The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-18 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. .......---- _ PENNY POSTAGE.-GRATITUDE TO MINISTERS-DISLIKE OF THE TORIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln your Paper of this day you state, in reference to the plan of Penny Postage, and the commencement of the attempts to carry it out, " for this attention to the public wants, the Ministers deserve the nation's gratitude and best thanks." This statement to any person at all acquainted with the progress of the Penny Postage measure is one truly astorrishicg. Every one who has paid attention to the matter knows well that the Ministers threw every diffi culty in the way ; the plan being treated at first with contumely ; and obstacles were perpetually thrown be fore the supporters of the measure by the Ministerial Members. Read the evidence on the subject—mark the questions of the Lords of the Treasury—read Lord Lichfield's speeches. No, Sir, the people owe no gratitude to the Ministers for the Penny Postage. Had they not been obliged to resign by the vote of the ten Radical Members, we should not have the Penny Postage Act at the present moment. They dare not deny this. They threatened opposi tion to carrying out the recommendations of the Com mittee of the House on the Postage question. They were dismissed by the vote referred to. This opened their eyes, and the public has gained the Penny Postage. If they obtain the credit of having been in power when the Penny Postage Act was passed, this is all they deserve. The people have to give the " best thanks" to themselves, and not to the Minis tr y ; the " grati tee" they will keep for high_r occasions. And here, Sir, let me mention one fact, w hich has been, to a great extent, overlooked ; and that is, the getting up of the evidence. The v alue of this part of the battle must be clear to every one who has read the evidence. Now the gentleman who effected this part, and who expended out of his own pocket nearly 400/. in the same, is Mr. Ashurst, the Common Councilman —a gentleman whose labours in this matter stand next to Rowland Hill's. Rowland Hill developed the plan, Mr. Ashurst established its feasibleness by the evidence. The next point now is to use the Penny Postage. One remarkable featur in bearings. evidence was the ex ! elusion of the political This was studiously pursued. Neither Whigs nor Tories would have given the measure, if they had thought of the consequences i likely to result. The Tories have discovered this too late : and mark their ravings now they have disco vered that they have put a power in the hands of the people which they dread. They pretend that they look to the revenue, they mean the Radicalism. The Post will now be the grand agent of peaceful agita tion. Through this, light will be let in upon the dark places of Toryism. Hence the cry. Revenue, in - deed '. Men, who have robbed the revenue by mis t placed pensions, wars, and extravagances of every kind, to talk about revenue ! The Penny Postage will blow away all such dust, and they know it.—Your's oEPPSbediently, JOHN . E 9, Great Russell-street, Nov. 13,1839. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIll,—To those who read their Bibles, and I trust they are a very numerous class, it is known that in the days of Caesar a decree went forth that " all the world should be taxed," but in those days of Whig ascen dancy it has gone forth but yesterday, that " the ig noble and poorer classes alone shall be taxed ;" in other words, that the atrocious franking system is to conti nue ; nevertheless, the taxation is reduced to fourpence, and you, Mr. Editor, hold this up to your readers as a boon I trust that The Sun newspaper, so long distinguished by its support and approval of every measure likely to benefit or ameliorate the condition of the people, will refrain from such sycophancy, and stand up as hereto fore, an advocate of the poor and oppressed of the realm. Who, may I ask, were the patriotic members among the Lords and Commons who stepped forward when Mr. Rowland Hill's plan was first agitated, and when the probable loss of revenue from its adoption was so feelingly deplored by the very persons who did not contribute to it—who were they, I say, who proposed to surrender the privilege of franking ? I believe one Noble Lord did ; but never was a measure of any kind more unwillingly extorted from a Government, and in their first step towards its accomplishment, they have refrained from adopting the abolition of franking, the very thing of all others which would have counteracted in a great measure the deficiency of revenue which must naturally result from so sudden a transition as the reduction of the inland postage to fourpence. To the Government be all due praise for every act likely to better the condition of the people ; we need not scrutinise their motives for doing good, but whe ther the opponents to the reform of acknowledged abuses be Whig or Tory, let us not spare them. We may rest assured their mutual revilings and groans upon the loss of any of their unhallowed and disho nourable privileges, are as sweet as music to the ears of the many, and to none more so, than, Mr. Editor, ONE OF THE PEOPLE. Stanmore, Nov. 14, 1839. MILITARY MOVEMENTS OF RUSSIA. (From the Courtier Francais.) The news of the march of a body of 12,000 Rus sians, detached from the army of Caucasus, and which had received orders to direct its course by forced marches towards Persia, has, we are assured, reached one of the embassies of Paris. If this news be con firmed (and every thing combines to guarantee the authenticity of it), events of the highest importance are to be expected in the East. Thus would be explained the preparations, the ex pensive armaments so actively pressed in Russia, and at a time when that country is more than ever menaced by a financial crisis, and when all seems to announce a pacific issue to the negotiations commenced at Constan tinople. Thus also would be explained the order sent to the Quartermaster -General of Tiflis for suspending all hostilities against the Circassians, and for concluding with them a treaty of peace, or at least a truce of a few months. It is said that General Golowine will be ordered to negotiate with the chiefs of the mountaineers, and per suade them that the Russian Government, renounc ing for ever its projects of conquest, desires to renew the commercial relations formerly established by M. de Richelieu through the interposition of M. de Scassi. In case all these negotiations had not the expected success, the new order sent from St. Peters burg enjoins the Russian troops to concentrate with in the fortresses forming the defence of the Caucasus. Two brigades would, nevertheless, remain in campaign. i keeping near the redoubts and Cossack establishments kinds of fortified works, the most part of which are sur rounded with ditches and a mound of earth, defended by many batteries. From time to time they are to make a few excursions to keep the Circassians in awe, and avoid as much as possible striking any decisive blow. ' Such, from information which we believe exact, are the orders sent from St. Petersburg to the Quarter- Master-General of Tiflis. These orders show the urgent necessity which Russia feels to take away from Cau casus a part of its troops, and to transport them to another point, and everything combines to make us believe that this new destination is no other than Per sia. The last events which took place in Afghanistan are of a nature 4ufficiently grave and menacing to pro , yoke a Ru4sian intervention in Persia. It has oozed out at Ashton, from amongst the officers implicated in applauding the offensive sentiments o Mr. Roby, that they have been called upon from the Horse Guards to give an explanation of their conduct. —Sunday Paper. Lieutenant Roupel is, it appears, appointed to the command of the Pigmy steam packet at Milford. This is, no doubt, in reward for his great zeal in behalf of Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Sir George Cockburn, and Lord Fitzharris at the contested elections in this borou g h. On the same principle, no doubt, Lieutenant Decourdeaux, for similar cervices, has been rewarded with th e out-pension of Greenwich Hospital. Is this the way, soy Lord Mint°, you back your friends? The existence of y our Administration has often depende d on a single vote, and so has the return to Parliament of some of your absent supporters—and yet you go on bestowing thoughtlessly, perhaps from being yoursel f imposed on, t h e good things in your gift on your most determined opponents Officers of the navy have . learned that opp os i ng t h e Government i s no impedi ment to their promoti on, and act accordingly ; while those who, by a firm adherence to good principle, sup port the Reform cause, are neglected at bead-quarters, and laded at by the ,;h Upstarts who are continually mounting over their heads. It must no longer be so! ! Hamp s hi r e Independent. [This is worthy t atten tion of the Ear l of Minto. Politic s ought not to be the pas sport to employment or promotion in the navy • but the active z eal of a Tory partisan should not be re: warded by a Whig First Lord. By such means seats for his supporters will not be secured at Pl ymouth, .tsmouth, and Chatham.] SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT. A s Mr. Brise, of Winslow, was in the act of mountin g a young horse, which had but recently been broken i n , the off stirrup-leather broke, and the horse started off at full speed. There are some large trees, with out spreading branches, in the field where tile accident hap. pened, and it was towards these trees the horse darted ; one of th e branches of which struck Mr. Brise a violent blow on the head, which knocked him senseless on the ground. The accident happened on Mr. Brise's own farm ; he was instantly conveyed into his house , where he l ay in a state of insensibility until death put an end t o the fearful struggle. The deceased has left a widow and six small children to lament their irreparable loss. --Alilesbiery Ne ws. Several accidents have lately occurred from the system of battue shooting ; among them we hear that Earl Spencer, who has been for some days on a visit to the Earl of Leicester, at Holkham, was shot through the hat and slightly wounded in the head. Pori MAXWELL'S WELLINGTON. DEDICATED, BY ESPECIAL COMMAND, TO HER MAJESTY. Just published la demy Bvo., handsomely bound in cloth, price 11. Is., and in royal Bvo., price 1/. lls. 6d., The First Volume of the L IFE of the DUKE of WELLINGTON, K. G., G. C. B. , G. C. H. , &c. &c. By W. H. MAXWELL, Author of " Stories of Wate rloo," " The Bivouac," " Vic tories of the British Army," &e. Containing Portraits of the most distinguished Generals, and Representations of some of the most impo rtant Battles, together with Plans of Battles, several Maps, and a g reat num- ber of Woodnumerous Engravings, illustrative of European and Eastern Warfare. London A. H. Baily and Co. 83, Cornhill. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEM ENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. e No 18, 1839, :THIS EVENING, MONDAY, ill Will be repeated the New Originpi n p w laT, by James SheVA I N es, v Acts, tenwrit called Duke of Carinthia, Mr. Cooper ; Sir Rupert of Lorch, Mr. J. Vining • Huon Mr. Andersonne, ; Mthed Countess of Eppen stein, Miss Ellen Tree; Katheriaame Vestris. After which will be revived, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. W. Farren ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Peachum, Mrs. C. Jones; Polly Peachum, Miss Austin; Lucy Lockit, Madame Vestris. To-morrow, Love, with The Country Squire. THE COUNTRY SQUIRE. Squire Broadlands, Mr. W. Farren ; Horace Amelius Sel wood, Mr. Chas. Mathews; George Selwood, Mr. Fitsjames ; Sparrow, Mr. Meadows ; Fanny Markham, Madame Vestris ; Alice, Mrs, Humby ; Temperance, Mrs. Orger. On Monday, Love, with The Beggar's Opera. Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, °s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. Doors to be opened at half-past Six--the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The production of Ainsworth's " Jack Sheppard," has attracted cpmlete overflows, and been pronounced to be the greatest achievement ever yet attempted, it will c omequently be acted every Evening. THIS EVENING, Nov. 18, Will be acted, Ainsworth's celebrated Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Illustrating all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivant. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Dale, Heslop, Laws, Smith, Ross, Neville ; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss Martin, Miss Grant Mis. Laws, &c. To conclude with an Extraordinary Drama, in Two Acts, entitled THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTERS ; OR, HELL'S BELLES. Astaroth, Mr. Neville ; Cerberus, Mr. Cullen ; Diavoline, Miss Martin ! Robert, Mrs. H. Vining; Polycarpe, Mr. W. Smith; Tambour, Mr. Ross. HIGH.W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO- ORB° W. Morning 0 minutes after 0 Evening 2 minutes atter 0; , . . ',b. ,311fr.' ~,,,, 1- - _ , _,,„,,,,. ~. I _-it i-, ! , tlL ' P ' e!" >l.v."',Ne ."' s '<- I ' ', ov na+ LOND ON : MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1539. ----.*• The report of the proceedings at the dinner given to Mr. ROBERT STEPHE NSON on Saturday will be read with interest. The name of STEPHENSON is now associated with railroads. The father of the engineer to whom the splendid service of plate has been presented, pre sided over the first great undertaking of this sort, the Liverpool and Man chester ; he has been engaged is the construction of many others, and his son has the merit of having brought to a successful conclusion the longest line of railroad yet completed in this coun try—the London and Birmingham. For his services in this great undertaking, the con tractors considered themselves bound to present him with some lasting memorit' al, and it is only justice to say that they have ma de the gift worthy of the object. It must have been highly gratifying to the son, and still more to the f*.ther, to have this tribute of respect and gratitude fox private and professional character and conduct, conferred on him by men who have been associat ed with him for the last eight or nine years, in cor istructing this great work, and who could therefore appreciate well his skill, and his judgment, as well as hiis strict impartiality to the whole body of contractors.. It would be well if other engineers would imitate his example, and make allowances for imperfect :surveys and for accidents and dangers which no hunutn foresight could predict. Under such complicated difficulties a liberal and considerate engineer must be an inestimable bless ing, and we need not therefore wonder at the en thusiasm with which Mr. MOUTH was cheered when he drew the character of Mr. R. STEPHENSON in these words :—" I know the feeling of all is that Mr. STEPHENSON has been in every instance a kind friend, a ready adviser, that he has always endeavoured to enliven your prosperity and sympa. ,hise with you under difficulties and disappoint- ments." We publish, in another part of The Sun, two letters taking us to task for the few words of com mendation we bestowed on the Treasury Minute, relative to the reduction of postage. We willingly publish them, that we may be fair towards all par ties, and at the same time take the opportunity of defending ourselves from a censure that we have by no means deserved. We quite agree with Dr. Errs, that to the people ; to Mr. ROWLAND HILL primarily ; to the Committee of the Merchants of London ; to Mr. ASHURST ; and to the great interest which the people have taken in the question, we are in debted for all the reform yet obtained in the Post office. But if he and others will allow the Minis ters to have no share of the credit of accomplishing it ; if the people are without them all-sufficient, and alone worthy of all praise, then they must be sufficient, without the - Ministers, to accomplish every kind of reform at all times, and the corn plaints of the Liberals against the Ministers for not advancing, become, on that principle, mere querulous fault-finding, to conceal their own errors, and their own want of decision. Dr. EPPS, how. ever, takes a short and imperfect view of the ques tion, for the people could not have obtained this reform without the help of the Ministers. It is clear, from the Tories having divided against the Bill in its progress through the House of Commons, and from the language their Journals now hold on the subject, that had the Ministers taken the same line on this question as on the re sisting further organic reform, that the great mass of the Tories would have supported them, and pre vented Mr. WALLA cE, or any other gentleman, from carrying any measure through the House of Commons. In considering, therefore, what the Tories have done and would do, and judging the conduct of the INlinistry by that of other - Ministries, not by what may be expected from some Republi can or Radical Ministry, of which the elements are not yet known—we said, and we repeat, that the Ministers are deserving the gratitude of the nation for what they have done. Dr. EPPS evidently believes all the calumnies which the Tories have circulated against the Mi nisters concerning their wish and hope that th e Tories would throw out the Bill. He ought, how ever, to recollect that the late CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who was, we believe, the unwilling agent of the Cabinet to bring it forward, was partly by that measure forced out of office, and that no sooner was he succeeded by Mr. BA RING than the Right Hon. Gentleman appointed Mr. HILL to superintend the execution of the plan, and took instant and energetic measures to give it effect. Now, as the unwilling Mr. RICE was forced by his Colleague:: to bring forward the Bill, as those col leagues, subsequently to getting rid of him, appea r to hav e l ost no t i me i n giving us an instalment of the benefits of the new Act, we must, in defence of repeat, that if ever public men our consist ency can be said to deserve public gratitude for doing their duty, the present Ministers deserve it for the improvement in the Post-office, which is to com mence on the sth of next month. We should perhaps agree with our second Cor respondent were the Treasury Minute all that we are THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, i 839. to get. But it is expressly stated that the present 1 ,:anquillity; in aword,th t h e e Prince departments. wa was only to Afteron ihnauve proposed alterations are t o fa c ilit a t e the introduction his t ing cr u oss ci e u d i theely through Garonne he crossed the Mediterranean. of the remaining parts of the plan. The abolition Nothing could be more certain or official. How of franking, therefore, and the reduction of the post- could we disbelieve it ? The Prince himself stated all age to one penny, will follow in due course ; and this publicly, and would have g iven his w o rd of honour, we should have been wanting if required. It may be remembered that he cut short in our duty to the fore people had we not encouraged the Ministers to go on told Yindaric harangue of an Under Prefect, who that the hero of Mascara would reap fresh laurels in this useful career by our feeble praise for the good Ofinhtitic interrupted spot t dwltthei: Princetit gr.el. they have done. We trust we shall always be found as heretofore, as our Correspondent flatteringly says, 'p eace 'I am ha s not been going o e m s g ta tbo lishch in Africa by the treaty Tafna, and nothing can disturb it.' 1 the advocate of the poor and the oppressed ; but " The Prince has learnt early the art of late years so we do not think that their cause is promoted by much in vogue, of saying that which he did not mean— promising peace and stirring up war—of having den from in g approbation to those who, departing of liberty on the lips and despotism in the heart—of spout the customs of preceding Ministries, contribute ing virtuous maxims and theories, and deriding them something, though short of our ardent expectations, to the benefit of the public. To be always churlish towards men in power, to nourish expectations which no combination of living statesmen can or will gratify, and to praise or support none, seems to us the sure way to disgust every statesman of emi nence and influence with the Liberal party. Mr. O'CONNELL has addressed another Letter to the Dublin Trades' Union, the chief object of which is to recommend agitation and organization, on behalf of the " Queen and Constitutional Free dom ;" and that measures be taken to enable the Irish Government to send " to England all the remaining troops in that country," for the purpose of placing at the disposal of Lord NORMANBY " every soldier of the regular army now in Ireland." The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, after com menting, in just terms of reprobation, on Mr. BRADSHAW'S late speech at Canterbury, adds— " The revolutionary tendency of the Tory party is obvious. Their treasonable attempt to vest all power in the Oligarchy is manifest. The Peers already trample on the House of Commons. They seek equally to trample on the Crown. If they could but control the QUEEN as they have domi neered over the representatives of the people, their authority would be paramount, and British liberty would be destroyed. The real revolutionists are the Peers. Their underlings, the BRADSHAWS and RoBYs, only speak the sentiments of their masters, and indicate accurately the intentions of their leaders. It is necessary for Ireland to save the empire from the machinations of these wicked men, and Ireland is ready to do her duty." The recent Chartist outbreak in South Wales, Mr. O'CONNELL attributes to the fact, that the work ing classes are " really a slave-class in England, deprived of all legal and constitutional means of procuring protection for themselves ;" and gives it as his fixed opinion, that " if the Tories were in office for six months, the danger from Chartist dis content would be multiplied one thousand fold." This calculation is a sound one, for it is founded on long experience of the incorrigible character of Toryism. The following Address to her MAJESTY, which has been got up at King's Lynn, seems to us worthy of imitation in other places : To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, We, the undersigned inhabitants of King's Lynn, are desirous to approach your Majesty most respect fully, with every expression of affectionate attachment to your Majesty's person and office ; we would address you in the language of truth, and in a manner worthy a free people towards a Constitutional Sovereign, expres sive of our high admiration of your Majesty's conti nued countenance and support to those principles of civil and religious freedom, and of sound and progres sive Reform, which are requisite to satisfy the just wants and wishes of the people, as exhibited in your Mijesty's sanction to certain Ministerial appointments and arrangements made during the recess of Parlia ment. _ _ _ . We most earnestly implore your Majesty to continue your countenance and support, to every just extension of the peoples' rights and privileges ; and should the unnatural and overpowering influence of the Tory Peers, be still exerted to check their progress, that your Majesty will be found, as heretofore, promptly to assert your undoubted prerogative, and shield your people from insult and oppression. May sound Christian principles, as exhibited in the bright example of a virtuous Queen, prevail amongst a loyal and devoted people—may peace, the handmaid of real religion, shed her cheering influence over every part of the globe—may plenty shower her richest bles sings upon all classes and degrees of the people—may conspiracy, whether exhibiting her frightful form in acts of open rebellion, or the no less dangerous and still less pardonable proceedings of bigoted High-Church and No-Popery declaimers, be driven from our land ; —and may your Majesty, strong in the attachment of your people, continue to enjoy a happy and prosperous reign, the bright dawning of which shall be only eclipsed by the splendour of its meridian, and the grace and dignity of its protracted close. Nov. 15, 1839. _ _ The Address breathes the bold but respectfu spirit of freedom, and is put forth at a righi time and on a right occasion. It was una nimously adopted at a public meeting held on Thursday evening, Dr. TWEEDALE in the Chair, and was called for by an address of a contrary na ture,—one, to her - MAJESTY, of a somewhat insolent character,* which a so-called, „loyal and constitutional associitionliad asked for signatures. So let the disloyal Tories and the bawlers!`for coer cion on the consciehies of men, and for State bribes to embrace the tene'ev)f the unchristian Anglican Church, be everywhere met, and the race of hy pocrites, who are now filling the land with their noisy zeal, will soon slink again into those curacics and rectories and warm saes in which heretofore they were content to doze out existence. The good and true men of Lynn did not stop, however, at the Address. They also agreed to peti tion the House of Commons, and the well drawn petition which they adopted is lying before us After expressing gratitude to the Reformed House of Commons for measures of onward Reform, it declares the law of Church-rates to be odious and unjust, and prays the House to sanction the prin ciples of the Bill brought in by Lord MELBOURNE'S Government, by such decided majorities as will se cure it against the attacks of irresponsible legislators. It supplicates for a system of National Education without sectarian distinctions. It asks for the Ballot. It prays, with a view of completing the Reform Act—" That the Bill of last Session, pro viding for the continuance of the franchise to 10/. occupiers in cases of removal, should be immedi ately passed ; that some uniformity in the decisions of the Revising Barristers should be provided for ; and that the Municipal Revision Court should be presided over by an impartial administrator of the haw." Finally it calls for the remission of taxation ü beox p owat o il i i i snnil will , i t t), lo , s e articles which pr ess most i mme di ate l y on the industrious classes. The men of Lynn, their address and petition, have se t a goo d which we hope the inhabitants of other follow. We had only space on Saturday to announce the acquittal of the Quotidienne, a Paris Legitimist Journal, by a French Jury, on Wednesday last, for an alleged libel on the Heir Apparent to tl-,e French Throne, his Royal Highness the Duke of ORLEANS. The motives which influenced this pro secution on the part of the Crown, and the impor tance of the verdict of the Jury, affect the question of the liberty of the Press too nearly for us to allow it to pass over without a word or two of com ment. That the whole question may he seen at a glance we shall insert the article from the Quoti clienne, as read by M. PARTARIED-LAFOSSE, the King's Advocate-General, by whom the prosecu tion was conducted. It appeared in that Journal on the Bth instant : when put in practice. " It appears that the Prince has been brought up in a good school." That the French Government should have ad vised the prosecution of such an article as the above only manifests the entire predominance of an in dividual will in all the Councils of the Cabinet. The ADVOCATE-GENERAL took the highest ground in proceeding against the offending Jour nal. He claimed for the Duke of ORLEANS that protection against all reproof with which the nation had surrounded Royalty. Princes of the Blood, but, above all, heirs-apparent, were not res ponsible for their conduct to the ordinary organs of public opinion. This was the doctrine of the law and the Charter. The defence of the Quotidienne was undertaken by the distinguished Royalist De puty and lawyer, M. BERRYER, in whom the liberty of the Press found a most efficient advocate. He admitted that it was illegal to speak of the Princes of the Blood with disrespect, but he maintained that the law only protected them in their character of Princes, and that the instant they appeared as offi cers of the army, the navy, or any department of the State, they were liable to the same strictures as other public servants. No attempt was or could be made to gainsay the truth of the alleged libel: The pacific declaration of the Duke of ORLEANS was recorded in the columns of the Moniteur, and the same official organ, which he then held in his hand, had that very morning published the report of Marshal VALLEE, under whom the Prince served in the rank, of Lieutenant-General, asserting that the expedition was not only warlike, but was in tended to be so by the Duke himself previous to his landing in Africa. The question was one upon which, to the immortal honour of the Jury, they did not take long time to deliberate. Hardly had M. BERRYER sat down after his eloquent and truly liberal address to the Court, when a verdict of ac quittal was pronounced by the President. The importance of this verdict consists in the principle which it establishes ; if the King of the FRENCH will henceforth entrust the most momen tous expeditions by land and sea to the guidance of his sons—to the danger of the State and the pre judice of veteran officers thrown aside to make room for Royal striplings—he must leave them to take the consequences of their inefficiency. They can not acquire the fame of heroes without exposing themselves to the infamy attached to the most vulgar poltroonery should they prove cowards, or the re proach of rashness should they manifest more per sonal bravery than prudence and strict discipline. A contrary verdict might have led to the most de plorable results. Already three Princes of the Blood Royal hold undeservedly high ranks in the French army and navy, and were it not allowed the Press to take cognizance of their fitness for such offices, the entire executive in both departments might be bestowed on them by the KING, to the absolute ruin of the public service. It is enough to be compelled to admit the constitutional power of the KING to place Marshals' batons, and Admirals' pennants in the hands of boys, without being liable to punishment for stating, when such happens to be the fact, that they have made but a boyish use of them. Where there is trust there must be respon sibility, real or fictitious, somewhere. By the Charter the Cabinet is responsible for the official acts of the KING ; but who, except themselves, are responsible for the acts of the Lieutenant-Ge neral of the French army in Africa and the Captain of the Belle Poule frigate ? No Court lawyer will pretend that the heads of the Ministers of War and Marine are answerable to France for incapacity on the part of these scions of Royalty. Let us not be understood as wishing to detract one iota from the excellent qualities of these Princes, who are certainly neither wanting in personal bravery nor in the more Princely attribute of humanity. All we contend for is the right of France, and consequently of the French Press, to hold them equally responsible with other officers in the public service for the discharge of their professional duties—a right justly and pa triotically established by the verdict in the case of the Quotidienne. The French Journals of Friday and Saturday have all been received. The following announce ment from the official columns of the Moniteur has given rise to much speculation among our war loving Gallic contemporaries : " By a Royal decree, dated Nov. 12, Admiral Rosa mel is appointed to the command of the squadron of re serve now forming at Toulon. Should it be deemed necessary to unite this squdron with the Levant fleet, the command in chief will, by seniority, devolve upon Admiral Rosamel." The Courrier Francais remarks upon this para graph that the formation of a squadron of reserve, and the appointment of Admiral ROSAMEL to the command, will undeceive the public respecting the rumours of pacification lately current. After stating that the position of France has become isolated that she neither accords in her views with Russia, Austria, England, or the Porte, the Courrier does not condemn the fitting out of a fresh fleet, but recommends that the com mand may be given to a more efficient officer than the Ex-Minister of Marine. This, however, is a question with which only the French nation has to do. Admiral ROUSSIN is the better sailor, but then Admiral ROSAMEL is the more finished courtier vv It is reported that three of the newly-created Peers have begged to decline the honour conferred upon them by the exercise of the Royal prerogative. Only this is wanted to render the Peerage a laughing-stock to France. As they are only useful in criminal trials, they ought to be designated King LOUIS PIZILIPPE'S special jury for the pu nishment of offences against his Royal person. The report of the Duke of BORDEAUX'S inter. view with the POPE is officially contradicted. His Holiness would neither receive the Prince nor suffer the official journal to announce his appearance in the capital of the Catholic world. BOURSE.—PARIS, SATURDAY, Nov. 16. irst Highest Lowes Last Price Price. Price. Price, French 5 per Cents 1:1 10 ... lli 15 ... 111 5 ... l 15 4 per Cents lO5 50 ... 105 50 ... 105 50 ... 105 50 4 per tents lOl 50 ... 101 50 ... 101 5:1 ... 101 50 3 per Cents Bl 95 ... S 2 81 90 ... 81 90 Bank of France 2930 ...2930 .4930 ...2910 Lattitte Bank 1,0001. Sh lOBl ...1050 ...1080 ...I tO 5,000 f. Sh 52c5 ...5205 ...52 ( '5 —.5205 Belgian 5 per Cent. 3 per Cent 7l 35 ... 71 35 ... 71 35 ... 71 35 Bank 755 ... 757 50 ... 755 ... 755 C.mpons Spanish Ac ive 2 B'4 ••• 28 '4 28 ' , ;3 Passive ••• `Ni 7tir New )),ferred Old Deferred ' 7% ... 7% ... 7% Portuguese 3 per Cents Neapolitan [Comas lOl%, ... 101%, ...10i% ... 101% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R. B 472 50 ... 472,:50 ... 472 50 ... 472 50 L.B. `..90 ... 592 50 ... 'AO ... rz92 50 Havre Orleans . 442 50 ... 445 ... 442 50 ... 445 The Madrid Papers received are of the 9th in stant. Ministers are waiting for instructions from ESPARTERO before daring to sign the Decree for the dissolution of the Cortes. That General find ing that he could net bring CABRERA to an en gagement, and that his army could not be supported during the winter among the desolate mountains of Catalonia, was preparing to go into winter quar ters, after which he would himself proceed to the Capital to advise the QUEEN REGENT in person. Commercial relations have been renewed on their old friendly footing between the Governments o Spain and Sardinia. On the Bourse the funds were rather declining, owing to the unsettled aspect of affairs. The Five per Cents. were done on the 9th for 31 for cash. TORENO had arrived in the capital, but affecte , o take no part in politics. Brussels and German Journals, the former of Saturday's date have been received, but the only news they contain of any interest will be found in our City article. DUTCH FUNDS.—ASTIIRDASIM Noy 15. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2.4 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A inort Syndic, 44 per cent 91% 92 Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent ":6 7,5% Commercial Company, 4i., per cent 15 9 ,4 162 Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. lOO4 100, 9 Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month I 1 974 Two months —Dutch Papers, Nov. 16. BELGIAN I. UNDS—Bausesto, Nov. 16 Actual Debt, 24 per Cent. 101 Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Ccnt Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per 3 per Cent. 7234 Sib Cent Loan of City, 1832. 4 per Cent , Society of Commerce, 4 N i per 114 Bank of Belgium, 5 per C ent 70% National Society . — 12 E xc hange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Nov. 16. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov, 7 Five per Cents. Metalliques Fear per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1626 —_,Aligemeine Zeitung, Nov, 12 HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Nov. 15. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares — 166 An .10- Russian Loan 11 6 14 106 1 s Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series 102 . 14 102 Russian 5 per Cent. Hopa and Cm. 3d and 4th Series 97% Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pe, Cent 5O 49 3 A-, Ditto 5 per Cent 9B Polish Bonds New I icket Anglo.i/anish Loan, 3 per Cent 7l Norwegian Lean, ih34, 4 per Cent.... lOll4 Spanish, New 3 per Cents. 24% EXCHANGES (P; LONDON. HAMBURG, Nov. 15.-13. sk—Two months, 13. 2 1 4. PETERSBURGH, Nov. 5.--Two months, 39 1 ,4 imp Etocxta o L m . Nov. I,—Seventy-five days, 11. 33 . CHRISTIANIA, Nov. 0.-1 hr e months, 4 112. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE. Pease, Grey, New 365. 40s, --- Maple New . 40s. 44s White 40s. 4.2. s -- Boilers -12,.44-. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LI English ...... . Irish I - Foreign SMITHFIELD. from which we infer that firtnans for allowing 1 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL IN E,W S. them to pass the Straits of the Darda- CITY, TT ELY E O'CLOCK nelles have been refused. The meetings of the The Lisbon mail has arrived by the Royal Tar s gi te p at o ar ta r n ; ce th a e n ir d ifo i r t m w a a tion by t her from L tb isb t on t is ,t o i f i ' o little Divan were frequent, and it was stated tha t some importance, of alarm prevailed in consequence of the rumoured conse q uence would take place until the next Session of advance of the Egyptian army ; but in point of I the Cortes, the latter end of December, at which period it was thought that the question of the foreign debt fact, everything was kept so secret, that no reli would be settled, but in a manner not satisfactory to the ante could be placed on the conflicting reports in Portuguese bond holders. circulation. The Bishop of RIIODES having 1-rrivals this morning :—Two French, two Ostend, given umbrage to the SULTAN, was during the and a o l n e T D ar, u tc • t h „ e m d a o " n; t b a e l s o 2d a . m f a N i l fr o m b .I:ibesoveer. last month, exiled to the convent of Monte Santo , raltar Nov. 8, Cadiz Nov. 9 , OportoinNov' f . 13, Vigo near Salonica ; and HAFrz AHMET PACHA, the Nov. 14. Governor of that island was recalled , and replaced Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices by YOUSSUF PACHA, former Governor of of Saturday; 90i for Money, and 90i - for the Ac count, with little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 2 d!s- Smyrna, Chio, and Rhodes. count to par ; Bank Stock, 178 179 ; India Stock,2sol .c9ll_ ...,..t a . In the Foreign Market Spanish Active left off on Saturday at 26-1-, 27-4- ; at present they are not so good and receded to 261, owing to the intelligence from Madrid. Portuguese, closed at 324 33, also rather lower 32i ; Three per Cents 22 i 1 ,- - ; Colombian 301. 31:4 ; Mexican 20A- 301 ; Brazilian closed at 72i. 73k, at present 72N 7 - 3 - ; Belgian 1001 1011 ; butch Twoand-a-Half per Cents. left off 514 52, at; present the same ; Five per Cents 97-ii- 984. The bad state of the weather tends to damp the market. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 81, % 1 /4 Ditto Bonds .. ......... .... 3 dis 3 per Cent. Cons. 90% %"4 South Sea Stock 3 per Cent .., Ditto Red. 97 1 / 4 %... % New Ditto New 31 per Cent.-- .....Iltii •j u % 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpi re i Ditto 500 ... per Jan. 5, 1860 l3 9-16.?•4 Ditto Small .... 1 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 • Ditto Commercial Jon. 5, 1860 ll %s • Ditto Advertised ..... —. Jan. 5, IMO , Bank Stock for Account ... 1781 / 4 April 5, 1880 --I India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5. 1870 —l Copses for Account 90 % 1 / 4% RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DA\ AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent ....... 2.25, Ditto Account Chilian Bonds D•tto Account Columbian Bonds — ,Ditto Account — Ditto Account 51 Columbian Bonds, 1524..... Spanish Bonds .7% Ditto Account — Ditto Account .......... - .26% 51 Danish Bonds 111 Ditto Account Def. Tred —f —c. Greek. Bonds French, 5 per cent. Ditto Bonds, 1525 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. - Exchange....... —t. —c. Ditto Account Dutch, 2 1 / 4 per cent....... . 51% 2 Ditto, (3 per Cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DA': AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brlg 7 iton Railway London andStuth Western ... PRICES OF HUSH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOVEMBER 16. p er ..'ent. Codtols 3y ti er Cent. Stock -- bi t to Reduced D i t to New, 1630 ...... .. 971 City of Dublin Steam Comp. -- 3 m r Cent. Dfbentures... 97% National Insurance Company B an k Stock • 'rand Canal Stock Boyar Canal Stock -1 per cent. HALF-PAST 01V E. We have... 'received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date, I.7th November. ANTWERP, Nov. 16.—We can positively state that financial negociations are going on between Belgian capitalists, Dutch, and the Cabinet of Madrid, for a most important operation, the conclusion of which will restore the credit of Spain, by supplying her with the necessary funds to terminate speedily the civil war, as well as to arrange affairs with her creditors ; and what is also certain the recognition of Queen Isabella by the King of the Pays Bas, and the nomination of a Dutch Minister to the Court of Madrid. 't he Hamburgh mail of the 15th has arrived, bring ing the Exchange on London, lower one schilling, 13.2:i ; Gold 428, two marks lower ; Silver, 27.10. By private letters from Amsterdam we learn that on Wednesday money was at the rate of seven per cent. since which it has fallen to .51 per cent. The States' General has adjourned to the 2d of December. Last week's arrivals of Grain were moderato, and of Flour good. The fresh supply good, but the quality tender. New Wheat declined 2s. to 3s. per quarter, and old Is. to 2s. per quarter. Good Barley 25., and middling 4s. to ss. per quarter lower. Beans as last stated. Boiling Pease Is. per quarter cheaper, and Grey maintained their late value. A slack trade for Oats, and inferior paiTels Ise per quarter lower. The Flour trade very heavy, and lower, the top price being reduced 3s per sack. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) 555. 745. Beans, Small (new) —9 *l —White (old) 655. 82s. —Red (1E339) s4s. 60s. Tick (new) 38s VI. Fine 62s. 635. ---- (old) 425.443 Superfine 665. 705. -- Harrow (new) 403.42 s White (1839)....605. 645. ...—...—..—... Fine 66s. C 93. Brank --. Superfine ...... 70s. 78s. Oats, Feed —s,- 5, ----Foreign free Ms 82s. ------ New 243.28 i Rye 465. 40s. Poland Barley .30s 375. --New ` ) 7-.31.. --- Grinding 303 355. Potatoe 29 .325. -- Malting 393.45 x. ---. iv, 28,325. Malt 568. 653 Scotch 32,315. Fine New tkis 745. ..-- Irish - - - 245.... 26..28, Flour Town (per sack) 5B .62 - seconds 545. 56 s North Country 5O, 52 , Bran 8 9 I NDONpURING LAST WEEK %N heat. Barley. MA, 4,616 qrs. 7,108 qrs. 1 411qrs I 9,311 ack 7 8,230 - 9,661 2,525 I -' rli. A very short supply of Horned Cattle and Sheep, but of Calves and Pigs an average one. The trade for Beef and Mutton assumed a brisk appearance, but prices have undergone little alteration, the choice sorts only of each advanced 2d. per stone. In Veal a steady trade at former prices. Pork, infe rior, sold freely at 4s. 4d., but the finest met with a slight de. mand. Price per stone of 81bs. sinking the offal, Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. ; Veal, 4s. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. Head of Cattle at Market—Beasts, 2,931 ; Sheep, 21,140; Calves, 87 ; Pigs, 550. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies moderate, and prices lower. Trade good. Turbo ss. to 21s. ; Cod 2s. 6d. to 15s. ; Lobsters very scarce Salmon ss. per pound ; Oysters 12s. to 40s. per bushel Whitings 4d. to Bd. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.--.WO have had a good demand for Cotton to-day, and full prices have been obtained. The sales 5,000 bags, of which 1,500 bags have been taken on speculation. Consols have continued steady during the morning at 901 for the Account, and for Money 90- Ex chequer Bills, 2 dis. to par ; India Bonds, 3 dis. ; Bank Stock, 179 1781 ; India Stock, 2511. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active is the chief speculation, which receded in the course of the morning to 25k, at present ; Portuguese, 32i ; Three per Cents., 22i ; Chilian, 37 ; Mexican, 221 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52 ; Five per Cents., 971 98, and t o review Prince had them. Algiers, The eldest son of th e St a t e (M. D u pin's style) is in Africa directing a c o l umn , w hi c h i s to come to blows, if n ecessary, with the K a b y l es , one of the mos t war like tribes. This column consists o f 9,000 men an d a large body of artil ler y , and since his departure large reinforce meats have been asked for. All t hi s f ortells an impor tant episode in the war, for we cannot suppose t h a t such a conside rable bod y of troo p s would be marched about for the mere sake of marching. And yet my; ea .c tolds p this trco young gone out on a peaceful mission, to inspect the hospitals, to 15 the h oweve r, enjeyed a perfect state of TEA MARKET. The accounts received from Canton on Saturday have caused holders to ask higher prices for all kinds of Tea, and in some descriptions they have succeeded in getting Id. per lb. advance. Company's Congous on short bills are 2s. Id., and for cash 2s. id. per lb. SEED MARKET. The arrivals to a fair extent—not much business done except in Linseed and Rape Seed. The former 381. to 441., and the latter 281. HOP MARKET. Fine qualities of Hops sold extensively, and very full prices were paid ; the other sorts very dull of sale at reduced prices. Kent pockets 58s. to 120 s. ; East Kent 80. s. 709. to 138 s. ; and Sussex pockets 50s. to 655. PROVISION MARKET. A steady business done, and prieF .were rnvari , ?d, TAT... , Butler, 663. to 943. ; Irish Bacon, 5.3. to ass. ; oilier articles as before. P. hc D rc;icie of Satur day st a t es that this celebrated violinist landed at Dover on Monday. Letters from Constantinople of the 27th, and from Alexandria of the 30th ult„ with Smyrna Journals of the 29th, have been duly received. The intelligence from Egypt is very meagre. The PACHA, who was in good health, no longer mani fested any wish to interest the European Consuls in favour of his claims. On the contrary, he granted them audiences with difficulty ; turned the conversation on general subjects ; and showed an unwillingness to talk at all about his relations with the Porte. This was supposed to result from va rious communications between himself and the Divan, which ended in a joint resolution to settle the question between the VICEROY and the Porte without the intervention of any of the " Infidel" Powers. As the PACHA began to feel himself more secure, it was observed that he was less vigi lant in protecting his Christian subjects, and per mitted a greater latitude to the fan atical zeal of the Mussulman priesthood. This excited great alarm among the Christians at Alexandria and Cairo. It is rather remarkable that the same contempt of the unfortunate Christians begins to be mani fested at Smyrna and Constantinople—a fact which clearly demonstrates that the tolerance with which they were before treated was entirely owing to the liberality of the late SULTAN, and the distracted and weak state of the empire. The following paragraph from a Smyrna journal places this matter in a very intelligible light : A few days before, a Maltese riding through the streets on an ass was m eet by a Turkish officer, who ordered him to alight. On his refusal the Turk laid hold of him, and the poor Maltese, who wanted a leg, was easily dismounted. A dispute ensued, which soon ended in blows. The Turks congregated to the num ber of several hundreds, denouncing death against all Europeans, and the Arabs encouraged them to the Maltese, sayi ng , " You need not be afraid to strike, the Pacha no longer protects those infidel dogs. An imposing force soon arrived on the theatre of the riot, who took off the whole party to the Bach Aga, or chief of the police. A Janissary of the British Con sulate having been sent to claim the Maltese, the Aga refused t o commit him to his care, but marched him shortly afterwards to the Consul's house under a strong escort of soldiers, whose chief was told to re quire a receipt for the same. The Chancellor ob jected to the unusual demand, and expressed in ener getic termsdiscontent at soldiers entering the Consulate. The command er o f t h e platoon, little satisfied with this reply, attempted to force his way into the office, and into the Consulate-house, but was resisted by the Chancellor and the Jani ssar i es , w h o , sword in ha nd, r epelled the assailants. The Ottoman officer, the first cause of the disorder, was thrown into prison, with a dervish, who mounted a stone, and sought to excite the fanaticism of the mob against the Christians. The accounts from Constantinople statethattlie M new French A m b assa d or , M. PONTOIS' reception by Lord PON SONBY , wa s friendly in the extreme. His Lordship h a d con t r acted a friendship for M. PONTois in Bra z il, an d was exceedingly delighted that the KING had chosen him for the embassy at the Porte. Thus the malignant statement of the France turns out to be an arrant falsehood. The p!! snd French fleets were preparing to wi n t er at Vourla, Smyrna, Malta, and the Gulf of Enos, CHANCERY COURT--(THIS DAY SAINSBURY V. JONES.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, affirming the decree of the Master of the Rolls, dismissing the bill with costs. His Lordship also ordered the plaintiff to pay the costs of the appeal. DE HAVILA ND V. SAUMAREZ. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, which came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls. The question in the case was whether, according to the vt ords used in the will of a gentleman of the name of De Haviland, the words used there, applicable to personal estate, passed the real estate to the detriment of the heir ; the Master of the Rolls decided that they did, and his Lord ship conceiving that decision correct, affirmed it, ordering the costs to come out of the estate. GOMPERTZ V. AINSDELL. The further arguments in this case occupied the Court the whole day. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. PRICE. This case, which was part-heard on Saturday, was resumed this morning, the arguments of Counsel having occupied the greater part of the day. Sir F. PoLLock . , in pursuance of his argument of Sa day, contended that the Registration Act was not man datory, so far as regarded the furnishing to the Regis trar of the district the particulars of the birth of his child—that it was only intended to apply to Dissenters and those who previously had no general system of registration, and that the present case was got up for the mere purpose of persecution. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied at some length, and in the course of his observations he said he bad no hesitation in avowing that he had advised the present pro secution, because he thought it of the greatest import ance that the opinion of the Court of Queen's Bench should be had upon the law, so that similar occurrences might not again take place. The Court took time to consider its decision. THE VICTORIA XHULL) STEAMER-TIIE QUEEN V. BROWNLOW AND OTHFRS. The COURT gave judgment in this case which had been argued a few days since. It was an application to set aside an inquisition on the ground of informality. The Court was satisfied that there were two defects in the finding, which, although technical ; must be consi dered fatal. The first was that no time was stated when the bursting of the boiler had taken place ; the allegation being that "on such a day the deceased being on board the steam-boat, the boiler had burst"—there was in that no averment of the precise day when the accident took place. The second objection was, that the allegation "of which blows, concussion, &c., the deceased instantly died," was in sufficient, and that objection the Court must also hold to be good. They could not tell what the pleader might mean by the word " instantly," because it spe cified no period of time, and might be five minutes or one hour, or one day afterwards. On these grounds the Court was of opinion that the inquisition must be quashed. EXCHEQUE At CHAMBER. (THIS DAY). LIABILITY OF PUBLICANS.-ADAMS V. HUMPHRISS• The plaintiff in this case is a member of a benefit society, held at the Rising Sun in the city of Coventry, and the defendant is the landlord of the house. The declaration stated that the plaintiff delivered to the de fendant a certain box containing money and securities ; and that, in consequence of his negligence, the box and its contents were lost. The defendant pleaded that he had not the care of the box, and that he had not been guilty of negligence. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS (with whom was Mr. PeAcocx) stated the facts of the case. He said the club , which consisted of 61 membets, had for some years been held at the house of the defendant, who had charge of the box, receiving for his services an ample remuneration. At the last Coventry fair the box contained 461. During the fair a sailor a nd a female visited the Rising Sun, and were allowed to sleep in the room where th e box, secured by thr ee locks, was deposited. Imme diately after the fair, however, the parties dec am p e d, taking with them the box, which was found broken open about 200 yards from the house, and entirely empty. The defendant had offered to pay two thirds of the money, but this was refused by the club, and the pre , sent action was brought to recover the amount lost. Witnesses were called in support of the statement of the Learned Sergeant, after which Mr. THESI , GER (with wh om was M r. B AIN ) a dd resse d the Jury on tne part of the defendant. He would prove that the box was kept in a room recognised by the Club as the proper place for its safe custody, and that therefore the defendant was not guilty of such negligence as to render him liable for the loss sustained. After the examination of witnesses to prove the asser tion made by the Learned Gentleman, Mr. Sergeant ADAMS replied, and Mr. Baron ALDERSON summed up the case to the Jury, who had not returned their verdict at the time or our going to Iress. E VEN IN G F' l o.l T lON COURT CIRCULA Lne i. WINDSOR, SUNDAY—The Queen attend.'", „1. Service this morning at St. George's Chape The Srnion was preached by the Rev. Mr. Ca t ' Canon in residence, who took his text from the of Epistle of St. Paul, to Timothy, chap 4, and pal . Cc, the Bth verse. The Rev. Mr. Gore read the Senn • and tie Rev. Mr. Canning and the Hon. and Re sc Mr. Moore officiated at the altar. The Te Deem. Jubilate, and Creed were King's in F. The Sanct he us and Kyrie Elson by the Hon. Mr. Ashley. T Anthem (part of Dr. Croft's) " Praise the Lord, 0 my Soul," was sung by Messrs. Wicks, French, and Turer. In the Royal Closet the Laes and Gentlem en of the Royal Household in Waiting di w ere in a tt e ndance on her Majesty. y Viscount Ebringt on,, Her Majesty, accompanied b and attended by her usual Suite, left the Castle at half past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, for a ride in the Great Park. The Ladies Eleonora and Constance Paget arrived at the Castle on Friday evening, and remain on a to her Majesty. The Marquis of Normanby, Mr. Labouchere, ana Mr. Charles Greville took their departure yesterday for town. Viscount Melbourne and Viscount Palmer ston are expected to leave to-morrow for town. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this eveni,ig is expected to include her Royal Highness the Du then of Kent, the Earl of Errol, Earl and Colin of Uxbridge, Ladies Eleonora and Constance Paget, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Viscount Melbourne , Vi s count Ebrington , Viscoun t Palmerston, Lady Char lotte Dundas, Lord A lfred Pa g et, Lady Barham, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Cocks. Hon. Miss Murray. Lady Gardiner, Baroness ehzen, Marquis of Head fort, Sir Wiiliam Lumley, L Colonel Weruyss, and the C. A. Mur.-ay. The Princess Augusta attended Divine Service yes terday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. -Wesley, from Job, chap. xxi. verse i 4. The Service was read by the R..v. Mr. Haden, and the Lessons by the Rev. Mr. Packman ; the Communion Service was read by the Rev. Messrs. Haden and Puckrnan. The Anthem, " Lord, how they are increased" (Kent), was sung by Messrs. Willing and Chapman. Mr. J. B. Sale pre sided at the organ. The Princess Augusta was attended by Miss Wyn yard. The Marquis of Normanby and several other Peers attended the Service. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George of Cam-. bridge visited the Princess Augusta on Saturday even ing at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta, of Cambridge , . a ttended by Miss Kerr and Baron Kmesebeck, re turned to their residence at Kew, on Saturday night,. from town. The Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London and. Middlesex had interviews with the Marquis of Nor ntanby, on Saturday, at the Home Office. The Earl of Minto has left Scotland on his return. to town. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has arrived at I:lexbarn Hall, Suffolk, on a visit to the Earl of Stradbrok.l. The Marquis of Normanby returned to towi., on. Saturday morning from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Despatches were received yesterday at the ColonialGover office from the Right Hon. Stewart Mackenzie, - nor of Ceylon. The Right Hon, Henry Labouchere has returned ter town from Windsor Castle. Count Bathyany has left Mivart's Hotel for. Melton Mowbray, where th e Count intends to pass tho hunting season. _ NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA• We have received Sydney papers to the 29th June. (From the Port Philip Gazette, ;rune 8..) " The blacks, we have learned from Mr. Nuches, are mustering in large bodies about the Goulbor n, they are for the most part armed, and evince every .sign of hostility ; the shepherds at the different statiows are obliged to be extremely wa tchful, and go well prover ea against any attacks. Four bushrangers, of a despera to gang, who have been committing outrages in tb northern district of Sydney, have been captured ; it also appears that many more bushrangers are out in the It direction." VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. " The Lieutenant-Governor opened the present Ses* sion of the Legislative Council on the 3d inst., an a the address delivered on the occasion was little more tblan a detail of the various measures intended to be propred to the Council for adoption, and a general express ;ion of congratulation on the spirit of improvement wh icb continues to pervade the colony:, SWAN RIVER. We have to acknowledge the receipt of some of the Perth Gazettes down to the 4th of May :-- " The settlers complain very much of the present system of Colonial policy, as tending very ma;erially t.e cramp their exertions. Instead of being encouraged tb settlers are encumbered with difficulties from local causes, beyond the probability of his control. His lands cQuld not be marked out, or indeed pointed out fP him for a considerable time, owing to the absence of a sufficient survey department ; and now he is harrassed and threated with the spoliation of two-thirds of his ptls sessions, if certain conditions are not fulfilled. The r?.- peated Government notices which have issued from th Colonial Office upon this subject since the arrival o.f Governor Hutt appears to have very much diqurbe 3 the minds of the colonists. A steam mill, the firs t erected in the colony, was nearly completed at Perth. Cows had been selling at and 30/. ; steer at 29/. ; and ewes at 2/. 17s. per head. A ver y exten... e sive sale of sheep took place at Sydney, when the prices realised showed that there had been no deterio. ration in the price of sheep. The first portion of the sale consisted of ten thousand, which sold at the follow ing prices :-441 ewes at 395. per head ; 724 maiden ewes at 355. per hezd ; 893 mixed, male and female, at 19s. ; 554 maiden ewes at 295. 4. We are sorry to hear that the catarrh is still raging among the sheep in various parts of the colony." LLOYD'► SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY..) DEAL, Nov. I6.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Wil liam Glen Anderson, Steele, from the River St. Law rence ; Waterhen, Dodd, Quebec ; Eagle, Stephenson St. John's, New Brunswick ; British Monarch, Mira michi ; Henry Bell, Wesley, New York • Charles Broo k, Hunt, St. Vincent ; Juliana, Havannala ; Flora, Ge e ' Metis. CREEK, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Lisbos, Milers, {root Calamato. RAMSGATE, Nov. 17.—Sailed the W. S. Hamilton, Brown, for Singapore. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 17.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the Henrietta, Longford, from Maranham ; Robert ens s' Long, Porto Cabello; Maralliner, Pars, Carthagenal Coronation, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Henry We° ditto; Mercury, Edwards, Quebec; Sarah, ditto; Caledonia, ditto • Cabinet, Linnet, New O rleans _ ; British Abeona, Grant, St. john's, New Brunswick; e° l America, ditto ; John, Quebec. Sailed the LiverF4 . (steamer), Ingledove, New York:; Dumfriesshire , G owan New Orleans. KenuedY , PORTSIMOUTII, Nov. I6.—Wind W.-17, \Vi ed S. ce ' Sailed the Catherine, Evans, for Bombay. Off Pe ra. " Eliza Bell, Bell, Rio Janiero ; Accidenten Leal Grab s ' Batavia. chie beC V ES SELS SPOKEN `'WITH.—The Airey, fro m "i• -- de to Liverpool, 22d ult., off Cape Chat, by the cenr lat. Lion, arrived at Liverpool ; Wilhelmine, 10th Wt.,' , off 49, long. 8 ; atherine Dorothea, of Hmburg 1 3 t"' the Start ; Ar C iadne of Bremen, same day, by the Fol . to Haan, arrived off Dover ; J. P. Dobree, Liverpoo.yea a rfl eo . Berbicc, Bth inst., lat. 49, long. 8, by the Fanny. in the Creek ; Garrow, Henderson, from Sydney , 7 0 , South Wales, in Torres Straits, by the Arabian, Btu t o arrived at Anger ; West minster, Mollison, London Port Phillip, Sept. 23, lat. 6, N. ; long. 19, W. The calendar for the next Yorkshire as sizes 10 P e '"a suits an unusual and melancholy aspect — a father , by his son, a wife by her husband, and a sister bYbe, brother. There are now, with those out on bail, ter tween seventy and eighty prisoners for trial ; a g res eo num ber, we believe, than was ever known at th is seao - Of L th o e: d yea a r n . winter at St. Le o n ar d' s , having taken a mansion ,at tII r d Lady Monteagle intend pas sing the g fa r v o o t u t r o ite waterinp; place for several months• r e f ie ; Ladyship'say hbouatlthli,ttle whichchangen oo . has taken plane c ;l e i lictit e Wanes in tne most state. The Earl and Countess Bruce have arrive d ilt er Nice, where they will be shortly joined by the Do""g a Countess of Pembroke, Lady Georgians Herbert, r Mr. Sydney Herbert. The party will winter in It 6 1; 0 The Countees of Kerry is on a visit to t Marchioness of Lansdowne, in Wiltshire. , e 0 Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has arrived at l i ke ham Hall, Suffolk, on a visit to the Earl of Stradbr°o' .Lord Duncannon has returned from Ireland ads, rejoined his numerous family at a new villa at W° ll worth. Diss fair, on Friday last, was most nurneNusil attended by dealers of all kinds from every adjace °t P t ; rish in Norfolk and Suffolk, and many from distant par ~ it too' s Business was very brisk, and a great deal of acted. In the night a fire broke out in an outhous eat were short distance , which, together with a hogs,tYe,e f a' r ' quickly consum ed, but from their proximity to th, a great deal of read y help was obtained, and the (JO; ling-house was saved without further damage.--I*rib Chronicle. THE CROWN IN A HAWTHORN BUSH. Richard 11 1. was the only Monarch since the c°l" quest that had fallen in battle, and the second that ht in his crow n, which, falling off in an engag e : t wasg found, and secreted in a bush, were it waS dls fcovered, and plac ed u p on Henry's head, by Lord thortS hush? ta nley. H enc e ayses the device of a crown in a hAw i Abb a t e ach cad of Henry's toaib, ii, Westroiabter o --- Ince. , —........00°° 111 .