The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-01 00:00:00

EVENING SUN w as also the Earl of lladdington, in the room of Lord • cranstoun. The lion. William Fraser, of Saltovin, was re-elected Treasurer. ',like Rev. Dr.,Brown was elected one of the Chaplains, in the room of the Rev. Dr. J. Crombie. The Physicians, Surgeons, and other officers of the Corporation were then elected. A vote of thanks was unanimously carried to the Duke of ;Sutherland, the President, and the Duke of Rich mond, and the other Vice-Presidents. With respect to the Earl of Saltoun, the brother of the Chairman, who was one of the Vice-Presidents, it was unanimously resolved that a letter should be written to him by the Secretary, congratulating him upon the ap pointment he had received in China, and hoping that the God of Battles would crown his efforts with success, and preserve and restore him to his country and friends. A vote of thanks was unanimously agreed to, to the Chairman, Governors, and the other officers of the Cor poration for the past year. The accounts of :he last year were then read and passed. From these accounts it appeared that the re ceipts for the last year amounted to 3,3611. 17s. 10d., and the payments to 3,177/. 12s. 9d., leaving a balance in hand of 1841. ss. ld., in addition to 43,1891. which the Corporation have invested in the funds. THE PRINCE OF WALES. On the motion of Dr. BROWN, a Committee was or ' dered to be appointed to draw up an Address of Congra tulation from the Corporation to her Majesty and Prince Albert, upon the auspicious event of the birth of a Prince. The other /outine business of the Corporation having been disposed of, the Court adjourned. Yesterday being St. Andrew's day, the anniversary of this excellent Charity was celebrated by a public dinner at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, who, as a Scotch man, has always evinced the deepest interest in the pros. perity of this national Institution, and subscribed so largely to the promotion of its charitable objects, pre sided on the occasion. Nearly 300 sat down to dinner. After the cloth was removed, The Loan MAYOR rose and proposed—" The health of our most gracious and beloved Sovereign the Queen," which was drank upstanding with three times three, and followed by the National Anthem, of which Miss Steele, a lady in the gallery, sang, as a relief to the professionals, the last verse, with the most exquisite taste and effect. The following toasts were afterwards given, and drank with enthusiasm—" The Prince of Wales," " The Queen Dowager," " Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family," " The Army . and Navy." The Loan MAYOR, in proposiig the next toast, "Suc cess to the Institution whose interests they were assem bled to promote," spoke as follows :—The Scottish Hos ' pital extends its charity to mechanics, artisans, and labourers, natives of Scotland, whom adverse circum stances have reduced to destitution in the metropolis or its neighbourhood. The wives and families of these un fortunate individuals participate in its benefits. To some pecuniary assistance is afforded to mitigate the pressure of immediate want; to others a gratuitous passage home. The monthly average of casual applicants does not, I be lieve, fall short of 250/. ; and besides so extensive an appropriation of its funds, a sum of WI. is annually set * apart for distribution amongst 80 poor persons exceeding 7U years of age. The Society, gentlemen, is so an cient as the reign of King James I. ; and from Charles 11., in the year 1665, it received its first charter of incorporation. Its operations during the great plague were on the most enlarged scale, and signally conduced to alleviate the general distress. ttie more than a century later it obtained its second charter from his Majesty King George 111., since which time it has not ceased to Maintain a very eminent posi tion alion,gst (he host of our London charities. In 1830 a baanch Society, for the purpose of forwarding to their respective homes the poor whom we furnish with pas ,- sazes to Leith, was founded at Edinburgh under the auspices of that most esteemed and illustrious personage his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, than whom I may safely say few indeed (if any) among the aristocracy of our country more justly merit the elegant encomium : " Those godlike men, to wanting virtue kind, Bounty well-plac'd preferred, and well-designed • To all their titles." —(Cheers.) To commend to your protection, Gentle men, an institution combining so great advantages, and productive of such an amount of public use fulness, . would, I am sure, be considered a need less occupation of your time. I must, however, em brace this opportunity to state that such has been the - outlay of its funds during the past year, such the ex tent of the relief which it has afforded, and such the pro gressive increase of monthly applicants, that the gentle men who have kindly undertaken the direction of its af fairs will most reluctantly be obliged to curtail its opera - - Lions amid the severity and multiplied distresses of the approaching winter, unless, as I doubt not will be the case, the generous and patriotic hearts of my more Sue cesful countrymen respond with bountiful alacrity to the call for increased contributions. In the course of the last 12 months the Corporation have, at a cost of more than 2,6001., relieved no fewer than 2,690 cases over and above the 80 aged pensioners to whom I have before alluded ; - while the regular income, which they have re ceived to meet this expenditure, amounts only to 1,30(71., leaving a deficiency of upwards of 1,3001. to be raised by the exertions of the liberal and ha- mane. Bearing these circumstances in mind, and having --- regard too to this most important fact, that, but for the • timely succours thus procured, thousands of honest and industrious individuals would have been left to the wretchedness of beggary in a country remote from home, unprotected hy parochial laws, I cannot but feel conti doct that the kind and benevolent qualities which so peculiarly distinguish our English friends will be power faMy developed in our favour. To them, Gentlemen, we already owe much ; and I am persuaded that frOm them we may certainly expect those further obligations which the exigency of our case demands. It is unnecessary, gentlemen, that I should any longer detain you ; and, therefore. I beg to give you, with all the honours, " The Scottish Hospital, prosperity attend it.."—(Three times three, and one cheer more, followed by a merry chant on - the bagpipes by Mr. Mackay, piper to his Royal • Highness the Duke of SusseX.) The LORD MAYOR next proposed the health of the Noble President of the Institution—" His Grace the Duke of Sutherland." The Lord Mayor, who, we regret to understand, la boured under considerable indisposition, now vacated the . Chair, and retired amidst loud cheers. Mr. - Sheriff ROGERS was then called to the Chair, who, having pronounced a high eulogium on the public and private character of the Lord Mayor, his talents, his in tegrity, and his munificent charity, proposed his health, and long life and happiness.—(Three times three, and one cheer more.) This toast was followed by a Highland reel, performed in the most spirit-stirring manner by Mr. Mackay, the piper. A grea:t - number of 'other toasts were given in the course of the evening. Before the company separated nearly 7001. was re ceived in the shape of • donations, besides annual contri butions, an amount, we believe, never equalled at any anterior anniversary, We had hoped to have given the list, but the dilatoriness of the clerk, Mr. Cutler, pre vented it. ANNIVERSARY OP THE POLISH , - REVOLUTION, Nov. 29. A number of the Polish reftwees , resident in London. :5 - amongst. whom w ere severa l offi ce rs of rank, a tt en d e d i . , e rne Service this m o rning, at the German C a th o li c DI, which was p er f orme d b y t h e R ev . M. Bi zez i ns ki, a la Polish clergyman, who is also a refugee in this coun try. The service commenced by the obsequies for those --Poles who died o fo r r lB,,o their country on the field of battle during th e w ai . The abse nce of atinos - t 3 a 1 1 . 1 public men from the metro polis at this season of themeyear p rec l u d e d the po s sibility of holding a public meeting in the afternoon, as was - usual on former s i m il ar occasions. A meeting took place in consequence amongst the Poles themselves at the rooms of the-Literary Association of the Friends of Po land, in Duke-street, St. James's, which was numerously attended. All the speeches which were made showed that years of exile and suffering neither cooled' in the least in the breasts of the Poles attachment to their 'Country, nor weakened the certainty • of their cause being finally destined to triumph over whilst,•on '•-• the other hand, it was most sa tis ' fa t :c . t e o n r e y m t i o es re ; mark that the hest regard to any ,tendency towards unity of act i on, abstruse social systems, which is Lest gu arantee o f the success of e ver y cause. The meeting, s presided over by Mr. Markowski, a member of th e P o li s h which w as luteio'cillo brokeck in Committee in London , commenced at e the afternoon , the hour at which the revolutio n out at Warsaw in 1830, and the proceedings terminated at nine o'clock. • A similar meeting was also held in John- street ford-street, at three o ' c lock in the afternoon, f ' 43x-- or the • convenience of those Refugees who could not attend i n the evening at Sussex Chambers, Duke-street, St. James's, Union and perseverance were the leading topics of all the speakers. --.........--,. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the transaction of public business. Alderman GIBBS moved that the sum of 200 guineas be granted to The poor widows of freemen, instead of the usual annual allowance of 100 guineas.—(Hear.) 'Sir G. CARROLL seconded the motion with all his heart. He thought that the birth of the Heir•apparent to the Crown could not be more brilliantly distinguished than by the cotemporaneousness of acts of beneficence. THE DISTRESS OF THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS. The Lord Mayor received the following contribution from Miss Burdett Coutts yesterday, for the Spite'fields weavers : " Messrs. Coutts and Co. present. their compliments to the Lord Mayor, and by desire of Miss Burdett Coutts, they have the pleasure to inclose fifty pounds as her subscription to the Spitathelds weavers. ";strand, 30th .NoNcEnber, 1841." RUSSIAN LADY CHORUS SINGERS,These lathes were worse to teach than charity-girls. Some of them deenactl the rehearsals utterly superfluous, others left. their parts behind them, and others were so invete rately in good humour,that it was difficult to scold them for being so much out. of tune. One, pretty creature, with more animation in her face than music in-her soul, whose. voice in the Creation wandered to forbidden paths, a Russian hurnourist observed, " Elle chante des choses qui n'ontjamais exi s t e , meme dans' la creation !"—Let . ter from the Baltic. In the nankrulitcy Court yesterday, on the final examination of Geor g e Dorringtou, a printer, in Perci val-street, Goswell-rod, application was made for the refunding of the whole ur a , prat of the premium paid to the bankrupt lir the parents of a youth who had been apprenticed to him a. abort time back, when the Commis sioner ordered thre e -f ourths of the premium to be paid out of the fi rst mon eys realised from the estate. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.' UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, DEC. 1, Will be repeated the New Comedy, entitled COURT AND ClTY.—Captain Dangerfield, Mr. W. Lacy ; Sir Paladin Scruple, Mr. W. Farrell; 4it Harry Whiffle, Mr. C. Ma thews • Sir Hector Ilumbuslo,_ Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Winning ton, dr. Cooper; Humphrey Rumbush, Mr. Harley; Lady Whiffle, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Charmington, Mrs. Nisbett; Lady Dangerfield, Mrs. W. West; Barbara Bearbinder, Mrs. W. Lacy. The Comedy will conclude with a Dance by the Characters. After which (First Time), A Ballet Divertissement, entitled the WOODEN LEG. Principal Characters by Mr. Gilbert and Miss Bailin, Master and Miss Marshall, Messrs. J. and T. Ridgway, Miss Jacksen, &c. To conclude with the Farce of THE OMNIBUS. Doors to to opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxer, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, Os. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had of on application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. To-morrow, Norma, and The Wrong Man. WEST INDIA STEAM-PACKETS. THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY hereby give Notice that the First Four of their Steam-packets are appointed to leave Soithamp ton on the 15th instant, as follows : One for Barbadoe s , calling at Madeira, and proceeding to Grenada, Trinidad, La Guayra, Perto Cabello, and Curazoa, returning by the same route to Grenada. One for Jamaica, calling at St. Thomas, Porto Rico, Hayti, St. Jago de Cuba, and prAceedin . g to Carthagena, Chagres, returning to Jamaica by the same route. One for Havannah, calling at Si. Thomas, Porto Rico, and proeee‘ing to Honduras, returning to the Havannah. One for Havannah, calling at Bermuda' and 'Munn; and proceeding to New Orleans, 'Tampico, Vera Cruz, and thence to the Havannah. _ Notice will be given a few days of the time when, and places where, berths may be secured, and information as to the rates of passage money obtained. 3, Winchester-buildings, Dec. 1, 1841. ERLIN WOOL and FANCY STATION _ ERY BUSINESS TO BE DISPOSED OF. The above is situated in one of the most leading Thorough fares out of London. Has been established some years, and supported a large family. Coming in moderate. Rent low, greatest part of which may be made by lodgers. Satisfactory reasons for leaving the same. Letters addressed (post paid) P. P. P., Sun Newspaper office, Strand. ARMY AND NAVY. THE DECEMBER NUMBER OF THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL, and NAVAL AND MILITARY MAGAZINE, Contains, among other important Papers: Anson's Expedition Journal of the Operations in The British Colonies considered China by Sea as Military Posts, by Lieut.- Land Operations before Canton Col. Wilkie I in May, by an Officer of the Historical etails relative to Force the MilitaTy Force of Great Move to Maroon Town Britain. I Statistics of Reci uiting Syria, during the Campaign Sir Gordon Bremer and Cap against Mehemet Ali . tain Elliot Confessions of a Spy Examinations at Sandhurst Anecdotes of Camperdown The Brevet and all its details A March and Detachment in Presentation of Colours to the Ireland I 99th Regiment Nights on the Fo'castle, by the Distribution of the Army and Author of " Rattlin the Navy, with all the Naval and Reefer " Military Intelligence of the Month. 3, Great Marlborough-street. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1 NEW SERIES OF HOWITT'S VISITS. This day is published, in medium Bvo., with upwards of Forty highly-finished Woodcuts, 215., cloth lettered, VISITS to REMARKABLE PLACES— Old Halls, Battle-fields, and Scenes illustrative of striking Passages in History and Poetry. By W. HOWITT, Author of " The Rural Life of England, " " The Boy's Coun try Book," &c.- Second Series, chiefly in the Counties of Dur ham 'and Northumberland : with a Stroll along the Borders. London : _Longman, Brown, and Co. CARLETON'S FAWN OF SPRING VALE, &c. This day is published, in 3 vols. post Bvo. JANE SINCLAIR ; - or, The Fawn of Spring Vale—Lha Dhu ; or, The Dark Day—The Clarionet— The Dead Boxer—The Misfortunes of Barney Branagan— The Resurrections of Barney Bradley. By WILLIAM CARLETON. " Entitle Mr. Carleton to take rank among the most gifted literary men that his country has ever produced."—Britannia. By the same Author, THE MISER; or, The Convicts of Lisnamona. Second Edition, fcp. Bvo., 6s. cloth. FATHER BUTLER, the LOUGH DERG PILGRIM. Second Edition, fcp. Bvo., 3s. 6d. cloth. " Mr. Carleton's tales are full of vigour, picturesque descrip tion, and genuine pathos."—Quarterly Review, October. London : Longman and Co. Dublin : Curry and Co. .1141. AINSWORTH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE Immediately, in 3 vols. post Bvo., illustrated with Twenty large Designs on Steel, by Ranklin, OLD SAINT PAUL'S: A TALE of the PLAGUE and the FIRE. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq., Author of " The Tower of London," &c. Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square. H IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, His MAJESTY the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain ing LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now'SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS TRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions nay receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO SPECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION contains DI VIDENDS of 4625,000 £6OO 5,000 400 1,500 200 1,000 150 800 120 HEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a short time 25,0001., 18,0001., 9,000/, 5,0004, 3,600/., &c. &c. &c., to London ; 3,6001., 8001., and 700/., to Edinburgh ; 3,6004 to Dublin ; 3,600/. to Beverley; 3,6001. to Halifax (Yorkshire); 1,200/. to Portleaven Harbour ; 9001., 700/. and 600/. to Li verpool ; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. to Hull ; 9001. and 600/. to Manchester ; 7001. to East Retford (Not tinghamshire); 600/. to Bideford ; 6001. to Cork ; 6001. to Bradford ; they shall feel glad to remit many Dividends of the next Distribution to England, Ireland, and Scotland. Direct for Prospectus and Particulars, a ithout delay, either to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. £llO £7O 100 60 90 b 0 80 Sterling. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. 111 R. OSBALDISTON'S BENEFIT. Mr. OSBALDISTON cannot omit the present pleasing opportunity of thus publicly and energetically RETURNINCii HIS WARM THANKS for the splendid support which he had the honour to experience on the occasion of his BENEFIT on TUESDAY, November 23d, another gratifying and most convincing proof that his strenuous and never-tiring exertions to render the Royal Victoria Theatre the first minor establish ment of the metropolis, has been crowned with that trium phant success which his best friends and numerous supporters could never have anticipated to have been so fully and sub stantially realized, as every'uight's success must make palpable to the most common observer. Mr. OSBALDISTON also begs to announce, that all parties having tickets or checks, who were unable, in consequence of the immense pressure, to obtain entranceinto the theatre on TUESDAY, November 23d, will be admitted on THURSDAY, December 2d, when the entertainments will consist of THE TWO LONDON LOCKSMITHS. After whieh THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. OSBALDISTON; Mrs. Haller, MISS VIN CENT. To conclude with CASPER, THE DOOMED or, The Victim of the Vault. THE RAILWAY SUN. NOTICE.--A New Edition of the RAILWAY SUN is NOW PUBLISHING. THE CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SLXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Dec. 1, 1841. THE WEATHER.—NOON, DECEMBER 1. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 50 I Highest 5l i Lowest 42 Barometer 29.42.—Wind S.lV.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Morning ai [mind. after a j Evening 21 minuterafter the Publication of the Evening Edition of Tuts Sum com menced at 10 minutes after Three. t it LONDON: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1841. Dr. LusniNGToN has pronounced for the va lidity of a Church-rate which had been resisted in the parish of Hackney. We see no reasont7l impugn the Learned Civilian's judgment, which turned turned chiefly on some technical points, as „ he _ ther the church in question was to be considered a parish church, and whether the persons wh o had levied the rates were the proper authorities to levy them. These were some of the points in dispute, subordinate to the great principle of the parish being obliged to keep the church. in re pair, which Dr. LUSHINGTON, in common with other Judges, laid down as follows : The parishioners of the whole parish were bound to re pair the ancient parish church ; that is, the body of it ; and this obligation was imposed, not by ecclesiastical law, .but by dustom—by the common law of England, re cognised by various statutes. It is not the ecclesiastical law which imposes such burdens ; for, by the ancient ecclesiastical law, it wa s to be defrayed out of theeecle- • •,,,..,--. * ~ "rt, 4 •• :_,, , ...„, —t„. t i....--. ,), so" - 4 4 -,.. ik-.0 •._. :...,-. i 47 4m --)t Ittlk ,' . . -41,4- 10 . t • A.... ii ,-, , e - ,, ... i., ~ , , ,7 , .., or : s ; , • ~. .t . , ...y .:4 7. .., .._,i c . ,•,., i ltt x • -- , ..yi - " — lifm .. v ' gilt •,, • ~,,t isatix _ THE S(N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEILBER 1, 1841 siastical profits. Neither could the ecclesiastical law have produced any such effect here. 'Unless recognised by common law, or enacted as law by statute, it was and is wholly inoperative in this country. This obligation to repair; a s i m po se d by co mmon l aw , is recognised 'by all the common law authorities, by Lord Coke, and indeed, before his time, in other Courts ; but by Lord Cake, and by all authorities who followed him, down to and in cluding Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and the Judges of the Court of Exchequer Chamber, as expressed in their judgment in" Veley against Burder." The obligation is further recognised by various statutes, from the time of Edward the First down to the present day. It is again recognised iu all the Acts of Parliament of modern times. We cannot dispute or doubt such authority, but we can point out on what it rests, and the readers will judge of the justice, not of Dr. LUSH INGTON'S decision, which we do not call in question, but.of the law itself. It is so decreed by the common law, the expounder of which was Lord COKE, and persons antecedent to him. The common law, that which Dr. LUSHINOTON ad hered to, because he can only act by precedent or statute, is the declaration of an opinion, or a decree of a man, or some men, who lived between two and three centuries ago. Lord COKE died in 1634. The common law has no other or higher authority than this, together with the sanction it has since received from usage. Is it rational that a declaration of opinion at that time by one man, should be binding on society now under very different circumstances? Lord COKE, .and the able lawyers who went before him, possessed a sort of equity jurisdic tion, and decided according to circumstances. In his time there was comparatively little per sonal property, and that was scarcely assessed. At that period the middle classes were just gathering power, and becoming known, and at that period the bulk of the land was in the hands of a few great proprietors. Prior to that it had been in the possession of still fewer, and the middle classes were of still less importance. The words parish and parishioners probably meant rather the land than the people. The old law yers took a rational view when they declared that the parish, meaning the great landowners, must provide for the repairs of the churches in which their vassals and the persons who dwelt in the parish worshipped. Circum stances are now altogether different. The pro perty of the people is more personal than landed, and personal property is assessed to Church and Poor-rates. Now also there are numbers of Dis senters, who are made, by such decisions as that of Lord COKE and Dr. LUSHINGTON, to pay for the support of a Church they never use. To continue blindly to apply the old law may be very legal, very proper, strictly according to pre cedent, but it is calculated to make all reflecting men despise the law as a parcel of rubbish, if it be not a nuisance. If Judges wish that the law should remain respected, they should sometimes throw precedents aside, and allow common sense to have more sway than the decisions of pre vious Judges. The Morning Post yesterday, in defence of the Corn-laws, admitted that a law to make one class pay more than they need in order to enrich another class was wrong and without a just foundation;; but it defended such a supposed pro perty in the Corn-laws by an assertion that the law gave to the class whom it made pay more additional means of payment. A prettier mode of conjuring is not to be met with in the booths on Epsom race-course or at Bartholomew Fair. Only pay one sixpence each, say the quacks, only one little sixpence, to learn the whole art of getting rich. Plain men distrust all such quacks, and keep their little sixpences in their pockets as the surest means of having something. The Post admits that the Corn-law takes away the little sixpences from the people, and its skill in conjuration fails to show how the people are made wealthy by legislative plunder. When men assert (says our Contemporary) that the Corn-law makes them pay more than they would have to pay if there were no Corn-law, they must mean that in case of the law being abolished, they would not only have less to pay, but they would have the same means of payment. If by the abolition of the law both the price of corn and the means of paying for it were equally di minished, then the fact of having to pay a less amount of money for corn would be no benefit. Those who make the assertion mentioned by the Post ; mean that if they had to pay less for corn, they would have more means of payment. The co-relative of price is means of payment; and to assert that price falls, is to assert that means of payment increase. The Corn-law avowedly compels the whole body of the con sumers to give more labour lbr their corn than they would have to give if there were no Corn law. The abolition of the law, therefore, would lessen the quantity of labour, or lower the na tural price - of corn, and, at the same time, by feeding more ,persons, increase the sum of la bour, or means of paying for corn and all other things. The money that is to be exchanged for corn will not be lessened by the abolition of the Corn laws. The same quantity will be in existence afterwards as before. In fact, as most exchanges are now made by credit, and as credit would be increased by the abolition of the Corn-laws, the means of payment would be increased in the same ratio as price was lowered. The manufacturer, after a large fall in the price of grain from the abolition of the law, might be obliged to take a penny a yard less for his cloth, but all that he sold after the abolition more than he now sells, would be for him a means of paying for corn; and the abolition of the law, which made corn cheap, would very much increase his means of payment. The same reasoning applies to other classes, such as labourers or professional men. There would be more food obtained, more wealth com manded by less labour, and all would have their means of payment increased as corn became cheaper by the abolition of a restrictive law. We except only the landowners, not the farmers, nor their labourers ; and the landlords have no more right to thatportion of their incomes which arises from the Corn-laws, than a highwayman has a right to keep the property of the traveller he has, by dint of threatening to take his life, forced him to resign. We conclude by saying that the learned Post has raised a great dust by representing as contradictory two sets of phrases which mean, under different relations, the same fact. Lowering price by the seller is to increase the means of payment by the buyer, and a reduc tion of price consequent on obtaining a commo dity in general use, like food, at a less cost of production, is to increase the means of payment in the whole community. The meeting in the City yesterday, on the subject of emigration, was a failure. No more distinguished a person than Mr. MONTGOMERY MARTIN could be found for the chair, while the principal speaker was a gentleman from Paisley. Cold water was thrown on the whole proceed ings by the LORD MAYOR refusing all co-opera•- tion, because, " as he understands, the whole subject is now under the review of her Me_ JESTY'S Cabinet." All that the public has gained by the demonstration is this almost official an nouncement concerning the intentions of the Government. The French Journals of Sunday, delayed by the inclement state of the weather, with the papers of Monday, have reached us. The Presse has an article in which it violently denounces the miniature revolution at Geneva, where, how ever, public tranquillity has not for one moment been disturbed. Don CARLQS has become discontented with the negotiations of the Carlists and Christinos for settling the affairs of Spain by a mar- Ariaegeeerbdeintgwleeny7 at tis the e n adnedsirteheeyf Prussia, oungQu lie QUEEN. repudiates them, and declares that he a will t consent to nothing till h e is set liberty, and acknowledged Sovereign of Spain. L w ik ith e reigningthe barbera ofsi gsingle day, Bagdad, he for h e will e be content protests But th e willingn ess to resign on the next. is small c h ance of his would-be Majesty being t his re gratified with a Crown, even for this brief period. Moreover, as his abdication could not be made in favour of Queen. IsABELLA, he might as well whistle jigs to a milestone as dream of the reali zation of a proceeding so utterly preposterous. (From the Private Correspondence of the Constitutionnel) "Oran, Nov. 16. When 4ia 4tulif.rds cake to Oran under the eele- brated Cardinal Ximenes, they, as we do, coveted the possession of the whole of this vast and beautiful pro vince, but confined their occupations within narrow limits. They spread themselves along the coast, con tenting themselves with Central Oran, Mostaganem, and a port in front of Algiers, called the Pennon. It was only at the instigation of a scion of the Sovereigns of Tlemecen, who had been dispossessed by Arondji, that they determined to march against this place, and having defeated the famous Barbarossa, killed him in his flight near the small river and bivouac of the Oned Sinan. This success, however, did not open the eyes of the Spanish General, a nd he never attempted to take se rious hold of the province by planting himself in the centre. The Spanish Governors did as we have done now, they were charmed by the picturesque and commodious position of Oran, its ready and easy communications with the northern country, the excel lence of its port, Merd-el;Kebir, and contented themselves with it, thinking no more of the magnificent colony, the founding of which they had at first contemplated. 'They erected strong forts, with under-ground works and Kas bahs, and left them as monuments of the reprisals of Spain for the invasions of the Moors. Oran, under the Count of Alcandate and his successors, became a seat of elegance and pleasure, and the' resort of the gay and wealthy young patricians of Madrid. It thus acquired the appellative of Corte Chica—the little court. In 1793 the Spaniards evacuated the province without having conquered it, as we should do if we were now to give it up. Our governors have never been inclined to trans fer the head -quarters of the division of this province to Mascara, because their Generals were loathe to deprive themselves of the enjoyments of this minor capital. General Bugeaud, however, has suddenly de termined upon this measure, which will annoy many per sons, derange many projects, and be injurious to many interests, but which carries with it the nearly ripe fruits of an efficient conquest and a judicious colonisation." The Moniteur of Nov. 29th has no official part. The King has just signed the letters to the Members of the two Chambers for the opening of the Session, which is fixed, as we have stated, for December 27th. M. Guizot, before going to the Council yesterday, called on the English Ambassador, with whom he had a conference of three-quarters of an hour. M. Sancho, the Spanish Ambassador to England, left Paris the day before yesterday, for London. The Gazette de Berri, a Legitimist Journal, announces that the Princesspf Brisa is indisposed.-- Constitutionnel. The Commerce states that since the remains of Napo leon have been placed at the Invalides, a period of rather more than eleven months, four millions of persons are estimated to have visited the spot. "The Protestants of France," says the National, " are about to establish Sisters of Charity of their own com munion, for the purpose of attending their sick in the prisons, hospitals, &c., for which, it is said, permission of the Government has been sibtained. We , understand that they are to wear a costume similar to that of the Catho lie grey sisters, and, like them, will be selected from among respectable young women." The ancient Church of the Convent de Panthemont, in the Rue de Grenelle, now used as a storehouse for the War Department, is going to be converted into a place of Protestant worship, as soon as the stores are removed to the depot, in Gros Caillou, orders for which have been issued by the Minister of War. The Duke of San Carlos, who, after lying concealed at Madrid eight days, made his way to Santander, and 'thence escaped into France, has arrived in Paris. M. Sancho, Ambassador from the Spanish Government to the Court of St. James's, has left Paris for London. M. Verstolk Van Soelen, Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Hague, M. Vander Capellen, and M. Fabricius, formerly Ambassador at Paris, and whose removal dur ing the Ministry of Count Mole will be remembered, are now in the capital. M. Merilhou, Peer of France, has been made a Com mander in the Legion of Honour. The Archbishop of Bourges, U. de Villele, died on the 24 th inst. of a sudden attack of apoplexy. The Marquis de Dreux-Breze has arrived in Paris. BOURSL%--P,A.nis, MONDAY, Nov. 29. -tirst. Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prick Price. 1 7 rend) 5 per Cents ll6 35 ... 116 35 ... 1 I 6 25 ... 116 25 4 per Cents lOl 50 ... 101 50 ... 101 50 ... 101 50 3 per Cents Si 40 —. 80 40 ... 80 15 ... 80 15 Loan '.... Bank of Fiance Lattitte Bank I.ooof. 81 ares Mil ...1850 ...1850 ...1050 5,0001. Stares 5075 .4075 ...5070 ...5070 Belgian Bank 1841 ... lOl7 50 ...1017 50 ...WV 50 ...1017 50 Belgian 5 per Cents. S per Centi., 1840 lO2 ... 102 ... 102 ... 102 3 per Cents 7l 70 ... 71 70 ... 71 70 ... 71 70 Spanish Active . .. TiIX ... f.'s ... 24% ... ZS% Pas4les 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... 5% New Deferred Portuguese 3 per Centr. ?I eardion 11,6 50 ... 1t.6 50 .” 11'6 50 ..,, Jl6 50 Homan, ex. div lO2 ... 102% ... 102 ... 102% RAILWAY SHAREs. Versailles, It. 13 316 25 ... 216 25 ... 316 25 ... 316 95 Rouen 452 50 ... 452 50 ... 452 50 ... 452 80 Orleam. : . Strasburf toßalr,shares red 27 50 ... 217 50 ... 227 10 ... 227 50 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 20. five per Cants. Metalliques • 106% Foy r per Ccnts Three par Cents. Bank 3harca 1686 .....Alliemeine &nuns. Nov. 25. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIvERPooL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 30.—The business done in the Cotton Market to-day is to a moderate ex tent, the sales amounting to 3,000 bales, all of which arc taken by the trade. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, Nov. 30.—The trans actions in this Market were in Eastern Counties, 7i ; Grand Junctions, 191 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 95i ; Lon don and Birmingham Quarter Shares, 22 ; London and South Western, 56 ; Ditto, 1-10th Shares, 43. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 30.—The Market is steady, and more business might have been done than for some days previous had Stock been more plentiful. Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 241 ; Ditto, Quarter, 24 ; Bank of Stockport, 21.65. 3d. We have a West India packet in this morning ; her Majesty's packet Crane. She brings advices from Ja maica to the 3d November ; Barbadoes to the 28th October ; Demerara to the 24th October ; and St. Thomas's, November 7. The Colonial Parliament of Jamaica was opened by his Excellency the Governor at the date fixed by the last Proclamation. After the usual preliminary proceedings, the speech of his Excellency was delivered. On the 28th October the President of the Council replied, and on the nett day the House of Assembly, by its Speaker, responded thereunto. THE FUNDS. Although there were some heavy sales effected by the Government and the brokers yesterday in the British Stocks, the Market still continued firm, and at the close of business, the quotations of the early part of the morn ing were fully maintained. Consols for Money closed at 88i 89, and for the Account 89i- -a, at which price they opened this morning, and are now firm at those quota tions ; there is, however, but a limited business doing ; Three per Cents. Reduced are 87 1 1 88 ; New Three-and. a-Half per Cents., 984 ; Exchequer Bills, 8 to 10 premium. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Stock continues to be the favourite security for speculating in ; they opened this morning at 25 to /, and are now firm at 251, buyers ; the Passive, is 5i 6k ; and Deferred, 12i ; Portuguese Five per Cents. are 331 a ; Ditto 'Three per Cents., 20 to 20-i ; Colombian, 20 to 201 ; Mexican, 25k 26; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52 to 521 ; and the Five per Cents., 99/ to 100. COURSE OF EXCHAi Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ..... „..2 U l2 Antwerp l2 7 Hamburgh M.B. 13 13i Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeauz 25 90 Frankfort on Maine... 150 Petersburgh, 3 Us Berlin... 7 Vienna, effec. 5. 3 M 963 Trieste, ditto 9 55 Madrid Cadiz 36 Bilbao Barcelona Seville NGE--(YESTERDAY). Gibraltar ••• ••...•. Leghorn ... .... 30 40 Genoa ... 25 85 Milan • Venice Naples Palermo, per es 118 k Lisbon Oporto 52 Rio Janeiro 27 Bahia Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight 46h Philadelphia ... 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin ...0 0 0 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10h Silver in Bars... 0 0 0 PRICES OF SHARES RAILWAYS. London and Brighton ......... London and Birmingham ..... Ditto New Midland Counties York and North Midland... Ditto New Shares... THIS DAY AT ONE. Paid. Per Share. .. 50 3bili... to 90 l5B 2 ..100 50 15 HALF-PAST ONE. It may not be uninteresting to the holders of Spanish Bonds to learn that the Spanish Finarce Agency in London, hitherto conducted by M. de Zulueta, has been transferred to the highly respectable firm of Aguirre, Solante, and JNlurietta, of the Old Jewry. The English Stock Market continues steady, with a fair amount of business doing. Consols for Money were last done at 89, and for the Account 894 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 88 ; Three-and-a-half per Cents. Re duced, 974, an d t h e New Th ree - an d- a -H a lf, 984 ; B an k Stock, 1631 10 premium. ; India Stock, 2474 ; Exchequer Bills, 8 to In the Foreign Market the operations have been very limited, Spanish Stock maintaining its price ; business has been done in them as high as 251 during the morn ing; but they are now quoted at 254- ; Passive, 5' 6 ; Deferred, 12i i; Portuguese Five per Cents, 33. t. 341 ; and the Three per Cents. 201 ; Colombian, 201 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52A; and Five per Cents. 99i. Very little doing in the Share Market. London and Brighton are heavy at asi- ; the other Shares present no alteration. HALF PAST TWO. Consols, Money, 89 to 89i ; Consols, Account, 89 to 89i; Mexican, 2.1 to 26 ; Sptinish, 25 to 25k. QUARTER TO THREE. We have nothing very new this morning from any quarter. Money is still at a fair rate of interest, and is likely to continue so while the transfer books remain closed, as there are still some large exports of silver in progresS, and our foreign trade is not brisk. If we do have a revival of animation in commerce next year, the failures will have swept off the weak private and joint-stock banks, and leave a sounder ground to work upon ; for there can be no question, but that it is for the benefit of the community at large, when houses in a state of insol vency, no matter how long they may have con trived to keep on, are at once brought to a stand. Banks of all institutions are least likely to recover from any excessive losses, out of proportion, as they often are, to the capital paid up, and this remark will apply even more to private than joint stock establishments. S r 1 v ' . CP' Ei Ei AND lOttiqtr 04nuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. It was reported in Paris on Monday that Don Carlos, at the instigation of the King of Prussia, had addressed a letter to the Marquis of Escars, for the purpose of being communicated to the Diplomatic Body, in which he formally protests against any project for a matrimo nial compromise which shall emanate from the ex-Regent Christina. He declares that his rights are sacred and imprescriptible, and that he could not abandon them even in an indirect manner, by binding himself to any plan that would renounce his rights to those of usurpa tion. Don Carlos adds, that his son, the Prince of As turias, fully participates in his sentiments. The Chris tinos have been striving hard since their defeat in Spain to bring about the marriage of Don Carlos's son and Queen Isabella, as the basis of a Carlist and Christino coalition against Espartero and the Exaltados, but the plan has failed, owing to the continued detention of Don Carlos, who has refused all overtures made to him until he has quitted France. In reality it matters nothing what Don Carlos determines one way or the other. The King of Prussia is a potent personage at Berlin, but he is a name and nothing more at Madrid. Espartero laughs, as he well may, at the ridiculous negotiations of Christinos and Carlists about a Crown which is for ever beyond their reach. The following is among the most interesting political gossip in the French capital The political circles are reviving the rumours of a Mole and Thiers coalition. The latter abandons his pretensions to the Foreign office in favour of Count Mole, and will accept the Min istry of the Interior. Count Mole, in turn, is to give up the Presidency of the Council to Marshal Vallee, who is also to be Minister of War, Count Mole holding the Foreign Department. Lamartine to have the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, and Dufau re an d Passy to be offered places in this Vallee-Mole•Thi ers Cabinet. This combination is much canvassed, but there are other reports that the present Ministry will resort to a dissolu tion, should it not find a majority. This menace, how ever, will not be of much value, as the Chambers are entering upon their last session." We have heard a good deal lately of M. Thiers' intrigues to effect a return .to office. The Foreign Department is out of the question, as all the cabinets of Europe would oppose such an appointment. But the Ministry of the Interior answers M. Thiers better for the present. The vast patronage which it would place at his disposal would enable him to recruit the spirits of his party, and re-imburse him for the expenses of his Italian and German tours. No per son knows better than M. Thiers how to turn a seat in the Cabinet to profitable account, politically and per sonally. M. Chauteaubriand, the harlequin of French diplo macy at the Congress of Verona, and author of more rhapsodical nonsense than any writer in Europe, visited on Sunday the Abbe Lamennais, the apostle of Socialism, now confined in prison for a political libel. The shallow French egotist, who fancies himself a poet, a statesman, and a philosopher, boasts that he is the only man who could throw dust in the eyes of Canning ! La Presse has the following :—" The commercial acti vity of Great Britain is indefatigable. Not satisfied with having taken possession of Aden, at the entrance of the Red Sea, she has sent an embassy to the Abyssinian chiefs, demanding permission to establish a factory at Massonah, an island in the Red Sea, the port at which all travellers land who intend to visit Abyssinia by sea. If, as we have reason to believe, this permission be granted, Great Britain will have availed herself of the fruit of the exertions made by some Frenchmen during several years to establish the influence of their nation in that country." The following description of a long bulletin in the Moniteur of Monday is thus happily given by the Chro nicle :—" Algiers is a god-send to the Moniteur. The French occupy three or four fortified villages in the in terior, which are surrounded by hostile Arabs, and it requires an army to be put in motion in order to re-victual and relieve the garrisons of these places. Accordingly every three months a General marches off with a greater army than supplied Alexander for the conquest of Asia, and with this he achieves the task of bringing some sacks of corn and sides of pork to Mascara or Medea. This marching and victualling costs mil lions, and it is necessary to give the worthy French public at home something for their millions. The re muneration is given in the shape of a bulletin. The Moniteur of Monday contains one of three columns. The bulletin states that General Lamoriciere marched to re-victual Mascara. Abd-el-Kader mustered immedi ately 10,000 men, and waited for the French in a desert spot, for the purpo:e of attacking them, and forcing them, at least, to pass the night without water. "M. de Lamoriciere,"says the bulletin, " took a wise resolu tion that does him honour. He took another road." We have to add, that in this expedition the French lost one officer and 23 men killed on the field, and 11 who died of illness, besides a number of wounded. PUBLIC OPINION. The Herald is relaxing its notions a little on the sub ject of the Corn-laws, as appears by the subjoined pas sages from a leading article suggested by Lord John Russell's late address to the inhabitants of Plymouth. Our Contemporary admits the expediency of only the slightest alteration in this impost ; still even this con cession is something from an uncompromising Tory journal In legislating on the Corn-law one truth must never be lost sight of ; it is that the soil of this country, if properly cultivated under fair and moderate rents, with those facilities which arise from an equable and unexciteable system of currency, and before either in importance, with the blessing of ordinary seasons, can feed the population of the United Kingdom ; and that any Corn-law alterations which would lead to the throwing land permanently out of cultivation is a sacri fice wholly unwarranted by the real necessities of the people, or the state of the nation. To any compromise in the declension of the sliding scale, which shall increase facilities for importing grain, shall get rid of fraudulent averages, and give greater regularity to the corn trade, without that sacrifice, we respectfully suggest to the landed interest they ought not to object, when proceeding from the hands of a national Administration like the present ; in the permanency of which in power is greatly involved the safety of the kingdom." The Post remarks, in answer to an observation in a Liberal Print of yesterday, that the Austrian peasantry ' are better off than those in Ireland :—" Whatever may have been the original cause of the very bad condition of the Irish peasantry, this is true, that on account of the nature of our British Government, there resides no where the sufficient power to apply a vigorous, humane, and intelligent remedy. It is also true that the Whig- Radical faction is constantly employed in giving nourish ment and excitement to these bad parts of our governing system, which disable the supreme authority from re medying the bad :condition of the Irish peasantry."— The original cause of the very bad condition of the Irish peasantry is at once accounted for, when one calls to mind the long system of Tory misrule in that country. When this despotic, grinding system w as a littl e re l axe d the condition of the Irish peasant began slowly to im prove, and had a Liberal Government continued in office a few years longer, We have no doubt his most vexatious grievances would have been redressed ; but now that the Tories are once again in power, it is to be feared that the faint dawn of his prosperity will be again overcast. The Chronicle says :—" The Whigs, who for ten years held possession of i)ublin Castle, never thought of dis placing any of the Tory clerks whom they found there, but even (much to their discredit, be it said) added to the number, as often as a vacancy occurred by death or any other casualty. Even public officers charged with the administration of the functions of Government, whom they could not trust, were yet so far respected as not to be sent totally adrift. Sir William Gossett, for example, was handsomely provided for in the House of Commons, and another gentleman was promoted to the government of a colony. But Earl De Grey and his subordinates have other notions about the patronage which power be stows upon them. After ten years of Whig administra tion, they find one or two Whigs in the Castle, and these they set about forthwith to eject, by fair means or by foul."—The truth is, Earl De Grey cannot help himself The party whom he serves, are too strong for him. The Orangemen, greedy and clamourous for a share of the loaves and fishes, will take no denial from his Lordship; but insist that every Liberal shall be turned out of the Castle, the Chief Secretary's office and elsewhere, to make room for members of their ravenous, cormorant squad. And this is the independence and impartiality on which the Noble Viceroy so much prided himself, on accepting the Irish Lord-Lieutenantcy ! Further comment is useless. The Times thus alludes to Lord John Russell's recent visit to Plymouth, and his answer to the complimentary address presented to him by the inhabitants - :—" Hav ing gone thither in the character of a no t e d political leech, his Lordship's pre-eminent pretensions as an in fallible prescriber seem to have brought around him the whole of the incurable Liberals in that unhealthy neigh bourhood, the more especially as his Lordship's advice is always given gratuitously, provided the applicants will only swallow his drugs. The origin of this Plymouth demonstration may be easily accounted for. Our readers afe not such greenhorns as not to be aware of the intel• ligible device commonly practised by empirics in order to procure popularity for their nostrums. Unhappy persons who, in the overpowering competitions of the present day, can no l onger p i ck up a few half-crowns for swear i ng to characters at the Old Bailey, are too successfully ensnared to publish their formal attestation of the miraculous virtue of certain advertised specifics. Every newspaper exhibits scores of such certificates daily."—The allusion to quackery in the above passage is unfortunate, r for it i ns t ant l y suggests t h e recollection of famworth Quack—the most adroit proficient in that line that modern times can show. MON EY — TRADE—COM MER CE. At the tea sales yesterday a dozen sample packages of Japan tea were sold at a high price. It was said to be equal to any yet exhibited from China or elsewhere. Above 4,0001. has been already subscribed in London in aid of the Paisley Operative Relief Fund. Since the deputation was in London the number receiving relief from this fund has increased from between 4,000 and 5,000 to the fearful amount of 11,000, being a fourth part of the whole population of Paisley, according to the last census. The eminent commercial house of Balmerie and Co., of Bordeaux, has stopped payment, but, it is hoped, only for a short time. COMMERCIAL REFORM. The journeyman paper-makers, employed at the Car shalton Mill, have published an address to their fellow workmen employed in the different mills of the United kingdom, deprecating the Corn-laws, and calling on them to act for their repeal by every legitimate method. Two hundred new members have already joined the West Hackney Anti-Corn. law Association. A new mode of agitating the free-trade ouestion has arisen in Ireland. Associations are formed, the members of which agree to abstain entirely from the use of every liquor on which a tax is imposed by Government. If this plan were adopted in England, the gross defalcation in the annual revenue would be 5,000,0001. ECCLESZASTICAL. The Tracts for the Times have been republished in the United States, and are circulated under the recommen dation of Bishop Onderdonk. X.A.V.T AND POLICE. _ _ The Chancery case of "Blake and others v. the Mi nister and Feoffees of Whaplode Drove Chßpelry," re garding the funds of the same, was settled on the 6th instant, nineteen years and four days after the commence ment of the suit The case of Grim. Con., Sewell v. Farmer, was heard on the 29th at the Sheriff's Court. The circumstances were these. The defendant, Farmer,- filled the situation of Secretary to the Calcutta Amateur Theatre, when a friend of Captain Thomas Sewell, of the Bengal In fantry, having accidentally hurt him with a sword, Farmer was kindly received into Captain Sewell's house for five or six years. Captain Sewell's wife was Mar garet Susannah, daughter of Major Hay, of the 66th Native Infantry, who, at the time of her marriage, in 1828, was 18 years o f age , an d h er h us b an d 30. For -ten years they lived in India, and had four children, two boys and two girls. In 1838, for the benefit of her health, Mrs. Sewell, with her children, sailed for England, Cap tain Sewell allowing her 9001. a-year out of his income of 1,2001. On her arrival she resided with her uncle, Mr. Kerr, of Oxford-terrace, but in a few days quarrelled with him, and subsequently resided in Manchester square, Blandford-street, and Portland-place, at all of which, by letters and witnesses, it was clearly proved that she had kept up a flagrant and adulterous intercourse with the defendant, Farmer. The damages recovered were 2,000 L Yesterday Elizabeth M'Cabe, a well-dressed young woman, was committed at Marylebone-office for robbing her master, Mr. Beagley, landlord of the Camden Head, of notes and gold and other property to a large amount. When a policeman searched her boxes he found in one of them 13 sovereigns, five half ditto, one crown, 37 half ditto, 44 shillings, 22 sixpences, eight fourpenny pieces, 192 farthings, and a 11. note stamped as " forged," to gether with some salt spoons, ear-rings, necklaces, and a brooch ; in another box were a pair of stays, two pieces of calico, 11 knives, 10 forks, six plates, some tumblers, salt-cellars, and other property. At Greenwich a young man, named James Harris, was committed to take his trial for inflicting a dangerous wound on his wife's face with a knife. FINE ARTS. Yesterday were soiil6l3lr.Sotheby the ninth and last portion of the cabinet of coins and medals forming the col lection of the late Mr. Young, of Tavistock-street ; and among other curiosities sold was the following :—A proof halfpenny token, obverse gallows, Tom Paine pendant, over whose head a small devil, regaling with a pipe of to bacco, in his front a church with banner attached ; re verse, a posture-master teaching a monkey to dance on one leg. Legend—" We dance ; Paine swings." Sold for 11. 14s. Owing to Sir Francis Chantrey's death, the Testimo nial Committee will have to elect another artist to com plete the " Wellington Testimonial." The respective Committees, also, for the testimonial to Sir David Wilkie, and the monument for the late Mrs. Siddons, will also have to revoke their former vote, and to decide upon some other competent artists. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. Dr. Skene, Professor of UnTiersalTlistOrTinthe Uni versity of Edinburgh, has been removed by a decision of the Town Council, and the chair has been declared vacant. The shaft of the Artesian well at Southampton is now sunk within sixty feet of the extreme depth required by contract to be attained, namely, 500 feet. The well is expected to be completed about Christmas, whereby a supply of the purest water will thenceforward be pro vided for the town. THEATRICAL. Workmen commenced pulling down the remains of the late .Astley's Theatre yesterday. The new one will be ready for opening on Easter Monday next. Rubini has been received with immense applause at Madrid. They call him the " Sovereign of Tenors." One writer does not know how to speak of him in mode ration, and exclaims " Que direinos de el?" COURT-FASELIONAHLE. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans are expected in . Piccadilly this day from Redbourne Hall. The Duke of Buccleuch left Montagu House, White hall, on Saturday last for Scotland. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset intend passing the approaching Christmas at Dover House, Devon. The Earl of Pembroke has returned to Stratton-street from a tour. • Sir Francis and Lady Burdett are expected in town to day from Ember Court, near. Thames Mum. Miss Burdett Coutts has taken the late residence of Lord Poltimore at Roehampton for a term. The Earl of Jersey was expected at Middleton Park yesterday, from Upton House, Warwickshire; and to-day the Noble Earl, with the Ladies Villiers, leave the former seat for town until after the marriage of Lady Sarah Villiers and Prince Nicholas Esterhazy. MISCELLANEOUS. On this day, in 1783, the first aerostatic attempt was made by M. Charles, a physician, and Member of the Frond' Institute. From the Secretary's Report of the Sheriff's Fund, a meeting of the members whereof was held yesterday on Ludgate-hill, it appeared that the clear balance in hand was 901. 16s. 9d., and an arrangement had been made to further extend the institution. The Limerick Chronicle states that there is in the workhouse of that district a woman of the name of Scully, 106 years of age, and that, according to her best recollection, she never tasted medicine in her life. The convicts on board the hulks at Deptford, Wool wich, Sheerness, Portsmouth, Pembroke, Cork, and other places, who have behaved well, are under Royal cle mency to be released, on the occasion of the birth of the Prince. In Manchester on Thursday evening the fog was for some time so dense that coachmen could not even see the horses they were driving. The Bristol Mirror says—" A most formidable rat is in the possession of Mr. Jordan, Spring Gardens Ta vern, Hotwell•road. This extraordinary animal is 30 inches in length from the nose to the end of the tail '(a part of which it has lost by accident), the girth of the bcdy is 161 inches, that of the tail close to the body 4i inches, the claws 2 inches, and the hair on its back 11 inches in length, and weight 61b. lOoz. The strength and gnawing capabilities of this animal are truly asto nishing, it having eaten its way through two sides of a seaman's chest, and the bulk-head of a bread-locker in one night, when on board ship."—Sir James Graham is a more voracious rat even than this, for he has actually eaten his way into the Home-office. RUMOURS OP THE DAY. We understand, says a Dublin paper, that the follow ing Tories will shortly be created Baronets :--Colonel Bruen, Colonel Verner, and Mr. Emerson Tennent, M.P. The two Sheriffdom of Kircudbright and Perthshire are spoken of as about to become vacant, the former by the resignation of the Dean of Faculty, the latter by that of Adam Anderson, Esq. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. I.—Wind this day at noon S.W. to E. OFF MARGATE, Nov. 29.—Taglioni, Bellamy, Cal cutta ; Fanny, Newfoundland. RAMSGATE, Nov. 30.—1 t has blown a strong gale all last night and to-day from S. to S.S.W., and continues. TORBAY, Nov. 28.—Arrd. M'Leod, Havre, for Mau ritius. It has blown very hard throughout the night at W.S.W., and continues. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 30.—A tremendous gale last night. FALMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Wind W. to S.W., strong gales with violent squalls.—Arrd. Crane Packet, West Indies, sailed from St. Thomas 7th inst. ; Hebe, London, for Ceylon ; Scotsman, do. for Jamaica ; l‘rountaineer, do. for Mobile ; Azorian, do. for St. Michael's. The Douglastown, from Ardrossan to Marseilles, parted her chain last night during the gale, drove athwart the lone, of Sunderland, and went on the ground, but was assisted off with no damage to hull. LIVERPOOL, 30.—LWind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Windsor Castle, Young, Bombay ; Irby, Ludlow, Ba hia; Francis, Staunton, Savannah ; Hesperus, Jackson. Bonny. Arrd. off, Monarch and Tory, Bombay; Young Queen, PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Wind S.S.W., a gale.—lt blew a hard gale all last night at S.S.W., and has conti nued to-day, .with heavy squalls. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrd. Ca nada, London, for Hobart . ' Town ; Mediator, ditto, Ne w York ; Isabella Ellen, ditto, Gambia. It has blown a tremendous gale all night, and continues. KINGSTOWN, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Francis, Liverpool, for Berbice. OFF CORK, Nov. 28.—Chebar, Rennar, China. DEAL, Nov. 30.—Wind S.W., strong breeze.—Arrd. Sultan, Montgomery, China. -It blew very hard at S.W. all last night and continues. SWANSEA, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Alexander Deans, Cuba ; John, Cardiff for Waterford, with loss of main and fore topmasts. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Curlew, Miramichi. BRISTOL, Nov. 30.—1 t blew a heavy gale at S.W. all last night. LEITH, Nov. 28.—Arrd. Regalia, Kerr, Dalhousie. HULL, Nov. 30.—Wind S.W., strong gales.—Arrd. William and Ann, Pearson, Bahia ; John Batcherley, Trieste. HARWICH, Nov. 30.—1 t blew a heavy gale last night at S.W. BRIDLINGTON, Nov. 29.—A Government steamer went ashore on Flambro' Head this morning, but got off after throwing overboard a great number of provision casks, and proceeded to the northward. The Felicity, from Ipswich to Newcastle, is ashore on Flambro' Head, with considerable damage ; crew saved. STARCROSS, Nov. 30.—The Sophia, of Guernsey, came on shore at Sidmouth during a gale yesterday, and is expected to go to pieces ; crew saved. _ 'WEYMOUTH, Nov. 30.--The Amyntas, from Richi bucto to Exeter, came on shore to-day in the Bay, and is expected to become a wreck ; the master and three of the crew drowned. The stores and a small part of cargo saved. DOVER, Nov. 30.—The Amity, Scott, from Colombo to London, s t r uck on the Rear Sand this mornin g , knocked off her rudder, beat heavily, and made six feet water, cleared the sand with loss of two anchors and chains, and ran for this port, but missed the harbour and came on shore to the eastward, where she lies in a precarious position — assistance has been sent to li g h ten her, &c. SHOREHAM, Nov. 29.—The Regina, which was on shore on the Bar, has broken up. BRIDPORT, Nov. 30.—The Susan, M'Donald, from London to the River ,Gambia, came on shore;'crew saved. A bark is reported on shore to the eastward of Abbots bury. There is every appearance of the gale continuing. ,SWANAGE, Nov. 30.—A vessel, supposed to be a French brig, was struck by a sea between Freshwater and Chatmos Pool Bay, and disappeared; a quantity of wreck has since been driven on s h ore, also a p i ece o f stern board, with "ltlward Quit. EVENING SI AMERICAN NEW EXPRESS FROM . LIVERPO9L. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITA.NNIA' LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY -MOIPVII°. The Britannia, with the mails from, Beitt and Halifax, entered our river las'c r t g to a little before eleven o'clock. OW; 14 2 ; „ n the weather being thick, and °cow—. ally wet, we had no notice of her proach from any of the telegraph stations,.ll"o; her firing of guns as she entered the P o , was the first signal of her approach. Sh e d b p ; der the command of Captain Hewet,ha completed a stormy passage in 1 2 days. "--41 27 passengers. The Caledonia, which sailed,Penthe on 4th November, arrived out at Halifa x ; en as 15th, making the voyage in 11 day's; the' neon of those who sailed in her will, thereforeit of of their safe arrival out before the exlahati the same month in which she sailed. nor'' by There is very little political to this arrival. Mr. Clay was reP lirt4 ith have resigned, in consequence of h is j t he requiring him 1 . -0 go South thr4 winter. General SCOTT has been taken 111)'1,ttir the Whig party very generally, and standt The chance of succeeding to the Presiael le Y, 4 the right of search for slaves exercised urtion British flag on the African coast ; the atin i eP ti ;d of Texas too the United States ; the disputed Boundary Question, which had again eall 6 ' u— the angry feelings and quarrels aniongst .cco settlers on the border, are pointed out as s u i ! ijj ' e it to engage the attention of Congre ss °- meeting. There is important news from Mexic° pau s ed The non-arrival of Sir C. Bagot had re. a . some anxiety in Canada, as he ha d bee ported to have sailed from England t h e' tiler steamer some weeks previously. The II ~~1 ~`~C there continued mild. Business generally was said to h a 'r ice: proved. Cotton had slightly declined i n 1 „ i v: mode l for other produce th e d ema nd was jetus u and steady. There was a cons iderabl e / per' for bills and spe c i e f o r rem itt anc e by ill 5te :1 0 1 , 1 The rate of exchange on London was " ° , c ie on Paris sf. 20c. A large aniount of e`P been remitted by the ste ame r, and Wre c 9 , fa be sent by the Great Western. 11.1 ie r market was bare of bills at the close °` few of the Southern or C o tt o n bills VI:V „ ebe r the market, rendering bills scarce. ' " filAr decline in Stocks is repo r t e d. alai d.b". There has been a report in circulatie a „.4o 4o „,ucb Moore bad died at Lynchburg, Va. The JAL oss quirer of a late date, state s th a t Bi s hop 3 1°°. A and better, and considered to be out of danger' m oire", 2 .5 ; MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION.—In 0 09 . n cyi$9 7, 1 ,1 i 0 ninety-eight towns, the vote stands for n o jonv Morton, 49,761. The Whigs have a large tod, both branches of the Legislature. e 5 PROMPT ExEctmort.—Four of the six 5- „lar 0. on their own confession, with th e murder ` ‘ ' i Hart, in Louisiana, hav e b een t r ied, low' 15 11 ' hanged. 111 . 1 0 11 MILLS BURNT.—The Dayton Ohio J o ur , — ift t ire inst., says the grist mills of M r . George li nie v, v etiV river, three miles from Drayton, were d ew- 4J on Wednesday morning. There were sev, e ' wive' bushels of wheat and some flour consunied..o°oo to,ll Dr. DIONTSIUS LARDNER.—This gentl e ., l %'sev.ot high scientific acquirements have given his tr,„ Pro ; 0 5 celebrity, we understand, has been i n viteci r ' 7 4 ,4 oiiil Ericson, Professor Mapes, Mr. Rhodes 1 ) 1 !',,, L t i to r Naval Architect, Mr. Copeland, United "Tc e o o s , c or Engineer, and Mr. Hart, United States 3 ST L a n, pot, tor, to deliver a course of lectures, of 1 8 '" c l oy yv'ele notice will shortly be given. We think 1 1,14/ cured of a numerous and enlightened aud it York ,' MONEY AND COMMERCIAL 5P NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—SaIe / j / 0 1 , At the Stock Exchange yesterday , Ow r ice' 0' pretty extensive, bnt generally at a decline in P a 00 1 d r those obtained the day previous. Sales of 5 . , 111 0 , rb 0 L e r of Indiana Dollar Bonds were made, e1° 5j ., 11 /isa o :oof cline of per cent. A small amount of •'.. 11 ling Bonds sold at a decline of 11 per On: . yet ; F er New. York State Fives of '5B at 4 per C en ",.afed 4 d0 9 the last sale. Illinois States of '7O jug,'" Delitt cent. ; United States Bank Stock fella gi ; s o; a bed and Hudson, I ; Canton Company, 1 ; 0 „b i1 , 2 a dO and Farmers' Trust 5 per cent. _Harlem - 1 '" , 5 51r 1, and Patterson RR. per cent. a ir b tl i plic r During the week past there has been - , done in stocks generally, and prices we re te a than at the first of the week. isiAeSent The prices of State Stocks are far beloW . ever have reasonably been expected, an d, fre, pf appearances, we should not be surprised if t' ; - ;5 lower, before any permanent improvement P',.. 1 0,, tP d The same doubts, difficulties, and embarra.ss, el • now exist relative to our Western State Stnc'P t ' ht a year ago, and yet large sales are daily nou'' ti .b° u ° ai l) nearly fifty per cent. lower than they were re ° ICe 6". • at then. r t he he 01 The mere fact of the present revenue 0 . ra y! t t o States, being insufficient to allow them • to otfo e fl e terest on their debts, we do not think „ Is b o nds , i j . e ben" justify the enormous depreciation of ti',e,ll,test apt r ePl' and European markets, and not the 64tECS a are sion should prevail as to the Western ,l' fic rer " i i t iinste'" ; diating their debts. We have not, ble I : a id 0 ; 4 any doubt but that the States will ee ct t he ,'"' a tion" to discharge all their indebtedness, n n a w eta." Ther e extraordinary increase of population ° li t h e csse' l tbill b S, the strongest assurance that this will be, Th i a g e% e nti lcl is no doubt whatever of these States "`„,fit s";, 1 1;i 0 g to preserve their honour and integrity , t' for the r oll/ remembered that the very improvemen ts ' o nly P, of which their debts were created, ye. „.,O;GP' completed, and consequently unrodue.„l--V.H.' RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCKS „.... MonnAy. 81,000 Kentucky 6's ....... ................... 6 41 4 % 4,000 Indiana Bonds ...............• • .......... .... •••, , ...... ,000 State 51 per cent ......................... 1,000 Illinois ti's of '7O .......... ; ..... . ............. ' 25 Shares United States Banlt ••• ........... 26 Ditto Mohawk ditto . ... . ................ ••:660(1.! 125 Ditto Delaware and Hudson . ........ •••• .. 900 1,1 25 Ditto Farmers' Trust ............ . ... •• ... 50 Ditto Harlem ....................................... 100 Ditto Paterson .......................... 25 Ditto ditto ............................. 7 ........ :,, ~' i'l,si I 125 Ditto Canton Co._. • 000000000 ••• 00 . 25 Ditto Stoningtou o o ...... . ........ .• „.••" pq' t 1,000 Exchange on Philadelphia. ................... PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14.—There was a latg A e sit et business done at the Stock Exchange on Sat ur l' little change in the price of any description 70;4 loan. $lO,OOO Pennsylvania s's, 1854, sola 9 "oo ll3 'die nington Railroad 6's, 1842, at 891 ; s l + ° l, A t er , bond, 6's, at 80 ; Uited States Bank at ? o n . asY . ,' Board, 41 a 4i ; Philadelphia Bank at 57 ;, -` ' tm bof.,76l at 140 ; Girard, 18i- and 18 ; Camden ant` road at 70 ; and 500$ United States Bolt br e cents. on the dollar, exchange on your city' boot • t- : 011 A fire occurred on Saturday morning+ 3003034", o'clock, in the wholesale grocery and, c- nd TFTahoei vale e lwi.fi o ,ar f sesuew l an e tua s hss s s aifi . vl rya: Water-street, stockeddst sr o ce m oevt e ,e r wr hac k fo rt't ent toe' thought by many to have arisen i f ced irith ahnormtifetr:leee'ollisail::.:thit;l3tl:lll.' fallen from the stove ; before it could be g ° We re , large amount of cotton, fruit, wines, &c. '` e ",eff e derable,s roed or materially damaged. The loss i 5 t he but I believe fully covered by insu ran nt e BALTIMORE, Nov. 14.—The arrangenie,'“ Vuld, Franklin Bank has been noticed by you+ nu u .; fore unnecessary for me to speak of it at lartr•oci, ooh is for the bank to receive and pay out of the 5t t A cec oc o of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and 113 : c orl'eTo would be kept exclusively in that species '); o t• o re of which there is about a million and a hil l ; re stif fob arrangement, goes into effect to-morrow ; n' t ", fte man ersons opened accounts with the hon':detill _ p the e ffect on the railroad orders have been jecl is 43 nt h vourable, the discount which on Wednesday 100 11 per cent., was done at sto 7 yesterday' ,11) 1 be the ultimate effect time can best tell. Our money market remains comparative„qrecl 'cisl banks taking ignecinueirrayllytbraAlliagroyo.iadadnoattell j3 l lo •o o py r e _A 5 3 stock,There ' and s's of the former are in deMa of the latter at 85, and wanted. n cl at S ° ' Exchange on New York, 3,-} a3l P renl.; °.ilij3::l3lll3t°f);‘ 3a 31 prem ;on Philadelphia, dis.; Speci e 5e A f N ol m o l t o e e w r s i ; e 3 : a — n d il i a s o . al . ; d f S , Vire 11 ,, Flour Market could hardly buy, d t 3 e o r al l l i a3r n i g s, bills, prem. 8013, Our Fl $ 6 ; City Mills was 56.25. spr c ,f , yesterday, s P i t 3 s r e fe r n s d ; icll:s4tifils b ..I S an L e A:GH TE R'S.— A notiuc,..._ t hoo , ~s, over the door of this long-renowned coffee: e el) . t, b ut the Commissioners of Woods and Forests,ll'oyee,r, ancein the of the projected and much-wanted illiPltsainDt not opnuirycha::d",ilucaidliegr Aitsetcol°fTWtilkel; l_th i e public thoroughfares of that part o f We' ar lit e Wit 1 the exception of the Humrnums, there is , : 3 ' 0 . tl 3 ',„ hardly a more celebrated ho • of its kind 0 0 ° cholv ''Cut ler of the olden school, than Olduse Slaughters of which now is among the things that were. 0 1;er ,i,l The late Mr. Evans, formerly siw e be l'i o t Shrewsbury, has left the large sum of .6,0001., i r ous ei A 4 out by his executors in the erection of alo si r o pr,i , the widows of decayed tradesmen, and for thei,. io ,l l l whilst res,ding therein. The same benevole.olt. CI.P, dual has left 1001. to each of the parishes otfoic.!, and Brace Meole, Shrewsbury., the interot ° o f V', to be annually distributed in bread to the P °°l. - 1 %A le parishes. THE SCRAMBLE FOR PLACE.------iiiiewiteie. rich Chronicle, a Tory journal, contains the A/1' 01 ° ,0 1 3 i, , " Lord Be Grey was so embarrassed with the diad I.'S' of urgent applications for the office of StiP e r,,,t bi "or gistrates, said to be three huudrectat least , t"ii, JO, pt cellency, with the advice. of the Privy C° ° ,_, ll i e n - d, 1541: terrained to appoint to no situation of 11 10 '''''- . the present officers die of" - - i 1 I