The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-12 00:00:00

THE PUNJAUB.

If there be any on:' tract in India in which we have
now a deeper stake than in all others, the Punjaub is
emphatically that one. Consider what it is, and consider
where it is. In itself, it is an eminently favoured coun-
try. For the most part, it is blessed with a benignant cli-
mate, and clothed with a fruitful soil; it is fertilized with
frequent streams (Punj-ab means five waters, as Do- ab
means two), and it is inhabited by a bold and active race.
I question whether Bengal itself is a richer tract ; but
Bengal is nearer to the sea, and further from Caubul ;
and,as advantages, those two conditions alone are ines-
imable. Yet, precious as these qualities are—and they
are all of high price —to us the Punjaub derives its highest
value from its local situation. It affords the only access to
India from the north. It is the only breach in the physical
barrier through which an invader can enter. There is no
other opening, either to the right or the left. There was a
time when any interest the Punjaub had with us was a
distant interest; when, though curiosity might have in-
vited to research, occupation was not essential to safety.
But times as well as things are now changed. Remote
and unknown as it hitherto has been, the Punjaub now
lies at our door. It is our door itself; and if the key be
not in hands on the strength and fidelity of which we can
rely, how can we help taking it into our own? In a
country so situated, we can no longer consent to remain
upon bare sufferance. If we are to incur the responsibi-
lity of measures, we must also assume the direction of
them. If we are to remain at all, let us, therefore, re-
main as masters. Let us at once take a lofty ground,
from which we may look down upon it, not up to it, as
an object in subjection, and not in dread. Say what you
will, it is both the safer and the cheaper course; for,
depend upon it, that, between good government and good
troops, it will be less difficult and less costly for us to hold
the Punjaub as a property of our own, than it will be to
guard it as the property of the Seikhs.
If we had been asked twenty years ago to accept the
Punjaub as a free gift, we should have rejected it with-
out a thought; and our rejection would then have been
a wise one. Yet now, after all that it has cost us in
blood and in money, in power and in name, we are re-
duced to the shift of taking it, if for no other reason, at
least for this—that we know not what else to do with it.
We are driven to take it into our own hands, simply
because there are no others in. which we dare to leave it.
Instead of pretending, therefore, to slink on as mere
trustees any longer, let us at once step openly into the
owner's shoes. Whatever technical distinctions may be
drawn, at least we have as good a title to the Punjaub
as Runjeet Singh had before, or as Dhuleep Singh, or
any other Singh, has now, or as we ourselves have to
any given part of our estate. As things now stand, the
resort to this measure is inevitable. It is too late to
shrink. We must go through with it. In this emer-
gency let us, as we cannot often do, let us take counsel
of Macbeth—
" I am in blood
Stept in so far, that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er."
And here our choice ends. Though we may direct as
we will, still it is not to be enlarged.

THE GREAT WESTERN DOCKS AT MILLBAY,
PLYMOUTH.—The Admiralty have ordered the suspen-
sion of that portion of the Millbay works of the Great
Western Docks which interferes with the water commu-
nications to the Royal Marine Barracks and the Mill-
bay prisons of war. It is believe, however, that a proper
explanation of the company's engineers with the Go•
vernment officers at Plymouth will clear away the ob-
jection, and enable them to continue the works.
ST. ALISAN'S B ANK.—We are sorry to announce
that this bank (of whick Mr. Story was the sole pro-
prietor) stopped payment on Thursday. The event is
ascribed to recent heavy and unforeseen calls upon its
resources, arising out of Mr. Story's indisposition, and
an erroneous impression, that there being no second name
in the bank, the creditors would, in the event of Mr.
Story's death, he compelled to wait twelve months for
the payment of their claims. The issue has been pur-
posely kept as low as possible, and is not more than
about 700/. The whole liabilities of the bank do not,
as we understand, amount to 10,000/., and every one wiil
n the end be paid in full.—Hertford Mercury.
SIR THOMAS BIRCH, M.P ~ AND THE FINANCIAL
REFORM ASSOCIATION.—Sir Thomas Bernard Birch,
Bart., M.P. for this borough, has transmitted to the
treasurer of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association
the sum of 201. in aid of its funds. The amount was re-
ceived on Saturday. Sir Thomas, in the letter which ac-
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compaeied his handsome donation, expressed hisl;;;tY
concurrence in the objects of the association. The de-
sire of the Hon. Member to co-operate in efforts having
for their object the mitigation of the many burdens which
press upon the people, will contribute largely to increase
the esteem in which he is held by his constituents.—
Liverpool Albion.
Mr. Green, son of the celebrated aeronaut, after an
absence of seven months on the Continent, during which
time he has made 20 ascents, eight of which were from
the Hippodrome at Paris, arrived in London on Sunday
morning, by the General Steam Navigation Company's
new steam-ship Albion, from Boulogne.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY
?OR AIDING MISSIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD.-011
Friday evening the East London branch of this society
held its first anniversary meeting in the large room of
the Whitechapel Society School. The meeting was pre-
sided over by the Rev. W. W. Champneys, M.A., and
its claims were ably advocated by the Rev. Dr. A.
la`Caul, Rev. J. B. Cartwright, Rev. H. Allen, &c.; the
annual report of the committee was read and adopted,
showing the first year's progress of the operations of
the branch to have been most satisfactory and encourag-
ing. Other resolutions were passed, and although the
weather was very unfavourable, there was a numerous
attendance of the young men of the district.
COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—A commission de lu-
natico inquirendo was opened at Harefield, on Wednes-
day, before Mr. Barlow and fourteen special jurors, of
whom W. Armstrong, Esq., magistrate, was foreman, to
inquire into the state of mid of Philip Champion Cres-
pigny, Esq., aged 84, of Harefield-house, Middlesex, a
gentleman possessed of freeholds in the counties of Nor-
folk and Middlesex, and also funded property, the whole
of the value of nearly 10,0001. per annum. The inquiry
took place in the drawing-room of the mansion. The
commission was taken out at the instance of C. Fox
Crespigny, Esq., of Exeter. The commission was un-
opposed; in its support appeared Mr. E. Clerke, of
Chapel-street, Bedford-row, solicitor. Dr. Buchan, of
Elstre; Mr. Hanes, surgeon, of Pinner, and other wit-
nesses were examined. It is only occasionally that he
recognized his most intimate friends and relatives. At
the conclusion of the evidence, the alleged lanatic was
introduced. In appearance he was very healthy and good
natured, and frequently laughed heartily while being
questioned by the Learned Commissioner and jury, but
the only answers he_gave were either, "I don't know,"
or "I won't trouble myself." He did not appear to
know his own brother or any of the witnesses, and, in
fact, hies memory was entirely gone. On his retiring,
the jury returned a unanimous verdict of unsoundness of
mind since January 1, 1848.
A GAMEKEEPER COMMITTED FOR KILLING A
POACHER.—On Thursday, at Durham, Mr. J. M. Fa-
yell, the coroner, concluded an inquest respecting the
death of a poacher named John Coulson, who was shot
by the head keeper of G. Sabin, Esq., of Croxdale
Park. From the evidence taken it appeared that on
the 25th ult. the attention of Mr. Boyd, the chief
keeper at Mr. Salvin's, was aroused, between one and
two in the morning, by hearing the report of guns firing
in the direction of his master's preserves. He imme-
diately got up, and having called the gardener, they went
in search of the parties who were firing, each taking a
gun with him. When they had got into a wood on High
Croxdale, they came in front of a party of poachers, who
cried out to them to stand back, or they would fire upon
them. The keeper answered that he would not stand
back, when one of the poachers discharged his gun,
and the contents wounded Boyd in the hands, thighs,
and chest. He immediately fell to the ground, but
raising himself partially up, he fired upon the poachers,
who, with the exception of deceased, made off. He,
however, was found at a subsequent hour in the wood,
fifteen yards from the place where the affray took place,
in a very exhausted state from the blood which had
flowed from several gun-shot wounds. He was taken
to the infirmary, where he died the following day. The
wounded keeper was also obliged to be removed to his
home,tin where he still remains in a very precarious con•
al . The Sur eon proved that the deceased died from
the wounds which had been inflicted by the keeper, and
the jury, after a l
verdict of e enlengthened consultation, returned a
coroner made out a Manslaughter"wae against Henry Boyd, and the
he
recovers
for his committal to gaol, in
order that (in case
;assizes,
FIRE his own wounds) he
may be tried at the ensuin
Film IN REGENT-STREET. :0% Sunday morning,
between six and seven o'clock fire, attended with the
destruction of some thousand' po ef property, broke
out in Little Portland. street, Re...4,1dt!
commenced in a range of sheds belonaßtl"'t. The flames
In the
cabinet-maker and upholsterer, of 130-tratt;° Mr. Pratt,
course of a few minutes the whole were
!algae. The premises were adjoined by the teeeea utntneral
of Mr. W. Austin, lace and fringe maker, and that is;roY
pony was destroyed, and the flames extended rap% to
the private house of Mr. Davis. Mr. Austin's pre-
mises had, a short time back, upwards of 1,2001. ex-
pended upon them in improving the working ma-
chinery. The damage done is officially reported
as follows:—The premises of Mr. 'Pratt, No.
3, Little Portland-street, burned down. No. 1 in the
same street, Mr. W. Austin, lace and fringe maker, con-
sumed the whole of the workshops and contents, dwell-
ing-house partially destroyed. No. 2in the same street,
Mr. Davis, private, considerable damage by fire, water,
and removal. No. 47, Mortimer-street, Mr. P. Shaw,
cabinet maker and upholsterer, back portion of premises
slightly damaged, and furniture injured by removal. No.
30 in the same street, Mrs. Sibley, dressmaker, roof of
back premises damaged. The cause of the fire has been
traced to some lime placed in the sheds, which becoming
slaked, set the timber on fire. Ten other fires occurred
in various parts of the metropolis during Saturday and
Sunday, none of them destroying property to any
serious amount. _ _

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WELSH FLANNEL.—Being amongst the first to
announce the patronage extended by her Most Gracious
Majesty to this useful fabric, it is gratifying for us to
learn that the result has been that the Welsh flannel
trade has, in consequence of the Royal example, received
a considerable impetus. Orders, we find, have already
been received for this material in this and the neigh-
bouring towns on an extensive scale. It is to be hoped
that this improvement will continue.—Camirian.
EPISCOPAL PATEONAGE.—Within the last five
years the Rey. J. P. Eden has been presented to four
benefices in succession, by the Bishop of Durham. The
last is Bishop Wearmonth, value 2,000/. a year! Thus
it is the Edens have greatness forced upon them.
ssmx.—A fire took place at Weald Hall on
Thursday night, by which a range of stabling and other
the property of C. T. Tower, Esq., were
burnkd down. Five valuable hunters were likewise de-
stroyed.

THE CARPET TRADE
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sirs,—Observing in your paper of the 24th ult. an
article headed " Distressed State of the Carpet Trade
in Kidderminster and Stroud," I take the liberty of
addressing you on the subject, as such statements
emanating from a leading journal are calculated (though
I doubt not, unintentionally) to do much injury, and I
beg to
.say on inquiry, you will find they are not founded
on fact. At Stroud carpets are not, and I believe never
were made; but at Kidderminster a large population
(some thousands), men, women, and children, gain their
living by this staple manufacture. The trade of Kidder-
minster is much depressed in common with other manu-
factured articles of luxury, but Mr. Sievier's invention
(introduced by Mr. Bright) can have nothing to do with
it except from the representation of his agents; for only.
two or three patterns are yet presented to the
and they are of the most insignificant description, as you
can find on investigation, but your statement has done
a decided injury, and likewise thrown a slur on the good
credit of the place, and it is indeed a heartless and
inglorious boast to make, that by the inventive genius
of Mr. Sievier, such a body of people would be thrown
out of employ. And I would ask, would it be desirable
(if the invention could be perfected) to apply steam
power to produce an article that hand labour can furnish
in much greater quantity
.than there is demand for?
Brussels five frame carpet is an article of great dura-
bility and frequently wears ten or fifteen years, indeed,
sometimes much longer. Allow me to subjoin an article
written some time back " on carpeting," by an inspector
of manufactures. Again apologizing for troubling you
in this matter, I am your most obedient servant,
A CARPET MANUFACTURER.
Kidderminster, Dec. 8, 1848.

" With regard to carpeting I consider there is no
article manufactured so suitable for the covering of
floors as Brussels. It must be borne in mind that carpet-
ing has to be trodden under foot, and therefore should
have plenty of wool and other material to form a sub-
stantial cloth, and in which particular five frame Brussels
surpasses all others. Its durability of texture and colours,
and cleanly appearance, nothing manufactured can surpass
or indeed equal. The great quantity of worsted worked
or planted in the cloth or back of the carpet tightens the
pile and adds much to Its
more lasting than any other, and likewise creates that
warmth and comfort in rooms so desirable and necessary
in a variable climate. It is really an article of sterling
value, and one that can never be superseded."—Copied
from a memorandum of an Inspector of the Manufactures of
England.

A BRIDGE WASHED AWAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—On the night of Sunday, the 4th instant, con-
tinual torrents of rain fell, which swelled the river
Cynon to a considerable height, and owing to the con-
fined water-way beneath a bridge, subsequently built by
the Taff Vale Railway Company, forming a communica-
tion from the original line of the Aberdare Railway to
the Llety Jenkin Colliery, it obstructed the passage of
the water in its original course, consequently the water,
accumulated by obstruction caused by the said bridge,
overflowed its embankments, thereby causing an unnatu-
ral inundation of the adjacent country, forming an ex-
tensive reservoir of water over the flat part of th valley
above the said bridge and branch of railway.
The weight of the water so accumulated broke the
embankment on the said branch of railway formed by
the Taff Vale Railway Company, and the sudden influx
of water when the embankment gave way caused an inun-
dation of the Aberdare Railway for nearly a mile in
extent; nevertheless the Aberdare line of railway retained
its original position, so much so, that as soon as the water
had sunk beneath the level of the rails it was discovered
passable for the second passenger train, which reached
its destination with its usual speed without the slightest
accident occurring. On Friday, the Bth instant, the
said bridge was washed away, and we trust some person
may be appointed to repair and improve the communica-
tion whose competency (combined with a general know-
ledge of the locality of the country) will insure a future
safety to the public and the interest of the company.
I am, Sir, yours obediently,
A PASSENGER.

WINDSOR CASTLE.--Preparations are in progress
for the forthcoming dramatic representations which, by
sanction of the Queen, are to be given in Windsor
Castle, under the management of Mr. Charles Kean,
during the approaching holidays. The room selected for
the purpose is the splendid apartment looking over the
north terrace, formerly called " The King's Drawing-
room," but since her Majesty's accession to the throne
has been designated " The Ruben's Room," a number of
the chef d'oeuvres of that master decorating the walls,
which are hung with crimson silk damask, bearing the
initials " G. R." within the motto and garter of the order
of that illustrious fraternity. Across the northern end of
this room the proscenium of the temporary theatre will
be erected, the recess of the noble oral window, which
occupies nearly the whole of that end of the room, adding
great depth to the stage. The southern half of the apart-
ment will be furnished with fauteuils, forms, and otto-
mans, for the use of her Majesty and the Court, with the
royal visitors; and, from the dimensions of the roam,
it is evident that the audience is not expected to be a
numerous one. The proscenium and other fittings of
the temporary theatre will be prepared in London, under
the superintendence of Mr. Charles Kean, who, it is said,
has made arrangements with the directors of the Rich-
mond and Datchet line of the South-Western Railway
for the nightly conveyance, by special train, of the ladies
and gentleman engaged to assist him on the nights ap-
pointed for their performance.
OUTLAWS AT THE SHERIFFS' CRUET.—Thursday
the following parties were outlawed: —Charles Beau-
clerk, commonly called Lord Charles Beauclerk, at the
suit of George Simon Harcourt; Sir William Thomas
Stanley Massey Stanley, Bart., of Hooton Hall, Ches-
shire, at the suit of William Jones; Thomas Desomeux,
at the suit of W. John Macbeth; Joachim Hayward
Stocqueler, at the suit re: Henry Levy; Matthew B.
Rennie, at the suit of W. Strachan and others; John R.
Holmes, at the snit of James Harding, the elder, and
another; George Woodroffe, at the suit of Thomas
Wright; Thomas Parker, the younger, at the suit of
Henry George Robinson; Henry Francis Fennell, at the
suit of Charles Cancellor; Frederick William Mullins,
at the suit of Charles Addis and another; William
Ward, at the suit of John Carlow and another; William
Hanham, at the suit of Bernard* Godshed; William
Gravenor, at the suit of Joshua Mayhew and others; T.
P. L. Cross, at the suit of Valentine Elkins; Frederick
E. March, at the snit of John Brydie; James Laing, at
the suit of Edward Lewis; Walter Murray. at the suit of
John Pook; C. T. Kirkman, at the suit of Josiah Smith;
George Abott, at the suit of the same; Henry J. Jauney,
sued as H. J. Jauney, at the suit of John Pook; the
same, at the suit of the same; Thomas Burlton, at the
suit of George Lees and Robert Ellis; and John Phillips
Beavan, at the suit of William and Edwin Cox.

CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—Thursday, by order of the
commissioners for carrying out the proposed improve-
ments within the city of London, the whole of the
houses on the north-east side of Dowgate-hill, from the
end of Cloak-lane to Walbrook, and from the point of
junction of Walbrook, Watling-street, and Dowgate-
hill, along the east side of Cannon-street to Turnwheel-
lane, were being removed in order to widen the tho-
roughfare of Cannon-street (the whole of the east side
of which, extending to King William-street, is to be
pulled down), and to form the new street through Cloak-
lane and St. Thomas Apostle to the Middlesex side of
Southwark-bridge and Queen-street, Cheapside. It is also
the first portion of the :projected continuous thorough-
fare from Tower-hill to the south side of St. Paul's Ca-
thedral, the estimated cost of the construction of which
is 500,0001., and from which the corporation have al-
ready obtained the sanction of Parliament.
LEOMINSTER ELECTION.—AII is bustle and acti-
vity in this borough, and all three candidates have issued
addresses. Mr. F. Peel declares himself an advocate
for every retrenchment compatible with the public safety,
the protection of our widely extended commercial inte-
rests, and with the firm maintenance of the national
credit. He adds :—" The necessity of a wise economy
is the more urgent, in my opinion, because I feel it in-
cumbent upon me to resist every attempt (if such be
made) to reimpose taxation upon those articles of foreign
import which constitute the materials on which our
manufacturing industry is employed, or which enters
into the subsistence or administers to the comforts of the
great mass of the community; unless it should be
deemed prudent, on more extensive experience of the
effects of free-trade measures, to adopt a different line
of policy—a result, however, which Ido not anticipate."
Sir Edward Buiwer Lytton, in his address, after alluding
to general matters of legislation, comes to the endow-
ment question, and declares that he shall offer his most
strenuous opposition against the endownent of the Irish
R mean Catholic clergy. Mr. Phillimore, in his ad.
dress, declares himself an ultra-Liberal. He is a sup-
porter of searching reforms in the law, the church, and
the national expenditure. He would exclude bishops
from the House of Lords and require them to reside on
their diocese nine months every year. He is also an
advocate fur vote by ballot, an extension of the suffrage,
and. for a comprehensive and impartial scheme of na-
`fleTletl:ducation. Mr. Peel has suspended his canvass
has resumed'
ir.eti‘.present to attend the marriage of his brother.
be:-IgsaaJzoino:er AGAINST
t recovered from his late indisposition,
in a speech of eoge
numerous meetineTase• He on Friday attended a very
_.lsld in the Music-hall, Sheffield, and
present as to his political
length informed the electors
ultimately a resolution wara:--e-ng cross-examination, and
alreiled, by an overwhelming
was subjected to a ceael°Phitiene- The Hon. Candidate
. Denison was not a fit
majority, to the effect that
and proper person to represent Mee West
approbation, I, at
flbeaeran sorry
e
Denison then spoke as fellows:— Riding. Mr.
If I cannot thank you for a vote of
,youall e vheanvtes ,
respondedt h ank you t
o forthao
motionpatient hearing,whlo
maes
by Mr. Beal; but that will not prevent
on in the course I have begun. I shall not be from
inhgoing
out of the field.—(Laughter from the Tories,- and ronoed
ing from the meeting.) I shall go to the poll.—(tj
laugh.) I shall win.—(Laughter and hooting.) But I
as there is nothing certain on the face of this earth,
may lose: and, if I should lose, I shall never lose my
temper to yOu, nor my respect for you. You are taking
a course which you think will lead to your prosperity
and happiness. I venture to think, on the contrary, you
are adopting a course which will lead to disastrous re-
sults; and, therefore, if I should have the honour to be
your representative, I will protect you as far as I can—
I will reduce the expenditure of the country, and pro-
mote its prosperity as far as I can. I take my leave of
you, again thanking you for your patient and good-tem •
pered hearing. I shall play my part, and I hope we
shall not be worse friends when we meet again. I shall
address as many of the electors as my health will per-
mit; and if, at the conclusion of the poll, I should not
be their representative, I shall thank them for their
kindness and attention, and the votes they have given
me.—(Chcers and uproar.)

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE

OXFORD, DEC. 9.—Mr. Gilbert Bradley, Commoner
of University College, was yesterday elected to a Ma-
thematical Exhibition in the same College.
The Curators of the Taylor Institution have elected
Dr. Tritten, Secretary to the Royal Geographical So-
ciety, to be Processor of Modern Earopean Languages.
The Rev. Abraham Kerr Thompson, ALA., of Queen's
College, has been elected Head Master of tho Grammar
School, Dudley.

The President and Fellows of Magdalen College have
presented the Rev. Edward K. Burney, of their Society,
to the Rectory of Brandestone, Norfolk, value 1891. per
annum.

The Rev. G. Trevelyan has presented the Rev. Wm.
J. Crockford, of Brasenose College, to the Rectory of
Mawgan in Meneage and St. Martin in Meneage, Corn-
wall, value 620/. per annum.
There will be a Congregation holden on Monday, the
18th instant, for granting graces and conferring degrees,
being the last day of the present term.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausms, Dup. 8.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••••.. • • • . •• •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent ••• •
Ditto Threeper
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto
Ditto,clitto,lB4o ••• • • • .... 78 X
Ditto,ditto,lB42 ••••• • • • • • 18%
Ditto, 1844............... •••• • • • • ••• • • 71%
Ditto, 1838 ................ ..... 51
Ditto of the City, 1832 ............ 92%
Ditto, 1843 .• • • • • •••• ••••••• • • • •• • • 78
Bank of Belgium •• • ....... 60%
Issue of 1841 ............ ••.. • • • ..... 96%
Exchange on London, 25.52%.
DUTCH FUNDS.--AmerEinem, DEC. 5.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •• • ••. ••• . • 46% 46%
Ditto, 3 per Cent ••••.•.• . • • • • • • 55% b 6
Ditto, 4 per Cent.• • •••• • • • • 71% 72%
Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent........ • . 71% 72%
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent ..
Spanish New 5 per Cents. •
Ditto, 3 per Cents...
East India Loan, 4 per Cent...... • .
Exchange on London, at sight .... • . 12 2
Two months... .... •• • ..• 11 97
On Hamburgb, at sight •. • . 34 93
Two months... .... • ... • . 34 81
On Paris, at sight...... • 56 75
Two months..... •••••• • . 56 25
HAMBURGH FUNDS, DEC. 5.
Bills. Money.
103

Hanoverian New Loan, 5 per Cent.'....
Bank Shares
Anglo-Russian Loan -....... •••• • • •• 98% 98%
Ditto, Metal. Certificate, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto let serieslnscription ..........
Ditto, 3d and 4th series
Ditto, in Certificate, 5 per Cont. • • 9634 96
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• •• 90
Ditto Stieglitz .• •• .• •.• •• 80 79X
Spanish New 5 per Cent • • • • • • •• 8 8
Ditto 3 per Cent •• • • •••• •• • • 17% 17X
Anglo-Swedish Loan .

Ditto, 1846.. ................ ....
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 23% per Cent..
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. •.
Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• • • • • • • • •
Norwegian Loan, 1848 ......... .... 95 95
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent —•• • • 663 66
National Bank Shares.... •••••• • • • • • •

RAILWAYS.

Hamb. Bergd. • • •. • • •... • •

Ditto, Priority Shares .. • •••• • • • • 97 96%
Berlin and Hamburg ••••• • • • • • .... • . 65 64%

Ditto, Priority Shares .. •••• • • •
92%
Cologne and Minden ...... ••-••• • • •• 79 78%.
Ditto, Priority Share 3 ..
Mecklenburg.•• .

Altona and Kiel ........ 894 8814'
Gluckstadt .. ••••••..••..• • • • • • .. •• 25
Rendsburg.. • • ...... • • • •
Hanseatic Steam Company .. •• •• •• 93
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
Hamburgh, Dec. 5 .......• ••• • • • 13 10%
Ditto, Two months •• •• • • ••• .. 13 9
Vienna, Dec. 2, two months' 11 14
Stockholm, Nuv. 28, ninety days .. 12 20
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LAMARTINE'S "JOCELYN " AND LOUIS
NAPOLEON.
The library of Louis Napoleon has been sold by auc-
tion, and amongst the books was a handsome copy,
bound in morocco, of Lamartine's poem of " Jocelyn."
The value of the work was much enhanced by the fact
that on the inside of the cover appeared the following
words in the handwriting of the Prince. They were in
French, but we translate them for the benefit of Louis
Napoleon's country friends, who may not understand his
language so well as he does theirs:—

"-Undertook the reading of this book at Florence,
Sunday, the 7th of May, 1837.
" Abandoned it as being toe sublime for me.
"Undertook the reading for the second time, Manley,
the fith, witheut being more fortunate.
" Recommenced by a new effort, Tuesday, the 9th,
and abandoned it definitively."
Considering the present position of the author and the
critic as rival candidates for the Presidency of the
French Republic, this anecdote is somewhat curious.
Little did the Prince think, when he wrote the above,
that he and the poet whose work he had been obliged to
abandon as being too sublime for him, would one day
meet under circumstances which must severely test the
ability of both.

PRODUCTION OP MR. BENNETT'S NEW PLAY AT
THE THEATRE ROYAL BIRMINGHASI.--(FRO3I A COR-
BESPONDENT.)-A new play, from the pen of Mr. G.
Bennett, was produced at our Theatre Royal on Fri-
day last, called the Justiza, a tale of Arragon. It was
received throughout with the most marked attention and
genuine applause. Miss Cushman's personation of the
principal character deserves the highest commendation;
and at the conclusion of the performance she was most
enthusiastically cheered and called for to appear before
the curtain.

Mr. Peregrine Birch succeeds the late Mr. Edward
Courten3y as Chief Committee Clerk in the House of
Lords.— Observer.

LANDI'ORT THEATEE.—The ballet entertainment
which has proved so successful at the theatre at Ports-
mouth has been produced at this theatre with, if pos-
sible, greater success. The denizens of Landport appre-
ciate the liberal exertions of the lessee, and the theatre
is every evening crowded to the ceiling. The stage is
fitted up with good effect, and the music is pretty and
effective. Miss Louisa Coleman and Miss Massall have
well sustained the reputation they earned at Portsmouth,
and on their appearance are each of them greeted with
enthusiasm. M. Simon, the maitre de ballet, has pro-
duced some of the most exquisite groupings, indeed,
quite worthy of her Majesty's Theatre. The specula-
tion of the lessee will, we opine, prove beneficial to him,
as well as to all parties concerned.
AVARICE OUTWITTED.—The case of John Eyre,
Esq., who, though worth upwards of 30,0001., was con-
victed at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to transporta-
tion, was rendered more memorable by the opportunity
which it gave Junius to impeach the integrity of Lord
Mansfield, who was supposed to have erred in admitting
him to bail. An anecdote is related of Mr. Eyre, which
shows in a striking manner the depravity of his heart,
and may help to account for the meanness of the crime
of which he was convicted. An uncle of his, a man of
very considerable property, made his will in favour of a
clergyman, who was his intimate friend, and committed
it, unknown to the rest of his family, to his custody.
However, not long before his death, having altered his
mind with regard to the disposal of his wealth, he made
another will, in which he left the clergyman only 5001.,
leaving, the bulk of his large property to his nephew
and heir-at-law, Mr. Eyre. Soon after the old gentle-
man's death, Mr. Eyre, rummaging over his drawers,
found this last will, and perceiving the legacy of 5001.
in it for the clergyman, without any hesitation or scruple
of conscience, put it into the fire, and took possession of
the whole effects, in consequence of his uncle being sup-
posed to have died intestate. The clergyman coming in
town soon after, and inquiring into the circumstances of
his old friend's death, asked him if he made any will
before he died ; on being answered by Mr. Eyre in the
negative, the clergyman very coolly put his hand in his
pocket, and pulled out the former will, which had been
committed to his care, in which Mr. Eyre had be-
queathed him the whole of his fortune, amounting to
several thousand pounds, excepting a legacy of 5001. to
his nephew.

DARING BURGLARY NEAR BIRMINGIIANI.—EarIy
on Wednesday morning the house of an old man named
Sly, residing near Shirley-street, about seven miles from
Birmingham, was burglariously entered and robbed
under extraordinary circumstances. Mr. Sly is a small
tenant-farmer, occupying Winfield farm, his sole com-
panion in the house being a woman named Mary Shaw,
nearly as old as himself. About half-past two o'clock
Mr. Sly was awoke from his sleep by a loud noise, and
immediately felt the hand of a man upon his throat. He
soon ascertained that others, to the number of four or
five, were in the room. The men, who had entered by
means of a ladder through the bedroom window,' were
masked and possessed of a dark lanthorn. On attempt-
ing to stir, the villains, presenting a pistol to Mr. Sly's
head, threatened to blow out his brains if he made the
slightest alarm or resistance. They then, after binding
him hand and foot with a cord, proceeded to rifle a
box, from which they took 500 sovereigns, a quan-
tity of title deeds and other papers. In the mean•
time the housekeeper, who slept in an adjoining room,
became alarmed, and begged of the thieves to spare the
old gentleman's life. In reply, they threatened to shoot
her with a pistol, which one of theta held to her breast.
Her hands were likewise tied, and several other boxes
were broken open. The burglars subsequently left the
house by the back door, which they locked after them.
In the course of half an hour Mr. Sly managed to
loosen the knot of the rope with which he was bound,
and gave the alarm to Mr. Hi tcham, a neighbour. Sus-
picion fell upon five men who were seen about the pre-
mises some days before, and from the description given
of them they were apprehended by the Birmingham
pollee.

OLD AFFECTIONS REVIVED.—An old townsman
of Brighton, reduced in circumstances, has recently be-
come a man of wealth. In his youthful days he formed
an attachment with a lady, who, owing to circumstances
not within our knowledge, became the wife of an Ameri-
can emigrant. They prospered in worldly pursuits, and
he many years afterwards died, leaving her in posses-
became ion of his property. Meanwhile the swain of Brighton
successively the husband of two ladies both of
whom died. The fact of his being a widower reaching
the ears of his Transatlantic first-love, she commissioned
a friend coming to England to deliver him a letter,
stating her circumstances, and expressing a desire that
he should a third time be bound in the chains of matri-
mony. The widower replied to the letter, and by re-
turn of packet, received from the widow a chuck to do-
fray the expenses of his voyage to America, whether he at once departed; and his son now living in Brighton,
has just received a letter, stating that the widower and
widow have become husband and wife.