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

Ue c ti ° - 10 0 51 1 as /315 ogai l3st al police di3tres3 South' bt. that it g bt Erreorro.ed d e fen. : l 1 , 0 n ed i 3 Cried I' ll • Alt riled 11 70' Jo cir or for 3 n3 c wri t 3 1:r 3 ° C° P b e Of r 115 0 °, tbe I that e re Od e " 01J e ° 0 1.1 to brie t ° tll O L oil Die • 00, cLir, eti ,id ' 1 ; 16 ,0 ie old t be Oa t 13 'the otbe r t be coun t} ' theg l is4 de' red, v" fore 'thou P ule to ob 03: "lee t o i ; eo' s then n V 3 r i r s 0 coro pi° Justice 0 1 1.) -;:_ SPIRT---------- - -....________ 1' of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 1,1,,,j_R031 Ti 310RICDTG PAPERs oF THIS rsa:v. _aw 1,e,,.;"1:t•••--It was perfectly natural that the Ant . is . Corn-1, _ lifNstitie should take advantage of the present crisis to im o Are the n ew . il vi ews more strongly en the public mind. t a N e sit,e,,_ will have been surprised to hear of the !ree r d 0 :Qhe convened last week at Birmingham ostensibly to d sour to Mr Charles Villiers, but in reality to make a de • et°t°3sttarattio_n a.gainst the existence of a corn law in the pre be "sit th at e of the country. Surprise will perhaps .. rathereir t„, , n at a meeting of this kind, collected under these b e ` e ' ll ' s .Cs and by the authority of men who have never ho.eretingulahed for their tact and moderation, there should•lle di ffer _e . uso little acrimony and asperity art ' " the h,%lPeakers. The speeches on this o ccasion were,in a te e , ' temperate and appropriate; but there remained has s ade ve rPlus of those stock niaiseries which usance b. the dramatic r rt f the League, and which ,`'s subi e td • P. ° Ye Y. o •0 s ay •• e e it to ridicule in quarters where it ought a s teih e been influential. Mr. Cobden talked in 0 _ ch ea " ,cf puerile exaggeration about the redundance . f 10._,P. Dread which would result from a repeal of the com a p ro "; e J d os_ . as if the experience of this very year had rl tilattb e w r nt all !previous information had . suggested-viz., luppi 3 , af e la neither in Europe nor in Amenc . a tha . abundant 1 1 ., ek ‘,. food which can, in the most propitious times : over to dt'ae Markets of any one country. The great objection karite,_,exiting corn -law is, that it prevents that equable 4 oes ,t a 'on of food which the aggregate average of the corn . totioa`', tbtoughout the world is calculated to promote. of f orei tnat its repeal would inundate us with a vast influx lierygae,wlieat is contrary both to all experience of foreign oet„:.11, and, in a greater degree, to common . sense. _ A__ h,erruld teach us better than a political economist (ind . all i'llsihr ier s ate, ea: vi termini , political economists) bow ma n. ta nte e it would be for the people of any nation to co a. „ bO S. P P (I , ti eing cheap wheat for foreign . export a 4atotat la w, corn -law contravenes the operation f ot m. qtet te. law, and embarrasses the mechanism o co t' to o leaora ibafity:ei goorta;sere repealed t o - morrow , bread would , , be 2d. a loaf c h eaper , nor th e value of d land be diminished even at first as . much s al 7 , Per cent. in value. Mr. Cobden should be cautmus . i n th re In tilee grossly coloured misrepresentations. Ag , .i! le , t illiiilr,", s ! as Usual, some Utopian declamation about etnli kyed'4ro.e when the navy of the country shall be t,,,, ta t a a ri t d a in , fighting the country's battles, orguardingits cot t'll good, colonies, but in conveying and re-conveying „„ Ntse,d;and other manufactures all over the world. Of lent . is traditional sentiment was cheered by those pre- Isa:4 any absurdity will always be by a great Ice of "1111141° have met together for the furtherance ear- Ince ef,,aslect and with the desire of preserving the spit .. 4','lltar'„°n„iillity But it might be suggested to such semi b4a,.t,,,tli7\,Lat,sluen'that the intrusion of nonsense is alwa3 aof in ,!1 3 ,. a r oan , sage to the interests of a party • and there is "'nnhen3 throughout the country, with eyes and brains 4 _ l °4 theZ who is not aware that the greatness of England ; „`u the t,,,a'eatsess of English commerce are indebted as much te igen ' - ' ° wess of our naval ' and military services, as to t h 6 °l. '' ll. u 1 1 4;" industryof our manufacturers and merchan m s. r,,,!ti v ° o 74 be difficult to indicate countries, which are co iteotl ) 'gnorant of our manufacturing skill, but which are ss calibre familiar with the ‘ quality of our three-deckers, and kore'"" of ou r ss as n The fact is, that as long as human lila ienlaius what it e. ;(a 11 we see no reason for expecting t tt,xitessrs. Cobden and l Bright n are destined to change it), , 14v r Z. 41 7 1 1 ,11 be respected in proportion to its power, and 1 mete 7 her., de respected upon its military resources. When our iitseia'Zsaa., gereat carr.ying prophecyins . trumnt our s __ kit to tr ete that m us e s, it requir no ft of pp to forete shall lose l all our power, and half_ 4 or till,meree• li ni ti? is 'u to observe how far men will ii'llof enlseives to be I p s o cu e r ss m ed with one idea to the exclw. tier every the n ' ot Only should recollect that,. ho ill rnideal .:311ottoka worid,vfmhseilevhe,s, they have to address tmhenairtdnoca in order to be conve , 4tn 'ect ed by Iracticable promises, nor provoked be specu tf d otchets i \ 414 1 , ne other instance of this one -thoug d hted a s a ty y l a e , 'ell e l . ; with important raatters o necessity for voting , c 4star y 1 4 1 - 9 , and there will be n _ Mr. Cob en . t t , ti ,sti l earn ief .to Ireland." Indeed! Where er did Mr. ,' and o tit ts? Mr. Cobden is a Mem Ifera t b at aat to know something of Ireland.Wh w er h e ea d t id ? ti de ty at . , the Irish are in the habit of consuming 6 ~. an t i L° Consume it this year, it will be for the first 111 1 9 get i ll t ',,sits,. Pe t et that he does .t not intend that they .t lt,: f 'sey faawlatneooul pa) mg for 1 . n _l . f they do pay for 1 , g d if they don't pay for Ni.l4tefor4t:th,_:wifle:l:lo.llolo'ttbuyniet f f r o o r ra the E m n , - th a ey 'will go without it, and (5, 1: . CoL c i ell e,S e s dear in the English markets. So much argument about openin the p9rts. yh . e kr ti,'`.t of ~, ed, however, was not to rote a aanummndfismcnonmely tle ess r ,, - , a ney to the Irish, but to vote employment in some tt,":l t i t sl icfV.! Platrpose of giving them Ikx_elltion-.(1 pop . osition whic . h m e a m v p hereafter occuPY 'l•;t ht tl o of i,,,:jue.Legislature as being em in e - Zs d o ie lv a e ; d b i n n t t w h h e i v eh exe h d e %? ftiv? grievances and their 414 1 'orne s ar`-agne may think entirely beneath ßnt t t h h e e r ir e a m ot o ic n e e . t ea % abieen of having but one idea. ttoald.%t4latilhavleiafireaedymay infer from their t, been taught by past experiencev i t z li . e , It would thr e , e 4 eea : 1 Party connexions and obligations. t tlil h of4 :1 for them if they had influence le 15 1)41 • 0 . They would have game rat slaty b . bothleareed d lais some two or silo R ef that ,_.Y pursuing a course di A ame d tr i i t ca i l a ly rin t e h a e tio r n e . - 64e!bith,,alch they have pursued. thri„ l s pro-la-ploy miht not have succeedednal:tehtteerlatthtaern havethey 4," b ett,r g t a i Mg their opinions. an their authors. so t l,„g stre o , th 't Nor is it difficult to ltar i d t o_ , the League is losi 1 . F A re s e it tr i ade opinions are to e nsa ; s 7 reason of this. The League L It dealt in tbe ‘rott'aas also eminently dictatorm _ was eminently teh t 2 l °4t ti.,'• myectives, the most shamefil a l m inn_endoes, and i a d all dissen elsL!taeet`Zottie i mperiousness. It , 4 4,11,4 s pi ll 4 0 their country; it denounced prne t t h h e e ,'3" ',.s a „g'rs and plunderers; it attac was a a t C g r i h u e r u c i li - I ' e s ti t o - ° "*„. ~aeY, if not in direct terms alsit h ' a Y a s ° - -LNO wonder, therefore, that it ftqaratt to Jatos,oaaetraitteJaeobin club in disguise.. No regarded least wo_iid w er ia t i h ie a d t A ,1 4 I e „Persons, who, for reasons,commercial vr 'ttis.„`Ltatl„,_tott made in the present corn-law, aloof and Ire - ", etivele4 seemed a combination of radicalism th e - t Iltt', 4 ;no wonder, also, that m P ersons who tlare'kagoe•'..Mdifferent to the corn-law hiaednvytinhleemntsealynedsinto tosilato.ryThe best vehicle for their own affecting the tett d e nial ~r.tries. Thus a great question 4144.7tations of England with the rest of the world, di ed ' was tithing), coolness of intellect with moderation of pur of,o,tboot C.„ed into a subject of party agitation, ba„ , '''e troe'l.'weea two sets of men with all theaheemataaantndodibfiaa+e °Spo'e PartiP Party contest. The Lear shi ch solt s f Y aware of its past errors. t . now i l e l o as m a in n g o .o b n le , tire, reqi i ur repairina• them. A great crisis duet e, t raa net b .or at , l e xaggeration, nor calumnyrnenoarnin.vern elic•-•hof Iking from the magazines of me kboh.)-11slaee'le knowledge, sagacity, and abilityo tr m an e a n . t k,,"' ofa, and deeplyinterested in the commercial .. _. a 4 -- 1 P-e cosst .. attributable in its ?rig' teN, arlia_ -- -rY; a crisis, not . ° NI? and d:lielltary enactment, though incre w as h ed ieh in it its mn in a s t Ist, l l th e ,„L'Posed to a recurrence by a law s th e 1,, sar e , _ ~R gout( , a e ', to ery statesman to . rev t l i e o w n ajd em m b o o d cl if y y . . t ''SiPir . ,,:atry out its professed inten 4,4 en l'4iii -114:1(11noe s x t pr m es o s d in e g rat t e he a w rn i On h the ncy ges of the commercialmost in- It lr 'iti " l 3' "t aPleen, acrimony, and quests n, w an il d l tot '",g oft' falLeeeed in settling this momentousta tillr,7 l .]q i t 'tare perils like those which now threaten l us ;- 11 ( I N seretarn s original character of ; i tn tn on o e b - a s t i ru de e d t , So granteaeoesseeti'clique, and it will do as muc . ( 41tivar ie good cause as under better auspices it might t ktr Ao-,\lce it. th e act fre,,,, LE. --.t o the Chronicle of yesterday we gave an I N l t t r Por - t waalsea,tling article in Sunday's Observer, of which - : I ,ET, , 110 ii a furth er C apprise . the h pub o l m ic .l t a h w a s t , of t l l ella s shin 4 protecatilge in t e c ting a 4 , e sli c e is to be on or adop fixed nt ' Ministers V h , h eno a nn t ' - tl e ng.seal made is to b . e ma . de to ot e th m e o pLin ed cip a. l o e "0 to be duti es e but the scale itself is . is I 'l4, ", alt 'while the mode of taking the averages of k -st, i q e d as , rei NI th cal by excluding the coarser qualities. Al p sa k i a , e culation to regulate the . admission_ v.etin o er f ka, r l st, 11 , ‘ "Y the prices fetched at any time b., tn k Co r A.rate s , 1 1 8, in effect, to secure _us always V• t am g , duties than those which would be fixed aLe the ' taking I. sth e present mode of the favtehre ip,°mtry. Hof - Observer e • If out as an organ o . , to;Illastio this , s , as well vs it" f t h e last), the article i sh i dle ek-"cd so melittl as sensation o in the clubs ; andbe . ‘i• t tls „ tritleroen „ went abo e utduring the afternoon spe i c e u . Mu le do ts -uPPosed explanation of the Ministerial po] y kre t „ - mei lta no such thing. The thing is too preposterous . _to I,lt4Pt t° err as if there were one iota of truth in it. We g °Ca Pilat e s , rr by supposing that Sir R. Peel and hiscol At th e "tar se ,„,°" n e t supposing act in a straightforward manner, 144 • i 11 1 , Y aV e '4 e b s t ° , d o! the necessities and feelings of the country. „ggi.., hu iab i lots after all ; theknow that the country ' 4 e 3 ,' by t ir to be fooled with insignificant changes,ctr lta. gelikilliialPable frauds. If the corn-laws can be upheld, sSir o - 7; if a b °A, that theymust be upheld in their present. ,s)lt ,Indoned, that it vill not be possible to deceive %l itli'her a t), t ° the extent l of the change to be made. t si te n . ,g-se eie 'lows well enough that he has tinkered b s 4 t a t 'ice- to the utmost extent consistent with A toetosYwaethatilrdretdhat . the squires would be as impatient ~,,eq t. ,, 0 , a , _ uction of a pivot, which they look upon as ' 4 fixed :. ail lion More rapid diminution of duties, which I ',l°Do "4 rll,l' insuflicient as they would be at the proposal i • "( 04 al ''''' °r Perhaps' of free trade. As for the , atic it ~,, teration of the even of taking the averages, no Pitt,lit ilaDe°,,,lll(l Meet theepTeosel:tjust outcry against reg . u- hard'i,,ati°ll by the price of a quantity of inferior doe.-, l e , s at f or If lii -tit J eaciad. human food. But if you I . N hlo ing the inferior qualities from t lfla Nth., wet the existin otection as effe ee c ga t e u vc a et l r l aygoe as usr, 'tll4 i ` l, the thap ?'llo°rtation b • • Pivot If you get at the average that_ I, ei, it w 'so g aol , Y taking into consideration only the I.''sh Ida s les, you ensure that average being higher , a ' Ith,q4ott atuaerktlentdser the present law at the same rate of to th e e oes • Upon the same . quantity of corn sold 14 wi,aae, n.s_aF.e_now returned is 505., the average taken otettat„ I%,:neatites alone w . ould, very robably, be 47 1 1t e , h e h. , onsider the habitual amount of . difference NOON r e 'gneat and lowest prices of wheat in the same Go e l e el couf i dent that this is not over-rating the dif kt,ca,i.tranititoitolrbestult fromtakm . g the average in the pro -4414 .' e c hlty "s ue r% therefore, under the present law the th e ` 4 u tit ,, 0, U attaches, under such a system there b e 58 . a vera,•,' q onl y where under the presen t 4414 r Would be estimated at 635., and the duty 11 e ll ti i , tt !to lib , at 738. Proposed plan the averag9 serald pro .. bly I,:kal rt i otid' an d there would be a shillinduty. t lla ma ! 4,,, to o 'karst', the Observer says, "proven s tcjitleolabsiooef the present system." But wo m u e ld it not t t e ta te 'tt's t o i s ,Y, .so from the possibility even of coma ry . 1 ,1 44 at to ' 4l og its tendency ? And if they are likely *li e of co n such a , a.. est.. ew_ re laxation, why not let . them h .. ave . the 4 - " t q p r ,Zek e o re to free trade openly and without disguise L li etl nees e„tue,oorn-laws has surely been one of shams ' Nei t '' k f resh i 'gn, to spare us the necessity of con- itlt ha thfabric of fraud for their tomb. We a . re . per 4, ef . I st xpe a_ - %se r.er has in this case been unwittingly i a :' l 4, ( koe s o i l : ,. e nt . , not of a ministerial plan, but of the dea ,4 ck e,, w ooid ,?rudia_to Ta eor Tadpole. It is great-aimsst _unchfe 4 ,I,s4l4:_ag.thei'r ygeA itself to those whose e i li at dread t i y pni o , ,!',??,,t3, together ;" who have a . 104 3 . `,!th, i o 't,''taolit sey comprehension of it gr ; who have tb`at b"r co titt 'le gullibility l manlier of men, and .es ' 3 ' r 37 gentlemen andfarmers ; and who think 01 A re kteh Pret %ANA Il re from erles as these they may escape 411.'' lilt, 'elathl -- without, while they retain . a 4 44b. su -re 'ta f ar of adhering to the principles . eq ed . their party. Such shifts as these are b i qoa d i rt P eei 41 the last throes of expiring abuses. th4e4eatis,bellalfoPthhave determined or consented to make .e 1 ) ,„ cor o !i -es, or b,,_ sliding scale. He may have apprised ir`t th 4 1v8 4 , "n in duced by them to admit that, though Z ° t " a kin "st be, repealed, he cannot as Minister pro- rotb ;or lat,4%"••he may h viaat we believe to be much more near e i4Attle hat 144v ° got tsave made up his mind to give up th d I off the subject started in the Cabinet, an stai„ e ahriounci h* • tit, Wi l 'eade out ring Is policy until circumstances n:, th e ate v , r 1 a stronger case against the sliding Oe'lie o e f 4l l-l aws le Willa!ny have done, or may intend to I.l°Ntelli,llll,:;i:ndethe a • not last many months longer. doomed them. All who disapprove - (1 h e sae rtnined that the mischief shall last no klr. tie „,, supporters of th hod Aele , m a reporters . am have avowedly renounced ket'isis, 11, ha ve a Ug, them. Some, like Mr. Escott and t o , 4 14 , truk 48 lely declared such a conviction. The watvt•he ruse h o, Iv got to deprecate a " precipitate" repeal. . of pike the .11forning Post, still remain staunch lit ti 4ir l' 9 Y , regard themselves as betrayed, and ula bilitY to defend their cause. The ,~, i ~~ TRE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY EVEN.ITG-,._ NOVENIBErt 18, 1845. events of the last few weeks have added an overwhelming force to the stream that was before setting against the corn laws. How the result is to be brought about—whose is to be the honour of being the prominent agent in the last scene— whether the repeal of the corn-laws is to be effected by Peel's deserting his party, or by a portion of his party deserting Peel, or by both being scared by some manifestation of public feeling-, no one can pretend to see. But. that the result will speedily be brought about, we have not the slightest doubt; for never did so strong and general a public opinion exist, without finding some way or other , of achieving its object. POST.—It seems to be now generally supposed that Par liament will meet some three weeks earlier than it generally does; in order to deliberate upon the various important and interesting subjects which call for its consideration. We think it a good resolution—in default of some better method communicating with the public—to call the Parliament to gether as soon as that can be conveniently managed. We have no very great confidence either in the wisdom or the virtue of Parliament, WA in anxious times there ought to be some way by which the Government and the public may have some sort of communication with each other, and by which the talkers of nonsense about what the Government will and must do may be put down. Unfortunately there is in this coun try no such thing as confidence in the good will and affec tionate feeling of the Government towards the people. We do not find any one trusting that the Government will certainly do what is best for the comfort and happiness of the people. Anxiety cannot be got rid of in that way. Some persons believe that the Government will uphold the corn-laws for the sake of certain rich people who have au interest in them, though it is quite clear, as they assert, that thousands of the people will thereby suffer starvation. Hun dreds of intelligent, educated people, profess to believe this, and some of them write it and have it printed, and distributed to the public; yet the very men who do this regard the Minis ters not as fiends, but as rather respectable gentlemen, from whom an invitation to dinner would be no insult. Such is the jumble of belief and feeling about great personages who compose the Government. Surely if any man were really and thoroughly impressed with the conviction that they wlio rule over him and his fellow-citizens are capable of such abominable inhumanity, they would take some strong measures to throw off such a yoke. Because they do nothing of the kind, we have the utmost doubt of the sincerity of their professions. Others believe that Ministers chiefly concern themselves about obtaining majo r ities in the House of Commons, and so continuing, to be Ministers, and do not much allow their minds to dwell upon the condition of the people at large. Others, again, are of opinion that Ministers think only how they may promote traffic and give opportunities to persons who devote capital to traffic to make profits thereon and to increase their store. All seem to come to the conclusion that they mho have the reins of Government in their hands have regard merely to some personal or party object, or the realisation of some poli tical theory, or the warding off some danger which threatens their own position as a Government. No one seems to dream, even for a moment, of Ministers being actuated by' an affection of solicitude fur the great body whom they have been appointed to govern. The political care of the people, then, devolving upon themselves (the Ministers being occupied with inter mediate interests between the peop leand the Government), it is very natural the people should look for the proceedings of Parliament, where they can at least hear something of what is going on. But we fear that the character of Parliament must be much changed before it will be a trustworthy en gine of popular Government. The change of 1832 seems to have been a change, not from bad to good, nor from good to bad, but a change from bad to worse. Under the old system, of the great proprietors nominating a large portion of the Lower House, a trust was reposed in the great proprietors, which they either abused or did not attend to with such care as they ought. They did not take the pains which they ought to have taken to exercise their powers of nomination in favour of sense and virtue, and patriotism. In the place of this system we have got another which, failing to produce the occasional good effects of the nomination system, has nothing of a counterbalancing kind in which the great body of the people either• can con fide or ought to confide. Granted that the House of Com mons has in it, under the new system, fewer fops of fashion and idle young gentlemen, or of more staid persons, who never thought of exercising an independent judgment in voting. This may be, but what have we in their room? Have we men distinguished for public virtue, or eloquence, or patriotism? Have we men whose conduct as representa tives of the people elevates the British Parliament in the eyes of this country and of the world, and gives to all civi lised nations a bright example of what may be achieved by acting upon the principles of British liberty and justice? Alas! no. We have a crowd of clever loquacious jobbers. When the revolution of 1832 first took place, it was supposed by those who most feared it, that the House of Commons would become ultra-Democratic—that it would represent, not the national interests, but the passions of the mob. That was a wrong calculation. It was not wrong in so far as it was sup posed.that the national interests would thenceforth be inade quately represented ; but the representation actually created has not been of the passions of the mob, but of the selfishness of traffic. The national interests are not merely the interests of men as proprietors of money, or of stock in trade, or of land, or of mines. These are neglected hymen who are con sidering what they may do to make wages cheaper that ma nufactured goods may be sent at a less price into foreign markets, or in perfecting schemes of internal communication, not for the sake of giving employment to the people and facilitating their improvement, but in order to invest capital at a greater advantage. These are the schemes which en gage the minds of men who ought to be considering the national interests—men who, for the sake of present advan tage, do not scruple to engage the mass of the people in cir cumstances of feverish activity, without the slightest re flection upon the question, " what is to become of these people when the works in which they are now engaged shall have been completed?" THE ANNUALS. THE FORGET-ME-NOT. No maxim of wisdom is more true than that brief say ing, "Time flies." What is there can compare to it in swiftness,? Slowly and quietly it. approaches, we,think we grail) . it, and it is g.ne ! It seems but the other day that we hailed the advent of '45, at al anxiously awaited its coming pleasures, and now already the fading leaf and deepening twilight warn us that it is near its close. " Coming events cast their shadows before ;" the ar rival of the swallows announce the sunshine, and the cold frosts of winter have likewise their harbingers. The Annuals for 1846 have already appeared. When all is drear and desolate, these bright volumes come forward as emblems of the kindly feelings which the season can not chill, and offer themselves as appropriate gifts of friendship and affection. Of these the "Fcrget-me-Not" deserves peculiar notice, having been the first of all the annuals ; it has survived many of its ancient companions, and bids fair to flourish till its race becomes extinct. 'This year it appears in gayer plumage than usual ; its cus tomary suit of brown is exchanged fur a binding of pale green morocco, ornamented with a beautiful wreath of flowers in gold. The engravings form the principal at traction in a work of this sort, and they will not be found wanting. The greater number illustrate scenes in the different tales. There are no landscapes, and this is a great improvement, the size of the book being too small to do them justice. As it is, the il:ustrations are clear and distinct. One of the best is a "Sketch from Nature," painted by Herring ; the. countenance is expressive and full of softness. The frontispiece represents a lady in " A Reverie ;" she is leaning over a balcony, her atti tude is easy and graceful, her face expresses serious re flection, but the hands are not worthy of the rest—the fingers are long and stiff. The literary department is full of variety both in prose and verse. It opens with a poem by Mrs., Sigourney, "The Royal Guest," in cele bration of Queen Victoria's visit to Eu. Then follows a dramatic scene by the late lamented Thomas Hood. Charles Swain has contributed many interesting pieces, and Eliza Cook's "Farewell to her Hound" is full of mournful simplicity. It is hardly necessary to enumerate the prose tales ; they are of every variety, ancient and modern, extravagant and homely, adapted to every taste. They must indeed be hard to please who are not satis fied with the "Forget-me-Not" of 1846. LATEST FROM BUENOS AYRES. FALMOITTIfi Nov. 16.—The Harnburgh barque Laura and Louisa, Captain 'Mardis, arrived here this morning from Buenos Ayre, having sailed from that city on the 19th September. Prior to her departure, letters had been received by the rtierantilereltablishmnts in Buenos Ayres,, from Monte Video, earnestly intreating them, on the recomfnenda tion of Mr. Ouseley, to wind up their concerns, even at a sacrifice, in consequence of measures which would most likely be taken by the English and French. All intercourse be tvreen the opposing parties had been stopped. Colonia bad been taken by the united forces on the 31st August without bloodshed ; and a small garrison had been landed, but the Buenos Ayrean troops were only a short distance from the town. The last packet which had brought the mails to Buenos Ayres, from Rio de Janeiro, had sailed immediately, without waiting for any returns from Colonia. General Paz had commenced active measures in Corrientes, in opposition to the Argentine Republic, and it was consi dered he would be assisted as far as possible by the British and French authorities. Rosas was exerting himself to make soldiers of the entire male population, from the. age of sixteen to sixty, and seemed determined to offer every resistance to the proceeding of the united Govenunents. Misconduct was as arbitrary and tyrannical as ever, and his hatred of the English so marked, that most persons Were of opinion he was cognizant of, and even sanctioned, the murder of the English family, to prove to Mr. Ousely the indifference with which be viewed any alliance with England, and what might be ex pected in the event of any hostilities being come• to by the British residents. It was calculated that the English and French inhabitants of the city and suburbs could not fall short of 12,000 persons, and in case the merchants broke up their establishments, they would hare to sacrifice everything from the poverty end hostility of the people, who were kept by Roses in thorough ignorance of the real state of affairs between himself and the two Powers, and the most extrava gant fabrications and lies were circulated to engender enmity of feeling to the English and French. Provisions would be getting very scanty among the squadron, .by the severe in terdict of the Buenos Ayrean Government. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, N0v,17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sale; are—Birkenhead and Holy- head Junction, 1 1 4—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshii:e, 3 1 A-13riti,11 and Irish Union, 3—Bolton, Wigan, and 23—Caledonian, 19 1 / 6.—Cambri*lge an 4 4%—Chester and Birkenhead, Half Shares, 24.-Ditto, New 20/. Shares, 8 1 4—Chester and Manchester Direct, 2—Clydes dale Junction, 18%—Derby and Crewe, 5 3 / —Edinburgh and Perth, 5% —Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3—Glasgow, Perth, and reeaock, 21%—Ditto, Half Shares, 10 1 4—Grand Junc tion, 230—Ditto, New Quarter Shares 31—Ditto, 401. Shares (L. 111;), 55 1 4—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 14—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 91s. 3d.—Great Eastern and Western, 32. Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 2 1 / —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4 1 A—London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 41 1 4 — Ditto, Fifth Shares, 21 1 4—London and York, 935. 9d.— Direct Northern, 415.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1314—Manchester and Birmingham, 73 1 / 2 —Manchester and Southampton, 3% —Midland, 144—Ditto, 401. Shares, 21 1 4—North British, Carlisle Branch, 3 1 4—North Union (A), 205—North Staf fordshire, 576—North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 4y 6 — Sheffieldand Manchester, 125—Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 2, 12V 1 —South-Eastern and Dover, 37—Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 15 3 / —Ditto, Consolidated Half Shares, 4 1 A—West Riding Union, 7 1 4—Dublin and Galway, 4—Datch Rhenish, B—Paris and Lyons ( Latitte), 2 1 4. MANCHESTER, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The stiles are—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c , 62s.—Iluddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 20 —Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 52s.—Leicester and Tarn worth, 425. Manchester and Bury Atmospheric, 26s. — North British, Carlisle Branch, 3!,:i—North Stafforthhire, 51. 17s.—Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, 1 1 / I —Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 16%—Sheffield and Lin colnshire Junction, 4—Sheffield and Manchester Quarters, No. 3, 53—West Biding Union, 71. 2s. LEEDS, Nov. 17. _ _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 12%—Leeds and Bradford, 42X—Ditto, Extension, 37%—Leeds and Dewsbury, 19 c. n.—Leeds and Thirsk, 13 —Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 34—Cambridge and Lincoln, 414—Direct Northern, 2L London and York (Bawtry), 376—West Riding Union, East Lincolnshire, 2!4—Grand Union, Bs. p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 10s. p.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, ss. dis.—Leeds and York, par—Manchester, Buxton, Mat lock, and Midland, 3 1 4 p.—North Western, 3%—Notting ham, Erewash, and Ambc , rgate, 3—South Midlands, 3% p. —Wakefield and Bradford, 4s. p.—Wakefield and Harro gate; 19s. p.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, Ss. p. BRISTOL, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 83—Caledonian, 10 1 , for cash—Eastern Counties, 20 3 4 — Manchester and Southampton, 2:4—Midland, 144—Ditto, New, 2234—North Devons, 2—Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mouth, 4%. tion of delay, excepting that he was quite sure that the only cause was the extreme pressure of business. He thought that the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway should not be behind the Southampton and Dorchester. He regarded Weymouth as an important port, and particularly so when . takeniti condexibit'with the proposed harleur of refuge. He thought that the Back Water at Weymouth might be ren dered serviceable for docks, and doubted not but that the Di rectors of the Great Western Company and the Wilts, So merset, and Weymouth Railway would see that it was to their own interests so to improve the port. It was well known that the Government would prefer Weymouth as the route to the Channel Islands rather than Southampton. Partly in conjunction with the Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mouth Railway, the Great Western have projected a line from Bridport to Exeter, with branches to Axminster and Honiton. This was the present road traffic, and he thought that no other line that could be projected would give greater advantages to the public. Mr. BRUNEL said that no further delay in the construction of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line bad taken place than what was consequent on a line of such magnitude. In no line with which he was connected had the works been com menced in less time than would be the case with the Wilts. Somerset, and Weymouth. It was true that some lines had made their contracts before applying to Parliament, and pro ceeded with their works immediately on the passing of the Bill. But that was not the usual way, and he questioned the wisdom of such a plan ; and if a Company or the public were gainers in the end by such haste, that minute attention which was necessary in such a work was often neglected. If he were asked why the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line had not been commenced, he would say that a new and accurate survey of the whole county, with a view of improving the line, had been made, and much difficulty !:ad thus been overcome, and many improvements effected. Between Weymouth and Dor chester much revision had been made, which would lead to ultimate improvement. He did not think that the Southamp ton and Dorchester line would be opened so soon as they ex pected, so that theirs would be no such great time behind them as some were led to suppose. The engagements of the Great Western Company were now very numerous and urgent, and which would not cease until the 30th of November. As for the Great Western Company having relinquished the line to Weymouth, nothing was further from truth ; no post ponement or abandonment was ever thought of. The, Great Western Company was equally involved in an early completion of the line. The Directors had more than once urged him to commence, and he should think that within a month the line between Weymouth and Dorchester will :be in active progress.—(Cheers.) The Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line was regarded as more important than ever, and they had now projected a line from Bridport, as stated by Sir John Aubrey, that had met with the sanction and support of all the noblemen and landowners in the district through which it passes. This, with other lines projected in con nexion with the Great Western Company would connect them with every part, &c. He did not think that the Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester Coast Junction would give them any advantage that their scheme did not possess. As regards the improvement of the port of Weymouth, he thought the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter Com panies would be deeply interested:in the improvement of all their termini. Few places were capable of greater improve ment than Weymouth, and he doubted not but that thegreat Companies referred to would lend them their best aid to this object.—(Cheers.) Mr. HOPKINS, engineer of the Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester Coast line, stated that the Company he repre sented were not the opponents of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line. They wished it success, as it would contri bute to the prosrerity of their line. The line they proposed brought them nine miles nearer Bridport than the line the Great Western offered them. Consider it is a coast line which the Government are disposed to encourage. Mr. Brunel seems to think light of a coast line, though be (Mr. Brunel) was connected with the South Devon coast, with which the line he advocated would be connected. He (Mr. Hopkins) objected to the Great Western Company endeavouring to monopolise the whole of the south coast, and hoped that this meeting would consult their own interests, which of the two lines will most benefit Weymouth. Their survey was made, plans advanced, capital raised, and every prospect of the line passing this session. They purpose continuing the rail to your quay, and since their intentions were known the Great Western Company purposed doing the same thing; so that Weymouth must thank the Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester coast line for any improvements which will follow. SLADE, Esq. (late of the western circuit, now Director of the Wilts, Somerset,,and Weymouth Railway), confirmed the statement made by their talented engineer, that the works in the neighbourhood of Weymouth would commence immediately. He would ask the people of Weymouth if they were prepared to support them. The Great Western came to them in their extremity. Who are they that appear to advocate the Weymouth, Dorchester, and Exeter line ? Where do they come from—on the broad or narrow gauge? They speak of their proposed connexion with the Southamp ton line; why Southampton is your greatest opponent. To that port you have to attribute your present depressed state. By whom were your mail packets to the Channel Islands re moved? Is it to the Great Western ComPany or the London and South-Western Company that you must look to replace you in your proper position ? Who are likely to restore to you communication with the Channel Islands ? He asked, did they wish to be the terminus of a line which connected them with the north of England, or with a line which brought them in connexion with the competing ports of Southampton and Poole. Stick by us, and we will stick by you. Our interests are identical. If you sink, we sink—you swim, we swim—and, please God, we will swim all together. THE SACRED GIFT. Among the numerous publications in honour of Christmas, one relating to sacred subjects will be found a great a2quisition. This is, indeed, a splendid "gift ;" it contains twenty beautiful engravings, principally taken from the great masters. The first plate repre• cents the " Mourners at the Sepulchre ;" the sorrowful expression in the countenance and attitude of the two women, bowed down in grief, is beautifully pourtrayed. One of the principal engravings is the " Transfigura tion" of Raffaele ; this is too well known to need com ment. Coreggio's " Christ crowned with Thorns," the " Widow of Nain," and Poussin's " Holy Family." are all admirable ; the softness and delicacy of the engrav ing has done full justice to the beauty of the originals. Many of the subjects are illustrated by poems, by the Rev. C. B. Taylor, the editor of the work. Some of there ere written in a slow and solemn style befitting the subject, and others are full of beautiful simplicity. " Simon Peter," is one of the best—the style is pecu liarly melodious and the imagery graceful. The prose division contains many sermons by different clergymen. On the whole this forms one of the most attractive of Christmas presents, the binding and general appearance are beautiful, and no doubt it will be as pleasing to the eye as it will be beneficial to the heart. THE DRAWING-ROOM SCRAP-BOOK. The name of this beautiful volume hardly does it jus ece; though its elegant appearance may render it a fitting ornament for the drawing-room table, yet the superior quality of the engravings render itmore worthy to be counted as a work of art than a scrap-book. It contains 36 plates, comprising landscapes, portraits, his torical scenes, and sacred subjects, all beautifully exe cuted and highly finished. The frontispiece, entitled " Arcadian Shades," is from a picture by Rubens—it is a magnificent assemblage of trees of all varieties. " The Prodigal's Return" is by Salvator Rosa ; it is admirably engraved ; the face of the Prodigal, which is upturned in prayer, seems absolutely to rise from the paper. Of the landscapes the most beautiful are the " Doria Pa lace," at Genoa, and the "Bay of Beim," in Italy. Among the portraits are Edmund Burke and Admiral Cedrington ; but the most interesting of the whole are likenesses of Lord Fordwich, the youthful son of Earl Cowper, and Lady Adele Villiers, the daughter of Lord Jersey. The literary department is worthy of the rest ; it is enough to say that it is by Mrs. Norton. The fol lowing are some verses from the " Envoi :" A master-hand may sweep the lyre, And fail to win attention due : Some meaner touch may strike the chords, Whose echo vibrates strong and true : Familiar words, and simple airs, Are strongest in their sweet appeal : These dim the eye,—these thrill the ear, — For few can judge,—but all can feel! Then deem not. with a careless touch My hand bath played a Minstrel's part; My themes have been from Human Life, My Listener is the Human Heart ! And well I know that smiles and tears Will wait upon the Poet's line; And well I know that many a heart Shall echo back the thoughts of mine. THE JUVENILE SCRAP-BOOK. This is a beautiful Christmas present for the young, and will be a welcome addition to many a juvenile library. Edited by Mrs. Ellis, it combines instruction with amusement, and will be found not only interesting, but useful. The frontispiece is a likeness of Mehemet Ali; the other engravings generally illustrate the stories. Th,re are many tales in prose and verse, the principal of which are the " Rich and Poor," the "Independent Bees," and " Maggie Mayflower." It is splendidly bound in crimson and gold, and will doubtless afford much satisfaction to the youthful readers. COURT CI R CULAR. Wmpson, MONDAY. —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at the Castle to breakfast with the Queen and the royal party, previous to the departure of the Duke Ferdinand and Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg for Lisbon. At twenty-five minutes past ten o'clock his Royal High ness the Duke Ferdinand, and his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobonrg, left the Castle, accompanied by Prince Augustus and Baron Wangenheim, for Slough, en route per Great Western Railway to Exeter, where the illus trious party will rest for the night, and proceed to-morrow to Plymouth, at which place they will embark for Lisbon, at tended by Baron de Freiberg and Colonel Wylde to the place of embarkation. The Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Augustus, accompanied their illustrious relatives to the door of the principal entrance. There were also present Lord Byron, Colonel Sir George Couper, Colonel Bowles, and Sir Frederic Stovin. Prince Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, attended by Baron de Wangenheim, returned from Slough, after the departure of his royal parent, to the Castle. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Royal, were taken airings this morning. The Princess Augustus, attended by Madame Angelet, walked for some time this morning. 'their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and Prince Au gustus of Saxe Cobourg took equestrian exercise this fore noon, attended by Lord Charles Wellesley. The Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, arrived at the Castle, and had an audience of the Queen to-day. His Lordship presented to her Majesty Prince Hilal, of Muscat, attended by Captain Cogan, of the Indian navy, and Assood Kayal, interpreter. His Highness and suite were most graciously received, and afterwards took their departure for town. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, took an air ing in a pony carriage and four, followed by Lady Portman, the Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson, and Madame Angelet, in another carriage. Lord Charles Wellesley was in attend ance on horseback. Their Excellencies the Baron and Baroness de Moncorvo, the Earl of Liverpool, and Lord Charles Wellesley, took their departure from the Castle to-day. The royal dinner party this evening will include her Royal llighness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Mr. George E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Sir Henry Wheatley, and Colonel Sir George Couper. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards at tended. His Excellency Baron Dedel transacted business yester day at the Foreign-office. the Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy- Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of Trade, arrived in town on Saturday, from Deal Castle. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial office for the Governor of West Australia. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Gibraltar. DRURINLANE THEATRE.—The second representa tion of Maritana was honoured by an overflowing and fashionable audience, who testified their approval of this charming production by the most enthusiastic applause throughout its entire performance. It is upon such an artist as Mr. Wallace that criticism may safely exercise its power without injury to a reputation already firmly established. He can afford to have his talent analysed for the benefit of less- gifted labourers in the same vineyard. Mr. Danson, the eminent scenic artist, has just returned from a six months' pedestrian tour on the Continent, during which time he has visited all the most remarkable places on the Rhine; also, Milan, Naples,• Genoa, &c., re turning through France. From the advantages which such a tour on foot affords to the artist, we may expect some most interesting results. We understand the principal object of his visit was to complete his sketches for the scenic repre sentation next season at the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, which report says is likely to be on a most ex tended scale. SUNDERLAND.—On Monday last, at a very large meeting of the Town Council of Sunderland, Robert Brown, Esq., solicitor—in politics a Liberal, who supported Colonel Thompson against Mr. Hudson in the late contest for the Parliamentary representation of the borough, and in reli gious-creed a member of the Wesleyan Methodists' Society, in which he is also an eloquent local minister—was unani mously elected Mayor, on the motion of Andrew White, Esq., late M.P. for Sunderland, seconded by Anthony John Moore, Esq.—Leeds Mercury. TITHES IN FISH—We learn from the Suffolk News that at the Petty Sessions held at Lowestoft on the 12th inst., before Edward Leathes, Esq., and the Rev. E. M. Love, a fish-merchant of the name of John Roberts was summoned by the Rev. F. Cunningham, the vicar, for having refused or neglected to pay tithe for his fish. The information set forth that he had subtracted certain tithe of fish, payable in respect of his fishing-boat, and had neglected to pay the offerings and oblations to the vicar, according to the custom of the place. The legal adviser of the defendant took a technical objection, which was held fatal, so that the information fell to the ground; and if the vicar wishes to persevere in his claim, he must exhibit fresh informations. HAMB U RGH MAIL. COPENITAG&N, Nov. B.—To the many losses in the late storm we fear we may add that of the Victoria steamer, pur chased in England of Mr. Limdt, for a week ago a piece of the side of a steamer was driven on shore to the north of the Ogger Canal, which is thought to be a piece of the Victoria, as nothing has been heard of that steamer since it left Eng land on the 18th of last: month, and therefore it is believed that it was totally lost in the North Sea, in the hurricane of the 21st of last month. BERLIN, Nov. 7.—ln answer to the second address of the magistrates of Berlin to the King, directions have been given by his Majesty to investigate officially the facts alleged by the magistrates. The second address will not be published till the investigation is ended, on which occasion the answer which the King may be pleased to give will probably be likewise ' published. The penetrating eye of the Monarch may perhaps see much that may not seem desirable to many persons. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Nov. 13. Bills. Money. kustrian 5 per Cents .. •• • • • • ........ 114 Bank Shares •••. • • • ..... . 1620 Anglo-Russian Loan .• ••• • • • 108% Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 103% 1034 Ditto Ist series Inscription . • • • • • • . 104 Ditto, Hops and Co., 3d and 4th series • . 97 96 Ditto, in Certificate•. 97 96 New 4 per Cent., Hops and Co. .. • ... 91 Ditto Stieglitz . Spanish New 5 per Cent.• ••• • • • ...... 21% 21 Ditto 3 per Cent • Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent... • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844 83% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent National Bank Shares.. • • • . • • • . • . • • Exchange on London. Hamburgh, Nov. 14. ••• • .• 13 8 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BEBLIN, Nov. 11. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent ..... 98% 97% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. Exchange on London, 2 months • 6 24% —Universal Prussian Gazette, Nov. 12. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. A better attendance, and slight—very slight—improve ment in business, but without exhibiting any " feature." A quotation will suffice : NEWPORT PAGNELL STEEPLE CHASE. 5 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Ragman—taken. DERBY': 15 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting 16 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken to 150/. 25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lago 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Ginger—taken 35 to 1 agst M. O'Brien's The Traverser—taken to 1501. 3,000 to 75 agst Lord Albemarle's Smuggler Bill—taken 1,000 to 25 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—taken 400 to 10 agst Mr. Worthington's Manilla colt—taken 1,000 to 50 laid agst the Traverser and Jonathan Wild, and 100 to 20 that Sting does not see 6 to 4 before starting. Previously to the 16 to 1 bets, 3,600 to 200 was laid agst Brocardo. OAKS. 13 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Alice 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Queen Anne 1,000 to 25 agst ➢lr. Hook's Astonishment—taken Offers to take 6 to 4 that Varnish beats anything. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. The following draft from the Danebury stud was disposed of yesterday by Messrs. Tattersall : Guineas. Muscovite, by Kremlin, out of Harmony, 2 yrs 34 Stockbridge, by Venison, out of Defiance, 2 yrs B f by Melbourne, out of Victory, 2 yrs 2O Viaduct, by Stockport, out of Mystery, 2 yrs Cam baules, by Cam el, 2 yrs (without his engagements) 27 Bastion, by Defence, 3 yrs Witticism, by Sultan junior, 3 yrs Maid of Orleans, by Jereed, 3 yrs ... 150 Winchilsea, by Camel, 3 yrs Tenebrosa, covered by Emilius St. Lawrence was bought in for 510 guineas, and Velleda for 95 guineas. MILITARY• DEFENCE OF CANADA.—We , under stand that active preparations are now being made for the military defence of Canada. At Port Sarnia, a fort is to be erected, by order of Lord Cathcart. Penetanguishine is to be made a place of great military strength. Colonel Hol loway, of the Royal Engineers, and Captain Boxer, of the Royal Navy, have visited Port Hope, with a view to the selection of a site for a fort and other military defences at that beautiful and important position. Colonel Ilolloway designs three batteries on that part of the Port Hope Hills, called Fort Orton ; to be erected in a crescent form for protection of the harbour and security of the town. The engineers are now at work, surveying the narrow isthmus which divides the head waters of the Bay of Quinte from Lake Ontario, at Presque Isle, with a view to the, construc tion of a canal at that point. At Kingston, the front of the town, at present occupied by forwarders, as mercantile store houses, is to be pulled down, and a heavy battery erected in their stead. Three martello towers, one on Cedar Island at the east, and one on Stuart's Point at the west, and one on the shoal in the bay, are designed for the strengthening of Port Henry, and the more effectual security of the city and harbour. In Lower Canada a military general order has issaed, calling on all officers to report themselves to their commanding officer, in the event of their wishing to retain their commissions. We should deplore a war between the two. countries, and hope it may yet be averted. But ear nestly as we should deprecate so great a calamity, we would prefer even death to a dishonourable surrender, or the aban donment of justice and right. Give us peace by all means, but let it be an honourable one.—Canada Statesman. THE VINTAGE.—The most contradictory reports of the vintage in the neighbourhood of Geneva have been received. While from Wirtemberg but a middling wine is expected as regards quality, and not very satisfactory in quantity, accounts from the Pfalz represent the crop as totally lost, but one-fourth of an average crop being ex pected in quantity, and in several places sourworm and rot have quite destroyed the grapes. The price for middling table wines has already risen from 150 to 200 fl. the piece, to 300 and 4001 ; and for best qualities 500 and GOO& is asked. In the Ahr, on the other hand, the vintage exceeds all ex pectations; the quality is peculiarly good, and although the quantity is not so great, it is yet much over that of last year. Similar accounts have b e en received of the vintages in other Rhenish provinces.—Rhine paper. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—The Lord Provost had the honour of entertaining Lord John Russell to dinner, at his house, on Thursday evening, when a 'limber of noblemen and gentlemen were invited to be present.--Scotsman. THE RIVER PLATE. By the Columbus, Captain Gun, which has arrived at Liverpool from Pernambuco, the following intelligence re lative to the affairs of the River Plate has beefi received. The annexed is a copy of the decree of the Buenos Ayrean Government, dated August 27, 1845: . THE GOVERNMENT OF BUENOS AYRES CHARGED WITH THE FOREIGN RELATIONS AND TIIE AFFAIRS OF TIIE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION. '‘ln consequence of the unwarrantable and hostile proceed ings of the naval forces of her Britannic Majesty, and of his Majesty the King of the French, against those of the Argentine Confederation, and of the continued aggressions of the former against the Republic, as well as to prevent the consequences which 'may arise out of such proceedings, which the Government is generally anxious to avert, it has decreed— - _ "Art. 1. Every species of communication, direct and in direct, with the vessels of her Britannic Majesty and his Majesty the King of the French, with this port, and with the coast of this Republic, is strictly prohibited. "Art. 2. The violation of the foregoing resolution will be punished in the manner in which the Government may con sider expedient to the circumstanees of the case. "Art. 3. Let this be published and inserted in the official Register." _ _ _ _ Letters from Monte Video of the 9th of September, state that Mr. Gore Ouseley was recommending to the British merchants there to intimate to their correspondents in Buenos Ayres that it would be desirable to withdraw from Buenos Ayres as early as possible, as events might ultimately occur that would preclude them from doing so. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. Captain C. P. Ibbetson (11th Hussars) and Lady Adele Ibbetson arrived at Mr. Ibbetson's residence on Chester terrace, Regent's Park, on Friday evening, from Edinburgh, in order to concert measures for their marriage agreeably to the forms of the Established Church. All the arrangements for the marriage were completed in the most private manner possible, and yesterday was the day fixed for the performance of the sacred ceremony. Of course the consent of the noble parents of the youthful bride had been obtained, and her uncle, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, was to have officiated at the solemn right, but that Right Rev. Prelate was so engaged at Wells with the duties of his diocese as to be reluctantly absent. Viscount Villiers was expected to have arrived front Upton-house, Warwick shire, on Saturday night, to have conducted the wedding; but this intention was prevented by the illness of his youth ful family, the scarlet fever having appeared amongst them. As we have above noticed, yesterday morning was selected, when the early hour of ten o'clock was appointed for the wedding-party to assemble at the church—not St. George's, Hanover-square, as stated by an evening paper, but St. Pan cras New Church, in the New-road. _ _ The Very Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, Canon of Wind sor, and Chaplain to her Majesty, came to town from Chenies, expressly to perform the nuptial ceremony, and, with Mr. Wm. aad Mrs. Russell, arrived at the church by a quarter be fore ten. Captain Ibbetson, and his father, Mr. Henry Ibbetson, reached the church shortly afterwards, and were soon followed by Lady Adela, attended by Mr. Ibbetson, jun., and Mrs. Ibbetson. The bridal party forthwith repaired to the vestry, and after a brief lapse of time, repaired to the communion table, when the service commenced. Owing to the privacy preserved there were not more than twenty spectators of the proceedings. Lady Adele was given away by her cousin, Mr. W. Russell (the Accountant-General t f the Court of Chancery). The fair bride went through the affecting cere mony, and maintained, until the close tithe impressive ser vice, a composure rarely to be expected. Her Ladyship, who looked rather unwell, was elegantly attired in a high dress of white watered silk, and a satin bonnet to correspond. The sacred ceremony having concluded, the Gallant Captain and his bride passed to the vestry, accompanied by their respective friends, to attest the legality of the marriage in the register. In consequence of their previous matrimonial union having been solemnised according to the law of the Church of Scot land, there was a difference in the usual entry in the register. The Gallset Captain having signed his names as follow, "Charles Parke Ibbetson," her Ladyship took the pen, and wrote, according to the instructions given, " Adela Corisande Maria Ibbetson. heretofore Villiers." The Very Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, and the attesting witnesses, 1 111 r. and Mrs. Wm. Russell, Mrs. E. A. Ibbetson, and Mr, Henry Ibbetson, also signed the register. The bride and bridegroom left the church immediately after the insertion of their names in the registry, and the party subsequently proceeded to Mr. Henry Ibbetson's mansion, at Chester-terrace, to partake of a dejeuner. All the parties had retired by twenty minutes after ten o'clock. We understand Captain and Lady Adela Ibbetson departed in the afternoon for the country, to pass a few weeks in retirement, when the Gallant Captain will rejoin his regiment in Ireland. DEATH OF THE EARL OF VERUT.AM.—It is with regret that we announce the death of the above highly re spected nobleman. The melancholy event took place s ester day morning, at half-past eleven o'clock, at Gorhambury, the ancient family seat, near St. Albans, Herts. The deceased James Walter Grimston Earl of Verulam, Viscount Grim ston, and Baron Verulam, or Gorhambury, county Herts, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, Viscount Grimston and Baron Dunboyne, county Meath, in the Irish Peerage, Baron Forrester, of Corstorphin, in the Scotch peerage, and a baronet of England, was only son of James Bucknall, first Lord Verulam, and third Viscount Grimston in Ireland, and Henrietta, only daughter and heir of Mr. Edward Walter. He was born on the 26th of September, 1775, and, therefore, in his 71st year. The late Earl married on the 11th of August, 1807, Lady Charlotte Jenkinson, only daughter of Charles, first Earl of Liverpool, and sister of the present Lord Steward of her MRiesty's Household. By his union with the Countess, who survives her husband, his Lordship leaves a family of nine children, of whom the eldest, J. Wal ter Viscount Grimston, M.P. (now Earl of Verulam), born on the 22d of February, 1809, succeeds to the title. The deceased *as Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Hertfordshire. Of course, by his Lordship's elevation to the Earldom, a vacancy arises for the county in Parliament. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER LADY HOLLAND.— We have the painful duty to announce the death of the Dowager Lady Holland, who expired at two o'clock yester day morning, at her Ladyship's residence in South-street. The deceased was taken seriously ill on Sunday se'nnight, and sh:ce that day has gradually sunk under the attack. Dr. Babington has been in constant attendance on her Lady ship, but from Wednesday last he gave no hopes of her reco very. Her Ladyship, who was the daughter and heir of Mr. Richard Vassal], of Jamaica, was in her seventy-sixth year. She married the late Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart. ' of Battle Abbey, Sussex, but that marr i age was dissolved by Act of Parliament, when, on the 9th July, 1797, she married the late Lord Holland, by whom she leaves issue—Lord Holland (our Minister at the Court of Tuscany). Lady Lilford, &c. Colonel and Lady Mary Fox, and several families of rank, are placed in mourning by her death. DEATH OF THE RIGHT HON. W. DUNDAS.—We regret to learn the death of the above Right Hon. Gentleman, who died at Quarry-house, his residence, at St. Leonard's on-Sea, on Friday last. He was second son of the Right Hon Robert nuncios, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Ex chequer, in Scotland, and the Hon. Elizabeth Dundas, eldest daughter of Henry first Viscount Melville. The Right Hon. deceased was brought up to the 'English bar, and in 1800 he was nominated one of the Commissioners for the affairs of India, when he was appointed a Privy Councillor. In 1804 he was appointed Secretary at War, in the room of the Right lion. Charles Bathurst Pitt, and discharged the duties of that office until 1806. He represented 'rain and Dingwall, in the House of Commons, and up to the election in 1831 had sat for the'city of Edinburgh in several Parliaments. The de ceased gentleman held, at his death, the office of Lord Clerk Register, Keeper of the Signet, and Register of Sasiness in Scotland. He received a sum little short of 4,0001. annually from the public purse, arising out of the fees as Register of Sasiness, and as a compensation for the loss of fees as Keeper of the Signet. DEATH OF LORD HARTLAND.—We have to re cord the demise of Lord Hartland, who died on Tuesday last, the 11th inst., at Stokestown (louse, county Roscommon, Ireland. The deceased nobleman was third and youngest son of Maurice, first Lord Hartland, by the Hon. Oatherine Moore, daughter of Stephen, first Viscount Mount Cashell. His Lordship, who was in holy orders, was born 6th Oc tober, 1772, and succeeded to the title on the decease of his brother Thomas, Bth Dec., 1835. He married 24th Nov., 1813, Isabella Jane, third daughter of Mr. Wm. Hume, of Hume-wood, by whom, who died 12th December, 1838, his Lordship had no issue. The title becomes extinct. We understand that Major Mahon, cousin of the deceased Lord, will inherit the whole of the landed property. THE LORD CHANCELLOR. We deeply regret to hear that his Lordship still remains much indisposed, though Dr. Locock has returned to town from Turville Park, where he has been staying for two or three days past, for the pur pose of affording his professional assistance. The attack under which the Chancellor suffers is understood to be of a nature from which great weakness and prostration may be expected, even after the disorder itself shall have been over come ; and it is not therefore improbable that the Noble and Learned Lord may be prevented for some considerable time from resuming the exercise of the arduous duties which he has hitherto so ably discharged. If this unfortunate circum stance should cccur, it is said that the great seal will be put into commission ; and Sir Edward Sugden, Mr. Baron Parke, and Mr. Baron Alderson. are spoken of as likely to be entrusted with the performance, ad interim, of the functions of the Lord Chancellor.—Post. AN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING SITY.—The ten mannfactueng companies of Lowell consume annually 12,000 tons of coal, 3,00 cords of wood, 72,549 gallons of sperm, and 19,000 of other oil. Of the whole population of Lowell, 6,320 females and 2,915 males, together 9,235, are employed as operatives, either in the mills, or connected with other mechanic employments. There are 33 mills and about 550 houses belonging to the corporations. The capital in vested in manufacturing and mechanical enterprises is 12,000,000 dollars. There are made in Lowell every week 1,459,150 yards of cloth, or 75,868,000 yards per year. The cotton worked up every year is 61,100 bales. The printed calicoes made annually amount to 14,000,000 yards. The payment annually amounts to more than 1,500,000 dollars, and the annual profit of this immense business has been esti mated at the same amount, or about 12i per cent. SHEFFIELD, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and Windsor, 18s.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3 1 / . l 2 —Wakefield and Har rogate, 2%. HULL, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANOE.—The sales are—London and Croydon, 22—Grimsby Dock' Extension, 6—North British, Car/isle, 3%—Derby and Gainsborough, IN—Dudley, Madeley, and Iron Bridge, 21. 13s. 6d.—Grand Union, I%—llull and Barnsley Junction, 25s.—Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle Junction, s—London and York, 4 t 4 —Nottingham and Boston, 2/. 18s. 9d.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junc tion, 2% —Wakefield and Bradford, 21. 168,—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 23/4. YORK, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar lington, 56%—Ditto, Brandling, 46—York and North Mid land Extension, 26 3 / 4 —Newcastle and Berwick, 13 1 / 2 —North British, Dalkeith, s%—Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 3 1 4 — London and York, 4% —Cambridge and Lincoln, 4—Coven try, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Leicester, 11. 14s.—Grand Union, 11. 14s.—Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 3s. p.—Lanca shire and North Yorkshire, 2 3 / 4 —Welsh Midland, 23/4. DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHES- TER RAILWAY. As a small fire of small articles and long advertisements are continually kept up by means of the.press, in addition to various false reports industriously spread on the Stock Ex change and elsewhere, by interested and hostile parties, with a view to injure this line in public opinion, and to do as much mischief as evil intentions and perseverance are able to accomplish, it becomes necessary as frequently to disabuse the public mind en the subject. One of the great objects has been to discredit the declaration signed by the engineers that " they would be ready to deposit their plans ;" this has been again and again refuted by the joint. declarations of the en gineers, advertised and re-advertised in the public journals. A second attempt has been made to insinuate that the Directors Of the two Companies are not harmonious. We are enabled to state, upon the best authority, that this report, too, is wholly groundless; that the Directors of the two Boards act in per fect unison with each other, and have the best of reasons to believe that all that has been promised will be fully realised. We do not doubt that the writer of an article in the Railway Chronicle of last week, " had good reasons of his own for giving the warning he did;" but even according to his account, the Direct London and Manchester Company have got everything ne cessary for success—engineers, surveys, and surveyors. Perhaps one might surmise that the writerreferred to one who signed " Gone to the Devil," in the Times—the scribe of the article just mentioned—and the individual so zealously and virtuously interested for the hard case and impending fate of the scripholders, is merely the same individual under the variety of garbs necessary for the occasion. If the agreement against which all this virtuous and dis interested indignation is expended be really executed " in defiance of all legal and moral obligations, and the interests of the scripholders have been sacrificed in any respect, it would occur to every man of common sense that the discon tented portion of the shareholders, whether solicitors or others, should call a public meeting of the shareholders, point out to them the manner in which their interests have been sacrificed, and thus obtain some substantial ground of complaint. This would, at least, be a straightforward course. We repeat, upon the best authority, that the reports re ferred to, with others of a similar kind, are wholly without foundation; that the two Boards act most harmoniously together; and that there is not the least doubt of being fully in time for compliance with the standing orders. RA IL WAY INTELLIGENCE. EXETER AND WEYMOUTH. WEymorrrf, Nov. 17.—A very numerous and highly in fluential meeting was held this day in the Guildhall, to take into consideration a proposed scheme of coast railway com munication between Weymouth and Exeter. Among those present we observed R. Gordon, Esq., Captaia Manning, H. William, Esq., Gooden, Esq., R. Urquhart, Esq., Tre naw, Esq., Arnold, Esq., Phillips, Esq., Capt. Balston John Cree, Esq., Swaffield, Esq., Messrs. Templar, Gundry: and Battiscombe, from Bridport ; John Henning, Esq., Ad miral Hancock, Lieut. Atkinson, Dr. Martin, Mr. John F. Hodges, Dr. Knight, &c. &c., and the principal tradesmen of the town. The present was an adjourned meeting from Monday, Nov 3, at which meeting a deputation of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line attended, and stated their views and intentions. This led to a very warm and lengthened discussion, the majority being of opinion that, if the meeting sanctioned the propossed coast line, it would not be acting in good faith to the Great Western Company, by whom the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill had been ob tained ; and who, in addition, had announced their intention of constructing a coast line from Exeter to Bridport, there to join the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line. At length the following amendment was mutually agreed to " That the meeting should be adjourned to Monday, the 17th Nov., in order to afford the Directors of the Wilts, So merset, and Weymouth Railway an opportunity of attending and explaining their views to the inhabitants." Accordingly the meeting was this day held; the following . gentlemen appearing as a deputation on behalf of the Exeter , Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line :—Mr. Crew, Mr. Hopkins, engineer, Edward Strick, Esq., solicitor to the line; and the following represented the Great Western Company— Sir John Aubrey, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Wey_ mouth Railway, Sanders, Secretary to the Great Western Company ; Slade, Esq., Director of the Great Western Company ; Brunel, engineer, and Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Company. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by Wm. Legg, Esq., the late Mayor, who, having read the resolution by which the meeting was convened, called on the gentlemen repre senting the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line. W.M. ELIOT, Esq., desired to impress on the inhabitants of Weymouth the importance of the object which had called them together. He retraced the history of railway projec tions to the town of Weymouth, which commenced at a public meeting held a year since, having reference to the mail packets. It was there stated that other watering-places were reaping their full benefit from railways, and that it was high time to stir themselves to the formation of a railway commu nication to Weymouth. He, with the Mayor and some others, held a correspondence on the subject .with Mr. Brunel and other officers of the Great Western Company, who fell into their views most cordially. The correspondence and conference with them resulted, as is known, in their offering them a line of railway known as the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. Since then this Bill bad passed into law. The Southampton and Dorchester line had also passed into law ; so that they were now in a different position from what they then were. He would take this opportunity of stating to the gentlemen of the Great Western Company that considerable dissatisfaction has been felt at the protracted delay in the construction of the line from Weymouth—(Hear, hear.) But he had no doubt that those gentlemen would be prepared to give a satisfactory explanation of the cause of that de lay.—(Hear.) He could not forbear impressing on them the necessity, the urgent necessity of an early opening of the line, more especially as the Southampton and Dorchester line was in rapid progress, and which will, when com pleted, cause a diversion of the trade from the port of Weymouth to the port of Poole. He referred to the formation of a company for constructing docks at Ply mouth. Where was there a port more eligible for a large export and import trade than Weymouth—from its proxi mity to the Channel Islands, to the south of France; and especially, when taken in conjunction with the proposed Go vernment harbour of refuge at Portland roads. He hoped that measures would be immediately taken for the formation of a dock company. As regards the conduct of the Great Western Company towards Weymouth, it has been mos honourable throughout ;—while other lines refused to pass over Ridgway-hill, they came forward with a scheme just suited to their wants. As this was an important matter, he hoped that their decision would be such as should pro mote the best interests of Weymouth. Sir Joint AUBREY, Director of the Great Western Com pany, stated that ho was not aware until then of any dis satisfaction existing on account of the delay in commencing the works. He was not a director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, but was a director of the Great Western Company ; but their interests were intimately con nected. He would leave Mr. Brunel to reply to the ques- RAILWAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. An analysis of all railway companies registered to the 31st October, 1845, was published in the Supplement of the Times yesterday, and occupied five columnl. We extract the following summary of the elaborate compilation RAILWAYS COMPLETED. £ On account of which the shareholders have 48,043,563 paid up The shareholders have borrowed on debentures, loan notes, and mortgages 47 companies completed ... ..... ... 70,680,977 RAILWAYS IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR WHICH ACTS OF PARLIAMENT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED. On account of these the shareholders have paid up And to complete the same according to the esti mates, will have to pay the further subscribed sum of 44,927,170 Parliament having in all cases given the power to borrow one-third more, this will probably be further increased by the sum of 118 lines and branches in course of execution £67,359,325 RAILWAYS PROJECTED. Of 218 of these the amount of deposit stated in the prospectus is five per cent. and a per centage for expenses. A large propor tion of this class received their deposits before the resolution of the Lords was passed, and others since, amounting to 11,171,727 To comply with the resolution of the Lords, a further payment of five per cent. must be made, amounting to about 9,595,464 402 a deposit of ten per cent. is required, which many of them have received ; the whole, if paid, will amount to 38,369,109 613 Have not registered their prospectuses 1,263 Companies. Total of deposits required £59,136,300 Being ten per cent. on 563,303,0001., and five per cent. for Parliamentary expences. CAPITAL INVESTED. Capital actually paid up and invested in rail ways completed Capital paid up on failways in course of execu tion and sanctioned by Parliament 6,432,155 Capital required to pay the deposits on new projects . 59,136,300 Total capital invested £113,612,018 LIABILITIES OF SHAREHOLDERS Borrowed on the security of railways com pleted Incurred in respect of railways in course of exe cution To carry out the new projects, deducting the amount of deposits paid or required to be paid 506,882,706 Total liabilities £590,447,490 BIRMINGHAM, LICHFIELD, AND MANCHESTER.—A numer ous and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Sutton Coldfleld was held on Friday last, J. P. Oates, Esq., the warden, in the chair, to consider the proposed line of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway. Amongst the gentlemen present were the Rev. R. Mendham, the Rev. J. Packwood, Messrs. Holbeche, Horton, Baron Webster, V. Holbeche, Eccleston, Oughton, R. Sadler, Proctor, Bodington, Kempson, and indeed most persons of respectablity in the town and neighbourhood. Several very spirited speeches were made, and the meeting, which was unanimous in the expression of indignation at the manner in which they considered the inhabitants to have been treated by the company, as well as anxious for an advantageous railway communication, stated, in the most decided terms, their determination to oppose any line through the parish which did not afford the necessary accommodation to the town. A Committee was appointed to take such steps as might be requisite, and it was understood that no effort would be spared to make the opposition effectual. Letters upon the subject, with copies of the resolutions, were for warded the same night, to Sir R. Peel and other influential freeholders in the parish, to the Members for the county, and to several gentlemen at Erdington and Shenstone, the co operation of which places appears to be confidently looked for. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINLTON JUNCTION AND DURHAM AND SUNDERLAND RAILIVAY.—It is intended by the first named Company, who, as our readers are aware, have pur chased the line, &c., of the latter, to hare no less than seven new branches in connnexion with their railway:- 1. A railway commencing in the township of Pensher, by a junction with the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, and terminating by a junction with the Durham and Sunderland Railway, in the parish of Sunderland. 2. A railway out of the last-mentioned railway to Paw cett- street, Bishopwearmouth, where it is intended to build a splendid station for passengers and goods. 3. A railway out of the first-mentioned branch to form a junction with the railways belonging to the trust ees o f th e late Countess of Durham and the belonging Coal Company in the township of Bishopwearmouth. A raifiray commencing in the township of Norton Grange, by a junction with the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, and terminating by a junction with the Durham and Sunderland laailway, in the township of Hetton-le-Hole. 5. A railway commencing in the parish of - Pittington, by a junction with the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, and terminating at Bishop Auckland, by a junction with the Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway. 6. A railway commencing at Shincliffe by a junction with the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, and terminating either in the parish of St. Nicholas or the parish of St. Os wald, Durham. 7. A railway commencing by a junction with the New castle and Darlington Railway, near Shincliffe, and termi nating near the village of Shineliffe, in the parish of St. Os wald, Durham. These branches will be a source of wealth to the districts through which they are intended to pass. EGYPT. PRESENTATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S PORTRAIT TO THE VICEROY. CAI no, Ocr. 24.—This day the presentation of the Queen of England's portrait to his Highness, Mehemet Ali Pacha, took place. As 'soon as the Viceroy learnt that her most gracious Ma jeaty had directed that her portrait should be presented to his Highness, he expressed the liveliest satisfaction, and even des layed his departure from Alexandria several days, hoping that it might arrive by the steamer Great Liverpool - but it only reached that port on the 21st inst., by th e Iberia, been sent to Malta by a special messenger, and was instantly for warded here. Its official presentation has just taken place, by Col. Barnett, her Majesty's Consul-General and political agent, attended by Mr. Warne, her Majesty's Consul at Cairo, and the principal English residents. The deputation was received by the Viceroy with military honours, all the great officers of state being present. The portrait was placed in the Viceroy's hands by Colonel Barnett, who at the same time made an ap • propriate speech. His Highness received the gift standing, kissed it, raised it to his head, placed it on his own throne, and then sat down below it. He expressed to Colonel Barnett, through the chief Dragoman, the he irtfelt gratification he experienced on the occasion. assuring him that he had always felt the highest regard for England, and that it was his con staia desire to do everything in his power to retain her friendship and good opinion. The Viceroy on this occasion made several promotions in his military and civil services. The Viceroy has just been compelled to issue an order,:pro hibiting for the present the export from Egypt of any kind of grain, in consequence of the crops generally being ex tremely short, so that it becomes necessary in a wise ruler to take effectual measures to retain in his own territory sufficient sustenance for the people he rules over, to pre vent excessively high prices, or perhaps even the evils of a famine. MYSTERIOUS MORTALITY. Yesterday at noon Mr. Waklev, M.P., commenced a most extraordinary inquiry at the Middlesex Hospital, touching the deaths of Wm. Lambert, aged 17, and Henry Lambert, aged 13, forming part of a family residing at No. 33, Cum berland-market, Regent's-park, and carrying on the busi ness of plumbers and painters. In order to make the case perfectly clear, the reporter thinks it right to state that the fattier of the deceased youths died three months ago, and that a brother, aged 20, and a young sister are now lying dead at their residence, and that a fourth brother is in the hospital hourly expected to expire. They have all died, the father probably ex cepted, of the same lisease, or rather of the same symptoms. One of the hospital nurses said that the deceased was ad mitted on the 4th instant, with a younger brother not yet dead, all labouring under delirium. 'William died on Thurs day night, and Henry on Saturday last. When they were brought in the mother said their disease was scarlatina. The deceased, Henry, complained of violent sore throat. Mr. Code, the house apothecary, addressing the Coroner, said—Sir, this is a most extraordinary case. Here is a family of eight persons, four of whom have already died of the same complaint. Two died at their home, two in this hospital, and there is another here now, who in all probability will share the same fate. Sir, I must tell you that this case requires a most scrutinising investigation on your part. The Coroner, on hearing these preliminary remarks made, in a most emphatic manner, ordered the room to be cleared of strangers, when an examination of Mr. Corfe took place, the result of which the reporter hal reason to know was not conclusive as to the cause of death. The bodies of the youths who died in the hospital were opened, but the contents of their stomachs were not analysed. The Coroner ordered them to be analysed, and also directed that a post mortem examina tion should be made of the bodies lying dead at No. 33, Cumberland-market. He then adjourned the inquest to Monday next. Mr. \Vakley, at an inquest held yesterday in the New Model Prison, made the following remarks relative to there mysterious deaths :—" He said that out of a family of nine persons, four had died in a very short time. Their symp toms showed that they had died from the operation of some sort of poison, certainly not a mineral one. It was a most extraordinary case, and one that was as yet enveloped in mystery. There appeared, however, to be enough to induce him to believe that the parties died either from having eaten impure meat of some kind or other, or from having inhaled impure gases emitted by the sewers of the neighbourhood (Cumberland-market) in which they lived. There had been a most foetid discharge from the nostrils of the diseased and deceased parties, similar to that of glanders; but there had been no evidence to show that any of them had ever come into contact with a glandered animal. There were huge swellings throughout the necks of the deceased, and other very extraordinary appearances in the joints of the members. The patients, while labouring under this mysterious and fatal disease, displayed a most extraordinary , appetite, eating rump steaks in considerable quantities. The occurrence was quite frightful ; and if it had occurred there (in the New Model Prison) they should have attributed it to something or other connected with that establishment. It showed how cautious juries ought to be in drawing conclusions not warranted by the clearest and moat positive evidence." CHILD MURDER AT DETONPORT.—OH Thursday last an adjourned inquest was held before A. B. Bone, Esq., coroner, at the Queen's Head, Stonehouse, on the body of an infant child, which had been found with its throat cut, at the residence of Mrs. Salmon, a lady in Durnford-street. From the evidence it appeared that Ann Heard, servant to the above-named lady, was on Monday last found to have been delivered of a child, the child being in the same room where the young woman was then in bed. A post mortent examination had taken place, by which it was discovered that the child was born alive. The jury having consulted, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Ann Heard," who is now in custody, and will be removed to the county gaol as soon as the state of her health will permit. The Lord Bishop of Rochester has taken full pos session of the new episcopal palace at Danbury; and his Lordship has already evinced that liberal spirit and kind con sideration for those around him, which are so calculated to win the good-will and affections of all those amongst whom his future residence is fixed. On Thursday, his domestic establishment and part of the family arrived at the palace, and were welcomed by a merry peal of the village bells, the ringers being liberally rewarded, and afterwards provided with a substantial supper. His Lordship has handsomely considered the servants of the late occupier whom he found upon the premises, and for such as he has not retained he made liberal arrangements till they could obtain fresh situa tions. In fact, the Right Rev. Prelate has shown an ear nest desire to make his presence amongst us conducive to the happiness and comfort of all those with whom he comes in contact.—Essex Herald. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, Nov. 17. Major Armstrong's company, for Ireland, and Captain Thorn dike's company, from Scotland, both of the 4th battalion, assembled on he guard mounting parade, at one o'clock. P.M, to-day, in heavy marching order, for the commandant's inspection. His Lordship inspected the men and their ap pointments very minutely, and expressed him se lf hi g hly pleased with their soldierlike appearance. His Lordship was attended by Brigade-Major Cuppage, Major Elgee com• manding the battalion, and Captain and Adjutant Nedham. Captain Benn's company (3d battalien) will relieve Major Armstong's company from field battery duty to-morrow, and, on the following day (Wednesday) Major Armstrong's com pany will embark at two o'clock, A.M., at Roff's wharf, for conveyance to London, to proceed by railway from the Eus ton-square terminus to Liverpool, en route to Dublin, to re lieve Captain d'Arley's company (Ist battalion), under orders to return to head-quarters. A NOVEL WINTER RESIDENCE.—A few days since the servant at Ynyscreigog, a farm belonging to the Rev. Lewis Davies, in the upper part of Cardiganshire, went to the turnip field, and a hare suddenly started as if from under his feet. Upon examination it turned out that puss had se lected a large turnip, and had carefully scooped out its in side, having taken possession of it for her winter residence. —Welihman. GAMBLING IN THE ARMY.—The following garrison order has been issued by General Sir Robert Wilson, Gover nor of Gibraltar, in consequence of the loss of near 3,000/. by one officer in the garrison at play :—" Town Major's-office, Gibraltar, October 25. The Governor has had the mortifica tion to find several officers of this garrison, in disobedience of the most express orders of the Sovereign, and to the great prejudice of the service, have been engaged in gaming tran sactions, which have brought ruin in their train upon one of the party. It is a vice of such a pernicious nature—a pest in a garrison, so destructive of discipline, personal welfare, and that good feeling which should pervade brother officers, in stead of making a prey-of one another, as to render the seve rest condemnation imperative. The Governer having ordered a court of inquiry to investigate the particulars, has found the allegations so well established that he is under the neces sity of transmitting a statement of the proceedings to his Grace the Commander-in-Chief; but he will also have the • satisfaction to report one of the officers concerned as having been so sensible of his fault as spontaneously to have made the most disinterested reparation in his power to mitigate its mischief and exercise a salutary influence. D. Fella, Colonel, Town Major." THE KING OF THE FRENCH AND THE CORPORA TION OF LoxnoN.—The worthy citizens of London will be delighted to find the flattering reception a portion of their body has received from the King of the French. His Ma jesty having been informed that three of the aldermen were at Paris who were upon the deputation with the _ address of the Corporation which his Majesty received at Windsor—viz., Sir William Magnay, Sir George Carrol, Alderman Humphery, M.P., also Mr. Filcher, ex-Sheriff; invited them to a reception at the Palace of St. Cloud, on Monday evening, at half-past eight, and presented them to the Queen and several members of the Royal FamilY,by whom they were received with the greatest cordiality. The next morning these gentlemen were honoured by an invi tation to dinner at six o'clock, and on their arrival at St. Cloud they were received in the billiard-room by his Ma. jesty, and then passed on to the Queen's apartment, and where a reception awaited them no less flattering than th a t bestowed by the King. Th e dinner p art y consisted of the royal family only, and their suite, which made the comp li ment t more marked. During dinner everyand ft acoewards u r rtesy of polished life was shown t o the visitors, the par y were ushered to t he theatre. Nine m embers of the Royal Family occupied the front places, and the four visitors were placed in chairs immediately behind the Royal Family. When the Queen retired to take refreshment., his Majesty again markehdaanyexlslaipsiedarittethneanctedtitoenfrsothmhoeutklhdiencdnnoeess and cordiality of Corporation a fo t o g n e t d t u h r e i n great r t e h a e t Harvey mayoraltykii s n f l e i e e l s i s ng h se, of Combo.—A tlas. REPRESENTATION OP ANTRIM.—The death of Mr. Irving in London, on Monday last, leaves a vacancy in the representation of the county of Antrim. We have heard several gentlemen mentioned as likely to fall quietly into the vacant seat—such as the Hon. George Handcock, who would carry a large territorial influence in his favour; and Mr. Ma cartney, of Lissanoure, who has long taken an active part in county business.—Banner of . Ulster. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—Since the com mencement of the month the directors have set apart a car riage in each train for the accommodation of ladies travelling by themselves.—Essex Herald. UNIVERSITY MEN AT STONYHURST.—It has been remarked that several Tractarianmembers of Oxford are non inventi in the University. We have been asked whether they are at Leeds or at Stonvhurst ? No doubt the " rising alumnus" of the Jesuit College, whom the University Review now repudiates; could enlighten us. For our own parts, we have very little doubt of the missing men being found lurking in LancaAiire. Our reason for saying so lies in the fsct that a party who visited Stonyhurst recently heard, from the autho rities, that, besides Mr. Tickell, there were several University men there, whose names " were a secret!" The utility of the electric telegraph, which is brought down the London and South-Weston Railway into the victualling-yard at Gosport, was fully exemplified on. Sunday :—The detention of the President frigate by the ac cident to her capstan; the arrival of the Thalia with freight from South Atnerics, and the Admiralty orders for her to be paid off at Portsmouth ; and the departure of the Geyser, were all communicated by this telegraph in the short period of a few minutes, notwithstanding the messages had to be carried to and fro by a boat—the weather preventing the Semaphore telegraph being used. 7