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Do. £5O & £25 Cons Do., .£2O Bristol & Exeter. Caledonian. ..... - all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.... 45 Dublin&Belfast June all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction . all Do. New East & E. & L. & D.).-- Do., (elB E. &11.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., do. Do., B. & C......... .. East Lancashire . . . East & West Ind. & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. Prth . &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., * B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western I Irish South Eastern. .1 Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire' Do., Fifths Do.: Wst. Riding Mi, Leeds Northern..,, ,,. _ _--.-...... Liv. Crsby. & So uthpt. London & Eackwall Loud. Tilb. & Stheud. Lond.Bright. & S. Cst. Nondou & N.Western Do., Fifths ..... • ..... ••••• Do., £lO Silo., 21 .......... ..... London & S. Western Do., Do. ...... . Lndndrry. diColeraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ....... Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West . (Ir.) Do. Shares ...... Ne wcastle &Carlisle Ne wmarket ... . Newpt.Abe rg •&" Newry & Enniskillen Norfolk .... Do., New .... ............... Northn. Counties Un North British Nor';,h Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western-- & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wo lverhampton.. Scottish Central Scottish Midland S hrewsbury & Birm Do., &N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do.-- Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do., A.B. C . &D . fuly paid up at p. South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do.. Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway... Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny IWaterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ West L0nd0n.......... York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York 41; N. Midland.. PREFERENCE Aberdeen Do.. No. 2, 7 I). c••• Bristol & Exeter 4 P aent. Stock Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO ••• Chester & Holyhead GCoruak&r•l3saindpoenr sceinPt:e.: ' Dundee Perthdaber deen Junction EastA nglian (£3lox) 6 per cent. ....... Do . (25) 7 per cent Do. (t 7 17s) 7 p. et Eastern. Counties Ex tension sp. e. ti 0.1 Do., No. 2.. ••• Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastL ancs.sh, 6 p.cts East &WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths Edin b.Prth&Dundee Glasgow di S.Western guar. 5 per cent. Great N orthn. 5 'Le bo. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prern Gt. Southn. dzWestn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berks dr Rants Ex. 5 p. c.). • Great Western, fixed 4i per cent. .... Laucash. & Yorksh., P. £ 2 0...... ..... N., 6 p. c., Stock.— Lees Northern, 6 P. cent., No. 1 Do. No. 2.. • Do., No. 3.. ••• • •• Do. , Quarters ,ilEi• Ge n t d Brighton ed 5 p. c , D° ' P ref., 5 p. Do. Convertible, sp • c ., 1852.. ........ Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Lon. & N. West. Coy. & Nun., sp. c. Stock. London & &Western, Con. Thirds.. . . Londonrry& Cofer Sharesde ..... Leudndry. dz Ennisk. Sh ares... " Nanch.,Sh e i , Shares, No. 1 •••••• Do. New, £lO 26 . . Xryp,, t.dtCari. 41). C iie. pe r cent Xid.6o• nsol. 6 P. c• St Do. Consol. Bristol dz Birr e. 6 per cent 40. Pref. 4 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. G uar. 5i per ct • Do. Wa.veney Valley 5 per cent ..• North British . NI orth Staffordshire— °ferd Worcester & DWolverh. 2156 . c. 0.. , P New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester (N0r.W.141/0,8 bo. 5 Per cent.. . 11South Devon . ) 0 . , W •"••.. ".etern (Reading n'slll,l,-,3) of £ 1 os.6d. '*/ Per cent. S • Y ellzeh.‘tp. c.Guar. Stock& Rartl. Qua r. sp. c. till h1y,1856 Waterfd. StKilk.6p•c. York Newcastle and DBervvick,l p. c. Pref. o ................ . . . York& N.Miland H. & S. pureh..... .Tox', TT ---- -STOI _ .... British N. A merican Colonial ... . ....... don Co mmercial .. of .Lon-' .............. English Scottish and Australian .......... Long, Chart. Bk. Aust ralia . 0f... .. ..... London and County.. London J o i nt Stock— L oud. & Westminster National Prov. of Eng. Do. New ........... . ... National of Irel an d .. Oriental Bank of Do. Corpo r ation. ......... New ............... Provi ncial of Ireland Do. New ............... Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Importing t C ompany . ........... na (;f* fit:: ralia' • Do. New ......0nd......... 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AINIERICA. IMPERIAL PARLIAAIEI‘IT We have received the P a ris journals of yesterday. The Moniteur contains 37 telegraphic dispatches from east, west, north, a: ad south, all to the same effect, that the people at %I voting with enthusiasm for the Empire. The dispatches in question em brace the towns of Valence, Dijon, Metz, Bar-le- Due, Rouen, Tours, Poicrtiers, Besanvn, Nevers, Nantes, Lyons, Macon, Bourges, Chateauroux, Calais,- Chartres, Amiens, Orleans, Strasbourg, Colmar, Chalons, St. Eti,e,nne, Lisle, Montbrison, Nancy, Bordeaux, and .A.7agouleme. In Paris, on unday, ; 105 000 or more than one-half of the electors, v. crted. In the Banlieue, whole communes marched. to the poll in a sort of military order with flags,. and voted en masse for the Empire. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. Shortly before 12 o'clock yesterday forenoon the British and North American Royal Mail steam ship Niagara, Capt. Stone, arrived in the Mersey from Boston and Halifax, the former of which ports she left on the 10th and the latter on the 12th inst. The Niagara brought 38 passengers and 15,000 dollars in specie. The Niagara experienced very strong easterly winds during the greater part of her passage, which occupied 11 days 18 hours mean time. The Royal Mail steam-ships Africa and Canada, hence with the mails, had arrived—the former at New York on the 4th, 7 and the latter at Halifax on the 11th inst. HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented a petition from Glasgow, praying for the removal of all indirect taxes, and for the imposition of a direct and general Income tax. Also, two petitions from Auckland, in New Zea land, expressing their extreme surprise at the revenues of the colony being pledged for the payment of the losses of the New Zealand Company, and praying for a reversal of recent legislation on this subject. Lord PANMURE presented several petitions from different parts of Scotland, praying for the abolition of all religious tests for professors of the Scotch universitiee. OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON The votes of the army of Paris, as received by the Minister of War, gave the following result Yes - No The intelligence by this arrival is three days later that brought by the Washington. We learn from Nassau, N.P., that the cholera still lingers upon the island. The mortality has been very great. The telegraphic dispatcii.es cannot of course give numerical details, but the. terms in which they are conveyed leave no doubt all to the result. At Val ence, despite heavy rain, he people were voting in crowds. The country pe ()pie about Dijon entered the town, following barn ers, and crying " Vive l'Empereur." At Metz, rb larger majority was ex pected than had appeared on the 20th of December. The same was said of Rol ; en, Besancon, of Stras burg, of St. Etien ne , o f Lisle, and of Chalons. The Echo of Valenciennes, of Saturday, contains the following : According to the New York Herald, an attempt has been made to murder its editor, James Gordon Bennett, a la Napoleon, by means of an infernal namhine. Advices from California had arrived per the Star of the West to the 16th October, two months later than the Georgia's advices. The intelligence is in teresting. Great excitement existed among the bankers and merchants of California, in consequence of the adoption of the Treasury order refusing the receipt of assay ingots in payment of the public dues—a measure which is calculated to operate inju riously upon the interests of the mercantile classes. The prospects at the mines point to favourable re sults from the labours of the winter. Not much progress is making just at this time, in consequence of the active preparations for the approaching season. The shipments of specie have accordingly fallen off in some degree. The crops in California have fallen somewhat short of expectation, probably attributable to the light rains. The miscellaneous I news is of no importance. Interesting intelligence is received from Mexico to the middle of October. The city of Mexico was in a ferment. The extra session of Congress had convened,-and the Cabinet Ministers were on the point of impeachment. Opposition presses have multiplied, which ply the Government with re proaches and bitter attacks, and the condition of the country is more unfortunate than ever. The Government has authorised the arrest of all military personages who are destitute of passports. The state of Vcra Cruz has sent two commissioners to confer with the Supreme Goiernment in relation to the recent insurrections, and a bill granting an amnesty to the Vera Cruz insurgents had been in troduced into Congress. General Cardenas has assumed the government of the state of Tamaulipas. Som e n e ct eoexcit ementthe support the r t e e x i ec dl s a t a e mp d ps ra of fae Vera thh eof F C ar r eit er n x i: t crph , e uni Ministereeo. for the pay_nent of credito rs o f thes squa drone Spanish vessel was also looked for, to enforce the payment of Spanish claims. The news from all parts of the country is prophetic of evil tidings. The New York stock market was btoyant, with large sales in investment as Iv ell as speculative stocks. Prices for all the leading securities had. advanced. The money-market was withou'z altera tion. Exchange firmer. Bills on London, 1101 to 1101,; Paris, 5 15 to 5 131; 36. to 36g ' • Bremen, 79i- to MI ; Amsterdam, 41 to 411,. Cotton had advanced a quarter cent per ponno., with large sales ; the stock at New York was nearly exhausted, and, there being several large foreign orders to execute, it was expected that there would be a further advance. The flour market was very firm, with a good home demand ; for export not much inquiry. For wheat the demand was not quite so active, the advance reported last steamer having in a great measure checked operations. All descriptions of provisions were in good demand at very firm prices. Freights to London very firm, at the following rates :—Tobacco, 30s. per hhd.; flour, 2s. 6d. per barrel ' • turpentine, 3s. per barrel; and beef, ss. 6d. to 6s. per tierce. The iron market was depressed; 150 tons Scotch pig were reported at 31 dollars six months. "We understand that the Duke de Bassano, the French ambassador in Belgium, not wishing to lose his electoral right, will avail himself of the facility afforded by the railway to come to this place to-morrow to vote. He will be accompanied by all the persons connected with the embassy, and will return with them to Brussels in the evening." The Prefect of the Henault, agreeably to instruc tions from the Government, has announced that extensive measures of clemency will be adopted to wards those parties who have been condemned by th e mixed commissions, who, by a formal decla ration, shall renounce their former bad conduct, and promise peace and submission for the future. The Constitutionnel remarks as follows on the elections : "According to the information which has reached us from a number of the electoral sections of Paris, the number of voters on the first day exceeded the half of the number inscribed. The most perfect order reigned throughout. There was never any very extraordinary crowd of voters, but the electors succeeded each other in such a manner that the voting went on uninterruptedly. It was remarked that a number of electors who, from their great age, have usually kept aloof from the ballots, gave their votes on this decisive occasion. One magis trate in the retired list, 98 years of age, came to give his vote in favour of the nephew of the man who had re established the reign of the laws in France." The Pays says that the number of votes in scribed in the twelve arrondissements amounts to 212,824, out of whom 108,221 voted on the first day. A considerable number of Deputies have already arrived in Paris. The Chamber, as our readers are aware, meets on the 25th. A committee of tradesmen has just been formed with a view of presenting to Louis Napoleon a sword of honour, and a diadem enriched with diamonds. The committee met on Saturday in the saloons of a restaurateur in the Palais Royal. The Journal des Debats has the following para graph : " Some English journals again repeat that the Duke of Wellington was. a Marshal of France and Duke de Brunnoy in France. That is an error which was long since propagated, and contradicted so often that we did not think serious journals would repeat it any more." The Bourse closed firm, with an advance on Saturday's prices. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 106 f., and closed at 106 f. 80c. for the end of the month ; the Three per Cents. closed at 85f. 30c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS IN THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE—Nov. 22. Dijon and Besancon, 10i—Dutch Rhenish, 6i—Grand Junction of France, 74—Luxembourg Railway, s —Madras, 7 t i—Namur and Liege (with interest), B—Northern of France, 35k—Ditto, 20/. 3 p. c. Bonds (fmy. B. & Amiens Shares), 15—Paris and Lyons, 26-i—Paris and Strasbourg, 34—Quebec and Richmond, 3i—Rouen and Havre, 20i Sambre and Meuse, 1013 —Upper India Scrip, # p.—West Flanders, sA—Western of France, 19. THE ARMY. The following general orders have been issued to all the regiments in her Majesty's service:— " GENERAL ORDER. "Horse Guards, Nov. 18, 1852. "Her Majesty does not require that the officers of the army shall continue to wear the mouriing prescribed in the general order of the 22d of September for Field- Marshal the late Duke of Wellington, except that they shall wear black crape round the left arm until Monday next, the 22d inst., when the mourning is to cease. " By command of the Right Ron. General Lord Viscount Hardinge, Commanding-in-Chief. " G. BROWN, Adjutant-General." THE CONTINENT. question as to the intentions of the Government--which I have not the slightest difficulty in doing—l must call attention to the circumstances under which her Ma iesty's Government accepted office, and I need not re mind your lordships of the understanding upon which the business of the session of the last Parliament was conducted, when we thought it right to refuse all appli cations for an immediate appeal to the country, so as not to interrupt the business of the session, and pro mised that at the earliest possible period consistent with public business reference should be made to the country at large. That reference to the country will aid must undoubtedly and immediately decide whether her Majesty's Government do or do not en joy that amount of confidence on the part of the country and Parliament which will enable them satis factorily to administer the affairs of the nation. There i; one important question on which such reference was made, namely, on what principles of commercial and fiscal legislation the interests of the country should be managed. (Hear, hear.) That question has been a matter of controversy for many years. All parties agreed in this, that at the earliest possible moment, this ques tion should be finally decided, and upon this question, without disguising his own opinions, or the opinions of t lose who acted with him, he declared in the last session o Parliament that he should be guided by the sense of the community at large, as expressed by the returns which they made to Parliament, and that he should not b ring forward any measure in accordance with his own views, if he found he was not supported by a large ma jority in the country and in Parliament. And therefore, whilst he resisted the frequent appeals made to him to dissolve Parliament, he gave a pledge that the new Par liament would be calledtogether before Christmas, with the view of deciding on what was to be the future finan cial and commercial policy of the country ; and accord ingly, in pursuance of that pledge, her Majesty's Govern ment advised that Parliament should be summoned early. in November for that purpose. He had also given an other pledge —namely, that Parliament should be‘called . together for the purpose of ascertaining its views as to particular policy, in order that the ordinary business of the session might not be interfered with. It was always unpleasant and mortifying to any one to be obliged to confess that his opinions were not shared by the (Treat body of his fellow-countrymen ' • but he would not hesi tate to say now, as h e h a d not hesitated to say before, that the result of the general election was such as to con vince him that a very large number of the constituen cies, and of the members returned by them, though de sirous upon all other measures to give their support to her Majesty's Government, were determined not to assent to any alteration of the existing commercial system ; and therefore he did not hesitate to advise her Majesty, in the speech from the Throne, in terms as explicit as it would be advisable and proper to put into a speech to be spoken by the Sovereign, that the principle of unrestricted competition was one to which the wisdom of Parliament decided that the country, should be subjected. (Hear, hear.) If there was any ambiguity in the speech of her Majesty it ought to have' been removed by the declarations made by himself in that house, and by the leader of the House of Commons in the other house—namely, that whatever they might have thought the more desirable for the country, they were ready and willing as frankly and nnreservedly to act upon that principle of commercial policy as if they had been the original authors and advisers of it. (Hear, hear.) He doubted if any language could have been more explicit, or whether it were possible to give more satisfactory assurances to those who were apprehensive of any alteration or tampering with that system. He went ,still further, for they resolved not to postpone the ordinary financial statement to the usual time; but, al though impressed with a full sense of the disadvantages arising from imperfect' calculations, determined at once to lay before Parliament and the country the full details of those financial and commercial measures which they were prepared to recommend for adoption, and by which Parliament would be able to judge of the sincerity of the intentions of the Government and the policy it pro posed to pursue. He was rather surprised at the noble marquis saying that the Government gave notice of a specific resolution affirmative of their principles. That was a candid or correct statement. Her Majesty's Go-, vernment gave no such notice. Her Ma j esty's Govern ment were perfectly satisfied t o res t qu i e t till the 26th, when facts and not words would show the truth and , sincerity of the course they intended to pur sue. (Hear, hear.) But another gentleman opposed to her Majesty's Government, did think it right to anticipate the Government—did think that the com mercial and financial policy of the country could be more satisfactorily discussed, previous to the financial state ment of the Government, by giving notice of an abstract principle which he intended to submit to Parliament. So far from tho Government having given any notice of a specific motion, as the noble marquis seemed to think, they appealed to the hon. gentlemen in the other house, not that he should withdraw his motion, but that he would postpone it till the house was put in possession of the intended measures of the Government. Now with regard to that resolution it was couched in terms which made it impossible for the Government, or for those who supported the Government, to accept it, for it did not confine itself to a declaration of the policy to be pursued , in future, but contained reflections on the Government, and expressed opinions with which the framer of the re solution must have known that the Government could not agree. After the declarations of the Government in both houses of Parliament, he did not think there was any necessity for a specific resolution on the subject. But, granted there was, if the hon. gentleman had at heart the real interest of the country, and the promotion of the principles he advocated, he should have so framed his resolution that it would not lead to any unnecessary division, and would ooncilitate to its affirmation the greatest possible majority, if not the whole, of the House of Commons. '(Hear, hear.) But the resolution was couched in language which made it impossible for the Government or their supporters to assent to it with honour or with credit. The resolution did not go fur ther than the affirmation of a principle, and for the affirmation of a principle it was unnecessary. He' did not know what other views might be in the contem plation of those by whom that motion was framed. If the object was to overthrow the Government before they had an opportunity of developing or explaining their policy, he hoped the hon. gentleman who was going to move that motion, and the various sections into which the Opposition in the House of Commons was divided, had well considered the full amount of responsibility they took on themselves—(hear, hear)—that they had not merely considered how they could combine the largest force for the purpose of overturning the Govern ment, but had considered, in the interest of the country, if that Government was overthrown, whether they had the materials, the concert, the unity, which would be necessary to form another Government and to preserve the country from the inconvenience of a Ministerial in terregnum. (Hear, hear.) It might be that they had . not the intention to frame a Government themselves, or, to overthrow the Government, but that their intention was to weaken and discredit the Government by forcing' on their acceptance a resolution which was offensive to them and to their supporters ; if that were their inten tion, then he had that confidence in the House of Corn-, mons and in the country, that they would not sanction a proceeding so factions, and which, if successful, must lead to serious difficulties. (Hear, hear.) If it had been the intention of the Government to offer any pro-' position for the purpose of reversing the system already established, due notice of such a proposition would have been given at the earliest period to both houses of Par liament. But, on the contrary, both here and in the other house, the most distinct intimations were made that it was not the intention of Government to propose any measure framed in opposition to the established system —and that our commercial and financial policy was to be carried on under that system. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the question put to him by the noble mar quis, although they had thought it fght to renew the inquiry on the subject of their Indian territories ; al though his noble and learned friend on the woolsack had submitted a clear and masterly exposition of the great measures of legal reform to be submitted to Parliament —although the principle of legal reform had been dealt with by the introduction of bills in the other house, not for the purpose of immediate discussion, but for the pur pose of affording time for their due consideration—al though his right hon. and learned friend, the Attorney- General for Ireland, was probably at that moment en gaged in laying before the other house measures of the utmost importance to the condition of Ireland, it was not' the desire or intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce at this unusual period of the session, or call for the decision of Parliament on, measures, except those strictly necessary for the purpose of giving the most en tire fulfilment to the understanding and pledges which was given by the Government on the subject. Beyond the laying of those schemes of financial and commercial policy before the house, to which the Government were pledged, and by which they would stand or fall, it was not intended to submit any measure of importance to the consideration of Parliament, nor was it probable that their lordships's house would be called on to pronounce any opinion on any important subject before Christmas. (Hear.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that he was justified in saying that the Government embodied their views in the amendment, of which notice had been given by them in the other house of Parliament, because it was perfectly competent to them either to have accepted the motion of the hon. gentleman (Isar. Villiers), or to nega tive it, or, to avoid discussion, by moving the previous question. He thought that if Parliamentgel he . ea w t ere question i together for the purpose of discussing the of protection and free trade, that t ougohtttoboetsubr housemitted to the consideration of this as well as f the of Parliament, He did not know - what effect the dread ful menace of a resignation might h t ave, w b e u re t he was icneerd tain that Parliament and the cone ry that free trade should clearly , plicitly, and perma he ould not but think that Par liament contained members who were quite as experi ence d in office as the members of the present Government. (Hear, hear.) Lord WODEHOUSE said that, if the conduct of the mo ver of the resolut ion in the House of CO MMOIIs a was to to be designated as factious, that e p ithet e quallyapplied the conduct of the noble earl (Derby), in reference to this very question, on which their conduct was so equi vocal that, the strongest promises must be exacted from them. To declare, as the noble earl did, that he was convinced of the soundness of one course of policy, and that he should carry out another as the Minister of the country, because there was a majority of the nation and of Parliament opposed to him, he (Lord Wodehouse) could not consider to be consistent with his personal honour. (Hear, hear.) In such a position he (Lord Wodehouse) would feel it to be his duty either to carry out what he believed to be the right policy, or he would resign office. (Hear, hear.) If the noble earl abandoned protection, his friends in the country believed A i m for LINES LEASED AT FIXEDItENTALS. RAILWAYS. Bedford and', Blotchley Birm. & ()aid. guarantee Do. withoutgr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckg,hamsh Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincolu. gr. 6 p. Glst-2.&Dn•Fr. Glas. Barr. & Neilsn.Direct Do. New Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hall & Selby Do. Shares Do. 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Closing Prices Closing Prices 1 - 2 13 -- 15 4 1 -- 4ip 1i -- 1 d 8 —9 p 24 -- 2i p 3 i -- 3 i P par 1 p 4: - 7g - 1 - 14 10 -12 p 2i- 3 p 8 - 64 - 34,1 - 351 14 -15 i 16i -- 17ip 38 -- 40 33i -34 i 5 -- 5i p 20 = 21 10A 10A -- 11 ii ----- 'ii 9i -10 p - PI p 2i 3 11 p d d— par dl d par gd— Ad 7 — s - 2 23 30 -30 i par - p 43 • 45 i lk c - 7j , 4. 4d 1 —-- 1i p a I d 1 ip p 4A 5 a Par P P d par 19 21 13A 14 Par P 11 12 7i 8 1 d par par 1 p EOTYS. 3 - 4 50 - 51 33 - 37i 1 29 -- 30 5 - 501 ad 2 —2) ~, 2}- 2i 87 42 —42 i 79 ... LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(1HIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 23.—Wind at Noon, W.S.W. Light airs. BERWICK, Nov. 22. The Elizabeth of Goole has been tawed in with six feet of water, having been on shore, and must discharge. RAMSAY, ISLE OF MAN, Nov. 21.—The schooner whicn sunk on the Bahama Bonk, Oct. 29, is supposed to be the Kent of Dundrum. CLYDE.—Sailed—Medossa, New Orleans. HULL, Nov, 22.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Laurel, Charleston. WATERFORD, Nov. 21.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived— Lauinia, Quebec. SHlELDS.—Sailed—Archimedes, Buenos Ayres. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 22.—Wind, N. Sailed—Laine, Calcutta. DEAL, Nov. 22.—Wind, E.N.E., strong. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Sir. W. Folkes, Sydney, New South Wales ; Palestine, Swan River ' • John Pan ter, do. 2 • Eleanor Hughes, Mauriti us ; Alexandria, Algoa Bay ; Corsairs Bride, do ; Durham, Cape of Good Hope ; General Belgrave, do. ; Lorina Thompso_i, Geelong ; Henrietta Sophia, Rio Janeiro ; Speculator, Demerara ' • Trial, Barbad oes ; Z ep h yr , .D om i n i ca ; Vaneluse, New Orleans ; Statesman, do. ; J. C. Hum phrey, do ; Cornelius Gunnel, New York. Sailed the whole of the outward bound. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 22.—Wind, S.E. to E.N.E. Sailed—Wooloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales ; Pharsalia, Boston, 11. S. CowEs, Nov. 22.—Wind, E. Sailed—William Barber, California. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 22. Wind, N.N.E. Arrived— Pallas, Bombay. Sailed — Dudbrook, Swan River. FALMOUTH, Nov. 2 2.—Wind, E., fresh gales, with rain. Sailed—Cashmere, New Zealand. SWANSEA, Nov. 22.—Wind, E. Arrived—Asia, Adelaide, South Australia. Sailed —Daisy, Fernando Po. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 22.—Wind, moderate. Arrived —Putna, China ; Fides, Wilmington ; Niagara (s), Boston, on freight 15,000 dolls. ; Raputh, Quebec. Sailed—Dauntless, Africa ; Rosamond, Antigua ; Coun tess of Zetland, Laguayra ; John P. Harward, New Orleans. The Claeborne, for this port, put back to New Orleans, Oct. 28, very leaky. ARDROSSAN, Nov. 22.—The Isabella of Carlisle, fr om Belfast, is on the rocks in a very dangerous position. LERWICK, Nov. 20.—The Civility, Onega to Bristol, has arrived here very leaky, having been towed on shore. Snip. —Yesterday b yf EMlGßANT rthepshi Philip, p Eagle, tChaaptt.shßeoypcaes,sedarrlveedshiinp tße.heurnriveeurt with o ortemi grants,Heads: o p n re th ee e ed 2 i d ng of tew Se a p rd te s m G be e r e , len i g nsid a e nd Port t at it was a re g p e ort fre e m d sh E e n h g a ia d n h d a . had I Th oo e d ß ea e t u h rn s o e n uf b i o s a , ardrdemulririgcathhleyvfionye vessel, of 1,495 tons register, and belong!! to Messrs. se J. D. Spurr and Co., of Liverpool, from which port h cleared out under the inspection of officers appointed by her M a j esty ' s Colonial and Land and Emigration Com missioners and had on board when she sailed (according to the official returns) 257 adult males, 289 adult females, and 285 children ; total 831 passengers, besides a crew, including the captain and officers, of 50 men and four boys• making in all 885 persons, thus giving a propor tion of deaths of nearly 14 pa. cent. As the Eagle was under weigh when on her homeward voyage at thq time, no details have been received of the melancholy circumstances under which such an afflicting havoc of human life has occurred. Business done this Day. Business done. SPAIN. Advices have arrived from Madrid of the 17th inst. They state that it was thought that the Ministers who had retired had not done so of their own accord, but that their retirement had been de manded by the President of the Council tha'z, he might strengthen his Cabinet in order better to meet the Cortes. The Minister of the Interior had published a circular in- which he declares that he considers diligence, probity, and intelligence indis pensable in public functionaries. - Madrid Bourse, Nov. 17.—The Three per Cents., 47 ; Exchange on London, 50 60 paper. BELGIUM. The Central Section charged to examine the bud get for foreign affairs commissioned one of its mem bers to ask the Minister to furnish information relative to the state of the negociations with France on the subject of the literary convention. The Minister replied that lie had no information to give, and charged the member to transmit these words, " Say that I have nothing to reply." The subject of the extradition of the Polish offi cers, naturalised Belgians, at the request of the Russian Government, is now being minutely dis cussed by the sections, where it meets with general disapproval. The measure is looked upon as a breach of the law, as a want of national dignity, and as a subserviency to the Russian Government. GERMANY. A funeral service for the Duke of Wellington was performed on Thursday, in the garrison church at Berlin ; it was attended by detachments of all the troops in garrison in Berlin, the Generals, officers, and Princes of the R o y a l F am ily ; th e body of the hurch and galleries were crowded with every variety of uniform, Lancers, Artillery, Cavalry of the Guard, Hussars, and the different regiments of the line ; the late Duke's own Prussian regiment, the 28th, is at present quartered on the Rhine, and was not represented. The communion table was draped with black cloth, and the stands of the lighted alter candles were bound with crape. The decorations were of the simplest kind, sufficing only to indicate the event, and, excepting the ad dress of the preacher, there was little in the service itself that denoted the occasion ; yet it had much interest for the English present. It was a faint re flection of the grand Solemnity being celebrated almost at the same hour in the Cathedral of St. Paul. It was the last mark of honour by an old national ally, to one whose name is asso ciated with the greatest and most united effort Germany has ever made against a foreign enemy. Of the Royal family there were present Prince Albrecht, Prince Adalbert, Prince Karl, and Prince George ; General Wrangel, the Commander in-Chief of the province, and all the Generals under his command, also attended. The English Minister Lord Bloomfield, is confined to his room by illness and could not attend, but the Embassy was repre sented by Mr. Bligh and Mr. Norman, the attaches. Mr. Fay, the Secretary of the American Embassy, also attended the ceremony. No member of the Austrian Embassy was present. The sermon was.preached by the Military Chap lain of the division, M. Strauss. He took his text from the third chapter of the Second Book of Samuel,— "And the King said to his servants, know ye not that there is a Prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel." He gave a brief sketch of the late Duke's career; his unequalled success and its causes ; his success he ascribed to his wonderful talent as a commander and his stedfast and indomitable perseverance as a man ; but he was also supported by the conscious ness of contending for a just cause during his many conflicts, and after they had ceased his simple and upright life, and his sense of piety, were as re markable as his brilliant triumphs : he must have felt during his career that "God was with him." SWEDEN. The bulletin issued on the morning of the 12th is as follows : "His Majesty, whose feverish state again increased considerably in the afternoon, had another attack of bleeding at the nose in the evening. This recurred se veral times in the course of the night, and hindered his Majesty from sleeping. In consequence of this, the Royal patient is considerably weaker than before. At four o'clock this afternoon, no improvement whatever had taken place in the King's state, and serious appre hensions are entertained. "The state of the Princess Eugenie appears to be somewhat improving, though the progress is so slow that it is almost imperceptible. The fever has subsided, and there is less prostration of strength." APPEARANCE OF MR. ROEBUCK IN THE HOUSE.— Last evening the hon. and learned member for Sheffield entered the house shortly after its sitting, and took the (}: tho along with sever;ll 0411cr hon: -- trieyAbo - s.;,_ Ile looked much better than when last seen. in pi blie„but there was a lack of that energy and activity in his man ner which characterised him during the greater part of last session, "GENERAL ORDER,- " Horse Guards, Nov . . 19, 1852. "The General Commanding-in-Chief desires to express to Major-General his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, his entire approval of the ver y j u di c i ous an d suc cessful manner in which the military arrangements for the funeral were yesterday carried into execution. " The conduct of the officers and men on this melan choly occasion, in co-operation with the police, wasmost praiseworthy. _ " The detachments from every regiment in the service brought up to London, by the express command of her Majesty, to represent the army will take back to their comrades the deep feeling of admiration and sorrow which universally prevailed among all classes of the people on the solemn occasion of carrying the immortal hero to his grave. "The presence of the troops was /lost welcome throughout the procession and at the vaious posts at which they were posted, not only as assisting the civil authorities in preserving order and preventing accidents, but as being that class of their fellow-countrymen who, trained under their illustrious Commander, will, on all occasions, endeavour to follow his pealed example of preferring the strict performance of his duty to every other consideration. " By command of the Right lion. General Viscount Ilardinge, Commanding-in -Chief. " G. BROWN, Adjutant-General." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WO OLWICH, MONDAY. The Royal Albert, 120, has had an additional num ber of men placed at work upon her, and there are now about 150 hands employed, besides two gangs of con victs, one to remove the timbers, and the other to bring the large iron kneejoints from the blacksmiths' shop to be fitted on board. The Driver steam-sloop left Woolwich at half-past 6 o'clock a.m. to-day, in charge of Lieutenant Robertson, of the steam reserve, for Sheern ess, where she is ,to re main as an advanced war-steamer, with all her ammuni tion, shot, and shells on board, ready for instant Service' when she may be required. Since the death of the c hief - engine er who brought home the Dover iron steam-vessel from the coast ofAfrica, the vessel has been placed in charge of Acting Second Master, Sallenger, of the Mone Y —steam-vessel. The Kroomen on board are all Christians, although natives of Africa, and they are remarkabl y attentive to the re ligious duties of members of the Church of England. They attend the dockyard chapel in the forenoon, from 11 to 1 o'clock, and in the schoolroom at the west gate in the evening, from half-past 6to 8 o'clock, to hear the services of the Church of England. Commander G. P. T. Hornby ( 1 850) is appointed to study steam at the factory at Woolwich dockyard. APPOINTMENTB. Mate—Charles F. Ryder, to the bido, 18, Devonport ; H. W. Fox, to the Encounter, sert . w. corvette. Midshipmen—G. W. Strong and W. M. Wright, to . the Hogue ; Hunter Kent, to the Waterloo, 120, flag ship, at Sheerness ; John L. Gilby, to the Agamemnon, 90, screw-ship, Sheerness. Naval Cadets—R. G. S. -P asieY. to th e Did o ; Hon. M. R. Wingfield and Alfred M arkham, to the Aga memnon. Master--Joshua Whiting, to the Did°, 18, Devonport. PORTSMOUTH, u -,LONDAY EVENING. The Nidcross, Norwegian stea m - corvette, sail e d f r om Spithead, this morning, for the M editerranean. ' Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G .0.M.G., commander in -chief, went to Spithead, this korning, with his flag flying in the Fire . Queen, and inspected the s hip' s com pany of the Scourge, - Comm-Inder L ord F. Ke:.-r and returned at noon. The Scourge aft erwar d s discharged her powder and shells, and came into harbour to prepare for paying off. The Simoom, 18, steam-transport, Captain Kingcome, sailed from Spithead, this afternoon , R eport says she i s gone to Scotland, to bring machinery for the Duke of Wellington. The Encounter, 14, steam -frigate, Captain O'Callaghan, has been paid wages in advance, at 4dthead, to-d a y. The Pallas, Russian 50-gun frigate, Captain Unkow ska, hauled down alongside the jetty today, and will be taken into NO. 2 dock of the fitting basin on Tuesday, for repairs. The Victory; 101, Captain Martin., flag of Admiral Sir T. Briggs, will be paid wages up to one month, on Wednesday next. The Fairy and Elfin, Royal steanaiachts, have been out of harbour to-day, to try the 'working of their en gines, ready for the reception of her Majesty, on the 24th inst., when the Court is expected to return to Osborne. SUPPOSED SUICIDES BY DROWN l NG , —Yesterday Mr. Baker, the coroner, received information of the following • supposed cases of suicide of persons who were found drowned in the New River and the Regent's Canal. On Sunday morning the body of J. Cherington, a butcher, carrying on business at Ball's-pond, ne ar the turnpike, Was picked up in the New River, near the Green-lanes, Stoke Newington. In the forenoon of the same day (Sunday) the body of a female, named earolineWillia,ms, Was found floating in the Regent's Canal, near. the: Rosemary Branch, and' was taken to Shoreditch Work house. On the same morning the - body of a youth 6t the, name of William Trattell was observed in the Regent's Canal, adjoining Twig Folly. SUNDAY. Lord PANMURE presented a petition against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday. The Earl of DERBY took the present opportunity of correcting a misapprehension which had existed on this subject. He himself had had an interview with the directors of the Crystal Palace Company, during which this question had been brought forward. For his own part he had no hesitation in saying, notwithstand ing the many representations which he had received, that subject to certain restrictions, to which he believed the directors were willing to submit, the opening of the Crys tal Palace on Sunday, so far from being a desecration of the Sabbath, would be productive of great advantage in enabling the population of London to obtain those ad vantages which the company would afford to them on the Sunday afternoon. (Cheers.) The directors had dis tinctly stated to him that they intended to throw open to the public only the beautiful and extensive park, gar dens, and conservatory, but to keep closed those portions of the building which were devoted to machinery, manu factures, and commerce, which would require the atten dance of exhibitors. The hours at which the grounds would be opened, would be such as not to interfere with the at tendance of the population of London at Divine service in the morning ; return tickets would be issued to carry the visitors straight back to London, without accumu lating in the neighbourhood, and it was intended that in the precincts of the building no spirituous liquors should be sold. It was a question at present under the consi deration of the proper law officers, whether a certain statute, passed for a very different purpose, might not be so construed as to prevent the Crystal Palace being opened on Sunday ; and if such should turn out to be the case, no clause inserted in the charter, could make it legal—the consent of Parliament alone could do it. After a few words from the Marquis of CLANRI CARDE, who condemned the whole law of partnership in this country, Lord CAMPBELL had heard the statement of the noble earl with satisfaction, and he hoped it would also I satisfy a great majority of the people. He was no friend to the Crystal Palace remaining in Hyde-park, but transferred to Norwood, he was its firm friend—(hea - .- and laughter) —and he thought it would not only be con ducive to the amusement of the people, but to morality and religion. The opening of such a place would not desecrate the Sabbath, but prevent a great deal of de bauchery and immorality. There was an act of Parlia ment in force which prohibited the taking of money for admission to any place of amusement on Sunday, but he trusted Parliament would remove that difficulty. (Hear.) THE MEETING OF CONVOCATION. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY wished to put a ques tion to the noble earl with regard to the sitting and pro ceedings of convocation, which had justly been regarded with some alarm. He wished to know what the inten tions of the Government were with respect to convoca tion. It was, he believed, adjourned to the 16th of February, and he wished to know whether it would be allowed to meet again ; and whether, during the interval, the committee appointed by convocation would be allowed to sit ? The Earl of DERBY—As far as her Majesty's Go vernment is concerned, there is no intention to make any deviation from that which has ordinarily been the cus tomary practice for many years as to convocation ; nor do I understand that there has been, except in one par ticular, any deviation from the ordinary practice. Although the meeting of convocation this year has been accompanied by considerable excitement, and has led to much discussion, yet the proceedings of convocation have gone no further this year than on all preceding occasions —that is, the body meeting together for the purpose of voting an address to the crown at the commencement of the session. It is true that there was a discussion on the address to the crown, previous to which it is not courteous or proper that any authority should be e:_er cised over convocation—it is true, I say, that there was a discussion, and that it lasted nearly three days, but this is not the first occasion on which the meeting of convocation has led to a discussion, rnd on which an amendment has been proposed and discussed. In 1847 the discussion lasted the whole of one day, and an amendmen:; was - ,:oved praying the Crown to re-establish the active no .7ers of convocation. The power of pro roguing convocation rests with the Crown in the last resort, but I believe there is no instance of that power having been exercised by the Crown for many years—it has always been exercised by the archbishop, either by his own authority, or consensu fratt um. The nook earl is wrong in speaking of proroguing, for I understand the usual course pursued is not to prorogue, but to adjourn : the address having been voted, the convocation is ad journed by the archbishop to a period not very distant from the next meeting of Parliament after the recess. I understand there is nothing unusual in the prorogation to a distant day for the purpose of receiving the answer to the address from the Crown, as it is not usual to receive the answer, as in the cages of the houses of Parlirment, immecrately on the address being preseated. I have not had an opportunity since my noble friend gave me notice of his question, of communicating with his grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, but I have no reason to suppose that convocation will meet again, and that his grace will depart from the practice which has hitherto universally prevailed ; nor do I apprehend that he will do more than lay before convocation the answer to the address, and then, in the usual form, prorogue. Ido not anticipate that the archbishop will depart from the usual course, and therefore I think that the intervention of the Crown will rot be necessary ; but this I have no hesitation in saying, that the Ministers of the Crown have no intention to advise her Majesty to depart from the ordinary course, and sanction the revival of the active powers of convocation. (Hear, hear.) As to the commitee to which my noble friend has referred, officially I know nothing of it. I only know that con vocation was prorogued, and the lower house appointed a committee to investigate certain errors. It is a ques tion of law upon which I do not like to pronounce an opinion ; but I confess that I do not understand how a body prorogued can have any official power in any com mittee to act during such p:o:ogation. (Hear, hear,) My own opinion is that the powe: of that committee is null and void ; and undoubtedly, on the other hand, there is no power on the part of the Crown, or any other body, to prevent gentlemen meeting as a private body and considering whatever matters they choose ; but I repeat that I believe the body prorogued have no power to constitute a committee. - Lord LYTTLETON made some observations which were totally inaudible in the gallery. MINISTERIAL MEASURES. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said, that in making the inquiry of which he had given notice, he did not wish to urge anything which would create debate, or be inconvenient to Government ; but he thought it would be for the advantage of public business, and the private convenience of their lordships, that they should know what business was likely to be brought forward before the recess, and during the remainder of the session. He thought the meeting of Parliament before Christmas did but little to lighten the business, or to shorten the duration of the spring and summer session—his own ex perience, in fact, led to the contrary opinion. They were assembled at this period in order that the great principle of the commercial policy of the country should be brought to a full, and he hoped a final, and satisfactory result. However, the session being opened, it was un doubtedly the duty of the Government to frame a speech from the Throne which should apply to the whole busi ness of the session, and they had an intimation of a variety of measures thrown out to them, but they kr_ew not at what time they were likely to be brought before Parliament, or their character. He need not enumerate the topics, but he hoped the noble earl would have no ob jection to tell their lordships what measures, if any, he intended to introduce before Christmas. He thought it wise of the house to avoid any discussion as to protection on the first day of the session, when their minds were overwhelmed with sorrow in the prospect of the mournful duty which devolved upon them. He had under stood the noble earl then to propose that all discussion should be postponed until after the 26th instant, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer was to make a general statement of his financial policy. Since that time he had seen that the Government had announced an inten tion, in the other house of Parliament, of proposing a resolution embodying their views on the subject of the commercial policy of this country. He knew not whether by a resolution, or by what mode, the noble earl meant to bring that matter under their lordships' consideration, but he had no doubt he Would not object to state what he intended to propose on this subject be fore Christmas, because it was notorious that they had met to consider what was to be the great basis of our commercial policy, and it must be in the contemplation of the noble earl to take the sense of that as well as the other house of Parliament previous to the recess. The sentence in which her Majesty alluded to the subject also referred to the discovery of gold, but the question of free trade rested on a great principle, which was not to be affected by the accidental discovery of gold in one part of the world or another, or a sudden impulse of emigration in one year more than another—(hear, hear) it must be settled finally and firmly upon a steady and 'sound theory. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of DERBY—The question put to me is one of considerable importance, and I shall endeavour to give my answer as briefly as I can ; but in replying to a 39i 81 51i 2 1 21 9425 64} 4 79 80 40 4 i 76 5 1 6 5A GA 60 Sail 60i li pm It pin 21 1021 2 --.... 28i 9i i pm _ the purpose of substituting for it something as near pro tection as possible. Something in the shape of an equi- I valent. Something with which they could satisfy Viei friends and retain their own places. (Hear, hear.) It was time that an end should be put to this policy, for instead of terminating the contest between protection and free trade, it would only bring it to another stage. He thought it would be better to avoid harsh words ; but if the conduct of the opposition was factious now, that of the noble eatl was equally so in 1846. The noble earl wished to take all the advantage of the discussion I • himself. He was the mouthpiece of his party in that house ; he answered all questions for them as well as for himself ; , yet he w ou ld l ead the country to believe that if his Government were overthrown another could not be formed. The noble earl answered all the ques tions put to the Government in that house ; and though about to adopt free trade, it seemed that he did not recognise one of its leading principles, namely, the division of labour. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The Earl of DERBY said he did not think it necessary to make any observations on the terms, the language, the tone, or the good taste exhibited by the noble baron. Now, after thirty years, he was sorry to say, of parlia mentary experience, he was not now going to defend his conduct from imputations which were utterly unworthy of the noble baron. The noble baron would give him leave to say that he thought he was himself the best judge of the conduct he should pursue, and that he would not learn from him the mode in which h:s personal honour and conduct was to be regulated. (Laughter.) With regard to the observations of the noble marqu i s, he begge leave to say that the Government had decided on the amendment they proposed solely in consequence of the motion on the other side, and that they had not taken that course spontaneously. He still thought that it would he 'well if the House of Commons, before pro nouncing an opinion or a condemnation of the Govern ment, would wait to see the measures which they should propose. - Lord WODEHOUSE said it was not his intention to make any observation which might reflect on the per sonal honour of the noble earl ; and if anything he had said bore that construction, he wished to withdraw it. He hoped the noble earl would consider that withdrawal satisfactory. The Earl of DERBY said that, after that very hand some statement, he should cease to recollect a single word of the kind that had been alluded to. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The oaths were administered to several members, among whom were Mr. Roebuck, Mr. T. O'Brien, and Mr. Owen.._ PETITIONS. Sir H. INGLIS presented a petition from Lancashire against the Maynooth grant, and'against the interference of the Roman Catholic priests at elections. Lord D. STUART presented three petitions from the metropolis, praying for the interference of the house to obtain the liberation of Edward Murray, who had been sentenced to imprisonment in the galleys for life by the Papal authorities at Rome. Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition from the Australian colonies, praying for the cessation of transportation to Van Diemen's Land, Mr. COWAN presented two petitions from Edin burgh, one praying for a more liberal system of national education in Scotland, and the other praying that steps be taken by the house to obtain the liberation of Andrew Murray. CASE OF MR. PAGET. In reply to a question put by Mr. M. MILNES, to the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs respecting the seizure and inspection of the private papers of Mr. Paget, an English subject resident at Dresden, not by the Saxon Government, but by the Austrian police act ing in Saxony. Lord STANLEY said it was true that Mr. Paget, a British subject, who had been for two years resident in Brussels, had his house entered by the police, and his papers seized, but it appeared from the informa tion in possession of the Government, that they were seized by the police of the country, and not by those belonging to Austria. The British Minister, Mr. Forbes, addressed a remonstrance to the authori ties, and the result was the return of Mr. Paget's papers, and an intimation that the police who had taken upon themselves the seizure in question had received a severe reprimand. Mr- SPOONER gave notice, that immediately after the Christmas recess he would move that the house re solve itself into a committee of the whole house, to con sider the Act of the Bth and 9th Vie, chap. 25, commonly called "the last Maynooth Act"—(laughter)—with a view to the repeal of those clauses which provided mo ney grants in any way to the same college. (Laughter.) REPEAL OF DUTIES ON BUTTER, &c. Mr. EWART gave notice that on an early day he would ask for leave to bring in a bill for the repeal of the duties on butter, cheese, eggs, and poultry. (Laughter.) ADULTERATION OF COFFEE. Mr. COWAN intimated that he would postpone asking his question as to the order of the Treasury respecting articles mixed with coffee, as the Secretary to the Treasury had informed him that he was not in a position to answer it. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. Sir DE L. EVANS asked the First Commissioner of Woods what the definite intentions of Government were as to the removal, or the contrary, of the buildings on either side of Bridge-street, Westminster-bridge ; and, if one] or both sides of that street be intended to be re moved, at what period it might be intended to carry the same into effect. Lord G. MANNERS said it was the intention of the Government to introduce a measure this session for the erection of a new bridge at Westminster. The houses on the north side of the river belonged to the bridge com missioners, and the leases of all would shortly expire. As regarded the south side, the purchase of the leases would be so very expensive an affair, that the Govern ment did not contemplate their removal, they being not necessarily connected with the scheme. FACTORY INSPECTIONS. In reply to a question, Mr. WALPOLE stated, that a memorial which the Government had recently received from Manchester on this subject would shortly be laid on the table. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Sir B. HALL wished to ask three questions of the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department. First—Was it the intention of Government to introduce any bill this session, to carry out the recommendation of the committee on the subject of ecclesiastical courts ? Secondly, whether Government intended to take steps to put a stop to the Romish and irregular proceedings which were practised by some members of the Established Church ? And, thirdly, whether Government intended to enforce the act relat ing to Episcopal incomes, with the view of preventing the stipends of the Bishops reaching a point which went beyond that recognised by law ? Mr. WALPOLE said the Government were favour able to an extensive and decided reform in the Ecclesi astical Courts, but they were anxious that such reform should havo the approval of all parties, and . as the Chancery Commission had not yet made their report on this subject, he could not say when the G overnmen t measure would be ready. With regard to the second question, Government had no power to inter fere' and the matter must, therefore, be left to th e goo d sense of the people; while as to the third question, Go vernment had no intention whatever of interferin g w i t h th e measures in the incomes of living bishops, but would l eave the whole question as to those of future bishops in the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Sir B. HALL, under these circumstances, gave notice that, early after the Christmas recess, he should move for leave to bring in a bill bearing upon the whole of the latter subject. TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. In reply to Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, The ATTORNEY -GENERAL stated that the writ of error in the case of the Queen v. Bradbury and another, relative to the stamping of " Dickens's Narrative of Current Events," Was still pending in the Court of Ex chequer. BANK-NOTES d ordered to be BILL an . This bill was read a second time, committed. tMherill Hume, e el* CALL OF THE HOUS E. Sir J. WALMSLEY, in c th d eabs t e h rg u e g o h f who was prevented from attending a near relative in a distant part of the country, moved that the house be called over. Mr. F. PEEL took the opportunity of expl a i n i ng away an imputation which the Right Hon. the Secretary for the Colonies threw out the other night against hi s disclaimed all desire or oin:en predecessor, in ref erence to the extension of t ho suffrage proceedings to s o L f or t d he Grey. He G v in Sir t h e j C . ape p A o l c f I G N o G o d T, O H N ope imputingtra that the anything pro ee wrong tiers simply of stated men t had involved the question of the Cape Ili in difficulties , but he made no imputation or charge against his noble predecessor. Sir C. WOOD said, whatever franchise L ed G a greed to, was the same a s th at sent home e rey Cape by the Attorney-Gen era l f or th from the The subject then dropped, and e Colony, to the original motio n . the discussion revert e d Sir R. H. INGLIS objected to to, as it would le a d t o a the moti on b e i ng agree d waste of time. Besides there great were many members who had had no notice what ever of the proposed call. • with It was not carried till a late hour on F ri d ay ' and which they possessed for the transmission of intelligence, it was • physically impossible that all members could have been made acquainted withthe motion. • But if - they en forced the attendance of all the 654 members that com prised the present house, they had no power to make them vote to-morrow, and the motion, if carried, would prove useless. H e s h ou ld th ere f ore t a k e the sense of the house upon it. Mr. COBDEN thought there might be a good deal said on both sides of the question. The right hon. gen tleman observed that though the house might compel all the members to attend to-morrow, they could not force them to vote, meaning, probably, that some would run away, for that was the suspicion which he raised, (Laughter, and "Oh.") Seeing, however, that the motion of the hon. member for Montrose had been com pletely successful, he would recommend that the motion now before the house should be withdrawn. Mr. WALPOLE said he was one of those who voted for the "call," as proposed by Mr. Hume, who held an important position in the house, and who thought it was desirable to have as large an attendance as possible on so important a question, and especially as it was mainly directed against her Majesty's present Government ; but he so entirely agreed with the observations of the hon. member for the West Riding, that he thought the withdrawal of the motion, now that it had &lowered it' CH. Bt. St. St. St. 20 20 12! St. 121 G 12 12 St 161 20 2 10 25 10 1.0.6 100 110 100 25 100 10 5 Paid 8 i 25i 8 i 111 i 58 i 954 5 32i 2 304 304 304 all 100 all 100 11, 100 100 all all all all 13.5 5 243 30 20 1 40 all all all all 50 90 1 10 MIN: 4i B 7i i 3 4 g 31.