The Express. — London, England, 1849-11-19 00:00:00

4ff VO. See eiely, Prism Ow WO* rlbbsi of lid !L LUSTRATED LONDON ALMANAC' ler ISM; ielle /WI Aireed bees Ws not lesetrelly sei wail Alseheek. Elseuesed by Deena eri ober solaret acted& nit MUD et the Meads, by Km Leek* ; brides a variety et ere eel metal Week ke , ete. ilts Aseermakel Deprtaffet ba i ri mi lkilhee, 111, r. IL ILI, me et the Seri °181"" %eldhil hor Wire tAttift, 111 t, Strted. blaille. ••• ONOMMIT •16111•11,0111 Walk Cal. Vie eypreOli• OUTGOING MAILS. TM mans kr Gl:altar, Malta, Grow, the Laden Islaadi, heap wilt India. sad Chios. Ma Soathamptoa, tomcats,/ moraiag, Nov. 20. TM ails ter &ISA North America sad the UMW plata will be mob k oa Nov. 72. TM malls sr Manenlas. to tla blediterraarsa , Egyp t, Cellos, Jolla, Ilmeg.Hosig. M., will be made up Mo wallas rid be Nov. 24. TM mat malls Ow Lisboa, Spain, and Gibraltar will mais sure Noe. 27. TM west India Mans, M e l a di ag Bermuda, Esdans, Mum, Hoaduras, New WOMB, and Melia), sad deluding ems toe Madeira, It. J saa-daMicarems, Now armada, Chili. sad Pers, will ba made so oa Dee. 2. The mils tor Madam. the Bra Ile. sad Baste Ayres, willbemadeupasDos.4. TO coausrosprx re. Mintlsmail blialid " Ropri." Ladle eveviss M i = Os semi , letweein. stmt. by Two WIWI al Os eV le 111011 WATEII A? LONDOIS ILIUDOIL TO Dom —1444a44, 4IA Illa A1144•445. 4IA WA .4.4445 am —Saw& 4IA Am. AkenANA 8h.14 NA LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19. Warr Surrey has of late in many ways become so remarkable, that it is difficult to my when its pecu liar notoriety will cease. A noble lord ear:y in this month condescended, from the north of Scotland, to notice in a letter to the Tenses what be was pleased to cell the "croakers" of West Surrey. It would however appear, that the noble lord himself has on his own estate a clue of tenantry who want not only capital, but even information, quite as much as he imagines the farmers of Surrey do. He says he had a farm • in such bad condition that the produce of straw and turnips was not sufficient to keep the cows for the use of the family and to rear the young sto&•." His lord ship finds "the system of affording sasis'ance by giving manure, yolk well;" but it would certainly Nem that the farmers on his estate must be behind those even of Surrey, whom he is so anxious to in street; for he says, " When I first tried this plan the instants uld hardly be induced to drive the mre." Capital: d I nowledge are required then as m uch by his lordship's tenants as by the most unealightened and most miserable, in point of means, of the Surrey tarsiers. How is this capital (to my no hieg of the knowledge), which is as much needed in the Carse of Clowrie as in the onnty of Surrey, to be obtained ? The noble lord mys, " Landlords ought at once to unite to press on the government the expedi'ncy of bringing forward a measure at the commencement of the session for an additional grant of drainage money." thich,then, is the noble lord's advice-1 at. To the farmers, to ass more manure; 2nd, to the landlords, to make the goose lay more golden eggs for their nse than she has already done. The facetious member for \Vest Surrey nexttakes uphis pen and at one fell swoop pronounces his division of Surrey . for the most part as containing " every sign of incorrigible barrenness." Be this as it may, he then complains also of the want of capital, and goes a step further than the noble lord in attri buting the farmer's distresses to no other cause than " the intentional acts of the government to lower the prices of Britith•grown articles and to introduce cheaper fore;gu.grown prod's* in its stead. While he admits that it is impossible to re-enact the bread tax, he also mys that " all labourers with whom I have ever conversed have been unanimous in de claring that the Hammen most prosperous with them when corn woo the desreat." According to this the labourers with whom Mr. DRUMMOND conversed could obtain more in the spring of 1847 when wheat was at an exorbitant price, than they have since been able to do with the mme wages, for wages until just lately bad not fallen, and almost every article of consump tion had fallen coesiderably in price. The noble lord and Mr. DRUMMOND are, however, quite agreed up on one p o int — that it is desirable to g et more capital employed in agricuhure, and they both, after look to the government to make some arrangement to provide this capital for them ; while the one wants a Erect lose, the other seeks by some extraordinary means, by some shuffle of the cards as it were, to bring down the rate of interest from three to one per oast. If it be the wish of the British public that agri culture should remain stationary, or that it should return to its rude and primitive state, under protec tive laws, then by all means let us call upon the legis lature to do something for the agricultural croakers. If, on the other baud, having gained experience from the past—from recollection of the general inac tivity of agriculturists as compared with other classes —of the loud complaints, almost incessant, from the agricultural body while it had protection—of the I want of exertion on the part of the landowners —of the degraded end wretched condition of tbe labourers, a condition from which they lave not even yet in many counties recovered, it should be thou.tht advisable to bring about a kili and to emerge from the old system, tehellnt the government give up all idea at ones of favourieg one chum in preference to another. Let it be borne in mind that when the government lend money to the poor end su ff ering agriculturists it is bound in equal justice and upon precisely the same principle to lend to any other class who may dant ibe themselves as sufferers and who, moreover, state that they can offer a good security, this security being such, however, that no other body except a govern- ment could be found to advance money upon. Now, for a moment look to the other side of the pictureand consider what will be the probable conse quence of leaving agriculture alone, of leaving land lords and farmers to themselves with the certainty of having neither protection nor any further advances from the government. A moat important and de sirable change will then, in all probability, take place in the ideas as well as in the estates of the landed aris tocracy. Improvers of land will take the plus of accumulators of land. Bales of land, as well to pay off ancient debts as to raise the necessarycapital to make modern improvement., will. be in the place of purchases, of debts, of mortgages which used to be made under the false notion of adding to the family honours. There will be i payments of debts made, where increased debts and ncumbrances used to be made upon an almost exhausted credit. The family pride will consist in having • smaller estate not only thoroughly improved, but above all, unencumbered with debt. Parents will probably be in lured under the im proved system to leave land to their younger chil dren, where they now leave them a charge upon an 11 already impoverished property. Thus will the hind in the course of time become more divided and mare improved, the people better able to obtain land sad more attached to our constitution. When this is done, when landlords have improved their estates, having got . rid of their political prejudices, of their game prejudices, of their annual talent prejudice,— then, and not till then, may we expect men of capi tal to come and take the piece of some of those unfor tunate victims who have been ruined by trusting to i their own ignorance, and to the tender mercies of pre. tectionist landlords. Then may we expect those far mers who are able to survive the preoent crisis to prosper, ini when they find themselves, some, no doubt, less land, but, generally speaking, improved farms, with convenient buildirge, living under either their old landlords, who have changed their opinions, or under new landlords, who have imported new opinions, and, above all, enjoying a perfect maturity of tame. A DINNER was given in London on Saturday which cams scaroely within the province either of the gastronomic or the - law reporter, but which neverthe less is invested with a certain amount of interest. It was a farewell banquet to Mr. Justice TALYOTIRD by his old usociates of the Oxford Circuit, and in honour xi his elevation to the bench. It was a gathering of all the men who have belonged, or who do belong, to the Oxford." Faces in the reception-room called up ameeiations of the past which harmonised strangely with the realities of the present. Jaime was tre s e ei lptatt with the companions of his father; HAL LAS, the historian, talking with those who first travelled. qinnit with him; and WILLIAM, the Arden of the Common Pleas, who has s faithhdly identified himself with the traditions d his family, had an opportunity, by (ILL THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1849. Fuenn—The Mee deeded Ifs • wok got be i s i 7= latt tie isoroesed plles _and deism despot mks% to diver the ar , mem have, beweeter hes Illeis portiselerly for thet el good remlity and lewd wow Idiom are for the she mink of lest eels" et eel& dere de yet OMb lOU Illit Therm litierde ban bed se de egad ket, so the nuele t deal wile heavily. AM*. de ides of the week less bees weetsl lisemel stereo of Cledillek dilly at 4 delta lies la tenet Ms aired ales ea Moeda, wen id II deb. to dois.7'e. kr 4 Men le 4 dein de. kr ear, 4 dein to 4 dale. die. Ibr brpested • Ida lea to 4 dok. As. kr obi Nee rad s esters eked. 4 The. le 4 dole. 670. for Weigle gado sad good Wields. sad 6 dein Ude. to 5 dok. lilie. far dere Owned. reesi end nodes lesee 1 dein Dis. to 4 dole. Nifi. Ilselbees Weis de Iskidowel et 4 dein Vele I dole. fee. fer losieldisherg, Akiesdria end Oesepe• lowa Rye lour sells el SYe Illi nait t a . I I:1 il leM i nsi ass ems% 6Ms Me. to 3 dee. lOW t. Mew Ed lesedrier. The mu alpt down the Reborn 10er sere de Si ends le the MI Odder was l t dcell it.. dm, idiot Iv UK lona The impede to Welk led Weed trod des pert Ike week a& isg e t i testk Osteler ores SAS thin Ilv re is a lek dessuel tar wheat ken des sky We es. Illide=lllngehy be Caswiles fee export Is bed. is 0 die dew ars,. Od quelatiens fee Genesee we I lk le s =geot loM .. Is IMP; essison Weems, die. to Iles.. t oessika be bond, Isle. per Wits. Rye sells at Gk. toile. ,Ila ft ill . vec 4alte. OsW Bk. to dla boles ars is in light sew*. dreg et 61e. to 64ta. be Wades eked t tkie. to Sate. fur ftt plow, at de. to fee. for rani paw. Ike receipt down the Mies free the t pmhtg al nsApdes this wows to the teed Oct.'s@ WAN Use& wheat sel 11,066,19 , brisk; ewe. The esports le Out. Weds rad treks& Wise this pat :or dewed ending on tles Sea Ost. were 44,146 beide ears. FILIMMTII.-7 16 nee are—To Liverpool. far ant" 3-1 1 51. le 7-11611. per lb.; SOW, IR I& pet MIL: grain sob oe. 4d. to bd. per Wed for CUM and weed reepestively. To Loudon—ls. id pr let. ter dOUI, and other &kola in properties. To More —Odes% is. per do. Peovistoss.—Pode is in modest* dastard ensiles at 10 de le. 44e. to 10 dots. 20e. tor add = fi t 624 e. kr prime. Bales of hod have beet+ nob to =test at 6 dole. de. to 6 dole. toe. kr • I sod 11 doe. 73e. to Odds. Me. for wean Beef hams II dote. to II ado. 2ie. Dry asked hues and elsouldars le. to 4c. Lard . letters to de. for Baron and bands, and 70. to Ile. for kegs. The letters per Bibernia not having lees teedved, the effect upon the mailed cannot be eatkillgetlid. 11.1=6-411 1 0 Bahia sold at en. end 7,500 Rio Grande 10 to 11;11x. at lila egad to 6 months. COLONIAL UNITED STATES, The Europa, Captain Scott, arrived yesterday morning at Liverpool, with dates from New York to the 6th, Boston to the 7th, and Halifax to the 9th Met The American political news received by this arri val consists chiefly of rumours reepectingobanges in the cabinet, or the cabinet's policy, which are oonfl deafly affirmed by some journals and as confidently decied by others. Great allowances must be made, particularly at the moment when the state elestims are in progress, for the latitude which keen partisans (bete as well as in America) give themselves in making statements that are likely to tell in favour of their arty. In our New York correspondent's letter will be found some curious and interesting items of news, calculated to throw light on the manner in which the institntiocs of our transatlantic cousins work. For Englishmen, the most remarkable of these is the fact stated by our correspondent of the purchase of estates which have been thrown out of cultivation in Jamaica by American speculators. NEW YORE, Nov. 6. The arrival of the steamer with the astounding news of a large advance in the price of cotton has had a very curious effect on the public mind. To the public it was quite unexpected, tor we believe here that priors never suddenly advance in England on American produce without a panic or a sudden met s slty. We suppose that all the cotton we had to tell might have been obtained at former ra'ee, if the English dealers had acted in concert. A single para graph in one of your leading jean's'', stating that there was a fair supply of ootton, or that some of your mills had stopped work, would have kucloed the article down some fractions of a loopy. We now suppose that the knowledge of the stile of our crops led to a fear of an unusually short supply, and that this induced the strongest buyers to obtain what they required without delay. I have taken some pains to day to ascertain the condition of the present crop. It is very poor, and sadly detic.ent in quantity. The ravages of the worm have been dreadful ; and I am now prepared to say that cotton mast advance in your markets, even on the present rates. Nor is this all. We imagine that we shall have again to furnish a large amount of provisions for the Irish during the approaching winter. An interesting attempt is now making in South Carolina by a gentleman, formerly well known in London (Junius Smith), to cultivate the tea plant. He selected a place where the temperature vu mild and equable, and lass found his plants uncommonly promising. The black and green are now in full bloreom, and in a few weeks he expects to wake his first crop. He is perfectly sanguine of success, and of making the Southern States profitable competitors in the tea marts ;with China itself. He hu also succeeded in producing the almond. An important discovery has been made in the State of Mi souri, which is hailed with much satisfac tion. It is found that rice may be cultivated there with perfect success. This will be a material addi tion to the value of her stapl. s. The Canadian annexationist' are much disconcerted by the utter indifference with which their movements are regarded in the United States. It is true that the legislature of the state of Vermont has passed some resolutions favourable to annexation, but there is no excitement in this country on the subject, and no sympathy has yet developed itself in favour of the projec*. The western tonna which coetributed men and money daring the last insurrection, are perfectly cold. They remember how the Canadians flinched at the moment of trial, and how the American sympa thisers had to psy the penalty of their folly. I do not believe that the annexation of the Canada" could at this time be accomplished, even with the consent of the English government. If they choose to set up for themselves, we should treat them civilly, but there is evidintly no desire for the acquisition of territory north and west of the St. Lawrence and the lakes. It is really curious to observe how natious seem at times to remember their mistakes. This of curs with regard to Canada is fully understood. I have frequently thrown out the [most friendly hints to the English merchants with regard to the island of Lauda. I have just learned from the best authority that a large American association has un dertaken to develop the resources of this island.l They have been recently buying up neglected estates,' the richest copper, and the mat promising coal mines. These are to be worked on American prin ciples, and at a large outlay of capital. A party of the speculators proceed to Jamaica in the steamer of the 13th, and are sanguine ;of success. Nothing es capes the eye of the Americans, there is speculation in it wherever it glares withal. It would be singular enough if Jamaica should owe to our countrymen a return of the golden days of her commercial pros- --n Very great exertions are now making to secure the immediate construction of the Panama railway. By the lit of January the whole line will be com menced. Every arrangement is made to ensure i:s insect U. Miss Bremer has been the object of much curiosity here. But the public enthusiasm has received a damper in the discovery that she is pretty well ad vanced in years, and is anything but hardsome. AMERICUS. BRITISH NORTH AMERICA-CANADA. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. Nsw Tottz, Nov. 6.—Sisee the departure of the Niagara, the domed kr ell leading imenekke hes bees seedy. United Soto smokes bus let been freely caned, and it is evilient that the sup ply has moth donetted. Maine Coupon Certificate" of the loan of lent hien boo side at 1136 and of the Smokeable (knifemen of the leek et Nth sod 19114, at 114 to 1 1 . The receipts of the New 1 TON' sod Tab, me of the Hessler teethe last smouthee.. I knOokelled the Mamie , greekody famed, prises have etheased, loathe dthond M Eke elk& The ranee& 'penally threoghout the an view drift so theslield Whelk mad theft uppers to MUMPS t o re immennes. end en/ B e ek already methlikel. la th 'sensitises new pekoes& Mona are Y demend at MI orb NM ell whet an noddy take. know Takata Mob the teemenstiens of lest week hoe been useekl QOM ; the demeeed de these is Medi, sod the few oder. leg me /torten:Oben at private sok. itosheo/o et all deecripitene is dell, god roue we lower. The opsestieee he foreign exchange thus tar he the Europa have bees smell. The ruling Mee are cm— Larks llO to 110 Parte . Aminika .......... ..... —.— 9Ol to 40d lisotherg ... — eat to 5 Bream 79 to 7 , The mow meta mules . Imo on volt. securkie Mors. able es deneoll On be readily o4OsISM et 4 to 3 per centooper de. eons tired: at 6 to 7 per cent. dm dee but signatures. awl at 1 11, l• =i t . !or those of a lon gneektht diameter. The bobs freely to the knot of their lime et lie wad Mee. Tbe bolocee of the present moon bee been eandeetei with entmeetheithe molesek and the madam of the market is ow Akre' beeMby - mil ink pertkahrty other, le a great l dist the sie/ert stable ntrafte . Is tow Asked by mi= =W elk It is set mooed that the Europa will take oo soy this elty, eel we itheetion whether the oat Havre plan mut team est isy dim, if lt had net been cautroted ke ems den apt The obese. la othon in Europe will probabl induce meths her ti' teed te Mose the Mae el radii: y sad ceetiondel OZ. dodge biker ear preekt quondam. The roma open weather ... eny4.,:r... ear ill web. ma Om is a 51r and healthy bedew wide the Woke, wink et the rise time we are in the dip et Immo • moatuthe et groinse. tank will cube. se le meet dread dui ks the efiker moths. United Five per dila, eadeenalie Iddh dividends As. sod July, 919 Is 9111; ditto Six mrdiet. (beads and ortioarm, vat ota., 1091 to 61 ; Fenserlonie Flee par OaM., M. mil Moot, ditto, 77 to ' 9; MN Flo per OM. (rterileibmie), 11th, April I'M Oct., 1 ditto, 102 te 3; South Carolina Five per Ont. (Bering's), 1633-69, ! ditto, 90; South Caroline Piro per Cent. (Peneer's), '66, ditto, 56, 1 nominal; Maryland Mee per Cent. (sterner beedo, Jan. and July, ditte, IS to 9; Mississippi Six the: Manlier% Bank 41341 to 181 0, Jan. and July, ditto, 60 ; M Ibil per Cot (Union Bank), May and Nov., ditto, 20; Alabama per Qat, '63, May end Nov., Odes. IS to 3; Florida Six per Pat., 1930:9.'66, Jet. end July, elide, 30. Oorrok—We bemused every exertion to obtain oorreet acomute Ben the cottekgrowing mellow of the dates, and do net find any. thkg to amen tit otter our opinion, or to change see eirtheate of the woe, nth* we placed at 2,100,010 helm although we auk coo. Ilan that we have seen Metes from factors who bed predowely be lieved in a loge end) who "mark" 2,005,000 ado full mem. - The knowYe sinker ken F.L.Telost and Co. embodies ear •Swe on the oddest Oar lad reopen Wen per Mapes KO ultihe sales tor the dve Enlist mama to kW helm at very tell god gradually hardening ; me weldor briar le. above those advertised per Niagara. ohs dibeledthiley (Whales) dam the receipt of the Hibernia's skim me wised: quoted at tom le. to O. edema, but the letters sot bodge Mee theeived at 'Change time when the above Wes wereirepereek we soon se deckle &A to the effect of ber ad visee ca our motet. the for Hibernia will nearly cone those soma I at t Pl. Welt, owl the bat that the Manchester Masers have Odra 120,40 Wes, sr he make supply In two,thouldnot be loot eight et barn Pekes es We side have, for good end cotheient reeeme. lees kr five monk k Moon of those paring broad, end have reached a plo post t et which the planters will a well keift, mod any further sasteriel rise here cannot be expected, la the bee of the km rsseise which will follow the kopeks et then eking et onilless parte. The prices paying in see ad blek sod by emnpar won, but thee are high • V il l is =th i l is sej: li ii = e lot o earli er than fo rther rise i e . se i v i eral a = sea ilepend m the Wks et the Fsg r liel l : epeculetors. p rices striven s e a 110 bit of Jemerry eill be 4ht, and the stock in Crest Wog me th robsof dill be me th , held. 17=and Mobile, N. Ix and Texas. Wars Of to 01 to MINT teem' ord. lO to lei 10 to 101 Mill.begeed mid. ll to 1 1 11 to 111 M. OF to fele ll to 111 11 to 121 Fay kir and dm --.. . _. . . - ____ ._ Freight to Limped. ; to Havre, fie. Gamete Csor.—We us Irbil* slate our trat, of a killing frost la Slab Coelho on thsafebei of [le 10th and ilat ult. As yet it IS nee lossu *sew Sr lug los sanded farther south. We Oral= Imesitass, kr teems ire has frequently stated, this Mill VIM is pest r.lO ills °Most, believing that Its wear iless t wy ast rlsY, eels aen-ccenrrenee increase, the crop Wive Hs ace kindred tboeurd hate. All the Information received strengthen SW in the opinion that ten crop will not exceed 2,100,900 e. Our Montreal dates are to the 3d of November. The Canadian ministers have taken up their ground strongly and unequivocally against annexation. Two mails ago Mr. Baldwin's declaration to this effect was received. Tne prevent srrivals bring a puolic 1, tier from Mr. Hincks, which concludes with these words: It is, moreover, due to the friends of the admiciatratiot *remotion the province, whose generous support has plaoed us in our present responsible position, that no misuoder rending should exist as to our views. Those views have been sufficiently explainei in Mr. Beldvrin's letter to lair. Perry. 'rosy ars entertaiozd by every mustier of the pre. Ent administration, and will be circled out by us in office provided we are supported by those with whom we have hithi rto acted. If, 01 the other hen 1, we should be desered by those whose confidence lies hi'hirto sustained us, we have a plain duty *co pert. rat to our sovereign and our c. tinny, which is to sustain any administration favourable to Britian o , oneetion, which tan command • larger share tit public' confidence than ourselves. The government are acting as well as speaking.l All holders of offi , e under it who have declared them -I selves anuexatiooiets are being displaced. Meters. I Rote and Johnson, members of the Lower Canada bar, and Queen's counsel, have been deprived of their silk gowns. A circular has been addressed by the actin ant-general of militia to all officers commanding the various militia corps in Montreal, desiring them I to report the names or such of their officers (if any) who have signed the annexation address, and to state whether they signed it of their own free will, or under intimidation. The provincial secretary has in stituted a similar inquiry respecting justices of the peace. The Governor-General bee come to an open culli sion with Mr. Gowan, Pas: Grand Master cf the Orange Association in Canada, and the real h, ad of the order alike when in and when out of office. Lord Elgin has erased Mr. G.man's name from the list of justices of the peace, and has dittaissei him from the militia in which he was a licutenantcolonel. The reason for this step is understood to have been Mr. Gowan's participation in the Brookville meeting, at which among other outrages Lord Elgin was burned in effigy. Mr. Gowan denies the right of Lord Elgin to dismla him teem his command in the mi itia without a court-martial, and demands to be tried by one. Lord Elgin, it is stlid, proceeded upo.. a petition for Mr. Gawan's dismissal from the militia ; Mr. Gowan avers that of 36 officers in his bate lion (the 2nd of Leeds militia) only three sigeed the peti tion, of 60 non-commissioned officers only two, and of privates only 179. M. Papineau has come out as en annexationist. M. Papineau, however, weals to stand pretty much alone iii Geids. Tue French are at prevent divided into two parties ; the men of the old ec:iool he ids d by the Seigneurs and the Roman catholic clergy ; " Young Canada," of which the most active members are young barristers. M. Papineau is said to belong to the latter, but 150 of "Young Canada" signed the Montreal ant-annexation addle:wt. The clergy and the Seigneurs are decidedly opposed , 0 annexation. There are increasing rumours of a dissolution of the House of Assembly. If they should prove true it is expected the elections will turn upon "annexation" and " British connexiou." Tne coolness with which the Americans have received the news of the annexa tion movement has thrown cold water upon it. The transportation of the government officials, bag and baggage, has cammAeced. At Montreal, the cavalcade of the emigrants was attended by strong detachments of the troops, and the oddity of the materiel of the train cause d great laughter, not only among the bystanders but the troops themselves. The change of the seat of government has excited a very bitter feeling among the people of Montreal. WEST INDIES.—BARBADOES. A chance arrival at New York from Barbadoes brought dates to Oct. 10. The weather has been highly propitious, and trade is improving. The last sales of flour were made at 7.50 dole., but the same article had brought 12 dole. at Antigua. familiar intimates., of prolonging the memory of the amateur of Saunders. Young men saw the old celebrities of the circuit, and those who bare reaped the honours of the profession could see their sums sore in yon g hope and prof mianal ambition• The banquet wee In Iie&OST of a man who himself forms a esaneedag link between the lost and the present generation both of lawyers and of authors — who ma tell CltalutSDlCiuse what Crtam.Es Luca talked shoat, and recall personal associations of DAUNCT, ROINIZLL, and Plassole as he strolls with the last junior along the broad walk of Christchurch meadows. too much in the The dinner itself was perhaps nature of a privre entertainment to justify a detailed publication of the proosediegs. W. WHATILIT, Q.C., the new leader of the circuit, was in the chair, and grouped around him were Mr. Justice TALIPOURD, the honoured guest; Lord CAMPBELL, Mr. Justice H moots, the Arrovar-GangitAL, the Hon. JOHN TALBOT, Q.C., Attorney-General to the Primo of WALES; Sir D. RTAN, Sir J. Com- ALEXANDLI. Q. C.; CHILTON, Q.C.; Mr. Serjeant Amin, HEMP HALLAII, and about one hundred others, amongst whom we recognised all the Oxford Mesa men, whose names have be come familiar to the public by the success of their professional or li crazy labours, with the exception of Mr. Judos Menus, whose health precluded his attend ance to honour toe occasion and the men. There were but two speeches. When the QUEEN had been drank to, and Prince ALBERT as a Benches of an lon of Court, "Mr. Boston" proposed the health of their distinguished guest. Mr. J asticeTALFOUnD'S reply—his farewell to his old circuit—will be indelibly impressed upon the memory of all who heard it as one of his greatest efforts of orato. rice' display. When he arose and uttered for the last time the long familiar "Mr. Ration," all were prepared for a great speech, and none were disappointed. He told them what his real position was at the time he received his ap pointment—and all felt that he had earned as Isemer shit, anddesa reed a dignified repose. He told dies again of his first circuit—of how he was watched at Reading by deer (friends who flattered him with confident expectations, and how when he spoke for the first tinse in the town of his birth he trembled rather with hope, than fees. He recalled his sensations upon treading for the first time the halls of the great university city—he de scribed his first journey from Oxford to Woroerer, and his auditory travelled the flat county of Oxfc.rd, and toiled the Cotswold Hills, to view with him, far the first time, from their summit the glorious vale of Benham, and the blue Malvern hills that skirt the scene. Stafford was associated in hi. mind with the scenes of his greatest professional success—Shrewe bury, by persona friendship, dearer even to him than tie historical associatious of the old metropolis of the west. He spoke of his first jour neying. down the worse of the Severn and the Wye, and his visits to the cities of the vale, till the circuit reposed under the shadow of Gloucester tower. Had he exhaust . ed description when he came to Gloucester ? No. He had agreeable asso elation. connected with Gloucester peculiarly identified with his own generous Latent. " The city of the hest of hostesses," the end of circuit labour, and the birthplace of pleasant anticipations for the long variation! Admirably as all facie points told, the next part of the address was still more effective. TALPOURD told of his early contemporaries on circuit, and how, in the persons of the juniors, he could hope his young hopes again. It was because so many at the table could feel themselves part of the thought hat the generous ch , er broke forth. He ip dre of his literary labows—of his impetuosity to give his thoughts to the world—to announce his emancipation too early from the narrow circle of merely profes sional studies, instead of waiting, as did his more prudent predecessor, Lord CAMPBELL, until he had secured the aim of his professional smb.tion, brfore he adorned the lay literature of his country with his works. He defended his pursuit of a literary career. It had, he admitted, brought upon him the un favourable judgment of the public, which persisted in the belief that no man could succeed in two branches of study. But, he raid, even had this been so, his circuit had protected him against himself. The learned judge will never utter a greater truth thin this. The circuit knows that the poet TALFOVRD it a lawyer—a lawyer not only well grounded in the great principles of the science of law, bat also intimately acquainted with its most minute technicalities. His peroration was a tribute to a friend. The severance of the circuit connexion between himself and WriArr.f.ax, who together bad gone fifty-eight circuits, was rather a brotherly than a profes- sional Parting. Long will the „ TALFOURD dinner" be remem bered by the Oxford circuit. May the influence of the last leader still continue in the memory of its members, and guide them to that kindliness of man ner and gentlemanly forbearance which has always pervaded their Nisi Prise Court under the leadership Of TALFOURD. ITCAIRN'S ISLAND, PACIFIC OCEAN. We have letters from this oolny by the Pea.- arrived en Saturday at Portsmouth, which contain some interesting details relative to the Wand, and the descendants of the unfortunate men connected with the mutiny of the Bounty, and from which we make the following extracts. Pitcaine's Island, July, 1849. —The number of inhabitants 149—malere75, females 74--of this number three are English, one • Tahitian woman, widow of Edward Young, midakim man of thelßoanty, aged 80, two sun of the first generation, one of them a son of John Adams (Bonny) named Arthur and the other a see of Matthew Quintal (Bounty) named Oeorge, seven females of the first generati o n, three daughters of Adams, one of Christian, one of Youn one of Mills, one of Mc Coy, the remainder are children of the seemed and , third generation. ' During the last five years one-fifth of the populetlon have been born, and only one has died a natural death, one of lock-jaw, and a child burned to death. The inhabitants are occupied chiefly in cultivating the ground and carpentering; several of the young men are good at cabinet work, and se blacksmiths. There are eight marriageable males and seven haulm at present unmarried. The soil is very rich bee porous ; a great properties decomposed lava, the ether a rich black earth and clayey ground. The climate is tempi rate; thermometer from 59 to 89 in the shade. The spring eseemeases in August, which is harvest time, and yams sad potatoes are dug, which is the principal food ; mid of pota toes there me two crops per year, which an planted in February and July, and dug In June and November. There We no regular erne winds: in the summer months the wind peeved' mostly from E. 8. E. to north. Nor therly winds are generally . light, often accompanied with rain or fog ; whet the wind is N. it invariably goes round to the westward, from which quarter and S.E. the strongest gales penal With wind from S.W. it is gene rally clear web. with moderate beeez-s. In winter pre ruing winds W. to E.B E. The animal and vegatahle productions of the Wand: goats, hogs, and poultry, yams, sweet and Irish potatoes, the api-roet and tarn us null quantities. Fontaine: pines, melons, oranges, bread fruit, sugsvcanee, limes, and the vi, or Brazilian plum. The only grain is maize. The food of the inhabitant, is chiefly yaw and potatoes; animal food two or three times a week. Fish are getting warn. Bed•clothes are g e fly manu factured by the females, from the ante, or paper mulberry. Wearing apparel is obt ained from whale ships, in exchange for vegetables, etc. Cotton cloth is much wanted. Blankets and woollen articles, and steep, very scarce. " The avenge number of ships touching at the island an nually ie eight or eine, mostly Americans, and they always behave well. Last year there were seven ships, ten lees than is 1847 ; the last vessel that touched there was an English brig, from New Zealand, bound to California with mi. grants, th ere being eight Englit•la women amongst them. " On the Ist day of - each year a chief magistrate and men sillor are elected, all peeress (male and f. male) ov r 18 years of age are voters. The chief magistrate then Memoirs his coun sellor or secretary. The duty of the magierate is to con vene meetings and hear men; it is then left to a jury of five persona, and if the decision is not Mitigatory to both parties, they are allowed to appeal to the commander of her Majesty's ships of war. punishments are geserally fines or labour. The inhabitants tinnily retire to rest early, and rise with the sun. Prom Augers to November they have plenty of employment, digging yams, also plantiag bananas, yams, and potatoes, weeding ground, de., and when net busily empeeyed they generally meet in the morning, and if the weather is fa- Tearable gofishing ; if notes Baturdsyg they go out hoot. lag for a Sunday's dinner. On the arrival of a ship off the Weed no one is allowed to go on board before the pilot, who always takes charge of the boats when landing, and pro vides for the captain when on shore, sock family in rotation famishing a Mlot, or providing a substitute, who always ex pects a small remuneration for his serving. The females paned, assist in the cultivation of the ground, preparing thatch for the houses, in, and, in fact, are more employed that the males: they are generally very strong, many of them being able to carry a barrel of potatoes down to the leading-place, the path to which is very rugged and steep, and is the rainy NOM very difficult to ascend or dowsed. Sinn 1831 then have been 18 deaths: 4 of them accidental, 4 glow, 1 a diens& of the ear, 1 of the heart, 1 cleaner, 1 of ctosseamption, 2 of Janne, 1 In childbirth, sad 1 is infany. The diseases ant prevalent are asthma asi ea tarck, whin prevail mostly among the females; Wien attacks are frequent but slight, and easily give way to to& I mat. Isamu& had visited the Wand during the lan sues e sai sassed SOUTH AMERICA. FALMOUTH, Nov. 17. Her Majesty's packet Express, Lieut. Lary, arrived during the night from Rio Janiero, having had the remarkably short passage of 37 days; sailed on Oct. 10. She has a very good freight, nom►nally reported as at 20,0001. valuation. Two vessels are reported to have been lost near Rio early in October—the Scotch brig Amelia Gordon, and the French packet Maria, from Havre for Rio. Accounts have not reached us of the particulars respecting these vessels. Admiral Reynolds, in her Majesty's ship South ampton, was at Rio : also the Constance, with trea- sure. There is nothing reported in the shape. of political news either from the Brazils or the River Plate. The government recently instituted at Rio is said to be becoming popular, and the mercantile interests ap peared to be placing confidence in the administration. His Excellency the - Minister of FinaLoe had addressed some of the merchants and other residents, with the view of ascertaining their opinions as to the means by which the circulating medium could be beat im proved. Ilia excellency had signithd his intention of affording, at a meeting for the purpose, ample oppor tunity fur discussing the merits of the various mea sures which may be proposed. Our Rio correspondent adds :—" We trust this laudable desire of his excel lency may receive efficient support,: and that some means may be devised for effecting as object of such transcendent important*. The Rio Mercantile Journal, of Oct. 9, says : .g. inferior to Business for September wee, in the *pinnate, .- that in any previous month in 1849. Imports were gene rally extensive, but the tranaactions, with the exception of ultra', were exceedingly restricted, and the most essential branch, piece goods, was dull in the extreme, nor is there any probability of a revival of trade during the remainder of the year. The state of produce was very discouraging until late in the month. when European advices, aided by the usual brisk inquiry for the United States, led to some marked animation in coffee, whilst a moderate business was done in sugar and hides. Under our present impression, we cannot con^er in the anticip►tion of any advance in Europe, which shall justify shipments at our present market pnces. Our opinion may be erroneous, but bearing in mind that this P. untry supplies about forty per cent. of the com bined annual consumption of Europe and the United States, we are induced to offer such an observation, which the vast importance of the subject Mai to require. In coffee, we may calculate upon a materially diminished consumption, owing to the German war, the ravages cominith d by cho lera, and the masses emigrated from the United States for California. From the Ist to the 6th of October the transactions in ex change have bee. extensive; in other respects, the various markets have been of little interest. Coffee—not only firm, but rather advanced. Exported in the above interval, 26,890 bags, at from 49a. 4d. to 495. 10d. per cwt. Sogar-1,000 cases sold for export at 2 r.d. 600 reit., 1 r.d. 600 rs., to 1 r.d. 800 re. per iurobe. Freights low, by reason of the high price of coffee and abundance of vessels. Exchange upon Landon, 26i d. THE OCEAN MAIL STEAMER HERMANN urived at Southampton from Bremen yesterday. Among her ru nners were several Hungarian refugee*. CALIFORNIA. ARRIVAL OP THE PANDORA. The Pando whose wield samousesd by our Ravel correspon ra, dent at Fertsessafft, bee brie& home an tmsaenw varlet of specimens a Isiatoey for various ameants, among them are twe mammedt leeks, weighing nearly 3 cwt. each, and obtaieed on the north west coact of America. Also, about 15.0001. in goldifrons California, which we: conveyed to tae Bank of Ragland. The " diggins" at California Induced one man and a boy to run from the Pandora, and it seems that the man , 3 . Coomb e, had been very saciosetul as be was speedily in command, and owner at a very fine schooner, in addition to two similar vessels he had purchased. The Pandora entered Stanley Harbour, Falkland Isles, on the Slat of August, and sailed four days after wards. blr. Rennie, the present tovernor, was actively engaged, with his limited means , in doing all that human means could accomplish to improve the settle ment, and had made an excellent road through the town. Mr. Rennie was at that time engaged in laying down a course of pipes from the hills to the watering place, which could greatly facilitate the supoly jog of ships calling at the island. A set of storehouses are rapidly rising under the eovernor's vigilant superintendence. The sheep taken there some time beck have disappeared, and there are none on the .s'and—plenty of wild cattle, and thousands of rabbits. The trees planed in 1846 round the government house are now bare stumps, with no signs of life, and vegetables will not grow. Altogether it is considered by those who have visited it as a colony to be a complete taints QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Many of cur readers are, perhaps, not gyrate that within • stone's throw of Londowbridge, on the Surrey eide of the river, and hid behind the two greet Hospitals of g• , Thomas s ad Guy's, there to en excellent gram mar se lsa a L . founded by Queen Elizabeth out et the drops of the '' Armada, and devoted to the edoestion of the youth of the perishes of St. Cleves, and St. Johns, Southwark. pi a visited this institution on Saturday, the great day ef school, being the anniversary of its reundetion. The old Elizabethan structure having been swept min by that males invader, which neither churches, me e k,* nor palates can withstand, the railway, the school is at me. sent held in temporary premises in Maze-pond, but will, u we ere inf wetted, be shortly more suitably located. pa Saar ley the school-room woe crowded with the friends end relatives of the boys, to beer them recite their commerea ra . tion epeeehes, end witness the distribution of the pri me . under the sutierintendecce of the bead master, the her' Charles Meeker zse, A.M. A Latin ode, complimeettry to the school and its founder, and a short poem in the mai language, descriptive of Prince Albert's meat visit to the City, were up to the usual standard of grammar sehoolcompositiag; and were very correctly recited by two of the pupils, deg. inghsm and Pillow, but with that monotony of Realm * , lion which we have before complained of at St. PaM's and other public schools. It is much to be deaired that M huth tutions like these, which furnish so much of the raw material , of our orators end preachers, a little more attention should be paid tothe ell•im-eirtant points of delivery end t zi nn i as, The same observations apply, with one or two temp:keg, to the French recitations ; but, generally speakinr, the p e nunciation was excellent, and ehd much credit to the trade ing of M. Ravin, the French master. The Bag. lisp recitations, which were, of count, more gal we'll) , appreciated by the audience, were Meseta from Shskspeare, Oaldsmith, Beattie, By roe, ea. 'My, end last, though not least, Mectuley, who gets a foretaste of the immortality which hia great work is mei n for him, in having his graphic account of the acquittal of m a seven bishops already extracted, and used as a school I.p recitation. So surely as it is the organ grinder who co mma .. the cmposer, so surely it is the schoolboy who ratifies the immortality of the author. They were all commendahk .zercises of memory, but one or two deserve t wend m's. Lion for hewing been quite free from the mottoes, which characterised the more ambitious emoted es. citations. A little urchin, named Ward, with a three cornered head, and • to meadow m ar k, development delivered Byron's powerful description ef a shipwreck with an energy and feeling which toh the audience quite by surprise, and another (judge) of more ad• winced years, or at least of a larger growth, gave tt Th Public Breakfast" from Austey's almost forgotten poem with a quiet humour which set every one laughing, ell were curious enough to inquire the y roticiency et mere trek work of these two ey.dently intellectual boye , and ascertsiwel that, as is often the case, they were not much distimeisted in that department. On the whole the exhih tiee was highly creditable to Mr. Mackenzie and his es , istants, and calculated to give the school s, high place among the educational institutions of the metro. ' polio. It may be interesting L . ) many a " lather o f a family " to know that the school te entirely free, books sad stationery included, the only qualification Wing prismatic. by skoverrior —easily procurable by any person o' good eha. ratter resident in either of the two parishes mead in the endowment. At the present moment MO boys me receiving a first-rate elosical and me inercial education, under the able auspices of Mr. Mutters and his coadjutor', end what is better, they are lately aid impartially minted in the spirit of the founder—viz , from the families of the " common people," the minces, the *mall shopkeepers, and the mechanics of the localty. EXPOSITION OF FRENCH ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. A vary interesting exhibition, under the above title, was opened to private inspection on Saturday evening, ti No. 13, George-air. et, ilanover-equare. As suel an ten. bition, at the present time, is 1.k.1y to prove a marmot attraction, a detailed account of the circurnstaaces (meek with it may not be thought out of place ; and this abject may be the more easily tifeomd by re , etence to a strap pamphlet *bashed for the occasion. It appears that the expositice is under the direction of M. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix, ex. 4nputy and member of the acting council of manuisetures at The pamphlet states that " the lively interest which hes ever been exhibited by tbe British public tower& the national expoe.iions of French arts and manutecturet might have eventually induct d the establishment of um hibition of this nature; but the prospect of a grand enamel assemblage in the English metropais of sp. cameos of the manufecturinit industry of the whole world, druded Use principal manulecturers of France immediately to plate themselves, as it were, upon a looting of intimacy with their manufacturing brethren in this country, to whom thty wen hitherto only known by the honourable rivalry of the pa ductione of their industry. They therefore entrus of to hi. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix the task of foreene a caior. tion from among the objects most distinguished f r earl lence at the late National Exposition of Paris, adding to them such specimens of manufactures as were not piqued in time for exhibition." In these few observations, the director detires to peat out that he has had no fiat n ion of establis lug any opiceam to the contempla•ed exhibition of English works of sit. Such an assurance es this was, however, tardy necessary, for the distinction between the manatee tures of the two countries is sufficiently undentood sad appreciated to warrant a fair and honourahie conspeutiat The extreme elegance and taste of the French arts sad manufactures term an agreeable contrast to the more sad -tantial, though not less ingenious production., of oar on country. A well-arranged selection from the Wake tapestry, together with specimens of ornamental tedium and a variety of objects from the Sevres porcelain limiest" . well ca'culated to furnish an attractive exhibition iu th is a any other country; but the present collection derives sa additional charm from the fact that every pains hes bees t-ken to produce an agreeable harmony of feral and /dor Upon this subj. ct the director says: " The peedoun st Mature of the exhibition is the 'Dundee'se of objects of Ft, deriving their importance from their Ulm and the Medial of their wham at that at first sight it would appeal the luxury alone was thought of; such, however, is sot theme, end an reality this apparent richness is due in t great measure to the classification, and the adult arrangement cf the various specimens." It mil a found that there is no exaggeration in this statement, for, a pant of fact, the genera l . effect of the exhibittou is man tee j lease the eye, as well as to gratify the taste, of dlegl . , feel an interest in the productive arts, and it would beet alt to mention any article of vertu, er ornamental WSW' feature, which has not been introduced into the collection.. The premises chosen for this undertaking are thews which toe British and Foreign Institute was t vat fly hell, whilst aeveral apartments have been added, and spoor galleries constructed—forming on tie whole a mature* his sad extensive promenade. Preparations have hee teak with a view to secure the most brilliant mode of dial, tion, and the coup d'oxil is such ea has not often beetled. neesed in this metropolis. The walls are hug trcl magnificent specimens of tapestly and Aubusson care and all the interesting objects displayed througboat.the rooms are arranged according to their different claesificatem We shall net enter into a detailed notice of the counted each china, r bronz es , z es t ,woirlinasfeocetaltbasieYetthwatorret imecs , sa o ti f tis 6s ; velvets of the richest description, Cashmere shawls, tive rapers, musical ineiremente, specimens of jeevellell bookbinding, and numerous other objects for whirl OF manufactories of France are celebrated, are displayed* endless variety and profusion. The exposition le res ll l,t from which the projectors of similar exhibitions in Bella. may derive many valuable hints, and there is no doubt thee the success Cl the experiment (which is the first of the kid) will be such as to re pay the director for the troublehe hi taken. The following paragraph from the pamphlet is se tioll illustrative of the nature of the exhibition, and codas' IF, many apt allusions to the prevailing " signs of the tie/ that we gladly extract it The writer says, this " iede first attempt of the manufacturers of France to 'stabile real Peace Congress, for it is only during peace that WO can flourish, and commerce fulfil its great mission, of of veying the hlessings of civilisation to the reds of the word It Is only during peace that man's inventive gehies• expand or is induced into the right direction for the Odd, his fellow-men; it is only in peaceful tim es that science le' art lend their aid to the industry of the manufacturer, aft when the labouring chives, no longer dragged from egg homes to carry war and desolation into other lands, bead: useful members of society, arid the great engineering gl manufacturing works spring up which are the oddest , glory of this happy country. Let us hope then that, free this humble attempt, good may result, and that the eel! rivalry between France and England may henceforth be 3 the productive are, in which the conqueror must metnd and benefit the vanquished." It appears that Prince Albert has already signified ha tension of visiting the exhibition, and hu Beet pod a goob medal commemorative of the event, offered to been by 14 Sallandrouze in the name of the manufacturers of IWO FIRE AND DISCOVERY OP AN ILLICIT STILL.--Y! teirday morning, about three o'clock , the premise ofnigs, Austin, No. 6, King'ft . place, Camden - town , were two to be on fire. The flames having been extinguished its 7; ascertained that part of the premises was used as ar s "; still, the owners of which, upon hearing the alarm d given, succeeded in making their escape before the ft: came up. The whole plant was immediately seized hf authorities. The building was insured in the Prot F,re office. AN UNDERGRADUATE ACCIDENTALLY MOO. AT CAMBRIDGE —On Saturday an inquest war old ,: Newnham, before Mr. D. King, coroner for th e borne a Cambridge, on the body of Mr. William Gunning. sou., ofe Rev. we William Gunning, Prebendary of Stoy, who was accidentally drown ed theell l ame dr noon, in the Cam. From the evidence it appea rrd that; deceased engaged "a funny" in the afternoon, as° "' En jug abort distort - es up the stream, between I plan boo , s td Hawes's Island and to a point where there it a chola l ot across the river, to prevent persona trespaesine on tig l o t at the property of the late Colonel Pemberton. On the _" the.* courses it is presumed the boat came ethwat•ted",; and capaised, when the deceased was immersed in WI : os , water. An immediate alarm having been itiveo ,°°l 22 l o lcl, uon his cries for ac issance, his body was then' 00 but on being conveyed to the shore, where 'w...,.;,,e• of resuscitation were employed , life was found to ba Verdich" Drowned by the upsetting of a boat. Wm" ..........„--- fu g wATBI On Ballade' Son /Md ot Sean; weistiOil, itlitit9 giatr i c , a & met The aserciation . cePPnr • • P uw 1 .4.3llFlettlit....gtf pariah.b " cosreeicai red : lrsP ulroeutb d thi p l uideL 0 4 erduw. 1 is i l etoe. t s re e i D e potrtatasi.t.,sun rai rrane.tti bw36°.t ieg.rdpetret i : c mpt . " ° lrescoihA j o,l;i n ,n ß , u t S rtnioni B ei,t e arta d i, : b a° 4g la rn i ,,,iTuid e : E iteltutepw p f.iT rd ii ' ica d m itEb s th r ipt limitary Cow the Citne , sl 1 jeety's goetr celled the At labours were . ' eltha!ilisibeuribiectiteetaliesueleifsin4tribtimnoueer":nosteteori'ehien,tge‘b:dbiaretrheer°:ll,rtersEtsiltiovi'dmrr:ea.:iedi.lyclti‘li g d stoners) wee thy sun pin of economy supply and ounietrative whatever °hole *stab so public g of Bev. ral Lad likewip to dela att water, whi time only blisbreent. rawly Rat universal agreed thr the di•t riS ingtb;:le;agire:rselyriemnr:llll' The del dep.; waitto un lity of at. war T to any rri ready to c The pito ti they ms a l Arch.i• Collins, t rioah.m, Board .. Blanton, for the u Mr C tion ss ti The d• atateme 'dirt Get,c r 1 mottr• u from 11.= M.. 1' 0 . 111 should 1 adopted propose , Beni , y Dr. ebould Mr. 1 be is. they ht the T ri but et be obta L rd eoroddl prose td slam n for the The On reside rialite Erin% idagy reetiti their three. Hnel Elite 0. 0 Uoti Th wdii Lion put.' pubi ing, of I beat T 1 sPes lion the Mo, seri mis prt WI nu 1 rag ii V cl is •I 'etc Court. WINDSOR, Nov. 17. The Queen attended by the Count , es cf Mount Edgecumbe and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. Gray, drove in Windsor Perk this morning. His Boyel Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning, attenJ.•d by Lord Dufferin, ifi.jor General B lwles, C spiel's Hon. J. D amen, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. The royal family took their tonal airings. The Duke of Welligg'on strived at the Castle to-day, on a visit te the Queen and Price.• Albert. The royal dinner party this evening included her Royal Hmhaess the Duchess of Kent, (attended by her Royal Highnore- belies in Waiting) the Duke of Wellington and Igeu•.-Cobriel Park•r (ls• Life Guards). The Prussian Minister left the Castle this morning. No aaaaa 18 —The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The royal family took their accustomed airing. The Queen end his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the ladies sad gentl. men of the court, and the domestic house hold, attended divine service in the private chapel this !Doming. The Hon. end Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. H. r Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also attended the service. Her Majesty the Queen gave the anal sitting for her bust to gets. Tuort.ycroft ou S iturday. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. The Priory, Nov. 17, 1849. " The Queen Dowager was for a short time yes terday faint and oppri lied, but her Majesty has passed a g od night, and is not 1. s+ well this morning. " DAVD lES, M.D." Yesterday the Queen Durant remained much as usual. Sir David Davies left Bentley. Priory yesterday morning for town, but returned to the Priory in the afternoon. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge at tended divine service yesterday afternoon in Grosvenor Cnspel, Sruth Aunty-street Sir Claude Wade had an interview with Lord John R •s•ell on Sa , urday Mt. Briutit hid also an interview with his lordship, at his (*lasi resid•-nee, in D et. The Char cellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday, for his seat, Riekleton-hall near Doncaster. De spitches from the Governor of the Falkland Islands were received Ni Saturday, at the Colonial (faze. Mr. Manta and Mr. Sponner had an interview on Saturday with L••rd John Russell. Mr. Rd% ard Canolly had also an interview with the noble lord on Saturday. Captain Lnrd Adolphus Fitzetonnee will leave St. James's, on Tkunday, to take the command of the royal yacht on the following day, when the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the youthful members of the royal family. pron. e to Osborne from Windsor Castle. His Excellency M. Drouyn de Lhuys, accompanied by his lady, left the ert nch embassy, on Tuesday l vs, for Paris, on leave of His Excellency the Earl of Westmoreland leaves London, in a few drys, for Paris, in which capital the noble earl will make a brief s juurn, previous to repairing to ➢ere lin, to resume his diplomsoic duties. WIVDSOR 'ASTLE THEATRICALe.—Her Majesty has expressed her entire approval of the arrangements effected by Mr. Charles Kean, relative t • the entertainments at Windsor Carle during the Christmas holidays. The first piece selected by her !gaited, and her Royal Consort, is Shakspeare's tragedy of " Ceeear," which will bt very porerfully car. Mr. Macresdy has consented to co. operate wish Mr. K. an, in ord. r to render this fine prattle tion of the immortal herd as effective as possible. The first representation is fixed for Friday, Dec. 28. S .me beautiful scenery for the piece is in course of preparation by Mr. Grieve. THE NEW MASTER IN CUANCERY.—We have the lafiafaction of sating, that the appointment of Master in Chime. ry vacated by Mr. Wingfield, has been bestowed on John Bluish Blunt, Bag , the well known, and much re spected, Equity draughtsman. CONSULAR AND COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. George Charles Mn .re is appointed her Britannic Majesly's consul for the Society Island., to raid. at Tahiti, where he has been acting consul for some time. The removal of the British consul (Mr. Nit n Kerr), which we mentioned some time Lack, from Cyprus to Rhodes, is caused by the esta blishment, at the latter plane, of an insular psahalic. All the Turkish ilium& in the Archipelago are to be subject to this new government, instead of being under the rule of the capitan pasha as hitherto. It has, therefore, been considered expedient that the representative of English interests st•ould reside at the seat of government, as fixed. Mr. Kerr will receive the same amount of income as he did at Cyprus, where a resident vice-consul will be appointed without salary. Charles John Barley, Big., is appointed solonial secretary at the Manrit'us. Robert Carter, Esq., is appointed colonial treasurer at Newfoundland. C. Lake, Esq., is appointed stipendiary magistrate at Jamaica.—Obserrer. IFIEALTiI OF LORD DENMAN.—We were informed, last night, at the town voidance of Lord Denman, that the accounts received during the week from Stoney Middleton, represented his lordship to be steadily improving in health, and that letters writun with his own hand had been re ' calved on Friday.— Weekly Chronicle of yesterday. DETENTION OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL.—A tele graph message was despatched to Southampton from the Admiralty on Saturday, ordering the West India mail packet, Severn. which was to leave at 2 pan., to be detained until the arrival of a special messenger at Southampton. The messenger left London by train in the afternoon with im portant despatches for one of the principal naval officers belonging to the fleet in the Pacific. The despatches were given in charge of the Admiralty agent on board the Severn, to be sent across the Isthmus of Panama on to their destina tion. The Severn left on Saturday evening. THE MURDER IN MILLBANK PENITENTIARY.—On Saturday morning, Mr. Burrell, the magistrate at the West minster police court, accompanied by the chief clerk and other officials attached to the court, proceeded to the board room in Millbauk Penitentiary, for the purpose of taking the depositions of the several witnesses spinet the Jew con vict, John Francis, for the murder of Mr. Thomas Hall, the warder, who died on the Bth inst. A full report of the Coro ner's inquest, which was held at the prison on Saturday last, bas already eppeage.l in our column.. The HMO evidence was adduced before the magistrate, and it is, therefore, un necessary to repeat it. The prisoner wee placed before the magistrate, and during the examination of the witnesses he was strictly guarded. After the depoaitioes had been com pleted, and signed by all the witnesses, Mr. Burrell read the prisoner the usual caution, that if he said an in his defence it would he written down and used against him L her, after. The prisoner declined saying an, thing, and the magistrate, in the psis ,1 manner, committed him to New gate, to take his , vial for murder at the approaching see/ions. The witnesses were all boned over to prosecute, and the prisoner was pieced in a cab, in the custody of two warders, and lodged in Newgate. It was stated before the magistrate that the prisoner has been 'cry reserved since he committed the murder, and constantly reading the Hebrew Bible, which had been given him by the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Penny. One of the readers of the Synagogue attended him during the week, and told him that conceal would be em ployed for him. FIRE IN THE DOPER-ROAD.—Earl y on Saturday morning a fire broke out on the premiLes o Mr. Thiselton, a dealer in Berlin wool, at No. 119, Dover-road, Newington. The flames were fir.t discovered in the shop by the police, and on the alarm brine given, the inmates had great diffi culty in effecting their escape by the roof on to the contiguous houses. The escape of the Royal Society wee quickly on the spot, and the engines of the brigade and West of England were in prompt atteadence, and the firemen were prepared to act, but the mains of tke Southwark Company afforded no water. After a delay of a quarter of an hour, a supply of water came, and the engines were instantly set in molten, and by great exertions the flames were got under, but not until Mr. Thiselton's premises were totally destroyed, and several of the adjacent houses serious damaged Mr. Braid wood, in his official report, stated that the house was burned dowu for want of water. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday morning a hog pig, the pr perty of Mr. John Boardman, gardener, Lower-road, Distforl, rubbed open the dye door and made its way into the parlour, where the animal attacked a male intent, atnut fled mordhs old, lying asleep in the cradle. The cries of the child alarmed Mrs. Boardman, who was in the kitchen adjoining, and with much difficulty she beat off the beset, whi 11 also bit her severely in the leg. The child was shockinglr lacerated, the left foot being entirely gnawed off. It is not expected to survive. The animal was at once destroyed.