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EVENING EDITION. WESTIVILNSTER COURT OF RE QUESTS. A " F/NE DRAWER."—When a genius has no every day work in hand he is in a dangerous predica meot, for it is ten to one that he finds something to do at the expense of other people. Genius has a great Army curious little matters to answer for, an instance of which was furnished in the " Idle hours" of Mister Jeremiah Donelly. Jerry was a youth, the thread of whose existence was drawn out in "Le premier cn pescendant du ciel." He was a sheer genius whose needier was not constant—in other words, Jeremiah was an operative tailor, who frequently found himself upon the shop-board without a " stitch of canvass to carry on with." What was the industrious " Flint" to do ? Na ture had blessed him with a genius for fine drawing ; and having either read or heard of the story of the beau tiful lining of Zeuxis and Apeiles, he entertained an idea that if he gave himself up to the predominating " bump," h) would be able, alter a little bit, to baste all the an citint and modern artists to:jether, and clothe himself ith immortality. " Jeremiah Donelly," said the crier. Jerry jumped into the box with as much alacrity as if he bad been taking his place in a jaunting car ready to s art for Donnybrook. Hers I sin," shouted Jerry, in a whirrirg Con naught breßue, with music enough in it to " Create a soul under the ribs of death," and looking wild Irish" at the plaintiff, one Mister Jenaingi. " Here lam to the fore, and convaneyint to aosrver Misther Jennings, blessed be God so I am!" A Commissioner called upon Mister Jennings to state his case. Jennings homed low, and proceeded to state that last Whitsuntide Jerry was re commen d e d to him as a re speeable lodger for the back " hattic" by the " good ootnin who keeps the shop in the general line at the corner of his street." From the r espectability of Jerry the plaintiff was induced to h:.ve all the broken panes of glass taken out and new panes put in, and the walls and ceiling " limed down," so that " the hattic," as he said, ' looked quite as comfortable as a single man lodger could wish to see." Well, Jerry turned out as the " good °rm..," represented him—viz., a most respectable 10.iger —he. - kept good hours, paid his rent regularly, a.nd, on the 14th of last November, when he "gave up the key," not a farthing of rent was he in arrcar. " Sorry I was at the time," said Mister Jennings, " that sich a good lodger would'nt stop with me, but I was seen sorrier as he ever put foot into the hattic ; for when I trent to look over the room, no sooner did I turn the key in the door than —," and Mister Jen nings in the recollection of Ins astonishment when he opened the door, li ' d up his hands, nodded his head rapidly„lialf a doze mes, uttered " never in the whole course of my life id I ever see --" pursed up his mouth, looked tiAt the wall opposite him, and then down at Jerry. who exclaimed, " B,ood and minds, man, is it fooling their honours ye • afther ? Spoke out." r , - "Sich a disgraceful sight," said the p'dritiff, " as co landlord ever see afore." " Softlier.worde if you plaze, Misther Jennings," said Jerry, " disgraceful mayn't be the mute that'll describe rife dhrawing." . " The fast thing I set eyes on," continued the plain tiff, " when I went in, was a lot of coal marks as covered i the whole of the chimbly-piece ." 1 " What do you mean by coal marks ?" inquired one of 1 the Commissioners. Jennings—lt was a sort of a drawing chalked with a bit of coal ; and, as nigh as I could make it out, was a 1 man a setting on a goose. " Hoar the 'nigramus," cried Jerry, " reflectin' on me jieyus and purfesshin. Coal marks ! The Lord help Ime! Yer honours, it wor a fine dhrawin' tippificashun. A man settin' on a goose ! och, be Gor, but that's good i 1 an Euglisher, for divil a boucbal in all Ireland that wouldn't be afther knowin' it wor a crane (crayon) idhrawin' o' Rourke an' the Airzle. Och, but yer a ri g ht i id rneyus man, so you are, 111isther Jennings. What a 1 discrepshin ye'd give o' the Gallery o' Dhrawins ; Sir Jonne) thin Rinnolds 'ud look small afore yez ; so his Honour would." Jennings (passionately)---T don't know nothing of Sir Jonathan Reynolds, nor the crane drawing the eagle, nor don't want to. You've spike the four walk and the ceiling. In one place (turning towards the Commis sioners) he's made a pattern of a sort of sojur's jacket. Jerry—Be the powers only Lear him ! A sodger's jacket !! Be jinks, ye aint got as much janeyus as ud relish 0 red herring ! Yer Honors, its the skitch ov a hit of ;Fatick arin'rey that's in the Musame, the likes n' which stitads up agin ('kill-us in Hyde-park, that he's spaking ov. Ozh ! a soLer's jacket ! Did'nt ye see a pair of bre4sehes. misther ? " Perhaps I did, mister," said Jennings, rather pet tishl-r• " and perhaps I see a cabbidge." Don't be afther reflectin' agia on me," said Jerry ; " bekase, in eoorse, ye don't understand me purfesshin, the devil a stitch better than the bit o' antick that yez tuck for the sodger's jacket." Mister Jennings (contemp'uGusly)—You're a■ antic yourself. Dirty scran to yez," said Jerry. " That me dhrawin' sfiud be reflected on by sich en objik !" And Jerry again looked " wild Irish " at Mister Jennings. Objict Objiet :" cried Jennings ; " Damn you, sir, what do you mean ?" Here the Commissioners interposed, and perceiving that the Irish tailor, so far from denying, in fact gloried in the crane, or fine drawinx, gave a verdict against hint for 7s. ed. the amount claimed. " And what 'nil he be afther doing wid the money ?" said the tailor. A Commissioner—He'll put a coat of whitening over your fine drawing. Jerry—Will he, be Gor ; th'n, if he'd 13t me dhrawin' bide on the walls, I'll tike t) the lodgin' Agin, and that's a fair offer. The plaintif ssererated that he'd have no more to do with Jerry. A Commi33iener—The p'aiutiff re'uses to accept the offer. Jerry—Won't the Coort interfere ? A Commissioner—lt has no power. Jerry—Won't yer honours spake for me dhrawins ? A Commissioner (laughing)--We really cannot sav e your antics. Jerry—Thin, be dad, you've no - more jancyus than a Monaghan goose for fine dhrazein'. FINE ARTS AND FURY.—A hook-nosed personage, whose stature just enabled him to peep up to the Com missioners, with an air of vast importance, handed in a card on which was printed— " Patronised by all the Royal Family and Prince Albert. JACOB FITCH, Artist in Oils, Ornamental Writing in its highest branches ; H era ldi c • Insignia elegantly emblazoned." Vis d vis stood a stout dame, composed principally of cloak, boa, and coal-scuttle bonaet, who put in against him a written bill for lodging, arrears, &e., set forth in this form : Four weeks' lodging, 2s. 6d los Od Two broken window• 12 0 Crecittcr by three psnt pots 11 9 The artiste, it appeared, rented a studio of the plain tiff—a back attic, with a beau Tibbs's prospect—for which he was to pay 2s 6d. weekly. A fortnight passed ) over, but no cash being forthcoming, the Lndiady put in a broker, who found, as she said, nothing to distrain ; upon but " three paint pots and a lot of rubbish." 4 " Rubbish said the artist, looking as fierce and is ) red as a turkey-cock, " What this ignorant woman calls !rubbish was some of my own choice specimens of art, and to an artist like myself quite invaluable." Lairellad)—l say there was nothing in the room but hits of trumpery daubs, only fit to chuck in the dust-hole. 4 , 7 l)ltubs I my works daubs !" said the artist retie. meitty. " I appeal to this honourable Court for pro letectialt. My works, I may say are known to posterity. I'm sent for far and near to write on coaches and omni ) 'ruses. I challenge the whole profession to show t agsinsst my last performance—the Victoria,' letters a foot and a half long, each letter seven shades, no two 1 shades alike." I Landlady—l don't care a fig for what you say. Ail your traps ouly fetched three pence, and I don't see, as long as there's law in the land, why a poor fatherless widow, whose got to pay rent and taxes, and keep things tidy about her, is to be robbed by lodgers run ning away without paying the rent. " My reputation is at stake here," slid the artist, in a perfect ftfiget of rage. " I deny having run away. I was called to a, job at Hammersmith, and my labours there in the ornamental line stand as a monument to the end of time " ,•• Landlady—You did run away, and you took all that was worth taking in a pocket handkerchief. Artiki—Gentiemen, I pledge my untarnished honour the bundle contained nothing but my paint brushes and few shirts. Landlady—A Jew shirts ; why you never had more than a dirty one, and when you wanted to wash it I was always obliged to lend you my night jacket. CHAtamAN—How can 3ou pay this debt ? Artist—The question ought rather to be, how can this woman pay me . 1 ' What she seized on was worth fifty times the amount of her claim. The COURT thought otherwise, and handed over to the artist an order for the payment of d :bt and costs within one mouth. 'l' he incensed artist took the order and tore it into pieces. " I appeal against your decision. 11l carry the case into a higher court." CIIAIRdIAN—CaII en the next case, officer. Artist—My paint-pots alone were worth more than the rent. Your decision is a violation of the laws of the land—a disgrace to the-- Th e offi , .T. here gave a smirt tug at the defendant's « a ail, which brought him close to the door. Datendant (struggling vigorously)—A disgrace to the character of tradesmen and a— 'llO oflic.Jr succeeded at this point in forcibly eject a g the artiot. In a few moments the defendant upper ceived slipped in at another door, and made his way to the table. " The paint-pots were worth more than the rent," roared he ; " I'll carry the case to a higher court. Your decision is a disgrace to a— Here the officer caught the defendant in his arms. Defendant (struggling to get loose) —To a British court of law and a— Officer—Be quiet. Defendant—And a stain on the character of—(mak ing deperate efforts) on the characters of The officer succeeded in pushing the artist out and guarding the door. In an instant the wicket was thrown up, and the head of the artist popped through. Artist—A stain on the character of the British nation. Further proceedings;;CUnnecessary, as the artist having, apparently, fully unburdened his mind, made a rapid retreat. ° ' LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, J.s.x. I—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Richmond, from Rio Is:lel - lc). LtvEttroot, JAN. I —Wind S. S. E. to S. S. W. Sailed the Jane, Davidson, for Tampico : Unicorn, Mullins, Havannah ; Fergus, Blyth, New Orleans ; Courtney, Brown, Savannah ; Leila, Baltimore ; Prompt, Morton, Charleston ; York, Legg, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Orange Branch, Hannaford, Azores ; Ade laide, Swaffin, ditto. PORTSMOSITII, JAN. I—Wind S. W.—Arrived the W. C. Wye, --, Virginia. COWES, JAN. 1.-Arrived the Cesar and Helen, Tied m , n, Havannah. PORTLAND ROAD!, JAN. I.—Arrived the Clio, Mearus, FALMOUTFI t DEC, 31—Wind S. S. W. W. S. W. PRNz•NCs, DEC. 31.—Off port the Zodias, Bahr, Porto Rico. SCILLY, DEC. 29.—Off port the Manchester, New Orleans. DUBLIN, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Kingston, Murett, from Demerara. DUNDEE, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Apollo, Walker, from Montreal. STOCK TON, Drc. 30.—Arrived the Turnbull, Sands, from Quebec. 'BRIDLINGTON, Dac. 31.-The Amphitrite, Scott, from London to Middleborough, ran on the rocks off Flambo. rough Head this morning and sunk ; crew saved. HARTLEPOOL, Dsc. 31.—The Neptune, Seabrook, from Montrose, got on the rocks off Redcar this morning, but was assisted off and brought in here. YARMOCTH, 131. t OF WIGHT, JAN. I.—The Symmetry, Giles, from Swansea, is on shore at Pennington. LtvrtarooL, JAN. I.—The Insentus, from Sligo to this port, parted her anchor in the harbour of Lochindoul on the 25th inst. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen promenaded for nearly two hours this morning on the Slope and on the East Terrace of the Castle, accompanied by most of the visitors of the Castle, and attended by several ladies and gentlemen of the Royal Suite. Lord John Russell, Lord William Russell, and the Hon. Miss Lister, are expected to arrive this evening to join the Royal circle at dinner. - Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, of St. Leonard's Hill, and the lion. and Rev. Mr. Moore, are also expected to join the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening. The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday in a carriage, and paid a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marlborough House. The Duke of Cambridge came to town yesterday. His Royal Highness visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Duchess of Cambridge came to town from her residence at Kew last evening. Viscount Palmerston has left town for the residence of the Earl and Countess of Tankerville at Walton-on- Thames. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial Office for the Governor of Western Australia. His Excellency Andrew Stevenson, the American Minister, is about removing from his residence in Port land-place to No. 32, Upper Grosvenor -street, which is fitting up to receive his Excellency. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS, &r. The Rev. John Rawes, of Chew Magna, appointed a miner canor of Bristol Cathedral, in the room of the Rev. R. W. Lambert, preferred to the livings of Fifehead and and Swell, Somerset. The Rev. John Douglas Giles, M. A. to the vicarage of Skendleby, Lincolnshire, on the presentation o f Lord Wilfougby d'Eresbv. The Rev. J. W. Johns, A. 8., to be curate of Falmouth. The Rev. Frederick Pringle Walton, to the vicarage of Ainderby, near Northallerton, void by the resignation of the Rev. J. Robson. The Rev. Daniel Rowlands, Llanllwch, to be chaplain ;o the Earl of Gosford. The Rev. Yate Fosbroke, curate and lecturer of En field, Middlesex, to the vicarage of St. Ives, Hants, void by the decease of the Rev. C. J. Baines. The Rev. Edgecome Rimell, curate of St. Blacey, to the vicarage of Marystew, Devonshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Robvns. OBITUARY. On Thursday last, at Mansfield, at a very advanced age, the Rev. R. Wood, D. D. He was upwards of 30 years chaplain in the county gaol, and for upwards of 40 years first usher and then head master of the Free Grammar School, Nottingham. At Clifton, the Rev. Thomas St r etton C o d r i ngton , vicar of Wroughton,Wilts, aged 30. At Heighiniton, the Rev. Robert Blacklin, aged 97. In his 77th year, the Rev. George Savile, rector of Howell, Lincolnshire, and Perpetual Curate of Shireoaks, Nottinithainshire. At Trowbridge, aged 81, the Rev. Mr. Avons, for many years Master of the Free Grammar School at Caine. Aged 34, the Rev. Alfred Sadler, M.A., brother of Benjamin Sadler, Esq., of Manchester. At his house at Haydon, rear Taunton, the Rev. H. Barker, A. M. STATE OF THE POOR.—We have the satisfac tion of announcing, that a preliminary meeting has been summoned to be held in the Boroughreeve's room, at the Town Hall, on Thursday, " to take into considera tion the present distressed state of the labouring poor, and the best mode of admin:stering to their relief."— Manchester Guardian. THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.-We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the following new works, which can be had of all booksellers :-1. Mr. Bremner's Excur sions in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, with notices of the state of public opinion in those countries, and anecdotes of their courts, 2 vols., Bvo., with i lustrations. —2. The Duchess of St. Albans' Memoirs, second edition, with additions, 2 vols., post Bvo., with two por traits, and an autograph.-3. Mr. Townshend's Sport ing Excursions in the Rocky Mountains, 2 vols., post Bvo., with illustrations.-4. The Right Hon. T. P. Courtenay's Commentaries on Snakspeare, 2 vols., post Bvo.-5. The Marine Officer, or, Sketches of Service, by Sir Robert Steele, Knight, K C.S., &c., 2 vols., post Bvo., with portrait.-6. A cheaper edition in post Bvo., price 165., of the Concluding Volumes (3 and 4), of the Diary of the Times of George IV.-7. The Life and Times of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan, by his son, Henry Grattan, Esq., 11 , 1. P., 2 vols., Bvo., with portrait, &c.-8. Captain O'Brien's Adventures during the late War, 2 vols., post Bvo., with illustrations.-9. The Idler in Italy, by the Countess of Blessington, second and cheaper edition, 2 vols., post Bvo., with por trait.-10. Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and of the Court and Times of Queen Anne, by Mrs. Thomson, 2 vols., Bvo., with portraits.-11. The Narrative of the Voyages of H. M. S. Adventure and Beage round the World, by Captains King and Fitz- Roy, 2 vols., Bvo., with an appendix, by Major Sabine, with upwards of sixty illustrations, price 21. 18s., bound; and 12. Mr. Darwin's Journal of his researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various coun tries visited by the Adventure and Beagle, 1 vol., Bvo., 18s. bound. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW DINNER.—The din ner on the 13th instant, it is expected, will be attended by a great number of Members of Parliament, twenty two of whom have signified their intention to be pre sent ; their names have been already published in the Guardian. In addition to these, and the Mayors and Deputies of the principal towns in the kingdom, the following gentlemen have also accepted the Council's invitation :—The Rev, Thomas Spencer ; Dr. Bow , rlliagve;r7 and Mr n .G o eorg ßti e ri Tl s l h omr nd so i n a , ; the eloquent lecturer on s i Dr. Brie towe, Esq., & c . We see that J.h Epps.Smit ' S h,.Esq., E. the President of the Anti-Corn-Law Asssociation, is to preside ; and that C.. 1. S. Walker, Esq., Vice-Presi dent of the Association, is to fill the principal Vice- President's seat ; and thirty-four other gentle men are also named as Vice-Presidents, for the occasion, in accordance, probably with the number of tables. One hundred and fifty stewards have been appointed to superintend the arrangements, and to di vide this labour into sections. While the tickets of ad mission to the body of the pavilion remain at ss, those for the gallery (whether for ladies or gentlemen) inclu ding refreshments, are 10s. each ; yet the demand is greater than can possibly be supplied. We see, that on the morning of the following day, Tuesday the 14th in_ stant, the Deputies are to assemble for the purpose of considering the future proceedings of the League ; that, in the afternoon of the same day, a general meeting of the Deputies and friends will be held, to receive the Re port of the Council for the past year, and on other ge neral business ; and that, in the evening, a public dinner of the Manchester Operative Anti-Corn-law Association will take place in the Pavilion, which is expected to be attended by many of the principal guests of the pre ceding evening.-21fancbester Guardian. Upwards of three hundred and forty thousand persons have been already enrolled by Mr. Mathew, as having taken the pledge, and have received medals and tickets accordingly. The names of upwards of one hun dred thousand more have been sent in, as also having taken the pledge, during his visits to Limerick, Water ford, and Clonmel, and who are anxious to receive cards and medals. T HE UNITED MERCANTILE AND TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION, And General Mutual Life Assurance and Annuity Society, 65, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. Tittr . sthEs. The Rt. Hon, the, Lord Mayor James Pattison, Esq., M.P. George Grote, Esq., M.P. Thomas Brockelbank, DIRECTORS, Cut IRMA N—Samtiel rsq., Alderman. • DErtrrY-CitAtiotAN—W. H. Hughes, Esq., F.A. and L. S. Edward Baker, Giles Redmayne, Esq. Robert Currey, Esq. Peter bolt, Esq. Thomas Dakeyne, Esq. Joseph H. Warter, Esq. Joseph Dowson, Esq. James Webber, Esq. John Evans, Esq, Robert Wilcoxon, Esq. Aunt - rows—Mr. John Crowden, Mr. John R. Cutliav, Mr. Geo. Fred. 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AINSWORTH'S "GUY FAWKES," Is commenced In BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY for JANUARY, Which, in addition to the usual ♦arieties, contains : STANLEY THORN, By the Author of " VALENTINE VOX," And other articles by SAM SLICK, CHARLES HOOTON, ALFRED CROWQUILL, WITH FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. „* To be had of all Booksellers, and at all Libraries. CHEAP EDITION. This day is published, Second Edition, 2 vols. foolscap svo., 15s. cloth lettered, A HISTORY of the LIFE of EDWARD the BLACK PRINCE, and of various Events con nected therewith which occurred during the Reign of Edward 111., King of England. G. P. R. JAMES, Esq. " The most popular, most complete, and most interesting ac count of the Black Prince that we have seen."—Athenwum. " An extremely neat second edition, in a form well calcu lated to extend the popularity of a work the intrinsic merits and interesting subjects of which would make it popular in any shape."—Literary Gazette. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. H IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) ofibr many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, URINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing, WITIIOUT DELAY, a line t• HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of TWELVE THOUSAND, SIX THOUSAND, THREE THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED, TWO HUN DRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED, ONE HUN DRED AND FIFTY, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, &c. THE DISTRIBUTING DAY BEING NEAR, an, :Mares olearing off most rapidly, A RISE IN PRICE vril soon occur. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JA,. 2, Will be performed Sheridan's Cernedy of THE RIVALS. Sir Anthony Absolute, Mr. W. Farren; Captain Absolute, Mr. Arderson; Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Mr. ErGugham ; Faulk land, Mr, Cooper ; Acres, Mr. Harley; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. C. Jones. Lydia Languish, Madame Vestris ; Julia, Mrs. Nisbett; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. To amclude witk Bic New Grand Comic Christmas Panto mime' entiiled HARLEQUIN AND THE AIERRIE DEVIL. OF ED MONTON ; OR, THE GREAT BED OF WARE. rri h entirely New Scenery. Machinery, Dresses,. and De .• eorations. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Merrie Devil, Mr. Gibssn ; and Co. umbine, Miss Fairbrother. Drees Boxes, 7s; Second Price, Ss. 84. ; Fir • t and Second antes, ss. ; Second Price, 25. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 23. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be silenced at half-past Six—the performances to osos-nence at Sores o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to lie takes of Mr. Netter, of the Box-ofEee, from Ten till Font-, where Season Tiakets may be had upon application. Private, Boxes to be had solely of Mr Andrews. bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense overflows Lava been attracted by The Twit New Dramas and the Grand Christmas Pantomime—admiring thousands have witnessed the beautiful Scenery and splendid appointments, and acknowledge " Goody Two Shoes " to lee the moat popular Pantomime in London. THIS EVENING, JAN. 2, Will be repeated the New Romantic Drama, called XIICHAEL EARLE, THE MANIAC LOVER. Characters by Messrs. Saville, H. Hughes, Neville, John- WI, and Smith ; Mrs. Yining, Mrs. Daly, and Miss Martin. After which, a Comedietta, from the . Freneh, entitled FAMILY JA ftS MENDED. Bonhouirne, Mr. Smith ; Chapinet, Mr. Saville ; Madame Bergman - le, Mrs. Daly ; Therosia, Miss Martin. To conclude with the Now 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 Itolero Family. Messrs. ,ams of St. James's-street; Andrews, Ebert, and Mitchell, Bond-street; and Seguin ;of Regent-street, Book sellers, aro appointed to let Private and Public Boxes during the ran of the Pantomime. THE SUN, LONDON, THURNI)A V, JANUARY 2 come from foreigners, for the Jaw excludes their produce from our country. It cannot come from the land itself, for its produce is naturally and in herently the property of the landlord and their te nants, and would go all into their possession and keeping, though no Corn-laws existed. The Corn laws give them more than would otherwise come into their possession. That something more falls not from heaven and is not cast up by the ocean. It is taken by the law from the rest of the people, who are not landowners. It is literally nothing but the fruit of plunder, ordained, we admit, but which no law can make otherwise than to act of gross and scandalous spoliation. Now we feel ashamed at being called on to prove that such an act is injurious. Does the Magis trate inquire whether pocket-picking, swindling, or *glary is wrong No, he answers those who de fend, after committing them, by giving them an additional dose of the tread-mill or of exile, for adding shameless effrontery to open fraud. In like manner, when the landowners, by themselves or their hired scribes, boldly stand up to defend their plunder, while its effects, impoverishing and starving the people, are testifying against them through the land in the harrowing accents of dis tress and despair, their audacious and shameless effrontery, far worse than that of ordinary crimi nals, calls not for argument, but for the most vehe ment denunciation which a suffering and indignant people can pronounce. We rejoice to see, also, that the moral indignation of the people against this iniquitous impost is every where kindling. The landlords and their journals may deprecate appeals to the people ; they maY whine and wince under the lash of honest indinga tion, but as long as the moral sense of man remains unperverted—till the destinction between right and wrong be totally effaced from • the public mind— they will be unable to escape the consequences of their own conduct. In Edinburgh, where there is to be a meeting, we shall surely hear again those eloquent words by which the Devil's laws were last veardenounced. At Manchester we have heard them; and at Wolverhampton this day, where Mr. VILLIERs, merely by his advocacy of the abolition of these laws, is raised to just though almost unbounded popularity, we shall also hear them described as they deserve to be. At Stockport and Aberdeen meetings are preparing. At Kendal there was an excellent meeting of the working-classes on Monday week, which we mis-described, we are afraid, after a pro vincial Contemporary, last Monday, as a failure ; for though there were three cheers for the Charter at the end, they only clinched the strong resolu tions and the able petition which had been previously almost unanimously agreed to for the abolition of the Corn-laws. At this meeting the Rev ED. lIA WE ES was in the chair, and we shall copy a short passage from his speech to show how the matter is working. He said— " But I derive some hope from the new elements of persuasion that dire necessity is raising up :—the peti• tions for the abolition of the Corn-laws have hitherto been limited chiefly to merchants and manufacturers, with their immediate dependants :—they have not been supported by the hearty voice of the people, but this meeting of the working class is only one proof, I hope, among many, that the sense of common danger is rous ing into vigorous action the whole body of the nation, and that their united voices will compel a reluctant Le gislature to listen, and that their united exertions will ❑ot cease until the Corn-laws are totally and for ever abolished.—(Loud cheers.) Never then let us rest until our great cause is triumphantly gained ;—let the labouring classes in other parts of the kingdom join with us in a firm and determined demand for the free inter change of the products of industry and the hosinties of Providence, and we may assure ourselves that whether a reluctant and selfish Legislature will or not, they ;mist cheers.)" We transcribe also one passage from the petition, which will show that the indignation of the people expresses itself boldly : " Your petitioners, in common with the entire labouring population of Great Britain, have no doubt that the Corn•laws,—creating a fictitious value for the produce of British landowners, at the expense of all their fellow -countrym en who do not possess land, — ire most deeply criminal towards men, and dreadfully impious towards God. So ought the legalized theft to be spoken of, and, now that it is so spoken of, we feel assured that even the brazen avarice of the landlords and the priests will be scorched and wasted by the consuming wrath of a justly indignant people. One of the persons most conspicuous at the Canterbury meeting, when Mr. -BRA DSH A w aspersed her MAJEST V, WaS the Rev. Dr. MOLES WORTH. Following this meritorious act of his, he has been presented, says the Canterbury Journal, to the valuable Vicarage of Rochdale, in Lancashire, by his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY. So is the unseemly sanction given by the clergy to asper sions of her MA JEsTY rewarded by an Archbishop, while Colonel THOMA S is reprimanded. The Rev. Dr. MoLESWORTH cannot, we believe, be unpresented, but his preferment is a gross injustice to Colonel THOMAS. Her MAJESTY is at the head of the Church, as well as the Army, and it might have been expected that the Archbishop should have been as careful as Lord HILL to re buke those who countenance the disloyal calum niatcus of the QUEEN. The first day's trial of Mir. FROST and his com panions has passed over in perfect tranquillity. None of the apprehended riot and disturbance oc curred at Monmouth which caused such great precautions to be taken. That is as it should be, for by violence nothing can be gained. The cause of the workmen is evidently the cause of peace and liberty : and successful violence would only make them the slaves of some so-called hero. We now expect that the trials will he allowed to pro ceed calmly to an end. In the first day's proceedings we see nothing to call for remark. All the forms of law were gone through, and the Law Officers of the Crown seem only to have performed, without asperity, their re quired duty. They made no opposition to Sir E WARD POLLOCK'S motion to have the jury selected by ballot, and were ready to give the prisoners as fair a trial as they can h a ve in the face of the prejudices which have been excited against them, and when they are to be tried by a jury who prob a bly ran k amongst their social an d po li t i ca l opponents. M a tt ers , however, are so const i tute d in society, and it is impossible for laws to give any individual a grea t er security for l if e an d property than the guarante e o f t h e opin i ons , passions, and prejudices of his f e ll ow-men. All the customary c erem onies which are in tended to mak e a d ecree o f a C ourt o f L aw deeply impressive, were gone t h roug h on th e occa sion. At a former ti me t hey would hare had a powerful effect; and the populace would have shrunk back affrighted and awed by Judges, criers, and javelin-men. That time is now passed. Ex trinsic ceremonies cannot make a law respected or imposing which the p eo ple have, by some unfortunate circumstance, come to despise and contemn. Those who have arrayed themselves against the law in W a l es , and elsewhere, say that the whole body of the law is un just. They feel that in their hearts. Public writers may tell them of treason, and of in jury to society ; they reply that they already suffer most bitterly, and the law seems never to consider as them part of socictY except whey. they are to be made an example of. They arc acquired, they say, to bear all its burdens, to labour without end, and almost without hope', but they have no part in its benefits. They owe, tilt, t.ay, no obedience to a law which they have had no part in making, which is made by their opponents, and which is made to vex and punish, not to protect them. Such saying 3 ate common amongst the people, such thoughts have been engraved in their minds; and the ceremonies with which this eon demned. law is administered, appear to them a mockery, and impose on them no longer. We have space only to call attention to the hit• portant resolutions agreed to - unanimously by the members of the new National Society in Dublin. The horrid i mputat i ons cast upon the religion and loyalty of the Irish by the Tory Press, have at length roused the indignation of every patriot, whether Catholic or Protestant, and compelled all good Irishmen to unite against a party who would repeal the Emancipation Act, reduce Catholics to the debased condition of aliens and slaves, and kindle a bloody civil war in their native land. Some of the language is strong, but not half so violent as that used by the Times, which, for the last four years, has been exciting deadly hatred be tween Protestants and Catholics, and when the purpose is accomplished, now meanly and falsely casts the blame on the injured Catholics. On the heads of the wicked calumniators be the conse quences. The Madrid Papers received ate of the 24th, hut their contents are unimportant. The Five pet Cents. were at 271 for cash, and 291 at 60 days. The Moniteur of Tuesday, received together with the other Paris Journals of the same date, officially contradicts the report, published by the Augsburg Gazette, of the participation of the French Admiral LALANDE in the betrayal of the Turkish fleet to the Viceroy of EGYPT. We ex pected this, as our readers may satisfy themselves by referring to an article in The Sun of Tuesday. There is one thing, however, which we did not expect—namely, that the official contradiction should establish, in the clearest manner, the guilt of the gallant Admiral. The following is a faith)• ful translation of the article in the Moniteur—the authorship we may attribute to the Minister of Marine, as Admiral LALANDE has not yet arrived in Paris : Two letters from Constantinople, dated Dec. 4 published by the Augsburg Gazette of Dec. 3, throw upon Admiral Lalande the mendacious in-sputa udon, not only to have approved of, but. to have en couraged and favoured the defection of the Capitan Pilch. We arc authorised to declare that nothing is more false. Admiral Lalande, surprised, it is true, by the news of the death of the Sultan Alahmoud, and by the prGiects which the Capitan Pacha attributed to the Grar.d Vizier Chosrew, did not believe he ought to pre vent the Turkish fleet from leaving the Dardanelles, but he represented to the Turkish Admiral that in sailing for Candia, as be (the Capitan) announced his intention of doing, he would have the appearance of delivering his fleet to Mehemet Ali, and the Admiral obtained the Capitan's promise that he would go to Rhodes to await events. " In the midst of such a crisis Admiral Lalande, who had then four vessels under his orders, of which two only were with him, was obliged to be content with the engagem ent made with the y Capitan Pacha, who ap peared to appr ec i ate strongly the justice of his repre sentations. Thi s i s the entire truth respecting the in terview between Ad m i ral Lalande and the Commander of the Turkish set. We the mo st formal denial which, to the contrary rumours according to the Augs burg Gazette, have beensapn Pacha."readatConstantinople by theDrogman of t the Capitan the idea How was i of treachery on the part of Captain Pacha occurred to the mind Of the gallant French Admiral at a juncture so critical ? How did it happen, that a time when all Ahat was dreaded by the Cabinets of London and Vienna, was an engagement between the Turkish and Egyp tian fleets, Admiral LALANDE should have sus pected that treason was lurking in the bosom of the Turkish Admiral ? How came he to hazard an intimation to that effect to the Capitan Pacha, and to extort a loyal pledge from him, and yet neither to attempt to sound the intentions of the other Turkish officer, nor to dispatch one of the two vessels of war then with him to commu nicate his suspicions to Admiral STOPFORD, then with the English squadron off the • coast of Egypt ? In a word, what husiness had Admiral LALANDE at the mouth of the Darda nelles, ? save and except to prevent the Ottoman fleet from passing into the Mediterranean ; and if he found himself not in a condition to oppose its passage, was it not his duty to have accompanied it with one ship, and have sent the other to de mand the co-operation of the English squadron ? All this is so obvious, from the very words of the Mo niteur, that we do not believe any person of ordinary sagacity can be so imposed upon as to credit a syllable of the official contradiction. It is mani fest, from the statement of the Moniteur, that Admiral LALANDE suggested the betrayal of the fleet to the VICEROY, and, as far as in him lay, con tributed to the success of the treasonable design, had we not the evidence of the dragoman of the Capitan Pacha, and the authority of the private statements, alluded to three months ago in The Sun to the same effect. There is no other now news of any interest in the French Journals. The accounts from Africa are not of a more re cent date than those received on Monday. The Committees of the Chamber of Deputies are still discussing the paragraphs of the Royal Speecl - The life of the Archbishop of PARIS was despair( of on Tuesday. The following is a list of the French diplomatic agents at foreign Courts who are at this moment exer cising their functions at Paris. We take no account of the swarm of Secretaries and Attaches, and content ourselves with mentioning th'e Ambassadors, Ministers, and Chief Secretaries : The Marquis of Dalmatia, Ambassador at Turin. Count Bresson, Ambassador at Berlin. The Duke Do Montebello, Ambassador at Naples. M. De Bacourt, Minister in the United States. M. Martin, Mininter at. Hanover. M. Logreneo, Minister at Athens. M. Do Bussieres. Minister at Dresden. M. Da la Rochefoucauld, Minister at Wietnar. M. De Beam, Minister at Cassel. • M D'Eyrugues, Minister at Carlsruhe. M. De' Borquenay, Chief Secretary at London. M. Dc Langsdorff, Chief Secetary at Vienna. Sir Ralph Abercrombie, the British Envoy to the Diet of Frankfort, is appointed Ambassador to the Court of France, but will not go to has post till after the Queen's marriage.—La Gazette de France. BOURSE.—P& is, TVESDAY, Oar. 31. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Price. 1 reach 5 per Cents 11155...11155 ... 11150 ... 111 50 4 per Cents lO2 20 ... 1112 29 ... 102 20 ... 102 20 3 per Cents BO 45 ... ... ... 80 45 80 40 80 45 Bank of rrance 29:5 ...2925 ...2925 ...2935 Latfitte Bank 1,900 f. Sh 1045 ...1045 ...11130 ...I :i0 5,000 f. Sh 5170 ...5170 ...5170 —.5170 Belgian 5 per Cents lO2 ... 102 ... 102 ... 102 Bank , 895 ... 895 ... f,92 50 ... 695 C3upons ...... Spanish Ac ive . Passive 6 ... 6 ... 6 ... 6 Neapolitan lO2 ... 102 ... 102 ... 102 Roman 101 .2 ... 101 k ... 10.114 ... 101% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versallles, IL B 495 ... 495 ... 405 ~. 495 L. 8.92 5 .. . 325 ... 323 75 ... 325 Strasburg to Bale 317 50 ... 317 50 ... 317 50 ... 317 50 BELGIAN 1. UNDS—Bituaanto, Dec.s3l Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent llll, Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Tent. 9 2 IA 3 per Cent. 7114 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent l)5 Society of Commerce, 4;4, per Cent ll4k Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ts National Society . Exchange on London (short) - -Brussels Papers, Dec. 31. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 23 Five per Cents. Metalliques Fear per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares .. 1666 ...Allgemeixe Zeitung. Dec 2.8 BRUSSELS, DEC. 29.--The Chamber of Re•- presentatives in its sitting yesterday continued the de bate on the Budget of the Department of Public Works, and then adjourned to the 14th of January. The Senate adopted the Budget of Ways and Means, by a majority of 28 to 2, and the Budget of the Public Debt unanimously. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " H " has not read the Treaiury Minute relative to the Penny Postage carefully—if ne had, he would not have grumbled at one of the greatest improvements of the present day, or failed to perceive that in place of being charged I bid. as he might have been formerly, he can now be charged only 2d. fur double postage. If pre-payment were made the general rule, and no extra charge made near the post-hour, the letter sorters would be absolutely smothered at seven o'clock. We must beg the forbearance of several Correspondent!, whose communications the pressure of the Chartist trials, and other public matters, compel us to postpone. PUGH-WATER AT LONDON BEMIRE TO-kIOPUIOW. Nlorning 49 minutes after U Eveuing ...... 17 minutes atter 1 LONDON : THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1140. The ilforning Post yesterday says, the efficacy or non-efficacy of the Corn-laws, is at least open to dehate and argument. We apprehend that this is about the first time it has been asserted in a moral and civilized country that the propriety or the effi- cacy of theft was open to argument. Ara the Corn laws anything but a mere theft, legalized by a aoleinn act of the Legislature ? Can theLegislaturemondrous as are its powers, by passing a law make a theft other than a theft ? Can it alter the characteristics of right and wrong ? Can that which when done by an individual is universally stigmatised as a crime, and is equally injurious to individuals and society, be converted into a public virtue by being decreed by those who intend to benefit themselves ? Whatever may be the opinions of the Post, and the Lords and Ladies it writes for, we, at least, be lieve that such a conversion is beyond the power of any Legislature, and when we can show that the Corn-laws sanction and ordain thieving, we consider the public to be disgraced and demoralized by being further called on to de monstrate that they are a great public injury. The champions of the Corn-laws assert that but for those laws the landowners would be ruined. The ruin is exaggeration ; but they admit and state that, wanting these laws, the., landlords would not get as much wealth as they m)w get. The Corn-laws, therefore, give them some Iv( :alth which they other wise would not have, which, I nit for these laws,would not belong to them, and to , which they have n o other titl e or r i g ht than tha.z created by th e l aw . All wealth, hits an owner. It i s t h e of creati on , or fish —prop er ty. however, creation of l a b our, an d b e come s , by th e very act seizure—as t; tking The Corn-laws, therefore, give the landowner the property of other men. The State is consti tuted to protect prope r ty, aal by such laws th e Legislature commi ts a double cr i me : i t v i o l ates t h e rights of individual s to their oiwn p ro p erty , an d i t d . violates its own express duty. But where does the wealth c Dine from which the Corn-laws bestow o;; the lan diords ? It cannot tit , Z - Tv gam. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFOIID MARKET. There were good supplies and a fzi;r attendance. Prices much as.tes-t. Fluoted. Turbot, ss. to 21s. ; Cod, 2s. to 12s. ; Soles, 10d. to gg. 9d. per pair ; and Lobsters, 10d. to 4s. Beef, 7d. to 81. and qd. ; Mutton, 7id. to Sid. ; 11 €2. 1 ) Bd. to 9d. and 90. ; Pork, 7d. to 84 per lb _ __ • BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supplies were good of most kinds, and there was a fair demand at the following prices:—Turbot, 4s. 6d. to 20s. ; Cod, 2s. 61. to Ids. Oysters Jfis. to 48s. per bushel; Soles, Bd. to 3s. per pair ; Labitem 10d. to 3s. 6d. ; Whitings, . 4d. to Mt t Rnl . Haddocks, 6d. to is, 6d. WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. The trade, was rathqr doll, though prices were not lower. Country meat in small supply, but plenty of town killed Beef and Mutton. • Beef 2s. 10d. to 4s. Mutton 3s. to 4s. 2d. Veil 4s, to ss. Pork 4s. to ss. HAY MARKETS. The supplies were moderate, the demand slack, and prices much as last quoted. flay 60s. to 8.5 . 5., Clover 80s. to 1151., Btraw 309. to 38s. per load. TEA MARKET. The trade is now waiting for further news from Canton, and the monthly public sale on Monday next. The effect of this is to render the operations extremely small, and to keep prices stationary. COLONIAL MARKET. There was a very light amount of business in this Market, although it is just re-opened. The Public Sales were few arid light, and the transactions by private treaty very insignificant. British Plantation Sugar sold slowly at from 595. 6d. to 68s. Some small pa rce l s o f Ceylon, Brazil, St. Domingo, and East India Coffee, at the 9d. duty, were sold at the last quoted prices. 600 bags Saltpetre sold at about 22v. Rice a little cheaper, and not quite so brisk. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, TWELVA O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The demAnd for Cotton has again been limited. The sales 1,000 bags, without change in prices. The letters and papers were this morning again de livered late We have received a New Brunswick Paper of Nov. 30. The following are extracts FREDERICTON, Nov.23.—A gentlemanccame ex press from Washington last week, and another arrived from Quebec, with despatches for the Lieut.-Governor, on Wednesday last. " WoonsTock, Nov. 23.—The 11 th regiment, it seems, will take up quarters for the winter at Lake Jamisquata. An express passed through this place last Monday, on • its way from Montreal to Frederickton, with despatches for Sir Jelin Harvey. We have not learned the nature of the despatch. The messenger arrived here yesterday on his return, and brought intel ligence that the left wing of the 36th regiment would proceed to the Grand Falls. We co ns id er th ose move ments to be very judicious, as their object no doubt is to keep the communication open between the provinces. It will not be forgotten that threats have been fre quently made of stopping the mails this winter, as well as the fact that Governor Fairfield stands pledged to take possession of the whole disputed territory during the present season. Under these circum stances we consider the movements exceedincly well timed, as in the event of an attempt to carry these threats into execution, we should not be taken by sur prise as we were last winter." Intelligence has been received at Havre from Monte Video to the 7th November, which states that the commercial and political positions of that country are in a most distressing state, and that, for a month and a half past, the enemy's army was only a short distance Irom Monte Video ; and there was no signs of either party attacking. This inaction caused a great preju dice to commercial affairs. Nothing can be sold, and less received ; the country was encumbered with merchandise of all description. Articles of the first necessity have fallen 20 per cent. since a month. Th e presence of two armies, each consisting of four to five thousand men, at the gates of Monte Video, prevents all merchandise going out of the town, as well as coming in from the interior. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yes t9rday's date. By the above Journal the prices of the funds at Am sterdam come higher I per cent. Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52 .5-16 ; Five per Cents., 97i ; Ardoin's, 22 11-IG. HAGUE, DEC. 28.—The project of the law to regt late provisionarily the expenses of the State, and the ways and mhos for 1840, havo been adopted in the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States General, this day, by a majority of 3.5 against 14 votes, for the first six months. Accounts from the frontiers of Italy of the 17th De cember, state that the health of the Pope does not leave any hopes of his recovery, and his approaching death is near. His successor, it is rumoured, will be Cardinal Angelo Mai. The Roman Legations are in a state of fermentation. and a revolt would have taken place some time past if the Austrian forces had not prevented it. Great surprise and much anxiet) are experienced by the merchants in the city, owing to the non-arrival of the Liverpool steamer to the present hour, or of the President's Message to Congress. Such a delay of the arrival of the above document has not happened for several years past. The other New York packet ships arc also due. . THI FUNDS. . - ----- ;Consols opened this morning at the leaving off quo tations of yesterday, 92i I- for the Account ; Reduced, 90/ 91; Exchequer Bills, 1 dis., 1 prem. ; Bank Stock, 177} 178 ; India Stock, 253 255. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is heavy, owing to the prices coming lower from Paris near f per cent. ; Spanish closed 241 I, at present 231- 24 ; Por tuguese left off 33f 34, opened the same ; Three per Cents. 23f 24 ; Colombian, same as left off at. 24; ; Mexican also 28f 29 ; Brazilian, 7l f ; Belgian, 100} 101:k ; Dutch Two•and-a- Half per Cents. 51' 52 ex. div. ; Fiv e p er C ents . , 981 99. t PRICES OF STOCKS TH IS DA} AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stork 3 per Cent. Cons. New 314 per Cent... ...... .... 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. , — Exch. Bills, .£1,600......1 pm. par Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ..1 pm. I dis. Jan; 5, 1861) l4 I-I6 Ditto Small 1 pm. I dis. Oct. 10, 1859 -- Ditto Commercial — Jan. 5, 1800 Ditto Advertised ..... -- Jan. 5, 1850 Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account .. Jan. 5.1870 - Consos for Account....... 9 N RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE (.) CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Brazilian Bonfls Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account _— Chili= 30n3 —; Prussian Bonds litto teen: . nt - Russian Bonds, 1822.......... ' 172 :aunt ;7.E.: Ads — , Ditto Account L.:l Ditto tcro'. nt — Ditto Metallic _ VT v 3: • d 5,1824 I:31:1 Icto.nt 24 , Ditto Account. .21% 3 , 4 Oanish 'IC, 3 • Ditto Meer nt —; Passive ....................... C l 4 "Defprred ll% Greek Bonds... Ditto Bonds, 1825 -- 4 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Account — ----. 3 per cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent ; --- Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account 1 Dutch, 2% per cent. 5 2 14% Ditto, 6 per Cent. Neapolitan — Ditto Accsunt....„ . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. aid Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company 70 . Per Share. 4.7,4ga Brighton Railway 9O 17yi London and Croydon Rail w ay C ompany 141. 168. 6d. lii% ahnchester and Birmingham R a il way 25 13% N rth Midland Railway Company 95 SI% 3 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company l5 0% Canady Company 32 - 2111' 98% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, DECEMBER 31. 3 per Cent. Consols iji_per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 ......... 95% City of Dublin Stearn Comp. --. 3% per Cent. Debentures... Sitiii National Insurance Company - Bank Stock - Grand Canal Stock - Ballast Office Debentures, 4 - Royal Canal Stock RALF-PAST ONE. It is stated in a French paper that accounts received from Monte Video, bring the affecting intelligence of the assassination of an officer and seven men belonging to a boat of the French squadron, which was driven by the bad weather on the coast of Bande Oriental, sonic distance from the camp of General Echaque. The French papers say, " It is to be hoped that the Go vernment will lose no time in taking energetic measures for the honour of France." An expectation prevails among the monied interest that at the weekly meeting of the Bank Directors, which takes place this day, a discussion will ensue respecting the alteration of their discounts. This has had the effect to keep the Consol market firm, although little has been done in the course of the morning. Consols at present may be quoted at 921 Account ; Exchequer Bills 1, par ; India Bonds 4 discount ; Bank Stock 1771. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has been the chief operation during the morning, in consequence of the report in the French papers that the, Spanish Government intend to withdraw their bonds given as a security for loans. The prevail;ng opinion is, that it is only a ruse to frighten the bondholders ; nevertheless, Spanish Stock receded to 23/, at present 24 ; Portu guese improved to 33/ ; Three per Cents., 23k- ; Co lombian, 24 ; Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents.im proved, owing to its coming 9 per Cent. higher prem. ; Holland, .52i ex-dividend ; Five per Cents., 97. No arrivals as yet from New York. • "Bentley's Mi sce ll any " f or the opening month of the new ye a r i s r i c h i n , prom i se and in performance tno. The commen cemen t o f M r. Ainsworth's " Guy F aw k es. is, in theatrical parlance, a decided hit. Among the new subjects included in its pages, "Stanley Thorn," by the popular au th or o f " Valentine Vox," is conspi cuous for its vigour and originality. Th e h ero, Stanley, is a second " Little Pickle," having ten times the spirit and audacity of his predecessor. Whether in his t ranny over the menials of his father's house—in his un dutiful but ludicrous contests with his father himself — or in his expl o it s at E ton, where be effectually resists the system o f f agg i ng , and concocts a plot for the, aboli tion of flo gg i ng , h e i s a li ke rampant and untameaule. If continued with equal spirit, " Stanley Thorn" will take his place with the leading heroes of Comic Romance. EVENT G J! nom THE MERCANTILE AND TRA- VELLER'S ASSOCIATION.. The Directors and many of the members of this very admirable and useful Society, dined together, on Monday last, at the London Coffee House, Lud gate-hill. Mr. Alderman Wilson, the Chairman G.f the Society, presided. In introducing the toas.' of " Success to the Association," the Alderman Le verted to the report and balance sheet of the So ciety which had been laid before the Annual Ge neral Meeting, and congratulated the Company on the gratifying result of the Society's affairs at the conclusion of the year, and the well-founded pros pects of success for future years. As this Society addresses itself in particular to the vast body of commercial travellers, of whom the number is esti mated at 27,000, it cannot be doubted that so large a number of influential individuals spreading a knowledge of the advantages of the Association daily in all parts of the Empire, will eventually enable the Institution to rank amonnst the most important in this commercial city. The general arrangements of the dinner, and the excellent quality of the wines, gave general satis faction, and reflect the highest credit on Mr. Lovegrove. ROBBERY Or SPANISH CREDITORS. (From the Madrid Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.) " MADRID, DEC. 24.—1 n the simplest language of disgust and despondency, I announce that the Spanish Government contemplate the robbery of the national creditors of Spain. Upon former occasions it was my duty to inform you of the faithless alienation of the revenues of the three principal Spanish colonies from the binding obli gations of the State—a fact never officially contradicted by the Government of Spain ; of the creation of two hundred millions of stock, and the probability of a part or the whole of this sum finding its way into the market to the certain injury of the creditor— a statement admitted by the Government itself ; and lastly, of numerous contracts made with pri- vate individuals, either upon ruinous condi tions to the State, or, as these contracts have been, with the view of their being sold over aoin by persons unable themselves to realise them. In placing these facts upon record, it was one of my prin cipal objects to show that the morals of the gang or party who have seized upon the govenrment of Spain are of a piece with their politics, and that the defraud ing of the foreig n creditor wa s ju s t as muc h w i t hi n t h e scope of their dsigns as the destruction of the civil and political rights of their fellow citizens. That no strained or exaggerated construction ./as put upon the facts stated, the extraordinary disclosures which I now pro ceed to make, will, I think, sufficiently demonstrate. " The foreign creditors of Spain are all aware that a large amount of Spanish stock remains in the hands of Messrs. Ardoin, Lafitte, and successors of Haldiman, intended for the amortization of the loan of then indi viduals, an d w hi c h a ll cons id ere d as a sacred deposit reserved to assist in the payment of the interest of the debt. This reserve, which the creditors of Spain vainly hoped would be inviolable, no matter what party might come into power, or what events might occur in the country, now exists no nmre, so far as its spoliation depends upon the Spanish Government. The deed is done. To-night, by the same conveyance which takes this, Royal orders will be forwarded for the delivery of the following sums of the Reserved Bonds alluded to above into the hands of Don Joie Ignacio Moreno, nephew of Don Antonio Guilermo Moreno, as represen tative and fiador of the late contractors of the army 21,000,000 of the Active Debt ; 29,600,000 of De ferred Debt ; 56,800,000 of Passive Debt ; 5,800,000 in cash. " Besides the above round sums, Royal orders will also be dispatched this night to the Messrs. Zulueta, of London, to deliver into the power of the• individuals already stated the following sums, deposited i►n the bank ing-house of Glyn, Halifax, and C 0..-12,003,0000 Ac tive ; 24,700,000 Deferred ; and 146,000,000 Passive Stock. " Lastly, a Royal order will be issued to-night to Messrs. Ardoin and Ricardo to hand over the deposits remaining in their hands, the whole of the stack stated being intended to be put into circulation to pay—hear it, ve defrauded and outraged creditors of Spain ! thirty-two reels the fanega fur barley to contractors, who are now buying the same at eight. " The villany of this proceeding, for it cannot be de fined in the ordinary terms of decorum, only permits me to ask one question, and to make one remark more, and the former is this—will Messrs. Ardoin and Ricardo lend themselves, or become a party to such a disgraceful transaction as this ? It so, which it is scarcely possible to contemplate, then only one remedy remains for Mr. l'aradi, to stand forth in defence of the creditors ; for the creditors themselves, and, amongst the rest, the cheated and ruined officers of tbs British Legion, to maibargo every bond of these that hands can be laid upon. I have only to add the hope that the antidote reach its destination as soon as the poison, and help at lout to mitigate, if not prevent, its full effects." THE NEW CONVENTION -ELEC TION OF A DELEC;ATE FOR BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. The General Convention of the working classes arts again begii.l.'ing to assemble. A public meedeig, of the Chartists of Birmingham was held on Monday last, for the purpo so of electing a Delegate as the repre sentative of the , working men of Birmingham. The CHAIRM A.N, in opening the business, stated that the Convention would assemble on Wednesday (to morrow), for the .solemn purpose of deliberating what steps shall be taken' to rescue Frost, in the event of his condemnation. A fetter had been received from the 'Convention, counsehlog them to elect no Delegate who was not prepared to r.s.k his life in an organized attempt to rescue Frost, if Mum! guilty. After some discussion,. Mr. ANDREWS proposed that Mr. Edward Brown ghoul d be elected the Representa tive of the Working Classes in the General Conven tion, which was to meet on Wednesday.—(Cheers.) Mr. BROWN said the poste was a post of danger, and he that went to the present Convention did so with a rope round his neck. They ,had neither Attwood nor Muntz, nor the middle classes to back them. They were thrown upon their own re:. sources, and it appeared that the Government were determined to put them down by brute force.—(Hear, he, sr.) From what lie knew of the intentions of the new Convention, how e7er, he could say that a fearful and desperate strug gle was at hand.--(Cheers.) If the working classes had done their duty, Frost would not now have been in prison. No ; rather would the base Government have been now on their trial befoie the people for high treason.—(Cheers.) Let the working classes say they would perish rather by the sword than by hunger—let them say they were ready to go forth fully armed—and ho would follow them even unto death. He would, not, however, Qvixote-like, fight against a windmill.— (Cheers.) I( they elected him he would do his duty. --(Cheers.) Mr. PORTER said they should send a cool and calcu lating man. The times were ominous. He was not prepared to dischme particularly the intentions of the Convention ; but he would say thus much, that ere long an attempt would be nude which would shake society to its centre, and astonish all Europe for the daring an d courage of the act.—(Sen cation, and cries of " Hush.") A desultory conversation of great length ensued, after• which Mr. Brown was declat'ed duly elected a delegate. THE PRIESTHOOD AND TOE DEVIL'S LAWS. —You are all aware that public me stings cannot be got up without expense, and it struck my mind that the mi nisters of the Gospel were the most likely persons to apply to for ass i stance in our present object. Well, a companion and myself called at the Vicarage. The Viear was not in ; he was at church ; we must call again. We accordingly did so. The servant who came , to the door told us, " Master cannot speak to you till he knows your business." We said we had come to him as a minister of the Gospel, to assist us in getting bread cheaper for our families. The message was taken in, and in a few moments the servant returned, and said, " Master can do nothing for you."— (Laughter.) Nothing disheartened, I said to my friend, the Curate, perhaps, is the better chap, we'll even try him." He came very kindly to the door, and we said something to him of tie same import as to the Vicar. " Abe," said he, "it I'3 the duty of a Christian minister to assist the poor when l'hey are right. But I am quite of a different opinion. All the evils that have been created have arisen from the passing of the Re- ' form Bill, and to repeal the Corn-laws would make things ten times worse.'—(Loud laughter.) We then thought we would try the Dissenters, and we called upon the Methodist parson. We had half an hour's chat with him, but he did not seem to understand the subject. He did not think the repeal of the Corn-laws was what was wanted. He thought it would be to injure the agriculturist, without much mending us. At last he said, he should like the law altered thus far-_ take away the duty altogether, and go upon the prin.- 4 ciple of barter. We immediately said that is all we wanted, and he gave us half-a-crown —(Applause.) Mr. Jones wished us every success, and gave us two shillings.—( Loud applause.) —Speech of James Sped-. ding, a hand-loom weaver at Kendal. A decent married woman, named Jane Scott, was committed for trial yesterday at Marlborough street Office, on a charge of stealing one red herring, value one penny, the property of Thomas Jay, of No. 31, Little Pulteney-street, -St. James's, green-grocer. The prisoner entered the . shop under pretence of asking some frivolous question, and was observed to secrete the herring under her arrn. She made no defence. 77:: 7 ; '