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SOUTHEY'S COMMONPLACE-BOOK, First Series ; containing CHOICE PASSAGES, with " Collections for the History of English Manners and Literature," and forming a Volume complete in itself. SOUTHEY'S LIFE A.IID LETTERS. Just pnb:ished, post Bvo., with Portrait and View of Keswick, Cumberland, price 100. 6d. cloth, THE LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of the late ROBERT SOUTHEY. Vol. I. containing his early Autobiography, College Life, Scheme of Social Colonisation in Ame rica, Visit to Lisbon, &c. Edited by his Son, the Rev. CHARLES CUTTIBEUT SOUTHEY, M.A. 11 .* To be completed in Six Volumes, each containing a Family Portrait and a Landscape Illustration, by W. Westall. Vol. 11. will be published at the end of December, and the suc ceeding volumes every alternate month. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lougmans. PUBLIC IIEF.TD.TO. C HURCII OF ENGLAND SELF-SUPPORT ING VILLAGE SOCIETY. PRIZE ESSAYS BY THE WORKING CLASSES. The Distribution of the Prizes offered by a Member of the Com mittee, for the THREE BEST ESSAYS by the Working Classes on the objects of the Society, will take place at the Lower Room, Exeter-hall, on WEDNESDAY, December 5, 1849. The Rev. II U GH HUGHES, D.D., Rector of St. John's, Clerkenwell, and Lecturer of St. Loonard's, Shoreditch, will take the Chair at 7 o'clock. _ _ _ E. R. LARKEN, M.A. J. M. MORGAN, Esq. Hon. Secs. JOSEPH r,aows, M.A. Tickets of admission may be bad at the following publishers : Dalton's, Hatehard's, Nesbit's, and Parker's. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, e9ele Lessee and Manager, Old Bronapt.oll. THIS EVENING WM be performed lllACiiTll.3aebeth, Mr. Maeready ; Macluff, Mr. J. Waliack ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Warner. To be followed by an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANUEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Moggy Sna,ggs, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with THE PAS DE FASCINATION. Due notice will be given of the appearance ot Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-oftlee to under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TIIKATItS ItOYAL, ADELPHI. Under LA° direction of Madame Celesta. TIT IS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW CCPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith ; Aladame Celeste, ant Miss Woolgar. To 104 followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Gramly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumley. Airs. F. Matthews. To conclude wish a new slippery sketch called MItS.BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. lli;libury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Air. Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Buubary, Mrs. F. Matthews; Wright;' Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCIUM THEATRE. Under the sinnagemext of Madame Veen& dole Lessee, Itr. C!rrles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed METIIINIC* I SEE MT FATHER. To be folio werby DELICATE GROUND. After which a comic drama. called A PRACTICAL MAN. To conclude with RAISING TILE WIND. D. 093 Boxes 5.. : Upper Boxes, 4s. ; lit, 28. ; Gallery, le.; No half-price to any part of the house. Ali applications for rrivate Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEALGE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Solo Lessee a►nd Manager. Tlll3 EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE. COND. After which, A MODEL OF A WIFE. To conclude with the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT. ASTLE Y'S ROYAL AMPIIITILEATEL. Pro , ,lrietor, Mr. W. Batty, Immense hit ! 3foncrieff's New Pedestrian and Equestrian Ex'ra vaganea of Mr. 1 riggs in the " Pleasur.s of Housekeeping and Horsekeeping,•' having been received with roars of laughter and shouts of approbation, will be repeated every evening until further notice.—Mr. Batty has engaged the following eminent Gymnastic and Equestrian artistes, Mr. Milner and his two sons, Messrs. Crowhurst, A. Powell, A. Bridges, Mons. Valentine, and those ce lebrated Provincial Clowns, Messrs. Jackson and Wheale, who will appear. TIIIS EVENING, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Sewn, with the Grand national and magnificent Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, in which Mr. Edward Gomersal will appear in his original character of Napoleon. After which Batty's SCENES OF THE ARENA. To conclude with the new Extravaganza of Mr. BRIGGS ; or the PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING AND HOUSEKEEPING, in which thq> whole Company and Stud of this Establishment, a long train of inoveables, comprising Omnibus, Baronche, Go-Cart, and other vehicles, will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. 'cage Manager, Mr. W. West. Mr. BATTY'S Benefit is fixed for Monday, Dec. 3. • HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Morning, 28 min. after 1 I Evening, 49 min. after 1 o-Mosaow —Morning, 13 min. aster 2 I Evening, 35 min. after 2 THE WEATHER.—SON OFFICE, Nov. 29. TBFRMONETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 42; Noon, 46. BAROMETER, 29.88. WIND Southerly—dull foggy weather, with drizzling rain ',.•14 -- d ttr,_ ; . ''''.. ~ '. A .0„. 4 , - zir -, •--t-- - 'air! . % *4 • lb. , ~,•,- L •,.. , - , -,•t ...i v._"`- , _ ... •• - A .••• • ik "iir7:. - : tea.--.. :, • hi R u ;'' ~ r . ; 1 • mco, '1.- , , ~,,.. z•-:,,,,„, ~. . bran% LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1849. The trial of JOHN FRANCIS, for the wilful and deliberate murder of THOMAS HALL, in the Milbank Prison, a great portion whereof appeared in our im pression of yesterday afternoon, has terminated in the acquittal of the accused on the ground of insanity. The facts of this unfortunate and melancholy case, by which a kind-hearted and efficient officer wan suddenly deprived of life, and his wretched widow and children reduced from a state of comparative comfort to poverty and destitution, must be so fully in the public recollection, that it is unnecessary to recur to them at any length. It is sufficient to say that no possible motive could be assigned for the ferocious and wanton attack, nor could there be the slightest doubt as to the perpetrator of the fatal deed. Poor Hann was invariably lenient and indul gent to the convicts placed under his charge, and un willing to subject them to punishment for any trifling violation of the rigorous and vexatious regulations of the prison. Ills last act was to excuse his murderer from the unpleasant consequences of a breach of the rule against speaking with out being previously addressed. He had cau tioned the prisoner against a repetition of such conduct, informing him that if the Governor had been passing at the time he would have been liable to punishment, and received a promise that a similar error would not again be committed. There had been no former dispute, no feeling of revenge to be gratified ; the deadly assault was committed with out the slightest provocation of any kind. Any other person might have been the victim as well as poor HALL. It was one of those unaccountable outrages for which no possible reason could be assigned, save the aberration of intellect, neither could there be the slight est prospect of escape or impunity. So far it would appear to have been the act of a lunatic, hut the lunacy should be fully and satisfactorily established. By the wise provisions of the law, every person who has arrived at the age of discretion is presumed to be sane and accountable for his actions, unless the con trary be proved ; and the extraordinary nature of the offence, and want of motive for its perpetration, will not be sufficient to support the plea of insanity, unless it be clearly made out, on separate and independent grounds, that at the time when it was committed, the accused was of diseased mind , and "not conscious of right or wrong." If there was even " a partial delusion " it would not be a sufficient justification, and " the party would be equally liable with a person of sane mind." In the present instance it was distinctly proved that the prisoner had previously been of unsound mind, which had been produced by the " terror of transportation," and, most probably, from the stringent discipline to which he had been sub jected after his conviction. He had been found guilty of felony in the year 1845, and sentenced to seven years transportation. In February, 1846, he had been inspected by Dr. BALY, who reported him to be " well in body and mind, and fit to be sent out of the country." In a few weeks, however, the disease had developed itself, Dr. Mira - was again sent for on the sth of March, 1846, when he found that FRANCIS was " decidedly insane." He was accord ingly removed to t he hos p ital ship, w h ere he was attended by Dr. BLYTHE, who also declared that "at that time the prisoner was decidedly insane, and labouring under delusions." The learned gentlemen also s tated their opinions " that the insanity arose from tin fear of transportation operating on his mind." And yet this man, on his recovery, was again placed under the silent system, in separate confinement—a system that had pre viously been attended with such injurious conse quence in his case, and which, it was admitted, would be calculated to produce a return of the disease. On this point there was complete unanimity between the medical witnesses. Mr. J. D. ItENDELL, the resident surgeon of Milbank Prison, THE SUN, LONDON, declared, that " putting a man in solitary confine ment wculd be likely to make lunacy return," and that " it would be more likely to return under soli tary confinement, if it was an hereditary taint of insanity." Dr. SUTHERLAND, and Mr. M'MuRDo, the able surgeon of Newgate, agreed that, "if they had heard that a man had gone mad in 1846, from a terror of transportation, and had recovered, that a similar fear, three years later, would, very probably, induce a return of the complaint." On this evidence the presiding Judge (Baron ALDERSON) stepped the case, and as we have already stated, the jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity." The chief question that arises on this exceedingly painful case is, whether the system that has been proved on the most unimpeachable testimony as likely to produce such untoward results, shall be continued in its present form, or whether any and what modifications shall be introduced therein. It is unquestionably right that criminals should be severely and rigorously punished, for the double purpose of effecting their own reformation and of deterring others from the commission of similar offences. But have we a right to carry that punishment to such an extent as to drive the wretched victims into a state of madness, to degrade them beneath the level of humanity ? Would it not be more merciful to restore capital punish ment to the fullest extent, to re enact the sanguinary code that WES once the shame and disgrace of Great Britain, the deepest blot on the national escutcheon, than to subject the miserable offenders to a lingering death, or to turn them loose on society at the expi ration of the specified terms with shattered and broken intellects, no longer capable of being con sidered responsible for their acts ? Not only the criminals, but even innocent persons, are interested in the answer. Poor IiALL lost his life, his widow and children were deprived of a father and protector, through the effects of the " gaol discipline," acting on a nervous temperament. Sir PETER LAURIE in a pamphlet published some year s since, pointed out the numerous cases pro duced thereby, and showed that all the prisoners were listless and stupid, had lost their " gregarious" habits, and were almost incapable of understanding what was addressed to them. It is not often that "the secrets of the prison house" are brought to light, but when so melancholy an illustration has been afforded, it is essential that the most searching in quiry should be instituted. The murder in the Milbank Prison cannot be suffered to fall into oblivion without being productive of some valuable results. The subject is especially worthy of the Legislative attention, and the investigation should be conducted by impartial men, who are not prejudiced in favour of any peculiar system, and who are not officially connected with the management or inspection of gaols. From such an Inquiry we may hope for the introduction of a disci pline that will prove just to the prisoners as well as to the public, that will have a salutary effect in the repression of crime, and that will be calculated to make criminals better members of society on the ter mination of their punishments. In our recent endeavours to enumerate some of the more prominent evils requiring dissipation in the ma nagement of the Royal Navy of England, we found no opportunity for reference to one of a very grievous, though of a somewhat less conspicuous character. The disrelish for the establishment of colonial dock. yards is the fact to which we would now direct very particular attention. We would descant upon this circumstance, moreover, not simply because it tends to enervate the maritime vigour of the country, but also, and in an especial manner, in this age of financial reduction, because it entails upon the service very great and unnecessary expenses, being altogether a most uneconomical and even extravagant course of proceeding. Now-a-dayr, and for some considerable time past , it has been manifest to the more vigilact, observant, and reflective, that according to the prevailing system, the necessity for cobbling our vessels of war is re markable for its continual increase—that necessity, indeed, being only in some degree commensurate with another of a yet greater imminence, the necessity for perpetual and extending disbursements. Supposing a frigate, or a three-decker, for example, is found at the present time to require extensive alterations and improvements, while on some remote foreign station, those alterations and improvements render it absolutely essential for her to return homewards as speedily as possible for the purpose of undergoing the projected operations. In consequence of this, the evil whatever it may be, whether it exists in her keel, her masts, her deck, or her furniture, is constantly on the increase throughout the whole interval occu pied by the time, together with the wear and tear, of the voyage. Sometimes, indeed, considerable perils are incurred through the necessity of carrying a crazy vessel across the ocean before her wounds can be healed or her rottenness rectified. Instances of this kind have come within the limits of our own knowledge; as where a surveying ship off the coast of Southern Australia was conveyed by her captain, at extraordinary risk to the lives of all entrusted to his charge, right across the Pacific, round the cape of storms, and on to England, with a sail passed under her bottom to prevent her from sinking ! Such examples of course we do not mean to imply are of continual recurrence. But happen they do, happen they hare done, and happen they will do occasionally ; and it is to preclude the pos sibility of any such foolhardy exploits being required again from the officers of the Royal Navy— it is to enable those officers to repair the damages of our ships of war at once, in places more conveniently and accessibly situated—it is to diminish the labours of alterations and improvements to our shipwrights— it is to decrease, in a very appreciable degree, the dis bursements required for these exertions in doctoring —that we are now demanding the interposition of the proper authorities, the authorities entrusted with the management, but in lieu of that, assuming to themselves the mismanagement of the British Navy together, with all its enormous responsibilities. Now, in illustration of the shortsightedness with which this department of the Marine Administration of England is conducted, we need only refer to the rash project set on foot for the abandonment of the dockyard at Bombay. From that establishment has proceeded the Meeanee 80-gun ship, besides other ves sels of various and, in some instances, such as the one just mentioned, of considerable dimensions. Proved consequently to be capable of materially as sisting in the enhancement of our maritime strength, and in the consolidation of our naval supremacy, the dockyard at Bombay is regarded thus slightingly, forsooth, because of its remoteness, and because also of its supposed onerous demand upon the Exchequer. Why, the very fact of its remoteness from the mother country ought to be a sufficient reason for its continuance, for the con siderations already specified; while its preservation in full capacity should be a matter of national soli citude even in a point of view strictly and exclusively economical. Surely the subject under consideration is only another and a deplorably flagrant testimony of that most rash of all monetary rules of conduct, the penny wise and the pound foolish principle. If for nothing else, the scheme of colonial dockyards should most certainly be adopted by the Admiralty out of regard for the wisdom of the homely old adage, " A stitch in time saves nine." How far the proverb is applicable in the case of colonial dockyards we leave it to the common sense of the public to decide. The relation between the two is obvious ; and being thus obvious, the retention of old and the construction of new dock yards in our more distant possessions is absolutely incumbent upon the Government. Those who opposo this project because, according to their argument, it is idle to anticipate any beneficial result from establishments erected on spots so far removed from this country, must have but a feeble remembrance of all that was accomplished in the way of ship-buildieg during the American war f are, when vessels of large s i ze and admirable capac i ty were constructed on the inland seasborn borne or i n g imgainudtictbleaticbeys h o a f yig C n anada. Besides, it should be , these dockyard s v ari ous ly situated, many of the com mo di t i es required by the naval ' architect—timber, tar, flax, iron, coals, and copper w ould be found here and there i n both hemispheres in the immediate vicinity of the stocks, without as at present having to convey them across enormous dis- arc's of Great Brit a i n , Num to the central bay Every consideration indeed assures us that the increase and extension of these colonial establishments would be eminently calculated to enhance the strength, to improve the character, and to economize the resources of the Royal Navy of England. The improvement is one deserving the adoption of the authorities of the Admiralty together with those others previously par ticularized, such for example as the more general application of the screw-propeller to vessels of a large size, or the more rational regulation of rank and pro motion in the maritime service of Great Britain. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The following are the reasons adduced by the Committee for rejecting the proposition of M. CRAB RAs for the sale of the diamonds of the Crown : " The value attributed to this national property, by estimates which go back as far as 1816, could not be realised under the pressure of existing circum stances without an enormous loss, particularly . t hen it is considered that one alone of these jewels, the Regent, is worth more than all the rest of the collection, and that the greater part of the others, evidently deprived of the extra value t hich the merit of the composition gives them, only preserve an intrinsic value already materially d( preciated. The mere en nour cement of a sale of the kind would spread conster nation in a branch of commerce which is already suffering, and it is very doubtful whether it would be considered by public opinion as a very favourable sign of the credit of the state. It is, moreover, difficult to h re is f t u o s r e ic t al the character of o a f collection a work which j a c r h t caonmdmoefnaceks with the the sceptre of Charlemagne and fi ni s hes with the sword of Austerlitz. Mutilated by the pillage which took place at the Garde - Meuble after the massacre of Sep tember, this collection was respected by the decrees of the Convention, which collected the remains of it ; it was reconstituted and increased by the personal care of Napoleon. We can scarcely believe that such a legiti mate fet ling of national susceptibility woul l not be ex cited, if this part of our public riches was to be exposed for sale. The French people has more than once changed its form of Government, but it has never varied in its worship for the arts and for the glorious reminiscences of its history." The National and the Reforme denounce M. CHARLES HENZEN, the German Socialist, to whose ultra-Marat doctrines of cutting off heads by whole sale public attention has been recently drawn. They declare that, if not a raving madman, he trust be an aunt in the pay of the Absolutists of Europe. It is said to be in the contemplation of the French Government to greatly modify, if not to totally abolish, the absurd passport system. The Journal du Loiret, of the 27th, publishes the following letter from AL DE LAMARTINE I see in reading your journal, and I understand, the reproaches, apparently well founded, of the electors of the Loiret, on my prolonged absence from the Na tional Assembly. The disease with which I was at tacked at the very moment, even when they did me the honour to think of me, has not left me since that period one day without sufferings incessantly redoubled. Do mestic necessities, imperative on a private man, have been united to these sufferings to retain me, in spi'e of m 3 self, for four months from the post to which they deputed me. I feel that it would be to abuse their confidence, and the mandate of your fellow-cit'zens, if I were any longer to leave their representation incomplete. Be kind, enough, therefore, to make known to them that if in three weeks, at the latest, from this time, my health is not improved, I shall fed it my duty to tender my re. signation of functions which I now hold without fulfill ing them, and to carry from the Loiret only the eternal gratitude fc r its mandate, and the painful regret of being co:npelled to resign it. Accept, Sir, the assurance of my high consideration. " LAMA/in:IE." The Evenement says— " We are assured that the Government has received accounts from Rome of serious importance. The Pope, who had determined to leave Portici on the 25th instant, and to enter Rome on the 28th, and who bad requested M. de Corcelles to ac company him, changed his determination on learning the recall of M. de Corcelles, and the arrival of General Baraguay &Millers. The Pope is said to have announced, in writing, his firm determination not to re turn to Rome as long as France shall not be represented near his person except by the General commanding the corps of occupation. He further intimated in his letter that he was determined, on his return to Rome, to break completely with the policy of the three Cardinals." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 56f. 95c.; the Five per Cents. at 89f. 80e.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 735 f.; Rouen, 525 f.; Havre, 228 f. 75c.; Great Northern, 441 f. 52c.; Vierzon, 302 f. 50c.; Bals©, 1021. 50c.; Bordeaux, 397 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburgh, 357 f. 50c. BUSINk SS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 29. Boulogne and Amiens, s%—Namur and Liege, 6% Northern of France, 2% dis.—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 West Flanders, 1%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived. The Clamor Pzalico states that Senor BEA.vo MURILLO intends to present to the Senate certain modifications to the tariff in a restrictive sense. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 23 —The Three per Cents. were done at 28i for paper; the Four per Cents. at Ili ; the Five per Cents. at Ili; the Debt without Interest at 31; and the Coupons at 7 for cash. GERIVIAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Weiner Zeitung of the 24th gives long details from Prague of the audience granted by the Em pEßoa,;:and of his MAJESTY'S progress through the city to view the splendid illuminations in his honour. Great jealousy exists between the Austrian Central Government and the Slavonian subjects :of the em pire. To such a height has this jealousy reached that even JELLACIIICII is looked on with an eye of suspicion by the Government, a suspicion somewhat justified, it must be admitted, by the recent conduct of the BAN. A change significant of time has just been made in the Agram university. The Banalrath has abolished the chair for the Magyar language, and replaced it by a professorship of the Russian. The Banalrath having recently displayed the most ready compliance with the wishes of the BAN, the present step is nothing more, perhaps, than a graceful ac knowledgment on the part of JELLACITICH for -his brilliant reception by the Russian officers at Temesvar, and his general popularity w ith th e C ossac k s . Mean time there is no symptom watched with more jealousy by the Austrian Government than the fraternization of the Slavonian races with the Russians, nor, indeed, any symptom pregnant with grea t er d anger to the empire. in the appointments of Ministerial Commissioners just made in the county of Presburg, it is remarked that no Slavonian has been chosen, an omission the more striking as all the ablest men, as well as the chief interests, of the Slowacks are concentrated in this district. The great majority of the population is Slavonian, and about a third Magyar. The Germans are confined to Presburg, St. George, and Modell. PRUSSIA. o y n The Prussian Staats Anzeiger of th e mainsthe following official paragraph : — th " The Kollar Zeitung, No. 281, asserts that it can state on good authority that Austria formally protested, few days ago, against the convocation of the Perlis • moot, and had threatened a forced intervention. We are authorised to declare that no protest of the kind exists, either with the threatened intervention or without it, consequently it is also impossible, as the Koine). Zeituny pretends, to know that any reply thereunto can have been sent." The German Reform also declares that all the intelligence which was communicated to a great num ber of the journals by the telegraph, and also by the ordinary mode of communication, relative to the Austrian note, are utterly without foundation. BAVARIA. A letter from Rastadt of the 20th Nov., published in the Swabian Mercury, says— " The situation of the imprisoned officers appears to be somewhat improved. They had a hearing to-day before Major Warzenegger, in consequence of which, even if they should be doomed to pass the time of their trial hero, they are to be supplied with books and can dles, and to have suitable fare at their own expense. There is a slight improvement in the condition of the other prisoners, and some of the precautionary measures, which bordered upon positive cruelty, aro relaxed. The inhabitants are also allowed a certain degree of freedom of trade in the city, and people are permitted to go in and out of the gates without being furnished with red or white passes." HOLLAND TIIE HAGUE, Nov. 27.—The Second Chamber of tha States General has fixed the grant to the Govern ment printing-office for the year at 16 is to The income for defraying this expenditure to be &rived from the various Government departments, the colleges, &c. AMSTaaDAM, Nov. 27.—Tics BOURSE.—The in land funds were very steady to-day, and a good deal of business, with tendency to rise, was transacted. Spanish Ardoins gave rise to a great deal of busine,s, and after an upi and tendency they closed at some what below yesterday's price. The Three per Cent. Inland were in demand, and many transactions made. CONFIRMATION OF THE NEWI3ISHOPS OF NORWICH AND LLANDAFF.—This morning, at half-past ten o'clock, Dr. Hinds, the new Bishop of Norwich, and Dr. 011ivant, the new Bishop of Liandaff, were con firmed in their re.pective sees, witb`the usual ceremo nies, at Bow Church. Sir John Dodson officiated as Vicar-General. The new Bishops, together with the new Bishop of Madras, will be consecrated on Sun day next, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 30 1849. ITALY. The Tempo, a semi-official journal of Naples, an• flounces that the French army will soon retire from Rome, except a small garrison, which will be left in the Castle of St. Angelo. The Austrians are forti fying themselves in Bologna ; they are absolute masters in the Duchies and in Tuscany, where the Grand Duke reigns only in name, and they are about to take military possession of Forli, of Ancona, of Arezzo, of Perugia, and of Foligno. The Nazionale publishes a letter from Rome, which announces the arrest of several ladies of the Narducci and Castellani families. 'The Concordia publishes a letter from Lucca which states that the whole of the Tuscan garrison of that city has been ordered to Florence to be dissolved, and Lucca will become the centre of the Austrian occu pation. The Opinione says, "The correspondence which we receive from Venice announces that the Government has ordered the citizens to provide themselves abund antly with provisions, and that, in order to enable them to do so, it has permitted for a time the entrance into the city of all sorts of merchandize duty free." When we remember the large armies which Austria is assembling upon various points of the Italian peninsula, this new measure bears a strange signification. _The Legge thus sums up th e s t a t e o f a ff a i rs i n t h e kmgclom of Naples :—" We repe.tt upon our honour, first, that at the present moment the prisons at Naples are filled with honest and moderate persons; secondly, that the whole of the magistracy has been changed, and that the magistrates actually officiating are not judges, but sbirri of the police; thirdly, that false witnesses have been paid to find matter of ac cusation, and consequently of condemnation, against all those who are obnoxious to the Government." LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lori Chancellor sat to-day in the Ola Hall, Lincoln's Inn, and henrd appeals and lunatic petitions; but no case of interest came befcre him during the morning, BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Forum isquE.) VAUXHALL GARDENS.—IN RE BLAIN AND PEARCE. To-day was appointed for the last examination of these bankrupts, late lessees of the Royal Garden:, Vauxhall. The fiat was sued out by the bankrupts, and ❑o assignee has been chosen. Mr. Moss, solicitor to the bankrupts, applied for an adjournment, as the accounts had not btu' duly filed, but were prepared. His HoNoun asked what excuse could be urged for the delay? Mr. MOSS' said they were very voluminous, and one of e bankrupts had been ill. One of the blakrupts said the secretary of the Gar dens had been out ()flown. Mr. PENNELL (the official assignee) said that the ac counts did not appear so very voluminous, and be had ro funds to pay the expense of an adjournment. Ms HONOUR said that any adjournment must be at the expense of the bankrupts. Mr. Moss said he could not offer any objection, and the case was adjourned for a month. Very few creditors were present, and it was said that it was intended to superset'e the fiat. IN RE BAIT. This bankrupt had carried on business in Moorgato street, and Mr. Pettis, the accountant to the estate, ap plied for the bankrupt's certificate, which was granted forthwith. These were the only 'cases during the morning. SECON DARIES -(THIS DAY.) (Before H. B. JAMES, Esq.) BEENY V. KILLICK. A MINUTIC TOO kai;.--LThis was an action brought against defendant, a stock-broker, in Bank-buildings, to recover the amount of 161., the balance of instalments due on a guarantee given on behalf a third party. The defendant not having pleaded to the action, it was held that as the guarantee was set forth on the record the production of the guarantee was sufficient without proof. The jury gava a verdict for the amount claimed. The Case did not occupy five minutes, and before the papers had been packed up defendant's solicitor appeared in curt, and said that plaintiff's solicitor had " snatched an opportunity," and had fooled away money, as the expense would have been saved. There n•as only ono other case, undefended, on a bill of exchange. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COUR T. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Justice CRESSWELL,) HARING A FALSE REGISTER OF A BIRTH. _ _ _ Maly Dewet surrendered this morning to reoeive the judgment of the court for felony. The prisoner had been convicted of having feloniously caused a false entry to be made in the register book of births for the parish of St. Clement Danes. Sl.° went, it appeared, to the registrar, and represented a child which she had with her as her own, and had it entered as such, well knowing that the statement was false, it having turned out that the child belonged to another woman, who accompanied her. Mr. Justice CREESIVELL, after adverting to the neces sity of somo cheek being put to the commission of frauds upon registrars, sentenced her to one month's imprison ment in Ncß•gate. NE W COURT. (Before Alderman CARDEN and the RECORDER.) John James, a slop cutter, aged 37, and David Lee, a tailor, aged 40, were indicted, the first for stealing 40 yards of calico, value 133., the property of Messrs. Moses, Son, and Davis, merchant tailors, his mas ters, and the second for receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. James bad been in the employ of the prosecutors, who carry on business in Aldgltte High-street, and availed himself of an opportunity that presented itself to him a few days ago to carry off the calico. His ho nesty, however, had previously been doubted, and on this occasion he was watched by another of the prosecutors' servants, and followed to the shop of the prisoner Lee, in Fore-street, where he left the property. Of course it was presumed that he received some pecuniary considera tion for it, and as it was just possible that Lee knew how James had come by the calico, they were both given into custody, on the charge of stealing and receiving. At first, Lee denied that he had obtained any calico from James, but upon being closely pressed, he admitted the receiving, and said he paid Bs. for it. James, on the other band, who now pleaded guilty, protested through out that ho received no money ut all. The prisoner Lee was defended by Mr. ROBINSON, who addressed the jury on his behalf, insisting that there was nothing to show a guilty knowledge on his part, and afterwards called a number of witnesses to character. All of them sang the S3MO song: the prisoner was an honest, sober, industrious man; but several of them, who were tradesmen living in the neighbourhood of Fore-street, admitted that they lost sight of him between April and December, 1848. It was, however, explained by Mr. Jones, his brother in-law, that having, about the period of the first month, sold his business, he returned to his native place, Lempsford, in Suffolk, and there ho remained permanently till the close of the year, but he passed backwards and forwards at intervals be tween the two months. To meet this issue of character, Spittle, one of the City detective force, was put into the box to state that in June, 1848, from instructions he had received from the police authorities, he searched the house in Fore-street which had previously been in the possession of Lee, and the door of which still bore his name, and found there a quantity of cloth which had been stelm from Mr. Camp, clothier, of Leadenhall-street, valued at 231. The house was at this time in the occupation of a man named Tate, who was made a party to a case of felony tried in this court, and sen tenced to three months' imprisonment. The officer made inquiries after Lee, but he could obtain no further information of him than that his retreat is the country was known to Mr. Jones, his brother•in-law. He called upon Mr. Jones, and told him that Lee was wanted to clear up his character from an imputation which had been thrown upon it; but Lee was never forthcoming. The Learned RECORDER summed up the whole of the evidence against Lee, after which the jury con sulted together for a few minutes, and found a ver dict of Guilty, but recommended James to mercy on account of his previous good character. The COURT sentenced James to twelve months', and Leo to eighteen months' hard labour in the House of Correction. SIX MEN DROWNED. (FRoM A CORRESPONDENT.) MARGATE.—A lamentable accident occurred off here about half-past seven yesterday morning. The Mystery, Hauling boat, with a crew of six hands, lett this port for the purpose of boarding and speaking all vessels bound to the port of London. The boat, in running under the bow of a schooner for the pur pose of putting a man on board, on the leeward side of the vessel, was run into by the schooner, cutting her right asunder. The boat immediately filled and disappeared with all her unfortunate crew. The captain of the schooner, I regret to say, so far dis graced the character of a British seaman that he never hove his vessel to, or attempted to put his boat out to save the unfortunate crew. llad he done either one or the other, in all probability some of the unfor tunate men would have been saved. Immediately the in telligence reached the shore by a vessel running down, that witnessed the circumstance, but too far to lee ward to be of any assistance, two of the owners pro ceeded to London, furnished with proper authority to apprehend the captain of the vessel, as it appears to be one of the most wanton acts ever recorded. They were all married men. Mr. George Bowyer, D.C.L., has been unani mouily elected by the Benchers of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple to the office cf lec turer of that Society. Mr. Bowyer was a candidate for the borough of Reacting at the last election. THE COLD IN PABIS.—On Tuesday at. midnight the centigrade thermometer in Paris nrArktd 4 deg. 9 min. below zero. On Wednesday, at six o'clock, A. 31. 5 deg. 7 ado. , and at noon, 3 deg. 8 min. below zero (freezing point). MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very dull, and prices of American and Brazil were id. per lb. lower. The sales were estimated at 3,000 bales, in cluding 2:000 American, 200 Pernam and Maranham at 6i-1. to Gi I.; 200 Egyptian at 6P. to 81d.; 400 Surat at 44d. to 4 d., .nd 70 Sea Island at Is. to is. 3d. per lb. —Railway Shares were firm. The Corn Market is dull to-day, the arrivals being exceedingly large. _ The CO1;nill - Produce Markets have hem livelier this ;yak, but the &tilers are directing their attention wanly to one or two articles. Thus Coffee is in decided ruriest, and Cotton has become neglected. Wool at the public sales is ruling decidedly higher, and Tallow is more in request. The purchases of Coffee are to a large extent for the Continent. Sugar is dull owing to the large supply. . . . . . . . There ar© . Certain states in North America which have still very defective laws for the government of their banking institutions, and not until the safety fund system is adopted, as in New York, can we expect t) hear of perfect immunity from failures, and even nefarious transactions. A New York editor gives an account of another bank explosion. It is the Morris Bank of New Jersey, and the account has been fUr nished to one of the journals of that state by Mr. Nor ton, the President. "In this account, supplied by Norton, it would seem," says the writer, "he professes to have been a sort of dupe to the rest of the corps of swindlers engaged in these extensive operations to cheat and humbug the community. But the truth is, the whole batch of financiers, from top to bottom, connected with the Morris Bank, the Susquehanna Bank, the Protec tion Insurance Company, we know not what other con cerns, are all people of the same description, and en titled to the same share in the financial glory of the explosion." This Norton, who lets the cat out of the bag about the Morris State Bank, is the father of the same Norton who has been indicted for some most atrocious libels, and therefore, in certain respects, both father and son are congenial with each other, and show undoubted evidence of being of the same stock. " We suspect that the country will be astounded by more explosions in other quarters. The security bank system of Now York is a perfect bar to all these finan ciers of the old school. But New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and out west and south, yet present fine hunting ground for the spcculatiee gamblers of Wall-street to realise game and gudgeons." The Continental mails, owing to the state of the a ea thee, have not arrived with the usual regularity, and from rads we hear of no important variation in the funds. The Funds are fluctuating again. They opened nt the advanced price realised yestvrday, when a purchase of 300,0001. was made, but they have since receded. The business done this morning fer time is not important. For money and time the rates have been 95i 4, and the present value is 95i I. For the "option" about per cent. is asked. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. are 94 to 96k, and the Three per Cents. 941 to 94k. Bank Stock is 199 to 200. Exchequer-bills are 475. to 505. premium. There has been a buoyant market again for Foreign Stocks upon the settlement of the Account. Mexican Bonds have been 271 to 27i, but are now 271 to Ve nt ziela have sustained a material rise, viz., to 28 and 291 upon the following important communication:— " Consulate of Vent ziela, Gresham-place, November 28. " Sir,—By order of the Secretary of State for Finance 'at Caracc .s, in a dispatch dated the lgth ult., and re ceived by me this day, I have the honour to inform you th.. 3 the Goverment of Venezuela has appropriated one fourth of the Customs' duties to the payment of the interest on the borne and foreign debt, in terms of a decree of the Ist ult., which you will find published in the enclosed Gactia de Venezuela. " The Minister estimates that this one-fourth will produce annually not less than half a million of dollars, and that it will, therefore, be more than sufficient for its object. He adds, with regard to the dividends in arresr, that the Executive will do the best to obtain from the Congress of 1850 a determination thereupon that shall be satisfactory to the creditors. " I am further directed to propose that you shall ap point a duly authorized agent to receive the interest in La Guayra, such an arrangement appearing to the Go vernment to carry more confidence to both parties than the appointment of a new agency in London; and I shall be happy to convoy to the Minister your answer upon this point.—l have the honour, Scc., " J. M ILLIGAN, Consul. M" G. Robinson, Lq., .P., Chairman of the Committee of South American Bondholders." Russisn Bonds have risen to 109 k and 110, and Belgian Four and. a-Half per Cents, have been 86k to 87. Spanish Bonds have risen to 18i and 19 for the Five per Cents., and 38i to 39 for Three per Cents. The railway receipts for the week, as further returned this morning, are as follows. Hudson's lines are still on the decline:— 1849. 1848. Lancashire and Yorkshire 11,765 10,191 York-and North-Midland York, Newcastle, and Berwick 12,176 13,120 Blackwall Lancaster and Carlisle Eastern Ceunties Railway Shares look well again to-day. and k fair business is doing. The account, probably, has some in fluence, but the feeling is better also. BRITISH. FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3;,i per Cent. Anns. B4 LA I 54% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1660 8 7-16 8;4 2 D 0.30 Years, Expire Octl 0, 1859 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 Hq India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 Bl p Consols for Account ...... ....... Exchequer Bills. 1 1 / 2 d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 5001 49 50 p _ . _ Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bon As, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Do. Deferred 17% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 36 38% 36 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent llO 109% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3 8 1,¢ 39 38% Venezuela Bonds ...• 2B 29% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent.. 12 Guild Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONS O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. tberdeen Ditto, Preference 6 14 — :711.Ar., Notting., Boston, &c. 6Z 5 . . Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 28 .. .. anks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6 iAiminghana & Oxford Junct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... Mriniugham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 13/.14a — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Clieshin Junction.. Bristol and Exeter Do~ Thirds 3 uckinghamshire 17% to i:al &lonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ... 8% to 9 Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Ohes ter and Holyhead... SO Ditto, Preference ;larence. Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5% to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% — to '1 as t Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D ... Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ... DO , 3/. 133., 6p. Ct. Prof. 3% — Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 138. 4d .. Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... . ..... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 . Do., 5 per cent. Ditto, New - ..•••• to —, eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... - Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3% . to Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 2,? ...... - .... .. Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 25 •.• •• to --- ,a3 D t itto an S c c u ri h p ir (gu e a . .... 6. p .. e . r . ....... ! 2 2 0 5 ...... to Ditto, New .... ......... •••• • 26 Do., New Quarters D o ,, 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6 14 — to E as t Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — Exeter and Exm0uth......... 21a. .:.ilasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 62.8 d — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated —.—. Great Northern Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 Do. lA B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 - per Cent. Pref. Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 40/..... ..... .. .. 40 Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 30/ Ditto, New 151......... l5 ...... . Great Western 100 ...... 59 5 / 4 to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shared Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ l5 ... ...... to Hull and Selby 5O ...... 94 ..... to Ditto, Half Shares .. Ditto,Quarter Shares 12% — ...... to Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 D0., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... 60 ...... to Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B ... 98 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares — 49 28% to Ditto Quarters Ditto Fift Ls Ditto.Thir-15...... . ...... Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 49 - Do. (lludder9. and Sheff.) 50 Do., WestßidirgUnion... 10 ..... Do., PregimandWyro ... 25 ...... - Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Lee& and Bradford I,e , As and Tliirsk Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 5 . Ditto , ditto... Ditto, ditto ..... No. 3 5 Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth port. London & Blackw all ......111. 6s. - Lond.,Bright.,& SouthCoastloo 81 3 4 82 to 81% Do., New 51, gua. 6 pr Ct.loo Do. Guaranteedspor Cent. 9 . . — to De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... .- Ditto Preference London & North Western.....100 Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths Do. 40i. Shares.....L. & M 85 to Do. 101... M. and B. (C.) 1 - London and S. Western...—. 50 Ditto, New 50/........ ..... 42%...... ..... to Ditto, New 40/ Do., Now Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent ••• 5 • ••• 6 to Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares ..... 5 to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Do., Half Shares 5 ...... to Lewestoff, guar. 4 rer ct Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Wench Buxton, & Matlock 5 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 A Shares( No. 1) ... 25 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12%...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... . to Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ..... Ditto Sheffield and Linc. 25 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 25 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41.2 x.... ...............100 Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo Ditto, 50/. Shares ...... 30 9 to !Midland, Bine., and Derby...loo to Midland, Consol. Pristei and Birmingham, 6 per ccnt....100 Midland, Bristol and Gloue. 42 ... Ditto ditto 221.75. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Leices. and Swan mington (S per ct.gua.)....100 . to M idld. Great Western (Irish) 50 Middlesbro' and Redcar. C per cent. guar.... ..... ~... 50 Nerietstte and Carlisle's lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares • .... 2.5 ... .. Ney market . 23 Ditto Extension Scrip... V. k2s — Ncwport Abergy., and Herd. 6 Newry and Enniskillen 't Newry, Wrarrenpoint, , and Rostrevor .......... ........ 20 . Norfolk Ditto NM 20/. l5 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et. 20 Do. _D0.„ , 5 3 ,4 per cent ..... .. 5 .. Do. do. WaWeiley Valley.. 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British ...... . 25 Ditto Half Shares.-- ..... 12 1 ,E - Do. Quarters 6 ' A i ...... ...... to Ditto Thirds ......... Pi to Ditto, Prcfcrence ...... 5 North Staffordshire..... North Wales - North Western .. 13% Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton .. . SO - _ . . _ . _ _ Ruding,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15 Royeton and Hitchin B;,Ttti31l Central ..:: cott i a h Midland .... Ditto, New.......... 22% — ...... to Bhrewsitury and Birminghaml2 ..., 4% to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 ...... Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 4 Shrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. Llin.) Ditto Halves. Ditto... 9 ... Ditto, 03westry lB% - •..• to -- Ditto .New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 Shropshire Union..... 6.4..... south Devon .. Ditto, Preference ...... „ ... 25 South Staffordkhire... South Easton) 343 l9 ... .. to 19% Ditto, No. 2. BO Ditto, No. :3 • .• . Ditto, Reg stored No. 4.... 10 Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. .. &nth Walea i 43 South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole l2 Shdtield, Rotherham, and _ _.. Goole '( N.D) Gua. 5 parct. 113% ...... ... .. to 1e Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 7 Taw Vale Extension Thanics Haven Dock and Railway .. 17% to Vale of Is, eath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick..... 47 1 ,x..... Watorford,Wexford,Wieklw, _ . _ and Ddhlin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall Whitchaven andiurneas lB .... •• ..... to Windsor, Stainas, and South Wegorn...... .......... - weave to 4.... Wilts, Somerset,&Weymonth 45 — to - Fork, Newcastle, and 13erwiek 25 Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 ..... 11% 12 to 11% Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 Do.llartlepool Lk. & Ely. 100 . ._ York and Nc;rth:Midland .. 50 . Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Atstriaa) 5 1 ,2 — Boulogne and:Amiens ...... ... 20 ..... ..... to Central of France (Orleans and Vicrzon) .__ — Demerara. - Dutch Rhenizh 8 ••• •• • ....... •••• • • to _. East Indian Great Indian Peninsular ö ...... ...... to Do. Do ..... .... ....... ... 108. Louvain Ala Sambre ..... .... 7% — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto ...••• Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege Northern of France 14/85..... die ... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... Pane and Orleans... Paris and Rotten Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 12 Rouen and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 , — to Tours & Nantes ... Touniay, Jurbite, Landen, and Plaaelt .. ..* •• .• 28 ...... ••".• to W eat 1 landers B% — ...... to Ditto JOINT STOCK SANK& Australasia British North American .... be ...... Colonial -•• - •..to -- Commercial of London 20 — •••••• to - London Joint Stock ~.- ..... 10 London and Westmimstor. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, Now National of Ireland 22% - ..... to Provincial of Ireland" 26 - Ditto, New Union of Australia 25 ....•• -- - Ditto, New Union of London ........ ...... 10 Union of Madrid ..... .. .. ...... 40 - ...... to MINES. f.nglo Mexican lOO •••••• Asturian Australian rrossaßange -•..t0 - Ba 2Bs . . _ . Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip — — to British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24 1 ; 4...... Ditto Cocaes and Cniaba... 30 ...... 8 11 4... .. to -- Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper General Real dal Monte, Unregis."ed . .. .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — — ..... to -- Do. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba. United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIP PIN G—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 30.—Wind this day at noon , , S., mo derate breeze, and dull, hazy weather, with ra in. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 29.—Wind S.—Arrd. 28th, Mi rza . pore, Hickman, Calcutta; Jessie, Robertson, T am pi co; Savanak, Julius, Philadelphia; Thomas Harrison, Kelly, Alexandria. 29th, Tapia, Singapore. Sid. 28th, Fin land, Philadelphia. 29th, Jaeger, Calcutta; John Cock, Cape of Good Hope. Off port, Gipsey, Maranham ; Ringdove, Mountaineer. CLYDE, Nov. 27.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Lightning, Nonce, St. Domingo; Rankin, Lawson, Quebec. DUBLIN, Nov. 2 8.—Wind S.—Arrd. Wave, Quebec. KINGSTOWN, Noy. 28.—Wind S., strong.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Hunter, St. John's New Brunswick. WELLS, Nov. 29.—The sloop Coke, of this port, and the sloop Blakeney Packet, of Blakeney, both grain laden, in going out this morning got on shore to the westward; the former lies badly and is making water; the latter has no apparent damage. If the weather con tinues fine they are expected to float next tide. The sloop Two Sisters, which got on shore 15th inst., has come off after discharging her cargo, and has been brought into the harbour. WIVENIIOE, Nov. 29.—The Lionor, of Bilbas, from Hamburgh to Cadiz and Seville, grounded on the Long Sand this morning arid beat over, unshipping her rudder, but has been assisted in here, making a little water. Thar, Nov. 29.—Wind S. to S.S.W., fresh breeze.— Arrd. Gilbert Ihlder. 26th, Drie Gibroeders, Voltus, Batavia for Holland. 29th, Bella Marina, Wood, China; Hebrides, Melville, Manilla; Princess Helen, Curling, Calcutta; Thetis, Cass, ditto; Lady Bute, M'Kinlay, ditto; Choice, Rio Janeiro. Arrd. from the river, Thomas Chadwick, Vickerman, Adelaide, South Australia; Superb, Havana). ILFBACOZ4BE, Nov. 28.—1 t blew a gale the whole o f last night from E.S.E. to S.S.W. 29th, 2 P.M., wind S.S.E., fresh breeze. SUTTON, Nov. 29.—The Argo, Kiel for Lynn, which got ou shore near Mablethorpe on the 27th inst., has gone to pieces, the greater part of cargo aid stores landed, but all damaged. PILL, n,v. 29.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. 23tb, Abbots ford, Pearce, (lactate. bid. Lady Falcon, Now Orleans; Elerslie, ditto. BRISTOL, Nov. 29.—Witd S.S.W.—Arrd. Ada ALry, Woodbead, Africa. AftiIIBLES, Nov. 29.—Wind S.S.E.—Acrd. 28th, Re covery, Williams, Quebec. 611IELDS, Nov. 29.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. 28th, Iron Gem, Calcutts.__ _ _ - - PLYMOUTH, Nov. A.—Wind S.—Sld. Southampton, Cape of Good Hope. Off port, Old England, Fee, Manilla. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 29.--Wind E.-51d. Vittoria, Sierra Leone. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Spanish Consulate General, 37, Old Broad-street, Nov. 27 , ISO • _ _ _ Sir,—l havo received from his Excellency the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs of her Catholic Ma jf sty, a copy of the following official communication ad dressed to the members of the diplomatic body residing at Madrid; with which I beg to acquaiat you, for the general information. " With the object of preserving Spain, as far as pos sible, from the invasion of the cholera, her Majesty the Queen has been phased to d:ctato the following dispo sitions, which I hasten to communicate to you, for the information of your Government:— " In case of the quarantine on vessels proceeding from infected or suspected ports being reduced or sup pressed in any foreign port, in such a manner as that the regulations there observed should not be in accord ance with the rules observed in the ports of the Penin sula, as commanded by a Circular Royal Order, of 15th November of last year, the maritime boards of health will make the convenient dispositions, to the effect that vessels which have touched at the foreign ports where such modification or suppression has taken place, may suffer, upon their transit to our ports, and under whatever circumstances, the quarantine which, according to the said Circular Royal Order, they would have been liable to if coming direct; so that acting ac cordingly, and observing in other cases the requisite re ciprocity, the necessity of awaiting superior advice may be avoided; and, without discontinuing to act in con formity with the dispositions previously adopted by her Majesty's Government, the sanitary service may be per formed with all convenient regularity.' " (Signed) J. G. MIRANDA, Acting Consu'-General. Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Exclusive of those of Flour and some other articles, the total imports of foreign grain into London this week have exceeded 90 ; 000 quarters, as will be seen by the return at foot. To day the show of English Wheat was small, the arrivals coastwise having been only 1,390 quarters; nevertheless the demand for that article, irg to the pressure of foreign qualities, was exceed ingly heavy, at barely Monday's decline in the quotations. From abroad 16,570 quarters of wheat hare come in. Selected parcels, in which very little business was trans acted, were mostly held at full prices; but the middling and inferior kinds were Is per quarter lower. The supply of English Barley was small; that of foreign very extensive. The trade ruled heavy, and the cur rencies bad a downward tendency. Malt, both old and new, was in moderate supply and heavy demand; at Is per quarter less money. We were extensively supplied with toreign Oats, owing to which the trade ruled heavy and prices were a shade lower. In Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Fleur, next to nothing doing. ARRIVALS TILTS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. i Oats. I Malt. I_______l_ Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. 1,320 1,780 1,381 I,t 70 2,080 English • • • . • . Scotch.. Irish ...• •• • • I 1,040 Foreign ...... 16,570 31,590 44,810 s +F a 1 pxrLZD. Owing to the sudden change in the weather, and the large supplies of Meat on sale in Newgate and Leaden hall, the general trade here to-day was in a very de pressed state. The supply of Beasts—amongst which were 15 Oxen from Spain—was but moderate, and nearly all breeds were 2d per 81b lower than on Monday. At that decline a clearance was not effected. We were well supplied with sheep, while the demand _for that description of stock was very inactive, and prices receded 2d per Sibs. The number of Calves was on the increase. Although a fall of 2d per 81bs was submitted to on the part of the salesmen, a very limited amount of business was transacted. Prime small Pigs were scarce and held at late rates; otherwise the Pork trade was heavy. Milch Cows moved off slowly, at from 151 to 18/ each, including their small calf, Per glbx. to enk the offal. s. d. to s. d, a. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 2 6 2 8 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 4 Second quality ••.. 2 10 3 2 Coarse-weolled ditto 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 8 6 Southdown Wether 310 4 0 Prime Scots •• • • 3 8 310 Ditto tout of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 Large Hogs ...... 3 4 3 8 Prime small ditto .. 3 8 310 Small Porkers .... 310 4 2 Fuckling Calves ..18 0 26 0 Quarter old Pigs ..18 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep ••. 2 10 3 0 Lambs .... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUFFLY I Sheep. 7,540 FOREIGN I Sheep. 1,510 SCOT I Sheep. 70 TaTEVTGILTE AND Beasts. 790 AT MARKET. Calve I 3lo s. Fz. SUPPLY. ICalv2lr. 1 Pl l7 . I "5 Beasts. ISO Boasts. Calves. X.B.O.DEICH.A.X.L. These markets were excessively heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. The supplies offering were large. At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to a. d. a. d. o a. d. fteef,inforior•••••• 2 4 2 6 Hatton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 -- middling ..•• 2 8 210 —middar— - Veal prime mall .• 3 3 G Perk, 1arge........ 8 4 3 ..... 3 4 2 310 - small prime . 3 10 4 0 . 330ROUGII NOP MARKET. Our market is very scantily supplied with the best Hops of tho present 3 ear's growth. The demand for them is steady, but by no means brisk, at last week's quotations. Yearlings and old qualities are very dull. New Mid and East Kent pockets, per cwt., 61 101 to 131 ; New Weald of Kent, ditto, 616 s to 81 ss; New Sussex ditto, 51 15s to 71 ; Farnhams, 11/ lls to 131; Yearling Kents, 31 to 4/ 126; Yearling Sussex, 21 8s to 31 17s; Old Hops, 1/ to 41. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—British Plantation has been in fair request, but the quotations have not altered much. Barbadoes by auction has realised 40s 6d to 41s for fine yellow, and 37. 6d to 38s 6d for mid. Refined brown lumps have been at 47.. EAST INDlA.—Prices have not improved for Mast ritius, and Bengal has been rather lower ; good mid grainy white 44s to 45s ; yellow 435 to 445; good and fine white Benares 39s 6d to 41s 6d, and mid 38s 6d to 395. Madras has been only partly sold, at rather lower rates, soft brown, 29s to 30s, and bright grocery, but soft, 33s 6d to 36s 6d. Havannah low and mid yellow has been sold at 37s 6d to 39s 6d, and good and fine brown, 37s to 38s 6d. Brown Bahia has realised 33s 6d to 355, for ord and mid, and 35s 6d to 36s 6 , 1 for g• ood has been taken in at 38s 6d f or m id yellow. COFFEE.—The market has been rising for all descrip tions. Native Ceylon has been taken in at 51s for real good ord yellow, and sales have been made at 48s 6d to 495 for good ord. Plantation low mid and mid has realised 53s to 61s, fine ord 515 63, and triage 45s to 50s. Mocha has been taken in at 63s for mid greenish. Jamaica has been sold at 55s 6d to 58s 6d for low mid and mid, and at 46s to 46s 6d for good ord. Santa Martha sold at 47s for fine ord, and at 43s for triage. Company's Java has been sold at 53a to 545 6d. Porto Rico, fine ord 50s, and Costa Rica fine and fine fine ord, 51s to 565. Tellicherry, 47s to 50s for fine ord pale. CccoA.—Trinidad has been sold at 39s to 41a 6d for good ord to good red; at 45s 6d to 50s for fine; at 385 to 41s for good and mid grey, and at 34s for low. EP/ClL—Bengal Ginger has been sold at 21s, and Malabar at 30s. Singapore Black Pepper has realised 2-ad to 24d per lb, and Malabar 21c1 to 3icl per lb.; COTTON.—There is less doing, and prices are drooping. TEA.—The market is steady, but not brisk. RUM.—There is a moderate inquiry. TALLow.—More business has been done, and P.Y.C. is firmer, at 37s 6d to 37s 9d per cwt on the spot. DICE.—A moderate business has been done privately. GREEN FRUIT.—A good business is doing in all kinds. Three cargoes of Oranges from St. Michael have arrived, being the first this season, two of which, sold at public sale by Keeling and Hunt, went at a mo derate figure. Lisbon are lower. A cargo of Seville China is to hand. Lemons dull of sale. Chesnuts scarce, and have advanced 2s per barrel. Black Spanish 2s per barrel higher. Almeira Grapes in request, and any of good quality obtain a high price. A cargo of new Barcelona is offered in the market at 2s per bag advance on.the price of old. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN WESTMINSTER.—About three o'clock this morning the family of Mr. Abbott, painter and glazier, Milbank-street, Westminster, nar rowly escaped being burnt to death. A fire was dis covered raging in the shop by one of the police of the B division, who aroused the family, and who, fortunatel fortunately. reached the roof of the adjoining house. In a quarter of an hour about half a dozen engines were at work on the flames, but the fire was not extinguished till the shop and stock, with the rooms adjoining, were, for the most part, consumed. The building only is insured ill the Phoenix Fire-office. THE LATE BISHOP OF NORWICIL—During the week a black marble slab, with a border of St. Ane's marble, has been placed over the grave of the /ate bishop, with this inscription :—" In the faith of Christ here resteth from his labours Edward Stanley, thirty' three years rector of Alderley. Buried amidst the mourning of the diocese which he animated, the cit. , ' which he had served, the poor whom he had vi*iteel, th e set eels which he had fostered, the family which he had loved, and of all Christian people, with whom, hoe soever divided, he bad joined in whatsoever things were tree.d and honest, and just, a n d pure, and lovely, and of go o report. Born Jan u a r y 1, 1779, installed August 13 S 1837, died September 6, 1840, aged seventy, inter" September 21, 1849." SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.—The cotto n _ market at Havre was yesterday extremely dull, with al most a total absence of business, sales being 146 We!: No cringe to note in prices. The Bavaria, from NO ' York, arrived yesterday at Havre; and the Bello Pow sail, d for Valparaiso. THE CITY POLICE ORDER AS TO DESTITUTfI P ERS O N S.—The following order was communicated t o the City police force yeste relay :—" The Corornissioo_ orders that the sergeants and constables of the City ,t, lice take ell persons found begging in the streets men to a magistrate ; anti that all destitute persons be ta .ba the relieving dicer of the district in which they me) b found, and, unless forthwith relieyed, that the office) summoned for neglect 9f PutY.'! a sir whit shire. Th ( boudez qinio c . ol nr , hoes wot nne s i i hi s i n tha n b terms. 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