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THIP, SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVE.NING, NOVEMBER 22 1844.

ti,ITIFi AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.
PATRON.
Ills Royal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT,
ight lioneurable the EARL Of DEYONt
TIIPSTI29.
e Lord Bishop of At. David's 1 Air eveOtge /.3rpent.ilarti
o r eCourtenay, M.l'. 1 lienjainin 13otid Cabbeil, Esti.
(With Thirty-three Vice.Bresidenta and Twenty-four Members of
Committee.)
fitottcrtons—Messrs. 'Wizard and Co., 61, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
The Winter Session of the Institute being new abort to cenimence,
the Committee have great sattsfsetion in drawing the attention of the
public to the First Anneal Report and proceedings of its anniversary,
unanimously ~-dopteci at a General Meeting of the Members, the Eight
lion, the Earl of Devon in the Chair. Copies of these Documents,
including the latest List of Members (now exceeding 1,200), with Pro-
;ratrimes of the Fifty-two Evenings' Entertainments appointed for
the Season, in Lectures, Saire^,i, Conyersazioni, and Discussions. and
the new managenient:for. .ie Club Department. taay be had at
Messrs. Smith. Elder, and Co.'s, 65, Cornhill; Messrs. Fisher and
Co., 38, Nevrgate-street ; Mr. Ridgeway's, 169, Piocadilly ; and at
the Institute, No. 13, George-street, Hanover-soaare, where all in-
quiries will be readily answered, either personallyor by letter, ad-
dressed to the undersigned,
JA.M.LS S. BUCKINGHAM. Resident Director.

Nov. IG, 1544,

TO BE HAD AT ALL THE LIBRARIES.
POPULAR NEW NOVELS,
PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN.
1. HILLINGDON HALL; or, The Cockney Squire. A Tale of
Country Life. By the Author of" Handley Cross." 3 vols.
2. YOUNG LOVE. By Mrs. Trollope. 3 vole.
3. ARTHUR ARUNDEL; a Tale of the English Revolution.
By the. Author of " Brambletye House." 3 vols.
4. PARSONS and WIDOWS. By the Author of " Peter
Priggins." 3 vols.
5. The WILFULNESS of WOMAN. By the Authoress of the
" History of a Flirt," &c. 8 vole.
G. WHITEFRIARS; or, The Days of Charles 11. An Historical
Romance. Third Edition. 3 vols.
7. CHATSWORTH ; or. The Romance of a Week. Edited by the
Author of " Tremalne." Second Edition. 3 vols.
8. The BROTHERS. By the Author of " Oliver Cromwell,"
" Marmaduke Wyvil," &c. 3 vols.
Also, just ready,
9. THE PALAIS ROYAL; au Historical Romance. By the
Author of " Henri Quatro ; or, The Days of the League."
3 vols.
10. LADY CECILIA FARRENCOURT. By Henry Milton,
Esq., Author of " Rivalry," &c. 3 vols.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

I4ONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.
36, Great George-street, Westminster, Nov. 22, 1844.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN.
SIR—In the list of Notices of New Railways, which appears in the
" Morning Herald" of this morning, purporting to be a COMPLETE
list of those published in the " Gazette," there is an omission of the
notice of this Railway, which duly appenred in the "London Gazette"
and the various local newspapers of the 16th inst., in strict com-
pliance with the standing orders : and as the omission has already led
to 'wintry- from the Shareholders, we shall ftel obliged by your Inser-
tion of this letter, for the purpose of correcting the error, in your
paper of this evening.

We remain, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servants,
BARKER, ROSE, and NORTON.

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING NOVEMBER 22,
Will be performed DER FREI SCHUI Z. Adc,lph, Mr. D. W.
King; Caspar, Mr. Stretton; Kilian, Mr. H. Hornta,tle ; Linda,
Miss Rosner; Rose, Miss Bette
After which, the Grand Ballet, entitled THE CORSAIR,
::enrad, M. Albert; Julien, M. Desplaces; Sanguo,
_M. Montessn
Sfestora, Miss Clara Webster ; Une Vivandiero, Mdllea Auguste,
Veva ; Guinare, 31,111 e. Adele Dumilatrc,
The Box-ottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six
n the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Placeo,
and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 3'2,
WIII he performed a New 'and Original Comedy, in Five Acta,
called OLD HEADS ANDI(OUNG ILEA RTS. Colonel Rocket,
Mr. S rickland ; Llttletoirt.36ke, Mr. Charles Matbv-s ; Tom Coke,
Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buekstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ;
The Countess of i'cn,pion, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawthort,
Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Mist Julia Bennett.
After which will be repeated the Comedy of THE NERVOUS
MAN. Aspen Mr. Strickland ; Mac Shane. Mr. Collins; Mrs.
lacket, Mrs. Stanley.
To conclude with a New Farce, by Mr. Buckstone, entitled THE
Thll MBLE RIG. John Ginger, Mr. Buckstone, Sam Shindy,
Ir. Strickland; Mrs. Ginger, Mrs. W. Clifford.
Orchestra Stella/which may be retasned the whole of the Even-
ing), 53. each. First Price-1343xe52 ; Pit, bs. ; Gallery, ;
Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price. at N o'Clock—Boxes, 3. ; Pit,
'
2s. ; Gallery, Is. • Upper Gallery, Ed. Doers opened at Half-past
Six, Per formancecommence at t'even.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and Ono Guinea and a-Half each.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. At Cher, at the Box-office,
trona Ten till Five o'Clock.

THEATRE LOYAL ADNLPHI.
• " Under the threction of Metdarae CELESTE.
,4, EVENIZ4(3I NOVEMBER 21,
WIWI* *q4ated a liq*orDrarna entitled THE MYSTERIOUS
STRANGER. Court relesirf de area,
Mr. Hudson Count
Vanille. Mr, -Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste;
Crequit, Mr, Wright; Cbecho Mr. 0. Smith.
After which will be repeated VICTORINE; or, I'll Sleep en It.
Alexandre, Mr. Hudson • hael, M M
Dir. Soluy, Victorine, rs.
)
Yates; Elise Mrs. Fitzwil IV4
liant.
To conduct* with a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, called
FELEHACEICS; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss
Woolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford; Dinah,
Mr. Cowell.
Prompter, Mr. °allot Principal Painter, !Hr Pitt ; Leader of the
Band, Dar. Mellon.—llhx—ollice open Prom Eleven till Four. Private
Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STFtEFT.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 22,
Will be repeateda New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE
OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir,
Mr. Walton; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun.;
Richard, Mr. Himo ; Renaud, Mr. Mattacks; Ivon, Mr. Leffler;
Hermine, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Gertrude, Mrs. Foabroke.
To be followed by a New Drama, entitled THE PREDICTION,
In which Messrs. W. Lacy, Oxberry, Mrs. Brougham, Miss E.
Stanley, and Mrs. Lacy will perform.
After which, a New Conseoietta, entitled THE WIDOW
BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival. Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs.
Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling.
Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden.
Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL
Dress Circle, Ss. ; Boxes', 45. ; Pit, N.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at
Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2a. bd. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Proses.
alum Boxes, Two fluineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half-
petst Six and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock.
The Box-office. under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham.
Private Ilexes and Free Admissions fer the Season to be had at the
Theatre.

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA.
HOUSE.
Under the Management et Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 22,
Will be performed a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND
WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinlech, and A.
Wigan; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan.
To be followed by a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINOEN
Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnolsi,
Turner, Stoker, and Keeley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT' TO
MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Turner,
and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollidge.
In the course ef the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in wkich
Sfdlles. Louise and Adele, sof her Majesty's Theatre, will make their ,
appearance.
To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS
With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal
Charaeters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, )4r. Gouriet, Mr.
Crasicalnd Mr. Keeley; Miss Falrbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs
A. , Miss Turner, Miss James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and
Mrs. eeley.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIeeny Boxes. 42.; Upper
Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2e. ;
Upper Boxes, ls. Gd.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Mee
holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second
ler (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Hal& Private
Boxes en the Pit rim (holding six persons), One Guinea,
The Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the dims.
lion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. ROBERTS.
THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER P 2.
Wit) be repeated Douglis Jerrold's NELL GWYNN& Nei
Gwynne, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Orange Moll Mr. H. Hall.
After which, THE KNIGHT AND THE SPRITE, In •hich
Mr. H. Hall, Mrs. Walter Lacy, Mrs. Montgotnerie, Mrs. C. Pope,
and Miss Bromley will perform.
To conclude with THE NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Breakwlndow,
Mr. Attwood.

Great atticaction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds Inset This

Evening, at
ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager Mr. W. BATTY,
THIS EVENING, OVEBER 22,
Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX
'AUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed;
introducing unequalled Natloyal Fetes. Real Frix-chase on the Stage
and in the Circle by living For and real Pack of Hounds, purchased
by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this nivel production.
Epsom Races and other Sporting Features.
New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats if Horsemanship.
To conclude with a Favourite Afterpieco.
Acting and stage-mtnager, Mr. W. D. Itroadfoot.
Box.office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding
Mr. R. Smith

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE
T EVEING NVEMBER 22,
Will be repeateHd aIS
New I )rNama,, entitled THE SEALED SEN-
TENCE, supported by Messrs. Hughes, N. T. Hicks, Vale, Johnson,
Morrison, Mrs. R. Henner, Mrs. Lewis, &c.
After which, the Farce of THE TWO GREGORIES.
To conclude with the New Drama, entitled DON CESAR DE
BAZAN, supported by the entire Company.
Places and Pnvate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
face, from Eleven to Four.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, 22,
Will be repestesl THE STRANGE INTNOVEMBER RUDER, In which
Messrs. Seaman, Higgie, Herbert, and Miss Vincent will pertbrra.
After which, A HUSBAND AT SIGHT. Lonisberg, Mr.
Higgie; Baroness, MTS. W. West.
To conclude witiamii,„;,,7 WANDERING JEW, In which Messrs.
Seaman, Dale, Hik,71611111f,, d the Misses Harcourt will appear.
Private jam' ny Boxes, XI Is. Ad, and.£l Ils. dd.

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 22.
THERMONSTER, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 42 ; Noon, 41.
BAROMETER, 30.35.—WiNn,
Nora.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
reezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair it
isuislly placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

HIGH WATER A: LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
►lorning ... 0 minutes after 0 1 Evening ... 16 mlnuter after 0.

comtnota right of being buried according to the ordi-
dinary forms of the Church, and by a minister of the
Church to whose support thoy aro bound to contri-
bute, has not been explained. If the law has not ex-
chided them trona this ortlinary right of Christianity
and humanity, the ministers of the Chtircii will not
surely be degraded by performing the office; on the
contrary, the geherality of the clergy will rejoice
that in this last ofEee of Christian charity thei% is no
separation between the Church and their Protestant
Dissenting brethren." Sir Join. /Victim. then goes
on to observe, under an evident impression that the
intimation is a necessary one :—" it is by a lenient
and liberal construction of the laws of disability and
exclusion, and not by a captious and vexatious con-
struction and application of them, that the true in-
terests and true dignity of the Church Establishment
are best supported." Here we find the Bishop and
the Judge directly at variance on the important sub-
ject of the burial of Dissenters by ministers
of the Establishment. The former insists that
that funeral service of the Church ought not
to be read over such schismatics ; while
the latter maintains that the clergy ought to rejoice
that in this last office of Christian charity there is no
separation between Dissent and Orthodoxy. It is
curious that the Bishop, from whom—when we take
into consideration his sacred calling—the greatest
amount of charity and forbearance might be expected,
exhibits precisely the least of these, Christian quell-
ties, and adopts the ultra-intolerant view of the
question ; while the Judge, who, as a keen, practised
lawyer and man of the world, might be supposed to
he less encumbered with elevated and catholic impres-
sions, takes that view of the case which is most in ac-
cordance with the beneficent and enlightened spirit
of Christianity ! We trust that the majority of our
readers will be far more readily disposed to side with
Sir Jome NicuoL than with the Bishop of EXETER,
for though the latter may, perhaps, have the authority
of the Rubric in his favour, the former may plead tho
direct sanction of the Gospel, which never fails to
inculcate lessons of charity and toleration, and more
than once alludes to "peace on earth and good will
to men," as being the basis on which the Christian
religion Is founded. But ihow can there be either
"peace on earth," or "goodiwill to men," when the
Church, by its intolerant practices, is the first to
scatter abroad the seeds of discord and discontent ?
How can a spirit ;of harmony and forbearance be
expected to 'prevail in the social circle, when the
Church earries its theological prejudices to so great
an extent, as to refuse to administer the rites of
sepulture to him whose lot through life it was
to dissent, from conscientious motives, from some of
its particular dogmas, though in the ruling principle
of his belief he was a sincere and zealous Christian ?
Surely he is no longer a Dissenter from whose body
the breath of life has departed I Can the cold, sense-
less mass of clay which lies shrouded in the coffin,
and which Corruption in a few hours will claim as
her own, be justly reproached with its non-adherence
to the Thirty-nine Articles ? Is the Church bound,
as a part of her duty, to war with dust and ashes,
and push her theological animosity beyond the
tomb ? Cannot even Death soften the bitterness
of her feelings, and induce her to offer up a
prayer ;beside the grave of a Dissenter ? The
Rubric may authorise her to refuse reading the burial
service over his ashes ; but justice—common sense—
humanity—religion—in a word, all the finer and
nobler instincts of our nature alike revolt at the
idea of such wretched—such preposterous bigotry.

Our attention has been called to a wrathful philip-
pic in the Morning Advertiser, reflecting upoa an
article we published, on the 19th instant, relative to
" the affairs of New Zealand." Our Contemporary
is at once so diffuse and so irascible, so angry and so
playful (though Mr. HALLIBUETON will stare at, if
he ever meet with, such a "counterfeit presentment"
of SAM Suez's humour), that it is difficult to col-
lect what are the precise charges against us. We
infer that the writer probably means to affirm, first,
that he cannot detect " the two facts" to which we
addressed our former observations. This is no fault
of ours, and proves, at least, that our censor did not
see double when he perused the article in question.
But, since that touched upon two points only—and
no more—(the petition complaining of Governor
FITZROY'S conduct, and the commercial notice of the
improved preparation of New Zealand flax)—our
Contemporary's irritation, in respect of the second,
must have made him quite oblivious of the first.
Secondly, we are accused of "an indirect attempt to
whitewash the leading persons connected with the
New Zealand Company," and—of all things in the ,
world--of ultra-Toryism 11 It may be as unneces-
sary for us to repudiate the imputation of " indirect
attempts" at attaining any given object of legiti-
mate discussion, as those of our being ultra-Tories,
or the apologists of persons really "convicted" of the
"most flagrant fraud and the most heartless cruelty."
We are quite content to pass such self-evident ab-
surdities without further notice than the subjoined
commentary upon one of them. Speaking of her
MAJESTY'S Ministers and the New Zealand Com-
pany, we wrote thus:—
" The course adopted by her MAJESTY'S Ministers
was satisfactory to no party. A large portion of the
public were displeased with what they considered,
on the first announcement of the arrangements con-
cluded, to be an improvident and monopolitical bargain
with a Joint-Stock Company for its special advantage."
"The few previously-settled English
residents 3 or proprietors within the limits of that dis-
tant country considered themselves aggrieved by the
purchases of the Company on the one hand, and the
powers assumed and delegated by the Horne Govern-
ment on the other." If this be " whitewashing the
leading persons" of the Company, it must be white-
washing after a very Irish fashion. We never al-
luded to—never pointed at—the "leading persons,"
but spoke generally of the "managing direction, of
the Company." Thirdly, we plead guilty, without
hesitation, to the charge of not having consigned the
directors "to the dark and dreary mines of Siberia"
(as our Contemporary says he would have done) ;
and indeed the whole of his apostrophe about the
" firmament " and the " eclipse"—" the Times and
.the Sun-flowers—is conceived in a strain of varie-
gated eloquence, utterly above our comprehension.
Fourthly, he rebukes us for congratulating the
colony and this country on the rapid improvements
now " effecting in the culture, preparation, and
manufacture of the New Zealand flax." We con-
gratulate them, again. Our Contemporary may enjoy
his own notions of the trivial importance of this ele-
ment in the establishment of a colony's prosperity.
'We persuade ourselves—on the results of carefully
pursued inquiries and experiments, instituted (we
state the fact for his information) many years before
the New Zealand Company was thought of, in respect
of the produce of "some extent of soil" in that
country—results submitted, here, to the highest
scientific and practical authorities—that our anticipa-
tions are fully warranted ; and there, we leave them.
If we did not know how prone men are, when pre-
occupied by one idea, to jump at all kinds of absurd
and inconsequent conclusions, we might marvel at
our censor's gratuitous assumptions. We strongly
reprobate, and have never vindicated, the New Zea-
land Company's past proceedings ; but we also blame
severely the conduct of the present Government and
its predecessor towards New Zealand. This is not
enough for our Contemporary. We don't follow in
the wake of his one idea; therefore we are ultra-
Tories. We don't turn out to join the war he has
been waging on the directors, Scc.,
of the New Zea-
land Company ; therefore 'w•fe are " converting New
Zealand into a paradise," just as he himself is for
transforming the offices of the Company in New
Broad-street into lodgings in the mines of Siberia.
We, he remarks, have written " a long, a very long
article on New Zealand;" therefore he assails
with a still longer critique upon our article. We can
only trace these remarkable prepossessions of a fancy
which seems unconscious of facts, to the influence
exercised upon it by a recent on:;laught made by the
Times on a bubble Company. He recurs to the con•
duct of that eminent journal with great unction, and
is so emulous of similar ddstinction, that, in rushing
at the New Zealand directors, he is for overthrowing
all who come across him in his way. Den QUIXOTE
would decimate the Moors, though he had f^
through half-a-dozen well-filled goat--'
them. "Young ambition "m—
-in its most hopeless

i pads, Word ht, enlists them in the cause of the one
I prejudice which may happen to be paramount with him.

Accounts from Madrid of the 14th state that the
trial of General PRIM was resumed at ten o'clock on
that day, in the presence of great crowds of spec-
tators, consisting chiefly of military men and fo-
reigners. ItnitlitA presided. The proceedings com-
menced with reading the ant of accusation, the
written evidence, and all the other papers connected
with the affair from the beginning, which occupied
the Court till four o'clock, when the counsel for the

defence were asked if they had anything to say,

General SCHELL/. demanded time to consider the
additional evidence produced, but he was allowed
only an hour and a half. At the meeting of the
Court the counsel for each made speeches, but they
were listened to with little interest, and the scene
was monotonous till General PRIM himself appeared.
An eye. witness thus describes the scene and the ap-
pearance of the accused :

" General Prim is a very young, and still younger
looking, man, his age being only 32 years. He possesses
a handsome person, with a peculiarly prepossessing face.
He was dressed on this occasion in a plain black dress,
and the only thing military about him was his general's
scarf, which was sent to him last year by General Ser-
rano after a victory gained over Amettler at Maturo.
He was escorted into the middle of the hall by five sol-
diers. His appearance before the tribunal, his proud
carriage, the disdainful glance with which he regarded
his accusers, his firm and unembarrassed voice, and
his sang froid, produced a deep effect both on the judges
and on the public. He commenced by saying that had
he been accused simply of conspiracy against the
Government, he would not have appeared, but as people
had chosen to suppose him guilty; of a foul and
cowardly conspiracy, his honour required him to protest
with all his force against so abominable a calumny.
He went over the history of his principal accuser, Al-
berni, who at one time was dismissed from the army.
He denied in the most solemn and positive manner the
assertions made by tAlberni, and also protested against
the evidence given by the other accusers associated with
Alberni. The act of accusation, as drawn up by the Pro-
curator Fiscal, was also commented upon by the General
with great indignation and force. He complained that,
with regard to the trabucos, no proper investigation
had been made to discover the truth of that part of
the investigation, and he especially complained that
the superior officer to whom the trabucos were sent
during his absence, had not at all been interrogated.
He also complained in a very dignified but indignant
style of the unworthy manner in which he had
been treated in prison ; not having been allowed for
a long time even a chair on which to sit, and bning
prevented from holding the slightest communication
with any one, not excepting even his advocates, whom
he was not allowed to see till he had been subjected to
the most minute examination. He went on to say that
the Procurator-Fiscal did not endeavour to prove his
case by the evidence given in the depositions, but endea-
voured to make out a case by picking out such portions
as suited his purpose, without reference to the whole
tendency of that evidence ; and he finished his speech
with the following words Either the Procurator-
Fiscal has had the way he is to take laid down for him,
or if he acts of his own accord, he thirsts for blood.'
The speech of General Prim, which was spoken in a
bold and off-hand manner, produced a great effect upon
the audience. After General Prim had finished, three
themoreofwith simply accusedweyote
were introduced,
uced,but
againstt the heycontented
themselves manner
in which the act of accusation was drawn up. The Pre-
sident then declared that the defence was at an end, and
the public were excluded."
The proceedings were brought to a close at nine
o'clock, but the judgment is net known, as it must be
submitted first to the Supreme Military Tribunal.
The discussion in the Chamber of Depties, on the
Reform Bill, was continued, and every amenciii:Pt
rejected. The abolition of trial by jury, in matters
connected with the press, was put to the Yote,
carried by 127 against 22.
The Three per Cents. were done at 27i for
cash, and 27 11-16 at 60 days ; and the Five per
Cents. at 20 9-16 at 60 days.

The Paris papers contain a variety of articles on
various subjects, and of considerable interest. The
Coustitutionnel attacks the Government for the de-
fective state of the steam navy. The Commerce
follows in the same strain on the neglected state of
the mercantile navy ; and the Journal des Debats has
a very long article :on the necesssty of establishing a
better observatory at Paris, and calls upon the Go-
vernment to propose a vote in the Chamber for that
purpose. Lord ROM's gigantic telescope seems to
have led the writer to the subject, who certainly puts
forth some amusing statements. Among others the
following :—" The moon herself, which, astronomically
speaking, is quite close to us (95,000 leagues, or
thirty times the diameter of the earth)—the moon,
with her ;gigantic mountains and her extinguished
volcanoes, is the heavenly body with which we are
the least acquainted. All that we know of her has
been obtained with glasses which magnify two hun-
dred times. The new apparatus that is proposed will
magnify six thousand times, so that we shall be able
to perceive the mountains of our satellite as from
Geneva we see Mont Blanc."
The National contains communications from its
Madrid correspondent relative to the trial of General
PRIM and the state of the country, with an article
denouncing in strong terms the CHRISTINO Cabinet,
and the arbitrary acts of NARVARL. No certain in-
telligence had reached Paris respecting the plans or
movements of ZnanArto. The following particulars,
however, appear in the Phare de Bayonne
" Some days back Zurbano, who since his return to
Spain has been residing on his property in the neighbour-
hood of Logrono, received an order from the Spanish
Government to proceed to Santander. It appears that,
in place of conforming to this order, ho retired in the
direction of the Sierra des Cameros, mountains sepa-
rating the province of Soria from that of Logrono.
There, getting together some soldiers who had served
ander him during the civil war, he placed himself at
their head, and penetrated unexpectedly into the town
of Najera, six leagues distant from Logrono. The
number of soldiers that accompanied him is not exactly
known. One version gives him 50 horsemen, another
raises the number to 80, and finally, a third states that
he had with him 50 horsemen and 80 foot soldiers,
when he appeared before Najera on the evening of the
13th. As to the political standard which he has dis-
played, nothing has come to our knowledge on that
point, although, for our own part, we are inclined to be-
lieve that he intends acting in favour of Espartero under
the banner of the Constitution of 1837, or rather that of
1812, according to which the Queen could be declared
under age, and a regency appointed
..for four years.
The persons who are acquainted with the ferocity of
Zurbano will not be astonished that his first act at No-
lena was to have an unfortunate ceiador, who fell into his
power, shot. He had been so long deprived of the
pleasure of shooting somebody I It is said that he has
acted in a similar manner with respect to three other
individuals, which does not in the least degree sur-
prise us, but we ought at the same time to add that up
to the present time, we have learnt nothing with any cer-
tainty relative to these facts. Immediately after his
entry into Najera, Zurbano convoked the Municipal
Council, and had all the arms and horses fit for service in
the town delivered up to him. He published an appeal
to all the Progressists in the country, and particularly
to such soldiers as served under his orders during the
civil war. The Commandant-General of the province
of Logrono hastened to dispatch extraordinary couriers
to the Captains-General of Burgos, Navarre, and the
Basque provinces, with the news of Zurbano's rising.
The Captain-General of Burgos immediately directed
two battalions composing the garrison of the place on
La Rioja. On his side, the Captain-General of the ,
Basque provinces dispatched the day before yesterday all
the troops that could be disposed of at Vittoria, with
General Jauregui, the second in command. It is proba-
ble that the Captain-General of Navarre, from which
place we have not yet received any news, will also have
tent from Pampeluna forces in the direction of Viana
and Logrono. General Concha, the new Captain-
General of the Basque provinces, who left Madrid in the
night of the 13th, was proceeding to his command by
the malle-poste, but, on his arrival at Burgos, having
learnt the rising of Zurbano, he determined to remain
in that city until he could proceed with an escort, for it
was rumoured that some horsemen, who were said to
belong to Zurbano, had appeared on the high road."
The following is the article in the ConstitNtionnel
on the steam navy of France :

"According to a decision of the 4th of March, 1t.4,a,
our steam navy was to consist of 40 vessels--viz., s or
540-horse power, 15 of 450, 20 of from 220 to 320 and
220 for the 178 r from aoh
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an average of 150, the total would thop :4;t6 O
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powe h ade,r
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r..ereaetiting on tho whole only 8,240
horses viz
seven yet, -" .ae frigate of 640, three of 450, one 0(320,
400, -gas 01 220, 21 of 160, lof 10, 2of 12'11, lof
of I‘o, 3of 60, and 2 of 30% Itus, instead of a
Ir_4ritime force of about 20100() horse-power, we had only
' about 8,000 and most of the vessels too weak and light
to be of any use in the event of a war. This blank in
oefurthmeacrihtsimmebearra.marnTehn:smwinilils rterro boaf bil Ler
itnt rea
het the no ice
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up the blank by putting his hand on the tranpsatl tin
o
steamers. We will not examine this guest;--
an
present moment, but we must observo '
intended to appropriate to tIP.
7,000 horses represented bt, - ' '-
Whether the strength -
merited other- '
mean.

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the
even if it be
navy the force of
imese packets, it is doubtful
or our steam navy would be aug.
..Ise than in appearance, as it is by no
.--ertain that these vessels, which have been con-
dcructed with a different object in view, would be real
vessels of war."

The court-martial on M. BESSQN met again on the
16th at Toulon. After hearing the remainder of the
evidence, and the defence of LiPut. BriseDN,
judges retired to deliberate, and at the end of about
an hour returned into Court, and stated that, on the
first question, "Had Lieut. BEssoN voluntarily caused

the loss of the Groenland?" the answer was unani•
mously in the negative. On the second question,
" Had she been lost through want of precaution and
care?" the answer was four in the affirmative, andfour
in the negative. The defendant having the benefit
of the equality, the President pronounced his ac-
quittal.
The Prince DE JOINVILLE and the Duke D'ALNIALIII
arrived at Toulon early in the morning of the 16th,
accompanied by General DUROSICEL and the other
persons of distinction with: whom they left Paris.
The Princes, in the course of the day, visited the
Arsenal, and were present at the launch of the Pour-
suivante frigate. Their reception at Toulon was en-
thusiastic in the highest degree. In the evening,
there was a grand dinner at the Hotel of the Mari-
time Prefecture where the Princes had fixed their
residence, and the town was illuminated.
THE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20.

First Highest Low Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cants•.•.•. 119 35 .. 119 3.5 .• 119 30 .• 119 3.5
Fours....
Three per Cente.• ••• 83 10 .. 83 15 .• 83 6 .. 53 10
Bank of France 3127 50 ..3130 .•3120 ..3130
Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. SharesloBo —lOBO —lO5O —lOBO
5,0001. Bharwso27 60 —5027 80 —5027 50 • •5027 50
Belgian Bank ••• • • • 635 .. 635 • • 635 .. 635
Belgian Fives, 1840 .. •• • • • • 104 .. 104 .. 104 .• 104
1842 ......•• 107 .. 107 .. 107 .• 107
Two-and-a-Half 61 75 .. 61 75 .. 61 60 .. 61 70
Spanish Active •••••••• •• • • 32i • • 32i • • 321 .• 32/
Threes.... ••• • • • 35f • • 351 • • 354 • . 354
Passive 6 .. 6 .. 6 • • 6
Portuguese Five per Cents.. 63 • • 53 .. 53 • • 53
Neapolitan •• • ••• • • .• 97 60 .. 98 • • 97 60 .. 98
Roman ...• • • ..... •. •• 105 .. 1054 •• 105 .. 105

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