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13, Great Marlborough-street. MARY THE O C W I l I T N T' O S NEW . NOVEL, A NOVEL, EDITED BY MARY HOWITT. Is now ready at all the Libraries in 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, Just ready, In 2 vols., Bvo., A HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1844. By THOMAS HENRY BRAIRN, Esq.. Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Principal of Sydney College Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. NEW AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINE. On Thursday, January Ist, will be published, No. 1, to be continued Monthly, in tlyo., with Two Engravings, price Halt-a-Crovrn, of T HE PLOUGH : a Journal of Agricultural and Rural Affairs. _ _ _ London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmont THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, In three acts, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cresar De Hazen, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Mar - Hans, Miss Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, babas (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. 11. Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.REET. 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. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. Ilumby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seyton, Miss Seyton. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GREEN RUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Age. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, stoker 1 Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will ?erform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Redford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To eonclude 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 Standtield, Esq., R.A. ; Daniel Maclise. _ _ Esq., R.A.; John Leech, Esq., and Richard Doyle, Esq On SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. 20, THIS THEATRE WILL OPEN for 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 TALE 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 Mre. Keeley will perform. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-6TREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack ; Trenquet, Mr. Granby; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orvllle, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. .liter which, will be produced a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, the RAILROAD FOOTMAN of BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Plush, Mr. Compton. To which will be added THE BRIGAND. To be followed by A MAN WITHOUT A HEAD. NEW STRAND THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT TWO. THIS EVENING Will be pertbrmed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Gregory; King of Denmark, Mr. Waldron ; Ophelia, Charles. To conclude with the Farce of THE WEATHERCOCK. NEW STRAND THEATRE. At the urgent solicitations of numerous friends, Mr. GREGORY is induced to take A BENEFIT, which he begs respectfully to state is a ppcinted for TO-MORROW NIGHT, Dec. 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. With other Entertainments, which will be expressed in the bills of the day. Tickets and Places to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of Mr. Gregory, 15, North Audley-street, Grosvenor-square. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. Embracing the whole Strength of tile 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. TO CORRESPONDENTS. By the Reform Act all ten pound householders, duly quell field, as well as Liverymen, have the right of voting at the election of Members for the City of London. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEc. 16. THERMOMETHER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 48; Noon, 46 , BAROMETER. 29.88.—W1ND, W.; fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. ,rning •• 53 minutes after 3 I Evening - 10 minutes after 4. ref:-4. 4 4 542 vl 4 Ac -q. A kop, T ar A A , 44;4 44111111111124 • oaf ..7Y . ., 4 - 1 X,7, 1 4 1 /1 2 1 a i n • )4 °' , ‘ tee fliøruiiti T iun LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1845 THE NEW MINISTRY. The following appeared in our Second Edition o last night : All the members of the late Cabinet in town, and others of the Liberal party, have assembled this morning at Lord Jonm RUSSELL'S; Up to this hour they remain in deliberation. Nothing can tran spire as to the result of their consultation until after this meeting. (FROM ♦ CORRESPONDENT.) A meeting was held at Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S residence, in Chesham-place, Belgrave-square, this day. One o'clock was the hour of meeting, but Lord MoapETH and other gentlemen arrived some time previous. Lord GREY, Mr. LAROUCHERE, Lord CLARENDON, Mr. MACAULAY, Lord PALMERSTON, and other lead ing members of the Whig party, were present. After the meeting breaks up, Lord Joux RUSSELL, it is expected, proceeds to Windsor Castle, to have an audience of her MAJESTY. The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night : , The meeting of the Liberal party, held at Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S, in Chesham-place, remained in de liberation for several hours. The result is believed to be, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL will undertake to form a Government. Little doubt can be entertained that, arriving at this conclusion, he has weighed the probable support and opposition he will receive or encounter from the different sections of the Tory party, and the line which the leaders of the late Cabinet will pursue. No details can be given until the QUEEN has approved the arrangements proposed, but if no difficulty, at present unforeseen, should arise, the particular positions of the new Administration will very shortly be announced. (FROST A CORRESPONDENT.) The political meeting at Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S residence broke up soon after three o'clock this afternoon, when the whole of the Noblemen and Gentlemen present took their departure. Some people are di spose d to t hi n k th at t h e l a t e resignation has been nothing but a trick—that Sir Rormar PEEL and Sir JAMES GRAHAM have done it to prove that the Whigs cannot repeal the corn-laws, 111 i. the Duke of RICHMOND save them, and to get themselves b ro ught back to office, and beat the Duke of WELLINGTON. We are not of this opinion. We e•;annot believe that Sir ROBERT PEEL would have Y of advisers at this criti ca l t i me deprived her AIAJ EST —critical both at home and in our relations with He Would America—in order to play a p art y trick. vt. have kept the trick in reserve, at any rate, till the meeting of Parliament. We take for granted that the measure on which the late Cabinet have foundered does not differ essen tially from total repeal of the corn-laws. There have beep explanations, to be sure, in the late Govern ment organs about compensation to the landed in terest by taking off taxes affecting it, and about in crease of direct taxation. But why did the Duke of WELLINGTON resist ? Why did Lord ABERDEEN'S Paper announce that the Cabinet were going to repeal the corn -laws? Why, after that announcement, did 'Tory Peers hasten to withdraw proxies from the Duke of WELLINGTON ? Why did the Duke allow them to be withdrawn ? And why—why, above all —did the Duke then break up the Mini-try ? The measure must have been as odious, as abhorrent from the professed principles of the PEEL Ministry as total repeal. The fact is, that the late sudden and mysterious resignation of the PEEL Cabinet has been the natural, though at the moment unexpected, end of a system of governing on false pretences. Is system could not go on for ever. The an of the de ceived—the shocks given to publi opinion by the continual contradictions between the practice of the Ministers and the principles which made them a Ministry—must, in time, be too much for them; yet they could not go on without doing, and they could not do without betraying. The potato blight and short harvest have accelerated their fate. Sir R. PEEL has found the limit of his power, and, by re signing, confessed that he can carry on his system no longer. Now, then, or never, has Sir R. PEEL the oppor tunity of redeeming, by an open course, past conduct, and of rallying round him the affec tions of the honest-hearted people of this country, by an independent support of Lord JOHN RUSSELL in a free-trade policy. Now or never must Sir ROBERT PEEL abandon the tactics which have hitherto characterised his course. He has a good opportunity now before him. A few days will show whether he means to use it; for, if Lord JOHN RUSSELL forms a Government, we take it for granted that it will be after receiving assurances from Sir ROBERT PEEL, but for which he would put the agriculturists to Mr. COBDEN'S reductio ad absurdum of a RICHMOND TYRREL•SIBTHORP Administration. There is one point connected with the present crisis on which we cannot but think there is a great mistake in the public mind. We see no likelihood of an immediate dissolution. Lord Jour; RUSSELL would of course try what he could do with the pre sent Parliament ; and if he could do nothing with them, he would be in not a whit worse posi tion than he is now—and could then dis solve ? But we hope and believe he will not undertake the formation of a Ministry without such explanations from his predecessor as would give every probability of his being able to get through a session of the present Parliament. And if Sir ROBERT PEEL were to come back, would he dissolve ? Sir ROBERT will " let well alone." We believe, then, there will be no dissolution in any case at present; and this is obviously a matter of great importance to the parties interested in the many projected railway schemes. The injury to innumerable private interests and to the money market, of a further locking-up of the large amount of capital invested in railway projects, would necessarily be a most powerful argument with either Lord JOHN RUSSELL or Sir ROBERT PEEL against a dissolution. It has long been our firm conviction that the oppo sition made by landlords and tenants to the repeal of the corn-laws has arisen entirely from ignorance. Persons who have considered this subject carefully, and who have viewed it calmly and without preju dice, have never had any doubt on the point ; but, unfortunately, the great majority of landowners have not been among that class. They have taken only a one• sided view of the question : they had become so accustomed to high rents during the war, arising as much from a change in the currency as from all other causes together, and were so terrified by the sudden fall which took place after the peace, and on the return to cash payments, that very few of them ever since have been able to hope for security from any other means than high protective duties. For thirty 3 ears these have been tried in every possible shape, and have uniformly failed. At one time it was fully believed that land could not be cultivated profitably unless between 70s. and 80s. per quarter could be obtained for wheat. That was found impossible. Various new schemes were tried. The Duke of WELLINGTON tried his hand to reform the law, which would not bear the test of experience ; and Sir R. PEEL, in order to please those who had placed him in power, made another ex periment equally futile, and which he was probably Convinced at the time would break down like all its predecessors. Protection in favour of any produc tion or manufacture, which amounts, like the sliding- scale, as nearly as possible to prohibition, has been found ruinous to industry and invention, and has only increased the evils which its advocates wished to avoid. Never was the fact more fully proved than by the operation of the corn-laws. There has been a constant fluctuation in prices, varying from 40s. to 80s. and 90s. the quarter for wheat, and when the high prices came, the farmers and the labourers suffered alike, and the profits went into the pockets of corn•factors and speculators. These facts have long been manifest to the great body of Scotch farmers, and we believe a general feeling prevails throughout the whole of the North that the total abolition of the protective system would be of the greatest benefit both to tenants and landlords. Some years since the Marquis of TWEEDDALE astonished the English pro tedtionists, at a meeting held in Freemasons' Ta vern, by asserting this doctrine in the most unequivocal lan guage, because he not only was convinced of its truth from personal conviction, but from the ge- neral sentiments of his countrymen. But we have a still higher authority in a letter from Lord KINNAIRD, published in another part of The Sun, which contains in a brief space the very best refuta tion we have yet seen of the absurd and mischievous doctrines maintained by the RICHMONDS, the Becic - INGUAMS, and the TYRRELLS. It is highly honour able to the Scotch nobility, many of them large landed proprietors, .to find them leading the way in such a cause, and endeavouring to convince their brethren of the South that all their fears are imaginary, and that they never can reckon upon security, or obtain the rents to which they are legitimately en titled, till the whole scheme of the corn-laws be erased from the statute-book. " The present un certainty," says his Lordship, "is the greatest bar to the improvement of the land in England. which improvement is capable of being carried to a very great extent, for I am satisfied that not only the produce but, in many instances, the rent also, . . might be greatly increased ; and in this I am borne out by the opinion of many practical agri culturists, as well as by my own observa tion." Lord KINNAIRD is entitled to be heard on such a question, and has a right to appeal to the authority of his neighbours, for possibly throughout the whole of Scotland there are not so good farmers as in Perthshire and Forfarshire, and the neigh bouring districts, to which be refers. It is need less to refer to the other points adverted to in this excellent letter, because it will be studied carefully by every man interested in this vital ques• tion. It cannot escape notice, and the arguments are so sound and unanswerable, that we are much mis taken if it does not produce a most salutary effect even in the camp of the enemy. The closing para graph we recommend to the attention of humane and upright men: like the Dukes of RICHMOND and BUCCLEUCH " As to the labourers, the condition of this class speaks for itself, notwithstanding the farce carried on at the dinners given to them by those who, by their own ad mission, and it is a fearful one for any man deliberately and after mature inquiry to make, that corn could be sold at a much cheaper rate in this country, and thus evi dently compelling the poor and industrious workmen, and their own labourers among the number, to expend a large proportion of their bard-earned gains for the fan cied protection of what is called the • agricultural in terest,' besides directly interfering with that wise and beneficent system ordained by the goodness of Provi dence, whereby one country is made to abound in one commodity and another in another—all more or less ser viceable to the necessities and comforts of human life. These short-sighted protectionists would render trade and commerce a curse rather than a blessing to mankind." London has pronounced, both by herself and by her representatives, against the corn-laws. As a city she has done her duty nobly, and a duty now de volves on each individual citizen, from the per formance of which there must be no shrinking. We are within a week of St. Thomas's-day, and at the present crisis it is absolutely requisite that the citizens should show the stuff they are made of. Not a single monopolist should be returned at the next election as a Com mon C ou ncilman for the City of London. W e are glad wards this subject is put prominently forward by several of the candidates. We extract the following from Mr. BENNOCICS address to the Ward of Crip plegate With in : ~ A s a commercial man, I Would break every chain that fetters the freedom of the commerce of nations. With an insufficiency of corn and a disastrous disea s e in the potato—the prospect of famine, trade pa ra l ysed, and the almost certainty of a severe winter aggravating the sufferings of the masses of the people-1 would abrogate first, and instantly, that most unrighteous of all laws, the existing corn-lavv. " The shelves of our manufacturers, merchants, and warehousemen, are groaning under the pressure of accumulated stock, while our brethren of America have a superabundance of corn and flour. They are willing to take our manufactures, if we in exchange will take their corn ; yet our wise rulers, blinded by a monstrous cupidity, have deb rmined that they in America shall be deprived of the means of physical warmth and comfort, and the people of England denied the bread of life. For the maintenance of an absurd and crotchety sliding-scale, the inhabitants of the one country, as well as the inhabitants of the other, are to be condemned to sickness, suffering, disease, and death : therefore, I advocate unmanacled trade." If the electors of Cripplegate Within do their duty they will not only return this gentleman at the head of the poll, but they will give him for colleagues none but men who are prepared to say " Ditto " to Mr. BE NOOK. The intelligence from Madrid is to the Bth inst., but it is without interest. Monday being the Feast of the Conception, the Bourse was closed. The Paris papers continue their remarks on the present state of parties in England. The Ministerial journals view the late change without apprehension, while the Republican party, represented by the National, rejoice in the event, as it is considered the certain forerunner of GuizoT's dowufal. IVe give an extract to show what spirit animates the party :—" The unforeseen return of the Whigs has made the deepest impression at the Palace. M. GUIZOT was twice summoned to St. Cloud yesterday, and has even returned thither to-day. An extraor • dinary courier has been forthwith dispatched to England, and it is hoped that he has arrived in time to prevent the appointment of that Lord PALMER STON, who is 'an enemy to our family.' Unfortu nately, external influences are of little weight in the internal politics of Great Britain, and the insolent PALMERSTON occupies among the Whigs a station im portant enough not to be easily driven from it. He must, therefore, be put up with, and we advise M. GUIZOT to submit to his return to office. He must, besides, be tired enough, he is not well, his health re quires rest, and he has an excellent opportunity of retiring. Let him, therefore, pack up his luggage, rejoicing at having raised France to the degree of splendour and glory in which we behold her. He will carry away with him all our regrets; but his destiny must be accomplished ; it was the foreigner that created, and it is the foreigner that will destroy him." The Epoque, supposed to be under the guidance of M. GUIZOT, takes of course a different view, and says :—" As regards France, it is certainly to be regretted that the Tory Cabinet should have quitted affairs, first on account of the Conservative principles which are applicable everywhere, and which exist in consequence of the long relations which exist between that Cabinet and the present Cabinet in France. But we believe that it is an error to suppose that this change in the British Cabinet will diminish the cordial relations between the two countries. When the Tories arrived at power, our Opposition foresaw and presaged the most insurmountable difficulties, and it is now to be seen upon how little foundation such predictions were founded. It is very probable that the same Calchas will still make use of the same oracle, but it is not the less probable that the oracle will this time again be false." The accounts from Africa continue very unfavour able. In addition to the difficulties caused by the operations of ABD •EL-KADER, discord has arisen in the French camp, and if we are to believe the corre spondent of the Presse, BUGEAUD and LAMORICIERE are at open war with each other. The report is extremely probable. We are only astonished that BUGEAUD had been allowed to go on so long in his mad career without exciting the opposition of the more prudent of his generals. The following letter, dated Algiers, Dec. 4, appears in the Presse : " Discord has invaded our camp. There is a quarrel, and war is almost declared between Marshal Bugeaud and some of his lieutenants ; it is the Commandant of the province of Oran, Lieutenant-General de Lamori• ciere, who is the subject of the feud. The latter has kindled the jealousy of the Marshal by laying claim to a large part of the military anccesses, the whole merit of which Marshal Bugeaud had the presumption to claim for himself. Some acts of resistance on General Lamoricfi:e's part, among others, the system of cle mency he displayed at the debia of the present cam paign, and a certain passage of a report to the Minis ter of War, in which he praises that system in such a way as to protest against the Dahra grotto's execu tion, have given the utmost displeasure to the Governor- General. From that moment the Marshal's ill-humour has been vented in bit ter reproaches ; he no longer spares his young rival, and he has him anathe matised everywhere. The Marshal's friends and con fidens vie in censuring the audacious rival of his glory, whom they call an ambitious pretender, a brouillon in epaulets, &c. But General Lamoricike's cause lacks riot defenders. In the army as well as among the civil population he has won a good deal of sympathy ; his prospects are thought well of, and it is supposed, per haps with some reason, that the Government secretly encourages him to maintain himself in the position he has assumed, were it but to keep the Marshal in due respect, by giving him umbrage, and letting him see that there is a successor ready to take his place. Be this as it may, it is certain that a noyau of partisans has formed about him. This coterie is called the Oran party, in opposition to the Governor's coterie, which is called the Algiers party. This accounts fir the seemingly inexplicable attitude of the various personages co-operating in the present western expedition. The Go vernor-General keeps isolated, as if to leave the chief of the Oran party in difficulties. He seems to strive to pre. vent any communications with him impossible, and to re duce them to the impossibility of acting efficiently. The latter, on the other hand, remain rarme au bras, and are not sorry to testify, by their inaction, the incapacity or ill will of the direction they are subjected to. Thus confu sion prevails in all the operations, and produces the splendid results you have beheld since the opening of the campaign. Discord, however, has invaded not only in the army, but the administration likewise. At Algiers the principal authorities are at daggers drawn. In short, we are in a state of complete anarchy, and our Government of Africa cannot be better compared than with the Court of King Petaud." Owing to the news from England, and probably also the very unsatisfactory accounts from Algiers, the French Funds on Sunday were greatly depressed, and the Three-per-Cents., which closed on Saturday at 81f. 20c., fell to 80f. 80c.; they afterwards rallied a little, and closed at 80f. 90c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEO. 15. An glo-Belgian 3 ' Madrid and Valencia... Barba does Boulogne and Amiens.. 7% Bordeaux &Mediterran Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 134 Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. Callao, Lima, and Pa cific Coast Central of Spain Ceylon . Demerara Dendre Valley ...... Dutch Rhenish . Dieppe & Paris Jana. Dijon and Mnlhouse East Indian ...... Fampoux & Hazebrouk Grt Northern of France Constituted l2 Do: Pepin le Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada 3 1 / 2 Jamaica S Mid. Junction Do. North Midland — Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and J.mappe 194 Lyons and Avignon — Luxembourg Namur and Liege — North Jamaica ... Orleans and Vierzon •• Orleans and Bordeaux 10 Over Yssel Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) 2% Ditto (Ganneron's). 3 Ditto (Calon's).... 2 Ditto (Sud Est) Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen .. . . 36 Paris and Strasburg ( Ga nneron's ) Do. (Comps de L'Est) 17 Do, (Aymarcra) Paris and St. Quentin — Rouen and Havre.— Royal North of Spain. Sambre and Meuse IStrasburg and Basle iTournay,Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ... Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) De. (Lefebvre's),.... e. ( I. Da. (O'Neill's) Trinidad ........... — Verona and Ancona — West Flanders — MPERIAL PARLIAMENT• HOUSE OF LORDS. Parliament was further formally prorogued yesterday, to Tuesday, the filth of the present month. Shortly after two o'clock the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Earl of Haddington, took their seats at the foot of the Throne, as Lords Commissioners, when Mr. Pulman, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, was commanded by the Lord Chancellor to summon the House of Commons to the bar of the House of Lords, to hear the Commission read. After the lapse of a few minutes, Mr. W. Ley, the Second Clerk of the House of Commons, attended by several officers, but not a single Member, appeared at the bar, when the Commission having been read by the Clerk at the table, The LORD CHANCELLOR, in her Majesty's name and by her command, declared the present Parliament prorogued to Tuesday, the 30th of the present month of December, The Lord Chancellor, who appeared in mush better health, came to town, we understand, for the purpose of acting as one of the Lords Commissioners. Lady Lyndhurst was also present during the ceremony. Basil Montagu, Esq., the Accountant in Bank ruptcy, is to retire on a pension, and Mr. Richard Clarke, the Chancellor's Secretary of Bankrupts, is to succeed him. The salary is 1,5004 a year, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000 bales, at previous rates. Oa Friday 10,000 bales Egyptian are to be offered publisly.—Shares were in but little request, and prices declined. The proceedings at the Guildhall of the first commercial City in the known world, which took place yesterday, have been the subject of very general conversation in all public and private circles, and to the Third Edition of The Sun last evening many hundreds of private individuals, as well as the clubs of the City, are indebted for a full report of the speeches delivered on the occasion. It is not our province to speak of west- eild matters, but still we cannot omit to remark, that the same facilities were afforded to clubs, west of Temple•bar, for reading the speeches delivered in the Guildhall on the now all important topic of the repeal of the corn-laws. On 'Change yesterday afternoon the City meeting was almost the sole topic of conversation. Merchants and traders hold the opinion that meetings such as that of yesterday must give a doubly increased impetus to the movement, and to the final settlement of the corn-law question. Bright prospects are looked for in commerce and in trade, when from the statute-book shall be expunged the odious corn-laws. As the Halifax steamers may now be said to be full due, our advices are daily looked for, and with increased anxiety. American merchants here think a war on the Oregon ques • tion very improbable. The glorious state of the weather, time of year considered, is expected to prove of material advantage to the potatoes, but we regret to find that the price has again been very de cidedly advanced. Whether the large consumption begins to sell upon the supply it is not in our power positively to say, but in one respect advanced prices must check this, for many are already restricting themselves in the enjoyment of this nutritious article of food. - The public securities have been again rather buoyant, and at the opening brought fully yesterday's advance, though just now they are slightly lower. For time the bargains have been at 92 1 / 2 3 / 4 , and the prices now are 929 %. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 94% to %, and are now 94% to %, and the Three per Cents. 92% 1 4. Bank Stock is worth 200%. On Exchequer-bills the pre mium is 225. to 19s. The Foreign Bonds are steady, and in some respects firmer than they have been for the last two or three days. Spanish Three per Cents. have been marked 381/. Mexican Bonds have been at 30 to 29%, Colombian at 16%, and Peruvian at 35. Dutch Two •and-a• Half per Cents are worth 59% to 60, and Belgian 95%. • For Shares the inquiry is dull, but prices are firm again. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock ......... •••.... ..... ...• 200% 200 1 / 2 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 a ...ong Al trinities toexpireJan.lB6o 10% 5-16 10 5-16 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001... 92% pm. 19 pm. 19 pm. 23 CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. PRICES Brazilian Bonds Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 16% 16% Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 35 35 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. 3 per Cent 38% 38% Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent ......... 95% 9314 Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. Account ..... ... ••••••••••• 5934 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93% 93 93 Ditto. Account PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY 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% - ••••••. Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 Ditto New 17% — Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. — Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 225. Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... .. Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester..: 30 ...... 51 Bristol and Liver. June . 2 1 ,4. Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian & Grand Janc 42s Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 ,4 3A112••• , Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 114 — , , Canterbury and Dover.. IN — Central Kent Chelmsford and Bury... 1% - , Cheater and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ClydesdaleJ unction 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 21,4 Cork and Waterford ... 11 4 1 Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bin and Leicester 11.x...... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter I )erliy and Crewe Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ... 1%...... Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford ... 2%.....; . Direct Manchester ( Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's)...... VA__ Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh 1%....„ Dublin and Belfast June 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway.— 4 — Dudley, Madely, and Broseley ... 2 5 ,i, Dundalk & Enniskillen 21/ 2 — Eastern Counties 14/. 1 65....... 19Xii 20% ... 20% Ditto New 61. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......6/. 13s. 4d.... .. .... •••••••••• Ditto ditto, No. 2... 41. 13s. 4d... EastDereh'in andNoech 1 ,••... Eastern Union 25 .. •••_ Ditto, Quarter Shares 33A • Ditto Extension .. . ••••• Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 • ...... ..... _ Do. E x ten'n to Norw'h 21/ 2 .... .. Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%___ _ East Lincolnshire East & West of England 156„.„ . Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... __ Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...„ _ Ditto, New ... 7% . ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 A ...... __ ... . ........ .•• • Edinburgh and Perth... 1% ..... 23% Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 •••... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2%...... ...... _ Essex and Suffolk .. ..• 1%...... Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2 3 / 4 ...,,. _ Glouc.,Abeiystwith, and Central of Wales " 1y 3 ..... __ i Goole and Doncaster 42s• ...... -- "' Grand Junction ...100 ...... ....... "*. Ditto Half Shares 5O ...... -- Ditto Quarters - 25 ...... -- Grand Union l% ....... •• Great Eastern &Western 2%...... -_ ......... . .. GreatGrimsby and Shef field 5 Great South. and West. •••••••• ...... sy a s/ Consols for Account » 921/ s/ .xchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 / 2 d 20 22 19 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small - ONE O'CLOCK ••• 78 5 ~.. 51 ,•• l 3 .... 1 18 ................... (Ireland) Ditto Extension - - ............ .. . Great Munster 2 ...... ... ........... Great North of Scotland 2 ;4' ...... ............... Great North of England 100 •— ... ...... • ..... Ditto New.... 5 Do. New „._ ........ 2 .... ............ ... Great Western BO ......148 ............... Ditto'/ Shares Ditto 1 4 Shares 2% - ............... Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 —— ............ .. Harwich ...... ............... Hull and Selby 5O ...... ... ..... ..... Ditto 1 4 Shares _ Do. Half Shares 2 ...... •••••......... 34 3 / 4 Inverness and Elgin 1 - 00000000000 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 .... '" "' 00000 •• Irish North Midland 1 %.. ..... . ******** Isle ofAxhohne 25 ..... Killarney Junctions 1 ...... _. ............ .. Kendal and Windermere 1 ...... Lancaster and Carlisle 3O ...... Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena - Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225.. Leicester and Bedford... 225. ... Leicester and Tamworth 425. Livery. and Manchester.loo ... - Do. % Shares Do. Quarters 25 ...... -- Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. :.. 2 % Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction 212 210............210 ....- Landon and Birminghmloo Do. Thirds Do. 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ...... IV, — London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 8 % Do. New Ditto Extension ...... 3 ..... • 61% ......... • 61% London and Brighton... 50 ..... Do. consolidated Bths... 35 Ditto, Sixths 20% London and C r oyd on , 131. 15s. 9d. 2 0 '4 /4 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent... 8 Lon., Chel., 0x. 1 G10., and Hereford London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — London Hounslow, And Western Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d — Do. New Consol. Bths 20 - Do. New Do. New London& South Essex 2% ...... London aud Yo r k 2% 3% 4 1 /4 London and Windsor ... 1 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ..„.,•,• 24 London, Salishury, and Yeovil .„.. ......... 2%.•—• 149nclonderryZaleraino 0 - 21A 85 ... 312 THE .SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY _MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1845. Londonderry and Ennis killen ... 5 ...... ...... .., Lynn and Ely Lynn and Derehatu 5 — Manchester and Leeds .. 76 Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths 1 Do. Sixteenths ... 4 , 4 — Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters 4 ...... 10 1 4 Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 42s. Manchester, Birm., and Moult Junction .. .. — — Manchester and Rugby Direct . — - Manchest. &Southampt. 2 . 2% 2% WI dlitod 100 .....141 142 ... 142 Do. 1 7 ifths 2 Do. New 'Midland, Birm., Derby...loo lll ... 111 Midld. & East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western (Irish) • ........ .••• - Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2 3 / 4 ... ~ ..... Newcastle and Darling ton J unction 25 ...... 51 3 / 4 Do. New Brandling... 15 Newcastle and Remick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 / 2 ...... New Ross and Carl0w... 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2 % — Newark, Sheffield, aid Boston ... .. .. ......... 2%.• Norfolk Extension — — North British Do. Half Shares Do. Exten. to Carlisle VA 2 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon... North of Norfolk .. Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 / Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% — North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 23/4% p 2% p North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich amt Brandon l6 Ditto New 3 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham 2 Nottingham and Boston 1% — . Nottingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester 1% Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth, & Southamptn 425. — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..., Perth and Inverness ... 2 % „Aft— ... ..... — Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 .... - .7 Portsmouth Direct ...... 3 3 / 4 3 l /2 334 Preston and Wyre Do. 1 / Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond 5 — Rugby, Derby, and Man chester .. 2%...... Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington, sal Warwick Rugby, Warwick. and. Worcester.... ...... ... 425. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 5 — Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 ShrewEbury and Birm... 2 1 / 2 ..... •••• ••• Shropshire Mineral 425....... Shropskire Union Shrewsbury & Heretord 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp , & S. Staffordsh. June. 214 Sligo and Shannon Somersetshire Midland 2./ 8 South Devon... 25 South Midland 42s. South & Midlands Jane. 425. .. - South StaffordshireJunc. 2 1 /,, — ...... ........ South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d — ••• •• Do., No. 1 l2 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., .N;I. 4 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 425. St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond .. 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 A — South Wales 2 l /2 Taw Vale Extension ... - ••• •• •• Teen and Dove Valley 1% — ..... . •• Trent Valley 2 .... . Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2 1 / 2 Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2 Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwicli and Worcester 425. Watertbrd and Kilkenny 3 .. Waterford and Limerick 71 ,4 — ••• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin ‘v aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ... 2 Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties •• • • ••• Wexford and Carlow ... 2{ 2 ,4 ...... Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ... 2 1 % 2 3 /4 3........... Worcester,Hereford,Ross and Gloucester 425. Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow 2 3 /4 Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ... .. 13a Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 — Ditto, New Tork and Carlisle 2 3 /4 2 .......««... York and Lancaster 2% York and North Midland 50 Dia.) % Shares 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby ..... ..,••...••• Do. Extension - 5 FOREIGN RAIL WAY s. Anglo-Belgian... 4 Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and A miens... 8 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders •• Callao, Lima, and Pacific ..•• Coast Central of Spain ... . Ceylon.ss. Demerara 21% ... — Dendre Valley 2 - .. Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Dutch Rhenish 5 East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted ... Great Paris aid Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 14 .... . Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension ...... ... 1 -.— Jersey Louvain and Jenteppe... 4 ... . Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg... ......... .. 4 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius 1 Namur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 4/ 33 4d Paris &Lyons(Laffitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's)... ... ........... 3 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 2 1 / 2 Paris &Lyons (Sod Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 1 •••••• ^^ 50 1 4 8 %a _Vi 11% 24 ten Paris and Strasbourg 20 (Ganneron's) Do. (Cornpe de L'Eat) 2 Do (Avinard's) Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre Loyal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 ...... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 - .• 1~ 13~ ..flee Alitatie ..... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 4 -- Tours and Nantes (Mae kenzie's) .... ..... ....... 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 - 2 -- • Trinidad' a) 21/2 Verona and Ancona.... 3 West Flanders ...... .... 4 MINES. Bolanos Scrip Real del Monte Unregd. United Mexican 281.25. 81d... 3 3 / 4 3 3 A COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTEADAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 11 Gibraltar.. ...... ...... . Ditto, at eight l2 71 L eg h orn 3O 71 Rotterdam 2U. 12 11/ Genoa 26 10 Antwerp 26 15 Milan ...... ....... ..... . Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice . ... . — Alton Naples 392 Paris,3 days' sight... 25 75 Palermo, per oz ll9l Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Lisbon .. ... .. .52i Marseilles 26 10 Oporto s2* Bourdeaux 26 10 Rio Janeiro .. 231 Frankfort on Maine 123 Bahia —.......... ...... Petersburgh, 3 Us.. Buenos Ayres -.— Berlin — NewTork,2ldyssight Vienna, effee. do lO 9 Philadelphia .......... .... Trieste, ditto Madrid 36 b Foreign Gold, bars..X3 17 9 Cadiz Bilbao — New Doubloons.... 0 0 0 Barcelona __ Seville ... Silver in Bars.... 0 4 11i COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their early morning walk in the grounds around the Castle, and also visited the Royal Gardens at Frog more for some time. Afterwards her Majesty rode out in a pony phaeton, the Prince driving. The Countess of Des%rt, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Deve reaux, were in another pony carriage and four. Major- General Wemyss and Sir Edward Bowater attended on horseback. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken for their accustomed early pony and walking exercise. The Royal Family were also taken out in the afternoon. Sir Henry Wheatley left the Castle to day. The Earl of Liverpool did not arrive yesterday on a visit. Mr. R. Ormsby Gore has succeeded Captain Meynell as the Groom in Waiting t , the Queen. Major-General Wein V,S 'MI relieved Colonel Buckley in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty. The royal dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and her Lady in Waiting, the Baroness de Speth, Sir George Couper, and Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards will at tend during dinner, and her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend at the Castle. A meeting was held at Lord John Russell's residence in Chesham-place, yesterday. There v. ere present Earls Grey, Auckland, and Cla rendon, Viscounts Palmerston and Morpeth, Sir John H9bhouge, Sir George Grey, Right Hon. Edward El lice, Right Hon. F. T. Baring, Right Hon. T. B. Mac aulay, and the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. The meeting broke up at three o'clock. Lord Monteagle visited Lord John Russell yesterday. Sir John Hobhouse arrived in town yesterday morn ing, and immediately went to attend the meeting at Lord John Russell's. Lord Morpeth has arrived in town. The Right Hon. Edward Ellice has arrived in town. Mr. H. Lambton, M.P., arrived in town on Monday night. - Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. Mr. loss had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office fur the Governors of the West India Colonies. Sir John and Lady Yarde Buller and Miss Buller have left Farrance's Hotel, for Lupton House. The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensberry ar rived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, from their seat in Scotland. HAMBUKGH MAIL. BERLIN, DEC. B.—We are authorised to state that there is no foundation for the assertion given in several journals, that among the persona arrested in Poland for political offences there, is an officer. Several arrests have, however, taken place since our communication of the 11th of last month, and the investigation is proceed ing pith all possible diligence ; but as, from the nature of the case, the strictest secrecy must be observed, all the accounts of the results given in the journals are merely founded on conjecture. We must also designate as a fable, destitute of all foundation whatever, the statement published in the Weser Gazette, that " the people in the little town of Samter had risen, and made an attack on the depot of the landwehr." In fact, the tranquillity of the Grand Duchy has been nowhere in terrupted, though there is no want of such reports to alarm the peaceable inhahitents. P.S.—M. Dunker, the Director of Police, was sent to the kingdom of Poland, furnished with special powers by the Russian and Prussian Governments, to trace there the threads of the conspiracy. The authorities here have in their hands a proclamation by the conspirators, which appeared also in the kingdom of Polland, and the origin of which is traced to Paris. A discontented Russian Prince, residing in that city, is said to be the author of it. The erre: ts in the kingdom of Poland continues, and very serious notes have been aAlressed to the French and Belgian Governments, under whose eyes the plot is said to be continued.— Unive, sal Prussian Gazette. HANOVER, DEC. B.—The illness of our Crown Prince is not so serious as might have been inferred from the ac counts published in some foreign journals. It was only a severe cold which obliged his Royal Highness to keep to his room for a few days. He is now rapidly recover ing, and will soon be able to go out. - MARRED!, DEC. 3.—The affairs of the German Catholic community have arrived at a new stage, The congregations, both here and at Heidelberg, applied at their very outset for licenses from the Government for the public celebration of Divine worship. In answer to this, a Ministerial rescript has been issued, to the effect that their application cannot be complied with till they form a recognised chief with complete civil r;ghts, or at least till they have applied for and obtained for,nal toleration as a religious community. The so callkA German Catholic Church will make, as such, but little progress in this country. The appearance of some persons has injured it here; but it would he a great mis take to suppose that the religious movement which spreads more and more would gradually give way to the old indifference ; on the contrary, the idea of a union of Roman Catholics and Protestants in one Christian Catholic Church is much approved of in many quarters. We believe that a decided crisis in that direction may very probably not be long delayed. WARSAW, Nov. 21.—The Jews in the kingdom of Poland are again subjected to another restriuion. It is well known that one of their principal trades was the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors. An ukase of the Senate has now been issued, which almost entirely puts an end to that branch of their trade. They are not to brew beer, to distil brandy or liquors, &c. ; they are not to sell them b) retail, nor to live in inns, taverns, or public-houses of any kind, nor to employ Christian servants to do it for them. MURDER OF SIR LAWRENCE JONES, BART. The Impartial of Smyrna, of the 28th ult., contains the following account of the murder of Sir Lawrence Jones, Bart., by a parcel of brigands:— "On the 6th, at two o'clock in the afternoon, two English gentlemen, viz., Sir Lawrence Jones, Bart., and Captain Twopenny, left Macri for Smyrna ; they were accompanied by a Greek dragoman of the name of Nicoll, and also three conductors. On the night of the same da3 they all slept at Karghi, and the next day, a, twelve o'clock, they found themselves at the foot of the m:nintain called Elhassils-Bel, where they stopped to breakfast. During this repast one of the conductors ob serve d to the dragoman that two or three Zbybeeks were at a &stance in front, but as he in a short time lost sight of them, the voyageurs were undisturbed and their route was continued. But they had not proceeded more than six minutes on their journey, when they were suddenly assailed by a warm fire of musketry from behind one of the rocks of the mountain. Sir Lawrence Jones fell dead, as well as the Greek Nicoli, by this fatal discharge ; Captain Twopenny was also grievously wounded. The robbers, without the least fear of being recognised, ap proached and began to take possession of everything which they could lay their hands upon. Captain Two penny miraculously escaped from being dispatched. One of the brigands had already pointed his pistol to the chest of the wounded captain, when a fellow brigand turned the aim of the pistol, and it went off in a different di rection. Having remained for about an hour and a half upon the stage of the field of murder, the robbers de parted. Captain Twopenny, aided by his conductor, with difficulty remounted his horse. It was not until twelve hours ride of fatigue that the suffering gentleman arrived at Macri, weltering in his blood, which was running from his numerous wounds. He had done every thing in his power to take with him the remains of his departed and unfortunate friend, but could not succeed. He was satisfied with cutting off a lock of his hair, and taking a ring off his finger (which had escaped the ra pacity of the robbers), as a sort of souvenir to his afflicted family. On his arrival at Macri, his first care was to look after the body of his companion, which was brought to Macri on the 9th, as well as that of Nicoll ; both of them were buried in the Greek chapel, with all the cere monies and rites of that faith. This affecting news has produced the most melancholy sensation amongst the English residents at Smyrna." DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF A STEAR-BOILER, AND PART OF A FACTORY BLOWN UP. BOLTON, DEC. 15.—A little after one o'clock this afternoon, as the hands ill the cotton-mill of Messrs. Rothwell and Kitts, situate in Black Horse-street, Great Bolton, were about to resume work, after the dinner hour, an explosion of one of the boilers took place, which being situate under the building, the consequences are most disastrous. The mill is six stories high, and one end of it was entirely blown up by the explosion, spreading the utmost terror throughout the neighbourhood. When the post left, Mr. Rothwell, nephew of the late Mrs. Rothwell, Mr. King, the manager, and one or two others, had been taken out dead, and a number seriously injured. Mr. Kitts was in the engine -room when the explosion took place, and was much scalded. Every exertion is being made to save some who can be heard under the ruins; and we are led to hope that the loss of life will not be so great as might have been expected under the circumstances. The forthcoming new grand comic Christmas pantomime at Drury-lane is understood to be founded on the nursery tales of " Gulliver's Travels." BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 14.—Last Friday evening the 12th inst., the long promised representation of Sophocles' Antigone was given at our theatre. The house was crowded in every part. The delayed production of this tragedy on our stage was, we tfnderstand, attributable to an accident which bad befallen Miss Vandenhoff, occasioning a lameness which prevented her appearing in public for these three months past. We congratulate her on her recovery, though we observed, with regret, that her movements were not alto gether unconstrained, and we missed, in consequence, two or three of those beautiful transcripts from Grecian statuary which lent such classic grace and dignity to her Antigone on the boards of Covent-garden. Vandenhoff, as Creon, looked and moved an impersonation of Olympian Jove. The choruses, generally, were up to the business of the scene, and we doubt not, as the tragedy is announced to run through the week, that every night will render them more easy and perfect. There was some mistake, or failure of intent, in the closing scene which caused the finale to fall flatly ou the sense. This will, doubtless, be remedied on repetition. The several beauties of this classic a l d rama requ i re a cultivated taste to appreciate and enjoy them ; we speak from expert once, and can tell our reade rs it improves on repetition.— From a Correspondent. 70V 10814,4 51 3 i 113/4 21 ,/ i - 21 A - 54, 1 3 1/2 _ 9% 26 2p 35 141 A 3 1 % 1% . ... 314 DEEP SEA FISHINGS• BY MR. DEMPSTER. (From the Caledonian Mercury) Annually before the 24th of June there arri l. 4, Brassy Sound, in Shetland, a fie( t of fishing Y7" h o amounting at times t o a b ove one th o usand. 'tot vessels nre called busses, and principally belong t u A Dutch, Danes, and G ermans . Th e vesse ls are frc ) w g i to 80 tons burden. They are decked, strong bu ilt ' ~ carry a crew of from 14 to 20 hands. The busseV regularly fitted out with every requisite material, for catching, curing, and packing the herrings irb„ s o crews of those busses b ecome sa il ors , fi s hers, curg'7' coopers by turns. .1 0 ()n the 24th of June th e fi s hi ng fleet sal. ° ' bed Brassy Sound in quest of the deep sea herr:ngs; itl track is known and the shoals of herrings follow the vessels. The herrings caught in deep certain quantity of fixed sel in them, and are 60 ° ,0 , to sr o f those caught in shoal water, as they go there When herrings are caught by the Dutch they, are Tbei carefully handled, so as not to injure the scale' n oir are assorted into three kinds, namely, wari es ': t rigt sized—rolen, full-sized—glen barring, shetten heetl Gutting, Billing, and bleeding with a knife, is Oil, 0 process (which can be done cleanly and e ffectasP o ro board ship when weather permits), they are the, ll .. with Mediterranean Bay salt and a salt prepareu land, which gives them an excellent flavour. b oreli The Dutch are particular about the wood their ot beti water Pr of • are made of, choosing well-seasoned oak to gul p t he as they think other descriptions of wood giv e .„ g the pickle a bitter taste. Whil st packing the heir! fou Dutch are also parti cu l ar; they wish to retain . „ e ae eo plump shape as much as poss ibl e. Th e y deal l r itigi them into the barrel s . I n a ll f ore i gn countries li g e ord are mostly eaten in a raw state, so that a fi b tip the clean-looking app earance i s a recomme ndation bi b Dutch cured herring. The Dutch get re r loso ol prices for their early caug h t h err i ngs i n the cel l markets. a logi s I Accompanying the fishing fleet there are number of fast-sailing p agers , or cutters . Wh en 01 tity of herrings have been caught and cure d °l oom the busses, they ar e sent direct to the 0 2 0 0 markets by those y agers . Th ey h ave been i t n i . o l, o realise a clear profit o f from 131. to 15/. per early herring. of .. .0 11°1' It is asserted by D e Wi tt, a grcat stategt ue nn e n bing land, in his "I n t erest o f H o ll an d , " that 3, , glr m and 40,000 sailors were emp l oye d i n the fisu e iaisg" that the United Provinces thereby gained gr cn his calculations five millions sterling per alln uni. ,sjoi lk. The most of D u t c h fi s hi ng vessels belong t i n ed stock companies. w " eie,k The next of imp or t ance i s th e super i o r n ave- 0 on by the Dutch and E ng li s h fishing, for co s oog , white fish. They most ly use h an d li ne s, an° , the fish takes the bait they are immediately i : t s hooked by the mouth or lip. If the fish be_ f e te rie are put into a well ; if d ea d, th ey are s hortly s' cut up and pickl e d i n t o b arre l s . fish h'te The most gen e r a l mo d e o f ca t c hing w•- 1 „ober Scotland is by settin g l ong li nes w i t h a great l i l a Pr: hooks. Those lines are allowed to lie in thew: 1 0 01g; considerable time before being hauled, so tb ° ll3e il fish happen t o t a k e t h e b ait s h ort l y a fter the _t o b e fori by struggling they soon di e , an d if long de b being brought t o th e s h ore, t h ey a re not io sun f t erpr w. condition f o r c uri ng as t h ey are immediate l y • mica caught. Amongst other improvements in the Scottish ufrogol, the trawl net might be introduced. It ja ‘` e of e ti there are plenty of sole and other descriptioastos, cate flat fish, ab out san d y b ays an d banks V, 010 of Scotland, that are p r i nc i pa ll y to b e caugh t trawl net. LLOYD'S SHIPPING . sr. Lifsmox, D. 16.—Wind W.S.W., weather. ffele s oo DEAL, DEC, 15.—Wind W, to Nr L" - • sr "'A . jal) therina, Boer, New York. Arrd. from the AP„ ts; Williams, for the South Seas ; Emu, Smith, r, ° ' Blundell, Daniell, Calcutta ; Varuna, 31 0 n 1° ' •%onf t oot Charles Carter, Br an d, Al goa B ay ; M e dora, P c l o otaS id ol paraisio ; Sklad, Bulonovich, Rio Janeiro ; n ehaw., - Al Repitto, Bahia ; Elizabeth Wood, Crosbie, Ada, Broadhurst, Jamaica ; London, Freerntieb , s w William Henry Angas, Th omas . H on duras ; $l , Whittle, Honduras. 5i 5116 DUNDALK, DEC. 12.—51 d., Lord Napier , John's, N.B. yotY DUNDEE, DEC. 10.—S1d. Glammis Castle, ~e • i f spe - 4 LEITH, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Pomona, Templeton' phi *. YARMOUTH ROADS, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Bruce, S t. '„diskd• PLYMOUTH, DEC. 13.—Ar r d. P row ler, Newf o mar . : . " OFF PILL, DEC. 14.—M ex i can , D unn ing, pjo LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—Wind W.S.W. to 0 l';'„tt,;„:er Caurier, Smith, Calcutta ; H o p e , Crawford, 11 %1(F:0 Saldanha Bay ; Per a ll an , Garvin Havannab;' shire, Chase, New Orleans ; Mary imball, GregoTcre-,0, ton; Hottiuguer, Bu rs l e y, New . York ; Zanoni, S I iirr• Eliza Norrison, Davi es , Q ue b ec; Ocean Que eli ,:o . V' / 1 Quebec, put back. 15 t h, C aro li ne , f or Sierra Let,,iiiia rest, St. John's, New, B runsw i c k. Off port, C a, " The Broad Oak. h fret° jP ;lie ell WHITSTABLE, DEC. 14.—Th e W a ter „ w o o to Terceira, has been a ss i s t e d i n to this bay' ashore on the Red Sand. t i t li DEAL, DEC. 15.—The Duke of Manchester , fro QB to Jamaica, which was ashore on Sandwich Flatsch7or was floated off thi s morn i ng , an d i s now at an ,AO l Downs, making but little water. . 'lo ll 'ol POWEY, DEC. 14.—The stern-board of a 511111' 0 " Panope," of Liverpool, was passed off Lundy Li hip 10th inst. by the Amity, arrived at this port. ni co o i f p BIDEFORD, DEC. 15.—The Oregon, Rowe, fr° - ' theiNn g a i l a e a n s r d i o s c t u a r m r uc o e k n o off on near r rocky t t h h e e te b ildl e te a7h bc , uet a goa n fg d nalihn i s is' N 'he er :r y tb°o le : sk .-sb : ::11-11111)11.; fro g pected to be got off next tide eft 4 0 1 . LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—The Massachussetts a-;ore this port, put into Holme s H. le, after being 0 ° ce oll and thrown overboard part of cargo, and sailed then 00 . 20th ult. for New York. h BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 13.—Two wrecks h av e floating near the Smithick Sand. ; MARGATE, DEC. 15.—The Sarah Flem.ns, from andria to Dundee, whirl; was on shore near Ringagata i r o ; 12th instant, was assi s ted off this morning, after dr most of her cargo, with rudder disabled and loss of al' chains, &c., and towed into this harbour. from RAMSGATE, DEC. 15.—The Tetus, Make l s on, Algiers, has put in here with the deck load throw', board, having been on shore on Margate Sand. _ be YARMOUTH, DEC. 15.—A vessel, reported Augusta, of North Bergen, from Smyr w i na to the O s g e pt '- towed into the roads this afternoon, with decks .4 t, other damage. thiS rto WELLS, DEC. 15.—The Industry, Powditch, o f s o t° le is on shore at the entrance of the harbour, but al 3 P ° little damaged at present. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The Danish Goll- e o r E nni N e L nt lG h H as T,B iv A e L n Tr ot . ice tk , soeta a p r4 light has been established on th e e a s t e rn point of o' no rtbriio The lighthouse stands in latitude 54 deg. 57 n iiih w iciP longitude 12 deg. 32 m i n . 45 see , eas t a Green be oeep• light is 82 feet above the level of the sea, and tual be cota o o the distance of about th ree l eagues between t dire r bearings of East and S. W. half W., in which We' it is concealed by the cliffs. lat * FLORES LIGHT, RIVER PLATA' n i v er7 . „det The revolving light on Flores Island, in the "..,„0, es' j 0 having been plundered of its lamps by the lightk e rbe the orders of General Oribe, the Government °,, Oriental, at the instance of the British and Frent e has announced its re-establishment, but under the PPre• change in its character :—The entire revolution 0 . 5 sof 11 which was formerly completed in seven minut es ,' 1 0 0°, 0 0 duced to three minutes; in the course of which , SO 40 of darkness will take place, one of half a rti,e' i r g st other of a minute and a half in duration. The feet above the sea, and shows all round the waltz D ip LOSS OF , THE HOPE, OF LOND_,, ° ' to the et' The following extract from a report address7,,, o ch ti rifle Authority at Havre, by the Master of the Fie chantinan, Les deux Freres Unis, has been 1°- Ro i ; Lloyd's by the French Coisul-General.— s ped `, - 0 0 1I ; " The 20th October, at one o'clock, P.M., r welt - kiaa ward, at a short distance, of a three-masted v iano' dismasted, with the exception of her bowsprit, ''""Till art of the bulwarks carried away from stem to stern. sod ros sel had nothing on deck but the stump of a d of the topmast; the hatches were open, and 5 5b6 a s was waterlogged and laden with timber. o h " d dio upright on her keel, was not very dirty, but ";, 0 00 0 00 0 barnacles along her sides, which caused me to 1- ithapti she had been for a long time in that conditiont:,,u aP (10/ written on her stern, Hope, London.' The u "bablieSt' o be uninjured and in good condition, and it is P . ,„,'; she will remain for a long time, and occasion aw;,,,,e0 Her position, minutely determined at the time , '8 mm. N. lat., and 22 deg. 50 min. W. long. - MR. E SCOTT AND MS TORY CONST II. Ylb° We understand the majority of the committ ee tb° to ducted the election of Mr. Escott, have, durittiastiso week, signed a declaration, expressing their deter :I l ls Mei. withhold their support from him, in the event ,eviacill e se becoming a candidate for the representation or,' 00 , r This manifesto has been duly forwarded to the 'rind 4s ber, but the course he will follow under such nove". e - e n : for what disagreeable circumstances, is yet to be ~'- r an sel4l hostile missive will not, we think, take him by s ,"o 3 g .. ,;sit his recent conduct proved that he expected sorn e- e - 0 1 '. 1). kind. His coquetting with the Liberals is no w tli:LClle and from the pi esent aspect of affairs it seems ", - 1.1 01- tlid will realise the truth of the old adage, which pow t e l danger of leaning upon two stools. With ree tp. ec soAcri conduct of the clique who have treated their q— _l'm so cavalierly, we hardly think it the right one* onerl P , 13f not appear that the Conservative electors, zosie bo ; have been consulted. The letter of dismissal w'l'9 to no less than twenty electors. "Influential" tu`." •ve v; ee tt , but to assume the power of sending a re present right-about, ,without consulting the c onstitueli c P,,ill l l6 very like a dictation, to which we think the lattecr". pr'ei quietly submit. The proper course towards both 310;i0geg and his supporters, was to have called a publi c : e€: the latter, to which he should have been invil— t he- of heard his explanation of his past and future conduct.' 0 0001 tors could have come to a conclusion if he was, or was 0 1_ 4 11 I man to represent them. It is rumoured that the 00 ", W i no intend to put up Mr. Fleming, of Stoneham parkt, a ; aro Do election, if his consent can be obtained. S h o na, f t . 0 • the case, and should Mr. Escott again offer hirnse t j dOf at the late Mayor's dinner pledged himself ..ro°oll, curious state of things will present itself at the qr y dissolution of Parliament. We shall have three I,_e,.'sj jo dates, and one of' them relying for his seat on Li u`^ t bst by port. We say Liberal support; for it is now clear be t Mr. Escott is a ga i n returned for Winchester, it plus Olt the aid of those who opposed him at the last election...nod c lear `llO 3O . such a result was foreseen by Mr. Escott, is from his speeches. Those who have heard, or re% 1 i ,..0 0 cannot fail to have observed that, while a tone of LI, pervaded them, there was a cautious abstinence frsinu e be a shrinking from an explicit avowal of ;,piniou „ booe t absorbing topic of the day—the c;:rit-lavrs—ivhieb t o ut t i .":‘ and straightforward politician would have given w" - A p - ligP - : mystification and circumlocution in which Mr.liscot t to deal. The state of parties in Winchester is at P curious, and will atil:nd food for remark at a future thiliai await Mr. Escott's movem ents w i th some cur i os ity.-- shire Independent. ,„03' A few days ago, a cat was shot by Mr. J. 0 11 i hard,%_oo gatnekeeper to M a j or -G enera l Wyndham, irl ioo Wood, near to th e P ar k -house, of extraordinary dime f 'lhe y length of this animal, from the head to the end kW° tail, was no l ess than thirty-six inches • it measured mod! inches round the body, ten inches and a half round the eight inches round the thigh, seven inches round ths"' wistilhed k poluzda and a>< ikill...Ourthrland for' F ~ R