The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-02 00:00:00

I \ rOY AI M.trl'(.; THEATRE RGY Al.. DRURY-LANE. !HIS EVENING, DE:EMBER 2, Will be re:e.tted a G - and Opera -eria, c,t11,1 THE DAUGHTER OF sT. MAit K. Lisi.nalio, tir. Kurd ; Alidz ea Corner*, Mr. Borraoi ; Atinre•f&u, M . Wei; s • Adulpne de Courcy, M W. 1;41111.,11 • a•....riria c - ornro, tili . s H. nibrtri "I'.. toneud, vOt h the ee!etr,tefl Pallet of 'CH E FEE! I. Achmet, ''• Dc , l o a , e.; 'Die Peri, N.dile. Plunkett; Nourmahal, bldl:e. O'Biyan ; Aysha, Mrs. Payne. Tr.e Box.° ice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBStER. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 2, Will to perrorm d a Ne v and Original Comedy. in Five Acts, cal ed 01. D HE ADS AND I OUNG HE A RTS Colonel Rocket Mr. S rickland ; L ttlf , ton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe Tom Cake Mr. W.hster ; Beb, Mr Fuckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. barren; '1 hr Count es of pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Alice Hawthor., M Lama Ve.tri4; Mira Rocket, Miss Julia ennat. o e toll. wed by a New and Original Farce, cailed YOUNG ENGLAND Maj4r Mariner. Mr. Strickland; Mr John James Psoley, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. P ' Mrs. Humbi. fter which. the Farce of TEDDY THE TILk.R. Thady Mut. lewny tthe Tiler), Mr. Collins. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each, Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. 1. T. Ar cher, at the Box.ottice, from Jan till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Diction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 2, Will be prcduced a New Drama, entitled SIDONIA DI 1310 LINA ; or, Buse de Guerre. Principal Characters by Mes,rs. Hudson, Sdby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. Attrr wh . ch, a New Drains, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Coui.t Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson; Count Van; Mr Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, M a dame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. O. Smith. To conclude with NORMA, in which Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul Belford, Mr. Wright, and Miss Reynolds will perform. Prompter, Mr. °allot; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt; Leader of the Band, Mr. rdellon.—Box-odire open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MA DDOX. THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 2, Wi'l Le repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanotr, Mr. Walton ; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn, Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Hime ; Renaud. Mr. Mattacks; Ivon, Mr. Leer; Honuine, sldlle, Helen Condell ; Gertrude, Mrs. Foebroke. To conclude with THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. Wallack ; Bullfrog, Mr. Compton ; Rachel Heywood, Mrs. Stirling. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Di actor, Mr. Rinden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 41. ; Pit, 25,; Gallo Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Iwo Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and Doors to be opened at Half. pa ;t Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-oltice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingharn. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, DECEMB I R 2, Will be repeated an Original Drama, entitled HOME AGAIN; or, The Lieutenant's Daughters. Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, Craven, and Keeley, Miss Fortescue and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSIN OEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Re ley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Julben's Mazurka and Cellarius Valse will be danced by Manes. Louise and Adele, Miss James, and Mt•s Fairbrother. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASS.ONS With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Characters by Mr. Didd.ar Mr. .1. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley; Misr Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli !ge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Ma.s James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes. 45.; Upper Boxes, Ss. • Pit Sh.; Gallery , 6d. Second Price—Balcony B ozos , 2 s . ; Upper Bolin, Is. lid.; Pit, is. Private Boxes on the Itelcony Tier (holding eight persons), Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and s-Halt Private Boxes on the Pit Ilex (holding six persons), One Guiren, The Bos-4fice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direct n of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. STRAND THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. ROBERTS. THIS EVENING. DECEMBER 2. Will be repeated MARTIN CHUZZLE WIT. Principal Cha. ractera by Messrs. Maynard, Ayliffe, Aitwoo t, Roberts, H. Hall' Mrs. Motitgomerie, and Mrs. Coleman Pope. After which. THE KNIGHT AND THE SPRITE, In which M H. Hall, Mrs. Walter Lacy. Mrs. Montgomerie, Mrs. C. Pope, and Miss Bromley will perform. To conclude with DON CaESAR DE BAZAN. Great attraction every Eventng7 Batty's Hounds inert This Eionisig, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY, THIS EVENING, DECEMBER 2, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, Fhe Race-lioree And Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Peal Fox-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Foe and real Pack of Hounds, purchased bilMr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. om Races and other Sporting Features. ew Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS; or, The Three Conscripts Acting and ata4e-manager, Mr. W. D.Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till lire. Lessons in the Art a Aiding by Mr. K. Smith daily. THE WEATHER—Sun OFFICE, DEc. THRexonwrzn, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 38; Noon, 36, BAROMETER, 30.2.—Wutu, N.E. Nonc.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is ucually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Mort ing .. 6 minutes after 6 Evening .. 2S minutes after 6. iot >4• -/' _ fliAi' =nn, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1844. The distrust and anxiety of the Irish Tories on the subject of the Educational Reforms which Sir R. PEEL has in view, and which, it is supposed, he will bring forward at an early period of the next session, appears to be daily on the increase. What adds to the perplexity and tribulation of this cross-grained party, is the fact that, with all their inquisitiveness, they can get no insight into the nature of the pro jected reform in question, so have no pretext for or ganising an active, uncompromising opposition, for it is impossible that they can oppose with any show of propriety a scheme with whose merits or demerits they are- not merely imperfectly acquainted. but profoundly ignorant of. At present, all is mystery on the part of the official autho rities. Not a word transpires in any quar ter. No communication has been made, even to the Education Board, so that nothing is left for the Tories but conjectaire ; and as they are of a somewhat de sponding turn of mind, with the finest possible con ception of a party grievance, their conjectures are pretty sure to be of the most dismal character. The Dublin Evening Mail hastens to sound the tocsin of alarm by assuring them that it has every reason to believe that an active correspondence between the Home-office and the Castle of Dublin, " touching the projected reconstruction of- the Irish University," is now carrying on, and 'is daily surrounding Lord Herresnuay " with snore embarrassments than he was aware would fan to his lot on accepting the Lord- Lieutenancy of Ireland. The most mys!erious si lence," adds Our disquieted Contemporary, "is ob served in the diplomatic circle—a circumstance which 'argues badly for the justice and honesty of t'ae design ; and great doubts are said to be cdertained of the willingness of the Irish Executive either to recommend or adopt the . proposed innova tion." This last remark is, of course, thrown in by way of comforting the afflicted Tories, as nurses give children a lump of sugar after having administered to them a dose of physic; but let not these bigoted par tisars imagine fur an instant that there is the slightest foundation for our Contemporary's hypothesis. No thing is more unlikely than that the Irish Executive will refine to adopt the iloveiinment reforms. The appointment of Lord Heyilasntlity is a guarantee that they will be adopted without hesitation. His Lord- - ship was sent over to Ireland about the time when Sir ROBERT PEEL made his important speech on the subject of national education in that country ; and he would scarcely have accepted the office of Viceroy unless he had fully made up his mind to carry out the educational reforms of the nature of which the Premier had just given an intimation. Lord HEYTESDURY, then, we repeat—despite "the great doubts" of the Dublin Evening Mail—will be found among the firmest supporters of Sir R. PEEL'S prejected scheme, for, to say nothing of his official position, he is a practised politician, made circum spect, liberal, and sagacious by experience—the best of teachers—and must be well aware of the impera tive necessity that exists for instituting a prompt and searching reform into the system of education now in use in Ireland. Having administered his small mo dicum of consolation to the Irish Tories, our Dublin Contemporary next goes on to exhort them to be ac tively on the alert, so that they may be prepared to enter the field of opposition when the season for the political campaign arrives. "We cannot tell where the blow wail be struck," he observes, " but for that very rea son we recommend the greater vigilance in watching the movement of the enemy, and the greater deter mination to resist and defeat his machinations. Fore warned. is forearmed." This recommendation of our Contemporary is nearly it not quite superfluous, for who can doubt that the Irish Tories will muster all wrtin' N r Si ) their forces —combine all- their energies —and make —7 _ --.- every strenuous effort in their power to defeat a mea sure which has for its avowed object the introduction =,- %., q 'E•i;'ls'.-,!,71 into the sister country of a more enlarged and , :4'-';' 1) - enlightened system of education ? Who, we say, c an -_.- ' .1 .:,- ' ( doubt, that they will thus act? Moreover, who can / I ', doubt that they will be defeated—signally defeated? ......: 4'4. Sil;RoitxsT PEEL—the wariest of Ninisters—would 'er nay expresses h*l he &It tnat t e t) Mn Ir z Ater Er h 'for He is on. old -adage—" ukh&fure• they 1( - -ip." w..ul i " 1-(2 1 ),'• h4tl that it would have landed him in the midst of a bog or a quick set hedge. We take leave to indulge in a few Parliamentary reminiscences connected Nith the Bank Charter Bill of last session, which appear to us to have an important bearing on some features of our present monetary and commercial condition, to which we adverted on Saturday, and return to-day. On the 6th of May last Sir ROBERT PEEL, in a speech of three hours' duration, expounded his views on the Currency question, and on the theory and working of banking institutions; and on the 20th of the same month he got the House of Commons to affirm a series of resolutions embodying the measures pro posed to be taken by Government for the future re gulation of those institutions. The Bill founded on these resolutions, and afterwards brought in, he de fined to be " a measure which would prevent our commerce from future liability to those revulsions which it had in past times been subject to—a mea sure intended as the complement of the Currency Bill of 1819." The Right Hon. Gentleman had arrived at an opinion —First. That there prevailed in the country too great a tendency to commercial specula tion. Secondly. That this tendency was encouraged by the facility—still too great—(notwithstanding the desolation of the panic of 1825, produced by his re straining Bill of 1819)—for obtaining issues of money, especially bank-notes. The point at which " legiti mate commerce" ceases and the illegitimate trade that is identical with "speculation" begins, being, in its nature, uncertain and undefinable—Sir ROBERT applied to it a positive and fixed principle, and even exemplified all the specific details of its mode of action. He assumed, which in a commercial com munity of the first rank cannot be true, that specula tion in the abstract is an evil. Without speculation however, commerce would soon retrograde, until it' declined to a mere routine of commission trading un worthy of the name of commerce—without enter prise, without energy, without expansiveness, with out forecast, without any chances of that abounding success which has been the proud reward of our maritime spirit in all former time. The Premier bad already hit upon the notable expedient of a moveable double-action standard of value. He declared the value of gold, as coined money, to be immutable, and pinned it down to 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce. He left the value of gold as metal, or bullion, a mer chandise and commodity, free to fluctuate with its rise or fall in the bullion market. That which was to supply a circulation of gold sovereigns bearing, each of them, an immutable, specific value, was left utterly mutable (as it is of necessity unascertainable beforehand), both in quantity and in appreciation or value. But if the quantity of gold in the world— above ground, at least—or in the market at any given future time, cannot be assigned by any man, it would seem still more difficult for him to foretel either the amount of property in the nation actually repre sented by symbolic money, or money of any kind— or the amount of property which its holders might be at any period to come desirous of converting into money. How did the Premier set about obviating these incipient difficulties in any scheme of monetary reform ? .By throwing them overboard. The gold mines of Peru, or the gold dust of Timbuctoo or of Ashantee, may increase to any extent; the product of the Ural Mountains may exceed its rapidly in creasing amount ; the caravans of Soudan or Sokatoo may carry a twenty-fold multiplied number of pre cious bars to the gold traders at either extremity of the Great Zahara next year ; or, if you will, all or some of these sources of gold production may fail, or simply decrease. No matter. Sir ROBERT finds a starting point—namely, the assumed amount of gold circulation in the kingdom, and the official returns of Bank of England paper, and the note issues of joint stock banks, at any day he chooses to select for his purpose. The gold and the notes together represent the aggregate of the country's _money circulation. (NQ there i f s a redundancy of paper as corn nare4 saiittsisio , .-sal k i,e.vye ..A6 - ne - uelljetntillts that all paper currency inethe shape of bank-notes shall be payable, upon demand, in gold. Alas, there is not in the known circulation of the whole world one-half of the paper circulation of Great Britain and Ireland. What is to be done ? If the gold cannot come to the notes, the notes must go to the gold. But how to catch so vast an aggregate of notes in order to cut them down to the limited dimensions of the gold coinage ? To solve this problem, the Premier enacts that notes of the Bank of England, or notes of their own, convertible to gold on demand, shall be the only currency in which the joint-stock and country banks of issue shall deal ; and that since the Bank of England shall be compellable, by his Act of Par liament, to hold in its strong room at all times a store of bullion adequate to meet all its own outstanding notes, if produced to it for payment, it is evident that the Bank of England will equate the sum of their own outstanding notes to their own stock of bullion. Q. E. D. And in this way Sir R. PEEL supposes he has adequately provided for the monetary exigencies of a country (on a basis of gold and Bank of England note circulation, on which all issues of notes must henceforth be ultimately discharged, if some thirty-seven, or say, in round numbers, though far, very far, above the actual amount, forty millions)—of a country of which the yearly revenue collected in taxes, &c., is fifty seven millions, the national debt between 750 and 800 millions, the interest annually paid thereon 24 millions, and of which the foreign trade is so enormous that the imports of a single year amount, on a very moderate computation of value, to 150 millions ! The Bill of last session, in the face of these admitted and notorious facts—in defiance of the experience of those terrible convulsions of the commercial world and mercantile credit which had ensued within six years of the restoration of the gold currency in 1819—convulsions which, in 'a single twelvemonth, had far exceeded the whole aggregate of the shocks occasioned by the failures of private establishments from 1797, when cash payments were suspended by the Bank of Eng land, to the year 1815, at the close of a war which had cost us 500,000,0001.—this Bank Charter Bill was unanimously passed. So contagious was the fatal example of the Premier's propensity for tampering with the free evolution of trade, and the action of our monetary system—a tampering whose effects were already traced in the bankruptcies of 1825-26, 1830, and 1837-38—that Mr. ITAwEs's motion of the 10th of June on the second reading of the Bank Charter Bill, to the effect " that no case had been brought before the House to justify the interference of the Legislature ith the circulation of the banks of issue," was ne gatived by a majority of 155, in a house of 215 Members (185 to 30). Since 1819 the Bank had been often reduced to the very verge of a stoppage, owing to a rise in the market price of gold having drained the coffers of that Company, who were com pelled, by the absurd enactment of 1819, to pay their notes in gold, at the arbitrarily fixed Mint price of that metal, instead of the current market price. Yet, in 1844, the great majority of both Houses kindly permitted the same absurdity to be re-enacted. On the 14th of June last, on Mr. MUNTZ'S amendment to the motion for their going into Committee on the Premier's Bill, n amely, " on that day six months, "only eighteen Members were found on the side of the lion. Mem- ber for Birmingham against the Ministerial phalanx of 205 supporters of the original motion. On the 6th July the Bill finally passed the Commons with- out even a division. In the House of Lords, on the motion for its second reading, 12th July, Lord Asn• BURTON expressed his strong apprehensions that the Government would find their Bill of by no means so beneficial a tendency as they had anticipated—re marking, that upon their own showing, the objects it proposed to accomplish could have been carried out only by establishing a double standard of gold and silver. To these memoranda of the only divisions which took place last session in Parliament upon the Bill, ... we will only add one more not unimportant fact as a preliminary to the further examination into which we shall pre s e n tly en t er o f thi s a ll i mportant question, more especially as considered in its relations to the agitated demand for the repeal or modification of the malt tax and the duty on tea. By the returns pub lished in last Friday's Gazette, it appears that the TBE SUN, LO DOll, MONDAY MORist ENG, DECEMBER 2, 1844. stock of bullion in the Bank of England stores had Lo 1;1,500,000/. From this point it will as ur-.4 stili Oifther retrograded before the end counselled his parishioners to sell all they had, and even to borrow, in order to enjoy the right of the Holy Coat. POLISH FRONTIER, Nov. 16.—Hitherto no more arrests have tak...n place, bat the investigations against the noblemen who are arrested are prosecuted with great rigour. The Government was first warned from England of the communications which the, Polish fugitives in that country had with this city, on which above forty nobles were arrested, in whose possession papers were found, which proved that they likewise communicated with Pules at Paris. or ballast, extracted from the bed of the Loire, during the summer months, is already carted on the line ready for use, and excellent material is at hand for forming the bottom layer, to bed the sleepers on. We hope, probably in our next, to be. able to announce the ratifi cation of a formal contract with Messrs. Maekena:e and Brassey, for the completion and stocking of the whole line to Bordeaux, leaving still a good margin on the capital of the Company. This would, indeed, be the crowning act of the prudence and good management that have characterised all the operations of this Com pany, if, in the face of seventy millions, estimated by the Government engineers as the requisite capital for completing and working this line, and of seventy-five millions, estimated by more than one of the competing Companies, the Directors can accomplish it for less than sixty -five millions of francs, of which their capital is composed, they will have earned the lasting gratitude of the shareholders. It will be a novel feature in the history of railways for the shareholders to have a guarantee, at least six years beforehand, that the capital is sufficient—• that there wit be extra bills to be paid, and no loans raised or shares created to provide means of payment. We use the word "guarantee" advisedly, because the well-known wealth, as well as skill and experience, of the firm in question, can leave no doubt that they will accomplish, and in the least possible time too, whatever they undertake. It is confidently expected that the section to Tours will be opened in the month of August next year. ~e the year, if the usual drain of December happens io its u,ual course. We cannot look, we own, without deep apprehension, to the turn of the year 1845. %Ye have received Madrid papers of the 22d, but they contain no intelligence respecting the flight of ZITRBANO, though it was believed that he would be able to make his escape, either into Portugal or France. The Chamber adopted several clauses of the Reform Bill, almost without opposition. The Three per Cents. closed at 281 for cash, and 28 13-16 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 201 at 60 days. WARSAW, Nov. 15.—Accounts from St. Peters burgh say that the health of the Empress is good—at least, that there is no apprehension of danger. It was thought her Majesty must by dangerously ill because she is so seldom seen. But this seclusion is not owing to illness, but to grief for the loss of her daughter, in which all the members of the Imperial Family participate. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 12.—The-navigation seems to be closed at Cronstadt for this year. The road and the gulf are thickly covered with ice, and several foreign merchants are obliged to stay. His Majesty having been informed of illegal reli gious meetings, held by the notorious Erek Janson, has ordered that no proceedings shall be instituted against those who have attended the meetings, but that he himself shall be summoned before the Chapter of Upsal, and seriously warned and reprimanded. Legal proceedings have already commenced. The prophet's principal assertion is that Luther was the beast in the Apocalyp, and that the Lutheran doc trine is devilish. Several of the Paris papers have articles on the election of Mr. POLK to the office of President of the United States. The more violent Opposition journals, . falsely called liberal, rejoice at the result, not from any regard to liberty, but because democracy has triumphed, and still more because they regard this demonstration as a blow to the power of England. They look forward to a war between this country and the United States, and joyfully predict that neither the affairs of Texas, nor the question respect ing the Oregon territory, can be settled otherwise. France, of course, will take part with democratic America—the French fleet will co-operate with the fleet of the United States—and proud England will be humbled. The constant practice of the writers in these journals, in looking forward to aid from some foreign Power, in case of a war with England, gives us a very low idea of their patriotism. What ! Is France become so weak that she can not defend herself without the protection of an American fleet ? The Sieele would seem to admit the fact. " There is," it says, " a great political fault to be avoided in our negotiations with America. In any maritime war the advantage will be with us if we have the United States on our side. Let us defend our commercial interests with firmness, but let us not confound our affairs with those of Great Britain in the question of Texas, or even in that of the tariff. Let us never forget that in every naval or continental war the English have been our enemies, and the Ame ricans our friends." The National writes in the same strain. " The questions," it says, " pending between the two coun tries will be solved in a sense unfavourable for our neighbours. The hope of seeing a moderated tariff granted to English manufactures, thereby increasing their market, will not counterbalance the uneasiness excited in England, with regard to Texas and the Oregon. For ourselves, we have never had any other wish than to see the United States, under the empire of their institutions, increasing their prosperity at home, and drawing still closer the bonds of alliance with France, in conformity with the interests of the two nations; and, therefore, we hail with joy the ac cession of Mr. POLK." The Constitutionnel sees affairs in a very different light, and says the reduction of the tariff would be much more advantageous to England than to France, and it is not at all probable that the foreign policy of the Union will undergo any change. The Southern States, determined on lowering the tariff, will de mand a reduction of the land and sea forces, and a state that disarms is not likely to provoke a war with England. In short, adds that journal, affairs will remain in the same state. Mr. POLK is but the nominal chief of the Go vernment. It is Congress that governs. The Jour nal de Debats takes a gloomy view of the election, not at all warranted by circumstances : "If the last accounts from the United States are con firmed, the election of Mr. Polk is secured, and in that case we shall see the direction of public affairs, at a pe riod when it requires the most consummate experience, escape from the most capable hands to fall into those of a candidate chosen without reflection, of whom the best that can be said is, that he is of more than ordinary me diocrity. The result of this election will be to give the ascendancy to the Radical party, that is to say, to give it to a party whose very essence renders it unfit for the re establishment of order, and the consolidation of a society shaken to its very foundation. We must deplore this conclusion, not only on account of tho confederacy of North America, but likewise fur the sake of universal civilization, which is interested in the direction taken by a nation so highly placed." MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Ssturday Evening.) There was no further change in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 4,000 bags.—The Share-market was animated. Dublin and Drogheda, 58 ; Eastern Coun ties, 134 ; Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 144 ; Grand Junction, 214:k 2154 ; Ditto, Half, 1074 ; Great Western, 141 ; Ditto, One-Fifth, 261 ; Hull and Selby, 66 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter, 51 ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 374 ; Ditto, Quarter, 26*; London and York, 44 4 ; London and South-Western, 76+ 77 ; Lynn and Ely, 24 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 1234 ; Midland Counties, 108 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 794 ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter, 124 ; Lyons and Avignon, 2+ 495.; Paris and Lyons, 595. 58s. 6d.; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 64 4 ; Central of France, 12 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 44 4. ' The accounts, per Hibernia, relative to money matters state:—" Prices are now lower than they have been for at least fifteen years, and the currency of 1843 was nearer a specie standard than it has ever before been. So long as this standard is maintained, so long will prices remain as at present quoted. The production of our principal staples increases so fast that the supply must have an influence on prices, and reduce them from year to year; but this can be regulated according to the quantity produced, and a much greater uniformity will exist than during great fluctuations in the currency and a depreciation in the circulating medium. By keeping our circulating medium down to specie standard we cheek foreign importations more than a high tariff would, and the greater the similarity between the currency of this country ansl those of Europe, the more we are able to shut out their productions, and consume our own. An inflated currency annuls the tariff, as all foreign manu facturers require, to enable them to contend successfully with the protective features of our tariff, are high prices in our market." The amount of notes issued by the Bank of England during the week to Saturday last was 27,528,8751., being an increase of 21,080/. There is a corresponding in crease, as usual, in the bullion to the issue department, and which, added to 113,256/. in the banking depart ment, gives the net increase at 134,3381. The public de posits continue to rise fast, being more by 932,7331., but the private lodgments have been diminished. The English Securities continue very firm, although business has been dull, and there have heen one or two sales made by an influential broker. Consols for imme diate transfer have realised 1004 to 1004 ; and for tike 101 to 4 ; Bank Stock is 207 'to 208, being an advance again ; the Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. are 102 k i; and the Three per Cents. 994 to par ; Exchequer Bills are rather heavy, at 595. to 575. premium. Business in the Foreign Investments is dull also. Spanish Three per Cents. are 354 4. Portuguese Con verted are steady at 554. Mexican Bonds have been done at 364 4. Belgian Stock is worth 1021. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 63. The Railway Shares have had a firm tone, and, owing to the buoyancy of the market at Liverpool, prices rather tend upwards. BRUSSELS, Nov. 27.—Prince Gallitzen having visited everything curious and interesting at Brussels, set out yesterday for Paris. MALIWES, Nov. 27.—yesterday, at two o'clock, the ceremony of the benediction o f t h e new b e ll of St. Rombant took place in the gre a t square o f t hi s c i ty w i th extraordinary magnificence and pomp—the bell receiving the name of " Salvator," which was also the name of the great bell which it was necessary to recast. The bene diction and baptism of the new great bell were performed by the Cardinal Archbishop of Malines, accompanied by a numerous body of the clergy, by the Metropolitan Chapter, and by more than 250 young men belonging to the seminary. Baron de Steenhault, Burgomaster of Malines, was godfather, and Madame de Bort, widow of a Burgo master of Malines, was godmother. An immense crowd was present at the ceremony. The fe;e was terminated by a splendid banquet given by the Cardinal Archbishop, in the Archiepiscopal Palace, to the ecclesiastical, civil, and military authorities. BRUSSELS, Nov. 27.—The Chamber continued to-day the debate on the ways and means. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Nor. 20. Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per Cents. ••••••‘• 000000 0000000 •••••••••• 113 Bank 0000000 0000000000 1650 114% Anglo-Russian Loan Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 10 5 1% 103 Inscription, Ist series ....... .......... ........ - 15% Russian 5 per Cent. Hop. and Co., 3d and 4th Series ..... .............. ............. Ditto in Certificates .. . o— . •• 99% New 4 per Cent. (1840 T...................... Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ......... Ditto 5 per Cent. - Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. - Spanish. New 4 per C0nt5................ ..... - Polish Bonds. .......... ........... .. ••••• - New Tickets .... -- PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 207% 207 218 S per Cont. Reduced Annuities 99 7 ,;„ 100 Sper Cent. Coniols. An ne ........ !WNW/. New 3)4 per Cent. Annuities .. we% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 12 1-16 12 Bank Stock for Account ........ 201 ..... 101 150. 114 d. Is for Ai Exchi luer Bills. ... 5957 pm. ... 59 57 pm. ~. 59 57 pm. Ditto Ditto Advertised. •„•••••••, - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOl4 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ...... ..... ....• Ditto for the Account .............."." 3 6%% Ditto Deferred Stock•••.• ....•..... ....... •• lt. % /a Portuguese Bonds, 5 per dent............... Ditto Converted fs% Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent, llB% 119 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 — Oitto Three per Cent. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3534% Dutch 234 per ent5.................... ....... ... , --ii. 6 3 PRICE.S..OE-SU AR RR •'r QILE nISLQI.III.•- • - Bristol and Exeter '. ...,„.„.,•,,.., 70 .."..... 70 , ...... to Bristol and fi10uee5ter............. 313 ........ 35 ........ to Cambridge and Lincoln Direct Northern .. ..... E istern Counties .............•......• 25 .••••••• 13N% •.. to .-- Edinburgh and Glasgow . ......... 50 62 .. ...... to Grvat Southern and Western/ (Ireland) Great Western •••••••••••••••••••••••• 75 vet ..... 1 42.11 London and 81ackwa1L.............. 16% ...... 6% London and Brighton .....„•„,„., 50 ....Moo 48 London and South We s t ern ..... 41% ...... 70 7834 London and Croydon 13% ••.... 16% •••.• to London and York ... ....• ..... 234 4%% ••• to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 ......... 60 ..... Rugby 1 ..... .... 1% .... to South Devon South Eastern and Dover Ditto New - York and North Midland ~„.„,•50 ........101 Ditto 34 5hare5.............. ..... 25 ..... .... 52 Ditto Scarbore' Branch . ..... ".. 61 Ditto Extension ........... .• ........ Boulogne and Arnie.. 2 ........ 4% .... to 5 Orleans and Vierzon ..... .. ..... 2 Orleans and Bourdeau x Paris and Lyons.. 6% to 8 _ ••........• ......... The following are miscellaneous extracts from the ;.--zsnee says :—" w e can announce irom certain information that the projected marriage between Prince George of Cambridge and the Giand Duchess Olga of Russia is by no dieans abandoned." " MM. de Cormenin, Garnier-PaOes, and de Lan juinais, arrived at Toledo on the 17th. They were pre sent at the religious ceremony of givin the benediction to the colours of the reserve battalion of Tarragona." The Journal de la H a ye co n t a i ns t h e following : " A Flemish journal published in Brussels, under the title of Vlaemsche Belgen, appears to doubt the truth of our assertion, that General Espartero was at Brussels when the English journals declared him to be ill in London. We maintain what we have already asserted on this subject. The ex-Regent passed eighteen hours in Brussels ; and we could, if necessary, name the house where he spent the night, and the persons whom he saw." The States of Denmark having, by a large majority, adopted a motion for a petition to the KING, as Duke of Holstein and Schleswig, praying him to incorporate those States with the kingdom of Denmark, several towns of the Duchy of Holstein, forming part of the Ger manic Confederation, have sent addresses to the States of Holstein, entreating them to resist this proposition. THE BOURSE- 7 TnunsDAT, Nov. 28. 3 2 Paris end 20 ..... 4 lq % to Parnand R0uen........................ . 20 ........ 39.30 4 to Rouen and Havre. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 29.-4Ve have an improved feeling in our market to-day, and a fair amount of business has been transacted at the following quotations : London and York, 3:7 3 11.16 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, l & 11-16 ; Churnets, 34 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 4i ; Trent Valley, 78 ; London and Birming. ham, New 321. Shares. 38 ; P ar i s an d Lyons, V. ISs. 9d.; Huddersfield Canal, 19. lint Highest Lowest Last Price. ce. rice. French Five per Cents— • • 119 • • 1 19 10 .. 118 Price. 90 .• 1 18 90 Fours. ••••• 107 107 .. 107 •• 107 Three per Cents 83 55 .. 83 65 .. 83 40 .. 83 40 Bank of France. •••• 3141 ..3150 ..3145 3145 aflitte Bank, 5,000 f. Sharesso2o .. $O2O ..5020 —4020 Belgian Bank ..• • •• • • • • • • • • 590 .. 690 .. 580 .. 585 ,pa Threes • ... Portubruee Five per Cents • . 11. b 4; .. 54! • • 34i Datch Two and-a-Half .•••• 63 • • 63 .. 63 . 63 Neapolitan • • • • .• • • • • • 96 . • • 96 10 .. 96 S 6 10 CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock ex dlv. 2i 8 Ditto &aids £1,000...... ... pm 3 per Cent. Red ....... ........ MO Ditto under X 1 , 008...... pm per Cent. Cons. ........».. 180"7. South Sea Stock ......... )4 per Cent. Red Ditto Old Annuities ... Ni w 3U per Cent... ..................... Ditt)tiottoNeswmaAlln:e.s. .... .. —57 pm. New 5 per Cent. ..... Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 ........ ...... 57 pwi lan. IWO Oct. 1859 — Bank Stock for A.cct.... ‘203 Jan. IWO.. ..... .. Indian Stock lndia ' 104 • • 104 Roman •• •• 1041 .. 1043 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain . .. •••• •• •• •• •• 940 .. 940 .. 93S .. 935 Versailleo, ........•• 447 50 447 50 .. 442 50 .. 442 50 L. 8...•••• •••••• 320 .. 322 50 317 50 .. 317 50 Ronan ....................1010 - 1010 ..1007 50 4.7 50 Ronan to ilaYre•• •• ...... •• 785 .. 785 -. 782 50 .. 782 50 Orleans • .. Strasburg to Bale— • • • . • • •• 27i 25 .• 277 50 .. 276 25 . 277 50 Avignon to Marseilles•..... 907 50 .. 920 . 907 50 .. 912 50 Stock for Acct.... -- .. FUNDS. Austrian, 5 par Cent ......... !Russian, 5 per C ent — Belgian, 5 per Cent — :Ditto, Meta11ic.,„,.... , Buenos Ayres, 11 . _ Brazilian Bonds - i Spa n i s h , 5 per Cent . per Cent — ! , 846::: —, 1 Jitto, 1841 •..................... Cob:. Bonds, 6 per Cent..— — ' Ditto, 1842 t:tillian, , per Cent — Ditto 1843, _ • - rtionibian, 6 per Cent Gr,yek, 18_5. 5 per Cent — Venezuela Bonds 2 per Ct... Mexican, 5 per Cent Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Exchange Peruvian Bonds. 6 per Ct... Dutch, 2 —4 --c % per Cent ... Portuguese Bonds, S per Ct. Ditto, S per Cent — SHARES Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid)............ 5.7% Bristol and Exeter (;0 paid) ........ ..................... 70 Bristol dn d Gloucester, 30 paid ........................ 34% Caledonian (5 paid) ..................% Cambridge and Lincoln, 1;4 pai nt.....""""""". .................... 2% Direct Northern, 2% paid 2% Eastern Counties (2a paid) ... .......................... """"••••13% Edinburgh and Glasgow, sit paid ......... ... ......... 12 Great Southern and West ern (I re l and) 5 paid .., 8% Great Western (75 paid) 1 4 1 London and Birmingham (Stock) London arid Blackwall (101, 13s. 4d.) London and Brighton (5o paid) London and South Western (411. 66. hid, paid) so Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) 3 London and Croydon 16% London and York, 1% paid ..... Manchester and Birmingham Midland (1(0 paid) 10 51 8% Newcastle and Darlington Junction, .21 paid . Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid ... ...... 12 1 4 Richmond and West End Junction, 1 paid ......... 1% South Devon, 10 paid ....................................... 10% South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ...... .., 38 Ditto, New Shares 4 paid..... ................. 11% York .nd North Midland (50 paid) .......................... 103% Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) ......... .. ...... ......... 52 Ditto Scarboro' Br a n c h , 10 paid • 32 Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 pa i d 68 Diro Ext,nsion ...... ••• ..... . ...... .... l3 Bonlogne and Amiens ••• plid .... 5 Orleans and Vierzon, l 2 pa 11 Orleans and Bourdeaux, (paid Paris and Lyons, 2 paid ......... Pais and Orleans (211 paid) Paris and Roue n , '2n pai .. 4l % 4 d N RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Dec 3. Versailles, R. 8... L.B . 322 50 .. 322 50 .. 315 .. 315 Rouen to 11arre.......••••• 787 50 787 50 785 785 Orleans .... Strasburg to Bale—. ..•• •. 277 50 277 50 .. 277 50 . 277 50 Avignon to Marseilles.— 905 .. 920 .. 905 915 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAT.—Yesterday the Queen and the ' Royal Family did not leave the precincts of tilt: Castle, owing to the reception of the melancholy news of the demise of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda. The mournful intelligence reached the Castle on Friday evening, before dinner, and the military band, and her Majesty's private band, were in consequence countermanded. This morning her Majesty and Prince Albert, the royal visitors, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Charles L. Courtenay officiated. Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal) has re lieved Colonel Arbuthnot in the duty of Equerry in *Waiting on the Queen, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater has relieved Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde in the duty of Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert. The Royal Family were taken for their accus tomed early airings to-day. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re ceived the news of the unexpected demise of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda on Saturday morning, while on a visit to Mr. Sloane Stanley, at his seat, Paultons, Hants. The Royal Duke immediately took his departure for his resi dence at Kew. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday, at Gloucester House. The Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, has arrived in town in conse quence of the death of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda. A deputation of the British Guiana Lean Trustees, consisting of Mr. Colvile, Mr. Cavan, Mr. Cave, and Mr. Barkly, had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. The gentlemen connected with the Railway Depart ment of the Board of Trade attended at the office for the reception of the plans of the proposed new rail ways until twelve o'clock on Saturday night, it being the last day that they could be received. Mr. W. H. Moore had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Sir David Davies returned to his residence, Berke ley-street, Berkeley-square, on Saturday evening, from Whitley Court, Worcestershire, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederi( k Trench attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon. The Duke of Beaufort, the Marquises of Headfort and Northampton, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, and Lord Saye and Sele, attended the daily service yesterday. Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Dakins, and the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening for the Governors of New South Wales and South Aus tralia, and also for the Governors of British Guiana and the West India Colonies, from the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday. Mr. Teed, Q.C., was heard on an appeal from Lower Canada, " Perry v. Gugy." Mr. Charles Buller was heard in support of the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., was afterwards beard on an appeal from Madras, " Kerahoose v. Serie." Mr. Teed, Q.C., followed. Judgment was not given. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cor nwa ll, an d the Judge of the Ad miralty Court. DEATH OF HER ROYAL HIGH NESS THE PRINCESS SOPHIA MATILDA. This amiable and benevolent Princess expired at her mansion on Blackheath, on Friday morning, after a short illness. Her Royal Highness had been un well at intervals for some time past. The la:nented Princess was in the 72d year of her age, having been born on the 23d of May, 1773, and was sister to the late Duke of Gloucester. Her Royal Highness had resided many years in the parish of Greenwich, and was the Ranger of Greenwich Park. The poor and afflicted have lost a sincere friend and benefactor. Her Royal Highness, it is well known, expended a large portion of her income in works of charity, and was first in patronising all subscriptions for the benefit of deserving ob ects, not only in her own immediate locality, but elsewhere. As_,Ranger of the Park thQ Princess was always so ucitous to anon'. accommodation to the residents of the neighbourhood, as well as the public generally. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The fourth representa ti..n of Belfe's grand opera of The Dauyhttr of St. Mark attracted, on Saturday evening, one of the most crowded audiences ever in this theatre, hundreds being turned away from the doors. IVe are led to understand that in the grand procession, which terminates the second act, there are nearly 500 people employed. Sir Samuel Brown proceeded to Dieppe on Saturday, in order to submit to the inhabitants of that place a plan for a fixed breakwater inside the harbour, by which vessels would be enabled to enter at any time. It was most favourably received, and there is every prospect of its being carried into execution.—Brighton Herald. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS Or NIECKLENBURGII STRELITZ.—We have reason to believe that their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz will pro long their visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge until the commencement of May next. It is understood that the Grand Duchess's accouchement may be expected early in January next. We understand that it was the particular wish of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge that their daughter should be confined in this country ; and it has been solely with that object in view that her Royal Highness an.d her Illustrious Consort have made so protracted a res i dence liore. It is needless to remark that the Hereditary Grand Duke and his family cordially acceded to the natural desire of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. We hear that, owing to the limited conveniences pos sessed at Cambridge House, the interesting event will not take place there ; and as her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glom-ester has offered apartments to her Royal niece at Gloucester House, it is most probable the Grand Duchess will be confined at that residence. The Queen had, it is said, offered apartments for the Grand Duchess at Buckingham Palace, as her Majesty and court do not contemplate leaving Windsor Castle before the first week in March. Dover has never been so full of company at this season of the year as at the present time. Nearly all the principal houses are engaged and occupied by fami lies of distinction. Among the more recent engagements are the Earl of Kentnare, Lord Boston, Lady Went worth, the Hon. William Burrell, Mr. Jonathan Peel, Mr. C. B. Bewick, &c. &c.—Dover Chronicle. After a successful herring season our boats have been laid up in order to be prepared for the mackarel season, which will commence about Christmas. The most money made by any one boat has been 430/.—the lowest sum, about 1501. The number of boats employed were fifteen.—Brighton Herald. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING.—A serious explo sion of gunpowder occured in Limekiln-lane, Rock Ferry, about half-past eight o'clock this morning. It ap pears that the ship Fairfield, belonging to Messrs. Charles Lawrence and Son, of this town, arrived from Ichaboe yesterday morning, and was towed into the river by one of the steam-tugs. She had on board one barrel of gunpowder, weighing about 201 b., and also 41b. loosely wrapped in paper. One of the laws fur the regula tion of the port enacts, that no vessel shall be allowed to enter the river or docks with any gunpowder on board, but shall depo-it it at the magazines. The boat which should have waited on the Fairfield, for the pur pose of taking the powder to the magazines, did not conic, and consequently it was put on board the tug and landed at Birkenhead, the mate of the Fairfield, whose Mille is Cat rington, undertaking to have it safely kept on the premises of his father, Mr. Richard Carrington, Custom-house broker, in Limekiln-lane, Rock Ferry. The cask was put into an out house along with the powder in the paper, and this morning the youngest child, a fine boy, between seven and eight years old, got to it, and it is supposed that by some means he was the cause of its ignition. A terrific explosion took place, by which the out-house was entirely levelled to the ground, and the back and front windows of the house totally de stroyed, besides doing considerable damage in other re speets. The boy, who is supposed to have caused the explosion, was seriously hurt, and a servant was also injured. - VISIT OF THE COURT TO BRIGIITON,-.-It is ru moured that her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, will proceed to the Pavilion, at Brighton, for a short visit to the Sussex coast, previously to the departure for the Con tinent of her Majesty's illustrious relatives, salt water baths having been recommended to the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg. Lord and Lady Ashley, who were to have left town on Saturday, have remained on purpose to attend the public meeting at Willis's Rooms, to-day, on behalf of the Society for the Protection and Employ ment of the Distressed Needlewomen, and for Clothing the Poor. Lord Ashley will be supported on that occa sion by a number of the nobility and gentry anxious to lessen the evils under which the needlewomen suffer. ADVANCE OF WAGES.--We understand that the workers at the cotton mill at Fintry, under the manage ment of William S erv i c e, Esq., received an advance of wages, at last payment, of 10/. per cent. without solici tation.—Stirling Journal. POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.—NearIy nine hun dred money orders were issued and paid at the Money Order-office, Liverpool, last Monday. This is about the total number that used formerly (say six years ago) to be issued in three months. Mr. Thomas Campbell's pension of IH4/. a year has been bestowed, we hear, upon mi. Patrick Fraser l last st!,sioit, us opposi:i 1 AMERICAN NEWS. The advices received from America fully confirm the intelligence of Mr. Polk's election to the Presidency, and we subjoin a table of returns, with the addition of such other States whose decisions we have since received : Clay. Polk. 26 Pennsylvania Ohio 23 Connecticut ...... Rhode Island New Hampshire Maryland 8 New York Virginia New Jersey 7 North Carolina Michigan — Georgia Massachusetts l2 Kentucky l2 Indiana — Maine Delaware 3 86 121 STATES NOT ASCERTAINED, BUT CONCEDED. Vermont' 6 South Carolina Alabama ... 9 Illinois 9 Missouri — Arkansas — 92 158 STATES NOT ASCERTAINED, NOR CONCEDED. Mississippi 6 Louisiana Tennessee • The great importance of the political complexion of the Unites States Senate_had— gigiveure int Win g's and remarks to show its probable constitution, the elec tion of Democratic Legislatures in Arkansas and New York having :ettled the question that the senators to be elected by those will be of the same politics : Whigs. Democrats. " Hold over New senators already elected— Mississipi Connecticut Vermont Certain to be elected, from the political complexion of the Legislatures already chosen— Maine 0 ... Massachusetts ..... 1 ... 0 Rhode Island New Yolk ... New Jersey 1 0 Pennsylvania Maryland 1 ... 0 Ohio 1 ~. 0 Indiana 1 ... 0 Tennessee Missouri Arkansas 0 (vacancy) 1 25 24 There is also a senator to be elect( d in Virginia, whose Legislature contains a Whig majority of two Members, another in Delaware, and a third in Michigan. In the last-mentioned State the Whigs have no chance. There fore, in order to maintain a majority in the Senate, they must elect the senator from Virginia and the senator from Delaware. Unless they get the Virginia and Dela ware senators, the slave and Texas party will have the practical majority, through the casting vote of the Vice- President of the United States. Delaware has elected a Whig senator ; what Virginia has done we cannot as yet say. As respects the new House of Representatives, there had been elected 123 Members. (whole number 223), showing a Whig gain of four Members, and Democratic lo ss o f ten.. One hundred Members are yet to be elected, FATAL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT FIFTY LIVES LOST. Among the casualties incident to the working of mines and collieries, in this country, we regret to have to record this week, the loss of fifty lives, by the terrible agency of fire-damp, at the Cwm Avon Colliery, Neath, on Wednesday last. On account of the shattered state of the works, consequent on the explosion, and the noxioui effluvia, only four bodies had on that day been ' taken out. Our information as to details, considering the distance we write from the fatal spot, cannot be copious ; but of the painful truth of this frightful catas trophe, there is, we regret to state, no room to doubt.— Monmouthshire Merlin of Friday. ORLEANS, TOURS, and BORDEAUX RAILWAY. Three of the Directors, accompanied by the engineers of the Company, have just completed a tour of inspec tion over the section of this line between Orleans and Tours, preparatory to the delivery to the Company by the Government. Of the 114 kilometres (72 miles) comprised in this distance, there are 94 kilometres ready for the imme diate commencement of the bal'asting and laying the rails. The remaining 20 kilometres are in an almost eepill state of forwardness, except in the immediate vicinity of the city of Tours, where the earthwork is very light. The stupendous bridge over the Loire, at Mont Louis, had the last arch keyed-in in the presence of these gen tlemen. It is a noble structure of 12 arches, each 25 metres span (82 feet English), and is built with the ,ew Palace-yard is at the present time under beautiful stone of the country. It reflects the highest going considerable change. A large space of ground, credit, as indeed do all the works on the line, upon the extending from the grand entrance to Westminster Hall Government engineers, MM. Foulon and Moraudiere, to the corner of Judges' Chambers, has since yesterday upon the latter of w h om , more es pe c ially, has devolved Leen enclosed with a high paling. It is understood that the direction of the lower part of the.line. workmen have received orders to commence on Monday Not only the m asonr y, b ut t h e ear th w ork also is corn- morning the erection upon this site of a range of tern pleted, with the e xqu i site fi n i s h w hi c h characterises all porary buildings. It is intended to apportion twelve the work of the Fr e n c h eng i neers . Th e embankments rooms for Committees of the House of Commons, and two are constructed in successive layers of from half a metre others for Vice-Chancellors Bruce and Wigram. Persons (20 inches) to a m e tr e i n t hi c k ness, l a id i n from barrows i conversant with the subject are of opinion that the or carts. The slopes a r e d resse d off w ith the most care- number of Committees which will sit next session, will ful precision, and the c u tti ngs are f ace d with stone be altogether unprecedented. 'With regard to the new pitching almest to th e eery top ! This mode of con. Houses of Parliament, though there are persons who struction is much more expensive than is usual in our speak of their being ready for use within a few months, railway works in this country ; but we are not quite an examination of their present state cannot but dispel sure that it is not cheaper in the end. At all events the any such idea, and convince even inexperienced persons Company, who have to work and maintain the line, hav e that their completion will not be witnessed for a very abundant cause to rejoice at the carefulness and solidity i considerable period. of the construction throughout. ESCAPE or PRISON/MS.—Two prisoners, Robert After much deliberation aced considerable difficulty Stephenson, and Thomas Pearson, under confinement with the department of Public Works, the joint sta.ion for trial at the ensuing sessions for the North Riding at Tours for this and the line to Nantes is definitively of Yorkshire, charged with three separate acts of fixed to be at the very gates cf the city, which will be an larceny, effected their escape f rom the lock-up at immense convenien ce t o th e pu bli c, an d no small advsn- Melton, during the night of Tuesday last. They tage to the city itself. The plans are approved, and the were labourers, formerly residing at Seamer, but have erection of the buildi ngs w ill b e commenced fora with. latterly been living at Cayton, near Scarborough. Ste- The Company will ha, ean independent station at Or. phen son is about twenty-eight years of age, five feet ten leans also, communicatin g , if needs be, with that of the or eleven inches high, fresh coloured, and walks erect. Paris and Orleans Comp an y. Th e other stations will be Pearson is about 30, stiff built, five feet six or seven commenced without delay, and have been deferred inches high, has dark hair, and a sallow complexion.— hitherto only that the wishes of the Company might be Durham Chronicle. consulted as to the sites and general disposition of the By the death o f th e P r i ncess S oph i a of Gloucester, buildings. • a pension of 7,0001. a year and the Rangership Gr,eu- Ab9ut 100,000 metres cubQ of coarse sand and &mai, wick l'srk foil in. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, Nov. 26.—1 t is said that some of the projects of law which have been presented to the Chamber have been examined by the sections, and the observations and objections communicated to the Government. The sittings of the Chamber, after the termination of the debates on some projects of law, will be adjourned for some time. Among them are those for amending the laws on the excise on salt and on soap, and that respecting the duties on transit. THE IlaGuE, Nov. 27.—The Second Chamber, in its sitting to-day, received the answer of the First Chamber, stating that it could not agree to the pro posed address. Several Members having spoken, it was decided by a majority of 35 to 20, merely to acknowledge the receipt, and not to proceed any further in the matter. In the sitting of to-day, two communications wera received from the First Chamber, announcing that it had agreed to the projects of law for dissolving the Netherlands Commercial Company (the Handels- Alaatschappy), and for the purchase of Three-and-a- Half per Cent. Stock. THE HAGUE, Nov. 29.—1 n the evening sitting of the Second Chamber of the States-General, the Com mittee of Petitions brought up its report, and a great number of addresses. The sections of the Second Chamber have been engaged to-day in examining the project of law respecting the transit and the tariff of duties of importation, exportation, and transit. One hundred and fifty of the principle mercantile houses of Amsterdam have presented to the Second Chamber an address concerning the tariff of Customs. The purport of this address, which is very detailed, is to recommend the adoption of a very liberal system, and that everything arbitrary in a charge of duties, or as preventive measures, on the part of the Adminis tration, shall be carefully excluded. The petitioners ask the Chamber to reject the tariff of duties not answering the condition. _HAMBURG H and FLANDERS MAIL. FROM THE RHINE, Nov. 19.—The miracles of Holy Coat at Treves are becoming more and more miraculous. Hear only the following story, which the clergyman of the Roman Catholic Chapel in the village G—, in the Duchy of Nassau, has related to hie congregration from the pulpit, and it will be coi.- fessed that the cure of a contracted leg is not worth speaking of:—The worthy priest related, on the au thority of credible witnesses, that in a procession going to Treves to see the Coat of our Lord, there was an infidel; the Coat, however, when the procession ap peared before it, perceiving that this sinner was near, leaped out of its case and gave him a box on the ear (in what manner the priest did not explicitly de scribe). The Coat afterwards returned to its case. Whether this case has helped the patient to become a believer does not appear. The priest did not need work a miracle. is faith was so strong, that he hams 1 , 1 an ;elf, as I FOREIG SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubitt eptnton. " Who runs may read." roaszaw. iAVi , AND POLICRI. ~ James Clark, 60, John Clark, 28, William C 12 1:;",. of and William Smith, 23, indicted for the mill te' Samuel Couchman, the Dover policeman, were trieltd, fore Mr. Justice Williams, at Maidstone and acqu it as there was no direct proof that they were 6e " 0 4 present when Thomas Clarke, who is still at large, O r Couchman the fatal blow. bia, At Gloucester, Ri c h ar d Y oung, i ndicted for stab his wife at Cheltenhan, was acquitted on the gro w ' insanity. Edward Lovell, a linen-draper's assistant, " - a s • 0' quitted at the Centr a l C r i m i na l C ourt on two c h a rge / e t robbing his employ ers . Th e pr i soner was indieteolf stealing a quantity of valuable property, but the ea thing the prosecutor would venture to swear to 01 01 old pair of shoes. It came out in the course of th e Abe that his wages were only from 6s. to 7s. a we , k: to. verdict of acquittal seemed to give great satisfactle ° erowded Cout t. Miss Hayes, whose case has excited so much 5 3 7 °P - t o• te attended at Queen-square, and thanked .he magi' h tle and the public for the kindness she had receiveg• t he said that she was going on Monday to a situatil re' had obtained on the recommendation of a lady, s o r ate quested that part o f t h e money subscribed for bete(which in a ll amounts to upwards of 301.) w i g taken care of fur her at this Court. ttle j The winter assi zes f or t h e county of Yea k were 0r.7,01 on Thursday e v e n i ng , b y M r. Justice Colerithe. , prisoners in York Castle await trial, and the o' e r 3 ; presents a fearful catalogu e o f crime :—For rnar de l : o 4 stabbing and wou n di ng , 7 ; rape, 4 ; arson, 2 ; 131„rilef robbery, 26 ; b urg l ary , 10, &c. Amongst the Wtt-olei, cases will be the trial of John Kendrew, for the fri of Mr. W. Inchbold, a firmer, near Boroughbridg . e ll ' o tf d e A new parish ch urc h h as b een erected in Mt" ot under Sir Robert P ee l' s recent Act, and was conn ect as by the Lord Bi s h o p o f Ch ester on Thursday. , i ce fof bee:: built by the association formed some time 8113 as s erecting ten churches in Manchester, the totals qer I being upwards of 5,000/. Accommodation hash j ,,, f ,to' vided for 1,200 persons, half the seats being 1111 , f 1 t•V priated. A large number of clergymen assernbleVooP consecration, and the sermon was preached by thev i 10 / Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart., Lieutenant of Clare/Od; t ex:vetted a general meet i ng of the magistrate' ° ° t county, at Enois Court-house, for Saturday, th e lob' December, to investigate the murder of the late Gloster, Esq., Moylish, near Limerick. 6 0 The stipendiary magistrates of Ireland ar e bei°' number, of whom 17 have been promoted fret t isr): sub-inspectors or coun t y i nspectors of const' oot" From the year 1838 G overnment overlooked the cit".° bulary, for to the present d a t e , near l y six years , on ly were promoted from the constabulary. C" lr f The Lords of th e T reasury have instructed thep; toms department i n C ana d a to exempt from paYn3;jeel:i the Imperi a l d u ti es h ouse h old furniture and oth e „ r te d 4 caries which may accompany settlers, and are solely for their own use, or that of their families , " t for the purposes of trade or sa l e. dir e f o According to letters fr om S t . Petersburgh, t't-oft communication betw een t h at c i ty and Cr 0115•140- already obstructed. The steamers which starte l 'it f d i' commencement of the mo n th f rom St. Petershti Cronstadt wer e o bli ge d to return, the ice on the b' ,' too thick to attempt a passage. fr ia°l d Handel's " Israel in E g ypt" was repeate d °I ij by the Sacred H armon i c S oc i ety, at Exeter tin 4 s e ; 01 under similar voca l c i rcumstances. The attettchl,,," considerable, incl u di ng t h e L ord Mayor and a l o ry of ladies, who sat in the side gallery. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. O4 LONDON, Nov. 30.—Wind N.E.mode ra te free' cloudy. DEAL, Nov. 29.—Wi n d S . E . to E.S.E., fres h 13101° —Arrd. Ruckers, Nielson, Demerara ; Beaufq"liel 9o l Honduras ; P eare , D oug l as, Montreal. Slwfat,lo" Bahia ; Duk e N or f o lk, T o b ago ; Ocean, Mort s.r the rest of the outward bound. foo l ; et PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Wind E.—Aeck y ri r k 1.44 Campbell, lehaboe ; Concordia, Malach, Neo 4. c) ",, r irl;; Rotterdam ; Mary, Bolton, St. John's, New l3 , rti n li n - efic, A ig ' Aurelian, Quebec ; Amelia, St. John's, Nei P r ,"„ - .--Sw" LIVERPOOL, Nov. 29.—Wind S.S.E. mederti' m ''boco ; Aristocrat, Buenos Ayres ; Andes, Pe rn3 „ c — e An . Leonora, Demerara ; Canena, Barbadoes ; Sc Ae l tigua ; Ocean, llayti ; Perseverance, SsTa l lpalis ° " diaka, Phil a d e l p hi a . Off , R oyal Albert. The Nadi hence t o N ew O r l eans, i n putting to sears!' t h e much Bank, but came off and has put back lesil g YZ 2o obe strained, and must discharge. The Carlton, 6 : c i c inee ll to this port, was d r i ven as h ore on t h e 3 1an ' lec lool lb Shoals, 30th O c t., th ree men d rowne d. The Ca nu ebec Robins o n, b oun d to this port, which pu t back tof* , irk/ was discharging 11th inst., and wokid w inter th e r u e t back Orbit and the Quebec, both for th - s port, harp Pao to Quebec viith damage, having hen ashore ° II of Lawrence. Ter r f'• BEDC.IR, Nov. 29.—Th e s l o p BlYt—el Whitby, ran on th e roc k s o ff thisportyeaterus, ng but was got off this morning. • to b e It is rumoured th a t Si r IVili a m Follet t I° NO rondo Judge of the Privy Counci (which LorilOf 0 0 1 " cote, Esq., is 0 b sedforh i: ow e n br b o e u n g e h fi t t)-- for a var rd a y th b st o 11. succeasor.--. WttOrlf Time, I Louis Philippe left Saint Cloud for Paris on Weelnt" day, and presided at a Council of Mini,ters at a s Tuileries. The Illoniteur announces that the Kiag, by an onion; nance, dated the 27th, h as ra i se d t o t h e peerage Cot t Jaubert, formerly a Minister, and Member of the Cha ber of Deputies. The Moniteur also publishes a royal ordonnance, date ( ' the 23d, appointing the Commission charted with the Se! counts to be rendered by Ministers for the legislatite Session of 1845. The Flotte announces that the pay of capitaires d t , corvette, of the first and second class, h as just bel l raised .500 f. Thus the capt a i ns o f the first class 7 1 in future have 4,000 f. a y ear , an d t h ose of t h e owe class 3,500 f. The fog was so dense in Paris on Wednesday aft . noon, particularly on th e b an k s o f t h e Se i ne, that it with great difficulty the bridges could be distinguished . According to the Revue d e P ar i s , i n or d er to l ess ee w , ti consequences of the disavowal o f Rear-Ad m iral Dar'„ Thouars and Lieutenant D'Aubigny, the Ministry tend to raise them shortly, the former to the rank & Vice-Admiral, and the latter to that of " Capitaine Corvette." ie Several statues and other specimens of the arts ~ China have arrived at th e L ouvre , a ll o f the mos t g am ; tesque appearance. Amon g th e statues i s one o f a inee; darin in combat with a serpent. The doughty herot, have enjoyed the highest consideration in his own CU try, from his immense abd om i na l rotundity, wh i c h O A ders him by far much broader than he is high, insoeun that its prominence must prevent his using against enemy his redoubtable weapon, which bears the sa le proportions of breadth to length. 1,04 The Hospice of St. Byieuc (Cat es d u N or d) h as received as an inmate a w oman , name d Jeanne CoralS, of the commune of St. Alb an , w h o i s i n her 106th Y es ' a having been born in 1738. Sh e was twenty years old the time of the battle of St. Caste, which she recoll; perfectly, as well as th e seven years ' war by the Engl. against the town of St. Maio. A letter from Frankfort states that the mother Messrs. de Rothschild, who i s n i nety - n i ne years o f sK a has recovered from the late severe illness which pla her life in imminent danger. A subscription has been o p ene d at B russe l s , for d i 4 relief of the needy suff e r ers b y t h e l ate i nun datioo_T E Florence. Some very liber a l d onat i ons have elrel`w been received. We learn from the Hague, 24th instant, that the r t e . , jection, for the second time, by the First Chamber of States, of the address as proposed by the Second Ch s;; / ber, has created an intense sensation there, and 4 : 10 fears are entertained of some violent retaliation on sow part of the Deputies. It a p pears, h owever, that is influential members of the Court were end e asouring o , effect a reconcili a tion. Th e re j ect i on i n the First Ohs ber was by a majority of 19 to 2. R elk % According to an article fr om P osen , i n the tie manifested a spirit of revolt o f rat h er serious eten t ', oo manifested itself in Russian Lith uan i a , on the part , °l ot/ peasants against the nobility who are lairlowners- ~1 0 0 • peasants loudly demand the abolilion of the serv e ' le imposed upon them, an d h ave in some instances re or to open acts of rebellion for their emancipativn. 0 OtroiLlE 4:A.n sa i Sir Robert Peel, accompanied by Lady Pee' 04 family, leaves Whitehall- gar d ens ear l y i n t h e ensue week for Drayton Manor. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and the J,st Gordon Lennox are expected to arrive on Monday P o i in Portland- place from Gordon Castl e . Th e Eal o pe Countess of March and their infant daughter have S td , to to Molcomb H ouse , near G oo d wood, for the w,wJ, Lord Henry Gordon L e n nox h as arr i ved i n F o rth' place from the north. ,' The Duke of Suth e rl an d, E ar l Fi tzwill i am. E ar' e e Viscount Curzon, L or d D ormer, L ord Hatherton, PO, Wrott,sley, Lord Leigh, Hon. William Peel, bill g of round Peel, Mr. Robe r t P ee l, an d a numerous A' 0 noblemen and g e ntle men , h ave consente d to alter stewards at the forthcoming Birmingham Queen's o rt pital grand ball, which is fixed for the 14th of Jas es if• Lady Jane Peel, Lady G oo d er i c k e, Lady VirNti..llo Lady Mordaunt, and M rs . N ew di gate, are amon g ladies patronesses. 011 , I The Duke of Portland i s near ly restore d to ~:eibeel( The Noble Duke purpose s t o p ass t h e w i nter at Abbey, surrounded by a family circle.• Earl Delawarr left Upp er G rosvenor - street o n Th e tb ri ; day last, for Bourne Hall, Cambridgeshire, wh ere Countess and family are still sojourning. Lord Foley entertained at dinner on Thursday od ing the Earl and Count ess o f T an k erv i l l e, t h e Cea m ,a, of Charleville, Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, the , e rg Frederick Cadogan, the H on . F re d er i c k L eveso n l oc o the Hon. Spencer C. Co w p er , an d T. D unco mbev M.P. Lord G. Bentinck is staying on a visit to the Du ke Portland. Lord Keane has arri ve d a t th e Cl aren d on 11°tel fOtis Hants. ntisrf The Viscount d'Abrantes, Minister Pl eu ipote- pro t and Envoy Extra o rdi nary of his Maj es t y the Binrod of Brazil, with the Viscountess, Signor afaceda". di p family, left Hak e ' s H o t e l , Manchester-square, on Fr i for the Continent. - I t i _ ~2 ? 4