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ELEGANT LITERART PRESENT. Just ready, imperial Svo.,handsomely bound and printed, price T Il E One Guinea, PICTURESQUE ANTIQUITIES OF SPAIN.. With numerous Illustrations, engraved in the best manner, repre senting Gothic and Moorish Palaces, Cathedrals, and other monu ments of art. By NATHANIEL A. WELLS, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). ELEGANT LITERARY AND PICTORIAL PRESENT. Now rca y, in 1 vol. Bvo., richly bound, price 31 s. 6 d. EVENINGS AT HADDON HALL. Edited by the Baroness DE CALABRELLA, AND SIiPERBLY EMBELLISHED With 24 Steel Engravings by the First Artists, FROM DESIGNS BY GEORGE CATTERMOLE, ESQ. " This splendid volume is certainly one of the most beautiful pro ductions we have seen. The illustrations by Cattermole are perfect gems. It is an annual most lit to be offered at the shrine of beauty, taste, and intellect."—Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will he repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. Ciotees the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritima, Miss Horner ; i_.azarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabhri, Mdlle. Dabas (of tine Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Dowell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. LAST FOUR NIGLITS-THIS DAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY, To-morrow there can be no performance, the Theatre hsving been let previous to M. Jullien's occupation. ADDITION TO THE PROMENADE. • - Large, numbers of persons haring on several Evenings during the present Series of Concerts been, for want of room, of necessityilenied admission, M. Jullien begs leave to state that he has caused to be arranged and decorated Two Extra Apartments connected with the Promenade. These arc now open, and M. Jullien trusts will afford ample accommodation for all his visitors. The British Navy Quadrille on each Evening. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, Die Zauberfiote —Mozart. Quadrille, from Verdi's Opera of " Ernani"--Julllen. Solo, Concertina, by Mr. Case—Case. Valse a Deux Tems (Second Set)," The Bridal"—Jullien. Symphony in C Minor—Beethoven. Jullien's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien. PA.kT 11. Grant Destriptive Fantasia from Roch Albert's Opera, The Destruc tion of Pompeii—Rock Albert. te;,,i or Paradise Waltz—Koenig. Solo, Cornet-a-pistons, by Herr Koenig—Koenig. The Pella Qnadrille—Jullien. The Original Napolitaine ; or, Tarentella des Salons—Jullien. Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 28. &I. M. Jifilien's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday, December 22. The Amilience portion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators:—Dress Circles, as.; Boxes, 35.; Galleries, 2s. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farre.n ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; M's. 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; llargaret, Mrs. Huinby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson , Ellen Seyton, Miss Feyt on. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson; Mrs. Cerolca Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will he repeated THE GREEN 110SIIES; or, A Hundred Years A. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, stoker; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will oerform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma tonrkapltObia. In which Messrs. I'aul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM . uNnrAt THE MANAGEMENT OF, MRS. KEELEY. NEW CHRISTMAS BOOK, EY MR. DICKENS. On Saturday Morning, Dec. 20, will be published, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH : A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. By CHARLES DICKENS, Esq. The Illustrations by Clarkson Standfield, Esq.,R.A.; Daniel 3faclise, Esq., R.A.: 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 entirel♦ New and Original Drama, in Three Acts, founded on the above Fairy Tale, and which has been for several weeks in active preparation, entitled THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, Mr. F. Yining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley (her First Appearance on any Stage), Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss Forster, and Miss Turner. After which, a New Farce, called NEST DOOR. To conclude with OUR NEW GOVERNESS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. i'HINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STtEET. Tills EVENING Will he repeated a New Drama, antitheft TEM VIOLET. Andre Mr. Wallack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray Marchinnoss d'Orvllle, Mrs. Fosbroke; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling Blanche, Miss May. After which, DON CASAR DE BAZAN. Bazan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE A'QUATRE. Don Cieear de NEW STRAND THEATRR. At the urgent solicitations of numerous friends, Mr GREGORY is induced to take A BENEFIT, which he begs respectfully to state is appointed for THURSDAY, December 18, when will be performed the Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Gregory (his last appear ance in this character at this Theatre) ; lago, Mr. Waldron ; Desde mons, Mrs. Percy. With other Entertainments, which will be expressed in the bills of the day. Tickets and Places to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of Mr. Gregory, 15, North Audley-street, Grosvenor -square. IOYAL ./...Mptirrnw.A.T.lth OF ARTS. FROPRIETOR AND MANAGER. MR. W. BATTT. TEES EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. Embracing the whole Strength of the Company, aided 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. TO CORRESPONDENTS. By the Reform Act all ten pound householders, duly quail field, as well as Liverymen, have the right of voting at the election of Members for the City of London. THE WEATHER.—.SUN OFFICE, DEC. 16. THERMOMETIIER, LOVreit, ; Highest, 48; NooD, 46, BAROMETER. 29.88.—W1ND, %V.; fine weather. • RIGA WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. I* minutes after 3 I Eveulng 37 minutes after 3. • - 1 ~-v`,t j,c ..-,: 1 Ir + °lvial"..4l . 6,,,•yL,Cii.,,rtfig fi, !. = l e' fS - . 1 1- WNI --,. - • 1 - i' , • - PAO. , ,'t e.. t t -, .f'; '. ..• ''-'-` • - . -(), i',.. .. -. • :t'.. . , ~.,,t,f . t iVr....' • ". f: 410•Yr.,' : . +74 th, .7. :',.01' ...IYA, ' " '' 4P j T ' " " I t lat t ' 7,,.., ' V . , . • ..' 7 -, L SECOND EDITION. toting .11t11; LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1845. T lIE governigi on false pretences. This system could I not go on for ever. The anger of the de ceived—the shocks given to public opinion by the continual contradictions between the practice of the Ministers and the principles which made them a Ministry—must, in time, be too much for them; yet they could not go on without doing, and they could not do without betraying. The potato blight and short harvest have accelerated their fate. Sir R. PEEL has found the limit of his power, and, by re signing, confessed that he can carry on his system no longer. Now, then, or never, has Sir R. PEEL, the oppor tunity of redeeming, by an open course, past conduct, and of rallying round him the affec tions of the honest-hearted people of this country, by an independent support of Lord JoUN RUSSELL in a free-trade policy. Now or never must Sir ROBERT PEEL abandon the tactics which have hitherto characterised his course. He has a good opportunity now before him. A few days will show whether he means to use it ; for, if Lord JOHN RUSSELL forms a Government, we take it for granted that it will be after receiving assurances from Sir ROBERT PEEL, but for which he would put the agriculturists to Mr. COBDEN'i reductio ad absurdum of a RICHMOND TTRREL- SIBTHORP Administration. NEW MINISTRY. There is one point connected with the present crisis on which we cannot but think there is a great mistake in the public mind. We see no likelihood of an immediate dissolution. Lord JOHN RUSSELL would of course try what he could do with the pre sent Parliament ; and if he could do nothing with them, be would be in not a whit worse posi tion than he is now—and could then dis solve ? But we hope and believe he wilt not undertake the formation of a Ministry without such explanations from his predecessor as would give ovary probability of bla being able to get through a session of the present Parliament. And if Sir ROBERT PEEL were to come back, would he dissolve ? Sir ROBERT will " let well alone." We believe, then, there will be no dissolution in any case at present ; and this is obviously a matter of great importance to the parties interested in the many projected railway schemes. The injury to innumerable private interests and to the money market, of a further locking-up of the The following appeared in our Third Edition o last night : Lord ?Toms RUSSELL has called a meeting of all the Members of the former Cabinet, and of other influen tial Liberal leaders for to-morrow morning, at his house in Chesham-place. The Marquis of L ANS DOW NE, Lord PALMERSTON, the Right HOE. EDWARD ELLICE, Lord GREY, and several others, have been in consultation with Lord JOHN RUSSELL this day. Sir DENIS LE MARCHANT and Mr. TUFNELL have been in atttendarice also. Rumours have been afloat, that the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, and not Lord J.Rts- SELL, would be the Premier; but we believe there is no truth in the rumour. Until after the meeting of to- morrow nothing can be with certainty predicted, but the strong leaning continues to be, and to increase in strength, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL will form his Government without much longer delay. (1 , 12031 A CORRESPONDENT.) A general meeting of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S political supporters will be held tomorrow, and e'er the meeting Lord JOHN RUSSELL will proceed to Windsor Castle to communicate the results to the Qugazi. large amount of capital invested in railway projects, would necessarily be a most powerful argument with either Lord JOHN RUSSELL Or ►Sir ROBERT PEEL against a dissolution. determined that they in America shall be deprived of the means of physical warmth and comfort, and the people of England denied the bread of life. For the maintenance of an absurd and crotchety sliding-scale, the inhabitants of the one country, as well as the inhabitants of the other, are to be condemned to sickness, sufferirg, disease, and death : therefore, I advocate unmanacled trade." If the electors of Cripplegate 'Within do their duty they will not only return this gentleman at the head of the poll, but they will give him for colleagues none but men who are prepared to say " Ditto " to Mr. BENNOCK. The intelligence from Madrid is to the Bth inst., but it is without interest. Monday being the Feast of the Conception, the Bourse was closed. The Paris papers continue their remarks on the present state of parties in England. The Ministerial journals view the late change without apprehension, while the Republican party, represented by the National, rejoice in the event, as it is considered the certain forerunner of GuizoT's downfal. We give an extract to show what spirit animates the party :—" The unforeseen return of the Whigs has made the deepest impression at the Palace. M. GUIZOT was twice summoned to St. Cloud yesterday, and has even returned thither to-day. An extraor • dinary courier has been forthwith dispatched to England, and it is hoped that he has arrived in time to prevent the appointment of that Lord PA LM ST ON, who is an enemy to our family.' Unfortu nately, external influences are of little weight in the internal politics of Great Britain, and the insolent PALMERSTON occupies among the Whigs a station im portant enough not to be easily driven from it. He must, therefore, be put up with, and we advise M. GUIZOT to submit to his return to office. He must, besides, be tired enough, he is not well, his health re quires rest, and he has an excellent opportunity of retiring. Let him, therefore, pack up his luggage, rejoicing at having raised France to the degree of splendour and glory in which we behold her. He will carry away with him all our regrets; but his destiny must be accomplished ; it was the foreigner that created, and it is the - foreigner that will destroy him." The .Epoque, supposed to be under the guidance of M. GUIZOT, takes of course a different view, and says :—" As regards France, it is certainly to be regretted that the Tory Cabinet should have quitted affairs, first on account of the Conservative principles which are applicable everywhere, and which exist in consequence of the long relations which exist between that Cabinet and the present Cabinet in France. But we believe that It has long been our firm conviction that the oppo sition made by landlords and tenants to the repeat of the corn-laws has arisen entirely from ignorance Persons who have considered this subject carefully, and who have viewed it calmly and without preju dice, have never had any doubt on the point ; but, unfortunately, the great majority of landowners have not been among that class. They have taken only a one• sided view of the question : they had become so accustomed to high rents during the war, arising as much from a change in the currency as from all other causes together, and were so terrified by the sudden fall which took place after the peace, and on the return to cash payments, that very few of them ever since have been able to hope for security from any other means than high protective duties. For thirty sears these have been tried in every possible shape, and have uniformly failed. At one time it was fully believed that land could not be cultivated profitably unless between 70s. and 80s. per quarter could be obtained for wheat. That was found impossible. Various new schemes were tried. The Duke of WELLINGTON tried his hand to reform the law, which would not bear the test of experience ; and Sir R. PEEL, in order to please those who had placed him power, made another expe riment equally futile, and which he was probably convinced at the time would break down like all its predecessors. Protection in favour of any produc tion or manufacture, which amounts, like the sliding scale, as nearly as possible to prohibition, has been found ruinous to industry and invention, and has only increased the evils which its advocates wished to avoid. Never was the fact more fully proved than by the operation of the corn-laws. There has been a constant fluctuation in prices, varying from 40s. to 80s. and 90s. the quarter for wheat, and when the high prices came, the farmers and the labourers suffered alike, and the profits went into the pockets of corn. factors and speculators. These facts have long been manifest to the great body of Scotch farmers, and we believe a general feeling prevails throughout the whole of the North that the total abolition of the protective system would be of the greatest benefit both to tenants and landlords. Some years since the Marquis of TWEEDDALE astonished the English pro tectionists, at a meeting held in Freemason? Ta vern, by asserting this doctrine in the most unequivocal lan guage, because he not only was convinced of its truth from personal conviction, but from the ge neral sentiments of his countrymen. But we have a still higher authority in a letter from Lord KINNAIRD, published in another part of The Sun, which contains in a brief space the very best refuta tion we have yet seen of the absurd and mischievous doctrines maintained by the RICHMONDS, the BUCK - INGHAM, and the TYRRELL& It is highly honour able to the Scotch nobility, many of them large landed proprietors, to find them leading the way in such a cause, and endeavouring to convince their brethren of the South that all their fears are imaginary, and that they never can reckon upon security, or obtain the rents to which they are legitimately en titled, till the whole scheme of the corn-laws be erased from the statute- book. " The present un certainty," says his Lordship, "is the greatest bar to the improvement of the land in England. which improvement is capable of being carried to a very great extent, fur I am satisfied that not only the produce but, in many instances, the rent also, might be greatly increased ; and in this I am borne out by the opinion of many practical agri culturists, as well as by my own observa tion." Lord KINNAIRD is entitled to be heard on such a question, and has a right to appeal to the authority of his neighbours, for possibly throughout the whole of Scotland there are not so good farmers as in Perthshire and Forfarshire, and the neigh bouring districts, to which he refers. It is need less to refer to the other points adverted to this excellent letter, because it will be studied carefully by every man interested in this vital ques tion. It cannot escape notice, and tht arguments are so sound and unanswerable, that we are much mis taken if it does not produce a most salutary effect eves► in the camp of the enemy. The closing para graph we recommend to the attention of humane and upright men like the Dukes of RICHMOND and BUCCLEUCH it is an error to suppose that this change in the British Cabinet will diminish the cordial relations between the two countries. When the Tories arrived at power, our Opposition foresaw and presaged the most insurmountable difficulties, and it is now to be seen upon how little foundation such predictions were founded. It is very probable that the same Calchas will still make use of the same oracle, but it is not the less probable that the oracle will this time again be false." The accounts from Africa continue very unfavour able. In addition to the difficulties caused by the operations of ABE •EL*KADER, discord has arisen in the French camp, and if we are to believe the corre spondent of the Presse, BUGEAUD and LAMORICIERE are at open war with each other. The report is extremely probable. We are only astonished that BUGEAUD had been allowed to go on so long in his mad career without exciting the opposition of the more prudent of his generals. The following letter, dated Algiers, Dec. 4, appears in the Presse:— " Discord has invaded our camp. There is a quarrel, and war is almost declared between Marshal Bugeaud and some of his lieutenants ; it is the Commandant of the province of Oran, Lieutenant-General de Larnori cere, who is the subject of the feud. The latter has kindled the jealousy of the Marshal by laying claim to a large part of the military successes, the whole merit of which Marshal Bugeaud had the presumption to claim for himself. Some acts of resistance on General Lamoric:ive's part, among others, the system of cle mency he displayed at the delnit of the present cam paign, and a certain passage of a report to the Minis ter of War, in which he praises that system in such a way as to protest against the Dahra grotto's execu tion, have given the utmost displeasure to the Governor- General. From th-tt moment the Marshal's ill-humour has been vented in bitter reproaches ; he no longer spares his young rival, and he has him anathe matised everywhere. The Marshal's friends and con fidens vie in censuring the audacious rival of his glory, whom they call an ambitious pretender, a brouillon in epaulets, &c. But General Lamoric:i-e's cause lacks not defenders. In the army as well as among the civil population he has won a good deal of sympathy ; his prospects are thought well of, and it is supposed, per haps with some reason, that the Government secretly encourages him to maintain himself in the position he has assumed, were it but to keep the Mar hrl in due respect, by giving him umbrage, and letting him see that there is a successor ready to take his place. Be this as it may, it is certain that a noyau of partisans has formed about him. This coterie is called the Oran party, in opposition to the Governor's coterie, which is called the Algiers party. This accounts fir the seemingly inexplicable attitude of the various personages co-operating in the present western expedition. The Go vernor-General keeps isolated, as if to leave the chief of the Oran party in difficulties. He seems to strive to pre vent any communications with him impossible, and to re duce them to the impossibility of acting efficiently. The latter, on the other hand, remain Panne au bras, and are not sorry to testify, by their inaction, the incapacity or ill will of the direction they are subjected to. Thus contu sion prevails in all the operations, and produces the splendid results you have beheld since the opening of the campaign. Discord, however, has invaded not only in the army, but the administration likewise. At Algiers the principal authorities are at daggers drawn. In short, we are in a state of complete anarchy, and our Government of Africa cannot he batter compared than with the Court of King Petaud." Owing to the news from England, and probably also the very unsatisfactory accounts from Algiers, the French Funds on Sunday were greatly depressed, and the Three-per-Ceas., which closed on Saturday at 81f. 20c., fell to 80f. 80c.; they afterwards rallied a little, and closed at 801. 90c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT 'T HE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. Anglo-Belgian 3 Madrid and Valencia... Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens.. 7 1 / 2 and Liege . Bordeaux &Mediterran AN'orth Jamaica .. Bordeaux and 'Toulouse ;Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (EFTele*-a) 1% Orleans and Bordeaux 10 Do. (111acker Tue's) Over Yasel Callao, Lino., and Pa- Paris& Lyons (Laffitte) 2 1 ;, chic ::;oast Ce.,.tral of Spain Ditto (Calon's).... 2 Ceylon . Demerara Dendre Valley ...... Paris and Rouen 36 Dutch Rhenish ...... Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris 'hind. (Ganneron'al Dijon and Mal house ... 'Do. (Comte de L'Est) 13/ 8 East Indian ........ 1 Do. (Aymard'a) — Fampoux & llazebrouk !Paris and St. Quentin — Grt North ern of France Rouen and Havre...- — Constituted l2 Royal North of Spain. Do. Pepin le Halleur- iSambre and Meuse .... Great Paris and Lyons. 2 'Strasburg and Basle ... Great Western Bengal Teurnay,Jurbise, Lan- Great Western Canada 34 den, and Ilaoselt ... Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Tours and Nantes Do. North (Mackenzie's) Do. Extension Jersey — De. (O'Neill's) Louvain aid Jemappe.. 1 3 / Trinidad Lyons and Avignon.... ,Verena. and Ancona — Luxembourg ... West Flanders Some people are disposed to think that the late resignation has been nothing but a trick—that Sir ROBERT PEEL and Sir JAMES GRAHAM have done it to prove that the Whigs cannot repeal the corn-laws, nor the Duke of RICHMOND save them, and to get themselves brought back to office, and beat the Duke of WELLINGTON. We are not of this opinion. We cannot believe that Sir ROBERT PEEL would have deprived her MAJEST Y of advisers at this critical time —critical both at home and in our relations with America —in order to play a party trick. He would have kept the trick in reserve, at any rate, till the meeting of Parliament. IVe take for granted that the measure on which the late Cabinet have foundered does not differ essen tially from total repeal of the corn•laws. There have been explanations, to be sure, in the late Govern ment organs about compensation to the landed in terest by taking off taxes affecting it, and about in. crease of direct taxation. But why did the Duke of WELLINGTON resist ? Why did Lord ABERDEIAN'S parr announce that the Cabinet were going to repeal the corn-laws? Why, after that announcement, did Tory Peers hasten to withdraw proxies from the Duke of WELLINGTON ? Why did the Duke allow them to be withdrawn ? And why—why, above all --did the Duke then break up the Ministry? The measure must have been as odious, as abhorrent from the professed principles of the PEEL Ministry as total repeal. The fact is, that the late sudden and mysterious resignation of the PEEL Cabinet has been the natural, though at the moment unexpected, end of a system of " As to the labourers, the condition of this class speaks For itself, notwithstanding the farce carried on at the dinners given to them by those who, by their own ad mission, and it is a fearful one for any man deliberately and after mature inquiry to make, that corn could be sold at a much cheaper rate in this country, and thus evi dently compelling the poor and industrious workmen, and their own labourers among the number, to expend a :arge proportion of their hare-earned gains for the fan cied protection of what is called the agricultural in terest,' besides directly interfering with that wise and beneficent system ordained by the goodness of Provi dence, whereby one country is made to abound in one commodity and another in another—all more or less ser viceable to the necessities and comforts of human life. These short-sighted protectionists would render trade and commerce a curse rather than c ')lessing to mankind." London has pronounced, both by herself and by her representatives, against the corn-laws. As a city she has done her duty nobly, and a duty now de volves on each individual citizen, from the per formance of which there must be no shrinking. w e are within a week of St. Thomas's-day, and at the Present crisis it is absolutely requisite that the citizens should show the stuff they are made of. Not a single monopolist should be returned at the next election as a Common Councilman for the City of London. We are glad to find that in some of the wards this subject is put prominently forward by several of the candidates. We extract the following from Mr. BENNOCK'S address to the Ward of Crip plegate Within : " As a commercial man, I would break every chain th that letters freedom of the commerce of nations. With an insufficiency thp in the potato prospect of famine, trade paralysed, and the almost certainty m of a severe winter aggravating the suff.rings of the people—l would abrogate first, and instantly , that of the hat,most unrighteous of all laws, the existing corn-law. " The shelves of our man ufacturers, th merchants, and warehousemen , are g roan i n g under pressure of accumu lated stock, while our brethren America tif r* if have a superabundance of corn a nd They are willing to take our manufactur es , we in exchange will take t heir corn ; yet our wise rulers, blinded by a m onstrous cupidity, haver THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN_ING, DECEMBER 16, 1845. DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF A STEAM-BOILER, AND PART OF A FACTORY BLOWN UP. BOLTON, DEC. 16.—A little after one o'clock this afternoon, as the hands in the cotton-mill of Messrs. Bothwell and Kitts, situate in Black Horse-street, Great Bolton, were about to resume work, after the dinner hour, an explosion of one of the boilers took place, which being situate under the building, the consequences are most disastrous. The mill is six stories high, and one end of it was entirely blown up by the explosion, spreading the utmost terror throughout the neighbourhood. When the post left, Mr. Bothwell, nephew of the late Mrs. Bothwell, Mr. King, the manager, and one or two others, had been taken out dead, and a number seriously injured. Mr. Kitts was in the engine-room when the explosion took place, and was much scalded. Every exertion is being male to save some who can be heard under the ruins; and we are led to hope that the loss of life will not be so great as might have been expected under the circumstances. MPERIAL P'ARLIAMEN'T• (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Harwich Hull and Selby 5O Ditto Quarters . .. ... ...... 12% — ...... to Ditto, Half Shares Inverness and Elgin Ipswich, Norwich, and Yar mouth Irish North Midland l% — ... .. to Isle of Axlioline 2% Killarney Junctions ... ... 1M — to Kendal and Windermere l% — to Lancaster and Car1i51e......... 30 ...... Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 2% ...... Leeds and Carlisle .... 2% — to Leeds and West Riding Junc. 136 — ...... to Leicester and Birmingham... 225. Leicester and Bedford 22s. — Leicester and Tamworth 425....... Liverpool and Manchester... 100 Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters ........... ... 25 ...... Liverpool and Leeds Direct... 2% ...... 2 1 / 8 Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction London and Birmingham ...100 212 Ditto Thirds Ditto m Shares Ditto Fifths ......... ...... ... 2 Parliament was further formally prorogued to-day, to to Tuesday, the 30th of the present month. Shortly after two o'clock the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Earl of Haddington, took their seats at the foot of the Throne, as Lords Commissioners, when Mr. Pulman, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, was commanded by the Lord Chancellor to summon the House of Commons to the bar of the House of Lords, to hear the Commission read. After the lapse of a few minutes, Mr. W. Ley, the Second Clerk of the House of Commons, attended by several officers, but not a single Member, appeared at the bar, when the Commission having been read by the Clerk at the table, The LORD CHANCELLOR, in her Majesty's name and by her command, declared the present Parliament prorogued to Tuesday, the 30th of the present month of December. The Lord Chancellor, who appeared in much better health, came to town, we understand, for the purpose of acting as one of the Lords Commissioners, Lady Lyndhurst was also present during the ceremony. Ditto Extension London & Blackwall... 161. 13s. 4d 8%...... to Do. New l% — ... .. to Do. Extension London and Brighton Ditto Consolidated Bths 35 Ditto, Sixths 0 1/0 London and Croydon 131. 153. 9d. 2 0 1 4 3 /4 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 8 London, Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, and Hereford... 1 London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... Ditto Preference ....181 17s 2d... London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . .... London and South Western.. 41,,/, — .. ... to Do. New consolidated Bths.. 20 Ditto New Do. New ............ .... --. • . 6 London and South Essex...... 2 3 / — to 1 onden and York 2% 3 5 / 8 3 /1 % to London and Windsor Lon.,Warwck, Kidderminster 2 1 ,4...... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2 1 ,4...... Londonderry and Coleraine... 5 Londonderry and Enniskillen 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham af.iwileiiei and Leeds 76 ..... Ditto Half Shares - 34 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ...........4 1 4 — to Manchester and Birmingham 40 70% to Ditto Quarters Ditto New Quarters Do. Continuation & Welsh Junction l% to Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. ... . Manchester, Birmingham, and Mould Junction Manchester & Rugby Direct ...... ... .. to Manchester and Southampton 2 ...... 2% to Midland 100 .....141 .... . to 14: Ditto Fifths Ditto, New MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000 bales, at previous rates. On Friday 10,000 bales Egyptian are to be offered publicly.—Shares were in but little request, and prices declined. The proceedings at the Guildhall of the first commercial City in the known world, which took place yesterday, have been the subject of very general conversation in all public and private circles, and to the Third Edition of The Sun last evening many hundreds of private individuals, as well as the clubs of the City, are indebted for a full report of the speeches delivered on the occasion. It is not our province to speak of west•end matters, but still we cannot omit to remark, that the same facilities were afforded to clubs, west of Temple-bar, for reading the speeches delivered in the Guildhall on the now all important topic of the repeal of the corn-laws. On 'Change yesterday afternoon the City meeting was almost the sole topic of conversation. Merchants and traders hold the opinion that meetings such as that of yesterday must give a doubly increased impetus to the movement, and to the final settlement of the corn-law question. Bright prospects are looked for in commerce and in trade, when from the statute-book shall be expunged the odious corn-laws. As the Halifax steamers may now be said to be full due, our advices are daily looked for, and with increased anxiety. American merchants here think a war on the Oregon ques tion very improbable. The ( glorious state of the weather, time of year considered' is expected to prove of material advantage to the potatoes, but we regret to find that the price has again been very de cidedly advanced. Whether the large consumption begins to sell upon the supply it is not in our power positively to say, but in one respect advanced prices must check this, for many are already restricting themselves in the enjoyment of this nutritious article of food. The public securities have been again rather buoyant, and at the opening brought fully yesterday's advance, though just now they are slightly lower. For time the bargains have been at 92 1 / 2 3 / 4 , and the prices now are 92% %. The - New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 9414 to 1 / 2 , and are now 94 1 / 2 to %, and the Three per Cents. 92% 1 / 1 . Bank Stock is worth 200 1 /.,. On Exchequer-bills the pre mium is 225. to 19s. The Foreign Bonds are steady, and in some respects firmer than they have been for the last two or three days. *Spanish Three per Cents. have been marked 38%. Mexican Bonds have been at 30 to 29 1 / 2 , Colombian at 16 1 / 2 , and Peruvian at 35. Dutch Two-alai-a-Ralf per Cents. are worth 59% to 60, and Belgian 95 1 / 2 . For Shares the inquiry is dull, but prices are firm again. BHITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLoCK (From the Official List.) _ Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... lll ...... to Midland and Eastern Counties 2% to Midld. Great Western (Irish) 21 / 2 — Do. Extension (No. I ) ... 2 3 % Newcastle & Darlington .iunc. 25 Ditto New Brandling - Newcastle and Berwick - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Newport and Abergavenny. . 2 1 / i — New Ross and Carlow 225. Newry and Enniskillen Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2% — ...... to Norfolk Extension ... — North British .. ... ... Ditto Half Shares A, Bank Stock - - 200 1 A 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 4 1;4 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726... ........ Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 lO% 5-16 India Bonds 1,0001 ..... ».. Ditto under 1.0001 2B Consols for Account ... 92% 3 4%% Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. I%d. 1,0001. 5001. .. Ditto Small — .. .. 20 23 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds l 6 l /2 Equador Bonds 3% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 29% 30 29% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 35 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto 3 per Cent 3Bl Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent 95% Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 93% 93 Do. Extension to Carlisle... 1/ q 2 ... to Dr,. Extens. to Dalkeith ... 25 Ditto ditto 5 ..... 5%...... to North Devon North of Norfolk Isliorthern and Eastern 45 Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 35 . . . Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New North Kent & Direct Dover '• % — to North Staffordshire 42s. North Wales 3% .... 3% to 3 North and South Wales and Worcester Korth. & South. Connecting Norwich and Brandon Ditto New Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham - Nottingham and Boson l% — ... .. to - Not ting.,Erewsh.Val.,&Mane. 1% — - Nottingham and Mansfield... ..... .. Oiford, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton... ...... ... 425. Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnh am 1%.. ... _ _ _ -1./2 - to . . . Perth and Inverness Pilbrow Atmospheric Portsmouth I)ivect Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildford,& Reigate 425. — Richmond ... Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2% — ..... . to Rugby and Huntingdon Rugby, Leamington, anu Warwick ..... Rughy,AVarwick, and Wor cester Scotti:h Central Scottish Midland .. ... 5 Sheffield and Manchester ...100 Ditto v, Shares."... .. 8 Shrewsburyand Birmingham 2%...... - Shropshire Mineral - Shropshire Union - Shrewsbury and Hereford - Shrewsbury-, ' T olyerhampton, and S. Staftordsh. Junction 21, .. ... Sligo and Shannon Sornersetshire Midland South Devon South Midland 42s. ...2% 2 2% p to 2 South and Midlands Junction 425....... South Staffordshire Junction 2% — to South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 7 - Ditto, New, No. 3 lO - Ditto New, No. 4. ... 2% — ...... to - Southampton, Macchester, and Oxford Junction. 42s. ... St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction Staines and Richmond........ 1 Staffordshire and Shropshire 2 3 4 — Sow' - v 2., _ Jouth Wales Taw Vale Extension Teen and Dove Valley l 3 Trent Va11ey..... ............ .. 2 Trent Val. & Holyhead June. 2 5 4 — Tring,Reading,& Basingstoke 5 1 4 — Ulverstone and Furness ...... 2 1 / 2 ...... Vale of Neath Warwick and Cheltenham ... 1% — to Warwick and Worcester 425....... • to • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick 7%..... - Waterford, W exford, Wicklw, and Dublin - Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley Welch Midland 2 1,4 ...... 1 3 / 4 to West Cornwall West Yorkshire %Vest London, Old Shares ... 20 West End & South. Counties 1 1 / 2 to Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives ... 2 Wilts, Somerset, & Sthamptn 1%..... Wilts,Somerset,MVeymouth 2 1 / 2 .-- 2% to 3 Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester ... 42s. Worcester,Tinbury,A Ludlow 2% — ...... to Wrster, Shrews. & Crewe Un. I% ... .. to - Worcester and South Wales.. 425. — Worcester,Wanvick,& Rugby 425. — Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20 Ditto, New... ............ .. ... 17 - to York and Carlisle York and Lancaster .... 2' 2 York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Scarboro' Branch Ditto, Selby Ditto, Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens 8 ...... 84 to Bordeaux and Mediteranean 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's) Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 ...... Central of Spain ... 2 -to Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish 6 East Indian Eastern Belgian Junction.... 2I Ai ••••• Fampoux and llazebrouk..... 2 Great Northern of France Constituted Great Paris and Ly0n5......... 2 Great Western Bengal ss. - - Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Ditto Extension 1 . .. Jersey Louvain and Jemeppo Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia . 2 Mauritius Namtr and Liege........ North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleane and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ..... . ...., to Over Yssel 413 s 4d.. . . Paris and Lyons(Laffitte) ... 2 Paris and Lyons(Ganneron's) 3 ... .. 3% to Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 . ... 2/2 to Paris and Lyons (Sud Eat)... 2 Pane and Orleans Paris and Rouen .. Paris& Strashurg(Gannern's) 2 ..•••• 13 / 4 ••• .. to Do. (Compe de L'Est) ...... 2 Ditto (Aymards) 2% Paris and St. Quentin ...... ... 2 rouen and Havre lB R oyal North of Spain Ss mbre and Meuse Str, lsburg and Bale l4 St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tourn, , ty, Jurbise, Landen, and liasselt Tours &Nantes (Mackenzie) 4 Ditto j))1,0) I:efebvre's).:. 2 Do. ........ 2 .. Trinidad.. . ..... Verona and Ancona 3 LATEST NEWS. SUN-OFFICE, Quarter past Three. All the members of the late Cabinet in town, and others of the Liberal party, have assembled this morning at Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S ; up to this hour they remain in deliberhtion. Nothing can tran spire as to the result of their consultation until after this meeting. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) A meeting was held at Lord JoEN RUSSELL'S residence, in Chesham-place, Belgrave-square, this day. One o'clock was the hour of meeting, but Lord MORPETH and other gentlemen arrived some time previous. Lord GREY, Mr. LABOUCHERE, Lord CLARENDON' Mr. MACAULAY, Lord PALMERSTON, and other lead ing members of the Whig party, were present. After the meeting breaks up Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it is expected, proceeds to Windsor Castle, to have an audience of her MAJESTY. ALLEGED MURDER ON TUE HIG II SEAS.—To day, at twelve o'clock, the adjourned examination of Captain Johnstone for the murder of Rambert, Mars, and Reason, and also for cutting and maiming seve ral of the crew, took place at the Thames Police court. We shall give full particulars in our Third Edition. BUSINESS DONE:IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin... .. ••• Armagh, Coleraine, lkirtrush 1% — to Aylesbury and Tame ... lA Belfast Se - County Down •••••• to Bideford and TaNistock .. ... 1' to . ... _ Birmingham and Gloucester 10t! ...... _ .... . Ditto New Shares ...- I7IA ' — Birmingham and Oxford Junction . . 2 - Birmino .l ' - 0 , ..o, n and Leicester - _. irect — Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s .. --.• Bridgewater and Minehead... 425...... Bristol and Exeter - Ditto New - Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and LirerpoolJunct. 2 1 / 2 — to Buckinghamshire... 42s. .. .. Caledonian lO 12% .. ... to 13 Ditto Extension - - Cambrian Gram; Junction ... 425. - Cambridge and Lincoln - Ditto. New - Cambridge ucc hhel ieelti trt rl 1 1% 2 %8 ...... to 1A - Canterbury and Dover 1%..... - ...... to - c o h x es fu te r r d .. . . . 2 ... . . . to . : to -- Chelmsford L u e 7 ad ... ..... 21 514 ...... - - Cheaterls 8 ...... - ...... - to - 42, ...... - * • ...... ...... - Clydesdale Junction-- ...... 8 ...... - Cork, Blackrock, and Passages 22, . . - Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford l l /2 ...... 1 .. .... to - Cornwall - Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester l l4 ..... to - Dartmouth, Torbay, & Exeter 42e. ...... is o o - 18/, Derby, Gainsboro', and Great Grimsbv l% •••••• to - Derby, Ut - toxetcr, and Staff'd 2% - ...... to _ Direct Manch.(iemington's) 2 3 / 4 l% ..... . to - Ditto (Rackstrick's) 54.--• - ...... to - Pirect Northern ... ......... Direct Norwich ................. 1 ••• - - Dublin and Armagh .... ...... IN ...... to - Dublin and Belfast Junction 5 - to - Dublin, Belfast,andColeraine 2% - - Dublin and Ga1way............ 4 ••••- to - Dudley, Madely, & Broseley 2 i i i , - ..... to - Dundalk and Enniskillen 2 l /2 - - Eastern Counties Do. New aKai ainl ernadnaa :Ha n n, n d caot (nllßy Oxford 61. 16q 6 14 p... to - Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d - ....• to - Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ...41. 13s. 4d.... - •••••• to - East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union Ditto 1 ,4 Shares... ........ ••• 2 1 A - ...... to - Ditto Extension ........ ••• 1 1 4 - • ••• to - Ditto Ipswick and Bury ••• 1,'4 — • .... to - Ditto Extension to Norwich VA.-. - ... . t o _ 1 (Ditto Cambridge and Ely 21....•• - - East Linc01n5hire............... 1 1 4 — - East and West of England.•• 1%..... - - Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 ....• - ••••• to - Ditto 14 Shares ......... •••••• 5 ...... - ••• •• to - Ditto New 1 % 5hare5......... 712 - ...... to - Edinburgh and Northern•••••• Pet - •••••• to - Edinburgh and Perth .......•. 1 /2 9: '4 to - Ely and Huntingdon......... 5 Enniskillen andSligo ...... ... 2q ..... • - •• - Essex and Suffolk ..............• 1% - to -. Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey mouth 425...».• - ...... to -- Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2%...... - •••••• to - Gloucester, Aberystwith , and Central of Wales ...... - Gaole and Doncaster 42s. - Grand Junction 100 - - to - Ditto % Shares - Ditto Quarter Shares...-. 25 - - GrndUnion(Notting.kLynn) IN. - - Great Eastern and Western.. 2 1 , ••••••• - - GreatGrinisbyandSliettield... 5 • - ...... to - Great South and W.(lrish) ••• 15 --•••• 18 - Ditto Extension - ••• - Great Munster 2/t•••••• - - Great North of Scotland 2 l /2 - to --. Great North of England 100 ...... - Ditto New ... - Ditto New 2 ...... - - Great Western - Ditto, Halt' Shares ... ..... . 50 ...... -- - Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 2 1 - - Ditto Fifths - Guildford, Fareham, Portals, 2% - - West Flanders 33 MINES Real dol Monte, Unregistered United Mexican °FL 2s. . 3 3 / 4 to LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. , Li)Nnox, DEC. 16.—Wind W.S.W., light breeze and fine weather. DEAL, DEC, 15.—Wind W, to N.W.—Arrd. Helena Ca therina, Boer, New York. Arrd. from the River, Diana, Emu, Williams, for the South Seas ; Em, Smith, Port Aelaide ; Blundell, Daniell, Calcutta ; Vanilla, Mould, Calcutta ; Charles Carter, Brand, Algoa Bay ; Medora, Dixon, Val paraisio ; Sklad, Bulonovich, Rio Janeiro ; Constantino, Repitto, Bahia ; Elizabeth Wood, Crosbie, Barbadoes ; Ada, Broadhurst, Jamaica ; London, Freeman, Jamaica ; William Henry Angas, Thomas. Honduras ; Caleb Angas, Whittle, Honduras. DUNDALK, DEC. 12.—51 d., Lord Napier, Stowe, St. John's, N.B. DUNDEE, DEC. 10.—S1d. Glammis Castle, New York. LEITH, DEAL. 13.—Arrd. Pomona, Templeton, Miramiehi. YARMOUTH ROADS, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Bruce, St. John's, N.B. PLYMOuTiI, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Prowler, Newfoundland. OFF PILL, DEC. 14.—Mexicin; Dunning, New York.. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Caurier, Smith, Calcutta;, Hope, Crawford, Calcutta • Blair, Saldanha Bay ; Perallan, Garvin, Havannah ; New Il amp , shire, Chase, New Orleans ; Mary Kimball, Gregory, Charles ton ; Hottinguer, Horsley, New York ; Zanoni, Sim, Quebec ; Eliza Norrison, Davies, Quebec; Ocean Queen, Warren, Quebec, put back. 15th, Caroline, for Sierra Leone; Deme test, St. John's, New: Brunswick. Off poll, Caroline, —; The Broad Oak. WHITSTABLE, DEC. 14.—The Water Witch, from Louder to Terceira, has been assisted into this bay, having been ashore on the Rcd Sand. DEAL, DEc. 15.—The Duke of Manchester, from London to Jamaica, which was ashore on Sandwich Flats yesterday, was floated off this morning, and is now at anchor in the Downs, making but little water. FowEy, Disc. 14.—The stern-board of a ship, ;marked " Panope," of Liverpool, was passed off Lundy Island on the 10th inst. by the Amity, arrived at this port. BinEronn, DEC. 15.—The Oregon, Rowe, from Cardiff to Naples, struck near the entrance of this harbour this morn • ing and came off on the tide, but again went on shore within the harbour on a rocky beach, and is very leaky, but ex pected to be got off next tide. lAvEnrooL, DEC. 15.—The Massachussetts steamer, from this port. put into Holmes H. le, after being on shore twice and thrown overboard part of cargo, and sailed thence on the 20th ult. tor New York. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 13.—Two wrecks haVe been seen floating near the Smithick Saud. MARGATE, DEC. 15.—The Sarah Fleming, fram Alex andria to Dundee, which was on shore near Kingsgate on the 12th instant, was assisted off this morning, after discharging most of her cargo, with rudder disabled and loss of anchors, chains, &c., and towed into this harbour. RAMSGATE, DEC. 15.—The Tetus, Makelson, from Riga to Algiers, has put in here with the deck load thrown over board, having been on shore on Margate Sand. YARMOUTH, DEC. 15.—A vessel, reported to be the Augusta, of North Bergen, from Smyrna to the Baltic, was towed into the roads this afternoon, with decks swept and other damage. WELLS, DEC. 15.—The Industry, Powditch, of this port, is on shore at the entrance of the harbour, but appears to be little damaged at present. NOTICE TO MARINERS. MOEN LIGHT, BALTIC. The Danish Government has given notice that a fixed light has been established on the eastern point of Moen Island. The lighthouse stands in latitude 54 deg. 57 min. north, and longitude 12 deg. 32 min. 45 see. east of Greenwich. The light is 82 feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen at the distance of about three leagues between the compass bearings of East and S. W. half W., in which latter direction it is concealed by the cliffs. FLORES LIGHT, RIVER PLATA. The revolving light on Flores Island, in the River Plata, having been plundered of its lamps by the lightkeepers, under the orders of General Orihe, the Government of the Banda Oriental, at the instance of the British and French Admirals, has announced its re-establishment, but under the following change in its character :—The entire revolution of the light, which was formerly completed in seven minutes, is now re duced to three minutes ; in the course of which, two intervals of darkness will take place, one of half a minute, and the ether of a minute and a half in duration. The light is 478 feet above the sea, and shows all round the compass. MARKET NEWS.-- , (THIS DAY.) HAY M 11.NLILSTS. SMITIMELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ 15s ; Clover ditto, 4/ lOs to 5/ 15s; Oat Straw, 1/ 83 to 1/ lOs per load. Wheat Straw, I/ 103 to 1/13s per load. Trade dull at the above quotations. Custne.m.AND.—Meadow Hay, 31 103 to 4/ 165 ; Clover, ditto, 4/ lOs to 5/ 15s; Oat Straw, 1/ 103 to 1/ 12s per load. Wheat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. 11 lIITECIIAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/15s •, Clover ditto, 4/ 103 to 61 ; Oat Straw, 1/ 83 toll 10s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ 12s per load. upply good, and trade dull. C')LONI~L. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is very heavy, but rather more business was done, in consequence of holders having submitted to a further decline of fully Gd per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 71 hhds 1 tierce, and there were taken for home consumption 1,222 hhds 124 tierces 197 barrels. The stock in the same places is 9,676 hhds 1,222 tierces 1,695 barrels. COFFEE.-93 casks Berbice at auction was nearly all taken in at 60s to 70s for mid to good mid quality, but •being un clean, it affords very little guide to the market generally. Cocon.-907 bags Para was mostly taken in at 34s for good mid greyish red, which are about previous rates. HUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East India DucKS was - too _ sumption 199 puns, 13 hhds, and exported 174 puns, 89 hhds. The stock in the same places is 12,759 puns 938 iyls. _ . PILE. - 498 bags Bengal only partly sold at 18s for good white, being rather lower. SmcEs.-2,078 bags Malabar Pepper sold at very low prices, viz., at 2 3 Ad to 3 1 4 d for ord light to good heavy shot kind, being again fully V s d cheaper. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 41s 9d to 42s per cwt on the spot, and Town 45s per cwt. TEA.—The market is steady. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) . . The Court was engaged during the greater portion of the day in hearing unopposed petitions. These were for the most part praying for the payment of certain moneys in Court to the credit of different causes—an arrangement having been made between the litigants for receivers to be relievel from liabilities, having com plied with the necessary orders of the Court, and for guardians to be exempted from their duties, their wards having attained their_majority. These cases were of interest only to the parties concerned. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took motions to-day. The Court was occupied the whole of the morning with a motion for an injunction in the case of the Duke of Beaufort v. Sir John Morris, to restrain the defendant from working a coal mine in Glamorganshire, of which he was lessee, and the noble plaintiff, the lessor, so as to cause the adjoining mine to be flooded with water. The application appears likely to occupy the Court for a day or two. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN.) - Several cases were disposed of during the morning, which were not of the least public interest. Amongst them was a case of a bill of exchange for 231. ss. The plaintiffs were Baker and Williams, and the case was undefended.—Verdict for the plaintiff's. WHITE AND SOUTHY V. BAINBY. This was an action for breach of certain covenants in a marriage settlement. It appeared by the statement of the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff, that the plaintiff, who was a solicitor, and the defendant, who held some situation in the Customs, had been married to two sisters. gr. Southy and the plaintiff become trustees to the marriage settlement of Mr. White. Defendant got married in the year 1838, and at that time he was in possession of a property, half of which was mortgaged for 5001., which sum the defendant agreed to pay the plain tiff within five years, and the deed contained a covenant to that effect. The plaintiff now alleged that there were two breaches of covenant ; the one, that the de • fendant had failed to pay the 5001. within the flveyears ; and the other, that he had not executed a further assu rance at his own expense, but sought to cast the expense of the whole upon the trustees of the plaintiff. These were circumstances which he (the Learned Counsel) would not now further allude to ; but they were such as compelled the trustees to act with great caution, and to that end they put the matter in the hands of Mr. Edwards. Defendant alleged that he offered to pay the money into the Funds, to which the plaintiff' was willing to accede, provided the defendant would hold himself liable to the consequence of the fluctuation in the Funds. The money was so paid ; but when the stock was sold, the Funds were low, and defendant re fused to pay the difference. Mr. Edwards corroborated Counters statement. One other witness only was examined on behalf of the plaintiff, to show what was the practice of the Courts in reference to the mode of making conveyances, and the plaintiff's case closed. CourisEr. for the defendant contended that the decla ration had incorrectly left out the covenants, and upon those variances his client was entitled to a verdict. He also raised several other technical objections. The COURT recommended that the case should be set tled out of Court, which was not acceded to. The jury found for the plaintiff, for the damage con tained in the declaration, subject to a deduction of a sum alleged to have been paid after the action had com menced. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius in London before the LORD CRIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) TAPPING V. RUSSELL-HOW THE THAMES RAVEN AND SOUTHEND RAILWAY WAS GOT UP. This was an action of debt, brought by the plaintiff, a stndFnt at law, to recover 2801. upon an account stated, to which the defendant, who was an attorney and soli citor, had pleaded that he was never indebted. Mr. Jervis and Mr. Lee appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Martin, with whom was Mr. Boven, for the defendant. The action was founded upon an T 0 U for 2801., which was given by the defendant fur money lent and advanced to him by the plaintiff. It would appear that Mr. Russell was the promoter of the Thames Junction and Southend Railway, which was proposed to run from Southend to join one of the main lines passing through Essex to the metropolis, but the project met with little or no support at the hands of the public, and the Company organised by the defendant for carrying it out was ultimately broken up. The plaintiff's father and several of his friends were induced by the defendant, and Mr. Thomas Tapping, the plaintiff's brother, who was formerly a special pleader, but who has recently been called to the bar, to allow their names to be placed on the Provisional Committee of the proposed railway ; but it was upon the express understanding . that Mr. Russell was to bear all preliminary expenses incurred previously to the issuing of the letters of allotment. Mr, Russell was retained as engineer and surveyur, th the usu.il staff of assistants, for the purpose of rnalt l n ls o customary surveys of the country through which : 10 proposed the line should pass, and solicited the m to !tee the undertaking of two of the Provisional Comm!t,,,in as security for the due payment of their expen ses $ 01. " a given time after the issue of allotment; but, b° 111 . 4 .0 1 them declined this offer, and refused to proee'd their labours unless they were immediately Wrong with funds. Mr. Russell therefore called ° er a W of the Provisional Committee to devise some ive_!--0 raise the necessary funds required by the engln and surveyors, which was held at the Hutnalu re , l4 .A. Covent-garden ; and nt that meeting Mr. Russell ."-to cited a loan of 1,0001., to enable him to carry on business of the project. The Provisional Coastal b o however, declined to advance the money themselves, some of them promised to use their influence Wil l r ye or two of their friends to induce them to advance 11614 required sum. One of' those friends was the Phnom who, at the instigation of his father, who was cee 00014 Provisional Committee, advanced the def endant f the and the defendant gave him in acknowledgment e ftif loan the I 0 upon which the present eel ° brought. Mr. MARTIN, for the defence, contended that the : r 01l tiff wiis one of the promoters of the schem e, ande , liable, with the defendant and others, to 101 rleel; peruses and debts incurred by the Company. Sn fie its being the case that the Provisional Committee roeuto to advance funds at the meeting held at the flu te e d f ir they agreed, or rather some part of them ag.,. oe tlie eluding the plaintiff. his father, and brother, tar""si eer 1,0001. by subscriptions of 2001. e ach ; but this. .e. ment was not strictly carried out, and som e of tas6epje ties contributed more tl AI others. One of the i are i ties was the plaintiff ; and the Learned Coun e , n o it that the plaintiff and defendant mnst be consintiot. this particular transaction to have been i n theg e d to of co-partners, and hence the former was not en recover. • to The Learned COUNSEL called two wi tnesses of port this line of defence, but the evidence did a . ° S. stantiate the facts. ne of the witnesses 0 i fibl 'rapping, the barrister, and plaintiff's stated that neither himself nor his brother ha.d st f, to do with the project in the capacity of prinellientalli brother borrowed the 280/. from his father, an money to the defendant on his own account. ;,pecif ness himself was retained in his caPaai t i gl e of °i i e e pleader and barrister to settle the prospectaseopeltd .:ouspany and advocate the merits of the fla n pet meetings in Essex, and he expected Mr. Ole n : tt e remunerate him at Christmas for these se brotbenr;to ineuced his father and several of his friends t e l l o g undertaking, but ,it was upon the understaa"'.olol to W I Mr. Russell would pay all the expellees UP f a ther of the letters of allotment. Mr. Russell's brother-in-law were upon the Provisional sed boil but when the share market became dePr ee lisp si r them publicly withdrew their names from t he - e '' the remaining gentle:nen on the ComMit tee I C: 11 1 . %• cessary to convene a meeting and dissolve th e Pe e p The LORD CHIEF BARON said the e viclean. e t os sir tirely failed to substantiate the defence, an t a t ' o ri duty to direct the jury to return a verdic t I pil tii ate The jury accordingly found a verdict for • for the full amount claimed—namely, 2801. SWIFT V. RUSSELL. GOLDSMITH V. SAME. • O% COPE V. SAME. :mitt C reed, stances were actions brought under 5'"',,140 ' - e d, stances to the last case, and in each of was taken for the plaintiff for the full wean" ) CRIMINAL COURT.,4IIO' NEW COURT. ) fie (Before the Comics:4 SERGEA N ',,, 41 * l e s 0 1 Afred Hayward, James Chivell, and '" o f oe a fros: son, all young men about stventeen Yea rs j o iot",e indicted for stealing tobacco and a jar can% W o re the shop of Benjamin Fox, Victoria-Weis% ritsst s)aers, on the evening of te 6th Deeet",ol,ll6 seen at the window of Fox, where the tohe;ftee a , e , og e here the prosecutor missed it a short titne w Pis e tee three when they had got possession of at i e th e y with all speed up the street, but suspeetb.;esseorsl pursued, and being met by one of the f i e l dropped the jar on the spot, where it fires,o4,lll found by the policeman. s e t er e Butter, a constable, found Rogerson - --e ce stee -- public-house of a suspicious character, " o d thirty other men. nel They were found Guilty by the Pill s o a r; ted The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced w est le, Chissell to three months' hard labour an ! ore 1 ", in the House of Correction ; and Iteg er- sere ° been convicted on a former indictm ent, to tM 00w - 0 transportation. b e th John Ainsworth and John Hickman, fr o m were indicted for stealing 1121bs. of lead poke", of Charles Wm. Lanner, Esq.. West 0 0113 1 0 0, 0 soff!„ Thomas Morrison, constable at Wee t ee ptet er e • On, quence of instructions he received from .I"ef,h son, went on the 22d November last to we"ibere of the prisoner Ainsworth. lie w atched 0 ,/tI,O I , L P 28th of the same month, on which day he e 5 0 ere! 01 Pr s and Hickman come out of the hen ne eet 1 The constable followed them to the c ibeal o f re West Ham Abbey, and there s ee ' tot, on a house belonging to the prose° the) !pence stripping off tho lead. This d e trele 6s : o .: It down, and having descended themselvey tjoloceri carried the lead in question to the house ember ° ti 11,trrison returned in company with f °ll , l l, — vreg l i lie e 7P ,; two of whom he placed at the back t"'4 o r. with two he himself went in at the front " end 01 soners by this time were in the back) e r th , l c. 1, 11 they saw the constables, they seized uP the Threw it into a ditch, where the etolicenieefoodreoleel Hickman's house, when searched, we re e d e barrows, bricks, and such articles as are us fete[; contractors. seli roV ickm The jury found them Guilty. II to tour months,' and Ainse orth to six to t> °F ia .eliP? i 5 molt and hard labour. • ted f`‘ Thomas Hore, aged fifteen, was incit e s e 51. 12s. 6d. in money, from Mary Ge. if „, n ' e per''' Pocock, aged nineteen, for receiving the bite fr t to be stolen. . he Mary Galvin, at present a servaat et seid i tie d , le, in the Strand, was on Saffron-hill' on her, when she saw the prisoner Hore b e odf: e ll ° , l / 1 tbe ho ol o elc ; felt his hand in her pocket. She s eised 1..1 !,.e bit il ee s " s , cused him of robbing her, but be w its 7vo of her grasp, and ran away. Previ ell i , her w ell; was certain of having 51. 12s. 6d. ea fe e aliesel d o inside of a silk glove, which was again - e d re, e , glove ; the money was the wages she ": 0 00 1 " 1 ,,, ' v. her last place. The woman and he r e l 'W e s e Conner, ran after him through sev e l, her ,0 1 1 0 , caught him again. Upon this she to ' n e the le / ho " postman, who came up at the time , t i - on ef t he " • searched the boy, without finding ant ""„eeed e ll Pocock having come up by this time , ' - w dr ri rc , Here, and said he would keep him in e il e s , e ' sn' e , e 6 licemsn should come ; but upon the 11 ",, -- „r iineA.„ ( l to relax her hold of Hore, he scratched v s ' o be r ho drew lore from her hold, when bott e r- t hr"of e e l ' , over a brickwall in the neighul. ooe, o de' in their further progress Here was seen i X oC kr ej - .4 witnessemo give over to a boy in a fiver' e 0 tree, thing like a white glove with loose silver, e u see fee, to tell the boy to divide it between re e(lc es s s e;‘, lll s The witness who gave this last evideoeefore be e p li c e sharp boy for his age ; but it came out 'Y e a t o 0 t,.0 witness box, and the boy was not inclin e th e V i e P o t secret that he had been fourteen days in ti - lee' toP:rt Correction. On being asked how ineni, e siel°sl been before the magistrate, he appearea gi-eer some time, and then by way of somethi n g:W e ' where memory failed him, he said he hou lor Jed 0 . up two or three times, esev,ser hf O This witness, who had seen the gie r j e said, the reason why the postman ha d - t c) tbe ;era glo've and money off him forcibly was, t tt th., 4 04 13 squeezed his hand so closely upon it, ~t";" ees', o llo and the girl were unable to epen it. Tse,'",,ert If o i t e damaged the effect of his evidence on the tg os ti The policeman who took Here into en s u e els 040 Pocock on his way to the stion. Poee e _, - 0 1 , el h e to bully the policeman. lie said Hore t' ho tlO r ot who had robbed the girl ; that the person w,,,,," 5 e1f.. t e1' a boy nearly as big as the policeman 11 710°' this, he added, addressing lore, TorooP 4 , ' me, and I'll stick to you.'r 41° The jury found both Guilty. ee le ' ti J • lore, in considerstion of his yozdh, w — 5 „ r e one year's imprisonment and hard let ~e , o'o Pccock's mother, on hearing the sentet;:! e eel c ' t rt the Court with cries of " Have mercy on,' °: eV /1 : r : ° l l ,l The prisoner himself manifested Muc'',,„ te we'frir protested his innocence. It turned out, I "'t tb e r,o be had been convicted on a former charges L° was recognised as an associate of thiev e ' .err e d y therefore, sentenced to be transported for tillip° tears on hearing this were stanched imtnetit4joe' walked off with great coolness and self-po sse ' - . e ire BO W-STREET.—(THIS William Bradhear, John Bradbear, Biel ° 4 ," v perll` William Wakeville, and Thomas Lidyola answer a charge of creating a disturbaye e t o et s Court, Westminster, and assaulting Ow Court. The charge was originally made col:eepe,4 remanded to this day, the prisoners having " he J t 0 " bail. Thomas Wirtkin Wynne was one of ti."„-$ di on that occasion, and was also remanded, v" now appear. de fe ct Mr. Thomas, the barrister, appeared to prisoners. er ,eriC l , From the statements of the officers, Oro Pinner, it appeared that two of the prisorre r , i , f for; , ), end Wakeville, had been rebuked by HerriPs t ee ; liv, ing with the jury who were trying a cause si t e , o o o ,o 4 Court, and who had retired ill his custodY. t he after this occurred Herrick was waylaid bi 'O r era in the lobby of the Court, and bege t ! the Pinner came to assist him, and pulled out Oil which he carries as a token V his authoritYA stable. The staff was taken from hint, 1113 ` . to Jil dt, ' beaten by the prisoners. iec Opiti A policeman (A 1,) was then sent for, an d e ,O / officers of the Court took the prisoners to t“' house. 0 1 to! Mr. Thomas, on the part of the prison o 7, that he had several witnesses to c all, but es,", 6 0 7 ,0 i Mr. Jardine's intention to se nd th e case to ..„ o "" ac islr he thought it would be o n ly a was t e o f the 1 13- "" time to bring forward any evidence at preset!' c . i ol!, Mr. JARDINE said th a t t hi s was c lean,/ t aggravated assault, w hi c h it wou ld b e his &di `,00 1 ,0 1 a jury. He did not mean that it might not Miler' by the prov oca ti on g i ven , b ut h e cou ld n ot conj.-Iv question at prese n t. N o ev id ence that cool t rr duced would influence him in that respect. th e The depositions were accordingly taken, on loners committed for trial. • --.......„ AA] th, deina "TY,Ti f or t 111 th 11 is 1 P:ep; *IT of tra,