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Due notice will be given of the appearanceot Mr. and Mrs. The Box-oflise is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer.KEAN. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will Ise performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Greenly,Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumley. Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS.BIJNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. llighbury Barnes, Mr. F. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. EOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veltril. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed IDETIIINKii I SEE MT FATHER, To be followed by DELICATE GROUND. After which a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND. Dress Boxes s+. ; Upper Boxes, 43. Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is., No half-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes mast be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. T. M. Madd HlS ox, So E IVE sse Leee and Manager. TNING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE , COND. After which, A MODEL OF A WIFE. To conclude with the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Immense hit! Moncrieff 's :New Pedestrian and Equestrian Extra vaganza of Mr. Briggs in the " Pleasur , s of Housekeeping and Horsekeeping," having been received with roars of laughter and shouts of approbation, will be repeated every evening until further notice.—Mr. Batty has engaged the following eminent Gymaastio and Equestrian artistes, Mr. Milner and his two sons, Messrs. Crowhurst, A. Powell, A. Bridges, Mons. Valentine, and those ce lebrated Provincial Clowns, Messrs. Jackson and Wheale, who will appear. THIS EVENING. The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with the Grand national and magnificent Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, in which Mr. Edward Gomersal will appear in his original character of Napoleon. After which Batty's SCENES OF THE ARENA. To conclude with the new Extravaganza of Mr. BRIGGS ; or the PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING AND HORSEKEEPING, in which the whole Company and Stud of this Establishment, a long train of moveables, comprising Omnibus, Baroucke, Ge-Cart, and other vehicles, will appear. Box-effice open from Eleven till Four. ,taige Manager, Mr. W. West. Mr. BATTY'S Benefit is fixed for Monday, Dee. 3. illUll WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAT —Morning, 28 min. after 1 1 Everting, 49 min. after 2 1 To-Molloy—Morning, 13 min. after 2 1 Evening , 35 min. after THE WEATHER.—SUN thincs, Nov. 29. THERNOMETBR, Lowest, 32; Highest, 42; Noon, 48. BAWOMETEB, 29.88. -- WIND Southerly—dull foggy weather, with drizzling rain .., k '4:t 4 ,,, - . ',la . * ", : 0 ‘ ....... 3 .; , 44 4, ,.." , p *4, 41 ....-ur ‘ l 7 , .. • •., . ....;,.. i . ; i:.......„, -........A . . , '. ..; ' 44EIEO II • ...' ;,' 4 9 - r . •; , , -., :_ , . i :: • , ....... --.;".: ..' . _ ~ ,' l l:b'itnill# ..--.''-)111L LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1849, The trial of JOHN FRANCIS, for the wilful and deliberate murder of THOMAS HALL, in the Milbank Prison, a great portion whereof appeared in our im pression of yesterday afternoon, has terminated in the acquittal of the accused on the ground of insanity. The facts of this unfortunate and melancholy case, by which a kind-hearted and efficient officer was suddenly deprived of life, and his wretched widow and children reduced from a state of comparative eomfer.t. jo poverty and destitution, must be so fully in the public recollection, that it is unnecessary to recur to them at any length. It is sufficient to say that no possible motive could be assigned for the ferocious and wanton attack, nor could there be the slightest doubt as to the perpetrator of the fatal deed. Poor HALL was invariably lenient and indul gent to the convicts placed under his charge, and un willing to subject them to punishment for any trifling violation of the rigorous and vexatious regulations of the prison. His last act was to excuse his murderer from the unpleasant consequences of a breach of the rule against speaking with out being previously addressed. He had cau tioned the prisoner against a repetition of such conduct, informing him that if the Governor had been passing at the time he would have been liable to punishment, and received a promise that a similar error would not again be committed. There had been no former dispute, no feeling of revenge to be gratified ; the deadly assault was committed with out the slightest provocation of any kind. Any other person might have been the victim as well as poor HALL. It was one of those unaccountable outrages for which no possible reason could be assigned, save the aberration of intellect, neither could there be the slight est prospect of escape or impunity. So far it would appear to have been the act of a lunatic, hut the lunacy should be fully and satisfactorily established. By the wise provisions of the law, every person whe has arrived at the age of discretion is presumed to be sane and accountable for his actions, unleis the con trary he proved ; and the extraordinary nature of the offence, and want of motive for its perpetration, will not be sufficient to support the plea of insanity, unless it be clearly made out, on separate and independent grounds, that at the time when it was committed, the accused was of diseased mind, and " not conscious of right or wrong." If there was even " a partial delusion " it would not be a sufficient justification, and " the party would b. equally liable with a person of sane mind." In the present instance it was distinctly proved that the prisoner had previously been of unsound mind, which had been produced by the " terror of transportation," and, most probably, from the stringent discipline to which he had been sub jected after his conviction. He had been found guilty of felony in the year 1845, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. In February, 1846, he had been inspected by Dr. BALM, who reported him to be " well in body and mind, and fit to be sent out of the country." In a few weeks, however, the disease had developed itself, Dr. BALM was again sent for on the sth of March, 1846, when he found that FRANCIS was " decidedly insane." H e was accord ingly removed to the hospital ship, where he was attended by Dr. BLYTHE, who also declared th a t "at that time the prisoner was decidedly insane, and labouring under delusions." The learned gentlemen also stated their opinions " that the insanity arose from the fear of transportation operating on his mind." And yet this man, on his s•ecovery, was again placed under the silent system, in separate confinement—a system that had pre viously been attended with such injurious conse quence in his case, and which, it was admitted, would be calculated to produce a return of the disease. On this point there was complete unanimity between the medical witnesses. Mr. J. D. RENDELL, the resident surgeon of Milbank Prison, THE SUN, declared, that " putting a msta in solitary confine went would be likely to make lunacy return," and that " it would be more likely to return under soli tary confinement, if it was an hereditary taint of insanity." Dr. SUTHERLAND, and Mr. 111'1,1131m0, the able surgeon of Newgate, agreed that, "if they had heard that a man had gone mad in 1846, from a terror of transportation, and had recovered, that a similar fear, three years later, would, very probably, induce a return of the compplaint on ." On this evidence the p residin g Judge (Bar ALDERSON) stepped the case, and as we have already stated, the jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity." The chief question that arises on this exceedingly painful case is, whether the system that has been proved on the most unimpeachable testimony as likely to produce such untoward results, shall be continued in its present form, or whether any and what modifications shall be introduced therein. It is unquestionably right that criminals should be severely and rigorously punished, for the double purpose of effecting their own reformation and of deterring others from the commission of similar offences. But have we a right to carry that punishment to such an extent as to drive the wretched victims into a state of madness, to degrade them beneath the level of humanity ? Would it not be more merciful to restore capital punish ment to the fullest extent, to re-enact the sanguinary code that was once the shame and disgrace of Great Britain, the deepest blot on the national escutcheon, than to subject the miserable offenders to a lingering death, or to turn them loose on society at the expi.l ration of the specified terms with shattered and broken intellects,:no longer capable of being con sidered responsible for their acts ? Not only the criminals, but even innocent persons, are interested in the answer. Poor HALL lost his life, his widow and children were deprived of a father and protector, through the effects of the " gaol discipline," acting on a nervous temperament. Sir PETER LAMB in a pamphlet published some years since, pointed out the numerous cases pro duced thereby, and showed that ell the prisoners were listless and stupid, had lost their "gregarious" habits, and were almost incapable of understanding what was addressed to them. It is not often that " the secrets of the prison house" are brought to light, but when so melancholy an illustration has been afforded, it is essential that the moat searching in quiry should be instituted. The murder in the Milbank Prison cannot be suffered to fall into oblivion without being productive of some valuable results. The subject is especially worthy of the Legislative attention, and the investigation should be conducted by impartial men, who are not prejudiced in favour of any peculiar system, and who are not officially connected with the management or inspection of gaols. From such an inquiry we may hope for the introduction of a disci pline that will prove just to the prisoners as well as to the public, that will have a salutary effect in the repression of crime, and that will be calculated to make criminals better members of society on the ter mination of their punishments. In our recent endeavours to enumerate some of the more prominent evils requiring dissipation in the ma nagement of the Royal Navy of England, we found no opportunity for reference to one of a very grievous, though of a somewhat less conspicuous character. The disrelish for the establishment of colonial dock- yards is the fact to which we would now direct very particular attention. We would descant upon this circumstance, moreover, not simply because it tends to enervate the maritime vigour of the country, but also, and in an especial manner, in this age of financial reduction, because it entails upon the service very great and unnecessary expenses, being altogether a most uneconomical and even extravagant course of proceeding. Now-a-days, and for some considerable time past , it has been manifest to the more vigilant, observant, and reflective, that according to the prevailing system, the necessity for cobbling our vessels of war is re markable for its continual increase—that necessity, indeed, being only in some degree commensurate with another of a yet greater imminence, the necessity for perpetual and extending disbursements. Supposing a frigate, or a three-decker, for example, is found at the present time to recilicr. 0yt..;,0 aitorntirms and improvements, while on some remote foreign station, those alterations and improvements render it absolutely essential for her to return homewards as speedily as possible for the purpose of undergoing the projected operations. In consequence of this, the evil whatever it may be, whether it exists in her keel, her masts, her deck, or her furniture, is constantly on the increase throughout the whole interval occu- pied by the time, together with the wear and tear, o the ♦oyage. Sometimes, indeed, considerable perils are incurred through the necessity of carrying a crazy vessel across the ocean before her wounds can be healed or her rottenness rectified. Instances of this kind have come within the limits of our own knowledge ; as where a surveying•ship off the coast of Southern Australia was conveyed by her captain, at extraordinary risk to the lives of all entrusted to his charge, right across the Pacific, round the cape of storms, and on to England, with a sail passed under her bottom to prevent her from sinking ! Such examples of course we do not me►n to imply are of continual recurrence. But happen they do, happen they have use, and happen they will do occasionally ; and it is to preclude the pos sibility of any such foolhardy exploits being required again from the officers of the Royal Navy— it is to enable those officers to repair the damages of our ships of war at once, in places more conveniently and accessibly situated—it is to diminish the labours of alterations and improvements to our shipwrights — it is to decrease, in a very appreciable degree, the dis bursements required for these exertions in doctoring —that we are now demanding the interposition of the proper authorities, the authorities entrusted with the management, but in lieu of that, assuming to themselves the mismanagement of the British Navy together, with all its enormous responsibilities. Now, in illustration of the shortsightedness with which this department of the Marine Administration of England is conducted, we need only refer to the rash project set on foot for the abandonment of the dockyard at Bombay. From that establishment has proceeded the Meeanee 60-gun ship, besides other ves sels of various and, in some instances, such as the one just mentioned, of considerable dimensions. Proved consequently to be capable of materially as sisting in the enhancement of our maritime strength, and in the consolidation of our naval supremacy, the dockyard at Bombay is regarded thus slightingly, forsooth, because of its remoteness, and because also of its supposed onerous demand upon the Exchequer. Why, the very fact of its remoteness from the mother country ought to be a sufficient reason for its continuance, fur the con siderations already specified; while its preservation in full capacity should ,be a matter of national soli citude even in a point of view strictly and exclusively economical. Surely the subject under consideration is only another and a deplorably flagrant testimony of that most rash of all monetary rules of conduct, the penny wise and the pound foolish principle. If for nothing else, the scheme of colonial dockyards should most certainly be adopted by the Admiralty out of regard for the wisdom of the homely old adage, " A stitch in time saves nine." How far the proverb is applicable in the case of colonial dockyards we leave it to the common sense of the public to decide. The relation between the two is obvious ; and being thus obvious, the retention of old and the construction of new dock yards in our more distant possessions is absolutely incumbent upon the Government. Those who oppose this project because, according to their argument, it is idle to anticipate any beneficial result from establishments erected on spots so far removed from this country, must have but a feeble remembrance of all that was accomplished in the way of ship-building during the American warfare, when vessels of large size and admirable capacity were constructed on the inland seas or gigantic lakes of Canada. Besides, it should be borne in mind that by having these dockyards variously situated, many of the commodities required by the naval architect—timber, tar, flax, iron, coals, and copper would be found here and there in both hemispheres in the immediate vicinity of the stocks, without as at present having to convey them across enormous dis tances to the central dockyards of Great Britain, LONDON, Every consideration indeed assures us that the increase and extension of these colonial establishments would be eminently calculated to enhance the strength, to improve the character, and to economize the resources of the Royal Navy of England. The improvement is one deserving the adoption of the authorities of the Admiralty together with those others previously par ticularized, such for example as the more general application of the screw-propeller to vessels of a large size, or the more rational regulation of rank and pro motion in the maritime service of Great Britain. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The following are the reasons adduced by the Committee for rejecting the proposition of M. CHAR RAs for the sale of the diamonds of the Crown : " The value attributed to this national property, by estimates which go back as far as 1815, could not be realised under the pressure of existing circum stances without an enormous loss, particularly when it is considered that one alone of these jewels, the Regent, is worth more than all the rest of the collection, and that the greater part of the others, evidently deprived of the extra value which the merit of the ccraposition gives them, only preserve an intrinsic value already materially depreciated. The mere an nouncement of a sale of the kind would spread conster nation in a branch of commerce which is already suffering, and it is very doubtful whether it would be considered by public opi nion as a very favourable sign of the credit of the state. It is, moreover, difficult to refuse the character of a work of art and of a kind of hi s torical riches to a collection which commences with the sceptre of Ch a rlemagne' nd finishes with the sword of Austerlitz. Mutilated by the pillage which took place at the Garde:Meuble after the massacre of Sep tember, this c ollection was respected by the decrees of the Convention, which collected the remains of it ; it was reconstituted and increased by the personal care of Napoleon. We can scarcely believe that such a legiti mate feeling of national susceptibility would not ,be ex cited, if this part of our public riches was to be exposed for sale. The French people has more than once changed its form of Government, but it has never varied in its worship for the arts and for the glorious reminiscences of its history." The National and the Reforme denounce M. CHARLES HENZEN, the German Socialist, to whose ultra-Marat doctrines of cutting off heads by whole sale public attention has been recently drawn. They declare that, if not a raving - madman, he must be an agent in the pay of the Absolutists of Europe. It is said to be in the contemplation of the French Government to greatly modify, if not to totally abolish, the absurd passport system. The Journal du Loiret, of the 27th, publishes the following letter from M. DB LAILARTINE I see in reading your journal, and I understand, the reproaches, apparently well founded, of the electors of the Loiret, on my prolonged absence from the Na tional Assembly. The diseas e with which I was at tacked at the very moment, even when they did me the honour to think of me, has not left me since that period one day without sufferings incessantly redoubled. Do mestic necessities, imperative on a private man, have been united to these sufferings to retain me, in spite of myself, for four months from the post to which they deputed me. I feel that it would be to abuse their confidence, and the mandate of your fellow-citizens, if I were any longer to leave their representation incomplete. Bee kind, enough, therefore, to make known to them that if in three weeks, at the latest, from this time, my health is not improved, I shall feel it my duty to tender my re signation of functions which I now hold without fulfill ing them, and to carry from the Loiret only the eternal gratitude for its mandate, and the painful regret of being compelled to resign it. Accept, Sir, the assurance of my high consideration. " LAMAItTINE." The Evenement says— " We are assured that the Government has received accounts from Rome of serious importance. The Pope, who had determined to leave Portici on the 25th instant, and to enter Rome on the 28th, and who had requested M. do Corcelles to ac company him, changed his determination on learning the recall of M. de Corcelles, and the arrival of General Baraguay d'Hilliers. The Pope is said to have announced, in writing, his firm determination not to re turn to Rome as long as France shall not be represented near his person except by the General commanding the corps of occupation. He further intimated in his letter that he was determined, on his return to Rome, to break completely with the policy of the three Cardinals." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 56f. 95c.; the Five per Cents. at 89f. 80c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 735 f.; Rouen, 525 f.; Havre, 228 f. 75c.; Great Northern, 441 f. 52c.; Vierzon, 302 f. 50c.; Balsa, 102 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 397 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburgh, 357 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 29. Boulogne and Amiens, 5 5 ,i—Namur and Liege, 6 Northern of France, 2 3 / 4 dis.—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 West Flanders, SPAIN . Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived. The Clamor Puelico states that Senor BRAVO MURILLO intends to present to the Senate certain modiScations to the tlrifr ;fl a rcaClit,tiva tense. MADRID BOMA, Nov. 23.—The Three per Cents. were done at 281 for paper; the Four per Cents. at 114; the Five per Cents. at 111; the Debt without Interest at 3i; and the Coupons at 7 for cash. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Weiner Zeituryi of the 24th gives long ,details from Prague of the audience granted by the Em- rEnon,tand of his MAJESTY'S progress through the city to view the splendid illuminations in his honour. Great jealousy exists between the Austrian Central Government and the Slavonian sulvects (of the em pire. To such a height has this jealousy reached that even ja)ELLACHICH is looked on with an eye of suspicion by the Government, a suspicion somewhat justified, it must be admitted, by the recent conduct of the BIN. A change significant of time has just been made in the Agram university. The Banalrath has abolished the chair for the Magyar language, and replaced it by a professorship of the Russian. The Banalrath having recently displayed the i3,sso Aif m atNnh j o , asEnt officers Lt r hL e ale a c d u y gpairrtc c eal o nsce, m eenfmf p uto l ler i a s svnathaeCcirpe. ac knowledgment wi th ikbsolnlwi oai t tne h hdt e i grn reception pnm wishes ttiooornne , b o tyh f p te e h r t ep h h a a e ßr p ut s andh t i h s er g e en is er n a o l s p y o m pu p l t a o r m ity w w at i e th he t d he w e it o h sslc o k re a s. eou Mean time s by the Austrian Government than the fraternization of the Slavonian races with the Russians, nor, indeed, any symptom pregnant with greater danger to the empire. the appointments of Ministerial Commissioners just made in the county of Presburg, it is remarked that no Slavonian has been chosen, an omission the more striking as all the ablest men, as well as the chief interests, of the Slowacks are concentrated in this district. The great majority of the population is Slavonian, and about a third Magyar. The Germans are confined to Presburg, St. George, and Moden. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Staats Anzeiger of the 27th contains the following of ci2l paragraph : " Tho 'Coiner Zeitung, No. 281, asserts that it can state on good authority that Austria formally protested, a few days ago, against the convocation of the Parlia • meet, and had threatened a forced intervention. We are authorised to declare that no protest of the kind exists, either with the threatened intervention or without it, consequently it is also impossible, as the Kolner Zeitung pretends, to know that any reply thereunto can have been sent." The German Reform also declares that all the intelligence which was communicated to a great num berof the journals by the telegraph, and also by the ordinary mode of communication, relative to the Austrian note, are utterly without foundation. BAVARIA. A letter from Rastadt of the 20th Nov., published in the Swabian Mercury, says--imprisoned They had a officers he a r i appears d a t y o be before‘ s‘s omew hat eeZl situationha j a o t r .l W mp a orr improved. n ehd el ge r , in consequence of which, even if they should be doomed to pass the time of their trial here, they are to be supplied with books and can dles, and to have suitable fat.. at their own expense. There is a slight improvement i n the condition of the other prisoners, and some of the precautionary measures, which bordered up on positive cruelty, are relaxed. The inhabitants are also allowed a certain degree of freedom of trade in the city, and people are permitted to go in and out of the gates witho ut being furnished with red or white passes." HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, Nov. 21.—The Second Chamber of the States General has fixed the grant to the Govern ment printing-office for the year at 161,700 florins. i The income for defraying this expenditure s to be derived from the various Government departments, the colleges, &c. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 27.—Tus BOURSE.—The in land funds were very steady to-day, and a good deal of business, with tendency to rise, was transacted. Spanish Ardoins gave rise to a great deal of business, and after an upward tendency they closed at some what below yesterday's price. The Three per Cent. Inland were in demand, and many transactions made. CONFIRMATION Or THE NEW BISHOPS OF NORWICH AND LLANDAFF.—This morning, at half-past ten o'clock, Dr. Hinds, the new Bishop of Norwich, and Dr. 011ivant, the new Bishop of Llandaff, were con firmed in their respective sees, with!the usual ceremo nies, at Bow Church. Sir John Dodson officiated as Vicar- General. The new Bishops, together with the new Bishop of Madras, will be consecrated on Sun- L day next, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. FRIDAY EVENING-. NOVEMBER 30, 1849. The Tempo, a semi-official journal of Naples, an nounces that the French army will soon retire from Rome, except a small garrison, mhich will be left in the Castle of St. Angelo. The Austrians are forti fying themselves in Bologna ; they are absolute masters in the Duchies and in Tuscany, where the Grand Duke reigns only in name, and they are about to take military possession of Forli, of Ancona, of Arezzo, of Perugia, and of Foligno. The Nazionale publishes a letter from Rome, which announces the arrest of several ladies of the Narducci and Castellani families. The Concordia publishes a letter from Lucca which states that the whole of the Tuscan garrison of that city has been ordered to Florence to be dissolved, and Lucca will become the centre of the Austrian occu pation. The Opinione says, " The correspondence which we receive from Venice announces that the Government has ordered the citizens to provide themselves abund antly with provisions, and that, in order to enable them to do so, it has permitted for a time the entrance into the city of all sorts of merchandize duty free." When we remember the large armies which Austria is assembling upon various points of the Italian peninsula, this new measure bears a strange signification. ~T he Legge thus sums up the state of affairs in the kingdom of Naples :—" We repeat upon our honour, first, that at the present moment the prisons at Naples are filled with honest and moderate persons; secondly, that the whole of the magistracy has been changed, and that the magistrates actually officiating are not judges, but sbirri of the police ; thirdly, that false witnesses have been paid to find matter of ac cusation, and consequently of condemnation, against all those who are obnoxious to the Government." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very dull, and prices of American and Brazil were id. per It). lower. The sales were estimated at 3,000 bales, in chiding 2;000 American, 200 Pernam and Maranham at 611 to 6d.; 200 Egyptian at 6ia. to sid. ; 400 Surat at 41d. to 4 4 d., and 70 Sea Island at Is. to Is. 3d. per lb. —Railway Shares were firm. The Corn Market is dull to-day, the arrivals being exceedingly large. The Colonial Produce Markets have been livelier this week, but the dealers are directing their attention mainly to one or two articles. Thus Coffee is in decided request, and Cotton has become neglected. Wool at the public sales is ruling decidedly higher, and Tallow is more in request. The purchases of Coffee are to a large extent for the Continent. Sugar is dull owing to the large supply. There are certain states in North America which have still very defective laws for the government of their banking institutions, and not until the safety fund system is adopted, as in New York, can we expect to hear of perfect immunity from failures, and even nefarious transactions. A New York editor gives an account of another bank explosion. It is the Morris Bank of New Jersey, and the account has been fur nished to ono of the journals of that state by Mr. Nor ton, the President. "In this account, supplied by Norton, it would seem," says the writer, "he professes to have been a sort of dupe to the rest of the corps of swindlers engaged in these extensive operations to cheat and humbug the community. But the truth is, the whole batch of financiers, from top to bottom, connected with the Morris Bank, the Susquehanna Bank, the Protec tion Insurance Company, we know not what other con corns, are all people of the same description, and en titled to the same share in the financial glory of the explosion." This Norton, who lets the cat out of the bag about the Morris State Bank, is the father of the same Norton who has been indicted for some most atrocious libels, and therefore, in certain respects, both father and son are congenial with each other, and show undoubted evidence of being of the same stock. "We suspect that the country will be astounded by more explosions in other quarters. The security bank system of New York is a perfect bar to all these finan ciers of the old school. But New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and out west and south, yet present fine hunting ground for the speculative gamblers of Wall-street to realise game and gudgeons." The Continental mails, owing to the state of the wea ther, have not arrived with the usual regularity, and from Paris we hear of no important variation in the funds. The Funds are fluctuating again. They opened at the advanced price realised yesterday, when a purchase of 300,0001. was made, but they have since receded. The business done this morning fer time is not important. For money and time the rates have been 954 I, and the present value is 954 4. For the " option" about per cent. is asked. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 941 to 964, and the Three per Cents. 944 to 944. Bank Stock is 199 to 200. Exchequer-bills are 475. to 50s. premium. There has been a buoyant market again for Foreign Stocks upon the settlement of the Account. Mexican Bonds have been 274 to 27i, but are now 274 to it. Ve nezuela have sustained a material rise, viz., to 28 and 294 upon the following important communication:— " Consulate of Venezuela, Gresham-place, November 28. " Sir,—By order of the Secretary of State for Finance at Caraccas, in a dispatch dated the 18th ult., and re ceived by me this day, I have the honour to inform you that the Goverment of Venezuela has appropriated one fourth of the Customs' duties to the payment of the interest on the home and foreign debt, in terns of a decree of the Ist ult., which you will find published in the enclosed Gaceta de Venezuela. " The Minister estimates that this one-fourth will produce annually not less than half a million of dollars, and that it will, therefore, be more than sufficient for its object. He adds, with regard to the dividends in arroar, that the Executive will do the best to obtain from the Congress of 1850 a determination thereupon that shall be satisfactory to the creditors. " I am further directed to propose that you shall ap point a duly authorized agent to receive the interest in La Guayra, such an arrangement appearing to the Go vernment to carry more confidence to both parties than the appointment of a new agency in London; and I shall be happy to convey to the Minister your answer upon this point.—l have the honour, &c., " J. MILLIGAN, Consul. " G. Robinson, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Committee of South American Bondholders." Russian Bonds have risen to 1094 and 110, and Belgian Four- and-a-Half per Cents. have been 861 to S 7. Spanish Bonds have risen to 184 and 19 for the Five per Cents., and 381 to 39 for Three per Cents. The railway receipts for the week, as further returned his morning, are as follows. Hudson's lines are still on the decline:— 1841. 1848. Lancashire and Yorkshire 11,765 10,191 York and North-Midland York, Newcastle, and Berwick 12,176 13,120 Blackwall Lancaster and Carlisle Eastern Counties Railway Shares look well again to-day. and :a.fair business is doing. The account, probably, has some in fluence, but the feeling is better also. 0.... k. O'CLOCIE. CLot+IIN a itirEK OF ,RITISII wIIIVIJI3 rine ES . Bank Stock — 201 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns . . 941,4 vi 94% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 5 % :Y4 4 95 5 44 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... 9si, 94% 9; 1 4 Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 81' 8 54 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8% Endia Bondo, 1,000/. ....... ...... Consols for Account 9 5V4% 95% Exchequer Bills. 1.%0.. & 2d 1,0001. June 49 47 50 p 50 p 5001. June Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS O O 'CLO NE CK. PR CLOICESING S. 155% 153 Chilien Bonds 6 per Cent .... — Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account ... ............. Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds ..... 110 109% 109 1 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account Ditto ...1848 12 Ditto, Passive — 4 Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account ....... -............— 3 ) 1 4 Venezuela Bonds, 21i per Cent Ditto. Account Ditto Deferred ,..___ lii% Dividends on thazabove payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent — , 89f. 40c. Exchange Beligan, 4 1 A per Cent. .. .. B7 SG% E 6% Dutch 2 1 % e per Cent.. 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 Der Cent :Certificates B2 ' 7 . PRICES OF ?AID BUSINESS DONE RAILWAY SHARES. • AT ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen 5O — Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 / 4 — -yrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 . E — Belfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Extens. (GLlVest. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 Binning, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, er with guarantee 10 .„ Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June 20 ...... .. Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 C LOSING PRICES. Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... ... Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 27 1 ,E — East Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. &H.••• 18 Do., 31. 105., Pref... 3 1 ,4 Eastern Counties........ 20 7 7% 7.. . Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6l. 13s. 4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 0 Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 Ditto, Class C, ditto... '25 . .... Do. Scrip (6per cent.) 20 ...... East Lancashire 25 Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 ,4 ...... •• —.. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 4-- ... .... East Lincolnshire ...... 25 ir Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. Edinhurgn and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... ... ..... Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch 23 ,1 — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar , & Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. Great Northern Do., 1 A Deferred ... 12%...... Do., 1 4 B 6 per Cent... 7 % — -- Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. I 0 ';rear South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England 100 ...... •.••••• Ditto, New, 40/ Ditto, ditto 35 - •••••• • Ditto, New, 301......... 30 •• 0•• • Ditto, New ,15/ l5 Great Western 100 ...... 59%. •»• Ditto, % Shares 5O ....•• 24 ...... f.9 l X t 27 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths.~ Ditto, Now 17/... —l5 ... Hull and Selby ...... 10 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 4 — ••• ..... • Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Do. do. M. B. & B.— 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 4 Shares ...... 49 28 1 ,E 28% Do. Quarters ......... 23% — Do. Fifths. Do. Thirds ...... . Do. New Guarantied 6 per Cent. ... 10 Do. Liverp. and Bury 49 Ditto (Huddersfield and Shelf.) 5O •• ••••. ...... Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 ..... .. — Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk ...... 60 ...... ........ Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 %...... Do., do. No. 2 5 Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 Do., Pref. Quar., ISIS 9 - iverpool, Crosby and Southport. lO London &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d... ' London, Brighton, and South Coast... ..... lin Do., New 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent 100 127% ......... .... . 127% Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 — Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 .. ... te , ndon and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ... ..... . Ditto, Preferesv , . .. . 20 London and N. Western 100 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, Fifti , — Do. 40/. Shares(L.M.) 35 ... . ~. ""' Do. 101. (M. Sc'l3.) C. 1 Lond.& S. Western ..... 50 31 1 4 Ditto, New 501. Do. New 401. 34 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londonderry &Coleraine 25 - .... - Do. 1 / 2 Shares....... ~... 5 - 000000000 ..•••• - Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 ...... •-• - Do. % Shares 5 - - Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 - - Ditto (6 per ct.) - Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 5 - •• - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo - - Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 - - Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - - D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% - Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 - - Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 - • •••••• •• 000000 - Ditto ditto . ......... 20 - ..... ......... - Ditto ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire - Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ..... . - . -. Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. - - Midland Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... Do. Birm., and Derby 10Q - ....... ........ - Do.Consol.Bristol and Birming., 6 iper ct... d 00 Ditto, BrisL & Gloestr. 42 - - Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. .. ... - - Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 - - Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per et. guanloo - - Midland Great Western Irish - ...... .•.••41.1.• .. Middlesbro' and Rcdcar, 6 per cent. guar. - - • Newcastle and Carliile.loo - Do. Quarters Newmarket - . Do. Extension - ewport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 - N awry, W arrenpoint, and Rostrevor 2O - .. ........ .... Norfolk ........- ........ ...100 Do. New 20/. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 - •••. ....... -- Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 - Northern Counties Union 4 - North British ........ ... 25 - - ... Ditto, Halves .. - Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. - .. - Ditto Preference 5 - . North Staffordshire ... 17 1 / 2 B l4 $ 6 I ,i North Wales . ... 3 1 /. - ... ......... ... North-Western . 13% Oxiord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 Royston and Hitchin ... 4 %..... - Scottish Central - Scottish Midland Ditto, New - ..... ... Shrewsbury and Bins... 12 ...... 4% Ditto ditto, Class B. 8 - •• Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 . ..... - ...... ... Shrewsbury and Herefd. 4 ....... - Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB - . . Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry ...... 18 1 ,E — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO 13hropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire B% 4 34 % • ... Oho • ••• South Eastern Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ............. 30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l2 Skeffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% — ... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 7 raw Vale Extension ... 8 Dames Haven Dock and Railway ..... 17 1 ,4 — Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47% W aterfd,W xfrd,W icklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... West Cornwall ..... 6 „.. W hitehaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 Wilts, Somerset, & W ey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ...... 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten, 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference:/S 3%%% ... • . Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway lOO York and North Midland 50 Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Aneo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzou)... 20 Demerara 1 7 1,4 — Dutch Rhenish ...... 8 East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... 10s. Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 6 1 4 Northern of France l4l 85... dis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O • Paris and Strasbourg 12 Rouen and llavre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ••• ...... Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nante5........ 13 Tourney, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hassell., 20 West Flanders B 5 / 4.• Ditto ........ MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com— 15 — Australian 4 •• • •• 111 ..—........___. ____ Bassora Range ... . ... 28s. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... British Iron Brazilian Imperial BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 • ...... 314 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... Cobre Copper General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. -. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... Santiago de Cüba. United Mexican 2 8 1,‘ — 24% LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 30.—Wind this day at noon, S., mo derate breeze, and dull, hazy weather, with rain. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 29.—Wind S.—Arrd. 28th, Mirza• pore, Hickman, Calcutta; Jessie, Robertson, Tampico; Satanak, Julius, Philadelphia; Thomas Harrison, Kelly, Alexandria. 29th, Taple, Singapore. Sld. 28th, Fin land, Philadelphia. 29th, Jaeger, Calcutta; John Cock. Cape of Good Hope. Off port, Gipsey, Maranham ; Ringdove, Mountaineer. WELLS, Nov. 29.—The sloop Coke, of this port, and the sloop Blakeney Packet, of Blakeney, both grain laden, in going out this morning got on shore to the westward; the former lies badly and is making water; the lutter has no apparent damage. If the weather con tinues tine they are expected to float next tide. The sloop Two Sisters, which got on shore 15th inst., has come off after discharging her cargo, and has been brought into the harbour. WIVENDOE, Noe. 29.—The Lionor, of Bilbas, from Hamburgh to Cadiz and Seville, grounded on the Long Sand this morning and beat over, unshipping her rudder, but has been assisted in here, making a little water. SUTTON, Nov. 29.—The Argo, Kiel for Lynn, which got on shore near Mablethorpe on the 27th inst., has gone to pieces, the greater part of cargo and stores landed, but all damaged. LAW lIVTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat to-day in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, and heard appeals and lunatic petitions; but no case of interest came before him during the morning. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONELANQUE.) VAUXUALL GARDENS.-IN RE BLAIN AND PEARCE. To-day was appointed for the last examination of these bankrupts, late lessees of the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Th© fiat was sued out by the bankrupts, and no assignee has been chosen. Mr. Moss, solicitor to the bankrupts, applied for an adjournment, as the accounts had not been duty filed, but were prepared. His HONouu asked what excuse could be urged for the delay? Mr. Moss said they were very voluminous, and one of the bankrupts had been ill. One of the bankrupts said the secretary of the Gar dens had been out of town. Mr. PENNELL (the official assignee) said that the ac counts did not appear so very voluminous, and he had no funds to pay the expense of an adjournment. His HONOUR said that any adjournment must be at the expense of the bankrupts. Mr. Moss said he could not offer any objection, and the case was adjourned for a month. Very few creditors were present, and it was said that it was intended to supersede the fiat. IN RE BAIT. This bankrupt had carried on business in Moo rgate street, and Mr. Pettis, the accountant to the estate, ap plied for the bankrupt's certificate, which was granted forthwith. These were the only'cases during the morning. SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.) (Before 11. B. JAMES, Eq.) BEENY V. KILLICK. A MINUTE TOO LATE.—This was an action brought against defendant, a stock-broker, in Bank-buildings, to recover the amount of IGI., the balance of instalments due on a guarantee given on behalf a third party. The defendant not having pleaded to the action, it was held that as the guarantee was set forth on the record the production of the guarantee was sufficient without proof. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. The case did not occupy five minutes, and before the papers had been packed up defendant's solicitor appeared in court, and said that plaintiff's solicitor had " snatched an opportunity," and had fooled away money, as the expense would have been saved. There was only one other case, undefended, on a bill of exchange. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) MAKING A FALSE REGISTER OF A 7/IRTIL Maw Dewet surrendered this morning to receive the judgment of the court for felony. The prisoner had been convicted of having feloniously caused a false entry to be made in the register book of births for the parish of St. Clement Danes. She went, it appeared, to the registrar, and represented a child which she had with her as her own, and had it entered as such, well knowing thee Lb. otatewellt was fame, it having turned out that the child belonged to another woman, who accompanied her. Mr. Justice CREISWELL, after adverting to the neces sity of some cheek being put to the commission of frauds upon registrars, sentenced her to one month's imprison ment in Newgate. NEW COURT. (Before Alderman CARDEN and the RECORDER.) John James, a slop cutter, aged 37, and David Lee, a tailor, aged 40, were indicted, the first for stealing 40 yards of calico, value 133., the property of Messrs. Moses, Son, and Davis, merchant tailors, his mas ters, and the second for receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. James had been in the employ of the prosecutors, who carry on business in Aldgate High-street, and availed himself of an opportunity that presented itself to him a few days ago to carry off the calico. His ho nesty, however, had previously been doubted, and on this occasion he was watched by another of the prosecutors' servants, and followed to the shop of the prisoner Lee, in Fore-street, where he loft the property. Of course it was presumed that he received some pecuniary considera tion for it, and as it was just possible that Leo knew how James had come by the calico, they were both given into custody, on the charge of stealing and receiving. At first, Lee denied that he had obtained any calico from James, but upon being closely pressed, he admitted the receiving, and said he paid Is. for it. James, on the other hand, who now pleaded guilty, protested through out that he received no money at all. The prisoner Lee was defended by Mr. RonlNsoN, who addressed the jury on his behalf, insisting that there was nothing to show a guilty knowledge on his part, and afterwards called a number of witnesses to character. All of them sang the same song: the prisoner was an honest, sober, industrious man; but several of them, who wero tradesmen living in the neighbourhood of Bore-street, admitted that they lost sight of him between April and December, 1848. It was, however, explained by Mr. Jones, his brother-in-law, that having, about the period of the first month, sold his business, he returned to his native place, Lempsford, in Suffolk, and there he remained permanently till the close of the year, but he passed backwards and forwards at intervals be tween the two months. To meet this issue of character, Spittle, one of the City detective force, was pat into the box to state that in June, 1848, from instructions he had received from the police authorities, he searched the house in Fore-street which had previously been in the possession of Lee, and the door of which still bore his name, and found there a quantity of cloth which had been atokn from Mr. Camp, clothier, of Leadenhall-street, valued at 231. The house was at this time in the occupation of a man named Tate, who was made a party to a case of felony tried in this court, and sen tenced to three months imprisonment. The officer made inquiries after Lee, but ho could obtain no further information of him than that his retreat in the country was known to Mr. Jones, his brother.in-law. lie called upon Mr. Jones, and told him that Lee was wanted to clear up his character from an imputation which had been thrown upon it; but Lee was never forthcoming. The Learned RECORDER summed up the whole of the evidence against Lee, after which the jury con sulted together for a few minutes, and found a ver dict of Guilty, but recommended James to mercy on account of his previous good character. The COURT sentenced James to twelve months', and Leo to eighteen months' hard labour in the House of 'orrection. SIX MEN DROWNED. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) MARGATE.—A lamentable accident occurred off here about half-past seven yesterday morning. The Mystery, Haveling boat, with a crew of six hands, left this port for the purpose of boarding and speaking all vessels bound to the port of London. The boat, in running under the bow of a schooner for the pur pose of putting a man on board, on the leeward side of the vessel, was run into by the schooner, cutting her right asunder. The boat immediately filled and disappeared with all her unfortunate crew. The captain of the schooner, I regret to say, so far dis graced the character of a British seaman that he never hove his vessel to, or attempted to put his boat out to save the unfortunate crew. Had he done either one or the other, in all probability some of the unfor tunate men would have been saved. Immediately the in telligence reached the shore by a vessel running down, that witnessed the circumstance, but too far to lee ward to be of any assistance, two of the owners pro ceeded to London, furnished with proper authority to apprehend the captain of the vessel, as it appears to be one of the most wanton acts ever recorded. They were all married men. Mr. George Bowyer, D.C.L., has been unani mously elected by the 13enchers of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple to the office of lec turer of that Society. Mr. Bowyer was a candidate for the borough of Reading at the last election. THE COLD IN PARIS.—On Tuesday at: midnight the centigrade thermometer in Paris marked 4 deg. 9 min. below zero. On Wednesday, at six o'clock, A.N. 5 deg. 7 min., and at noon, 3 deg. 8 min. below zero (freezing point). 11 3 / 4 ! PILL, Nov. 29.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. 2!th, Abbots 11% ford, Pearce, Quebec. Shl. Lady Falcon, New Orleans; 6 % 1 Menai°, ditto. 93 I BRISTOL, Nov. 29.—WiLd S.S.W.—Arrd. Ada Miry, Woodhead, Africa. MUMBLES, Nov. 29.—Wind S.S.E.—Art d. 28th, Re covery, Williams, Quebec. SHIELDS, Nov. 29.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. 28th, Iron Gem, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Wind S.—Std. Southampton, Cape of Good Hope. Off port, Old England, Fee, Manilla. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 29.—Wind E.—Sld. Vittoria, Sierra Leone. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Spanish Consulate General, 37, Old Broad street, Nov. 27, 1849. Sir,—l have received from his Excellency the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs of her Catholic Ma jesty, a copy of the following official communication ad dressed to the members of the diplomatic body residing at Madrid; with which I beg to acquaint you, for the general information. " With the object of preserving Spain, as far as pos sible, from the invasion of the cholera, her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to dictate the following dispo sitions, which I hasten to communicate to you, for the information of your Government:— " In case of the quarantine on vessels proceeding from infected or suspected ports being reduced or sup pressed in any foreign port, in such a manner as that the regulations there observed should not be in accord ance with the rules observed in the ports of the Penin sula, as commanded by a Circular Royal Order, of 15th November of last year, the maritime boards of health will make the convenient dispositions, to the effect that vessels which have touched at the foreign ports where such modification or suppression has taken place, may suffer, upon their transit to our ports, and under whatever circumstances, the quarantine which, according to the said Circular Royal Order, they would have been liable to if coming direct; so that acting ac cordingly, and observing in other cases tho requisite re ciprocity, the necessity of awaiting superior advice may be avoided; and, without discontinuing to act in con formity with the dispositions previously adopted by her Majesty's Government, the sanitary service may be per. formed with all convenient regularity."' (Signed) J. G. MIRANDA., Acting Consul-General. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Exclusive of those of Flour and some other articles, the total imports of foreign grain into London this week have exceeded 90,000 quarters, as will be seen by the return at foot. To-day the show of English Wheat was small, the arrivals coastwise having been only 1,390 quarters; nevertheless the demand for that article, owing to the pressure of foreign qualities, was exceed ingly heavy, al, barely Monday's decline in the quotations. From abroad 16,570 quarters of wheat have come in. Selected parcels, in which very little business was trans acted, were mostly held at full prices; but the middling and inferior kinds were 1s per quarter lower. The supply of English Barley was small; that of foreign very extensive . . The trade ruled heavy, and the cur rencies bad a downward tendency. Malt, both old and new, was in moderate supply and heavy demand, at is per quarter less money. We were extensively supplied with foreign Oats, owing to which the trade ruled heavy and prices were a shade lower. In Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, next to nothing doing. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. hlalt. Flour. Qrs. I Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. 1,390 1,780 1,330 1,570 2,080 English ••• • • • Scotch • • .• • • Irish .. ••. • • • Foreig 1,040 16,570 131,590 144,810 SMITHPIELD. Owing to the sudden change in the weather, and the large supplies , of Meat on sale in Newgate and Leadifin hall, the general trade here to-day was in a very de pressed state. The supply of Beasts—amongst which were 15 Oxen from Spain—was but moderate, and nearly all breeds were 2d per Blb lower than on Monday. At that decline a clearance was not effected. We were well supplied with sheep, while the demand for that description of stock was very inactive, and prices raced ed 2d per 81bs. The number of Calves was on the increase. Although a fail of 2d per 81bs was submitted to on thA part of the salesmen, a very limited amount of businetis was transacted. Prime small Pigs wore scarce and held at late rates; otherwise the Pork trade was heavy. Mulch Cows moved off slowly, at from 151 to 18/ eacla, including their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d, s. d. to 84 Inferior Beasts..... 9 6 2 8 Second qual. Sheep 3 9 3 4 Second quality •••• 2 10 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 6 3 $ Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 Y 6 Southdown Wether 310 4, 0 Prime Scots •••• • • 3 8 310 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 Large Hogs •••• • • 3 4 3: II Prime small ditto .. 3 8 310 Small Porkers 310 4 , 2 suckling Calves IS 0 26 0 Quartzr old Pigs —lB 0 22 0 0 Inferior Sheep . • .2 10 3 0 Lambs •• • • •••• II 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. Calves. Pigs. I 7,540 984 I 310 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. 1 Calves. I Pigs. 1,510 12 9 10 SCOTCH. Beasts. I Sleep. I Calves. 1 Pigs. 70 zrEvra.a.TE 11. ND MEADENNALL. Boasts. 790 Beasts. 180 These markets were excessively heavy, and prices lhad a downward tendency. The supplies offering w ere large. _ . At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. 4. o d• Beef,lnferlor.. •• 2 4 2 t i Mutton, laferior .. 2 6 middling ••. • 2 210 middling ••2 10 ic • -- prime large 3 0 3 2 prime ••.. 3 I -- prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, largo 4 ? Veal••••••.• •••• •• 3 2 310 small .••• • • • 310 4 1 0 BOSLOUGH HOP DTILMILET. Our market is very scantily supplied with the be Ist Va Hops of the present year's growth. The demand lor 1 / 2 them is steady, but by no means brisk, at last wecile° quotations. Yearlings and old qualities are very &pall. New Mid and East Kent pockets, per cwt., 61 110 5 to 131 ; New Weald of Kent, ditto, 61 6 s to 81 if; New Sussex ditto, 5/ 15s to 71 ; Farnhams, 111 I Is; $ O , 131; Yearh*g Keats, 31 to 4 1 12s; Yearling Sussex,. 2 ' Ss to 31 17s; Old Hops, 11 to 41. COLONIAL. SUGA/t.—British Plantation has been in fair rep tot , but the quotations have not altered much. Barba( loss by auction has realised 40s 6d to 41s for fine yell loft ' and 37s 6d to 38s 6d for mid. Refined brown lumps h .0. 1 0 1 been at 475. Kin. INDlA.—Prices have not improved for M sor, , ritius, and Bengal has been rasher lower ; good 1% 4 ' grainy white 44e to 45s ; yellow 43s to 441 . good and fine white Benares 39s 6d to 41s 6d, and a u d . 38s 6d to 395. Madras has been only partly sold, : 6 ; rather lower rates, soft brown, 29s to 30s, and bri,gl ld grocery, but soft, 33s 6d to 36s 6d. Havannah low :01 mid yellow has been sold at 37s 6d to 39s Gd, and g 001 and fine brown, 37s to 38s 6d. Brown Babia has realise 33s 6d to 355, for ord and mid, and 35s 6d to 36s 6d V I good. Manilla has been taken in at 38s 6d for rai l " - yellow. 7% COME.-The market has been rising for all desci 1 ,3 / tions. Native Ceylon has been taken in at 51s for 3A good ord yellow, and sales have been made at 48s 6d 49s for good ord. Plantation low mid and mid - realised 53s to 61s, fine ord 51s ad, and triage 45s 9lh 50s. Mocha has been taken in at 63s for mid greeni PA Jamaica has been sold at 55s 6d to 58s 6d for 1 10° mid and mid, and at 4Gs to 46s Gd for gocd ord. Sa at e Martha sold at 47s for fine ord, and at 43s for trir Company's Java has been sold at 53s to 542 6d, P 4 priu - Rico, fine ord 50s, and Costa Rica fine and fine i li A ° ord, 51s to 565. Tellicherry, 47s to 50s for fine of pale. Cocoa.—Trinidad has be e n so ld a t 39s to 41s 6d for _ good ord to good red; at 45s 6d to 503 for fine; at P" _ to 41s for good and mid grey, and at 34s for low. 3 / 4 Serum-Bengal Ginger has been sold at 21s, 8 I 'A - Malabar at 30s. Singapore Black Pepper has realii.l4 - 2id to lid per lb, and Malabar 21d to 3id per COTTON. -There is less doing, and prices it: - 1 , drooping. 6 A TEA.-The market is steady, but not brisk. • dis Rum.-There is a moderate inquiry. TALLow.-Moro business has been done, and P.Y.. l °' - is firmer, at 37 0 d to 37s 9d per cwt on the spot. ratem business has been done pr i v atelti i i G R EEN FRIIIT.-A good business is doing in 111 3 1 23 c i kinds. Three cargoes of Oranges from St. Micht) - have arrived, being the first this season, two of whialth - sold at public sale by Keeling and Hunt, went at a rfor derate figure. Lisbon are lower. A cargo of Sevill e - China is to hand. Lemons dull of sale. Chesnu t! - scarce, and have advanced 2s per barrel. Black Spani el - 2s per barrel higher. Almeira Grapes in requ est, 2 113 e any of good quality obtain a high price. A cargo new Barcelona is offered in the market at 2s per 13 . 1 b advance on the price of old. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN WESTUINSTER,..—Ab OIIt three o'clock this morning the family of Mr. Abbott, painter and glazier, Milbank-street, Westminster, 12 , 11 r rowly escaped being burnt to death. A fire was covered raging in the shop by one of the police of 0- B division, who aroused the family, and who, fortunat elYt reached the ' roof of the adjoining house. In a quart et of an hour about half a dozen engines were at work en the flames, but the fire was not extinguished till t" shop and stock, with the rooms adjoining, wore, fo rt e most part, consumed. The building only is insured the Phoenix Fire-office. THE LATE BISHOP OF NORWICH.—During th e , week a black nimble slab, with a border of St. An t o marble, has been placed over the grave of the bishop, with this inscription :—" In the faith of Chri s here resteth from his labours Edward Stanley, thi rt y " ; three years rector of Alderley. Buried amidst mourning of the diocese which he animated, the (51 , 1 '; which he had served, the poor whom ho had visite d, schools which he had fostered, the family which he li t / . loved, and of all Christian people, with whom, bow e l: 4l- e divided, ho had joined in whatsoever things were told and honest, and just, and pure, and lovely, and of go°3 report. Born January 1, 1779, installed Aug ust - „ l ec l 1837, died September 6, 1849, aged seventy, September 21, 1849." SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNINEL—The market at Havre was yesterday extremely . dull, wit h i s o , most a total absence of business, sales being 146 bli,f_ vr No change to note in prices. The Bavaria, from 1N . % York, arrived yesterday at Havre; and the 'Belle rou sailed for Valparaiso. I THE CITY POLICE ORDER AS TO DESTIT tc PERSONS.—The following order was communicate,dno, the City police force yesterday:—" The Cornreis.'"_, • orders that the sergeants and constables of the Ci b ty y cre lice take all persons found begging in the streetsa. I e( • cotter_ a magistrate ; tad that all destitute persons be t p the relieving officer of the district in which they m a y found, and, unless forthwith relieved, that tho officer summoned for neglect of puty." sij," th ; Pe tej WI li.l gil Va jol 8 di, hi: