The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-24 00:00:00

TIIE SUN, .LONI)ON, TUESDAY, DECEMB.f4:R 24,

high and heavy vessels, it is fortunate that the Blazer '
did not suffer more seriously."
If every steam-boat collision were to forma justi-
fication for war we should never be at peace. Such
"insults" to her flag her MAJESTY is obliged pa-
tiently to endure every day in the week in the very
port of London. A Gravesend steamer is as little
protected by the display at her masthead of the na•
tional colours, should she happen to get in the way
of a Leith boat, as if the Captain's nightcap dan-
gled above her deck. The Blazer evidently wanted
to show the French war steamers that she could
beat them as a fast sailer ; and as captains are often
as tenacious of the reputed speed of their vessels
as of their personal honour, the Commanders of
the French vessels may very fairly be presumed to
have been actuated solely by a determination
not to allow themselves to be beaten. It was,
in fact, so far as appears from the account given
above, a steam-boat race, such as aro wit-
nessed every day between British steamers in our
own waters ; and if injury was wantonly done to
one of the vessels, the proper place to demand re-
paration is a court of justice, and the proper per-
son to demand it is the owner or captain of the
vessel sustaining the injury.
We may here observe generally, that as the in-
tercourse between the French and English nations
increases, it is natural and reasonable to expect- a
proportionate increase in the number of offences
hitherto regarded as indications of national hosti-
lity ; and that it is for the interest of both coun-
tries that public writers should carefully abstain
from exaggerating them, and from in all cases im-
puting to the offenders national, instead of indivi-
dual, feelings of resentment. As no man in his
senses would impute to hostility to our flag the ac-
cidental running down of one English boat by
another, why not give to other nations the benefit
of an equally charitable interpretation of acts which
might have been purely accidental ? Again, as
rivalries and aggressions upon one another, by dif-
ferent English steam companies in our own ports,
are rightly never supposed to originate in any feel-
ing but such as are common to all men running a
race of gainful competition, would it not be often
just to trace the quarrels of French and English
traders to ano higher source ? That it is the
duty of a nation to demand reparation for wrongs
inflicted upon its subjects by foreigners, we
readily admit ; but never until such repa-
ration is refused to the individual :or individuals
by the ordinary tribunals for the administration of
inter-national law. But the truth is, that the pre-
posterous war-cry now raised by the English
Tories and the French Legitimists and Repub-
licans, is one of the last efforts of these factions
to overturn the Liberal Governments in both
countries. Without a war the Tories are hope-
less of office, and a war with England is the
only chance which the French Legitimists have
of bringing about a counter-revolution. As to
the blood of the people, it is no more thought
of nor regarded than so much ditch-water by these
sanguinary and ruthless politicians.

TEA MARKET.
There is very little doing just now in Tea, and prices must
be regarded as rather lower. Further news from Canton are
expected by the overland mail due next Saturday.
HAY MARKETS.
The supplies were moderate, but there was a good demand.
Hay, 110 s. to 90s. ; Clover, 90s. to 115 s. ; Straw, 30s. to
38s. per load.

TALLOW MARKET.
There was very little done in Tallow, and the price was
48s. 9d. for P. Y.C.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, DEC. 23 —Wind S. W., strong breezes..—Ar-
rived the Emily Jane, Kennedy, from China; Caesar,
Sims, Demerara ; Urgent, Nicholson, Quebec ; Prince
George, Foster, Halifax.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23.—Wind S.--Arrived the Queen
Victoria, Fleek, from Miramichi. Sailed the Persian,
Edington, Calcutta; Ranger, Brown, Pernambuco; Tam
o' Shanter, Stephenson, Barbadoes.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind S. W., strong breezes.
—Arrived the Courier, Smith, from Calcutta; sailed from
St. Helena on the 14th ult.

VVARIMN POINT, Ditc:2l.—Arrived the Margaret Bal.
four, Fitzsimons, and Quentin Leitch, Hunter, from
Quebec.

FALMOUTH, DEC. 22, —Wind S. W. W. to W. S. W. fresh
gales and squally.— Arrived, the Pandora packet, Vera
Cruz—sailed, on the 25th October, Tampico, 4th ult.,
klavannah, 12th inst., with 149,000 dollars freight ;
Xenophon, Tate, from Miramichi.
COWES, DEC. 23.--Arrived the Stag from Batavia.
TEIGNMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Arriscd the Active, Wilcox,
from Newfoundland.

GLOUCESTER, DEC. 23.—Arrived the Duchess of
Gloucester, Newman, horn St. Ander ; Mayflower,
Searle, St. Übes.

NEWPORT, DEC. 23.—Arrived, the Doncaster, Yule,
from Crixlnveu.

SUNDERLAND, DEC. 22.—Arrived the Terrier, Smirk,
rom Miramichi.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Monarch, from Africa
to Liverpool, 7th October, long. 8, E., by the Boddington,
Moss, arrived at Liverpool ; Mountain, of Liverpool, for
Messina, 15th inst., lat. 47, long. 7, by the Arachne,
Fowler, arrived at Falmouth.

.ONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELT O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—The Cot-
ton market continues steady. Sales are 3,500 bags to-
day at Friday's quotations.

The letters and papers were again delivered late from
the Post-office, no doubt owing to the heavy state of the
roads.

We are exceedingly short of arrivals this morning,
only a Mexican mail by the Pandora, sailed from Vera
Cruz, October 2.5 ; Tampico, November 4 ; Havanab,
November 12. Ship letters from China and St. Helena
(old dates,) Calcutta, August 20, also old.
It appears that the members of the Stock Exchange
holders of Colombian Bonds are much dissatisfied at
not having received any account of the result of the
interview of the deputation of the Colombian Bond-
holders who had an interview on Saturday last with the
agent of Venezuela, which proved to be of little im-
portance, as the above agent, it appears, could not give
the deputation any satisfactory reply previous to his
receiving an answer from his Government to the pro-
posals made by them.
This morning there is to be a meeting of the Com-
mittee, with a view of obtaining from the three Govern-
ments of Venezuela, New Granada and the Ecuador
such terms as the Committee think the Bondholders
ought to approve of.
Up to the present time we have no information of the
British Queen steamer, or of the other packets due,
which causes much anxiety to the merchants who have
been expecting remittances. All is conjecture in respect
to her non-arrival. Another document of importance,
besides the President's message to Congress, may be
expected in the course of the evening, the King of
France's Message to the Chambers.

The French Mail had not arrived up to the
hour of our going to press.

DEATH OF THE REV. MR. CARUS WILSON.
—This gentleman, the Vicar of Preston, died sud-
denly last Sunday. The cause of his death
was syncope. The Preston Observer states that
the deceased had only very recently been appointed a
rural dean, for the inspection of Chnrches in the
district, and had been discharging the duties of this
office only the Friday afternoon previous to his death ;
he had also preached in the parish church on the Wed-
nesday evening previous. There are already upwards
of the extraordinary number of 150 applications for
the vacant Vicarage, and, it is expected there will be
upwards of 200 altogether.
MR. O'CoNNELL.—The Southern Reporter
contains a copious report of a very long speech made
by Mr. O'Connell at the Tralee dinner, given to him in
the Chamber of Commerce there last Thursday. The
Hon. Gentleman on this occasion dwelt with his wonted
eloquence upon the topics of the day, denounced the
lay and clerical firebrands of Orangeism, contrasted
the peacable conduct of the Irish with the tumultuous
risings of the Chartists : then after condemning the
profligacy of the adverse English Press, &c., he referred
with exultation to " the glorious temperance revolution"
in Ireland, denied the existence of either Whiteboyism
or Ribbonism, and adverted to a variety of other sub-
jects. "As to the Tories," said Mr. O'Connell, to-
wards !the conclusion of his speech, " as counsel for
Irelanell I have had a large and extended practice,
but I confess to you that in the course of my career I
never prosecuted so great a scoundrel as certain of the
Tory gentry, who are now admitted to the society and
converse of persons calling themselves honest men. I
would on this question fearlessly appeal even to his
Grace of Wellington, a nobleman, by the way, of whom
I have never entertained such high-flown notions as
some persons hold regarding him."
TEMPERANCE RIOT AT HARLOW.— On
Friday last six men named Lincoln, Brett, Francis,
Bull, Jarvis, and another, whose name we could not as-
certain, were examined before the Magistrates at Ep-
ping, charged with a riotous outrage at Harlow. It
appeared tat Mr. Barnard, of that town had invited
Mr. T. Whittaker, who is well known in some parts of
this county as a lecturer on temperance, to visit that
neighbourhood, and endeavour to convince the inhabi-
tants of the nourishing qualities of cold water and coffee.
Accordingly his first lecture was announced for last
week, but a party, resolving that Christmas should
not be so easily deprived of the jolly bowl with
which he usually redden's the noses of some
of his guests, and warms the hearts of others, mustered
strong for the rescue, armed with XX and tobacco, and
thus the rival powers of the pump and barrel were
brought fairly face to face. A row of course com-
menced, and the advocates of the beer-can having by
several degrees the advantage:of lungs over the charn-
pions:of the tea-kettle, the latter decided upon a retreat.
A running fight accordingly began, and the lecturer's
head being placed beyond the reach of brickbats and
bludgeons, in the house of Mr. Barnard, a fierce attack
commenced upon the windows and doors, which were
much battered and broken. For this the six defendants
were called upon to answer, and after a long investiga-
tion the Bench held them to bail to take their trial for
the riot.—Essex Herald.
THE PEMBROKE BOROUGHS.—We have been
informed on unquestionable authority, that in the event
of a vacancy occurring in the representation of these
Boroughs, an independent gentleman of Liberal prin-
ciples will come forward as a candidate, and oppose the
re-election of the Netherby renegade. The gentleman
alluded to is a resident in the county, and possessed of
much local influence. It is said that active prepara-
tions are already being made by his friends to secure
his return, and competent judges affirm that no doubt
can be entertained of his success, now that the Orielton
interest is at an end,'and the worthy Baronet, who so
long considered Pembroke as his " pocket Borough,"
cannot any longer with decency interfere in an election
for that place.— Illelshman.

Towards the close of the Stock Exchange yesterday
afternoon the Dutch Funds fell nearly 1 per cent.,
which is attributed to private letters having been re-
ceived by the Ostend mail, that at Amsterdam the
Dutch Stock receded per cent., owing to the Second
Chambers having refused the Dutch Loan.

To-morrow being Christmas, all the public places of
business, as well as the Bank, will be closed.

Both the British and Foreign Markets are very inac-
tive as yet, which is generally the case at this period of
the year.

THE FUNDS.

Consols opened this morning at the quotations they
left off yesterday at 92 for the Account ; Reduced
90a 1 ; Exchequer Bills. 5 to 3 dis. ; Bank Stock,
177. k 1784- ; India Stock, for the opening, 253 255.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which closed
at 24/ i, opened at 24i . ; Portuguese, which left off
at 33/ 34, at present the same ; Colombian, same as
they closed, 241 ; Brazilian, 70/ 71 ; Dutch Two-and-
Half per Cents., 52-2.3- i ; Five per Cents., which left off
at 97/ 98/, are at present 97i ; Mexican, 281 ;
Spanish Deferred, 143-, i ; Passive, 62 I.
PitlOES OF STOCKS Tins DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 177% 8 India Stock
3 per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. Cons. — South Sea Stock
3% per Cent — , Old Annuities 89%
Ditto Red. 99 8% % New Ditto
New 3% per Cent... ...... .... 3 per Cent. Annuities. 1751
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities toevpire t Ditto 500
Jan. 5, 1860 l3 15-16% 141 Ditto Small 3 5 (tic
Oct. 10, 1859 13% ( Ditto Commercial —
Jan. 5, 1860 .. ' Ditto Advertised ......
Jan. 5, 1860 Bank Stock for Account ...
April 5, 1880. — India Stock for Account , .
Jan. 5. 1870 — Consos for Account '''92 1%
RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS rms DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds — I Peruvian Bonds —
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds ...
Ditto Account

2:11-111171 .and
:
Russian Bonds, 1822
Ditto Accci. nt
Ditto Account
coin* kr_n<7ids
Ditto Metallic -
Ditto Accos, nt
Lclarr t 1: 3:: d 5,1824
Llitto Acco-ait 213 Ditto Account.
anish .1(r 1 ~....- ......... .. Passive 614
Ditto Atm nt 'Deferred II%
Greek Bonds — I French, 5 per cent. —f —c.
Ditto Bonds, 1825 — ------ 4 per cent —f. —c.
Ditto Account — —___ 3 per cent. —l. —c.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent --_— Exchange. —f. —C.
Ditto Account — Dutch, 2% per cent 52M % L,,i
Ditto, 6 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Neapolitan — Ditto Account....... ......
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
id.
United Mexican (issued at 51. pm.) Pa Per Share.4o 3
Great Western Railway Company 65 _
Ditto New :hares
Brighton Railway 3O 15
London and Croydon Railway Company 141. 16s. 6d. 9%
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company 6069 8%
North Midland Railway Company 95
85
National Provincial Bank of England 35 34 ;ii
Provincial Bank of Ireland. .............. .
HALF-PAST ONE.
Insurances have been made at Lloyd's on property
on board the British Queen steamer at 6 per. cent.
No intelligence as yet of the arrival of the British
Queen. In consequence of the wind continuing fair,
we may expect her to-morrow, with several other arrivals
from the westward.

Everything appears dull in the city in respect to spe-
culation in the Funds and commercial affairs.
Consols at present are not quite so good as in the
early part of the morning, and may be quoted 918 for
the Opening ; Reduced 901 ; Exchequer Bills 6 4 dis. ;
Bank Stock 1772 178. Money is rather scarce.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active 242 ; Por-
tuguese 332 ; Mexican 281 ; Colombian 24 248 ; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents„ .521- ; Five per Cents.
have been 984, at present 972.

We understand that our talented and enter-
prising townsman, Dr. D. B. Read, has obtained a Go- CONDITION OF THE POOR.—We have, this
vernmeot appointment to superintend the building of th© week, with deep regret, to call the attention of our
new House of Parliament with regard to the ventila- townsmen to the severe and increasing privations to
tion, Sze.—.Edinburgh Courant. which great numbers of the working classes in this
The Grand Seignior has made a present to his borough and its vicinity arc now exposed. The want
Royal Highness the Prince of Joinville of three superb of employment, with the additional evil of dear bread,
a
swords, two pipe-mouth-pieces adorned with brilliants, has reduced hundreds of families to state which may
be more easily imagined than described, when it is re-
and of rare beauty, several horses, and various other
costly objects. collected that very many of them can earn, when in
full employ, but a scanty subsistence, by protracted
tion took place at the County Police Office, this morn- FEMALE SHEEP STEALERS.—An investiga-
n-
and excessive toil ; and that they have hadto endure,
ing, before Captain Thomas, which, after occupying up_ for a very considerable period, the aggravated suffering
wards of four hours, terminated in the committal of two consequent on the high price of corn.—Leicester Alier-
fenzales to the County Gaol, for trial at the Sessions, on curt'. [The prevalence of distress throughout the
the charge of sheep-stealing. The case was of a some-
country, particularly in the manufacturing districts, is
what ,:ingular nature in all its circumstances. The sheep attested generally by the Provincial Papers.]
in question was stolen from the farm of Mr. Thomas NEWPORT CHARTISTS.—Sir Frederick Pol-
Hemus, of Defford, and Thomas and John Meadows lock, Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, and Mr. Thomas, have been
(father and son), of Strensham, in whose dwelling a por- engaged for the defence of the prisoners. The fees o f
tion of the carcase was found, were apprehended, and Sir Frederick and Mr. Kelly will not be far short of
committed for further examination on the charge of being 1,000/. They have 300 guineas each as a special re-
the thieves. This morning, however, upon the matter tainer ; 4s. 6d. each per mile to Monmouth and back ;
being further inquired into, Hannah Meadows, the heavy fee with brief ; 25 guineas to each of their
daughter of the elder prisoner, Thomas and Ann, the clerks, and all expenses paid. The comfort is, that
wife of his son, attended at the office, and completely they are worth as much as any two men at the bar, and
exonerated their relatives from the charge, Hannah eon- are not tinged with one particle of Whiggery.—_Northern
fessing that she it was that killed the sheep and carried Star.
it home, whilst Ann, her sister-in-law, looked on. The WILD SWAN.—A very fine swan, weighing
result was, that the two men were liberated from prison, A A-lbs., was shot on the 3d inst. in the neighbourhood
and the women committed to gaol in their stead.— of Silloth, Holme Cultram, by a son of Mr. Littleton,
IVorcester Herald. of that place—a youth of ten years of age.—Carlisle
We are sorry to announce that an old established Patriot .
house in the town has suspended payment, owing to The new Post-office regulation does not work
the insolvency of a power-loom manufactory near justly in all cases ; last week we received a letter from
Leeds, and the f
--e stoppage of a large mercantile house in Rochford, written on rather a stout sheet of foolscap,
Glasgow, and several failures in the neighbourhood of for which we were charged eightpence ; but under the
Huddersfield, in which they are deeply involved. By old system the postage would have been only fivepence.
this unlooked-for circumstance 700 hands will be thrown —Chelmsford Chronicle.
nout
bo
ef r employment in Leeds, and about a similar THE " RETARDER."—A patent has been taken
um attheir establisilreent near Lancaster.—Leedsi omit f,,, e n-,..lov,nf;nn
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