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13, Great Marlborough-street. L ADY HESTER. STANHOPE'S MEMOIRS. SECOND EDITIOff. NOW READY. In 3 vole , with Portrait, 31s. 6(1. bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL, EDITED BY MRS. GORE. :Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE QUEEN OF DENMARK. AN HISTORICAL NOVEL. Edited by Mrs. GORE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13. Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the L b•aries, - in 3 vols., MR. HEWLETT'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, "DI:TICSTER CASTLE," A TALE OF THE GREAT REBELLION. Henry Colburn. Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. In a few days, in 3 vols., W L post Bvo., E LI N O R YLY S, A TILE OF AMERICAN LIFE. Edited by .1. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq., Author of " The Pilot," " The Deenlayer,"&e. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. CORN LAWS.—Now ready, price 25., AN AT CE NWT to ESTIIA'rE the EFFECTS of PROTECTING DUTIES on the PROFITS of AGRICUL TURE. ity JOHN MORTON, F.G.S., Author of "The Nature and Pro,v.rtics of Soiis," Bc.c.; and JOSIILTA TRIMMER, F.G.S., Author of " P r actical Geology and Mineralogy," TRIMMER , James Ridewas', and all Booksellers. -- WAGliOltti TESTIMONIAL. Subscriptions are received by the following Bankers, /sc. : jlessrs. Barclay. Bevan, andrCo., 54, Lembard-street. Siessrs. Cockburn and Co., 4, Whitehall. Messrs. cocks, Blddulph, and Co., 43, Chazing•crose. Messrs. Cootie and Co., 59, Strand. 31essra. Glyn (Sir It. C., Bt.), Halifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard street. Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street. Messrs. Scott (Sir Claude, Bt) and Co., 1, Cavendish-square. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-street. Messrs. Tvrining's, 215, Strand. Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street. Also at Messrs. Grindlay and Co., 16, Cornhlll, and 8, St. Martin's-place, Charing-cross. Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65. Cornhlll. Messrs. W. H. Allen and Co., Leadenhall-street. J. N. Richardson, Esq., 23, Cornhlll. By order of the Committee, 3, Cowper's-court, Cornhlll. JOHN STIKE.MAN, Hon. Sec. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will he repeated a Grand Opera, In three acts, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. PhiMpi ; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarino, Miss Poole. To conclude with the First and Fourth Tableaux of THE MARBLE MA EDEN. In which Messrs. Petite, Pichler, Albert, Mdlles. Adele, Dumilatre, &c., will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, FIAYMARK.EI. THIS EVENING will be produced an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN A• NT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farrell ; Percy Sage, Mr. }lt'd son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymohr. To be followed by WHO'S THF, COMPOSER? The Marquis di Pompolo, Mr. Tilbury; signor Cafarini, Mr. Buckstone ; Filippo, hut ; 'Torino, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with V CABINET QUESTION, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENINO ht repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years A.O. in wttich Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker; Mrs. Yates. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will perform. To he followed b 7 TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma zourkaph,bia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Misc Woodza . Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. I'IIINCESS's IIIEATRE, XFORD-STAEET. THIS EVENING Vill b? perrormA KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macretk - Cordell I, Mrs. Stirling. To he followed by Shakspeare's Play of KATHERINE AND I'ETRI:TH(O. Petruchio, Mr. Wallack ; Katherine, Mrs. Stirling ; Bianca. Miss E Horner. ROYAL OLYMPIC TELEATRB. THIS EVENING Rill he perre7;ed THVI.AST MAN. - 1•%,1), followed by the "avourite Vaudeville of CAPTAIN CHAR LOTTE. In which Mr. Walter Lacey and Miss Kate Howard will Vrforlll. After which, THE RAILWAY KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild ; Sally Slop, Miss Kate Howard. To conclude with TILE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kate Howard ; Momus, Mr. G. Wild. NEW STRAND THEATRE. OPEN EVERY EVENING. M. PHILLIPPE'S Wonders and Chinese Experiments continue to excite universal admiration, aad attract crowded and delighted audiences. In addition to M. Phillippe's most popular feats, the Chiarini ?Amity will appear in a new BALLET DIVERTISSEME"T, in which will be introduced Le Minuet de Louis XV., by lea petite Ctdarinl. !ours open at seven o'clock, to commence at Half-past Seven. Rot Odic* open from Ten till Fire ; Stalls, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; rit, le. Gd. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTLF:Y'S ROYAL AMPIIITHr:ATRE OF ARTS. ,PRO?RtETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be perf)nned THE LAST OF THE BARONS; or, Warwick, The King Maker, ant the Battle of Bernet. An entire chame will take place in the amusements of the arena, introducing Mons. Binie, Mons. Dumos, Mr. Alfred Cooke, Mdlle. Dumos, Mdlle. Hittie, Lupin°, and the Brothers Candler. To conclude with II New Equestrian Drama, entitled STEEL CASTLE. _ . DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TILEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be produced a New Drama, entitled THE BEG) AR'S PE TITION. In which Messrs. Hicks, Shepherd, Cowell, Fredericks, _Mrs. Shepherd, Mrs. H. Vining, Miss Martin, &e., &c., will perfnrm. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled POPPING IN AND OUT, RZY,IICy Madill, Mr. Hamilton. To conclude with WALLACE, The Hero of Scotland. Wallace, 11. !lushes; and supported by the entire Company. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed VENICE PRESERVED. Pierre, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Jatter. Mr. Johnson; Belvidera, Miss Richardson. After which. KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Katherine, Miss Vincent; Petruchio, Mr. Osbaldiston. To conclude with THE FATAL RAVINE. *gun WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIS DAY. .71,' - og • 8 nainnte. after 4 I Evening 25 m in utes after 4 THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, Nov. 18. TEIERZIOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 49; Noon, 53. BAROMETER, 29.38. WIND W.N. IV. ; morning, rain: afternoon, fine. 4 V. . , • :1 • ' 7 O i hr i vt* 4. 7 .4 w e' r•N. C' N q•di. iiltorning 4Ant+ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEJIBER 19 1845. Let the corn-law monopolists make up their minds to this that not one brick of the corn-law robbery fabric will be left unturned in the coming period of national scarcity. The lords and gentlemen who protect themselves, must now look out for no mercy. There hat been hope that the corn-laws were now to be allowed to die, and that PEEL and WELLINGTON were to hold their pall—but this hope has been dashed away. Mo nopoly still holds out, and the besieging army has no alter native but to renew its attack with increased vigour. We see that the League has lost no time in announcing new ar rangements for more extensive operations. Its last year's registration work has gained four counties ; it now aspires to gain more than a dozen more, and what the League says it will do, will be done. The monopolists know that eow• Bristol, Sheffield, Leeds, all the chief manufacturing towns .of Yorkshire, are to hold public meetings. Let Sir ROBERT, if he has been disheartened by his Cabinet defeat, still have hope. The people of England will beat the Duke, who has beaten him. The Duke's victory in the Cabinet will be, like his famous declaration against all Parliamentary Reform, the sure and speedy instrument of his defeat. With the failure of the potato crop, and deficient harvest, which now threatens high prices and starvation during the coming winter, every grain of food wasted or destroyed by the self-protecting clasees becomes important; and the corn destroying tendencies of the game-laws will be viewed much more seriously next year than they were the last. The game lords— those who stifled Mr. BRIGHT'S report last year— have not then been so wise in their generation. We have been led to this subject by a letter in the Times, written by Captain FORBES, who describes himself a Deputy-Lieuten ant and Magistrate for Berkshire, and whose letter does him infinite honour. When famine impends, the case which Cap tain Forums states, speaks for itself:— " I am a freeholder living in the neighbourhood of a mighty Nimrod's game preserves. the effects of which this year (nearly a repetition of last and others preceding) are, that I have been obliged to plough up and entirely re-cultivate twenty-six acres, originally planted with wheat, and five with beans. and to dibble in beans in other land where the wheat was destroyed, which also, together with the rest of my crops, were ruinously damaged. ." This is a year of scarcity. My land being in the highest state of farming would yield, in ordinary seasons, a load of wheat to the acre. Now, at the average of one quarter, or eight bushels per man ( which I believe fair) in this year of scarcity, the bread of so many human beings is destroyed on one Jw.m, not to mention other produce, and this sole y for the . o . 4 nusement of the leisure hours of a powerful neighbour. I think you will agree with me that, with onr increasing peT alation, and the severe competition farmers are exposed t 9 in the markets, it is high time to expunge the game-laws from the sta.4ute-book." As for !be farmers being exposed to competition, what car es the gam eelord for that, ex ce pt as it w ill diminish the rent which he re,"eives; and if he will not consent to a dimie nution of rent for any other reason, will he not for the gratis ticstion of his own pleasures? He protects the farmer, not for the farmer's sake, Nit his own, and will protect him against every one but himself and his own pleasures. There s e e n he a duty on poultry from France or Belgium to protect the Briti:h farmer, but the fanner may do the best he can egst i est the competition of his landlord's game at the pout te,,,e; Never was Khislinese so complete as that of the corn • Lev-upholding game-protecting English squire. F or the pretectioe of the English landlord, the supply of food to the people of England is narrowed, and the English landlord narrows the supply of food still further for his own amuse ment. With a free supply of corn—with the ports open— the game-laws might be let alone. As it is, with famine im pending, all the game prosecutions and all the scurrilous letters of all the GRANTLEY BERKELB ICS in tke kingdom cannot save them. - The position of the French in Africa, and the means for extricating them from countless difficulties, will form the most prominent topics of discussion in the ensuing session of the Chambers. Year after year their affairs have become more and more complicated, and while for a moment they had the prcspect of utterly subduing the indefatigable and enterprising -chief who has so long opposed them, some accident, some out break, or skilful military movement, on his part, disappointed their hopes, and they were again reduced to the mortifying con dition of fighting for their very existence. Latterly affairs have assumed a more serious aspect than airy yet exhibited. The spirit of the natives, and their enthusiasm, called by the THE French writers fanaticism, increase with their difficulties, and they have assumed such a tone of d: fiance, and are so bent on avenging their wrongs, that nothing but the total extir pation of the race will secure the territory to France. What adds to the difficulties in which the French Government has involved itself is, the total want of sympath,y in their system of subjugation, manifested by all other nations. England does not stand alone in this respect. The whole of Germany, Turkey of course, and even Spain and Portugal, and we may add, every civilised and uncivilised state, are opposed to this attempt to eonquer a vast territory by sheer force, by means, too, hitherto unknown in regular warfare, and by acts of vio lence and cruelty, against which the whole of France has indignantly raised its voice. What then are the Chambers to do ? The present force, amounting to at least 120,000 men, is unequal to the contest, and should Ann-EL-KADER suc ceed in rousing the whole population of Morocco to his aid, a result now hardly to be doubted. an army of 200,000 men would barely suffice to keep the bes tile tribes at bay. To conquer them is out of the question. They will not amalgamate with the French ; they prefer death to slavery. They have the sympathy of the world with them ; and as far as any one can judge of future events by present appearances, the conquest of Algeria and Morocco may be declared impossible. The French Chamber of Depu ties have repeatedly refused to vote sums demanded by the Government as absolutely necessary to carry on the war ; but what has been already demanded is a trifle compared with what is in prospect. Another ominous feature in this ill-managed s , :,heme is the demoralisation of the troops. The army is daily acquiring habits of predatory warfare; it is constantly engaged in razzias, which means carrying off men, women, and children, with their herds and flocks, and all the little property necessary for their daily subsistence ; the troops are taught that this is a part of their duty, and like good soldiers, they, of course, obey the orders of Marshal BUGEAUD, or those of his Lieutenant—the notorious PELIS SIER. This is a dangerous habit to infuse into regular troops, and the more so when it is known that in these inroads, razzias, and skirmishes with the Arabs, they are not learning the art of war, which may fit them for meeting European armies—their generals, in fact, will soon forget the regular tactics, and become leaders of di►vioions adapted only to such ignoble achievements. The commotion which is now general in Morocco must add even to present difficulties, and give rise to changes which cannot by any possibility turn out well for the invaders. Hut on that subject we will not enter. We will merely give the French Government and the Chambers a little advice. They have been making war on an erroneous system. It is radically bad, it never can succeed, and the sooner it is abandoned the better. The French nation bas gained glory enough in its battles with the armies of Europe; it can therefore afford to be magnanimous, admit its error, and adopt a plan which would meet with general approbation. Let her withdraw her armies from the interior of the country, confine her operations to the maritime districts of Algiers and Oran, form colonies in these quarters, encourage trade and friendly intercourse with the natives, and thereby establish their dominion by the blessed effects of civilisation. In time the advantages would become .-vident, and her territory in that part of the world would be increased to an extent which all her wealth and her most powerful armies cannot accomplish. The Chambers will be compelled to come to this conclusion at last. It has been but too often our lot to find grievous cause of complaint in the mode adopted by some of the police consta bulary farce in the exercise of that, perhaps too extensive power, which the Act establishing and organising their hod . ) nas vested in them. military discipline, a quasi-military uni form, military indulgences, and a sort of military esprit du corps, all very good things in themselves, may be bad in com bination with a civil municipal establi.hment. The police constabulary of the metropolis appeared to us, from its firs inauguration, to be much disparaged by these military incidents. We much doubt whether its military usefulness is increases by them. We are sure that the consistency of their character with the general system of our old " watch and ward," such as it exhibited prior to the abuses of the last 120 years, is essentially destroyed. Whatever ridicule may have attai hed to the imbecility and ineffectiveness of the watchmen as the have existed since about the period of the Revolution—what ever objections may have been taken to them on account o. those deficiencies, which were but the natural results of their miserable arrangement, wretched pay, and feeble manage ment—it cannot be denied that the system, as we derived it from our Saxon and Norman ancestors, was good in itself, and might have been rendered excellent by better remuneration, better control, and more attention to their morale, on the part of parochial and civic authorities. One advantage of their constitution was that they were not, in virtue of their employment, segregated from their fellow-citizens, but retained,with a community of privi leges, a community of feelings and interests with them. The PEEL Police force is a very questionable, a more than spurious - copy of a French " gendarmerie," wanting its arbitrary power in their excess, indeed, but therefore wanting in at enormous degree in their effectiveness. Not citizens, the are not soldiers either. Nothing could be snore ludicrous than their assumption of the latter character, and their attempts to shell themselves out of the former, were it not for the incessant acts of unnecessary and bruta outrage, to which this motley character, under stood neither by themselves nor their inferiors, is perpetually prompting them. The late " manslaughtei" (as the verdict of the Coroner's jury against an inspector of the force at Chipping Norton mildly terms it) is one oi the most flagrant and unpardonable of all the criminal de linquencies which, year after year, disgrace the annals 0' this " pseudo-military-civil force," and are fast rendering is a public nuisance instead of protection, and one which can not be much longer tolerated by a public of freemen. What an example of respect for the laws, of self-possession. of forbearance, of courage, of humanity, of temper, does the cast of the scandalous and fatal assault committed by the ruffles to whom we allude convey to the tenantry. Poor SLAT-reit. if the account we copy from a provincial paper be correct it its main particulars, was murdered; but if the accused, Non is to have the benefit of the technical construction to b. put on the verdict of the inquest, when put on his trial at assize, we do hope that the facts will be most accurately weighed as well as deposed to. If Norr is innocent, be hi;- gone through the most surprising fatality in the world, it thus killing a man without meaning to do it. If he be guilty, the most signal punishment that ever was inflicted. I for s crime short of "murder" in its legal construction , oug ht to be unhesitatingly inflicted upon him. Madrid journals of the 10th have been received, but we find little in them of interest to the English reader. From all accounts the new tax was levied in Madrid with great punctuality and rigidness. Three days of grace are giver. after which summary processes are instituted against the goods of those who refuse to pay. It was reported that a conspiracy had been discovered at Barcelona. But little business was done in the Funds. The Three per Cents. closed at 35 % for time, and the Debt without Inte rest at VA ; the Five per Cents. remained the same as on the. Bth. Two of the French Government papers contain articles a the prospect of affairs in Algeria and the state of Morocco, from which it is easy to gather that ABD-EL-KADER is mote powerful than ever, that he is idolised not only by his own fol lowers, but generally by the inhabitants of Morocco ; and should the EMPEROR attempt to expel him, or put him down force, a general rebellion against his authority would ensue. The enthusiasm of the people is excited to the highest pitch, and ABD•EL-KADER is regarded as the only Chief in that quarter capable of avenging their wrongs and reconquering the land of Islam. " Advices," says the Epoque, " from Djemma Ghazaouat ir.form us that the occurrences of the latter end of September have made an extraordinary im pression throughout Morocco, especially in the Riff, where tidings of the expedition directed by us against the E3lll in person are impatiently expected. ABD-EL-KADER ' S name is on every lip. All the tribes that hitherto lived in almost a complete state of independence, now ac knowledge him whom they call the prince of believers, and they are ready to march under his banner. The tribes of the west of Algeria that have crossed the Tafna have been re ceived on the territory of Morocco with an enthusiasm Oa• cannot be described. But what is more serious still, is, that the movement in favour of ABD-EL-KADER is spreading with unheard-of rapidity, and that ABDERRNAMAN will most probably be placed in the sad alternative of declaring war against France or of being dethroned. It is not thought that the EMIR has returned to the province of Oran, in hopes of conquering a part of Algeria; he has only wished to strike a terrible blow, the first result of which has been to place at his disposal the larger part of the Oran tribes. General CAVAIGNAC must be informed of these events ; per haps he has entered into communication with the Kaid of OCCIIDA, if the latter have not embraced the cause of ABD EL-KADER. We ought now to have a large carps d'armie on the frontier, for the people beyond the Tafna are so excited that we cannot adopt too many precautions." The accounts in the Journal des Debuts are not more sa tisfactory, and altogether it is evident that Marshal BUGEAUD must fight his battles over again. That paper concludes a long article on the subject in these words : " In the absence of official news, since General Lamoriciere's movement in the direction of Mascara, many reports have circu lated at Oran respecting the steps adopted by Abd-el.Kader, but we find nothing positive in these various rumours. Some state him to be encamped at the guetna of his father, Mahidden, between Bel Abbas and Mascara; whilst others represent him to have re entered Morocco with the view of availing himself of a rebellion said to have broken out against the Emperor Abderrhaman. Al though Tangiers' letters of the 2d of October make no mention of a movement of this nature, there is every reason to believe that a great effervescence prevails in that part of Morocco, extending to the town of Taza and the Riff Mountains unto Ouchda and our frontier. According to a letter from Oran, the Emir's triumph at Sidi Brahim, and the sight of three hun dred French heads, and three hundred prisoners whom he has carried about afar, have kindled the most violent raptures among that barbarian people. Their fanaticism and enthusiasm for the holy war have increased at the aspect of the emigrated Algerian tribes proclaiming that they can no longer live under the yoke of the infidels, and that they have come to implore their brethren to march with them and reconquer the land of Islam. These unfore seen events have produced an excitement which is carried unto delirium. Abd-el-Kader's lieutenants are engaged in procuring cantonments for his tribes in Morocco, in organising a sort of army, and in inspiring a common plan in all these various people, who may ultimately fight and plunder one another, but whose transient concord seems likely to bring back affairs to the point they were at when the battle of Isly to.ik place. The Government of Igo rucco will no doubt be the firs: to understand the very critical po sition in which so confused a movement places it." Several of the journals make comments on a dispatch of UN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 19, 1845 Lord ABERDEEN adixessed to Sir EDMUND LYONS, the British ' Minister at Athens. Lord ABERDEEN very properly declares that in case the convene ion of the 14th September, 1843, is not carried into full effect the British Government, as one of the guaranteed Powers, will insist, as far as concerns itself, upon the strict execution of the engagements stipulated in Article 12 above mentioned, by which Greece is bound to devote her first re venues, before all other engagements, to the payment of the in terest and sinking fund, and to provide for the payment of this portion of the loan before any other claims on the re venue can be admitted. England is supported in this de mand by the Court of Russia, but France, it would appear, takes a different view, and is inclined to support C,onErrm who has violated the engagement. Lord ABERDEEN con cludes his dispatch in these words, the truth of which must be evident even tothe most partial observer : FLol.7l.—Not much doing to day in the market. Prices were at our last quotations—Genesee and Michigan at G dolls. O. There is some talk about sending a minister to 3lexico to demand payment of the delinquent instalments of the in- MONEY and ,CIAL NE WS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) demnity. DANGERS OF MR. POLK'S ADMINISTRATION.-Mr. Polk and his administration, and his Cabinet, and its newspaper organ, are getting into a very dangerous position, and may be upon the breakers before - those at the helm know where There was a good demand for Cotton at Liverpool yester day. The sales were about 4,000 bags, :and the quotations were well supported. 400 bales Maranham sold at 4 1 / d. to Gd. ; 100 Bahia at 6d. ; 100 Egyptian at Gd., and 300 Surat at 2 1 / 2 d. to 3 3 / 4 d. There was an increased business doing in Shares, and prices were looking up. A typographical error in the City article of yesterday ren dered a sentence incomplete. The point to which we di rected attention principally was, that " tons of silver might be sent to the provinces in the shape of coin, to meet the increasing demand, but which, like the ebb and flow of the tide, will be used to pro- mote the prosperity of the millions." Upon a careful review of the returns which was made public yesterday of 1 the account of deposits that have been actually paid upon fresh railway projects, we have every reason to express satis fact ion that the absorption of so large a sum as fifty millions, or thereabouts, from the circulation of the country has led to so limited a depreciation in the quotations of the public secu rities. they are. There is a vast combination of interests throughout the country, comprising all the leaders of the cliques, for the purpose of opposing both Mr. Polk and his organ. The friends of Mr. Calhoun, in the south, are dissatisfied because he was rejected from the Cabinet on the inauguration, atd they will make their opposition from the free trade direction. The friends of Dallas and Buchanan, however, differing amongst themselves in Pennsyl- . vania, are beginning to feel very much dissatisfied with Mr. Polk and his administration, because Mr. Blichanan's removal has been threatened, and they are determined to get up a general convention in favour of a high tariff, and to oppose the policy of Mr. Polk. Then the old office holders of the Tyler dynasty are also in the field. We may also add the friends of Cass in the West, and those of Van Buren at the North. A general coalition, indeed, of all the opposing elements temporarily united in the Bal timore Convention that elected Mr. Polk, now appears to be forming for the purpose of opposing and thwarting him.— New York Herald, Oct. 20. LAKE SUPERIOR MINES.—A correspondent of the Cleve land Herald writes from the Sault St. Marie as follows : " I have seen heading towards this mineral region ex-Cabinet Ministers and Governors, Congressmen and Pro fessors, Bankers and Capitalists, Adventurers, Woodmen and Miners; and I have seen them on their return with their pockets full of rocks.' That this region abounds in ore to an inexhaustible extent, and of a quality vastly superior to any elsewhere discovered, are not matters of conjecture. That this is now positively known, has become a fixed fact,' and that gold and silver also abound, recent explorations abun dantly establish. In this greedy scramble for sudden wealth, in which all men are more or less inclined to engage, some will obtain it, and others will be disappointed ; but the great truth still remains, that the precious metals here abound, and if 'energy and enterprise be only tempered with discretion and perseverance, the efforts of such will be crowned with success. But the existence and locality of this mineral wealth are no new discovery, as is generally supposed; nor are Lake Superior Mining Companies' devices of these modern days. In 1665, Father Allouez heard of the existence of a mass of pure copper' on the southern shore of Lake Supe rior, and searched for it. And as early as 1721, says Char levoiz, the bracelets of the Indians, the candlesticks, crosses, and censors were made for the use of the church, by a gold smith at the ' Soo,' from the masses of pure copper found on the shore of Lake Superior." FROM ORECION.—Within a few days we have read several letters from a gentleman in Oregon, written at the close of the spring, which speak of some suffering in consequence of great freshets, caused by excessive rains during the early part of the season. Lands that had not before been known to overflow were submerged, and a good deal of injury was done to crops and buildings. The same letters speak of the conti nued arrival of emigrants over the mountains. Some of these have suffered much during their journey, particularly the latter part of it, from want of food. Cases are mentioned of e•reat destitution, and one instance of a family not having a particle of food remaining when they reached the settlement. The writers give it as their opinion that persons advanced in !ife should not attempt to pass by land from the States to Oregon. They find unexpected difficulties, and some which their strength cannot surmount. Some of the last emigrants will add energy and strength and moral worth to the present feeble population of Oregon, and there is now a nucleus being formed, which, with discreet management, will give import ance to that fast growing region. The writers speak of the excitement pending the first elec tion for Government officers. Although so far removed, as it may be thought here, from political strife, the citizens of Oregon had their caucus meetings and popular meetings, very much the same as they had been accustomed to in the States. There were two parties, as we have before mentioned—the Hudson's Bay Company, and the American emigrants ; the result was in favour of the latter by a large majority.— commercial Advertiser. "Thirteen years have already paued by since tlse kingdom of Greece was constituted. During this period the three guaranteed Powers have given to the Greek Government repeated and incon testable proofs of their indulgence and interest. But the period has at length arrived when Greece, regularly constituted under the institutions which she adopted freely, by her own choice, must meet her engagements without making any fresh appeals to the allied Powers for assistance. " Great Britain will not interfere in the internal affairs of Greece, because she is not disposed to do so, and because she respects the independence of Greece. It is, however, evident that if Greece desires to free herself from foreign eontrol, she should make every effort to meet her pecuniary engagements, without having recourse to the assistance of the guaranteed Powers." The Journal des Debuts says the remarks of his Lordship on Coucrri's Government may perhaps be too severe, and the SW•cie admits the right of England to demand payment, but, " England was not moved for one moment by all the disorders which were committed in ',Greece when the affairs of that country were under the direction of the leader of the English party, M. MAVILOCORDATO. She would still give her self but little uneasiness about the matter if the Minister who replaces M. M&VROCORDATO were ar.y other than M. CoLErrt. It is supposed that M. CoLErri is well disposed towards France, and hence, all the intrigues got up against him under the protection of England. It will be demander( of M. GUIZOT in the Chambers what he has done for the protection of Greece against the manoeuvres of our pretended allies." The papers of Sunday announce that the Duchess D'AU3LkLE was safely delivered of a son, at Saint Cloud, on Saturday evening. He is the eleventh grand-son of LOUIS PHILIPPE, and has been created Prince of CoNDE. Little business was done at TOATONI'S on Sunday. Some transactions took place in the Three per Cents. at 82f. 35c The following are the quotations of shares at Marseilles and Lyons : MaasEtuzs, Nov. 12.—Marseilles and Avignon, 945 f. ; Boulogne, 542 E 50c. ; Vierzon, 708 f. 75c. ; Orleans aud Bor• Beaus, 612 f. 50c. LYONS, Nov. 14.—Marseilles and Avignon, 957 f. 50c. Paris and Orleans, 1,155 f. • Paris and Rouen, 962 f. 50 c , Orleans and Vierzon, 7 0 2 f. 50c. I.ISINESS DONE IN FORT LONDON STOCK E 3 Anglo-Belgian 3 \ 3oulogne and Amiens. 10 3ordeaux &Mediterran, .lordeaux and Toulouse Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Do. ( Mackenzie's) '..",entral of Spain .. — Ceylon . Demerara )endre Valley ... Dutch Rhenish ...... 8 Dieppe & Paris Janet. Dijon and Mulhouse ... East Indian ........2% Fampoux & Hazebrouk 'llrt Northern of France Constituted 14% Do. Pepin le Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons — Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada 2 1 / 2 Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Do. North Midland — Do. Extension Jersey '4ouvain and Jemeppe 2 l /s .yons and Avignon — raucembourg Aadrid and Valentia — There are not any Colonial arrivals in the City to-day. Consols for the Account have receded from 96% to 96, and for Money, from the reaction, has been precisely the same. Money has become more plentiful. Exchequer-bills advanced early in the morning to 275., but are now at 245. to 255. premium. The value of Bank Stock has risen to 205. This is an improvent of 5 per cent. within week. The Reduced Three per Cents. and the Three• and-a Quarter per Cents. are a shade lower than they were yesterday. The Foreign Funds have not been in much demand to-day. Belgic Five per Cents. have fallen from 97 to 96 ; Brazilian have advanced from 82 to 83 ; the Portuguese Converted aro firm at 58; the Spanish Three per Cents. at 38w. The Dutch Four per Cents. have fluctuated from 94 to 94%. l'he Share Markets have been flat to-day. The accounts from the provincial markets are, however, rather more satis factory. It is fully expected that the Directors of the Bank of Engl.nd will further advance the rate of interest to 4 per cent. ON enicEs OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. sank Stock 204 205 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 6 14% 96 Sew 3 1 4 per Cents. 9 7 14 9674 ~one; Annuities toexnireJan.lB6o 10 7-16 9-16 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account - 95% 96 xchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 / 2 d. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small CLOSING PRICES 205 94% 10 9-16 105%, 95 96 pm. 26 pm. 27 pm. 24 ONE 'RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account — Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted 5B 58 CLOSING PRICES 83 ;;IGN RAILWAYS AT THE :CIIANGE, Nov. 17. Namur and Liege North Jamaica ... Orleans and Vierzon 17 1 A Orleans and Bordeaux 1 i Over Yssel ... 2% Paris & Lyons ( Laffitte) 3 Ditto (Ganneron's). Ditto (Calote's).... - Ditto (Sud Est) Paris and Orleans...- — iParis and Rouen . Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's) Do. (Aymard's) 23 Do. (Compte de L' Est) 2.) E Paris and St. Quentin 2'A Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain — Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Basle Tournay,Jurbise, Lan dent, and Hasselt — Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) 5 Do. ( Lefebvre's) Do. (O'Neill's) Verona and Ancona—. West Flanders Ditto, 4 per Cent Ditto Account Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account Ditto, Accu Ditto 3 per Cent. ..... — Ditto, Account 3 8 14 Belgian 4 1 , per Cent. 97 96 Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 94 1 4 94 91% PRICES OF PAID . BUSINESS DONE CLOSING AILIVAY SHARES AT ONL O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% — Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% Belfast & County Down Bideford andTavistock... 1% Birrnin. and Gloucester. 100 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL. SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 27. I,3oo'dolls. N Y 7s, 1869 .......... 105 20,000 Ohio 6s, 1856 5,000 Penn 5s 75 171 4,100 Ohio, 1860 / 1,600 Ohio 6s, 1860 2,000 by 6s 2.000 Read'g Bds, 'SO 50 Merch Ex Bk 100 Morris Canal 50 US Bk .. 5 1 , - 4 7 24 City Bk N 0 20 Mer and Tr Bk N 0 ... 651 50 Canton 50 Harlem 1)10 65 200 Nor and Wor ... b6O 76 50 Erie Rd ..• 34 % 50 Wilmington Rd Co ............•.. 351 100 L Island ...... ........... opg b3O 74 . 100 Reading Rd 50 Stonington s6o 34k /2 250 East Boston Co. ...» SECOND BOARD. 40,000 State 7s, '49 • 105% 40 Canton .. - b3O 45 50 Far Loan b3O 33y, 150 Nor and Wor b2 77 1 / 50 Stonington blO 35% 150 Morris Ditto New 174 — Birmingham and 0)1.- ford Junction Boston, Stamid, & Birm. 22a — p Bridgewater & Minehead Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... Bristol and Liver. June Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 4q 00. New Cambridge and Oxford l% — Canterbury and Dover.. I Central Kent Chelmsford and Bury ... 1% — Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltewham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction..... 5 Cork Blackrock, and _ _ AMERICAN NEWS. MPORTANT FROM THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN. LIVERPOOL, TutsDAY ►MORNING, ONE o'CLocx. This noble vessel, whose arrival has been so anxiously ex pected for some days past, reached the Mersey about an hour sgo, having been towed over the bar, and up to her moor ings in the ebbing dock. On her way up the river she gave - totice of her approach by frequent discharges of cannon, and t brilliant display of rockets, all of which, at the still and 3 , iletnn hour of midnight, had a grand and pleasing effect. tnd surprised many who were not aware of the cause. The Great Britain sailed from New York on the 28th ultimo, gut was obliged to use sail entirely for the last fortnight, as :.he "screw" appears to have been carried away, at least no ess than five of the fans thereon. The weather throughout he voyage is reported as being unprecedentedly rough and infavourable—so that taking everything into consideration, although the voyage has been rather a lengthened one, it it ievertheless in some respects satisfactory, and speaks well or the sailing powers of the ship when under canvass. She brings 21 passengers and a pretty heavy mail. We have eceived our files of New York papers of the 23th, LATEST FROM BUENOS AYRES. FALMOUTH, Nov. 16.—The Hamburgh barque Laura and Louisa, Captain Mareks, arrived here this morning from Buenos Ayres, having sailed from that city on the 19th September. Prior to her departure, letters had been received by the mercantile establishments in Buenos Ayres, from Ainite Video, earnestly intreating them, on the recommenda tion of Mr. Ouseley, to wind up their concerns, even at a sacrifice, in consequence of measures which would most likely be taken by the English and French. All intercourse be twain the opposing parties had been stopped. Colonia had been taken by the united forces on the 31st August without bloodshed ; and a small garrison had been landed, but the Buenos Ayrean troops were only a short distance from the town. The last packet which had brought the mails to Buenos Ayres, from Rio de Janeiro, had sailed immediately, without waiting for any returns from Colonia. .I(eneral Paz had commenced active measures in Corrientes, in opposition to' the Argentine Republic, and it was consi dered he would be assisted as far as possible by the British and French authorities. Kosas was exerting himse l f to make oldiers of the entire male population, from the age of sixteen to sixty, and seemed determined to offer every resistance to :he proceeding of the united Governments. His conduct was (s arbitrary and tyrannical as ever, and his hatred of the English so marked, that most persons were of opinion lie was cognizant of, and even sanctioned, the murder of the English family, to prove to Mr. Ousely the indifference with which he viewed any alliance with England, and what might be ex pected in the event of any hostilities being come to by the British residents. It was calculated that the English and. French inhabitants of the city and suburbs could not fall short of 12,000 persons, and in case the merchants broke up their establishments, they would have to sacrifice everything from the poverty and hostility of the people, who were kept by Rosas in thorough ignorance of the real state of affairs between himself and the two Powers, and the most extrava gant fabrications and li es were circul ated to engender en mit y of feeling to the Englis h and French. P rovi s io n s would be g t eertdt of ver yict te scanty y os arnongthe squadron, by the severe Ayreanin- Government. Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... Cu-nw all Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir and Leicester l l4 2 Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby .. ...... Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford — Direct Manchester , ( Remington's) Ditto (Rackstriek's) 5 Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh 1A..... Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway... _ 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% Eastern Counties 141. 16s 20% 21 20%... Ditto New 41. 16s. 6% p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1—.61. 13s. 4d — p Ditto ditto, No. 2 ..21. 13s. 4d... % p EastDereh'm andNoech 1 Eastern Union _ 20 .. icing seven days later than those brought by the Rochester. Che news contained therein is of an important character, es .ecially with reference to the Oregon question, on which the 'cew York papers are beginning once more to bestow whoi.- olumns of heavy matter. In one of these it is stated that \lr. Polk will take a stand in the Oregon matter in accord _I lie e with the opinion he has already expressed in his oaugural address, and that nothing less than the whole terri ,ry will satisfy him. It is further stated that the President as refused the offer of leaving the matter to a third party, trid that that refusal will be communicated to the British Go ernment by the letters sent per the Great Britain. On this .object the New York Herald says,— CBE OREGON QUESTION —POSITION OF MR. POLK'S Ditto, Quarter Shares 2 1 % — Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 114 — Do. Exten'ntoNorw'h 2 1 , Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 East Lincolnshire East & West of England 2 1 4 cdinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 70 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 ,4 2 — Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 Enniskillen and 6ligo 21/ 2 Essex and Suffolk .. Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2 3 / 4 Gloue., Aberystwith, and Central of Wales 1%...... Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction ...100 Ditto llal f Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union l% •••• ..... Great Eastern &Western 2% GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Munster.... ..... ... 2 1 / ./ 2 G North of Scotland Great 2% •••.•• ..... Great North of England..loo 215 ..... ... Ditto New 5 — Do. New ... ........ 2 .;reat Western BO ..... Ditto 14 Shares 5O — Ditto 4 Shares 2 l /i l 6 l /2 Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2 1 / 2 ... .. Harwich Hull and Selby 5O Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Irish North Midland l% — Isle of Axliolme ..... . 2% 3 l /2 Killarney Junctions — Kendal and Windermere 1 1 / 2 L ,ncaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and . West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. — p.. ... ........ Leicester and Bedford... 22s % p Leicester and Tam worth 425. — p Li verp. and Mauchester.loo ... .. Do. 1 / 2 Shares Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. Lpool., 31nchstr, & New castle:Junction London and Birmingtunloo 217 215 Do. Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ...... 14 (4 — London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d Do. New Ditto Extension Londm‘ and !Brighton— 50 621,4 61 3 4 62 1 4 61% Do. consolidated 8 ths 35 ...... Ditto, Sixths - — London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 22 ..... ••••• Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 8 Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford __. _ _ London and Greenwich 12115 s Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d 22 London, Hounslow. and Western Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d — ••• Do. New Consol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New London & South Essex —•— •••••••' .oadon and York London and Windsor ... 1 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ...... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... -.......- 2 1 4.-- •••• Londonderry& Coleraine 5 ...... Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 — Manchester and Leeds... 76 Ditto ► , .f, Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Sixteenths ... 414 - Manchester and Birmin. 40 , 69 3 4 69 ex n. Do. Quarters 4 ...... 11 ex.n.... ..... Do. New Quarters Do. Continuation and \Velsh Junction Manchestcr,Buxton,and Matlock 425...... • 4 3 1 / 1 p... Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction Manchester and Rugby Direct Manchest. &Southampt. 2 ...... 3 1 / 2 3 / 1 NlAland 100 145 146 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby...loo ll 4 l /2 115... Midld. & East. Counties Midland Great Western (Irish) Do. Extens. to Sligo 2 3 /4 — ..... Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 57% Do. New Brandling... 15 Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Junction... 1 Newport & Abergavenny 2IA Sew Ross and Carlow.. 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2% — Newark, Sheffield, and Boston North British Do. ' New ... ..... ..... I North Devon... Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scnp Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2%.... 3... 3 14 North Staffordshire-- 425....... 43% p 3% P North Wales North and South Wales and 'Worcester — •••.•• Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New 1 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% — Nottingm., Erewsh•Val lev. and Manchester 1% — ... — Nottir l .gham and Mans- 21 1 / .i 115 field — — — Oxford, Gosport, Ports. mouth, & Southamptn 426. — Oxford and Worcester... 12 1 , 1 7 14 17 Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Perth and Inverness ... 2 1 .' 2 Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ...... Portsmouth Direct 3 3 /4 4 3 /4 Preston and Wyre Do. 1 ,4 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby and Huntingdon 2 — Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick — Scottish Central Scottish Midland l% — ••• . _ _ Sheffield & Manchesterloo Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 1,.... . 4 3 / 4 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union _ _ _ _ Shrewsbury & Hereford 2 5 8 — Sligo and Shannon l yB S o mersetshire Midland _2% ..... South Devon 2 s— South Midland 42a....... 44 3 3 / 4 p South Staffordshire June. 212 South Eastern & Dover 33! 2a 4d 36 IA 7i, Do., No. 1 571; Do., No. 2. 1)o., lie. 3 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 2 ...... St. Alban's, Hatfield ,and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond,.. 1 Staffordsb. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 ..t.iith Wales ... 2 1 / 2 4 1 % 3 /4 Tean and Dove Valley 1% — ... ...... ... .. Trent Valley Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Vale of Neath ..... Warwick & Cheltenham 2% •• Waterford and Kilkenny 3 -.— Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley 2 Welch Midland Kest Cornwall ..... 11j West Yorkshire %Vest London,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties Nexford and Carlow Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey qh 2% mou, Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ... 1%..... Worcester and S. Wales 425. Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto. New 'A • • • York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 York and Lancaster 2% York & South Connecting — York and North Midland 50 — Ditty 1 / 2 Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do Selby 2O Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 .. Boulogne and Amiens 8 .., Bordeaux & Mediterran 2 .. Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 .. Do. (Espelete's) Calais, !Dunk, and West .. _ - ~ 9 3 / 4 % , 10 ~ 13A Flanders Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara 2 lh •• Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish East Indian... ..... .... ss. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 .. Great North. of France Constituted 5 •• Great Paris and Lyons 2 ~ Great Western Bengal 54.., Great Western Canada 3 14 ~ Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 ~ Jamaica North Midland 1 . Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ~ Lyons and Avignon 2 I axembuurg 4 Madrid and Valentia 2 Namur and Liege North Jamaica 1 . Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux 6 . Over Yssel 413 s 4d. Paris &Lyon,(Laflitte's) 2 . Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) 3 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 . Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2 . Paris and Orleans 2O . Paris and Rouen .. 2O . Paris and Strasbourg (Gann.,ron's) 2 . Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 Ditto ( 2 1 4. Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan dent, and Hasselt 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) Verona and Ancona—, 3 West Flanders ...... 4 .• • - .. 14 _ %.. • ...• 7 Y B% ._ .. 2% ~. 13% Real dcl Monte Unregd. 18 10%:% lO% ~. 2 1% dis dis 1% JOINT STOI Provincial of Ireland ... 25 . COURSE OF EXCHAT Amsterdam CF. 12101 Ditto, at sight l2 7 Rotterdam 2U. 12 11 Antwerp 26 15 flamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Marseilles 26 10 Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on Maine 1221 Petersburgh, 3Us — Berlin Vienna, effee. 8 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36A Cadiz Bilbao — Barcelona Seville ... 2 1 4 ... 2 1 4_ 21/2...... .•• -- ... 41/i ''.. ••••e 000000000 ICK BANKS. 46%.. ......... 46% [GE.—(YESTERDA I.) Ltghorn 3O 75 Genoa Milan . Venice ....... Naples 39i Palermo, per 0z....., 1191 Lisbon . . Oporto, •.. ...... 52i Rio Janeiro .. Bahia . Buenos Ay, ns N ewTork,2l dys sight, Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OR. Foreign Gold. bars. E-3 17 9 Porta6nl Gold Coin 3 17 5 .New Doubloons.-- 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars ... 0 0 0 We are sorry to learn that the youthful family of Viscount and Viscountess Villiers are suffering from au at tack of scarlet fever. NEW CHURCH AT BIRCH, LANCASHIRE.—St. James's Church, at Birch, is a very elegant structure in the early English style, and is in every respect a striking in stance of the present tendency in church building. The esti mated cost is 3,5001., but this is exclusive of the spire. It will accommodate 700 persons, 400 of the sittings being free. The design is by Mr. Derick, of Oxford. The plan consists of a nave and aisles, with the tower at the southwest angle, a chancel, a chamber for the organ in the position of a north aisle to the chancel, and a sacristy, north of the chancel. At the west end will be a large double window, surmounted by a quatrefoil, and in the aisles will be double windows. At the east end will be a triplet, and a rose window. The cleres tory will have windows and arcades. The proportions of the parts, throughout the whole church, are excellent, especially in the piers and arches. The roof is an open timber one, of very good design. All the arrangements of an old G othic church will be here reproduced; and there will be sedilia, credence-table, and piscina (?) When quite completed, there will be a considerable amount of decoration; and it seems a judicious proceeding to provide for future decoration, by leaving blocks of stone, which may be carved into bosses, and corbels. as opportunity may arise—The Builder. THE HERRING FlSHERY.—Providence is still bles sing this part of the western coast with unexampled success in the herring fishery. On Thursday night the largest take yet had was made near Mutton Island , w ithin a mile of the harbour, and the joy of the poor fishermen is extreme. We know not if other portions of the coast have been equally favoured, but the finest field is open at present for the pur chase of herrings in this market. —Galway Vindicator. ADMINISTRATION. From the intimations given forth in the organ of the President it Washington, and also in the newspapers throughout the great zities, there seems to be little doubt now that the President is de -ermined to stand by the position he assumed on the Ore;on ques •ien in his inaugural address, and that he will consider the title if the United States to the whole territory as unequivocal and un. _ . questionable. This impression of the intention of the Presiden as to his future course of action, is strengthened from the s fumour that he has rejected a proposition that was made to him, and made a second time, by the present British Minister at Washington. It will be recollected chat Mr. Calhoun, during the time which he rccupied as Secretary of State, rejected all overtures relative to an arbitration, or a mediation of the question covering the rights of the United States to the Oregon territory. The corre 2ondence which passed between Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Pakenham, it that time, is now in the possession of the Government at Wash. •ugton, and will, most probably, be communicated to the next Congress, as part of the documents accompanying the President's Message. We have received positive information of the character •4f that correspondence, and that it takes the highest and most in tependent ground on the Oregon question—a ground which now ,ippears to have been adopted, in every feature, by Mr. Polk, while the same rumours indicate that Mr. Buchanan, the present Se •retary of State, was in favour of a more conciliatory and less .ndependent course. This Oregon question, shaped and tormed as it is now believed to be by the present Ad. •ninistration, will probably form one of the smut important sub jects of discussion at the next session of Congress, and will create a great deal of controversy both in this country and in Europe. If the President assume the highest and most inde. isendent ground, declaring the rights of the United States over the whole territory to be unquestionable, we have not a doubt that the western and southern, and a large portion of the other States, will pass resolutions terminating the joint occupation by giving a year's notice, and proceed to organise that into a regular territory. A position of this character would unques tionably produce a great deal of excitement in the British Government and amongst the British people, but we do not apprehend that any serious difficulty could grow out of it affecting the present relations of the two countries. England, ever since the States repudiated, has been voiding her spleen in a variety of ways through her newspapers and her journals, and fre quently in the Houses of Parliament. But we possess a power over the Government and people of that country, which is a sort of bond and mortgage on their peaceable behaviour—we mean the cotton market—the monopoly of the cotton market—which is now made still more certain than ever by the annexation and possession of Texas. The passage of a law, organising the whole of the terri tory of the Oregon into an appinage of the United States, might create a great effervescence in England and appear to stimu late them to hostile measures; but such a result will never take place in the present commercial relations of the two countries. Yet there will be a flare-up and a great deal of noise, and vast goods of invective, and fulmination of all manner of anathema of the British press, with a double dose of the same materials and the same charges which have characterised the attacks upon us during the last five years. But we need not care for all that while we are going on prospering and to prosper. In the meantime, we may prepare for a great excitement in Congress and throughout the country, growing out of the position of the President on this im portant question. The disagreement in the Cabinet on the subject of the tariff and other important matters was still current. On this subject we find the following in one of the papers be fore us:— Ton EIPItcTED CABINET EXPLosioN.—There seems to be a general expectation in the public mind, judging from the newspaper press, that the present Cabinet of Mr. Polk cannot long remain without an explosion and recomposition of some kind. It is very true that the organ of the President at Washington affects to be very positive and very certain that ne President and Cabinet ever lived together in such harmony as the present. But the very ♦iolnet denunciations which proceed from the organ relative to the rumours of disunion and explosion rather tend to produce a convic tion contrary to that 'anticipated and desired. Every rational mind is, indeed, persuaded that there exists some irreconcile able differences of opinion between the President and the members of his Cabinet. It is now generally believed that there is a differ ence between the President and a portion of his Cabinet, not only on the tariff, but also en the Oregon question, and that those who differ from lsimare Mr. Buchannan, Mr. Marcy, and Mr. Bancroft, the others siding with him. It is very evident, from the move ments ot a certain portion of the democratic party in Pennsylvania, in relation to the tariff, that Mr. Thichannan's friends, if they are gnided by his opinions, are very hostile to the present position of the Administration. Notwithstanding all that the Washington Union may say to the contrary, we are prepared to see a recon struction of the Cabinet before six months have elapsed. Will the organ positively declare that such a thing will not take place ? CorroS Team—There has been very little change in this market since the departure of the steamer on the 16th inst. Prices have declined a fraction in consequence of the unfavourable accounts from Europe by the last arrivals, but the stock in market is so very limited that the transactions have been without much change, having for the past month been only to a very moderate extent. Assize. —A few sales of pots were made at 3 dolls. 874 ; pearls, 4 dolls. 12i. Corrow.—The market was very quiet to day, and the sales re. ported do not amount to 300 bales. Prices exhibit no change. THE RIVER PLATE. By the Columbus, Captain Gun, which has arrived at Liverpool from Pernambuco, the following intelligence re lative to the affairs of the River Plate has been received. The annexed is a copy of the decree of the Buenos Ayrean ; CHARGED WITH THE rllt,, Go. Government, EnN 31 z dated N r OF August ilu E N 2 07 s , I A B y 4 s it E : FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE AFFAIRS OF THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION. " In consequence of the unwarrantable and hostile proceed ings of the naval forces of her Britannic Majesty, and of his Majesty the King of the French, against those of the Argentine Confederation, and of the continued aggressions of the former against the Republic, as well as to prevent the consequences which may arise out of such proceedings, which the Government is generally anxious to avert, it has decreed— • "Art. 1. Every species of communication, direct and in direct, with the vessels.of her Britannic Majesty and his Majesty the King of the French, with this port, and with the coast of this Republic, is strictly p - ohibited. "Art. 2. The violation of the foregoing resolution will be punished in the manner in which the Government may con sider expedient to the circumstances of the case. " Art. 3. Let this be published and inserted in the official Register." Letters from Monte Video of the 9th of September, state that Mr. Gore Oueley was recommending to the British merchants there to intimate to their correspondents in Buenos Ayres that it would be desirable to withdraw from Buenos Ayres as early as possible, as events might ultimately occur that would preclude them from doing so. EGYPT. PRESENTATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S PORTRAIT TO THE VICEROY. CAIRO, Ocr. 24.—This day the presentation of the Queen of England's portrait to his Highness, Mehemet Ali Pacha, took place. As soon as the Viceroy learnt that her most gracious Ma jesty had directed that her portrait should be presented to his Highness, he expressed the liveliest satisfaction, and even de layed his departure from Alexandria several days, hoping that it might arrive by the steamer Great Liverpool; but it only reached that port on the 21st inst., by the Iberia, having been sent to Malta by a special messenger, and was instantly for warded here. Its official presentation has just taken place, by Col. Barnett, her Majesty's Consul-General and political agent, attended by Mr. Warne, her Majesty's Consul at Cairo, and the principal English residents. The deputation was received by the Viceroy with military honours, all the great officers of state being present. The portrait was placed in the Viceroy's hands by Colonel Barnett, who at the same time made an ap • propriate speech. His Highness received the gift standing, kissed it, raised it to his head , p laced it on his own throne, and then sat down below it. He expressed to Colonel Barnett, through the chief Dragoman, the he irtfelt gratification he experienced on the occasion, assuring him that he had always felt the highest regard for England, and that it was his con stant desire to do everything in his power to retain her friendship and good opinion. The Viceroy on this occasion made several promotions in ' his military and civil services. The Viceroy has just been compelled to issue an order,*pro hibiting for the present the export from Egypt of any "kind of grain, in consequence of the crops generally being ex tremely short, so that it becomes necessary in a wise ruler to take effectual measures to retain in his own territory sufficient sustenance for the people lie rules over, to pre vent excessively high prices, or perhaps even the evils of a famine. THE EARL OF GRANVmr.s.—We learn from the accounts received in town, on Monday, from Roehampton, ' that the Noble Earl continues in much the same state of healt h. The eclipse of the moon, on Thursday night, was observable with great distinctness in Paris. The moon was placed not far from Jupiter, in the part of the heavens where the most brilliant constellations are found, such as Taurus, Orion, and Castor and Pollux. A little after ten o'clock, the planet became as if covered with a thick vapour ; at nineteen mintes past eleven, the disc began to be covered, and the shadow of the earth continued to advance on it until within two minutes to one in the morning. Eleven-twelfths of the moon were obscured, and the remaining slight segment gave forth a very uncertain light. By degrees, the earth's shadow pas,ed on, and in the space of an hour there were successively seen the various phases of the crescent, the first quarter, and the full moon. At twenty seven minutes past two, the real eclipse had ceased, but the effect of the penumbra lasted until nearly three o'clock—Galignani, aye 58 57% 28% GO% 9-0/2 2 0 ih 6 '44 P - r % P 1 / 2 P -r Ys P 13 43 / 4 215 24% 61% 21 1 4 69xn Hxn Mfl 1 counT Ci.I . !,CIPLAR . WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen w ill hold a Priq el. ell on Thursday next, the 2 0 th inst ., at the Castle. 4 Council will be beard at half-past two o'clock. Her Majesty, companied by her Royal Higaded ihness the Princess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, promenn ' vicinity of the Castle sons , time this morn ing- an Their Royal Highnesses the Pri nce of Wales d 1 11 1 ; Princess Royal were taken their early morning airings il l ! - wounds around the Castle. At half-past twelve o'clock her Majesty Consort, and their Royal Highnesses the Pi inc and grin of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, attended by Lady Portma n ' , Madame Angelet, left the Castle in the char-a-bzne, to 01 1 visit to her Roval Highness the Duchess of lun cheonG locester Richmond Parli, where the n.yal party partook of de. with the:Royal Duchess,andafterwards returned to the Cas and her 95511 Lord Charles Wellesley was in attendance on horseback. Sir Henry Wheatley left the Castle to-dar. . iis In the afternoon the Prince of Wales, the Princess RO and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing. nistle His Royal Highness Prince George arrived at the ,"-- this afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty . Viscount Hawarden as arrived at the Castle, and has sue, ceeded Lord Byron as h the Lord in Waiting to the Que e e de d and Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncouabe has su I v c i r ee litig Major-General Sir Frederic Stovin a s the Groom in al to her .Majesty. The royal dinner party this evening Will Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady An na Dawson, and the Baroness de Speth. tide d The • band of the 2d regiment of Life Guards attended ids during dinner. Her Majesty's private band aft ervi attended at the Castle. includeij LI -------- vest i sl ..,is Royal Highness Prince George left torn]. Ye s afternoon for Windsor Castle. 11-gs t ' Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in Whiteha :, ff rag''' . dens yesterday afternoon, from Drayton Manor, Sta- - 2 cow The Earl of Lonsdale bad an interview tai ue,4deace cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his °fac r-- in Downing-street. e re me et. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England ha ere ore ing yesterday at the office in Whitehall -pl a ce. 111 present the Bishops of London, Ely , and R o chester . ds lso Dispatches for the Governor - Gener al of Canada, anocest for the Governors of the other North American Pro were sent off last evening from the Colonial -office- --- PRINCESS'S THb'ATlll:‘•, tbas One of the moat artistically-constructed drannucell has been represented for years, was last night k r °,,,ari at this theatre, under the title of Ihe l'„ i J ii se , lady, too, made her debut in the characters f 941 0 ii ncl the heroine, her first appearance on the ag e ' flo est' unlike most young ladies who make their " first •rr ol osi since on the stage," the young lady in question the accomplished artiste, possessing every reqisi,te,O:loce:, stage—a good person, a powerful well-n.°(llo' f stor graceful action, and a thorough knowledge °loll business—indeed, it is with great difficulty tbstues•li_., persuade ourselves that this is " her first BPP ea i e the stage." If it be so, hers is certainly the promising debut since the days of Parini jewellbi e ; The plot is very simple. Andrie a w orkini as (Mr. Wallack), has brought up two gir li; c i Sit daughters, Blanche (the youn debutante). on chette (Mrs. Stirling). He is an old soldier eisl3' Empire, and the two girls were born i i . ll ; , One of them is the daughter of 1 "" IC J meal, confided to his wife to nu rse log (11 .; general is killed at Waterloo, his wife htS4 a short time previously in giving birth to his who is confided to Andrei wife to nurse. urifroslAy turn from Waterloo, Andii receives a letter O, wife, stating that she will join him in Paris on° da b eb day. Night comes, she arrives not ; still she comes not. Andr6 sets off in sear e ,"o o ::l At an auberge he finds the corpse of his been murdered by a marauding band of C°.55,1010'.10 the two infants. He knows riot which is lo• and therefore he adopts them both. The 9 womanhood. Blanche falls in love with than tr' n d Leigh Murray) the son of Trenquet (Mr. Gr a A b i 1, 0 7,4 jeweller ; the other falls in love with the Dnel - 0 ft, The Marchioness D'Orville (Mrs. Fosbroke),ll:4-j'a r .. „er the revolution has emigrated to Russia, a rriv es to be present at the marriage of the Due ,-- d oog ib s Her daughter bad married Andr6's genere i, ro . S 1 these girls is her grandchild. She demenusA it grandchild should be delivered up to her, i t - 007, 0 1' this juncture that the action of the play o pt' she calls upon Andre and questions bite rageous in his denunciation of the unfeeling'x..:e; sbe„oo who had left her daughter toperish becau f 010" formed a misalliance with the soldier of lb e / e li cit) I : I :1 She demands her grandchild. Andre c laitos "os, as his ; and Wallack's acting in this seel i . e °ls fine. He knows not which to give ":1A them both alike—they are both his ch re is the themeantime Trenquet has ot 613ri tc 0111 ;0 of real state of affairs, end he atece 07 ninto hasten the marriage between his sou 611 1 e t ? believing that she is the heiress. The 1 34 ',f, t - r i cli e 'i contract a marriage for money, and poor v" Ley au desespoir. Trenqu et hastens the ma rrieg e t he sP,r tb Blanche and his son ; but the Marehiones ; em time, gets an injunction from the Court agOlia riage proceeding, and poor Andre is ehlige ti' l the girls acquainted with the real state of ""eo' leaves it to them to decide who shall quit hit,' 0 S l l O OO will consent ; they leave it to him. Ile able to decide ;he loves them both. The isr l 19 threatens to have him arrested, and Blanche tt !, o 04 1 the Due de Lauzac, demanding tl' hi s prole I•As father and her sister. Andre tr:kes this let s , - sr? Due, who immediately breaks off hi s i n tettd e "vo l g e lti .j and promises to protect Andre and b i° • tY, In the meantime the Marchioness discefe;: isfir, from her daughter to her husband, the t ej i ", her child is marked with a violet, "re?: of Napoleon. Thus she is enabled t % 0" Blanchette as her grand daughter. 13 1411 c e r t rod Blanche a rich portion, which enables 7A united to Armand, and with Blanche a l ly JO, Andre is for the future to live, Blanchette9,ool7ol ried to the Due, promising to visit Andr; Nef, but, as Andre pathetically says, "It is ll ° ; a t. with me." The Andr6 of Wallack is Pe r ' . Kr has the kindheartedness, the jovial cer ele t ' s • F A sti l l i e r utter abnegation of self, the pure, the psti le ; le feNieJ" which distinguishes the old moustache frettl,o-oiSPc created being, been more beautifully', r oore l'fart e : d l lineated. The domestic drama is Wallae lc YleseA his Andre is certainly his greatest • e'' t that line—it is superior to his Mar ti , e.f, k i The debutante was admirable as Bi a t . a b sc r n orki Yates, in her palmy days, could - not 119 ',, - ne ' character better; indeed, we know of n° hd e t stage who could have surpassed this yoneg PA' has a bright and brilliant career before her' e gsr ag l cess was complete ; not only complete esd;ott°;lro one character, but it must have been e l s se 6 one who saw her last cyeling. that she Pe,% se p ioi , Fl which only require an opportunity of er g - s iolijo a r o secure the highest position in her Plr e , - ifil Stirling, too, was excellent. Indeed, the onelSr enira l dy cast throughout; and it will 1:1 " 6 - at crowded houses fur tLe season, but becettle A ra. 1 0' LLOYD'S SHIPP11';000 r i Lo)mos, Nov. 18.—Wind this day at '-- t, • light breeze and cloudy. rer l° Pli rail, DEAL, Nov. 17.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd- -01,4 more, Sydney, New South Wales; Borderer' j oan!: 1 , rara ; Constant. Broderick, Prince Edward's-pe, tude, Forrest, St. John's, New Brunswick ; „-` ri i 1 )" Wallace, Quebec ; Faithful, ditto. Arrd. 'lO Nov, 17, Copy, Covet, River Gambia; Joho Jamaica; Spartan, Barclay, ditto. ‘,.,. fre)i L I VERPOOL, Nov. 17.—Wind WY." 'I D. - P Columbus, Green, Pernambuco. Sld. 14th n' t gbail ' Payne, Pernambuco and Paraiba; Lady „ g o oil IVise, Antigua; Columbia, Johnston, St. Pe rni • l' ii iKi Killeck, Griffith, ditto ; Coronet, St. A n dres7' s ; ,0, John's, New !Brunswick ; Corsair, Daly, 118 ,, t 1 ,.%• 1 4 011 !0 1 , Picton ; Express, M'Pherson, Miramichi ; -"Villw," ,l' ton, Compton, Chapman, Neptune, Bower , v eal ;$7, M'Lian, and John Hutchinson, Harrison , 3- 1 , - ° , / i i poi, r . Quebec; British King, Naughton, ditto. ',.„id, ~.., Great Britain New York ; Zephyr, Eill e 'i , oo ° ' 10 $; Fergus. and Oberon. Put back, the „.. ; .h P i : 01 , 0 01 New Orleans, leaky, having struck on the r''''salar DUNDEE. NOV. 15.—John Cock, StanneY, 00 0 o f, The Louise Elizabeth, liaison, from Brenig Dean. g ° (4 on shore at the entrance of the river, bai 0na r.40,0 1 , bought up to the harbour to discharge and ‘ - re $ l- 90' If eve' V 1 0 LOCIIMADELY, Nov. B.—lt has blown a l5 , ; at 'l l S. to S.W. for the last five days. The Blosf ins f4 le , from Liverpool to Dungeness, put in here, 4 t'' Or Se ° ,1 of masts, spars, and sails. OFF 'rim WIGHT.—Rhode Island, OFF FALMOUTIL—BIair, Saldanha 134 Y. 1 3e15%rti f i lr l i OFF TIIE COPELAND ISLANDS, NOV. 1 4 „'"7 c hil , 41 , °_,1 P . TOBERMORY, Nov. 12 —The Isabella, it i ''. n t se,, o r here from Riga, passed a brig with only forein' prey r h e r P 14 standing on the 4th inst., but the weat- fll°l/ assistance being rendered. 0 BRIDIANGTON, Nov. IG.—The Robert am t , if .0 1 1 ' which was in this Bay with loss of nutinr ° ,1 1 7 ,4 S° ity tow for Shields this morning. OFF MARGATE, Nov. 17.—Caroline, Ne ll Pl' Gentoo, Lakeman, Quebec. SBl°nbis COWES, Nev. 17.—Arrd. Blair, Mayse , al 0 01 j loss of mizen-mast-head. r r Jot 5- 9 - SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 17.—S1d. ~ ev-- Washburn, s,, 00p , i Ad ebp l ii il' West Indies. „ w- h p,,i, TORQUAY, Nov. 17.—Arrd. Mary lina„. s°- 'fre!,7;ol 0 1 ' 4 FALMOUTH, Nov. 17.—Wind 11r.N. NY •' rhl r oill/: violent squalls.— Arrd. 15. Charlotte Ain c ot 01 Lord Goderich, Scott, Sydney, C.B. wise, , i r ie , us reported yesterday. 16. Laura andl,iti s tie , Je9 Ayres, sailed Sept. 19. 17. Carnaena , 1 •'"'" st" Al Sylva, Pell, Quebec. Do lit4 tol ol4 Y CORK, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Cynthia An n ' dit - ori New Brunswick ; Prince Royal, • Belcher's. 1. 11 4 Alexancler, Shippegan ; Acadia, Halifa; e l if e; ' bertson, Quebec. • rAg lit q ri e y s GLOUCESTER, Nov. 17. Arrd. Slc a ir ogon' i r i , Quebec ; Scio, Miller. ditto ; Hartle'' , 1 ki rri' laden, Gurrell, Prince Edward's Island,. is r ~.• So i i WATERFORD, Nov. 15. Wind P.' • Que it'', M'Christy, Miramichi ;_ Thistle, Thorne* .. 42°V 1 Mills ditto. fro , ' o , o t i , 4 , , ? TORQUAY, Nov. 17.—The Blake, Sh ari :is, $ 1: 10 1 :e London, waterlogged, loss of boats, buivr, a ,', ult.' 10 t ii rudder broken, &c., was abandoned, 2 6 '1. ) , th e D i j lon. 50 W.; crew and passengers save d ' -; 00 ° 9 son, Killack, arid. at Torquay. w obeserf b FOWEY, Nov. 17.—The Good Intent, John'tnisn port, which sailed hence, Gth ult., for St' o f ' c leci e s wick, put back here yesterday with loss roi,-,,, on I; „,/ and mizen masts, &c., and bowsprit hr oi'l l 4.1, , , f lil!ii broken, and other damage, having been ", 13 , lon' o f P_ri'" i j, ends during a heavy gale, 27th ult., la t- ; in it)lf ir lir o '6o, REDCAR, Nov. 17.—The Jan Frier k, e ks °, del 1;0' from London to Hartlepool, ran on the !I n sou in - ;: Iv" day ; came off and sunk ; part of niaterle, ti Ira , o ,iff te p FALMOUTH, Nov. 17.—The Jessie "t s erdlifer 11 Newfoundland, was Liiis ringing, __...__.....f..............cc.bystt:s±_._:assisted in here Ye s e s o .6 1 ,,i; Of fil.. IP lle 11, ' . eleir,, EIGHT SOUTHERN DISTRICTs•• ;0 00 . 0 ' fr.! P e r: PORTS.—A meeting of the Cominiss'beld l oio;aiit io 0; Southern Districts of Edinburgh W as oty at 110 rii i l street Chapel on Friday, the 7th ogr e , t he 1,,,,f) d O, / of resolutions were passed in favour 0 1 ... t he ) . . 1 4,1 permanent removal of all restrictions i r ge, a fte_' be rt:, grain. It was agreed that copies a t • - e - Sir I le •de by the chairman, should be forwarded ,rGrovero"" some of the other leading members 01 men. 33 / 4 p 3 34 146 22', 4 3 4 35 10% 33 / 4 P 36% 15% 27 1 / 2