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ELEGANT LITERARY PRESENT. Now ready, L IVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. By AGNES STRICKLAND. New and Revised Edition, in 8 vols., with Illustrations, elegantly bound, price 10s. 6d. each, either of which may be had separately. " A valuable contribution to historical knowledge —to young per sons especially. It contains a mass of every kind of histerizal matter of interest which industry and research could collect. We have derived much entertainment and instruction from the work."— Atherneum. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, Now dy, V OLUME V. of the rea NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCHES. Edited by Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, G.C.M.G. Henry Coiburn ,Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING NEW WORK ON OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. Just ready, CA PTATN FREMONT'S NARRATIVE of the EXPLORING EXPEDITION to the ROCKY MOUN• TAINS' in the year 1842, and to OREGON and NORTH CALIFOR• NIA in the years 1843-4. By order of the United States Govern. ment, Thi; work, besides containing the most accurate and authentic in formation, from actual official survey, will be found extremely inte resting as a graphic description of novel and exciting scenes and adventures. Wiley ivid Putnam, 6, Waterloo-place ; and at all the Booksellers THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TIIIS EVENING Will be ropeate4 a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. Ciar'es the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cassar De Hazen, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Saataretn. Mr. 11. Phillips; 3lazitana, Miss Romer ; t.azarillo, Miss IWle. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet. called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin,3ldlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. T)abas (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Millie. Louise, Mr. W. H. P.lyne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; lacy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. GloTer; Ca rine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely If ew Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. Humby. To be figlowed by a New and Original Farce, *ailed RAILWAY BURBLES. Gorman Hadson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seyton, Miss Seyton. To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. THEATRE ROYAL, W THIS EVENING Will be repeated T GREN BUSHES; or, A undred Tears Ago. In which Mes HE srs. Paul E Bedford, Wright, 0. H Smitk, Selby, Stoker; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will ierform. To be followud by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobis. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. NEW CHRISTMAS BOOK, BY MR. DICKENS. day, Dec. 20, will be pub , ished, THE CRICKET ON This THE HEARTH : A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. By CHARLES DICKENS, Esq. The Illustrations by Clarkson Standfleld, Esq., R.A. ; Daniel Maellse, Esq., R.A. John Leech, Esq., and Richard Doyle, Esq. THIS EVENING, December 20, THIS THEATRE WILL OPEN for the WINTER SEASON, on which occasion will be pro duced an entirely New and Original Drama, in Three Acts, founded en the above Fairy 'rale, and which has been for several weeks in active preparation, entitled THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A rAIRT TALE _ . OF HOME. The Principal Characters I:l3 , Mr:Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley (her First Appearance on any Stage), Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss Forster, and Miss Turner. After which, a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR. To conclude with OUR NEW GOVERNESS. Ia which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. CRINCEbS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-itTAEET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled TAE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trenquct, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Oryille, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirlin; Blanche, Miss May. After which, will be repeated a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, the RAILROAD FOOTMAN of BERKELEY-SQUAW;. Jcames Plush, Mr. Compton. To be followed by a New Grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE ILr A'QUAT. NEW STRAND THEATRE. LAST NIGHT—FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. DAVIDSON. THIS EVENING Will he repeated THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Gregory; Hassan o, Mr. Waldron ; Portia, Mrs. Fercy. Ater which, the Wonderful Feats of Professor Hemming and Ws Two Sons. To be followed 135 the Fifth Act of RICHARD THE ". HIED. Richard, Mr. Gregory. To conclude with STATE SECRETS. Box-office open from Ten till Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHJ,ATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER. MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. Embracing the whole Strength of the Company, aided by a Double Sted. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the Freneh and Enghsh Artistes. To conclude with the effective Drama of TIIE NAMELESS ; or, The Brigand. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 19. TIIERMOMETHER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 45; Noon, 33, BAROMETER, 29.34.—W1ND, S.; rain. • 111(111 WATER AT LONDON-ERIDGF. THIS DAY. kernirg .. 39 minutes after 5 I Evening 57 minutes after 5. "1". , Fr. ktkj • 1. 0 4.kp fr inartthrir ) 24111 A LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1845 THE necessary. Lord LYN,IMIURST will sit in Lincoln's Inn Hall, at one o'clock to-morrow, to deliver judgment in the appeals that remain for decision. Lord COTTENIIAM his accepted the scßls. The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night:— The death of Lord WIIMINCLIFFE, which was an , nounced in our early Edition, opens the door to Par liament for Lord DIOEPETII, and enables the new Ministry to boast among its members the represen tative for the West Riding of Yorkshire The Cabinet arrangements remain secret. It is reported, but we hardly believe it, that Mr. AUSTIN will be the new Solicitor-General. Mr. AUSTIN is a man of transcendant power, and of great wealth, but what has he ever done for the Liberal party ? Absurd rumours have been afloat• in the Courts of Law as to Lord COTTENHoiM refusing the seals, and the appointment of Lord DENMAN as Chancellor, with Sir Tuosias WILDE for Chief Justice. We notice them only to contradict them. (FROM A CORRI:SPONDENT.) A Privy Council will shortly be held at Windsor Castle, at which the new Ministers will be sworn into office and receive their several seals from the QUEEN. At present, however, nothing positive is known as to the day of the Council. The members of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Administra tion will also attend at Windsor Castle on the same occasion, fur the purpose of delivering their seals of office. Thi3 morning the usual daily meeting of Lord LANSDOWNE and the other leading political supporters of Lord JouN RUSSELL took place at his Lordship's private residence in Chesham-place, Belgrave-square. The meeting broke up at three o'clock. The change of Ministry, which, in the language of our„Freneh neighbours, is now " en f a i t ac emnph, will naturally lead the public, and more especially that portion not bli nded to party prejudices, to draw a comparison between those who have retired and those who are to fill their places. The chief members of the new Cabinet are known, the depart ments they are destined to fill are a l so tolerably well ascertained, and in several important points it h iay be safely stated that, as regards th e government of the country, and the dispatch of arrears in equity, they have a manifest advantage over their predecessors. Lord LYNDHURST was absolutely worn out. His mind possibly was as clear and sound as ever, but his bodily infirmities and age were such, that latterly he had become unfit for office, and the ruinous effects o: his inability for business were felt and loudly com plained of by the suitors in Chancery. Lord COT TENRAM is, therefore, a manifest change for the better He troubles himself little with politics. While Lord Chancellor, during the Government of Lord MEL • soul:o44f devoted himself entirely to the duties of 9 0 1014 1 insit- ,- 411iAoundness of leis decisions, y4r - -:-T:E!bsiet - ).77('•/` N I : s ~~ ~. NEW MINISTRY. The following appeared - in our Seeond Edition o last night : There will not be any list of the new Cabinet published this day. The Ministers are now in con sultation, and to-morrow, in all probability, the entire arrangements will be announced What course will be adopted as to a dissolution of Parliament cannot as yet be predicted ; but, from the best information we can get, we believe that no immediate dissolution is contemplated. The Parliament cannot meet before its usual time, unless it should be called together merely for the purpose of moving the writs for the re elections which the acceptance of office renders A few days since we called the attention of our readers to a projected society for the protection of persons involved in railway affairs, and, at the same time, enforced the importance and utility of the object. We are glad to find that a plan has at length been matured, and an association, under the ap propriate title of " Railway Mutual Protection Society," formed, and the regulations for its go vernment printed, and ready for circulation. By an advertisement in our columns, it appears a numerous meeting was held at the office of the solicitors on Wednesday last, over which Mr. COLLINS, M.P. for Warwick, presided, and we have much satisfaction in being able to lay before our readers the rules and regulations which were then adopted. The immediate objects of :the society, and its utility, were well en forced in the speech of Mr. D. W. HARYZY. That gentleman was unanimously elected the president of the society, and from his known sagacity and expe. rience, aided by the high standing of the solicitors, we augur much good in the protection the society will give to persons who find themselves entangled in the ar tifices of fraud and the intricacies of the law. DEATH of LORD WHARNCLIFf E. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, expired at his residence in Curzon-street, at half past ten o'clock yesterday morning. His Lordship has been ill for some days past, but no immediate danger had been apprehended. His Lordship's son, the lion. John Stuart Wortley, was with his noble parent at the time of his decease. This will occasion a vacancy for the West Riding of Yorkshire, for which Lord Morpeth will be re turned by acclamation. HIGH SCHOOL OF EDINBURGH. —The Town Coun cil of Edinburgh have just made the dangerous ex periment of appointing a foreigner to the office of rector in this celebrated school. Dr. Leonhard Schmitz, a native of Girmany, is the fortunate can didate, and Lord Provost Black urged, as one recom mendation in his favour, the large number of books he had published, the titles of which filled "a list of a page and a half." This shows indefatigable labour, and most German scholars may boast of as much, but that is no criterion of a man's ability to teaqh a school requiring so many high qualifications, and will not even atone for an imper feet knowledze of the English language. Several of the town-councillors manifested the utmost opposi tion to such a scheme, but they were, from some cause or other, outnumbered, and Dr. Schmitz was elected by a majority of2o to 11. Will the appoint ment tend to raise the character of the school, which is not in the best favour with many of the in habitants ? It is satisfactory to know that among the clergy of the Church of England there are some at least who do not read the Divine command to feed their flocks in a non-natural sense. The speech of the Reverend JAMES ASPJNALL at the Anti-Corn-law meeting at Hull, a report of which will be found in another column, is one of the most eloquent and argumenta • tive speeches against the famine•creating corn law that we have ever heard or read. We believe, that among the clergy of the Church of England, there are many who desire the abolition of this law as ardently as does Mr. ASPINALL, but they lack the moral courage to avow their sentiments. We beseech all such no longer to let "I dare not wait upon I would," but at once make common cause with their industrious countrymen. In the coming struggle he who is not for us is against us. Let, therefore, those among the clergy, who are our friends, follow the example of Mr. ASPINALL. We can well afford to give to the mono polists the SKIT/MRS, COXES, et hoe genus omne, as long as we retain the ..ksetsALLs. ALJR. BOWRING AT BOLTON.—BOLTON, THURS DAY,—Last night a meeting of the inhabitants of this bo rough was held at the Temperance Hall, for the purpose of hearing an address from Dr. liowring, M.P., upon the pre sent aspect of political affairs, and for stating the course of conduct which they wished the learned doctor to adopt in the present eventful crisis. As Dr. Bowring had only a day or two ago taken part in the prcceedings,of the citizens of London, and as he had been known to he in communication with the heads of the free-trade movement, considerable anxiety was manifested to hear his address, and hundreds of persons, notwithstanding the wetness of the night, had to go away disappointed. He was accompanied to the room by (1 J. Darbishire, Robert Heywood, Henry Ashworth, and Edmund Ashworth, Esqs., &c. Mr. Darbishire having been called upon to take the chair, briefly introduced the learned doctor to the meeting. He addressed it at considerable length, giving an account of his stewardship. After the con clusion of his address, Dr. Bowring was questi one d b y two Chartists respecting his votes on the Factory Bill and the Maynooth Grant, and the rt plies he gave being satisfactory, a vote of confidence was carried by at least a hundred to one. The proceedings then terminated. INCREASE OF PARCELS TRAFFIC BY RAILWAY. The revenue of the parcels traffic upon the London and Birmingham Railway has increased a third over and above the receipts of last year, while the gross receipts for many particular weeks, show not less than forty per cent. increase over the corresponding periods of the previous twelve months.—Railway Express. ASYLUMS FOR THE HOUSELESS.—Thurxday evening a vestry meeting of Clerkenwell parish was held to receive a report from the committee appointed by vestry to co-operate with other metropolitan parishes in resisting the order of the Poor-law Commissioners, directing the guardian board to ap point two persons as members of the board of management of a proposed central asylum for the houseless poor. Mr. Church warden Hellis in the chair. The report was read, as also the draft of a memorial to Sir James Graham. The memorial had not been presented in consequence of recent circumstances, and it was stated that the guardian board bad confirmed the appointment of the two members of the proposed board of management, which appointment, it was considered, should not have been made. Sir James Graham having refused to receive a deputation from Mary lebone parish, it became a question whether the memorial should be presented. A dis cussion took place on the subject, and it appeared to be the general opinion of the parislioners present that the matter should be proceeded with. The report was adopted, and the memorial agreed upon, and the committee urged to obtain, if possible, a personal interview with the Secretary of State, for him to interpose his authority to prevent the order of the Poor-law Commissioners from being carried into operation to form metropolitan asylums for the houseless poor. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN A TIMBER -YARD.-0 11 Thursday forenoon the following accident occurred in the timber-vard of Mr. Urquhart, No. 536, Oxford -street. It appears that two men, named Moses Goddard and Henry Barnes, were at work in the above yard in moving some timber which had been piled up, when the top piece fell down, striking both men on the legs, and crushing them beneath it and the ground. Their cries were dreadful, and assistance being immediately rendered, a chain was fastened round the middle of the log, which was hauled up, but had scarcely been raised sufficiently high for the sufferers to be drawn out before the chain slipped, and the timber again fell on them. At length, but not till upwards of half an hour had elapsed, they were extricated, and conveyed to Middle sex Hospital, where the lower extremities of Goddard were found to be completely crushed, and the thighs of Barnes broken. It is imagined that amputation in both eases must be resorted to. The Madrid journals of the 11th bring no intelli gence of importance. The municipal election had commenced in the capital, and were going on favour ably" for the Government. The weather at Madrid was splendid for the time of the year. On the 11 th the Three per Cents. closed at 37k, and the Fire per Cents. at 24 3-16 at 60 days. The articles in the Paris papers refer chiefly to the Ministerial crisis in England, and the alterations in the tariff proposed by the Minister of Commerce. The Presse, an ultra-Conservative paper, is probably guided more by the wishes of its party than by sound argument in its remarks on the former subject. Nothing, it says, can be done without Sir ROBERT PEEL, and any Ministry that Lord JouN RUSSELL can form must prove an abortion without him. " The real necessity," according to that paper, "of the present situation in England is neither the obstinate maintenance of the status quo, ncr the abrupt aboli tion of a law on which rests the constitution of ter ritorial property ; but a moderate reform, an equi table arrangement between the partizans of a regime henceforward impossible, and the promoters of a regime, which, if effected at a single blow, would he epuivalent to a revolution. But Sir R. PEEL is essentially the man calculated to bring about this arrangement. It is on this account that he is of such great weight in the present circumstances, and that they who are charged to replace him declare that nothing is feasible without his aid. We cannot say whether he will give it, but nobody denies that all depends on him. Why should he not have power in the Government ? And since all depend s on him, why should he be reduced to the position of an assistant to the Whig Cabinet ? Why remain a stranger to it ? Why should the Whigs, who, from their own avowal, can only play the second part, be placed in the front of the theatre? There is in all this an anomaly which we do not comprehend ; and we repeat it, that every combine- as well as his dispatch of causes, gave univer- r tion without Sir R. PEEL will have neither solidity sal satisfaction. We believe even on the Tory ' nor duration. Let the trial of the contrary, however, benches of the House of Lords there was not be made. It is not the first time that in politics a one dissentient voice on these points. The Earl of . great deal of trouble has been taken to arrive at an ABERDEEN deserves great credit for the mild policy 1 abortion." which he uniformly pursued, especially with regard The following on the same subject appears in the to France, and for the good understanding which he Government paper :—" The Peerage has now its cultivated with M. GuazoT, by which many difficul- hands at liberty, and what is there to prevent its ties were settled by mutual compromise, and th e j e a- acting ? The place is vacant—why should it not bowies and angry passions of the two nations sub- fill it ? why does it not set to work ? We are quite mitted to the voice of reason. The altered tone of the sure that Sir R. PEEL, were it not too serious a more violent of the French papers, and the almost matter, would be well pleased at seeing the Duke of total cessation of attacks on England, with the ex- RICHMOND, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, Earl STAN ception perhaps of one Republican and one Legiti- HOPE, Sir E. KNATCHDULL, Mr. MILES, and Mr. matist journal, is the best proof of the efficiency of his TYRRELL, who three days ago said that he was labours in such a good cause. But that he pos. delighted at witnessingan end to the reign of humbug, sesses the energy to carry on a contest with Ame. at seeing, we say these great politicians under take the Gov ernmen t, Here i t only for two or three under rica or any encroaching stat e , an d maintat the high position to which Engla n d i s en ti t l e d among the na- days, an d o b serv i ng the manner in which they tions, is another questi o n. I n th at respect we regard would carry it on . W e must take the times as they him as far inferior t o L or d P ALMERSTON, and should are. In our d a y s an d i n th e present complicated state the new For e i gn S ecretary abate a little of the of society, i m p rovements o f a l l kinds are carried only haughty tone l a id t o hi s charge by all French slowly, and on ly b y a compromise between contend writers,ing interests. Thus in Engl an d th ere are two parties and di rec t hi s undoubted energy in a quarter where it is m ere wante d , the change will be one of wishing to pro gress b y a b so l ute measures, who say all the great es t b ene fi ts to the country. Indeed, with the or nothing ! an d b ot h o f whom find themselves re exception pe r h aps o f Si r R OBERT PEEL, who never dosed to eq ua l i mpotency. Perhaps they will at last truckled eith er t o T YLER or P OLK, we regard him each be glad if th ey s h ou l d b e so lucky as to find an as by far th e mos t fi t person to settle our disputes ultimate safety i n th a t comprom i se which will be with the U n it e d St a t es . B ut t h e great advantage proposed to th em b y t h at m i xed party which now suf caused by the l a t e c h anges w ill b e most f elt i n that fors them t o b a ttl e on i n confusion. " distracted and misgoverned country—lreland. The The Presse is utterly opposed to any change in the Irish Catholics, more th an any port i on of the i r fellow- tariff-law s , an d a b ove all those relative to foreign subjects, hav e un if orm l y a dh ere d to the motto, iron, but its vi ews are f oun d e d on the wildest dos " Men, as well as measures. " G ood measures, in- trine of the monopo li st school, and deserve no notice. troduced by T or i es , th ey d o not a b solutely reject, The followi ng are m i sce l laneous extracts from the but they recei ve th em w i t h t h e worst possible grace ; papers : they cannot b e li eve th e i r o ld enem i es sincere ; the re- Ce ` u ` n O e7l T ef ue li s i d i s t t e h r e s King came to P ar i s , and presided at a y gard their fav ours ra th er as b r ib es than acts of justice ; " Their Majesties 'received, on Monday evening, the Ba and they always exhibit fears and suspicions that the rl'iriiitnte3rlionfist;rs e to the Courts of France and England, the Foreign Affairs, the te Court tect of of 1 Seine,etshsee,ir John best deeds are performed with the malignant pur- French Chargé d al t)t eu th n e ei r e o f ut th -e e t-Cha u i pose of lulling them into security, or throwing divi- ' , 1 7t. f h0Pe, 1 31.1)., the Count de Scercay, and M. Maurice, , , T h E e t' e n 3 e , sions into the camp, or setting up one party against University ss 'held its first sitting another. Never was the truth of this statement T i t Tuesday. All the Councillors attended the summons of The eli‘lbuliisctelrnespteruncer then, Grand i ttiu Awfiatser speech, e t e l h ui the Mi n ister more fully illustrated than by the reception of two h a a n ttn e t x io p n re o ss f e( t i he his ass e e a m rn b e l t w ould-be i f Tmediately directed, liberal and excellent measures—the Maynooth Bill in which he enumerated the principal poin g ts to which the the OreO t h o e f t i h n e t e c r e e s u t u s e i o l and the Irish Colleges Bill. The old character of in his own name, and that of his colleagues, made some the givers could not be forgotten. It took from the education, and those of the University, gifts one-half of their value—deprived Sir R. PEEL of that honour and gratit u d e t o w hi ch he was justly m ob i s i e li r s l t 'a er tions, which were sat i sfactorily replied to by the j entitled, and measures which, under a Whig Ad- General Duvivier, to whom is intrusted the command of t ) h a e ri troops , in the expedition against Madagascar, has left ministration (for we must still use that epithet), I s for Cherbourg. would have given general satisfaction to seven The judgment of the Tribunal of Leipsi i2ntithiensctaasnet.of Allthe riots of Aug. 12, was pronounced on the 1 2th millions of loyal subjects, did not perceptibly re tithyee p ris oners es a move one prejudice from the shoulders of the C on - e re im f p ou ri n ,u d u g ul u e i7 of rebellion, and sentenced to servative leaders. Lord Moneeru, therefore, can The Three per Cents. closed at 511. 30c. • the Five per 2 C . ents. it 117 f. 80c. ; the Orleans Railroad 'Shares, 1,1661.. do, with a good grace and with the best effect, what 877f. en 5 , 0e 9 . 5 . 0f. i vi N er o z r e t Sir JAMES GRA/lAM was unable to accomplish with- non . , ; nhern6407.5!..k , Ha 0 vre x , , 7 4 6. 9 5f 0 . ii Ailig deaux, 610 f.; Boulogne, 502 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Mo'n ' terea l u, out exciting jealousies and heart-burnings, and rous tifi ; p ß er u c le e , 6 38f 5 . 8 70 . c. 5f Die l p i p i e h 47sf. ; Belgian Two-and-a ing up old enmities fatal to the due administration nt 2 per Cents., 39; ditto of justice. It is hardly necessary to refer to Domestic Debt,"3s; dittPoaPaisssives,r6l. the Board of Trade and the Board of Control The following are the quotations for other lines:— and the Colonies, for it would be impossible to find (c P al a o r n is ), ln4 5 1. ( i c , on s Railroad (Laffitte), 6 premium ; ditto 5f 0 . nt 50c 15 . 1. ; sad dito st Van s t o ieron), sf. ; any man less capable for his post than the Earl of ditto (Lapinsonn'iire), ),,2f.;ditteo.BAeerhdeoti3; RIPON, or one who could give such general dissatis 50Toear.sdainude.NO-linNtee:ill( (Mackenzie), sf. ; ditto ( Droul i -3f. 50c. Paris and Strasbourg Cdanneron , A o v i g d u i e t u to plirattte, 5 7 f f . ; s d o i e tto faction as Lord STANLEY. The Earl of DAL- if 50c.; HOLISM was untried—we hardly know anything (Lefevre), Of.'; Lyons and of his abilities or his aptitude for busi -4t....dahuaxriearenid((ievtstaee(u3sl)ac4k9e.ufzi9, 500 f. ; ditto ( Espeleta ), ditto r (Lecointe), If.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 500 f.. ; ness ; but about Mr. LABOUCHERE there can sold at 80f. premium ; a .rhe Lyons Definitive Shares be no mistake whatever, and we believe Strasbourg ditto, 251. ; Tours and even his opponents will be ready to admit that from Nantes, 50f. 1 , Avignon, M7l. 50 c . ; the whole of hi s p ar t y not one man could be so ap- Paris and Orle C ins, j l — ,l3 3 9 l- r 5 5 0 e' c lies • Paris a and R ouen , 9 62 1 . 25c.; Orleans an d Vi erzon, 620 f. . propriately sel ec t e d f or conducting the Board of BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE Trade. The office of Fir s t L or d o f t h e T reas teig N ia D u ON STOCK EXCHANGE, Da.. 18. sury is of course one of the most important, Anglo- Madrid and Valencia 1 and the success of the new Ministry will greatly Barbad oesb Boorudioeaaex aaeAdatliens.. Namur and Liege Mauritius depend upon the experience and abilities of the Minister appointed to fill it, but still it i s no t Bordeaux and To l u e lo rr u a s il e (N)roireathusJaatundaica Vierzon Do. Do.& ( C A e l t a t c e k ( e E u s z p ie e , l s e ) ta) _...-- 0 0 v rl e e r a y ns s and Bordeaux 10 of paramount importance. Sir ROBERT PEEL, in sel ••• that character, gave very general satisfaction, Callao, Lima, and Pa-' Paris& Lyons (Laflitte) but still all would not do. With the ex- side Coast Lord Central of Spain ception of Sir JAMES GRAHAM and c eyhm . - •• Ditto (Sad Eat) — ABERDEEN, he received little or no support Demerara Orleans.... from his colleagues, and, therefore, the strongest Dendre u Valley ...... e tch Rhenish ... .... 7 1 / 2 Paris and Ministry ever formed became at once a total wreck, Diepp e & Paris JanCt'. I (Gannesa Strasburg Lord J. RUSSELL, as a financier, possibly has not the l?ijon and Mulhouse ... Do. (Compe de L - i . s . ts East_ s Indian ...... — Do. (Aymard's) — experience of the late Premier. He has never yet F peux & Hazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin — Grt Northern of France i Rouen and Havre — filled the office, but, judging from the manner in which he has conducted high departments in the Do Cep e sti i t n ut i e: 12% lioyal North of Spain. 1 Hallenr State, and the powerful support which he cannot fail Great Paris and Lyons —2% Ilarasteraglaada34ll.73laslee .... - 9,/ to receive from able colleagues, we may confidently Great Western Be • nzal Tournay,Jurbise, Lan teaaticlaTleirinuauneattan _— anticipate that he will not disappoint public expec- den, and Hemet ... Tours and Nantes Cation. Do. North Midland — (Mackenzie's) Do. Extension Jersey — Do. (O'Neill's) i i. :y ou ou v s ai a n u a d a l d J ri e g m u Erp eu p .. e ..... l l T y r o i r u s i n d a auad..4. ......... 2 Luxembourg ........... --I West Flanders -./ -- Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ... . Aylesbury and Th,- , 1 Belfast & County Down 21, ..... — Bideford an dTavistock... Birmin and Glsucester. 1 0 0 122 123 Ditto New 17% — ..... Birmingham and Ox Ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. Boston, Stamfd, & ......... lii .vil, OLYSIII i lA, _Arm. 225. — Bridgewater &Minehead 425. ... .. Bristol and Exeter Ditto,.New flriAtol and Gloucester... 30 Bristol and Liver. June . 2% Buckinghamshire Late:dor:jar. Ditto Extension Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s ...... Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 34 Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1,4 — ... ..... Canterbury and D over .. 1% — .. . Central Kent Chelmsford and Bury... 1% Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltexham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2 1 ,i — Cork and Waterford ... 114 — Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton,Bir. and Leicester 14.... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Ilerby and Crewe — Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby .. 1%....~ Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford 2%...... . . Direct Manchester ....... .... ( Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Broseley ... 2 3 / s Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 ,4 — Eastern Counties 141. 16s 19% 20 ...... Ditto New 6/. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 6/.138. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2 . .. 41. 13 s. 4 d ... • Mb EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 3' _...0, .04 --. •••• Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 Do. Exten'ntoNorw'h 2 1 ,.• Do., Camb. and Ely.. DA— — East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1 / 1 ...... tdinburgli and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shr ,Il area 1 91, ' Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 14 — Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 / . , 2 ••• .. ...... .... Ely and Huntin g d on ... 5 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 / 2 Essex and Suffolk .. 1% — Exeter. Dorchester, and Weymouth ...... ........... Exeter, Yeoyil,& Dorset 2 3 4 ...... Glouc.,Abelystwith, and Central of Wales Goole and Doncaster Ditto Half Shares 5O ...... Ditto Quarters......... 25 ...... Grand Union ...... •• Great Eastern &Western 214_ '•. ••• .••• eeeeeeeee ••• •• GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West ...... "••• . .... (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Munster ... 2 q • Great North of Scotland 2%.... _ Great North of England-100 ......205 Ditto New 5 ...... 46 Do. New .... «........ 2 ...... __ ............ Great Western BO . ..... 147 Ditto 1' Shares 5O ...... Ditto ( . 2 1 Shares 2% ...... Ditto 14 iftlis ;uildford, Fare'm, Ports. 5 -. .. Harwich {lull and Selby 5O ..... 99% 100...., ... Ditto t 4 Shares - ... Do. Half Shares 2 ...... —. .... ........... Invernessand Elgin 1 - . Ipswich, Norwich, and ••«' ......... Yarmouth Irish North Midland II . . ... ... ..... . ..... •.. ... Isle ofAxhol m e 2% — ..... .. ........ Killarney Junctions l l4 — ............ Kendal and Wi n d ermere 1% — .•..... Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena - .... .. Leeds and C ar li s l e Leeds and W es t Ridi ng .... Junction .. ••. ......... Leicester & Birmingham 225. Leicester and Bedbrd... 225. Leicester and Tamworth 425. Li veri.. and Manchester.loo ... Do. 1 ,4 Sharer Do. Quarte rs 25 ................ -.. Liverpool& LeeAls Direct 2% .• Lpool., I.llnclistr, & New castle Junction Do. Thi r d s Lendon and liirminghtnloo ••• ........... Do. 14 S hares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension London and 131ackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. ........... Do. New •• ......... Ditto Extension 3 ........ ... Londor and Brighton Do. consolidated Bths... 40 ••• Ditto, Sixths ...... 0 1 / 2 .•• ••• ••• London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. ••• Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chel. ' 0x.,G10., and Hereford . London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...1 8 / 1 7s 2d London Hounslow, and Western Lo p iad o. . N & e S w .li c re o s n t s e o rr i. i 8 4 t 1 h / s 6s 2o lod 721,4 72 73 1 A. Do. New Do. New London & South Essex ..-.• London and York .. 6 2% .... 3 1 4 London and Windsor ... 1 .. London, Warwi c k, an d .. .... •• Kidderminster ...... 2 1 ,‘ — .•• London, Sali s b ury, and Yeovil Londonderry& Coleraine 5 ••• Londonderry and E nn i s - •-•• ...... killen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 Manchester and Leeds ,• 76 123 ex n ......... 123xn Ditto iQ Shares ....... 34 ..... •••• •• • • Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifth; Blanches: er an d Bi nnin. 40 Do. Quarters. ........... 4 •• Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Conti nuat i on and Welsh Junction ...... 1%•••••• Manchester,Buitton,and Matlock ............. 425. — Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction ....• Manchester and Rugby; Direct ................... 428. Manchest. &Southampt. 2 210/2 ............ 214 ........ ..... ..... 100 142% Do. Fifths .......... • 2 - Do. New ............... 12 Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo Midld. & East. Counties ~. .• Midland .......... Midland Great W estern (Irish) .............. ...i 24% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From Th. Sun sf Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bags, all to the trade. There was no change in prices, but the choice was rather large. Shares were Tritnont alteration. Much conversation has occurred here to-day on the pro babilities of the duration of the Ministry about to be formed by Lord John Russell. The general impression is, that should Lord John succeed in his object, that a dissolution of Parliament is not far distant. This tends to check business in almost all branches of trade. There are no accounts of a later date from the Colonies to day. The Consol Market has been very buoyant to-day. For the Account, the price has suddenly advanced from 92% to 92 3 /. .The report is that there will be a junction between Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell, by which the corn law question would be carried with a high hand through the Commons, as well as the House of Lords. The Reduced Three per Cents. have risen from 92 1 4 to 92%. The pre mium on Exchequer-bill s h as ruled at from 17s. to 198. A very limited amount of business has been transacted in the Foreign Stocks to-day. The only quotations have been, for Spanish Five per-Cents. 2834 ; for the Throe-per- Cents. 391 ; for the Dutch T wo - and-a-Half-per-Cents. 60; and for the Four-per-Cents. 93%. The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Shares have im proved to 123 premium, the Eastern Counties to 4 3 / 4 pre mium; the Great .North of England have receded to 105 pre mium, and most of the other Shares are also heavy this morning. The actual prices at which businesa has been transacted are annexed:— (ism CLOSING NICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced . 921/5/ 92 5 s L New 3 per Cents Ai .(s 94 1 h% 94: 4 '„ ; ongAnnuities toexpireJan.lB6o 10 7-16 5-16 10 5-16 Ditto 30 years,Oct. 10,1859 Consols for Account .. .... ...- 92%34 92 3 4 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/.,.. 110. ..• 19 17 19 pm. 19 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small pm. 20 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 4O Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account 2 8 3/, Ditto, Deferred l6l Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account 3930 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% par Cent . EIIB Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificat es 93% 93 93% 93% PRICES OF PAID. BUSIN DONE CLOSING HALLWAY SIIARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, &Elgin 21,4 DECEMBER 20, 1845 Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2%... . t ..... . Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ..-.. 53 52 53 1 ,4 Do. New Brandling... 20 Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle andCarlisle...loo ...... Newport& Abergaveany 2 1 ,4...... New Ross and Carlow... 22s Newry and Enniskille n 2% — ..... .. . .. Newark, Sheffield, mad ... Boston ... Norfolk Extensio n ._— North British Do. Half Shares ..... 3 1 A — ........ •• ••• Do. Exten. to C ar li s l e 14 2 14 2 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto ..... ...... 5 ...... ••• North Devon. 1 ...... _ mouth,& Southamptn 425. — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton - Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Perth and Inverness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmospheric ... .. •, — Portsmouth Direct ...... 3 3 / 4 — Preston and Wyre 5O Do. lA, Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond 5 — - ••• chester ......... .. ...... 2%...... Rugby and lluntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington,itad Warwick Rugby, Warwick. and Worcester.... f"'cottish Central Scottish Midland 5 — Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares-- 8 Shrewsbury and Birm... 2 1 4 ••• Shropshire Mineral 425..- .. • ••• Shropshire Union shrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp , &S. Staffordsh. June. 2% Sligo and Shannon l r ., Somersetshire Midland 2% - • ••• ..... _ _ 281 ,4 16 39% 4011 South Devon South Midland 42s. South & Midlands June. 425...... South Staffordshire June. 2% — South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d 35% ......... ... .. Do., No. 1 l2 D 0.,. Na. 2. Do., No. 3 Southampton, Manches- 2 % ter, &"Oxford Junction 42s St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 — r,cuth Wales— ..... ... 2% 3% 3 Taw Vale Extension ... Tean and Dove Valley 1% Trent. Valley 2 ...... 16112 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2%...... Vale of Neath ... ........ 2 Warwick & Cheltenham 1% . Warwick and Worcester 425. — Waterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wi c kl w , ••• and Dublin - 14 .... . Valentia Waveney Valley ..... .... 2 - Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire - 2 34 West Lnndon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern ... 52 1 / i Counties ____ .. liA Wexford and Carlow ... 2% Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,liereford,Ros ' and Gloucester 42s. ". ..... Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow and Crewe Union .. .. 1%... .. Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester,Warwick,and Rugby . 425....... ... .. .. ....... Yarmouth and Norwi c h. 20 — Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2 2 3 4 _.— —.. York and Lancaster York amyl North Midland 50 Ditto 1 4 Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. ExteT- 20 6p _msion 5 — FOREIGN RAILWAY:". Angla-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Boulogne nod A miens._ 8 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux. Toulouse, and Cot( (Afackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do: (Espelete's) . Calais, ..)tuikrk, and West Flanders OOO •••••• - Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ... ... .. ......... Central of Spain ... Ceylon - .... ss. , Demerara 7 8 Dendre Valley ........... . 2 ...... ... Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 ... .. Dutch Rhenish 5 East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 4 Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted 5 1 2 3 4 14 76% 13... Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada-. 3!4 .. - Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and J4nn eppe... 4 ... . ... ...... Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg... 4 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius Namur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vi crzon ... 10 ...... 16 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 10 9% Over Yssel 413 s 4d — Paria &Lyont.( Laffitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) Paris &L yons, (Calon's) 2 Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Do (Avmard's) Paris and St. Que nt in Rouen and Havre oral North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 ...... .4% . Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- den, and 11a55e1t....... 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) --...... ..... 4 Do. de. (L e f e b vre ' s N 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 ••• Trinidad Verona and Ancona._ 3 West Flanders ...... ... 4 ... ... MINES. 'A P B !'2 20% Real del Monte Unregd. COURSE O F EXCHA. Amsterdam CF. 12 0 Ditto, at sight., l2 4 Rotterdam 2U.12 91 Antwerp 26 10 Hamburgh IM.B. 13 14; Alton — .... Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 75 Ditto, 3 months....., 26 5 Marseilles .............. 26 5 Bourdeattit .... . ....... 26 6 Frankfort on Mains.. 123 Petersburgh, 3 Us.. Berlin ..... . ......... Vienna, effee. fd0........ 10 8 Trieste, ditto ......... 10 8 Madrid. .... __ Cadiz Bilbao ............ 33% G E. — (YESTERDAI.) Gibraltar.— .... Leghorn . ......... 30 75 Genoa ..... • ...... 26 5 Milan . • ..... Venice Naples . Palermo. per oz 119$ Lisbon s2* Oporto Rio Janeiro .. 23* Bahia Buenos Ay , es NewYork,2ldyssight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, TER OZ. Foreign Geld, bars..E3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 Now Doubloons-- 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 91 Silver in Bars.... 0 4 11i 72% 15% 314 , ......... 35f Barcelona Seville .... PROMISSORY NOTES. (From last Night's Gazette.) An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circulation by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ire land, and by all other Banks in Ireland, during the four weeks ending the 6th day of December, 1845, pursuant to the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50 : SCOTLAND. Chartered, Privat e , an d Joint St ock Banks £3,804,031 IRELAND. Bank of Irela n d 4,404,975 8,311,855 Private and Joint-4tock Banks Z 11,520,861 Total ......... •••• MS MAN ATTIIN .IiNIAL-it is a remarkable fact that the Fairy steam-bait, which took the late Ministers to and from the Isle of Nigh t, was also employed to convey Lord John Russell to Osborn, 1-house for the purpose of seeing her Majesty. The weather being rather boisterous, the captain advised Lord John R men to lia down, as Sir Robert Peel had done. " Ay,' ay e " ' @iclaimeid little John, " Sir ;suit Robert's berth w ill justt Gel 09 I'll at once turn into it," ".431/44Ch. 53% ...l• •• 2 .. ... .. .... ... .... North of Norfolk .. 2% — ... Northern and E as t ern... 4 5 —.... ........ Do. Scrip 35 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2%% .. . —.. 2% North Sta ff ordshire 425...».. 2% 3 4 % p 2% p North Wales - North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New 3 — Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% Nottingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester.. 1% — ... Nottingham and Mans field • — — Oxford, Gosport, Ports- l' 7 214 1 1 A 1 ,4 di s. 21 ,4 p 35% DUTCH MAIL. DUTCH FINANCE. The Second Chamber of the States-General has re ceived from the Minister of Finance a communication relative to the payments of the instalment, of the loan, and of the voluntary contributions. This communica tion is of the following tenor:— Conformably to the 'preceding communication made to the States-General, the total of the capital of the vo luntary loan and of the free gift, decreed by virtue of the law of March 6, 1845, amounts to— Florins. For the loan 1 10,856,861,00 F.•r the free gift, the sum of 1,843,221 florins, which, by Art. 19 of the same law, represents a capital in the 10411 Of The total amount of the subscription of the late King William Frederick, the payments of which have been made in five instalments 6,144,069,98 117,000,930,98 10,000,000,00 A. letter from Zwolle, of the 14th, says—" We are in formed for certain that his Majesty the King was pleased, on the 9th of December, 1845, to grant to Messrs. Balk,ma and Company licence to construct an iron railway in the following,' direction :—From Zwolle (where the line joins the frontieis of Over) ful), by Hasse's, Zuartluis, Meppel, Besten,Apen, to Groningen, from which place there will be a branch to Delizyl, and another to the new fort. The concussion inclu.tes the canalisation of the province of Dunthe, for which the necessary plans are nearly completed, and it is probable that the commencement of the works will not long be delayed." It is evident how important this railway will be to Overyiul, and especially to Zwolle. THE RIVER PLATE. FALMOUTH, DEC. 18.—The Dinish brig .Melitta, Captain Moiler, arrived here this morning, from Buenos Ayres, having quitted on the 12th of October, at which period Rosas remained in power, thereby affording a contradiction to the intelligence via Alicante (lately published by the Spanish papers). The following is an extract from a private letter, dated the 11th of Oet.:— " You will, no doubt, be aware we are now blockaded by the English and French naval forces. Vessels are allowed until the evening of the 23d to leave the port. The most important thing which has occurred latterly in this quarter is the publication by the British and French Ministers now at Monte Video, with their signatures, of a manif es t o aga i ns t the Governm en t o f t hi s p l ace, in which the system here car tied on is in some measure explained to the world. We regret exceedingly we have not the means of procuring a copy of thil document, ver y few having b een sen t up h ere. You will no doubt see it in the newspapers. All former accusa tions against this Government being unauthenticated by im partial parties, or by parties of sufficient standing in society to give weight to what they say, may have been locked on with indifference, or as " newspaper stories ;" but this ma nifesto, signed by two Ministers Plenipotentiary, we think will surprise the European public. A great nun) , foreigners who can leave this place are doing sa, and it may be by and by that we shall be glad to do so, for there seems no chance of the termination of the question at issue, exc: pt by the overthrow of the Government of this place by force, either native or foreign; the former is hardly to be looked for without the assistance of the latter. Exchange on London, 3 1 4 d. to 3%d.; doubloons, $265 each. The August mail has not yet reached us. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag hds., Mon., New Lodge; Fri., Littlkton-11. Pytchley hds. ' L eger; Mon., A s hby St. Wed., Cot tesbrooke; Fri., Thurnby; Sat. Boughton House, near Kettering-10t. Sir R. Sutton's hds., Mon., the Bull, Witham Com mon; Tues., Ayston; Wed., Greetham Inn; Fri., &ley on- the. Hid ; Sat., Cottesmore —1 1. Durham county hds., Wed., Rainton; Fri., Plaws worth Bar. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds, Mon., Castor Hanglands ; Wed., VVeyb, idge• wood ; Fri., Long Ort on -10. Catnbridg, , shire hcis., Kln.,Sto:Fox ; Wed , Shear hatch-wood ; Fri.; Abb otsley-gret. 1 Oi. Thanet harry., Mon., Sarre-mill ; W e d., Vi ncent. Mr. Lushington's hs., Mon., Key -street ; Fri., Nor ton-court. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Skimmingdish-gate ; Wed• Ludgershall•village ; Sat., Astrop-gate— 101. Herefordshire has.. Fri.. nothert+a,s-104-. LLOYD'S SWIPING. DEAL, DEC. 18.—Acrd. Birman, Guthrie, Calcutta; Lalla Rook'', Kennedy, ditto ;Jane Catherine, Hill, Madras; Hin dostan, Lamb, Bombay; Matilda Luckie, Sprotson, Ber bice; Waterlily, Hart, Jamaica; John, Saguinay; Britan nia, Woodie, ditto. Arrived from the river, Denmark, New Orleans. LIVERP - oot., DEC. 18.—Wind N.N.E , fresh. Arrd, Lima, Towns, S a lth n h a Bay; Creole, Stephenson, Arica ; Broad z ,Deli, 11PGretb, Bahia ; Abbotsford, Lock, Miramichi. Sld. Hope, Jones, Valparaiso; Aren tina, Trotter, M on t e Video; Columbus, Green, Pernambuco ; Lydia, Jones, Antigua; British Queen, Healy, Si.. Croix; C;lntribia, Johnson, Jamaica; Royal Bride, Walsh, Tobacco; Golden Eagle, Reeles, Nassau; Emerald, Leighton, New Orleans; Salem, Milford, Mobile; Satellite, Bainbridge, Mo bile; Rose, Ankling, Charleston ; Car o li ne , Sierra Leone. 18. Put back Kingoch, fur Newfoundland. CORK, DEC 16. Arrd. Severn, Wiseman ; Shediac, Felix, Miratnichl ; Sovereign, Tatmagouche; Welcome, Jackson, Newfoundland ; Richard, ditto ; Cremona, Fox, ditto, MILFORD, DEC. 16.—The Letitia, Davies, from Carnarvon to Carmarthen, was driven on the Midland Rocks in .Jack Sound, the 14th instant, and sunk soon after; crew saved. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 18.—The Frankland, Friend, from Bahia to this port, is telegraphed as wrecked on the north coast of Algiers; crew saved. The Howard, which sailed hence the 12th instant for Savannah, is telegraphed at anchor off Hithe Island, with loss of mizen-mast and damage to stern. PORT TALBOT, DEC. 17.—The Pilot, Beynon, of Newport, from Neath, got aground this morning abreast of the end of Breakwater, and is discharging part of her cargo. ROTHESAY, DEC. 14.—The Janet, Frazer, of Glasgow, which was on shore at Toward Point Bth inst., has been as sisted off and towed to Greenock. HE CONDEMISEu CONVICTS The wretched woman, Martha Browning, convicted on Wednesday at the Central Cr minal Court of the murder of her . fellow leiger, as aged female, named Elizabeth Mun dell, was, immediately on the conclusion of the trial, ra moved to the apartment appropriated for t'e reception of capital criminals in Newgate. The prisoner had been quite unable to stand during the trial, and when the awful result become known to her, but for the assistance of the officials in attendance, she would have sunk exhausted on the floor of the dock. Raving been removed in an almost senseless condition to that portion of the prison above referred to, she remained in a state of comparative insensibility until visited by the Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary of the gaol, at a late hour in the evening. Mr. Davis remained with the unhappy woman for a considerable period, but the excite ment under which she laboured was so great that his endeavours to afford her religious consolation had very little effect. At eleven o'clock, thoroughly overcome by exhaustion and fatigue, she fell asleep and slept soundly for several hours. The wretched woman appears to be almost frimdless, and those of herconnexions who have been commu nicated with are in the poorest circumstances. She has;a bro ther and two or three sisters living, but only one sister resides in London. The latter has visited the convict since her committal to Newgate, but not subsequently to her con demnation., OniThursday the reverend Ordinary had another interview with the unhappy woman, who was somewhat more composed than on the previous day. Mr. Sheriff Laurie and Mr. Sheriff Chaplin have also visited the prisoner since her conviction. Samuel Quennell, convicted on Thursday of the murder of Fitzgerald, bore his sentence with extraordinary firmness, nor has the fortitude which he displayed during the trial de serted him since. On leaving the dock, he was delivered into the custody of Mr. Abbott, under-sheriff of the county of Surrey, and Mr. K eane , th e governor of H orsemonger-lane gaol, by whom he was conducted back to Newgate, and thence, at three o'clock, conveyed in a cab to Horsemonger lane gaol, where the dreadful sentence of the law will be carriol intgaefiltet. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the vicinity of the Castle precincts for some dm. this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing fur a short time this afternoon. The Vice-Chancellor of England, Sir Francis Simp kinson, and Mr. William Selwyn, Queen's Counsel, forming a deputation from Lincoln's Inn, had an au dience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and were most graciously received. The Earl of Liverpool, G.C.8., is expected to arrive this evening, on a visit to her Majesty. The band of the Grenadier Guards will attend during (liner st the Castle, and her Majes:y' prim e band will afterwaros att .nd. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Thursday.; at Gloucester House. A meeting was held yesterday morning at Lord John Russell's residence in Chesharn-place, Belgrave-square. The Marquis of .Lansdowne, Earl Grey, Earl of Claren don, Earl of Auckland, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, the Right Honourable Francis T. Baring, the Right Honourable H, my Labouchere, Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Honourable Edward Ellice, attended. The meeting broke up shortly before three o'clock. Mr. H. Tufnell, M.P., visited Lord John Russell yesterday. Mr. M'Lane, the American Minister, arrived in to, vn , from Paris, yest er d ay morn i ng. A handsome piece of plate, manufactured by Messrs. Garrard, has just been presented, cn the part of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, to the Baron de Gersdortf, .his Saxon Majesty's late Resident MinLter in this country. Lora Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Queen's Most Honourable Privy Council, expired at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, at hip residence in Comm- street. His Lordship had been ill for some days past. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Culonial-olliee for the Governor of Gibraltar. THE HAGUE, DEC. 13.—The hurricane which raged with such violence the day before yesterday, in the even ing, did considerable damage. The sea rose along our coast almost to the .same height as in the extraordwary flood of February, 1825. At Rotterdam the waves of the Meuse rose in such a manner, though it was the time of low water, that they overflowed the quays in several parts of th© city, and inundated the ground floors of the houses and warehouses. The Great Mar ket and several streets looked like a vast pond. Letters from Zienckzee, of the 12th, liken ise state that the hurricane did great damage there; that the sea rose as high as in February, 1825, overflowed the quays, and filled a great number of cellars; but speedy exertions preserved the neighbouring streets from great damage. The north-west side of the Great Tower was overthrown by the violence of the wind. Happily the fall of this part of the building only damaged the roofs of some neighbouring houses. Several dikes along the coast are seriously injured. THE MINISTERIAL CR ISIS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAC. se TIME i.—After an amount of hesitation which svouldb,e, done credit t o te e j u d gment of a much more cautious At' man, Lord John Russell has at length undertaken to feru' As Ministry Nor has it b een a mere pretence of coyne ss• late as SiTedneeday evening, if we are rightly informed , ,:ii, Lordship comm un i cate d to Sir Robert Peel that a mor e a l i o berate view of the prospect before him had confirmed !e reluctance he had felt from the first, and that if Sir ii ;e would remain in office and carry out the opinions whi c h St led to his resignation, Lord John' Russell and his Ir t t ° o , a h n o d w however, e e r n , t d e e r cl i declined engagements to beP rem would render all the assistance in their power. Sir I z4 se subject of future dispute. On this refusal, and tind!"g eh responsibility thus thrust upon him, Lord J. Russell at 17 0 , Premier w b h y ie t h he m m ig e i r i c t y of the lv plucked up the courage to give her Majesty yesterdeY e ce e r y ing, a positive answer. We may expect, therefore is few days to find the New Ministry fairly und er ate et• Sir Robert Peel's perseverance in resignation is ou je• able or not, exactly as he chooses to follow it up in the % eel If the difficulties of the case are as great as we believe eit possibly be the to be, and as the Premier elect apparently rates thera,"e. Robert Peel has consulted at least his own case and c° we mence in retiring for a while from the helm of afrai„e' l e. be t, will not doubt th a t w i t h a majority in the existing LA' . d r with so many outdoor i n fl uences and so many pu blic i' eot e cities bacli him, he wou ld h ave been able to ca rry 3 l eg e and even immediate repeal of the corn-laws through '''' ve s Houses. The retiring Premier's difficulties have be t those of exec ut i on. Th ey have rather consisted in the ore. conciliation of friends—in the explanations which the rc el lee would entail—in the adjustment of so new and bold I P°' et, with all that has come before, and possibly with T o li e et that r_mains t o b e d one hereafter. If the corn -14 % 3 i , to '' be repealed, an d f i r Robert is wise ec°''eti 0 see it, there i s very intelligible prudence ' t ee sworn protectionist, hand and glove w ith bile $ landowner, steppi ng as i de for a half-session or so w bee, more suitable oper a t or d oes the work of the sta te for ha e re , We can easily enter into th e feelings of a surgeon 0 0 signs his patient i n t o r i va l hands at a crisis which his eis bungling has haetened, with the intention of resuinineg,, sway 'when the danger is past ; or who withdraws; time it is absolutely necessary to depart from his s,„ i b e rt That is plain enough. The question is, whether Sir " . . et oss Peel's reeignation is mere then this,—whether it is g e w u f li as well as convenient,—whether it is patriotic as ea oft comfortable; and this question Sir Robert himself is t 't t to answer. There is somehow' a strange and unpleasau.fope picion that Sir Robert Peel has not resigned in that ,V sbt el boncifide sense which the kind and candid have been de"sbree • to suppose. There exists a suspicion, founded either on see thing dropped front Ministerial lips, or more probably en s at s taro peculiar estimate of Sir Robert Peel's character, ' t bot mere repetition of the old Conservative farce is all ia o$ is meant. Th e F armers ' F r i end is once more to aPPe,eue the boards, rusti c an d l ugu b r i ous, homely and p i c tureA ls With much bucolic grumbling, he is to submit to Lacti d"d" Russell's naked proposition for repeal. Th a t d u ty li",. n„, ' s eiii 6 pledge redeemed, he i s t o i n d u l ge i n th O se boundless i'isesitice of expostulation and complaint, which a negative P, ° c lsee always allows. He is to tell us all what he would 'W e t -oil for the farmers, wh a t compensat i ons and alleviation!' ° bite hard lot he would have provided, bad if been left t ° d His bosom thus overflowing with hypothetical pit'', itn , e bis hand full of might-have -been bounties, he will res ts istS wonted sway over th e ten d er and confiding agrica an ' d 130, and with thei r a id once more send back Lord Jeli n t e° colleagues to th e a b stract i ons of science and consols reteese philosophy. Th e on l y di ff i culty will be a decent lia d oh for a quarrel ; e i t h er one l umping grievance, or half like s $ smaller ones, which, on the rule that "every litt le n t h - is sea' !pickle," will add up into a no -confidence resolution..,o sion, or a"counter address at the beginning of the eess','. in g de' The difficulty, however, will be rather in doing the t" iot tbe cently titan in doing it at all. We protest betimes ag 3 . o pre asenniption of this impossible character. The tha e n e , e ,y o ther tends to be the farmers' friend at the expense ea ce es , etbe . friendship, and to protect land at the expense of 3 "ii iti cb 35 0 interest, imposes on the credulity of his dupes, 55 JO t h - the " wise man " who deals in amulets and charaise e etioll present stat e o f thi ngs promises of agricultural Pik are worth just about as much as the notes of the. the if Elegance," for which a poor creature was murdered l e d . day, and another poor wretch will shortly be exec u : :. o ttlet the agriculturists had one whit more sense than their tbel they would deliver the next person who tried to citl eoei ss with these empty promises into the hands of the Pale, pro' common impostor. There lives not the man w ito t;ode r : cure for them a certain price for their corn. Whoeverspd takes to do so, let the farmer shut the door in h is ce, w ho at' warn him off th e p rem i ses, as he would the r0ga?...,,, or se w dertook to supply a g i ven amount of ra i n an d sup id . e 0 make all his ewes b ear t h ree l am b s a-p i ece . Pl. ote ett o P' know that th ere are st ill people who dream ci ene ° l l he and that conseq uen tl y t h ere w i ll st i ll b e ot h ers ready s b e d., to turn that delusion to their own private account , " s j a ach° l Y, not so earnestly deprecate the revival of this rraYese i lle farce. But there are protectionists who may be t of t-, e r moiler, yet their protection will not depart ea_, t he ler, The credit of the country, if not the interest of et it simpletons themselves, demands that the na' s e t te d. perpetually recurrent imposture should be ti.u ri " or gil o , is disgraceful to have your Joseph Ad Y, prec' p s Of Parliament, everlastingly writhig to te: .. , el yfiee cials to inform them, that on a trifling 1 31 :1 e tser o " they will hear of something to their a" pre jua l i ot We have said nothing whatever to t he e .... of Sir Robert Peel's perfect right to divide the Iluee: w eee4 the new Premier on every question substantially aes7 sh division. Nor, with our experience o f Lord .b .A. 6 “ shat stieee and the Whigs, can we deem it at all impossible th at questions should soon arise, even in this very:_a l p i ee l 11 3 ‘,, f , _expostulatioes only come to this—that Sir RelrL o e si beitY e ," ing felt and demonstrated, for the nonce- "e n i esTe aga is u r ic! ; maintaining agriculture! protection, should u _ kug. fbo ciie wive that heartless hoax—that exploded h k and credLorgi he renew his advances upon the landed opinion should stand between him and his 't rt To ti l y, victim, the " sheriff's child that can't • say i m posei' v e moment it becomes ves ;_nterest , P u t u s es up the game of protection the r eunite', w' eele 4 in order to resume it at the very first 0 1W° now eau Sit be fair dealing to Lord John Russell, wno ' erroe sith the accumulated difficulties of thirty Robert P..el and his party, by their class legislatlleses,; years dews bos s broken into pieces the social unity and mutual dellea be pf agriculture and trade. He has at last tried to put In; together, and failed. Thus far he has shown as ines o es. t lity as discretion in r, signing the work to other 04 would be the mere waywardness of a seoilt child to _, e eti. mended unity to the grown+, and so frustrate the iota' which he himself has solicited. t, overnl' leti b CIIRONICLE.—The principles of the newG ohn nussell to t u , we need scarcely say, will be those procl aime d with 'll‘4 decisive clearness iii the letter of Lord d 'Unfeignedly do electors of London. Most warmly 1 an that we are at congratulate the country upon the The delay wind' will be the total abolition of the corn-laws• in adopts' to have an Administration whose great and titled took place before Lord John Russell felt jus used so deep B'l his final determination, and which has ea to be a P°‘' l , o ol general a feeling of anxiety, will now be felt • 4 immediate °bee', guarantee that the grand reform will be accomplis h e d ' .he „ John Russsll's hesitation arose from no doubt as to ;`,, ; c l o p t. which, Minister, he should advise her Mejasti; s t or Upon that point, after full deliberation, his nund h s o a r ; ug h 7e . ' up liefore the resignation of Sir Robert Peel•mischievous to 11 : satistied that the protective system is neisci,"" fieo i n g industrial interests in the country, and ~.e stened l l " length a period arrive at which the corn-laws threats secif produce, not merely pecuniary loss, but famine a nd CSID; disturbance, Lord John Russell declared, in a tune ."at resolution by which all England has been moved, .Ti j el , free commerce in the food of the people should be absei m u , L et ' e ' s oula As to the course, therefore, which this eminent therie would take, if invested wit the powers of Governmectiors, could be no doubt. But befere assuming those fug ; be VA was a grave and even embarrassing question 15 to ed ._ led p; mode of securing the success of the measure, the speed, tion of which was so essential. In the first surPT Go eer?: by the strange and sudden dissolution of the lat e , nj oy 0,- ment, it was not clear whether corn-law repeTh l ee i bieen hastened or retarded by the formation of a Libera i l e ss oia lsw . It was not clear how far Lord John Russell c , ?,u'u re s tarin e g e upon support; and with any probability of fai.i n _ o efice, , A hitn in the face, he could not bur feel, was exposing the principle of free trade to the n s t_ .enA „could At best it -was evident that a free-trade S ) cot have difficulties to contend with which no state . a lra ha s over' despise, and therefore it was impossible not to fel l : bea r_ confidence or precipitancymight have the worst cot.lo`irot, tare These various difficulties and doubts have been . i_ ovt b ta; considered, the means and the mode of carrying tw it i s , the work have been carefully investigated, and toe restu cooo trel Lord John Russell is now Prime Minister. Th s e s , cabiat, in accepting biz. 1 therefore, will have full assurance that what the pew undertakes it will acccmplish. The sagacity o' ieve e Premier in'the calculation of political forces hal l sa tisfY doubted, and his resolute, reliable character well , the tt men that the battl e for the-trade will not loe_ deee e , any fault of the l ea d er . L or d J o h n R usse ll is, 00 4 . „ ' chief whom Engli s h men can ra ll y round with hesre . will. Unimpeachable integrity, practical wisdoni!_ „ t ees; toned attachment to popular principles, cherishedosh.Y.eponet trel recollections, and shown in a long series t c ! tes ietl services to the ceuse of freedom—these are clesr_': h i e e 01 ; which may well inspire enthusiasm fora leader, and .es id call forth wheetver is best and noblest in .England t _ e ' rg sos e u e , Lord John Russell. It is assumed urpretended by the r y ts io monopoly, that a measure for throwing open our r t be P r o eiportatiou of food must necessarily be defeated M .. 1.00 sent House ofCominons. We cannot regard such 3 eitSi t t at all probable. I s it t o b e b-upposed that a publi c °en"( th° of so awild a character as to break up ° ne , T ess t he strongest of Governme n t s , h as t o t a lly f a il e d to hi l l: - flav e Conservative Members of the House of Commie" feel,the they not intellects to comprehend, or hearts I° evils, the prospect of which has overborne the heO n ;4 o so many of their own party out of doors ? Are Me n] „poly Parliament alone stagnant and insensible, when th ... n it to country is alive and in movem en t? It w ould beat 11,!:cen the many hum ane and high-mindedmen who sit 00 t"artf servative benches to suppose so. If the Conserva tive eon' had no better bins than that of maintaining the p(!or Pi re in !luny advantages which the l an d ar i s t o cracy derive 10 5 t a monopoly of the people's food, it would be the t ry , ignoble confederacy that ever existed in a free co on But . the corn-law is in truth not connected w ith o f the ancient institutions which it is the professed object , to t tt e . Conservative party to preserve. It is no stIPP"' Church, but a danger, if its maintenance be placed on the same ground with that of the Establishment, or order appear in the false position of struggling to ite e . ,,p r u t to regulation intended to promote scarcity. It is no supyr., of the Throne, which is far removed from the contaniinatto. such alliance. Nor is it a support to the heriditary cracy, whose social position and legislative privileges Iv° tl3o be more exposed to peril by a vaiu effort to keep Under corn-laws than by all other causes put together. t,,at such circumstances, it is not unreasonable to calculate the proposition with which the new Minis:ry must Parliament will command a majority in the House of the , mons. But if this expectation should prove errooeous,,, result of an appeal to the people cannot be doubtful. %Re great bulk of the intelligent middle classes, in whom t d elect oral power is vested, is of one mind on this subject, e t n if the present House of ' Commons does not represent a's mind, the decision of the nation must be sought 14 sum if the clsrp moiling another. BLACKPRIARS' PIER AND THE WATERMEN'S STEA3g; BOAT COMPANT.—un Thursday morning Waterman S O. , stopped at this pier as usual, but was not perm i tte d to la rd any passen g e rs . One passenger, named M a rtin, jumped o l the boat on the pi er , and succeeded in lending unknown in the police. The mate not being able to fasten the boat the usual way, he threw a rope round the beams which suP,. port the pier, but a couple of the Thames police got in 0n.e.0.t. their boats, and were about to cut it away, when it, was . wal l , d . rawn. During yesterday thousands of bills were distributed in Fleet-street, &c., to the effect that the pub lic could go to Greenwich, from Illackfriars Free-pier, for id. , by the Watermen steamers. DARING li.OBBERY AT A SILVERSMITH'S. -- Th urs• day afternoon, between four and live o'clock, a young C'e ll having the appearance of a sailor, deliberately broke a squ are of glass in the shop window of Mr. Griffiths, silversmi th, of Piccadilly, and stole a silver funnel, with which be de camped. A boh Who observed. the. transaction, gave infor mation to one of the rhopcnea, but the tilidCtivcted hi s secsPe. - 14i - 704 S tA tt ioAli eel, !6, 4 elir ) ,. e .A 6 ti a akth it tit he ev ( Sl4,l ° i ° F r t ri t, Pot a , t o th b ot " L ust Istare