The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-29 00:00:00

MERCANTILE ADVICES.

FRANCE AND SICILY.--It appears that the remonstrances of
the French merchants trading to Sicily at the unnecessary re-
strictions thrown upon their trade by the quarantine enforced
upon French vessels and goods, restrictions supposed to arise
solely from political feeling on the part of the Neapolitan
Government, have at length been attended to by the French
Clablnuts and, as will be seen by the annexed decree, that
retaliatory measures hey° bean determined 9n. The following
is a copy of the document issued by the French Government :
Art. 1. All vessels under the Neapolitan flag belonging
to any port of Sicily will be subject in Prance to a quarantine
of thirty days, to be performed only in the lazarettes of Mar-
hei,l!es, Toulon,Trompelant, or Tatchon.
Art. 2. If it is
found upon the arrival of the vessel that
any merchandise belonging to French individuals is on board,
such merchandize may be disembarked immediately 'and de-
livered to the proprietor ; but the vessel and the remainder
of the cargo must remain at tho lazarette for the prescribed
time.
ALGIERS.—A commercial decree has been issued by the
French authorities at Algiers, under date of the 13th inst.
inclusive, which is of some interest to parties trading thither :
Art. I.—A return is required of all the individuals residing
in the towns of Algiers, Bona, Bougie, Mostaganem, and
Oran, as well as in their vicinities, stating the nation to which
they belong, and of those who follow no trade or profession,
and whose means of living arc not kriown,
Art. 2. This statement must be rendered during the eurront
month, and from the explanations which accompany the name
of the individual it will be determined whether or not he shall
be sent away from the 011intrY,
Art. 3. The privilege of diSPlllbArking in any of the porta
of the French possessions in the north of Africa will be refused
to avpry individual who shall not be the bearer of a passport
regularly µrnisiled by the notherities of a country whence he
embarked. In cases' wbeftt A StrAn,geris alltherllo to disenl,
bark at the express demand of the Constil of 'the, nation to
which be belongs, it shall net alter tho provioes article, and
the power to remove him front the territory shall eliiSt 0§
Article 9,
Art. 4, The passport of every individual arriving from
foreign parts at the French possessions of the north 'of Africa
must always be authenticated by the French Consul resident
in the port cf embarkation, or in the nearest port to it.
Art. 5. On the arrival of all ships and steam-vessels in the
port of Algiers, an agent of the police will attend to examine
the passports or such documents as the individuals may have
in lieu of them. A surety bond must also be delivered to the
authorities, in accordance with Article 2 of the Decree of the
27th of June, 1833. The delivery of this surety bond shall
not take place in the case of foreigners until their passport has
been endorsed by the Consul of the nation to which they belong.
( Signed) COMTE D'ERLON.

GENTLEMEN,—You elected me by an immense majority in
1832, upon the faith of my public principles and professions.
Justly proud of the trust reposed in me—conscious only of
patriotic motives, and nerved by the support of a vast and en-
lightened district of the Metropolis, I was resolute in my fidelity
to those principles and professions. In circumstances most
painful to myself, involving as they did, sacrifices of private
friendship and political connection, to my own sense of public
duty, I was sustained by my reliance on your constancy and
justice ; and this reliance has already been rewarded by the
cordial and affectionate reception I have experienced at your
hands.
Yon will shortly be called upon to decide, finally, between
two principles ; the real choice rests with the people alone, and
upon that choice the future destiny of our country depends.
The advocates of both principles profess—and no one more
sincerely than m 3 self—that they are actuated by a loyal devo-
tion to the monarchy and ancient constitutional government of
England, and a veneration for the institutions connected with
them. Originally generated and developed by the character
and habits of the British people, the whole constitutes a sys-
tem which, properly directed, is, in my judgment, calculated
to ensure to us a larger sum of civil liberty and social happi-
ness than any yet devised, however beautiful in theory, or
successful in other climes.
But, although these institutions were conceived in a truly
national spirit, they have in sonic instances remained stationary
for ages, while society has been rapidly moving onward ;
others have been perverted for sinister objects, and are now
counteracting the purposes for which they subsist. Accordingly,
the, advocates of that principle for which I contend, would
adapt them to new exigencies—renovate and direct their
powers, where paralyzed or distorted—and by thus conforming
them to the present wants, extended interests, and new con-
dition of society, restore the genial and expansive beneficence
contemplated by our forefathers, when they bequeathed to us
those institutions.
The disciples of the opposite principle—and on whom those
now entrusted with the executive government must mainly
rely—would, on the contrary, leave every thing in the condi-
tion to which time, accident, violence, or intrigue, may have
reduced it. The aristocratical oligarchies, which for a long
period governed both the King and the people, made every
prerogative of the Crown and national institution subservient
to their own craving ambition. Unchecked by a trne repre-
sentation of the people, the old House of Commons was a
corrupt agent in their hands. To prolong the existenee of
this convenient instrument was the object of those who opposed
the Reform Bill. The same persons naturally insist, that the
people are damaged by the profession of efficient controul.
In perfect consistency with this proposition, they maintain that
monopoly of power, and the exclusion from civil rights and
public institutions f those who differ from them in religious
faith :—that antiquated arrangements, however inapplicable
to their professed objects, or unproductive of beneficial re-
sults—that ancient established rights; and prescriptive authority,
however inconsistent with reason, should all be respected and
firmly maintained, as the best and most powerful aids of
government.
We, who supported the Reform Bill, would now steadily
pursue its own legitimate, and our constantly avowed, objects.
We contend, that a more fair and general distribution of the
advantages now partially enjoyed, and the burdens now un-
equally imposed, would not only in itself and largely to indi-
vidual happiness, and general prosperity, but attaching, as it
must, the entire people by ties of new affection to the State,
would vastly increase our national strength, and, finally, place
our social system upon a just, noble, more sure, and perma-
nent
foundation. A single example will suffice for illustra-
tion.
Although a member of the Church of England, I do
not as a Legislator allow that consideration to bias my judg-
ment. But, sincerely believing an establishment really and
practically administering to the spiritual wants and comforts
of the people, and extending the moral influence of Chris-
tianity, to be beneficial in itself, and conformable to the wishes I
of a majority of the people in this country, amar"-.ous to
render it efficient for those objects. I feel Bonvinced also,
that its stability depends on a more general perception of the
spiritual and temporal blessings it is calculated to diffuse.—
Thus, I would deal with it in the " friendly temper " of ono
who would reform in order to uphold.
A great contemporaneous authority, who cannot be suspected
of a wish to destroy the church of Ireland, but who seeks, on
the contrary, to strengthen its claim to public support, says, in
his late manifesto, that, " if by an improved distribution of the
revenues of that church, its just influence can be extended, and
the true interests of religion promoted,—all other considera-
tions should be made subordinate to the advancement of ob-
lects of such paramount importance." Now, if I would apply
die same remedy to the Church in England, with what front
can any man, who worships the authority I have cited, pretend
that I seek the destruction of that Church, in which, as a
member of it, I take a deeper interest. But, such are the
disastrous absurdities of a desperate faction—now making their
last—dying—convulsive grasp at political power—and reckless,
in their attempt to coerce public opinion, of all those fearful
consequences which I solemnly adjure you to assist in averting.
The principle I would thus apply to the Church, is the only
TRUE CONSERVATIVE principle. Are not we, then, the REAL
Conservatives ; or can those more justly claim that title, who,
abandoning a name associated with political degradation, have
adopted this,—to which they have alike attracted ridicule and
odium ? We would destroy their engines--Corruption and
Monopoly. In that sense we are, indeed, " Destructives."
But what is the value of such terms in the vocabulary of men
like these ? They denounced as " revolutionary," that Re-
form Act which their leader now recognizes as a final settle-
ment of the question—a just settlement of course, for he will
not, it seems, amend it. I feel some respect for the confidence
of those Tories who manfully disclose their real principles,
and have too much honour to mislead any man. They must
be sincere in believing that such principles are become popu-
lar—you will undeceive them. But I cannot conceal my un-
qualified contempt for the political pirates, who, after a con-
stant war of force and stratagem against the standard of
Reform, now meanly counterfeit our signals, to seduce and
betray the confiding victims of a wretched artifice. If they
be indeed real reformers, we have no need, either of their aid,
or of a new Parliament ; but Heaven defend us from such
reforms as they would give us. We consider " proved abuses"
what they deem indispensable to protect their system, and we
would uphold as the safeguards of our liberty, what they would
denounce as " real grievances," straightway to be redressed.
While they would leave the Church, and ill other our most
valuable institutions, to perish by the corruption which minis-
ters to their own private or political aggrandisement, we would
so cleanse from this corruption, and so restore their powers of
contributing to the general stock of religion—of virtue—and
of social happiness—as might effectually recommend them to
the anxious protection of a prosperous and contented people.
The two contending principles are thus before you. The
King refers the decision between them to the electoral body of
the realm. The Reform Act has transferred the responsibility
of that decision from the Sovereign to yourselves. Distracted
by conflicting statements with regard to the condition of public
feeling, his Majesty applies to it the constitutional test, which
you implored him, and he consented, to establish. You will
decide whether you will 'etain an effective voice in the Legis-
lature, or leave yourselves in the hands of a party content with
such moral support as the timidity or prejudices of the Peers
may afford them, in counteracting the real wants and wishes
of the people. Let the people be firm 1 Let public opinion
be now strongly pronounced upon the policy to be hereafter
adopted, and I doubt not that the Peers will then substantially
and cheerfully conform to the views of their countrymen thus
solemnly recorded, without any compromise of their Constitu-
tional value, weight, or independence, as a Chamber of Par-
liament.

I have thought it right, at such a moment, fully to ex-
plain my general views. For a more detailed exposition of
them, I would refer to the first Address which recommended
me to your favour, in June 1832. If any man can discover
inconsistency between my subsequent conduct, and the sen-
timents then, or now, expressed, it will be your duty to re-
ject me, es unfit to represent your interests, at a period
when issues are depending, vital to the destinies of the British
nation. If, however, you shall still deem me worthy of your
confidence, I am incapable of swerving from the 'principles
which have hitherto guided my public conduct, and which I
firmly believe to be those entertained also by an immense ma-
jority of this truly loyal people.
As Trustees for the whole community of this land, you
will, I am persuaded, anxiously exert yourselves, to exclude
from political power those who opposed the very franchise
they now call on you to exercise in their favour, and of which
they would gladly, if they dare, even yet deprive you.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your attaehed friend and faithf servant,
CHARLES' TENNYSON.
Park-street, Westminster, Dec. 27, 1834.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT YORK MINSTER.—A
nielAnchciiy accident occurred at the Minster on Friday morn-
ing. Whilst some of the men were at work on the scaffold..
ing, in the prayer-house, a part of it gave way, by which un-
fortunate circumstance Mr. Scott, the foreman at the Minst,--,
was killed qn the spot, and four other persons dreP."l..riully in'
inred,
__The surviving sufferers were immedtely taken to the
County Uospital, and every possibt. :1
attention afforded them.
TAIPOTITAN'Is TO NAVlGATORS.—Newfoundland
r—rs have been received to the 26th of November. The
expedition sent out from St. John's to discover the situation of
the Virgin Rocks had reported as follows :—The bank on
which the shoal is situated extends, E. by N. and W. by S.,
4i- miles ; its broadest part is about 4i miles; the soundings
regular from 28 to 30 fathoms. The rocks are in lat 40. 20 h.,
long. 60. 56. W., extending in an irregular chain S.W. by
W. and N. E. by E. 8,000 yards, and varying from 200 to
300 yards in breadth ; the least depth of water is on a white
rock, 41 fathoms, with 5 to 6 fathoms all round it, the bottom
distinctly visible. Towards the extremity of the shoal are
several detached rocks of from 7 to 8 fathoms between them,
and a current setting over them, W. S.W., one mile an hour,
with a very confused heavy swell.

GLASGOW CORN

No alteration this wee]
Wheat, per 2.401 b. s. d. s. (1.
British, old 22 0 to 25 0

new
Canada, free O5 0 28 0
Irish
Barley, per :32011)
English 0 C
Scottish 22 0 25 0
Irish

MA RKET.—Dec. 24.
k in our Grain market.
Oats, per 2841 h. s. d. s. d.
Irish l5 61.18 0
British lB 0 29 0
Beans, per 2601 b.
English
Scottish
Pease, Scottish 16 0 18 0
Oatmeal, per 1401 b l3 0 16 0
Flour, per 28tilb 34 0 35 Q

CORNWALL MARKETS.
(Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.)

Wheat. Barley. i Oats.
s. d. to s. d. s. d, W •
d. s. Th..Tt=" )Ld;
Truro — 0 18 0 --_. 0 11 6 0 9 3
Helstone — 0 17 6 ..... 0 10 0_ 0 7 6
St. Austell — 0 lik 6 0 10 0 .... il 9 0
Bochnin — 0 if, 0— 0 10 6 0 8 6
Liskeard ‘ --0 19 6 0 10 0 0 10 0
Launceston ..
Camelford
... 16 n 18 0 10 0 10 6 6 6 8 0
Penaanae.,.... l7 0 18 0— 0 n 6— 0 8 6
MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt. Qrs.
Quantity of Cs.pper Ore sold ?,742 0 0
Quantity of fine Copper 931 9 0
Average Produce .........................
Amount of Sale, 17,869. 4s. 6d.--Average Standard, 1031. Ss. Od.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT,

BASINGHALL-STREET, TO-MORROW.

(From the London Gazelle.) M. H.
F. Frankland, carpet-warehouseman, Oxford-street. 2 at 11
F. Vouthoir, merchant, Rue de Clery, Paris 2 1
J Verey, hosier, Regent-street
W. HP. Hatch bootmaker, Regent-street
T. Theed, picture-dealer, West-square, Southwark 2 12
T. Dewhurst, bookseller, Manchester
J. Cook, miller, Dartford, Kent 2 11
G. W. Pattison, merchant, Cross-street, Islington
HJ. Roberts, victualer, James street, Lisson.grove
W. i asey, victualler, Cow-cross-street I 2
T. Driver, merchant, Peckham 1 2

STAR CLUB.—The first meeting of this club, for
the ensuing season, will be held on Wednesday, the 7th of
January, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street.

The order of the day was a series of reports on petitions.
A report was heard on the petition of M. Mouchau; of
Abbeville, who demanded an indemnity for losses sustained
by him in consequence of the embargo which the French Go-
vernment laid in 1832 upon Dutch vessels.
The Chamber passed to the order of the day.
A report was heard on the petition of M. Richard, mer-
chant and late shipowner at Guadeloupe, praying for the
intervention of Government to obtain from the United
States of America the payment of 551,664 f. for illegal sei-
zures and confiscations of ships. Though of opinion thet no-
thing could be settled with regard to the demand till a decision
had been made on the treaty with the United States,_ the com-
mittee, nevertheless, thought the petition worthy the serious
attention of Government, and accordingly recommended it to
be laid before the Minister for Foreign Affairs—Agreed to.
M. Viennet presented a report on the petition of the heirs
of M. Lambert, praying that a certain firscription (of Rentes)
which bad been erased from the Grand Livre to their preju.
dice, might be restored therein.

M. Mauguin observed, that M. Lambert had displayed great
patriotism by relinquishing the interest of his capital for the
expenses of the war. He (the hon. deputy) would therefore
support the prayer of the petition, and formally recommend
that it be laid before the President of the Council and the
Minister of the Fimaces.—Agreed to.
A report wP.'s leard on the petition of several merchants of
Macon, 'emanding the abolition of the tithe at present levied
on te communal dues at entry—Ordered to be laid before the
Minister of the Finances.

A report was heard on the petition of M. Addenet, of
Paris, who demanded the suppression of the practise of smok_
in. in the streets and other public places.—( A laugh.)
°The Chamber passed to the order of the day.
A report was submitted on the petition of M. Capp6, barris-
ter, of Paris, demanding an annual pension of 400 francs for
the individuals who had received the decoration of July, and
who could prove themselves in want of such assistance.
The Chamber passed to the order of the day.
Several other reports on petitions wholly without general in-
terest was presented.

BATONNE, DEC. 22.—Yesterday the Caslist party here pro-
mulgated a report of a signal victory gained by Zumalacarre-
gui over the Queen's troops at Los Arcos, in which, according
to their account, the loss on the Queen's side amounted to
2,000 men. This report, though having some foundation of
truth (the mere fact of an action having taken place), was so
evidently an absurd exaggeration, that it would have tended
only to mislead to have sent it in the only shape in which we
had it yesterday. This morning an official bulletin has been
received by the Spanish Consul here from Count Espeletta,
Captain-General of Arragon, giving an account of the action
on the 15th. The following is a translation :-
--- did not deceive_vou_when I told von that
God would favour the just cause. vr lie Insurgents
fered a third defeat, which I have the satisfaction to announce
to you from a letter which I have just received from the
commandant of the fortress of the Caparraso. He writes as
follows :

" Excellent Sir,—The Commandant of the Army of Lerin
has written me to this effeet

" I have received the following satisfactory intelligence,
which I transmit to you :

" Division of Ribiera.

" Yesterday afternoon the enemy suffered in the formidable
positions of Barranca de Santa Cruz de Campeza, where they
had re-assembled after the defeat of Mendaza, a complete de-
feat, and fled from the field in utter confusion, taking the direc-
tion of San Vitente de Arana. One hundred and fifty of our
wounded have been brought into this place, from which we,
maj ir.age of the great loss of the vanquished.
1‘ Los Arcos, Dec. 16. " NARCISO LOPEZ.
" Fortress of Caparosa, Dec. 16. " SANTIAGO PICO.
" Saragossa, Dec. 18 "

An account, not however an offieial one, but brought by a
person who came from the scene of action, has reached the
Spanish Consul here, of another action having taken place on
the 17th at Salvatierra between Caratella and a large body of
the insurgents ; the result of which was, according to the in-
formant's statement, the defeat of four battalions of Carlists.
Subsequent accounts have completely confirmed the intelli-
gence of the two discomfitures of the Carlists on the 12th in-
stant. ; and it even appears by the following letter from an
Englishman at Pampeluna, having the very best means of in-
formation, which I received this morning, that the victory
gained by Cordova was even of a more signal nature than was
at first imagined :
PAMPELCNA, DEC. 16.—1 t appears by the arrival of General
Cordova's Aide-de-Camp with the details, that the three divi-
sions were united under him, and that the battle was of more
importance than even Mina believed. Cordova had about
10,000 men, including 400 cavalry, and Zumalacarregui took
up a position in front of Sorlada, and offered him battle with
about the same number. Cordova commenced the attack about
3 P. M:, and by dark had completely beaten his adversary, who
left between 800 and 900 dead on the ground, amongst whom
were two French officers of rank, Colonels, I believe, in Don
Carlos's army. Only 30 prisoners were taken, in consequence
of the charming custom the soldiers now have of shooting them
at once. I was at General Mina's last night when a deserter
came, who had been in the action, and who declared that the,
Carlists were so exasperated against Zumalacarregui after the
action, that they fired at him as he passed off the field, and that
he had a very narrow escape, a shot having passed through his
cloak. If this is true, it is important. We have a report
here of an ultra-Liberal rising in the south, but I cannot
trace it to any foundation. Tarragual (a Carlist chief) is said
to be missing since the affair of Carrascal, and Eraso's son is
said to have been killed upon that occasion. Accounts have
brought to General Mina by the peasants of their having al-
ready buried upwards of 300 Carlists since the fight. Tvio more
such affairs, and the game will be nearly up with tite Carlists.
it is thought. A Portuguese officer of rank, chtrged with the
same mission as that of the English and French colonels now
with General Mina, is shortly expected here. A great number
of arms thrown away the Carlists in Their flight have been
brought in here. I have seen sevr:al soldiers returning laden
with three and four muskets on Their shoulders. I send you
the proclamation issued by General Mina after the victories of
Carrascal and Sorlada.. 7che proclamation is as follows ;
‘‘ TO TIIE SOLDIV"ti OF THE ARMY, AND THE PEOPLE OF

" Brav NAVARRE.
oe,n th 2'..Plildiers of the army that I command,—You have
me day, and about the same hour, in the fields of
".-.411"..5cal and Sorlada, shown to all Europe, who bad their
'fives fixed on you, what you were capable of achieving.,
You have thereby afforded to our august Queens all that
satisfaction which they had -a right to expect from your
firmness and valour. You have filled with joy the heart of
your General-in-Chief, at the same time that you have con-
vinced the deluded people of the sad fate that awaits therm
if, in spite of the severe lesson that yon have given them,
they should persevere in blindly following those rebel leaders,
who are sacrificing as victims to their personal ambition the
country and its inhabitants. I return you thanks, soldiers.
for your admirable conduct, and for which Her Majesty the
Queen will bestow upon you, with no unsparing hand, the
rewards you are so justly entitled to. Let us continue the
work we have begun under such favourable auspices ' • let
us bestow upon the country two such other days as that of
the 12th of December, and its deepest gratitude will be our
reward.

" Fellow-countrymen,—You have disregarded the advice
and the offers I made to you, and you now see the fulfilment
of the menaces with which I accompanied them. Fifteen
hundred men who persevered blindly and obstinately in their
rebellion have fallen victims in the fields of Soria& and
Unzue, and a similar wretched fate awaits all those who shall
not abandon their criminal designs. Unfortunate men I what
can you hope for from a tyrant who is sacrificing to his heart-
less caprice and ambition your fathers, your sons, your bro-
thers, and all your little worldly store ? The valiant troop%
under my command have done justice on Zumalacarregui.
not associate yourselves with his fate, abandon him and con-
fide in your viceroy, your fellow countryman, your brothers
I will save you, protect you, and restore you to tranquillity.
Mark well my words, for you know I do not speak in vain ;
witness the fields of Sorlada and Unzue. I declared ia war of

xtermination against those who should obstinately persevere,
"nd in one day 1,500 of them were exterminated. Should you
aexperience the same fate, the fault will be your own.
" FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y MINA,
" Pampeluna, Dec. 16. " General in Chief."
Pasts, DEC. 26.-M. de la Noue, belonging to the foreign
department, arrived on the 21st at Strasburg, coming from
Greece by way of Bavaria. He is said to have brought very
interesting information respecting the situation of the new
kingdom of Greece.-Messager, Dec 27.
FRENCH FUNDs.-PAUS, CEC. 27.
Five per Cents., 106 f. 40c. 45c. 40c.
Four per Cents., 93f. -c.
Three per Cents., 76f. disc 53c. 6:c.
Bank Actions, 1,752 f. ri'c.
((elite de Naples, 93f. 10c. 20e. 15e.
Roman Five per Cents., 94'444 I/z•
Rente d'Espagne„ Five per Cents., 411. 9,"4;•
Bente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 27% 27.
Royal Spanish Loan, 4:14Z3A.
RentePerpet.d'Esixigne, Five per Cent., 423 i 43 43!8.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents , 98!4.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 6634.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 231. 321 X. ; money, -1. -c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 17y,c.; money, -f. -c.
Autheatigier. -
FRENCH FUNDS.-Paßts, DEC. 27
Five per Cents., 10q. 45c. 55c. Vc.
Four per Cents., 50c. sc,
Thar per Cents., 76f. 55c. 40c. 33c.
Lank Actions, 1,752 f. 50c.
Remte de Naples, 9:11. 93f. 5c 15c.
down' Five per ( ents., 9-1%
R •me it,7.spngile, Five per Cents , 4 17Vi 42.
Bente d'Esp,:o.nc, Three per Cents., :27 Fi•
Royal Spanish Loan. Loan. 431$ !•!.•,•.,
Route Per; et. d'E.,:avie. t• ire pr, Cents ,
Belgian Loan, Five p‘-.7 Cents, ckly4.
Portuguese Loan. Five 9.-J Cent.,
Hitytian Loan. -c.
EXCHANGE ON LaDo:st.
One month, pap r, 251 ; mon;l`, -C -C.
three months, paper, 951. 1714 c. ; mane;:
-Corers rttlztotigge.
HALF-PAST 3 O'CLOCK.-The French steck 'Continues to
full. No political reason is assigned for this depression.-
5 per Cents. Rentes,lo6f. 40c. ; 3 per Cents. Rentes, 76f. 46C,!.
5 per Cent. Spanish, 431- ; 3 per Cent. ditto, 271 ; Royals.
43; Cortes, 42; Coupons, 24i; Differds, 131 ; Ducats, 93 15 ;
Romans, 9.1 s ; Belgian, 98i ; Lutch, 54. 40.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—ButTssaLs, Deo. 27.
Actual Debt, 24per cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per cent ,,7
Loan of the City, ISA 4 per cent [IN
—Brussels Papers, Dec. 2S.

DUTCH FUNDS—AmsTeAmtm, Dcc. 24.
Actu..l Debt, 2':, per Cent........... 54 to Mg
A wort ,F.,nctic, 4 t,.., per cent... ••
Ditto, ditto, 3 per cent. 73N, to id
Loan (1,,,:)(1) 5 per cent.
Ditto (k 32 and ;E63) 5 percent.
Dutch Papers, Dec. 27.
VIENNA, DEC. 1 7.—Five per Cent. Metallipues, 92i; Four
per Cent., 91-1- ; Bank Stores, I,2Bl.—Allgemeine Zeitung,
Dec. 22.

PRICES 01 gTOCKS TIIIS
Kink Stock .......... ....---- -I
3 per Cent. lied.
3 per (':'nt. Cons . shut
3,4 per Cent......
Ditto lied. -NS o 874, t
New 3!(,, per7Cen!.
. fAssentod
per Cent. 1 Dissented-
)dank Long A nnuitiesto xpire
3, 14'41. Id 15 16
Jan.
Oct. 10, 1A.".. 16 13-16
Jan. 5, !mil! -
Jan. .), IMO --
...---

,April 5; ISSO
Jan. 3, IB7'

PRICES OF F011.24iN FUNDS
tustrian Ronda • ••••
telgian Bonds 97
Ya
l)itto Account'
Brazilian Bond'

Ditto ocount
Daenos re 3 Ronda

Ditto A^COUtt
Chillian Bowls

Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds.
Ditto Account

Columbian IS2I

Ditto Account
Danish Bonds

Ditto Account
Greek Bonds
Ditto Bendy, 1923

Dal° Acconnt
blexscan Bonds, 5 per cent
Ditto Account
Ditto, tt per cent
DWI Account
Weep°fltan

DAY ATGNE O'CLOCK.

New 5 per Cent -
India Stock.... shut
Ditto Bombs l9 pm.
South S'.:,a Stock -

Old Annuities
New Ditto.-- ............

3;;s• Cent. Annuities, 1151... -
Exch. Bills, ..El,OOO 37 3.ct piss.
Ditto YJO. ..... ... :37 38 pin
I)ittn Small 57 38 pm.
. .

Ditto Commercial -
Ditto Advertised pm
Bank Stock for Account
India Stock for Account
Consols for Opening 9l

THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK,
reruvian Bonds

DU .° Account —
Portuguese Bonds. —
Ditto Account —
Ditto New Bonds 1,57/, 6W-1;
D,,,:::i Account 86N0v1,4%
Prussian ::911,
Ditto Bondi., 18'2.)
Russian Bonds, 1t;2.1
Ditto Account —
Ditto 7.7etallic _
.
Spanish ronds
Ditto Account s:3mi % 40,4
Ditto Bonds, 1Q433 —
Ditto Account —
French, 5 per cent. f. —c.
4 per cent —f. —c.
—. a per cent —f. —c.
---. Exchange .....
Dutch, ‘.21.;, per cent. .5-04N.
Ditto Account 54!.,4%
Ditto, 5 per cent. trN 'O4
Ditto Account: 94.4N

PRICES OF' SHAKES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per !Share
Alien Mining Company £9 914 Ifi
Brazilian Imperial rilming Co. (i,ued at 5/, pm ) 20 Wm,
Beal del Monte Mining Co., Registered
Ditto Unregistered
Canada Company

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HIGH V., ATEtt Al' LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOIOWW.
Morning 9 minute after I Evening........ minutes after 1

HAMBURG, Nov. 26, 1834.
HEINE, BROTHERS, Contractors, for the
Great Lottery, published and drawn by authority and
under guarantee of the Hamburg Government, beg to inform the
public, that the 65th Lottery of 10,000 Tickets will be drawn on
the 18th of March next ; and Tickets are now selling at 108 marks
banco, or 8/. The prizes are lof 100,000, lof 50,000, lof 30,000,
1 of 20,000, 1 of 10,000, 2 of 5,000, 4 of 3,000, 7 of 2,000, 20 of
1,000. 40 of snn and 1,500 of 103 markl,
_ prizes are altogether stateci ,n marks leaflet", and payable without any
deduction whatever; 4,000 tickets being delivered gratis to the holders
of the 2,000 first-drawn tickets, as per scheme; those purchasing
one ticket, at the trifling cost of 81., may obtain three prizes : and
thus, if fortune prove favourable, gain 180,000 marks banco, at the
present exchange, equal to 13,000 L sterling.
Owing to the gratis tickets, the number of tickets en sale is a
very limited one, so that, of course, they will be cleared off very ra-
pidly, and a rise in price occur very soon. Those desirous to pur-
chase at the present first price of 8/., are requested to direct, by
one of the first mails, but only for whole tickets, to the above named
contractors, Heine, Brothers, in Hamburg. Those remitting a
10/. note will receive an order for the balance of 21., together w►th
the ticket, by return of mail ; on the other hand, those preferring
to pay Heine Brothers' draft for the cot, are recommended to pay
such draft immediately when presented. A full scheme, and every
desirable information, being always sent with the tickets, those
giving orders will only have to write a line, ordering the ticket or
tickets, adding the money, or an order for the same, .tir stating the
made of payment that may be more convenient to the orci:rer, and
giving their full and plain directions, to secure the safe ree,:ipt of
the communications.
Those honouring Heine, Brothers, by purchasing, may depend
on the strictest secrecy, as to their taking a chance or getting a
prize ; such being the undeviating rule of the old-established and
most lucky Office.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING will be presented
PIZARRO.
Aft& which the New Grand Chivalric Entertainment, called
KING ARTHUR and the KNIGHTS of the ROUND TABLE.
In which Mr. Ducrow's tnagnifiesnt Stud of Horses will be introduced.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
THIS EVENING will be presented
THE GRECIAN DAUGHTER.
After which the New Grand Comic Pantomime, called
HARLEQUIN AND QUEEN NAB ; OR, THE THREE GLASS
DISTAFFS.

Harlequin, Mr. Ellar ; Pantaloon, Mr. F. Sutton ; Clown, Mr. T.
Matthews ; Whirligig, Mr. W. H. Payne. Columbine, Miss C. Reekie.

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1834.

The Cabinet Ministers went this morning to attend
a Privy Council at Brighton. It is understood that
Coe Proclamation for the Dissolution of Parliament
will Ist;• signed by the KING this afternoon.
The Earl of HADDINGTON went to Brighton this
morning to be sworn in Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland,
as did also the Ea.-1 of CHESTERFIELD, and others,
C ouncillors.
to be sworn in Privy

Proclamation may be
mlt is possible that the .
pub-
lished this evening in an extra.4inary Gazette. If it
be in time for the post, we, shall give, it in a second
edition of The Sun.

Why is the Parliament dissolved ? Some IN,Zem-
hers of the Administration may find it rather difficult
to give a satisfactory answer to the question. Sir Ro-
BERT PEEL has told us that the country is " tired of
agitation," " tired of that state of continued excite-
ment the effect of which, in private life, is to with-
draw men from their proper business." How, then,
comes it to pass, that he is the adviser of a measure
which must give new life and tenfold energy to agita-
tion, before the words in which he pretends to depre-
cate such a course, are well out of his mouth. It can-
not be, as some suppose, that there is already a split
in so united a Cabinet, and that the Premier has been
outvoted on the very first question submitted to his
compeers. That would really be " too bad." It
would be too tough a morsel even for his by no means
squeamish stomach to digest. No, it cannot be for a
moment imagined that, with all his love of power and
place, he would have submitted to such degra-
dation—merely to retain the name, when the
reality was gone. In endeavouring to reconcile
his dissolution of the Parliament with his hatred of
agitation, we must suppose that, as he has a mental
reservation when he talks of "proved abuses" and
"judicious reforms," so he has here also some

loop-hole to creep through,—that profiting.by his visit
to 'Lome, he satisfies himself by some conscience-
stretching process of casuistry, that a general election
has no tendency to " withdraw men from their proper
business—is not in the least calculated to disturb the
" calm and tranquillity," the prevalence of which he
dwelt upon with so much self-complacency at the City
Festival.

But it may be said that if the dissolution is incon-
sistent with one part of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S man-
sion-House declaration, it perfectly accords with ano-
ther. This we do not deny. The public cannot fail
to have remarked, with what disdain the Premier
scouted the doctrine of " measures, not men," as ap-
plied by a renegade print to the New Ministry ; with
what contempt he flung from him the equivocal com-
pliment offered to his political at the expence of his
moral constitution—to his head at the expence of his
heart. He could not brook to have his measures
watched, and his steps dogged, by unceasing suspicion.
No, he stood upon his character, and upon the charac-
ter of his colleagues. It was upon this that he founded
his claim to public confidence and public support ;
and it is by this that we are to interpret the measure
which sends the representative body back to their con-
stituents. The present Cabinet consists of men, every
one of whom has distinguished himself by his opposi-
tion to Reform. They have established their anti-
reforming character on the surest of all foundations—
a uniformly consistent course of action. When, there-
fore they appeal to their past as an earnest of their
future conduct, we need not ask why they have dis-
solved the Parliament. It is their last desperate
chance. They have now got themselves into a si-
tuation from which they cannot retreat. To avoid
being gored to death, they must take the bull by the
horns

The Reformers of the city of London must now
take the field in real earnest—they must boldly place
themselves at the head of the British people, if they
would see England delivered from the deadly grasp of
despotism and political apostacy. The dissolution of
Parliament, which will take place this day, places a
power in their hands of crushing the apostates who
have wriggled themselves into office, which, if used
rightly, will have the effect of ridding the country of a
Government composed of all that is synonymous with
tyranny, apostacy, and corruption in the land—ingre-
dients more baneful than any commingled in the
witches' cauldron. 'With an honest, independent, liberal
House of Commons, the country can afford to laugh
a: the treachery, and trimming, and even the avowed
determ;
;:pion of any Government to subvert the liber-
ties of the Brit; People, however firmly it may be
supported by the countei;ZPce of the Sovereign, and
the votes of the House of Peers. The choosing of
such a House of Commons is now in hands
of the electors. They it is who must determine
the fate of the British Empire ; and in every
part of the United Kingdom the electors will
be influenced by the conduct of the Metropolis.
It is not hole-and-corner Conservative meetings,
and Mansion-house addresses of loyalty and attach-
,
ment to the Duke of WELLINGTON—but tile
votes of the electors at the hustings that will deter-
mine the fate of England. Let the citizens of Lon-
don come boldly and manfully forward, and by return-
ing four tried Reformers for the City, eel; -cm ,example:
to the whole Empire, which will be quickly followed
by the overthrow of the Tory Administration. There
is no want of Liberal candidates—men worthy of their
best support, and most unbounded confidence. In an-
other part of The Sun we publish the address of a
gentleman who comes forward on Reform principles as
a candidate for the City, in opposition to Mr.
LYALL, and most sincerely do we hope that the citi-
zens will elect him. The gentleman we allude to is
Mr. PATTISON, the Bank Director—a person every
way worthy of the trust which he solicits. The re-
turn of Mr. PATTISON would clench the cause of
Reform ; for it would displace the only Conservative
representative for the city, and set the example of
completely ousting that faction to every constituency
in the British Empire. The return of Messrs. WOOD,
GROTE, and CrtAWFURD, the late Reform Members
for the metropolis, is quite certain ; and all that is
wanted to effect a most signal triumph is the return,
in conjunction with them, of Mr. PATTISON, who
entertains their principles, and will unite with them
heart and hand in opposing a Tory Administra-
tion. Mr. PATTISON declares in his Address that he
" shall always be found an unflinching Reformer ;"
that he " cordially approved of the Reform Bill, and
gave it all the support in his power ;"—that he " shall
willingly support a wise and well digested measure of
Munieipal Reform, founded on the principle of periodi-
cal election ;"—" zealously advocate civil and religious
liberty ; " and among several other important declara-
tions,---that he is " determined" in his " opposition to

the present Ministry."
These sentiments are quite sufficient in the mouth of
such a man as Mr. PATTISON, to obtain for
him the support of the most zealous Reformers in the
City ; and already have they come forward to tender
him their best services. At a meeting of the Re-
formers of London, held this morning at the Guild-
hall Coffee-house—a brief report of which we have
given in another column—it was resolved that the ad-
dress of Mr. PATTISON was highly satisfactory,—
that the three tried Reform Candidates, Messrs.
WOOD, GROTE, and CRAWFURD, should be re-
quested to allow his name to be put in nomination
with theirs,—and that in the event of their agreeing
thereto, the gantlemen present would form themselves
into a committee, and elect him free of all expense.
We cannot sufficiently thank those gentlemen
w;:o prepared, proposed, and carried such spirited re-
snintio2s. They are just the persons whose services
are now anded by the country. Let London do
its duty,
and the :ountry is free from the grasp of the
ory Apostates.

It is a part of Tory warfare tk: spread consternation
among the timid portion of the
forces opr usedto them ;
and it is of that portion of the people of t.r;'.
ngland
which may be said to range under the term of political
imbeciles, we have the greatest distrust.
An unceasing outcry has been raised by the Tories
against the " Destructives," and because that very in-
significant class happens to have an object in common
with Constitutional Reformers—the downfall of the
Tories—an alliance in every other design is artfully
supposed between them, in order to frighten the imbe-
ciles into desertion from the Reform ranks. To heed
the execrations of the Tories, one might imagine that
the Destructives embodied all the numerical strength
of the kingdom, and that nothing short of the highest
moral effort is required to arrest their guilty career.
This is a cunning device, but it will delude none but
the timorous or the ignorant.

We have yet to learn that any one measure of a

destructive tendency has been hinted at by the popular
voice. The utmost amount of its demand is for good
and cheap government, and as the readiest means for
effectuating this just want, three great agencies have
been mentioned—triennial Parliaments, vote by ballot,
and extension of the suffrage. To these means the
Tories have an inextinguishable hatred—let us briefly
enquire, for the benefit of waverers, what real cause
of alarm can exist ?

The people, by their representatives, are but one of
the Three Estates which form the Constitution of this
nation, and it is most natural that they should desire
to maintain their prerogative as free from impurity as
possible. If from accident or mis-choice they send to
Parliament persons who are subsequently found to mis-
represent their sentiments, it is not very unfair that
they should be possessed of the means of readily re-
pairing the error. So long as the House of Com-
mons does its duty to the satisfaction of the people,
they will have no desire to change its composition ;
witness their long continued favour to tried advocates,
to those old members who have been again and again
re-chosen by the public voice; whilst they continued to
act faithfully and well, it had been of little moment to
such members whether Parliaments had been 14 years
or 14 months in nominal duration. Besides, the
shortening or lengthening of Parliaments can have no
positively injurious influence upon the other two Estates.
The King and the Peers stand ever in the same con-
dition—if one individual dies, another supplies his
place, and their privileges are untouched : good or
bad—excepting in the last degree of badness—the
people abide the chances. It is but just, therefore,
that the electors should have a reasonably early oppor-
tunity of rectifying errors in a matter so essentially
their own. Three years are a long period to submit
to the mal-practices of a bad servant, but seven are un-
conscionable quite.
As to the ballot, it must be taken as a means to
end. If it promise no other advantages, it possesses
one of prime importance, namely, the certain prevention
of an act, as guilty to the receiver as the giver—bri-
bery. The great mass of the people is in that state
of dependence upon the wealthy classes, that, if the
affluent man choose to be a scoundrel, and buy an
elector's conscience, or bully him out of it, by the
threat of withdrawing the " custom" or the patronage
of his party, the dependent elector has but the alterna-
tive of apostacy and bread, or conscience and starva-
The two chief reasons that have been assigned
against the ballot are of little value. One is the sills'
clap-trap that it would denationalize the British cha-
racter for open dealing, which needs no serious refu-
tation ; the other that if it be conceded to the electors,
the two Houses of Parliament will straightway adopt
the same course. No such necessity exists. Members
of Parliament are presumed to be upon a perfect equa-
lity of independence; and the humblest-fortuned Mem-
ber of the Lower House possesses the constitutional
right of speaking his sentiments, with as unfettered a
tongue as the heir presumptive to the throne, exercising
that right as a Peer of Parliament. They have no
business " custom "to lose. Men do not, or rather
they ought not, to go into Parliament to better their
fortunes by private trading. The only commodity
they can vend is their own honour ; if they sell that,
they are bankrupt for ever.
Th. ent.,-,;•-•rt the suffrage can do no harm, whilst
it must do good. If the people be-well governed, there
will exist no cause for violent out-bursts of feeling ;
nothing for factious demagogues to declaim against,
which the preponderating sagacity of the country
will not stifle in its birth. It will be productive
also of another and an immense benefit the
unthinking or the turbulent part of the commu-
nity will never be induced to meditate a recur-
rence to their physical power, while they possess
one so immeasurably superior as that of their mental
force. When once this frightful alternative becomes
shadowed forth to an exasperated nation, all society
for the time receives a shock from which it does not
soon recover. Because of the deep moral feeling
which pervades the people, from the highest to
the lowest ranks of life, we see little of actual danger
in even universal suffrage, though we are by no means
prepared to advocate that extreme policy. That there
arc fearful exceptions it is shocking to know ; but if
we compare the extent of public wickedness with the
extent of public propriety—the numerical extent of
criminals with the numerical amount of right-minded
citizens—how insignificant does the summation of the

tion.

former appear.
These, then, are the terrors which alarm the
Tories—is there any thing in them so fearfully destruc-
tive as they would have the waverers believe ? Is
there any thing in the demand of a destructive ten-
dency ? Has there been any cry of down with the KING,
the Constitution, or the Church, positive or implied?
All that has been asked for is the correction of con-
stitutional abuses—manifest abuses—in whatever part
of the institutions of the country they may be found,
without violaCng these institutions ; and these are the
agencies they seek, for most rapidily effectuating their
good purposes. The voice 'of the people has been,
and is, and will be, so long as British feeling exists,
for good and cheap government, so far as is consis-
tent with sound wisdom. There may, nay must, be
in all human governments, individual cases of hard-
ship, that square not with the desires of, or that press
heavily upon, some portions of the people. For in-
stance : if there existed a law for the suppression of
that accursed propensity—gin-tippling, the morals of
many thousands would be saved from ruin ; yet the
owners of gin-palaces would, no doubt, bitterly com-
plain of its oppressiveness, and the disastrous losses
which it would occasion to themselves.

Good and cheap government of the many, at the
least possible sacrifice of the few, is all that has been
sought—what, then, is there in the demand so very
dreadful ? Three great means are required by the
people for facilitating this righteous object—what is
there about them that should create such alarm ? The
hopes of the Tories are directed to keep them from the
hands of the people ; and they have the best of all
-Ins, doubtless, for desiring to withhold from them
-,ents, vote by ballot, and the extension

reno._

reasons are, WQ Surely

triennial parna.._,
of the suffrage. What tn..-
need not enumerate.

The Tories are at last beginning to open their eyes
to the real situation of public affairs, and their minds
to the true state of public opinion. When, by their
underhand arts and back-stair intrigues, they contrived
to get the late Ministers dismissed, they though
they should have it all their own way. They
vainly imagined they should have the corn-
plete ruling of the roast. The " leading journal" told
them that there was a re-aztion in the country, that
the quarrel which it had fomented between Lord
BROUGHAM and Lord DURHAM was not confined to

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