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marl WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 27 minutes after 4 Evening .. 44 minutes after 4. Now ready, VOLUME V. of the NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCHES. Edited by Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, G.C.M.G. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CADETS for INl)lA.—Every information con nected with nuTriTs for INDIA, particulars of Passage by Ship and by the Overland route, detailed Lists of Outfits both for Ladies and Gentlemen, with the necessary variations for °dicers, writers, cadets, assistant-surgeons, and others, may be had on ap plication to Messrs. THRESHER and GLENNY, East India and Colonial Outfitters, 152, Strand, London, where all outfits are sup plied at the wholesale prices. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, inthtee acts, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Csesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss homer; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. To be followed by a Selection from LA BAYADERE. To conclude with the First Act of DER FRE 'SCHUTZ. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARLET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. To be followed by the admired Farce of HE LIES LIKE TRIIIII. Sir Charles Manby, Mr. Howe ; Truepenny, Mr. Tilbury ; Rattler, Mr. H. Roll ; Harriet, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Priscella, Miss P. Horton. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seyton, Miss Seyton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Age. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, O. Smith, Selby, Stoker ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will ?erform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma sourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. NEW CHRISTMAS BOOK, BY MR. DICKENS. On Saturday Morning, Dec. 20, will be published, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH : A FAIRY TALE OF HOME, By CHARLES DICKENS, Esq. The Illustrations by Clarkson Standfield, Esq., R.A. ; Daniel 3facllse, Esq., R.A.; John Leech, Esq., and Richard Doyle, Esq. On SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. 20, THIS THEATRE WILL OPEN fur the WINTER SEASON, on which occasion will be pro duced an entirely New and Original Drama, in Three Acts, founded en the above Fairy Tale, and which has been for several weeks in active preparation, entitled THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TILE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley (her First Appearance on any Stage), Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss Forster, and Miss Turner. After which, a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR. To conclude with OUR NEW GOVERNESS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled TME VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orvllle, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. After which, will be repeated a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, the RAILROAD FOOTMAN of BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Plush, Mr. Compton. To be followed by a New Grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE A'QUATRE. To conclude with A MAN WITHOUT A HEAD. NEW STRAND THEATRE. At the urgent solicitations of numerous friends, Mr. GREGORY is Induced to take A BENEFIT, which will take place THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, December 18, when will be performed the Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Gregory (his last appear ance in this character at this Theatre) ; lago, Mr. Waldron ; Desde mona, Mrs. Percy. To eonclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Maria Dar lington, Miss Charles. Tickets and Places to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, ard of Mr. Gregory, 15, North Audley-street, Grosvenor-square. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITEIKATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER. MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. Embracing the whole Strength of the Company, aided by a Double Stud. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. To conclude with the effective Drama of THE NAMELESS; or, The Brigand. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 17. THZEMOMETHEE, Lowest, 41; Highest, 54; Noon, 42 BAROMETER. 29.91.—W1ND, W.; light rain. Mani g 24m4 L LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1845. THE NEW MINISTRY. The following appeared in our Second Edition of last night : The policy, which, under present circumstances, would be adopted by Mr. O'CONNELL, has naturally been regarded with great anxiety. Upon that policy it was clear that much would depend, and the conduct of Lord JOHN RUSSELL would be mate rially influenced thereby. The receipt of O'CoNNELL's speech on Monday last, at Dublin, places that ques tion beyond doubt. O'CoNNELL prefers food for the people to repeal. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S course as to Ireland is now free from one great difficulty. In the course of this evening it is more than probable that the full arrangements respecting the Ministry will be announced, and the state of uncertainty which the delay of the last few days has caused, will be removed. The sanction of her MAJESTY is all that remains to complete the resolu tion at which Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his colleagues have arrived. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Nothing positive is known at present respecting the formation of the new Administration. Several of the influential political leaders of the Whig party have paid visits this morning to Lord JOHN Rus- BILL, at his residence in Chesham-place, Belgrave square. The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night : No announcement can yet be made of the cora poneut parts of the new Administration. It is, how ever, beyond doubt, that all the arrangements are going on in a way perfectly satisfactory, and that thm utmost harmony of feeling is evinced by all sec tions of the Liberal party. The leaders of the free-trade party have been con • suited and advised with ; all caution has been used ; and when the results are known, we feel confident that Lord JOHN RUSSBLL will gain credit for the tact displayed and the judgment evinced. That Administration cannot be badly formed which shall have the entire Whig aristocracy, the free traders, and the whole Liberal and Radical party combined in support, and to which the people of Ireland accord their confidence and support. We predict such an Administration. (FROM ♦ CORRESPONDENT.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL has remained in town this afternoon, and has received visits from a number of his political supporters. The private letters from America anticipate a much less hostile message from the PRESIDENT than had been looked for ; and it is believed that far more good temper will be shown than had been calculated upon a few days back. Having held various meetings throughout the country for the last two months, the League held their first aggregate metrop o lit an mee ti ng f o r the seaso n last evening, in Covent-garden Theatre ; and never has a meeting more enthusiastic or more nume rous been asssembled within those walls. We recol lect the gathering at Covent-garde n to welcome Mr. O'CONNELL two years ago. The gathering on the - p rese nt occasion was equally numerous, equally en th u siastic, and more determined. There were more men present—quiet, yet determined men—electors —men who have, or will, possess themselves of the 403. free hold, " that great constitutional weapon," to use the words of Mr. BRIGHT, " before which the domination of the hereditary peerage must be levelled in the dust. But it is not by the numbers who ob tained admittance that the numerical metropolitan power of the League is to be judged of. There were three times as many turned away from the doors as ;the place would accommodate, and we may state on the authority of Mr. COBDEN that the number of applicants for tickets exceeded 30,000. It was to us a subject o f g r ea t gra tifi ca ti on t o see th e progress which this question has made. Before it was taken up by any public body—before the League was '.Formed—before even the Anti-Corn-law dele gation, out of which the League sprung, came .. . .-- -/...., .'. ,--, ~ 1 I ..., ' 41-Z .. .i 1 . ;) : 0::..di.m.,.., ,, ' . ~ ..9 b 14 di pit_ ': '•ie. t . , - ..t . ' IL: .' - ' , Ail" ' lie:. . "Alrsi i 4 •;-4, 44 .0 * . , ~.., • ..,. % .1c • . ,t•- « ~,, , • 47,1 I lt ~..-...:' • 0 °' 4 . der....' , ‘"' '-' .52Z11010\!!'...1 0 .4f i 1f f ~., ,,, :.1.- • A ,,, .r,„ 1 k .• --,,,„,. THE SUN, LONDON, TII`U'RSDAY MORNJNG, DECEMBER 18, 1e45. up to London from Manchester, we denounced the corn-laws, and called for their repeal. For years we were alone. Well do we remember the early meetings of the Anti-Corn-law delegates at Brown's Hotel. Those meetings we reported fully, and for some time we alone gave full reports of their proceedings. Other labourers then entered the field; but now that the victory is won, we cannot but re member with satisfaction the part which we took in the early part of the contest, when, to quote the words of Mr. COBDEN, "It was considered by noblemen who advocated some alteration in the corn-laws, that it would be easier to destroy the monarchy than to procure their total repeal." We say, now that the victory is won—for, in fact, the victory is cer tain—the doom of the corn-laws is sealed. They have:been tried, convicted, and condemned, and we have now only to pray for speedy execu tion, which must be granted by any Go vernment that regards its own safety. The landed aristocracy may move in arrest of judg ment, and may repeat the oft-told tale of the pe culiar burdens upon land ; but before they do so let them attentively consider Mr. COBDEN'S speech of last evening, and " unless they want to have another League on the death of this one, let them not force the middle and indus trious classes to learn how they have been cheated, robbed, and bambixizled on the subject of taxation by the aristocracy." All we ask of the aristocracy now is the total and immediate repeal of the corn laws that will give us security for the future, and with this we will be content. But if the aristocracy refuse this, let them be assured that they will never have such terms offered to them again. In that case we shall not be content with security for the future—we must have indemnity for the past. They know whether it would conduce to their interest to moot this question. There was one observation made by 31r. Fox last evening, which was received with loud cheering, and I the reception of which is significant as pointing out the determination of the people to exercise henceforth a more direct influence in the Government then they have hitherto done. " The country demands," said Mr. Fox, " that the Commons of England shall be represented in the Cabinet." If the Whig aristocracy are wise, they will take the hint, and seek to identify themselves with the people more than they have been accustomed to do. We were much delighted with Mr. COBDEN'S remarks on Mr. O'CONNELL. He did full justice to the motives and views of that (with all his faults) great man, whose course, with regard to this question, has been uniformly that of a consistent and a patriotic man. Altogether the meeting of last evening was one of the most important that has ever been held in Covent garden Theatre, and we recommend our readers not only attentively "to read," but to "mark, learn, and inwardly digest" the speeches of Messrs. VILLIERS, COBDEN, BRIGHT, and Fox. In estimating the difficulties or facilities of form ing a new Administration in this country Ireland must always form an important item in the calculation. The difficulty which Sir ROBERT PEEL foresaw he should have in governing that country made him more backward in taking office than he would have otherwise been, and throughout the whole of his four years' administration it was his manifest and constant wish to reconcile the Catholic population, or at least abate their antipathy to a Tory Ministry. His plans were in general well laid and judicious, but still there were several members of his Ca binet to whom the Irish never could be recon ciled, and this circumstance, together with the strong feelings displayed in this country on the May nooth question, did much to neutralise the good effects which might otherwise have ,been anticipated. Mr. O'CONNELL never could bear Lord STANLEY : even after condonation, he continued hostile to Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and the Duke of WELLINGTON, from some inexplicable cause, was always the object of his most virulent attacks. In these respects, therefore, Lord Jons RUSSELL has a great advantage over Sir ROBERT PEEL. The Government of Ireland during the greater part of the Whig Administration was on the whole considered satisfactory, the names of NOR MARRY and MORPETH were venerated by the people, and at no former period was the country so peaceable and the laws so much respected. It will be seen from the report of what took place at the weekly repeal meeting, held at Dublin, on Monday, that the old attachment is not forgotten, and that Mr. O'Cornsur.a. promises Lord J. RUSSELL his cor dial support in regard to several measures, and espe cially the great measure of the day—the repeal of the corn-laws. He pronounced every man an enemy to Ireland who would not join COBDEN and BRIGHT. As Lord J. RUSSELL was pledged to advocate the repeal of the corn-laws, he would therefore support the new Administration in their efforts for that pur pose. " I will feel it my duty," said he, "to attend in my seat in London, from day to day, to fight the battle of the League ; and every Irish Member ho does not wish to see the Irish people in a state of starvation will do likewise." Lord Joni..., therefore, may reckon upon the support of the whole of that section which absented themselves from Parlia ment during the Administration of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and made ceaseless exertions in their own c ountry to bring it into contempt. Of course Mr. O'CONNELL does not give up repeal. The consummation of that great event must not be compromised for the sake of any party, but possibly it will be allowed to sleep in the mean time, till some other measures for the relief of Ireland are disposed of. Mr. O'CONNELL pro posed several, and with, perhaps, one exception, they appear to be judicious and well adapted for secur ing tranquillity. Of those we may mention—employ ment for the people in constructing railways. What he proposed on that point was, that whenever 100,0001. was subscribed, that the Government should put to it a like sum, and by that means set the line at work, and be satisfied with one per cent. on it for three years, after which they should have four per cent., if it remained unpaid. This plan he said would give abundance of employment to the people, and it could be done at once; and, if adopted, he would sug gest that the contracts should be entered into for lengths of line not to exceed 15 miles, in order to give employment to the people resident in each par ticular locality. He proposed also that the Govern ment should get mortgages for their advances. He did not want a gift—he wanted only a loan to be duly paid. Could some scheme of this kind be adopted it would have the most beneficial effects in spreading civilisation, and furnishing employ ment—the great want of the Irish people, and without which they never can be obedient to the laws. Another point of equal importance was adverted to—namely, the fixity of tenure—not in the usual acceptation of the word, but by granting leases on certain conditions. Without leases, it is evident, no tenant can improve his farm, for he has no security for his outlay, and is in Ireland entirely at the mercy of the landlord, or, what is worse, the middleman. We give the plan in Mr. O'CONNELeS own words:— " The statute law enabled landlords to distrain the tenant who had no lease. He wanted to take this power from the landlord, and prohibit him from distrain ing, unless the tenant had a lease for 21 years at least. He would give the landlord the power of suing his tenant as any other creditor, but not distraining him • unless the tenant had a lease he would not allow the landlord to distrain him, and thus would he compel him to give him a lease. Then as to the ejectment for non-payment of rent, he would require the landlord to give the tenant a lease for 31 years, to entitle him to bring an ejectment. He wanted to stand by the poor people ; he wanted to support the laborious and industrious, and he desired to have a good Government working for the good of the poor and the hungry, who were at the best of times upon the verge of starvation. If Lord John Russell did these things he would be popular, and he supposed that he would have to transfer his green cap to him." Some remedy of this kind is wanted. These ejectments are the bane of Ireland, and the horrid system of letting land may be pronounced as the most intolerable of all grievances. Should Mr, O'CoisisExa, thus devote his time to such praise werthy labours, and endeavour to assuage the suffer ings of his countrymen, in place of i nflaming the i r passions and urging them to demand what they never can obtain, he would establish a name, not among his countrymen (for with them it is already suffi ciently ihigh), but with foreign nations and distant posterity, which would far eclipse that of every Irish patriot, and shed an imperishable lustre on the close of a long and active life. Our readers will probably remember the coin . pulaory resignation of Mr. PARICLE, the .Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, who conducted the Andover inquiry, shortly after that inquiry was closed. Mr. PARKER has published a letter to Sir JAMES GRAHAM in his own vindication, an attentive perusal of which has convinced us that Mr. PARKER has been extremely ill-used by the Poor-law Com missioners, and that the Poor-law Commissioners have some reason to fear Parliamentary investigation (which there can be no doubt will take place) into their conduct with reference to the Andover inquiry. As regards Mr. PARKER'S dismissal (for virtually it was a dismissal) it appears to have arisen from his recommendation of a Mr. PiticE to fill the office of master of the Andover Workhouse temporarily, on M'DouGALL's resignation. We will give Mr. PARKER'S own account of his recommendation. M'DOUGALL, our readers are of course aware, is the master whose conduct was the subject of the Andover inquiry. _ _ " Having been informed on returing into the Board room, from which I had been called, that the guardians had determined to allow Mr. M'Dougall to remain in charge of the workhouse for a month, when his successor was to be chosen, I rose to address the guardians; and, after adverting to the Commissioners' recommendation to them to suspend Mr. M'Dougall during the investiga tion, I proceeded to urge upon the guardians that the Commissioners' objections to Mr. M'Dougall continuing in the workhouse pending the inquiry was much aug mented by his resignation. Whilst I was addressing the guardians, my observations were interrupted by expres sions of contempt for the Commissioners, and one of the guardians said the Board knew no one to whom the care of the workhouse could be entrusted, if Mr. M'Dougall were to leave it. I replied that, if there was no one in the town whose services were available, that I knew a workhouse master then out of employment—Mr. Price, formerly master of the Oxford House of Industry —who possessed high testimonials, and observed that Mr. Price had written to me offering his services. I then went on to enforce the propriety of Mr. M‘Dougall's re moval from the premises, but the chairman, vice chairman, and guardians left the room, and so dissolved the meeting." Mr. PARKER had formerly been Assistant Poor law:Commissioner for the district including Oxford, and had thus known PRICE officially ; both he, and a former Assistant Poor-law Commissioner on the Oxford district, Mr. MOTT, had highly approved of PRICE'S conduct as master of the Oxford House of Industry. Paws had high testimonials from Lord BARRINGTON, chairman of the Faringdon Board of Guardians, from three successive chairmen of the Ox ford Board of Guardians, from the chaplains of the workhouse, a testimonial signed by nearly 200 inha bitants and rate-payers of Oxford, and several others : he had produced these, at the beginning of the present year, when candidate for the mastership of the work house of the Swindon and Highworth Union, and Mr. PARKER had then seen them. PRICE did not obtain that appointment, and Mr. PARKER had since (in May, 1845,) recommended him for other employment to the Poor-law Commissioners ; and lastly, PRICE, who was still out of employment,. hearing during the progress of the Andover inquiry that M'DOUGALL was to be suspended, had written to Mr. PARKER, offering his services tem porarily in Mr. M'DOUGALL'S place, and Mr. PARKER recommended him to the Andover guardians. But it appears that in 1844, after Mr. PARKER had left the Oxford district, some charges were made against PRICE, which were investigated by Mr. AUSTIN, the present Assistant Poor-law Commissioner for that district, and that PRICE resigned his office. Mr. PARKER was not aware of this. In consequence of PRICE'S resignation, Mr. AUSTIN never sent the papers relating to the investigation to the Poor-law Commissioners : so that there was nothing recorded against PRICE in the Somerset House archives. But after the excitement of the Andover inquiry, and Mr. PARKER'S recommendation of PRICE being reported in the papers, scandal raked up the charges made against PRICE ; and for having thus recommended a man of whom everything that he knew was good, and of whom he knew much good, but in connexion with whom there was one unfavourable incident, which he did not know, Mr. PARKER has been dis missed from his office of Assistant Poor-law Com missioner. "I attended to all Mr. Lewis's reproofs respecting Mr. Price, and received from him directions, conveyed in a tone and manner which our relative positions by no means entitled him to employ, to read no letter on this subject to the Rev. C. Dodson, Chairman of the Andover Union, until I had produced the draft to him. Such a direction conveyed in such a manner is the only instance that I am aware of wherein an Assistant-Commissioner has been so treated. I promised compliance with his directions, and undertook to show him the draft of a let ter to Mr. Dodson on the following day. The next day I was confined to the house by indisposition." When Mr. PARKER again saw Mr. LEWIS, who, our readers of course know is one of the Poor-law Com missioners, "Mr. Lewis opened the conversation by reproaching me for not attending with the draft letter to Mr. Dodson on the previous day, and I explained to him that illness compelled me to remain at home, and I promised to show him the draft letter to Mr. Dodson in the course of the afternoon. Mr. Lewis then adverted to the Andover ease generally, and having ascertained from me that I had informed Sir Edmund Head, prior to the 20th Sep t, tuber, that I had mentioned Mr. Price's name to Mr. Dodson, he observed ' that I had been guilty of an act of indiscretion, which the Commissioners must notice in some marked manner.' I then stated to him that I first taw Mr. Price at the Oxford House of Industry." [Here follows an account of his knowledge of Mr. PRICE, and of his testimonials, as we have detailed above.] " Moreover, I reminded the Commissioners that Mr. Price's name had been mentioned by me to them shortly after I bad seen him at the Highworth and Swindon Union, as a person who, having formerly farmed the poor at Faringdon, was likely to be a competent person to undertake the care of boys in a school on board ship, an institution recommended by me to be established under the sanction of the Commissioners, in a report transmitted by me to the office on the Bth of May, 1845, and that the Commissioners, in consequence of such mention of Mr. Price's name, had desired an interview with Mr. Price, who had attended them on the 17th of May, 1845. " Having reminded Mr. Lewis that this was the same Mr. Price, and that he had frequented the office not only for some months, but for some years, and that no one, either in or out of the office, had ever said a word to me in disparagement of his character, Mr. Lewis again ob served, in a tone and manner which could not be mis taken, that I had been guilty of great indiscretion in mentioning the name of Mr. Price to Mr. Dodson and the Board of Guardians, and that the Commissioners must mark their sense of my conduct. Mr. Lewis repeated his remark a third and fourth time, and I then observed that, when all the circumstances were taken into consideration, I did not think the indiscretion amounted to more than an untoward event. Mr. Lewis repeated his remark for the fifth time in tone and manner more offensive than before, and I then replied, I have no doubt that I shall have an opportunity of showing that the indiscretion is not so very serious. My frie;ds tell me it is certain there will be Parliamentary inquiries into the case in both Houses. It is my interest to court inquiry, but whether it is the Commissioners' interest that the whole of the case should be investigated before Committees of both Houses of Par liament is very questionable.' Mr. Lewis threw himself back in his chair, as if he was greatly offended, and, as I retired from the room, said, Then, Mr. Parker, we require you to show us the draft letter to Mr. Dodson before it is posted.' " We confess to astonishment at Mr. rinwis's idea of a great indiscretion. The draft letter to Mr. DODSON was shown, and passages in which the Commissioners and Mr. AUSTIN, Assistant-Commissioner, were men tioned, were struck out. "The letter, as altered, having been read, Mr. Lewis made some observations respecting the relative official station of Commissioner and Assistant-Commissioner, in all of which I readily concurred, and Mr. Lewis added that if I had sent the letter to Mr. Dodson as it originally stood, the Commissioners would have dismissed menext morning. To this I only replied, for he addressed me as if he expected an answer, that I should always be pre pared for the consequences of my ovvn acts. Such was my last interview with the Commissioners." This was on the Bth of October. On the 16th Mr. PARKER received the following letter from Mr. NxcHoLts, one of the Poor-law Commissioners :- 6. My dear Sir,—Looking at the importance and peculiar nature of the functions delegated to an Assistant- Commissioner, we have, after full consideration, come to the conclusion that we oannot, consistently with our public duty, retain you any longer in your present office. It is, therefore, incumbent on us to request that you will send your resignation to the Commis sioners. " We wish to assure you that we take this step with the utmost reluctance ; and we willingly acknowledge the zealous and efficient services which you have, on various occasions, rendered to the Commission. I remain, my dear Sir, ever yours faithfully, " GEO. NICHOLLS." " Soft words butter no parsnips." Mr. PARXER has for nine years been a laborious servant to the Voor-law Commission, for three years as assistant Fecretary, and for the remaining six. has Assistant-Commissioner. He left the bar in 1838, and has now to return to it, after having lost some of the best years of his life, with a view to advance ment in his profession. We think the public will say with us, that there has been no sufficient reason for Mr. PARKER'S dismissal, and that Mr. LEWIS appears to have acted arLitrarily and tyrannicaily. It looks as if there were some reason behind of wounded vanity or pique. Lest any persons shou'd have been imposed upon by attempts to represent Mr. PARKER'S publication as of a crouching cha racter, we think the following extract from his preface, addressed to the Bar of the Home Circuit : will be a sufficient answer to such a charge :—" One circumstance connected with the case, which is not alluded to in these letters, has excited in my mind emotions of scorn and indignation. It is this: Mr. GEORGE CORNWALL LEWIS, one of the Poor-law Commissioners, has sent me an authorised message, `that the Commissioners do not wish to injure me, and will give me a recommendation for other em• ploy ment.' " Oregon, which we The remarks on the subject of have transferred to our columns from those of the Boston Atlas, of Nov. 22, are understood to express the opinions of Mr. EVERETT, the late Ambassador from the United States to this country. Thus we see that Mr. EVERETT joins with Mr. WEBSTER in deprecating the intemperate and reckless line of conduct which President POLK has, it would appear, determined to recommend Con gress to pursue with regard to the Oregon question. From all that we can gather, Mr. CALHOUN also is opposed to the rash proceedings recommended by the President, and Mr. POLK is unsup ported by any American statesman of name or talent. We believe also that the majority of the American people, as well as of the American statesmen, are against President POLK on this ques tion. That the semi-savage squatters in the "far west," the enemies of all law save Lynch law—whose only argument is a thrust with a bowie knife, and who, having nothing to lose, have everything to gain from a war, which, as far as they are concerned in it, must be of an essentially predatory character—that these men would, to use a phrase of their own, " go the whole hog" with President PoLic, we' are will ing to admit ; but that they constitute the majo jority of the American people, we cannot believe. The sober, industrious, law-regulated, orderly inha bitants of the northern and southern States outnum ber far the plunder-seeking Lynch law-loving despe radoes of the " far west." The north and south are fully aware of the awful responsibility which those will incur who shall needlessly plunge America into a war with England. They feel that England would make any sacrifice, except her honour, for the preservation of peace be tween the two countries ; but they also know that " the sleeping lion " will not allow either a Monarch or a President to tread on his toes without rousing himself to action and to vengeance. 'We are rejoiced to find the leaders of the American nation thus coming forward to put a curb on the insane and selfish ambition of President POLK, who would, for the miserable gratification of secur ing for himself the Presidentship of the United States for another term, involve his country in a war which must exhaust her resources, and " drive her back in her career of prosperity quite beyond the point from which she started at the close of the last war." We have received Madrid journals of the 9th, but we find no news in them of the slightest interest. The Chapter of the Knights of the Order of Charles 111. had been held with great magnificence. Her MAJESTY was resplendent with jewels. Near her stood the INFANTE, Don FRANCISCO DB PAULA and his son, the new Dukes DE RIANZARES and VALENCIA, and the old Duke DE BAYLES and M. MARTINEZ DE LA Rosa. Sixty Knights were present. The Grand Crosses distinguished themselves by the white fea thers in their caps. The other Knights wore blue feathers. The Archbishop of TOLEDO officiated on the occasion. On the 9th the Three per Cents. closed at 36i, at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 23i for cash, and 24i at 60 days. The downfal of the PEEL Ministry has been a most fortunate event for the writers in the Paris papers. For the previous ten days they appeared to be abso lutely starved out for matter to comment upon, and were forced to have recourse to the expedition to Madagascar, or the dismissal of a Receiver-General, .or the paltry dispute between M. SALVANDY and M. QUTNET about the University lectures. The crisis in England came, therefore, opportunely, and they are resolved to make the most of it. M. THIERS' paper, the Constitutionnel, is extremely cautious and moderate in its remarks, and evidently shows a disposition to cultivate friendship with a Whig Ministry, and even Lord PALMERSTON. The National writes in a different strain, and tries to excite prejudice against the late Foreign Secretary, as well as his colleagues. The Journal des Debats of Monday contains an article, written in a manly and friendly spirit towards England, and displaying con siderable knowledge of the position of affairs:—" We persist," says the writer, " in thinking a conflict be tween the two Houses inevitable. The Lords will not consent to yield without a prolonged combat. In the House of Commons the issue of the contest is more doubtful. It is possible that, with the support of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and with the impulse communicated from without, the total abolition of the corn laws may find a sufficient majority. Naturally the attempt will be made. Lord Join( RUSSELL will keep the present House of Commons, and will not have recourse to the extreme measure of a dissolution unless he meets with insurmountable obstacles. But in either case, whether he can go on with the present House of Commons, or be obliged to summon a new one, if the Lords persist in their opposition, the situation is a most grave one. What renders it par ticularly so, is that the measures to be taken admit of no delay, and that each moment's postponement adds tl the danger. Why has the Tory Govern ment, so powerful a few days since, fallen all of a sudden ? Because it was forced to immediate action. It was not with men, not with parties and their systems, that it had to struggle, but with a superior power—with the rain, with the sky, with the earth, with GOD himself! The new Government arrives at power, carried in, as it were, by a cry of famine. It must respon d immediately to that popular cry ; such is its sole mission ; other• wise what was it called upon to effect ? Let it he understood that we regard this great crisis without any other sentiment than the sincere desire to behold England get out of it happily. We can not rejoice at the misfortunes of a country which is our ally. We have not in our policy a question lik e that of the Oregon, which may cause us to beh o ld a source of advantage in the domestic embarassments of England. We desire simply to point out here the differences which distinguish the present crisis from those which preceded the Catholic Emancipation Bill, the Reform Bill, and the Negro Abolition Bill. At these various periods there were great popular agita tion, and a prolonged and desperate resistance of the various interests involved in the question. But these reforms, although ripe for a length of time, could without danger wait for the hour of realization. This is not the case at present. Questions of food do not belong to the class of those which can take patience. That the fears of famine or scarcity have been exaggerated, we certainly believe ; but there must have been some thing of truth at the bottom of these alarms, since they have been sufficient to overturn the strongest Government that England has seen for a great length of time. When the matter under discussion was re ligious exclusions, or electoral corruption, or the ini quities of the slave-trade, however crying were the abuses, one, or two, or three years could not visibly augment the danger. But it is hunger which now speaks, and who will say to those who have no ears, wait ? Who will tell corn to germinate, and harvests to ripen ? Perhaps it is in the very imminency of the danger that will consist the strength of those who are assuming the reins of Government." The National, after adverting to a report that the Earl of CLARENDON was to be substituted for Lord PALSLERSTON in the Foreign-office, in order to please the Court o f F rance , d raws th e following character of the late Foreign Secretary T . Ei England it is in general not easy to find a man who fit for all trada, who can put on any coat, and wear it with equal ease as another. People have a mis trust of these encyclopaedic minds, believing that to be master of foreign affairs a man must have special ac quirements, and be initiated into all the complicated re lations which exist between different nations, from having studied treaties, and obtained a notion of the rarely int errupte d tra di t i ons b y w hi c h E n gland infer• prets treaties, accor di ng t o max ims of her own, the beginning, m iddl e , and end of which is how to turn them to her own benefit. Lord Palmerston has, more than any one else, a sense of this peculiarity of British diplomacy. Headds to this, no doubt, the fatuity of hi d habits, the presumption cf his c,piniOns; and the petulance of his character. But as he is insolent to the foreigner only, this is a, defect which the aational spirit will easily excuse ; and even when Lord John Russell shall have greatly corrected it, enough will re main to render the new Minister of the Foreign Affairs at times very pertinacious. This, moreover,. is a pre sentiment which: M. :Jarnac has felt and,; not con cealed, and we learn that M. Guizot has received a com munication from London of great significance. He has been told that the bonds of friendship between England and France will be held ae tight by the new Admi nistration as by the last, and that 'Lord Palmerston will do nothing that may tend to disturb the entente cor diale. Lord John Russell takes pleasure in repeating expressions of esteem for M. Guizot, and, as well as his colleagues, entertains a sincere desire of preserving those relations of friendship with France which are so necessary for the peace of the world.', Such a declara tion is well calculated to subdue the alarms and We. s the new marriage. Unfortunately, as much was said to M. Guizot himself on the very eve of the signing of the treaty of July 15th, and that eminent Ambassador fell into the snare. Age and experience render us all less credulous, and the Ambassador whom Lord Palmerston thus deluded has in the five years since passed had time to learn enough of diplomacy to become less easy to deceive, because he has been taught to mistrust. If he wishes to know what Lord Palmerston thinks of the French Government, and the little faith lie believes it to possess, M. Guizot has but to read the speeches delivered by his Lordship since he has been in the Oppo sition. To telk again of the entente cordiale, to play over the same game, when he it is who holds half the cards in his hand, would manifestly excite the derision of the whole world, and be the very saddest of political tricks, being one of those which make no dupes. Nothing is more easy than to disguise one's meaning by language, and the power of speech has been given to Ministers for this purpose alone, but ideas, sentiments, opinion 9, and charac ters never change. Lord Palmerston is convinced that no reliance can be placed in the French Government, and that to frighten it is only necessary to make it pass through the needle's eye. He has not only expressed and repeated the firmness of his convictions—he has done more—he has proved it by his acts. That he may talk hereafter of friendship is very possible, but that he will be believed here is what we can never persuade our selves. If then the Whig Ministry enters into commu nication with that of France through this intermediary, our external policy must be modified unless it is wished to demonstrate to Europe that it has lost even the semblance of dignity and shame. This is so far as re gards us." The French Funds improved considerably on Monday. The Three per Cents., which were quoted on the previous day at 80f. 80c. closed at 811. 15c. ; the Five per Cents., at 117 f. 70c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,147 f. 50c.; Rouen, 925 f.; Northern, 6921. 50c. ; Havre, 7501.; Avignon, 850 f. ; Vierzon, 630 f. ; Bordeaux, 590 f. ; Boulogne, 497 f. ; Basle, 230 f. ; Dieppe, 8-15 f. Spanish Three per Cents, 387 i. The following are the quotations for other lines:- Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 51. premium ; ditto (Calon), 41. 50c.; Union, 12f. 50c.; ditto (Ganneron), 4f. 50c.: ditto (Lapinsonniere) 3f. 50c.; Messageries, 3f.; Ardoin, 21. 75c.; ReceVeurs-Gineraux, 3f.; Paris and Stras bourg (Ganneron), 21. 50c.; ditto (Bechet), 50c.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), sf. ; ditto (Drouillard), 41. 50c.; ditto (O'Neill), 4f. 50c. ; ditto (Carette), 51. 50c.; ditto (Lefevre), 4f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 7f. 50c. ; ditto (Lecointe), par; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), par ; Bor deaux and Cette (Mackenzie), par ; ditto (Espeleta), 4f. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), par; Charleroi (Kysaens), 4951. The Lyons Definitive Shares sold at 65f. premium ; the Strasbourg ditto, 201.; Tours and Nantes, 40f. MARSEILLES, DEC. 11.-Marseilles and Avignon, 8551. ; Boulogne, 510 f. LYONS, DEC. 13.-Marseilles and Avignon, 8701. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,1451.; Paris and Rouen, 9351. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 6201. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 16. Anglo-Belgian — !Madrid and Valencia... Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens.. 8 1 Bordeaux &Mediterran Bordeaux and Toulouse Namur and Liege North Jamaica ... . Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Do. ( Mackenzie's) — Callao, Lima, and Pa cific Coast Central of Spain Ceylon . Demerara Orleans and Bordeaux Over Yssel OOOOO ..• Paris& Lyons (Laffitte) Ditto (Ganneron's). Ditto (Calon's).... Ditto (Sud Est) Paris and Orleans Dendre Valley ... Dutch Rhenish .. Dieppe & Paris Janet — Dijon and Ma'house East Indian __ _ Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) Do. (Aymard's) Fampoux & Hazebrouk Grt Northern of France Constituted ll% Do. Pepin le Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons — Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica S Mid. Junction Do. North Midland — Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemappe — Lyons and Avignon — Luxembourg Paris and St. Quentin. Rouen and Havre...... ' Royal North of Spain. Sambre and Meuse .... Strasburg and Basle ... Tournay,Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) Do. (Lefebvre's) Do. (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona I West Flanders COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their early morning walk in the vicinity of the Castle pleasure-grounds. The Riyal Family went out for their usual riding and walking exercise before the rain came on this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert took equestrian exercise in the riding-school this forenoon, attended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater. 'the...unfavourable state of the weather has prevented her Majesty and the Royal Family from taking their afternoon airings. Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty this afternoon. Lady Fanny Howard and the Baroness de Speth were in attendance on the Royal Duchess. There was no addition to the royal dinner circle a the Castle this evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester house. The Marquis of Lansdowne had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday evening, at his residence in Chesham-place. The Right Hon. Edwar.l Ellice and the Right Hon. F. T. Baring had also interviews with his Lordship yesterday. Lord John Russell dined with Mr. Russell on Tuesday evening, at his residence in Belgrave-square. The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Earl of Lincoln, and the Right lion. Sidney Herbert, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall place. There were present the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of Rochester, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday, at his official residence in l )owning•street. Dispatches from the Governor-General of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North American Provinces, were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Governor of Gibraltar. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Fitzroy and Mr. G e o rge Fitzroy left Farranee's Hotel, Belarave-street, yester day, for the Duke of Grafton's seat, Wakefield Lodge. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TuEsnAy. DERBY.-15 to 2 agst Sting, 16 to 1 agst Brocardo, 30 to 1 agst Ingo, 30 to 1 agst Spithead, 30 to 1 agst Ginger, 30 to 1 agst Malcolm, and 40 to 1 ag s t F ancy B oy . GUESTER CUP.-50 to 1 each agst The Baron, Hope, and Intrepid. _ _ COURSING. TARLETON MEETING. The Bank Hall Cup (for 16 dogs) was wou by Mr. Bux ton's Sarah; Sir T. Hesketh's Harold ran up. The Tarleton Cup (for 16 dogs) was won by Mr. Coupe's Clara; Mr. Landless's Ranger ran up. The Radcliffe Hall Cup (for 12 dogs) was won by Mr. Craven's Canto; Mr. Graham's Curatore ran up. The Bretherton Stakes (for 8 dogs) were won by Mr. Howard's Glideaway; Mr. Landless's Albert broke his leg. The Craven Stakes (for 8 dogs) were won by Mr. Swift's Smuggler; Mr. Hardman's Trip the Daisy ran up. The Rufford Hall Stakes (8 dogs) were won by Sir T. Hes keth's Hope; Mr. Jackson's Regretted ran up. ESKDALE (CANOBIE) MEETING. The Dalkeith Cup (for 16 puppies) was won by Mr. Mein's Ivanhoe; Mr. Church's Callumdarig ran up. The Earl of Durham, Lady Mary Larnbton, and the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey, left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, on Tuesday, for Hastings, with the intention of wintering at that watering .place. GENERAL WASHINGTON V. GENERAL THUM/3.-- We understand that General Tom Thumb visited the Lion King yesterday at his private residence, and remained with him till precisely three o'clock, when Thumb stepped into his diminutive carriage, and went with all possible speed to hold a levee at Egyptian Hall. We do not presume to be possessed of Thumb's secrets, but when so many Cabinet and other im portant rumours are afloat: we may mention one that was cir culating pretty freely at the clubs to-day, to the effect that little Thumb, finding himself entirely overshadowed and eclipsed by "General Washington," offered the Lion King a heavy purse for his mammoth rival. CHARGE Or POISONING.—NEWCASTLE, DEC. 15. At a late hour on Saturday evening a body of police appre hended Ralph Joicey, a hind in the employment of the Duke of Portland, at Cockle• hall, near Morpeth, on a charge of causing poison to be administered to his father, from the effects of which he died. The prisoner was immediately conveyed to Morp , th, and will be examined by the county magistrates on Wednesday. It is Tl4 l llollrod that he has made important disclosares as affecting himself, but they have not yet been made public. The poison, it appears, was procured at the shop of Mr. Crighton, In Morpeth, about two months ago. A. letter from Hanover, of the Bth, states that the Prince Royal has been indisposed for some time, but not so seriously as some of the journals had represented. His Royal Highness is now convalescent, and is able to take out door exercise. ETON POLICE, DEC. I.6.—Po.mairNo.—,j, Moare, James Lewin, a n d James Bridgeman, labourers, were brought up in custody before the Rev. Thomas Carter, charged by *ott, land-steward to the Duke of Buccleuch, with being found, armed, in his Grace's preserves, at Ditton Bark, near Datchet, in the night time, for the purpose of taking game. It appeared from the evidence of the keepers, that while they were watching far poachers, at about twelve o'clock on Saturday night, they heard voices in the pre serves near the Datchet Lodge, leading into the park. Shortly afterwards they beard the report of a gun, and on going to the spot where they saw the flash, they discovered three men, two of whom were the prisoners Moore and Bridge man. The other man, from his appearance, answered the description of the prisoner Lewin. The men Attempted to make their escape, but, upon being pursued by the keepers, Moore and Bridgeman were overtaken and captured.: Lewin was taken into custody the following morning. A hen phea sant, d‘ad, but quite warm, was found a short distance from where the gun was discharged. The whole of the prisoners were tally committed to Aylesbury gaol to take their trials at the ensuing eeelions for the county of Bucks. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was a very quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 3,000 bales, all to the trade. Shares were quiet, and prices remained unchanged. Only a small busi ness was done. The example which has been set by the Committee of Management of the Midland Grand Junction Railway Com pany, of requesting all creditors to forward their accounts, with a view to an adjustment of claims that may be found correct, is a fact honourable to the parties concerned to men tion ; and we trust that similar conduct will be followed by the managers of those projects which have not been able to prepare themselves sufficiently early in conforming with the provisions of the Act of Parliament, in lodging their plans, &c., before the 30th ultimo. The course taken by the Com mittee named is, at the present moment, of peculiar value, as we fear there are not a few of the Committees of Manage ment who are desirous of shirking the responsibility which they have legally incurred by permitting their names to appear as Provisional Committeemen, after expenses have been entered into. The accounts from the United States, by the steamer, lead many to hope that there may yet be an improvement in the tone of the President's message, and that the very beneficial trade which the Yankees are now driving with us may prompt them to be a little civil. Not, however, that it comports with the dignity of any nation, much less with that of England, to bribe other powers into peace and friendship, and we venture to affirm that there is not a British merchant in the City, however extenstve his trans actions with the United States, but would scorn to evade the injury of " horrid war," by such means as these. On the contrary, we must play our part, say they, honestly and discreetly, trusting to the good sense and good feeling of bro ther Jonathan to do the rest. If he fail to recognise the claims of humanity and civilization, why on his head be the heavy blame of all that follows. In advices to October 22, from the Cape of Good Hope, a very satisfactory report is given as to the state of the colony, now unquestionably as flourishing as any possession of the British Crown. The Public Securities have been rather less buoyant than yesterday. Consols realise 92% to 92% for the opening, the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 9418 to %, and the Three per Cents. 92% to %. Bank Stock is less firm at 199%, and India Stock at 261. Exchequer-bills have been dull at 21s. premium. It would be idle to expect anything like a steady market until a Cabinet is formed. The foreign investments have been generally very well supported. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 28 1 / 2 , and the Three per Cents. 38 5 / 8 3 %. Portuguese Converted Stock has been marked 59 1 /. Mexican Bonds have been up to 29 3 / and 30%. Grenada Stock is 20%; and Brazilian New Bonds are 77 1 4. French Five per Cents. have beee done at 117 ,with the exchange at 25 70. There is scarcely anything doing in Shares, but they are firm, and the French scrips have again been rather higher. oicz CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 19 9 14 199 1 / 2 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3% per Cents LongAnnuitiestoexpireJan.lB6o 10% 5-16 10 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 India Stock 261 261 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Bank Stock for Account ••• Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 1,0004, I%d 2l Ditto 5001. Ditto Small 91% 200 92% pm. 21 pm. 21 pm. 19 CLOSING PRICES PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839...... 77 1 % Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2 0 14 Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Ditto Account 30% Ditto, Deferred — Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account ... 284 Ditto, 3 per Cent 3Bl Ditto, Account 385 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange 2sf. 70c. 25f. 70c. French, 4 1 / per Cent: llof. —c. 110 f. —c. Exchange 2sf. 70c. 25f. 70c. Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent • Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates ' 93 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING LtAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, &Elgin 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% - Belfast & County Down 2% ..... . Bideford andTavistock... 1,6 - • - Birmin and Gloucester. 100 123 Ditto New I 7 IA Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. _.— ._. OXE O'CLOCK 3 1 4 20 1 4 4% 29 3 4 30_14 591/ 28 1 ,. / z 38•T4 39 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. Bridgewater & Minehead 423. ... .. Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto; New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... ... .. — Bristol and Liver. June . VA.__ Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian & Grand June 42s Cambridge and Lincoln 11 % 00. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% Canterbury and Dover.. I,f Central Kent 2%...... Chelmsford and Bury ... 1% Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ClydesdaleJunetion ..... 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 / Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester l4 ...... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter l }erby and Crewe Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ... 1%...... Derby, Uttoxeter, and StatTord 2%...... ........ ...... Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) 5 %...... 3 5 / 3% Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh 1%..... Dublin and BelfastJunc. 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Broseley ... ..... 2 5 / 8 Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 / 2 _ Eastern Counties 141. 16s 1 9 3 /4 % Ditto New 6/. 16 5 ....... 6% p 6% p Ditto Perpetual, 5 par Cent, No. 1.......61.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 4/. 13s. 4d... EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 25 Ditto, Quarter Shares VA • Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 'h ' Do. Exten'n tolsTorw' 2 1 / 2 Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 / 2 — East Lincolnshi re East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2 .... Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1/(2 Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 / 2 Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% — Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2 3 4 Glouc.,Abeiystwith, and Central of Wales 1%...... ••• Goole and Doncaster .. 425• ...... ......... .. ... Grand Junction ...100 Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 •• Grand Union... l% — Great Eastern &Western 2 1 / 2 ..,... ••• •• GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 7% - Great Munster 2 l /2 - Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 Great North of England..100 Ditto New 5 — ' Do. New .... .. ...... .. 2 ...... Great Western BO ... Ditto 1 / Shares 5O Ditto V i Shares 2% Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm, Po r ts. 5 ..... Harwich Hull and Selby 5O lOO ... ....... ... 100 Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 Yarmouth 2 •• Irish North Midland lx, - lsle ofAxholme 25/ Killarney Junctions ...... 1 1 4' — ............ .. _ ...... . 14 _ Kendal and Windermere 1 Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Lame, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction ......... Leicester & Birmingham 225. ',eleester and Bedf3rd... 225. _ %P Leicester and Tarnworth 425. Liverp : and Manch- iester.loo . Do. t/ Sha res Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool & L ee d s Di rect 2% .. — ... Lpool,, linohstr, & New castle Junction London and Birmingn m loo 213 210 ...... ...... 210 Do. Thirds Do. 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ...... 14,1 London and Blackwall. 161. 133.4 d. Do. New Ditto Extension ~ :Et ...... Londor , and Brighton Do. consolidated Bths... 40 Ditto, Sixths London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 20 1 / 2 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. „ .... ... 8 - 1.4pu., Chel.„ bx.,Gle., and ••• •• •• •• ••• Hereford - London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... - Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — - London Hounslow, and Western - Lond. & S.Western 411 6 s 10d Do. New Consol. Bths 20 — 23 1 8 61 V s 46 ~._ Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 2% London and York 2 1,4 3%5 4 ............ London and Windsor ... 1 •••• ........ •• London, Warwick, and Kidlerminster ..• ...... 2 1 ,.. — London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... - ..... ... .. 2 1 4...... Londonderry & Coleraine 5 - •••• ..... Londonderry and Ennis killen ... 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds .. 76 Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters 2 .............. Do. Fifths 1 •••••• Do. Sixteenths ..... ... 4 1 4 — ............... Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Continuation an d Welsh Junction Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 42s. Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction .. ... — - ..... Manchester and Rugby Direct - ........ Manchest.•&Southampt. 2 ..- — ............... Midland 100 .•...141 . ............. Do. Fifths 2 .............. Do. New Midland, Birm.,Derby...100 Midld. & East. Counties 2% — ............••• Midland Great Western (Irish) Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2%... Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 52 ............... Do. New Brandling l5 .......... .••• Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Car1i51e...100 Newport& Abergavenny 25 — .............. New Ross and Carlow.. 22s --- •••• •••• ..... Newry and Enniskillen 2% — ........ .. ..... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston -.-.. ......... 2%. • ..• ...........• •• Norfolk Extension — North Britich Do. Half Shares Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1% — .............. Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon... North of Norfolk ••• ••• ........ Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scnp Do. Quarter Shares.. . 121,/. —• . ............... Do. New 1...... ............ .. . N. Kent & Direct Dover 21/2 North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 32% p......... North Wales . 31 North and South Wales and Worcester 1 ...... - - .... Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and Brando n ... 16 Ditto New 3 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston. 1% i ...•. Ditto ...... ........... 11i%•••%•• Not tingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester 13 — ••• ...... Nottingham and Mans field. Oxford, Gosport, P or t s . mouth,& Southampt n 42 5. : ............ ......... ... .......... Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham., • 1%... ••• • • ... -- Perth and Inverness ... 2% ..... ..... Pilbrow Atmospheric ... I Portsmouth Direct ...... 3 3 / 4 — ......... ..„ Preston and Wyre Do. IA, Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond ............ .......... Rugby, Derby, and ....Man chester .. 2% — .......... Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamingto n , sad ..« .. . Warwick Rugby, ' Warwick. and Worcester..... Scottish Central ..... Scottish Midland 5 .• Sheffield & Mancheste r 100 ... ....................... ... ... ........ ...... Do. Quarter Shares... S •••.. •• Shrewsbury and Birm... 2 1 / i — ........... Shropshire Mineral 425..... .. ••• ............ Shropshire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2 - ..... .... ...••.. . ......... .0 % Shrews., Wolverhamp , .... &S. Staffordbh. Junc. 24 ..... Sligo and Shannon ... Somersetshire Midland South Devon South Midland, 425. ... South tic Midlands Jane. 42s — •••• ......... South S tatfordshi re J une . 21 / i — ....... ..... .. South Eastern & Dover 331 25 4d., :34 3 / 4 .......... ....... Do., No. 1 ..... Do., No. 2. - .......... ...... Do., No. 3 - ......... Do., No. 4 .._ 2% .............• 2% Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 425. St. Alban's, Hatfield, and a* •• Hertford Junction „, ,_.......... .. ....... .... Staines and Rtchtnond .. 1 Staffordsh. &Shrop s h i r e 23A _ ........•••••' -.1, - , outn Wales - Taw Vale Extension ... - 2i72 ''' '' .• ''''''''' •• • Tean and Dove Valle y . 1,61 ..• .• Trent Valley ............ Trent Valley awl. Holy head Juncti.', n Tring, Reading, and Basings! o k e tilverstone and Furness 31, Vale of Neath 2 . Warwick & Cheltenhr 1 jam ...... ... ........ Warwick and Worcester 425. ...... Waterford . an- _lkenny 3 ...... Waterford and Limerick 7' ......... ___ ..,,inenci .'% ..... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, . •• ...... and Dublin Nb a terford, Wexford, and Valentin Waveney Valley ... 2 1% ...... * 7 ************************ Welch Midland West Cornwall - . ........... ... ..... West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 ... ............ West End and Southern .. ••• Counties 11 ......... --Wexford and Carlow ... 2 A ............... Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 ••• ........... Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereibr4finss, and Gloucester 42s. ...... ........ " ***** Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow OW .-- . ........•••••• /4 Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ... .. 1%... .... Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby .• ..... Yarmouth and Norwi c h. 20 .. Ditto, New York and Carlisl e 23/4 — ...... York ,td La- 1 / .............. - 24 ...... ork _master 2 Fs fork and North Midl an d 50 ..................... Ditto Share 3 .. 25 .... .. Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby 2O — D .... "g, .... Extension ...... 5 ............ FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo- Belgian 4 ._ Barbadoes 1 Boulogne und Amiens... 8 Bordeaux & blediter ran . 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 9 , ....... ' Do. (Espelete's) .. __ ___ 2 ...• • ...... " " Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders ............. Callao, Lirna, a n d Pacific ..... Coast. 1 .. ... ••• ....••••' . Central of Spain ... 2 Ceylon ....... ....... .. .... ss. Demerara • 2-- ... ........ Dendre Valley ..... .... - ............ ............................ ... % Dijon and M u lh ouse .. ... ......... ..... Dutch Rheni s h .. East India n ... ..... .... ss. 1 ........... .... ..... Eastern Belgian Junctu. 2 1 / 2 - ...... ..... Fampoux & Hazebr ou k 2 Great North. o f F rance . Constituted . Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... Great Western Bengal... ss. .. Great, Western Canada.. 3.4 - ...........• ... .•• Jamaica S.Mid. Junction `1 ..... .... Jamaica North Midl an d 1 .......... Do. Extension ...... ... 1 Jersey ...... Louvain and Jerneppe... 4 ... . --- .. ..................................... Lyons and Avign on ....... .• Luxembourg... ........ .. 4 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Mauritius .. Namur and Liege North Jamaica..... .... 1 Orleans and Vierzon 10 -- , ......... Orleans and Bordeaux.— 6 ...... 9% ........... Over Yssel 413 s 4d — .......... • ••• Paris &Lyons(Laflitte's) 2 Paris anti Lyons (Gan neron's) Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'E s t) 2 •, ......... ... Do (Avmard's) Paris anciSt.Quentin - .... .............. Rouen and Havre ...... 18 Royal North of Sp am ... 2 . ,.. .. A .... ." • Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 •••••• ............... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 _-- St. Laureiice & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, LlM den, and Hasselt....... 4 — ............... Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) .........- ..... 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's N 2 Ditto (O'Neil l's) 2 ...... . .......... ... Trinidad ... ....,. .2i /2 Verona and Ancona.—. 3 West Flanders ...... ..... 4 MINES Real del Monte Unregd. ... . -- IA 7 1 143 f ..0 ••• 0,0 1% 00. i s ... 94 i .0, ..., .., 1S ..- 33' 40 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of L0nd0n......... 10 i d ______ 4 h SECESSIONS T O R OME. —M r. S to k es , a diStingin.oe member of Cambridge University and late sacretarY 6%01ic Camden Society, was received into the Roman Cat tbe Church on Sunday last, at St. cl a ds, Birmingham, it f presence of a v er y large cengrtption. The number n , of cent converts to the Church of Rome now exceeds 7 whom more than 30 are clergimen of the Establishmeab• *''%w%.,...... 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