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~, r ,L. e goose .unan 55 , sali r e'louse , duties of .r r elief - E q uerrY rt. T 4,1 loo n, saw m orning Osborn. mite left m inute ° Castle , Her !cl by ion. M i l Colo° Bouo rie; 'he augu ser. t ;d riding npitonou s ' e. e Li 0510. Ariscoa n s i , Grey Ye- rview Y". Cus t°°lsl ['or 0f tb° -t, tre ing .t foce t the ° GreY ler „ v i e w S e p ; nosiu e o n flop- te . bes iforB for Sir w ith It JP Mr. e th° li or ed 1 Ar°3l for ;toll° bet ee ting chAr lo e tt: rstreet, CO Sf 5 : 10 11 1 4 0 g fo.• leo ,ter sio gaA' o of ug o G biVBl' to the c OO% 0 0 ~ 51‘ 1 bro aw o io° t ot , a t P,, t 00 10°1 0 1°1 Vis trti o, Ile° Brio ilea' 3 Vie (r. 1. '1 sch fie bel° OA" too le' )ti n as C .0$ t ;,jiolf• isl ,,,c af. ote' w oof, ; 01 a• tiOd [e ale° o lsl4 Ire'° MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD. After an elaborate and impartial digest of Marshes, rney eent lucubrations upon Denmark and ,. the i the celebrated German traveller , T hl ' after a "e -...N..0 , LOrd A l3 • in 'trie d pane gy ric uon the late revered statesman, hiso. i,. l etcalfe, and especially reference a to den . g .,tt „TnQnt of Jamaica, Blackwood affords us . 8 - ofeitalogue raisonne of the " Annals and Antiquities London;' Those who are famliliatr ttudactions in our literature ti qt the article above mentioned ' is a n o o ti wn ii c n iet g hc - ot l l e ni,je s ele' ti e l a_ re ,YieW of Mr. J. T. Smith's woiokt., London."entitled An idn itaquarian Ramble in the Streets 'eat conjecture they will have been partially wrong and r evile kind rig ht. The contribution is scarcely so much a l telie .w of that interesting production, as a .,. _ en s Zia' description of some of the scenes and incidents are t reerin delineated. The descriptions , ewness of the 401ered o riginal, not only by kle e • the L but t , et in which they are given, -41 4l her of ae • : • with which they ate be- With t h e e % . eal facts Iprinio aueitio, . connected also by the The extraordinartyreaestsso,caiantdionnosusc,softi,:olee k etrt different parishes, e. Istllf)P°lls are but little dreamt of by multi itedes who are passing the localities every day. Arlington c and ate who walk dawn 13ennet-street ng i over the ,ite ,i ti e s t, lime imagine they are wan e.thuiels:nee famous and fashionable Mulberry-gardens With aith ,gardens in which Dr den disor delle:tiis mistress The urnlini s trese, Anne Reeve eating i 4 "'cakes and guzzling syllabubs! never dream, tarts .a an tin d ., a irequentere of St. James's-park ,ill., draine,els', that until it was mercifully enclosed that pleasant 1en.:123Y order of the enclosed and the n ° , Il was It Swamp. The casual passe c n i g la e v r le d so n r i k e l l o te a th' a n t ° r w hy sa rn -ii h a ig ys ;ra l r i l t e t t le , C th o i l i t i e k y s G th ih at ne t r h , ere, ,ac thed Cto hi l : (1 , was woat to fondle his dogs an l d la c n h e u o c u l s s crumbs is lii, 'avourite ducklings, in a miscellaneous el Buhjecs ; they little reflect %Del „• kit e • as °reg.! nally a wing of Jeffreys Ipio . uusi l 'e e t .ol.3tt. i r i ten o ee - t t ia , as'rth ri, : ll3 and execrable Judge tile 8 Ulansion has been changed .s in u t a o re a ; p t o h r a t t ion s o ir f 4.411 abloniare Hotel, Leicester q fat .t 4 tinie r Hotel, lived almost immediately principal contriver satin Gates, and Parsons, the (*tileopposite ; ~,atin. ~.-,4-latie ghost, were exposed in the pillory at v ea, thi tl s ;ero . ss ; that culprits were formerly boiled to 411;sie'antbfield-market ; lodg e,that.Wycherlyhinaddatnes C`. w- st*:eet; that Garrick livedofy ih,„clelltegarden ; that Benjamin l o ' r r e anklin re ''Nle "Luilli e- street ; that Voltaire was staving Ivi %al- L4 Ala 'iden-lane, at the the White Perulse, somee leitillti-,7l•eis shop ; that in the burial- i ground be a s n o d f os eii - N. - Paul's, Covent-garden, are aelt 4 tild a utler, Wycherly, and Southerne, V mratnatic Po e t s ; of Sir . Peter . kd ery Lely, kl• 1 the th o e th s e a r tr vr ic is a e l Cote ec Res, the portrait painter , of . iNlac 11 , , It tlisl e Vt ; cd Strange, the engraver ).dar ,. of T A he rn e e a , s t u h a c l all of these pt fi n; ' 13f W•dcot the Peter lin 17 41 85. - ' 1 is u l ;teonc ' ious of many Notei c ; tuid c onsequently his which they afeltidll are th divested of a fascination nations about ht tith e possess. For the opening published fe°llloserlicings world of revelations,metro w p o o r l k itan lately w o- e, i pte the aeli to the work deceased authornee i to th isl e °llekins !,.1:8,18.b•is of the or for th a e rti n e Tw o ltgl:eeable contribution here defined i lvt aN' e r? rill se °l° Et'ifsal definitions . are so P , eu . curious gar °f 4 1 -11 e ll iit lottaj a ut 4tn i; s soFgrroamphy" asa Pc a of k dill " being defined titot4t,(ll)loticadyr !aitaibir?lecirbit;. ii s n - t g . " it is p ‘ r ` c t s h o e ni round ed. t that a n , here n e famous tho/141cirts'o.,. a w a h b ic e h in ti g rs a t t b ' o t r h e e. th t e i tn n e a naive C' 86t ot v L_ v.. , e ling," a a m ll e e s ci s, l e l ) s u o r b e . ae l 'ee () " 4 , e ';lll3 be s e so n to the hriCstiemnreidn Charing-cross, t c r o s 3 Saxonli n e g l a n in b is . --iseltslinipisheg to turn), used in reference le4lis- th e ta 'or turning of the Tham es. itne4thiqe sTielin Hunter lived next door to fore'Ho ai7thsae i n Leicester-square, ti ttl rein g tenthat writer ef e should gre at -IttA) .- c 't the residen th c e e s atiecta d• lou e ti ofi,. °Mil butor indulges in a r . i icu ti o e3 the was . 'Earl's- court, Old Br . ompton. S . ome- . :41,014--" in (I%; tin P bourne-street sauntering, cigar . 4reiFtr ;:- 11 ! 1 1' ea hic, as where he is speakin ,, very valu die ' oven th . S shabby pavement !" i s eon gc i o - f a r the in - .llties tl er-es °I ` Marlborough's Dispa T te h h e es': commenced "ith Ato le entitled "Mildred" is by an eXceii:44asider; t blepromise, and its Punish- Itt ents "‘" PaPe r eri " The Law is followed a" ft,,,, and „ -,- ay ,, article upon `.li 14 Ne - n" ( 1,` I ", comical jeux ~c rei s in ) rit t h 'cent 4 c ef the Thames. i°od dee' c 'Y 11l Marriages," ,Itgainst-'shares its elfdefinitively but somewhat l e lig a h rt t i - Li Isa -1,1;. With /),,, s et which Queen n o i b te se d ry th e . e that tardily,Blaelt- the Infanta 4 4.4 t O the ' it, Francisco and How," says a a ga, in e ; u'ac de Mon tpensier. °ella '-e 1:441 hda'swAnessis, - People Jt.ist tone of indination, still so easy to , r sas e `' ° Pee s 0 and powerful, great has suffered "how ' is it that il lt il e d ele t o allu b :lea' lous of' its independence, e'' a wi t e II 'oled by an abandoned . Italian woman, , rz , • 3' all cl unscrupulous foreign p e Potu l t earn arilla, n ot e the r party that is but a a e n t a io m n e? in " 1 83 0 I:4e Pahl cation of the Prmatic S t _ ne crown IN -3" Persil nand the Seventh, wherebyt be ) a female,. tins s ts) his offspring shoulderAdious 44 t° the c ensurnmation of a th bi e m p ets of the Tuileries Itna letween the 1 3ourts and e the of . Spain is sur .: hyedhotel Co e rcelles, the history e ll , and the pi incipal facts of that history perspi cle°llllBBll.Y n arrate(' l ' in a +. few p w a h g e e n s : i nStuhcehanagprayp commentser i s ju (i i - Produce, e ate time Int4ti/P-3'Press, en( ; exac h t sequence and bearing of events Cii , ght be mis: L ppre ende . d by the superficial reader. e vile condi L et of Maria Christina, not merely in ‘ l ' arnoure wit b the cigar -seller's son, ' Munoz, Duke I:il!fßianzares, to ad her wholesale peculation, not merely . Zier libidinou s depravities and extortionate avaric o e, f in , her 11J rnotherly and unqueenly treatment of• belle in her 7thieving her daughter's wardrobe and el l, ' • t l f t , , and in ler successively upholding the claim s eke Due de ' Montemolin and of an Austrian Arch etiv__t in opposi Lion to her own solemn and voluntary ra nds is t a support the claims of the son of Don ee thi lle i,seo de 1 'aulo, is exposed. The episode of her e ars from : the Iberian soil in 1840, and the de e re l e a ' t the regency of Espartero the i ttori • tatt e i A 111 is t' hen described. Lastly,. the p pe u r e fidious 111841 tl te‘ ti ° ll s .of King Louis Philippe, from his first ., SPain,-t„blOtrie-F the Due d'Aumale to the Quee_n r. o e f . toria E - I ,us la ocritical engagement to Queen cause Vic es th e C a e - Z 11 ,,,, , tl yp ice to his advocacy of the i ette°-"' Tr la ol • and ultimately to the shameless siivtd,roptie, ofd . , ged u he iltill Peninsular plot, are well and clearly .s. spirit w ilt• ir e - tr . a . l h in which Blackwood regards the 14 g lea. ° ect ion may be discerned from the fol ow -este r° Se We reins its summary : ian" ,rn !her to have encountered, in a . ne l g i l i e l c t t i e l d e atter. gallery an ancient picture of a criminal telttltietotfhntrehpeaitnts, triturers. The subject was a painful a one, g provoked a smile. tii°ll s ee T- - t he brush,n some mischievousSionemdeiwdlardiine_ydrinnfg the e„-late, ha I beguiled his leisure by transmo, f i til l ! eit'ettlielze bo th of victim and executioners, converting 4 ' 14 41 tit Slas nish garb into the stiff and u . npic h ti i i e r h esq t r e Nei scene tha present day. The vault Vs rite - e - c e lie vt as enacted, remains in all its gloomy which se gobwebbed I valli. taass ;eve pillars, rusty shackles, th,_ i ; th e e ei4 l th e the ago -1•°1 'ilia unshapely instruments a o n f d to e rture were Co unts nri eolith visages of the executioners, the But, ePatkt 0 fence of the sufferer, were unaltered. Beta °f et e _ _. l to A' nth the antique aspect and time-darkened Il L era fe,Cie details, were the vivid colouring . and mo uallrons °l ls of Parisian paletots, trim pantaloons,. and ri t e hided- Llyai;sitcoats. We have been irresistibly re 4:4;:dwdili events in "%ie. °,,Lithi 8 defaced Picture by the recent r the !'"' r appear to us like a page from . thehist T o h ry e • data , t : e g ss e e e: r. ansported into our own times. 34 4 t b ° ""d 0 aprincipled intrigue whose denotiement has al, vreentri .rye and belon s more properly to the . -ems is surely out of place in thedanyisneof ',tali Z ed i, fr uis arid the Guise. g A review of itscc ~ ere e 1 ; auot's the elements of some romantic historyweseei e die ,tuldre4 J'ears ago. At night, in a French =bass steTute Italian dowager and a crafty li " v-r c'erel tg a sovereign of sixteen into adete e s o t n e a d en al t - ; tti::::divlehl Thy gig la y. y breaks on the child's tearful h is e lt : 4° , 4 ssaci or, the paleness of his vigil chas f ed ora fr t o h m e t( Iel ee '' by the flush of triumph, emerges . Wee . 4 the dipi 'oinat's master that the gloriousv Quick! to horse!—and a courif e r to st r a y rt i s a 1. 2 .Po and a lays --a very few—of astonishment to Eu towith -" eons rternation to Spain, and a French prince, tes ga y and . gallant retinue, stands on thevhßidas does ege tarry; ax ed gazes wistfully southwards. ge,lttst„on-ierYr;nrass iaence this delay? He waits an l e y scort. ours are abroad of ambuscade and a tb ss e as l s n i: I N ;-; ( If v ews made by fierce guerillas that _ _. id At l ear ns destimed husband shall never see hilon" ee l Crt comes. Enclosed in serrie l d adr li es of t he e t ' 11 a lances, dragoons in van, artillery in rear, What is his hap a eridee•room prosecutes his journey. 4ksttee'it' Pe? 6 130 the bright-eyed Basque maidens th eir - ll ea ers in his path, and Biscay's brave ,sonDs Do the the K t . Itk.ut arms to ring peals in his honour. sad And I tardy peasantry of Castile line the highway Nat about ejects as he passes? Not . so.. If bells are *or e And flow strewn, it is by salaried ringers and by 4 k a e ,, 4 11 . ''ire , d, not to wail at a funeral but to celebrate and Cessge scarcely more auspicious. If hurrahs,. few s ells 4t "t , flme heard, those who utter are paid for them. its, I t looks and lowering glances greet the Frenchman, the ati ,rded by two thousand men-at-arms, h l e n hurries to all haste, 51kidepital where his bride awaits him. is tied murmurs the murmurs of a deeply offended people, the knot ilh c'tica • 11. ' 4 a moment must be lost, lest s'om n eth n i o n w g for i Yet occur to mar the marriage feast lO N e rewards, shamefully showered up_On then enal teLe t° d rs of this unpopular union. A dukedom ant , title s ,1121 P of Spain for the ambassador's infant son, dee,,,,,,t‘? Mercenary ministers; high and . time-honoured *ale-'4'sans, once reserved as the premium for exalted taoetilie tins, once deeds—to corrupt deputies; dia /Ili' "VI-boxes, jewels, and gold, to the iienefsam. her c,Q4tiars.of prostituted journals ; Christina rejoices; hands in tre e 2ri lia are in ecstasies; Bresson rubs his d ketessible e xultation• in his distant capital the French tel e arch heare s a sigh' of relief and satisfaction as his eple4llllll informs him of the fait accompli. p4Be'elidi'd bullfights and monster pucheros, to rr d n a n z n t zle o . t s lLe 41117 , andstop the mouths of the multitude. Pan y Q t r ld in ae eircn?s—to the man headed beast. •A bride, te ;tate the prinee hurries beck to Paris with his . Isee: e c-''ve . the paternal benediction, the frateriel 4%4) luld the congratulations of the few score ind e ivi : Who alone, in an Prance, feel real pleasure and TriE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, IP4t. profit in his marriage. And thus, by foreign intrigue awl • • h,s toftyp,!ndenee of Spain been virtually bought and sold." Assuredly M. Alexandre Dumas was never fur nished with a more enthralling programme loran hi,to rical romance. A. dreadfully so .so poem on St. Magnus, Kirkwall, is appended ; and a laborious article upon " The Game Laos" completes a delight ful and characteristic number of the niagasine. FRASER. Almost all the magazines of the present month follow in the wake of Blackwood of last month, and take up the su'oject of English journalism. The opening article in Fraser is on this subject. The writer admits that journalism has risen to the rank of a profession, that it has gained influence over the hearts and intellects of the people, that it has drafted into its ranks educatioe, information, and ability, that it has altogether fulfilled its mission with digoicy, and has used power beneficially where it :right have abused it. Therefore, the writer argues, iiat it is nece,ary to give the journalist a position in the social scale, and compares the condition of the journalist of Euglaud with that of the journalist of France. " The French journalist is in the best society, flattered by the homage of the rich, the at tention of the fair. His name is known in all poli tical circles with advantage, in his own with tame and honour. He is sometimes a peer al ways a celebrity." "Journalism in France is the sure road to the possession of the highest offices in the state, while in England there is no place assigned to the journalist in the social circle, and as for poli tical rewards, except of the lowest kind, such things are never dreamed of." The writer in Fraser would remedy this state of things, and makes appeals ad wisericordiam and ad timorem to the aristocracy to grant a social position to the English journalist. The writer does not perceive that it is because in France the aristocracy has been annihilated that talent has fair play, and that not only the journalist, but every man of talent, the literateur, the scientific man, the philosopher, the historian, each as a matter of right, assumes that position in the social circle which is his own by virtue of his talent. In Eng land, on the contrary, we have an aristocracy close, exclusive, and like all aristocracies, gregarious from very weakness. "It must," to quote the words of Cebbett, " link and toddle," because (with the ex ception of those among them who belong to the aris tocracy of talent, and who would, therefore, under any circumstances stand alone) if they did not, by linking, afford each other mutual support—if each at tempted to " toddle" singly and alone, each and all would fail in the attempt, and fall. It is, however, the characteristic of talent to stand alone. Men of talent are not gregarious, and the anomalous posi tion which they hold in this country is to be mainly attributed to these facts. Being able to stand alone, the aristocracy at once envy, bate, and fear them. Hence the endeavour to ex clude them from all " 'vantage ground " in society or polities, and as they are enabled by the non-gregariousness of men of talent to isolate them and attack them singly, they generally' succeed in their endeavour; but whenever men of talent shall be brought to understand each other, to know the irre sistible power which as an united body they could wield to become in fact gregarious, then, and not until then, will they assume that position in the social scale which the writer in Fraser would fain assign to them, but which they never will assume until a total change shall take place in the organization, political and social, of the country. The article on journalism is succeeded by a pleasant bit of sentiment on " Hair Love," and then comes the " Gallery of Contemporary Orators." The subjects of the present portraits are Sir R. Inglis, Mr. W. E. Gladstone, and Mr. Christie. To the first more than justice is done, to the second ample justice, and to the third some what less than justice. " Passages from an unpub lished French Novel" is a quiet qu iz on the mingled ignorance and impudence of the French novelists who write on English subjects, and pretend to improve Shakspere, Johnson, and Richardson. " The History of Etruria" is a learned review of Mrs. Gray's work on that subject. The paper, how ever, of the greatest permanent value in the present number of Fraser is, undoubtedly, that on the pro p )ied commercial mission to Japan. After giving a resume of the various attempts which have been made to open the commerce of Japan to the world, the last of which, in 1818, had nearly succeeded, the writer proceeds to enumerate the various articles which Japan produces, and which she might be induced to barter for British manufactures. Gold, silver, and copper are among the mineral productions of Japan. " Another production of the Japanese islands is coal, to which, in former times, little importance was attached by the foreign traders to Japan, though, were we to suc ceed in obtaining a footing in that country, we should probably set a higher value on it than on anything else found in the whole empire. Respecting its quality, no information has been obtained. We know, however, that it is plentiful, and that the fields extend over nearly the whole of the northern provinces, where it would seemrp Popular o constitute tcraadn the speaks only fourelausedb mountainy t the whollyinhabitants. com posed f which taking fire some centuries ago, be came a volcano, and has ever since continued burning. In what circumstances the story originated it might now be difficult to discover. The whole group of islands, however, is evidently of a volcanic formation, nearly ' everywhere rising into sharp and lofty cones, from which smoke and flame perpetually issue. In many places we find the craters o f extinct volcanoes, with clefts and vast caverns, from which is obtained an inex haustible supply of sulphur. "In the south nearly all the fruits of the tropics are found in abundance, while the northern provinces greatly resemble in their productions the less favoured climates of Europe." The whole of this article is worthy of attentive perusal, and we hope that no unnecessary delay will be permitted to take place in sending an embassy to the Court of Jeddo. As this writer justly observes, "A case has been clearly made out in favour of try ing the experiment, which, if brought to a fortunate issue, would provide a vast outlet for British manu• factures, and tend at the same time to enrich us and civilise the Japanese empire." The remainder of this number is occupied by a political article vitupe rating the Whigs and free-traders. A review of Leign Hunt's book on " Wit and Humour," in which the reviewer acknowledges that he prefers Prior to Butler, expresses a desire to see Voltaire in the pillory, depreciates Rabelais, abuses Sterne, and finds nothing but dulness in Andrew Marvell ; an amusing archeological prolusion ab out Lord Mayor's day, and various poems and articles of minor import. FRENCH HOSPITALITY. brated General Sopelana (one of the Spanish The following letter from his Excellency nffi th c e er c s el s en Interior, will imprisoned) to the French Minister of the unjustly detained in France, and now yet more unjustly . b nation.r e a d appears It th i s country teraire, published in Paris on the 26th instant : aw/li'lhodea,stri"eits-uhem./93noititt7ude eitmtgl fi I.e d S i a r s ,— a S c in r c i n e li t n h a e l 2 i s n t h of without once being infor tried ot the crime which is imputed September the piison of t l h h e a o e p b e e i . e e i n. g c e o ri ll e - . to me, and without having been brought before any tri bunal. lam not, Sir, acquainted with French law, but I know well that justice and the rights of men rest in all countries on one and the same basis; and I know no country which, offering universal hospitality, can arro gate to itself the power of detaining in prison a foreigner who respects its laws, and against whom nothing can he alleged except his political opinions. If the French Mi nistry has pursued a course so arbitrary towards my • self and others of my countrymen, with a view to give satisfaction to the Court of Madrid, assuredly they have surpassed the seal of Messrs. Isturitz and Mon; for the counsellors of Isabella have not yet proceeded to the extent of imprisoning such Spanards as ar e sus pected of not sharing in their opinions. You have not, Sir, the right to punish my opinions; you have only that of bringing to trial and punishment such acts of mine as may be contrary to the laws of France ; and it would ill suit with the character of a country which pretends to stand at the head of the civilised and f ree nat i ons o f the earth, to offer with one hand a tre ac h erous hospi tality in order that with the other it may imprison those who, like myself, are so unfortunate as to place confidence in her good faith. In the early days of may imprisonment I addressed you explaining the tyranny of ' which I have been th e v i ct i m; and also the unhappy F osition of my wife, who i s on t h e point of her confinement, alone, and deprived of every resource in a foreign country, of which she does not know even the languege. You have not conde scen d e d to answer me yet; I am still in gaol and separated from my family. I leave it to yourself, Sir, to appreciate such conduct, while all Europe, before which I thus loudly protest, in my own name and in those of my co untrymen, denounces with indignation the tyranny of which we are the victims. In fine, Sir, I demand once more the justice which is my due. If you believe me to be criminal, bring me before a tribunal; if, on the other hand, nothing like crime can be alleged against me, restore me to that li berty of which I have been arbitrarily deprived. And if you believe me to be unworthy of the b.sspi tality of France, deliver me my passport, that I may seek some other country whose hospitality is not a de ceit, and where I may hope to enjoy unCtisturbed my personal liberty so long as I shall respect its laws. In the paean time, receive, &c. SOPEL ANA DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.—On Monday infor illation of the following daring cases of highway robbery in the metropolis was received by the police: —On Saturday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as a young man named Dunn, residing at Twickenham, was proceeding through Zion Park, he was met by two men, who stopped him and threw him down, and struck him repeatedly with their fists, and after robbing him of two half-crowns they 'decamped. On the same night, between seven and half-past, as Mrs. Whettington, the wife of the keeper of the Ship beershop, Cusford-hill, Lewisham, was proceeding along Perry Vale, Sydea ham, when near the fi nger-post she was stopped by a m 9 .n, r ho T>inv, anal nn hnr - lenlinint:?: give him one, he kncielce,4 her down, anri stole from her person a purse con ,i , ,,liug 1/, 15s. in silver, with which he got clear off. COURT OF ALDERMEN• Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of busi ness. A sufficient number of members not having ap peared in the chamber at half an hour after the appoint ed time, according to the business paper, Alderman SIDNEY gave notice of a motion upon the subject, for consideration on a future day. His impres sion seemed to be, that a p ,, nalty - should be inflicted upon thus- In embers who absented themselves upon any day appointed for business, and that, a, was the case in the general run of corporations throughout the country, ab sence for any len :th of time should be visited with ex pulsion. The RECORDER cautioned the Court against entertain ing a question so important to the privileges of a cor poration essentially different from there bodies to which Alderman Sidney alluded. THE SEPARATE SYSTEM IN GAOLS. When the Sheriffs were making their report of the state of the gaols. Sir P. LAURIE tlolt occasion to represent that if the Government intended to persevere in the experiment of the separate system in gaols, Bethlehem Hospital must b^ enlarged, or more hospitals must be built, to meet the increasing demand of accommodation for insane person , . Toe Penitentiary, at Milbank, and the Model Prison, at Pentonville, were fruitful sources of the men tal malady, while the pri,ons in which the separate sys tem was not adopted, produced no instances of insanity. Alderman SIDNEY positively denied that Sir Peter Laurie was supported in his violent outcry against the separate system by credible testimony, and said that the List report of the Inspectors of Prisons corroborated all former evidence in favour of the effects of the expe- riment. Alderman GIBPS brought up the report o f the Com mittee to whom it was referred to take into consideration the aprlicition of the ancient Company, called the Hor ner's Company, for a library. It recommended acquies cenze in the prayer of the petition, and was unanimously agreed to. CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Alderman GIBBS brought up the report of the Com mittee upon the presentment of the Inquest of Low_lbourn Ward. The presentment stated as follows :--For length of time the increased trade of Leadenhall market has caused such destruction and confusion in Lime street by waggons and carts unloading and re-loading, night and day, that it is notoriously one of the most dangerous and difficult thoroughfares in the city of London ; hut, of late years, the evil has so much in creased that the undersigned inhabitants of Lime-street feel bound to apply to the Corporation for such altera tions and improvements as may enable them to carry on their trade without danger, molestation, or inconvenience. The presentment was signed by most of the firms in Lime-street. The report recommended that the subject should be referred to the Commissioners of Sewers and the Improvement Committee, which was accordingly done. THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY POLICE. Alderman GIBBS brought up the report of the Com mittee to whom it was referred, to take into considera tion certain matters connected with the Commissioner of the City Police, including the subject of increasing the salary of that officer. The report expressed the Committee's disapprobation of the conduct of the Commissioner in employiivr police men who were paid by the city in the capacity of private servants, recommended that such practice should be pe remptorily discontinued es irregular, aed that the sum of 1,200 t. per annum should be paid to him from last midsummer. Alderman GIBBS moved that the report should bo agreed to. Alderman WILSON . seconded the motion. Sir PETER LAURIE disapproved of the report alto gether, as rot containing adequate condemnation of the irregularities it alluded to, not censuring the connexion of the Commissioner with railway companies as a director in such speculations, and, lastly, as recommend ing a large increase of salaries, notwithstanding the Commissioner's admission of the correctness of the several matters of accusation alleged against him. Alderman COPELAND said he was never so much as tonished at any thing as at the report just presented. The Committee had not thought proper to examine the individuals who could have given informatio❑ corrobora tive of every charge against the Commissioner. Why had not Boyd, a policeman, who received leave of absence for a length of time, and who had been notoriously re ceiving emoluments from a railway company of which the Commissioner was a director, called to give evi dence ? In fact, for more than two years the Commis sioner had taken from the City police individuals to act as servants in his family, at the same time that they were paid from the fund for protecting the civic com munity. Not only was his footman a policeman, but , his coachman, whose only recommendation to the force was that he could drive a coach well, was appointed to a similar situation. Alderman Copeland concluded by moving an amendment strongly animadverting . upon the conduct of the Commissioner in employing men belong ing to the force as his domestic servants, requiring that he should send in a return of the money received from the civic funds by those so employed, and, finally, ex pressing the necessity for the observance by the Com missioner of the regulation enjoining that such officer should not not be employed on any other business. Sir PETER LAURIE seconded the amendment. He was present when the Commissioner admitted that there was to a certain extent foundation for every charge. The COMMISSIONER in answer to the charge, as to the employment of policemen in the capacity of his domes tic servants, said that he could not think of allowing his wife to be attended by a fellow with a belt and lanthorn. —(Laughter.) It pleased him also to observe upon the subject of employing his policemen on railways, that he wished more of the police were so occupied, as they might have numerous opportunities of discovering the railway stags with which the country abounded — (Laughter),.—and having done all that he expected to be rewarded for (what every body must condemn) he looked after all that for an increase of salary !—(Laughter.) "Oh!" said he, "all that's done at the west end of the ,town, the Commissioners of the metropolitan force have as many servants as they please selected from that ex tensive body." He justified his practice by a reference to what existed. The Commissioners of the metropoli tan force never employed a single man of the force as a domestic servant. The city Commissioner, it seemed, threatened if the increase were not given to him, what? Why to go away—to abandon the force altogether. That would be, indeed, a desirable consideration.—(Laughter.) Alderman WlLsox said he differal from some members of the corporation, in opinion as to the Commissioner's qualifications for the office he held. He considered the Commissioner to be a man of very extraordinary powers, and certainly to accomplish by his talents in one hour more than many gentlemen whom he knew, and often heard speak, would effect by all their exertions in one week. The difference between the practice of the City Com missioner and the Metropolitan Commissioners consisted in the fact, the latter employed as many men as they wishe I without putting them into livery, while the former only employed two whom he considered it no crime to distin guish by different habiliments. He considered that the Commissioner had been extremely ill-treated by the non-observance of the conditions prescribed by those who elected that officer, than whom they could never find a better. Alderman COPELAND made a few observations to the effect that all that had been said upon the other side strengthened his position. Alderman SIDNEY and Alderman Gums advocated the report, and it was finally agreed to by a majority of 11 to 3. Alderman COPELAND then stated that he should cer tainly move in the House of Commons for an inquiry into the proceedings of the Court in the case of the Com missioner of the City Police. VIOLENT SHOCK OF EARTHQIIIAICE. On Tuesday ! night, a few minutes before twelve o'clock, a shock e x thquake was felt here of greater intensity and longer of d ura tion than any remembered. The state of the atmosphere at the time was calm and beautifully clear. Early on the prev ious mornin g a ver y heav y rain had 'alien, which had cleared the air and softened the tem perature, and the following day was unseasonably fine and mild, the thermometer standing about 52 degrees. At nine o'clock, evening, it had fallen to 42 degrees, the barometer indicating 29 50 inches ; the greatest cold during the night was 36 degrees, and the barometer inclined to ri-e, standing next morning at 29 51 inches. The feeling of individuals, during the shock, depended greatly on their situation. It is most generally de scribed as being rather tremulous than undulating, ar,d in high tenements heavy articles of furniture were violently shaken, bells were rung, and crockery ware overturned. Every family was alarmed, and many rushed out to the streets under the impression that their houses were falling. Such a; were walking at the time describe the ground as shaken (under their feet, much like the tremulous motion in steam-boats. The du ration of the shock, by all accounts, must have been from fifteen to twenty seconds, although the fears of many naturally led them to think it longer. It extended as tar north as our accounts yesterday reached, and along the line of the Grampians it seems to have been particularly severe. Our correspondent at Crieff writes last night thus;-- ,4 At twelve o'clock, perhaps two minutes after it, a low rumble, resembling distant thunder, but one which a practised ear could at once nearer, heavy u n a d n e d r g r w e a u x n e d d k e l o e u e d k e r or and t v,o, lo t u h d e louder; detect to be the herald of an earthquake, was heard. For five or six seconds it approached nearer and heaving and downfalling accompanied by violent a shock of earthquake that shaking of everything like noise continuing for the last fifty years, but it certainly for the surface, and the thunder ;a thseennsicbalemeupa orThsiisx or eight seconds, died away in the distanc g e. ce m t a a y inl n y o w t heaviest r at has occurred in Crieff one, and caused many a timid heart to quake. The air ahsaav have veryb been smart one, before and at the time of the shock was calm and still, but a short time thereafter a fresh breeze sprang up."• Perthshire Courier. SUICIDE DY LEAFING FROM A Wirzoow:--Monday evening, Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, on the body of Walter Bell, aged 53, who committed suicide. The deceased was a hair dresser, lately carrying on business at No. 40, King street, Snow-bill, who had been . of weak intellect for some time past, which the family attributed to their being much reduced and disappointed in his business, which had greatly fallen off. On Friday evening last, about six o'clock, the deceased was in his bedroom, on the third floor, with his daughter, when he suddenly rushed up, and said, "I will give you a shilling if you will go outside of the door." He then ran to the window, and jumped out into the street, where he was found by his son. lie was removed on a stretcher to the above hospital, where he died the same night from fractures of the right 117 p bone, lower jaw, and other extensive injuries. The jury returned a verdict of " T , q - noorary Insanity." . Our Liverpool iet,ters repoit Goat 44 nu intelligence of the Britannia steamer has beeii received up to four o'clock yesterday." ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLISH REVOLUTION. On the 29th of November, that day being the anni versary of the Poli s h Revolution n of IS3O, the Polish refugees resident in Lo n d on a tt en ded Divine service, at the Belgian Chapel, L on d on - roa d. The Rev. S. P. Brzninski, their co un t r y man an d c haplain, officiated, and afterwards delivered an appropriate ertsaon, the text being taken from the 2d Epistle of St. Paul to the Co rinthians, chapter 1, verse 5. Sabsequently a meeting was held at Sussex Ch am b ers , D u k e - s t re et, St. James's. Captain JABLONSKI having been unanimously called to the chair, addressed his countrymen at some length. He portrayed to them th e present wre t c h e d condition of their once free and glorious country, which had rendered eminent services to Christianity and civilisation. Poland was now oppressed by the three perfidious neighbours. One, an open tyrant, like a branded criminal, struck a blew whenever he found an o pp or t un ity, boasted of his boldness, and defied human justice. The other, like a perfidious, but at the same time a coward antagonist, masked his treacherous movements with a benevolent appearance, and stealthily drove a dagger into the heart of his victim by a hired hand. The third was a political hermaphrodite, partaking in some way of the destructive nature of both, and acting in concert with them in per petrating evil deeds, but forcing himself into the rank of his western neighbours, and displaying before them his assumed love of freedom and civilisation. These three oppressors had sworn the destruction of Poland, and in that, at least, they kept their word. Many cruelties in flicted upon the unfo r t unate P o li s h peop l e were no t be lievedin this country, and h e did not won d er —th e y w ere too atrocious to be believed by a feeling heart. The suf ferings of the Abbess Mieesyslawska were disputed; the late wholesale butchery of the land proprietors, nobles and clergy, in Galicia, ordered and paid by the infamous Austrian Government, was at first disbelieved here, but now-the mask fell, and the crime appeared in its full horror. The recent suppression of the republic of Cracow and its incorporation with Austria created a strange surprise in every country, especially in England and France ; they (Poles) were not astonished at it. They knew the policy of the three aggressors too well; and they shoald not be astonished at seeing soon further encroachments, the accomplisl.ment of which had been bequeathed to their successors by Peter, called the Great, and Catherine 11. Whether England and France, the two powerful nations standing at the head of civilisation and liberty of the world, would check and chastise the absolute and criminal conduct of the three despotic the Poles, however, should o u n l l rs resources. The power of a nation rulers, r , el t y im on e their v‘'ould own show re so ; of twenty millions when once united for action was irresistible. They should not be disheartened by past disasters ; they should persevere in their patriotic endeavours, and trusting to Divine Providence aad the justice of their cause, hope for the restoration of their fatherland. (The Gallant Chairman was repeatedly applauded.) The following resolutions were then proposed and unanimously carried :- 1. Proposed by Mr. WIERCINSKI and seconded by Mr. I'rusiuowski— " That the assembled Poles having found an hospitable refuge in England, and enjoying the blessing of freedom in that country, where they can publi c ly express th e i r own feelings and those of their oppressed brethren, do not cease to protest most solemnly against the partition of their fatherland by the three despots of Russia, Aus tria, sal Prussia: considering it, as well as every act connected with it, down to the incorporation of Cracow with Austria, which is the last deed of their long and ignominous conspiracy, as a flagrant and atrocious rob bery. They denounce it as injurious to humanity and to the safety of the liberal institutions of Europe; and they warn and entreat, in the name of civilisation and liberty, all concerned in the preservation of them, to vindicate their sacred rights, thus outraged by the execrable policy of the spoliators of Poland. Faithful to this cause, for which they took up their arms on the 29th of November, 1830, the Poles are ever rea dy t o s acrifice their lives for it; thereby to avert the i m minent danger with which Europ e is at this moment threatened ; in the con fid en t h o p e that the interest of the enlightened countries of western Europe, and the interest of other Sclavonic nations, will induce them to co-operate for the re establishment of Poland among the free nations, in order that she may again become a bulwark against the incursions of Asiatic barbarism." 2. Proposed by Mr. JACKOWSKI, and seconded by Mr. TERLECKI— " That the Poles express their feelings of contempt and indignation towards the Austrian Government for its iniquitous and treacherous conduct in Galicia and Cracow. That perfidious Government having organised and paid bands of assassins, and incited the ignorant peasantry to murder the nobility and clergy in Galicia, threw afterwards the guilt of that crime upon the citi zens of Galicia and Cracow, imprisoned the patriots who escaped the knives of the murderers, proclaimed thanks to the perpetrators of those atrocities for their fidelity to the Throne, and finally annihilated the republic of Cracow and incorporated it with the Austrian dominions." 3. Proposed by Major GIELOUD, and seconded by Mr. P. F. ZALESKI— " That the Poles express their thanks to the British nation for the. hospitality they have met with in this country, and for the protection they have found in its laws. In particular their thanks are due to the Lite rary Association of the Friends of Poland, to the Right Hon. Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, to the Corporation of the City of London, and other public bodies and private individuals who have continued to evince their sympathy with the misfortunes of Poland, and to endeavour to alleviate the sufferings of her exiled sons." 4. Proposed by Mr. SZNZCZEWSHI, and seconded by Mr. MICHALSKI— " That the thanks of the Poles are due to the editors of the metropolitan and provincial journals, who h ave nobly taken part in advocating the cause of Poland, and who have in an independent and energetic manner de nounced to the public opinion the implacable persecu tion of which that country is the victim." Several other gentlemen addressed the assembly. The thanks having then been voted to the chairman, the meeting, which was exclusively composed of Poles, separated. On Wednesday a Court of Directors was held a, the East India House, when Mr. Frederick Currie was unanimously appointed a provisional member of the Council of India. APPLICATIONS FOR " LOCAL ACTS.”—OH Monday was the last day for notice to be given to the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests of intended applications in the ensuing session for Local Acts. By the second sec tion the Commissioners can, within a month, appoint a " surveying officer" to make a local examination, whose duty will be to report to Parliament on or !;efore the Ist of March. By this new Act (9 and 10 Vict., c. 106) it is expected that considerable expense will be saved in procuring local Acts. SHERIFFS' FUND.—The half-yearly general meet ing- was held on Monday at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, when the chair was taken by Mr. Alder man and Sheriff Challis, who was supported by Mr. Sheriff Kennard, Mr. Alderman Johnson, the late Lord Mayor, Mr. Under-Sheriff Tillierd, Mr. Deputy Bed ford, Mr. Eagleton, and several other of its active supporters. The report, which was read by Mr. J. C. Cooper, the Honorary Secretary, recommended the appropriation of 5001. from the permanent fund to the Elizabeth Fry Refuge for the Relief of Destitute Females, on the principles long advocated by the society. Several members spoke in favour of the recommenda tion, which, on the proposal of the late Lord Mayor, was agreed to, and the officers and committee for the ensuing year were appointed. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—The prepara tions are now completed for the ensuing show, which takes place next week. Since the erection of the per manent roof over the large area these have not been very extensive; but the part appropriated to the exhi bition of implements, a department yearly increasing in interest and importance, has been this year extended to nearly double its usual size. The last day for receiving stock will be next Monday; the award of the judges will be made on Tuesday, and the show will be open for the remainder of the week. The entries are more numerous than last year. The Count de Paris has written to M. Le Verrier the tollowing letter :—" Monsieur,—l have received the map of the heavens which you have had the kindness to send to me. I shall see in it with pleasure the planet which you have discovered. I thank yon very much for what you have sent me. I hear you have a son about my age ; be so good as to embrace him for me, and say to him that I congratulate him on having for a father so distinguished a savant." A CHINESE DINNER.—An officer of the United States squadron in the Chinese seas gives the following bill of fare at a large Chinese dinner, to which he, with numerous other foreigners, was potatoes.' 1. Birds% nest soup. 2. Pork fat, fried with p 3. Hogs' hoofs. 4. Mushr ooms, stewed. • 5 . Birds'-nest salad. 6. Giblet soup. 7. Kitten hash. 8. Fried Irish pota toes. 9. Rat hash. 10. Tea. 11. Sharks' fins. 12. Fried ducks. 13. Dog stew. 14. Stewed chickens. 15. Ham stew. 16. Pork stew. 17. Fried cucumber .s. 18. Pate of rats. 19. Feline ragout. 20. Ham stewet.' with pork. 21. Sucking pig. 22. Snail pate. 23. Snail soup. I tasted the first dish, and became so disgusted that I could not proceed. They were brought on, one dish at a time, in exquisitely beautiful china bowls. GUN COTTON.---A gentleman residing in the vici- nity of Leith -walk, having purchased some of the gun cotton, left it in his study after having made some ea:- periments with it. His little boy, a fine intelligent chEid of five years, entering the room in his father's absenoe, determined to play him a trick, and seizing some of th e cotton, hastened to the nursery, and placed some of it by the side of the fire. Neither the nurse nor governe: being aware of the dangerous plaything their youn g charge had got into his possession, took no notice .of what he was doing until they were aroused by a dreati 1- ful report, and on looking in the direction whence it came, saw the poor little boy stretched on his back in state of perfect stupefaction. Their efforts to restore him for some time seemed hopeless, and at the same time an alarm of fire was raised, and the vent fotind to be in flames. Assistance was fortunately soon obtained, and little injury done. The child is gradually recovering. --- 6'cottish Gazette. T HE RAILWAY R ALMANAC DIRECTORY, YEA complete railway directorY of 3 ' ll BOOS OF 6TATISTICS, AND DIGEST OF :RAILWAY LAW FOR 1847 _This is the second year of the appearance of which is a complete reper containing no m only a diary railway and bank meetings in each month ; list of t tae h oxur i di s ys taAionfcl railway g r l a er a cii clawrybsuinformation aaned cto their officers, &c. a abandoned railway schemes diary of ; abstracts of Parliamen tary returns, &c., relating to railways ; a list of the clerk the s of the peace ; a dig est of the standin g orders of all Railway Acts of the sessions, and of all decisions on vet railway law in the Courts, so far as they have as beef: glrou. fact, it is so f.r an - o engaged in railway speculations to require any stata - tical information which he will not and in the .Raillot */ Almanac, REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. The official account of the stocks of Grain, Pulse, and Flour in bond in the United Kinglom on LI:, sth instant, has been pcblished this week ; we give the statement, with the addition of what was under lock at the cor responding period last year, in a tabular form, to show at a glance the relative position of stocks at the two periods : In Bond in the In Bond in the Kingdom. Kingdom. Nov. 5, 1846. Nov. 5, 1845 Wheat qrs. 114,989 Barley „ 15,895 Oats „ 52,621 Rye Beans Peas 10,045 Flour cwts. 257,985 It would be very useful if a similar statement of the stocks of free corn, &c , could be laid before our readers ; but this cannot, in the absence of statistical information, be done. The imports of wheat and flour into Greet Britain this year have certainly been immense ; equal together to about three millions of quarters. If, there fore, the consumption of foreign bread stuffs had beenno greater during the present autumn than it was in the autumn of 1845, we should at present have a large excess of both wheat and flour over what was held at this time last year. That there really is an excess we entertain no doubt, but it is not nearly so great as the extent of ' the imports would appear to indicate. At the time of harvest last year a very considerable quantity of old English wheat remained on hand ; and there was, conse quently, less necessity to employ foreign for mixing with the new produce. In the month of Sptember this year a much smaller proportion of the supplies brought for ward by the farmers consisted of old wheat than in ordinary seasons, and since then the deliveries have been almost wholly of the new crop ; the condition of the latter has, it is true, until very lately been so dry as to render it fit to grind with a less portion of old than in ordinary seasons ; still it has been necessary to take considerable quantities for that purpose ; and from the comparatively bare state of the granaries at all the prin cipal depots of foreign in the kingdom, we question whe ther much more than a million piarters of old foreign wheat is left in the country. The rapid reduction which the stocks have recently undergone, and the very scanty manner in which the growers have brought forward sup plies during the last menth, hive imparted a firm tone to the trade. This has been more observable in the coun try markets than in London, and the rally which has occurred in prices within the last fortnight originated in the provincial markets, Mark-lane having followed, and not, as usual, led the advance. This is a new feature in the trade, and one deserving of notice. The accounts received this week from the leading country markets state that a good deal of business bas been done in wheat, at improving rates. At the shipping ports on the east coast the supplies have barely kept pace with the de mand, and prices ls, to 2s. per quarter above those pre viously current have consequently been realised. Whilst this has been the case in the agricultural districts, the tendency has also been upward at the large consuming towns, though not in so marked a degree. At Liverpool wheat was no higher on Tuesday than on that day week, but flour rose Is. per barrel, and In dian corn, being in lively request 'for Ireland, partly re covered from the previous depression. Later in the week the inquiry for wheat became more lively, and a fair amount of business was done on Friday, at an en hancement of 2d. per 701bs. In Yorkshire quotations of wheat have remained nearly stationary ; but at Birmingham, Bristol, and Gloucester buyers have this week had to pay fully is. to 2e. per qr. above former terms. In Ireland some sensation appears to have been pro• duced by the arrival of rather impoetant supplies ref In dian corn ; the effect does not, however, appear to have been very lasting, and the temporary decline which prices of grain had undergone at several of the leading markets held in the early part of the week had been par tially recovered during the succeeding few days, the value of most articles being nearly as high on Friday as in the beginning of the week. We have to report a good arrival of English wheat, the receipts coastwise into London having been larger than of late, the quantity which has come to hand hav ing amounted to 10,059 qrs. The bulk of the supply has gone to the millers direct ; and that exhibited at Mark-lane by land-carriage samples has been of a limited character. On Wednesday the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands were absolutely bare ; and on Friday only a few runs were shown from the first-named county. Under these circumstances it is needless to say that the operations have been unimportant ; but the town millers, whose stocks have been gradually reduced, have manifested an increased disposition to purchase, which has enabled factors to obtain full terms where sales have been made. A very large proportion of the English wheat brought forward during the last month or six weeks has been purchased for shipment coastwise ; and had it not been for the extremely cautious manner in which the bakers have for some time past supplied themselves with lour, the millers would ere now have been compelled to buy more freely. As it is, the demand cannot be deferred much longer—for all the parties engaged in the meal trade, the manu facturer, the factor, and the baker—have for a con siderable period drawn heavily on their reserve ; and the time is, we think, not far distant when it will be come necessary to take steps to replenish the inroads made on their stocks. Holders of free foreign wheat have remained very firm throughout the week, but the inquiry has not been active, and no advance on previous prices has been established. There has been an inquiry for 13w qualities, for shipment to Ireland, without, how ever, leading to much business ; the orders from thence having, in most cases, been limited somewhat too low to admit of their execution. The operations in bonded wheat have been less extensive this than last week, the accounts from France being of a somewhat more sub dued tone than before. The stock under lock in London is not large—on the sth instant (the latest date to which it is officially made up) it consisted of only 36,879 qrs. The arrivals since then have, on the whole, been moderate ; and several parcels having from time to time been taken for export, and a few lots having been en tered for home consumption, no great increase can have occurred in the bonded stock. English flour, whether of town or country manufac ture, has moved off tardily throughout the week, and its value has undergone no change requiring notice ; but a greater degree of firmness has been displayed by sellers. American flour has met with a moderate share of atten tion, and in some instances a trifle more money has been paid for really fresh sound qualities. On the sth of the month there were 32,129 cwts. of flour under lock in London. The market has been rather sparingly supplied with barley of home growth ; and though the maltsters have conducted their operations with more than ordinary cau tion, they have not succeeded in depressing prices, really fine qualities being fully as dear at the close as they were at the commencement of the week. Good heavy grinding samples have met a tolerably ready sale at the currency of last Monday, but distilling sorts (of which the bulk of the arrivals from abroad has consisted) have moved oft' somewhat slowly at former terms. The scarcity of prime Malt has caused the best de scriptions to be held very firmly, and even secondary kinds have not been sold at lower terms than last week, though the inquiry for the latter has been very far from lively. The arrivals of Oats from our own coast and Scotland have been on the scanty scale as previously; and from Ireland only 10,282 qrs. have come to hand, with the wind mostly favourable for arrivals from thence. The foreign supply has likewise been moderate, consisting, up to this evening (Saturday), of 6,403 qrs. The ad vance established on Monday last has, therefore, been well supported; indeed fine corn was hardly obtainable at the close on as easy terms as in the beginning of the week. The dealers still look anxiously to Ireland for supplies; if, however, we may judge by the accounts we receive from thence, no assistance of importance can be calculated on from that quarter. Meanwhile the stocks on the spot are being daily diminished, the receipts having for several weeks past fallen short of the quantity required for the consumption of the metropolis. There were in bond at this port on - the sth of November 38,104 being shipped to Great Britain. A letter from Dantzic of the 21st informs us that only 1 430ut 60 lasts of wheat had changed hands at that port been taken for shipment to France or Belgium, the qua lity being too inferior to suit the English market. The price paid has been equal to 475. 6d. per quarter free on board, and the weight only 591bs. per bushel. Really fine high-mixed qualities were then still held at 555. to 565. per quarter ; and for a parcel of only 601bs. weight, qrs. The late decline in the price of Beans has not as ye been followed by an improved demand, only a retail business having been done in the article at last Monday's reduced terms. White Peas sold rather more freely on Friday, but were not by any means dearer than earlier in the week. The few parcels of hog Peas brought forward have been sold without difficulty at previous prices. The demand for floating cargoes of Indian Corn has again revived (principally on Irish account) ; and very full prices have been obtained for the article. THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. We learn from the north of Europe that the weather, after having been frosty, had again become mild ; but it is more than probable that a similar change to that ex perienced here may have afterwards occurred, and there is some prospect of the shipping season in the Baltic being closed early. By the most recent accounts from that quarter we learn that comparatively little grain was s ioce that day week. This parcel had, it was supposed, received down the Vistula, 545. per quarter had been asked. The stock in granary was estimated at 80,000 quarters, a large proportion of which consisted of infe rior qualities. The water in the Vistula had slightly risen; still it was feared that part of the supply expected from the interior might not get down before the setting in of frost, From Rostock our advices are of the 23d inst. The reports from France had caused holders of wheat to raise their pretensions ; and new, which had before been offered on rather moderate terms, had again risen to a price corresponding with 525. per qr. free on board. Of old wheat there were absolutely no stocks ; and the supplies from the farmers had barely kept pace with the demand. Tho inquiry for barley had, on the other b a ud, fallen off, the latest reports from hence having checked the inclination to buy. Good qualities were then offered pretty freely at 295. per qr. free on boar At Stettin (from whence we have also letters oft he hardly anything appears to have been done pt for local consumption ; but the deliveries growers having been exceedingly small, needy pay quite former rates. Of barley a pur lotcoehad been made by buyers from the interior, The Hamburg reports of Tuesday last are of very per qr. free on board. 2 ifbcanr 3 huto d ayme sec i i e n rut ssohatrhlea wheat, a n t3edw t o s . little interest. In wheat hardly a sale has been made since the p•'eaeding pn.t (lay, either of parcels on the ' Ispot or cargoes to be shipped from outports. From Holstein and Wismar there were offers of wheat at 535., from Denmark at 51s. 6d. to 525. 3d., and from Pome rania at 525. to 535. per qr„ free on board, without hay ing led to much business. In the principal Dutch markets prices of wheat have rather risen of late ; but quotations are not as yet suffi ciently high in Holland to admit of shipments being made from Great Britain with a prospect of a profit. For Rye there appears to have been an immense de• mand both at. Amsterdam and Rotterdam, by buyers from the Prussian provinces, &c. At the principal French ports the value of wheat has been very firmly supported. A letter from Marseilles, dated 23d instant, informs us that, by a new regulation in the quarantine laws, the time of detention had been shortened to five days. This had liberated nearly the whole of an immense fleet of vessels wheat-laden. all of which had come into the harbour to unload. The enor mous supplies thus poured into the harbour had failed, however, to depress prices, the demand from the interior having taken off the receipts as soon as landed. Ma rianopoli wheat was then still worth 505., and superior soft Polish Odessa 535. Gd. to 555. 6d. per qr. free on board.—Mark-lane Express, Monday. .TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE, WHITEHALL, NOVEMBER 28, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, nominating, presenting, and appointing the Venerable Walter Augustus Shirley, M.A., to the Bishopric of the Isle of Man and Sodor, void by the trans lation of the Right Reverend Father in God Doctor Thomas Yowler Short to the see of St. Asaph. WHITEHALL, Nov. 30. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Keillor to the church and parish of North Ronaldshay, in the presbytery of North Isles and county of Orkney, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Robert Waugh. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 1. 10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Tristram Spry , Carylon, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tomline, who re tires ; met John Walrond Clarke, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carlyon ; Edward Stacey, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Clarke ; Dec. 1. Ist, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant- Colonel Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame, from the 13th Foot, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Stuart, who exchanges ; Captain Henry Caldecot, ,from half-pay 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Pen leaze, promoted ; Ensign and Lieutenant William Drogo Viscount Mandeville to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur• chase, vice Caldecot, who retires; John Davie Ferguson Davie. Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Viscount Mandeville, Dec. 1. Ist Foot—George Rowland, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Williams, who retires, Nov. 30; Henry Howard Barber, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Deane, pro moted in the 63d Foot, Dec. 1. 13th Foot—Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Stuart, from the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Cunynghame, who exchanges Dec. 1. 27th Foot—Lieutenant Herman Stapylton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lewes, whose promotion has been cancelled, Dec. 1; Ensign Frederick Charles Herring to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lewes, deceased, Aug. 5 ; Ensign Charles Adrian Webster Wedderburne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Herring, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled ; Gentleman Cadet Joseph William Tate Dickson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wedderburne, promoted, Dec. 1. 63d Foot—Ensign Henry Allen Murray Deane, from the Ist Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hunt, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled, Dec. 1. 66th Foot—William Yates Peel, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Conner, promoted, Nov. 30 ; Webster Thomas Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robert Gor don, who retires, Dec. 1. 69th Foot—Captain the Honourable Charles Reginald Pa kenham, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Losack, who exchanges, Dec. 1. 73d Foot—Gentlemen Cadet Cameron Neville Hogge, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Coney, deceased, Dec. 1. 93d Foot—Robert Bryce Hay, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thompson, who retiree, Dec. 1. Ist West India Regiment—Captain George Losack, from the 69th Foot, to be Captain, vice Pakenham, who exchanges, Dec. 1. Dec. 22—A. T. Edwards, bricklayer, Idol-lane, Tower-street, City, Dec. 22—J. Blunden, grocer, Basingstoke, Southamp ton, Dec. 24—S. Joyce, ironmonger, London-wall, Dec. 23 J. Elliott, ship smith, Beer-lane, Great Tower-street, City, Dec. 19—J. Beaton, tailor, Upper-street, Islington, Dec. 23 —T. Savage, butcher, Nunney, Sotnersetshire, Dec. 31—H. Hutchinson, merchant, Dec. ',a—T. Ward, malster, Notting ham, Dec. 22—W. G. Merrett, surgeon, Leadenhall-street, Dec. 22—J. Bloor, brewer, Tutbury, Staffordshire, Dec. 22 W. Ballinger, malster, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Dec. 22 W. Stockbridge, tobacconist, Wandsworth, Dec. 22. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. J. and J. Gibbins, colour manufacturers, Mile-end-read —D. Ladyman and A. Scott, joiners, Beswick,Cumberland— J. Hardy, J. Hardy, jun., and J. B. Lawton, carriers, Not tingham—T. Nicholson, J. Harling, and T. Wilson, stone ware manufacturers, Castleford, Yorkshire—J. W. Monnery, B. Cowie, and H. Brookman, printers' brokers, Blackfriars road—G. West and G. Nichols, millers, Wells next the Sea, Norfolk—S. J. Malenoir and J. S. Moore, fish salesmen, Lower Thames-street—J. and W. Webb, grocers, Rayleigh, Essex—R. Wilkin, E. Preston, jun., and C. D. Watson (so far as regards R. Wilkin)—F. Ricketts, A. Ricketts, W. Boutcher, and W. Mortimore, merchants, Gracechurch street (so far as regards F. Rickets)—R. H. Manning, W. Manning, and P. M. Hayman, oil merchants, Bristol—R. Place and W. Wood, silk manufacturers, Gresham-street, City—T. Godfrey and J. Parker, corn merchants, Liverpool— R. G. Jackson and T. C&wthra, woolstaplers, Birstal, York shire—F. Vines and C. W. Lewis, corn factors, Crutched friars—S. Vines, T. Kitelee, and J. Tomlin, corn factors, Crutched-friars—G. and S. Sharp, stone masons, Commercial road, Lambeth—J. and P. Morgan, Abergavenny, Mon mouthshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John M Gibbon, merchant, Glasgow, Dec. 7 and Jan. 4, at twelve, at the chambers of Messrs. Baird and Mairhead, Glasgow. Alexander Falconer, book agent, Edinburgh, Dec. 9 and Dec. 30, at two, at Messrs. Stevenson and Sons' salerooms, Edinburgh. William Johnston A 3 son, merchant, Blairgowrie, Dec. 8 and Dec. 29, at twelve, at M'Laren's Inn, Blairgowrie. MONSTER EXCURSION TRAINS. Numerous reports of the Inspector-General of Rail ways and of the Assistant-Inspector, on the opening of new portions of railways, on the occupation of land for pre venting slips, and on other subjects, have just been printed in a volume, by direction of the Houses of Par liament (to whom the documents were presented by the Queen's command, just before the prorogation), consti tuting appendix No. 3, to the report of the officers of the Railway Department to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the two years 1844 and 1845. The following is an interesting document from this volume, being "on the best mode of arranging large excursion trains with a view to the public safety.' It was written by Major-General Pasley, and dated from the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, White hall, and is addressed to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Rce.:— " My Lords,—Having considered the question of very large or monster trains for pleasure excursions, and having seen the opinions of several engineers, or other officers of railway companies on the subject, collected by Captain O'Brien, besides having myself taken the opinion of several other railway officers personally, and having reflecte:l fully on the same, I beg leave to report as follows : " There are two obvious modes of conveying passen gers by these trains, which may be adopted by any rail way company—first to collect them all in one train, to be drawn by as many locomotive engines in front as may prove necessary. " Secondly, To divide them into several sections, or distinct trains, following each other at certain intervals, and not containing more carriages than are usually drawn by one engine in the ordinary passenger traffic of the company, but which may occasionally require the aid of a second engine to held them up steep inclines. " Of these two systems, I am of opinion that the first is objectionable, inasmuch as trains requiring, under all circumstances, two or more engines, have too great a momentum, and when several engines and tenders are connected together, it is impossible for all the engine ' men to act in concert ; so that, if any engine or carriage were to break down, or get off the rails, the crash would be tremendous, and the consequences might be fatal. " On the other hand, when several smaller trains fol- low each other, a collision is possible without a previous breakdown, as was the case recently on the Croydon Railway, but that accident, luckily not attended with loss of life, was caused by peculiar circumstances, upon, which I have made a special report ; and the experience of several great railways in the north of England, where the practice of successive trains, drawn by one engine, following each other at very short intervals, has beer. adopted for many years, must be considered conclusiv as to the safety of this system ; especially when such successive trains all belong to the same railway company. as is the case in the excursion or pleasure-trains now under discussion. " I therefore beg leave to confirm the opinion of th majority of the engineers, or other officers of rail ways, who have been consulted on this head, in recom mending— . _ " Ist. That no monster train for excursions, drawn by two or more engines, should be allowed ; but that the passengers should be conveyed in successive trains by one engine each, with the aid of a second engine only to help them up steep inclines; that these trains shall start at intervals of not less than three minutes after each other, which time is to be corrected by signal at every station; besides which the engineman of each succeed•. ing train is to look out for the train in front of him, afte having passed a station, and take care never to approacl nearer to it than half a mile. " 2ndly. That no goods or coal-waggons shall be al lowed to carry any part of the passengers of excursion trains, however they may be fitted up. " 3dly. There shall be a proportion of guards, no less than one to every eight carriages, and that no pas senders shall be allowed to sit on the roof of any first e second : class carriage, or on the side or end of any ope third-class carriage. - .6 4thly. That arrangements shall be made in respec to the departing trains, to prevent the admission to t' platform at one time of a greater number of passenger than one train is calculated to carry. " I have, &c. " C. W. PASLEY, Major-General, &e." INDEPENDENT ORDER OF COMICAL FELLONVS.- A few evenings ago a numerous meeting of this encl. order took place at the Coach and Horses, Chiswe. street, Finsbury-square, when N. G. R. Thomas Sed wick took the chair, and was ably supp or t e d b y D. G. S:enlake, S. G. M. Perrin, Secretary Waite, from tl City Arms Lodge, Brothers Freeman and Olive fro the Whitstable Lodge, Secretary Dorner and Broth Barber from the Haggerstone Lodge, and P. N. Greenwood, from the Southwark Lodge. After the usi.- toasts had been given, and warmly responded to, t: widows and orphans of the No. 7 Lodge were ushere into the room, and were liberally relieved by the brothe of the lodge, in addition to the regular funeral mone . such relief being given regular once a year, by e ar lodge, to their respective widows and orphans, so th. in fact, they are never forsaken. The evening was spei in the greatest conviviality and good humour. Th flourishing society, although bearin — g a strange appC. tion, appears from their address, wherein they state th. ".to cheer and protect the unfortunate, to sympathi with and aid those whom accident or disease overtake in feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, giving drir to the thirsty, visiting the sick, relieving and releasir. the oaptive, a husband to the widow, and a father to tl fatherless, are the leading objects of the Independe2 Order of Comical Fellows," to have excellent intentioi in view, and is calculated to do much good. PHILLIPS'.— ars' GARDENS RAGGED SenooLsOn Ifon day evening a public meeting was held at the Natio School Room, Mortimer's Market, Tottenham Court-road __..... for the purpose of celebrating the opening of the Phillip: Gardens Ragged Schools. The Right Hon. Lord Ashle a presided. By the report of the committee it appeare. - 4 that the school had been opened on the 26th of lass. month, with an attendance of forty children of both sexes, which number was afterwards increased to' ar average of sixty. The total sum reeeil ed towards t he object of the charity was 91/. 3s. 6d., and the disburse • - ments amounted to 27L Its. .5d., while the annual ex penditure was calculated at 1001. The Noble Chairman, inlan able speech, advocated the paramount claims of such institutions to generous and timely support. The Rev. Mr. Dibden, the Rev. Mr. Denam, the Rev. Mr. Hughes, Mr. Bevan, Mr. Carson, Mr. East, and other gentlemen, having addressed the meeting, resolutions in. accordance with the objet is which they had as sembled to promote were passed, and the proceedinge . terminated. BREVET. Captain Henry Caldecot, of the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Major in the Army, June 28. The following Officers were omitted in the List of Promo tions by Brevet, which were published in the Gazette of the 10th November, 1846 : To be Major-General in the Army. Colonel Lord James Hay, half-pay Unattached. Nov. 9. To be Colonel in the Army. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Morris , half-pay 14th Foot, Nov. 9. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 1846. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant James Frederick D'Arley Street to be First Lieutenant, vice Nevile, resigned, Nov. 19. Corps of Royal Engineers--First-Lieutenant Richard Tylden to be Second-Captain, vice Roberts, retired on half pay ; Second-Lieutenant Herbert Taylor Siborne to be First- Lieutenant, vice Tylden, Nov. 17. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 26. Corps of Royal Marines—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Burden Ellis, C 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wilson, raked on full pay; First Lieutenant Thomas Fraser to be Captain, vice Ellis, promoted; Second Lieutenant Richard Parke to be First Lieutenant, vice Fraser, promoted. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Henry Lucas Bean, Gent., to be Cornet, Nov. 23. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. James Jeffs, saddler, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square. ;BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Edward Wedgwood Phillips, dealer in glass, Bishopsgate street. James Topham, road coNKßUPntractor, TS. Brewood, Stafford. BA Joseph Birnie Allen, ironmonger, Hatton-garden, to sur render Dec. 8, at half-past one, and January 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Chauntley and Westwood, Grays Inn-square. George Winding, miller, Dartford, Dec. 10, at one, and Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Tripp, Adelaide place, London-bridge. Robert Stone, grocer, Pethanf, Kent, Dec. 10, at half-past one, and Jan. 11, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official ,assignee, Coleman street ; Kirk, Symond's Inn. George Luck and William Croft, drapers, York-road, Lam beth, Dec. 15, at half-paskeleven, and Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; Lawrence and Flews, Old Jewry. Charles Moses Browne, schoolmaster, Newchurch, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Dec. 8, at eleven, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldernanbury ; Rhodes and Lane, Chancery-lane. Willi a m Watson, licensed victualler, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Dec. 14 and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Johnson and Co, Temple; Bremner, Liverpool. John Payne, draper, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, Dec. 10, at, one, and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Mardon and Prichard Newgate-street ; Arden, We ; Lambert,;Exeter. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. B. L. M. Rothschild, diamond merchant, Great Queen street, Lincoln's Inn-fields—first div. of 6s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers. H. Clarke, lock manufacturer, George-street, Mansion house—first div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildball-chambers. R. Nelson, hotel-keeper, Great Portland-street—first div of ls. 6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office o Mr. Pennell Guildhall-chambers. W. Mitchell, furniture dealer, Finsbury-place South, City —first div. of 10s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. C. Clarke, draper, Cranbourii-street—first div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. M. Allen, apothecary, Waltham Holy-cross, Essex—first div. of 9d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. C. C. Barley, grocer,Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire—first. div. of ls. Bd. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. Rudman, oilman, Bath—first div. of ss. 6d. in the pound on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall. chambers. J. Waterhouse, and R. Sutton, calico printers, Salford, Lancashire—first div. of 7s. 6d. in the pound, on any Tues day, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. P. Rhodes, cotton spinner, Manchester—first div. of 1114 d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. B. M. Burroughs, ironmonger, Liverpool—first die , . of Is. in the pound, on any Thur sda y , at the office of Mr. Caze nove, Liverpool. Molleston, Pembrokeshire— W. Hand, coal mercha nt, second div. of 2s. sd. in the pound, together with the first div. of 85.8 d. in the pound on new proofs, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. J. Conlen, woollen drap er, Cheltenham—fist div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. C. Lewis, innkeeper, Bath—second div. of %d. in the pound, together with the first div. of ls. 9d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. J. G. Werninek, merchant, Plymouth—further div. of 1 3 %d. in the pound, on any day after Dec. 7, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. J. Caines, corn dealer, Chilton Cantelo, Somersetshire— first and final div. of 3s. 2 3 44. in the pound, on any day after Dec. 7, at the office of Mr. liemaman, Exeter. W. Fordyce, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —second div. of 4d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. R. Baxter, merchant, Sheffield—second div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Kynast on , L ee d s . DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. L. Reis, J. Power, and G. Kcemg, merchants, Fenchurch street, Dec. 23, at half-past eleven—D. Sharp, merchant, Southampton, Dec. 22, at half-past twelve—W. Ashdown, ironmonger, Chatham, Dec. 23, at twelve—F. and J. Holmes, ship builders, Southtown, Suffolk, Dec. 23, at twelve—J. H. Spencer, tanner, Halstead, Dec. 22, at half-past one—J. Currie, merchant, Mincing-lane, Dec. 22, at one—J. Currie and L. E. Seignette, merchants, Mincing-lane, Dec. 22, at twelve — Y. R. A. Brooks, stationer, Robert-street, Hampstead road, Dec. 23, at eleven—G. H. Watton, t o b a cconist, New Bond street, Dec. 23, at one—T. F. Pi p er, stay manufacturer Cheapside, Dec. 23, at twelve—W. Steedman, draper,- Sher borne-street, New North-road, Islington, Dec. 8, at eleven— D.lll‘Pherson, auctioneer, Ipswich, Suffolk, Dec. 8, Dec. at alb past eleven—J. C. Burchell, farmer, Reading, , at eleven—G. Loggan, solicitor's-clerk, Lewisham, Kent, Dec.B, at twelve—J. Edis, clerk, Crescent-place, Bridge street, Blackfriars, Dec. 8, at twelve, In the Country. P. Hansen, ship owner, Newcastle -upon-Type, Dec. 22, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—E. Rogers, merchant, Newp , rt, Monmouthshire, Dec. 31, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—P. Hare, tallow chandler, Li v erpool, Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Liverp o o l District Court—J. Davies, oil merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Lawton, woollen manufacturer, Mottram, Cheshire, Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Gray, upholsterer, Man chester, Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court —D. MacDougall, factor, Liverpool, Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Pattinson, merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court —C. Ball, linendraper, Cheadle, Staffordshire, Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court --T. Robson, publican, North Shields, Dec. 22, at half- paat ten, at the Newcastle upon-TyneDistrict Court—J. Henderson, Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—H. Jones, Dec. 22, at eleveiy, at the Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES ta be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. L. limier, hotel keeper, Leicester-place, Leicester-square, THE WEATHER.—THE FROST.--For these last three nights the metropolis has been visited by frost, On the night of Saturday it had become somewhat in tense, and continued throughout Sunday and on Mon day with increased severity. On Monday morning flits ponds and waters in the suburbs wcre covered *Ul f ice three-quarters of an inch in thickness, which was fo; the most part removed to the various confectioners. Tli*, Serpentine and the ornamental waters in St. James's an the Regent's-park were skimmed over with ice, and con sequently Mr. Superintendent Williams of the Roye • Humane Society, was busily engaged in exa mining an t preparing their apparatus , in anticipation of t he a r n mo imm di a te approach of the skating,seaso nivindg h -house stoemdet l eg., or 4 deg. c e2B s a i t x th o e u ß oc or olnlluirnoanndeay inSmocoiertnysg atrec cended to 30 deg. A very slig ht fall of snow escendeC frost; at eight o'clock on aevening w i de c as shortly before nine. The tenth B OT ANICAL SOCIET Y OF LONDON.— an niversary meeting of the society was held on Monday the society's rooms, 20, Bedford-street, Strand, J. p Gray, Esq., F.R.S., &c., in the chair. From the reixn of the council it appeared that 27 new members hay,. been elected sinco the last anniversary. Very valuable, parcels of British and foreign plants had been receives', and would shortly be distributed to the members. Tb report was unanimously adopted ; after which, a balk took place for the council for the ensuing year, when th president was re-elected, and nominated J. Miers, E sq , F.R.S., and E. Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., vice-president. Portraits of the President and Mr. Hewitt Watsc (painted by Mrs. Carpenter), subscribed for by the men bers, were presented. The meeting was very fully a tended. RAILWAY EXTENSION.—DEPOSITING THE PLAN, —Monday being the 30th of November, the day o which it is necessary to deposit plans, and sections intended railways, in order that the merits of the re spective lines may be brought under the notice of Pat Raiment in the course of the forthcoming session, tl • portals of the new Railway B oar d R ooms i n G res ' George-street, Westminster, were thrown open to the; utmost width to receive the huge masses of engrave' papers, which owe their origin to the inventive facultit. of boards of directors, solicitors, secretaries, and tb thousand and one other persons interested in the exteL sion of railway communication in every district fret c Cornwall to Caithness. The new main schemes in tb. list of Bills deposited are very few, though the tots' number of plans deposited amounts to two hundred ane ninety-one.