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GHUZNEE and SCINDE PRIZE MONEY. ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA, 14th NOVEMBER, 1849. Notice is hereby given, that the UNCLAIMED SHARES of the PRIZE MONEY for the Capture of Ghuznee in July, 1839, on account of the 16th Dragoons and 13th Foot; and for the Cap tures in Lower Scinde in 1843, under General Sir Charles J. Napier, G.C.B , on account of the 4 1 st Reg iment (only), will be PAYABLE at this Hospital on and atter the 3d of December nett, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'Clock. F. H. TALMAN, pro Secretary. pUNISHAIENT OF DEATH. A Public Meeting to promote the Abolition of the Punishment of Death will be held at the Bridge-house Hotel, Southwark, on MONDAY EVENING, the 19th instant. W. Ewart, Esq., M.P., Thos. Beggs, Esq., the Rev. 11. Christmas, Rev. H. Richard, John Robert son, Esq., John seoble, Esq., A. B. Stevens, Esq., and Charles Wordsworth, Esq., are expeeted to address the meeting. The Chair to be taken at Seven o'clock by CHARLES GILPIN, Esq. CONTRACTS for FRESH BEEF. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Nov. 14, 1849. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice that on TnuasnAr, the 29th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying (under separate Contracts) all such quantities of FRESH. BEEF as may be demanded for the uselof her Majesty's Ships and Vessels, at the following places—from the Ist January' to the 31st December, 1850, both day s included, viz.:— Chatham; 'Kingstown and Dublin Cork and Kinsale Leith, Leith Roads, and the Frith Cowes of Forth Deptfor to Erith (both judo- Limerick, Tarbert, and Kilrush sire) Milford and Pembroke Deal and Downs Portsmouth Falmouth Plymouth Guernsey and Jersey t iteerness Gal way Waterford. - - All parties abort to Tender are particularly desired to read atten tively the Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen either e t this Office, or an application to the Superintendents of the Victualling Establishments at Deptford, Deal, Portsmouth, and Plymouth ; the Superintendents of her Majesty's Dockyards at Chatham, Sheerness, and Pembroke ; the Agent for the Victualling at Haulbowline ; the Agent for Transports at Leith ; the Secretary to the Postmaster-Gc neral at Dublin ; or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at each of the other places. Every lender must specify the price in words at length, and no Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be delivered at the above Office, and be accom panied by a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, at Somerset-place, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 1,5051. for the due performance of the Contracts for Sheerness, Chatham, Ports mouth, and Plymouth; and In the sum of 5001. for each of the other places. THE CATHOLIC ,I,AW and GENERAL LIFE ASSITRA,CE COMPANY. No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. TRUSTEES. The Right Rev. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., 35, Golden-square. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex. The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk. Sir Henry Easton Bedingfield, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India Company. Thomas Barnewell, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pulteney-street, Bath. James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Malila-11111. DIRECTORS. The Right Rev. William Morrie, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman. Michael Forestall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, CLC.B., Director of the Hon. the East India Company, and of the London Joint Stock Bank. Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beaks, Esq.,Carlton Villas, .Maida-hill. Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Malmain-hall, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marshall, Esq., 21, Carlton Villas,llaita•hi?l. ACTUARY—WiIIiam Henry Archer, Esq. SECRETARY—WiIIiam NOTTIM, Esq. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every Information promptly orwarded en application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office, 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. FI, MON Preached at St. Paul's Cathedral, by I. the Right Rev. Dr. IILOMFIELD, D.D., Lord Bishop cf London, on Thursday last, the day appointed to be observed in all Churches throughout the United Kingdom as one of General Thanks giving to Almighty God, on the cessation of the Cholera Peellence. A FULL REPOaT of the above Celebrated Itisconrse appears in the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Saturday, Nov. 17, 1849, Price Gd. Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsmen. CHEAP RE-ISSUE OF MR. AINSWORTH'S' WORKS IN SHILLING VOLUMES. On November the 24th, In ornamental boards, ecmplcte in One Volume, WINDSOR CASTLE, By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Price One Shilling. Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. To be had of all Booksellers, Newsmen, and at all the Railway Stations. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, .'kele I,isset , and Manager, Old grompton. THIS EVENING will be performed a new Comedy, entitled THE SERIOUS FA BILLY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstone ; if:s W. Cliffird, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitawilliam. After which a new Farce entitled THE LAUGHING HYENA. To be followed by an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Moggy Snagge, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Due notice will be given of the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, AI)ELP/11. Ctder the directinn of Madame Cc:tete. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIIE SONS OF MARS. To be followed by an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grttmly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumley Mrs. F. Matthews. _ . ..... After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. C .rry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer. Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Bighbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. 1. 31atthoWs ; Mrs. Ilighbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. tztder the Management of Madanac Vestris. Foie i.eaaee. Mr. Chary Mahe THIS EVENING, Will he performed METHINIig I SEE MY FATHER, To be followed by BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. To concludo with a comic drama, called A PRICTICAL MAY. lircs•3 i.oxes, 53.; Upper Boxer, Is.; Pit, is., ibidory, lb. .510 -or'e, ,ty part ot the hone. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Al:croft, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEADIN. Mr. J. 31. Maddox, Sole Lessee and :.‘ianager. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CIIARLES TIIE SE COND. To be followed by a new comic drama, entitled THE LIFE GUARDSMAN. To conclude with the Extravaganza of THE FIRST NIGHT. ♦S rL EY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty Immense hit t Moncrieff's New Pedestrian and Equestrian Ex'ra vaganza of Mr. Briggs in the " Pleasur s of Housekeeping and Horsekeeping," having been received with rears of laughter and shouts of approbation, will be repeated ever., evening until further notice THIS EVENING, The performance will commence at a Qu'arter to Seven, with Fitz ball's magnificent Spectacle of THE PROPII After which Batty's SCENES OF THE ARENA, in which those inimitable artistes Mdllo. Amilie, J. Bridges, and Mr. T. Barry will appear. To conclude with the new Extravaganza of Mr. BRIGGS ; or the PLEASURES OF HOUSEKEEPING AND HORSEKEEPING, in which the whole Company and Stud of this Establishment, a long train of moveables, omprising Omnibus, Barouche, Go-Cart, and other vehicles, will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Folr. Stage Manager, M r. W. West. U1(.11 WATER AT LONDON 1111.1.7)OE. True DAT —Morning, a min. after Z t Evening, 24 min. after 3 1 os.aow— • orning, 41 min. after 3 1 Evesting, 57 min. after 3 E WEATHER.--SuN OFFICE, Nov. 17. THER3IO3IETER, Lowosl,t, 31; Llighost, 44 Noon, 40. BAROMETER, 30.27. WIND N,N. W.—cold brecz3 And fine. ...7,A O ) • - 1 1 :'Z= ritif s ,,e; rr; , _.,.. 1 1.2 4 A4., e- 0 . ' " " , i'.: ..-1 %. ''''', '-- '' ''V5 ,r. - - 11 _ fitiP:;..kL-: ",1 . ..,F r ..;6riK, _.,..f,,A.. ':7)::H',,, o*, ' iia v i. , ~ 4 91:' ...ej , EI, '..__..., , ~.1 rivtg ebrninit LONDON, SATUIWAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1849. Curiously enough, in his valuable " Remarks on Military Law and the Punishment of Flogging"—a work which will long be regarded as a standard authority—Sir CHARLES NAPIER, the present Com mander in Chief of the British Army in Hindostan, has made direct allusion to a system of petty but despotic harshness, exactly analogous to that which recently produced the deplorable riots in Notting ham. After enumerating the various military punishments—death, whipping, branding, transporta tion, imprisonment, stopping the allowance of grog, extra drills, extra guards, turning the coat, and duties of fatigue—the distinguished writer reprobates in very energetic language those other little tyrannical inflictions which he says are occasionally contrived by the more cruelly inventive commanding officers and which he moreover declares to be " likely enough to goad men into mutiny and desertion, in the face of all the regulations that human ingenuity could devise to prevent such crimes." Among these ha rassing punishments he expressly particularizes (page 126) the improper confinement of men to barracks for an unlimited period." And furthermore, he says with the most resolute emphasis (page 127), this art of tormenting in which a few commanders of regi ments were (are?) apparently so expert, is, of a ll o thers, "the most destructive t o di sc ipli ne ." Can any thing be more strikingly applicable thin this to the case of the Li eu t enan t. Colonel of the 3(1 Regiment of some Dragoons i : Irritated at the n e g li g ence evinced by om men in the grooming of the horses, that officer, on the 9.h October, must needs inflict an irksome and hara 'sing punishment indiscriminately upon guilty and innocent —restricting them to their barracks for an unlimited period of confinement. The consequence was, of course, strictly in conformity with the asser tions of the Conqueror of Sinde, corroborating, in a very striking manner, the remarks just quoted by ourselves. A spirit of insubordination speedily manifested itself in the regimen*, and the result proved, as might have been readily predicated, the most prejudicial to the character of the set vice, and " the most destructive to discipline." Privates, hitherto of excellent reputation, after subuating for three or four days to an un merited and almost unendurable confinement, were driven to a state of mutiny, and had the annoyance continued much longer, might in the end have been goaded even to desertion. Meanwhile the Colonel of the regiment, after having recklessly and, we can not but add, most culpably sown the seeds of disaffec tion amongst the men submitted to his authority, left the evil of his own contrivance to work out its mi serable consequence, and, with a thoughtless ness deserving the severest reprobation, went idly forth in pursuit of his own pleasure. Before a single week had elaped the ill-fruits of his irritability of temperament were very speedily and rather disagreeably perceptible. The Commanding Officer was suddenly summoned back to Nottingham by the noise of a very prevalent insubordination. Matters had reached such an alarming crisis that it was found advisable to place several of the men under arrest, and to bring them without much delay before an extraordinary court-martial. Seeing that these occurrences are so recent that the details must be in the recollection of most readers, it is unnecessary to specify any one of the cases of hardship brought under the consideration of the President of the Court martial and his c olleagues. It was only on Monday evening, indeed, that we took occasion to refer more particularly to the circumstances attendant upon the arrest, trial, defence, and punishment of private ; so that further allusion to the minor points of the subject would be altogether superfluous. What the opinion of his Grace the Commander•in- Chief is upon the cause of all this lamentable disturb ante has been very audibly pronounced by him in a letter, strongly condemnatory of the course pursued from the commencement of the transaction by the Lieutenant .Colonel of the 3d Dragoons. Nor can the decisive terms employed in that communication by the Duke of WELLINGTON be any subject of surprise, not only from a recogni tion of the grievous injustice of the whole proceeding, but especially from a recollection that it was his Grace who first endeavoured, some years ago, to put a stop to all such hara=sing punishments as the pack drill for an immoderate number of hours, and (the very offence committed by Colonel ARTHUR) the improper confinement of men to barracks fur an unlimited period. The humane and judi cious order in which the Duke then condemned these most unjustifiable acts of tyranny was cordially fol lowed up in the same spirit by his Grace's distinguished successor, Lord HILL. Notwitheanding, however, the:opposition shown to this Lind of petty despotism by the leaders of the British army ; notwithstanding the order issued by the Duke of WELLINGTON, the upport of that order by Lord HILL, and the panegyric; pronpunced upon it by Sir CHARLES JAMES NAPIER —recent occurrences have sufficiently demonstrated that some more stringent measures must be adopted to prevent the possibility of the recurrence of any similar grievances. What occurred on the 9JI of October, and on the five days following, show very clearly that until some more decisive step be taken the soldiers are liable to these acts of in • tolerable injustice—ticta which prove subversive to discipline, inasmuch as they are direct incitem9nts to insubordination. At present the infliction of these supplementary punishments—punishments beyond those expressly specified and classified in the Mili• tarp Code—appears to be optional to a commanding i.fficer in any moment of ungovernable irritability. Surely the matter requires rectification, at least to the extent of the removal of thi3 responsibility from, the colonels, excepting in conformity with some scheme reasonably con ditional. Until this shall have been accomplished the soldier will have no security whatever from the splenetic whims of any commanding officer who happens to be affilcted with a peppery disposition. Cleanliness and obedience are, of course, qualities absolutely essential to the maintenance of military discipline, but so also are requisite, on the part of the officers—common justice and reasonable con sideration. The cruelty and oppression practised through the intervention of the Palace Court had long excited the public indignation, and eventually led to the Act for the extinction of that notorious tribunal. It wati, of course, desirable that means should be afforded for the cheap and expeditious recovery of small demands. The creditor ought not to be deterred from seeking his just rights by the expenses and delays incidental to their recovery in the superior courts ; and the debtor ought not to be ruined by extravagant costs, far exceeding the amount of his original liability. The establishment of a new jurisdiction, and a com plete code for such cases was, therefore, regarded as a boon to all parties—to defendants as well as to plaintiffs ; and so it would have proved if the law were judiciously administered, and the extensive powers accorded to the presiding judges exercised with prudence and discretion. Very wide limits were, however, necessarily allowed. Cases of gross fraud and dishonesty must frequently arise, which should be visited with stringent punishment, but there would likewise be cases of unavoidable misfortune, in which every possible indulgence should be afforded to the hapless debtor. It never was the intention of the Legislature, when framing the small debt code, that all cases should be dealt with in a similar manner, and that the power of commitment should be need lessly exercised, more especially when the plaintiff did not wish to enforce the utmost rigour of the law, or call upon the judge to display his authority. According to the true spirit of the Act a committal should only be ordered in cases of fraud, and any period (not exceeding forty days) might be fixed as a specific punishment, the imprisonment not in any degree affecting the debt, which would still remain in full force and effect, as if such imprison ment had not taken place. The debtor could not be discharged from custody, if once arrested, on pay ment of the full debt and costs, until the " leave of the Judge of the Court in which the order of im prisonment was made" had first been obtained ; and even a " protection order or certificate of any Court of Bankruptcy, or for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," would not be available to discharge any defendant for such commitment. Under such circumstances it is manifest that the power should be cautiously and sparingly exercised, that a well disposed but unfortunate debtor should not be branded as a fraudulent or dishonest person, on light or trivial grounds. The 99th section of the Act specifically sets forth the causes for which im prisonment may be directed. If the party sum moned shall not attend, or allege a sufficient excuse for non-attendance, or if he refuse to be sworn, or to make full disclosures as to his estate and effects, and the manner and circumstances of his incurring the debt or liability, and as to the means and expectations he thenhad, and the property and means he still has of discharging it ; and as to the disposal he may have made of any property ; or if he do not answer to the Judge's satisfaction ; or if it appear to the Judge, on such examination, that such defendant, in incurring the debt or liability, had ob tained credit under false pretences, fraud, or breach of trust, or had willfully contracted the debt or liability without having had at the same time a rea sonable expectation of being able to pay ; or had given or transferred any of his property, or charged, removed, or concealed it, with intent to defraud his creditors; or if it appear that the party summoned had then, or since the judgment obtained against him, sufficient means to pay either altogether, or by such instalments as ordered, and had not done so—then, in any of such cases it should be lawful for the Judge to order the party to be committed to prison for any term not exceeding forty days. From this it clearly appears that if the Judge com mit the defendant for any cause not above set forth, he will exceed the authority confided to his hands and be guilty of a very illegal and improper act. Th e , causes of committal are sufficiently wide and exten sive, and Mould not be unduly increased. The party imprisoned will not only be taken from his family and business, and exposed to the degradation and demoralization inseparable from confinement in a Common gaol, but a stigma will be affixed to his name, from w he o m r a i y n never be enabled to escape. Though texoneratedhe bankruptic hfrom all soiv o e th n e t r la d w e a b tsbymtahye still operationha have e to sustain the full t erm o f imprisonment 'he decreed by the The decisi on , t oo , w ill b e final o and n County Court Autocrat. — so a ppeal will li e f or any ex cess mistake, or error of • o i u c r s d c i l c u t o iv n e , judgment. The presiding Judge should; therefore, be doubly cautious, and avoid any petulance or irritability that might lead him into acts which on cooler reflecti on he would himself be the first to condemn. He should not suffer himself to be made the instru ment of persecution for the gratification of the malice of a vindictive creditor ; above all, he should not act with greater severity or rigour than the plaintiff is disposed to require him to do, for that plaintiff must have a better opportunity of know ing the circumstances of the case than he can possibly do, and will be found much oftener to require the curb than the _spur in his anxiety to obtain full satisfaction of his demands. A correspondent, whose communication will be found in another part of our impression, has stated a case which, if well founded, is deserving of imme diate notice. If there be no material point omitted in the report, the presiding Judge has much to answer for, and if such practice should be repeated, a feeling of indignation will be excited against a code under which such abuses are possible that must eventually lead to its repeal or modification. We have had enough of Palace " leniency" and " forbearance." Let us not see the County Court Judges regarding cases I brought before them through a similar medium. An institution that might be a great public benefit may become a scandal and opprobrium to the nation. 1 1 11 E FREINCht REPUBLIC. ''he have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The High Court of Versailles pronounced judg ment on Thursday par contumace against the accused of the 13th June who have not surrendered. The. whole of them, Jardigon, Buverdier, Cmur de Roy, Thore, Jules Lechevallier, Ch. Delecluze, Ribeyrol !es, Servient, Gongeon, Morel, Madier de Montjau jE une, Tessier•Dumothay, Ledru Rollin, Victor Considei'ant, Boichot, Rattier, Beyer, Pflieger, Avril, Martin Bernard, Kcenig, Rongcot Menaud, Lan aulphe, Hofer, Kopp, Anstett, Rolland, Cantagrel, Heitzmann, Jannot, Felix Pyat, Kersausie, Etienne Arrago, and Perrier, have been sentenced to transportation for life. _ _ _ M...PROUDHON has roused the ire of his brother Socialists by the publication in the Voix du Potpie of the following observations on the conviction of the accused of the 13th June by the jury of the High Court of Versailles : , " We do not hesitate to say, although the declaration may excite much hatred against us, tats it was owing to the un-heard• of an guilty determination of the counsel. A' hen it was necessary to justify the good faith of the prisoners, to show that the constitution had been violated ny the m"jority and by the Government; when the question was consequently to lay down and defend the .appeal to the people, the right of pacific and legal neani testetion, the only point that was in question, the counsel preferred to raise the argument, doubtful in its kind, and in all cases perfectly useless, of the right of insurrection. When Republican dignity commanded that the charge should be deprived at any price of its last pretext, the , counsel considered that it was better for the defence co withdraw before a decision, which only imposed limits to their chattering, than to expose themselves to a condemnation doubtless possible, but which. after • the solemnity of the dtreureion, would have le come for every one unjust in its ground et/tele—unjust in all end everywhere. Now, thanks to the Montagsard (Tun:A.llin, tt.o high jurymen may acv, while they rub their hands, Thank Heaven, we 2 - . ave not condemned innocent men ! Thu conspiracy lietreyed itself by the mouth of the counsel employed for the defence ; the insurrection was plainly laid down be ton! es— Htibuimus confitentes eos.' Contrary to what ought to have taken place, the prisoners have been sacri - ileed to their counsel, absolutely as a patient dies to save the reputation of his physician. We certainly do not !swan to give our approbation to the sentence which has just been delivered by the High Court, any more than the policy which has been followed by the Government or more than a year ; but it must be confessed that on this emission 'the Revolution has been betrayed by its own partizans. After having committc d suicide politically in the public street, the Mountain has now done it morally before the High Court. What, in fact, is this premeditated retreat of the counsel charged with the defence but 3 judicial 13th of June? What could be the objects of these strange tactics? Let them utter as much as they lilts the high-sounding phrases of liberty of defence, right of counsel, dignity of the robe, tyranny of the court, the solidarite of the defence, con reueity of system, discipline of opinions—all that, in our eyes, is only a vain disguise, under which is concealed, in the place of a true love for the Republic, the most absurd of all despotisms—that of party spirit. God forbid that we should, by the severity of our remarks, aggravate the grief of the condemned, any more than the remorse of the counsel; but we cannot prevent ourselves from say inz that, in the present case, both prisoners and counsel have failed in their duty. Why did not Guinard, Fores tier, Pilhes, Langlos, all, in fact, whom we have heard from the commencement of the trial protest as to the pacific character of the manifestation, rise after the decree delivered against the conclusions of the counsel, and declare to the Court that, as their intention had never been any other than a pacific manifestation, they could not conceive the utility of pleading in their defence the right of insurrection?" It is said to be the intention of the P ItESIDENT to extend the amnesty on the 10th December to all poli tical persons convicted of offences, including those excluded from the recently published amnesty, the convicted of Bourges and of Versailles, and the exiles of England, Belgium, and Switzerland. PARIS BOURSE, FRIDAY, Nov. 16. The market closed as follows:—Threes, 56f. 95c.; Fires, 89f. 80c.; Rouen, 5271. 50c.; Havre, 235 f.; Great Northern, 437 f. 50c.; Avignon, 221 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 300 f.; Bale, 1031. 75c.; Bordeaux, 4001.; Paris and Strasburgh, 350. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 2801. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 5 3 / 4 —Namur and Liege, 5 3 / 4 - Orleans and Bordeaux, 2'34—Sambre and Meuse, SPAIN. Madrid journals;of the 11th have arrived. A reconciliation has been patched up between CHRISTINA. and the KING CONSORT. The Bolsa waa closed on the 11th. GERMANY AND ME NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Upper Chamber on the 18th adopted the new Game Law. This new law provides that only land- owners of compact estates, comprising more than three hundred acres, shall possess the right of killing game in their own lands ; the remaining lands of a parish are to be created general hunting districts. Every person possessing the privilege of killing game must take out a licence, which is to cost a dollar (2s. 7d.) annually. The sums accruing from the purchase of licences are to be added together, and it is to remain for a future law to determine whether and how far they shall be employed in compensating the former possessors of this privilege for the damage they Lave suffered from the abolition of the law. llerr VENEDY, the well•known author and Member of the German Parlian:ent, was expelled from Berlin on the 10th by the authorities. The Prussian Staats Anzeiger announces that by desire of the Minister of Commerce, the Chief Councillor of Finance, accompanied by M. LERITZE, the Chief Architectural Engineer, left for England on the 11th. The object of their journey relates to the intended construction of the two large bridges across tho Vistula and Rogat at Dirshau and Marian burg and that across the Rhine at Cologne. They intend inspecting the interesting construction of the new railway bridges in England, especially those of Fairburn and Stephenson. THE SUN LONDON SATURDAY EVEN! NG NOVEMBER 11, 1849. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Wiener Zeitung of the 10th announces, that Baron HUBECK and General SCIIONBEELS have been appointed commissioners for Austria to the German central power which is about to be founded, and that they have accepted the nomination. Commercial and Postal treaties have been con cluded by Austria with the Duchies of Parma and Modena. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, Nov. 13.—The members of the Second Chamber of the States General, which was convoked for this day, assembled at two o'clock. All the Ministers were present. The Minister for the Home Department, M. VON THORBECKE, spoke first of the formation of the new Cabinet ; secondly, the conviction of the Government that this Cabinet was composed of men who possessed the confidence of the Chambers ; and, thirdly, of the task of Government, relative to the immediate work to be submitted to the Chambers. He promises to lay before them a revision of the laws already presented to the Chambers, and would likewise submit a project for introducing modifications into the budget of 1850, which had been already submitted to the Legislature. M. THOREECKE at the same time declared, in his own name as well as that of his colleague, the Minister for Justice, M. Vox ROSENTHAL, that, as former members of the Chamber, they would not stand a new election. M. VON GOTTESTIEN quitted the President's chair, and threw some further light on the formation of the new Cabinet, in so far as he was concerned in it. After some observations by M. DONKER CURTIUS, the sitting was closed. SW EDEN. The following important letter has been received a Llo) d's " Swedish and Norwegian Consulate, London, Nov. 14, 1849. " Sir,—l have the honour to communicate to you the following translation of a Royal Proclamation, issued in Stockholm, under date of the 26th of Octo ber last : " We, Oscar, by the grace of God King of Swe den and Norway, the Goths, and the Vandals, make known, that it having been officially reperted to us the, in consequence of the rew navigation-law which has passed th e P ar li amen t o f G rea t B r i ta i n an d b een ruined by the Government of the said kingdom, Swedish vessels, subject to stipulated conditions of reciprocity, will, from and after the Ist of January, 1850 (with the sole exception of the coasting trade), be treated in like manner as British vessels in all ports under the British rule; we have, in return for the privileges thus granted to Swedish vessels, been graciously pleased to decree, that from and after the Ist of January, 1850— " 1. British vessels visiting the ports of Sweden shall, both on arrival and departure, be treated in the same manner as native vessels, in respect to tonnage and port dues, and all other charges to the Crown, town, or private institutions of every denomination. "' 2. All goods, being the natural production or manufacture of any country soever, the importation of which into the ports of the kingdom of Sweden is legally permitted by Swedish vessels, may be im ported into Sweden by British vessels from any place soever; and likewise all goods, the exportation of which from Sweden by vessels of the country is le gally permitted, may be exported thence by British vessels; in both cases without the goods in question so imported or exported being subject to other or higher charges of any denomination than would be levied if the goods from or to the same places were imported or exported by Swedish vessels. " Which all whom it may concern have to regu- late accordingly. For greater certainty we hive signed this with our own hand, and caused it to be sealed with our royal seal. _ _ . " Palace at Srockho]m, the 26th day of October, 1849. (Signei) " OSCAR. (Counter signed) " J. F. RUMENS' " I have the honour to remain, sir, your most olbe• dient servant (in the absence of the Consul-Gtneral), "W. TOTTIE, COI:S111. "To Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's." SWITZERLAND. The elections of Geneva have terminated in favour of the Liberals, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts of the reactionaries, backed by the influence of Aus tria, and aided by the exertions of the members of the late Sunderbund. 1T A I, . Letters from Rome expose a shameful trick, by which M. DE MONTALEMBERT, acting under Jesuit inspirations, and specially instructed by the trium virate of Cardinals, succeeded in deceiving the French Legislative Assembly during the recent discussion on the affairs of Rome. It will be recollected that M. DE MOSTALEMBERT, during the course of the debate, stated in reply to the demand for the secu larisation of offices in the Roman States, made in the celebratcd letter of the PRESIDENT to M. E. NET, that whilst there were 5,059 lay persons employed by the Government in the Roman States, the priests holding official governmental appointments amounted only to 243, are as a proof of the truth of his asser tion he appealed to the official Roman Almanac of the p: went year. It aprars, in fact, that such is the state ment contained in that almanac; but M.DE MONTA LEAIBERT omitted to state that that almanac was published by the Roman Republic, and that the statistic;i quoted by him represented the state of affairs under the Republic, and when all offices except those of an exclusively ecclesiastical nature, such as chap &c., were secularised. The figures quoted do ❑ot represent the state of things under the Papal misgovernment either before or after the Republic, and M. DE NONTALEMBERT and his Jesuit friends stand convicted before the world as equivocators on whose assertions no reliance can be placed. SICILY. Letters from Palermo announce the reception there of the decrees of King Bomna, regulating the future administration of Sicily, decrees which, although not drawn up, signed, or published until the 13th Octo ber, were purposely ante-dated 25th September, in order to bear out the false assertions contained in the reply of FORTUNATO to the note of Mr. TEMPLE. These decrees place matters in precisely the same position in which they were in 1816, a state of affairs which was followed by three revolutions, by an Austrian occupation, and by a decree deposingfrom the Sicilian throne the whole of the race of BOMBA— a decree IA hich still remains, and which will, most assuredly, at no great distance of time, be carried out. The persons named to carry out this organi zation, FRANCO, ERAXE, and LUMBO, are noted for their cruelties—for their reactionary principles—for their Haysteu-like love for courts-martial and exceptional tribunals, all of which point them out as fitting instruments for the Tiberius of Italy. In the meantime arrests continue to be made in direct violation of the capitulation of Pa lermo. There are in the citadel of Messina more captives than soldiers. Among the recent arrests made in Palermo are those of Signor ANLARI, a de puty in the late Sicilian Parliament; of the sRn of the Duke of MONTECONE; of Count SANPIERE ; of the son of the Duke of CRACHI, and of Messrs. MEL' and CARINI, the printers to the Sicilian Parliament. Wherever persons assemble in the streets they are immediately fired upon, and several women have been shot down by the brave and chivalrous soldiers of the pious King BOMBA. The treatment which the Sicilian prisoners confined in the castle of St. Elmo at Naples have received may be judged of from the following circumstance, which at the same time illustrates the humanity of King BOMBA. An announcement was recently made to the families of two of these prisoners, LANDI and the Duke of IMINA, that they would be set at liberty on condition that they should immediately quit the happy dominions of King BOMBA. The mothers of these young men were overjoyed at the prospect of seeing them. The mother of LANDI enraced a dying man ; D'IMINA did not recognise his mother, he had been driven mad by the infernal cruelties of the pious host of the POPE. Let not the patriots of Sicily, however, despair—the 9th Thermi dor of the crowned ROBESPIERRE of Naples is ap proaching. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the Slopes and Windsor Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunt ing this morning, attended by Lieut.• Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. _ _ The royal dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by her Royal Highness's Ladies in Waiting), the Prussian Minister, and the Provost of Eton and the Hon. Mrs. Hodgson. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood left the Castle this morning. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to his official residence in Downing-street yesterday morn iPg from Windsor Castle. The Attorney-General and the Solicitor- General had an interview with the Right lion. Baronet. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the North American colonies. Dispatches were also sent off last evening from the Colonial•office, for the Governors of the West India colonies. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) " The Priory, Friday, Nov. 16. " The Queen Dowager passed the greater part of ye sterday without much discomfort, but towards evening suffered considerably from oppression. "After midnight her Majesty had some quiet sleep, and is consequently refreshed this morning. "DAVID DAVIES, M.D." PORSTMOUTII, SATURDAY MORNING.— Her Ma jesty's ship Pandora, Commander Wood, arrived last night from California and the Pacific, with gold from the diggings to the amount of 80,000 dollars, con signed to Messrs. Shaw, Maxwell a n d Co ., of Salis bury-street, Strand, on account of the merchants of London. She left Rio on the 21st of September, at which time she heard nothing of the Neptune convict ship. Exchange 24d. per milreis. The Constance, 50, was daily expected at Rio when the Pandora sailed thence, and may be expected in England in about a week. We regret to announce the decease, this afternoon, of Major Roche Meade, K.H. Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Horse GuarCis.—British Army Dispatch. Mr. Burge, Q.C., died on the 12th instant, after a long illness. The deceased gentleman was one of the henchers of tho Inner Temple, and was for many years the treasurer of that institution. He was called to the bar in 1808, and at one period was in the enjoyment of a very extensive practice, more particularly as an advo cate before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, on colonial matters. About three years since he re ceived the appointment of Local Bankruptcy Judge in the Leeds district. THE MURDER OF TUE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF SAFFRON W ALDEN.—SAFF RON WALDEN, Nov. 15. The coroner's inquiry which has been pending the last few days, concerning the diabolical assassination of Mr. Campling, the chief constable of this borough, termi nated yesterday, when the jury returned a verdict of " 1 1 . ilful murder against some person or perscns un knoA n." _ _ _ I\IARRIED,—On the 17th inst., Mr. Septimus Stainton, of the Park, Highbury, to Eliza, third daughter of the late Mr. Edward Martin, of Chiugford, Essex. Sir Bruce Chichester, Bart., of Arlington Court, made a reduction of ten per cent. on the rents of all his tvnants, at his court on Wednesday.— Western Times. We understand that Mr. Sergeant Dowling, of the Home Circuit, has been appointed to the office of Judge of the County Court for Yorkshire, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. R. Wharton. :.2()NEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool' yesterday was steady, the sales being 6,000 bales.—ln Railway Shares only a l'inited business was done. Although the principal stocks remain tolerably firm, there was evidently a ge neral tendency downwards. The amount of bullion in the Bank of England coffers during the week to the 10th instant was larger than it has been at any period for two or three years past, end it bids fair to reach sixteen millions ere January, so de cidedly is the balance of foreign trade in our favour. With this increase of metallic wealth in the Bank, there is likewise marked ease in the general discount market, and no idea of a change for some time to come, unless in the direction of lower rates for accom modation. In this position the Bank of Eng land, while perseveringly adhering to the minimum rate of 3 per cent., as in the public interest it very judi ciously does, necessarily meets with very severe compe tition, as it obviously pay well the Lombard-street houses to lend on good security at 2 to 2i per cent. It is question able, however, whether the Bank, unless it came down to a ruiucus point in its charges, would not still find itself opposed while money is such a drug; and, consequently, for the sake of all, it is to be hoped the 3 per cent mini mum will, ostensibly at least, be held forth as still in force. There can always be special arrangements where desired. After stating thus much, our readers will not feel any surprise at the fact that the active circulation of the Bank declined last week, nor should they regard it either as any proof of dull trade. The public deposits are steadily increasing, and this is an encouraging fea ture. Compel., d with the previous return, we have the following results : Notes Issued Increase ... 28,818,070 ... 212,470 Rest ... 3,161,032 Increase ... ..• 2,312 Public Deposits ... 6,221,770 Increase 874,268 Other Deposits 10,352,0.99 Decrease ... 47,665 Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,099,295 Decrease ••• 9,860 Government Securities No alteration. Other Securities ... .. 9,753,886 Increase ... 9,076 Notes 10,402,390 Increase . . ... 677,525 Bullion 15 ; 820,912 Increase • ..• 344,924 Active Circulation ... 18,415,680 Decrease ... ..• ... 465,055 There was a moderate number of bills negotiated on 'Charge yesterday afternoon, fur remittance to the prin cipal continental towns. The rates paid fur 90 days' plie.r were :—Paris, 25 70 to 75 ; Antwerp, 25 723 to 77 ; Frarkforr, 122 to a ; llamburgh, 13 13i to 143 ; Anniterdans, 12 3i to 34; and Trieste, 11 to 11 10. The exports of the precious metals from London this week have been 2,729 ounces of gold to Germany and Fraece, and about 126,000 ounces of silver to Ilollancl, a-lgiurn, France, and Germany. The accounts received to-day from the manufacturieg dia tricts read well generally. There has been an extremely buoyant market again for Public Securities, and C,,nsols have further advanced. The speech of the French Minister of Finance, and the great increase of bullion, as shown in the Bank returns move analyzed, have given an additional impetus to purchases. Consols have been 93i to 94, and are now 933 a fur Transfer, and 934 3 for Account. Bank Stack is firm at 198. Exchequer-bills have been 49 ,- . to 525. pram. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 933 3. In the Foreign market there has been nothing doing. We have merely a quotation of 17 to 3 for Spanish Five per Cents., 353 for the Three per Cents., and 263 for Mexican. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 54. Shares are 11 generally, at least in comparison to stock, r. O'CLOCK. G • OY I RI."1 S. 3ank Stock 3 , Cr Cent. Reduced 92 3 / 4 %% 92z?AA per Coat. Consols Annuities 93%314 94 93 3 4 93 3 4 li.ref 3% per Cent. Anus.-- New 5 per Cent. Annuities 124 124 Lone .inns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8 , X 4 India Stack India Bonds, 1,0001.. B4 p 85 p Gonads for Account 93% 94 93 3 4 93% xelleetier Bills. 1 1 4 d. & 2a 1,0001. June 4B 52 p 52 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS OICE CLOSIN , .; , O'CLOCK. ?EWES. 1614 Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. ilibxlcan , 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons — Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account ... ............. fortugueee .5 per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cent., Converted:— p-..nish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive — SA Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account. 3 5 11 Dividends on the above payable in London: f utch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 54 5-1 1 4 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates — 82i$ PRICES OF PA I D. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING , AILWAY SHARES.AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. berdecn 5O 26% 261/z , A 6% Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 67 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7h — Belfast. & County Down 28 Bcrks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 'iirminghara and Ox ft,rd Ruler., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 airrning, wolvernon, and th - tdley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 Do. without guarantee 10 ...... ,:irming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ••• - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 20 Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... Ditto, Thirds 27% ,'3llcltingharnthire ...... 17 1 4 Caledonian ...... ...... 50 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale Juno 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 10 th 10 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 — Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% — East Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & H.... 18 Do., 31. 103., Pref... 3% Eastern Comities— Do. New, Gu a. 6 ner ct lO Ditto,Extension - , 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... - Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3% Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 Ditto, Class C, ditto... 25 -- Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters ...... 67'g P - _ 53 .t/ 13 1 % Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 614 East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. ....... Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport I:xeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2 (, ,g Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. G sgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilroar ,& Ayr 50 ...... Do.Preferenee ConsOl. Great Northern Do., % A Deferred ... 12 1 ,4-- Do., %B 6 per Cent... 71% — Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10 Great South. and West ( Ireland) ... 5O net North of England.loo Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New ,15/ l5 .. .. 32 Great Western 100 ...... 58 Ditto, I ,g Shares 5O ...... ........ Ditto, 14 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto. New 171........ 15 ... . .. Hull and Selby ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo ..... Do. do. M. B. le 8... 98 Ditto, ditto • Ditto, % Shares ...... 49 .. Do. Quarters ......... 23% — DD. Fifths.— ....... 10 Do. Thirds ....... . 16% — ••• Do. New Guaranteed 6 Ter Cent... lO 6 1 / 4 7M - 1114 6 4 Do. hiverp. and Bury 49 ..... Ditto (Eind,ierstield and Sbeff.).. 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 10 Do.(Preston - & Wyre - ) 25 Do. Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 5 Dc., Pref. Quar.,lBlB 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . ......... .. 10 London & Black - wall-111. 6s. 3d — London, Brighton, and South Coast... .....100 Do., New 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 •••••• • •••• • Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 Do. Neter. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1552 50 ..... L ndonandGreenwich 12/15s • ... . Ditto, Prefer.r.r. . '2O London and N. Western 100 11344% 11:3 V2 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 7 Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 35 Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 2 ....... ....... Lond. &S. Western ..... 50 .. ...• Ditto, New 50/. 42%...... 79% - 83/4 2 % -2 New 4. DoDo. New Scrip, 1848, ~ 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londonderry&Coicraine 25 ••••••• -- , . Do. % Shares Londonderry and Ennis killen - ••• ..... •••• Do. ,4 Shares 5 Lowestoff guar. 4 per ct 20 ..... . Ditto (6 per ct.) - •••• , ..... • MannheAtr,Buaton,and Matlock 5 tdsnc!i , st w • Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ... - 100 . Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ...... Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 . Do.lh Shares (No. 3) 12 1 A Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 Ditto, Gt•Grintsby ... 50 . Ditto ditto . ••• ..... ••• ••• Ditto ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 25 . ... - Do., Grimsby Dock 2s' ..... . Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. M,clAnd ... Do. Consolidated Fref.100 Do., do., 50/„Sharea 30 ... .. 8 1 ,4 - 8 % Do. Bum., and Derby 10e Do. Consol•Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 l— Ditto;Brist. & Glocstr. 42 Ditto ditto . Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 5U ..... . Ditto, LeieestAks Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Mid)and Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, _ 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carliale.loo QuArtors gewmarket Do. Extension ... 2l. 12a.... ewport, Aborgavenny, .-nd Hereford - 6 ...... Newry and Frmiakillen, .7 ...... Newry, Warrengoint, nd Rostrevor Nortblk lOO • Do. New 201. ... l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 g ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5., 1 ,4 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North Britiab. ... 25 ..... Ditto, Halves . 1 2 1,E Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... Ditto Preference or th Staffordshire ... 171 2 ........ urth Wales . 3 North-Western . 13% Oxferd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 50 ltcading, Guildford, wid Reigate l5 Royston and Hitchin 44.• ... -- Scottish Central Scottish Midland •••• •••• •• 15% Ditto, New Shrewsbiny and 12 ...... 4 3 / 4 Ditto ditto, Class B. s Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... Shrewsbury and liereid. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry 18% Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO Shropshire Union outa Devon ........ 50 Do. Preference So .th btatforelffine East-m. Do., N 0.2. Do., No. j ....... ...... 30 ... Do., Registered No. 4 10 .. ......... Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales South Yorkshire,. Don caster, and Goole l2 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 16% Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 7 ••• ........ • raw Vale Extension ... 8 ilitimes Haven Dock _ and Railway Vale of Neath N aterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47% Naterid,Wmfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .. .. 5O Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. d 0.... 15 .. ..... West Cornwall ......... 6 iY hitehaven & Furness 18 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 Wilts,Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ......... 25 Do. Newcastle Exten, 20 Do.G.N.E.Preterence 8 Do. Hertlepool Dock and Railway 100 ...... . York and North Midland 50 ..... Preferenoo 10 FOREIGN KAMM , - ft - 1 5: Milo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 1814 6% 30% 163 k, 114 18% 5 Centra! of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 - Demerara ..... ...... 17% Duttli. Rhenish 8 East Indian - Great Indian Peninsular ii Do. Do. ... lOs. Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg . Ditto lO Madrid and Valcntia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... Northern of France l4/. 85... 2%dis die Orleans and Bordeaux 7...... Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O 20%.... Paris and Strasbourg Bonen and Havre Sambre endillieuse 2O .•• Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes .. 13 Tournay, Jurbise, Lea den, and Has.selt ...... 20 West Flanders Bll- •-•— Ditto ..... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial Commercial of London 20 MINES - 1% 20% Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Corn... 15 Australian Bassora Range ... . Blaenarvon Iron & Coal b 0 - —• Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ... -- British Iron Brazilian Imperial BrazilianCocats&Cuiaba 30 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 Cobre Copper General Real Del Monte, 'Unreg. - •••••••• ...... Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... Santiago de Cuba lO - ••.••. ...... •• United Mexican 2 8 14 41,4 4 1 A LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G—( T HIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 17.—Wind this day at noon N.N.W., light breeze, and fine clear weather. - DEAL, Nov. 16.—Wind N.N. W.—Arrd., Bombay, Flawack, Bombay; Rotterdam, Batavia, for Rotterdam; Ruby, Allen, Bahia. Arrd. trom the River and aid., Faithful, Morrison, Calcutta ; Osbert, Dalrymple, Dominica; Highbury, Walker, Jamaica ; Reserve, Akxander, ditto; Hermosa, Valenciana ; Rocafull, Havanrah; Envoy, M'Lean, Mobile; Northumberland, Lord, New York. Sld. Clara, New Zealand; Royal Archer, Adelaide, South Australia; Cornhill, Port Philip; Clifton, ditto; William Simpson, Batavia; Wil herrieden, ditto; Ostrich, Madras; Limehouse, Cylon; Nautilus, Sierra Leone; Nunez, River Gambia; Caro line, Valparaiso; Alexandra, Rio Janeiro; St. George, Trinidad; Flora, Jamaica; Fantome, ditto, Water Lily, ditto; Montreal, New Orleans; Belmont, ditto; Wil liam Nail, ditto; Lord Stanley, Honduras; Grampian, Savannah; Medium, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF HASTINGS, Nov. 16.—Barretto, jun., Jamaica. RAMSGATE, Nov. 16.—Wind N.-51d. Concord, Cope of Good Hope. Livturoon, Nov. 16.—Wind 15th, Camerton, Honduras; 16th, Flora M'Donald, M'Plier son, Bombay; Cumberland, Atkin, Paraiba; lowa, Till, Quebec. Std. Maypo, Curacoa; Kalamazoo, Philadel phia; North Star, ditto; Sheridan, New York; G. Z., ditto; Don Juan, Newfoundland. P u t b ac k , P ort l an d , fur oquimbo, to stop a leak in her starboard bow. The Governor Davies, for Boston, and the Teresa, for Ciudad, Bolivar, drove foul of each other in the Sloyne, by which the former had her mainmast sprung, and the latter lost anchors, chains, jibbocm, &c. The Nais, which sld. hence 11th instant, for Syria, has put back. leaky, and must dock. 17th. The Cordelia, for Calcutta, which was scuttled yesterday morning in the King's Dock, was floated last night, with little damage con fined to her stern frame. The salt, of which her cargo was almost entirely composed, is lost. DOVER, Nov. 16.—The Harriet, from Patras to Lon don, has put in here, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been run on board of while at anchor last evening off the North Foreland by a west country schooner, with a broad white streak, proceeding down channel. PNYLHELI, Nov. 16.—The Commerce, of Salcombe, from Spain, laden with nuts, drove on shore at Port Scaden last night, and has become a wreck; no account of the crew. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 16.—1 t has blown a heavy gale from N.N.W. the whole of yesterday and to day. The Ant, schooner, of Irvine, was wrrcked on the rocks near Cemaes last night; crew drowned. WILLS, Nov, 16.—The sloop Two Sisters, of this port, coal-laden, got on shore eastward of the harbour last night, and is expected to become a wreck; crew drowned. CARDIFF, Nov. 16.—The Anacreon French ship lost forema,t in Penarth Roads, having been in contact with the Jane brig, of Bristol. SLIGo, Nov. 15.—1 t is blowing a gale from N.W., at 'ended with rain.—Arrd. 14th, Linden, Richibucto. BELFAST, Nov. 1.5.—1 t has blown a heavy gale from W. to N.W. fur the last 24 hours.—Arrd. 13th, Sir Colin Campbell, Rankin, Quebec. ABERDEEN, Nov. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Albion, Leslie, St. John's, New Brunswick; Richibucto, Quebec. PILL, Nov. 16.—Wind N,N.W.—Arrd. Elizabc , th' Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 16.—Arrd. Ireland, Evuni ; Que bec; Collira, Chadwick, ditto. MARKET NEWS. —THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEn Our market to day was seasonably well suppled with both fruit and vegetables, the demand for which was in a sluggish state. English Fruits Pine Apples, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; Muscat of Alexandria Grapes, 2s 6tl to 3s 6d; Black Enmburgh Grapes, is 64 to 23 per lb ; Pears, 2s 6d to 6s ; Eating Apples, is 6d to 2s 64 ; Apples for cooking, is to is 6d per half sieve; Filberts, 6es to 65s per 100 lbs ; Walnuts, 3s to Os per bushel. Foreign Fruits—Black Hamburgh Grapes, 6d to 8d; and White ditto, 6d to 84 per lb ; Spanish Nuts, 4s to 53; Walnuts, 4s to 6s; Chestnuts, 3s to 6s; and Brazil Nuts, 3s to 4s per peck; Lemons, 5s to lOs ; Oranges, 7s to 14s per 100; Spanish Onions, I2s to 17s 6d per box. Vegetables Cape Brocoli, is to 6s per dozen bunches ; Cauliflowers, Is to la 6d per dozen; Turnips, 3d to is 3d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; Greens, is to is 64, and Leeks, 9d to is per dozen Uunches ; Onions, 2s 64 to 3s 6d per bushel ; Horse radish, is 64 to 3s ; and Celery, 9d to is per bundle; l'arsley, 6dto 9d per dozen bunches; Cabbages, 6d to 8d; Red ditto, is 3d to Is 9d; Savoys, 6d to 94; Red Beet, Is to Is 4d ; and Parsnips, 44 to 8d per ►ozen ; Brussels Sprouts, Is 3.1 to Is 9d ; To- • cnstoes, Os to 6s; Spinach, 94 to 13 ; Jerusalem Arti chokes, is to is Gd; and Corn Salad, is 3d to Is 6d per half sieve; Endive, 6d to 9d per score ; Mushrooms, G,l to 94 per pottle ; Small Salad, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; Sage, is 64 to 2s per dozen bunches; Shallots, 2i4 to 34 per lb; Potatoes, 65s to 95s per ton; ditto, 2s to 3s per bushel. NEV/GAT23 AND LEADMNIIALL. POULTRY.--Turkeys, 3s 6d to 7s 6d; Geese, 4s Od to Gs 6d ; Ducks, is 9d to 2s Gd ; Tame Rabbits, Is Od to is 9d; Wild ditto, Gd to Is ; Pigeons, 5d :o 8d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to 7s Od each ; Surrey Fowls, 5s 6d to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, 3s Od to 5* Od ; Barndocr Fowls, 3s to 5s 6d per couple ; Fresh Butter, 98 to 13s per dozen lb ; English Eggs, 3s to 108 Od ; and French ditto, 78 Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is 3d to Is 9d; Hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Woodcocks, 2s Gd to 38 6d , Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Ptarmigans, is Od to is 9d ; Snipes, 9d to ls 3d; Teal, 63 to is; Wild Ducks, Is 9d to 2* 6d; Wid geons, 9d to is 6d; and Plovers, 6d to is Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 36 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 41 4d per 811):=. WHIT'ECNAPEZ. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 35 10d; Arca', 3s 6d to 3s 10d ; and Pork, 36 6d to 4s 2d ~Pcr 81b5. MILTANGSG.&TE. Salmon, is to Is hi per lb ; Turbots, 3s to 12s ; Brills, 2s to ss; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 8s; Whitings, 4d to Lit; Lobsters, is to 2s ; Crabs, 4d to is 9d each ; Soles Gd to 2s per pair ; Eels, 9d to is per lb. ; Large Haddocks, 9d to is ; small ditto, 5d to 7d each ; Shrimps, is 6d to 25 6d per gallon ; Prawns, 2s to 2s 9d per lb; Bloaters, Is 2d to is 6d per doz ; salt Her rings, 8d to is per clf.,z ;` Smelts, 10d to is 6d per doz ; Common Oysters, 8s to 1&; Scotch Pearls, 16s to 20s ; and'Best Natives, 42s to 62s per bushel; Pike, is 3d to 3s 6d each; Flounders, 9d to is per dozen. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are rom bid to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 4lbs loaf. RIDE MARKET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to 21; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 2id; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 3id; 961 b to 1041 b, 34d to 31d; 1041 b to 1121 b, 3d to 4d. Calf Skins, light is 6d to 33, ditto full 5s 6d; Horn Hides, 7s; Polled Sheep, as 6d to 4s 93; Runts and Half-breds 3s to 3s 93; Downs, 2a 3d to 3s. EILiLY bIItItNETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 10s; Clover litto, 31 Os to 41 10s; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 lOs per oad. A moderate supply, and a sluggish trade. CITIIBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 31 12s; Clover litto, 31 Os to 41 lUs ; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 10s per oad. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 6s to 31 10s; Clover, ditto, 31 Os to 41 12s; and Straw, 114 s to 11 108 per load. Trade dull, at late rates. LAW INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing appeals from quarter sessions with respect to the removal of. paupers, but they were not of suffi cient public interest to deserve a, report. (COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, Mr. Justice MAULS, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, and Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) TOGAS V. HARRISON. This action was brought to recover a sum of money which the defendant had agreed to pay, under con tract, for the purchase of a ship, and it now came before the court in the shape of a special case, the point to be decided having reference to the validity of an award which settled the amount to be paid by the defendant. The Court delivered judgment this morning, stating they were of opinion that the verdict should be entered for the defendant on the several issues which were joined on the record. Verdict entered for the defendant accordingly. DRAYER V. DE TORRI. This was an action instituted before Mr. Justice Cresswell, at the first sittings in Middlesex during the present term, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff—damages 201. Tvl r. Sergeant BYLES now applied to their Lord. ships for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial, and he did so partly on the ground of surprise, and partly on the ground of the amount of damages. A rule had been taken out by the defendant for a special jury, and when the case appeared in the trial list an application was made to one of their Lordships, Mr. Justice Talfourd, who was then sitting at Nisi Irius, that such a jury should be granted, but he said he could not inter pose in that stage, as the case had not then been reached. Mr. Justice Cresswell sat next day, and when the case was called on he (Mr. Sergeant Byles) protested against its being tried by a common jury, but his Lordship—and he was not prepared to say he was wrong—decided against him, and the case was accordingly tried by a common jury. The defendant was absent in Germany at the time of the trial; they made the bast defence they could for him under the circumstances ; arid if the Court thought fit to give any relief in the present instance, he was quite aware it would be on the understanding that the costs of the application were to be paid by the defendant. This was an action for trespass, .ssault, and imprisonment, and the defendant pleaded the general issue. The circumstances of the case were of a very peculiar nature. It appeared that the defendant, Count de Torri, was a foreign nobleman —he believed a native of Constantinople—who was possessed of a considerable fortune, and he came to this country and took a house at No. 1 A, Gordon-square. No doubt existed either as to who the landlord, or who the tenant of the house was, for the landlord was called and the lease was produced. It appeared that the lease was made to the nephew of the Count, and that the Count was the tenant and had to pay the rent. In the course of the trial it turned out that there was a person of the name of Myers, who formerly kept a curiosity shop, and was called Doctor Myers, and he managed to insinuate himself into the confidence of the Count, whose secretary lie proposed he should be, at a salary of 1,0001. a year. It appeared further that he made a claim upon the Count for salary at the above rate, but did not succeed in getting any money from him on that ground. However, a very extraordinary occurrence took place on the 18th of May in the pre tent year, and it eventually resulted in the bringing of the present action. About two o'clock on that day as the Count, after the custom and manner of his country, he supposed, was sitting smoking in his dining- room, some people came to the front of the house and got down the area ; they consisted of three or four men, and they opened one of the area windows and went into the kitchen. They then proceeded up stairs into the dining-room, and told the Count that they had come to distrain for rent to the amount of 141., which was due to this man, Myers. The gentleman became alarmed ; he entreated them to go out; they declined, and he at last said, " Now, tell me what you demand, end I will pay it." The Count, however, had some English servants in the house, and they advised him hot to pay the money, and he did not pay it, and the consequence was that the men continued in possession. In the course of a very short time, half an hour or so, another body of men made their appearance at the street door; they Lntered the house, he would not say improperly, because the door was opened and they might have got in without any difficulty. The plaintiff Draper was one of them, and they said they had come to seize the furniture under a bill of sale, and they insisted upon removing it. The Count protested against such a course, saying that he never executed a bill of sale, and knew no more about them than he did of their execution. The men were, how ever, inexorable, and he sent to Mr. Baltazey, who was banker to his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, and requested his advice and interference. Mr. Baltazey dispatched a messenger to Mr. Aldibert, a coachmaker in Lung-acre, whom he had employed, and that person went to the house and saw the parties, but could not induce them to quit possession. They then proceeded with the distress, some taking up the carpets, and others pulling down the curtains and removing the beds. Mr. Aldibert advised the Count to send for an attorney. A messenger was accordingly started off to Messrs. Wire and Child, the defendant's attorneys, who sent lack their managing clerk, who inquired of the par ties what authority they had to proceed in the manner they did. The bill of sale was produced, and it did not purport on the face of it to be a bill of s ale made by Count de Torri at all, but