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1411 E SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENT G, DECEMBER i@l )MV,

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hear in what terms he would vindicate what
was to all appearance such an extraordinary
alteration in his views respecting the sister
country. Mr. CHARLES BULLER rests his justification
of the Bill for the Prevention of Crime and Outrage
in Ireland principally upon the prior establishment
of a system of poor-law relief in the four provinces
of that island—a preliminary step which he conceives
to be calculated in a great degree to raise the Irishman
in the scale of civilization, and to prevent the con-
stant repetition of agrarian murders by diminishing
the inducements to assassination. And he
further observes :—" I do not see how we
can carry out any measures against ab-
sentees when the motive of absenteeism
is the actual fear of the blunderbuss if they venture
to live on their property, and perform the duties
which that Property imposes on them." In these
sentiments there is no dereliction whatever from the
principles which have heretofore actuated not only
Mr. CHARLES BULLER himself, but every other
member of her MAJESTY'S Government. In sup.
porting the Bill for the better protection of
life in Ireland, a Bill which, according to the fa-
cetious definition of the Right Hon. Gentleman, has
been adopted, without any of those terrible conse-
quences held out to us of Members "dying on the floor
of the House," and adding to the prevailing epidemic
by the disagreeable consequences that would ensue,
Mr. CHARLES BULLER has only developed those
generous ideas which have all along influenced his
conduct in the different questions appertaining to the
affairs of Ireland. He has, in so doing, affected any-
thing but a change in the general opinions of his
political consistency, and of his temperate convictions
as to the most effectual means of maintaining the
internal tranquillity of the empire.

The Committee has at length been appointed. The
great end and object of the meeting of Parliament
has been accomplished. It now appears that the
Members of either branch of the Legislature were
summoned from their respective homes, from the
localities in which their presence is peculiarly valu-
able, and their attention to the interests of their
tenantry and the improvements of their estates are
productive of the most beneficial results, in order to
hear the Chancellor of the Exchequer chant the
praises of the Bank Charter Act, and state " that the
salvation of the country was entirely owing to its
operation." It was supposed that they had
been collected together in order to sanction the
departure from the law which had been advised by
the Government, to grant the indemnity that would
be required for the suspension of the Act of 1844,
and to hear from the Financial Minister the grave
and urgent reasons that had compelled the Ministry
to adopt such a course, and the means by which they
hoped to improve the condition of the country ; and
such expectations were but reasonable. There had
been a season of great and extraordinary excitement;
an almost total cesation of credit, a general want of
confidence. Money could not be obtained on any
terms, or at any price, to carry on the ordinary busi-
ness transactions ; every description of property
became fearfully deteriorated in value. The holders
of every description of stock were compelled to throw
it upon the market for whatever it would
bring ; and, in order to avoid a suspen-
sion of payments, perhaps a bankruptcy, to
submit to the most ruinous losses. Production of
every kind ceased, and tens of thousands of the
labouring population driven from the employment by
which they had supported their families, if not with
comfort, at least in independence, were compelled to
submit to the most painful privations, or to seek
refuge in the tender mercies of the union workhouse.
Deputation after deputation waited upon the Govern-
ment, conveying the remonstrances of merchants and

manufacturers, at the state to which the commercia

interests of the nation had been reduced—a state,
which if not altogether occasioned by the monetary
laws, as was boldly asserted by very many, was most

undoubtedly and fearfully aggravated thereby. But
these remonstrances were for a long period treated
with contempt. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
hesitated not to tell parties who waited upon him to
represent scenes that were daily passing before their
own eyes—facts of which they themselves were
cognisant—that they were quite mistaken ; that there
was no undue pressure or extraordinary difficulty in
obtaining money ; that the Bank had not imposed,
nor, as he believed, ever intended to impose any
undue restrictions ; and that the worst had already
passed. To the very last, the Right Hon. Baronet
remained incredulous as to the existence of the dis-
tress, and was perhaps the only person throughout
the whole country ignorant of what was taking
place on every side. At length matters arrived at

such a pitch that it was impossible to maintain the

laissez faire policy any longer—to exhibit that cool
indifference to the sufferings of the people for which
the Right Hon. Gentleman had rendered himself so

remarkable. A deputation of the bankers of the
metropolis waited upon the Premier, and adduced
such cogent reasons, that the necessity for immediate
action became apparent. The Act that had so
materially increased the intensity of the panic could
no longer be maintained. Its suspension was essen-
tial to the safety of the country. The well-
known letter was accordingly written, in which the
directors of the Bank were authorised to increase
their discounts, and to act with greater liberality,
and an indemnity was promised for any
hreach of the law that might thereby be occasioned.
Notwithstanding the conditions with which this boon
was clogged its effects were almost magical. Confi-
dence was restored, credit was again to be obtained,
and although the rate of eight per cent. was most
unprecedented, and such as, if maintained for any
prolonged period, must eventually prove ruinous to
every person engaged in business, still money might
be got, although at a serious cost, and ruinous sacrifices

might be avoided. The tardy, but acceptable act of
Government was hailed with all but universal appro-
bation, and that approbation was greatly enhanced when
it became known that Parliament had been convened
for the earliest occasion, in order that the conduct of
the Ministers might he canvassed therein, and the
steps necessary for the restoration of the national
prosperity deliberated on. As the time appointed
for its meeting approached the greatest anxiety was
manifested to know the nature of the forthcoming
revelations, and the measures that were to be substi-
tuted for the Act of 1844, which it was universally
admitted could never again be restored. The first
step taken was, however, the withdrawal of the letter
to the Bank, and the revival of the suspended
statute. Then it appeared that there had been no
departure from the law—no necessity for any in-
demnity. And as to the statement by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Gentleman might
have assumed the language of the needy knife-grinder,
and answered—

" Story, God bless you, I have none to te11."4
Something, however, must be done, or at least ap-
pear to be done, and a Committee was moved for, to
inquire into the causes of the commercial distress,
and the great question was thereby clearly,
shelved, even under the most favourable circum-
stances, for a considerable period. As if to render

the absurdity still more glaring, the composition of
the Committee proposed was such, that the nature of
their report was evident even before the commence-
ment of their labours ; and loud complaints were
uttered as to the predominance of one class of
opinions therein. The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, however, was firm, and refused to
assent to the slightest change therein, and the
House have by a majority sanctioned the selection
he made. Nothing, it appears, is to be done until
after the recess, except the ordering of certain
papers and documents ; so that all that has taken
place is the selection of a Committee in which no confi-
dence is entertained by the House or country, and
which is not even to commence its labours until after
the usual period for the assembling together of Par-
liament. nue it is, the Irish Act and the Railways
Act were carried, but we believe it is certain that the
Legislature would not have been convened for either
purPose. The great object was the appointment of
the Committee. That has been attained. Verily,
" Parturiunt moates, nascitur ridiculus mus."
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A letter from Naples of the 4th, contai—ns---t
lowing respQcting the recent disturbances
" In the evening of the 29th tilt
the,the fol-
h at Palermo
populace still
who had a
immense
their4eet?
crowded the streets, and one of
tricolour flag, placed himself at the head leaders,of
group in the street of Toledo. This assemblagearo-
ceeded to the square of the Dome, where
upon the pedestal of the statue of Saive Aosalie, got

patroness of Palermo, and shouted Long live the King
Long live Italy !" Long live the Constitution !' He
then harangued the crowd on the political condition
of Italy, and made it promise to confide in the
councils of the intelligent classes. The object
which you propose,' said he, 'is also their object, and
it can only be secured by unanimity. When
justice and moderation shall have been tried in
vain, if it be necessary to have recourse to arms,
you will do so with dignity and resolution !"fhe
people declared with enthusiasm that they would follow
this wise counsel. Whilst this was going on in the
square, the elite of the population were deliberating at the
Casino on the means of pacifically utilising the popular
enthusiasm. Some instants afterwards the crowd
stepped in front of the Casino, to learn the decision of
its members, the principal of whom had been sent for
by General Viale, commandant of the garrison and
chief of the police, who invited them to call on the
King's lieutenant. This personage declared to these
notables that he was ready to grant the institution of a
civic guard, and recommended them to call on the fol-
lowing day with the municipal council to receive the
authorization. This decision satisfied the people, who
withdrew in the greatest order. But, in answer to the
instructions demanded from Naples by the tele-
graph, the King's lieutenant was positively ordered not
to authorise the formation of a civic guard, and enjoined
to repress with the greatest energy every popular de-
monstration. On the 30th these instructions were com-
municated to the popular committee and the municipa-
lity, who withdrew in consternation, and would no longer
show themselves to the people. Placards were posted
up, prohibiting under the severest penalties all public
meetings and cries of every description ; but these pla-
cards were immediately pulled down. During this time
a group was passing by the office of the Commissariat,
and, without any provocation on his part, was fired upon
by the soldiers on guard. One person was killed, and
four were dangerously wounded. The population of
Palermo no longer seeing its Chiefs, cries of treason'
were raised, and the agitation increasing, the Chiefs at
length resolved to show themselves. After great efforts
to restore confidence, the Chiefs succeeded in calming
the people, by promising constantly to aid them with
the same ardour in their struggle for reform."
A letter from Rome of the sth announces the
death of M. SILVAN', of Bologna, Member of the
Consulta, and one 'of the first lawyers in Italy. He
was Member of the Provisional Government of Bo-
logna, and Minister of Justice in 1831. During his
exile of fifteen years, he had principally devoted
himself to studying the legislation of other coun-
tries, and his loss will be severely felt in the Con-
sulta.

The Diario of Rome publishes the following as
the reply of the POPE to the address of Prince Cost-
siNr, in the name of the municipality :
" The words which you have just addressed to me, my
Lord Senator, are a source of consolation to me; for
they give me the assurance of the good sentiments
which animate the municipal raagistracy, whose duty it
is to watch over the interests of a city so remarkable for
its souvenirs, by the cultivation of the fine arts,
and by so many other qualities, and which is
to me the object of so much love. I have
already said many times, and I repeat it, in order
that it may be remembered, that I instituted the
communal representation for the welfare of the Roman
population. Your administration will, I doubt not, pro-
duce happy results for industry and commerce, but
especially through you will flourish what is the greatest
of all possessions—true religion. I pray God every day
for the public prosperity; to day I will pray Him spe-
cially that he will deign to guide your labours, and
that he will maintain among you union and concord,
which are the most solid basis of society. May God
especially maintain concord, and make peace to shine
over all Italy! Nothing is so necessary as peace to
cause industry, commerce, the arts, and public felicity to
flourish."

A letter from Menton (Monaco) announces that
the Prince DE MONACO had arrived there, and has
promise 3 to examine the question of the taxes and to
organise a communal system. In the meantime he
is making considerable reductions in the Customs'
duties.

The Florence Gazelle of the 6th inst. announces
the termination of the affair of Fivizzano, by the
cession of that territory to the Duke of MODENA.
The POPE and the King of SARDINIA, who acted on
the occasion as mediators, declared the claim of the
Duke to be well founded, but condemned the manner
in which he had enforced it.

Letters from Berne of the 11th state that the Diet
had ordered the canton of Neufchatel to pay
300,000 f. Swiss (18,0001.) for refusing to send its
contingent to the Federal army. Neufchatel, it was
considered, would pay the money, and thus the affair
would be ended. The reply to the Prussian note,
which is in the same terms as the reply to the notes
of Austria and France, was agreed to. Sir STRAT..
YORD CANNING has had frequent conferences with
M. OCUSENBEIN. The most amicable relations ap-
pear to exist between the British Minister and the
Diet. There is a great deal of talk about important
documents discovered at Friburg and at Lucerne,
and which throw precious light on the proceedings
and veritable views of the chiefs of the Sonderbund.
These documents show, with the fullest evidence,
that the existence of the league, attributed to the
formation of the eorps franos, preceded by more
than two years the two fatal expeditions which
took place against Lucerne, and that it had been
even disapproved of in its origin by Bile Ville and
Neufchatel. At Lucerne, papers not less edifying
have been seized, without counting what we are pro-
mised by the seizure of the seventeen boxes which
were to have followed the famous SIEGWART in his
flight. It is now averred that the Sonderbund had
solicited foreign intervention, that is to say, the in-
vasion of Switzerland. The discovery of this
fact has excited the profoundest indignation even
among the partisans of the extinct Sonder•
bund, who are outrageous at the idea of having
been so completely duped as they have been
by SIEG WART MULLER and his Jesuit associates.

The Swiss Federal Council of War has just pub-
lished a list of the killed and wounded of the Federal
army. According to this document there were in
all 4t3 men killed and 222 wounded ; at the affair of
Gislikon 23 killed and 92 wounded ; at Entlibuch
(the Ochsenbein division), 7 killed and 30 wounded;
at Friburg, 10 killed and 41 wounded—all Vaudese.
The loss of the Sonderbund is not known, but the
Federal journals have always represented it as three
or four times more considerable. Two members of
the former Government of Lucerne, M. TSCHOPP
and Dr. SCHERER, placed under accusation of high
treason, have been thrown into the prison of that
place.

Madrid letters of the Bth have arrived. That day
being the Feast of the Conception, was kept as a
close holiday.

The dispute between OLOZAGA. and BERMUDEZ DE
CASTRO has been arranged.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The Presse has the following on the proposed ap
pointment of the Duke Dn DINO as Ambassador Ex.
traordinary to the Schah of PERSIA :

" We announced recently the appointment of the
Count de Sartiges to the post of Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of France to the Schah of Persia. We suppose that
M. Guizot does not find that representation sufficient,
for it is proposed at this moment to send shortly a new
embassy to Persia, attended with extraordinary pomp,
as a reminiscence of the fashionable mission of M. de
Sercey. The avowed object of this extraordinary mis-
sion is to send presents to the Schah of Persia, but the
true motive is simply, as it is reported, a desire to give,
without delay, a high diplomatic position to a young
Duke, who partakes, with M. de Bacourt, the favours
of the political salons of the Rue St. Florentin. It
remains to be known how the Chamber of Deputies
will receive this new addition to the expense of extraor-
dinary missions in the budget of the Minister for Foreign
Affairs."

The gerant of the National, M. DELAROCHE, was
on Monday condemned to eight months' imprison-
ment and a fine of 6,000 f. (2401.) for the publication,
on the Ist of October, of an article personally offen-
sive to the KING.

M. GUIZOT is confined to his room by the grippe.
The Union Illonarehigue says—" M. SAUZET will
be again presented this year by the Conservative
party as a candidate for the Presidency of the
Chamber. It is not yet known who will be the can-
didate definitively named by the Opposition. All
that is known is that M. DUPIN and M. DUFAUBE
have both declined the somewhat pressing proposi-
tions which were made to them in that respect."
Letters have been received in Paris from Goritz,
which announce that the young Duchess DE BOOR.-
DEAUX is in an advanced state of pregnancy.
The hearing of the application of Count MORTIER
to be restored to liberty was continued on Monday
and Tuesday before the Tribunal of the Seine, and
had not concluded on that day. The evidence pro-
duced in support of the application is of a most
astounding character, and furnishes additional proof,
if any were wanting, of the utter state of demoraliza-
tion of the Court society of the French capital.
A Brest journal publishes a letter dated Treguier,
the 9th inst., which states that the American merchant
vessel Robert Shaw was struck with lightning on the
night of the 6th inst., off the island of Bata. The

cargo, consisting of cotton, immediately ignited. The
captain and crew, in all 16 persons, not b°ing able to
extinguish the fire, abandoned the ship, and succeeded
in gaining Treguier in their boat. The Robert Shaw
was on her passage from Charleston to Havre. This
was, no doubt, the vessel seen by the Tagus on fire
on her late passage to Southampton.
The Journal des Debuts announces the death, at
Constantinople, of typhus fever and cholera, of Count
ST. FERREOL, attached to the French embassy in that
city.

The line of railroad from Marseilles to Avignon is
to be opened in January next.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
on Tuesday, at 75f. 30c. ; New Loan, 761. 40c. ;
the Five per Cents., 1161. 65c. ; the Orleans Rail-
road Shares, 1,197 f. 50c.; Rouen, 908 f. 75c.;
Havre, 471 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 5501.; Avignon,
560 f. ; Vierzon, 547 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 485 f. ; Bou-
logne, 375 f.; Dieppe, 2601.; Basle, 1621. 50c.; Paris
and Strasburg, 412 f. 50c.; 'Pours and Nantes,
3931. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 387 f. 50c.; Spanish
Three per Cents., 30.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Disc. 15.
Boulogne and Amiens, 143/4—Namur and Liege, 514—
Northern of Frame, 111;4—Paris and Lyons, sL4—Paris
god. Orleans, 461,12—Faris and Rouen, 3414—Rouen and
Havre, 19.

PORTUGAL.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

LISBON, DEC. 9, 1847.—The elections for Estrema-
dura are over, and on Sunday next, the 12th instant, the
electors will meet in this city to name deputies to repre-
sent the province. According to what I anticipated in
my former correspondence, the majority of the electors
belong to the Cabralist party, and thus their nominees
will be of the same political colour. In all the other
provinces the same thing has occurred, and, conse-
quently, upon these elections a complete Cabralist Par-
liament will be elected. This proves too much, and, in
good logic, it proves nothing. In fact, the system of
violence and fraud countenanced by the military force
has given this result.

The Central Committee of the Opposition is preparing
for publication a statistical table of all the electors that
were registered as having the franchise against the law,
and who were admitted to the ballot. This table will be
framed on the various reports given by the sub-commit-
tees which were organized in every parish of the capital.
Besides this table, another, of the citizens unduly dis-
franchised, is to accompany the report. Amongst the
electors illegally admitted in fifteen districts appear the
volunteers of various battalions, the petty officers, the
band and drummers of the garrison, the scavengers of the
town, the workmen of the arsenals, the crew of the
registry vessels of the port, the porters of the custom.
houses, the letter carriers of the Post-office, and the men
employed in the lighting and paving departments.
Upon an average the votes of such individuals are near
upon three thousand. If to those we add nearly two
thousand electors illegally disfranchised, more than one-
half of the voters for the province were manufactured
for the Cabrals, as part of them voted unduly, and the
other part by the exclusion did not vote at all ! With
such foul means the victory is easily gained.
The Cabralist party are mad with joy at the result of
the elections—the object being gained is sufficient for
them. They neither calculate the consequences or the
evils to come—to tread u❑der foot the established laws,
to reject all evidence, to lay the foundation of anarchy
in the administrative departments, is a matter of no
consequence. Justice is all a chance—truth is a thing
belonging to the other world ; they trouble not them
selves with its reality here below. The Cabrals con-
sider they have gained a victory which will elevate them
to power, and, intoxicated with their triumph, they care
for nothing else, as they make sure of the fruit of the
campaign. There it is that they may expect to be un-
deceived in the end—there it is they will have to en-
counter the difficulties they despise—it is there they will
meet the beginning of the end of their delirium.
Ecce omnia tibi dabo say they of this kingdom ; but can
they fulfil the promise, i}nd convert the stones into
bread? Can the party that, like the fabulous teeth of
Cadmus, spring up into twenty thousand men from the
earth, armed and organized in opposition to them, be
considered extinct? Can the Cabrals really suppose
themselves the conquerors, after having called three
powerful nations to disarm their foes ? Indeed, ambi-
tion cannot reach to a higher degree of infatuation.
It is not for the Cabrals to re-establish peace in Por-
tugal, because their former discredit has now increased
by fresh and undisguised ambition, and renders them
unfit to govern. Different sort of men are required in
the present day, men who possess moderation, who have
energy, friends of economy, and, above all, honest men.
The position which the Cabrals attempt to take up, and
which they prepare to struggle for alone and in spite of
the protocol, is the rock upon which they will split.
On the 3d inst. the baptism of the new born Prince
took place at the Royal Chapel. He was christened
Augustus. The diplomatic body, a few of the nobility,
and the high functionaries of the State, were present to
witness the ceremony.
Some disturbances and conflicts between the people
and the soldiers took place during the past week at
Alden Gallega and Castello de Vide, in the province of
the Alerctejo. In both places the insubordination of the
troops and the ill-treatment of the people at the last
elections, were the causes of the Inmate. Most impro-
perly some fresh troops were ordered to both places, and
this measure, instead of allaying the bad feelings of the
inhabitants, will irritate them more, and bring perhaps
a new crisis.

Discount of Bank notes, 40 per cent. Exchange, 30
days, 53k; 90, 54; sovereigns, 4.490; dollars, 920.

EXTENSIVE FIRE THIS MORNING.—As police-
was on duty in High-street, Stoke
en two and three o'clock this morning
cNoenwstianbglteon2,6b7etNwe,
he discovered a fire on the premises of Mr. Lucking, a
fruiterer. Instant alarm was given, and messengers dis-
patched to the various fire-stations, but before the en-
gines arrived, the flames had obtained a firm hold on the
adjoining premises, and were spreading with fearful ra-
pidity. Several engines arrived, but though they suc-
ceeded in preventing the communication of the flames to
other premises, three houses were entirely consumed ;
a china-shop occupied by Mr. Rawlings, Mr. Lucking's,
and a cheesemongera occupied by Mr. Miles.
MILITARY FORCE IN IRELAND.—The following is
the official return of the present military force in Ire-
land :—Cavalry-2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards,
; 6th Dragoon Guards, Dun-
11i1n7ctohIlLiga;ncers 13th ,
piugblin. Dragoons, Long-
Cahir; 2d Dragoons,
Athlone; 4th Dragoons, Dublin; 6th Dragoons (Ennis-
dCaloikn;m 1 esl t and
Dragoons Newbr(io drgßeoyale,
(Ennis-
killen), Newbridge; 7th Hussars, Dublin and Drogheda;
Light
Long-
ford aHussars,nd
Dublin; B a
Infantry-2d
Regiment of Foot, Athlone; 3d Regiment (Buffs), Dub-
lin and Naas; 6th Regiment., 2d Battalion, Fermoy; 7th
Regiment, Depot Company, Dublin ; 13th Regiment,
Birr; 16th, Depot Company, Youghal; 19th Regiment,
Castlebar; 26th Regiment, D
..uttevant; 34th Regiment,
Depot Company, Waterford ; 38th Regiment, Depot
Company, Boyle ; 40th Regiment, Galway ; 41st Re-
giment, Mullingar and Clare Castle ; 44th Regi-
ment, Ist Battalion, Newry ; 2d Battalion, Cork ;
47th Regiment, Clonmel ; 48th Regiment, Enniskillen;
49th Regiment, Dublin ; 55th Regiment, Tenipletnore ;
59th Regiment, Templemore ; 64th Regiment, Lime-
rick; G6th Regiment, Depot Company, Cork; 67th
Regiment, Ist and 2d Battalion, Cork ; 68th Regiment,
Mullingar ; 70th Regiment, Fermoy ; 73d Regiment,
Depot Company, Birr; 74th Regiment, Belfast; 75th
Regiment, Dublin ; 77th Regiment, Depot Companies,
Nenagh ; 79th Regiment, Depot Companies, Mullingar;
83d Regiment, Kilkenny ; 85th Regiment, Dublin; 88th
Regiment, Depot Company, Tralee ; 92d Regiment,
Dublin and Limerick; 95th Regiment, Depot Companies,
Naas. Royal Artillery-15 Companies and six troops
of Horse Artillery. Besides the above are the embodied
battalions of Chelsea Out-Pensioners and the local
armed police force. Several regiments are under orders
for the disturbed districts in Ireland, and a portion of
the A division of the metropolitan police, which will
make an armed force of from 40,000 to 45,000 men.
METROPOLITAN CHURCIIYARDS.—Mr. Walker has
given notice to the Government, that he shall keep a
watchful eye upon the floor of the House of Commons,
and if it is overcrowded with the bodies of the Irish
Members, who have threatened to die there, he cer-
tainly shall do everything in his power to remove the
nuisance. If he could do it before they die, we should
not mind.—Punch.
COURT•MUTIAL ON LIEUT. CROWSZER, OF THE
63D REGIMENT.—The General Court-martial on this
officer at Chatham Garrison,_ which commenced its in-
quiry on Tuesday, the 14th inst., will, owing to the
number of witneises warned on the trial, occupy the
Court for at least three days. Mr. Richard Prall, soli-
citor, from Rochester, appears on behalf of the prisoner.
Lieutenant-Colonel Pole, commanding-officer of the
regiment, being the prosecutor, briefly addressed the
Court, and said that it was with feelings of deep regret
that he appeared before this Court as the prosecutor on a
trial of an officer of his own regiment, especially on
charges of so serious a nature. There are limits if passed
over without notice which would destroy the foundation
and principles of military discipline, and, as he felt most
desirous not to occupy the time of the Court more than
was absolutely necessary, he would at once give an out-
line of the circumstances upon which the charges have
been founded. Colonel Pole then commenced reading
from a written paper, when he was stopped by the
Court, and ordered to be sworn, as it appeared that he
was going into the merits connected with the charges.
The Coronet was then sworn, and examined at some
length, as also Captain Charles H. Fairfiough. Captain
S. P. C. Annesley, and Lieutenant and Adjutant H. M.
Walmsley, in support of the prosecution. We refrain
giving the evidence in consequence of an injunction
placed on persons pi esent connected with the public
press by the President, Colonel C. Middleton. At four
o'clock the Court adjourned till the following muruing,
when it again assembles.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has presented a
beautiful miniature carriage, or " baroucbette " capable
of carrying four children, to his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales and his royal sisters and brother. The
carriage may be drawn by one or two ponies.
CALAMITOUS Flan IN FRANCE.—The large manu-
factory of M. Cumenge, of Salvages (Tarn), was burnt
to the ground on the night of the 6th inst. The pre-
mises contained extensive paper works, a woollen thread
factory, and machinery for cork cutting, all of which
were destroyed. The loss is calculated at about 750,000 f.
Fortunately the property was insured.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE,
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet.
Sales, 4,000 bales; American, 4id. to sd. per lb.—Rail-
way Shares were rather better. There was a good de-
mand for Dover, North Stafford, and Midland.
There was a fair amount of business done at the sale
of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. Lamond and Co.,
and prices were considered stationary. We subjoin a
few of the quotations:—
Leicester &Bedford,Exchange Certificate £0 12 6
North British, Extension 0 11 6
Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( II). ..... 017 6
Northern and Southern Connecting
East Indian, Reg
Great Northern

London and Blackwall, No. 1
Madrid and Valencia. 0 11 0
North Staffordshire
Caledonian 37 5 0

Eastern Counties ..... ......... l6 0 0
At the quarterly Court of the Proprietors cf Bank
Stock, held te-day, there was not any business done
except the reading and the confirmation of the minutes
of the last meeting.
The non-arrival of the Acadia from Halifax and Bos-
ton has created some anxiety, so desirous are the mer-
chants to receive their letters from Canada and the
11Ikited States.
The periodical statements of the firms that have
recently failed excite now but little interest except to the
parties immediately concerned.
If panics were to be prevented, or if distress were to
be alleviated, by the ingenuity and industry of pam
phleteers, there would be a moral certainty that the
plentiful supply of "suggestions," " plans," " remarks,"
and " essays" which a monetary pressure invariably
produces, would accomplish the good end. Unfortu-
nately, however, currency theorists are generally
obstinately attached to some crotchet which destroys
the practical value of their ingenious devices,
and it is chiefly to men of business we are indebted for
facts elicited by their personal experience, and presented
in a " plain unvarnished tale " to the consideration of
the impartial. A few remarks by Mr. A. Anderson on
the " Recent Commercial Distress," may, in this sense,
be worth quoting, even if not entirely acquiesced in.
They are as follow c—
" One way to make any alteration in the currency
check itself, is to put the banks all upon an equal foot-
ing, no limitation, or restriction, or privilege, to one
more than another. On the Scotch system, they ex-
change each other's notes for their own, and thus check
each other's issues. The notes of each bank alike to be
made legal tender, which holds its capital in
government securities, the interest of which is
payable in its own notes, or in any of the other good
securities of the country, at the par of 1844, at
the option of Government, so that if they
allow their notes to depreciate by over issues, they will
be the greatest losers themselves, by being paid in their
own coin. And again, if they allow the note to ap-
preciate, they will be as great losers also, because if the
value of these securities fall from an appreciated cur-
rency, they lose that fall out of' the interest of their
capital, as it will be more profitable for Government to
buy those securities with the current note, and give them
to the banks in payment of the interest of their secu-
rities, calculated at the par of 1844.
" A self regulating currency may also be obtained by
banks holding local and other stocks (exclusive of Go-
vernment stock), say, of ten to twenty different secu-
rities, an equal amount of each, but in no case to
exceed a third of the entire capital stock of any of
them. This sort of security to form always, at least,
half of the total security required, the other half of
deposits, or of these same stocks, to the amount of one-
third of the issue of notes, the notes to be payable on
demand in any of these securities at the option of the
banks at the par of 1844, and also that the banks receive
any of these stocks at their own option in payment of
bills, &c., at the par of 1844. This very simple ar-
rangement will make the pound of 1844 last as long as
banks last, and prevent the banks from playing or work-
ing on the capital they hold."
The market for Consols has been rather fiat this
morning. The opening value for the Account was 85k,
from whence a reaction occurred to 85k, and the cur
rent value now is 851 /. There have not been any
transactions in Consols for special transfer this morn-
ing. The premium on Exchequer-bills is 7s. to 10s.,
and upon the small, 10s. to 13s. East India Bonds
have varied from 18s. to 21s. discount. Bank Stock is
steady at 186 i.
A considerable amount of business has been trans-
acted in the Foreign Funds to-day. Such a list of
official prices we have not had before us for many a
month. The variations are slight. The Brazilian have
rallied to 80; Chilian, to-89f; Mexican Five per Cents.
have been 18f to 18f ; Portuguese Four per Cents. are
at 22i. ; Spanish, at 171 ; the Three per Cents. at 29;
and the Dutch Four per Cents. Certificates at 84k.
There has not been any material variation in the
prices of Railway Shares to-day, but they are flat.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 186%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 84%3/
New 314 per Cent. Anis. 86%%t/
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860— 8%4 99%
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 1000/ lB 21 die
Ditto under 1.000/
Consols for Account BSA
Exchequer Bills. 3d.

1,006/.
5001.
. _

Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 79
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...... ..
Ditto. 3 per Cents 49
Equador Bonds
Grenada, 1 per Cent. .. l3
Ditto Deferred ...
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent lB% 18 18%
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 2214%
Ditto for the Account 221
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840
Ditto ... . 1844 13%
Ditto 1845 1314
Ditto Passive Bonds 33/
Ditto Deferred
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ..
Ditto for the Account 2911
Venezuela Bonds
Do. Deferred
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutili 21,4 per Cent.,l2 Guild Guild
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. rig: swig.
Aberdeen
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% — ...... to
Ayrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. ..
Birmingnam & Oxford June... 15 -
Birmingham, W 01.,& Dadley 10 ... . 134/4
13irraing., «'ol., & Stour Val. 10/.145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction..
Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5
Bristol and Exeter .
Do., Thirds
Buckinghamshire..- lOl. 4s — -
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead.. 37% — to
Ditto, Preference 8
Clarence. . 7814 ..... to
Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 20 -
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 15 ......
East Anglia, 251.& L. , E.
wad L. & D.
Ditto, 18/., E. & II lit
Ditto, 3/. 10s., E. & 11... 2
Eastern Counties
Ditto, ditto (B)
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., do N 0.2,61. 138. 4d... % dis.... to
Do., York Extension
Do., Northern & Eastern 5O
Do., Quarter .... .. ........... 12%...
Do., New
Eastersn Union 5O
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —
Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d ...... to
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ...
East Lancashire
Ditto, New ..................13
Do., New Quarters
East Lincolnshire ... 12% — to
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Halt Shares
..... ...... to
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Edinburgh and Northern ... 22% —
Ditto, New a% — ...... to
Ditto, New port.. ........• "2 91'— to
Ditto, ditto, New
... 24
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...••• to
Ditto, New
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 65.8 d... ..... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Ditto, New -
Do. 14 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ..... ..
Great Northern lO% 4%..... to -.-
Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ..... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35
Great North of England 100
Ditto, New 40/.
Ditto, New 30/
Ditto, New 15/.... . .
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O -
Do. New 17/
Huddersfield and Manchester 22 ..
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby SO
Ditto, llalf Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 21,4 —
Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 15
Do. do. and Norwich
Do., do., Extension Scrip
(late (Carob. and Ely) 2%
.. to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
D0., Thirds
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters
to
Ditto Fifths
..... . to
Ditto Sixteenths ........... 614.....
Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 104 43 ...... _
t 4 WWI

De. Liverpool and Bury... 84
Do. (Rudders. and Slieft) 33
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole 471/2 —
Do., WestßidingUnion ...41. 25.....25/04 dis to
Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25
Do., do,, Half Shares (A) 9

. . . .
Ditto ditto (B) 11,4
Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 911/2..... to
Leicester and Bedfo. d
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Mancbes. 371/: —
Do., Branch % Shares 1214
Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2IA
Ditto, Extension (green)... 21,E —

Do., New Exten. (pink)... 2q — ...... to
Leeds and Thi i sk 36
Ditto, New
Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3Y2. .... 1% -
Liverpool. Crosby, and South-

port. -
2
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2IA — ...... to
London & Blackwall...l6/. 18s. 4d —
Ditto New, No. 1,.
Ditto New, No. 2 4l. 13s. 4d.... . .... to
Do. Extension
Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 431 42% to 431/4
Do. Consolidated Eighths... 30
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ...
Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ......

Ditto, ditto 1152 50 ..... 50
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... to
London and North Western..loo 151% to
Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 17
Do. do. New ...... 2
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Quarters ...... G. J. 25
Do. 40/. Shares.....L. & M. 15
Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... 60
Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7%..... 11%
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 7% ll% ...... to
Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western.... 41.. 6s 8d... 53% x.n. to
Do. New Consolidated 8 ths. 40
Ditto New 501. — to
Ditto New 401...«...,_ 26

Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ......
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40
Ditto, Thirds ... N. 13s. 4d... ...... to
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil Ph to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 2741 — to
Londonderry and Enniskillen 23%
blanch, Buxton, & Matlock 8
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto 14 Shares (No. 1) ... 13
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25
- -- - -,-_ - -

Ditto, % Shires (No. 3)... 7%......
Ditto Grimsby 25 — to
Ditto, ditt0...... 7
Ditto, ditto ... 4% to
Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 7%......
Manchester and Southampton 214 — .. ... to

Midiand
Ditto, Consol. Preferenee-100

Ditto, 401. Skarea 4O
Ditto, 50/. 5hare5........... 10
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... 82
Midland, Consol. Bristol and

Birmingham 6 per ce5t....100
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 34
Ditto ditto 71. 98......
bliuland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... .
Midld. Great Western(lrish) 35 — -
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ......

Ditto Quarter Shares
Newmarket and Chesterford 18% — to

Ditto Extension 2l. 12e — to
Newport Abergy., and Herd. i
Norfolk
804 to 791,/

...
Ditto New 201. 5 ...... ...... to
Ditto Extension

Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk 2
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
N awry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor
Sorthern Counties Union .... 4
North British

Ditto Half Shares
Do. Quarters 49 - -
Ditto. Extension % ..... to
Ditto Thirds ... ........ ....... 2 —
North Staffordshire...
North Wales 3I,E ..... , .... to
North Western 6
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Reading, Guildfd. , & Reigate 71,4 7 ...... to
Royston and Hitchin
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland ..- ....... .... 17% — ...... to
Ditto, New lO
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole S -
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 6
Ditto. ditto, Class B. 3
Shrewsbury and Chester

( Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. . to
Ditto, Oswestry
Ditto (New) 1
Shrewsbury and Hereford.... 2
Shropshire Union
South Devon ....... ...... ... 40

Ditto, Preference
South Staffordshire
South Eastern and Dover 331
Ditto, New,No. 1

New, No. 2 l 7

. _
Ditto, New, No. 3 ls
Ditto New, No. 4 ... .. 7% 5%...... to
South Wales -
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, _
.

and Goole .
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ...... .. 4
(lames Haven Dock and
Railway 171,( —
raw Vale Extension
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny — to
Waterford and Limerick.....
Waterford, Wexford,lVicklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall 4 -
Whitehaven and Furness l2 ...
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western
Wilts,Somerset,&Wevrnouth 30
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 .
Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 30 % to
Do..NorthShields Purchase 25 ..

Do. Ezten. No.l (Y. is N.) 10
Dr N

Jo. do. No. 2, New & B. 10
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Prof. $
York and North Midland .. 50
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and Westßiding
Ex tension ....
FOREIGN RAILWAY&
Anglo-Belgian
Barbadoes 1
Boulogne and:Amiens 2O ...-- ****** to
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzon)
Central of Spain - to
Ceylon .... ss.
Demerara. ...... i
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ..- .
Ditch Rhenish
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular se. .....• -.- ...... to
Great Southern of Madras
Great Western Bengal ss. -
Great Western Canada
Italian and Austrian
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1
Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7
Luxembourg
6 ...Dee ....
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
stituted)
Madras
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % — to
Madrid and Valenti*
Namur and Liege -
Northern of France.
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d ,
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 -
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse - to
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14
Tours & Nantes ... .. 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Landen,
and Hasselt
Trinidad.. ........ ......... ....• 2% --. •• eve. to -
West Flanders B% — to

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia -
British North American .... 50
Colonial
Commercial of Loudon
London Joint Stock .... lO
London and Westminster... 20
Ditto, New -
Ntoational Provincial of Engld. 35
Ditto,New
National of Ireland , _ . to 221/2 •• ••
--
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto, New
Union of Australia
Ditto, New 2l/2 to
Union of London ... 10 -
Union of Madrid
40

MINES.
Anglo Mexican .. 100
Astrian Mining Company ... 11 . 2
---..... to
Australian —
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50
Bolinos Scrip
British Iron
Brazilian Imperial ....• .. ... 21
Cobra Copper
Galvanized Iron
Iteal del Monte, Unregistered

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY:)
LONDON, DEC. 16.—Wind at noon S.S.E., light breeze,
and cloudy.

DEAL, I)Ec.ls.—Wind S. to S.S.W., fresh.—Arrd.
Lepers, Batavia; Zeph)r, Anderson, Demerara; Mar-
garet Evans, Tinker, New :York. Arrived from the
river and sailed, Sobraon Sydney, New South
Wales. Put back, Marlborou'gh' for Jam aica.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Charles
Carter, Berout; Express, Brazils; Pilgrim, New Or-
leans; General Sale, Charleston; Laurentine and Julie,
Algiers; Inn, Ceylon; Wasp, Africa. The Albion,
London, fur Maryport, was in contact in the Downs last
night, and received damage. The John Pink, of Lon-
don, for Jamaica, got on shore last night, but came off
with loss of anchor and chain, and has beer supplied.
CARDIFF, DEC. 14.—The Monarch, of Sunderland,
was in contact yesterday with the Cawton, of Scar-
borough, and lost bowsprit. The Hope, of Cardigan was
in contact last night with the Culla, of Exeter, and lost
bowsprit.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd.
Fortescue, Pellatt, Madras. Sld. Tropic, Jamaica.
CLYDE.—Put back, Esquimaux, for Porto Rico;
Grange, New York.
TENBY, DEC. 14.—Arrd. Ocean Queen, Miramichi.
DUNDEE, Dzc. 14.—Wind S.E.—Wd. 10th, Lulu,
Now York.

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Corm Dre. M 13.—Wind 114.. strbtikw4Arta. NRIS
Kearney, Jamaica, and nut frow Barbadoas, as yetterdaY
reported ; Matchless, Thompson, —.
REDCAR, DEC. 14.—The Emma de Rosalie, Sunder-
land to Nantes, ran on shore near Skiningrove this
morning in a :inking state; crew and part of materials
saved, vessel likely to become a wreck.
BRISTOL, DEC. 15.—The Triumph, Leghorn to this
port put ii,to Toulon 23d ult., leaky, and loss of bul-
warks in a gale. Would discharge.
JERSEY, DEc. 14.—The schooner Atlas, of South-
ampton, has sunk at the entrance of Regneville, on the
coast of France. The cutter Susan and Jane, Runisey•
has been lost on her passage from Teignmouth to this
port; crew saved.
ST. IVES, DEC. 13.—A ship of about 1.000 tons was
seen on her beam-ends, 10th instant, about sixty miles
south-east of Cape Clear.
NEWPORT, DEC. 14.—The Venus, of this port, sailed
from Tarbert, for Bristol, 4th ult., was seen off the
Blaskets on the 6th, and has not since been heard of.
TENOY, DEC. 14.—The Mary Jane, Young, of Quebec,
was abandoned waterlogged and dismasted, in lat. 50,
long. 15; crew saved by the Ocean Queen, arrived here
MILI/ORD, DEC. 14.—The Fortitude, Newport to Cork,
drove on an anchor in Hulberstone Pill, and sunk.
COOLEY POINT NEAR CARLINGYORD, DEC, 14.—The
Marchioness of Bute, Liverpool to Mobile, is on shore
here, about a quarter of a mile from low water :mark,
striking heavily, and is likely to become a wreck;
master
and crew have not landed, as it blows a gale at S.S.W.
Kmnusnr, DEC. 13.—Strong gales have prevailed here
for some days. A brig, supposed to have left Tuba
Roads this morning, is on shore on Ball Bar.
SCILLY, DEC. 13. Arrd. Europe, Guhb, Quebec.
The ship Cumberland, of Shields, waterlogged and
abandoned, with decks blown up, and completely swept,
boats gone, &c., has been brought in here.
Coax, DEC. 13.—The Caroline, Gray, from Ibraile,
has arrived here, with thirteen of the crew of the barque
Henrietta Mary on board, which vessel was spoken 11th
inst., waterlogged, 80_ miles S.W. of Cape Clear ; four"
teen of the crew were drowned.
ABERDEEN, DEC. 13.—The Albion, from Newcastle
to Leith, which was on shore at the entrance of the hat'
bour, has been got off with little damage.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 15. Wind variable. 14. Sid'
Chieftain, Roy, Newport and Singapore ; Frederick,
Smith, St. John's, New Brunswick.