The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-10 00:00:00

14' V iNG EDITION. THE NEW FRENCH LOAN. The following is the project of law for extraordinary credits which the Minister of Finance presented in the French Chamber of Monday, and of which we only gave au abstract yesterday : " Art. 1. There are hereby granted upon the esti tn,ktea of 1840, beyond the credits granted by the law of finance of Aug. 10, 1839, and by divers special laws, tiPplementary credits to the amount of 20,128,5541. -thes e supplementary credits are to be divided into dif ferent departments of the State, according to schedules A and B. " Art. 2. There are hereby granted upon the same estimates extraordinary credits to the amount of 164 ,719,9281., to be apportioned according to schedule C. " Art. 3. There is hereby granted on the estimates of 1840, for the payment of old arrears, extraordinary special credits to the amount of 59,05.5 f., to be appor tioned to different departments of the Ministry, accord. tag to schedule D. " Art. 4. The credits granted upon the estimates of 1840 for extraordinary works are augmented, conform ably to Art. 3 of the law of June 6, 1840--Ist. By a sum of 545,2021. 61c. remaining unemployed of the aresiits of the estimates of 1838 ; 2,1. By a sum of 11 ,466,0001. remaining unemployed of the credits of the estimates of 1839. " Art. 5. The credits granted for special services, Carried to the budget of 1840, are increased by a sum of 300,000 f. " Art. 6. There are granted in augmentation of the amounts to be paid, fixed by the estimates of 1836, 183 7, and 1838, supplementary credits to the amount 54-0,6681. 87c., the amount of the new claims ac cording to schedule G. Art. 7. A credit of 920,8141. 90c. is.opened to the Minister of Finances, to enable him, in default of this sum being paid by the Greek Government, to pay the interest and sinking fund on the Greek loan, due the Ist of March and the Ist of September, 1840. The Mments to be made in virtue of this authority are to oe regarded as advances to be recovered from the Greek Government." The financial expose has created a great sensation at Paris, as the Egyptian question being now settled, it 1 s evid en t t o a ll ca p ac iti es that the expenses incurred nave answered no purpose whatever, and that the money is absolutely flung out of the window. The public press !8 naturally furious on this occasion, but the Ministerial I°ofnals endeavour to throw the whole blame on M. Thiers, and exonerate the present Cabinet from any Participation in such profuse expenditure. The Debats is most severe : " We reply to the eloquence of words by the elo quence of figures. See what a pretty inheritance the Ministers of the Ist of March have left to their suc cessors ! When the reins of power were put into the bands of M. Thiers, there was security without, and Prosperity and order reigned within. When M. Thiers had fallen under the weight of his own errors and went nut of office, he left France in a deplorable position. He left it in a state of isolation, with the possibility, nay, the probability, of universal war before it, without allies, with distrust in the public mind, with discredit in affairs, and with disorder in the streets. There is no eloquence of the tribune which can stand against this eloquence of figures and of facts. What will most I trike the public in this table of our financial situation Ig that any Ministry should have engaged the credit of the country to such an extent, and have imposed upon It a thousand millions of expenditure, without the con currence of the Chambers. Advice on this head was tot wanting, but the Cabinet always replied that the t ime fur convoking the Chambers was not come." La. Presse is also very bitter : " France will now see what the faults of a Ministry oust. M. Humann has presented to the Chamber the e t:Pose of the financial situation left by the Cabinet of Thiers. The amount of additional burdens shown . 1 1 this expose, however, is only as regards the pub .'e at large. To estimate the losses sustained by Individuals during the existence:of the Cabinet of March I, and show the extent of injury inflicted upon trade and i nanufactures of every kind by the reports of war, and !he- agitation which was kept up, would be totally t olpossible. Six hundred and seventy-five millions, with out reckoning the ordinary expenditure, is the amount *hid ' the country has to pay for the few months of the Mruiuistration of M. Thiers. The carte a payer is tether a heavy one. What then would it have been if ~ Thiess had remained in office, and involved us in a lifer in the spring? France might have got ready her l ast five-f ranc pi ec e. Fortunately, since the fall of M. Thiers, things have improved. Mehemet Ali has given 1 9, a n d th e Four Powers have no longer any pretext for continuing their intervention. There is reason, qlerefore to believe that the estimates of 1842 will be relieved of a portion of the burden occasioned by the armaments ; but even in this favourable hypothesis, the Public treasury will show a deficit of 300,000,000 f. for .1841, to which must be added the deficit on the esti rog of 1840, and which amounts to 244,547,414 f. Those figure s are more eloquent than words. We have !either h a d t h e advantages of peace, nor the compensa tn of war. We will not, however, complain too much, the result shows us, and for the last time, without J uld, what the Left understand by its Government a 47" arche." The Courrier Francais and Comilla/ion/al, under *ll O5O influence and advice the military preparations *ere made, endeavour to give the case another feature ; and they accuse the Minister of Finance with having; thro w n a darker colour than was necessary on the finan cial state of France. ...Th e French Minister of Finance was expected to , IgPattee in the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, h Ways and Means (Vries et Moycns) to meet the !,zit'aordluary expenses laid down in his expose of Mon a Y last. ,These Ways and Means consist of 1. A. loan for the sum of 2 ' Th e r e serve of the Sinking Fund fltthe Five per Cents., that reserve I ., iv being in action as long as the e per Cents. are above par 116,000,000 c .. The bonus expected to be re- L 'ed on the estimates of the current 500,000,000 28,000,000 Total of Three per Cent. Stock. 644,000,000 NAPOLEON'S REMAINS. (From the Havre Journal.) The remains of Napoleon are to be removed at mid -4y en the Bth from the Belle Poole frigate to the Nor- Ibundie steamer. It is to sail in the afternoon, under a tiy lute from all guns, and a round from the assembled Lron -Ps. It is to be accompanied by two other steamers, 100 sailors of the crew of the Belle Poule. and 300 ' t "Ps of the line. The Normandie is to reach Havre Zu the morn i ng o f t h e 9t h . Th e ear li ness o f the hour " 48 much disconcerted the Havre people, who have got t i , 1 ,! 1 brilli ant f ete an d ceremon y f o r the occasion ; but "" at daylight of a winter's morning, will be more 4ad than imposing. The procession is to reach Rouen °I I the morning of the 10th. The Normandie transfers i ts burde n to the Zampa, a steamer which draws less *M et% at Val de Ia Hare. It will roach Courbevie utt the 14th. Sever a l o f t h e H avre gent l emen f re i g h te d a s t eam er, s4 d ~, Went to Cherbourg to visit the Belle Poole. The "riln of the Emperor and the catafalque were in a Act- Peile ardente on board, the whole covered with the im- Perial mantle, and this surmounted by a crown, said to b e o f go ld. At the co rner were golden crowns of laurel, surrounding " N's "in gold. The mahogany coffin was broken at St. Helena, and the fragments are kept for zelies by the crew. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 1. The Provisional Regency has just adopted measures ' 5l the utmost importance, the effect of which will be to r estore to Spain a great number of her subjects dis persed in foreign lands. Such a resolution, which is "ietated by enlightened patriotism, must be applauded. confidently stated in diplomatic circle d s that Senor I °zaga is to proceed to Paris as Charge 'Affaires. POLITICAL AMNESTY. (From the Madrid Gazelle.) "EP AILTNIENT OF THE MINISTER OF GRACE AND JUSTICE. ti t " The civil war being happily at an end, it . is of , utmost importance to forget errors upon which a v ;' l can be thrown without prejudice to the State. 01 °r ne Corporations have appealed to the Govern ., e ,nts soliciting a remission of the prosecutions for ri,litical offences, or the adoption of another measure gat may be equivalent, by restoring to their families ,g r eat many individuals whose warm imaginations 11111'ght h ave m i s l e d t h em w i t h out t h e i r feelings 4 e 'ng corrupted thereby. The idea of an amnesty favo ur p resents it se lf, but it is easy to know that that cannot be extended to men who followed the ban ner of the rebel Don Carlos, and who were not t . l. in the Bergara convention, without placing c onstitution and the throne of Isabella the Second Pub ilc r.eat dan ger , an d acting strongly in o pp os iti o n to s opini o n. A great number of men wh o are pri f(r)uers in Spain and refugees in France are not excluded ot ?ol tho requ i re d con di t i ons i n or d er to avail s t h it adv an t age , It i s evidently advant ageous to eco t°4'lle the expenses occasioned by the first named, and I:ttestore a great number of useful hands to depopu- T i !d Spain, to agriculture, manufactories, and trade. 44. " (1 just classification of individuals, although the be d.."' cannot be extended to all, and the precautions in -ILe't!ed by prudence, will dispel every inconvenience, Q f ulwa ) s protected and in its integrity the right lultd p art i es. I t wou ld b e ver y muchin conformity 4 e th e C onstitution and w i th t h e pro f oun d respect sh'eh the Government has devoted to it to await e 4 Ppro a ching meeting of the Cortes. But, be r4 3 7s reasons of public conven i ence, t h ere are conside rtion. _ UT a political nature which instantly demand that Prec autions should be adopted against the evil conse q: "cell of a delay. Under those circumstances, and a ye' se t he 94 9 eS Ni°r flar°' I to aro ° . 0. 1°- 3t oei: i yor with the confidence that the legislative bodies will not fail to approve of intentions dictated by the purest pi trotisra and by true national interest, to which object the institutions of free nations concur, the Queen Isa bella 11., and, in her name, the Provisional Regency of the kingdom, according to the advice of a Commission composed of distinguished persons by their zeal, their knowledge, and civic virtues, by granting the amnesty, decrees as follow : " Art. I. The fullest amnesty is granted to all indi viduals, prosecuted, condemned, or responsible for poli tical offences committed since the 19th of July, 1637, to the present day, with the exception only of offences which had for its object to favour the cause of Dan Car la, and which are not comprised in the Bergara Conven tion ; the latter will be provided for by a separate decree. ." Art. IL There will be a remission forthwith, and without expense, of proceedings that are pending for offences that have been amnestied. Individuals who may be in prison on account of judgments, or who might be ready to enter, will be immediately set at liberty. The property which might have been sequestered or s.e . zed orr account of those offences will be entirely at the disposal of its masters. " Art. 111. Abuses or infractions of the law by pub. lie functionaries in the discharge of their duties will not be considered as political offences, and will be always subject to l-gal responsibility. The Government will apply the present amnesty to provinces beyond the seas with such modifications as it may deem advisable. Poli tical offences committed before the amnesty of the 19th of July, 1837, which was not extended to those pro vinces, may be comprised herein. Duke de la VITTORIA, Presiient. " ' At the Pa ace, Nov. 30, 1840. " To Senor Alvaro Gomez Becerra.' " " DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTER OF WAR. " One of the objects which has the most particularly attracted the attention of the Provisional Regency of the kingdom, from the moment of its installation, has been the charge to fix the future prospects of Spaniards who, being compromised in the civil war which is gloriously ended, have had the misfortune to follow the banner of the pretender, and, after his defeat, to take refuge in the kingdom of France, whilst others underwent the miserable fate of prisoners. National arms having triumphed, the throne of Queen Isabella 11., and the Constitution of the year 1837, rest on indestructible foundations, and, with them the civil and political liberty of the nation being assured, the time has arrived to open the gates of the country to thousands of Spaniards who deplore their exile on a foreign soil. That measure of true justice and national generosity had to be seriously considered. It was necessary to classify categorically the' emigrants, and it was imperatively necessary not to confound men who had been led on by political error with the de serters from the national flag, and with those who, be fore and during the war, have branded themselves with li crimes for which an avenging public demands punish ment. In order to execute the same the Regency has named a Commission, composed of persons distinguished for their science and proved patriotism ; it has charged these Commissioners with compiling the regulations by virtue of which Spanish emigrants will be facilitated in returning to their homes. That is what has been done ; and, the proposals that have emanated from the Com mission having been approved of, the Regency, in the name of Queen Isabella 11., and under the express re servation to render an account thereof to the Cortes in due course, has resolved as follows " Art. I. The men who, for having served the cause of the rebel Dan Carlos, are prisoners in the interior of the kingdom, or refugees in foreign countries, are par doned from this day, on the conditions hereafter speci fied, provided that they take the oath of allegiance to the Queen Isabella 11., and to the Constitution of the 18th of June, 1837. " ' IL Amongst the prisoners and refugees are ex cepted from the amnesty those who, in certain functions, styled themselves generals, chiefs, or officers, priests, members of juntas, rebels, and civil and military em ployes, whose rank in the said factions was equivalent to that of military officers. But amongst the men of that category who deserve it by their good conduct the Go vernment may grant to certain individuals a special am nesty, by permitting them to return to their homes. " ' Art. 111. The Government will have the right to detain the individuals whose character might inspire some special mistrust in the depots for prisoners, or not to allow them to re-enter Spain. " 6 Art. IV. For prisoners enjoying the amnesty the following rules will be observed I. Those who have not belonged to the national army, and who are not refractory, will obtain permission to return home. " 2. Those who have belonged to the national army will return to their corps to serve two years and longer if their time has not expired ; those who behave well will be able to obtain the remission of one year. " 3. The refractory who have never been incorpo rated in the army will be placed at the disposal of the Inspector-General of the Infantry. ." Art. V. With respect to those pardoned who may return, coming from abroad, the following measures are to be observed : " ' 1. They will only be allowed to enter but by Can franc or Jurguires. They will have to produce a pro visional pass signed by some Consul of the nation, certi fying that the bath prescribed by Art. I. has been taken. " 2. The Governors of Jaca and Figueras will make the classification of those who enter, and they will immediately:issue:permissions for those to return to their homes who have not belonged to,the national army, and are not refractory. " 3. Those that have belonged to the national army and the refractory will be detained, and they will be s:nt by detachments of 100 men to Saragossa and to Barcelona, in order that the Captains-General may send back the former to their old corps, and place the latter at the disposal of the Inspector-General of In- Pantry. "' 4. The men re-incorporated will be subject to the terms of paragraph 2 of Art. IV. " Art. VI. Tho►e individuals who return to their homes in consequence of this amnesty will have their property, which had been sequestered in consequence of serving in the ranks of the faction, restored to them. They will have no claim to demand the portion expended or destroyed by the war, or expended by order of the authorities. Art. VII. The individuals comprised in the pre- ceding article shall never be harassed on account of their opinions, nor for their political acts prior to this day, and the authorities will grant them the same pro tection as to other Spaniards. Art. VIII. This amnesty does not comprise or dinary offences committed by the above-named in dividuals before they belonged to the factions. The guilty will be liable to all prosecutions and judgments of the law. " ' Art. IX. With respect to ordinary offences com mitted individually by the persons abnve•named during the time that they served in the ranks of the factions, the right of thirds remains protected. For assassination, arson, robbery, and plunder committed by the factions, the leaders only will be responsible for having ordered, permitted, or tolerated them. " ' Art. X. Those who, in the service of factions, had administered the public money or property seized, will be subject to the pecuniary responsibility established by the law. " Art. XI. The individuals comprised in the Ber gara Convention, who, by virtue of the terms of Art. 5 of that Convention, should be in foreign countries with temporary permission, will be treated and consi dered in conformity with the intention of that Con vention.' " The Provisional Regency of the kingdom orders the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine, the Cap tains• General of the Army and Navy, &c. &c., to pro claim this amnesty in clue form. " Duke de la VITTORIA, President. " PEDRO CHACON. " At the Palace, N0v.30." THE BASQUE PROVINCES. BAYONNE, DEC. 4.—The three Basque provinces have been administered from time immemorial by Juntas chosen by the heads of the families of the coun try. Hitherto these Juntas confined themselves to consulting the interests of their respective provinces, never interfering in the general politics of the country. In consequence, however, of late events, the three provinces have judged it necessary to concert with each other, and to form a national representation. In pur suance of this, Deputies from the Juntas of Biscay, Guipuscoa, and Alava have recently assembled at Bilbao under the title of a Conference, and have con cluded their first sitting with voting the following address to Queen Christina : " Madame—The deputations of the three Basque provinces, Biscay, Guipuscoa, and Alava, assembled in the city of Bilbao from motives which affect their highest interests, have felt it to be their first duty to offer to your Majesty the homage of their respect and gratitude. Madame, people brought up in the school of liberty and in the practice of civic virtues are ever just and grateful. For them misfortune is an additional title to their love. When the impenetra ble decrees of Providence strike persons with characters so elevated and hearts so noble as that of your Majesty, we feel c onsolation in throwing ourselves at the feet of the victim of destiny, and we conceive it to be a religious duty to participate in their griefs. Madame, never will the hearts el the Basques lose the memory of the benefits which your generous Government has heaped upon them. They will never forget that peace which you bestowed upon them, and the generosity with which you respected their cherished and venerated laws, their patriarchal manner s, in which their ancestors lived free and contented. May Heaven guide the steps of your Nlajesty in a foreign land! Our ardent vows, our filial solicitude, will follow you with incessant anxiety. Why cannot they dry the bitter tears which the recollection of better days must cost your Majesty? May your Majesty never forget us A generous people upon whom your Majesty has bestowed so many benefits, and whose happiness has filled your thoughts, must occupy a place in the recollections of your Majesty. We, at the same time, as well as all loyal Spaniards, will watch over in order to preserve from tempest the cradles in which re- THR SUN LONDON. TFITTRSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1810. pose the two august and innocent pledges which ;;Olif Majesty has entrusted to the loyalty of the nwirtn, And when oil: lamentable disorders have ceased, when to the effdrvescence of men's minds shall have suc ceeded, as we Lope, a period of calmness and tranquil lity, then, Madame, will we restore these august pledges to the tenderness of a mother, and we will entreat her to partake with us in the prosperity of the country, or mourn with us over its misfortanes." Another account in the Commerce says, that it wak at his own request that Commodore Napier was charvi. by Admiral Stopford to go into the port of Alexandri. Gith a flag of truce. No mention is made of any firing having taken place, but the Commodore is said to has. taken the soundings of the entrance with his own hands It adds. that it was as soon as he landed that he hen the position of the powder magazine pointed out to him. and that it Was at this moment the revolt broke out Mehemet. Ali yielded, and the Commodore had the Turkish flag hoisted ir.stead of the Egyptian in token of submission. This account further asserts, that at the moment when Mehemet was thus obliged to give in he had just received news of a success gained by Ibrahim , and Solyman Paella over the Allies in Syria, the order for whom to evacuate that country the Commodore took with him when he left the harbour. The Semaphore, of Marseilles, in quoting advices from Malta and Alexandria, says :—" Mehemet Ali, yielding to the instances of those around him, who were governed either by their interests or their fears, ar.d seeing, moreover, that he received but feeble support !rain France, at length determined to content himself with the conditions offered him by Commodore Napier, and retain the hereditary Pachalic of Egypt. He, thereupon, consented to give up the Turkish fleet, and recal Ibrahim from Syria. The first of these condi tions is to be fulfilled when the engagements entered into by the Commodore are ratified ; the last condition is to be executed immediately, the English placing all their steamers and other vessels at the disposal of Ibra him. It is believed that the English squadron will enter the port of Alexandria and remain till the Con vention is executed. Count Walewski is returning to France. He has arrived at Malta in the Oriental, and will continue his voyage as soon as he has completed his quarantine." A correspondent of the Sod, at Alexandria, writes on the 17th ult., that M. Walewski bad always given Me hemet Ali assurances that the French fleet would conic and defend Alexandria in case of any attack being threatened by the allied fleet ; and that, in consequence of this, from the 11th to the 15th he had made the most energetic preparations for defending the port, allotting their several posts to his superior officers, and reserving to himself the defence of the Emperor's fort at the entrance of the harbour. On the 15th the news of M. Thiers' resignation came, and the effect was tre mendous. The Pacha, however, preserved his cheer fulness, and had two secret interviews with M. Walew ski. The order to recal Ibrahim Paella was believed to have been issued at that date. pears a letter signed ' Miles.' Could I believe it pos sible that any person of gentle blood, or entitled to be created as a gentleman, would put forward an anony mous statement, knowing it to be untrue, or without taking the trouble to ascertain its truth or falsehood, 1 should take steps to find out the individual, and punish his insolence. " As the matter noiv stand., sour anonymous cor respondent, in assigning untrue reasons for my having left the service, has placed himself in one or other of the above unenviable positions. I am therefore obliged to content myself by simply stating that my reason for having left the service, to which I was greatly attached, was that I found it as impossible to serve, with proper respect for my own feelings, under Lord Cardigan, as it was to effect an exchange from a regi ment which has the undeserved misfortune to be com manded by his Lordship. I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient servant, " JNO. HUSSEY, Late Lieutenant 11th Dragoons. " Army and Navy Club, St. James's-square, Dec. 3, 1840." GERMAN Y. WAR PREPARATIONS. FRANKFORT, DEC. s.—Notwithstanding the chances still continue to be in flavour of peace, yet the Germa• rile Confederation is resolved to assume a position which shall prevent the recurrence of the insulting language held some time back by the Parisians ; and Europe at large will assuredly be benefited by such a step. The completing and improving the materiel, which I men tinned recently as being actively carried on, the re mounting the cavalry, and filling up the blanks in the respective corps, are diligently, though silentiy, advanc ing ; and the spring will see the full force stipulated by the Act of Confederation, and in Prussia and Austria a far greater power ready, in every respect, to take the field. The conferences at Vienna having ter minated, General Von Radowitz has proceeded to Munich, whence he is expected to visit Stutgard and Carlsruhe. It is understood that the greatest har mony prevails on the views of the ministers and lead ing military authorities in the different States. The fund for military purposes is to be raised, by a general contribution, to one hundred millions of florins, with which the construction of two large fortresses (one on the Rhine, near Rastadt, and one at Ulm, on the Da nube) are to be defrayed. Plans of operations are also agreed upon, in the case of its being necessary to oppose a movement from Strasburg, and it is said that the command of the Confederate army would, in such a case, be given to General Von Grolmann. Two recently published declarations show that Aus tria and Prussia are perfectly agreed in the policy which their interests prescribe to them. The first is the note of the Austrian "Meister at Berne, on the subject of the late declaration of neutrality made by Switzerland, and which runs as follows :—" Berne, November 10, 1840. The Charge d'Affaires for the Swiss Can tons, Baron Von Effinger, has acquainted Pr ince Metternich with the circular note addressed by the Vorort' to the Estates, and dated 20th Octo ber, 1840, in which the Government informs the military 'authorities, and in so doing, declares its intention of maintaining that neutrality which the treaties of Europe have guaranteed. The undersigned Ambas sador Extraordinary from his Apostolic Majesty to the Swiss Confederation, has received the honourable com mission, in consequence of this communication, to ex press the lively satisfaction with which the Austrian Cabinet has learned the opinions expressed in the cir cular note. They are worthy of the ancient fidelity and candour of the Swiss people, and afford, at the same time, a pledge of the security and welfare of the Con federation in whatever storms Europe may be involved. The undersigned is further authorized to assure the Vorort, in the name of his Cabinet, that the endeavours of the Swiss cantons to insure their neutrality will al ways meet with approbation and encouragement on the part of Austria, and that this neutrality is, in the eyes of the Imperial Cabinet, founded 'upon the most solemn treaties, and an inviolably sacred pledge. The views of his Government are consequently in perfect unison with those which the Swiss Confederation must enter tain upon this point. " The undersigned has the honour, &c., " COUNT VON BOMBELLES. " To the Burgomaster and Council of State at Zurich, as chief place of the Confederation." The second is an extract from the protocol of the I 25th sitting of the Diet at Frankfort, on the 12th No vember. Tire presiding Ambassador (Count Munch Bellinghausen) declares that he is authorised, by the Courts of Austria and Prussia, officially to communi cute the Treaty concluded with the Ottoman Porte for the pacification of the Levant ; and likewise, that the British Minister accredited to the Diet has com municated the same Treaty. The Ambassador-Presi dent continued :—" The intention of the high contract ing parties, and the object which they have in view, is too clearly expressed in the documents which accompany the Treaty, and especially in the protocol signed on the 17th September in London, to make any further ex planation necessary. The preservation of the Turkish empire in its full extent and independence is a fun damental condition of the preservation of the peace of Europe. The treaties which are here communicated have been solely concluded with a view to secure this point of such high interest for the Sovereigns and peo ple of Europe. They believe that in fulfilling this duty they have set an example of moderation and of neglect ing their separate interests, which can only meet the ap probation of the friends to peace and justice in Europe. Austria and Prussia do not doubt that their allies will not fail to do justice to the spirit which has thus been manifested." The President then submitted the draft of a note in an swer to a communication received on the saute subject from the Russian Ambassador, M. d'Oubril. On the pro posal of the Bavarian Minister, M. de Mieg, it was agreed that a similar answer should be addressed to Austria and Prussia, and that it should be notified to their Ambassa dors, that their communication had been received with the most lively interest ; that the Diet felt itself bound to acknowledge its sense of the devoted and disinterested views expressed on this occasion by the Four Powers ; that it leaves the means of establishing peace in the East to these Powers, in full confidence in their wisdom and moderation, and in the hope that the general peace of Europe will be secured by that means—a peace which has lasted for a quarter of a century, to the glory of the sovereigns, and the welfare of the people, and which is for all a deeply-felt and indispensable re quisite." The position of the Confederation will thus be similar to that of the Swiss cantons ; it does not participate in the Treaty of London directly, but it is obliged, amidst the general armament, to provide for its own se curity. In compliance with the established regulations, therefore, it is reported that the men relieved in the garrison of Mainz (Prussians) will be from that fortress, in which an equal number of Prussians and Austrians must be stationed ; but instead of being dismissed, will go into cantonments near Kreuznach. Hanover is the only German State in which any de rogation from the calm and dignified bearing of the Confederation is observable. The Allgcmeine .Ztitang has communicated a notification sent to the authorities on the frontiers of that kingdom, warning them to be upon their guard against attempts on the part of the deposed Duke of Brunswick. How low must the moral credit of Government be sunk, which is reduced to fear the attempts of a man like Duke Charles of Brunswick! and how wretched must be the state of a people amongst whom such an adventurer could antici pate sympathy. It is stated that the commercial league between Hanover, Brunswick, and Oldenburg, has been renewed, but without the accession of Lippe, which principality will probably join the Prussian League. According to a correspondent of the Leipsic Allgemeine Zeitting, the continuance of the Prussian League after 1842 has also been resolved upon, but with the sacrifice of the obnoxious treaties with Holland and the Manse Towns. How these treaties are to be set aside is not stated. The report in circulation respecting them, and in which the name of a lady of rank has been mixed up, are too odious for repetition.—Chronicle. " FRANKFORT, DEC. 5.—" We have just received, through a diplomatic channel, a piece of news which is of the highest importance. The Prussian General, Grollman, has entered into every arrangement at Vienna for any warlike eventuality that may arrive, and the chief commands of the different German, Austrian, Prussian, and Dutch corps, have been arranged as follow : " The King of Wirtemberg will command the se cond corps d'armee of the Germanic Confederation ; the Prince of Orange, now King of Holland, has ac cepted the command of a corps ; the King of Prussia will command in chief, and will have under him General Grollman, as superior chief, and General Pined, as chief of the staff of the allied armies. " Everything was arranged with the greatest secrecy, and even the numbers of the corps and the .regiments were pointed out. The hatred generally felt against France, and particularly by the Prince of Orange, ap pears to have got the better of every prudential consi deration. SUBMISSION OF MEHEMET ALI. The Quotidienne gives the following as the substance of its intelligence from the Levant " It was on the 26th ult. that the Allied fleet ap peared before Alexandria, after receiving in its course the submission of Jaffa. While the ships were taking up their positions Commodore Napier went on board a steamer and boldly entered the goletta through a cross fire from the forts, displaying only when in the middle of the port a flag of truce. He was immediately conducted to the Viceroy, whom he summoned to surrender upon the terms proposed in the ultimatum of the Four powers. Mehemet Ali at first refused. The discus sion, it is said, became very warm. All the arguments, even the warmth of the Commodore, were useless. We will burn the town I' be exclaimed with violence.' Burn !' replied the Pacha with perfect calmness. The Com modore retired. As he was going back to the port, he pointed with his finger to a building, and said to the interpreter. There is the powder magazine,' and then he looked at the ships. No sooner had Napier reached the fleet, than he again appeared with boats, taking soundings of the entrance. Every preparation was made for a bombardment. What in the meantime was pas sing at Alexandria? Here our accounts are imperfect. It, however, appears certain that an insurrection broke out in the city, a❑d that some cannon were spiked. Mehemet Ali being informed of this, and no doubt made acquainted with Commodore Napier's significant expression, ordered him to be recalled, and surrendered at discretion—even placing in the Commodore's hand an order for Ibrahim to evacuate Syria immediately." EASTERN NEWS. The following from Constantinople, of the 18th ult. Ls given in the Sind " A superior officer, in the service of Greece, has raised the standard of revolt in Thessaly, and scarcely has he entered the country than he has rallied 4,000 men. A report is current that he has made himself master of Volo. This will be quite enough for the Albanians, whose opinions and inclinations are well known, to come and join his army. One of the pro moters of these troubles is an aide-de-camp of King Otho, and one of the brothers of Grivas, who were dis tinguished in the Greek revolution. This news, which has reached us through several channels, has not failed to excite considerable sensation. The Sultan's eldest daughter is just dead. There has been a oonfl igration at Therapia, by which 115 houses are burnt. Part of the English Ambassador's Palace is destroyed, and, if the wind had continued to blow from the south a few hours longer, the whole of this Palace, as well as that of the French Ambassador, would have been annihilated." Another letter in the Semaphore says : " A detachment of regular troops, sent from hence to the camp at Cyprus, rose upon their officers, murdered them all, and then, landing in the Dardanelles, dispersed about the country. A stronger force has been sent out to arrest theni. The Sultan has received Count Koniximark, the Prussian Envoy, with every distinc tion, and sent to him by the Minister of Foreign Af fairs the investiture of the Order of Nishan Millar, Ist class. M. Lopez do Cordova, the Spanish Minister, on the conclusion of a treaty of commerce between Spain and the Porte, has presented Heschid Paella with the Grand Cordon of the Order of Charles 111. Baron de Sturmer is to be recalled, Baron de Testa remaining as Austrian Charge d'Affaires. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Madame Vestris, we are happy to see, is reaping that reward which her spirit and taste have so well deserved, and the Midsummer Night's Dream is drawing overflowing houses. It was represented for the fourteenth time last evening, and the crowd awaiting the opening of the pit door re minded us of " the good old times" when the drama was in its palmy days. Long before the rising of the curtain the house was crowded. In the pit even standing room was at a premium, and in the boxes those luckless wights who had not taken the precaution to se cure places, were glad to hie them to the slips, and take up with such accommodation as they afforded, or perchance, as a great piece of good fortune, they might manage to procure a back-seat in the third circle. The play was re ceived with even more enthusiasm than on the first night of its representation, an d at the falling of the curtain the applause wa s h ear ty and long continued. After the play a new f arce i n one act, entitled Brother Ben, was repr esente d, for the first time , and a most laughable trifl e it i s . The scene is laid at Clifton, where Nirs. Cutlass (Mrs. Brougham) is rescued from insult by Mr. Snuffleton (Harley) at, as he takes care to inform u s, " considerable per sonal risk." In order to enable him to per form this feat of gallantry, however , he is obliged to represent himself as her brother ; and accordingly, at the opening of the farce, we find him in the drawing-room of the resi dence of Commodore Cutlass (Bartley), as Mr. Benjamin Bowles, recently returned from America, after an absence of fourteen years. The Commo dore arrives from London full of wrath against the said Benjamin, who had done hiin out of so me cash, and immedi ate ly a fterwards the real Benjamin himself (Mr. C. Mathews) arrives. ws, rise y some most laughable situations, and Bartley, H ar l ey , an d C. Mathe a l t ' ) l l l y ese as c s o is / t i e tr d et b e y mp iN s irsc , , Jones, who acts the pint of an old servant of the family, keep the thing merrily going until all is explained, and the curtain falls. The trifle was completely suc cessful, the fun never flaed, the audience were on the broad grin from the o rising to the falling of the curtain, and Charlea Mathews announced it for repetition amidst the unanimous applause of the house. LORD CARDIGAN AND THE HORSE GUARDS. DEC. 3, a TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'SUN. or their crime, 1840. SlR,—Cardigan, it appears, is at all risks to b, up holden ; and the very men, whose forbearance or pru dence induces them to be silent respecting his : m:scon• EXETER, prudence unhappily gives way ! I need f not say that d w u h c e t n , arc to their o forbearance b e yields provocation, silence Major Morse Cooper's reprimand loin the Horse Guards suggests this indignant observation. As Lord Hill has grown so fond of late of lecturing honourable men upon their duties, may I be permitted to call his atten tion, through your columns, to as gross an infringement of duty, on the part of military men, as can well out rage the feelings, age, and the very constitution of so ciety—l know nothing, if permitted, more likely to en danger the peace and subordination of any corps. In on e of the recent numbers of the Record news paper (certainly in the month of November, though I cannot recollect the date) among the notices to corres pondents, is the acknowledgment of the receipt of 1/. from Colonel Oliver, of the Royal Artillery, and 11. from Lieutenant Murray, for the Rev. Mr. Stowell's expenses! That is, to meet the law expenses of this Reverend calumniator in his recent trial for libel. Now, Sir, there arc some Roman Catholic gentle men in her Majesty's regiments. Should there be one in the Royal Artillery, in Colonel Oliver's corps, would this he likely to promote its harmony ? Could I, as a Roman Catholic officer, have that cordial respect for my superior or brother o fficer which I should like to cherish, after they had thus openly expressed their sympathy with the slanderer of a minister of my faith ? But further, Sir, here are gentlemen, men of respec!- a ble and orderly education and habits, consequently supposed capable of judging correctly of right and wrong—bY their post in the army a part of our national police—the conservators of our laws—siding with a convicted slanderer. What are we to think of this ? and is it not a grave matter for consideration at head quarters ? w e m ight overlook whil e we should pity their express i o n of sympathy with Stowell before his t l is,l, but now that he has stood before a judicial tribunal, and the laws of the land have pronounced him guilty, we think they have committed themselves to an act which we should not wish to characterise, but whose culpability, we m ust say, eems to u s of no common order. May I call your a ttention i to the circumstance, assur ing you that my sole desire that in this country, and should have everywhere, each SUUM CUIQUE. Post baring refused insertion to I beg of you to be so good as TO Tllli EDITOR OF TILE MORNING CHRONICLE. t t i : S p iftlFl7lh; T he il lellt°tarelm:::llgSnirY, your most obedient servant, JNO. HUSSEY. A r my and Navy Club, St. James's-square, Dee. 4. " TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. "SIR, — Hav ing been for the last month in a very re mote part of Ireland, I have only just been able to pro• cure a copy of your paper of the 6th ult., in which up- COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty and Prince Albert on Tuesday evening, at Buckingham Palace. T►te Duke of Cambii Ige visited Prince Albert yes terday. Hts Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater and Captain Seymour, rode out on horseback yesterday. Viscount Melbourne and Lord Hill had audiences yesterday, of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Among the iaquirers yesterday.and on Tuesday, after the health of her Majesty and the Princess Royal were —the Ottoman Ambassador, the American Minister, and Mr. Stevenson ; the Grecian Minister, and Madame Mavrocordato ; the Saxon and Spanish Ministers ; the Marchioness of Wellesley, Countess of Tankerville, Viscountess Palmerston, and Lady Frances Cowper, Viscount and Viscountess Fitzharris, Viscountels Keith, Lord and Lady Brougham, Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, Miss Willoughby, Lord and Lady Denman, Hon. Mrs. Denman, Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lady E. Hope Vere, Lord Dalmeny, Lord Alfred Paget, Hon. C. G. Noel, Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Mr. Selwyn. Q.C., and Mr. B. Estcourt. TneDueliess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glou cester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Secretary to the Postmaster-General, and the Chairman of the Excise, had interviews with the Chan cellor of the Exchecper yesterday, in Downing-street. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The appeal from Bengal, " Jeuren Doss SAhoo v. Shah Kuher ood Deen;' was resumed and finished. Judgment was deferred. Sir William Follett then opened an appeal from Ben gal, " Clarke v. Mellish." At the conclusion of Sir William's address, the Court rose. VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Yesterday, Prince Albert honoured the Polytechnic In stitution with a visit, for the purpose of inspecting the nu merous additions and improvements which have been lately made, previously to the establishment being again opened to the public on Saturday next. His Royal Highness, attended by Colonel Bowater and Captain Seymour, ar rived at the principal entrance in Regent-street at half past twelve, where he was met by the Directors, who con ducted the Prince over the whole building, where he re. mained an hour and a half attentively examining the principal objects of attraction in the galleries and other apartments, particularly the effects of the gas microscope, which ap. peered new to him, although with the principles of the various models connected with illustrations in science he was evidently perfectly conversant. The instruments, philosophical and otherwise, to which his Royal Highness paid the greatest attention were an anemometer, or wind and rain gauge, (explained by the inventor); an ingenious railway carriage and apparatus, representing the action of the centrifugal force on inclined planes ; a method for preventing ships sinking, and for raising them when sunk ; an electromagnetic motive ma chine ; the head-dress of a diver, by means of which air is received when under water ; and the diving bell itself, in which the Prince went down, accompanied by Mr. R. W. Sievier, the sculptor, who is one of the directors of the Institution. His Royal Highness then witnessed an ex emplification of Colonel Pasley's method of blowing up sunken vessels. This experiment, which was conducted by Mr. Maugham, professor of chemistry, and Mr. Bach hoffner, professor of experimental philosophy, was beauti fully demonstrated. The charge shattered to pieces a model vessel, and the commotion in the water was extraor dinary. Some well executed paintings on glass were then exhibited to the royal party, under the influence of mag nifying lenses. These consisted a copies from Martin's pictures of the" The Destruction of Nineveh," and" Joshua emmanding the Sun to Stand still," and Danby's " Open ing of the Seventh Seal." The Prince expressed great admiration of this really beautiful and well-managed cos. moramic display. The celebrated table painted for Napo leon by Isabey, and .a unique Swedish porphyry inlaid table, excited much attention. The first has an exquisite portrait of Bonaparte painted in the centre of a single porcelain slab, surrounded by those of his Marshals; the ether is of the value of 3,0001. Captain Boscawen Ibbott son's trigonometrical model of the undercliffs of the Isle of Wight was particularly noticed and praised. On the arrival of the Prince Mr. Sievier read a brief i congratulatory address, explaining the principal objects of the institution, and pointing out particularly the advan tages to be calculated from the recent establishment of a school within its walls for the proper instruction of rail road engine-drivers, with which his Royal Highness ex pressed himself much gratified. On leaving the Institu tion a large crowd, which had assembled outside, gave the Prince several hearty cheers. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Monteagle, in Mansfield-street, from Yorkshire ; Earl Spencer, at Spencer House, from Althorpe Hall, Northamptonshire : the Earl and Countess of Rosalyn, in Grosvenor-place, from their seat in Scotland ; Lady Hol land, at Lord Lilford's, in Grosvenor-place, from West Hill ; Lord and Lady Brougham, in Grafton-street, from Ashford, Kent ; Viscountess Burgherih, in Harley-street, from a visit to Lord and Lady Maryborough, at Deal Castle ; Viscount Pollington, in Dover-street, from Sus sex; the Counties of Mansfield and the Ladies Murray, in Langham-place, from St. Leonard's ; Sir Frederick Trench, M. P., in Bolton-street, from Brighton ; Mr. W. Ord, M.P., in Berkeley-square, from Whitfield Hall, Northumberland. DEPARTURES. Viscountess Asbbrook and the Hon. Miss Flower, from St. George's Hotel, Albemarle -street, for Warfirld Park, Berks ; Colonel and Mrs. L. P. Jones, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Bath ; Rev. E. lane and family, from Hawkins's Hotel, Albemarle and Dover-streets, for Lea mington ; John Thompson, E:q , from ditto, on a tour ; Mrs. Brook, front ditto, for Essex ; Mrs. H. Morland, from ditto, for Dorsetsh;re ; Lady C. Morland and Mr. W. Morland, from ditto ; Lady Montgomery, from ditto ; Lady Colvile, from ditto; Captain and Mrs. Fagan, from ditto, for Bath ; Viscount and Viscountess Fitz alau, from Stanhope-street, from Farnham H a ll, Bury St. Edmund's; Lord Crewe, from Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, for Bucks ; General Sabloukolf, on a tour in the north ; the Hon. Col. Molyneux, from Arlington street, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Sefton, at Croxteth ; the lion. Henry Elliot, at the Admiralty, from Minto House, N.B. ; Lord and Lady Wenlock, and the Hon. Mks Lawley, from Berkeley-square. for Ers crik Park, Yorkshire ; Mr. Wilshire, M.P. for Paris ; Lord Barham and the lion. Miss Noel, from Harley -street, for Bath ; Lord Edward Howard, for Farnham, the seat of the Duke of Norfolk ; the Hon. Henry Fitzroy, from South Audley-street, for Lewes ; Lady Troubridge, from the Admiralty, for Brighton. CHANGES. Lord and Lady Cloncurry, at Florence, from Rome - Lord and Lady Kilma i n e, a t Dublin, from Gl o st on Park , Westmeath; ; the Duke and Duchess of Buccleucb, at Bowhill, frcm a visit to the Earl and Countess of Minto. at Minto House, Roiburghshire ; Sir Thomas Cochrane, ,M. P., on a visit to the Lord and Belhaven, at Wishaw, from a tour ; Lady Noel Byron, at Paris, from a tour ; the Dowager Lady Clonbrock, at her residence, near Gloucester, from Cheltenham ; Viscount Palmerston and Lady Fanny Cowper, at Petworth, on a visit to Colonel Richard Wyndham from Brighton ; the Earl and Coun tess of Winchelsea, at Eastwell Park, from a tour of visits ; the Earl of Portarlington, at Dublin, from Emo Park; the Duke and Duchess of Roxburglie, at Fleurs Castle, from a visit to tho Earl and Countess of Minto, at Minto House; the Hon. Henry Corry, at the Ear of Malmes bury's scat, Heron Court, Hants, from Inland ; the Duchess de Pannigario, at Dover, from Italy ; Lady Har riet Ford and family, at Holly Mount, from Dublin. Lord Brougham has returned to town, and it is stated by his friends in excellent health. Following the instructions of his medical advisers, his Lordship has been in the west of England. refraining equally from exciting society and severe study. His Lordship, however, is ad vised not to abandon in town those habits that were found to be so beneficial in the c ountry. The Marchioness of Clanricarde did not accom pany the Noble Marquis to St. Petersburgh, nor Y‘ill her Ladyship go to Russia. BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—On Thursday the last arch of the Ouse Viaduct, on the London and Brighton Railway, was keyed by Mr. Maude, the resident engineer of the centre district of the railway, in the pre sence of the parties engaged on the work, together with a considerable number of visitors from Brighton and Lewes. The viaduct is built for the purpose of carrying the railway over the valley through which flows the river Ouse, and near the spot whore that river becomes navi gable. It is about two miles and a half from Hayward's ' Heath, and twenty from Brighton. The viaduct consis's of two abutments and 37 semicircular arches, of a 40. feet span, and varying in height from 48 to 96 feet. The en tire length of the viaduct is 1,475 feet, or rather more than a quarter of a mile, and the width of the railway is 2$ f e et. Upwards of eleven millions of bricks, made from the soil of the neighbourhood, have been used in the struc ture, independently of about 400,000 feet of masonry, in the foundation and elsewhere. The first stone was laid in the middle of May last year, so that this stupendous undertaking has been completed in about eighteen months. Most satisfactory accounts continue to reach us of the pro gress of the works throughout the line. —Brightest Gazette. We learn, from the best authority, that the Earl of Thanet has accepted the Lord- Lieutenantcy of the county of Kent, vacant by the death of the Marquis of Camden. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—The steam-ship Phoenix, Commander R. F. Stopford, which landed at Plymouth the official despatches, r eporting the capture of St. Jean d'Aere, is refitting in this harbour, preparatory to re turning to Malta. Her Commander is advanced to the tank of Captain. .The Salamander steam frigate, Commander Henry, hat ing made good her defects, left this harbour on on Saturday evening for Sheerness, in order to tow the surveying ship Fairy to Woolwich. She will shortly proceed to the Mediterranean. The Vengeance, 84, has been removed from the dock into the basin, in order to be commissioned. Several distinguished officers are named to have the command of her. The following ships are fitting out at Chatham and Sheerness with all dispatch :--Monarch, 84, Captain Chambers ; Vernon, 50, Captain Walpole ; Iris, 9.6, Captcin Nurse ; and Pelican, 16, Commander Na pier. The Gloucester and Eagle, 50-gun frigates, are on the eve of being commissioned in the River ; and the Vindictive and Warspite, of the same class, at Portsmouth. The troop ship Athol, 30, commanded by Mr. Bel lamy, master, is refitting in the harbour, having brought home the 66th Regiment from Quebec. after a very tempestous passage of thirty-six days. She is now to proceed to Cork. The Apollo troop ship, Mr. Kerley, master, arrived on Monday, from the Mediterranean, last from Malta and the lonian Islands, to which latter place she con veyed the 28th Regiment. The brig Serpent, 16, in charge of Commander Henry Harvey, which arrived from the North Ame rican and West India station last week, is gone to Sheerness to be paid off. Her late commander, the Hon. Robert Gore, has returned home, owing to ill health ; also Captain Lushington, of the Cleopatra, 28, from the same cause. The Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. Tryon, arrived from Cork, left there the Inconstant, 36, Captain Pring, and Sapphire, troop ship, Mr. Cole, master, the latter about to depart to Corfu. No tidings have we regret to learn, been received of the Fairy surveying vessel, Captain Hewitt ; and it is much feared that she has foundered with all her crew in the North Sea, during the late tremendous weather. The Salamander steamer, Commander Henry, has left Portsmouth, to search for her, but the hope of her safety is very slender. Ai Spithead.—Apollo, troop ship. In Harbour.—Quaen, Victory, Indus, Tweed, Ex cellent, Royal George yacht, Ateol, Pantaloon, Plicenix, Echo, and Flag tenders. COURT OF REQUESTS-OSBORN- STREET, WH[TECHAPEL. Wednesday a painful scene was witnessed in this Court by the assembling of a number of poor people, who have been duped out of (to them) large sums of money by the working of a loan society, and who were in attendance to hear the decision of the Commissioners in a case relative to the Society, which had been sub mitted to them for their adjudication. The case was one of a summons taken out against a Mr. Turner, the treasurer, and Mr. Lancelot Fearon, secretary to the St. Leonard Loan Society, by a young man named Griffithv, fur 31. 95., due to him from the Society. It appeared that the Society had been established in Oc tober, 1838, at the Crown and Shuttle, High-street, Shoreditch, and was regularly enrolled under the statute 5 and 6 William IV., c. 23. The plaintiff stated that he had paid into the hands of the secretary the sum of 31. 145., at the rate of 2s. a week, and all be ever received was 55., so that 3/. 9s. was now due to him from the treasurer. Mr. Turner, the treasurer, was accompanied by a young wan, who undertook to explain the matter for him, being himself, from apparent imbecility, unable to do so. The person who undertook the task admitted that he received as much as 5601. 145., but had paid in the way of loans 5601. 195., so that instead of having any money belonging to the Society in hand, the So ciety was indebted to him ss. On being asked what had become of the money paid back by the parties to whom the loans had been given, or their securities, he replied he had no doubt the secretary had received a consider able portion of it, but had never accounted for it or paid it over to the treasurer. The Secretary, on bearing this expressed much sur prise and some anger ; but the assertion was repeated, and, on being pressed on the subject, he acknowledged to having received 105. from a member, which he had not carried through the books nor paid to the treasurer. In reply to the questions from the Commissioners, he said his duty was to inquire into the character and re spectability of all persons npplying for loans and their securities, and that, on making his report, the trea surer paid the money without consulting the members, or any one of them ; and of the whole sum lent he did not think that more than 71. or 81. could be got back. COMMISSIONER—Were you a shareholder in this Society ? Fearon—Yes ; 1 held four or Eve shares. And have borrowed money from it on your own ac count ?—Yes ; I had three loans—one of 101. and two of .5/. each. Theo, have you paid back these loans P—Oh, yes. Can you show by any books or documents that you did so P—This book will show it. He then referred the Commissioner to a filthy book, which resembled more a score kept by an illiterate, than an account kept by any person who understood accounts or wished others to understand them. Indeed, so per fect was the confusion that he (Fearon) himself did not appear to understand it, and could not, therefore, show be had repaid the 201. Another COMMISSIONER—Was the treasurer a share holder in the Society ? Fearon—Yes, be was. COMNIISSIONER—Then, has he had any money from the fund for his own use ? Fearon—Yes, he had 201. C OMMISSIONER—It appears to me that between the secretary, his friends, and the treasurer, you have swal lowed up this large sum of money of which you have duped these poor people. Can you show the Court, by an entry in any of your books, that you discharged the duties imposed on you by the rules of the Society, in your own case, by entering the names of your securities? Feuron replied that he had no entry of the sort, but he had an undertaking, he had no doubt, among those he produced COMMISSIONER—YOU were the founder of this society, I believe ? Feat on—Yes, I was. How many more of a similar description have you founded ?—Only two others. Where were they ?—One was in Hoxton, but that's done up in consequence of the new Act. The other is the St. Dunstan's Loan Society, held at the Green Dragon, in Fleet -street, and that also I am winding up. You have not made so bad a job of it as this society, I hope ?—No answer. You appear to me to be a second John Wilks, but in a smaller way. Mr. Long, one of the clerks to the Court, was of opinion that Turner, the treasurer, was, by the rules of the Society, clearly accountable to the plaintiff for the balance due to him, yet ho would not recommend, under the circumstance, the Court to adjudicate upon the matter, but leave the parties to their remedy elsewhere. Many of the Commissioners differed in opinion with the Learned Gentleman, and said it was ridiculous to talk about sending the poor people for redress to a higher Court, knowing very well that they could not no so. They also considered it most monstrous that so large a sum of money, obtained from poor people, should have been got entirely rid of without any satisfactory account. The poor people in the Court here became very cla morous ; one said that himself and his brother had been fleeced of eight guineas, another 61., a third and a fourth other amounts ; and an old man said he had subscribed a sufficient sum to the Society to make him and his family comfortable during the Christmas holi days, but now he supposed they should go without their dinner on Christmas-day. The ComstrssroNEas ultimately adjourned the case for a week, and told the Secretary, Mr. Fearon, he must appear the next day with a proper balance-sheet, and account in a proper manner for the disappearance of so large a sum. -- ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH.. WESTERN RAILWAL-Tuesday evening an accident oc curred on the London and South-Western Railway to a young man, named John Crow. The six o'clock passen ger up-train from Southampton bad left Ba,ingstoke a little before eight o'clock, when between that place and the \Vinchficld station, Crow, who was fireman to the en gine, was in the act of shooting some coke from the sack in which it is stowed in the tender, when he overbalanced himself, and, from the velocity with which the train was travelling, he was thrown with great violence on the side of the railway. Immediately the accident was perceived John Longthorn, the engine-driver stopped the engine, and sent a man back to look after Crow. Ho was tound lying on his backing reat agony. He was immediately taken to the Winchfield station, and, surgical assist ance being sent for, it was ascertained that his collar-bone was broken, and his spine severely injured. A lt ea i r s ri t a .o g r unte ' must have passed soon after attached to an engine, and he was taken to Nine as Elms, and from thence on a stretcher to Gu ' in eff a s t t h a e te r o a r il, gr e e r at tsiuleffetrreiniigl ) s hospital, washweher over his body. e ho thrown l ilies ELECTION OF DEAN OF ST. PATRICK.—Th e Rev. Robert Daly was on Monday el Patrick, in the room of the Very i cted Dean o f St. ev. e Richard Dawson, composing the chapter deceased. Twenty two (the numb er • present) voted, 11 for the Rev. M r. Mr. Wilson ; the president, Daly, 11 for the Rev. Archdeacon Torrens, was one of the former. 'rile Archbishop and Dr. Todd voted for Dr. Wilson; their votes are objected to. The objection against the former is, that, though Prebendary of Cullen, be had not taken th e oat h of allegiance to the D ea n, aud , therefore, could not vote ; that against the la tter was, that he was only a lo cum tenens treasurer to the chapter, and vi • as, eonsequentl , U — i d from vot i ng . The , l'fi matter will not rest sq ua i e here. It will go before the Queen's Bench, when three questions will be argue d, two as to the l legality of th e Archbishop's and Dr. Tod d ' s votes, and the third will bo whether the p r esident bas a casting vote' EVENING EDITION. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (WEDNESDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—The election of General Harri son to the Presidential Chair of the United States is an WAN' event of great importance to the commercial interests o America and Great Britain. A new system of fi nancial policy will be propounded by the Cabinet of the United States, and, it successful, the change will be felt throughout Europe. On this country it will act, however, most immediately, and to the greatest extent. We have deep interests at stake, therefore, in asking our Transatlantic brethren not to go a-head too fast, nor too far, but to use their success with prudence. The measures which will form the leading features of discussion when Congress as,embles are likely to be :—lst. The adjustment of the currency. 2d. The Bankruptcy Law. 3d. The General Land Distribution ; and, 4th, The Tariff. The first-named of these important questions will lead to lengtht.ned discussion. It, is of vital interest to the future prosperity of the Union, and ought not to be decided vsichout full and mature deliberation. I rash or inconsiderate step might not only overturn the new Government, but lead to disastrous convulsions in the money market. The Government, however, are vested by the Consti tution of the United States, with special powers " to coin money, and regulate the value thereof," so that their powers to establish a uniform national currency cannot be successfully disputed. Mr. NVebster was the leading expounder of the views of the new Administra tion party on this subject, and, as he predicted that it would lead to the success of one system of government, and to the overthrow of another, it is from his views that we are to look for the nature of the measures which will be brought forward. If his opinions be adopted by General Harrison, the new Federal Government will not only propound a basis for a national paper cur rency, payable in gold and silver, but also for a national bank. The latter measure would meet with powerful opposition, and we hear that the Whig party are not ad of one way of thinking about it. The same may be said regarding the general Bankruptcy Bill. It would never do to legislate for behoof of the debtor only, as was proposed by the Bill of last session. Any measure to deserve success should be even-handed, and apply both to debtor and creditor. It is considered likely that Mr. Clay will be successful in carrying a measure for the distribution of the public lands belonging to the general body of the Republic, and at the disposal of Congress. It has been proposed by Mr. Clay that these lands should be sold under the provisions of a special law, and the proceeds divided among the various States, on fixed principles, a ccor di ng to t h e i r represen tation in Congress. A Bill for that purpose formerly passed the Legislature, but General Jackson did not permit it to become law, having allowed it to drop without giving his Presidential sanction, but it is under stood that General Harrison will readily approve, if it be sent up to him by the Senate. The passing of such a measure would afford the various States powerful aid in completing their schemes of internal improvement. But, then, whatever is given to the revenue of the diffe rent States, is withdrawn from the revenue of the Union. It is supposed that a change of the tariff will be strenuously mooted by the manufacturing States who are desirous for heavier protecting duties, but they will meet with vehement opposiCon from the exporting in terests, and we trust that free principles of trade will still prevail in Congress. HERALD.—A report is current that certain parties have been intriguing with Loid Palmerston to induce him to interfere, and insist strongly with Brazil for the immediate payment of the 490,0001. balance of account claimed by Portugal. The Secretary will doubtless have sense enough to leave Brazil to the management of her own concerns and debts to other countries, if any, with which either in his public or private capacity he has just as much to do, and no more, as he could have with the private debts of one of his colleagues or cronies to another. The only eventuality in which he could pretend a right of interference would be in case of a payment actually made or contemplated, by Brazil to Portugal, supposing the former to acknowledge the rightfulness of the claim. Assuredly io such a contingency he ought to feel it incumbent on him peremptorily to chal lenge the money for the much-abused creditors of Portugal here, and indeed stop it when in transit it to Lisbon, from whence, should it once get within the tenacious clutches of the people there, it will be next to impossible to extract it, otherwise than by the offer of some paper promises. It is strongly surmised that M. Bazard, the Portuguse Minister newly appointed to Rio Janeiro, has very pres sing instructions to get hold of the money for remit tance to Lisbon direct, and persons here likely to be in the secret affirm positively that, if be dare show his in structions, it will be found that in no part of them is there one word about the remittance of the money to England for the use and behoof of the bondholders. However, about these and other matters more will tran spire before long. The following letter relates to a certain point lately raised about the liability of shareholders in joint-stozic banks to creditors in a given case : " Tuesday, Dec. 8. " Sir—As a depositor in a joint-stock bank, whose prin ciples you always hold up, I must call your att e nti on t o the City' Article of the Times of Monday, which has caused scme alarm and a great sensation among the public who support these establishments. It would appear that by the impediments thrown in the way by the operation of tlhe law, the shareholders can prevent their pro-. party acing made available for the creditors in case of failure, and the case of the :Imperial Bank and the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench is cited to prove the fact. Is the law as there stated? If su the de positors would be safer with their money it the hands o f pri vate bankers, whose partners are men of well-known pro perty, or where in addition trust funds exist (as in the ease of a west-end house, which is said to amount to a quarter of a million left by the founder of it), and all which pri vate property can be taken by the creditors, in the event of failure, while in the case of that of a joint-stock banker's, only the mere assets of the bank can be made answerable, Being much interested in this unfortunate irtquiry, y ou will render me, sad the public who support joint-stocks, a great service, by inserting this letter in your columns, t o elicit an answer to the Times' attack. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " B, JENKINSON,- In the first place the writer sets out with a small Luis-- take in asserting that the " ptinciples" uf joint-stock bulks arc " always held up" in the Herald, or in this department of the paper. The principle is one neither lauded nor objected to, for before positive conclusions can be affirmed on the subject, it is held to be the safest course to watch with care and cautiously to estimate the practical working and results, for which the experience of a few years only do not exactly afford all the requi site materials so far on which a final judgment may be hazarded. There have been too many instance§ of gross joint-stock mismanagemtnt, and too many as well as too signal failures, to allow of the system being pro nounced immaculate, whilst at the same time it would be manifestly unjust to condemn the rule because of . _ the exceptions. With respect to the " alarm and great sensation " said to be caused among the public by sundry ill-conceived observations in the " City article of the Times" referred to, the wonder is that the public and the writer should be such simpletons as to cry " fire" so loudly for so little smoke. No doubt can exist that the shareholders in joint-stock banks are one and all liable in the whole of their property for any debts of the bank in ,Ahich they are proprietors. In the case of the Imperial Bank alluded to it was ruled, so far as the facts are recollected, that after judgment given execution cannot issue against any other party, or shareholder. until first enforced against the party, the officer of the bank or other party, against whom process was com menced and judgment given ; in default of assets to answer the demand,' then execution might be taken out against any proprietor selected for choice. Such is the understanding of the case, about which, however, a care ful perusal of the proceedings in Court would readily satisfy the inquirer. There was, however, a peculiar complexity in that affair arising out of the position of the bankrupt's otherwise, into the details of which as not affecting the main question it is not necessary to enter. TIME-S.—The notion of a very early negotiation o the new loan which France will require is losing ground in the cite, which, if true, will prove a great relief to some of the timid inmates of the Bank p4rlour. It is understood to be the intention of the Finance Minister to supply his immediate wants by issues of bons royaux, by the aid of which he hopes to go on till the spring, and then, when his regular loan comes forward to be contracted for to take these bons royaux in subscriptions for it, which will divide and so diminish the pressure on the Money Market. The firmness with which the prices of the French funds arc maintained seems to bear out this view of the case. The annexed letter has been received at the dice of the Oriental Steam Company from their agent in Alexandria, and would seem to remove all doubt, if any yet existed, of the submission of the Paella of Egypt to the requisition of the Allied Powers : " TO THE MANAGING DIRECTORS OF THE TENINSOLAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LONDON. " Alexandria, Nov. 26, Noon. " Gentlemen,—We have only one instant to inform you that the Eastern question is at length brought to an ami cable conclusion, " The Paella has consented to evacuate Syria, and to give up the Turkish fleet, which, however, Cemmodoro Napier allows him to retain until the treaty be ratified in Lc ndon. The Commodore is at this moment with his Highness w e believe, the port of embarkation of the atrroraonpsgifrom Syria, which is the only point remaining t o h e settled. , 4 In haste, we remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servants, " BRIGGS aNn Co.. A lively competition for banking business has sprung up in consequence of the failure of Messrs. Wright and Co., the lead in it being taken by th e L ondon Joint-Stock Bank, and it is desirable that, the public should not, at all events, be led to attach the notion of extreme disinterestedness to any of the parties en gaged in it. A degree of parade, which the case will rot justify, seems to be made in this respect by the London Joint-Stock Bank, in offering, as it is said they have done, to advance money at the rate of 6 per cent. (due regard being of course had to the state f 'A. ) 1 ..' 4 c 2) , :i.--- 1.5 ' ~~ ; 0 00 t° bea bad° 0 Oa° cow' N