The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-06 00:00:00

; tres s ha ves ard interd i s on tell en ' hrr la a nd ie ev fr°9 BOYS I ,11 1 r Tani 31 Bph oar' . , frt.. A ar ge t ile ) coo' re' ; f 1115 0 6) ; sir dor -'~ i . PMORNING SUN -0 0 V ERLAND MAI L. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. The Indian mail arrived at Malta on the 28th 410 3 and at Marseilles on the Ist instant. ow It brim no news from China. 4 0, I t aPpears that the Burmese had caused some ft "'uneasiness to the Government, but that ample re- Pre c , ssi ve measures we re t a k en at C a l cu tt a . Panish Acti ves , M M a d r id , were, on t h e 26 t h , i ' cash offered. D EATH OF THE COUNTESS OF DURHAM. We exceedingly regret to state that letters were received ..ir, ; ,: h tt ", ) " on Saturd a y morn i ng , announc i ng th e melan tek intelligence of the demise of the Countess of Dur- Her Ladyship died at Genoa, on Friday, the 26th furis.Nevember, from the effects of a violent cough and sore thrust of about fourteen days' duration. The deceased 2 7 was the eld es t daughter of Earl Grey, and sister • „,' 4 °l'd Howi c k, an d h as l e f t b e hi n d h er f our c hild ren . Tlhe deceased was in the forty-fifth year of her aga. he Venerable Earl Grey, who is at present at Howick °l lse we regret to hear is suffering under severe indis- TKE A.GNEWITES IN GLASGOW. d Yielding n o to l erat i on to the o p i n i ons o f ot h ers, b ut en eftv°llring by ev er y bi go t e d means t o ma k e o th ers succum b k t fi their i ntolerant principles, the Glasgow Agnewites have h at e been Striving, by every act in their power, to shut up til e public news-room of the city, which from time imme wral has been open on Sundays, as ( a other days of the ek, to its readers and subscribers. They had before atte mptedT o this anloying and intermeddling system at the ;4b rit ille Coffee-room, but on the calling together of the It scribers of that establishment, the Agnewite proposal ,sp,knockrd on the head by a majority of four to one. the bent on interrupting the peace of their neighbours, rn e ); on Thursday last mustered their best strength, and q t , e every effort to cause the Royal Exchange Room at 3 :' . golv to keep shut up doors on Su n day,bu t their schemes i tt w ith as total a d e f ea t as i n th e f ormer i ns t ance , an d ketisPite of the many shifts made use of by their tau - ri on the occasion, their resolution advo -4,41,,g this m ost sa i nt l y o b servance o f t h e S a bb at h was A d l ued and thrown out by an overwhelming majority ; 111, W hen on their d e m a ndi ng a division the opposite ittB Parted, th e y were aga i n th oroug hly di scom fit e d by a iority of three to one. The cant of Sunday legis ``tlllly n has hereby received a blow from which it will not recover RAILWAY RI TURNS. N \V e .e extract from the Railway Magazine the sums . for , 1 1 , ec i On the principal Railways of Groat Britain 1,4 e , Week ending on the day of the month prefixed ik,: e n• The return includes the money received for ch eTlgers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer p,WltliZe • "Pek ..--- 1; " Zi, Name of Railway. Miles Total. Opened. £. s. d. Qt. Z , E irraingham and Derby Junct. 38i 1,124 18 7 ,`,?, ninningham and Gloucester s2i ' 1,330 4 5 '" Chester and Birkenhead ..... l5 :.66 9 9 4 .,„"° Dundee a n d A r b roat h l6l 247 14 4i 2r Eastern Counti es 2 7 a n d k yr. ... 29Glasgow,P a i s l ey , an dG reenoe k 24 670 4 4 G raudJunct.&Chester&Crewelo3i 7,373 16 9 , Great N ort h o f E ng l an d 45 1 ,3 21 15 4 2240 Great Western .llBl 9,829 811 7 ,, Hull and Selby.... .. ............ 31 780 10 6 2 ; ,Laneaster and Preston Junction 201 403 17 8 2 7 ' - iverpool ani Manchester 3l 4,108 4 2 XI I . e. /London and Birmingham ll2i )2,987 18 5 ) 1 , 0 2 London and Blackwell il Londo n and Brighton 4o* 1,301 3 0 30 Ditto Shoreham Branch ...... „ London and Croydon ti o Z 2 London and Greenwich 3l 755 10 10 .',.,..2.1 London and South Western '' • .... 4/ M anchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 545 18 11 V Blanchester and Birmingham 5 358 7 5 ~. af anchester and Leeds 5O 3,753 13 4 'VI Midland Counties .... 57 2,124 14i 2 8 N ewcastle and Carlisle 6o* 1,504 10 0 , 27 Northern and Eastern .... 27 824 15 9 N orth Midland North tinier.... ... 72 4 3,508 351 27 ... 25 925 7 b 2 , s ton and Wyre l9i 150 14 6 Mater .... York and North Midland 23 1,463 13 8 ILhttr A DERS AND DUTCH MAIL. %a It ti r EL s , Disc. 2.—Yesterday afternoon, between k l tesit ter t ,wo o'clock, a fire broke out iu the British Queen q apt b ib,"Ying in the Little Basin at Antwerp, which was V cotbl e el _ t inguished without having done any damage T at (gen ce . °f then IG UE, DEC. I.—Baron Van Kessel, Member tick —olincil of State, died here yesterday, after a long c li ' lleBsl in th ; 1 412 1 ,4, e 74th year of his age. He was a highly ..r i . ~.—..,e , i th4tte ti . Statesman, and filled many important offices e I)3 e as the r th e / ,.,well of the Empire under Napoleon as of Il epar t e ll g of the Netherlands, both before . and since . litim eri , en of Holland and Belgium. He is the author 44 4sT t - Itz tls and most esteemed works. . _ ~e .. 0: 4 tre k , 10 1, DEC. I.—According to our private i t . 1 1 r ei -outavia, f the month of June, accounts had • an s th tenlee isl ed o . nd f "era the Mbluccas of a famine in the south 0 :,.. 131 ttu t i f , / ,%,n which many persons had perished. te l3 : -- "lent -: Aesser alone 237 persons had died. The 7, -e li n e d ri ce t i :;pot av i s had immediately taken measures tvr En h 'e people. ec K d s s i bel • e on th np Miranda, Captain Heryen, was th 0+ Susan e 25th of May, near the island of Recas, `earede cr ew, , 4 P, and abandoned, in a sinking state by , L ',fin reached Seerabaya in the boats. It was gav e th e the vessels sent by the Sultan of Sumanap to Vvell, to Cargo would not succeed, as the ship probably b` LO pieces soon after it was abandoned. 1 11 1 atAvi[A, July 25.--Last month the water in the high tintains cf the Preanger Regency was frozen. The ha at people cannot remember that such a thing ever ti ll l 3 atied in Java before ; and at Tjanjer (near which It i t , ice was found) nobody ever saw water converted into se l l substance, and those, who saw it hanging to the of the rocks fancied it was glass. SS. I 'ETERSBURGH, Nov. 22.—0 n Saturday last his ee A it , b l l eney Lord Stuart de Rothsay, lately appointed th e a ssador to Her Britannic Majesty at this Court, had tlet,' ,k' (41011 r th to deliver his credentials in a private audi - i.eEmperor.—Journal de St Peter sburgh, Nov. 23. DUTCH FUNDS.—Amwrisnam, Doc. 3. None;. Bills. 4 , ) T 4 R 1 Debt, 2% per Cent 4 1 ,tta. ditto 5 per cent. Alto. Syndic,4% per cent 9l 91% ifs o . ditto, 314 per cent 7C 765 TZTmerctal Company, 4,1 4 per cent ...„ 155% P o n r, 0 4,, , ..? (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ti ie37, 5 per cent............ ..... change on London, One month."... Two months Hansburgh, One month 95 f• 0 Two months 35 75 Dutch Papers, Dec. 4. BELGIAN I! UNDS—Bausents, Dec. 2. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. R othschild's Loan, 5 per Cent L 101% oan of Thirty Millions, 4 per• Cent. 92 ."---"--- 9 per Cent.......„„ _ ---Thirty .seven----- --........_..—._ (140) lOl% •••oail of City, 1`.32,4 per Cent 97 ..„ociety of Corrimuce, 4!.,, per Cent ..., tanY of Belgium, 5 per Cent ........... , ` ,.tio nal.S9eiety. •••• t Xe hange on Len.ion (short) • --13 russels Papers. Dec.:2. l'i AUSTRIAN FUNDll.—ViLwra, Noy. 2i. r o t: Der Ceat s Dl cta ll ques 1 44'er Cellts . . ' Ba nk ;',r Cents. ~„ r. r , ,,, ... '598 ''''C:rxreirse Zettur.Z. No v . 3'-'' __________, . tkr th it,'''''‘th - GERMANY. bet' 1 7 res q i24.—Nothing certain can yet be said i t. 1 , h t cif the election struggle which is now at its of the f r''' Crovernment has directed its effo . rts . chiefly e °- al 4- "ers A . rdinirly those o the principa 1 ,4, ob e ,. ~, Le to th % and Helderheiin , have been decidedly favour t; tre e d,..„ ( .40vernment. Each of those provinces sends ~.lese v t - j' l tt ; Les for the class of farmers (or peasants), all ( " 4 111 vot e .- :.! lll June, of the opposition party ; now they i t • six. ith the Government. This makes a difference 4 , 13 Pr b otes or twelve in a division). But t. ".is i.,_ () a . ble that in the other provinces the elections o Nr e ; - ‘ 44 .„ . Will be much in the same proportion as last .W ° el e 7, : z .11 !Aps the Government may prevail in one or „Et 1,- is in Limburo• me D 4,:" , NOV. 93. Letters from Livonia stateth r a e t_ f itte; tm ' B4 ats of the German province of Russia have be I l lke 0 1 - ; i .he abolition of vasalage, and that they may , Il e t , - : 1 1 the same condition as the Prussian peas b an s t. re -I,.`tirtieti lx, Nov. 27.—His Majesty the King has 'vil l . - ft t° S ans Souci from his visit to Munich. a .e l s i t i e n r g . l ad', E, at P rederick, Count of Nassau, arrived here 3 , v 30. - 44 11 the Netherlands.—Hamburgh Papers, No . totriantis" BURG BORSENHALLE, Novia. Money Per Cents. : j.nk liares. l6lO - 1 009-11.ussian Loan ION IN% 4 , i " , 'lati per Cen. lst series, CGrtiticate 4/ - ' 8 1a2% scriptinn, Ist Se:los t's'iat i 5 per Cent. Slope and Co. 3d and 4th _ ~„ Serie s 981.i • luctetto in Certificates 4 1 4 1 Per Cent. (NO) St; %, M%, b itto.. Actual Debt, 2y4 per Cent . t.o.‘, 5u v s 'oli sh ii ................... 5 per Cent -- otitis Zvi tick et Bl°.Dt Loan,l3 per Cent ; 6 ,4 7 % . wegian Loan, 1534, 4 per Can:..., ll';4 102 1 A ?ortish, Nevi 5 per Cents. l5 - li a „, " EXCHANGES ON LONDON. trsZ u na, Nor. 3 0 .- 13 6N.-Two months, 13 5 itnot.m. NOV. V.-Seventy-five days, 12 7. Eltn7shl A u N an F , U N DS.- BE Rl.l N iti l' i r i e c T. 27. Money. Stz,trz,ll_,R;ihatnirld. Sch.,per cent. p.m!, 1071 i 1830,4 per cent...J(l'2 101,14 erlsinge o n London, there months - 6 110 A .., ---,mission State Ge.zeite, Nov. :1S ~ , 4 , r - p , was a very strong report yesterday that to le ,Pice of B uc ki ngham had withdrawn, or was about ' w 're. from Si r Ro b ert Peel ' s Cab i net. Of course we „ t i re , ouch only for the existence of this report in official es ' -- Observe r . ch,, he Lord Bi s h op o f Gl oucester, i n a recent ci ty Rt . . in referring to the Vicar of St. Mary's, in this that sa Ys, " Th e o bj ect " o f hi s tract ( 90 ) i s , " to prove e hur the difference i n d oc t r i ne whi c h se p a r a t es th e I 'ani s c h h " . ,” of England and Rome, will, upon examination, S -- o.ford Ch ron i c l e . Nbir4PTOMS OF PUSEYISM AT ST. JOHN'S • Ili ts Y t ell."-- A new f orm o f a d m i n i s t er i ng th e S acramen t lita t elY been introduced at St. John's Church. A UN ) -et has been fixed on the south side of the "altar," th, t i l which the unconsecrated elements remain during th e no service, without any " fair linen cloth" . to cover t n. At the time for the performance of the Comm . +), oervice, the elements are removed by the Rev. A. v di at e Lson from off the bracket, and placed upon the altar; c oiis n the servic e is over the remaining portion of the Ileecrated elements are ' covered with a fair linen cloth. 4%,,above forms, we are told by tho Rev. Gentleman Ititlicalrries them into effect, are strictly in accordance the " Rubric." —Cheltenham Paper. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. COURSING. DEPTFORD MEETING.—(CONCLUDED.) FRIDAY.—The Cup was won by Captain Wyndham's Whirpool, beating Mr. Etwall's West Wind. The Derby was divided by Mr. Etwall's Eton Boy and Mr. Biggs' Broads:de, after an undecided course. The Oaks was won by Mr. Lock's Lady Gocliva, beat ing Mr. Etwall's Excuse-me. The Sedghill Stakes were won by Mr. Agga's Ash; the Fisherton Stakes by Mr. Bowles' Boscobel, and the rest divided. NEWMARKET CHAMPION MEETING. FRIDAY.—Third ties for the Champion Stakes.—Mr., Tyson's Fairy beat Mr. Eaton's Fantail ; Lord Strad.- broke's Magdalen beat Lord Eglinton's 'Waterloo. The Consolations. Stakes were won by Mr. Caldecot's Delia, beating Mr. Edwards's Antoinette ; and the Newmarket Stakes by Mr. Inskip's Ise, beating Mr. Gil lett's Gambler. SATURDAY.—Deciding course for the Champion Stakes:—Mr. Fryson's Fairy beat Lord Stradbroke's Magdalen, and won the first prize of 4001; Magdalen, 1001. Deciding course for the Exning Stakes :—.llr. Dobede's Douglas, and Lord Stradbroke's Medusa, divided the stakes, after an undecided course. Winmarleigh, Dec. I.—The Cup (10 dogs) was won by Mr. Lamb's Leader, beating Mr. Moore's Leader. The Patten Stakes were won by Mr. Lamb's Lute, beat ing Mr. Rothwell's Relief, and the Puppy Stakes (8 dogs) by Mr. Walmsley's Dart, beating Mr.Hornby's Hvdrangia. Streatham Park, Nov. 25 and 26.—The Cup 'Stakes of 10 guineas each (14 dogs), were won by Mr. S. Wet king's Byron, the South Durham Stakes (16 puppies), by Mr. Bilton's Bashful, and the Stainton Stakes (16 dogs), by Mr. Cotton's Holdfast. Snitterfield, Nov. 29 and 30.--The Cup was won by Mr. Wake's Merriman ; the Warwick Stakes by Mr. Wake's Tomboy ; and the Stratford-on-Avon Stakes by Mr. Cross's Driver. Lambourn, Nov. 30.—The Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Keunard's Jim Crow ; the All-aged Stakes by Mr. Palmer's Hector ; and the Ashdown Stakes by Mr, Murford's Beat-them-all. Hampton Victoria Club, December 2 and 3.—The Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Hodgson's Bella, Mr. Sheppard's Barrister receiving the second prize, and Mr. Salter's Smuggler the third. Baldock, Dec. 2 and 3.—The Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Clia's Burgundy, and the All-aged Cup by Mr. Wymch's Witch. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Sir C. Constable's stag hounds will meet on Wednesday at Halsham ; Saturday, Sproatley—l 1. Mr. Lushington's hounds, Tuesday, Rodmersham Lodge ; Friday, Abbey Farm, Faversham -11 . East Kent Hounds, Wednesday, Elham Park ; Friday, Sweech Gate-10i. Essex Union hounds, 'Wednesday, Billericay Crown ; Saturday, Danbury Griffin-10i. Essex and Suffolk hounds, Tuesday, Thorrington Hall ; Friday, Hintlesham Park Gate-10i. East Essex hounds, Tuesday, Penfield ; Thursday, Ferriers ; Saturday, St. Anne's Castle-10i. Oakley hounds, Tuesday, Roxton Spinneys ; Thurs day, King's Wood (Woburn); Saturday, Bletsoe-11. Duke of Beaufort's hounds, Wednesday, Cole Pit Heath ; Friday, Prouble House ; Saturday, Badminton , Lawn. Earl Duck's hounds, Wednesday, Buscot House ; Thursday, Highworth ; Saturday. Swindon-101. Mr. W. Horlock's hounds, Tuesday, Spye Park ; Sa turday, Rowde Ford. Mr. A. Smith's hounds, Tuesday, Quarley Hill; Thurs day, Lower Wick Farm ; Friday, Porton Firs-11. Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Tuesday, Frampton; Thurs day, Melbury. Mr. Tudway's hounds, Tuesday, Stourton Inn; Thurs day, Mesbury Hill ; Saturday, Cranmore Gate. Somerset Subscription hounds, Tuesday, Haddon, Cro combe ; Friday, Crocombe Park Gate-101. Mr. R. Cockburn's hounds, Tuesday, Crocombe Plan tation. Mr. Bulteel's hounds, Tuesday, Plym Bridge; Friday, Erme Bridge. Pytch ley Hunt, Wednesday, Fox Hill; Friday, Mister ton ; Saturday, Boughton Park-/ to 11. Quorn hounds, Tuesday, Grooby ; Thursday, Great Daulby ; Saturday, Ratcliffe-4 to 11. Atherstone hounds, Wednesday, Sibson ; Thursday, Fisherwick ; Saturday, Normantou Lodge-4 to 11. Mr. Giles's hounds, Thursday, Brand Lodge-10. Cottesmore hounds, Tuesday, Seaton ; Thursday, South Laffenham-104. Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds, Wednesday, Thrapston bridge ; Friday, Norwood-10. Lord Yarborough's hounds, Wednesday, Howsham ; Friday, Roxton Wood-11. Mr. Masters's hounds, Tuesday, West Ashby; Thurs day, Brackenbury-lane ; Friday, Elkington Pasture. Mr. Foljambe's hounds, Tuesday, Headon Clump ; Thursday, Wadworth Bar ; Friday, Steetly Toll. Badsworth hounds, Tuesday, Askern ; Thursday, Robin Hood's Well ; Saturday, Havercroft-103. Rufford hounds, Thursday, Laxton Village-1021. Holderness hounds, Tuesday, Kilmirck Percy; Thurs day, Burton Constable ; Friday, Bainton Wheatland hounds, Wednesday. Buildwas Park-9. Middleton harriers, Tuesday, Warminster Fir Trees ; Friday, Bowlesbarrow-11. Lord Gifford's hounds, Tuesday, Gatley. United Pack, Thursday, Maidstone Wood. B. V. H., Tuesday, Wallbridge Gate ; Friday, Mill borne Slaits-101. M. 11., Tuesday, Cheselborn Mill ; Friday, Herring ston House. Duke of Buedeueh's hounds, Tuesday, Kelso Bridge ; Thursday, Haining ; Saturday, Uplaw-10-.k. Herefordshire hounds, Tuesday, Tin Hill ; Friday,. Dinedor Mill-10. Cockercombe beagles, Friday, Halswell Hotise-10,t. Mr. Wall's hounds, Tuesday, Hay Gate ; Friday, Llowes-101-. Mr. Russell's hounds, Tuesday, Tanner's Hall ; day, Newton Hall. Perthshire hounds, Tuesday, Argotis ; Friday, Ar doeh-101. Mr. Green's harriers, Friday, Three Hole Bridge, Upwells. Mr. Robertson's hounds, Wednesday, Riffington ; Friday, Mindrum Mill ; Saturday, Doddington-10f. Tynemouth beagles, Thursday, Waterville-10i. Forfarshire hounds, Wednesday, Kincaldrum ; Friday, Arniston-lq. Chesterfield harriers, Friday, Barlow-10. Lieut.-Colonel Hildyard's harriers, Wednesday, The Kennels ; Friday, Carlton Guide Post-10i. Bedale hounds, Wednesday, Butcher Horse Bar ; Friday, Thorp Perrow ; Saturday, Bedale.-101. Wynyard hounds, Thursday, Mainsforth-10-1. Hurworth hounds, Tuesday, Cockerton ; Thursday, Low Middleton ; Saturday, Kennels-10f. Cleveland hounds, Thursday, Hazlegrove-10. East Sussex hounds, Thursday, Longford ; Saturday, Dale Gate. Surrey Union hounds, Thursday, Baynard ; Satur day, Shelwood Common. Colonel Wyndham's hounds Wednesday, Valdoc Coppice ; Friday, William Wood-4 to 11. Sir John Cope's hounds, Tuesday, Bradfield ; Wed nesday, Dogmersfield ; Friday, the Bull, Swallowfield ; Saturday, Lodden-bridge Farm. Baron Rothschild's stag hounds, Thursday, Meat more-10i. Duke of Rutland's hounds, Tuesday, Cranwell ; Wed nesday, Croton Park ; Friday, Kirkby Laythorpe-101. Craven hounds, Wednesday, Brinslade ; Friday, Bet terton Coppice ; Saturday, Stipe-iOl. Vine hounds, Wednesday, Paul's Wood ; Friday, Chinham-11. Mr. Villebois' stag hounds, Thursday, Barton Vil lage ; Saturday, Friar's Thorns-11. Norfolk hounds, Tuesday, Hindovelstone Wood ; Thursday, Bodham ; Saturday, Cray Fish-101. Mr. Brand's hounds, Wednesday, Hoxton ; Friday, The Hyde-104. Duke of Grafton's hounds, Wednesday, Stowe, Nine Churches ; Friday, Whistley .Wood-10i. Mr. Drake's hounds, Tuesday, Souldern Gate ; Satur day, Trafford Bridge-104. Heythrop hounds, Wednesday, Sturdis Castle ; Friday, Grancomb Wood. Berkshire hounds, Wednesday, Pusey. Mr. Phillip's hounds, Tuesday, Bullingdon Green ; Friday, Woodcot Common-101. Mr. Cockburn's hounds, Friday, Cuckoo Down-11. Sir W. Carew's hounds, Tuesday, Ch;3,wleigh Village; Wednesday, Eggesford Bridge ; Thursday, Kershain Bridge; Friday, Lafford Torches; Saturday, Colliton-101 F. B. H. Tuesday, Praze-in-Crowan ; Friday, Tregon ing-in-St. Ewe-104. Sir W. M. Stanley's hounds, Tuesday, Little Mol lington ; Thursday, Bidston Hill ; Saturday, Badger's Rake Gate-11. The York and Ainsty hounds, Tuesday, Green Ham merton; Thursday, Pill Moor; Saturday, Skipworth Bridge-101. Mr. Watson's hounds, Thursday, Widdington Eddlethorpe hounds, Wednesday, Wind Hill, Stock ton Forest; Friday, Pluekham-101. Sinnington hounds, Tuesday, Tylas Bridge; Friday, Ca,wton---10. Sir M. W. Ridley's hounds, Wednesday, Matten Piers; Friday, Mason Dinnington; Saturday, Morpeth North Gate-101. Chesterfield harriers, Friday, Barlow-10. Prudhoe and Derwent hounds, Wednesday, Ebchester -10. Torquay harriers, Thursday, Pettit Tor. Slaley hounds, Wednesday, Delegate Hall; Saturday, Ordley Banks-9. Allendale hounds, Tuesday, Light Ash; Saturday, Broad Lea-9. White Cross harriers, Thursday, Terrick; Saturday, Monks Risborough-10. Hayden hounds, W ednesday, Wark; Saturday, War den Hills-9. Lieut.-Col. Hildyard's harriers, Wednesday, Kennels; Friday, Carlton Guide Post-101. Lord Elcho's hounds, Wednesday, Preston; Thurs day, Butterlaw; Saturday, Dunse Boroughbridge harriers, Tuesday, Thornton Bridge ; Friday, Blows Hall-10. Essex stag hounds, Wednesday, White Rothing-12. Puckeridge hounds, Wednesday, Elsenham ; Saturday, Wallington-101. Whitby harriers, Tuesday, Muir:yaw* Castle ; Friday, Barton Hoal. FRENCH LAW OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.—By the Code of Napoleon, no person can be incarcerated fo r d e bt a f ter th e a ge of 60—a still in force. law which is GOSPORT BRANCH RAILWAY.—We under stand tint a slip of ear th occurre d on Friday on this line, which detained the trains, and in consequence of the wetness of the season, and th e t reac herous nature of the soil, the Directors have reso l ve d to di sc ontinue the run ning of the trains from Gosport to Bishopstoke for the present. THE S N, LON DON, INIONDAY, DEC_gr4ll Eil (3. 1841. NAVAL -INT,ELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) The Horatio transport arrived yesterday from Ascen sion, which she left on the 27th of October, with inva lids from the African squadron. She brings sad accounts of the disastrous effects of the climate un the crews com posing the Niger expedition, no less than one-third of them hiving been invalided, of whom about twenty-two have died. The Soudan, on quit dug the Nun River, with thirty-si x in va lid s on board, fell in with the Dol phin, and transferred them to that ship. Eight of these ' died on board the Dolphin ; and with the remainder she proceeded to Ascension, where they were put on board the Horatio, and have returned home. The havoc made by the climate on the crews had greatly disheartened the expedition, and it was considered doubtful whether it could proceed. It,is somewhat singular, that the Blacks, who went from England with the expedition, were the first to fall a prey to sickness, on entering the river. The former accounts received from the expedition mentioned that the steamers er.tered the Nun River on the 13th August. We now lerirn that this river is two miles wide, and that it is tleaught to be the chief of th e many moutha of the Niger. The' vessels, with the Amelia tender, did not do more than al,out a dozen miles until the 20th, on which day they did about 30 ; the 21st 30 miles more ; the 22d, bei.:eg Sunday, they rested. The 23d was wasted in locking after the Wil berforce, which had gone up (without Captain Trotter's knowledge) by a different channel. The 24th they did 20 miles ; the 25th 9.5 miles, and on the evening of the 26th they all four arrived at the island of Eboz, 130 miles up the river, according to its course. The riven here is about 200 yards wide and of good depth, the banks to the water's edge covered with vegetation, with the cotton, -ambrella, palm, bamboo, and many other trees of the kind. The depth of water varies from 13 fathoms dawn to very shallow indeed, the current against thuan going up about two miles an hour. Thus far up the river its width varies from a hundred yards to a mile , and a half. The next 30 or 40 miles they saw but few huts. The next 30 or 40 they passed several villages, then (for some miles) fewer inhabitants again, and latterly none. The town of Ebor is very large, not on the main river, but up a creek ; the King went on board the Albert dressed like a mountebank, red coat, &c. The natives are quite peaceful towards them ; in deed, they were fearful of them ; they had provided them with vegetables and some bullocks on the day the - last letter was dated, viz., 18th September. They have very large canoes, carrying 40 or 50 men each. The following is an extract of a letter, dated Mount Stirling, close to the confluence of the Niger and the Zeladda, September 18, 1841, her Majesty's ship Amelia (tender) :—(This point is 300 miles from the sea, and being above the delta of several rivers, is comparatively healthy.) __ " The: pestilence has broken, out ; 50 or 60 are ill in he squadron ; 10 or 12 have died, and many more will die, I fear. The Soudan takes the sick out of the river; the Wilberforce goes un the Zeladda ; the Albert, with Captain Trotter and t'aptain Bird Allen, goes up the Niger. Mr. Horatio Coltman, Acting-Assistant Surgeon of the Soudan, is left in the medical charge of the Amelia, and the settlement which is forming on shore here under Mr. Care by the Society. Mr. Nightin gale, Assistant-Surg,eon of the Albert, is dead, and also Mr. Marshall, Acting-Surgeon of the Soudan." The Horatio has also brought to England the following invalids :—Lieutenant Somerville, late of the P e rsi an ; Lieutenant Haeston, l a t e o f the Albert ; Mr. Belem, Acting Master of the Soudan ; Mr. Rees, Second Master of the Dolplian (recently promoted), and Mr. C. J. Brown, CleA in Charge of the Brisk. The Dolphin had been sickly, and had lost about ten men, among whom was Mr. Penny, the Gunner ' - but when the Ho ratio left, all were w e ll on board. The Champion left Sierra Leone on the lit of October, and Ascension on the 26th, for Rio de Janeiro, all well. The Vestal, 26, Captain Parker. was at Kingston, Ja maica, on the Ist November.—Orders have been re ceived to complete the equipment of the Warspite, Vin dictive. and Belvidere, with all despatch. The former was taken out of the basin on Wednesday.—The Min deli, 72, is commissioned. at Plymouth, as an hospital ship, to be attached to the China expedition.—The I'owerful, 84, and Ganges, 84, from Malta • and the Hastings, 72, an d th e I m pl aca bl e , 72, from Gi braltar, are ordered home, to be paid off. The Powerful, with the flag of Vice-Admiral . Sir John Ommanney, may be daily expected at this port.-- The Fly, 18, has been commissioned at Plymouth, by Capt. Blackwood, for the purpose of surveying Torres Straits. She will be attended by the Bramble cutter.— The Thalia, 36, Capt. C. Hope, arrived at Leith on Monday, to enter men.—The keel of a 90-gun ship, to be named the Hannibal, has been laid down at Woolwich Dockyard, on the same slips on which the Trafalgar was buile—The Ariadne, hired steam-vessel, arrived on Thursday from Jersey, with seven officers, and about seventy men of the 59th Regiment, to be em barked in the Numa transport, Lieut. E. Ward, agent for Barbadoes, on her arrival from Woolwich.— Her Majesty's packet Sheldrake, Mr. Williams, Master commanding (Lieut. Morgan, who went out in cLarge, having died soon after leaving St. Thomas, on :ler passage homewards), arrived at Falmouth on Wed nesday night. She left Barbalees on the 12th of Oc tober, St. Lucie and Martinique on the 13th, Dominique and Guadeloupe 14th, An*.igua 15th, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitt's 17th, r :ortola 19th, and St. Thomas November 6.—The 'Firefly steamer brought up her Windward Island Mails ; and the Tartarus, tkose from Jamaica. The crews of her Majesty's ships had . for the most part been exceedingly unhealthy. At jimaica on the Ist Of November, were the Magnin:eVAt, Racehorse Electra, Comus, Vestal, Fair P.esamond, and. Pickle. The Sappho conveyed the Pand.ora's La Guayra, mail from Barbadoes, some of the steatners having been thrown out of the line ; and the Plainer, being . obliged to sail for Guadeloupe, being short of fuel, without touching at Trinidad. The English schooner, Maid of Erin, Incledon, had arrived at St. Lucie, and reported having been boarded by a piratical hermaphrodite brig, north of that island, when she wa s plundered of provisions, water, and money. The Shel drake's passengers were, Lieut. Wiugrove, R.N., Mr. Symer, Surgeon R.N., Mr. Reep, Purser R.N., Captain Fuller, 59th regiment, and lady; Mr. Reed, Mr. Illidge,. and Mies Goldsmith. Freight 6,0001. NAR.ROW ESCAPE OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER Diuseza.—A communication was received on Wednesday morring at. the Admiralty, relative to her Majesty' steamer Driver, which was nearly lost on the rocks uwler St-del Point, near Flamborough Lighthouse, on Suritlay night last, during the dreadful hurricane from the south. The particulars received stated that the steamer got on the rocks in the early part of the evening. It appears that immediately she struck signal guns were fired for as sistance, as well as blue lights exhibited, which being perceived by the Manchester steamer, Captain Polwart, and the Captain of another large steamer, belonging to the London and Leith trade, they bore down, and on coming up to the Driver attempts were made to tow her off, but in consequence of the dangerous condition of the rocks it was impossible to get ropes on board. At length, after heaving the guns . overboard, and also part of the previsions, she got off, and put into Shields harbour the following day to repair damages. It is supposed her bottom has sustained much injury. — The keel of the Royal Frederick, 110, sister ship to the Queen, is to be laid down in this yard ; as also that of a first-class steamer, the Belaebub. The frames of two other steam-vessels are in course of preparation—the Centaur, a first-class; and Scourge, a second-class. The Thunderbolt steamer is rapidly progressing towards completion, and will be ready for launching about the first of January. On Monday night, during the tremendous gale, a ves sel was seen off Corfe Castle in distress—the sea beating over her ; it was soon visible, being moonlight, that she had struck on the Kerneridge Ledges. One of the crew was seen undressed in the water, making for the land, but his efforts were in vain, and the waves soon swallowed him up. That meretorious officer, Lieutenant Smith, R.N., and the boatmen of the Kerneridge Coast Guard Station were speedily on the shore, and made several efforts to launch their boats, at the risk of their own lives, but it was evident that all attempts to save the un fortunate crew were fruitless. The vessel was soon des troyed by the rocks, and all on board perished. A. piece of the wreck washed on shore bore the mark He- toise, and a Spanish terrier swam on shore. Two bodies have been washed on shore. In Harbour.—St. Vincent, Victory; Queen, Excellent, Vindictive, Warspite, Belvidera, Royal George, Devas tation, Hazard, Pantaloon, Viper, Echo steam-tug, Cracker tender, and Atli°ll troop-ship. Major Kendall's Company of Royal Artillery em barked yesterday at Woolwich, on board the Numa transport, to relieve Captain Morgan's Company at Barbadoes. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTlONB.—Lieutenant—John Steane,commanding the Blazer steam-vessel, in the West Indies, to the rank of Commander. Mate—H. M. Kinsman, of the Vindictive, to the rank of Lieutenant. . APPOINTMENTS.—Captains—John Carter (1815) to be Superintendent of Hasler Hospital, vice Sir E. Chet ham, promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral ; Michael Quin, to the Minden (Hospital Ship for China) ; Peter Fisher, to be Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard, vice Bowles. Commanders—William Nevill, to the Serpent ; W. Worsfold, to Caledonia ; J. G. Gordon, to Devastation (vice Henry, sick). Lieutenants—Seymour Brown, to the Serpent ; Fre derick Blair, to the St. Vincent ; 11. M. Kinsman, to the Vindictive : IV. Howat, to the Vanguard ' • J. Inglis, to Victory ; J. H. Robins, to Apoll o ; H. J. Julian, to Minden ; J. H. Gennys, to Vindictive ; J. Branch, to Warspite ; John Checne, to St. Vincent. Masters—W. S. Stole, to the Apollo ; Wm. Mills (acting) and Pilot to the Minden. Second Masters—W. H. Mallard and T. Pitt, to the Rhadamanthus ; George Fox, to Royal George ; J. M. Partridge, to Pique. Masters' Assistant—N. F. Child, to Viper. Pursers—Edward Owen, to Volage ; George Thorne, to the Ganges, vice Tuckfield, invalided. Surgeons—Dr. S. Irvine, to the Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines, vice Quarrier ; John Read, to Iris. Assistant-Surgeons—R. D. Pritchard, J. Patrick, Ro bert Beith, and E. D'Auvergne, to the Cornwallis ; A. J. Little, to the Queen ; W. Brice, to the Apollo ; Dr. James Mitchell, to Atholl. Chaplain—Rev. E. 0. Morgan, to Vindictive. Mate—J. R. Hancock, to Belleisle ; Edward Hardy, to Aigle. Volunteers First Class—George Parker, from Power ful to Pique ; W. Leader, to Madagascar. Warrant Officers—Messrs. James Carden, boatswain ; Thomas Fuller, carpenter ; and Hodges, ginner, to the Minden ; John Quin, gunner, to Etna.. . „ [Lieut. G. L. W oole y, promoted a few days since, to the rank of Commander, was from the Astrm, guardship at Falmouth ; and not from a contract steam-vessel, as Mated last week.] a m o reactivei n quiry OTTON fo M r MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From Th e S un o f S atur d ay Evening.) LIVERPOOL C • present we e k th an f or many previotii-eutisttmers having whole of the A C RK ott E o T r; dpuErien.g'3;l7eWe.ba" d shown an incli na ti on to purchase rather M or e' than their immediate wants require ; yet, owing to the continued anxiety on the part of importers to reduce their stocks, prices have been rather irregular, . though on the whole we cannot make any decided alteration. 2,500 American 'taken on speculation, 'and '460 Pe ruvian, 360 Carthagena, and 250 :Surat for export. The total sales of the month amounted to toomo bales ; of which 4,800 bales American, and 500 bales Surat, were taken on s p ecu l at i on ; and 750 bales ''.ltnerican, 460 bales Pernam, 360 bales Carthagena, 01'611;900-bales Surat, for export : 850 bales AmeriCan, 50 bales Egyp tian, and 200 bales Surat, forwarded into the country ticsold. LIVERPOOL SffARt MARKET, DEC.'3. , —Ea:O6ll COun ties Debentures, 91. I Is. Bd. ; Great Western, Half Shares, 571 ; London and South Western, ; London and Birmingham, 158 ; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 531 ; Ditto, New Shares, 241- ; North Union, 251. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC: 3.—There has been no a lt erat i on i n the state of this market to-day. Manchester and Leeds, 581 ; Ditto Half Shares, 244 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 231 ; Liverpool and Man chester, Old Quarters, 47i-; Bank of Manchester, 4. The Briti s h Market opened 'firm this morning, but little business doing. Consols for the opening are now 881 1 ex. div. ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 88-a ; Three-and-a-Half per C ents. R e d uce d , 974 98 ; Exche quer Bills, 9 11 premium. In the Foreign Market there is no variation except in Spanish Stock, which are a shade lower than the closing prices of yesterday, they are now 234 s ; Passive, 51 ; Deferred, lls:t 12 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 331 34 ; Ditto Three per Cents. 201 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52f ; ditto, Five per Cents. 991 ; Colombian, 20+ ; Mexican, 25 25 2 . The operations in the English Market have not been to any extent ; prices, however, have improved, Consols for the opening being firm at 881 A_ ex dividend. Busi ness has again been done in Consols for Money at 891 s ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 98* ; Exche quer Bills have improved upon the prices of yesterday, and, arc steady at 10s. to 12s. premium. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been, with the exception of Spanish Stock; which has im proved, upon a limited scale ; they' are now firiii, 24* ; the Deferred, 11i 12* ' • Portuguese Five per Cents. ale . steady at 331 ; DutchTwo-and-a-Half per Cents., 52-4-; and the Five per Cents., 991. But little is doing in the Share MarkeL London and South - Western have receded from 561 to 551. Th e other Shares present no variation from former quotatidns. Consols, Account, 881 ex. div. ; Spanish, 24 to 24i. Our City people were completely taken unawares ,by the proceeding at the Old Bailey this morning, and the whole affair of the Exchequer Bill forgery is generally condemned as being greatly mismanaged. In all probability a nest of swindlers will now remain screened from jnstice, to prey upon the public; and it is considered that Rapallo ought never to have been admitted Queen's evidence, or have had the offer until it was clearly ascertained that Mr. Smith would not plead guilty. There could be no evi dence wanting to establish the criminality of the latter, as he is known not • only to have confessed it to many of the Government employes, but even to have dis closed his mode of effecting the forgery, and hence there is less excuse for allowing Rapallo to become approver. The matter looks, indeed, very much like a suppression of unpleasant facts, which might have come out, although Smith had pleaded guilty, if his accomplice had been put on his trial. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... 165 f India Stock. .........247 3 per Cent Red 3 per Cent Cons 89- !Ditto Old Annuities ... 3fr per Cent Red 94 Ditto New Annuities... New 3i. per Cent 99 E. Bills, I,OOOL ...21c1 12 pm New 5 per Cent ... -- Ditto 5001.. - .' Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small. . Jan 1860 ... 12 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. — , Consols for Acct BBi FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — IDit to, New Ditto 33} Brazilian 80nd5.......... 'Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres,6 per eel Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent,. „. Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 231 Ditto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred .... 114 Danish, 3 per cent 79 French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. --c. Mexican, 5 per cent. ... French, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 -- Dutch, per cent 524 Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES. • Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) .. ...... . ... .. 27 Great Western Railway( 65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) - 57i Ditto Fifth (4 paid) Gosport Junction Railway (50 pd) London and Brighton (50 paid) 3s} London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 9 Ditto New Shares ( paid) 4l 1 tis 8d London and Birmingham (90) . ........ ... Ditto Quarter Shares ( S paid) 22i Ditto Thirds (32 paid) 54 LLOYDS' SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 4.--Wind this day at noon S.W. DEAL, DEC 3.—Wind S.W., strong breeze.—Arrd. from the River, Prince Albert, for Madras ; Latnport, New Orleans ; her Majesty's ship Slake, Westward. Bbytte (packet), Cork and Malta. Remain, Ebor, Asia, Capt. Cook, Sceptre, and Hebe. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 3.—Wind S.S E.—Arrd. Emerald, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed Cremona, Bombay; Thunder steamer, Rio Janeiro; Tigris, Calcutta ; Har riet Scott, Bombay; Selima, Demerara; Capricorn, Bar badoes; Valparaiso, Valparaiso; Belmont, New Orleans. Arrd. off, Andcrondack and Sunda. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Wind S.. to W.N.W., strong. Horatio (packet), St. Helena ; Tyro, London, for Cork, with sails split. SHOREIIAM ' DEC. 3,—The Napoleon, Sinclair, on en tering the harbour this morn i ng , s t ruc k on the bar, and has become a wreck - -crew saved. CORK, DEC. I.—Th e Rapid, bound to Youghal, in 'Working out yest er d ay, missed stays, an d h av i ng l et go both anchors and c h ains, parted, and returne d to port . LEITH, DEC. 30 .—Arrd. Undaunted, Quebec. HARWICH, DEC. 3 .—Arrd. Welcome, Sunderland, with loss of topmast, &c. SOUTHVOLD; DEC. 3 .--The after part of a ship's top, marked in gilt letters " Douro," has been picked up on the beach. CLYDE, DEC. I.—Arrd. James Ewins, China. Sailed Bellona, Now York. TENEY,DEC. 2.—The main and main-topmast, rigging, sail, &c., of a large schooner, was picked up in the Bay last night. MILFORD', DEC. 2.—The John Taylor, bound to Africa, which sailed for Liverpool yesterday, was obliged to re turn to that port, in Con sequence o f a second crew re fusing to proceed on the vo y ag e, on the plea that she was not seaworthy. HULL, DEC. 3.—Wind S.E., fresh galcs.—Arrd. a schooner, with a quarantine flag. COWES. DEC. 3.—The Majestic, from London to Bom bay, is coming in to discharge. TORBAY, DEc. -I .—Arrd.Patriot, Memel, Monte Video. FALMOUTH, DEC 2.—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E., strong gales.—Arrd. Sheried, London for Trinidad. The Shel drake (packet), arrived here from the West Indies, in coming from the Roads to the inner harbour this after noon, got foul of the Conservative, from Constantinople to Liverpool, the latter had her bowsprit and cat-head carried away, the former lost bulwarks, stanchions, &c. BRISTOL, DEC. 3.—Arrd. Ellen, Messina. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. - - After five years of patience in waiting for 1 heir annual interest, the trustees are at length about to declare a di vidend to the new renters of Drury-lane Theatre, upon the 5001. debentures, or new renters' shares, of which 300 are in existence. Difficulties of a, very complicated character had caused it to be necessary for a friendly application to be made to the Vice-Chancellor, by which three new trustees were appointed. These gentlemen, acting with much more fairness than their predecessors (who were timid and lukewarm in their operations, in consequence of its being generally believed that they were illegally elected, and that-all their'. acts would be frustrated), have been able to save something from the impending ruin of this noble theatre. Several of the steps they were compelled to take were adopted after mature deliberation, and after taking various counsels' opinion, more particularly that of levying a distraint upon the theatre, they felt that they were con strained to act with much determination, and events have proved that they were correct. Brighter prospects, however, appear upon the horizon, and it is now gene rally hoped and believed that a regular, although a much reduced dividend, will be annually paid to the new renters. The amount of the dividend, we understand, will be 34.65. Bd. per annum. That " half a loaf is bet ter than no bread" is a very old and very true saying, and the constituted body of shareholders will doubtless take this homely saying to their hearts and adopt some signal mode of thanking the new trustees for saving half the loaf. The whole has long since been considered in jeopardy, and we really believe that two-thirds (if not the whole) of the shareholders will consider the dividend they are about to receive as so much saved from a " shocking bad debt," which years ago they had "writ ten off," and had very nearly forgotten. A general meeting of the new renters is advertised to be held next Wednesday, at Mr. George Robins's, in Covent-garden, when the whole of the trust delegated to those gentlemen now in office will be minutely can fully understand the relative positio n o f t h e two b o di es re , or holders of o v f a st e d and Shareholders, explained. thatis Pf t o h b o a b n l e y few of our readers new renters, 500/. shares, and 100/. Shareholders, or Joint-stock Pro prietors." The former were the Proprietors of' the old theatre, and in receipt of 251. per season, or 2s. 6d. each night of *performance, for each share of 5001., with a transferable annual admission ; both originally granted for 100 years. When the theatre was destroyed by fire, nothing remained to them of their proud build ing but a quantity of rubbish and the ground whereon it stood. In this emergency Mr. Whitbread came forward and accomplished the Herculean labour of raising fnnds sufficient to rebuild the theatre. The latter of the two bodies described were those who built the present theatre. The new renters agreed to accept 121. los. per annum, instead of 251., and the Proprietors agreed that all the new renters should receive their 121. 10s. before they (the Proprietors) took anything; with this arrange ment the theatre was rebuilt, and the Proprietors re ceived about two or three dividends,, when they ceased, and from that time to the present nothing whatever has been paid to them. The annual dividends of 121. 10s. were paid with punctuality for a long series of years, when five years ago they also closed, in consequence of the ill success of the various lessees, but are now about .to be renewed by ghost of a dividend ;as for the arrears, let ndt' the new renters " lay that flattering unction to their souls," that they will ever see one Penny' of it ; in deeplithey know they never will. What then is the posi tion_ of Proprietors ? The question will be best an svirered by saying, that their shares of 10 . 01. each will not now sell for 11. each in the market. The new renters are_. represented by three trustees (those gentlemen re ferrcd.to at the commencement of this article), the pro -1),..ie •f•iry by a general Committee, from whi c h i s c h osen a sub. Committee of five, of which Lord Gleugall is Chairman. This Committee transacts the general busi ness of the theatre, and annually submits its affairs to the trustees. It must be borne in mind that the theatre in Mr. Whitbread's time—" the high and palmy days of the drama," used to let for considerably more than double the rent which it is supposed Mr. Macready is to pay for the current season, MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. announcement to the effect that 'Messrs. Aguirre Solarte and .Muneta have been charged with the office of finance agents to the Spanish Regency, seems to have excited the jealousy of the old loan-contradting houses in the City. Exception is taken to the arrange ments made by Senor Surra y Rull, on the ground that be has not put the business of the . Three per Cent. Conversion into the hands of One or the other of the three well-known firms in question. Had Mr. Thornton been selected for the purpose there would have been no dispo sition, and as little right, on the part of the bondholders to find fault, f Mr.Tl ()ratan has done them all the service in his power. Not a public meeting has 'been held to take into consideration the 'claims of the suffering par ties, but Mr. Thornton was present prepared to take the chair, or to conduce, in any other way, to the great object in view, that of obtaining for them the relief so long withheld. By his great activity upon such occasions the claimants of all classes, both Portuguese and Spanish, whether holders of the Active or Pas sive, the Treasury or Indemnity Bonds of the two Peninsular Governments; have been placed by him under obligations of no ordinary kind. It is to be recollected that Mr. Thornton was never a,participator in the premiums, commis ' sions, brokerages, and other advantages of va rious kinds, arising- out of the Spanish and Por tuguese. contracts. He has, indeed, been at much expense in furtherance of the common cause, in money as well as in . time ; but - the individuals who are thrust forward as more deserving of the confidence placed in Messrs. Solarte and Murieta, having pocketed their handsome bonuses, ceased to trouble themselves, and are, for this and other 'reasons, notto be named in comparison with Mr. Thornton or those gentlemen. Mr: Solarte has from all accounts, been over and over again offered the office of Finance Minister of Spain, and his non-acceptance of the post, the emoluments derivable from which are notoriously large, sufficiently answers, we think, for the correct ness of the motive which induced him and his partner to assume the humbler trust of agents to the Government in London. It is quite enough for the bondholders that, however exact ing the old contracting houses showed them selves to be when instalments of loans bad to be paid up, and however ready to attend public meetings when the object was to promote fresh undertakings, out of which enormous gains were to be made, their presence at a time when the non-performance of engagements was a question, is a thing unknown. This fact speaks volumes, and is the only reply that need be given to those who would attempt to put their pretensions into competition with those of Messrs. Solarte and Murieta, or of Messrs. liullett, Brothers, and Co., whose disinterested conduct, in connection with the Claim loan, has giren so much satisfac tion, and, we may add, produced results so important. THE DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—DONATION FROM THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—The following letter has been received by the Rev. Mr. Baird, from the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray, Master of the HoUsehold:— " Buckingham Palace. " Sir,—l beg to inform you, that since you did me the honour to call on me, with Mr. J. Henderson, I have ob tained from her Royal llighness the Duchess of Kent a donation of 251. towards the relief of your distressed wearers ; and have also collected 501. among the ladies and gentlemen on duty at the Palace, for the same ob ject. Both sums I have transmitted to Mr. Rogers, the Sheriff of London. With my best wishes that these con tributions may be of some avail in diminishing the suf ferings of your poor, "I remain, Rev. Sir, your faithful, servant, " Rev. A. Baird. " C. A. MURRAY." EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY. A black Woman, named Phillis Ash Ward, was buried recently at St. Mary's Chapel, who had reached the advanced age of 120 ! And another woman, named Nancy Jane, died at the Belle estate, who had reached 110 yaars.—Burbadiau. VENTNOR, ISLE OF WIGHT, Nov. 30. THE WEATHER.—These heavy gales are making sad havoc with us poor creatures under cliff—to have our windows blown in is a common occurrence ; and on Monday night the wind and the rain brought down three houses none of your lath and-plaster things; but what appeared to be of the substantial order; with stout stone walls and slate roofs. In go the windows, and off the roofs: Pray God the wind would shift. From frost, snow, and keen north-easters we are protected, but these southwesters are terrible things. TIIE HIGH TIDES.-011 Friday morning. at high water the tide rose again in the river Thames, inun dating the warehouses and houses on the banks of the river to a considerable depth. The dam on the north side of Hungerford-market, for the erection of the sus pension bridge, was overflowed, as also that at Westmin ster-bridge, which will cause considerable delay in the works. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF NORMAN TON.—We have the melancholy task of announcing the death, which took place on Thursday, the 2d December, at the family seat, Somerley, Hants, of Diana, Countess of Normanton, after a protracted illness of four years. Her Ladyship was the eldest daughter of George Augus tus, Earl of Pembroke, and was married on the 17th of May, 1816, to \Velbore Ellis, Earl of Normanton. Her Ladyship leaves issue, James, Viscount Somerton ; the Hon. Herbert, the Hon. Charles, and the Lady Mary Agar. Lady Normanton united to a person of rare beauty, and to accomplishments of the highest order, a more than feminine understanding. Solid in judgment and quick in perception, she has left her family and friends the sad recollection of still more amiable qualities which never can be forgotten. HATTING TRADE.—The batting business at Denton, Oldham, Ashton, and Stockport, is dull ; and the hands are only partially employed, at very low wages.—Leeds Mercury. THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THREADNEEDLE STREET.—The building, which is now in the course of erection on the site of the old French Protestant church, in Threadneedle-street, has, for some time past, at tracted the attention of all passers-by, although it is not yet completed, nor likely to be so for some months to come, on account of the nature of the ornamental designs, which require the strictest attention on the part of the artists employed. The basso-relievo is intended to occupy the whole extent of the front of the building. The skill and taste displayed in the erection of this new edifice are well worthy of the attention of all lovers of the fine arts, who will do well to take an opportunity of visiting it. The proprietor, who bought the ground from the City authorities, after it had been determined to pull down the old French Church, very handsomely conceded . to the latter, without receiving any considera tion whatever, ten feet of the entire frontage, for the express purpose of giving that additional width to the street, the narrowness of which has always been found so excessively inconvenient.. This disinterested conduct on the part of an individual should, and doubt less will, call forth a corresponding feeling on the part of the City authorities, who with this example before them, are, as it were, bound to proceed with the improvements, and to continue the additional width throughout the whole extent of Threadneedle-street. If the whole of the northern side of the street, from Old Broad-street to the Old South Sea House, were taken down, and thrown back a space of ten feet, in order to correspond with the building in question, a noble street would be formed, well calculated to make a fine approach to the new Royal Exchange. In fact, we know of no part of London where a greater display of elegant architecture will be found, than that which will be exhibited in the course of next year in the _immediate vicinity of Cornhill and Old Broad-street, &c. We have heard upon good authority thar Sir R. Peel is about to adopt the recommendation of the Com mittee upon Excise Duties, and in consequence, permits will be dispensed with in the purchase of wines and spirits.—British Queen. THE GIANT WHITE CARROT.—From a crop of these vegetables, grown at Fairfield, in Illogan, there were taken up as many as grew in 6 feet by 3 feet, I.lBth of a lace of ground, which weig hed with the tops 36Vbs. Sinking the for any dirt that might have remained about the roots, there would be 46 tons 5 cwt. per acre. 'Vest Briton. LONGEVITY OF SLAVES.—Outof 14,189,108 free white inhabitants of the United States, as shown by the last census, there are 791 of 100 years of age and upwards. Of 2,487,213 slaves, there are no less than 1,333 of the same age.—New York Paper. ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. --We have been informed that his Grace the Duke of Wellington has been seriously ill during the last few days. We hope and trust that the report is false, and that, although his Grace has arrived at an advanced ave, he will live long to bless the country with his patriotic advice. We disagree with him in politics, but we be lieve that her Majessy has no better subject, nor the country a more sincere friend. Captain Morgan, Royal Artillery, has bad the honour of submitting to Prince Albert a beautiful and picturesque model of the ancient castle of Limerick, so celebrated in Irish history, of unique construction, in c ork, with which his Royal highness was graciously pleased to express his admiration. The Duke of Rutland, in consideration of the advanced price of provisions, has raised the wages of hi s agricultural labourers from 12s. to 13s. 6d. per week. Part of his Grace's tenantry have followed ths good example.--Nottingham Journal. THE LATE DREADFUL CASE OF MURDER AND SUICIDE. - LUIGI:, L ANCASHIRE, THURSDAY.—The adjourned inquest on the bodies of Betty Thompson and Elizabeth Thompson, her infant child, was resumed this morning. before W. S. Rutter, Esq., at the Royal Oak public house. Samuel Part deposed as follows; —I am the only re lieving officer for the Leigh union. I attended the Board of Guardians every Monday. The Guardians are eighteen in number. There are two Guardians for the township of Pennington. They are Mr. James Lunn and Mr. Robert Lee. They both reside in Pennington. The Board meets every Monday at half-past ten o'clock, at the Town-ball, in Pennington, in the town of Leigh. I have never been absent from any Board Meeting since the Board was formed. I never remember a person named Betty Thompson applying for relief ; certainly not within the last six months. I always take down the names of the applicants as they apply, whether their application be rejected or not. We do not, in all cases, visit before we relieve ; but we generally do in cases of persons belonging to other townships. We usually write to the relieving officer of the township to which they belong. In case no notice is taken by that officer, I report to the board, and remove the pauper by a re moval order. I mostly relieve when they first apply. It is not the practice of our board to direct the party ap plying for relief to go to the board to which they belong. We never have done so. I am informed that the de ceased belonged to Ilindley in the Wigan Union. The board of that union meet in a room in the Eagle-yard in the town of Wigan. Wigan is about seven miles from the town of Leigh. I know nothing of the practice of ....,.. that board. In our union we refuse to affiliale bastard children on account of the expense, and our not getting the money. There is great difficulty in obtaining the money after affiliation. In cases where there are wages to attach there is generally a collusion between the master and men, and when the parties have no goods we are without any remedy to recover the amount of the order. I know cases in which wages have been attached. The master invariably turns the man away, and he im mediately takes work under one of the other workmen, and so they shift from one to the other, and we can And no.wages to attach. There is no means under the Mt of Parliament of punishing the father by imprisonment. I never knew an instance of a master being imprisoned for non-performance of an order for attachment of wages. The Coroner, in order to set this part of the witness's evidence right, read the 77th, the 62d, and 99th sec tions of the Poor-law Act, the 4th and sth William IV., which gives to Magistrates the power to seize the goods of the master ; and in case he has none, and re fuses to pay the amount of the order for the attachment of wages in his hands, then the p o wer to commit to the county prison for the space of three months. The Foreman wished to know whether masters were compelled to keep servants after an order was made upon them ? The Coroner said no ; there was no such power in the Act. Jane O'Connor was recalled—l remember the time Betty Thompson applied to the Board of Guardians at Wigan. It was about four months ago. Betty Horrocks sworn—l live at Hindley-green, about two miles from here. I knew the deceased, Betty Thompson. She called on me as she came back from applying to the Wigan guardians. It was just about the time when new potatoes were coming in. Deceased told me that she had seen some new potatoes in Wigan, and that they were 4d. a-pound. Deceased said she had been to the union board, and had lighted on the Pay master or some other person at the door, and he told her that if she went before the board, they would put her in Kirkdale. I then said, " Well, thee did not go." She said " No." She was terrified so at the idea of being sent to Kirkdale that she did not go to the board for re lief. Deceased's mother was dead at that time. Deceased said how much she had been distressed to bury her mother. Witness gave her and her baby some victuals. She said she was very badly off, and could not get a meal for her children. It was about one o'clock when she called upon me, and somewhere about the beginning of July. She had walked to Wigan and back, and was very ill and tired. Mary Marsdall sworn—l knew the deceased. She used to come to our house, and we have given her bits many times. She was short of food and had nothing at all to give to her children. There was not a more hard-working woman in Leigh, or one who strove harder for a living. Witness saw her on Monday morning and gave her bit of bread. She did not ask for anything. I followed her with the bread into her cellar, in order to give it to the children. I did not know that she had any money, but I understand 2d. was found in the house after her death. I saw no meat in the house except what I took. I knew that she had sent the elder boy on Monday to the father of the other children to try to get some money from him. She told me when the boy came back that the father would not come near her. She said she would go herself. She had been crying two or three times that morning. Her spirits were very low during the last week or two. She was very fond of her children, I never knew her to abuse them. Edward Birchall sworn—l live at Ashton, in Macker field, and ain one of the relieving-officers of the Leigh union. There are two others. It is a large union, and comprises twenty townships. The township. of Hindley is one. That is in my district, and it is about six miles from one extreme point to the other. The population of the seven townships is about 20,000. The board sits at Wigan every Thursday. I attended every Thursday, and have left it to come here. I know the deceased by • sight. 1 knew that her mother belonged to Hindley, and now believe that she did also. Her eldest boy was born at West Leigh, and being 'illegitimate followed his mother's settlement. Deceased's mother received first Is. and then 2s. a week relief. The deceased received it. Since her mother's death deceased had made no ap plication to the board for relief. I knew she had three children, but was not aware she had a fourth. In case of a person applying for relief I have to make a report of the case to the board before it comes under considera tion. I attend at different places to give relief every week. The deceased never made any application to me to affiliate the children upon Wood. That is the only reason I can assign for their not being affiliated ; but there is a general unwillingness on the part of unions to affiliate, on account of the expense and difficulty of get ting the money from the fathers. They laugh at our attaching their wages. The order for the attachment of wages is of no use. lam not aware of any person hav ing threatened to send the deceased to Kirkdale in case of her applying for relief, nor of her having been threat ened to have her children taken from her. In case ,she applied to the doorkeeper, he would ask her business, and then call me as relieving officer of the district. No person would have a right to give the deceased an an swer except myself. On her stating that she belonged to Hindley, she would be referred to me. No relieving officer would be allowed to threaten to send the deceased to Kirkdale, or to take her children from her. I never used such terms, and have not seen her since her mo ther's death. William Wood was next called. He said he was a weaver. He earned seven shillings and sixpence per week. Was a single man, and the father of three of the deceased's children. He was a silk-weaver, and worked for Mr. Walker. He could not tell what he had given. He had pawned his coat on August 4th, for 45., and he gave her part of it; that satisfied her. On Monday he saw the deceased's son, but did not tell him he would neither come nor send. He told him that he had no money, and could not send any. He gave her two shillings last Friday. The Foreman commented in strong terms upon the conduct of Wood in continuing to be connected so long with the deceased without marrying her, or at least lend ing her assistance in maintaining the children. The Jury, after consulting together for about three quarters of an hour, found " That the deceased being reduced to a state oiextreme want and mental suffering came to the determination of destroying herself, and being unwilling to leave her infant child behind, de stroyed her likewise." This in effect amounts to a ver dict of wilful murder as concerns the child, and felo de se as regards the mother. --- THE JOURNALS AND LETTERS OF THE AUTHOR OF "EVELINA."—The announcement of the above publication, as may be imagined, has excited no slight degree of attention and curiosity. Our readers may form some idea of the probable interest and amusement of the work from the subjoined extracts from the Prospectus, just issued :—" The following is the opening passage of Miss Burney's Diary, which was commenced in 1768, and continued, with but few inter ruptions, during the entire period of the writer's long and eventful . life . :'--;-!•To ' have' some . account of m y thoughts, actions, and acquaintance, when •the hour arrives when time is more nimble than memory, is th e reason which induces me to keep a Journal — a Journal in which I shall coVess eiiery thought. 7 -shall open my whole heart.' When w e call to mind tha t the p er son .g who formed this resoluti on, and adhered to it du whole of her long lif e, was one of the most remarkablenuth the o era, in tercourse and justly celebra ted women, not me rely of her own, but of any time or count r y —that h er familyr an intimate Position, no less th a n her celebrity, commanded for he with all that was illustriou s •n sra, and Engl ishthat litera ture and art during their most illustrious theyesults of such resolution a re no world precisely as they left the h an d personal to and famil y cons id erat i ons excite,the announcement must excite curiocuriosity • w ottoth b e writer (the o missions required by eir given to the and int e r es t suc h a n abneinnogunacloenmeent excepted),muste scarcely be increased by anything that could be added But though it is well known that descriptivel Madame c o r f A t r h b e i ay worku. was. the intimate associate of al • l . who were intellectually during the greater part society, lety, dis tinguished. in London both native and foreign, second work,' Cecilia,' she of her life, yet it is not so gene rally known that, shortly Queen Charlotte a sit ' ua s t h io e n v ol s after the publication of her confidencespontaneously. ab Ou offered ff h e e r r e d 3f l a )3 . - jesty's person, which she retained for more than six years, and whi c h b roug h t h er i nto d a il y i n t erc ourse with every ' indi v id ua l f orm i ng t h e C our t o f G eorg e the Third. During this remarkable period of her life, Miss Burney never omitted, before she retired to rest, recording in her Journal the events and conversations of the past day. And this private history of the Court of George 'the Third during the important period in q uestion —namely, from 1786 to 1791, inclusive —will form part of the work now announced for publication, which is to appear in monthly volumes, uniform with ' The Life of Sir Walter Scott.' " GREAT LIVERPOOL STEAMER.—ThiS Ves sel left Southampton on the Ist instant at ten A.M. ; ar rived at Falmouth the 2d, and would start on the weather moderating. The following are some of the passengers : —For Malta, Mrs. Gurdon and family ; Mrs. Hoseason and child • Mr. and Mrs. Tapstill ; Mrs. Harvey ; Rev. Mr. Beresford ; Maj•or Harvey ; Captain and Mrs. Pear son ; Dr. Collins ; L. D. Halket, Captain Hope, Sc.c. &c. For Alexandria —Captain Carr and servant ; Captain Walker ; Lieut. Collien, Dr. Mater ; Rev. G. Cook , Lieut.-Colonel Abdy ; Lieut. Minster ; Major Chisholm; . Mr. and Mrs. Norton a n d f a mil y ; Mr. and Mrs, Lamb Captain Pearson and servant; Captain and Mrs. Graham, &c. &e. In x 1197 passengers. - • . - IVIOR'NII\TG SUN _ STocK EXCHAN GE BUSINESS, (From the 1 "imes-) A country correspondent h aving requested u.s to afford hi m an d other rural capit Mists some insight into _the forms an d regu l at i ons accord. 'Di? to which the pur chase. sale, and " carrying over" e f stock and shares are effected by the brokers belongin g ' to the " Stock Exchange," w e procee d , i n compliea ee w i t h his re" quer, to lay bef ore our rea d ers the 1 . 0 formation re. i quir.ot in as clear and concise a form as posiible• This curious and complicated subject ma; be ax inlained and discussed un d er t h ree different hcachi--viz., f t rst, the parties engaged in stock transactions, whe ther brokers or jobbers; secondly, money and time b ark - ains ; thirdly, the lutes and regulations by which these operations are conducted. The clearinghouse is Lombard-street affords the greatest facilities to the transactions of the Stock Ex change, inasmuch as, without its intervention, difficul ties and embarrassments would present themselves in the final settlement on adjustment of those transactions, of an almost insurmountable character. By means of this clearing-house, all the great monetary transactions of the day are brought to a close by five o'clock in the afternoon, whereas, in the ordinary mode of paying or receiving money, whether in notes or hard cash, their settlement might not be finally effected for several days afterwards, to say nothing of the security afforded to all parties concerned by the operation of the Clearing-house. The members of the Stock-Exchange are divided into two distinct classes —viz., the brokers and the job bers. It is the business of the brokers to receive and to execute the orders of merchants, bankers, capital. fists, and p r iv a t e i n di v id ua l s , w h o are " out of th e house ;" the Stock Exchange being amongst its own members honoured with that dignified appellation. The jobbers remain stationary in the "house," and ready to act upon the orders thus received by the brokers. And here it may be as well to explain the nature and character of the business transacted by these jobbers, who, being men possessed of more or less capita!, endeavour to turn it to account in the manner we are about to explain. It is their business to be always prepared to make a price to the brokers whenever the latter present them selvN ; the readiness which they display iu offering to do business to large amounts at the apparently small difference of one-eighth per cent. would appear extraordinary, were it not that they are so numerous that an eager competitiin is excited amongst them for the favours of the brokers. When one of the ltlter ap pears in the market, he is surrounded by a knot of job bers, who announce themselves ready to buy or sell whatever amount of stock he has to deal in at a price varying only one-eighth per cent. For instance, if a broker has to do business in 5,0001. Consols (the market price being about 90), the jobber offers to buy his .5,000/. at 90, or to sell him hat amount at 90k, without being in the slightest degree aware whether the orders of the broker are to buy or to sell, and thus taking upon himself the risk of selling that which he does not possess, or of buying what he does not intend to keep ; his only object being to undo his bargain, at a difference of one eighth per cent. (or even less) with another broker, who may have to effect an operation the very reverse of the other, which one-eighth' or even one-sixteenth con stitutes his profit. The business of the jobber is one of loss as well as profit : he would soon grow rich were be sure of reali zing his one-eighth per cent. on all his transactions. Her runs, however, considerable risk, inasmuch ,as, after hav ing concluded a bargain, and whilst endeavouring to obtain a profit thereon, the market may sud denly change, either in consequence of extended sales or of continued purchases by other indivi duals ; he is thus exposed to a loss. A. clever and experienced jobber will, however, oftere extricate himself from his unpleasant and awkwai - cl situa t;on, either by borrowing stock to deliver to the broker, or money wherewith to pay for the stock (as the case may be) ; and thus wait for the wore favourable opportunity of undoing his bargain. He may also have recourse to an " option," a transac tion, however, which besides being illegal and not recognised by the Committee of the Stock Exchancte, is chiefly confined to the speculators within th'e house, and is, moreover, so intricate and complicated; and at the same time depends so much upon the opinion and caprice of the parties who deal in them, that any explanation respecting it would be extremely difficult, if not utterly superfluous. ithout the intervention of the jobber, therefore, it will be seen that there would exist a vast diffi culty in effecting the transactions which daily take Place : the jobbers are, in fact, the " middle-men," who stand in the house in the character of dealers, always ready to buy or sell, thus obviating the ne cessity of the broker's going in quest of a second broker, with whom he might transact his business ; or in other words, whom it might suit to i'luy what the other broker had to sell, or vice versa. .Again, even if one were at band, he might not be able to concur in the actual amount of stock whicis the other wished to deal in, whereas the jobber is ready to do business to any amount, even to the smallest fraction, and hence a great deal of time is saved. It often happens that a broker who has to dispose of shares not currently dealt in, is frequently obliged to wait for months before he can find a purchaser ; whereas, in the case of stock, the jobbers offer theme selves as buyers or sellers at a moment's notice, and thus offer facilities for transactions in the public funds. which could not be effected without them. Having thus endeavoured to explain the difference between broker and jobber, and confined our atten tion hitherto to money transactions, we next pro ceed to describe the nature of " time-bargains," which form so essential a feature in stock business. Indeed, the very existence of the Stock Exchange, as at piesent constituted, depends upon speculations in time-bargains, for where there exists a body of 600 members, the actual bona fide business would not be sufficient to provide employment for them all, not withstanding the magnitude of the national debt. Time-bargains consist of purchases and sales of stock made for a certain fixed period, regulated by the Committee. There can be little coubt that they had. their origin in the business which has always been transacted in the funds during the periods when the stocks are shut. For instance, Consols usually close about the beginning of June and December ; that is to say, the transfer books at the Bank are shut for the space of five or six weeks, in order to afford time for the preparation of the dividend -warrants, which are paid in the following July and January. Hence it is clear that a person wishing to buy or sell that particular stock during the period referred to, would be unable to effect his object ; but in order to secure 1 the price of the day, he buys or sells the stock " for the opening"—that is, for actual transfer on the day on which the transfer-books are re-opened- This mode of doing business is legitimate enough, but thi s practice has no doubt given rise to operations of the greatest magnitude, founded, not on actual n ecessi ties, but merely on speculation ; and this method being found c onvenient for one period, has been con tinued on other occasions, without, however, possess ing the same pretext for its adoption. Periodi cat weeks,si m i lar to making the " dates have, consequently , be oa e pl n teongi fi neg a th” e e d rat u a p ibn o ot n eurtv b a y l it g h ho o tf as they are ca ll e d , i n t h e tours e o f :„ C ‘h o see t t n itt m ai i n t sg t i e x e d , ays,,, the year. On these " settling days" are arranged and adjusted all the bargains made during the preceding; six weeks, for that particular day ; those who sold st;ock having to deliver it on the one hand, and those who purchased havi ng to a ccep t an d pay f or i t, on the a l ter . Bu d t e as in g the either majority th eo o n f e th o r e the speculatorsothe r,their have bargains noin t e o h s a i o v n of . ing been of a purely speculative character, founded on their anticipations of a rise or fall in the value of the se curities, so whatever difference may exist between the price at which a party commenced his speculation, and that at which he finally closed it, is settled on this im portant day ; and his operations most likely not ha wing been confined to the same jobbers, but having bee' a ef fected saith several, it becomes necessary to bal anco them with the parties concerned, and much the same process takes place on this occasion as that practised at the bankers' clearing-house, by establishing balances between each other. Whatever balance remains un settled is adjusted by the names of the bona fide pur chaser of the stock (who intends to pay far it) being passed from one broker, or jobber, or speculator, to an other until it comes into the hands of the party who in tends to deliver or transfer the stock, by which means all the intermediate persons through wh h os . e hands it by the purchase r eing on marked passes he ( t t i h ek e e p o ric a e re gn enabled ic to close their accounts with each t other at that particular price, and to pay and re ceive the differences accordingly. In short, all t rans _ actions kept open until the settling-day must then be closed, and the party who delays this operation u n til the last moment is often exposed to a loss, from the dif ficulty of finding others, who, having adjusted their owe accounts, are unable or unwilling to enter into a fresh transac tion on this " day of reckoning , " whereby h e i s compelled it in t topayh something extra in the pric e to those who have their power to afford him this f ac ili ty, i n order to enable him to settle his accou nt. But, call as sm g bona of the bargains made for thi s part i cular day arc onn fide transactions, the stock bought it usually and sold being in point of fact delivered by th e actua l holder and taken by the new purchaser, let us briefly confined to a explain how this is effected. This pro cess is one of daily settling-clay, t l i ng-d a 3,, occurrence, althoughan d on such is snot necessarilyoccasions amounts to a considerable item, from its having ex tended over a wider period. In eith er case, however, the following is the way in which the matter is settled between the broker and his principal who has sold stock : —The broker usually passes his check for of the sale to his principal, taking the precaution of crossing it—i.e., writing a banker's name across the c h ec k. When, however, Bank of England notes are demanded in lieu of crossed checks (as is sometimes the case), the bargain is made accordingly : in this case, tba jobber who buys the stock provides them either by bor rowing of those who happen to have large balances at their bankers, or from their own private bankers. The notes so borrowed by the jobber are then paid over to , the broker, and by him to his principal, This operation