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THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, irt.3 vols. 4 4 11, ELF-DEV OTTO N; or, the HISTORY of KATHARINE RANDOLPH. By the Authoress of " The Only Daughter." jEDITED BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE SUBALTERN." " A tale of rare merit and engrossing interest. The cha racter of Katherine Randolph is as admirable r s any which has ever found its way into a work of fiction.--Literrry Gazette. " A more beautiful tale of dottestic life has not appeared for many a long day."—Morning Pest. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NAVAL NOVEL Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. THE NAVAL CLUB; By M. H. BARKER, Esq. ( The " Old Sailor"), Author of " Tough Yarns," &c. , t We g've a hearty welcome to our old friend, The Old Sailor,' whose yarns are excellent, and the very essence of nautical writing. No writer living is more at home, or more genuine on the sea than Mr. Barker."—Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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Masaniello, Mr. W. irfat;rison ; Alphonso, Mr. Travers ; Elvira, Miss Poole ; `Pendia; Miss Bailin. _ Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances corn ea:ince at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. 'llici:efSand Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit- Jo*. at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tick,cs may be had. Private Boxes to be hail at the Box-office • of Mes:rs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street Mr. Mitchell ,Old Bor.d-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 5, WIN be repeated a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU KNOW WHAT. The prin._ipal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Mies Fawcit, and Miss Murray. After which, a:New Comic Burletta, called ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. 'fo ha followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. 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NOW READY, A NEW CHINA SUN, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, A &LOY, FOO-C HO W-FOO, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE ; TOGETHER WITH ALL .THE GLORIOUS AND IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE LATE WAR IN THAT COUNTRY. Ort - 1417 reeezved at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. a 34.11. _ TO CORRESPONDENTS. Lonis Philippe only can answer the question put by " A Smbsrriht:r," at _Manchester. itIGH Yv VIER AT LONDON BRIDGE:THIS DAY. 33 !ninnies after 3i Eveniug 1.9 minutes after 3. . . 4 - - ' 0. U , ,•,,, ...,.. tt)l9.P l 114/1 , '''''.. • i,,7,-,,5 4 ' 4 - ' ; -----.'-- % V y l s o it s t '.' 1 , . 11 , ~ , , " ~. • 01 - ' Aft V .4 j te s ' ..... M , ° 1 ' ° ii 0I st * AUL LONDON : IIOND,4T MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1842. It'has been stated, by a Tory journal, in order to discredit the manufacturing system, that wages have declined. during the last forty years; and the .statement has been admitted by a Whig journal, because the supposed fact was thought to tell against the Corn-laws. The statement is very important. Is it true? Let us examine the matter under two aspects--the amount of Wages and the rate of wages. The last forty years embraces the whole of this century, and within that period it is well known that ourpopulatio n has increased amazingly, and that this increase is principally a town popula tion. In France, and generally- on the Continent, when a man has acquired a fortune, he goes to a town or city to enjoy himself ; in England, on the contrary, till our rural districts became un safe, people who made fortunes retired to live in the country. The bulk of the owners of rent live in the country. A great portion of the receivers of interest also live in the country, and the bulk of the new town population are the recipients of wages, and live on them. It is at the same time true, that many of the inhabitants of towns re ceive profits, and partly live on them. Thus shop-keepers, master-manufacturers, merchants, and bankers, have large capitals embarked in bu siness, and the major part of their income is the profit,of their capital, but a considerable share of it is for intelligence, skill, and labour, in ma naging their capital, and partakes more of the nature of wages than of profit. Mr. COBDEN well described, at the Sheffield meeting, the labours of the master-manufacturers, for which they re ceWe)vages The Manchester man is on 'Change every Tuesday fronwelve to one, when business to the amount of five or, ten thousand pOunds is transacted with a nod of the head, or a monosyllable. He goes to Liver pool, the .next day, to. buy cotton. He examines the staple, and looks to the quality; he brings away the invoice in his pocket, and pays the money himself.— (Hear.) He goes home, and do you think he goes a fox-hunting? lie daily superintends the process of cotton-spinning and weaving. He has no lawyer with red tape to tell him when a spindle is out of place, or he wants a new loom. He knows where every strap and whereabout his premises should be ; and if they are cut of order, he himself directs them to be properly adjusted. And what does he do with his son ? Do you think his son is sent to the Continent, to come back precocious in the worst vices to be picked up there? No; his son rises at the ring of the factory bell ; is in the factory at six in the morning; sees every man at his post ; and knows every one by sight and name. This is the discipline of the factory-lord. Besides master-manufacturers, shop-keepers, and merchants, there are, in all large towns, an immense number of foremen and clerks, who are paid generally by a fixed yearly salary, and no body acquainted with these classes will say that the amount of salaries or wages paid to them has bee:. diminished. As the bulk of the increased population live in. towns, and live on wages, it is palrably untrue •to assert- that the amount of wages, looked at as a whole, has declined within the last forty years. On the contrary, the amount has greatly, and, considering that England was long ago described as an old country, incapable of making much further progresses, wonderfully increased. Has . the rate of wages then declined ? Do the labourers of all classes get less per head ? To get at a fair solution of the question, w.e must consider not only the branches of labour, which were in existence forty years ago, b ut t h e new branches of labour which have sprun g out of the great tree of industry. We will adroit that the rate of hand-loom weavers' wages has de clined, but power-loom weavers constitute an entire new branch of business, and their wages, till the year 1837, were comparatively high. Latterly, the wages of power-loom spinners have I declined, but forty years ago tlieirart was scarcely known, and, till a recent period, their wages were nearly double the amount obtained by any ordi nary unskilled manual labour which was pre viously in existence. The case is the same with engineers, gas-fitters, machinists, and a whole tribe of new artisans, who, till the decline of trade, in 1837, were much, and still are, somewhat better paid than any artisans previously in existence. In such trades as shipwrights, house-carpenters, bricklayers, tailors, sail-makers, shoe-makers, printers, and seamen, the rates of wages are as it were fixed at so much per day, or month, and has not, we believe, been lowered for many years. _ _ At the same time, the price of nearly all kinds of consumable commodities, even of bread, in spite of the landlord's terrible monopoly, has sunk since ISIS, so that, comparing the rate of wages with prices, it has rather risen than de clined. The individuals of the trades may not get full employment ; they may be, and are just now, many of them, out of work, but the rate of payment, when they get employment, remains much the same. To all these classes must be added the shop keepers and master-manufacturers, whose wages, as is evident from the fortunes they have made, have increased enormously during the last forty years. In conjunction with the improvement in their condition, and in the condition of various classes of artisans, the previous condition not only of the English agricultural labourer, sup• ported as a pauper forty years ago in many counties out of the rates, but of the . Irish agricultural labourer, who has come,within these forty years freely: into com.; petition with the English labourer, must be retnebibered. Looking at all these'circumstances, verified by statistical data, we have, no heSitiatiOn in saying that the rate of wages, as a whole—and not taking only the wages of agricultural labourers and hand loom weavers— has increased as well as the amount. A sad and disgraceful thing it would be for the Government were it not so. The incomes of the landlords, of the clergy, of all the officers 'of State, have been much increased, and, severely as the present condition of the labouring classes condemns the Government, it would have been ten times more to be condemned if all their vast skill and exertions had in nowise tended to improve their own condition. We hold the assertion of our Contemporaries, therefore, to be quite untrue, both as regards the amount and the rate of wages. But both the rate and the amount, it must be remarked, have been raised and kept up only by those successive improvements in machinery and successive discoveries, which have called the new and well paid arts into existence. The poor, wretched, unfbrtunate agricultural labourers and hand loom weavers, are as bad off as possible, and the only means by which their condition has been at any time improved, or can be improved, is to draft off the hands from those employments into the new employments which science, art, and enterprise, continually introduce. For them to be successful they require to be free, and to give new employment to the people it is necessary that the law-maker remove all his shackles from trade. The journals of the manufacturing districts so abound with accounts of meetings to promote the repeal of the Corn-laws, that it is impossible for us to notice all of them, much less insert the reports. There have been, for example, nume rous and enthusiastic meetings at Huddersfield, Halifax, and Kendal. Meetings are in progress at Glasgow and Leeds. It is especially refreshing also to notice, that while the zeal of the League and its friends redoubles, the country gentlemen are in various places declaring that the tenants can only obtain remunerating prices by the town population being able to purchase agricultural produce. They are sensible that the introduction of foreign produce under the tariff has had little or no effect on prices, and some of them, as Mr. ViriirrsronE, M.P. for Bridgenorth, has taken pains to prove that to the conviction of the farther. In general, they are fast adopting Sir ROBERT PEEL'S dictum, that manufactures and commerce must flourish in order that agriculture may prosper. From the general spirit evinced; we are sure that the Parliament will next assem ble under very different feelings from those enter tained last session; and that the country gentlemen will be favourably inclined towards free trade, if they be not ready to grant all which the League demands. From the reduction of prices, the fall of rent, and the increase of pauperism, the country gen tlemen begin to see and feel that they have little chance of preserving their property unless they can restore the prosperity of the country. The m ode in which the distress in the manufacturing din riots comes home to their pockets—the only mesans, apparently, of making them feel—was well described by Mr. C. WOOD, at the Halifax meeting, on Tuesday last, and we shall quote his remarks to show the country gentlemen that the invasion of paupers from the 'manufcturing .dis tricts, with which th ey were long ago threatened by Mr. COBDEN, has actually taken place : Those (said Mr. Wood) who, like himself, lived in those parts of the country less rensote from the seats of manufacture, were much more sensible of the evils the Corn-laws entailed upon them than those who resided in more distant parts. But he was glad :mf having this sipportunity of saying to that assembly thot the agri csilturists were beginning to see that t:seir inte rests were inseparable from those of the nsanufac turing community.—(Hear, hear.) That which ope_mtQd prejudicially upon the manufacturers, Would; before long, tell most perniciously upon the agriculturists.—(Cheers.) The distress among the labouring population of the manufacturing districts was extenaing in no slight degree to the agr:culturaf districts, arul directly in consequence of th e distressof the forineg- class. Ile sat weekly at the Boa." 1-1 of sGoumaerdtihaiirtis3,a, torDiobnrctyasmteril,eas fpruortnelynaagliif-aicxti.ltulrvalhdyisltvlctt, man happened wwas the every day? inquiry- ay A He c r a e s p e replies, came. I a l i V n hao spinner, n_ t e h r i: - from the neighbourhood of Ilu s d t d o e p r p s e fi d el ; d i ? n ' , ~Wl That have you come for ?" he is next interrogated. children, hy the mill which I worked at has myself, and wife are thrown out of employment, and we are driven back to our own nati ve par i sh to be maintained by you farmers of the parish."--(g ear. The next case came. ` r Who are you ?" inquires th e Board. "lath a slithberfrom Leeds; the mill has stopped or begun to work shOrt time, inconsequence of which I have been tart of employment for the last two months, as long as I possibl y c a o n u d l d h . av e a :e n t i ai a s : 0 d h th op y e fa fo in r i t lY iSin Leeds now, as far as we could make out, and I am come here to my parish for relief."—(Applause.) This was not a case which occurred once . a week, but twice, thrice, and four or five times a day.—(Hear ' hear.) Thus were the agriculturists suffering directly from the distress of the manufacturing population. 7 —(Hear, hear.) How were they in the agricultural districts to be relieved from this pressure ?—(Hear, hear.) What were they to do with the manufacturing labourers ? They might understand the gear of a mill, but they might understand nothing about the gear of the spade and the harrow, and might be utterly useless at the tail of the plough.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Nothing could relieve the agriculturists from this pressure but improvement in the trade of the manufacturing districts.—(Applause.) And he must say, that he looked to improvement in trade, not as the best, but as the only means of re lieving the agriculturists from depression. But what 'was the price of agricultural produce at this moment? Everybody knew that the price of stock and corn was lower than it had been for years. Was anybody so weak as to attribute it to the importation of corn and cattle under the new tariff? Did anybody suppose that the introduction of 1,500 or 2,000 head of foreign, and very inferior cattle, had produced the reduction in the price of meat ?—(Hear, hear.) Why the farmers themselves did not now believe that the induction of this miserable cattle had clone it. Mr. C. Wools, let us add, is for a total repeal of the Food-laws, and for an immediate repeal, if that can , be obtained with the assent of the landowners. That is a condition always Contem plated by the League. To this end, it sends about lecturers and publishes tracts. It has never aimed at compelling, but always at con vincing, time landowners; but, as it knows that when their own interest is concerned, they are rather a stolid and stubborn race, the League has endeavoured, by arousing and enlightening the people at large, also to work on - their fears. Circumstances have aided (the League, or rather - - justified its doctrines and foresight, and have en- LONDON, MONDAY MORNING-, DECEMBER 5, 1842, abl .d it to bring over every day an increasing number of landowners and farmers to its opinions. Nor is the League, which advocates not only an immediate, but total repeal, without converts in the Press. The Morning Chronicle is now evi dently ready to give up the advocacy of the Whig nostrum ofa moderate fixed duty. We were gra tified yesterday at observing that the Examiner openly gives it up. " There is one," it said, "of our opinions as to the Corn-laws which we see reason to abandon—the opinion in favour of a low fixed duty. We looked upon a low fixed duty as the mode of working out gradually the change from the restrictive system to free trade, and as a guard against any agricultural panic. There was a time for such an expedient, but the time has passed." We have no change of opinion to avow, and long ago took up the ground which our most enlightened and far-seeing Contempo- raries are now disposed to occupy. We hail with great pleasure every accession to our good cause, though we are well aware that others are likely to get more of the praise, more of the honour, and more of the rewards, than we, who have laboured consistently and untiringly for total repeal from the beginning. tions, and founded an address on them to the QUEEN, one of which is the following : Resolved,—That with a view of securing the transit of,the western States of America through those waters, it isiudispensableto allow a drawback on all grain and flour shipped to Britain from the ports on the St. Lawrence., whenever the price of flour exceeds 30s. sterling.per barrel, at the ports of. Montreal and Quebec. On the one hand, .then l there is to be duty in compliance with"the wish of Lord STANLEY, but on the othefthere is:to be a drawl.)ack; so that betwixt Lord STANLEY and the Canadians, if be does not deceive them, and betwixt corn legally imported and smuggled into Canada, a pretty fair trade in corn through that colony may take place between England and the United States. But if that be the object of the Ministers, they have taken a most round-about and cum brous mode of accomplishing it, calling into being a iieW sinister interest in Canada, and creating another obstacle to ultimate free-trade, which, if they_ be not deceiving the Canadians, they must wish to accomplish. The intelligence from Madrid is to the 24th, and from Barcelona to the 29th ult. It appears that DURANDO, the Piedmontese officer, who had taken the command of the National Guards in the latter city, almost immediately afterwards gave in his resignation, and made his escape on board a vessel in the harbour. The following are the latest accounts from that quarter, conveyed by telegraph to Paris:— The honours conferred on a few of the officers who distinguished themselves in China and Aff ghanistan, as announced in the Gazette of Friday night, will cause great disappointment through out the country. One is made a Baronet, and four others are raised to the rank of Knights Grand Crosses of the Bath, for two of the most important achievements in modern times. Such a nigganily mode of recognising valour almost without example, and skill in negotiations which have opened to English commerce the whole coast of China, does little credit to the Govern ment. What were the services of Sir JOHN COL. in Canada, or of Sir JOHN KEANE in India and Affghanistan compared to those which have been rendered to England by our gallant countrymen in the East? We have no wish to underrate the settlement of affairs in Canada, or the first successful march upon Caubul ; but the merit of the former was shared by civilians, and the General who took possession of Affghan istan left the army when it was placed in the most perilous condition. Yet for these deeds they were created Peers, with pensions, we believe, for so many lives; while. GOUGH, and POLLOCK, and NOTT, who had distin guished themselves through all the cam paigns and expeditions, and brought them to a glorious conclusion, are rewarded with empty honours, and the gallant SALE is altogether passed over. What will the ladies of England say to this? Has Sir R. PEEL forgotten the boisterous cheers which made the House of Com mons ring when he alluded to that " heroic woman," Lady SALE ?—has he forgotten the gal lant battle which her husband fought at Jellala bad, and which first revived the drooping spirits of the troops after such awful disasters? Or has Lord ELLENLOROUGH, with his usual disre gard fur the female prisoners, and especially for one distinguished above all the rest, failed to recommend the merits of Sir ROBERT SALE to the gracious consideration of her MA. JESTY ? What may be the cause of this omission we cannot tell, but the country will not rest sa tisfied till atonement is made for such marked neglect, and ample honours are conferred on the most determined and successful General of the Indian army. The affair altogether is highly discreditable to the present Government. They have been relieved from great anxiety by the sue • cessful operations of men appointed by their predecessors; they are to receive five millions sterling as a compensation for the expenses of the war; and, in addition to that, the security of the Cabinet has been strengthened to a vast ex tent; yet they reward all these achievements, so honourable to the country, with paltry and empty honours. BAYONNE, DEC. I.—The Regent left Saragossa on the 27th for Barcelona. The National Militia presented him with an address of devotion and sym pathy. BARCELONA, •Nov. 28.—The new Junta was to be composed of the members of the Consultative Junta. • Van Halen granted a fresh delay on the 28th for the bombardment. The Madrid courier is intercepted; that from France is open. BARCELONA, Nov. 29.—The Captain-General no longer threatens _Barcelona with a bombardment: Salvos from the fort of Montjuich announce the ar rival of the Regent at head-quarters. The new Junta named last night is composed of the Bishop, and of the most 'influential and wellthy manufacturers and,proprietors ; it is supported by the majority of the militia. 'Several members of the old Junta have taken refuge on, board French ships of war. MadrillSourse, on the. 24th—Five per Cents., for cash, 26. • Most of the Paris papers publish the procla mation of Lord ELLENBOROUGH for the evacua tion of Affghanistan. The National and the Presse make brief comments on the result of an expedition which has cost so much, and termi nates without effecting its object ; and, as might be expected, press rather hard upon his Lord ship. " Never was a disgraceful flight," says the National," worse justified than in this pro clamation. The Governor naively avows his fear lest his armies should be cut off and de stroyed by the Affghans." The Court organ, the Presse, is still more se vere. "It is amusine says' that journal, "to observe how the Governor-General conceals the moral signification of his retreat. He abandons the Affghans to their anarchy ! He quits their country in order to punish them. With such nonsensical rhodomontade does he seek to dis guise the necessity, under which England finds herself, of abandoning all influence over Central Asia. As to fear from Russia, which was the cause of the expedition, Lord ELLENBOROUGH cavalierly declares there is none. And his Lord ship manifests his delight that England has failed in her aims. Lord ELLENBOROUGH is a Governor full of philosophy." The same journal, which has all along taken a ust and dispassionate view of the Barcelona affair, thus intimates to Queen CHRISTINA and her friends at Paris, that ESPARTERO is too strong for them. After adverting to the various attempts made to disturb the peace of Spair, it adds :—" And this takes place in a country where a civil war ra ge d f or se ven years, and where it i s not all exting u i s h e d—where opposition parties exert themselves openly to sow discord and re volt—where the Press effectively labours to do the same thi ng , -and where the Ministry h as b y no:mdsetanasil .thesetlte e lements of chang e and confidence of the Ch am b er. Am dis order, in a country where change and disorder had but to show themselves on one point, in order to spread instantly over the whole land, we see a popular victory, like that of the Barce lonese, die away, and produce no result. How can this be explained otherwise, except by ad mitting that the REGENT is the real and popular personification of the revolution of September ?" In adverting to the insurrection, the Corre spondent of a Morning Contemporary asserts, on the best authority, that the atrocious attempt to excite civil war in Spain was organised at a great expense by Queen CHRISTINA and her ad herens ; and i t appear, also, that the officers French Nvould Government, on the t of tire e Spanish frontier, were deeply interested in the affair, and transmitted telegraphic dispatches to Paris totally devoid of foundation. There bad been no movement at Reuss nor Olot, though flaming accounts of risings in both places had been sent to Paris. This shows the feelings of Louis PHILIPPE towards ESPARTERO'S Govern tnent ; but will such a line of conduct favour the plans of the Sovereign, make the REGENT less popular, or raise the character of the French in Spain ? As we have not hesitated to censure the Whigs frequently and severely, for not making their appearance at public meetings, and not taking an active part in the Anti-Corn-law agitation, which belongs to their policy though it goes further than they like, so we record with midi pleasure and praise, that at length one of them has come forward to give his support to the good cause. At the meeting of the League on Thursday, Mr. COBDEN said—and it is the more necessary to quote the passage here from the Times, as it is not in our report—" He had been over to Hali fax, and there he had the pleasure oflistening to a most admirable free-trade speech—a speech that went ;the whole hog, from Mr. C. WOOD, lately a member of the Whig Government." We are glad to see that example. Let the rest of the Whigs hot hesitate to follow it, and make common cause with the total repealers, as the only means of serving the country and winning their way back to influence and office. They have seen the principles of their policy reluc tantly adopted by their predecessors, who are preparing, webelieve, to carry them further, and step before the Whigs, and so exclude them from the honours they really merit. The con duct of the Administration in respect to Canada justifies the belief and the assertion. At the same time the people, as Chartists, Sturgites, Corn-law repealers, are all astir for one purpose or another. The news of the elections in the United States having turned out favourable to the democratic party will give an impulse to political exertion here. Of this the Tories are aware, and that Tory journal which is the least favour able to political agitation tells the publiC this morning that society cannot stand still, and calls on the Tory aristocracy to try their hand at mastering and heading the movement. We say the same to the Whigs. If they now stand idle they will be for ever cast aside. Let them then fol low the example of Mr. CH A RLES WOOD, let them boldly subscribe their money, and boldly head the crusade which has begun in society, never to end but with complete victory against all absurd legislative restrictions on private and honest Liciustry. BOURSE--PARIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 5... 119 25... 119 5... 119 20 4 1 4 per Cents 106 50... 105 50... 106 50... 106 50 Four per Cents. 101 50... 101 50 .. 101 50... 101 50 3 per Cents 80 45... 80 50... 80 40... 80 50 Bank of France 3315 ...3315 ...3315 3215 _ _ Laflitte Bank I,ooof 1055 —1055 —.1053 ...1035 5,000 f 5080 —.5080 ...5080 ..hOBO Belgian Five!, 1840 1041 ....1041 ... 1041 1 ... 104 i Spanish Active. . 2 3 i ••• 23b 23i ... 23i Passive 3l •.. 4 ... ... 4 Portuguese Fives 32 ... 32 32 ... 32 Neapolitan Homan, lOO .. 104* 104 1 104 i _ RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 825 ... 825 ... 825 825 Versailles, L.B B6 25... 86 25... 86 25... 86 25 Rouen Orleans. _• Strasburg to Bale 2Ol 50... 202 50... 201 25... 202 50 DUTCH I'UND.!..—AAISTERDAM, DBC. 4. Money. Bills. Actual Dal t. 2% per Cent .. be% 52% Th. a copy of the Act passed by the Canadian p ar ii„ lent for levying a duty on grain imported United States, makes it perf e ctly c l ear in n ro l m v the United hat le Lord STANLEY'S dispatch has b een understood in Canada. It says : Wilereas a ,le.rtain dispatch addressed to the Go vernor of this province, by her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Coloiailes, dated the 2d of. March last, a copy whereof has boet.' laid by his Excellency's com mand before the LeOsiotive Assembly of this pro vince, affords the stro.ngeet ground for the confident ',elk,' and expectation that upon the imposition of a duty upon foreign wheat imported into this province, her Ma Zesty will be graciously pleased to recommend . 1. oj fegtliiselLpli:ojilcde u.n d er the authority of to Parli.zment the removal or reduction of the ditties on wheat and flour imported into the said United Kingdom from Canticjiz : belt, thereyfeorceo,ueinicaicliaenddboyftthheeQieeii' mt MajeLty, by and of w c it a l n i a t d h a, e advice constitutedand Most Exiselk Legis lativecon s e consent Assembly' o s e f n I t b h i; an Act passed in the Parliament or - the,. . United king dom of Great Britain and Ireland, anu Act to Re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lowe r Canada, and for the Government of Can. ada,." shall be from and after the sth day of July next, there snail be _____ raised, levied, collected, and paid to her Majes. ty, to MADAME CELESTE.--That popular favourite, Ma ll dame Celeste h and for the public uses of this province, upon a ~ f. as returned to her engagements in this cou ntry, wheat imported into this province, except from th 9 to coary, whither an unprecedentedly successful trip said United Kingdom, or any of her Majesty's pos- . A merica, she went to secure the fortune coming to her by the death of her husband, which sessions, and being the growth and produce thereof, a duty of 3s. sterling money of Great Britain, for each po:u t she achieved t o h er ent i re satisfaction. The states, "O n th e farewell ni g ht o f imperial quarter of such wheat, and so in proportion Bos,. 'an Ti me s for any greater or less quantity ther eo f. Ala d„„ . -ie Celeste, the o ver fl ow was so great th a t th ere row. In f act i t was a regu l ar j am. T he quite. a Either the Ministers have really reso lved to w ag Iv' , tickets du.'•ing her engagement were so ld b y pu b l i c propose the free introduction of w h eat an d flour 1 .4 auction, enc. a- much as three dollars paid for a single from Canada into this country, or they ha ye s° , box ticket. The net premium realised for her last th loosely written their dispatch es , as to make ' e two n ights, for the choice of boxes only, amounted Canadians believe they would. They are eit. Vr to five hundred and fo ty dollars." She appears at deceiving the country gentlemen of England, (Ir the Haymarket Theatre, on Wednesday next, in her the Canadians. A g ai ns t w hi c h o f t h e two thei i r ,:isourite character of. Suzanne,Siuzanne, in conjunction with dame Vostris, Mr s . Gl over, Ch ar l es M a tth ews , arts are directed, we mus t wa i t f or t i me to prove. Mh T+' amen. they do not re p ea l th e d uty on C anadian corn, 1 and ,IJ arren. they will deceive the Canadians. If they do, . ' It is with extreme regret we have to announce that they Rill give the consumer here tolerably f ree lady of Sir' t ?o' t of St btor has ' the access to the western States of America. had a very narrow Ggeape from being burnt to death The Canadians seem to rely implicitlyLordthe evening of Tuesday, the 22d inst. She had onion . STANLEY. The diff erence b etween the cost ofsend— I b ee n writing a letter while alone in her apartment, and ing flour to England from Ohio by Hudson • the oi• when attempting to seal it, time candl e c aught her by the St. Lawrence, i s very small; and i n or d e collar, which immediat e ly co mmunicated with her head-dress, and had she not providentially rang the to secure and force th e trade to themseves, the : bell, she must have perished in the flames. The Canadians have taken another most important f ' r i g ht w as so great that there was serious apprehen step. A special Committee of the Legislative I mo, ins of her recovery, but we are happy to say she is Assembly of Canada has passed a series of resole- i int a state of convalescence..—Xotts Review. Jitte,ditto& Airtoit Evndic, 4 yi per ......... U iltto, ditto, 354 percept a ~ , Comniercial CoeipanY — , *;'s per cent DJ 36% Loan WSJ, 5 per cant. IV% lOU Exchange on London, One month l2 20 Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 93% Two months 35 75 Dutch Papers, Pe;;. 3. BELGIAN FUNLS. _—BRUBSELS, DEC. I. Actual Debt, 2)4 per Ce n t, St Itothschilti's Loan, Five per Cent 102% Loan of Thirty Millions, F our per Cent 92)4 ---- -- Three per Cent.... --- Thirty.seven Milli us, ditto -------- (1848) lon Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent O7 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 76 Exchange on Lond on National :society . (short) :—.Brussels Paper s , ~_ ce 2 a t , sTlil AN FUNDS...-VIENNA, Nov. 21 ShuhaldreSes **** ' ' Bank FourSt,ai n e sdke p i e ig r Cents, meine Per Cents. ' ''' ........................ ICO% Three per Cents ..... u itung, N es or. 2t3. 9 1611 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-111 mart, Nov. Bills. Money r cent. lo4 10314 Prussian English Bond,, 1530,4 per cent. D 0.% 1n; Exchange on London ' .. 6 24% 6 24% Prussian State Ga ze tt e , Nov 30. OVERLAND MAIL. MALTA, Nov. 25. A special steamer has come from Nankin to Suez, with the news that the Emperor of China has accepted the treaty, but will not ratify before the Queen of England, for reasons of etiquette. Half the first instalment money has been paid. The English fleet will winter at Chusan, where vast works are undertaken to make the island healthy. The British land and sea forces still remained at Nankin. SPAIN. BARCELONA, Nov. 30. The Junta has capitulated with the Regent, ad the insurgents have laid down their arms. --- The English ship-of-war, Formidable, was wrecked yesterday, near the mouth of the Llobregat. The Gassendi was sent this morning to take her off the sand-bank on which she was fixed. The success is uncertain, but part of the material will he saved. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Hon. C. A. Murray, and Dr. Prce torius arrived yesterday from Walmer Castle. The Hon. Colonel Grey has succeeded Lord C. Wellesley as the Equerry in Waiting on the Queer, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater succeeded Colonel Wylde, as the Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert. The Rev. W. Canning officiated this morning in performing Divine Service in the private Chapel of the Castle. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal suite attended. Her Majesty, who we are happy to st: t., arrived quite well, walked for some time this afternoon with Prince Albert in the private gardens of the Home Park. His Serene - Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar *arrived at Marlborough-house, Pall-mall, at half-past two o'clock on Saturday afternoon from the Continent. His Serene Highness left town yestbrday morning to join his regiment, the Grenadier Regiment Of Foot Guards, at Winchester. Count Metaxa had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official resi dence in Downing -street. Lord Fitzgerald returned to town on Saturday evening. THE COURT. WALMER, PRIDAY.—To-morrow morning, at seven o'clock, her Majesty and the Prince, with the Royal children, will take their departure for Windsor. Several of the suite will -return to town by Wool wich, in the Government steamer. Her Majesty has received much benefit by her so journ at Walmer Castle ; and, with the exception of a slight cold, occasioned by walking out during the late boisterous weather, i s en j oy i ng excellent health. It is but due to the good sense of the inhabitants of this place to observe that, however anxious they may have been to catch a glance of their Sovereign, they have exhibited the most respectful diffidence by suffering her Majesty and the Prince to enjoy the privacy of their walks uninterrupted by the vulgar gaze of impertinent curiosity. Her Majesty has been most graciously pleased to command that the sum of 1001. be transmitted to the Mayor of Deal, to be distributed among the charities of that town, in such propo r ti ons as the M ayor, w i t h the advice of Rector, may consider their respective unds to require. DEPARTURE FROM TOWN FOR WINDSOR CASTLE. In consequence of the announcement in the daily papers that her Majesty and her illustrious consort would, immediately on their reaching the metropolis from Walmer Castle, proceed by the Great Western Railway, the terminus at Paddington was from an early hour in the forenoon besieged by well-dressed persona anxious to obtain admission to view the de parture of the Royal party; but all were, to their great disappointment, answered that no one could be admitted without an order from a Director or one of the officers of the Company. C. Russell, Esq., M.P., the Chairman, with Charles Saunders, Esq., one of the Secretaries, and Seymour Clark, Esq., the Superintendent of the Line, were early in attendance, inspecting the preparations within the terminus for the reception of her Majesty, which rather differed from the previous oc casions. Instead of a temporary platform placed for the accommodation of her Majesty on the side of the down line, where there is no waiting-room or accom modation for the Royal travellers, the train started from the spacious platform abutting on the up-line, at the west-end of which a large and elegantly furnished waiting-room, &c., has for some time been erected. At the west •end of the platform leading from the car riage -way to the train, and also to the entrance to the waiting-room, a splendid crimson Brussels carpet was laid. It was arranged that the engine should not be attached to the train until after the Queen' and Prince Albert were seated in the Royal saloon carriage. At ten minutes past three o'clock the train was brought up to the platform. It consisted of the Royal saloon, with both before and behind it a saloon carriage, and between the former and the tender of the engine was placed one of the second class (open) carriages, in order to br ea k th e f orce o f th e stoppages. At 25 minutes past three o'clock the Royal car riages arrived. _ Her Majesty and Prince Albert, on arriving at the platform, were received by the Chairman and Secre tary, and by them were conducted to the waiting room. The second carriage contained Lady Lyttel ton, with their Royal Highnesses the infant 'Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and their nurses, and the third carriage contained Earl Hardwicke, Lord Charles Wellesley, Hon. C. A. Murray, &c. The Royal party remained but a very few minutes in the waiting-room, and were then conducted to the train. The train was put in motion, and propelled by a numerous body of the Company's servants along the line as far as the second bridge, a distance of about 20 yards, where the engine was most dexterously attached, and no pause took place in the motion of the train, which instantly gained its most rapid pace. - Her Majesty appeared rather pale, and seemed fatigued by the journey. She was dressed in a violet -coloured satin dress, with flounces, and wore over it a purple velvet mantilla trimmed with chinchella fur. Her bonnet was of rose coloured silk, with drooping feathers of the same colour. Prince Albert appeared in excellent health, and had on a black velvet spencer, with a row of chased silver buttons down the front, over which he wore a blue great coat. Much pleasure was expressed by the spectators at the excellent view they were able to obtain of the Heir Apparent and his Illustrious sister. The former wore a round cap of purple velvet, with a broad band of gold, and was wrapped in a robe of Stuart tartan. The Princess Royal had on a bonnet of the same colour as her Majesty. Later in the afternoon several other carriages, con taining members of her Majesty's suite, arrived at the terminus, and proceeded by the rogular trains to Slough. WINDSOR 'CASTLE—SATURDAY EVENING. This afternoon, at twenty minutes past four o'clock, her Majesty arrived at the Castle, frond Walmer, ac companied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, hav ing travelled from Paddington to Slough in the State carriage of the Great Western Railway Company. Her Majesty was escorted from the Slough station by a detachment of the 2d Life Guards. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, attended by the Dowager Lady Lvttelton, followed in another carriage and fbur. The following members of the Royal household were in attendance upon the Queen and the Prince : Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting; Earl Hard wicke, Lord in Waiting; Lord Charles Wellesley, Equerry in Waiting ; and thejHon. G. E. Anson. Her Majesty appeared in excellent health 'and spirits, and but very slightly fatigued from the effects of her lengdiened journey. The loyal inhabitants of the town assembled in very considerable numbers in the High-street and on Castle-hill, to greet her Majesty upon her returning from Kent. The Royal dinner party this evening will be con fined to the members of the Royal Household. SIGNS OF RETURNING PROSPERITY.—It iS said that parties are in trcatyfor the Mersey mills, Heaton ' lane, and the Higher Hillgate mills, at Stockport (both of which are filled with machinery), with a view of commencing work. Both these establishments have been closed many months; the former having been last worked by Mr. Carr, and the latter by Messrs. Lanes, and they jointly employed near 2,000 hands. We hope that the expectations of parties may be rea lized, as the re-opening of these mills would find em ployment for so many destitute operatives of this long distressed borough. We believe that arrangements are also in progress for the re-opening of the extensive cotton manufactory at Gorton, in this neighbourhood. —Manchester Guardian. BIiI3TOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 2.—A few more lots of desirable groceries having made their appear ance in our market, there has been rather more doing than for the last few weeks, and full prices have been obtained. The bulk of the stock in hand is of a low deserktion, which appears to be perfectly unsaleable. Bristol Mercury. In Huddersfield the noble sum of 1,1701. had been subscribed up to Thursday last, in aid of the objects of the Anti-Corn-law League. In Halifax, on the evening of the Soiree and the day after, 545/. was subseribed.—Leeds Mercury. Y 14 cL ,. lin liV3 Vtl AND tiblic Optnnton• " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. Espartero had reached head-quarters at Barcelona on the 29th. The orders for bombarding the city had been withdrawn, as from all accounts the insurgents were quarreling with each other, and would give the Regent little trouble. It is confidently stated at Madrid that the agent of M. Rothschild has supplied the Treasury with forty millions of reals for the expenditure rendered neces sary by the insurrection at Barcelona. The 24 regi ments of provincial National Guards, which had lately lean dismissed, have been again called out. Lord Ranelagh and Mr. Baillie Cochrane, M.P., have returned to Paris from their visit to Bourges, where they were extremely well received by the Royal prisoners. These gentlemen, it is said, give a very enthusiastic account of the eldest son of the Prince of Asturias. According to the official table of the prices of wheat in the French markets during the lest three months, it appears that the highest was at Marseilles, being 25f. lc., and the lowest 15f. 77c., at Paimpol, Ille-et Vilaine. The price of bread, for the first fortnight of the present month, is fixed A 31c. the kilogramme. The responsible Editor of the Presse is cited to ap pear on Wednesday next before the Correctional Tri bunal, to answer a charge brought against hiin for an infringement of the regulations of the Press, in pub lishing separate supplements without being stamped. A letter from Vienna of the 22d ult. states that the Duke de Bordeaux has not yet recovered from his late accident, and is still lame; but that hopes are enter tained by his surgeons of his ultimate and perfect re covery. - MONEY-TRADE -COMMERCE. A. large .Anti-Corn-law meeting was held on Friday in Bishopsgate-street. The Chartists attempted a dis turbance, but were ejected. PUBLIC XIVIPIZONMIVIENTS. On Thursday a public meeting was held at the Town -hall, Brighton, for the purpose of raising a' sub scription to enable Mr. Cooper to complete his new road to the railway terminus • a further sum of 1,5001. is needed t o fi n i s h it, and various sums were subscribed before the meeting closed. LITERATLY lIND SCIENTIFIC. It appears from further investigation that the new comet in Draco is not identical with the Chinese comet of 1301, as was imagined, but is found to coin cide remarkably with the comet of Halley. COlLTlZT—prisraorsanzr.. The Marquis of Londonderry is slowly recovering from the effect of his recent accident while hunting. The Marquis and Marchioness and family are not ex p,cted to leave for Holderness House until shortly before the meeting of Parliament, and will not visit Mount Stewart, Downshire, this winter. The Earl of Lucan has left Castlebar House, for Laleham. The Earl of Auckland has arrived at Eden Lodge, Kensington Gore, from a visiting tour. The Earl and Countess of Ripon left their residence at Putney, on Thursday, for Leamington. The Duke of Newcastle, and the Ladies Pelham Clinton, are passing the winter at Clumber Park, in retirement, The Earl and Countess of Roden, and Lady Maria Jocelyn, will pass the winter on: the Continent, for the improvement of her Ladyship's health. _ _ IVLISMEZI:ANZOTTS. The insurance-offices calculate that of the immense sacrifice of life in the baking trade, the average age of those engaged in the trade does not exceed 33 years. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The Dowager, a piece in one act, was produced for the first time at the Haymarket Theatre on Saturday night with complete success. The plot is ingenious, complicated, and full of incident, and the attention is kept alive until the close of the piece. It is, however, too light to require a minute analysis, and it will suffice to say that it was successful. Madame Vestris, a rich and arch dowager of thirty, performed her part inimitably; so did Charles Matthews. The other performers were not much behind them ; and it is only justice to say that the piece owes much of its success to the exertions of all. The accessories were well got up, and the house was crowded. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 3:----Wind this day at noon, S.W. light airs and hazy. L.. - DEAL, DEC. 2.:—Wind modefate.—Arrd: Flora Kerr, Clift, Batavia-for Amsterdam. .. , 111 , the outward-bound remain. ..„ . „ . . GLOUCESTER, DEC. 2.—Arrd. Qut4tiee. • DUBLIN, DEC..l.—Arrd. Perseverauciehed. ,, ` , ") • SHIELDS, Nov. 30.—Sid. - Irvine, Madgwick, BoiD bay ; Brazilian- packet, Trady, Rio Janeiro: OPP MARGATE, DEC.• 1.--• Carl William, Euclis, Bremen for Havannah. Orr DOVER, DEC. 2.—Courier, St. Helena;_ Char lotte Wylie, Walker, Sierra Leone. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Wind S.S.W. to S.—Arrd. James Orr, Palermo, sailed Ist ult. ; her Majesty's ship Wasp, eastward. Sld. Wellington, New York. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Cora; Buller, Fayal. WHITSTABLE, DEC. 2.—The Neptune, St. Andre, from London to Bordeaux, has been assisted i n t o th e Ba3r, having been on the liddle Sand. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.-- Arrd. Clydesdale, Renfrew, Bombay ; Pott er , S a dl er , Ceylon ; Delhi, Smith, Valparaiso, sailed August 23. Sld. Madison, Virginia, United States, New York. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 4.—The Susan Drew, which was ashore on Irish Lump, has been towed to sea. FALMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Wind S.W., fresh gales and squally.—Arrd. Skylark, Sellers, Zante. FALMOUTH, DEC. 2.—The Buxton, Soderham, from Gefle to New York, whi c h arr d. h ere 29th ult., is leaky, having been in contact at sea. ELsnionE, Nov. 26.—The Happy Family, Keith, from Riga to London, struck on Falsterbo Reef yes terday, and has put in here leaky, an must discharge. The Susannah, Lewis, from Konisberg to Hull, is re ported to be ashore near Halmstead, further particulars unknown. CRONSTADT, Nov. 16.—The gale of last night ap pears to have cleared the channel at the bar of ice entirely, as none is to be seen from hence ; to wards the north there is still ice along the shore. Of the ships that sailed six have returned, and brought up off the Lindon Chest. The Xenophon, Rochester, bound to Hull, has ac 'ut ti gain p. ;o sea. 30THENBURG, Nov. 24.-The Andreas, Borgeson, from Trapani, sprung a leak in proceeding up the Sound, and has put back to repair ; the frost has been severe for the last two days. HAMRURGH, Nov. 29.-The lightship at Schuldau has returned to her station ; the weather has been milder for the last three days with frequent fogs, and the ice in the river is very much dispersed. Wind, to-day, W. ANJER.-Arrd. Gratitude, Harvey, Macao. ST. HELENA.-Arrd. Union, Cape of Good Hope. EAST INDIA. SHIPPING. Arrivals-Bengalee, Beadle, from China, off Mar gate, sailed July 3, St. Helena, Oct. 20; Pheenix, Cockle, from Mauritius, in the River, sailed Aug. 12, St. Helena, Oct. 7 ; Potter, Sadler, from Ceylon, at Liverpool, sailed Aug. 10, St. Helena Oct. 14 ; Pro vidence, Hicks, from Beng a l, i n the River, sailed July 17, St. Helena, Oct. 15 ; Barbara, Purdom, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed Aug. 14 ; Eleanora, from China, in the Downs, sailed June 18 ; Niagara, Champion, from China, in the Downs, sailed July 18 ; Mary Imrie, Boyd, from China in the Dow ns , sa il e d July 2 ; Wigeon, Capes, from Singapore, in the River, said July 15 ; Meg of Meldon, Blensdale, from Ben gal, at Liverpool, sailed July 13, St. Helena, Oct. 13. Arrivals at St. Helena.-Lena, Ford, Oct. 17, from Halifax; Courier, Roskell, 18th from Manilla, and sailed 19th for London; Luming, from Sumatra and Mauritius, and sailed 18th to Marseilles; Lord Althorp, Whiteside, from Bengal, and sailed 18th to Liverpool. Departures from St. Helena -Avoca and Victis, Oct. 17, to London. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope-Ellen, Wilson, Sept. 24, from Clyde, and sailed 28th to Port Phillip; Briton, Clarkson, 25th, from Algoa Bay. Departure from Table Bay--Mazeppa, Sept. 25, to Algoa Bay. • Arrivals in Simon's Bay-Her Majesty's ship Fawn, Sept. 22, from the coast of Africa. Arrival at Batavia-Midas, Keir, Aug. 18, from Singapore. Diparture from Batavia-Jean, Richards, Aug. 18, to Sydney. VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL-The Admiral Moorsom, out 35 days, from Shields, Bth ult., lat. 13 N., lon. 24, W., by the Charlotte 'Wylie, arrived off Dover. Rapid, Africa to Ascension, Oct. 18, let. ,8, lon. 14; City of Derry, London to China, Oct. 25, lat. 2, lon. 18; La Fayette, Havre to China; Sarah Scott, London to Sydney, Oct. 27 ; Duke of Arg, le, London to Bengal, Oct. 30, let. 10, lon. 20 ; Frances, Liver pool to Ceylon, 2d ult., lat. 13, Jon. 23 ; a schooner, for St. Michael's, and Ellen, Bristol to Trinidad, 20th, lat. 28, lon. 25, by the Clydesdale, ar rived at Liverpool. Baltimore, Rio to Genoa, 2d ult., lat. 13, lon. 29. A 'West India steamer, outward bound, 6th ult., lat. 20, lon. 33. A ship with black ball in topsail, lat. 26, lon. 30, by the Delhi, arrived at Liverpool. Ruby, Clyde to Jamaica, with loss of fore-topmast and jib-boom, 29th tilt., lat. 46, lon. 8, by the James Orr ; arrived at Portsmouth. John Christian, of Liverpool, from China, Aug. 9, in the Sooloo Sea; Marquis Lansdowne (whaler), 16th, in the Sooloo Sea; Gratitude, from Macao 28th, at Anjer Point; Three Sisters, Cadiz to Rio, Oct. 30, lat. 7 N., lon. 26 W., by the Niagara, arrived in the Downs. . . _ . MONEY and COMMERCIA L NE WS (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) , . ~• The Cotton Market at Liverpool was without altera tion yesterday, except that the American qualities in the face, too, of so enormous a crop, had a rising tendency. People must indeed be speculation mad to pay advanced rates in the face of such advices as We receive from the United States. About 6,000 bads were disposed of. The Share Market was good ,for Great Western, Liverpool and Manchester, and Lon don and Birmingham. The quotations were, — Eastern Counties Debentures, 105; Grand Junct ion, 183 184; Great Western Fifths, 83 to 81 ; Birmin , ham, 186 ; Manchester and Leeds Half, 29 3 ; and North Midland, 614-. Advices have been received from Hobart Town to the 27th June. Flour had improved in value, being 181. per 2,0001b5. Wheat was 6s. 10d. to 7s. 3d. per bushel. The dates at Hobart Town from South Australia were June 2. In the neighbourhood of Port Lin coln the natives were exceedingly troublesome, and the settlers were afraid to stir from the location. Several most daring robberies had been committed at the different out-stations, and the two or three sol diers placed in guard over them were compelled to decamp. A mounted police was urgently required. Port Philip papers of June 16, notice the con demnation to death of the desperate bushra-ngerg captured by a party of the settlers, and in addition to other atrocities and murders brought home to them/ it had been discovered that they intended to assassi nate Judge Willis in cold-blood, as he 'was riding into Melbourne, but which their timely capture happily prevented. Mr. Arden, the proprietor i• Port Philip journal had h a d his sentence for a on Judge Willis remitted by Sir George Gip - ps• f A narrative is given in the Hobart Town the repeated attempts of a party of doubly and tre, s l 7 ) . l ?: convicted convicts, sent from Sydney to extra Diemen's - Land, to , effect an - escape, , irons, a.guard within and without- the door o f the . l ,_ cells, and arigorous search, being insuffieient to cbel their reckless 'daring. A pistol . was eonce# d fl • i ll n a loaf of bread; the handle of a pail, Containing,-'," was- wrenehed!off to serve as a tool for workine w ,.. in the wall, and the constable being suddeiill t f the prised and gagged, the prisoners wrapped P.n .- °, t to bed-clothtntround their irons to prevent rog e ' " e it the bricks . AS safely ' as possible upon work and Covered the floors' with blankets to (let': papers .o had got to . the outer yard, when the vigilant 014,..ii. watcher finding the constable inside made no ans l. ± 0 , his questions, fired off . his piece, brought the sor i lhlg'rilt dent and others to his aid, who just levelled tllei L r ii gi the convicts as they mounted the top of the, ''AL wall. One constable fired, but missed, aria ''.'r' c 'to victs then cried for a surrender. In their voyag e , 0 Van Diemen's Land, they had previously atternpteu.se, seize the ship ; and a Hobart Town Editor exPr e ine a very just apprehension that they may ety bec ° „d them. "i 4 formidable to society, unless the most rigorous a" unrelaxing vigilance be exercised. Cape of Good Hope papers, to Oct. 7, contain ig ' news of the least interest. err The market for the English Stocks has bee n v far firm, and bargains have been made in Consols,.th special transfer next week, as high as 94i to oh- "' l 3 t the dividend. For the opening, the int er .. 2..,.. being deducted, 933 to 94 have been the ru ni :4 prices. Exchequer Bills have rather improvedt;ii are called 50s. to 525. premium, and India Bonds ate' touched 455. to 475. premium. There has be e „ n , hre e investment this morning of 6,0001. in Reduced - 1 n per Cent. Annuities, at 945. Bank Stock has be!,: e supported at 172 to 1725 ; and India Stock for,,,Luo, opening has been done at 260 ex-dividend. `e Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 101 i t o 1011. h The Foreign Bonds are not very buoyant, al th le there have been a few more bargains in them' o n arrival of the Regent at Barcelona has had no effe ct the value of Spanish Stock, the Active being- still s 1 and the Three pe r C en t s . 233 Mexican Bo nd 3 a f r r flat at 303 to 303 f or th e Fi ve per . Cents., and at 8- 89 - , the Deferred. Chili an St oc k i s ra ther heavy at „ e j Brazilian keeps firm a t 67 ; an d A us trian has r eal e' 111. For Portugu ese N ew Fi ve p e r Cents. th e ( ip ti f.- tation has been 37/ ; an d f or th e Converted , 3 0 - 17' Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are quiet at 5 ,7.4 . . Railway Shares are dull. Great Western, ',,,,1 , South Western, 193- ; and Paris and Rotten, 4f"t r 7 r , ' prem. ; Brighton, 15; Blackwall about 11; an d '''' l . mingham and Gloucester, 541 discount. T h e re MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHA NGE , DEC. 2. ---- 4 . - e s is no alteration in the state of th e Share Mari' e '.' te a regards value. The business doin g i s of a veil' In Salf nattlre. Liverpool and Manchester, 184; Dit ta nps ter Stilfes, 904; Manchester and Leeds, 69; Abi nc Thil. and Birmingham, 20; Manchester and Sh e ffield" ?-f- oil i CLOSING PRICES. . BRITISH FUNDS. s 1 , Bank Stock • . 172 India Stock .......... .•, , Ii 3 per Cent. Red. ....... 94k Ditto. Bonds .. ..." ":,. ,- /T 3 per Cent. C0n5...,, ,041 Ditto Old An . . n . i . i ............ ~;) 3.5 per Cent. Red 101 Ditto New An l nuitie, s -1!" - 02, * New w 3i per Cent.. ~. ja g n. Annuities to .. ... New 5 ?I'‘ . ' ' , .1 711-7--I. l ' l . a liD nk iit.tti. S : f - Ci - cil ln6 : a o ll. cff .. l l _, ; :. 4l ; :ll- Oct. 1859 IConiols - fot: On': •.. ' . „II 'lndia Btakiiiit'Opg•-• : gil i , 9 ' Belgian,Austt!an , S s l3e p r er ce c n en t t Jan. :1.i60. . [F OREIGN . I .. 2I : ii i , FUNDS. 5 m. cent. ;e „ l f , :ercu.gese,, ,P A, it yres 6 per cent. Russuin,ss' 4 i' Ditto, Nevivpicyg7 .. . ..... , ..... . 1 3razilian Bands. Buenos A ' , p _ -- Chilian 6.percent Ditto,Afetallic. ..... 7 .... 181 1 Colombian,' 6 per cent — • Spanish,t per ce nt... ' .. 00 Ditto, 1824 — Ditto Deferred.... • f ' .... Ts ,j Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent B oi F i 5 ' t • ---'1 ' renal, per cen • . 2 L , f. .„ 7 -,syr Danish, 3 per sent — Exchange .... . ...... ....,..,.!...g. „4 . Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — French,- 3 percent. ' , Mexican, 5 err cent 3os Dutch,. 21- per c ent. ...... _.... - • Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Ditto, 5 percent. •• '" Peruvian,lB2s,6 perct. tent. . -♦,l SHARES. 45k Birmingham and Gloucester Railway ( 10 °P' EastermCounties (23 pail) ... . ............. 101 Ditto'New ( paid) ,58 Great North of England Railway (10 0 P d) 85 5 Great Western, (65 p a id) ............ oai Ditto New Shares (50 paid) .•.••• 6 ,1 Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ...... •••• •••• .... 25A London and Brighton (50 paid) .. ............ 51 London and Blackwali ( paid) .•••••• "" IBM London and Birmingham (90) ..... •** 60i London and South Western (41/ 6s 10dpd) 6 91 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ............ 35 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) ............ North Midland Railway ( 100) ............... ‘2.4i Paris and Rouen (20 paid) •—• ......••• 211 South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)... ...... 164. Ditto Scrip (20 paid) BRUSSELS, DEC. 2.—The average price of sync'. last week was 21f. 39e., and that of rye I , lf- Of; ltd . THE OAK.—CURIOUS F. XPERIMEATT.- -- T a '," - ; 1 ., ill acorn at this time of the year. tie a string Neal' i t in of t s h u e ch ac a o w rn a : y w t h h e a r t e , t lv e he e n u :u w s a pe s, nded, the blunt el' • i a „ 2 . it g th las us s, p e r o ep n a ta r i e n d in in g a th l e itt is upwards. ,_ 1 " -3- „1 th inside of atatointgtle,eaoret D.Ya-itl.ae acorn does not reach the water within an inch and the bottle all over in flannel, so as to keep it al lr- f l a er warm, and put it in a warm place. In three °, r we' weeks the acorn will have swolleti, its coat will ~a cc a burst, and a little white point will make its apP l e ltr- e; at the end opposite the water. This '. is the rout; the acorn is now changAng its nature and beconlidgra, point n so oak ; still, however, it must be stationed i n the il tot e st o i n ll ti i i t uie must till btheek3eyotuncglearie• root t f t i h s e a s t va l t e e a r s , t an h d ai r a i n t / i n ch . , • her* ' long. Then the water may be allowed to rise higi it de e but it is only when from th e nec k or the root li a iloiv:' 0 point begins to turn upward s th a t it is safe , - ,,ied' the water to touch it. At that time the acorn for 4 to be an acorn, and has really b eco me a young bock ' aie the little point directing itself upwards is the begalllo2 of that trunk which a c e n tury later may M in ija v timber of a frigate. - As soon as the young stel i t-aiii . gins to shoot, the oak will require a do.leOf lig ~ 4 .) little every day; and it also yearns for more foe( i i , c ,c ,a that its root, which in:reality is its mouth, allowed to touch the. water, and to drink itri.llisAfte. these events have come -to' pass, the little sreatu7, breathes, and must have air ; digests, and must ho e _ light ; sucks greedily, and must have fresh -arat,ek,: given to its root, which, however, shoul d neve e t r oe permitted to be wholly covered ; just that point wh the stem begins should always be kept out of t iie water. The pet having been brought to this itsrfir3t t state of existence, must be put in the window.. -A first it will be a stout thread, whitish, and co' rered with tiny scales ; then the scales will expand a little, and the end will become greener. Next will app . ea r some little leaves ; hair will begin to grow - ., veins will branch ; the old scales will tall off; and t-y slew degrees the leaves will arrange themselves tipon the stem, each unfolding from the bosom of tl,e other. And thus, out of a little starch and gura, for the acorn was not much more, manifold parts will be en" riously produced by the wondrous creative powers of nature.—Gardeners' Chronicle. Loan HlLL.—With regret we learn that his Lord ship, after recovering from his last illness in London, since he has been at Hardwick, has suffered a relapse. His illness was first occasioned by too anxious and unremitting attention to his official duties. ' On Wednesday last his Lordship rallied, and had a hotter night's rest. When the dispatches from China and . Affghanistan had been read to him by his nepheW, Sir H. Hill, Bart., his Lordship testified the delig he felt that Providence had crowned the urms of lii .s country with success, and, above all, with the blessi og of peace.--Shrewsbury Chronicle. l3aussEr.s, DEC. i.--It is said that on the day,when the concert took place, M. Sirey had gi., , an to , Miss Heinefetter a very beiratiful bracelet. Just as they were setting out, Miss Heinefetter, haT ing exT,is pressed a wish to have another bracelet "like a ... cat:ft which had been g iven to her in the morning, ffilfas Sirey went in a ca rria g e and soon retar.ied with al J'7 second bracelet. In the course of the evening . - Sirey likewise put into a nosegay warn by 4- st-t Heinefetter one of the two diamond pins w hicli, t the chain or was found hi the nosegaz;sPgif' thrown away faded' -- .ora‘r O f in l, t v e o lx, i t e a sd i n aa3b. h o i t s uht c i srtaov Pin i b it e , as .-7:- , , Paper. 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