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the House into instruments for defeating the wishes
of the great majority of its Members.

of all these hostilities, the King's Government has put
itself in communication on this subject with the Govern-
ments of Austria, Great, Britain, Prussia, and Rustsim;
and finding these Governments animated- by the same
motives, it has resolved, in concert with its allies,
to make a collective offer of the mediation of the five
Powers, with the object of re-establishing peace and
concord between the cantons of which the Swiss Con-
federation is composed. The undersigned is, in conse-
quence, charged to offer the mediation of France for this
object, conjointly with that of the other four Powers.
If, as the King's Government hopes this offer to be
accepted, an immediate suspension of hostilities will
take place between the belligerent parties, and will con-
tinue to the definitive conclusion of the negotiations,
which will be entered into. In this case, it will more-
over be necessary to establish a conference immediately,
composed of a representative of each of the five Powers,
of a representative of the Diet, and of a representative
of the Sonderbund. The basis on which it is proposed
to effect a reconciliation between the Diet and the Son-
derbund consists in causing the grievances put forward
by each of the parties to disappear. These grievance
appear to be, on the one part, the establishment of the
Jesuits in Switzerland, and the formation of the
separate league of the Son''erbund ; on the other, the
fear of the aggression of the corps francs, and the de-
sign ascribed to the Diet, to destroy or violate the
separate sovereignty of the different cantons. The fol-
lowing then ate the conditionswhich the King's Govern-
ment would. propose for the re-establishment of peace
in Switzerland:

r guilty ; and with eference to the complaint of his
conduct towards IrAnTsno, he passed a high com-
pliment on that ennent individual, declared his pro-
found respect for Im, and expressed a desire to see
him back again irSpain. He added that no orders
now existed to p)vent ESPARTERO from returning,
and Oat if he chce to come back the next day he
was at liberty to 0 so. He entered into explanations
with respect to the Spanish Ambassador in London
having;declined tJ _sign a pasport for ESPARTERO'S
return to Spain fitnediatelrafter his refusal to ac-
cept the. embesiyin London ; but he again repeated
that there was nw no, 'obstacle whatsoever to his
return, that for hi part he should rejoice to see him
back, and that hewould be the very first to give him
his hand. These federations excited great sensation,
which was immeiately followed by a hearty round
of applause.
In the sitting )f. the Ist, General Ros DE OrAno
explained the pat be had acted in the recent Minis-
terial changes. Xe denied that he had betrayed or
deserted his collegues ; he had merely obeyed the
orders of the QUIEN in countersigning the decree,
appointing NARIAEZ President of the Council.
Senor OLOZAGA.vas speaking when the post left.
The proprietor of the .Espanol has been elected a
Deputy.

Pi We have ever found that a refusal to accede to a
moderate demand in the first instance has led to
additional requirements, and that ultimately much
more has been carried than was originally asked for.
Such may be the case with the present measure ; and
it is possible that if the legislative sanction cannot
be obtained thereto previous to the recess, that
additional powers may be sought for on the re-assem-
bling of Parliament. The language of the Marquis
of LANSDOWNE on Monday evening, in the House of
Lords, was exceedingly ominous. His Lordship
said—" At this moment I am not prepared to say
' that further powers would be asked for by her
MAJESTY'S Government ; but the moment that
it appears that the provisions of that Bill—the power
of disarming the people and increasing the consta-
bulary, now confined to proclaimed districts, but
which might be extended to other parts of Ireland
should a similar spirit of disorder appear about to
arise, at the discretion of the Lord-Lieutenant--
were ineffectual, her MAJESTY'S Government would
lose no time in asking Parliament for more effectual
measures." If, therefore, more stringent enactments
should be grafted on the present Bill, if the trial by
jury should be suspended, and martial law in-
troduced into the disturbed districts —if the
innocent are to a certain extent confounded
with the guilty, a new Curfew Law enacted, and
a General Arms Bill introduced the people may
thank. the Members who are now congratulating
themselves on their success in impeding the progress
of the measure now brought forward. We are no
friends to any species of coercion, or to any departure
from the constitutional law. We are, however,
compelled to acknowledge that some localities are in
such a state, that the ordinary powers of
the law are insufficient. to afford protection
to the peaceable inhabitants, and that that protection
is perhaps more urgently required on behalf of the
humbler classes, the small farmers and labourers, than
of the gentry themselves. With this conviction we
yielded a hearty assent 'to the Government measure
because there was the least possible departure from
the spirit of the constitution, and we therefore depre-
cate the conduct of those who, by their imprudence,
may lead to a much greater violation of the popular
liberties.

" First, the Seven Cantons of the Sonderbund should
address themselves.to the Holy See, to demand if it would
not be right, in the interest of pecce and religion, to in-
terdict to the Order of the Jesuits any establishment on
the teritory of the Helvetic Confederation, subject to a
just and sufficient indemnity for all the properties, in
lands and houses, which they would have to abandon.
" In the second place, the Diet, confirming its pre-
ceding declarations, would take the engagement
to make no attempts against the independence and the
sovereignty of the cantons, such as they are guaranteed
by the Federal Pact; to accord for the future an effica-
cious protection to the cantons which might be threa-
tened with an invasion of the corps francs, and, if ne-
cessary, not to admit any new article in the Federal
Pact, without the assent of all the members of the Con-
federation.

General MAtcuEr, DE LA CONCHA, ex-Captain-
General of Catalonia, had arrived in Madrid. The
Eco del Co✓nercb says that divisions exist in the
Moderado party which render the duration of the
present Ministry uncertain. The same journal states,
that in order to favour the interests of two eminent
personages connected with what is called „the
situation," bonds given in payment of military
services from 1836 to 1840, have been paid in
full, whilst a little while ago the holders could only
get 20 per cent. for them. The Maar Espanol
says that Lieutenant• General RONCALI has been
nominated Captain-General of the island of Cuba.
A petition has been presented to the Congress in
which GODOT, Prince of the Peace, is denounced as
debtor to the Spanish. nation to the amount of
320,000,000 re ds. The petition was referred to the
Committee on Petitions. One of the papers states
that several commercial enterprises, and among them
the Iris, the banks del Foment° and de Ultramar,
and the Union Hispano-Filipina, are about to be
formed into one concern. General ALAIX has, it is
said, been declared by the Supreme Tribunal of War
and Marine to be entitled to a trial.
MADRID BOLSA, DEC. I.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 27 at 50 days; the Five per Cents., at 151 ;
the Debt without Interest, at 4! for paper ; and the
Coupons, at 10i.

" Thirdly, the Seven Cantons of the Sonderbund
would then formally and really dissolve their separate
league.

Fourthly, and lastly, as soon as the question of
the Jesuits should be completely resolved, as indicated
in the first paragraph, the two parties would dismiss
their respective forces, and re-assume their ordinary and
pacific attitude.

" The undersigned is charged to express the lively
hope of the King's Government that this equitable pro
Position will be warmly received by the two belligerent
parties. And he is farther charged to solicit a prompt
reply from the Diet. The undersigned prays his Ex-
cellency the President of the Diet to accept the assur•
ance of his high consideration.
(Signed) COUNT DE BOIS LE COMI'E.
Ambassador •f France.
" Bale, November 30."

Considering the rapidity with which the Christmas
vacation is approaching, it would have been most
advisable, probably, for the Hon. and Learned Member
tor Youghal to have postponed his motion for the
second reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill
until the re-assembling of Parliament at the com-
mencement of 1848. Not that we conceive the
question of religious disabilities as coming in any
manner within the category of those isolated crotchets
which recently elicited the protest of Sir JOHN
PAKINGTON. We cannot but think, however, that
the proposed abolition of the invidious disqualifica-
tions at present existing against the admission of
Israelites as representatives in the House of
Commons would have been sufficient labour
for one December in the cause of theolo-
gical toleration. Especially in such a December
as this, when the interests of the community are so
marvellously and perillously complicated, and when
a few months' further procrastination could not by
possibility have affected in an injurious manner
either Mr. CBIsnoLM ANSTY or his co-religionists.
To ourselves the hurry evinced by the Member for
Youghal in demanding such an Act of legislation at
such a period of embarrassment, appears as decidedly
crotchetty as his forthcoming motion as to the im-
peachment of the Noble Viscount the representative
of Tiverton, or as that of Mr. URQUHART in refer-
ence to the convocation of a Parliament in College-
green. The only distinction between them
is, indeed, that the two latter propositions
are crotchetty in themselves, while that of the
immediate removal of Roman Catholic disabilities is
only crochetty in as far as it is extravagantly
ill-
timed. This circumstance we are disposed to regret
with the more earnestness, from our solicitude that
the principles of civil and religious'liberty should on
no account be again violated by the pertinacious re-
tention of the penal enactments still inscribed upon
the statute book, and this continued retention appears
to us to be in some measure endangered by the
undue precipitation of Mr. CHISHOLM ANSTY. Those
who, like Sir ROBERT INCUR, are enthusiastic (we
will not say fanatical) suppffters of the Church
Establishment, may be worried into more violent
opposition than ever by the maladroit introduction of
this relief measure when the whole Legislature is
distraught with an almost unparalleled accumulation
of difficulties.
Howbeit the representative! of Youghal did demand
the second reading of his II ill for the abolition of
certain obsolete enactments against the practice of
the forms of Roman Cathoticism within the boun-
daries of the United Kingdom, and the speech in
which the Hon. and Learns I Gentleman advocated
this most ration al proceeding on the part of. Parlia-
ment was as temperate in tome and as straightforward
in character as could have been well desired. With
the postponement of its examination in Committee
and its third reading in the. Commons until some more
fitting opportunity, we sh all c rntinue to anticipate
for Mr. ANSTY'S motion -a greater degree of success
than attended the recom co endation of the Criminal
Law Commissioners in the summer= of 1842, the in-
quiry of Mr. DUNCOMBE 'on the 13th of July in the
same year, the Bill introdtt iced by Lord BEAUMONT
to the House of Lords on: the 6th May, 1844, or
those introduced to the H.o use of Commons by Mr.
WATSON on the 20th ikl arch, 1845, on the sth
February, 1846, and on the 10th February, 1847,
successively. It is but :reasonable to expect the
ulteriOr erasure of so m. toy odious and dastardly
penalties from the book c,f national statutes. It is
but reasonable to expect,, for example, that that
clause should be expumiged from Elizabeth 1.,
c. 1, which ordains the infliction of grievous
punishments upon whop isoever shall bow to
the ecclesiastical author.' ity of any foreign
potentate—for it is notoriora 3 to every schoolboy in
her MAJESTY'S dominions t b at all Roman Catholics
are subservient to the sock iastical authority of the
Sovereign PONTIFF. It is but reasonable that the
13th Elizabeth, c. 2 , should be altogether repealed,
that Act declaring the impo rtatian of papal bulls,
writings and instruments, c n even little waxen and
metallic articles called Agnus Deis, and rosaries, to be
an offence punishable in the :first instance with pm-
munire, and to be high treason,. if repeated. According
to the Courrier Francais, Lord Mwro (a no.
bleman who, without beir lg. invested r-'„th any
express diplomatic chant& er, may r mo-
rally regarded as envoy e 2 traerdinary from the
Court of St. James's t o the Quirinal) has
actually signed a convention tot r the establishment of
relations between Rome and , England, between the
Government of VICTORIA and. that of the enlightened
Plus. Supposing this rumour to be correct, and that
Cardinal BUFFONDI is formallt• y accredited as Papal
Nuncio in London, will it be 'consistent to retain this
Act 13th Elizabeth, c. 2, up o; n the statute-book, to
require the expiation by seve n penalties of the im-

We have received the French papers of Tuesday.
The National gives the following explanation of the
reasons which induced the authorities of the canton
of Vaud to suppress the assemblages of what are
called the Free Church. The clergy of this Free
Church, it should be recollected, were formerly in the
pay of the State ; but inasmuch as they chose to dis-
obey, the orders of the State by refusing to make cer-
tain proclamations, after service in the churches, on
the subject of the elections (a matter nearly ana-
logous to the posting the register of voters on the
church do.irs in this country), the State stopped their
pay, they seceded, and other clergy who pay obe-
dience to the laws were substituted for them.
The decree, recently issued, forbidding these Free
Church meetings, has been stigmatised as abominable
intolerance. In reply to this accusation the National
says :—" The most complete religious liberty has
reigned in the canton, governed by the Radicals for
the last three years. As long as the meetings had for
their object matters relative to worship, the Govern•
ment did not interfere. But after the Scnderbund
had raised the tents of civil war, some preachers
transformed these assemblies into workshops of con-
spiracy ; faith was, not preached therein, but hatred ;
people did not pray there—they conspired."
We believe the National is perfectly correct in
its statements, and if so the authorities of Vaud are
abundantly justified. Sedition is not the less sedition
because it happens to be uttered by a clergyman from
a pulpit. Conspiricy 'is not the less conspiracy be-
cauie the conspirators desecrate a place of worship by
using it for their place- of rem:kw/ons.
The following article from the Journal des Debuts
may be considered as showing the arriere pensee
of M. GUIZOT, in- regard to the Swiss inter-
vention. It ,pentrasts very forcibly with the
mild language of the note presented to the
Diet by M. Bois Le COMTE :—" The funda-
mental compact of Switzerland," says the Dads," is
in a permanent state of violation. The military occu-
pation of the little cantons, and the administration of
them by the commissioners of the majority, have no
more the character of legality than in the. Germanic
Confederation the absorption of the more feeble by
the stronger Stites would exhibit. But the Radicals
prepare, if they are permitted, to go farther. They
say so aloud in the Diet, in the clubs, and in all their
organs ; they do not conceal their design to change
the compact with a simple majority; they avow
openly their design to second in the states contiguous
to Switzerland the revolutionary movement, and they
correspond with all those who keep Up in these states
a spirit of subversion and revolt. In their hands the
territory of the Confederation is nothing more than a
kind of free port open to all disturbers of general
order ;it is, in the midst of Europe, a hot-bed of
dis )rder, and a laboratory of anarchy. They assert
that no one can say who will be their allies; they are
mistaken, we know well who they will be. In pre-
sence of such a past, such a present, and such a future,
it cannot be -said that the question is finished. It
is a question which is not circumscribed within the
limits of Switzerland; it is the general struggle
of Radicalism against order and against peace. It
is in this point of view that the question ought to be
judged, and it' is'thus that, from the beginning, M,
GuizoT regarded it. The French Government claims,
and justly, the initiative which it has taken in calling
the attention of Europe to this alarming state of
Switzerland, . But the, warnings which, long before
the present crisis, it gave to the Confederation, were
so many friendly counsels to prevent the explosion of
a disorder which was sure to lead to general compli-
cations, When M. GuizoT is reproached with having
seized cn, with having even sought for, occasions to
interfere in the affairs of Switzerland, it is
impossible to be further from the truth. M.
GuizoT, on the contrary, has always been most
careful to uphold the right of Switzerland to
resolve her own affairs, as long as, by the exercise
of her private right, she did not infringe the
general one. He knew that the intervention of a
foreign influence or force, without the most eviden

and most pressing necessity, could only be injurious to
the very cause of oitter which he decided to defend. This
necessity must arise from the facts themselves, in
order not to be doubtful to any one; it was necessary
that it should be demonstrated that the civil war not

only affected the internal organization of Switzerland,
but also the relations which connect the Confederation
to the whole European order. The French Govern-
ment, therefore,
waited, and waited to the last ex-
tremity ; M. Gulzor did not call for active steps
until the evil WAS imminent, and until the necessity of
arresting its progress WES become unquestionable.
The mediation of the great Powers being once de-
cided on, it was important that they should be unani-
mous. It was important, also, that the Powers who
represent mOst particularly the Liberal principle should
be united in a common action with those representing
the Conservative principle. M. GUIZOT, therefore,.with
great reason, was urgent that the English Government
should take part in the mediation. We believe that
he is far from regretting the efforts which he made
to induce it to join. The delays which the nego-
tions engaged in on this point occasioned are
more than compensated for by the result
which they have obtained. The union of the

portation of a chain of beads r u Id medals, and at the

same time to connive at the introduction of a live

Cardinal (scarlet stockings, a] id all), into the very
reception hall of the palace of St. James's ? Such are
the outrageous anomalies whi ch will he removed on
the passage of Mr. CHISHOLM ANsTY's Roman Catho-

lie Relief Bill through both Clambers of the Legis-
lature. And therefore it is tit tat we are anxious for
the success of this measure— I anxious, be it remem-
bered, less on account of th e Catholics themselves,
than for the vindication of the character of Protestant
England.

The following isbtahe
bKiyn,tghTehoFef retuhunedeehr
undersigned
French igned Ambassador, 111.
note 7 transmitted from Bale
Swiss D oil A
0.711:. BOIS LE COWLS, to
I the President of then
to thQe 'swiss Confederation has
or of his Majesty the
received the order of
•eellint.ipt of the Swiss
lowing communication GiL r2c3pArneunte to make the foi_
Diet, and to the Presi'dentot of t; ;I
matedco.
the
Sonderbund : oil of War of the
" The King's Government, Ittl -
'ey the a losuttslinnuce to
ese2y ..
desire to see all parts of Eitrow,by the liveliest
benefits of peace, inspired
of friendship for the Swiss na do n, and faithful
engagements which France, as i )no of the Po weuristWhtilne
signed the Treaty of Vienna of :1815, has contracted
towards the Confederation, has .seen with the most pro-
found regret the commencemen t of the civil war between
the cantons which compose that ; ConfedeCation. Desirous
of employing its efforts and go od offices with the object
of arranging the differences wi job have he 4 a the source

mediating Powers was the best guarantee of
the impartiality and disinterestedness of each of

them ; and, sinoe they assumed the parts of arbi-
trators, it belonged to them the first to give an

example of that—compromise which all wished to
propose and several wanted to
impose. A common

mediation was therefore decided on, and the French

Government immediately had the collective note

agreed on between the representatives of the five
Powers handed to the Diet. It is said that it is no
longer time, and that all is finished. That is a great

error. The object of the mediation was not merely
to cause. hostilities to be suspended; there were,

there are, still greater evils to prevent. The fall of
the Sonderbund has terminated a first period of the

question, but has not decided everything. If there

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9,

are no more belligerent parties to separate, there are
the vanquished to protect, and the conquerors to
keep within bou►ids. More than ever, it is neces-
sary that Switzerland should be made aware of the
sentiments of Europe ; more than ever she must be
made to understand that the powers which guarantee
her constitution, her inviolability, and her neutrality,
recognise her such as she has been constituted by
treaties; but that if the basis of the constitution is to
be changed, it ought not to be and cannot be altered
but by the unanimous consent of all the confederate
states."

The KING arrived in Paris on Monday.
The Courrier de Marseille of the 4th, says—
" A passenger arrived from Algiers by the M6rovii3
states that at the moment of his departure a steamer was
getting up her steam in all haste to convey the Duke
d'Aumale to Oran, it being whispered among the best
informed persons that theiPrince had received despatches,
informing him that Abd-el-Kader, finding himself
placed in a very difficult position, had come to a serious
resolution to open negotiations, and that this was the
motive for the prompt departure of his Royal Highness."
A letter from Oran, by the last mail from Algiers,
says—

" It appears certain that two of the sons of the Em-
peror of Morocco have already marched beyond the
town of Thaza with large forces ; that a third army is
advancing by the mountains of the Riff, and that the
Caid of Ouchda, awaking from his long apathy, and
reinforced by a body of regular cavalry, has succeeded
in getting together a respectable force, and menaces on
his side, the deira of Abd-el-Bader."

The Northern Railroad Company had advertised a
call of 75f. per share, payable between the 20th of
February and the 6th of March.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse,
on Tuesday, at 75f. 55e. ex, div. ; New Loan, 76f.
75c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 80c.; the Orleans
Railroad Shares, 1,212 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 906 f. 25c. ;
Havre, 477 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 557 f. 50c.;
Avignon, 561 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 550 f.; Bordeaux,
485 f. ; Boulogne, 380 f. ; Dieppe, 265 f.; Basle, 167 f.
50e.; Paris and Strasburg, 417 f. 50e.; Tours and
Nantes, 400 f.; Paris and Lyons,
.395 f.; Spanish
Three per Cents.,
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Dx.o. 8.
Central of France (Orleans and Visrzon), 15N—Northern
of France, 12—Orleans and Bordeaux, 51{—Over Yssel, 2
die.—Paris and Lyons, 6—Paris and Strasbourg, 4%—
Sambre and lime, 7—West Flanders, 1%.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the LORD Cam BARON
and a Special Jury.)
VIGNOLES v. PARKES.
The plaintiff in this action was Mr. Vignoles, the
eminent engineer, who sought to recover from the de-
fendant, a member of the provisional committee of the
Blackburn, Cborley, and North Union Junction Rail-
way, the sum of 5,0001., for preparing the plans and
sections of the above-named railway.
Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Cock-
burn, in the absence of the Attorney-General, conducted
the case for the defendant.

From the evidence it that the plaintiff was
employed by the defendant on the 25th of June, 1845,
to survey the country for the proposed line. On the
28th of July he furnished a report to the company
pointing out three different lines which might be
adopted. One of the lines so pointed out was .elected
by the company. The line recommended by the plaintiff
would have been less expensive and more easy of con-
struction than the one selected. At the request of
the company, however, the plan and sections were
prepared under the direction of the plaintiff, and duly
deposited. They passed the examination of the Stand-
ing Orders Committee, but the Bill was finally rejected
en its merits. The sum of 1,5001. had been paid into
court on account of the claim set up by the plaintiff.
Mr. COCKBURN, on the part of the defendant, pro-
duced a letter from Mr. Vignoles, requesting that he
might be allotted ~)Co shares in the railway, and desiring
that the deposit upon the same, amounting to 5251.,
might be written off his account. The Learned Counsel
contended, upon this, that the plaintiff, being a share-
holder in the company, had become in that capacity sub-
ject to the responsibilities and losses equally with the
other shareholders, and that he was not enabled in law
to sue the company for the present demand.
After some discussion on the subject, the jury, by the
direction of the Lord Chief Baron, returned a verdict for
the plaintiff for the sum of 5,0001., leaving the amount
of set-off on account of the deposits to be arranged by
arbitration.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
Irdliam Smith was indicted for stealing a large num-
ber of carpenters' tools, the property severally of Wil-
liam Batty, Robert Thompson, and Richard Stamp.
William Batty said, he and the other prosecutors were
working together, and the prisoner, who was a labourer
in the building, managed to gain access to his chest,
from which he took tools to the value of upwards of 71.
The other prosecutors deposed to the loss of a number
of tools, and Stamp proved that the prisoner had also
robbed him of his coat.

A verdict of Guilty having been returned,
The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence, said,
there was no offence coming before that Court
which he felt more determined to treat with the
utmost severity of the law than stealing work
men's tools, as not one in a thousand had the
means of replacing them at the moment; and not only
they, but their unfortunate families, were driven often
to starvation in consequence. He repeated again there
was no species of robbing more atrociously cruel than
this, and he should sentence the prisoner to seven years'
transportation.

SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. T. PErciELE and a Bench of Magistrates.)
Henry Carter was indicted for stealing, at Lambeth,
400 bricks, the property of Thomas Talbot. It appeared
that the prisoner was detected loading a cart with the
property in question, but succeeded in making his es-
cape. He was subsequently arrested, and admitted hav-
ing taken the bricks, though he now denied the com-
mission of the offence.

The prisoner was defeLded by Mr. Robinson.
The jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to
welve months' imprisonment with hard labour.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
John Charles Thompson, a law student, residing in
absesfaoureltinMgr.roßliiceng-hcaotuns,tacbhlaergDeedanwe
James-street, Buckingham-gate, was placed at the bar
,ithl4bleCin.g drunk, and
Complainant stated that this morning, about half-past
four o'clock, he was on duty in the Haymarket, when
he was called to quell a disturbance which had taken
place amongst the cabmen on the stand. He went to
take their numbers, and while doing so the defendant
came up and began to pull witness about. He told him
to leave off, and not interfere with him hi his duty; but
as he (defendant) still persisted in his conduct, witness
took him into custody and conveyed him to the station.
Complainant added that defendant was very much in
liquor at the time.
Defendant admitted being much excited with liquor,
and that he might have pushed against complainant by
accident.

Mr. BINGHAM fined him 10s. for the assault.

Mr. Frederick Jones, a barrister, residing at N0..',,
Old-square, Lincoln's Inn, was charged with indecently
exposing himself, and with assaulting Mr. John Groom,
of No. 1, Long's-court, Leicester-square.
Complainant said, about half-past eleven last
night he and his wife were going home, and, jest
as they entered the u,,urt, he saw the defendant
standing in the et,ntrn thu court, with hia
person exposed in a most indelicate manner, committing
a nuisance. Witness went up to him and expostulated
with him upon his conduct, and requested him to stand
against the wall and allow his wife to pass. The defen-
dant, instead of so doing, turned sound and struck him
in the face. Witness attempted to avoid the blow, when
defendant struck him again. Witness, to protect him-
self, closed with defendant, and in the struggle they
both fell down. He cried out " Police," and held defen-
dant till a constable came up, when ho gave him into
custody.
Police-constable 25 C said he heard the cry of " Po-
lice" proceed from Long's-court, and on proceeding to
the spot he saw defendant in the act of throwing com-
plainant down. He went up and took him into custody.
iThe defendant said complainant struck him first,
and he retaliated in his own defence. He entered
the court for a certain purpose, in consequence of its
being secluded from the public thoroughfare. Ile had
not the remotest idea at the time that it was occupied,
as it evidently appeared to him to have been used for a
length of time for the accommodation of the public.
He had a witness in court who would prove that ho was
not exposing himself as complainant had described.
Mr. Charles James Field said, last night, about half-
past eleven o'clock, he was walking with defendant in
Green street, Leicester-square. On arriving near
Long's-court defendant left him and went down the
court. He waited for him at the corner, and saw com-
plainant go up to defendant and strike him first. A
more unjustifiable assault never occurred.
Mr. 13immast told last witness that it was not the
part of a witness to express .pinions of what had oc-
curred. He (witness) had only to relate to the Court
what ho actually saw. Mr. Bingham then proceeded to
cross-examine him, when he admitted that defendant
was standing at least four feet from the wall.
In reply to Mr. BINGHAM, the constable said defen-
dant and his friend were both very much in liquor at the
time. This the complainant denied in tato.
Mr. BINGHAM, after commenting at some length upon
the evidence of the case, said defendant's own witness
had proved that he was acting in an indecent manner,
and that the assault committed upon complainant was
inexcusable. He should fine him 51. for the assault and
40s. for indecent conduct ; in default to be imprisoned
for one month in the 'House of Correction.

THAMES.—(THIS DAY.)
CIIARITY.—On the presiding magistrate, Mr. Bal-
lantine, taking his seat on the bench, he observed that
he had received a letter, which bore the signature of
" 1). IV-enclosing," containing the half of a 51. note, the
other half of which the writer stated would be sent on
the receipt of the first halt being acknowledged in The
ASun newspaper.

1847.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

QUAI:7'ER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market yester-
day were 2,500 bales. The market closed very heavily.
American sorts were 4id. to 4p. per lb. There were
2,300, bales of American sold at 4d.. to 60. per- lb.
Railway Shares were not so good, and prices were lower-
At the sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs.
Lamond and Co., prices were steady. We subjoin a
few of the quotations:—
North British, Extension ..£0 13 0

Leicester &Bedford,Exchange Certificate 013 0

Eastern Counties, York ExCension.....—., 1 7 6
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and G001e... 1 1 0

Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0 7 6
North Staffordshire
East Indian, Reg
Paris and Lyons
London and South-Western, Thirds
Great Western llO 0 0
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston...— 0 12 b
Boulogne and Amiens ... 14 17 0
There are ,not (any recent arrivals announced in the
City to-day.

The state of the markets for produce, both colonial
and foreign, appears to have show* a slight degree of
improvement within the last day or two. It is, how-
ever, true that the public sales have not gone off well;
but we understand that by private contract considerable
quantities of goods have been cleated off for home con-
sumption.

We have received from Mr. Richard Oastler some re-
marks upon the present state and future prospects of the
railway share market, which appear to be apposite and
interesting. This gentleman claims credit for having
forewarned his friends of the probable effect of so many
new schemes, but has at the same time the good sense
not to attribute our monetary embarrassments to that
cause. Adverting to the effect of so many schemes
being simultaneously sanctioned, he states,—
" Most disastrous results have now followed, but rail-
ways are still required, and they will hereafter be sub-
mitted to a new test. We have in Parliament many
railway directors who are now smarting under the
effects of the folly of the last Parliament; we have al-
ready indications that contraction will be the ride this
session. lam of opinion that the Legislature will offer
every facility for the abandonment of inchoate schemes,
and for the delay of such as are commenced, giving
time for the nation to meet the expenses of their forma-
tion. I think also that the Government will see the
absolute necessity of interfering by law in
the regulations necessary to enforce an uni-
form: and honest method of railway book-
keeping, and statements of railway accounts ; and
that they will prohibit the delusive system at present
practised by some railway directors, of paying, without
earning, what they call ' dividends,' which are, in truth,
increased expenses. No persons in Parliament can have
so strong an interest in promoting such measures as
those Honourable Members who are railway directors.
Judging, however, from their past conduct, and the
statements of account for which they have vouched, it
may be feared that they will cling yet longer to
a system, which, while it now deceives no
one, tends to diminish their proper influence.
Nothing is more clear than the fact, that delusion begets
distrust. I would advise my friends to watch the ope-
rations of Parliament, assuring them that every move-
ment in the directions I have indicated will tend, to
restore confidence in railway property, and, conse-
quently, improve the marketable price of every good

In the Funds to-day there has been some good business
done. Consols for Account opened, at 86, and ad-
vanced to 861, and for Money the price was 85r.
Exchequer-bills have been quoted at 4s. and at 7s. pre-
mium, and Bank Stock at 1881. The New Three-and• a-
Quarter per Cents. have fluctuated from 851 to 851.
In the Foreign Bonds the variations have been slight.
Brazilian Bonds are at 78i ; Mexican at 17i ; Spanish
Five per Cents. 171 1 ; and the Dutch Two-and-a• Half
per Cents. at 55i

The Railway Share Market is very quiet.
A sale of 100,000/. Consols has just been made for
money.
•

ONR CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock 188% 188
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 84 4) lh 8414
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 85,4_3/4% 85-5,i
New 3 per Cent. Anns 853/4 a4al 85A,
Long Anna. to expire Jan.1860
India Bondi, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001... • •• 20 dis
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account... B6 86%%% 86%
Exchequer Bills. 2d.

1,0001.
5001. ...
Small
ONE CLOSING
HICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICER.
Brazilian Bonds 76% 76%
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — .
Ditto Deferred 3IA% 3%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 —
Ditto, Account
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Do., 1838-40, div. frrn. May, '4l 13%
Ditto, Passive
Venezuela Bonds, 214 per Cent 34%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 55141% 5..
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 841 84
PRICES OF rA,D. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES-
Aberdeen
and Eastern Junction 2%
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% -
Belfast & County Down 10 ...... .... .......
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. 1414.......,
Birming.,Wolverlepton,
and Stour Valley ......101. 145....
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 734
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter 75
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire 10/. 4s. —
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares.... 334 —
Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 ...... ... .
Chester and Holyhead... 37% — ........ ......
Ditto, Preference .. 8
Clarence ?8%.....
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 —
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. lO .....
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20
Dundalk & Enniskillen 15
East Anglia, 251., L. 3s
E. and L. and D. ...... 25 ...... Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 - ••• . ......... .....
..........
Do., 3/. 10s., E. &H. 1
Ditto B
......
Eastern Counties
() 20
Ditto,Extension, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 61.135. 4d...
Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... .--
Do., York Extension.. 10 .....
Do., North. & Eastern 50 ......
Do., Quarters
Eastern Union , 5O .. ... ••• ....... .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — •••
Ditto, Thirds ........13s. 4d
Do., (guar. 6 percent)
East Lancashire
Ditto, New - ...
Ditto, New Quarters... 334 - ....... --
East Lincolnshire
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... --
Edinburgh & Northern.. 2214 —
Ditto, Now
Ditto, Newport ..... ... 9% —
' Ditto ditto, New . .... 21/
Exeter,Y 'wit

... 37%

1634

491,4

2 1 !4

12%
.....
12%

~1 eovil,& Dorch. 2%
Ditto, New .
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle 81.6a. 8d
Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50
Ditto, New
40
Do. Preference Censol. 12% — •
Great Nortkeru lO% 4%%
Do., London and York 2%... -
..
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England..100
Ditto, New 401.
Ditto, New 301.
Ditto, New 151 6% 22% .. 22%
(.Ireat Western

Ditto, 14 Shares .. 50
Ditto, IA Shares ...... 15
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto,-New 171 7
Huddersfield & Manches. 22
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares.... 25
Ditto, 1Q Shares..... 121/2
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 15
Do., do., and Norwich 15
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 21/2 l%
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Oitto, Thirds lO
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto 1/4 Shares .
Do. Quarter Shares 14% —
Do. Fifths 8
Do. Sixteenths 64 -
Do. Thirds (1Zeg.)....10/. ... 6 dis 5 dis.
Do. Liverp. and Bury 34
Ditto 14 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 33
Do.( Wakefield, Ponte-
fract. & Goole
Do. ( W. Riding Union) 41. 2s
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. Shares (A) 9
Ditto ditto (B) 114
Leeds and Bradford 5O
Leicester and Bedf3rd... 16s. ...... •••
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 371 . ••••••-•
ti 1/

Do., Branch 1;2 Shares 12
Do. New Branch( blue) 21/2..••••
Do. Extension (green) 21/2 •••
Do.NewExten. (p:nk) 2%
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, New
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31/2 —•••••—••••
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport 2
Liverp., hinchstr& New-
castle Junction 21......