The Sun. — London, England, 1840-01-03 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. riIHE UNITED MERCANTILE AND TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION, And General 68Mutual Life Assurance and Annuity Society, , CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Kumuel Wilson, Esq. , Alderman James Pattison, Esq., M.P. I George Grate, Esq., M.P. Thomas Brockelbank, Esq. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN —Samuel Wilson, Esq., Alderman. D EP UTY-CHAIRMAN —W. H. Hughes, Esq., F. A. and L.S. Edward Baker, Esq. Giles Redmayne, Esq. Robert Currey, Esq. Peter Rolt, Esq. Thomas Dakeyne, Esq. Joseph H. Warter, Esq. Joseph Dowson, Esq. James Webber, Esq. John Evans, Esq. Robert Wilcoson, Esq. AUDITORS—Mr. John Crowalen, Mr. John R. Cufflay, Mr. Geo. Fred. Finden, Mr. John Mannett, Mr. John Stokes, Mr. W. Tilt, and Mr. William Williams. BANKERS—Messrs. Presscott, Grote, Ames, Baillie, and Grote. The attention of all classes of the community is particularly roquested to the novel and advantageous modes of provision in case of death, and of rapport in old age, which this Association affords. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Table 1. Returnable Premiums, p. 16. Annual Premium for an annuity, of 1001. at 60, with option of 9901. cash in lieu thereof. All the premiums paid to the office being returned in ease of death before 60 years of age. more ask statesmen of all parties—we ask the middle classes, who have more at stake than the I statesmen to whom they trust—how, by means of such a law, the people are to be governed ? The treason law, which, by the carelessness of one lawyer or the acuteness or skill of another, can be made to strike or made to spare, which falls not on the guilty, but on the defenceless, will never suffice to retain in obedience the half maddened population of the empire. It strikes us also as curious that the Judges who preside at such a trial, should not be prepared to say whether the law is so or not. The people are hanged if they violate the law, and Sir NICHOLAS TINDAL, as Chief Justice, declares openly in Court that he does not know what it is, and that a point by which a man's life or death is to be decided, is not yet settled. His words, as repotted are, "No direct decision has taken place" on the mooted question. The law, therefore, is not known to the CHIEF JUSTICE, because as he says, it has not yet been declared or made. Now out of this arises a still more important point. The question having been once raised the Judges will be called on to decide it, provided Mr. FROST be found guilty, and only then. If he be acquitted, there will be no person to bring the mooted question before the Judges, and it will re main, as at present, undecided. If he be found guilty, the Judges will have the question argued be fore them, and they will then declare, or, in fact, make the law. According to the CHIEV JUSTICE the law on this point does not now exist. Mr. FROST and his companions, therefore, will be con demned, if at all, by an es post facto law, made by the Judges. We can say beforehand that the Jury may as well find a verdict of acquittal, for to hang them on a Judge-made es post facto law will ap pear to the bulk of the people as no better than murder. What influence the finding of the Jury as to the facts may have on the minds of the Judges we cannot say ; but in the present state of society, and during the present conflict of opinions, that the find ing will have no influence on them is not in human nature. We apprehend, therefore, that the Judge should have had the point of law settled before proceeding to try the facts. We know that such is not the usual custom—but the usual custom is bad, and always calls on the Judges to make or declare the law after the facts are known, and after a verdict is pronounced. According to the books, however, men are not to be punished for violating what Judges may hereafter declare tobe a law, but for trespassing on laws which are already made and known. This is not quite as bad as the celebrated case of STRAFFORD, but it is equally a violation of a received principle. If the defects of the law should warn our rulers not to rely on it too much, there are some observa tions of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL which should not be without instruction for the ruled. The Learned Gentleman described the statute of ED WARD 111. as the safeguard of theli rties of Eng lishmen—another Magna Charta. But when this statute was passed, civil wars feuds amongst nobles, and amongst different cla s sof the people, were extremely common, and it was customary, as one party got the upper hand, to satiate its ven geance on the other, under the guise of the law. Hence, according to the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the law of treason was then extremely vague, and the Statute did limit and define treason somewhat more narrowly than before. Thus this second Magna Charta of Englishmen is something a little better, and only a very little better, than the rude and scandalous practices of feudal barbarians, satiating their venge ance by the forms of law, and bringing, as they could, all their quarrels into the net of treason. This law, as we have already shown, can by no means be relied on to preserr 'lie peace of society, and this brief remark on its origin should satisfy every one that it is a disgrace to the age to have no better protection for the rights of individuals than such enactments. We want a new and a rational Treason Law, for, according to this Magna Charta, as lately interpreted by Sir N. TINDAL, the moral duty of the people to collect in numbers and over awe the unrighteous Legislature which maintains , the Devil's laws, is high treason. By the report which has reached us to-day some witnesses have been examined, and as there are a great many to examine, the trial promises to be very long. It is itnpossible to read the evidence of Sir THOMAS PHILLIPS, the late Mayor, without being convinced that party spirit, and party feuds, have had much more to do with the outbreak than treason. At one time—if the questions put in the cross-exami nation to Sir THOMAS, (the answers to which were of the non mi ricordo character) are founded in fact—Sir THOMAS appears to have been as violent a partisan as over was Mr. FROST. Amongst the Welsh hills, and on the border county, it is natural that old party feel ings should exist in much more force than in our crowded cities. Mr. FROST was probably acting on those feelings, and on revived recollec tions. There was a border-feud, degenerating into a border-war—or, as it has been not unaptly de scribed, by a Correspondent of ours, a baby war—and that such a circumstance should be exalted into treason, seems to us an additional reason for asserting that the treason-laws require to be amended, before men be hanged for violating them. A Ministerial Contemporary asks whether the reward bestowed on 1)r. MOLESWORTH for pro posing Mr. BRADSHAW'S health, will tend " to increase the attachment of the people to the Esta blished Church, of which the Archbishop of CAN TERBURY is the head of its hierarchy, and ought to be one of the most jealous guardians of its cha racter and interests." We answer that, of the Tories, it will increase the attachment. Our Contem porary must be woefully ignorant of what passes in Tory circles, if he be not aware that the senti ments Mr. BRADSHAw blurted out publicly, are privately entertained and expressed by almost all the Tories. They may blame Mr. BRADS . HAW'S indiscretion—none of them show any loyalty to the QUEEN. The Tories will only be more strongly than ever attached to the Church, and to the ARcHßisnoe for his courage in rewarding the abettor of Mr. BRADsHAw. What number of the people of England arc Tories, we have no accurate means of judging ; but we should suppose that beyond the Squires and their dependant)—the Clergy and their slaves—the number is very small. If by the people of England we understand those who are capable of thinking for them selves, the great masses who honestly earn the r own bread, and are contented when they can , et the produce of their own labour, the act of the ARCHBISHOP is calculated to add to the odium under which the Church now labours. If the ARCHBISHOP, like Dr. CHALMERS, dare not set himself openly in opposition to the secular au- Ihority, he shows by his conduct that he is equally willing to exalt the spiritual power. He has given his beloved son in the Church, Dr. MoLEs- WORTH, absolution, by the recent appointment, for all his civil offences. When we published, some (lays ago, the Papal Bull for the abolition of sl , ,very, we took the trouble 01 51 ~ ~ z~~ I "Members ...... I Zit') 2I I .£2l ,C,•?.S Nen.Members...l.£l 4 7 61 £l9 e 61 ..t2ti I u I £•S6 1S 01 Books of the Tables, with full particulars and forms of pro pope.% may lee had at the Office, 68, Cheapside, Lon don ; or of the Agents throughout the empire. JAMES DRANSFIELD, Actuary and Secretary. Now ready, VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE AND ADVENTURE, Under the Command of CAPTAINS KING and FITZROY. In 2 large vols. Bvo., with a separate Appendix by Major Sa bine, and upwards of 60 Illustrations by Landseer, Maps by Arrowsmith, ke., price 11. 18s. bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. WILLIS'S NEW WORK. On Tuesilav, Jan. 14, will be published, in 3 vols. post 'bro., iLOITERINGS OF TRAVEL. By N. P. WILLIS, Esq., Author of " Pencillings by the Wey," Ste. &e. London : Longman, Orme. and Co. RO:AL HOILL, SOUTH BEACH, GREAT YAR MOUTH. WILLIAM . BIRD with gratitude acknow ledges the liberal patronage he has received during the short period he has conducted the Royal Hotel, andhopes the superior accommodation with moderate charges and efficient domestic arrangements, will enable him to secure to his Friends and Visitors all the comforts of home. TERMS FOR THE WINTER srasoN. Board and Lodgings, with private apartments, 21. per week. Gentlemen using the Coffee-room, I/. 105. do. Sunerior Stables and Coach Houses. Posting in all its branches. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JAN. 3, Will lie performed Colman'e Comedy of JOHN BULL. Sir Syron Rochdale, Mr. F. Matthews ; Hon. Tom S'nu' fleton, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Frank Rochdale, Mr. J. Vin. ing ; Peregrine, Mr. Cooper ; Job Thornberry, Mr. Bartley Dennis Brulgrud ery, Mr. Brougham ; Lady Caroline Bray , more, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Brulgruddery, Mrs. C. Jones Mary Thornberry, Miss Lee. To conclude with the New Grand Comic Christmas Panto mime, entiiled HARLEQUIN AND THE MERRIE DEVIL OF ED MONTON OR, THE GREAT BED OF WARE. Wi h entirely New Scenery. Machinery, Dresses, and De corations. Harlequin. Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; ,Berrie Devil, Mr. Gibson ; and Co umbine, Miss Fairbrother. Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; Fi rs t and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2 s . ; Pit, 35. ; Second Pr ice, 25.; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances te commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets msy he had upon application. Prtvate Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews. bookseller 167, New Bond-street ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. ) Immense overflows have been a ttracted by The Two New Dramas and the Grand Christmas Pantomime —admiring thousands have witnessed the beautiful Scenery and splendid 1 appointments, and acknowledge Goody Two Shoes 'to be the most popular Pantomime in London. THIS EVENING, JAN. 8, Will be repeated the New Romantic Drama, called MICHAEL EARLE, THE MANIAC LOVER. Characters by .Messrs. Saville, H. Hughes, Neville, John son, aod Smith ; M rs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, and Mies .Martin. Atter which, a Comedietta, from the French, entitled FAMILY JARS MENDED. Bonkomme, Mr. Smith ; Chapinet, Mr. Saville ; Madame Hgesher.nme, Mrs. Daly ; Theresta, Miss Martin. To conclude with the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called THE QUEEN BEE, OR HARLEQUIN AND GOODY TWO SHOES. The splendid Scenery by Mr. Brunning—The magnificent Diorama by Mr. P. Phillips. Columbine, Miss Sharpe ; Harlequin, Clown, Pantaloon, and Sprite, by the Bolero Family. 1 Messrs. Sams at St. James's-street ; Andrews, Ebers, and ! Bond-street; and Seguin of Regent-street, 1. sellers, sellers, arc appointed to let Private and Public Boxes during the run of the Pantomime. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our Correspondent at Kendal will see that we had pre viously to receiving his letter done the workmen of Kendal the justice he requires. We cannot account for the circumstance of the Mercury not reaching us as 'Dual on Sunday last. RIGH.WATEIV. AT LONDON BItIDON TO.4ORITO W. Morn , ' 41 intnutes alter I Evening •••••• 10 minutes after 4. LONDON : FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1840. Our Paper continues to be much occupied with the important proceedings at Monmouth. To the ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S speech on opening his case, we must give the praise of moderation. The Learned Gentleman appears to us to have per formed his unpleasant duty with great propriety. There was none of that eager hunting after men's blood, which, in times not very remote, distin guished the speeches of Tory Attorney-Generals. The Learned Gentleman contented himself with stating the law of treason and the facts of the case, as he is instructed he can prove them, and then proceeded to call his witnesses. Before he could commence his examination of them, Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK raised an objection that a list of witnesses had not been given to Mr. FROST with a copy of the indictment as prescribed by the ith of Anne, c. 21, s. 11. Sir F. POLLOCK and Mr. KELLY argued this point with great learning and great skill. The ATTORNEY-GENE aAL only replied, but before he had completed, and without hearing the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, the Judges decided on reserving the point as one on which no direct decision had ever been given. The CnIEFJUSTICE stated it involved great doubt, acid required very careful consideration. As the forms of law, and not substantial jus t tics, is what Judges regard—hanging one I man by these forms, an d a ll o wing another to escape—it seems highly probable at present that Mr. FROST may get off by a technical or leoal objection, which has no relation whatever to his inn l acenco or guilt. We cannot, of course, under take to say how the Judges will decide, but as they i are scrupulous in regard to forms, and as a form, ( or even something more than a form, appears to have been violated in this case, Mr. FROST will most likely receive, as is usual on such occurrences, ) the benefit of the prosecutor's error or omission. From thi, it appears, not only possible, but highly probable, that the object of the law ‘1 may be defeated by a technical objection, and rendered nugatory. We must on that account draw public attention to the wretched instru ment on which they now rely, with a popu lation almost excited to madness by destitution and despair, to preserve the peace of society. To the terrors of the treason law the upper and middle classes look to put down the lower classes, and make them patiently submit to whatever the others choose to decree. But the same instrument which is to strike terror to the heart of the guilty, by a little dexterous management, is made to shield them, and becomes as harmless as a boy's squib. Such an example now brought be fore the public of the manner in which the law of , treason may be evaded, will give energy to the pur -1 poses of those who have resolutely se t a bout over - I turning our institutions. Against a population such _ _ as our 3 has now become, the law, which they contemn and deride, will certainly not avail ; and we once . , .0f: ; ;'3l ..." •' ii' • .4e. ,: - -.11 •.. 1 : . MO' ' "- AIMPSi. 4III4 1 .i.,4 ‘: . 401. , - ' . ''.• 4 A.7 41 111 . . , 0111113 P) ...,.....air 1.• ,4- ~,,,, ,, ,,,a, - ..,,,,,O. t'- n+ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANtTARY 3 iS4O to prepare our Tory Contemporaries for the pro- 1 bable discovery of the appalling fact that the said 1 Bull was the only equivalent the nation was to receive for the marriage of the QUEEN with a Papist, and the re-establishment of Popery as the State Religion in these kingdoms. An Evening Contemporary, noted for nothing but its recent de sertion of Liberal principles, has taken the alarm, and in an article, more remarkable for length than talent, suggests to Parliament the propriety of im- peaching Ministers for holding any direct communi cation with the Holy See, even for the hallowed purpose of procuring freedom and equal rights for the enslaved sons and daughters of Africa I The Journal in question unable, or not daring to grap ple with the great question here at issue, affects to believe that the British Representative at Rome was obliged to do homage to the POPE for the Im perial Crown of this realm, and then very coolly prates about the existence of an Act of Parlia ment, passed in the reign of ELIZABETH, declaring it treason in a British subject to hold any official intercourse with the Court of Rome. Now, this is from first to last sheer absurdity. The POPE claims no civil or temporal jurisdiction over this kingdom or any other in Europe, the provinces of Italy, usually designated the patrimony of ST. PETER, only excepted. This was repeatedly stated by the immediate predecessors of the reigning Pontiff in their Apostolical letters to the Irish Ca tholic Bishops, and the statement verified by those Prelates when they declared, in their examinations before Parliamentary Committees, previous to the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act, that no Catholic in the United Kingdom, or in the British Colonies owed, or believed himself to owe, any temporal allegiance to the See of Rome in any manner whatsoever. Nay more, that the Ca tholics, clergy and laity, would be ready to make war upon the POPE were he to attack the Esta blished Protestant Government of this country. Now, this declaration on the part of the See of Rome amounts to a virtual repeal of the Act of ELIZABETH, the whole basis of which is the as sumption that the POPE claims a temporal and im. perial jurisdiction over the realm of England. But were the fact otherwise the claims of the POPE to the Sovereignty of these Islands would at the utmost excite but a shout of derision. As to se riously proposing the recognition of such a prin ciple to an English Envoy as a necessary prelimi nary to any negociation, the POPE, poor old man, would no more seriously contemplate it than he would the making the Thames and the Tiber run in one channel, or the closing up for ever the crater of Mount Vesuvius. If we must confess it, neither our hatred nor fear of the POPE is at all commensurate with our love of the freedom of the human race ; and if the Court of Rome can be made instrumental in breaking the bonds of slavery, we trust our Go vernment will neither be prevented by fanaticism, nor the ghosts of forgotten sanguinary statutes, from securing its co-operation, not only in u esti horrible ef e t u r traffic de nouncing as impious, but in utterly extin on guishing g to t h e th g e a human it e p re fl s e e s i l: . ffi li c avi i n n a tative at the Court of Home, we are only sur prised that a measure t / o necessary for the protection of British subjects sojourning in Italy, and for the encouragement of our commerce, has been so long overlooked by our Government. But the name of the POPE alarms our rich prelates and pluralists; who, like the Ephealan wOrAtippors of DIAN A, confound religion with the interests of their craft ; and the rallying cry of ignorant fanaticism--" No Popery I No Idolatry I " is resounded from pulpit to pulpit—from one extremity of the kingdom to the other. Were these men assured that, in the event of any change of national religion, their livings, and their tithes, and their sundry emotel mutts would be secured to them, they would not care the value of a farthing whether Queen VIC TORIA or Pope GREGORY XVI. were to-morrow head of the Church. The truly pious and. con scientious Protestants know right well that Eng land has nothing to fear from Popery, and that we can afford to laugh at the proselytising designs attributed to the Propaganda Fidei So ciety. If we want protection against Rome, we must not look for it in the intemperate and sense less fanaticism of interested Churchmen, but in the good sense and improved understanding of the people. We cannot, in the nineteenth century, the age of steam printing-presses, shut out false prin ciples by a sanatory cordon of exclusion, but by so educating the people as to qualify them to repudi ate them the moment they come to be propounded. Educate the people, and they will require no tithe fed priest to tell them that the enlightened princi ples of Protestantism are superior to the supersti ious dogmas of the Church of Rome. Madrid Journals of the 25th ult. have been re ceived, but they bring no news of the least interest The capital was tranquil. The Funds had not de, In another part of the Paper will be found the first of a series of letters on national education from the pen of the Rev. Mr. O'INIALLEY, who has just returned from a tour of educational inspec tion on the Continent. The subject of national education under Government controul, is of surpas sing interest at the present moment ; and as few have had better opportunities of seeing the system under its various aspects, and in its actual work ing, so few arc better qualified to set forth its me rits and demerits, than Mr. O'MA LLEY. We need not say more to draw the attention of our readers to the able communication to which we have alluded, and for which we arc indebted to our respected Contemporary the Dublin Evening Post. clined. New-Year's-Day being observed as a close holi day in France, the Paris Journals of Wednesday for the most part substitute, for ordinary news, re miniscences and prognostications, the former of the past, the latter of the current year. The (-Irina dienne, a Royalist organ, is by far the most severe upon the Government, and takes the gloomiest view of the present state of France. "It is certain," says that Journal, "that the year 1840 falls in the midst of a universal political crisis which is well calculated to inspire fear : 969 failures recently ; bread at 17 sous the four-pound loaf ; the populace uneasy and without work ; the shops deserted ; the manufactories motionless—so much for trade. Di-- trust of parties, the dissolution of the Court ; the annihilation of authority ; the aversion of all opi nions for a system which neither knows how to make peace or war, which allows our sailors to be insulted, our soldiers to be killed, which is power less in France, and laughed at in Europe—so much for politics." The Capitole, which avows itself the supporter of Bonapartist principles and pretensions, instead of confining its retro spect of the state of France to one year, takes a rapid survey of the leading events in the political history of that nation for a period of half a century, for th e purpose o f showing that France was at th e height o f h er g l or y and prosperity during the Im perial sway of NAPOLEON. After stating that of the last fifty years France spent thirty-three in fo reign wars,and thirteen years in intestine commotions ; I that she changed her Government eleven times and paid sixty milliards of taxes, besides the tax of blood, the Capitole thus proceeds tc, THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE. The reports of this week show tolerably good supplies of both Grain and Flour. The Wheat trade since Monday has been slack, but prices have not varied. Barley maintained its value, with a very slow sale for middling qualities. I3eans and Pease dull at last qnotations. Oats firm at the terms last stated. Not much doing in the Flour trade this week. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The arrival of Beasts was rather plentiful,but short of Sheep. A pleasant trade may be quoted for all sorts, although Beef has declined 4d. per stone from Monday's currency. Mutton, Veal, and Pork are lower, Rod the prices have been barely main tained. Price per stone of sibs., sinking the offal-Beef, 35. 6d to 45. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s, 2d. to ss. 2(1.; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. Bd. to ss. 6d. Head of Cattle at Market -Beasts, 650 ; Sheep. 3.850 ; Pigs, 374 ; Calves, 147. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supplies were not large and prices were higher. All good fish was dear. Turbot, ss. to 255. ; Cod, 3s. to 21s ; Smelts ss. per quuter •f a hundred; Soles, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 4s. ; Haddocks, &l. to 2s. ; and Whit ing, bd. to 10d. and Is. PROVISION MARKET. There has been but a languid business transacting, and prices much as they were before Christmas. The stocks ge nerally are light, and we have very little Foreigß Batter here. Irish Bacon 445. to 495. ; Irish Butter 735. to 88s. SPIRIT MARKET. We have not heard(;i a wholesale transaction in Rum, Brandy or Hollands. There are no export orders, and before Christmas it appears that the home dealers had well supplied themselves—prices are therefore nominal. British Corn Spirits are also languid at 10s. M. COLONIAL MARKET. _ We had but two public sales, one •f 2,000 bags White Ben gal Sugar, and the other a very small parcel of B.P. Coffee. The Sugar at 525. to 595. ; B. P. Sugar sold slowly, but prices are firm ; Brown, 565. to sss., low middling 61s. to 625. ; good middling 645. ; and fine about 683; Mysore Coffee 70s. ; Cey lon 995. to 104 s. ; Samarang 635. to 645. In the Tea Market there is next to nothing doing, and prices are as before. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, JAN. 2.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the Hannah, Clayton, from St. Martha; Enterprise, Pidgeon, from Sierra Leone. LIYIRPOOL, JAN. 2.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the Nautilus, Marwood, from Aricati ; Washington, Adams, Charleston ; George the Fourth, Brownless, Monte Video —sailed Oct. 31. Off port, the Marpo, from Lima. DOVER, JAN. 3.—Off port, tho Bliden, Azander, from New York. SUNDERLAND, Dsc. 31.—Arrived the Urania, Robson, from Riga. BELFAST, Dim. 28.—Sai'ed the Morgiana, Galbraith for Barbadocs ; 31, The Evander, M'Donald, from Riga to Ne,a ry, which was on shore on the Rocks of Bally faris, has been got off in a yeryleaky state, and brought in here ; cargo discharging. HARTLEPOOL, JAN. I.—The E'liaso, Smith, from London, in entering the harbour, took the ground to the south end of the pier, but got off the following tide. WORKINGTON. Dae. 31.—The Hero, Harrison, which was on shore off the North Bank has been got off, and into the harbour, it is supposed without any serious damage.; BRIXNAM, lAN. I.—The Santa Rita, De Sus, from Amsterdam to Oporto, which put in here on the 22d ult. leaky, must discharge. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAT.—" WC have had a fair demand for Cotton. The sales have been 5,000 bags, chiefly to the trade." The Hamburg mail of the 27th ult. arrived this morn ing, which brings the exchange on London 13. 3i ; Gold, 430 ; Metal, 1061 ; Bank Shares,•l64B. The other arrivals this morning consist of the French mail and ship letters from Sierra Leone. The following letter has been received from Batavia of the 27th of September at the North and South American Coffee-House : " The Bank has not yet resumed its specie payments, although supplies have been received, and more are ex pected, from the mother country, and these we trust will soon enable that institution to redeem its pap , r, without any immediate prospect of a second drain, es pecially if the Government should receive authority from the Hague to hold periodical sales of produce here, as the cheapest measure of obtaining the specie and other funds they require. " A commencement has been made (withoufauthority), in the ease of a vessel to our addresses, which is now on its way to Jamaica, to take in a cargo of Govern ment coffee purchased with dollars and bills of exchange* on London, and at rates even somewhat lower than those obtained in the market for smaller quantities and private coffee. We consequently look forward to a more animated intercourse with the United States, and as ynu are nearer to the Hague than we are, you might, perhaps, through your correspiandents in Holland, be come ►nformeii wiagthbr or not'sneli oraei tins been sent out. Priatelti%‘n Coffge.is 10E44 'at 31f.t0 39f.,, and Sumatra at 23f. per picul. Sugar continues to be taken as it comes to market at from 13f. to 16f. per picul; according to quality. The stock at present ready for shipment consists of about 10,000 piculs. Rice still remains much higher than we expected, and heavy shipments are going forward to Eu rope notwithstanding the prices have given way. Hides are scarce at present ; Flour, 401. per barrel ; Bread, 201. Freights—Vessels have been lately taken up at 41. 10s. and 41. 15s. per ton to Europe. Ex change remains steady at 12f. per 20s. on England Six Months' sight, and in Holland at par to 1 prem." THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 92/ t for the Account ; Reduced, 90k, with little doing, owing to the great scarcity of intelligence from the Continent, as well as from other parts of the globe. Exchequer Bills, par. 2 prem. ; Bank Stock, 177} 1781 ; India Stock, 255, 256. In the Foreign Market a slight improvement has taken place in the Spanish Active, closed at 234 f, at present 234 i ; Portuguese 334 334 ; Three per Cents. 234 231 ; Colombian, 244 ; Mexican 29,E 29 ; Brazilian, 71i 724 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52/ 524 ; Fire per Cents., 934 991. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY A' ONE O'CLOCK. Hank Stock l7B 7% I Incite Stock S per Cent. Red. ......... ...... 9154/ i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 35 4 per Cent Old Annuities — Ditto Red. 29% 4% New Ditto New 3% per Cent... ...... .... 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17M New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 . - .par 3 psis. Jan; 5, 1860 l4 1-16, Ditto Small par 3 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 —' Ditto Commercial — Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised ...... Jan. 5, 1860 ' April 5, 1880. — India Stock for Account .. Jan. 5.1870 — Consos for Account .... .... 92%5; RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O,CLOc B. Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto locount ......... Chili= 3orld I — ( Prussian Bonds Ditto Acsv. nt — Russian Bonds, 1822. 11255 Cokirot sr. H< - ids 22% Ditto Account — Ditto .5 tv.o nt — Ditto Metallic — Co srr r sr 3:' da,1924 C tt2 4.cco.i it 24% Ditto Account. ...211% Ty% 4% Canish 3cr d. • — Passive Ditto tech nt — - Deferred 11% % Greek Bonds — , French, 5 per cent Ditto Bonds, 1825 — ----- 4 per cent......, —f. —c. Ditto Account —, 3 per cent....... —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent , --- Exchange. -- 1 -. —c. Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent — Neapolitan. — Ditto Acceunt........ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. British Iron Company Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company 70 47 654 Great Western Railway Company 65 61 2 Ditto New 2 ) el'.2 Brighton Railway 'lo 17% 1814 London and Birmingham Railway Company ... 90 144 London and South Western ... .... 381. I7s. N. 42 London and Croydon' Railway Company l4/. 18s. M. 10% 11 Ditto Scrip 4% 0% N , rth Midland Railway Company l5 IN Diito New hares ... lO I*, Colonial Join' Stock 8ink......„ 25 31 Union Bank of Australia HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, DEe. 29. Bills. Money. Austria g 5 per Cents. ..... 10654 106% Bank Shares A n lo- Russian Loan ..,.. ........ ...... Woe ina% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate ...... 106% 106 , ,,, Inscription, Ist Series. 10'254 102% Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. 3d and 4th . . 9S 97% Secics Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 5O tAN Ditto 5 per Cent 08 Polish Bonds New Picket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 7 154 71% Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent. 10054 100 Spanish, New .1 per Cents. 2O EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, DEC. 27.-13. s%—Two months, 13. 3%. STOCKHOLM, DEC. 20.—Seventy-five days. 11. 43. PETBRSBURGII, DEC. 17.--Two months, 39 Call'. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, DEC. 28. Bitls, Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4% per cent. lO4 10354 Prussian English Loan, 1830,4 per cent 1025 4 . 102 Nxetringe on London, three months 8 2154 —Prussian State Gazett e Dec 29. HALF-PAST ONE. We have just received New York Papers of the sth December. No Message. • CANADA.—On Tuesday, Governor Thompson was to open the Session of the ;Legislature of Upper Canada with a Message developing the new policy of the British Ministry for allaying the excitement in these provinces. He will recommend a union of the Provinces. Loss OF ANOTHER STEAMER.—A rumour was cur rent in Detroit last Friday that the steam-boat, Bro thers of Chatham, was but nt, on Tuesday night. MONEY MARKET.—The non-appearance of either the Liverpool or the President's Message, causes the state of things in Wall-street, to remain quiet, the sales at the Stock Exchange continue limited at de clining prices. The Western Bank at Philadelphia, of which Mr. Michel Israel was cashier, and who committed suicide yesterday, has published the following notice : " A meeting of Board of Directors of this Bank, held yesterday afternoon and evening, went into a full exa mination of the cash and bills receivable, and found all correct, with the exception of a deficit of 12,000 dollars in :he cashier's fund, for which his sureties are ample. " GEO. TROUTMAN, President." Consols are at present 92i for Account ; they have improved since the morning, and the Market appears firm ; Exchequer billr, par, 3 prem. ; Bank Stock, 178 1771 ; India Bonds, 5 3 discount ; Spanish improved to 24; Portuguese also to 34i ; Three per Cents., 23i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 5:2i, ex. div. estimate the results of each form of Government as exhibited in the welfare and the glory of France abroad and at home. " Under the legitimate roy- ally of Lours XVI., France," says the Capito/e, " experienced wars, sedition, famine, and anarchy, and humiliation at home and abroad. Under the Republic there were civil wars, anarchy, disorder, and internal misery, but the glory of the country was established abroad. Under the Empire we had almost continual war, the inheritance of the Republic, but independence and immense great ness abroad. At home there was perfect order, an honest and good Government, and general prospe rity. A second experiment of legitimate Royalty, less disastrous than the first, gave birth to a corn. mencement of true liberty, and a remarkable move ment of national pr. ~,rity, but the French name abroad was nearly effaced. Under the quasi-legiti mate Royalty of July, with the national sovereignty upon paper, France has had enormous taxation, civil commotions rapidly succeeding each other, and foreign wars without glory, and has more than ever lost all influence and honour abroad." The Presse is the only paper that takes up the cudgels for the Government of July, and discovers in its acts all the elements of consummate statesmanship. The Oppo sition Journals can hardly fail to be greatly amused with the proofs furnished by the Presse in the re cords of the wonders achieved by the SOULT Cabinet. " It is remarkable," says the Presse, with ludicrous gravity, " that the year 1839 saw only four impor tant questions settled, and all four were brought to a satisfactory conclusion by a single Cabinet—that of the 15th of April. These questions were the Belgian, the Ancona, the Swiss question, and the Mexican question ; since that period—viz., for these nine months, many other questions have started up, but not one has been settled, and very few are advanced." DANIEL DE FOE in his I" Life of Moll Flanders," states that that accom plished lady was never so puzzled as when she was asked what she meant by saying that she would be a gentlewoman. Now we will bet our head against the goose-quill with which the article in the Presse was written, that were the writer asked what were the questions settled by the evacuation of Ancona, and the freaks of th e Duke of MONTEBELLO in Switzerland, he would ex hibit as many signs of puzzled perplexity as Moll Flanders. If the Ancona affair can be said to settle any question, it must be the obedience of France to the behests of Austria, conveyed through the mouth of the POPE. In Switzerland nothing was settled, as the retirement of Prince NAPOLEON from the Republic was purely voluntary. In the settlement of the Belgian question it is needless to say that the French Government was wisely con tent to receive inspirations from the Cabinet of London, which contributed more than all the other Powers put together to the establishment of friendly relations between the Courts of Brussels and the Hague. As to the Mexican expedition, if that be regarded by our neighbours as a feather in the cap of Marshal SOULT and his colleagues, they arc welcome to wear it. Such laurels excite not our ealousy, though the exhibition of them may disturb our risibility. The general discussion on the Committees of the Deputies on the Address was closed on Tuesday. The Archbishop of PARIS died early on Tuesday morning. It was reported in Paris that Prussi a l m a _ iuc . 1 ceetled detaching Austria from all connection with France, relative to the settlement of the Eastern Question.; and that England, Austria, Russia, and Prussia had united together to counteract the alliance between France and MEHEMET ALI. In the Commerce of Wednesday we find an ex xact from a letter from St. Petershurgh, dated the lGth ult., which states that the Russian expedi- Lion against Chiva, which marched on the . Ist, con sisted of 24,000 men and 72 pieces of artillery. Of this immense force 11,500 were cavalry, con sisting of Cossacks, Calmucs, Tatars or Tartars, Baskins, and Caisaks. The Minister of War gave as his reason for sending so many cavalry, the apprehension lest the Turcomans and the Khirgis tans, who' all fight on horseback, should join the Chivians and harass the Russian army on its march. There is not the least doubt but that the Russian Government intends to keep possession of Chiva, as another stride towards India. S?ANIhR FINANCES.—" In consequence of the no tice, given in Le Co»imerce of the 29th ult., of the in• tention of the Spanish Government to withdraw the reserved funds deposited in the hands of Messrs. Ar doin and Co., Messrs. Hubert and Co„ Messrs. Laf fitte and Co., bankers in Paris, the Committee of Spanish Bondholders has, on behalf of its constituents, lodged a protest against the delivery of those secnrities, which will serve to insure the payment of one or more of the arreared dividends of the active debt. Orders have been sent to London, that similar steps may be taken in the offices of M. Ricardo and others who have Spanish stock deposited in heir hands."—Moniteur. By the artival of the London packet-ship, On tario, Captain Brattish, from New York, we have received through the North and South American Coffee House, papers of the sth of December. No Message had reached New York up to the sailing of the packet. The following extracts include the only news of interest in these journals : LATE FROM FLORIDA.—We learn with regret that Captain Searle, Quartermaster U. S. army, was shot by Indians, while on his way from St. Augustine to Pico lata. He was at the time in the stage, and was badly wounded in the hip. He remains in a dangerous state. A white man, riding behind the carriage on horseback, was first shot. He died a short time after. These de predations are coming nearer home quarters than usual. The news reached Savannah on Thursday last, through the steam-boat Forester, from Black Creek. INDIAN NEWS.—lntelligence was received at Madi son ( W.T.) on the 16th ult., stating that twenty Win nebago Indians had been murdered on the 'Wahesa peneka River, by a party of Sacs and Foxes, or a part of the Prophet's hand of Winnebagoes, who are for the most part with the Sacs and Foxes. The attack was made while the men were absent hunt ing; the Winnebagoes made but a feeble resistance, as they were unprovided with arms. In addition to those killed, five were wounded, and ten taken pri soners. Two of the Sacs only were killed. The In dians attacked are said to be a part of Dekorre's band, between whom and the Prophet's band, a feud has existed for many y e ars. SHOCKING Lost{ or LIFF. a" FIRE.—On the evening of the 25th ult. the Bishop's school-house, at Quebec, and two dwelling-houses were consumed by fire. In one of the buildings lived Wm. Wilkinson, a stevedore, with his family, consisting of a wife and three children, and a lodger named Joseph Roe. Wilkinson, aged about fifty years, his daughter Elizabeth aged fourteen, his son John, aged t we l ve , a nd Mr. Roc , perished in the flames, the whol e b e i ng li tera lly burnt to a cinder. Mrs. Wil kinson b are l y escape d with her life and her infant, but Was severely burned. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. (From the New York Sun of t sth December.) SALE OF STOCKS AT The HE STOCK EX CHANGE, Dsc. 4. 500 dols. Corporation Bonds 94i 50 shares Uni , ed States Bank 6B 25 do. N. A. Trust and Banking Company 36i 20 do. La Fayette Bank 72i 50 do. B an k of Commerce scrip 93i-100 100 do, American Exchange Bank....s 30 days 721 30 do. Seventh Ward Bank 10 do. Commercial Bank 50 do. Del. and Hudson Canal ... . ...s 60 da 581 75 do. Bank of Kentucky 50 do. Farmer's Trust Co. 25 do. Vicksburg - Bank 12 do. Howard Fire Ins. Co 76 50 do, Haarlem Railroad .........b. next week 39i 68. do. Paterson Railroad 451 2 5 d o . N. J erse y R. R. and Trans. Co. 35 do. Canton Company, Baltimore The Com merce b • Be lffe says •—" All the reports that have been spread of the return of the uounte!s Henriette d' Oultremont to the Hague are false. A friend of her's, a lady at Brussels, received only yester day a letter from Naples, in which the Countess says, that she has not yet fixed the time when she shall quit the beautiful climate of Italy which has so many charms for persons in ill health." GUILIHA►LL.-(THIS DAT). BOBBgRY DY A BROTHER —George Tucker, and Robert Bennett were plated at the liar, charged with stealing a plank of mahogany, the property of John S. Tucker, the brother of the prisoner, George Tucker. The prosecutor stated that lie was a cabinetmaker , carrying on business in Chapel -street, Cripplb gate. On Tuesday last he had in three planks of mahogany, one of which was missed on Wednesday morning. Suspicion fell upon the prisoner Bennett ;who was in the prosecutor's employ as an errand boy, and ul timately he admitted that be assisted William Tucker, the prosecutor's brother, in removing it. On the night of Tuesday information was given to the police, who arrested the prisoner, George Tucker, who had assisted William Tucker in taking the mahogany to Robert Lenny, a turner, in order to have it manufactured into bidet legs. R•.bert Lenny stated that the prisoner George Tucker, and William Tucker, who is not yet in custody, brought the mahogany produced to his premises, and stated that it was their property, and that they wished to have it turned. They subsequently came to know if the work was finished. Shortly after this second visit the sister of the prisoner Tucker came to him, and de sired him if any person came and asked if he had done any work for her brothers to deny it. About twenty 1 minutes after the prosecutor came in with the police. The prisoners were remanded until Tuesday, in order o give time for the apprehension of William Tucker. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Emanuel Myers, a general dealer, James Baker, Joseph Linon, and Richard Goulding, well known thieves, were brought up by Sergeant Pocock, F divi sion, charged on suspicion with stealing several packs of cards, 13 yards of serge, various pieces of silk hand kerchiefs, with other articles, and Anne Abraham, keeper of a broker's shop in Belton-street, Long-acre, was charged with receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. It appeared that from information the constable had received of a robbery having been committed on Satur day night, in the shop of Mr. Watkins, 108, Regent street, he went to the house of the female pri soner, and saw the three prisoners come out about nine o'clock the same night, and on Tuesday observing the prisoner Myers come out, he went up to him and demanded to know what lie carried in the small bag which he had under his arm. The prisoner said he had only a few packs of cards, and on searching there were found the piece of serge produced, which was identified by Mr. Watkins's shopman, together with five packs of cards. The constable, after conveying him to the station-house, proceeded to the residence of the fe male prisoner, where he found several pieces of silk handkerchiefs, which were identified by the shopman of Mr. Theyer, 129, Piccadilly, as having been stolen from his employer's premises about three weeks back. The other prisoners were subsequently apprehended, and as none of them could satisfy the Magistrate how the pro perty came into their possession, they were remanded for a week, with the exception of the female prisoner, who was admitted to bail, herself in 801. and two sureties in 401. each, Dennis Harris and Thomas Devercux were charged with being possessed of skeleton keys, and a picklock, of which they could not give an account. Constable 127 F, and another, went at five o'clock this morning to Regent's-place, Crown-street, Soho, to search after a man who had committed a felony, when they met the prisoners coming out of a house, the door of which was lying open, and on entering they found the keys produced on the stairs. The prisoners made a rambling defence, and Mr. Jardine ordered them to be committed for two months to hard labour. SARDIN lA. A letter from Genoa of the 20th ult., published in the Paris Journals, states that although the new penal code had been promulgated in the Sardinian dominions, the subjects of King Charles Albert had not yet expe rienced the blessings of that act of legislation which, according to the censured press of Piedmont and Lombardy, was to leave far behind the French penal code of 1811. It appears that three per sons, among whom was the Marquis Augustine Durazzo, were arrested some time ago for having, as they passed along, laughed at some officers of police, and confined in the fort of St. George's. After six weeks' imprisonment, two of them recovered their liberty, on apologizing to the police officers, in presence of the Governor and staff of the garrison. The Marquis Durazzo having refused to submit to that hu miliation, remained during three months shut up in the fort ;-' and, as be still persisted in his resolution, he was transferred without judgment, and without being able to communicate with his family, to the Citadel orFene strella, the CarceYe Duro of Piedmont, " where he was to remain, by the King's orders, until he consents to make the required apology." Another and still more arbitrary act lately occurred at Genoa. About 100 boys of the city having, in imitation of the troops of the garrison which are con stantly exercised a la petite guerre, formed into two bodies and fought a sham battle, in which the party fol lowing the. Genoese banner was, of course, the con queror, the Governor, Count Paolucci, alarmed at this symptom of martial ardour, caused forty of the boys to be immediately arrested, and, regardless of the supplications of their families, sent the youngest of them on board the vessels of the royal navy, where they wonid serve as cabin boys ; incorporated the eldest into different regiments where they are to remain twelve years ; and sent the others to various fortresses. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—On Thursday morn ing, about eight o'clock, as a horse and cart belonging to Mr. Ralph, Shepherd-court, Grosvenor-square, were proceeding along the New-road, the animal suddenly took fright, and dashed off at a furious rate. The car man, Michael Collins, was knocked down by the vehicle, the near wheel of which passed over his body, and c! ushed him in so terrible a manner that he died in less than an hour froin the period of the occurrence. INCENDIARISM.—The Hue and Cry of Thurs day contains particulars of the.following acts of incen-- diarism :—On Friday, the 20th ult., some corn stakcs belonging to Mr. J. Squires,of Sherborne, farmer, were wilfully and maliciously set fire to and destroyed. A reward of 1001. is offered.—On the 27th ult., between ten and eleven o'clock at night, the thatch of Halway Cottages, between Ross and Rudhall, was also con sumed by the act of an incendiary. VACCINE LYMPH.—Dr. Gregory, of the Small Pox Hospital, in a note to the Ectitor of the Medical Gazette, states that the penny postage will have a most remarkable effect upon the practice of vaccination, as it will bring to the door of every medical man in the coun try a supply of vaccine lymph from various sources at the small charge of one penny. The benefits of this vast change will soon be felt throughout all the ramifi cations of society. No wonder the Tories envied the Government the praise, which they have justly merited for carrying this measure. . - SOUTH SEA HOUSE.—At a Quarterly General Court of the Proprietors of South Sea House Stock, held yesterday, at the Company's House, in Thread needle-street, Mr. Franks, the Governor, declared a dividend of one and a quarter per cent., in the usual form. After which the Court adjourned. SUPPOSED IN FA N TlClDE.—Yesterday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, information was brought to the station-house of the T division that the body of a new-born child was lying exposed in one of the fields at the back of Holland Farm, Kensington. Police constable Page was immediately sent to the spot, where he found the body of a fine new-born female child, which he conveyed to the station-house, and from thence to Ketisington workhouse, where it awaits a Coroner's inquest. It had not apparently been born but a few hours, and there is every reason to believe it has been strangled, marks of a ligature being visible round its neck. SINGULAR ESCAPE OF A PRlSONER.—Yes terday morning two young fellows, named Henry Atkins, of No. 3, Church-passage, Bloomsbury, and Thomas Baillie, of No. 56, Park-street, Camden-town, were charged before B. Combe, Esq. (of Hatton-garden Po lice Court), at his residence at Acton, with having sto len some geese in the village of East Acton, on which charge, the evidence being conclusive against them, they were fully committed to Newgatc for trial. Shortly af terwards they were both placed, handcuffed, on the top of one of the Ealing omnibuses, and, accompanied by a police constable of the T division, conveyed to 'town to await their trial. On the arrival of the vehicle at the Blue Posts Tavern, in Holborn, nearly opposite Gray's Ins lane, they proceeded, accompanied by the constable' down Holborn-hill, on their way to .Newgate, until they reached Shoe-lane, when Baillie, who had by some means freed his hand from the handcuff, suddenly darted under one of the vehicles that was passing, his compa nion at the same moment starting off at full speed up Shoe-lane, pursued by the constable, wbo, after a sharp chase, succeeded in re-capturing him and conveying him to his destination. Baillie, however, although sharply pursued by some of the city police, succeeded in effecting his escape. He is described to be about five feet two inches high, of fair complexion, rather sandy hair, and was dressed in a brown frock coat, very old and dirty drab cord trowsers, laced-up boots, and a round Prus sian cap. GROWTH OF CHRISTIANITY. —The Christian population of Constantinople is said to have increased to such an extent, that two new villages in its immediate neighbourhood, one at the junction of the roads from Pera and Tatavia, and the other on the hill between Therapia and Buyukdere, have suddenly sprung up. This rapid augmentation is attributed to the distress which prevails in the provincial towns, compelling the inhabitants to desert them, and seek a livelihood in the capital. The arran gements of the f r i en d s o f c i v il an d ; hgious liberty, for entertaining Mr. O'Connell at a public dinner, of which we spoke on Monday, arc nearly completed. The day fixed upon is the 11th of January. EVENING 1411)1TION4 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, ;THURSDAY.—The Queen took walking exercise to-day lor an hour and a half on the Terrace of the Castle and on the Slopes. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lacly Fanny Howard, rode out this morning in the Park in a pony phreton. The Right Hon. George S. and Lady Agnes Byng took their depar tire from the Castle to-day. Mr. George E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson have, also left lot. town. The Queen will hold a Privy Council at two o'clock this afternoon, at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, left town yesterday morning on a visit to Mr. Conyers, at his residence, Copped-Hall, Epping. The Duchess of Cambridge, Price George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck returned to Kew on Wed nesday night. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday morn ing from the seat of the Earl of Tankcrville, at Nt% alton on-Thames. Viscount Duncannon has arrived in town from Mid dleton Park, Oxford. Despatches for the Right Hon. C. Poulett Thomson, Governor of the Canadas, and for Sir John Harvey, Governor of New Brunswick, were sent off yesterday from the Colonial Office. Her Majesty is expected to honour Covent-gar den Theatre with a private visit on Wednesday eveuing. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Capua entertained a select circle at dinner, on Wednesday, at Mivart's Hotel. Covers were laid for twelve. A grand civic banquet is to be given to-day, at Chester, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Marquis of Westminster, Viscount Combermere, Lord Dinorben, Lord Mostyn, Sir Thomas Stanley, Bart., the Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn, Sir Richard Bulkelcy, Bishop of Chester, &c. The Earl of Liverpool has a party at Busted Park, Uckfield. The Noble • Earl will come to town at the close of the ensuing week. Lord Prudhoe arrived at Alnwick Castle on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, last week, from Stanwick Park, his seat, near Richmond. , His Excellency the Netherlands Minister and Madame Dedel have gone on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jersey, at Middleton Park, where a numer ous and distinguished party has assembled. Baron de Vismes, a son of Count de Vismes, whose claim to the title was recognised last year by this French Government, was presented, on Sunday, the 20th ult., to their Majesties the King and Queen of the French, at the Tuileries, by Lord Granville. FUNERAL OF LADY CAROLINF BRECKNELL. —On Thursday, at one o'clock, the remains of the face Lady Caroline Brecknell, daughter of the Earl of Port:- more, relict of Captain Brecknell, late of the Life Guards, were interred in the catacombs under "the dis trict Chapel of St. Barnabas, in the Addison-road, Kensington. The Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe, who is on a visit to her son, the Duke, at Fleurs Castle, Kelso, is expected in Grosvenor-street, from the north. Colonal O'Reilly has arrived in town, on a tour. Lady Deerhurst, and her son the infant Viscount, are passing the holidays with her mother, the Dowager Lady Cockerel!, at Sezincote Hall, near Moreton-on the-Marsh. Lord Brougham is expected in town, on Wed nesday next, from Paris, unless the melancholy intelli gence of the death of his revered mother should hasten his Lordship's departure from the French capital. DEATH OF THE MOTHER OF LORD BROUGHAM.—We have heard that this venerable Lady died at 10 in the morning of the 31st December, at Brougham Hall. No accounts to this effect had been received last night at the residence of Lord Broughann, but his Lordship's absence from town may account for this. She was in her 87th year. DRAYTON MANOR.—The Earl of Warwick, Lord Brooke, and Sir Charles Douglas, who have been staying here for several days on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel, have taken their departure for Warwick Castle. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Lord Stewart de Decies custos rotulorum of the county of Waterford, and colonel of the militia of that county, in the room of the late Lord George Beresford. The Earl and Countess of Surrey, and the La dies Howa-d, and Lord and Lady Fitzalan, from 13erkeloy Castle Lord Segrave has remove d ' o r u c n h d e e l l t eCnahsatml this m w t e h e e k , R w o h o e k r e e r Rookery, s DOr k i Lordship'snilsa.vgone to were to have met yesterday, for the first time this season. The Earl of Clare will leave Mount Shannon hounds next week, for England, when the Noble Earl intends to make a few visits cn route to the metropolis.. his Lordship will be is town by the 15th, having engaged to dine at the Duke of Wellington's on that day. WELLTN-GTON TESTIMONIAL.—We under stand that the first meeting of the Committee was held y o e f s te rd Dalhousie,ay and a w s a C s airyinnumerously Committee, attended. The presided, and amongst others present were—the Earls of Had- ' dington, Leven, Melville, and Roseberry ; Right Hon. Sir George Warrender, Honorary Secretary ; Sir J. H. Dalrymple ; Sir John Hope ; Sir George Sin clair ; Sir Adam Hay, the Treasurer ; Sir J. M. Rid dell ; Sir John M'Neill ; the Lord Provost of Edin burgh ; Sir James Spite! ; Burn Callender, Esq. ; Grmme Mercer, Esq. ; Professor. Wilson, &e. The meeting appointed sub-Committees for the purpose of furthering the object's of the undertaking. Tbe sub scriptions, we are glad to learn, proceed favourably ; and, in addition to those already announced, there were reported to the meeting those of Mr. Balfour, of, Whit tingham, 1001. ; Mr. Morgan, 501. ; Sir James Sbaw, Bart., of London, 50/. ; the latter contribution was the mbre gratifying as having been forwarded merelpin con sequence of the proceedings having met the eye of the Hon. Baronet in the public papers.—Edinburgh Ad vertiser. SUICIDE THROUGH SHAME OF EXPOSUP:E. —O n Thursday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, 111. P., at the Marylebone workhouse, •en the body of George Montague, a tailor, lately residing in King-street, Golden-square. A. police constable pass ing on Monday morning near Macclesfield-bridge, 'be hind the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, heard frantic cry followed by a splash in the water of the canal- He hastened in the direction, and found a great cuat, body coat, waistcoat, and stock lying on the footway, but could discover nothing in the water. Having ob tained drags, after about five minutes' exertion he got the lifeless body of deceased out of the water. In the coat pocket was a packet of oxalic acid. Mr. Richards , a surgeon, of Bedford-square, said that the man had la boured under a loathsome :malady for the last three years, and he thought the shame (deceased wasa timid and weak man) of having the state he was in exposed to his friends caused him to commit the suicidal act. He bad some months before attempted destruction of life by se vering the principal veins of the left arm. Verdiet-• - • " Temporary insanity." A DOUBTFUL OCCUPATION.—One of the witnesses in a case which came befOre Mr. Baker, yes terday, was a boy, about 15 years of age, and/when r e quired by the Coroner to state his profession, said be got his living by picking up bones. The Coroner' Then I may set you down as a bone-grubber?-Wit ness—No, no, Sir ; pray don't do that ; I'm a L a u iykt,o: g e: crhobiEotunuoemssfrriciwnm.ya). iuwncencichni d c eot hesNi rretieehn th e wv t hi s lni n e w collec tor. The Coroner—A collector of what ? Dead men's n bones, or any other, I suppose? Witness- 5 1'm not particular to that, Sir; but a bone. grubber is a Radi cal, ain't it ?—(Laughter.) The beadle said the wit ness was leading the Coroner astray. He was whet was called a " long shorer," that was a person who hunted along shore, close to the vessels, anti laid hold of anything that came in his way. A Juror—A. kind of shark, I suppose ? Witness—No r lam not a shark, I assure you ; but you may put me down what you please else. Tire Coroner—Well, I think yo ur own term the best ; you are a collector, - and, like others of that profession, not very welcome to those you visite- - ei Mena continued number dyun s t ory, oem t au h brb l y et are nmnAdeati e di torship a n g ettnadr a ei z nwb i t oeFl contributes f ' sal the hhmtfheoheeeerr Theodore mostdefiJaornai and c hau a uSoo r asanCpoprs characteristics of his preceding highly entertaining works. It is also to have the advantage of being on; bellished by a distinguished artist. " Nimrod in France is oneof a new series of papers from the veritable " Nim rod" of sporting celebrity, and contains many novel a nd amusing remarks upon that country and people. Besides tales by the Countess of Blessington, Mrs. Trollope . , Messrs. Poole, Douglas Jerrold, and the usual contri butors, the present Number is distinguished by a paper from J.H . M erivale, Esq., so well known to the lovers o f the Greek Anthology. It is entit eI " Specimens of the German Lyric Poets," and contains a most beautiful English version of Schiller's " Song of the Bell." Mr. Poole's mock review of " The Newgate Annual ; or, the Guide to the Gallows," is a laughable exposure of the morbid taste prevalent just now for tales of high µa men, house-la eukei s, thieves, and murderers ; and contains some admirable parodies on the style of certain writers of that school. This amusing article is accour panied by a pictorial representation, entitled " The Way to the Gallows made Easy and Pleasant." POST-OFFICE OFFENCE.---O n Thursday week, a young man in a merchant's offic e , was brought up before Mr. Hend erson , Sh er iff-S ubstitute, charge d, at the instance of th e P rocurator- F iscal, with having, on or about the 27th of September last, sent a letter through the Post-office, to a gentleman then in Blair gowrie, concealed in a copy of the Spectator news' paper, thereby defrauding the Post-office, and acting contravention of Act Ist Victoria. chap. 36. Th° charge was confessed, and the Sheriff iniposed a fi n e of .51. sterling ; and, failing .—D payment, to be impri so ned for sixty days. The fin e was paid uki dee Advertiser.