The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-11 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

A Vienna letter in the Moniteur says t—" A
ratite] • serious incident attended the last sitting of
the c )mmission charged to draw up the law on the
press, which is to be submitted to the Chamber of
Depu ties at Vienna. The Ministers having been
intro( luced, M. de Schmerling declared that the
GOVCI t'nment was not disposed to accept for offences
of 04 • press, the special procedure recommended by
the c )mmission. The latter persisted in its former
opinii m, as having been agreed to almost unani-
mous) y, and the Chamber is now to decide. The
que3ti 'on in itself is serious, for it amounts to no-
thing less than sending all offences of the press
before a jury.

POLAND.
A et Immunication from Warsaw., of the 4th, in
the kW ecle, says :
" It: appears that the state of siege is not likely
to ce a se for some time yet. Instructions have
rccen t) iy been sent to the governors and comman-
dants of districts to guide them in the application
of thLs exceptional system, informing them as to
the n I ture and limit of the attributions it confers
on thy. m. Hitherto everything has been left to
the at-1 arary decision and z >al of the generals and
officers in command. In the government of
Rado,,l —to cite a fresh instance—the governor has
enjoirae d the authorities of the districts to proceed
with t ho utmost rigour against all priests, or-
ganists , and sextons of the churches in which any
nation s 1 emblems are preserved, and in which
there st ill exist crucifixes and banners bearing the
arms 01 Poland—the white eagle of the Lithua-
nian 111 nsernan. The order extends to cemeteries
as t as churches. Tomb-stones are to be
careft tli 'y examined and defaced or removed if
necest ry. The crosses ereated in honour of the
victints of February at Warsaw are to be taken
away. The execution of these orders is some-
times Ti asisted, but if the clergy do not volun-
tarily P.carry them into execution, the priests are
to be arrested and sent to the citadel of War-
saw;, :the sextons and organists to be enrolled

as common soldiers, if fit for the service,
or if not, placed in companies of discipline,
Several ecclesiastics have been arrested in virtue
of these instructions, which doubtless are not those
of the Government. In the incorporated provinces,
the Governor• General has just issued orders to de-
prive the Catholic population of all sorts of arms,
old or new, whether fit for use or merely kept as
curiosities. What renders these orders more singular
is that the schismatics and the Protestants are
allowed to retain theirs. To avoid paying for them
the executive affects to take them temporarily only,
some of them being very valuable, and promises to
restore them. But past experience has taught us
the value of such promises. Similar measures were
adopted in 1818 and 1854, and the arms then taken
were never returned to their owners."

OPERA GLASSES AND THEATRES.

TO THE EDITOR OT THE SUN.

SlR,—The other evening I and my wife, accom-
panied by a lady friend, went to the Princess's
Theatre to see the celebrated Fechter in Othello.

Right in front of us sat a party of three gentle-
men, who from the very first moment began to
annoy every one within hearing by a succession of
loud whispering and tittering which continued
during the whole aot ; in spite of the indignant
looks of the ladies, and the loud hushes of the gen-
tlemen. I, who am a devoted worshipper of your
incomparable Shakespeare—was absorbed in the
fine acting of M. Fechter, when I was startled by
hearing my wife request the gentlemen not to speak
so loud, or rather not to speak at all—as their re-
marks were of an offensive nature. One of them
turned his opera glass and deliberately fixed it
within a foot or two of my wife's face and stared
in the coolest manner. My wife, who is an
English woman, anticipated me by instantly
striking the glass from his hand. As it
was in the middle of an act, no words
were spoken, but looks of burning indignation were
showered upon him from all sides. After the:play
was over, many who witnesssed it came forward to
sympathise with my wife, and said that they had
never before seen such an insult offered to a lady.

Sir, I ask you to allow me, through the medium
of your widely-circulated paper, to request that
some of your numerous readers would inform me
how an English gentleman would have acted in
such a case. I ask as as foreigner domiciled in
England? I know what I should have done in my
own country, but I do not know how far your
laws would bear me out in this. Is there no autho-
rised way of putting a stop to such proceedings
without interrupting the performance, or being
compelled to submit to unprovoked insult.
Trusting to your courtesy and sense of justice to
insert this complaint,
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN INSULTED ADMIRER
OF SHAKESPEARE.

[The impertinent use of an opera-glass is not
indictable. The lady forestalled the gentleman in
the exercise of his prerogative of protecting her
from insult. It is the duty of the box-keepers to
maintain order, and remove disorderly persons, and
to them application ought to have been made.—
ED. Sun.]

THE NAVAL RESERVE.

SEAHAM, DEC. 6.

The Naval Reserve seamen and other mariners
were' assembled at the dock this day to be taught
the use of the rocket apparatus for saving life from
shipwreck. Before commencing the exercise the
opportunity was taken by the Seaham Harbour
Naval Reserve men to present Captain Heard, R.N.,
of the Trincomalee, with a letter, offering their ser-
vices to the Lords of the Admiralty, should they
be required in the fleet.
After the practice was over, which we may re-
mark was very successful, Captain Heard was
handed an address from the Royal Naval Reserve
resident at Seaham, thanking him for the support
he had given the movement, and his treatment
of them while on drill. It was presented by
Joseph Burrell, and breathed the same loyal and
patriotic feeling which pervades their offer of ser-
vice to the Admiralty.
Capt. HEARD, having replied in short and com-
plimentary terms, was followed by
Mr. DISRAELI, who was a witness of this highly
creditable proceeding, and who addressed them as
follows :—I have very great pleasure in addressing
you on the loyal and patriotic sentiments which I
have listened to from you to your Queen and coun-
try. I sincerely trust that your offer to defend
your country against attack will never be required.
I am a man of peace, but if we are attacked the
honour of England must be asserted and vindicated.
But I am sure, when I see around me so many fine
able men ready to go forward at a moment's warn-
ing to maintain the honour of England, I have no
fear that we should be able to bid defiance to the
world. I have had the pleasure of seeing a great
many addresses from the various seaports of the
kingdom, offering their services to the Government
to defend us, if need be; but in no seaport have I
seen a more unanimous, devoted feeling than in the
port of Seaham and in the county of Durham gene-
rally. I had the honour of being a member of the
Government which ad' pted the recommendation of
the Manning Committee to establish a Royal Naval
Reserve, and I have great pleasure in witnessing
the great success in the formation of that body.

Three cheers were then given for the Queen, and
the men dispersed.

The following is a copy of the address from the
Royal Naval Reserve at Barking, with the reply
received thereto :

" We, the undersigned seamen, members of the
Royal Naval Reserve, having perceived that our
flag has been grossly insulted by an American
vessel of war, beg leave to inform you that we ara
desirous and willing that we may be permitted to
snare in the honour of punishing the perpetrators
thereof, and have therefore to request that you will
be so good as to make this our wish known at head-
quarters.

"Signed on behalf of the Royal Naval Reserve
at Barking."
"Admiralty, Coastguard-office, Spring-gardens,
Dec. 6.

"Memorandum.--With reference to the offer of
the men of the Royal Naval Reserve at Barking to
join the navy for immediate service, their Lordships
have expressed their high satisfaction at the loyal
and patriotic feeling so readily and cheerfully mani-
fested by the able seamen of the Royal Naval
Reserve. Their Lordships rely with the most entire
confidence that the hearty services of the Royal
Naval Beservo will be forthcoming should Her
Gracious Majesty see fit by Proclamation to call for
them.

" H. YELVERTON, Commodore,
Controller-General.
"Mr. S. W. K. Freeman, Her Majesty's ship
Mayflower, Barking."

MELANCHOLY DEATH.—Yesterday information
was brought into Newcastle-on-Tyne by the country people
coming to market of the melancholy deaths by drowning of
a man and a lad in the North Tyne. At all times, more
especially in the winter, the North Tyne, like most moun-
tain streams, is a treacherous river, coming down, as coun-
try people express it, " with a roll of a sudden." Last
Saturday a young man named Appleby, son of the game-
keeper at Newton -hall, was sent by his master, Mr. Arm •
strong, of Short Moor, near Chipchase Castle, on the North
Tyne, to bring a sow home in a cart. Before leaving the
farm on his journey Mr. Armstrong cautioned the young
man to thrust down a stick at the further side of the river,
and if he found in returning that it had " waxed" not to
attempt to ford it; but it seems that the young man had
neglected those precautions, for, upon returning with the
sow in the cart, he had taken a lad named Hudalestone in-
to it, and had driven into the river. The wild and rushing
stream very soon swept the mare off her feet, and carried
her and the cart and two young men down the stream.
Their cries attracted the at cation of a man coming to the
ford, and he tried to render them assistance, as the cart,
the mare at the time plunging dre dfully, was swept to-
wards the bank where he stood ; but before he could give
them any help, the cart upset, and the two young men and
the mare were drowned. The sow swam ashore. The body
of the snare was got out of the river on Sunday morning.
In her death agonies she had given birth to a foal The
bodies of the two young men had not been recovered at
midday on Monday. The melancholy fate of the young
men, Appleby being between 20 and 30 years of age, and
the boy 13 or 14, has caused Ituto a gloom in the villegeo
of North Tyne.

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ZIONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. t SHARE .MARKET—(THIS .7)47).
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CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
Le
Although there is no material alteration
ke ~, Closing i Business
in the general appearance of the Money Share Railways. Paid. Price. Price. done.
s,
Market, the inquiries during the last day -------
'Belfast and Nor Coun. " all;
or two have slightly increased, and in some quar- 13.14 !Mr., Wol., and S.tr.Vai. - 7 l 7l 8
s, ters a fractional advance is asked for commercial 25 'Blyth and Tyne
,S 10 'Bost ,Sleaf„andMid.Co all 6 61 ut V
securities. As the terms current in the open st ;Bristol and Exeter ...
X st ;Caledonian lOO 101 1011 1011 1
market, however, continue to range as low as 2:-
.0 10 Carmarthen& Cardigan all
50 C Irk and Bandon all
Per cent., the demand at the Bank of En
20 Cork Blrock, & Passage all
land is still comparatively limited. In the 20 Cornwall'
rt Stock Exchange lnot in muchrequest, 10 Da A r
to are
till 6p c.p a.has
gets no divl
all • •
o 10 , Do. B
although they can be obtained on very favourable been paid to B.
S 50 jDublin & Belfast June. all 41 43
terms. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. lB 191 14
'e At the Bank of England, yesterday, the bullion sal IpasleArnnaclotaunnties
100 51 12 51 1
n operations were of an unimportant character.
The steamer Mooltan, which leaves to-morrow st Eastern Union, stock,
operations 110000 4327
3540
13oolcw A, late E U 3ds 134
for Bombay, will take out £33,600 in specie. st East Suffolk
st Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 88 00
No important alteration was exhibited in the st Edin., Perth, & Dundee, 100 29 30
10 Forth & ClydeJunctionl all
at Furness
Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon.lloo
Gold is now of about the same value in Paris and all
1- flys
ceostti earned. ! 0 102 104
Hamburg as it is in London.
,s st Do A stock • 100 110 111
10E3 GG6lrriae:alP.N.POntrhdtilhS.e°.rn ...... .
There is a decrease of about £2,900 in the traffic at Do 13 do
Ireland 100 102 104
receipts of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway aat atieSatalVelsltVe. f
Western. . ....... 100 68 681 684 1
for the past week. at Do Str Val gua. stock, 100 55 58
12 Irish South Eastern 1 all
,0
A call of .21 10s., amounting to £123,750, becomes at Lancashire & Yorkshire, 100 106 1061 1064 11 6 4
A st Loudon and Blackwall 100 54 56 55i
due to-morrow on the shares of the London, Chat-
A at , Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 , 115 117 1151
ham, and Dover Metropolitan "B" extension. at j Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 44 46 115
it at (Lon. & North Western' 100 921 021 921 i
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a fair st ILon. & South Western; 100 93 04 94
values 1- anlount of business was recorded at previous val, 25 !F,lreerrr
y & Coleraine all
y & Enniskillen. all 9 11
it The sales were 8,000 bales. at I Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 44 45
ieso IMaryport and Carlisle. all
The Armenian, from the West Coast of Africa, .....
Y has brought £9OOO in gold. 10 IMetropolitan 7l 51 64 51
,
k st Midland
A £rmer tone has pervaded the market for Public 6.4.0 Do New
971 11-
99p p
e- Securities to-day, but the fluctuation has been g
mfdo Bti.rmin W.
, 100 'o.f (t
Irelan
d. all
inall
merely fractional. At one time a slight improve- 25
Id)aoienETares
it all
fluent was established, but it has not been maintained. 10 Do Cray Line 1 all
K 1 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all
Consols, which had been 901 1 for money, and 90; 1
Il 10 Newry & Armagh, def. 9
for the account, are now 9011 and 901 t- respectively. 20 Newry-, Warnpt, & Ros. all
7 The New Threes are steady at Sgt 90 ; the Reduced at 'Norfolk.
at North British
100 624 C 35
it flat at 89t Z ; India Stock remains at 2271 and 230 st ,Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100
- .
at i Do A stk ; A recs no d
Is P
' ditto 5 per Cent. at 1021 1 ; Exchequer Bills, ! 41116 pc. has been pdß 100
re at ;Do B stock lOO
March, are 9s. to 13s. prem. ; ditto, June, 16s. at ;Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 991 100 100 99/ 1 £
.Y prem. 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 4I d d
at Do Leeds
;0 100 56 67
Very little alteration has taken place in Foreign st Do York
d st North London
Securities, and the dealings have been to a fair io Do new 5
extent. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 77 to 78; ditto, 19i106.4 North Stffodshire 51 lot l2l 1
N. and S. W.r Junction a1171.4 104
m 1858, 671 681 Mexican Stock is flat at 261, and
. st Not. Gran. RI. & Canal 100 89 91 891 110
at 10 Peebles all ,
Buenos Ayres Deferred are at 2911. Russian 5 per 20 Portsmouth
at)all
Cents, have receded to 981 ; ditto 3 per Cents tire
at Scottish
n firm at 59 ; Spanish Passive at 161 ; and ditto Cer- at Scot. N. E., Aber. sto 100 38 40
Do Se t. Mid. stock ck
100 97 99
in
tificates steady at 5/ I. Venezuelan are heavy at 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all
iy 21i1 at Shropshire Union
ur 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have st South Devon lOO 36 38
o- 25 S Durham & Lane. Un all -
not been very extensive, but prices have shown a at South Eastern
g 8 further slight improvement. Eastern Counties,
st
South Wales
t s York. and River Dun I°°o
C 955 877 k
ig Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brightons, and North- 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. all 5/ 6
Eastern (Berwick), have advanced ss. ; and South 2.55 stip)cokton & Darlington all 37
Bit p
to Westerns and Midlands, 10s. Great Westerns
25
Taff Vale.
1860 5 4. 51 p
ale.
and South Easterns,have receded Do however about at Pref. No. 1
2100
58. 25 ThamcsHavenDk&Rail 22
50 Ulster
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have 12 10 Do
Do 2O 21 35
si 1 d 1p
continued inactive, and prices remain without any at Vale of Neath
of atl
ry victoria sta. and Pim all 124 13
material variation. South Austrian and Loin- 10
larerford & Kilkenn 100 -:-
in bardo-Venetian realise 181 ; Grand Trunk of Ca- 50 Waterlord & Limerick.' all
20 West Cornwall all 5 6
er nada,lB4 ; Great Western of-Canada, 91; East In- 20 West London
to dian, 99/ 100 ; and Great Indian Peninsula 994.
10 Do Ist class
20 Do 26 class all
all
id Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are st W. Hartlepool Har.&R. 100
Batt West Midland Oxford 100 44 46 441 5
a shade cheaper. London and Westminster have I/o Newport' 100 43 45
_...
declined 10s. Canada Land improved 10s., Crystal at Do Hereford 100 89 91
palace Stock £l, and Oriental Inland Steam ss. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business
Co. s Price. Done.
Bank
Stock
3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 894 90 894 4 Bedford and Bletehley all Ln. & V.W ~ .. .. .
rs . . 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
ht New 3 per Cent. Annuities 894 90 891 90 894 4 Buckinghamshire.... 100 Do.
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do ~, 53 54 531
1111 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 15 7-16 Do. 51per cent 100 Do 122 124
he India Stock
4 Clydesdale .1-unction 100 Caledon. 101 103
Ditto 5 per Cent.
or Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Colchester, Stour Val. ail E.U.&E.O 63 65
E. Lincol ugh. gApr e. 100 Gr. North. 133 136
4". p Ditto 5 per Cent. 96 E.Union,llarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 45
Ditto 54 per Cent .
n•-• Ditto Bonds £I.OOO
11 Dilto under £I,OOO
Consols for Account, Jan. 9 904 i 4 a Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. Wes .. ..
Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1021 Do. halves
'e- March. June. Do. quarters
as txchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 16 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&-N.W 197 202 .
Ditto £SOO
Vl3 Ditto Small l3 pm 16 Do. Preference
n't FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Lon.,Tilb.& Southend' 100 I Peto &Co B5 87
Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk .. ..
--I nt Brazilian 5 per Cent
33, i Ditto, 5 per Cent., 1839 & 1859
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860
ndßuenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Mid. Bradford Prefer-
ence stock
100 3lidland 94 96
3r- • Ditto Deferred
' ' YX15.5. 6. E Counts, par ip ,
gua. 5 per cent...
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
TI" Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do.
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1556, '7, '9, and '60.. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 110 N. E. Ber .. ..
Ditto Account
L&N
ly Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St --Preston and Wyre. a11..W
& L..i,k. 1 43 45
Ditto Account
aa ..
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 59 Roystn.lliteh.& Shen. 100 Gt. North. 133 136
tg .41Triinian 5 per Cent.
I Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent 77 I Do. Do.
South Staffordshire
n- Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94
I ~, Ditto Passive

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 5 per Cent., 1839 & 1859 971
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Deferred
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853..
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St ..
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 59
.ardinian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto P •
~, assive
,Danish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
I' enezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Italian, .5 per Cent., 1861 671
?ieinaorriese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25 francs 671
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Account