The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-26 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 25.—Wind E. tci N.—Arrd. Wel lington, Chathvick, .I,ontion, and sailed for Now York. Ski. Eleanor, Barb;aloes; John W. Dare, Gibraltar. COWES, Nov. 24. —Wind N.E.--Ski. Adele, St. Tho mas's; Sabina, Mvanns. YARMOUTH (ISLE OF WIGIIT), Nov. 25.—Wind, N.— Sid., 24th, Flors, jlnisies. OFF ST. ALBAN'S HEAD, Nov. 16.—Acrd. Liberty, Law, New York. OFF FALMOUTH, Nov. 23,—0 Thorne, Algea Boy. MILFORD, Nov 24.—A large! tirque, absuldoned, Nviih foresiil set, maintop.:-ail flying, and bow6prit across her bow, sides and stf, , rn much damaged, and having eppa rently been in c intact, was seen about eight A.M.,yes terday, between Lenny:Head and St. Gowan's Head, by the Mathil !is, arrived Ja , ,,re from Bristol for Cork. STORNAWAY, Nov. 20.—The sloop Ihrmony, of and for Drogheda from Wick, iu running for this h.irbour 17th instant, was trended at haclit Point, but has been Rot off after lightening, and brought into the harbour to be surreys-d and repaired. WARREN POINT, Nov 23.—A rrcl.Serepbine, BELFAST, Nov. 24.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. 22d ,Mar chionesi of Bute, Montgomery, Quebec. LARNE, Nor. 23.—Arrd. Standard, Ritch'e, Quebec. CLYDE, Nov. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arid. 23d, Aon Harley, Scott, New York ; Allan M'Arthu”, Quebec. 24th, Cassandra, Gall, glebcc. Sld. 23d, Helen, Tri. nidad. CARDIFF, Nvy. 23.—Wind S.E.—Sld. 21st, Daaie: Chartotou. MARKET _NE WS.-(TBIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE—MONDAY. The supplies of Wheat on sale in most of the country markets held on Saturday were tolerably good. All kinds met a very dull inquiry, at a decline in the quota tions of from is to 2s per quarter. In Spring Corn and Flour very little business was transacted. The foreign letters at hand, to-day, represent the trade abroad as in a very inactive state, notwithstanding the low prices ruling in most of the large shipping ports. Up to our market last week the receipts of all articles of English Grain, except Barley, were small. Those from Ireland and Scotland we re confined to a few cargoes of Oats. From-abroad we received 35 644 quarters of Wheat, 21,662 ditto of Barley, 42,282 ditto of Oats, 2,875 ditto of Beans, 2,812 ditto of Peas, 446 ditto of Tares, 7,765 ditto of Linseed, 190 ditto of Rapeseed, 379 ditto of Mustard Seed, 242 ditto of sundry seeds, 1,472 barrels 5,449 sacks of Flour. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the receipts of Wheat, coastwise, from Essex, were but moderate. From Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., the quantity at hand was trifling. The supply by railway conveyance was very moderate. Notwithstanding the extensive nature of the i m p or t s tions from ab roa d, the factors were tolerably firma to day. Selected samples of English Whew—the number of which on offer was trifling—sold without difficulty at prices equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight. In the middling and inferior kinds, only a limited busi ness was transacted, but we have not the slightest charge to notice in value. Offers continue to reach us from Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, as well as from York shire, to ship at present rates. With F,treign Wheat we were somewhat heavily supplied; but the quality of the fresh arrivals is by no means first-rate. Really flee samples of both red and white were mostly taken at last week's currencies. The secondary qualities were very slow in sale, at un altered quotations. In floating cargoes —which were offering freely in order to save landing expenses—very few transactions took place. We were well supplied with English Barley, and the show of foreign was large. As the quantity exceeded the wants of the de alers, the demand ru l e d h eavy, and prices gave way from is to in some instances 2s per quarter, without effecting a clearance. Very few parcels of new Mait were on offer, but the supply of old qualities was tole rably good. For all descriptionslthe demand was heavy, stu.d. late rate s were w i th difficulty supported. The show f home grown Oats was small, No that ef foreign large. change was noticed in the value of the best samples, but damp qualities went a shade lower. Leans were in full average supply, and slogeOt inquiry, at pr evious currenc i es. White Peas supported last Reek's prices; in other kinds very little was doing. The sale for Flour was very slow, owing to the pressure of foreign parcels; in prices no change took place. Indian Corn and Meal were almost nominal. Wheat CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEA S U RE. Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalir.. lied, New.. • • 40s to 46s Oats— Yorkshi s re .. and 59s tO 605 ri ttto,White, New 4ls 50, Linculnsh., Feed. 155 18. Norfolk and Lin coin, Red..... 40 s 455 Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.. 28 463 Black. .... • . 14s 17 Irish, lted.... •• • . 83$ 4'e Cork, White ....• 15m lEs Ditto,Whito.... • • 418 45s Scotch, Feed. 18s 21s u 7 s —Old •• .. 2is 258 Beans—Tick ..... 27s 33s .▪ 441 (7 N ew. ••••.• • •• • . 24 5 26 s P i geons • . 36s 39, — Grinding •.. • • 22s 25s Peas—Grey ........ 28s 295 Malting •••••. • • • 265 28s Maple 30s 328 Che - valier .... •• • 28s 313 White. ..• •-• • • 303 3I 14- 44-Suffolk and Nor- Boilers • ••• • • 3's 385 folk ...... ••• • • • 365 585 Flour—Town-made... 35s 40 5 brown .• •• • • 46s 48s Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 31s 33s Kingston and Ware 37s 58s Stocktn & Norfolk 316 333 SEED. The demand for all kinds of Seeds, to-day, was ex ceedingly inactive, at almost nominal quotations. Not w-ithstanding tho advanced period of the year, there was scarcely any inquiry for cakes. The pantities of Clover Seed on which duty was paid this year, up to the 17th instant, were 135,254 cwis., against 96,020 ditto, during the correspondieg period in 1848. Tu rnip,White, per bush. lOs to 11: Carra way •• • •.•• • • .. 29s 348 Red and Green.. • • 105 11, Coriander • 16s 22? Mustard, 8r0wn.... • 91 12 , liempseed, per quarter 32s 35: 1. W hite •• ••• • • • Linseed, Eng. sowing.. 54s 561 teOld . s, New Whiter ••53fd Is 6d Crushing .... •• • • 40s 43s 4s bs Baltic •••.. 38 44- t i ,TerY • Old per quarter.. 773 858 Odessa .. .•• • • • 42s 465 d o " ve g r eee • • ••• • • • 20s 24s Unwed Cake, pr.l,ooo— Red Eng . (cwt.) 358 48s English .•.91 Os 101 Os Whit e••••• • • • • • 345 42s Foreign, per ton 6/ 05 8? Os eretn lied-- • • 305 40s Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 Is 4110 s Trefoil White •• 26s 42s Rapeseed, New, prist 281 01 2911°3 11s 188 11:We have again to report the arrival of a very extensive PPly of fo re i gn stock i nto London. During last week ' e total importations amounted to 5,687 head, being an 11,!xcess of 101 head compared with those the prcced log week. At the corresponding period in 1848 we re. ceived 4,261, and at the same time in 1847 3,193 head. Anaongst the stock imported since our last are 5 Sheep and 2 Pigs from New York, for, we presume, breedi ng Purposes. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEE R . Prom IMPORTS Sheep. Lamb s . C alves. Pigs Harlingen lBO ... 1413 .. , ••• 4 ... 81 Harnburgh lO6 - aT. ---- —' .• • .. .. -- -- Ne w Ycrk . ... ... 2 Antwe r p - —-• ... 42 ••• Nieu lliep • — ••• 890 .. ..• _ .. Rotterdam - •.. 184 : 36 Tonningen 9OB ... • --- --- ••• .... ... .-.. --- Total ...... 1,097 ... 4,133 Correspondin g ... -- ...2:p .. 122 Week in 1848.. 943 ... 3,173 ... .... ... 141 ... Sa me week ill ~,,1847... ......2,315 .• ... 134 '-ne arrivals at the northern outports have amounted to 1.44 0 head of Beasts, Sheep, Calves, and Pigs. The 1.0 50 of foreign stocic on offer here this. morning was quality, good as to number, but of very mithiling From our own grazing districts a full average e 2IPPIy of Beasts came fresh to hand to day, and thrre w as a d ec id ed improvement in quality. The attendance (1 1 both town and country buyers was tolerably good; neve rtheless, as the dead markets were fairly supplied, tnthe Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, at, in most ~ per 81 st4 nees • a decline in th e quotat i ons of Monday last of - - , 1 13% The highest figure realised for the best Scots was 4s per B!bs. The arrivals from Lincolnshire; Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, amounted to 2,100 Short Horns, from th e eastern, western, and midland coun ties 700 Herefords, R unts, D evons, Short Horns and Scots, and fr om other p ar t s o f E ngland GOO of various breeds There was a slight increase in the number of Sheep, the. general quality of which was tolerably good. Prime old atwns, which were scarce, moved off steadily, at full rates of currency, viz , from 43 to 4s 2d per Blbs. Ali other breeds of Sheep sold slowly, at. Friday's d• cline in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. Calves, the supply of Which was small, commanded a steady sale at fully last Week's prices. Ther e was a s li g h t i mprovement in the demand for Pigs, at full currencies. Per albs. to sins the offal. s. d. to s. d, a. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 2 8 210 Second c a - dal. Sheep 8 4 3 6 3 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 8 Second quality - ,•3 0 4 Coarse -weelled ditto 383 10 Southdown Wether 4 0 4 2 Prime Scots .•••• • 3 10 4 0 Date ant of the wool 0 0 0 0 L4l 3e coarse Calves 3 4 3 6 Large logs ...... 3 6 3 8 P2ekl9line small ditto .. 3 8 4 0 Small Porkers .... 310 4 2 ihs Calves .•20 0 28 0 Quart3r old rigs ..18 0 24 0 uferior Sheep .. .. 3 0 3 2 Lambs ...... -- 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARK ET. I Sheep. 1 Calves. I Ilgs , 25,730 1 106 290 FOREIGN SUPPLY. 603 1 2,710 16 beasts. les. Sheep. 1 Calves. 1 rigs. Sip TTINVGATZI AND /MADENII.I3.L7.. e our last report these markets have been very p leatit ilY supplied with each kind of prime meat, the de end for whi c h h as ru l e d steady, at very full prices. . the middlin g an d i n fi rm d escr i pt i ons, the supplies of which have been good, a f u ll average amount of business a s been transacted, at late rates. The receipts from the 13Provinces have been seasonably good. About 1,200 afeases of foreign meat, have been disposed of, and 14 b askets of Beef have arrived from Hamburgh. At per stone by the Carcase. 8. d. 0 s. d. 4 eef S. d. to s. d. , ,tuferior.... •• I 4 2 6 Mutton , inferior .. 2 6 210 '"^-- middling ...• 232 10 Middling.. 30 3 4 **---- prlmolarge .• 3 0 3 9 ----- prime ••• • 3 6 31 0 :7- prime small .• 3 4 3 6 , Pork, large --•• • • 3 4 3 8 ` 01 11.• •• •• • • .... •3 4 401 -- sma11.. ZIOROUGB ATM SPZTALPIELDS. 'The total imports of Potatoes into London last week 2492 were very extensive, viz., —Antwerp, 365; Rotterdam 1 to ne, derived as follows: ' 46 , 8 47; Dieppe, 90; Calais, • to hand a,70; Dunkirk, 152; Rouen, these large arrivals, 4 barrels c ., In addition to d from Belfast , k. ) oestwise and by land carria,, tons. The general quality Of t• hhereceiptis were 2,490 forward since our last report having he s e u e pp sup plies brought ferior, the best samples have sold steadilys o a m t e w l b at in 4nproved currencies. The middling and inferiors slag ....s Ilre,, a dull sale, at our quotations. York Per Ton. . Regents 903 to 100 s b itto Sba g ws ... —s to —s t e Meh Reds . 503 to 608 Ditto min. Cups 403 to 5;.8 I,l.9coy.tolßuffs ... 50 3 t o 5 5s eg, 1558 to 85s zyelabeach ditto s 506 to 60s ZoalWeastlele ditto 65s to 75s 01l Whites —s to s 2143, R0T.7013 BOP reialtZET. OUr /10_ market is very scantily supplitql with fine new pri e P Z! the demand for which is steady, at very full wise '_., Tha best Yearlings are quite is dear. Other pueiet..,, o in i.. 1: k• tis Leavy. New Mid and East Kent 4, 1 0 . per e,,,t., 61 103 to 13/ • ; New Weald of to u `.:,1,tt0, 61 63 to 81 Si; New Susiex ditto, 51 1.5 s ; 4 4111141128, 111 113 ti 134 Yefirliug lints ; 31 to Feasts. 412 n 'Der of Kent Kidneys 6 3 to tit Esex Kidneys ••••• --z -.(to Shaw, . B to ..... Ditto Kidneys ... —l l to --5 to French Whites ... 55s to 6 8 Belgian ditt 0...... 5s 53 s to 65 s Dutch ditto .... 5 53 to 6s, German ditt o .... . 50s to 6's A _.,_ THE SUN, 4/ 122; Yearling Sussex, 2/ $3 to 3/ 17e; 011 Hops, 1/ to 41. 1:47002.. Dating la&t week th , imports if Word into London amounted to 362 balcs from Ikur.burgh; 1,179 ditto from Port Adelaide; 539 ditto tram Taganrog; 3 ditto from Antigua; 30 ditto from Megadore; 100 ditto from Naples; and 6 ditto from 11..mbay. Ou the whole a fair kverage business is passing i n the privatf contract markets, and lute rates are well supported. The streks held by the wanufacturer:; represnted to mariliour. Although the delivery lust week was confined to 2.894 casks, holders to-day are very firm, end, in some instances, priers are 3d per cwt higher than on Monday la•t— P. Y. C. on the spot being quoted at 37s 6d per cwt. For forward deliveiy we have of f ers at 36s 3d per cat. Town tallow, 37s to 37s 3d per cat get cash ; rough fat, 2s Id per Bd:s. The shipping season at St. Putcrsburgh may now be consid9red at an end. The total quantity loaded off, up to the 13th inst., was 118,369 casks, against 129 . 504 ditto in 1848, 131,864 in 1847, 113,223 in 1846, and 113,068 in 1815. There are now about 14 000 casks on their way to London. Stock this day ..... Price of Y. C. C. f Delivery last week. Ditto from June 1... ivais last week . Ditto from June 1 .... E'rice of Town •• •• 1645. 31,02 42s CS to Os 01 2,666 31,502 3,540 1846. 1847. 1 18 IS. 17,910 ' 10,310 31,703 1 43,231 48s Oct 45s ed 45 , Od to 37s 641 to Os Od to Os Od Os Oct ito Os Od '2,101 1 3,010 2,: , 56 / 2,894 43,391 46,204 50,880 44,341 3 350 1,272 347 5,081 50,..82 54,413 75,052 62,099 458 Od 52s 6ti 49. Od J 49s Ocl 393 6d STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETELSBIMIGH. 1849. I 184 , !. I 1847. I 1846. 1848. Tallow dispate.ed Casks. Cask.. CaAs. Casks. Casks, from Cronstadt to Nor. 12, O.S. 116,201 .... In ship loading and lighters 2,1(43 Total loaded off . • 113,369 • • •• • • • • •• • • Loaded afterwards.. • • .. • • • • • • Total at the close of the navigation.... 118,069 129,504 131,864 .113,223 113,008 London • ......... 48,081 70,617 G 0,829 55,533 53,924 Liverpool .....,.• 1 7 ,890 11,748 15,182 14,1(2 19,157 Bristol .. .• .. 4,214 5,2.8 4,151 3,787 3,723 Other English ports 13.945 14,733 10,946 13,669 9,597 Ireland .. • • •• .. 4,905 4,110 8,483 6,787 6,004 Scotland ...... • . 5,449 9,767 9,837 7,564 6,281 Germany 12,675 9,101 14,776 8,598 6, 32 France ........ • . 7,341 623 8,973 I 2,471 7,943 11 , ',201 11'.'.9,501 1131,473 i 113,058 112,951 LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) Thia being the last day of Michaelmas Term, the Lord Chancellor heard appeal motions after giving judgment in the appeal of KNIGHT U. 114JORIBANK9. This case came. before his Lordship a — bbort time since upon appeal from the judgment of the Master of the Rolls lismissing the plaintiff's bill with costs. The suit was in• stitutcd by the assignees of Colonel Latour fur the pur -1 use of setting aside two deeds, by which it was alleged he was deprived of the advantage of partnership in a speculation which turned out most profitable, called The New South Waits and Van Dieman's Land Establizlment. The Lord Chancellor, after going at considerable length into tt..e facts of the case, which we have already given, both upon the appeal and the original hearing before the Mester of the Rolle, ordered the jtnlgment of the Court below to be affirmed, and dimissed the appeal with costs. ROLLS' COuRT.--(TIIIS DAY.) his Lordship the Master of the Bulls heard motions to-day, it being the last day of Michaelmas Term. Nothing calling for a spceial report came before his L'ordship during the tirirning. VICE-CHANCERV.—('IIIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR ENGLAND His Honour sat to day at 11 o'clock, and heard mo tions, it being the last day of Michaelmas Term. The Court, at its rising, will adjourn, it is understood, to this day week, which is the First Seal after Term. Nothieg of any interest occurred in the Cqurts of the Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce and Wigram. • QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE PALACE COURT- DARLIAM V. JOYCE. In this case the defendant had been committed to gaol by the Judge of the Palace Court so late as the sth instant. A rule had been obtained, and it now came on for argument, calling upon the keeper of Whitecress ,tr( et Gaol to show cause why the defendant should not be discharged from custody. Mr. liussELL appeared in support of the rule, and contended that the Palace Conn had no power to make the order under which the defendant was committed. The 12th and 13th of Victoria, which states that the Palace Ccurt shall be abolished on the 31st of December in this year, expressly declared that "no action or suit shall be commenced after tho passing of the Act." The Act was passed on the 31st of August last. The 14th section of this Act stated that, on the 31st of December next all the power and jurisdiction of the Palace Court shou!d cease, except so far as such power might be necessary for the enforcement of its own judgments. The proceedings in this case originated in a judgment of the Court of Exchequer, and the Palace Court not being at the time a court ter the rec,very of debts in accord ance with this statute, had no power to enforce it. A tender of 55., one of the instalments which the defendant had omitted to pay, had been made to the governor of the gaol, but he said he had no power to receive it. Mr. CORY rose to oppose the discharge of tke pri soner, but - - The COURT interrupted him by saying that they be lieved th e comm it men t g ood, i nasmuc h as t h e Act ex pressly said that suits should proceed aft er the passing Of the Act, and made provision for the enforcing of its judgments after the 31st of December next, Suits pend ing w ere t o proceed, an d th e J u d ge did no more than he was fully entitled to do.—Rule discharged. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) IN IIE II LIAM WILLIS, A BANKRUPT. In this case, which came from the Vice-Chancellor of England, a person named William Willis had guaranteed the payment of a bill of exchange, and before the bill became payable a fiat of bankruptcy was issued out against him. The bill of exchange in question was duly presented for payment and diabonoured; and the ques tion now was whether the claim under the guarantee was provable under the fiat of bankruptcy figainv, The LORD CHIEF BARON delivered the judgment of the Court this morning. The Court, he said, was of opinion that a claim on a guarantee for a sum certain, which this was, lihrn dun was provable as a debt, and before it was due was provable as a debt that became due on a contingency. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before 11n. JLIEIiCe PATTESON.) ARTICLED CLERKS. Mr. HIIDDLESTON sppiV;l to the ecurt on behalf of a yuung man 'mined Srrutton, an articled clerk, for leave to serve the remainder of his term with a third master without obtaining an ass'gnmvat from the gen tleman to whom be is ti)w under articles. He moved under the following eircumstarc , 'i:—Mr. Strutton was articled to a gentleeian who Ir.d recently been convicted of forgery, but since May last, when the charge was first made, he had been serving this gentlemen's partner, and the object of the present application was that the period from May to the pres' nt time should be computed in his term of fire years' servitude. Mr. Justice PATTESON doubted whether or no he bad p iwer to grant the application, since it was quite clear the service since May had not been to the master. Mr. HITDDLESToN realm ked, that the case of forgery against the master bad been reserved on a point of law for the opinion of the Criminal Court of Appeal, and the conviction had been confirme:l. Nov,- supposing the Court had decided in favour of the point reserved, the articled clerk would have had the advantage of counting the Limo since May, inasmuch as having been engaged in the office of the partner, it would have been tanta mount to serving the master, for although the partner gave notice of him intention to terminate the partnership im mediately after the charge was preferred, no dissolution had as yet taken place. Mr. Justice PATTESON At:erred that it was a hard case, but he had no power to interfere. Mr. lIIIDDLESTON said, perhaps, then, his Lordship would grant a rule abs , lute for an arrangement of the remainder of the term, without the present master being made a party to it. Mr. Justice PATTESON said it was PO usual to make such a rule absolute in the first instance, but ho would grant a rule nisi returnable at chambers. Rule nisi according!y. CRIMINAL COURT.—(TIIIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The first sessions of the present mayoralty were opened to-day by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen lluuter and Carden, the Sheriffs, and other civic functionaries. After the selection and swearing in of the grand jury. The RECORDER pr ocee d e d to deliver his charge. lie said the number of prisoners contained in the calendar, against whom charges were about to be preferred, amounted to 184, and the number would be increased by some additional commitments before the close of their labours. Although the number was not by any means unusually large, he lamented to say that there were several instances of imputed offences of a very grave and serious description: there was a charge of murder, a case of manslaughter, a charge of rape, a charge of sending a letter, threatening to murder; two charges of cutting and wounding, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and a charge of hitempting to drown. There were besides ges of robbery with force, and four yet 80 D were charged with shooting feloniously at an° 'er with the intention to kill or murder, or to do grievous bodil t y harm t hot the vast bulk of the cases in the ealentlilt *as even , eted with cIT flees against pro perty iiltll r e t o her than against the pc:w.c..; itiocc4 IP .against the IR rsph the inoucernent in Danny ettii]ea to be the indeed, of acquiring of property by Citminal means. Out of the ^ there were 105 for larceny, e., the acquisition of property without any attempt upon the person. The proportion was very small, offenc s which were wholly independent of jannyfacttne.:hpt appearance acquire unlawfully the property of an other,ett- ofrrobmabitt:amoef character nod m11)106'41 ef the offences to bun: exhibited in tint court afforded, of any improvement in the morals the punishment within its jurisdiction. The nature of the s ci , rity n t f ad teen from time to time changed, butu as to hicee:erptourc,:: rnitiaied—a V9-ri ty of courses had lion as a s ce - mode of carrying out transporta wAary punishment, but the result had 00 111 Y been that crime had not been checked LONDON. MONDAY EVENIN4: so as to afford any satisfactory evidence to Parliament of the successful application of those labours which it had anxiously given with the view of diminishing the amount of crime. Having simply mentioned a charge against a yourz man for shooting his father, without making any comments upon it, he next alluded to the case of murder, saying that it the party charged with the crime was shown to be the individual at whose hands the deceased tact with his death, the other circumstances connect' d with it would place no difficulty in the way of their coming to a decision. He would at once relieve them, if they plrced any confidence in his opinion, by saying, that if the circumstances were spo ken to by the witnesses in the same manner in which they were disclosed in the depositions, it would become their bounden duty nt once to place the case in the course of further inquiry. After referring in detail to several other cases in the cahnder, the Learned Re corder remitted the jury to the discharge of their im portant duties. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A tall gaunt-looking woman named Morris was charged with having ass.uultvd two of her own st•a. Mrs, James, the wife of a fish•dealer in Clare-market, proved the assault. She was standing in the Nelson public house on Saturday night with a friend, when the prisoner came i❑ and assaulted them in a very desperate manner. The friend of the complainant, a young woman named Andrews, with red hair, confirmed this statement, adding that the prisonor, who lived in the same court as herself in Clement's-lane, was constantly attacking her reputation, and she went in what is called "fear of her life." Mr. ITALL—Well,prisoner, what have you to say to this? Prisonor—Why, its all false, as them ere wimen has been a sayin of. The truth is they insulted me first, and not basin bin satisfied of rippin up my cap, which here is the remains, they sets to and tares my gown up. Mr. (TALL— But it seems you attacked them first. Priboner—Well, my good man, they are both bad 'uns, and that carroty one there has sedoosed my husband what works at a rag shop. Mr. HALL asked the officer who had charge of the prisoner if she was drunk when he arrested her. Prisoner—Yes, I was very drunk, and so they was too. I'll call a witness, if you please, air, which is a female. Mr. HALL—Very good; call her. Mary Cope was then sworn. She said these two females was a standin in the passage, when the lady at the bar comes up, and has some words with 'em. With this she ups with her fist, and knocks James's bonnet off, and then James turns round and tears her cap and gown to pieces, while the other one goes for the police. Mr. HALL—The prisoner says she was not sober ? Mrs. Cope—No more was none of 'em. They was all drunk together. Mr. James said the prisoner had been charged with assault before. Prisoner—Oh, you bad 'un. Mr. lIALL asked the officer whether the complainant or her friend was drunk?—The officer said they vtere not. Mr. HALL had no doubt that the prisoner was a most violent vcoresn, and as this was not her first offence he should fine her 31. or three weeks' imprisonment. The prisoner was then removed in custody. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAT. TIMES.—The recent intelligence received from the distant waters of the Eastern Archipelago is of a nature to demand public attention and inquiry. In the present state of our information we cannot divest ourselves of the impression, that by the signal chas tisement recently inflicted on the Bornean pirates, Sir James Brooke has rendered eminent service to the cause of civilization and humanity. On first reading the accounts of the conflict—or slaughter, should we not rather call it ?—at the mouths of the Sarebas and Zaluka rivers, one is naturally affected with a very painful feeling. Here is the case of 1,500 or 2,000 barbarians, who in an incredibly short space of time were blown to atoms, and their boats . or prahus sunk, burnt, or destroyed by a body of British seamen, with all the resources of civilization at their command. This was no "naval battle," it was a "naval execution." It remains only to be seen whether the victims had deservedly incurred their fate, and whether any milder measures than those actually adopted would have been sufficient to obtain peace for the present, and security for the future. We are so far removed from the scene of action that we are of necessity compelled to form a judgment without any possibility of acquiring such accurate information of details as would have rendered an opinion more satisfactory to ourselves, and more convincing to the public. As yet we are rather in possession of an account of the warlike operations than of any minute and circumstantial description of the state of facts which necessitated them. We are thrown back, then, upon our previous know ledge of the condition of the Eastern Archipelago, by the light of which we must read the earlier and more meagre paragraphs of the intelligence recently received. We know from the earliest times in which these waters were visited by European travellers, that they have been infested by hordes of law less pirates, whose rule it was, and still is, that any ship, or maritime village, of which they could possess themselves by force of arms was their own absolute possession. The luckless crews of the ships, or inha bitants of the villages, which might be so reduced, were assassinated as a matter of course, and the women, if any there were, carri e d off t o dishonour and slevery. These things were not done in secret. Piracy was, and is, with certain of the inhabitants of de archipelago, a gainful trade—an honourable profession. As you would say of a particular spot, "it is a fishing village," so you would have described another as a " tcwn of pirates," as much so as Algiers was before Lord Exmouth'e days. The avocation of a pirate descended fercotm.lre father is to need notd naturally,weliupon t he lndas anacknowledged extreme misery inflicted by such a state of things upon the more peaceful natives of the Archipelago. Coastin g i n t ercourse was cr i pp l e d , not to say annihi lated ; traditions of blood and slaughter were perpe tuated from father to son ; their more intimate ac quaintance with the European element of civilization was almost indefinitely postponed ; and, in short, this fertile and noble section of the habitable globe was left to struggle on, as it best might, under the undis puted sway of murderers, pirates, and common sea vagabonds. Of the consequent prejudice to European commerce and of the injuries inflicted upon Europeans it is not our design to speak at length, for it was morally certain from the first, that when the Eastern pirates were once fairly set to try the conclusions with 32- pounder traversing guns and rocket tubes, their fate was sealed. We know something of the modern history of Eastern piracy frotn the diaries of Sit James Brooke and the published testimony of Captain Ksppel, lately of her Majesty's ship Dido, and now of the Maeander, nor are we aware that the testimony of these gentlemen has been Impugned on any inateriai point. We start, then, wan the assumption that they have borne true m itness. It this be so, it follows that for some five or six years past great efforts have keen made to bring the pirates to abandon their unholy trade, as well by peaceful remonstrance as by inflicting Upon than a series of petty defeats, which should have brought home to their minds the real nature of the power with which at length they were called upon to eon tend. To our judgment, the praise or blame to be awarded to Sir James Brooke, as director of the recent transactions, must depend mainly upon the quantity and quality of his previous efforts to turn away the Eastern pirates " from the wickedness which they bad committed," and were yet minded to commit, before inflicting upon them the terrible slaughter of which we have recently received the de tails. A tremendous responsibility For the utter and complete destruction of the piratical hordes was certain from the moment the final and awful resolu tion was taken to turn against them all the resources which the experience and seience Of Europe have developed after ten centuries of almost unceasing warfare. It appears that in July last the purpose was fixed of directing the expedition against the pirates which has been attended with such sanguinary results. The European force consisted of less than 150 men in her Majesty's ship Royalist, the Hon. Com pany's steamer Nemesis, and eight boats. On the evening of the 26th of July the expedition anchored off the mouth of one of the Bornean rivers, and on the 28th intelligence was received that a large force of upwards of 100 prahus were out from Sere has, in the direction of the Rejang, with the inten tion, it was supposed, of attacking the town of Siriki." The position of the British force was instantly taken up. " Sir James Brooke, and a detachment of the native auxiliaries, anchored off the mouth of the Kaluka river, and the other detachment at the mouth of the Sarebas—the Nemesis in the bay between the two rivers, and the men-of-war's boats in line shorewards." It was not until the evening of the 30th that decisive intelligence was receivod that the piratical fleet had actually at tacked Palo, and were then lying in a river called Si Maring. On the evening of the 31st of July a scout-beat brought news that the pirate fleet of up wards of 100 large prahus, each manned by 50 men, was approaching. Upon the particulars of the conflict that ensued it is not our intention to dwell. In the form in which they reached us they were laid bef ore the public in our impression of Friday last. Suffice it to say that the horror of the scene that ensued can scarcely find a parallel in the history of warfare. Of 120 piratical prahus said to have been in the bay on the evening of the 31st of July, 87 were destroyed, with an immense loss of life. Even of those who escaped the death shot of the British force, many were cut down along the shore and in the jungle by the native auxiliaries. Of the merit of the operations in a military point of view we presume there can be no doubt. The expedition accomplished its purpose in the most complete manner. Nor do we lay much stress upon a fact which has been noticed, that no prisoners were taken, although so many of the pirates were slain. Where prisoners could have been secured in such a case as this is not very readily intelligible. The captives would have outnumbered the captors, and turned their weapons against them selves. But, as a question of policy, Sir James Brooke has himself taken up a broad and distinct ground upon which he must be judged. He is re ported to have said, at a public meeting subsequent to the expedition :—" Recent occurrences should open the eyes, even of the most prejudiced, to the enormity of the syste:n which has been allowed to grow up on the coasts of Borneo, and I thank God, with a large and minute experience, I have clear and unflinching principle's of public duty, and that I know of no way to advance civili • zation, and secure the safety of commerce, r xcept by the punishment o f th ese h ar d ene d an d lawless tribes, which have long been the terror and the scourge of Borneo, :and who even find advocates amongst the Christian community of Singapore." Sir James Brooke at the same time gave the most emphatic and straightforward denial to the accuracy of certain statements which have originated with a Singapore journal, on the strength of which he had been charged with inhuman cruelty. " I blush (said he) for the authors of this monstrous calumny, lest they should be unable to blush for themselves." Until some very different evidence is forthcoming from any that has been produced vet, we have little hesita tion in saying that the charges in question will, by any rational man, be considered slanderous and false. On the presumption that the defeat of these Eastern pirates is absolutely necessary in the interests of civilization and humanity, it would appear that Sir James Brooke is performing goo I service by their destruction. To take an instance upon a larger scale, who ever dreamt of impugning the conduct of Lord Exmouth for the bombardment of Algiers ? These Eastern pirates are, like the Algerines, hostes humani generis ; they give no mercy, and expect none. These who are so ready to sympathise with the fate of a horde of sanguinary marauders wcald do well to spare a thought, sometimes, to the fate of those whom they had already consigned to destruction, and to the security of the unoffending persons over whose heads a similar doom was impending at the same blood stained hands. Is the fountain of pity to be ever unsealed for the murderer, and never for the murdered man ? We have no disposition to countenance Sir James Brooke in any abuse of power of which he may at any time be guilty, but, at the same time, it is a discreditable thing to turn open-mouthed against a man whom we all of us so lately delighted to honour simply because he is carrying out in a firm and unflinching spirit a very painful duty, and fulfilling his important mission to the best of his ability. POST.—The monetary condition of the United Kingdom is, at this juncture, very peculiar. The total circulation of Bank of England notes was re ported, for the 17th November, at 18,000,0001. only, to which add 1,000,000/. of bank post bills. The Bank of England had 11,000,0001. of its own notes unem ployed in the banking department, while the bullion, gold and silver, in the issue department, was upwards of 15,000,000/. sterling, besides 828,895!. in the banking department. Thus the bullion in store, in botb departments, approaches to within 2,000,0001. of the bank notes in actual circulation, and the Bank has an unemployed balance in the two departments of 27,000,000/. sterling—a large sum to be lying wholly idle and unproductive. The Bank, on the other hand, is drawing interest in the issue depart ment, but at very low rates, upon 14,000,0001., and in the banking department, excluding the dead weight, upon 23,500,000/. But the rates of interest realised cannot, safely, be estimated, at the present time, higher than 3 per cent. all round ; and from this source the heavy expense of establishments and all other charges have to be met; the proprietors, there fore, must look for reduced dividends hereafter. Shallow observers ask, upon this—Why should not the Bank, having nearly 12,000 000/. unemployed in the banking department, buy with it Exchequer- bills or Three per Cents. ? Rather, they say, take the rates of interest that might thus b 3 realised than let the money lie absolutely idle. An individual would doubtless so act, but a bank cannot. And for this reason: a purchase by the bank of Three per Cents. would run the price of this stock up to 95 at least. Whenever the Bank might desire to sell, the price would, in value, of course be similarly depressed. As a temporary investment, therefore, such an employ ment of the funds of an institution like the Bank of England would be sure to be a losing speculation ; for the difference upon re-sale would exceed even three years' ordinary interest. It is fur this reason that, when there is a plethora of money in the market, a wise banker prefers to hold his funds, or to discount short bills at any rate, however low, so as to insure the future receipt of a fixed amount, rather than to purchase, for the sake of interest, securities of any kind that are subject to fluctuation. The notes ' deposit accounts, and other liabilities of a ba n k are all of fixed amount, sure to be cashed at the particular time when the realisation of permanent securities is attended with the heaviest sacrifice. The mercantile public are well aware of this, and were quite prepared, therefore, for the resolution taken by the Bank of England to reduce its discount rate to 2/ per cent. The Bank, however, knew well that, even at this rate, its desire to extend its discounts was not likely to be accomplished ; and therefore the directors have added to the notice of last Thursday an intimation that, for the sake of obtaining a good transaction for their purposes, they would not consider themselves pre cluded from giving out the Bank's money at a lower rate even than 21 per cent. When the Bank of England is in a state of plethora, it is a sure sign that the private banks and bill brokers of the metropolis are in the same condition, Ail these, therefore, have money for short discounts — all are competing with the great Bank for the bills in the market. What chance has a public institution in such competition ? It becomes a matter of favour to discount a bill, and who seeks to confer favours on the old lady of Threadneedle-street ? The Bank parlour is only a kind of refuge for the destitute, to be applied to like commissioners of poor-rates when other resources fail. Then, indeed, the Bank is sure to make its profit out of people's necessities, and its profits are large in proportion to its means. But in easy times a public bank may reckon upon obtaining only such bills for discount as others are not de sirous of obtaining; and its profits will be less than those of keen competitors not above canvassing for beneficial business. Here, however, is the Bank of England barely realising profit for an average dividend, whip the note circulation of the country, and the gold likewise, is at a lower ebb than it was during the convulsion of 1847 8. The notes in circulation, then, ex ceeded 20,000,0001., and the country banks had also more notes out, than now, by several millions sterling. There was then no run for gold in exchange for notes to lead to the conclusion that gold was scarce in the country, although, for purposes of fo reign export, there had been a drain on the Bank of England. What, then, are we to infer from this ? The status is not peculiar to England. The circula tion of Ireland has diminished to one-half of what it was in 1847 8, and the returns of the Bank of France show a smilar abundance of unemployed funds, and a store of bullion equal to the entire aggregate ' circulation of nottas, including in the comparison the branch banks of the interior. What, we ask again, does this indicate ? Is it prosperity or the contrary ? We think there is but one legitimate conclusion to be drawn from the general disposition thus evinced to leave money unemployed in banks— viz., that there is, from some etillSe Or Other, a want of activity in works of internal production. indusifial p*rsvits are comparatively at a stand. People are averse to :xne culations of all kinds. Those who have capital employed desire not to extend their operations, but seek rather to withdraw funds, in order to place them in some more secure investment not subject to accident and fluctuations. And what is the cause of this dread of loss from all kinds of industrial speculation ? Why should people hoarda-afor leaving their money in banks is the hoarding of the present dayin prefer ence to employing or lending capital to be employed in trade ca in manufactures, or in promoting useful projects, or in providing what might furnish liveli hood and income to tradesmen, artizans, and other men who live by their industry and enterprise? There is but one reason for the preference shown to the low interest of Three per Cents. at tl3, or to a Bank deposit without any interest, and that is—distrust of the profitable result, at this particular time, of every branch of industry, every speculation of trade or production, because of the condition of the home market under the competition of coun tries less burdened with taxation. Every pro ject, every device for earning profits and subsistence from industry of the head or hand is paralysed by the results of the policy that has opened the markets of the United Kingdom to the foreigner, and caused the , wealth that, heretofore, stimulated and rewarded native industry to be spent in replac ing the capital and wages of producers who pay no taxes. So long as we subject native industry of all kinds to heavy burdens, and place it under restric tions and under taxation, the expectation that it will stand competition with producers exempt from these disadvantages is like the hardship of requiring the Israelites to make bricks without straw. It compels the British labourer and artizan to work at the lowest wages of the competing nations, and out of that low rate to pay the taxes, direct and indirect, which bear upon him. This state of things will not be mended by the Bank of England lowering its rate of dis count. It is only a bid made for the bills in the market. There will be no renewal of the hope of profit from speculation till markets are improved and ;a repudiated as the first aim of the national cneapness policy. Mr. George Hudson, M.P., paid a visit on Thurs. day to his constituents in the borough of Sunderland. In the course of his stay the Bon. Gentleman inspected the works at the deck, and ttttended a meeting of the board or directors.—Newcastle Journal. VIOLETS IN NOVEMBEIt.—AS a proof of the mild ness of the season, our Sedgefi ,, :d corresponchnt informs us that, a few days ago, be had presented to him a very fine specimen of violets, gathered on Sundly hst, in a field belonging to Mr. Shepherd, farmer, at 13utterW,cii, near Sedgefield...-Newcastle Guardian. 4- ' NOVEMBER 26, 1819 PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY, Nov, 23.—The Penin sular and Oriental Stearn Navigation Company's ship Jupiter, Captain P. Meehan, arrived here at one rem. this day, with the usual Spanish and Portuguese mails, in charge of Lieutenant Newenham, RN. Admiralty agent. She brings only a few passengers. Her dates are —Gibraltar, November 16 ; Cadiz, November 17 ; Lisbon, November 19; off Oporto, November 20; Vigo, November 21. 'The freight list comprises 622 half chests of oranges, 10 boxes of Tangerine oranges, 11 cases of saffron, 8 kegs of grapes, 32 barrels of dates, 47 cases of eggs, 49 sacks of chestnuts, 9 packages of specie, and 40 packages of sundries. Although the Jupiter arrived here and was along side the wharf at one o'clock, yet we understand her mails will be detained until the midnight train, and cannot therefore be deposited in the General Post office till Monday morning. Tte effect of this deten• tion will be to deprive the provincial and northern towns of their Peninsular packet letters till Monday night, at which time they will be delivered, thus preventing the possibility of replies being prepared in the north for the Montrose to leave Southampton with the outward mails on Tuesday. Had the Jupiter bags been forwarded to the metropolis by a special train, there would have been ample time for the letters to be sorted and dispatched by the London night. trains for delivery throughout England on Monday morning, as in the case of the India mail by the Ripon, which vessel arrived this morning. By this steamer we have received letters from Lis bon of the 19th instant. Some anxiety had existed in respect to the Queen's state of health. It appears that the royal family bad h in e t r en iu de a d je t s o ty ho w n a 7 with their presence a concert at the Philharmonic Society on the evening of the 17th, b u t during the afternoon, obliged to notify her inability to attend from indisposition ; which being communicated to the different members of the society, had caused more alarm than appears to have been warranted by the slightness of the ill ness, from which her Majesty was reported convales cent when the packet left the Tagus, and the Diario do Govern° of the 19th declares her to be in her usual state of health. We learn that this mail brings the Viscount of Moncorvo's note in reply to Lord Palmerston upon the Macao affair; it was asserted in Lisbon, in well informed quarters, that this correspondence had tended to aggravate the indifferent terms upon which Lord Palmerston and the Portuguese Ambassador- at this Court were said to have been ; that the latter had, after appealing to Lord John Russell, assured his Government the affair was likely to be more favour ably considered by the British Cabinet than indicated in Lord Palmerston's first dispatch. The Portuguese appear very sensitive upon the point, and complain that his Lordship treats them with illiberality and chicane in his endeavour to establish the English Go vernment's jurisdiction over its own subjects in Ma• cao, by virtue of the treaty of peace with China, when they contend no such pretension had existed before that treaty, and that it ought not now, in the absence of express stipulation, to be held to alter a fact previously existing and tacitly recognized for centuries. As far as was known in Lisbon at the time of closing be mail, the municpal elections throughout Portugal bad be en conducted peaceably, and in general the members chosen were moderate Chartists favourable to the Government; in a few places the Septembrist influence has always prevailed, in others the Royalist, and it was in these that those Oppositionists had contested and carried the elections, whilst in other municipalities they abandoned the ballot and revived the usual questions of falsified registrations, undue official interference, &c. Our correspondent writes, " With reference to the election fur the capital, I can state from personal inspection at a great number of the parishes that the ballot appeared to be conducted in an orderly and legal manner. I, however, inva riably found that the voters did not amount to one. fourth of the names called over from the register; in a parish in the centre of Lisbon, there were only 80 votes out of SOO, and the entire number of votes tendered in 25 out of the 38 electoral assemblies was only 3,986 ; the returns from the other 13 have not yet been made, but personal observation convinces me they will only confirm still more the oft-asserted indifference of the people to the most important of constitutional forms. It is true that the election was deprived of the excitement of a contest, and thus it was that with a splendid clear sunshiny day, such as would be prized in England in the middle of summer, the streets of Lisbon presented yesterday no bustle beyond that usual on a holiday, and in fact, the greater part of those tempted abroad were more in• terested in the public gardens and exposition of national manufactures, which has made the great room at the arsenal a fashionable lounge." Bills upon London continued to be little sought for on the Lisbon exchange, and the rate for three months' paper comes quoted at 541; Paris, 520; Hamburgh, 50; Amsterdam, 43i- ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 54} to 55 ; Four per Cents., 44 to 46 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 60 to 50 milreis discount per share ; Bank of Oporto shares, 30 milreis premium per share. As usual, the aboxe :etas far stocks 'end shares are given in Lisbon Bank notes, which were at a discount of 19i per cent. The following ships of war were at anchor in the Tagus :—Her Majesty's steam-frigate La Hogue, Captain M‘Dougal, under quarantine until the 20th ; her Majesty's steam-corvette Encounter, Captain Gordon; and the Russian frigate Pallas. The Portuguese Government expected to arrange with the impracticable Lisbon Board of Health some reduction of the quarantine after the arrival of the mails sent from Southampton on the 17th inst.. The following is an extract from the letter of a Lisbon correspondent, respecting the commencement made towards a reform of the Portuguese Financial Administration : "Upon a report of M. Avila, a decree signed by all the Ministers bas been issued, to reform the or ganization of the finance department, by virtue of an authorization granted during the last session of the Cortes. "It is impossible to give in your columns more than the general features of the 61 articles of the de cree, and these I shall divide into two parts, with my reasons fur approving the one and condemning th e other, that your readers may form their own opinion of this step towards the financial reorganization of the country. "By this measure the Fieance•office is divided into general departments, viz., for direct contributions, Customhouse and indirect contributions, trea sury, and accounts ; each of these is to have a general director, and the four directors will form a consultative tribunal whenever required by the Fi nance Minister; but otherwise each wilibe sufficiently occupied in the direction of his own department, and its ramifications throughout the country. "The four counsellors who sat in the pomp and state of a tribunal of the Treasury, apparently for the purpose of wasting the time and patience of claimants and others having public accounts to settle, are now dispensed with, and the four general directors left un shackled to decide end dispatch the business of their respective departments ; and they will only recur to the Minister upon extraordinary occasions, whilst parties aggrieved by their acts will have a right of eppeal to him and to the Council of State. All this i s ati improvement, as also the steps taken to simplify ns of the fiscal departments in the wherepro vthireicoep.,era public will new be in direct contact tb with delegates of the ....-fasury, who in their turn give direction in Lisbon, direct accounts to the genes without the interference of the adm;:.istrative autho rities. "I believe that an active, intelligent, and persOve: - I lag minister of finance like M. Avila will make these reforms work well, save the time of the public, and give the minister a more immediate insight into and check upon the public moneys throughout the country. It is in these general features of this new organi zation of the financial system that I find much to ap prove, because the simplification of the business is attained with better checks upon peculations, and a declared reduction of the number of employes ; but I my objection is, that this reduction is left to the operation of time, and meanwhile those found to be unnecessary are allowed to retain their snug berths and perpetuate a system of general inattention to duties there are confessedly too many hands to perform. The public expenses of Portugal require great reduc tion, and this opportunity should have been availed of, the more so that it would have come with good grace on this occasion, as it would have included four councillors of the Treasury who have been Ministers of State, and are otherwise well provided for ; instead of this, they are added to the five coun cillors hitherto forming the tribunal of accounts, which after being ,increased to seven, still leave two without anything to do ; it were much better to pay these and other functionaries the bread of idleness than to keep their offices open in the budget of the finance department, and I am sorry to see M. Avila adopt this principle in his reforms, as it promh_es no good for the country, which is eaten up with unne cessary employis." Our accounts from Gibraltar and Tangier by this packet both confirm the report previously received of an amicable settlement of the dispute between France and Morocco. Accordingly the French Consul- General, M. de Chasteau, with the whole of the per , sons under his protection who had left the Moorish territory ! embarked on board the steam-frigate Pomone, and returned to Tangier on the Bth instant. M. Martino, the Neapolitan Consul-General, also re turned to Tangier, and the representatives of both Governments were successively saluted on their landing. The French flag was likewise saluted on its being hoisted over the residence of the French Chargé d'Affaires. N. de Chasteau su.. , sequently interceded with the Emperor in favour of one of the judges who had directed all gcod Mussulmens to fall upon and ill-treat the French subjects, and likewise in favour of the Moors who had executed his orders. At Gibraltar the exchange on London had slightly declined; the ]a=t quotations for bills oa London, at 90 days' date, were 49:1 to 49i; on Paris 51. 34c.; Marseilles, sf. 37c. ; Genoa, sf. 47c. At eight days' sight on Madrid, Cadiz, and Seville, par ; Malaga, premium ; Alicante, discount; Valencia and Bar celona, h discount; paper scarce on the four latter cities; Spanish pillared dollars, 4 per cent. premium. —Tunes. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Tine Indiaman Minerva, Captain Moir, from Madras, Calcutta, and the Cape, passed this port this morning, and sent in passengers and mails by a pilot. boat. The Minerva's news from the Cape is six days later than our last advices, viz., to the 28th of September, and, although of a gloomy character, is somewhat more promising than the former. The Governor, Sir 11, Smith, was at Cape-town. The excitement relative to the arrival of the convicts off the colony continued unabated. The Anti- Convict Association had addressed powerful appeals to the Go vernor to i n d uce h i m to take upon himself the r es p ons ibili ty of striding the convict ship and her freight - to Ascension, or any other place, but he steadily refused t o em b ro il hi msel f or his authority in the matter, and in a manifesto returned to the association a day or two prior to the sailing of the Minerva, Sir Harry expressed his deep sympathy wits the cause of the colonists, but objected to act without orders from the Home Government, and set forth the extreme danger of any interference with the destination of convicts, as a measure fraught with the most fatal consequences— as, in the event of their being legally transferred to any other port than to that one to which the consti tuted authority consigned them, they could rise and massacre the whole crew of the ship, and set them selves free, as a justifiable act under such circum stances. The colonists had prohibited supplies to the army, navy, and all Government establishments, and no sup plies accordingly were granted. The Governor was compelled, in this state of things, to make bread in his own house, a situation in which Commodore Wyvill was also placed. As such a state of siege cannot last long, we anxiously look for the next advices. Her Majesty's ships Castor and Geyser and the storeship Seriug,lpatam were in Simon's-bay. Her Majesty's ship Eurydice had sailed thence for Eng land, and the Orestes for the Mozambique. The Minerva encountered an awful gale off the Cape. CALIFORNIA AND THE BRAZILS. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 24.—Her Majesty's ship COD - stance, 50, Captain Courtenay, arrived this afternoon from Brazil, with four days' later news. She sailed from Mazatlan on the 26th of June; San Bias, sth of July ; Valparaiso, 28th of August ; passed Cape Horn the 14th of September; arrived at Rio de Ja neiro on the 7th of October; and sailed on the 13:h with a mail, the Express packet having sailed three days before her. Emigration on a large scale flowed to California from the United States, by way of Mazatlan and San Blas, during the Constance's stay on the coast of Mexico, and vessels under all flags were reaping rich harvests by passenger traffic thence to Sau Francisco, notwithstanding the enormous wages exacted by sea men, varying from 150 to 250 dollars a month. Many persons, however, were returning thence, particularly South Americans, broken down in health and fortune, for, although gold is still plentiful, it is only to be obtained by a vast amount of hard labour and priva tion, under which all but the strong and hardy even tually succumb. The Constance has brought a freight of about 2,000,000 dollars, partly in placer gold, which is probably the last freight of such an amount that will be sent from the west coast of Mexico by way of Cape Horn ; in future the remittances will go by steamers to Panama, and thence across the Isthmus. The Republic of Chili is prospering under a wise and pacific Government, and the town and port of Valparaiso improving in an extraordinary manner, under the able and energetic intendency of Admiral Bianco. The other republics are quiet, with the ex ception of Bolivia, which is constantly convulsed by revolutionary movements. Emigration to California by way of Cape Horn was greater than through Mexico. Ships were daily touching at Valparaiso for supplies, freighted with passengers of all descriptions, as well from Europe as from the United States. Rear-Admiral Reynolds arrived at Rio from the Cape of Good Hope on the 9th of October, and sailed on the 13th for the River Plate to take the command, and sent home Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert. Affairs in the River Plate remain in .statu quo, wait ing the return of a treaty sent to England for ac ceptance. THE HUNGARIAN AND ITALIAN QUESTION. It is not too much to say that the great meeting held in this town on Monday last was of national importance. The sentiments expressed on that occasion are, we believe, no less generally prevalent than genuinely English. The moral of the proceed ings was, that the people love peace much, but justice more. We do not undervalue the importance of the Ro man question ; and the elaborate, able, and eloquent speech of Mr. Larkin upon this subject will not soon be forgotten by those who heard it. He appeared to us, however, to deviate somewhat from the immediate question', and to address himself rather to what may be called the Liberal Catholic party in Europe than to the meeting actually before lihn. There was, in consequence, an unwillingness exhibited to hear him through, (especially as the hour was late), over which no powers inferior to his own could have achieved the triumph which he undoubtedly did achieve. But the interest of the meeting was in the more immediately pressing question respecting the Hun garian refugees, and the speech of Lord Dudley Stuart, who has won golden opinions among our townsmen, was the speech of the evening. Most sincerely do we trust that the confidence which he expressed that Kossuth and his companions will not be kept captive in Turkey may prove to be well founded. His language, in reference to this report, is undoubtedly most judicious, and the generous confidence which he has avowed he places in the Sultan, is more calculated to have the wholesome effect at Constantinop!e than if he had expressed suspicion. Still, it must not be forgotten that the report alluded to in the Memorial is, as Lord Dudley Stuart said, official from Vienna, and has, since Monday, been confirmed. It cannot, therefore, be disregarded, and we rejoice that there has been so marked an expres sion of public opinion, to the effect that such a solution of the extradition question, even though peaceful, will not be accepted as satisfactory. One thing we feel sure of, namely, that any de mands that may be made by the Russian and Austrian Governments will not be acceded to by the Sultan without previous communication with the Govern ment of this country. To them we confidently look, and especially to Lord Palmerston, to give their sanction to no arrangementithat shall in any way diminish the wholesome moral effect that will be produced in Europe by the relinquishment, on the part of Austria and Russia, of their infamous demand.—Newcastle Guardian. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—An occasion has led me to look over the " Navy Report," one of the Blue Blooks of last cession, and I am surprised, upon the high authority of m y Lords of the Admiralty, to find therein the phrase " fli;oek," having always clearly from the situation of the rope-ladder or shroud under the tcps " foot-hook" shr o ud s , i. e ., in a ship recognised it As where good hold must be taken with the "foot." I am, Sir, Sac., Q. [This is but one of the many corruptions, made either for brevity or from ignorance, not only in the navy but in every other department of the ordinary business of life.—En. Sun] LAUNCH OF AN EXTRAORDINARY PONTOON.—A pontoon, or floating landing stage, 400 feet long by 56 wide, and weighing 600 tons, has been constructed by Messrs. E. B. Wilson and Co., locomotive engine manu facturers, of this town, and is to be launched at Goole early nest month. This vast platform, which is twice the length of a ship of the line, will be launched broad side, and the launch is looked to with great interest by engineers, as no structure of equal dimensions has ever been launched in one piece. The pontoon is made of plate iron, except the deck, which is of wood : it is in tended for the pier at New Holland, on the Humber, opposite Hull, and is for the landing of passengers from the steamers, communicating with one of the Lincoln shire railways. The pontoon will rise and fall with the tide. Two covered ways, called girders, also made at the same works, of plate iron, and on the sam e princip l e as the new tubular bridges in Wales, 142 feet in length, will extend from the pontoon to the railway station on the pier, so as to enable passengers to go and luggage to be conveyed, under: cover, at all states of the tide, from the railway carriage to the steamer. Of course the inclination of the girders will vary with the height of the tide, as one end will be attached to the stone pier and the other to the floating pontoon.—Leeds Itfereiny. QUEER'S PRISON.—A saving of 130/. per annum has been effected in the charge for medical attendance in the Queen's prison. Mr. Morton, the late surgeon, had 2001. a year; and Mr. N-ooper, deputy-assistant, 801. per annum. The places have been consolidated, and Mr Hooper appointed at a salary of 1501. The Islington Cattle, Market (says a contemporary) is now most decidedly on the ascendant. Smithfield is nut only doomed ' but the removal of the great metropo litan cattle market to Islington will take place sooner than its warmest friends had ever anticipated. A wise book is a true friend ; its author a public benefactor.—Eliza Cook's Journal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON NOVEMBER MEETING. Nominations for the Stakes which closed on Thursday last:— Sweepstakes for two and three yra old.—Arent, 2 yrs (to be sold for 301.)—B f, by Don John, out of Sister to Ainderby, 2 yrs (500—SecoLdhand, 2 yrs (300-- Rochester, 3 yrs (300—Captain Parry, 3. yrs (300— Alosz 2 yra (50/.)—Emma, 2 yrs (204, )—Countess, 2 yrs ( 30 /.)—Pansey, 2 yrs (300—Syrup, 3 yrs (300---- St. Levis, 3 yrs ( 30 0—Clothworker, 3 yrs (300— Young England, 2 yrs (701.)—Carbuncle, 3 yrs (000-- Sisymachus, 3 yrs (300—The Peasant Girl, 3 yrs. Entry for the Hunt Cup.—Miss Burns, Sobriety, Outcast, Kilkenny, Merriman, Lansquenet, The Prophet, The Ace of Trumps, Gazelle, The Agent, The Mangler. LATEST BETTING ON THE GRAND OPEN CE ASE. 7 to 1 agst Vein Hope (0-7 to 1 agst Petcr Simple (0-7 to 1 rgst British Youman-8 to I agst Chandler —9 to 1 agst Rattrap-10 to 1 agst Maria Day (0-10 to 1 agst Knight of Gwynne-11 to 1 agst Agitation -12 to 1 agst The Doctor-15 to 1 agst Venom (t). HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Cheltenham stag lids., Sat., Churchill's Farm. Norfolk stag lids., Thus , Mr. Gowen's. Albrighton hds., Tues., Hunnington; Thurs., Bel broughton; Sat., Wassail Top-10i. South Berlcshire lids,, Tues., btaaford-street; Fri., Streatley. Sir John Ct , pe's lids., Wed., Rye Common; Fri., White Waltham-10i. Craven hds., Wed., Brimslade; Fri., Alborne Chase; Sat., A theridge— Oi. hds., Wed., Hill Place; Fri., Upham. Haydon hds., Wed., Kenneli; Sty., Kings woad Col. Wyndharn's Lids., Wed., Fitzhall; Fri., Stoke House-11 1 4. Hambledon Hunt hch , ., Tues., Hinton Howe; Thurs., Herriard Park; Sat., Medstpnd Green -10. Mr. Lushingtou's lids., Tuts., Hollingbourne House; Fri., Gore Court-11. New Forest hds., Tues., Denny Lodge; Thurs. Bowlesbury Farm ; S a t., th e Ri s i ng Sun, Wootton-10i., Sir Henry Seale's hds., Wed., Morley Tollbar; Sat., Torbrian. Vine 'lda., Thurs., Asho Warren Farm; Sat., Ew hurst-11. South Wilts hdF., Wcd., Bathamrfrn; Fri., Jervois Farm-11. Mr. Deacon's harra., Wed., Shaugh Village; Sat., Sheepster Bridge -10. Lord Lonsdale's harrs., Tues., Drayton Mead; Sat., Wendover-12. OLYMPIC THEATRE. On the 29th of March the Olympic Theatre, which was erected by old Philip Astley, and which obtained some celebrity from the fact of George the Third having contributed the principal portion of the timber used in the building, was entirely consumed by fire. A comparatively short period has elapsed since the work of re-erection commenced. Already the new theatre presents the appearance of being all but com pleted. The frontage of the house is plain and simple, the entrance to the pit and boxes being, as before, in Wych - strcet. The lumbering portico, which formed part of the old theatre is not to be re stored ; but in lieu a light awning carried sufficiently forward is to be erected. The entrance to the gallery is to be from the passage fronting Newcastle-street, and a roomy and handsome stone staircase has been erected, ensuring at the same time perfect safety and convenience. The entrance to the boxes is by a flight of steps of Portland stone, vs 13!ch leads to a small but neat saloon. On entering the theatre the beauty and proportions of the interior contrast strikingly with the plainness and simplicity of the exterior. The stage occupies about as much space as it did in the old house. The audience part of the theatre is of the horseshoe shape, decidedly the shape best of all adapted for the comfort and enjoyment of the audience. From every part of the boxes, pit, and gallery, a complete view of the stage will be obtained, and so perfect is the arrangement, that from the ex tremest bench in the gallery the spectators' vision can take in the farthest end of the stage at the height of at least ten or twelve feet. The boxes and gallery are supported by needed_ columns of cast iron, of a light and airy appearance, and so constructed that they cannot in the least impede the view. The seats in the tier of boxes are to be supplied with arms, and to he cushioned, and the seats in the range of stalls in front of the pit are to be similarly furnished. The private boxes are twelve in number, six upon each side of the house. The pit, it is calculated, will hold about 700 persons, and the gallery about 800. Escape passages have been provided in case of fire, the passage from the gallery leading into %Vych-street, and that from the pit leading to Newcastle -street. The deco rations are to be in the Arabesque style. A consider able portion is already completed—the proscenium, the pilasters on each side of the proscenium, and the ceiling. The latter is divided into four compart ments, representing the seasons, and underneath is a sunk pannel, having the signs of the quarter cor responding with each season. On the proscenium is a representation of the Muses, painted in Chiaro scuro, and on the pilasters, on each side of the pro scenium, are exhibited the crests of the proprietor of the theatre, and of the landed proprietor—Lord Craven. The front of the tier of boxes is also to be in the Arabesque style, corresponding with the other ( decorations. It will be divided into pannels, on each of which is to be a cameo, and every pannel is to be of a varied character. It should be mentioned that the comforts of the performers have not been over looked, in the providing of numerous dressing-rooms. The ventilation of the house has also been attended to. On Thursday the Government referees paid a visit to the theatre, and expressed themselves to be entirely satisfied with the work and the arrangements. The audience part of the house is to be lighted by means of an immense glass chandelier, weighing nearly three-quarters of a ton. It is intended to open the house for performance on "Boxing Night." Mr. Watts is the lessee of the new house. The taste and judgment exhibited by that gentleman during his management of the Marylebone Theatre may warrant :he anticipation that a liberal and judicious course will be pursued in the direction of this house. FIRE AT NOTTING-HILL. On Saturday morning, at an early hour, a mounted express arrived at the London engine stations with intelligence of a fire having broken out in Union terrace, .Notting.hill, near Shepherd's Bush. Four of the London Brigade engines, with that belonging to the West of England Insurance Company, imme diately started for the place, with strong detachments of firemen. It was then found that the disaster had occurred in one of the newly-erected and lofty houses, No. 6 on the before-mentioned terrace, and that every part of the property was wrapped in a general blaze. On one side of the premises on fire were the spacious warehouses and stores belonging to Mr. Wotton, tea dealer and Italian warehouseman, and on the oth er side were the premises of M r . iill, dairyman, and Mr. Hume, stationer. The moment the engines from town arrived they were set to work from an abundant supply of water, and the hoses from several engines were conveyed upon the roofs of the adjoining houses, by which means the firemen were enabled to prevent the corn- stores at the back of Mr. Hill's premises from taking fire. They, however, were unable to get the fire entirely extinguished until upwards of three hours had elapsed. Respecting the origin of this dis astrous event nothing certain is known. It appears that police-constable Threadbold, No. 66 of the T division, whilst passing the house, perceived smoke pouring forth from the front shutters, which at once satisfied him that a fire was on the eve of bursting forth ; he therefore sprang his rattle, and, after some time, succeeded in making the numerous inmates sensible of the great danger to which they were exposed. By the time he had done so the whole of the shop presented one immense sheet of flame. Several women having made their appearance in their night clothes, the police and neighbours carried them across the road, and they were safely housed in the opposite tavern. These persons had scarcely left the premises, when a loud and fearful noise was heard in the shop, similar to the discharge of a heavy piece of cannon. This, it is believed, was caused by the bursting of the gas meter, for in an instant afterwards nearly a dozen rooms in the place became ignited as if by magic, and when the roof fell in the flames mounted terrifically into the air, illuminating the entire dis trict. The following is the official report :—" No. 6, Union-terrace, Mr. Muggeridge, perfumer, &c., stock in trade, furniture, and building destroyed, insured for contents in the Sun Fire-office; ditto, Mr. Lindell, (private), burnt out, insured in the Atlas Fire-office; ditto, Mr. Applegarth (private), furniture, &c., en tirely destroyed; insurance not known. No. 5, Mr. Hill, corndealer, building d amage d furniture ee ' very much inj ure d b y water by Union- fire t and n r d r a and hasty removal; ditto, Mr. Clements (private), considerable damage by removal ; insured in the County Fire-office. No. 4 ,Union-terrace, Mr. Hume, stationer, stock-in-trade, &c., very much injured by hasty removal; insured in the Sun Fire-office. No. 3, Mr. Robinson, fishmonger, furniture, &c., very much damaged by remova l ; no t insured. o. 6, Union-terrace, Mr. G. C. Wotton, teadealer and Italian warehouseman, stock-in-trade greatly damaged by hasty removal, &c. ; not insured. The whole of the destroyed premises were insured in the London Eire-office." It is feared that the loss caused by the removal of furniture, &c., will be as great as that occasioned by the action of the fire. CONSULAR APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. John Beecroft has been appointed her Britannic Majesty's Consul for the Bights of Benin and Biafra, on the coast of Africa. Mr. George Charles Miller, who . has been for some time acting as British Consul at Otaheite, has been confirmed. THE GOLDEN LECTURESRIP.--In addition to the candidates already announced, the Rev. W. J. Irons, 8.D., Vicar of Brompton, is in the field. The Rev. Gentleman is favourably known as having stood forward io defence of the Church ca frequent occasions. lie is also author of the answer to Mr. Newman's " Theory of Developement," which Dr. Wordsworth has pro nounced to be the best. The election will take place on the Ist of December next. 5