The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-04 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VISIT TO ARUNDEL CASTLE. ARUNDEL, THURSDAY.—The Duke of Norfolk acted as cicerone yesterday to her Majesty. The ancient keep of the old castle was first visited by the illustrious circle, and it occupied the Queen nearly half an hour in in specting the remains of that famous erection, which for so many ages was the rendezvous of the warlike re tainers of the Montgomeries, the Albinis, the Fitzallans, and, lastly, the Howards. This ivy-mantled tower is without a rival in this country, and is the most pic turesque object in the entire building. Its principal chamber, now roofless, is inhabited by the extraordinary Australian owls, which are confined within the battle ments by a network, and in the different niches, originally fireplaces, they shelter themselves from the weather. There are five of these birds, and the Queen appeared pleased and astonished at their large size, which more approaches the eagle than the owl of this country. A beautiful owl is kept separate from the rest, and we are informed that the bird was caught while resting in a wood on the domain called the Rewell. It has the singular propensity of killing its kind, and we believe that no other specimen of the species ' is known in this country, though common to Asia Minor. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort were then conducted by the Noble Duke to the sum mit of the keep, and from the battlements ob tained an exten3lve view of the surrounding country. The Queen afterwards proceeded down the castle hill to the new dairy just erected by the Noble Duke. The Queen went over the octagon building, which has been fitted up in a tasteful and elegant style, and subse quently visited the caw-houses, the Duchess's apart ment+, and the garden - Attached to that part of the Ducal establishment. Her 3iajesty and party then returned to the castle. " At the usual hour - yesterday (eight o'clock), dinner was announced. The banquet was served up in the same magnificent form as on the previous evening, the domes tics of the Ducal household, in their rich state liveries, being the only attendants. The Bishop of Chichester, and Colonel and Mrs. Wyndham, were the only addi tions to the dinner circle, which in other respects was confined to the guests sojourning at the Castle during the royal visit. The band played the national anthem. Her Majesty retired from the dining-room at a quarter to ten, and went direct to the state drawing-room to take tea. In the meantime the visitors began to arrive at the Castle for the evening party, in rapid succession, and were ushered to the library, in which room the majority had assembled by ten o'clock. At ten o'clock the Queen was graciously pleased to signify her intention to receive several of the leading guests in the state drawing-room. Lord E. Howard, Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household, had the honour of introducing a select circle of the guests in vited. Her Majesty, at about a quarter past ten, was conducted by the noble host to the library. The illus trious party then passed down the centre of the library, the general company having placed themselves on either side of the apartment, her Majesty and Prince Albert returning the respectful salutations of the congregated visitors. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their seats towards the end of the gallery. The Ethiopian singers were introduced, and immediately commenced their performances, singing some of the popular songs for which they have gained so much public favour, apparently to the amusement of the Queen, as well as to the strangers that had assembled. The Queen and Prince Consort, at twenty minutes past eleven, repaired with a brilliant train to the dining room to partake of refreshments. In the interval the tables in that room were changed, and two extended tables placed at the south end and along the left side of the apartment, on which a superb display of plate was exhibited. The Queen and Prince retired from the fes tive scene shortly before midnight, and immediately after the company departed. This morning, the Queen and Prince Albert, and a large party of the distinguished personages, went to Petworth House to honour Colonel and Mrs. Wyndham with a visit. The Hon. Colonel Charles B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie, as equerries to the Qteen and Prince Consort, were also in attendance. The royal party reached Petworth about half-past one o'clock, and re turned to the Castle from Petworth House at a quarter to three o'clock, and immediately after lunched with the guests in the dining room. Her Majesty and the Prince in the afternoon proceeded to the lawn beneath the keep, and there planted two oak saplings, in the presence of a numerous circle of the nebility staying at the Castle. After which, the royal party went to the ancient church of Arundel, adjoining the park. The Queen is to leave to-morrow morning, as early as ten o'clock, for o,borne House. U ItT CIRCULAR. A deputation respecting molasses, consisting of Mr. Hankey, Mr. Barkly, M.P., Mr. Colvile, and Mr. 11• Gregor, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yt sterday, at his official residence in Down ing street. Mr. Kingscote had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. Williams, M.P., had an interview with the Right Ron. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Beard of Trade. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office to the Governor-General of the Cinadas, and also r the Governors of the other North American provinces: Colonel Anson had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. The L',rds present were the Master of the Bolls, Lord Brougham, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Wigram, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Charles Buller, were heard on an appeal from the Court of Sudder Dewanny Adawlat, at Bengal,' Mummi Ram Awasty v. Sheo Chunn Awasty. The Master of the Boni gave judgment on the part of their Lordships dis missing the appeal. An appeal Irma Bengal " Rewun Persad v. Massumat Radha Berby," was opened by Mr. Charles Buller. The cacti was adjourned. Sir James and Lady Ann Mackenzie left Farrance's Hotel yesterday for Milton Peterborough. MR. DEMPSTER, THE VOCALIST.—This gentleman has just arrived in London from the United States, and intends shortly to give a series of original Scotch ballad concerts at the Princess's Concert Room. Mr. Dempster has had the honour of the patronage of the President of the United States and his Cabinet, and he will receive at his forthcoming concerts the patronage of the American Minister to the Court of St. James. An attempt to blow up the house of Mr. Brit wistle, a builder, at Bury, was made on Sunday last. It appears that some evil-disposed person pulled up a flag stone in front of the house, and lowered into the front cellar a considerable quantity of gunpowder. Mr. Brit wistle heard a noise, and thinking that some one was trying to get into his house, he looked out of window, when he saw four men in a stooping position; he called to know what they were doing, but they made no answk r and skulked away. Before he had time to dress himself, a loud explosion took place, carrying away the front and back Windows, driving out several of the floors, destroy ing furniture, glasses, and pictures, and very nearly causing the destruction of fifteen persons, at that time on the premises. The house is cracked and shaken from top to bottom. it appears that some months ago, Mr. Britwistle had a bulk of timber, which his sawyers re fused to cut up. Re sent it to Liverpool to be sawn by steam power, and for this simple offence (if offence it may be called), Lis sawyers turned out, causing all his workmen to turn out with them, and the place has been " picketted" ever since, Mr. Britwistle not being able to get a single hand to do his work. A reward of 1001. has been offered for the discovery of the person who caused the explosion. THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 3. The Oriental Company's steam-ship Erin, Captain Brooks, left the docks at three P.M. this day, en route for Con stantinople, Trebisond, &c. She will take out the East India mails to Malta, thence they will be ro-shipped on board the Ariel, for Alexandria. The Erin has a very full cargo of bale goods; and above fifty passengers. The West India iaails by the Tay may be expected to-mor row. The Gibraltar and Peninsular mails by the Madrid, Captain Bingham, will be due at this port on Saturday morning. ROYAL ENGINEERS.—WOOLWICH, DEc. 3.—We regret to have to announce the death of Captain John Hodges Pipon. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—Forty-two fine young men arrived at Woolwich yesterday, from Lisburn, in Ireland, as recruits for the Royal Artillery. Thirty-two more were at Lisburn at the time they left. Lieutenant. Jas. Clarke, who presides at that station, has sent to head quarters upwards of 500 recruits during the present year. Amongst the recruits that have arrived are many who have been in very respectable circumstances; in fact, the general standard of recruits, in a moral point of view, is far higher than it has been for years past. REDUCTION OF TEA D UTIES.—On Wednesday the inhabitants of Leeds, in public meeting assembled, E. Baines, Esq., in the chair, resolved unanimously to memorialise the Queen for the immediate reduction of the tea duties, and a deputation was appointed to present the memorial. A resolution was also passed to solicit the Members for the county and the borough for their zealous co-operation. MODEL LODGING-HOUSES FOR FEMALES.—One of these, in Newton -street, Holborn, has been opened for the reception of females. The inmates are principally servants out of place, persons who obtain a livelihood by needlework, artificial flower-making, clear starchers, and workers in fancy paper, &c. The accommodation is far superior to what might be expected, and the greatest order prevails throughout the establishment. Each lodger is provided with a separate bed. On the basement there is a kitchen, with every requisite for cooking, a good fire, and two boilers, with water boiling every mornit b p , by seven o'clock. Round th e kit c h en are stead cupboards, with different locks ; one of these is appropriated to the use of each lodger. 0.1 the ground floor is a work room, for persons at needlework; there is a also a washin g room , w i t h every conven i ence. The charg e is eighteenpence a week. As this system has been found to woik well, the promoters intend to con struct similar establishments in all neighbourhoods where the indu s t r i ous portion of the poor reside. of .ai s, onr,igrn , S ,r up . d a a n y last, M r . All en D avenport,author al and the Progress of Socity." He had been much afflicted for me time, but he bore his severe illness with remarkable patience and resignation. By trade he was a shoemaker, .but being of delicate health, he found much pleasure pursuit and the diffusion of the liberal prinClirpeleisahthe .aimple in sincerely adopted. Ile was much he had early in lif e manners as a child, and of a most amiable 4 His remains are to be removed from the Hall o ts f City road, on Sunday ne x t, f or i nterment in Sc ience,eli ensa, green Cemetery. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1846. 13, Great Marlborough-street. N OTICE. -THE NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCHES ARE NOW COMPLETED, By the Publication of the Seventh Volume. sidious endeavours. She has persuaded Austria boldly to consummate, in one flagrant catastrophe, the envy and indignation of years; she has adroitly im plicated Prussia in an act by which the ruggedness of the road to Constantinople is smoothed. Austria undoubtedly possessed all the will to incorporate Cracow with her dominions, but Russia has shown her the way and given her the courage. As in all the former annexations of Sarmatian territory, so it is in the last infamous violation of the rights of in dependence—the miseries of Poland are all traceable to the council-chambers of St. Petersburgh, the sub jugation of Sarmatia is mainly attributable to the lawlessness of Russian ambition. Subscribers are therefore requested to complete their sets without delay. _ Ni.'B Any of the Volumes may, for the present, be had sepa rately, _ _ Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in Bvo., with Portrait, MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF 1.7 1 R CHRISTOPHER HATTON, K.G., Vi c e- Chamberlain and* Lord Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth. In cluding his Secret Letters to the Queen, and the Correspondence of the most distinguished Statesmen and other eminent persons of the period, now Scat published from Original MSS. in the State Paper Office and British Museum, and his own " Letter Book." By Sir N. HARRIS NICOLAS, G.C.M.G. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her ➢lajesty. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. Circumstances, however, have followed the seizure of Cracow which are indicative of a new spirit, not only among remote kingdoms, but even among the subjects of the offending Power. Lord CASTLEREAGH in 1815 stipulated for the respect which was owing to the last remnant of Poland as forcibly as Lord ABER-• DEEN could have (lone in 1845, or as Lord PALMER STON has done in 1846. But neither in the first dis memberment of that kingdom, nor in the forcible seizure of •the Duchy of Warsaw, did anything occur so indicative of the peril of such proceedings as the recent resignation of Count KOLOWRAT. By resign ing his Ministerial office, and seeking immediate re pose among the mountains of Switzerland, he is sig nificantly protesting against the violation of treaties and the piecemeal destruction of an unoffending nation. It is preposterous to assert that Austria is op posed to absolutism, or to the propagation of ultramontane principles. Those are a por tion of her very vitality. The locofocos have no such upholders among the citizens of the United States as the absolutists and ultramontanists have in the Cabinet of the Kaiser. It is, therefore, peculiarly remarkable when a Minister can oppose, in a manner so decisive, the wishes and views of that tyrannical Government, as Count KOLOWRAT has just done, by his resignation immediately after the annexation of Cracow. Beyond this, the various states of Germany are roused to indigna tion by the very reflection of the incertitude of their own existence henceforth. It is manifest to them that if the sixth and ninth articles of the Treaty of Vienna are thus violated those other articles may be as easily set at nought by which their independent existence was guaranteed. A stern and obdurate hatred is therefore roused throughout those Govern• ments—a hatred none the less stern or the less obdurate because it is based upon selfishness. MESSRS. LAM()NIS and - RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., ake place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectßilly - equested to be addressed. Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous N their being offered; and advices of results will be :orwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Name liately disposed of according to instructions. 021ces. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. , THIS EVENING Will be performed Lavenu's new Opera, entitled LORETTA ; A Tale of Seville. Don Carlos, Mr. Rafter; Ferdinand, Mr. King ; Philipp°, Mr. Borrani ; Provost Marshal, Mr. Howell ; Don Juanito, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta, Madame Anna Bishop ; Florinda, Miss Poole ; Gaetano., Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Academie Royale' Paris, under the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie Fuoce, Louise, Benart, Madame Giubilei ; MM. Huguet, Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Priorson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING _ Will be performed an original&nied;, -- entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Holl ; Mr. Brandon, Ii r. Howe ; Mr. Hardman, Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster ; Tom Tilley, Mr. Buekstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs . Glover ; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; lary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julla Bennett: After which an original Operatic Drama, called THE YOUNG PRETENDER. Captain O'Neal, Mr. Hudson ; Captain Cocker. Mr. Buckstone ; Chevalier Charles Edward Stuart, Mr. Braid ; Davy, Mr. Coe ; Mrs. Craggie, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Armadale, Miss Horton. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Pre aux Clercs," " Clementinen " (Mazourka); " Camellion " (Galop) ; the " Esterhazy" (Walzer) ; and a New Overture. To conclude with a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Holl ; Sir Arthur Love!, Mr. Ilowe ; Scorenp, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction o Mr. T. Archer, Box Book•kecper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled TIIE PHANTOM DANCERS or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which the original Domestic Drama, called THE WRECK AgIIORE ; or, The Bridegroom of the Sea. Marmaduke Magog, Mr. Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates. By the recent crime of the Northern Powers Poland has gained a multitude of sympathisers. Will their sympathy, however, be profitable or unprofitable ? Will Cracow be abandoned to the possession of Austria, amidst the pusillanimous lamentations of the rest of Europe ? Are treaties to be eternally violated with impunity ; are protests to be answered by impertinent sophisms ? The criminality of the French Government, in break ing the Treaty of Utrecht, is essentially different from the criminality of Austria in breaking that of Vienna. The former is a violation of faith, the evil consequence of which is, at the most, a mere contingency ; the miseries resulting from the latter are immediate—they are already experienced by the helpless Sarma tians. The elevation of an Orleans Prince to the Iberian throne is dependent upon the possible sterility of ISABELLA 11. ; the freedom of Cracow is de pendent upon nothing—it is already wrested from its population. Let it be remembered that this is no time for cavilling over remote causes of hostility and supposititious grievances. In the occupation of Cracow are implicated the interests of liberty and ci vilisation. To concliide wiih a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS. CAMP'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 three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss (teergiana Smithson, Min Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Houser, Peren, &c. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled TIIE TWO RAINBOWS. In the course of the Evening the Band will perform " The Perlen Waltzes." To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SIZE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr.: Wynn ; Young Marlow, Mr Vining; Ilardcastle, Mr. Granby; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Compton . Hastings, Mr. Roxby ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs Stirling; Miss Neville, Mrs . Hughes ; Mrs. Hardeastie, Mrs. Fosbroke FRENCH PLAYS.— ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed Regnard's celebrated Comedy of LE LEGA TAIRE LTNIVERSEL. In which Mdlle. Erohan will perform. After which, the Comedy of L'IIOMME DE 60 ANS ; ou, La Pet'te Entetea. Saint Julien, M. Perlet. To conclude with LE COMEDIEN D'ETA MPES. Dorival, M. Perlet (who will sustain four different characters) ; Madeleine, Mdlle. Amalie /Chin. Boxes, 65.; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, U. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. . Lessee. Mrs. Frances Davidge. • • THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. Duke of Glo'ster, Mr. J. It. Scott, who will be supported by the principal talent of the Company. To conclude with the favourite Nautical Drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Messrs. Heslop, Webb, Johnson, Lewis, Phelps, Pelham, Neville, Saville; Miss Terrey, Mrs. Daly, kc., will support the principal characters. The corn-laws, being virtually abolished, with what rapid succession is the public mind addressing itself to the extinction of other large monopolies. The breath was scarcely knocked out of the body of the agricultural leviathan, before the disciples of free trade turned round, and, with one blow, prostrated another powerful enemy that preyed upon the vitals of commerce. The pernicious fiscal distinctions be tween the produce of free and slave-grown sugar were instantaneously swept away. The monopolies of tea and salt are now being attacked with the like vigour, especially the former. Neither is it to be wondered at that these several onsets are being thus promptly made against such formidable restrictions on commerce, !'hey all rest upon the same foundation. The argu ment runs upon all fours with every one of them. It . the free-trade propositions in favour of extinguish. ing the duties upon corn were sound, they must be equally so when applied, for the same purpose, in regard to sugar, tea, salt, and other articles of general consumption. But the data of political economy tell with more than equal force in relation to the com modities just enumerated than they do in connexion with foreign grain. The people must have bread, which is the indispensable staff of life ; hence, the main argument of the landed monopolists consisted in the inadvisability of allowing this country to become dependent upon foreigners for their daily food. This oft reiterated fallacy has been completely exploded. Of this the corn-law of last session is the best practical proof. Articles of the first necessity, as sugar, salt, and tea unquestionably are at present with the people, still they are not so, to the same degree, as corn. If the principles of unlettered commerce can be safely resorted to in respect to the latter, a fortiori, can they be successfully applied in regard to the former? It was this consideration that wisely determined the League to confine their exertions to the abrogation of the corn-laws, because they knew that, after their down fal, all other mono polies would speedily vanish. It was their thorough conviction of this that decided the League upon grounding their arms the moment they had achieved their signal victory. What remained to be done ? they knew well enough the nation would manage for itself, without the help of any gigantic organization. A sharp lesson had been read to all public men, who, it was justly conceived, would not be prone to repeat their former errors. The moral force which the League brought to bear upon all their proceedings, could not fail of its effect with suc ceeding Ministers whenever the country should display an anxiety to urge upon the Government any concession of similar import to that of the corn- laws. This effect was indicated when Sir R. PEEL, in retiring from office, declared in Parliament that he was ready, in any future public capacity, to progress with the principles of commercial relaxation. Another important meeting, for memorialising the Government for an immediate reduction of the duty on tea, was held at Leeds, on Wednesday last. The question was very ably treated, and appropriate reso lutions in furtherance of the object of the meeting were unanimously passed. The whole question turns upon whether a reasonable case can be made out to the Chancellor of the Exchequer that, by sanctioning the desired reduction, the revenue will not suffer so as ASTLEY'V. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and itoyal Family. Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to acquaint 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 TILE DEMON DOUSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Itit. Now and entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the grand Military Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF IVATERIMO. Napoleon, Mr. Gomersal. i lox -office ope❑ troin eleven till rive o'clock.—Doors open at six an r c 4nrnence f:t half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. LUE WEATHER—Sum OFFICE, DECEMBER 4. T 'VRMOMETER, Lowest, 26; Highest. 36 ; Noon. 36. BAROMETER, 29.85.—W1ND %V., fine sunshiny weather. Intr.° W ATEI, AT LON 'l'lll6 DAY. Ilorning .. 28 minutes after 2 Evening .. 40 minutes after 2. to endanger the national credit. From the statistics already furnished, there seems to be no doubt that this assurance can be conveyed to the authorities of the Treasury, and more, that the public finances will be much improved by the proposed alteration. This beneficial result will be attained with the greater cer tainty, provided the diminution of duty be made a considerable one in the outset, viz. from 2s. 21d. to Is. per lb. If it be said that the consumption of teas, and particularly the black, within the last ten years, has not corresponded with the cheapness of their prices, compared with what they obtained before 1834, it must be remembered that the average tax upon tea is still two hundred per cent., and, also, that the humbler classes have not been in the condition in which, it is hoped, they will shortly be, by reason of our improved tariff, to com mand the means of purchasing tea. Wherever tea has been admitted on more favourable terms than we enjoy, the consumption has been considerably aug mented. In Jersey, Canada, and Newfoundland the consumption averages 4ilbs. per head per annum, in Australia, 711b5., whilst in England it is not more than 1 ilb. The cheaper we render tea the more we shall consume, and the further we increase its Importation the quicker will the deficiency in the revenue be covered. The returns of our national income, since the bold reductions effected in the tariff by Sir R. PEEL, short as the interval has been, have been most encouraging, and warrant our persevering in the same course. But it is not merely the direct advantages to the Exchequer accruing from these seasonable reductions of taxes, the indirect are, likewise of infinite value. China contains 350,000,000 of inhabitants. They admit our commodities at the low duty of 5 per cent. on the estimated value. Our trade with them has been materially falling off, and this year it has diminished, it is said, to nearly one third. IVe have only to liberalise our tariff in respect to their chief article of export, to revive and extend our intercourse with this important race of people. By an enlarged consumption of tea we should secure a great stimulus to our manufactures, and, conse quently, in a variety of ways, increased demand fur the exertions of our labouring classes. The time cannot be distant when the tax on tea will be as hap pily revised by Parliament -as have been those on corn and sugar. It has been stated in a respectable Irish newspaper, the Freeman's Journal, that within the last few months, in fact, since the real extent of the calamity by which Ireland has been visited has become fully . known, that no less than 1,200 notices have been lodged in the proper office in the Four Courts, in order to foreclose mortgages on Irish estates. We suppose that our Contemporary means that 1,200 bills of foreclosure have been filed for the purpose of com pelling payment of the money lent on the security of the several estates. Such proceedings, if instituted, must entail a fearful amount of suffering on a vast number of families who have hitherto lived in com parative comfort and affluence, and who will be little enabled to brave the ills of poverty and destitution. The cost of each of these bills may be averaged at 1,0001. sterling at the lowest computation ; in several caes, ere h many different incumbrances, or s pers w on h sha t vi e o r g e are chargesaffecting the land, all of whom must be brought before the Court, and who will be entitled to have their costs out of the produce of the estate, it may be taken at five or even ten times that amount before the mortgaged premises can be transferred to a purchaser, and the fund in Court distributed amongst the several parties who have established their title to payment thereout. By this means, therefore, no less a sum than twelve hundred thousand pounds sterling will be abstracted from the exigencies of the country, and wasted in useless and unprofitable litigation. This, however, will be by no means the extent of the evil. The first step that will be taken in the vast majority of cases, immediately on getting in the answer of the principal defendant ad mitting the validity of the mortgage, and that a certain amount of interest is due on foot thereof, will be to obtain a receiver over the lands. As this receiver cannot be called on to account for fifteen months after his appointment, and subsequently thereto only once in every year ; and also, as when he has so accounted the balance in his hands must be paid into the Bank of Ireland to the credit of the cause, from whence it will take a considerable time before it can be released and distributed amongst the parties entitled, a great portion of the income derivable from land will be locked up, and remain idle and unproductive, at a time when all the resources of the country should be brought into active operation. Again, it is only in the cases of minors and lunatics, who are the wards of the Court, and for whom the Court is entitled to act in such manner as in its discretion it may conceive to be most advantageous for their real interests, that reduc tion of rent can be made, that improvements can be effected, that labour can be employed, or subscriptions given in aid of the destitute poor belonging to the property, save with the consent of the inheritor of the estate—a consent which there will scarcely be a possibility of obtaining. The whole amount (in case of such consent) would fall upon the scanty portion which would remain for the nominal owner after pay ment of the full amount of charges and costs. Ile would have no interest in the future prosperity of the property, or the improvement of its soil ; he could not be expected to contribute to the public charities when, in a brief period, himself and family might themselves become objects of charity, and he will, therefore, refuse his assent to any reduction being made in the rent, as well for that reason as because he will hope that a higher amount of purchase-money may be obtained in proportion to the magnitude (..f the nominal rent-roll. The late Lord Chancellor (Sir EDWARD SUGDEN) wrote several letters to Lord DEVON and his associate Commissioners, when conducting their inquiries into the laws relating to the occupation of land in Ireland, pointing out the great evil of such a state of things, and urging that the Lord Chancellor for the time being should be permitted to deal with all lands brought in any manner under the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery as fully as if they belonged to wards of the Court. Such an enactment, which would appear to be just and reasonable, and which, in the hands of a person of such sound judgment, enlightened liberality, and enlarged and compre hensive views as the Learned Judge who now holds the Great Seal of Ireland, could not fail to be in the highest degree beneficial to the country, and would go far to remove the national injury which must result Many month s mus t elapses,frm o the present ho we‘, e s r, b e fore proceedings. suchameasure can obtain th e legislative sanction, and during that period a fearful amount of mischief may be inflicted which cannot possibly be repaired. Ibe worth inquiri ng i nto the causes that havet may led to such effects —to inquire how far the mort gagees and incumbrancers are justified in taking such a course, and what foundation there is fur the panic that has evidently set in, and which has induced pro ceedings injurious to the persons taking them, and fatal to the proprietors of the properties in question ? We hope to be enabled to show that there is no just grounds for such a panic —that estates in Ireland are still as sufficient securities as ever for the sums charged upon them—and that whatever may be the consequences of the failure of the potato crop, and the distress resulting therefrom throughout the country, whatever burdens may be imposed upon the lands for the relief of that distress, and the employment of the labouring population of the coun try ; and, however severely it may press upon the proprietors of the soil, the mortgagees and incum brancers cannot be affected thereby more than the recipients of equal incomes arising from any other description of property or security. If this can be satisfactorily established, we trust that it will calm the apprehensions of one class, and remove the real grievances that will be occasioned to the other class by those groundless fears. Our space this day for bids us from entering on this proof, but we shall re turn to the subject without any delay. Madrid journals of the 26th ult. have been received. It is rumoured in Madrid that serious differences have taken place between the QUEEN and her mother, and that CHRISTINA will most probably retire into France. It is said that a reconciliation will take place shortly between Queen ISABELLA and the Pro gressista party. The Progressistas have nominated as their candi dates for Madrid, ESPARTERO, MENDIZABAL, and OLOZAGA. The Funds opened on the Paris Bourse on Wed nesday with much firmness. The interviews of the Count DE DIONTEMOLIN with Lord PALMERSTON, having occasioned observation, and large sales of stock and shares having been made, a very consider able reaction took place. The Three per Cents. fell 30c from the highest point. Northern shares, which had reached 640, fell to 632. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednes day at 811. 80c.; the Five per Cents., 1171. 65c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,230 f. ; Rouen, 865 f. 1 Havre, 633 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 632 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 867 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 575 f. ' • Bordeaux, 5471. 50c.; Boulogne, 432 f. 50c. ; Balse , 218 f. 75c. ; Dieppe, 352 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 478 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 487 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 500 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 475 f. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54 1; Spanish Three per Cents., 37; ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 33. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBP:Ii 3. Boulogne and Amiens, 13N—Dutch Rhenish, SIA —Namur and Liege, 3X —Northern of France Constituted, 10N_ Orleans and Vierzon, 12% —Orleans and Bordeaux, VA__. Paris and Lyons Constituted. s—Paris and Strasbourg C on _ stituted, 4y s —Sambre and Meuse, 4%. It seems that the accounts of the desertions of the troops of FLORES are very much exaggerated. General FLORES has arrived at Santander at the head of a very considerable force. As might have been expected, the Afrancesado Ministers have dismissed the Judge who dared to give a decision against Count BREssoN in his affair with the Tiempo. The Herald° states that a serious increase of price in provisions generally has taken place in the capital, h n ao s s d rh o i rff , who arrived with the Duchess of INDSOR THURSDatAYroe;toErNelNtoGzyT;haerned elloanynet arrivals O cr b o ll t y i:pi o r i n op T .E u . day afternoon, leaves stateand mefantyhiontichsertetotwhnreseincaSuspeasilthlet increase e te e s f t t hi e s W population, the deficiency of the harvest in many Frogmore to-morrow. The Duchess of Kent has not points, and the defective mode of taxation. e new Governor ess has a small dinner art • this felt on the Stock Exchange of Madrid. The Three 'per ) even ing. Th MADRID BoLse, Nov. 26.—A scarcity of money wf,,s left the grounds of Frogmore to-day. Her Royal High- Cents. closed on the 26th at 34i offered ; there was Cape of Goo d H beenA n u T g Kent, i tl l ns E t f ou r Cos f r es h s E a C ' subsequently a decline of 1-16 tn. Four per Cf ants., t heforfombouthamptonin theopoer,ieSnitrallia.nPd optetinnignesru,laar'siltleasmai.l 9 of ; Five per Cents., 21- ; Coupons non-Co asoii- for the seat of h is. government to-morrow afternoon, dated, 19i. ship Haddington. LEITH...—. EXTENSIVE IMPORTATIONS. ---.. Foreign produce continues to flow into our port ; timber, tallow, and grain in great abundance, During the last four days upwards of 10,000 quarters of grain have been entered for landing. A vessel from Dantzic has, among other mrnmodities no fewer than 1 , 7 00 k egs of black beer. IThe advanced period of the season shuts out the hope of many more cargoes arriving from ports influenced by the frost. As we formerly stated, however, no year has been marked by such an infl ux o f f ore i gn stores as the present. B onded vaults, warehouses, an d t i m b er-yards, are full to I overflow.—Scotsman. LAYING THE FOUNDATION -STON E OF A NENV CHURCH IN MANCHESTER.—On Wednesday morning the f oundation-stone of a fifth church, to be erected in the Manchester. Ten Churches' Association, was laid by the Venerable the Archdeacon. The site of the new church is in the midst of a large and poor population, in Butler street, Bradford-road. The church is to be a large one, and is to be called St. Philip's. We have received the Paris papers of Wed nesday. The Moniteur publishes three royal order Linances, in virtue of the law of 1836, which permits . the im portation of foreign products for manufaci cure and re-exportation; allowing colza seed to be ,Imported duty free in French bottoms, for conversion into oil, and exportation in that state within a delay of six months ; madder root to be received duty free, for grinding and exportation, on the same conditions ; and tartar in its rough state, to be received in a itimilar way, and under the same conditions, for cons vnion into cream of tartar or tartaric acid. The Constilutionnel has an article, which I n B . y be considered as a reply to the articles of the TAi n i s . terial press on the subject of England, an expres4ion of the desire of the party o r which 111. Tiumice is the Lord. John Russell is expected to arrive in town this aftern.oon from Arundel Castle, where the Noble Lord has ',men staying with the distinguished circle invited to me at her Majesty. head to renew the English alliance. The following is the article to which we refer : " We have not for several days entered into the dis cussion on the new position in which France is placed. Her situation indeed is a very lamentable one. It pre sents to our contempla•ion none but disastrous conse quences. To add to the too real evil, it remains for the press only to make bitter reflections, and for these we have little taste. We shall find time to pass judgment upon what has been accomplished. We have, besides, considered that before entering upon a too easy polemic, a duty was imposed upon us, and that duty we have ful filled. When at the moment of the annexation of Cracow, made in odious abuse of power, and threatening the independence of Europe, we found that England and France was divided, we performed our part of good citizens by recalling to the two countries the high and permanent reasons they had for renewing their concord. We persist in thinking that, in the present state of the world, an accordance between France and England is the most powerful guarantee for peace and liberty. We believe that in England, as in France, the great majority of the men who turn their minds to poli tics are, in the bottern of their hearts, of our opinion on this point. We judge so even by the manifesta tions of the English press, although in its vivacity and vehemence it does not always, as it seems to us, represent exactly the opinion of the country. It is against our Government that exclaim all the most resolute adversaries of all common protest and of all immediate re-establishment of the good under standing, but all at the same time express an appa rently honest and sincere sympathy towards the French nation. There are in the general policy of Europe but two great questions only to which all others are subordinate—the progress of moderate liberty, and the uncertain existence of the Ottoman Empire. Which will gain the day—absolutism or liberal rule ? TO which shall belong the empire of Constantinople if it should fall ? All the affairs of Europe are resolved into these two problems, as debated between ideas and am bitions. Will Switzerland, will Italy enfranchise them selves ? Will Prussia at last keep the promise which she has so long ago gave, and enter gradually within the pale of constitutional governments ? Who will be master of the mouths of the Danube and the Straits of the Dardanelles ? These are the essential points to be settled—sooner or later—between the nations of Europe; and in all these points the interests of France and Eng land are confounded. All England comprehends this," That a revival, or rather a continuation, of the al liance between the two nations (for as far as the na tions are concerned the alliance has never been inter rupted), is ardently desired by the great majority of both is not to to be doubted ; but most assuredly it is not to be desired that such an entente cordiale as that with the phantom of which M. GUIZOT bamboozled poor Lord ABERDEEN should be again renewed. Over and over again we have had loud assurances from Lord ABERDEEN that France, in attacking Mo rocco, in extending her conquests in Algiers, in inter fering in Spain, sought not the exclusive aggrandise. ment of her own interests; over and over again has Lord ABERDEEN expressed his faith in the disinterestedness of the love of peace pro fessed by Louis PnimprE and his Minister and in the honour and t rus t wor thi ness o f b ot h M. GUIZOT and his master; and Lord ABERDFEN be lieved the professions of M. GUIZOT and Louis Pm- LIPPE ; and on the authority of Lord ABERDEEN, the people of England believed them too, mid stigmatised those who ventured to hint a doubt as to the sincerity of the man of Ghent as "firebrands"—" stirrers up of strife"—" the war party ;" yet these " firebrands" were right; Louis PHILIPPE and M. GUIZOT were during the whole of this time deceiving Lord ABER DEEN by a wholesale system of "enormous lying " unparalleled in the history of diplomatic mendacity. They now avow that during the whole period of the en tente cordiale they neverallowed their own free right of action to be restrained by this alliance; that during the whole time M. GUIZOT has been in power he has been working to obtain for France an ascendancy in the Mediterranean, to the exclusion, if possible, of England, and that the Spanish marriage is the crowning act of this great system. Such are the statements made by the Journal des Debats, in reply to the accusations of the Opposition papers, that he has sacrificed the English alliance to an interest merely personal and dynastic. The Siecle has the following, which may be con sidered as the programme of the accusations which M. GUIZOT will have to answer when he meets the Chambers : " Let us," says that paper, " enumerate M. Guizot's diplomatic conquests ; let us see how we stand with Europe, beginning with our allies. A few days since it was said, • Spain is for us,' but for whom will she be to morrow? On all sides we have rumours of a civil war. The British Government must revenge itself, and pro bably it will as soon prefer taking its revenge in Spain as anywhere else. How do we stand with England her self? So far from being willing to protest jointly with us against the incorporation of Cracow with the Austrian monarchy, the Whig Cabinet has accused us of having secretly acquiesced in the measure. The Journal des Debats admits that the accusation has been made against us, and the l'resse does not hesitate to say that Lord Pal merston is the author 6f the charge. His Lordship finds it quite natural, that having been iniquitous ourseives in Spain, we should elsewhere be the accomplices of the iniquity of others.' To this point has come the entente cordiale which M. Guizot congratulated himself on hav• ing restored at the price of such painful sacrifices. The ends he sought for in Switzerland are well known ; and assuredly it is no fault of his if that country is not now wholly in the hands of the Jesuits and Austria. In Germany, the last act of the Northern Powers shows us clearly what sense was to be attached to M. Guizot's return into the European concert. He has now HO other option than that of choosing to be reproached with being their dupe or with being their accomplice. This is a sad alternative but he must submit to it. We need not say that he has lest all influence in Italy, where (as in Switzerland) he has been wholly devoted to Austria, who has not left him long without proof of her gratitude. At home a partial scarcity of grain, which might have been foreseen, pro duces disturbances ' that might have been prevented. Our expenses increase without end, without reason, and without bounds ; our resources are mortgaged for the next ten years ; the Legitimatist party again rears its head ; the Radical party say s t o th e u l tra -d emocrats, The day is near at hand, be up and stirring!' rhus the Minister of the reign, it is evident, has not given the he to his appellation of Conservative." The Journal des Debats has a long article in favour of free trade. It says— " Liberty of commerce must take its place by the side of the other liberties, from which the men of the power ful and glorious generation, to which we owe everything, never separated, and, like all public liberties, it will be imperishable. For our parts we shall always support it heartily, because it is for the Journal des Debuts a pro found conviction, already a thousand times expressed— in a word, one of the most precious traditions be queathed to us by the two eminent men who founded this journal half a century ago. But we shall never for get that this cause requires to be served with the mo deration always necessary in the affairs of great states, and with that spirit of conciliation which we always endeavour to adhere to." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was again very firm. Sales, 12,000 bales, of which 8,000 were to the trade, the rest being on speculation. American. 54d. to 7d.; Maranhain, 644. to 6id.; Egyptian, 71d. t') Ba.; and Surat, 4d. to 41d. per pound.—The Share market has been quiet, hut in most cases was steady. It is not an unimportant fact to notice that the ac counts from the country grain markets are almost unanimous in stating, the supplies were coming in most abundantly. Hence the probabilities that present prices cannot be maintained. In a " ship" that has been sent to us, we find the following remarks upon this subject ; it is from the pen of a competent authority, and worth quoting in all the journals of the country, particularly those published in the manufacturing districts, so that the " famine cry" set up a short time since by interested parties may be dis sipated. It is correctly remarked thus Our readers will see that the view we have, for some time past, taken of the state and prospects of the Corn Market is in course of being fully confirmed. Prices are decidedly, although slowly, declining, and a more considerable fall would ere this nave taken place, had it not been partially counteracted by interested parties keeping back supplies, and encouraging th e i r country fr i en d s to hold on for still higher prices than those now current. Meanwhile we are receiving continued and large supplies of all kinds of foreign grain, maize, and flour ; and as duty is paid immediately on impor tation, it is to be presumed that the whole is going into consumption, in preference to home-grown corn. Supposing then, that the last crop was deficient to the extent of one month's consump tion, we may consider that the quantity already received and delivered, has more than made up for that deficiency, and that the quantities shipped, and on the way to this country, added to those which are in course of shipment, will not only secure us against high rates, but reduce prices to a moderate rate during the whole of the next year." There have not been any late colonial arrivals an nounced this morning. The Funds are scarcely so firm as they left off yester day afternoon. Consols for the Account, have just been sold rather largely at 954, and at 95k for trans fer, It is probable that money is rather more tight, but then we find that Exchequer-bills have realised from 7s. to los. premium. The Reduced Three per Cents. have receded from 94k to 93i ; and the Three-and-a quarter per Cents. from 96 to 95g. India Bonds are flat ea 17s. premium. The market for the Foreign funds is very tranquil to day. The only fresh prices given are for Granada bonds, l 9 f, for Mexican Five per Cents. 22k f, for Portuguese Four per Cents. 391, for Spanish 264, and for the Three per Cents. 371 A steady demand for Shares exists. The corrected prices given this morning are annexed. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .206% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 91% 93% 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 9 5 1,4 % 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 ..... New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9 15-16 India Bonds 1,0001 ........ Ditto under 1.0001 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities 93% Consols for Account exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,4 d. 1,000/. 500/. Ditto Small IaCE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Granada, 1 per Cent. .. 19% Ditto Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 22% Portuguese 4 per Cents Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto for the Account 26% Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account .. . 37%% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2%..... to Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 1% — to Belfast and County Down .. Birmingham and Dudley ..... 425..... 64% pto Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......129 Do. New (iss. at 7 1 /, dis.).. 17% 31% to Birmingnam Ile Oxford June-. 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2% — ..... to Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 225. Bristol and Exeter Do~ New Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and Liverpool June... 2 1 / 2 Buckinghamshire B4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Cambrian and Grand Junct 425. Chester and Holyhead... 272..... 25 Churnet and Blythe.. ...... .. 2 - Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford Clydesdale Junction Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. Cork and Killarney 2%..... Cork and Waterford Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Cornwall and Central Devon 2% to Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction...—. 2% — to Direct Northern I;irect Norwich ... 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12 1 / 2 Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2 1 h — Dublin and Galway ...... 4 ...... Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 ...... Eastern Counties l4l. 16s 23%.... . to Do. New l2l. 165.... 7% p ex d. to Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No I, 6/. 13s. 4d... %:-% pto Do., do N0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension 2 ...... 3 5 / 0 1 .. to East Derehain and Norwich 1 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. Extension to Harwich 1%...... ..... Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% 2% to East Lancashire Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 5 Do. ( late Preston &Ormsk.) 5 ... East Lincolnshire l l /4 2% 2... to 2 1 / 4 East and West of England... 1% — to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 12%...... Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon .. .. 12% -... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% ...~ Exeter , Yeovil, & Dorchester 5% — ...... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. 1 / 4 Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% ..... .. Glouc., Aberystwith,and Con. of Wales Goole, Doncaster,Sheffid., &c. 425. Grand Union (Mott. & Lynn) IA — ..... to Great Eastern and Western... 2% — ...... to Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27% — to Great Munster Great North o iScotland 2% _,-- 7 ...... to to to •-• Gr D ea it t to N , o N rt e h w of England 100 g ......2_34 Ditto, New ........»..... 15 ... .. —.. ... to ..... Ditto, New OA ..... to Great Western B5 — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... 31 ...... to Do. New - Huddersfield and Manchester 13 ...... ...... to Ditto, Extension Hull and Selby 5O ...... .-to , Sharesualfrtsehraresto - 12% ...... ___ 25 •••••• 12— ...... to %...... to IpsDpwilittc7th Qzia& Bury St. Edmunds 1114 Do. do. and Norwich L an caster and Car1i51e....... 50 /s 8%4 to Do. New 5 ...... 10 Leeds and Bradford ............ 30 ..... _ Leeds and Carlisle ............ 2% — to Leicester and Birmingha m ... 225. Leizester and Bedford ......... 225. I..eeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 2214 Ditto, Branch (Blue) ...... 2 1 4 ...... •• ••• to Ditto, Extension (Green).. 214 — Leeds and Thirsk .............. 17 1 /, 16% ~1 1 ... to 16 Ditto, New ...... • •.. ..... . 5 „, "" ..•... to Liverpool, Manchester ,cer, and . - .Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2% 2M4.. to Liverpool and B ury 24 to London 13‘ Blackwall...l6/. 13 s . 4d Do. New........ Do. Extension ... ...... .....• 71 / 2 — Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. _ F ifths Do. Cr-- —o. Guaranteeds per Cent. 9 .. — London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... 9A', % to Ditto Preference ......,..181 17s 2d... London,Hounslow.&Westem 2 . .... London and North Western..loo ......193 Do. Quarter Shares Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Eighths a J. 12 1 / z Do. New Quarters ...G. J. 5 Do. 40/. Shares L. &M. 8 ...... London and S. Western.... 411.63 10d 63%x n to Do.NcwconsolidatedBths.. 40 Ditto New ....... 22q..... 27 1 / x n to Do. New lB Ditto Tenths 5 ...... 5 1 ,4%... to Ditto Tenths Ditto Guaranteed . 5 ...... 5% 3 A 1 ... to Ditto ditto London and York.— .... 2 14 — to Ditto Extension London and Windsor ...... ... 1% ...... - London, Salisbury, & Yeovil VA — to Londcnderry and Coleraine... 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen 15 - • 15 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds B2 .. ... Ditto half Shares - 38 ...... 49% ...... to Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Exteenths ..-....... 64 Do. Extension Manchester and Birmingham 40 — to Ditto Quarters (A) .. .. to Ditto Quarters (B) ...... ... 5 • Ditto Quarters (C) ...... .. 1 Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 425. HanchesWr,Birmingham, and MouldJunction Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland lOO .....130 Ditto Fifths Ditto, New Dit t o , New Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo .....106 Midland and Eastern Counties 2% — to Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 Newcastle and Berwick ...... 20 ...... 34%%% to North Shields ...... 25 ..... --- .t ° -- Newcastle and Carlisle ..•..•100 ..„.. ...... to Newcastle and Chesterford 5 - Newport aF(I Abergavenny. .2% - Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 ••• •' ...... to -- to -- New&rk, Sheffield, and Boston 1% — , Norfolk lOO ...... —....- t° -- Do. Half Shares .......... 9 ...... -- ...... to --- Ditto Extension ...... —* - • •*" t° 2 ~ -- ...... to --- Northern Counties Union -4 ----- , .... to -- North British - .. Ditto Half Shares . ....... Ditto Fifths Do. Quarters ll4 .......... 3- __ 114% .......... tf)tt ti :----- Ditto, Extension ... to -- Northern and Eastern 5O •• ••• -- Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) 45 ..... Ditto Quarter Shares to -- Ditto New - ............ t 0 0 0 ....-- 1 ...... - ::. :, ~. 8 % North Staffordshire 5 ...... BS - Y4 .... to North Wales 3% ....., ..... ...... to ...... North. & South. Connecting 2%. ...• .. Oxford; Worcester, and Wol- ...... to -- verhampton ... - - ... to - Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham I% ...... -- ...... to Portsmouth Direct - ........ to Preston and Wyre - .... to Ditto, Half Shares .. ......-- , 5. ..., to -- Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 31. 125.... u' .to ••• Richmond l5 ...... "'" ...... to -- Royston and Hitchen ... Scottish Central ........... - ...... to ...- Scottish Midland ... ......... Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot ... .. to --- teries, and Crewe ...... to --' Sheffield and Manchester - -- .100 ...... --- ...... to •"" .... Ditto 4. Shares 8 ......• to ..... Do. and LineolnshireJunct. PA ...- --- • ...... to Do. and Great Grimsby - ...... to •-• Do. do. do. Extension... 425. ...... -- 5 , / ...... to b Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 •••••• 7° „.. to "... Shropshire Union Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, to" .... „, and S. Staflordsh. Junction 2 1/4 .. ••• -- .„ to Sligo and Shannon - ....... tom South Devon 35 ...... •-••• ... to ••••• South Midland 425..••••• ..-- ..... 0 ...,, South and Midlands Junction 425. ..... -••• .... . to •-• South Staffordshire Junction 214 ...... --• .. to ••"' South Eastern and Dover Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 Ditto, New, No. 3 3% ..... Ditto New, No. 4. ...... 14 ........................ :144 ..... ...... : to .....: St. Alban's, Hatfield, and to .- .. ••• Hertford Junction - to ..- rn •••• Staines and Richmond 1 '•' ••• .• ,_•- Staffordshire and Shropshire 214 ...... -•"' l' South Wales . to'' Swans. and Loughor and Ca- .....• to - meron's Stm. Coal ... .. 2 ...... -- ••••".... Taw Vale Extension - ...... 0 ... Fring,Reading,& Basingstoke 5 1 4 ...... ii/ ...... to Vale of Neath to Wakefield, Pontefract, and --- ...... to -*** Goole ... ... ....• Warwickshire and London 4 2 s. ...... ---' ...„, te ..... Warwick and Worcester 42 8. •••••• ••••• •••••• tn t° ~... Waterford and Kilkenny ll • ..... __,,.- ..••""" Waterford and Limerick 2 2 1 / 4••• " to ".• Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, "" • and Dublin - to "" Wexford, Waterford, and ....• to - --- • Valentia .... ...- to Waveney Valley •• 2 ........... to , -- Welsh Midland 24 ...... S p , ... to ~... West Riding Union 42s. ...... .... t...... e •••• West Cornwall 2 ...... •*".• to ! West London, Old Shares --- " to Wexford and Carlow ..... , ....- • 01 Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 0.... 9./..... to Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 15 •••••• 73 .....• .... Worcester,Warwick, & Rugby 425. ...... -- ...... t° - lork and Carlisle na/ ... --"., .• to , A/4 ... 37•74 ... to - York and Newcastle... 25 ..• •• ,21.4 to. •••• Ditto, .New 5 " ••• WM' . to Ditto, Preference 2 .• •• • __ ...... to "' York and North Midland * Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Selby to WA Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding ...- . Extension ...,„,• to .. RAIL' °. " •*" FOREIGN RA. . ••• to Anglo-Belgian 4 •••••• •.to "" Barbadoes - .... to Belgian Eastern Junction 2 l /4 •••' .... ...... tO •••• Boulogne and Amiens ..... : Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 •"''• Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 ..... to '•• Bordeaux. Toulouse, & Cette 34 .... to ,••( Espelete's ) ~_. ...... to ~,, Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 ...... .-- .... to *" ' . Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s• ..... --' ..... to ".. Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 " •••• to Central of Spain .. 2 ..... 1: . ..,_ . . . r ... ~ Ceylon 2 5 4 ........ -- .. - - ......... t '3 O .. " • '• Demerara. Dendre Valley - '•''. to ..0 Direct Bombay and Madras ss. •••• ....„, ...... to .••• Dutch Rhenish 6 •••••' - ...... t ", "' East Indian . - ss• ........ ... ..„, - Fampoux and Hazebrouk 4 ...... „„, ...... 0 to •••• Great Indian Peninsular s s. ...." ....._ ...... " .0. •• to Great Western Bengal ss. ...... .... to Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian ...... 0 ~ Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 .... . . I'7B . t _ -- ••"' 0 ' Jersey Louvain it la Sambre .. :.. ',.. Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... --- *" t ° Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % - . ..... 0 , Madrid and Valentia - ...... to Mauritius 1 - o'' to Namur and Liege... .... Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 ios6" to '... North Jamaica 1 - •••••• 0 • / Orleans and Vierzon - to Orleans and Bordeaux .....6 ....• 7 1i'''' . 50 '' ,„ Over Yssel 413 s 4d.... .. •-- ...... r, ." Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 ...... 5 • •••• ''' ... Paris and Orleans... •• •0 / Paris and Rouen . Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 22 2 0 .............. ------- .:::: t3° / Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale 2 1 1 4 00 ............... .... .......- 25%: , : , : : . :, : I :s ' St. Laurence and Atlantic - ...... •,,....." so Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 •• •• •-• to .., Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, ...- •••••• to and Hasselt ..•••• t o -••• --- Trinidad ••• 2 4 ...... ---• • „, West Flanders Australasia JOINT STOCK BA I " , ;r ..... two 5 40 • ••• .... ...... tO British North American 5O ...... __ .••••• 0 Colonial Commercial of London ~. London Joint Stock lO •••'"..... •• ''• to "'• London and Westminster. National Provincial of Engld 35 ..... •-• '•• .. t° -... National of Ireland 22;•• ... --- ..... to Provincial of of Ireland - ..... to •*" 2 5 ...... - ...... Union of Australia Union of London •• 10 ...... • DUNES' 3/ 4 ..... OA lb) Real del Mont e , U nreg i s t ere d = O ifo 41.11 0 ,,1. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G . ." -- at il°° ° ' / LossoN, Dec. 4.-Wind, this day be° light breeze, and fine. ~, i node r ,lslesrk N s .p, , pit 1 , 11 , P DEAL, DEC. 3.-Wind N. to • rabid, S A dd , f;d, Arrd from the River and sailed, G T, o "' t . - r i e d :ll-- -- • sl• - , ctir. S. FALmoCTII, DEC. 3.-Wind •)' l .-r'' A Aler t ' ' J,.,1 6 0r Symonds, Valparaiso. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 3.-Wind Quebec. Sid. Hopewell, Sea N til E evit ie r rtr o rs : 'l. ; 3B°-°111•4 _ h 11.61 • 444' 7 -'4 ;l Wallace, Rio Janeiro ; Berager, X °3 sa vaDrinile . „,/ ie slAr' Broomhead, Virginia; Aregon, lier °° ". t job° % e P .° Hutton Savannah ; Sophia, Collins, ~* ~,., J0. 0 ,' 0 0., Of wick. ' Off, New William, Mexico ; lu c i tgiddi e soo• o oo' Agenoria, John Begg, Indefatigab le, a , i i gee' c oot , -A CLYDE, DEC. 2.-Wind N.E.--Arr • gA. Via ..„, " I' treal Anes, Gillies, Newfoundland. ° " ._„ Demerara; Hallvard, Putts, Grenada. , 400" ~,e, EXMOUTIL-Arrd. Prowler, Coytb , Ad - ,g, W Nelson, Le Bas, Patagonia.n Si° llllu'-' Of Arrd• An IN Till CHANNEL, DEC..... u.--* • far _I . bee le" for Montreal. „. Quo CIO OFF ILFRACOMBE, DEC. 3.--00 1110 a, ~ . ceste r. pile" 01 , w .. ._sid. et 00 0 0 SHIELDS, DEC. 3.-Wind ..74• • trO rl ier d3/ States. . long', 40' TORBAY, DEC. 3.-A boat 13 fee' .041 d hO• fallen 10 stern, Gerhardus Hendricus, was „ r i A the Start. „„sa. i i , fir 1 , as of ":,,d _ .. .." 1 1 , PADSToW, DEC. 2.-About 40 A-. a L., .- 0 rn,40. , been picked up marked I. M. P., C' a ° bo ttoo 2 4 Yr . , 01 PoRTSMOUTIL DEC. 2.-A schooneri:_ o fiei_f„,' ,- 0 0 60 , passed off St. Ives, 27th ult., by t a t l'• d s/ arrived here. f o abio nf o, . Sr. AGNES, Nov. 30.-Tbree pieces J. 1; $1 ;(1 w .ti C. and L. C. in a diamond, 36, R. B• t .,,dotefl , f ilit,l J. M. P. 33, have been picked up near A ' sudgek, here by the Brothers. went Poor n slh.AoLreßOnre,arDtEhce.s2k.e-e Rocks, off, and brought into this port. .• rn St. 0 1 °6 0 PI , Slum-vs.-The Rhine, Telford, , r 0 is 1 4 1 . j 4 l l izt t l et o b j , ', , , l : llo , oo4:4 B4 Brunswick, which arrived here yesterd!Ocootoc vni6 t/ lost part of she bulwarks, having bee° /11 d, Wil l s i o l Fr c e k s -E , with the Enigtin, of Bergen, for Irela:_ed. .4 most immediately foundered ; crew 5 ,... , v , 0 3 'O P ' Fenwick, from Grangemouth to Shiela' .) ult., at Holy Island; crew savec• , OPT --- - hi. ili, MARKET NEWS.--(A 1 10.„';t 1 ' ° --..----- F s "- o py CORN EXCHANG- 6.- ;toori tet of 4 4 The arrivals of English Wheat foree,y„, t he H o ,d oe present week have been very exten5iv....;dei11..1:10.1.'4...7 pies here to-day was not to say large. ~._° f r ee tf0`0 0 ,7,4!`; steady sale, at Monday's quotations. . - , ..': but ,C . 4:S e sinott .o t a good business was doing, at late r . ste . ' ha d A inie o itle, commanded very little attention. 11 _ 1 ' du ll, Sti o j i ff, ~ 10 41 Barley, owing to which the trade tradew wi ss o P ots er; 0 ' downward tendency. The Malt f foreig ° Att ic' alteration in value. The supply ° other P esti' while the sale was slow, at late rates. Monday. o'4 ARRIVALS. 00 0 ,1 6 ' o p p I Wheat. Berta /. 6,740 1600 1 12,610 q rs. 140 clri• ,„....; 4 ; 220 01 8,580 15,37 0 15,370 _ .. 4 010 0 - Melt. 7,24 0 am SMlrgr -lal to.. de' fi ls 7 e di ti rfo B e ef W ig , row - c ie v elt arge, and of improved quality, an Although the supply of Beasts r abroa d ' b $12 061) ' of °/° fully Monday ' 8 quotations. _ , ves. Wit tipt ion lo o, flid o Beasts, 880 Sheep, and LAI , t d for tuft- - e sc . r r PrLijo f o r t s t the sale o tio 0 "•. 4 P e scantily supplied ; ye at barely et r ote* ef o re• te CA 00 1 was in a sluggish state, _ _, . l, . , ' JO ft the eere de 0 _..4, i . was doingt Si t he- Calves, a steady business were quite as dear, with a fair Calf. very dull, at from 161 to 1161 eiDacichg,irYin. clad/a ...... t ..•• t English • • •• • • Irish •••• • • • • Foreign .• • • • • J. 0 oA"~• • (0(1. at .. % , Iv met° 4 8 ' 4 ilitY'` 4 6 Inferior Beasts •••• 291:edrs.81b2:::Fin:ond cio ooo o ditto 6 0 / 'Second quality ditto. 30 3 4 Coree-1; oreton. 4 4 Prime large Oxen •• 3 6 310 s"tbd°toftboll°°l 3 6 4 0 ,, Prime Scots ...... 4 4 4 Date 0.%.„. .. •. •• 6 19 . Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 2 L4ne;orlerS .. • • 16 ° 0 ° Prime small ditto •• 4 4 4 0 ABM—A old rib °., 0 ° inckling Calves ..18 030 0 -..aa be er • • • ' Inferior Sheep •• • SUPPLY 0 L ain T • p er . AT TJAILtro;„ 2,- Peasts. I Sheep• 1 197 1,082 2,760 ~. ~ ;,, _ • •::::;;;•'' ~ " ; - . '.,t AL.; ,i - ‘,..•=-:....,,-, 2 , _ >MO a_ • , 4° -I t . ' - r 6 ,..1 , -:- . - OW% '. 7 e _#.lE.:;)a, 4411111ke4 \ N., • _ ~-' .:" ' Ai. - '..*'''.. -,•#,' 6 - .4 1 ~ c. • •E ..A.".P7A• i w H: ~ , -' l, a • •' -...,••-:,r•W li.. ‘,., .- - .- "SI _. ..., it • ... tio_.•.;'4l:fisaVik- , "''''et.i.l ,''' 'Ol '' • •''''' 4 -"-' .. ~.,.... ,' . ''''' 1 . ~... ~.... T• ......-. ' ~cry, • SECOND EDITION. 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, Gd. ; Pit, Gd.; Gallery, 3d. THIS EVE XING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, Mrs. It. Barnett, and Messrs. Edwards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which THE STAGE-STRUCK LOVERS. Tommy Tape, Mr. Forman ; Sally Scrags, Miss Lydia Pt arce. To conclude with THE SHIP OF DEATH ; or, The Children of the Deep. Ottening tit LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1846. There is a coincidence in the indignation of the different kingdoms of Southern and Western Europe at the execrable crime recently committed against the last vestige of Sarmatia, which will impart a peculiar force to the protests of England and France, and of the other constitutional monarchies. The spoliation of Poland is consummated in the seizure of Cracow ; but in that consummation Russian despotism is exposed to the wrath and execration of civilised millions. In conniving at, or rather instigating, the Austrian occupation, Russia has drained the goblet to the bottom, but there is poison in the dregs ; it has riven the oak asunder, but its hands are imprisoned in the aperture. It is quite certain that Austria has in a great measure been seduced into this monstrous violation of faith, parti ally by the intimidation, partially by the voluble suavity, of the Government of St. Petersburgh. The Administration of the Kaiser FERDINAND possessed all the inclination to destroy the independence of Cracow, but it lacked the courage to appease its covetous aspirations : it looked with especial abhor rence upon the liberal institutions of that miniature republic, andresented the fact of its existence in the im mediate neighbourhood of so many absolute and gigantic powers, but it feared to incur the displeasure of those western nations whom it dreaded for their prowess, and whom it loathed for their magnanimity. It re membered that when the imperial diadem girdled the brow of the paternal FRANCIS, thrice had it continued to exist as a state by the sufferance of France; it remembered how its capital had been taken and re stored ; how its regalia had been dashed into the mire and replaced in the hands and upon the fore head of its emperor ; it remembered the con cessions of Campo Formio and the ford of Wagram. Cherishing an intense hatred of that poli tical emancipation which had S 9 frequently perilled its existence, it preserved, nevertheless, a repressive recollection of the dangers consequent upon arousing the polities of Western Europe; and while it yearned for the abasement and injury of those Governments, it was cautious of evoking their rage or of incurring their violence. Those were the conflicting sentiments of Austria ; they held possession of her since the treaty of 1815; her covetousness and her cowardice, her malice and her pusillaminity, her hope and her trepidation racked her with a thousand different emotions. She vibrated between an obsequious tranquillity and an insolent display of despotism. Her fears, however, still continued predominant. Her awe of the en croachments of the constitutional Governments still preserved the mastery. Nevertheless Russia has striven unceasingly to remove her objections, to dis sipate her scruples, and to conquer the caprices of her conscience, and the volatility of her passions. Rama% has at length been successful in these in. ~'