the failure of a joiat stock bluk, as to render this fancied security nearly nomi ril. The Act 6 George IV., passed to enable large corn.. panivs to carry on the business of banking, was thought to afford sufficient protection to the public by enabling creditors to sue the "publil officer" of the bank, and having obtained judgment against him, to take out exe cution against any one of the proprietors. As the pro pvictors are directed to be registered judicially, there w,uld necci.-sarily be no difficulty in selecting a solvent person apinst whom legal proceedings might be taken. ti id the spirit of the Act been carried into effect, the public would, it seems, have been sufficiently secure, but the wording of the Act has operated so as to throw impe diments in the way of any proce':ding by creditors. Thus judgments bad been obtained in the case of the Imperial Bank against the "public officer," and the Court of Queen's Bench was moved to allow execution to issue against the registered proprietors, but it was decided, after much delay, that a fresh action (legally, a scire facias) must be brought, to ascertain whether or not the party ought to be charged as a partner. The creditors afterwards followed that course, and brought the mire Jucicrs agai ,st several solvent registered proprietors, when it was objected that these were not responsible until the proprietors at the time of obtaining judgment (perhaps different parties) had been proved insolvent, and this argu ment prevailed. As the great guarantee which the joint stock banks offer to the public for security is the number of parsons liable to the depositors, a state of the law which renders it almost impossible for a creditor to recover against any individual proprietor must be fatal to their pretensions on the score of credit and security. The celebrated linguist, Dr. "Ann Qua, died re cently at As7iam. 112 assisted Dr. Mar2..ham in his trans lation of the New Testament into Chinese. EXCITEMENT TO \VAR.—The English news paper press has taken great credit to itself for preserving more self-command, while discussing the Eastern ques tion, than the French newspaper press. There is, how ever, a measured tone that is more offensive than angry vituperation—the tone of calm, self-possessed, persevering insult—the tone efit man who says to himself, " I can keep my temper and make you lean yours." We think too have observed a coincidence in the adoption of a tone of this kind by the ,Whig and Tory journals when speak ing of France, quite as remarkable as their coincidence of opinion about Lord Palmerston's polcy. Not long ago an organ of the Tory party hintt.d to the French people that :he Allies might fluid it neccss.ry to treat them like a natian which had inad.s itself a public nuisance ; and this week the Morning Chronicle has bee,' strenuously endea youing, iu humble imitation of the Edinhurgh Review, to support thz opinion that the Duke of Brunswick was Inbed not to beat the French at the beginning of the ft:net) Revolution. Why are the Whig organs so anxious lc prove that the Dzspots of Europe could have conquered French Republicans but for treachery in their own rat.ks? Why revive such irritating topics of discussion at this moment ?—unless, indeed, the united Conservative party (Whig and Tory) seek to provoke the French to use snore violent language, in the hopo that it will make the English angry ?—Spectettor. We regret to have to announce the death of that venerable Baronet Sir Charles Throckmorton, which took place on Thursday, at his scat Coughton Court, W.rwivls,hire. Sir Thomas was in his 34th year, and had had been married to a daughter of the late Edmund Flowdon, E,q., but having no issue by her, he is suc ceeded in his title and estates by his nephew, now Sir Robert George Throckmorton, Bart. It is with peculiar satisfaction that we find the leading Reformers of the empire arc about to honour the memory of Lord Holland, as one of the greatest champions of civil and religious liberty in modern days, and as a friend of Reform, whom no opposition, however strong, could di vert from his course. It is most truly declared in a circular letter, addressed to the heads of the Reform party, that *4 As no man ever lived more honoured and beloved than tle late Lord Holland, and no man ever died more sin cerely lamented, a natural and anxious desire has been ex pressed that his memory should be marked by some testi mony o f respect, e,teern, and affection." In that desire we do most heartily join, and whether our reader be Liberal or. Tory, we feel confident that no differenc e of opinion can P" ' •bl,, e xist as to the open honesty an d sincerity which always characterised that frank and undisguised statesman. ,Y arem wk?, e here introduc e, as no ina pp r opriate additio n t o our so me lines written by Lord Holland n o t l ong rbe fore his death ! " Nephew of Fox and Friend of Grey, Enough for me the fame, If those who deign to watch me say I've tarnished neither name." Observer. A number of private letters, from officers of varcus ranks, who were partakers , is the bombardment aSt. St. Jean d'Acre, attest the feet as to universal te r o sal s be an li i. belief, s the Gorgon that from the position occupied by - frieate, commanded by Captain Henderson, ita ones of 'f e lls f rom th a t v e ssel, directed by Sergean t Murray,the grand of th e R oya l M ar i ne A rt ill ery , t h a t blew magazine and arsenal, destroying - two entire regiments, , o,iting t o 1,200 men , w h o were d raw n up on the _ IkTri ram parts, an d not leaving a living soul within an area of acre' , ; and this is further corroborated by the paragraph in Sir Robert Stopford's despatch, short as it is, in which the gallant Admiral ascribes the merit to the Gorgon ; in fact, alone of the line -of-battle ships threw any shells. It is worthy of remark, and it is a most singular coincidence, a tt zati ona on th e coas t o f Sp a i n , un d er Com =odorha } lay, it was the shells from the Phoenix, tsiptain Henderson, directed by Sergeant Smith, of the Royal Marine Artill ery, that killed the Spanish General and breached the Carlist lines at St. Sebastian, and which pleat enabled the Legion, un d er General Evans, to storm \- )• them. Thus the two steam-frigates which Captain Wil liam Henderson commanded have been the immediate cause 01 the most b r illi ant success in both operations.— Times. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ( From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. s.—The Spitfire steamer is on her passage home, via Newfoundland. Various rumours are afloat with regard to the reward of honours and promotion to the gallant officers who have re cently distinguished themselves on the coast of Syria. The only visible mark of her Majesty's approbation is shown in granting the Commandership of the Bath to Commodore C. Napier ; and the Admiralty have promoted Messrs. Cumming, Price, and M'Guire to the rank of Lieutenant. The prevalent opinion appears to be that Sir R. Stopford will be offered a Peerage, and the appointment to the Go vernorship of Greenwich Hospital ; that the captains and commanders of all the ships will be made Companions of the Bath; the commanders in the line-of-battle ships and sloops, and all the first lieutenants and senior mates, will be promoted a step, and brevet given to some of the marine officers. If this act of justice be accorded to them, it will have to be followed also by other promotions resulting from anticipated success on the coast of China ; these, con jointly, will be deducted from any promotion looked for on the birth of Princess Royal, or it may defer such a boon to an indefinite period. The Atholl troop-ship, Mr. Bellamy, Commander, arrived on Tuesday evening, with the remainder of the 66th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Johnstone, and a few invalids from the regiments in Canada, altogether 428 officers, men, women, and children. She left Quebec on the 28th October. The Hastings, 72, which sailed from Beyrout on the 21st October, arrived at Malta on the 4th November, with sick, wounded, and invalids, several of whom died on the passage. She was to have 26 days' quarantine, and on getting pratique was to be hove down, to ascer tain the damages she sustained when she got on shore. The Calcutta, 80, arrived at Malta on the 15th ult., from England ; on which day the Prometheus steamer sailed for the Levant with dispatches from our Govern ment for Sir Robert Stopford. There were no less than 850 persons in the Lazaretto at Malta. _ . The Pelican, sloop-of-war, Commander Napier, is fast completing for sea, at Chatham. The gallant brother of her Commander, Major Napier of the 46th regiment has arrived at Malta, on his way to Syria, to organize the mountaineers, in their adhesion to their lawful so vereign the Sultan. Her Majesty's steamer Hecate, arrived at Lisbon from Plymouth, lOth November, and sailed on the 21st for the Mediterranean. The President arrived at Val paraiso, from Talcahuane, on the 2d August. The Ba silisk arrived at Valparaiso from Cobiga, on the 7th of August. The Curlew, sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for East Coast, on 7th September. The Same rang, 28, from Valparaiso to India, was spoken on the 4th of August, about half-way to China. The Pantaloon, 10, arrived on Tuesday, with 53 men from Cork. She is to be dismantled, and the officers and crew are to be turned over to the Rapid, 10, lately launched at this Dock-yard. The Eagle, 50, and Gloucester, 50, have been or dered for commission at Chatham, within the last few days. The Indus, 80, Captain Sir James Stirling, and Tweed, Commander Douglas, will be taken out of the basin oa Monday. The Vengeance was taken out of dock to-day. The Iris, 26, fitting out at Chatham, is intended for the African station.—An unfortunate accident occurred on board this ship—a seaman, who was on the main cap, getting up the topmast, fell to the deck, and was killed on the spot. The Avon, steam vessel, sailed on Monday for Ply mouth, with 20 men for the Endymion. The Locust steam vessel arrived on Wednesday from the Eastward, and sailed for Plymouth, to be paid ad vance, and thence to the Mediterranean, to b 3 a tender to the flag-ship on that station. The Lucifer, steam vessel, Capt. Beachey, sailed on Wednesday for the coast of Ireland ; which Captain Beachy is engaged in surveying. The Driver, steam vessel, is to be launched from this Dock-yard, on the 21st inst. Two hundred and sixty shipwrights were put on her this morning, for the pur pose of expediting her completion. The Blazer, steam vessel, sailed for Plymouth, on Wednesday. for the West Indies. The Salamander, steam frigate, sailed this afternoon for Sheerness. Six cases of fuses had been ordered to be dispatched from this port for Sir Robert Stopford's squadron : but this order was countermanded on Thursday, probably from the fuses being of the same description as those used with the mortars at the bombardment of Beyrout, which failed of their purpose. A quantity of live shells are daily expected from Woolwich, to be forwarded to the Mediterranean. We regret to state the death of Commander George Byng, of the Racer, 16, who was drowned is the rollers, off Vera Cruz, on the 14th September. It appears that the deceased left the Racer in a gig on that day, ac companied by Mr. J. Byng, his cousin (son of the Hon. Captain Byng). The weather for several days had been very stormy, and the sea heavy. When crossing the bar of the river, the surf was so high, the gig was upset —the captain and coxswain regained the boat, and re mained clinging to it an hour ; during the interval the midshipman and the seaman, by the mercy of God, reached the shore, and then, much exhausted, endea voured to procure assistance, but no one could be in duced to cross the bar. Captain B. and the coxswain were at last washed from the gig by a tremendous sea, and the coxswain alone succeeded in reaching the shore alive ; the captain swam a long distance before his strength failed him, and when observed from the shore ' he was making no progress. Two of the boat's crew went out to assist him, but they only found his corpse, which they brought on shore, and used every means to restore suspended animation, but without success. The Ricer, at the time this fatal occurrence took place had 600,0001. in dollars on board. The following is the list of killed and wounded of her Majesty's ship Favourite, in the lamentable affair at Tonga, one of the South Sea Islands, detailed last week : Killed Commander W. Croker ; Geo. Freathy, and John New, petty officers. Severely Wounded—Lieut. Dunlop, Mr. Ellman, master's mate ; J. Faulkner, quarter master ; John Reed, Boatswain's mate ; J. Bennet, J. Stephens, R. M'Kenning, J. Hicks, T. Howe, J. Gray, J. Harris, R. Morgan, W. Dunsford, R. Carney, seamen ; R. Taylor, marine. Slightly Wounded—Six seamen and marines. A Court Martial was held on board the Ocean, at Sheerness, on the 25th ult., to try Mr. John Williams, Supernumerary Boatswain of that ship. The charges having been fully proved against the prisoner, he was ad judged to be dismissed the service, and rendered inca pable of ever serving as a Warrant Officer in the Navy of her Majesty. In Harbour Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Indus, Tweed, Phoenix, Pantaloon, Atholl, troop-ship General Palmer, transport, Echo, steam-tug. NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS.—Commander W. W. P. Johnson (of the Winchester) to be Acting Captain of the Crocodile, vice Alexander Milne, to the Cleopatra. Lieutenants—Henry Harvey (of the Winchester), to be Acting Commander of the Serpent, vice the Hon. R. Gore,invalided ; Thomas Harvey (Flag Lieutenant to Sir Thomas Harvey), to be Acting Commander of the Racer, vice Byng, deceased. Mates—W. K. 0. Price (1835). of the Revenge, Rochfort Maguire (1835), of the Wasp, and Arthur Cumming (1837), of the Cyclops, to the rank of Lieu tenant, for services, specially recorded, on the Coast of Syria. APPOlNTMENTS.—Captain—Alexander Milne, from the Crocodile, to the Cleopatra, vice Lushington, inva lidod.—Thomas Renwick (1817), to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. Master—A. W. Quinlan, to the Indus, vice Strutt, appointment cancelled. Chaplain—W. R. Payne, to the Indus. Mates—N. Vansittart (from the Queen), to the Tweed ; M. H. Pcrceval (from the Vestal), to the Indus. Gunner—David Slow, to the Indus. To be Acting Boatswain—Frederick Garton, and borne on the Victory. Coast Guard—Lieut. Thomas Cartwright, from Irish Coast Guard, to be Chief Officer at Lidd, Romney. ROYAL. MARINES.—Mr. Frederick Whylock Davis and Mr. G. W. Forbes are appointed Second Lieu tenants of this Division of Royal Marines. (From the Hampshire Independent.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. s.—Orders were received at the Dockyard, on Wednesday last, to expedite with all possible dispatch the fitting of the St. Vincent, of 120 guns ; a great number of shipwrights were consc quently taken off the other ships fitting, and sent on board the three-decker, which will be ready for com missioning on the 14th, and the Vengeance, 84, by the 10th of the present month. It is expected that a de tachment of marines will be ordered for these ships from the other divisions, as there are only eighty men, and those mostly recruits, at present in this garrison. ' Major-General Sir Howard Elphinstone, begs to say that th e Spectacles he has now had some time in use, have fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomons as to their excellence, and having found so much comfort and advantage from their use far prefer able to evtry other kind of Glasses which he has been in the constant habit of making use of for a great number of Years ; he, th ere f ore, feels a pleasure in recommending them to his friends._ 13, Norfolk -street, Park-lane, the kith NovernberlB-io. Messrs. Solomons, 39, Albemarle- street, hi a Piccadilly , rn-se et, Bank eeEng Spectaclesla nd, a r e state pl a that eed those newly. invent e d objbe im fo m re ed im ia p te er l y . feet vision, every the most minute particle is gb s t er with distinctness, so that becomes clear and distinct, and Voiceeceoctmu natural, , bright e bd o r and igi brilliant,original state. the most aged imperfect sight and is brought to its youthful, nor more e for g Rive imme diate Their Invisible Operative per sons, is not the least perceptibleextariesmo uncomfortable egainaesdestiof deafness. than having a piece of wool in its pl r aee approbation of old in v e n t standinginventions have a v e drihactescrevlaieluf valuable to bl e the patronage of the Royal Family, and the unqualified a above four hundred of the principal members of medi cal profession, and num erous individuals of hi g h ditition, who have been g reatl y benefited by their use. 17; connection with persons of the same name. 39 , Albe naarle-street, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, Kin g Wit ham-street, Bank of England. THE SUN, 1.40/sIDON, MONDAY, DEC EIVIBER 7. 1810. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. The only novelty appears to be a little chat on the Riddlesworth Stakes and the Chester Cup. For the for mer event, 2 to 1 was offered to he taken on Eringo at noon to-day, when 500 to 30, or any part, was offered on the field for the Cup. Nothing was done on either events. THE DERBY.-20 to 1 was to-day offered on the field, bar two, viz.—Rosalie and Marshal Souk. There was a strong desire to lay against outsiders ; but the attendance was so confined to the leading capitalists, that we did not see even one engagement made. The following we con sider pretty near the prices against the horses most spoken off:— 15 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt—offered 16 to 1 agst Scott's Marshal Soult—off. t. 18 20 to 1 agat Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo—offered 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cameleon—off. 22 to 1 t. 25 to 5 agst Lord Albemarle's Ralph 23 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Prince Caradoc—t. 27 to 1 25 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans 33 to 1 agst Mr. Buckley's Brother to Tom—offered take 40 freely 33 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Duke of Wellington 40 to 1 agat Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh THE OAKS.-7 to 1 was offered on the field yesterday and 9to 1 taken on Lampoon. In the course of the even. ing, Soult has been backed freely at 18 to 1, and Eringo for about 501. at 20 to 1 ; 221 to 1 has just been taken on Cameleon. No other change. ECOA D EDITION. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) -.....-. BRITISH FUNDS, Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red BBl Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. Ditto Old Annuities 31 per Cent Red........ 97,1 Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent New 5 per Cent ... Ditto 500/ 4pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 6pm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 — India Stock for Acct ... Jan. 1860 ... FOREIGN FUNDS. A astrian, 5 per cent... 1071 Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto..., • 341 Brazilian Bonds ... .. BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent.... ailian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, S per cent 231 Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred l2i Danish, 3 per cent..... 771 French,s per cent—. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, spercent. Exchange .. —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 30 French,3 per cent... —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21 per cent.— 513- Pert.riand 825,6 per et. 16 Ditto, 5 per cent..... 97i SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (90 p) 67 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) Ditto Debentures ( 2 paid) ...... ......... 4i Great Western Railway (65 paid) B7l and Brighton Railway (40 paid) ... 30j LondonD i Ditto tto eftwhss(ha4repsa(i4do).p t . aid) ... . ... ..... ... Manchester and Leeds Railway (70 paid) 78 Ditto New Shares (25 paid) . 29 Manchester and Birmingham Railway (40p) 27 North Midland Railway (100 paid) ... South Eastern and Dover (28 paid) ~ , lll SPIRIT of ,_ the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Globe.) " What," three evening guns !" says Snarl in the Critic. " Aye," says Puff, " when these people get hold of a good thing they never know when to have done with it." So our contemporary, the Examiner, still goes on firing his evening guns on the Turkish ques tion, but as he certainly has but a bad thing of it, we wonder at his perseverance. It is an old sa) ing, however, that there is nothing like the obstinacy of an ingenious man who finds himself in the wrong; but we must in candour admit that the wonted in genuity of the Examiner seems to have deserted him on this occasion, and that the feebleness and want of perspicuity in his arguments seem to be in the direct ratio of the badness of his cause. Indeed the attempts of the Examiner to defend Mehemet AU by the pen have failed as signally as those of Ibrahim by the sword. The bad logic of the one is only equalled by the bad tactics of the other. The difference, how ever, is this—that Ibrahim has been routed by the allies of the Sultan, and the Examinei by the allies of Me hemet Ali. There is not one word, or one attempt at argument, by which the Examiner for the last six or seven weeks has laboured to run down the treaty of July and the policy of the Government, that has not found its fullest and completest refutation in the speeches of Monsieur Thiers, Monsieur Remusat, Monsieur Ber ryer, Monsieur Guizot, and others in the French Cham ber. The Examiner asserted that the Treaty of July was concluded for objects in which England had no earthly interest ; that the fact of its having been concluded was an insult to France ; and that by that act the English Government wantonly broke off the alliance between England and France. The debates in the French Cham ber, and the speeches of the persons we have mentioned, have proved to demonstration that the alliance between England and France had virtually ceased to exist many months before the Treaty was signed, and that it had so ceased in consequence of a divergence between the national: policy and national interests of the two countries ; nay; as M. Thiers most forcibly expressed it, because the instinctive policy of the one country was directly op posed to that of the other in regaid to the affairs of the Levant. Those debates further prove that Elg hind had a great and paramount interest in accomplish ing the objects which the Treaty was destined to effect, and that no insult was offered to France, nor any in tentional incivility or slight ; and that the only thing which France now complains of is, that the Treaty itself was not made known to her after it was agreed upon, and before it was signed. (From the Standard.) The Carlow election has terminated in the return of Colonel Bruen by a large majority--a majority so large as to insure the ret urn o f two C onservat i ve mem b ers for this so long and 60 fiercely contested county at the next general election. Mr. Ashton Yates may look out for a seat elsewhere. The Romanist Radical jour nals ascribe to the substitution of a Protestant tenan try on some of the Carlow estates the defeat of their party on the present occasion. We hope that the charge is well founded. Nothing could be more likely to deter the priests from continuing to torment the unhappy peasantry than ouch a lesson. The more we reflect upon the subject, and the more diligently we read the rebukes of our cen surers, the more thoroughly are we convinced that the Irish landlords owe it to themselves, to their country, to their faith, and to the wretched peasantry them selves, to replace every one who proves himself by his conduct the mere slave of the priest by a free Pro t:stant tenant. It is nothing to tell us that the slave acts conscientiously : so did the slaves of the old man of the mountain. We are not bound to re f spect, in practice, consciences which command our destruction, whatever we may in theory consider clue to such consciences. The Globe of Saturday had a long article upon the Protestant plantation of Irish may" d o doctrine,e state s , gratuitously assumed for us the whet he will with his own," in submission only to the law of the land. We, in th w at hi a ch m i a t n however, mentioned another law as qualifying this li berty of action—a law above the law of the laud ;so that our Contemporary's condemnation r of our doctrine upon moral grounds is a little out of place. We say' that the highest of all laws assigns a prefe rence to those " who are of th e h ouse h o ld o f f a i t h" —not a (preference urging to commit injustice in their behalf certainly, but a preftrence demanding such worldly sacrifices, as a descent from cruel rack-rents to honest and moderate charges. (From the Courier.) So generally has travelling by railway become, that in the central counties of the country scarce a coach now passes, and it is a fact that a railway will absorb passengers from a distance of t wo - t hi r d s i ts l engt h on either side of it, at an angle of GO degrees. It is not alone, then, the persons immediately in the neighbour hood of the line who become part of its traffic, but all per sons living within a very extensive boundary ; and are we, then, to condemn wholesale these stupendous and useful works and their management because a power which has been so recently created, has not been so carefully conducted as we could have wished it to have been, but which we can alone hope for when all men do their duty exactly as they shoul.l do it, and masters have an intuitive knowledge of when they shall not ? We regret for any man's own sake that h e cannot read, as he loses all the higher feel ings of consolation and independence of mind ; but we should be very sorry to condemn any man as unfit for the mechanical operation of driving an engine be cause he could not read what he could just as well un derstand when properly explained to him. On the last mail we travelled by, and that, too, a day mail, the guard could not read , but he nevertheless left his letter bags , all righ t , and did his duty by the coach just as well as it lie could, and all the letters in his charge, whether they were Lord Palmerston's squabbles with M. Thiers or simple love epistles. To suppose for a moment that a set of first cla ss men were to spring up as engine -drivers, all superior in their way, and who could brave the velocity o f mate, or to suppose that railroads should be so per such travelling and the changes of oar cli fectly managed the moment they are brought into use, is as u nreasonable as we h ave d ec l are d our Contem poraries to be for their loud praise of the verdict at Harrow. No i nst i tution of any sort has as yet been brought into a state of comparative perfection under years of labou r and experience ; and if we look at the rapid strides mad e b y steam engines, both on land and sea, they form almost an exception to the general rule of nature, and appea r to have started at once into re fined action. It is said to — 7 . n —contemplation to create ;he Province of New B runswick into an independent Epi: copal See. • CORSHANI. - --r• Sydn e y Smith, Anti-Corn law Lecturer, visited this town on Tuesday evening ; he was refused the use of the British school-room by the trustees, and the town_h a n b the bailiff. In the exigency y of the case, Mr. John West, carpenter, kindly lent his , spacious workshops, which were fitted up as well as time would admit, and Mr. Smith lectured to about 300 atten tive hearers. At the conclusion three cheers were given for the total repeal of the C orn -l aws, an d th ree c heers for the Lecturer. The o b struction offered to the Repea t ers in this town was of the most paltry description ; not only were the usual places of public meeting first granted, s od at the eleventh hour the grant withdrawn, but even the bellman was prohibited by the Mayor not only from an nouncing the change of Place but even from lending his bell to a more willing officer. H owe v e r, one of the m ost respectable inhabitants o f t h e place borrowe d a bell, and. himself acted as bell man. Mr. Smith will lectur e a g aun this day ( Wedneialay), an d a bellman has been procured from Chippenharn. The mean con d u ct of the officials here has only served to increase the zeal of the friends . o s cheap bread. We have great reason to thank our enerritc for having so helped our cause.—Correspondent of the lViltshire Independent. the n Co i t. i: s i t t a e t t i . c n e g tgivesthat the a lettersailnrsfrhoamd been nxandria of withdrawn from the fleet in that port, and that defensive works were in active progress; the same l etter, h o wever, and ot her levers of the 11th from Alexandria, affirm the determina tion of Mehemet to submit, and even say that he had sent t o Admiral Stopford a su rren d er o f t h e T ur kish fleet, with a request that it might be sp ee dil y ta k en p o ssession of and withdrawn. The Directors of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company, we understand, resolved, at their meet ing on Tuesday last, to make the line a double one throughout its entire length, as soon as convenient—a de termination which the public will learn with much plea- sure.—Gateshead Observer, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DEC. 5. BEETHA3I V. COOK AND OTHERS. Sir F. Pollock, Mr. Baliantine, and Mr. Pollock, were Counsel for the plaintiff, and Sir W. Follett, Mr. Crowder. and Mr. Wightman, for the defendants. Sir F. Pommels stated that this was a question sent by the Lord Chancellor, and the action was brought by the plaintiff, who was an attorney, against the defend ants who were five of the Directors of the City Railway Company. The plaintiff, on the formation of the Com pany, was the solicitor to it, and had incurred a very considerable outlay, and had performed a good deal of business for this Company, and at length a very large balance was due to him, amounting to 9,0004, and was so stated in the accounts of the Directors. Unfortu nately for the Directors, but whether fortunately for the public or not he did not know—the scheme did not succeed ; and when Mr.Beetham naturally expected to be paid, the defendants refused to pay him, and when the action was brought pleaded that they were not liable. The pro ceedings went into Chancery, and ultimately the Lord Chancellor directed that the question of liability of the defendants should be tried by a Jury, his Lordship havi.ig reserved the question of amount, so that, if the Jury found for the plaintiff, his Lordship might himself dispose of it. He had an admission made by the de fendants, that the work and labour done and the money expended were so done and expended by the plaintiff, and that during that time the defendants were the Directors of the Company. That would be a prima facie case on the part of the plaintiff. On the present occasion the defendants had pleaded that they did not promise. The question was not whether the bill was large, or whether enough had been paid, but whether the defendants were liable and had promised to pay. This was the simple case he had to place before them, and unless it was completely ascertained he should be entitled to their verdict. The admission of the defendants was put in and seed, as was a Report of the Directors upon the breaking up of the concern, in which the amount of the plaintiff's bill was given. A witness stated that he had been employed six weeks, at 31. a-week, and there were about twenty of them altogether so employed. Sir W. FOLLETT then addressed the jury for the de fendants. The question they had to decide arose out of an order of the Lord Chancellor, and he could not help commencing by stating, that he never felt more sur prised than when he found from his friend that he had come here, under the order of the Lord Chancellor, to clear away difficulties pressing upon the mind of the Lord Chancellor as to whether or not the defendants were liable. The matter having been litigated in the Court of Chancery, and his Lordship having directed this action to be brought, his friend had not produced any one single witness to give them any account of the transaction. The defendants would therefore have to place evidence before them, and it would then be for them, coupling the want of evidence on the part of the plaintiff, to say whether or not the defendants were liable to this demand. The bill of the plaintiff amounted to 16,0001., and his friend, upon the evidence he had put in, would ask them to give a verdict, the effect of which would make these gentlemen liable to pay Mr. Beetham a balance of upwards of 9,0001. The amount of the bill was not now in issue ; but when the plaintiff sought for their verdict, he ought at least to have given them some evidence of what had passed be tween him and the Directors, and in what way be thought he was entitled to claim this sum of money. How was the Company formed ? Some time in the year 1836 Mr. Beetham, who seemed to consider the formation of this Company a favourable mode of spending his time in as sisting to get up the Company, and getting himself ap pointed soicitor to the Company ; and the agreement lie made was, that if the Bill did not succeed, he was to be paid only costs out of pocket, and those costs were to be paid cut of the funds of the Company, but that the Directors were not to be personally liable ; but the Di rectors would have been held to have made themselves liable for the payment of an attorney's bill of 16,0001. Mr. Beetham was himself one of the parties speculating to forra the Company, and he had agreed to run his chance. What did they suppose were two of the items in i this bill ? A witness had stated that he was employed six weeks, and had 3/. a week for serving notices, and there were altogether about twenty employed in the same man ner ; that would amount to 401. ; and the first charge in this bill far serving these notices was 3,000/. in one item, including secret service money. In consequence of some error, it became necessary to serve fresh notices, and for those there was a charge of 7,0001., so that there was a charge altogether of 10,0001. for the serv ing of notices. The Bill did not pass, because it was found out that names had been put to the deed to go before Parliament, which signatures wore forgeries. It had at one time become a practice to put names to these deeds as subscribers, when in fact they were not bona fide subscribers, and many Companies failed on that ground. He should prove there facts. The Learned Counsel then called a number of witnesses to confirm his statements. Sir F. POLLOCK addressed the Jury for the plaintiff upon the whole case, urging that, whether the bill was large or small, with that the Jury had nothing to do ; if the defendants were liable, that bill would be taxed by the proper officer. The Learned Counsel then com mented, at very great length, upon the evidence ad duced by the defendants, contending that it was clear they had employed the plaintiff as their solicitor, with ! out any such arrangement as had been sworn to by some of the defendants' witnesses, and that, looking upon the whole case, he was entitled to a verdict. Lord DENMAN, in summing up, said that the plain tiff's case was, that he was appointed by the Directors to be the solicitor for them, and to conduct the busi ness of this Company into Parliament. The defence was of various kinds : first, they were to show an agree ment, that, in case of the bill failing, he was only to be paid costs out of pocket ; secondly, that he was to be paid out of the deposits and funds of the Company, and that the Directors were not to be personally liable ; a further defence was, that the plaintiff's services were useless in consequence of his mismanagement ; and, in the last place, the defendants said that the plaintiff was a partner, and therefore could not be sued by his part ners. With regard to the amount of the plaintiff's bills, it was impossible not to take a view of those mat ters ; and if it appeared to the Jury extremely unreason able and enormous, with reference to charge, he did not know what effect it might have on their ge neral view of the case. It seemed almost admitted that too much had been charged ; but if they found for the plaintiff the bills would be taxed. If persons held them selves out to the world as Directors, a little evidence would be sufficient to show that they were liable for persons employed who acted upon the credit of their names ; but when he found the solicitor was, in the first instance, uniting with the engineer and surveyor, and called into existence these very Directors who were now sued, it appeared to him (Lord Denman), to make it more probable. that there should be some particular agreement between the parties. His Lordship repre hended in strong terms the conduct of parties inducing others to sign the Parliamentary deed, as had been stated, and also reproved persons who upon such a slight pretence would enter into so ruinous an obliga tion. It appeared to him that the Directors were cog nizant of it, and did not object to it ; and therefore they could not say that the bill had failed through the mis conduct of the plaintiff. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, DEC. 5. ( Sittings at Nisi Prius befcre Lord ABINGER and a Special Jury.) SMITH V. COOKE. Mr. CItESSWELL said the plaintiff, Sir Benjamin Smith, brought his action to recover from the defendant, a money scrivener and conveyancer, the sum of 2,5001., which the plaintiff had advanced to a Mr. Davis, for an annuity of 2671. upon insufficient security, at the advice of the defendant. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to state the details of the case to the Jury, when Mr. Kelly (who was counsel for the defendant) made some proposition to him. After some time spent in consulta t,on, Mr. CRESS WELL said they would not further trouble his Lordship, and the Jury with the case. A proposi tion had been made which was satisfactory. They would therefore take a verdict for 1,5001., subject to the arrangemer.t agreed upon by the parties. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE, On Saturday a crowd of mercantile men attended the -t ice-room fo r the p ur p ose of hearing the case a g ainst jos, If n i //i s and Mott, who were some days ago brought be forej the LORD MAYOR, upon suspicion of having been privy to the destruction of a vessel which was insured to ~ l arg e a mount at several insurance offices in the City. Sir PETER LAURIE presided on the occasion. Mr. Cl a rkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Humphrey, the so licitor, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Charles Phillips appeared as Counsel for Wallis, and Mr. Hob ler, jun., the solicitor, appeared for Scott. Alderman Pirie, a Director in the Marine Insurance Company, which complains of having been defrauded by the p.i soner of 2,000/., the alleged value of goods said to have been shipped, and the Directors of other Insurance Com panies, were also present during the examination, which acquired an additional interest from the fact, thirt Sir Peter Laurie was in the Chair, his inclination to get all the circumstances, pro, and con., being well-known. Mr. Clarkson said, that since the first examination of the prisoners, the prosecutors had got together some witnesses, whose statements, he was sure, would show the necessity, on the part of the Magistrates, of refus ing to tako bail upon charges so serious as that in which the prisoners were implicated, and under circumstances of such strong suspicion. In fact, it was in the power of the prosecutors to show, that none of the goods - stated by the prisoners to have been on board, and in sured by them to the amount of about 6,000/., had been shipped at all ; and they could also show that the ves sel so insured had been intentionally destroyed by the I captain, in order to establish the right, on the part of the prisoners, to claim for the amount. In a case of such a nature it would be necessary to have time for the production of the distinct chain of evidence which was required in such an inquiry, and the witnesses who were to be called would be merely questioned as to facts, upon the authority of which the pi isours should be remanded, and bail refused ; he meant that what should be stated by them was not to be considered as regular evidence. Sir PETER Lnunic said all he should require was the proof that the prisoners were the parties who insured, that there were none of the goods insured shipped, and that the ship was destroyed. Mr. Clarkson then proceeded to call witnesses. Peter Kelly, of Liverpool, produced an outvoice of goods shipped on board the Dryad before she sailed from Liverpool to Cuba. Witness was shipping clerk upon the occasion. Sir PETER LAURIE asked whether the vessel was full ? Witness replied that she was about:two-thirds full. Maxwell, the mate of the Dyad, was then called by Mr. Bodkin. He stated that he was mate of that ves sel when she left Liverpool on the 7th of September. Sir PETER LAURIE—Why did you leave her? Wit ness—Because I suspected, snd so did others, that it was intended by the captain that she should be lost. I saw 'the intention instantly. Mr. Phillips objected that his client should be liable to serious imputations of this kind upon the suspicions of the mate of the vessel. Sir PETER LAURIE said that as all he was anxious about was the investigation of truth, he should wish the mate to state the cause of his suspicion in his own way. The witness then procoeded.—A few days after the ship Dryad set sail for her destination, the captain gave orders to have the long-boat in readiness. They were then standing off the coast of Ireland, and the captain asked witness whether he knew the coast, to which he replied in the affirmative, and that they could fetch Car lingford if the wind stood. Twenty minutes afterwards witness went aloft and saw Carlingford lights, and told the captain, who immediately desired that the ship should go through the North Channel. Nothing particular oc curred for a few days except that the captain altered the vessel's course very often. All the crew began to sus pect that the ship was intended to be lost. Witness kept a constant look out, but there was no log line at all on board, and the captain gave him no opportunity of knowing the astronomical time. They at last made the island of Virgin Gorda, in the West Indies, on 17th October. When witness saw the land he went below and told the captain, who, however, made no al- Oration in the ship's course, but went below for the purpose, as witness supposed at the time, of consulting his chart. Twenty minutes after, witness saw breakers a-head and he went down, and instead of finding the captain at his chart, found him in bed. The captain after being told that breakers were a-head, said it was impossible. Witness said that all the crew were aware of the danger. The captain finding that the man at the helm was altering his course, went to the wheel himself to prevent any change, and the crew cried out that she must be lost. The ship was then got round and off the lee shore, and she proceeded on her course, the captain having stated that he did not think she was so near the shore. The suspicion that the ship was to be lost was increased. In fact, while witness was below at breakfast with the captain, the crew overhead spoke, evidently with the intention of being heard by the cap tain, of their suspicion. Sir PETER LAURIE—You had not the smallest doubt of the intention of the captain ? Witness—Not the least. In fact the intended loss of the vessel was a con stant topic of conversation with the men. Sir PETER LAURIE—Where is the captain ? Mr. Clarkson said he believed the captain was at pre sent out of their reach, but Sir Peter Laurie would be pretty well convinced the prisoner must have been " aware " of the intention of the captain, and perfectly well acquainted with his motive. Sir PETER LAURIE thought there could be no doubt of that. Mr. Phillips said it was usual to suppose every man innocent until he was found guilty. Sir P. LAURIE—WeII, let the witness proceed. The witness continued—On the morning of the 19th, he saw a rock a-head, and informed the captain, and pointed out the place, but the captain could not see it, and would not alter the course of the vessel. The crew soon cried out that the rock was under the forefoot, upon which the captain said that the vessel was lost, and called for the jolly boat. The vessel was going at three and-a-half knots an hour at the time, and she struck, but she made no water, and she dragged off and pro ceeded. On the 20th she made towards St. Domingo, but the captain kept bugging along the land, and every one believed that he wished the vessel to go ashore. On the 22d, witness' saw a large vessel called the Bencoolen, and told the captain that they could get assistance from her, but he said that he wanted nothing with her. Subsequently the Dryad got into the har bour after the Bencoolen ; and witness told the cap tain of the Bencoolen that he would not go any fur ther with the captain of the Dryad, for it was his in tention to cast the ship away. Captain John Tate, of the ship Bencoolen, stated that he remembered falling in with the Dryad at Cape Hayti, St. Domingo. The Dryad was steering right towards the reef, and lie fired a gun as a signal to her. He supposed that the Dryad was a strang er, and had no chart. Finding that she continued to steer in the same course, he sent a pilot to her, and as soon as the pilot was on board the course of the vessel was changed. The Dryad followed the Ben• coolen then, and reached the harbour in two or three days. Sir P. LAURIE—Did you subsequently see the cap tain of the Dryad ? The witness replied that he met the captain on the wharf after landing, and had some conversation with him. Witness told him that he kept the vessel too far northward ; to which the captain an swered. " It's all very well this time ; but I'll take good care it shan't happen a second time. I'm sorry she didn't kn-'ck her brains out." The observation was made in the presence of several persons. Sir P. LAURIE—But the vessel was entirely lost, was she not ? Have you proof of that ? Mr. Clarkson said that other witnesses were to be produced upon a future occasion. Sir P. LAURIE asked the witness whether he knew anything of the loss of the ship ? . The_witness stated that four or five days after he had held the above con versation with the captain he hoard of the loss of the Dryad. Mr. Clarkson—Did Maxwell, the mate of the Dryad, go on board your vessel ? The witness said that he re. ceived Maxwell, who told him that he would not go with the Dryad any more, as he believed it was the in tention to sink her. Sir PETER LAURIE—NOW Mr. Phillips, what have you to say to induce me to take bail after such state ments as these ? Mr. Phillips—l say that there is not a tittle of evidence to effect Wallis, my client, and therefore we have every rational expectation that you will accept of bail. He has no idea of running away. Mr. Hobler, jun., submitted that his client was also entitled to be allowed to go upon bail. Sir PETER LAURIE said that no ground whatever had been stated to show that he ought to accept of bail in such a case. It was one of the very first conse quence, and the public were deeply indebted to those who brought it forward. I shall remand the prisoners. Mr. Phillips said that as Sir Peter Laurie had made up his mind on the subject it would be useless to ar gue upon the statements which had been made. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin submitted that they had shown quite enough to justify a remand for a week. They expected witnesses very soon and would then enter into the details. The prisoners were then remanded for a week. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL BRUSSELS. DEC. 3.—The Senate is convoked for Wednesday the 9th inst. The Earl of Liverpool steamer, from London, had on board the Marquis of Clanricarde, Ambassador Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of her Bri. tannic Majesty at the Court of St. Petersburgh. The Treaty of Commerce concluded between Bel gium and the Bey of Tunis, in October, 1839, and ratified by King Leopold on the 11th of March, 1840, is now officially published in the ,M'uniteur Beige. BRUSSELS, DEC. 4.—ln a letter written to us, (the Courier Belge\ from Vienna, dated the 23d of Novem ber, welound the following sentence : " St. Jean d'Acre fell on the 4th of this month. Alexandria will fall in six months and Paris in a year." This prophecy of evil to come is probably only the echo of the reports which circulate in the capital of Austria ; but at the rate at which things are going on in the French Chamber, we fear that after the war of words which has just commenced, Paris will have more fine speeches than bastions to oppose to the enemy. Germany has already a million of soldiers prepared to receive the attack of the 500,000 French with which it is threatened by the Journals, and the speakers in the Chamber, including M. Berryer, who, whatever the defeated of July may say, has no slight interest in avenging his defeat at the expense of the new France. ST. JEAN D'ACRE, Nov. 6.—Whatever reason we have to rejoice at the success which the combined squad rons and the Turkish forces have obtained here, yet what has been done, is but a shadow of what would in fallibly have been accomplished, if our commanders had shown some energy. At this moment the Egyptian empire would have been overthrown, the new dynasty of the Viceroy reduced to its original insignificance, had not the direction of the military operations been confided to two of the most sleepy of mortals. Lord Stopford and Sir Charles Smith, both accustomed to a quiet and easy life, great admirers of a good table and generous wine, everywhere dreaming of obstacles and difficulties that do not exist, have spoiled our campaign, and deprived us of at least the greater half of our pro bable advantages. [The writer goes on at great length in the same strain, apparently as ignorant of the real state of affairs, as of the name of the Admiral, whom he calls, towards the conclusion, Lord Stopford SMYRNA, Nov. 9.—Letters received yesterday by land from Aleppo, say that the inhabitants have ex pelled the few troops left by Ibrahim, and declared for the Sultan. The revolt in Aleppo is said to have been caused by an order of Ibrahim to send 1,500 men, of the National Guard of that city, to his army. TAE HAGUE, DEC. 2.—Second Chamber of the States-General, sitting of the .sth of December.—The Project of Law for introducing some changes in the Tariff imports and exports duty was laid before the Chamber. Our readers will recollect that by a Royal Reso lution of May 29, 1834, inscriptions were opened for a loan of 2 000,000 of florins, being the first series of the 8,000,000 for the expense of drawing the lake of Haar lem. We now hear that his Majesty has resolved that a second series, to the amount of 3,000,000 shall be opened. DUTCH FUNDS.— A)ISTERDAM, DEC. 4. Monet. Bills. tctual Debt, ‘2 3 / 4 per Cent ,3itto, ditto 5 per cent. Arnett Svndic, 4% per cent B4i 1 87 Ditto, ditto, 3% per ............. 71% 724 Commercial Company, 4!4 per cent 1C.6% Ditto (1535 and 1837) 5 per cent — Loon 1937, 5 per cent...... ............. 93% 94 k.scliange on London, One month l2 23l Two months Dutch Papers, Dec. 5. BELGIAN! kUNIIS-ISaussuLa. Due. 4. Actual Debt, 5t3 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 1,7 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent PFN (1..4'x) 97% --- 3 per Cent. ...... .g Th rty •seven— —.• Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 9O Saciety of Commerce, -IN per Cent llO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 67% NationalSeciety. Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Dec. 4. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VoiNNI, Nov. efi Five per Cents. Metalliques ,.. 105% 10cr per Cents. Three per Cents. ..................................».« Bank Shares ................... ....... —Allgemeine Zeitung. Dec. 1 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, DEC. 1. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4b per cent. 103% Prussian Engiish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 10 i% Litchange on London, three months -- 6 17% —Prussian Stale Gazette, Dec. 2. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the 28th November, 1840." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly CAUSES OF BEATH. Total. Average 1838: Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 132 265 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l4O 156 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Heat and Bloodvessels Diseases •f the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat Old Age, •r Natural Decay 72 7 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 24 26 Causes not specified Deaths from all causes 862 - Average Weekly Deaths 1,013 ' Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deaths, IE3B. Western Districts ..... ... 136 .••••• 156 North Districts Central s Districts lB3 0 08 East Districts lB3 ...... 239 South Districts ... ...... Total It is stated that_under the terns Metropolis are com prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of London within and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the bills of mortality—and the parishes •f St. Marylebone ; St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith (Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea ; Paddington ; St. Mary, Stoke Newington ; St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary-le hew ; Camberwell ; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St. Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu merated in 1831 wai 1,494,890. The weekly average for 1831 was obtained by dividing the deaths registered in that year by 52. In comparing it with the weekly deaths in 16140, it must be borne in mind that the metropolis in creases nearly two per cent. annually ; and that, if the population had been the same in 1836 as in 1840, the deaths would have been 1-27th part more numerous. General Register-office, Dec. 3, 1840. The Voice Conductors invented by Mr. E. Solomons, Optician, No. I, Old Jewry, City, and No. 36, Old Bond-street, have proved eminently efficacious in some of the most distressing cases of deafness. They are not as large as a fourpenny-piece, and notwithstanding their very small construction, no instruments extant have proved of such advantage to the deaf. From their metallic vibrating quality, table talk is rendered perfectly audible, and the wearer is enabled to distinguish the faintest inflec tions of a distant speaker in church, theatre, or public assembly. Mr. E. Solomons' Patent Spectacles arc fa superior to all those in modern use ; they extend immedi. ate and continued relief in all cases of defective vision, enabling persons to engage their sight for any length of time, at the most minute employment, either by day or candle-light, and are thus calculated to preserve vision unimpaired to extreme old age. No other improvement has been effected in spectacle lenses for the last twenty years, and as Mr. S. has secured the exclusive disposal of them to his establishments by " Royal Letters Pate , .t,' the public should be guarded against the various attempts of parties of a similar name to counterfeit the above invaluable assistants; it is therefore necessary that par ticular attention should be paid to the Proprietor's address namely, 1, Old Jewry, City, and 36, Old Bond-street, Piccadilly. LABOUR IN VAIN.—A Mr. Lowes has pe titioned the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and his notice of hearing, and places of above, are advertised in the kcal papers as follows :—Formerly of Newport, Isle of Wight, carpenter; then of Southampton, coachmaker's clerk ; then shopman and clerk to a tallow-chandler; then of Wandsworth-road, coachmaker's clerk ; then of Stanford Rivers, Essex, gentleman ; then of South am pt on , shop man to a grocer ; then of Fareham, shopman ; then clerk to a coal and corn merchant ; then of Torpoint, then Cornwall; o fB r ? b e a n , n schoolmaster; then of South , 0 schoolmaster ; e S v t en n , eh°usc' p evo Brent, relieving-officer to the Totness union; then of Is lington, clerk to coal merchants ;. then secretary to the London Adult School Society, Red Lion-square, and teacher of the blind to read ; then of St. Luke's, London, schoolmaster. His last wandering was to Ventnor, Isle of Wight, as a schoolmaster and accountant. His next ap pearance i 5 to be at the Court [louse, Winchester, Hants MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Lord Huntingtower, better known as the Hon. Mr. Tollemache, came to this Court some short time ago, and obtained a summons against H. P. Duckett, Esq., for having threatened to give him—using .the exact words of his Lordship—" a b—y good licking?' The hearing of the charge was delayed from time to time in consequence of Mr. Duckett's engagements not allow ing him to remain in town, and the result was, that Mr. Hamer, Lord Huntingtower's solicitor, applied to Mr. Long for a warrant. The warrant was granted upon the representation of his Lordship that he really enter tained the belief Mr. Duckett would carry his threat into effect. Mr. Wontner, who attended professiona►ly for Mr. Duckett, on learning that a warrant had been issued, immediately undertook, on behalf of his client, that attendance should be given on Saturday to meet the accusation. At the appointed hour Mr. Wontner attended in Court, and informed Mr. Dyer, that his client, Mr. Duckett, was quite ready to meet the charge, but it was unlikely Lord Huntingtowcr would come forward, as lie ( Mr. Wontner) had received a note from hs Lordship's solicitor, intimating the impossibility of Lord Iluntingtower being able to attend at the specified time• Mr. DYER having been put in possession of the par ticulars of the affair, as far as it had gone, said the best course would be for Mr. Wontner to appoint another day, and if Lord Huntingtower did not then come for ward, the warrant, which was in the hands of the po lice, might be discharged. Mr. Wontner replied that his object was now to get the warrant withdrawn, otherwise it might be put in force against Mr. Duckett at any time, when he was not prepared to meet it. Mr. Duckett had come up from the country, at much inconvenience, to answer the charge ; and as the complainant had neither thought proper to attend himself, nor send his solicitor, the de fendant was entitled to have the benefit of such a pro ceeding. He would, however, adopt the suggestion of the Bench, and name Tuesday week for Mr. Duckett again to appear, on which day, if Lord Huntingtower persisted in his absence, a course which appeared to hire quite unaccountable, he should apply for the discharge of the warrant. LAMBETH-STREET. Three Swedish seamen, named Hogge, Jackson, and &room, were placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton, the fo r m er on a charge of stabbing in a mo s t dangerous m anner a co untryman of his own, n ame d Charles Bryan, a nd the two latter with being acces sories before the fact. From the evidence it appeared that the injured man and Jackson lodged at the sam3 house, the Swedish EVENING EDITION. Flag, in Princess -street, Rateliffi-highway ; and having quarrelled on the Saturday night before, the former gave the other a :.lack eye. Jackson, in consequence , was frequently heard to say he wound have his revenge' and on Tuesday night last he brouzht two of his coun trymen to the * Swedish Flag, for the purpose, it was said, of beating Bryan. After having some words in the public-house, the parties went out of doors, and immediately after Bryan returned dangerously wounded under the right breast, and requested a docto r might be sent for, as he feared he had not many minutes to live. A surgeon was sent for, who stopped the hemor rhage from the wound, and ordered the man to be re moved to the London Hospital as soon as possible. which was done. The deposition of Bryan, taken at the London Hos' pital, before Mr. Norton, was then read over to the prisoners, and they were remanded. THE MARKETS. - - :OUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST ViEE L - e PeA, Wheat Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter.' s. to s. Carli.le Hexham !AI r 2 Morpcth 4t CG Benrith — 58 Sheffield — 62 Winchest r 41 61 Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. Carmarthen t. h 7 1 Cowbri.:ge Swansea , 6 0 Per 8011. I Barnardcastl le s. to e. 32 — 2t 31 20 k:2 3i s. to S -56 Le; • 26 29 s. d. s. d. 00 22 30 41. 23 26 35 A _ d rt . 0 0 0 ue 6 0 C A. l i . 10 0 l j 90 91 DO 40 4 ' _ 3; 42 4o ( i . 0. d 5 g 00 50 5J 56 6g; 0 IS 9 80 93 1 7 4 8611 0 116 6 lii 9 0 90''7 9 ill 9hi 9 13 0 O IS f 70 9, 56 9 0 9 0 11 fi O 160 90 9 0 70 8f 76 86 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suliblk - ---- Lin. and Cain ---,-- Yorkshire -,----- ‘llhite .--- Foreign, Bed White Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk • -. Lincolnshire -- Yorkshire Wok' ,fis e s.:s . . . , . . ... 1 s t::: ; 00: : 6 -3:: 8 .:4 1 , 1 ; . . . . . . . . fififi n g lg.( i: nnann n non et e eeeeee : 3 7..614034i : 2i 1 . . : -s. to As. fine J.!. - Foreign Beans, New --- Old • 445, to 465. fine 4 1 t , Oats, Potato - .•••• ‘ P 'r o i l e a z n l d and and Small ..... ...... .. ..... =S S . • 7 - 4 ttt0:L1:1 62":1284:3 : 24: -- N, ali lig Snuffing 275. to 28s. Od. PL; ri,id. Malt , • Rapeseed —l. os 26!. Os. 301 ' Os ' Per NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. White. Red. Wheat, Northunikerland - Norfolk zild Suffolk.... ...... 6 s 9 o s '. (79: • ........:: C " 1----". a l 4, ::1 - Berwick and Scotch .. (its. 65s ...... . -- 1 "- - - Foreign 62, .665.....• 6.2 ' . 64 ' Rye, Nisrfolk , thilSuttolk - Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Sullblk 3 -29 6 : a : 3 -3:I ': ... ... ... .... ... ... --1-.4-":• --4::: 1 1. 1 Grinding and Feeding . 20s. 335....•• -• 1 • - .. ..; lg. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 'i4s (N 5....." -. 4 . ' 0 flzans, Small - Tick pease, White 44s 46 5. ....-. 4 . -44 ....s. - -4 . - Gray . . --s --5....... "" Oats, Northumberland, l'otatoe ...... .•. 305. 3 2 5. ...... --11. - -- Feed 1 23 s 305 ..... .. ..5- ''':* .si• -- - Foreign -s. -s ....... - e. ..J. . Flour (par sack) 4 's 535....... Durham l3 Richmond... I I Stockton ll .RKETS , Oats. Beans. Y, to s, W heat. 32 33 i 3 29 :32 s. d. 00 50 5 0 sti 40 48 TCH AI Barley. "los al to 0 35 r 4 -- kberdeen 5") to 60 25 to t 4 to 21 — to " Berwick 3l 43 16 22 15 24 32 ..ohl,tream 341 Cupar (File) 49 65 126 31 18 22 22 V- Dunbar 4B 69 26 49 23 '27 4 41 Elgin Inverness Kelso ..,...„ 36 47 17 21 15 18 31 34 Kirlzaldy Perth Cc, The size of the measure varies throughout the c EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. —Dee 2 ' Wneat. Barley. Oats. Pease. 7.5, 09. 3is 6.1. 28s. Bd. I 4 64 . ° (l ' 69 (1 • 30 0 24 0 44 0 50 0 23 ty 20 0 33 0 verage price of Wheat ..... 31 2 ; 41. PRICKS OF PROVISIONS. F.C. s. 10.1• It) Ig.l I Beef, per 10. «.... Us. 5,1. to 03.79. Freshßutter, Its. Mutt0n.,.,,.......... 0 5 0 7 Salt Ditt0........... 0 1 ,, 1 100 0 Vea1,—................,..... 0 8 1 0 Ditto, per cnt....9 4 r., '1 9 P0rK,........—,........ 0 5 0 7 Eggs, per doz... 0„" 11 0 Lamu, per qr. «..2 0 4 6 OatStraw(kpl.)... 8" A 8 6 fallow, cwt........ 40 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto... 6 : "7 • Quarter)] Loaf ...... 0 9 091 Barley Ditto ........ 5 " 1 0 Potatoes. 141 b. ........ 04j 0 0 Hay, per5t...,.... 0 0 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET.—Deo. t• Per Sack of 28011). Im Per Stone or 141 b. live. . 0 First Oatmeal p. Second ditto. £1 17 6 First Oatmeal .............. 11 : 31 It 1 15 6 Second ditto ....... . ...... A 1 3 Barleymeal... ..... .... - X I i Peasemeal..-- 1 8 0 Peasemeal ................... ,' ... we • .., 40 .... .... rim - .-- gal. ••••• „,. ... 43 ..- ... an trY• Wait 48i if 44 3RO First S:cond Third Pot Barley from 30s. to 50s. per sack. HADDINOFON CORN MARKET. • Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. 1:2°4 First oss Od 39s 6d 27: 04 424 Od 4:4 Od Second s9s Ott 304 Od I 243 01 83i Od .li, Od Third. s2s Oct 28s Oct 2 2 s td .....s Od .. Average - . 2/. 17s &I, 9.l2tbs. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Pease. Bean 2, Od First Bits Cu 32s Od , Es 4d 45 4 0.1 45 ... Second s'is Od 29s Od I 22s 01 40s Od 40. u`' an di Third 4k Od 221 Od 14 1 Sd s)s 01 0.• - GLASGOW CORN M.S.RKET.—Dec. 2. Wheat, per 2401 h. s. d. s. d. Oats, per 2641 b. British, old C2 0t035 6 lic 1 .1) —.-- new Canada, free — 0 0 Beans, per 2601 b. Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish English 2B 0 23 0 Pease, Scottish .... .. Scottish 2l 0 218 Oatmeal, per 1401 b.... Irish .24 0 ,t 6e . tro %Fa • 204 l' 17 6 400 b" A bouquet of cowslips, in full bloom, was ga thwed a few days ago near Cheltenham. On Saturday, at the London Sessions, Mr. Ge•. Ellis Cook, a wholesale jeweller, was indicted for refusing to serve as an inquest-man for the Ward of Farringdoe Without. The defendant carries on business in Castle. street, Holborn, and, although several times summoned to the ward meeting and upon the inquest, refused to attend, by which the other inquest-men were compelled to neglect their duty. The defendant complained of the feeling that had been shown against him in dragging him before a jury, and read from a paper a lengthy attack upon the Court el Aldermen and their notorious neglect of duty. The Re corder summed up the case, and the jury found the de fendant guilty. The Recorder, in passing sentence, re gretted greatly the course of conduct pursued by Mr. Cook in attacking absent persons, and fined him 10/. • THE GREAT LIVERPOOL STEAMER,...--Thig splendid vessel started from Falmouth on Wednesda l Y , 2d inst., at lb. 30m. p.m., on her second v oyag e to Mal and Alexandria. She takes out a heavy East India ma tt and sixty-five passengers. Amongst other matters of in terest connected with the departure of this vessel, it Ins/ be mentioned that she has on board a quantity of frets trees, salmon, turbot, &c., &c., as a present froze . the Directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga tion Company to his Highness Mehemet Ali. Probabit and e the first i r n n s t b a a n i c n e g o a n e n record h o t : ti] e shorespr o d o f uo t e he of p t h he distance of 3,000 miles. ar U T ; s e : aa SECOND HAND SILVER WATCHES.-- A variety of some dozens, may be velected from, price Two guineas each ; some rather more modern, Two and a-Ha lf Guineas each; and an assortment quite equal to new, Three Guineas each. The whole have been carefully examined, and a printed warranty will be given. T. COX SAVORY'S, Watchmaker, 47, Cornbill (Seven doors from Gracechurch street), London. N. B, Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. - GOLD WATCHES, LONDON- MADE. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, Cornhill. Lorpion, opposite the Bank of England, submit for inspection a very . large STOCK of GOLD WATCHES, the whole of which are made and finished under the careful inspection of experienced workmen on their own premises, and each is war ranted for correct performance. SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned gold cases and gold dials, warranted ......... £lO 10 .0, Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double backed engine-turned gold cases and gold dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four hole , , with double-backed gold cases and gold dials, warranted 14 14 0 SIZE FOR GENTLENIEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases 17 17 0 and enamel dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and gold dials, warranted Either of the Gentlemen's Watches may be had in gold hunting cases for 3/. 3s. each extra. N. 13. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 60.. th. SET of FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Superior L.ndo■ Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, li r inch diameter, Is. 3d. per Nut ; l inches, Is. ilk!. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet long, 95.-- Catalogues gratis, containing the prices of stoves, fenders, fire irons, kitchen utensils, and every article in furnishing iron mongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells. street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. BIRTHS. On the 3d inst., in Cadogan-place, the lady of W. M. Brid ger, Esq., of a son. On the 4:h inst., at Brighton, the Countess Cowper, of daughter. MARRIED. On the sth inst , at Westinn, Essex, Captain A. Fell, of Durham, to Miss I3urghes, of Essex Lodge, Plaistow. On the sth inst., A. J. Beloe, Esq., of Bromptott, near London, to Dorothy Margaret, eldest daughter of J. Wilsous Esq., of Huntingdon. DIED. On the Ist inst., at Marseilles, Frances, only child of W. H. Egerton, Esq., of Grove Hall, Derby, and Portman-spare , London, sited 18. On the lst inst., at Woolwich, Lucretia, relict of the Rev. J. Lloyd, aged 87. On the Ist inst., at Farmington Lodge, Caroline Elisabeth , wife of 11. E. Waller, Esq. On the 3d inst., at Coughton Court, Warkwickshire, Sir C. Throckmorton, Bart., aged 84. On the 3d inst., at Wavertree, near Liverpool, Margaret. daughter of S. Woods, Esq., aged 9 2. On the 4th inst., at Connaught -place West, Matilda, wife of W. H. Kitchen, Esq. On the 4th inst ,at Cumberland. Regent's-park, Emma Jane, wife of th e H on. Sir Edward Butler, aged 24. On the 4th inst. at Camberwell-grove, Martha, the wife o f Mr. R. Hills, of St. Michael's-alley, Combat. On the 4th i nst., Mr. J. Newton, of Cambridge-terra ce, Hyde-park, solicitor, aged 35. On the sth inst., at Kingston-on-Thames, Jane, wife of W H. Bentley, Esq. On the 3sl inst., at Lancaster, Rebecca, third and last survi ving daught er o f t h e l ate Alderman John S tout, o f that togi n Suddenly, a t B r i g h ton, R o b ert Eli s h a C og l an , Esq.' lattaie unattached, of Longhope, Gloucestershire, grandson of the ,or , J. Coglan, E s q., o f Kill ane C ast l e, C or k, an d of I tlu' square, London. London : Pri n t e d an d P u bli s h e d b y ADAM° YOUN6, f No. 112, Strand, a t The Suit Office, No. 112, Strand)L the county of Middlesex.—Monday, December 7, 18 " lig ' 1 10? I , GFe ct Coti, s I) 1 ' Sc Thi s Pressu Eruct ' ° l l- I.la itlcr, a tent tiff u Or hi zt , the ra at tk,; str eet, after ti LEVI double t - as, highes 4 1 p,lier and ui fourt c( A War N. i to er r , Qn Ner t on 19L..sed fey Pe4l