The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-14 00:00:00

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS
Bank Stock ....
5 per Cent. :tee. 92M414.%
3 per Cent.Cena.
3i,4 per Cent........... ......•• 997,
Ditto Red 0•30474
New per Cent
New 5 per Cent..
tnk LongAnnuitle.;toex...re
Jan. 5, MO I4N
Oct. 10, 1r69 l4 9-15
Jan. 5, 1860 —,
Jan. 5, 1890
April 5, 1880— .....
Jan. 5, 1870... ......
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India 5t0ck.........
Ditto Bonds 27 9
South Sea Stu( k
Old knnnities
Ntw Ditto
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 —
Etc?". Bills, £1,000... 47 49 om-
Ditto .....
Ditto Small
Ditto Commercial
Ditto Advertised. — pm
Bank Stock far Accou-t
India Stock for Account.
Consols for Account 931 541 i

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS '
Austonan Bonds .• 104,41
Beigimßonds
i:itto Account
Lazillan Bends ...... SO 794,i
thtto Account 79%
Buenos Ayres Bonds

Dim Account
L Milian Bonds

Oitto Account

THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
P2ruvlan Bonds —
Ditto Account
Portuguese 80nd5..—......
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Ditto Acc:ltint —l
C3'.umbian Bonds, 1e:24 .. 5
Ditto Account . 2.5 i
Diniih Bonds ....
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Greek
Ditto Bonds, ......
Ditto Account
Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto, G per cent ....... 7.34
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Ditto At:count .....
INtta New ..... 2914 31
Ditto Account 2914
Ditto, :1 per cent.... 197/ 20 1Y ?4,
rnissian Bcnds
Rukaian Bonds, 1/322

Ditto Account
D:tto Metallic
Spanish BOTILI3
atto Account•
Ditto Bor.ds, IEO4 19%%
Ditto Acccant
French, per cent .„...... —f. —c.
4 per cent. —E —c
---- 3 per mil.
-- Exchange '2sf. 50c.
Dutch, c.:W. per cent. ...54 3; 4 33,
tto Account 54 3; % 4
Ditto, 5 per mut...—. 10.1 114-N%
Ditto Account

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share
Re il del Monte Mining Co., Registered 6:3/. !Os. 6d.
D:tto Unregistered — 1334 14
Birmingham and Derby Railway Company . .....
Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company
Oreat Westarn Railway Company 55 60,5 'N
,trianton Railway Cor;pint
Brighton Railway (Rennie's) ..... ............
1. radon and Birmingham Railwa; Company 9O 156 9%
Ditto 14 Shares
14 rth "diliand Railway Company 25 24
Provincial Rink of Irwland 25 • 40

PRICES 07 IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, DECEMBER 11.
3 per Cent. Consols 92li Grand Canal Dehs. 6 per cent. 9O
Ditto Reduced .. ..... .... --; Ditto, 4 per cent. ... ....... ...
3% per Cen•. stock slll!Flibeinian Bank —
Ditto New, Itc3o ... .
3lii per Cent. Debentures
Bank Stock .. - City Debentures, t• per cent._
Royal Canal S•ock .. —allest Office Debentures, 4 per
Grand Canal Stock - ce,t

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THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1,1, 1637.

Tho Loans did c of !it vest( relay.
In he ilousF, of ComNtoNs Petitions were rrescnted by
C:ote, in favour of tit? 11a11.,t. They were, al!cr a sbort
dts..euss:on, o.der, d b:t lid on the rabic.. A reCtion pre-
s.‘f,teLl by :11r. Waila‘T from P. icier, Booksoders, and Pub-
LAhe.s of Lernioa. cf the p-csent sta,o of ihe 1-. w
r,garding poitage, and prayinv, au alteration in t'i.o mo le
of :old charge for conceyi:iU letters thnvgh the medium cf
file Pest Unice, was orderird to be rvf,,rred to the Poet oAice

Captain PEICCEVAL gave notice that, shortly after the
he would move for L:ave 'wing in a Bill to amend
pA,t of the Reform of Parliament Act w:lich related to
rrvis 112 . . .

S'r 6a GREY, in reply to Jr.? Ca.,,stone, statA that it was
his int,l;,on F•cpnse: durini-; pr! Sussion, a Bill,
but not a temporary one, for the g, vernment of Nov South
\Vales.

On the motion of Mr. AGLIONBY, Bid for facilitating
liecovery of Tenements by Landlords was rrad a second
I:me. on the understanding that it should be referr,d to a serct
Committee. The Souctron-GrNEaar. gate the measure h's
ytr;lii ca snpport. as did also Mr. CUTLAR FERUUSSON, Lord
SallooN, Mr. PRYME, and other lion. Mee:hers, all o! whom
were of opinien that the law in respect of expired tenancies re-
qui,d revision and amenda ent. Mr. \\PARLEY who was in
majority against th., Bill in the former Parlilment, and
who now was unable to support the measure, yet admitted
that some imt rovement in the remedy at present given to a
landlord against a tenant holding ever was necessary. Sir E.
SUDDEN concurred with the lion. Member for Finsbury that
the present f rtn of ejectment might ly! improved, and that the
principle of Mr. AOLIONFIY'S proposition was bad. Mr. JER-
VIS strongly opposed the measiffe, and moved, but we believe
did not divide the HousA, uj:on the question thz.t the Bill be
read "this day six month;."
Or the motion of Lo:c1 J. RUSSELL, the Parliamen!ary
Electors and Frcemcns' Bill was, after a short discussion, read
a 'second time.

Lord NloiteETn, in reply to Mr. Sergeant JACKSON, said
that the Government interded to introduce Tome schanges in
the system of education in Leland, so as to meet the reason-
able demands and conscientious sc:uples of the Protestant
population of that country.
'rho CHANCELLOR or the EXCHEQUER having stated, in
answer to a question from Mr. HUM., that it was not the in-
tention of tha Government to abolish the pension of the King
of HANOVER, Mr. HUME gave notice that he should, in the
first week in February, move f4;r have to brim in such a Bill.
Oa the motion that the Report upon the QUEEN'S Message
for a provision for the Duchess of KENT be agreed to, some
discussion took place. Mr. GROTE said that he did not see—
and sure be was the country universally would not recog-
',i.e.—any good grounds to justify the imposition of this
additional charge of 8,0001. a year upon the public purse.
" Looking at the relief from expense," remarked the lion.
Member for London, " which her Royal Highness expe-
ri,.nced at the very moment when the House was making this
addition, he thought the present season a verb unfavoura'ole
one for increasing her provision. - It was a grant which he
wished had never been proposed."
The Civil List Bill was read a second time : the debate
was fixed for Friday, when Mr. HumE will move certain re-
ductions of income.

Lotd 310RFETH brought in a Bill to regnlate the expenses
of conveying prisoners in Ireland.
Mr. WouLFE brought in a Bill for the more effectual levy-
ing' of fines, penalties, and forfeited recognirinces in Ireland.
Mr. PCYME obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act
54 Geo. 111. c. 170, sec. 11, so far as relates to the discharg-
ing- from the payment of rates such persons as are unable,
through poverty, to pay the same.
The House adjourned sLottly after Seven o'Clock.

Never was any animal with so many good qualities
treated so cruelly as John Bull has been by his best
friends. His loyalty, courage, good faith, and good
nature, instead of procuring him kind treatment, have
only been made the means of robbing'and cheating him,
and of heaping on him a load such as no poor creature
was ever subjected to. Yet overloaded as he is, he
does not, like the sulky ass, which the poet described
as an emblem of himself, hang down his ears, but re-
ceives burden after burden, and, giving now and then
a kick, finally submits with the most placid equani-
mity. Omitting the difficulties in which he has been
placed by fighting foreign battles with which he
had no earthly concern, his rulers have enough to
answer for in their treatment of him at home, and in no
instances have they taken more advantage of his good
nature than those where they can work upon his
loyal feelings. At the births, the marriages, and the
deaths of Princes, the opportune moment is seized by
his unfeeling masters, and he is made the victim.
Passing by the additional grants made to GEORGE
111. on account of his increased family, and the
sums voted to liquidate the debts of the Prince of
WALES on his marriage, notwithstanding the vast re-
venues from the Droits of the Admiralty, who can
contemplate what has occurred within the last twenty
years without feeling indignation against his rulers,
and compassion for his unmerited fate ? On the
marriage of the Princess CHARLOTTE, a sum of
50,0001, a-year for life was voted to Prince LEOPOLD,
in case he survived her. About the same pe-
nod, and chiefly, toc, o a:,,aunt of marriages,
the incomes of all the other branches of the
Royal Family were increased ; the joyful accession of
WILLIAM the FOURTH, and his support of the Re-
form Bill, were taken advantage of to get a vote of
100,000/. a-year for his surviving QUEEN; and all
these grants were made without any condition that
John should be relieved of one fraction of the burden
when any of the parties became an independent foreign
SOVEREIGN. Though the grant to the Duke of
CUMBERLAND is not the fourth part of the pension
if the QUEEN Dowager, or the half of that of Prince
.I.EopoLD, we are convinced the nation will feel
snore indignant for the omission of a clause by
tile pension should cease on his acces-
sion to
_the Throne of Hanover, than on ac-
count of any of these grants, however enormous.
If Jc3n do not kick most furiously on this occasion,

we mistake his nature. Though he will pay liberally I
to support the dignity and splendour of the Royal
family in this country, he will not submit to pay for
the support of a foreign potentate, who, for aught
that he knows, may use the money in destroying the
liberties of his subjects, or in reviving rebellious Socie-
ties, or in aiding a conspiracy to destroy the freedom
of election in the Sister Island.

We rejoice to learn that Mr. HUME intends, early
in February, to bring in a Bill for depriving the King
of HANOVER of the pension of 21,0001. a year,
which his MAJESTY blushes not to draw out of the
public revenues of this country. Were King ERNEST
possessed of a particle of generosity—had he the least
respect for his Hanoverian subjects—were he to con-
sult for an instant the dignity of his Crown, he would
consider it a disgrace to appear in the eyes of Conti-
nental Europe the pensioner of Great Britain. The
Tory Journals, in defending the abrogation of the
Hanoverian Constitution, prate about the indepen-
dence of the new SOVEREIGN. Independent for-
sooth ! and yet maintain his regal state by a pension
drawn from the Exchequer of a Foreign Power ! No,
no ; ERNEST iS not independent while he continues to
receive a pension from England ; and his retention of it
after being called to the Sovereignty of an independent
State, demonstrates that tyranny, avarice, and mean-
ness are kindred vices. The Hanoverians themselves
cannot regard this pension in any other light but that
of a disgrace to them—a badge of the subserviency of
their Crown to the diadem of England. Had the
States been summoned under the Constitution of 1833,
it is probable that a grant would have been made to
the KING equivalent to the amount of his English
pension, on the understanding that he would volun-
tarily relinquish what must appear in the eyes of
Continental Sovereigns a foreign subsidy ; but that
Constitution having been set aside by the Letters
Patent of the Ist of November, King ERNEST has
not only resumed the hereditary possessions of the
Crown, but insisted upon retaining the Civil List
granted in lieu of them by the States. ills MA-
JESTY cannot therefore plead poverty in extenuation
of such mean, subservient, and disgraceful avarice ;
and even if he could, that would not justify an appeal
on the part of a King of HANOVER to the bounty of
the people of this country. It is too bad to tax the
people of England to enable a petty German Despot to
carry on a crusade against the Constitutional liberty
of the subjects doomed to acknowledge the sway of
such a Sovereign. But perhaps ERNEST'S retention
of his English pension proceeds from au apprehension
of being one day or other expelled from his hereditary
throne. It such be the case, we are willing to have
his pension restored to him the instant he quits Han-
over—provided, always, that he make not England the
i place of his exile.

Two public meetings were held yesterda3—one at
the White Conduit House, and the other at Lambeth
—for the purpose of taking into consideration Lou'
JOHN RussELL's late declarations in Parliament res-
pecting vote by Ballot, Extension of the Suffrage, and
the Repeal of the Septennial Act. Vie fotesaw at
the time when his Lordship made these disheartening
declarations, that he would bring a hornets' nest about
his Las, and the result has shown that our anticipa-
tions were well founded. Scarcely a day now
passes without one or more meetings being held
on the subject cf the . Ballot that very ques-
tion on which the Noble Lord expressed himself with
most decision—and at ail these Reform gatherings the
language held is pretty nearly the same, namely, that
of abated confidence, if not in the good faith, at any
rate in the spirit and energy, of Ministers. We are
not surprised at this growing distrust on the part of the
people ; for the doctrine of the " finality" of the Re-
form Bill, four years after it has been proved to be an
incomplete remedy, is a doctrine that no one would
ever have expected to have seen broached by a mem-
ber of the MELBOURNE Cabinet. It is, as Lord
BROUGHAM justly observed the other night, " a new
air with variations"—Whig words set to Tory music.
Mr. ROEBUCK, therefore, has warrant for the faith—
or rather want of faith—that is in him. Lord Joirti
RUSSELL has furnished him with abundant reasons
for dissatisfaction, though we regret to see that discon-
tent pushed to the verge of the most inveterate hosti-
lity, for, lukewarm as they have shown themselves,
Ministers have not yet reached that point, at
which it becomes the duty of all zealous Re-
formers to abandon them altogether. We may still
indulge a lingering hope that they will see the
error of their ways ; retrace some of their steps; and
act on other great questions with the same prompti-
tude and energy that they have acted on the Pension
List. Why, indeed, seeing the right path, should
they heSitate to pursue it ? They have no hostile
Court now, as they had throughout last Session ; they
have no back-stairs influence at work to thwart all
their best schemes ; the QUEEN is with them ; and
so also are the people—that is to say, so long as they
show a zealous determination to advocate the people's
interests. Let Ministers then but dare to be firm,
regardless of the Tory opposition, which is only formi-
dable, when they pursue a shilly shally course of
conduct. It is firmness alone that can now ensure
them a continuance in office.

It will be seen by an account in another column
that the result of the first Municipal Election for the
borough of Devonport, under the new Charter, is the
return of twenty-eight Liberals to the Council out of
thirty-six members. The Mayor, EDWARD ST.
AUBYN, Esq., son of the Lord of the Manor, and ten
out of twelve Aldermen, are Liberals. This is a de-
cisive proof, if any were wanting, that there is no re-
action in favour of Toryism in the patriotic and naval
borough of Devonport. But the Whigs must not,
therefore, infer that they stand high as a party in the con-
fidence of the liberal inhabitants. On the contrary, it is
evident from the tone of some of the speeches, that
Lord JOIIN RUSSELL'S declaration about the finality
of the Reform Bill has alienated from the Whigs the
affection of their staunchest supporters, and that the
people really begin to look forward to a time when
the Liberals will be able to assume the direction of
her MAJESTY'S Councils. Parliament must swallow
the three Radical powders so unceremoniously re-
jected by the Noble Home Secretary ; and from what we
can learn, their presentation to the Legislature is likely
to be greatly accelerated by his Lordship's menace of
retiring into private life, in the event of their being
forced upon the Cabinet of which he is a Member.
Wherever public opinion can manifest itself, the
people are in favour of Short Parliaments, the
Ballot, and the Extension of the Suffrage. With
the protection of the Ballot the Suffrage cannot be
too widely extended ; whereas without such pro-
tection .it would be impossible for a poor elec-
tor to vote according to the dictates of his
conscience. We are delighted to find that the people of
Devonport are so much alive to the defects of the pre-
sent elective system, and we trust that under their
new form of Municipal Government their voices
will be raised in repeated addresses to the Legis-
lature, praying for a further improvement in the repre-
sentation of the country. The first great object of the
Reformers . must be to obtain the Ballot, in order to
put an end to bribery and intimidation in the
boroughs. An Extension of the Suffrage must ne-
cessarily either precede or follow this measure—and in
either case with advantage to the nation.

We have just cast a hasty glance at a little pamphlet
entitled " A Voice from Stroud," which is addressed

to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in reply to his Lordship's

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recent declarations in Parliament, which have been pro-
ductive of so much dissatisfaction among Reformers.
The author of this pamphlet commences by observing,
" the relation in which I stand to the borough you re-
present, will alone vindicate my title to respectfully ad-
dress you on this occasion, in the name of those of your
constituency who have recently signed the Stroud peti-
tion for the Ballot ; and more especially in the name of
those of my friends who have twice supported your in-
terest, and who secured your election on the last occa-
sion, under the belief—induced by your reply to my
question on the hustings, although no pledge was either
asked or given—that your objections to the Ballot
would be overruled by such an increase of the foul in-
fluences as should violate the unquestioned right of
every elector to vote freely according to his consci-
ence." Mr. SYMONS, the author, then goes on to
say:—" My Lord, the evidences of that increase are
nightly arrayed before you I In the compact and
powerful phalanx of your opponents in Parliament, you
will find two hundred proofs of the door to corruption
which the Reform Bill left open, and which the intel-
ligence of the country calls on you to close." This is
a forcible appeal to his Lordship's sense of consistency,
which—on the question of the Ballot, at _least—seems
to have resolved on the enjoyment of a profound slum-
ber. It is to be hoped however that our author's ap-
peal will have the effect of rousing this lethargic fa-
culty. " Day by day," continues Mr. SYMONS, "is
the franchise enthralled. Day by day are the sacrifices
of interest to conscience rendered more oppressive and un-
endurable. Is there any hope that this state of things will
cease of itself ? Is there the smallest rational ground to
believe that it will not continue to increase ? Are not
every conceivable means now daily employed by our
enemies which can further their fell ends, or minister to
the strength of their gigantic power ? Is not the paid
agency of corruption energetic and redoubled ? Is not
its unpaid agency even still more •formidably extensive
and vigilant ? Are there not in three-fourths of our
parishes men who scruple not to desecrate the influ-
ence of their spiritual offices, by the furtherance of the
vassalage of the people ; who are unceasing in their
efforts to gag opinion, to bias the judgment, to dictate
the very newspapers their parishioners shall read, and
who in most ins,ances, confine their favours alone to
those who are subservient to their political views."
There is no exaogeration—no overcharged colouring
The influence of Toryism at elections is quite
as corrupt, vigilant, and extensive, as Mr. SYmoais
affirms it to be ; and yet Lord JOIIN RUSSELL, who
knows this to be the case, rejects the only remedy that
can effectually put a stop to such a demoralizing state
of things l He refuses us the protection of the Ballot,
for no other reason that we can discover, than because it is
precisely that sort of protection of which we most stand
in need. We may commend his Lordship's frankness
on this point, but we certainly cannot commend his sa-
gacity. However, he this as it may, the Ballot we
want, and the Ballot we must have, or adieu to all
hopes of efficient Reform. Mr. SaratoNs's pamphlet
is written with clearness and conciseness, and by its
practical, apposite arguments is calculated, at a crisis
like the present, to do much good.

sere.

The whole of the Paris Papers of Tuesday have
been received, but they contain no official news
from any quarter. The Duke de NEMOURS
is fast recovering from the effects of his fall. The
President of the Council, and the Minister of the
Interior, have been the only strangers admitted to an
interview with his Royal Highness. The conscripts
raised by Russia in Poland are to serve in Asia for 22
years. Those who have resisted have been marched in
irons I Orders have been giien for the confiscation of
all estates hitherto held by Poles, and the disuse of their
language in all schools throughout that ill-fated king-
dom. The following extract from the Constitutionnel,
contains the only news of any interest from Spain :

The Constitutionnel rontatis a detailed st .temert of the
Constitutional and Carist forces in the provinces of Biscay
and Navarre, taken from the Sentinelle des Pyrenees.
Forces existing on the Ist of December in Navarre, Gui-
puseoa, Alava, and Biscay, under the orders of General-in-
Chief Count de Luchana.
In Navarre, 11,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry—garrison,
17,600—total in Navarre, 29,800.
In Guipuscoa, under Brigadier-General O'Donnell, 5,660,
including 600 English Marines at Papasi, and 60 English
Lancers.
In Alava, under General Buerens, 9,000.
In Biscay, 9.000, besides a Corps of Reliprve of 6,000 in-
fantry and 500 cavalry. Grand total-60,060. .
The most important garrisons are at Navarre, Pampeluna,
with 2,500 men ; and Puenta la Ryna with 1,000 ; in Guipis-
coa, St. Sebastian, with 1,000 men; and Hernani, ..vitb 1,500
men, in Maya, Vittoria, with 1,000 men; there is, too, at
Vittoria, a flying column or 5,400. men ; in Biscay, Bilboa,
6,000 ; Portugalette, 1,200 ; and Balmaseda, 1,800. The
National Guards are not included in the above statement.
Carlist forces in Navarre, Alava, Guipiscoa, and Biscay, under
the command of Carlos :—Navarre, 9,580 ; Alava, 4,540 ;
Guipuscoa, 1,950 ; Biscay, 4,570 ; Cavalry escort of the
Pretender, 150; artillery or the four provinces, 250 ; fourteen
battalions of Castilians and Valencians of 500 men each,
7,ooo.—Grand total, 31,240.—The battalion of Guides of
Alava is dissolved.—Constitutionel.

FRENCH FUNDS. -PAnts, Dza. 12.
Five per Cents., 107 f. bsc. 65c. 60e.
Four per Cents., 102 f.
Three per Cents., 70f. 30c.
Bank Actions, 2,570 f. 2,572 f. 50c. 2,575 f.
Bente de Naples, OPf. Utif. sc. 16c.
Ronan Five per Cents., 100%%.
Spanish Actives, 20%.
Upanish Passives, 4%.
Belgian Loan, 103%.
Brussels Society, 1,710 f.
Belgian Bank, 1,525 E 1,527 f. 50c. 1,510 f.
Haytian Loan, 367 f. 50c.
EXCHANGE OX LONDON.
One month, paper, •25f. 42; s. • money, :Mt 4214 c.
Three months, paper, 2.5 f. 27X:c.; money, 25f. 27%e
-Court Authentieue.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 107 f. 7.:c.
Three per Cents., 7 f. 25c.
Bank Actions, 2,575 f.
Romans, 100%.
Belgian Loan, 103%.
Belgian Bank, 1,53 ,f.
Brussels Society, 1,710 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 19%.
Spanish Actives, 20%.
Spanish Passives, 4%.
Haytian Loan, 3071'. 50C.

Brussels and German Papers of the latest dates
have been received this morning. We copy from the
former some intelligence respecting the cutting down
of the forest of Grunenwald, in Luxemburg, by com-
mand of the King of HOLLAND, which has excited
a good deal of attention in Belgium. But as the main
fact is doubted, we will offer no comment upon it, be-
fore receiving further information from authentic
sources. It is not probable that the King of HOL-
LAND would voluntarily embroil his kingdom in a
contest, not only with Belgium, but with France and
England :--
A letter from Luxembcrg says, " The journey of M.
Steffle to the Hague has reference to the felling of timber in
the Forest of Grunenwald, which it is intended to execute in
the name of the King Grand Duke. The Prussians have
received orders, and have already given notice of it to the
Belgian Government, to resist any attempt of Belgium to
hinder the operation. They are directed, they say, to assist
the rights of his Majesty the Grand Duke "
In the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives to-day
(the 11th), M. Metz called the attention of the Chamber to the
affair of the Forest of Grunenwald; which he thought it his
duty to name to the Government in presence of the Chamber.
You know, said he, that the forest of Grunenwald is near the
city of Luxemburg. When woods belonging to the domain
were ordered to be sold in 1827 and 1828, several lots of that
forest were not disposed of, and after the revolution the Bel-
gian Government took possession of those lots, and had re-
tained them in reversion. Now the Arlon Journal, received
this morning, tells us that the Grand Ducal administration
has attempted to take possession of the lots which the Govern.
ment possesses, and has declared that the attempt would, in
case of need, be supported by the bayonets of the garrison of
Luxemburg. The Minister of the Interior declared that the
facts stated by the last speaker were correct. "We received,"
said he, " 'f.se day before yesterday official intimation that a
resolution had been taken relative to the forest of Grunen-
wa!d, whicit is situated r.ithin the rayon or the fortress of
Luxemburg. and that in ease of need, the Grand Du-
cal authority might have the assistance of the military
authorities of the torti ess. But the Government has reason
to believe that this resolution is not definitive, because it is
founded on an error in point of fact. We have lost no time,
hut immediately announced our claims, and the proofs that
Belgium is in possession of the forest, since the Government
has appointed and pays the keepers ; and the Administration
of the Grand puchy has not performed a single act relative

to the management of the forest since 1830. We think our
representations will prevent the execution of a resolution which
is founded, as I said, on an error in point of fact, and which
would be a direct violation of the treaty of the 21st May, by
which the Government has engaged, to France and Great
Britain, to preserve the statu quo in the Grand Duchy." Some
further discussion followed, in which the Minister of Finance
declared that, if the negociation failed, the Government would
fulfil its duties in a manner becoming the dignity of the na-
tion, but he did not think it would come to that extremity ;
and it was best not to trouble to no purpose the public tran-
quillity for such an affair, by giving it more importance than
it really deserves.
BELGIAN 1. UNDS—Bausims, DEC. 12.
Actual Debt, 2 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent.
Loan of Thirty Millions 94K,
Loan of City, 1832; 4 per Cent IOIN,
Society of Commerce, 4 ,2per Ceut 144%
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 147
National Society
—Brussels Papers. Dec. 12.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, DEC. 4.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares l4ll
—Allgemeine Zeitung, Dee 9.

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 13.

SIR--1 find that our late arrangements respecting the mails
contribute so materially to the convenience of business and
the comfort of passengers, that I feel desirous they should
be more publicly known, and with that view I shall feel obliged
by your noticing them in your paper.
Instead of the mail bags being forwarded by cart from the
nearest point in the London road, as they have been, the three
mails (Liverpool, Manchester, and Carlisle) now drive direct
to the station, by which arrangement the time formerly lost in
transferring the bags, and driving the passengers a mile round
to go through the town of Birmingham, is saved, as well as
that and the expense of removing the passengers by omnibus.
A substantial breakfast is provided in a room at the station at
2s. a head, including waiter ; and whilst the passengers are
occupied with the same, an arrangement takes place of the
parcels, to enable them to go forward in due course ; and at
the proper time all go forward together in the most satisfac-
tory manner. We had some little opposition at first from par-
ties interested in the delay of the passengers in the town, but
I trust that the evident advantages of the change will induce
the proprietors of the night coaches to follow the example of
the mails, and let them drive to the station direct, whereby
their passengers will he enabled to refresh themselves here,
and enter on business at Liverpool and Manchester imme-
diately on their arrival the morning after they have left London.
I am, Sir, your's, respectfully,
F. EBORALL.