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irlirtlTlMl AND FOREIGN INSTI CUTE. ' the slightest injurious effect on his spirits, but that he PATRON. ' IL. is just as happy and comfortable as if he had not been Ingi Royal highness the PRINCE ALBERT. PRESIDENT. subjected to the awful displeasure of seven out of ten Right Honourable the EARL of DEVON. TRUSTEES. of the North Durham Conservatives. Of the address The Lord Bishop of St. David's Sir George Larpent, Bart. i n quest i on, w hi c h was d e li vere d to a b o d y o f hi s Lord Courtenay, MP I . Benjamin Bond Cabbeil, Esq. (With Thirty-three Vice-Presidents and Twenty-four Members of tenantry in the Assembly-rooms of Newtownards, we Committee.) SOLICITORS—Messrs. Vizard and Co., 51, Lincoln's Inn-fields. may observe that, while there are one or two points in The Winter Session of the Institute being now about to commence, it against which we must enter our protest, there is §he Committee have great satisfaction in drawing the attention of the public to the First Annual Report and proceedings of its anniversary, much in it of which we decidedly approve—much that own, and within his own jur isdiction. Does Captain FITZROY imagine that his own private im promptu impression that they had been " hurried" into this slaughter by the " miss!, 3nduct" of their victims can purge them of their legi ►1 guilt (on that assumption), or relieve them from the it respomibility to the just demands of civil genettnment ? If the settlers are not guilty to the extent which. he has been pleased to assume, RAITI'ARANIA and his party must have been guilty in a far higher derzree than they are even charged to be. If RAI7PAIIA HA and his party were really instigated by excessive - provocations on the part of the settlers, it is necessary, not alone in justice to their reputation among the European settlers in general, but for their protectic al from the bloody feuds and retaliations which the descendants of the latter may otherwise be expected to maintain against themselves and their successors for long years to come, that this misconduct on the part of its;two and-twenty victims should be clearly established in the face, and under the solemn forms of our legal tribunals. Retribution on the one hand, for expurga tion on the other, is implicitly demanded ; and we cannot doubt that the British Parliament will grant a Committee of Inquiry, or recommend Fame other efficient form of proceeding, with a, view to satisfy the great expectations of British subjects as to the results of this melancholy affair. The other intelligence from New Zealand is of a much more agreeable nature. It regards the rapid improvements effecting in the culture, preparation, and manufacture of the PHORMIUM TENAX. Now that the colonists have got into the way of erecting machinery adequate to split the fibres of this ad mirable "New Zealand flax" without breaking them, and to cleanse the material or fabric frorm the husk or skin, we have no manner of doubt that some three or four years will suffice to give our countrymen in New Zealand the full advantage of supplying the home market hero (the largest in the world) with this commodity, so invaluable as a military and naval store, as well as a commercial commodity of higher quality and better texture than that for which we pay annually such vast sums to Russia and other northern States. Yet, until a very recent period, notwith standing that repeated experiments had shown the superior properties of New Zealand flax (second only to those of the Manilla article), when no marred by the muscle-shell scraping, and filthy pre. paration of the native makers; no direct encou unanimously e dopted at a General Meeting of the Members, the Right Hon. the Earl of Devon in the Chair. Copies of these Documents, Including the latest List of Members (now exceeding 1,200), with Pro grammes of the Fifty-two Evenings' Entertainments appointed for the Season. in Lectures, Soirees, Conversazioni, and Discussions, and the new management:for the Club Department, may be had at Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co.'s, 65, Cornhill ; Messrs. Fisher and Co., 38, Newgate-street ; Mr. Ridgeway's, 169, Piccadilly ; and at the Institute, No. 13, George-street, Hanover-square, where all in quiries will be readily answered, either personallyor by letter, ad dressed to the undersigned, JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM, Resident Director. Nov. 16, 1844. is characterised by justness of reasoning, and man liness and liberality of sentiment. On the important subject of the corn-laws, the Noble Marquis thus expresses himself :—" He did not under stand how any Minister who thought it right to introduce into his policy free trade at all ; he did not know how that Minister could make corn an ex ception. In order to prepare for a change he would implore his tenantry to go on cultivating the soil on which their existence depended. They had seen, during the last twenty years, many changes ; they had seen the Minister, by the force of circumstances, and by the pressure from without, obliged to follow out a course of policy which it was contrary to his mind to pursue ; and having seen that, he could not sit down without impressing them with the fact that similar things might take place with regard to the corn-laws. He wished them to bear in mind that, when everything else was free, they could not expect that corn alone would be an exception." This is a remarkable declaration, considering the quarter whence it emanates. The speaker evidently anticipates the abolition of the corn-laws at no distant period, and, impressed with this c.,nviction, he exhorts his tenantry to secure a snug shelter for themselves against the inevitable day when the roof-tree of Monopoly shall fall. Go on cultivating your lands, he tells them, with the utmost assiduity; avail your selves of all the recent improvements in agriculture ; neglect nothing that may tend to increase the means of your subsistence, and then you will no longer have cause to regret the downfal of the Protection system. But the Noble Marquis goes further than this in the above passage, for he states it as his deliberate opinion that if there is to be free trade in one thing, there should be free trade in another, and that it is an act of injus tice in Sir ROBERT PEEL, to make an exception in favour of corn. May we not, after a declaration like this, claim the Noble Marquis as a corn-law aboli tionist ? He is too manly and straightforward to support a shuffling system of expediency, merely be cause it is sanctioned by the weight of Ministerial authority ; and seeing what is the right course to take, we are confidently of opinion that he will take that course, careless of the frowns of Sir R. PEEL, and the indignant reproaches of those two ducal luminaries, RICHMOND and BUCKINGHAM. Indeed it would not at all surprise us, were he, at an early period of the ensuing season, to take the chair at one of the League meetings at Covent-garden, with Mr. COBDEN cheering him on one side, and Mr. BRIGHT shouting in sympathetic chorus on the other, to the infinite delectation of all true free-traders NEW NOVEL, BY THE ALIIIOR OF " lIANI)LEY CROSS." Now ready, at all the Libraries, In 3 vols., post Bvo.. HILLINGDON HALL; Or, TIIE COCKNEY SQUIRE. A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE. By the Author of " Handley Cross," &c. Henry Co'burn, Publisher, 13, Great Mar;borough-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS," " THE WHITE MASK," &c. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Svo., TE CIEVALIER A ROMANCE OF THE REBELLION OF 17.15. By MRS. THOMPSON, - Anther of " Widows and Widowers," " Ragland Castle," " The White Mask," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER ID, Will be performed Auber'e celebrated Opera THE SYREN. Marco Tempesta, Mr. W. Harrison; Scipio, Mr. D. W. King; Zerlioa (the Syron), Miss Itainforth . After which, the Grand Ballet, entitled THE CORSAIR. Zonrad, M. Albert ; Julien, M. Desplaces; Sanguo, M. Montessu Medora, Miss Clara Webster ; Une Vivandie Mil re, lie. Auguste, Denys ; Guinare, M ille. Adele Dumilatre. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, Will be perform , d a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr. S rlckland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews; Tom Coke, Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of Forepion. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Veatris; Miss Rocket. Miss Julia Bennett. After which will be revived the Comedy of THE NERVOUS MAN. Aspen, Mr. Strickland; Mac Shane, Mr. Collins; Mrs. Jacket, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. - - - - - - - - Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the Even ing), Ss. each. First Price—Boxes, ; Pit, N. ; Gallery, 2.5. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at N o'Clock —Boxes, 3a. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, ed. Doors opened at Half-past Six, Per formance commence at seven. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and - One uinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Court Menry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Vanille, Mr Selby ; The Mysterious Str a n g er, M a dame Celeste ; Croquet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. After which will be repeated VICTORI NE; or, 191 Sleep on It. Alexandre, Mr. Hudson ; Michael, Mr. Sel,,y; Victorine, Mrs. Yates; Elise, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, called TELEMACHUS; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss Woolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford; Dinah, ?dr. Cowell. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader, of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box- office open from Eleven till Four. Private Bogies to be bad at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. -0- . ment could be obtained from the authorities at home for the development of a material so indispensable to our naval greatness, and for which we have so often been at the mercy, as it were, of the foreign grower or his Government. Colonial improvement, it seems, like " kissing," goes "by favour." We are heartily glad that it seems to have come to the turn of New Zealand to be saluted at last ! PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr.J. M. MADDOX. Paris papers of Sunday have bees received, but we find little in them interesting to the English reader. The Revue des Deux Afondes, in adverting to the proceedings of the forthcoming session, says, the Op position will adopt a very moderate tone, and declare themselves as anxious to be on good terms with Eng land as M. GUIZOT himself. This is not:at all probable, but if the said scheme is founded on fact, what harm can the Opposition do to the Government ? They can only oppose M. GulzoT, by departing from the principlesi on which they pretend to act ; but pre tending one thing, and doing another, are not means likely to give either character or strength to a party. The Journal des Debate has another article relative to Spanish affairs, in which it repels charges made against it by other Ministerial journals. These charges refer chiefly to attacks made on the New Reform Bill, and the despotic Government of CHRISTINA and Co. This organ of the Govern ment seems to disapprove of these great changes, while, at the same time, they are fully sanctioned by the Court and the Cabinet. This writing on both sides by the Ministerial journals only confirms the general belief that the revolution in Spain is of French manufacture. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19. Wlll'be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE PREDICTION, in which Messrs. W. Lacy, Oxberry, Mrs. Brougham, Miss E. Stanley, and Mrs. Lacy will perform. To be 'followed by the New Drama, called DON C.ESA It DE BAZAR Don Csesar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the &cons , Mr. Waltsin ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countess di Rotondo, Mrs. Fosbroke. By the " New Zealand" papers last received, our attention has been powerfully drawn to two subjects of very dissimilar character, but perhaps of almost equal interest to that important colony. They re late, each of them, to the most remarkable exempli fications of our defective colonial policy that can be, perhaps, adduced both against the last and the pre sent Government of her MAJESTY. We have often lamented the utter want of decision, design, and energy, which characterised the proceedings of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, when Colonial Secretary, in dealing with the question of New Zealand occupation. His Lordship's halting and tardy recognition of those possessory rights of sovereignty, which the acts of Captain COOK on behalf of the British Crown, after circumnavigating the whole of the islands in 1770, had as clearly established, as had ever been done in the case of any other European discovery in the waters of the Pacific, led to half measures, which were followed by the usual results of such imperfect actions of State authority. The course adopted by her MAJESTY'S Ministers was satisfactory to no party. A large portion of the public were displeased with what they considered, on the first announcement of the arrangements concluded, to be an improvident and monopolitical bargain with a Joint-Stock Land Company for its special advantage. The managing direction of that Company have since loudly pro tested against the hard terms exacted of them by her MAJESTY'S Ministers. The few previously-settled English residents or proprietors within the limits of that distant country considered themselves aggrieved by the purchases of the Company on the one hand, and the powers assumed and delegated by the Home Government on the other. It is no part of our busi ness to open up any of these questions. The title of the Crown, in our opinion, was clearly good; and had it been exercised without hesitation, much of the evil which has overtaken New Zealand, since the present Government came into power, would have been averted. But the Colonial Government which at present represents: it, seems to be paralysed by its example. Governor FITZROY is grievously re monstrated against in the petition of certain inhabi tants of the settlement of Nelson, "for the conduct pursued by his Excellency in declining to bring before the constitutional tribunals of the law the parties charged with the massacre of many of her MAJESTY'S faithful subjects (at Wairau, in New Zealand) on the 17th of June, 1843." The peti tioners indignantly represent, that whereas the Go vernor had subsequently taken a mass of evidence upon oath, of various credible European witnesses, implicating especially a Native Chief named "RAu- PARAIIA" as one of the instigators of, and chief actors in, the said massacre of two-and-twenty of their fellow-settlers (including a Commander in her MAJESTY'S Navy, a retired Captain in her MAJESTY'S Army, the Police Magistrate and Judge of the County Court of Nelson district, the Protector of the Aborigines, the Crown Prosecutor, and the Chief Magistrate), such Governor had yet, on the 12th of February last, after landing at Waikanai, on the North Island, voluntarily addressed an assembly of several hundred natives, then and there headed by RAUPARAIIA. That having received from the latter an account of the origin and manner of the Wairau massacre, which in most essential particulars was at variance with the sworn testimony of the European witnesses referred to, the said Governor, after half an hour's deliberation, without cross-examining the Chief or calling further evidence, declared to the natives and their leader, " that having heard and re flected upon their account, and compared it with that of the white men, he had decided that it was the misconduct of the English which had brought on the fight, and hurried the natives into the crime of mur dering unarmed men who had surrendered, but whose deaths, therefore, he would not avenge." We are warm partisans of a merciful and for bearing deportment on the part of civilised men to wards their more barbarous and unenlightened fellow creatures; and for this generosity, even to some excess, we naturally look, in all the transactions which bring savage nations in contact with our gal lant and humane countrymen. But where the locali ties on which these two conditions of human ex istence, the civilised and the unreclaimed, are con terminous, as in New Zealand, it is not a mere principle of policy or expediency, but an essential condition of protection and even existence for the former, that the power, the force, the resources, the combined strength of civilisation, should be palpably evidenced and vindicated to the senses and appre hensions of barbarism. Wherever this object can be achieved without the sacrifice of life, or even re straints upon personal liberty, it is the duty of the civilised as Christians, as human brethren of a more intelligent order, to abstain from violence towards the savage. But the primary instincts of self-preserva tion, as well as the duty of all its members to the social community they belong to, require and justify a resort to that species of physical vindication we speak of, whenever the society is menaced with an infliction of brute force, under the impulse of brute passion, intent on gratifying its appetite for blood- We are by no means prepared to consider whether Governor FITZROY is justified or not in his apparently unfavourable estimate of the conduct of the settlers. But we are fully prepared to say, assuming the al legations of the Nelson district petition to be true, that he has been distinctly wrong in the conduct he has adopted towards RAUPARAHA and the other natives actually impli cated in the massacre of the two-and-twenty settlers at 'Wairau. He has himself admitted that these men had been guilty of the crime of mur dering unarmed men, fellow - subjects of his To eonclude with a New Grand Oriental Ballet, called THE ENCHANTED BELL. Azolin (an Hindoo Peasant), M. Roussett ; Palmira (the Sultan's Daughter), Mdlle. Caroline Emmett; Naire (her Friend), Mdlle. Teresine; Ding Doug (the Genii of the Bell), Miss Marshall. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emde n . Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4e. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Cluineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office. under the direction of Mr. W. Massingh am. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, Will be performed a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Turner, end Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollidge. After which a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Itiaracters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Kegley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in wbich Mdlles. Louise and Adele, of her Majesty's Theatre, will make their appearance. After which, a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. tourist, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley ; Misr Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolliolge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mi is James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes, 41.• Upper Boxes, es.; Pit, 2 5 . ; G a ll ery , C d. Second Price—Balcony B oxes, 2s. ; uPfoxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Iler (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.. Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guirea. The Bex-oftlce is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the three. Gm of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. The French Funds continue to rise. At Torrom's, on Sunday, a good deal of business was done. At the opening the Three per Cents. were quoted at 83f. 150., and shortly after rose to 83f. 2.5 c., at which price they closed. We have received intelligence from Madrid of the th inst. On the previous Saturday, the 9th, the Chamber of Deputies began the discussion on the Reform Bill. A Member, of the name of LATOJA, commenced the debate, and contended that the Cortes had no power to amend or alter the Constitution. He objected also to the period at which the Bill was brought in, when the minds of men were in a state of great excitement, and not prepared to consider with calmness the important changes proposed. Another speaker defended.the Bill, and after some speeches of no interest the debate was adjourned till Monday. On that day a Senor TEJADA. made a very straightforward speech in favour of absolute monarchy—a line of argument very acceptable to the Government. Ile declared his full approbation of the Bill, took a review of the course of events in Spain since the death of FERDINAND VII., and de clared that all the evils which Spain had suffered since that period were referable to the prevalence of revolutionary principles; which, under pretence of founding a constitutional government, led the country into anarchy and confusion. He called upon the Government to restore the nobility and clergy to their ancient rights and privileges; for Spain, he said, was a monarchical and religious country, and neither required nor wished a representative Govern ment. Senor MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA followed, but his speech was cut short by the President, who an nounced that the hour of adjournment had arrived. MADRID BOURSE, Nov. 11.—The Three per Cents., i 27i cash, 27 9-16 at sixty days; Five per Cents., 20i cash, 204 at sixty days. STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. ROBERTS. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, Will be produced Dougl is Jerrold's NELL GWYNNE. Ne'l Owynne, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Orange Moll, Mr. H. Hall. After which, THE KNIGHT AND THE SPRITE, In which Mr. H. Hall, Mrs. Walter Lacy, Mrs. Montgomerie, Mrs. C. Pope, and Miss Bromley will perform. To conclude with THE NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Breakwindow, Mr. Attwood. -- ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Under the Direction of Miss DAVENPORT. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, Will be performed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Hudson Kirby; Laertes. Mr. R. Roxby; First Grave-Digger, Mr. Rayner ; Polonius, Mr. Roger.; Queen, Miss Davenport. To conclude with DON C.EiAR DE BAZAN. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLF.Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER I% Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race_Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living For and real Pack of Hounds, purchased hy Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with a Favourite Afterpiece. Acting and stage.minager, Mr. W. I). Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. lessons In the Art of Riding Mr. R. Smith DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, Will he repeated a New Mama, entitled THE SEALED SEN. TENCE, supported by Ntessri. Hughes, N. T. Hicks, Vale, Johnson, Morrison, Mrs. R Honner, Mrs. Lewis, &c. After which, the Lupin() Family will perform various feats of gymnastic and classical groupings To conclude with the New Drama, entitled DON C.ESAR DE B A ZA N, supported by the entire Company. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. calm. from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, Will be produced THE STRANGE INTRUDER, in which Messrs. Seaman, niggle, Herbert, and Mies Vincent will perform. After which, A HUSBAND AT SIGHT. Lonisberg, Mr. niglie; Baroness, Mrs. W. West. To conclude with niE WANDERING JEW, in which Messrs. eauaan, Dale, Higgie, and the Misses Harcourt will appear. Private Family Boxes, .£1 ls.Od. and XI Ile. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has kindly pre sented the Institution for the Religious Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb with 251. A new English church, called the Church of St. Paul, has been consecrated at Malta. It was erected at the expense of the Queen Dowager, at the cost of 13,5004 Lord Howe presented a beautiful statue of Faith, but the Lord Bishop objected to its being placed in the church, and Faith accordingly remains in the gar rison library. Lord Saye and Sele, whose death we recently an nounced, was the oldest Member of the House of Lords, of the Whig party, having entered it soon after the death of his father, Thomas, the tenth Baron, in July, 1780 In common with Lords Clinton. Deere, and the Duke of Newcastle, he derived his descent from the Lord Saye, who, with other confederated Barons at Runnimede, compelled King John to sign Magna Charts, and from the Viscount Saye and Sele who, in the wars of Charles 1., sided with the Parliamentarians, and was the friend of Hampden, Fairfax, Denzil, Hollis, and Oliver Crom well. Lord Saye and Sele assisted in the ever.lllo3lo - struggle for carrying the Reform Bill, and having for more than forty years uniformly and consistently voted with the Whig party, was offered an earldom by the Grey and Melbourne Administrations, of which offer, however, his Lordship did not avail himself. He is succeeded in his title and estates by the Honourable William Eardley Twisleton Fiennes, present and twelfth Lord Saye and Selo. It i s expec t e d t h at t h e mortal re mains of the departed Nobleman will be deposited in his ancestral sepulchre at Broughton, on Saturday next. KINGSLAND AND DALSTON LITERARY AND SCIEN TIFIC INSTITUTION.—We noticed, in one of our recent publications, the intended establishment of a literary and scientific institution in the above districts, and we are glad to find that the project is steadily progressing. Several auxiliary mee ti ngs h ave b een held, at all of which perfect acquiescence in the object, and determina tion to forward it, were most unequivocally expressed. The list of shareholders and members already contains the names of a great many respectable and influential inhabitants of the neighbourhood ; but wo regret to see the coolness whi c h t h e landholdert thathe clergy aunc e hd v h i n ao c nl ; the magi stra t es , an d e t t h fif o ova e u r: l i d t tow i os m u mladgaini consoli date self-interestow d e :ar establishment o t l a n l e s i t if this e s r no t h h e w ?g scheme, o h a eW l r d em g o o d fe tl s C t e th th a the neighbourhood, and thus render the property the more valuable. Ask nine -tenths of those who leave the district why they leave, their answer will be found, with few exceptions, because the place is so dull in it self, and so far away from all proper places for recrea tion. The magistrates, as we have already said, should consider the great good these institutions produce where ever they are established, and surely it must be more agreeable to their better feelings to endeavour to create a preventive to vice, rather than to be ca ll e d upon to adjudicate on crime ; nor does it seem to us incompatible with ineompatble with the sacred calling of a Christian minister to assist in such an undertaking, for morality is the handmaid to religion, and ho who lacks the former can never truly possess the latter. The la s t of the auxiliary meetings above alluded to, wa s h e ld a t th e Myddleton Arms, Mvddleton-road, on Thursday, the 14th instant, Mr. Webster in th e c h a i r . M r . Bi ng l e y move d the first re solution, which was t o th e e ff ec t th a t th e m e e ting pledged itself to use its utmost endeavours to forward the object in view. Mr. Bingley went through the whole of the details, and concluded amidst expressions of much satisfaction. Several other gentlemen spoke; and it was resolved that the next district meeting should be held at the Mortimer Arms, Mortimer-road, Do Beativok Town, on Thursday, the 21st inst.—Morning Advertiser. TILE WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 19. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, bl ; Noon, 50 BAROMETER, 30.25.—W1ND, W. S.W. P 7 oTa.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the fr , ezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON -BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 13 minutes alter H I Evening 47 minutes alter P. SECOND EDITION: THE SUN, LON' DON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1844. THIS DAY'S NEWS. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The LORD-CHANCELLOR sat to-day, shortly after ten o'clock. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. POTTER. The LORD-CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, which came before his Lordship some time since on exceptions. His Lordship allowed the exceptions. EX-PARTE VAN SANDAU. Ills LORDSHIP said that, in the case of Mr. Van Sandau, which was before him on Saturday, he had stated, after mentioning the several precedents that had been referred to, that he would not take upon himself to decide that the order which had been pro nounced was valid, because the subject was under further inquiry in a court of law. His Lordship had also stated that his decision was final. Now he ought further to have stated that the judgment he was giving was upon an ordinary petition, and not a special case for the decision of the Court of Review. His Lordship believed that, by the 37th section of the Bankrupt Act, no judgment of the Court of Review could be questioned in the House of Lords except upon a special case. It was true he might have sent the matter to the Vice-Chancellor, in order that he might direct a special case for the opinion of the Court, but he did not think it neces sary. He had mentioned this case in consequence of some misrepresentations that had gone forth : he had said nothing disrespectful to the Learned Judge ; that was the last thing he would do, because he had for him the most special regard. THE DUKE OF LEEDS V. EARL AMHERST—THE PIC TURE OF TIIE GREAT DUKE OF SCHOMDERG. Mr. BETHELL replied at some length to-day in this case, the facts of which we have already given. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed his judgment. VICE-CHANCERY. --(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) CUMIN(' V. TIIROWER. The question in this case was the liability of !is trustee to make good certain sums which had been dissipated by an alleged abuse of trust on the part of his co-trustee. His Honour had, on a recent occa sion, given his judgment on the main point, declaring the estate of the trustee, Thrower, liable for all the sums dissipated by the co-trustee, Bland. But with respect to two sums of 6001. and 8001. respectively he had had some hesita tien as to the order to be made, and on these two sums his decision had been reserved. His HONOUR now said that the estate of Thrower must be liable for the re-payment of these two sums also in addition to the rest. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) HOWARD V. GOSSETT. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL resumed his argument in this part-heard case, and contended that, even if the Court should be against him on the points which he had submitted on Friday, still they must give judgment in favour of the defendant, inasmuch as the defendant was acting merely ministerially in acting upon that warrant, which, at all events, was a suffi cient authority for him, and therefore that the action could not lie. He, therefore, submitted that upon this demurrer the Court must give judgment in favour of the defendant. Mr. KELLY then replied, and contended, on the authority of the King v. Elgee, that this Court could look to the wording of warrants issued, by Courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction, inasmuch as in that case it had decided that a warrant issued by the Court of Bankruptcy, a superior court of record, like the House of Commons, was bad. He also quoted the case of Christie v. Unwin, in which the validity of a warrant issued by the Lord Chancellor had been questioned. He could not but regret that during the course of the last century some of the judges had laid down the law as if the Court could not interfere even to grant a habeas corpus in cases where persons had been committed by the House of Commons, but those dicta of the judges were contrary to the law, as it had been acted on both before and since. In the case of Lord Shaftesbury, in that of Hobhouse, in that of the sheriffs of Middlesex, this Court had granted a habeas corpus, and had looked to the warrants of commitment, and because they held those warrants :The case was proceeding when we went to press, BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) His HoNouß had great difficulty in coming to an immediate conclusion, as the evidence adduced on both sides was of so contradictory a character, and therefore it would be necessary for him, in the exercise of his duty, to enter at considerable length, and at the hazard of being somewhat tedious, into the details of the case. His Honour then dwelt minutely on the statements of the different witnesses, and conclud e d by saying, that i n hi s consc i ence be believed, that that these unhappy dissensions were in the first instance occasioned by Lady Dysart's own violence, unguarded language, frequently absenting herself from her husband's roof, to enjoy the greater indulgences of her father's house, and one primary cause of these divisions might be found in the little effort she made to consult his tastes, his habits, his wishes—he would even say his eccen tricities. But he (Dr. Lushington) did not exclude - the Noble Earl from blame. His language was such to his wife as no man, even in the most degraded state of society, would use to the veriest pro fligate, and his passions were not kept under that proper control which was so necessary in a man of his irritable temperament. Yet again, he said, that looking over all the evidence, he could see no reason why Lady Dysart should not return to her duties, and to the shelter of her husband's roof The petition was accordingly dismissed. An appeal was entered against the judgment. _— — MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE, and a full Bench of Magistrates.) The Second November Sessions commenced this morning, at the Court-house, Clerkenwell. The calendar contains the names of fifty-nine prisoners, although not a fortnight has elapsed since the Court sat last. Many of the cases were of the most paltry and trifling nature. One prisoner was committed for stealing three herrings, another for stealing 31bs. of potatoes, and a third for stealing a quarter of a pound of soap. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE briefly'addressed the Grand Jury, and commented upon the recent im provement which had been effected in the criminal law, by which the business of the Old Bailey was so much expedited. The calendar did not present any unusual features which rendered it necessary for him to advert more particularly to them, as although the calendar was numerically heavy, there were compa ratively no serious cases for trial. THREATENING A POLICE MAGISTRATE.—Mr. CLARKSON, on behalf of Mr. Rawlinson, the presiding magistrate of the Marylebone Police-court, applied to the Bench to have Robert Kingston bound over to keep the peace towards that gentleman under the following circumstances :—The Learned Counsel stated that Kingston was brought before Mr. Raw linson on three separate charges of assault, for each of which he was fined in the penalty of 40s. Having paid those three fines, he was liberated, but on the same evening was again apprehended for a riot and disturbance, and in the morning again brought before the worthy Magistrate, by whom he was fined 51., and ordered to find sureties to keep the peace. In a day or two after this he called at the Marylebone Police-court with a heavy whip in his hand, and fol lowed by a ferocious bull dog, demanding that the inspector on duty should point out Mr. Rawlinson to him, as he (Kingston) was determined to give him a sound drubbing. He (Mr. Clarkson) trusted, under all the circumstances of the case, the Court would feel bound to order the ordinary process of the Court to issue. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE inquired if Mr. Kingston was in custody at present ? Mr. CLARKSON said he believed he was in Court now. One of his sureties had refused to remain an swerable for him any longer. He was not, therefore, under sureties now, neither did Inspector Tedman consider himself at liberty to take him into custody. The Learned ASSISTANT •JUDGE said if he had surrendered he was in custody of the Court. He (the Assistant-Judge) should therefore take care that Kingston should not leave the Court without enter ing into proper sureties, which would effectually pre vent injury being inflicted by him upon any person. Mr. Kingston then sat down before the bar in cus tody of one of the officers of the Court. The prisoner is a remarkable powerful-looking man, and is well known on the turf, arid in the ring, having challenged Ben Caurit, who is well known as champion of England, to a pugilistic encounter. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(T — HIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov., 19.—Wind S.W., fresh breezes, and cloudy. DEAL, Nov. 18.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. William Lyon, Demerara ; Waterlilly, Hart, Montreal ; and Rapp, Hay, Quebec. Sid. David Grant, Ichaboe ; Prince of Wales, Calcutta ; Elizabeth, New Orleans. RAMSQATE, Nov. 18.—The Oswego; of and for New York, from Hull, struck on the Goodwin Sunds last night, but,was assisted:off by a boat, with loss of anchors, and taken into Margate Roads. Nov. 18.—Wi n d W.S.W . — Arrd. Sir PORTSMOUTH, John Falstaff, Rowell, Quebec, sailed 20th ult. A great quantity of deals, loose planks, and rough spars, was passed, 12th inst., lat. 49, lon. 15 W., by the Sir John Falstaff, arrived here. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 18.—Arrd. Royal Tar steamer, Brooks, Gibraltar, left 10th inst, Cadiz 11th, Lisbon 13th, Oporto 14th, Vigo 15th. Sid. Severn steamer, West Indies. TORBAY, Nov. 17.—Sld. Florence, Madeira. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Corn wall, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. Penguin packet, Rio Janeiro, sailed Sept. 27 ; Bahia, 11th ult. ; and Pernambuco, 18th ; on freight about 20,0001. in gold and diamonds. Sld. Reserve, Jamaica. Off, Funchal, Layers, Accra (Aug. 15). CowEs, Nov. 18.—Arrd. Mary Ann, Madras. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18.—Wind S.S.E., light.—Arrd. Hope, Crawford, China ; Patriot Queen, Adamson, Calcutta ; Valparaiso, Dixon, Valparaiso (Aug. 5) ; Ellen German, Rio de Is Hache ; Speed, Ellis, Quebec. Sld. 17th, Cambridge, New York ; 18th, Penarth, Bombay ; Hope ' and Ironside, Ich a b oe ; Chil mar k , Buenos Ayres ; Sarah Demerara ; Rival, Barbadoes ; Charlotte, Lady Constable, and Thetis, New Orleans ; England, Mobile ; Acadia, Savannah ; Corsair, Halifax. Off, Thomas P. Cope, Philadelphia; Garrick, New York. Coax, Nov. 16.—Sid. England, Ichaboe, and in beat ing oat went ashore near Cork Beg, and remains. Arrd. Margaret, Leech, Superb, INPKinnon, and Victoria, White, Ichaboe. The Victoria encountered a heavy gale on the 3d, 4th, and 9th inst., and on the 10th shipped a heavy sea, loss of bulwarks, &c., and pumped a few tons of cargo up ; Vigilant, Harris, Newfound land ; Jane, Moore, Rio Grande, with loss of sails, bul warks, &c., having experienced heavy gales. Arrd. Beaufort, Blake, Honduras. LIMERICK, Nov. 16.—Arrd. Jane Black, Goman, Quebec. HULL, Nov. 17.—S1d. Toronto, Ichaboe. PENZANCE, Nov. 15.—Arrd. Triton and Victoria, Quebec. OFF PORTLAND, Nov. 17.—Arrd. Superior, Rio, for Hamburgh. PADSTOW, Nov. 17.—Arrd. Belle, Brewer, Quebec. NEWPORT, Nov. 17.—Arrd. Ave, Symms, Quebec. YARMOUTH ROADS.—Arrd. Choice, Crane, Quebec. OFF LOWESTOFFE, N ov . 16.—Salisbury, Miramichi. BRISTOL, Nov. 17.—The Collina, Marshall, at Glou cester from Quebec, was in contact, 16th ult., at midnight, with the barque Industry, of Sligo, from Quebec, lying at anchor of the Pilgrim Islands, when both vessels lost head, cutwater, and bowsprit. CLAY, Nov. 16.—The Indus, Musgrove, from Sunder land to London, ashore near Blakeney Buoy, has been got off, and in hero much damaged, after discharging her cargo. The Guiana, Anderson, from Ichaboe, was ashore in Dunmaris Bay, lath inst.—crew saved. GREENLAND FISHERY. HULL, Nov. IB.—The Abram, at Stromness, Bth inst., from Davis Straits,: with 2 fish, reports the following:— Belonging to Peterhead—Comm erce , 2 fish ; Eclipse, 7 do. ; Joseph Gr een , 5 d o . ; Resolution, 1 do. ; Su perior, 3 do. ; Traveller, 6 do. Belonging to Aberdeen-- St. Andrew, 4 fish. Of Dundee—Fairy, 2 fish Horn, 7 do. ; Princess Charlotte, I do. ; Advice, 6 do. ; Alex ander, 3 do. Of Kircaldy—Caledonia, 5 fish. Of Shields—Lady Jane, 4 fish ; Lord Gambier, 5 d o . Of Hull—Sarah Elizabeth, 1 fish; True Love, 5 do. ; Prince of Wales, clean. THE FUNDS—(C THE QUEEN AT THE PROSECUTION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V. GREGERY. Mr. Woßnswowrn in this case moved for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the body of the de fendant, who was at present in the custody of the gaoler of Newgate. The defendant was in custody on an indictment, and the period of his imprisonment on that indictment was about to expire. There was a second indictment against him, to which he pleaded guilty, and on which the judgment stood over. The object of the present application was, that he be brought up on Thursday for judgment on the second indict ment; notice to that effect having been given, a habeas corpus directed to the gaoler being necessary for that purpose.-.• Application granted. EXCHEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) TIURT V. LEIGH. In this case, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron on Wednesday last, and the verdict returned for the defendant, Mr. Knowles moved to enter the verdict for the plaintiff. The ac ti on was for work and labour for ourin th th e cecoouurrt to seodfelcaisde last year; whether one of; and the simpl e q the receipts on which a verdict was given for the de fendant was a valid and legal document, inasmuch as it was not stamped. The account was a running account, extending over a long p er i o d , and the receipts were for sums paid at various times, that in question not being stamped. The Lea rne d C ounse l contended that the case came within th e St amp A ct, and that, in ac c ordance with the provisions of that Act, he was entitled to have the verdict entered for the plaintiff. The COURT granted a rule to show cause. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, Nov. 16.—The Chambers, in its sitting to-day, adopted, by a second vote, the project of law for increasing the salaries of the Members of the Court of Justice. The Minister of Finance"presented a project of law which he introduced with the following observa tions :—" Gentlemen—The law of the 21st of March last for the conversion of the loan of 100,800,000 francs, did not authorise the exchange of the Bonds at 5 per cent., for Bonds at 4f per cent. except on Belgium and at Paris. We did not know at that time what was the amount of those in Eng land, but according to the declarations which have been made up to this day for the conversion, the amount is already. more than twenty millions of francs. I have, therefore, judged that, for the inte rest of public credit, as well as of the English holders, it would be advisable to facilitate the ex change of those bonds in England. The King has , therefore, authorised me to present to you a project of law to that effect." The Minister then presented a project of law authorising the exchange at London. It was referred to the Central Section, which has to examine the budget of the public debt. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussims, Nov. 16. Actua Debt, 2% per Cent., Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Milions, Four per Cent OB% Three per is I Thirty-seven Millions, ditto (1840)....... 1844.... ...... . 102% Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent. lO3 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent Issue of 1841.. ...... —Brussels' Papers,.Nov. 17. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov 2 Five per Cents. Metalhques Four par Cents. 100.% Three per Cents. 75% Bank Shares ....... 1 . ••••••••••••••••• ...... Irian 1834 .... 155 Ditto, 1839 l32g Allgemeine Zeitung, Nov. 12. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE W S CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was freely supplied. Sales 3,000 bales, at previous rates, including 300 Surat, at 21d. to 34d, ; 100 Egyptian, at 50. to 7d.; 50 Pernam, at 51d. ; and the rest American, at 34d. to Sid. per lb.—Shares were much the same :—Chester and Birkenhead, 31i ; Churnet Valley, 431 ,• Direct Northern, 2k ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 19s. 6d. • Ely and Bedford, 11 ; Gra n d Junction, 215 ; Ditto, Lialves, 107 ; Kendal and Winde rmere, 3a ; Lan caster and Preston, 46+ ; Liverpool and Manchester, 204 ; Ditto, Halves, 102 ; London and Birmingham, 218 ; Ditto, 321, Shares, 38 ; Ditto, Quarters, 26 ; Lon don and York, 3 ; Manchester and L ee d s, 114 ; Di t t o, Halves, 48; Midland Counties, 1074 108; Newcastle and Darlington, 484 ; South-Eastern, 374 ; Ditto, New, 7+ ; Paris and Lyons, 3/. Is. 6d. ; Paris and Rouen, 38+ ; Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 41. Is. 6d. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 4 ; North Wales Mineral, 9k, with new. Advices have been received to Sept. 14, from the Cape of Good Hope. The state of the colony, both politically and economically speaking, was satisfactory. The Kafirs on the frontier were quieter, and the leaders evinced more disposition to act with our troops in check ing the thievish propensities of their people. The Governor had been to the Eastern colony, and a stronger military force was expected to be in future stationed in the so called neutral territory. By virtue of instructions from Lord Stanley, Natal had been formally constituted a dependency of the Cape, the Governor of the latter having full jurisdiction over it, althought there is a Lieutenant-Governor and a local executive and judicature appointed. The appearance of the town of Natal, and the village of Pietermauritzberg, is represented as having materially improved since Colonel Somerset arrived with the troops, and many of the Dutch farmers were anxious to see the settlement retained by the English. Local improvement were progressing also in the older colonies, and there would soon be a road formed from Graham's Town to the Cape. The Funds are very steady this morning, but the transactions have not been of any extent. The Commis sioners have taken Reduced Three per Cents. at 99i. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 102 to Bank Stock is worth 205, Consols have been IN+ to 10 1 l for Money and Time. Exchequer Bills are 575. to 595., and India Bonds 80s. premium, being steady. The Foreign Securities have been well supported, but there has been no particular activity in the market. The Spanish Five per Cents. were 231 to 24k, and the Three per Cents., 35i I. Portuguese Converted are quiet at 531; Mexican at 36; Brazilian at 881; and Buenos Ayres at 361. Russian have been 118,1; Dutch Four per Cents, have touched 961 and 97. The Railway Shares have been steady in value, but here again there is but a limited business doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Bank 5t0ck..„......" ' 205 3 per Cent.. Reduc e d Annuities ...... ..... 99%% 3 per Cent. Coniols. An na ' lOO% 34% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 99% New 3% per Cent. Annuities... ..... ...... 102% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 1-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860...« l2 5-16 India Bonds,l,ooo .. Ditto underB o South Sea Stock, Ditto New Annuities 9'l% Consols for Account 100% Exchequer Bills. 130. 134 d. 1,0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••• 59 87 pm. 5801... Ditto .«.« •57 59 pm. Ditto Advertised...... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..—.............. ..... Buenos Ayree Bonds, 6 per Cent ......... ~..—.. 36% Mexican Bonds, 1837,5 per Cent ..... Ditto for the Account .... ..... 35 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ..... Ditto Converted 53 Russian Bonds, 1822,5 per Cent l l 3% S Bonds, Five per Cent 23% Ditto for the Account 21% Ditto Passive Bonds ...... 6 Ditto Deterred l5 Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account .... Dutch 234 per Cents ..... ....... 62% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 96% 97 96% Dutch 5 per ....... 991 PRICES OF SHARES MIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS, PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ......... to Bristol and Exeter ....... 70 ... ..... 69% ..... to Cambridge and Lincoln Churnet Valley ..... 2 Eastern Counties .. . 25 Great Southern an7Western} 5 8% Great Western 75 Ditto ..... 12 ..... 26 4 ~ London and 100 .........219 220 to 218 Dito 4 Shares 2 . 25% to London and South Western ..... '75 Manchester and Leed5.....„........ 70 ...114 Ditto % Shares Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 51 Midland Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct 21 ..«..... 49 Norwich and Brandon ..... 8 South Devon ... 10; ll% 10% to 1134 South Eastern and Dover 333` Ditto New Boulogne and Amiens 2 ... ...... 41 ...... to 3% Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bourdeaux Paris and Orleans 2O 39% to Parisand R0uen...................... 20 ......... 38% ~.,, to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 18.—We have had an animated market, and a considerable business has been done at improved prices. Birkenhead and Cheshire, 61 8; Accrington, 21 i; Wigan and Liverpool, 411- ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 21; Churnets, 34 ; East ern Counties, No. 2,19 s. 6d. ; Lancaster and Preston, 47 ; London and York, 3 1-16 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 14 ; Midland, 108 ex New ; West Yorkshire, 8 ; Shef• field and Manchester, Quarters, 13k ; South-Eastern. 371 38 ex New ; Paris a n d Lyons, 21. THE BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, MONDAY.—Th e Penguin packet, Lieu' tenant Leslie, arrived this morning from the Brazil; with mails, having sailed from Rio Janeiro 27th of September, Bahia 11th, and Pernambuco the 18th October. The follo w i ng p assengers came in her, viz., General and Mrs. Pueyrredon and son, Monsieur and Madame Blanc and son, Monsieur Constantine, Mrs- Beckenham and child, Mr. Latham, and Mr. Youle ; and she brings about 20,0001. on freight. Nothing new had transpired at Buenos Ayres or Monte Video since the last mail, and the intelligence from Rio Janeiro, both politically and commercially, is rather barren. The day the packet left Rio discounts were at 7 per cent.; there had been an increased demand for money", to a partial extent, which had been freely met. The, Treasury remittances, p er P engu i n, are unders t o od to amount to 20,0001., and had been taken at 25k The Stock-market had continued steady at the de parture of the packet, at 721 to ; business brisk. At Rio the elections were not concluded, but seemed to be favourable to the present Ministry. The 'Coffee market had been better supplied, and more activity had prevailed, whilst the value of su perior and first good had improved ; the sales had, amounted to about 50,000 b ags . Th e arr i va l s of sugar were unimportant, and these, as well as the previous stock, have been taken at 3 dollars and 2 dollars for consumpti on , an d f or th e southern parts Of the empire. The following men-of-war were at Rio—viz., the Alfred, Dolphin, Crescent, Racer, Champion, and Swift packet. The Crane packet left Pernambuco for Bahia on the 12th of October. THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH.—We are happy to be able to relieve the numerous friends of the Rev. Sydney Smith from their fears. The unfavourable symptoms were those of suppressed gout. The moment the disease took a definite form he began to get better, and he is no longer considered in danger. In fact, he already passe s several hours each day in the society of his more inti mate acquaintance. FATAL ACCIDENT orr BLACKFRIARS-BRID4B.'f Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, a lad apps' rently about fourteen years of age, but at present un known, was drowned in the Thames. The tide being low at the time, the deceased descended the steps at the north-west side of Blackfriars-bridge, and walked to the second arch, near to which the Fleet-ditch empties itself, and where there is a perpendicular fall with about ten feet depth of water. Into this the lad suddenly slipped, and instantly disappeared, and the probability is, that he was carried away by a steam-vessel, which almost immediately afterwards passed over the spot. The deceased had under his arm a bundle, which was re covered, and consisted of a blue cloth cape, a brown and white striped jacket, a mackintosh, a linen shirt, a pair of blue cotton stockings, a white handk erc hi e f, a s ilk pattern cotton ditto, an d a pair of low shoes. The articles, no doubt, belonged to the deceased, and from their descriptio n , it wou ld appear, that he was a page or footboy, or possibly an assistant-waiter at some respec table hotel or tavern. NEW MAIL COACH BETWEEN EDINBURGH AND NDWCASTLE.—A meeting of the proprietors of the mail at present running by this route between Edinburgh and Newcastle, was held in the King's Arms, on Thursday, for the purpose of making arrangements with regard to a new mail, which it has been proposed to put upon this road in place of the one now running by Carlisle. It 1 5 proposed that the coach shall start from Newcastle at twelve o'clock at night, reach Berwick at half-past six in the morning, and after a delay of half an hour, start at seven, and reach Edinburgh about one o'clock fore noon. On returning, the coach will leave Edinburgh at nine o'clock morning, reach Berwick at half-past two, and Newcastle at between nine and ten o'clock at night. The advantages of this arrangement to Berwick and the other towns on the route need no comment, and we hope to see it speedily carried into effect.—Berwick Warder. WINTER ASSIZES.---WESTERN CIRCUIT.—The fol lowing days and places have been appointed by Mr- Baron Alderson for holding a Special Sessions of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery on the Western circuit : — Southampton—Monday, Dec. 2, St the Castle, at Winchester. S omersetshire—Monday , Dec. 9, at the Castle, at Taunton. D evons hi re —M on d a y, Dec. 16, at the Castle, at Exeter. City of Exeter—The same day. SINGULAR INCIDENT.—O H Thursday last the fol lowing singular incident occurred in the churchyard of New Brentford Church. During the funeral of Mr. Henry Flower, a boatman on the Grand Junction Canal, who was amongst the spectators, picked up some bones which had been turned up out of the grave, and which proved to be part of the hand of the body of the mother of Mr. Flower, which bad been in the grave thirty years previously, on one of the fingers of which was still her gold wedding ring. The boatman immediately took it off her finger and pledged it for three shillings. On the fact becoming known, the boatman was traced to the Six Bells public-house, where he was spending the money with some companions, and compelled him to give up the duplicate, with all the money, except three far things. The ring is now in the possession of the Rev. Mr. Harrison, the vicar. BeaexavoN.—DßE/ADrUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT. —On Thursday, the 7th instant, a little boy, the son of a fireman working at one of the lahymney furnaces, was playing about the ra il s , w h en hi s f oot slipped, and, hor rible to relate, he fell into the furnace. His father, with more affection than prudence, immediately sprung in after him, in the forlorn hope to save his child, and, strange to say, he was quick enough to catch and throw him out, but too late, however, for the boy must almost instantaneously have died. The father had now ex changed situations with his child, and found the greatest difficulty in extricating himself from his perilous posi tion, which he was obliged to do by catching hold of an iron bar, little less than red hot, and swinging himself out; but as soon as he bad done so he was senseless. The poor fellow was carried home, and now lies in a dange rous and uncertain state. The furnace had not long been charged, and consequently was not at its greatest heat, otherwise escape would have been impossible.- - ' Hereford Times. IMPROVEMENTS IN HYDE PARK.—It WAS stated some time since in our paper that the piece of dirty water in Hyde Park, facing the new gate at Knightsbridge , called Albert-gate, which formerly flowed from a water fall in connexion with and at the east end of the Ser pentine River, but which has for a long time been stagnant owing to a deficiency of water in the Serpentine to supply the same,: was about to be filled up, for the purpose of maki ng a roa d f rom t h e new and splendid entrance mentioned to the ride, extending from 11 " Y " ( , ), Park-corner to Kensington, and called " Rotten-row. The water has now been entirely removed, and the vacuum filled up, and in its place appears a well-gra velled road from the new gate alluded to to the ride, being for equestrians only, as the celebrated ride called Rotten row is devoted entirely for the use of equestrians, no car riages, except thos e o f th e R oya l F am i ly, b e i ng admitt ed within the drive, and the privilege enjoyed by them exclusively is rarely, if ever, availed of by them. This new road, in place of the unsightly piece of water, is a_ very great improvement, in addition to its being a vas t convenience to the wealthy inhabitants of the numerou s splendid streets and squares recently formed en 4 ; r Marquis of Westminster's estate in Pimlico. A new grand walk has been formed across the park, fro mt.e Grosvenor -gate, leading from Grosvenor-square to h small gate opposite the Chinese Exhibition at kreKnights bridge, and which is found a great boon to the public, particularly a t t hi s season of the year, when the par k cepting th e fi rm grave l walks, are in such a di r ty a e d n sloppy state. DEATH OF HARRY GATTIE, ESQ.—Died, at Read ing,, on th e 13t h i nst., aged 70, deeply regretted by is family and friends, Harry Gattie, Esq., formerly a mos t popular ac t or at t h e T heatre Royal, Drury -l an e, and other principal th e at res . M r. G att i e ' s i n i m it a ble rep.r r. e_ sentation of Frenchm en w ill b e we ll remem bered._ Gattie was a mos t h onoura bl e man, and h e re tired f rom , the stage s evera l years ago, un i versally esteem ed by brethren, and every one who knew him. FOLKESTONE.—The effects of the high sees and have been winds, to ge th er w i t h t h e l ate h eav y rains, been severely felt here, as at other points of thteedeVi; Pavilion Hotel the we e k our s t eamers h ave been prevented crossing the Chann e l on severa l occas i ons ; the I"' Hotel has been waterlogged.— Canterbury Journal. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL SUGAR.—In British Plantation a good business con mues to be done about 850 hhds having found buyers at sully previous rates, and the market is very firm. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 247 barrels 509 casks St. Lucia, and 2,957 bags Bengal, nearly the whole of which sold at 53s 6d to 65s 6d for good brown, to fine greyish yellow St. Lucia ; 51s 6d to 64s for low soft, date kind, to fine yellow Mauritius kind, Bengal, and 43s to 44s for mid brown Khaur ditto, being fully previous rates. Strong mid brown Bengal, Dhobah kind, was taken in above the value, viz., at 50s to 525. The quality of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India docks was 619 hhds 110 tierces 289 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,595 hhds 156 tierces 346 barrels. The stock in the same places is 12,137 hhds 1,761 tierces, 2,753 barrels. COFFEE.—Of 64 casks British Plantation, and 689 bags Ceylon (B. P. kind) brou g ht t o auction, thel greater part of the British Plantation was taken in much above the value. All the Ceylon found buyers at 57s 6d to 823 6d for fine ord pale to mid coloury quality, and being for the latter description 2s to 3s dearer. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 53 puns 20 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 166 puns 28 hhdv, and ex ported 121 puns 90 hhds. The stock in the same places is 12,289 puns 1,395 hhds. SPICEB.-113 bags Pimento at auction sold at aid to 4d per lb for very ordinary to good mid quality, which is a decline of kd to id. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 40s 6d to 40s 9d per cwt on the spot, and Town 43s 6d per cwt. TEA.—Public sales (10,000 packages are already an nounced) come on to-morrow, and this checks private business. EAT MARKETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4115 s ; Useful ditto, 4/15s to 5/4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to 5/ 10s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 13s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 15s per load. Sup ply but moderate and trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 4118 s; Useful ditto, Si to 515 s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 6s to 5/ 13s ; Clover Hay, 418 s to Si 18s ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 1! 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s per l oa d . A limited supply, and an active demand at the above quo tations. WRITECIIA.PEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3112 s to 4/ 15s ; Useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 514 s ; fine Upland ditto, Si 5s to 51 12s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ 2s; Oat Straw, 11 10s to 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 13s to 11 15s per load. Supply good. Trade throughout steady. COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 16s 6d ; Buddle's West Hartley, 18s 6d ; Carr's Hartley, 18s 6d ; Chester Main, 19s ; Charlotte Main, I9s 6d ; Hasting's Hartley, 18s 6d ; Hebburn Main, 17s 6d ; Morrison's Hartley, 16s ; Nelson's West Hartley, 18s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 16s 6d ; Pott's Prim rose (unscreened), 16s ; Ravensworth West Hartley, 18s ; South Poutop, 16s 6d ; Shipcote (unscreened), 14s 3d ; Tanfield Moor, 19s 6d ; Taylor's West Hartley, 18s ; Townley, 17s 6d ; West Hartley, 19s 6d ; West Wylaw, 17s 3d ; Wylam, 17s ; W. E., Bell Robson, 20s; W. E., Bell and Brown, 21s 9d ; W. E., Bewicke and Co., 21s 9d ; W. E., Clark and Co., 18s ; W. E., Clen nell, 18s 6d ; W. E., Gosporth, 21s 9d ; W. E., Gib son, 21s ; W. E., Heaton, 21s 6d ; W. E., Hotspur, 218 3d ; W. E., Kittingworth, 20s 6d ; W. E., Newrmarch, 20s ; W. E., Riddell's, 21s 3d ; W. E., Urpett, 17s 6d ; W. E., Wharncliffe, 21s 6d ; W. E., Wreckington, 17s 6d ; Eden Main, 21s 6d ; Lambton Primrose, 21s 6d ; W. E., Belmont, 225, 22s 3d ; W. E., Brad dyll's Hetton, 23s fid ; W. E., East Hetton, 21s ; W. E., Haswell, 23s 6d; W. E., Hetton, 23s 6d; W.E., Houghall, 228 ; W. E., Hytton, 21s ; W. E., Lambton, 23s 6d ; W. E., Lumley, 22s ; W. E., Morrison, 21s ; W. B. Pemberton, 21s 3d ; W. E., Russell's Hetton, .23s 3d W. E., Richmond, 21s 6d; W. E., Shotton, 23s 6d W. E., Stewart's, 23s 60 ; W. E., Whitwell, 22 5; W. E.,; Albert, 18s 6d ; W. E., Caradoc, 23s ;W. E., Hartle pool, 23s 3d ; W. E., Harvey, 23s 9d ; W. E., Heselden, 21s 3d ; W. E., Heugh Hall, 22s ; W. E., High Thornley, 21s 6d ; W. E., Kelloe, 23s ; W. E., South Hartlepool, 17s; W. E., Tennant, 21s ; W. E., Trimdon, 225, 22s 6d ; Sharp's Tanfield, 16s 6d; W. E., Adelaide, 22s 9d, 23a ; W. E., Barrett, 21s ; W. E., Brown's Deanery, 21s 9d ; W. E., Evenwood, 208 ; W.. E., Gordon, 19s 6d; W. E., Maclean's Tees, 20s ; NV. E., St. Helen's Tees, 20s 6d ; W. E., Seymour Tees, 22s ; W. E., South Durham, 21s ; W. E., Tees, 208 ; W. E., Tees Hetton, 19s, 19s 6d ; W. E., West Hetton, 20s ; Town Hill Elgin, 18s ; W.E., Killingworth, 20s 3d.— Ships arrived since last day, 262. THE CABINET.—A Cabinet Council is appointed to meet at three o'clock this afternoon, at the Foreign office, Downing-street, at which the whole or most of the Ministers are expected to attend, Lords Wharn cliffe and Stanley, and other members of the Cabinet, having arrived in town last evening for the purpose of attending the meeting. On Friday last a poor woman named Clements, living at 4, Hunt-street, Milo-end New-town, was safely delivered of three children, who, with the mother, are doing well. Her husband is a weaver, and bears an ex cellent character. They had five children previously, and in consequence of the scarcity of work are novv in most destitute state. .... ••.•.0...a • ...• (4 .1 2 sf;:r...v . ' • '•• . •,• Q. 6 j Y N.. , :t ~. ' "4 ;% 0 - - , ...., ;;;, , •-• • ..•• 4 9k ••• • . ~,, , A Ail, r : c 4 V' \ 4. r IR 11111111111 0 . s ' t. 1 1t 1 .:;‘,/ -. • sichr ,_. "fri' ~.;., ' , . 1 " ••;4' ,. .-•- 'a Or I , - + -` *•••,,..- ..VT,L,• - ieri'..rAt• • r 21,01 , . - lit 't. ~•• s• ~•„" ' ° .:'•:•1;',„• . e,,, 100*...":- -- - -..., Obilenin_t Vint LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1844. We have often, in the discharge, of our public duty, had occasion to speak in terms far from flatter ing of the political conduct of the Marquis of LONDON DERRY, but of late our task has been a more pleasing ene—to approve rather than to condemn—for since the advent of Sir R. PEEL to office, it is evident that the Noble Marquis has relaxed considerably in the starch austerity of his Toryism, and adopted a more mode rate and intelligent system of policy. To quote the remarkable phraseology of his illustrious relative, the late Lord CASTLEREAGH, he has in some degree " turned his back upon himself." He is no longer an uncompromising supporter of things as they are, from a firm conviction that they are already so per fect that it is impossible to amend them ; but is beginning to entertain an impression that there is much in our political and commercial system that might be altered for the bet ter; and so far as we can gather from his recent speeches, he is not unwilling to put his shoulder to the wheel, and make the experiment of innovation. Doubtless it is this liberal change in his sentiments that has made him so distasteful to the North Dur ham Conservatives, of whom, unfortunately, but a small minority are in his fa v our, while a vast and increasing majority, looking np o o f n him as a sort of deserter from the sacred ca use Tory intolerance, indignantly repudiate his cla imswetodouthinse ot o . ffi a c n e' tic o i- f President of their Association. a jor w it ill t ake pate, however, that the Noble Mar m q the disapprobation of this bigoted seriously to heart. Indeed his y recent addressverY to his Londonderry tenantry shows that it has had not COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) / THE REGISTRATIONS. the M cu r o . rt ton Sergeant iie Irit in K o the A listn m ade n an application to al, which, as we understood, had b een o mitted, in consequence of delay N La appeal, ppe in receiving the statement of the Revising - Barrister. s Barrister. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL was instructed to oppose the'application, but The COURT considered that it had no jurisdiction in the case, and that the application, which came too late, must be refused. The rest of the morning was occupied with mo tions, of no general interest. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff KENNEDY and a Common Jury.) BAINES V. BAINES...-LORD BROUGHAM'S ACT. This was an action for goods sold and delivered, and for money lent by the plaintiff to the defendant. A solicitor conducted the case for the plaintiff. The action was undefended. In September last year the , defendant, who was a bookseller carrying on business in the vicinity of Covent-garden market, purchased from the plaintiff, also a bookseller in St. James's square, Clerkenwell, a quantity of manuscript ser mons, for which he agreed to pay 51. Subsequently he borrowed 51. from the plaintiff, for which he gave him an I. 0. U. The defendant had pleaded that he never was indebted to the plaintiff in the sums speci fied, and had paid 7s. into Court, at the same time pleading that the plaintiff had not sustained any loss or injury beyond that sum. The solicitor said, that through Lord Brougham's Act the plaintiff had been driven into that Court, and added that since the commencement of the action the defendant had sold all his goods, and the plaintiff would therefore have to whistle for his money. The plantiff's daughter proved the delivery of the MS., and the lending of the 51., and the jury accord ingly gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 101. ECKFORD V. HORNE. This was an action for work and labour rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant. The plaintiff is a painter and decorator, and the defendant, some time ago, invented an improved kind of horse shoe, intended to prevent horses slipping on the wood pavement, for which he obtained a patent, and commenced shoeing horses, on his improved prin ciple, in the neighbourhood of Woodstock-square. The defendant, for the purpose of advertising his patent, employed the plaintiff to paint a signboard of extraordinary description, between twelve :and six teen feet long, descriptive of his invention. It was, also, a most expensive article ; from its being deeply gilt and decorated in the style known as that of Louis XIV., and was more suited for a drawing-room than for the foggy atmosphere of the London streets. The sum charged for the sign board was 551., a portion of which had been paid, and the action was for the balance. The defendant, it ap peared, was perfectly satisfied with the work. The action, like the last, was undefended, and the jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff. ARCHES' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER OF THE EARL AND COUNTESS OP DYSA RT.—JUDGMENT. Dr. LUSIIINGTON proceeded this morning to give judgment in this important case. The suit was originally instituted by the Earl of Dysart to enforce the Countess to return to his house, his real object, as stated by his counsel, being to protect himself against any liabilities incurred by the Countess as his wife. She petitioned, and in her pleadings stated that from his former cruelty she was now afraid to resume her conjugal duties, lest she should again be subject to personal violence. OSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ...... ......ex dtv. 205%1 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO air pm. 3 per Cent. Red ... ......... ... 99%1Ditto under £l,OOO BO pm 3 per Cent. Cons 3% per Cent. Red — Ditto Old Annuities ... New 3% per Cent. 10 2 1,4 Ditto New Annuities ... 99% New 5 per Cent. — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d ... Mr pm. Long Annuities t o exp i re Ditto 5001. Jan. 1860 l2 1-16 Ditto Small B9 pm. Oct. 1859 ll% Bank Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860 12% Consols for Act. lOO% Indian Stock — India Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS, Austrian, 5 per Cent ...... - —....— Brazilian Bonds — Spanish, 5 per Cent., 1840... 24 1,,, Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 1841 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...-. Ditto, 1842 Chllian, 6 per Cent .. ..... ..... Ditto,lB43. — Colombian, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 1825, 5 per Cent — Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct... Mexican, 5 per Cent Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct... French, 3 per Cent —f. —c. Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent. Exchange Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct... Dutch, 2% per Cent .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct Ditto,:s per Cent ... — SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) Ditto New Shares, 17% paid 24 Cambridge and Lincoln, 1% paid 2% Churnet Valley, 2 paid Direct Northern, 2% paid Eastern Counties (25 paid) Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 21 13s 4d. paid,No.l ' 1 London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) 754 London and Croydon London and York, 2% paid Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Manchester and Birmingham Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid) South Eastern and Dover (33 .2s 'Ad paid) , 37% York and North Midland (50 paid) lO2 Ditto Scarboro' Branch, 10 paid Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid 69 Paris and Lyons, 2 paid l?aris and Orleans (20 paid) ..... 39 , , , Pr ris and Rouen, 20 paid DUNDAR.—The North British Railway operations in this district are proceeding with the greatest rapidity. We are sorry to say that the contractors find it cheaper to ship stones from Fife, and land them here, paying all expenses, than to procure them in the neighbourhood.-- Renck Paper,