The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-04 00:00:00

birt Milton QUEEN'S BENCH.-( THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) LIBEL-LEATHA3I V. SIHMONDS. This was an action to recover compensation in da mages for two libels, published in Simmonds' Colonial Magazine, of December, 1844 and March 1845. The case was undefended; bat the defendant had put several pleas of justification upon the record. It appeared from the statement of Sir F. TRESIGER, who appeared for the plaintiff, that the articles arose out of the negroes of Rossi, in the island of Dominica, revolting in 1844, because they imagined that a census of them, which the Governor had directed to be taken, was preliminary to restoring them to a condition of slavery. The plaintiff, a member of the Assembly, an attorney, and an estate-agent in the island, interested himself in quieting the infuriated negroes, with whom he had some influence. It was alleged by some that be had committed acts of violence towards the negroes, a bill for felony was preferred against him in conse quence, but it was ignored by the grand jury. Not withstanding the magazine of the defendant renewed the charge against him, and accused hi m o f b ru t a l an d vio lent conduct. The purchase and publication of the magazine having been proved, The jury (a special one) found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount at which the damages were laid, namely, 5001. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. (From the Liverpool Albion.) We have been favoured with the following copy of a letter from the Colonial Under-Secretary to Sir Thomas B. Birch, M.P., on the subject of steam communication with Australia:— "Downing-street, 30th November, 1848. " Sir,—l deferred answering your communication of the 18th August last, because the arrangements were still in progress for the establishment of a sys tem of steam communication with Australia. I am now directed by Earl Grey to acquaint you, that, from a letter which has very . recently been received from the Board of Treasury, it appears that there is every reason to believe an engagement will soon be con cluded with the India and Australian Steam Packet Company for the conveyance of the mails between Singa pore and Sydney, for a period of not less than seven years.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant, " W. HAWES. " Sir Thomas Birch, Bart., EP." THE REVOLUTION IN ROME. The following details connected with the revolution at Rome are given in a letter from that capital, dated the 21st ult.:— " The situation is still the same—fear rules all. The common people aw a it th e w i l l of God. Most of the princes, prelates, and nobles are not sorry to behold their rancour satisfied, rancour which they felt against the liberal measures and tendencies of the Pope. The sons of M. Rossi wanted to see the body of their father. The youngest had enrolled himself amongst the Italian volunteers. He had obtained leave of absence to come to Rome to see his father. He is a young man, full of fire. When the civic guards wanted to prevent his entrance to where the body lay, he drew his sword and forced his way through them, crying out, `What! you murdered him, and you want to insult him af,cr his death! My crime is to have served your cause, but I will expiate it!' He then tore the cockade from his cap and the epaulettes from his should ders, and trampled them undev his foot. The crowd re mained wondt r-struck. The two young men hurried to the Pope, and, falling at his feet, demanded ven geance on the murderers of their father. The Pope, raising them up with gentleness, said, My children, we have no resource except in the tribunals;' an expression which has been wrongly blamed, in my opinion, for the Pope could do nothing, and bravadoes would have been misplaced. The conduci of M. d'Harcourt cannot be too much praised. He received at his house the family of the victim, prot cted them, and sent them away in safety. You know what horrible scsnes took place under the win dows of the hotel inhabited by M. Rossi during the night which followed the murder. I saw them from a dis tance, and I can affirm that the mass of the population had nothing to say to them. It was a band composed of about a hundred madmen, who with torches in their hands danced round a fire which they had lit, bellowing forth a hymn to the avenging dagger, and demanding the heads of the victim's widow and children. In M. Rossi's pocket was found a letter from a Roman lady, telling him not to go to the Chamber; also a speech which would have had the effect cf conciliating the public mind, and restoring order in Rome for a long time. Already several murders had taken place in Romagna, and amongst the rest a Roman priest. The whole of the city which I went through on foot during the follow ing days resembled a garrison town, when the soldiers had left and the enemy was expected. Shops and windows were shut ; women were hurrying away with their children in their arms, and the men—the men were flying. It was whilst the piece of cannon named the St. Pierre was directed against the palace of Monte-Cavallo, that the diplomatic corps arrived to offer their services to the Pope. He received them with his usual calm and courtesy. How ever, the attack began; the Swiss closed the doors, and some shots, fired from the windows, wounded, it is pre tended, five or six persons. The assailants then set fire to the upper part of one of the gates, and just at that moment Mgr. Palma was killed. At once a rumour was disseminated through the erowd that a prelate had been seen with two pistols in his hands, and that he had fired at the people; their fury redoubled. It was then that M. Martinez de la Rosa offered, in the name of old Catholic Spain, and of his Sovereign, to place a vessel at the Pope's orders, and to give him an asylum in Spain. The Ambassador of the French Republic then said—' have not received any in structions to that effect, but I do not fear to be dis avowed if I offer to the Holy Father my assistance to protect him and secure his withdrawal.' However, out side, Cuerovacchio was calming down, or was appearing to calm down the popular frenzy; the few troops on whom Pius IX. thought he could reckon fraternized with the assailants ; the Transteverins did not stir. Several times the Pope wished to satisfy himself if some persons remained faithful to him, either in the troops or in the population, but he found none. ' You see,' said the Pore to th e A m b assa d ors , all is impossible.' A list of a new Ministry was then presented to the Pope ; I cannot sign that,' he said ; it is against my con science.' However, the crowd augmented, the danger increased, and the people demanded with loud cries the heads of Cardinal Soglio and Cardinal Antonelli. At last, about seven o'clock, the signature was given; with out that, the Quirinal would have been set on fire, and all the Swiss massacred. Rome was then illuminated, and the people went through the streets crying out ' The Sovereign has given us the Republic.' " The following is a translation of the protest handed by the Pope to the foreign diplomatic body : am. gentlemen, a prisoner. They have taken away my guards, and I am surrounded by other persons. My conduct at this moment, when all support fails me, is based on the principle of avoiding the e ff us i on o f all fra ternal blood. I make all yield to this principle; but know, gentlemen, and let all Europe and all the world know likewise, that I do not take, even nominally, any part in the acts of the new Government, to which I consider myself as altogether a stranger. I have, how. ever, desired that my name should not be abused, and I wish that they would not even employ the ordinary form aliti es." The Contemporaneo, Roman journal, of the 23d ultimo, mentions as a report that the Abbe Rosmini had been ordered to Paris by the Pope to request the French Government to send an expedition to put down the Roman revolution, and that his mission had obtained the entire adhesion of the c??lps diplonzatique, including the Ambassador of the French Republic. The Contemporaneo then adds,_ " That report has been circulated by a prelate who is no long er at R ome, but who took a very active part in the plot against the Roman revolution. We can neither confirm nor deny the correctness of those rumours. But we cannot help observing that France would cover her self with infamy if she suffered herself to be caught in the net of the old diplomacy, and if she sent pto land soldie rs against a revolution now accepted shi by s the sovereign Pontiff himself. The Pope's sacred person is not in question. RIX person would be inviolable even amidst the al flames combat . The the Ro man people assem bl e d b efore the Quiri9 to Swiss had sworn to protect who w ou l d have s at any price the Pontiff, ff u ered no outrage on the part of his people." AUSTRIA. PROGRAMME OF THE AUSTRIAN MURAT The Prussian Staats Anzei ger publishe s the folio ing programme of the Austrian Ministry, delivered by the President of the Council to the Diet at Kremsier on the 27. h ult.:— " Gentlemen, —ln consequence of the commands of his Majesty, the Constituted Diet for proceeding with the deliberations on the Constitution are here assembled. •' As the confidence of the Emperor has placed us in the Council of the Crown, so we are not unaware of the difficulty of the task and the greatness of the responsi bility we take upon us, both as regards the throne and the people. _ " Wounds from past circumstances are to be healed, embarrassments are to be set aside, a new order of things in future is to be provided for. The conscious ness of an honest struggle for the welfare of the State and of the people, and a trust in their concurrence in the great work, dispese us to sacrifice all peranal considers,- tio:ls to our love to our fatherland, and we, therefore, obey the call of the tuonerele We take upon ourselves the management of the power of the Government from the hand of his Majesty, as well as the responsibility thereof, being fully deter mined to put ashle every uncoestitutional influence, but to allow of i,uch slight encroachments as may be required in the Executive Powers. " One of the principles will be the freedom of speech, and the discussion by any one of us of the measures of policy of the general Ministry. " We wish for a constitutional monarchy, uprightly and without reservation. We desire that form of go vernment whose existence and secure character can be recognised by the Monarch and the re preset:Wive body of Austria. We wiih these to bs founded on equal rights and the free de velopment of all nationalities, as also on the equality of all Members of the State before the law, secured by publicity in all the branches of the Legislature. We wish that the internal concerns of county districts should be carried on by free members, and the free formation , amongst the country people themselves, the whole being bound together by the common bond of a strong central power. " We hope to be able to lay the results of your de liberaticns upon the Constitution as early as possible be fore his Majesty for his sanction. " The Ministry will endeavour to reform the Ad ministration to meet the requirement of the times, and with this object have already taken the necessary measures for bringing forward projects of law upon the subject. " A double zeal will hereto actuate us in procuring for the people of Austria the perfect attainment of an assured freedom, and the security of possessions, without which, freedom can not endure ; in order that these may be come facts, and that these determinations may be ful filled, we propose earnestly and energetically to use our endeavours. " The Ministry will not remain behind in their endea vours to obtain free and useful regulations, and consider it moreover as a duty to put themselves at the head of all movements for these purposes. " The country population, already free from land-tax, waits with impatience for your legal determination upon the measure required for their indemnification, and also wait to see that they are dealt with on the well-defined principles of fairness. " The position of free states is founded upon a free community, and that these, by means of freely-discussed general rules, should maintain the independent distribu tion and management of their internal affairs, with a view to the general security of the whole, is a most im mediate requirement. " A necessary and absolute result of the independence of the community is the simplification of the state ad ministration, and the regulation of those in its employ ment. This is one of the wants of the period. "Under these circumstances, it will be your duty, gentlemen, to charge yourselves with the establishment of the administration of the law in a constitutional spirit, with the establishment of sovereign laws instead of patrimonial and communal ones, to act with decision upon matters relating to the administration of justice. "Even so, also, to put down the abuse of the press by repressive measures, to aid in regulating the laws re lating to combinations, to apply to the objects of the State well understood principles, and to consider of the establishment of a National Guard. So also will the Ministry make the circumstances of freedom their owr, and will consider the furthering of a secure state of the laws as a holy duty. " The Ministry demands the active and dutiful concur rence of all public officers, and that the organ of Govern ment shall be placed in the central point of the monarchy; and as regards the provinces, it will be their chief care to give the most energetic support to their official obli gations. " Circumstances to be regretted have taken place. The armed power must be brought into force against a frac tion who, in the capital and place of state residence, have made an exhibition of their anarchical tendencies. Deep wounds have been given. It will be our duty to make every effort to heal these, and, so far as is possible, to bring back Vienna, the heart of the kingdom, to its former prosperity, so that the exceptional state in which it now stands through the requirements of an imperious necessity, may be removed so soon as circumstances will permit. " In Italy our glorious army has prevailed over perfidy and treason—the ancient valour of the Austrian army, the brotherly co-operation of all ranks, the courageous suffering for Austria's honour, glory, and greatness have been shown in the most brilliant colours. Still must it continue to be shown to uphold the integrity of the kingdom. "In the organic connexion with constitutional Austria will the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom find the securest guarantee for the continuation of their freedom, and the preservation of their nationality. The responsible Minis ters of the Crown will establish these upon the founda tion of treaties. " The violation of the first rights of nations has led to the Burgher war in Hungary. A party. whose chief object is trouble and the dissolution of the connexion with Austria, is still upheld by crazy people in their un ju.tifiable claims. It is not for freedom that this war is carried on, but for the sake of those who would rob them of their freedom. The upholding of the same monarchy, a close conneximi with us, the acknowledg ment and preservation of their nationality, are the ob jects of their endeavours. " The Ministry will support measures for this purpose with all their power ; but with the armed power will they strike down all their criminal rulers who have col- leeted a traitorous party, who stand in the way of recon. ciliation, and who would set themselves against internal freedom. " Gentlemen—The great work which reqhires the co operation of all our people is the settlement of a new bond, in which all the countries and people in the monarchy, shall be united under ono great govern ment body. " These points will show you generally the road which the Ministry will follow with regard to the German question. It is not by breaking up the Monarchy, nor is it in the weakening of Germany, that its strength consists. The position of Austria in a state of unity is a German as well as an European requirement. It is with the weight of this conviction that we watch the natural unfolding of the still unac complished absurd projects for this purpose. If re novated Austria and renovated Germany require new and other forms, would it be even possible to reconcile their opposing interest? Nevertheless Austria will go on in the fulfilment of her duties to her allies. " In all the outward relations of the kingdom we will know how to support the interests and the dignity of Austria, and shall allow of no improper interference from foreigners, in the independent settlement of our internal affairs. " These are the principal foundatiots of our policy; we have set them forth with most perfect openness, be cause, without truth, thrire can be no confidenc e , an d confidence is the first requirement for a cordial co-ope ration between a Government and a Diet." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ETENING, DECEMBER 4, 1848: DEATH OF IBRAHIM PACHA. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 20. His Highness Ibrahim 7-. l scha, Viceroy of Egypt, died on the 10th inst., and Abbas Pacha, his nephew, succeeds him to the Pachalic of this country, according to the firraan granted by the Sultan in June, 1841, at the close of the Syrian war, by which the succession to the Government of Egypt is to descend in a direct line in Mehemet Ali's male poverity, from the elder to the elder among his sons and grandsons. Ibrahim Paella. Mehemet Ali's son, was born at Ca voila, in Roumelia, in 1789, and was thus of the age of 59 years at his death. In consequence of Mehemet Ali's incapacity, from dotage, to govern the country, Ibrahim was nominated by the Sultan Viceroy in his stead on the Ist of September last, and therefore held power in Egypt only during the brief space of two months and ten days. For many years Ibrahim suffered acutely from a com plication of complaints, brought on principally by ex cesses committed during his youth, and in 1846, he went to Europe for the purpose of consulting the most end nent physicians there, and on that occasion he also visited England; but the only result was a temporary relief to his sufferings, for he continued to be more or less disor dered, and he finally sank under the combined effects of bronchitis and an abscess in his lungs. At the age of seventeen Ibrahim joined his father's army, in which he soon attained a prominent position, and in 1816 he was sent to Arabia against the 'Naha bees—a heretical sect of the Mahommedan religion, whom he subdued after a harassing war of three years. He wrested the holy towns of Mecca and Medina from their hands, and re-established a regular course of the caravans. On the 11th of December, 1819, h e was re ceived in great triumphin Cairo, on his return from his victories, and the Sublime Porte gave him on that occasion the high title of Pacha, of the Holy Cities. In the year 1824, when Mehem e t Ali was comman d e d by the Sultan to assist in quelling the insurrection in Greece, Ibrahim Pacha took command of the expedi tion, and sailed from Alexandria for the Morea with a fleet consisting of 163 sail, 16,000 infantry, 700 horses, and four regiments of artillery. At the battle of Nava rine on the 20th of October, 1827, the Turkish and Egyptian fleets were completely annihilated, and only a very small portion of the troops returned to their country, During the whole time that he was in the Morea, Ibrahim committed great excesses and cruelties. In 1831, Mehemet Ali's ambition led him to the con quest of Syria, and he sent Ibrahim into that country with an army of 24,000 infantry, four regiments of cavalry, and 40 pieces of artillery. In this expedition, Ibrahim, with the assistance of Soliman Pacha, a Frenchman named Colonel Selves, displayed much military talent; Gaza, Jaffa, and Caiffa soon fell into his hands, and Acre, which had resisted Napoleon, opened its gates to him on the 27th of May, 1832, after a . siege of si x months. The Sultan sent strong reinforcements of troops against Ibrahim Pacha, but the Pacha invariably overcame them, and on the 22d of December, 1832, he destroyed at Koniah with 30,000 men a fresh Turkish army of 60,000 troops commanded by Reschid Pacha, who was made prisoner. The victory of Koniah opened the way to Constanti nople, and Ibrahim had already advanced as far as Kutayeth, about 150 miles from the capital, when the Sultan called to his aid an army of 20,000 Russian troops, who marched to Constantinople. Ibrahira's conquests were therefore confined to Syria, of . which he kept p os . session until 1839, an d whose he established his father's rule with singular success, end organized that country in a very admirable manner. In 1839 the Sublime Porte attempted to regain possession of Syria, and sent against Ibrahim a strong army, which was, however, quite dis comfited by the Egyptian troops, at the battle of Nezib, on the 24th of June of that year. Ibrahim Pacha at this period had a second opportu nity of marching to Constantinople, but the European Powers interfered a second time, and stopped his progress. The four powers of England, Austria, Russia, an d Prussia then c om bi ne d to restore Syria to the Sublime Porte; a fleet was sent to occupy the towns on the coast; Ibrahim resisted, but the bombardment and occupation of the fortress of Acre on the 3d of November, 1839, in the very short apace of four hours, soon convinced Ibra him Pacha and his father that their best policy was to submit to the decrees of the four Powers, and obtain the best terms they could from the Sultan. After the evacu a tion of Syria, Ibrahim led a very quiet and retired life, he devoted his whole attention to agri culture and introduced many improvements in the culti vation of the land. He always showed the great es t re spect for his father, and though enjoying the high titles of Vizier and Governor of Mecca, and covered with mi litary glory, he a l wa y s kissed Mehemet Ali's hands in token of submission, and never seated himself or smoked in his presence without leave. Ibrahim Pacha had not the pleasing manners nor the politeness which so highly distinguished his father; he was naturally serious, his voice was strong, and he was remarkable for his forced laugh; he never liked display, and was of a penurious and selfish ;disposition. His education was similar to what is generally given to Oriental princes; he spoke Turkish, Arabic, and Per sian, which he also wrote with facility, and he em ployed several hours of the day in reading books on history, of which he was very fond; he knew no Euro pean language, but he regularly had the newspapers translated to him. Ibrahim Pacha has left only three sons living-- Ahmed Bey, born in 1825; Ishmael Bey, born in 1830, b o th pursuing their studies in Paris ; and Mustapha Bey, born in 1832, at present in Cairo. Ibrahim Pacha was buried with military honours, but with little ceremony, on the day of his death, in Mehe met Ali's family tomb, in the vicinity of Cairo. Mint Pacha has gone to the Upper Country to see that order and tranquillity are maintained there, and during the temporary absence of Abbas, Said Pacha assumed the authority in Cairo. Abbas Pacha, ,who succeeds Ibrahim in the govern ment of the country, was born in Arabia in 1813. He is the son of Toussoon Pacha, Mehemet Ali's second son, who died of the plague in the year 1816, and his right to the succession arises from his being at present the eldest living male member of Mehemet Ali's family. Abbas Pacha has Ahitherto led a very quiet life, and has for many years been governor o f C a i ro . He has had, from his own option, little intercourse with the Eu ropeans; he is a strict Mahommedan, and en this ac count the natives are glad of his accession. Abbas Pacha is well versed in Oriental literature; he has a thorough knowledge of the Turkish, Persian, and Arabic languages, and he occup i es muc h o f his time in . reading and writing. Abbas Pacha accompanied Ibrahim in his military expedition to the Morea in 1824, an d was also for same time in Syria during the wa r , b ut on both occasions Ibrahim kept his nephew entirely in the background, so that he has seen very little of military service. In the middle of last month, Abbas Pacha, anxious to get out of the way of Ibrahi m, who had been interfering in his private affairs, went ' i Mecca; on the death of the latter a messenger was dispatched after his Highness, and Captain Frushard, of the Honourable East India Company's steamer Feroze, offered to convey the mes senger to Jedda, and brin g b ack the new Viceroy, whose arrival at Suez is now hourly expected, and his Highness will have to proceed to Constantinople to be formally invested by the Sultan with the Pachalic of Egypt. It is expected that the new Viceroy will be favour ably inclined towards the English, in consequence of the courtesy shown to him at the outset of his new career by Captain Frushard, for whom, and the officers of his steamer, handsome presents, consisting of swords, mouth pieces, and snuff-boxes, have already been dispatched from Cairo to Suez. (From the Post.) Ibrahim's whole career has been'that of a most arbi trary and proud Mussulman of violent passions, invested with extensive power as the son and successor of Mehe met AIL He was a bravo and bold warrior, and was for years the Commander-in -Chief of the Egyptian army, and retained possession of Syria, annihilated the Sul tan's forces, and appeared on the Asiatic border of the Bosphorus, opposite Constantinople, which nothing short of Russian armed interference could have prevented his occupying, and hurling his liege lord the Sultan from the throne. Ibrahim and his army were shortly after wards forcibly expelled from Syria by the combined English and Turkish forces, the bombardment and capture of !Acre, previously considered impregnable, having virtually settled the Syrian question. Since that event Ibrahim has not been engaged in any active military command or operations, and, with the excel). tion of visits paid to Italy, France, and England, for the benefit of his health, has chiefly resided at or near Cairo, superintending the revenues of his agricultural property. For many years past Ibrahim's health had been in a precarious state, caused by excesses of various kinds, among which addiction to the bottle was prominent, and latterly had much increased. One of the saddest and darkest events in Ibrahim's truly eventful life, which pourtrayed his ungovernable passions, was the putting to death of one of his favourite wives under the following circumstances, which it must be admitted would furnish a plot for one of the deepest tragedies or melodramas that :ever were penned. To those conversant with Turkish habits and customs, it is well known that a plu rality of wives are permitted, and that in the harem the great desire always is for male children. Two of Ibrahim's wives gave birth about the same time, the one to a daughter, the other to a son. The mother and son were instantly made a great deal of, while the mother and daughter were at once placed in the back ground. It so happened that the son was attacked with a disease which ended fatally, and the event caused great afflic tion to Ibrahim. The mother of the son, fearing probably that the mother and daughter would now regain favour, denounced the mother of the daughter as having, for selfish purposes, poisoned the son. Hereupon Ibrahim, assuming the charge to be true, without wait ing to make any investigation, ordered the mother and daughter into his presence, informed the mother of the crime with which she was charged, which she vehemently denied, but without avail, as Ibrahim ordered the daughter to be torn from her arms by the attendants, and then that her head should be struck off, which was done on the spot, and her body thrown into the Nile. Scarcely was this horrible murder perpetrated before circumstances transpired to throw a doubt on the truth of the accusation, and subsequent investigation is said to have satisfactorily prov e d the en ti re i nnocence o f the poor victim. Heretipcn Ibrahim made a perfect idol of the daughter, and caused her to be brought up in the harem with every distinctio7i and care. On her obtain ing the age of 15 she was affianced in marriage to oise of Ibrahim's Generale, and preparations for the ceremony on the grandest scale had already commenced, when this fa vorite daughter, who was a most interesting creature, and the " light of the harem," was suddenly attacked with the small-pox, which, notw i thstan di ng the best medical advice available, terminated fatally. Ibrahim was on his return from Syria, and on reaching Cairo was overwhelmed with grief at an event which no doubt renewed in his mind the terrible death of the mother. Ibrahim caused the funeral obsequies to be performed on a scale of extra ordinary splendour and magnitude, and the deceased was interred in the burial place constructed by Mehemet Ali for himself and family, outside the city of Cairo. This is an enclosure within which are large covered• in chambers or maussoleums, wherein some of the family are already interred, and the place is watched night and day by Turkish priests, who keep lamps constantly burn ing, and at stated times permit strangers to enter. The sarcophagus containing the remains of the daughter bears as inscription in Turkish, and is covered over with the most beautiful and costly Cashmere shawls, while the floor is spread with the richest Turkey and Persian car pPts. The sarcophagus or vault destined for Mehemet Ali has long been ready to rt.ceive his remains, but he has lived to such an extreme age that he will now be one of the last of his family to enter his final earthly resting• place.. Abbas Pacha is grandson to Mehemet Ali, being the son of Toussoon Pacha, who, many years since,.while on a military excursion in Upper Egypt, was surprised and surrounded by a superior Arab force, and was burnt to death in his tent, to which they set fire. Abbas has been for several years Governor of Cairo,and, from the strong Mussulman traits in his character, is much liked by the su2erior nativec. Said Paeha, who of late has been connected with the Egyptian naval department, is a younger brother of Ibrahim's, by a different mother, but Said has never pos sessed any energy, or acquired any weight in the country. The - steamer Triton, which arrived here yesterday with the London mail of the 7th, brought, amongst other passengers, the eminent French physician L'Allemand, who had been sent for, at an enormous outlay of money, to come to Egypt to cure the late Ibrahim Pacha. Business here is very dull. Exchange on London, 99 piasters per 11. sterling. The country is perfectly quiet. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 3.—The royal mail steam.•ship Clyde, Captain Edward May, arrived this afternoon at three o'clock from the West Indies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant Wilkinson, Admiralty agent. - On her homeward voyage the Clyde experienced strong easterly breezes from St. Thomas to Pavia; from Faye' until the Ist of December, light westerly winds ; up Channel, westerly gales blowing very hard ; but, on the whale, she may be said to have had fair weather, and has made an excellent voyage. The latest dates brought by the Clyde are—Chagres, Oct. 29 ; Carthagena, Oct. 31; Jamaica, Nov. 7 ; St. Jago de Cuba, Nov. 5; Demerara, Nov. 4 ; Trinidad, Nov. 6; Barbadoes, Nov. 9; Grenada, Nov. 7; St. Kitt's Nov. 11 ; Nevis, Nov. 11 ; Porto Rico, Nov. 11 ; St. Thomas, Nov. 14; La Guayra, Nov. 7; Fayal, Nov. 27 ; Tortola, Nov. 12; Antigua, Nov. 10 ; St. Vincent, Nov. 8; St. Lucia, Nov. 9; Montserrat, Nov. 10; Jacmel, Nov. 9; Santa Martha, Oct. 20; St. Juan di Nicaragua, Oct. 25. The Clyde brings on freight 349,000 dolls. in bars and dollars, on merchants' account; 341,099 dolls., gold dust, gold in bars, and coined gold ; 574 ounces platina, 4 tierces of coffee, 1 barrels of coffee, 523 bags of pi mento, 2 bales of indigo, 56 packages of sundries, &c. STATIONS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS.—Her Majesty's ship Trincomalee, at Barbadoes, 9th Nov. ; her Majesty's schooner Bermuda, at Jamaica, 7th ; passed her Ma jesty's steamer Vixen, Bth Nov., from Jacmel to Jamaica. STATIONS OF THE COMPANY'S STEAMSHIPS.—The Great Western at Havana 29th Oct., bound to Gulf of Mexico, &c. &c. ; the Thames left Barbadoes Bth Nov., for Trinidad, Demerara, &c., &c. ; the Tay passed by Clyde, 11th Nov., between St. Thomas and Porto Rico, bound to Jamaica, &c., &c. ; the Dee, at Jamaica, 7th Nov., waiting mails per Tay, for the Spanish Main ; the Forth, stationed between St. Thomas, Bermuda, and New York, monthly each way ; the Conway, at St. Thoatas, 14th Nov. ; the Reindeer, lying at Barbadoes ; the Eagle, home for repairs. SHIPS SPOKEN WITH ON RETURN VOYAGE.—Nov. 29, 7 A.M. Spoke the Dutch barque Casis, with 724 in large led flag hoisted, let. 42 deg. 50 min. long. 22 deg. 14 min. bound to Amsterdam; wished to be reported. Our usual files of Jamaica papers have come to hand, but they are totally barren of news of the least import ance. YUCATAN.—Letters have been received from Sisal, which state that the Government troops, amounting to about 14,000 men, had retaken all the towns and villages that were in the possession of the Indians, with the ex ception of a few distant ones. About 30,000 Indians had joined the Government troops since the recapture of Val ladolid, Tekax, and Peto. The Mexican Republic had assisted Yucatan, as a part of her territory, with the monthly sum o f 15 , 00 0 d o ll ars. The local Goveminent is authorised to expend the sum 01 200,000 dollars until the Indian war is concluded. The Government of Mexico had sent to Yucatan, on its own responsibility, 300 American volunteers, and 1,000 more were said to be recruiting at New Orleans. From letters received from the Main, it appears that the Dominicans had consented to receive under their protection the number of about 300 families, of the llaytien refugees, now in Jamaica and elsewhere. It is also mentioned that Sauloque was making preparations to march on the Dominicians at an early day. JAMAICA MARKETS. (From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.) Rum is seceding in value, and has been sold at 2s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. per gallon, proof 21, for consumption, equal to 2s. to 2s. 3d. for exportation. Sugar is worth 14s. to 18s., according to quality. Freights.-31. to 31. 10s. per ton has been accepted for sugar to London, 4d. per gallon for rum, and id. per lb. for Pimento. Exchanges on London.--Colonial Bank-60i days, ] per cent premium. Jamaica Bank-90 days, 1 per cen premium. itAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, DEc. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market to-day was exceedingly dull and inactive ; scarcely any business was done, but, owing to the call on Great Westerns, that stock, in particular, was very depressed. __ _ LIVERPOOL, DEG. 2. STocir ExcuareGrs.—The market is steady without any particular feature. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. rnd B.), 22./ Share-, 9/. 16s. 3d. c. dis. —Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, 4 1 / 8 p.—Great Northern (B Shares), 3% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Birmingham), FhLbs, 4 3 4 c. dis.— Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension, 8 3 4 d'9.—London and North-Western, 117—Ditto, New Qom crs, % p.—Ditto Quarters (C), 1% p. —Midland, New Halves. WA c. dis.— Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, VA / dis.—Ditto, 101 Preference, 13 1 —South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 6%. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are—North Staffordshire, 6% dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 7V 2 dis.— Shropshire Union, 3 1 i i dis.—South Staffordshire, 4% dis. (LASGOW, DEC. 1. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 3, 50s.—Dundee and Perth, 25 3 / —Edinburgh and Perth, 12s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 41—Ditto, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 100—Ditto, Halves, No. 2,38 s. 6d. FUNERAL OF LORD MELEOURNE.—The remains of Lord Melbourne were interred in the family vault at Hatfield, on Friday. The funeral procession reached Hatfield at half-past one, at which hour, and during the progress of the sad ceremonial, the shops in the town were closed. The melancholy corage proceeded to the church in the following order : —Four porters on horse back ; the coronet, upon a velvet cushion, borne by a person on horseback ; the hearse and six, the arms of the deceased nobleman being emblazoned upon the hearse. Next followed four mourning carriages, each being drawn by four horses. In the first of the carriages were the Earl Cowper, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Ashley; the Hon. W. F. Cowper, the Hon. Spencer Cow per, Lord De Manley, Viscount Ebrington ; the Hon. Charles Howard and Sir J. Birch. In another carriage were Mr. Thomas, of Hatfield, the deceased nobleman's medical attendant, and Mr. Cookney, of London, his Lort'ship's private solicitor. In the fourth carriage were his Lordship's housekeeper (who has been in the service of the family for forty-five years), his steward, and several other of the upper servants. The pall was borne by twelve of the deceased nobleman's servants, in mourn ing, and wearing the family badge upon their left arms. The Rev. F. J. Faithful, the rector, performed the mournful ceremony. The coffin was covered with purple velvet, and bore the following inscription:—" The Right llon. William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne of Kilmore, Ireland; Baron Lord of Melbourne and a Baronet of England. Died Nov. 24, 1848, aged 69 years." Lord Beauvale, the brother of the deceased nobleman, was prevented from attending the sad ceremony by severe indisposition. The funeral cortege returned in the order in which it had arrived to Brocket 11 a11.—Hertford Mercury. DEATH OF DR. CHAMBERS CONTRADICT/M.—ln reference to the paragraph we copied on Saturday from the Lancet, we have received the following letter:—" Sir, —I see with surprise the announcement of my death in your paper of this morning. I request you to contradict this report, as I am convalescent from my long illness, and am much at your service.—W. N. CHAMBERS, 2, Cumberland-street, Bryanstone-square, Dec. 2, 1848." DEATH OF SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH BURDETT, BART.—We have to announce the demise of the above Baronet, who died, en his passage home from India, on the 25th of August last, the deceased having been or dered to repair to England for the be ne fi t o f h i s health, which, before leaving Madras, was considered extremely precarious. The deceased Baronet was born December 26. 1806. - ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. -- The following gentlemen hcving undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the cou-t of examiners on the Ist inst., viz.—Messrs. Alfred Brooks, Cheshaw, Buckingham shire; Rawdon Senior, Batley, near Dewsbury, York - Jameson - m T e h s ara ß e u s s , so o ll x , o i n io ; iy C w h e jairsletereeWt, mrillieasmt_ s hi r e ; Joseph John Augustus Dirham, D u bli n; Thomas H ar e m ßl y " ; Thomas Hughes, Galw a y ; R o b ert Thomas J wi e snbtsiottnbe Whitby, m Elsam Cooke, Doncaster, Yorkshire ; John Duff, Tain, Ross-shire; Henry Potter, Cadogan-place, Chelsea ; and Philip James Elborough, Pleasant-ro w , I s li ngton. TRH CALAMITOUS FIRE IN GRA INN -LANE.— Saturday night an inquest was held in no Board -room of Gray's Inn-lane Workhouse, on the body of Ellen Thackerry, aged 32 years, who, with her husbane, perished in the fire, 112, Gray's Inn-lane, on Friday morning. There was no evidence touching the origin of the fire, but it was shown that the flames increased so rapidly as to jeopardise the lives of all the inmates. The jury returned a verdict—" That deceased lost her life by the fire, .but as to its origin there was no evidence to show." The Letters from Hamburgh and Berlin bring little news. At Hambargh bills upon London continued in demand, and money was abundant. There was a better business transacting in the funds and railway shares at Berlin, and prices were firm. The accounts from Cron stadt by this opportunity mention that the weather was extremely severe, and it was feared the vessels would scarcely get out before the navigation closed. The trade of the Neva was already stopped. THE CHOLERA. THE HAGUE, Nov. 28.—0 n the 27th there occurred at Rotterdam 15 new cases of cholera—deaths, 10; re coveries, 7. Total since the appearance of the disease, 854 cases; deaths, 447; recovered, 279;1 under treat ment, 128. At Amsterdam no new case occurred in the cholera hospital on the 26th, where only one patient re mains under treatment. At the cholera hospital at the Hague only one new case occurred last week. At Dor drecht, 5 new cases had occurred; deaths, 5; recovered, 2; under treatment, 25. BERLIN, Nov. 28.—T0 the 23d inst., 2,400 cases of Asiatic cholera have occurred. Of these 1,593 have died, 810 recovered, and 3 remain under treatment. No new cases have occurred since the 23d. Tau BICIENESS AT MALTA.—The epidemic which, more from the uncertainty of its nature and almost cer tain mortality attending it, than from the number of its victims, has for the last three months kept the entire population of Malta in a feverish state of anxiety, and, indeed, alarm has, since the first week of November, been on the decrease, abandoning almost entirely the mili tary. The medical society, rather tardily, have appointed a commission to inquire into and report upon the disease, but we much fear that no very certain data will result from this measure. Sicily, however, has, to the great prejudice of trade, inflicted upon all arrivals from Malta a quarantine of twenty-one days, with an addi tional week for goods of a susceptible nature. At a re cent meeting of the Malta Board of Health, it was re solved to reduce the quarantine on arrivals from Egypt and the Levant as fullows:--- FROH EGYPT.-1. Ships of war and steam-vessels provided with a medical officer, and with a clean bill of health, will be admitted to pratique after twelve days from the day of their sailing, seven of whioh to be per formed in port. In case of any arrival within five days, the quarantine in port will be fixed at so many days as may be necessary to make up the twelve. 2. Merchant vessels, without susceptible goods, will perform seven days' quarantine in port, without refe rence to the length of her voyage. Vessels with suscep tible goods on board, will perform ten days' quarantine in port after their discharging them in the Lazaretto. 3. Susceptible goods will b.! subject to twelve days' purification in the Lazaretto. 4. Passengers disembarking in the Lazaretto will be subject to the same number of days in quarantine as the vessel by which they arrived. 5. Vessels carrying pilgrims, and pilgrims themselves, will be subject to twelve lull days' quarantine. JENNY LIND AT OXFORD. OXFORD, DEC. I.—The appearance of Jenny Lind in Oxford to day was the occasion of as exciting an in terest as is usually evinced at the commemoration, and we have seldom known the City of Palaces to present a more animated appearance than she has done to day. The University very generously placed the Sheldonian Theatre at the service of Mr. Lumley, with the sole sti pulation that the concert should take place by daylight. Jenny Lind arrived at the Angel yesterday afternoon, and has been unable to go in or out of her hotel without being followed by a loudly-cheering multitude. Mr. Lumley took up his quarters at the Star. able By half -past twelve to -day the theatre, a vast building, unrivalled for its classic beauty and its perfect propor dition to M e __ unfilled to the very ceiling, and yet the ado:lir confu'srimon nents that were made prevented the slightest Lablache, in convenience . j The vocal performers, in ad- But the greeting vho.w:runy Lind, were Signori Belletti and F. which was with well-merited applause. ceeded in heartiness was accorded to Jenny Lind ex witnessed. At the eonZetting of the sort that we ever i e o r n of the Swedish melodies the thunders of applause w er e overwhelming ; and the energy with which the undyergeraduates (aided by not a gravity) gave her few of their superiorsanidn Ea r s chaenedr completely tatooredeelare to Mr. " three times three, ovf-rcanae her ; and she was heard Lumley that she had seen nothing this year equal to the animation of the scene. From a desire apparently to testify her gratitwle for this reception, she came forward and sang w i th ex . site beauty the National Anthem, though it w as T n. not In cluded in the programme. The performance comprised selections from favourite operas, which we need not particularise; still less would it become us to criticise the execution of her whom th e world has pronounced unrivalled. We will only say that the magic tones of her voice, combined with her gt ace and amiability, never succeeded more completely in enchanting the ears and winning the hearts of her audience. At the conclusion of " God save the Queen," the under-graduates commenced that hearty and unbiassed expression of their sentiments, which is, we understand, their invariable custom at any assembly in the theatre. Scarcely, however, had the names of the Queen, the Duke of Wellington, and Mr. Disraeli bean g:e , ted with the loud applause which is ever accorded to them in Oxford, when any further ex pression of opinion was checked and stifled by the band of musicians suddenly playing a sort of out voluntary, which the courtesy of the ,Oxonians forbore to interrupt. This, it is very generally thought, was an ingenious device on the part of the authorities for the purpose of preventing the possibly unwelcome declara tion of sentiment which might be anticipated. The ruse —if ruse it was, met with the success its ingenuity de served, to the great disappointment of the collegians. The appearance of a large number of ladies in all quarters of the house imparted no small interest and attraction to the scene, and we hear that the gallantry of the Oxonians was somewhat wounded by their not having been able, from the circumstance above men tioned, to render the customary homage of applause which the cry of "A cheer for the ladies" never fails to elicit. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. l.—ln a Congregation holden this day the following Degrees were conterred : Masters of Arts—Rey. J. W. Murray, Oriel College; Sir F. E. Scott., Bart., Christ Church; Rev. J. G. Ryde, St. John's College; Rev. C. T. Corrance, Trinity College. Bachelors of Arts—C. L. Eagles, New Inn Hall; E. R. Hampden, New Inn Hall; W. Rotton, ‘Vadham College; J. H. Snell. Magdalen Hall; R. F. Hessey, Magdalen College; C. H. Ridding (demy), Magdalen College; W. H. Smith, Brasenose College; J. G. Smith (scholar), Trinity College; R. B. Kennard, St. John's College; E. H. Bradby, Balliol College; F. N. Rogers, Balliol College; S. Edwarrles (Postmaster), Merton College; J. C. Wharton, Worcester College. The following have been elected Scholars of Balliol College :—Mr. Stone, from the Charterhouse School; Mr. Irving, from King's College. Also elected to Exhibition in the same College—Mr. Irvine, of Exeter College; Mr. Coar, of Oxford city. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six o'CLocx. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLE CHASE. 5 to 1 agst Jerry 10 to 1 agst Richard the First 10 to 1 agst Pullaway 10 to 1 agst any other CHESTER CUP. 66 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume 66 to 1 agst Chanticleer 66 to 1 agst Peep o' Day Boy 100 to 1 agst Limestone DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Honeycomb 40 to 1 agst Escalade 66 to 1 agst Magician 66 to 1 agst Elthiron CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. SIR JOHN HARE AND THE BARONESS ST. MART. (Continued from our Third Edition of Saturday.) Mr. COCKBURN made a most eloquent and furcible address to the jury on behalf of the accused lady. He commenced by stating that when he reflected that the interests of a lady standing in the position of the accused, the wife of a gentleman the possessor of an ancient and honourable title in a foreign country, and who, besides, was in the condition of being on the eve of bringing into the world an heir to that house and title, were placed in his keeping, when ho reflected that that child must also become the heir to the brand of infamy which would be indelibly impressed upon it if its mother were found guilty upon such a charge as this, he could not deny that he felt the deepest interest on the issue of the present inquiry. When, however, he thought of the nature of the evidence upon which the charge was sought to be supported, of the inconsistency of the case for the prosecution, he entertained a confident opinion that no jury would think of returning a verdict of guilty upon such evidence, and that the necessary consequence must be an honourable acquittal. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment upon the facts, and said it was clear that the venerable prosecutor looked upon the young lady with much more than a platonic affection, and that he desired a much more tender intimacy to exist between tkem; but finding that his suit was not successful, he had instituted this proceeding, actuated by motives of jealousy and disappointment. It had been suggested by the counsel for the prosecution that he might possibly think it necessary to ridicule the prosecutor on account of his position, and his being formerly a tradesman. He certainly should not think himself justified in ridiculing any man who might be deemed worthy of receiving the honours of knigthood at the hands of his Sovereign, but he did think that every one might be excused for laugh ingot an oldgentleman like the prosecutor, who, forgetful of his years, took upon himself to follow young ladies about, dance with them at different boarding-houses, write love sonnets, and place poetry on their plates, and other ridiculous proceedings, which might be excusable in a boy, but which were totally inconsistent with the position of the prosecutor and his advanced period of life. He then adverted to the manner in which the pro secutor had given his evidence, and said that, al though he could hardly get one single straight forward answer from him, it was clear that after the marriage he h a d acted in a most un manly manner towards the prisoner and her husband and mother, and that he had most grossly insulted them upon several occasions. With regard to Sir John's own state ment relating to the original transaction, he submitted that it was hardly credible. He talked of the value of these rings, and the care he took of them, and yet after they were left in the possession of the prisoner on the night when he first showed them to her, he pretended that he bad entirely forgotten them, although with re gard to the repair of the Baron's own ring he did not forget to ask for the immense sum of sixpence which be had expended for it. With regard to the, evidence of the witness Russell, he submitted that it was an entire fabrication, and that, after what she had admitted, no jury would be justified in placing any reliance upon such a person. The Learned Counsel having intimated that a number of witnesses were in attendance to con tradict portions of the evidence given by that witness, but that he did not consider it necessary to call them, con cluded a very able defence by expressing a confident opinion that the jury would dismiss the accused lady from that court, and restore her to that position in society ' to which she was entitled. A good deal of applause followed the conclusion of the Learned Counsel's speech, and it was some time before it could be repressed. Mr. Justice COLTMAN, in summing up, said, that a material question for the jury to consider in this case, in the first instance, was, whether, supposing they believed the evidence of the witness Russell as to the pawning of the rings, they were satisfied that these rings were the same as were stolen from the prosecutor; and the next question was, whether the prisoner took the rings with the intention to steal them. It was certainly very singu lar that the prosecutor should not have said a word about the rings from the Monday to the Friday; and he could just as well have taken proceedings then, if he had been so minded, as now, but he had not thought fit to do so; and it was very important to recollect that the prisoner had told the same story from first to last, and had always represented, and had done so that day by her counsel, that the rings were returned, The Learned Judge then proceeded to observe that the con duct of Sir John towards the prisoner and her mother was certainly not creditable to him, or what would have been expected from a person in his situation; but the jury would consider whether this disentitled him to credit. His Lordship then referred to the other circum stances in the case, observing that the evidence given by the witness Russell was certainly most suspicious; and it was for them to consider how far they ought to allow it to go in the light of confirmation of the prosecutor's story. They would look at all the circumstances of the case, and say, by their verdict, whether they consi dered the char ge h a d b een ma d e ou t t o their satisfaction or not. The jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty; and the accused lady left the court accompanied by her husband and friends. The trial occupied more than nine hours. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CORNWALL RAILWAY.—An extension of time of two years having been granted by the Railway Commissioners to this company, for carrying on and finishing their works, the contractors have suspended operations, paid off their men, and disposed of their working plans. The dearth of employment in mining pursuits renders this rather unfortunate for the operative portion of the dis- trict, who looked forward to a continuance of the works throughout the winter. A sum of 200,0001. has been expended in connexion with the scheme, but it has nearly all of it been for preliminary outlay in connexion with Parliamentary expenses, and but little upon actual works. GAINSBOROUGH.—There is little or no appearance of progress, or prospect of opening, in the railways in this neighbourhood. The works at the Trent Bridge alone manifest any symptoms of activity. A great number of labourers are out of work.—Lincoln Mercury. CHESTER AND HOLTHEAD.—The Carnarvon tunnels on the contracts between Conway and Bangor are being arched over with brick in a most effective and superior manner. It was at first thought that the rock, through which they had been cut, would not require this pre caution ; but various falls having taken place, the con tractors deemed it necessary to be at the expense of arching. Several massive blocks of the Anglesey lime stone have been lately placed in position as the coping stones of the tunnel entrances. They weigh from twenty to twenty-seven tons each. The blasting of the Swilley ricks has long been desired by all parties in terested in the trade of the Menai Straits. These ob stacles are situated in the middle of the Menai naviga tion, and it is on one of them, called the Britannia Rock, that the centre pier of the great bridge is being erected. It was agreed by the contractors and the trustees of the Carnarvon Harbour, before the commencement of the works, that a portion of the rocks should be blasted by the former ; and these gentlemen have stated, in reply i n n tt la few d a y s upon t h e necessary parties at to. communication from th e t rus t ees , t h at t h ey are willing to f u lfil t h e agreement as soon as they are in a conadition to remove the scaffolding, which will be about May next. The pi ers , i t i s un d erstood, are now eighty feet ir height.he last n AD3IIRA LTY du ' RAILWAYS. —Noti ces h ave b een served Pertses, and other places , with a v i ew t o t h e commence ment of op erat i ons railways in laying d own t h e system of short bours. or tramways at th e var i ous arsenals and bar- EASTERN UNION RAILWA Y (now 511 amalgamated Kith the Ipswich and Bury Railway).— Traffic for week ending Nov. 25, 1848, 1,277/. Is. 10d.; ditto for week ending Nov. 28, 1847, 1,129/. 19s. 51d. miles, being AMIENS AND BOULOGNE ' RAILWAY.—Open from Amiens to Boulogne.—Traffic from Nov. 19 to Nov. 26, 1848 :—Passengers, 24,934 f. 50c.; merchandise, 8,026 f. 85c. ; total, 3 2,961 f. 35c. (1,3201.) Receipts since March 15, 1848, 49,4661. Total, 50,7861. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The United States frigate St. Lawrence, 44, Captain Paulding, which arrived on Thursday from Bremen, hoisted an Union Jack at her fore yesterday morning at ten o'clock, and saluted with twenty-one guns; and afterwards hoisted a blue ensign at the fore, and fired seventeen guns, the former fur the garrison flag, and the latter for the Commander-in-Chief. The platform battery acknowledged the former, and the Victory the latter compliment with an American ensign at the fore. Soon after nine o'clock this mornin! , the American weighed from the Motherbank for Southamp ton in tow of the tug of that port, although the Go vernment tug, Echo, had been applied for by the Ame rican Vice-Consul, and most promptly granted by the Admiral-Superintendent for that purpose. She saluted the royal standard this time on passing. That notice was taken of the conduct of the American captain upon these points, may be inferred from the fact of the Ad miralty having inquired whether he had saluted or not. and requiring to know if (and when) he did before leaving this port, or in passing the royal standard at Osborne. The Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. B. Johnson, returned from Devonport on Friday night, and came into the harbour yesterday morning. The Sharpshooter steam-schooner, Lit utenant -Com mander Bagley, was docked again on Friday, and is again in the hands of the engineers. She is also having the cause of the loss of her quarter boat during the late cruise remedied by longer davits being fitted, &c. The Orestes, 14, Commander Hawker, has sprung a leak in her magazine, and it is expected will also have to come into harbour, and be docked. Extract of a letter from the Adelaide steam schooner, Master Commander Forbes, dated " At sea, October 21. We sailed with a fine wind in company with the Dover, from Plymouth, on the morning of the 29th of September, and had a fine run to the 2d of October. when the wind shifted round to the S. W., and came on to blow a very heavy gale, which lasted four days ;we were then off Cape Finiaterre. The Ade laide we found to be, contrary to our expectations, a good sea boat, and (contrary to yours) very dry and a good sailer, making 7 knots on a wind and 9.5 off. We lust sight of the Dover on the Ist, and did not see her again during the voyage. We made the passage in 17 days, and the Dover in 20. We should have made the passage two days sooner if it had not come on to blow a very heavy gale from the S.W., which compelled all the ships lying at Funchal to put to sea. We hove too under the lee of the island in company with the Cyclops, Linnet, and an American fri g ate . Teneriffe is no w i n sight, and I expect to ma k e Santa Cruz this evening and sail to-morrow fur the Cape de Verds." On the Adelaide arriving at the place after which she is named, she will be fitted as a steam tender to that port, but her officers and crew will be turned over to and borne upon the books of the Havannah, 22, Captain Erskine. If Mr. Forbes succeeds in reaching the point of his de stination without loss, he will deserve his promotion. Wind S.W., moderate breezes and cloudy weather. SHIPWRECKS. The following shipwrecks are detailed under our mari time intelligence:— The Gem, schooner, of Belfast, wrecked on a sunken rock about 12 ,miles N.W. of Arran Isles, on the 21st ult. The master, his son, and a Frenchman, from Limerick, drowned; mate and one man saved, the former being very much injured. The Betsy, Gilbert, of Falmouth, wrecked near Isigny on 19th ult.; crew drowned. The Elizabeth, of and for Molde, from Stettin, stranded on the Scaw Reef, on the night of the 13th ult. ; be came a wreck; crew saved. The Tzardina Cornelia was lost prior to the 24th ult., on the Niewe Braak; part of cargo saved. The Antoine was lost en the 23d ult., it the entrance of the port of Cette. The Nostra Signora della Guerdi (Sardinian brig), in entering the port of Toulcn on the night of the 23.1 ult., struck, and broke up the next morning; crew saved. SEA WiTcrr.—We extract from the Guernsey Star tne following detailed and interesting account of ;he late sLipwreck and loss of life on board this vessel, which were adverted to in our marine intelligence on a former day " Friday morning, between four and five o'clock, the orig Sea Witch, of London, 199 tons, John Henry Freeman, master, from Sierra Leone, bound to Lon don, with a cargo of African oak an/ ground nuts, was totally wrecked near the spot known as the Polies, in Portinfer Bay, on the rth-west coast of Guernsey, at a short distance from the Grandes Roeques barracks; and we are grieved to add that the master and seven of the crew were drowned, three men only being saved. The brig, which was a remarkably well built and strong vessel, coppered and copper fastened, and strengthened throughout by all the resources of the ship-builder's art, sailed from Sierra Leone on the 4th October last, with a crew of twelve men, one of whom, named James Fountaine, died on the 9th of this month. This, we believe, was the only casualty sustained by the vessel till the fatal morning of Friday. Owing to a long continu ance of cloudy weather no observation had been taken for several days, nor had lights been seen either at Scilly, the Lizard, Portland, or the Caskets, and the crew were consequently, to a great extent ignorant of their position, although they belie Jed themselves to be steering a mid channel course, and had certainly no suspicion that they were in proximity to our dangerous coast. During the greater part of Thursday there was a fresh breeze from the southward, and the brig was proceeding steadily along under close-reefed top sails; as night came on, however, the wind shifted to the N.W. and N., and blew nearly a gale. This change of wind, co-operating with the powerful in draft which always exists in the gulf in which Guernsey is situate, and is but too little known to the generality of navigators, necessarily drove the vessel towards our coast ; but at no time were those on board aware of being near land. At about half past three o'clock in the morning a sit.gie light was seen on the starboard bow, and soon after en the lee quarter, which was supposed by those on board the brig to be the light of a steamer, and of course gave them no informati on as t o th e i r pos i t i on . In this state of uncertainty they remained till between four and five o'clock, although there can be no doubt that, under the influence of the wind and the indraft, they must have been rapidly nearin g th e s hor e ; an d at the time above mentioned the vessel struck violently against a rock—the effect of the blow, as described by the survivors, being almost apparently to shake her to pieces. Recoiling from this shock, the brig was taken by another wave— the sea then running furiously into the bay, which car ried her into a trough of rocks, where her bottom was broken to pieces ; when, being again taken up by a sea, she was heaved up and dashed down headforemost into a cleft in the rock, and was at the same time fairly broken in halves somewhere about the foremast. This was a fatal moment for the vessel and her crew, The master and seven men who had run to the after part of the vessel, were, with that portion of the brig, swept away by ,the fury of the wind an d waves ; and men, masts, spars, rigging, and f ragments of the hull were i scattered, n utter darkness, in the mighty flood which was then boiling amidst the gigantic rocks by which the wreck was surrounded. Through the raging of the elements no cries could be heard, nor, had they been, could any human aid have been rendered to the sufferers. To have attempted their rescue would have been certain destruction to those who might have ventured on it. The three men who were ultimately saved were in the bows of the ship when she was broken, as above-mentioned; and, although this part was fixed nearly perpendicularly in the cleft of the rocks into which it had been thrown, they succeeded, by holding on to the bits of the bow sprit, to keep themselves from being washed away till break of day, when the tide having receded, and left the fragment of the wreck high and dry, they were enabled to make their wuy to the shore, and communicate to the persons residing near at hand the calamity that had oc curred. " As a Proof of the extreme violence of the first shock which the Sea Witch sustained, it may be mentioned that in striking against the rock she broke off a block of granite supposed to weigh five or six tons." A correspondent of the Sherborne Journal says:—" I visited the scene about six hours alter. It was very grand —one little episode I mention—much might be made of it. I found a monkey between two rocks—it was just dead. Poor Jacko ! he was most likely a pet of the ship, or perhaps intended as a present for some friend in England. The countenance of the poor thing was peculiarly melancholy, and appeared as though it had struggled for life like its unfortunate masters." SECESSIONS To ROM AN ISM.— The Rev. J. C. Robertson, M.A., Oxon, who seceded some years since from the English Establishment, and has been officiating as minister of the Scottish Episcopalians at ailkeith, Scotland, has finally joined the Roman schism, having been received into that, communion a few days since by the Rev. Mr. Brownbill. Rumour is rife, in Tractarian circles, that this secession will shortly be followed by that of a distinguished member of the same party, who has taken a somewhat active part in the dispute between the Committee of the National Society and some of its members; but, in the recollection of how frequently the lay communion secession, and even apostacy, has been threatened, with a view to extort from members of the episcopal bench concessions of a questionable kind, we must hesitate to go farther than notice the report as cur rently circulated at Oxford, as well as in the diocese to which the rev. waverer belongs.—Church and State Gazette. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON. —On Friday a quarterly general meeting of the governors and directors of the above hospital, for the treatment of consumption and other diseases of the respiratory or gans, was held in the board-room of the institution at Brompton. From the report read by the secretary, it appeared that since the opening of the western wing in November, 1846, the resident patients had numbered 610, of whom 425 were discharged more or less relieved, and 75 now remain in the wards. During the same pe riod the outpatients amounted to 4,187. The report having been adopted, a re-organization of the building committee was determined upon, with the view to faci litate the extension of the hospital, after which thanks were accorded to the chairman, and the meeting sepa rated. TILE RUINS OF ALLINGIIAM CASTLE.—One por tion (that next the - Medway) is converted into a fart-- house for the cultivation of 300 acres; the other was also a farm-house for some 100 more, but lately this latter has been dismantled, the roof torn off; the floors taken away for cattle.sheds, the windows demolished, and the materials converted into peasant cottages ! In the refection hall there yet remains tho mantle-piece where once the faggot blazed, and on the entablature, T. W., 1586, denotes the spot where old Sir Thomas Wyatt warmed into verse. Within the court are pig.. genies and fowl-yards, cow-sheds, stacks ! !—auti yet remaining in its chiselled groove the old portcullis shuts in all the hoard, an orchard fills tho moat, and sacrile gious hands hare robbed the structure of its outward show. This is the property of Lord ibinney. ABERDEEN MEAL MARKET, Nov. 30 —The supply of meal at market to. night was good, but the demand v. as very moderate. Oatmeal, Is 4d to Is .sd; pearmeal. Is 4d to Is sd; peasmeal,,ls 10d to 2s; aids, 7d; barley flour, is 5d to is 6d; barley dust, 7d to 8d; flour, per lb, 2s Od to 2s 4d; barley, lid to 2d. HADDINGTON, DEC. I.—We had a smaller supply to day of wheat, and larger of other grain. Sales were dull. Wheat, top, 2s, and average 2s 4d down; weight of top, per four bushels, 18st 101 b. Barley, top, 6d, and average 6d up; weight of top, per four bushels, I7st 21b. Oats, top, 3d, and average is 2d down; weight of top per four bushels, 13st. Beans, top, 4s, and average 3s 8d down; weight of top, per four bushels, 19st 51b. Total quantity of Wheat in market 481 qrs., 421 sold Do. Barley do. 695 qrs., 653 so ld Do. Oats do. 388 qrs., 350 sold Do. Beans do. 58 qrs., 55 sold Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. First ... ... 56 s Od 33 s Od I 22s 3d 36s Od Second ... ... 46s Od 28s ld I 20s 4d 32s 11d Third .. . 32s Od 22s Od I 17s od 24s Od BELFAST, Nov. 30.—This w ee k we h ave h ad varia bl e weather, and moderate supplies of grain at market. The supply ex-ship consists of one cargo of corn, flour, BM, from New York; two of wheat from the continent ; and five coastways, with barley and flour. Wheat is a slow sale, at a reduction of 2d to 6d on the week. We have some inquiry for parcels, but no results. Flour is 6d to is lower, and pressed on the market; this applies also to barrels, which are a slow sale at 30s to 31s. Barley is 6d lower, and a dull sale. Oats are 3d to 4d lower, and the demand barely equal to take off a light supply. Oatmeal is fully 3d to 6d lower, and a dragging sale. Indian corn comes into rather better demand, and yet prices are unchanged—they range from 81 to 817 s 6d per ton for either white or yellow. Conx, DEC. I.—Flour—First quality, 16s to 17e; second ditto, 15s to 16s Od ; household, lis to 14a ; third ditto, 9s to lOs per cwt. Oatmeal, 12s to 12s 6d per cwt. Indian corn, 817 s to 91 Os; Indian meal, 91 58 to 91 lOs per ton. Bran, 4155 to Si 5s per ton. Her" Farmers', 25s to 45s 6d; average, 40s ; retailers', 43s to 49s per ton; old hay, 45s to 60s per ton. Straw—Far mers', 8s to 28s; average, 20s; retailers', —s to 305 per ton. Whisky, at the Distillery, 25 over proof, 6s 3d per imperial gallon. Bread, bid to 8d per 4lbs. Fresh butter, 10d to lid per lb. Beef, 3d to 6d; mut ton, aid to 5d ; veal, 33-d to 4id; pork. sid to 7d ; bacon, 6id to 9d; sausages, 5d per lb. Coals—New' port, 17s; Lydney, 18s. Culm, 16, per ton. P o t a t o es, white, 12d; Minions, 14d. Elides —Market ditto, 115 to 17s; salted ditt o , 12 s to 17s per cwt; market skins, 2d to 21d; calf ditto, 2d to 2,id; veal skins, 3d to 31fd per lb. Tar—Archangel, 18s per bl. Timber—Quebec red pine, 3/ 13s; yellow ditto, 34 deal, 171 to 20/ pet hundred ; Bangor Queens, 3/ 2s 6d per ton. Scotch herrings,2os to 21s per barrel; Norway ditto, —s. New foundland dry cod fish, 11/ to 121 lOs per ton. Tallow, 48s. 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[ADVERTlSEMENT.j—lndigestion—that parent of so many diseases —may be effectually cured by the use of the celebrated Vegetable Restorative Pills, pr e pared. by John Kaye, of Dalton-hall, near Huddersfield. This assertion is not based upon mere opinion or probability, but upon facts. Jonathan Good, tailor, of Winchester, suffered for years from indigestion, he was recommended to try Kaye's Worsdell's Pills, and as the result, he has enjoyed better health than for years before.—Mr. James Noble, of Brampton, Cumberland, write-,—" bly wife was for a long time troubled with pains in the stomach , loss of appetite, sickness, and general debility; she Was fully restored to health by taking one small box of these Pills." Mrs. W., of Eweltne, Wallingford, writing t,c ) Mr. C. J. V enn i more, says,—" I believe K a y e ' s pills saved my life last summer, when I was attacked by the cholera." "Ellen Egglestone, Feling-bridge, near Bishop Auckland, was atfectt , d with disease of the bowels for two years, but was restored to perfect health by talc" ing one box of Kaye's Worsdell's Pills." Every al e suffering from Bile, Flatulency, or Indigestion, is earnestly recommended to give these Pills a trial. See that Mr. Kaye's coat of arms and a fac• simile of his signature are printed on the directions for use wrapped round each box, as w i t h out th i s none are genuine. Sold by all Medicine V en d ers, pr i ce Is. lid. ; 2s. 9d.; or 4S. 6°' per box. IRTH On the 30th ult., at Whi B tehead'& s-grove, Chelsea, the Wif e of the Rev. Harry Baber, of a daughter. On the .10th ult., at Grove-hill-terrace, Camberwell-grove, Mrs. J. M. Smith, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at Park-street, Islington, Mrs. G. Bryan t ' of a son. On the 30th ult., at Walthamstow, Mrs. G. Walker, of II daughter. On the 30th ult., at Hi g h gate, the wife of J. Giro, Esclo of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at Belmont-hill, Lee-lane, Blackheath' Mrs. W. Dunn, of a son. ALARMED. On the 30th ult., at Cranford, Middlesex, Joseph Barn ic c ' t ; Esq., of Cambe rwe ll, t o Mary Webster, youngest daug ht il of the late T. Flockton, Esq., of East Moulsey, Surrey. On the 30th ult., at Brighton, Grenville F. Hodson, 0111 , 1 , son of the late F. Hodson, D.D., Principal of Brasenose: . C (11 lege, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Divinity, to o r % eldest daughter of the late Captain James Hodgson, of 1 ." Hen. E. I.C. S. DIED. On the 25th of August, on board tho Mary Anne, an 13 1' 5 . passage to Engl an d, on sick certificate, Sir Charles Wer worth Burdett, Bart., Captain 41st Madras Native, In fantry, aged 42. r On the 30th u lt., at Beaumaris, aged 46, the Rev. E c -c• W. Jones, M.A., vicar of hlelford, Montgomeryshire. On the 301 1 - h ult., at E ssex -court, Temple, William } - 0' Esq., barrister-at -law. On the 30th ult., aged CO, the Rev. J. C. Williams, M. rector of Sherington, Bucks. On the &Ali ult., aged 72, T. Marsden, Esq., street, Choap s id e. On the Ist i nst., at Croydon, Anne Alicia Wykes, daugh ter of the l a t e R ev. J. Wykes, of Haselb eec h, Northam?" tonshire. of Queen' - _ __ • London! Printed and Published by IviURDO 'YOUNG, ° 1;2, Struid, Printer, at The San Office, No. 11 2, Etralid;:, t.1.-is " . ..Precinct of the Zit.voy, tLe countY e t Blonday, I)ecoluber 4,1848. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER, DEC. 2.—The general trade of the week has been very inactive, but we hear that some con siderable parcels of flour have been taken off, rather as a speculation than for the supply of consumption. At Liverpool large supplies continue to pour in, but at yes• terday's market some degree of firmness was observable, and as regarded bonded wheat and flour, there was a disposition to purchase on speculation. At Wakefield, though some reduction was submitted to, any attempt to force still furth,r decline was resisted. Of our market today, it may be observed that, without much disposi tion to buy, there is less anxiety to force sales; this re mark applies to every article. We reduce our quota tions for wheat 3d per bushel, flour is per sack, oats Id to 2d per bushel, oatmeal 6d per load, and Indian corn 2s per quarter, beyond which holders do not appear disposed to give way. WINCHESTER, DEC. 2 . — Corn — Wheat—Millers were shy purchasers, farrne-s offered their wheats at less money by 2s per quarter, yet much was left unsold; fine old -white wheat reached 56s per quarter; new ditto, 50s to 52s ditto; poor ditto, 44s to 46s ditto. Flour and bread were lower. Barley—Fine chevalier, 561bs. per bushel, sold at 34s Od per quarter; second rate ditto, 30s ditto; common grinding, 27s to 28s ditto. Beans—Old ticks, 42s per quarter; new ditto, 38 to 40s ditto. Peas —Best boilers, 41s to 42s per quarter; grey and maple ditto, 36; to 38s ditto. Oats—Best Poland, 24s per quarter; good black, 22s ditto; common feed, 16s to IBs ditto. Rye, 32s to 34s per quarter. Tares, lOs to 12s per bushel. Average price of wheat ; 53s 42d per quarter. barley 28s 9d ditto; oats, 20s 6d ditto. ANDOVER, DEC. 2. Corn—Wheat was of slow sale, though offered at a further decline of lOs per load; best old made but 14/ per load; new, 121 to 131 per ditto; secondary qualities, 10/ to 11/ per ditto. Flour fell 28 per sack. Bread 12d the 81b loaf. Barley was plentiful; best malting made but 33s per quarter; grinding, 2iis to 30s ditto; malt, 60s ditto. Oats were offered at from 18s to 23s per quarter. Beans, peas, rye, and tares, offered at less money. GUILDFORD, DEC. 2 . — Wheat —Finest samples of old wheat were alone in request; very few of other sorts would sell at any price, though offered at considerable reductions; best made but 58s; second rate, 555; com mon, 50s; inferior, 44s to 46s per quarter. Barley was sold for making at the prices of last Saturday; grinding to be had. READING, DEC. 2.—The attendance of farmers and dealers was about as usual, with a moderate supply of wheat of middling quality. The market opened very dull, and in order to effect sales a reduction of 2s per quarter bad to be submitted to, and at which a clearance was not effected. There was a good supply of barley of middling quality, but the business don,. was not large, with a reduction of is per quarter. In oats, beans, and peas, there was a dull trade, at rather lower rates. Wheat (old), per quarter, 38s to 60s; ditto new, 358 to 635; barley, 28s to 365; oats, 16s to 21s; beans, 30s to 41s; peas, 30s to 42s.—Pig market: Stores were in short supply, with a dull trade, at is to 2s per head lower. Fat hogs, 9s 6d; porkers, lOs per score.—Poul try market: Fowls, per couple, 2s 6d to 3s Od; ducks, ditto, 3s Od to 3s 6d; geese, 5s Od to 5s 6d ; butter, per lb, is Id to Is 3d; eggs, 8 to 10 for Is. ABERDEEN MARKET, DEC. I.—We had a large sup ply of' grain at market t o -d ay; tra d e ruled extremely heavy, and little business done. Oats, 15s to 17s, 401bs per bushel ; barley, 25s to 265, bear, 25s :to 265, 521bs per bushel ; wheat, 54s to 63s ; oatmeal, 16s 6d to 175 6d per boll ; flour, 43s to 52s per sack. ABERDEEN PROVISION MARKET, DEC. I.—The mar ket to-day was well attended : sales were stiff, and towards the close prices had a general tendency down wards. Beef, 6d to 8d; mutton, 6d to 8d; veal, 6d to 8d per lb; pork, 4s to 4s 9d per stone; lamb, 6d to 8d per lb; tallow, 4s fid to 5s per stone; potatoes, 8d to is per peck; butter, 7d to 9d per lb; eggs, is Od to is 4d per dozen; hens, 2s Od to 3s; chickens, Is 6d to 28; ducks, 2s to 2s 6d; ducklings, 2s to 2s 6d per pair; turkeys, 3s to 4s; geese, 2s to 2s 6d each. Butter for exportation (present cure), 5Ss per cwt. Eggs, wholesale price, 8d per dozen. Bread, 41b loaf, 8(1; 2lb loaf, 4d. Pork, per stone of 141 b, 3s Gd; pork, fine small, 5s 6d; pork, large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d. Ship pork, per barrel of 204 lbs, 100 s. rival] ed the Mg: SAM] BY ItJ the lute] the uplo oppresse exPosur( Encou their Po solved 01 liter vv arid thus The cc by the p, PULL and othe raents, a People, I served, t and assis A bsau Will next Advert ruents on Paid to tt An Edi Saturdamaiy Is, 80 receive it An EX FIUNDAI 4 4d other Evening. To pre., RICH 1R: Orders ms 5 44 count SHE: WA CORPAN Notice I MEETINI AOTHEiti and GOOI Daily's Om County of next, at 0] between a e nnipan the Eleven fror - . 4l lWay C, 13a nY) of s, th e North ' lul ing the 4 ,-o , llcl. to bCompa Al e e l - Wakeflel R CA Shares ; •foi l ag 231. pai Shares, Ina] The Dire( I:Rooting hel Parliament an Inst; ao s „ tainaent Lnat the Pr( .lan unrY ne ' l lOO/, ; knit oft/. ' , arn of 2/. ei r i "ed bar "*donat, it listol—At e Liverpool 4 elt enhant Beading Undon T I.Z.RAN WA 46 011 rand] Po Fore No othe S undays, Day '4lldays, v .. 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