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WEST INDIES. We have received Jamaica papers to the 4th Oct. " We are in receipt of a very long and interesting ac count of the capture of the Armistad, with a cargo of Africans, who were being conveyed as slaves from the Havanna to the Port of Principe, having no room to day, we are obliged to defer insertion. We are in receipt of the Cornwall Chronicle and Standard, of the 28th, they do not contain any local news. DEPARTURE OF SIR LIONEL SMITH. (From the St. Jago Gazette of the 23d Oct.) Never was such a scene beheld in Jamaica as that which took place yesterday morning at the departure of Sir Lionel Smith from its shores—never was such an ex uberance of feeling and respect manifested on any pre vious occasion, by so vast an assemblage of persons. At an early hour, his Excellency quitted the King's House, in company with Captain Darling, his Honor the Custos, the Advocate General, the Rev. Mr. Phillippo, the Rev. Mr. Taylor, and several other of his pri vate friends. The crowd of persons who assembled on the Parade, and followed his Excellency along the road to Port Henderson's Wharf was indescribable, and must have amounted to upwards of six thousand. A canopy was formed near the Cross Keys, with some of the flags and banners which were displayed by Mr. Phillippo's congregation on the Ist of August, and under which Sir Lionel had to pass on his exit from the town. It required much persuasion on the part. of his Excellency, to prevent the people from taking out the horses, and drawinghis carriage to Port Henderson ; and it was with great difficulty the horses could make their way through the dense crowd of pedestrians that moved along with them. On arriving at Port Henderson, the emo tion and enthusiasm of the people was beyond the power of description ; nothing but sobs and lamentations were heard, intermingled with prayers for his Excellency's safe voyage, and blessings on himself and family. On alighting from the carriage, the people surrounded him, clung to his knees, took hold of his arms, kissed the skirts of his coat, and endeavoured, by every manner they could possibly devise, to pour forth the overflow ings of their grateful hearts. His Excellency's heart melted at the scene—he could stand it no longer, and in the first attempt he made to speak, the tears roiled down his cheeks. Yes, to his honour, be it said, that the warrior of many battles, the grey-headed veteran, was not ashamed to shed tears—tears of joy, at this exhibition of gratitude, love, and respect he saw before him. Sir Lionel having been met by the Commodore at the wharf, was rowed to the Serpent, w hi c h was towed out of Port-Royal by the Dee stea mer, during which the usual salutes were fired from Fort Charles, the Commodore's vessel, and the Serpent. The company then returned with the Commodore to his vessel, where they partook of a splendid breakfast. Thus has Sir Lionel Smith quitted our shores, carry ing with him the blessings and good wishes of thou sands, and tens o f th ousa nds o human beings, in whose hearts, and in the hearts of their posterity, will he ever be remembered with feelings of admiration and gratitude. TOBAGO.—This island appears, from the papers now before us, to be far above its neighbours, it has made a larger crop than it did the year previous, and is peaceable and quiet. THE CROPS.—The Gazette of the sth August says, " We understand that the exports of the staples from this year's crop will exceed those of last year above 500 hhds. of sugar, with a proportion of rum and molasses ; the export value this year being said to ex ceed that of the last by upwards of 25,0001. 50,0001. per annum is the present maximum of labourer's wages paid in Tobago. This is real and bona fide good news, and we wish the inhabitants of Tobago a continuance of their good fortune. THY LABOURERS.—The same paper of the 12th inst., says :-- " It is with sincere gratification we learn, that a de cided improvement in the working of the labourers to the windward is manifested, at least comparatively with the complaints stated to have been given on this subject to leeward. In the latter direction, we are informed the reluctance of the labourers to engage on certain pro perties is most decided." THE COLONIAL BANK.-- , The branch bank in this island has created considerable dissatisfaction by calling in all the cash credits. The following is the xemarks of the Gazelle : We have heard (and we shall be sincerely gratified to find that we have been misinformed), that the branch of the Colonial Bank in this island has made a sudden and general call on the merchants, and others, to pay up their cash credits, on terms of their bonds given, which, as our readers are aware, comprehend double the amount of the sum for the credit so obtained. GRENADA. Some difference of opinion appears to exist between the Council and Assembly of the Island, relative to a sum of money which was expended by certain members of the AssemblA when sent as a deputation to the Go vernor-General. The Council refused to pass the Money Bill with this item in it. We have received files of Windward Island papers, from which we give the following extracts BARBADOES.—In this island the small-pox has made its appearance, and created considerable alarm." The Barbadian says—" The commencement of such a tremendous scourge as small-pox, in such a population as ours, is certainly an alarming event, but every thing which the medical gentleman can do will assuredly be done. His Excellency, the Governor, has arrived from the neighbouring colonies." The Barbadian of the 7th says—" Our poor country is suffering from the most severe drought we recollect to have ever been known at this season of the year. This is unfortunate for the Indian corn and provisions, and must operate fatally on the cane crop." INSUBORDINATION AMONG THE LABOURIRS.—The Mercury of the 7th September observes—" It gives us much concern to hear that very considerable insubordi nation is openly manifested by the labourers at Car michel, in the parish of St. George, and that Balkelly adjoining, and Applenhaites, are also far from being re conciled to anything like a systematic form of agricul ture, without which it can never prosper." ANTIGUA.—There is really no intelligence from this island ; the papers contain nothing worth extracting. ST. VINCENT.—The troops in this island appear to have suffered much from the effects of the prevailing fever. FIRES.—Two fires had occurred at a plantation called Fair Hall, by which many cottages were con sumed ; we regret to state that two women were ap prehended, under strong circumstances of suspicion, and. were likely to be convicted as the incendiaries. By the packet Carracas papers to the Ist of Septem ber have been received ; they do not contain any intel ligence of interest. MEETING OF THE COLONIAL PARLIAMENT.—OUT readers will perceive by his Excellency, Sir Charles Metcalf's Proclamation, that the House of Assembly is called to meet and proceed to business on Tuesday, the 22d day of October next. Sir Charles Metcalfe was sworn in on Thursday. His Excellency issued his proclamation requiring all persons holding civil and military commissions to retain the same, aad continue in the exercise of their respec tive duties. ADDRESS TO SIR C. METCA.LFE. We understand a requisition to the senior Magis trates of St. Andrew's is being handed about for signa tures, to request that he would convene a public meeting of the freeholders, and other inhabitants of the parish of St. Andrew's, for the purpose of preparing an address to Sir Charles, congratulating his Excellency upon his arrival to assume the government of the island. GORDON CASTLE.—The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, and the Ladies Lennox, will leave the Castle in a fortnight for town, on their way to Good wood-park, for the winter. The festivities were brought somewhat suddenly to a close, in consequence of the demise of the Duke of Bedford, his Grace's uncle. Mr. and Lady Louisa Tighe, who have been on a visit to the Duke and Duchess, have left for their seat in the county of Wicklow. Lord March has left to join the ' Royal Horse Guards (Blue), at Regent's Park barracks. —Aberdeen Herald. HINTS TO WIVES.—Make yourself so agree able to your husband, that he will see there is no true happiness absent from his home. Be always becomingly dressed, and have your household and yourself per fectly clean and comfortable-looking. But beware how you show too earnest a desire to keep him at home, as T en are se lfi s h creatures , an d se ld om f ee l muc h b e y on d hat relates to their personal convenience. If he thinks you suspect him, and are acting a part, there is an and t o all your influence. If your solicitude flows from real affection, so much the better, as you will be im pelled by Your love to study his wishes and tastes, which is the surest way with mo s t men t o secur e their regard for you in return. M any a man h as b een mortified, broken down, and ruined, by h av i ng a s l attern very for his wife. It is z lie rar e that a m an be comes in temperate and vicious n his wife i s th oroug hl y neat an d tidy in her perso n and her hou se . A s l ong as s h e is inviting and tasteful in her appearan ce , tains her early attractions, serv e P , and full y wholesome food , and diffuses an s him with sweet and purity around her , it is hardlys at air 'n husband, and, comfort not p a r n e d . in the p ara di se ioudy brutalized by vice, to -S tray y frog' which she creates, in search of ha y else h w ere.— ..Tim Maxwell. AN AERIAL GUY FAIVICES.--A, rial ma chine, a colossal and well-proportioned figur e of a m inflated with gas, ascended on Guy Fawkes Da y a n the premises of a resident at Pentonville, and after floating through the air for a very considerabl e ti me , descended in the garden of Mr. Smith, a retailer o f beer, in Fleet-street-hill, Bethnal-green. The machine is about twelve feet long, and it is stated by those who saw it in motion that the swinging of the limbs to and fro gave it the appearance of a walking giant, and num bers of those who witnessed its progress were per suaded that it was a living being., endued with super natural its atural po wers . Th e b eerseller who ma d e pr i ze o f it descent has since been reaping considerable orofit by showin g it to his customers. I UNIFORM WITH " THE STANDARD NOVELS." Cheap and portable Editions of the following Works are now comprised in -LI ENTLEY'S STANDARD LIBRARY OF POPULAR MODERN LITERATURE : I. WASHINGTON IRVING'S " ASTORIA; or, Ad ventures beyond the Rocky Mountains of the Far West." In one volume, with Portrait of the Author, 6s. 11. MAXWELL'S " WILD SPORTS of the WEST." In one volume, with 15 Engravings, 6s. 111. GLEIG'S " TRADITIONS of CHELSEA COL LEGE." In one volume, with Portrait of the Author , 6s. IV. CAPTAIN CHAMIER'S " LIFE of a SAILOR." In one volume, with Engravings, 6s. V. MRS. TROLLOPE'S "DOMESTIC MANNERS of the AMERICANS." Revised, with additions, in one volume, with 15 Engravings, including a Portrait of Mrs. Trollope, 6s. Any of which can be had separately, Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *,,-* To be had of all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 1839, Will be repeated the New Original Play, in Five Acts, tenwri by James Sheridan Knowles, called LOVE. Duke of Carinthia, Mr. Cooper; Sir Rupert of Loreh, Mr, J. Vining ; Huon, Mr. Anderson ; the Countess of Eppen stein, Miss Ellen Tree ; Katherine, Madame Vestris. .After which, ASK NO QUESTIONS. Theodore, Mr. J. Vining; Matthias, Mr. W. Farren ; Gim blet, Mr. Meadows; The Baroness de Serigny, Mrs. Orger Celine, Miss Lee; Madame Gimblet, Miss A. Taylor. After which the popular Farce of ICE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Motley, Mr. Charles Matthews ; Dicky Darling, Mr. Mea dogs ; Becky Morgan, Mrs. Orger. To-morrow, The School for Scandal, with The Ringdoves Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The production of Ainsworth's " Jack Sheppard," has attracted complete overflows, and been pronounced to be the greatest achievement ever yet attempted, it will consequently be acted every Evening. THIS EVENING, Nov. 13, Will be acted, Ainsworth's celebrated Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Illustrating all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivant. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Dale, Heslop, Laws, Smith, Ross, Neville; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss Martin, Miss Grant Mrs. Laws, &c. To conclude with an Extraordinary Drama, in Two Acts, entitled THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTERS; OR, HELL'S BELLES. Astaroth, Mr. Neville ; Cefperus, Mr, Cullen ; Diavoline, Miss Martin ! Robert, Mrs. H. Vining; Polycarpe, Mr. W. Smith ; Tambour, Mr. Ross. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We continue to receive such a vast number of Communications on the Penny Postage Question that we cannot insert them. HIGH.WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORRO W, Morning l6 minutes after 7. Evening 43 minutes after ("- -'' k `,.-7.3"Ti0. iriTu ‘lll,l. LONDON : WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1839. THE NEW POSTAGE We have great pleasure in laying before our readers the first important step towards carrying into execution the plan for a Uniform Penny Pos tage. In order to familiarize the persons engaged at the Post-office and the public with the new ar rangements for charging by weight, that plan is to take effect on the sth of December. At the same time the public will have the benefit of a reduction of all rates above 4d., to that sum, the reason for not reducing it at once to ld., being to avoid encum bering the new arrangement with the great influx of letters which might then be expected. The Post office, it will be seen will, after the sth of Decem ber, carry packages of the weight of llb. on paving a proportionate postage. The inhabitants of the London district will be immediately gratified by a penny pre-payment postage, which will serve gradually to introduce the uniform penny rate over the whole empire. For this attention to the public wants the Ministers deserve the nation's gratitude and best thanks ; what their opponents would have done were they in office may be known from the pages of the Quarterly Review and the Tory journals, several of which still daily labour to prove that the public ought not to have a cheap and uniform postage. Here is the TREASURY MINUTE, DATED NOV. 12, 1839. CIS• Lords read the Act 2 and 3 Victoria, cap. 52, for the further Regulation of the Duties on Postage until the sth October, 1840. Since the prorogation of Parliament my Loris have turned their unremitting attention to the mea sures necessary for carrying into effect the intention of the Legislature. The power with which this Board are invested by the Act were recommended to Parliament, not only for the purpose of enabling my Lords to adopt such mode of payment as might on consideration appear the most advisable, but also to enable my Lords to carry into practical effect this great altera tion in the manner which might be least liable to derange the regularity and the dispatch of the cor respondence of the country as now executed by the Post Office. My Lords have always been aware that the con. temporaneous adoption of charging letters by weight and the reduction of postage to an uniform rate of one penny would be attended with much practical difficulty. The time occupied now at the large offices, and at the forward offices, in charging and sorting the letters, has been reduced for the public convenience to as narrow limits as possible. To alter the mode of charge from that to which the officers of the Post Office have been long accustomed, must of itself for a time be accompanied with some inconvenience, and my Lords apprehend it would be imprudent to increase that difficulty by adding at the same moment so large a number of letters as must naturally arise from the immediate reduction to the penny rate. My Lords fear, that for a time at least, great irregularities would prevail, and much public incon venience result. However satisfactory, therefore, and however desirable in many points of view, it might be, to carry into execution cotem poraneously the complete plan,' their Lordships upon a full consideration have come to the conclu sion that, by adopting some"intermediate measure, and bringing into operation the mode of chargirv, the letters by weight, previous to the en ti re reduc tion of the rate of postage, their Lordships will not only avoid the risk to which the other course is lia ble, but materially facilitate the introduction of the remaining parts of the plan. With these opinions their Lordships have, in communication with the authorities of the Post Office, turned their attention to the framing such regulations as may introduce, with as little delay as possible, the charge by weight. Their Lord ships propose to accompany this arrangement with such reduction of postage as will be a material relief to the public and not interfere with the pro per discharge of the duties of the officers of the Post Office, as at present arranged. By the regulations which, in conjunction with the Post Office, have been matured, and which this Board propose to sanction, my Lords apprehend material advantages will be secured. A consider able relief will be given to the public, as regards , the ch arge o f letters. One of the great departmental difficulties in int ro d uc i ng the penny rate will be re moved, an d suc h i n f ormat i on b e obtained as will enable my Lords to adopt with more security, and conseq uent l y at an earlier period, t h e rema i n i ng part of the s stem. In 0 . • y tueir sanction to the proposed arrange ment, m y - Lords consider it as a temporary measureonly, and as a sttfeffect to to the i n t ro d uct i on o f t h e uni form penny char ge ; ep tinue their anxious efforts For t and s theirto give Lordships e the w w will choolle- of the intentions of the Legislature with as little delay as is consistent with the due consideration of the public convenience. Their Lordships are pleased to direct that all letters posted on or after the sth of December next shall be subject to the following regulations. General Post Letters shall be charged by weight as follows : 1. Letters not exceeding -i oz. one Postage. do. do. .. , 2 do. 4 do. do. ... and so on, adding 2 Postages for every oz. up to 16 on., beyond which no packets subject to postage shall be received. 2. All single postage rates between places within the United Kingdom, which now exceed 4d., shall be reduced to that sum. Inferior rates to remain undisturbed, but the letters to be charged by weight. Additional charges to which Gene ral Post letters are now liable, if posted, or de livered beyond the limits of the General Post free delivery, as also the additional halfpenny on Scotch Letters, and the additional penny for passing the Menai and Conway Bridges to cease. 3. All Letters and. Packets exceeding the weight of one ounce to be pre-paid, and delivered in at the windows ; if not so pre-paid and delivered, to be charged with Postage. Foreign Letters and Packet Letters will be charged according to the preceding scale of weight. Letters to and from the British West Indies, to be charged one shilling per single rate, the same charge to attach to letters from and to Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian Isles, conveyed by packets and not transmitted through France. My Lords reserve for future consideration, the whole ques tion of the rates on Foreign letters, as their Lord ships consider that it will be a proper subject for communication with Foreign Powers, in the h6pe that such Foreign Powers may be induced to make a corresponding reduction in their charges on letters to and from this country. All ship letters between parts of the United Kingdom, including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, to be charged by weight according to the rates chargeable on inland letters. Other ship letters to be charged by weight ac cording to the foregoing scale, the single postage rate remaining as at present, and the inland rate, being regulated as for inland letters. LONDON DISTRICT POST, INCLUDING SECOND AND THIRD DELIVERY. _ 1. All letters not exceeding half an ounce:pro vided the postage be pr e -p a id, to be charged one penny. _ . 2. The twopenny charge on General Post letters delivered in the London district to cease. 3. No furLher alteration to be made in the charges levyable in the London District Post. MY Lords have no intention by the present ar rangement to make any alteration with respect to newspapers, franked letters, or Parliamentary pa pers, which will still continue to enjoy the same privileges, and be subject to the same charges as at present. Transmit copy of this minute officially to the Postmaster• General, and desire his Lordship will give the necessary instructions to his officers to carry the directions of my Lords into effect. Desire also that he will direct the Solicitor of the Post Office to prepare a draft of a warrant, in conformity with the provisions of the Postage Acts, to be signed by my Lords, and inserted in the Gazette. The determination of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S fol lowers to procure the Repeal of the Catholic Emancipation Act, which was announced at Nor wich last Thursday, is amply confirmed by what fell from the Rev. Mr. GREGG, the very apostle of the Tory cause at Manchester, on the sth instant. The Standard remarks of this Gentleman, that he is " an Irish Protestant Clergyman, a zealous and a severely pious man ;" what he says, therefore, he means, and as he is caressed and followed by great multitudes, what he recommends he may have the power to accomplish. At the meeting he described himself " as the instrument made by GOD, of a great triumph over the Romish Church." He was ushered on the platform with great solemnity, and introduced by Reverend Brethren, who vouched as it were for his apostleship. In his own estima tion, he is another great Reformer, a LUTHER or a KNox, appointed amongst other things to subdue the Catholics politically and morally,and what such a man professes in the ardour of his enthusiasm he is generally enabled to make others realise. The less rational it is, the more his influence is to be dreaded ; the less material and tangible are the reasons he assigns, the more difficult is it to rescue those from his power who are silly or ignorant enough to harken to his denunciations. That Mr. GREGG claims to be an enthusiast and appeals to religious feelings give importance to his doctrines. The following language is ascribed to him in the Manchester Courier : He exhorted the audience to go forward; ho rejoiced they had cast off the term " Conservative," for there was nothing to conserve. How was it possible, with the Papists in Parliament, to do the things he proposed ? It could not be done; therefore, they must have them out of Parliament.--( Loud and long continued cheers.) So long as they were there that could not be done ; this was the first step; and it was only by removing them .from Parliament that England could be made great, glorious, and free."—( Applause.) But how was this to be done? By public opinion; let them have many such meetings as this ; let their Protestant friends read their Bibles; and he would recommend them also to read a small work which he was publishing, in the shape of letters to the Corporation of Dublin, in favour of Protestant ascendancy. Let them read, and let them then come forward and advocate their principles. They all remembered how Hunt was laughed at when he advocated Parliamentary Reform ; but he was enthusiastic, and Re form had since been obtained. He would exhort them to use the power that measure had given them, in returning good men to Parliament; not merely men who would tread in the steps of Sir Robert Peel, or the Duke of Welling ton, but who would take their stand upon the Bible. Let them support the men who came forward on the principles of Protestant ascendancy, and the destruction of Popery; let them return them to Parliament with flying colours; and Popery would fall, and every friend of religious li berty would dance over its grave. Fanaticism, therefore, is to be again the basis of our laws, and in the name of religious liberty a nation is to be re-oppressed, and Protestant ascendancy re established. In conjunction with the twelve coun ties mentioned by i\lr. ECCLESTONE at Norwich, (noticed in The Sun of yesterday), the public is to be roused to put the Papists out of Parliament. Mr. GREGG declares that this is necessary to make our's a Christian Government and a Christian Parliament. The Roman Catholics, he says, are not Christiaus ; they are idolators. Because they are not Christians they are to be put out of the pale of the Constitntion. Consistently with this doc trine, Mr. GREGG implies that we have not at pre sent a Christian Government. He further throws doubt on her MAJESTY'S Christianity. " WERE THE QUEEN," he said, " A TRUE CHRISTIAN— they knew what he meant—not a Christian in name on ly." Now, as he appeals to the Manchester ope ratives to turn the Papists out of Parliament, because they arc not Christians, and as he affirms that the Q UEEN is not a true Christian, he disparages her M A JESTY equally with the Papists, and by one and the same exertion he would kick them out of Parliament, and kick down her throne, all for the sake of religious liberty, Protestant ascendancy, and the Bible. His sentiments were loudly cheered by a numerous assembly of clergymen, ladies, and so called operatives. Mr. GREGG'S deep veneration for the Bible, by which he would regulate our institutions, leads him, as the Bible denounces idolatry—because that was the besetting sin of the Children of Israel—thus to speak of the Catholics, and thus to exhort the government which is to be constituted by the aid of the appeals which he and other clergymen are mak ing to the people : He had been charged with using strong language ; he could scarcely contain himself when he thought of the de grading influence of abominable hell-born Popery on the masses of Ireland, which brought down upon them the curse of God. No crime was so deeply denounced by Scripture as idolatry ; and he declared that if the idol priest of the Romish chapel in Manchester were to slay a young child and offer it up on his altar, it would not be a greater crime andcommittedworshiptheworkman's o ffe r eat applause.) Th e Government press was 1 I;reastenltrelannd ing was not wor se t h an E ng - I giv details of crime in b England, g to g e p L oarteh land ; but when they found that their governors were ready with one hand to lay upon the laws of England, and declare that Romanism was a foul idolatry, and with the other were taking out heaps of money from the nation's treasury, to aid in perpetuating this very system of idolatry, could they wonder at any crime, however, atrocious, being prat_ tiscd among a people whose Government was so prosti tuted.—( Great applause.) • • • • • • • • Had we a Christian Go vernment , we s h ou ld see • mis• sionaries sent out into all parts of Ireland to preach Pro testantism, not standing up in tubs, in the corners of fairs, and getting pelted with mud; but backed by all the power and authority of Government, with the military if neces sary, to keep order, and a park of artillery to fire the sig nal for the commencement of divine worship; the Royal proclamation, under the hand and seal of Queen Victoria herself, being issued, recommending all Roman Catholics to attend. • • • He would have the Government to set on foot a public desecration of the idols of Rome—he would have their relics and scapularies publicly mocked, so that no one might fear them, or believe in their efficacy. In the fourth place, he would establish a sound system of Scriptural education ; he would give them the Bible, and the whole Bible—nothing but the Bible ; he would not suffer the priests to expunge the texts they disliked. And if tho priests endeavoured to prevent the children from attending the schools, by excommunicating them, he would publish their names, in large placards, as " the cursing priests." We say nothing about the morality of the teacher of the people, who declares that child murder is not a greater crime than entertaining an erring faith, to which as an heritage by far the greater part of mankind have been born, as they have been born black or white ; we say nothing about the misfortune to our population now to have, a la MARCUS, infanticide made light of by a minister of the Gospel ; we only wish the public to observe that the banishment of the Papists from Parliament is to be followed by the public desecration of their religion ; and the civil war which he and the united twelve counties would provoke is to be accompanied by religious persecution. The Papists are to be excluded from Parliament, the QUEEN is to be dethroned, the religion of one-third of the people is to be mocked at and des , Trated, by the help of the military force of the State—all this evil is to be per petrated in the name of religious liberty. That Mr. GREGG'S recommendations are wholly foreign to the genius and disposition of our Go vernment, which tolerates in its wide empire all kinds of idolatry, is not of the least consequence to this enthusiast. " There is nothing," he says, "to be conserved," but all is to he modelled anew on the Bible ; and the beginning is to be made by repealing the Catholic Emancipation Act. This is a majes tic scheme of theocratic Reform, to whichilthe Earls of WINCHILSEA and RODEN, and a multitude of other Nobles, Prelates, Clergy, Gentlemen, and Ladies, have lent themselves. The sweeping altz rations proposed by the Chartists are trifling com pared to it, though they may be much more ra tional than an attempt to model our community by the Bible. The twelve counties, headed by the Earl of WINCHILSEA—how many auxiliaries they may have in the Clergy of Manchester, Liverpool, and other places, we know not—are deliberately to attempt to establish here the principles of the Is raelites, and make our empire as renowned for the persecution of our brethren as they were renowned for the persecution of strangers and enemies. That it leads to the subversion of the Monarchy through bloody contests will not stop enthusiasts like the Rev. Mr. GREGG and his applauding auditors. We find some satisfaction in observing that he and his friends openly separate themselves from Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Duke of WELLING TON, whose names might give an appearance of success to their cause. Though Sir ROBERT PEEL will not repudiate them, though he still hopes, meanly and basely, we must say, to profit by their fanaticism, they openly repudiate him. He may coquet with them and encourage them, but their great apostle repels his advances. The great party which is to overturn the State has not, there fore, at present any more distinguished leaders than Messrs. GREGG and BRADSHAW, O'SUL LIVAN and STOWELL, with the Earls of WIN CHILSEA and RODEN. We hope they may be as weak as their designs are wicked, for were Mr. GREGG and his friends enabled to convert their language into deeds, the land would soon be one scene of carnage. His violent and far-going doc trines seem the necessary consequences of the lan b auarie used by the Tory Journals, which hav e been preparing the way for that violent attack on the civil rights of the Catholics, which is announced at Norwich and Manchester. The following is from the Standard:— " We believe we are correct in stating that the General Commanding in Chief has submitted for the Queen's ap proval, that the Colonelcy of the 3d Light Dragoons, which has become vacant by the recent death of Lieu tenant-General Lord George T. Beresford, G. C. H., be give❑ to Lieutenant-General Lord Charles S. Manners, K. C. B. (at present Colonel of the 11th Light Dragoons), and that Lieutenant-General Philip Philpot be appointed Colonel of the latter regiment." Should both these Generals be Tories, as their names denote—should they be at the same time among the least deserving officers of the army— should Lord MELBOURNE'S supporters have been neglected, though amongst those supporters more deserving men than the Generals promoted may be found—it will be only what the Ministers deserve. At the same time we pity more than blame them. They are caught in a net from which they cannot escape, and which is less of their own weaving than that it is wove round them by the public. They are compelled by a multitude of circumstances to rely on the army for the maintenance of the Govern ment. It is equally lamentable and true that the bulk of the population are alienated from the laws, from the Constitution, and the Government ; force only retains them in obedience, and the Govern ment which depends on the army for the preserve ' tion of its powers, is necessarily the servant or slave of the army. Lord MELBOURNE, we are afraid, dare not take any step which may appear distasteful to it. Being the master of the Government, though the people pay it, it is also the master of the people. While we are afraid of a military Government as the consequence of a revolution, we seem in fact to have the odious thing, disguised indeed, already reigning over us. Is it the consequence of the glorious battle of Waterloo ? The proceedings at the election of the new Mayor of Birmingham, though chiefly of a local nature, will be read with interest, and not without regret, by all those who wish well to the enterprising inhabitants of that town. It will be seen that the man generally reckoned the most fit to fill the office was not elected, because he would not submit to the trammels which the State Church has formed for all public officers ; and also that great division prevails among the Liberals themselves ; one party praising the conduct of the London Police, and another party denouncing the force, attributing to it all the evils that had lately befallen the town, and heapi ng abuse on the Government, not only for employing it, but for saddling Birming ham with the expense of a similar body, over whom the civic authorities can have no control. We must attribute to the strong feelings excited by these circumstances the violent, and, in some res pects, unjust attacks made on the late Home Se cretary, which men of peaceable habits would in their cooler moments, we are sure, consider impolitic as well as unmerited. Whatever faults Lord JOHN RUSSELL may have, he is not to blame for the declaration which all Justices are required to make, and even Mr. STURGE must admit that no man either in or out of Parliament has exerted himself more to abolish all those religious tests by which the Church attempted to bolster up her worldly wealth and her spiritual power. A meeting of the inhabitants, we understand, is to be held in a few days, in order to express their opinion of the Go vernment Police. Might not the subject be dis cob4,d on its own merits, without Lnoudeing as ' abettors of tyranny the party who ever opposed i Tory Governments in their attack:, upon the liber ties and lives of the people ? The case of JOHN THOROGOOD is assuming an importance which his persecutors did not calcu late on when they first let loose upon him their vin dictive fury. The Vicar of Chelmsford and his ecclesiastical coadjutors thought that a man like him, who had shown an unbending adherence to the rights of conscience in opposition to clerical exaction, was the fittest person that could be selected for an example to others of the conse quences of disobedience to " spiritual pastors and masters." " Let us crush," said they, " this im pudent Non-conformist who dares to set up his scruples of conscience against the authority of the Church, that his fate may be a warning to others." That they have followed out their cruel determina tion with due perseverance, the sufferings of THOROGOOD bear ample testimony. Ten months' imprisonment in a common gaol, with malefactors of all sorts for his associates, and the infliction of every privation which a malignant ingenuity could suggest, attest the vigour of ecclesiastical authority no less than the mild spirit in which it is administered. Whether the intended effects have been pro duced is quite another question ; and one that the Church has to look to. If it shall be found, that, instead of putting clown Church-rate agitation, and silencing the complaints made against the ra pacity of the richest ecclesiastical Establishment in the world, the. proceedings in this case have struck the minds of right thinking persons of all persuasions as deeply stamped with intolerance, malice, cruelty, and tyranny, then is the result anything but matter of triumph to the Church. Now this is the natural, and it has been the actual, effect of the proceedings in question. Aversion, if not disgust, towards a system pretending to the name of religious, which can sanction such treat ment as this innocent person has been subjected to for conscience sake, is expressed in no equivocal terms. The character of the " Poor Man's Church has been degraded, and has become odious in the public estimation, by this inhuman persecution of a poor man. Those who, from pre judice, have been unwilling to think harshly of the State system of faith, cannot, and do not, shut their eyes to the pregnant proof which that persecution affords of the irreconcileabie difference that exists between the religion established by law and the re igion established by CHRIST. The decision in the Sheriffs' Court, by which Mr. STOCKDALE has obtained a verdict for 6001., in defiance of a resolution of the House of Com mons, will bring the privileges of that House and the execution of the law directly into conflict. We spare observations, and refer to the report of the case. Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 4th inst. announce that nothing had been decided upon re specting the Ministry. The silence of the journals had, however, been liberally purchased, so that nothing exceeds the decorum with which they dis cuss the policy of the prorogation. The only news from the provinces is an account of the desertion of a large body of CABRERA'S guides to ESPAR TERO. Important intelligence was, however, hourly expected. The Moniteur of Monday, which we have re ceived along with the other French Journals of the same date, contains the following telegraphic de spatch from Toulon : " THE CHIEF OF THE NAVAL SERVICE TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. " TOULON, Nov. Phare, having on board the Duke of Orleans and his suite, arrived this evening at ten o'clock. The Prince is in good health, and dis embarked immediately to enter the Lazaretto." In the same Journal we find an official contra diction of the statement of AI. BLANQUI, relative to the wretched state of the French Army in Africa. This will provoke a rejoinder, and thus the real state of the new colony will be made known to the public, even before the meeting of the Chambers. Already has M. BLA.Ncaux found a witness of the truth of the general statements which he has put forth in the person of M. BLOT, a medical gentle man, who has addressed a letter to the Courrier Francais on the subject. There is no intelligence from the theatre of war in Spain in the French Journals of Monday. The Memorial Bordelais asserts that the QUEEN RE GENT had appointed the Marquis of MIRAFLORES, Spanish Ambassador at the Court of the Tuileries, President of the Council. It is probable that such an appointment has been under consideration, but the report of its having taken place is certainly pre mature, as otherwise it would have been communi cated by telegraph to the French Government. The Moniteur announces that the French Go vernment is not in a condition either to confirm or contradict the reports in the New York Papers of the repulse of the French troops on the 17th of August by the Buenos Ayreans. The Govern ment had received no despatches of a later date than the latter end of July from the South American squadron. The Gazette de France, the organ of the Abso lutists makes a world of parade about the attention shown to the exiled Bourbons by the POPE and the Sovereign Princes of Italy. The fact is hardly worth recording. The Sovereigns of Italy are powerless for either good or evil. They exist merely by sufferance. Th e Emancipation of Toulouse of the Bth inst. con tains a letter from La Cerdagne, announcing that Count D'Espagne had been met proceedin g t owords the valley of Arau. " We can easily conceive," observes the writer, .‘ that the monster deemed it pru d ent to go out of his way in order to avoid the towns he had sacked, and the populations he had decimated." The Ga:cttc of Leipsic says that the King of Prus sia, by way of reprisals against the Pope, is about to modify the law on mixed marriages in every part 'of the Monarchy, so that all children from henceforth born in those marriages shall be educated Protestants. The arrest of the Archbishop of Posen has given great scandal in the country, and t he Roman Catholic clergy have ceased to ring the church bells, for the purpose of showing how deeply they felt that indignity. The letters from the Levant, brought by the Fa ' vourit•!-, corvette, bring word that the Belle Poule fri gate, commanded by the Prince de Joinville, has been ordered by Admiral Lalande to visit the coast of Syria, and that after this short cruise the Belle Poule will return to Toulon ; it would, in fact, be hard to make the Belle Poule pass the bad winter season in the Le vent, and as it i s no t th oug h t fi t to expose the Prince to a fatiguing navigation, orders are given to return to . port with hi s f r i ga t e a f ter hi s exercises on the coast of Syria. The number of travellers on the railway of St. Ger mains in the first ten months of this year was 1,174,305, and the receipts (including 18,246 francs for baggage, &c.), 1,089,995 francs.—Commerce. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VmxNA, Nov, 2. five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. !COX Three per Cents. 804 Bank Shares 1597 Zeitung, Nov. 7. Tb e Augsburg Gazelie of the 7th inst., re ceived this morning, with Brussels and German papeis of the latest dates, contains the following characteristic communication from its correspondent at Constantinople. Nothing goes down now but abuse of Lord PONSONBY, who is ridiculously made to hold his personal character and official station affected by the defeat of the Turkish army at the battle of Nczib CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 20.—Lord Ponsonby has sworn to annihilate Mehemet Ali. His Lordship will never pardon two offences, namely, his having defeated the army of Hafiz Pacha, the triumph of which his Lordship had guaranteed here and in London, and being in good understanding with Russia. As up to the day of the battle of Nezib the victory of the Sultan's army was a dogma to dispute which was a capital offence before his Lordship's tribunal, so is now, and till some future day the position " Mehemet Ali is in the pay of Rus sia." The more that pains are taken to prove to his Lordship that this position does not rest on any pro bable grounds; that it is destitute of all proof ; that the V‘eeroy of Egypt is not. a man to be bought ii.h a 'landfill 01 dolia is, th e more ohstitiately does his Lordship persevere in his opinion, which will doubtless produce its fruits as the preeedin4 error did. The hand of Providence is evidently for Mehemet Ali, for everything conspires to make him great ; the blind hatred of Sultan Mahmond, the four teen years' enmity, sometimes open sometimes masked, of Khrosrew Pacha ; the incapacity of more than one European Minister at the Porte ; Lord Palmerston's morbid h a t re d o f R uss i a, an d t h e v i s i ons o f his agents ; the necessity of preserving peace in Eu rope—the interventions and the illusions of yesterday, to-day,. and t c - morrow , all comp're to impel the vassal to independ ence , and to ruin the Turkish empire. It may really be feared Mehemet will at length lose his pa t nee, and declare himself independent, in order to put an end to a ll f urt h er i mportun i ty. But we hope that he is more interested in the Turkish empire than any of the Powers that protect it, and more than our Chief Minister here, who would willingly place two Russian sentinels before the appartments of the Sultan, his master. LLOYD'S SH I PPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, Nov. 12.—Wind N. W. _Arrived the Moira, Avern, from Calcutta; Coromandel, Loader, ditto. Sailed the whole of the outward.bound. Arrived from the River the Mary Mitcheson, M•Queen, for Bombay; West Indian, Turner. Jamaica ; Cammerton, Shields, Demerara ; William Burton, Pa'on, Tobago ; Funchal, Killick, St. Vincent; Glide, Townsend, St. John's, New Brunswick; Pigeon, Hiscock, St. Michael's ; George William, Conn, Leghorn; Behr. Gloricuse, Oiubelondo, Gilboa ; Lawson, Kilton, St. Uhec. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived off the Pearl, Benson, from Bombay. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Wind N E.—Arrived the Rapid, Barrt tt, from Tarragona; Royal Williana(steamer), London, for Dublin. Sailed the Maria, for St. Michael's. FaLmorrn, Nov. 11.—Calm.—Arrived the Braganza (steamer), Louis, from London, and sailed the 11th for Vigo, Sac. ; Delight, packet, \Vest Indies, sailed from Barbadoes the 13th September, Tolanjo 16th, Trinidad 22d, Grenada 23d, St. Kitt's 27th, Tortola 28th, St. Thomas and Porto Rico 30th, and Cape Hayti 7th ult. The Semaphore, Sesenacry, from Marseilles to Rotter dam, which put into this port 9th inst. leaky, must dis charge to repair LtvEr.Pooa, Nov. 12.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Col chester, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Warrior, Isaacs, St. John's, New Brunswick; Wasdale, Pagan, Monte Video ; Huddersfield, Owens, Bonny—sailed 27th ult. ; Mantura, Weeks, for;Nlalaga—sailed Medora, Harrison, Bombay. MAnGATE, Nov. 11.—Arrived off, the Emma, Jarvis, from Malaga. RAMSGATE, Nov. 12.—Arrived the Matilda, Webber, from London to Jamaica, with loss of bowsprit, &c. HASTINGS, Nov. 12.—Arrived off, the Lady Kennmay, Davidson, from Calcutta. HULL, Nov. 12.—Wind S W.---Arrived the Apollo, Sadler, from Rotterdam ; Anne Guthrie, Jackson, ditto ; Emanuel Sfiefcr, Newfeldt. PENZANCE, Nov. I I.—Arrived tie Magic, Trevavas, from Smyrna; Celerity, Pentreath, Zante. LEITH, Nov. 11.—Arrived the Commerce, Steere, from Denia ; Frankfort, Lyall, Hamburg ; Catherine Ann, Young, Bordeaux ; Restless, Arnot, Rouen ; Onrot, Dick, Rotterdam. VESSELS SPOKEN Wurti.—The Ellen, of Sunderland, 18th August, off Cape Sauzery ; Berthon, Liverpool to Leghorn, 7th ult., off Malaga; Geo. Ramsey, Gloucester to Odessa, and Olga, of Sunderland, same day ; Sarah Ann, bound to Messina, 12th, off Cape St. Mary's, by the Melville, Cornforth, arrived at Cork ; Hindostan, London to Madras, 3d inst., lat. 44, lon. 12; Reliance, Liverpool to Brazil, sth., lat. 47, len. 10, by the Thunderer, arrived at Falmouth ; Aberfoyle, Bristol to Odessa, Ist ult., lat. 37, lon. 13, E. ; Derby, of London, 12th, off Cape de Gatt, by the Newborn, arrived at Falmouth; Vixen, Sierra Leone to Liverpool, t% ith loss of topmasts, off Cape Rocca ; Guiana, Liverpool to Bahia, 26th ult., lat. 42, lon. 12 ; John Bull, of Liverpool, 17th ult., lat. 38, lon. 13, by the Favarite, Brooks, arrived in the River; Aber deenshire, Newhaven to Quebec, 30th Sept., in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; Basset, London to Odessa, 13th ult., off Malaga, by the Tantivy, arrived at Plymouth. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 12.—We have had a very fair demand for Cotton to-day, without al teration from last Friday's quotations. The sales are 3,500 bags. Our arrivals this morning are a French mail ; also a mail from St. Thomas's, by the Delight—sailed 30th September, Cape Henri 7th October. THE FUNDS. The Consols Market continues firm, and with a fur ther improvement on the leaving off prices of yesterday. They left off at 90- i. for the Account, and opened this morning at 904 i ; for Money closed at 901 1, at present 901 f. Exchequer Bills also improving, 4 2 dis. ; Bank Stock 1781 1791 ; India Stock, 250 2511. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which left off at 281 i, are at present n o t so goo d, 28-4- _ a ; Portuguese closed at 3n at present 324 334, Mexican, 294 301 ; Colombian, SOi 811- ; Brazilian, 731 ; Belgian, 1001 1011 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 528 1 ; Five per Cents., 954 994. PRICES O 1 6TOLKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. itcd. % % 1 / 4; , Ditto Bonds 3 6 dis 8 per Cent. Cons 9O, 9ii South Sea Stock — 3 ~, per Cent Old Annuities - Ditto Red. 9 -, 4 % New Ditto New 3 per '.:ent 138%% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17.51 New 5 per C.. it. Bank Long Annuities toexoire Ditto 500 .. 4 2 dis. Jan. 5, 1860 l3 9-16% Ditto Small .. 4 2 dis Oct. 10, 1859 I3 Ditto Commercial — Jan. 5, 186(1 13 13-16 Ditto Advertised ..... Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 18811. — India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5. 1870 — Cousos for Account 903 ' x.4 RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAI AT ONE O'CLOCK, Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto kccount Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds atto Accou t - Russian Bonds, 1822 Columbian Bonds —. Ditto Account Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1824... 3075 I Spanish Bonds 28% IZ, 8 Ditto Account — Ditto Account 4E , A i% Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Deterred 12% IA Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 , —1 ---•• 4 per cent. —f. —c• Ditto Account ! -- 3 per cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — Exchange. —l. —c. Ditto Account ..... .... Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan —. Ditto Account.... — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Loudon and Birmingham Railway Company ... SO fi 1140 COURSE OF EXCHANGE, YESTERDAY. • Amsterdam C.F. 12 6 !flair:ma , Ditto, at sight Rotterdam c , U l2 C% !Genoa .. Antwerp... 'dainburg. Altona Pari,, 3 days' sight 25 45 ' Paler.ao Ditto ..... •. ........... 3 Ms. 25 70 Lisbon 5 4 14 Marseille, Bourtioaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M. 151 V,, !Bahia 27 Petersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us. 38 i Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effective f1...3 M 10 7 Philadelphia 46 Tricae ditto lO 6 PRICE OF BULLION, per OZ. Madrid 38% Portugal Gold, c0in..... 00 0 Cadiz... 9834 Foreign Gold, in bars... 317 9 Bilboa ..., Barcelona '36 ' New Dollars 0 4 10% Seville 36 Silver in Bars HALF-PAST OIVE. The news this morning of most interest is that from Jamaica by the mail, which announces the arrival out of the new Governor, Sir Charles Metcalf, and the em- barkation of the late Governor, Sir Lionel Smith, on his return home. The coffee crops are ripening fast, and the exhor bitant demands of the negro labourers are increasing, who, supposing that the planters must get their berries picked, cunningly combine to ask double wages, by which means they can earn, with the utmost ease 35.4 d. to ss, per day for a light labourer's work. In respect to domestic occurrences we find no very remarkable event to record ; the best news is that abundant crops are ripening fast ; the weather upon the whole has been favourable. Consols have continued firm during the morning ; the improvement of the foreign Exchanges has caused more confidence in the monied interest, and it is generally expected that on the next post day a further rise will take place, which, no doubt, will have a fa vourable effect on the Consol Market. Consols at present may be quoted at 901 for Money ; for the Account 90-i- g. Exchequer Bills, .12 ; India Bonds, 3 6 ; Bank Stock, 1791.. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active heavy, at 28 ; Portuguese, 331 ; Three per Cents., 23 ; Co lombian, 31 ; Mexican, 30 ; Brazilian, 731 ; ; Dutch Two and-a Half per Cents., 524 h ; Five per Cents., 991. The Batavier steamer has not yet arrived. Fourpenny pieces will be in great demand on and after the sth December, in consequence of the new postage. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning an accident of a very serious character took place upon the London and Brighton Railway, at a place called the Stoat's Nest, near Merstham. About nine o'clock an engine with a train of empty waggons went down the line towards Hooly-lane, and returned in about three quarters of an hour, and during this interval some mischievous person placed two pieces of iron, which are technically termed " c hairs," and which are used for the purpose of supporting the rails, upon the metals, and the engine was in consequence thrown off the rails, and with the waggons dashed down the bank. The waggons were literally smashed to pieces Ny the violence of the fall, and the engine was also injured. Fortunately, however, neither the engineer nor any one else was hurt, Information of the occurrence having been given to Mr. Shonfeld, the superintendent of the railway po lice, he instituted a rigid inquiry into the circumstances, and from information he received tool: a lad named Jenkins into custody, and he was brought up on Mon day at the Town Hall, Croydon, for exatnination, when the above facts were deposed to by Mr. Green, one of the contractors to the Company, and the engineer. It was proved that the prisoner and a man were at work near the spot where the chairs had been placed upon the rails, and that no one else had gone that way. The 111a,2;.,,Irate,(!idl'iitth,• 4 2 , i:icr i cc, ,-;:lit!ont to warratit them ltl detaining the buy, and he was charged, with a caution not to go near the r.ailway again. .~, EVENING iS-UILDHALL.- 'THIS DAY.) POSTING INFLAMMATORY PLA \C ARDI.—Gc "g' e lard and Henry Pollard, remandeu from Monday, on - a charge of p os ti ng a p l acar d o f a se d. 'tious and inflamma tory n a t ure , i n Bartholomew-close on Saturday last , were tLis rrorning again placed at the b lr. the prisoner Mr. Ald erman M AGNAY ( a dd re ssing' George Pollard)—lt appears that you have made a state ment which is n o t t rue as t o your ge tting the' placard in question from a cou n try carman , w ho requested you to post it. Oa the contrary, it appears that you are a volunteer in 'this cause, and agreed to stick up these bills without making any charge. You must find to appear at the Sessions to answer the charge tbs't' may he mad.) against you, and then you will be released from custody. The prisoners were then removed from the bar, it being understood that they would be discharged on their father becoming bail for their appearance. i ! 'o, THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Few fresh arrivals of Grain, and there being a thin attend- For dance of buyers, very little business has been transacte d. all Grain Monday's prices were demanded, and the factors were not disposed to take less money, as the quantity of Eng lists Corn for sale at present is small. rn Flour no alteration. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. oats. English Irish Foreign NEWGATE AINTD LEADENHALL MARKETS. Good supplies of a:2 kinds of killed meat, but trade ryas dull, and prices rather lower. Beef 2 s. B d. t o 35. ; Mutton 2s. 10d. to 3s. 6.1. ; Veal 3s. 6d. to 4s. B d*; Pork 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Irish 35.. to 3 s. 44. ; Geese 3s. 6d. to ss. 6d. ; Wild Rabbis 9d. to Is. Id. ; Tame Is. to Is. 6d. ; Hares 2s. Gd to 3s. ; Wild Ducks ls. 25.: to Turkeys 4s to 10s. ; Ducks Is. Gd. to 2s. sa. ; Fovr ls Is. Gd. to 2 s . 6d. ; Ph easan t s 3s. to 4s. ; Partridges 6d. 2s. ; Black Game Bs. to 4. ; Pigeons 3d. to 6d. Eggs 6s. 6 to 2s. Gd. per 120. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supplies moderate and trade lively ; prices rdt°l° " h i er hillier. Turbot 7s. to 30s. ; Cod 2s. 64. to 15 s . ; 8 6d. to 3s. 6d per pair; Lobsters 9d. to 3s. Whitings 4d. ; and Haddocks Bd. to 2s. HOP MARKET. Supplies good, but the trade was heavy good mitlalln (1113. • g lity were at 60s. No alteration in prices o f other kinds- OIL AND TALLOW MAWETS. t° Little done in either of these markets. Sperm Oil, - ;,, a s 92/. ; Cod, 281. to 301. ; and Southern, 4i l to 331. Thell,vr, nothing passing in ilape or Linseed Oils. P. Y.C. Ta 48s. 9d. COLONIAL MARKET. A very slender amount of business done in any kind of Pr °due ;l B. P. Sugar the same as last quoted. Mauritius Sugar , 5;,y ' at bags, sold at 51s. to 58s. and 60s. 100 bags Bengal s 1" . 575. to 655. 70 tier ces J ama ica Coffee sold at 78s. to 36 for low good ordinary. In Tea prices were firm. THE OPIUM QUESTION• The following answer has been sent by the 'P ea : sury to the claimants f or indemnification for fosse' sustained in consequence of the delivery of Oh l° to the Chinese Government : " Gentlemen—Having laid be fore the Lords CO: missioners of her Mtsj,:sty's t reasur y your lettivers in which you apply for a settlemen," of certain for opium delivered to the Chinese Governol",. and transmit certificates signed by Captaio Elliott ; I have r ece i ve d th e i r Lor,lsO P s' p l a ced c° mands to acquaint you th a t P ar liament L'ab n ay at the disposal of thi s B oar d no f un d s ou t of w hit.' n - o f compensation could be ma d e , an d that the sanceit.2-im Parliament would be required before any such nit' could be recognised and paid. To prevent any m i scons t ruc ti on o f the intention': of this Bo ar d, m y L or d s h ave f e l t i t necess ary to di re° unde r me further to s t a t e , th a t th e subject has been the attentive cons id era ti on o f h er Majesty's G °ver :ia ment, and to add, that her M a j es ty' s Government do not propose to submit to P ar li amen t a vo te for the P al' ment of such claims. (Signed) "R. GORDON' " Treasury Chambers, Nov. 11, 1839." DUTCH WIDOWS.—The Dutch are begin pin' to vie with the Americans in the article of °rig advertisements. A short time ago one of Dutch )3 ' 11 : nufacture—and the production of a woman too--ca t under my observation, and struck me as being extremet:g happy of its kind. Here it is, and let the reader judge . of its merits for himself :—" Van Roorst died on the 15th instant. He was the best of husbands, and bts relict is inconsolable at her loss. God rest his soul 10 peace, is the earnest prayer of his deeply afflicted wibt who will, as usual, continue to supply her friends w ith the best articles in the grocery and cheesemongerY liD e * at the most reasonable terms." Here an ardent affection for the " dear departed," is most ingeniously blender with the affairs of the shop. In England, we c annot manage matters in this fashion. If a woman be incon solable for the death of her husband, which every woman ought to be, especially if, as in this c ase, " the best of husbands," she very foolishly forge thing ts else in the extremity of her affliction. In fe land, the deepest regret for a d e c e a s ed partner in life, ," perfectly compatible with a due r ega rd to the pounds., shillings, Th ere shillings, and pence matters of th e shobee s: r o yr the' inconsolable widow, even whe n in th e depths of beS . distress, never for one moment, if in the " grocery 8 „ 11 ra cheeseongery line,"—or, we suppose, in any o ther " D p, ; —forgets that she has " articl e s" t o ve n d " a t the most reasonable terms ;" and in notifying to h e r friends the decease of her husband, she takes care to intimate the latter fact also. Sorrow and business ; the grave and shop, are here blended together with a felicity pecu liar,, to the " inconsolable" widows of Holland.-- 117( "L s and Wanderings in the World of Literature, by the Author of " The Great Metropolis. An Irish smith wrote a few days ago to a friend in Montreal, stating that he had a great deal to COm' municate to him, but declined to do so in the present letter, as he waited until the penny post was established. ill iliAl ESQUIMAUX INDIAN.—The Neptune, Penn Yr just arrived from Davis'Straits, has brought an interest ing and intelligent Esquimaux Indian. He is twenty' years of age, about five feet high, and very stout. His appearance is altogether agreeable, and his disposition exceedingly pleasing. He is the very picture of good nature, and has evinced a great deal of anxiety to form acquaintance with Europeans. He is evidently pos sessed of excellent natural abilities ; but he seems to have no idea of the existence of a Supreme Being. This remark, Captain Penny says, is applicable to the tribe to which he belongs, with the exception that, when any of their party die in warlike strife, or in the field when hunting, they console themselves with the though that they have gone upwards. This Esquimaux ba come over by his own request, and with the full consent of his parents ; and, from the information which Captain Penny has received from him, he is strongly convinced that he will be able to trace out new and important dia; coveries in regard to the fishing-grounds on the we s coast ; but of this, more anon. In the mean time we may state, that the only object Captain Penny has Ig view in bringing him over is, to get him educated, that 4 may be able to inst ruc t hi s f r i en d s an d o th e rs w heni d returns again to his n a ti v e country.—Aberdeen Hera : LAUDANUM TAKEN BY MISTAKE.--A1"11; quest was held yesterday morning, by Mr. WaklaY , ,%, the body of Mrs. J ane D o dd, l a t e h ouse k e eper of" ,"! James Brookfield, who, it app ea r e d, h a d incautiou s, swallowed a bottle of laudanum in mistake for a draught' A verdict to that effect was returned. THE ITALIAN OPERA AT PARIS.--P atiiii ft Garcia was announced to sing on Saturday night las t , Paris, in the Barber of Seville. The house was crow°. and a delightful treat expe c t e d, w h en su dd e nly the dts; agreeable intelligence came th a t P au li ne Garcia w a taken ill and could not sing, and that Lucia di L ai : mermoor and Persiani" would be substituted. Th e la dience bore this disappointment as a well-tried Pari° 5 1 8 audience ever does, and P ers i ana was heard as usually is with unequivocal approbation. a t We understand 'that the officer of the R°Y,, Engineers appointed on the Rail wa y Commissi°ll, decide upon the relative merits of the c om peting 11 %1 between London and Edinburgh is Lieut e nant-C° 1 1; Sir Frederick Smith, the commanding eng ineer of London district, and not Sir J. 'l'. Smith, as menti one d'' by us last week. We learn, also, that the duty to deciding on the competing routes from Londo n u Dublin devolves upon the sam e comm i ss i on .— Times. dat at th STEAM-VESSELS.--The Commissioners rep tile number of stea m - vesse l s, Br i tish and Irish, e close of 1838, to be 766. The Qzzotidienne state s th a t P r ince George °f Hanover has just published a work in German. entitla:, " Reflections on the Effects and Properties of Mus ic ' Mr, Jos e ph H ume h as arr i ve d i n P ar is. T he Hon. M em b er ' s so j ourn i n the capital will be very 8014' for we l earn h e l eaves on Wedsday for Eng laPd ' --. Galiquani's Messenger. t the CHATHAMT—T. W. Wright, Esq., of Navy Pay Office, succeeds the late W. T. Hardy Esq., a s Chi e f Cl er k i n t h at d epar t men t. He w ill ha a house allowed hi m i n th e d oc ky ar d. On Fri day _ detachment belonging t o th e I s t or Royals arri ved 4 Chatham, previous to embarking for Gibraltar. Thursday and Friday last upwards of 130 recruits for India ar rivedat this garrison. Several detachments left fo . 1 : India last week. Abou; - ; 10,000 troops have this year.—Globe. Olt PUBLIC DINNER TO MIL, A. W. PAULI' net THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LECTURER.—A public dins-ui. was given by the inhaloitants of Bolton to A. W. Pt a ton, Esq , in the Assembly-room, Oxford street, a 3 i voca c Y mark of respect for his great exertions in the au r gone ow, of the repeal of the Corn-laws. An excellent dl was provided by Mr. Wa lmsle y , of the Comm Inn, and about 120 p ersons sat down. Among ri'_r principal guests were J. Brotherton, Es q ., M• r•!°. Salford ; P. Ainswo rth, Es q ., M.P. for Bolton ; c Mayor J B.s o m f i ß th o , lto E n 4. Al n d f er m mr ,e C h o e b ,t d e e r, n ; ofD a s n h c i e e , s t Esq., er ; J. S. Ililditch , Ei(l., of Manch"strr , and ; ..evr.r.),l oth'"" The chair was occupied by C. J. Dar bisbire, k;scl• 3/lanchester Times MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., P R E F EB:MENT; A NOVEL. By Mrs. GORE. Author of " Mrs. Arrnytage," " Stokeshill Place," " The Peeress," rec. lienry Celbtum, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. I 1