The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-23 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCI AL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There less a good markt t for Cotton at Liverpool hay.yes te Sales 10,000 b a l es . A mer i can s o r t s , c omp a r e d last Friday, were *ti e and Surat 1-16th per lb. higher. —ln Rrelwey bhares a moderate business Was done. tie eh. accounts received from France upon the subject of ihe nationel finarict s are still exciting the attention of the Parisian journalists, and we may affirm that there is here also extrem e i n t eres t m anif e sted in the same matter. I ) spite te e exertion of the Moniteur, an admitted outlay of 6 00,000 francs per diem, is somethine to startle or depress, an d t h e more attent i on i s d irecte d to i t, the bet ter the prospect of a remedy being discovered. Many a the reductions proposed by the Finance 9orateittee have already been rejected, and although the War expenses are su,ceptible of great Cur tailment hereafter, it might be considered dangerous 10 proceed too rapidly in reducing the personnel of the army, the disch e re e d m e mbers of which mould have to ..c , ' gradually d ra fted into ether emp'oyments. That means sufficient exist to carry on the Government until early next 3 ear, ieclu ling the payment of the dividends on the Three per Cents , and the pensions falling due, sr enia to be proved, but it is evident that the very ea 1 rttest eff or t s o f t h e mew P res id e nt must be directed to t he; e questi on o f a ll quest i ons , t o th e i nqu i r y w hi c h w ill rigorou s ly p ursue d i n a ll countries, viz., how much of the e xPelefiture can for the future be " lopped off." The e xample of France it is felt would support our financial !dormers, because that country is usually held up in gerrorent when a reduction of our establishments is ad vocated. The tenor of the news from Paris upon another butter, the probable occurrence of violent debates in the Assembly upon the accusation brought against Ge neral Cavaignac, has excited some remark, but there has been no a ppr e h e n s i o n expressed, despite the decided ; I d in the Retries. The Assembly is too favourable to the General to diminish the chances of his election. The steamer Severn is announced as having reached So uthampton with the mails from Mexico and the West Indies. The amount of bullion on freight is, say 700,000 dollars or more, including the gold, but the remittances for the Mexican dividends are not • yet known as being over 5,000 dollars, an insignificant, sum after the expectations in dulged i n the letters o f M essrs . Manning find Mackinto s h,if th e age nts in Mexico of the English bond "c4cle, s. There is reason to conclude, however, that bills, as upon former occasions, will form a portion of these remittances. The English Securities opened this morning much the i !arne"as they closed yerterday, viz., at 87/ 4 for Consols, but they have since become a little weaker upon the in telligetice of the fall in the French Rentes. As far as these latter aro concerned, we may as well state our opinion that they should not be accounted as exercising I ,° L O marked an influence upon English Stocks, for until ' 469 Republican finances ate on a better basis, we cannot expect the Rentes to be held firmly. Consols now aro about 861 -I. The New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. h ave been 86-1 to 4, and the Three per Cent s . 86 to i . Bank Stock is firm at 188, and India Stock has fluctuated from 233 to 236. Exchequer-bills have been 418 . to 445., and India Bonds 375. to 40s. premium. In the Foreign Market, Mexican Bonds have been fluctuating and there is a decline in the quotations, the r ange bein g f rom 204 to 204. The news received is not liter• than that to hand by the last steamer from Halifax, b ut the smallness of the amount received in cash for the dividends is the cause of sales. Peruvian Stock 11" been at 35 Ito 4 ; Brazil Bonds are 731 ; Spanish Three per Cents. have been marked 2 4- 1 ; Portuguese flour , per Cents. are nominally 25 to 26. In Railway Shares there is no particular variation i,btripared with yesterday. Midland continuo heavy. :2 10 ;business done has been so extremely limited, that h e market can scarcely be said to be higher or lower. ONE cLosING P "'"lsts or nItITISti FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock lBB 188 Z Per Cent. Reduced Aens 86% 86 86 1 4 86% ei Par Cent. Consols Annuities.— 87%% l h l ei 87% teews. 4 . ete A perseent. Anns.... . n gAnns.to expireJan.lB6o -16 % 8% ndisi Dit e to 30 i ears ' Jan. 5, 1860 233 8 13-1 236 6 236 A i 8% I , t , rx 'kite Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001. ... ..... South Sea Stoc k 0_ . ot .e t . „, 'smor Account. SVA ;VA 87% '"xottequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d. 1 ,000/. March 1,0001. June 5 001. March.... 4l 44 p 44 p Small, March .. 41 44 p 44 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. aXE CLOSINc. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2Q% % 10 /e 21% Ditto, Account 20%% 21% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 35% 35 35% 31% eertuguese 5 per Cents. - - Ditto, 4 per Cent. — Ditto. Account .. ..•• —. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... ........ Dividends on the above payable in London. I 'llgian, 2% per Cent — 40% Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — 47% l' l tleEe OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING Ab er a" AY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE'. sea Amber. 14ott Boston, ..... e , • p and Eastern Junction 4%...... 'a i rtre and Galloway.. 7 ip "t 4 % County Down 19 ...... ire e i eg _ ham and (ex ferd Jima., calls duly I,itt, et' with a guaran. 20 •• •• - Bi ee "r. 0 , without guarateee 20 .-- - l ing. Wolverteton, and Dudley, calls duly pd. or with guarantee 10 ...- - l n .O 0 ! with ou t guarantee 10 • ' au ng,Wolverh'pton, and Stour V a ll e y 131. 145... ••• B irkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 10 ...•.. ........••••••- Boston, Stainfd & Birm. 5 -• • Bristol and Exeter 9O ... - Ditto, Thirds tuckinghamthire... 141. 45. --"'•"" ' • •••• Caledonian .. ............. 50 Ditto, Half Shares .. 131 Do. N e w 101. Pref..... 5 ... ss 4%th Ditto,CledesdaleJunc 5Q Chester and Holyhead... 50 .. Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 13% Clarence 24 3 ,4 2.04 12 24:Ri 43 / 4 20 13% Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth - ...... ..... Dublin and Belfast June. 35 - Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 - East Anglia, 251., L & E. and L. and D...... 25 - ... .. Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 ... Do., 31.10 3 . XAstena Counties-...... 20 ... 11:% 4 5 1 i Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. .... ...... 7% •••••• 8 % ••• Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent. No. 1 6/. 13s. 4d.... - Ditto ditto, No. 2-61. 13s. 4d... Do. N ort h . & Eastern 50 - Do., 5 per cent. - D t ,o- Quarters ..»..... 12% ...... -•-- ~ New Do. . -I%astern Union, Class A -••-••••• . .... (late E. U. Shares) 25 - Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (L & and B.) 2O - Ditto, Class C, ditto... '2O . •••- - Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10 ••-•• - ...... - -... Ditto, ditto - Ditto (C. & E.) guar. Easts per cent.-- ...... 2% - ••• - Last Lancashire - ••• Ditto, New - ••• ......... •• Ditto, Ne w Q uarters 6% ...... - Do., 6 per Cent. Pre- East ference Quarters ... 6 1 ,4 •••••• - Lincolnshire ...... 25 E dinburgh and Glasgow 50 .... - Ditto, lf Shares -15 •• - Edinburg H h a and ..•• Northern 25 - Ditto, Newport ll - Exeter,Yeovil, is Dorch. 2% lk - ... Glasgow,-Dtunfies nd Carlisle Gluguw,Kil..... .. _ & Ayr 50 .. . . . ...Si. 6s. 8d.... -••-• ....... ''' mar., - Do. Preference Consol. - Great Northern .-.- 17 - . .... . ••• Do., ,„ A Deferred... 1 2 % - '" Do., % 13 6 per Cent. Do ... ..... 4% ...... - Do. Extension 2% - Great South. and West. (Ireland) 42 Wt..... - ......... - ••• - Uraat North of England.loo ...... - ....... ....... . Ditto, New, 40/ 4O - - - Ditto, ditto ... '25 - Ditto, New 301......... 30 Ditto, New, 15/... ...... 14 .. .. 30 77 ...... ( . 's Great W estern 9O .. .. 75% ... ... 43 Ditto, i,4 Shaies 5O ...... - 16% Ditt o ; i 4 Shares . 2l .. ... 161 .4 Ditto, Fifths ..... 20 - Ditto New •• - ...«" ' •-•- Hu ddersfield and blanch. 30 - Dittn, Thirds - - Hull and Selby •• ...... 50 ...... - Ditto, 1 4 - Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..•••• - Shares - - 4' Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 1 ...... 47 Ditto Thirds - • Ditto, % Lancashire& Yorkshire :6 3 ......... 60 Di tto, ditto Shares ...- 43 ... .. - Do. Quarter Shares... 17% -t ••....."..... '''''" ..... Do. Fifths... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 - ... •• Do. Thirds (Reg.)...• • 13 4 1)0. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 5 ..... - ••Do. Li verp. and Bury 43 ...... - Ditto % (late Hud - derstield and Shelf.) 43 Do.( W a k e ' .. ••.••....•• - ...• •• 243/4 • akefield,Ponte fract, and Goole) ..• 50 Do,(W, Riding Union) 7 ••• Do. (P res t on & Wyre) 25 Do. 14 Shares( A).- 95 .4 — Leed s and Bradford 50 • Lewis, Dewsbury, 1kc...• 50 ...... Do., Bali' Shares 25 De. (bl ue ) Scrip...- 2%•• ** Le eds and Thi rs k 50 Ditto. New ..... -•••••• 35, — •••• , ! Do., Pr e f er., 6 per CL 3 )2 •••••• ...orerra)ol, Crosby and LiSouthport . sit • erP.,3lancliester, and 'ewcastle Jun c ti on ... 2%. ••••• "'cludon &Blackwall...l3l. 63.8 d.... Do. Extension n.-on,Lod Brighton. and South Coast Do.Guarant.s per ct,.., 9 Do . Pret. Qou.bpecct. 50 •. ••• 1 1 4 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1848. Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 Ditto, New Si., guar. 6 per cent. .. 4 lyinden and Greenwich _l2/15s 4d 4% Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17s 2d... —.- — London and N. Western 100 ... _116% 116% ' Do Quarters (L.& B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. Do. 41(./.Shares( L. M.) 25 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 ... Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. 9 ..... - Do. lot (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... 2% ......... .. Land. & S. Western Do. New 501. ... ..... 42%.. .. •• 27 Do. Now 401. 34 Po. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ~........ 40 Ditto, Thirds- ......13/. 6s. 8d... Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls ...11. I3s. 4d... ...... ••••••• London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &( A .leraine 28 3 / 4 -- ........ Londonderry and Ennis killen -•-• ..... --- Lowestoft (4 per ct.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per et.) Manzhester•Buxton,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 - w. ..- Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 - Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 10 Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt.Grimsby -. 40 Ditto ditto . ..._..... 13 ...... Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire l5 . ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 20 Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s • Dl:dland ... ...... ........100 ~.... 77 76% ......, 77 Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do., do., SOL Shares... 20 ... .. 9 9% ... .... Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per et. ...100 ...... Ditto,Brist. & Litoestr. 38 ...... ..... -.... Ditto, ditto ...... ...... 144 188.... Ditto,Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. NeweastleandCarlune 100 - Do. Quarters 25 N.wmarket ........ . .. 20 — Do. Extension —2l. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 — Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor . . 20 Norfolk ......... ........ ....100 Do. New 20/. Do. Guaranteed,s pct. 20 Do. Guaranteed * it pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... N c Ahern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ... ..... ... 25 ...... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto,lQuarters [ 6 l /4 — ..... .. 3 l /8 x•i Ditto, Extension OS •• — Ditto, Third 5:........ B i 4 31 ,‘ 3% North & South-Western 2 — North,Staffordshire l5 — north Wales ... ...... .... 3% North-Western . lO - Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamptont Reading, Guildford, and Reigate lO Royston and Hitchin ... 2 Scottish Central - Scottish Midland 25 - ••• ••••—•.. -- Ditto, New heffiela, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 7% Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ...... ... — Shrewsbury and,Birra... 9 ...... ...... _ Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 842..»•• .. ••_ — Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union - South Devon 5O ...... .... ..... ... Do. Preference .."outh Staffordshire 64 — ............ .. South Eastern Do., No. 1 24 Do., N 0.2. : Do., No. 3 .—... ...... 25 ...... Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 South Wales ...... 28 S , uth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Still. C0a1.... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 8 Thames Haven Dock and Railway .... Vale of Neath ... .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 17%.. Waterford and Limerick 47% Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 42 3 4 _ - Do. do. do. ... 25 - _--- Do. do. do. ... le ..... ... .,. 1V CIS t Cornwall .... West London - I)o. Do. Ist Class ... 20 - ..... ••• Do. Do. 2d Class .. 20 W liitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 9% W ilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ' York, I\`ewcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ... . Do. Extensiox No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 - ......... •••••• .. Do. East and West Rid ingiEstension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian) 412...... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 17 Ceylon Demerara l5 ...... ... ......... ... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras be. . ... Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 7%.... .• ...... •••• East Indian B4 ...... . ...• • Great Indian Peninsular 1 4 Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7% Luxembourg..... 7 Ditto ...... ...... ......... 10 ...... Madrid and Valentia.. 2 ..... Namur ;and Liege ..... 20 ... .. Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 Paris and Lyons ll .... .. — Do. Do. . lO Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ..., 2O ...... Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 Rouen and Havre , ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... ••• Strasbourg and Basle... 14 Tours and Nantes 9 ...... 1 , 4 IJ4 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 W est Flanders 814.... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock lO London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 ..... 10 National of Ireland 22%...... ........ Ditto New... . 10 ''— .. ••• — Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia 2%...... --- . Union of L0nd0n,....... 10 Union of Madrid 40 MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com... 14 Australian 2% 4 3% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 23.—Wind S., light breeze, and fine clear mild weather. CORE, Nov. 20.—1 t blew a gale here last night frt m south. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 22.—Wind S.S.E., hard.—Arrd. 21st, W. H. Harbeck, Strain, New York ; Memnon, Gordon, New York ; 22d, Aqua Marine, Callao ; Ash burton, Batchelder, New Orleans ; Marmion, Freeman, New York ; Oxford, Goodmanson, New York ; Heron, Driver, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Digby, Sydney., New South Wales ; Endyrnion, Calcutta ; David Legg, Monte Video ; Joseph, Christall, Rio Janiero ; Salem, Gibson, New Orleans ; Chippewa, New Orleans ; Ann, Dashwood, New Orleans ; Ocean Queen, New Orleans ; Grampian, Mobile ; Sabbatis, Virginia ; St. Patrick, New York ; Clarence, New York ; J. Z., New York ; Veronica, Newfoundland ; Windermere, Africa. Off, Diamond, Thompson, Porto Rico. WHITSTABLE, Nov. 22.—The Friends, for Middle borough, which went on the Main, has been got round to the mouth of the harbour, and will be hauled in next tide. RAMSGATE, Nov. 22.—The Cito, from Memel, which put in here yesterday, leaky, has commenced discharging. WEXFORD, Nov. 21.—The St. James (of Boston), Long, with cotton, bound to Liverpool, was driven on shore last night, at Kihnore. ALIA:MAGI:WEL Nov. 22.—The barque Lord Stanley, from London for Newport, in ballast, was brought into this port, with damage, by the Wonder, at Harwich. JERSEY, Nov. 20.—Arrd. Swift, Le Scilleur. Labrador. CARDIFF, NOP. 21.—Arrd. Galatea, Swatridge, Quebec; Eldon, Gillespie, Quebec. Sid. 20th, Katherine, cs ton , Matanzas. DEAL. Nov. 22.—Wind S. to S.S.W., fresh.—Put back, Eweretta, Livingstone, for Grenada. LANCASTER, Nov. 21. —Arrd. Marys, Restigouche. LYNN, Nov. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Maria Louisa, Gothenburg. The Sea, hence, arrived at New York, in twenty-two days. On the 28th ult., about the middle of Newfound land Banks, passed a spar with some rigging attached, resembling a schooner's masthead, four or six feet above water, standing perpendicular. On the 29th, on the western edge Of the Banks, passed great quantities of new-sawed three-inch planks, apparently not long in the water. On the 4th instant, in lat. 40 17, long. 68 49, passed the wreck of the brig Juanita, of Waldeboro, leaded with lumber, diswasted and waterlogged ; found she had been } tripped of everything moveable; boarded her and set her on fire; saw her burning several hours afterwards. The Winnegance, from Newcastle, has arrived at New York. On the 11th ult., in let. 48 30, long. 34, spoke tho British brig Joseph Anderson, from Saguenay for Lon don, and supplied her with provisions, she having on board part of the crew of the ship Michigan, of Port land. Mr. Miller, second mate of the Michigan, states that they were bound from Glasgow for New York. On the 29th of September, when twenty-one days out, in lat. 44 30, long. 47, experienced a heavy gale, which caused the ship to leak badly ; tried the pumps, and had about 700 strokes before they sucked ; the leak increased, and the water gained fast upon them, although the pumps were kept constantly going night and day. Oct. 3.—While lying under close reefed maintopsail, fell in with the brig Joseph Ander son, when Captain Mason, his wife, Fzederick Stinson, first mate, and three seamen, left the Michigan in a whale boat for the brig, which was lying to under the former's lee. When within about 20 yards of the brig a sea capsized the boat, and all on board were lost. Cap tain Mason and his wife were not seen after. Mr. Stin son and the three men were seen on the boat's bottom for about an hour. The ship and brig were got about as soon as possible, but too late to save any of the unfortu nate men. Oct. 4 —The second mate, with the balance of the crew, 11 in number, succeeded in reaching the brig in the ship's long-boat. When the Michigan was abandoned she had seven feet of water in her hold, although the pumps had been constantly at work. Since the 29th of September the second mate further states, that they were in company with an American barque. One night, while on the wreck, and using every means in their power to let them know their situation, by fire-arms, the barque answered, showing them lights, &c. At daylight hoisted our flag half-mast high, and union down, to no purpose, for in a light squall the barge left them. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NINNATGATB AND LZELDEI BTHII.Z.L. These markets were ♦ery dull to-day, at barely sta tionary prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. atjhe table, and Caldwell standing behind the door. I to( k them into custody, and conveytd them to the stati,)n. Mr. E. J. Edwin, solicitor, 85, Long-acre, and Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, who appeared for the def:n dants, addressed the magistrate at some length on behalf of their resprctive clients, contending that sufficient proof had not been cffered as to the house being a common gaming-house; and that their clients were en titled to their discharge. Mr. BilicliAm, after recapitulating the whole of the evidence adduced, said he was perfectly convinced that the house was a common gaming -house, and that the de fendants were there for an unlawful purpose. As it•had been proved that Hart had acted as door-keeper, he (Mr. Bingham) should convict him in the penalty of 1001., or in default to be imprisoned for six months. The others he fined 40s. each. Mr. Edwin said he should appeal against the sentence upon Hart at the sessions. et trb 'ambition FRANCE. M. Dupont (de l'Eure), M. Marrast, and some thirty other members of the Legislative Club of the Insti tute, have written a letter to its President, announc ing their intention to withdraw from the association, in consequence of the opposition of Messrs. Gamier Pages, Duclerc, Pagnerre, and Barthelemy St. Hi• laire to the candidature of General Cavaignac fur the Presidency. Several ships of war, composing the Mediterranean fleet, have arrived in Toulon, and been disarmed, and laid up in ordinary. Wean Professor; Mr. Williamson, of Clare Hall ; Mr. Goodwin, of Caius College ; Mr. Adams, of St. John's College ; Mr. Fuller, of St. Peter's College ; and Mr. Hopkins, of Catharine Hall, a Syndicate to visit the Ob servatory till November, 1849. 3. To authorise the payment of 1951. 17s. 2cl. to the Plumian Professor, in conformity with the regulations adopted Feb. 27, 1829, the net receipts of the Plumian Professorship in the labt year having been 3041.2}. 10d. " 4. On the recommendation of the Library Syndicate and Mr, Worts' trustees to authorise the trustees of Mr. Worts' estates at Landbeach to contribute Si. annually out of the income of the said estates towards the main tenance of the parochial school in that place. "5. To allow Mr. Birkett, of Jesus College, to resume his Regency." THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA. We translate the following from the Courrier de Con. stantinople •' Oar readers may remember that in the spring of the year Captain Lynch and some of his offieers, of the United States' brig Supply, proceeded to Constantinople, to obtain permission of the Ottoman Government to ex plere the Lake Tiberius. This was granted, and the re commendations given by the Sultan to the different offi cers of the places visit( d obtained for the intrepid officers every kind of assistance required. Nobody opposed the scientific research, the Arabs themselves offering their assistance, and frequently declining any remuneration for aid often of the most valuably kind. " Our little expedition (says Captain Lynch), com posed of some 15 persons, landed at St. Jean d'Acre, from which place we were desirous of proceeding to the Sea of Galilee, or Lake Tiberias, distant some 40 mil, a. We had with us two metal boats—one of copper the other of iron; these we landed and put into good condition to sustain the shocks which when drawn by camels from one place to the other they inevitably must encounter. We were encouraged by the idea of being the first to em bark on a similar expedition, except the late Mr. Carda gan, who did not survive the fatigues he underwent, and left no memoranda of his voyage to the Dead Sea. We also thought that all Christendom united in the thought of an expedition on this mysterious lake, and the interest it might present to the future navigator. "No sooner had we landed than our difficulties com menced, we requiring so many things of which we had not even thought. All being prepared, we placed our boats on carts constructed on board the Supply, and we set out for the Lake. On the road we had to climb se veral mountains, and cross formidable ravines. On more than one occasion we had to lower our boats by means of ropes down the frightful precipices. But all our difficul ties were surmounted by the patience and address which distinguish the true sailor; and on the Bth of April the two boats floated on the picturesque and deep blue waves of the Sea of Galilee, the American flag floating from the top of their small masts. '• We found the navigation of the Jordan very difficult and dangerous on account of the fearfully rapid currents. The idea of the fall of the Jordan between the Lak• Ti berias and the Dead Sea may be conceived by its crooked bed, which, in a distance of 60 miles, serpentines 200 miles. In this distance the expedition was planged into no less than 27 dreadful rapids, not counting several others of a less remarkable declivity. The difference in the level of these two seas is 2,000 feet. " For a few hundred yards from its mouth the water of the Jordan is sweet. The waters of the Dead Sea are without smell, but to the taste they are bitter, salt, and disgusting. " On entering, the boats encountered a gale of wind, and so thick were the waters that the boats appeared to strike against the hammers of the Titans rather than the waves of a raging sea. " The expedition continued its daily operations, making topographical sketches, until its arrival at the southern extremity of the sea, where a very astonishing spectacle awaited it. "On passing the mountain of Sodom (says Captain Lynch), we observed to the S.E. a large column, in the shape of a tunnel, composed of solid rock salt, and covered by carbonate of calcium, a mine of crystalliza tion. Mr. Dale made a sketch of it, and the doctor and I landed to obtain specimens. " The expedition made the tour of the Dead Sea, and returned to the point of its departure; the boats were in the same condition as when we left New York, and all the crew in good health. " The following facts are not without interest.— " The bottom of the northern part of the Dead Sea is almost flat (a plain). " The meridional lines at a short distance from the shore vary but little in depth ; the greatest depth found up to the date of this letter (May 3d) was 188 fathoms, or 1,128 English feet. Near the shore the bottom is generally a saline incrustation, but the intermediate por tion is of soft mud, with several rectangular crystals-- most frequently cubes of pure salt. On one occasion we obtained only crystals with the lead line. - - "In the same proportion that the north part of the Dead Sea is deep, so is the southern part shallow, to the extent that for a quarter of its length the depth was found to be but eighteen feet. Its southern bed presented no crystallizations, but its shores are covered with in crustations of salt, and on landing the footmarks in an hour's time were covered with crystallizations. " The shores in face of the peninsula, and its western side, present evident marks of destruction. " Birds and insects are, without doubt, to be found on the shore; sometimes ducks on the sea, for we saw some, but we could find no living object in this sea. However, the salt sources it receives contain fish belonging to the ocean. I feel certain, says Captain Lynch, that the result of our expedition will confirm to the very letter the his tory of the Holy Land as regards the sunken cities. After the examination of the Dead Sea, the expe dition proceeded to determine the height of the moun tains, and the l.•vel of a plain, from Jerusalem to the Mediterranean Sea. " Tluy luind the summit of the western coast of the Dead Sea more than 1,000 feet above its surface, and level with the Mediterranean. It is a singular fact, that the distance from the top to the b Atom of the Dead Sea—that is, the height of its shore, the eleva tion of the Mediterranean, and the difference of the level between the bottom of these two seas, and the depth of the Dead Sea, should thus be an exact multiple of the elevation of Jerusalem above it. " Another fact nut less curious is that the bottom of the Dead Sea forms two sunken plains —one elevated, the other depressed. The first part, south, is composed of clay or fat mud, covered by an artificial bay; the latter, the upper part and more north, of mud, incrus tations, and rectangular salt crystallizations, extending to a great depth, and with a narrow ravine defiling in the midst of it, corresponding with the Jordan at one extremity, and Wady Seib at the other. "• The - official report of Captain Lynch will be shortly published." TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six O'CLOCK. The only bets laid this afternoon were 450 to 10 each apt The Knout and Strongbow, and 500 to 10 agat Bernadotte. THE BAKERS' ASSIZE ASSOCIATION.— On Monday evening a meeting of master bakers was held at the London Coffee-house, Snow-hill, for tho purpose of taking into consideration the best means to be adopted in order to regulate the price of bread in the metro and to form an association, under the title of the Bakers' Assize Association, to carry that object into effect. Mr. Neville having been called to the chair, stated that several preliminary meetings had been held, and that it was desirable some steps should be adopted, not only for their own protection but for the benefit of the public at large, who, in buying what they consider a cheap article, are supplied with food of a deleterious quality. He knew, and he had also been informed by medical gentlemen, that a large quantity of bread sold was not fit for human consumption.— (Hear.) The report of the previous meeting was read, from which it appeared that it had been resolved to form a central board, to consist of a president, five millers, five factors, and fifteen bakers (who were to be delegates from fifteen districts in the metropolis). The board was to meet every Monday in Mark-lane. Three districts were formed—in Westminster, St. Luke's, and the east of London; and from the latter a communication was read, stating the determination of the bakers there to co-operate with the views of the central board. Mr. Brooks (the secretary) stated that it appeared there were nearly 800 bakers who in the course of the last year had been reduced to a state of insolvency in consequence of selling an article from which they had not sufficient remuneration. That num ber was about one•third of the bakers in the metropolis. In the year 1814, when the Lord Mayor regulated the price, they were allowed 13s. 4d. on the sack. They would now be satisfied with half that remuneration. He wished that they should be in a right position with the public, and that it should not be supposed they were seeking a monopoly. All they wished for was a fair remuneration, which could not be obtained if they sold a good and wholesome article at the present low prices. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, expressing themselves favourable to the objects of the assoiation. Various resolutions were adopted in its support, and subscriptions were entered into. PROGRESS OF THE EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT. The tallow-chandlers and oilmen of the neighbourhood of the Strand and Clare-market have, with some rare exceptions. come to the determination of closing their shops at nine o'clock every night, except Saturday, in stead of ten, and sometimes eleven o'clock, as heretofore. The change will commence on Monday next. The glovers and hosiers of Holborn and several of the streets running into that great leading thoroughfare have, in consequence of the respectful remonstrances of their as sistants, agreed to close at eight o'clock every night but Saturday. 12 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY—THE RETURN TICKET SYSTEM.---W hen we announced that the directors of this line had resolved not to continue the system of return tickets, we ventured to questiem the expediency of the arrangements even in a pecuniary point of view. The facts, so tar, have fully borne out our prediction. The return tickets were abolished on the first of November, and on the same day fifteen miles of new line were opened, and yet we find that the traffic returns of the following week without return tickets, and with the fifteen miles of new line, were just 5371. 14s. 10d. less than they were the week before with return tickets, and without the fifteen miles of new line. The inference is obvious enough.— Cheltenham Examiner. EXETER HALL.—The performance of Elijah, at Exeter Hall, on the 15th of next mouth, will be under the direction of M. Benedict. Mdlle. Jenny Lind will sustain the principal soprado part, in English. The ob ject sf the performance is to raise a sum of money in aid of a fund which Mendelsson established at Leipsic, for the purpose of defraying the expense of a musical scholarship in that city. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BER- WICK RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The public generally are indebted to you for the able and persevering manner in which you have exposed the infamous" bearing" in the railway market ; such able advocacy has probably prevented still greater depreciation ; and yet the depreciation in every instance has been so unwarrantable, so sense- less, that the owners of railway stock appear to have been quite demented, at all events, entirely lost to the dictates of reason and common sense. The York, Newcastle, and Berwick stock is a case in point. That company published, perhaps, the most satisfactory exposition of its condition ofall the railway statements. As you, Sir, truly and forcibly observed, it proved that" the undertaking which they (the share holders) have embarked in is of the soundest descrip tion, and that it affords prospects of success that can be equalled by few, and probably not surpassed by any similar undertaking in the British dominions." Nevertheless down went the stock, and the very statement, which afforded good evidence for its ad vancement, has been used by the " Bears" to tear it down. If you asked for a reason for this depression, you were answered by a shake of the head and this exclamation—" Oh, the company has only allowed 30 per cent. for working expenses, whereas the Great Western has allowed 40." Specious cn the face, but most fallacious below the surface. In the first place, the working expenses are calculated upon long and actual experience, and the merest tyro in commercial matters ought t o k now t h a t cer t er i s par ib us th e working expenses of next year will be the same as the last, and that the expenses of a series of years affords sound data for ascertaining the average expenses of future years. In the second place, it evinces gross ignorance of the working sour ces o f t h e Y ork, N ewcastle, and Berwick line : is it n o t o b v i ous t h at that most expen sive article, coke, can be obtained by this company at about halt the price which it costs many other lines, and that there is no line in England, whether in re ference to the mainway, the plant, the officers—in fact, the entire management—worked more cheaply than the York, Newcastle, and Berwick ? In short, can any person, not interested in disbelieving, doubt the truthfulness of the following concluding para graph of the company's statement : " In conclusion, the directors beg to assure the proprietors that nothing can be more satisfactory to the board than the present position of the company, whether in reference to its traffic or to the expense of working it, and they have no hesitation in expressing their unshaken confidence in the soundness and stabi lity of the undertaking with the management of which they are intrusted. This confidence is founded upon their experience of the steadily increasing traffic which every year has brought upon the lines notwithstand ing the check occasioned by the recent extraordinary commercial depression, and upon their conviction that, as a railway undertaking, the property is wholly unassailable—that no traffic can be abstracted from it by competi9. lines—and that an unfailing source of continually improving revenue is secured to it in the inexhaustible mineral wealth of the counties of Durham and Northumberland." Another and a very important fact I would direct your attention to, and that is the traffic returns. The York, Newcastle, and Berwick line is but 321 miles longer than it was in 1847, and yet see how its traffic verifies the directors' " experience of the steadily in creasing traffic ;" take in proof the returns of the two last weeks and the corresponding week's in 1847 :- 1847. 1848. Increase. £11,418 £13,632 £2,214 £11,056 £13,709 £2,653 If such " stubborn thing's" as the " facts" I have mentioned do not outweigh the " baseless fabrication" of the "Bears " in the mind of the British capitalist, then is he not only non comps, but the prospect of his being restored to a sound state of mind is dark indeed.—l am, Sir, &c., VERAX. Nov. 21, 1848. YORK AND BERWICK RAILWAY. TO GEORGE HUDSON, ESQ., M.P. SIR,—In the statement of this company's affairs, you estimate the future working expenses at 29 per cent. As you have at the present time all the advan tages of cheap coke, and the expenses are 38 per cent. (without any depreciation fund for the largest carry ing stock per mile in the kingdom), and are under large permanent charges for stationary engines in the steep inclines, wayleaves, damaged ground rents, and leading expenses, in connexion with your coal traffic, amounting to upwards of 50,0001. per annum, to all of which other passenger railways are exempt; I only express the feeling of the whole of my fraternity when I say what an inestimable boon you will be conferring on all classes of society, especially to those pecuniarily interested in railways, by informing them how, and by what means 3ou hope to effect so im portant a saving. A RAILWAY MANAGER. RAILWAY PROPERTY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Under ordinary circumstances, one would not think it worth while to notice the mere rumours of the Stock-Exchange with regard to railway pro perty ; but, having seen in a late number of your paper `• that Eastern Counties Railway shares are quoted lower, in consequence of a report that the present dividend will not be maintained," I have every reason to believe, Sir, that the divi dend will considerably increase, and that I have no hesitation in saying, that a better investment, and more safe or sounder one, cannot be—supposing even the shares to be at par, instead of the present absurd price. - Every one can now read for themselves the state ment just published by the company, and when the traffic is fully developed we may expect, as Mr. Hudson long since stated, a dividend of ten per cent. Yours obediently, A LOVER OF FACTS. Ludlow, Nov. 22, 1848. WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Severn, Captain Vincent, with the usual West India mails, has arrived. Her dates are—Tampico, October 14 ; Honduras, 13 ; Vera Cruz, 16 ; Deme rara, 18 ; Trinidad, 21 ; Jamaica, 23 ; Grenada, 24 ; Havannah and Barbadoes, 28 ; St. Thomas, Nov. 1 ; Bermuda, 8. She brings forty-eight passengers, 648,426 dollars (5,000 of which are reported for Mexican dividends), 704 oz. of gol.l, 4471. worth of British coin, 173 serons of cochineal, eighty-seven cases of cigars, twenty-four bales of tobacco. She experienced very rough weather on her passage home. (From Cordova 's Mercantile liztelligencer.) JAMAICA.—Since our last, the trifling improvement has subsided, and the markets are duller than before. Sugar has receded materially, owing to the large supply, and the unfavourable news by the packet, and cannot be quoted higher than 13s. to 17s. per 100 lbs. Freights: None offering in Kingston ; 31. per ton has been given for sugar at the north side. Ex change on London : Colonial Bank, 90 days, 1 per cent. prem. ; 60 days, 14 per cent. prem.; amaica Bank, 90 days, 1 per cent. prem. ; 60 days, 14 per cent. prem. The English brig Eliza, of Liverpool, had been lost. Crew saved. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN STEEPLECHASES. WZDNESDAY. A Free Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 50 added. Two miles. (11 Subs.) Lord Strathmore's Chatham, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b (Frisby) 1 Captain► Lane's Midnight (late The Thease), 4 yrs... 2 The following also started, but were not placed:— Jack, 1 Ist 41b—Premier, lOst 111b—Mignionette, lost 51b—Linnaeus, lOst 31b—Farnham, lOst 31b, and Bruce, 9st 51b. 6to 4 agst Chatham, and 4to 1 agst Midnight. Won easily. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 100 added; the second to save his stake. Four miles. (46 Subs., 21 of whom paid 5 soya. each.) Mr. J. Henderson's The Doctor, aged, 1 Ist 21b ... 1 Mr. J. Storey's The Victim, 6 yrs, llst 21b... 2 Mr. Harrison's Venom, 4 yrs, lOst 3 Mr. Nichol's Justice to England, lOst 51b ... 4 The following also ran:—Proceed, 12st 21b—Peter Simple, 11>t 51b—Alfred, lOst 51b—Equinox, lOst 41b, Sparta, lOst 71b, and Velocity, Sat 101 b. Betting-5 to 4 agst Proceed, 4to 1 agst Alfred, Bto 1 agst Doctor, 10 to 1 agst Victim, 12 to 1 agst Venom. The Doctor made strong running all the way, and won easily. Proceed, Alfred, and Velocity, took the fence out of the course, and went no further. SECESSION OF THE HON. AND Ray. BAPTIST W. NOEL.—From the inquiries we h ave made, we believe that the rumour which has rea c h e d us respecting Mr. Noel'sintention to secede from the Establishment is well founded. W e are i n f ormed that he has announced his resolution, in a letter to his chapel-wardens, but states that he shall continue to officiate at St. John's Chapel for a short time longer. The public will no doubt soon receive an authentication of the statement from Mr. Noel himself, together with his reasons for taking so i m p ortant a step. We have since beenin formed, on trustworthy authority, that the above rumour is strictly correct, and that in a few days Mr. Noel will probably make a public rtatement of his reasons for se ceding from th e Ch urc h , b ut t h at h e w ill n o t resign his pastorship until Midsummer next. We understand that the Church and St a t e ques ti o n is the only cause assigned for the step.—Noncenfermist. PARISH OP ST. CLEMENT DANES. — Yesterday, at one o'clock, the polling for the vacant vestry clerk ship of this parish recommended, and was kept up with vigour until four o'clock, when the books were finally closed and the state of the poll made up and declared. The day's poll showed a majority in favour of Mr. Score, but the gross poll stood as follows:—lsaacson 666„Score 625, Murrough 89, Bisgood 34. The total number of voters has been 723, a larger number than was ever polled upon a similar occasion out of an assessment of 1,500, and in the course of three days' election upwards of 8001. has been paid for rates. MEAT DIA.RXETS. SOUTHALL, NOT. 22.—For each kind of fat stock, we had a heavy demand, at drooping prices. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s to 4s; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, NOT. 22.—Prices generally were lower than on last market-day, with a heavy inquiry. The supply was seasonably good. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mut ton, 3s 8d to 49 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per Sibs,. Suckling Calves, 17s to 245; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 213 each. HAILSHAM, NoT. - 2.—Our market was fairly sup plied with each kind of stock, the sale for which was heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 4s to 4s 10d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per Blbs. _ _ _ ARUNDEL, Nov. 21.—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s; Mutton, 4s 2d to 4s 10; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s ; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 6d per 81bs. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CHICHESTER, Nov. 22.—The primest Down Sheep sold at full prices ; otherwise, the trade ruled heavy, at drooping currencies:—Beet, from 3s 4d to 4s; Mutton, 4s to ss; Veal, 3s $d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Quarter old store Pigs, 13s to 19s each. HAT MARMETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 218 s. to 31 13s; Clover, ditto, 31 10, to 41 17s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 8s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 108 to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 10a to 4/ 15s; aid Straw, 11 4s to 1110 s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 31 15s Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 5/ ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 98 per load. Trade steady, at the above quotations. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Nev. 22,1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Tewns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BAXLEY.' OATS. ZTE. I BEANS. I rims. PRICE 1 62 s 3d 34s Id 20s 5d 1 30 s 10d 1 385 11 40s 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. . - WH - - EAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I AYE. BEANS. I PEAS. Gs Od 2s Sd 2s 6d 2s Od Is Od Es Od QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) WATSON V. LORD CHARLETILLE AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover a sum of money, which had been paid by the plaintiff on scrip shares in the Newry and Armagh Railway, of which th e d e f en d ant and others were prov isional committeemen. The plain tiff sought to recover the money ou the ground that he had been induced to subscribe his money by misrepre sentation. The verdict at the trial was found for the plaintiff (as we understood) ; subsequently a rule was applied for, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a nonsuit entered, on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence. Lord DENMAN now gave the jndgmont of the Court. It appeared to the Court that there was no evidence to show that the money found its way into the hands of the defendants. The rule for a nonsuit must accordingly be made absolute. The rest of the morning was occupied with oases dt void of general interest. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuRcHELL.) WOOD AND OTHERS V. WILLIAMS. Tho plaintiffs in this action are coal-merchants at Northumberland-wharf, Strand, and defendant is owner of the Fawn Margate steam-boat. The claim was for 741. 16s. 2d. for coals supplied by defendant's order. Evidence was adduced to prove the delivery, and a ver dict was given for the amount claimed. CuX V. MORRIS. The plaintiff is proprietor of the Law limes; the de fendant is an attorney, at present being a managing clerk in the City. The action was brought to recover the sum of 51. 15s. 6d. for work and labour done, and goods sold and supplied to defendant at his request. Evidence was adduced by which it was proved that certain numbers of the work had been served, and also that after the action had been brought defendant ten dered the amount without costs, and contended that the action ought to have been brought in the name of Mr. Crockford, the publisher. For the plaintiff it was now contended, on the autho rity of several cases in " Chitty on Contracts," and on a more recent case, " Brunton v. Thompson," 7 Law Times, p. 430, in all of which it was held that even where the name of the principal had not been disclosed, he could maintain an action, and that in fact it ought to be brought in his name, and not in the :name of the agent, which it was contended Crockford was, being a mere ser• vant of the plaintiff, although his name was en tered at the Stamp-office, and attached to the paper as publisher, in compliance with the law. He is also sub-editor of the Law Times. The bills were made out in the name of Mr. Crockford, who, however, had no in terest in the profits of the paper, or in any of the other publications at the same office. The witnesses for the plaintiff were cross-examined rigidly on the latter points, and admitted Crockford had demanded payment in his own name. The UNDER-SHERIFF, in summing up, said the ques tion was whether Crockford had sold tee papers on his own account. The law had been clearly laid down by the plaintiff's attorney—if the contract had been made substantially with the plaintiff through Crockford, and he had not been misled, the plaintiff would be entitled to a verdict. _ - ------- The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. MARLBRO' STREET—(THIS DAY.) CAPTURE OF GAMBLERS.—James Hart, 13, White Hart-street, Drury-lane; Thomas Dreme, cigar dealer, 24, John -street, Tottenham-court- road ; Arthur Mathews, law stationer, 27, Cumberland-street, Camberwell; John Seyfort, 13, Sherrard-street, clerk; John Holland, sadler, 16, Rathbone-place; James Thompson, 22, High street, Kensington; William Clark, 22, Porter-street, waiter; John Saunders, 24, Commercial-road East, tailor ; William Mordaunt, 15, Belgrave-street, Pimlico, commission agent; William Howard, Stromboli. cottage, Pimlico, bootmaker ; and George Caldwell, 15, Little Guildford•street, Russell-square, teacher of music; were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having been found in a common gambling house, No. 17, Castle street, Leicester-square. Mr. Henry Beresford, Superintendent of the C divi sion of police, said—l produce the report made by me to the Commissioners of Police, and the order of the Com missioners to enter the house, No. 17, Castle-street, Leicester-square. In compliance with this order, I went about a quarter past nine last night to the house, ac companied by several constables. On arriving at the door I found it secured by a strong chain. I knocked several times for admission, and not receiving any answer, I directed the constables to break the door open, which, after some difficulty, was done. I then went into a room on the ground-floor, where I saw the defendants, Hart, Mathews, Seyfort, and Holland. I directed the constables to secure them. I then forced an entrance through a thin partition leading to the stairs. On arriving at the top of the staircase, I found all further ingress secured by a trap-door, which was strongly fastened. I directed it to be forced open by crowbars, and after some time a hole sufficiently large was made, through which a con• stable was put, who broke open the door with a crow bar. I then went into a room and found the other de fendants sitting round a table, covered with green baize. There was a fire in the room, and I distinctly saw papers burning in the grate, and a quantil of metal in a state of fusion. I directed a con stable to throw some water on the fire, which extinguished it. I then saw one of the con stables take the portion of the roulette-wheel: produced from a sink in the room. I also found an engraving, which fitted into the frame of the roulette-wheel, which when hanging up, had all the appearance of a picture. In another part of the room I found the bank-boxes and the metal produced, which was taken from under the grate. The whole of the prisoners were then secured, and taken to the station. Freeman, 178 C, said, on the previous evening, about five o'cl oc k, I commenced watching the house in Castle kwnhoecnkaastigthoealdwooars.givTehne itdwooars opened n b y t h t e h e chain,defendant Hart, the doorkeeper, and the defendants were at once admitted. The door was then chained again imme diately. Police-constable 5 C said, by the orders of my super intendent, I searched the ground floor of the house in Castle-street. In the back room. I found Howard sitting AUSTRIA. Scarcely a third part of the arms plundered from the arsenal had been given up, and though a great portion had doubtless found their way to Hungary, still a great number must have been concealed in Vienna. The remaining Deputies of the Diet were to take their departure for Krernser in the course of a few days. The Ministry was still incomplete. At Vienna Welden, the new Governor, has intro duced the horrid system of secret executions. On the morning of the 17th an old man was ex cuted in the city ditch ; who he was could not, however, be ascertained, as no spectators were allowed to approach. Some said the prisoner was Dr. Becher, editor of the Radical, and others Braun, an officer of the National Guard. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament on the 20th, in answer to question put by to the Minister of War, whether it was true that the troops now concentrated at Berlin were to be employed, in the event of a san• guinary conflict, as troops of the German Empire, and whether General Wrangel had a commission to be used ad libitum, &c•, the Minister replied in the negative. _ _ _ M. Mohl, the Minister of Justice, then rose to reply to several interpellations with reference to the Hungarian Hussars, who had taken refuge in Prussian territory, and who were, according to the old laws of Germany, amenable to death as deserters. The Hon. Gentleman stated that he had requested the Prussian Government to suspend their imme diate delivery, and to endeavour to obtain their pardon from the Austrian Government. As regarded the publication of the laws of the empire in Prussia and Austria, he had received satisfactory reports from the Plenipotentiaries of most of the German Powers. The laws were published as they appeared in the official Gazettes, except in Prussia and Austria, and in the case of the latter power the omission was so marked as to appear intentional. A report was then brought up from the Committee on the affairs of Austria, the majority of which were of opinion that the Central Government should be called on to interpose its authority for the speedy re peal of the exceptional measures considered necessary in Vienna, and to obtain a formal recognition of the Central Executive from the Austrian Government. The report of the Committee on the affairs of Prus sia was next brought up by M. Jordan, of Berlin. The Committee recommended the adoption of the following motion : " The Imperial Assembly, in pursuance of its resolu tion of the 14th inst., and duly considering the events that have taken place, calls on the Central Government to urge the Imperial Commissioners now in Berlin to exert all their efforts to obtain the appointment of a Ministry which enjoys the confidence of the country. The Assembly, at the same time, expressly declares the notoriously illegal and dangerous resolution of the residue of the Berlin Assembly to be null and voi I. Finally, the Assembly declares that it will protect the rights and liberties promised and ensured to the people of Prussia against all attempts to violate them." This resolution was, after a long debate, carried by a majority of 276 against 150. ITALY. Intelligence from Naples, of the 14th, has been received. It was said that the Sicilian affair was in a fair ss ay of adjustment, at least so far as the consent of the King went, on the basis of a separate Parliament and a_ separate Administration—the offensive article of a separate ~.arLny being recommended, but not insisted on. Doubts -were entertained, however, of a ready assent being given at Palermo; and a hint is given that the allied squadron will have to menace a blockade of that port before the Provisional Government gives in. Perfect tranquillity prevailed at Naples; but the success of the Austrian army at Vienna had quelled any dispo sition to revolt, if any such existed. The Chamber was to be opened by commission at Naples on the 24-h. The Piedniontese Gazette, of the 18th instant, an nounces under date Bologna, 14th, that the column of Italian mountaineers, commanded by General Garibaldi, had arrived at Pianoza, and that after sleeping in that locality, it had taken the road to Romagna, proceeding towards the Adriatic. On the 13th the General reached Faenzale, and 400 volun teers, who were to join him at Faenza, passed through Florence on the 14th. The Sicilian Consul at Leghorn received his exe quatur from the Tuscan Government on the 14th inst. The Genoa Gazette, of the 17th inst., states that the Piedmontese Government h a d placed sixteen pieces of artillery at the di sposa l o f th e Minister of War of Tuscany. The Concordia of Turin, of the 18th inst., pub lishes the following letter from Milan, of the 16th :- 66 A Municipal Deputation having waited upon Mar shal Radestzky, to protest against his decree, imposing a forced contribution on t h e c i ty, the latter rep lied, ' I want money for the maintenance of my troops. You know it well, gen tl emen. Grant me a subsidy for ono month, and I will withdraw my decree.' Che Deputies then retired, leaving their protest in the hands of Radestzky. Last evening about sixty men and n omen of the lower orders of the people, paid no doubt by the police, collected before the Villa BA giosa, and loudly vociferated ' M ars h a l R a d etz ky i s cur father. He was right to make those rich traitors con tribute.' Radetzky, having appeared at the balcony. thanked them by a sign of the hand without addressing them a single word." , I RE L COURT OF AND' QUEEN'S BENCH. DUBLIN, Nov. 22.—This being the day appoint e d by the Court to hear the argument , in the case of " W. S. O'Brien in Error V. the Queen th e entrances to the co urt were crowded from an earl y ho ur. Several of th e me tropolitan police were statio ned at the door, and no person was admitted without th e Sh er i ff 's written order. The galleries were crowded to inconv enience by re spectably-attired ladies, and th e co unsel benc hes were filled with barristers, who evinced the utmos t anxiety throughout the proceedings. Shortly after ten o'clock Mr. W. S. O'Brien was placed at the side bar, in the custody of the gaoler of Richmond Penitentiary. Mr. O'Brien appeared in excellent spirits, but from length ened confinement looked rather paler than usual. Throughout the argument he took copious notes of the proceedings. At half-past ten o'clock the Chief Justice and Messrs. Justice Crampton, Moore , and Perr i n, took thei r seats , when the case was proceeded with. Mr. FRANCIS A. FITZGERALD here addressed the Court and said he appeared upon behalf of Mr. W. S. O'Brien. Ile proceeded to argue the different points in the order in which they appeared in the assignments, and trusted that he would s ucceed in sati s f ying the Court that the points relied upon by Mr. S. O'Brien's Counsel were correct and legal. Mr. Fitzgerald then proceeded to argue at great length upon the different points of error assigned, and in the course of his speech adverted to several Acts of Parliament passed in Eng land, which, in his opinion, referred to the present question. The Learned Gentleman then entered into the law of treason and the various Acts passed applic able to Irelard. Mr. D. LYNCH replied on the part of the Crown. The CHIEF JUSTICE observed that the case had been very ably argued by the Counsel on both sides. The further hearing of the case was then a dj ourned at four o'clock, and Mr. O'Brien was removed to Rich mond Bridewell in the prison vale escorted by a tr oo p of the 17th Lancers and horse police. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 22.—At a Congregation holden this day the following degrees were conferred : M.A.—W. H. Acret, Queen's College. LL.B.—Hynm Burn, St. Peter's College. M.B.—T. T. Itoscow, Downing College. B.A —W. J. Carver, Magdalene College ; J . p . Cum ming, Christ's College ; F. Harris , Catharine Hall ; J o h n Jones, St. John's C o lege; W. V. Turner, Magdalene College; W. L. Wynne, St. John's College. W. F. Handcock, 8.A., of St. Mary Hall, O x f or d , was admitted ad eundem. At the same Congregation the following graces passed the Senate:— " I. To aceept the offer of several members of the Civil Service of India to transfer to the University about 1,9201. Three per Cent. Consols, for the purpose of founding an annual prize, to be called the Le Bas Prize,' under the conditions set forth in a statement dated Nov. 10, 1848. "2. To appoint the Vice. Chancellor, the Master of Christ's College, the Master of Caius College, the Master of Trinity college, the Lucasian Professor, the Lowa- 2% 11% 8% 163 k 1% ...... 4% 4% WEST RIDING ELECTION. RESIGNATION OF MR. FITZWILLIAM. LEEDS, WEDi4EsDa.Y.—The extremely untavourable reception Mr. Fitzevidiam met with at his canvassing riciit in LeLds yesterday has had the effect of inducing the honourable candidate to resign. This fact was this morning communicated to Mr. Edward Baines by Mr. Thos. Wm. Tottie, the legal agent ut Leeds of the Fitz william family, in a letter of which the following is a copy "Leeds, Nov. 22. " Dear Sir,—l have this morning received a letter from Mr. George W. Fitzwilliam, authorising and requesting rae to announce that after the hostility exhibited towards his brother Charles at Leeds yesterday, he has come to the resolution that it is prudent for him to withdraw from a position which is so likely to provoke a contest, and that he will therefore discontinue his canvass. I. hasten to communicate this intelligence to you with the view that you may make it known immediately and as extensively as possible. "Yours faithfully, "Edw. Baines, Esq. " Tnos. WM. TOTTIE." Immediately upon the receipt of the epistle the Con ser% atives, as well as the anti-endowment Liberal., were upon the qui viue, and at the time your correspondent writes, there exists something more than a probability that Mr. Beckett Denison, who retired at the general election upon the nomination of Mr. Cobden, will be brought forward by the Conservative party; and should this prove to be the case, it is quite certain that he will also receive the support of the old Whig party. Vigorous steps are being taken by the Liberals; and this morning a meeting of delegates from the several polling districts of the Riding took place at Normanton, having been convened by the executive committee, for the purpose of considering the steps to be taken in the present position of affairs, and of deciding whether or not Mr. Roebuck, the ex-member for Bath, should be put in nomination. Mr. Francis Carbutt, late Mayor of Leeds, occupied the chair; and amongst the gentlemen present were the Mayors of Wakefield and Bradford, and many of the leading men of liberal principles. The meeting was not open to reporters, but your correspondent was informed that the name of Mr. Roebuck was introduced at the commencement of the sitting, and received wick the utmost enthusiasm by every delegate present. His, however, was not the only name mentioned, though he had received the unanimous call of large meetings of elec tors at Wakefield and Sheffield on Tuesday night. (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) NORMANTON, Nov. 22.—1 n pursuance of previous ar rangements, a meeting of delegates front the various poll ing districts of the West Riding was held at Normanton yestei day, for the purpose of considering the propriety of bringing forward Mr. Roebuck ass candidate for the re presentation of the West Riding, in opposition to Mr. C. W. W. Fitzwilliam. Immediately on the assembling of the delegates, at half-past twelve o'clock, a communication to Mr. E. Baines, of Leeds, announcing the resignation of Mr. Fit zwilliam, was read, and received with loud demonstra tions of applause. The meeting was a private one, reporters being ex cluded ; but we are inf orme d th at a very strong feeling was manifested in favour of bringing forward Mr. Roe buck as a candidate. Sir Culling Eardley Eardley was also mentioned again, and a long discussion took place. The Sheffield delegates, we are informed, came to the meeting prepared to support Mr. Roebuck, a meeting of three hundred electors having, with only two dissen tients, authorised them to do so. The Wakefield elec tors also had come to a similar decision at a meeting held in that town. QUARTER TO FIVE, P.M.—Just as the train is coming up we learn that the decision arrived at by the delegates is in favour of Sir Culling Eardley Eardley, and that he consequently is the selected candidate. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln your San of Tuesday last you inserted a letter from " A Non-resident Elector of the West Riding." In answer to his remarks respecting the borough of Malton, it is only fair to Earl Fitzwilliam to state, that the inhabitants of that peaceful and rural district have never complained, as a body, of the mild influence exercised over them by the house of Wentworth. On the contrary, I do know that they think much more highly of their present Mem bers than they do of the lir-famed and noisy Member for the " immaculate and free " borough of Notting ham or the blooming " Rose of Finsbury." If, as your worthy " Non-resident Elector" states, " the West Riding electors are anxious for the fur ther extension of the suffrage and vote by ballot," pray how does be account for the present apathy and almost perfect indifference, as to whether this young Fitzwilliam " walks over the course or not ?" I will tell you my opinions upon this subject. First, the electors feel that they owe a deep debt of gratitude to the house of Wentworth ; secondly, they are sick of political change; thirdly, as a body, the electors of the West Riding care little about the " vote by ballot," or a further extension of the "county franchise ;" fourthly, they will not be frightened from their propriety by the old stale and canting cry of "No Popery ;" and fifthly, they do not feel any sympathy, as a body, with the cry of " separation of Church and State." Deeply as myself and many electors regret the youth and inexperience of the lion. C. W. W. Fitzwilliam , still in my bumble opinion lie will beat the best man your " Non-resi dent Elector" can name, if "of extreme liberal opinions," as in case of need the Conservatives would vote for Fitzwilliam Your " Non-resident Elector's" remark about the ability of the house of Wentworth to spare the needful to contest the West Riding is very unhandsome, and shows his entire ignorance of the towter. No resident gentleman will question the power end will of the Noble Earl on this score. Respecting the 5001. promistd by " the mayor of a certain borough," you may rely upon it there is some mistake, as without " due consideration" he is not in the habit of giving such a promise. lam as anxious that the West Riding should he well represent(d as your " Non-resident Elector" can be, but rely upon it the watchword of " No Endow ment" will not succeed here at present.—l remain, Mr. Editor, yours very respectfully, A RE:SIDON r ELECTOR OF THE WEST RIDING. Wakefield, Nov. 22, 1848. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Agreeing generally with the letter of a "Non-resident Elector," in your paper of yesterday, we surely shall be able to elect a " more fit and pro per person" than the Honourable C. Fitzwilliam. Mr. Edmund Denison ought to be the man, and as he is probably reluctant to oppose the house of Went worth, T. Waite, Esq., ought to be brought out. He shall have the support of your obedient servant, A LIBERAL ELECTOR OF THE WEST RIDING. Near Doncaster, Nov. 23, 1848. SEWERAGE v. THAMES. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) " There is no plan for keeping the refuse of our sewers from polluting the River."—So says Messrs Wel ker, Cubitt, and Brunel in their Report to the Sanitary Board!!! Science where art thou ? Ingenuity hide your diminished head Where are the talents of the country in which we live ? All gone to the tomb of the Capulets Well, well !it may be so. The noble Thames may still remain a stagnant ditch, a filthy puddle, if this be true,: that no remedy can be found so as to prevent this continued pollution of the finest and most useful river in the world. But is it true that cure is impossible ? The answer is No ! .No thing is impossible—" Where there is a will there is a way ;" and if the money spent on gingerbread phan toms were expended on useful national improvements, then the health of the city of London and the sal vation of a noble river may be preserved unpolluted with the greatest of ease, and without any great en gineering difficulties or abilities being required. If they want it done, there are those ready and willing to accomplish what seems a difficulty to these gentlemen. Already one and all of them are over burdened with public works. But there are others in numbers who will be able to accomplish the preserving of the River from pollution.—Yours, Sr.e R. RELTIE, C.E. Liverpool, Nov. 22, 1848. SEWAGE OF LONDON. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Several communications having lately ap peared in your paper upon the subject of the enclosed paragraph, I have thought it probable you might con sider it of sufficient general interest to give it a place in your valuable journal.—l am, Sir, your humble servant, J. W. S. 27, Mount-street, Nov. 22. In the report of the City engineers allusion is made to the impracticability of diverting the sewage from the river Thames. They were, probably, unaware of a suggestion made by Mr. Hamilton Fulton, the en gineer, for effecting this desirable object, and which appears to be quite practicable. By the plan suggested for improving the drainage of the district on the north side of the Tham es, it WAS river proposed to convey the sewage along the shore in cast iron pipes as far as the Tower-stairs, then ce to be carried in a sewer or pipes along a portion of the Tower moat, East Smithfield, Ratcliffe Highway, Upper Shadwell, and the East India Dock-road, into a reservoir which was proposed to be constructed in the Plaistow Marshes or their vicinity. By this plan, the difficulty of passing the dal en trances would be obviated, which was mentioned by Messrs. Cubitt, Brunel, and Walker as an insuperable objection to any such arrangement. The importance, nay, the necessity of the Thames being emancipated from its present filthy condition, is so great in a sanit ar y p o i n t o f v i ew , th a t it s accom plishinent would warrant a very large expenditure of capital, to say nothing of the benefit which would be derived from the collection of the sewage manure. A CURE POE SHORT WsieiT.—The local autho rities of Mary lebone have resolved, under the provisions of their district Act of Parliament, to publish the names of any tradesmen of the district who shall have been three times convicted of using false and fraudulent weights and measures, and to cause the name, residence, and calling, and the circumstances attendant on the conviction, to be publicly Advertised iq the principal 'daily newspapers. le. sl s's to s