The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1847.

best feelings would willingly seek fcr all that is pious'
and good in the Catholic faith." " Can nothing," he
asks, in a subsequent part of his communication, "be
done to remove from us so heavy a scandal ?" Such
is the manly, generous, and respectful letter forwarded
to St. Jarlath's by the Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY
—a letter which doubtless gives utterance to many of
the sentiments which are uppermost in the bosoms of
his co-religionists.
To this important remonstrance the Archbishop of
TUA3I returns an epistle which is little less than a
most courteous prevarication. It is true that there is,
not in the latter effusion any of that flagrant so-
phistry which characterised Dr. M'HALE'S letter to
the Prime Minister. The " Lion of the fold of
Judah " no longer roars forth his extenuations of
crime attributed to a 111‘Dzamorr, or his sym-
pathy in the offence charged against Arch-
deacon LAITAN. He no longer says with
such unprelatic severity—" probably the reason
why the Catholic clergy are arraigned is not because
they have omitted the inculcation of the sixth com-
mandment, but because they have explained with
rather too much theological accuracy the variety of
ways in which persons may be guilty of its infraction."
As if it were justifiable in any clergyman to expatiate
from the altar steps upon the sins of persons altoge-
ther removed from their ecclesiastical jurisdiction !
as if it were laudable to follow up the adoration of the
Godhead by the denunciation of one of his
creatures !—as if it were safe to say to a
reckless and infuriated peasantry, " Such a man is
like CROMWELLy ankvet he lives:!" But Dr. M'HALE
forsakes for once his favourite style of disputation.
The gentle but impressive epistle of the Earl of
ARUNDEL and SURREY has so far subdued the moral
pugnacity of the prelate as a correspondent, that he
answers the young Peer with extraordinary circr in-
spection of manner, and unprecedented temperance of
language. Still his reply is the very reverse of
satisfactory, it is an evasion that almost degrades
the writer at times into the apologist of criminal
denunciators.

Much as the spirit evinced by Archbishop M‘HALm
throughout these transactions must be deplored, sus-
picious as may be the quietude of the ecclesiastical
authorities in Ireland, heinous and diabolical as is the
infamy accruing to the Catholic tenantry from such
bloody deeds of assassination, it is creditable to the re-
ligion when laymen can boldly pronounce their abhor-
rence of criminals whose continuance among them is
an enormous disgrace to the priesthood—when Lord
BEAUMONT can speak as he has spoken within the
walls of Parliament, and when the Earl of ARUNDEL
and SURREY can write as be has written to the Roman
Catholic Archbishop of TUAM.

We yesterday pointed out the manner in which
goods are transferred from hand to band during the
progress of manufacture, and that, according to the
ordinary course of trade, they are paid for at each
transfer by bills of exchange of the then value, and
that by this means a species of currency is required
to perhaps eight or ten times the value of the raw
material, and at least three times the value of the
manufactured article. It may be very easy to say
that this is not a sound state of trade, that the actual
capital is several times represented, or in other words,
the labour, the only true capital, which gives the
increased value to the article, is mortgaged three
or four times over. But why is this the case ? Simply
because the monetary code occasions an artificial
scarcity of money, it prevents any kind of capital, save
and except bullion, being represented by notes pay-
able on demand, or otherwise than by those bills of
exchange. It would doubtless be much better if the
various parties were enabled, on purchasing the goods
from the former holder, to pay the cost price in actual
cash, but it is utterly impossible that it should be so
while the circulation is so inadequate to the wants
of the country as it is at present. In the case
which we yesterday selected as an example,
the worsted spinner's capital is required to
pay for the labour which he is forced to
employ, to the amount of 5001. He accepts a bill
for the 1,1001. to the woolsorter, because he relies

upon being able before that bill becomes due to sell
the goods at an increased price, which will not only
enable him to pay that amount, but will reimburse
him for the money he has expended in actual labour,
and will also afford him that fair profit of his trade
which he has a right to expect. He can only accom-

plish these objects by having a facility for exchang-
ing the bills, which he himself must accept from the
parties to whom he disposes of the produce, for

money that will liquidate his own acceptance
and enable him to satisfy his workmen for
the labour that he requires in carrying
on his manufacture. lf, by reason of any panic or
want of confidence, he cannot effect such an exchange,
or, in other words, obtain discount for his legitimate
trade bills, he must suspend payment, discharge his
operatives, and abandon his business ; or he must
decline to sell on credit, according to the usual
course of trade, and send his goods to the
market to be sold, or rather sacrificed, for whatever
ready money can he obtained therefor. The supply
will then be found to exceed the demand, prices will
be depreciated, it will require a much greater quan-
tity of his manufactured goods to be disposed of, in
order to obtain a sufficient sum to satisfy his debt to
the woolstapler than he had calculated upon ; he will
find himself a serious loser, so that his capital will be
sacrificed, and he must give up employing the
people, or induce them to accept reduced wages.
While so many fluctuations in the value of
money take place, as must be the inevitable
consequence of a currency wholly based on bullion,
there must be a considerable risk to every person
engaged in trade and manufacture, and that risk
must be compensated either by an increase of price
to the consumer, or by cutting down the wages of
the workmen, or by a combination of both ; the
former method, however, cannot be made available
to any great extent, so that the latter must be
resorted to, and the industrious and hard-working
man, whose only capital is his labour, becomes the chief
sufferer, although every person in any manner
engaged in trade participates in the evil to a greater
or less degree.

We have struggled earnestly and energetically for
free trade, we felt the deep injustice of taxing the
food of the people for the benefit of a class,
and of preventing our manufacturers from
obtaining markets for their produce, by forbidding

them to exchange that produce for the commodities
of other lands. We objected to the pernicious mo-
nopoly that was formerly sanctioned and tolerated,
because it obstructed the creation of national
wealth, and forbade the employment of the labouring
classes ; but our monetary laws are, if possible, still
more destructive to the national prosperity, still more
injurious to the best interests of the people.
Through the operation of the banking en-
actments, the people have been deprved of
employment deprived of wages deprived of
the means of subsistence—suffering the conse-
quences of a famine in the midst of plenty and abun-
dance, and submitting to the greatest privations at

the very time when there has been a national thanks-
giving for the bounteous harvest with which we have
been favoured. How long will the people submit to
this lamentable state of things 1)--,-how soon will they
shake off their apathy, and earnestly and energetically
agitate for a reform of the baneful system ? How
soon will a COBDEN arise to direct their exertions,
and to keep up an agitation which must eventually
lead to a triumph ? The question must be made
popular out of doors before we can hope that convic-
tion will be wrought in the minds of our Legislators.
The bullionists attempt to smother discussion, to
sneer down the arguments which they are unable to
answer. Many causes are assigned for the national
distress, but
.the principal one is kept out of sight.
Inquiries are to take place, but if possible all investi-
gation into the working of the Act of 1819 is to be
avoided. That of 1844 may be questioned, but that
from which it is derived must be left untouched ; a
metallic: standard is so sacred that everything else
sacrificedodoubt
itloowitsfasercuitrsitmy,airndteintainscae spiseccieosmo.f
mustsacrilegebe
t
patible with the prosperity, the security of the
country.

Accounts

aye been sece•%—"..,:d'
from Athens to the

9th inst.

The Senate met on the 6th, and the discussion so
abruptly broken off on the 16thof Nov., respecting the
nomination of the new senators, was again mooted,
but the result was another of those scandalous

scenes of so common occurrence in the Senate. The
President refused to allow any of the senators to address
the assembly. In vain did MM. TRlcourts, CLONA
RES, LONDOS, and MANGINAS, protest against so fla-
grant a violation of the regulations. The President
replied by loudly demanding the installation of the
new senators. The Ministers sat mute spectators of
this scene. The greater number of the senators
finally rose, and of the thirty-five senators present
only fifteen remained. The President then adminis-
tered the oaths to the new senators, although the
Senate was not in number, and the two secretaries
had withdrawn. On the 9th the Senate met again,
when the members who withdrew the previous day
entered a protest against the proceedings that took
place in their absence. The project of law voted by
the Chamber of Deputies relative to the loan of
500,000 f. by M. EYNARD, was then adopted by a
large majority.

The Petrie, Florence paper, publishes the following
letter, dated Rome, 10th instant :
" The question of Ferrara has arrived at a conclu-
sion. Matters remain in that city absolutely in state
quo. This Government has maintained its rights
with a firmness which does it honour. The principal
praise devolves upon M. Massoni. M. Palomba,
attached to the Austrian Embassy at Rome, returned
yesterday from Milan with dispatches, by which
Count de Fiquelmont announces this fortunate con-
clusion to the Ambassador. The official notes on the
subject /are to be exchanged this day between the
Pontifical Government and the Austrian Envoy."

The Presse contains a letter from Palermo,ief the
Bth instant, stating that tranquillity prevailed in that
city. Nothing new had occurred at Naples. Prince
SCILLA still retained the portfolio of foreign affairs,
which was considered a certain proof that the KING
persisted in his resolutions. " His Neapolitan MA-
JEsTr,"ksays the correspondent of theTresse," evinces
an energy unusual to our modern Royalties. He is
said to have lately made the following declaration :
" •My relative, Louis XVI., would havel escaped
the scaffold but for his concessions. Weakness in
political matters is a crime. I will never yield. It
is not my intention to surrender my crown to the
revolution. I will defend it whilst a single soldier
stands by my side, and if I am to lose it, it will be
with my head.' "ii.,-,x4
A letter from Naples of the 12th says—" On the
4th a political demonstration was to have taken place
at the theatre of Catania, but the rumour having
rapidly spread that the KING, in a conversation with
his Ministers, had blamed these manifestations, stat-
ing that his people ought to rely on him, all the
preparations were suspended, and at Catania, and in
all parts of the kingdom, the people calmly await
the acts which are to give a justification to these
words."

We read in a letter from Berne of the 17th :
" The new grand council of Friburg assembled yes-
terday, and commenced its operations by completing
its Legislature, by the nomination of ten Members,
who are declared Liberals ; among them are M. CHA-
TONNEY and VICZEY, members of the Provisional
Government. The news from the other cantons is of
little interest to-day."
The Ami de la Constitution of Berne states that
Austria, in addition to a loan of 300,000 florins to
the Sonderbund, supplied it with 3,000 muskets.
M. DE KAISEISFELD, Ambassador of Austria to
the Helvetic Diet, who had retired to Bregunz in the
Voralherg, has returned to Bale with his suite.

A letter from Turin, in the Augsburg Gazette,
states that the money taken from M. SIEGWART
MULLER in Piedmont has been restored to him, as
being his own property, and the functionary who
seized the money has been dismissed from office.

Madrid journals of the 16th have arrived.

Some sensation had been created by a motion made
in the Chamber of Deputies by Senor SRGASTI, for
the production of the accounts of all the sums paid
by the Treasury of the Havannah since 1844. A
stormy discussion ensued, which had not been brought
to a conclusion when the post left.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday.
The debates in the British Parliament on the sub-

ject of Jew Emancipation are commented on in all

these papers, and the French, as they are justly en-
titled to do, take great credit to themselves for being
far in advance of England as far as the fundamental
principles of equality of civil and religious rights are
concerned, although they admit that we are in ad-
vance of them in the practice of constitutional liber-

ties. The 'Mats says—" Franca may be justly
proud to behold her principles defended, and her
example referred to in the British Parliament. Eng-
land is in advance of us in the practice of many con-
stitutional liberties, but we laid down and realized

long before her the fundamental principles of equa-
lity ;" and the Constittaionnel, in commenting on
Lord MORPETH'S declaration that no difference of
religious belief ought to exclude any citizens from
the enjoyment of common rights and privileges,: asks
with justice—

" Is not this the very principle of the absolute poli-
tical equality of all citiaens which was proclaimed by
the French Revolution ? and is not the rapid progress
made in the world by the ideas which the Revolution
put forth, and which are, the foundation of all our
codes, the noblest homage that could be paid to it ?
Have we not some right to be proud—we, the sons of
that glorious Revolution—when we see its principles
penetrate into the midst of nations, when we hear
them proposed by one of the members of that Eng-
lish aristocracy which maintained such a violent
struggle against our fathers, and which anathematized
the doctrines which the Lansdownes, the Russells,
and the Morpeths now avow and defend in the face of
Anglicanism ?"

It would appear from the following article on the
affairs of Italy, which appears in:the Debatv, as if M.
GUIZOT had before his eyes a wholesome fear of the
Chambers;and that he is prepared, if necessary, to'cry
" Peccavi" when taunted by the Opposition with his
retrograde policy. The Debuts says—
.

" Italy offers at this moment the magnificent spec-
acle of an active and intelligent nation, which, after
several years of suffering, advances, with her princes
at her head, in the career of Reform, which, con-
ducted almost throughout the entire country by the
Conservative and moderate party (the only one which
can guide nations in the road of real progress) pur-
sues, ardently and sagaciously, the amelioration of
her social and political condition. There is no doubt
but some impatient men would wish to see a more
active and rapid movement which might compromise
everything by too much haste; but it must be said to
the praise of Italy, that those impatient characters are
almost strangers—men who are ignorant of the
grandeur and importance of the reforms accomplished.
Those reforms are, in fact, quite important
enough to prove thel integrity and the good-
will of the Governments—to explain the enthusiasm
of the population, and the feelings of grati-
tude which they have expressed for the princes
whom Providence has placed at their head. Thus,
for example, without speaking of that which has been
already realised in Tuscany and in the Roman states,
if we study thoroughly the reforms of which King
Charles Albert had given the signal in Piedmont, it
may be comprehended why the Piedmontese have
lavished so many proofs of attachment on him ; and
it may likewise be understood why, when they look
back and see the advance made in so short a period of
time, they must have full confidence in the intelli-
gence and goodwill of their Sovereign, inasmuch as
the progress realised in a few months is for them
a pledge of new and perhaps more important improve-
ments which they will owe solely to the wisdom of
the King, without being obliged to purchase them by
contests, crises, and those painful catastrophes, at
the price of which they have been obtained elsewhere.
It is thus that Piedmont has at present arrived at
a judicial unity, by the creation of a Supreme Court
of Cassation—at civil equality, by the uniformity of
the code and the abolition of the privileges of various
jurisdictions, and by the separation of the judicial and
administrative powers. The Piedmontese have ob-
tained a reform of the communal and provincial sys-
tem, in which the Liberal mode of election will here-
after perform a considerable part, and, in fine, a
commencement of free government by the institution
of a Council of State, which it is true has but a con-
sulting voice, but whose suggestions, supported by ,
public opinion, cannot but exercise influence. Those
are important conquests which, if necessary, would be
sufficient to justify the epithet of a reforming King
bestowed upon Charles Albert. But this is not all.
Although the pressis not completely free, it has, never-
theless, been released from the most embarrassing
shackles, and the choice made of the censors is a proof
of the liberal intentions of the Government in
that respect; and although the national guard,
that excellent guarantee of order and liberty,
has not, been legally established throughout the
kingdom, it is nevertheless known that the
Government is preparing to organize it—that the
staff has been formed, and that the muskets which
are to arm it are ready in the Government arsenals ;
and, in fine, it is known that the King's Government
is conducting active negotiations with Roma and ,

Tuscany of which the object is to found a customs'
league, the first step to union in Italy. When, in-
deed, we consult history, we ask ourselves, were ever
such important results obtained in any country in so
short a space of time ? and whether any princes ever
gave their subjects such remarkable proofs of patriot-
ism and liberal goodwill? We cannot but applaud
the wisdom of public opinion in Italy, and wish that
the Conservative and moderate party which every-
where conducts the affairs of the country so judi-
ciously, may take confidence in itself and in the des-
tinies of the Italian peninsula. We canna but join
in those feelings of gratitude with which it rewards
benefits which it owes to the patriotism and the
generosity of Pope Pius IX., the Grand Duke
Leopold, and King Charles."

It is said that the conferences on the affairs of
Switzerland will be held in Paris, and that M.
RODOwiCa has been appointed Plenipotentiary for
Prussia. He is gone to Vienna to confi r with Prince
METTERNICH and with Count COLORED°, who will
be the Austrian Plenipotentiary.
The National has the following on the expulsion of
M. BAROUNINE from France :

"That M. Bakounine has displeased the Czar, we
can comprehend. It is probable that the Imperial
Government has other complaints against him, since
he has been obliged to take refuge in France. But
by what right do our Ministers constitute themselves
the executioners of foreign acts of vengeance ? M.
Bakounine has only used in very fair terms the
right which everybody enjoys on the soil of
France of expressing his opinions. A law, voted
in evil times, confers on the Government the right
of expulsion ; but the refugee so expelled must have
rendered himself guilty of some act of a nature to
trouble public order and tranquillity ? Is M. Ba-
kounine accused of that? Is it in Russia that order
is menaced by his language ? Is it in France ? Can
there be an abuse of language to such a point, and can
the text of a law be more arbitrarily travestied, by
adding to exaggerated severity other severity absurd
and uncalled for ? This is the state allotted to our
renown of hospitality in the hands of the low valets of
the holy alliance. It was desired to prepare the way
to St. Petersburgh for the Marquis de Dalmatie, the
new Envoy; it is a friend of our country and of our
ideas who will pay the cost of the welcome."
All the papers except the Union llfonarchique ex-
press their unqualified approval of the proposed grant
of a pension to Prince JEROME BONAPARTE.
A royal ordonnance, dated the 19th, opens a sup-
plementary credit of .500,000 f. to the Minister of
Agriculture and Commerce, to enable him to con-
tinue to pay premiums as encouragements to the
whale and cod-fisheries, the sum of 4,000,000 f. al-
lowed in the last budget having been found in-
sufficient.

The Alice, which arrived at Havre on Sunday
from Samarang, touched at the Isle of Bourbon,
from whence she brings letters and papers to the sth
of October. They, however, contain no facts of in-
terest, and are silent with respect to the disturbances
which took place at St. Denis on the 15th of Sep-
tember, in consequence of the return of the two anti-
slavery priests PONCELUT and Morspirr.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
on Tuesday at 75f. 60c. ; New Loan, 76f. 80c. ;
the Five per Cents., 117 f. 30c. ; the Orleans Rail-
road Shares, 1,215 f. 75c.; Rouen, 912 f. 50c. ;
Havre, 478 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 657 f. 50c.;
Avignon, 585 f. ; Vierzon, 551 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux,
492 f. 75c. ; Boulogne, 375 f. ; Troyes and Montereau,
263 f. 75c. ; Basle, 165 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg,
420 f.; Tours and Nantes, 400 f.; Paris and Lyons,
406 f. 25c. ; Spanish Actives, 241; Ditto Three per
Cents., 30 ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 26-1-; Ditto Pas-
sives, 31.
BUSINESS DONE 1N FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 22.
Boulogne and Amiens, 1414—Namur and Liege, 5
Northern of France, 12—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5A8—
Paris and Lyons, s%—Paris and Strasbourg, 4—Sambre
and Meuse, 7—Tours and Nantes, 3.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather
dull. Bahia was id. per lb. lower. In American and
Surat there was no change. Sales, 4,000 bales. Railway
Shares were rather better. There was less stock offer-
ing, and more inquiry,
The Bank of England has just reduced the minimum
rate of discount to 5 per cent. upon bills of exchange,
Exchequer. bills, &c.
A. brief statement was made under this head yester•
day of the meeting of the creditors of the largest of
colonial brokers, Messrs. Trueman and Cook. The
full report of this suspension has been read with great
interest by all merchants and others in trade this morn-
ing. As stated yesterday, the period over which the
instalments are to be made extends to April 1849, but
15s. of the amount will be liquidated next year. The
accounts were passed, and the resolutions offered to the
consideration of the meeting were unanimously adopted.
We are without any private colonial accounts to- day.
The Speech of the President of the United States on
the opening of Congress is.looked for almost daily. It is
not expected that any matters of importance will be
contained in it that may tend to damage our com•
mercial or political relations with the Union, and
in this respect there is a gratifying contrast to for
mer years, when the Maine, the Oregon, and other
questions were exciting topics. And yet here we are in
this year of 1848, as good friends as ever, and not one
jot the worse off—far better, indeed, we migkt safely
assert—than if we had resorted to the "last argument"
of man, instead of appealing to common sense and
justice.

London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ........ 114 .—
Londonderry&C,lerainft ......
Londonderry and
Ennis-
killen.. •.. ..... 23% — ••• .....
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock.
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13

Ditto ditto (NO. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% —
Ditto and Grimsby.— 25 —
Ditto ditto . ... ..... 7
Ditto ditto .... 4% — ...... ••••••••
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 71,4,. "
Manchyst. & Southampt. VA — •••
Mildand.
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
Do. 401. Shares
,
Do. 50/. Shares
Do. Bien., and Derbyloo
Midland Consol. Brist. &
Binning., 6 per cent. 100 ......119 119% 119%
Alidind, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 ...... ..... ....•• ..•
Ditto, ditto 71.9s
Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... -

Mid Grat Western
Irish
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Do. Quarters 25 .... •
Newmrket& Chesterford 18;4 —
Do. Extension .........21. 12s —
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford 6

Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor 12% — ... ........ ••••
Norfolk ... ..... .. ........ —IOO
Do. New 201. .. 5 - ••• .....7 .6. -
Do. Extensipn
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfo1k...
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
North British ........ ... 25 '
Do. Half Shared 12%......
Do. Quarters 4:% — ....• .
Do. Extension - % — ...... .... ....
Ditto Thirds
Nortl- Staffordshire VA.— 6%
North Wales
North Western
Oxford, Worcester. and
Wolverhampton
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin ... 1% — ... ........ ..
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 17% — • ....
Ditto, New ......... ..... 10 - ........ ••• .•

........
Sheffield, Rotherham,
knd Goole
Slirewsbury and Birm... 6

-
71/8

Ditto ditto. Class B. 3
Shrewsbury & Chester
( Nor. W. Alin.) l6
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .. ... .8%
Ditto Oswestry ...,.. 12 -
Ditto New

Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 5
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ......
Shrupehire Union
.uutfi Devon 4O
Do. Preference
South StattOrdshire 4

outh Eastern & Dover. 33% 3014... 3O
ou., No. 1 20
Do., Nc. 2.
Do., No. 3 .. ..... ...... ;5
Do.. No. 4
South \Vales
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and uroole
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
nm.on's Stin. C0a1.... 4 ...... ......... •.
._,

raw Vale Exteranou ... 4

...
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway
Vale of Neath

5%
5

W atertord and Kilkenny 13 1/2
atertord and Limerick 40
Water! it, %V xtrd, Wicklw,
and Dublin
W eat Cornwall ...... 4

hitehayon & Furness 12
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western . . ... 525. —
Wilts, Somerset, & 'Wey-
mouth
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. .... ......... 25 ..
Do. Original New and
Berwick
Do. North Shields Pur. 25
Do. Extension No. 1. 10
Do. do. No. 2....... 10
G.N E.Preference 8 ......
York ansl North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference 10

327/4

-
111 h

2714

Do. East and 1 V est Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 14A% .......
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 14
Central of Spain ... . ... 2
Ceylon .... ss.
Demerara
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish
• East Indian ... .„.. lx —
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Italian and Austrian.... 4 ...
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Louvain ala Sambre ...
Luxembourg ..... 6
Lyons and Avignon 5
Madrid and Valentin.... 2
Namur and Liege
Northern of Prance. ..... .10 .. 12303 ll%
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleane 2O

Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg 8
Rouen and Havre ...... 20
Sambre and Meuse ... .. 18 •
Strasbourg and Basle... 14
Tours aa.d Nantes ...... 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt....... 16
West Flanders ...... .. 81' .. Az

JOINT STOCK. BANKS.

Australasia
British North American 50
Colonial
Provincial of Ireland
Commercial of London 20
London Joint Stock lO
London & Westminster. 20
National Prov. England. 35
Ditto. New ...... ..... 10
National of Ireland 22%
Ditto New... ..... 10
Union of Australia ..... 25
Ditto,New...
Union of L0nd0n......... 10 10%
Union of Madrid 40

2%

4%

23

10%

MINES.

Anglo Mexican lOO ......
BrazilianCocaes&Cuiba 30 .....
British Iron
Bolonos Scrip
..... .
Galvanized Iron ...... 10
Ditto, New
Heal Del Monte, Unreg.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 23.—Wind E.S.E., light airs, and dull
weather.
DEAL, DEC. 22. Wind E.N.E. Arrd. Velocity,
Darrell, Jamaica. Arrived from the River, and sailed,
Ann Milne, Port Philip ; Euphrates, New South Wales;
Royal Shepherdess, Ceylon ; Monteo, Monte Video ;
Amy, Sierra Leone ; Charles Brooke, St. Vincent's ;
Blarche, Jamaica. Sid. Mary Rowe, Cuba; Britannia,
Mobile.
DOVER, DEc. 22.—Wind, E.S.E., P.m., N.E.—
Arrd. Lind, Osterlop, Rio Janeiro, for Bremen.
HOLYHEAD BAY, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Mary, Welsh,
Newfoundland, for Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, DEc. 22. Wind S.E.—Arrd. Henry
Winch, Williams, Calcutta ; Hyperion, Wheeler,
Macao ; Inglewood, Smith, Calcutta ; Duke of Lan-
caster, Wakeham, Bombay ; Lady Mona, Perkins, Val-
paraiso ; Isabella, Webster, New Orleans ; Hebrew,
Badger, Mobile ; Richard Anderson, Baltimore.
RAMSGATE, Disc. 22. Wind N.E. Sld. Ariel,
Mauritius; Mathilda, Rio Janeiro; Constitution, New
York.
WHITBY, DEC. 22.—The Ann Gales has been got off
shore, with little damage. The Mary and Jane steam-
frigate struck against the pier in assisting the above, and
became leaky, and sank.
The
:heed
timber-
laden ribbon,
m b e r.
FOWEY, DEC. 21.—A long boat, nineteen feet long by
vvater-lo
bent
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carveddi m Saltersb
Eagle
raaqrgculi
search
athpoefaClear, is the
eight broad, painted black outsiden,,amweei
was brought in here to-day
The
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eEdC at Gun Point
WEXFORD, DEC.
commenced with the letter
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DFc . 21.—T Two ships' boats,yestbeortdtao7,
tuepn,
bcHol bottom,kußTr:°ael in EinD:Ahi
and blue sides, were passed
miles S. E. of Arklow Lights, by the Richard, arrived
here.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Sld. Broad Oak, Mauritius;
Matthew Paiwboeuf, Amaica, Savannah. 22. Lady
Arabella,lsnnoN, Baltimore.
Srihe
d. Reliance, Rio Janeiro.
DOVER, DEC. Or).
which Viscountess Canning,wa was stranded
Pride,
from London to Cape Coast Castle,
at Dymchurch 27th u was this day got off and towed
into Folkestone harbour, with comparatively little
damage.
LITTLEHAMPTON, DEC. 20.—The Atalanta, Sole,
which was on shore to the eastward of this place, has
been got off, and brought into harbour.
LYME REGIS, DEc. 21.—A balk, spar, and several
Pieces of bulwark, have come on shore at Axrnouth ;
also a fir balk, partly burnt, at Franscombe, and a balk,
and piece of large mast, apparently belonging to a ship
of 500 to 600 tons, at Charmouth Beach.
WHITEHAVEN, DEC. 21.—The Britannia, Corkhill,
which was on shore near Warrington, has been got off
with little damage, and towed in here.
STRANGFORD, DEC. 20.—The Dispatch, of this port,
from W hitehaven, has been put on shore in Main Bay,
but will be got off again; should the weather prove fine.
MUMBLES, DEC. 20.--The Lavinia, Guavell, is on
shore near the Mumbles Head, but is expected off next
tide.
BELLOW, Dac. 200—The LA.aa Paley, of and from

Liverpool to Oporto, has been towed in here with loss of
rudder, having been on shore near Carrie kfergus, and
must discharge.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.)
JAMBS V. WOODHOUSE AND ANOTHER.

This was an action to recover the sum of 281. 4s.
6d., under the following circumstances. The de'
Pendants formerly held a bill of exchange of the
plaintiff's for 341. 48. They declined to renew the
bill, but agreed to take 14/. 14s. in cash, and another
bill for 201., protecting the plaintiff against the
original bill ; but, instead of doing so, they allowed
an action to he brought, on which a verdict was re'
coverd, and plaintiff had to pay the money. The
present action was brought to recover the amount
paid to defendants, and the costs in the action
brought on the bill. The jury gave a verdict for
the amount,
wami!Att v. SHACKELL.---FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
This was an action to recover damages for fel3.e
imprisonment. The defendant at first pleaded
fication ; but having withdrawn the plea, judgment
now went by default.
Mr. Sergeant Chadwick Jones appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and 3lr. Char-
nock for the defendant.
Mr. Sergeant JONES stated the plaintiff's case. The
plaintiff was, in the month of May last, a clerk to a
Mr. Young, an auctioneer, &c., in Tottenham- court-
road ; defendant is a retired licensed victualler.
,r
May 26th plaintiff was sent to the house of a 'fr.
Clarke, at Hammersmith, to take some goods to Nr
Young's warehouse. He went with two men, end bad
laden the waggon with the goods, when they were fund
into custody for stealing some paper, which was
rolled up in a hearth rug. The defendant gave then;
in custody on a charge of felony, but plaintiff the
discharged the next morning, it appearing thst7s
defendant was present at the removal of the 107,ii
but did not state that the property was his, and ti-,1
plaintiff and the men took them under the direction
of Clarke.
Mr. Young was called, and proved the order for
removal having been given by Clarke.
In cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant WILa-„s
he admitted that he had been applied to by a Per.„—d
named Gutteridge, to get possession of the key, "-it;
he agreed to do so if paid his expences ; and het";
mately obtained it, and was paid 41. 10s., and a fur'',
sum of 101. for his own expenses. The goods :le;
watched on behalf of other persons claiming tae—..
He took part of them to his own lodgings, and o'4
were seized by the sheriff for rent. Ultimately 111,,,ter
goads were seized. Had formerly removed (le
property for Clarke from Norwood, but did not
any proposals to get the key in that case. liehrnss
been solicited by Shackell to get the three so"ai
(by plaintiff and the two men) settled, and be It-.
that he thought he could do so for sixty poop
Defendant said no rent was due from Clarke. o
Re-examined—Had no idea that the goods hael uvio
removed clandestinely, and he was not attempting
conceal the goods.
By the UNDER-SHERIFF—He took a place, in Cainird
ming-street expressly to hold these goods, but
pd
not leave them, as he found he was watched, !isle,
considered himself bound to protect them, if; poluawre,.
A person named Brotherton, who assisted la b st
moving the goods, was called, and admitted thsb, jo
the police-office several persons attended to wafts, they had been swindled out of their
Shackell was present at the removal of the peoPef to
but did not say that the paper was his till he gal is
the station-house. There was no secresy •bierveutho
removing the paper, and Shackell was there sli
time.
thi°l
Amey, a carman, was called, and corroborati—hoie
and denied that he was told that if they gave uP
be
authority for removing the goods they should
discharged, nor did he say to plaintiff and the 071,
as they went to the station-house, " Now, wind Ybe
give your right card here." Plaintiff said thstnor
was removing the goods by order of his gorel,it.
(Young), and said where he could be found. the
ness did not know that there was any harill at
time he was removing the goods.
f r
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS addressed the jury- -°f di'
fendant, and urged that the smallest amount of yip,
wages would meet the justice of the. case, Its, ,„are
evident the plaintiff and the witnesses were a" aware
they were assisting Clarke in unlawfully rem
the property, which he undertook to prove by sere'
witnesses.
report left.)
(The case had not concluded when our