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THE ROYAL VISIT TO ARUNDEL, ARUNDEL, DEC. 9 .—The weather here still continues fine, though not quite so promising as it was yesterday. Her Majesty and the Prince were able to take their usual early walk. They were accompanied about the grounds of the Castle by the Duke of Norfolk. After breakfast the Prince went out shooting, accompanied by the Earl of Arundel, Lord John Russell, Lord Brooke, an 4 Colonel Bouverie. The party p roceede d as far as Burycombe, a preserve near o ne of the par gates, and about four miles from Arundel. The Prince shot about 73 head of game, 68 of which were phea sants. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Wellington, an d some of the chiefguests, went out into the neighbourhood9 of the Castle after l unc h e on, They visited the keep , where the y remained a considerable time, and they afterwards proceeded to the dairy, an elegant picturesque building close to the Castle. On the arrival of her Majesty and the Prinele yester day afternoon at the grand entrance-hall of the Castle, they were received by the Duke and Duchess of Nor folk, Lord and Lady Arundel, the Duchess of Suther land, and the Ladies Mary and Adeliza Fitzalan Howard. Lord John Russell wss also present. The Earl of Ellesmere and Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard had previously Lone out with the Duke of Wellington towards Balls' Hut to meet the royal party. Her Majesty was then conducted by the Duke of Norfolk, the Prince offe,ring his arm to the Duchess, to the library, where the rest of the guests were assem bled. There were the Duchess of Bedford, the Countess of Ellesmere, Lady John Russell, Viscount Morpeth, Lord Brooke, Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, and Mr. •B. Lyons. lier Majesty, after addressing a few words to the company present, retired to her apartments with the Prince. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston were not present in the library, but they arrived shortly after, and were present at the dinner, as was also the Marquis of Granby. Before dinner her Majesty and the Prince were con ducted by the Duke of Norfolk to the state drawing room. They were attended by the Duchess of Norfolk, the Duchess of Sutherland ( listress of the Robes), Lord Edward F. Howard (Vice- Cham berlain),!the Marchioness of Douro (Lady in Waiting), and the Hoe. Miss Napier (Maid of Honour). Here the Mayor of Arundel, Mr. Edward Howard Gibbon, had the honour of presenting the addresses of the corporation to her Majesty and the Prince. The address to the Queen was as follows: " To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. "THE LOYAY, AND DUTIFUL ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND BURGESSES OF THE BOROUGH OF ARUNDEL, IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. " Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, your Majesty's loyal and dutiltil subjects, the Mayor, Aldermen, Bur gesses, and inhabitants of the ancient boreugh Arun, del, endowed by your Majesty's royal predecessor Q'n en Adelizi, and confirmed and chartered by Queen Eliz ;- bed), most gratefully avail ourselves of your Majesty's auspicious presence amongst us to offer the expression of devoted loyalty which we at all times feel towards your Majesty's person and throne. "We OTT up our fervent aspirations that every blessing which life affords may conduce to the happiness of your Majesty and your bet wed Consort, that your -Majesty's reign may be long, prosperous, and peaceful ; filled, as we are, in common with all your Majesty's subjects, with a deep and gratzitul sense of the benefits, and blessings enjoyed under the influence of those bene-, lident virtues which Adorn your Majesty and your Royal Consort, and endear your Majesty to the hearts of yotsr Majesty's faithful people." The following is the address to Prince Albert : " To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT. " THE LOYAL ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR, ALDEnmEr, BUR GESSES, AND INHABITANT; OF THE BOROUGH OF. ARUNDEL, IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. " May it please your Ilnyal Higliness,—We, the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and inhabitants of Arun del, joy fully submit to your Royal Highness our profound respect and devotion, and hail with the most heartfelt pleasure your Royal Hiehness's appearance in our loyal and ancient borough. United by the most sacred ties to our beloved Queen, and intimately interwoven with the future prosperity and happiness of the nation, we cannot but earnestly pray for your Royal Highness's life and welfare, and we trust that your Royal Highness may continue to receive every blessing which Heaven can bestow." The dinner party consisted of her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Duke and Dachess of Norf 'lk, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Esrl and Countess of Arundel, the Marquis of Granby, the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Mary F. Howard, the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, Lord Edward F. Howard, Lord and Lady J. Russell, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount Mor peth, Lord Brooke, the Hon. Miss Napier, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Phipps, Sir Harry Goring, the Mayor of Arundel, M r . J. A. S m i t h, M P., an d M r . M. T. Smith.' After dinner the Duke of Norfolk gave the " Health of the Queen," and afterwards that of " His Royal High ness Prince Albert," in the usual form, and the guests soon after retired to the drawing-room. Her Majesty and the Prince withdrew early to rest, and, shortly after, the company retired. The proceedings .out of doors were of a much more gay and lively order. A very brilliant effect was pro duced by the illumination of the keep, from the summit of which the royal standard of England floated in the bright clear atmosphere of a fine moonlit night. The triumphal arch at the great entrance to the castle was also illuminated. It bore two inscriptions—" Victoria : Albert : 1846." " Adeliza : Matilda : 1139." In the meadows close under the castle there was a display of fireworks; but, brilliant as they were, the moonlight was so strong as almost to eclipse their effect, aided as it was by the reflection cast by three monster beacons of fire erected on diffeeent eminences around ; one at Burpham-hill, another at Calceto (a farm of Lord Arun del's, and the site of an ancient religious foundation), and a third at Brookfield, the residence of Mr. Holmes. The town of Arundel itself was one blaze of light from beginning to end—not a very long distance. Every house, even in the by-streets, had some sort of illumination ; the poor people placed candles in their windows ; ' those better off put splendid gas or oil devices, transparencies, &e., in the fronts of their houses. There were also innumerable flags, some of enormous size, and many of them very splendid. The streets were crowded with a gay and well-behaved population, whose orderly motion was, however, per petually disturbed by the quantities of squibs and crackets, of rockets, and other fireworks, that were let off is the public thoroughfares with indiscriminate liberality and mischievous fun. These amusements, varied by the occasional ascent of a fire belloon, con tinued till a very late hour, but no disturbance or acci dent occurred. The dinner party this evening will comprise those who have been Already named as being the guests in the house during her Majesty's stay, with the addition of the Bishop of Chichester and Mrs. Wyndham, of Petworth. In the evening the Ethiopian Serenaders are to perform, and there will be a reception by her Majesty of a very large number of the neighbouring gentry. By a misprint in the account of the interior Of Arun del Castle, sent from here yesterday, it is stated, in reference to Mr. Fowler's portrait of her Majesty, that "'numberless counterparts have been executed for' the artist, which hang in the mansions of many of the no. bility." It' should have been " by" the artist. This correction is only an act of justice to Mr. Fowler; and it is not customary with the owners of such pictures to allow copies to be made, except by the original artist, if he is alive. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Baroness de Speth, left Cashiobury Park, Herts, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at half past ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, for Frogruore House, Windsor. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Tuesday, at Gloucester House. _ A deputation, including Messrs. Charles Cochrane, Henry Painter, A. W. noggins, and John Ellis, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home office. Mr. Robert Rettie, C. E., had an interview with the Right Hon. T. 'Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade, and submitted his new signals. The Attorney-General had an interview with the Right Mtn. Gentleman on Tuesday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a gtneral meeting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall place. Colonel Anson and Sir John Burgoyne had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Dispatches were received yesterday 'at the Colonial ffice, from the Governors of Canada, and of the other North American Provinces. Dispatches were also re ceived yesterday from the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and West and South Australia. Lord James Stewart had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. The Rev. H. 11. Beamish had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday. The Right Hon. 'l'. B. Macaulay arrived in town on Tuesday night. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn wall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. The Attorney-General, Dr. Adams, and the Queen's Advocate were heard on an appeal from the Prerogative Court " Fowlis v. Davidson.' Mr. Charles Buller and Mr. Jackson were heard on an appeal from Bengal, " Mummi Earn Awasty c. Sheo Churn Awasty." The case was adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASES. WARWICK, WEDNESDAY A FTERNOON.—On account of the state of the ground from the frost, the steeple chases are postponed till Tuesday, the 15th of December. MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. Not one bet made on any event. NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEET ING. NEWMARRET,WEDNESDAY EVENING.—In consequence of the continued unfit state of the heath, accompanied by fog, it was determined at neon to adjourn until :0- 1110170VV. T - [I, uesday, the Ist instant, a general assembly of the Academicians was held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in Trata'gar- square, when Mr. William Edward Frost and Mr. l'Aul Falconer Poole were elected Asso ciates of that Institution. THE LADY POACIIER.—We hear th e i n f ormation r poaching against the Duchess of M ar lb orough has been defeated on a technical point of law. The ~,tatufe, not looking to a violation of its provisions by females, only introduces the masculine gender " he," aad there fc re "she," the Duchess, escapes its operation. 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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Deposits must be paid to tho Bankers not later than the 9th inst., and it is essential that the Shareholders should afterwards, without delay, execute the Parliamentary deeds, which will remain mind further notice at the office of the Company. By order, JAM ES C. DIJNCAX, Secretary. Office of the Company, 2, Exchange-street West, Liverpool, Dec. 4, RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. rIVIESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and ;tie Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public , Sales or Railway Shares, Szc., ake place every Tynso.kv and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), arc respectfully 'cones , ...o to ha addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advices of results will I.e :ors"arded by the first post after the sale, and the proczeds lIIIMC ILiteIy (Reposed of according to instructions. 0!"1,( e, ( tall of Commerce, Threadneedie-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Tlil EVENING Will be performed Lavenn's new Open, entitjgd LORETTA A Tale of Seville. Don Carlce:, Mr. Rafter; Ferdinand, Mr, King ; Yhilippo, Mr. Borrani ; Provost Marshal, Mr. Howell ; Dan Jnanito, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta, Mailain.2 Anna ; Florinda, Mies Poole ; Gaetana, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called TIIE WAGS oF WAPPING (performed at the Aca temie Royale' 1 ari3, under the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie Fitoco, Loula@, Ilenart, Madmne ; Hugnet, Idrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Priorsoa, &e. THEATRE ROYAL, II AYM ARK ET. Under the M - Anagement of Mr. I:. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Comedy, en-titled - LOOK BEFORE YOU . LE ; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. o,ldington, Mr. W. Farrell ; Mr. ltashleigh, Mr. Hudson . ; Mr. lie Were, Mr. lle,ll ; Mr. Brandon, 17r. Hone; Mr.Hardman, Mr. Ito;ers ; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; Tim Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs Gloytq*; Clari4elOddington, Miss Fortesetp; Vary Odd ington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hartman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which an original Operatic Drama., called THE YOUNG' PRETENDEa. Captain O'Neal, Mr. lln&on ; Captain Cocker, Mr. Buckstone ; Chevalier Charles Edward Stuart, Mr. itraid ; Davy, Mr. Coe ; Mrs. Craggie, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Annadale, Miss Horton. During the evist;l74;the Band-will perfOrni the Overture, "Pre tt"x (tern," " t lomentinen" (Mazourka); " Camellion" (lialop); the " Esterhaze" (Walzer); and a New Overture. To conclude with a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtingion, Mr. Doll ; S:r Arthur 1.6,1, Mr. Bowe ; Seoreup, Mr. Bu,k - stone; Lady Claris, , a, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scorcup, Miss Julia Bennett. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. r..vre:E ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF :MADAME CELESTE. TtIN EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. C.illent;. , rd, Madame Celeste, Ansi Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which the ortg•nll Domestic Drama, call7d TILE WRECK ASIIOiIE ; or, The Bridegroom or the Sea.. Marmaduke Magog, Mr. Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates. To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS. GAMI"S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullentord, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss M. Taylor, and Miss Ellen Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS. EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in thrze part, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story .of " ;iselle." The principal ehara?„ti2rs personified by Miss C;corglana Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Honner, &c. After which an entirely new Conic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAINBOWS. In the course of the Evening , th 3 Band will perform " The Perlon Waltzes." To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, 31r. Wynn ; Young Marlow, Mr. Vining; Hardcastle, Mr. Granby ; Tony Lumpkin. Mr. Compton Hastings, Mr. Roxby ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs; Stirling ; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughes ; Mrs. Ilardcastic, Mrs. Fosbrok e • FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lease, Mr. John Mhehell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Xegnard's celebrated Comedy of LE LEGA TAIRE UNIVERSEL. In which Mdlle. Brohan will perform. After which, tilt Comedy of L'IIOMME DE GO ASS ; nu, La Pet'te Entetee. Saint Julien, M. Perlet. To conclude with LE COMEDIES D'ETA lIPES. Dorival, M. Perlet (who will sustain four different characters) ; Madeleine, Mdlle. Amelie Rhin. Boxes, Gs.; Pit, 3s. G d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. • DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. For the benefit of the Widow and Niece of the late Mr. Strickland. THIS EVENING Will be performel the Comedy of THE PROVOKED HUSBAND. Lord Townley, Mr. Stuart ; Lady Grace, Miss Strickland. Aft r which the Farce of THE MARRIED RAKE. Mrs. Flighty, Miss Atrickland ; Mrs. Trictrac, Miss Rogers. To conclude with TIIE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS. Robin, Mrs. R. llonner. AST LEY'A ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Ptince Albert, and itoyal Family. Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to acq•laint the Nobility, Gentry, and the r üblic that, in addition to his present extensive Establishment, he has purchased the whole of Mr. White's trained Lions, Tigers, Leopards, &c., being the same beautiful animals that the cele brated Mr. Carter, the American " Lion King," performed with in all the principal towns in England and on the Continent. • THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. New and entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the grand Military Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon, Mr. Gomersal. ; Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six an l onnmence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ..,..- , •., ~ "'`"l - 4 . -, "•" , ..ar I 1 0 ~i, ia 1, die , ~ , 0 0 , ON i • kit . ~. ~.,,, k a ? '' I te;;;;;•-• ./,..- - ' 4. ~ *WmeAlliii '''''' , ; 44 ` .-: ,r lit ~ ~,,,, i.—: e '' . ' - ' s , 'D'• ~! . .; :', ,z i e zu k - 1 4 ' , ....:, , r,., .. ~ , ~.. .2 • 110 ce . ~ ' -1p ,‘ • ~, •- ."LE r 0, b' ~ i, .: , .. --.....,• . •.„i THE SUN, LONDON, TIFURSDAY EVENING, DECEAIBER: 3, 1843 ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.. Immense success of the alteration of the prices of admission to one general level, so that all parts of the house shall bear a just and liberal proportion—viz., Boxes, Is. ;• Half-price, •tid. ; 6(1.; Gallery, 3d. THIS EVENING Will he performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, Mrs. B. Barnett, awl Messrs. nwards, Pird, Searle, Forman, tkc., will perform. . _ _ itftor which the Drama of VENGEANCE ; or, Family Fendi, or a Bumping Legacy. Joe Akim ' Mr. Forman. To concluae with TILE SHIP OF-DEATH ; or, The Children of the Deep. TIIE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, DECEMBER 3. T lERMOMETER, Lowest, 33; Highest. 36 ; Noon, 35. BAROMETER, 29.35.—W1ND W., hazy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGR THIS DAY. Nforning .. 0 minutes after 1. I Evening .. 24 minutes after 1. etentikti LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1846. . From the first moment the Republican Government of the United States turned a covetous glance to wards Texas, Mexico was doomed to misfortunes and anxieties which have no parallel even in her own pre• ceding history. Her liberties were threatened, her frontiers were transformed into practising grounds for the cavalry of Tennessee and Kentucky, from her Mountainous passes were to debouch the regiments of her American invaders. Grievances, however, were not only rendered unavoidable to the Mexican population by the shameleSs seizure and annexation of Texas, but a multiplicity of disasters, a deplorable effusion of blood, an interminable anxiety and a lavish expenditure of specie became the ne cessary recompense of the spoilers. The scheme of territorial aggrandisement which was thus developed has been the incubus of the one republic and the curse of the other. Conceived in villany, it has been prosecuted in woe. What does Mr. WEB STER, of Massachusetts, say of this predatory expedi- tion ? Why, he says thi , ; in a vast assemblage at Boston he says this : " The great objection to this war is that it is illegal in its character!'' Aye, illegal. Cavil as Mr. President POLK may about the expediency of the undertaking, vituperate as he may upon the faithlessness of his Spanish American neighbours, repudiate as he may all insinuations as to the avarice of his administration, the illegality of the Mexinn war is a fact that burns too brightly to be extinguished. It beacons the indignation of other countries. It inspires in every generous mind the deepest sympathy with a people whose vices and whose sluggishness would otherwise have only ex cited disgust and derision. And what, in Heaven's name, have been the advan tages which the Government of the United States has proposed to itself for all this waste of life and of revenue ? The annexation of Mexico to the Republic created by the genius of FRANKLIN and the integrity of WASHINGTON is manifestly impossible There is nothing whatever homogeneous in the nature of the two countries ; on the contrary, there is everything antagonistic. They could never coalesce, they could never even hope to coalesce. Mexico must be utterly depopulated, and subsequently colonised by staunch citizens of the United States, before there could be any submission in that enormous country. The army of General TAYLOR would have to penetrate beyond the Rio Grande to the most southern extremities of Mexico, slaughtering every human being it might encounter, men, women, and children, indiscrimi nately, if the Executive seriously intended the sub jection of those regions. It is conceivable enough that our brother of America would willingly behold a territory so capable of profitable cutivation, so gigantic in its extension, situated in so central a position in this terraqueous globe, commanding the two great oceans, studded upon its marine boundaries by such admirable inlets and har bours, joined to the noble land of which he himself is a denizen. It is conceivable that he should be am bitious to behold those pinnacles which had been formerly adorned with the standard of the heroic CORTEZ, flouted by the star-spangled banner. It is even conceivable that he should yearn for the prosperity of the agriculture and the commerce of Mexico, provided the riches resulting therefrom tended to the emolument of his original home. All these aspirations are conceivable enough, because they would be most in accordance with the national vain glory and individual self-esteem which are so conspicuously the characteristics of the men of the United States. It is incredible, however, how a Government can trifle with the repu tation of a people entrusted to their guidance and protection, as the Government of Mr. Polk has done since its first establishment to the present moment, but especially in this Mexican invasion ! The scorn of civilised Europe is accounted as nothing when weighed in the brazen balance of their avarice. The members of that Administration are obdurate to all the pleadings of the popular voice; they are indif ferent to the obloquy which is inevitable on the ful • fitment of their unconscientious policy. They boldly adventured upon the subjugation of Mexico, and the result of that movement has been—large draughts upon the public purse,painful marches of the American soldiery, the double disgrace of their naval forces at Alvarado, a bloody and unprofitable victory under the walls of Monterey, the precarious occupation of California and New Mexico, and a prospect of the I most discouraging obstructions, to their further ad- Ivancement, both from man and from nature. On the departure of the last intelligence from the Western Continent, General TAYLOR still continued at Monterey, fearful of proceeding into the interior from the probability of a scarcity of shelter and pro visions—the cottages being burnt, the crops bring destroyed, and the villages evacuated, by their in- habitants, in that direction. The Commander-in-Chief, General SANTA ANNA, had hastened from the capital to obstruct the progress of the invaders, or, as lie himself intimated in his memorable manifesto, to drive them ignominiously beyond the frontiers, or to die fighting. It is distressing, however, to reflect that, in conse quence of the apathy of his countrymen, that patriotic chieftain was accompanied on his departure by merely 2,000 cavalry and 1,000 infantry, and was furnished with a military chest containing only 27,000 dollars. With these and the remnant of the forces of Ameunia, he will have to defend Saltillo, providing General TAYLOR has the temerity to pro ceed there forthwith, or, in case of discomfiture at Saltillo, to fall back upon San Luis Potosi, and re pulse the enemy under the protection of its fortifica tions. We should feel infinite trepidation as to the effects which such a disparity of numbers would have upon Mexico were we not inspired with a confidence in the invincible power of true patriotism, and in the invulnerable character of even a small band of men fighting for the liberties, the independence, the integrity, and the very existence of their common country. " lieu pietas ! Heu prisca fides ! invictaque hello Dextra! non illi quisquam se impune tulisset Obvius arnaato." With fidelity to their national cause, with con fidence in the sacred nature of their office as de fenders of their native land, with a stern employment of their military capacities, they may triumph over the most monstrous dis proportion of numbers. LEoNIDAs is not the only tes timony that these miracles of warfare are possible. SANTA ANNA is clearly animated by a high ambition, an ambition which the most de pressing circumstances will scarcely abate. In the face of the whole world he has proclaimed his determination to be true to Mexico— to be staunch in his patriotism—to conquer or to die. He has staked everything upon the issue of this war—his name, his fame, his fortune, his re putation, his intellect, his life. He has abandoned everything to lead his countrymen to battle. He has forsaken the safety of his seclusion at Havannah, he has neglected the allurements to self-aggran dizement_,which have been presented to him by the confusion of Mexican affairs ; he has rejected the supreme command as President, he has thrown aside all the baubles of office, and despised all the decoys of ph'sical enjoyment, to march upon the invaded frontiers in the simple capacity of a soldier. The Mexicans must rouse themselves from their ignoble torpor, and repay the generosity and magnanimity of SANTA ANNA by their limbs and their money. De cisive measures must be taken, otherwise Mexico may be afflicted by years of misfortune. A short while since considerable anxiety existed in various parts of the kingdom in favour of opening the ports for the admission of foreign corn ; and at that time it was not unnatural that a large portion of the public should have manifested an eager desire to press upon the Government to effictuate their wishes. But, though the desire was a natural one, it did not follow that it would have been, therefore, sound policy on the part of the Executive to have abolished the fleeting remnant of protection. Those who me morialised the Minister for instantaneous free trade in grain were, a few weeks back, environed by specious circumstances of apprehension, which certainly justi fied them in bringing their views prominently under the notice of the Premier. The belief was then very general that throughout Europe the late harvests were very thin, that with respect to our own, quantity and quality considered, it was below the average, and tha the prices of corn, which had risen so rapidly at home, would continue to increase. Moreover, we were ex porting corn to France; and it was further conceived, that the extreme destitution of Ireland could not be safely met in any other way than by throwing our ports open- to the introduction of every species of grain, free of duty. Happily, how ever, these fears have, in a great measure, turned out to be groundless. In America, on the shores of the Baltic, in most of the provinces of France, in Bel gium, and in Egypt, the crops of the current year, it is- now ascertained, have been most prolific. To France we some time since ceased to export, and never should have exported at all, had not that country, like our own, been seized with a fallacious panic. Bread is already lowered in price, and by the extraordinary measures of the Parliament and Go vernment combined, the worst feature of the whole, the direful exigency of Ireland, has been prevented reaching the fearful height to which it was anticipated it would attain. Still, notwithstand ing we have been thus statistically and otherwise relieved from serious misgivings, others of our coun trymen have been unable to shake off their despon dency. Accordingly, a deputation from the citizens of London waited upon Lord JoHN RUSSELL, about three weeks since, to urge the opening of the ports. His Lordship assured them that this step should be taken, if demanded by any "extraordinary neces sity." Dissatisfied with this answer, another deputa tion from the same quarter attended upon Sir GEORGE GREY yesterday, for the purpose of presenting, through the Right llon. Baronet, a memorial to her MAJESTY for trade in foreign corn, duty free. The meniorialists alleged that they hal ceased to repose confidence in the Premier, because, in his celebrated letter to the electors of London, in November, last year, he had advocated the abolition of all duties on corn, but now declines to sanction their immediate extinction. Mr. CHARLES COCHRANE, who was the spokesman, harped upon this letter, and inasmuch as Lord JOHN RUSSELL last autumn advised large de monstrations to be got up in favour of opening the ports, Mr. COCIIRANE sought to extract from the Secretary for the Home Department, whether, by the words " extraordinary necessity," the Noble Lord, his colleague, designed that numerous meetings should be assembled, as in such case he undertook to have one, to the amount of fifty thousand persons, in Palace-yard, within eight days. Sir GEORGE GRIT} replied with statesmanlike felicity. Ile could only answer for himself. It was not for him to constire the expression used by the Prime Minister ; but he conceived that such a meeting as suggested by Mr. COCHRANE would not constitute the " necessity" re ferred to by Lord JOHN, but rather " a certain class of statistical facts bearing on the condition and the circumstances of the country." The proposition of Mr. COCHRANE might amount to nothing more than a demonstration of physical force, whereas moral force alone would govern any advice which Sir G. GREY, and, no doubt, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, would tender to the QUEEN for opening the ports. Num bers alone would never suffice; they must be joined to a sound and comprehensive view of all existing circumstances. One of the most obvious of these would be, what seems to be entirely forgotten by Mr. COCHRANE, that since Lord JOHN addressed his electors in November, 1845, the whole question I f import duties affecting grain has undergone solemn deliberation in the Legislatwre, and given birth to an Act which, for the magnitude of the interests it dealt with, cannot be lightly superseded by an order in Council ; and the emergency must be " extraor dinary" indeed which could justify a Minister in dispensing with its enactments. Another circum• stance is, that Parliament will now be shortly assem bling, and certainly there is no paramount pressure, arising either from want of food or employment, that imperiously calls upon us to urge the Minister to the serious and responsible step of removing off hand the slight remaining and terminable duties upon foreign corn. Practically, it is a constitutional privilege which we enjoy of express ing to the Government, freely and unreservedly, our feelings and views upon any public question, but we are not clear that, in the present instance, the privi lege has been resorted to with due consideration. The want of unity of action, of a cordial co operation amongst her more favoured children, for : the benefit of their common country, has long been one of the chief causes of the unhappy condition of our sister kingdom. The civil and religious differ ences that so long prevailed, the party dissensions, the rancorous hOstility with which the professors of different political principles regarded each other, were the sad results of long years of misgovernment and oppression, during which the ruling powers prf;ctised with too fatal a success the vile expedient of fostering the animosities and exciting the prejudices,. of the people. "Divide et impera" was the rule of government. To one class every encouragement was afforded; they were placed in the enjoyment of ex clusive rights and exclusive privileges ; they were taught to regard their brethren as their inferiors, to believe that they were entitled to an ascendancy over them, that they were beings of a superior creation, and that they might with impunity insult and domi neer over the vast majority of the people, whom they looked upon as " Born for their:use." Party processions were encourages; the exhibition of the most hostile feelings, the most inveterate preju dices, were sanctioned and approved of. All the honours and emoluments of office were distributed amongst the favoured few, while the many were ground down by harsh laws and oppression, and sub jected to penal restrictions and to civil and religious disabilities. Is it to be wondered at that a wide line of demarcation separated the different sections, that no cordial or friendly feelings existed between the oppressors and the oppressed, that one party should struggle hard to maintain the position they once had occupied, while the other, awakened to a knowledge of their real strength, should persevere in their exertions until they obtained a full and per fect equality, and the enjoyment of entire liberty of conscience— that each defeat should more deeply em bitter the feelings on the one side, and cheer the other with the anticipations of further victories and successes. Neutrality was impossible. The adage of " those who are not with us are against us" was never more strictly true than in Ireland—there could be no halting between two opinions : the man who hesitated about going the extreme length with his party was looked upon as a traitor, and regarded with greater dislike and hatred than an avowed opponent. Such was the state of things in Ireland towards the close of the first quarter of the present century. There was, however, an improved feeling beginning to manifest itself throughout both kingdoms; anti quated prejudices were exploded, more liberal and enlightened views of government prevailed. It was felt in high places that men should not be sufferers for conscience sake, that every man should be per mitted to worship his CREATOR in the manner which he believed to be most proper, that there should be no interference between him and his GOD. Catholic Emancipation became an open questior, as it is termed in the Cabinet, and several of the Ministry joined in the demand for.freedom to their Roman Catholic brethren. The then Premier died, and CANNING succeeded to the vacant office, but he had not sufficient power to carry the' great question . He was cut off in the pride and vigour of intellect, at a time when the public mind and public hope was excited to the highest pitch, when all liberal-minded men were looking forward with intense interest to the ameliorations that were expected, His principles, however, died not with him ; the good "seed had been sown, and fresh converts flocked daily to the side of freedom of conscience. His successor said that it was in vain to attempt to stem the torrent, to resist the popular will, firmly and deliberately expressed ; he yielded, and carried the great measure of Catholic Emancipation. But his victory was fatal to his Ministry, and he speedily was compelled to surrender power into the hands of his great competitors. It is to be regretted that the measure so carried was not as full and perfect as the friends of liberty could have desired. It was clogged with conditions, and certain regulations, which, though of no practical value, and affording no additional securities, took greatly away from the grace of the boon, which tended to show the existence of suspicion and distrust, and plainly testified that the measure was conceded not on grounds of natural justice, but simply because there was not sufficient strength to render further resis tance safe for practicable. Obsolete laws were still suffered to disgrace the statute-book, which, though never attempted to be put in force or brought into operation, were yet looked upon as badges of infe riority, as marks of reproach, to seven-eighths of the Irish nation. It could scarcely, how ever, be hoped that every vestige of bigotry and intolerance could be swept away at a moment's notice, that ancient prejudices would be removed without some interval elapsing. It is unnecessary to trace the various ameliorations brought forward by Lords GREY and MELBOURNE, and subsequently by Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, until the last remnant of the atrocious penal code was, with all but unanimity, expunged from our laws during the past session. The heads of the two great parties who could alone hope to be placed at the head of affairs, to rule the helm of the vessel of the State, have now cordially agreed on the principle by which Ireland is henceforward to be governed, viz., that she is to be placed on a footing of full and perfect equality with England in her civil, political, and municipal institu tions. It may be hoped that when this great doc trine is fully carried out that jealousies will cease, and that as there is nothing to be lost on the one side or gained on the other, there will no longer be any reason for those ridiculous antipathies, those absurd quarrels, that have proved so injurious to the national interests, that have impeded and interposed obstacles to the attainment of every measure calculated to im prove the condition of the country. What is now required by Ireland is, that all Irishmen should lay aside their petty disputes and differences, and labour zealously in th e comm on cause ; the great l n w e f a n o s f w d ' i i s t t h re s a s ll the par c ti o e n s s i s d h e o r t a l l t d i o nb be by which the people may b e fed, and famine averted of th t e he re from their shores. There i s a glorious field for emu otibiejeeextinstoh"ig. lation, for the exhibition of zeal and activity; let us hope that it may be taken advantage of, and that none will hang back, or refuse to avail themselves of beneficial suggestions, because they may happen to emanate from those who have bet n heretofore their political opponents. We regret to observe that there is some exhibition of snch a feel ing, and that in quarters from which we should have hoped for better things. Many noblemen and gentle men have seceded from, and sent in their resignations as members of, the Agricultural Society of Ireland, in consequence of the partial suspension of the 14th rule. We'think that they have been premature in so doing. Nothing could be more improper than the introduction, in such a society, of abstract political questions, which might and would lead to the ex pression of different views ; but, on the other hand, nothing would be more proper than that an Agri cultural Society should take into their consideration every measure likely to be submitted to Parliament during the ensuing session, for the development of the agricultural resources of Ireland. We trust, therefore, that, until the privilege that has been conceded for the discussion of such questions should be in some manner abused, those whose co-operation is so desirable will still remain mem bers of the society, :and act together for the general welfare. The society has heretofore united persons ,f every shade of political opinion, let us hope that such may still le the case, and that all who take an active interest in the agricultural improvement of Ireland may still remain enrolled in its ranks. 'We do not question the motives of the seceder , , but we fear that the consequences of their act may be most injurious to the country, and we call upon them to pause before they adopt so decided a course. . . A letter from Schleswig, of the 25th ult., says : " Two resolutions came to yesterday by the States, one for a new and separate constitution foi the Duchies, by a majority of 36 to 2; the other for the incorporation of Schleswig with the Germanic Diet by a majority of 34 to 3, have caused a great sensation here; but it is said that they are contrary to the con stitution of the States, which require that all funda mental changes should emanate from the Government, and in this case the royal commissioner withdrew from the Chamber, after making his protest against the motions as illegal." By a recent deaisio3 of the Russian Government all the peasants of I ivonia who erz.brace the orthodox creed are exonerated from the tithes which they paid to their clergy, and as a further inducement to pro fess the religion of the State they are to be exempted from taxes generally. The nobles of Livonia have petitioned the EMPEROR to annul this decree, and, waiting his decision, have engaged to pay to the clergy the tithes which are refused by the.peasantry. The Voss Gazette, of the 26th ult., states, from Warsaw, that an extraordinary levy of recruits has taken place there, under circumstances of great rigour. It is asserted that the young men were torn frog, their families during the night, and marched to distant parts, from which they are never expected to return. The Aix la Chapelle Gazette, of the 28th ult., has the following from Berlin, dated the 26th :—" It is reported that a document has been discovered which proves that the Royal House of Prussia has claims to the succession of Schleswig • and Holstein. It is generally believed here that Prussia will insist on the maintenance of the independence of the Duchies." The Universal Prussian Gazette, of the 26th ult., in an article on the arguments that have appeared in some of the foreign journals against the incorporation of Cracow, says it can contradict, from the best authority, the assertion that the Prussian Government was actuated by a desire for an augmentation or exchange of territory in connexion with the abolition of the independence of Cracow.• No pretension of this kind, says the Gazette, was ever set up by Prussia on the negotiations on the subject of Cracow. Madrid journals to the 25th ult. have arrived. The principles of free trade are making rapid pro gress throughout Spain. According to the Espaiwl, a free-trade association ,was formed at Cadiz during the stay of Mr. COBDEN in that city ; and the follow ing, from the Ileraldo, which may be looked upon as the financial programme of the Spanish Government, is sufficient to inspire every free-trader with a hope that the day is not far distant when the statute book of Spain will; like the statute book of England, pay homage to the principles of common sense. " Our most ardent wishes," says the Herald°, " will be accomplished, if, as we have reason to ex pect, the approaching Cortes shall be called to ac complish a liberal reform of our tariffs, so as to open tbreign markets for the wines and oils of our fertile Andalusia, for the wheat of Castile, and for the wool of La Mancha. If the first measure proposed by the Government to the Cortes shall tend to a diminution of the taxes which press upon landed property, and if a more equal distribution of those taxes be made, and if an impulse be given to the works already commenced on our great lines of com munication ; and if; in fine, the Government shows itself anxious to ameliorate the condition of all our countrymen, we shall be satisfied." Mr. COBDEN was at Malaga on the 19th o November. MADRID BOMA, Nov: 25.---The Three per Cents. closed at 34 5-16; the Four per Cents., at 20k ; the Five per Cents., at 21k; and the Debt without Inte rest, at 61. We The have jol received Journal r nal d the esp eba Paris a r h i papers a s salo) g o f Tu article cx pretends t o glei ala a 7it t ni7 t osnt patory of Austria in the affair of Cracow. The writer, while combating the arguments of the Austrian manifesto is, evidentlY, Anxious: t() make : the worst of his own Case, and to excuse those whom he hst k staoteel . persuaded," off l earent,opinuvobtr, aleuhanrd s re a edlace y hyl at. says :wet that . ia h matis e i tepah Journal asraetashr eeet Austriabeen idpeecerdr s d psauag e luavardi ecanDudtse participated c ihvm t at it;s, e was , honourable she ienit "that oh l tau l erh r nru f e nad i es . sb o r a po r e ti l oe cenyrd, t she has ever suffered herself to be led astray, seeing what was right and committing evil, being ambitious against her will, and declaring it, but still not succeeding in persuading the public of a disinte restedness which never appears, except by condi:ion& usurpations. It is to this false position—it is to this constraint which the conscience of Austria suffers, that we attribute the singular language, of,the two proclama tions published at Cracow when taking possession of the territory of that ancient republic. " There is something worse than to oppress weakness, it is to calumniate it; this, however, is what the two official documents which have been published on the Cracow question do from one end to the other; and it must be allowed that in imposing on Austria the care of explaining the violation of the treaty of Vienna, and the unjust and violent destruction of the independence o! Cracow, Prussia and Russia have not left it the most excellent part in the affair. The mcchant homme of 1772, who duped so complwely Maria Theresa in according her all that she asked for, did nothing more malicious!) piquant than what Prussia, in concert with 'Russia, ha: done to Austria. Is it not, in fact, an unfortunate equivo cation to say that Cracow has infringed the neutrality which was the condition of her independence? The neu trality of Cracow, formally established by Art. 6 of the treaty of Vienna,_ was a guarantee which the Powers gave to each other. This meant, according to the treaty of Vienna, that Cracow was never to be either Russian, or Prussian, or Austrian, and it is on that account that in Art. 6 Of the treaty the independence of Cracow was joined to her neutrality. But now it is in the very name of this neutrality that the Powers destroy the indepen dence of Cracow. Strange abuse of reasoning ! And what has Cracow infringed this neutrality ?_ H as sh„ become Russian or Prussian with.her own lull consen t iuvcded by the insurgent P o l es, whi, fixed there the s No ! but she w" eat of their ephemer a l government here, in truth, we do not know whom th e A ustrian Go vernment hopes to blind. The facts are r ecent ; they passed in the open daylight. W. then, i s it hopeeto deceive ? No, it was not the government of Cri..cow w hi c h prepared the last Polish insurrection ; no, it wit!, not in liracow that the conspiracy took place ; it was it, the Grand Duchy of Posen and in Galicia ; it was from thence that the movement extended to Cracow, and it was then that Cracow became the seat of the insurgent Government. Prussia, better informed than Austria. prevented the movement that was about to burst out in the Grand Duchy of Posen. Austria, whatever may be the reputation of her police, neither knew nor prevented the movement in Galicia, for God forbid that we should suppose that the Austrian police was aware of the insurrection in Galicia,. and did not prevent it, in irder to repress and punish it by the hand of the pea sants. But if Austria was aware of nothing, and pre vented nothing in Galicia, it was her want of foresight which delivered up Cracow to the insurgents. Could -Cracow resist the insurrection of Galicia ? Nay, more; Cracow, or at least the Government of Cracow, did all t could to escape from the insurrection. It appealed to the Austrians, and the Austrians entered Cracow before the insurrection '; a proclamation of the Senate declared t!!at it was on its demand that General Collin had taken possession of the city. The Senate of Cracow, therefore, had acted quite correctly, since on the news of the plots in Posen it had called on the Austrians to occupy Cra cow. Whence came it that General Collin, master of the place, quitted it all at once ? Ile quitted it on learning the insurrection in Galicia. When once abandoned by the Austrians, Cracow fell into the power Of the insurgents, for the Senate Could riot defend it. Such are the facts as they were read in the month o' AlArch 'last by all Europe ; and eight months have scarcely passed away when it is wanted to disfigure them and to transform Cracow into a bothcd of conspiracies and insurgents. Ridiculous fictions, contradicted by the public memory and by conviction !" The French protest against the annexation of Cracow has not yet been dispatched, nay, it is said the terms of it have not yet been considered in the Ca binet. In the political salons of Paris it is openly stated that Louis PHILIPPE and M. Guizoi were both perfectly cognizant of the intention to annex Cracow, that, in fact, Cracow was a part-of the price agreed by Louis Plumps to be paid to Austria to purchase her support to the MoNTPErisIER marriage, but that it- was only part of the price. To the private and pecuniary interests of his family, Louis PHILIPPE has sacrificed, not only the nationality of Poland, but the regeneration of Italy ; and the repression of the spirit of liberal reform manifested by the POPE, together with the restoration of Austrian rule and influence throughout the Italian Peninsula, is another portion .of the price which the French KING has consented to pay to secure the throne of Spain to the children of his youngest son. From the f o ll ow i ng article in the Revue des Deux Mondes, the organ of M. GUIZOT, it appears that the protest of France is to be couched 'n very "holidly and lady terms," to quote Um words of the writer. " She cannot think of throwing out threatening words and words of defiance." " That which is most essential," says the Revue des Deux Mondes, "is that France in its protest shall notify the violation of treaties, and that she point out all the consequence which the resolution of the Northern Powers opens to-her profit. She must declare that she reserves to herself for the future to consult only, as. re - - , ards thosetreaties, her own convenience and the neces ities of her policy.' France will preserve an attitude or observation. She cannot think of throwing out threat ening words and words of defiance. Whoavould wish seriously to see in the resolution of the Three Powers a cases belli? It is only the exaltation of parties which can answer by a cry of propagandism to the Cracow coup (fetal. The only reply which becomes a great country is in the firmness with which it will practice the policy of independence and isolation which circumstances create for it. To be at peace with the whele world, without entertaining enmity to any one—such ought to be our attitude; and we shall have by that means at leaFt liberty of fiction." The Infant Don ENRIQ7E left Paris for Madrid on Monday, having, -according to the National, addressed to Queen CHRISTINA, under the form of retractation, humble supplication, written under the dictation of the Tuileries, in which he requested to be allowed to return to the favour of Queen ISABELLA and the mother of his august sister-in-law. This is bad enough ;. but this is not the worst. If the Esprit Public is rightly informed, Don ENRIQUE transcends `even hi& brother Bourbon, the Prince 'DE CARIGNAC of 1820, in baseness. The Esprit Public says— • " Well-informed persons assure us that his departure was Treced.d by an act so ignominious, that in spite of the - certainty of our information, we can scarcely credit it. This prince, as is known, held an active and confi dential correspondence with the leading members of the .Progressista party in Spain. It is said that he has de livered up this correspondence, and has betrayed the 'secrets of all those who bad put themselves under the shelter of-his•discretion and his honour." - A magnificent fete is to be given to , the Bey of Turfs on Friday evening by M. GurzoT. In rela tion to this fete the Constitutionnel says— f` M. Guizot has hardly had time ,to send out all his invitations for the concert he is about to give on Friday next, .in honour of the Bey of Tunis, before it is an nounced that several members of the diploinatic body, and among them the Austrian and English Ambassa dors, will - not be present, because neither Austria, Eng land, nor the ,other Powers acknowledge the Bey as a Sovereign Prince, in which light hChas been received in Paris." • The ilfoniteur states, that " the situation of the department of the north, with respect to provisions, is by no means so unfavourable as it was represented to be two'months since. It was apprehended at that time that the wheat crop would have been one-fifth less than in ordinary years; but it is at present as certained that the diminution is insignificant, and -fully compensated by the superior weigbt of the grain. This .explains the successive fall which has, taken place in the price of wheat throughout the de 7 partment.during the last fifteen days. The crop of barley- ,aid oats is below the usual average. Potatoes are less in quantity than last year, but that compara tive deficiency is fully compensated by the superior quality of the crop ,of the present year." The same official paper publishes the returns fur nished by the Minister of 'Commerce of the average price of wheat in the different markets throughout France 'during the month of November last, by which it ,appears that the price of wheat was 22f. 70c. in the .. . markets of St. Lo, Paimpol; Quitriper, flennebon, and. Nantes, being the lowest average in France, and 34f. 17c. the hectolitre in the markets of MulhatLen and Strasburg, being the highest. The Moniteur subsequently states that there were imported 1,373,300 hectolitres of wheat into the port of Marseilles between the 26th of October and the 24th of November last. The drain for bullion on the Bank of France still continues: .It Was stated on Monday that there was only 3,200,0001: left in their coffers. The withdrawal of the deposits from the Savings'-bank of Paris, also continues. The amount of withdrawals during the 'last week exceeded the amount of deposits by 17,0001. The, Phqre les.Pyr . (!,ne'es publishes a letter frotn the 'frontieis'of tatalOnia, dated Nov: 26, which says— The battle which took place on the 21st. between the !loyal troops and a Carlist band in the - neighbourhood of Bauolas,„was rather serious. Two companies of the regiment .of Valencia found themselves .engaged with 300 CarliSt's.':,.".Thia account," addS; the "Ur; dcs Are trees, :" which does not possess all the character of authenticity :which is desirable ; is not, however, without fotindatfop,,, • " • According 16 , a tter from Manreza ' published the Enian*Woit, of Toulouse, a band Of 200 Carlists, under the command of a son of the celebrated PEXTOT, was at Navarelles on the 10th ult., com pletely armed, and with plenty of money. They p a id for everything they consumed. The project of establishing a line':Of- steamers be tween Havre and New York has been abandoned. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tues day at 811. 95c. ; the Five per Cents., 1181. ; the Orleans ttailroad Shares, 1,2271. 50c. •, Rouen, 5671. 50c. • Havre, 635 f. ; Great Northern, 6321. 50c.; Avignon, 870 f. ; Vierzon 371 f. 25c. -; Bordeaux, 5151. ; Boulogne, 435 f. ; Dieppe, 3 i2f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 477 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 486 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 500 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 487 f. .50e.; Bordeaux and Cette, 4701. ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 32%. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECIMBER 2. Direct Bombay•and Madras, %—Dutch Rheni s h, 51 1 Luxembourg, 3 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 774—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 4. CALEDONIAN ASLUM. (THIS DAY.) The quarterly general court of the Managing Board of the Caledonian Asylum, established for educating and clothing the children, of destitute and deserving Seotchruen residing in the metropolis, was held this al 4ernoon, at the Scottish Hospital, Crane -court, Fleet street, Mr. James A. Simpson, Vice-President of the Board, in the chair. The minutes of the previous courts were read and confirmed. At one of the courts a committee was ap pointed to draw up a resolution, lamenting the death of the late Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P., one of the most liberal patrons of the institution ; and subsequently a resolution of condolence was agreed to be presented to Lady Shaw Stewart, on the loss of so excellent a son ; the Duke of Buccleuch, as president of the institution, undertaking to convey it to that much respected lady. hECRETARY stated that it had been agreed by the board this morning to elect eleven boys and five girls next June ; at present there were eighty boys and thirty-four girls . participating in the bounties of the nstitution. It was proposed to •day to elect twelve more, , ix boys and six girls. Mr. LlNDsty remarked that there were 32 candidates, ill very excellent boys and girls, whose title to be elected admitted of no doubt whatever, and yet, from the low state of their funds, they were only capable of relieving 12 of the 32 Cases. There were tiO boys and 34 girls n the asylum, but when the 12 were elected to-day .here would be 86 boys and 40 girls. Before June next seven boys would quit the institution, and then the num lers would be 79 boys and 40 girls. In June it was pro dosed to elect 11 boys and 5 girls, making 90 boys and 15 girls, or - a total of 135 recipients of the charity of he institution. ' Now, if their income were a little larger, they could relieve all the actual cases of distress te had mentioned. They had the ability, but not the dower, to do so. They had ample room, but not the fundq, and therefore he advocated a further appeal to the public. _ Captain LARMONT thought that another appeal ought o be made to the public, and the best way to do it was :u follow the example of the Infant Orphan Asylum and the St. Ann's Society. The CHAIRMAN etated that the asylum had upwards if 21,0001. of stock. Fitt. en hundred had he• n sold out in the course of the sear, and it was now proposed to take powers to sell out another 1,0001. lie might add, however, that it probably would not be wanted till next March. A resolution to that effect was accorningly proposed and unanimously agreed to. Mr. fropcEs moved that in future the votes of un successful candidates shouli be carried over and used at eli succeeding elections ; but an amendment was pro posed postponing the motion until the next court, which Nas carried after a slight discussion. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chlirman, j and the meeting broke up. • ~.,.........----- IiONEY And 'COMMERCIAL NB NV S CI7'Y,,QUARTER TO TIIBE• - • n? , In the Cotton Market there had yesierday lb e n ' n° th,ln 25,C,00 bales sold, including 8;000 Stunt and ,000 American cn specutatior. - ' Prices had further Friday iscn about id. per lb:, m aking r own l id. advance since, 'ast. The m arket was in a very,excited state, qviawt.''a any apparent cause. Shares bad been:rather the he shade by the Cotton movement. ' ' . ; It will be observed from the above, that thetse ~5 I very decided movement in the Cotton market, whic,27 parties now are watching with coesiderable interest,. this branch of our trade absorbs a large amount 0 capital, and the diminished importation at advanced prices will partly conduce to the effect which a larger suPP I Y -night have. It appears, looking, to the Bank paper cir: cula lion which should be carcfully noted just now, tha! he Bankers' Illagdzine give the total for the the Kingdom at 40,954,591/. in the month ending the 7th ultimo, or an increase of 1,799,0681. compared with It. month to Oct. 10. The coinparison of th nth eT,U. , ing Nov. 8, 1845, with the month ending Nov: N if ' a rt -hows a decrease in the Bank of England circulatior_i 783,210 L, an increase in private banks of 65,1091, A a t a l decrease in joint stock banks of 30,047/. ; being 3 r r a decrease in England of 748,148/. ; while in there is an increase of 171,276/. ; and its Irel`, l , o -in increase also of 12,2851. Thus showing that •'.:, month ending 7th Nov., as compared with the ,sr li period last year, presents P, decrease of 7 4 he the u lll7- England , and a decrease of 564,5871. in Kingdont.l ona The tLana stock of spec:.e held by the banks in See was and Ireland during the m nith ending N0V.1`10 1 ..., 7 ' . 4r ed 3.713,6581., being an increase of 360,4481. as coin — wit h the preceding month. ' In the, monthly report Upon eomn3ercial re...2Bttetiol by Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury, the n i nte ' — and fact is noticed, that the exportation ofribentee woollen goods shows a decrease of 2,206, 6381. Bfe* . 0 d of months of this year, compared with the sam ry s , a 1845 ; whilst hardware, cutlery, mac hinery, ine.,,ta ' ital coals show an increase. This, ' in scene' raell s " — illustrate the balance of our foreign trade. • •. .. ; ,, t obig , The English Stock-market opened well this 0- I , g ia• hut has since gone back a little, the SCIFAIICE ba l 9 3 s i, for duced a few sales. Consols have been 951 t % the tee money, du but a bargain has just been concluded peon 00 bed figure of 95k. For time there ha The 1 ,1 30 Se transactions at a higher quotation than 9516 96 t° Three and-a• Quarter per Cents. hav e e° ' 11)ditir 964, and the Three per Cents. 94 to 941. 1 325 , 1 , ti Stock improved has been a ha; chequer little;bei 2 n s ;t 7s: to lls' The Foreign' prenlinnitier, is Stocks are steady, bu,.! t , PI! not much doing. s pan ih Five per LA D "gif f• been 261, and the Three per Cents; from 39 to Portuguese Four per Cents. have risen bet, 391. eexican -- Stock his twen azain rai ller t ba il viz. 221- to 1. Dutch Two-and-tt-lialf per Co s ' . • . • been 60 to 601 doll , Shares have been without any material Alter3co6o , PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O' Q CL S OC t P.- - '• i POI% 3 per Cent. Reduced A 94 1 A 1 91 ' 954 3 per Cent _Consols Annuities . 95% i 3 1 % per 95!ii I,3o Ne n W g per Cent: Annuities 961/ 9u .... ire Jan.lB6o 4 9 0 ,16 Ditto Ditto 3 3 0 0 years, Oct. jah . 1 5 0 , , 1 1 8 8 5 6 9 0 . 1 9 043 11 1_ 16 16 ;"-^ 1 6 1° 25 3-311 Consols a cti S s Stock 239 95% Opening, Jam 15 2 0 5 5 9 % 2 V 1 /4 7 P Exchequer Bills, 10001. l%d. ..: 11 7 -- -. P c0 5 , 54 0 ° cr.ls - g , eil mß ic rpea E xzi s iitleti o ano 4 B FO on R d E s IGIT fUNDS. O'CLOC.. 1° 136 86 -- S , m s a p l e l r Cent. 1846 .. 4 -86 :;°''''''''''' Portuguese D ittsma Bonds,ll Ditto, Account . . ....-. 3 9 .... attg), Account 39 .3' "bil 4 per Cent Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. -- - 1 ' 5 1 ,1 „, Ditto, Acceunt 26•78 Ditto, Passive , .. Ditto; per Cent ... .... ... . 3 — ' 7 % 1 / 4 00 ; 0,,, Ditto, Account • Loil 92;t Dividends on the above 10 n 9 Dutch, 2% per Cent . ~ ....... 60 1 1 ° ,1,... s. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates:. 92 / , 4 L og iCP pO,- • .. PRRIES or , susuas,s „nog, itAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT 'ON'S 0 1 ' . `: - ...... ' ./, 2)3 Aberdeen - .• Amber., Nott., Boston, - n . li t ....... payable .I,n ,0 and. Ea.steln Junction .2%.. ..• •‘• 74 '" . Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Belfast & County Down 4 134 % .. : ....... — l , ....... 6::14::P.. .. :1 . :: 6: :, 12- • :. ; Birmingham and Dudley 4U ... . 6 ° 75 ......... Birmin. and Gleucester 160 ........ I 2 ° „.. ••° ... . g , 0 ' Ditto New. Ox- 17% 321 ...... Birmingham and 9BS 914... •-•' ford Junction ...... " Birkenhead, Lancashire, ..... ........ ...., and Cheshire June—. 2,i .. .... _.„. ....... Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225......• -- •1 ............... ' Bristol and Exeter 75 ..... .-- • .. ........ --• Ditto, New ' ...••• '• .....r Bristol and Gloucester SO ...... ............ r - 41. Bristol and Liver. June 2%...... .............. •••• IrA Buckinghamshire .. ...... • calcdonian ..... ..,.. Ditto Half Shares 2 14 2%•••• ... .. / Cambrian & Grand Janc 42s ' ........ ..... ~ Chester and Ilolyhead... 27% - ..... "••• „... / Churnet and 81ythe...... 2 ..... '• Chester and Manchester 428. .... Chejtexham and Oxford 2 ClydesdaleJunetion.. ... 20 - ... Cork, Blackroelr, , and ..• Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% .... ' 1 1 ; Cork and Waterford ... 1% — ............ ••• : 1 3 Cornwall .. 5 Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% — ........ •••"' Cornwall& Cent'lDevon 2% — • .............. , Direct Lincoln, East Ret- ... olg ........ • . ford,and Sheffd. June. 2% — ..... ..-- .... .. Direct. Northern - . .............. „ Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc Dublin, Belfast, and 2 % Coleraine Dublin and Galway 4 ...... .............. 251 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 ...... ............ Eastern Counties 141. 165. .. ..... . Ditto New l2/. 165.......- - .... P Ditto Perpetual, 5 per ' ......... . 434, Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13a. 4d... ......... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d..• ... Do., York Extension.. 2 34 .......... 13 m C . ..... .. EastDereh' andNor' h 1 ...... ...... ✓ Eastern Union 35 ••• ". ..... .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 8,4 ...... .•✓ Do. Exten.(Harwich) ...... ............... 914 Do., Camb. and Ely 2 l-ii ...... . •." ..... East Lancashire - Ditto, New .... „ 1 ,4 ...... Do., do. (late Preston • . ... and OrmSkirk) ' 5 ...... 2 ;'/ 4 East Lincolnshire 11; 2 , . .. ...... -✓ East & West of England .........✓ Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ........... Ditto Half Shares 10 . 4:11. ... .. ............. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%.•«;• oh . ....... )2% Edinburgh & Northern 12% .; .. .... " .... • Edinburgh and Perth 3 .. . ••••" 41 , • ••• . Ely and Huntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo Exeter, Yeovil,&.Dorset 5 1 / 4 ...... •••••• ........... . . Glasgow, Kiltnar.,&,Ayr 50 ...... .......... Ditto, New ... ..... Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per • .. . .. cent. guar.) ... ...... 12%.•... Goole, Doncaster, 0..... .... ..,• ..... ..,.. Grand d tr u a n l i o o f n W ( a N l o cs u ' il.ig.- 1% .. 4-s• ...... Gr a e n a d t L L 'as yn te n ra &Western ' 2 1 N ...... --- ............ '1. 4/ ' GreatGrimsby and Shef• ...... ' • Gr fi e e a l t d South. and West. 10 ...... ..-- .... ',... ... °•• .. ": 5 2 (Ireland) ..., ..... ,d Great Munster 2l, ...... -- •••"' ....... 0 1 6 i Great North of Scotland 2 1 ;4 •••••• --- .. 1 4 ... . ...... -61 Great Northof England 100 .., „.236 23- ••••• . ... ." ' Ditto New 5 . 6 0 %"' ... ...,' ' Ditto, New . - ........ . ..... / . / Ditto, New Great Ditto Shares tem .. 50851 % ............. - - 77 ... ........................ e j 9 , . ••• di Ditto 1 4 Shares lO ........... 19 ... .......... ... / Ditto Fifths .... lli D id i d tt e ° 4ti N el e l v is Manche - a 1 32 ... .. .. .. .. --6 . .................... ''''. 3 ...... ............ • /. Hull .. ..... - , ... 50 .. ,-- ..... Half Shares 2 1 5 2 %...... ... .. .. .. _ _.- - - .• .• : ..' ... ... .: .. .. .. .. •::: ~' ', / * I L p a s pn w co i a. : s h tdeo & r. ,an ß an ar dd y cNar S o t i . rvvis E l_e d ic. m .h 5 1 20 144 .. .. .. .... .. ..........- - .................. ... .. ....• ..... ~..' .• ••• Do. New - .... .. . • ••• ,„ Leeds and Bradford 3O .....•- •" .. : .... ••••:' - Leeds and Carlisle - "" ' .... •••• a / Leicester & Birmingham 225. '..... ...... ''. Leicsster and Bedfard..• 225. .......... :-• • ............. ~.." oi l i t t . a t t onioi'dau Extension Leeds, Dewsbury, &c 2 2 14 ...... --- ......... "' i J Do., Branch (Blue) 2 1 ,4 -"' . ...... . -6 ' .......... •• 6 ' Do. Extension(Green) 2% --- ........ . •• ••• I , .• ...... , Leeds and Thirsk 17%. ..... 1 6 e•• .. ..." 0. Ditto, New Lpool., Mnchstr &New 25/14 .......•.. ,„ castle Junction Liverpool and Bury - •• ......... ••"1 London and 131ackwall. 16/. 133.4 d. •-• "'. . ...• t' . ' Do. :New - ...... • •'' •' ..... ' 60 4 ' Ditto Extension -. 7 %•••••• '-'. ". London, Brighton, and , viL i ia , .... ". .„," South Coast - ... '''. 0 1 Ditto, Fifths Do. Guarant. 5 per ct 409 ............ — i /•••••• . ''' :.. . ... .. ... :-../-* London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... 9 % 4 ............. ' ~ Do. Przforence ...18117s 2d..•••• -- ....... • ,4" 0 . i v London, Hounslow, and ..••••••"" f/5 , Western - London and N. Westernloo ......195 196 19.....„ j 6„ Do. Quarters Do., do., Now Shares 22 ........... 125311 j .......... ..... 1:..... /191 2 :••••• 1 9 %1 1 / 9 ........... / . Ditto Fifths Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% ...... -- ' ....... ,' Do., Now 1 ,4 Shares . . ....... AO (G. J.) 651 ........ Do 40/. Shares(L. M.) 8 ...... -- ..•• / : c n ••• '"0 Lona. & S.Western 41/ 63 10d.....• 64 6374........„. Do. New Consul. Bths 40 ...... „, .... 0 ........ ' ".. Do. New -- ....... .. „.. Do. New ......... • gi Ditto Tenths . ... .. 5 ...... 5 i's m ..... •• -- .......... ".. Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 ...... 3/ .......... Ditto Guaranteed...... 5 •••••• 5 / -1 .. Ditto ditto ...... . .... 4 •••• •ondon and York ••• 2 1 ,4 .... Do. Extension ... ...... 2 1 / 2 , ...... e , London and Windsor . 1% ••• • .... •• London, Salisbury, and / ...... 2%...... - .... :. ......... Yeovil Londonderry&ColerainJ 1.5 • •••••• "'''' .. Lcndonderry and Ennis- ...... ' ....... !It/ kitten l5 ...... ..............• 03 Lynn and Ely ..... - Lvnn and Dereham ......... o' ".:44 •• Manchester and Leeds ...: :, ...... •:„ ii % Ditto Shares ...... ' Do. Quarters ll 2 ...... , : ........ • Do. Fifths ............. .• 5 ••" . •••••-• ''''' ....••••• • • .•- '''' 4dl