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G RUZNEE and SCINDE PRIZE MONEY. ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA, 14th NOVEMBER, 1849. Notice is hereby given, that the UNCLAIMED SHARES of the PRIZE MONEY for the Capture of Ghnznee in July, 1839, on account of the 16th Dragoons and 13th Foot; and fir the Cap tures in Lower Scinde in 1843, ander General Sir Charles J. Napier, G.C.B , on account of the 41st Regiment (only), will be PAYABLE at this Hospital on and atter the 3d of December nest, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock. F. H. TALMAN, pro Secretary. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. A Public Meeting to promote the Abolition of the Punishment of Death will be held at the Bridge-house Hotel, Southwark, on MONDAY EVENING, the 19th instant. W. Ewart, Esq., M.P., Thos. Beggs, Esq., the Rev. H. Christmas, Rev. H. Richard, John Robert son, Esq., John Scoble, Esq., A. B. Stevens, Esq., and Charles Wordsworth, Esq., are expeeted to address the meeting. The Chair to be taken at Seven o'clock by CHARLES GILPIN, Esq. CONTRACTS for FRESH BEEF. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Nov. 14, 1849. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice that on Tutrasnar, the 29th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying (under separate Contracts) all such quantities of FRESH BEEF may be demanded for the use of her Majestys Ships and Vessels, e following places—from the Ist January' to the 31st December, ,toth days included, viz.:— ! Kingstown and Dublin 11 erdKinsale 'Leith, Leith Roads, and the Frith , Ntt of Forth eptford to Erith (both inclu- Limerick, Tarbert, and Kilrush sive) Milford and Pembroke Deal and Downs Fortsmout'a Falmouth ;Plymouth One nsey and Jersey Sheerness Galway I Waterford. All parties about to Tender are particular:y desired to read atten tively the Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen either at this Office, or an application to the Superintendents of the Victualling Establishments at Deptford, Deal, Portsmouth, and Plymouth ; the Superintendents of her Majesty's Dockyards at Chatham, Sheerness, and Pembroke; the Agent for the Victualling at Haulbowline ; the Agent for Transports at Leith ; the Secretary to the Postmaster-Ge neral at Dublin ; or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at each of the other places. Every Tender must specify the price in words at length, and no Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attencV, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be delivered at the above Office, and be accom panied by a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, at Somerset-place, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become betted with the person tendering, in the sum of 1,5051. for the due performance if th Contracts for Sheerness, Chatham, Ports mouth, and Plymouth ; and In the sum of 5001. for each of the other places. T HE CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. TRUSTEES. The Right Rev. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., 35, Golden-square. The Right Rev. William Morris, 1).D., Acton, Middlesex. The Right lion. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk. Sir Henry Paston Bedingfleld, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India Company. Thomas Barnowell, Esq., 15, Tork-terrace, Regent's-park, Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath. James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. DIRECTORS. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman. Michael Forristall, EAq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the HOD. the East India Company, and of the London Joint Stock Bank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beale% Esq., Carlton Villas, Maids-hill. Henry Clark l)uppa, Esd., Malmain-hall, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marshall, Esq., 21, Carlton Villas, Maida.hlil. ACTUARY —WiIiam Henry Archer, Esq. SECRETARY —WiIIiam Norris, Esq. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information promptly orwarded an application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office, 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. Elt MON Preached at St. Paul's Cathedral, by *. - 7 the Right Bev. Dr. BLOMFIELD, D.D., Lord Bishop of London, on Thursday last. the day appointed to be observed in all Churches throughout the United Kingdom as one of General Thanks giving to Almighty God, on the e,ssation of the Cholera Pesiilence. A FULL REPO:ZT of the above Celebrated Disconrse appears in the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS of Saturday, Nov. 17, 1819, Price 6d. Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsmen. CHEAP RE-ISSUE OF MR. AINSWORTH'S WORKS IN SHILLING VOLUMES. On November the 2lth, in ornamental boards, compete in One Volume, - WINDSOR CASTLE, V By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Priee One Shilling. Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. To be had of all Booksellers, Newsmen, and at all the Railway Stations. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, :sole Lessee and Manager, 'Ad Erompton. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled TITE SETtIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Waßack, Buckstonc M:• W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce entitled TOE LAUGHING HYENA. . . To be followed by an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Moggy Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Due notice will be given of the appearanceot Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-effice is under the direction of Mr. 1. T. Archer. THEATRZ ROYAL. ADELPRI. Oudot the direction of Madame Cekstai. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIIE SONS OF MARS. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO. MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grimily, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Gmmley, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Cirry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Water% Rummer, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Righbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LyCI.IJM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame VeatrLs. ele I et4RPCI, Mr. Charlen, Ma*hews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed METHINKS I SEE MY FATHER. To be followed by BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. To conclude with a comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress • , oxei, ss. • Upper Boxes, 48. ; Pit, as. ; Gallery , is., NO @al' -price tr. any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. AllerOft, 15, Few Bond-street. PRINCESS THEATi;E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE COND. To be followed by a sew comic drama, entitled THE LIFE GUARDSMAN. To conclude with the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT. ♦S rLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty Immense hit I Monerieff 's New Pedestrian and Equestrian Ex'ra vaganza of Mr. Priggs in the " Pleasur, s of Housekeeping and liorsekeeping," having been received with roars of laughter and shouts of approbation, will be repeated every evening until ihrther notice. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Bev, n, with Fitz ball's magnificent Spectacle of THE PROPHET. After which Batty's SCENES OF THE ARENA, in which those inimitable artistes Mdlle. Amilie, J. Bridges, and Mr. T. Barry will appear. To conclude with the new Extravaganza of Mr. BRIGGS ; or the PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING AND HORSEKEEPING, in which the whole Company and Stud of this Establishment, a long train of moveables, comprising Omnibus, Baronehe, Go-Cart, and other vehicles, will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Fot r. stage Manager, Yr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON ISELD,IE. -- TWO DAT —Morning, a min. after 3 I Evening, 24 min. after 3 1 0-moanow—` °riling, 41 min. after 3 I Evening, 57 min. after 3 THE WEATHER.—SUN Or FIcE, Nov. 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 31: Highest, 44 Noon, 40, BAROMETER, 30.27. Wrrrn N.N.W.—cold breeze and fine. ~.1., (4, F , v .., • ...1 . 2) 5 .,,remi . m4, fr .,, 44.4 , e v 4 'V, 4,,,...__... \„ ;,, ~..4, ~.,„ - , , . v t ie . , f 2. I E i ..-- .a ;FR: . 'A • Hod . ifai , ...-- ' eVieTtilla alltt r,ONIWN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1849. Curiously enough, in his valuable " Remarks on Military Law and the Punishment of Flogging"—a work which will long be regarded as a standard authority—Sir CHARLES NAPIER, the present Com mander in Chief of the British Army in Hindostan, has made direct allusion to a system of petty but despotic harshness, exactly analogous to that which recently produced the deplorable riots in Notting ham. After enumerating the various military punishments—death, whipping, branding, transporta tion, imprisonment, stopping the allowance of grog, extra drills, extra guards, turning the coat, and duties of fatigue—the distinguished writer reprobates in very energetic language those other little tyrannical inflictions which he says are occasionally contrived by the more cruelly inventive commanding officers and which he moreov4r declares to be " likely enough to goad men into mutiny and desertion, in the face of all the regulations that human ingenuity ceuld devise to prevent such crimes." Among these ha rassing punishments he expressly particularizes (page 126) " the improper confinement of men to barracks for an unlimited period." And furthermore, be says with the most resolute emphasis (page 127), this art of tormentin g in which a few commanders of regi ments were (are?) apparently so expert, is, of all others, "the most destructive to discipline." Can anything be more strikingly applicable th a n this to the case of th e Lie •ut enant- Colonel of the 3d Regiment of Dragoons ? Irritated at the negligence evi nce d by some ome officer,of hison men in the groom in g of the h orses , that the 9L13 October, must needs inflict an irksom e and harassing punishment indiscriminately upon guilty and innocent —restricting them to their barracks for an unlimited period of confinement. The consequence was, of course, strictly in conformity with the asser tions of the Conqueror of Sinde, corroborating, in a very striking manner, the remarks just quoted by ourselves. A spirit of insubordination speedily manifested itselfin NEWS I' tial'aiMnent, and the result proved, as might have ,--- -- r - Winr;:l" — i'sdily predicated, the most prejudicial to the - ___) 'thiVact‘t f the service, Lnd " the m-st destructive to '-- •• i Pr i vates , - - • C ,-; j, (i:ei l , me, hitherto of excellent reputation, er" - , ---s,,sl - after a k itting fur three or four days to an un • \S .. e .. ,------., rnerilelk . d almost unendurable confinement, were \.' driven_ a state of mutiny, and had the annoyance THE SUN LONDON SATURDAY EVEN NG NO VEMBER l7, 1849. continued much longer, might in the end have been goaded even to desertion. Meanwhile the Colonel of the regiment, after having recklessly and, we can not but add, most culpably sown the seeds of disaffec tion amongst the men submitted to his authority, left the evil of his own contrivance to work out its mi serable consequence, and, with a thoughtless ness deserving the severest reprobation, went idly forth in pursuit of his own pleasure. Before a single week had elapsed the ill-fruits of his irritability of temperament were very speedily and rather disagreeably perceptible. The Commanding Officer was suddenly summoned back to Nottingham by the noise of a very prevalent insubordination. Matters had reached such an alarming crisis that it was found advisable to place several of the men under arrest, and to bring them without much delay before an extraordinary court-martial. Seeing that these occurrences are so recent that the details must be in the recollection of most readers, it is unnecessary to specify any one of the cases of hardship brought under the consideration of the President of the Court martial and his c olleagues. It was only on Monday evening, indeed, that we took occasion to refer more particularly to the circumstances attendant upon the arrest, trial, defence, and punishment of private HoLarss ; so that further allusion to the minor points of the subject would be altogether superfluous. What the opinion of his Grace the Commander-in- Chief is upon the cause of all this lamentable disturb ance has been very audibly pronounced by him in a letter, strongly condemnatory of the course pursued from the commencement of the transaction by the Lieutenant .Colonel of the 3d Dragoons. Nor can the decisive terms employed in that communication by the Duke of WELLINGTON be any subject of surprise, not only from a recogni tion of the grievous injustice of the whole proceeding, but especially from a recollection that it was his Grace who first endeavoured, some years ago, to put a stop to all such harassing punishments as the pack drill for an immoderate number of hours, and (the very offence committed by Colonel AnTuun) the improper confinement of men to barracks for an unlimited period. The humane and judi cious order in which the Duke then condemned these most unjustifiable acts of tyranny was cordially fol lowed up in the same spirit by his Grace's distinguished successor, Lord HILL. Notwithstanding, however, the opposition shown to this kind of petty despotism by the leaders of the British army ; notwithstanding the order issued by the Duke of WELLINGTON, the support of that order by Lord limn, and the panegyric pronounced upon it by Sir CHARLES JANIES NAPIER —recent occurrences have sufficiently demonstrated that some more stringent measures must be adopt( d to prevent the possibility of the recurrence of any similar grievances. What occurred on the 9.h of October, and on the five days following, show very clearly that until some more decisive step -be taken the soldiers are liable to these acts of in. , tolerable injustice—acts which prove subversive to discipline, inasmuch as they are direct incitements to insubordination. At present the iefliction of these supplementary punishments—punishments beyond those expressly specified and classified in the Mili tary Code—appears to be optional to a commanding efficer in any moment of ungovernable irritability. Sorely the matter requires rectification, at least to the extent of the removal of this responsibility from the colonels, excepting in conformity with some scheme reasonably con ditional. Until this shall have been accomplished the soldier will have no security whatever from the splenectic whims of any commanding officer who happens to be afitcted with a peppery disposition. Cleanliness and obedience are, of course, qualities absolutely essential to the maintenance of military discipline, but so also are requisite, on the part of the officers—corn mon justice and reasonable con sideration. The cruelty and oppression practised through the intervention of the Palace Court had long excited the public indignation, and eventually led to the Act for the extinction of that notorious tribunal. It was, of course, desirable that means should be afforded for the cheap and expeditious recovery of small demands. The creditor ought not to be deterred from seeking his just rights by the expenses and delays incidental to their recovery in the superior courts ; and the debtor ought not to be ruined by extravagant costs, far exceeding the amount of his - original liability. The establishment of a new jurisdiction, and a com plete code for such cases was, therefore, regarded as a boon to all parties—to defendants as well as to plaintiffs ; and so it would have proved if the law were judiciously administered, and the extensive powers accorded to the presiding judges exercised with prudence and discretion. Very wide limits were, however, .necessarily allowed. Cases of gross fraud and dishonesty must frequently arise, which should be visited with stringent punishment, but there would likewise be cases of unavoidable misfortune, in which every possible indulgence should be afforded to the hapless debtor. It never was the intention of the Legislature, when framing the small debt code, that all cases should be dealt with in a similar manner, and that the power of commitment should be need lessly exercised, more especially when• the plaintiff did not wish to enforce the utmost rigour of the law, or call upon the judge to display his authority. According to the true spirit of the Act a committal should only be ordered in cases of fraud, and any period (not exceeding forty days) might be fixed as a specific punishment, the imprisonment not in any degree affecting the debt, which would still remain in full force and effect, as if such imprison ment had not taken place. The debtor could not be discharged from custody, if once arrested, on pay ment of the full debt and costs, until the " leave of the Judge of the Court in which the order of im prisonment was made" had first been obtained ; and even a " protection order or certificate of any Court of Bankruptcy, or for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," would not be available to discharge any defendant for such commitment. Under such circumstances it is manifest that the power should be cautiously and sparingly exercised, that a well disposed but unfortunate debtor should not be branded as a fraudulent or dishonest person, on light or trivial grounds. The 99th section of the Act specifically sets forth the causes for which im prisonment may be directed. If the party sum moned shall not attend, or allege a sufficient excuse for non-attendance, or if he refuse to be sworn, or to make full disclosures as to his estate and effects, and the manner and circumstanccs of his incurring the debt or liability, and as to the means and expectations he thenhad, and the property and means he still has of discharging it ; and as to the disposal he may have made of any property ; or if he do not answer to the Judge's satisfaction ; or if it appear to the Judge, on such examination, that such defendant, in incurring the debt or liability, had ob tained credit under false pretences, fraud, or breach of trust, or had willfully contracted the debt or liability without having had at the same time a rea sonable expectation of being able to pay ; or had given or transferred any of his property, or charged, removed, or concealed it, with intent to defraud his creditors; or if it appear that the party summoned had then, or since the judgment obtained against him, sufficient means to pay either altogether, or by such instalments as ordered, and had not done so—then, in any of such cases it should be lawful for the Judge to order the party to be committed to prison for any term not exceeding forty days. From this it clearly appears that if the Judge com mit the defendant for any cause not above set forth, he will exceed the authority confided to his hands and be guilty of a very illegal and improper act. Th e causes of committal are sufficiently wide and exten sive, and should not be unduly increased. The party imprisoned will not only be taken from his family and business, and exposed to the degradation and demoralization inseparable from confinement in a common gaol, but a stigma will be affixed to his name, from which he may never be enabled to escape. Though e exonerated bank ru ompt or o ther in a s ll olv e n tlaws, debts aws, by h e tho may still operationha have e to t s h ustain the full term of imprisonment decreed by the County Court Autocrat. The decision, too, will be final and conclusive —zio a p pea l w i ll lie for any ex cess of jurisdiction, mistake, or Error of judgment. The presiding Judge should,i therefore be doubly cautious, and avoid any petulance or irritability that might lead him into acts which on cooler reflection he would himself be the first to condemn. He -hould not suffer himself to be made the instru- ment of persecution for the gratification - of "th 6 malice of a vindictive creditor ; above all, he should not act with greater severity or rigour than the plaintiff is disposed to require him to do, for that plaintiff must have a better opportunity of know ing the circumstances of the case than be can possibly do, and will be found much oftener to require the curb than the spur in bis anxiety to obtain full satisfaction of his demands. A correspondent, whose communication will be found in another part of our impression, has stated a case which, if well founded, is deserving of imme diate notice. If there be no material point omitted in the report, the presiding Judge has much to answer for, and if such practice should be repeated, a feeling of indignation will be excited against a code under which such abuses are possible that must eventually lead to its repeal or modification. We have had enough of Palace " leniency" and " forbearance." Let us not see the County Court Judges regarding cases brought before t themtbrough a similar medium. An institution that might be a great public benefit may become a scandal and opprobrium to the nation. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The High Court of - Versailles pronounced judg• ment on Thursday par contumace against the accused of the 13th June who have not surrendered. The whole of them, Jardigon, Buverdier, Cceur de Roy, Thore, Jules Lechevallier, Ch. Delecluze, Ribeyrol les, Servient, Gongeon, Morel, Madier de Montjau jeune, Tessier•Dutnothay, Ledru Rollin, Victo r Considerant, Boichot, Rattier, Beyer, Pflieger, Avril, Martin Bernard, Koenig, Rongcot Menaud, Lan dolphe, Hofer, Kopp, Anstett, Rolland, Cantagrel, Heitzmann, Jannot, Fehr Pyat, Kersamie, Villain, Etienne Arrago, and Perrier, have been sentenced to transportation for life. IVJ. PROM:MON has roused the ire of his brother Socialists by the publication in the Voix du People of the following observations on the conviction of the accused of the 13th June by the jury of the High Court of Versailles : ‘• We do not hesitate to say, although the declaration may excite much hatred against us, that it was owing to the ur . .-heard-of an guilty determination of the counsel. When it was necessary to justify the good faith of the prisoners, to show that the constitution had been violated oy the majority and by the Government; when the question was consequently to lay down and defend the appeal to the people, the right of p cific and legal mani festation, the only point that was in question, the counsel preferred to raise the argument, doubtful in its kind, and in all cases perfectly useless, of the right of insurrection. When Republican dignity commanded that the charge should be deprived at any price of its last pretext, the counsel considered that it was better for the defence to withdraw before a decision, which only imposed limits to their chattering, than to expose themselves to a condemnation doubtless possible, but which, efts r the solemnity of the discussion, would have b. come for every one unjust in its ground work—unjust in all and everywhere. Now, thanks to the Moritagnard ectinsellin, the high jurymen may sly, while they rub their- Lands, Thank Heaven, we have not condemned innocent men ! The conspiracy betrayed itself by the mouth of the counsel employed for the defence ; the insurrection was plainly laid down be fore us—Hauimus confitentes reos. Contrary to what ought to have taken place, the prisoners have been sacri • Seed to their counsel, absolutely as a patient dies to save the reputation of his physician. We certainly do not mean to give our approbation to the sentence which has just been delivered by the High Court, any more than the policy which has been followed by the Government tor more than a year ; but it must be confessed that on this occasion . the Revolution has been betrayed by its own partizans. After having committed suicide politically is: the public street, the Mountain has now done it morally before the High Court. What, in fact, is this premeditated retreat of the counsel charged with the defence but a judicial 13th of June? What could be the objects of these strange tactics? Let them utter as much as they like the high-sounding phrases of liberty of defence, right of counsel, dignity of the robe, tyranny of the court, the solidarite of the defence, community of system, discipline of opinions—all that, in our eyes, is only a vain disguise, under which is concealed, in the place of a true love for the Republic, the most absurd of all despotisms—that of party spirit. God forbid that we should, by the severity of our remarks, aggravate the grief of the condemned, any more than the remorse of the counsel; but we cannot prevent ourselves from say ing that, in the present case, both prisoners and counsel have failed in their duty. Why did not Guinard, Pores tier, Pilhes, Langlos, all, in fact, whom we have heard from the commencement of the trial protest as to the pacific -character of the manifestation, rise after the decree delivered against the conclusions of the counsel, and declare to the Court that, as their intention had never been any other than a pacific manifestation, they could not conceive the utility of pleading in their defence the right of insurrection?" It is said to be the intention of the Passinceer to extend the amnesty on the 10th Decerber to all poli tical persons convicted of offences, including those excluded from the recently published amnesty, the convicted of Bourges and of Versailles, and the exiles of England, Belgium, and Switzerland. PARISMOURSE, FRIDAY, Nov. 16. The market closed as follows:—Threes, 56f. 95c.; Fives, 89f. 80c.; Rouen, 527 f. 50c.; Havre, 235 f.; Great Northern, 437 f. 50c.; Avignon, 221 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 300 f.; Bale, 103 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 400 E; Paris and Strasburgh, 3561. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 2801. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 5 3 / 4 —Namur and Liege, 5 3 / 4 Orleans and Bordeaux, 234—Sambre and Meuse, IA. SPAIN. Madrid journals . .of the 11th have arrived. A reconciliation has been patched up between CHRISTINA and the KING Coicsowr. The Bolsa was closed on the 11th. GERMANY AND rHE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Upper Chamber on the 13th adopted the new Game Law. This new law provides that only land owners of compact estates, comprising more than three hundred acres, shall possess the right of killing game in their own lands ; the remaining lands of a parish are to be created general hunting districts. Every person possessing the privilege of killing game must take out a licence, which is to cost a dollar (2s. 71) annually. The sums accruing from tha purchase of licences are to be added together, and it is to remain for a future laiv to determine whether and how fur they shall be employed in compensating the former possessors of this privilege for the damage they have suffered from the abolition of the law. Herr VENEDY, the well-known author and Member of the German Parliment, was expelled from Berlin on the 10th by the authorities. The Prussian Staats Anzeiger announces that by desire of the Minister of Commerce, the Chief Councillor of Finance, accompanied by M. LERITZE, the Chief Architectural Engineer, left for England on the 11th. The object of their journey relates to the intended construction of the two large bridges across the Vistula and Rogat at Dirshau and Marien burg and that across the Rhine at Cologne. They intend inspecting the interesting construction . of the new railway bridges in England, especially tnose of Fairburn and Stephenson. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Wiener Zcitung of the 10th announces, that Baron IlunEcti and General SCIIONLIEELS have been appointed commissioners for Austria to the German central power which is about to be founded, and that they have accepted the nomination. Commercial and Postal treaties have been con cluded by Austria with the Duchies of Parma and Modena. HOLLAND. cr,slhoiccoih:. wasAt hlel u t E h s ofN d a o y tvh , :e assembled sB t.iehGe a e t nin t e s r v eam o l convoked SecondT iE i forA Chamber the Ministers were present. The Minister for the Home Department, M. V oN T HORBECKE, spoke first of the formation of the new Cabinet ; secondly, the conviction of the Government th a t thi s Cabinet' was composed of men who possessed the confidence of the Chambers ; and, thirdly, of the task of Government, relative to the immediate work to be submitted to the Chambers. He promises to lay before them a revision of the laws already presented to the Chambers, and would likewise submit a project for introducing modifications into the budget of 1850, which had been already submitted to the Legislature. M. THORBECKE at the same time declared, in his own name as well as that of his colleague, the Minister for Justice, M. VON ROSENTHAL, that, as former members of the Chamber, they would not stand a new election. M. VON GOTTESTJEN quitted the President's chair, and threw some further light on the formation of the new Cabinet, in so far as he was concerned in it. After some observations by M. DONKER CURTIUS, the sitting was closed. SIV.EDEN. The following important letter has been received at 1,103 d's " Swedish and Norwegian Consulate, London, Nov. 14, 1849. _ _ . . " Sir,—l have the honour to communicate to you the following translation of a Royal Proclamation, issued in Stockholm, under date of the 26th of Octo ber last : " We, Oscar, by the grace of God King of Swe den and Norway, the Goths, and the Vandals, make known, that it having been officially reported to us that, in consequence of the new navigation-law which has passed the Parliament of Great Britain and been ratified by the Government of the said kingdom, Swedish vessels, subject to stipulated conditions of reciprocity, will, from and after the Ist of January, 1850 (with the sole exception of the coasting trade), be treated in like manner as British vessels in all ports under the British rule; we have, in return for the privileges thus granted to Swedish vessels, been graciously pleased to decree, that from and after the Ist of January, 1860— "' 1. British vessels visiting the ports of Sweden shall, both on arrival and departure, be treated in the same manner as native vessels, in respect to tonnage and port dues, and all other charges to the Crown, town, or private institutions of every denomination. "‘ 2. All goods, being the natural production or manufacture of any country soever, the importation of which into the ports of the kingdom of Sweden is legally permitted by Swedish vessels, may be im ported into Sweden by British vessels from any place soever ; and likewise all goods, the exportation of hich from Sweden by vessels of the country is le gally permitted, may be exported thence by British vessels ; in both cases without the goods in question so imported or exported being subject to other or higher charges of any denomination than would be levied if the goods from or to the same places were imported or exported by Swedish vessels. " Which all whom it may concern have to regu late accordingly. For greater certainty we have signed this with our own hand, and caused it to be sealed with our royal seal. " Palace at Stockholm, the 2Gth day of October, 1849. (Signed) " OSCAR. (Countersigned) " J. F. FAIIRENS.' " I have the honour to remain, sir, your most obe dient servant (in the absence of the Consul-General), "W. TOTTIE, "To Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's." SWITZERLAND. The elections of Geneva have terminated in favour of the Liberals, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts of the reactionaries, backed by the influence of Atli tria, and aided by the exertions of the members of the late Sunderbund. ITALY. Letters from Rome expose a shameful trick, by which M. DE MONTALEMBERT, acting under Jesuit inspirations, and specially instructed by the trium virate of Cardinals, succeeded in deceiving the French Legislative Assembly during the recent discussion on the affairs of Rome. It will be recollected that M. DE MONTALEMBERT, during the course of the debate, stated in reply to the demand for the secu larisation of offices in the Roman States, made in the celebrated letter of the PRESIDENT to M. E. Ni-, that whilst there were 5,059 lay persons employed by the Government in the Roman States, the priests holding official governmental appointments amounted only to 243, and as a proof of the truth of his asser tion he appealed to the official Roman Almanac of the present year. It appears, in fact, that such is the state ment contained in that almanac; but M. DE MONTA LEMBERT omitted to state that that almanac was published by the Roman Republic, and that the statistics quoted by him represented ie state of affairs under the Republic, and when all offices except those of an exclusively ecclesiastical nature, such as chap 'aincics, &c., were secularised. The figures quoted do not represent the state of things under the Papal misgovernment either before or after the Republic, and M. DE MONTALEMBERT and his Jesuit friends stand convicted before the world as equivocators on whose assertions no reliance can be placed. SICILY. Letters from Palermo announce the reception there of the decrees of King BOMBA, regulating the future administration of Sicily, decrees which, although not drawn up, signed, or published until the 13th Octo ber, were purposely ante-dated 25th September, in order to bear out the false assertions contained in the reply of FORTUNATO to the note of Mr. TEMPLE. These decries place matters in precisely the same position in which they were in 1816, a state of affairs which was followed by three revolutions, by an Austrian occupation, and by a decree deposingfrom the Sicilian throne the whole of the race of BOMBA— a decree n hich still remains, and which will, most assuredly, at no great distance of time, be carried out. The persons named to carry out this organi• nation, FRANCO ERAXE, and 'JUMBO, are noted for their cruelties—for their reactionary principles—for their HATNAu-like love for courts-martial and exceptional tribunals, all of which point them out as fitting instruments for the Tiberius of Italy. In the meantime arrests continue to be- made in direct violation of the capitulation of Pa lermo. There are in the citadel of Messina more captives than soldiers. Among the recent arrests made in Palermo are those of Signor AMARI, a de pu%y in the late Sicilian Parliament ; of the son of the Duke of MONTECONE ; of Count SANPIERE ; of the son of the Duke of CRAM', and of Messrs. MELT and CARINI, the printers to the Sicilian Parliament. Wherever persons assemble in the streets they are immediately fired upon, and several women have been shot down by the brave and chivalrous soldiers of the pious King BOhIBA. The treatment which the Sicilian prisoners - confined in the castle of St. Elmo at Naples have received may be judged of from the following circumstance, which at the same time illustrates the humanity of King BOMBA. An announcement was recently made to the families of two of these prisoners, LAND' and the Duke of 'MINA, that they would be set at liberty on condition that . they should immediately quit the happy dominions of King BOMBA. The mothers of these young men were overjoyed at the prospect of seeing them. The mother of LANDI embraced a dying man ; D'IMINA did not recognise his mother, he had been driven mad by the infernal cruelties of the pious host of the POPE. Let not the patriots of Sicily, however, despair—the 9th Thermi. dor of the crowned ROBESPIERRE of Naples is ap proaching. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the Slopes and Windsor Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunt ing this morning, attended by Lieut.- Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. _ _ _ , The royal dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by her Royal Highness's Ladies in Waiting), the Prussian Mirdster, and the Pro‘iost of Eton and the Hon. Mrs. Hodgson.. _ _ - _ The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood left the Castle this morning. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to his official residence in Downing-street yesterday morn ing from 'Windsor Castle. The Attorney-General and the Solicitor• General had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the North American colonies. Dispatches were also sent off last evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the 'West India colonies. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) " The Priory, Friday, Nov. 16. "The Queen Dowager passed the greater part of yesterday without much discomfort, but towards evening suffered considerably from oppression. "After midnight her Majesty had some quiet sleep, and. is consequently refreshed this morning. "DAVID DAVIES, M.D." PORSTMOUTII, SATURDAY MORNING,— Her Ma jesty's ship Pandora, Commander Wood, arrived last night from California and the Pacific, with gold from the diggings to the amount of 80,000 dollars, con signed to Messrs. Shaw, Maxwell and Co., of Salis bury-street, Strand, on account of the merchants of London. She left Rio on the 21st of September, at which time she heard nothing of the Neptune convict ship. Exchange 24d. per milreis. The Constance, 50, was daily expected at Rio when the Pandora sailed thence, and may be expected in England in about a week. 'We regret to announce the decease, this afternoon; of Major Roche Meade, K.H. Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Horse Guards.—British Army Dispatch. Mr. Burge, Q.C., died on the 12th instant, after a long illness. The deceased gentleman was one of the henchers of the Inner Temple, and was f'or many years the treasurer of that institution. He was called to the bar in 1808, and at one period was in the enjoyment of a very extensive practice, more part icularl y as an advo cate before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, on colonial matters. About three years since he re- ceived the appointment of Local Bankruptcy Judge in the Leeds district. TUE 11IURDBR OF THE CHIEF CONSTABL E DE SAFFRON WALDEN.—SAFFRON WALDEN, Nov. 15. The coroner's inquiry which has been pending the last few days, concerning the diabolical assassination of Mr. Carepling, the chiet constable of this borough, termi nated yesterday, when the jury returned a verdict of " 11 ilful murder against some person or perscns un known." MARRIED —On the lith inst., Mr. Septimus Stainton, of the Park, llighbury, to Eliza, third daughter ' of the late Mr. Edward Martin, of Chingford, Essex. Sir Bruce Chichester, Bart., of Arlington Court, made a reduction of ten per cent. on the rents of all his tenants, at his court on Wednesday.— Western Times. We understand that Mr. Sergeant Dowling, of the Home Circuit, has been appointed to the office of Judge of the County Court for Yorkshire, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. R. Wharton. HONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEW S. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady, the sales being 6,000 lales.—lu Railway Shares only a limited business was done. Although the principal stocks remain tolerably firm, there was evidently a ge neral tendency downwards. The amount of bullion in the Bank of England coffers during the week to the 10th instant was larger than it has been at any period for two or three years past, and it bids fair to reach sixteen millions ere January, so de cidedly is the balance of foreign trade in our favour. With this increase of metallic wealth in the Bank, there is likewise marked ease in the general discount market, and no idea of a change for some time to come, unless in the direction of lower rates for accom modation. In this position the Bank of Eng land, while perseveringly adhering to the„Aiinimula rate of 3 per cent., as in the public interest it very judi ciously does, necessarily meets with very severe compe tition, as it obviously pay well the Lombard-street houses to lend on good security at 2 to 2f percent. It is question able, however, whether the Bank, unless it came down to a ruinous point in its charges, would not still find itself opposed while money is such a drug; and, consequently, for the sake of all, it is to be hoped the 3 per cent mini mum will, ostensibly at least, be held forth as still in force. There can always be special arrangements where desired. After stating thus much, our readers will not feel any surprise at the fact that the active circulation of Bank declined last week, nor should they regard it either as any proof of dull trade. The public deposits are steadily increasing, and this is an -encouraging ft a ture. Compartd with the previous return, we have the following results : Notes Issued ... 28,818,070 Increase ... 212,470 Rest ... 3,161,032 Increase ... 2,312 Public Deposits ... 6,221,770 Increase ... 874,268 Other Deposits 10,352,089 Decrease ••• 47,665 Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,099,295 Decrease ... ••• 9,860 Government Securities ... No alteration. Other Securities ... .. 9,753,886 Increase ... ••• 9,076 Notes ... 10,402,390 Increase .. ' ... 677,525 Bullion ... ... 15,820,912 Increase ... 344,924 Active Circulation 18,415,680 Decrease ... ... 465,055 There was a moderate number of bills negotiated on 'Change yesterday afternoon, for remittance to the prin cipal continental towns. The rates paid for 90 days' paper were:—Paris, 25 70 to 75 ; Antwerp, 25 723- to 773 ; Frankfort, 122 to 1 1 - ; flamburgh, 13 134 to 144 ; Amsterdam, 12 3i to 3:1; and Trieste, II to 11 10. The exports of the precious metals from London this week have been 2,729 ounces of gold to Germany and France, and about 126,000 ounces of silver to Holland, Belgium, France, and Germany. The accounts received to-day from the manufacturing districts read well generally. There hes been an extremely buoyant market again for Public Securities, and Consols have further advanced. The speech of the French Minister of Finance, and the great increase of bullion, as shown in the Bank returns stove analyzed, have given an additional impetus to purchases. Consols have been 931. to 94, and are now 93 a for Transfer, and 93,i i f for Account. Bank Stuck is firm at 198. Exchequer-bills have been 49'. to 525. prem. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 9-3 In the Foreign market there has been nothing doing. We have merely a quotation of 17 to * for Spanish Five per Cents., 354 for the Three per Cents., and 26i for Mexican. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 54. Shares are flat generally, at least in comparison to stock. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 198 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 2 3A% % 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 93% 3 / 4 94 93% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna 9 3 1h% New 5 per Cent. Annuities 124 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1560 B3ii 8 7-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Octl 0, 1859 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8% India Stock 260 253 Do. Bonds, 10001 ... ... 84 p Consols for Account ... Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. - 49 52 p FRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. alexican 80nd5,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons - Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons • Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o - Ditto Account . Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent - Ditto for the Account B5 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent., 12 Guild MESINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AI ONE O'CLOCK RAIIMATs. PAID. Pas Slum'. 1 berdeen - to - Ditto, Preference 6IA 5% to - kEnber., Notting., Boston,&e. 6 3 A - .... . to - t yrshire and Galloway - to - Belfast and County Down .. 28 .. .. - - 3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Yerpet.s per ct.) 6 dirmingnain te OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 - to - Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... - - 3irminghom,Wol., & Dudley, calls duty pd, or with guar. 10 ... . - - Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14 s - - 13.rken head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.., 2O Boston, Storni., & Birming...7/. 4s. - ...... to - Bristol and Exeter - to - Do., Thirds - to - Buckinghamshire..- - 17% - ...... to - ;aledonian Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ....- 7 %...., to - Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - - .;hester and Holyhead 50 - - Ditto, Preference lorence. - to - Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 - • ... to - D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - to - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 par Cent. 10 - ...... to - Jirect London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 - to - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27%...... - - , ?.r.st Anglia, 251. L. &'E., and L. & D . . - - Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB . • - - Do, 3/. 135.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% - - Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 - - .5 - -,t.No. 1,6/.lBs. 4d . Do. Exten.,.. , per e.. ,o. 1, _ p... to Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. 133. 4d to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - Do., 5 per cont. Ditto, New . ... ... ~. .. 43 . .... —.... to Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 34 , to Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 25 — to Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 . — ..... to .I.:ast Lancashire ... Ditto, New 25 — to Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6 i ...... East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O to Ditto, Hall Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto. Sew port.. ... ..... .• 15 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — Exeter and Exmouth.... 2ls. 3rlasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 68.8 d — ..... to "31.avgow, Kilmfunoch,& Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated Great Northern D 0.% A Deferred ..... ... 12% — Do. 1 / / 2 B 6 per Cent. - - . . Do., .sper Cent. Pref. ...... 10 . ..... Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 irtut North of England 100 ...... ..... to Ditto, New 401-- .... .. 4O Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 301. 3O ... Ditto,New 15/...... ... ...... 15 ...... 82 . ireat Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171 Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 •••••• • •••• to —• Ditto,Quarter Shares . 12% — ...... to Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 Do., Thirds ~..5,., .1. Llll,lO Lencashire and Yorkshire -.100 ..... Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B ... 98 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares - 49 ...... Ditto Fifths to Ditto. Thirds l6 th — ...... to Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 49 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 50 _ _ Do.,West Riding Union:. 10 .... . Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 98 Leeds and Thirsk 5O Do. , do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 5 . Do. Pref. Quarters; 1848... 9 Liverpool,Crosby, andSouth port London & Blackwell --lit 6s. e, d . Lond., Bright., & South Coast 100 Do., New Si., gua. ti pr CLIO° Do. Guaranteedsper Cent. 9 Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... Ditto Preference 2O London Es North. Western.....loo ......113 3 A 1 7 .' 2 to Do. New Quarters Do. Fifths 7 ..... 8 3 4.. ... to Do. 401. Shares... ~L. & M 85 — to Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 Ditto, New 501........ .. ..... 42 1 / 2 ..... to Ditto, New 401 1. 0., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent ...... ...... ... 5 . Londo:lderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares Londar.derry and Enniskillen 25 Do., Half Shares Lmestoff, guar. 4 i.er ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 5 Ma n.chr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto IA Shares (No. 1) ... 25 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, If ; Shares (No. 3)... 12V 2 . ..... Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... . Ditto Sheffield and Linc. 25 Ditto, Grimsby I)cck ...... 23 - Ditto, Man. 8c Lir. Union 4t. 2s. ... ..•• ...... i•• 109 Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo Ditto, 501. Shuns ..... ...... 130 llidiand, Bina., and Derby... ICO ... .. , to Niidland, Consol. I3ristei and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 NTidland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .. Ditto ditto 221.75. ... .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 - Nlidimd, Leices. and Swan ningt on (8 per ct. gua.)....100 .... . ! idid. Great Western (Irish) 50 Middlesbro' and Redcar. C per cent. guar. S3WC39' le and Carlisle lOO .•...• —• - Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. ...... to Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 24 1 2s — - Newport Abergy., and Ilerel. 6 - ...... to ---- Newry and Enniskillen ...... I Newry, Warrenpoint, and Lustrevor .... 20 Nrorf , li , Ditto New 201. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et, 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 - ...... to ...- Northern Counties Union .., 4 North British .. .. ... 251 Ditto Fall Shares. ..... ..... 12,4 — Do. Quarters - Ditto Thirds'..— GLA — to Ditto. Preference 5" — to North Etailurth3hire : , .;orth Wales - N - orth W esters este xtcrd, Woreetter, and Wol vci4:ai-npton - . ..... to lrading„ Guildfe., & Reigate 15 Royston and klitchin S , cottish Central: .ic,Atisla Midland ~.. ....... —.. 25 ...,.. Di tto, New._ 2 2 1 /2 — , lirow6t. ury and liirmingliiana 12 ...... -04 7:to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 8 Ditto, New Guaranteed S 'ltre-,v6bury and Hereford .. 4 F.,lirew.3bur;y . and Cheater i `;or. IV. - .i in. ) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... Ditto, Oswestry lBli — .... to Ditto ,New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref..-10 — to _ _ _ . .:liropshire Union 6%..... 3 .outh Devon .. - iiitto, Preference outh .;. , ,taflordshire... - So nth Eastern - ••• •• to Ditto, No. 2. .......... Ditto, No. P.° ... .... . :() - Ditto, RegAereil No. 4.... 10 - Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. 10 ...... to fouth Wales Sontl. Yorluhire, Doncaster and Goole . heflield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) (qua. 5 pnrct : 1(4.... Do. ' dc. - (Soutl;Div.) 5 - to 'wans. and Loughor and Ca ruerca's Stun Coal ... . 7 - raw Vale Extension ...... to -- l'harnes Haven Dock and Railway • 1714 — Valle of Neath - Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47%••• .. - Water'. ord,lV exford,lVieklw, n , :l Dublin .. Wear Val!ey 6 pet Vent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... .15 ... . Wcst Cornwall Jilitel, av en and Furneso W:n:lsor, Steiner, and South Western Wilts,Somerset,&Weyrnouth 45 ...... — • to ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 Do.llartlepeol Dk. & Ely. 100 ork and North'Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. A•nglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) t 1 , , i — 1 - 317.10g - ne and Amiens a l,O " ••• ••• •• to 2 , . - :_ . t.;'al of France (Orleans and Vierzon) .... o...nut:rani • Dutch Elieniab ••• 8 •••••• •••••• to East Indian Groat Indian Peninsular 5 ..••• • ...... to Do. D 0..... ....- ....... ... 10s. I ouvdiu Ala k;ainbre •••...... 7 1 / 2 — ...... to Luxembourg VC., ..... 7;‘a •••••• 176 to - Ditto Madrid and Valentin - Namur and Liege t;iorthern of France 14185..... 2.'" )3 :,di5... to Orlean:. and Bordeaux ... 7 ... .. Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen Paris Sz Strasbourg ..... ..... 12 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 20 Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Fours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 13 Fournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hauelt ... .. 20 ...... —. ....., to West Flanders Bi% — - Ditto JOINT STOCK IZANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 ...... Colonial Commercial of London - •••••• to ...., London Joint Stock . ~. lO London and Westminster... 29 National Provincial of Engid. 85 ....... Ditto, IN ew National of Ireland. 22% .• .. to ....- Provincial of Ireland • Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New .. 2 l,i — Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid 40 - MINES. Anglo Realm Asturian ...... •• ••••• ••• ..... 15 .•••• Australian: 4 - Barrossa Range Blaenarvi n Iron and Coal ... 50 13olanos Scrip British Iron. Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 2414...... • to Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Roy ... 15 . Cobre Copper .. 40 General Itc-a1 dal Monte, Unregistered . - ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ... Santiago de Cuba. Ilnitsd Mexican ..... ........ 2814, 4 t i 4 to COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 12 3 EXCHANGE. Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 1 3 ,4 itottcrilain .... ••.. •• 12 314 A.ntwerp. ..... ........ 25 77% Barnburgh • M.B. 13 14 1 ,4 Attona Paris, 3 days'sight 25 55 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 77% Mnrseilles •••••••• .• • • 25 77% ilcurdeaitx......... • 25 77X, Frankfort on Maine.. P. 122 I , ?.tereburgh,Sll.llble ~ 3614 Berlin.... • • • •• Vienna, effec. fio.• 11 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 6 Madrid 49% Cadiz •• ,• ............ 49% Barcelona ..... Gibraltar.. .... • • Leghorn .. ••.. • • 31 25 Genoa .... • • •• • • 26 70 11ilan .. • • .•• • • •• • • • • gaples .. • • . • • • •• Palermo, peroz 1103, Messina ............ .. 1211,4 Lisbon.... • • . • ........ 1)31, itio JaneirO .........• _ . l.luenos Ayres .. .. New York, 21 days'sight ... • PlilLidelphia • • PRICES OF BULLION, FEB OE. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Portxgal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 10 Silver in bars .. •• 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 17.—Wind this day at noon N.N.W., light breeze, and fine Blear weather. DEAL, Nov. lb.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd., Bombay, Flawack, Bombay; Rotterdam, Batavia, for Rotterdam; Ruby, Allen, Bahia. Arrd. from the River and sld., Faithful, Morrison, Calcutta ; Osbert, Dalrymple, Dominica; Highbury, Walker, Jamaica ; Reserve, Alexander, ditto; Hermosa, Valenciana ; Rocafall, Havanrah; Envoy, M•Lean, Mobile; Northumberland, Lord, New York. Sid. Clara, New Zealand; Royal Archer, Adelaide, South Australia; Cornbill, Port Philip; Clifton, ditto; William Simpson, Batavia; Wil herrieden, ditto; Ostrich, Madras; Limehouse, Ceylon; Nautilus, Sierra Leone; Nunez, River Gambia; Caro line, Valparaiso; Alexandra, Rio Janeiro; St. George, Trinidad; Flora, Jamaica; Fantome, ditto, Water Lily, ditto; Montreal, New Orleans; Belmont, ditto; Wil liam Nail, ditto; Lord Stanley, Honduras; Grampian, Savannah; Medium, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF HASTINGS, Nov. 16.—Barretto, jun., Jamaica. RAMSGATE, Nov. 16.—Wind N.—Sld. Concord, Cape of Good Hope. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. 15th, Canaerton, Honduras; 16th, Flora M'Donald, M`Pher son, Bombay; Cumberland, Atkin, Paraiba; lowa, Till, Quebec. Std. Maypo, Curacoa; Kalamazoo, Philadel phia; North Star, ditto; Sheridan, New York; G. Z , ditto; Don Juan, Newfoundland. P ut b ac k , Portland, for oquimbo, to stop a leak in her starboard bow. The Governor Davies, for Boston, and the Teresa, for Cindad, Bolivar, drove foul of each other in the Sloyne, by which the former had her mainmast sprung, and the latter lost anchors, chains, jibboom, &c. The Nais, which sld. hence 11 th instant, for Syria, has put back. leaky, and must dock. 17th. The Cordelia, for Calcutta, which was scuttled yesterday morning in the King's Dock, was floated last night, with little damage con fined to her stern frame. The salt, of which her cargo was almost entirely composed, is lost. DOVER, Nov. 16,—The Harriet, from Patras to Lon don, has put in here, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been run on board of while at anchor last evening off the North Foreland by a west country schooner, with a broad white streak, proceeding down channel. PINLIIELI, Nov. 16.—The Commerce, of Salcombe, from Spain, laden with nuts, drove on shore at Port Scaden last night, and has become a wreck; no account of the crew. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 16.—1 t has blown a heavy gale from N.N.W. the whole of yesterday and to day. The Ant, schooner, of Irvine, was wrecked on the rocks near Cemaes last night; crew drowned. WILLS, Nov, 16.—The sloop Two Sisters, of this per, coal-laden, got on shore eastward of the harbour last night, and is expected to become a wreck; crew drowned. . CARDIFF, Nov. 16,—The Anacreon French ship lost foremast in Ptnarth Roads, having been in contact with the Jane brig, of Bristol. F.Lico, Nov, 15.—1 t is blowing a gate from N.W., at tended with rain.—Arrd. 14th, Linden, Richibucto. PELFAST, Nov. 15.—1 t has blown a heavy gale from W. to N.W. for the last 24 hours,—Arrd. 13th, Sir Colin Campbell, Rankin, Quebec.. ABERDEEN, Nov. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Albion, Leslie, St. John's, New Brunswick; Richibncto, Quebec. Nov. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Elimabeth, QlR.b€C. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 16.—Arrd. Ireland, Evans, Que.- ')cc; Collina, Chadwick, ditto. MARKET NEWS. -THIS DAY.) COVENT-GIiRDZIg. Our market to day was seasoiiiiislywell supplied with ,otla fruit and vegetables, the demand for which was in a sluggish state. English Fruits Pine Apples, 3s (id to 4s 6d ; Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, 23 Gd to 3s 6d; Black Hamburgh Grapes, is 6d to 2s per lb ; Pears, 2s 61 to 6s ; Eating Apples, is 6d •o 2s 6d ; Apples for cooking, is to is 6d per half sieve; Filberts, 60s to 65s per 1001bs ; Walnuts, 3s to 5s per bushel. Foreign Fruits—Black Hamburgh Grapes, 6d to 8d; and White ditto, 6d to 8d per lb ; Spanish Nuts, 4s to ss; Walnuts, 4s to 6s; Chestnuts, 3s to 6s; and Brazil Nuts, 3s to 4s per peck; Lemons, 5s to lOs ; Oranges, 7s to 14s per 100; Spanish Onions, 12s to lis 6d per box. Vegetables Cape Brocoli, 3s to 63 per dozen bunches ; Cauliflowers, is to is 6d per dozen; Turnips, 3d to is 3d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; Greens, is to is 6d, and Leeks, 91 to is per dozen bunches ; Onions, 2s Gd to 3s 6d per bushel ; Horse radish, is 61 to 3s ; and Celery, 91 to is per bundle; Parsley, Gdto 93 per dozen bunches; Cabbages, 6d to 83; Red ditto, Is 3d to Is 91; Savoys, 6d to 9d; Red &et, is to is 4d ; and Parsnips, 4d to 8d per lozca ; Brussels Sprouts, is 3d to is 9d ; To matoes, 5s to Gs; Spinach, 93 to is ; Jerusalem Arti chokes, is to is 63; and Corn Salad, is 3d to is 6d per half sieve; Endive, 6d to 9d per score ; Mushrooms, 6d to 91 per pottle ; Small Salad, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; Sage, Is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches; Shallots,* to 3d per lb; Potatoes, 65s to 95s per ton; ditto, 2s to 3s per bushel. NEIRTGATIIi AND LEADENNALL. POULTRY.—Turkeys, 3s 6d to 7s 6d; Geese,4;od to 6s 6d ; Ducks, is 9d to 2s Gd ; Tame Rabbits, Is Od to is 9d; Wild ditto, 64 to is ; Pigeons, 5d co 8d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s 61 to 7s Od each ; Surrey Fowls, 5s 6d to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, 3s Od to 55 04 ; Barndoor Fowls, 3s to 5s 6d per couple ; Fresh Butter, 9s to 13s per dozen lb ; English Eggs, 3s to lOs Od ; and French ditto, 7s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Pheasants, 23 64 to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is 3d to Is 9J; Hares, 2s 04 to 3s Od ; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s 04 ; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d , Grouse, 2s Od to 2s Gd; Ptarmigans, is Od to is 94 ; Snipes, 9d to is 3d; Teal, 6d to ls; Wild Ducks, is 94 to 2s 6d; Wid geons, 911 to is 6d; and Plovers, 6d to is Od each. NEWPORT. Bcef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per 8' b. VITIIITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 23 10d to 34 10d; Veal, 3s 6d to 3s 10d ; and Pozk, 3s 6d to 4s 2d pt.r 81bp. 13XLIaNGSGATE. Salmon, Is to Is ld per lb ; Turbots, 3s to 12s ; Brills, 2s to ss; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 8s; Whitings, 4d to is; Lobsters, is to 2s ; Crabs, 4d to is 9d each ; Soles 6d to 2s rer pair ; Eels, 9d to is per lb. ; Large haddocks, 9d to is ; small ditto, 5d to 7d each ; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6.1 per gallon ; Prawns, 2s to 2s 9d per lb; Bloaters, Is 2d to Is 64 per doz ; salt Her rinizs, 8d to is per dez ; Smelts, 10d to Is 6d per 610 Z ; Common Oysters, 8s to 13s; Scotch Pearls, 16s to 20s ; and 'Bost Natives, 42i to 62s per bushel; Pike, is 3d to 3.; 6d each; Flounders, 9d to Is per dozen. 13nEz.D. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are ;rom 6+l to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41bs loaf. nxim DZAILICET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, led to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 10 to 21; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 2,11 d; ditto, Solb to 8816, 20 to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 31d; 96th to 1041 b, 3ed to 34d; 1041 b to 112113. 3d to 4d. Calf Skins, light is 6d to 3s, ditto full 5s 6d; Horn Hides, 7s; Polled Sheep, 3s 6d to 4s 91; Hunts and Half-brads 3s to 3s 9d; Downs, 2s 3d to 3s. HAY mannwrs. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 10s; Clover litto, 31 Os to 41 103; and Straw, 11 33 to 11 103 per Load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish trade. CITMEERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 31 12s; Clever ditto, 31 Os to 41 los ; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 lOs per oad. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WurrEcnepEL. Meadow Hay, 21 65 to 3l 1 0 s; Clover, ditto, 310 s to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 114 s to 1/ 105. per load. Trade dull, at late rates. LAW INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S BENCH : -(THIS DAY•) The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing appeals from quarter sessions with respect to the removal of: paupers, but they were not of suffi cient public interest t o deserve a report. (COMMON PLEAS —(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, Mr. Justice MAULE D Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, and Mr. Justice TALIOURD •) TOGAN V. HARRISON. This action was brought to recover a sum of money which the defendant had agreed to pay, under con tract, for the purchase of a ship, and it now came before the court in the shape of a special case, the point to be decided having reference to the validity of an award which settled the amount to be paid by the defendant. The Court delivered judgment this morning, stating they were of opinion that the verdict should be entered for the defendant on the several issues which were joined on the record. Verdict entered for the defendant accordingly. DRAPER V. DE TORRI. This was an action instituted before Mr. Justice Cresswell, at the first sittings in Middlesex during the present term, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff—damages 201. Mr. Sergeant BYLEB now applied to their Lord ships for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial, and he did so partly on the ground of surprise, and partly on the ground of the amount of damages. A rule had been taken out by the defendant for a special jury, and when the case appeared in the trial list an application was made to one of their Lordships, Mr. Justice Talfourd, who was then sitting at Nisi Prins, that such a jury' should be granted, but he said he could not inter pose in that stage, as the case had not then been reached. Mr. Justice Cresswell sat next day, and when the case was called on he (Mr. Sergeant Bytes) protested against its being tried by a common jury, but his Lordship—and he was not prepared to say he vas wrong—decided against him, and the case was accordingly tried by a common jury. The defendant was absent in Germany at the time of the trial; they made the best defence they could for him under the circumstances ; and if the Court thought fit to give any relief in the present instance, he was quite aware it would be on the understanding that the costs of the application were to be paid by the defendant. This was an action for trespass, assault, and imprisonment, and the defendant pleaded the general issue. The circumstances of the case were of a very peculiar nature. It appeared that the defendant, Count de Torri, was a foreign nobleman —he believed a native of Constantinople—who was possessed of a considerable fortune, - and he came to this country and took a house at No. 1 A, Gordon-square. No doubt existed either as to who the landlord, or who the tenant of the house was, for the landlord was culled and the lease was produced. It appeared that the lease was made to the nephew of the Count, and that the Count was the tenant and had to pay the rent. In the course of the trial it turned out that there was a person of the name of Myers, who formerly kept a curiosity shop, and was called Doctor Myers, and he managed to insinuate himself into the confidence of the Count, whose secretary be proposed he should be, at a salary of 1,0001. a year. It appeared further that he made a claim upon the Count for salary at the above rate, but did not succeed in getting any money from him on that ground. However, a very extraordinary occurrence took place on the 18th of May in the pre sent year, and it eventually resulted in th e b r i ng i ng of the present action. About two o'clock on that day as the Count, after the custom and manner of his country, he supposed, was s i tt i ng smoking in h i s dining-room, some people came to the front of the house and got down the area ; they consisted of three or four men, and they opened one of the area windows and went into the kitchen. They then proceeded up stairs into the dining-room, and told the Count that they had come to distrain for rent to the amount of 141., which was, due to this man, Myers. The gentleman became . alarmed ; he entreated them to go out; they declined, and he at last said, " Now, tell me what you demand, and I will pay it." The Count, however, had some English servants in the house, and they advised him not to pay the money, and he did not pay it, and the consequence was that the men continued in possession. In the course of a very short time, half an hour or s o , ano th er b o d y o f men made their appearance at the street door; they entered the house, he would not say improperly, because the door was opene d an d t h ey m i g h t h ave go t in without any difficulty. The plaintiff Draper was one of them, and they said they had come to seize the furniture under a bill of sale, and they insisted upon removing it. The Count protested against such a course, saying that he never executed a bill of sale, and knew no more about them than he did of their execution. The men were, how ever, inexorable, and hd sent to Mr. Baltazey, who was banker to his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, and requested his advice and interference. Mr. Baltazey dispatched a messenger to Mr. Aldibert, a coachmaker in Lung-acre, whom he had employed, and that person went to the house and saw the parties, but could not induce them to quit possession. They then proceeded with the distress, some taking up the carpets, and others pulling down the curtains and removing the beds. Mr. Aldibert advised the Count to send for an attorney. A messenger was accordingly started off to Messrs. Wire arid Child, the defendant's attorneys, who sent back their managing clerk, who inquired of the par ties what authority they had to proceed in the manner they did. The bill of sale was produced, and it did not purport on the face of it to be a bill of e made by Count de Torn at all, but it