The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-29 00:00:00

The Council-General of the Bank of France has
just affixed its - dititletalot the'second laif-year of
1846 at 79f.

The French Three per Cents.. -were. exceedi

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firm on Sunday in the Passage de l'Opera, at 80.
90c. buyers.

BUSINE S PONF,t -FORF.IGN
L'ONDON. 'STOCK, 141XCII A NGE, Dix:tout= 28.
Ponlogne itllsl-Amiens,ci --Great Indian Pokiirlattlar,
Jaimica South Midland: Junction, Luxembourg, ~
Namur and Liege, 31A—.North6-11 of France Constituted,
HYA—Orkans and -Vierzon, 14 A--,Park and Ly(,n3 Con--
stituted, SlA—Paris and Orleans, 491/2.—Satubrt)"and-WasP -
VA—Weat Flanders, 3.

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BANKRUPTCY,—(THis DAY.)
'IN RE EDWARD HODGES.
To-day was appointed for declaring a dividend, under
the estate of this bankrupt, who was one of thd directors
of the Tanquhar Sl a Mines, in New SOuth Wales.
'Mr.' Duncan appeared on behalf of a gentleman named
Wallis, who sought .to prove ,a debt of 1,660/... The
proof was tendered on a warrant of attorney 'given by
the bankrupt and the other directors. The facts are
these :—The company was formed in 1841,. and the
capital, to be raised vtika4o,o'oo/. in 4,0tV1-04shareei,,
Mr. Willis Was indM4lkettidieliaSe shares to the, amountof 8,501, and a164.415r. OVance MotteY. the'eettetir4.
2,500/, for which' fiti4itfirst receive d; pAleis.s6rY 0142
which were aftervv ardr, giVen up, the bankrupt and' the
other directors depositing the leases of the mines, and
also giving a joint warrant of attorney, on which judee,
ment had been entered up, and on which Mr. Wallis
now claimed to prove against the separate estate cf the
present bankrupt to the extent of 1,66' ii., being for money
advanced and interest. _ •
Mr. Lucas, who appeared for the assignees, Opposed
the proof, on • the .ground that a judgment against .the
directors jointly ,could not be proved against toe separate
estate, and said it had been so held, in 1808, by Lord
Eldon, and that decision had nut been reversed.
The Learned Ctu asked -Mr. ,Dunean whe-
ther,
he could adduce any.cases in support of the cluing
and,.on being answered in the negative, decided that the
proof was inadmissible.. •
Another...proof--waS tendered riy the same creditor, to
prore on a note of hand for No/. , -The note Wll3 made
payabre ." to order,", and it was contended that under the
statute 5 Anne it Was not provable. The question-
being under the consideration of the Court aboVe, the
claim was adjourned until the dividend_ meeting. N.o
dtridend was declared.
A ,ciiiiTtiiiiiterruption occurred in the course of the
proceedings by' the blunder of a gentleman wild had this-. •
event when three or four
• taken the ease. ia,o unlikely
cases, are going on at the same time, each being heard
piecem6al as-points arise), and said that he must addresS
the Court, for he could say, in .a few words,• more to the
purpose than all that had been said before. As he re-
fused to confer with.eounsel or solicitor, it was ionic '
time before it was discovered that he had inlstaken the
case.,

• :.GUILDHALL .--(THIS DAY.)
Jcxikin Hatakes, a barber in Bowling-green-lane, was
charged before Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall with
appearing in the streets in female clothes, and Matilda
Iloddngton, who described herself as an artist " (which
was explained by the policeman as meaning poittire-
maker), was placed at the bar with him, on a charge of
having'in her posacision a parcel, containing a-bunch of
keys and a purse, of which she eould give no satisfactory
account. • •

Sergeant Comm, 95, stated that he had often-seen the
male prisoiaet in company With women of bad character
in Cheapside ; but as in dress, appeararce, and conduct
he resembled them exactly, witnc:is did not suspect him
of being a man until hist night, when he saw•hirti in tom;
..pany With the female prisoner in Little Britain. Ile
'follOwed them the whole way from that piece :to
Smithfield,- having observed that his band Was by
no means like that of a lady ; and at length,
suspicion having grown into conviction, •he - took
him in charge. lie appeared surprised at the accu
sation of• beitig.a.man,. and denied , the qbarge steutly,'
but the woman said—" Come, it's of no use to deny it,
you know you are." " Witncs'S questioned her as to.
wherejshe got the bundle, and not being satiNf:cd with
her aaiwers, took her in charge also. On searching
Ilawkes at the stations witness woi satisfied positively
as to his sex,, and he_could no longer deny it.
The prisoners said that they had been to a ball, and
that Hawkes had assumed that dress "for fun." The
keys and purse were his property.
The, polieethan ssid that the female prisoner had stated
to him, first that they were her preperty, and. after-
wards 'that they belonged- .to r a brother of hers.
MClWOrthy ALDOII.SLIN rtmanded both prisoners till
to.morrow, in order that inquiries might be made, as to
their• Character and as to the truth' of their statements
in defence. •-• •

DE4TII .OF A.NOTIIKIr 13RAVE SOLDIER.—At Jed-
burgh,: lately-, died James Hill, aged 69 sears, 32 of
which he spent in the 32d Regiment of Foot. He shared
the dodgers of eleven general battles ;lad sieges, besides
skirinishes without number. At Pampeluna he was the
first to rise on the pealing ladder to susprise the enemy.

DAN NA still occupy the s nnc,poitions. Bank notes
arc at a discount of 25 per cent:

The Bordeaux mail arrhi:d in Paris on Sunday
morning, but it brought neither letters nor journals
from Madrid, -

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The Presse devotes no less than five columns to
abuse of England and the English alliance.
The Prince DE JOINVILLE left Paris on Christmas-
day for Havre, and embarked the next morning for
Cherbourg. He was, however, obliged to put back,
in consequence of the roughness of the Weather., The
Prince then proceeded to Honfleur, and from thence to.
Cherbourg, to inspect the experiments to be made
with the new machinery of the Pomone.
The Afoniteur publishes an account of the imports
fbr the first eleven months of the year. The articles
cleared at the Custom-house have given a sum of
141,643,3851., being an advance on the corresponding
period of the ye sr before, • which amounted to
139,311,736 f. There has been an increase orrahnost
every kind of article.

A royal' ordinance- is publi3hed in the llfoniteur,
whereby the "bureau" of Eu is opeucd-forithe im-
portation and exportation of grain and flour.
The Prefect of the Seine d?livered his annual.
speech on Saturday, on the re-election of the Chamber
of Commerce of Paris,- when he stated that, according
to the census just obtained; the- population of the
capital, which was 935,261 in 1841, now amounted to
1,053,907.

The Constitutionn,:l has the following on SpanH)
affairs—

" The Spanish Ministry has already' met to draw up
the Queen's speech at the opening of the session. It has
also been occupied with the eh,:ice of Ministerial candi-
dates for the functions of President of the two Chambers.
There appears a sort of wisli to deprive the atarquii
Mira(fares of his post.as President of the Senate, tt's he
has been reproached with entering into relations with
3,ome Members of the Opposition.
_ln the -Chamber of
Deputies it appears certain that/M. Bravo Murillo will
!Je, put forward .for the Presh.L.e.t.,,,hip; an opponent will,
however, be found in the ranks of the Ministerial party,
as.the Deputies devoted to Nurvaez intend 'giving-their
support to M. Castro y Orozco, who can also reckon on
the votes of a certain number of personal friends. The
candidate of the ‘ Puritans' will be \', :.-heco; and
,of the Progressists General livari.''. Kiguel. The
fcc-ling of rivalry which exist; 2:1. Motile and
M. Castro, y
.Qrozeo additional. proof of the- want
of accord which exists in . the Spanish Cabinet, 'and
whiCh must lead to- a. ...peerly modification of it. The
Ministry had for a moment adopted the idea of refusing
a passport to M. Olozsga, to prevent his taking his seat
in the Cortes, but it gave way before the scandal which
it was feared such a step would cause. Another plan
was devised,, which was to sound some of the Deputies
who were in favour of the exclusion of M. Olozsga, and
get them to promise to bring forward a proposition to
that effict, when the electurl returns were being
verified. The Ministry hoped in thia way to get the
man excluded.lsiitbout..cing. his direct. proseription.._
The result of-the. el4tiens put a stop to this plan. The
Pritgressist3- expected, at most, to obtain fiwty votes in
the new Chainber, and the Ministry did not think thiiir-
luinher would Ile•even so great. The eleetcrF,- however,
have sent about one hundred Opposition Members, And
in addition all•the'eminent speakers -of the .-Progresist
party have -been returned. The proPOSition to exclude
M. Oluzaga would, therefore give rise to a-Torii; discus-
sion, in which the Ministerial orators would not have the
best of it. The Ministry would undoubtedly obtain tile
majority, but all the scandal of t!ri arbitrary measure
vrenld rest with it... It•isi therefore,' preb;lN. that' the
Ministry will riot ell! forth s dehn'te which would turn
to its own-cjfifil§lon:"- •

All the journals, with the exception of the Russian
Presse., express their approral of the spirit exhibited
by all the London papers, without exception, ,in
peotesting agttinst'the'itsurPations. of the 'Northern
Powers. The National, in an exceedingly well
written article, proves that the great culprit is the
Emperor NICHOLAS, and that Aeatria and
are merely his vassal states. • Tho 7rtiee in the
National, after s *that c non AS represents the:
barbarous idea of brute force, which he ••,,,,ish:s to
reign paramount iu the west of Europe, thus con-
' eludes :—" He is Emperor, he " commands brute
legions, he holds in his hands the life orthe death of
50,000;000 of hl man the Unity of empire is in
his person, he is at once legislator, Judge, executioner,
and pontiff. He believes he has a mission, he has
given himself one at all events—it is to regenerate by
an infusion of Cossack blood the cirill-sation.Of the
west, grown luxurious and corrupt. It is 'with him
then, above all, that we must conic to- a strict ac-
count, and if this barbarian power is not checked in
its progress our own generation will perhaps find
itself compelledlo make the choice which NAl'o49ll,
propbccied at St. Helena.it would one day be the fate
of Europe to, make—to become Republican or Cos-
sack."