The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-08 00:00:00

the most opulent merchants and manufactures of
Leeds were mingled with the middle classes, and
a fair proportion of operatives, Mr. J. G. MAR-
SHALL was in the chair. The meeting was one of
those tea parties which the Socialists, we think,
had the merit of introducing, which the opera-
tives have adopted, and which just now have the
double recommendation of discountenancing in-
ebriety, while they promote cheerfulness, and
promote trade with that great empire with which
we have recently concluded peace, and hope to
extend our commerce. Great Britain, we are
afraid the monopolists will say, is changed in all
things, and there can no longer be any hope for
that monopoly which they characterise as Eng-
lish, since the people eschew roast beef and beer,
and take to tea and bread and butter. In that
change lies part of our hope. When the people
were brutified by much strong drink, they were
fitted to be the tools and slaves of those who
chose to use and enchain them.

Several noblemen and gentlemen who had
been invited were unable to attend, which they
must have regretted. The principal speakers
were Mr. ADLAM, one of the Members for Leeds
—the other Member, Mr. BECKETT, could not
attend his constituents—Mr. H. STANSFIELD,
Dr. BOWRINO, Colonel THOMPSON, and Mr.
COBDEN, who seems unwearied and in-
exhaustible. He gave the meeting the
strongest assurance of success, and said
that he believed the House of Commons,
when it met, would contain not less than 200
Members ready to vote for total and immediate
repeal. We almost anticipate that the whole
House will vote it by acclamation, in order to
get rid at once and for ever of Corn-law discus-
sion and Corn-law agitation. At least we are
sure it could perform nothing so wise. The Hon.
Member also referred emphatically and strongly
to the war which some journals have carried on
against the League, and the prosecutions with
which they have threatened it. He wisely set them
at defiance, and informed those journals that the
League wasprepared to show by extracts from their
columns, that they had contributed to the late
uprising of the people in the manufacturing dis-
tricts. He referred to a particular case at Halifax,
where a monopolist journal had directed the mob,
by its accusations, against a manufacturer's pro-
perty, and led to the spilling of blood at his very
gates. But the League will not stoop to bandy
accusations; it will not make this great question
a party or personal squabble; it will stand firm
on principles, and continue to arrest, in Parlia-
ment and out of Parliament, a law which ought
never to have been enacted, and of which expe-
rience has now demonstrated the ruinous conse-
quences.

No doubt now remains that Sir R. PEEL and
he Irish Bishops are not quite of one opinion on
he subject of education in Ireland. The Pro-
estant clergy, disapproving of the National
Board instituted by the late Government, formed
a separate association for the purpose of training
the children committed to their care in the
principles of the Established Church, and, as a
natural consequence, of excluding from the
schools all the children of Catholics, Pres-
byterians, and Dissenters. To such a sys-
tem all who wish to see political and
religious rancour swept away must decid-
edly object, and we, therefore, rejoice that
Sir R. PEEL has discountenanced a plan which
could only tend to keep up animosities and throw
additional odium on a Church not viewed with
much complacence by the Catholic population.
Some weeks since, a number of Bishops:made an
application to
.the Government for a grant of
money to this knew Board, and, after mature de-
liberation, the Minister replied that the grant to
the National Board would be continued, and that
he must decline proposing a vote for the Church
Education Society. The Bishops have, therefore,
issued a circular to the respective secretaries
announcing these facts, and at the same time
calling upon the friends of the Church to use
their best exertions to raise funds by voluntary
subscriptions. To this circular there can be no
objection. It is drawn up in a Christian spirit,
displays much moderation, and disowns any per-
verse opposition to the Government, in its endea-
vours to heal the wounds occasioned by party and
religious distinctions. We only regret that men
who have so much in their power, and whose
interest it is above that of all others, to put an
end to the dissensions which have caused so
much bloodshed in that unfortunate country,
have considered it their duty to oppose the Go-
vernment .in this humane and noble attempt.
Catholic priests are as jealous of any interference
with the religious tenets of their flocks as most
others, yet they in general approve of the
National Board, and can see no danger in the
plan, but, on the contrary, great good, in allow-
ing children of different creeds to associate in the
same schools, and form attachments which will
not be forgotten in after-life. The exclusive
spirit which has all along been displayed
by the Irish Church has been the bane
of the country, and it is lamentable to
find, in tkle present age of improvement,
that it is still as rife as ever, and threatens to re-
vive animosities which were fast wearing away.
What can a Church, already tottering to its fall,
gain by such a vain and bigoted scheme? The
Government, however, have done their duty, and
we trust, n c,twithstanding the secession of the
Bishops, will be successful in removing those dis-
tinctions an, i prejudices which have for years
rendered Int land a thorn in the side of this
country.

The exami nations of the creditors of some
noble insolvents and bankrupts have made us
acquainted w ith the dunned sort of lives they
lead, and thi a company they keep. Instead of
enjoying the a (selves in refined society, in intel-
lectual purs•J its, or in the cultivation of arts
which tend to improve themselves and others,
they consort 3 vith griping money-lenders, men of
a bad charact ( 1., second and third-rate attorneys,
fourth-rate tradesmen, and the men of straw, who
are put forty: trd to bear the ignominy of their
transactions, ; should they be brought to light.
In like maniaa r the recent trial, SMITH v. BOND,
placed before! the world a considerable number
of persons, hit: ghly connected, associating night
after night • with needy gamblers, com-
mon informe:rs, and persons whom every
respectable at an would cautiously shun. Per-
isv.uoasnitesitcseofoo!thhsauet lescription, with the women and
c )balemlibaner
libertines, and
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society d o
for their infra, along of decency and morality.
To be surround ed and preyed on by harpies of
the most revol• ting species, to be exposed to all
their rudeness s .nd vulgarity, must be pretty nearly
equal to a sec: fusion for a time in Northleach,
and, though Cri e vices of these noble persons are
far fitter objf3 cts for the legislator to strike at
than the quart- els of illiterate peasants, we ask
him not to add the tread-mill to the self-degrada-
tion they inflii ct. They are punished enough.
We hope, how( !ver, that the public at large will
take notice of he company kept by many of thg
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At the same time, society is not benefited by
the punishmenrt they inflict on themselves. It is
no compensatio n to the numerous families im-
poverished in o rder to raise the rent of this Lord
or that Marquis, that the extorted opulence only
ends in degradi .ng the extortioners. It is no com-

pensa don to tray lers, that therestrictions which ruin
them to enrich my Lord, really enrich the classes
of persons whi.c h those trials have brought under
the public noi ice, That the wealth extorted
from the poor, nand that restrictions imposed on
trade do not, in fact, serve to raise up and cherish
a high-minded set of gentlemen, cultivating all
the graceful art 3, and inquiring into all kinds of
science, but that it increases the number of tour-

tesans, usurers,. and gamblers in society, is a
gross aggravatim►ofthe injury which the poor and
the traders affirm they suffer at the hand of the
law. Society i, s, in truth, quite as much injured
by numerous i, amoral classes being called into
existence by tl it,e wanton extravagance of the
upper classes, BA by restrictions which are im-
posed on indust: r to enrich them.

Intelligence •bus been brought by the Levant
mail, from Cons lantinople, to the 17th ult., and

from Alexandria to the 16th. Considerable
changes were expected to take place in the dif-
ferent departments of the Administration. The
Divan had granted permission for the establish-
ment of a French newspaper at Constantinople,
to appear on the Ist of this month. Syria still
continues in a very disturbed state, the particu-
lars of which will be found in another part of
the paper.

We have accounts from Madrid to the 28th,
but they are without interest. According to in-
telligence from the Spanish frontier of the Ist
inst., the insurgents at Barcelona were about to
surrender to ESPARTERO, with the exception of
some 200 militia men, and those most compro-
mised in the revolt, who had not the means to
fly. Considerable forces were marching from
every direction to reinforce ESPARTERO, who
would find himself at the head of 30,000 men.
The emigration from Barcelona still continued.

Upon the Madrid Exchange on the 28th, the
Three per Cents. were at 211 for ready money,
arid 214 44 at sixty days' date. 15,800,000 reals
were done in the Five per Cents., at 26i ready
money, and 261 9-16 4 4 at sixty days' date, with
the 12 coupons.

The insurrection at Barcelona still occupies the
Paris journals, and furnishes the ground of a
violent attack on the French Government in the
Courrier Francais. It admits the fact, which
has been occasionally adverted to in The Sun,
that France has not a single ally in Europe.
This rouses the ire of the Christino journal, the
Presse, which denounces in strong terms the in-
gratitude of the Spanish nation for the many
good acts of the French towards the country. A
very pretty sort of quarrel it is, but we will allow
the contending parties to speak for themselves :
" Betbre the events at Barcelona," says the for-
mer journal, "we declared how necessary it was
for the French Government to resume relations
with Spain. It appeared to us that France had
no need to consider the character or tendency of
the regime which was in force at the other side
of the Pyrenees. It is with the Spanish people
that we make an alliance, carry on trade, and re-
ciprocate sympathy. What matter is it then to
us what the form of government may be, if the
union of the two nations rests on a community
of interests? Every government existing in Spain
ought to be considered by us the government by
right; for such is the only national policy that suits
a free people which respects the liberty of others.
We think it our duty to insist at the approach of
the session on those principles of conduct.
France, by the fault of her Government, is sepa-
rated from Spain, and all her relations remain
interrupted between the Cabinets of Paris and
Madrid. This state of things, which was before
considered as provisional, it is now attempted to
render definitive. Spain is a field of battle which
is abandoned to the English at the very mo-
ment that we have not in .Europe a single ally
left. We have already an enemy on the Rhine,
and now measures are being taken which will
produce one on the other side of the Pyrenees.
We were not sufficiently isolated, and now a
blockade is prepared for us. We hope that the
Chamber of Deputies will protest solemnly
against this line of policy. The men who govern
us must be taught that inaction is not talent, and
that France is not obliged to them for having
alienated from us our natural allies. Since the
ill-timed tirades of M. MOLE against the Swiss,
the Government has not committed a greater
fault than this interruption of relations between
France and Spainl Let us prove to Spain that
public opinion here is convinced of it, and that
there is not on this point, as well as on many
others, any mutual responsibility between the
Ministry of October 29 and the nation."
The Presse, in reply to this, says :
And what is the policy pursued by the French
Government with regard to Spain ? In our opinion
it has only returned by kindness all the acts of hosti-
lity of the Anglo-Spanish Government of Madrid.
To the manifest preponderance given to English ins
fluence; to projects of treaties of commerce suspended
solely by the opposition of Catalonia and the Cortes ;
to ther e both in words and actions, the French
prejudicialtariffssotothatmalevolence which is always
to the trade of our southern
observable
s departments;e
Ministry has only returned reiterated proofs of good
feeling. It has detained Don Carlos beyond perhaps
what the law of nations would warrant, and doubtless
beyond what is in accordance with the ancient,-re-
nown of this country for hospitality. It watches with
the most severe and vexatious rigour over the exiles of
September. Last year it sent an Ambassador to
Madrid, a concession which was met with a fresh in-
sult ; and this year it does all that it can to dissemble the
resolution taken by the Cabinet of Madrid to cause Eng-
lish interference in the affair at Barcelona—a resolution
of which it is ascertainlyandperfectlyinformed as our-
selves. What can it do more, unless, indeed, it
throws itself on its knees at the Spanish Legation, and
supplicates for France in Spain a little place by the
side of England ? Had the French Cabinet made a
concession of this sort, what clamours would have
been raised against it ; to what reproaches for want
of patriotism and of dignity would it not have been
subjectedsta l
iissh ?ed not Tin Spain. right in saying that
what form of government
is is national policy ; it is
Pranceebhte ocon sid
eThisr Courrier is
o
proclaimed it to be so.
whatever the Govern-
ment s,
which we
mayuleFrance has not to demand
Whateverur and have
bes
in always
theparty,Spain,
of them the reason of their existence ; but it should
require good international relations, an alliance useful
and sincere, the respect of her rights and her inte-
rests. Let the Government of Madrid be Carlist,
Moderate, or Radical, as it chooses ; but it is for us to
form a faithful ally, that the interests both of Spain
and of France be not sacrificed to England. This is
all we ask, and all we require.
The Journal des Debats, a Ministerial paper,
gives the following account of the state of affairs
at Barcelona on the 28th and 29th ult.:—
The inhabitants were in painful anxiety as to the
fate which awaited them after a revolt in which the
deposition of the Regent was so audaciously decreed.
The words attributed to him are certainly well calcu-
lated to alarm their minds. He is said to have de-
clared, " I will deliver them up to Zurbano, and he
shall rebuild the walls of the city with their bones."
Van Halen is also said to have been determined to
shower down upon the rebels shells and rockets until
they were all consumed. In fine, General Seoane,
Governor 01 Madrid, has used the following terms in
the Senate :—" Too much weakness was shown in the
treatment of the re eels of last 3rear. For every finger
spared then three hundred heads must now fall !"
This sentence stands textually in the report of the
sitting of the Spanish Chambers. At Barcelona they
were persuaded that the Captain-General, Van
Halen, seriously intended to carry his threat
into execution, and was preparing to do so
when the Regent, arrived. Mortar batteries and
congreve rockets were planted on the ramparts of
Montjuich, which commands the town within half a
cannon-shot, so as to be ready by the 25th, but the
energetic remonstrances of the French Consul gained
a more by overtures. ' and the Barcelonese two days
At last the Regent arrived on
the 29th, a pacific Junta was instituted, and from that
timreespaitbombardment
s
would have been a monstrosity
without necessity or object. The town was filled
with terror. The inhabitants moved out in masses,
and encamped af the foot of the glacis. More than
50,000 people are ;mid to have thus left their homes,
either to bivouack in the fields, or seek shelter in the
surrounding villages. The French and other foreigners
hastened to the port,
and packets :sent from MarsOilles ; they are said to
have amounted to between 1,406 and 1,500. With
them were many Spaniards bran
y _ .
French also re-
tired to places in
and embarked in the ships of war
was past. Amidst all this general commo.`i°ll
norofa
the count to wait
tahneyppuebrlsiocnpael
acveiosleenemceedwtaosll the crisis
population amounting to 150,000 neither robber
,1
longer
dAisttutrhbeedeb.l;
anything but the retributive severities of the General.
The Quotidienne, a Carlist paper, joins with the
be committed.no
Radical National in reprobating the policy of
General BUGEAUD, and
more especially the
French Government, in Al •
giers
Nobody (says the Quotidienne), has warred more
than General Bugeaud. No one has attacked more
tribes, destroyed more towns, burnt more farms,
executed more razzias, carried away more flocks, or
burnt more crops. And yet he is no more advanced
than his predecessors. General Bugeaud himself does
not believe in the submission of the Arabs. He says
so, and he writes so. And he uses his very incre-
dulity as an argument to sanction a permanent army
of 80,000 men in Algiers. And all this time the
much-talked-of colonization exists merely in the co-
lumns of the Moniteur Algerien.
BOURSE—PARIS,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 119 4.5„, 119 50... 119 55... 119 50
Four per Cents. 101 50... 101 50 .. 101 50... 101 50
3 per Cents 80 6.5„. 80 75... 80 60... 80 75
Bank of France 3315 -.325 ...3315 3325
Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1055 ..1057 50...1055 ...1055
5,000 f 5080 _sw ...5080 ..5080
Belgian Bank, 1841 1067 50...1067 50...1067 50...1067 50
Belgian Fives, 1840 1041 ... 104 k 104 k ••• 104 k

Spanish Active. . ... 231 ... 23a ... 23i ... 231
Old Deferred 10 ... 10 ... 10 ... 10
Neapolitan... lO6 25... 106 60... 106 25... 106 60
Roman, lo4k ... 104} ... 104} ... 104
RAILWAY SHARES..
St. Germain' B3O ... 830 ... 830 ... 830
Versailles, R.B 265 ... 265 ... 265 ... 265
Rouen
Orleans....
Strasburg to Bale 202 55... 203 75... 202 50... 203 75

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.—
The Court was occupied yesterday morning with the
consideration of a petition for an extension of Simis-
ter's patent, as applicable to stays. Several witnesses,
some of them staymakers, have been examined in sup-
port of the patentee, and were cross-examined by the
Solicitor-General, on the part of the opponents to the
extension of the patent. The case is expected to
occupy their Lordships the whole of the day. The
Attorney-General was in Court in the Early part of
the sitting.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.
Mademoiselle Celeste made her first appearance,
since her return from America, at this theatre last
evening. The interesting character of Suzanne was
the one chosen for her re-entrée, and the selection
was most judicious. It was, if we recollect right,
her first speaking character, and is certainly one of
her best. The drama itself, too, is more in accord-
ance with the character of the pieces now produced
at this house. It approaches, in its construction and
its character, to genuine comedy; indeed, it has
much stronger claims to rank with the legitimate
comedies of the good old school, than many of the
three act absurdities to which, of late, by
courtesy, the name of comedy has been given.
She was most enthusiastically received by a
house crowded to the ceiling, and went through the
part with her accustomed grace and spirit. At the
fall of the curtain she was called for, and led forward
by Webster, when the applause was again renewed
with greater heartiness, if possible, than on her first
appearance. She seemed much gratified with her re-
ception, which she gracefully acknowledged by one of
those expressive looks which are more eloquent than
language. She seemed in excellent health and
spirits, and, notwithstanding the flattering manner in
which she has been received in America, we trust she
will not be tempted soon again to leave us. Suzanne
was preceded by the last new piece of the Dowager,
a pleasing one act piece of the " Olympic" school
(Vestris's Olympic we mean), indebted for itsssuc-
cess alike to the lively rattle, the buoyant animal
spirits, the genuinegaite de cceur of• Charles Mathews,
and the finished performance of his accomplished
lady. This was preceded by A Cure for Love, and
judging from the numbers who nightly flock to the
Haymarket to witness the cure, the disease must be a
very prevalent one indeed among her Majesty's lieges
just at this time.

THE ACCIDENT AT SALISBURY.—A Correspondent
writes to state that the account of the lamentable
accident which occurred on Thursday last at East
Grafton Church (not Bishopstone), was not occa-
sioned by the falling of the arch or nave itself, but
from a., part of the unfinished compartment of the
vaulting in the nave, which fell, owing to the negli-
gence of the mason, in not wedging up the centering
when ordered to do so. Had this duty been attended
to, no calamity would have happened.
Woomvien-, DEC. 6.—The Sultana,
,Arab ship-of-
war, whose Nakador, or Captain, recently rendered
himself so conspicuous at the Guildhall, London, by
appearing there with the view of getting married to an
Englishwoman, sailed on Saturday from Woolwich,
and was towed down the river by a hired steamer.
The Ambassador of the lanaum of Muscat interfered,
and by his influence prevented the captain from mar-
rying, and he has now left the country without being
permitted to take any female with him. It was for-
tunate the vessel sailed before frost or snow set in, as
had such been the case the crew would have been
under the necessity of wintering here, owing to their
total incapacity to work during the severe weather to
which our northern climate is subject.
We understand that the Duke and Duchess of
Richmond, and their amiable family, ever since their
arrival at Gordon Castle in August last, have been
unremitting in their attention to the poor in and about
Fochahers, supplying them with a great quantity of
comfortable clothing for the winter, and otherwise ad-
ministering to their wants. The family left for Good-
wood on Thursday morning, accompanied by many a
blessing from grateful hearts that had been cheered by
them during their sojourn.—Aberdeen Herald.
THE VICTORIES IN CHINA AND INDIA.—DUBLIN,
Nov. 30.—At the meeting of the Corporation yes-
terday, Town Councillor Symes moved a resolution,
to the effect that the freedom of the city be conferred
on Sir Robert Sale, General Nott, General Pol-
lock, and Lieutenant Cuddy of the 55th Regiment.
The resolution being seconded, a Gallant Town
Councillor (Mr. Fitzpatrick) begged to move that a
like honour be conferred on the heroic Lady Sale.
It appears there was a precedent in case, a similar
distinction having been conferred on the daughter of
Alderman Nugent during the old regime. Owing,
however, to an informality in the shaping of the
motions, and there being some doubts whether the
right of granting the freedom by "grace especial"
still existed in the new corporation, the subject was
deferred till next day of assembly.
HORVICULTURAL. SOCIETY.—The last meeting for
the season was held on, Tuesday, at the rooms of the
Society, in Regent-street, the Duke of Devonshire,
President, in the Chair. The, prizes awarded were a
silver Knightian medal to the Duke of Devonshire, for
Loelia anceps ; silver BankSian medals to Mr. Judd,
for the Providence pine ; Mr. Goode, gardener, to Mrs.
Lawrence, for a collection of plants; Mr. Pawley, for
cactus truncatm, and Mr. Appleby, for a specimen
plant ; and Banksian certificates of merit to Mr.
Castle, for a specimen plant, and Mr. Cra,wshav for
celery. The extract from the Meteorological Re-
gister, kept at the gardens from the Ist November,
gave barometer, highest, November 18, 30.332 inch. :
lowest, November 24, 28.793. Thermometer, highest,
November 1, ;11, and 12, and December 2, 55 deg.
Fah. ; lowest, November 18, 26 deg. Fah. ; and
quantity of rain, 4.44 inches.
The Countess of Howth died at Dublin on Sunday
after an illness of about three days, leaving her hus-
band, the Earl of Howth, and four hildren, to deplore
her loss. Her Ladyship was daughter of the late Earl
of Clanricarde, and sister of the present Marquis.
She was married to Lord Howth in January, 1826.
One of her younger children was attacked with
measles a few days ago, and, while attending upon
it with a fond mother's care, she caught the disease
of which she died so suddenly.
Captain Robert M'Nab, whose untimely death oc-
curred at the Falkirk Station of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway on the 28th ult., had seen a great
deal of service in different quarters of the world.
He joined the old 94th, or Scotch Brigade Regiment
in Portugal, when preparing for the campaign of
181:1, which opened with the march into Spain and
battle of Vittoria, where he was for the first time
under fire, carrying the colours of his regiment, in the
Hon. Sir Charles Colville'S brigade in Sir Thomas
Picton's 3d division ; of which brigade such honour-
able mention is made by the Duke of Wellington in
his dispatch of the battle. Captain M'Nab likewise
carried the colours of the old 94th at the battles of the
Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, and other hard.
fought fields—no fewer than eleven altogether, we be-
lieve. At Nivelle he made a narrow escape, having
had his neckerchief shot through the folds.—Edinburgh
Advertiser.
STRATHFIELDSAYE.—The Duke of Wellington is
enjoying the society of a few select friends, among
whom are Lord and Lady Mahon, who arrived from
Walmer, where they had been staying since they left
Walmer Castle. The Duke is in excellent health,
and rides thirty miles occasionally to meet the Vine
hounds, with which pack his grace regularly hunts.
GUNPOWDER TEA.—On the occasion of the 30th
depot firing a feu de joie in commemoration of the
success of our arms in China, a gentleman accosted
another in the street to inquire the object of the firing.
" Dont you know," he replied, " that our old friend,
Sir Hugh Gough, has compelled the Chinese to give
us their Congou and Bohea teas in exchange, for our
gunpowder? and the 30th depot is just discharging
their samples."—Galway Vindicator.
There was a report yesterday morning in Bishop's
Stortford that a man who had been to pay for some
flour at South Mill was stopped on the road leading
into Blahop's Stortford by two persons dressed in dark
clothes who demanded either his life or his money,
upon his saying he had no money one of them stabbed
him in the side. We have not been able to learn
further particulars ; they Will appear in our next.—
' Cambridge Advertiser.
[MPORTANT CASE.—At the Old Sessions room, on
Mon -lay last, James Scholfield, gamekeeper to Wm.
Esq., was' summoned for trespassing upon
Halton,
the Boltk.‘n and Leigh Railway. Mr. J. K.
Watkins aneared on behalf of the Company,
and Mr. Woo Woo dhouse for the defence. It ap-
peared that SchoLleld had passed along the rail.
of his duty as gamekeeper,
way in pursuance
on the 23d' ult., and of,' being ordered away by
ants, refused to obey the one of the Company's serva:
command. The defence set up was, that Mr. Hulton.
being Lord of the Manor, and the defendant having a
deputation, had a right to pass ur :4n the railway in
pursuance of his duties; for that, a tho:igh the surface
belonged to the Company, the manorial rights were
still retained. The case stands over for decision until
Monday next.—lllanche.qter Guardian.
Noah asked a man to help him in the building of
the ark—the reward to be, admission when the flood
came; but the man declined the job. When Noah
was sailing along in the ark, he passed 'tear his lazy
friend, standing on the top of a mountain up to the
lips in the rising flood, and asked him tauntingly if
he wished now that he had lent a hand. "Go along,"
said the fellow, as the water began to flow Into his
mouth—" Go along with your old ark—l don't thin
it's going to be much of a shower!"—American paper.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, 'WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The Stock market closed rather heavily this
afternoon, but principally as regards.the Consolidated
Three per Cents. for the opening, the bargains being
made at 933 to 9-'l. Exchequer Bills did not rally
from 465. to 48s. premium ; East India Bonds were
455. premium; Bank Stock touched 172+ to 173 ; Re-
duced Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1003 to 101, and
Long Annuities at 124 to 12 9-16.
The Foreign Market exhibited some increase of ac-
tivity. Active Spanish Bonds were 18 to 18+, and
the Three per Cents. 23 to 231. The Mexican Secu-
rities did not rule so steady, being depressed to 301
and 30i for the Five per Cents., and to 8i for the De-
ferred. Portuguese New Five per Cents. were marked
38 ; Chilian improved to 90 ; Colombian to 21+ ; and-
Brazilian rose to 69i and 70. The Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents. fluctuated from 521 to 53, and the
Five per Cents. were firm at 101 i.
The market for Railway Shares, in which a mode-
rato business is doing, was very firm again to-day,
notwithstanding the heaviness of our own stocks. All
the lines dealt in early in the day maintained their
price, while transfers were effected also in the follow-
ing :—Eastern Counties, New, were 23 ; Birmingham,
101 ; ditto Quarters, 25 ; Manchester and Leeds,
New, 1; and South Western, 193 premium. Edin-
burgh and Glasgow were 2, and Blackwall 11 dis.
There was a small public sale of teas this afternoon,
which went off heavily, the lots that found buyers
being taken at lower rates. Common Congou is ls. sd.
per lb.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton-market at Liverpool was very dull yes-
terday, 2,500 bales at previous rates ; 100 Egyptian
realising 6:4-d. to 6;d.; 130 Maranham,
to 6id. ; 100 Surat, 34d. to 4id. ; and 2,170
American bales, 41d. to 7d. per lb. It is
satisfactory so far to see the mania for higher
prices checked by the judicious prudence of our ma-,
nufacturers, who may safely reckon on an unusually
abundant supply at moderate prices. In the Share
Market heavy stock was generally in request, but
other descriptions were not much noticed. Grand
Junction brought 184 ; Great Western, Fifths, 94;
Liverpool and Manchester, 192 ; ditto Half, 91 ; Bir-
mingham, 190 ; do. Quarter, 491 ; North Midland,
611 ; and Paris and Rouen 254.
The attempt to supply us with cheap food is likely
to be made in earnest in our colonial possessions.
There is reason to believe that the Cape of Good
Hope can furnish a very tolerable quota in this res-
pect, if the small available quantity of labour at Algoa
Bay, now the great sheep and cattle-rearing dis-
trict, will allow of the proper curing of provisions.
In Canada the merchants are already on the
move to take advantage of the least altera-
tion in the tariff. It is known that from
the judicious exertions used, flour comes to hand in a
far better state than formerly, and the Montreal
Board of Trade have issued a series of directions and
suggestions for preparing prime mess beef in tierces
and half tierces, prime pork, hams, and pigs' cheeks,
sausages, butter, and cheese. With regard to mess
beef the Board do not consider the Canadian cattle
would furnish much, but state that dried beef, con-
sisting of the ribs and legs, with the bone out of the
latter, is very saleable in England, as also venison,
mutton hams, and shoulders ; tongues likewise, cleanly
prepared, are recommended, and the pork to be from
young animals, not too fat. Hams after the Westphalian
fashion might be well cured in Canada, and for good
sausages there would be a probable extensive opening.
The shoulders and hams of sheep, salted and dried,
not smoked, and packed in flour-barrels, would be
well worth trial, it is said, in the English market.
The new Scotch process for salting and curing meats,
which occupies only one quarter of an hour, and may
be carried on at any season, is strongly recommended
foi• trial. Butter and cheese, it is alleged, may
be successfully made in Canada to compete with the
Dutch article, of which Holland exports to the amount
of one million sterling annually. The butter to be
only slightly salted, and the whey well pressed out,
without colouring. Cheese the colony produces very
little of. Agricultural fairs are strongly recom-
mended, and altogether the exertions of the Board
appear most praiseworthy.
The general business done in the Stock Exchange
has been to a limited extent, but the Govern-
ment broker has invested about 5,0001. for the
Savings' Banks, as is still supposed, though
some believe for the Commissioners of Taxes,
and 1,2001. on account of life annuities granted,
both in the Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities at
94g. Consols for the opening and ex dividend, have
not been quite so firm, realising 941 to 93i ex div.
Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been
1001 to 101, and Long Annuities 12i to 12 9-16ths.
Exchequer Bills have been heavy at 46s to 48s. prem.,
and India Bonds at 455. prem.
The Foreign Market is dull. Active Spanish
Stock has been at 18 to 18, and the Three per Cents.
at 23 to f, which are former quotations. There is
nothing later from Barcelona. Portuguese New
Five per Cents are quiet at 38; Mexican continue
flat at 301; and Colombian steady at 211. The
Brazil Bonds of 1839, are at 62 to 63 ; Dutch Two-
and-aHalf per Cents. obtain 53, and the New Fives,
991.

Share property still holds a good position in public
favour. Eastern Counties Railway are 141; Brighton,
148- ; Northern and Eastern, 8 ; and South Eastern
Scrip, 2* discount. Edinburgh and Glasgow New
are at par to * premium. Great Western at 25 to
251 premium ; Birmingham at 100 premium ; South
Western at 20*; and Paris and Rouen at 5 to 5* pre-
mium. London Joint-stock Bank Shares are 31-
premium.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
.1724 ;India Stock
Pm
3 per Cent. Red. .. 944 'Ditto Bonds ...... 45 pm
3 per Cent. Cons — Ditto Old Annuities
3i per Cent. Red 101 Ditto New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent... loli Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 48 pm
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001._ .48 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 48 pm
Jan. 1860 ...... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct. 1721
Oct. 1859
Jan. IWO Consols for Opg. ...... 94
FUNDS.

FOREIG
Austrian, 5 per cent
Belgian, 5 per cent —
3razilian Bonds... 69i
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent.
Chilian, 6 per cent. 9O
Colombian, 6 per cent —
Ditto, 1824 —
Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BOA
Danish, 3 per :ent —
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —
Mexican, 5 per cent 3og
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et.

Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Ditto, New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian, 5 pei cent
Ditto, Metallic ...... .
Spanish, 5 per cent lB
Ditto, Deferred....
French, 5 per cent. —4. —c.
Exchange —c
French, 3 percent —f. —c.
Dutch, 2i per cent....... 52;
Ditto, 5 per cent. Ink

RES,
Lid)

SHA
Eastern Counties (23 pz
Ditto New (—paid) ........................ lO6
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... ... 48
Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) 5
Great Western, (65 paid) ...... 9Ol
Ditto New Shares (50 paid)
Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) .
..
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Blackwall ( paid) ....... ••• 51
London and Birmingham (90) ...... ...
Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) 5O
London and South Western (4116 s 10dpd) 614
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Ditto New Shares (30 paid) ... ........
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 9i
Paris and Rouen (20 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) —
Ditto Scrip (20 paid)

PRIVY COUNCIL.—Her Majesty will hold a Privy.
Council at Windsor Castle on Saturday, when a pro-
clamation will be agreed upon for proroguing Parlia-
ment from Tuesday next tp some future day, then to
meet for the dispatch of business.
Sir James Graham will not (we understand) at-
tend the Privy Council at Windsor on Saturday next,
in consequence of Lady Graham and the family of the
Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department
having lately had an attack of scarlet fever, from the
effects of which, however, we are happy to say they
are fast recovering.
Several of the Cabinet Ministers visited S
Peel yesterday in Whitehall-gardens.
Sir Robert Peel leares town to-morrow on a visit
to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Right Hon.
Baronet is not expected to return to Whitehall-gar-
dens until Monday.
REFORM DEMONSTRATION TO JOHN URE, ESQ., OF
CROY.—The citizens of Glasgow, and the Liberal
majority of the Town Council, favourable to the prin-
ciples of reform, free trade, and equitable representa-
tion, having resolved to give the venerable Mr. Ure
' of Croy a public dinner, on the occasion of his re-
tiring from the City Council, at the age of 83 years,
the occasion was celebrated in the Town-hall on
Thursday night at five o'clock, with more than wonted
spirit and hilarity. Nearly 200 of our most respect-
able citizens, including the Liberal Bailies andfi

great proportion of the Reform majority of the, C' a
1
cil, sat down to dinner, and the speeches and
proceedings were such' as reflected the hi•,`
on the leading Reformers and Jun-
general
profess. Bailie Hastie °coupled
supported right and left by
M.P., Councillors Small,
Rev. Mr. Harvey, of Calton
guest of the evening.
Anderson and Councille,
by Councillors Brodie, ttli,l7.`iirin4eniepsltescrthedeyit
e chair, and was
1177 ~. Wallace, of Kelly,
msden, Cross, and the
4 along with Mr. Ure, the
- ',de croupiers were Bailie
r John Hamilton, supported
'Whitehead 3, Orr, Stewart, Tur-
ner, Bell, and other 4 of our refor m councilors.—Glas-
gow Argus.
The meeting intended to be I field, for the reduction
of rents, &c., in the county of " Sutherland, has for
some reasons been suppressed. The Duke of Suther-
land's tenants, who had no inclin, ation to attend such a
meeting, although proposed., had it waived. From the
happy circumstances in Which h lie tenantry on his
Grace's estates are situated, there could be no reason
for a reduction. But unfortunateli 7 this will not apply
to the tenants of Embo, and those on the sterile moors
Creich and Ardains, where the la nts are dreadfully
high, and the lands miserable.—Ross-shire Advertiser