The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-18 00:00:00

lank in e a t t c 0111 ,31 j 1 sCrige" op inion DAY.) 0 e' rat , iv- 011 Se r ee '""S litan r .rOP O distit rr iT sou ilr e:so. writ , why 01 )6 bring " o t io De t P d tP t iere state m a de o ij va „ Bl •ere t f : O lib d ; • r bril i ° I L ffi , a „d i° o tb sl take'. :0, 0 , 11 : 1 4 P rl i s ( V 'el n The e l° tli e, atint,h3t:be otb b e tod The dor t the °loll bu t .14 Jr liarg eu ',ol OIL ging. bet t ° t r wee vrook' i e y e w „tbel lt 3stro inter ti 1 01 1, 0 ,CoJ°ic" laY• S 0 ---.................„___ ______ pT 'RIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. st, PRONI THE MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAT. _ Les tdIES.—It was perfectly natural that the Ant . e . Coin-1 . a . ? - preasgus its sellilolitslvdi take advantage of the present crisis to si• ; ews more strongly' on the public mind. -._\ o teeeeth_en will have been surprised to . hear of the free .tratle e„ ug convened last week at Birmingham ostensibly to do "' a t:air to Mr. Charles Villiers, but in reality ,to IT ake a de • nlonstration against the existence of a corn-law in the pre felt that state of the eountry. Surprise will perhaps rather be t&telt that at a meeting of this kind, collected under these cir 17ances, and by the authority of men who have ile.r . diStinguished for their tact and moderation, there should tthe d' v e been so little acrimony and asperity on the part i . thtffees_eilt Speakers. The speeches on this occasion were, in waln, temperate and appropriate ; but there remai s ned . a s 11 or 1 tam, erp us of those stock niaism les which usanc,.. has the dramatic property of the League, and which tave subjected it to ridicule in quarters where it ought ° have been influential. Mr. Cobden talked ice a sh ed of ' puerile xaggeration about the redundance of laws, bread which e would result from a repeal of the corn "% just as if the experience of this very year had not Proved what all 'previons informat . ion ha suggested—viz., tthh.at,there is 'neither in Europe nor in America that . abundan . t ' , JP's' of • foOd which can, in the most propitious times, over markets markets of any one country. The great objection iestr3; ,ee existing corn-lAw is that it prevents that equable ibution of food which the aggregate average of the corn t,a,!Yests throughout the world is calculated to prornote. A_ frnon that its repeal would inundate us with a vast influx of f or wheat ie contrary both to all experience of foreign ha ; ve 'ts, and, in a greater degree, to common . sense. N .ol s_ could teach us better than a political economist (and .. tohies traders are, ea. vi termini, political economists) how ru n: ..ssible it would be for the people of any nation to con prod iitZ: producing cheap wheat for foreign . expo_ a sat te ,,, t The corn -law contravenes the operation of e en ; ' Jaws and embarrasses the mechanism of cour t,so , s If it were repealed to-morrow, bread would e a r i an average, be 2d. a loaf cheaper, nor the value of as tee (4era blY good land be diminished even at first as much /11 , Per cent• in value. Mr. Cobden should be cautious ,e i i n i, "'lag these grossly coloured misrepresent . ations.A i there w Pocojai„,,,asj as usual, some Utopian declamation about ..e g e t m he . ins time when the navy of the country shall h eo ,Ssl, not in fighting the country's battles, or guarding its t en '" and colonies, but in conveying and re-conveying col : e i t°ds and other manufactures all over the world. r ki e ! sett, e, this traditional sentiment was cheered by those p of Pee, a' an y absurdity will always be by a great collection ne t c0e,„, 41, Who have met together for the furtherance of e o or_ AN', object and with the desire of preserving the ap s p a e .... !sett(); unanimity. 13ut it might be suggested to . such wa e : 0 1 s vast di gentlemen that the intrusion of nonsense is al 3 is hard, ',advantage to the interests of a party; and there .. i 1 51.,' 151 . ,' Man throughout the country, with eyes and brains ad h - - - greatness of England • atal th ,wo is not aware that the to th e greatness of English commerce are indebted . as much ii!gene Prowess of our naval and military services, as to the ts 1 10r w u n'Y and industry of our manufacturers and merch c a e n in: Pa rativl id .it be difficult to indicate countries, which are Perseetf.3' Ignorant of our manufacturing skill, but which are th e ead familiar with the quality of our three-deckers human batg ro 7of our seamen. The fact is, that as long that 4_entains what it is (and we see no reason . for change it), a e4lInt;!81‘8. Cobdeu and Bright are destined to and sower 0111 be respected in proportion to its power, I as becomes depend upon its military resources. d When our 'este f a ''s°rees a great carrying instrument, an . that fr_sory bailees, it requires no gift of propheca o t foretell oi l , egniure that moment we shall lose all our power, o and half 'lter thrnerce• But it is curious to observe . how far men will saes of ensselves to be possessed with one idea to the t ex_c o l w a- - ItiVer k:':erY other. Only they should recollect tha s h ees tv4l4eal themselves, they have to address their doc oe sh,e,_ aWorl, which, in order to be converted, must not lath e - , l ',_ e d hY impractica'ble promises, nor provoked be spec%- 'f 44' 9 '4 tS• One other instance of this one -thoughted st 2 I . Opett',l!R with important matters ; Mr. Cobden sy., Dessoittne ports and there will be no necessity for voting i‘l „„ Ca bde s t i' relief' to Ireland." Indeed ! Where did • If lea am ear a tilts? Mr. Cobden is a Member iv of he P r a e rl d ia id - If e l 'ara s eu t gh,t to .know something of Ireland. .4 , tbry 'a the Irish are in the habit of consuming whe_a rs t? t ,6 : 1 : 04:0a ai:lra: I.ttoew eit,r;inogluitin e it this year, it will be for the first ,PalS s e : ." SLispect that he does not intend that they it, or if i, mutt Payingfi England l i a i. nd I . f if th t e h y ey do de pay-for f i n t r , " Il eat - ,:t . , e d on't buy it f9 e r nl then n s s g they 'will go without it, and for k nrill b e 1,, p ropo r t: c ot 002;tsssedadrear in the Englis e h ni m ng ar t k h e e ts p . ert S s o . much e a ttt t itl ea 4 gunsent about op t or nia o f n, . , however, was not to , rte a asunminedfismerninmeiy ssege ee s ,„'"euey to the Irish, but to N o.e the'tritaSlet:o't`k.sas Purpose of giving them employment in some q t , tv te htiori -a proposition which may hereafter occupy rc t % o f / 9 1 the Legislature as being mrlved in the vexed T Iltl 'i f 1 t'sb grievances and their remedies ; hi ° t ile L • • I beneath their notice. le g %to es !ague may think entire but w.hich notice. e Ta Isle ;:galri of having but one idea.. But f t s h: i r e e ns, is one the t° di eter s hays if we may infer from their pro s s hav'esstsiate already been taught by past essperien_c t e— w v eu iz id th, t bee s alParty connexions and obligatio . 1 ktd e y ear„3 well for them if they had learned thi n s s s . orne two or rs,4'estilatij°•,_ They would have !ned both in t fl h u e en c c e e . 41,11 e si °f h s t i li j at 3'whuicYliPursuihng a r g il tl'iaa course diametrically cc tare . ~„e t th. they aye pursued. dAdndheittteirstqhuaensttihoeny tli •'a pr e e.Y might not have succee . e . fet il i e v i t e ? bet t i3 e Free trade opinions are 1111gtlie.ir oisioris. As it is, the sat . er have L ei s atre e tj their authors... . kes ti Nati r i ti g 1 , the Leaeue is losine• it. Nor is it diffi . c n u e l n t tl t 3 o , res o jian ; i t ' w e reason ofqhis. Tne'Leag . ue was em . d the v irel eht .as also eminently dictatorial. .It degt es in an the i Nets invectives, the most shameful inuen s, t l t e t l it , eee`l'beisePeo‘tic i mperiousqess. lt proclaimed all dissen -11,4 a sa pill so their country; it denounced the agricul ty ~ the s a t gers and Plunderers; it attacked the Church ,3' l l'i s Pli eslt'o - s s ` °er tcY, if not in direct terms, is ' sll'sns, a 3 on. N o wonder, therefore that it was r d e e g r ar t d h e a d t to „Y naos e ; a Jacobin club in disguise.. ' fror4`e,',llalt:te 1 kePt aloof .Persons, who, for commercial N r a e o w as w o o n n s wished du e that Ovation made in the present corFe- Iver:ll.e.tieeaeti,etl seemed a combination of radpie'crasleisnms whoand th e t utter], , rei wonder, also, that many tls,ri,;;;:aeytilleoientdriffneesr.ent to the corn-law hied . themselves to of,ci .3,)11.45e rued to e te ato r a s the best vehicle for their own violent . nt and in and rest of the world, into•a Subjectwith of party a l g l i t t h at e lo h n ea , t a a n n d d b fn a r3 n- , eels. lanneee 'Pie r ( P . arh ati . Party contest. The League seems to have Wi lk , tltl ity _ Y aware of its past errors. It now has a noble Li ve " req,6ur repairing them. A great crisis is coming on, Ste' aor a„" not ex aggerations nor calumny, nor invec dtesnee`e'vtiting from the magazines of mr•ce „ nary m el e o- a ktr s l Y Yersetithe knowledge, sagacity, and ability of ts Co of the and deeply interested in the commercial trans tetsitY,ParliZll t n trY ; a crisis, not attribu in ta er b e l a e s m ed i i t n s i o t r s isi n in . Sis it s ass w ary enactment, though L A th ss the isPosed to a recurrence by a law which it must 'ks the L a „ t are of every statesman fie review and hod ttllr'e opj ''' e e arrY out 't rofessed intention of e' y etZent Z e es and expressing the wishes of the most in.. et oothou, 0 tost moderate M ost among the n c e omf it er w ei t c u l ess.,ersly s, spleen, acrimony, and irreleva 3 . st , 'ig off f o 'peed in settling this momentous question, and • k,ti i p it se re Perils like those which now threaten us; s 11 1 tal, seo 11n s original character of art one-sid d, tiq t., 4 ,5 8 ,ftarian, Clique and it will do as much t 9 it might efi"vai i - , good cause as under better auspices it might e ft 550 . ) .e. ., , e it, • th e l act fro ''''LE. ---In the Chronicle of yesterday we gave an tetsj)lll4Perilit was4ng article in Sunday's Observer, of which Nr 3ttd further t 0 Apprise the public that Ministers con eys; a,bolist change in the corn-laws, tifth e nae rse 'PR protection or adopting a fixed duty. - )rY, l e without,____h . o a w : ks t t esliq o sto be made is to be made on the pirincipl 1s0'" t o 'wer gas ale; but the scale itself is to be modified so s a i t duties while the mode of taking the averages i tr a's' t frot ri el ' e s d as, by excl ding the coarser qualnies of l' o aahli' et reh t `1"); jalculation u to regulate the admission of t‘ lt er r a and ue prices fetched at any time by the finer t eis r eto s of duties in effect, to . secure us always be fixed 0 s to ties than those which syo i h ist, 4lB til t ae Present mode of taking the aver elass-Jr, (4 th "'er gives itself out 'as an orga e n of the It •o, i(if.. o e ezeite7i, asi well as of the in s the h article clubs; and Ivtait theoti'tvitiernensowMenetlaTletsrstion in afternoon specu -4 4 141 1 a, l s 'uPposed kt,..rit),,,,i no Such th. too preposterous to planation of Ministerial policy. I. sot "to , mg. The thing is „'sti et aPt t o or as if there were one iota of truth in it. We B ut 'l it Nast of bY sapposing that Sir R. Peel and his col jog. .. las eecessity act in a straightforward mann t er, i s . so., ge ese 4 v ar e „; 7 .0f the necessities and feelings of the coun ry. t o h itol ot idiots after all; they know that the country l ''S I d b)" e e i '''' to be fooled with insignificant changes, or fate;"qlk'a'Pable Y ifssl's that frauds. If the corn-laws can . be upheld, on e -,an 4t they must be upheld in their present . sir Is, j ,_ as Bo n ed, that it will not be possible to deceive ll ' , l't k the extent of the change to be made. t li s tsse 'lons well 1t t ttl k it to the enough that he has tinkered the '' " r 4ad thattie utmost extent consistent . with t. its ti Ise'rthes the squires would be as impa ien ~,, y t ,or at redaction of 1 ivot which they look upon . as 1 4 Qaard a , i4na..Y11....5n0.re rapid‘ diminution of duties, which Iss ile, , si L l' i oty ° "' c lout, as they would the propos_al I s M • aitere',.°r Perhaps even of free cadet As for the ss i tl e N lithlsriralet:osoite mode of taking the averages, no gu S r „at h Pe rteti o 's thee pesent just outcry against . . „P!ti s s e nil e e s n 3r there rice of a quantity of inferior if '' le tl6" l ', for human food. But if you effect your isyoll l o ath t'ading the inferior qualities from the averages, I,isla t e t . e iwe r the existing protection as effectually a 3 sla t e s lur e d the iot. If - you get at the average that iiri4t.lt.Pwrioeid stilaaiiieLit,.ll3, taking intoconsideration.non.lyeth_e_ sr It Zei 0 ,1 1 1 h e us T, You ensure that average be gln uer_ (7 1 illn sr te a e "uer the present law at the same rate ot r.th Ile 4.err:s• - Upon the same quantity of corn sold 1... le s nes g . e now returned is 508., the average taken tr ee h en .w.llleals alone would, very probably, be ONt.tritst,stae hi:s_onsider the habitual amount of difference iSfs fee'est and lowest prices of wheat in the san . ie e?e'no4.ll„(sikely rs'_easfident that this isnot over-rating the dif ees.'"f,!,lllt front taking the average in law ro- I st , ll ll 'Ol tl et ,, "" here, therefore, under the presenthe 4 c a a,ft y 0 f li• attaches uner such a system there 10i l,' •ishs e rae es ,,' O alY lls ; and ; where under the present , I tsoer t'i " ( dd be estimated at ' 635., and the duty t et ssst, at 7 3t e Proposed plan the avera e would probably te'''i ' 11- 0 1 411 ( 1 ill t ei at 11 ( I, 43 ~, ere would be a shilling duty. This tes ti % et ate eof tue Observer says, "prove a most ma ts small the present system." But would it not et4 l lN' i l i a rilige:it.B° fronl the possibility even of country _4 of to , 40 _ lag its tendency ? And if they are likely 4,,,' EtiZotit„,,ll 4 relaxation why not let them have the st,steZelles o`,Tgeto free trade , penly and without disguise? stZtlqa . es s l'i(1:. corn -laws has surely been one of shams bseN th e fresh f li g l . l , to spare us the necessity of con 9ei:se ts _et th e "slsre of fraud for their tomb. We are per t;t. of Z.,_exporpyb_se,-ver has in this case been unwittingly a s ' l esoe su b ens' net has ministerial plan, but of the de- Gi',,eN wotil d rusts Pape or Tadpole. It is just such a tt*At4 fiAli,ll. th,i'rl4"gest itself to those whose great aim in life l i f Y , f t' a P it i i tl i i°ll, \DV'ltrhtYoutt°Z thc,. by eonetry gli y ther ;" who have a great dread ' t at 7 6i 14 the li• b • . comprehension of it ; who have i ility of all manner of men, and es- Im , 3,4 saetl gentlemen and farmers • and who think Ith' i eb, aB4r. Preten , :se e st - f es ces as these they may escape sv.er'Qtereskt:4blt-intee rslssith°llt, while they retain a ''r It s 4 , l 'gge st r l f th e i t .' adhering to the principles as ta'' I ' r ' j o th e ; ar t3'. Such shifts as these are hints' l a beh eel ,eay have last throes of expiring abuses. the-Alta , els „ f t ,_ 1 determined or consented to make ,NPt." , or heee'llding scale. He may have apprised tt t - th e 'aw h„..st ,I,llauced by them to admit that, though t s ,, t ts stOPeal - i 4l s, ti•• repealed, he cannot as Minister pro }).taselessa'hile att),,t-,Whe',,` We believe to be much more near t e 'q :i i t l t at' sic'affVlat.-4 tubaelreSarnbjeacdte s:tlttnrthiul mind to give up the ts.l the Cabinet, and t. elo, ', Vs inads'neoreing his ' • -rcutristances vi t o4 e ‘ , 4te ver s• oet a strop ,policy until L.. v.:4inn of ,e, s etrisi he tria,,i,S, r case against the sse.. ." tlire Itst:Pitlioart‘" will il av e done, or may intend to er ars h as deo ass last Many months longer. , t h () „ T; dot ea V them. All who disapprove kg 4, es e ! a Ppo s t„ s of that the mischief shall last no A s it pl eb, , sust a i nithr. ~ nein have avowedly renounced i'tct/ ties 40eiaave Testaisolvulanla Some, like Mr. Escott and t k' llt ten! l 'ho pas ,;,„ t o ~: e i. red such a conviction. The i tty A i•Re sf,' Ike th e 7 „. Plecate a " precipitate repeal. ‘‘e4lit .utk°ll°PkllavenTlitycl-4t7 still remain staunch t heir • t s ' !egard theinselves as betrayed, and defend their cause. The __~ THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY EVENIN events (.1 the last few weeks have added an overwhelming force to the stream that was before setting against the 'corn laws. • How the result is to be brought about—whose is to be the honour of being the prominent agent-in - the last scene— whether the repeal of the cern-laws is to be effected by Peel's deserting his party, or by a portion of his party deserting Peel, or by both being scared by some manifestation of public feeling, no one can pretend to see. - But that the result will speedily be brought about, we have not the slightest doubt; for never did so strong and general a public opinion exist, without finding •some way - or other of achieving its object. POST.—It seems to be now generally supposed that Par liament will meet some three weeks earlier than it generally does, in order to deliberate upon the various important and interesting subjects which call for its consideration. We think it a good resolution—in default of some better method communicating with the public—to call the Parliament to gether as soon as that can be conveniently managed. We have no very great confidence either in the wisdom or the virtue cf Parliament, but in anxious times there ought to be some way by which the Government and the public may have some sort tif communication with each other, and by which the talkers s of nonsense about what the Government will and must do may be put down. Unfortunately there is in this coun try no such thing as confidence in the good will and atiec tionate feeling of the Government towards the people. We do not find any one trusting that the Government will certainly do what is best for the comfort and happicesS of the people. Anxiety cannot be got rid of in that way. Some persons believe that the-Government will • uphold the corn-laws for the sake of certain rich people who have an iwerest iu them, though it is quite clear, as they assert, that thousands of the people will thereby suffer starvation. Hun- dreds of intelligent, educated people, profess to believe this, and some of teem write it and have it printed, and distributed to the public, yet the very men who do this regard the Minis ters not as fiends, but as rather respectable gentlemen, from whom an invitation to dinner would be no insult. Such is the jumble of. belief and feeling about great personages who compose the Government. Surely if any man were really and thoroughly impressed with the conviction that they who rule over him and his fellow -citizens are capable of such aln , minable inhumanity, they would • take some strong measures to throw off such a yoke. Because they do nothing of the kind, we have the utmost doubt of the sincerity of their professions. . Others believe that Ministers chiefly concern themselves about obtaining rnajo ities in the House of Commow, and so continuing to be Ministers, and do not much allow their minds to dwell upon the condiiion of the people at large. Others, again, are of opinion that Ministeis think only how they may promote traffic and give opportunities to persons who devote capital to traffic to make profits thereon and to increase their store. All seem to come to the conclusion that they who have the reins orGovernment in their hands have regard merely to some personal or party object, or the realisation of some poli tical theory, or the warding off some danger which threatens their own position as a Government. No one seems to dream, even for a moment, of Ministers being actuated by an affection of solicitude for the great body whom they have been appointed to govern. The political care of the people, then, devolving upon themselves (the Ministers being occupied with inter mediate interests between the peop leand the Government), it is very natural the people should look for the proceedings of Parliament, where they can at least hear something of what is going on. But we fear that the character of Parliament must be much changed before it will be a trustworthy en. gine of popular Government. The change of 1832 seems to have been a change, not from bad to good, nor from good to bad, but a change from bad to worse. Under the old system, of the great proprietors nominating a large portion of the Lower House, a trust was - reposed in the great proprietors, which they either abused or did not attend to. with such care as they ought. They did not take the pains which they ought to have taken to exercise their powers of nomination in favour of sense and virtue, and patriotism. In the place of this system we have . got another which, failing to produce the occasional good effects of the nomination system, has nothing of a counterbalancing kind in which the great body of the people either can con. fide or ought to confide. Granted that the House of Com- mons has in it, under the new system, fewer fops of fashion and idle young gentlemen, or of more staid persons, who never thought of exercising an independent judgment in voting. This may be, but what have we in their room? Have we men di-tinguished for public virtue, or eloquence, or patriotism? Have we men whose conduct as representa tives of the people elevates the British Parliament in the eyes of this country and of the world, and gives to all civi lised nations a bright example of what may be achieved by acting upon the — principles of British liberty and justice? Alas! no. We have a crowd of clever loquacious jobbers. When the revolution of 1832 first took place, it was supposed by those who most feared it, that the House of Commons would become ultra-Democratic—that it would represent, not the national interests, but the passions of the mob. That was a wrong calculation. It was not wrong in so far as it was sup posed that the national interests would thenceforth be inadc- qtiately represented; but the representation actually created has not been of the passions of the mob, but of the selfishness of traffic. The national interests are not merely the interests of men as proprietors of money, or of stock in trade, or of land, or of mines. These are neglected by men who are con sidering what they may do to make wages cheaper that ma nufactured goods may be sent at a less price into foreign markets, or in perfecting schemes of internal communication, not fur the sake of giving employment to the people and facilitating their improvement, but in order to invest capital at a greater advantage. These are the schemes which en- gage - the minds of men who ought to be considering the national interests—men who, for the sake of present advan tage, do not scruple to engage, the mass of the people in cir cumstances of feverish activity, without the slightest re flection upon the question, " what is to become of these people when the works in which they are now engaged shall have been completed?" THE ANNUALS. THE FORGET-CIE-NOT. No mexim of wisdom is more true than that brief say ; ing. "Time flies." What is there can compare - to it in swiftness ? Slowly and quietly it approaches, we think we grasp it. and it is gene ! It seems hut the other day that we hailed the advent of '45, and anxiously awaited its coming pleasnres, and now already the fading leaf and deepening twilight warn us that it is near its close. " Coming events cast their shadows before ;" the sr rival of the swallows announce the sunshine, and the cold frosts of winter havo likewise their harbingers. The Annuals for 1846 have already appeared. When all is drear and desolate, these 'bright volumes come forward as emblems of the kindly feelings which the season can not chill, and offer- themselves as appropriate gifts of friendship and affection. Of these the " Fi-rgeteme-Not" deserves peculiar notice, having been the first of all the annuals ; it has survived many of its encient companions, and bids fair to flourish till its race becomes extinct. This year it appears in gayer plumage than usual ; its cus tomary suit of brown is exchanged for a binding of pale green morocco, ornamented with a beautiful wreath of flowers in gold. The engravings form the principal at traction in a work of this sort, and they will not be found wanting. The greater number illustrate E.C,,IICS in the different tales. There are no landscapes, and this is a great improvement, the size of the book being too small to do them justice. As it is, the il'ustrations are clear anti distinct. One of the best is a "Sketch from Nature," painted by Herring ; the - countenance is expressive and full of softness. • The frontispiece represents a lady in " A Reverie ;" she is leaning over a balcony, her atti tude is easy and graceful, her face expresses serious re flection, but the hands are not worthy of the rest—the fingers are long and stiff The literary department is full of variety both in prose and verse. It opens with a poem by Mrs. Sigourney, " The Royal Guest," in cele bration of Queen Victoria's visit to Eu. Then follows a dramatic scene by the late lamented Thomas Hood. Charles Swain has contributed many interesting pieces, and Eliza Cock's "Farewell to her Hound" is full of mournful simplicity. It is hardly necessary to enumerate the prose tales ; they are of every variety, ancient and modern, extravagant and homely, adapted to every ta s t e . They must indeed be hard to please who are not satis fied with the "Forget-me-Not" of 1846. 'LATEST FROM BUENOS A YRIL:;. I"ti,morarn, Nov. 16.—The lliimburgh barqu - , 1. nud Louisa, Captain Mareks, arrived here tins Buenos Ayre4, having 'sailed from that catty on the 19th SePtember. Prior to her departure, letters had been received by the mercantile establishments in Buenos Ayres, from Monte Video, earnestly intreating them, on the reeommeinla tion of Mr. Ouseley, to wind up their coeceris, even at a sacrifice, in consequence of ny‘asnr,s which would most like!y be taken by the English and French. All intercourse be tweel 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 bad brought the mails to .Buenos Ayres, from Rio de Janeiro, had sailed immediately, Without waiting for any returns from Colonia. General 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. Roses was exerting himself to make soldiers of the entire male population, from the age of sixteen to sixty, and seemed determined to offer every resistance to the proceeding of the united Goveraments. His conduct was as arbitrary and tyrannical as ever, and his hatred of the- English so marked, that most persons were of opinion he 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- Bected in the event of any h ost ili t i es b e i ng come to b y the ritish 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 lies were circulated to engender enmity of feeling to the English and French. Provisions would be getting very scanty among the squadron, by the severe in terdict of the Buenos Ayrean Government. HAIVIBURGH NAIL. COPENHAGEN, Nov. B.—To the many losses in the late storm we fear we may add that of the Victoria steamer, pur chased in England of Mr. Lundt, for a week ago a piece of the side ,of a steamer was driven on shore to the north of the Ogger Cam], which is thought to be a piece of the Victoria, as nothing has been heard of that steamer since it left Eng land on the 18th of last: month, and therefore it is believed that it was totally lost in the North Sea, in the hurricane of the 21st of last month. , BERLIN, Nov. 7.—ln answer to the second address of the magistrates of Berlin to the King, directions have been given by his Majesty to investigate officially the factet alleged by the magistrates. The second address will not be publishe'd till the investigation is ended, on which occasion the answer which the King may be pleased to give will probably be likewise published. The penetrating eye of the Monarch may perhaps see much that may not seem desirable to many persons. JIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Nov. 13. Bills. Honey. kustrian 5 per Cents .. • ....• •• • • •. • . 114 Bank Shares .... •••••••• .• .• .• • • •• •• 1620 Anglo-Russian Loan ........ • ....... 108 % Russian 5 per Cent., Ilamb. Certificate. 103% 103% Ditto Ist series Inscription.......• .. • 104 Ditto, Nope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 97 96 Ditto, in Certificate.......... • • • 97 96 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •••• .• 91 Ditto Stieglitz • • . ......... 89% Spanish New 5 per Cent.— .....• •• • • 21% 21 Ditto 3 per,Cent ..... ........ 31 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • 59 Ditto 3 per Cent. Polish New 4 per Cent. Joan, 1844.... 83% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 85% National Bank Shares Exchange on London. Hamburgh, Nov. 14. •• • •• 13 8 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BEBLIN, Nov. 11. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., i% percent .•• . • . 98% 97% ' Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. Exchange on London, 2 m0nth5........ —Universal Prussian Gazette. Nov. 12. 6 24 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. A better attendance, and slight —very slight—improve ment in business, but without exhibiting any " feature." A quotation will suffice : NEWPORT PAGNELL STEEPLE CHASE. 5 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Ragman—taken. DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting 16 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken to 1501. 25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lago 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Ginger—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—taken to 1501. 3,000 to 75 agst Lord Albemarle's Smuggler Bill—taken 1,000 to 25 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—taken 400 to 10 agst Mr. Worthington's Manilla celt—taken 1,000 to 50 laid agst the Traverser and Jonathan Wild, and 100 to 20 that Sting does not see 6 to 4 before starting. Previously to the 16 to 1 bets, 3,600 to 200 was laid agst Brocardo. OAKS. 13 to I agst Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Alice 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Queen Anne 1,000 to 25 agst Mr. Hook's Astonishment—taken Offers to take 6 to 4 that Varnish beats anything. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. The following draft from the Danebury stud was disposed of yesterday by Messrs. Tattersall : Guineas. Muscovite, by Kremlin, out of Harmony, 2 yrs 34 Stockbridge, by Venison, out of Defiance, 2 yrs B f by Melbourne, out of Victory, 2 yrs 2O Viaduct, by Stockport, out of Mystery, 2 yrs Cambaules, by Camel, 2 yrs (w ithout his engagements) 27 Bastion, by Defence, 3 yrs Witticism, by Sultan Junior, 3 yrs Maid of Orleans, by Jereed, 3 yrs ... 150 Winchilsea, by Camel, 3 yrs Tenebrosa, covered by Emilius St. Lawrence was bought in for 510 guineas, and Velleda for 95 guineas. MILITARY DEFENCE OF CANADA.—WE under stand that active preparations are now being made for the military defence of Canada. At Port Sarnia, a fort is to be erected,,by order of Lord Cathcart. Penetanguishine is to be made a place of great military strength. Colonel Hol loway. of the Royal Engineers, and Captain Boxer, of the Royal Navy, have visited Port Hope, with a view to the selection of a site for a fort and other military defences at that beautiful and important position. Colonel Ilolloway designs three batteries on that part if the Port Hope Hills, called Fort Orton; to be erected in a crescent form for protection of the harbour and security of the town. The engineers are now at work, surveying the narrow isthmus which divides the head waters of the Bay of Quinte from 'Lake Ontario, at Presque Isle, with a view to the construc tion of a canal at that point. At Kingston, the front of the town, at present occupied by forwarders, as mercantile store houses, is to be pulled down, and a heavy battery erected in their stead. Three marten() towers, one on Cedar Island at the east, and one on Stuart's Point at the west, and one on the shoal in the bay, are designed for the strengthening of Port Henry, and the more effectual security of the city and harbour. In Lower Canada a military general order has issued, calling on all officers to report themselves to their commanding officer, in the event of their wishing to retain their commissions... We should deplore a war between the two countries, and hope it may yet be averted. But ear nestly as we should deprecate so great a calamity, we would prefer even death to a dishonourable surrender, or the aban donment ofjustice and right. Give us peace by all means, but let it be an honourable ene.—Canada Statesman. THE VINTAGE.—The most contradictory reports of the vintage in the neighbourhood of Geneva have been received. While from Wirtemberg but a middling wine is expected as regards quality, and not very satisfactory in quantity, accounts from the Pfalz represent the crop as totally lost, but one-fourth of an average crop being ex pected in quantity, and in several places sourworm and rot have quite destroyed the grapes. The price for middling table wines has already risen from 150 to 2001 the piece, to 300 :nil 1001; and for best qualities 500 and 600 fl. is asked. In the Ahr, CP the other hand, the vintage exceeds all ex pectations; the quality is peculiarly good, and although the quantity is nrg so great, it is yet much over that of last year. Similar accounts have been received of the vintages in other Rhenish provinces,---Rhine paper. LORD JoiiN RUSSELL.—The Lord Provost had the honour of entertaining Lord John Russell to dinner, at his house, on Thursday . evening, when a number of noblemen and gentlemenwere invited to be present.—Scotsman. THE SACRED GIFT. Among the numerous publications in honour of Christmas, one relating to sacred subjects will be found a great acquisition. This is, indeed, a splendid " gift ;" it contains twenty beautiful engravings, principally taken from the great masters. The first plate repre• bents the Mourners at the Sepulchre ;" the sorrowful expression in the countenance and attitude of the two women, bowed down in grief, is beautifully pourtrayed. One of the principal engravings is the " Transfigura tion" of Raffaele ; this is too well known to need com ment. Coreggio's " Christ crowned with Thorns," the " Widow of Nain," and Poussin's " Holy Family," are all admirable ; the softness and delicacy of the engrav ing has done full justice to the beauty of the originals. Many of the subjects are illustrated by poems, by the Rev. C. B. Taylor, the editor of the work. Some of these ere written in a slow and solemn style befitting the subject, and others are full of beautiful simplicity. " Simon Peter," is one of the best—the style is pecu liarly melodious and the imagery graceful. The prose division contains many sermons by different clergymen. On the whole this forms one of the most attractive of Cbristmas presents, the binding and general appearance are beautiful, and no doubt it will be as pleasing to the eye as it will be beneficial to the heart. THE DRAWING-ROOM SCRAP-BOOK. The name of this beautiful volume hardly does it jus tice; though its elegant appearance may render it a fitting ornament for the drawing-room table, yet the superior quality of the engravings render it more worthy to be counted as a work of art than a scrap-book. It contains 36 plates, comprising landscapes, portraits, his torical scenes, and sacred subjects, all beautifully exe cuted and highly finished. The frontispiece, entitled " Arcadian Shades," is from a picture by Rubens—it is a magnificent assemblage of trees of all, varieties. " The Prodigal's Return" is by Salvator Rosa ; it is admirably engraved ; the face of the Prodigal, which is upturned in prayer, seems absolutely to rise from the paper. Of the landscapes the most beautiful are the " Doria Pa lace," at Genoa, and the " Bay of Baire," in Italy. Among the portraits are Edmund Burke and Admiral C , Klrington ; but the most interesting of the whole are likenesses of Lord Fordwich, the youthful son of Earl Cowper, and Lady Adela Villiers, the daughter of Lord Jersey. ['he literary department is worthy of the rest ; it is enouv hto say that it is by Mrs. Norton. The fol lowing are some verses from the " Envoi:"— A master-hand may sweep the lyre, And fail to win attention due: Some meaner touch may strike the chords, Whose echo vibrates strong and true: Familiar Words, and simple airs, Are strongest in their sweet appeal : These dim the eye,—tl:ese thrill the ear, — For few can judge,—but all can feel I Then deem not, with a careless touch My hand bath played a Minstrel's part; My themes have been from Human Life, My Listener is the Human Heart! And well I know that smiles and tears Will wait upon the Poet's line; And well I know that many .a heart Shall echo back the thoughts of mine. TIIE JUVENILE SCRAP-BOOK. This is a beautiful Christmas present for the young, and will be a welcome addition to many a juvenile library. Edited by Mrs. Ellis, it combines instruction with amusement, and will be found not only interesting, but useful. The frontispiece is a likeness of Mehemet Ali; the other engravings generally illustrate the stories. ThAv are many tales in prose and verse, the principal of which are the "Rich and Poor," the "Independent Bees," and " Maggie Mayflower." It is splendidly bound in crimson and gold, and will doubtless afford much satisfaction to the youthful readers. COURT CIB.CULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY. —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at the Castle to breakfast with the Queen and the royal party, previous to the departure of the Duke Ferdinand and Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg for Lisbon. At twenty-five minutes past ten o'clock his Royal High ness the Duke Ferdinand, and his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, left the Castle, accompanied by Prince Augustus and Baron Wangenheim, for Slough, en route per Great Western Railway to Exeter, where the illus trious party will rest for the night, and proceed to-morrow to Plymouth, at which place they will embark for Lisbon, at tended by Baron de Freiberg and Colonel Wylde to the place of embarkation. The Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Augustus, accompanied their illustrious relatives to the door of the principal entrance. There were also present Lord Byron, Colonel Sir George Cooper, Colonel Bowles, and Sir Frederic Stovin. • Prince Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, attended by Baron de Wangenheim, returned from Slough, after the departure of his royal parent, to the Castle. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Royal, were taken airings this morning. The Princess Augustus, attended by Madame Angelet, walked for some time this morning. 'I heir Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and Prince Au gustus of Saxe Cobourg took equestrian exercise this fore noon, attended by Lord Charles Wellesley. The,Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, arrived at the Castle, and had an audience of the Queen to-day. His Lordship presented to her Majesty Prince Hilal, of Muscat, attended by Captain Cogan, of the Indian navy, and Assood Kayal, interpreter. His Highness and suite were most graciously received, and afterwards took their departure for town. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, and - the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, took an air ing in a pony carriage and four, followed by Lady Portman, the Hon. Misses Stanley mid Dawson, and Madame Angelet, in another carriage. Lord Charles Wellesley was in attend ance on horseback. Their Excellencies the Baron and Baroness de Moncorvo, the Earl of Liverpool, and Lord Charles Wellesley, took their departure from the Castle to-day. The royal dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Mr. George E. and the Hon. Mrs. Ansan, Sir Henry Wheatley, and Colonel Sir George Cooper. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards at tended. His Excellency Baron Dedel transacted business yester day at the Foreign-office. The Goverior of the Bank of England and the Deputy- Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of Trade, arrived in town on Saturday, from Deal Castle. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial office for the Governor of West Australia. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Gibraltar. DRURY-LANE TREATRE.—The second representa- tion of Maritana was honoured by an overflowing and fashionable audience, who testified their approval of this charming production by the most enthusiastic applause throughout its entire performance. It is upon such an artist as Mr. Wallace that criticism may safely exercise its power without injury to a reputation already firmly established. He can afford to have his talent analysed for the benefit of less-gifted labourers in the same vineyard. Mr. Danson, the eminent scenic artist, has just returned from a six months' pedestrian tour on the Continent, during which time be has visited all the most remarkable places on the Rhine; also, Milan, Naples, Genoa, &c., re turning through France. From the advantages which such a tour on foot affords to the artist, we may expect seme most interesting results. We understand the principal object of his visit was to complete his sketches for the scenic repre sentation next season at the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, which report says is likely to be on a most ex tended scale. SUNDERLAND.—On Monday last, at a very large meeting of the Town Council of Sunderland, Robert Brown, Esq., solicitor—in politics a Liberal, who supported Colonel Thompson against Mr. Hudson in the late contest for the Parliamentary representation of the borough, and in reli gious-creed a member of the Wesleyan Methodists' Society, in which he is also an eloquent local minister—was unani mously elected Mayor, on the motion of Andrew White, 'Esq., late M.P. for Sunderland, seconded by Anthony John Moore, Esq.—Leeds lifercury. TITHES IN FISH—We learn from the &pill News that at the Petty Sessions held at Lowestoft on the 12th inst., before Edward Leathes, Esq., and the Rev. E. M. Love, a tish-merchant of the name of John Roberts was summoned by the ReV. F. Cunningham, the vicar, for having refused or neglected to pay tithe for his fish. The information set forth that he had subtracted certain tithe of fish, payable in respect of his fishing-boat, and had neglected to pay the offerings and oblations to the vicar, according to the custom of the place. The legal adviser of the defendant took A technical objection, which was held fatal, so that the information fell to the ground; and if the vicar wishes to persevere in his claim, he must exhibit fresh informations. THE RIVER PLATE. By the Columbus, Captain Gun, which has arrived al 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 Ayrear Government, dated August 27, 1845 : TIIE GOVERNMENT OF BUENOS AIRES CHARGED WITH THE - 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 prohibited. "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 Ouseley 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. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. Captain C. P. Ibbetson (11th Hussars) and Lady Adela Ibbetson arrived at Mr. Ibbetson's residence on Chester terrace, Regent's Park, on Friday evening, from Edi n b urg h, in order to concert measures f or their marriage agreeably to the forms of the Established Church. All the arrangements for the marriage were completed in the most private manner possible, and yesterday was the day fixed for the performance of the sacred ceremony. Of course the consent of the noble parents of the youthful bride had been obtained, and her uncle, the Bishop of Bath and "Wells, was to have officiated at the solemn right, but that Right Rev. Prelate was so engaged at Wells with the duties of his diocese as to be reluctantly absent. Viscount Villiers was expected to have arrived from Upton-house, Warwick shire, on Saturday night, to have, conducted the wedding; but this intention was prevented by the illness of his youth ful family, the scarlet fever having appeared amongst them. As we have above noticed, yesterday morning was selected, when the early hour of ten o'clock was appointed for the wedding-party to assemble at the church —not St. George's, Hanover-square. as stated by an evening paper, but St. Pan cras New Church, in the New-road. The Very Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, Canon of Wind sor, and Chaplain to her Majesty, cause to town from Chenies, expressly to perform the nuptial ceremony, and, with Mr. Wm. asd Mrs. Russell, arrived at the church bya quarter be fore ten. Captain Ibbetson, and his father, Mr. Henry Ibbetson, reached the church shortly afterwards, and were soon followed by Lady Adela, attended by Mr. Ibbetson, jun., and Mrs. Ibbetson. The bridal party forthwith repaired to the vestry, and after a brief lapse of time, repaired to the commotion table, when the service commenced. Owing to the privacy preserved there were not more than twenty spectators of the proceedings. Lady Adele was given away by her cousin, Mr. W. Russell (the Accountant-General ( f the Court of Chancery). The fair bride went through the affecting cere mony, and maintained, until the close of the impressive ser vice, a composure rarely to be expected. Her Ladyship, who looked rather unwell, was elegantly attired in a high dress of white watered silk, and a satin bonnet to correspond. The sacred ceremony having concluded, the Gallant Captain and his bride passed to the vestry, accompanied by their i espective friends, to attest the legality of the marriage in the register. In consequence of their previous matrimoni3l union having been solemnised according to the law of the Church of Scot land, there was a difference in the usual entry in the register. The Gallant Captain having signed his names as follow, "Charles Parke Ibbetson," her Ladyship took the pen, and wrote, according to the instructions given, "Adept Corisande Maria Ibbetson. heretofore Villiers:" The Very Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, and the attesting witnesses, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Russell, Mrs. E. A. Ibbetson, and Mr. Henrribbetson, also signed the register. The bride and bridegroom left the church immediately after the insertion of their names in the registry, and the party subsequently proceeded to Mr. Henry Ibbetson's mansion, at Chester-terrace, to part a k e o f a dejeuner. All the parties had retired by twenty minutes after ten o'clock. We understand Captain and Lady Adela Ibbetson departed in the afternoon for the country, - to pass a few weeks in retirement, when the Gallant Captain will rejoin his regiment in Ireland. DEATH OF THE .r.a.ftr. OF ITERULAM.—It is With regret that we announce the death of the above highly re spected nobleman. The melancholy event took place 3 ester day morning, at half-past eleven o'clock, at Gorhambury, the ancient family seat, near St. Albans Herts. The decea s ed James Walter Grimston Earl of Verulam, Viscount Grim ston, and Baron Verulam, or Gorhambury, county llerts, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, Viscount Grimston and Baron Dunbovne, county Meath, in the Irish Peerage, Baron Forrester, of Corstorphin, in the Scotch peerage, and a baronet of England, was only son of James Bucknall, first Lord Verulam, and third Viscount Grimston in Ireland, and Henrietta, only daughter and heir of Mr. Edward Walter. He was born on the 26th of September, 1775, and, ther e f ore , in his 71st year. Th e late Earl married on the 11th of August, 1807, Lady Ch ar l o tt e J en ki nson, on l y daughter of Charles first Earl o f Li verpoo l , and sister of the present Lord Charles; of her Majesty's Household. By his union with the Countess, who survives her husband, his Lordship leaves a family of nine children, of whom the eldest, J. Wal ter Viscount Grimston, M.P. (now Earl of Verulam), born on the 22d of February-, 1809, succeeds to the title. The deceased was Lord - Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Hertfordshire. Of course, by his Lordship's elevation to the Earldom, a vacancy arises for the county in Parliament. ' DEATH OF THE DOWAGER LADY HOLLAND.— We have the painful duty to announce the death of the Dowager Lady Hol!and, who expired at two o'clock yester day morning, at her Ladyship's residence in South-street. The deceased was taken seriously ill on Sunday se'nnight, and since that day has . gradually sunk under the attack. Dr. Babington has been in constant attendance on her Lady ship, but from Wednesday last he gave no hopes of her reco very. Her Ladyship, who was the daughter an - a heir of Mr. Richard Vassal!, of Jamaica, was in her seventy-sixth year. She married the late Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., of Battle Abbey, Sussex, but that marr i age was dissolved by Act of Parliament, when, on the 9th July, 1797, she married the late Lord Holland, by whom she !eaves issue—Lord Holland (our Minister at the Court of Tuscany). Lady Lilford, &c. Colonel and Lady Mary Fox, agid several families of rank, are placed in mourning by her death. DEATH OF THE RIGHT 110 N. W. DUNDAS.—WE regret to learn the death of the above Right Hon. Gentleman, who died at Quarry-house, his residence, at St. Leonard's on-Sea, on Friday last. He was second son of the Right Hon Robert Dundas, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Ex chequer, in Scotland, and the lion. Elizabeth Dundas, eldest daughter of Henry first Viscount Melville. The Right Hon. deceased was brought up to the English bar, and in 1800 he was nominated Cil2 of the Comtnis.ioners for the affairs of India, when he was appointed a Privy Councillor. In 1804 he was appointed Secretary at War, in the room of the Right Hon. Charles Bathurst Pitt, and discharged the duties of that office until 1806. He represented Tain and Dingwall, in the House of Commons, and up to the election in 1831 had sat for the city of Edinburgh in several Parliaments. The de ceased gentleman held, at his death, the office of Lord Clerk Register, Keeper of the Signet, and Register of Sasiness in Scotland. lie received a sum little short of 4,0004 annually from the public purse, arising out of the fees as Register of Sasiness, and as a compensation for the loss of fees as Keeper of the . Signet. DEATH OF LORD HARTLAND.—We have to re cord the demise of Lord Hartland, who died on Tuesday last, the 11th inst., at Stokestown [louse, county Roscommon, Ireland. The deceased nobleman was third and youngest son of Maurice, first Lord Hartland, by the Hon. Catherine Moore, daughter of Stephen, first Viscount Mount Cashell. His Lordship, who was in holy orders, was born 6th Oc tober, 1772, and succeeded to the title on the decease of his brother Thomas, Bth Dec., 1835. He married 24th Nov., 1813, Isabella Jane, third daughter of Mr. Wm. Hume, of Hume-wood, by whom, who died 12th December, 1838, his Lordship had no issue. The title becomes extinct. We understand that Major Mahon, cousin of the deceased Lord, will inherit the whole of the landed property. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—We deeply regret to hear that his Lordship still remains much indisposed, though Dr. Locock has returned to town from Turville Park, wh€re be has been staying for two or three days past, for the pur pose of affording his professional assistance. The attack under which the Chancellor suffers is understood to be of a nature from which great weakness and prostration may be expected, even after the disorder itself shall have been over come ; and it is not therefore improbable that the Noble and Learned Lord may be prevented for some considerable time from resuming the exercise of the arduous duties which he has hitherto so ably discharged. If this unfortunate circum stance should occur, it is said that the great seal will be put into commission ; and Sir Edward Sugden, Mr. Baron Parke, and Mr. Baron Alderson. are spoken of as likely to be entrusted with the performance, ad interim, of the functions of the Lord Chancellor.—Post. AN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING CITY.—The ten manufacturing companies of Lowell consume annually 12,000 toes of coal, 3,070 cords of wood, 72,549 gallons of sperm, and 19,000 of other oil. Of the whole population of Lowell, 6.320 females and 2,915 males, together 9,235, arc employed as operatives, either in the mills, or connected with other mechanic employments. There are 33 mills and about 550 houses belonging to the corporations. The capital in vested in manufacturing and mechanical enterprises is 12,000,000 dollars. There are made in Lowell every week 1,459,150 yards of cloth, or 75,868,000 yards per year. The cotton worked up every year is 61,100 bales. The printed calicoes made annually amount to 14,000,000 yards. The payment annually amounts to more than 1,500,000 dollars, and the annual profit of this immense business has been esti mated at the same amount, or about 12i.per cent. NOVEMBER 18, 1845. . RAILWAY STA tB.E MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 17. STocK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead and Holy head .function, .1!. , „:,-Birkenheati, Lancashire, and Checht; e, *8; , ;;-Briti,11 and Iri,h Union, Wigan, and Liverpool, 2S-Caledonian, 1014-Cambri:ige and Lincoln, .4N -Chester ami Birk,nhead,Jralf Shares, 24-Ditto, New L 2U/. Shares, 81i-Chester and Blanchester Direct, :t-Clydes dale Juir._ , ;ion, 18 1 4 -Derby and Crewe, 594-Edinburgh and Perth, SX-Glasgow and - B e lf as t U n io n , 3-Glasgow, Perth, and Greenock, 21%-Dittr., HA( Shares, 10 1 4-Grand Junc tion, 230-Ditto, New Quarter Share , 31-Ditto, 40/. Shares QL. M.), 554-G rea t G r i ms b y an d Sh e ffi e ld, 1 4 -Di tto, uarter Shate , , 91s. 3d.-Great Eastern and Western, 3- Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 24-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, VA-London and Birmingham, :121. Shares, 41%.--- Ditto, Fifth Shares, 21 2 -London and York, 935. 9d.- . Direct Northern, 415.-Leetis and Thirsk, 13 lA-Manchester and Birmingham, 73 1 / 2 -Manchester and Southampton, 3% -Midland, 144-Pi!to, 401. Shares, 21 1 A-North British, Carli , le Branch, 3!4-North Union (A), 205-North Staf fordshire, 5%-Nnr.ll Wales Mineral, New Shares, 474- Sheffieldand Manchester, 125-Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 2, 124-South-Eastern and Dover, 37-Ditto, New Shares, N. 1, 153/ --Ditto, Consolidated Half Shares, 41/ 4g -West Riding Utii,m, 7 , 4-Dublin and Galway, 4-Dutch Rhenish, 8-Paris and Lyons ( Latitte), ALASCHESTEIf, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The hales are-Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c , 625.-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 20 -Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 525.-Leicester and Tam worth, 425.- Manchester and Bury 'Atmospheric, 265.- North British, Carlisle Branch, 3!/ 2 -North Staffordshire ; 5/. 175.-Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, 1 1 4- Oxf;rd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 1674-Sheffield and Lin colnshire Junction, 4-Sheffield and Manchester Quarters, No. 3, 57 ii-West Riding Union, 71. 2s. LEEDS, Nov. 17. SrocK EXCHANGE.-ne sales are-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 124-Leeds and Bradford, 42%-Ditto, Extension, 37%-Leeds and Dewsbury, 19. c. n.-Leeds and Thirsk, 131 A-Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 34-Cambridge and Lincoln, 44- Direct Northern, 2/. Is.-London and York (13awtry), 37g-West Riding Union, 71- East Lincolnshire, 2!4i-Grand Union, Bs. p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 10s. p.-Leeds and Liverpool Direct, ss. dis.-Leeds and York, par-Manchester, Buxton, Mat lock, and Midland, 3 1 4 p.-North Western, 3%-Notting ham, Erewash, and Anm.gate, 3-South Midlands, 3% p. -Wakefield and Bradford, 4s. p.-Wakefield and Harro gate, 19s. p.-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, ss. p. • BRISTOL, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, 83-Caledonian, 10 1 , for cash-Eastern Counties, 203 - Manchester and Southampton, 3 3 4-Midland, 144-Ditto, New, 22%-North Devons, 2-Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mouth, 4th. _ SHEFFIELD, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London ar.d Windsor, 18s.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, WA—Wakefield and Har rogate, 2%. HULL, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and Croydon, 22—Grimsby Dock Extension, 6—North British, Carlisle, 3%—Derby and Gainsborough, I%—Dudley, Madelcy, and Iron Bridge, 2/. 13s. 6d.—Grand Union, 1 1 / 2 —Hull and Barnsley Junction, 25s.—Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle Junction, s—London an d York, 4 1 / 2 —Nottingham and Boston, 21. 18s. 9d.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junc tion, 2%—Wakefield and Bradford, 21. 16s,—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 23. YORK, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar lington, 56h—Ditto, Brandling, 46—York and North Mid land Extension, 26 3 4—Newcastle and Berwick, 13 1 / 2 —North British, Dalkeith, 5 3 4—Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 3 1 4 — London and York, 4%—Cambridge and Lincoln, 4—Coven trr, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Leicester, 11. 148.—Grand Union, 11. 14s.—Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 3s. p.—Lanca shire and North Yorkshire, 2 3 4—Welsh Midland, 2%. DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHES TE R RAILWAY. As a small Ere of small articles and long advertisements are continually kept up by means of the press, in addition to various false reports industriously spread on the Stock Ex change and elsewhere, by interested and hostile parties, with a view to injure this line in public opinion, and to do as much mischief as evil intentions Sand perseverance are able to accomplish, it becomes necessary as frequently to disabuse the public mind en the subject. One of the great objects has been to discredit the declaration signed by the engineers that " they would be ready to deposit their plans ;" this has been again and again refuted by the joint declarations of the en gineers, advertised and re-advertised in the public journals. A second attempt has been made to insinuate that the Directors Of I the two Companies are not harmonious. We are enabled to state, upon the best authority, that this report, too, is wholly , groundless; that the Directors of the two Boards act in per fect unison with each other, and have the best of reasons to believe th.st all that has been promised will be fully realised. We do not doubt that the writer - of an article in the liai'way Chronicle of last week, " had good reasons of his own for giving the warning he did;" but even according to his account, the Direct London at:d Manchester Company have got everything ne cessary for success—engineers, surveys, and surveyors. Perhaps one might surmise that the writerreferred to one who signed " Gone to the Devil," in the Times—the scribe of the article just mentioned—and the individual so zealously and virtuously interested for the hard case and impending fate of the scripholders, is merely the same individual under the variety of garbs necessary for the occasion. If the agreement against which all this virtuous and dis interested indignation is expended be really executed "in defiance of all legal and moral obligations, and the interests of the scripholders have been sacrificed in any respect, it would occur to every man of common sense that the discon tented portion of the shareholders, whether solicitors or others, shou'd call a public meeting of the shareholders, point out to them the manner in which their interests have been sacrificed, and thus obtain some substantial ground of complaint. This would, at least, be a straightforward course. We repeat, .upon the best authority, that the reports re ferred to, with others of a similsr kind, are wholly without foundation; that the two Boards act most harmoniously together; and that there is not the least doubt of being fully in time for compliance with the standing orders. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EXETER AND WEYMOUTH. WEvittorrn, Nov. 17.—A very numerous and highly in fluential meeting was held this day in the Guildhall, to take into consideration a proposed scheme of coast railway com munication between Weymouth 'and Exeter. Among those present we observed R. Gordon, Etq., Captain Manning, William, Esq., Gooden, Esq., IL Urquhart, Esq., Tre now, Esq., Arnold, Esq., Phillips, Esq., Capt. Balaton John Cree, Esq., Swaffield, Esq., Messrs. Templar, Gundry: and Battiscombe, from Bridport ; John Henning, Esq., Ad miral Hancock, Lieut. Atkinson, Dr. Martin, Mr. John F. Hodges, Dr. Knight, &c. &c., and the principal tradesmen of the town. The present was an adjourned meeting from Monday, Nov 3, at NI hich meeting a deputation of the Exeter, Dorchester. and Weymouth Coast line attended, and stated their views and intentions. This led to a very warm and lengthened discussion, the majority being of opinion that, if the'meeting sanctioned the propossed coast line, it would not be acting in good faith to the Grat Western Company, by whom the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill had b een Ob . tained ; and who, in addition, had announced their intention of constructing a coast line from Exeter to Bridport, there to join the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line. At length the following amendment was mutually agreed to: That the meeting should be adjourned to Monday, the 17th Nov., in order to afford the Directors of the Wilts, So merset, and Weymouth Railway an opportunity of attending and explaining their views to the inhabitants." Accordingly the meeting was this day held; the following gentlemen appearing as a deputation on behalf of the Exeter Dorchester, end Weymouth Coast line :—Mr. Crew, Mr: Hopkins, engineer, Edward Strick, Esq., solicitor to the line; and the following represented the Great Western Company— Sir John Aubrey, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mouth Railway, Sanders, Secretary to the Great Western Company ; Slade, Esq., Director of the Great Western Company ; Brunel, engineer, and Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Company. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by Wm. Legg, Esq., the late Mayor, who, having read the reso l u ti on b y w hi c h the meeting was convened, called on the gentlemen repre senting the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line. WM. ELIOT, Esq., desired to impress on the inhabitants of Weymouth the importance of the object which had called them together. He retraced the history of railway projec tions to the town of Weymouth, which commenced at a public meeting held a year since, having reference to the mail packets. It was there stated that other watering-places were reaping their full benefit from railways, and that it was high time to stir themselves to the formation of a railway commu nication to Weymouth. He, with the Mayor and some others, held a correspondence on the subject with Mr. Brunel and other officers of the Great Western Company, who fell into their views most cordially. The correspondence and conference with them resulted, as is known, in their offering them a line of'railway known as the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. Since then this Bill had passed into law. The Southampton and Dorchester line had also passed into law ; so that they were now in a different position from what they then were. He would take this opportunity of stating to the gentlemen of the Great Western Company that considerable dissatisfaction has been felt at the protracted delay in the construction of the line from Weymouth—(Hear, hear.) But he had no doubt that those gentlemen would be prepared to give a satisfactory explanation of the cause of that de lay.—(Hear.) He could not forbear impressing on them the necessity, the urgent necessity of an early opening of the line, more especially as the Southampton and Dorchester line was in rapid progress, and which will, when com pleted, cause a diversion of the trade from the port of Weymouth to the port of Poole. He referred to the thrmation of a company for constructing docks at Ply mouth. Where was there a port more eligible for a large export and import trade than Weymouth—from- its proxi mity to the Channel Islands, to the south of France; and especially, when taken in conjunction with the proposed Go vernment harbour of refuge at Portland roads. He hoped that measures would be immediately taken for the formation of a dock company. As regards the conduct of the Great Western Company towards Weymouth, it has been mos honourable throughout ;—while other lines refused to pass over Ridgway-hill, they came forward with a scheme just suited to their wants. As this was an important matter, he hoped that their decision would be such as should pro mote the best interests of Weymouth. Sir Jonx A1.713RF,Y, Director of the Great Western Com pany, stated that he was not aware until then of any dis satisfaction existing on account of the delay in commencing the works. He was not a director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, but was a director of the Great Western Company; but their interests were intimately con nected. Ho would leave Mr. Brunel to reply to the ques tion of delay, excepting that he was quite sure that the only cause was the extreme pressure of business. He thought that the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway should not be behind the Southampton and Dorchester. He regardel Weyrre..uth as an important port, and particularly so when taken in connexion with the proposed harbour of refuge. He thought that the Back Water a:, Weymouth might be ren dered serviceable for docks, and doubted not but that the Di rectors of the Great Western Company and the Wilts, So mersct, and Weymouth Railway would see that it sye s to their own interests so to in rave the port. It was well known that the Government would prefer Weymouth as the route to the Channel . Islands rather than Southampton. Parily in conjunction with the Wilts, Somcrsst, and Wey meuth Railway, the Great Western have projected a line from Bridport to Exeter, with branches to Axminster and Honiton. This was the present road traffic, and he thought that no other hne that could be projected would give greater advantages to the public. Mr. Beamse said that no further delay in the construction of the Wilt-, Somerset, and Weymouth line had taken place than what was consequent on a line of such magnitude. In no line with which he was cenaected had the works been coin• menced in less time than would be the case with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth. It was true that some lines had male their contracts before apidying to Parliament, and pro ceeded with their works immediately ou the pas,ing a the hill. But that was not the usual way, and he questioned the wisdom of such a plan ; and if a Company or the public were gaineis in the end by such haste, that minute attention which was • necesc,ary in such a work was often neglected. If he were asked why the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line had not been commenced, he would say that. a new and accurate survey of the whole county, with a view of improving the line, had been nestle, and much difficulty bad thus been overcome, and many improvements effected. Between Weymouth and Dor chester much revision had been male, which would lead to ultimate improsement. He did not think that the Southam pton and Dorchester line would be opened so soon as they ex pected, to that theirs would be no such great time behind them as some were led to suppose. The engagements of the Great Western Company were now very numerous and urgent, and which would not cease until the 30th of November. As fur the Great Western Company having relinquished the line to Weymouth, nothing was further from truth ; no post ponement or abandonment was ever thought of. The Great Western Company was equally involved in an early completion of the line. The Directors had more than once urged him to commence, and he should think that within a month the line between Weymouth and Dorchester will be in active progress.—(Cheers.) The Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line was regarded as more important than ever, and they had now projected a line from Bridport, as stated by Sir John Aubrey, that had met with the sanction and support of &I the noblemen and landowners in the district through which it passes. This, with other lines projected in con nexion with the Great Western Company would connect them with every part, &c. He did not think that the Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester Coast Junction would give them any advantage that their scheme did not possess. As regards the improvement of the port of Weymouth, he thought the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter Com panies would be deeply interested:in the improvement of all their termini. Few places were capable of greater improve ment than Weymouth, and he doubted not but that the great Companies referred to would lend them their best aid to this object.—(Cheers.) Mr. HorlaNs, engineer of the Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester Coast line, stated that the Company he repre sented were not the opponents of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line. They wished it success, as it would contri- bute to the prosretityof their line. The line they proposed brought them nine miles nearer Bridport than the line the Great Western offered them. Consider it is a coast line which the Government are disposed to. encourage. Mr. Brunel seems to think light of a coast line, though he (Mr. Brunel) was connected with the South Devon coast, with which the line he advocated would be connected. He (Mr. Hopkins) objected to the Great Western Company endeavouring to mcnopolise the whole of the south coast, and hoped that this meeting would consult their own interests, which of the two lines will most benefit Weymouth. Their survey was made, plans advanced, capital raised, and every prospect of the line passing this session. They purpose continuing the rail to your quay, and since their intentions were known the Gr ea t W estern _ _ Company purposed doing the same thing; so that Weymouth must thank the Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester coast line for any improvements which will follow. • SLADE, Esq. (late of the western circuit, now Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway), confirmed the statement made by their talented engineer, that the works in the neighbourhood of Weymouth would commence immediately. He would ask the people of Weymouth if they were prepared to support them. The Great Western came to them in their extremity. Who are they that appear to advocate the Wtymouth, Dorchester, and Exeter line ? Where do they come from—on the broad or narrow gauge? They speak of their proposed connexion with the Southamp ton line; why Southampton is your greatest opponent. To that port you have to attribute your present depressed state. By whom Here your mail packets to the Channel Islands re moved ? Is it to the Great Western Company or the London and South-Western Company that you must look to replace you in :.-our proper position? Who are likely to restore to you communication with the Channel Islands ?. He asked, did they wish to be the terminus of a line which connected them with the north of England, or with a line which brought them in connexion with the competing ports of Southampton and Poole. Stick by us, and we will stick by you, Our interests are identical. If you sink, we sink—you swim, we swim —and, please God, we will swim all together. RAILWAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. An analysis of all railway companies registered to the 31st October, 1845, was published in the Supplement of the Times yesterday, and occupied five column. We extract the following summary of the elaborate compilation:— RAILWAYS COMPLETED. On account of which the shareholders have 48,043,563 paid up The shareholders have borrowed on debentures, loan notes, and mortgages 47 companies completed ..... 70,680,977 RAILWAYS IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR WHICH ACTS or PARLIAMENT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED. On account of these the shareholders have paid up - And to complete the same according to the esti mates, will have to pay the further subscribed sum of 44,927,170 Parliament having in all cases given the power to borrow one-third more, this will probably be further increased by the sum of 6,432,155 118 lines and branches in course of execution.. £67,359,325 RAILWAYS PROJECTED. Of 218 of these the amount of deposit stated in the prospectus is five per cent, and a per tentage for expenses. A large propor tion of this class received their deposits before the resolution of the Lords was passed, and others since, amounting to 11,171,727 To comply with the resolution of the Lords, a further payment of five per cent. must be made, amounting to about 9,595,464 402 a deposit of ten per cent. is required, which many of them have received ; the whole, if paid, will amount to 88,369,109 643 Have not registered their prospectuses 1,263 Companies. Total of deposits required £59,136,300 Being ten per cent. on 563,303,0004 and five per cent. for Parliamentary expences. CAPITAL INVESTED. Capital actually paid up and invested in rail ways completed Capital paid up on railways in course of execu tion and sanctioned by Parliament Capital required to pay the deposits on new projects 48,043,563 6,432,155 Total capital invested £113,612,018 LIABILITIES OF SHAREHOLDERS Borrowed on the security of railways com pleted Incurred in respect of railways in course of exe cution To carry out the new project, deducting the amount of deposits paid or r,q•iired to be paid 506,882,706 Total liabilities.. £590,447,490 BIRMINGHAM, LICHFIELD, AND MANCHESTER.--A numer ons and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Sutton Coldfield was held on Friday last, J. P. Oates, Esq., the warden, in the chair, to consider the proposed line of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway. Amongst the gentlemen present were the Rev. R. Mendham, the Rev. J. Packwood, M essrs. H o lb ec h e, H orton, Baron Webster, V. Holbeche, Eccleston, Oughton, R. Sadler, Proctor, Bodington, K em p son , and indeed most persons of respectablity in the town and neighbourhood. Several very spirited speeches were made, and the meeting, which was unanimous in the expression of indignation dt the manner in which they considered the inhabitants to have been treated by the company, as . well as anxious for an advantageous railway communication, stated, in the most decided terms, their determination to oppose any line through the parish which did not afford the necessary accommodation to the town. A Committee *as appointed to take such steps as might be requisite, and it was understood that no effort would be spared to make the opposition effectual. Letters upon the subject, with copies of the resolutions, were for warded the same night, t o Si r R. P ee l an d other influential freeholders in the parish, to the Members for the county, and to several gentlemen at Erdington and Shenstone, the co operation of which places appears to he confidently looked for. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON JUNCTION AND DURHAM AND SUNDERLAND RAILWAY.—it is intended by the first named Company,who, as our readers are aware, have pur chased the line, .c., of the latter, to hare no less than seven ' new branches in connnexion with their railway;- 1. A railway commencing in the township of Pensher, by a junction with the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, and terminating by a junction with the Durham and Sunderland Railway, in the parish of Sunderland. 2. A railway out of the last-mentioned railway to Faw cett street, Bishopwearmouth, where it is intended to build a splendid station for passengers and goods. 3. A railway out of the first - mentioned branch to form a junction with the railways belonging to the trustees of the late Countess of Durh am and the Hetton Coal Company in the township of Bishopn'ea commencing ouch. 4. Arailway in the township of N or t on Grange, by a Junction with the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, and terminating by a junction with the Durham and Sunderland Railway, in the township of Hetton-le-Hole. 5. A r ailway'tommencing in the parish of Pittington, by a junction with the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, and terminating at Bishop Auckland, by, a junction with the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway. • 6. A railway commencing at Shincliffe by a junction with the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, and terminating either in the parish of St. Nicholas or the parish of St. Os-. wald, Durham. 7. A railway commencing by a junction with the New castle and Darlington Railway, near Shineliffe, and termi nating near the village of Shinelitre, in the parish of St. Os wald, Durham. These branches will be a source of wealth to the districts through which they are intended to pass. _ EGYPT. PRESENTATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S PORTRAIT TO THE VICEROY. CAtno, Ocr. 24.—This day the presentati.;:a of the Queen of England's portrait to his bighneEs, Mehtkiet Ali Paella, took place. t As soon as the Viceroy learnt that her mod gracious Ma jesty had directed that her portrait should he rkesented to his Highness, he expressed th e l i ve li est satisfaction 4 ,7* eveb dir 7 - hiyed his departure 1-om Alex an d r i a several daf*lfocringl.l4l. it might arrive by the steamer Great Liverpool; but it Only' reached that port on the 21st inst., by the Iberia, having barn sent to Malta by a special messenger, and was instantly for warded Lore. Its official presentation has just taken place, IT Col. Barnett, her Maj , _ sty'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 tune made an ap propriate speech. His Highness received the gift standing, kissed it, rased it to his head, placed it on his own'throne, and then sat down below it. He expres ed to Colonel Barnett, through the chef Dragoman, the he xi felt gratific tion he exrierieneed on the occasion, a-suring him that he had alwa3 felt the highest regard fur En:;land, and that it was his c n atant desire to do everything in his power to retain her frietu'o•ip end good ( - Onion. 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 tx t: short, so that it becomes necessar y in a wise ruler to take eff ec t ua l measures t,) retain in his own territory stacient sustenance for the people he rules over, to pre vent excessively high prices, or perhaps even the evils of a famine. - MYSTERIOUS MORTALITY. Yesterday at noon Mr. IVakley, M. P., commenced a most extraordinary inquiry at the Middlesex Hospital, touching the deaths of Wm. Lambert, aged 17, and Henry Lambert, aged 13, forming part of a family residing at No. 33, Cum berland-market, Regent's -park, and carrying on the busi ness of plumbers and painters. In order to make the case perfectly clear, the reporter thinks it right to state that the fattier of the deceased youths died three months ago, and that a brother, aged 20, and a young sister are now lying dead at their residence, and that a fourth brother is in the hospital hourly expected to expire. They have all died, the father probably ex cepted, of the same disease, or rather of the same symptoms. One of the hospital nurses said that the deceased was ad mitted on the 4th instant, with a younger brother not yet dead, all labouring under delirium. William died on Thurs day night, and Henry on Saturday last. When they were brought in the mother said their disease was scarlatina. The deceased, Henry, complained of violent sore throat. Mr. Corfe, the house apothecary, addressing the Coroner, said—Sir, this is a most extraordinarycase. Here is a family of eight persons, four of whom have already died of the same complaint. Two died at their home, two in this hospital, and there is another here now, who in all probability will share the same fate. Sir, I must tell you that this case requires a most scrutinising investigation on your part. The Coroner, on hearing these preliminary remarks made, in a most emphatic manner, ordered the room to be shared of strangers, when an examination of Mr. Curie took place, the result of which the reporter had reason to know was not conclusive as to the cause of death. The bodies of the youths who died in tha hospital were opened, but the contents of their stomachs were not analysed. The Coroner ordered them to be analysed, and also directed that a post toortem examina tion should be made of the bodies lying dead at No. 33, Cumberland -market. He then adjoirrned the inquest to Monday next. Mr. Wakley, at an inquest held yesterday in the New Model Prison, made the followimg remarks relative to these mysterious deaths:—" He said that out of a family of nine persons, four had died in a very short time. Their symp toms showed that they had died from the operation of some sort of poison, certainly not a . mineral one. It was a most extraordinary case, and one that was as yet enveloped in mystery. There appeared, however, to be enough to induce him to believe th a t th e p ar t ies died either from having eaten impure meat of some kind or other, or from having inhaled impure gases emitted by the sewers of the neighbourhood (Cumberland-market) in which they lived. There had been a most foetid discharge from the nostrils of the diseased and deceased parties, similar to that of glanders; but there had been no evidence to show that ally of them had ever come into contact with a glandered animal. There were huge swellings throughout the necks of the deceased, and other very extraordinary appearances in the joints of the members. The patients, while labouring under this mysterious and fatal disease, displayed a most extraordinary appetite, eating rump steaks in considerable quantities. 'The occurrence was quite frightful ; and if it had c,ccurred there (in the New Model Prison) they should have attributed it to something or other connected with that establishment. It showed how cautious juries ought to be in drawing conclusions not warranted by the clearest and mo..t positive evidence." CHILD MURDER AT DEVONPORT.— On Thursday last an adjourned inquest was held before A. 13. Bone, Esq., coroner, at the Queen's Head, Stonehouse, on the body of an infant child, which had been found with its throat cut, at the residence of Mrs. Salmon, a lady in Durnford-street. From the evidence it appeared that Ann Heard, servant to the above-named lady, was on Monday last found to have been delivered of a child, the child beini , in the same r oom where the young woman was then in bed. A post modem examination had taken place, by which it was discovered that the child was born alive. The jury having consulted, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Ann Heard," who is now in custody, and will be removed to the county gaol as soon as the state of her health will permit. The Lord Bishop of Rochester has taken full pos session of the new episcopal palace at Danbury; and hia Lordship has already evinced that liberal spirit and kind con sideration for those around him, which are so calculated to win the good-will and affections of all those amongst whom his future residence is fixed. On Thursday, his domestic establishment and part of the family arrived at the pahice. and were welcomed by a merry peal of the village bells, thia ringers being liberally rewarded, and afterwards provided with a substantial supper. His Lordship has handsomely considered the servants of the late occupier wtom he found upon the premises, and for such as he has not retained he made liberal arrangements till they could obtain fresh situa tions. In fact, the Right Rev. Prelate has shown an ear nest desire to make his presence amongst us conducive to the happiness and comfort of all those with whom he comes in contact.—Essex Herald. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WooLwicn, Nov. 17.--! Major Armstrong's company, for Ireland, and Captain Thorn dike's company, from Scotland, both of the 4th battalion, assembled on the guard mounting parade, at one o'clock. P.M., to-day, in heavy marching order, fur the commandant's inspection. His Lordship inspected the men and their ap pointments very minutely, and expressed himself highly pleased with their soldierlike appearance. His Lordship was attended by Brigade-Major Cuppage, Major Elgee com manding the battalion, anti Captain and Adjutant Dedham. Captain Benn's company (3d battalion) will relieve Major Armstong's company . fmm field battery duty to-morrow, and, on the following day (Wednesday) Major Armstrong's com pany will embark at two o'clock, a.m., at Roff's wharf, for conveyance to London, to proceed by railway from the Eus ton-square terminus to Liverpool, en TOWC to Dublin, to re lieve Captain d'Arley's company (Ist battalion), under orders to return to head-quarters. A NovEL WINTER RESIDENCE.-A few days since the servant at Ynyscreigog, a farm belonging to the Rev. Lewis Davies, in the upper part of Cardiganshire, went to the turnip field, and a hare suddenly started as if from under his feet. Upon examination it turned out that puss had se lected a large turnip, and had carefully scooped out its in•• side, having taken possession of it for her winter residence. 'Welshman. GAMBLING IN THE ARMY.--The following garrison order has been issuel by General Sir Robert Wilson, Gover nor of Gibraltar, in consequence of the loss of near 3,000/. by one officer in the garrison at play :—" Town Major's-office, Gibraltar, October 25. The Governor has bad the mortifica tion to find several officers of this garrison, iu disobedience of the most express orders of the Sovereign, and to the great prejudice of the service, have been engaged in gaming tran sactions, which have brought ruin in their train upon one of the party. It i 3 a vice of such a pernicious nature—a pest in a garrison, so destructive of discipline, personal welfare, and that good feeling which should pervade brother officers, in stead of making a prey of one another, as to render the seve rest condemnation imperative. The Governor having ordered a court of inquiry to investigate the particulars, has found the allegations so well established that he is under the neces sity of transmitting a statement of the proceedings to his Grace the Commander-in-Chief; but he will also have the satisfaction to report one of the officers concerned as having been so sensible of his fault as spontaneously to have made the most disinterested reparation in his power to mitigate its mischief and exercise a salutary influence. D. Fella, Colonel, Town Major." THE KING OF TIE FRENCH AND THE CORPORA TION OF Lo DON.—The worthy citizens of London will he delighted to find the flattering reception a portion of their body has received from the King of the French. His Ma jesty having been informed that three of the aldermen were at Paris who were upon the deputation with the address of the Corporation which his Majesty received at Windsor---riz., Sir William Magnav, Sir George Carrol, A t e nl presented them to Alderman Humphery, M.P., also Mr. Filcher, ex-Sheriff, of im;ited them to a reception at the Palace of St. Cloud, o n the o n Queenday evening, an ds several r h a al f l Royal Family, by whom they were received with the greatest cordiality. Th e next morning these gentlemen were honoured by an invi tation to dinner at six o'clock. and on their arri va l at S t. Cloud they were received in the billiard-roo m b y hi s Ma ast m embers elg jesty, and then passed on to the Queen's apartment, and where a reception awaited them no less flattering than that b es t o wed by the King. The ner h pa n ly ad c e o t n b s e is e t o e n d y l e i f m t e h n e t royal family only, and their:su more marked. During dinner every courtesy of polished life was shown to the visitors, and afterwards the party were ushered to the theatre. Nine members of the Royal again marked the b Family occupied th e f ront places, and the four visitors were placed in ch a i rs i mmediately behind the Royal Family. When Queeny hisretired a ta t tenti o n n t t o i n take the kindnessrefreshment, an d his 3la ofsty his feeli ngs, and said that he should never forget the great cordiality kindness he had experienced from the Corporation during the mayoralty of Harvey Combe.—Atlas. REPRESENTATION OF ANTRIM.—The death of Mr. Irving in London, on Monday last, leaves a vacancy in the representation of the county of Antrim. We have heard several gentlemen mentioned as likely to fall quietly into the vacant seat—such as the Hon. George Handcock, who would early a large territorial influence in his favour; and Mr. Ma cartney, of Lissanoure, who has long taken an active part in county business.—Banner of Ulster. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—Since the COM• mencement of the month the directors have set apart a car riage in each train for the accommodation of ladies travelling by themselves.—Essex Hercecl. UNIVERSITY MEN AT STONTHURST.—Tt has been remarked that several Tractarian members of Oxford are non inventi in the University. We h;tve been asked whether they are at Leeds or at Stonvliurst? No doubt the " rising alumnus" of the Jesuit College, whom the University Review now repudiates, could enlighten us. For our own parts, We have very little doubt of the missing men being found lurking in Lancashire. Our reason for saying so lies in the fact that a party who visited Stonyhurst recently heard, from the autho rities, that, besides Mr. Tickell, there were several University men there, whose names " were a secret 1" The utility of the electric telegraph, which is brought down the London and South-Western Railway into the victualling-yard at Gosport, was fully exemplified on Sunday :--The detention of the President frigate by the ac cident to her capstan ; the arrival of the Thalia with freight from South America, and the Admiralty orders for her to be paid off at Portsmouth ; and the departure of the Geyser, were all communicated by this telegraph in the short period of a few minutes, notwithstanding the messages had to be carried to and fro by- a beat—the weather preventing the Semaphore telegraph being used. 11 11 ..~