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ati ONDON JOURNEYMEN'S TRADES' HALL. A SPECIAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in the above Undertaking wilt be held on MONDAY, Dec. 12, 1842, at the Hall of Science, City-road, to take into conside ration the present state of their affairs. The Chair will be taken at Half-past Seven Precisely. JAS. BURTON, Jun., Hon. Gen. Sec. Trades' Hall-office, 16, Old Bailey, Nor. 1842. DIVIDENDS, NEXT T lO a nd N of GUARANTEEDYE by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9 O . £ lOO , £llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £4OO, £6OO, £BOO, £l,OOO, £1,500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together to £72,170 sterling.. Direct fbr PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, 0r,,t0 HELNE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 3, Will be repeated a Comic Opera, called THE SECRET MAR RIAGE. Being an English version of Cimarosa's "II Ma trimonio Segreto." The Character of Carolina, by Miss Adelaide Kemble ; Fidalma, Mrs. Alfred Shaw ; Elisetta, Miss Painforth ; Signor Geronimo, Mr. Giubilei ; Count Montoni, Mr. Leffler ; Paolino, Mr. W. Han ison. To conclude with Anber's Opera of Pal A SANIEL LO ; or, THE DUMB GIRL OF PO RTICI. Masaniello, Mr. W. Harrison ; • Alphonto, Mr. Travers ; Elvira, Miss Poole ; Fenefla, Miss Ballin. Doors open at - Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes is., .Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2a. ; Gallery ls. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low. at the Box-ollice, from TM till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An drew:, 167, New Bond , :troet Mr. Mitchell , Old Bo:A-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, DEC. 3, After whi , h a New Drama, in Two Acts, called GRAND FATHER. WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren; Drayton, (a Builder), Mr. Tilbury ; Langley, (a Retired Trader), Mr. Stuart ; Driver, (a Lawyer), Mr. Striekland ; Bob Lincoln, (his Clerk), Mr. Webster; Snap, Mr. Clark ; Edward Drayton (Drayton's Son), Master George Webster ; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. y Edwin Yarnold ; Susan, (Servant to Langley), Sirs. Stanley. After which, (never acted), a new petite Comedy in One Act, called THE DOWAGER. Laid Alfred Lynd.ay, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Dowager Countess of Tresilian, Madame Vestris. To4wliieli will be added, Mr. Charles Mathews' Barletta of . PATTER versus CLATTER. captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To ioncliide with Mr. Buckstone's last New Farce, called A KISS - IN THE DARK. Mr. Selim Pettibone, Mr. Bankston° ; Frank Fathom, Mr. Howe; Marv, Miss Mattley; The Unknown Female, Miss Connor; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. cliford. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 3, Will be repeated a New Drama,. in Two Acts, called YOU KNOW „WHAT. The principal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. W t right, Mr. Maynard, 111i , s Taweit, and Miss Murray. After which, a rs ew Comic Burletta, called AN FON Y and CLEIOPATRA... Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. To be followed by a- - Grand- Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALNIA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wiclaxid, Frampton, Mrs. 11. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giuiilei. To 'conclude with THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin.. eipal Character's by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright; Sterling, \Vilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Fancit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last. Seven Nights of Air. T. I'. Cooke's Engagement, and Einal Arrangement of his Performing. THIS tNENING, DEC. 3, _ _ _ Mr. T. P. Cooke will appear in the New Nautical Drama, en titled THE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the SETTLER'S DAUGHTER. Marc, Mrs. R. Honner. After which, ROBERT MACAIRE. Robert Macaire, Mr. T.' P. Cooke. To conclude with CRAMOND BRIG; or, THE GUDE MAN'OF BALL N GEICH. James, King of Scotland, Mr. J. Webster; Jobk Howieson, Mr. Neville; Tam Maxwell, Mr. Green ; Tibbie Howieson, Mrs. W. Daly ; Marian Howieson, Miss E. Terrey ; Maggie, Miss Neville. Placm.and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-•office, from eleven to four. MAP OF CHINA. .70W READY, A NEW CHINA SUN, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CHOW-FOO, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE ; TOGETHER WITH ALL THE GLORIOUS AND IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE 1., - k.TEWAR IN THAT COUNTRY. Ordere at the SUN- OFFIC E, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Vorning...... 13 minutes after 2 Evening —.. 36 minutes after 2. 4 • rid_ ' , ROI • , Cbt LONDON : SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 3, 1842. The Meeting of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn law League on Thursday evening was extremely numerous. The Theatre of the Mechanics'. In stitution, which will hold more than 1,100 per sons, • was crammed, and great numbers went away, unable to get admission. We can affirm from personal observation, that the great majo rity of Ake ,persons present were enthusiastic against the Corn-laws, and received the strongest parts. (t the several excellent speeches which were delivered, with the greatest applause. In deed the minority, which attempted to thwart the object, of the meeting, was so small, that to have heard its organs, could ;lot possibly have long interrupted the business, and would have made a better appearance in the published reports. We have too great a reverence for the hal lowed principles involved in Corn-law repeal not to express, w h a t ever p a i n it may cost US, the deep regret we felt at being convinced that they were sullied on that occasion by unne cessary violence used towards those who took a lifferent. view. The columns of the Herald and ether monopolist journals prove that it has given ',hem a handle to abuse , those who seek the re 'real of the Corn-laws. " Anti-Corn-law Ruf ianism" is the heading of a long article inserted , esterday in that journal, and though our Con emporary haS grossly disfigured and exagger ted the scene, all who love the cause must re let that the opportunity was afforded him. Mr. vVARBURTON very properly put Mr. BLACKMORE own, when he attempted to speak before the esolution was - put, but after it was put he uthorised Mr. BLACKMORE to speak. Far, Owever, from supporting its own Chair lan, the meeting would not hear Mr. ;I.AC.Ii.«IORE, and when another person as mded the platform to speak to order, treated hem both with considerable personal violence. fr. WARBURTON, we thought, was wanting to' is own dignity, and wanting ill proper respect ) the cause, as were the gentlemen around him, iat he and they did not prevent that violence nmediately under their noses ; and being unable • prevent it, that he did not leave the chair and ley did not leave the meeting. It would have 'ten time enough to have sanctioned or allowed olence after granting a hearing to Mr. BLACK 'ORE. But he was not heard; he was clamoured before he could make himself heard, and e was removed from the platform by force. hat is as bad conduct, we take leave to say, a s tat fur which the Chartists have been so se !rely condemned, in interrupting public meet in this case, it was unfortunate too; for i t ill offend a very numerous class whom the ora-law repealers desire to propitiate. No per al will suspect us of any luke warmness in this -eat cause, but earnestly desiring to see it iumph, by its moderation as well as justice, we el bound to express our disapprobation of the )nduet p'trsued by the meeting on Thursday ;ening towards Mr. BLACKMORE, who had rc ,ived the permission of the Chairman to address to meeting. Having expressed this opinion, it gives us un igned pleasure to add that the speeches deli particularly those of Mr. VILLIERS and llonel THOMPSON, and Mr. Witsom, *ere ex Heat. In the great free-trade questioni-vvhieh now agitating the country, : anti-ydzoi,w-614. leave to say spreads much further than Corn laws—though they being the most prominent ;the most cruel, and the most mischievons, are: very properly first assailed—such men show them selves worthy to be the .leaders of the people. They are patient, candid, firm, and bold. They flinch not from an honest expression of opinion, and flinch not from placing themselves in the tront, where it is said they may be exposed to danger. They lend words to public opinion. They embody in their own eloquent and forcible lan truage the sentiments of millions, and so they are the heads and the leaders of the mil lions. And when the millions have made, as they assuredly will make, the policy of free trade triumphant, let not the Whigs suppose, who seem now advisedly, we regret to say, to stand aloof from the great move ment, that they are to reap the honours and the rewards. The millions—the free traders—will require to be represented in the Cabinet and in the Councils of the State by such men as Mr. VILLIERS, Mr.COBDEN, Mr. M. GIBSON, and COI. THOMPSON, who now fight their battles and lend a tongue to their wants. They will net again endure to see their friends excluded from office to place in the Cabinet a rhetorician who takes no interest in their affairs, and prefers spreading through the land false notions of ancient manners disguised in rhyme to advo cluiiiz their cause in public. They, we are sure, will gratefully reward those who fight their bat tles, and be on their guard against the sutlers of political. warfare, who lie quietly by in the rear looking out for the spoils. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, we under stand, deputed a reporter to attend the meeting of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law League, held on Thurs day night, at the Mechanics' Institution, in order that • the Society may be accurately informed of what oc curred. No doubt it will be greatly interested by the sums subscribed, and by the statements made by Mr. Wilson, confirming so many other similar statements, all tending to show that the falling off in the consumption of the t)wns' people is the principal source of the fall. in the price of agricultural produce. At length the landowners are awakening to a due sense of their own interest, and are finding out that there is no stimulant to agricultural improvement, and no reward for agricultural productions, at all to be compared.to thriving consumers. At length after en countering more obloquy, and gathering on them selves, mere contempt than is borne by any class of men in the country, these sapient gentlemen have ac tually discovered that they have been labouring to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs. If they have not succeeded, it is because there is a vitality in hu man property which even landlords cannot kill. A HINT TO TILE-MAKERS.—The landed interest is just now bent on making England more fertile than Sicily, by underdraining every clay field. At the same time the diffusion of knowledge amongst agri• culturists, and the progress of improvement, is ex tremely slow. " Two years ago," says Mr. Pusey, "the agriculturists discovered that while4os.,sos., and even 60s. per thousand, were paid for tiles in the south of England, Mr. Burt, of Godmanchester, five years before, had invented a simple machine, by which he had reduced the price of tiles from forty shillings to twenty-two shillinw, throughout Huntingdon shire." Five years to spread amongst them such useful knowledge ! " The price of tiles," adds -Mr. Pusey, "depends on that of coals," and then follows an eulogium on Lord Tweeddale's ingenious machine for making draining tiles. Now, as building seems nearly arrested in the manufacturing districts, and as they abound with ingenious workmen, we would suggest to the tile makers, those who have works in the neighboufhood of coals, that they turn their at tention to making draining tiles by machinery at a cheap rate for the use of the landlords in all parts of the kingdom. It will probably be cheaper to convey the article when manufactured to where it is wanted, than to convey the coals to burn tiles. At any rate as the demand for such tiles, from the sudden light which has broken on the landowners, and the sudden necessity for exertion they have discovered, seems likely to be very great; if tiles be made on a large scale it will most probably be a profitable speculation, and a great advantage to those landlords who are desirous to drain their land. The manufacturers should encourage the landowners by lending them all possible skill to carry out improve ment. If, as Mr. Pusey says, an increase of five or six bushels of wheat per acre were to result from the use of tiles manufactured on a factory principle, it might puzzle the Post (no difficult matter) to tell how much of the increase was the result of manu facturing and how much of agricultural labour. FINE ARTS. We have just been favoured with a sight of some specimens of a new experiment in en graving, which is entitled the "Chronographic Process," and consists in printing on one piece of paper, or any suitable material, a succession of impressions from steel or copper-plates, giving fac-similes of drawings in chalk or colour, and offering them at a cheaper price, and of superior quality to any other modes of engraving now in, use. The artist's method of proceeding is by ar ranging the light and shade of the drawing on one plate, and the colours on the other (some times from two to four plates may be requisite), which, when charged with the proper tints, are passed successively through the copper-plate press, and the work is completed. The imita tions in chalk produced by this process are of first-rate excellence, and we have now lying before us the portrait of a little boy, apparently about five years of age, the colouring of which is managed with such extraordinary skill and ingenuity, that we defy the •most experienced connoisseur to distinguish it from the real chalk tint. A picture of a race horse with a jockey, in full professional trim, mounted on his back exhibits nut less merit. The colours lightly thrown in, in the first plate, are carefully finished off iu the second; and on comparing it with some of the cleverest litho. graphic racing sketches lately produced in Paris, we find that its effects are much more striking, the shades deeper, the lights brighter —as in the case of the horse's eye, which is full of brilliant animation—and the impression cleaner, more distinct, and with more of decided character about it. A view of the Interior of a Cathedral is equally remarkable, fbr the neat ness and general felicity of the execution. This, also, has been perfected in two plates, the first of which gives the bare outline of the view, and the second shows it in its complete state. The various groupes in this engraving display infinite ease and grace; and the imitation of lithograph is as close as it is possible to be. From the in genuity" C rth hro at tr i i t o i g s r l a i p k h el i y c and eleganceloNe f 7 t .it h u e u u w s e e a u t i n id o e n : Process" of engraving ere lonn• to come into very general artists. ° The gentleman to whom we are i ndebted is Mr. Henry Griffiths who, for it, stand, has taken out a patent for it. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester on 'Thursday morn ing at Gloucester House, previous to his Royal High. ness leaving town. - Mr. Colquhoun had an interview with the Chancel lor of the Exchequer in Downing-street yesterday. The Turkish Ambassador transacted business at the Foreign-office on Thursday. Sir Henry Macleod had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Lord Lowther, Postmaster-General, and Colonel Maberly, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an inter view yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Earl and Countess of Ripon left their resi dence at Putney on Thursday, for Leamington. The Earl of Aberdeen had an interview with Sir R. Peel yesterday. THE COURT. WALmER,FRIDAIN—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 SQ.. journ at Walmer Castle; and, with the exception of'a slight cold, occasioned by walking out during the late boisterous weather, is enjoying excellent health. '' It is but due to the good sense of the inhabitants or 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 1 001. be transmitted to the Mayor of Deal, to be distribut e d among the charities Of that town, in such proportions ns the Mayor, with of the Rector, may consider their respective f un d s to require. tile alvice . . The following average prices of Brown or Musco does British Sugars, exclusive of duty, were pub lished in the Gazette of last night : West India 345. 9d. per cwt. East India 33 6i Mauritius 32 9f The average price of the three kinds, taken jointly, is 345. 0:1d. per cwt. The actual weights of sugar sold on account of the importers, in the week ending the 29th Nov., accord ing to the returns made upon oath by the sugar bro kers, in compliance with the Act of Parliament, and on which weights the above prices are computed, con sisted of 14,394 cwt. West India, 3,828 cwt. East India, and 6,082 cwt. of Mauritius. About 1,200 cwt. of very dark unsound sugars have been sold in the same week at from 20s. 6d. to 21s. per cwt. ; these havir ° s been classed in the returns as East India unfairly depresses the average price of that kind of sugar, as well as the total average. Refined sugar, equal in quality to double refined manufactured in London from foreign Muscovadoes, may be bought to be put, free of all charge, on board a British ship at 265. per cwt., being less per cwt. for refined white sugar than the average quality of West Indian raw sugar, by 83.9 d. The total sales of British sugars for the week in Mincing-lane, were. 24,304 cwt. ; assuming that the sales at the outports, added together, are to the same extent as the weight sold in the London market, the consumers bought 48,600 cwt. of sugar, at 345. per cwt., amounting, in round numbers, to 82,6201. sterling. They might have bought 48,600 cwt. of foreign sugar, just as good, at 18s. 6d., amounting to 44,950/., exhibiting a difference of 37,6701., being the excess of price paid for British sugars, which, added to 236,565/., the fruits of protection for the four previous weeks (see Sun, 26th November), gives 274,234/., the value of the sugar monopoly to the sugar producer's, and the cost thereof to the public for five consecutive weeks. Should Sir Robert Peel be disposed to render tardy justice to the people of .this country by proposing a measure to the Reuse of Commons for the extinction of the monopolies which have for so many years pil laged the people, through the excessive price exacted for Colonial produce, which, but for these monopolies, could not have occurred, he may rely on one certainty, that of having arrayed against his scheme the whole weight and influence of the West India body ; these ! gentry will be in active force, they will revive the (old cant of having been deprived of their slaves by the humane determination of the mother country to abate that disgraceful nuisance, protestations loud and long will be re-urged against the sinfulness ofpermitting slave-raised produce to come into competition with theirs in the British markets, they will harp upon this point with all the ingenuity and cunning they possess, a line of argument which has heretofore succeeded in securing for them at the national cost, cent. per cent. prices over and above the prices of their foreign rival sugar producers, but not a word will they utter about the liberal compensation made them at the time of emancipation in the shape of twenty millions of hard money, and since that event, in the shape of forty millions more paid them in ex cessive price for their sugar, coffee, rum, &c. ; upon these enormous gains- they will maintain a profound silence; their recollections upon these important points will be refreshed, however, by some intelligent Mem ber of the House, who, probably, in addition to re minding them of the sixty millions, may tell them that their selfish clamour does not arise from any humane wish on their parts to mitigate the horrors of slavery, but that it has its origin in their avaricious desire to be allowed to continue their hands in the pockets of the community without molestation for a few years longer. No circumstance can better display the absence of sincerity in the West Indians than their sayings and doings—when Lord John Russell, the session before last, proposed a reduction in the duties on foreign sugars at the very moment they were, with dismal countenances, opposing the measure, on the ground that increased consumption afforded lucrative encouragement to the slave trade ; they were cognizant of the fact that their dependents in the colonies had been, for a length of time, and were even then, consumers of large quanti ties of the objectionable sugar ; they knew full well that their dependents imported, for domestic use, fine lump sugar at 265. per cwt., and ordinary brown sugar at 15s. per cwt., both sorts manufactured from slave-raised muscovadoes, and yet they had the hardihood to pretend before the House that they entertained feelings of alarm lest the industrious poor of the mother country, doing as it' was notorious their white and black labourers in the, West Indies were doing, should augment the miseries of slavery. For example the inhabitants of some of the West India colonies were and are importing with one hand fine sugars at 265. per cwt., made from the produce of the Brazils and Havanna, while, with the other, they are exporting their own wretchedly manufactured stuff, and obtaining for it here, through the mischievous operation of the sugar monopoly law, 345. 9d. per cwt. So much, then, for West India sincerity, when the parties fancy their interests ore threatened. Who, after learning this fact, which admits of easy proof, can put anyfaith inWest Indian representations ? -- , ' . .. :'. . - : . Want of space det:,:s : us frott submitting, some re marks for the consideration of that numerous and in fluential party who are sincerely anxious to suppress the slave-trade and slavery ; we will, therefore, now merely remind that party that to this moment the means employed have not accomplished the ends de sired. They have unsuccessfully tried the effect of treaties ; they have endeavoured in vain to persuade the United States to co-operate with them; they have the mortification toperceive that France, tired of their alliance, urges her Government to withdraw from engagements formed in 1831 and 1833 ; they have witnessed the disastrous results of the expedition to the Niger, they have the fate of the model farm before their eyes, from which so much good was expected. :They have experienced that the privileges, bounties, and monopolies heaped unsparingly on British colonial produce, for the purpose of keeping the plantations in a productive state in order that slave-holding countries might thereby be tempted to follow the bright example set by Great Britain, have signally failed in their intended object. The planta tions are badly cultivated, so that the monopolies, &c. conferred, have done little more than pillage the con sumers ot . the protected produce of about forty millions sterling since the year of eman cipation. In the mean time it is notorious that the slave trade progresses with unabated ardour and with more cruelty towards its wretched victims than here tofore, inflicted in order that the slave ships may es cape the vigilance of the British cruisers placed to intercept them. In this state of affairs we shall en deavour next week to show that free labour sugar brought into active competition against slave raised, in markets where the producers of the former feel as sured of liberal and honest treatment, will do more towards effecting the rapid extinction of slavery than any plan yet conceived and practised. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. The fifth contract for erecting this national and truly magnificent work, has just been entered into, and Messrs. Grissell and Peto are again the success ful competitors. This contract, or portion of the work, is by far the most important that has yet taken place, embracing as it. does the Victoria Tower, the Royal Gallery, the Houses of Lords and Commons, with other important and necessary adjuncts thereto. By the courtesy of Mr. Barry, the architect, the fol lowing particulars have been obtained : The Victoria Tower, or Royal entrance, necessarily occupies the first position in the arrangement, whether as regards the order of description or the magnitude of its structure, which, perhaps, will be one of the richest thi and sa m n ost gigantic specimens of Gothic archi • tecture that thi s or any ot h er country can b oast. Be neathtower areatll e of royal a f e l eet square, n t r a nce intowil will whichheformtehde, presentingßoyal and o th er S tate carriages will be enabled to drive with the most perfect case, turn round the foot of the R o y a l sta i rcase, and depart at an en trance on the south side. The upper stories of the tower will be used as secure depositories for public records and State documents. The external square of the tower will be 78 feet at the principal floor level, from which point it will be ornamented with the richest specimens of Gothic sculpture, to the height of 240 feet, reaching to the base of the four crowned tur rets by which it will be surmounted. The entire height, from the bottom of the tower to the top of the turrets, will be 300 feet. It is believed that the ceremony of laying the first stone, the foundations having been completed, will take place in the course of the ensuing week, and that ' the first stone of the Victoria Tower, so designated in honour of her Most Gracious Majesty, will be selected for that important event. The Royal entrance hall or vestibule is the next ob ject of interest included in the present contract, and will be approached from the right-hand side of the tower, leading from the principal staircase to the royal gallery. For the Royal gallery, the next in order, no pains have been spared on the designs to render this portion of the edifice of surpassing richness and magnificence. The upper part of the walls will be of the most elabo rately-sculptured designs of Gothic ornaments, while the lower portion of the walls is divided into compart ments intended for the reception of the most exquisite subjects in fresco painting, several specimens of which were placed in the exhibition of the Royal Academy during the past season, and excited general admiration. The Royal robing-room will be next approached from the Royal gallery, and will strictly harmonise with the fittings and ornaments of the latter. It will be a most splendid apartment, 40 feet in length and L 3O O feet rd s, withn width, idt entrancesh , i m m e f d or i a t t e h l e y adjoining n the House on each side of the throne. The Dis.hops' robing-room, a large apartment on. From the House of Lcrds a spacious lobby raid corridor will lead directly to the great centre hall, immediately under the centre tower. This hall will he a large apartment, of a circular form, and 60 feet in diameter, and the principal public approach to the Committee-rooms from it will be by a broad flight of steps to a large waiting-room on the first floor, from which there will he a direct and immediate access to the Committee-rooms of each House, and to the officers Connected with them. When the Houses commence their sittings, and the daily business is at an end, the public may retire either by the principal staircase or by that which will lead to Westminster-hall. The central tower will rise in an octangular form, and will be 270 feet in height. From the central hall, proceeding northward, will be the Commons' earidor and. lobby, leading to the House of Commons, with the residence of - officers in that division on the east side of New Palace-yard. Attached to each House of Parliament 41 be re freihnient rooms and offices, and the approaches for the Sovereign, the Members of both Houses, and thb public ; the clerks' and other offices are so arranged as to be wholly independent of each other, with the means of making .them entirely or partially in com munication. The Members and officer 3 attending Committees, it is arranged, may go and return by private stair cases communicating with their respective Houses and offices. The whole of the official residences will have sepa rate external entrances and staircases ; the principal floor of that for the Speaker will be expressly devoted for State levees or Parliamentary dinners, and will be fitted up on a scale of great splendour. The libraries and Committee-rooms of each House are placed towards the river, for the convenience of light and freedom from noise and disturbance, and the former are so arranged on. the principal floor as to be en suite, with the power of extending them at pleasure, by including the adjoining Committee rooms. The ancient chapel of St. Stephen, the crypt, and cloisters are preserved ;. over the crypt the spacious apartment will form the inner vestibule to the Houses of Parliament, to be called St. Stephen's Hall. This hall will be fitted up in the same style of ornament as the Royal gallery and the corridors, with the in troduction of choice subjects in fresco painting. Anotherhnportant feature will also be found in the construction of the two Houses for the purposes of a complete and thorough ventilation. This department has been placed under the direction and able super intendence of Dr. Reid, who, after a variety of trials of different plans and experiments, has adopted a mode of ventilation by which not only the Houses of Parliament, but every apartment and office connected therewith may be regulated at pleasure. It is pro posed that the three great towers shall be made avail-' able for this purpose, and from a certain height that the masonry of them shall be hollow, and pierced in several places for the reception and egress of air. According to the state of the wind air might be received from the Victoria, or clock towers, which will occupy the northern and southern extremities. The form of the Victoria tower has been already de scribed ; the clock tower will also be of the square form, finishing spirally, and of the height of 270 feet. The air thus obtained will be forced by machinery through the vaults under the body of the whole edi fice, from thence -it will be discharged by means of chambers to the body of both Muses, extending to the Royal gallery and the main and entire portions of the buildings. After passing through the various `aPart rnents, the air will be received by means of perforated ceilings into chambers to be fitted above the roofs, and will be carried off up the central tower. The works that are already in progress on the eastern or river front are in a great state of forward ness, and Will, when completed, extend to 870 feet in principal one, the L or d s ' an d Com length. The ground floor embraces rep os it or i es an d offices, and the mons' libraries committee-rooms, the conference-hall, and public and private corridors, The south front will be 340 feet long, that portion next the river being appropriated as the residence of Sir. Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod. The opposite front, on the northern wing, will comprise the residence of the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Sergeant-at- Arins, and other officers. The external works of the first and principal stories on the river front, including the Lords' and Com mons' river entrances, are nearly completed, and the decorations are of the most extensive character. The northern and southern fronts are ornamented by elaborately-sculptured niches, in which are placed who reigned in England priorstatues to o t f h t e h c e o N n . o e u s t s . ngs Along the whole eastern front, immediately under the principal floor windows, is an ornamental band, on which is displayed, in strong relief, in old English characters, the name of every Sovereign who has reigned in England since the Conqueror, commencing in chronological order with William the Conqueror, and terminating with that of William the Fourth, and above each are the Royal arms of England richly sculptured. ATTEMPT TO UPSET A RAIL WAY TRAIN. On Tuesday evening last a most atrocious attempt was made to throw the London mail train off the Birkenhead and Chester Railway ; and it might have been attended with the most disastrous consequences to human life, had not the machinations of the party been happily frustrated. The train left Birkenhead on the evening in question as usual, a few minutes before seven o'clock, to proceed on to Crewe, where it joins the Grand Junction London train, which ar rives in London about five o'clock in the morning. On the train reaching Heath Lower Bridge, near the Sutton station, about half way between Birkenhead .and Chester, a fearful concussion took place, and the cause of it being examined, there was found a large beam of wood called a sleeper, about nine feet long, which had been placed in the ground at an angle of 45 degrees, so as to cause the opposite end of it to come in contact with the engine ; and it had actually penetrated the engine, bid most fortunately not the boiler, or it must have burst. As it happened, however, the injury to the train was not so exten sive as to prevent it passing on to its .destination. Near the spot were the footmarks of a person, and these were traced a short distance along the line, up the embankment, and near to the cottage of a labour ing man, named John Morton. In consequence of this he was taken into custody, and the boots he had on exactly fitted the marks above-mentioned-one of them having a curious shaped patch on the sole. On Wednesday, Morton was brought before J. H. Harden, Esq., a Magistrate of the county, at the Town-ball, Birkenhead, when the above facts were given in evi dence by Mr. Yarrow, and James Booth, one of the . Birkenhead polic e . O ne o f th e r ailway cons t a bl es named John Davies, stated that in the performance of his duty he passed along the line where the accident happened about half-past six o'clock, and all was then safe. The witness then deposed to hearing of the ac cident about a quarter past Seven o'clock, and to no ticing the footmarks as already related. On the day previous to the concussion, the prisoner came up to witness at the spot where it took place, and, in the course of conversati on , said, "I wish the rails were turned upside down and the sleepers topmost—it would make some w or k . " Thi s b e ing the whole of the evidence at present forthcoming, and Mr. Yarrow stating that he had reason to believe he could adduce further facts tending to implicate the prisoner, he was remanded until Saturday.—Liverpool Standard. A, COLLISION ON THE MERSEY. We regret to state that a collision took place on our river last night (Wed nes d ay ), nearly opposite the magazines, in consequ ence o f w hi c h two fine steamers were seriously dam age d , cne lif e was lost, and three individuals were seriously injured. The following are the particulars of the accident, as observed by the and Liverpool Steam parties on board the s t eamer P r i nce o f Wales : The last-named boat, which belongs to the Cork Packet out on her voyage t o C ork. Sh e had crossed the was putting river, and got to th e Ch es hi re s h o re, shortly before nine o'clock. Captain 1116Areilage, her commander, was on the paddl e -b ox when h e di scG vered a light ahead, which be conce i ved , to be a. steamer inward bound. He im me di ate l y cal l e d ou t to the man a t Company, the wheel to port the helm. This order was repeated i THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1842 PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECTS OF MONOPOLY. LONDON, Drc. 3, 1842. the right-hand side of the robing-room of her jesty, will be appropriated to the use of the spiritual peers. The House of Lords comes next in the order of arrangement, and will be situate on the principal story, preserving a level throughout with the old floor of St. Stephen's Chapel, so that entrance for the Peers may either be obtained along the corridors from the river front, or by that leading from Old Palace-yard, the size of the House of Lords, as well as that of the House of Commons, will be reduced to the smallest -possible limits compatible with the re quired accommodation, and to give them the form and arrangement which will afford the greatest num ber of sittings in the smallest possible space, bring the Members nearest to each other and to the Speaker, and be the most convenient for carrying on the ordi nary routine of business. The damage on board the Royal Victoria was much more serious than that on board the Prince of Wales, as the latter drove into the engine-room of the other. Happily no person on board the Prince of Wales was injured; but we are sorry to say that the concussion caused serious injury to several individuals in the Royal Victoria. I'our or five individuals have been carried to the hospital, one of whom has already died of the injury which he suffered. Both vessels were got round and taken safely into dock.—Liverpool Advertiser. two Houses will be placed as nearly as possible in the centre of the whole mass of buildings, this being considered the position hest adapted for com munication with each other, and with their respective offices and accommodations; for easy access from the various entrances and approaches, public and private ; for security from noise and disturbance ; for allowing their form and size to be exactly fitted to the wants of each House ; for the purposes of lighting, warming, and ventilating in the most convenient manner ; and for making any modifications or alterations in them which may be thought desirable without deranging the general plan and elevations. It has been thought proper to avoid placing any Members' , seats under the galleries, as well as any seats whatever behind the Woolsack or the Speaker's chair. FELONY. —ONE HUNDRED POUNDS RE WARD.—Whereas a True Bill has been found against EDWIN JOHN JORDAN, for Embezzling a Sum of Noney, the property of his employers, the London Joint Stock Bank, and a Judge's Warrant has been issued thereupon, the above Reward w►ll be paid on the Apprehension of the said Edwin John Jordan. He absconded on the afternoon of the 26th November, and was last seen in Lombard -street, about four o'clock on that day. His height is about 5 feet 11 inches, thin person, fair complexiim, light hair, long thin face, prominent nose, with redness on the bridge, grey eyes, walks stooping, with head leaning forward. For further particulars apply to D. and J. Forrester, at the Mansion-house, London ; or Messrs. Bush and Mullens, 7, Mildred's-court, London. by the mate, and promptly obeyed. The inward- i Canadians believe they would. They are eithe r bound vessel was the Royal Victoria, from Carlisle, deceiving the country gentlemen of England, or and it appears that she put her helm to starboard, in the Canadians. Against which of the two their consequence of which she passed athwart the bows of the Prince of Wales, and the latter ran into her just before the paddle-box. The concussion was, of course, extremely violent, and both vessels were cut down within a few feet of the water arts are directed, we must wait for time to prove. If they do not repeal the duty on Canadian corn, they will deceive the Canadians. If they do, they will give the consumer here tolerably free access to the western States of America. The Canadians seem to rely implicitly on Lord STANLEY. The difference between the Cost of send ing flour to England from Ohio by the Hudson or by the St. Lawrence, is very small; and in orde r to secure and force the trade to themseves, the Canadians have taken another most important step. A special Committee of the Legislative Assembly of Canada has passed a series of resolu 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 is indispensable to 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. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Louis Philippe only can answer the question put by "A Subscrib.r," at Manchester. ~.,, A :,, \) --, •,, , ,,,,44 . , y -j°' ''', At.,PK1151 , .!, :. xs ,: 4 - F p,,, ._, , ,„ti g l ib ~, ~...i.-.1,..R.7.- -14 , .• . txt SUN OFFICE Three o' Clock. The honours conferred on a few of the officers ',vim distinguished themselves in China and Aff gbanistan, as announced in the Gazette of latia. 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 import achievements in modern times. Such a niggartily 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 BORNE 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 PoLLocx, and NOTT, who had distin guished themselves through all the cam paigns and expeditions, and brought them to a glorious couclusion, are rewarded with empty honours, and the gallant SALE is altogether passed over. What will the ladies of England say to this? Has Sir It. PEEL forgotten the boisterOuseheers 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 ELLENZOROUGH, with his usual disre gard for 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 anxietybythe suc 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 t and empty honours. 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 much pleasure and praise, that at length one of them has conic 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 of listening 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 arc glad to see that example. Let the rest of the Whigs not 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 over cast aside. Let them then fol low the example of Mr. CHARLES Woon,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 industry. The copy of the Act passed by the Canadian Parliament for levying a duty on grain imported from the United States, makes it perfectly clear in what sense Lord STANLEY'S dispatch has been understood in Canada. It says : Whereas a certain - dispatch . addressed to the Go vernor of this province, by her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated the 2d of March last, a copy whereof has been laid by his Excellency's com mand before the Legislative Assembly of this pro vince, affords - the strongest ground for the confident belief and expectation that upon the imposition of a duty upon foreign wheat imported into this province, her Majesty will be • graciously pleased to recommend to Parliament the removal or reduction of the duties on wheat and flour imported into the said United Kingdom from Canada : be it, therefore, enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legis lative Assembly of the province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, "An Act to Re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada," that from and aft er th e st h d ay of July next, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid to her Majesty, to and for the public uses of this province, upon all wheat imported into this province, except from the said United Kingdom, or any of her Majesty's pos sc,,ssions; and being the growth and produce thereof; a duty of 3s. sterling money of Great Britain, for each imperial quarter of such wheat, and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity thereof. Either the Ministers have really resolved to propose the free introduction of wheat and flou r _ from Canada into this country, or they have so loosely written their dispatches, as to make the On the one hand, then, there is to be duty in compliance with the wish of Lord STANLEY, but on the other there is to be a drawback; so that betwixt Lord STANLEY and the Canadians, if he 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 cu►n brous mode of accwnplishing it, calling into being a new sinister interest in Canada, and creating another obstacle to ultimatelfree-trade, which, it' they be not deceiving the Canadians, they must wish to accomplish. The intelligence from Madrid is to the 24t1h, 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 : BAYONNE, DEC. I.—The Regent left Saragossa on the 27th fur 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 Haien 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 froin 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 wealthy 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. - Madrid Bourse, 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 amusing," 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 just 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 Spain, it adds :—" And this takes place in a country where a civil war raged for seven years, and where it is not all extinguished—where opposition parties exert themselves openly to sow discord and re- Volt—where the Press effectively labours to do the same thing, and where the Ministry has by no means the confidence of the Chamber. Amidst all these elements of change and 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 herents; and it would appear, also, that the officers of the French Government, on the Spanish frontier, were deeply interested in the affair, and transmitted telegraphic dispatches t o Paris totally devoid of foundation. There had 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 to wards ESPARTERO'S G overn- , 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? 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% per Cents 106 50... 106 A 0... 106 50... 106 50 Four per Cents 101 50... 101 50 .. 101 50... 101 50 3 per Cents 89 45... 80 50... 80 40... 80 50 Rank of France 3315 —.3315 ...3315 .. 3215 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1055 ..1055 —.1055 ...1055 5,000 f 5080 —.5080 ...5080 ..5089 Belgian Five?, 1840 1044 ... 1044 ... 1044 ... 1044 Spanish Active. . 234 ... 23i ... 234 ... 234 Passive 34 ... 4 ... 34 ... 4 Portuguese Fives 32 ... 32 ... 32 ... 32 Neapolitan Roman, lOO ... 104% 104% ... 1044 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 825 ... 825 ... 825 ... 825 Versailles, L.B B6 25... 86 25... 86 25... 86 25 Rouen Orleans. 6OO ... 600 ... 597 50... 600 Strasburg, to Bale 2Ol 50... 202 50... 201 25... 202 50 MADAME CELESTE. — That'popular favourite, Ma dame Celeste, has returned. to her engagements in this country, after an unprecedentedly successful trip to America, whither she went to secure the fortune coming to her by the death of her husband, which point she achieved to her entire satisfaction. The Boston, Times states,' "O n th e f arewe ll n i g ht o f Madame Celeste, the overflow was so great that there was quite a row. In fact it was a regular jam. The tickets during her engagement were sold by public auction, and as much as three dollars paid for a single box-ticket. 'The net premium realised for her last two nights; for 'the choke of boxcs only, amounted to live hundred and forty dollars." She appears at the Haymarket Theatre on Wednesday next, in her favourite character of Suzanne, in conjunction with Madame Vestris, Mrs. Glover, Charles Matthews, and Farren. BERLIN, Nov. 16.—A1l the Provincial Assemblies will be convoked in March, and the Minister Von Bodelschwingh has intimated to the Committees the probability that they may hope to meet soon again in Berlin, to which, as we hear, one of the Deputies of East Prussia replied by drawing the Ministers atten tion to the too great restrictions, and the regulation of their proeeedings, and. expressed a wish that many parts might be canged, a remark which was received Ivith general acclamation by the other Deputies. Leeds is to have a splendid gathering at the Music Hall on Tuesday next, when Mr. Cobden, M.P., Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. Busfield , M.P., and Colonel Peyronnet Thompson, as well as our own Member, Mr. Aldam, are to be among the speakers. At Brad- . ford a similar meeting is to be held on Thursday next, at which Mr. Bright and Mr. Moore, the bar rister, will attend ; and at Holmfirth there will be a 1 very large assemblage on the same evening.—Leeds Mercury of today. 1 .5h..•,-...a'...." rfl 6 t :6)" ktili a AND eptittoi. " Who runs may read.' rozzxucir. Espartero had reached head-quarters at Barcelona on the 29th. The orders for bombarding the city had been withirawn, 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 expeneiture rendered neces sary by the insurrection at Bar‘,elona. The 24 regi-: ments of provincial National Guards, which had lately io - 3.)n dismissed, have been again wiled cut. Lord Ranelagh and Mr. Bantle Cochrane, M.P. have returned to Paris from their vis it to Bourges, where they, were extremely well ,received Royal prizoners. These gentlemen, it ' ed by said, give A very enthusiastic account of the eld est son o f the , the , Prince of Asturias. the According to the official table of prices of wheat in fte Frerch markets during last three, months, it tppears that the highest was a Marseillesl .being• 2.5 f. le., and the lowest 15f..77e., at Pair:4A Ille-et Vilaine. The price of bread, for the first : .' or tnight of de present month, is fixed at 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 him for an infringement of the regulations of the Pre2s, in pu db fishing separate supplements without being 3tampe• A letter from Vienna of the 92d ult. s t a tes that the. Duke de Bordeaux has not yet recovered f rom his late' accident, and is still lame ; but that hopes a• tuned by his surgeons of his ultimate and pa rfect re covery. ItlONET—TßADE—commzacz. .ht A large Anti-Corn-law meeting was hel d in Bishopsgate-street, The Chartists attempted a di 3- turbance, but were ejected. re e nter 7 PUELXC lIVIPROITENZLNTS. at the h Town-hall, Brighton, for the purpose of raising . 8 5" ne scription to enable Mr. Cooper to complete h is : f road to the railway terminus we • a further sum 1,5001. is needed to finish it, and var i ous sums On Thursday a public meeting was held subscribed before the meeting closed. LITER.fiItY fiND SCIENTIFS C• appears from further investigation that It comet in Draco is not identical with the Chinese comet of 1301, as was imagined, but is found to con - eide remarkably with the comet of Halley. COURT-PASHICIVABI.S. ing The Marquis of Londonderry is slowlY recovr: from the effect of his recent' accident while lain t i n °: The Marquis and Marchioness and family are notes s hor t p cted to leave for'Holderness House until 11 not vist before the meeting of Parliament,and IN ai Mount Stewart, Downshire, this' winter. for , 1 11 The Earl of Lucan has left Castlebar House' the new Laleham. The Earl of Auckland has arrived at Eden Lodge, Kensington Gore, from a visiting tour. The Earl and Countess orßipon left their residence a iL at Putney, on Thursday, for Leamington. The Duke of Newcastle, and the Ladies Pelhila Clinton, are passing the winter at Clumber Park, retirement. ris The Earl and Countess of Roden, and Lady'l3'3-he Jocelyn, will pass the winter on the Contin ent, for t improvement of her Ladyship's health. Nixsc Ezzaavzotts. , n ce The insuranceoffices calculate that of the imin t f sacrifice of life in the baking trade, the average a g e ° those engaged in the trade does not exceed 33 y' LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS P-) LONDON, 3.—Wind this day at noon, Sal" light airs and huzy. rd• A DEAL, DEC. 2.—Wind S.S.W., moderate Flora Kerr, Clift, Batavia for Amsterdam. lL outward-bound remain. a GLOUCESTER, DEC. 2.--Ar id. Five Sisters, Quebec' c. DUBLIN, DEC. I.—Arrd. P Que b . SHIELDS, Nov. 30.—S1d. Irvineerseverance, Madgwick , P c,,t.. " bay ; Brazilian packet, Trady, Rio Janeiro. v. As, o' l OFF MARGATE, DEC. I. Carl William , -I' ll ;40 Bremen for Havannah. -- 3 r-- OFF DOVER, DEC. 2.—Courier, St. Helena; lotte Wylie, Walker, Sierra Leone. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Wind S.S.W. to •- James Orr,. Palermo, sailed Ist ult. ; her Marl ship Wasp, eastward. Sld. Wellington, New Jo Cora, PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Wind S.S•IV.--Arrd... Buller, Payal. A dret WHITSTABLE, DEC. 2.—The Neptune, St• t he from London to Bordeaux, has been assisted into Bay, having been on the Middle Sand. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2.—Wind S.S.W., muu e c —t aler, Arrd. Clydesdale, Renfrew, Bombay ; Potter,-.-74,7034 Ceylon • Delhi, Smith, - Valparaiso, sailed ...A.u.„.6.125:k Ski. Madison,, Virginia, United States, New I ° ';"l c h N ot NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 4.—The Susan Pre'' was ashore on Irish Lump, has been towed to sea and.: FALMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Wind S.W. , fresh gal es squally.—Arrd. Skylark, Sellers, Zante. from FALMOUTH, DEC. 2.—The Buxton, Soderhain' Gefle to New York, which arrd. here 29th ult.,la • leaky, having been in contact at sea. K e ith, ELSINORE, Nov. 26---LThe H ppy . 1,- from Riga to London, , struck on a- Fal - s terbo terday, and' has tin here leak and most disel f rb r The Susannah, Lewis,L from Konisbergj to Hul l i Cu l a rs ported to be ashore near Halmstead, further pa rt unknown. • ht CRONSTIDT, Nov. 16.—The gale of last rig h „ r of pears to have cleared the channel at the ::;• to ice entirely, as none is to be seen from hc11..„-- Of wards the north there is still ice along the 5103'-ught the ships that sailed six have returned, and 7,,, t er, off the Lindon Chest. The Xenophon, Rec"— bound to Hull, has again put to sea. eon, GOTHENBURG, Nov. 24.—The Andrea s, Borg the from Trapani, sprung a leak in proceeding "O w n Sound, and has put back to repair ; the frost ha severe for the last two days. bulb ° HAmnunGir, Nov. 29.—The lightship, at Se- b oa has returned to her station ; the weather 1135 a nd milder for the last three days with frequent fogsirilici,, the ice in the river is very much dispersed. tc-day, W. Aruzit.—Arrd. Gratitude Harvey, Macao. 44, 0 l ST. HELENA.—Arrd. Union, Cape of Good - 3- "' 41 1 _ • rtg• aratArießsps _eßoatt SP O R T lN G sErrN,lsi:Lßißtsterßiuuoo:swryth.T2atee.o:o:oslctuol3lsrelooN3to(tt ot;al(3otg RGE2CJTIVMEADNCTHHEISSTIE)ARY_.)EnOOS,....' '10,1:'.,i1; ta)3:l l ,nots4 a (Bloa g tt go)r s ta:os t git lasl S ßatBr e galda e gsit otdttsictleop'esrilNstalapaawoirg ..etrst,ioso)(etg,ntlrr;se.vsosiotslontooteetol,solollal.;,os4tsto:olo;:rittro.egi:i. ;41,11::). COURSING. • fl zi les RD MEETING, DEC. I.—The Challenge '°-13,1r. w w a e s re w a ooi •o lv n Eb)i.t b s y mFc , r M E.D r H: Hall's Billy-go-rare Y , beating Himsworth's Hull. l D d y s E o ; c n . a ' by Mr. Smith's Love ll A N D . . ~, Fletcher's Sovereign. .i;. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS• Wink; •,13 Her Majesty's stag lids., Mon at New Lodge , v field ; Wed., Beaconsfield. " ; ; Mr. Farquharson's lids., Mon., be corP-ce Shute House beagles, Mon., at S at Coom sn2dF---rthaTieikhse;aitApheenrdtsoonauveouristifworrdebuy CupCiau r p . , 1 1, :i f; I , 40.) , Tues., Melbu , F • II r) ; Fri., oneycombe 'rues., Oare Hill ; 'Thurs., Conholt Pale; Mr. A. Smith's hcls.. Mon., at Shoddesdon `-';; Grove-11. •al ~f 5 ha.pivick-11. Mite ; -ii Mr. Long's hrs., Mon., at Maddington Wed., South Down Baru • Fri , Knock Knoll ; 3-171•:. i t Sir W. M. Stanley's lids., Stanloy House; Wed., Stone ' Bridge;. r • uunwiek , IT, ..Sat., it 11vriii.:d-no: South 11 '; Yi ° I Bidston Hill-11. i k DaFo I Cheshire lids., Mon., at Darnhall ; IVed• n' 3C- 'l ' Seighton „• Thurs., Tilstone ; Sat., Arley ----l'4 ' rr ~1 Badswirth lids. ~ Mon., at Co-ove H a l ; • village; Sat. Aketon Hall-10/. Roug e ; Mon., at nindertoa ~, , .3,re , Air. l'oljainoe's kds., Mon., at Grove Moor I-I :.i.. Thum, Aston Hall ; Sat., oberton-- 1 0. 1 Rutforce,s lids., Mon., at Ossingtou ; Thurs., llool4cr-' "I ton Bar. tiled., - i 0 Lord Yarborough's lids., Mon., at Bavendale ; ,ll Saxby Mill ; Fri., Blyborough Hall—i I. Wil - ,. r.t Burton Hunt, Mon., at Camby Village ; Tiles- , .- • lingharn, by Stow and Kettlethorpe • Thurs., Fiskerton Longwood ; Fri., bri nsey Nook; 13° '. t. ' ~;.'' Panton-1 1 . - g ; Duke of Rutland's lids., Mon., at Lai d Dyke 17.„,2 ix Tues., Newton Toll-bar ; Wed., Croxt 0 1 I Park ; • tt :, If • : CA Hildyard'sbarrs.,Mon., al\t7Sellininll:"arr,:llol _i.-, 0 Fu r l i b k c i e i k t. ..... Kennels ; Fri., Porto—lo. , 015.4 4 Wynya;d has., Mon., Great Stainton; Thi et's. , -D-cn n- .- , Oakley hat;.., Mon., at Melbourne ; Thur: 1., Snclston 7 ' Sat., Roxton Spthmeys-11. Mr. Dreke's lids., - ...1f0r.. at Menmorali G u ide Po 3t ; Tues., Skiniering Dish Gate _; Sat., Byfield 1 74)11.. tar. Baron Rothsehild's stag lids., Mon., at I lo g stone; Thurs., Hockliffe Lodge- 11 . Loi Relale' hds. Mondy, a t Boulternr 's B arn Wed., desc Barton Gate s ; Fri., , Farmiangton ; Se., Ad dlestrop Gate. ----..." . "'" 1 " .• 7 : 0, : ,.:31$ 11 _.----_-- ---..-- ---'"".77------ _ c 1 SMUGCLING ON TIIE CL E yp.---I.le , smuggl tobacco into the var ious seaport towns on the I rJlytle, : but more especially into Greenock, has of late y . ear 3 been carried on very extensively, to the evident 15 VO T Y of the revenue and the interest of the fitir t Older - ' Yesterday the barque Mohawk arrived at Gre e.1)0dic.... ':` from Montreal and Quebec, and, in accordance vils. ' the Custom -house regulations, came to at the t: ill IN - the bank, where she was boarded by the Cusi tome_ boat, commanded by Mr. Curtis, the tide-surr la- The vessel was immediately searched, and three i Lorg e bags full of tobacco were found in her, and of o Nose seized and b ro ught ashore. The captained ad,c ew of the Mohawk were apprehended and lodg in 'Fi lo this foreatater•Glasgow Chronisle. i ,