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THE ROYAL VISIT TO ARUNDEL. , ARUN=L, DEC. 2.—The weather here still continues fine, though not quite so promising as it was yesterday. He; 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, anal Colonel Bouverie. The party proceeded as far as Burycombe, a preserve near one of the park 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, and some of the chief guests, went out into the neighbourhood of the Castle after luncheon, They visited the keep, where they 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 Prince 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 was also present. The Earl of Ellesmere and Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard had previously gone 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 offering 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. liar 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 (Mistress of the Robes), Lord Edward F. Howard (Vice-Chamberlain),lthe Marchioness of Douro (Lady in Waiting), and the Hon. 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 LOYAL 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 dutiful subjects, the Mayor, Aldermen, Bur gesses, and inhabitants of the ancient borough of Arun del, endowed by your Majesty's royal predecessor Queen Adeliza, and confirmed and chartered by Queen Elizt beth, 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 offer up our fervent aspirations that every blessing which life affords may conduce to the happiness of your Majesty and your beloved 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 grateful sense of the benefits and blessings enjoyed under the influence of those bene ficent virtues which adorn your Majesty and your Royal Consort, and endear your Majesty to the hearts of your Majesty's faithful people." The following is the address to Prince Albert To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT. " THE LOYAL ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, BUR GESSES, AND INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF ARUNDEL, IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. " May it please your Royal Highness,—We, the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and inhabitants of Arun del, joyfully submit to your Royal Highness our profound respect and devotion, and hail with the most heartfelt pleasure your Royal Highness's appearance in our loyal and ancient borough. United by the most sacred ties to our beloved Queen, and intimately interwoven with the fature 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 3lajesty and Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke of Wellington, the Duehess of Sutherland, the Earl 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- Beth, Lord B r o o k e , the Hon. Miss Napier, Col one l ouverie, Colonel Phipps, Sir Harry Goring, the Mayor of Arundel, Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P., and Mr. 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-4' 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 blaz.l 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 pit splendid gas or oil devices, transparen - cies, in., fronts of their houses. There were also innumerable flags, some of enormous size, and many of them very splendid. TA° 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 in the public thoroughfares with indiscriminate liberality and mischievous fun. These amusements, varied by the occasional ascent of a fire balloon, con tinued till a very late hour, but no disturbance or ace dent occurred. The dinner party this evening will comprise those who have been already named as being the guests in the house during her Majpsty'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 shy,. COURT CIRCULAR Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Baroness de Speth, left Cashiobury Park, Ilerts, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, - at half past ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, for Frogrnore 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. Hoggins, 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 Ron. Gentleman on Tuesday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meet i ng 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. H. Beamish had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday. The Right Hon. T. 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 Ram Awasty v. Shen Churn Awasty." The case was adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASES. WARWICK, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—On account of the state of the ground from the frost, the steeple chases are postponed till Tuesday, the 15th of December. M ANC f I ESTER—TUESDAY. Not one bet made on any event. NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEET- NEWMARKET `V} DNESD tY EVENING.—IR CORSeplenCC 9£ the continued unfit state of the heath, accompanied by Ng. it Was determined at noon to adjourn until 0- na,)rrow. On Tuesday; 77,7 7 77:417 7 general the Acade m i c i ans was held at' h oyal Aassembly cadem of y of Arts, in T ra f algar -square, when Mr. William Edward Frost and Mr. Paul Falconer Poole were elected Asso ciates of that Institution. THE LADY POACHER. —We hear the information r poaching against the D uc h ess of Marlborough has been dcfeate on a technical point of law. The 9tatute, not looking to a violati on o f i ts provisions by females, only introduces the masculi ne gender " he," and there fore "she," the Duchess, escapes its operation. 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Deposits must be paid to the 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 antil further notice at the *dice of the Company. By order, JAMES C. DUNCAN, Secretary. Office of the Company, 2, Exchange-street West, Liverpool, Dec. 2, 1846. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., 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 Ttrzfinsor and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Elan of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificatei must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and ads ices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EIrENING I Will be performed Lavenu's new Opera, entitled LORETTA ; A Tale of Seville. Don Carlos, Mr. Rafter; Ferdinand, Mr. King ; Philippe, Mr. &Trani : Provost Marshal, Mr. Howell ; Don Juanito, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta, Madame Mum Bishop ; Florinda, Miss Poole ; Gaetana, 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 Comedy, 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, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Hardman, Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster ; Tem Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover ; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; diary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia 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" (3lazourka); " Camellion" (Galop) ; the " Esterhazy" (Walzer); and a New Overture. To conclude with a new Farce, called SPICING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, 3lr. Holt; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe ; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstonc ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction 01 Mr. T. Archer, Box Book•kceper. TREAT( E ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled TILE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wilts Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. I'. 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 ASHORE; or, The Bridegroom of the Sea. Marmaduke Magog, Mr. Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates. To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS, GA3II"S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs. Culleuford, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss 31. 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 Georgians Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Honner, Peren, &c. After which an entirely now 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 SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr.; Wynn ; Young Marlow, Mr. Wining; Hardcastle, Mr. Granby ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Compton Hastings, Mr. Roxby ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs; Stirling ; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughes ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Fosbroke FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S TREA.TRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Itegnard's celebrated Comedy of LE LEGA TAME UNIVERSEL. In which Mdlle. Emhart will perform. After which, the Comedy of L'ROMME DE 60 ANS ; ou, La Petite Entetee. Saint Julien, M. Perlet. To conclude with LE COMEDIEN D'ETAMPES. Dorival, M. Perlet (who will sustain tour different characters) ; Madeleine, Mdlle. Amelie Khin. Boxes, Gs.; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors openad 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 performed the Comedy of TIIE PROVOKED HUSBAND, Lord Townley, Mr. Stuart ; Lady Grace, Miss Strickland. Aft r which the Farce of TIIE MARRIED RAKE. Mrs. Flighty, Miss Strickland ; Mrs. Trictrac, Miss Rogers. To conclude with TIIE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS. Robin, Mrs. R. Honner. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, ➢lr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Pttnce Albert, and Royal Family. Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, End the Public 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 live o'clock.—Doors open at six an I commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. 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, 6d. ; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 3d. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, Mrs. R. Barnett, and Messrs. Edwards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which the Drama of VENGEANCE ; or, Family Feuds, or a Bumping Legacy. Joe Akim, Mr. Forman. To conclude with THE SHIP OF DEATH ; or, The Children of the Deep. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, DECEMBER 3. TtIERMOMETER, Lowest, 33; Highest. 36 ; Noon, 35 BAROMETER, 29.35.—W1ND W., hazy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON -BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 0 minutes after I. I Evening .. 24 minutes after 1. 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 filment 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 most discouraging obstructions, to their further ad vancement, 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 being 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 he him3elf 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 AMPUDIA, 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 ! lieu prisca fides ! invictaque bello Dextra! non illi quisquam se impune tulissot Obvius armato." 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 physical 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 he afflicted by years of misfortune. A short while since considerable anxiety existed is various parts of the kingdom in favour of opening :he ports for the admission of foreign corn ; and at ;hat time it was not unnatural that a large portion of he public should have manifested an eager desire to press upon the Government to effectuate 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 grit n were, a few weeks back, environed by specious cirzumstances 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 that the prices of corn, which had risen so rapidly at home, would continue to increase. Moreover, we were ex porC4l,g 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 thro wing 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 Baltiic, in most of the provinces of France, in Bel gium, and in Egypt, the crops of the current year, it is wavy ascertained, have been most prolific. To Frame we some time since ceased to export, and nevor should have exported at all, had not that counctry, like our own, been seized with a fallacious panic. Bread is already lowered in price, and ,by the extr %ordinary measures of the Parliament and Go venal, ent 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 trynie.n have been unable to shake off their despon denc.ty . Accordingly, a deputation from the citizens of London waited upon Lord Joux RUSSELL, about three weeks since, to urge the opening of the ports. His Lordship assured them that this step should be take n, if demanded by any "extraordinary neces sity.' Dissatisfied with this answer, another deputa tion, !from the same quarter attended upon Sir GEORGE GR sr yesterday, for the purpose of presenting, thr gh the Right Hon. Baronet, a memorial to her ItilJ/ESTY for trade in foreign corn, duty free. The me. nuorialists alleged that they had ceased to repose cm ►fi dence in the Premier, because, in his celebrated let;:ei • to the electors of London, in November, last ye Ar, he had advocated the abolition of all duties on corn, but now declines to sanction their immediate extinction. Mr. CHARLES COCHRANE, who was the spoke sman, harped upon this letter, and inasmuch as Lo: rd JOHN RUSSELL last autumn advised large de- moi 44itrations to be got up in favour of opening the ports, Mr. COCHRANE 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 GREY replied with statesmanlike felicity. He could only answer for himself. It was not for him to construe 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. COCREANE, that since Lord JOHN addressed his electors in November, 1845, the whole question cf import duties affecting grain has undergone solemn deliberation in the Legislature, 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 practised with too fatal a success the vile expedient of fostering the animosities and exciting the prejudices, of the people. "Divide et imperil' 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 encouraged ; 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 question, 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 was fatal to the popular will, firmly and delib era t e l y expressed ; he yielded, and carried the great m easure o f Catholic surrender to his Emancipation. But his victory ss compelled power Ministry, ut ando tthe he ha speedily i was 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 thegrace 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 !or 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, however, 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 the common cause ; the great object now with all parties should be the relief of the existing distress, the consideration of the means .. _ by which the people may be fed, and famine averted from their shores. There is a glorious field for emu lation, for the exhibition of zeal and activity; let us hope that it may be taken advantrge 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 be(n heretofore their political opponents. We regret to observe that there is some exhibition of such 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 consideraticn every measure likely to be submitted to Parliament during the ensuing session, for the development of. the agricultural resources of Irelanil. 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 fur the general welfare. The society has heretofore united persons of every shade of political opinion, let us hope that such may still be 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 seceders, 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 for 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 decision of the Russian Government all the peasants of Livonia who embrace 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 from 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 Espanol, a free-trade association was formed at Cadiz during the stay of Mr. COBDEN in that city; and the follow ing, from the Heraldo, 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 Heraldo, " 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 foreign 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 BOLSA, Nov. 25.—The Three per Cents. closed at 34 5-16; the Four per Cents., at 24 ; the Five per Cents., at 21k; and the Debt without Inte rest, at 64. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Journal des Debats has a long article excul patory of Austria in the affair of Cracow. The writer, while combating the arguments of the Austrian manifesto, is evidently anxious to make the worst of his own case, and to excuse those whom he pretends to attack.' "We are persuaded," says the Journal des Debats, that from 1772, to our days, it has been against her will and against her interest that Austria participated in the spoliation of Poland. We are persuaded that she has ever seen and comprehended what was her true policy, that which was at the same time honourable and safe, but she has never pursued it; 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 conditional 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 of Cracow, Prussia and Russia have not left it the most excellent part in the affair. The mechant homme of 1772, who duped so completely Maria Theresa in according her all that she asked for, did nothing more maliciously piquant than what Prussia, in concert with Russia, has 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 in what has Cracow infringed this neutrality ? Has she become Russian or Prussian with her own full consent ? No I but she was invaded by the insurgent Poles, who fixed there the seat of their ephemeral government ! Here, in truth, we do not know whom the Austrian Go vernment hopes to blind. The facts are recent ; th ey passed in the open daylight. Whom, then, is it hoped to deceive ? No, it was not the government of Cracow which prepared the last Polish insurrection ; o , i t was not in Cracow that the conspiracy took place ;nwat was fro in the Grand Duchy of Posen and in G a li c i a ; it thence that the movement extended t o Cracow, and it onl was then that Cracow became th e seat of the insurgenta Government. Prussia, b e tt er informed than Austria. prevented the movement that was about to burst out in the Grand Duchy of P osen. Austria, whatever may be the reputation o f h er police, neither knew nor prevented the movem en t i n G alicia, for God forbid that we should suppose th at t h e Austrian police was aware of the insurrection in G a li c i a, and did not prevent it, in order to repress and punish it by the hand of the pea sants. But if A us t r i a was aware of nothing, did 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 lea s t t h e G overnment of Cracow, did all it 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 that 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 h a d called on the Austrians to occupy Cra co w. Whence came it that General Collin, master of the place, quitted it all at once ? He quitted it on learning the insurrection in Galicia. When once abandoned by the Austrians, Cracow fell into the power of the i nsurgents, for the Senate could not defend it. Such are the facts as they were read in the month of March last by all Europe ; and eight months have scarcely passed away when it is wanted to disfigure them I and to transform Cracow into a hotbed of con , Tiraciec: I and insurgents. Ridiculous fictions, contradicted b) ite‘ 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. GUIZOT were both perfectly cognizant of the intention to anne. Cracow, that, in fact, Cracow was a part of the price agreed by LOUIS PHILIPPE to be paid to Austria to purchase her support to the MONTPENSIER marriage, but that it was only part of the price. To the private and pecuniary interests of his family, Louis PHILIPPE has sacrificed, TO' only the nationality of Poland, but t h 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 following article in the Revue des Deux Mondes, the organ of M. GUIZOT, it appears that the protest of France is to be couched in very "holiday and lady terms," to quote the 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 gards those treaties, her own convenience and the neces sities of her policy. France will preserve an attitude of observation. She cannot think of throwing out threat ening words and words of defiance. Who would wish seriously to see in the resolution of the Three Powers a casus belli? It is only the exaltation of parties which can answer by a cry of propagandism to the Cracow coup d'etat. 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 whole world, without entertaining enmity to any one—such ought to be our attitude; and we shall have by that means at least liberty of action." The Infant Don ENRIQUE left Paris for Madrid on Monday, having, according to the National, addressed to Queen CHRISTINA, under the form of retractation, a 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 his brother Bourbon, the Prince DE CARIGNAC of 1820, in baseness. The Esprit Public says— " Well-informed persons assure us that his departure was preceded by an act so ignominious, that in spite of the certainty of our infor ma ti on , 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 had put themselves under the shelter of his discretion and his honour." A magnificent fete is to be given to the Bey of Turns on Friday evening by M. GUIZOT. In rela tion to this fete the Constitutionnel says— " 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 diplomatic body, and among them the Austrian and English Ambassa dors, will not he present, because neither Austria, Eng land, nor the other Powers acknowledge the Bey aol Sovereign Prince, in which light he has been received in Paris." The Moniteur 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 weight of the grain. This explains the successive fall which has taken place in the price of wheat throughout the de partment during the last fifteen days. The crop of barley and 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, Quim per, Hennebon, and Nantes, being the lowest average in France, and 34f. 17c. the hectolitre in the markets of Mulhausen 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 Phare des Pyrene'es publishes a letter from the frontiers of Catalonia, dated Nov. 26, which says— " The battle which took place on the 21st between the Royal 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 Carlists." " This account," adds the Phare des Pyrenies, " which does not possess all the character of authenticity which is desirable, is not, however, without foundation." According to a letter from Manreza, published in the Emancip a ti on , o f T ou l ouse, a band of 200 Carlists, under the command of a son of the celebrated PEXTOT, was at Navarelles on the 10th ult., cpm pletely armed, and with plenty of money. They paid 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 81f. 95c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,227 f. 50c ` ; Rouen, 867 f. 50c. ; Havre, 635 f. ; Great Northern, 6321. 50c. ; Avignon, 870 f. ; Vierzon, 5711. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 545 f. ; Boulogne, 435 f. ; Dieppe, 352 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 477 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4861. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 500 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 487 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette, 470 f. ; s pan i sh Domestic Debt, 32%. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 2. and Direct Bombay and Madras, -_Dutch Rh en i sh, 51, 4 Luxemb Consti ourg, tuted, %—O 4 rleans and Bordeaux, 7781—Tours Nantes . CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. (THIS DAY.) The quarterly general c ourt of the Managing Board of the Caledonian Asylum, esta bli shed for educating and clothing the child ren of destitute and deserving Scotchmen residing in the metropolis, was held this af ternoon, 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 M r . 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. The SECRETARY 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 institution. It was proposed to 'day to elect twelve more, six boys and six girls. Mr. LINDSEY remarked that there were 32 candidates, all very excellent boys and girls, whose title to be elected admitted of no doubt whatever, and yet, from the low state of their f un d s , t h ey were on l y capa b le of relieving 12 of the 32 cases. There were 80 boys and 34 girls in the asylum, but when the 12 were elected to-day there would be 86 boys and 40 girls. Before June next seven boys would quit the institution, and then the num bers would b e 79 b oys an d 40 g i r l s. I n June it was pro posed to elect 11 boys and 5 girls, making 90 boys and 45 girls, or a total of 135 recipients of the charity of the institution. Now, if their income were a little larger, th e y cou ld re li eve a ll t h e actua l cases of distress he had mentioned. They had the ability, but not the power, to do so. They had ample room, but n o t t h e funds, and th ere f ore h e a d voca t e d a further appeal to the public. - Captain LARMONT thought that another appeal ought to be made to the public, and the best way to do it was to follow the example of the Infant Orphan Asylum and ;he St. Ann's Society. _ _ The CHAIRMAN stated that the asylum had upwards of 21,000/. of stock. Fifteen hundred had been sold out in the course of the year, and it was now proposed to take powers to sell out another 1,0001. He 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. HODGES moved that in future the votes of un successful candidates should be carried over and used at all succeeding elections ; but an amendment was pro posed postponing the motio❑ until the next court, which was carried after a slight discussion. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and the meeting broko up. HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO TIII?E.E. In the Cotton Market there had yesterday been 0, less than 25,000 bales sold, including 8,000 Sarst ana, B,ooo' American on specutation. Prices had far.tr-, risen about id, per lb., making id. advance since Frll last. The murket was in a very excited state, with e ia any apparent cause. Shares had been rather thrown the shade by the Cotton movement. i$ I that_ there a u It will be observed from the above, very &Tided movement in the Cotton market, whichres. parties now are watching with coesiderable int% r o i This branch of our trade absorbs a large anl i e e t; c es capital, and the diminished importation at advance ( ' P`" will partly conduce to the effect which a larger suPL might have. It appears, looking, to the Bank paper culation which ~ hot:ld be carefully noted just nofitilt7d h.. Bankprs' lragazin , give the total for the t t . ) 7t h iii gr'uw co 40.94,591/. in the month evding al; iglu, or art increase of 1,799,0681. compared w1.0'.1, month to Oct. 10. The comparison of the montl76, ing Nov. 8, 1845, with the mouth ending Nov 1 100 of shows a d e c rease i n th e Bank of England ciruls, i ds 783,2101., an inc re a se in private banks of 65,109 L, 7001 decrease in joint stock banks of 30,047/. ; o dyn d decrease in En g l a nd of 748,148/. ;, while in '-i re l s ati there is an increase of 171,276/. ; and i n hi t thi an increase alsO of 12,285 Z Thus showing s atse month ending 7th Nov. a s compared w ith t 148 L period last ye ar , presents a decrease of England, 7 4Bo n od and a decrease of 564, 587 i. i n the 11 Kingdom. SeA tisl34 The stock of specie held by t h e banks lo 7, fti and Ireland during the month ending Ne f ' o ro psr 4 3.713,658/., b e i ng an i ncreas e of 360,448/. as c h the preceding month. • I ina t"r4 In the monthly report upon commercin re stinf by Messrs. Wilkinson and ewesbury, th e i n n t te t a gl e !, fact is noticed, that the exportation of c‘T he ttini woollen goods shows a decrease of 2,206,6381 iti ,, e rieti .. ,l months of this year, compared with the sam e f t = s ls, 145 ; whilst hardware, cutlery, macbinerY. 0 ; 1re av coals show an increase. This, in some rae fis illustrate the balance of our foreign trade. n ow: The English St oc k- mar k e t opened well tu' hsl iaq; but has since gone back a little, the adven t - 951 duced a few sales. Consols have been 951,w. t t here: Trey, but a bargain has just been concludeu ' b oa 0 " ci bed figure of 95k. For time there have 04 00 transactions at a higher notation than 9 5 L f , 9 6 A ra Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have ev,i dt J% - 9 5 61, and the Three per Cents. 94 to 04 h ; 4l ier h t . o v nk . has been marked 258 k to 25 9 . _e h r e mproved a little, being 75. to 11s. Pree l t i WO is The mucFhoredigoinng.Stocskpsaniasrhe Fis.tve:d)p•'.eorebticentseri, not been 26k, and the Three per •-• -I e ts. ..no Portuguese Four per Cents. have risenllspi. hi 391. Mexican Stock has been again r e "'e n - atS. viz. 224 to 1. Dutch Two-and-Oita Pe r - been 60 to 601 oterati e°l i. Shares have • been without any materia l BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT 010 3 per Cent. Reduced per Cent. Consols(From AnAn the nn wa o . . ffi t e c s i .... List.) ......... 654 ; 4 4 9 6 1 / 2 3 e 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 186 0 1 06 5 ,,0 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct 10 1850... Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan.. 5, 1860.....25'9v 2 India Stock.... Consols for Account ......................... 9 , 5 , 14 / ,d, Exchequer Bills. .................. 1,0004 I - RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT 00 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .......... 8 6 Ditto Small ...................... : . ~. , Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cen t ' 2# 74 Ditto for the Account • ............ 3 9,4 Portuguese 4 per Cents ............... 39 Ditto for the Account ............ ...„ , Spanish Bonds, 5 p er Cent, 184° ''' 20 9 Ditto for the Account.... .. . ....... ss i Ditto Passive Bonds ............... .-- , L Ditto 3 per Cent ................ ..... 31 / DiviDdeinttdosfoornthteheAaccboouvne payablet ...........io• 1 "36:4 4; 1 Dutch 2% per Cents ................. 0 . ,_,„,c Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ••• . 11 $ 0 0 ' , „ r a ,4 1 ' I LO' BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SII. I `- - r o w - tO RAILWAYS. PAID. ... •,:.'. tO ...‘ Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 2 5/s ..... „.... ••••'' to ' / A IA I/ Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrubh 1%•••••' -• ... . ~' tO ' Belfast and County Down Birmingham and Dudley Birmingham and Gl oucester 1 0 0 •••••• 32 .. .. to '' I I Do. New (iss. at 71/. , dis.) 17%••"" 9% " '..... Birmingham & Oxford Juno._ 2 ..... ,to Birkenhead, Lan cas hi re, and ..-- •• " to Cheshire Junction 2% .... .- .... to "" Boston, Stamf , & firming 2 2 5. ...... --- ....... to '... Bristol and Exeter - ..... to Do., New - "'', to '-. Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... .... ..... to " Bristol and Liverpool June 2%•• ". p ar •••• to '''' Buckinghamshire B4B. ...... 23 3 4"" .. to Caledonian 2k..." to Ditto, Half Shares Cambrian and Grand Jima 42s. ...... •••••• ..... : to Chester and Holyhead... 27% ..... ....•• to / Churnet and Blythe 2 ...... --- . / Chester and Manchester 42s. ...... --- .. ....•. to ,• ... tO Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...-•..... Clydesdale Junction 2O Cork, Blackrock, & Pas sages 225. . ---- .. .. .... ... t t O ° " Cork and Killarney 2 .. %.... -- ... tO P A , Cork and Waterf or d - ...... tO , Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares - ...." to Cornwall and Central Devon 2% ...... Direct Lincoln, East Retford, to / and Sheffield Junction 2% ...... o/, Direct Northern •••" to _,' Direct Norwich 1 - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12 1 / 2 - ..... to '. Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2 1 / 2 - •••": to 5 Dublin and Galway 4 ..-.. -- ..... 1 0 ,.. Dundalk and Enniskillen - ...... to , ~ / Eastern Counties 141. 16s -- '' ... . '''' ~, Do. New .. ... l2l. 16e •••••• .... f ° Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d --,/ . ~,. f ° ~• Do., do. N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d r, ' to / Do., York Extension ...... 2 East Dereham and Norwich 1 - ..... .•t ° / Eastern Union ... • .35 ...... -- o •••• ' .. t Ditto, Quarter Shares 8 Do. Extension to Harwich 1;g ...... 13 ........... .. to ro 5 •0 Do. Cambridge and Ely .„... •••. #0 East Lancashire ~ ..• ,„, ...,/ Ditto, New .. • '''' 0 . • ... ... to Do. (late Preston & Ormsk.) 5 •••." 2% ;•". to '''' East Lincolnshire IIA ...... ..." .to ••"' East and West of England l,i ...... .... ..... to •"' Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O •• ••' ...... .• °". to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Sh ares 12 %• ••••. 14 ...... Edinburgh and Northern ..•'''.. to '' Edinburgh and P er th • 3 ••"''. WO .... t o ' Ely and Huntingdon 12% ..... ....- . to Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 ,4 ... --• '''" to _..'.. Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 5% ...... - .... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... -..., ..... to ".. Ditto, New - ' ''' Do. 1 / t Shares (5 per ct. gua ) 12% ••"' to ..., Glouc., Aberystwith, and Cen ..- w." to ' e of Wales _, Goole,Don cas ter,Sheffid., &c 42s• ...... .....,..• ••• ". to -- Grand Uni on (N ott. & L ynn) 1%••••.. ..... .•'' to / Great Eastern and Western 2% .... , •••••• to / Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 ...... 2 374.•••,; to "'2 GL South. & West. (Ireland) 27%•••"• ._. ... 0 60 Great Munster 2% ...... .... ...... to ° Great North of Scotland 2%••••• •2 36 ••••• to '''. Great North of England 100 ••••" We.'" to . .••• Ditto, New...... 5 ...... „.... , " to , Ditto, New ... 15 ••• " .... ..•'' to - ' Ditto, New • IN ...... .••••• to / Great Western Ditto, Half Shares 5O ..... •••••' to . 1 9 / Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... ''' . 7 ' ...... to / Do. New .._ ...... to / Huddersfield and Manchester 13 •••••• .__ .... to Ditto, Extension ~... tn „..., / 50 ...... ••••. .- Hull and Selby . . •0 • ...- Ditto, Quarter Shares ..124 ...... .... • ..... to „... Ditto, Half Shares Ipswich .... & Bury St. Edmunds 11% ............ r o / , Do. do. and Norwi c h ...... to "" / .._ Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ............ to / ..-- / Do. New 6 ............ to ..,_ Leeds and Bradford 3O . • ........ 'to / Leeds and Carlisle ...... ~ / Leicester and Birmingham 22s. ...... ....... .., .. r o / Leicester and Bedford 22s. .....• ...... .„..• to / Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches 22% ...... __ .• ''' to Ditto, Branch (Blue) -- Ditto, Extension (Green) 2%...". 18 1...." to / Leeds and Think 17% . • ... 5 1 •••••• Ditto, New Liverpool, Manchester, and 2%1/4'. to ''' Newcastle Junction 2% ........... ,„ / Liverpool and Bury London A; Blackwall...l6/. 135. 2 4 4d ............. .1 - .......... t o r; ''''' Do. New . Do. Extension ....... Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ..... ...... ...... ~, ••••• Do. Fifths 4O .•• •• ...... ...... i t ; / Do. Guaranteed sper Cent. 9 • .... 314 ..•" to "*. London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d.• • ~..•• to !",, Ditto Preference lBll7e 2d••• '-' .....• to V' London, Hounslow.& - Western 2 • ..." . , 2 6 19 6 "' to 1.14 London and North Western..loo •••••. ' ‘ , 3 th ...... to 1 Do. Quarter Shares ........2 ...... ;`,C ...... , o Do. do. New 2 ..... . 1 9 -1 4 1 / 4 ... ; 0 ...• Do. do. Fifths ....' ...... to ••" Do. Eighths G. J. 12% ...... .. ... . 0 „..,. 10 ...- Do. New Quarters G. J. 5 ...... .... ...... c 1 : 0 65,4 Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 8 •••"' 64x ri" . to Landon and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d ..... ...... to „. Do. New consolidatedBths.. 40 ...... r, 7 3z % 11 0 / Ditto New - -. .. 22% .....•-.4.20 ...... tto ...... Do. New lB ...... 5 %. 5 ,i•• to / Ditto Tenths 5 ..... ••"' to '.... ..- Ditto Tenths 4 ...... •ii ...... 10 / .. 574 . ..„, Ditto Guaranteed .........••• 5 • ... - ..... to Ditto ditto ..... 4 ........... to / -- London and York... .... ....... 2% ...... 2 1 / 4 ...... to' Ditto Extension - ••• •' to '713 London and Windsor .....•••• '''''' -- ..... to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2%...... - ...... . 0 .•••• Londonderry and Coleraine l5 ...... __, ...... '._ ~... Londonderry and Enniskillen 15 ...... ...... ..... , to ~.. Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham l5 .....• ...... ...... _ .... Manchester and Leeds B2 •• ••• ..... .... if, ..... Ditto Half Shares ...... .. 38 ....... w 8 7h ...... r.....• 1 Ditto Quarters ........ 2•• 2 . 11 . 1 /....... to 6 ..... ...., Ditto Fifths - •••••• to 64.-- iiX P ••••• Ditto Exteenttts ... ••• . 74 to Do. Extension ...... to '....... Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters (A) ......... g .............. 12 2 i4' 4 " . :: : : to' Ditto Quarters ( B) ...... ... ....... 8 ••".. to "... Ditto Quarters (0) ...... .. 1 .. _- p••• ' ....• &ranch. Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... 0 .•••• Hanchester,Birmingham, and .. -- ""' .. to MouldJunction ............... -- .... .._ ..... to 13 0 Manchester and Southampton 2 ........... ...... to , Midland 100 • • __ ...... . 0 ••" 6 - -, Ditto Fifths .............. . 2 ...... 3 3 ....... ; , 0 A Ditto, New 24 ..... 7%. .... to ••••• 2 .......... ,•••• Ditto, New - .... 0 Midland, Birm., and Derhy,-100 ,••• •• ..„ ... Midland and Eastern Counties 2% ..... s---- m kl, ...7. ~"' (tin •A, '' '-- ' ~ser ' . • ' l t, ifi ,- /- .. .. ~ r • -Israkl ZAtlti , . i,, iik ~„ - 4 ri -- .- - -' ""' . •$,.-i 477. 4 : Allika r A .ilb - - ....„ ....1),',0.t.... . 406 ~, .-;,... 44 , ~ 4..• , - --% . , ''.'2.", , ,l 4 ''' DI Y Alb tAtesl s " ":,, a . , '- '4 • Ito "... •P. - ''-...---, - , "t : ~,,,,... „„, SECOND EDITION. L. 114 t /Min ;) latt 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 as 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 this ; 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 PoLx. 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 Mexican 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