The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-29 00:00:00

LONDON, MON

pretre. The two French frigates, wrecked in Core
were then on a missionary expedition, with orders to
propagate religion at the cannon's mouth, after the
fashion adopted by the worthy Bishop of COCIIIN
CHINA.

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The Con.stitutionnel says—
" We have received some letters speaking of the
lossiof the Gloire and the Victorieuse on the coast of
the Corea. Every one agrees in remarking that
these two vessels were taken into these dangerous
latitudes to protect the Corean Catholics, who are
victims of a persecution. It is even said that there
was on board a missionary destined for the Corea.
Already in the last session just representations were
made against the religious propagandism in which the
Ministry employs our vessels on the station of
China. It was asserted with great justice that we
had no business to interfere in the religious quarrels
which exist between the Sovereign of the Corea and,a
part of his subjects. Still less have we a right to in-
troduce missionaries into this country in opposition to
its ruler. It is an act of inhumanity, for we expose
them to tortures aid death ; it is an infringement on
the independence of a Sovereign of whom we have all
an interest to make a friend. Undoubtedly the in-
terests of the Cathclic religion are exceedingly re-
spectable, and they merit all our sympathy ; but we
believe that M. Gnizot would do better to give sup-
port to the Maroniter, whom he is bound to protect,
than to get into quarrels at the other end of the
world for Coreans, who are nothing to us. It seems
to us, besides, that the Chinese station might be
turned to account in favouring our national interests
and creating openings for our commerce. If the
vessels happened to be lost in the accomplishment of
a mission of this nature, the primary cause of their
shipwreck would be at least a misfortune and not a
fault." ..
Miss BIRCH was, on Friday, condemned by default
by tte Tribunal of Commerce of Paris to pay 30,900
francs (1,2000 to the managers of the Paris Opera
for having quitted Paris in violation of her engage-
ment. .

We read in the Constitutionnek—
"The officers of several Brazilian vessels, captured
on the coast of Africa, under suspicion of being en-
gaged in the slave trade, write us word from Brest
that they have been detained for a length of time in
tke prison of that place, and praying us to call on
the Minister of Marine to hasten the moment of their
taking their trial. These officers are absolutely in the
same position, with r'spect to the charges alleged
aga'nst them, es were their fellow-officers who have
been set at liberty. There can scarcely be any doubt
that they will be also declared innocent. There is,
therefore, inhumanity in detaining as prisoners, under
a charge of piracy, men who are not pirates, and
who must be sooner or later set at liberty as inno-
cent."

The Toulonnais, of the 23d inst., announces that
the English squadron was expected on the coast of
Tuscany, and adds, that "If Austria should interfere
in favour of the Duke of MoDENA. against the Grand
Duke of TUSCANY, that naval face would make a
grand demonstration !"
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse,
on Saturday, at 77f.; New Loan, 761. 80c.;
the Five per Cents., 116 f. 50c. ; the Orleans Rail-
road Shares,l,2l7f. 50c.; Rouen, 8181. 7.5 c.; Havre,
5021.50 c.; Great Northern, 5681. 75c.; Avignon,
570 f.; Vierzon, 560 f.; Bordeaux, 4951.; Boulogne,
380 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 2701. ; Dieppe, 265 f;
Basle, 170 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4221.50 c.; Tours
and Nantes, 405 f.; Paris and Lyons, 4051. ;
Spanish Three per Cents., 29.
MARSEILLES, Nov. 23.—Marseilles and Avignsn,
565 f. ; Northern, 567 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBER 27.
Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 1514—Luxem-
bourg, s—Northern of France,l2%—Sambre and Aleuss,67i3.

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 28, 8 o'CLocK, P.M.

The packet-ship New World, Captain Knight, has
arrived in the Mersey from New York, with advices
to the 10th inst., being one day later than those
already received. She brings 10,0001. specie on
freight.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9.

An improved feeling prevailed to-day, owing in
part to the announcement that an important English
house in this city will continue their business with-
out any interruptien from the recent suspension of
their relatives in London, of whom they are alto-
gether independent.
The steam-ship Philadelphia sails to-morrow for
llavre ; she takes out a quantity of French coin, said
to the amount of 30,000 dollars. _ _ _

For the ship Bavaria, llavre packa-ship, freight
is said to have been engaged to a considerable amount
of specie.
Bills on England are selling at 109 i to 110. A
few southern bills, endorsed by banks, sold at 91 ;
but the best city bills cannot be had at less than
110. Foreign corn is in demand, at 4.841 to 4.85
for vor~icsn Q,
'Die export of specie since the 26th ult. has been
(in 12 days) 346,579 dolls.
The Washington arrived to-day. Cotton was
quiet. Nothing of importance doing in grain.
Freights unaltered.

BENTLEY'S 3.llscsm.Axy.—We are requested 4)
state that the new number of this periodical, which
be published to-morrow, will contain, in addition to its
usual attractions, copious extracts from the original
Journals of Voyages and Travels in the Mediterranean,
by Mr. Brooke, the Raja of Sarawak, contributed ex-
clusively to this publication.
CESSATION OP LABOUR.—The railway contractors
in the vicinity of Neath have discharged a great many
men lately. Mr. 11. E. Scott has discharged 50 men
each week for the last three weeks. Mr. Sharp's and
Messrs. Joseph Willett and Co.'s works are nearly at a
stand, the men having been turned off. Great numbers
of them have been for the last week standing idle about
the streets and roads. The scarcity of money is slid to
be the principal cause of this occurrence.— Welshman.
RELEASE OF MR. GARRETT. —lt will be recol-
lected that at the May sessions of the Central Criminal
Court, a gentleman named Garbett, who had been an
attorney at Wellington, in Shropshire, and who was
since practising in London, was convicted of forgery
under very peculiar circumstances, and a point of law
raised by his counsel, Mr. Montagu Chambers, was re-
served for the consideration of the judges. It will lie
remembered that at the spring assizes of the present year
at Kingston, Mr. Garbett appeared as a witness for the
defendant in an action upon a bill of exchange, and
upon his being examined ho swore that the accep-
tance to the bill in question was not the handwriting
of the defendant, but he declined to say who wrote it,
until Lord Chief Justice Denman insisting on an answer
to the question, and threatening to commit him if lie did
not, he was at length constrained to admit that he had
himself written the acceptance to the bill, without the
sanction of the party whose name appeared as the ac-
ceptor. This was of course tantamount to the admis-
sion that it was a forgery, and the Lord Chief Jus-
tice committed him to the custody of the Governor of
Ilorsemonger-lane gaol, and directed that an indictment
should be preferred against him, and it eventually came
on for trial at the May session. Upon that occasion
Mr. Chambers objected to the admission of Mr. Garb, tt's
evidence upon the former trial, on the ground that
it had been given under compulsion and a threat of :com-
mittal, and therefore, according to the rules of law, could
not be received, The evidence was admitted by the
court, the Judges, however, agreeing to reserve the
question for the consideration of the Judges, if the pri-
soner should be convicted. After his conviction, accord-
ingly, judgment was respited, and the point has ever
since been under consideration. Within the list few
days, however, it appears, that a majority of the Judges
have decided that the evidence ought not to have been
received, and in consequence an order was sent to the
gaol of Newgate for the discharge of Mr. Garbett, who
was at once set at liberty.
SUICIDE OF CAPT. MARTIN OF 'FEB HON. E.I.C.—
On Saturday Mr. Payne held an inquest at the residence
of Captain Thomas Martin, in Fenchurch-street, upon
the body of that officer, who committed suicide. It
appeared that the deceased had been blind for 43 years,
having lost his sight in an engagement from a gunshot
wound. He had been much depressed in his spirits since
the loss of the Solway steamer, in which his daughter
and other relatives perished. About one o'clock on
Saturday morning Bartlett Louis, his French servant,
hearing a strange noise in deceased's room, went to see
what was the matter, and found him lying on the bed
with a frightful gash in his throat, and in his right hand
an open razor. He was quite dead. Verdict—Tem-
porary insnity.
Ax ACTIVE CURATE.—At the Castle of Exeter, on
Friday last, before a very full bench of magistrates, the
Rev. F. Cooke, assistant curate, of Topsham, was fined
2L and expenses, for aiding and assisting in the rolling
of a lighted tar- barrel through the streets of Topsham,
on the sth of November last, being Guy Fawkes' Day.
The rev. defendant, by his own story, appeared to have
kicked the ;tar-barrel, with the view of driving it away
from any property of an inflammable character which it
might have been approaching; but it appearing, from
the evidence of the policeman who witnessed the occur-
rence, that his reverence was even more particularly in-
terested in the success of the frolic than his own tale
would unfold, their Worships took a different view of
the case, and marked their disapprobation of the pastime
he had indulged in, by inflicting on him the fine we have
stated above, added to the costa of the complaint. Pl-
ymouth Journal.
PESTILENTIAL STATB OE HUDDERSFIELD CIIURCII-
YARD.—An eye-witness states that he _erercsefinetild, aywthteeniadhede
a funeral at the parish church of Hudd
was astonished to find that, in order to dig the grave in
which the corpse had to be interred, no fewer than seven
coffins had been cut through to effect the purpose.—
' Observer.