The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-22 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) cd 20, thera cases ion O f Thee, to SC" Coln' h e lu vesud which Bit' e' to the i n the Mrs. 5 t ile those at a resent ,urt to mount ,rving of the . g pon• id net )n SV ~ ; ~.,r~ ft`~ t •et . 10 ,. ,t pa' , refir e anther led, if ie pio• WO W ' ve °II so OP, t, an d ;se ''' rgo d e tWO kr•) ) k —too— Cps"• ~ ;10Sr • and ' 131 .09e y the all !P ea ideo daris well f- war t 1 0- Id t be sure(' RO C° 4 10 0 lera ,V.) even " rpO pri- t the nisb ' 10l our ) u 056 4 , lio t SMITEPIELD. t 4 t • fr , lt ithstanding the present advanced period of the year, N i C ks Porta of live stock from abroad during the past week Nt i ,"'eri agan extensive, 45 Oxen and 3 Heifers having get or reived from the John Bull (which vessel lost 20 of Sp a guutl cargo in a heavy gale of wind) and Caledonia ,70,, e rs, from Hamburgh ; while from Rotterdam 51 Cows. In7en, 1475 Sheep, and 50 Pigs have been received from Wean and Attwood steam-packet, in, generally speaking, , i. u 4f t h et ' b nclition. To- day we had on sale 60 Hamburgh and L,N -u e,„,asts and 600 Sheep, the latter wholly from hotter 7tels,"te former were disposed of at from 151 to 221, the is to 47s per head. At the outports 60 Sheep ane t k l t 1 ; 3 ha.ve been imported from Holland. According to g!s z h eLsl accounts made up for the last three years up t. lt,bs tt 5 November in each year, the following were tbt N D .,,lnlperts of foreign stock in the United Kingdom 'Kok, periods : IN 1843. 1844. 1845. (4 Iv, al ad Bulls . 44 ... ... L p .... 1 : 11 .. " . 86 348 836 53 4,600 565 g`‘14'" .. ... l9O 1,272 8,263 6 16 112 % lil t. eet,,,,a . 2. . ( 1.. Hogs L l tfly v e /;feat increase in the importation of Sheep must be I N :Ittributed to the unusually high prices at which 111:ip tt 4 .1 1 a . osile- fed have been selling in this market during . . „,,' n ree months; hence further large arrivals may be t ii .4 4 ,1r . 0m Holland during the coming . season. Con -0417, 'bns was the first Monday following the greai 1 4 p . A 4 , 48 market, the supply of Beasts on offer this morn 1 1 7 1 0 0 0 d, and of very superior quality, especially as re -4t b the Devons, Herefords, and Short Horns. 0 t rt qualities were in fair request, at Mon )l,, fr o ,,l'essed currencies. The highest figures rang. k t riii," l t!.ii 2d to 4e 4d per 81bs; but all other kinds ktitOp".9 :inquiry, and the quotations were with difficulty 44. te e `4. At the close of the market a total clearance was t 4 4 144 i l d. With the exception of about 600 Beasts, 4Lte ttl , at lout equal portions from the western, midland,lK , p Ferti districts, the Bullock supply was chiefly the IV 14 4 . 1 4 it week's arrivals. The supply of Sheep was Ill e p0rt; 14 4 , , but above an average quality; particularly dt b ,pt it i o l l tl it derived from Essex, Sussex, and Norfolk. tp,Od ,i4ll ing off in the numbers induced the salesmen to " 4 ttm uigi her rates, wl.ich, however, were not at_ k„. 1 11 ,hi by the butchers; consequently, the he f ,_ t . e1,,,d'0 may be considered steady at prices 1 4Q filt - ` 1 to those obtained on this day se'nnight. 81e,Ppril of Lambs (10 in number) took place from er e 'it:ht. Their quality was good, and fair average if o ,le 4re Dbt ained for them. Prime small Calves, which i'qerj t , e,ll l. eyed off steadily at full prices, but the value 40,1:iga carne , vas with difficulty supported. From Ireland 4,1 f rom to hand direct per steamers, while we had on 'llt t , 'rpm 1 lolland. Generally speaking, the Pork trade , St fun ly previous rates. lit t l e Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. i f . a. d. to s. d. ~.fasts .. 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 ?1, 44 01tyd1 tbs. 3 6 3 S Coarse-woolledd itte 4 6 4• C OXelll• • 310 4 0 Southdown Wethars 410 S :%. t .". 5 . •••• • • 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool —0 1 4tk 4 414,,, — . Ca ves 4 0 4 6 Large liege ......3 10 4 6 'or -" ditto. .. 4 8 S 0 Small Porkers •• .. 4 0 5 2 IhL l teS —lll • SO 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 -.0 •.. . 3 4 310 Lambs 21%.. SUPPLY AT MARKET. l 'N' Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 11,200 46 200 TheN a1,0411V I I GATII ANN LEADENECALL. yth „lt , oi t Meat here, to-day, for Christmas consump- Vt it.:', 4 11, tlant, and of unusually prime quality. Still, l b 111 ° the demand was active, and prices had an upward '1'1111 4 , 4 M ; good clearances were effected by the salesmen. k i ' 44, ls eti " dist ant parts the arrivals of slaughtered meat ato s eas =ably good. About forty carcases of foreign " 2 00 ditto of Sheep have been disposed of at late kr" At per stone, by the Carcase. fi s. d. to s. d. s. fl. to s. d. ~,NeltC••., — .• 3 2 3 4 Mutton, Inferior •. 3 $ 4 0 ir 1 04 6 1 5 ••• • 3 6 3 8 middling— 4 2 4 4 ‘,"%k i srge .. 3 8 310 , prime ••.. 4 6 4 0 ''.. ".111,4 .. 310 4 0 / Pork, large ........ 4 0 4 5 "••• • • •- 3 if 410 i small .......• 410 b 4 t itkllit aim ivALs L i r uß b ll S ; s G Od T t ll o E os p li A d s . T WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. , k .,, • ........... ..... .... 52 400 450 60 500 600 ... 70 200 125 N , :: • • .................. 3 0 0 100 909 S , ll k ,...` *l u ' r; •• • • '. •••• • • • • • 10 120 -- 40 40 100 100 250 I • 240 90 200 k tt • .. 60 100 100 300 i o „ Total ...... ........ 602 2,060 350 2,320 its k tt . 1 week's arrival. ••• • • 515 2,190 405 1,960 did re- 1, Nile(' since our last .• • • 87 130 55 360 to Stl i S, :BOROUGH HOP DIARHET. FAO , i t ' kid Kent's in bags are in fair request at full alr tNe t t all other kinds of Hops exceedingly little is doing ,'dotes.t. New Hops: Sussex Pocket s 61 lOs to 71 8s ; Q lkent (lift* 61 lOs to 71 12s; Mid Kent ditto, 71 104 tad e. ~.., _ r r h 2 44 1st Kent, 91 153 to 101105. l k ‘Ulia., Y --OUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. tO bi - mo derateN tl lcl supplies of Potatoes have arrived at the li during the past week. The best parcels have sold on Lyiltat rather more money; but other kinds have hung ja- e itg,,.. IFmtn France about 100 tons have come to hand as- tpsuadition York Reds, 100 s to 120 s; ditto Regent's, , laa ' bf I,v p„ s‘..s; North ditto, 90s to 95s per ton. ler INN, WOOL. 11). 4,`llN._ ti l e past week the imports of Wool into London increase,t iti b tl izn f s r i o d rn eral . ,v dn on ‘ty the 9sbales they having amounted •e• from St. Petersburgh, r i l kto,rto h „from Hamburgh,i 12 bales from Alexandria, 472 l*iltti, - : t :r, s aKanrog, 221 bales from Ibrail, 33 bales from .et is 4 V bales from Odessa, 900 . bales from Boston, and ip h ,!li p ,.... , ova various other quarters, English Wool has •A11'7, (1 request at very full latices; Put Foreign and 11 1 'Leavy,. at barely late rates. rd 41 / 4 : t t k Z i la TALLOW. es 1 ,, , • not much information to be given respecting this ils t r:t ti triees are a shade lower, in consequence of smile , 11, 0 of Tallow pressing for cash down on the day of as he . Of e: , are several holders who will not sell at 425; but 1. 1 .1,, t ,t1y looking for 445 or 455. The arrival of Tallow Ag• 1 ,14 6 4 14 'a Guth Wales is rather more than was expected i t , i,„lnd of the year - therefore, the stock on the Ist of W . 4t of I P be about - 30,000 casks, against 39,000 casks on s' Ittuary last. Town Tallow is 42s 6d nett cash. tO Ar t ,.,, i l •'` lON OF MEMBERS OF COM ! L N. , , ) 01 ( j o 4 t e ."Olg . COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY.) . li t Ilt„` l '2, St. Thomas's Day, each ward in the city of Ls ttti th ,T o .? according to annual custom, a wardmote in r 4 ~ "ve Parishes. et leiarf t , ,,,, CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. g r b p , Ch . : nt e was held this morning in the hall of St. a• ta'' , of: - , r itY Schools, High-street, Cripplegate, for the 1, vil,,e!eetin g representatives to the Court of Common i• tl tlt 4 1 4 Inquest jury, and other ward officers. Is q'l l loei tii t ui th ati Challis took the chair. The wardmote was a , , * O4 , .e usual forms. Nntl or , 4 ,3v ALDERMAN briefly opened the business of the 5 Ili ti t 'ais - ill'-e motion of several of the parishioners. the e 4, N s ,who had been elected on the preceding year were or "t t 'tete.d %, h Rettl • a i h t to,„ eaan, Mr. SPENCER, proposed Mr. King, who ( k t ; ,otyerr, rejected. a id j p't, j o al xnembers, Mr. Dickson, Deputy; Messrs. 11. ir ok r lid il l ea, Medway, Eldred, Johnson, Sadler, Gilbert, NI, kth hoetil r e 4 trned thanks. r ate r ' ward-beadle, was then re-elected the consoli r,4 0,, collector for the ensuing year. • tli!t, the PiteI sECUTT..4II HOUSES OF IMPROPER CHARACTER. . i- l l 'esentation of the Inquest Ju • to the meeting, t t tlt 1.34 ` - Es • r) ' h tiproposed a resolution to the eflect t at, as '°l) to °I . Aldermen had on former occasions paid no at , i the presentments of the Inquest Jury with re , `fi t q l i_, "Drolier houses, either the jury should not be at all ?ill w o Or , if elected not called on to exercise functions kp t P. ,Al ci tl 'd be totally disregarded . ittit.: pressed a CHALLIS trusted that the resolution would ,ip, th e _Bed for as certainly as they give up their local 'Op'•lta ti g were injuring not only their own right but the ag e 11 of the country generally. Let them not do so, in a tr,,, of 94 1 )4 th e _ i rrita t ion, because a Lord Mayor should perhaps )o tt trh ar T, or because a Court of Aldermen might be IN: alw hard and he would not affirm that aldermen k, t,,,..,a 1 ks the boot judges of what was for the public in 1/41,'trrt, .I.ear, hear.) The Committee of the Court of tl o _ ),/ oci " la ad often considered the subject adverted to by V l ') b, gets, and he (Mr. Challis) in the pursuance of his 14:ti,,,outd t o old . the Committee that the parish of Cripplegate , pt . , r instance,. had no funds to prosecute houso of an TlO I.4l,',etaracter, and that the City shoul.l, therefore, do alons ha found that any one alderman could oppose to the le tro f„ana wishes of the rest an Act of 'Parliament of the ....itorge the Second. ZILODGISS subsequently withdrew his resolution. ~../ _ ____ CORN EXCHAN GE—MONDAY. In the past week, tl e arrivals of Wheat of home produce our market was moderately good, but by no means ex. tellsi • ve• Of English Barley, a large quantity came to hand the receipts of all other articles of grain, coastwise ; etkhaeosaesonably large. The imports of Foreign and Colo dal Wheat and Flour were considerably on the increase, of all other descriptions of grain were rather small. Weul 3 , owing in a great measure to the late decline in e quotations, here, the supplies of English Wheat, coast- W ise as well as by land carriage and sample, were very small, arid very inferior quality ; however the show of parcels of to b oth red and white was by far more limited than we have had Port for some time past. This .circumstance, together Iti th l ate7 t le fact at of the large ers who have l refrained th om most deal fr purchasing beyond what they have required to meet the immediate wants are short of stock, used the demand for all kinds of English Wheat to rule rya, , at an advance in the currencies realised on this day ke night of from Is to 2s per quarter, at which a good clear. arr e Was effected by the factors. Notwithstanding the large ah lval of foreign Wheat of 27,000 quarters last week, the I; n " t of parcels duty paid, to-day was very small. Still, t :_Wever, the sale for that article was in a sluggish state, the las'4paactions being wholly of a retail nature, at t i v ' Week's prices. Corn under lock was so inac e that prices ruled almost nominal. This applies tie llY to Wheat, Barley, Oats, Beans, and Peas. of e allow of English Barley was large, vet owing to the out ii;neolidition state in which the principal portion of it came to ful l rates the best malting qualities sold somewhat freely, at sooth in g of currency. In grinding and distilling sorts, next oquillg was doing. Of Malt we had a moderate supply at nothing All kinds were in sluggish request at barely, but ae t C,," : ', lug quotable beneath, the prices paid on this day tle a rgot. The supply of Oats was seasonably good. The 4,,,e,r8 being rather short of stock, rather more inclination was -zifesttd to do business in that article, yet the salesconcluded th'". only on a moderate scale, and no advance took place in ° _,altte. At the close of the market a clearance was not • The Vi; i :" Kinds, wer.. , ,itf,st - at 1:v1t, owes. *,,.ta and M'aple Peas were quite as dear, but other kinds pf:yery dull. Flour moved off eavil, the highest price ` 4O best Flour made not exceedin h g 57s y per 2801bs. N t _CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Essex St, Kent, Malt—Chevalier.... • • 35s to 37k bltto Red, New.... 53s to 65s Oats— Yorkshire and Yorkshire and White, Old .. 57s 68s Lincolnsh., Feed. 24s 97 s goffolk and Lin- Potatoe 3os 32, coln, Red.... 54s 58s Youghar and Cork, White.. •• • • 568 605 Black . .• • • 27s 28e j ib i ,. •Red.— . 52s 58s Cork, White . 29s 31, ch,„„t i to• White . 56s 60s Scotch, Feed. • 28s 32, IC •••••• • • • • • • 35s 37s Beans—Tick . 36s 40s "1t1 t „ - "• ••• • • • •• • 345 36s Pigeons .••.• • • • • • 44s 49s 268 298 Pease—Grey......... 385 41s 41tia . • 325 35s Maple. •.• • • • 415 44, 'valter ass 37s White .•-••• • • • • • 53s 58 F clUffolk and Nor- Boilers •• • • 56s 58e Flour—Town-made • 54s 57, glIwn••• •• •• • ... 518 54s Suffolk •.••• • • • • • 46s 48, ''Kstun and Ware 62s 64s Stockta & Norfolk 48s 52, 91%, FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. ~.•-••• ba ntzic . St4 4l? " - ..burgh ....... 56s 63s Pease .. ............ 46s 52 4 4 3' • • • " ev • • ...... 22s 28s Flour—American ..... 28s 30 ...s lr • . . • 2 , ;s 25e 8a1tic...........303 • • •••• • • • • • • 22s 2is THE TWOPENNY TOLL ON ENTERING THE CITY. Mr. BARTON said that the twopenny tolls on carts entering the City should be at least done away with. A PARISHIONER said that he was aware that one trades- man in the West-end paid not less than l Cs. per week in this matter. --(Laughter.) Mr. R. L. JONES informed the wardmote that the tolls had been expended pit the improvement:: of Farriagdon-street. The tolls realised some three or four thousand pounds, and he thought that when this object was attained, the tolls would perhaps be abolished, if they were not appropriated in some other manner. Mr. KING thought that a rate might be put on gas and water companies in Cripplegate, as in other wards. Mr. BARTON—And they would levy a larger rate upon you and I.—(Laughter.) The inquest jury was then proposed and elected. After the passing of some other business of an unimportant character, thanks were voted to the late members of the Common Council, and to the Alderman for the ward, which, having been respir.ded to by Mr. Deputy Dickson and Chairman, the wardmote broke up. FARRINGDON 'WITHIN. The wardrnote for this parish was held in the hall of Christ's Hospital. Mr. Alderman Kelly presided. The Lord Mayor's precept having been read, Mr. STEEL, in a long speech, made his annual charges against the Corporation of the City; which, having been replied to at an equal length by other gentlemen, the con vetsation ended, and the real business of the day-was pro , ceeded with. W. 11. Ashurst, Valentine Rutter, Henry Blake, Henry Pritchard, Samuel Ridley, Thomas Bonsor, George Virtue, Edward Edgington, John Wilton, R. Westwood, Thos. Jefferson Holt, James Harvey, and David James M'Lachlain, Esq., the former members, were again re-elected with but a shadow of opposition from Mr.„tßussell, who declaimed against these gentlemen, who were in favour of an abolition of duties on all imports, and from Mr. Steel, who requested to know to whom the presentation of a boy to Christ's Hospital, which was in the gift of Mr. Hilton, had been made. The answer was most satisfactory, Mr. Hilton having placed the gift in the hands of the Common Council, thus avowing all imputation of unhappily patro:age. The Ward liinest was then elected, and the Wardmoze, ffter thanks bad been given to the Chairman, and returned, bloke up. FARRINGDON WITHOUT. To-day a wardmote of the citizens of this ward was held at eleven o'clock, in the New Court, Old Bailey, for the election of 16 Common Councilmen, and other officers, for the ensuing year. Alderman Sir James Duke presided on the occasion. Considerable interest was excited from the fact of there being the likelihood of a contest, Dr. Lynch having come forward on the Liberal free-trade interests, and in conse quence the Court was completely crowded at an early hour. Alderman Sir J. DUKE opened the business, by stating the object which had called them together, and said the ward-clerk (Mr. Pontifex) would read the precinct returns which had been made, after which he would be prepared to hear what any of the gentlemen might have to say. The following list was then read, being the names of the gentlemen returned by their several precincts, as proper per sons to serve the office of Common Councilmen for the en suing year:— ST. ANDREWS.—Mr. Richard Taylor, and Mr. John Buckmaster. ST. SEPULCARE'S.—Joshua Thos. Bedford, Esq. Deputy, Mr. James Michael Barnard, Mr. Henry- Stokes, Dr. Jordan Roche Lynch, Mr. Richard 'Williams, and Mr. Michael Prendergast. ST. Mairrix's.—Mr. James Anderton, and Mr. Nicholas Thos. Isherwood. ST. BRIDE'S.—R. Obbard, Esq. Deputy, Mr. Henry Burn, and Mr. Samuel S. Edkins. ST. DuNsTAN's.—Mr. Joseph Charles, Mr. Edmund Hodg ; and Mr. James Ramshaw. Mr. HOLMES then moved Mr. Harding as a fit and proper person to represent the Ward in the Common Council. That Gentleman bad had a seat for several years, during which ieriod he had done his best to serve the interests of the Mr. CLEsrox seconded the nomination. Dr. LYNCH then rose to address the wardmote. In coming forward as a condidate, 11,- , said he had be , n actuated solely by a desire to serve all classes of the citizens, but more particularly the humbler classes. There were a great number Hof abuses prevailing in the Corporation, and many improve ments required in the ward, to which he would devote his , est energies ; particularly was he desirous to be useful to he poor. He would proceed to consider some of the evils to which attention was most necessary to be directed. There was one particularly that required primary consideration— he meant the ventilation and draining of the district. Nearly all the lanes and alleys at present were without sewers, the houses were in the most defective state of ventilation, every sort of filth was allowed to accumulate in cesspools, evolving deleterious gases, and so poisoning the atmosphere as to lay the foundation of typhus fever and consumption. He had examined into the state of these lanes and alleys, and he found that in nine courts there were crowded together 1,800 human beings. In Fetter-lane there were thirty houses which, judging from the inhabitants that had been ascer tained to live in one house, must contain nine hundred persons. But what was the actual result? According to the last' census there were in the houses referred to not less than 1,200. When they considered the most defective state of drainage in such a crowded dis trict, they would at once be aware of the disease that must arise from it, and the necessity that existed for some one like himself to be in the Common Council, so as to give promi nence to such a state of things, and to obtain redress. The Learned Gentleman then went at some length into statistical evidence derived from the Health of Towns Commission Re port, to show the amount of disease and mortality in all the great towns of the kingdom that arise from bad sewrage,crowded dwellings, aad defective ventilation. His profession, he said, strictly speaking, was to cure disease, but he wished to take higher ground; he was anxious to do everything in his power to prevent it . ..—(Cheers.) Measures had been tried in other districts of the metropolis—draining had been tried, and found successful, and he wished a similar attempt to be made in the district he sought to repre sent. In another portion of the metropolis a sys tem of drainage had been tried, which extended at present to sixty miles, and bad been most efficient it carry ing away all the deliterious gases, and corrupt matters that previously had been allowed to exist. The learned gentle man here referred to a model of the arrangements employed in the districts referred to, (Holborn and Finsbury,) and in timated that should he be returned for the Farringdon With out district, he would do his best to bring a similar system into operation.—(Hear, bear.) The poor had no representa tives at present in the Common Council, and he was anxious to be there to support their cause.—(Cheers.) lie would now say a few words ou general poli tics. He was happy to observe that a great change for the better had been taking place the last few years ; Party spirit had much abated; and Whig and Tory no longer excited that interest they had formerly dons in party strug gles. Philanthropy was setting aside prejudice-- a a feeling of justice was taking the place of expediency—and those who formerly differed were now found to agree on questions affecting the public welfare. In a voice of thunder they had declared that the corn-laws were doomed to have an end. Sir Robert Peel had shown a disposition to yield to the people on this question ; the citizens of London had declared that they wanted no protection, and in a similar manner all the great towns of the kingdom had pronounced their opinion. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Give them free-trade and the cloud of war that appeared in the horizon would soon be found to give way. There would be then no danger of a conflict between two great nations, peopled by the same race, speaking the same lan . - . guage, and actuated by the same love of liberty.—( Hear, hear.) The speaker having dwelt at some further length on the quest ion of free trade, went into the abuses which he alleged to exist in the Corporation, complaining that the ancient constitution of the City had been set aside in the election of its officers. It was the right, according to the original charter of the citizens, to elect the Lord Mayor, but now he was elected by the Court of Aldermen ; and the latter, again, instead of being subject to annual appointment, or periodical election ”f any kind, were appointed for life.—(Cries of " Hear.") The - Sheriffs were also appointed in a most objectionable manner, being a job got up annually by the two solicitors who expected to be Under-Sheriffs, and to pocket all the emoluments of office; but the citizens of London had nothing to do with it, as the form of election took place before a mob of those men, paid by the attorneys in question for attending. The Learned Gentleman next addressed himself to several other points connected with the management of civic affairs, especially to the amount paid to public offices, and concluded by saying he would do his best to work out a reformrtion. Addresses were then delivered by Mr. Richard Taylor, Mr. Anderton, and Mr. Prendergast, when Alderman Sir Jams DUKE proceeded to take the vote of the meeting. After taking a show of hands for each of the candidates separately, he declared the election to be in favour of the list of names we have already given. with the excep don of Mr. James Ramahaw, who was the unsuccessful can didate. A poll was then demanded, which was appointed to take place this afternoon from four to five o'clock, to-morrow from twelve to two o'clock, and on Wednesday from eleven to two o'clock, when it will finally close. It was intimated during the course of the morning, that the Queen had appointed to-morrow to receive the Sheriffs, and to name the day on which she would be pleased to re ceive the memorial of the Common Council against the corn laws. - - - The Earl of Eldon has given 1,0001, to each of the following societies:in connexion with the Church in the counties where the Noble Earl's estates are situated :—The Salisbury Diocesan Church Building Association, the Glou cester and Bristol Diocesan Church Building Association,and the Durham Diocesan Society for the Employment of addi tional Curates. It is said these splendid pecuniary gifts are as a " thanks-offering " for the birth of a son and heir to his title and family property. Lady Wharncliffe arrived at the family mansion in Curzon-street late on Friday night, from Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. The Hon. James Stuart Wortley, M.P., who was staying sith Lord and Lady Wenlock, at Torquay, Devon, arrived the same evening. The Hon. John Stuart Wortley was alone with his venerated father at his disso lution. ---- LARGEST FACTORY BUILDING IN THE WORLD. — The central part of the Portsmouth (American) steam fac tory, which is 204 feet long, is now two-thirds up, and, should the weather continue favourable, will be covered before Christmas. The eastern wing, of 150 feet, will be built in the spring, and the western wing, of 150 feet, will probably be built in the course of next year. The centre part is to be six stories high, the wings five stories. Height of the lower story 13 feet, of the other stories 12 feet. The length of the front will be 504 feet, or about a tenth of a mile. There will be about four acres of flooring in the Ports mouth factory. Number of spindles 50,000; number of ope ratives 1,200 to 1,500. In the rear two parallel buildings, two stories high, will be extended 100 feet back from the junction of the main building with the wings; and between those buildings, 50 feet from the main structure, the boiler house is to be erected. The foundation of the chimney, which is to be 140 feet high, is laid, and is in progress of erection. A gentleman who has been travelling the last year in pursuit of information respecting manufacturing esta blishments, and who has visited more than a thousand fac tories, informs us that the largest factory building he has seen or heard of is at Manchester in this state, which is 440 feet in length. There is no factory in England to compare with it for size,—Portsmotith Journal. The four London divisions of the organised Out- Pensioners, viz.—the western, under the command of Capt. Orr; the eastern, under Capt. Holden; the northern, under Captains Cartan and Warde ; and the southern, under Capt. Nott, are to be enrolled early in the approaching spring for drill, in Hyde-park. Earl Spencer has been pleased to appoint F. H. Cartwright, Esq., of Bawtry, to the stewardship of the several Courts of his Lordship's manors in Nottinghamshire, which became vacant by the death of the late Earl, and which Mr. Cartwright and his late father have held for about half a cen tury.—Derbyshire Courirr. About seven o'clock rqi Sunday r.ight, e. lire broke cut at 25, Compton-street, Clerkenwell, the property of Mr. Richardson, corn• chandler. Engines of the hi igade, parish, and West of England Company promptly attended, and the firemen soon extinguished the flames, but not before consi derable damage was done. The origin of the fire is unknown THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1845 OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. Government by the Governor-General ; but no one can tell what guarantee can be offered by any person in that country• for the observation of any stipulations, or for the preservation of internal or even external tranquillity and order for one week or even one day. The turbulent and licentious soldiers govern as they choose, and no one can resist them. It would not surprise us to hear of the flight of the Queen-Mother and of her son to the British camp for protection. The great difficulty in such case would be to escape with impunity, for the solders would not hesitate to sacrifice both mother and son to their fury. The British army remains collected on the frontiers of the Punjaub, and will speedily be ready to march on Lahore, if necessary. There is nothing positive known of the fate of Peshora Singh, who was, as it now tip pears, aided in bis late attempt to hold Attock by Dhos► Mahomed and the Affghans, who intended, if Peshora was successful, to seize Peshawur. Prince Waldemar of Prussia, who was at Umbella on the 4th of November, was about to proceed to 1, ,, 0db4na and F,rozepore ; but his return to the former place was expected, a:, it is said that the invasion of thy Punjaub will be begun thenc.. From Sinde we learn that all is tranquil there. Sir Charles Napier was prepaping to move from Kurachee to Ilyderabad on a tour, as it was said, into the province of Cutch-Bhooj ; but there were not wanting specula tors who imagine, if an invasion of the Pulijaub be re. quired, that he will lead the vanguard. His name alone at the head of tho invading army I% ould be considered an omen of victory. His conduct as Governor of Sinde, and the quiet and happiness enjoyed by the peo ple along the Indus under his rule will, contribute very much to reconcile the inhabitants of the Punjaub to the British yoke. At Indore some confusion has arisen in consequence of a conspiracy to assassinate the Prime Minister; but the plot was discovered and frustrated, and the con spirators punished. In Gwalior a scheme was concocted to destroy the nfiuence of Tarah Baee, which has been foiled. In Oude there are some schemes at work to prove hat intrigues are ever alive in an Indian Court. The Nizam's dominions continue in the same misera ble state. The soldiers are without pay, and threaten o do mischief. The revenues of the State are farmed out, and peculation and disorder are the necessary results. In other parts of India tranquillity prevails, although apprehensions are general of a great scarcity of grain and of water in _various districts during the next six months, in consequence of the deficiency of the late monsoon. From Burmah the news of the dethronement of Thara waddie has been confirmed. He had become mad, and had been guilty of the most wanton acts of cruelty; he was therefore deposed, as his brother had been previously, and a regent appointed in the person of his youngest son, Sheacloonge-men ths, under the guardianship of Mekkara meng and Kyeewoongye. Mekkarameng, the uncle of the regent, is said to be a man of talents, and is a mem ber of the Asiatic Society. The removal from power of Tharawaddie, in whose family madness is said to be hereditary, is hailed with satisfaction by the Burmese. From China no intelligence had reached Bombay sub sequent to the 30th of September. In Bombay there were two matters of interest, which were much talked of. The first was the horrible con duct of a Manilla seacunny, who, infuriated by driuk and jealousy, ran a muck through a populous part of th• town of Bombay, and killed 5 persons and wounded 17 with his knife ; he was knocked down at last and se- cured. The other point of interest was the publication in Bombay of Sir Henry Roper's letter, which appeared in the Times of the 4th of October. This letter is considered to be intemperate, and not supported by facts in some of its remarks. The reply of the Advocate-General was sent in September to the Bombay Government, by which it was then handed over to the judge for a re joinder. Neither the reply nor the rejoinder has, we are assured, been yet sent to England. There are some in trigues at work in this business which the Board of Control will do well to examine, and then have justice done to the parties. The following is from our Calcutta correspondent :--- CALCUTTA, Nov. 6.—With the exception of Lahore, there is no place whence political news may be looked for, and since last mail nothing of importance has trans pired to demand prominent notice, but such as they are will be found noted:below. The cold weather was setting in about the 15th at Delhi, and officers who had been on leave were hasten ing to join their corps at Umballah. The 36th Regi ment of Native Infantry had just got percussion mus kets previous to their march towards the scene of war like operations. A great number of sepoys, :who had gone on leave, were also seen to pass through Delhi to join their regiment on the frontier. 500 bullocks, 150 hoskeries, and 150 camels, loaded with magazine stores, had lately been dispatched from Delhi to Fe rozepore. The Governor-General reached Agra on the 17th. From Moul-maque papers of the 22d inst. it appears that the Prince of Pronae, who had failed in hisfrevolt, had, with all his family, been beheaded ; that Tharrawaddie, who is stated to be raving mad, is in close confinement, , and that the old Ki n g h as b een p u t upon t h e t h rone. Toe present Ministers are sensible, liberal-minded men, and everybody looks forward with hope, the present epoch being hailed as the dawning of a happier era than has Llessed the Burmese for many years. Accounts from Lahore have been received to the 12th i nst. They con tain nothing of importance. So far, the anticipated dis turbances had not taken place, and th e R anee seems to retain her influence over the troops, who are committin g the usual amount of atrocities, and do what ever t h ey please—take whatever they want from whosoever they choose, and ill-treat everybody who does not comply with their demands, however unreasonable. Accounts from Peshawur state that Peshora Singh was wounded when he was captured, and the belief in his ex i stence has become stronger than ever in Lahore. On the other hand, there is reason to believe that he has been se n t p r i soner ' to some fortress instead of being on his way to Lahore. The articles of the Delhi Gazette of the 29th ultimo are pacific, but it appears improbable that our Government can remain quiet spectators to the unruly domination of the Seikh soldiery, who, though . they personally t reat t h e Ranee with respect , are perfectly insubordinate, and dis miss their commanding and other officers at pleasur e , an d whose unceasingly expressed wish is to be allowed t o in vade our territories. It is quite impossible that Si r Henry H a rdinge can quietly submit to watch the move ments of the disorderly Seikh troops with a large force, at an enormous expense for another year, as is suppo se d by the editor of the Delhi Gaze tte . It' the Seiks do make the attempt, they will not, of course, boldly march to attack our forces at Ferezepore and elsewhere, but w ill endeavour to give our troops the slip, which they c an easily do, and in separate bodies accomplish an amount of havock and devastation in the course of a few days among the defenceless inhabitants of the country south of the Sutlej, which it will take a generation to r e pair. The Government has sanctioned the foundation of a college at Kishnagur, in the district of Nuddia, and in timation has been given that pupils will be admitted on the Ist of November. All boys, without reference to caste or religion, to be admitted, and the course of study to be the same as that pursued at the Hindoo College. Yearly examinations'are to take place, when scholarships are to be awarded to' the most deserving. Zillah schools have also been established in various Zillalis. At a meeting held at Allahabad, on the 15th of September, it syss prepo-,ed to establish aproprietarr college in Eng land for the vxclusive education of Anglo-Indian chil dren. Meior-General E. 11. Simpson died lately at Doi-- gelling. Mujor-General Cooper succeeded him in the command of the Danapoor division. It has been supposed that the Barrackpoor command will not be filled up at (From the Times.) We have received by oar ordinary hi-monthly express from Marseilles our dispatches in anticipation of the Bombay mail of the 15th of November. The point of most interest is the departure of the Governor-General from Agra on the 29th of October, and his quick movements (although it was given out that he was proceeding slowly), whereby he was to ar rive at Delhi on the 15th November—that is, many days prior to the time when he was expected there. The affairs in the Punjaab have not lost their interest, al Clough no late atrocity is recorded. The situation is most extraerdinary; the troops have murdered all the Prime Nlikisters or Wuaeers, as well as all the Kings, who do not act as they please. The boy-King Dhuleep I:Trepresented as being no great favourite wiih them. His mother, who is said to be at once a " Messalina" and a " Faustina," has contrived to keep the soldiers at bay since the death of her brother, Jowahir Singh, although she has had no Prime Minister, for Ghoolab Singh, whom the soldiers wished to promote fur his wealth to that most dangerous post, and then to plunder and to butcher him, as they did his brothers and his nephew, has contrived to gain his mountain fortress of Jarnoo, where he has formally refused their invitation. Tej Singh, the late governor of Peshawur, has also de clined the offer. Rumour said that the Queen-Mother intended to give the place to Raja Lall Singh, her principal paramour ; but this report has not been con irined. On the other hand, we hear that she, having offered to abandon the throne for herself and her son, on condition of having a jaghire secured to both for their lives, and not having gained her object, after the feast of the I)ussera paid some small sums to the troops and then contrived to take herself and her son off to the fortress of Umritser, where it was supposed she would remain until after the feast of the Dewallee had passed over. That festival took place at the end of October. In the meantime there have been, as it is confidently stated, new and stringent terms offered to the Lahore I all. Lord Henry Gordon is spoken of as a successor to i Capt.-G. Reid, as superintendent of the Mysore Princes, ' but there are others more likely, we think, to suc ceed. Mr. Simns's party has been heard of on the way to Burdwann. A commencement has therefore been made of the survey of the railway line. Apropos of railways, the i ncreased rap i d i ty of, communication will introduce improvements of every kind from one end of the country to the other, and ttw production of European vegetables in Octoly , r, which is now rare in Calcutta, will become common all over India. There is a rumour abroad that a movement is about to be made among the Hindoo community in favour of the remarriage of Hindoo widows. Nov. 3.—A very beautiful steamer was launched this day from Mr. Reeves' yard, for Messrs. Apcar and Co. The Deputy-Governor is considerably better, but will go to the Sandheads for a few days, in a steamer, for change of air. We are sorry to say, however, that General Pollock's health is so much impaired that he wi!l proceed, it is said, in the Ellenborouglo to the Cape. A short time ago it was brought to the notice of the Government that a large quantity of bad beer had been imported from England, and that it was bought by native dealers: and doctored for sale to poor people. The Government has ordered that all beer, reported to be sour and unwholesome by the tasting coopers, shall not be allowed to pass out of the Cwitota house, but shall be poured out into the drains running into the river, which consideration may be the saving of many valvable lives. The price of rice has risen greatly of late, and fears are entertained of a still greater rise taking place. Sonalun Ceondoo was to have been tried for forging opium [passes yesterday ; but he was attack, dby cholera, and the trial has been postponed. The Bombay Express, with English news to the 24th September, arrived this morning at seven. No steamer yet • His Danish Majesty's frigate Galatea has arrived for the purpose of taking home the last Danish Governor of Serampore. COMMERCIAL IN I'ELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA. (From the Overland Englishman.) The unprecedented advance in the value of rice at home has caused increased animation here, but none of good or even middling quality is procurable at any price, nor can anything of importance now be done for fully a month. Business in imports has been completely unsettled by the constant recurrence of native holidays, and we are in conse quence still unable to report a good business, or any general in) provement. On the 18th ultimo a Government notification was issued raising their rate for advances to -1s: 11d., and but little has in consequence since been drawn from this source, for although at one time some advance was submitted to, ex change has again fallen to Is. 100. to Is. 11d., at which latter rate bills with documents find a ready sale; transac tions have not, we believe, been very heavy, as but few of the principal drawers seem disposed to operate unless tempted by a favourable offer. Freights have been very unsettled, the small amount of dead weight remaining in the bazaar rendering it extremely difficult to procure a cargo for a vessel without submitting to a considerable decline on the rates demanded by most consignees, who, considering the unusually large amount of available tonnage, are giving way very gradually. The de cline during the month has, however, been fully 10s., and the tendency still decidedly downwards. Indigo--The accounts lately received from England have not apparently had any effect on the minds of holders (al though anything but satisfactory), and we hear that another eighth of the PCD (Cossimpore) Las been sold at an advance of 20 rupees on last year's price, beimg the same terms on which the first portion of the same mark was disposed of in August, when it was generally expected the crop would nut much exceed 1,10,000 mds. The J A Maldah (about 900 axis.) has also been taken at Co.'s rs. 175 per factory md., being an advance of 30 rs. on the price obtained lest year. Since these transactions have transpired holders are firmer, and higher rates are demanded for some lots for which par ties were previously in treaty. The rates now generally demanded are an advance of 25 to 30, at which some parcels could still be obtained, but most owners seem to prefer awaiting the accounts of the October male to realising at anything leas; as, however, the letters, per Bentinck, have not as yet been received, it is impossible to say what steps will be taken, but it is hot supposed much will be done for another month. A great many of the invoices from Bengal, have proved shorter than was calculated on, some to the extent of four, and some even eight per cent. The estimates from Tirhoot make it appear probable this district will send down about 24,000 mds.; but here also they say, that as the weather was very favourable, especially during the second manufacture, it is probable the Indigo ma; weigh off light. We cannot say much about the qua lity of this year's produce, no remark of note having as yet reached Calcutta; but we hear that, with the exception of a few lucky concerns, it will not, generally speaking, prove hater than last year. Sugar —A few small purchases were made during the holidays, and on the day after business recommenced at about the prices quoted in our last, but these gradually ad vanced, and during the past fortnight any white or yellow descriptions have been readily taken on arrival at a further advance of fully eight annas per maund, and we think it pro bable even higher prices would be paid were the article ob • tamable to any extent, as many parties anxious to purchase are deterred by the smallness of the only lots offering. We may now say our bazaar is completely bare of Benares sorts, and parties write that none are procurable even in the Mo tussil, so that shipments henceforward must consist almost entirely of brown sugars and khaur (in which there is not at present much doing, owing to the brisk demand for refiners), or of sugars manufactured under European superintendence, of which the quantity is daily increasing. Saltpetre—The decline in freight has again induced exten sive operations for homeward shipment, and although at the date of oar last time market was well supplied, stocks of fine descriptions have of late been much reduced, and prices have an upward tendency. For France and America transactions have not been very heavy of late, but for the latter there is still a fair demand for low and middling descriptions. Rice—The; favourable accounts received of this staple by the last two mails have caused a very general and animated demand here, and the value of low and middlin tal-le (none of good quality having been obtainable at any prices) in the first instance advanced to 2 10 rs. to 2 14 rs.; whilst now prices must be quoted nominal, it ;being impossible to effect purchases at any price, except of broken and sweepings; and :as all the marts in the Mofussil have already been drained to meet the dem an d , none can be looked for fully a month, nu s whenbe unusually the n l e e opp may begin t o arr i ve. B a ll am ments to Mau r iti us (147,000 me t e. sidesuhea ; s! : and Moonghy have also been in in creased demand, for be last month, against 15,046 in Oct., 1843), some parties find ing no other description, procurants have of late been pur chasing this for the English market. Raw Silk—ln our last we stated that nearly the whole of the rainy bund had gone forward, and what little remained has since been firmly held for a considerable advance, so that we believe there has scarcely been a single sale daring the month. The accounts of the November bund continue very unfavourable, and it is expected to prove both short and of inferior qualities, so that looking at the falling off in the exp some orts, there appears every probabilit y o f pr i ces ru ling hi g h for l tcome. Shipments to Great Britain last month were only 735 mds. against 2,195 mds. in October 1843, and for the twelve months up to date 18,432 mds., against 22,968 mds., during the same period of the preceding year. Silk Piece Goods —During the past month Corahs have continued rather scarce, and holders of the few parcels on hand have not manifested any anxiety to realise, so that but little has bee n d one ; they are, however, Love coming to hand rather me re freely, an d as there i s a f a i r inquiry for good cloths, we thi n k a moderate business will be done without material a l terat i on on our last quotations, which we repeat. Choppas and Bandannas —We still see shipments going forward to fully their former extent, but are unable to re port sales in this market. 011 Seeds--Notwithstanding the downward tendency of freights, we still he ar of but few purchases of linseed for home shipment, and it is probable the high prices caused by the extensive demand for America will continue to check operations ; there has again been some inquiry for France, but purchases have as yet been on A limited scale. Mustard seed continues in demand for Great Britain. at full prices, and shipments are going forward to about their former extent, but still principally as broken stowage. Jute—The new Is coming to market pretty freely, and tie probability of effecting shipments on moderate term; has induced several parties to come forward to purchase at for the usual cleaned faom 98 to lOrs. per bale. What little old re mains is completely neglected. Hides, Horns, and Tips—The hide market has of late been looking up, and prices are firm; first quality fresh slaugh tered cow may be quoted at 50 rs. per corge, and Calcutta or second quality at 45 rs. ; dead green at 25 to 80 rs. ; dry ditto at 18 to 21; and country or inferior at 12 to 15. Buffalo have contined in demand, and may be quoted as follows : viz., slaughtered, 40 to 48 rs.; dead green, 36 to 40; a n d d ry ditto from 27 t o 82 per corge. Buffalo horns continue in moderate demand, but in deer and tips transactions have for 4 06 bales or some time past b een on a l i m i te d sca le. Cottons—Pu rc h ases are we b e li e ve made i n th e M ofussil, but this matter cont i nues qu i e t, and shipme n t s to China havel,4Bom2. again d f andallen from l off, being i in p all October donly ate s 25 bales or 128 Inds. Turmeric continues neglected for the English markets,lut has been in moderate inquiry for France, and sales of good picked are reported at 2.8 rs. per md., not, however, to any a, but of the great extent. Shell Lac and Lac Dye—Our bazaar is still very mode rately supplied with fine shell lac, and the P. and E. h as lately brought Company's rs. 13,8 permd. Lac dye of lo w qua lityfine mhansrkbseeanta sale ke n n f E to i l so a m t ecoemxpteannty,fsorrs.ABmo pereric md., is the only transaction we have heard of, and in fact none are at resent offering. Cutch—We have not beard of any transactions lately, but believe the article is still worth from 6 to 8 rs. per md. There have been no exports from the Ist instant up to date. Ginger continues in fair demand for America, for w hi c h exports are on the increase; but . for England we have not heard of any purchases of late. Good Rongpore h as brought 5 to 5-8 Co.'s rs, pr. md. Opium—The execution of a few small orders at on, ti me ca a u t s n e n d , prices 1, cest 3 o 6 a s dv fn a r nce t etnosarbeso.ut Sincel,4so etohi'sa, however, rs they. per chest for Patna, have gradually declined; and we now quote the former at 1,400 Co.'s rs., and the latter at 1,340 per client. Actual sales have been on a limited scale, and there still remains in the Company's Godowns 656 chests of Patna and 107 of Benares. t British Cotton Piece Goods—The numerous but nativewe in k h I MPORTS BROM EUROPE. week or t wo . holi days since o ur l as t have so interfered with business th a t we !lave as yet but little change to notice in any fabri cs un d er this head. G re y s hirtings have been in somewhat more in quiry, espe c i a lly the lower beeds; bleached are no lowe r , but have ce r t a i n ly not improved in value since our last ; the some betle r i i n n v ak ro e ‘ s ,e a m re en a t t p m re a s y en b t e i n i o l o i k m e i ( t i ed fo d r e m i n an a d Low bleached jacconets are in demand, and could be sold, to some extent, at good fair prices, but stocks are nearly cleared off; the medium and better makes are also saleable at about last month's rates. Greys continue neglected. Lappets, lappet scarfs, book and mull muslins continue dull of sale, with the exception of the coarser qualities, for which a demand occasionally springs up. Coloured and Printed Goods—Prints are at present neg lected, and extremely difficult of sale, nor can we see any immediate prospect of improvement. Turkey red cloths of suitable makes continue to be sought after, notwithstanding that the season is so far advanced. Woollens—This market is still dull, and prices almost no minal. White Mule Twist—A moderate business bas been dons since our last, and iu some instances higher rates were ob taihed, for Nos. 20 at 50; prices, however, were rather un settled, until within the last few days, when they b ecame firmer, and 50s. may again be quoted a little dearer. Colutued Yarn—This yarn has not materially altered in value, but transactions throughout the month have been on moderate scale. BOMBAY. From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, Nov. 15.—The business of the past fortnight, though of course larger than that of the previous one—dur ing the greater portion of which the natives were occupied in preparing for, or in celebrating, th e D ewa ll ee f est i va l —has been extremely limited for the season of the year, and the market has failed tp exhibit the general animation usually perceptible on the resumption of business after the holidays. In some few articles of import, however, which happen to be in demand, and the stocks of which are small, an improve ment of price will be seen to have taken place. Metals—The prices of sheathing and brazier's copper, and copper nails, have advanced to a sli g ht ex t en t s i nce our last. In British bar iron there have been several speculative trans actions, at rates varying from 28Mrs. to 30rs. per candy, and 30rs. at 31rs. is the price now current for the article. We have heard of no sales in Swedish iron. British rod (round and square). hoop, and nails, exhibit little or no alteration in value. Sheet is about 4 annas per cwt. dearer than last month. In steel and quicksilver there is no change of im portance either in price or demand, but tin plates have ad vanced half a rupee per box, and sales have been made in pig lead at from 3 to 6 annas per cwt. below our last quotation. Spelter is without the slightest inquiry, and our quotations, therefore, are quite nominal. Cotton Manufactures—The business done has been chiefly in the higher qualities of grey and bleached madapollams, shirtings, and jacconets, and the coarser kinds of grey do mestics. In some widths of the last-named fabrics an ad vance of price has, it will be seen, been realised. Bleached shirtings, jacconets, and madapollams, of the finer kinds are scarce and in good demand, and have improved somewhat in price. The middling qualities are steady, at the rates pre viously quoted, but the low ones—of grey as well as bleached—are extremely dull of sale, stocks in first hands being heavy, and the demand slack. For jaceonets, checks, and stripes, and satin spots and stripes, of fine quality, there has been a steady inquiry. There have been few sales, how ever, in prints, or Turkey red goods, and zebra dresses still continue wholly neglected. Cotton Yarns—A good demand has existed for grey, and prices of all the counts, mule and water, are fully maintained. No. 20 water is, indeed, a shade higher than last month. Turkey red and orange yarns are without change in value, and we repeat our former quotations for them. The stocks are of inferior quality. Woollens—The market continues dull, and prices unre munerating. Marine Stores—There are a few alterations in the prices of articles under this head, pitch having declined somewhat in value, while bleached canvas may be quoted 1 rs. per bolt, cordage 2rs. per cwt. dearer than before. Other items re main without change. The only sale of which we have been apprised is one of 160 pieces of canvas, at 19 rs. per bolt. Beer—Business continues at a stand still, stocks being atilt large, while dealers are generally supplied. Quotations are entirely nominal. Spirits—The market is dull, and we have heard of no transactions. We note a decline in the price of brandy, which is now quoted at 2% rs. per gallon. Red Lead—We have been informed of a sale of 50 kegs at IS 11. 2 0 per cwt. In other articles of imports we hear of no change, nor have any sales been communicated to us. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—We have a general advance to notice in the prices of this staple, in consequence of purchases having been made for China. Broad' and Surat are now quoted at PO rs., Dol lars at 86 rs. to 87 rs., Oomrawuttee at 88 rs. to 82 rs., and Barsee at 84 rs. per candy. The price of Compta remains stationary. Gums—Animi has advanced to the extent of about 5 rs. per cwt., and Arabic and Olibanum have also slightly un proved in value. Hemp—The Concan variety is a rupee per candy dearer, and the Calicut 2 rs. cheaper, than at the date of our last. In Ghatee there is no change. Opium—Has declined from 1,430 rs., our former quota tion, to 1,415 rs. per chest, with every prospect of a further fall. Wool—The Korman and Mekran varieties have advanced in value to the extent of 3 rs. to 5 rs. per candy. In the others there is no change to record. FREIGHTS. The arrivals of tonnage during the past fortnight having been extremely limited, freights to Great Britain have slightly advanced, and may now be quoted at 3/. 7s. 6d. a 31. 10s. to Liverpool, and 41. a 4/. ss. per ton to London, there being very little available tonnage for that port. A vessel for the Clyde has been freight e d at 31. 12 s . 6d . T o China the rate is 17 rs. per candy. MONEY MARKET. There i 3 little change to notice in the prices of Govern ment paper. Exchange—Owing mainly to the change in the Govern ment rate of exchange on England, which we noticed in our last, the mercantile rate has likewise risen. Transactions for the mail have taken place at Is. Ild. to 12.11 Ad. six months' bills ' and we may now quo t e th e l atter as t h e current rate, with every prospect of a further rise. Drafts at 30 days are at ls. lOd. Exchange on Calcutta is 99Ars., and on Madras, 99irs. —at 60 days' sight. Banks—Bombay Bank Shares may be quoted at 52 per cent. premium, and those of the Oriental Bank, 220 rs. at 240 premium on shares of I,ooors. each--500rs. paid up. CHINA. (From the Overland Friend of China, Oct. 31.) ,EXPORTS.—ON BOARD. Alum ... dolls. 175 to 2 0 per picul. Anniseed ••• 11 0 to 0 0 do. Camphor •• • ... Id 0 to 0 0 do. Cassia ... 10 0 to 11 0 do. Cassia buds ... .•• •.. 17 0 to 18 0 do. China Roots ... ..• ... 250 to 3 0 do. Galaugal .. • • ••• 240 to 0 0 do. Musk ... ..• ... 85 0 to 0 0 p er ca tt y. Rhubarb ... ... 30 0t055 0 per picul. Silk.—Tsatlee 485 0 to 510 0 do. Taysaam ...385 0 to 0 0 do. Canton 310 0 to 0 0 do. Silk.—The stock is small ; of Tsatlee about 100 bales in the market, for which 505 dolls. is demanded. Market bare of other classes. Tea.—Congou, corn. Ts. 17 oto Ts. 18 0 40. mid. ... 24 oto 30 0 do. Caper, plain ... 13 oto 15 0 do. „ scented ... 36 oto 38 0 do. Souchong ... 40 oto 50 0 do. Orange Pekoe ... 19 oto 22 0 do. scented ... 54 oto 60 0 do. Twankay Ilyson No transactions have oc- Young Dyson curred to warrant quota- Hyson Skia tions. The quality is re- Gunpowder, Canton ported good. Imperial, Canton Teas—Green teas of the new crop are arriving, though prices can scarcely be quoted, as the market has not fairly opened. COTTON REPORT. Canton, October Ist to 31st. Twist, bales American, ditto Bombay, ditto Bengal, ditto Madrae, ditto Deliveries. Stock. 750 1,825 150 1,397 23,173 64,466 834 1,508 1,890 12,170 Total, bale® (including the Madura) 26,047 79,541 PRICES OF BULLION. Sycee Silver, large, 5 per cent. premium. Spanish dollars, Ferdinand, par. Spai.ish dollars, Carolus, 6 per cent. premium. Republican dollars, to 2 per cent. discount. Exchange has advanced. Baring's credits have been ne gotiated at 4s. 4id. ; and good bills, with documents, at 4s. sd. to 4s. sid. Government Bills.—Treasury open on Mondays. Oriental Bank Bills, at six months' sight, 4s. Sid. to 4s ad. per Sp. dollar. FREIGHTS. To Londcn or Liverpool, 41.55. 4/. 10s. per ton of 50 feet. To Amoy, 6/. per ton of 40 feet. To ports north of Amoy, 7 a 8 dole. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The beautiful perforni ance of Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, in The Devil to Pay, is drawing to a close, to-night and to-morrow being announced as her last evenings, and the only opportunities which can be afforded of seeing Maritana and this new ballet together, as the Christmas pantomime conies out on Friday next. The houses have been crammed, notwithstanding the bad weather, every night, and certainly a more delightful and popular performer has never appeared in this country. ROYAL NORTH OF SPAIN RAILWAY COMPANY.— In the advertisement of this Company which appeared in our paper of Saturday, the shares to be called in and can celled in England and France ought to hare been numbered from 18,331 to 55,000, and not as stated in error. TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN.—On Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock, previous to Divine service, the chapter-house of Winchester Cathedral offered a scene of much interest upon the presentation of various pieces of plate, in value about 170 L, which was be subscribed for by many of the clergy, and several of the most influential laymen of the county, in token of the very effective services of the late Chancellor, Dr. Dealtry, now Archdeacon of Surrey. The subscription to the testimonial was limited to 11. Is. or under, from each individual. The plate consisted of the following articles :—A handsome salver, with two smaller hand waiters, a coffee-pot and stand, with sugar. basin and tongs, and cream ewer, and four handsome candlesticks, with suitable snuffers and stand. _ The Duke of St. Alban's is entertaining a select party with the sports of the field at Redbourne llall, Lin. colnshire. The Duchess, with the youthful Earl of Burford and Lady Diana Beauclerk, are staving at the Noble Duke's s. arias villa, near Ventnor, Isle of 'Wight. Copper—The native holidays have affected this metal equally with ahro;t all articles of import, with regard to the extent of trausactiolli, the sales of the month having been to a very moderate extent, although in most instances at the rates previously current, and at thesethemarket closes firmly. Iron—But little was done in this metal throughout the past month, but prices were nevertheless maintained, and since the receipt of the late accounts from home holders have shown even more firmness, and are now holding out for a further advance, which has, we believe, been paid fur a few parcels, speculating on the small shipments from England. Spelter—Transactions have been to a most insignificant extent, importers having firmly held for an advance, which purchasers will not submit to. Lead and Tin Plates—ln tin plates we have not heard of a single transaction since our last. Lead has been in moderate inquiry at about last month's quotations. - Beer at the date of our last continued heavy ;. arrivals had rendered prices completely nominal, but as almost the whole of the season's supplies had then been received, dealers have of late come forward with more confidence, and we have to note a slight advance in the value of Bass's and Allsopp's; the former may be quoted at about 33 rs., and the latter at 35 to 37 rs. Superior brands are still neglected. EXCHANGE.—ShortIy after the Government notification was issued raising their rate for advances to ls. 11d., some little business was done in good ten months' date bills with documents at ls. llid. and Is. lid. per rupee; this rate, however, was not long maintained owing to the disinclina tion to operate manifested by all the large drawers, and a gradual decline has since been observable; good bills, hav ing, of late, been readily taken at Is. 11d., and in some in stances, as low as ls. 100. per rupee, at which latter rate the snail closes steadily. 11Ioxizy- MARKET.—We do not hear of any transactions in Government Securities; the Five per Cents. have in some instances slightly advanced in value, whilst Fours, on the other hand, declined. Bank of Bengal Shares are quoted nearly 100 rs. lower, but the Uuion and the Agra Bank main tain their value. Freights—During the past fortnight, rates have been very unsettled, in consequence of the firmness shown by con signees, who, notwithstanding the number of vessels in the river, and the unprecedentedly small amount of produce in the bazaar, show no anxiety to secure cargoes; under these circumstances we must omit our usual quotations, and can merely say that dead weight is being shipped at from 31. 10s. to 41. 10s. per ton, to London and Liverpool, the former being the dearer by about ss. Hides are being shipped at about 4/. to ss. Jute, 3/. to 3/. 105.; rum, 5/. ; and shell lac and lac dye, from 31. 3s. to 3/.155. Grain is going forward to maintain at about 1.8 re. per bag. OPENING of the SPANISH CORTES, SPEECH OF THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 15. Gentlemen, Senators, and Deputies— During the short space cf time that has elapsed since Cie termination of the last session of the Cortes no remarkable alteration has taken place in the relations of my kingdom with the other Powers. The negotiations pending with the Holy See continue. During that interval the ratifications of the treaty concluded with the Emperor of Morocco have been exchanged, as well as those of the treaty of reconcilia tion, peace, and friendship with the Republic of Chili. An unexpected accident has prevented the conclusion of the same formality with respect to the treaty recently agreed upon with the Republic of Venezuela. The many bonds which unite Spain with those States cannot but contribute to the establishment of intimate relations between the two countries. I desire to protect by all means our navigation and commerce. By giving life and animation to agriculture and industry, a new stimulus will be given to the pro gress of our navy, which will insure recovery from the state of prostration into which it had fallen, and which will not confer less benefit and advantage upon our foreign provinces, so worthy of all our interest for the fidelity they have always displayed under all cir cumstances. At home, in the Peninsula, order and respect of the laws have been maintained, so that every attempt at treason had been defeated by the vigilance and the firmness of the authorities, as well as by the fidelity of the army, the subordination and discipline of which might serve as a model for the world; and, in fine, by the excellent spirit of the people—tired and worn out by revolt, and anxious to enjoy fully the benefit of peace, under the shade of the Throne, and under the protec tion of oar national institutions. In order to consolidate the possession of advantages so precious, we have, by virtue of the authority which you gave to my Government, established organic laws. I have to congratulate you on the fact that these mea sures have fully justified our expectations. The nation now finds itself endowed with laws, the want of which had been felt during so many years, and the establish ment of which has been effected without suggesting any difficulty ; on the contrary, the establishment of those laws is beginning already to produce their fruits in the good order and government of the State. Independently of those reforms—so important and urgent—others of less magnitude have been effected, as well in the department of public instruction, as in the administration of justice, and in various other branches of Government. My Government has likewise devoted itself to the carrying into execution the plan of finance voted in the last Legislature, and to the removal of all the obstacles which impeded total reform in matters of taxation. I can assure you with satisfaction that that plan has been carried into effect in most of its provisions. In the estimates, which will be immediately submitted to you for examination, you will find all the ameliora tions and improvements of which they were susceptible. time and experience will lead us to discover defects which it is indispensable to correct, which it would have been impossilbe in so short a space of time to have re moved, and which ever accompany the establishment of a new system. Some of the evils and injuries arising out of the law of Aranceles, passed in the year 1841, being obvious, the Government proposes at a convenient opportunity to submit to you measures tor their remedy. My Govern ru-nt propose also to submit to you measures calculated to increase the public wealth and to strengthen the cre dit of the nation. My Government will also present to you a project of law with the important object of endowing, in a perma nent and solid manner, public worship and the clergy. Such, Gentlemen,.Senators, and Deputies, are the prin cipal matters to be submitted to your consideration, relying, as I do, upon your zeal and goodwill, of which I have received so many and such unequivocal proofs. The greatest and most difficult portions of this work being accomplished, it now remains only to conclude and place it on a solid basis. During the last session you introduced into the Constitution the reforms indis pensable for placing in harmony the prerogatives of the Crown and the rights of the nation. You authorised my Government to promulgate those organic laws, by means of which the political machine received freedom of action and movement. You decreed, in fine, a new plan of finance, calculated to put an end to the disorder which consumed the resources of the State. At present it devolves on you to examine the results of your former resolutions, and to introduce such further improvements and retbrms as shall appear to you called for and neces sary—a task, which though less brilliant, is not the less useful and glorious. Your zeal and perseverance will be necessary to aid my Government in the laudable task of regulating the finances and administration of the state, which necessarily felt the effects of previous groat and fatal disorder. I feel convinced that this task, if undertaken, will not be found greater than your capacity. This I hope for at least, confiding in the protection of Divine Providence, and with an ardent desire to add this new service to the many which you have already conferred on the throne and the country. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert took their early morning walk in the private grounds adjacent to the Castle. The Royal Family were all taken for their usual morning exercise on their ponies. In the afternoon their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore House, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Lord John Russell arrived at the Castle at twelve o'clock yesterday, and after having an audienoe of the Queen, his Lordship took his departure for town. Sir Robert Peel came to the Castle yesterday afternoon, and after having an audience of her Majesty the Right Honourable Baronet returned to London. This morning the snowy state of the weather pre vented the Q ueen or th e R oya l F am il y from leaving the Castle for their early walk. The Queen, Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, with the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle this morning. The Hon. and Reverend C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken a carriage airing in the afternoon. His - Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended both the morning and afternoon service yesterday, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Lord John Russell left town on Saturday morning for Windsor Castle. His Lordship returned to his residence in Chesham.place in the afternoon. Most of the Cabinet Ministers in town visited Sir Robert Peel on Saturday morning. The Right Hon. Baronet afterwards left town for Windsor Castle. The Earl of Ripon arrived in town after the departure of the Right Hon. Baronet, from his residence at Putney. Communications were forwarded to those Ministers absent from London. Sir Robert Peel returned to his residence in White hall Gardens, from Windsor Castle, in the evening. At eight o'clock a meeting w as h e ld at the official residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Downing -street. There were present Sir R. Peel, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Ripon, the Right Hcn. Sidney Herbert, and the Earl of Lincoln. The Duke of Wellington arrived in town about nine o'clock. and joined the Ministers. Lord Granville Somerset had not arrived in town. The meeting broke up at half-past twelve o'clock. Yesterday, soon after one o'clock, Lord Granville Somerset arrived in town from Norwich. His Lordship immediately went to have an interview with Sir Robert Peel. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. His Grace left town in the afternoon for Strathfieldsaye. The Earl of Dalhousie attended yesterday at the Home-office, and visited Sir Robert Peel. The Lord Bishop of London held an Ordination yester day morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Bishop of London. His Lordship ordained twenty-seven gentlemen as priests, and ten gentlemen as deacons. At the daily service in the Chapel Royal the prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the lessons by the Rev. Dr. D a ki ns , an d th e commun i o n service by the Rey. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. G. Noel. The antheanthemwas " Prepare ye the way of the Lord" (Wyse). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. LORD J. RUSSELL'S MINISTR Y. (From the Times.) The following was, we believe, the intended allocation of places in the Ministry which the sudden resistance of L'rd Grey to the appointment of Lo r d P a l merston as Minister for Foreign Affairs brought to so premature a close : First Lord of the Treasury, Lord John Russell. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Palmers ton. Secretary of State for the Home Department, Sir G. Grey. Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Grey. Lord Chancellor, Lord Cottenham. Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Besborough. Secretary for Ireland, Mr. Lahouchere. President of the Board of Control, Sir J. C. Hobbouse. First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Auckland. First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, Lord Morpeth. President of the Board of Trade, Lord Clarendon. Lord Privy Seal , Lord Minto. The Vice-Prwsidency of the Board of Trade was tendered to Mr. Cobden. THE MINISTERIAL CRESIS. (From the Times.) The politics of the last fortnight seem especially de signed to baffle the ingenuity of those who stake their credit on the happiness of their conjectures. Everybody is right, and everybody is wrong. Lord John Russeli has at last positively and definitely retired from the scene, and Sir Robert Peel has consented to remain in office. That, at least, is the latest information. What new turn things may have taken by the time those pages are in the hands of our readers, it would be rash to fore tell. We only pretend to be historians. Our first an nouncement was a simple matter of fact, with no other predictive character than what appertains to every statement which cannot for the present be fully authen. • ticated, and which, inasmuch as it relates to the future. may be frustrated by the events which a day may bring forth. Others, meanwhile, have indulged freely in the spirit of prophecy, and shown much superfluous clever ness. Matter of fact, however, as we have been con tented to be, by a succession of surprises and disappoii t. meats, we bid fair at last to come round to a fulfilment as literal as could possibly have been anticipated. Death will have removed one member of the Cabinet, and, per haps, vacillation another, but there is now every human probability that at an unusually early day of the nc w year Sir Robert Peel will propose a repeal of the corr.- laws. The events of the last week have been so ephe meral, so personal, so accidental, as really to be hardly worth relating. Readers whose minds will be carrici on to the important future, will not have patience for the frivolous gossip of the past. That gossip, however, is simple enough, It is due to the nobleman and gentle man whose movements last week occupied so unusual a space in the columns of the public press, to state that the impossibility of constructing a Ministry out of all that splendid and abundant material, did not arise from any difference of opinion as to the measure to be proposed. 'They were unanimous for an entire repeal of the corn laws, and though many of the party were indisposed to take office, and not very hopeful of success, all had con sented, and the business of allotting the places began. For this purpose, it is said, that the species of provisional Cabinet in which the measure and the emergency had been discussed was broken up, and Lord John Russell gave separate interviews to his intended colleagues. Here, however, in the very first step of his Administration, the Premier elect broke down. Rumour relates that, beginning with Lord Grey, Lord John Russell offered him the Colonial. office. He accepted, but had the curiosity to ask who was to have the Foreign-office? The answer was, Lord Palmerston—an intimation which had the immediate effect of neutralizing Lord Grey's love of place and power, patriotic and disinterested as it undoubtedly was. He most strongly objected to the appointment, and for his own part, positively refused to serve with Lord Pal merston as Foreign Minister. We will not stop to dis cuss how far this objection was sound, and how far th• 3 peace of the Cabinet would be compatible with the pre sence of a man whose name is certainly not the harbinger of peace to the world. Lord a Grey, in withdrawing from the Cabinet under the circumstances, only followed the example of the Parisian capitalists, who have been with drawing their money from the funds with more or less haste, exactly as there was reason to expect that Lord Palmerston was to be the channel and negotiator of in ternational amity. However, be Lord Grey and the Bourse right or wrong, so it was, he would net come to. It was in vain that Lord John represented the utter impossibility of passing such a man by ; possibility or impossibility, Lord Grey was inexorable, and took his ground on the absolute incompatibility of himself and Lord Palmerston sitting at the same Council table. The whole of Friday evening is said to have been spent in fruitless endeavours to move the rock, As Lord John Russell considered that he could not dis pense with either of their Lordships, or at least ceul 1 net afford to leave them at liberty to follow their own devices in the approaching struggle, he resolved again for the last time, to return his commission into hes Majesty's hands. Saturday was the day appointed for Sir Robert Peel to make the formal resignation of his. official insignia ; and on Saturday, accordingly, be would have presented himself at Windsor fur that purpose, if an early intimation of the state of affairs in his rival's camp had not changed the object of his journey. The spectacle of two retiring Premiers at once in the Castle would have been ludicrous enough, if it were not alse_ significant of changes in the constitution of our political parties which, happy or not, are far too momentous for smiles. It has been the boast of that era of which Providence has made Queen Victoria the most august and distinguished type and representative, that it unites the ancient factions, and reconciles the discordant theories of Government. Instinct and philosophy alike assure us that it is impossible to construct new unities out of the more dislocated parts and broken material of those which have passed away. The old forms must com pletely expire before the new ones can arise, and new institutions are born out of the very dust of the old. Tory and Whig are passing away. They are only re• membered names. They have no place in the system that is. Fragments and specimens survive. We can contemplate, examine, classify, describe, and admire ; but revive we cannet. Behold the visible consumma tion which history at last reveals. Au earthquake shakes the political world to its basis. Public necessity and public importunity fight their way through the ruin of Cabinets to the foot of the Throne. Almost at the ss me hour the heads of the two ancient and now antique,ed parties present themselves and declare the impossibility of constructing Ministries out of existing party material. Both at once proclaim their parties obsolete—themselves, as the leaders of those parties utterly invalid and te. The exigency of the moment compels the Queen to select the one who is deficto charged with her execu tive responsibilities. Sir R. Peel resigning his old autho rity, receives from the organic head of the State a new one, in better keeping with the crisis which compels his surrender, and consequent re -acceptance of the trust. Providence and the people have spoken in tones which it is impious and rebellious not to hear. That deep murmur has shaken all things, all classes and parties. The throne only is not shaken, because it listens and obeys, or rather, to speak perhaps more loyally and more truly, it follows its own deep sympa thies with the heart and mind of the people. The throne, then, after abrogating the worn-out system of the age gone by, founds a new order of things on new principles, and assigns to a re-instated and renovated Minister that new and solemn responsibility. The friends of Sir Robert Peel have no reason to lament what has occurred. Without such a solution the com plexities of his previous policy could not be entirely dis entangled—the burden of party could not have been entirely shaken off. Sir Robert Peel, however, must for the present consent to be regarded in an equivocal and doubtful position. It is still for him to decide, and put that last bold master-stroke to his portrait, which pos terity shall agree to regard as the clue to his real cha racter, and the solution of his apparent inconsistencies. He resumes office certainly not as a Tory Premier— that he never was—but not even as a Conservative. Ho must now be the popular Premier ; and that people from whom he virtually receives his present policy and trust he must now determine faithfully, honestly, and impar tially to serve. (From the Morning Chronicle) The readers of the Morning Chronicle must have been prepared, by our announcement of Saturday morning, for the unsatisfactory result of " the Ministerial crisis." On Friday night, we believe, Lord John Russell com municated to her Majesty that, in consequence of a diffi culty which had unexpectedly arisen, he must resign the commission with which she had honoured him to form an Administration, and on Saturday his Lord ship waited on her Majesty for this purpose. The difficulty referred to, we feel it right to say, did not arise from any difference of opinion upon the great question which has produced the present Ministerial crisis. Upon that question there was on Friday, and continues to be still, the most com plete agreement between Lord John Russell and the friends with whom he had been in consultation during the week. Nor is there any truth in the statement made by come of our Contemporaries, that there was any difference of opinion as to the individuals who were to have composed the future Cabinet. Sir Robert Peel waited upon her M a j es ty on S a t ur d ay . Upon his re turn to town he was met by the members of his Cabinet, with whom he remained in deliberation until a late hour. It was rumoured last night that Lord Ellenbo rough, Lord Dalhousie, the Earl of St. Germans, and Mr. Gladstone, were likely to be members of Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet. (From the Herald.) Wo believe the following statement may be relied upon :—Her Majesty desired Sir Robert Peel to wait upon her on Saturslay, for the purpose of finally taking leave of her Majesty. Sir Robert Peel repaired accord ingly to Windsor, and on his arrival was informed by her Majesty that Lord John Russell, after having un dertaken to form a Government, had failed in accom plishing that task ; and that her Majesty must therefore express her desire that Sir Robert Peel would not abandon her service. Sir Robert Peel informed her Majesty that, just previously to his quitting London, he h a d rece i ved the intelligence of Lord John Russell 's failure ; and that, having reason to believe that those of his •Idleagues who had differed from him were not prepar e d to form a Government, and considering that Lord John Russell was unable to form oae, he had resolved, without a mo ment's hesitation, to withdraw his tender of resignation, to resume office, and to propose to Parliament those measures which the exigencies of the public service might require. THE LATE HIGH TIDE. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. RESPECTED FRIEND,—From reading the distressing accounts of the destitution to which some families are reduced in the neighbourhood of Lambeth, in conse quence of the high tide of the Thames, particularly that of a poor pipe maker, I take the liberty of sending the small inclosed sum, thinking perhaps thou would have an Opportunity of forwarding it, and that perhaps some of thy considerate readers may be led to do the same, and thus afford theca some comfort and relief, particu larly at this season, which Christians are about t o cele brate, viz., the advent of Ilim, who told us, " Give, and it shall be given unto you. Good measure, pr esse d d own and shaken together, and running over, sh a ll men g i ve into your bosom ; for with the same measure that ye mete it shall be measured to you again."—Thine re spectfully, A CONSTANT READER. Sheffield, 12tno. 19, 1845. [We have received with this half a sovereign, which we will forward to the Police Magistrates at the Lambeth office, who appear to have taken an interest in the case. —ED. Sun.] The Earl and Countess of Cardigan are entertain ing a large circle of their fashionable friends at Deene Park, Northamptonshire. The party consists of his Royal High ness Prince George of Cambridge and the H on . C ap t a i n Macdonald, the iilarquis and Marchioness of Worcester, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert De Burgh, Viscounts Maid stone and Cantalupe, Lord Adolphus Fityalmence, Mr. Knightly, &c. His Royal Highness the Du . ..e of Cambridge was prevented by indisposition partaking the hospitality of the noble Earl. I