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

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHAiiGE-MONDAY. , The ar r i va l s o f E ng li s h Wheat, coastwise as well as by land carriage, up to our market last week, were tole good, though not to say large. Of Barley, both of rime and foreign growth, the receipts were on the in edrease, while nearly the whole of the latter, from the for having receded to 3s per quarter, has been entered tor home consumption. Of all other articles of Grai n, the supplies were rather scanty. Fresh up, a fair ave !lige quantity of Wheat came to hand from Essex and 'lent, in good condition ; but from all other quarters the arrivals were very scanty. The show of samples of both red and white was moderately good, while the finest par cels were in fair request, at prices quite equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight ; while, in other kinds, only a limited business was doing at previous quota tions.) The quantity of foreign Wheat on offer W as but limit e d, w hile holders in general were very .L,irra. and obtained full prices in every instance. 4a Wheat and other corn under lock so little was doing, that the quotations ruled almost nominal. Owi n g , as We have before observed, to the large influx of- foreign 141.1 7 , and to the present low rate of duty, that article Was in good supply to-day. That, as well as English, Was a dull sale. The finest qualities were is, other kinds La to 2s per quarter lower than last week, without any Progress being made in sales. Notwithstanding the 11 ,,,PP1y of Malt was small, the inquiry for it was heavy. 'ne best Chevalier was held at full rates ; but the value the other p arce l s h a d a downward tendency. Oats , for e limit e d rece ipt s , m oved off steadily, and prices were firmly support e d. Beans were a dull sale, at a decline of Grey Per quarter. The same may be said of M a p le and Peas. The Flour trade was again dul l, at last Week's figures. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT —Essex & !Mmir—Chevalier......, 61s to Ms - • red '4os to 505 Ditto, vitae 465 to 56s Norfolk and Lin coln''''' tt o; irge ...... t42st oo 54 6a Ido l , red —s to —4 Ditto w hite . to —s RY OiNd New 3ss to 363 1 ARLEY—Grinding 26s to 3ls, Malting 38s to 40s LT --Suffolk and Nor folk sBs to 625 ! Brow n s6s to 60s Kingston and Ware 63s to 64s witlo FOREIGN GRAIN Al's --.Dantzic tkitarburg h 303 to — 5 27s to `,lts °4ll- •. New Feed 155 t0.17s Oer the time of year, we had a full average n umber of ma ny o n sa l e , w hil e , compared with that exhibited on previous Monday's, there was a s li g ht improve ment in quality ; nevertheless, it proved inferior to the generality of seasons. The trade in the dead markets 'DrVery firm, and the attendance of buyers numerous. e demand for all kinds of Beasts, but more particu iirlY for the primest Scots, &e., was decidedly active, at an il i a d'runce in the currencies obtained on this day se'n ght of quite 2d per Sibs, 4s 4d being readily paid as a P figure • indeed, in some few instances , the rates ex ee h teded atrange. At the close of the market , ver y few i;''u remained unsold. With the exception o f a deficienc y quality, the stock came to hand in fair condition. R ather extensive imports of livestock from abroad, have e igain taken place during the past week ; 67 Beasts and Sheep having arrived at Hull, from Rotterdam; while ,e arrivals for London have consisted of 43 Oxen and Rotterdam. from Schiedam, and 60 Beasts and 195 Sheep from ZOtterdam. The supply of foreign stock here, this r °r iling amounted to 35 Beasts and 67 Sheep. With tl e a aPect to the former there was nothing remarkable in th e n; though their quality was tolerably good ; but in e latter a great improvement was noticed, the whole havingper found buyers, at prices varying from 36s to 41s v s 7 head. The stock in question was " jobbed " and head by German salesmen ; in fact, scarcely• a single h is now disposed of in this market through other e n d& As the various foreign ports will soon be closed ; t ! the winter months, the " season " for these I, 4 _Portations will be soon brought to a close. Fresh up to-day, about 1,600 Beasts came to hand from 1 4 incolnshi re L e i ces t ers hire, and Northamptonshire ; , 7fili e from ' Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge vi e, the receipt s i a mounted to 40 0 Scots, &c. ; from runty,e Western an d m idland districts, 500 Herefords , Devons , &c. ; from other parts of England, 400 of various kinds from Scotland, 200 horned and polled Scots, and f r om Ireland, 40 Beasts. The supply of Sheep was not tr „lay large, yet it was fully equal to the wants of the Week . The Mutton trade was tolerably steady, yet last e ek's advanced rates were with difficulty supported. Calves,„, the supply of which was very limited, met a 1 , 0 7, heavy demand at last week's prices. Prime small W :Ker B Were quite as dear, but all other kinds of Pigs ere a mere drug. Osas—Yorkshire and Lincolneh., feed 22s to 23s Potatoe Youghall and Cork, black ..... lls to 22s Cork, white Scotch, feed BEaws—Tick.... ...... 35s to 37s 1 Pigeons 3Bs to 45s Plus—Grey Maple ..... 368 to 401 1 White ..... 361 to 383 Boilers ..... flowt—Town made Suffo'k 33s to 35s Stockton & Norfolk 338 to 35. 1D FLOUR IN BOND. BEANS 24s to 29. p ans 2B: to 32s FLoit—American l2ls to —a Baltic •••••••••••••••••• 2tb to Per Bibs. to sink the offaL Inferior B s , d. to s. d. s.d.tes.d. Seco nd .„ Besets ..... ... 2 8 2ly Second qualityditto.. 9 g g 310 Prim e i stuallty • ditto... 3 0 3 6 Coarse-woolled ditto Prime s a :g,.." ) xen. ..... 3 8 4 0 Southdown Wethers 4 0 4 2 Lar ge en :' , .. &c. ... 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool Prime ucrif6;r.,,se Calves. .30 3 6 Large Hogs 3O 3 6 ditto .... : 3 6 4 0 Small Porkers 3 8 4 0 Inferior shZ , each . lB 0 31 (. Quarter old Pigseachl 6 0 20 0 ....... . 2 9 3 0 Lambs 0 0 0 Beasts. ....... AT MARKET. Pigs. 3,420 I Sheep. Calves. I 1 27,730 102 i Snce thi sNEWCIAL I T 33 AND LEADENZEAL Z. day se'nnight, a fair average supply of country-killed Meat has come to hand here, in, for the ,Most part, good con di t i on. Wi t h M ea t killed in the me tropolis, we have been rather scantily supplied, while 17 general quality has proved inferior. Prime Beef, 1 3 ,,, 11tt ° 11 , and Pork have sold steadily, at full prices ; t'" i n all other kinds of Meat a very limited b usiness as been transacted. About forty carcases of Beasts, s lid One hundred ditto o f Shee p , arrived in the first in a.allee alive ' from Holland, have been disposed of here - ; ooa t h . c past ' week. On the w hole the q ualit y has been At per stone, by the Carcase. int ef. fi. d. to s. d. s. d. tee, d. ''''.-- ' i nferior..„.„..... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior 2 6 210 ___ .......... Middling ..... .... 2 8 210 --- middling 3 0 3 2 ~...... Prime large ~.... 3 0 3 2 --- prime 3 4 3$ Vt,a Prune small ..«. . 3 4 3 6 'Pork, large - **"•••••••-........ 2'lo 4 0 ,—amall.... ........ ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Scotto Remits. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. 380 y or nd 2O 300 260 No " h ire Zittait:l c idgeshire —o froik 18 120 60 24 90 30 jr,"; .. . . 30 140 60 100 -•oothli• . •-- 0000000 •••••••••„••••• O ther p r a e rts Wilto l e 16 60 30 50 .90 100 50 11 1 4 ,,, i Tot a l 228 1,700 150 1,1 50 ° as week's arrival 1114 re nee since our last Bl 470 10 140 The BoitinTON NOP MARKET. twi n s upply of pockets has now become very limit, q uo tation s , which,the demand, is steady, at fully last week's tre e it ti ' 3ll S. New bags are coming forward somewhat ; b ut, as yet, the sales in them have been only to a ted extent. TALLOW. 8 Market continues steady, both as to prices and Ye a - p -e6 s. It is true the deliveries are less tha n informer thel arge increase of home Tallow throughout the United - A"lpto. The price for fine new yellow Can dle on the mole 40 s 9d, and for the spring months 41s to 41s 3d. T allow is 41s to 41s 6d nett cash. Il i t th er °ROIIGIL AND SPITALPIELDS. f rt it extensive supplies of Potatoes have a rrived g A ocotland, and different other quarters. since Mon- If oh , 8 "!: t; while the demand has ruled inactive, at our About 40 tons have come to hand from _ncl e B4:l , d , and produced 21 5s per ton. Present rates as I~ 'York Reds, 60s to 70s ; Perth ditto, 55s to 60s; J o ! bevons, 60s to 65s ; Cornwall ditto, 60s to 655; ke n lY Blues, 50s to 55s ; ditto Whites, 45s to 503 ; to i n " a nd Essex Whites, 50s to 555; ditto Kidneys, 55s to si s ; %Visbeach Kidneys, 60s to 65s ; ditto Blues, 505 to 5 5 s , ditto Whites, 55s to 60s ; Guernsey Blues, 50s tO 4 , 8 ; ditto Whites, 45s to 50s; Prince Regent's, 55s " a Per to n . Th e WOOL MARKET. gUri ~- e, ,nas been more inquiry for all kinds of Wool Port il td'' th e past week, and prices have been steadily sup- The imports have consisted of 316 bales from ",(1. ~"Y) 128 do., from Hamburgh, 328 do. , from tat, 4 8. 1 and 29 do., from Antwerp. The impo rts durin g 411 41 ,11 . t t en months of the present year have been as tom Colonial Bales. Foreign Bales , Li„ 9,736 dull and Goole —__ T h t Totals 82,100 129,978 Th e above is the largest importation ever known. —On Saturday, the . UFFICE DELINCWIN • '6tant, Mr. Modlen, of Penrith, in Cumberland, hat "facter inclosed five pound note and a Post-office order t r f or three pounds, in a letter, for Mr. Richard pith. of Carlisle, brewer, and posted the same at Pen arr. The letter and the inclosures, however, did not h et ive u at their proper destination in due time, and the . ti a ha ving been made known to the post-office authorr toslaetttC7lisol. e, a searching examination was made, but the sae Carlisle, was found out to the discovery of the thief, or tote n-te, or post-office order. On Friday last, the . post•office order were sent to the postmaster at krnrivrth, from the General Post-office in London, for 10;" Auc `dlen, the owner, but the original letter remains had 1 / 2 It aPpears that the conscience of the delinquent aso powerfully accuse d hi m , or that he was so fearful uetection, th a t h e actua ll y k ept t h e or i g inal letter, old inclosed the note and order in a blank sheet of letter rtier, and pelt the same into the Carl i s l e Post-office, w ithout any address upon it. Of course the undirected 40letter was sent to the secretary at the General Post- L ei "' who, on op en i ng i t, f oun d t h a t th e Post-office order al though t o Mr. Modlen. It is to be expected that, Till the money has turned up, that every exert i on 7 1 11 still be made in order to bring the guilty party to Joe. REPRESENTATION OF WALSALL.—A rumour feu has in circulation for some time past, that Mr. R. Scott, fl•• 1 1. for this borough, will resign his s,eat at the meeting of Parliament, o w i ng to indisposition. In such a case , 'I Is beli eve d that Mr. Foster will offer himself as a can- ' itdate on the Conservative side, and Mr. Littleton, the o r 11 of Lord Hatherton, on that of the Opposition.— Stacdard. [W e can state on the best authority, that of ith e on. Gentleman himself, that there is no truth what ever in th e report.—Birmingham Pilot. LEICESTER STATE OF TRADE.—We have no im rovement to report in the staple trade, but the country houses do not complain so much as the London and shipping houses. Wools and yarns remain tolerably 1 , 1111 . In the glove and fancy branches the falling off Its bee n most serious, and many workmen are out of ; In Ployment, and, we fear, must remain so for a few bs- We entertain, however, every expectation that s 'nosi will revive, and resume a wholesome appear -144 after Christwas.—Leiceskrakirc Mercury. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 2.—Wind N. to N.E., fresh breeze, and cloudy. DBAL, Nov. 30.—Wind E. to E.N.E., fresh breeze.— Arrd. Lady Seaton, Thompson, Montreal ; Brown, White, Quebec. DEC. 1, A.M.—Variable and squally. P.M.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Eleanor, Fumey, Barbadoes; Lord Wellington, Quebec. Sid., 29th, Cumberland, Demerara; 30, Nautilus, Mauritius; Claudia, Demerara. Dec. 1, Birman, Calcutta. The'Lady Seaton left Quebec on the 7th ult., and left fifty sail bound to the United Kingdom, the greater part half loaded. OFF DOVER, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Maria Elizabeth, Fleus, Batavia, for Rotterdam. 30 , Hornby, Allen , Ber bice . Dec. 1, Arab, Nickels, Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. I.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Orb, Quebec, for Sunderland ; Evenwood, Procter, ditto, for Hartlepool. Sid. her Majesty's ship Hornet, Eastward. Off, Trident, Smith, Porto Rico, for Hamburgh. OFF FOLKESTONE, Nov. 30.—Borneo, Hogg, Calcatta. COWES, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Louisa, Snow, Matanzas ; Sabina, Puento, ditto, for Bremen. PLYMOUTH. DEC. I.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Prins Carl, Stockholm, for the Cape and China. FALMOUTH, Dm. I.—Wind E., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Clio, Halerow, Miramishi. Sld. Duke of Manchester, Jamaica ; Niord, Havannah. GUERNSEY, Nov. 28.—Sld. Flora, St. Helena; Nancy, Havannah. JERSEY, NOV. 29.—Arrd, Syren, Joyce, Ichaboe ; P. R. C., Cape Breton ; Dit On, Arichat ; Swift, La hore ; Welcome, Bernice ; Pallas, Fortune Bay. CARDIFF, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Industry, kiramichi. BRISTOL, Nov. 30.—Sld. Flora, Trinidad ; Britannia, Barbadoes ; Adelaide, Tobago and St. Vincent. SWANSEA, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Sir John Russell, Quebec. MILFORD, Nov. 29.—The Mary Lyon, which arrived here the 27th instant from Ichaboe, has been laid on the ground to be surveyed, having struck on the rocks at that place, broken her keel fore and aft, and rubbed off some of her copper. BELFAST, Nov. 30.—The Augusta, of Leith, Mitchell, from Dalhousie to the Clyde, struck on the Cannon Rock yesterday, beat over, with loss of rudder and water logged; crew and passengers saved. She has gone to Greenock in tow of a steamer. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30.—Wind S.S.E. moderate.—DEc. 1. S.E., ditto.—Arrd. (30) Ward, Chapman, St. John's, New Brunswick, after being ashore, but without appa rent damage; Royal Albert and Calcutta (27), Quebec. Sld. 29. Senator, Batavia; Trueputa, New Orleans; 30. William Parker, Bombay; Flowers of Ergie, Mauritius; Flying Fish, Rio Grande; Iron Queen, Rio Janeiro; Phoenix, Antigua; Leo, Trinidad; Gertrude and John Bolton, New Orleans; Susan, Vera Cruz; St. Mark, Savannah. 1. Tigris, Calcutta; Emilia, Rio Janeiro; Gipsy, Maranham; Georgians and Swan, New Orleans; England and Southemor, New York. Off, Mars, IcnAßOE.—Arrd. W. S. Hamilton, London; Jamaica and Tiber, Liverpool. LANCASTER BAY, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Chieftain, Quebec for Glasgow, Docke, leaky, having struck on a bank off Rossall Point, 28th inst. CLYDE, Nov. 29.—Sld. California, Demerara; Envoy, New Orleans. CORK, Nov. 28.—Arrd. Volusia, Bartlett, Honduras; Elizabeth, Honduras. KINGSTON, Nov. 29.—A water-logged ship was fallen in with on the 25th inst. lat. 51, lon. 14, by the Dykes, arrived here from Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 30.—Arrd. George Wilkinson, Brown, Quebec. HULL, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Charles, Smith, Ichaboe, for G ainsborough. CROOKHAVEN, Nov. 27.—A topmast, a topsail-yard, part of a lower-mast rigging attached, have been towed ashore near here. They appear to belong to a ship of 800 tons, and not long in the water. BELMULLET, Nov. 28.—The R. A. Parke, from Que bec to this port, hauled her chains last night, and went ashore in Black Sod Bay ; is much damaged. Crew saved. BELFAST, Nov. 28.—Arrd. James Hunt, Stewart, An tigua; Elenshere and Rose, Cowie, Quebec. PORT Ruin, Nov. 26.—The smack Victoria, from Li verpool to this port was found this morning abandoned, and a total wreck, in the Skerries. Crew reported to be saved. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 30.—The Mary Anne, Wallace, from St. Petersburgh to Shields, ashore at Seaton Snook, remains without much damage, her cargo has been saved. The cargo of the Celia, from Memel to Lynn, wrecked near here, has been saved. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, Nov. 28.—At the comm encement of the sitting of the Chamber to-day, M. de Decker laid on the table the budget of the department of Foreign Affairs. The Chamber then resumed the general discussion of the budget of ways and means. M. de la Coste main tained the opinion that the legislation on sugar should not be meddled with at present. He has proceeded to show the defects of our system of commercial octrois. M. Delfosse, who spoke next, warmly attacked the policy of the Cabinet, or rather that of the Minister of the Inte rior. He, however, deferred the political discussion till the budget of the interior shall be brought forward, and then attacked the financial system of the Cabinet. Seve ral members then spoke. The chief subject of discussion was the assistance given to the Colonisation Company. The Minister of the Interior deferred to a future occasion the explanation to be given on this subject. At the end of the sitting, the Minister of the Interior introduced a project of law for placing the canals of Ghent and Ostend on the same same footing as that of Teriveuren by the treaty concluded with the Netherlands. The King will go on Monday to Ardenne. BRUSSELS, Nov. 29.—1 n to-day's sitting of the Cham ber, Mr. Ory asked for a report on a loan of two millions to a company at Antwerp for the exportation of cotton manufactures. The Minister of the Interior promised to present the report, but added that the matter concerned a former administration. The Guatemala Company was again the chief subject of the debate. The members of the Cabinet continued to be very reserved on this question, but the Minister of the Interior pronounced that the convention between that Company and the Government should be laid before the Chamber. Among other things for which the Mi nistry was blamed, was a grant of 3,000 francs to the company to procure for the public collection specimens of the natural productions of Guatemala, in curiosities of that part of the American continent. The general debate was then closed. BERLIN, Nov. 26.—1 t has been reported for some days that the King has confirmed the sentence of death pro nounced against Tchesh, in the second instance, but by a special order of the Sovereign, the execution is to be left to the reign of his Majesty's successor. If this is true, the King, who in this case has to decide in his own cause, following the dictates of his humane heart, granted the life of the criminal without opposing public opinion, and the course of justice for the sword is still sus pended over the head of the criminal ; but his blood is not shed before the eyes of the King, whose life was so providentially preserved. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausins, Nov. 29. A e tna Debt, 2)4 per Cent., ...... Rothschild's Loan , Five p er Cent. ........... — Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. 98 Three err ;74 ----- Thirty-seven Minims, ditto ..... (1840)..-........... 'MN 1844 oo . 0000 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10203 Loan of City, 1843, 'Four per Cent. llOl 1832 S oc iety of Commerce , Four Cane Half per Cent Bank of Belgium, }limper 54% o Issue of 1841..."."...••••.....••• 000000 —Brussels Papers, Nov. 3d. Nev. 23. AU STRIAN FU ND:J.—VIENNA, Five per Cents. Meta lh o nes...». 000000 ........ 110 Four per Cents• ..... 0000000 • 100 Three per Cents. ............... ............ ......... 102 75 ' Bank shares ..... ....... ...... Loan, 1834 .................... ....... ....................... ...... .• . ...... Ditto, 183 1 ........... .......... Idsterhazy's Loa .. Loan .......... .......................... 58% R A V/AYS. The Northern, or Ferd inand 152$ Gloggnita .................................w....... 116 Milan ........ .............. ...... 109 elligerneine Zeitung. Nov. 28. PRUSSIAN F UNDS.—BsEu N, Nov.N 28. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 3% per cent. 19 9% 9 9 q P ru ssian English Bonds,lB3o, 4 per cent Exchange on London—. ........ . .. ........ Prussian State Gazette. Nov. 29. HAMBU RGH BORSENHALLE, Nov. 29. Rills. Money. 23% Austrian 5 per Cents. 1650 -- B a nk Shares .. 105 Ang i o -Russian Loan...—. ... .. « ... .... Russian 5 Der Cent., let s e r ies, Certifieate 105% I nscr iption, Ist series — 105% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series ..... .. ..... «.....«.. ........ ....... « • 99 -- Ditto in Certificates ..... ..... ....... « .......... New 4 per Cent. (1840) ......... ._•••• ... .......... « 9O - 5 Per Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ... ...... Ditto r Cent. ........ « Anglo-Danish Loan, S per Coat. ... ..... ..... Spanish, New S per Cents. ••• ..... ..............« l9 ...N. .... Polish Bonds ............. ... ..... .... ....... .. .......... New Tickets. .......... « .......... ..... ............. - Haraburgh, One month ..... ..z. 13 9% Two re0uth5......... 1$ 8 POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—Some ingenious thief has managed to commit a robbery upon the Ely Post-office. A packet, containing 3501. in country notes, was posted, it appears, at March, in Cambridgeshire, some time since, and addressed to a banking-house in London, the postage having been duly paid upon as an ordinary letter. The packet was missed from the office previously to the making up of the bag, and was not heard of for five hous day e s afterwards, when, strange to say, 2901. reached the in London, the thief having only taken 60/. in Bank of England notes, which were exchanged at Messrs. Foster's bank, at Cambridge. The original wrapper was changed for a brown paper envelope, bearing upon it the Ware post-mark. ATTEMPT TO POISON A WHOLE FAMILY.—On Thursday last, John Wall, of Oadby, framework knitter, aged twenty-five, was examined before I. Hodgson, Esq., on a charge of attempting to kill his sister, mother, and brother, by mixing a quantity of arsenic in sugar, and administering some to them. It appears that on the morning of the 19th instant, about an hour after the family had taken breakfast, they were seized with violent sickness, which continued during that day and part of the next, and at length they became so greatly alarmed that Mr. Beasley, surgeon, was called in, and he imme diately discovered that they were suffering from the effects of poison. The sugar which remained had been made away with. The prisoner's brother and sister are partially recovered, but his mother still remains in a very , dangerous state, and but littlehopes are entertained of her recovery. The only motive that can be assigned for the perpetration of so diabolical an offence is, that the prisoner wished to get possession of a sum of money to which he and his brother and sister were entitled on the death of their mother. He was remanded to Mon day next for turther examination.—Leicester Mercury. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning Mr. Alexander Bruce, a respectable sh i pp in g agent and broker, residing in Burr-street, Lower East Smithfield, expired in the Queen's Arms public-house, Wapping, from the effects of injuries he received by falling through the hatchway into the hold of a vessel lying in the Wapping-basin of the London Docks on the previous 'young. LL SET TRAP' Saturday i. Sales, 3, '; iid. to 7(1, 1 ; Share mar )ns were 0 rand Junc v, 3, Half She; 34;i 1,0 1 0 1 :1 inghain, if ; LyonsL i Means, TS, se, 51s. ~°"" 'ranee, 111; t i ice in the IP lar of WO ;lye to the O ) ant district. ats Cont n ew year, ng suspe li ; Prices bo y ptioits ofg'cr, r, is, thatni he viciniA l s 'ping enint ly in the is of suit: laid it re n demand k of oars• carry t/ tl doubtless , . g withheld r to be ei_ ac . .y to ad.7 h o inue to fur' nt in our of the Con ty next. . 1 0 ; capital° t y Levoted The Pe i / sued are A° the Stoc k) ; selling e t y am before 04 le Aecooe t t o ig higher ternoon• e very n i ri s e frort4 fs, and P" ted in the Lat the attes a entirelf r p advannO to 361 F ee) iese Couv.4lo elgian gents. at 3elgian - 1 A' the —0 P.- . t y premium nium they and the ~d .nglo-Me ,can at 3 ' O'cLOCIL ~... 99‘,10 .. 1 1 1 I 5" ~.... 2% .... 1014 6d, 57 pm. 57 pm. 57 pm. O'CLOCICce • 102% 1 3 4 61 364 g• 16 t 5% 94 %4 1 5 0 5 6 4 94 6. 3 6 65 , so. .. o% :: irY23i :: 9'4)4 .. """ ~ - ..., ,A FBA . ...... . - •••••• , • I. .... i . •••••• . a/. PLit i9s 4 1 • -3 .... ".. 5 0 "" 00 N.• 13)f ye• i s 19 41 ..•• ~.• 5 0../00 ' to-ci te t4f y0r , ; ( 0 4 a ; „It' 9 Le ffield' 3beSter Aft er hare 1 ,0 N•ng ize i %e r j hoot o r of si ll° ach,o 4l h boir thrtj brr - f ew: 0 1°g i $ " 1 1(13 0' f o re 4, Oil fie ligb LlP lde r 0., i b0 o ce the fo fires THE SUN, LONDON, MO'ND AY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1344. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Pubitt eptitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On the 19th ult. the Prince de Joinville and the Duke d'Aumale arrived in the Bay of Naples. The Princes shortly afterwards landed, and notwithstanding the late ness of the hour they repaired to the theatre, where the Court was presiding at an extraordinary performance given on the occasion of the Queen Dowager's birthday. On the 21st a grand dinner, followed by a brilliant re ception, took place at Court; and the King, accompanied by the two French Princes, was to hold a review of all the troops of the garrison on the 24th. The marriage of the Duke d'Aumale with the Princess of Salerno was to be celebrated on the following day at La Favorite, a country seat belonging to the Duke of Salerno, situate near Portici. The Quotidienne, in an article on the French navy, states that the losses of France during twenty-three years' war with England, from 1793 to 1315, were 91 ships of the line, 177 frigates. The losses of Holland were 22 ships of the line and 40 frigates; of Spain 21 ships and 22 frigates; and of Denmark 20 ships and 10 frigates. Out of the ships taken 41 were added to the British navy with 108 frigates. The Court of Assizes of the Meurthe was occupied on the 23d inst.. and the two following days, with the trial of Francois Marshal, for parricide. The jury found a verdict of guilty, and the Court ordered him to be executed on the market-place of Chateau-Salina. The Swiss journals of the 26th announce that the central tribunal of the Valais has just pronounced its sentence on the principal leaders of the late revolt in the Valais. M. Maurice Barman has been condemned to twenty years' confinement in a State prison, the depriva tion of political rights for life, the payment of the ex penses of the war during three days of the revolt, and payment of the amount of the loss sustained by the de struction of several bridges, and the fire at Varnayaz. These indemnities are subject to diminution by what ever amount may be fixed for his accomplices, but in the event of non-payment M. Barman is to be held respon sible for the whole. A Brest letter of the 25th instant states that, during the two preceding days the cold there had been so great that the dealers in ice had begun to lay in their stores. In the night of the 24th the thermometer was down at two degrees below zero of the Centigrade scale, twenty seven Fahrenheit. It was rumoured at Madrid that General Narvaez was about to be raised to the dignity of a Grandee of the first class, with the title of Duke d'Ardoz. A letter from Bayonne of the 27th ult. announces, that the eldest son of General Zurbano arrived in the morning of that day on the French territory. Letters from Brest, dated the 26th ult., state that ad vices from Rio Janeiro, dated the 2d of October last, had reached, announcing the approaching departure for France of the frigate Reine Blanche, bearing the flag of Admiral Dupetit Thouars. That frigate had been or dered to sail for Cherbourg, where she was daily ex pected. The Courrier de Lyon states that several Englishmen, connected with silk factories in England, are now at Lyons, endeavouring to obtain admission into the fac tories of that place, for the purpose of pirating the fashions for 1845. The Courrier cautions the Lyons manufacturers against these visitors. According to a Berlin letter of the 21st ult., all the presents made to Blucher, and the various and valuable decorations bestowed upon him by different Sovereigns, which were kept in a chateau belonging to his descend ants in the environs of Berlin, have been carried off by thieves. ___. A letter from Warsaw of the 16th ult. states, that se veral young Poles, who had been banished to Siberia for conspiracy against their government, had just re turned, having received a free pardon. It is also stated that the rescript against the Jews is virtually abandoned. LAW AND POLICE. At Warwick James Leigh, aged 30, Thomas Leigh, aged 34, Thomas Flowers, aged 37, and William Watts, were placed at the bar, charged with having violently assaulted, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm, one William Freeman and others. They were found guilty ; and Justice Coltman, in passing sentence, said, considering the violent nature of the affray, he must teach them a severe lesson, and to James Leigh, who had acted as ringleader throughout, he should award an imprisonment of 18 calendar months, with hard labour; to the other three an imprisonment of twelve calendar months ; and the remaining twenty-four prisoners his Lordship sentenced to an imprisonment of three months each. The York assizes commenced on the 29th ult., and on the 30th several trials took place, but they were without interest. At the Gloucester assizes George Cole, 24, William Fry, 30, and William Gunning were convicted of a rob bery, with violence, from the person of Mr. Abraham Williams, at Bilton, and sentenced to hard labour for three years. COURT-PASHIONABIAL The Duke of Norfolk, who arrived in town on Thurs day last, has since left for Arundel Castle. The Noble Duke is about to present fifty acres of land to the people of Sheffield, for public pleasure grounds. The Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey are at present on a visit to J. A. Smith, Esq., Dale Park, where a shooting party is assembled. The Duke of Buckingham, Lord Guernsey, Lord Bel grave, Sir John Key, and Miss Key, have been among the recent visitors to the Rev. George Chetwode, at Long Crenden, Oxfordshire. The Marquis de St. Aulaire, son of his Excellency the French Ambassador, has left Manchester House for Paris. The Duchess Decazes, who has been staying on a visit to her noble parents, has also left town for the Continent. _ _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have ar rived at Dudley House, Park-lane, from Arveryke Lodge, Inverness-shire. The Noble Marquis and Marchioness proceed shortly to Barron's Court, county Tyrone, for the Christmas holidays. The Earl of Abergavenny will shortly leave Eridge Castle for Brighton, where the Noble Earl intends so journing the winter. Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland passed through Edinburgh on Wednesday, accompanied by Lord and Lady Blantyre and the Marquis and Mar chioness of Lorn, on their way to Lennoxlove, the seat of the Dowager Lady Blantyre, where they are to remain on a visit to her Ladyship for a few days. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton have arrived in Portman-square, from Bath. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglass (Princess Mary of Baden) have left Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, and proceeded on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Dunmore, at Dunmore Castle, near Falkirk. The Marquis of Bristol has arrived in St. James's square, from Lettworth Park, near Bury. The Earl and Countess of Brownlow, and the Ladies Cust, were expected to leave Witley Court at the close of last week, for Brighton. The Noble Countess, who succeeded Viscountess Barrington as Lady of the Queen Dowager's Bedchamber, having fulfilled her period of attendance on her Majesty. MISCZSZJLNEOUgI. A case was recently brought before the Leeds magis trates, by Captain John St. Alban, of the 83, who claimed exemption from the payment of toll at one of the toll-bars. The exemption of officers of infantry re giments from the payment of toll for passing through turnpike bars on horseback being a question of some doubt, a communication was made to the War-office on the subject, and the reply was, " that the law officers of the Crown have given their opinion that the words of the Mutiny Act do exempt, as they were intended to ex empt, all military o ffi cers in uniform, dress or undress, and their horses, from the payment of toll when passing through turnpike gates or bridges erected by the autho rity of Parliament." In consequence of the demise of the Princess Sophia of Gloucester, on Sunday the New Terrace was closed to the public by command of the Queen. The State apartments also remain shut. It is not expected they will be opened for the admission of the public until after the funeral shall have taken place. Although the Princess Sophia expired at her residence at Blackheath on Friday morn ing between ten and eleven o'clock, the intelligence was not received by her Majesty until seven o'clock that evening. The following is an extract from a letter of the 27th ult., addressed by General Pasley to Mr. Lightfoot : " I am very sorry to inform you, that I have felt it my duty to report to the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade, that I ascribe the cause of the accident on the 21st instant, to an error of judgment on your part, in setting aside the directions given by John Kearsley, the engineman, and communicated at the Beeston station by James Howitt. I regret the circum stances exceedingly, as I am sensible that your inter ference, though it led to such fatal consequences, was prompted by zeal, and you risked your own life as well as that of others on the occasion." The following removals of troops are ordered to take place:—The 56th Foot from Ireland to England, the depot of the 14th Foot from Ireland to England, and the 67th Foot from England to Ireland. The 72d Foot embarked at Cork for Gibraltar on the 27th ult. Her Majesty has assigned apartments in Hampton Court to the widow of the late Lieut.-General John Skinner, 16th Regiment, who served in th• army for 55 years. This lady lost three sons in the army, Lieut.- Colonel T. Skinner, 31st ; Ensign J. Skinner, 56th Re giment ; and Captain J. Skinner, 61st Bengal Native Infantry. IBCOACII ACCIDENTS. -- On Friday last as a man, who is deaf, was returning towards Bewdley, from the Far Forest coal pits, with a sack of coals on his back, the Red Rover coach overtook him, and in his attempt to get out of the road the horses caught the sack and knocked him down, the wheel passing up his leg. His shoulder and face were cut very badly. On the previous day, as the Worcester and Ludlow mail coach was on its journey to the latter place, a half-drunken tailor of Abberley got upon it, and seated himself behind the coachman, and when the vehicle was descending the hill near Witley, he fell to the ground. At first it was feared that the wheels had passed over his body and killed him, but it turned out that he was com paratively uninjured by the fall. Mr. Hughes, the coroner, was sitting on the box, and the tailor, grasping at him to save himself, nearly pulled him from his seat. —Worcester Guardian. HASWELL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—The amount of subscriptions for the relief of the relatives of the sufferers at the recent colliery explosion at Haswell, paid to the .treasurer of the fund up to Wednesday last was 4,0474 12s. Id. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday the Queen and the Royal Family did not leave the precincts of the Castle, owing to the reception of the melancholy news of the demise of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda. The mournful intelligence reached the Castle on Friday evening, before dinner, and the military band, and her Majesty's private band, were in consequence countermanded. This morning her Majesty and Prince Albert, the royal visitors, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Charles L. Courtenay officiated. Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal) has re• lieved Colonel Arbuthnot in the duty of Equerry in Waiting on the Queen, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater has relieved Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde in the duty of Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert. The Royal Family were taken for their accus tomed early airings to-day. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re ceived the news of the unexpected demise of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda on Saturday morning, while on a visit to Mr. Sloane Stanley, at his seat, Paultons, Hants. The Royal Duke immediately took his departure for his resi dence at Kew. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday, at Gloucester House. The Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, has arrived in town in conse quence of the death of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda. _ A deputation of the British Guiana Lean Trustees, consisting of Mr. Colvile, Mr. Cavan, Mr. Cave, and Mr. Barkly, had an int erv i ew w ith Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. The gentlemen connected with the Railway Depart ment of the Board of Trade attended at the office for the reception of the plans of the proposed new rail ways until twelve o'clock on Saturday night, it being the last day that they could be received. Mr. W. H. Moore had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Sir David Davies returned to his residence, Berke ley-street, Berkeley-square, on Saturday evening, from Whitley Court, Worcestershire, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon. The Duke of Beaufort, the Marquises of Headfort and Northampton, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, and Lord Saye and Sele, attended the daily service yesterday. Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Dakins, and the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening for the Governors of New South Wales and South Aus tralia, and also for the Governors of British Guiana and the West India Colonies, from the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday. Mr. Teed, Q.C., was heard on an appeal from Lower Canada, " Perry v. Gugy." Mr. Charles Buller was heard in support of the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Q.C., was afterwards heard on from an app eal Fitzroy Madras, " Kerahoose v. Serle." Mr. Teed, Q.C., followed. Judgment was not given. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Ad miralty Court. HER LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS SOPHIA MATILDA In the Sun of Saturday, we announced the sudden and unexpected demise of this estimable Princess, an event which will be long and deeply regretted by all who en joyed the privilege of her Royal Highness's society, and more especially by the poor in the neighbourhood of Greenwich and Blackheath, vast numbers of whom were the constant recipients of her Royal Highness's bounty. The late Princess was the only surviving daughter of his late Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Glou cester, the brother of George 111., and son of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, the son of George 11. The late Duke of Gloucester was married in 1766, to Maria Coun tess Dowager of Waldegrave, the widow of the second Earl of Waldegrave, and daughter of the Honourable Sir Edward Walpole, K. 8., second son of the first Earl of Orford, by which marriage his Royal Highness had a family of three children. The Princess Sophia, whose lamented decease was recorded on Saturday, was the eldest daughter, having been born in 1773. The Princess Caroline, who died in her infancy, and the late Duke of Gloucester, the husband of her Royal Highness the pre sent Duchess of Gloucester. In consequence of the mar riage of the brother of King George 111. with the Coun tess of Waldegrave, the Royal Marriage Act was passed. Her Royal Highness for many years past had resided alternately in Curzon-street and Blackheath ; the latter residence was assigned to her as Ranger of Greenwich Park, in addition to which her Royal Highness also en joyed a grant of 7,0001. a year. The unostentatious and unfailing charities which were so liberally and bounti fully dispersed by her Royal Highness will cause her loss to be severely felt by the poor. DEATH OF THE HON. ROBERT OTWAY CAVE, M.P. We have to announce the demise of the Hon. Robert Otway Cave, M.P. for Tipperary, who expired after a short illness, on Friday night last, at Bath, where the Hon. Gentleman had repaired, with Mrs. Otway Cave, for the benefit of her health. The deceased was eldest and only surviving son of the late Mr. H. Otway, brother of Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Bart., K.C.8., and Sarah (now Baroness Braye), only daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, Bart., whose grandmother was eventually heiress of the first Lord Braye. The honourable deceased married, 19th October, 1833, Miss Sophia Burdett, eldest daughter of the late Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., by whom, however, we hear he does not leave any issue. He was returned for Leicester in 1826 by a considerable majority over Sir William Evans and Lord Denman, and in 18 30 was elected f or H as ti n gs. In 1835 he was elected, in conjunction with the Right Hon. Richard Lalor Shell, for the county of Tipperary, and has con tinued to represent that county up to the present time. In 1818 he took the name of " Cave" in addition to that of Otway by royal sign manual. As we have above stated, he was heir apparent to the barony of Br a y s, a title which had been in abeyance since 1557 until 1839, when the barony was called out in favour of the present Baroness Braye, mother of the deceased. The Hon. Member was in his political principles a zealous supporter of Liberal opinions. By his death a vacancy occurs in the Parliamentary representati on of the county Tip perary. It is of little moment in a party v iew,. as the urdett p p o o s p i u t a o r n c b a y n d theida c t e is o n s certain o rv a t i vo t s o . b e w r e e . t u u n r d n e e r d s , t a w l ; d t w i th out o o p n Friday evening an expre s s was received by Miss - conveyedC ab o l u e tt i s n , te fr l o li m ge ß nn a e th r , e w ga h r ie d h i ngthelon. I the m m em os t? t er u ,s nf h a e v a o l u t r h: a nd in consequence that lady l eft b y the mail trai n that e vening to join her sister at Bath, but on her arrival the Hon. Gentleman had ex p ired. Miss Coutts remains with her sister at Bath to console her on the severe do mestic bereavement she has experienced. ROYAL VISIT TO STRATHFIELDSAYE.—WE can now state from the best authority that the Queen and her illustrious Consort intend shortly.to honour the Duke of Wellington with a visit, at the Noble and Gallant Duke's seat, Strathfieldsaye, Hants. The Noble Duke was apprised of his Sovereign's pleasure during his recent visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. We understand that the precise day is not yet named, but that the pre parations are to commence for the royal visit this week. The Duke of Wellington, on Saturday morning, went to Strathfieldsaye from town, expressly to give instruc tions for alterations requisite for the reception of his august visitors. The Duke returned to Apsley House in the evening. It is said that all the necessary preparations are to be completed by the close of next week. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We understand that Wednesday next is appointed for the marriage of Lady Augusta Somerset, eldest daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, and his Excellency Baron Nieu mann, the Austrian Minister at the British Court. The bride, it is said, will be given away by the Duke of Wel lington. The ceremony is to . be performed by special license at Beaufort-house. Owing to the death of her Royal Highness Princess Sophia Matilda, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Hereditary Grand Dake and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, will be prevented from being present at the nuptials. SEIZURE BY THE EXCISE OF NEARLY A TON OF TOBACCO.—During the week a seizure of 2,0751b5. of tobacco was made by the officers of Excise, at Carshalton, Surrey, in the grinding-mills of Messrs. Porter and Ro bertson, wholesale tobacco and cigar -manufacturers, of Cross-lane, St. Mary-at-hill, which tobaccco the officers had reason to believe had been adulterated with earthy matter and ingredients foreign to tobacco. The matter was referred to the Central Board for investigation, and Saturday, at one o'clock, was specially appointed for hearing any arguments, or examining any witnesses, that the defendants might think fit to bring forward. Mr. Commissioner Stephenson presided, and several witnesses were examined, but the greatest caution was observed, for the purpose of preventing, if possible, any of the de tails from appearing before the public. The general tenour of the evidence of the witnesses brought forward, went to show that the tobacce was not adulterated ; and a chemist - stated that ho had analysed samples of it, and if adulterated at all, it was to so trifling an extent that he was unable to detect it. Mr. Robertson, one of the pro prietors, was then sworn, and he stated that the tobacco was intended to be ground for snuff, but being of a rich and very superior description to what is generally used for that purpose, and with a consequent darkness of colour, a small quantity of liquid had been introduced, about a pint to a hundred weight. to give it a lighter and more brilliant appearance, but was perfectly ge nuine. Mr. Commissioner Stephenson thought there was not evidence before them to warrant a condemnation, and therefore ordered the seizure to be restored. The parties then retired. Mr. Thomas Campbell's pension of 184/. a year has been bestowed, we Year, upon Mr. Patrick Fraser Tytler. POSTAL TREATY BETWEEN BELGIUM AND ENGLAND. (From Tuesday's Gazette.) TREASURY WARRANT. Whereas by an Act, passed in the third and fourth years of the reign of her present Majesty, entitled "An Act for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage," power is given to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, from time to time, by warrant under their hands, to alter and fix any of the rates of British postage or inland postage, payable by law on the transmission by the post, of foreign or colonial letters or newspapers, or of any other printed papers, and to subject the same to rates of postage, according to the weight thereof, and a scale of weight to be contained in such warrant ; and, from time to time, by warrant as aforesaid, to alter or repeal any such altered rates, and make and establish any new or other rates in lieu thereof; and, from time to time, by warrant as afore said, to appoint at what time the rates which may be payable are to be paid, and it is provided that the power thereby given should extend to any increase or reduction or remission of postage : And whereas, in consequence of a communication opened with the Post-office of Belgium, it is con sidered expedient to alter the rates of postage payable on letters conveyed direct by packet-boat or private ship between that country and the United Kingdom : Now we, the undersigned, being three of the Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury, do, in exercise of the power or authority in us for such purpose vested in and by the said recited Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling us in this behalf, direct, that on every letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted between any part of the United Kingdom and any place in Belgium (con veyed between the United Kingdom and Belgium direct by packet-boat or private ship), there shall be charged and taken, in lieu of any rates of British postage now payable by law on such letters, an uniform rate of British postage of Bd. And we direct, that it shall be optional for the sender of any such letter as hereinbefore is mentioned, posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to Belgium (registered letters excepted), to allow the whole of the postage thereof, British and foreign, to be charged to the receiver of the letter in Belgium, or to prepay all such postage at the time of posting the letter; but such sender shall not have the option of paying the British postage thereof only, and leaving the foreign postage to be paid in Belgium. And we direct, that on every letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted between any part of the United Kingdom and her Majesty's colonies, or foreign countries, through Belgium (con veyed between the United Kingdom and Belgium direct by packet-boat or private ship), there shall be charged and taken, in lieu of any rates of British postage now payable by law on such letters for the conveyance thereof between Belgium and the United Kingdom, an uniform rate of British postage of Bd. for such conveyance. And we direct that the Postmaster-General may require the British postage, and also (if he shall so think fit) the foreign postage, from time to time payable on the letters ,lastly hereinbefore mentioned, to be paid on the same being put into the post-office. And we direct that on every letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted by the post between Belgium or any of her Majesty's colonies, or any foreign country, via Belgium, and any of her Majesty's colonies, or any foreign country, through the United Kingdom, conveyed direct by packet, boat, or private ship, between the United Kingdom and Belgium, there shall be charged and taken, in lieu of any rates of British postage now payable by law on such letters, an uniform rate of British postage of Bd. for the conveyance of every such letter between Belgium and any part of the United King dom ; and also such a further or additional rate of British postage for the conveyance of every such letter between the port in the United Kingdom of the de parture or arrival of the packet or ship conveying the same, and the colony or foreign country to or from which the same shall be forwarded, as shall from time to time be charged and payable for British postage on letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted or delivered at the port in the United Kingdom of the departure or arrival of the packet or ship conveying the same, and transmitted direct between such port and such colony or foreign country. And we direct, that it shall be optional for the sender of any such letter as lastly hereinbefore-men tioned, posted in any of her Majesty's colonies, where posts have been or shall be established by her Ma jesty's Postmaster-General, addressed to Belgium (registered letters excepted), to allow the whole of the postage thereof, colonial, British, and foreign, to lse charged to the receiver of the letter in Belgium, or to prepay all such postage at the time of posting the letter; but such sender shall not have the option of paying the colonial and British postage thereof only, and leaving the foreign postage to be paid in Belgium. And we further direct, that on every letter trans mittal, as is mentioned in this warrant, exceeding half an ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken progressive and additional rates of postage ac cording to the scale of weight and numbers of rates in the said Act contained, as to letters, estimating, and charging each additional rate at the sum which any such letter would be charged with under this warrant, if not exceeding half an ounce in weight. And we further direct, that such printed news papers, printed prices current, printed commercial lists, and printed courses of exchange, as are herein after mentioned, may be sent by the post free of postage, or liable to postage according to the regula tions and rates hereinafter set forth (that is to say) : British newspapers sent direct from the United Kingdom to Belgium free. Newspapers published in Belgium, and sent thence direct to any part of the United Kingdom, Id. each. Printed prices current, commercial lists, and courses of exchange published in the United Kingdom, and sent thence direct to Belgium, ld. each. Printed prices current, commercial lists, and courses of exchange published in Belgium, and sent thence direct to any part of the United Kingdom, Id. each. British newspapers sent from the United Kingdom to her Majesty's colonies, or foreign countries, through Belgium, 2d. each. Foreign newspapers sent between foreign countries and Belgium through the United Kingdom (in addi tion to any foreign postage to which the same may be liable), Id. each. Foreign newspapers sent from foreign countries to the United Kingdom through Belgium (in addition to any foreign postage to which the same may be liable), 2d. each. Colonial newspapers sent from the British colonies to the United Kingdom through Belgium, or from the British colonies to Belgium through the United Kingdom (in addition to any foreign postage to which the same may be liable), Id. each. And we further direct, that every printed supple ment or additional sheet to any newspaper shall, for the purpose of charging the postage under this war rant, be deemed a distinct newspaper, unless sent in the same cover, or together with the newspaper to which it is a supplement or addition. And we further direct that printed periodical publications (not being newspapers, prices current, commercial lists, or courses of exchange) published in Belgium or the United Kingdom, and printed Par liamentary proceedings (but not including the pro ceedings of any Colonial Legislatures, nor any periodical works published in Belgium, addressed to foreign countries of her Majesty's colonies) may be sent by the post direct between any part of the United Kingdom and Belgium according to the regulations and rates hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) : For every such publication or Parliamentary pro ceeding, not exceeding two ounces in weight, Id. each. Above two ounces, and not exceeding three ounces, 6d. each. Above three ounces, and not exceeding four ounces, Bd. each. And for every additional ounce in weight above the weight of four ounces there shall be charged and paid an additional rate of 2d. And every fraction of such additional ounce shall be charged as a full ounce. And we further direct that all such printed news papers, prices current, commercial lists, courses of exchange, and periodical publications, if published in Belgium, shall, in order to be entitled to pass by the post at the reduced rates aforesaid, be printed in the language of Belgium, and be posted within Belgium ; and all such printed newspapers, prices current, commercial lists, courses of exchange, and periodical publications, if published in the United Kingdom, shall, in order to be entitled to pass by the post at the reduced rates aforesaid, be printed in the British language, and be posted within the United Kingdom ; and all such prices current, commercial lists, and courses of exchange (whether published in Belgium or the United Kingdom) shall, in addition to the name and address of the person to whom the same shall be sent, contain only the particulars and prices of the goods or other articles to which the same shall refer, and shall not contain the name or address of the vendor, or of the person forwarding the same ; and all such Parliamentary proceedings shall be posted in the United Kingdom, and all such printed newspapers, prices current, commercial lists, courses of exchange, periodical publications, and Parliamentary proceedings shall be forwarded without covers, or in covers open at the sides, and there shall be no words or communication printed on the paper after its publication, or upon the cover thereof, nor any writing or marks upon it, or upon the- cover of it, except the name and ad dress of the person to whom sent, nor shall any paper or thing be inclosed in or with the same; and if lany such newspapers, prices current, commercial lists, courses of exchange, periodical publications, and Par . liamentary proceedings shall not be printed, posted, and forwarded in conformity with this warrant, the same shall, respectively, be liable to the like rates of postage as would have been chargeable on such news papers, prices current, commercial lists, courses of exchange, periodical publications, or Parliamentary proceedings, if the same had been letters so conveyed by post. And we direct, that no such printed papers or periodical publications as shall exceed sixteen ounces in weight, shall be forwarded by the post under this warrant. And we declare, that the rates hereinmentioned on printed newspapers, prices current, commercial lists, courses of exchange, periodical publications, and printed Parliamentary proceedings shall be payable, whether the sea conveyance be by packet-boat or private ship, provided the conveyance of such news papers, prices current, commercial lists, courses of exchange, publications, and proceedings between the United Kingdom and Belgium be direct, and not through any foreign country. And we further direct, that the Postmaster-General may cause the postage on any such printed newspa pers, prices current, commercial lists, courses of ex change, periodical publications, and Parliamentary proceedings to be paid on the same being put into the post-office. And we further direct, that nothing herein con tained shall be deemed or construed to annul, preju dice, or affect any of the exemptions and privileges granted by the said recited Act, or by an Act made and passed in the first year of the reign of her pre sent Majesty, entitled " An Act for the management of the Post-office," and that all such exemptions and privileges shall remain in full force. And we further direct that the terms and expres sions used in this warrant shall be construed to have the like meaning in all respects as they would have had if inserted in the said Act of the third and fourth years of the reign of her present Majesty. And we further direct, that this warrant shall come into operation on the Ist day of December, 1844. Provided lastly, and we hereby declare and direct, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for the time being of her Majesty's Treasury, or any three of them, by warrant under their hands, at any time here after, to alter or repeal any of the rates hereby al tered, or the regulations hereby made, and to make and establish any new or other rates or regulations in lieu thereof, and from time to time appoint at what time the rates that may be payable are to be paid. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Nov. 22. HENRY GOULBURN. HENRY BARING. J. MILNES GASKELL. AFFECTING EVENT.—We have received intelli gence of the almost sudden demise of Mr. William Hetherington, a fine promising young gentleman of eighteen years of age, son of the late W. Hetherington, Esq., of Birkenhead, and recently appointed a second lieutenant in the 60th Rifles. Last summer he had been engaged in a rowing match, and, from the exertion at the oar, his hands becoming blistered, he incautiously, whilst in a state of perspiration, dipped them into the cold water. Eruption and gathering ensued, causing much pain and annoyance, and this continuing for a considerable time, he went to London, and, it is appre hended, took unskilful advice, by which, though he ap peared to be cured, the disease was probably thrown into the system, by the too rapid drying up of the sores, He returned home to his family apparently quite reco vered, and, after remaining a short time, resolved to re turn to the military college at Brussels, where he had before studied, to make the best use of his time in profes sional acquirements. On his arrival there he was con gratulated by his former companions, to whom he was much endeared; but alas, on Wednesday week, when he sat down to dinner with them, he suddenly remarked that he felt extraordinary sensations, and could eat nothing. Being observed to be ill, and afterwards to faint, he was immediately carried to bed, and received every possible attention ; but, to the grief of all around him, he expired early the following morning. We need scarcely say that his relatives in this country are plunged into the deepest affliction by the mournful intelligence.— Liverpool Standard. THE LATE BANK ROBBERY.—Up to a late hour on Saturday night nothing had transpired of a certain or tangible character, relative to this most singular robbery, although there was a vast number of rumours in the City and elsewhere about the matter. We are informed by one correspondent that since John Forrester's arrival from America with his prisoner Burgess, he has been in vestigating the whole affair ; and we are told by another correspondent that an offer has been made to the house to give up the whole of the stolen notes, 3c., upon re ceiving a consideration of 4,000 L, which terms Messrs. Rogers and Co. indignantly refused to concede to. It is said that a confidential clerk slept nightly in a bed with its head against the iron chest from which the property was taken, so that the robbery could not have been com mitted during the night without his being aware of it, which circumstance is dwelt upon by scene parties, whilst the whole of the people of London look one at another, and ask the natural question, " How and when was it effected ?" Before another week we have little doubt that some light will be thrown upon this mysteri ous subject.— Observer. PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE.—An order issued by the Commissioners of Customs has been posted in the bag gage examination floors of most of the foreign steam wharfs on the side of the river, for the information of passengers and the public generally, to the effect that the officers are to remain in attendance, awaiting the arrival of steam-vessels expected from the Continent, until seven o'clock in the evening in the summer, and until five o'clock in the winter ; but that, in the event of any particular case occurring, so that the attendance of the officers may be required to await the arrival of ves sels after these hours, the landing-surveyors, upon spe cial application being made to them, are authorised to extend the time one hour in summer, but not later, ex cept upon Saturday, when those officers are empowered to extend the time two hours in such special cases ; and in the event of any vessel arriving after the landing officers have left duty, the tide-surveyors are to deliver a necessary change of linen to such passengers as may re quire the same, and to retain the remainder of the bag gage until the following morning, the same not being a Sunday, on which occasion it will be retained till the next morning, at the legal hour of attendance. We understand, in reference to this subject, which is of much importance to the public, and particularly that portion who are in the habit frequently, either on business or pleasure, of travelling to and from the Conti nent, and who, on their arrival, are anxious to be dismissed and to have their baggage examined and delivered to them a ith.is much dispatch as possible, that instruc tions have Veca; given to the examining officers at the several steam baggage wharfs not to fail, on every occa sion when they, in consequence of the arrival of more than one steam-vessel at the same time, or of au unusually large number of passengers, consider it to be necessary, to require the assistance of extra officers, and also of subordinates, to forward the deliveries ; it being the wish and intention of the board that every possible faci lity should be given for the convenience of the public, consistently with a due regard to the interests of the revenue. This is a very important advance upon the old system, and, though not of so much moment at this com paratively dull season, will no doubt be appreciated when the busy time approaches ; and we believe we may take upon ourselves to say that it is in a great degree owing to the paragraphs and letters which have appeared in our own and other journals on the subject. This is in dependently of the general consideration of the regula tions for the examination of passengers' baggage by the Board of Customs ; and it is expected that an order, containing some very important improvements in the matter, will be issued previously to the approach of the ensuing season. SUICIDE FROM AFFLICTION.—An inquest was held on Thursday before Mr. Higgs, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Mary Ann Jones, aged fifty-two. Isaac Jones, her husband, a shoemaker, residing in Peter street,: Kensington, said that for a long time past de ceased had been afflicted both in body and mind, the first by an illness of sixteen years' duration, and the second by the misconduct of her two daughters by her first hus band. The last information she had of them was that theylwere in Birmingham, living in an improper manner. Recently she had been very fond of reading a book en titled " Letters from the Dead to the Living," and this tended to increase her grief. Upon awakening in the morning of last Sunday week he found her trying vainly to kiss him. He stretched out his arm, and was horror-stricken at placin g his hand upon a large wound in her throat. [Here the husband could not conceal his emotion.] He continued that she had inflicted the wound with a knife which he used for cutting leather, and as soon as he saw the state she was in he obtained the assistance of two surgeons, and afterwards had her conveyed to the hospital. While the surgeons were at tending upon her she endeavoured to tear open the wound, and repeatedly called for somebody to blow her brains out. She died on Tuesday last. Verdict, " Tem porary insanity." The Gazette of Saturday last consists of no less than eight sheets and a half. The first article in it is the copy of an order of her Majesty in Council assign ing districts, under the 16th section of the 59th George 111., cap. 134, to eight chapels, all in the parish of Roch dale, in the counties of Lancaster and York. The rest of the Gazette is filled with advertisements, chiefly re lating to railway schemes. Among these is a notice of an intended application to Parliament for a railway (called the Grosvenor Railway), to commence in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, at or near the entrance from the Thames to the Grosvenor canal, and then passing over the Thames by a bridge near to the Red-house public-house, Battersea. It is intended that this railway should join the South Western Railway, and connect it with the Brighton Railway near the God stone stone bridge. We are happy to learn that the long-expected Wa terloo medal, commissioned to Mr. Pistrucci of the Royal Mint, many years back, will soon be completed by that accomplished artist. Our readers are aware that the delay has been owing to some misunderstandings which have existed between Mr. Pistrucci and the successive Masters of the Mint, ever since the time when the Earl of Auckland held that office. These differences have been satisfactorily arranged by the present Master, Mr. Gladstone ; and Mr. Pistrucci has resumed his labours on this very extraordinary work of art in a manner to give us hopes that the dies will be completed in the course of next year. These dies are not less than five inches and a half in diameter ; and we are assured that the different groups engraved upon them contain no less than 54 figures. Sir Samuel Brown proceeded to Dieppe on Saturday, in order to submit to the inhabitants of that place a plan for a fixed breakwater inside the harbour, by which vessels would be enabled to enter at any time. It was most favourably received, and there is every Herald. of its being carried into executi on . —B r i g h ton Herald. TRANSFER of LICENSES—EXOR BITANT and ILLEGAL FEES. In a case which came before Mr. Henry, at Lambeth street Police-court, in which Mr. N., an old and respect able licensed victualler, was concerned, some facts trans pired with respect to the enormous and illegal fees charged on the transfer of licenses, of the greatest im portance to the trade generally. In the course of his inquiry as to what appered at first an irregularity in the transfer of the license, Mr. Henry elicited from Mr. N. that a fee of 1.55. had been demanded and received by Mr. Reynolds, the High Constable for the Tower Ham lets division, on his taking home the license as trans ferred by the magistrates in Petty Sessions. Mr. Henry, considering this most exorbitant, referred to the Licens ing Act, the 9th of George the Fourth, which, by the fifteenth clause, enacts—" That it shall be lawful for the clerk of the justice to demand and receive from every person to whom a license shall be granted under this Act, for the trouble of such clerk, and for all ex penses contracted therewith, the sum following, and no more. For serving notices, and for all other services hereby required fir such petty constable or other peace officer, the sum of one shilling ; for the clerk of the justices for the licenses, five shillings ; and for preparing the precept to be delivered to the high constable, and notices to be delivered by the petty constable, as re wired by this Act, the sum of one shilling and sixpence; and every such clerk who shall demand or receive from any person for such respective fees on this behalf any greater sum, or anything of greater value than the sum heretofore specified, being in the whole the sum of seven shillings and sixpence, shall on every such offence, on conviction before a justice, forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds." After reading the above clause Mr. Henry remarked that it was quite clear that Mr. N. had been charged double the amount allowed by the Act. Mr. N. replied that he had been cognisant of the fact, and said that he had made an application to Mr. Smith, one of the licensing clerks, on the subject, and that gen tlemen at once acknowledged that he had been imposed on, and recommended him to communicate with Mr Reynolds, the high-constable, who, he had no doubt, would return the overcharge. He (Mr. N.) did com municate with Mr. Reynolds on the subject, and the re sult was that that person called and returned half a crown only, saying he was justified in charging the other five shillings for his own trouble in serving notices. Mr. Henry remarked that it was quite clear be pos sessed no such power, as the law did not sanotion the receipt of a farthing beyond the 7s. 6d. ; and be (Mr. Henry) was quite prepared to receive the complaint of Mr. N. against the party for the overcharge, and who, on conviction, would be liable to a penalty of 51. Mr. N. replied, that as some time had elapsed since this overcharge, he should respectfully decline proceed ing in the matter, but wished at the same time to say that he had made up his mind that, should such a thing occur again, to adopt immediate proceedings against the high-constable, Reynolds, or any other person who charged more than the fees sanctioned by law. Henry observed that he had not the power to compel Mr. N. to proceed in the matter if he did not think proper; but in a district like the Tower Hamlets, where transfers were constantly taking place, the subject was one of considerable importance to licensed victual lers, and the excess of fees enormous. Mr. N. admitted that such was the fact; but for the reason he had before stated he would leave the correc tion of the fraud, for such he must call it, to other hands; and then retired from the court. Mr. Henry, again adverting to the subject, observed that he considered it one highly deserving the attention and interference of the legal gentlemen connected with the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society, as the fees thus illegally exacted must be very considerable, and was a severe tax on a large body of tradesmen. On referring to the list, it appears that there are in the Tower Hamlets division no less than 1,046 licensed victuallers, and from each of those Mr. Reynolds de• mands and receives, at the annual licensing, a fee of 2s. 6(1. beyond the clerks' 7s. 6d., and this, on a calcula tion, will be found to amount to 1301. 15s. It is also said, that a third of the whole number of transfers an nually takes place, so that if Mr. Reynolds, as he has been in the habit of doing, charges 7s. 6d. each upon those transfers, this will amount to 131/. 55.; so that in these illegal fees no less a sum than 2621. is exacted an nually to go into Mr. Reynolds's pocket. Such a sum, added to the funds of that excellent institution, the Licensed Victuallers' School, would enable the friends of that charity to add a dozen children to the present number of the recipients of their bounty. GENERAL NAPIER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—ln your able remarks upon the case of Mr. Carus Wilson, in Jersey, you labour under a mistake in sup posing General Napier to be governor of that island. General Napier commands in Guernsey. The difference is in the locality; the islands are much the same as re gards the ignorance and obstinacy of their Courts. Some months back, General Napier thought fit to apply for a Queen's pardon, in behalf of a soldier under punishment by the civil authorities ; it is needless to say his requi sition was at once complied with, but on the sign manual being presented by him, the gaoler refused to liberate the prisoner—Audite Dii—without the authority of the Court. Now, Sir, any one that knows William Napier will be prepared for the fact, that notwithstanding this refusal, the soldier was on his way to barracks in ten minutes. The islanders declare that the Court's " authority" or " registration" (or whatever it was) re quisite to make her Majesty's sign manual valid, was only a form. Now, it seems to me to be a question, not of forms but of fiddles, whether the Queen or the Court are to play the first. The late business in Jersey is a very pretty running commentary upon the treatment her Majesty's pardon would have met with, had General Napier sent it to the Court. But he knew them too well to do that, and the Queen's dignity was not to be lowered in his keeping. The case will shortly be before the Privy Council, and it is to be hoped that Ministers will seriously turn their attention to these islands. They are as fair spots as the sun ever shone upon, but the ignorance, frivolity, and prejudice of the people, obsti nately clinging to the civilisation of Robert the Devil's time, is a disgrace to the nineteenth century and the British dominions.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, HABEAS CORPUS. Nov. 30, 1844. IRON HOUSES.—The late frightful earthquakes in the West Indies, in which the brick and stone buildings of whole towns have been levelled with the ground, and the wooden ones consumed by the fires which usually burst out after the overthrow of the other buildings, have drawn the attention of many persons residing in districts subject to those awful visitations to the advan tages of houses constructed of iron, which have been found to stand the shocks of the severest earthquakes uninjured, and which are, of course, proof against such conflagrations as those which swept away at Point-a- Pitre, in Guadaloups, all that the earthquake had spared. Some time ago, we gave an account of an iron palace, built by Mr. W. Laycock, of this town, for the use of one of the chiefs of the African coast, and at the same time we showed that buildings of that kind would be invaluable in countries subject to 'the ravages of earthquakes. We find that this article, which was copied into the London papers, has attracted much attention in several of the West India Islands, as well as in Nova Scotia, and in the East Indies, and that Mr. Laycock has since received innumerable inquiries and applications for plans of iron houses from different parts of the world. Ile has now in his workshop, just finished, a very neat iron cottage, which he has just built for the use of two maiden ladies residing in the island of St. Lucia. It consists of three rooms, each nine feet high—viz., one room 20 feet by 14 feet, and two rooms 12 feet by 10 feet. There are six large jealousy windows and two small ones over the front and back doors; these and the floor are the only parts made of wood. There is an in side ceiling of iron in panels, and the roof is in a wrought iron frame and covered with galvanised plates of iron. The walls are formed of double plates of iron, with a thin stratum of air between them, an arrangement which will prevent the passing of the solar heat into the inte rior of the building, at least through the walls, and keep the interior delightfully cool. The weight of the build ing is fourteen tons, and the cost rather more than 200 L —Liverpool Times. CAROLINE MURAT AND TALLETRAND.—The Globe contains the following unpublished autograph letter from Caroline Murat, sister of Napoleon, to Prince Talley rand, dated Portici, Oct. 3, 1812 :—"Prince,—l have received your letter of the 18th instant, and I must tell you that it is not by writing so handsomely that you will justify yourself from the unpardonable charge of being gifted with wit. lam sorry for you, but I believe that it has aided somewhat the mind to express its ideas, and then, as you say, all the rest follows. lam con vinced of that fact when I read your charming epistles. What you tell me of your nephew by no means surprises me. In this war every Frenchman has become a hero. Their allies have not been inferior to them, and conse quently nothing could withstand this army, of which the valour doubled the force. I trust that a peace will re store us the Emperor. His return is ever a period of happiness. lam sure that it will have an influence on the affairs of Spain, and that on his arrival they will change their appearance. I receive news from the King regularly. He assures me that the Emperor enjoys per fect health. He himself is wonderfully well. When we shall receive letters from Moscow, we shall, I trust, have nothing more to desire. I love much the occupation of the inhabitants of Saint Brice. Tell them that I am much pleased with what I have learned from you, and that I am grateful for the attachment which they enter tain for me. But I can assure you that that which I feel for the Prince of Benevento is as unalterable a.s my sincere esteem,—CAROLINE." METROPOLITAN CARRIAGE AcT.—At Queen -square Police-office on Saturday, Mr. Burrell gave judgment in a case which was argued a short time since, as to whe ther a porter at the Golden-cross, who was in the habit of attending to the Norwich coach, whichbooked p- sengers throughout, including railway, came within as the terms of the Metropolitan Carriage Act, which directed that all persons employed on coaches running within the i l d ice n n o s t ed c . om A e l w r. a ß hi u n rr t e h l e l sliamiditsheoft was he of metropolisoi on meaning of the Act; th e defendant was em p lo y ed b y the own ers of a coach which booked i ts passengers and this should cage b d e commenced its journey at the Golden-cross. The de fendant could not, be considered more or less than as a porter. He accordingly dismissed the complaint. TILE OPERA IN PARIS.—We are sorry to learn that the state of the affairs of the Grand Operes is deplo rably unprosperous. In this as in most other cases good may come out of evil, for it is to be hoped that Govern ment, seeing the ill effects of the present system, will in future confide the direction only to , efficient hands. 24,0001. sterling per annum, and a splendid theatre gratis, would appear to ordinary minds not so very diffi cult a concern to manage without danger of bankruptcy. What would Mr. Lumley or Mr. Bunn, the London directors, say to such a subvention ?"-- , Galignani's Mes senger.