The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-21 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. °F a Town Council ; the Town Council of New port recommended Mr. FROST to him ; the citizens had chosen him as Mayor; he appeared before Lord JOHN RUSSELL as possessing the confidence of th e great bulk of the inhabitants of Newport, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL knowing nothing more of him than that recommendation—refusing, we pre sume, to listen to what was said against his conduct thirteen years prior to that time—had his name put On the Commission as a Justice of the Peace for Newport. In that Lord JOHN RUSSELL was fully justified. Mr. FROST'S previous conduct by no means disqualified him for the office. When he had redeemed himself in the eyes of his fellow-citizens Other men were not justified in visiting on him the sins of his younger days. We agree with the Man chester Guardian, which says : Frost did not acquire influence because he was made a magistrate ; he was made a Magistrate because he h ad acquired influence,—not, as the Times expresses it, among s t Chartist and other conspirators," for at the beginni ng o f th e y ear 1836, when h e was appointed a Magistrat e , there were neither Chartists nor conspira tors in existence. He had acquired influence in the 'Own Council of Newport, who recommended him t ° Lord John Russell to be placed upon the Fattmission of peace for the borough. An ob- Jection was undoubtedly made to his fitness for the °f lee ; but it was made by a person who had been in volved in litigation with him ; and Lord John Russell would have been liable to very just censures, if, without turth er inquiry, he had refused, on any such ground, to Place Frost's name upon the commission. His Lord 'hip took the step which every fair and candid man will admit to be the most correct that he could have adopted Unde r the circumstances ; he consulted the Lord- Lieutenant of the county, who resides in the neigh bourhood, and must have been ;cognizant of the facts ; and at his recommendation Frost was appointed a Ma gistrate. It may have been—indeed the result shows it was `-the fact, that Frost was not a fit man for a Magis t,rate ; but Lord John Russell, who could know no tZuing of him personally, and who must therefore take " Opinion from others, would have behaved strangely 'fldeed if he had set at nought the recommendations °f a public body like the Town Council, and a public °Beer like the Lord Lieutenant of the county, and h ad acted o n the representations of an individual, who, ho wever respectable he might be, was avowedly a per be enemy of Frost, and had previously prosecuted "Lin for libel. The attempts of the Tory Journals to fasten b lame on Lord JOHN RUSSELL for appointing 4 r• VROST to the Magistracy, like their other at tempts to depreciate merits they can never possess, Will only recoil on themselves. Lord JOHN RUS 6tLL is unhurt, but they must be branded with haying wantonly and cruelly persecuted Mr. FROST. We do not disguise from our readers that we are t ar greater Reformers than the Whigs. We look f urther, and we see, we think, the road which society must inevitably traverse; but we are desirous that th ose whom long prescription have placed at its li h ead should continue in advance and lead it forward. we wish accordingly that the progress should be gradual, regular, and safe. To proceed too slowly at ute time only makes greater haste more necessary at another. To stop altogether compels afterwards a startling velocity. We are for continued progress, t° avoid the shock of hasty jumps and the friction ° I violent revolution. Such a course requires that our guides be neither "Pr?ciated nor too frequently changed. As advo cates - an d f r i en d s of the popular progress—of the su ccessful advance of the democracy, we should se e with great pleasure the pains now taken both .Ithe mere Whig and Tory, but especially by the tL e rY Journals, to run down certain members of e Aristoc rac y, but we apprehend that if the pre 4entrace be ruined in the national respect before the Ben tirnent of veneration for an Aristocracy be at an end,l that it s p ower w ill fall into the hands of men : 4 worthy even than the present are represented to On the whole, then, we see with more regret th an surprise the virulent attacks which are made b y , the Times on the whole body of the Aristocracy , roligh the sides of the Court and the Ministers. "T hat ll corresponds with the general vocation of the lu r 'ek-bat-and-bludgeon Journal. But we see with 6 surprize even than regret that the very aris c th rati c Post and the reverential Standard follow e sake course. All the Tory Journals now un ite t r un down the Court and the Aristocracy , bec ause the Whigs are in office. The exalted Post seems to us to have forgotten its chief duty, when it forced the public to con teutPlate, week after week, according to its ver lilen, the scandalous case of Lady FLORA b 414 sTINGs. The Standard overlooked the re verence which it thinks due to the great, by maintaining which alone can their power be pre -Berved, when it re-produced the stories of the Post a nd the virulent attacks of the Times. Nothing is more natural than that such a " D urse o n the part of the Tory journals should ! 4 ` lB e attacks by the Whig journals, on the vul nerable an d f ar f rom immaculate Tories. If we did n ot prefer the public peace even to the progress of 1, ernoeracy, instead of warning the Whig and Tory Jo urnals of the consequence of their conduct , we 8 of the joi n in the warfare against the private lives 1 4 tile Tories, which offer an admirable mark, rl d encourage our Contemporaries to proceed in the ir mutual attacks. Most effectua ll y are th e T °r Y Journals, by their incessan t ex p osure of the m orals o f the Court, and by provoking the attacks °f t he Whig Journals on th e morals of the Tories, " 0 are at present not of the Court, doing the work °f the Republicans.. Th eir cause, b y its own merits, i s thriving rapidly, and needs not and courts no t th e aid of aristocraijc Journals, which, from t art y malignity, are ,traitors 10 the cause of the Aristocracy. We rejoice to find that the spell which has so l : ng bou n d the Nonconformist community is bro ken t last. The Dissenters of Leicester, as will be Beell by our report of the great meeting held in that (r t°wn last week, have nobly taken the lead in vin 'eating he great principles of religious liberty, so g ro ssly violated in the person of JOHN THORO (0", and in denouncing the unch ristian and in humanl spirit of persecution displayed by the State endowed Ch urc h towa rds him and others , who , like htm, re f use to b en d t h e i r nec k s to her yoke of bondage, and think it a duty to obey Gov rather than man. It has been alleged that the exertions of the Dissenters have been less actively put forth, in this case, than they would have been had there not existed certain Societies' formed for the express purpose of protecting the interests of civil and reli g ious liberty, to which Societies it belongs t o w atch motions of the persecuting parsons, and succour, if they eannot rescue, those •rho have the misfortune to fall into their clutches. We are not disposed to Question the truth of this allegation. We are Willin that it should be received as an apology for that apparent want of sympathy with the sufferin gs of a martyr for conscience' sake, and indifference to th e principles of Nonconformity, which has °larked the conduct of the Dissenting body since j°l-114 THoRoGooD was thrown into the common gaol of Chelmsford. But whether it shall be so received or not, must depend entirely on the course which they now pursue. The delusion that the Societies alluded to will interfere, is at an end. They have not stirred, and th ey will not stir, a finger in the cause. No man w ho is not wilfully blind can any l on g er deceive h imself on this point. It is, ther efore, the duty f the Dissenters, if they value their consistency, to Come fonvard and take up the matter them elves frankly .and fearlessly. Do they want an ex ample? Let them look to Leicester. T he y will t here both see w h i .Nt th e i r d u ty is, and learn how to perform it. If they shrink from the performance , t hey must take the oonsoquences. t will be seen from a statement which we have copied from the Watchman, the organ of the Wes- leyan Methodists, that the attempts of that body of Christians to fraternise with the Church, are not only unsuccessful, but are repulsed in the most insulting and contemptuous manner imaginable. To such a pitch do the Clergy of the Endowment carry their antipathy to the followers of WESLEY, that they even deny them a claim to what they con sider the only Christian mode of burial. A Nor folk parson—and he, it appears, is not the only recusant—has refused to inter an infant in the churchyard, with the usual forms, because it had been baptised by a Wesleyan Minister, and not by one who had had the holy hand of a Bishop on his head. Now this, it will be generally admitted, is an act of great and crying barbarity. It can matter nothing to the little innocent whether its remains are laid in consecrated earth or not—it will sleep soundly enough anywhere, and will be a " minis tering angel " when this " churlish priest lies howling." To the bereaved parents, however, it is not so. A new and bitter pang is added to their grief. Their wounded hearts are touched in tl.e tenderest part, and, Oh ! shame I the blow is admi nistered by the hand of one whose duty it is to bind up the broken-hearted, and to comfort the " mourner in Zion." Lives there a father or a mother whose bosom does not swell with indigna- • twit at the recital of an act like this—an act which unites in itself the intolerance of a bigot with the cruelty of a savage ? How the religious sect thus insulted may digest the affront it is not for us to conjecture. They halve had, of late, a few not equivocal marks of the re gard which the Church entertains for them. The present is a crowning tribute of respect. It tells them that the clergy look upon them as worse than Papists, inasmuch as they, the parsons, never refuse to read the burial service over a person baptized by a Catholic priest. Happily, however, the law is here too strong for the Protestant priests. It puts a bridle on their bigotry, and makes them do that by com pulsion, which, had they a spark of true Christian feeling, they would delight to do of their own accord. It is due to the excellent Bishop of the diocese, in which this disgraceful transaction took place, to state, that, as soon as the matter was represented to him, he expressed the strongest disapprobation of the conduct of the Curate who has thus set decency, humanity, and the law of the land, equally at defi ance, and that he took the necessary steps to pre vent the recurrence of proceedings so discreditable to the Church to which the delinquent belongs. The name of this worthy we have not yet learned, as the meaiy-mouthed Watchman, out of delicacy, no doubt, to the Church, or perhaps from gratitude for the kicks and cuffs which the Metho dists are every day receiving from that quarter, has thought it his duty to suppress it. We should like to know it, and to make it known. There is hardly anything that may not be turned to account some way or other, and this journeyman parson, if good for nothing else, may be of some use as a scare-crow. The packet ship England arrived yesterday at Liverpool from New York, bringing New York Papers to the 2d instant, with Montreal and Quebec Journals to the 27th and 29th ult. respectively. The commercial intelligence, of which a copious summary will be found below, is highly important to the mercantile community of this country. None of the New York Banks' had suspended specie pay ments, though suffering greatly from the constant drain upon them. There was but little business doing, and all eyes were anxiously turned to Europe, in the expectation that some relief would shortly come from the Old 'World. Matters, how ever, were generally supposed to be at the worst ; as by none was the commercial state of the country, including domestic and foreign credit, considered as irretrievably desperate. Were the price of flour so high here as to afford a fair profit on the export of that commodity, the United States' Banks would ex perience no difficulty in righting themselves, as the grain crop in the States is very abundant. But it is too soon to begin to speculate on the results of . a state of things, which are but just in the first pro; gress of development. We are for placing the fullest confidence in the United States' banking establishments, persuaded that one of the worst steps that could be taken would be to depreciate their securities, and thus compel them prematurely, and without due preparation, to resume specie pay ments. All they want is tune to enable them to do what they really seem most willing to accom plish in any way not entailing upon them certain destruction, namely, the redemption of every frac tion of their securities. The news from Canada is not important. Our garrulous Contemporary the Morning Herald of this day says, " the appointment to the Governor ship of Canada of MACKENZIE would scarcely have been felt as a grosser outrage on the feelings of the Canadian loyalists than the appointment of Mr. POULETT THOMSON, the late President of the Board of Trade." That the readers of the Herald may be at no loss to understand the worth of its editorial comments, the same Journal quotes a most loyal address from the Magistrates of the district of Montreal to the new Governor, having previously published others from the citizens and merchants of Quebec. But, perhaps, this is the Tory fashion of manifesting a sense of " outraged feelings." At all events it is the fashion pre valent just now in Canada. The new Governor- General is as much beslobbered with the congratu lations of the " Canadian Loyalists" as if they had never opened their mouths in repudiation of re ' cognizing the representative of a British Sovereign in a British merchant. The truth is, the Canadian Loyalists, like their prototypes nearer home, have no other object in view than the love of pelf. The Tories there, as well as here, regard the State as a milch-cow, whose dugs are only to be encompassed by Tory fingers ; and while filling their pails they are patterns of loyalty, but turn the cow to other keepers, and their every word breathes treason and rebellion. Sir GEORGE ARTHUR arrived at Montreal on the 27th, to meet the Governor-General, with a view to make arrangements for the prevention of disturbances during the winter. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, OCT. 30. What has been the effect of the news received b y the arrival from Liverpool yesterday morning with eig ht days' later dates on the Mo ney Market and business will probably be a question now generally asked, yet it is a question very difficult to answer. The embarrassments of the agency of the Bank of the United States in London is one of the most promi nent topics of public conversation. The advance made by the Bank of England to Mr. Jaudon in Consols was 300,000/. sterling. We think it probable that this ad vance would cover all the engagements of Mr. Jaudon until the arrival of the Great Western, which would probably take place about a fortnight afterwards—cer tainly all the engagements of which Mr. Jaudon was then aware. We know that the Great Western took out to him near 1,000,000 dollars in specie, and an evening contemp orary' who no doubt speaks on good authority, says the steamer also conveyed to him 2,000,000 d o ll ars of stock of the State of Pennsylvania. If this stock should be converted into specie, Mr. Jan don would, no doubt, find himself perfectly at his _ ease, but of this—undoubted as th e stoc k i s a s regards its eventual p a y me nt — weconf ess we entertain our doubts. We think, that in the principal present critical position of the money mark ets i nEurope, and more particu larly since the discredit int o information, American securitieswhich' we have already increased ha ve fallen, and which will probably be materiall y very difficult,ieitfe not eiemy.pos renees, that it will be extremely by late occur rences, B ible, to convert the stock Pennsylvania account s 69 ose Prices of stocks to-day have declinedcder ably, chiefly owing, no doubt, to t h e England. United States Bank shares dat the first board at , at th e d oard ton Railroad, 67 which seems secon to b follow t c l osed from the Stoning course f United States' Bank shares, closed at 12. Delawaroe and Hudson at the second board, at oli. Sterling bills are in abundance, and freely offered, and but few buyers ; large amounts might be had -- a t 8 per cent. premium; Francs are offered at 5.35 f,, a • rate of exchange which will justify their purchase to THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1839. bring back specie for them. A few sales of guilders were made at 40c. In domestic exchanges but very little variation ; Mo bile and New Orleans are the same as yesterday ; Phi ladelphia is at 12i to 13 ; Baltimore at 121 to 12i. Philadelphia bank-notes are at a discount of 13i to 14 per cent. Those at Baltimore at 1 per cent. less. There has been a good deal done in our country bank-notes, but still not half has been taken that offered. Brokers were waiting the return of the collector sent off last Saturday, who is expected back to-night. The discounts paid to-day on red back notes was from 7to 9 per cent. ; on safety fund, 6 to 7 per cent. No commercial transactions of consequence going on ; about 5,000 barrels western flour have been taken for export, at 5 dollars 75 cents to 5 dollars 81 cents. The supply of flour is increasing. THURSDAY EVENING, OCT. 31. We have nothing positively favourable to notice in the state of our Money Market, though there does seem to be a general opinion prevailing that we have seen the worst of our difficulties, and that better times are near at hand. The state of our Foreign Exchanges is no doubt one of the chief grounds of this gratifying expectation, for, as it will be seen by the transactions which have occurred in them, and which we notice be low, these are not only in favour of this country, but so much in its favour that, if they continue their present course a little longer, they will no doubt cause the im portation of specie front Europe. We are not sure, however, that this is to be desired, as it will but add to the embarrassments of those countries which are the principal consumers of our great staple, and to a reduc tion in its price. At present all export hence is deci dedly stopped, and it may therefore be expected that our Banks will see their way clear in enlarging their dis counts, and that thus the Money Market will become easier ; indeed, it may be said to have been somewhat more so to-day, though the distrust naturally arising from the late precarious state of things of almost all securities offered has prevented the rates of discount sensibly declining. Stocks have again fallen, and were even lower at the second board than at the first. At the second, sales were made of United'States Bank shares at 67, 15 days ; Delaware and Hudson, 50 ; North American Trust and Banking Company, 37 ; Stonington Rail road, 13 ; and Haarlem, 33. The sales at the first board will be found below. We have not been able for some years past to quote foreign exchanges so low as the sales made to-day war rant us in doing. The bills offered were besides gene rally very good, drawn by many of our most respectable foreign houses against produce shipping, and under confirmed credits from some of the leading London bankers. We are indebted for the following rates to a house in Wall-street, closely identified with these in terests, upon whose information we can rely with the ut most confidence : London Paris Amsterdam Hamburg Bremen 7Bi to 79 These quotations are for undoubted bills ; many not equally well known were sold at much less. The amount sold on London and Paris was considerable, and mode rate on other places. American gold and silver is at par. Doubloons, 16 dollars ; Patriot, 15 dollars GO cents. to 15 dollars, 70 cents ; Spanish dollars, 105 ; Mexican, 1001 to 101 i. Domestic Exchanges are without much variation. Philadelphia is at 13 to 131 ; Baltimore, 12 to " 4 - 1 ; New Orleans, 81 to 9 ; Mobile 17} to 18 ; and Char leston, 9 to 10. The banks redeem uncurrent New York country bank-notes at the same rates as before given. Of those not redeemed by the banks the rate of discount on New York safety fund is to 6 ; red back, 7to 7i. Phila delphia notes are at 13 to 14 ; Baltimore, 12i ; Vir ginia, 12 to 12 ; New Orleans, 10. There is still a great want of the ordinary activity in general business. Fleur, however, continues to be bought for export—Western at 5i- dollars, and some small parcels of Georgetown at 61 dollars. Sales of corn at 70 cents. per 561 b. Three packets will sail for Europe to-morrow. The Erie, for Havre, has 1,600 dollars in specie on board, which was sent from Boston. She has also 1,700 barrels of flour on board. The Havre packet of the Bth has already engaged a full cargo of cotton and flour. RATE OF SALES ON THURSDAY AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. Dollars. 500 Corporation 7 per cent. Bonds 50 Shares United States Bank b 60 days 70 11 do. Manhattan Bank llO 49 do. Tradesmen's Bank 25 do. Delaware and Hudson ... s. 10 days 51 8 do. State Bank B9 50 do. North American Trust ...next week 38} 25 do. Illinois 10 do. Eagle 25 do. Mohawk 5 do. Boston and Providence Railroad 100 do. Stonington next week 12 105 do. Utica 80 do. Farmers' Trust 731 11 do. Haarlem Railroad Company ...... . 50 do. American Exchange Bank b6O days 68 30 do. Kentucky 64* (Correspondence of the Courier and Inquirer•.) PHILADELPHIA, OCT, 31, p•M• STOCKS.—Transactions at the board to-d a y bore a more gloomy appearance than for some time past ; sales were limited, and generally at prices greatly depressed. The foreign news, with the accounts of its effects in your city, have had a most unfavourable tendency on our markets ; Stocks closed heavily at quotations. At second board 300 dollars Lehigh 6's, 1845, sold at 93 ; 4, Lehigh Coal (New), at 23} ; 25, ditto, 23 ; 3,900 City s's, 1845, at 90 ; 100, ditto, 1860, 90 ; 9 shares S. Navigation, 100 ; 36, ditto, United States' Bank, 794 ; 25, ditto, Saturday, 794. After the board 50 Gerard sold at 34 ; 80 United States', 79. Closing Prices.—United States 79 bid, 79i asked ; Vicksburgb, 28i bid, 29-1- asked ; Wilmington, 44i bid, 44i asked. RATE OF SALES OF STOCK AT PHILADEL PHIA, OCT. 31. 55 Shares United States' Bank $l2 do. Kentucky 721 100 do. Vicksburgh Bank BOSTON MONEY MARKET. We have to notice another week of severe pressure in the money-market. Matters remain as they have been for several weeks past. There has been a very large amount of business paper for sale, and there have been no regular rates. Prices have ranged very high for all descriptions, and the lowest rate at which any has been negotiated is 1i per cent., 6 months. Our banks have generally done all they could to assist the mercantile community, but their facilities have been cut off by the constant drain of their specie, which has been taken mostly on New York account. Exchange on New York is scarce, and some large amounts were sold at to I premium. Philadelphia checks continue about the same as last week, 10 per cent. discount. Notwithstanding the pressure here, our merchants have sustained themselves thus far, though at great sacrifices, and we know of no suspension of any note. ARMY MOVIMENTS.—The Philadelphia National Gazelle of the 16th says :—" We have information which states that 7,000 regulars are to be sent to Flo rida ; among them the Bth infantry and a large portion of the artillery are to go from the northern frontier, and likewise the 2d regiment of dragoons. General Taylor has been authorized to send to Cuba for a large num ber of blood-hounds." This annunciation cannot but shock the moral sense of the civilized world. In the 19th century, and in Christian America, the Government of a great republic is about to hunt human beings with dogs. For a pro ceeding so revolting to human nature the bloodiest page of history furnishes no precedent. It is true that the British Government, after a vain struggle of seventy years to subdue the Maroons of Jamaica, procured blood hounds from Scotland for their extermination, but, to the honour of the British army be it said, not an officer was to be found who could be prevailed on, even by the promises of the highest honours, to undertake the exe cution of the atrocious enterprise. If our Government is resolved to send a regiment of dogs against the Seminoles, they must get a dog to com mand it ; no man will do it.—Louisville Journal. MOBILE.—The Register of the 21st instant states that deaths have lately occurred in that city by black vomit of the most malignant character. Some of the persons had but lately returned to the city, and others were old residents. The weather had been remarkably cool, closely approaching winter in the morning and evening, though there were as yet no signs of a frost. A slip had been received at the Mobile Post-offico from Columbus, Mississippi, which stated that Colonel Byrne, the Sheriff of Lowndes county, has been found shot dead about one mile from the town. AunnsTA.—The health of the city is improving rapidly. The Constitutionalist of the 24th states that only four deaths by fever had occurred during the past week, and the number of new cases was diminishing. CANADA. MONTREAL, MONDAY, OCT. 28. Sir George Arthur and 'suite arrived at Rascoe's Hotel, from Upper Canada on Friday night last. The Governor-General's levee, held on Saturday, was most numerously attended, more so than any previous one held in this city, not excepting Lord Durham's. His Excellency were a blue coat, highly embroidered with gold—the same uniform, we understand, which is worn by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He appeared to have only partially recovered from his late indisposi tion. We were, however, happy to see the fatigues of the levee did not prevent the Right Hon. Gentle man from attending Divine Service yesterday. We understand that his Excellency does not proceed to Upper Canada at present. (From the Montreal Herald.) The rumour which has been prevalent here for some time, that the new Governor-General is about to pro teed to Upper Canada, is, we believe, incorrect. It is understood that his Excellency will not leave Montreal this winter, and several of the heads of public depart ments at Quebec have received instructions to come up immediately. The Hon. Mr. Commissary. General Routh came up with the Govenor-Gcneral in the stearder, and will remain for the winter, Montreal being now head quarters. _ A serious accident occurred to the steamer Canada on Wednesday evening, while his Excellency was on board. Nearly opposite Varennes she came in collision with a barge sailing for Quebec, which struck her on the bow with such violence that injured her much. The con cussion was very violent, and we understand that one of his Excellency's horses was pitched overboard and drowned. The evening was dark, and it would appear that the barge had no light hung out, as it was about the time of the moon rising. His Excellency will hold a levee on Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock. FIRES.— A dreadful fire and explosion have taken place in one of the mines near Pictou, Nnva Scotia. The explosion shook the earth for two or three miles ; two houses were thrown down, several men killed and wounded, columns of flame 100 feet high rose from the mouth of the pit, blazing fissures were formed in the ground, and the people were remov i ng f rom the neigh bourhood, as, from the last accounts, it is difficult to say where or when the fire will stop. Another fire broke out at St. John's, Newfoundland, on the ISth ult., and destroyed all the bnildings from Dunscombe and Co.'s stores to those of Brooklyn, Garland, and Co., and R. Brine and Co. A contract has been made between the Canadian, or rather the agents of the Home Government and the Niagara Dock Company to build a steamer of war for Lake service of 400 tons. She is to be built at Chip pewa. - Leonard and M'Gunnigle, the two men tried for the murder of Bernard Coyle, have been executed at Kingston, Upper Canada. Haley, an accomplice, has been respited for the present. By the Clio, which arrived yesterday at Liver pool, in 60 days from Monte Video, we learn that the blockade of Buenos Ayres by the French squa dron is still continued. The French were co-ope rating with the Monte Videans against the Buenos Ayreans, and had landed from four to five hun dred marines for that purpose. In other respects, affairs remained stationary in South America. The Madrid papers are of the 12th inst. On the 11th the Government signed a contract with the House of SA FONT and Co. for the supply of the army for another year. This is an important point gained. Two Cabinet Councils were held on the same day, one of which sat till midnight. It was believed that at the latter the Ministerial diffi culties were all arranged. FRANCISCO NARVAEZ the hero of the long sword was to continue War- Minister by the gracious permission of ESPAR TERO. The fate of the Cortes was not known. General LA lIERA was to replace NARVAEZ as Captain-General of New Castile. The depart ments of the Interior and Marine were to be given to two members of the Moderado party. Brussels and German Papers of the latest dates have reached us this morning, from which we select the following extracts : BRUSSELS, Nov. 19.—0 n the 25th of October the Count d'Oultremont de Wegimont, Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of the Belgians, had the honour to deliver his credentials to his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany. in the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives yesterday, the question suggested by M. Mitz, whether the Deputies elected for that part of Luxemburg which has been ceded to Holland should continue to sit in the Chamber until the time from which they were elected shall expire (which will be in two years), the Minister of the Interior was of opinion that they should continue to act. After some debate the Cham ber passed to the Order of the Day, which was the formation of the bureau. A most stormy debate en sued. The President quitted the Chair, being unable to restore silence. Some moments afterwards ho re turned, and put the question of adjournment, which had been called for. The adjournment till Monday was voted. Their Highnesses Princes Ernest and Albert of Saxe Cobourg, his Majesty's nephews, arrived at Brussels yesterday, and alighted at the Palace. The Minister of the Interior went to the Palace at five o'clock, and had the honour to deliver to the august travellers, in the King's name, the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold. BRUSSELS, Nov. 18.—Some time ago a Paris Journal announced that some Russian officers, proscribed by the Government, had taken refuge in France ; that they were expelled from it ; that they then sought an asy lum in Belgium, which was refused them, and that pass ing through the fortress of Luxemburg they were ar rested by Major Kobelynski. These facts have been d en ied by the French and Belgian Governments, and now contradicted by the ..Tournal of Luxemburg, which declares that not a single Russian officer had arrived there, and consequently none had been put, in prison. TILBuaG, Nov. 18.—His Royal Highness the Prince Field-Marshal, who has not honoured our town with his presence for these four months past, arrived this afternoon from the Hague at his palace here. It is said that the four batteries still in cantonments will shortly change their stations. DUTCH FUNDS.—ASTWIDAmtiI NOT. 111. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amort Srndic,o4 per Cent........... ........ Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent — C o mmercial Company, 4 , 4 per cent l6l 161 N Ditto (1F,32 and 1833) 5 per cent. D;tto 1837, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One montli ll 97 Two months At the beginning of the day Dutch Stock was de pressed, and all descriptions were to be had below the closing prices of yesterday. The Market afterwards became firmer, so that the closing prices were much the same as yesterday. The Old Syndicate was particularly in demand, as it appeared, for German Account. Spanish Stock without demand. Our speculators find they were deceived in thteir hope, that the civil war in Spain would soon be ended, and now believe that all military operations will be suspended till the Spring. This, added to a new issue of paper in Madrid, and various sales for Belgian account, caused a con siderable decline both in Ardoin's and the Coupons. Ardoin's, last price, 251.—Dui ch Papers, Nov. 20. VIENNA, NOV. 10.—A lettcr from St. Petersburg gives the pleasing intelligence that her Majesty, the Empress of Russia, was so far recovered, that she has been able to go out for an airing, though not quite free from cough, and that the Grand Duchess Olga is now rapidly recovering from a serious nervous fever. BELGIAN N DS—B ituesLts, Nov. 19. Actual Debt, per Cent. .53)i Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cau`• lOl Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per - Cent. 92 3 r(q. Cent. Lean of City, 1832, &per Ce tit 95 Society of Commerce, 4y.; pc r Cent ll4 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent - National - Society . Exchange on London (short) Brussels Papers, No v. 19. HAMBURG 110114 EN H ALLE, Noy. 10. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares An 10-Russian Loan liussitn 5 per Cent, let series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series ltr2q 101% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates 97% t7!•6 Dutch Actual Debt, 2 pc , Cent 501,4 Iw% Ditto 5 per Cent 9S Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo. Canish I.oan, 3 per Cent 7l 70% ; Norwegian Lean, 1834, 4 per Cent. .. lOl4 Spanish, New 3 per Cents. 24 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNA, Nov 11 Five per Cents. Metalliques .... lOl% litsir per Cents. . 1: 0% Three per Cents. ........... . ............................. ... ski% Bank Shares ... ISCO --Allgemeine Zeitung, Nov, 1i J The whole of the Paris J ournal s of Tuesday have been 'duly received. The Commerce contains a curious article on the surveillance observed at the Tuileries, for which wt cannot make roan in columns of this clay, but •which shall appear to morrow. In the Temps, a Government organ, we find the following curious ro rnarks on the Eastern question : have again i the tr question. M nb irom Vien na assure com plicated The intrigues of Lordour P°te l: us that th e B r iti s h Ambassador bad gain e d over the majority o f th e Divan, and that the latter h a d decided on re j ect i ng the propositions of Meh eme t Ali. Th e cess i on o f Candia, of which England i s desirous t o secure t o herself the possession, particu larly ex c it e d t h e di sco ntent that Pow er . I t was she wh , ) drove Mahmoud to cvn b a r k in the mad enter prise which ended in the battli.e of Nezib ; an d she is now advising Abdul Medjid again to try the fate of arms. She promises gold, troop s, and vessels. Redschid Pacha himself is said to have yielded to those seduc tions. The idea of retrieving are power of the Osman lis, of avenging the defeat of Nezib, and of evading the humiliating law of the Egyptia n vassal, deceived his national pride, and abused his j , idgment." A clever writer in the Deb ats exonerates Eng land from all unjust views in colonizing New Zea land, rightly attributing it to the adventurous spirit of the people of this country. The Emperor of RussiA is represented, in a letter from St. Petersburgh, as greatly di sp l ease d at the acco un t o f the insurrect;ton in the army having reached England and France. He had directed a new version of the affair to be prepared for insertion in the German Journals, in which, of come, all the material facts would be suppressed. Doubts are still entertained in Paris respecting the fate of Count D'ESPAGNE. The Carlist Journals assert that he is still living. The matter is of little consequence. If he be dead, the gallows is cheated of fruit worthy of it : We have received this morning the legitimist journal of Limoges, the Gazette du Centre, of the 16th. It announces that a description of the persons of Don Carlos, of his wife, and his son, has been just sent to the police at Limoges. The journals of the frontier contain no interesting in formation respecting the advancement of the troops in Arragon, and it seems that Espartero is not in a burry to engage his adversaries. _ . Some detached corps of the army of Cabrera are endeavouring to harrass the flanks and the rear of the Christino army.—Le Co2utilutionnel. BOUR:SE...-PAItIS, TUESDAY, NOV. 19. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents lll ... 111 10... 111 ... 111 10 4 per Cents lOl 40 ... 101:40 ... 101 40 ... 101 40 3 per Cents Bl 90 ... 81 95 ... 81 90 ... 81 90 Bank of ;ranee 2933 —.2920 ...9.930 —.29 3 0 Lailittc Bank 5,000 f. Sh 5210 ...5 9 10 ...5210 —.5210 I,lloof. 811 lOBO —.1060 ...1080 ' ...1 80 Belgian 8 per Cents 1024 ... 1024 ... 102% ... 102% 3 per Cents 7l 40 ... 71 40 ...s7l 40 ... 71 40 Spanish Active 2i% ... :27% ... 27% ... 27% Passive 7 , 74 ... 7% ... 7 ... 7 New lk-ferred Old Deferred 7% ... 7% ... 7s, ... 7 Portuguese 3 per Cents Neapolitan Roman lOl% ... 101% ... 101% ...101%a THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. The Vegetable Market was well supplied, and prices were steady. Butchers' Meat in good demand, and prices un altered. Beef 7d to Bd.; Mutton 7d. to Bd. ; Veal Bd. to 9d. ; Pork 7d. to Bd. Fish cheaper and more plentiful. Turbot Bs. to 21s. ; Cod 3. to 125.; Lobsters is. to 45.; Soles, 10d. to 3s. 6d. per pair. BILLINGSGATE MRRKET. Good supplies and prices lower, the demand good. Turbot, ss. to 21s. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to 10s. ; Lobsters very scarce ; Oysters, 12s. to 40s. per bushel ; Soles, 641. to 3s. per pair ; good Salmon, Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; Whitings, 4d. to Bd. ; Haddocks, Bd. to Is. 2d. WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. The supply was small gencrally. trade better, and all kinds of Meat at least 2d. per stone higher. Beef, 2s. Bd. 3s. 6d ; Mutton, 33. te 3s. 10 ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; Pork, 3s. 84.1. to 4s. Bd. SPIRIT MARKET. There was scarcely anything done in this market, and :prices were very little better than nominal. The stock of Rum, when the Stocks were last made up, was 12,580 puns, and; 338 hhds. HAY MARKETS. The Markets were well supplied, and the demand was mode rate, prices lower. Hay, Ms. to 925. ; Clover, 20s. to 115 s. ; Ttraw, 30s. to 40s. per load. COLONIAL MARKE.T Business was very scanty, and prices much as last quoted. B. P. Sugar sells more briskly, nothing doing in any kinds of Sugar ; 131 casks and 100 bags of B. P. Coffee sold at 70s to 955. for the bulk, which was fair and fine ordinary; 353 bags Batavia sold at about 655. ; 76 bags Trinidad Cocoa sold at 41s. for fair red; 10 casks of Nutmegs sold at 4s. 4d. per lb. ; little business in Spices, and prices were without variation. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, Nov. 20. —Wind N.W.—Arrived the Trent, Byers, from Richebucto. Sailed the Bolton, Robinson, for New Zealand • Cheviot, Young, Hobart Town ; War rior, Beckett, Bekett, South Australia ; Undaunted, Hore, Jamaica; Traveller, Reed, St. Thomas; and John M'Cullum, Baker, Halifax. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 20.—Wind W.N. W.— Arrived the Majestic, Williamson, from Arica; Clio, Monte Video; Eustine, Casment, Bahia; Archer, Braithwaite, Deme rara, with four feet water in her hold, having been on Hoyle Bank ; Columbia, Monte Video ; England, Waite, New York, sailed the Ist instant; Petrel, Bell, Quebec; Chieftain, ditto ; and Margaret, Higbfield, Palermo. Off port tho John Woodall, from Calcutta; Tam O'Shanter, Porto Cabello; and Chudra, Charleston. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 20. —Wind N. W.—Arrived the Lavinia, Hall, from Honduras, sailed 16th September. FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind S. W. to W. N. W., strong breezes —Arrived the Lady Mary, Sayer, from Bahia ; and Anna, from Port-au-Prince. HASTINGS, Nov. 20.—Off port the Stratford, :Lane, 'row Mauritius, sailed Ist September. - THE SANTA ANNA LIGHTHOUSE. !JARANHAM, OCT. 16.—The President of this Pro vince has given orders to discontinue tho lighting of the Santa Anna Lighthouse, on account of the persevering attacks of the Rebels ; so that as long as disturbances con tinue in this province, Captains ought to place no reliance upon the Santa Anna Light. " Extract of a letter received at Lloyd's yesterday from the Trinity House :—" The Burnham Flats Buoy has been replaced at its station." MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL, COTTON-MARKET, Nov. 21.—We have had a very extensive demand for Cotton, and at an ad vance on American descriptions of id. per lb. on our quotations d Friday last. The sales reached 6,000 bales, of which '2,500 are on speculation. This morning we have another arrival from New York. The packet ship England, which sailed on the Ist inst., bringing papers of the above date. The mer cantile information from New York is of an unfavourable nature. The intelligence received from Madrid this morning is rather of a gloomy nature ; disturbances were doily expected in the above capital, to prevent which troops were assembling in the neighbourhood of Madrid. The Sentinelle des Pyrenees says. that according to the last despatches received froin General Espartero, Ministers will be obliged to give in their resignation, and the General-in-Chief was greatly dissatisfied with what was passing in the capital. We have received the Antwerp Journal of yesterday's date, which states that Prince Albert of Sale Cobourg arrived at Brussels on Monday last. The private letters from New York are rather of a more favourable nature. They apprehend that the worst state of affairs has past, as no bankrupt of conse quence has been announced, and they have every expec• tation that in a few days there will be a decided improve ment in the commercial affairs. Consols have opened rather heavy this morning, they left off 904 i, both for Money and the Account ; at prasent may be quoted 90a- i ; Money and Account Exchequer Bills 2 dis. par ; Bank Stock, 178 179 ; India Stock 251 252. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Actives heavy, closed at 26f f, opened at 254 6 ; Portuguese closed at 311 21; Three per Cents, 21; i ; Brazilian, 72 73 ; Colombian, 301 11 ; Mexican, 294 304 ; Belgian, 1001 I i i- ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 ; Five per Cents., 981. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 179 8 Indla Stock 9 per Cent. Red. 86 %% Ditto Bonds B per Cent. Cons 9014 , 3 i34 South Sea Stock — 3 per Cent 9% Old Annuities — Ditto Red. ...... 97%%i4 New Ditto New 3% per Cent... ..... 99 8X 9% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 Jan. 5, 1860 1:34, 11-16 Ditto Small... ...... .... 4 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 13% 9-16 Ditto Commercial — Jan. 5, 1860 ln Ditto Advertised ...... Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1888 — India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5.1870 — Consos for Acc0uat........ 90 3 A PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK • Austrian Bonds —; Peruvian Bonds l7 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent. ......... Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account —, Russian Bonds, 182`2.......... Columbian Bond.; — Ditto Account Ditto Account — } Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, 1524 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825. Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Account ......... Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan Spanish Bonds 2ti IA 51i r‘ —, • Ditto Account. 26 5% 6 , Passive — t Deferred 11904 French, 5 per cent. — f. —c. 4 per cent....... —f. —c. 3 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange. —f. —c. ) Dutch, 2% per cent. — -- k Ditto Account. Ditto, 5 per cent ...... .. -NI 774 . - Ditto Acmint...... — CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN v. VISCOUNT CANTERBURY. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that this was a petition of right presented to the Crowr, by Viscount Canterbury, which he had given every facility to being brought forward, but which he now thought it his duty on behalf of die Crown and the public to oppose. He understood it was the intention of the Counsel on the behalf of the Noble Viscount to apply for its postpone ment to a future day out of the term ; to that he must object inasmuch as it would be impossible for him, con sistent with his public duties, to attend before the next term ; he was, however, ready to proceed then with the case. It might be right, however, to inform the Court that the case was a petition of right on behalf of Viscount Canterbury, praying to have compensation for the Crown, on th e ground that he was occupying apart ments in a R oya l P a l ace as a g if t f rom hi s l a t e M a j es ty W illiam IV., at the time of the unfortunate destruction of both Houses of Parliament by fire. He was quite prepared to proceed then with the case, and to show that, allowing all the facts stated in the petition to be true, there was no foundation whatever for the claim of the Noble Viscoent. Mr. MANNING stated that he appeared as Counsel for Viscount Canterbury, and the reason for his applying for a postponement was that Mr. Sergeant Wilde was Counsel with him for the Noble Viscount, and as Small and Attwood had been fixed for hearing in the Common Pleas that day, for the convenience of Sir W. Follett, the Learned Sergeant was unable to attend. The case was ultimately ordered to stand for the second day of the next Term. VICE-CHANCERY.,-(THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER OF TAYLOR. , Mr. K. BauCS stated that the Court would recollect that upon a former day he had made an application under Sergeant Talfourd's Act fur the Custody of In fants, to enable the lady of Mr. Taylor, the great brewer at Limehouse, to have intercourre with her children. The Court then decided upon the point that it had jurisdiction under the Act, although the name of the Vice-Chancellor was not mentioned in the Act. The only point he had then called upon the Court to decide was, that of substituted service. At the time the Court was prepared to give judgment he (Mr. K. Bruce) had expressed himscif desirous, with the permission of the Court, of postponing asking for the decision of the Court upon the point until some ad ditional attempts had been made to obtain a favourable answer from Mr. Taylor, the husband ; because although it appeared:that the former explanatory letters from Mrs. Taylor could admit of no doubt, yet some mis constructions had been put upon them. His Honour was, no doubt, aware that the governess of the family had communicated to Mrs. Taylor information re specting the supposed conduct of Mr. Tay lor with a woman, who was a servant in in the family, and under the influence of the feelings that had been excited by that information, she had left her husband's house, in which she would have been fully justified,if the information had been true. Upon an in vestigation, however, of the matter, it appeared that a most gross misrepresentation had been made to Mrs. Taylor by the governess, in whose statements, from the situation she filled, Mrs. Taylor had placed every re liance. Mrs. Taylor took the earliest opportunity, after ascertaining the inaccuracy of the report, of stating to her husband that she had been imposed upon, retracting the charges she had made, and imploring to be permitted to return. This was done more than once, but unfortu nately without any beneficial result, and ultimately Mr. Taylor desired that any communications to him should be made through his solicitors, Messrs. Freshfield and Son. Under these circumstances, Mrs. Taylor commenced a suit in the Ecclesiastical Court, for the restitution of conjugal rights. That suit vies decided in favour of Mrs. Taylor, and was at the present moment before the Privy Council. Under these circumstances a petition had been presented to the Court, stating that Mi. Taylor had broken up his establishment at Southgate, and that his solicitor had refused to accept service. At the time that petition came on it appeared to him (Mr. K. Bruce) that, to make the matter clear of all doubt, that further attempts should be made to induce the husband to accede to the request of his wife, and in consequence of his suggestion, on the Bth of the pre sent month, a letter repeating the conviction of Mrs. Taylor that she was wrong, and withdrawing the charge she had made against her husband, was sent to him open. under cover, to Messrs. Freshfield, and in a few days afterwards a copy of that letter was sent to Soulbgate and to Mr. Taylor's residence in Northamptonshire. No notice, however, had been taken of that letter, and such being the case, he trusted that the Court would direct that service of the petition upon Messrs. Freshfield and the place of business of Mr. Taylor at Limehouse, should be good service. His fIoNoUR, after reading the affidavits, stating the additional facts, stated that it seemed to him to make out a case, coupled with what had been stated in the former affidavits, upon which the Court would act ; at any rate it made out a case which ought to be consi dered by the Court. His Honour would therefor: make an order that the service of the petition upon Messrs. Freshfield, or at the brewery, or at Southgate, or Gillsborough. should be good service. Mr. K. BRUCE hinted that the Court would also make it part of the order that the petition should stand for hearing on some early day. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—Let it stand for hearing on Saturday week. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) ----,--.....-.--- DODGE V. THORN. This was an action for a false imprisonment. From the evidence for the plaintiff, which was not contra dicted, it appeared that the defendant received a letter from a friend of his, a Mr. Moore of Crawley, Devon shire, informing him that he had lost a horse—describ ing it—which he had ascertained had been purchased of an innkeeper, by a Mr. Dodge, a commercial traveller, for the house of Mr. George Potts, London, and re questing him to set about discovering it. Upon this defendant, naturally inferring that the horse had been stolen, went to a policeman and showed him the letter. The policeman told him to go to Dodge, and if be did not give satisfactory information how he came by the horse, he would give him in custody for stealing it. Dodge at first refused the information, eventually, how ever, he said he had bought it twelve miles this or that side of Salisbury. Upon this defendant gave him into custody, and he was taken to the station-house —not, however, by the policeman, but merely accompanying Mr. Thorn, the officer walking on before. On their way the policeman stated that Dodge said be had bought the horse of a Mr. Stephens. At the station-house, when the inspector heard the ac count, he inquired whether the charge was for stealing it, or receiving it knowing it to have been stolen, and at his suggestion the charge was entered— " Refusing" to give information " respecting a stolen horse." Plaintiff was detained till the next morning, when Alderman Scboley, who sat for the Lord Mayor, dismissed the charge. _ - Mr. Sergeant &I.IPAS and Mr. PICOT were for the plaintiff. Mr. JAMES, for the defendant, made an able and forcible address in mitigation of damages, dwelling principally on the plaintiff's not having stated at first (as he might have done) of whom he had bought the horse, and where. The Learned JUDGE told the Jury the question (as the charge bad been fully proved) was solely one of da mages. The policeman had acted most improperly in advising the giving into charge. The defendant had evidently acted conscientiously, and from an honest de sire to recover his friend's property. Still he had acted most injudiciously—most unlawfully. There, were, however,no aggravating circumstances ; but plaintiff was entitled to recover full compensation for whatever da mages the Jury thought he had sustained. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 251. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. LEE AND ANOTHER. In this case a rule was obtained at the commence ment of the present term, calling upon two persons. named Lee and Cal!cote, to show cause why fa criminal information should not be filed against them for publish ing certain libels on the decision of some Magistrates. Sir W. FOLLETT now applied to the Court to obtain an enlargement of the rule until next term, on the ground that it was impracticable to examirle the affidavits in time. His LORDSHIP granted the application. THE QUEEN V. BARKER. ___ __ Sir W. FOLLETT yesterday applied to the Court for a w ri t of certiorari, to remove an indictment for perjury against the defendant from the Central Criminal Court into this Court, on the ground that certain points of law would arise, and that an inquiry at the Old Bailey would be calculated seriously to injure him in his business. The case stood over in order that somethi n g more ex plicit might be stated ; and the Learned Counsel this morning informed his Lordship that points would arise as to the materiality of the conversatio n which had taken place ; and if the indictment should be removed the de fendant, in case of conviction, would have the advantage of moving for a new trial, of which he would be deprived if the case should be tried at the Old Bailey. His LORDSHIP granted the application. THE QUEEN V. THE BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. rule was the commencement of • tbe . present Term a rule calling upon them to show cause was obtained against the Birmingham and Gloucester 3r should not issue, commanding them to restore a turnpike road leading out . of the parish of Cheltenham. On the . 15th an application was made w il h a y ilw a a tn y an e rni P u asn to enlarge the rule until the next Term, on the around that there was not sufficient time to answer the°affida vita, which consisted of 188 folios, and contained allega tions which required long and special affidavits in answer. Mr. GRAVES this morning submitted that the nffi davit on which the application to enlarge had been made was insufficient, because positive danger had been sworn EVENING EDITION. to in the original application, which was net now contra- dicted. The bridge of which he complained, leading out of Cheltenham, was only thirty feet wide instead of forty, and the posts were quite insufficient for the pro tection of the public, inasmuch as if a carriage should come in contact with them it would be precipitated down the embankment, which was upwards of twenty feet in height. He trusted that his Lordship would in enlarging the rule, impose terms on the Company, and compel them to put the bridge in a safe state until the question could be fully brought before the Court. His LORDSHIP was not aware of any instance in which such terms bad been imposed in enlarging a rule. Mr. GRAYS said he would not press the matter, if the public were not in danger. His LORDSHIP suggested that an arrangement of this kind might be made, that the Company should undertake to do this ; the other side undertaking to reimburse them if the Court should ultimately decide against the mandamus. Mr. GRAPES did not see why the parties who now appeared for the benefit of the public should have such terms imposed on them. The real question was, whether the Company were not b)und, according to the terms of the Act of Parliament, to make the bridge 40 feet in width ? After some further discussion, his Lordship took the opinion of the full Court, and intimated that the der vision was this—that the rule should be enlarged, on the defendant's undertaking forthwith to put the fences in a secure state to the satisfaction of two Justices ; the prosecutor undertaking to repay the expenses, if the judgment of the Court should be in favour of the defendant. ------ This was assented to by the Counsel on both sides. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT (THIS DAY). Mr. Granby Calcraft, who married Miss Love. the actress, applied on his petition to be discharged. There was no opposition against him. The schedule was examined by Mr. Commissioner BOWEN. Mr. Commissioner BowEN said he saw Mr. Caleraft had received 2,220/. under the will -of his father. Ile wished to know whether he expected any more. Insolvent—l do not, Sir. Mr. Commissioner BowEN—Are you a single man, Sir 2 Insolvent—l am not, Sir. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN—I do not see any ex cepted articles of your wife in your schedule. Insols eat—There has been a divorce, not by Act of Parliament, but by the Ecclesiastical Court. Mr Commissioner BOWEN directed that a statement should he made in the schedule of the divorce, to ac count for the wife's excepted property. In answer to other questions the insolvent said he was out of the army, and had no half-pay. The COURT allowed three creditors to be entered in the schedule, and directed a statement to be made re specting the divorce. Mr. Calcraft was discharged forthwith. THE POST-OFFICE LETTER-WEIGHT.—Mr. Hooper, of Pall-mall, in August, obtained a patent for a Letter weight, adapted to Rowland Hill's plan of penny postage, and has now completed the machine, which is extremely simple. Letters from half au ounce to four ounces may be weighed by it. The whole weight of the machine itself in a light case is under two ounces, and therefore can be easily carried in the rocket. If the proprietor charges a mo derate price he may safely reckon on an enormous sale as soon as the new Post-office regulations take effect. HOP INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, Nov. 16,—We have again to report a very limited supply of Hops at market, with a steady demand for all descrip tions. Prices remain unaltered. The number of pockets weighed to-day was about 2.50 pockets of new Hops, and 17 pockets of old ; about the same quantity were entered h the week. UNSTAMPED NEWSPAPERS.—We hear that the Magistrates of Bath and Bristol are about to enforce the power of the Stamp Act against the unstamped newspapers with which their cities and their neighbour hoods are pestered. If justice towards the honest tradesman does not call for this active interference, the libellous and debasing character of the publications ought ; and, if for the latter reason only, they ought to be sup press-ed.—Bath Journal. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SITICIDE.—On Wednesday morning, about eleven o'clock, a respecta bly attired young man, about 22 years of age, was brought in a coach to St. Bartholomew's Ho3pital, having cut his throat in a most determined manner. His name and address arc not at present known, nor has it been yet ascertained what was, the cause of his at tempting the rash act. No hopes are entertained of his recovery. CORONERS I T NQUEST.—Yesterday an inquest was held before J. C. Carter, Esq., Coroner for the Western Division of Kent, and a respectable Jury, touching the death of :\i‘rraggart, 92 years of age, the third engineer of her Majesty's steam-ship Medea, who lost his life in attempting to swim ashore from the vessel, lying off Woolwich, on the 13th inst. As the deceased's friends resided at Woolwich, the room at the Ship and Half Moon was crowded to witness the inves tigation, which was a very lengthened one. The facts, which have already been detailed, viz., that the Com mander (Knot) had refused the deceased leave to go on shore to see .his parents, in consequence of some irregu larities on his passage from Halifax, when be came to the determination on Thursday night of throwing hitn• self into the River with the view of effecting his object ; but the night being extremely dark, he was unfortunately drowned.—Verdict, " Accidental Death." ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON ANDBIRMING HAM RAILROAD.—This morning at five o'clock, as James Bennett, one of the men employed on the line of works, for the purpose of turning the rail-road irons for the trains to run on, was altering the line near the enginft house at Chalk Farm, one of the steam engine ad vanced with great rapidity, knocked him clown, and passed over his right arm and part of his body. He was conveyed to Middlesex Hospital, and on examina tion of the injuries received, it was found necessary to remove the shoulder from out of the socket, which was performed by Mr. Arnott. The Lord Mayor has issued a notice prohibiting public preaching in Smithfield, and all other parts of the City, as it has proved only an excuse for disorderly meetings to the disturbance of the peace. Chartists' " sermons," as the Chartists call them, have hitherto been frequent, and generally ended in serious breaches of the peace, to the alarm of the peaceably disposed inhabitants. Miss Emmeline Montagu, the leading female performer in tragedy at the Bath Theatre, is about to make her debut at Drury-lane, in the arduous character of Juliet. SERVANTS.—It was an observation of Elwes, the noted miser, that if you keep 071 C servant your work will be done ; if you keep two, it will be ball done ; and if you keep three, you will have to do it yourself. INCREASE OF PAUPERISM INMARYLEBONE. —At a recent meeting of the Board of Guardians, it was stated that, so great was the increase of the poor claiming in-door relief, that it was necessary to extend the premises for their accommodation. It was moved that a shed be erected in the workhouse-yard, to be called " The Oakum Shed ;" and that a regular classi fication of the inmates should take place ; the able bodied to be placed in the proposed shed, and the weaker to enjoy the shelter of the house. The motion, however, was negatived on the ground that the Vestry alone could moot the question. _ _ _ • As no mystery is any longer observed with re spect to the subject for which the Privy Council i s summoned on Saturday, we may observe that it is in contemplation that the marriage of her Majer„iy shall be celebrated in April next.—Morning Par er. The Marchioness of Clanricardr d leaves town next month for St. Petersburzh. r ue M arqu i s i nten d s , if his health will permit, me'..-t her Ladyship on the road. The Noble Lord has been suffering for a long period from optlialmia, and it is feared will lose the sight of the left eye. LAND SLIP IN THE ISLE OF In consequence of the late incessant rains, the lovers of land slip of above eight acres, H endon geology will have a rich treat at hy t t e e b o a c s c e u e r f ren H ce .o f a Hill, parallel with Alum Bay, and in the imtnediate vi cinity of Needles-rocks. CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS IN THE UNITED STATES. — For many years after the first settlement of America, most of the books written here for the press were printed in England. The first Arne : rican press was set up at Cambridge, in Massachusetts, I as early as 1638 ; in 1700 there were but four presses in the colonies ; in the United States, in 1800, 300 ; in 1830, about 1,200 ; since which time the number has much increased. The number of nolipapers printed in this country, in 1775, was 3 7 ; in Igol, 203 ; in 1810, 359 ; in 1834, nearly 1,300 ; and the present number is about 1,400. The number of copies of newspapers cir culated in the United States in 1801, was computed at 12,000,000 or 13 ,000,000 ; in 1810, at 22 ; 222,200 ; the present number does not probably fall much short of 100,000,000. The other productions of the press have increased in a similar proportion.—American Almanac& for 1840. On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body of James Taylor, aged fifty•four years. It appeared from the evidence that on Saturday night the de ceased (who was in liquor), after leaving the Victoria Theatre with his wife, entered an eating-house in High.. him, and street, Borough. The dece ased called for a basin of soup, but had not par taken of more th an two s n P o ° t " r s e fu tu n rning before , hi l s ie w g if o e t ti u ,e p ut an in d s l E e m ft rch the of shop, and, discovered that he ha d been found l y in g speechless on the pavement by the police, and conveyed on a shutter to the above hospital. On her arrival there (in i less than ten minutes) she found him a . post mortent examination it was found death was caused by a piece of meat lodging in his throat. Verdict ac cordingly. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. - ------ __ Paid Eastern Counties Railway l6 'rear Western Railway company ........ 65 Ditto New lil sg Brighton Railway British North American Bank 25 27% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOVEMBER 19. per Cent. Consols 3% per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 ...... 1473* City of Dublin Steam Comp. -- 3{4 per Cent. Debentures... 9JU National Insurance Company --- Bank Stock — City Debentures, 4 per cent. Grand Canal Stock - Royal Canal Stock HALF-PAST ONE. Per Share. 614% We have received a Mauritiusiaricecuirent of the 27th Aug. Exchange on London Government Bills thirty days' sight, 3 per cent. premium. Bank Bills ninety days' sight, none. Private Bills, six months, 4 to 5 per cent. discount. Of the three failures which took place yesterday afternoon in the City, one of them is said to be of some importance ; he is a member of Lloyd's and the South and North American Coffeehouse, in the West India trade ; the others are of minor importance. The Dutch mail has arrived, bringing papers of the 20th November. Exchange on London—Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 51 5-16 ; Five per Cents., 97k. The latter comes * per cent. lower. At the commencement of business the Dutch funds were rather depressed, but afterwards the market improved, and left off firmer. The exchange comes the same in per last post. k United States Bank Shares have been this morni ng at 1.51. 10s. to 151 . IGs. ; yesterday they were 161. Consols continue steady at 90* *Money, and for the Account 90*. Exchequer Bills, 3to 1 discount ; India Bonds, 3 discount ; Bank Stock, 17 17lower. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active rather better in the morning, 23.,1, at present 26 ; Portuguese, 32*, 32, rather levier ; Three per Cents, 22* ; Brazilian, 72/ ; Spanish Passive , ; Defer re d, 151 * • Dutch Two-and -a - Ha lf p er Ce nts. , nothing done; ' Five per Cents, 97*. We have this moment received a St. John's paper, New Brunswick,of the 23d Oct., stating that " the fall trade may be considered tolerably good. Many traders are now in town, and heavy supplies are being already I shipped for the river trade. Our market is firm , and goods of all kinds sell at fair prices." lid