The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

with the reduction of the French army. The Go-
vernment, we suppose in anticipation of a storm of
dissent, published on Tuesday a Royal Ordinance
for increasing the Native Auxiliary troops in
French Africa. The new corps is to consist of 20
squadrons of cavalry and three battalions of in-
fantry. These battalions are to be kept up on
such a scale as to allow of the admission of any
of the infantry of the three colonies who may
choose to join them.
Of political gossip, we find nothing of any in-
terest in these Journals. Even the reported no-
mination of M. DE LAMARTINE to the Presidency
of the Chamber of Deputies seems half forgotten
already :
M. de Monicault, Prefect of the Eure, is appointed
Prefect of the Seine-et-Marne, in the room of the Vicomte
de Germiny, and is succeeded by M. Zede, Master of
Requests.
A Toulon correspondent writes :—" The steam-boat
Tenare, which went out with sealed orders, and was be-
lieved to be bound for Tunis, has returned, and, as we
now learn, has been to Monaco. It appears that the
demonstrations of the people of the principality were so
serious, that the Prince of Monaco called to the frontiers
a body of Piedmontese carbineers, in virtue of the trea-
ties of 1815, by which the principality was placed under
the protection of Sardinia. What was the object of the
French Government in sending the Tenare, we cannot
tell. It is said that an interposition was to have been
made between the Prince and his people, if they had come
to a collision ; but this is scarcely credible."
A letter from Vienna, in the Swabian Mercury, says:—
" The reduction of our artillery does not go to the ex-
tent of 16 batteries. It is to be only 11 for. Italy, Galli-
cia, Hungary, Transylvania, Upper Austria, and the
Tyrol. In Austria two batteries of foot and one of horse
artillery are being suppressed. In Mnravia, the reduc-
tion is one foot and one horse battery; in Lower Austria,
the same reduction is to be macle."

A correspondent at Hanover writes to the Borsenhalle
of Hamburgh :—" We learn the motive which decided
M. Christiani and other Opposition Members to with-
draw from the Second Chamber of the States was, that
on their arrival, which was duly announced to the
Count de Nyphausen, Vice-Marshal of the kingdom,
that officer replied that, as be had not received the ne-
cessary powers from the Cabinet, be could not allow
them to take their seats. When the Chamber was about
to proceed to the election of the candidates for the Pre-
sidency and Vice-Presidency, a member moved for a
suspension of the operation until the absent Deputies
could take their seats. His motion was negatived, upon
which the mover and twenty other members seceded."
A letter from Christiana, in Norway, states that the
Storthing was again, for the third time, about to take
into consideration the question of granting to the Roman
Catholics of 'Norway the free ocercise of their religion
within the kingdom. If the Storthing again votes for
this liberty of conscience, the King, who has twice re-
jected it, will, according to the terms of the Constitution,
be obliged to sanction it.
Advices from Athens of the 27th ult., quoted by the
Augsburg Gazette, state that on the 25th a general meet-
ing of Shareholders of the National Bank was held under
the presidency of the Ministers. The Minister Petralis
delivered a speech, in which he enlarged on the import-
ance of the Bank in promoting the prosperity of Greece.
A Provisional-Directory was then named, with M.Bromes,
an Hungarian, at its head. The Bank will commence its
operations on the 13th January, and a circular letter has
been addressed to the Shareholders, calling upon them
to pay up their shares before that day.

DEATH OF MR. SERGEANT ARABIN.—The de-
cease of the above Learned Gentleman took
place yesterday afternoon, at his residence,
MO Beech, after a painful illness of some du-
ration. The deceased gentleman was sixty-six
years of age, and held the following lucrative
appointments :—One of the Judges of the Cen-
tral. Criminal Court, Deputy Judge-Advocate,
one of the Verders of Epping arid Hainault Fo-
rests, besides various other smaller appointments,
from which he derived an income, it is stated, in
the aggregate, of 10,0001. per annum.—Evening
Paper.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.

There seems to be an impression in favour of
an improvement in the Funds, but it would be
premature to calculate much on this, until it is
knoWn what President Tyler says in his next
message to Congress on the subject of the " lit-
tle" matters of Right of Search and Boundary,
and what the Government here will do to im-
prove tbe resources of the country. Consols for
the opening and 'ex. div. were marked I per
cent. higher, viz. 89 to 89k, and for present de-
li Very, under special transfer, at 90k, the market
closing well. The premium on Exchequer bills
was steady at 10s. to 12s. ; East India Bonds
were Is. to 3s. ",ficern.; Bank Stock advanced
again, being at to 1651; the Reduced Three-
awl-a-Half ver Ce`nis. touched 981 to 99, and the
Three per tents. 891 to 891.
The Foreign Market presented a listless ap-
peaiance, hitt prices were not lower generally.
Active Spanish BOnds were quoted 24 to 231 i ;
Portuguese New Five per Cents. were a trifle
better, being at 32 to 32k, and Colombian Bonds
were worth
.401. The possibilir 'of a p,robablie
renewal of hostilities beti4en'Taas aoi'Mexieo.,
has no particular effect upon the Stock or the
latter country, which was marked to-day at 261
to 26k for account; Russian Stock- has been firm
at 113 a ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent.' BOnds
have been at 51k.

The Shares have been higher. For the, prin-
cipal lines the nearest quutations are these :
London and Birmingham, New, 24; York and
(North Midland 39; Great Western 19} to 20;
Gosport Junction 6, and South Western, 188
prem. ; Birmingham and Derby Shares 43;
Manchester and Birmingham, ill; and North
Midland, 27 dis.; London oint Stock Bank
Shares were 21 premium.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 15.—We have
had rather a dull market to day, the sales comprising
about 3,000 bales, wholly to the trade.

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 15.—A limited
business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange to-
day ; Grand Junction, 198 ; Eastern Counties, 8 ;
North Midland, 70A-. In Bank or miscellaneous Stock
nothing doing.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 15.—There
is much animation in the Share Market, and prices are
progres-ively advancing. The sales are, London and
Brighton, 36 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 28* ;
South Eastern and Dover, 18 181- ; ditto, New, 30s.
prem. ; North Midland Thirds, 151 ; Union Bank of
Manchester, 6/. 11s. 3d.

By the arrival of the packet-ship Hendrick Hudson at
Portsmouth, and the Roscius at Liverpool, papers from
New York to the 28th ultimo have been received,
being lour days later than the last advices. The papers
do not contain any political news of the least interest.
Exchange on England is last quoted at 94 10. United
States Bank Shares are not quoted at New York, but at
Philadelphia they are quoted at 44 per share.
A further advance of 4 per cent. has taken place in
Consols this morning ; they are now quoted at 89i 4, for
the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced have also im-
proved to 894 4. Spanish Active Stock is now quoted
at 244 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 324 33.
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 14.
3 per Cent.. Consols
Three and Half Stock 97/ ' Grand Canal Stock. .... —..—
Ditto Reduced ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent—.
Ditto New 1830... 9Bl Ditto 4 per cent ..
3/ per Cent. Debs. 001 Royal Canal Stock
I
The advance which took place in the English Securi-
ties is, fully maintaipeO, Consols being still quoted at 894
894 • Three per Cents. Reduced, 89 89/ ; Bank Stock,
166; • Exchequer Bills, 10 12 ; India Bonds, 1
- 1651 2 ,
premium.
There has been bat:little doing in the Foreign Market.
The brokers being principally. engaged in settling the
half'monthly account;' twinch is going on without tiny'
difficulty. Spanish Active Stock is now quoted at 24;
Portuguese Five per Cents., 324 ; Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents., 514.
Very little doing in Shares. London and Brighton
has advanced to 374; London and South Western are
574; Great Western, 844.
Consols, 894 4 : Mexican, 26i ; Spanish, 244.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock 1651 India Stock .........
3 per Cent Red. B9/ Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent Cons 9O/ Ditto Olal Annuities ...
31 per Cent Red 99 Ditte 'New Annuities...
!slew 3/ per Cent 991 Ex. Bills, 1,000/..:21d 10 pm
New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/...
Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small. 14 pm
Jan I 1860 .. 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Aect...
Oct 1859 l2 5-16 India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860. lConsols for Acct 891
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. *—
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 32/
Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ares, 6 per cea -- Russian, 5 per cent ll3/
Chilian 6 per cent..... Ditto, Metallic —
Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 23/
Ditto, 1824. 2Ol Ditto, Deferred ..
Danish, 3 per cent
French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange --f. —c.
51i
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 26 FDrlcitzeichh,23ipporercceenntt. —f. —c
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 --
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. per cent.
Birmingham and DSeHrbAyßDßEiatSitlo.w,a,s.y (100 pd) 57
heasmt e
rn and Gloucesterßailway(
65 paid)Ra.l7 a v (100 p)
646
BGirrematinWg
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) 9l
Gosport Junction Railway (50 pd)
London and Brighton (50 paid) 3B
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid) io
Ditto New Shares ( paid)
61
London and Birmingham (90 ) ......... ...
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid 26
London and South Western
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... .. 281
North Midland Railway (100) .......... 73
Ditto Thirds (15 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)...
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 89

ACCIDiNT%--On' Thursday night last, two men
and a boy were at work in a pit at Heysyche Old Hill,
near Dudley, and in the night, by some means, the pit
fired, and the two men and the boy, and five horses,
were-burnt to death. The horses were worth 40/. each
—Staffordshire Gazette.

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SUMMARY OF NEW
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Vitbitt Optinton.
” Who runs may read." )111
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FOREIGN. sib
The French Journals of Tuesday, contrary to our eve lie
pectation, for the most part approve of the reductiottelfi ;el,
the French army. ib
The Moniteur of Tuesday publishes a Royal Ordinanco,ll;,,ii
for the better organization of the auxiliary native trooPll,,
tea
of French Africa. That force now consists of 6,5001111 i,, sei
4,000 of whom are cavalry. This force is to be increases'
,hoe
to 9,352, under the general name of Spahis. The native e,uos
costume is to be worn by the men, but the Europe idled
uniform by all the officers of this corps. • 001
The last accounts from Bayonne, says the .Ik/egirie,e, feel!
Parisien, state that the state of siege has been raiseaPejelot
the Basque provinces, that the military commissions ha" e
pt
been dissolved, the collection of the rest of the war fine , 1;
is interdicted, and the sequestrations taken off.
r
His Excellency Lord Burghersh, British Arnbassado
at the Court of. Berlin, had his first audience of the
Ktng
of Prussia on the Bth inst., and delivered his credenti'
Advices from Hanover state that a seizure of a colle.c'
tion of political songs, termed Songs of a Cosmopolite,
have just been made in the capital by order of Gov
er.n:
went. The town of Hamden having elected M. Chlos.
tiani, an opposition member of the Second Chamber, (-1.. A
vernment has withdrawn the garrison, by whom a g°t".
deal of money was spent there. •
A new theatre, fitted up in the style of the Rena's: Isr
sauce, has just been opened at Dresden. On this OcTO
sion the plan of attaching a saloon to the theatre for vsy 4;0
ne
company to walk in between the acts, and which is ~off
to Germany, has been adopted. A splendid new theetar' 'se
with asaloon, and with a cafe and restaurant a 11 Fri
caise, has been also opened at Breslau, the capita
Silesia.
At Semarang, the second town in the Island of 3",al
there exists a species of matrimonial lottery, vrnolepeeern
gives rise to many singular speculations• aeltsZ
brought
children, rich as well as poor, are 0-is
brought up in a -priblic establishment. The if, is 'lllllj
profound silence as to the fortunes of these childrieThe ee
enjoined to every person employed in or about the ."-ent,
tution. These fortunes are placed under the nianagenin of
of persons at Batavia, on whom a similar injunet!o
secresy is imposed. The female orphans are kept Irises-
establishment until their marriage. Every man Pes'aey,
ing an annual income of 730 florins, or two florins the
the
is at liberty to choose a wife from amongst them, 141 till
amount of her fortune is not made known td
several days after the marriage. A servant of th„these
tary hospital at Semarang lately selected one 0' good
damsels with a fortune of 65,000 florins. Since his ase
luck, the application for wives from the asylurnd
11151
become 'very urgent; for a report has got abon with
there is a marriageable girl still left, who will bring
her a prize of 200,000 florins.
PUBLIC OPINION. nice '5
The Times gives the following sketch of Mr' , efr.
case, and his Cornish mining speculations ,--fieblie
Thomas Saunders Cave, was originally a clerk% nerolier
office. What were the leading features of his eon'
career, and what combination of circumstances it, the
tually rendered him such a distinguished proficien,t aire.
art of bubble projectorship,:we do not care to latlet to
Our knowledge of him begins with his first atteslare,
set himself up as an extensive dealer in mine having
and it appears that about seven years ago, . he
arranged his plans with consummate addresso,oraer
suddenly presented himself as the princieal n in.
of the Rospeath and Wheal-Bolton mines—tw-corlt-
valuable possessions in Cornwall, for the profitable; Owning of which it was said to be necessary that II gees-
resources should be extensively, assisted by a largeeteetary,
sion of co-proprietors. To obtain this new. 13,1*°rialotaas
and their corresponding advance of capital, Nl' etpe"
Saunders Cave betook himself to a series of artfa tba
dients, unprecedented, if we mistake not, both 1 their
audacity of their character, and especially in. 131
seductive influence upon many infatuated (West° the
means of the most fraudulent representations as
_sots-
productiveness and profits of the mines—reevebeen
lions which no prudent capitalists could Wi„aeiri
expected to confide in, without satisfactory ,i'"yerl
—the indefatigable share-seller succeeclea
speedily in inducing 54 persons of talent's
01' teen
and respectability to subscribe no less a these
368,000/.' The respective amounts invested u.):41 eirs
subscribers varied feom 5,0001. to 20,000/. Printer
as are
culars, embodying the most glowing lures, spc...ete!).
often resorted to by colonial land companies, wetrossers•
sively disseminated by Mr. Cave's hired ne re sses'
Pipes of wine, outfits to India, costly rel/ev hie pre-
money accommodations, and all sorts of acceeta_ his iv
sents were profusely given by him as baits
.00.0iyaer
tended victims. Nay, the enterprising In',rinations
even employed a foreign traveller whose pereteneecl
in hawking his glittering ware, actually eon, vial
far as Algiers. Ten per cent., at the lowest flowers*?
the promised profit. Respectable people, in ;tire loaLs'rrti
straits, were drawn into his net by pecan' ;00.04.'10
One particular friend of his mortgaged a, veil cen.eirliciesr
property for the sake of being admitted to a I-fteseseceits,jsl
, tion in the promised spoil. Meanwhile,- in the
of any'actual dividend, his credulous co-partner',,, $1,94,4
assured, even when Mr. Cavo knew his bubbles Ive-testP
the eve of bursting, that these ' magnificent iete", be 1-1
yielded a large remunerative return, which would se‘',o- be Is',
realiied, and might be stated in: round nurahersn.„‘sc,,
worth from two or three millions of money. Ocf-re
after what we tare mentioned; the signal fa"Pt our
these' projects will oceailon no ;surprise ; eh.‘,tinetlY
readers will hardly expect to learn, What was distinctly
the
announced by Sir Charles Williams, that w,lterbole
bankrupt's splendid chimeras hai ended, about 4,1
balance was, in one "case, 11. 4st, and in aacnhat be P large
•
41. and a fraction ! The consequence iset oetwltt el
'
number of respectable persons, whose avar'etiee poverl:Y;
their prudence, are eitherreduced to covert" Oa'
or irretrievably ruined. Now, this extrileedinarY to osur
which certainly administers an instructive I°ss'°ser els!'
countrymen, is in truth only one of a "Encharacterlis;
exhibiting, more or less, precisely the same of sita.l
tics. To comment upon particular instances
ue. valgh,
kind, still in progress and not yet blown ir' to•du
be both invidious and dangerous. Sala°, Wu°.
serve in general, that there are, at presealtigreti4'
rable schemes afloat, partly referring rh e like
and partly to home investments, whisef"e'dieseic
Cave's Cornish mines and the West l'iu• deeetaret
surance Company, and sundry more special °tee Wise
that might be mentioned, habitually Para r scearir
inveigling snares, but cannot furnish a bit bette_uich SI
for success, than the wretched imposture which e%.".
'Charles Williams has so powerfully and sealneuntiesan::
posed. , As long 'as monied men or intendettesefhte
can be found so wholly devoid of ordinary. f°`.. jth sr,
to.perlt their funds in such crazy speettlatOn! of cor)l%
it is absurd to complain of the extensive wal;:i. Perot
deuce now subsisting in the mercantile Wor'this pnlof
tious investors, - whose lamentations tWellief cause
are always loudest, are themselves the ch.,00, bl.ea.
-'the evil they deplore. Let them learn wisufor swiunoa
perienee ; and then the existing facilities./1 be see.
ling, so injurious to sound commerce, "lf thing' ay
superseded by a more healthful state ° in.te
This singular case is another instance of lio‘vfo loot.
be done by a clever, scheming projector, who Cave
the world's notions of respectabilitygah.einnee3erdr'euryi:etirefscuttebetieht;
care to cultivate a-well-to-do: air ;
From appearing to want nothing, he
It was not so much the plausibility of his Piejetion` re
enabled him to turn it to account, as the C 0 that
the
the part of those who had faith in hi w'+ill iii
was a man of substance—one whit stood his gClny
Money-market. , pictures—his wines 50 113'1v
dinners—and seasonable presents--were
uo aoti,
vouchers for his respectability. Wh° co,oeld glb.ee'
the character or capabilities of a man whO
his four or five courses, and exhibit an in3Pe",,, this sin'.ll,
vice of plate? We draw from Mr. Care's ee of v
ference, namely, that wealth, or the apnea!
which is much the same thing, is, in the worstait',,.
tion, virtue, integrity, station, talent, and saPieeekibiel.s''!
different would have been this gentleman's le! 011:‹ir,
sceemed or speculated in a coat out of leeehi,oste,
Though his projects might have been twice.r, rdawit,P;
they would then have been universally crtZve notel;s,
preposterous. We heliestly confess that w? lity. 4
slightest sympathy for those who have lost Di
provoked, and have deserved their fate. sinafercnr4e
The Post, still harping on the Derby wo'.(l,
says :—" Some mortified political flatterers 0, '
icosferro'r,
dealers in cotton and woollen hosen who ssieelf ore
the other day at Derby, appear to be exce about
ro
at whit we have taken the liberty of say
log who t net
said Conference. We always suspect Pe sin but rers
annoyed when plain truth is spoken in a P
anoiete
discourteous manner. We thought that mocaticah oclll
assembled at Derby entirely mistook their V
1. 000 A,
we said so. But we said nothing harshlYi?n, teevar'..;
of those persons. We have no angry, fee I o°v--
them. We believe they are very unwise to
01r,71 try.
selves about matters they do not underst, lerisiato.S,
lose time in attending to the business eltte'slog
which might well be employed in
their own business of stocking acei°"the delegaia'
As the Post is so bent on giving ad to _
our Coo
at the Derby Conference, we will in return give a
temporary a little advice. Let him cease,
hats 0-oistrjtill:
questions of political economy, of which he Pad to 0111,
slightest knowledge, and confine himself instec.
rouicin.is;
ters more congenial to his nature, such es
n.r!is,ing
fashionable arrivals and departures, and
th Prci er
earliest and most authentic information of wrineset
ings at the last party at Buckingham Palace vht„3pt talo
Castle. Here he is quite at home, and disse
toe tocteati
and industry infinitely to his credit. But aettleeo * ;he
of trade or finance, he has as much aceaaiguee of
them as a lady's maid has with the doctrines
announced TheHeralda saysi011
Puseyites.
more :ewe
suns tion of Puseyism, was on the deelolince e
on that
infected places of Oxford were becoming
Couldtie mwieschhaievvegc;isent:sc__ol-41/I:l°l(Piii.
venerable metropolis ; her antiquity an
wp
13 should
oand
ourhe healthful,—and tli ful
Establishment, an dthiavta
st hoen per omt eosrtea ns
ut
prdreeforsruernr
iietny" riheroten' :.i:0011:
lenged—her authority unimpeached, OOOOOl,O
have felt ourselves justified in againpressingajLcussio
public attention a subject so distressing
e; ;r:e an re
protracted. But the evil has becomone_
extinguished though retarded fire, 'Y
cincres
,eus"
virulent and dangerous from thelina
path must still be trodden over
of
rior
which, as yet, have been app
sos,' until the sense of the Prelates
thef n'aPtela
of our Protestant Universities, and ore aired sot io
of the British public which has hitherto
eonficlentiree
the pale of that Church, (satisfied with
felted inchW
its protection)—shall have been 11:IfSll0 gose
mode sufficiently emphatic and decidedb
been so perver not
last sparks of the schism which has e does .00
t the Chuici. 0,0
lighted up."—The reason the e te
actively bestir its in the question of rte Y
detqouatiet. chdooeieuor,