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S NOTICE. lIIS lIFGH - ESB THE RAJAW EFROOKE. nii Bvo., with numerous Plates, A'" R A W A*. By HUGH LOW E, Esq., His Highness's Privato Secretary, WILL BB PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY ;DECEMBER 24. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). NEW WORK BY MR. WARREN. On Monday will be publiAtted, in Cne thick Volume royal post Svo. Price One Guinea, hal T f bound in moroc H co, N°W N D A TAT_E. E N By SAMUEL WARREN, Esq., r.rt.s. Author of " Ten Thousand . t Ycar," and " The Diary of a Late Physician." William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Orders received by all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Un ler - the Management of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed Staispeare's Comedy of MITCH ADO ABOLT NOTHING. To be tudoweet by MT WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozle, Mr. k arren; Mr. Budd, Mr. Boll; Mrs. Quickfldget, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. 3liss Julia Bennett. To conclude with the Farce, called TIIE IRISH LION. Mr. Squabbs, Mr. Tilbury; Captain Dixon, Mr. Brindal ; Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton , Mrs. Crummy, Mrs. Stanley ; Miss Echo, Mrs. L. S. Buck' ughain. Stage Manager, Mr. Fatten; Acting Manager, Mr. F. WeUner. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste,. THIS EVENING Will be performed, the celebrated Comedy of PAUL PRY. Frank Hardy, Mr. +Stoker; Witherton, Mr. Cullenford; Somers, Mr. Wor rell; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lambert ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas; Marry iitaniey, Mr. Boyce ; Pail Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Eliza, Miss M. Taylor ; Marian, Miss Eisuna Harding ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Yates ; Plicebc, Mis' Woolgar. To be followed by a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE OACY. Turnem Green. Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; lauty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock. Mr. Cullenford ; Policeman, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chnbblock, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD :the property of the - late William Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed ford;Mrs. Laws, &c., &c. Boss, Is.; Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. Fora open at Half-p:uit Six, lerforManee to commence at Seven ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE. Under the Al anagemeat of Madame Testris. Dole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be presented UF,ED UP. After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled THE TRAUEDY QUEEN. ro be followed by a hew Coatis Drama called PEGGY GRIIRIC, TO conclude with a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Drees Rose's, is.; Upper Bezel, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. _`co halt-pries to any part of the house. 'Pile New Rex-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Po olle ev.try day, tram Ten till Six. The Interior et the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. itradwell of the Ccloseetn. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Madame ANNA TIIILLON, THIS I.:TENTING A new C,mie Opera, entitled THE AMBASSIDRESS. Duke de Tilberg, Mr. Betide ; ISenedlet, Mr. Barker ; Fertunatus, Mr. Ler ler; Counteee de F:erschomberg, Miss Tillsrs; Madame Berneck, Mrs. Selby; Cbarletto, Miss Anna Romer; Henrietta Madame dnua Thil/on. TO couchtde with the Play of TIIE S MANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Miller, Miss CuslAinan. Dress Circle, be.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ➢'ttOSCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lemma, Mr. John Mitchell, 33. Old Bond-street. ON MONDAY EVENING, bill be presented the Cemedie Vaudeville of BB PILNILIEIt 311 LADE. Charles Durocher, Josset. After which, a new Comedy, enttled - UNE JEUNESSE ORAGEUSE. To conclude with the Vaudeville of UNE FILLE TERRIBLE. A detailed prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the pieces which will be produeed during the season, sway be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bend-street ; end at the ilex-otlice Of the Theatre. which is open daily, from 11 to 5. Boxes, 65.; I'it, ie. 6d.; .laiiphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, Is ROYAL SURILEY THEATRE, Lessee, llrs. F. Daviil;:e, No. I, a-midge-terra:A, Keneingtoti-roved, surrey. THIA EVENING, the perforinakecs will oosometico with the celebrated Opera el 31ARITANA Charles the Second, Mr. H. Horne:Laths ; Don Csoar de Bazan, 31r. W. Harrison ; Dun J0...3 de Santarem, Mr. 13Ornt ; .1.1 Moine/tort, Mr. Attweull ; Lazarillo, Miss Itebee.ca Miss Romer. To .concludo ith TIIR BEGGAit'S OPERA. Captain Machestli, 3fr. Fatter; Teachum, Mr. Attwood ; Lockit, Mr. 3laynawd ; 1 . 11,1 t, Mr. li. Horneastle ; Mrs. Peacbum, Mrs. W. Daly ; Polly, His* K. Isaacs ; Lucy Lockit, Mrs. H. Hughes. A tllittiliet entrance to the private box.c, has been made (which have been re-fitted). Private boxes may he had nightly of all the oriNcipal Librarians ; and at the Bos-otfii..e of the Theatre, which is open tl4ll/ /runt Ten until low . . ilexes, is. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ItOY AI. t'r.iprietor Ind Manager, Ar. William BL.i.ty. lir. Batty's performing Elephants. THIS EVI4.N I NU', The Grand S;teetaele of THE CAJIP OF SILESIA. Iflntireir new Seems ha the Arena, by the talented Artiiites of the LatatUlehment. in %L c: latious tnotles of equestration. Te conclude with a new Domeetic Drama, called 'nig WiPIITE FARM. In preparation, a New Grand Cowie Christmas Pantomime, which will exeeed iu splendour and effect all former prodactions at the Ant ph illientre. Box-ellice *pen from 11 till a Actin„ and Stage Manhger, Mr. W West TO CORRESPONDENTS. ' One of the Inferior Clergy of the Diocese of Exeter " is requested to communicate name and address (in eonfidence) to the Editor. WRATliElt.—box Urricx, DEC. Is. iIs2IIIOXETBR, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 53 ; Noon, 44 BAZONTATUIL. 29.44.-WIND S.E.; rain. 413,4 E WATER AT LOXDON-I.lgil)ilc MIR DAT. Motuhit , — 18 11111altes after 10 ; Eveittnz . 53 Atlipm tee after 10 . -. fort & • ~•'?' , • -, • 4 '"4. ' " 1 -:- • ‘ a - - '0; -'•`;', . ' 41141- 0 1 W 4 a, lip': • -'Air, ' ' yw' 4l . r. - ilk . ..t, r e IV --- , ~.••:,.,-:---- 1110111' - - -'4- . .' . ;le is - :.2.4 1 .: -., ~41111 zi7 - • :•`••.,,,, a filth) , -r , •D - 1 - -- m.r.A.-- • ...,... ..iii,„, 4....:‘ ,, ,v..-----. v, _.''''l , ' .. := 4 - -: ~,,..-.: ~:s'Y " • - 1! , ..i; • brtnillg 4-111 L LONDON, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1847. As we anticipated from the very commencement of the movement for the abolition of Jewish dis abilities, an important majority of the House of Commons has decided in favour of that act of tolera tion. On Monday evening the Bill for the removal of the disqualifications affecting Israelites will be formally introduced for a first reading, and on Mon day, the 7th of February, for a second reading• There can no longer be any doubt whatever as to the triumph of the principles advocated with so mug 41 eloquence and forcefulness by oar leading stet esmen. What has been already accomplished for the believers in every other variety of re ig,ious dogma will be speedily effected for the ebrew people—for that memorable race from w'aose prophets have been received the first of the spiritual revelations of Christianity, the prophetic announcements of the Redemption, the Command ments of Mosss, and the covenants of AIMALIAII. Before the session of 1848 has been very far ad vanced, one of the most distinguished Jews in the United Kingdom will have been enabled to enter Par. 'lament, and to participate with his Christian fellaw citizens in the deliberative duties of legislation. Sufficient emphasis has scarcely been laid, to our thinking, upon that argument which contrasts the lenity displayed by the Constitution towards those who, while sheltered by the aegis of Christianity, have the hardihood to deny the divinity of CHRIST, and even towards such as aver their disbelief in the ex istence of a SUPREME BEING, with the ignominious harshness evinced towards the descendants of that ancient race who worshipped the GOD of Christianity at a distance of many remote ages, before ti.e epoch, indeed, when, according to the melodious inspirations of the Psalmist,—ln exitu Israel de Egypto, domes Jacob de populo burly°. Those who set limits to the progress of religs tolerance, should ask them selves whether it is reasonable, whether it is just, whether it is consistent to advocate the exclusion of JeWs from Parliamer f—the exclusion of mon who adore the same ..osiers- as ourselves, whose ancestors afforded us the words of Revelation, and whose religious error arises from the accidents of birth aetd the bias of education—and at the same time to connive at the admission of men whose creed i 8 infidelity, and whose morality is not sustained by any sense of moral obligation whatsoever. Nor is this all. The inconsistency of tie opponents of the proposed measure is yet more flagrant and egregious. While endeavouring to keep the Jews in subjection, theys-unchotincineorinelpyreheptu s rm ib it ie th e entrance of Deists and .rons actually exist) of Atheists themselves, b u t for the admission of such indivwyiodeuvlaeln afford an opening debar s eb latitudinarian and indifferentists. They LIONLL DE ROTHSCHILD from taking h.s r the . Baron likeeatamong the national representatives, ,"anclyet they Saul, he believes in " MOSES and the Prophets would grant every facility for the appearance the floor of the House of Commons of one whose ufaPiot'l') is, according to the inimitable definition of SuEtiabAN like the blank leaf between the Old and the New Tea' tament. The line of distinction necessitates such extraordinary inconsistency, injustice, and irrationa lity, as would reflect but little honour upon either our Legislature or our Constitution. Those who would obstruct the passage of the Bill to be introduced by Lord JOHN ItUsSELL, because of its supposed tendency to unchristianize the empire, should not merely reflect with Mr. GLADSTONE, that a minority of forty thousand cannot by possibility effect a change in the opinions of a majority of nearly thirty millions, hut they should also be inspired with such an implicit confidence in the indestructible rilE cliVracter of the chei q i l / 4 0, telly", as INLinsitktehe `Re of ARUNDEL and SURREY, by laughinytolcakn this 'volous a ext • agant objection s k o unit a his ' ometit,.liftbkd for s%Aprftg a ay. b_ al-erng of legisiationstb invidious enactments which still interfere with the religious views of so many portions of the commu nity. We would not only see th 3 erasure of the ob jectionable phrase "on the faith of a Christian," we would not only see the accursed penal laws obliterated from the statute-book with one bold dash of the p3n, but we would see the Oath of Supremacy and the Oath of Abjuration at once and altogether abolished. What, we ask, is requisite beyond the simple Oath of Allegiance ?—that oath which ensures the loyalty and avows the patriotism of whoever advances beyond the bar of Parliament. Two forcible arguments against the retention of the Oath of Ab juration are the extinction of the STUART race, and the necessity of granting the privileges of legislation to the Israelites. That a powerful plea may be entered against the Oath of Supremacy is shown by the case of Lord CLANCARTY. A more staunch and devoted Protestant than the Noble Earl does not exist within the boundaries of the United Kingdom; and Lord CLANCARTY has been debarred from taking his seat in the Upper House as one of the many distinguished Peers of the realm, because he would not pronounce the Oath of Supremacy—his conscience revolting from the falsity of that preposterous for mula which requires every member of the Church of England, on taking his seat in either House of Le gislature, to swear upon the Holy Book that " no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction,' power, supremacy, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm," when it is notorious that the Sovereign PONTIFF does actually exercise (and is permitted by the law of this land to exercise) jurisdiction, power, supremacy, pre-eminence, and authority, both ecclesiastical and spiritual, over three millions of EnOishmen and six millions of the people of Ireland ! This falsity of meaning has resulted from the Charitable Bequests Act of 1844, and either the Charitable Bequests Act should be •abrogated or the Oath of Supremacy should be abolished. The question is simply this—shall we advance or retro grade ? If we would consummate the many past successes of civil and religious liberty we should at once erase the Oaths of Supremacy and Abjuration, and allow the simple Oath of Allegiance to remain as the palladium of the Constitution. A remarkable unanimity prevailed in the House of Lords during the discussion On the Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Bill on Thursday, when it passed through Committee without amendments, -and last night, when it was read the third time and passed. There was not a single voice raised in opposition to the measure, although several Noble Lords regretted that it was not of a more stringent character. We believe that the value of the measure will be greatly increased by its very moderation, and that under the firm administration of his Excellency the Earl of CLARENDON, it will be found far more efficacious than any of its predecessors. The innocent will not be punished with the guilty, but they will be encouraged to resist the intimidation that has heretofore been exercised, and to come forward in support of the lew. A direct inducement is held out to them to do so, beeaute any degree of apathy or connivance with the criminals on the part of any considerable portion of a distriet, must have the effect of subjecting all the rate-payers therein to a very heavy charge, which would be; avoided if a sound and healthy spirit was manifested by the people. There was great truth in the observation of the _Noble Earl the Secretary of State for the Colonies, "that the moral effect of a measure of this nature depended, in no slight degree, upon the manner in which it was adopted by the Legislature, and that the moral effect of a Bill passed without delay, and with the almost unanimous assent of both Houses of Parliament, was likely to be much greater than that of a measure of greater severity, which might only be adopted after a severe . and protracted struggle." That moral effect v ill be excited by the triumphant success of the present measure. Fourteen Members could alone be found in the House of Com mons to divide against the third reading, and we believe that, at any stage of its progress, the largest minority only amounted to twenty-three, while many %ciAtel r itl h the r' sTrOn - iesE ' nanneranylthnmg approach ing to a departure .frorn 'the ordinary law, voted in favour of the Bill ; in fact, the absolute and pressing necessity for some enactments that would afford security to life and' property in the disturbed districts, was admitted on every side, and the chief arguments urged by the Hon. Member for Limerick, the leader of the Opposition, was not so much against the measure itself, as that it was not accompanied by remedial measures—that the grievances and evils which led to so melancholy a state of affairs were not removed at the same time that additional facilities were given for the punishment of those by whom the law should be violated. In the House of Lords, as we have already stated, the measure has passed una nimously, and it was directly intimated by the Lord President of the Council that if the present measure (lid not prove sufficiently stringent to restore the peace of the country, there would be no hesitation on the part of the Ministry in demanding such additional powers as might be required, powers which it is ma nifest, from the feeling exhibited in both branches of the Legislature, would be most readily conceded, provided they do not too greatly exceed the consti tutional limits, or introduce the abomination of the passport system, the curlew sy stem, or the court inertial system. Perhaps the most interesting- speech during the entire discussion in either House was that of Lord BEAUMONT on Thursday evening. A most painful sensation had been created by the speech of Lord FARNHAM, in reference to the denunciations from the altar of which some few of the Roman Catholic clergymen have been accused. Messrs. tiUGUES and M'DERMOTT, whose cases have 'excited much attention, were more particularly alluded to. An autograph statement by the late unfortunate Major MAHON, respecting a difference ,which had taken place between the last named pe::son and himself, and also a correspondence in referetece thereto, was read to the House, which clearly prayed at least that very unwarrantable language had be en used by the Rev. Gentleman a very short time previously to the mur der. Mr. M‘DEasioTT has derried in the strongest terms that Major MAHON had_ been denounced from any altar, not only on the Sunday, but at any period whatsoever. He says, ‘ 4 I can, under the same sacred pledge, declare that tt single sentence was never spoken from the altar -which by misconstruc tion or otherwise caul , ' tend: to stimulate the pea santry to the atrocious reurdar that has been perpe trated." Nothing can be cl e: irer or more explicit than this denial, and it is ou.:ly to be regretted that Mr. MiDEfamorT did not rest rict his letter thereto, but should therein again have attacked the memory of the victim of assassination b y speaking of the &flu -mows and inhuman cruelties ugh ich were wantonly and unnecessarily perpetrated." "I , Totwithstanding, how ever, the prejudices that are pecessarily excited by this lamentable exhibition of • bad taste, and the grave character of the charge, we . should award to Mr. M'DERMOTT the justice to' which every man is entitled, and not condemn bum, in the face of his distinct and positive denial, !until these accusations have been fully substantiated.. Now, although, even if the charge is well founded, a, nd that Mr. M'DER MOTT actually made use of highly reprehensible language from the altar, there i night not be sufficient grounds to subject him to pros() cution as an accessory before the fact, there is .a tribunal to which he, as a Roman Catholic . rgyman, is amen able—the Bishops of his Chur ch. Lord BeaumoNT, as a Roman Catholic Peer, pointed out the stain that might rest on the entire body if such acts of even individual priests were sauctit a ted, and added " that T wan order might b e ma d e b y wl- ac 11l any priest hereafter dimreacntlyfrom, th e a lt ar , or other individual b efore his indirectly to any con 51 g worthy of censure?'reA ation, should be worthy of notice; them Can no. 'T-119o:51 of any person Igg"tion is well ; possible reason, no valid excuse, for bringing the ntl before the people, mor e partieu lurhy when the person so spoken of is not a member c the congregation, or under the spiritual guidance of. the clergyman. The great power that justly belongs to ti 'le pastor has been sometimes abused, and aldr esse3 'have been made, N • 3 . LON DON, ir of f i or... ,purpose of reforming the pa* cen s , . t rather bf holAig him up to ttublig indignation. This should be put an end to, and air amiable and estimable. Ass should not be subjected to reproach for the acts of some few indiscreet and unworthy members of their body—a body of whom Lord BROUGHAM justly said, " that, to bring a general charge against them, would exhibit nut only the greatest want of charity, but the grossest ignorance of the state of Ireland, a body whose members are generally men of respectable lives and characters, and their conduct an honour to the cloth they wear." _ The Swiss Diet has charged the Directory to make arrangements with General Durouß for reducing the number of his troops. These reductions are to take place principally in the staff of officers. A corre spondent writes from Berne on the 12th :—" We now know all the results of the elections in the canton of Friburg for the formation of the Grand Constituent Council. They are greatly in favour of the Radical party. In the whole number there are not more than ten or twelve Conservatives, and about as many whose opinions are not yet known." The new Grand Councils of Friburg and Lucerne will meet on the 16th, to nominate their governments and their new deputies to the Diet. The elections for the Grand Council of Lucerne have terminated in the return of seventy-five Libe rals. Dr. STEIGER was returned in four districts. In Upper Unterwald M. MIcHEL (a Liberal) has been elected as deputy to the Diet. This half-canton has also sent its quota of 14,000 f. towards the instal ment demanded by the Diet (payable on or before the :20th inst.), towards the expenses of the war. A decree similar to the one against Neufchatel has been adopted by the Diet against Inner Appenzell. A letter from Turin of the 11th states that the Government continues to proceed with a firm step in the path of reform. It is hoped that a political am nesty will be accorded for the new year. The reforms are to be extended to the island of Sardinia. When the public manifestation took place on the KING'S return to Turin, the pupils at the religious seminary were at first absent. They, however, afterwards came up, with loud cries of " Pius IX. for ever !" " GIOBERTI for ever !" The cause of the delay was that the Archbishop of TURIN, who had forbidden the clergy to take part in the demonstration, had extended the interdiction to the religious pupils. They, how ever, broke through the order. A Leghorn letter states, that on the Bth between 5,000 and 6,000 people assembled under the windows of the Swiss Consul to congratulate him on the suc cess gained by the Diet in Switzerland. The mani festation, in which the National Guards and the sol diers of the line took pax t, passed off without the least disturbance. Letters from Naples of the sth announce that Palermo has, since the late demonstrations, remained perfectly quiet. Madrid jouri_als of the 10th and 11th have 2rrivdd, An amendment was proposed to the Address in the Senate by General MANUEL DE LA Coxcida, expres sing satisfaction at the good results which had arisen from the intervention of the Spanish troops in Por tugal, but after a short discussion it was withdrawn, the Minister of Foreign Affairs having first stated that the reason why the Portuguese intervention was not alluded to in the Speech from the Throne was, that it had not been undertaken by the present Ministry, and he disapproved of the amendment, be cause he thought that in the present situation of affairs in that country great caution was necessary. The proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies on both days were not of general interest. Some of the papers state that General ESPARTERO was shortly ex pected in Madrid. It was reported in Madrid that the French Go vernment had obtained from the Emperor of MOROCCO the cession of the Zefferina Islands, on the coast of Africa, adjoining Mellila. Those islands belonging to Spain, the QUEEN'S Government had ordered two steamers, with two battalions and two batteries of artillery, to proceed thither forthwith, to prevent the French from taking possession •f the islands. The whole affair appears marvellously like one of those farces which M. Gum(); in conjunction with the Spanish Afrancesados, is in the habit of getting up, in order to make it appear how completely indepen dent Snain ig of From Catatonia tne intemgence was somewhat important, MAR!AL and his band having been routed ; general discouragement having, as was said, seized all the armed bands, and peace and order beginning to be gradually restored in the province. MADRID BOLSA, DEC, 11.—Tbe Three per Cents. were done on the 11th at 271, - at 50 days; the Four per Cents. at 15, for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 15i ; and the Debt without Interest, at 4i for paper. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The case of Count MORTIER is the engrossing topic of conversation in all the salons of the French capital. On this subject we find the following in the IVational I , " After having read and analysed the rude pleading of M. Mortier, Peer of France, against his wife, our duty was to read the reply of Madame Mortier to the accusations of her husband, with the same care. It was M. Chaix d'Est Ange who charged himself to make that reply, and be did it with great abundance of words hnd with extreme warmth: Nevertheless, his speech does not contain the enormities of that of M. Baruche. What Madame Monier reproaches her husband with nre peccadillos in comparison with the faults, the base ness and crimes under which he eadeavoured to crush and brand her. All the pleading for Madame Mortier reduces itself to these words—' This man is mad 1' Nut Only was he mad on the 9th November at Paris, but he was mad at Turin, mad in Switzerland—he has always been mad ; so that his Majesty Louis Philippe has been represented for more than ten years by a lunatic. It is M. Chaix d'Est Ange, a Conservative and friend of M. Guizot, who declares it, and who heaps proofs on proofs. First, there have not been fewer. than 93 domestics who have been compelled to fly be fore the violence and the brutality of the ambassador; and next, a secretary of embassy, to whom he had taken a dislike, dared not present himself before him without being armed with a cane. If such was this character in repose, judge of what it became when its irritability was excited ! The ' impressions de voyage' recounted by M. Chaix d'Est Ange are terrible. Here M, Monier blackguards his coachman, and calls him, Briyamd fochon r There M. Mortier causes scenes on the high , way, refuses to show his passport, and abandons himself to the most brutal acts of violence. One day he cries to his wife, You are enciente by Franyois, the footman At Bruges he rises, heaps insults upon her, pushes her Out of her chamber, and leaves her trembling with cold, almost fainting, in a corridor. In his a tt ac k he opens his drawer, seeks a razor, but only finds a tooth-pick, and effects with that innocent instrument his idea of suicide. This same marl, always Peer of France and an ambassador, who had, or believed that he had, reason to reproach Madame Mortier with such odious infamies, wrote letters to her from Berne in April, 1344, and from Turin in November, 1845. in which he called her his dear and good Leonie of his how t, and his mimetic chide. He is then a madman, a madman for a straight-waistcoat ; such is the conclusion of M. Chaix d'Est Ange and Madame Mor tier; and with this system, the madness, as our readers see, does not date from yesterday; it is profound, chronic, constitutional, incurable. On the 7th of November, in that Hotel Chatham, in which he desired to destroy his children and himself, he had only a new attack of that delirium which long before had deprived him of his reason. And yet fifteen days before M. Guizot wrote the following curious letter to the madman:— "'Paris, Oct. 23. ". my dear Count,—lf I were susceptible, I should be hurt at your letter. Have I ever communicated to you through the newspapers? If ever I should believe right to propose to the King to give you a successor, nobody should know it before you. M. de Bacourt has never refused the embassy to Spain. There has never once been any idea of him for that of Turin. Return to Paris, and from there to your post, as if all this gossipping had never been printed in the newspapers, and believe nothing of them, even slightly.—A thousand good wishes. " GUIZOT.' We will just remark, en passant, that, to prove the falsity of all these gossippings of the nerispapera,' M. de B.l'. court is now ambassador at Turin. M. Guizot then knew nothing of the 93 domestics, and of the scenes on the highway, and of the terrors of a secretary of embassy, and of those innumerable acts of violence of which M. Chaix d'Est Ange was the historian! It appears that the police of diplomacy is very badly done, for if M. Guizot knew all, then he knowingly loft a madman in important ernbassi, s, and, more than that, he gave him promotion; but, if he did nct know it, what faith can we have in the worth, the acts, and even the morality of the representatives of M. Guizot? This last trait, by the way, was wanting in the noble annals of the present re yiine, end we regret that M. Mortior did not remain am bassador in Switzerland, for the extravagant policy fol lowed towards the Diet would then at least have been explained. One might have attributed the shamelees articles of the newspaper of the Chateau to a madman; one might have rendered him responsible for the project concocted by distorted minds for Switzerland, on which should be imposed a landatnmann for life, in order thus doubly to prepare it to re ceive a Wurtemberg for a monarch! But M. Mortier was no longer there, and these designs traced by madness must be ascribed to others. We must hasten SATURpIY e EVEN to state that M. Baroche, plying, very energetically protested in behalf of the rec.:lly sound reason of his Nt bent. Violence of character, he said, doss not suffice to characterise madness. A man disquieted, tormented, exasperated by the misconduct of his wife, may be pushed to extremities explicable to every one who endeavours to picture to himself the cruel sensations produced by such a horrible situation. The idea—the intention of suicide—in such a case, does not, he argued, show mental alienation. To desire to put an end to an insupportable life, and to prefer death to public dis honour, was it in itself an act of madness? M. Mortier was not a madman in the opinion of M. Guizot, for M. Guizot wrote him the letter which has just been read. He was not and has never been mad in the opinion of his family, all the members of which were present at the hearing of the case. He was not mad in the interrogatory which he sustained with so much good sense. It is, therefore, Madame Mortier, the criminal wife, who has caused all these scandals, created all this grief. It was thus that M. Baroche replied ; and the tribunal, after two days' reflection, has delivered its judgment. It was not convinced by the administrative investigation, nor by the eloquent plead ings of the two counsel, nor even by the first interroga tory which M. Mortier underwent before it. It has ordered a new investigation, judicial this time, and, moreover, has directed three physicians to examine carefully into the mental state of the Peer of France. Such are the first phases of this process, which must be added to all those of which this implacable year has set forth the scandal. It is now time that a stop be come to, and that public shame be allowed to breathe ; it is time for us to turn away our eyes from the high regions of the Court, of diplomacy, of the Ministry, of the Chamber of Peers, regions formerly inhabited by the Testes, the Gudins, the Praslins, the Mortiers ! We are anxious to fly from the traces of these personages who conduct us from robbery to corruption—to murder—to madness ! The press has another road to traverse, and for the country, as for itself, there is more disgust than sad ness in following these grands seigneurs of the epoch on the monotonous road which goes from Montfaucon to Chareeton." The differences between M. GUIZOT and M. Du- CHATEL still continue, notwithstanding the efforts of an Illustrious Personage to bring about a recon• ciliation. The Presse endeavours to show that M. GUIZOT, in his proposed intervention in Switzerland, has not even the merit of having originated an impolitic pro ject. Even the blunders are not his own, they are bad copies of the equally mischievous blunders of M. DE CHLTEAUBRIAND, who, in 1822, interfered in Spain to put down an idea by force of arms; and certainly the Swiss dispatches of M. GUIZOT seem neither more nor less than vapid imitations of the . Spanish dispatches of M. DE CHATEAURRIAND. According to M. GUIzOT's own journal, the Revue des Deux Mondes, M. Gunso-r never in tended to interfere in Switzerland, and prevented Austria from interfering in Italy. Verily M. GUIZOT must consider his countrymen the most gullible of mankind, or he would never attempt to palm upon them a falsehood so " gross," so " plain," so " open," so " palpable," as this. We, however, gather from this article that M. GUIZOT has not suc ceeded in his attempts to cajole Prince METTERNICH, who, in the Swiss affair, has evidently bamboosled the worthy head of the French Conservatives in the cleverest possible manner. While the Prince has secured Cracow for Austria he has managed to make M. GuizoT take upon himself all the obloquy of inter fering in Swiss affairs in support of the Jesuits. The Persian Ambassador embarked on Saturday at Marseilles, with his suite, on board the Sesostris steamer. Before returning to Teheran he is to stop at Constantinople, where he has some negotiations to follow with the Sublime Porte. From that city he proceeds to Trebizonde by the Black Sea, and will then reach Erzeroum across Armenia ; entering Persia by K hoi, he will go to Tauris, and thence to Teheran. The Commerce has calculated that during the last seventeen years no less than 1,129 prosecutions had been directed against the journals in the name of King Louis PHILIPPE, who had inaugurated his ac cession to the throne by a formal promise that no prosecution should be in future instituted against the press. During that period fifty-seven journals were obliged to suspend their publication in conse quence of the severity of the penalties. The writers were sentenced to 3,141 years and eight months' imprisonment, and the journals to 7,110,530 f. fine. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on . Thursday, at 75f. 25c. ; New Loan, 761. 40c. ; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 70c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,196 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 8981. 75c. ; Havre, 470 f. ; Great Northern, 8461. 25c.; Avignon, 557 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 541 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 483 f. 75c.; Troyes and Montereau, 260 f. ; Basle, 1621. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 407 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes. Co 2 ". • Paris and Lyons__ .fl2sf. 1 Three per Cents., noi,. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Dnc. 17. Boulogne and Amiens, 14k,—Northern of France, 11% —Orleans and Bordeaux, sN—Paris and Lyons, 51 q — Paris•nd Orleans, 46'/ 2 —Paris and Strasbourg, 44—Sambre and Meuse, 7 1 1 ,f 3 —',Vest Flanders, 1%. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVEMIT-GAItDZN. Potatoes, from 5s 34 to 7s 6d per cwt.; Onions, 1s 3d to 2s 64; Apples, Is 3d to 2s 6d; and Pear s , 2 s 6d t o 5 8 64 per half-sieve; Walnuts, 8d to Is; and New Oranges, 6s to 12s per 100; Greens, 14 94 to 25 6d ; Turnips, 2s to 2s Gd; Leeks, 84 to is 4d ; and Carrots, 3. to 4. 9d per dozen bunches ; Savoys, 8d to is per dozen; Pine Apples 58 to 8. each; Celery, 9d to Is Gd; Horse radish, is 9d to 4s 6d; and Brocoli, Is to 1s 9d per bundle; Hothouse Grapes, 2s 64 to 4s; Filberts, 6d to ed; and Cob•nuts, 7d to 9d per lb ; Spinach, as to 4s lie. sieve. suNGEstatozem. Our market to-day was tolerably well supplied with mast articles. The trade was steady, at but little alter ation in value. - Nam/GATE AND LE ADENHALL. Prime Beef and Mutton commanded a ready sale, at full prices. Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per slbs by the carcase. Turkeys, 4s to 10s ; Geese, 4s to 7s; Ducks, Is 9d to 2s 6d; Tame Rabbits, is to 2s; Wild Rabbits, 8d to is Id; Pigeons 61 to 10d; roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 5s to 10s; ditto Chickens, 3s tid to ss; Barn-door Fowls, 2s to 5s per couple; Eggs, English, lOs to 11s; and French ditto, 9s to 103 per 100; Fresh Butter, is Id to is 4d per lb; Pheasants, 2s 3d to 38 ; Partridges, Is to is 8d ; Hares, 2s 3d to 3s ; Leverets, 2s 3d to 3s; Woodcocks, 2s 3d to 3s; Grouse, Is 6d to 2s; Snipes, 6d to Is; Is 6d to 2s; Widgeons, T i s e ; al a , n l d s p to lo l v s e r 3 g d , ; 6 d W to i l d i 2Deuecekhs. NEWPORT. Beef, frotu 3s 6d to 4s &d; Mutton, 33 10d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per 81b,. WHITECRAPLI. Beef, from 3s 4d to 48 6d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s•Bd to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per Sibs. BILIANGSCULTE. Turbots, 6s to 13s ; Bu lls, 2s to 65 ; Cod-fish, 3s to 8s; Haddocks, 9d to is 4d ; Whitings, 4d to 8d ; Dories 2s to 41 ; and Lobsters, is 6d to 3s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 6 , 1 per pair ; Smelts, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Fresh Herrings, is 4d to is 9d ; and Thames Flounders, Is 6d to 28 per dozen ; Eels, 6d to is per lb. BREAD. The rites of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from lid to 8d; of Household ditto, Sid to 7d per 4lbs loaf. UWE IVXMLIKET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to *per lb; ditto, 641 b ,721bt0 8016,2 d to 2id: ditto, uOlb t 0 0 0 7 8 1 3 1 1 13 b„ 14 (1 1 to to 2 3 d d ; d; idit t o ,tt(, 881 b to 961 b, 3i-d to std ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, aid to 4d; Calf Skins (each), 4s to 6s Horn Hides, 105 6d; Polled Sheep, 3s Gd to 4s 8d; Half-breds, 2s 8d to 38 6d; Downs, 2s 6d to 3s. Ray maIiZETS. SIIITUFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to Si 12s ; Clover, ditto, 31 10s to 4/ 12s ; and Straw, 11 5s to 1/ 10s per load. Trade very dull, at barely lute rates. Cu3tHERIAND.--Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to Si 14s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 4/10s; and Straw, 1/ 6* to 11 11s per load. A moderate supply, and a heavy demand" WurrEcßAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 3/ 12'; Clover ditto, 3l 10s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 10s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. C0AL8 . ..1.1 16s RK 6 E d T H .— iid Y a usTERDAy. ....... Adair's Main Huddle's W. Ha r tl ey.. 17* 6dHarraton Blain ...... 17* Od 203 Dipton Tanfield ...... 15s Odl Bell 19s 9d Ord's Redheugh 16s GOast Hetkon 6d Original Pontop 16s Odllietton South Pontop ...... 15s OdiKeepier Stewart's Hartley ..... 17s Od l Morr i son lss Od Tantield Moor But es... 15s 9d ; H i gh Th orn l e y Townley l6l 9d Adelaide Tees Wall's End, & c. IS eymear T ees Acorn Close ............ 19 s 9d T ees 17s Od Cleunell lB3 Oct Whitworth Medley .......... 20s Od . Ship at market, 37—sold, 26. THE LORD CHANCELLORiHIP.—The continued in disposition of the Lord Chancellor has given rise to various speculation s in political circles, and it is gene rally surmised that, after so serious an illness—even in the event of such a result as everybody hopes for—his Lordship will decline to resume the exercise of his ardu ous official duties. In that case the prevailing ()pinion is that Mr. Baron Rolfe will succeed to the woolsack. REFORMATION .OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS. The Right Hun. Lord Morpeth having signified his intention of presiding at the forthcoming anniversary festival of the Philanthropic Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (being the sixtieth annu al comme moration), the dinner has been appointed to take place on Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Loi.don Tavern, when the committee have invited the best exertions of the gover nors and friends, not alone to secure a numerous attend ance, but to enotble the society to maintain and extend its benevolent operations. I N CI, DECEMBER 18, MONEY arid COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 bales. The market was fiat, as the accounts re specting the crop in America make it 2,200,000 bales.— Railway Shares were again lower. The following is an analysis of the Bank of England weekly return to the 11th inst., which is satisfactury, as showing the strength of the Bank, though the dullness of trade is also made more apparent:— Notes issued Increase Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease 3,913 Seven Day and other 8i115... 861,271 Decrease 24,446 Government Securities No alteration. Other Securities Decrease 439,478 Notes 6,448,780 Increase Bullion Increase Active circulation Decrease .— 462,180 The only arrival to day with late news of interest is from the Cape of Good Hope. The Governor was bringing the troops steadily towards a common centre, and already the Gaikas were deserting their country, and their cattle and kraals were falling into our power. It will evidently be necessary, however, to secure their permanent subjection, ere the frontier farmers can hope to live in peace. There is a complete lull in the English Stock Market, and speculation is totally inert. The sales of Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities, and the partial investment of the proceeds in the unfunded debt, have not raised the value of the latter above 7s. and 10s. premium; and, therefore, could not have been carried to any extent, as one or two of our contemporaries would infer. Consols are 84i to 85, the highest point of the morning hav ing been " buyers " at 85. The favourable news from America, and the improved position of the Bank, may tell when business becomes more active. East India Bonds are worth 13s. to 18s. discount. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. have been 8G to 86 : f ; and the Three per Cent. Reduced, 84i to 84g. Bank Stock is worth 1861 to 1881. Spanish Three per Cents. have realised 29k; Mexican are 17ii and Chilian, 89k. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 84f. Railway Shares are very much depressed. 1847. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &C,leraine Londonderry and Ennis killen 233y ..... Alanchester,Bv ton ,and 11Iatlock 3 ...... Manehester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 - .•• •• ......... ---- Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. '2)... '". Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7 1 / Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ......... 7 I)itto ditto . Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 1,.. ... Manclicst. &Southampt 2 1,4 • . Mildand Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 40/. Shares - ••••• ......... Do. LW. Shares Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Consul. Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent. 100 Midlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 Ditto, ditto 7/, 9s Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar 100 Midland Great Western Irish Newcastleand Carlisle 100 Do. Quarters 25 .... New in & Chesterton' 18% Do. Extension .........21. 12s Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 - ..... Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 12% - ........ -• • Norfolk lOO Do. New 201. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfbik Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ........ ... 25 Do. Half Shares? l 2 l/ ,1 ...... 1 l %14 Du. Quarters 4 34 •• .•.• • Do. Extension 5ue.,.... 2 Ditto Thirds Norte Staffordshire 7 l / g...... 7 6:% 74 ... . ..... North ,Wales North Western 6 Oxford, Woreesu,r, and _ _ • . Wolverhampton ...... 35 ... .. 19% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Ilitehin ... 1% 1 ...• ....... .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 17% — . .... Ditto, New ... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, _. , 25 11% . , and Goole Shrewsbury and Birrn... 6 Ditto ditto. Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nur. W. Lin.) - Ditto halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 5 Shrewsbury and lierefd. 2 ..... Shropshire Union South Devon 4O ...... 24 ... ..... ..... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 outli Easters & Dover. 3314 1 3O Do., No. 1 26 Do., Ne. 2. Do., No. 3 .. ..... ...... 15 D0., No. 4 South Wales l5 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 Swans. & Loughor &Ca- 19% 1 22% 1 1 ,4 24 - 'Heron's Stet. C0a1.... 4 •.• ...... •. Taw Vale Extension ... 4 ••• •• Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...... 17 1 / 2 Vale of Neat!! . . 4 Watertord and Kilkenny 13 Waterford and Limerick 40 Waterfd,Wxtrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall ...... 4 hitehaven & Furness 12 NV indtior, Staines, and South Western........ 525. ‘Vilts, Sunierset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. . Do. Or:ginal New and Berwick .. 25 ... . 7 . *!7 Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. EXtOIISiOP. NO. 1. to Do. do. No. 2......... 10 Do. G.N E.Prelereuce 8 ...... 9 8 3 / 4 YOYlcand' N orth Midland 50 Ditto, Preference...... 10 Do. East and est Ria ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 123 11 1 ,4 73 15 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ....... 14% ..... ... 14% Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ... . . 9 Ceylon ss. Demerara 5 Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish •• 7 .. East Indian ... ...T. .... 1M Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 L...,... am a ~.. Sambre __ . 7 Luxembourg. ... .. 4 I,.yons and Avignon 5 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Naniur aid Liege , l4 ...... 5 ...... ...... .. 5 Northern of France lO •.... 11 1 X 1 % l l l, Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yfisel 4l3a 4d . ... Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2O - Parts and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre - ••., Sambre and Meuse ..... 18 7 ..... ... ... Strasbourg and Basle... 14 ['ours aisi Nantes .....• 8 ••• Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and 11a55e1t...... • 16 West Flanders ...... .... 8 1 A ' a ll/2 - % 7 14 1; Vbirbr Vattion THE FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES ONE CLOSING eIaCES OE BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock ,t, 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 8 4 4 ],4 84 1 , New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns B 6 l /s 86 86 Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8 9-16 India liondi3, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001. ...... 13 dis 13 dis Consols for Account 84' , 71 85 85 Exehecpter Bills. 3d. 1,0001. 500!. Small 10p ONE CLOSIN' 1 ItR7ES OF FOREIGN' FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES. Chiliun Bonds 6 per Cent..... Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto. Account 17% 17 3 ,,i llussian Bonds ... ...... . 107% 107% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account 2 9 1% itO% Dividends OR the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 84% 84 3 4 PRICES OP BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction AYrshire and Galloway.. 2V, — Belfast & County Down lU Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... Birm in g., Wolverh'ptou, and Stour Valley 101. 145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 7 3 4 — Burton, Stamtd, & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire lOl. 4s Caledonian ... 353/ ii Ditto, Half Shares..... 3 3 / 1 Ditto, Clydesdale June 50 ...... Clii.ster and Holyhead—. 37 1 / ./ 2 9l 20% .. ...... 20 1 h Ditto, Preference .. 8 ... .. .. Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 1)o. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Dublin and BelfestJunc. 20 Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D. Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 2 Eastern Counties Ditto (B) Ditto,Extension, 5 par Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... GI. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters Do., New 23 Eastern Union — Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Ditto, Thirds ........13s. 4d Do., (guar. 6 per cent) - •.. ...... ..••• Eabt Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 3 34 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 45 1 4 4514 Ditto Half Shares ... 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .... Edinbur- 11 & N- `2% I:ciinburg,. Northern.. 22. /2 — ••• Ditto, New Ditto, Newport ..... ... 9 1 / 2 •••••• Ditto, ditto, New . .... 2 1 4 Exeter, Yeovil, & Doreh. 2% Ditto, New - Glasgow, Dumfries, arid Carlisle 81 .6e. 8d — Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ... . Ditto, New Do. Preference Uonsol. 12 1 4. Great Northern lO 4 4% 4 l /4 Do., London and York 2 , i 2.. ... Great South. and West. _ . ( Ireland) ___ ...... 35 Great North of England..100 Ditto, New 401. 5 Ditto, New 301. Ditto, New 151 6 lh — Great Western Ditto, IA Shares Ditto, IA Shares Ditto, Fifths '2o — Ditto, New 171 7 - 7 Ji 'i Huddersfield & Manches. 22 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby 5O .. .. Ditto, Half Shares.... 25 Ditto, q Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 15 Do., do., and Norwich 15 „ . Du., do., Extens. Scrip (late Climb. & Ely) 2%..... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto,Thirds At Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto ‘,, 1. Shares . ~.. Do. Quarter Shares... 14, Do. Fifths — Do. Sixteexths 6 14 - Do. Thirds (Reg.)....101. 4s. ... 1)o. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto '4 (late Hud dersfield and She' ) 33 ..__ Do.( W aketield, Ponte tract. & Goole Du. (W. Ridinglinion) 4/. 2s Du. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. !4 Shares (A) 9 Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 % Leeds and Bradford 5O ...... _.91% Leicester and Bedford Leeds, Dewsbury, & c .... 37% — . ..... ......... Do., Branch 1 / 9 Shares 12%.. Do. New Branch(blue) 2% Do. Extension (green) 2%..... Du. New Exton. (pink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk 36 .. .. Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% Liverpool, Crosby and Southport .... .. Liverp., Alnchstr& New- castle Junction 21Y,.,... London and Blackwall..l6/. 13s. 4d. Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 .. 41 13s. 4d.... 2 2 dis. Do. Extension l7 London, Brighton, and South Coast ... Do. Consol. Eighths.. 30 Do. Guarant. .5 per ct. 9 ...... 8 . ..... .. ....• $ Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ••••• ...... •• •--- London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d Ditto, PrCerence ... 18/1;s 2d Linidon anti N. We&tern 100 l5O 149 1 /, 148 1 ,4 148 1 ,4 Do., Quarters L. & B. 17 Do., do., New - 2 Ditto Fifth s ~.... .... . . 2 ...... 10'!'l lO4 Do. 4 Shams (G. J.) 25 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 7% Do. 10/. (M. & B.)13. 7 1 / 2 -- Do. 10/. (1/.. & B.) C. 1 Loud. &S. Western 41/. 6r. 8d...... ....... ... lio. New Consol. Bths 40 Do. New 501. ... ..... 32 1 .. Do. New 401 . 26 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ......, .... Ditto ditto ............40 Ditto, Thirds Cl. 13s. 4d.... 1 1 ,; i % di3....... 1 3 / 4 dis. , JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Commercial of London 20 London & Westminster 20 London Joint Stock lO National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, New lO 22% BRISTOL SUCAR-MARKET, DEC. 17.—About 300 hhds. West India have been disposed of this week, at steady prices; some sales of foreign have also been effected, the particulars of which have not been allowed to transpire. Rum is in improved demand.—Bristol Mercury. LLOYD'S SHIPPLNG—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 18.—Wind S.E., light breezes and hazy weather, with rain. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17.—Wind S.—Arrd. Hendley, Shaw, Mauritius ; Spray, Steele, Pernambuco ; D'Aurgne, Smith, Honduras ; Thomas Leighton, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Laurel, Duckett ; leaky, and with part of her cargo thrown overboard ; Henrietta, Bleasdall, Monte Video, put back ; Ex celsoer, for Boston, with pumps choked. Off port Standard and Blarney steamers. OFF MARGATE, DEC. 17.—James, Ray, Monte Video. DEAL, DEC. 17.—Wind S.S.W., strong.—Arrd. Maid of Julpha, Gardner, Calcutta. Arrived from the River Columbus, Calcutta ; Dana, Boston. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Wind S.S.W., strong.— Arrd. Nautilus (transport), - .Falkland Islands and As cension ; Rolls, Sierra Leone, sld. 17th inst. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 17.—S1d. Medway steamer, West Indies. POOLE, DEC 15.—Arrd. Heart of Oak, Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 17. Wind S.S.W. Arrd. her Majesty's steamer Columbia, North America. FALMOUTH, DEc. 17. Wind S.S.W., fresh and squally.—Arrd. Australia, Gate, Callao. KINGROAD, DEC. 17.—Put back Monmouth, for St. Thomas's. Berm', Dec. 17.—Wind S., very strong.—Arrd. Wilson, Campbell, Demerara. HULL, DEC. 17.—Wind S.—Arrd. Rolla, Keighley, St. John's, New Brunswick. ' CLYDE, DEC. 15. Arrd. Wandsworth, Dunlop, Quebec; Ruby, Murphy, Newfoundland. 51d. Avator, Newfoundland. BONCHURCH, ISLE OF WIGHT, DEO. 17.—A quantity , of apples, oranges, wax and mould candles, have come on shore near Dunnose, for some hours past. SWANSEA, DEC. 17.—The Garonne has been got off shore at Mumbles, and brought in here. Far.mou'rn, Dace 17.—The Gateshead Park, Shields to Constantinople, put in here yesterday leaky,. and stern damaged, having been in contact with a foreign schooner off the Eddystone. CORK, DEC. 15. The Abbot Lord, Nason, Liver pool, for Boston, has put in here, from lon. 18 W., leaky, and must discharge. TORLIN, BY LAMLASH, ISLE OF ARRAN, DRC. 15. The Portia, Thompson, of Glasgow, from Malaya, was driven on shore near this place to-day, and is likely to become a wreck ; crew saved. ISLE ORNSAY (SKYE), DEC. 14.—The smack Rovers' Bride, Kerr, of Inverness, from Loch Ouver to the Clyde (with tallow) was driven on the rocks in Curnlscross Bay on the llth instant. DONEGAL, DEC. 15.—A brig, of Liverpool, is reported to have been put on shore at Hillibegs, to prevent her from sinking, having struck on a sunken rock in coming out of Sligo. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17.—The Reindeer, schooner, of Nevin, was driven on shore on Puffin Island last night ; crew saved, Miefoen, Drx. 16.—The Susannah., Stanton, from Newport to Cork, sank yesterday to the westward of the Smalls; crew saved. The Mermaid, Connor, from Newport to 'Wexford, lost both her masts on the 15th instant, and was subsequently wrecked on the rocks near Freshwater Bay; crew saved. T. IVES, DEC. 16.—The Intrepid, Duncan, of Sun derland, from llavre to Pembray, struck on a sunken rock, off the Land's End, 13th inst., during a thick fog; and sank; crew saved. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Since ten A.M. this morning i t has blesvn a perfect hurricane here. RASLSGATE, DEC. Emerenzia, Gritnitz, from Antwerp to Trieste, put in here to-day leaky, having been on shore on the Brake Sand. BEAUMARIS, DEC. 15.—The Egidius, from Liverpcol to Ghent, has been towed in here dismasted, having been in c,nt2et with a large ship, name unknown. STAXIGO, DEC. 13.—The Diadem, Leuok, troll] Arch angel for London, has put into Stromness. leaky and short of provisions. CRIMINAL COURT--(THIS DAY.) OLD COUzei. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE and Air. Alderman Gans.) William Smith was indicted for feloniously wounding James Michael Cody, with intent to du him some grievous bodily harm. The prosedutor, a boy about ten years old, stated that, on the day of the alleged assault, a number of boys had been pelting the prisoner with mud, in the court in which they all lived ; but he, the prosecutor, had taken no part in the pelting. The prisoner, how ever, struck him with a broom handle and cut his head open. A surgeon proved that the wound inflicted by the blow was of a very severe nature. The prisoner in his defence, said that the prosecutor was constantly in the habit of pelting and persecuting him, and that he was in the act of throwing mud at him when the blow was struck. One of the jurors said that be knew the prisoner to be a harmless, inoffensive, industrious man. The jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. The remainder of the morning the Court was chiefly occupied with a case of felonious assault upon a child under te❑ years of age in Wimbledon-park. The prisoner (who was himself but fifteen years old) was found Guilty, but recommended to mercy on account of his youth. Mr. Baron ROLFE, in passing sentence, said that he was very doubtful whether he ought to attend to the recommendation of the jury. A few years ago the law would allow him no discretion, and he would have been compelled to pass sentence of death in such a case se this. Even now that he had a larger discretion he was doubtful that the age of the prisoner ought to have much weight with him ; for it was monstrous that children, such as the prosecutrix and her little com panion, could not walk in the fields without suffering outrage from youths like the prisoner, whim he sen tenced to be imprisoned for two years, and kept to hard labour. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) BENEVOLENCE.-Mr. Arnold the sitting magistrate, requests us to acknowledge the receipt of a cheque, drawn by Mr. John Lane, on account of the Goldsmiths Company, for 101, in aid of the funds of the poor-box of this court. Michael Boyce, a labourer, in the employment of the Electric Telegraph Company, was charged with having unlawful possession of a quantity of lead pipe ( a bout 100 feet in length). Pofide-constable 108 G, said he was on duty last night at about ten o'clock, in Hollywell-row, when he oh' served the prisoner. He followed him, and presently he perceived him enter the shop of a marine store dealer, in Chapel-street, and place the lead upon the counter. The prisoner,in answer to a question from witness, said hotted found the lead, and had taken it into the marine store dealer's for protection until the morning, when he ,should endeavour to find out the rightful owner.—(Laughter) Witness convey him with the property to the statiou house. The prisoner reiterated what he told the police:con stable, and added that he had been in the comr?any's ployment about five months, and had a wife; and feta teen children. Mr. ARNOLD said he should require him to enter int° recognizance for his appearance on Friday next, when the foreman of the company would be in attendance. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—The Member for Northampton state( I, in the House of Commons that the contractors and railwai, companies treated the " navvy " with ou t any regard to his moral, intellectual, and physical condition- - simply as a beast of burden. I have been for upwards of seven months (:)hapisi ° to the Bucks Railway Company, with two S cripture readers at my command. During that time we hel l distributed 3,000 tracts, sold 150 Bibles and prayer . e books, and 100 tracts, expressly composed for tl i navvies. My Scripture readers have each, every day during the meal times of the navvies, read to 'the woo at different parts of the fine. I and the Scripture. reader°, keep a diary, which I have placed before th e ' board 01 directors at their monthly meetings. At B ham we have instituted an adult evening scl iool for the men, which promises to be well attended. I have always found the navvies civil, thank fill, a nd attentive to my advice. I feel well assured that the Legislature can.no4; pa" any measures to improve the physical condition of the labourer on the railway ; the nature of the work precludes it. A very great change has taken place sine e Mr. Chadwick wrote his able pamphlet on the state of the men employed on the Summit Tunnel. With such facts as these I am bold to thin k 14 1 '• Stafford will withdraw his indiscriminate c !ensure upon all contractors and companies. I have the honour to be yours obedient] y, BERKELEY JOr :ES. - Winslow, Bucks, Dec. IG. JEWISH DISABILITIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am a constant reader of your valuable paper. I perceive that Lord John Russell i ntends shortly to bring in a Bill to remove the disabilities under which her Majesty's Jewish subjects at 1 3resent labour. This is a measure worthy of the House of I tuseell, and will add fresh laurels to his fame. I o o nside the Jews to have been for ages an oppressed people: cruelly treated by the various nations of Europe, an i a that it is high time some reparation should bi ma de them by their admission to the participation (If the just rights and privileges of Englishmen. As they contribute their share of rates and tst: cation in its various forms to the State, it is their undo übted right, agreeably to the spirit and essence, the !sseri tial principles of the British constitution, that, se 11 body of men possessing property, they shoul ld be fairly represented in Parliament, which, to our great orac l e , Ed mun d B ur k e, s h ou ld b e the of the express image of th e feeling's, views, and wants people. Th e J ews h ave b een a l oya l , qu i et, sn d in dustrious peopl e , no t di stur bi ng b y any ipso Wee tionary movement s our ex i st i ng po li t i ca l or 2.0 igi °us institutions. n em) rding Christians are indebted' to the Jews alone for the t Holy Scriptures, which carry us back to tho ages of the world ; to them we owe the the •vat i°ll , of the idea of the unity o f G o d th roug h the dar k of paganism, when all the other nations in tht• w er' were immersed in polytheism; t o th em we ()we, the patriarchs, the prophets, the apostles, the .ser JPT ia lyrical compositions of the royal poet David . fine, all the moral and spiritual knowledge we p se 6e ht we owe to the Jews, as the original fountain of which has streamed forth through successive ge tions, either through the Holy Scriptures or b , r oral tradition, down to the present era. Why have „ ni t" e e been preserved as a disti nc t p eop l e , separate d t all others, but as a standing monument both el " h i s goodness and severity of God, as indicative el "re gracious designs, in his own time and wa y, t o re stor e 4 them to more than their ancient splendour ? 1P 5 predeterminating council of God is clearly eclat in the ancient prophets, and will surely I ;ome pass. As all other sects and parti es are now e l igible to sit in Parliament, there is no so un d r eason m by Jelgaa should be excluded. Th e S ena t e i s not foro3`.l primarily to legislate on ecc l es i as ti ca l, b ut on Cil:./; political, municipal, and judi c i a l su bj ec t s ; an d I° , these the Jew is as competent t o d e lib era t e • , 4n d deciu e upon as the Christian. Should you think these remarks word', inserti; you will oblige me by givin g th em a pb.Lca in Y° ll interesting paper. I remain your obedient servar it, GEORGE WRIGO II . Stourport, Dec. 16, 1847. TO , THE EDITOR OF rHE SUN. i ot SlR,—lti the report of my speed? , at the Austrt ie b emigration meeting, in Waterloo-pity „le, yesterday, `', - ors, appeared in your paper, an error of the press oe which I shall fool grateful by your correcting, no tea It is there stated that the quan ' , i ty of wool ißor-r from New South Wales, in 1846, • was 90,000,0001b5. Ur The quantity imported wa ,s 90,000 bub , ' 21,000,0001b5. I have the honour to be, Sir, yr)tir obedient servant+, iRCHIBALD BG'Y' Oxford and Cambridge Clul.t, Pall-mall, Dec. 17, 1'347. KING'S COILEG B Host ITAL.—It was stated. at committee meeting of tin, above valuable institut'e:i that the recent anonymous and other donations , , enabled the charity to disc:barge every claim upon it li r to the last quarter, and that owing to the great Pr? ". knee of sickness and 'di sease in the immediate 04 ,1, 11 ; bourhood of the hosp'itat„ and, indeed, throughou t „- metropolis, .every available bed was occupied a e ly patients, while the doors of the institution were' l thronged by destitute applicants for out-door treanur.ll" the greater portion suffering under the pretreat epidemic—the influenza. The utmost exertions °f he committee are in consequence necessary to ensp le e e , charity to meet thr.,, urgent demands upon its 1101 16 t a he APOTHECARIEF; HALL.—The following names of the gentlemen who passed their exatnitio.tl in the Science and Practice of Medicine, and recerl certincates to practise, on Thursday, the 16th Alexander George Cockburn Thiselton, H e worth, Y t)l. shire; Gustavus Irwin Knight, Tilbury Fort ; Horece Harrison Ramsgate ; William Henry Stevenage, Herts; Hugh Green, Boxford, Suff olk. FURTIPLIt ARRIYAL OF SPE CIE.--In additi on to the arrival of specie which has recently taken place from the United States of America and the continent of Europe, there have been others from more distant parts of the world. The vessel Luna, arrived in the docks from Sydney, New South Wales, has brought four boxe!it bullion, consigned to the Union Bank o f Australia ; Union, from the same colonial port, four cases of spe cie, addressed to an individual merchant; and the Basil , arrived in the Docks from Oporto, has brought tiff boxes of specie, consigned to order.