The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-02 00:00:00

CHALLIS, Mayor.—The First Court ofMAYOR and ALDERMEN, held in the Inner Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Tuesday, the 30th day of November, 1852, la the 16th year of the reign of Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, &c.. Resolved unanimously—That the sincere thanks of this Court be presented to the Right lion. Wzn. Hunter, late Lord Mayor of this f2ity, far the manner in which he sustained the high office of Chief Magistrate, for the punctuality of his attendance in this Court, and the impartiality with which he presided over its deliberations, for the hospitality which he uniformly maintained at the Mansion-house, for `he liberality he evinced towards the nnrcerous charitable institu tions of this City, for the readiness of access he Invariably afforded, and the amenity he manifested to all classes of his fellow-citizens, and especially for his kind and courteous behaviour to every member of this Court. MEREWETRER. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin We*tar as Lessee and Manager, THIS EVENING Will be performed (by desire) the highly attractive Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Punnet Mrs. Stirling, Miss Rosa Beanett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Fanny Maskell. After which, the Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. To be followed by HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Will be perrormed a Dramatic Story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, F. Matthews, Roxby. Baker, Suter, Belton, Horncastle, Butler, Ro m.,re, and Honner; Madame Vestris, Mrs F. Matthews, Miss St. George, lllss M. Oliver, Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Martindale, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamars, Mrs. Foote, and Miss Foote. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Characters, by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New kond•street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietbr, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, For the Fourth Time, an entirely new Drama, in three acts, called SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan (his third appearance), Emery, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Madame Ce leste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. After whish, the Extravaganza of iIdEPHISTOPHELES; or an Ambassador from Below. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. llnder the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will be revived Shakspere's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Charles Kean, Bartley. Harley, Meadows, J. Vining, Ryder, and H. Saker ; Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Wright, J. Vining. Addison, Chester, and Cath• cart ; Misses Murray, Leclercq, Daly, and Mrs. Daly. ASTLET'S Rona AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Immense success of the Equestrian Drama of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Debut of M. and Mdlle. Lalande. from P'ranconi's Cirque Na tionale, Paris, having been unavoidably postponed, they will posi tively appear (for the fourth time) Tlll3 EVENING, when, and during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly successful Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. in two acts, produced with new dresses, scenery, and appointments, written expressly for this Theatre, and embodying all those stirring inci dents and situations so graphically described in Mrs. Stowe's popular work, and which are so peculiarly adapted to the resources of this Establishment. To be followed by an extraordinary display of Equestrian and Gymnastic Achievements in the Arena. To conclude with a popular FARCE. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Doors open at Half-put Six o'clock; Box-office open daily from Eleven to Foar. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tms DAY —Morning 0 min. after 5 I Evening 21 min.aft. 5 To-Monnow—Morning 43min. after 5 I Evening 10 min.aft. 6 THE WEATHER.--Sux OFFICH, Dec. 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45 highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 42—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'93. WIND, W.N.W—Dull, cloudy weather. THE WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY THE IST% AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH, AND A FULL ACCOUNT CF THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL, AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON, nu LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 180, Naturally enough, the Financial Reformers have revived their very wholesome agitation immediately upon the eve of the anxiously-expected occasion when the Budget is to be formally submitted to the House of Commons by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Yesterday, however, they re stricted their endeavours to the one important Purpose of insisting upon the total remission, or at any rate upon the gradual reduction, of the most unpopular and pernicious of all taxes—the Taxes upon Knowledge. We could have wished for our part that the meeting held last evening, in Exeter Hall, and presided over very efficiently by Mr. DOUGLAS JERROLD, had been convened somewhat earlier than the Ist of December. For all practical purposes, we regret to think that it must necessarily prove inoperative, in as far as it could be supposed to affect in any manner the anticipated financial statement of the DERBY-DISRAELI Government It cannot but be obvious that the Budget for '52-53 has long since been definitively arranged. Nothing can in any way be insinuated so late as the eleventh-hour and-a-half as a practical improvement. It has now only to be explained by the leader of the Lower House of Parliament. Eagerly shall we welcome in it any relaxation of the existing sys tem, so far as affects the wider diffusion of cheap literature. Possibly Mr. DISRAELI may have re cognised the necessity of reforms in this direction. A successful man of letters himself, he cannot be blind to the inestimable value of knowledge to the community, any more than he can be unconscious of the barriers raised by the paper and other duties in the way of its more extended dissemi nation. We shall see. Until to-morrow evening, at least, let us hope. If by no more compre hensive innovation, much good might be effected by the mitigati on o f th e ev il s resu l t i ng f rom t h e odious tax upon advertisements. Meanwhile— whether we are waiting vainly or rationally for the removal of these particular burthens from the population —we cannot but be very materially sex T ing the cause of financial improvement, by giving, as we do elsewhere in our impression of this ev-en ing, a report of the masterly speech delivered yesterday by Mr. COBDEN on the subject of these detestable and injurious Taxes upon Knowledge. It seldom happens that the • career of a. great man can be authenticated, in all its more re-mark able incidents, upon oath, in the form of a regular affidavit. Elsewhere, in our impression of this evening, will be found, however, a document pre cisely of this character—a document of :inestim able - value, and of extraordinary importance, re the g as sit does to the p r i nc ip a l occurrfmces i n c history of Sir C HARLES N APIER, th e h ero i c con q ue ror of S c i n d e , renowne d not lesi; for h i s hia nsli m e llltte ability as an Ad m i n i strator than for have g iai be en „L as a Generalissi mo. It cramot but popniatiszv!d by the majo r ity o f the intelli gent . t hat abo u t a wee k since that emi nent man , applied in the Queen's Bench for a Qcriminal informationeonae uarterly, i n . a gainst the publish it of the an article c ontained in the current nu t ot ez i e ti if o f the Review, ca lculated, according to the opinions tort the judgments o f his e a . PPlican - i ;., to dis ntemporalies, and thereby seriously to injure his reputation• The statements there sworn to by Sir e _ . 4'ARIES N'APIER as evidence of the reasonableness o f hi proved n evertheless e, n everthel . , altogether inad 8 re( ' nes t, quate means for obtaining the consent ofe the as a I r,onn CHIEF JUSTICE to the granting of a rule f or a , ; The application was v - urinal prosecution. en ti rely unsuccessful—the rule was refused —th e o b n. .11_, ous article in the last number of the Quart " cy Was virtually declared, in the very teeth of ill ( hero of Scinde, in spite of his manly appeal and his explicit assertions, to be in no way whatever either false or caluninious. -. Cordially, indeed with the whole intensity ( i our nature, do we accede to the wisdom, and th a justice, and the liberality, and the patriotism oi ! the sentiments expressed upon the occasion by Lord CAMPBELL, in reference to the necessity of maintaining intact the most perfect freedom of Liberty to the Press. As we are ourselves num ber ed in the ranks of journalism truth by any possibility do • other we could not in ,- rwise--for in so e, doing we are not merely upholding the privilege of our order, its most solemn responsibilities, and most cherished prerogatives, we are simply obey ing the elementary condition of its existence. For the Press cannot be said to exist where its freedom is not distinctly and permanently assured. Yet—accepting as wholly incontrovertible the great principles laid down by the LORD CHIEF Jus- TICE in regard to the Liberty of the Press, happily secured to this nation, at least under the shield of the Constitution—we cannot view otherwise than with positive amazement the discredit thrown, in the particular instance before us, upon Sir CHARLES NAPIER, for inasmuch as he presumes to demand the rectification of certain glaring mis statements contained in the pages of our quarterly contemporary. A glance at the affidavit published this evening by ourselves will be sufficient to prove, beyond the possibility of an instant's doubt, the fact, and not only the fact, but the grossness of those misstatements. It will be perceived, for example, that Sir CHARLES was distinctly 'accused by the reviewer of having wilfully concealed from the knowledge of Lord ELLENBOROUGH, during the course of the warlike operations against Scinde, a circumstance which, if submitted in time to the con sideration of the Governor-General, might possibly (so ran the argument) have prevented all necessity for the great pitched battle at Meeanee ! Now that is a single instance in point, and one quite sufficient for present purposes by way of illustra tion. The question in its regard, simply resolves itself to this. Was the assertion of the writer accurate, or was it a misstatement? Was the fact alluded to concealed at the period specified from the knowledge of the now Earl of ELLENBOROUGH? What is the answer of Sir CHARLES himself I—an answer, remember, given in. upon oath. Why, Sir CHARLES contents himself with pointing out the precise page in those Parliamentary Papers from which his assailant (we must not say his calum niator)professes to have collected together the mate rials of his argument, containing a letter written by himself, eighteen days before the battle of Meeanee, addressed to the Governor-General, informing that Nobleman of the very circumstance asserted by the Quarterly reviewer to have been wilfully concealed from his Lordship's knowledge ! Yet in all this, if we are to credit the decision arrived at in the Court of Queen's Bench, there is no falsity or calumny, no blunder or misstatement whatsoever. Again—the anonymous asperser of the Hero of Scinde charged him with sending a communication to MEER ROOSTUM, refusing to grant that per sonage an interview at the period when he was expressing his anxiety to accede in every way to the wishes of the British Government. Here, surely there was another very distinct allegation. But what is the nature of the reply to it contained in the affidavit ? Why the reply is not less clear and unanswerable than the one which we have already particularised. Sir CHARLES simply points to the very communication in question in that same inexorable blue-book—demonstrating as clearly as anything can possibly be demonstrated, that in stead of its refusing to grant the desired inter view to MEER ROOSTUM, it, on the contrary, prof fered him an asylum in the British camp, and even tendered an escort to protect him on his road to the tent of his conqueror ! Yet in all this—if we are to believe some people—there is actually no misstatement. And so Mr JUSTICE COLERMGE accedes to the wisdom of his learned brother in refusing to allow any prosecution— there may be as much persecution on one side as you please, but there shall be no prosecution at all on the other because, according to him any permission to that effect, in the pre sent instance, would infallibly establish as a rule, " that contemporary history could not be written except in terms of praise, or even servile flattery, that would make all history useless r And so Lord CAMPBELL avows he could only consent to a compliance with the request of the applicant, if it were possible that he could be persuaded " that the article was written with the intention of calumniating I" And so the rule is refused—and the case is dismissed—and Sir CHARLES NAPIER is assailed yet more viru lently and perversely, a target for all the shafts of petulance and vituperation. It is the fortune, we know well, of some men to be born with gold spoons in their mouths, as it is for others to possess merely the wooden ladles, like some of the well-known family of the CHUZZLEWITS. There was the young gentleman former times, for example, who was so invariab unlucky in his adventures, that he was heard at last, in sheer despair, protesting his conviction that if he had been brought up a hatter, people would inevitably come into the world without heads. There are, on the contrary, those who have other dainties besides gold spoons com ing into their possession, as it were by destiny or inheritance—opening their mouths and shutting their eyes, and seeing what Dame Fortune will send them. There have been before now, for example, men who have risen, without any very perceptible reason why, through every grade of promotion with marvellous facility and precision —men who have had coronets thrown to them, while their superiors in genius, as well as in achievements, have been sedulously precluded from the opportunity of crossing the threshold of the House of Peers—men who have leaped with one eccentric summersault to the supreme rule of an army, in which they would have been more fitted to assume the part of Lieutenant than of 'Commander. Sir CHARLES NAPIER is, perhaps, in the whole range of our military annals, the most brilliant contrast to this class of well-favoured incapables. It has been his fortune to serve his country by a series of resplendent and, in some respects, incomparable achievements. He has added a vast and fruitful territory to the Oriental dominions of the British SOVEREIGN. He not only captured Scinde by his mingled prowess and strategies, but, with the skill of a diplomatist and the intellectual grasp of a statesman, he bestowed upon the vanquished province the blessings of a strong and popular Government. Early in life he was one of the most brilliant among the " young Majors" of WELLINGTON. Later on, he carried his sword, with increasing credit to himself and in creasing advantage to the public service, from Spain to Cephalonia. He equalled the heroism of CLIVE at Plassey, and of WELLINGTON at Assaye, when he crossed the Indus with a handful of men, and routed the enormous forces of his antagonist at Meeanee. Such was the fame of his capacity, that—we all remember the circuanstance—some few years ago, he may be said, with perfect truth, to have been nominated Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in India, not by a Ministry or by a party, but absolutely and literally by national acclamation. Yet how further has Sir CHARLES NAPIER. been recompensed by his country—how further ? Instead of a peerage, in stead of place, instead of pension, he has received only obloquy, calumny, and vituperation. Such, has been the gratitude evinced towards that remarkable man who—now that the old Duke has been buried away under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral—is incomparably the Greatest Living Soldier of England. If Mr. VILLIERS was rightly designated by Mr. DISRAELI the Stormy Petrel of Protection, Lord PALMERSTON must with equal truth he termed the Stormy Petrel of Whiggism; unless, indeed, we prefer to regard him rather as the halcyon of Conservatism. Smooth was the riurface of the Opposition till his Lordship brought forward his resolution. Lord JOHN sat at the head of a host of Free-traders, all apparently the coadjutors of the ex-Ministry ; Whiggism, as usual, mustered, as its supporters, numbers who had little or no sympathy with it ; Radicals, earnest Free-traders, very liberal Free-trade Conservatives, all seemed. ready to a c t w i t h the Noble Lord. His cashiered Foreignc Secretary, h owever, b ro k e th e spe ll a t I °:e hieh ._ t ile bro ug ht f orward a re3cdution under storm, hhee t C h o r n ew s er i v e a t tiv di e s C er a d b e in r et at cold .e w s e a a m th e er ti t m h e e the ranks eanmtohme moment he was in n p t o h p t os ition be nc h es ; to the one bird o f ev il omen , t o th e other an au gury o f : 0d arrayed itself, it becamee inevitAbsi thatile e something r thill 6 had must be done which th e Rouse an Id thecountry would regret, and perhaps it hash eeu settled with less to wish otherwise than it cold d have been in 'been regrett e d any other way. It would have THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER, 2, 1852. a if the Ministry and their supporters could have been compelled to swallow the words to which they could not give a hearty assent ; land it is regretted that the Free-traders, with Mr. VILLIERS at their head, should not dictate the terms of a Free-trade resolution ; and it is also to be regretted that the House of Commons, save the now immortalised 53, could not unite to declare that Free Trade is " wise, just, and bene ficial ;" but it would have been matter for regret, on the other hand, that it should have done so at the expense of touching the honour of so many practical Free-traders. It is, we think, most of all, to be regretted, that her MAJESTY'S Ministers took the view they did of the contested words. Mr. DISRAELI called these epithets odious ; the coun try thinks them themost appropriate which could be selected. The Honourable Gentleman, indeed, meant that they were so, as having been inserted, in his view, expressly to annoy him and his fol lowers ; that they were odious as a party device. His own resolution, as was repeatedly observed, proved the wisdom, justice, and beneficence of Free-trade legislation ; and he himself in his speech carefully avoided discussing the propriety of the epithets in question—completely shunned the issue he ought to have joined, and spent his whole strength in a vindication of his party's proceedings. We believe Mr. DISRAELI him self would not deny in so many words that Free Trade was " wise, just, and beneficial." It is, therefore, the more to be lamented that he led his party on against a clause in the resolu tion which would be carried by acclamation at any public meeting that could be held in any part of the country. As, however, the Government felt so keenly these truthful words, and as they were willing to sign an unconditional capitulation in other terms, it was at least merciful to spare the feelings of a beaten foe. JOHN BULL will growl at first that he could not get a plain English oonfession of past errors, but with his charac teristic unwillingness to fight down, and his readiness to throw back something for luck, he will cordially accept the proffered nineteen shillings and elevenpence three farthings in the pound, and wish them luck with the odd farthing. As the result, no party has gained a victory. Free Trade alone has triumphed, and triumphed gloriously, nine to one in a full house ! The last majority comprised large numbers of men of every political party. It was, in fact, at the same time a noble triumph over party, and for Free Trade. It will make it clear to all the world that England has finally settled her policy. It will do this even if projects of compensa _ _ tion were in the mind of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. We ought to believe his own de claration, that he has never thought of compen sation, and that, too, notwithstanding the sentence fished up by Lord JOHN RUSSELL from that for midable treasury of past professions, the impar tial " Hansard." We do not think that he ever thought compensation possible, even if he could think it due. We accept, till the Budget ap pears, Mr. HENLEY'S explicit declaration, that no relief could be thought of for the farmer in which all the community should not equally share. But even were compensation for transitional suffering pro posed, it would no morethrow suspicion on our Free- trade sincerity in the eyes of foreign countries, than our compensating the slaveholders affected their belief of our heartiness in abolishing negro slavery. On the contrary, they would think that we must have a strong conviction indeed of the value of our present course, if, rather than give it up, we consented to sacrifice somewhat to preserve it. The country will, however, keep a most vigi lant look out against any back-handed Protec tion. Lord JOHN himself would only be too glad ,o catch his rival tripping so far. Right glad would he be to return to the battle on this ground ; we may, however, be pretty sure that it will not be afforded to him. It was, indeed, a very clever hit when Lord Jomr observed that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. DISRAELI) " had shown to the House, that, while he was connected with the cause of Protection, he did not faithfully serve the cause of Protection ; I say, therefore, now that he has espoused the cause of Free Trade, let us take care that he is not as faithless to the cause of Free Trade." The Hon. Gentleman will, how ever, unless we are quite mistaken, take care of himself. He will hazard no more League meetings, no more appeals to the country on this great question. He is glad enough to bury the thing wholly and for ever ; and, to use Mr. COBDEN'S own phrase in Yorkshire, "no Government or party will be found foolish or bold enough to tie the tin kettle of Protection to its tail again." No, the FOUR HUNDRED and SIXTY-EIGHT have settled that question for all England, and all the world too. A little soreness from the fight some of the Parliamentary sections will feel for a few days, but the grand fact will remain for the future historian and will now be told in every commercial country in the world that after successive ameliorations of our Tarift for a long series of years,—after six years' trial of abolished corn laws, and subse quently abolished navigation laws, that the British Parliament chosen to decide this question, has decided it by the above almost unparalleled majority. It will be told that the two most com mercial nations upon earth, the two freest, the two most intelligent, the two most enterprising of nations, in one and the same year, and almost at the same hour, decided, both of them by over whelming majorities, that henceforth their policy should be to allow every man to buy in the cheapest market, and to sell in the dearest ; or, in more sacred words, to do unto another as he would that others should do unto him. We heartily rejoice in the double vote. It speaks peace to all the nations. England and America are now bound together by a new international tie ; their policy will be identical,- and mutually beneficial. They cannot fight : not only that, they will let no one attack the other. A cordial feeling will grow between them, which will unite their navies in defence of each other. Should the new French EM PEROR turn out what his enemies wish, the envious foe of England, he will be equally the foe of America. But we rather look to the peaceful influence of the two nations. European coun tries like trade and its profits as well as we do, and when they see the two greatest trading nations in the world heartily joining in the same policy, it will be impossible for them to resist the impression. What will follow ? They will be compelled to relax commercial restrictions, compelled to afford facilities for commercial traffic, compelled to do away with the obstructions to the free intercourse of nation with nation ; and then it will be found, we trust, that commerce will accom plish what barricades could not ; that it wiE diffuse intelligence, liberalise the views of the governors themselves, impart practical habits and views to the theorisers of France and Germany, and gradually establish peace and constitutional liberty amongst all the nations of Europe. STAMP DUTIES UPON NEWSPAPERS.—The Attorney General does not bring on his measure for amending the law relating to the stamp duties upon newspapers till M on . day, the 6th instant. THE FIRST INDIA AND CHINA MAIL, under the con tract between the Government and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-packet Company, will be dispatched from Southampton on the 4th of February next. EASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.--A meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; H. T. Hope, Esq., in the chair. The report of the court of directors was read and adopted, as also resolutions to the effect that the forfeited shares should be re-allotted, and that as soon as a capital of 800,0001. has been subscribed the company should commence active operations by establishing a line of steamers to India, with a view, if considered desirable, of extending their service to Australia. REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY.—The proprietors of the Regent's Canal Company have voted the sum of 430,0001. for the extension of their works at Limehouse. The divi dend declared by this company for the past half year is at the rate of Bs. 6d. per share. INCREASE OF BULLION.—It is estimated that the next return of the Bank of England will show an increase of between 300,0001. and 4C3,000/. in the stock of the pre cious metals—so large has been the influx of Australian gold, which, after passing through the hands of the brokers and others, has found its way into the Bank. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, NOVEMBER, 1852. On and from the Ist December next, the postage chargeable upon all letters transmitted between the United Kingdom and Peru, either by packet direct, or vid Panama, will be-2s. when not exceeding half-an-ounce in weight ; 4s. when ex ceeding half-an-ounce, and not exceeding one ounce ;„ and so on, according to the scale in operation for charging in land letters. This postage must bo paid in advance. Newspapers for Peru will be conveyee free of charge, as heretofore. MONEY AND COMMERCEtL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The sales of cotton at Liverpoolyesterday, were estimated at 10,000 bales, of which 4,000 American and 1,500 Surat were taken on wculation. The market closet firmly, and prices, zs compared with Friday's rates, were to dearer on all qualities of American under 6d. Surat also up, and Sea Islands Id. to 2d. lower. The sales comprised 7,000 American, 170 Pernam and Maranham at 6-g to 6/, 160 Bahia at 6g to 6i, 100 Egyptian at to 71, and 2,500 Surat at 2g to sd. per lb. Railway shares were rather lower. The six - weeks' average price of wheat is 395. 7d. per quarter. The following is an account of the state of the Manchester piece goods market, furnished by Messrs. M'Nair, Greenhow, and Irving : " As compared with the excited activity which pre vailed during the last three months, and which resulted in involving transactions of almost unprecedented mag nitude for the time being, the aspect of this market, during the present and closing month, has exhibited a re markable change in appearance, and comparative reality —not, however, . exactly from fie amount, in value, which has been silently and gradually carried into effect, as the necessary consequence o' the heavy previous operations ; but from the marked and perceptible indis position on the part of buyers to operate, except for immediate wants. "In conjunction with the previously assigned cause, and the high rates then realised by producers, together with the absence of corresponding rates from some of the most influential and important foreign markets, in reality and in anticipation,—the declining value of cot ton amounting in the course of the nonth, from id. to Id . . per pound—must be noticed as firming the most in fluential causes; indeed, the latte' at the present mo ment may be considered as the govlrning influence. As to its prospective bearing, it wee idle to offer any opinion in a conclusive shape, seebg that no correct es timate can yet be arrived at as to the actual crop which may be expected from the Unibd States. We have previously given our opinion as what would be the consequence of a yield not retching 3,000,000 bags. The industry of this neighbouriood continues, we are justified in saying, in almost unexampled activity, with the probability, humanly speaking, of a lengthened con tinuance." The English and Irish Church and University Assurance Society just lormed, under the aus pices of the Friend of tin Clergy Society, appears to have special claims tothe favourable cousidera tion of the numerous body for whose benefit it is intended. The proposal is to have such a reason able paid-up capital as vill afford security to the assured, and yet not prejudice them by a heavy payment of interest to the shareholders— a material point where there is so much di fficulty in employing surplus means .on the one hand, and where there is a complaint of inadequate means on the part of new companies to meet heavy losses, during periods of extreme sick ness and mortality, oa the other. Sixty per cent. of the profits is to be livided among the assured every five years, and twenty per cent. among the shareholders. The remaining twenty per cent. will be applied to further the objects of the Friend of the Clergy Society, ix return for which much ad vantageous business is expected. There are many other points of utility, which the clergy at large will best appreciate upon investigation ; and special provision is made for those cases of unforeseen dis tress, fortunately less frequent since the Friend of the Clergy Society was established. The Banker's Magazine for December contains an article which, upon the occasion of the esta blishment of several new banks in India and Aus tralia, may be deemed of importance, viz., on " the discretionary powers alloyed by parent banks to their branches." The prixate banks in competition with the Joint Stock have been opening agencies in the smaller towns of late years, and this not only in England and Ireland, but likewise in the colo nies. The Bank of England limits the discretionary power of its agents within a very narrow circle, and most of the country linkers merely allow their agents, mostly shopkeepers or solicitors, to grant facilities for the payment and receipt of monies. It is a curious fact that agents constantly evince a kind of partisanship for their customers, arising from local prejudice or connexions, and that the influence of the head manager is therefore generally required to be exercised incurbing this feeling. The Joint-Stock Banks having branches in England have mostly dispensed with local boards, but those doing business with the colonies, in most instances, find them useful as bringing connexion and experience. A fair latitude to the branches is indispensable; but, on the other hand, a cautious limitation has likewise to be steadily observed. Formerly, branch managers in Scotland had to pay the half of all losses out of their own salaries, but this was found to operate as an inducement to them to do as little business as possible, and the medium cour se — v i z ., to lay down gen era l rules, and yet retain a dispens ing power, was found most salutary. The following report upon the Mining Share Market is furnished by Messrs. J. S. Tripp and Co. : " In the English mining market there has been a very active demand for dividend paying shares. West Pro vidence and Tremayne have been in great request. Botallacks, East Wheal Rose, West Carradon, South Frances, Wheal Bullers, Bassetts, and Devon Great Consols have exchanged hands at improved rates. " Wheal Tremayne, at 'the meeting which is to take place on Saturday, will pay a dividend of 10s. per share, after paying off all outstanding debts of the mine. The dividend henceforward will be 205., or more bi-monthly, as the future profits will not be subject to the drawback of any deduction further than the ordinary working expenses. " In non-dividend mines there has been a good de mand for Cubert, East and West Ding Dong, East Halamanning, Balnoon, Great Alfred, Gonamena, Tre fusis, and Cupid shares. " North Town North Damsel, and Cwm Darren shares are firm at present prices. " Merllyns have suddenly fallen to 341., in conse quence of the mine having nearly filled with water. With a little dry weather the water will soon be got out, when the value of the shares will rise perhaps as rapidly as they have fallen. "Altogether the English mining market was never looking more healthy, and in bond- fide concerns we an ticipate much higher prices." The rumours of a break up in the Ministry, so very prevalent towards the close of business yester day, have subsided, and the Stock Market has been more buoyant. Consols have been 101 to ; and are now 101* to The New 31 per Cents. have been quoted 1031 to ; and the 3 per E Cents. look to South Sea, Stock has been marked 1111• xcheq uer Bills have been quoted 695. to 725., and Indi a B on ds 83s. premium. Foreign Stocks have been rather dull, except for Grenada Deferred, which have risen to 13 f. Mexican Bonds have bee n steady at 24-i to 25t. The mail is due. Bra z ili an New Stock of 1852 is at 97* to 98, and the New of 1829 and 1839 at 103. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been at 54, and the Passive at 6k. The Deferred are 24i to 25/. The Turkish Scrip is 1 to 14 premium. The letter re ceived by the Committee from Lord Malmesbury has not yet been published. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have been quoted 38/ to 38i ; Austrian Bonds are at 83, and Dutch 2* per Cents. from 66# have risen to 67. Railway Shares have been lower all through, and the jobbers, having got over the settlement, ap pear relieved for a while—some difficulty having been experienced in delivering shares, especially North-Western and Caledonian. The traffics con tinue very good. French Shares are dull, but Westerns have im proved. Gold Mines continue brisk. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1852. 1851. ▪ 215,758 14,228 .... 43,394 40,021 • 8,691 8,801 9,082 8,210 .... 22,383 21,436 Great Western North Western South Western. Brighton ....... Midland ....... South Eastern North Stafford _ Caledonian ..... Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire . Newcastle and Berwick .......... 11,638 10,238 5,196 4,614 9,061 7,613 16,582 10,360 16,082 16,251 14,134 12,078 BRITISH FUNDS T..H.:t5...)Di01l Business done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.-- ...... ...... 101 1 4 i 103 $ i 3 per Cent. Reduc(e:Aomnntuh:tiOesfi...ci..°.2.... ... 100 }i 13 New 31 per Cent. Annuities. 277 Ditto Long Annuities, Years, Expire Expire sths th Jan.,Jan. Jan., 1 1 8 8 60 60 66 1-1 1 6 1. 1 6 India Stock ... .......... India Bonds, Riooo South Sea Stock ... . ........ Consols for Account 8 Exchequer Bills 13d. March. Juno. £1000............: ......................... 72 69 72 69 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. BinDziitltiaonxßoewnds,s r Cent. Ditto 4i per Cent .pe Bonds, 1829 . .. .. • . :_. 5 ... ; ......... : & 39,per 'Cent lO3 Danish 5 per Cent. Grenada Bond; 1,3 pe r Cent Ditto NewiDef erred, 3 per Cent 33f i $ 3 i 13 i. Mexican 3 per Ce n t Peruvian 6 per Cent. Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 6 4 -,1 51 4i Portuguese 4 per Cent. 3B) a i Russian Bonds, 4i per Cent. ......... Spanish Bonds, 3 p er C ent 514 Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 3i p e Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent.. B3 Dutch Exchange 2} per Cent 661 1 g 7 Ditto 4 per Cent. C er tifi ca t e s 97 8 1 Ditto for the Account 9B ____-, _ THREE 0' CLO C . Consols lOl Ditto Aocount e Dec, 9 Tbttlf 7_2littton THE FRENCH EMPIRE. (BY SPECIAL EXPRESS.) SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR. PARIS, WEDNESDAY, NINE P.M. I am enabled to forward, by express, the impor tant Speech which has just been delivered at St. Cloud by the Emperor addressing the great bodies of the State. He said— " Gentlemen,—The new reign which you, this day, inaugurate, derives not its origin—as so many others recorded in history have done—from vio lence, from conquest, or from fraud. It is, you have just declared it, the legal result of the will of a whole people, who consolidate in calm that which they had founded in the midst of agitations." " I am penetrated with gratitude towards the nation which, three times in four years, has sus tained me by its suffrages, and each time has only augmented its majority to increase my power. But the more that power increases in extent and in vital force, the more does it need en lightened men, such as those who every day surround me independent men, such as those whom I address—to guide me by their counsel, to bring back my anthority within just limits, if it could ever quit them. " I take, from this day, with the Crown, the name of Napoleon 111., because the logic of the people has bestowed it upon me in their acclama tions ; because the Senate has legally proposed it ; and because the whole nation has ratified it. "Is it then to be inferred that in accepting this title I fall into the error imputed to the Prince who, returning from exile, declared null and void all that had been done in his absence ? Far from me be such a wild mistake. Not only do I recognise the Govern ments which have preceded me, but I inherit in some manner all that they have accomplished of good and evil; for Governments which succeed one to another are, notwithstanding different origin, liable for their predecessors. But the more completely that I ac cept all that, for fifty year, history transmits to us with her inflexible authority, the less it is permit ted to me to pass in silence over the glorious reign of the head of my family, and the regular, though ephemeral, title of his son, whom the two Cham bers proclaimed in the last burst of vanquished pa triotism. "Thus, then, the title of Napoleon 11., is not one of those dynastic and superanuated preten sions which seem to be an insult to good sense and to truth. It is the homage of a Government which was legitimate, and to which we owe the brightest pages of our modern history. My reign does not date from 1815—it dates from this very moment when you have announced to ma the suffrages of the nation. " Receive, then, my thanks, Messieurs les Dep uMs, for the éclat that you have given to the manifestation of the national will by rendering it more evident by your supervision, more imposing by your declaration. " I thank you also, Messieurs les Senateurs, for having been the first to address congratulations to me, as you were the first to give expression to the popular wish. " Aid me, all of you, to set firm in this land, up set by so many revolutions, a stable Government, which shall have for its bases Religion, Probity, and Love for the suffering classes. " Receive here my oath, that no sacrifice shall be wanting on my part to insure the prosperity of my country ; and that, whilst I maintain peace, I will yield in nothing which may touch the honour or the dignity of France." COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 1. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Royal Chip dren, walked in the gardens and grounds yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by her Serene Highness the princess Adelaide of Hohen lohe, arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, yesterday morning, from Frogmore, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester in the afternoon, at Gloucester-house, Piccadilly, and afterwards returned to Frogmore. Lady Fanny Howard has relieved Lady Augusta Bruce in her duties as Lady in waiting to her Royal Highness. Lord Monteagle had an interview with the Errl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial. office to the Governors of the West India Islands. THE WELLINGTON MEMORIAL. t TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SIR,—I herewith enclose you a copy of a letter which I have received from a troop sergeant-major of the 4th Dragoon Guards, which reflects so much credit on the writer that I should feel obliged to you if you could find space to insert it, with this explanation, in your columns. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Downing-street, Dec. 1. W. P. TALBOT. "Sir,—Sharing in the universal desire to do honour to the memory of the late Duke of Wellington, I beg to en close a Bank of England note for 51., which I trust you will accept in aid of the funds for the proposed school or college for the education of orphan children of officers of the army. lam the more readily induced to subscribe to wards the object proposed from the fact that, during a service of 28 years as a soldier and non-commissioned officer, I have invariably met with the most considerate kindness from my officers, and it is with a grateful feeling on that account, as well as a desire to do homage to the memory of the late Commander-in-Chief, that I tender my humble offering.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " JOHN G. DRAKE, " Troop Sergeant-Major 4th Dragoon Guards. " Dublin, Nov." MORE PERSECUTION IN FLORENCE. We regret to state that a most pious and excellent man, the confidential clerk in a banking establishment in Florence, has just been consigned to a dungeon in that city, because of his Protestant principles. He was dragged out of his bed at four o'clock in the morning, and conveyed to prison, without any specific charge being preferred against him. Nor up to the date of our latest advices from Florence had any charge against him been made. But there can be no doubt that his sole offence is that of reading the Bible. The circumstance has occasioned a profound sensation, the unfortunate man being highly respected by all who know him. What gives additional interest to the case, is the fact of the obsolete laws making religious offences capital, having been revived within the last few weeks.—Morning Advertiser. OLIVEIRA v. JOHNSTONE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sit,—ln the report of the proceedings at Bow-street, respecting; the proceedings b e t ween M r. Oli ve i ra and myself, which appeared in your paper of this day, it is stated that the complainant (Mr. Oliveira) got inside the cab, when the defendant struck him in a very violent manner twice over the shoulders with a cane, and then ran away. Permit me to say that this is an error on the part of your reporter. The fact was, as proved, that the complainant, Mr. Oliveira, first struck me as I was getting into the cab, and then ran away. May I beg you will have the goodness to take the earliest opportunity of correcting this statement. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, H. B. JOHNSTONE. 24, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, Dec. 1, 1852. ASSESSED TAXES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—There is no ten per cent. imposed upon the in habited house-duty. Why, then, should it not be taken off the other assessed taxes ? I do not pay one shilling for carriage, horse, dog, or so on ; (house-duty I do) and cannot, therefore, be said to speak through a niggardly self-interest. 25th Nov., 1852. LOOKER-ON. ACTS or PARLIAMENT.— A return !to the House of Commons, obtained by Mr. Brotherton, M.P., was lately printed, showing the number of acts passed in each session since the year 1800. The total number in the period em braced by the order, comprising public, private, local, and personal acts, was 17,120. The largest number was passed in 1813-14, when 488 were passed, and the smallest num ber in 1841, when 15 received the Royal assent. At the railway mania there wero as many as 402 local and per sonal acts passed in 1846, and 297 in the following year— the highest numbers in the whole period of local and per sonal acts. STATE OF THE WEATHER IN lllEL+.ND.—Winter has already set in in its harshest, form. On Sunday there was a rather heavy shower of snow, which, although it melted on touching the ground in and around the city of Dublin, continues to whiten the sides of the neighbouring mountains. The wind blew with excessive coldness, accompanied by occasional showers of sleet and rain, and the season seems to have assumed its severest aspect at an unusually early period ; the weather at this moment being more like that of January than November. Many places in the interior of the country still continue to suffer from the floods. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastu. Junc...... Birmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley —. . . _ _ Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £20. .. Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chesi,er & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ..... Do. New East Anglian (C 25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (OEIB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., do.. Do., B. & C. East Lancashire East & West bid. Dk. & Birming. June—. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. Pith. &Dundee Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk.. Do., A. Stock ...... Do., I B. 5t0ck...... Great - Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle ~ Do Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern...... Liv. Crsby. & So nthpt. London & Blackwell Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.& S.Cst.' London &N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/. 5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do £5O Ludnduy.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.SheL&Lineln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G.West.(ln) Do. Shares Newjastle & Carlisle. Newmarket........... Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevoe Norfolk.. ....... ....... I Do., New.. Northn. Counties Un North British ........ North Devon, N 0.1.. Do No. 2.. 'Do., A Deferred . Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry .... Shropshire 'Onion .... Do., A.B. C. &D . fully paid up at p. c...... (South Devon.. ...... .. (South Eastern South Wales.. S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0...... ..... . .......... . Stockton dz Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. dr Kilkenny WaterforddtLimerieki West C0rnwa11........ West L0nd0n .......... 1 'Woodford York Newctl. dz Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York dz N. Midland PREFERENI 100 Aberdeen all Do., No. 2,7 p. e 100 Bristol & Exeter 4 cent. Stock 5 I Do. 4 p. c. Shares 10 !Caledonian £lO 11 Chester & Holyhead Guar. k!, per cent 24iCork &Bandon N P.C 111 Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction 111 EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent. LH Do. (525) 7 per cent 2 Do. (117 17s) 7p. et 11 Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Lll Do., No. 2.. ..... 11 Do., New 6p. c. St Lll Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 11 Do., Deben. Sh )0 EastLancash. 6 pets 11 East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths 11 Edinb.Prth.&Dundec 10 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent )0 Great Northn. 5 P.C 10 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem 11 Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths 6 Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) )0 Great Western, fixed 4i per cent 6 Lancash. & Yorksh., F. £2O. 20 St. 10 15 a] 61 : 64 a] 3i I a] 5 I a] 61 a] 6i al 10 al 20 al 10 a St. 10 5 al St. 10 St. lii St. 11 St. Ili St. 10 20 1. 20 r 20 12 st. - 1l St. ii 50 1 St. 11 St. 11 1221 ii 12i a] 124 al 124 a] 124 ...1 Do 0 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St Do. Consol. Bristol Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 4l p.f.r cent 11 Norfolk Extension 1 O Do., 6 p. c., Stock... .3 Leeds Northern, 6p. cent., No. 1 ..... 7 Do., No. 2............. 5 Do., No. 3 9 Do. , Quarters, 1848. 14) London and Brighton Guaranteed Ir. p. 0.. K) Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 11 Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 O Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. O Lou. &N. West.Cov.dr Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. 5 London & S.Western Con. Thirds ID Londonderry& Coler, Shares 611 Londndry. dz Ennisk, Shares . II Manch. ,Shef., dz Lin Shares, No. II Do. New, £lO 3 Do., £6. Marypt.diCarl. 4 p. c. ill Do. sti per cent....... St:1101 201 a] 2 I a] Do. Guar. 51 per et.. ,11 Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 100 North British all North Staffordshire.. I 1 100 Oxford Worcester eit; Wolverh. £15,6 p. c 6 Do 11 Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed.... LH Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. LO Do. 5 per cent......., al South Devon .......... 1. Do. New ............... 11 S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 08.6 d. 100 Do. 43 per cent. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stock.& Hartl. Guar. sp. c. till 1 Ju1y,1856 3 Waterkl. & Kilk. 6p. c.l 00 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 5 D 0.... 0 York& N. Midland H. & S. Purch JOINT-STOI ,11 lA.ustralasia. all British N. American, 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lon don 4 English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. o: Australia 20 Loudon and County , 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 5 National Prov. of Eng. 0 Do. New '2l National of Ireland , 11 Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New 15 Provincial of Ireland 11 Do. New 1 Royal Australn. Bkg & Gold Importing Company 11 Union of Australia tDo. New .0 Union of London .11 Union of Madrid.., Closing Prices this Day. - 34 33 4 a 104 - 61 64 d 3 -- 2A d 109 -- 111 67 -67 A 24. -- 25 18A -19 A, 2 --1 dl 9 - 10 6 - 4} 13 - 101 10 78 57 - 59 80 - 82 30 - 32 60 - 62 86 - 87 49 - 51 122 - 124 1074 -- 10841 96/ -- 874 87 -- 89 p 114 -12 i 86/ -87 i 3h -- 2id 2. 2 d 18h -- 19 91 2 p 1086 1096 128 12fq ' 4-4 p —2* p 95 96 3 —2 d 21 2 d 13 13 21 21 32 ' 33 31-3 d 804 —80 i 47 49 52 54 2i 3 34 d 8- 50 52 Gi 3 2i 41 42 - 6 d 2i -- 2a -- d 4i -- 3a d 9 -- 9a 3i -- 4 p 54 -- 55 96 -- 100 67 -- 69 67 -- 69 75 77 if i d 20 21 10 10 15 16 3 2i d 24 - 25 804.- 81:3 404 - 44 14 - 151 44- 5 21 -2; --12 134 9. - 10 27 - 29 9i - 10} 751 —76 i 6 sid 2 2d 62 63 SHARES, 107 - 109 104 - 19 194 id ip 3 -- 31 - 1 - 2 p 1 - 11 p 14' - 15 17 - ... --- ... 3 -- 1127 - 129 1112 --114 9 - 94 -1 pl 1001 -110 i par i p 152 155 Bas ness done this Day. 1100 1 8i 184 100 100 all all 45 all 50 50 50 25 all 111 100 11j all all all 3 100 100 10• St. St. 20 10 100 all 100 17i all 8i 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 15 5 all 1 ' 100 1 20 15 1 8 a] 10 1 25 al 10 : 1.0.61 a] 17 i 25 11 Si - 4 p 8! - B,i 13i -13 i 9i -- 10. 11 -11 a P d Par -- P , .. -. .. L5O - 151 - P 23 - 231 - gi 1i - 103 - 104 25 - 26 21 -- 2i p 11i —11 i 17A -- 18 17 -18 p par— p 25i -- 264 le -7- io id ipm 102 104 5i --- - i pl BANKS. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS• 304 304 304 all 100 all 100 141 12 20 20 20 N 50 100 100 RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd guarantee Do. wiihoutgr Birm.Woly. & Dudley gear. Do. wthtguar. Buckghamsh . Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Glas. Barr. & Neilsn.Direct Do. New llrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do 4 Shares. Lon.dr Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxtou and Matlock Nliddlesbro' Redcar Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn. & Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrst Leasing Compans. Loudon & N. West.l Gt.Westn Do L. &N.W. Caledon... IGt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Caledon Do Yk. New. & Berw., Y.&N. Md Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do Closing Prices This Day. 30 - 31 1 29i - 30, Lu. &N. W. & Midld. Stcktou & Darlingt. 30 - 31 29 - 30 109 - 111 53 - 54 149 - 151 33 -33 A 113 - 115 66 3 / 4 27 - 28 14 -14 A 25 - 263 19 - 3 - 3i E. Count Do Do L. &I\ . W &Ln&Yk Do Gt.Northn Do Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do 1071 64 -- 66 IGt.Westn. 150 - 152 149 - 151 DusMee. done. . 1 1 33 - 54 1.05 h - 106:1, 22# 1511 FOREIGN, BAILWATO. BelgianEasnt. Junct, Central of France(Or• leans & Vierzon Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara D D u i j t o e n h aßndheßneisashnon. East Indian Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do .Bds. (Ist i55.)1857 Do.Bds. (2d i55.)1862 Luxembourg Do. (Railway) 4 Do. Do. (Canal), . . Lyons & Mediterran, Madras Maria Antonia. Do. New !Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest), Northern of France. Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds. (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.; NorwegianTrunkPrel Orleans & Bordeaux Paris and Lyons Do. Bonds Paris and Orleans. Paris and Rouen... Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond.. Rouen and Havre.... Sambre and Meuse... Southern of France.. St. And. & Quebec(A) Tours and Nantes.... Upper India Scrip ... West Flanders......,. Do. 5 per c. Pref... Western of France.. Closing Prices Yesterday. 1 - 2 ii --= 16 4 -- 4ip 11 9 9 dp 2i 3 p 3i 3i p par 1 p 7 - 56_ 5i 1 - 1 4 1 - 1 6 11 - 12 p 2 - 34 p 8i -- 7 -- 9 74 1351 36 15/ -- 15# ii -- liip 66 - 68 39 - 40 - 35 5 -.- 5i p 22 -22 i 11 - 12 ... - Xll - 4 MINES 1 - i P 3i ---- 41, 4 - 5 d Par ' Pd ar — I P p d par 7 - - 8 iP 4 —5 2 —3 30A -- 31 4 a— ip 43 44 l 2i 7 7i p 3 —id id par 1# 1i p i d par 1 —13 p - 1 - - -1. 20 12 i - 11 - gi - i - i - , . .---'• .. • - ... 110 11 10 66i i 71 7 25 19k 42k 9i 64 # i 4 13i 13 4 13 30i 30 86 50i 50 Iso6 87 6i 7 87 p.m 87 i 12 llf I§i 9 ii 1091 83 1284. 8i 95 4i 51 21i 32d 80 i i i i 49 i 9 8i i 50i li 1 7 4! 1 2} 1i 2 55 41 i 96 69i 8 68 811 1 80k 2747 i 76 6 14 i 62/ I Ti 796 Igo one Misfile° two /0 10 29 81 5 9 1 9 k s.l6# in 6 20L.--- Agua Fria . Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Anstrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Golden Mountain Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty bond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co fariquita Nlexi can& S.Americn. New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymme Iron Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican West Mariposa Yuba lf 6 41 11 1 1 ii i I 310 " 7/ 41iii 2 1I it II 1 2 2 11 1 13i 3 P 11g g Si 9 i 11 Australian llyl. Mail' Canada Copper Miners of Eng. Do. Preference Crystal Palace Eastern Steam. Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Shipping Company Irish Beetroot Sugar Netherlands Land Peninsular & Oriental Do 56 i 5 2i 3 gi 95 52 1 (Royal Mail Steam Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... MARKET NEWS-(THIS DO) MEAT MARKETS. nen A de l ` le " NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Th e g e 0 4 90441 a ruled steady, and prices were f ree l y supported; 25 P 2s 2d to 3s 6d ; M u tt on , 2 s 8d t o 4 s ; Nreot 4s 2d ; Pork, 2s 6d to 4s p er 81b s , b y th e carm'„, 0; SOUTHALL, DEC. I.—The supplies of fat Eiff e l; P o i day were seasonably la rge , yet the dema,l'Xi steady, at full prices. B ee f, from 2s 4d t o 3s l i n 0 3s Od to 48 6d ; Veal, 3 s t o 4 8 Od ; Por k 30 u". per 81bs, to sink the offal. t ROMFORD, DEC. 2 .—Beasts moved off slowlY' dine of 2d per Blbs. Other kinds of stock we l l e i t ine dear as last week. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 10; to 4s 6d ; Veal, 2 s 10 t o 4 s ; Pork, 3s to S o ' o' Quarter old Store Pigs, 18s to 228 each. a 0 1 ' 4 r Bj HAILSHAM, DEC. I.—Our market is steady , t o 0:0 are well supported. Beef, from 38 to 4s ; pe r o t ej to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; Pork, 3s Od to ot gala'ol vd ARUNDEL, Nov. 30.—Each kind of stoc' steadily as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4 ° 4d to 48; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s WI; Pork, 3s 2d 1 " go 5 0 Sibs. CHICHESTER, DEC. I.—The demand is firms' prices. prices. Beef, from 3 s 4d t o 4 s Od ; Mutton 6d ; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 8d ; P or k , 3s to 38 6 d P e i' ire HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15$ to yer , ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os ; an d s t raw , 1/ 4 s t o 11' clooti,olfr A moderata supply, and a s teady trade. Az 00; I CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to, per ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 18 s ; a nd straw, 1/ 5 s t o 16 0 Trade rather dull. Al 00 WHITECHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to nor ditto, 3/ 15s to Si Os • and straw, 1/ 5 3 to 1/ II"' Supply good, and trade dull. r 01( tit. ..-..—....._ rf _ O. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRlTlgt.turpl iplA For the Week ended Dec. 2, 1852, made up from the Rid Ol d , Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eng - pPlo 1 f per Imperial Quarter. S Air d . I 39. I WHEAT. 'EARLEY. I OATS. l' . RTE. 1 g „ S- PRICE .. I 40s 5d 308 7d 18s 6d 1 - 272 ld 3 " 0 1 ' DUTIES ON FOREIGN (VIOL f pi WHEAT. I EARLEY. I OATS. RYE . ' BOO. 110 Is OA 1s Od is Od l is Od I 1. El { ' QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SO L D LAST •' 122 i eY, 100 300 ; Oats, 19,724; IV' Wheat, 94,301 ; Bo 4 r: 130 ; Peas, 2,728 Quarters. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS MY' b reeze, e L e O z D a O n N d , fi Dec. 2.--Wind at Noon, l'I•111.' DEAL, Dec. I. haupt, Singap n o e re ved_ ; P W oi i m nd a, QWue.bSe.cW ;; Arrived f rom th e r i ver and sailed —Mary 43?8°' baLVERPOOL, Dec. I.—Wind, S. to N• W ' — Olympus, New Orleans ; America, Quebec., Ar ctl i New , — Edinburgh, N ew O r l eans ; Mary Annab, do. • -;, 1 - if ori' w York. Off Port - Empress, Perna mbuco fish, do. DOVER, Dec. I.—Off Port—Defender Que bee• f re° GOOLE, Dec. I.—The Comorn of' Loncio.efg bf Konigsberg, is strained, and makes water, Will aground on Whitton Sand.Ar Aotil CowEe, Dec. I.—Wind, S.S.W. •t i Santos, Hamburgh. d PENZANCE, Nov. 30.—Wind, N. Arr i v e Buenos Ayres. PILL, Dec. I.—Wind, S.W., moderate. iJiff:forle4 Britannia, Quebec ; Harequin , do. Sail' urik Africa ; Jaseur, do. SHIELDS, Dec. I.—The wreck of an Engl_tl4 dismasted and abandoned, and floating on supposed to be pinewood, waa itlaiol2 ifith 56 N., 2 E. 30 20 1 40 50 90 1 10 2.i 20 10 50 50 100 all 13.5 24i LA w I. 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