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SUNDAY LECTURES. TO-MORROW, November 25, FARRINGDON HALL (bot tom of Snow-hill), will be opened for WEEKLY SUNDAY LEC TURES, on a New Organization of Society. ROBERT OWEN, Esq., will Lecture at Eleven o'clock in the Fore noon, " On the Necessity for Union amongst the friends of Pro gress ;" and Mr. L. JONES at Seven o'clock in the Evening, "On Social Re form and its Claims on Public Attention." Admission to each Lecture 2d. ; Reserved Seats, 4d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and EVE Manager, Old Brompton. THIS ING will be performed a new Comedy, entitled THE SERIOUS FA- I LY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Bucketone ; Ws W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. air which the comic drama of THE JACOBITE. To be followed by an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Moggy Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the Farce of SEPARATE MAINTENANCE Mr. Pennipother, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Pennipother, Mrs. Keeley ; Jane Briggs, Miss P. Horton. Due notice will be given of the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TUEATRIC ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENLNG, Will be performed THE SONS OF MARS. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO. MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumley. Mrs. F. Matthews. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS.BIINBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Ilighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob winks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith , Mr. 0. Smith Mrs. Bu.nlatuy, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ILOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vends. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed METHINKS 3 I sEE MY rATIIII2. To be followed by BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. To conclude with THE CRITIC ; or, a Tragedy Rehearsed. Sir Tretfif Plagiary and Puff, Mr. C. Mathews ; Tilburina, Mrs. Yates. Dress Boxes, 54.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 23.; Gallery, ►s. ; .No hall-price to any part of the home. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE COND. ♦Pter which BORROWING A HUSBAND. To conclude with the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Immense hit l Monerieff's Zv e w Pedestrian. and Equestrian Extra ♦aganza of Mr. Briggs in the " Pleasures of Housekeeping and IJorsekeeping," having been received with roars of laughter and shouts of approbation, will be repeated every evening until Rirther notice.—Mr. Batty has engaged the following eminent Gymaastie and Equestrian artistes, Mr. Miner and his two sons, Messrs. Crowhurst, A. Powell, A. Bridges, Mons. Valentine, and those ce lebrated Provincial Clowns, Messrs. Jackson and Wheale, who will appear. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with Fitz ball's magnificent Spectacle of THE PROPHET. After which Batty's SCENES OF THE AREBA. 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, Barouche, Go-Cart, and other vehicles, will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Fur. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taut Day —Morning, 4 min. after 3 Evening. 43 min. after 8 To-Moaaow—Morning, 18 min. after 9 1 Evening, 53 min. after 9 [TIE WEATHER.—Sun thrrics, Nov. 24. THERXMIETRA, Lowest, 40; Highest, 49; Noon, 41 BABOXETEIt, 29.4. WIND E.NE.—morning, foggy; afternoon, dull. , .1.„ 00 ‘ ~...-., : 44. • ',cxj!,z, , 2 "A,,../ 4 ''.. 4e t -- - 'Ati s 7 4 - 1-- .l:f . ' • --,4b A ..*:. ~. .., v., y. -4 , 1- • • 2.,..,:- r . 01+ `',.-. ..; ::-T. l 4mv; - 14— ~. , ' ;•• , /P , ' ,'" . °•'".1.,,,,..., blning nit I ONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1849 A document, which will be found elsewhere, is • minently worthy of a calm and attentive perusal, and of deep and serious consideration. Much will depend on the tone and manner of its reception and the results it may eventually produce. The reputa tion of the British Government in India is involved n the issue. It remains to be discovered whether they will preserve—we should, perhaps, say regain— the character of equity and justice that is of such vital importance to British interests in Hindostan, a cha racter which has been deeply injured, if not altogether forfeited by recent transactions. It was owing to the high estimation in which the honour, the integrity and the moderation of the East India Company was, formerly held, that we were enabled to achieve such extraordinary triumphs in the East, and to consoli date the power of the British empire. The native Princes had learned to repose implicit confidence in the fidelity with which England regarded her en gagements, and to believe that so long as they con ducted themselves in a fair and straightforward man ner, they would be suffered to continue in . the enjoyment of all their rights and privileges, not only without invasion on our part, but that we would prove their most strenuous supporters and protectors. That confidence was indeed more valuable to England han myriads of armed cohorts. It prevented many formidable conspiracies, and most probably a general combination and confederacy of the native Powers against British supremacy. If it were supposed that our policy would be to maintain a system of constant aggression ; to dethrone Sovereign Princes on the most frivolous pretexts ; to confiscate their dominions, and annex them without scruple to our own territories ; to look upon'solemn treaties as so much waste paper, that might be set aside and disregarded whenever it suited our convenience to do eo, all parties would feel it to be their interest to unite against the Common Enemy, and to drive from their shores a bold and unscrupulous race, whose power was fraught with the most pernicious consequences —a fearful struggle would have long since com menced, of which it would be impossible to forese e the final termination. But so great a ca l amity ha e hitherto been averted, because we have preserved at least the appearance and semblance of justice. We have ruled by good opinion, by conciliating native prejudices, and appeasing native suspicion, and if we should now cast aside the mask, and openly and un disguisedly seize upon the territories of our allies, merely because our power enables us to do so, and to despise the remonstrances addressed to us, we shall deeply injure our real interests, and seriously endanger our Indian empire. The document to which we have alluded is an appeal from a devoted and faithful man, who has con tinued to support the cause of his lawful SOVEREIGN, through unexampled difficulties, with an abillity, fidelity, and zeal that is beyond all praise. The case of the unfortunate PERTAGB SINGH, late Raja of Sat tara, has been so fully and repeatedly brought before the public, that it is almost a work of supeesrogation to allude at any length thereto. It has been heard within the walls of Parliament, at the Court of Direc tors in Leadenhall-street, and wafted on the wings of the press throughout the length and breadth of the land. Every effort has, we regret to be obliged to say, been made to suppress investigation, and to prevent that full and searching inquiry into all the circumstances of the case that was so urgently de manded. Ridicule has been unsparingly resorted to n order to deter the friends of justice from taking up he cause of an oppressed and injured Prince, who was deprived of his sovereignty, driven into exile and detained in custody, after a mock trial, in which his case was prejudged, and in which evidence was rem ived and acted on that would not be considered sufficient to justify the conviction and imprisonment of the most contemptible pickpocket in this country. The injured Prince, who was condemned on such testimony, without even being heard in hit own defence, died broken-hearted in imprisonment- But his rights did not perish with him; they sur vived to one who, by the most sacred custom of the 'Endo° law, became entitled to all the privileges of a child of the deceased Raja, who is also his nearest surviving relative, and who, therefore, by a double claim, must be regarded as his lawful heir and suc cessor, and of whose innocence there can be no doubt or question. When PERTAI3I3 SINGH was so unjustly and ille• gaily deposed and incarcerated some show of jus tice was at least m a in tained ; the form of a trial was gone through, although its result was a foregone conclusion. But even then there was no attempt to seize his dominions, or annex them to the Anglo-Is dian territory. His brother, APPA Senna, was raised to the throne, and a new treaty entered into with him. It was distinctly stated at the time that the British Government " had no intention of taking the country for its use, or of increasing its possessions by the measure." They declared that " they had only transferred the sovereignty to the Raja's younger brother ;" and thus the ap pearance of disinterestedness was maintained. APPA Salmi has, however, since died, and the adios Government, casting aside all disguise tad THE SUN, I.OTDOt disregarding the clear and unquestionable title of TRIMBLIEJEE RAJA, the adopted son of PEaTAUB and heir male of both the deceased Rajas, have openly and unblushingly seizid upon the territory into its own hands, Under such circumstances it is that RUNGO BAPOGEE, the indefatigable and faithful Vakeel of the late PERTAUB SINGE, who was deputed by him to bring his wrongs before the British public, and who maintains his allegiance to the now Raja, de jure, has addressed a letter to the several Princes and Chiefs of India, complaining of the grossly illegal and unjustifiable conduct of the East India Company to his deceased SOVEREIGN, and more especially of their refusal to recognize the "right of adoption," a custom that has been sanctioned from time immemo rial in India, and the abrogation of which would be regarded with the greatest horror by the Hindoos. This address has not been circulated surreptitiously or secretly. The writer has forwarded a literal translation to the Court of ,Directors ; in it he de scribes his own despair. " A foreigner in a strange land," "in the midst of difficulties," and his desire to forewarn his compatriots of the dangers to which they are exposed from the aggressive disposition of the Company—such an appeal cannot be slighted or despised. The home truths it contains cannot be got rid of by sneers or ridicule, nor can it be suppressed by the tactics usually displayed by the Court of Directors. An article has appeared in a morning Contemporary attempting to slight and despise its contents, and to remove the impression it must have made on every unbiassed reader, which so strongly smacks of Leadenhall-street that it may be regarded as the official answer of the Directors. The pen of the assailant of " NAPIER," the opponent of the Hero of Meeanee and Hyderabad, is perceptible in every line ; and yet, despite of such attempts, that gallant soldier was invested with the high office of Commander in-Chief in India by the voice of public opinion, a power which the Directors did not dare to disobey ; and the same power will we doubt not eventually lead to the vindication of the much wronged PEETAUE SINGH, and the recognition and establishment of his lawful heir on the throne of Sattara• RUNGO BAPOGEE, although now overwhelmed with despair, will receive the reward of his unceasing exertions when he beholds his master firmly esta blished in his dominions. He will be regarded as a model of true fidelity and unflinching courage— qualities that will ever command the respect and admiration of Englishmen, and not be considered proper subjects for ridicule, whatever SirJamEs HOGG or his brother Directors may think to the contrary. Yielding to the generous importunities of friend ship, CHARLES PHILLIPS, the distinguished barrister, has at length dissipated the cloud of slanderous im putations which has been thickening round him for nine years, ever since his memorable defence of the murderer COURVOISIER. Now that we have perused his eloquent and dignified explanations, we can fully understand the reluctance with which he has hitherto shrunk from the vindication of his character. His unspeakable disgust at the course, the flagrant and impudent course, pursued by his calumniator cannot fail to receive the sympathy of every man not entirely divested of right principles. Outraged in his noblest and dearest feelings, stabbed i❑ his reputa tion, with his good name branded by the invisible hand of a detractor, no marvel he recoiled with a sentiment of absolute loathing before the in sinuations of his assailant I No wonder he scorned any attempt at extenuating conduct which he knew well in his heart required no extenuation whatever I Exquisitely sensitive, as every gentleman must be in regard to matters relating to the most delicate recesses of his conscience, it is no subject of astonishment to us that Mr. PHILLIPS has not condescended to repel charges of such peculiar atrocity until actually com pelled to do so by the solicitations, or, as we have al ready expressed it, through the generous importunities of friendship. Circumstances re ferring to the crime perpetrated by the MANNING!! in Bermondsey having in some measure revived the slanders directed against ➢lr. l'unaar s, as the counsel intrusted with the defence of COUR.. TOMER, he is at last adjured by one of his most intimate acquaintance to break a silence which, if longer preserved, would necessarily seem to confirm in the public mind the veracity of the traducer. To Mr. WARREN, the celebrated novelist, is due the merit of having, by his earnest appeals, elicited from his unwilling friend, for once and for ever, a brilliant and conclusive refutation. In spite of reiterated refusals, Mr. \YAERHN renewed his entreaties, and it must be peculiarly gratifying to bim to find that ultimately those en treaties have proved successful. " You know wall," says Mr. PHILLIPS, in the letter transferred the other evening to our own columns from those of morning Contemporary—" you know well bow strenuously and how repeatedly you pressed me to my vindication, especially after Lord MINMAN'S im portant conversation with you, and you know the 'tarn disdain with which .1 dissented." Notwithstand ing that resolute repulse, the voice of friendship again demanded the vindication, which in obedience to its noble solicitude has at last been granted. Reflecting that almost every one has already perused the document in which Mr. CHARLES PHILLIPS has finally exposed the falsehood of the various statements made in reference to his line of proceeding in defence of the infamous COURVOISIER, it would be superfluous on our part to transcribe again, one by one, his in- controvertible because strictly sequential arguments. Apart from all deliberate explanation, he could scarcely but have stood acquitted in the eyes of even the most suspicious observer from the inferential tes timony ziforded as to his integrity; such testimony, for example, as the favourable opinion of Lord DEN MAN, and the judicial appointments granted to Mr. PKlLurs by two ex-Chancellors subsequently to the occurrence said to have reflected so much odium upon his character. Not, however, with such indirect evidences of the truthfulness of his conduct is he con tented in a matter to him of such supreme importance. He brings forward as the witnesses of his perfect innocence in those deplorable transactions —Mr. CLARKSON, who was his colleague in defence of the murderer ; Mr. Baron PARKS, who was present throughout the trial; Chief Justice TINDAL, who acted upon the occasion in his judicial capacity ; and the contemporary reports of the four principal 1 morning newspapers, the Times, Herald, Poet, and Chronicle. From the broad and unanswerable facts asseverated by Mr. PHILLIPS, it is conspicuous that so far from endeavouring to throw the crime upon the female servants whom he knew to be innocent, in order to screen the detestable wretch whom he knew to be guilty—Mr. Pnuaars solemnly exclaimed I in the course of his address to the jury, " GOD forbid that any breath of mine should send persons depend ing on the public for subsistence into the world with a tainted character !" Disproving the declaration that he had acted thus cruelly, he has vindicated himself likewise from the horrible criminality of having appealed to Heaven as to his belief in the innocence of COURTOISIER. In a previous portion of his letter he has already given the following account of the time, the place, and the manner of the confes sion made by that detestable monster : " It was on the second morning of the trial, just be fore the Judges entered, that Courvoisier, standing publicly in front of the dock, solicited an interview with his counsel. My excellent friend and colleague, Mr. Clarkson, and myself immediately approached him. I beg of you to mark the presence of Mr. Clarkson, es it will become very material presently. Up to this morning I believed most firmly in his innocence, and so did many others as well as myself. ' I have sent for you, gentle men,' said he, ' to tell you I committed the murder 1' When I could speak, which was not immediately, I said, ' Of course, then, you are going to plead guilty ?" No, sir,' was the reply, ' I expect you to defend me to the utmost.' We returned to our seats. My position at this moment was, I believe, without parallel in the annals of the profession." Dissuaded from his original intention of throwing up the case, both by the sagacious advice of his col league, Mr. CLAusori, and by the peremptory opinion of Mr. Baron PARKE, the horror-stricken counsel pleaded f or th e mur d erer ' s lif e i n th a t unfor tunate grievous spee c h w hi c h has been made the sub j ect of such and wilful misrepresentations. Re pelling the odious accusation above alluded to with the most profound scorn, and the most impassioned indignation, the orator closes his rebuttal of the c h a rge with these touching and thrilling ejacula tions :-- " What! appeal to Heaven for its testimony to aHo and not expect to be answered by its lightning? wh, t i and make such an appeal, conscious that an honourable col league sat beside me whose valued friendship I must have for ever forfeited? But, above all and beyond all, and too monstrous for belief, would I have dared to utter that falsehood in the very presence of the Judge to whom, but the day before, I had co❑fided the reality ? There, upon the bench above me, sat that time-honoured man—that upright magistrate, pure as his ermine, nar• rowly retching' every word I said. Had I dared to make an appeal so horrible and so impious—had I dared so to outrage his nature and my own conscience, he would have started from his seat and withered me with a glance. No, Warren, I never made such an appeal; it is a malignant untruth, and sure I am, had the person who coined it but known what had previously occurred, he never would have uttered from his libel mint so very clumsy and self-proclaiming a counterfeit." The vindication, we repeat, is conclusively trium phant. To impute the smallest particular of blame to Mr. PutuAra henceforth in reference to his conduct on the trial of COURYOISIER, would be as idle and preposterous as to reiterate those absurd and frivolous charges which were levelled at Mr. Sergeant Warms upon the occasion of his admirable defence of the wretched miscreant AIANNING. In both cases we cannot but think that the aspersions cast against these distinguished pleaders has originated from a misapprehension of the enormous responsibilities devolving upon counsel. Such at least is the most charitable conclusion to be drawn in regard to persons whom we would prefer to regard as foolish assailants rather than as intentional and ingenious calumniators. mE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. In the Assembly on Thursday M. BAROCHE pre sided instead of M. DUPIN, and) M. ANTONY THOURET placed in his hands a resolution of censure on M. DUPIN, for the illegal, unfair, and partial manner in which he had acted on the previous day, in permitting M. SEGUE D'AUGUESSEAU to insult the Republic without calling him to order, and in calling to order thirty Members at once who protested against the insults of M. SEGUE, The proposition was received by M. BAROCITIE. who immediately moved the order of the day, put the question without suffering any discussion, and decided that the order of the day was carried by an immense majority. M. DUPIN, however, will not be suffered to escape by this paltry manoeuvre. A protest has been signed by upwards of 120 represen tatives against the proceedings of M. Durex ' • and the Seid of Louis PHILIPPE will not be permitted without linterruption to pursue his designs for the betrayal of the Republic, and for opening the road to power to the colleagues of the TESTES, the CURIBRES, and the Pitionnts. The Democratic Pacifique was seized yesterday. The Constitutionnel contradicts the report of the intended recal of the Governor-General of Algeria. The Committee of inquiry into the state of the navy met for the first time on Thursday, and sat for five hours. The PRESIDENT of the Republic visited the Theatre Historique on Thursday evening. On his appearing in his box he was received with enthusiastic cheers. It is his intention to visit all the theatres of Paris during the course of the winter. Galignani's Messenger of Thursday contains the following useful information on the subject of the postage between France and England : " As some misapprehension exists respecting the rates of postage on letters between France and England, we think it right to lay before our readers the following statement, which the Post-office authorities have favoured us with :—The reduced rate of 80c. for a letter weighing 7i grammes, and so on in proportion, has reference to those letters only the postage of which is paid in France, whether on dispatch or delivery, while those paid in England remain chargeable with the same rate of post age to which they have hitherto been subject in that country, namely, tenpence for a letter weighing under a quarter of an ounce (71 grammes). Letters may also be prepaid in France by means of postage stamps, to the amount of 80c., if the weight do not exceed 74 grammes; but if a letter be posted in England bearing eight penny stamps only, it is considered unpaid, and the stamps are lost, which also occurs in the case of letters from Eng land to which ten penny stamps have been affixed. Wo think it also well to mention that letters to foreign parts prepaid by means of postage stamps may be posted in all the letter boxes throughout Paris, and also that letters so prepaid are received at the General Post-office, Rue J. J. Rousseau, until a quarter past five, whereas unpaid letters, and those the postage of which is paid in money, continue to be received, as formerly, only until five o'clock." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Friday at 57f.; the Five per Cents. at 89f. 90c. ; Rouen Railroad Shares, 527 f. 50c.; Havre, 233 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 445 f. ; Avignon, 220 f. ; Vierzon, 300 f.; Balse, 1021. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 3.8 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburgh, 357 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 280 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 23. _ . __ . - East Indian, 3 5 A—Namur and Liege, '6 —Northern of France, 2 3 / 4 dis.— Orleans and Bordeaux, 2%—Paris and Strasbourg, 64—Rouen and Havre, 9%. SPAIN. The Spanish Government has declared Mahon a free port for bonding goods. It is declared to be a general port of the first class of all kinds, and the custom-house station authorised by the new tariff to admit the introduction into Spain of English cottons and other foreign goods. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The EMPEROR left Vienna for Prague on the evening of the 18th. The Ministers SCRWARZXN BERG and BACII accompanied him. The Archduke F➢RDINAND has gone to Frohsdorff to visit the Duc DE BORDEAUX and the Bourbons. PRUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette of the 21st announces that on the 20th the Chambers terminated their discussion of the articles relative to the constitution of public in struction. Article 21 was adopted, as passed by the First Chamber, and is as follows : In the establishment of public military schools every respect shall be paid to their religious per suasion. _ The religious instruction in the popular schools shall be conducted by the various religious bodies to which the pupils belong. The conduct of secular affairs shall be regulated by the commune in which the school is situated. The Government has the appointment of professors from among a list of ap. proved candidates. Article 22 was adopted as amended by the Com mission. The commune shall supply the funds necessary for the establishment, support, and en largement of popular public schools. In such cases where it is proved that the commune does not possess the requisite funds, the deficiency shall be made up by the state. The state shall guarantee a competent salary to the teachers according to the local circumstances of the commune. Instruction is imparted gratuitously in the popular public schools. Article 23 was adopted provisionally until the creation of a special board on instruction until which time the present mode of instruction will remain in vigour. From the same journal we extract the following : "The Council of Administration, in an extraordinary sitting held the day before yesterday, has at length adopted a resolution which will be of the greatest importance to Germany. " All the plenipotentiaries of the Federal States were present except those of Hanover, Saxony, and Mecklenburg Strelits. _ _ _ " The sitting waa opened by the Prussian Plenipo tentiary, President of the Council, who read notes from Hanover and Saxony of the Ist and 4th Nov., and the replies thereto by Prussia. " He then proposed that they should be submitted to the committee for the modification of the projects. " This proposition was adopted, and the council then proceeded to fix the terms for the elections. The interval from this day to the llith January appeared too short, and the 31st was consequently agreed upon. The resolution to convoke the sitting of the Diet at Erfurt was passed unanimously. " The above resolutions were communicated imme diately by the Administrative Council to the Presi dent of the two Chambers." The semi-official lilhographed correqmderuie says —"The report the committee drawn up by Mr. CAMPHAUSEN, from the documents deposited in the ministry, relative to the German question, speaks very energetically against those Governments which separated from the alliance of the 28th of May. It proves also the advantage which will accrue to Prussia by the treaty of the 30th September, by settling all the differences of that kingdom with Austria." SCHLESWIG. The appointment of Baron Vox EYGERS, as super intendent of police to the city of Schleswig, causes great: dissatisfaction, for not only is the present superintendent, M. VON AIILEFELDT, very much liked, but it is asserted that warrants have been issued by the Provisional Government for the appre hension of Baron VON EYGEBS, and that the Supreme Court of Schleswig has been commissioned to insti tute proceedings against him.—llanzburgh Corre spondent. The Borsenhalle, in an article dated Flensburg, Nov. 19, says:--" During the last few days we have heard it said that to-day Baron VON EYGERS will go to Schleswig, and resume his former post of commissioner of police. Many individuals have even been named who were to accompany him as a safe escort. To-day the carriage which was to take him to the place of his destination was actually in attend- SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 24 1849, MONEY and COMMERCIAL. NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotten at Liverpool yesterday did n,t exceed 3,000 bales, all to the trade. The market was quiet.—ln Railway Shares only a limited business was dono at rather lower prices. The Bank of England account is undergoing rapid changes. During the week to the 17th instant the Active circulation fell off materially, while the assets, especially bullion and public deposits, were increasing. The addition made to the last-named item is particularly gratifying, and speaks well for the revenue. The dis count business of the Corporation is shown to hare 'ur tl.er diminished. Compared with the previous week, the following are the results : Notes Issued Increase Rest ... ... 29,209,295 ... 391,225 ... 3,162,595 Increase ... ... 1,563 Public Deposits 7,248,920 Increase ... 1,027,150 Other Deposits _ _ 9,912,504 Decrease _ ... 439,585 Seven Day and other Bills _ 1,031,710 Decrease 67,585 Government Securities ... .. 14,322,087 Increase ... 94,019 Other Securities ... .. 9,730,592 Decrease 23,294 Notes 11,027,655 Increase . . ... 625,265 Bullion ... 16,037,690 Increase ... ... ... 216,778 Active Circulation 18,181,640 Decrease ... 234,040 Taking the four weeks to November the 3rd, the cir culation of all the banks in the United Kingdom was as follows : Bank of England £18,865,498 Private ditto ditto 3,822,702 Joint Stock Scotland Ireland 4,646,263 Total or an increase of 2,303,1061. on the previous month. The Foreign Exchanges were dons at firm rates yes terday afternoon. Bills on Paris, ninety days date, were taken at 25.70 to 75; on Antwerp, at 25.75 to 77i; on Amsterdam, at 12f. 22 to 3; Hamburgh 13.132 to 141 ; Frankfort, 1221 ; and Trieste, 11.8 to 11.12. The exports of the precious metals from London during the week to Thursday last wore 1,800 ounces in silver coin to Boulogne, and 20,000 ounces in bars to Rotterdam. The accounts received this morning from the manu facturing districts describe business as being compara tively dull on the whole, but the Bank discount reduction may have some effect next week. The Funds are well supported this morning. Consols have realised 941 to 2, and are now 941 2. Bank Stock is firm at 1991. Exchequer-bills have been 475., and India Bonds 81s. to 84s. premium. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 932 to 941. In the Foreign Market, Mexican Bonds have fluctu ated from 261 to 26k; Spanish Three per Cents. have been 36i to 37; and Portuguese Four per Cents., 34. Brazil Stock is at 86. Russian Bonds have been firm atloB, and Dutch Two•and-a Half per Cents. steady at 542. Railway Shares have been very quiet, and therefore without any sensible variation. ONE O'CLOCK. cLosiNG PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms 9 3 14% 93% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 4 1 / 2 % 34 94% Sew 3 1 4 per Cent. Arens...... :193 3 / 94% 94 1 Long Anne. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16 8 3-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8 11-16 India Stock IF.dia Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001.. .. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account .. 94% 3 4 Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d 1,0001. June 47 p Small. June 5O p MC. E O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 42 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds ... 108 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account. 36% 37 Dividends on the above payable in London. Beligan, 4 1 / Q per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 54% - Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates — PRICES OF FOREIGN FENDS. OLOSIN , PRICES. 86 421,4 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen ... 50 Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 3 / 4 Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 ,E — Belfast Belfast & County Down 28 Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford J unct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 Binning, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 Do. without guarantee 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Juno.... 20 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds ..- '27% — Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. ..... 10 ...... Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% Last Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D....•• 25 Do. 18/., E. & H.— 18 Do., 3/. 10s., Pref... 31% Eastern Counties.... Do. New,Gua. 6 per ct lO ...... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... 1 / 2 p Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3% — Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 Ditto, Class C, ditto... •25 . Do. Scrip •• (6 per cent.) 20 •••• East Lancashire 25 Ditto, New 6 n e p e e r cl C u e a n r t t e . rls' .re 6 14 ..... Ditto, New Quarters OA Do f • e ' r e East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport Exeter.Yeovil, k Dorch Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ...8/.65. 8d — ...... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ..... Do. Preference Consol. Great Northern Do., % A Deferred ... 12 1 ,{ Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7% — Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10 Great South. and West. (Ireland) ... Great North of England.loo Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 30/ ...... ... 30 Ditto, New ,15/ l5 .. .. Great Western. ...100 ...... 55 1 / Q 56 •••—• Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares 5O ...... 26 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Ditto, Fifth% ••••• 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. .... ••••••.. Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ..—. Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... ...•• 12% Do. Quarter Shares _ _ Lancaster and Carlisle 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Do. do. M. B. it 8... 98 Ditto, ditto , Ditto, Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths... ....... 10 Do. Thirds ... 16%....• Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent.....—.... 10 Do. Liverp. and Bury 49 ...... ..• Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) 5O .. .... Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 .. ••• ..... Do. (Preston '& Wyre) 25 D 0.% Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 5 ...... Do., do. No. 2 5 Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 ~.... ... ...... Do., Pref. Quar., 18-IS 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport London &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d... — , London, Brighton, and South Coast... ..... 100 Do., New Si., guaran teed 6 per,Cent 100 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 .. LondonandGreenwich 12/15s 4d — ... ..... Ditto, PrefererwP .20 London and N. Western 100 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 7 .—8% Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 55 Do.101.(M.&B.)C. 1 ..., Loud. &Sr Wcat4rn ..—. 50 .. Ditto, New 50/. ...... 42 Do. New 401 34 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 00000 ance at his door ; but he did not take his departure, as expected." BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Nov. 22.—The strike among the weavers at Ghent still continues, but they are beginning to come round and make proposals for an accommodation. The manufacturers on the other hand, hold out, and persist in not making any concessions, being con vinced that the question involves the very existence of the cotton manufacture. In one of the mills some of the people have resumed work, but they were obliged to have a body of police to protect them in going in and coming out. It is impossible that this state of things can continue beyond another week, for the workmen are quite at a stand-still ; all their re sources are exhausted, and the people refuse to give them credit. TURKEY. Letters from Orsova state that the Hungarian re fugees, before their departure from Widdin to Shumla, were addressed by KossuTH, who eulogised in enthusiastic terms the generous conduct of the Porte and of the Padischa, and declared that Turkey had acquired for herself imperishable glory by her generous hospitality. He also praised England for ' the energetic attitude she had assumed ; and assured his countrymen that in a new war, and by new victories, they would again conquer the liberties of Hungary. GREECE. The Greek Chambers were prorogued on the 30th of October. They are to meet again on the 22d of December. The following note has been addressed to Mr. WYSE by the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs : " ATHENS, OCT. 28, 1849. " TO THE RICHT HON. THOMAS WYSE, MINISTER PLENI POTENTIARY OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY. " Sir,—ln a message to the President of the lonian Senate, of the date of the 9th of this month, and pub lished in the official journal of the lonian Government. and in which Mr. Ward, the Lord High Commissioner, gives an account of the discovery which he has just made of the secret society called the Great Fraternity (La Grand Fraternite), the object of which was to revo lutionise Italy, Turkey in Europe, and the lonian Islands, the following passage occurs:— " The conspirators presume, as your Highness will see in a letter found in the possession of Signor Val liano, that their projects have royal support, and that the plans which good faith and good sense reject, are looked upon with no disfavour by a neighbouring Sovereign.' " Such an observation, introducing an august name, and not even being accompanied, on the part of him who thought proper to use it, by any censnre or disapproba tion of those who have permitted themselves to conceive or express such ideas, must naturally have outraged the feelings of the government of the King, who is so plainly made the object of this attack. " This was, besides, so much the more unexpected, and the more to be regretted, inasmuch as it is a matter of public notoriety, and was also within the knowledge of the Lord High Commissioner, that Signor Valliano, in whose possession the letter in question was found, , having combined with the deserter Merediti, in the re bellion of the latter, and in the plunder of the bank at Patras, would have infallibly been at this moment in the hands of justice, if he had not contrived to escape to Corfu with his accomplices. It can easily be under stood from this that such an individual could have no connexion with the government of the King, and could have possessed no influence with his Majesty. " On the other hand, Mr. Ward is not ignorant that on the demand of the British legation the King's Go vernment has taken care to remove from those parts of Greece adjoining the lonian Islands lonian refugees, in order to prevent them from keeping up any intercourse with the favourers of disturbances in the islands; and that, in order as much as in it lay to discourage them, it even prohibited them from residing in that capital, wishing thus to dissipate any idea that they could derive advice or assistance from any source whatever. " With such facts in evidence of its sentiments of in tegrity and its sincerity, the Government of the King deems it unnecessary to protest under the circumstances, feeling no doubt that the Government of her Britannic Majesty will also consider that the respect and regard which are due to august personages, and the courtesies practised in international communications, have been misunderstood in the insertion and publication of re marks such as those of Mr. Ward. (Signed) " G. GLAWKIS, " Minister for Foreign Affairs." ITALY. Colonel FoßisEs, an Englishman, who acted as Aide-de Camp to GAxIBALDI during his heroic defence of Rome, was arrested on the 10th at Genoa, and conveyed to a fort as a prisoner. An Austrian army of 25,000 men has been con centrated at Piacenza, and Austrian troops are assembling along the line of the Tesino. The Aus trian officers declare that they are destined for the invasion of Piedmont. A military expedition into Tuscany and Romagna is also contemplated by the Austrians. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and Princess Louisa, and attended by the Viscountess Canning, the Hon. Miss Dawson, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, and General Bowles, left Windsor Castle at twenty minutes past ten o'clock this morning for Osborne. The royal party travelled by a special train on the Great Western Railway to Reading and Basingstoke, and from thence by the South-Western Railway to Gosport. The Marquis of Donegal had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the North Ame rican provinces. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) " The Priory, Nov. 23. " The Queen Dowager had some quiet sleep last night, but her Majesty continues in the same state as during the last few days. " DAVID DAY/E5, M.D." FRAUD ON THE NOBILITY AND DIGNITARIES OF THE CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,---leainestly request you to make known, by the publication of this letter in the columns of The Sun, that an audacious fraud has lately been practised on the nobility and other persons of influence, and by so doing to clear me from the foul stigma which it has endeavoured to fix upon me. Letters have been written in my name, from 16, Upper Stamford-street, Blackfriars, falsely represent ing myself and family as in abject circumstances, and begging for pecuniary aid. Considerable sums of money have been obtained in this infamous man ner, at the above address, where rooms were hired for the purpose. I have been furnished with one of these letters by Lord John Russell, and I beg here distinctly to state that the whole is a gross falsehood and forgery. Communications have also been received from Lord Brougham, the Bishop of Oxford, and Lord Mahon, which give important information on the subject. Any person to whom application of this kind has been made will greatly oblige me, and further the ends of justice, by transmitting to me, if possible, the letters in question, and also by stating what money, ' if any, was sent in consequence, as the case is now in the hands of the proper authorities, and every evidence is desirable for the conviction of the offender, who is known. _ It is but justice to add, that the person from whom the rooms were hired was, at the time, ignorant of the deception. I am, Sir, yours sincerely, MARY HOW ITT, 28, Upper Avenue-road, Regent's-park, November 22. THE HALL ON COMMERCE.—Yesterday the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, was put up to auc tion, at the Auction Mart, by Mr. Norton, when there was a very numerous attendance of capitalists and others, who were in the habit of attending the establish ment. The auctioneer stated that the cost of the Hall of Commerce was about 80,000/., and that its value at present as a fair investment was 60,0001. The first offer was 20,0001., then the biddings reached 35,0001.; the auctioneer said that was about the sum given for the site, which contained about 9,000 feet. The property, after an active eompetition, was eventually knocked down for 44,9004, which was stated to be below the re served sum. THE WEATHER.—The weather continues uncom monly mild for the season. Copious rains have fallen at intervals during the week, and tho Ness flows in large but as usual beautifully pure volume. At Dunean, and probably other !arms in this neighbourhood, the autumn sown wheat is already peeping through the ground, and is coming away exceedingly well in uniform breadth. A Caithness correspondent writes:—" Our crops were never better harvested; all are safe, but the quality is not good. Oats weigh from 351bs. to 4Olbs. per bushel-381bs. being about the average; hero from 451bs. to 491bs.—the average being 461bs; turnips are a good though not so large crop as was expected. '—lnver ness Courier. FINE ROOT ON POTATOES. — An isolated root of potatoes, dug up the other day in the garden of Mr. F. Bletcher, of the Mail Coach inn, Rotherham, yielded fully half a peck. The largest potato weighed a pound and three- quarters. They are of the description known as the "farmer's glory."—Sheffield Times. FRENCH ACCOUNT OF LONDON THIETES.---One of the Lyons journals gravely relates that the thieves of London constantly carry chloroform about them, and when they select a victim seize him by the throat, and compel him to breathe the stupifying vapour until ho falls senseless I It is curious with what moral fortitude men can bear with the misfortunes of others.—Eliza Cook's Journal, Londonderry &Coleraine 25 Do. 1 / 2 Shares . .• 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen 25 ...... Do. U. Shares Lowestoff guar. 4 per ct 20 ...... Ditto (6 per ct.) - v... 00000000 ... Ma Manche,ter.Bux ton,and Matlock..., Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Do. lh, Shares (No. 3) 1216 — Do. New 101. Pr0f..... 10 ..... ... — Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ...-... 20 - ••••••••• 000000 - Ditto ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire ..... .... 25 . Do., Grimsby Dock... 25 Do., Manchester and _ Lincoln Union..... 41. 2s. ........ 100 4 7 3 /4 Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... Do. Birm., and Derby Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6;per ............ Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 42 ...... Ditto ditto .... . 221. 75... ... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.if. Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.loo . Do. Quarters N4wmarket Do. Extension ewport, Abergavenny, and llereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ...... 100 Do. New 20/. Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 gorth British 25 Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters - Ditto, Thirds 8 1 / 4 Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17 1 / 2 •••••• 00000 North Wales North-Western . 13% oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin . ....... 7 Sailfish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Shrewsbury and Birm — Ditto ditto. Class B Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herat'. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ••• ditto 9 — ..... Ditto Oswestry . ..... 18 1 / 2 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref ohropshire Union south Devon 5O Do. Preference south Staffordshire B l /2 414.... ...... .. „. South Eastern Do., 1'0.2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 Do., Registered No. 410 .. Do., Scrip No 4 Bc,uth W ales south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l2 Shaflield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16 1 / 2 Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 Swans. & Loughor Sc. Ca meron's &mu (Thal. ••• 7 raw Vale Extension ... 8 flames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Wateriord and Kilkenny 20 . — Watorrord and Limerick 47% — ,,. ,,. Wateild,Wafrd,Wici•'.w and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed ... ...... 60 ...... Do. de. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 •• ••• West Cornwall ...... 6 W hitehaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 Wilts, Somerset, & NV ey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ..... 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten, 20 ...... .......... Do. G.N.E.Preterence 8 ... •••... . Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ...... York and North Lilidlend 5u D , Preferenck, FOREIGN RAILWAY'. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 51 , Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzoia)... 20 Demerara Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... .... 10s. Louvain la Sambre 7% — Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 Northern of France l4l. 85... 2 3 / 4 dis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O . 20% Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O Strasbourg and Basle 14 Tours and Nantes l3 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt 20 West Flanders B 3A Ditto B , /2 — .. MLNES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Cora... 15 Australian Bassora Range ... . Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 60 Bolonos Scrip ...... .. .. ..... .. British Iron .. .. . l2 Brazilian Imperial BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 ...... Do. St. John Del Rey 15 Cobre Copper General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto Santiago de Cuba lO - ..... •• United Mexican. JOINT STUCK BAN Kb. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 Lordon Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto New.— ..... ...... 10 National of Ireland 22%...... .... ........ ••• Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New ... .. ..... 10 Union of Australia Ditto,New... ...... ..... 2%...... . .... Union of London,.. lO ...... • •—• Union of Madrid 40 — LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 24.—Wind this day at noon, North, light breeze and dull foggy weather. DEAL, Nov. 23.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. 21st., Menado, Ryken, Batavia, for Rotterdam. 23d, St. Jose, Havannah, for Llamburgh. Arrived from the River, Monarch, Small, New realand; Sumatra, John son, Sydney, New South Wales; Alice Maud, Linton, Cape and Ceylon ; Delhi, Wheeler, Port Natal ; El phinstone, Rock, Sierra Leone ; Catherine Greene, Kennedy,St.liitt's; Superb, Pearson, Mobile; Coronet, New Orleans. _ OFF BEACHY HEAD, Nov. 20.—Manuielits, Hugg, Buenos Ayres, for Antwerp. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Wind S.W.—Put back, Flora, Leveque,_Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Grecian, Thompson, Jamaica. YARMOUTH, Nov. 22.—The Industry, of Arbroath, in proceeding to sea this afternoon, got on shore near the North Pier. naway, Port Philip. The Dove, of and from Newport, from hence, got on shore on the Breakwater last night, during a fog, but came off this morning without any apparent damage. NEWPORT, Nov. 23.—The Caroline, of Yarmouth, N. S., hence to Bermuda, was in contact at midnight, 21st., off Lundy Island Light, bearing E. eight miles, with the Commerce, London for Alexandria, U. S., ar rived here, and was abandoned by the crew, who sup posed her to be sinking, and got on board the Commerce. SAUNDERSVOOT, Nov. 21.—Arrd. Brothers, Gijon. MARGATE, Nov. 23.-69 deals, part of them marked C. I. 8., have been picked up between the Knock and Galloper, and brought in here. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT-CLAUDEN. Full average supplies of both Fruit and Vegetables were on sale to day. Potatoes meved off steadily, at improved quotations. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. English Fruits Pine Apples, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Black Hamburgh Grapes, is 6d to 2s 6d per lb; Pears, 2s 6d to 6s ; Eating Apples. is 6d to 2s Gd ; Apples for cooking, is to Is Gd per half sieve; Filberts, 60s to Css per 100ibs ; Walnuts, 3s to 6s 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, 3a to 65; and Brazil Nuts, 3s to 4s per peek; Lemons, 5s to 103 ; Oranges, 7s to 14s per 100; Spanish Onions, 12s to 17s 6d per box. Vegetables Cape Brocoli, 3s to 6s per dozen bunches ; Cauliflowers, is to is Gd per dozen; Turnips, 3d to is 3d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; Greens, is to is 6d, and Leeks, ed to Is per dozen bunches ; Onions, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per bushel ; Horse radish, is 6d to 3s ; and Celery, 9d to is per bundle; Parsley, 6dto 9d per dozen bunches; Cabbages, Gd to 8d; Red ditto, is 3d to Is 9d; Savoys, 6d to 9d; Bed Beet, Is to is. 6d ; and Parsnips, 4d to 8d per 47 3 / 4 84 p 84 p 90 % 94% 50p 50p 54% 82% 1 / 2 P 28% 7% 30% 10 74 10% 6% 3714 11114 1214 8% dozen ; Brussels Sprouts, is 3d to Is 9(i ; To rri4tocs, 5s to 6s; Spinach, 9cl to is ; Jerusalem Arti chokes, is to is 6d; and Corn Salad, is 3d to is 6d per half sieve; Endive, 6d to 9d per score ; Mushrooms, 6.1 to 9d per pottle ; Small Salad, 2s to 2s 6d per d( zen punnets; Sige, is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches; Shallots, 21d to 3d per lb; Potatoes, 65s to 105 s per ton; ditto, 2s to 3s per bushel. NE VIGATZ .&ND LEILDENUALL. POULTRY.—Turkeys, 3s 6d to 78 6d; Geese, 4s Od to 6i 6d ; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 6d ; Tame Rabbits, Is Od to is 9d; Wild ditto, 6d to is ; Pigeons, 5d to 8d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to is Od each ; Surrey Fowls, 5s Gd to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, 3s Od to 5s Od ; Barndoor Fowls, 3s to 5s 6d per couple ; Fresh Butter, 9s to 13s per dozen lb ; English Eggs, 8s to 103 Od ; and French ditto, 7s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d; Hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Ptarmigans, is Od to Is 9d ; Snipes, 9d to is 3,1; Teal, 6d to is; Wild Ducks, Is 9d to 2s 6d ; Wid geons, 9d to is id; and Plovers, 6d to is Od each. NEWPORT. 7 3 / 4 Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 35 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Od; and Pork, 3s 6d to 43 4d ptr Bibs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8:1 o3;B,l;Mtitton, 23 8d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Od; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is to is 3d per lb ; Turbots, 3s to 12s ; Brills, 2s to ss; Cod Fish, 3s Od to 7s; Whitings, 4d to 10d; Lobsters, 10d to 2s; Crabs, 4d to is 9d each; Soles 6d to 2s per pair ; Eels, 9d to is per lb. ; Large Haddocks, 9d to is ; small ditto, 5d to 7d each ; Crimped Skate, 8d to 9d ; and Prawns, 2s to 23 6d per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 9d per gallon ; Bloaters, is 4d to is 9d per dozen; Common Oysters, 9s to 14a; Scotch Pearls, 16s to 20s ; and Best Natives, 42s to 62s per bushel; Flounders, 9d to Is per dozen. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 64d to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41b* loaf. HIDE WEATLILET. .... 8% 4% Market hides, 57113t(76411T,1171 to id ; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to 2d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 2id; ditto, 801 b to 881 h, lid to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 31d; 961 b to 1041 b, 3kd to 3id; 1041 b to 1121 b, 4d to Od. Calf Skins, light is 6d to 3s, ditto full 5s 6d to 6s; Horn Hides, 7s 6d; Polled Sheep, 3s 7d to 5s ld; Hunts and Half breds 3s 2d to 4s; Downs, 2s 4d to 3s 4d. 4 3 / _ _ 4 - 61A 30% 16% 5% BAY NIAMLEICS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 81 Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 112 s to 11 6s per load. Trade very dull, at our quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2i 10s to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 los ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 7s per !oad. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 10s; Clover, ditto, 3/ Os to 41 12s; and Straw, 1/ Is to I/ 6.1 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. 114, 26% 17% LAW INTELLIGENCE. ..... 11% CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) SCARFF V. SOULBY.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, the arguments in which were concluded a few days since. The case came before his Lordship upon appeal from the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor of England. The facts of the case may be thus shortly stated :—John Milner, who had been a woollendraper, in the Old Jewry, and subsequently became a stockjobber, exe cuted an indenture in December, 1842, by which, after acknowledging a cohabitation of several years with Eliza Quilt( n, and that she had borne him four children he stated that such cohabitation was discontinued; but that, iu consideration of past connexion, be covenanted to provide her an annuity of 250/., and for that purpose as signed to her two policies of insurance on his life for sums exceeding 5,000/.; and he also undertook to keep up the premiums. Milner died in 1846, and a bill was filed by his creditors against his executors and Mrs. Quilten, alleging that Milner was insolvent, and deeply indebted at the time he executed the indenture, and praying that it be set aside as a fraud on the creditors. The executors, in their answer, admitted there were not assets to pay the creditors, but Mrs. Quilten asserted that Milner was not indebted or embarrassed at the time of the assignment to her. Evi dence was read both for and against the insolvency, and the Vice-Chancellor came to the conclusion that to be indebted at all, although not insolvent or in embarrassed circumstances, was sufficient to avoid a deed made without consideration to the prejudice of creditors, and he therefore directed the policies to be made available assets for the benefit of the creditors. His Lordship, after going at some length into the case, ordered the decision of the Court below to be reversed. ANDREWS V. WALTEN.— JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, which came before the Court only two days ago, upon motion for the discharge of the plaintiff out of custody. This cause has been before the Court in various forms since 1830, and has been argued before Lord Brougham and Lord Lyndhurst, and also repeatedly before the present Lord Chancellor. The bill of the plaintiff (who sues in forma pauperis) was dismissed in 1893, with costs, amounting to 1071. 19s. 2d., for the non-payment of which an attachment was issued, and the plaintiff arrested thereon, on the 15th of January, 1833. Two days afterwards, he, how ever, was discharged, a question of privilege arising, as at the time he was taken into custody he was attend ing the Registrar of the Court with reference to c e rtain proceedings in the cause. In the month of March fol lowing he was again arrested for the same debt, and has been in custody ever since, now sixteen years. The point on which the present motion turned was whether, as the defendant had himself discharged the plaintiff from custody—he having made no application to the Court for his discharge, on the ground of the irregu larity of his arrest—the discharge was not a complete and final one. Many cases were cited at the bar in sup port of this position. The LOD. CHANCELLOR, this morning, in giving judgment, went at considerable length into the case, and ultimately decided that there was no ground what ever for the motion for the discharge of the plaintiff from custody. Mr. M`QUEEN, who appeared as counsel for Mr. Walten, said, that such being the judgment of the Court, he was instructed, by his client, to make a proposition to Mr. Andrews. Hitherto his client had offered to Mr. Andrews his release from custody, on the condition that he would not annoy him by any further legal proceedings; he had now to offer to Mr. Andrews his unconditional release, and he did so, not o the ground of any doubt as to the validity of his client 's claim, but solely from motives of humanity. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the proposal of the defendant was highly creditable to him. Mr. Andrews was then ordered to be discharged, and left the court, not, as usual, in the custody of Allen the tipstaff, but surrounded by his friends. We believe that Mr. Andrews has been repeatedly offered his discharge, but has refused to accept it, con tending that he is legally entitled to the same, and also to large damages for the imprisonment he has already undergone. The defendants in the suit have suffered greatly from the long-continued litigation to which they have been subjected, and the expenses attendant thereon- IN RE THE CORONER Or SALOP. This case stood in the paper to be spoke to. Our readers will recollect that yesterday, Mr. Cooper, with whom was Mr. Kerslake, moved that a writ recently issued for the election of a coroner for one of the districts of the county of Salop, might be set aside. The reason was that the district being very extensive, the magistrates had previously resolved that upon the death of the late coroner (Mr. Dicken) to make an application to the Crown to divide the district. Mr. Dicken died on the Bth inst., and already had some of the freeholders procured a writ to be issued for the election of a new coroner, and the sheriff had fixed Monday next for such election. Under these circurn" stances, as the magistrates had not yet had time't° make their application to the Crown, his Lordship was asked to set aside the writ, or at any rate to stay the execution of it until they had had such an opportunity . The Lord Chancellor stated yesterday, on the motion being made to him, that he considered the object of the application was most praiseworthy, and he should be glad to comply with it if any precedent could be shown for such a course. It, however, appeared to him, that the w rit was analogous to that issued for the election of a Meta her of Parliament, and that after i t bad once issued be had no control over it, unless there had been fraud in procuring it to be issued. No such fraud bad been alleged in the present case, and surely it could not be said that the freeholders had not a right to have the writ issued. With respect to the staying of the execy Lion, the same difficulty arose—namely, that the Great Seal had no longer any power over the writ, and it We! therefore only a matter for the discretion of the sheriff' He regretted that the application must be refused. On the case being called on this morning, Mr. COOPER said that after the intimation of the Court yesterday he must decline proceeding further witil the matter. EX . PARTE HARWOOD, RE HARWOOD. The arguments in this bankrupt petition occupied the Court the remainder of the morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Petitions and short causes, of no general interoott occupied his Lordship the Master of the Rolls the whol e morning. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) ,: g His Honour having disposed of the p e titions on paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments in th e part-heard cause of "Allen v. Wilson," which occupi ed the Court the whole day. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) ~a His Honour heard causes to-day; but no case of the least interest came before him during the morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAbI.) TIDMAS V. THORNTON.—JUDGMENT. His IloNoutt gave judgment to-day in this case, directing the costs to be paid out of the estate. THOMPSON V. ROPER.—JUDGMENT. • 1 1 His HoNoun also gave judgment in this case, vvill° was argued before him a few days since. The suit iv 6 i: instituted for the specific performance of a contrac_, by the plaintiff, the purchaser, against the delendancl. the vendor, of certain portions of land. The contra was alleged to have arisen out of a correspondence be,a tween the parties. The effect of the contract was to lea, the plaintiff to believe that the defendant had the fe e _v o ' the property. But subsequently to the contract..tv_f latter had joined with his son, who was tenant in tail _v. , the property, in re-settling it, by a voluntary cuntraac.ol upon his (the defendant's) wi'e and family in e er - t e l e proportions. By his answer the defendant stated 5 t wer po circumstances, and alleged that it was out of his . tv fulfil gm cptnict. 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