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London, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

LOW/1014, TrETESD4'2uAY _EVEN' t DECEMBFIt Si, 1A44.

winning over to their ranks no inconsiderable portion
of the younger clergy, to say nothing of certain
ecclesiastical dignitaries who saw—or imagined they
saw—that their exertions had no other aim than to !
increase the temporal and spiritual authority of the
Protestant Establishment. But gradually as they
felt their way, the Tractarian heretics began to adopt
a bolder course of conduct. The meekness and
apostolic simplicity that had at first distinguished
them slowly disappeared. They assumed a loftier—
a more decided—a more imperious tone. What was
at first mere zeal became downright fanaticism, as
their successive Tracts abundantly manifested, each
of which was of a more bigoted character than its
predecessor. Still, however, they forebore from dis-
playing the cloven hoof, or outraging public opinion
in too marked a manner; and it was not until the
appearance of the famous Tract, No. 90, when they
fancied that the pear was at length ripe, that they
boldly threw off the mask and displayed themselves
in their true colours. From that time to the present,
their course has been one continuous, systematic out-
rage on common sense and the great principle of re-
ligious toleration. They have endeavoured to degrade
the naked, straightforward, majestic simplicity of the
Reformed Faith, by engrafting on it a variety of
superstitious mummeries and showy ceremonial ob-
servances avowedly borrowed from Rome; and what
is far worse, they have recommended the revolting
practice of Auricular Confession, the worship of the
Virgin and the Saints, and similar Popish usages, the
attempt to enforce which cost JAMES the SECOND the
loss of three kingdoms. They no longer deem it
necessary to conceal their real sentiments. Not a
few of them have already gone over to the Church of
Rome ; and of those who still keep within the pale of
the Establishment, sharing in its emoluments while
they disavow its tenets, several are constantly oc-
cupying themselves in sounding the praises of the
antagonist Religion, and boldly proclaiming in their
tracts, pamphlets, sermons, and reviews, that the
further we have wandered from Rome, the more have
we been mistaken in our estimate of the true Faith.
When these Tractarian heretics first began to awaken
public attention, we thought—in common, no doubt,
with the majority of our readers—that they sere a
set of mere recluse, simple-minded, unworldly theo-
logians, who meant well, and whose very excess of
zeal sprung out of the simplicity and integrity of
their character. But we no longer entertain this
favourable opinion of them. We have watched
their progress, and the gradual, artful development of
their intrigues with some attention, and are at no
loss to recognise in the whole course of their pro-
ceedings the presence of a subtle, jesuitical intellect,
essentially worldly in its character, well acquainted
with the springs of human action, and skilful and
ready in availing itself of some of those weak-
nesses to which all humanity is more or less subject.
With scarcely one single exception, all the moves of
the Tractarians have been made with the judgment
and dexterity of accomplished chess-players.

Madrid journals of the 23d have been received. M.
MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA presented on that day to the
Senate a Bill for carrying into effect the treaty con-
cluded with Great Britain in 1836, for the suppres-
sion of the slave trade. This ]dill renders offences
connected with the slave trade penal. The discussion
on the Clergy Dotation Bill was resumed in the
Chamber of Deputies. It was decided by 78 to 41
that the amendments of the Marquis VILLUMA and
others should be considered, not as amendments, but
as distinct projects of law. A proposition by M.
REINOSA, to refer them to a Committee, was rejected,
and the Chamber adjourned fur the holidays. The
example of the Marquis de VILLUMA had been fol-
lowed by 17 Deputies, who had resigned their seats.
It would appear that the sons of Don FRANCISCO
DE PAULA are the destined husbands of the QUEEN
and her sister. Although the Queen-Mother advo-
cates the marriage of the QUEEN with Count Tas,
PAM, that event is stated to be no longer probable.

The Paris papers of Sunday have arrived, and from
them it would appear that a Ministerial crisis is at
hand in France. Not only do the Opposition
journals treat the result of the Saturday's election for
Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies as a
triumph, but the Ministerial papers all but acknow-
ledge it as a defeat. On the first ballot, as we stated
yesterday, M. SALVANDY, M. BIGNON, and M. Du-
rsuaa, were elected three of the Vice-Presidents,
and as neither of the other candidates had an absolute
majority a new ballot took place for the fourth. On
the second ballot taking place M. BILLAULT, the Op-
position candidate, obtained 150 votes, while M. DE
BELLEYM the Ministeriaiist, obtained only 14.5.
The number of voters being 307, and the absolute
majority required 1.54, another ballot between the two
last-named gentlemen was adjourned to Monday. It
is considered that M. Grufaor was only saved
from absolute defeat on this occasion by the
adjournment of the ballot to Monday. There is,
to speak in English Parliamentary slang, " a smart
whip " for that day. According to the Constitutionnel,
Ministers sent off couriers in the course of the even-
ing to require the attendance at the ballot of Monday
of all the Deputies on whose fidelity they could
reckon.

In the meantime the check of Saturday was pro-
ducing its usual effects. There were various rumours
of ratting, and although there is little doubt but that
the Ministry succeeded in defeating M. Ihr.LAuvr on
Monday, yet, still their tenure of office must be con-
sidered as rather precarious, and it is not improbable
that they may be defeated on the first great trial
of strength. As one of the signs of the times, it may
be mentioned that Count MOLE, who has hitherto
afforded M. GuizoT a sort of sullen support, has now
openly declared against him. He is stated to have
said, openly, at the Chamber of Deputies, that
" at no period since 1830 had the dynasty of July
received so severe a rebuff as at the royal sitting of
Thursday, and that the only person who was the cause
of it was M. GUIZOT, the most unpopular man in
France." In the Chamber of Peers, too, on the same
day, Count MoLe made a violent attack on the Go-
vernment respecting its policy in general, but
expressly with regard to Morocco. The part
taken by Count MOLE is the more signifi-
cant, as it may be considered in some measure
indicative of the feelings of the KING, who is
said to have felt severely the coldness of his reception
by the Chamber, and to have ascribed this negative
unpopularity to his protection of M. GUIZOT. The
following extract from the Journal des Debats shows
the disappointment and alarm of the Minister's friends
at the result of the ballot of Saturday :
" We will net affect to disguise our regret at this
result. Without any doubt it would have been better if
the majority were not divided, and did not give the
Opposition reason to doubt tho union of the Conservative
party, and the hopes which, however, we have no fear of
seeing realised. We have no fears as to the result
of the scrutiny which will take place on Monday ;
but we think it necessary to put the majority on
their guard. Hitherto the evil done is not great.
M. Dufaure, in almost all great questions, has
voted with the Ministry, and has already been a
Vice-President of the present Chamber—that is to
say, of the Chamber which has always supported the
present Ministry. We may, therefore, consider the no-
mination of M. Dufaure as a homage paid to his personal
character, and to his incontestable merits. But the no-
mination of M. Billault would have quite another signi-
fication. Let the Ministerial party not deceive itself.
If in nominating M. Dufatire it has to a certain point
remained faithful to the line of policy it has always fol-
lowed, in naming M. Billault it would contradict that
policy, and would be making the amende for all the votes
It has given for the last three years. M. Billault's
tion in the House does not make his nomination neces-
sary. His loquacity, which is sufficiently elegant, has
become eloquence only from the silence of the leaders of
his party. He has spoken a great deal because those
who pushed him forward chose to he quiet. M. Billault,
therefore, represents a party which, for four years, is in
a permanent minority in the Chambers and in the coun-
try : he represents opinions which have been condemned
in the loudest manner on all the occasions that they have
been put forward, and which has prevented, to the
utmost of its power, the re-establisment of order at
home, and of peace abroad."
The Constitutionnel is in ecstacies at what it con-
siders as a severe check to the Ministry. It says—

" To convince oneself of that, it is only necessary to
compare the votes of this year with those of last. The
29th December, 1843, two ballots were sufficient fur the
Vice-Presidents. The whole four were of the Conser-
vative party. Among them M. de Salvandy and M.
Lepellitter d'Aulnay represented to a less degree than
they do to-day the hesitations of the majority. 31. Bil-
lault, who next to those elected had the greatest Lumber
of votes, was still below them 43 votes on the first ballot,
and 31 on the second. This year two candidates only
on the Conservative lists have been elected. We will
not remind our readers that the first of these, M. Bignon,
has on more than one occasion caused a great deal of
displeasure to the Ministry by hih reports on the
budget ; we will not say that the other, M. de Salvandy,
preserves a predilection for another Cabinet, but that he
certainly was not the candidate which the most devoted

friends of the Ministry would choose. It is sufficient to I
say that M. Dufaure, the Opposition candidate, was '
elected on the first ballot, and that M. Billault obtained
on the second ballot five votes more than his opponent, 1
M. de Belleyme. Six more votes in the first ballot, And
four in the second, would have secured the election of
M. Billault."

The ballot of Monday is looked forward to with
great interest. _ _

There have been several extensive failures on the
Paris Bourse. On this subject the Commerce has the
following paragraph :

" The Bourse is at this moment a prey to great
anxiety. It is known that one of the capitalists who
frequent it has failed to the amount of 700,000 francs.
It is to be feared that this is but the beginning of other
disasters when the impending settlement takes place.
The cause of this commotion is the great rise that has
occurred in the public funds after the adjudication of
the loen. Bitter complaints are made against the power-
ful banker who rules the market, and who is the
author of all these misfortunes. It is he, say they at
the Bourse, on every side, who had weighed on the
funds, and kept them down at low prices until lately:
it is he who, to prevent a rise which would naturally
have taken place, declared to all he spoke to that he
never would offer to take the loan at a high price; it is
he who, afterwards, gave such an impulse to the funds
that they reached three francs after the adjudication of
the loan. It is not our province to take up the cause
of speculators imprudent enough to struggle with such
an ascendancy; but these vicissitudes, and their ruin-
ous consequences, fall upon trade, and react upon its
transactions. Is it not deplorable that the Govern-
ment should, by its complaisances and its concessions
of every description, have suffered an influence to arise
powerful enough thus to keep public credit under its
dependence, to stop and make it recede one day, and
give it an impulse on the next."
The Journal des Debats rather conspicuously an-
nounces that Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS has arrived
at Brest in the Reine Blanche frigate, and that he
has immediately repaired to Paris. He had been
expected to land at Cherbourg, where the National
Guard intended to present him with a crown of laurels.
The Opposition prints state that the Ministers having
become acquainted with the intention of the Cher-
bouriens, M. de MAcaiu, the Minister of Marine,
dispatched positive orders to Admiral DUPETIT
THOUARE to land at Brest, and not at Cherbourg.
On board the Reine Blanche carne to France the
Neapolitan Prince AQUILA and his bride (the Prin-
cess JANUAIIIA of the Brazils). Admiral DUPETIT
TIIOUARS arrived in Paris on Sunday, and immedi-
ately visited the Minister of Marine. The Refine
Blanche sailed from Rio on 24th October.

HINTS TO lIOUSEKIREPERS.-At this festive season
housekeepers should be on their guard against the
depredations of persons going about under the guise
of seeking for situations, but really with the inten-
tion of stealing whatever they can readily lay their
hands on. Instances of this nature have come to
our knowledge, where articles have been missed
when the stranger had departed. On leaving the
hall, it frequently happens that great coats or um-
brellas left there are stolen, and the loss is not dis-
covered till too late. The only remedy appears to be
to watch the place-hunters, until they are fairly
" out of soundings," for they are a very crafty and
piratical crew.

THIS DAY'S NEWS

SHERRIFFS' COURT-(THIS DAY.)

RYLES V. GARDNER AND ♦NOTHER.

There were this morning two actions under this name,
in one of which Henry Ryles, in the other Charles
Ryles, was the plaintiff: In both cases the ground of
action was the same, and in both the defendants were
Wm. Gardner and James Thompson.
In the first cave, in which Henry Ryles was the plain
tiff, the principal witness was Charles Ryles, the plain-
tiff's father, from whose evidence it appears that he
(witness) and his son, the plaintiff in this action, have
been for some time in the employ of Mr. Ellis, a painter,
plumber, &c., in Tavistock-street, Covent garden, and
that on the 30th of October, 1640, they (witness and
plaintiff) had to carry two cans of linseed oil to the stall
of a salesman in Covent-garden Market, to whose father
they bad been sold. They wire directed to place
them in one of the cellars under the market, and
having done so, they were accosted by the defendant
(Gardner), who is one of the clerks of the market,
and whose duty it is to take the tolls of the salesmen in
the market, and to see that the various rules of the
market are obeyed. The defendant thought that the
witness and his son had entered the cellar with some
sinister design; and not being satisfied with their expla-
nation, he desired the defendant, Thompson, to take them
into custody ; and he, Thompson, being the beadle of
the market, took them accordingly to Bow-street Police-
office. Having been confined for some time in the yard
at:Bow-street, they were taken before a magistrate, and
charged by Thompson with being found in one of the
cellars of the market, being unable to give any satisfac-
tory account of themselves. On their -explaining the
circumstance, they were at once discharged, and the de-
fendant, Thompson, admitted that their explanation was
satisfactory. On being cross examined, the witness ad-
mitted that on leaving the police-office he went with the
defendant, Thompson, to a public-house, and they had
some beer together.
Policeman Carter, F 5, produced, and swore to, the
police-sheet of Oct. 30, 1840, which contained the names
of witness and plaintiff.
This was the plaintiff's case.
Mr. PETERSDORF, on the part of the defendants, briefly
addressed the jury, and pointed out to them the fact that
the plaintiff's father (the plaintiff in the next case) had
been on friendly terms with the beadle (Thompson) after
the assault and false imprisonment, which formed the
ground of action. He (Mr. Peteraderf) thought that
it had not been proved that either of the defendants had
exceeded their duty, but even if they had, the action,
should have been brought against only one of them, and
a second action might have been brought against the
other. Then Thompson could have been brought for-
ward as a witness for Gardner, and Gardner for
Thompson. There was no one present but Gardner,
Thompson, and the two Ryles. They had taken care
that they should be able to appear on behalf of one
another by bringing separate actions, but he thought
that the circumstance of the friendly conduct of Ryles
tow wards Thompson, taken together with this faet,
showed that they did not consider that they had a just
ground of action.
The UNDER-SHERIFF having summed up, the jury,
without retiring, found a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages, 101.

CHARLES RYLES V. GARDNER AND ANOTHER.

Mr. PETERSDORF, who appeared for the defendants in
this action also, proposed that the jury should not be
troubled with a repetition of the facts, but that a verdict
should be entered for the plaintiff, damages 101., as in
the previous action.
Mr. WILKINS, on the part of the plaintiff; assented to
this proposition, and the jury found a verdict accord-
ingly.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.)
IN RE CHARLES CAM.

In this case the bankrupt, lately an ironmonger in
Whitechapel, whose affairs have been frequently re-
manded, on the ground of the unsatisfactory nature of
his accounts, was again put back till the 11th February,
for a similar reason. The official assignee said that the
bankrupt himself was convinced that the statements in
his balance-sheet were not sufficiently explanatory, and
therefore craved a little time to amend them.

HIS HONOUR, under these circumstances, ordered that
the accounts, satisfactorily made out, should be in the
hands of creditors before that time.

SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. PocitLE and a full bench of Magistrates.)
The general Quarter-sessions for the county of Surrey
commenced this morning, at the Court-house, St. Mary,
Newington. There was a very numerous attendance of
magistrates upon the bench, amongst whom we noticed
the county Members.
The calendar, although containing the names of only
33 prisoners since the last session for this county, was,
in point of the nature of the crimes with which the se-
veral prisoners were charged, what might be termed a
heavy one The various prisoners were classified in
such a manner as to present the respective degrees of
education possessed by each. Out of the 33 prisoners so
classified, only four could read and write well, 14 could
read and write very imperfectly, and the remainder were
wholly unable to either read er write. Thirty-one of
the prisoners for trial were charged with felony, the
other two being misdemeanants.
The grand jury having been sworn,
The CIiAIIIMIN briefly addressed them.
After the grand jury had retired the Court entered
upon the usual county business.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
William Benny was charged with attempting to stab
his wife. The prisoner, on the previous evening, asked
his wife to give him some money ; she declared she had
given him all she had. She left the house, and went
into a grocer's shop, and was stancing by the counter
when she felt a thrust at her side, and, on turning
round, saw the blade of a knife projecting from her
husband's hand.

The prisoner was held to bail for the sessions.

SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.)
Elizabeth Hawes was charged with robbing a very
sanctified-looking man, named Edward Davis, of a purse,
containing a quantity of silver.
The complainant said he was walking home steadily
the preceding night, when he was accosted by the pri-
soner, who persuaded him to take her into a wine-vaults
and treat her to some liquor. It was entirely out of
good nature that he consented to her entreaties. " And,"
added ho, with a solemn shake of the head, " she after-
wards had the ingratitude to thrust her hand into my
pocket, and rob me of my purse and money."
Mr. TRAILL—Was the money found on her?
The policeman said that he went to the spot on hear-
ing the noise, but he found neither money nor purse on
the prisoner. The complainant was. fuddled.—(Laughter.)
Mr. TRAILL (to complainant)—You forgot to state
you were intoxicated.
Complainant—Oh, yes, I forgot that ; but I felt the
hand in my pocket.
Mr. TRAILL said that he should not commit such a

case for trial, for if he did he knew he would be entail-
ing an expense on the county, and that she would get
acquitted.
The complainant, who appeared very much disap-
pointed At the result, leA the court very mu,.:13
chap-fallen.

MAINLY AND COMMERCIAL vt'S

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a steady demand for Cotton at Liverpool
again yesterday, at firm rates. Sales, 5,000 hales.—
ltdlway Shares were supported, and a fair business
was done. Biiiningham and Gloucester, with New,
100 101 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 43 ; Chester and
Birkenhead, 35 ; Eastern Counties, 151 ; Grand
Junction, '225 ; Ditto, Half, 112} 1131 ; Liverpool and
Manchester, Quarters, 51i ; London and Birmingham,
321. Shares, 391; Ditto, Quarter, 271; London and York,
41 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 521 ; Manchester
and Leeds, Half, 53 521 ; Midland Counties, 1151 ;
North British, 71. 13s. 9d. ; Sheffield and Manchester,
971 ; South-Eastern, 401 41 ; Paris and Lyons, 3i ;
Paris and Rouen, 411.
There are no late arrivals to-day.
We are informed, in reference to our remarks upon
the new and expeditious mode of landing fruit cargoes,
intended for London, at the port of Southampton, that
the Railway Company has manifested decided indif-
ference to the interests of its proprietors, as, in order
to command the advantage of having fruit cargoes dis-
charged at Southampton, proper carriages for their con-
veyance were promised, and although thousands of
pounds have been voted since for other purposes con-
nected with the duck and railway, not a single carriage
has been built for this service ; the consequence of which
has been, that the sales of two important cargoes, adver-
vertised by Keeling and Co. on the 24th instant, were
completely frustrated by detention on the railway, and
great damage to the fruit was likewise occasioned by
the want of proper conveyance from the ter-
minus to Monument-yard. This has entailed a severe
loss to the importers, who, naturally indignant at pro-
mises been made and not fulfilled, decline availing them-
sela-ea again of this mode of conveyance. until the Rail-
way Directors put themselves in a position to carry out
the promises earnestly made, to afford every facility fur
this now important branch of trade. We may safely
leave the matter, it is to be hoped, to that universal
monitor—self-interest ; for undoubtedly the Directors
must se* that they are nipping in the bud a new source
of profit to the railway
The Funds have been rather fiat again this morning,
Consols realising 100/ to 1001 only, and with but a
limited business doing. The New Three-and •a-Quarter
per Cents. have been 103-i- to 1031. The Commissioners
continue their purchases. Exchequer-bills Lave been
625. to 645. premium. Bank Stock is 2101 to 2101,
being rather higher.
The Foreign Investments have rallied a trifle upon the
settlement of the account. Spanish Actives have been
27 to 28, and the Three per Cents. 381 to 1. Mexi-
can Five per Cent. Bonds have been 351 to a and the
Deferred 154 to 1. Peruvian Stock has been 291 ; Co-
lumbian, 14; Buenos Ayres, 391 to 40; and Brazilian,
89. Dutch Four per Cents. have realised 971 to -I.
The Share Market bas been extremely quiet, but
holders generally ask higher rates.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2loii
_ _

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 3} per Cent. Annuties
Consols for Opening

Exchequer Bills. lid.
1,0001.
5001.
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised .....
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 35-11
Ditto for the Account 3581
Ditto Deferred
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1640 271 28
Ditto for the Account.; 27 28}
Ditto Passive Bonds 6l
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent... 3Ba*
Ditto for the Account.
- Dutch 21 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto 5 per Cent 998
PRICES OF SIIARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

lid.

RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Bristol and Gloucester..

Cambridge and Lincoln
Churnet Valle•
Eastern Counties

London and Birmingham ...100 230
London and Blackwall

London and Brighton.... 5O ...... 52i
London and South Western.. 414 ...... 76i

Ditt4) NewConsolitiated Sths 6
Ditto,New ..
London and Croydon
London and Y0ik........ ...... 2i ... .. 5h
Midland lOO ll6k
Rugby
South Eastern and Dover ... 33h
Ditto New

Trent Valley
York and North Midland ... 50
Ditto, Extension
Boulogne and Amiens
Lyons and Avignon
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Rouen... .. 20
MANVIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 30.—We
have had a brisk market, at improved prices. Eastern
Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 225. 6d. ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 53 ; Midland Counties, 115 ; Great
Nor kern of France, 2 1-16 2 ; Birkenhead, Manches-
ter, and Cheshire Junction, 61; Blackburn, Burnley, and
Accrington, 3i 9-16 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2i- ;
Churnet Valley, 3i; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail
and Canal, 4 9-16 ; Trent Valley, 10f f ; Dundalk and
Enniskillen, 2i.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 3} per Cent .. 103&
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001.
Consols
Indian Stock 2B6k
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., lid.
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS
Brazilian Bonds

Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Dutch, 2} per Cent —
Ditto, 5 per Cent 99
SHARES.

Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid
Caledonian, 5 paid 4i
Churnet Valley, 2 paid 3
Eastern Counties, 25 paid l5l
Great Western, 75 paid l5O
London and Birmingham (Stock)
London and Blackwall, 16
London and Brighton, 50 paid
London and Greenwich, 121 paid 9i
London and South Western, 41i paid 76
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. paid .....
Ditto Guaranteed. 5 per Cent., 2 paid 24
London and York,2} paid 56
Manchester and Leeds, 70 paid
Midland, 100 paid
Newcastle and Berwick, 11 paid.
South Devon, 10 paid
South Eastern and Dover, 33i paid 414-
York and North Midland, 50 paid
Ditto Half Shares, 25 paid
Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2 paid
Paris and Rouen, 20 paid 4lk
Strasbourg and Bale, 14 paid