The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-27 00:00:00

PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO THE NINTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. (From the .Newry Telegraph.) On Tuesday last, the ceremony of presenting a new set of colours to the above-named distinguished regi ment, at present lying here, took place in the barrack • square, at the hour of eleven o'clock. The day being -very fine, a large number of the inhabitants assembled to witness the presentation. The 9th Regiment has for the last two hundred years always held a high position for bravery, discipline, and every soldierly qualification; and the conduct of the men since their arrival in this town has been most orderly and exemplary. Besides the honours they gained, and the victories they mainly contributed to achieve in the Peninsular, the 9th bore a distinguished part in Caubul, at the battles of Sobraon and lerozesbah, and for their services in these engage ments they received medals. There is one circumstance connected with the engagement at Ferozeshab, which, though not mentioned in the dispatches at the time, yet deserves to be recorded of the 9th. It is this:—The 4th division was ordered to advance, and storm the left batteries. They were, however, repulsed by the enemy, and in retiring they came rushing, guns, horses, and men, right upon the 9th, which remained steady under the shock, and kept perfect order. The 9th were then ordered to advance, and, supported by the 26th Native Infantry, they suc ceeded in storming the batteries. In this action they suffered severely, having nearly 300 men killed and wounded. The regiment is at present commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Davis, a gallant old veteran, who has seen much active service with this renowned corps. For the part he performed in India, Colonel Davis re ceived the title of C.B. The General having taken his place in the square, surrounded by his A.D.C.'s, and the whole regiment being drawn up in line, the proceedings of the day commenced by the band playing t he troop—" The flag that braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze." when the band had reached the end oft he line they wheeled, and marc hed in quick time along the line again to their first position. To the right of the centre were the Queen's colours, and on the left the regimental colours, which exhibited all the marks of having seen much service: They were literally hang ing in ribbons from the staff. After the band had got to the bead of the column, an escort of grenadiers, who were to receive the old colours, came marching down along the line after the band, which played the "British Grenadiers." When they arrived where the old colours were, the ensigns and colour sergeants came to the front, the grenadiers in open order, and the band play ing " God save the Queen." Having then taken charge of the old colours, the grenadiers, who were on the left of the line, the band passing in front of it, wheeled to the right, and marched away with the old colours, the front of the grenadiers passing in centre of the line, the rear rank to the rear of the line, the band and old colours in front. On the arrival of the grenadiers with the old colours on the right of the line, the regiment presented arms, and the rear rank took up close order ; after which they formed four deep inwards on the three centre companies, preparatory to forming three sides of a square, inside of which, placed crosswise on a drum, were the new colours. The Rev. W. R. WILLIAMS, the chaplain to the regi ment, then came forward and offered up a very solemn and appropriate prayer. When the chaplain had concluded, Major General Bainbridge then advanced to the centre, and having received the new colours from Major Borton and Captain Elmherst, presented them to Ensigns Ha milton and Wilkinson, :,ho received them kneeling, the regiment at the same time presenting arms, and the band playing " God save the Queen. ' The Gallant General then said-9th Regiment, in the name of her Majesty the Queen, I present you with these new co lours in the place of the old ones, endeared to you by so many proud recollections—worn to tatters by hard service—covered with glory, and handed down to you without a single stain upon them to tarnish your glory. I call on you to guard these new colours with that loyalty and bravery which have always charactised the 9th Regiment. You will always in the hour of battle rally round those colours, remembering that the eyes of your Queen and your country are upon you, ex pecting that every man will do his duty. And what is that duty ? Nothing less than this—that you should always be ready and willing to offer up your lives in the defence of that honourable badge—the most important badge which you bear upon your brews'-plate—(The Gallant General here ordered the colours to be displayed)—the glorious form of Britan nia. This distinguished badge, it appears, was given to you for your gallantry at the battle of Almansa, during the war, of succession in Spain, by Queen Anne. On the eccasien of that important battle, it is recorded that you lost 24 officers, and had 300 men killed and wounded, out of 467. On that occasion this regiment, I am happy to say did not follow the example of other regiments, but fought to the last. In retiring from the fiehl they covered the retreat of General Lord Galway, tho commander, under their Colonel, Stewart—a most arduous, hex irdous, and difficult service—thus showing that though obliged to retreat, there is still to be "No surrender." The regiment thus upheld the honour of Great Britain, and were rewarded for it by Queen Anne, by allowing them to wear the figure of Britannia on their breast-plates. This badge must always inspire every soldier by the recollections it calls to mind, and incite him to acts of heroism. I see on these colours no less than nine battles mentioned in which you bore an honourable part. In some of them you were victorious over the invincible legions of Napoleon—the French soldiers— the most warlike nation in the world. The part you bore in the Peninsula is highly creditable to you; for in all the actions in r hich you were engaged there were ne defeats. You were victorious at Rolzia, where, throiigh you, Bonaparte's hgions lost the term of in vincible. , At. Corunna you were forming the force that covered the emba.ke.tion of the troop and after the severe and herrassilig retreat on that occasion your re gensra performed the m• lanclioly duty of burying the brave Sir John Moore, and, as the poet says— " They buried him darkly at dead of night, With his martial cloak around him." At Bussaco they came up most opportunely, and charged the foe home at the point of the bayonet. Here their discipline was most conspicuous, having ceased firing upon the moment they were ordered to do so—a most difficult thing when in the excitement of a battle. At Aranjuez their patience and steadiness was well tried. They were part of the light brigade, and the regiment was deployed all along the line, their files were naked as much as if they were on parade, and their Colonel, Sir John Cameron, was riding backwards and forwards, and when a staff officer came riding up to him, and told him to charge, he replied (here the General took off his hat), " Thank you, sir; that is the best news I have heard to day. Now, boys, we shall get at them." The advance of that brigade was one of the finest things ever seen. They had to march quite exposed for half a mile up a hill ars limit the enemy who were on a rising g round, from Chicle they drove them. At St. Sebastian also the regi ment displayed great bravery. At Nive, too, their dis cipline showed itself; for notwithstanding that part of the enemy, having overpowered the fourth division, got in the rear of the regiment, Sir John Cameron ordered the 9,h to advance, which they did, and succeeded in taking 160 prisoners. It is a singular fact that all the Peniesular battles were fought tied- r Sir John Cameron, who, though often wouieled and suffering from ill health, was al vays to be foiled at the head of his regiment when theleieg was required. The services of the regiment in Ceubut was known to us all. It would be impossible to e; ter io'o them in detail; but fer these services you got the word " Caubul" on your eel :ure In the campaign of h • Sutlej General Sir John M'Caskill was killed. The victories of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and Subteen, are hied v glorious to this regiment. The Seikhs are a most warlike notion, and are well instructed in tho European 'rode of warferts by experienced French officers. At Moodkee and Feroz-shah, where Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor commanded, the regiment highly distinguished hself. It is very gratifying to me to see so many dais on the breasts of the officers and soldiers — thus showing that they bore a part in those battles, and contributed to those victories. At Ferozeshah, the Seikhe had 190 guns of the heaviest metal, which they served with the greatest effect. The 9th Regiment was ordered to attack their position, which they did with complete success, driving the enemy before them, and covering themselves with immortal glory. In this attack your regiment lost nine officers, and had 260 men killed and wounded, in consequence Borton, upon whom the command Colonel T 4 l c o o r nsequence of the death of Lieutenant battle had the re' nwkaosf severely wounded, and after the The discipline of this Brevet Major conferred upon him. rgiment has a l wa y s b een conspi cuous. Aft er the storming of Badajos they w, re ordered to enter the town, and the duties soldi ers are tallied atop to plunde r; an d o f a ll upon to perform this is the most arduous and painful. It is what tries discipline. On that occasion some of them th. were killed or wounded seem theirown friends. In the by the straggling shots of retreat from Rodrigo we caOhenthteheseevoemsre displaying itself is a striking manner rsentewll preserved discipline again mander-in-chief issued upon that oc casio n absent general but necessary general order, this re g s eeen si t - s a . its discipline. On the march only two —:consequently the 9th were exempted from thatt e order. In the year 1815, when desertion was so among the troops, not a single soldier deserted from the 9th. Lord Murray paid a high compliment to the regi ment for this. On the arrival of the regiment home from India, when Colonel Davis was asked if he wanted any non-commissioned officers, his reply was that he did not—that he had a sufficiency of excellent non-com missioned officers. lam particularly gratified to see so fine a body of colour sergeants, whose duty it is to protect the colours, and to assist in enforcing dis cipline among the men. Discipline is one of the highest requisites for a soldier. Without it the bravest troi.ps in the world are nothing better than a mere rabble. I must warn young soldiers against desertion—it is one of the highest offences a soldier can be guilty of. I must also warn them against drunkenness. It is the sere cause of bringing a man into trouble. It is nothing snore than a habit, which any man, by practising a little self-denial, can overcome. This I say from my own experience. I was myself once much disposed to d r ink. Forty-eight years ago, when I entered the army, it was the fashion then to drink. The times are changed sins chat, and n 'vs it is the fashion to keep sober. I myself am now almost a water drinker; and, in cen se quence, I find that I am a better man in every way, and better able to do my duty, or to go through a cam p sign, than I was fifteen years ago. Drink destroys a man —it weakens the coating of the stomach—weakens the nervous spa las—causes the band to tremble, and 401110WS1hArrkcomes an old soldier before his time—he is of o himself or to the service. Lastly, I =re- you all to attend to your religious du- Q r you belong to the Church of E , agland, le,el-h7.t/W:c.hiiinit ti of Rome, or the Church of Scotland. theathen with your chaplains and priests. - /to receive the Holy Sacrament, and to make eMI- stliMtl'estlytk (Tod of your sins. This will rive you the iti)steaf tr.aven in the next world, and will keep you Awaysnepared for death; and by being alwl-7 Pre' THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1848,- pared to die you will be better soldiers, for you will have no fear of death before you, and you will be at all times ready in the hour of battle to sacrifice your lives in de fence of your Queen and country. I now present to you these colours in the name of your Queen. When the major-general had concluded, Colonel Davis, in the name of the regiment, briefly thanked General Bainbrigge for his kindness in present ing the new colours; after which the old colours were r, moved off the parade ground by an escort of Gre nadiers, the band playing " Auld Lang Syne," and deposited in the officers' quarters. After going through a number of manceuvres the men were dis missed. In the evening the non-commissioned officers had a ball and supper, to which a number of the inhabitants of the town were invited. The supper table was covered with viands of the most delicate kind, and wines of the best description " sparkled on the board." The supper room and the ball-room were very tastefully decorated on the occasion, the walls being covered with a variety of devices. Dancing was kept up with great spirit until near morning. SERVICE OF PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES THROUGH THE POST-OFFICE. J. `I Parliamentary notices may in future be forwarded ,trough the Post-office, under the following regula- tions :- 1. The words " Parliamentary notice" must be legibly printed on the face of the letter, and in order to secure the speedy return of any notices which may be undeli vered, the name and address of the solicitor issuing such Parliamentary notice should also be legibly printed or written on the face of the letter. 2. These notices must be posted on or before the 12th of December, at the General Post office, St. Martin's le Grand, in London; the General Post• office, in Edin burgh; the General Post-office, in Dublin; or at the chief post-office at one or other of the following ,owns ENGLAND AND WALES.—Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Lincoln, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Norwich, and Shrewsbury. SCOTLAND.—Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Inverness. IRELAND.—AthIone, Belfast, and Cork. POSTING OF NOTICES. 3. The posting chargeable on these notices must be prepaid by stamps, and the registration fee of sixpence on each notice must he paid in the usual manner. 4. The notices must be delivered at the window of the Post-office, accompanied with duplicate lists of the ad dresses ; the letters being arranged for the convenience of comparison in the order of the list. These lists will be examined by the postmaster or person in attendance at the window of the office at which they may be posted, and if each list correspond with the addresses, the post- i master or person in attendance at the window will sign every sheet of each list, and stamp it with his day - stamp in use at the time the notice shall be delivered to him. The postmaster or person in attendance at the window will then return one of the duplicate lists to the party who brings the letters. 5. The hours for receiving the said notices are to be the same as those already fixed for the registry of ordinary letters. 6. If the notices are presented at such an hour as to interfere with the ordinary duties of the office, the post master may appoint any other time within the next 24 hours for receiving the same, provided that such arrange ment does not delay the posting of the notices beyond the 1 tth of December. In this last case, however, the postmaster will receive the notices with the duplicate lists into his care, and immediately affixing his day stamp thereto, will appoint a convenient time within the next 24 hours, for the party to attend at their ex amination. 7. The solicitor, or party posting the notices should, if possible, arrange on the day before with the post master as to the most convenient time for posting the notices, and inform the postmaster of the probable number. General Post-office, Nov. 27, 1848. HEIGHT OF MOUNTAINS. The mean height of the Himalaya is stupendous, cer tainly not less than from 16,000 to 20,000 feet, though the peaks exceeding that elevation are not to be num bered, especially at the sources of the Sutlej ; indeed. from that river to the lialee, the chain exhibits an endless succession of the loftiest mountains on the earth ; forty of them surpass the height of Chimborazo, the highest but one of the Andes, and many reach the height of 25,000 feet at least. So rugged is this part of the mag nificent chain, that the military parade at Sahathoo, half a mile long and a quarter of a mile broad, is said to be the only level ground between it and the Tartar fron tier on the north, or the valleys of Nepaul to the east. Toward the fruitful valleys ot Nepaul Bhotan the Hi malaya is equally lofty, some of the mountains being from 25,000 to 28,000 feet high, but it is narrower, and descent to the plains excessively rapid, especially in the territory of Bhotan, where the dip from the tableland is more than 10,000 feet in ten miles. The valleys are crevices so deep and narrow, and the mountains that hang over them in menacing cliffs are so lofty, that these abysses are shrouded in perpetual gloom, except when the rays of a vertical sun penetrate their depths. From the steepness of the descent the rivers shoot down with the swiftness of an arrow, filling the caverns with foam and the air with mist. At the very base of this wild region lies the elevated and peaceful valley of Bhotan, vividly green, and shaded by magnificent forests. Another rapid descent of 1,000 feet leads to the plain of the Ganges. . . . Most of the passes over the Ilimalaya are but little lower than the top of Mount Blanc ; many are higher, especially near the Sutlej, where they are from 18,000 to 19,000 feet high, and that north-east of Khoonawur is 'O,OOO feet above the level of the sea, the highrst that has been attempted. All are terrific, and the fatigue and suffering from the rarety of the air in the last five hundred feet is not to be described. Animals are as much distressed as human beings, and many die. Thousands of birds perish from the violence of the wind, the drifting snow is often fatal to travellers, and violent thunder storms add to the horror of the journey. The Niti pass, by which Mr. Meorcroft ascended to the sacred lake of Manasa in Tibet, is tremendous; he and his guide had not only to walk barefooted from the risk of slipping, but they were obliged to creep along the most frightful chasms, holding by twigs and tufts of grass, and sometimes they crossed deep and awful crevices on a branch of a tree, or loose stones thrown across; yet these are the thorougtfares for commerce in the Himalaya, never repaired nor susceptible of improvements, from the frequent landslips and tor rents. The loftiest peaks being bare of snow, gives great ♦ariety of colour and beauty to the scenery, which in these passes is at all times magnificent. During the day the stupendous size of the mountains, their interminable extent, the variety and sharpness ot their forms, and, above all, the tender clearness of their distant outline melting into the pale blue sky, contrasted with the deep azure above, is described as a scene of wild and wonderful beauty. At midnight, when my riads of stars sparkle in the black sky, and the pure blue of the mountains looks deeper still below the pale a hite gleam of the earth and snow light, the effect is of unparalleled solemnity, and no language can describe the splendour of the sunbeams at daybreak streaming be tween the high peaks, and throwing their gigantic shadows on the mountains below. There, far above the habitation of man, no living thing exists; no sound is heard; the very echo of the traveller's footsteps startles him in the awful solitude and silence that reign in these august dwellings of everlasting snow.—Mrs. Somerville's Physical Geography. ST. IVES.—.TIIE FISHERY.—On Tuesday morning, one small boat that shot a few nets, brought on shore 3 500 mackerel, which sold at 14s. per hundred of six score. On Wednesday morning they landed from 100 to 7,000 per boat, which sold at 6s. pt r hundred ; her- rings from 500 to 1,600, which sold at 2s. per hundred. Messrs. ili , hens, Bernick, and Co. shot a sean at Came Crouse, and enclosed a fine skoal of fish, which was lost on account of the stop geans not being there in time to enclose the fish. The pilchards that are now nearly ready for shipment have net been sold.—Cornwall Gazette. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN A STORM.—While a goods train was passing along the North British Railway on Monday, on its way to Edinburgh, at a point at the cast of Cockburn's-path, where the line runs on a hgh embankment close to the sea, the force of the wind at this exposed elevation was such that it blew the roof of one of the carriages, on which one of the guards was sitting, entirely off, carrying the unfor tunate individual along with it to the base of the em bankment. About the same time one of the doors of the luggage van was forced open by the gale. The ac cident was not discovered till the train reached the next station, when several persons were sent out in quest of the guard, whom it was feared might be drowned, on account of the proximity of the line to the sea. He was, however, found at the place alluded to, seriously, although it is hoped not dangerously, iejured.—Caledo nian Mercury. RELAXATION OP TUE GAME LAWS.—Captain For dyce, M.P., with the kindness and liberality that charac terises him in all the private relations of life, is deter mined that the Act for permitting tenants to shoot hare 3 shall not, so far as hi s p ro p er ty i s conce rned, remain a dead letter. Without waiting for applications, he has north, where the ° given, or is about to give, notice to the farmers on hii estate's, both a b;th us i e n t A b berdeen , and Kincardine shires, that conduct in this p rivilege forthwith. And, in the reservation as to amount of rent. His mission without r h o l d ings are small, he grants the per spirited and independent who have suffered few of whom have, as the relief which the to enjoy.—Aberdeen Herald. atter is highly appreciated by the mueitfe sgriculturists of the Mearns, yet,om the ravages of game, and Gallant much a prospect of obtaining magistrate,wasitPth°is .day‘---b-r-ou-g.—ht Captain's tenantry are about for defraud ing SWINDLINO.—LITII coL, 1 RmAy A man named Samuel Roberts r ts a , of a vast s o i n a i der - before Mr. Rushton, stipendiary ing Messrs. Myles and Co., guano mere f a o n quantity of the manure. The prisoner has, able time past, been carrying on his depredationc effect ing negotiations with farmers and others on account; and on attempting a few days ago to realiseon money on his master's property, by disposing of 65 bags of guano, suspicions arose, and he was taken into custody and fully committed for trial at the next assizes. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT lIUDDERSFIELD.—O n Thursday night week, between four and five o'clock, a very serious accident occurred to Thomas Reed, a press setter in the employ of Henry Brook and Sons, of Wells, while mixing the hot and cold press plates in order that the heat might become diffused through the whole. A pile of sixty-four plates, each weighing 401bs. tell upon his leg just below the knee, and nearly severed it from his body. The large toe of his other foot was also se verely crushed between two of the plates. lie was im mediately removed on a board to tl:e infirmary, where lie now lies in a dangerous state.—Leeds Mercury. - A VA LUABLE Fisii.--LOn Friday, Mr. Pauling, of the Hibernia Hotel, Holyhead, bought a codfish, in the entrails of which a half-crown piece was found. #.;J birb 'ambition FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The list of the Members who voted for and against M. Dupont de l'Eure's motion yesterday, is pub lished by the illoniteur of to-day, as well as a list of the Members 'who were absent on conge on that occasion, and of those who were either absent at the moment of the vote, or declined voting: From these lists it appears that General Cavaignac himself declined voting, as did also his adversaries, MM. Gamier Pages, Duclerc, Pagnerre, and Barthelemy St. Hilaire. Among the 34 Members who form the minority are the names of General Baraguay d'Hil liers, the President of the Club of the Rue de Poitiers, Blin de Bourbon:(Legitimatist), Victor Hugo, Lucien Murat, and several Montagnards and Social ists, among whom are Eugene Raspail, Proudhon, Joly, Pierre Leroux, Predignier, Lefranc, Oliver, &c. Among those who declined voting, and thereby showed that, though they did not choose abso lutely to condemn General Cavaignac on the evidence before the Assembly, they could not declare " that he had deserved well of the country," are MM. Odilon Barrot, Mole, de Montalembert, Baze, Berryer, the three Bonapartes, Cremieux, Dupin, Leon Faucher, Jules Favre, Llmennais, Ledru Rollin, Leon de Malleville, Maugin, Vielliard, &c., kc. With the exception of the three members of the Bonaparte family, all the above were present during the debate, but declined voting. MM. Arago, de Remusat, de Larochejaquelin, de Toqueville, Generals Bedeau and Changarnier, &c., &c., voted for the motion. The name of M. de Lamartine is omitted altogether in the Moniteur list, but we understand that he declined voting. The total number of members who were absent without conye is 148. A curious scene took place yesterday evening in one of the passages of the National Assembly, be tween two celebrated members of the Montagnard party. M. Proudhon happening to meet M. Felix Fiat, went up to him and told him he was an aristo crate, and an agent of General Cavaignac's. M. Fiat, having no other weapon, doubled his fist, and gave M. Proudhon a blow on the nose, which at once drew " claret." M. Proudhon, finding " his property " thus unexpectedly attacked, determined, contrary to his usual doctrines, to defend it. He returned M. Fiat's blow, inflicting a severe wound upon that gentleman's lip, which also drew blood. Some friends at this period of the affair interfered (which is to be re gretted) ; the combatants were separated, and we have not heard that the affair has been carried any further. To-day the weather is exceedingly disagreeable. Heavy rain has been falling all day. This is so far fortunate, as it prevents attroupemens in the streets. Yesterday the appearance of the capital was very threatening, but to-day Paris has just the appear ance of London on a wet Sunday. Last night there was a meeting of the friends and counsellors of Louis Napoleon, on the subject of the debate of yesterday, but the general impression was that it would not be of any great service to General Cavaignac in his election contest. The following was the situation of the Bank of France on Thursday morning, Nov. 23, 1848: A 13SETB. Cash and ingots ... . . ... f. 133,732,381 84 Ditto in branch banks ... . . 105,128,475 00 Bills over due ••• ••• ••• 209,541 12 Bills falling due in Paris, of which 15,092,920 f. 15c. are from the branch banks ••• ..• ... 58,815,971 63 Bills in the branch banks . . 109,155,744 00 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 13,969,866 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 32,867,346 65 Ditto by branch banks... 1,539,404 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Triisor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00 Rentes of the reserve fund 10,000,000 00 rtentes, disposable funds ... ... 34,786,288 62 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ... 12,806,741 39 _ _ Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,524,717 00 Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris 4,500,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks ... ... ... _ _ 230,000 00 Bills protested protested at Paris •.. 12,961,635 77 Ditto at the branches .. _ 7,800,140 00 ....—. ...., .......____ ... ___ Expenses of administration of the Bank 480,529 01 Ditto of the branches ... ... ... 388,296 00 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 522,947 84 Consolidation of Treasury Bonds ... 7,910,347 36 E 654,530,373 23 LIABILITIES. Capital ... ... • . ... ... f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the new Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... ... ... ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve• immobiliere ... 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 377,496,200 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 24,602,225 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 433,262 00 Account-current with Treasury creditor 20,313,900 40 Various accounts current ... 76,086,389 58 Ditto in branches 27,936,141 73 Bills payable at sight ... 2,475,300 00 Ditto at branches 1,916,411 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... ..-. 5,394,150 18 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,067,699 00 Dividends payable . . ... 196,977 50 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 417,699 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,249,726 17 Ditto branch banks ... 2,480,734 00 Re discounts of the last six months ... 422,932 27 Ditto in branch banks .. ... 641,233 00 Miscellaneous ... ... 168,642 36 L 654,530,373 23 PRUSSIA. The magistrates of Berlin published an address to :o the citizens on the 22d, which contains the follow ing passage : " But still more deeply are we entitled to complain of the conduct of a portion of the National Assembly at the present crisis. In lieu of firmly rallying round the throne, as was their bounden duty, for the welfare and salvation of the country, and of seeking by all means in their power to maintain the laws, and to contribute ;n the restoration of that tranquillity so essential and so desirable, we see a portion ot the people's represent a tives raising themselves the standard of lawlessness, seeking to overturn the powers of the state, and, by voting the non payment of taxes, lighting the torch ot insurrection throughout the land. This portion of the Assembly has not only ignored its own position and at tributes, but the will and opinions of the country. It has by its proceedings brought us to the brink of a pre cipice, from which—we speak it with confidence—all honest Prussians shrink back and tremble. The path of a bloody civil war thus opened will not, however, be trodden by the people! They will not rush headlong towards a republic, which will be the grave of all social and moral existence; but they will cling to a free con stitutional monarchy, which promises all the rich fruits of civilization, glory, and liberty." ERUPTION OF A VOLCANO IN JAVA. According to accounts just received from Batavia, a recent and most terrible eruption had just taken place of the volcano of Kloet, which had been inactive for a great number of years. This unfortunate event had spread desolation and death throughout the province of Passaronan, one of the most fertile and salubrious districts of Borneo. This devastating cataclysme was preceded by frequent and irregular detonations, which were heard at a very considerable distance. For se veral leagues round the volcano the sky appeared co vered with black clouds, which produced the thickest darkness in mid day ; showers of cinders were thrown up from the crater, which fell within an hour after wards on the surrounding country, burning to cin. ders the crops, carbonising the plantations, and ren dering the most luxuriant plains in the world an arid desert. At the same time torrents of incandescent lava rushed from both sides of the volcano, and inun dated the delightful district of Kedirie, and envelop loping in its waves the farms and villages, as well as the cattle and men, who were surprisei and over taken by it. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six o'CLocx. LEAMINGTON STEEPLECHASE. 4 to 1 agst St. Leger 8 to 1 agst Doctor 10 to 1 agst Red Lancer 12 to 1 agst Venom. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst The Tartar 50 to 1 agst Fugleman 66 to 1 agst Ellerdale DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Flying Dutchman 12 to 1 agst Honeycomb 50 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker OAKS. 6 to 1 agst Escalade THE PAGE or NAPOLEON.—Anecdotes connected with Nap o l eon are now t h e or d er o f th e day atParis. The following is curious:—The son of the Emperor Napoleon and th e A rc hd uc h ess o f Austria, Marie- Louise, was born on the 20th of March, 1811, when Napoleon was in the very height of his power and gran deur. The Municipal Council of Paris, which, three years later, was first of every other power to proclaim the dethronement of father and son, voted that day 10,000 f. of revenue to those of the pages who should come and announce an heir to the imperial throne. It is very curious to note that the man who was lucky enough to be the messe nger on this occasion is still living, and that the city of P ar i s h as paid him his pension regularly during thirty-seven years. And now the nephew of the same man will probably be feted by this same muni cipality which proclaimed the reign of Louis Philippe. Tempo; a mutangur. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The following were posted at Lloyd's:— NOTICE TO MARINERS. Berbice, Oct. 18. Sir—l have to inform you that the light-ship xas brought in from the bar, at the mouth of our river, to undergo some necessary repairs; she remains at anchor in the river, and a pilot 'boat is kept cruising to wind ward in her place. (Signed) JAMES LANG. Captain G. A. Halsted, E.N. Secretary, Lloyd's. Messina, Nov. 6. Sir—A quarantine of twenty one days has been put on all arivals from England; and if direct from either Hull, London, or Leith, no . ccimuunication of any sort is permitted. (Signed) MENRY NEWTON REW, Agent to Lloyd's. Captain G. A. Halsted, It.N , Secretary, Lloyd's. Oporto, Nov. 17. Sir—l have the honour to transmit herewith a transla tion of a dispatch received here by the Board of Health, wherein all vessels from infected or suspected ports (which includes the United Kingdom), are prohibited entering this port, and are directed to: i 'Lisbon to perform quarantine. As the Lazeretto at Vigo is one of those officially de clared accredited, vessels bound to this port may per form quarantine there if they prefer it. (Translation). * In reply to the dispatch, No. 145, of the Civil Go ♦ernor of Oporto, dated 27th October, representing the risk to which vessels admitted to quarantine in the River Douro are exposed during the present seasun, her Ma jesty the Queen orders henceforward, vessels arriving from infected or suspected ports destined for Oporto, shall be admitted at Lisbon only; and that the same destination be given to vessels at present in quarantine in the Douro, where the discharge and purification of their cargoes cannot be effected with safety before the freshes of the Douro, on. which point the Civil Go vernor, in combination with the chief officer of the Boar.; of Health, and the Captain of the Port, will provide opportunely. Palace of Necessidades, Lisbon, Nov, 8, 1848. (Signed) Duke of SALDANHA. T. C. WIGHAM, Agent to Lloyd's. Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. NOTICE. Constantinople, Nov. 5,184 S. Sir,—l have the honour to annex, for the information of the underwriters.and traders in general, a copy of a circular from our Consul-General, intimating the pro hibition of exportation of grain from the principality of Wallachia after the I3th inst. (Signed) T. R. BLACK, Agent to Lloyd's. Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. Constantinople, Nov 4. Gentlemen—the Ambassador has signified to me that the Wallachian Government has announced, officially, its intention of prohibiting the exportation of grain from the principality, on and after the 13th of this present month of November, and I hasten to communicate this intelligence to you. His Excellency at the same time expresses his hopes that the representations which have been made will pre vent any kind of retroaction in the measure, and that British merchants will have the full benefit of any con tracts which they may have already entered into for the exportation of grain trona Wallachia. (Signed) A. CARLTON CUMBERBATCH, British Consul-General. The British merchants, Galata. QUARANTINE NOTICES. British Consulate, Cadiz, Nov. 6, 1848. Sir—l beg to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, that the Board of Health of this city have imposed a quarantine of eight days on all. vessels arriving from England with clean bills of health. Vessels from ports where the cholera morbus is known to prevail, or with foul bills of health, will be compelled to proceed to Mahon or to Vigo, to perform quarantine. (Signed) J. M. BRACKENBURX, British Consul, and Agent to Lloyd's. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. Gibraltar, 15th Nov. 1848. Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the in formation of those whom it may interest, that it having been officially communicated to his Excellency the Governor that the Board of Health of Malaga and Algesiras bad reduced the quarantine of observation from 15 to 8 days on vessels from the United Kingdom bringing clean bills of health—according to the quaran tine regulations actually in force at Cadiz, Lisbon, and Vigo—the Board of Health at this port has made a similar order. The passengers by the steamer Jupiter, which arrived here on 7th inst., have consequently been admitted to free pratique this morning. The attention of masters of vessels to the bringing of bills of health from ports of departure cannot, however, Le too strictly observed, to prevent their being excluded from the advantage of the above modification. (Signed) J. LONGLANDS COWELL, Agent to Lloyd's. Captain G. A. Halsted, Secretary, Lloyd's. Sardinian Consulate, No. 31, Old Jewry, Nov. 24, 1848. Sir,—l have to acquaint you that the Council General of the Maritime Health Office at Genoa have directed that vessels coming from the ports of the United King dom, or from those of any other country infected with the cholera, are to be subjected on their arrival in the Sardinian Ports to a surveillance of only six days. (Signed) J. B. Heath, Sardinian Consul-General. Captain G. A. Halsted, 11. N., Secretary, Lloyd's. Tuscan Consulate, 15, Ang(l-court . , Nov. 24, 1848. Sir,—l beg to acquaint you, for the information of the shipping interest, that I have just received from his Ex.- cellency the Governor of Leghorn, a copy of a decree issued by his Roy al Highness the Grand Duke of Tus cany, under date the 12th instant, ordering— That all vessels arriving at the port from Great Bri tain, the Baltic, the Low Countries, the Island of Malta, or from any other port or ports where the cholera mor bus may hereafter manifest itself, shall be subjected to a quarantine of observation of six days. (Signed) JAS. C. C. BELL, Consul-General. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., St cretary, Lloyd's. Madeira, Oct. 28, 1848. Sir,—We have to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, and all parties interested, that, in consequence of the preva lence of Asiatic cholera in various parts of Europe, the local authorities here have determined upon imme diately putting in force the following quarantine regu lations, viz :- 1. All vessels arriving from ports in Great Britain, or other countries where the existence of cholera has been declared, will only be permuted tree pratique after the expiration of thirty days from their last port of de parture. 2. All vessels arriving, on board of which death or deaths from cholera may have occurred during the voyage, will ( nly be allowed free pratique after the ex piration of thirty days from the last death which may have so happened. 3. pratique will not be granted on any terms to vessels arriving with any case or cases of cholera on board; and all communication between such vessels and the shore will be strictly prohibited, except fur the pur pose of landing mails and letters. A suitable locality has been engaged as a lazaretto (the expense of which is to bs provided for by titivate subscription), where rassengers on landing from packets and vessels which cannot be detained to perform the stipulated quarantine, can be accommodated and pro vided for, under the inspection of officers to be appointed for that purpose. Mails and letters from packets and other vessels, sub ject to the foregoing quarantine restrictions, will be per milted to come on shore, under the superintendence of the competent officers, and subject to fuzaigation and other sanitary precautions usually observed in such cases. The officers of the Board of Health promise to afford every facility in their power to the shipping interests at this port, and express a desire to modify the stringency of these regulations, so soon as the instructions from the Lisbon Government will justify them in doing so. (Signed) STODDARD AND CO., Agents to Lloyd's. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. ELECTRIC LIGHT.—The Electric Light of M. Le Mott, was tried on Saturday evening last, in the train which ran down to Exeter on the Great Western Rail. way. At half-past six o'clock, a truck, containing a wooden square box, about the size, though not the shape of a sentry box, and having a galvanic battery of some sixty or seventy small jars disposed around it, was at tached to the last carriage of the train, then about to proceed from Paddington. The light was produced in side the box, and the rays, condensed and heightened by a powerful reflector, were emitted by an aperture con trived for the purpose. The light was produced before the train left Paddington, when a dazzling blaze filled the w h o le of the spacious station, casting the numerous gas lamps there completely in tho shade. As the train proceeded on its way, the reflection left a long train of clear bright light for the distance of a mile and more behind it, in such a manner as to ren der it utterly impossible that any train coming up behind should run into it, except as the effect of delibe rate intention. The reflection, as seen from the carriage was very beautiful, the prismatic colours being distinctly and vividly delineated along the outer edge of the circle of radiation; and as these Jell upon the dense column of smoke ascending from the engine, the effect was singular an i striking. The night wagdark, but clear, and so far favourable to the experiment; and objects, such as a bridge, was rendered distinctly visible at the distance of about two miles! The experiment was made as far as Slough, on arriving at which station the truck was de tached from the train, and continued there for about half an hour, till the up-train arrived, with which it re turned to town. While at Slough, a gentleman sta tioned himself at a distance of '2OO yards or so from the apparatus, and could read a newspaper by the light pro duced, which he found he could do with perfect ease. — Western Times. FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLlTAL—Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, President of the Royal Female Orphan Asylum, Westminster-road, attended llaine service in the chapel of the institution, which was crowded by the governoi is and lady-patronesses. The sermon was preached by the Rev. C. B. Dalton, M.A., Rector of St. Mary's, Lambeth. At the close of the ser vice five young woman, who have been brought up in the Asylum, la ceived from the Royal President the re wards periodically bestowed upon the more meritorious pupils, as an encouragement to diligence and good con duct. A liberal subscription was made in aid of the funds. The Mining Journal n otices a newly-invented razor, with a skin from the cutting operation of the razor that the guar d which so effectually p rotects the manipulator may shave upwards, downwards, and in every direction, as quickly as he pleases, without the slightest danger or even possibility of injuring the skin. MILITARY SURVEY. —The preliminary operations for ttie'reilitify iiirVey Of this neighbourhood have been commenced.—Devonport Chronicle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. RACING SWEEPS.—Alderman Wilson waited upon the Lord Mayor on the subject of racing lotteries, subscrip tions, and Derby sweeps, the recent decision of the City magistrates not having operated quite so extensively as they had contemplated. The ALDERMAN stated that, notwithstanding the con viction of Mr. Willis before Sir Peter Laurie and him self, end the confirmation of that conviction at the Lon don Sessions, the "sweeps" were still craried on, and to an extent of which his Lordship could scarcely form any idea, the offenders being some of them publicans, and some persons engaged in other businesses. He had found it necessary in his own ward, in the spring of the year, to intimate and to manifest his determination to prevent so injurious and demoralizing a practice, by refusing to renew a license to a person who held a " sweep " in his house until he had a satisfactory secu rity that there would be no repetition of the offence. That hint had been taken, and the sweep was accord ingly put an end to, and the license renewed. The pub lican's solicitor had undertaken that no more Derby sweeps or lotteries should be held in the house. It ap peared, however, that the party who had bet n conduct ing that lottery had removed his business from the ward ,‘f Custle-Baynard to a place at a short distance outside Temple-bar, and had printed circulars to the following effect:— "E Appleton, begs respectfully to inform his friends and the public that, in consequence of Alderman Wil son's continued perseverance to put down all lotteries or raftles in his ward, Mr. Wats, of the Fleece Tavern, Doctors'-commons, has entirely relinquished drawing sweeps. E. A. has therefore been induced, by the num ber of applications made by those who are averse to such dogmatical interference, to continue drawing at --. Country subscribers may rely upon having their interests attended to with the same integrity as if they were present at the drawing. E. A., in conjunction with Mr. Watts, returns his thanks to his late patrons durieg Mr. Watts' sporting career." One of these circulars had been transmitted to him (Alderman Wilson) from a large manufacturer in a dis tant town, by whom between 700 and 800 men were em ployed, in a letter, of which the following is a copy : " Sir,—We take the liberty of calling your attention to the enclosed ' Sweep Advertisement.' We accidently discovered it in possession of the party to whom it is addressed, a common labourer in our employ. From what we can discover, it appears that parties in London are constantly sending similar circulars with a view to deprive poor ignorant persons of a portion of their earn ings ; and we feel particularly glad to hear s from this circular, of Alderman Wilson's continued perseverance to put down all lotteries and raffles in his ward. " Mr. Alderman Wilson." In another letter, received from the partners in the same house, it was stated that the labourer who had received the circular had about 18f. a week wages, and that an- other of their labourers had received rt similar invita tion to join; that the Is. was previously sent to Joseph Watts, Fleece Tavern, Doctors'-commons, London, to whom E. Appleton" professed to be the successor in the sweep business, and that the employers did not know to what extent the system had been at work amongst their workpeople. Thus, the conductors of " sweeps" in London, not content with having tried the experiment of ♦iolating the laws in London, seemed re solved to pursue the course which they had so recklessly commenced through the country, notwithstanding the decided tone in which high law authorities had spoken, and the peremptory judgment of the magistracy. The LORD MAYOR said he was ready to adopt any course most likely, in the opinion of the City Solicitor, to put an end to the practice. Alderman WILSON said, he thought it would be ad visable, now that the magistrates in the city had esta blished the illegality of the " little goes," to send the papers he had received to the Secretary of State, in order that the Attorney-General might deal with them as might be considered most expedient. He had also received several circulars which had been issued from a place in the Strand called the " Racing-office, at which it was evident the" sweeps" were carried on in the most open manner and in direct contempt of the law. (He here produced several printed bills, detailing the parti culars of the lottery transactions he was denouncing.) To an emporium like that which he had alluded to he thought it most important that the notice of the Law Officers of the Crown should be drawn, as the magistrates had no power to interfere ; but with respect to the licensed vic tuallers of the city of London, he hoped the aldermen would cause a circular to be sent to them, giving assur ance that in no case in which a " sweep" was sanctioned should a license be granted. He had been given to un derstand by Sir Peter Laurie that the magistrates of Middlesex had come to that determination, and he con sidered it but just to the respectable members of the trade who had conformed to the law and been defrauded of their fair share of business by the disreputable, that the utmost support should be yielded them by the magis tracy. He regretted to say tint the necessity for imme diate activity was the greater, as there were several public-houses in the City in which " sweeps " were continued. The LORD MAYOR said, he was obliged by the com munication made to him by Alderman Wilson on a sub ject which had excited such grave interest throughout• the country. It was certainly extraordinary that after the decisions already come to, and the distinctly avowed opinion of the Attorney-General, that "sweeps" were illegal, there should be any person so rash as to sanction practices of the kind ; and he should consult the City Solicitor as to the legal propriety of issuing notices of the descriptive alluded to by Alderman Wilsor. It was to be lamented that the sinister inge- nuity of the " sweep managers had been pointed — to the workmen in manufactories, in particular at a time when it was most difficult for a labourer to get bread for his family. Independent of its demoralizing tendency, the injustice to which it most exposed all honest pub licans was to be deplored, and, as chief inagistratP, he should consider himself bound to make every exertion of which he was capable to prevent the injurious continu- ance of the system. Alderman WILSON said it had been ascertained that `n many of these "sweeps," if an individual not be longing to a parti;tular clique happened to turn up a prizc., he was robbed of it under the pretence that ho had a wrong number. lie thought that information would be likely to operate with many, but with those who were induced to frequent publie•houies upon the expectation of "Derby advantages," nothing short of actual want was calculated to have any effect. SOUTHWARK. James Lipsham, a respectable-looking young man, was charged with stealing several sweepstakes tickets, and being concerned with others in conspiring to de fraud Mr. Harris, the landlord of the Equestrian Tavern, out of various sums of money by unlawfully possess ing himself of sweepstakes tickets belonging to other persons. In June last the prisoner, with two others named Worster and Miles, were examined at this court for the offence cited. The magistrate admitted them to bail to answer any indictment that might be preferred against them at the Old Bailey sessions. In the course of the August sessions Mr. Barris preferred an indictment, when the grand jury found a true bill ag,inst Worster and Lipsham, and bench warrants were instantly issued for their apprehension. They both abscond , d, however, but Worster was taken in October last, and the prisoner Lipshatn endeavoured to keep out of the way, but, after considerable difficulty, he was apprehened on the::pre vious night. In answer to:the Magistrate. Mr. Harris said that in June last the prisoner was his clerk, and had the charge of all the tickets connected with the Derby sweeps then held in his house. lle took some letters to the post on Friday evening, and did not return until Monday, during which time 61. 13s. had been obtained by Worster on a sweepstakes ticket, which Lipsham had improperly taken away. Another ticket for 51. 14s. was presented, but witness knowing it had been stolen, detained it, and sent the party who brought it about his business. About the same time one of the waiters belonging to the Coal Hole Tavern, close by, came into his house and produced the ticket for the 1001. prize, asserting that the gentle man to whom it belonged was in his master's house and wanted the money. He (Mr. Harris) knowing that it had been taken away in the same way as the others, di rected the waiter to send in the gentleman, and then Miles made his appearance as the owner. Witness gave the latter into custody, and a few days afterwards he received information that the ticket belonged to a gentleman at Winchester, who had sent it up for the cash. The prisoner said he could prove his innocence ; but the Magistrate told him that, as the case now stood, he was bound to commit him to Newgate for trial.—Com mitted accordingly. ST. PAUL'S, C O TENT-GARDEN.--011 Saturday, the 25th inst., at ten o'clock in the morning, the Rev. - Henry Hutton, M.A., son of the late General Hutton, of the Royal Artillery, grandson of the eminent mathematician, and late incumbent of Woburn, was inducted to the rectory of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, by the Rev. P. C. Nicholson, 8.D., who had charge of the parish during the interregnum. After the usual forms of induction, Mr. Hutton was warmly congratulated by the church wardens, Messrs. Salter, Spice, and Ashcroft. Tho ap pointment of Mr. Hutton to this important parish reflects great credit upon the Duke of Bedford. Mr. Hutton has come to his new parish with the highest testimonials for fidelity and usefulness at his late cure, where he has diligently laboured for the space of 14 years. THE EDINBURGH CHARTISTS.-011 Saturday, in the High Court of Justiciary, judgment was given on the objection raised against the validity of the verdict in the case of the Chartists—Henry Ranken and Robert Ha milton. The Lord Justice Clerk, Lords Mackenzie, Moncreiff, Medwyn, and Wood decided against the ob jection; Lord Cockburn alone being in favour of it. The verdict was, therefi.re, held to be good, and the priso ners were sentenced to be imprisoned for a period of four months. CAUSAN THE GARDEN OP CIIINA.—" The length of the island is twenty-three miles, breadth.from eight to eleven; the circumference 150. Its phy s i ca l aspect p re sents numerous ranges of bills, from 500 to 700 feet in height, with broad intervening valleys, some of which are eight to nine miles long, and present one continuous scene of rich cultivation: there are 33,750 English acres on the island, producing two crops of rice annually. The population 26,150. With respect to climate, it is truly called the ' Montpelier of China.' If Chusan were still in our possession (we had only to as k i t ) we would be within two days' sail of Japan, with its 30,000,000 of highly civilized inhabitants; and more e as ily rega i n our lost position in that rich empire. Our occupation of Chusan would sooner or later open to us an entire new commercial world. We would also have as cur neigh b.)ur the wealthy and extensive kingdom of Corea; like. wise Mautchaurea, Loo Choo, the nineteen Kurile islands, and other regions around."—China, Political, Commercial, and Social. EAMEGATE, Nov. 26.—The St. Anne, from St. Va'cry to London, which put in here 23d inst., in a sinking state, hue commenced discharging. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 25.—Further arguments on the errors assigned in the cases of Thomis Francis Meagher, Terence Bellew Ni'Manus, and Patrick O'Donohoe, in error v. the Queen, were he and yesterday in the Court of Queen's Bench. The court became densely crowded shortly after the doors were thrown open• A number of ladies occupied seats in the galleries, and the case seemed to excite the greatest interest. Messrs. Meagher, M‘Manus, and O'Donohoe, were brought to court in the prison van, escorted by a party of dragoons and mounted police, and were conducted to the side bar by the Governor of Richmond Bridewell. They appeared to be in excellent health and spirits. The full Court having sat, Mr. BUTT, Q.C., proceeded to address their Lordships on behalf of Mr. O'Donohoe. . Tho argument on both sides having then terminated, Mr. Meagher, and his fellow-pi iioners, Mt ssrs. M•Ma,- nus and O'llonohoe, were conveyed in the prison van to Richmond Bridewell, It is probable that judgment wid not be given until next Term. PATRICK GOGARTY, IN ERROR, V. THE QUEEN. Mr. It A. STRITCH appeared as Counsel for the plain• tiff in error, Patrick Gogarty. and moved that he should be admitted to bail, and that the security given by him be measured, and also that a habeas corpus be issued to bring up his body for the purpose of admitting him to bail. He moved on the affidavit of the solicitor, who stated that Gogarty was tried at the Commission of Oyer and Terminer, at Green-street, for ill-gaily drill ing, contrary to the provisions of the 60th of Geo. HI., and, being convicted thereof, was sentenced to trans portation far a period of seven yeArs. Having been ad vised that the indictment was defective and insufficient, he applied to the Attorney-General, and obtained a cer tificate directing a writ of error to issue. The prisoner had sued out the writ and lodged it with the proper offi cer, and he was prepared to enter into such security on being admitted to bail as the Court thought fit to direct. The present application was made under Lord Camp bell's Act, the Bth and 9th of Victoria, cap. 68, under which a party convicted of a misdemeanour could be admitted to bail during the proceedings consequent on the writ of error. The CHIEF JUSTICE inquired if the writ had been returned to the Clerk of the Crown's office ? and it ap pearing that it had not, he said no rule could be made at present upon the motion. The COURT, however, intimated that they would like to hear from Mr. Baldwin, who appeared to oppose the application on the part of the Crown, his reasons for resisting it. Mr. BALDWIN, Q.C., said the only objection which he had to the application was, that he conceived the pre sent case did not come within the terms of the Act. It appeared to him that the Act only referred to cases of misdemeanour where the punishment was imprisonment, and did not contemplate the case of transportation. The COURT directed the case to stand over until the writ of error had been lodged with the Clerk of the Crown. The Court then adjourned. MUNICIPAL ELECTION DEFEAT OF THE LORD MAYOR. DUBLIN, SUNDAY MORNING.—There was, as I men tioned yesterday, a sharp contest in St. Andrew's Ward, between the Lord Mayor, on the repeal interest, and Mr. Lambert, an extensive tallow-chandler, on the Con servative side. The election terminate d yesterday after noon, in the rejection of the first magistrate of the city by a majority of fourteen. The numbers polled were:— For Mr. Lambert For the Lord Mayor lOB Majority against the Lord Mayor--14 This is one of the many recent eyidences of the " de cline and fall" of the repeal movement. Only that many personal friends voted for the Lord Mayor, who is much respected, the majority would have been larger. MURDERS IN TUE SOUTH. _ . There are further indications of the increase of crime in Limerick, Tipperary, and other parts of the south, as the winter advances. The Limerick Chronicle has the following account of an agrarian murder in Tipperary : "James Hennessy, farmer, of Goldengrove, near Dundrum, went out at an early hour on Wednesday morning, to count his stock in the fields, as usual after the night, and his servant girl having followed her master in about an hour after, found him dead near a ditch, from two gun-shot wounds in the head and body. His brother, a land-bailiff, was murdered about nine years ago. The lands of Kilpatrick was the scene of the murder of the former." The same journal has the subjoined notice of another murder in the county of Limerick, but totally uncon nected with the ordinary circumstances of crime in that district:— "An appalling murder was perpetrated at Cappani bane, in this county, on Monday night last, on the person of Thomas Walsh, a farm servant in the employ of Denis Long. It appears, on an inquisitian taken before John Cox, Esq., coroner, assisted by Robert Fetherstone, Esq., J.P., that Long, having returned from the fair of Rathkeale late in the evening, partly under the influence of liquor, and suspecting that improper intercourse sub sisted between deceased and his wife, deliberately mur dered him, by inflicting several blows with a spade on the head of his unthinking victim while he lay asleep in a settlebed in the kitchen. Dr. O'Keeffe, of Bruree, made a post mortem examination, and found the skull literally broken to pieces; the jury found a verdict iu accordance, and Long has been fully committed by Robert Fether stone, Esq., who •had him in custody shortly after the perpetration of the murder. Nothing appeared in evi dence to justify Long's suspicion, or to inculpate the wife of the murderer." NAV AL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier's squadron was all on the move yesterday morn• ing, and just preparing to unmoor, when the wind cure to the S.W., and the signal was made from the Victory to annul unmooring. It blew hard during the night, and this morning . continued in the same direction. The squadron will start immediately the wind is favourable, leavirg Captain Dacus, of the St. Vincent (who is at present ill ashore), to follow in the Plumper steam schooner, Commander Nolloth, which vessel will join the squadron whin ready. The Daphne, 18, Captain Edward G. Fanshawe, al though reported to be in sight as early as 1 o'clock on Friday, did not reach the anchorage till after 5 o'clock in the evening, when it was dark, in consequence of the strong north-by-west wind and flood tide. She did not, _therefore, fire the customary complimentary salute to the Commander-in -Chief bef(re yesterday morning. She sailed this morning for Plymouth, where her crew are to be paid two months wages in advance, and she will take on board parcels, passengers, and mails for South America. She is reported to be in a very inefficient state, not as regards her discipline, but the hull of the vessel, her decks and bottom being said to be leaky. If so, it is not unlikely she may be detained at Plymouth to be docked. It is quite proverbial here that vessels fitted at the eastern ports frequently arrive at Ports mouth in a state requiring considerable repair. The Sharpshooter, Lieutenant Commander Bailey, and Rifleman, Lieutenant-Commander Crof ton, returned to Spithead this morning, from their experimental cruise in the channel, under the superintendence of Captain li. T. Austin, C. 8., of the Blenheim. The Driver steam sloop, Commander C. R. Johnson, returned to Spithead again from Portland on Friday, having accomplished the voyage (about 120 miles) and landed the prisoners within twelve hours. She was not expected back before yesterday morning. Wind W. by S.; moderate breezes and cloudy weather. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 24.—The Government emigrant ships Steadfast, Captain Thomas Spencer, and Osprey, Captain lioneyman, sailed to-day for Sydney. The schooner Star of the West, with oil, from Galli poli, came in this -afternoon, bound to Falmouth for orders. Wind northerly; fine weather. Wootavicit, Nov. 25.—1 n consequence of there being three Messieurs Johnson, engineers on board of her Majesty's steam vessels at present at Woolwich dock yard, a mistake in the identity of the Mr. Johnson who suggested the plan for extinguishing fires on board of vessels took place in yesterday's•communication. The credit of the suggestion is due to Mr. Maurice Johnson of the Firebrand steam-vessel, and not to Mr. Johnson of the Prometheus. The Zephyr steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander C. P. Ladd, formerly a Holyhead mail steam-packet, was paid off here yesterday. The Adder and Pigmy steam-vessels, formerly on the Pembroke station, are to be removed from Woolwich to Chatham next week, to be kept in readiness for service. The Confiance steam-tug, Mr. Martin, master, was tried down the river yesterday, and will leave immedi ately for Devonport. The ilasheny convict. ship, Mr. John Ross, master, and Dr. Bowring, surgeon, is at present moored opposite the dockyard here, taking on board 300 male convicts for conveyance to Van Diemen's Land. Messrs. Palmer, Payne, and Hunter, third-class as sistant engineers, are appointed to join the Daphne, 18- guns, at Devonport, for a passage to the South American station. Messrs. Burt, Hicks, and Johnson, third-class assistant.. engineers, are to take a passage in the Amazon, 19 guns, to the East Indies. Vessels in Harbour—The Fisgard frigate.; the Black Eagle, the Confiance, the Lightning, the Monkey steam vessels in commission; and the Adder, the Minx, the Pigmy, the Hermes, the Zephyr, the Niger steam-vessels, and the Mastiff; surveying vessel, not in commission. In the Basins—The Ariel, the Janus, the Gleaner, the Charon, the Jasper, the Myrmidon, the Prometheus, the Advice, the Heels, and the Torch, steam-vessels. In Docks—The Flamer, the Firebrand, and the Vesu vius steam-vessels. Receiving Hulks—The Sulphur, the Hobe, and the Salsette. Convict Hulks—The Warrior, the Black Prince, and the Wye, and the Unit 6 convict hospital ship in the Harbour. LAUNCH OF THE PHAETON 50 GUN FRIGATE. DEPTFORD, Nov. 25.—This fine vessel, commenced on the Ist of September, 1845, from a design by Mr. Joseph White, of Cowes, pas launched to-day in the presence of Admiral Sir Charles Adam, Governor of Greenwich Hospital; Captain Sir John Hill, superin tendent of Deptford Dockyard ; Commander George Smith, and a number of naval and military officers; M. Lang, master shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard; Mr. Laire, master shipwright at Chatham Duckyard, and numerous gentleme❑ connected with naval and mercan tile shipping interest; and a numerous assemblage of spectators. Lady Hamilton, wife of Sir James Hamil ton, who was also present, was conducted to the bow of the vessel by Sir John 11111, and a bottle of wine having been opened, and success to the vessel drank, the bottle with the remaining wine in it was broken on the bow of the vessel, Lady Hamilton afterwards cut the ballast rope with a mallet and chi,e!, and the vessel immediately after glided into the water in fine style, amidst the en thusiastic cheers of the spectators, the dockyard ban playing " Rule 13ri - annia." The I( Bowing are the dimensions o' the Phaeton:— Ft. In. Extreme length from fore part of figure- head to the aft side of tairrail Length for tonnage ... . Length of the keel for tonnage Breadth extreme ••• • Breadth for tonnage ... . Breadth moulded ••• . Depth in hold ... Depth from the crown of the figure to under side of false keel ... ... 42 4i- Depth from the upper side of tatfrail to the under side of false keel ... ... 42 11 Burden in tins, old measurement 1941 83 94 Burden in tons, new measurement 1199 124-3500 ... 217 4i- ... 186 10 ... 152 8. ... 49 5s ... 48 101 ••• 48 11 ... 15 10 COUNTRY MARKETS. WINCRESTErt, Nov. 25.—Corn—Wheat was plentiful. yet buyers were slow in purchasing; a tew samples of fine old white and red retained the prices of this day week. New wheat generally was lower, from 5,s to los per load, much then remaining unsold; prices from 111 to 151 per load; average, 2/ 14s 3d per quarter. Flour sink 2s per sack of 2801bs; best white 48s, seconds 44S to 455; ditto common ditto, 40s to 42s ditto. Barley for malting as last week (viz.) 32s to 34s 6d per quarter; grinding, 28s to 30s ditto. Malt, best old pale, 62s to 644 per quarter; moderate ditto, 60s ditto. Oats were uttered at a decline of from is to 2s per quarter; very superior Polands %vent at 24s per quarter; second qua lity, 20s to 22s ditto; inferior feed oats, 17s to 18s ditto. Beans could be had at from 38s to 42s per quarter, or 2s urnde•r last week's prices. Peas suffered a similar de cline. Several samples of Indian corn offered, yet the prices asked were not given. Rye was is lower; prices 32s per quarter. Tares, new, 12s, old, lOs per bushel. READING, Nov. 25.—There was not so large an at tendance as usual this morning, and but a moderate supply of wheat. It was, however, quite enough for the demand, which, owing to the dullness of the London trade, is anything but good. Holders showed great re luctance to take lower terms, but where - sales were ef fected, it was at a reduction of full is per quarter, and a very heavy trade. Of barley there was a fair supply, and best samples brought last week's prices, but second ary and inferior were is to 2s per quarter cheaper. The oat trade was very dull, at a reduction of is to 2s per quart( r. In beans and peas there was but a retail trade, and prices nominal. Wheat (old), per quarter, 38s to 655; ditto new, 35s to 635; barley, 28s to 38s; oats, 165 to 245; beans, 30s to 41s; peas, 30s to 42s.—Pig mar ket: The supply was large with a dull trade. Fat hogs, 10s; porkers, lOs to 113 per score.—Poultry market: Fowls, per couple, 2s 6d to 3s Od; ducks, ditto, 3s od to 3,6 d; geese, 5s 0,1 to 5s 6d ; butter, per lb, is Id to Is 3d; eggs, 8 to 10 for Is. ABERDEEN MARKET, NOVEMBER 24.—We had n good supply of grain at market to-day, there was a fair demand at our last week's quotations. Oats, 15s to 1759 401bs per bushel ; barley, 26s to 275, bear, 26s to 2759 521bs per bushel ; wheat, 54s to 63s ; oatmeal, 16s 6d to 17s 6d per boll ; flour, 43s to 52s per seek, ABERDEEN PROVISION MARKET, Nov. 24.—Our Mar' ket to-day was but thinly attended, the supplies being very limited, particularly in the dairy department. Beef, 6d to 8d; mutton, 6d to 8d; veal, 6d to 8d per lb; pork, 4s to 4s 93 per stone; lamb, 6d to 8d per lb; tallow, 4s 6d to 5s per stone; potatoes, 9d to is per peck; butter, 8d to Sid per Ib; eggs, is 2d to is 4d per dozen; hens, 2s 6d to 3s; chickens, is to is 6d; ducks, 2s to 2s 6d; ducklings, 2s to 2s 6d per pair; turkeys, 3 11 to 4s; geese, 2s 6d to 3s each. Butter for exportation (present cure), 60s per cwt. Eggs, wholesale price, 81d per dozen. Bread, 4lb loaf, 8d; 21b loaf, 4d. Pork, per stone of 141 b, 3s 6d; pork, fine small, 5s 6d; pork, large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d. Ship pork, per barrel of 204 lbe• 100 s. ABERDEEN MEAL MARKET, NOV. 23 —There was 0 good supply of meal at market to. We cannot quote any alteration in prices. Oatmeal, is 5d to is 6d; pearmeal, is 4d to is sd; pearmeal, 2s to 2s 2d; beer; 7d to 8d; barley flour, is 5d to is 6d; barley dust, 7d to 8d; flour (per lb), 2s 2d to 2s 4d; barley, lid to 2d. STONEHAVEN GRAIN MARKET —Oats, 40 lbs, 15s to 18s; bear and barley, 53 lbs, 25s 6el to 265. HADDINGTON, Nov. 24.—The supply to-day of all kinds of grain was larger than in last marker. Sales were dull. Wheat, top, 6s, and average 3s 4d down; weight of top, per four bushels, 18st 81b. Barley, top, same as last, and average 8d down; weight of top, Pe A r four bushels, 16st 101 b. Oats, top, is 3d, and average 7 ' down; weight of top per four bushels, 13st. Beans, toPI, same as last market, and average 4d down; weight 01 top, per four bushels, 19st 21b. Total quantity of Wheat in market 459 qrs., all sold Do. Barley do. 495 qrs., 417 0 01 , a Do. Oats de. 485 qrs., 391 so l d Do. Beans do. 37 qrs., 25 Ea Wheat. Barley. f Oats. Bela First ... ... 58s Od 32s 6dl 22s 6d 40s Second ... ... 48s 4d 27s 7d I 21s 6d 36s Od iu Third ... .. 42s Od 21s Od I 14s Od 34s I BELFAST, Nov. 23.—Since Friday last we have h e 'stormy and wet weather, which has not only suspend ed the field labour of the season, but stops our farmers from getting forward the usual supplies of grain, so that th° . quantity to hand is short of supplying even the COn, sumptive demand of the trade, and has kept our marke t firm, whilst all others are depressed and lower, Sine ° this day week we have received three cargoes of wheal Indian corn, and flour from the United States ; three 01 wheat from France; one o f wheat from En g l a nd ; an d five of barley and flour coastwa)s. Wheat, of which the supply i 5 so small as scarcely to warrant a quotatioef must be noted very firm. Consumers are looking abetl i i for store lots, about which there is some inquiry, sci u foteign splls more freely at former rates. Flour is 11 slow sale, and a reduction of 6d to Is per cwt. has been generally submitted to. American is taken for mixing ° C :30s to 325 per barrel. Barley—Common runs sells prettl. freely at former prices, whilst malting of good quail scarce, and would bring an advance of 5s per ton. 9 a 7 . are in good demand, at rather over last wesk's pri ces ' Oatmeal has declined 3d to 4d since this day week, and r , is not so anxiously bought up as formerly. Indian c''' continues scarce, and in few hands, but the demand li e the most retail character, at former prices. Tel l°f6 812 s 6d to 81 7s 63; white 2s 6(1 per ton more. CORK, Nov. 24.—Flour—Firstquality, 163 to 17° ! second ditto, 158 to 16 5 Od ; household, lls to 149 ; third ditto, • 9s to lOs per cw t. °atm( al, 12s 61 to 133 e to cwt. Indian corn, 81 12 s t o 910 s; Indian meal, 91 5 9 91 lOs per ton. B ran , 41 5 3 to 5/ 5s per ton. J0Y...,' fa Farmers', 4ls to 44 5; average, 40s ; retailers', 45 ,1, - s , 48s per ton; old h ay, 45 s to 608 per ton. Straw----ra- mers', 14s to 255; average, 20s; retailers', 0 75 to --- f per ton. Whivky, at the Distillery, 25 over pro "); 6s 6d per imp er i a l ga ll on. B rea d , b id to 8d pe r 4/b t, Fresh butter, 10d to lid per lb. Beef, 3d to 6d; O l d ton, 3d to 5d ; v ea l, 3id t o 4id ; p or k, 5d to 7 „ E : bacon, bid to 9d ; sausages, 5d per lb. Coals—N e " o port, 17s; Lydney, 188. Culm, 16s per ton. rotate,: white, 12d; Minions, 14d. Hid es —Ma r ket ditto, !' i, to 17s; salt e d ditto, 12s to 17 s p er cw t ; m arket 0 1 1,1 2d to 21d; calf ditto, 2d to 24d; veal skins, 3d to 5 0 per lb. Tar—Archangel, IBs per bl. Tithber—Qu eb e r red pine, 31 15s; yellow ditto, 31 ; de a l, 171 to 2 01 P I , hundred ; Bniger Queens, 3/ 2s 6d per ton. Se t f. herrings,2os to 21s per barrel; Norway ditto, —a. 06 1 ,,, foundland dry cod fish, 11/ to 121 105 per ton. Tnu e 48s. Wool, lOs to 12s per stone. ar CALLS TO THE BAR.—MIDDLE A f do I ' s ther call to the bar of students of this society was ',ll en Saturday, when the followin g ; gentlemen were PO' in before the benchers :—W. M. Cook, A. T. P. Dorl F. L. Dowling, W. R. Neville, E. G. Hamby, P. F• c. D. Charmoy, W. A. Clark, G. M. Hicks, and ki• Mules. QUICK PASSAGE.—The screw steamer Nauti li t Captain J. Brown, from this port, arrived at Consta n ce nople in 19 days 9 hours, including 50 hours stopPog et This is the quickest passage yet made by a screw stems to this port.—Liverpool Mercury. ..,., s bo [ADvEtrrtsEmENT.]—Cure ofaDisorderedSw.--- Weakness, and General Debility, by H o ll owa y's Pl u„s 'od Mr. Mlienzie, of Stornoway, a re ti re d officer, wh6l, h l, spent many years in warm c li ma t es , was a ffli c ted wr 7, 0 4 disordered stomach, indi ges ti on , an d th e li ver corePOL e which completely debilitated his syst em . In his ceu n " o s yours to renovate his constitution, he vi s ited the var'v wateringylaces, and obtained the advice of almost e l f e g ri European physician of celebrity without experiee v el ois relief. Under these circumstances Holloway 'l' . "" t , of were recommended to him, and to the astonish:nee re , all who had witnessed his previous sufferings he stored to the most buoyant health, by going throeb s ll regular course of this inestimable medicine.—Sold bY Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishr e° 244, Strand, London. On the 14th inst., at Ringshall Rectory, Suffolk, the la dy of Abe Rev. S. Charles, of a son. On the 21st inst., a; the Vicarage, Battersea, Mrs. Jenkinson, of a son. 1, On the 23d inst., at St. James's-square, the wife of P. Neison, tsq., of a son. On the 23d inst., at the Vicarage, Rickmansworth,l be of Arthur Hodgson, Esq., of a son. the On the 24th inst., in Queen Anne-street, the wife of Rev. Charles Baring, of a son. f) 0 14 On the 24th inst., the wife of Edwin Lankester, Burlington-street, London, of twin daughters. 0 0 On the 11th ult., at Nassau, Bahamks, the wile of Rev. G. J. Handlord, M.A., of a son. - DIED. A OP On the 20th inst., at Harold's-wood, near Rom forv.• W. Heard, late of Aidborough Hatch. relic On the 21st inst., at Goldington-house, Beds., Mary' of the late Robert Elliott, Esq., aged 68.' On the 22d inst., the Hon. A. F. Capel, aged 3 5 . i 1 1/0' On the 23d inst., at an advanced age, Mrs. Ewa rb ' burn-square. sir P " On the 23d inst., at New-street, Spring-gardens. - 86. Barrow, Bart., late Secretary of the Admiralty, aged 'treed On the 23d inst., a t St. H e l en ' s -place, Bishopsgatu — W. Vines, EFq., aged 61. On the 23d inst., a t L ow er Slaughter, Glocestersbir e ' 11. L. Lindow, Ei in ., aged 72. 110 be° On the 24th st., at Park-villas, HollOwaY, Mary, the wife of P. G. Greville, aged 24. 01 o On the 24th inst., Chailes Prendergast, the in f a n t 11. Wells, Warwick •street, Belgrave-road, Pim1if?.........0t ----- ,ATO ----- London: Printed and Published by MIRDO o, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 01Beet ,,of Strand. in the Precinct of the Savoy. , -in the c 6 F 111 i ddleies, Monday s November 27,,1848. An *aid 1 RIPpl watt the s other An Mayo Ana i manor, upon th and ei rent s , any of 1 the Bev( and d 1 8( usrantis Acts, of And the Du , building any of i • Ana win Dor the Lan Clauses stoners Tow ns Act, 18 Realth Aahtc _ .. And said Bli Pany t, main II said tot fro lli , i , extra. l tertnim Wester Wick a' -.• kid tine gr the Col parlsh e der Th, Xiton the% therein And Capit al the dtv terest t And' stop u p ouch to acluOdu _• , _ MARJ2I.&D. On the 23d inst., at Oakham, Surrey, the Rev. -61.--41,101(sly' Spencer, M.A., Fellow of Sidney Sussex College , bridge, to Mary, only daughter of the late J. WilliSo lsl of Redditch, Worcestershire. On the 23d inst., at St. George's Church, Cambert ell : G. Stahlschmidt, second son of F. Stahlschmidt , rfrai(lee Peckham-grove, Camberwell, to Sophia Perkins, ° daughter of A. Armstrong, Esq., Green, Camberwell. 1 4 8 0' On the 23d inst., at York, Burkhard von Schnaeling, of tenant in the Ist Regiment of Guards of his . Maie st i o er . ter King of Prussia, to Araminta Mary, younger daugh Price, Esq., of Clementhorpe.