The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-20 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch

The country gentlemen, it appears, begin to
be alarmed at the increasing amount of county-

rates, and to be ashamed, as well they may, at
the increase of crime. In Devonshire, the fol-
lowing expense was incurred in the year ending
Michaelmas, 1842 :—The committal of 370 pri-
soners cost 5471. 13s. Bd.; prosecuting them,
2,868/. 18s. 4d.; maintenance while in impri-
sonment, 20s. each, 3701. Total charge upon the
county-rate, 3,7861. 12s. The expense of other
counties may be inferred from that of Devon,
giving a sum, probably, of 150,0001. a-year for
the county expenses of administering the cri-
minal law, independent of an immense number
of other expenses. .The facts which have
lately been brought to light are stimulating
Devonshire Magistrates to inquire into the matter.
A plan to save the :county-rates, poor-rates, a
speedy administration of the law, and check the
practice of arbitrary commitments, of which the
following is an outline, is proposed :
The several Counties of England and Wales shall
be divided into districts, in each of which shall be
holden, at least once a fortnight, by Justices of the
Peace for the County, a Sessions to be called, The
District Sestions. That a Jury of six persons, taken,
if practicable, from as many different parishes, shall be
impanelled at such Sessions. That the power ofpunishing
by the Court shall be limited to fine, solitaryconfinement,
and, if the prisoner be.a male, private whipping ; and
that a clerk with a salary, to be paid out of the
county-rate, in lieu of fees, shall be appointed by the
majority of the Magistrates resident within the dis-
trict, but irremovable, except at a General Sessions
of the Peace.

We offer no opinion on the plan, but we can
assure the country gentlemen generally, that
their administration of the law is calling down
reproaches from all quarters; that their ma-
nagement of gaols is a subject of continual cen-

sure in the most influential of the Tory and
Whig journals ; and that their credit and honour
require them no longer to administer in routine
supineness a system which at once creates and
multiplies crimes and criminals, and entails pro-
digious expense on the country.

The Tory journals appear to be in a sad state
of embarassment and perplexity, as regards Sir
R. PEEL'S intentions on the subject of the Corn-
laws.
in Is he going to make any material altera-
tion them, or is he not? Is he going to repeal
them altogether, or is he not? The Ministerial
organs seem specially uneasy and sensitive on
these points, doubtful what opinions to
entertain, and they vent their anxieties
from time to time in a manner that pro-
vokes laughter, notwithstanding their pathetic
earnestness. One day our perplexed Contem-
poraries are confident that the Corn-laws will be
allowed to remain, for the next session at least,
in precisely the same condition in which they
now are; and the next, they frankly confess
that they are quite at sea on the subject; even
while they tell you that they hope for the
best, their manner indicates that they are
not without apprehensions of the worst; and the
Post, in an agony of impatience, piteously
supplicates Ministers to make at once a clean
breast of it, and not keep all their friends and
supporters in a state of torturing suspense. If
you have anything to say, say it without any
more fuss or ceremony, is our Contemporary's
earnest advice to Ministers. "Her Majesty's
Government," observes the Post, " would do
much good, if they would take some mode of
authoritatively informing the public, whether it
is, or is not, their present contemplation to make
any important alteration of the Corn-law of last
session." Our Contemporary's amiable solicitude
on this subject is wholly thrown away, for Sir
ROBERT PEER, who is as wary a fox as ever
sacked a hen-roost, will be hurried into no pre-
mature revelations of his policy; he will quietly
bide his own time ; and when that time arrives,
and the Right Hon. Baronet's intentions are
made manifest to an expectant world, we are not
without a suspicion that they will be such as will
by no means tend to throw our Contemporary
into extacies of admiration.

The present isolated state of France, and the
unfortunate issue of every attempt to increase
her power and influence at foreign Courts, form
remarkable features in the government of a
Sovereign who is allowed on all hands to be a
man of great foresight, experience, and judg-
ment. Every scheme of aggrandisement, and
every approach to a closer alliance with foreign
Powers, have sivnally failed. In Spain, in Tur-
key, in Germany, and even in Belgium, French
influence is at a very low ebb, and, as far as any
jUdgment can be formed from present appear-
ances, cannot rise much higher for many years.
The fault, we believe, lies entirely with the Sove-
reign. He commenced his reign as an ultra-Libe-
ral, nay, almost a Republican ; he courted LA-
FAYETTE and FOY, and LAFITTE for a time, but
as their political principles were not quite suited
to Royalty, he cast them off in turns, and has
finally assumed a character more resembling that
of the Grand Monarque, than the Citizen King.
The fact is, that he deserted the Liberal party in
France, without inspiring either the Conserva-
tives or Legitimists with much confidence. He
has deceived the same party in Spain. At the
commencement of the civil war, he formally
allied himself with England to support the friends
of the Constitution, but it was soon observable
that his heart was not with them ; and since the
triumph of ESPARTERO and the establishment
of peace, that country has been twice convulsed
by the intrigues and plots of his cousin. We
will not say what countenance he has given to
her schemes, but, at all events, he retains
her in France, and thereby encourages
the discontented to look out for some
favourable opportunity to dethrone the RE-
GENT, and destroy a Liberal Government.
No surprise, therefore, can exist that the family
of Louis PHILIPPE is not admired in Spain.
His policy, too, in espousing the cause of MEIIE-
MET Au, and encouraging a subject to rebel
against his master, has ruined him in the esti-
illation of the Courts of Russia and Austria.
They have a natural horror of rebellion,
they hate its abetters in any shape, and they
cannot place confidence in one whom they have
long regarded as an usurper, even though he
now imitates them in checking liberal institu-
tions, and ruling his country by military force.
His MAJESTY is in a false position, and is the less to
to be pitied as it is entirely the work
of his own hands. How different would have
been the influence of France throughout the
world had the policy with which he commenced
his royal career been faithfully observed ! He
would have been looked up to by all the liberal
spirits of the age—he would have secured the
affection and loyalty of his people, and made the
name of France a watchword to the free, and a
terror to oppressors.

intelligence We have received the following
from Cologne, dated Dec. 11:—"On the day be-

fore yesterday, Captain BLOOMFIELD, of the
English Artillery, passed through this city on his
way to Trieste, in order to make arrangements
for the conveyance of the mail between India
and England through Germany, by way of
Frankfort, Cologne, and Aix-la-Chapelle. It is
not yet decided whether the English steam-boats
shall land at Trieste or Venice."

The Paris papers, both Conservative and Li-
beral, have changed their tone in commenting on
the revolt at Barcelona and its results. The
Ministerial party know that LOUIS PHILIPPE set
ESPARTERO the example by bombarding Lyons,
and are equally aware what gave rise to the in-
surrection. They appear, therefore, anxious to
get out of the awkward predicament into which
their devotion to the Court has brought them.
"We do not blame the Spanish authorities,"
says the Journal des Debats," for having vigour-
ously repressed the insurrection at Barcelona.
We never, approved or justified an insurrection
in any country ; we have ever condemned the
violation of the laws, whatever be the pretext or
cause; but we can never approve of the barba-
rous measures employed to reduce the unfortu-
nate city, and, after its reduction, the illegality,
more cruel and, if possible, more culpable—the
means taken to punish the inhabitants. We did
not say to the Spanish authorities, when they
were compelled to abandon Barcelona,' Humble
yourselves before the insurgents or treat with
them.' We told them, When you have secured
the victory,- be humane and respect the laws.
What we advised the Spanish Government to do
is what the French Government has practised
during twelve years, and has had no cause to
repent of it."

The turn in the Liberal papers is still more
remarkable. From hatred to England the
writers blindly took part with the Government
in opposition to their professed principles, and to
save their character they attack the French Go-
vernment, that is Louis PHILIPPE, for insulting
Spain, by conferring with so much precipitancy
a mark of honour on M. LESSEPS, the Consul at
Barcelona, and also intimate in plain terms that
they have not the courage to carry out a plan so
rashly and inadvisedly begun. The National 'in
adverting to these facts, says:—
The French Government being convinced that our
Consul was calumniated, replies by conferring a new
distinction on M. Lesseps. This is nothing less than
a challenge to the Spanish Government. This chal-
lenge is the first act of the drama which may produce
the most unpleasant differences between the two
countries. If Espartero, seeing that his representa-
tions have been despised, sends his passports to M.
Lesseps, M. Guizot will send his passports to the
Spanish Charge d'Affaires. All diplomatic relations
will be then interrupted, and from this situation to
open hostility is but a step. To cause the bayonets
to advance there wants but a pretext, and pretexts
have ever been found when wanted. No, we know
the degree of valour belonging to the present system
for now twelve years. We know all of which it is capa-
ble, and we know that, pretend as it may, it will never
dare to go to war with England.
The Commerce thus follows up the attack on
the KING:—.

The different organs of the national opposition in
FranCe have expressed a very natural indignation
against the bombardment of Barcelona; but if they
have censured with severity the conduct of Espartero,
they have censured with equal severity the conduct of
their own Government under similar circumstances.
The principle which has inspired their remarks has
been at once political and moral, it does not change
according to circumstances; injustice is always consi-
dered injustice, and inhumanity is always inhumanity.
Can the Ministerial journals say as much ? Is the
indignation which they express against the Govern-
ment of Espartero as frank and natural ? Is it in-
spired by a feeling of humanity and by the interest of
civilisation ? We doubt it much; and we cannot
help thinking that they would have shown less horror
for the excesses of which Barcelona is the theatre if
the Government which commits them had not been
that of the Regent.
You inveigh with warmth (it adds) against the
bombardment of a rich and commercial city like Bar-
celona. You enumerate the disasters that have ac-
crued from it ; but have we not cause to wonder at
the feeling you affect for the fate of Barcelona ? Who
was it that ordered the bombardment of that noble
city, Lyons ? Were the batteries of Fourvieres less
terrible than those of fort Montjuich ? Did they not
spread death and destruction like the latter ? The ruins
of Lyons deserved as many tears as those of Barcelona,
and nevertheless your eye remained dry, and you
opened the mouth only to demand fresh means of re-
pression, and other restrictions of our liberties.
No more fabricated dispatches had been re-
ceived at Paris, on the departure of the mail.
The affair turns out a coup] manqué, and the
guilty parties look at one another with shame
and sorrow.
DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, DEC. 16
Money. Bills.
Actual DeLt, 2% per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per emit.
Amon Syndic, 4% per cent..... ........ 91 94%
D.tto, ditto. 8% per
Commercial Company, 454 per cent l3O 1301
Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 9954 E9A.
Exchange on London, One month l2 20
Two months
Hazaburgh, One month 35 117%
Twomonths
Dutch Papers,' Dec. 17.
BELGIAN FUN .13.—Bayssate, DEc. 17.
Actual Debt, 254 per Cent ,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. 102%
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent ..... 93
. Three per Cent....
-.Thirty-seven Millions, ditto

Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent. ... 1P3); 96
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent.
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent. 77
National Society
Exchange on London (short)
—Brussels Papers, Gee. 17.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Dec. 9.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents. ..... ....... .............. 100%
Three per Cents .
•••••••••••
Bank Shares ...... . ........... ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••te 1614
rillgemeine Zeilung, Dec. 13.
I'RUSSIAN FUNDS.—Beams, Dec. 13.
Bills. Money
St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent.
—... 104 103)/
Prussian English Bonds, 1630, 4 per cent. 102 K 1, 2
Exchange on London
Prussian State Gazette. Dec. 14.

The family of Dost Mahomed have been all re-
moved under an escort from Loodiana, where they
were established and are marching down the country;
it is supposed that Benares will be their final desti-
nation.

THE INCOME-TAX IN MARYLEDONE.—ASSESSMENT
OF WORKHOUSES.—Considerable excitement has this
last two or three days pervaded the Borough of Mary-
lebone, in consequence of the rigid manner in which
the assessment of tradesmen, and the poorer class of
persons, is carried on. The course pursued, is to assess
them indiscriminately at 1501. per annum, leaving the
onus upon the parties who are assessed to prove that
they have not so much ; and although it would ap-
pear from the notices served, that fifteen days are al-
lowed for the assessed to give notice of appeal, still
the actual time allowed is but five days, and a large
number of persons, from the vague manner in
which the document served on them is worded, have
already been thus shut out from an appeal against
their assessments. At the weekly meeting of the Board
of Directors and Guardians of the poor, held on Fri-
day, great astonishment was manifested when the Se-
cretary, Mr. Thorne, laid before the Board a notice he
had received from the Income-tax Commissioners, as-
sessing the Marylebone workhouse, to the income and
property-tax, at the annual value of 2,6391., the 7d.
in the pound duty, on which he said was 761. 19s. sd.
Mr. Gibson said this was the most monstrous demand
he had ever heard. What in the world could the
Commissioners be thinking about to assess a parish
workhouse ? Mr. Rathbone thought this assessment
of a workhouse to the Income-tax involved a very im-
portant question, and that was whether workhouses
did not come under the denomination of cha-
ritable institutions.—(Hear.) He believed there was
a clause in the new Income and Property Tax Act,
expressly exempting all charitable institutions from
assessment, and as he conceived that workhouses for
the reception and maintenance of the poor could not
be looked upon in any other light than charitable
establishments, he thought the Board ought to claim
exemption. After some further discussion, the Board,
on the motion of Mr. Gibson, unanimously resolved to
appeal against the assessment.
THE FLAG OF ENGLAND. Not a port have I
visited since I left America, that I did not see the flag
of England. It was the first flag I saw on entering
the waters of France; it was the only one floating in
the ancient harbour of Rome, at Civita Vecchia,
Again I saw it in the deserted harbour of the Piraeus,
where once rode the fleets of Themistocles. I first
saw the dome and minarets of Constantinople from
beneath a cloud of cannon smoke that issued from
British line -of-battle ships, saluting the Mahommedan
ally of Britain. The first object that met my eye on
scaling the summit of the Pyramids was the cprloasisl
planted
St. George, which some English traveller
there. Beyond the cataracts, on the borders of the
Desert of Nubia, the only sign of civilization that I
saw was the English cross flying from the masts of a
traveller's boat. Here, on the extreme verge of civil-
ization, I stood before this emblem of the universal
presence of that nation ; and in the lawless regions it
gave me a pleasing. sense of security to find myself so
near a representation of that Power beneath whose
broad aegis there is protection abroad for the most I
humble fugitive from violence and oppression.— I
American Traveller's Journal.

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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POREIGN.
The Moniteur Parisien confirms a former announce-
ment in our columns that the Sugar Bill would be
one of the first questions submitted to the Chambers.
It adds its belief that no decision had been come to'
as to the bases of the project of law by the Cabinet,
but a belief prevailed that it would be unfavourable to
the beet-root growers.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at Mar-
shal Soult's hotel. The Duke of Nemours visited
Count Mole and Marshal Valee ; and on the same
day Count Montalivet had a long audience of the
King of the French, and M. Guizot had conferences
with several political personages.
It is announced that the Duke Decazes, Grand
Referendary of the Chamber of Peers, will bring ars
action against M. Cretineau Joly, for announcing the,
e
publication of eighty-three letters alleged to hav
been addressed by the Duke to an agent in Grenoble'
to provoke the conspiracy of 1816.
the Augsbmrgh Gazette of the 14th inst. states that
the British Admiral, Mason, had arrived at the,
Piraeus, with the intention to proceed to the coast et
Syria, where it was believed Great Britain had deter--
mined to make a demonstration.
The Franconian Mercury annouces that the Pr's'
sian Government was seriously occupied with the ar"
rangement of a treaty of commerce with Belgium., a
The intelligence from Barcelona comes down
o'clock in the morning rri
of the 13th inst. Most ofhne
shops and warehouses had remained closed. 11
thirteen individuals shot on the preceding day were a
either militiamen or civilians.
The accounts from Madrid of the 11th inst. ar
without interest. to tte. e

PUBLIC OPIWION.
a The French Governm t " says_the Times, " have
thought fit to make their agenten' f a
the late disturbances at Barcelona the object
lofa_
marked and immediate expression of the 11°33 f an
your. In conferring on M. Lesseps the rank 0
an
officer in the Legion of Honour, they have giVell
._0
and representative in
open and unequivocal proof that they
policy of France with the conduct that indivl"B
of f the
At the very moment when the official organ .°tetuy
Spanish Cabinet, the Gazette of Madrid, pow the
denounces the French Consul at Barcelona
3S
lOUS
notOr _
main instigator of the insurrection—when
and incontrovertible facts demonstrate that be took
.eeu.,
identif.r thi,
bmoist active part in recognising the Junta of t.h dis,,,
e s, in fomenting their revolutionary desr el the
Queen's troops,
couraging and deceiving the cominan ell flight
and, finally, in protecting thef Bar.
of the poltroons who had incited the populace ° , la-
celona to their own destruction—and before any e aPral"
nation whatever has been attempted of these
leduntiPoos_-
violations of the law and courtesy of Ll° these
the French Government declare' that le a fit
acts M. Lesseps has shown himself t°,_ ". fasts
object for a national recompense. To tne"doubt
no comment is required. We cannot . 0
that the Regent of Spain will think 1111n5 00
utation
Was
bound to make the strongest represe
such an occasion. But, as if this state of things
not already sufficiently serious, the Journa/ da.th% its
.thinks fit to taunt the Spanish Government wi which
intrigues and its ingratitude' (ingratitudei w. b,
have well-nigh exhausted the patience of hei neigh'
bour and creditor.' Is this the language of the °lit
of France ? Is this the temper which a
with M. Guizot at its head, can hold to en alliedtea
Power ? Or is it some outbreak of disapPonre,
treason against the institutions of Spain 7--the
whole:
cursor, possibly, of acts of violence which the
win
of Europe would view with indignation .the Vile
asperity
show. Time will probably mitigate OOO
Governrne
virtuous
which now follows the failure of M. Lessee the vi
exertions. Satisfied with having acknowledgeaisill
value of such services, the French Government,
ect
perhaps reflect that insurrections are double'ete
weapons, even when they are directed theyagains
cause of liberty and good government. Bat
.os
may rest assured that upon no former occion n
the public mind in Europe required stronger evidence .
to remove the impression that a gross national °II 0
rage has been committed : and no event could havf
occurred more calculated to strengthen the interest :f,
all the Powers in the stability and independence
the present Government of Spain " to the
The Chronicle gives the following advi.er, mpou..
members of the Anti-Corn-law League :---- ''''"- ^r k,
time, the Leaguers have but to complete their vi.
Let them be prepared for treachery—let them hey/at:-
of false lights—and, above all, let them redouble the
exertions, even in the very hour of victory. b.- , spi!e
of all the rapid conversions, there are syinptoins M
certain quarters that a fight may be made over the
wounded and dying body of monopoly; and thour
the triumph of free trade is as certain as that the sue
shall rise to-morrow, let no false security lull thfee•i.
into repose. We have no very great reverence
the wit or the wisdom of the Post, but we must,e°,e;
fess that it has maintained its anti-free-trade doer
with a stupid consistency which entitle it to ser't
consideration;h and, therefore, when it lets out stoat
e Tory ranks are divided, scattered, and confoundel
we may draw from it tolerably sure indications °
ultimate triumph—indications more certain, hY s'
great deal, than are afforded by
~Slipperar Standard, or the smile and tear of the Janus-
laced Times. In the words of the Post, then, we
that ' the
conclude, by assenting to the fact,
Corn-layir
pression is very general that the present
the tsvistings of the®
must go.' " . “ive are
We take the following from the POSS.—
under no apprehensions that the
between the French and Spanish Governments on the
at
subject of the conduct of their respective
agents at
Barcelona will compromise the friendly re a,
and
which have hitherto existed between the rr
Irenco
Aa
misunderstandig
British Cabinets. A quarrel of subalterns exists-„..is
inquiry has been instituted by the Madrid and ,re!,....
Executives and one or other of the functiotnig
..
must be dismissed. Senor Guttierez, the rellti ch,
Chief of Barcelona, and M. Lesseps, the Fre°_„d
Consul in that town have to justify accusations The
afford explanations. have
former, in a report fromuso
Regent's head-quarters, dated Sarria, the 3d, ace od
M. Lesseps of having fomented the insurrectioniono
of having aided the insurgents. This report fumes
gravity, because it has appeared in the Madrid Official
gravity,
organs, and because there is reason to believe
(link).
been made, or will be made, the subject of 3 oleat
matic communication from the Spanish Gov its
to the French Cabinet. The French Ministry'', e" its
pporting
re,
side, has evinced no want of alacrity in su
subordinate agent at Barcelona. He has eir,a„,4,nor-
ceived the Grand Cross of the Legion of, lei_nt as
Perhaps this approval was as hasty and indseirr,,hs
the conduct of the Spanish Government 'in P"„i, of
ing prematurely serious charges against an agelckrz,
the French Cabinet, without first resorting t° "I ft isi F.
matic means to obtain redress and reparaton• t TOl
clear that Senor Guttierez and M. Lessepe eanne-bet ,
main together in the same town. The latter In
recalled or the former dismissed." by the, •
The Herald says :—" Complaints are made -41 does
Opposition Press that the Queen's Governmen' in.
not at once issue a programme of the measures iterva• '
tends to submit to Parliament, and by the Cons _ __.
tive alarmists that they do not know
important alterations 'of the Corn-law of last, tor
are in contemplation. The grumbling Of the which
is part of that incessant warfare of faction for.
re-
Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues are perfectly I.)i,i
g he latter is but
.. ,
pared, while the murm • uring of t pater act
escape of querulous disapointment.-A- gr- be
p p to whether
sessiona 11 )T
of folly than premature disclosure of measur-st be.
introduced for legislative consideration conwhere'
able
committed by any Government in a countryder
party politics run so high as this ; that cons!
forth'
commercial changes will be proposed in tided t°
coming session no one doubts who has at t; jaiest sr 'S
the diplomatic efforts now making by b" • ns with ,
Government to improve our trading relall° ,et sets
other countries; but that those changes are 05.3 ossi..'
tied in all their details by Ministers is quite lin,,Pre ag
ble, because the results of pending negotiations," that
yet unknown. Thus it is exceedingly
a preposition to alter the sugar duties will be hrVan
forward ; but such alteration depends very rini.e and
the conclusion of treaties of commerce with Spa e a
Brazil, and for the Administration to announeand •
measure for the reduction of duties on foreign Ellis
colonial sars before the return at least of Mr. /..,
probable
__bt
from Rio do Janeiro would be an act of the most ento
pable precipitation. People, too, seem strangely
forget that fiscal changes depend very much °n
the
state of the revenue, and certainly the deficiency 6:0-
hibited by the last Quarter's return is of itielf eau...,
enough why Ministers should be most guarde "
d I
pledges or disclosures of this description."
The following appears in the Morning Advertiserh:
—" The recurrence of the frightful murders of whit
Ireland has recently been the scene, has evoked 8,0
interest in a subject which might otherwise have
continued in dangerous and deceitful slumber. As 5
is, the voice of the public Press is nearly unanimev-
in asserting that the true real panacea for the grie
antes of Ireland must now be applied—and the rde:
medy appears to be at hand when it is at length a cl,
mitted, by the once most formidable foes of Irelan
that the evil of her system is in the law subsisting be
tween landlord and tenant. Now it is impressive:Y
obvious that this chord must be harped on till the
Legislature comes forward with a plan of cerq°
redress. We say this cause of the tremendous call;
mity which has befallen the sister country mot re
removed, now that public thought is once Il3° $,
directed to it; and that to let it return into its previelle
oblivion after the awful occurrences which Wirt
roused it into its present notice, were as foul an 8,70
of supineness, or worse, as the very perpetration of the
deeds which have given to it new life, is atrocious a°,°.
c
deperate crime." , • -

ELECTIONEERING.
111111 election of the metropolitan Chartist dele-
PI", to serve at the forthcoming Birmingham Con-
,lrenrie, to be held on the 27th of December, took
Place last night, at the subjoined localities, when four
Zlrldidates were chosen for each of the divisions of the
43'1 Southwark, Marylebone, and Tower Hamlets.
NAVAL aND MILITARY.
„An examination of the students of the Royal Mili-
'l7 Academy took place at Woolwich on Friday,
'when sixteen-gentlemen cadets were examined for
Ilmissions, and considered proficient ; 21 passed for
pittance to the first class studying at the Royal
4rsenal, and 28 were examined from private acade-
Illies and admitted to the school.
her Majesty has confirmed the sentence passed by
e Court-martial at Chatham, in October last, on
litivate Robert Onn, for an attempt to murder a non-
Zlnmissioned officer of the same corps. lie is to be
'l4lsported for life.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.
h cave, containing a quantity of the bones of the
TtYfta, has lately been discovered in a quarry on
Irdham•down.
Thalberg left London on Sunday for Brussels. lie
,71.11 proceed to Paris, and remain there during the
"Inter.

THEATRICAL.
GPiss Emma Murray, a favourite actress at the
ael hi Theatre, died on Sunday afternoon at her
chilence in Upper Berkeley-street.
tiir. Arne's celebrated opera of Artaxerxes is in
~,,._ellearsal at Covent Garden. Miss Rainforth per-
ates Mandane, and Mrs. Alfred Shaw Artaxerxes.
Th COURT-TASHIONAHLE.
Duke of Rutland's party, at Belvoir Castle,
Rake's
begin to assemble on Monday next. The Noble
birthday will be kept on the 4th of January,
"tb the usual festivities.
h The Duke and Duchess of Somerset will pass the
Z°days at the Clarendon Hotel, where their Graces
till remain until their mansion in Park-lane shall be
for their reception.
RiThe Duke and Duchess of Sutherland return to
"ford House after the holidays.
Lord and Lady Frances Egerton are expected to
'`main in Lancashire until the meeting of Parliament.
thalle last letters received from Wynyard Park state
Nt LadysAlexandrina Vane had nearly recovered
,Lin her recent severe illness, which caused such
'rni to the family. The Noble and Gallant Mar-
ts had not entirely recovered from the accident by
,nh his arm was broken.
h;4l, e Duke of Northumberland has purchased the
finlngham property adjoining to his Northumber-
Property.
Dowager Duchess of Bedford and Lady Ra-
cl Russell are still at Howick Hall, Northumber-
-I,ou a visit to the Earl and Countess Grey.
Woburn Abbey is now full of visitors—the dinner
rtj on Saturday last mustered thirty-three. The
13111)
Ite Lords Francis, Cosmo, and Edward Russell,
It
ti re daily expected from a tour. Lord William
sse,. 11 had arrived from Vienna.
-!..he Earl of Belmore, who has been visiting his
ea7fes in the county of Tyrone, has returned to
~..The Earl and Countess of Guilford and family have
gived at Old Aylresford, Hants, from Waldershare
tic, Rent.
hi-be Countess de Salis arrived in town on Saturday
62,5 from Paris, after a lengthened absence on the
7..tinent.
crib, Earl of Mansfield is still at Scone Palace, near
ab, where the Noble Earl has been entertaining a
all party.
4hille Earl and Countess of Limerick are assembling
Trge family circle at South Hill Park, in Berkshire.
f,„:'°rd and Lady Ernest Bruce left town last week,
of Paris, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness
to ZAylesbury. The Noble Lord will return previous
"1;e meeting of Parliament.
0,481-1' George Murray arrived at his mansion in Bel-
ve-aquare last week, from a tour.
IVIISCELLANEOI7B.
We observes, that during the plague the conta-
na'„depended more on the disposition of the air than
the the effluvia of men's bodies, and considered
fl„- fact manifest by the sudden increase of it in 1636
14". La 118 one week to 927 in the next, and from the
pZen decrease from 990 in one week to '258 the
11 and then again to 852.
'I—NEY and ER-di AL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
lj e Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was
•
e • Sales 3,500 bales ; of which 700 bales Ame-
-0 Thli on speculation ; 250 Surat, at 34d. to 4d.; 100
qattham, at 51d.; and 3,150 American, at 44d. to
the railways
lb. Prices were therefore much the same. In
nailways there was also but little activity. Edin-
11L)3h and Glasgow were 48+; Grand Junction, 186;
JZningliam, 188; Brighton, 36 ; Manchester and
784, Half, 32 ; North Midland, Thirds, 204; and
~
:th'Eastern New, 174.
ksil memorial has been drawn up by the provision
Chtimels; or the firms engaged in importing foreign
e, butter, &c., addressed to Government, and
elettYing for a reduction of the duties upon those arti-
V Which are now too high for the consumption of
tv,Poorer classes, who have, in consequence of their
14Zeed means, purchased less than last year, while a
thir Portion of the quantity imported has been re-
d, not being saleable here at the current rates.
k,' dealers desire a reduction of one-half in the pre-
;t,titnpost.
laZlie exchange comes over the same from Hamburgh,
.1„71d. on London, and the price of gold 4311.
aen e American tariff affects nearly all the Conti-
,l'4l States as well as ourselves, and appears to be
tl•7, injurious to the Russian manufacturers of sail-
• and other fabrics peculiar to that country.
4"l'n English still manage, somehow, to get their
n • twist into France, and so far the advance in
thl_ntity has not quite excluded them yet. The Irish
Rinfacturers at Belfast have even received some
‘44 rs of magnitude lately, for shipment to France,
thi,_ the Belgians complain on this score as though
try had a perfect right to see us wholly excluded
'll the market of their neighbour.
btu the English Market there is rather more firm-
etrZ though the affair of the French Consul being so
ttOgly implicated in the Barcelona insuarection,
opehes both suspicion and mistrust. Consols for the
A44Wing, were quoted 931 to 931; Reduced Three-
V5-Ilalf per Cents., 101 to 1014 ; the Three per
114., 944 to 941; and the Long Annuities 12 9-16 ;
tlligic Stock has been firm at 1714 to 1721 ; Exche-
; tills are 495. to 51s. premium.
t°ll.l 1 and 1 per cent. premium, which were the
tVnt rates yesterday, the Canada Debentures have
Morning improved to 11 per cent. premium.
are now regularly introduced into the English
4aarket, and will be sold as a Scrip until the 9th of
I,,i;linary next, by which time the second instalment
da„ become due, the first being required on Thurs-
t4'next. The name they bear is " Canada Guaran-
Peli.r per Cent. Debentures."
Foreie Market has been rather more ani-
blied • • Spanish Five per Cents have fluctuated from
'4.1L0 181 ; and the Three per Cents. from 234 to
11; the French Five per Cents. have been done at
hi' 50c.; Mexican Bonds have been higher for Ac-
4t, having touched 32 and 321, but they have
liq: given way to 311; Russian Bonds are worth
tii`Z ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521
52i
e Railway Shares are quite neglected, but
ke'ers keep firm. Great Western are 251 ; Ditto,
141 ; and York and North Midland, 431 prem.
ißbton are 144, and Birmingham and Derby, 591
18k1)unt. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares are
nremium.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per share.
Qt,ib,...gham and Derby
b. western
ate New
l',4l°n and lirighton
and North Midland lO ..... 93*. t.
rt•,'JOINT STOCK BANKS.
facial Bank of Ireland
ifs )74-NCIIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 19 —There
ti 0 material alteration in our market; prices con-
60e tolerably firm. Midland Counties' Fifths, 21.
E'' Manchester and Birmingham, 20 ; Bristol and
ail ter, 471 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 211 to 22 ; Man-
%ter and Salford Water Works, 524.

CLOSING PRICES.
Nil BRITISH FUNDS.
4 "toe k
Pet• 1714 'lndia Stock — pm
31, Cent. Red. ........ 94i Ditto' Bonds „ .-- pm
arm Cent. Cons Ditto Old Annuities ...
NCr Cent. Red... 101 Ditto New Annuities...
tl,, a i Per Cent Ex. Bills, 1,0001....2d. 49 pm
6 per Cen -
Ditto 5OOl. —..• 61 pit
Jill Annuities to expire Ditto Small
()::* 1860 ... ...... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct.
4t• 1859
4. 1860 , Consols for Opg. ..... . 93i
Asturian FOREIGN FUNDS.
~ 5 per cent. ... 'Portuguese, 5 per cent.
tip.??•na 1) per cent — 'Ditto, New Ditto —
1
1147ilian Bonds... 694 Prussian, 5 per cent.
eiiiiiii% Ayres 6 percent. Russian, 5 pei cent 1124
b010 6 per cen
bit Itinian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent
Cl 4) 1824 Ditto, Deferred.... .
141 i L6cmds, 6 per cent BOll French, 5 per cent.llBf. 50e.
,Clrt,„l"tu. 3 per :ent Exchange f —c
41 -".0825, 5 per cent. French, 3 per cent —f. —c.
„eli„n
i.suitto"n, 5 per cent 3l Dutch, 2k per cent s2a
eer,.,;. 6 per cent. 1837 Ditto, 5 per cent. ...... 1001
4111825,6 per et.
SHARES.
Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) ... ...... 40%
Great Western, (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) ...... 36
York and North Midland (50 paid)
btl‘ll.
it,

`X CRAIN Pijit.-A curious experiment is now
thclig made at the head of the chain pier, Brighton,
°f raising fresh water from below the ocean by
the sof an Artesian well. It is intended to bore to
tioti".tent of 70 feet, at which depth the chalk forma-
oh will, it is expected, be penetrated, and fresh water
jet ailed, which will be applied to the formation of a
14ter eau. The attempt, if successful, will be a most
tetri:!,t!ng w ork of art and science, as well as a great
'4lOll to the pier.

MARKET NEWS.