The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-03 00:00:00

—` ' THE COURT. IV A - - r eeov -L IER THURSDAY.—The Queen has perfectly for theel*:- from the cold she has been labouring under . , renev _ t3,eine days back, and Sir J. Clark has been /./ . wxy his attendance at the Castle. e ° jesty has not left the Castle to-day. Th" i.• - e Ci t t ia n ot ~lice of \Vales and the Princess Royal have w o .""l 4, ..ttlizen out for an airing this morning, the Tliiii e ,.-i g, , m rather cold and wet. .: th e „ i .l-,144 Lady Canning and ColOnel Bowater took viaPe- of Lady Caroline Cocks and COl. Wylde. Til i'' . Royal dinner , 0 e are no additions to the party -1111°u need fOr today. - ' Q Pr eparation s are making for the departure of the iir i n, t 9...U.. Inds . or on artUrday next. Her Majesty ''We 4t an earl h ron the morning of that day. y ou SPAIN. 414 " ' de e r egent was on the 26th at Saragossa. By a t h„ r ee . of the same date, the port of Barcelona, from It 7,river of B e l os t o th e Ll o b rega t, i s d ec l are d in a ate of blockade. e. All w. s tranquil at Madrid on the 28th. A i ORID, Nov. 28.—The Regent reached Sara ifi's'a 'on the 24th, where he' was receiyed with en- VFo:• • He was still there on the 26th. ti E RP'IRI NA N, Nov. 28.—The Captain-General has ,tfied th a t t h e bombardment Of Barcelona) will P on the morning of the 28th. The in ants 'Were di s p o s e d t o yi e ld. Brigadier Durando . D t s ile popul ar J un t a w ill p ro b a bly em b ar k. th e ue Yeloce, which left Barcelona at five o'clock on (i e e :ening of the 27th, brought to Port Vendres t l `ral Pastors, Llinas, and other refugees, as well t he abov e tidings. • RPIGx.O I , Nov. 0 6.—Several Spanish families arrived a f re , here yesterday from Barcelona. A. few hours LTl,Lir . departure from' that city it was expected brathe bombardment would cionmence, the delay 1 "3" - Van: Haien having already expired. sa rr - r.M l ,ero was expected yesterday by 'the troops Q: e tlfliOg the city. Chacon, who had been arrested by the' in- . ee e r, 4 `, 3 ' in narcelona, contrived to escape, and suc- P r In placing himself under the protection of the . I,, e ndi Consul, by whom he was placed in safety 011 471 , a french vessel. He arrived here tWo'dayi T he is still remaining in this place. hr a to r tUt number of troops surrounding Barcelona 15 000 s „ about , men. e a „finisiq6able body of French troops are already 4 'Tf t ,Cl7 .. .lhis s piace and its vicinity. The C.,,.basseurs cei rtni 4 geoel stationed at Toulouse, have re ordersrieSl to at Ma y rch 'to the frontier ; and a cavalr r,,,y ''te tPi gran. nt; the - 9th •Chasseurs, are also en route for P n• fi ths t cTo all I have been able to learn on my way the I t ayoune to'this . place, lam convinced that it is the intenti on of the French Government to avail ! s elves of the first favoUrable opportunity to send "rroed force . into Spain. THE POLES. *t public meeti ng w as held on the 29th November, t o ` 4 * Cadogan Literary Institution, Sloane-street, Of e(n thaemorate the anniversary of'the late struggle tro P oland for her independence. The room was 44,P, 1 ec1, and graced by the presence of many ladies, ha ri ; u ring the whole proceedings the most perfect itt sein ° Y and unanimity of feeling distinguished the L 8 . 7 Captain John Daveon took the chair. P. 0 : • Buckingham, Esq., Richard Cull, Esq., J. tr ea :ti r ke, and others, addressed the meeting with h el° ot , quence and ability. The following resolu 4:t were unanimously adopted :—Resolution Ist. of th this m ee ti ng, i n commemorating the anniversary st rnt Polish R evo l u ti on , ma k es an un f e i gne d demon ‘h3n in favour of its principles and spirit, and W e r regrets that the efforts of he Polish people acti n g crowned with complete t occess ; that this has a powerful motive for lamenting over the e 4u ' 5l. Poland, because her fall is a great loss to the g r „,,: e Of freedom ; at th e same time it holds in the th e lest abhor rence th e l aw l ess t yrann y o f Ni c h o l as o f e . rnperor of Russia, animated by the worst spirit to the and religi ous p ersecu ti on , w hi c h i s a disgra ce intelligence of the human race. Resolution vtn • That this - meeting, in expres:ing their warmest Pathi es w i th the cause of Poland, looks with in interest to her regeneration in all her ancient b u L t ness, with the additional advantage of all reforms ,11 Upon the' broad principles of equal justice to all; 1 . e irii "Ves that one day she will become the land of and religious liberties. Air. N. F. Zabw and: 14 • • Staniewicz, the Polish exiles, also addressed tj'l 4 4' ti o ,, ti ng, and 'were listened to with breathless atted-, " and interest. The f -'. robbery of the London Joint-Stock Bank, the .. „ L . " . abstracted having been nearly all restored, has I t - v.a to attract any 'sliare•of the public attention. t o i ' . "roper, however, 'to" :Avert to the very great t rae ' . .2 . !kir letters Witricli 7 • have - been - received, to that and - similar frauds' AO 'the -- inadequate a l a k ii'd to their `clerks by the 'banks generally, extlig . forward that circumstance in part as an to ': l 4,l l l e *Jif the crime. This is a ve i i 2 d ta bad morality,. „,,,,.. . rae s ar ibi „,,,Tfast of it, anci• - alery , y - igcrous arg,ii oeli.l'R ',' l °l o ' to*go forth to the pilbii6 uneondemned. Itilki f .. - l llV‘demand evn,".for thklMallest of these plo . - l i eiifs, owing to` Agiaitnailfy of finding em great.iec,`::for young men in the city, that people of qta th ' IsPeetability are constantly endeavouring to esttib -- i; rein fur their sons ; and as the heads of these for ''''lllefits look to character as well as to salary for a ,„,l i rotection, they' have a sort 'of justification is st, - ;", expending more in that department tban 4 Dli - b e I L,IY neceSsary. These are matters in which fir; - ' e johnial is not called upon to inter lie lenerally, hiit an opportunity should always ttt ll el of protesting against the abominable doe eorr, ._,Lut low salaries are any excuse for fraud. One e4.c2-41911dent has the modesty to suggest that this quiratostance should regularly form part of the !Il i - Ivo?..,b t Y our criminal courts and juries ; that a Pea Paid serv an t s h ou ld be visited with the highest day,' I a the lsw, and a badly-paid one with a few ~., 7, 4 . - uoprison men t, or a w eek or so at the tread-mill.' 44 Ti tt , - 7 ,:,- , er t h MOUNTAIN SYLPH.—The following anecdote ‘ k r. e,, above opera may not be unwelcome :—When hit.tarnett agreed upon its production, Henry to s ; 111 . 8 Complained to Min of not having any ballad a w i n g in it; the difficulty of giving such a song to ev„ 44 , rd was 'pointed out to the singer, but it was sor n ; ll ,9 l y agreed th a t Mr. Barnett should introduce ho,'"',l,ou• about " Farewell to the time when I. was o'll . . Chance • directed the eye of Mr. Phillips 'lt , manuscript song on his friend's piano, called p c ,. eln lierz ist hn Bochland," which he had coin it,.i. f our years before, intending to ask him to sing le4,' l t o .he had‘ne ve r done so. Mr. Phillips liked "the w rite ' it," and tried it over. "Why not have words t; 18: .' to this ?" asked he ; and, according to his we r ! e '' oll , the wor ds " Farewell to the Mountain," th e - Nato it, and he was very much .pleased with ltio s°ll . How little do managers or composers 4 ar l s v „ i w nat will please the public. At the last re -441 -- t of the opera, it was suggested to cut out this 14 , as being heayy and uninteresting ; Mr. Burnett o i , t t ut' the same opinion himself, and was anxious to as s h e song out, .fearing it would endanger the sue d,t uf the piece ; but Phillips would not allow it ; he I: r ained to " to try it, at all events, the first night." k it i e s cqig was the greatest hit in the opera !—Dra- It a nd Musical Review. )11t,-ti(t)tki. AETILLERY.—Captain Geary and a detach the`, of the Royal Artillery, expressly selected for . oh •s; + l. Pose on - Wednesday last, are expected to sail I :eitl i ritiY next fur China, to fill uvacancies in the. 1.11 )' - `,.ut iti thatuarter, and add in • some degree to . 4,? tt `' At tlgth a that branch of th4i4iiir4-••• , . --. ihtSANINE TELESCOPE. —A. lady ofoßrooklyn has 1 4f;( 1 ,' ' a method of illuminatirrg.. obceets under a Wi t 1 (3 that an observer at the surface, by means of 10. " er -4 1`tight cylinder, having a glass , inserted in its l aw t V' :13 " fi ee, Can make examination under water to Lula ae- "sible depth: By • means of a reflector . the Th - ' f lf r a ; ship can also be examined from its deck. ou e ud a L'l L ventor believes that the. telescope will be also b e - gulY useful for this purpose, and that itma o. ), f ttlill, ee°l)o mically applied in the exploration 11 is Is ' w .reeic s, and in the pearl and sponge fisheries. , -rn:ri n° - exhibiting every evening at Barnum 's C om -cal l Muse um .— New York paper. 'ear ne ., P4 sSlON OF A JUDGE IN TEXAS. -- A very ss. iltg sa d and compassionate Judge in Texas, on pa % leted n l nce oe one John Jones .who had beeh, . col;- `' 'll °' murder concluded his remarks as. follows . chrdere fact is, Jones, that the Court did not-intend - to Nv ( . at eciti to be executed before - next spring, but the very t e , l ,is very cold—our gaol, unfortunately, is in a 'lo ws .au c ondition—much of the glass in the win datedis broken—the chimneys are in such a dilapi , ilpa state that no fire can be made to render your riurrt'bneients comfortable ; besides owing to the great be m i i ' ( 4. prisoners, not more -than one blanket can abl y . , , Iv ed to each ;—to sleep soundly and comfort hidzi.alh, erefore, will be out of the question. In con -11,4% 1 , tl " of these circumstances, and wishing to les the ' e c 'tir sufferings as much as possible, the Court, in lier E b,, /er eise of its humanity and compassion, do ii.% ,„;J order you to be executed to-morrow morning, s il "j It ,. after breakfast as may be convenient to the C od sand agreeable to you. —Quebec Gazette.. } lou t :" OP SESS ION .-- According to Parliament to th e 'sip, the elevation of Mr.. Patrick Robertson tal e .. - veueri will not take place so soon as was at one kok` x i' e cted. Lord Meadowbank, it is said, has b till- eO -4 ,, a medical opinion to the effect that he may tie * ll "nue to discharge his present duties, and as 4 4 ,i i :s 'certain parties a grudge for not making him ri 4 trZ' el erk, he is resolved to deprive them of the ~,4 : •ot itg e of his seat as long as he can.—Glasgow N t . ittl ( ' ' '''g .. ..""fit and still increasing is the distress from illltie4,l3f„employ.:" P.nt in this neighbourhood,.. that the (lav,"(Ats f or ii , ‘ ,. -I admittance into the Union uring der '"" - e 1 4.. d • re ' 1 "'"- er oits the past weex, :florecedentedly nu ,,ehanics, ' kid 441)4 from the number of };ands, r.- 444 * 3 ' - 4 . 1- - -- rers • * lately discharged,. the evil ,is becoming ' 0 44 , ,,, d "'" 1 1k4 - ill - the .highest 'degree.—Sherborne HAVRE COMMERCIAL _NEWS. HAVRE, Nov. 29.—Cormisr.—We have. received 8,694 bales of cotton this week. Our sales have amounted to 7,613 bales, which leaves us with a stock, according to the brokers, of 116,000 bales ; according to the Custom-house between 135,000 of all sorts in first and second hands. The transactions have been pretty good this week. At first the demand was irre gular, but the prices were maintained. However, since Tuesday last, the day on which the glorious news from India and Chinawas received here business has become active. On that day 3,500 bales were sold, owing to the supplies which the principal spinners were 'obliged to lay in, as well as a speculative feeling which the news gave rise to. This demand, and the firm ness with which holders showed their pretensions, caused prices to improve, and the Market closed at an advance of from if. to lf. 50c. A great . deal more business would be done if holders would yield a little, but they have all elevated their prices in hopes of fu ture amelioration. All eyes are fixed with anxiety on the position of the markets in London, Liverpool, and Manchester, which the peace with China will affect. It is generally believed that it will cause a sudden I spring in all cotton manufactures ; but the weather I has been so boisterous that we have had no boat from London or Southampton these four clays past, and therefore we know nothing certain of the English markets. The new crop cotton was brought in three vessels from New Orleans, and one from Charleston. A large public sale of about 1,200 bales is announced for the 29th, when it is expected a further advance in prices will take place. COFFEE.—The symptoms of animation which I spoke of in my last have since subsided, and the market has relapsed into a dull state. The sales effected were very trifling—viz., 300 bags St. Domingo at 42 to 44 ; 150 bags Brazil at 39c., and 17 casks St. Jago at 85e. per half kil. in bond. Imports-4,245 bags SC'Do nungo, 50 bags Havannah, 20 casks' Martinique di rect, and 45 casks 150 bags Java coastwise. SuaAßs.—This article has been fluctuating : how ever, about 350 barrels of raw West India have been run off this week. The price is not well established —one pays more or less according to the nature of the sugar and the wants of the purchaser : it thus ranges from 55f. to 55f. 25c., and even 55f. 50c. The last sales were at 55f. 25c. for the article delivered from the ship, and 55f. 50c. for that in warehouse. The quotation remains between 55f. and 55f. 50c. the bonne 4me., but at this price very little business is doing. Ifinfoo.—The advices lately received from Bengal, to the sth of October, confirming more and more the accounts received of the disaster to the crop, and pre senting a figure more reduced than the preceding, whilst the highest estimates do not amount to 75,000 mands, have induced the holders to rise in their pre tensions; 57 chests of Bengal have been sold this week at from 9f. 90c. to 10f. 95c.,_ averaging about 2f. 50c. above the estimations. Now, the holders refuse to sell under 3f. above the estimate—this how ever they have not obtained ; but 2f. 75c. has been paid for choice of some chests. Twenty-eight chests Java have been received from Rotterdam, and twenty one chests from Antwerp. Thus you will perceive our prospects are not bright in anything but cotton, and of that article we have strong hopes. BRUSSELS. Nov. 30.—The King, who left Ardenne yesterday, arrived at Brussels at half-past four in the afternoon. Yesterday the 29th, the 12th anniversary of the Revolution was celebrated at the Town Hall. In the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives yesterday, the Minister of War presented a project of law, fixing the amount of the army at 80,000 men, and the levy for 1843 at 10,000 men. The debate on the commercial treaty with Spain was concluded. Being put to the vote, it was agreed to by a majority of 77 to 1. The general debate on the budget of the Ways and Means was then commenced. ATTEMPT TO MURDER. On Wednesday last Matthew Waldron, shoemaker, applied at the shop of Mr. Egginton, ironmonger, Ludlow, fora brace of pistols, stating they were for his brother-in-law, Mr. Mackey, head gardener at Sir William, Rouse Boughton's, Bart. He was asked what they were for; in reply ,he said the vinery had, been broken open and the grapes stolen. He was then shown three odd ones and a brace, but the brace. was "?*eommeaded as the best, which he agreed. to, take. joc thctlfljought s9lYlPptiwder, balls, :and caps, On he went.., to an acquaintance, and lelFt,,Ain he., wotild ,make with the ISOI-,1„,0A On th e , 441 -4 41 , : ,: l " l ight he w 6 A‘Mlfjliv,4sten'A Olrs.:7ll4rl9o4pat ,t49: , ,bcittoni ! or C)l4-stre(4, l , w h gr e MA : mother resided. Wu going into. the bouse, , ,thq.,44 ladY,,was in a room--4e en tered,. the door of which he bolted, and ,began quarrel ling..with her, about assisting :his wife with money; to pay ber.expensas to Birmingham, to which place she: was gone. Heathen drew one•of his pistols from his pocket, , and presented it at his mother. Her sister (Mrs. Harley) immediately jumped up and , caught hold of it (not knowing exactly what it was) just over the nipple of the lock.' At - the same time he pulled the trigger, the cock fell upon that part of the hand between the thumb and forfinger, and was prevented going off, where it remained fast. A younger sister immediately sprang to the window and called for help, when Waldron unbolted the door, and made his es cape. Waldron went to his lodgings in Raven-lane, to which place Fox, the policeman, followed him. On entering, Waldron' said, " Ah, Fox, is it you ?" To which Fox replied, " Yes Matthew, it is me ; this is a bad job." Waldron said it was, and immediately presented a pistol at Fox, which he struck down, and the cap snapped ; fortunately the powder was not high enough in the nipple to ignite from the cap, or the consequences might have been of a serious nature to Fox. He was then secured, and taken to the Tower. He has had two examinations, and was remanded. It is said that he has attempted to stab his wife on two former occasions. The prisoner says it was his inten tion to destroy his mother and child, about two years old, and then put an end to his own existence. He had a shoemaker's knife,.the edge of which had been made very keen, under his bolster, when he was taken. —Saloptan Journal. ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—The half-yearly inspection of the Royal Sappers and Miners, stationed at Woolwich, took place on Thursday by Colonel Sir George Host, C. 8., of the Royal Engineers. The cleanliness of the men, their fine military appearance, steadiness under arms, and the excellency of the drill and discipline, highly pleased the gallant Colonel. THE POLICE AND THEIR WHISKERS.—A consi derable sensation has been created amongst the Me tropolitan Police, by a general order on the subject of whiskers. Various conjectures have been hazarded as to the cause for the resolution which has been come to by the Commissioners, and several of the force have revolted against a measure involving the loss of that which they emphatically declare to be dearer than life—their personability. Considering that the greater part of a policeman's occupation when on duty is to ogle the servant girls, it is equivalent to a down right disqualification to call upon them to sacrifice all that many of them have to depend upon for success in that particular branch of their profession which we have just now alluded to. "If we are to be disfigured," say some of them, " let the figures be taken from our collars, but let not the disfiguring process be put in practice upon our visages." Such has been the panic in the force, that the Commissioners have been induced to reconsider the matter, and a return of the state of tliu whisker crops throughout tho Metropolitan Police has been ' ordered. It would seem that 5 in 20 have sandy whiskers ; 2 in 40 have none at all ; 1 in 90 is sure to cut himself whenever he shaves ; and 3 in 30 have their whiskers almost meeting under their noses. It is expected that there will be a modification of the recent order, and that six square inches of whisker will in future be allowed to every member of the police force. A public meeting of the body has been called, and the chair is to be taken by A 1, who has shown considerable spirit in resisting the order, and is cultivating mustachios under the very nose—not of himself alone—but the Commissioners. — Punch. ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED BALES OF COT TON AND A STEAM-BOAT BURNT.—This morning, the steam-boat Maid of Arkansas, bound from Y azoo t o New Orleans, took fire below Carrollton, when so ra pid was the progress of the flames, that the crew and passengers had barely time to save themselves. The carko of cotton, and the boat, down the water's edge , were burnt. Bad luck to 1842.—New Orle ans Courier, Nov. 3. We are told by a person who has lately been through the greater pare of the Weald of Sussex, that the appearance of the young wheat is better than it has been for many years : though we have had a considerable quantity of rain, it has not been at all too much for the wheat-sowing on the Downs ; and the beasts and sheep are doing well in the pastures without any need of hay as yet.--Brighton Gazette. HAwiccuuncu.—A serious accident occurred last week to a son of Mr. Hull, of Wylde Court, near this place, a tenant of Lord Bridport. It appears his Lordship has caused these dangerous weapons, mis called dog-spears, to be placed in his covers for the protection of his game. The young man to whom the accident has occurred, having occasion to change some sheep, went into one of these covers, being the nearest way to the part of the farm where the sheep were then feeding ; in his progress he encountered oie of these spears, which, entering his leg a little above the . ancle, came out above the calf, inflicting a most dangerous and painful wound.-- Sher/write Journal. A SIGN OF THE TIMES.—A correspondent informs U 3 that an auctioneer in this ne i g hb our hood is under engagement to sell up 2G farmers op as many conse cutive days.—Bolton Free Press. YARMOUTH.—On 'Thursday morning a fislling-boat, • -=ring four men, was upset near " th e -Haven's conta.:. . mouth, arid all, we .7.7 rc t V? sai, verished. TIIE„ SUN, LONDON, S ATURDAX MORNING, DECEMBER 3, IM2. LONDON AND DOVER RAILWAY. The Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors and Directors of this Railway was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the pur pose of receiving the Directors' and Engineer's Re port, a statement of the accounts, and to declare forfeit certain shares. JOSEPII BAXENDALE, Esq., took the Chair, and read the Report, which stated, " That since the last general meeting the line had been further opened—to Head corn in the month of August, and within the present week to As'aford. The opening to Headcorn—the mileage over which the Company's receipts were taken, being, of course, increased, while, at the same time, the payment of toll to the Brighton Company had ceased, that to the Croydon had been modified under the arrangement referred to below, and the tax payable to Government had been placed on a different footing—appeared to the Directors a proper opportunity for introducing lower fares and an additional class of passengers. So far as a limited experience had enabled the Directors to arrive at a concluOion on the subject, it warranted a be lief that the experiment had increased the general usefulness of the Railway, and the net profit to the Company. By the opening to Ashford it was expected that the existing traffic from London to Do.. ver and Canterbury would be diverted into its new channel, and that many of the difficulties with which the Company had had to contend in respect to the conveyance of passengers and parcels, beyond the line of the Railway to their ulterior destination, would be removed. The full development of the traffic to which the line was entitled, and the entire freedom from de pendence upon arrangements not properly falling within the province of a Railway Company, could not of course be looked for until the full advantages of the new system had been offered to the public by the opening throughout to Dover. The pro posed extension from' the point where the Croy don diverges from the Greenwich line to the Grange-road, had occupied the careful attention of 'the Directors. In pursuanCe of the resolution passed at the last meeting, they had contracted to purchase, for about 35,0001.,- so much of the land required as was necessary in order to secure to the Company the power of prosecuting the design. Further negotiations had put them in a position to recommend to the Propries tors the continuation of the line to a point near the Brick layers' Arms, still nearer to London than that which was considered at the last meeting. The advantages of a West-end terminus, close to the already accus tomed point of convergence on the southern side of the bridges, were great and obvious ; but these did not constitute the only inducement by which the Directors had been influenced. The terminus at London-bridge, which would shortly he completed, was very valuable for the purposes it was designed to serve, but did not afford sufficient space for carrying out in a safe, creditable, and efficient manner, the amount and various kinds of traffic in passengers, goods, and cattle, which might reasonably be expected at the London, terminus of the line. Twenty-three acres of commodious station room would be made available if the present suggestion were adopted; and the Directors were advised by their engineer that the increased convenience thus afforded to the Company was a consideration to which they could not easily attach too great importance. The Brighton Company had declined to 'unite in the proposed extension, and as the participation of the Croydon Company was uncertain, the Proprietors of this Company, if they sanctioned the project, must be prepared to invest the Directors with full powers for carrying it into effect on the sole responsibility of the South-Eastern Company. The total cost of this branch, with the extension now proposed, including the costs of application to Parliament, and of the line and station, would probably be not far short of 200,0001. Against this expenditure, besides the ad vantages above referred to, must be, set the annual amount saved in tolls, and the confluence of traffic likely to be attracted to this branch • and considering its importance, and the advanced and promising state of the undertaking generally, the Directors did not hesitate to recommend its adoption to the meeting. The Proprietors were aware, that in order to com plete the line according to the estimates laid before previous meetings, two sums of 120,0001. and 100,0001. remained to be raised under the authority of the Acts already obtained. The order of a General Meeting was necessary to enable the Board to raise these sums ; that for the 120,000/. was given by a previous meeting, and that for 100,0001. would be submitted to the Proprietors. The mode pro posed by the Board was the issue of debentures and loan notes, for the whole amount required. The Directors have had .much satisfaction in laying before the Proprietors Mr. Stephenson's elaborate Report, on the surveys made for lines connecting the South-Eastern Railway, by way of Calais or Boulogne, with Paris and other, important places on the Continent of. Europe. While this Company, from a sense of propriety as well as of prudence, had always abstained from any interference with the projects for railways on the other side of the Channel, the Proprietors could not fail to receive with interest a Report ascertaining, by a careful comparison of engineering capabilities with existing traffic, the future prosperity of an undertaking calettlated to enhance the value of their own line. The statement of the receipts and expenditure showed a balance of 108,3751. 10s. Oid. in the hands of the Company. The CuAiamAN: then read the Engineer's Report, which stated the line was now opened to Ashford, and would be opened throughout in the end of next year. The opening to Folkstone would take place early in the summer. The Chairman then went on to say, that in 1836 the Royal Assent was given to the Bill of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and the first general meeting of the Proprietors took place in 1837. Perhaps no railway had ever moved slower than this one appeared to have done. The expenditure since the commencement of the Rail way had averaged about 100,0001. per an num ; but from March to November last the expenditure had been 260,0001., and for the whole year 1,230,0001., making a total , of two millions of money. During the time the rail Way had been in course of completion, the Directors had frequently changed, and now only one original Director re mained, and he (the Chairman) happened to be the third who had presided at that Board. In the six years following 1835 there had been an expenditure of 320,0001., and in the following six months, 250,0001. From September to October, 1842, the expenditure was 224,000/. ; since which period up to the 15th November, it had been 193,000/., the total payment, therefore, was 2,187,0001. The further expenditure required, according to the Engineer's Report, was 596,0001., making a total of 2,783,0001.; but from this sum would be deducted the interest paid on the shares which had been received back, the cost of the land at the Bricklayers' Arms, and other items, which would reduce the sum to 2,681,0001. The line would, therefore, be completed at a cost of between three and four millions. The total amount at present at command of the Directors was 83,000/. The estimate for the Dover terminus would be considered at a special ge neral meeting. The terminus at the Bricklayers' Arms was a subject of great importance, and would be brought under the consideration of the meeting. This terminus, if erected, would place the railway within about three quarters of a mile of St. Paul's, about a mile and a half from Westminster-bridge, about two miles from Waterloo-bridge, and two and a half from Charing-cross. The necessity for this branch was very urgent. At the present station it was out of the question to think of carrying goods. What business could be conducted when he told them that the station for three Companies, the Brighton, the Croydon, and the Dover, stood on ground about a quarter the size of Westminster Hall. It appeared to him that there was no earthly reason why the Brighton, the Dover, and the Croy don should not act in concert, and for their mutual benefit. The station at London-bridge for the three Companies was 100 feet by 52, while at the Camden station of the London and Birming haM for one carrier alone the allotment was 227 feet.—(Hear, hear.) He therefore thought that the Grange undertaking must be beneficial to the Dover Company. The Chairman then entered into a long statement to show that the arrangement made by the Company with respect to the New Cross Station, had been of great advantage to the Company. The arrangement being, that instead of paying ls. per head each passenger indiscriminately upon the lire to the Croydon Company, the Croydon Company should take a proportionate charge for each, according to the distance travelled, whereby the Dover Company had been enabled to carry third-class pas sengers. The next point he would call their atten tion to was the position of each Company with respect to each other. He thought the public and the Com panies would be materially benefited by the Direc tors in each pulling well together.—(Hear, hear.) The Brighton, the Croydon, and the Dover Company had no possible excuse for not acting as one. He hoped that the proprietors would take some measures so as to compel thirty-eight foolish gentlemen to adopt a course which must be beneficial to all. He had hoped that common sense would prevail, but it had not seemed to have gained ground at all. He had seen the establishments reducing their labourers from 21s. to 195., but this was not the reform that was re quired; what was wanted was to make the three Companies work as one. They did not want three Directors, three staffs, or three locomotive establishments. Could any one suppose that two sta tions were required at Croydon and two at Reigate? He had heard this bitterly complained of by passen gers, who had suffered. •What was required was one staff for the whole, one engineer, one secretary, a n d one inspector. He was happy to say that they had no disputes with their contractors, as many other railways had. All that they now had to do was to complete the terminus at Dover, and he hoped that the one at the Bricklayers' Arms would be sanctioned. He concluded by moving the adoption of the Report. Mr. WisnAw said that according to his calcula tions he made the total expenditure on the railway upwards of 3,000,0001. for its completion. The CHAIRMAN , said that upwards of 300,0001. was deficient in the calls. ~ Mr. WisgAw wished to know why Mr. Yates had resigned his situation as superintendent of the line, and whether that resignation had been an inconvenience to the Company. Ile wished to know also what the actual cost of the railway was likely to be. The CnAiamAN said the less that was said on that subject by the friends of Mr. Yates the better. His resignation had not been an inconvenience to the Company. The cost of the railway, as was stated at the last meeting, would be about 2,01,000/. This was the statement they made at the last meeting, and this was the statement they adhered to now. After a very long discussion, the motion that the Report be received, adopted, and printed, was put and carried. The CHAIRMAN said the next resolution was ern, powering the Company to raise 220,0001. upim loan notes. This resolution was put and carried. A resolution was then passed, empowering the Di rectors to apply to Parliament for a Bill to 'continue: the line of railway to Dover under Arch Cliff - Fort.. This resolution was passed without comment.. The resolution come to at.the last meeting, forfeit ing certain shares, was confirmed. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution to em- . power the Company to go to Parliament for a Bill. to form a branch of the railway to the Grange, near the Bricklayers' Arms, and to erect a station. A great deal of discussion ensued upon this reso lution ; several Proprietoil opposed it, as not tending to benefit the Company. Mr. LtvY said that the principal trade would be in hops, and it was well knoWn that as Southwark was the great hop-market that the dealers would, as a matter of course, go to London Bridge rather than send waggons to the Grange. He should, therefore, :propose, as an amendment to the resolution, that the subject. be taken into consideration that day twelve months. Considerable (jiteussion!arose upon this, and The CHAIRMAN said the' Directors would abide by the decision of the meeting. 'lle could only say that the ground could now be got for a low sum, and if they delayed, they might not have. an opportu nity of purchasing it except at an enormous outlay, as the place would soon be built upon. If at' any future time the Proprietors should see - the policy of purchas ing this land, and the present proposition were reject ed, he hoped they would not blame the Directors.• • The amendment was then put and lost. The original resolution, which erdpowered the Directors to go to Parliament, .either in conjunction with or without the Croydon:Company, for the Bill, was, put and carried. A resolution was then proposed, empowering the Directors to sell the forfeited shares. This resolution was carried. A vote of thanks was then carried to the Chairman, and the meeting separated at four o'clock. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 2, 1842. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Knight Commander of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Grand Cross thereof. Her Majesty has also been . pleased to nominate and appoint Major-GenerarSir Henry Pottinger, Bart., to Imo a Knight Grand Cross of the sal. Most Hon. Order. Her Majesty has further been pleased to nominate and appoint Major-General George Pollock, Companion of the said most Honourable Military Order, and Major- General William Nott, of the East India Company's Ser vice, to be Knights Grand Cross ,of the same Order. hall -street. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Cox, Bucklersbury. ISAAC WINTER, brewer, Boxmoor, Hertfordshire, .Dec. 15, at half-past eleven. and .Tan. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Steele, Lincoln's Inn-fields. RICHARD COULSELL, victualler, Milton, Kent, Dec. 12, at half-past 'one ' and Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-strect. Turqupnd, Copthall-buildings, official assignee ; Southgate, Gray's Inn-place. THOMAS FIELDER, baker, Brewer's. street, Somers town, Dec. 9, at half-past one, and Jan. 13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Belcher, official-assignee ; Weir, Coopers'-hall, Basinghall-streat. SAMUEL PARKER, lamp manufacturer, Picca dilly, Dec. 9, at two, and Jan. 13, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Belcher, official assignee; Tyas, Beaufort-buildings. Strand. • HARVEY GARNET PHIPPS TUCKETT, mer chant, Poultry, Dec. 8, at,half-pastAwelve, and Jan. 16, at 'eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy; Basinghall-street. ,Turquand, Copthall-buildings,' official assignee ; Law .l.ance and Blenkarne, Bucklersbury. THOMAS CALDICOTT, provision merchant, New port, Monmouthshire, Dec. 16, and Jan. 13, at one, at ,the Bristol District Court of Banruptey. Acraman, assi Bristol; Leman, B r i s t o l. • • o om ee, WIIITEHALJA, DF. 1. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Gough, G.C.8., and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. WHITEHALL,, -Nov. 30. The Queen has bempleased toappoint the Earl of Lin coln, the Earl of Burlington, the Lord Colborne, the Right Honourable James Charles Herries, the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of the City of London ; ,Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart. ; Sir Charles Lemon Bart. ; Henry Thomas Hope, Esq. ; Henry Gaily Knight, Esq, ; Alexander Milne, Esq. ; the Hon. Charles Gore ; Sir Robert Smirke, Knt. ; and Charles Barry, Esq.; to be her Ma jesty's Commissioners for inquiring into and considering the most effectual means of improving the metropolis, and of providing increased facilities of communica,tion within the same. _ . , ill FOREIGN-OFFICE, Pgc.,,2- , ) - 1 , The Queen has been pleased to , r. Lach lan Macintosh Rate, as Consul:GensraLL }ll,, e U n it e d Kingdom for the Republic of Texas. ,ets, 319et` WA R- OFFICE, ' De. t< tip 2d Regiment of Life Guards—CA:net arid Sub-Lieut. R. Lucas to be Lieutenant, • by p urchase, vi c e - C. IL Drummond, who retires, Dec. 2; 22d Regiment of Foot—Capt. St. J. Mundell, from the t 58th Foot, to be Captain, vice as sel!, who exchanges, Dec. 227th. Foot—W. N. Irwin, Gent. be Assistant. Surgeon, vice Grant, appointed to the 28th . Foot, Dec. 2. • 28th Foot—Li eu t. C. St evens , from the 2 d West India Regiment, to be Lieut., vice 111‘Plice, promoted in the 22d Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon J. Grant, M.D., him the 27th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Macdonell, promoted in the 80th Foot, Dec. 9. 53d Foot—Lieutenant 11. J. IL Moffatt, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be. Lieutenant, rice Atkins, deceased ; Ensign W. B. Bastard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moffatt, wini retires ; J. Breton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase vice. Bastard, Dec. 2. I 58th Foot—Captain A. I. Russell, 6om the 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice Mundell, who exc h an ges, Dec. 2. 61st Foot—Lieut. J. T. Bli g h to b e Captain by pur chase, vice Philips, who retires; E ns i gn A. We'dderburn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bligh, Dec. 2. . 68th Foot—Lieut. H. Smyth to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Hill, who retires ; Lieutenant, by purchase, vice S my th ; T. W. Storer, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rhodes, Dec. 2 . F P 71st Foot—Ensign . . Ensign W. Rhodes, to be S. Mackenzie to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice'the Hon. F. 11. P. Methuen, who retires ; S. H. Stuart, Gent.; to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Mackenzie, Dec. 2. 80th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon A. S. Macdonell, from the 28th Foot, to be Surgeon, Tice T ur nbull, deceased, Dec. 2. _ 91st Foot--W. Stuart, M.D., to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice M‘Laren, deceased, Dec. 2. 3d West India Regiment—Quartermaster-Sergeant E. Conron to be Quartermaster,. vice Macdonald, de ceased, Dec. 2. MEMORANDUM. — The half-pay of Adjutant H. Blond helm, of the Canadian Embodied Militia, has been can celled, from 2d December, 1842, inclusive, he having re ceived a commuted allowance for his commission. The christian names of Ensign Mountain, of the 26th Foot, are Jacob George. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 23. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieut. T. Holloway, from the Artillery Companies of the Corps, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major J. Uniacke died in action ; Second Lieut. J. Pickard.to be First Lieut., vice Hollo way, promoted ; Second Lieut. 11. C. P. Dyer to be First Lieut., vice Trewitt, killed in action. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 2d Regiment of West York Militia—T. K. L. Walker, Gent., to be Lieutenant, - vice Darnell, promoted in the Ist Regiment of West York Militia, Nov. 26. Hussar Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeo manry Cavalry—Assistant-Surgeo n B. Dodsworth to be Surgeon, vice Gibbs, deceased, July 26. ' BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JOHN LANG, SAMUEL ARMITAGE, RICHARD REDFEARN, and JOHN SYKES, blanket manufac turers, Liversedge, Yorkshire. THOMAS BROOKE, JOSEPH LANG, JOSEPH ES, blanket manufacturers, L W iL L r ß se Y dg , e a , n y d o J r o k N sn A ir S MILN e. BANKRUPTS. . JAMES HEDGMAN, dealerin leather, High Huh torn to surrenzer Dec. 13, at two, an d J an . 18 ; at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall.street. Johnson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Taylor, Finsbury terrace, City-road. JOHN CUNNINGTON, builder, Newport, M u- mouthshire, Dec. 19., and Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Hall and Jenkins, Newport. THOMAS JONES, cattle salesman, Glyn, Merioneth shire, Dec. 14, and Jan. 24, at eleven, a-, the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy. Cazenove, Liverpool, and assignee allab r y t A a l n oocdT, c ow aint t nse r pd v n ,L sh i viere.rp_oo l ; official Williams Breese, M Port ROBERT .HEATHCOTI3, victualler, Manchester, Dec. 12 and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Manchester 'Dis trict Court of Bankruptcy. Fraser, Manchester, official assignee ; Chew, Manchester ; Gre g o ry, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bourdillon, Bedford-row, London. BETTY THORNILEY„ grocer, Broadbottom, Che shire, Dec. 20„ at eleven, and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Ferns, Stockport ; Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, London. JOHN ELLIS, brush-maker, Mansfield, Dec. 14, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. WILLIAM HOLT, hatter, Mansfield, Dec. 17, and Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Leed s Distri ct Court of Bank ruptcy. Hope, official assignee , Leeds ; Parsons and Been, Mansfield. THOMAS MARSDEN, mercer, Northall er t o n, Dec. 14, and Jan. 11, at one, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Ander son, York. CHARLES ANDREW BRADRURY, draper, Stock port, Dec. 10 and Jan 11, at twelve, at th e M anchester District Court of Bankruptcy. Pott, offici a l ass i gnee , Manchester ; Baddeley, Stockport. WILLIAM HENZEY BOND, wine merchant, King sWinford, Staffordshire, Dec. 13; at one, and Jan, 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy, Christy, official assignee, Birmingham; Collis, Stour , bridge. WILLIAM GREEN, cabinet -case-maker, Binning ' ham, Dec. 9, and Jan. 10, at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy. Valpy, official assignee, Birming ham; Gidley, Earl-street, 131ackfriars, London. THOMAS ALLEN, silkman and silk throwster, Macclesfield, Dee. 6, at one, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy. Pott, official assignee l'Brnndrett, Randall, Summers, and Brown, Ipner Temple, London; Thompson ; Glossop. WILLIAM - NAIRN and JAMES • - LISTON, ware housemen, Tower Royal, Watling-steet 4 Dee, 8; and . 1 Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing- DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. 0. Hills, grocer, Bow, Dec. 23, at half-past one— T. Gould, stay manufacturer, Cheapside, Dec. 23, at one .—G. Corbett, builder, Lewisham, Kent, Dec. 24, at one —S. Glyde, grocer, Southampton-row, Russell-square, Dec. 23, at half-past eleven—J. Reynolds, coal merchant, Upper Thames-street, Dec.' 14, at len—J. C. and T. Lugs, lozenge manufacturers, Aldersgate-stroet, Dec. 23, at eleven—F. T. West, coal merchant, Lambeth, Dec. 23, at two. _ _ In the Country. F. Britten, woollen •JraPer, Bristol ; Dec. 26, at twelve, at the 'Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy—T. Mulford, hay dealer, Cheltenham, Dec. 7, at twelve, at the Bristol , District Court of Bankruptcy. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to - the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Higgins . .arid J. Mannock, engineers,'Dukinfield, Cheshire, 'Dec.. 23—W. Wilks, coal merchant, Benge worth,. Worcestershire, Dec. 23—P. A. .Hepburn, wine, merchant, Hampstead-road, Dec. 28—A. Bouglinval and J. Farrington, manufacturing chemists, Strattord,'Essex, Dec. 23—J. A. Smith and W. Monteath, 'linen. drapers, Oxford -street, Dec. 23—J. Mayne and, 1% A. Wilson, ,printers, Picket-street, Strand, Dec. 23—R. Wild and 11. ; Williams, linen drapers, Walworth, Dec. .23—A. Wise, W. S. Bentall, and R. Farwell, bankers, Ttitnes,' Devon shire, Dec. 27—A. Wise, N. Baker, and W. S. Bentall, bankers, Newton Abbott, Devonshire. Dec. 27—8. Holmes, boot maker, Birmingham, Dec. 24—A. Blumen thal, wine merchant, Birmingham, Dec. 24—R. Bill, japanner, Birmingham, Dec. 23—J. and W. H. Hamil ton, calico printers, Manchester, Dec. 26—8. J. Wood, optician, Liverpool, Dec. 24. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. and H. Stuart, wholesale milliners, Constitution row, Gray's Inn-road—Jh. and Js. Atkins, tobacconists, Shoreditch—B. Jacques and E. Barker, hosiers, Notting ham—H. Parrish and T. Evans, coal dealers, Birmingham —J. Pomfrett and R. Dickson, cheese factors, Preston, Lancashire—J. Naylor, J. L. Fernandes, and W. B. Naylor, cloth merchants, Wakefield, Yorkshire (so far as regards J. L. Fernandes)—J. Thornton and J. Backhouse, carpenters; Halifax, Yorkshire—E. M. Stapley and L. Gilling, tobacconists, Goswell-road—J. Gibson and J. Turner, drapers, St. Alban's—T. Edenborough and A. Pearson, wine merchants, Pancras-lane, Cheapside—W. Nicol. R. Duckworth, G. Fraser, and W. Leonard, mer chants, Egypt—D. and J. Burton, cotton spinners, Man chester—J. and C. Sheppard, tailors, King's Lynn. Nor folk—J. Rowe and J. Moody, coal merchants, Brims comb Port, Gloucestershire—E. and F. Pamphilon, eheesemongers, Strand—J. Hawkins and P. Kelly, butter dealers, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. GEORGE MACFARLANE and CO., 'merchants, Glasgow, Dec. 8 and 29, at one, at the Georgelnn, Glasgow. ALEXANDER MACDONALD, hosier, Glasgow, Dec. 12 and Jan. 9, at one, at the Counting-house of Thomson and Laurie, Glasgow. .. JOHN DAVIS, optician, Edinburgh, Dec. 7 and 30, at one. at the Old Signet-hall, Edinburgh. JOHN THOMSON, grocer, Airdrie, Dec. 10 and Jan. 7, at two, at Drummond's Inn, Airdrie. GAVIN SHANKS, wright, Itaviyards, Airdrie, The. 9 and 30, at one, at Drummond's Inn, Airdrie. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending Nev. 29, 1842, is Ms. Old. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Higgs - held an inquest at the Horse and Groom, Whitcombe-street, Suffolk street East, on the body of a newly-born female child, of parentage unknown. An investigation has been instituted by the police authorities of Queen square, which, it is feared, will implicate a woman of good character, and the mother of six children, with the present alleged murder. Henry-Telfer, 8, Whitehead's-grove, Chelsea, said, that on Wednesday evening he saw, in one of the watering places in Duke's-Court, at the hack of the National Gallery, a small deal box, which he lifted . up, and tried to open. It was nailed, however, and he;carried it away, and gave it to the first policeman he met, who took it to the Gardiner's-lane station house, where it was opened in presence of witness. The box contained the body of a female child, wrapped up in a linen apron. There had been a mark or number upon it, which had been picked out. Thomas Cope, 156 A, said that Inspector Par tridge, who was on duty at the station-house, re quested the attendance of Dr. M'Cann, surgeon to their division, who ordered the child to be sent to his surgery. Witness carried it there, and a post mortern examination was made before him. The surgeon said the child had been born alive, and from the appear ance of the face and a mark around the neck, he should say it had been strangled. - One of the apron strings was missing, and the supposition was, that with it the murder had been done. One of the Jurymen asked the Coroner whether Inspector Partridge had any authority to send the child's body for examination to Dr.' M'Cann ? and being answered that the proper course would have been to have sent the body to St. Martin's work house, there to be seen by the parish surgeons, a long discussion ensued, and the manner in which In spector Partridge and Dr. M'Cann had acted being commented upon pretty freely, the result was, that an adjournment of the inquest was ordered till Mon dav, that the opinion of the parish surgeons might be had in evidence before them. FIRE AT KINGSWOOD. (Abridged from the Bristol Gazette of Thursday.) 'We have this week to record one of the most exten sive and destructive conflagrations that has happened in this neighbourhood for many years. Shortly after seven o'clock, intelligence reached Bristol that the very extensive premises of Messrs. H. H. and S. Budgett, wholesale grocers and general merchants, at Kingswood-hill, were on fire, and several engines im mediately started for the scene. The fire reached so great a height as to render vain any hopes of saving the warehouses, and the exertions of the firemen were directed to preserving the dwelling-house attached to the buildings, as well as the stabling and the house of Mr. S. Budgett, which is situated a short distance in the rear. This they succeeded in accomplishing, by cutting off the communication. The house next to the shop and warehouses was in extreme jeopardy, having caught fire at various points several times, and but for the change of the wind, could not have been saved. The whole of the warehouses, counting-houses, and shop present a mass of ruins. Of these immense buildings, which covered an area of nearly an acre in extent, nothing now remains but tottering walls and 'blackened timbers amidst which lie scattered in indistin guishable heaps the remains of the valuable stock which they - enclosed. In one spot may be observed vast quantities of coffee, in the berry, completely roasted ; in another, chests upon chests of tea, burnt by the fire and damaged by water ; in a third, sacks of flour trampled into one dirty mass; whilst all about are running streams of melted sugar. The new tea room, which had been just finished, as well as the library lately fitted up for the use of the young men employed in the establishment, are both destroyed. The small chapel attached to the premises remains entire. It is impossible, at present, to give anything like a correct estimate of the amount of property de stroyed, but we are glad to learn that it is expected the insurance will cover the injury done, both to the buildings and stock. • It is a fortunate circumstance that two cargoes of new fruit, just imported, which in another day or two would have been taken to Kingswood, had not been removed from Messrs. Budgett's warehouses in Nelson-street, or the loss would, of course, been much greater. The books and papers were also saved. At the time of the discovery of the fire there were nearly forty valuable horses in the stables, all of which were got out safe. It is also satisfactory to be able to state that no lives were lost or any serious injury inflicted. It is not known how the fire originated. It was first discovered about a quarter to seven, in the titler room, and it is supposed must have resulted from ,a stove which is placed in a small room adjoining, and from which pipes are conveyed into the sugar room, for the purpose of keeping the stock dry. The fire was at its greatest height about ten o'clock, and the conflagration was distinctly visible for miles round. About three o'clock it was so far subdued as to allay apprehension of spreading further, but the embers are still smouldering. A detachtnent of the County police. under Super intendent Hilcoat, rendered great service in keeping the way clear for the engines, and in protecting the property during its removal to the Church, where it was placed for safety. All the hands in the estab lishment (of which there are about 200 constantly employed, the greater number of whom reside on the premises) rendered every assistance, and the neigh bours and friends of, the Messrs. Budgett exerted themselves to the utmost. The Rev. Mr. Gaskin, the respected minister of the, parish, was particularly active. - THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. FIRST SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE CONVO CATION OF MINISTERS ON SATURDAY, THE 19TH OF NOVEMBER, 1842, AND CONCURRED IN BY 427 MINISTERS. 1. That according to the recent, and, as it appears to this Convocation, unconstitutional decisions of the supreme civil courts, and the interpretation which those decisions, if allowed or sanctioned by the su preme power in the State, would put upon the civil law—the obligation to receive and admit a qualified presentee, imposed by the law of patronage on the presbyteries of the Church, is a civil obligation, such as may be enforced by the ordinary compulsations of civil law ; and in particular, that the rejection of a presentee in respect of the dissent of the congregation, according to the fundamental principle and law of the Church is not merely an act to which the civil courts, may refuse to give civil effect, but is in itself a civil wrong or offence, which may be dealt with accord ingly by the civil courts. 2. That other decisions of the ciVil courts, and in particular the decision of the Lord Ordinary in the case of the deposition of the Strathbogie ministers, imply an assumption of a jurisdiction in the most sacred functions of the . worship and government of the Church, especially in the matter of the deposition of ministers, to the effect of reducing the sentences of spiritual courts in the exercise of discipline over mi lusters and members of the Church. 3. That these claims to jurisdiction in spiritual matters, on the part of the civil courts, are based chiefly, if not altogether, upon the Act of Queen Anne •restoring patronage—an Act from the first unjustifiable, and recently interpreted in a sense to which the Church cannot conscientiously submit, and to which she cannot consent to accommodate her ecclesiastical procedure. 4. That as the principle involved in these decisions, and particularly in the recent Auchterarder judg ment, is that of the supremacy of the civil courts over those of the Established Church in the exercise of their spiritual functions ; so the members of the'Con vocation declare that no measure can in cons-define be submitted to by them which does not effectually' pro tect the Church against the exercise of such jurisdic tion by the civil courts in time to come, and in par ticular fully prevent all future encroachments of the nature specified in the preceding resolntions. 5. That in all their past contendings the members of this Convocation have been actuated, and they trust that in all their future proceedings they will continue to be actuated, by a deep conviction of the value and excellence of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution under which they live; and that one or the chief causes of their present anxiety arises out of their im pression that the tendency and inevitable result of the recent decision of the civil courts, especially if these shall be finally sanctioned as the law of the land, must be as entirely subversive of the Constitution as they are repugnant to the principles of this Church and the consciences of her office-bearers. 1 SECOND SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE CON VOCATION •F MINISTERS, ON TUESDAY, THE 22D OF NOVEMBER, 1842, AND CONCURRED IN BY 354 MI- NISTERS. 1. That while the Church most solemnly protests against the :invasion of her jurisdiction by the civil courts, as contrary to the word of God, the Confession of Faith, and the Constitution of this kingdom; and while, in this particular, she is entitled, in the judg ment of the brethren now assembled, to declare, as the General Assembly in the claim of rights has declared, that the assumption by the civil courts of authority in matters spiritual, and espe cially in the ordination, admission, or deposition of ministers, and the other proceedings there set forth, is in violation of the law establishing the Church, which was made unalterable by the Act of Security and the Treaty of Union ; and that whatever is done in the exercise .of that assumed authority ought therefore to be held as in right or de jure, it is null and void and of no effect ; still, whatever the nation in these circumstances might do, it is not the duty of the Church, as a kingdom not of this world, which has not and cannot have any power of the sword, or any secular dominion whatever, to plead her title thus acquired and secured to the temporal benefits of her establishment, in opposition or resist ance to the supreme power of the State, except in the way of remonstrance, protest, and serious warning. 2. That as, on the other hand, it is the bounden duty of the Church and of her faithful Ministers, to represent to the supreme power of the State the nature of the invasions of the civil courts upon ,the spiritual provinces so, on the other hand, the refusal on the part of the State of such a remedy as has 'been de clared indispensable to meet the emergency, cannot be otherwise construed than as being a recognition and sanction by the State of the principle which the deci. sions of the civil courts involve. 3. That the brethren now assembled fully recognise the intrinsic authority and final jurisdiction of the civil magistrate or the supreme power of the State in the exercise of all civil functions, and in the discharge of all the duty which he owes towards the Church of Christ ; and in particular they acknowledge the right of the civil magistrate to fix the terms on which he will establish the Church, as a right which he is to use on his own responsibility, and in the use of which the Church is not entitled to resist him ; and hence, accordingly, as the Church being essentially independent of the civil magistrate in her spiritual province, is not bouild, and is not at liberty to conform her procedure in the government of Christ's-house to the orders of the State, or of any courts of the State, against her convictions of duty founded on the word of God, so neither is she warranted in prescribing to the civil magistrate, or requiring him to act according to her views, whether in the administration of civil affairs generally, or in what he does towards religion or about things sacred, as in his giving to the Church, or withholding from her, the civil countenance and support ; nor may the Church resist his determination in these matters, since, in both departments of his duty, the civil ma gistrate is always bound to act according to his own conscience, under the rule of the word of God, and on his responsibility to God. 4. That it is the duty of the faithful ministers of this Church not to continue to receive the endow ments or emoluments secured to them by the civil law, or to involve themselves in the manifold incon veniences and serious evils of a protracted struggle with the civil power, after it shall appear that the supreme power of the State, by refusing to relieve them from interference of the civil court in things spiritual, does thereby substantially and effectually sanction the condition which the civil courts would attach to their holding of these endowments or emolu ments, and to which they never can submit or yield obedience, viz., the condition of subjection to civil control in matters spiritual, and of being bound, against their consciences, to intrude ministers upon reclaiming congregations. 5. That it is the duty of the ministers now assem bled, and of all who adhere to their views, to make a solemn representation to her Majesty's Government, and to both Houses of Parliament, setting forth the im minent and extreme peril of the establishment, the inestimable value of the benefits which it confers on the country, and the pain and reluctance with which they are forced to contemplate the possibility of the Church's separation, for conscience' sake, from the State respectfully calling upon the rulers of this na tion to maintain the Constitution of the kingdom in violate, and to uphold a pure establishment of religion in the land ; and, finally, intimating that as the endow ments of the Church are, undoubtedly, at the disposal of the supreme power of the State, with whom it rests either to continue to the Church her possession of them, f ree f rom any limitation of her spiritual ju risdiction and freedom, or to withdraw them alto gether, so it must be the duty* of the Church, and consequently, in dependence on the grace of God, it s the-determination of Ike brethren now assembled, if no- measure such as the have declared to be indispen sable be granted, to tender the resignation of those civil advantages which they can no longer hold in consistency with the free and full exercise of their spiritual functions, and to cast themselves on such pro vision as God in His providence may afford, main taining still uncompromised the principle of a right scriptural connection between the Church and the State, and solemnly entering their protest against the, udgments of which they complain, as, in their decided opinion, altogether contrary to what has ever hitherto been understood to be the law and Constitu- I tion of this country. * Twenty-one of the above 354 adherents added the following explanation to their concurrence :-- " While diagreeing from the doctrine which seems implied in the resolutions, that the silence of the Legis lature constitutes an obligation on our consciences to regard the terms of compact between Church and State as altered, we adhere, in so far that the silence of the Legislature, after a reasonable time will, on the ground. of Christian expediency, oblige us to leave the Esta blishment." PRIESTLY POWER IN THE UNITED STATES.--.The last arrivals from the United States mention that in New York, for the first time, at the late elections, the cross was openly hoisted at the polls. "We believe Americans," says the Journal of Commerce," will frown on this most dangerous innovation, and let it be seen that American elections are not to be controlled by ecclesiastics from Rome." We have some doubts as to the success of the Americans on this point. The poorest people of the United States have much politi cal influence. Great numbers of them are very igno rant and very superstitious, and it may happen that the great influx of Catholics into the United States may give to the ecclesiastics mentioned a greater power than will be compatible with the peace of the country. The Americans, however, are wisely taking the matter in time, though we are afraid that they will neglect the safest remedy—that of enlightening the people. Wednesday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India house, when Lestock Robert Reid, Esq. , was appointed a provisional member of Council at Bombay. THE PUBLIC DEBT OF SPAIN. EXPOSITION BY SENOR CALATRAVA. TO THE CORTES. At the conclusion of the last session the under signed Minister stated to this respectable assembly that the Government would not forget the credit of the State, and I now have the honour to propose to the Cortes what it considers ought now to be done for the purpose of upholding that credit as much as we are able. As the interest of the consolidated, domestic, and foreign debt, for the periods terminating with the year 1840, has already been capitalised, it is indispensable to do the same with respect to the corresponding periods of 1841 and 1842, and with regard to the in terest which will fall due in April and May, 1843 ; nor ought we to neglect adopting a measure which is alike just and politic from the consideration of its being extremely burdensome to the public revenue, seeing that the Government is confident to be able to support itself without difficulty during the time that the payment will commence to take effect. The six months' interest due prior to the Ist of May next is comprehended in the new capitalisation, with the view of avoiding a single coup on rema i n i ng i so l a t e d of the Four and Five per Cents. of the domestic debt, which stock must of necessity be renewed. There is no occasion to recal to the memory of the Cortes either the origin of our public debt, or tl:e un fortunately too notorious vicissitudes which have brought the national credit to the low ebb at which it now is ; but it will be necessary to take a brief view of the present situation of the debt, as also of the mortgage made in favour of the creditors of the State, according to the statements subjoined likewise. The debt liquidated up to the end of last July amounts to the sum of 11,915,850,034 10, from which must be deducted, first, 300,000,000, calculated to be. due for debts owing to the secular clergy ; aud, se cond, 1,120,000,000 assignable to the payments due, and nearly due, for the national property sold ;up to last September; so that the former amounts to 10,495 850 034 10. Of this sum there belong to the eonlolidated debt 5,821,951,063 21 ms., and the re mainder to the unconsolidated debt, bearing no inte !rest ; so that the annual interest of the former, inclu- sive of the New Three per Cents, amounts to 30 . 0,954,982 19—a large figure certainly ; yet not so much so as to fail of being redeemed in a great mea sure by the mortgage assigned for it, or as to make xi% despair of being able to cover the interest on that, which is not so by the remaining public revenue, when it shall no longer be wanted for the special lia bilities and obligations to which at present it is al lotted. We may also look forward to much benefit from the reform of our deranged economical system, if carried out with energetic perseverance, and if all well affected persons unite in making the glory and happiness of the country their object ; for, however slow and tardy the results may be, the nation un doubtedly possesses within itself abundant elements for rising superior to all its difficulties and dangers, under a well regulated administration. It appears from the schedUle of the auxiliary sec tion of the general administration of national pro perty, charged with inquiring into the incomes of the two classes of clergy, that the Treasury up to the 31st of August last registered a capital value, arising from the suppressed religious communities, amounting to 1,886,677,497 reels vellon, 31 maravedies, deducting wherefrom 836,851,434 25 (which h ave produced for the purpose of funding 2,054,695,682 17k) in conse quence of the sales up to the end of last September, there is left a balance of 1,049,826,063 6ms., for the property. solely of the regular clergy • and, adding now to this sum that of 1,500,000,000, being the cal culated value of the property of the secular clergy, we shall obtain a total of 2,549,826,063 reels vellon 6ms., with which we are warranted in supposing that an equal amount and an additional moiety, at least, of the debt will be liquidated, if we calculate according to the proceeds of the property hitherto disposed of. If to these resources, which will be greatly in creased the moment that the data obtained hitherto, and as yet incomplete, shall be filled up a n d amen d e d, be added the very ample ones, of which we still might avail ourselves, arising from woods and uncultivated lands, it will be seen that the mortgage of the debt is very inconsiderable, and that what we stand in need of is to secure the public order in such a manner as to remove all apprehensions of fresh commotions and re vulsions, in order that the great capitals now wanting lucrative investment in foreign nations may look for it in our country, where there is so much to do and so much to be turned to account, and that by means of the speculations that would be entered upon encou ragement may be afforded to agriculture, trade, and commerce, while, at the same time , a call and value for labour must of necessity follow. The Government would not carry out so great a work without a frank and decided co-operation of the representatives of the nation, who will assuredly not fail yielding it at all times, and on all occasions. It is impossible to engage in favour of the creditors of the State in the ensuing year for more than the payment of interest; on the already realised capitalisa tion ; but if the Cortes, as is to be hoped of their en lightened patriotism, would please to decree the funds necessary for coVerink during next Tear, all the pro posed engagements; then there will certainly be no difficulty in paying elf likewise in 1844 the amount of the capitalisation proposed by the Government to b e made; also of the half-yearly instalments due in 1841 and 1842 ; as well as of that becoming due in April and May, 1843 ; seeing that the interest on the new debt will begin to run from the Ist of July next, in order to pay the first half-yearly instalments on the Ist of January, 1844. These will amount nearly to 22,000,000 of reels, and as, provided the means above indicated be granted, there will only remain assigned for the said year the revenues of salt and of stamped p a p er ,- th e deficit of 70,000,000 which this will produce in the estimate, added to the above 22,000,000, will fully be covered by the increased income proceeding, first, from the 55,000,000 proposed in the project of the reform of the contributions to come into operation in 1844; secondly, fromthe augmented proceeds which may be expected from the custom-houses over the 90,000,000 at which they are now calculated, when the tariffs shall have been corrected and modified; thirdly, from the improvements which, on the one hand, will be ob tained in all the other branches of the revenue, and from the economy which, on the other, it will doubt less be possible to introduce into the estimate of expen diture, provided the Government always calculate carefully the means indispensable for answering with out restraint all its obligations. .. The differences which will be occasioned by th ese last supposed alterations may.well be presumed, toge ther with the 55,000,000 before mentioned, to supply the 92,000,000 assumed as the augmentation of the expend itithfuereG w e o o f pvae l sr B sn 4 mf 4 r on Government t th is is oi e o ar pin t i o on tha t t ha o t f a l n B4 B 3 B7 ( e fo e r . wh A ic n h d ment should be come to with the holders of the bonds of the Consolidated Five and Four per Cents. , to in duce them to convert t h em into the New Three 7 per Cents., considering the many difficulties with which the nation would for a length of time have to struggle in order to clear off entirely the interct on the said debt), it will not be hazardous to say, supposing al ways that the Government obtains the resources r!- quired for complying with the extraordinary liabili ties assumed in the preceding, that it will also he easy to cover all those of that year, increased by the pay ment of the interest on the whole debt under the above-mentioned supposition. The Four and Five per Cents., supposing this re duction to Three per Cents. to be effected, will amount nearly to 160,000,000, or to three-fifths of the 267,000,000, to which they amount at present; and, deducting 30,000,000 for those of the same paper which may be liquidated by the sale of landed pro perty in the two intermediate years, there remains 130,000,000, which, with the 92,000,000 above alluded to for the deficit left by the contracts for the revenue for salt and stamped paper and the increase of capitali sation, would make a total of 222,000,000 to be paid in the said year 1845, on the current and ordinary estimate. r.:, k~ Let us now consider what increased income the Treasury may have in that year for covering this aug mentation of expenditure. Mention has already been made above of the increase derivable from the reform in contributions to be effected in 1844, in consequence of the increased rates at the Custom-houses, on the ground of the amended and modified tariff, from the improvement to be looked for in all other branches of the revenue, and from the economy of which at that time the estimate will be susceptible. For, calculating even that the income only on these different accounts should be inemased by 100,000,000 of reals, if we add thereto the net products arising from the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, which will be disengaged some time in 1844, and which may be estimated at 80,000,000, we shall find that, in order to cover the 2 20,000,000, there would only have to be provided for a deficit of 42,000,000, being a sum the furnishing of which it would be a disgrace to think could prove very embarrassing to the Government, supposing always the administration to be well regulated and our czedit to be improved as much as possible. After this succinct and true sketch of the state of our debt, of its hypothecation, and of what the credi tors n a y ut r h eoarised by really look to his hereafter, highnessthe the Regu undersigned Regent of fth Mi nister, kingdom, has the honour to present to the Cortes, with the concurrence of the Council of Ministers, the fol lowing Project of Law.* RAMON MARIA CALATRAVA. Madrid, Nov. 16. * These have been already described in The Sun. We have much pleasure in stating that during the past few days a great q uan tit y o f or d ers h ave b een re ceived in this town ; and we trust there is now a pro spect in Birmingham, as well as other places, of 1 4, steady revival.--Birmingham Advertiser. Another portion of the Berlin-Stettin railroad was opened on the Nth ult., namely from Neustadi to Angermunde.