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13, Great Marlborough-street. MARY HOWITT'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE. A NOVEL, EDITED BY MARY HOWITT. +F Is now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. &eary Colburs, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, In 2 vols., Bvo., A HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1844. Ey THOMAS HENRY BRAIRN, Of Ct. John's College, Cambridge, Principal of Sydney College, Richard Bentleys New Burlington-street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. NEW AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINE. On Thursday, January Ist, will be published, No. 1, to be continued Monthly; in Bvo., with Two Engravings, price Half-a-Crown, of T HE PLOUGH : a Journal of Agricultural and Rural Affairs. _ _ London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman , T HE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLIII., will be published NEXT WEEK. I. LORD CAMPBELL'S LIVES of the CHANCELLORS. 11. LITERATURE of the EGYPTIAN MONASTERIES. 111. HIGHLAND SPORT. IV. ARAGO and BROUGHAM on CAVENDISH. V. LETTERS of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS. VI. HUMBOLDT'S KOSMOi. ♦II. TOWNSEND'S HISTORY of the HOUSE of COMMONS — PRIVILEGE. VIII. SMALL DEBTS ACT. IX. ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS of SCOTLAND. X. WALPOLE'S MEMOIRS of GEORGE 111. 11. MINISTERIAL IrESIGNATIONS. John Murray, Albemarle-street. TIMATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Den Cmsar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarille, Miss Poole. kfter which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mona. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Pabbri, Mdlle. Dabas (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.REET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson , Ellen Seyton, Miss Seyten. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CiI2EEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Age. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fltzwilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TIIE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. NEW CHRISTMAS BOOK, BY MR. DICKENS. On Saturday Morning, Dec. 20, will be published, TNE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. By CHARLES DICKENS, Esq. The Illustrations by Clarkson Standfleld, Esq., R.A. ; Daniel Maclise, Esq., ILA.; John Leech, Esq., and Richard Doyle, Esq. On SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. 20, THIS THEATRE WILL OPEN for the WINTER SEASON, on which occasion will be pro duced an entirely New and Original Drama, in Three Acts, founded en the above Fairy . Tale, and which has been for several weeks in active preparation, entitled THE CRICKET ON THE HEAATII: A FAIRY TILE OF HOME. The principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mrmery, Mr. Meadows, Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley her First A ppearance on any Stage), Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss Forster, and Miss Turner. After which, a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR. To conclude with OUR NEW GOVERNESS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. eItENCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STAEBT, THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled TILE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack ; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; MarcNoness d'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. After which, will be produced a New Extravaganza, entitled JEANIE:4, the RAILROAD FOOTMAN of BERKELEY-V4UARE. Jeamea Plush, Mr. Compton. To which will he added THE BRIGAND. To be followed by A MAN WITHOUT A HEAD. NEW STRAND THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT TWO. THIS EVENING Will be performed HAMLET. Hamlet, M . r. Gregory; King of Denmark, Mr. Waldron ; Gott.,lia, , a s. To conclude with the Farce of THE WEATHERCOCK. NEW STRAND THEATRE the urgent solicitations of numerous friends, Mr GREGORY is fr1t u ?...41 to take A BENEFIT, which he begs respectfully to state Is appdffoll fbr TO-MORROW NIGIIT, Dec. 18, when will be perfonned th e T ratf e,:y of OTHELLO: Othello, Mr. Gregory (his test appear ance in this c:_taracter at this Theatre) ; lag°, Mr. Waldron ; Desde mona, Mrs. Per6y. With other Entet tainments, which will be expressed in the bills of the day. Tickets and Places to be hag at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of Mr. Gregory, 15, North Attdley-street, Grosvenor-square. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AmPitiTnEATnE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. Embracing the whole Strength of the Company, .tided by a Double Stud. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. To conclude with the effective Drama of THE NAMELESS; or, The Brigand. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 17. THERMOMETHER, Lowoit, 41; Highest, 54; Noon, 42, BAROMETER. 29.91.—W1ND, W.; light rain. HIGTI WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGIR THIS DAY. :4 , rnitzx . 53 minutes after 3 I Evenin;; 10 minutes after 4 , 4 •q, , ~ _.:, :,.. 3 ., rc\ N .,'' 'l4.',w,_ :;,' 1 -,--,i.,..,,,5ic. . .. . , , 0 IF. • - i , ' ',' ' - c•I l io> ' b.,:p..rr (Stelling .7 - , Int LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1845 THE NEW MINISTRY , The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night : The meeting of the Liberal party, held at Lord JOHN RUS3ELL'S, in Chesham-place, remained in de liberation for several hours. The result is believed to be, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL will undertake to form a Government. Little doubt tan be entertained that, arriving at this conclusion, he has weighed the probable support and opposition he will receive or encounter from the different sections of the ,Tory party, and the line which the leaders of the late Cabinet will pursue. No details can be given until the QIIBEN has approved the arrangements proposed, but if no difficulty, at present unforeseen, should arise, the particular positions of the new Administration will very shortly be announced. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The political meeting at Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S residence broke up soon after three o'clock this afternoon, when the whole of the Noblemen and Gentlemen present took their departure. In estimating the difficulties or facilities of form ing anew Administration in this country Ireland must always form an important item in the calculation. The difficulty which Sir ROBERT PEEL foresaw be should have in governing that country made hilt] more backward in taking office than. he would have otherwise been, and throughout the whole of his four years' administration it was his manifest and constant wish to reconcile the Catholic population, or at least abate their antipathy to a Tory Ministry. His plans were in general well laid and judicious, but still there were several members of his Ca binet to whom the Irish never could be recon ciled, and this circumstance, together with the strong feelings displayed in this country on the May nooth question, did much to neutralise thegood effects which might otherwise have been anticipated. Mr. O'CoriNewnever could bear Lord STANLEY : even after condonation, he continued hostile to Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and the Duke of WELLINGTON, from some inexplicable cause, was a l ways the object of his most virulent attacks. In these respects, therefore, Lord JOHN RUSSELL has a great advantage over Sir ROaEBT PEEL. The Government of Ireland during the greater part of the Whig ,Administration was on the whole considered satisfactory, the names of NOR.. MANBY and MOEPETH were venerated by the people, and at no former period was the country so peaceable and the laws so much respected. It will I be seen from the report of what took place at the weekly repeal meeting, held at Dublin, on Monday, that the old attachment is not forgotten, and tha t O'CONNELL promises Lord J. RUSSELL his cor dial support in regard to several hnea.sures, and espe cially the great measure of the day—the repeal of the corn-laws. He pronounced every limn an enemy to Ireland who would not join COBDEN end BRIGHT. As Lord J. RUSSELL was pledged to advocate the repeal of the corn-laws, he would therefore support the new Administration in their efforts for that pur pose. "I will feel it my duty," said he, "to attend in my seat in London, from day to day, to fight the battle of the League ; and every Irish Member ho does not wish to see the Irish people in a State of Itarvation will do likewise." Lord JOHN, therefore, ' may reckon upon the support 'of the whole of that section which absented themselves from Parlia ment during the Administration of Sir ROBERT . PEEL, and made ceaseless exertions in their own country to bring it into contempt. Of course Mr. O'CoNNELL does not give up repeal. The consummation of that great event must not be compromised for the sake of any party, but possibly it will be allowed to sleep in the mean time, till some other measures for the relief of Ireland are disposed of. Mr. O'CoNNELL pro posed several, and with, perhaps, one exception, they appear to be judicious and well adapted for secur ing tranquillity. Of those we may mention—employ ment for the people in constructing railways. What he proposed on that point was, that whenever 100,0001. was subscribed, that the Government should put to it a like sum, and by that means set the line at work, and be satisfied with one per cent. on it for three years, after which they should have four per cent., if it remained unpaid. This plan he said would give abundance of employment to the people, and it could be done at once; and, if adopted, he would sug gest that the contracts should be entered into for lengths of line not to exceed 15 miles, in order to give employment to the people resident in each par ticular locality. He proposed also that the Govern ment should get mortgages for their advances. He did not want a gift—he wanted only a loan to be duly paid. Could some scheme of this kind be adopted it would have the most beneficial effects in spreading civilisation, and furnishing employ ment—the great want of the Irish people, and without which they never can be obedient to the laws. Another point of equal importance was adverted to—namely, the fixity of tenure—not in the usual acceptation of the word, but by granting leases on certain conditions. Without leases, it is evident, no tenant can improve his farm, for he has no security for his outlay, and is in Ireland entirely at the mercy of the landlord, or, what is worse, the middleman. We give the plan in Mr. O'CoNNELL's own words " The statute law enabled landlords to distrain the tenant who had no lease. He wanted to take this power from the landlord, and prohibit him from distrain mg, unless the tenant lad a lease for 21 years at least. He would give the landlord the power of suing his tenant as any other creditor, but not distraining him ; unless the tenant had a lease h e wou ld not a ll ow the landlord to distrain him, and thus would he compel him to give him a lease. Then as to the ejectment for non-payment of rent, he would require the landlord to give the tenant a lease for 31 years, to entitle him to bring an ejectment. He wanted to stand by the poor people ; he wanted to support the laborious and industrious, and he desired to have a good Government working for the good of the poor and the hungry, who were at the best of times upon the verge of starvation. If L or d J o h n R usse ll did t h ese things he would be popular, and he supposed that he wouldhave to transfer his green cap to him." some marked manner.' I then stated to him that I first saw Mr. Price at the Oxford House of Industry." [Here follows an account of his knowledge of Mr. PRICE, and of his testimonials, as we have detailed above.] doubtful. It is possible that, with the support of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and with the impulse communicated from without, the total abolition of the corn•laws may find a sufficient majority. Naturally the attempt will be made. Lord Joan RUSSELL will keep the present House of Commons, and will not have recourse to the extreme measure of a dissolution union he meets with insurmountable obstacles. But in either ease, whether he can go on with the present House of Commons, or be obliged to summon a new one, if the Lords persist in their opposition, the situation is a most grave one. What renders it par ticularly so, is that the measures to be taken admit of no delay, and that each moment's postponement adds to the danger. Why has the Tory Govern ment, so powerful a few days since, fallen all of a sudden ? Because it was forced to immediate action. It was not with men, not with parties and their systems, that it had to struggle, but with a superior power-with the rain, with the sky, with the earth, with GOD himself! The new Government arrives at power, carried in, as it were, by a cry of famine. It must respond immediately to that popular cry ; such is its sole mission ; other• wise what was it called upon to effect ? Let it be understood that we regard this great crisis without any other sentiment than the sincere desire to behold England get out of it happily. We can not rejoice at the misfortunes of a country which is our ally. We have not in our policy a question like that of the Oregon, which may cause us to behold a source of advantage in the domestic embarassments of England. We desire simply to point out here the differences which distinguish the present crisis from those which preceded the Catholic Emancipation Bill, the Reform Bill, and the Negro Abolition Bill. At these various periods there were great popular agita tion, and a prolonged and desperate resistance of the various interests involved in the question. But these reforms, although ripe for a length of time, could without danger wait for the hour of realization. This is not the case at present. Questions of food do not belong to the class of those which can take patience. That the fears of famine or scarcity have been exaggerated, we certainly believe ; but there must have been some thing of truth at the bottom of these alarms, since they have been sufficient to overturn the strongest Government that England has seen for a great length of time. When the matter under discussion was re ligious exclusions, or electoral' corruption, or the ini quities of the slave-trade, however crying were the abuses, one, or two, or three years could not visibly augment the danger. But it is hunger which now speaks, and who will say to those who have no ears, wait ? Who will tell corn to germinate, and harvests to ripen ? Perhaps it is in the very imminency of the danger that will consist the strength of those who are assuming the reins of Government." The National, after adverting to a report that the Earl of CLARENDON was to be substituted for Lord PALMERSTON in the Foreign-office, in order to please the Court of France, draws the following character of the late Foreign Secretary :- "In England it is in general not easy to find a man who is fit for all trades, who can put oa any coat, and wear it with equal ease as another. People have a mis trust of these encycloptedic minds, believing that to be master of foreign affairs a man must have special ac quirements, and be initiated into all the complicated re lations which exist between different nations, from having studied treaties, and obtained a notion of the rarely interrupted traditions by which England inter• prels treaties, according to maxims of her own, the beginning, middle, and end of which is how to turn them to her own: benefit. Lard Palmerston has, more than any one else, a sense of this peculiarity of British diplomacy. He adds to this, no doubt, the fatuity of his habits, the presumption of his opinions, and the petulance of his character. But as he is insolent to the foreigner only, this is a defect which the national spirit will easily excuse ; and even when Lord John Russell shall have greatly corrected it, enough will re main to render the new Minister of the Foreign Affairs at times very pertinacious. This, moreover, is a pre sentiment which" M. •Jarnac has f e lt and: not con cealed, and we learn . th . at M. Guizot has received a com munication from London of great significance. He has been told that the bonds of friendship between England and France will be held as tight by the new Admi nistration as by the last, and that 'Lord Palmerston will do nothing that may tend to disturb the entente cor diale. Lord John Russell takes pleasure in repeating expressions of esteem for M. Guizot, and, as well as his colleagues, entertains a sincere desire of preserving those relations of friendship with France which are so necessary for the peace of the world.', Such a declara tion is well calculated to subdue the alarms and ble:s the new marriage. Unfortunately, as much was said to M. Guizot himself on the very eve of the signing of the treaty of July 15th, and that eminent Ambassador fell into the snare. Age and experience render us all less credulouA, and the Ambassador whom Lord Palmerston thus deluded has in the &five years since passed had time to learn enough of diplomacy to become less easy to deceive, because he has be en taug h t to m i strust. If he wishes to know what Lord Palmerston thinks of the French Government, and the little faith he believes it to possess, M. Guizot has but to read the speeches delivered by his Lordship since he has beenln the Oppo sition. To talk again of the entente cordiale, to play over the same game, when he it is who holds half the cards in his hand, would manifestly excite.the derision of the whole world, am:lithe the very saddest of political tricks, being one of these which make no dupes. Nothing is more easy than to disguise one's meaning by language, and the power of speech has been given to Ministers fur this purpose alone, but ideas, sentiments, opinions, and charac ters never change. Lord Palmerston is convinced that no reliance can be placed in the French Government, and that to frighten it is only necessary to make it pass through the needle's eye. He has not only expressed and repeated the firmness of his convictions-he has done more-he has proved it by his acts. That he may talk hereafter of friendship is very possible, • but that he will be believed here is what we can never persuade our selves. If then the Whig Ministry enters into commu nication with that of France through this intermediary, our external policy must be modified unless it is wished to demonstrate to Europe that it has lost even the semblance of dignity and shame. This is so far as re gards us." The French Funds improved considerably on Monday. The Three per Cents., which we re quoted on the previous day at 80f. 80c. closed at 81f. 15 c. ; the Five per Cents., at 117 f. 70c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,147 f. 10c.; Rouen, 925 E; Northern, 6921. 50 c. ; Havre, 750 E; Avignon, 8,50 f. ; Vierzon, 6301: ; Bordeaux, 590 f. ; oulogne, 497 f. ; Basle, 230 f. ; Dieppe, 845 f. Spani s h Three per Cents, 394- ParisTh e and' following Lyons ar R are the quotation s f or other lines:- Railroad (Lalitte), 51 premium ; ditto (Galen), 4f. Mk.; Union, 12f. 50c.; ditto (Ganneron), ditto (Lefevre), 4f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon 41. 50c.; ditto (Lapinsonniere), 3f. 50 c.; Messageries, 3f.; Ardoin, 2f. 75c. ; Receveurs-Generau x , 3f. • Paris and Stras bourg (Ganneron), 2f. 50c.; ditto (Beehet), 50c.; Tours and ( N O N antes e i I T 1 Ill),4atc k s e o n c z e) . • - a•a 13 00, 7f. 60c. ; ditto (Lecointe), par; ditto (Compagnie M er idi onale), par ; Bor deaux and Cette (llaekenzie), par ; di tto (Espeleta), 41. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), par ;ditto s f Carette sf. 50c.; ditto (Drouillard) 4f. 50c. ; ditto ; d Charleroi (Kysaens), 4951. The Lyons Definitive Shares sold at 65f. premium; the Strasbourg ditto, 20f.; Tours and Nantes, 401 . MARSEILLES, Dxc. 11.-Marsedles and Avignon, 8551. ; Boulogne, 510 E LYONS, DEC. 13.-Marseilles and Avignon, 8701.; Paris and Orlean s , 1,145 f.; P ar i s a nd Rouen, 63 5 f. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 6201: " Moreover, I reminded the Commissioners that Mr. Price's name had been mentioned by me to them shortly after I had seen him at the Highworth and Swindon Union, as a person who, baying formerly farmed the poor at Faringdon, was likely to be a eompetent person to undertake the care of boys in a school on board ship, an institution recommended by me to be established under the sanction of the Commissioners, in a report transmitted by me to the office on the Bth of May, 1845, and that the Commissioners, in consequence of such mention of Mr. Price's name, had desired an interview with Mr. Price, who had attended them on the 17th of May, 1845. " Having reminded Mr. Lewis that this was the same Mr. Price, and that he had frequented the office not only for some months, but for some years, and that no one, either in or out of the office, had ever said a word to me in disparagement of his character, Mr. Lewis again ob served, in a tone and manner which could not be mis taken, that I had been guilty of great indiscretion in mentioning the name of Mr. Price to Mr. Dodson and the Board of Guardians, and that the Commissioners must mark their sense of my conduct. Mr. Lewis repeated his remark a third and fourth time, and I then observed that, when all the circumstances were taken into consideration, I did not think the indiscretion amounted to more than an untoward event. Mr. Lewis repeated his remark for the fifth time in tone and manner more offensive than before, and I then replied, have no doubt that I shall have an opportunity of showing that the indiscretion is not so very serious. My friends tell me it is certain there will be Parliamentary inquiries into the case in both Houses. It is my interest to court inquiry, but whether it is the Commissioners' interest that the whole of the case should be investigated before Committees of both Houses of Par liament is very questionable.' Mr. Lewis threw himself back in his chair, as if he was greatly offended, and, as I retired from the room, said, Then, Mr. Parker, we require you to show us the draft letter to Mr. Dodson before it is posted.' " We confess to astonishment at Mr. LEWIS'S idea of a great indiscretion. The draft letter to Mr. DODSON was shown, and passages in which the Commissioners and Mr. AUSTIN, Assistant-Commissioner, were men tioned, were struck out. " The letter, as altered, having been read, Mr. Lewis made some observations respecting the relative official station of Commissioner and Assistant-Commissioner, in all of which I readily concurred, and Mr. Lewis added that if I had sent the letter to Mr. Dodson as it originally stood, the Commissioners would have dismissed me next morning. To this I only replied, for he addressed me as if he expected an answer, that I should always be pre pared for the consequences of my ovn acts. Such was my last interview with the Commissioners." This was on the Bth of October. On the 16th Mr. PARKER received the following letter from Mr. NICHOLLS, one of the Poor-law Commissioners : "My dear Sir,—Looking at the importance and peculiar nature of the functions delegated to an Assistant- Commissioner, we have, after full consideration, come to the conclusion that we cannot, consistently with our public duty, retain you any longer in your present office. It is, therefore, incumbent on us to request that you will send your resignation to the Commis sioners. Some remedy of this kind is wanted. These ejectmEnts are the bane of Ireland, and the horrid system of letting land may be pronounced as the most intolerable of all grievances. Should Mr. O ' CONNELL thus devote his time to such praise worthy labours, and endeavour to assuage the suffer ings of his countrymen, in place of inflaming their passions and urging them to , demand what they never can obtain, he would establish a name, not among his countrymen (for with them it is already suffi ciently high), but with foreign nations and distant posterity, which would far eclipse that of every Irish patriot, and shed an imperishable lustre on the close of a long and active life. " We wish to assure you that we take this step with the utmost reluctance ; and we willingly acknowledge the zaalous and efficient services which you have, on various occasions, rendered to the Commission. "I remain, my dear Sir, ever yours faithfully, " GEO. NICHOLLS." " Soft words butter no parsnips." sir. PARKER has for nine years been a laborious servant to the Poor-law Commission, for three years as assistant secretary, and for the remaining six ha' Assistant-Commissioner. He left the bar in 1836 and has now to return to it, after having lost some of the best years of his life, with a view to advance ment in his profession. We think the public will say with us, that there has been no sufficient reason for Mr. PARKER'S dismissal, and that Mr. LEWIS appears to have acted arbitrarily and tyrannically. It looks as if there were some reason behind of wounded vanity or pique. Lest any persons should have been imposed upon by attempts to represent Mr. PARKER'S publication as of a crouching cha racter, we think .the following extract from his preface, addressed to the Bar of the Home Circuit Our readers will probably remember the com pulsory resignation of Mr. PARKER, the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, who conducted the Andover inquiry, shortly alter that inquiry was closed. Mr. PARKER has published a letter to Sir JAmEs GRAHAM in his own vindication, an attentive perusal of which has convinced us that Mr. PARKER has been extremely ill-used by the Poor-law Com missioners, and that the Poor-law Commissioners have some reason to fear Parliamentary investigation (which there can be no doubt will take place) into their conduct with reference to the Andover inquiry. As regards Mr. PARKER'S dismissal (for virtually it was a dismissal) it appears to have arisen from his recommendation of a Mr. PRICE to fill the office of master of the Andover Workhouse temporarily, on M'DouGALL's resignation. We will give Mr. PARKER'S own account of his recommendation. 111‘1)ouGALL, our readers are of course aware, is the master whose conduct was the subject of the Andover will be a sufficient answer to such a charge :—" One circumstance connected with the case, which is not alluded to in ,these letters, has excited in my mind emotions of scorn and indigriation. It is this : Mr. GEORGE CORNWALL LEWIS, one of the Poor-law Commissioners, has sent me an authorised message, `that the Commissioners do not wish to injure me, and will give me a recommendation for other em ploy ment.' " The remarks cn the subject of Oregon, which we have transferred to our columns from those of the Boston Atlas,. of Nov. 22, are understood to express the opinions of Mr. EVERETT, the late Ambassador from the United States to this country. Thus we see that Mr. EVERETT joins with Mr. WEBSTER in deprecating the intemperate and reckless line of conduct which President Pc.r.a has, it woukl appear, determined to recommend Con gress to pursue with regard to the Oregon question. From all that we can gather, Mr. CALHOUN also is opposed to the rash proceedings recommended by the President, and Mr. POLK is unsup ported by any American statesman of name or talent. We believe also that the majority of the American people, as well as of the American statesmen, are against President PoLa on this ques tion. That the semi-savage squatters in the "far west," the enemies of all law save Lynch law—whose only argument is a thrust with a bowie knife, and who, having nothing to lose, have everything to gain from a war, which, as far as they are concerned in it, must be of an essentially predatory character—that these men would, to use a phrase of their own, " go the whole hog" with President POLK, we*are will- nquiry. " Having been informed on veturing into the Board room, from which I had been called, that the guardians had determined to allow Mr. M'Dougall to remain in charge of the workhouse for a month, when his successor was to be chosen, I rose to address the guardians; and, after adverting to the Coißmissioners' recommendation to them to suspend Mr. M'Dougall during the investiga tion, I proceeded to urge upon the guardians that the Commissioners' objections to Mr. M'Dougall continuing in the workhouse pending the inquiry was much aug mented by his resignation. Whilst I was addressing the guardians, my observations were interrupted by expres sions of contempt for the Commissioners, and one of the guardians said the Board knew no one to whom the care of the workhouse could be entrusted, if Mr. M'Dougall were to leave it. I replied that, if there was no one in the town whose services were available, that I knew a workhouse master then out of employment—Mr. Price, formerly master of the Oxford House of Industry —who possessed high testimonials, and observed that Mr. Price had written to me offering his services. I then went on to enforce the propriety of Mr. M‘Daugall's re moval from the premises, but the chairman, vice chairman, and guardians left the room, and so dissolved the meeting." Mr. PARKER had formerly been Assistant Poor law:Commissioner for the district incl u di ng O x f or d , and had thus known PRICE officially ; both he, and a former Assistant Poor-law Commissioner on the Oxford district, Mr. MOTT, had highly approved of PRICE'S conduct as master of the Oxford House of Industry. PRICE had high testimonials from Lord BARRINGTON, chairman of the Faringdon Board of Guardians, from three successive chairmen of the Ox ford Board of Guardians, from the chaplains of the workhouse, a testimonial signed by pearly 200 inha bitants and rate-payers of Oxford, and several others : h.? had produced these, at the beginning of the present year, when candidate for the mastership of the work house of the Swindon and Highworth Union, and Mr. PARKER had then seen them. PRICR did not obtain that appointment, and Mr. Panama had since (in May, 1845,) recommended him for other employment to the Poor-law Comvaissioners ; and lastly, PRICE, who was still our of employment, hearing during the progress of the Andover inquiry that M'DOUGALL was to be suspended, had written to Mr. PARKER, cAring his services tem porarily in Mr. M'DouGALL's piste, and Mr. PARKER recommended him to the Andover guardians. But it appears that in 1844, after Mr. PAR . .LER had left the Oxford district, some charges were Made against PRICE, which were i nves ti ga t e d b y Mr. .t..TIsTIN, the present Assistant Poor-l aw Commissioner Ivor that district, and that PRICE resigned his office. .Mr. PARKER was not aware of this. In consequence 0 1 PRICE'S resignation, Mr. AUSTIN never sent the papers relating to the investigation to the Poor-law Commissioners : so that there was nothing recorded against PRICE in the Somerset House archives. But after the excitement of the Andover inquiry, and Mr. PARKER'S recommendation of PRICE being reported in the papers, scandal raked up the charges made against PRICE ; and for having thus recommended a man of whom everything that he knew was good, and of whom he knew much good, but in connexion with whom there was one unfavourable incident, witich he did not know, Mr. PARKER has been dis missed from his office of Assistant Poor-law Corn- The downfal of the PEEL - ..1 Ilinistry has been a mos. missionee. fortunate event for the wri tt. trs in the Paris papers "I attended to all Mr. Lewis's reproof s res p ect i ng Mr. For the previous ten days t licy appeared t o b e a b so- Price, and received from him di rec ti ons , conveyed in a lutely starved out for matter ' to com men t upon, and tone and manrscr which our relative p os iti ons b y no means entitled 11:xu to employ, to read no l e t ter on t hi s were forced to have recourt %C to the ex p e di t i on to 3 subject to th e Rev C. Dodson, Chairman of the A n d over M a d agascar , or th e di sm i ssa l of a R ece i ver -General, Union, until I had pv.oduced the draft to him. S uc h a or the paltry d i spute betweei t I. SALVAND Y an d M . direction conveyed in .Inch a manner is the only instatne .;.ort , and they QUTNET about the Univers', ty lectures. Th e cr i s i s that I am aware of whe . r.e.in an Assistant-Co mm i ss i oner has bee n su treate d . I ptomised complia nce w i t h hi s in England came, therefore , ppunely, directio ns , an d un d ertook t 0 e h ow him the draft of a let- are resolved to make the r aosi of it. M. TRIERS' !,Cr to Mr. Dodson on the fc;ilovving day. The next day paper, the Comstitutionnel, i. I extremely cautious and I was confined to the house by imlisposition." When M r . P ARKER again sa , v .Mr. LEW.ts, who moderate in its remarks, and evidently sho ws readers o f c purse know i s one o f lie Poor-law C'o°Enu-r a disposition to cultiva' ;e friendship with a mission ers , Whig Ministry, and ev en Lord PALMERSTON. "Mr. Lewis opened th me for not attending on the previous day, an d I ex plained compelled me to remain at ho me him the draft letter to Mr. With e th eon d versation 13, re , prr?aching rt4t letter to I. r• to him dm t Dodsonillness '-;l . l d , v (a e nn rt iii e n d l The National writes in a, ii fferent strain, and tries to excite prejudice against the late Foreign Secretary, as well his as colleagues. The Journal des Debuts of t p itie ro n n , - ( i i u s r E s d e k n ' t s . how Monday contains an article, N i Tritten in a manly and he afternoon. Mr. Lewis then from me nA thatodoe,„ l I friendly spirit towards Englan( 1, and dkplaying con ease generally, and having ascertained )r 1 siderable knowledge of the posit ion of affairs:—" We name 20th So 7- t guilty o r f n a e li to Mr. had informed Sir 14:,d:nuud Head, prior t „ nersir," says the writer, "in tt linking a conflict be tamber, that I had mentioned Mr. tween the two Houses inevitabi e. The Lords will not event to yield without a pn Dodson, he observed ' that I had been th e Howie of Common§ the iss4 0, donged combat. In indiscretion, which the Commissioners must notice I ' l , f the contest is more ing to admit; but that they constitute the majo jority of the American people, we cannot believe. The sober, industrious, law-regulated, orderly int;a bitants of the northern and southern States outnum ber far the plunder-seeking Lynch law-loving despe radoes of the " far west." The north and south are fully aware of the awful responsibility which those will incur who shall needlessly plunge America into a war with England. They feel that England would make any sacrifice, except her honour, for the preservation of peace be tween the two countries ; but they also know that " the sleeping lion " will not allow either a Monarch or a President to tread on his toes without rousing himself to action and to vengeance. We are rejoiced to find the leaders of the American nation thus coming forward to put a curb on the insane and selfish ambition of President POLE, who would, for the miserable gratification of secur ing for himself the Presidentship of the United States for another term, involve his country in a war which must exhaust her resources, and " drive her back in her career of prosperity quite beyond the point from which she started at the close of the last BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, D EA. 16. Anglo-Belgian Madrid and. Valeneia... Barba does Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica ... ....... Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vier zon .. —l5 Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux Do. ( Mackenzie's) Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris &Lyons (Lafatte) 2 citic Coast Central of Spain — Ditto (Calon's).... 2 l, Ceylon . — Ditto (Sad Est)..,,` - 2 Demerara Dendre Valley ...... Dutch Rhenish ... Dieppe & Paris Janet — (Ganneron's) ..... 1% Dijon and Mulho use East Indian ...... Fampoux & Hazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin. Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre__ __ Constituted 1134 Royal North of Spain. Do. Pepin le Hallear — Sambre and Meuse .... Great Paris and Lyons — Strasburg and Basle ... _ Great Western Bengal Tournay,Jurbise, Lan- Great Western Canada den, and Hasselt ... war." We have received Madrid journals of the 9th, but we find no news in them of the slightest interest. The Chapter of the Knights of the Order of Charles I HI. had been held with great magnificence. Her 1 . I ,'!IAJESTY eves resplendent with jewels. Near her s t ooL i the IrirArrns, Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA and h i o so n, the new Dukes DE RIANZARES and VALENCIA, and the pld Duke DE BA) . YZB and M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA. .Sixty Knights' wt:Te present. The Grand l Crosses distinguished thescaselves by the white fea thers in their caps. The other Knights wore blue feathers. The Archbishop of TOLEDO officiated on the occasion. On the 9th Che Three per Cents. closed at 361 at 60 days ; and tl ke Five per Cents. at 23i for cash, and 24f at 60 days - Jamaica S. Mid. Junction De. North Midland Do, Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemappe — Lyons and Avignon — LUxembourg !Tours and Nantes (Mackenzies) Do. (Lefebvre's)..,„ Do. Trinidad Verona an 4 Anew- A.... West Flanders 314 GENERAL WASHINGTON V GENERAL THIJAII3.-- We understand that General Torn Thumb visited the Lion King this morning at his private residence;and remained with liin till precisely three o'clock, when Thumb stepped into his diminutive carriage, and went with all possible speed to hold a levee at Egyptian Hall. We do not presume to be possessed of Thumb's secrets, but when so many Cabinet and other im portant rumours are atioat.iwe may mention one that was cir culating pretty freely at the clubs to•day, to the effect that little Thumb, finding himself entirely overshadowed and eAipsed by "General Washington," offered the Lion King a heavy purse for his mammoth rival. CHARGE OF POISONING.—NEWCASTLE, DE C. 15 At a late h our on Saturday evening a body of police appre hended R a l p h J o i cey, a hind in the employment of the Duke of Portland, a t C eckle.hall, near Morpeth, on a charge of cati,ing poi son to be administered to his father, from the effects of which he died. The prisoner was imtnediate/s conveyed to Morpth, and will be e xamined by the conatty W magistrates on ednesday. but,lt is rumoured that he ha s made important disclosures as affecting himself,they have not yet been made public. The poison, it appears, was procured at the shop of Mr. Crighton, in Morpeth, about two months ago. A utter from Hanover, of the Bth, states that the Prince R -, yal has been indisposed for souls time, but not so seriously 85 some of the journals had represented. Ilia Royal Ifighness is now convalescent, and is able to take oat cborexercise, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1845. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER —TUESDAY. DEBBY.--15 to 2 agst Sting, 16 to 1 agst Brocardo, 30 to 1 agst lago, 30 to 1 agst Spithead, 30 to 1 agst Ginger, 30 to 1 agst Malcolm, and 40 to 1 agst Fancy Boy. CIiESTER CUP.-50 to 1 each agst The Baron, Hope, and Intrepid. COURSING. TARLETON MEETLNG. The Bank Hall Cup (for 16 dogs) was won by Mr. Bux ton's Sarah ; Sir T. Hesketh's Harold ran up. The Tarleton Cup (for 16 dogs) was won by Mr. Coupe's Clara; Mr. Landless's Ranger ran up. The Radcliffe Hall Cup (for 12 dogs) was won by Mr. Craven's Canto; Mr. Graham's Curators ran up. The Bretherton Stakes (for 8 dogs) were won by Mr. Howard's Glideaway ; Mr. Landless's Albert broke his leg. The Craven Stakes (for 8 dogs) were won by Mr. Swift's Smuggler; Mr. Hardman's Trip the Daisy ran up. The Rufford Hall Stakes (8 dogs) were won by Sir T. Hes keth's Hope; Mr. Jackson's Regretted ran up. ESICDALE (CANOBIE) MEETING. The Dalkeith Cup (for 16 puppies) was won by Mr. Mein's Ivanhoe; Mr. Church's Callumdarig ran up. Ty, an, ' ud.,:ii. an,: Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 / 2 Eastern Counties 14/. 16s l9 % Ditto New 61. 163. 6% p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......61. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 4/. 13s. 4d... EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 25 .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shame s3i — Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 — Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2 1 / Do., Camb. an d Ely.. 24...... East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 J ..... Ditto, New Edinburgh &Northern.. 1% — ... .. Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 / 2 Ely and Huntingt on ... 5 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — Essex and Suffolk .. . 1% Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth ..... ••.•••• Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2 3 % Glonc.,Abetystwith, and Central of Wales Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction ...100 Ditto Half Shares ...... . 50 Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union... l% Great Eastern &Western 2% — ... GreatGrimsby and Sh e f- ........ field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 7142 — Great Munster ... 214 — Great North of Scotland 2 A ...... ...... 4reat.North of England..loo Ditto New 5 — Do. New .... »........ 2 ...... ;reat "Western 80 Ditto % Shares 5O — Ditto I% Shares 2% Ditto Fifths 2O . luildford, Fare'm, Ports. 5 ... ElHarwich .. gull and Selby 5O Ditto li t Shares Do. Half Sha res 2 _. Inverness and E1gin...... 1 •• Ipswich, Norwich, an d •••• •• I Yarmouth Irish North Midland l% Isle ofAxhohne 2% •• Killarney Junctions ...... 1 1 4 Kendal and Winder mere 1% Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ... -.. Leicester and Bedfird... 225, VI II - Leicester and Tamworth 425. Livery. and Manchester.loo ... .. Do. I/ 2 Shares Do. Quart ers Liverpool & Leeds Di rec t 2% .. — Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and 13irminghm100 213 210 ..... , Do. Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. Do, New .. .. ...... Ditto Extension ~ 3 .....• . Londoi and B rig h ton Do. consolidated Bths... 40 Ditto, Sixths London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 20% 20 ... Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... Do. Preference ...18/178 2d London Hounslow, and Western Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 74 Do. New Consol. Bths 20 — Do. New Do. New London & South Essex .. ...... .01tdOn and Yo r k 2 l,i ....... 3%1,4 London and Windsor ... 1 - ••• London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... ...... 214 — London, Salisieu- - Id _...i, - Yeovil Londonderry & Coleraine 5 ...... .......... Londonderry and Ennis killen .. 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds .. 76 Ditto 14. Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths .l Do. Sixteenths ... 44 Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters Da. New Quarters Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Minchester,Bukton,and Matlock 42s. 2 p Manchester, Birm., and Moult Junction ..... — Manchester and Rugby Direct Manchest. & Southampt 2 ...... Midland... lOO .....141 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New M i dl and, Birm., Derby...loo Midld. & East. Counties 2% — Midland Great Western (Irish) 2 1 ,4 -- Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2%... .. ..... Nlewcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ..-- 52 Do. New Brandling... 15 gewrastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newport& Abergaveany 2% — New Ross and Carlow... 22s •••• • •- Newry ud Enniskillen 2% _.•••- •• Newath, Sheffield, aid • Boston ... .. ....... 2%.. • Norfolk Extension — ... North British Do. Half Shares ..... 3% ... 5 1 4 Do. Exten. to Ca r li s l e 14 — Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon 2 .. ... North of Norfolk .. 2% — ... .. ...... Northern and East ern... 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares 12% — 'Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2%•• .. . •••., North Staffordshire 425...„.. 32% p North Wales ... 3% North and South W a l es and Worcester Northern and Southern. Connecting Norwich ar,:,i Brandon... 16 •• Ditto ',.. ew ...... N or l4 :iaropton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1%....,. 1;6% Nottingm., Erewsh.Val ley, and Manchester 1% Nottingham and Mans field — — Oxford, G ospor t, Ports mouth,& Southampta 425. Oxford, Worcester, aad Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... ....... I - % Perth and Inverness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ••• ••••••••••• Portsmouth Direct .... 3%•••••• — Preston and Wyre 5O Do. 1 ,/, Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond - ••• chester ... Rugby and Huntingdo 2 ....... .- 1 •••••• .....-... _....Agdon .... .. Rugby, Leamington aid Warwick Rugby, W arw i c k . and • .. •••.••...•~ Worcester.... ...425. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 5 Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrf ws bury and Bir _ 2 1 / 2 .... . Shropshire Mineral 425..... Shropskire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% &S. Staffordsh. June. 2 1 / 2 Sligo and Shannon l% 000000 Somersetshire Midland 2%/ OOO OOO South Devon 25 ..... ..... ..... ............ South Midland 42s. . South & Midlands June. 425. .. .. ............. SoutliStaffordshireJunc. 2 1 / 2 ...... . ... South Eastera & Dover 3312 a 4d :34% Do., No. 1 l2 Do., N 0.2. 7 ...... Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 Southampton, Manches- 2% . 2/4 ter, & Oxford Junction 421. „. St. Alban's, Hatfield, an d ... Hertford Junction Staines and Richmond.— 1 .„ Staffordsh. & Sh rops hi re soutn Wa1e5....... 2 ,4 t ...... Tear and Dov e V a ll ey 1 Taw Vale E x t ens i on • ...... % •. •• ...... Trent V Trent Valley ............. 2 ..... . % alley and. 11rly head Junction 2% Tring, Reading; and Basingstoke „ 5 14 — ............... Ulverstone 'And Furness 2 1 7 2 Vale of N•eath ........ 2 ........ Warw ; ..,k & Cheltenham 13, , , W'':".wick and Worcester 425. ...... `.• eaterford and Kilkenny 3 "'aterford and Limerick 7 1 / 2 W •terid,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin ............ 11/2.... .• 11 aterford, Wexford, a.nd. ....... •• ••• Valentin .............. 13 Waveney Valley ...... ... 2 each Midland .. West Cornwall 2• West Yorkshi re W estLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Coun ies . Wexford and Carlow ...... ••• Wisbeach and St. t vem ~ ...... Wilts, Somer at, alld Southampto n .• . ...... IA 3 ..... MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. Since Monday, very little Wheat of home produce has come fresh to hand, yet the show of Monday's unsold samples was fully equal to the wants of the dealers, all descriptions moving off heavily, at barely the late depression in the quotations. In Foreign Wheat--free as well as in bond— next to nothing was doing; yet we can notice no alteration in prices. The supply of Barley was large. Malting parcels sold at full currencies; but other kinds had a downward tendency. Malt, Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour, excessively dull, at, in some instances, a trifling abatement in value. ARRIVALS. Barley. 5,920 qrs. Wheat. English ...• • 4,541 qrs. Irish ........ Foreign Oat, Flour. 1,760 qrs. 4,478 sks 4,410 - 3,970 1,000 I lalt. 1.260 Qrs. WEITECHAPEL. The supply of each kind of Wheat being still on the in crease, the general demand ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 10d to 6s 8d; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 6d; Veal, 41 to is; and Pork, 41 to Os 2d per 6lbs. LATEST NEWS. SUN-OFFICE, Quarter past Three, (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Nothing positive is known at present respecting the formation of the new Administration. Several of the influential political leaders of the Whig party have paid visits this morning to Lord JOHN Pas- SELL, at his residence in Chesham-place, Be'grave- square. &lONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THI?EE. There was a very quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 3,000 bales, all to the trade. Shares were quiet, and prices remained unchanged. Only a small busi ness was done. The example which has been set by the Committee of Management of the Midland Grand Junction Railway Com pany, of requesting all creditors to forward their accounts, with a view to an adjustment of claims that may be found correct, is a fact honourable to the parties concerned to men tion ; and we trust that similar conduct will be followed by the managers of those projects which have not been able to prepare themselves sufficiently early in conforming with the provisions of the Act of Parliament, in lodging their plans, &c., before the 30th ultimo. The course taken by the Com mittee named is, at the present moment, of peculiar value, as we fear there are not a few of the Committees of Manage ment who are desirous of shirking the responsibility which they have legally incurred by permitting their names to appear as Provisional Committeemen, after expenses have been entered into. The accounts from the United States, by the steamer, lead many to hope that there may yet be an improvement in the tone of the President's message, and that the very beneficial trade which the Yankees are now driving with us may prompt them to be a little civil. Not, however, that it comports with the dignity of any nation, much less with that of England, to bribe other powers into peace and friendship, and we venture to affirm that there is not a British merchant in the City, however extenstve his trans actions with the United States, but would scorn to evade the injury of " horrid war," by such means as these. On the contrary, we must play our part, say they, honestly and discreetly, trusting to the good sense and good feeling of bro ther Jonathan to do the rest. If he fail to recoglise the claims of humanity and civilization, why on his head be the heavy blame of all that follows. In advices to October 22, from the Cape of Good Hope, a very satisfactory report is given as to the state of the colony, now unquestionably as flourishing as any possession of the British Crown. The Public Securities have been rather less buoyant than yesterday. Consols realise 92% to 92% for the opening, the New Three-and-a -Quarter per Cents. 94 1 / 8 to %, and the Three per Cents. 92% to %. Bank Stock is l ess fi rm at 199 1 / 2 , and India Stock at 261. Exchequer-bills have been dull at 21s. premium. It would: be idle to expect anything like a steady market until a Cabinet is formed. The foreign investments have been generally very well supported. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 28 1 h, and the Three per Cents. 38% :%. Portuguese Conv er t e d S tock has been marked 59 1 / i. Mexican Bonds have been up to 29 3 / and 30%. Grenada Stock is 20%; and Brazilian New Bonds are 77 1 . French Five per Cents. have beee done at 117 ,with the exchange at 25 70. There is scarcely anything doing in Shares, but they are firm, and the French scrips have again been rather higher. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES hank Stack 199% 199 1 / 2 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3% per Cents. 9 4 % 100, 4 1,i% 4% Long Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 10% . ) --16 10 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 India Stock 2EI 261 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Bank Stock for Account — Consols for Account ..... Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 1 1 / 2 d 2l Ditto 500/. .................... 21 Ditto Small ..... . ............ 21 19 91% 200 92% pm. 21 pm. 21 pm. 1$ ONE E'RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Brazilian Fonds Ditto, New, 1829 and. 1839 7 7 1,6 Equador Bonds .................... 3 1 . 4 Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. gOV Ditto Deferred .%. 4 1 % Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837..,...... 29% Ditto Account ........... ........... 30;,1 Ditto, Deferred..,,, ~ ........ ... _ Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 59% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Ar.,:,ount 23% 28% Ditto, 8 pe r C ent 3l 38 3 4 Ditto, Accou n t 3B 39 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Renter, 5 per Cent, ...... 117 f. —c. 117 f. —c. Exchange 2sf. 70c. French, 4% per Cent: llof. —c. 25f. 110 f. 70 — o. c. Exchan ge 2sf. 70c. 25f. 70c. Belgian 4% per Cent Ditto. 4 per Ce n t. C ert ifi cates 33 OLOP: I NG PItICES 201 4 5 30 29 3 4 1 4 16 69% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DANE CLOSING AbRAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CL'OCIi. PRICES. erdeen .............. .. 5 •• ............ Aberdeen, Banff, &Elgin 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and APortrusa l% ..... . •••-• ............... yleshury and Theme.. 1%...,.. ............... Belfast & Count 7 Down 2 1 /, ..... . ............. .. Bideford andTavistock... 1N . ...... Birm in. and Gloucester. 100 123 ............... Ditto New.. 123 ....... t 0,...,,.. ... 1 7 .IL .............. Birmingham a n d ford Junction 0 .. Birmingham.. & .. ..... 2 Leicestir Bo Direct ...... . ............. 425. ..sto-4, tarnfd, & Bi rm. 225. ... ...... ... Brfgew , .•ter & Minehead 425. ... -sristol and Exeter ..... 70 Ditto, New .......... 2 wrist and Gloucester... 30 .....• • • Bristol and Liver. Junc . 2%•••••• - .. Buckinghamshi re Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... ••• ......... 00. New ... ............ 1% — .......... '' Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — .......... CCanterbury and Dover.. IN, — ..... ....•• entral Kent 2% ...... .. ............ Chelmsford and Bury Chester and Holyhead... 15 ...... Chester and Manchester 425. . ..... •••••• Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... • ,'l .: N r -i c i e s t a e c tn e c i t c i , ' o n and Passages C 225. .. Cork and Killarney ... 9 1 h Cork and Waterfor.d, ..• 1% oilman ....... ..... Coventry, N".fleaton,Bir and Lei,„,ester 114...... Dartin•jutli, Torbay, an d Exeter Uerby and Crew e Dy, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ...... Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) DirectNorthem ")irect Norwich Dublin and Armagh Dublin and BelfastJunc Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine 12% 2, 14% - .” -- 13‘ 2%..... 23, • - 514 " ..... v 2 ".... 1 1 77 5 _ 2 1 ,i The policy, which, under present circumstances, would be adopted by Mr. O'CoNNELL, has naturally been regarded with great anxiety. Upon that policy it was clear that much would depend, and the conduct of Lord JOHN RossELL would be mate rially influenced thereby. The receipt of O'CoNNELL's speech on Monday last, at Dublin, places that ques tion beyond doubt. O'CONNELL prefers food for the people to repeal. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S course as to Ireland is now free from one great difficulty. In the course of this evening it is more than probable that the full arrangements respecting the Ministry will be announced, and the state of uncertainty which the delay of the last few days has caused, will be removed. The sanction of her MAJESTY is all that remains to complete the resolu tion at which Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his colleagues have arrived. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereforii,Ross, and Gloucester 42s. ...... ............... Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow ........... Worcester, Shrewsby- .4wsbury, and Crewe Union..... 1%, , .............. , Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby - ... ........... , Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 ...... —.... .. ..... / .... Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2% York and Lancaster 2% — ............ / York and North Midland 50 -. ..' Ditto 1 / 2 Shares 25 - / .................. Ditto Scarboro' Bran c h. 25 .. ............ , Do. Selby Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. / Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 8 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and / Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ..• ... .......... . Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West / Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific —...— ............... ~ Coast 1 .. .. ... .. ......... Central of Spain ... . Ceylon Demerara 2 l /2 ....• • ••. ............ Dendre Valley .....; __ , ... ._ ........ , .... , Dijon and Mulho use ... 2 ... ...... .. ••• . Dutch Rhenish 5 7 1 4 ............... 1 East Indian ... ..... .... ss. 1 ..... Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 / 2 Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France i , 10 1 1, Constituted . - I Great Paris aid Ly ons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Can a d a. . • 31/ Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension ...... ... 1 Jersey ........ .• ..... .... Louvain and J eme p pe... 4 ... ........ - ..... Lyons and A v i gnon Luxembourg... 4 ............... ./ Madrid and Valentin..... 2 ... Mauritius ........ - .... Na.nur and Liege North Jamaica 1 ....... ...... „, Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 .....• .............. I t 9) Orleans and Bordeau x ... 6 Over Yssel 413 s 4d — ... -.• 9) Paris &Lyons(Laflitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan- 5) neron's)... .. Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 2% ............. Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orlean s 2O Paris and Rouen 1) Paris and Stra s b ourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'E st ) 2 ............... '# Do (Avmard's) Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre ...... 18 Royal North of Sp ain . 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 - .................................................. l2: Strasbourg and B a l e ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, L an - .... den, and Hasselt, 4 Tours and Nantes (M ac - .., kenzie's) . ...... 4 Do. do. (L e f e b vre ' s \ 2 .................., ..... . .......... 5 Ditto (O'Neill's) Trinidad .......... ..... 1; Verona and Ancona._ 3 - West Flander s .. 4 ...... A MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. ........ JOINT STOCK BANKS. 4 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of London... lO . ............ P A S' LONDON, SHIPPINu—(THIS LONDON, DEC. 17.—Wi n d this clay N.W., ht larr l Sbell* and hazy. er i , an d DEAL,DEC. 16.—Wi n d N . N . W .—Arrd. Thomas IsS Churchward, Calcutta; Clara, Crow, BoinbaY;,, , oroa Gale, Demerata ; A pprent i ce, New York; Elizabelecol Quebec. Arrd. from the River, John Gillhatn , o os, Bombay; Phar sa ii a , Winsor, ew Orleans ; a OO Sampson, New York. Arrd. from 'the River an Gleaner, Smith, Boston. 00 4 ' COWES, DEC. 16.—S1d. Fatel Kastck, Aden and 13° to" SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 16.—S1d. Recorder, Cape of Glesa° LIVERPOOL, DEC. 1 6.—Arrd. Britannia steamer, left 2d instant, an d H al i fax, on the 4th. 1 0° AYR, DEC. 15.—Arrd. Dundonald, St. -° Brunswick. CLYDE, DEC. 14.—Arrd. Southampton, Montre.; • Superior, Sierra Leone ; Hamlet, Fergus, St. Thom stla_7,l DEAL, DEC. 16. —The Ann, Phillipps, of and froila rasi , land to Rouen, was abandoned off Fairlight yeet A e soon after foundered; crew saved. The Neriaulg e edv from Miadleborough to Exeter, struck on the Bunt ". morning, and assisted into deep water by a boat's cc p utn PETERHEAD, DEC. 13.—The Imperial, of SpeY, the and 10th instant, struck on the rocks near the and received conaiderable damage. OFF PoRTSmouTH, D Ec. 16.—Plantagenet- Calcu tt* BnisToL, DEC. 16.—Arrd. Janet, Quebec. I' Mexican, view -coy GLOUCESTER, DEC. 15.—Arrd. Mexican, L o a- LIVERPOOL, DEc. 1 6.—Wind N.W,, fresh.—Arrd• Scollay, Bombay; Dochfour, Wakeman, New Yar e th port, Laurina, P aragon, and Lima. oa. t The Belle, of D rog h eda, for Preston, was dr , "d 1 " Horsebank, near Southport, yesterday afternoon, - t feared will beco me a total wreck —crew saved. At A large ship was seen on shore on Carysfert November, with wreckers along side. du DUNBAR, DEC. I,s.—The Princess of Fi n dboni rfee; masted, 11th inst., o ff t h e Redhead, and subseclu ent l ;l l , doned. Crew, except one man, saved by the Kill•W die London to Fi n dh orn. SHIELDS, DEC. 16.—The Wilhelmina, Meyer, the /.1 11 0 0) Memel, from H artlepool, foundered, 11. th inst.. I n Seas. AST INDIA HOUSE—(THIS D am A Quarterly General Court of the Directors an e der prietors of the East India Company was held at 5504 hall -street at 12 o'clock, for the purriose of va n business. red b 0 Mr. PE TER GORDON, who, it will. be reinewh e A 00 , 00 . at several ti mes i nterrupted the woceedings, an d bid . ; occasion has a pp eare d b efore the Lord Mayor h o t dicial capacity, attempted to occupy the chi oil was repulsed by o ffi cers of the Court, wb°' to 1/2 to custom, we re s t at i one d at the doors leading pro'- inner circle appropriated to Directors. The . 11° .fl ii iii0 . prietor faili ng i n his first object th en got up, is long speech ‘I enlightened " those present on th e k tid; of the Compi n y, and other particular charact er- illsr" the successive governors. When Sir Henry W the Governor, Mr. Hogg, M.P., Deen„tY:,, e cto l 7, nor, acaompanied by many of the ll' - Olt entered, Mr. Go r d on was ordered to be tor.i but the Hon. P ropr i etor not paying attention ed mandate, the quest i on whether he should be turilhell.ll was regularly p u t t o t h e Court and carried, „rO,A : 1 officer took the H on . P ropr i etor in his arms anu,te, him out, readin g as h e went the speech he had to perpetrate upon the audience. ce j The proceedings were then formally comma the Clerk reading the minutes of last Court. IDOLATARY IN INDIA. , f 00 04 Mr. POY NDER th en rose to give notice of tne motion.— Lor d 13i 5 , "P ‘ , That adverting t o th e c h ange of the oi 0 01, 1 a_A of Calcutta, on hi s recent departure fromlot and since reprinted in England, and also to th!;i o o or ,i, statements of the Rev. James Peggs, late a 111,1,:.et07, in Orissa, it be referred to the. Hon. Court of 101 to consider whether the time is not arrived igu e ,, e " 0 0 "; `rites and usages as contradict the law of 119 , t11 ;;Oill overthrow the first principle.% of our common " 11- 00 1 ',; may not be terminated consistently with the ° n e ' tion of the natives, and the sticurity or our Indian THE RAJA OF SATTARA. , r botOr The GOVERNOR then called upon Mr. George son to proceed with his raotion. Mr. ThOMPSON, befor e entering up on the busi ti d e o ss. o° the day, had t o comp l a i n of the want of a ccoin o3 °,rse o f given to the proprietors. He sh ou ld, i n the c°ths his address, r equ i re to refer to several volumb:l-01F.; ports—(the H on . P ropr i etor pointed to about or dozen quarto volumes),—and without the aid of 0 t ill , of some kind it wou ld b e next to impossible for a do so. O big The Governor, Si r H ENRY WILLOCK, ordere d I re' to be brought f or t h e accommodation of the lic ° prietor. 141 . Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON said that whil e the ts hi "" e / 00°' , Ewing brought, he would ask a question--one of ° o wl' important c h aracter as respected the rights of ProPL bye' He wished to know whether the fifth section of t`i'd fot laws, which o r d ere d t h at notices of motion sh,;l„rt.,b9, three days pr ev i ous to the meeting of the t'i , 0 e 00 1 inserted in tw o or more of the London papers, hal.' case been complied with? bs l , Sir HENRY WILLOCK said that he was not lot o°' the section had not been literally complied wit"' he socr . all events the Proprietors knew• the purport of t'" par tion, and that he considered was sufficient for th e obo poses of the Hun. Propthtor. The Court bad take c oo opinion of the standing couns el upon the notice of be fo g irself, snd his advice was decidedly against its t 0 b 0 printed. He s h ou ld , h ove rer, order the opin ion read to the Court. O 3 W The legal opinio n was read by the clerk, and I dia' firmed the Governor's stat ement as to the libellous c a ratter of the motion. Instances were cited, and, an3 4B others, that of St oc kd a l e ' s, to show that the 11°1- Commons was not exerapted from the statute. Opt her Mr. G. ThomPsox said that, a f ter h ear i ng the o P rt her lt of the Learned Cou,el, he sh ou ld say nothing tt o o, on that point ; b u t h e was so unconvinced by that optw i f. that lie should perhaps consu l t higher legal autb_ °r , 0 0' The Hon. Proprietor th en proceeded to rev i ew the i i duct of the E as t I n d ia C ompany, in relation to of Sattara, and was proceeding when nur report left. Ai ore! ETON POLICE, DEC. OACIItz ° James Lewin, and James Bridgesnan, labourers, were brow up in custody b e f ore t h e R ev. Thomas Carter, charged it Mr. Scott, l an d- s t ewar d to the Duke of Buccleuch, :erv, being fund, ;earned, in his Grace' s preserves, at Ditton l ko g near Datchet, in th e n i g h t . tune, for the purpose of t3tlist game. It appeared from the evidence .of the keepers , e ive while they were wat c hi ng f or poachers, at about to re • o'ciock on Saturday night, they heard voices in the 1 ' g, serves near the Datchet L o d ge, lending into the Pcti Shortly afterwards they heard the rer i urt of a gun, 1 0 , 1 4 going to the spot where th e y saw th.e flash, they di s con, three men, two of whom were the prisoners Moore and Bri,tifc,ee man. The other man, fr om hi s aprdearance, answereu to description of the prisone r L ew i n. " The men attempteders make their escape, but, upon being .pursued by the ke e P Moore and 13ridgeman were overtake: and captured. was taken into cust o d y t h e following :morning. A hen I ) ' eA sant, dead, but q u it e warm, was fount 1 a short distance 1 ott:1 ers n where the gun was discharged. The whole of the pris ° 2 l o were fully committed to Aylesbury gaol to take their ti et the ensuing sessions for the count of Bucks. 19% 6% p 214 147 ..... l ii P 3% 210 23 1 83% 61 1 / 4 46 15 1 / 4 .... 31/2 ...... 70% ~.. dis .••• - ... 141 25% - 11% s;i 54 2% 2% E 7 13% 34 3 A 2 3 4 - li,i ..... 1 1 li% ROLL This was a —eu son, and at liberty to , !oats, made b Lae 21st day „lain procePdii ‘•;arnpbell, an solicitors, and ae varied as s Rig LORDi considered U P r ayer of tliei EA 4 , kr. I - 10 1 : e defendant 9f a feud tuns Ji t Hor at i o ; l ted, and th T: ease way T he argumen greater part 4 UEEN' (Sittin gs w at CAMBLI ....this was al Pla yed l j':::l h tattaa:ernag : lim : h mi i une i n t e nd h i° l thfl :;-: 1 :1 11 1 :::i r u e n ia t' t s i li r SIX or seve f End expects( b ee g, in whi, th et " bankr - tr. Hunt 1 , fo:+," l ae t s ,. n o 0 e plaintii f:4 this case the . p w la i in tn t es. il rurid th at h i '" bill. w o 1 7 of the bit defendant BANK] (Before