The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTI CUTE. PATRON. His Royal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT. PRESIDENT. Right Honourable the EARL of DEVON. TRUSTEES. The Lord Bishop of St. David's Sir George Larpent, Bart. Lord Courtenay, M.P. I Benjamin Bond Cab'oell, E: q, (With Thirty-three Vice-Presidents and Twenty-four Members of Committee.) SouciToas—Messrs. Wizard and Co., 51, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The Winter Session of the Institute being now about to commeace, the Committee have great satisfaction in drawing the attention of the public to the First Annual Report and proceedings of its anniversary, unanimously r dopted at a General Meeting of the Members, the Right Hon. the Earl of Devon in the Chair. Copies of these Documents, including the latest List of Members (now exceeding 1,200), with Pro grammes of the Fifty-two Evenings' Entertainments appointed for the Season, in Lectures, Soiree', Conversazioni, and Discussions, and the new management:for the Club Department, may be had at Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co.'s, 65, Cornhill ; Messrs. Fisher and Co., 38, Newgate-street ; Mr. Ridgeway's, 169, Piccadilly ; and at the Institute, No. 13, George-street, Hanover-square, where all in quiries will be readily answered, either personallyor by letter, ad dressed to the undersigned, JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM, Resident Director. Nov. 16, 1844. NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF " lIANDLEY CROSS." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Bvo.. HILLINGDON HALL; Or, THE COCKNEY SQUIRE. A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE. By the Author of " Handley Cross," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Mar.borough-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS," " THE WHITE MASK," &c. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., THE C H E V AL I E R A ROMANCE OF TIIE REBELLION OF 1745. By MRS. THOMPSON, Author of " Widows and Widowers," "Ragland Castle," " The White Mask," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19. Will be performed Auber's celebrated Opera THE SYREN. Marco Tempesta, Mr. W. Harrison; Scipio, Mr. D. W. King; Zerlina (the Syron), Miss Rainforth After which, the Grand Ballet, entitled THE CORSAIR. Z7onrad, M. Albert ; Julien, M. Desplaces; Sanguo, M. Montessu I tie,lora, Miss Clara Webster ; Une Vivandivre, Mdlle. Auguste, Delbes ; Guinare, Mdlle. Adele Dumilatre. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Rath, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 'WIII he perrorm d a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr. 3 rlckland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Tom Coke, Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Count se of pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett. After which will be revived the Comedy of THE NERVOUS MAN. Aspen, Mr. Strickland; Mac Shane, Mr. Collins; Mrs. I Jacket, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the Even ing), ss. each. First Price—Boxes, - s. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, `2.s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at N ,ie o'Clock—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six. Performance commence at Seven. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On^ iiinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.office, from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER ID, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Count Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Vanille, Mr Selby ; Th e M ys t er i ous S tranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Checliore, Mr. 0. Smith. After which will be repeated VIC tORI E; or, I'll Sleep on It. Alexandre, Mr. Hudson; Michael, Mr. Sel by ; Victorine, Mrs. Yates; Elise, Mrs. Fitawilliam. To conclude with a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, called TELEMACHUS; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss Woolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright ; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford ; Din a h, Mr. Cowell. Prompter, Mr. °allot ; Principal Painter Kr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-ottice open from Eleven till Four. Private Bozos to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. - PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J, bI. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER P.), Will be performed A Dr ama . After which, a New Comer , ietta, entitled THE WIDOW SE WrICHED. Mr. Clement F urn i va l. M r . W a lt er L acy; M rs. Uriv.er, Mrs. Stirl.ng " r .o he followed by a farce, in which Mr. Compton will perform To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Ballet, called THE I;NCHAN fED BELL. Azolin (an Hindoo Peasant), M. Roussett ; Palmira (the Stiltin's Daughter), Mille. Caroline Roussett; Naire (her friend), Mdlle Teresine; Ding Doug (the Genii of the Bell), Miss 3larshall. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 23.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at sine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two dulness and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THBATRE ROYAL LYCEUM LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, • Will be performed a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO HARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Turner, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollislge. After which, a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Keeley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In t!'e course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Wiles. Louise and Adele, of her Maksty's Theatre, will make their appearance. After which, a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses. &c. Principal Characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli lge, Mrs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mt James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs, Keeley. PRICES OF ADMlSSION.—Balcoily Boxes. 41.; Upper !loxes, fie.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ; Upper Boxes, 18. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Ft.ticony Tier Molding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second 71vr (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Halt Private Boxes on the Fit Der (holding six persons), One Guirea. The Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc t, 41 of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. STRAND THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. ROBERTS. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, Will be produced Douglas Jerrold's NELL GWYN NE. Ne'l Owynne, Mrs Walter Lacy ; Orange Moll, Mr. H. Hall. After which, THE KNIGHT AND THE SPRITE, in which Mr. H. Halt, Mrs. Walter Lacy, Mrs. Montgomerie, Mrs. C. Pope, and Miss Bromley will perform. To conclude with THE SEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Breakwindow, Mr. Attwood. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Under the Direction of Miss DA VENPORT. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, Will be Performed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Hudson Kirby; Laertes, Mr. R. Roxhy; First Grave-Digger, Mr. Rayner ; Polonius, Mr. Rogers; Queen, Miss Davenport. To conc►ude with DON CiEiAR DE BAZAN. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evenimg, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W BATTY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed; Introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living For and real Pack of Hounds, purchased b 7 Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Lpsoin Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats, of Horsemanship. To conclude with a Favourite Afterpicce. Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. 1). Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till live. I.essons in the Art of Riding by Mr. It. Smith daily. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19. Will be repeated a New israma, entitled THE SEALED SEN. TENCF, supported by Messrs. Hughes, N. T. Hicks, Vale, Johnson, Morrison, Mrs. R Honner, Mrs. Lewis, &c. After which, the Lupin° Family will perform various feats of gymnastic and classical groupings To ronclude with the New Drama, entided DON C.ESAR DE BA Z AN, supported by the entire Company. Places ind Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. ota ce. from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, Will he produced THE STRANGE INTRUDER, in which Me srs. Seaman, !Jiggle, Herbert, and Miss Vincent will perform. After which, A HUSBAND AT SIGHT. Lonisherg, Mr. Higgie; Baroness, Mrs. w. West. To conclude with tHE WANDERING JEW, in which Messrs. eaman, Dale, Higgie, and the Misses Harcourt will appear. Private Family Boxes, £1 Is. Od. and XI Ils. On. THE WEATHER.—StrN OFFICE, Nov. 18. Tirsamomirrim, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 57 ; Noon, 51. BA.ROMETS.R, 30.38.—WLND, W. S.W. Nara.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is nanally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning „. 13 minutes after A I Evening ... 47 minutes after P. Pa Ot *nit LONDON, TUES3,AY, NOVEMBER 19, 1844. The Bishop of EXETER has just published an elabo rate judgment in the case of the Rev. W ALTER limINT, Curate of Holston, and one of the most ardent disciples of the Tractarian school of theology. The cane of this clerical zealot, which appears to have excited considerable sensation in the West of Eng land, is simply as follows :—lfe. was charged by one of the most respectable inhabitants of his parish— but not until the utmost forbearance had been exer rise 1 towards him—with having revived certain strin gent, antiquated usages of the Church, which had long since fallen into desuetude, even with the appro bation of the Church itself. These usages proved, as right have been anticipated, peculiarly distasteful to the Rev. Gentleman's parishoners, for, in the first place, they were at variance with common sense ; and, secondly, they were characterised by a stern spirit of intolerance, which is any thing but in accordance with the enlightened temper of the present age. We will mention a few of the most obnoxious among them :—The cc4mpelling all persons to remain in the church on Sacrament Sundays until the conclusion of the exhortation, on pain of excommunication.— 1 The refusal to bury the corpse of a young man who had been baptised by a Dissenting minister in a co lony where no Ch urch minister was to be found.— The refusal to marry persons unless they could prove satisfactorily that they had been baptised.— The refu sa l to read the Lord's Prayer. or admi nister the Holy Communion to ri.e.ntaTnh who had been baptised by a Rom an C ath6 ing to. the Churchwa r d ens f or their signatuer tender. tice to be published, t o the effect that noannios-- senter should be buried in th e c h urc h yard before eight o'clock in the evening. —Of course Mr. BLUNT urged in his justification that all t!...se usages were sanctioned by the authority cf the Rubric ; but, as n intelligent clergyman, he should have borne in mind that there are certain forms and observance s which, however suited to the genius of one age, are diametrically opposed to the genius of another; and he should have fashioned his conduct accordingly. His not doing so has had the effect of introducing a spirit of discord into the parish, which has been pro ductive of most injurious consequences. The "Con gregation," says the complainant, Mr. HILL, "has been gradually diminishing from the time the Rev. Gen tleman undertook the management of the parish ; it had considerably decreased at the last visitation, and latterly it has been reduced more than half; the number of communicants is not so great, the rich making a point of attending the service in some neighbouring country church, and the poor either re maining at home, or going to Dissenting places of worship." We do not wonder at this gradual estrangement of the Helston flock from their pastor, for the latter's proceedings—however sanctioned by antiquated authority—have been not only intolerant, but absurd to the last degree. What, for instance, could be more bigoted than his refusal to bury the corpse of a young man, merely because he had been baptised by a Dissenting minister? Was it generous— was it in accordance with Christian charity—thus to stigmatise a poor handful of dust and ashes, and push the Church's displeasure beyond the grave? Was no respect —no forbearance due to the awful presence of Death which might well subclue the odium theologicum in the breast of the most inveterate bigot ? Again, what could be more unjust than Mr. BLUNT'S refusal to " marry persons unless they could prove satisfactorily that they had been baptised." The office of baptism is one usually administered in infancy ; and the re gister might since have been lost—mislaid—torn— burned—a thousand untoward accidents might have occurred to prevent its forthcoming, without the slightest blame being imputable to the party called on produce it ; and yet, forsooth, they are not to be married until they can give satisfactory proof of the performance of a ceremony administered in early childhood, and every witness to which may have been long since dead ! We_ean imagine nothing calculated to do the Church more serious injury, than vexatious and bigoted conduct like this on the part of one of its ministers. And what does the Bishop of EXETER say to these charges against Mr. BLUNT ? Does he deal with them in a liberal, common-sense spirit ? Far otherwise. his judgment, on the whole, is decidedly favourable to the Rev. Gentleman; and he expressly adds, towards the close of it, " in every instance in which any of my clergy shall express a determination to follow strictly the requirements of the Church, he shall have my full support, though Ido not deem it necessary to give a general order for re viving these usages and the observance of those rubrics which have fallen into desuetude." In other words, though the Bishop will not issue imperative orders on the subject, yet he will support to the utmost of his power every clergyman who, in the fury of mistaken zeal, shall insist on reviving, to the annoyance of his parishioners, all the obsolete, useless, arbitrary, and vexatious usages of the Church, which the good sense and improved spirit of that Church have allowed to fall into desuetude ! When our Episcopal dignitaries—whose example is of course infectious among their clergy—thus act, who can be be surprised at the rapid spread of Dissent throughout the length and breadth of the country ? By the " New Zealand" papers last received, our attention has been powerfully drawn to two subjects of very dissimilar character, but perhaps of almost equal interest to that important colony. They re late, each of them, to the most remarkable exempli fications of our defective colonial policy that can be, perhaps, adduced both against the last and the pre sent Government of her MAJESTY. We have often lamented the utter want of decision, design, and energy, which characterised the proceedings of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, when Colonial Secretary, in dealing with the question of New Zealand occupation. His Lordship's halting and tardy recognition of those possessory rights of sovereignty, which the acts of Captain Coos( on behalf of the British Crown, after circumnavigating the whole of the islands in 1770, had as clearly established, as had ever been done in the case of any other European discovery in the waters of the Pacific, led to half measures, which were followed by the usual results of such imperfect actions of State authority. ,The course adopted by her MAJESTY'S Ministers was satisfactory to no party. A large portion of the public were displeased with what they considered, on the first announcement of the arrangements concluded, to be an improvident and monopolitical bargain with a Joint-Stock Land Company for its special advantage. The managing direction of that Company have since loudly pro tested against the hard terms exacted of them by her MAJESTY'S Ministers. The few previously-settled English residents or proprietors within the limits of that distant country considered themselves aggrieved by the purchases of the Company on the one hand, and the powers assumed and delegated by the Home Government on the other. It is no part of our busi ness to open up any of these questions. The title of the Crown, in our opinion, was clearly good; and had it been exercised without hesitation, much of the evil which has overtaken New Zealand, since the present Government came into power, would have been averted. But the Colonial Government which at present represents: it, seems to be paralysed by its example. Governor FITZROY is grievously re monstrated against in the petition of certain inhabi tants of the settlement of Nelson, "for the conduct pursued by his Excellency in declining to bring before the constitutional tribunals of the law the parties charged with the massacre of many of her MAJESTY'S faithful subjects (at Wairau, in New Zealand) on the 17th of June, 1843." The peti tioners indignantly represent, that whereas the Go vernor had subsequently taken a mass of evidence upon oath, of various credible European witnesses, implicating especially a Native Chief named "Rau- PARATIA" as one of the instigators of, and chief actors in, the said massacre of two-and-twenty r u i their fellow-settlers (including a Commander in her MAJESTY'S Navy, a retired Captain in 'ner MAJESTY'S j Army, the Police Magistra_. and Judge of ti tl e County Court of Nelsen district, the Prote'.::cor of the Aborigines, the Crown Prosecutor and the Chief Magistrate), such Governor 2-d yet, on the 12th of I ..anding at W a ik ana i, on t h e February last, after North Island, v ( s.:iuntarily addressed an assem bl y o f several hur:ired natives, then and ther e h ea d e d b y RAm"-stAssA. That having received from the latter ar. account of the origin and manner of the Wairau massacre, which in most essential particulars was at variance with the sworn testimony of the European witnesses referred to, the said Governor, after half an hour's deliberation, without cross-examining the Chief or calling further evidence, declared to the natives and their leader, " that having heard and re flected upon their account, and compared it with that of the white men, he htid-decided that it was the misconduct of the English which had brought on the fight, and hurried the natives into the crime of mur dering unarmed men who had surrendered, but whose deaths, therefore, he would not avenge." IVe are warm partisans of a merciful and for bearing deportment on the part of civilised men to wards their more barbarous and unenlightened fellow creatures ; and for this generosity, even to some excess, we naturally look, in all the transactions which bring savage nations in contact with our gal lant and humane countrymen. But where the locali ties on which these two conditions of human ex istence, the civilised and the unreclaimed, are con _ __ terminous, as in New Zealand, it is not a mere principle of policy or expediency, but an essential condition of protection and even existence for the former, that the power, the force, the resources, the combined strength of civilisation, should be palpably evidenced and vindicated to the senses and appre hensions of barbarism. Wherever this object can be achieved without the sacrifice of life, or even re straints upon personal liberty, it is the duty of the civilised as Christians, as human brethren of a snore intelligent order, to abstain from violence towards the savage. But the primary instincts of self-preserva tion, as well as the duty of all its members to the social community they belong to, require and justify a resort to that species of physical vindication we speak of, whenever the society is menaced with an I infliction of brute force, under the impulse of brute passion, intent on gratifying its appetite for blood. We are by no means prepared to consider whether I C u ro n f v a e v r o n , o r ab F l t e -r e z: t o i kri e at s of justified the c o o r nd not ue t i n o f h i t s he set tapparentlysettlers. 1 13ut we are fully prepared to say, assuming the al legations of the Nelso n di str i ct petition to be true, that he has been distinctly wrong in the conduct he has adopted towards RAUPARAIII and the other natives actually impli cated in the massacre of the two-andsts% enty settlers at Wairau. He has himself admitted that these men had been guilty of the crime of mur dering unarmed men, fellow - subjects of his own, and within his own jurisdiction. Does Captain FITZROY imagine that his own private im promptu impression that they had been " hurried" into this slaughter by the " misconduct" of their victims can purge them of their legal guilt (on that assumption), or relieve them from their responsibility to the just demands of civil government ? If the settlers are not guilty to the extent which he has been pleased to assume, RAUPARAIIA and his party must have been guilty in a far higher degree than they are even charged to be. If RAUPARAIIA and his party were really instigated by excessive provocations on the part of the settlers, it is necessary, not alone in justice to their reputation among the European settlers in general, but for their protection from the bloody feuds and retaliations which the descendants of the latter may otherwise be expected to maintain against themselves and their successors for long years to come, that this misconduct on the part of its two and-twenty victims should be clearly established in the face, and under the solemn forms of our legal tribunals. Retribution on the one hand, or expurga tion on the other, is implicitly demanded ; and we cannot doubt that the British Parliament will grant a Committee of Inquiry, or recommend some other efficient form of proceeding, with a view to satisfy the great expectations of British subjects as to the results of this melancholy affair. The other intelligence from New Zealand is of a much more agreeable nature. It regards the rapid improvements effecting in the culture, preparation, and manufacture of the PIIORMIUM TEriax. Now that the colonists have got into the way of erecting machinery adequate to split the fibres of this ad mirable "New Zealand flax" without breaking them, and to cleanse the material or fabric from the husk or skin, we have no manner of doubt that some three or four years will suffice to give our countrymen in New Zealand the full advantage of supplying the home market here (the largest in the world) with this commodity, so invaluable as a military and naval store, as well as a commercial commodity of higher quality and better texture than that for which we pay annually such vast sums to Russia and other northern States. Yet, until a very recent period, notwith standing that repeated experiments had shown the superior properties of New Zealand flax (second only to those of the Manilla article), when not marred by the muscle-shell scraping, and filthy pre paration of the native makers ; no direct encourage ment could be obtained from the authorities at home for the development of a material so indispensable to our naval greatness, and for which we have so often been at the mercy, as it were, of the foreign grower or his Government. Colonial improvement, it seems, like " kissing," goes "by favour?' We are heartily , 41ad that it seems to have come to the turn of New Zealand to be saluted at last ! The recent meeting of the members of the Man chester Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures, held in their rooms in that wonderful town, to consider of a memorial to be presented to her MAJESTY'S Govern ment, praying for a repeal of the present import duty on cotton wool, addressed its labours to the removal of certainly one among the least defensible errors of our commercial legislation. The collection of this duty on the raw material of our largest staple manu facture has already worked infinite injury to the com merce of this country, and effected an immense ad vance for that of the United States, by at once excit ing and rewarding their competition in the markets of Europe, Asia, and Africa, with ourselves, in the coarser fabrics that have hitherto so largely employed our manufacturing industry. This duty, it appears from the statements (at the meeting in question) of the Chairman (Mr. BAcr,Es), amounts, on cotton wool, to eleven per cent., and when manufactured into goods, to about five per cent. on their value. The Ame ricans grow the producing plant at their own doors ; whereas, with us, it must always (as the Manchester speakers remarked) be an exotic. The Americans, therefore, have no such important charge for freight to encounter as our manufacturers have, and, stimu lated by their ardent desire to compete with us as ma nufacturers for the consumption of the world, they are actually empowered, and qualified so to do, by the suicidal impolicy of our own Government in re- taining this most obnoxious duty. Our friends on the other side of the water are not to be reproached with " mealy-mouthedness" in asking of others any object, the concession of which they deem calculated to pro mote their own interests. But JONATHAN, himself, in his happiest moments of keen-sighted sa gacity, would scarcely have ventured to ask for so much as we have doggedly persisted in forcing upon his acceptance, by maintaining the tax on cotton c 001. Let us see what the growth of the trade, itself, has been in a course of years, throughout the far greater proportion of which the question of this duty was comparatively insignificant, inasmuch as no such competition, among the subjects of the United States, had then been established, as now exists. The Chair man aptly illustrated this growth by a single ex ample : " Perhaps he would not be out of order in calling at tention to the port of Liverpool, which is one of the largest seaports for the importation of cotton in the world. In the year 1780, when the cotton trade was in its infancy, the Custom-house revenue in that port, arising from cotton, was under 1,0001, but by the indus try of the trade the revenue was now not less than 4,000,0001. sterling per annum." It may be enough to leave this point thus exempli fied, without going further into the general statistics of the cotton trade of the United Kingdom, and the duties raised upon the imported raw material—mat ters to be found set out in ample detail in Mr. POR - T E R'S admirable tables. But it is of moment to learn, on the authority of practical men, what are the pre sent mate and the prospects of this branch of com merce in our principal foreign markets; what the cause of that state and prospects ; and how far these are to be identified with the continued imposition of this duty on cotton wool ? The Chairman apprised the meeting that he had busily employed himself in soliciting informative and opinions on these points from various quarters. One firm, very large con sumers of cotton, had addressed him in the following terms : " The goods we manufacture are mostly similar in fabrics to those made by the Americans, and intended for shipment to the same markets, such as Brazil, Mexico, South America, and latterly China. They consist of heavy plain domestics, stout grey drillings, also dyed and bleached, grey and blue striped drillings, &c., all of which are made from coarse yarn. The duty upon cotton wool, such as we use, amounts to eleven per cent. ; and, after being made into goods, to five per cent. upon their value. The English manufacturer is driven out of the market by sheer necessity, to relinquish the field to the Americans. Such is the fact. Wo have discontinued entirely the making of plai❑ heavy domestics for ship ping. The goods we have described are consumed to a large extent in all the northern parts of Chitin, i Pant putt may find them quoted in letters of comtnercial advice as American domestics, drillings, &c. Why not English domestics, drillings, &c. ? for no earthly reason but our own impolitic laws. Remove all unjust and suicidal burdens from commerce, and we should not fear com petition," Another correspondent, in noticing the rapid strides of the American manufacturing producers their energy In pushing their markets, and the indis rensable condition to the future prosperity of our own cotton trade of abolishing the duty memorialised against, had written thus : " The cotton manufacturers of the United States are extending themselves in every direction. The same spirit of enterprise that completed the work at Lowell, some twenty years ago, has found its way to the south ; and the west. In the vicinity of St. Louis, there is a manufactory in process of erection ; also one in the neighbourhood of Talahassee, Florida. In Arkansas, one of an extensive scale has been established ; and at Natchez, a cotton and wool factory is now in operation. In South Carolina, several manufactories have been for some time in the full tide of successful experiment. Tho i New England manufacturers are unusually active, and will be through the season. . . . The value of the cotton manufactures in the United States, and capital invested, show an increase of nearly 40 per cent. for the past four years. During the . last l f t r h o r m e e 7 y 1 e 3 7 7 , 5 o u d r o l e l a x r p s o t r o t s 2 t , o oo C o h , o i o n 0 a d h o a l v l he increased r s ; and a thee amount of cotton goods imported into the Brazils from Great Britain has fallen off one-third since 1840, those of the United States have been gradually increasing. • • • • . The consumption of cotton throughout the Unit e d St a t es , d ur i ng the present year, will not be short of 450,000 bales ; and if the English exporter is to meet the American manufacturer on equal terms in foreign markets, it is essential that the present duty he taken off raw cotton ; and the longer such mea sure he delayed,the more established will be the American export trade, and the more difficult all present and subse quent competition." Now, these are very serious averments, In wh'lt - ' IA 1,,.„... ',:..riak-160P1...i0rk• • ,';'-% , A. ..- NW 'llki ...,,. s o k .. At, ~..., -- •,:pi . 0 ., la . i.: - ' 5 ., 114 „ . . 14 .• . . , - . - ,- „ , , , :..,,,Aer, , e,r, rll ' ..a.• . , c . ' 4 ".%,,,,...! !,Z,;':>!..-•.(11': i ' ' --"'". 4, .. • , _ . ...,,,-.",-,,... ••:. - "as, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1844. light do they compel us to regard the Premier's pro fessions of respect for the principles of free trade ? What are we to consider of his halting, vacillating vindication of its principles ; of his repeal—here— of one or two minor offences against political economy and statesmanship ; and of his keeping up—there— twice as many and as mischievous barbarisms, in the shape of fiscal legislation, that outrage the good sense of the nation, and are a century behind the enlighten ment of the public mind ? It seems to us a miserable species of financial economy, which, for the sake of retaining an inconsiderable element of the general public revenue, persists in jeopardising the prosperity of a manufacture which subsists so vast an amoun of that industrial community who actually pay three-fourths of the whole indirect taxation of the empire ! Until we read the " Memorial of the Manchester Chamber of Manufactures and Com merce," which we gave on Saturday, we were not aware in how cruel a degree the tax on cotton wool has a tendency to aggravate their privations who have already been so cruelly sacrificed to the destructive operation of the Premier's ill-concocted currency machinery. But Sir ROBERT was bound, by the ties of a sort of family relation, to inform him self upon all matters bearing on the revenue con tributed by cotton ; and if he has been informed of the fatal mischief this duty, in particular, is effecting for one all-important branch of our manufacturing trade, and has knowingly continued it :in his scheme of revenue, we must say that he has shown as little feeling for the sufferers from high-priced raw cotton as he has manifested for the victims of low priced gold. We have accounts from Madrid, of the 9th inst. The Tiempo states that the Government were to bring forward immediately a Bill for the payment of the Clergy and the settlement of Church property. It was feared that their intention was to supend the sale and restore the property to the Church. No thing is more likely, and now is the time to do it, when the Cortes are so obsequious. On the 9th, the Three per Cents. closed at 274 cash, and 274 at 60 days. There was a good deal done in the Five per Cents., which improved closing at '2oi at 60 days. The Irish repeal question forms a topic for discus sion in many of the Paris papers of Saturday. Several causes have contributed to this, among others, a letter on the subject in the Constitutionnel, written by M. DUVERGIER DE HAURANNE, and the publication of a sixth edition of M. GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT'S work on Ireland, with a preface on the state of Ire land in 1844. Both these gentlemen are Mem bers of the French Chamber of Deputies, and have paid much attention to the question. The last letter of Mr. O'CONNELL, renewing the cry for repeal, forms also another peg whereon to hang a disquisition on Ireland. The follow ing extract from the introduction by M. DE BEAUMONT to this new edition, contains facts which will not bear denial, and coming from an impartial foreigner merit the serious at tention of all repealers :—" It is a grand question," says the writer, " to ascertain if Ireland, placed as she has been for seven centures under a foreign government, deprived of an upper order of society favourably inclined towards her, and wanting almost altogether the middle classes, is now in a position to govern herself. She might do so during the lifetime of O'CoNriELL, whose moral power, recognised by all, creates a dictatorship in the very bosom of liberty. But after him what would be the fate of the country ? Bear in mind that the kind of independence which she claims at present is of all others the most difficult to put in practice ; it is that which gives a country the right of making its own laws, at the same time that it is left in subjection to another empire. It is far more difficult for a people to govern themselves altogether, when absolute masters of their own actions, than to remain in a mixed state of semi sovereignty, at the same time independent and subject, having need, in exercising their powers, to watch unceasingly not to go beyond the bounds assigned them, because close to their right there always rests another right. These d;fficulties are nowhere more apparent than in the system of a federal union, against which besides the same objections arise as to repeal. The more the affairs of Ireland are divided between the local Parliament and the federal one, the more frequent will be the occasions of difference; and how, in addition, is this division of attributions to be effected ? It is easy to see that all that relates to foreign policy, war, and the navy, will remain in the attributions of the Imperial Parliament ; but, if Ireland resumes the government of her internal affairs, it is - her local parliament which will regulate all that appertains to justice, public worship, educa tion, agriculture, and trade. Which of these sub jects is there that does not interest England at the same time as Ireland ? The Irish Parliament will be one of Catholics. What will it do with the Protes tant worship ? what with the Catholic one, and the schools of the two communions ? The Irish Parlia ment will be a national one. Will it, in order to encourage agriculture, proclaim fixity of tenure, and overturn the law which regulates the present relations between landlord and tenant ? Will it, in order to aid the manufactures of Ireland, lay a duty on English produce ? Should it desire all these things, it can enact them, unless it be not a free Par ment ; and England, on her side, may retaliate by lay ing a duty on Irish corn. And, if Ireland obtains a local legislature, why should not Scotland also wish for one too ? Without doubt, the inhabitants of the three kingdoms so governed, would still form labo rious, rich, and prosperous populations. But would they form a great people and a great empire ? Eng land may one day undergo such a dismemberment, but it may be affirmed that she will not accept it willingly. If, then, repeal is impossible, how is it that O'CONNELL wishes for it? O'CONNELL iS, with out contradiction, of all the men who in our time have played a great part on the world's stage, the most matter-of-fact, or, to employ the received ex pression, the most practical, Everything in him is prudence, calculation, reflection. The poetical ex pressions with which his speeches abound certainly prove the richness of his imagination and the work ings of his heart, but nothing which passes his lips is uncontrolled by his reason ; and what, in the midst of all those grand faculties, has always ren dered him superior in the management of events is, neither his fervid eloquence, nor his indefatigable activity, nor admirable perseverance; it is the ex cellence and constancy of his common sense. How then can O'CONNELL, who is so much opposed to what his judgment does not approve of, pursue re peal, when. its success appears a chimera ? How can this enigma be explained of a man very evi dently carrying on an enterprise, the success of which his reason most clearly forbids his expecting ?" The Journal des Debars makes the following com ment's oh Mr. O'CONNELL'S letter, from which it will be seen that the writer, like M. DE BEAUMONT, treats repeal as a chimera " What is meant by repeal 1 It is called for in Eng. land, it is called for in Ireland, it is called for in France, It is called for everywhere. Curiosity is natural, and ng n M o t s . y ° s ; t C e 4 m c ls ei b li orm il d il econ th d e ly ; re establishment forward to explain what t l o a le a f i v t o iii o o t e li the himself. b f e e de federalists fir e f b o ty r ti e h rre a ep v fee i al. First, it is the maintenance of the connexion between Great Britain and Ireland by means of one executive is a w er, repeala nd o the golden the A e t b a o i f i d t hoof Union.t ero . Thirdly,S es a t b h l e i s r h e nzn t ta re-establishment a t h h m e e l n i t o House of h o o f Lords uoose in o Ireland. fc om 0 Commons, eFourth ly,om posed of 300 members. Fifthly, the complete legislative and judicial authority of one Irish Parliament in Ireland. These are his five points of repeal. Now, let us declare in all sincerity that the greatest enemy of Ireland could not wish her a severer scourge than such a constitution. To restore Ireland to herself, to her own free arbitre ment, to her national independence, would be to restore to her intestine discord, religious dissensions, and all the horrors of civil war, which were never at rest within her until she was incorporated in the great whole, which a u ' n h aat i nn c rdyd h at the present day, forms Great Britainn.We ha ve repeatedly said that some p eo pl e in Ir e l an d argue as if all its inhabitants wer e a ll one race , as if i t were a single nation. This is a radi ca l error. Let Ireland b e separated essentiallycf from England, in to,divided hostilea n d to w e b ian a c ttho other, willtw osdh distinct enemiest i b n e e c t om e i . A populations,blood religion. It has been remarked that in all the wars which have in former times desolated this unhappy country, it was - not between the English and the Irish, but between the natives of distinct origin that the most inveterate animosity prevailed. It is still the same ; there are still in Ireland two populations, each suffi ciently strong to contend to eternity without being absorbed in the other, and which are only kept in check by the counterpoise of England. Thus the repeal party demands an Irish House of Lords. This Upper House must necessaril,y be almost entirely composed of Pro testants and Orangemen. The House of Commons, a s representatives of the democracy, must, on its side, be Catholic and national, A conflict tiiust imtnedigtely ensue between the two branches of the Legislature. Who is to arbitrate between. them ? The executive power ? But this is tiiglanti I Will it be said that it is the Crown ? But, what is the Crown in it Constitu tional kingdom ? Here the Ministers are responsible ; and to whom are they responsible ? To the English Par liament. This would be entering into a vicious circle. There can be no medium between a union and an absolute separa tion. We have discussed the question of repeal as if it were possible; but in reality no person regards such a propo sition in a serious light, Even those who approve of the tactics of Mr. O'Connell declare that repeal is imprac ticable, and are convinced that the illustrious inventor of this specific does not believe in it himself. They rally Mr. O'Connell for not having a taste for martyrdom, and being fond of a prison only when he can be surrounded there by his family, his friends, and. all the comforts of life; but, as they are anxious to conciliate, with a certain respect for truth, the maintenance of their little popu larity, and to preserve a slight varnish of liberalism, they will give themselves the consolation of a philan thropic sortie against the Conservatives, who commit the grand crime of considering the agitation for repeal at once puerile and deplorable. For our own part, we plead guilty of not feeling admiration for such a comedy. That those who believe in the sincerity of Mr. O'Connell should defend and justify his conduct we can easily conceive ; but, if there be any one who, convinced at bottom that he does not believe a word of what he says, admire him the more for it, we are not." Even the National is little more sanguine in the cause, and upbraids Mr. O'CONNELL for having done so little for his country. " What," it asks, " has he done for Ireland in return for the high degree of influence which has been given to him by the people of that country ? Has Ireland obtained in real ame liorations what O ' CONNELL has gained in influence, in wealth, and in glory ? The new propositions which Mr. O ' CONNELL has to make to the Repeal Association will not enable it to advance a single step. Whoever has studied the respective situations of England and Ireland knows that all O'CONNELL'S agitation is vain, and can only end in reforms of no moment." When the National says Mr. O'CONNELL has done nothing for Ireland, it thereby complains that he has not taken the advice of the French war journals—he has not excited a bloody civil war in Ireland, and put an end to reform for the sake of gratifying a party in France, which would willingly sink O'Coszim.r. and all the repealers to the bottom of the sea, if they could only inflict some dire cala mity on England. The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers : "Letters from Florence of the Bth arc filled with de tails of the disasters occasioned by the flood, which had not ceased at the time the latest accounts left. These letters state that the wire bridge outside the gate of St. Nicholas was not the only one carried away. The beau tiful Pont-a-Gieve and several others have also been carried away. The provinces of Cassentino and of Arezzo have greatly suffered. The roads to Forly and to Faenza are under water. The little town called Borgo San Lo renzo is also submerged. The inhabitants of Florence were for two days confined by the water to their houses, without the p•)ssibility of any assistance being given or food conveyed to them. On the 7th the rain continued to fall, and further damages were looked for. " The Duke de Glucksberg arrived at Madrid on the 9th, from Tangiers. He was to set out immediately for Paris, " According to a letter from Hamburgh, of the sth inst., the Zollverein being on the point of negotiating a treaty of commerce with Brazil, has it in contemplation to combine with it a commercial arrangement between the city of Hamburgh and the German Union. The object of this is to induce that city to favour the measures to be taken by the union for extending the export trade of Germany, giving to Hamburgh all advantages of the ports of the Zollverein. These reports have received a greater degree of consistency since the arrival at Ham burgh of M. de Wenner, Director of the Board of Com merce in Prussia. " The King of Sardinia has issued an ordonnance, in virtue of which the property belonging formerly to the Knights of Malta is to be incorporated with that of the State, the Government paying to the community an annual rent charge of 42,000 f., which is to serve for the establishment of five 'new commanderies, two of which will have an income of 3,000 f., and three of 2,000 f. a year each." THE BOURSE--SATURDAY, Nov. 16. First Highest Lowest Last • - - Price. Price. Price. Price. French rive per C3nts.. •• •• 119 GO .. 119 65 .. 119 50 •• 119 55 Three per Cents.— •• 83 15 .. 83 20 .• 83 15 *3 20 Bank of France.. •. ..... 3145 ••3145 .• 3145 ..3145 Lailitte Bank, 1,004. Shareslo9o ..1090 .. 1090 —lO9O 5,000 f. Sharesso4o —5040 —5040 —5040 Belgian Bank ..• • •• •• • • • • •• 640 •• 640 • • 630 .. 635 Belgian Fives,lB4o •••• • • • • 1041 • • 104} • • 104} • • 104; 1842 .• •••• 107 .. 107 .. 107 .• 107 Spanish Active •••••• • • • • • • 33 • • 33 .. 33 • • 33 Passive . • 6 .. 6 .• 6 • • 6 Neapolitan ••••••• • • • • • • • • 98 • • 98 • • 97 75 97 75 Roman • • _ 103 f •• 1031 .. 1031 .. 1031 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain • • • • • . • • • • • • . • 923 .. 920 • • 920 .. 920 •• ...• •• •• 406 25 410 .. 106 25 .. 410 1•.11. .. Rouen.. Rouen to Ilavre• Orleans Strasburg to Bale.. ..... 275 .. 27G 25 .. 275 . 276 25 Avignon to ......775.• •• 775 • 775 .. 775 .• 775 :RAILWAY SHARES FOR SETTLING, Nov. 16. Versailles, 11.8.. •..• ...... 402 50 .. 402 50 .. 402 50 .. 402 F,O L.ll .• •••• ..•••• 292 50 • 298 75 292 50 .. 295 Rouen Rouen to Havre•• Orleans • Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 275 .. 276 25 .. 275 .. 276 25 Avignon to Marseilles— • . 845 .. 853 75 .. 815 . 851 25 RAILWAYS FOR THE. ACCOUNT, ov 30. •• 412 50 Versailles, R. 8..• •••• •• •• •. 412 50 .. 412 50 . 410 L. 8..... •••• • • • 295 .. 296 25 .. 295 .. 295 Rouen . • • • Rouen to Havro.• ••••• • • • • • 777 50 • 780 - • 777 50 .. 700 Orleans ........••• •• ..1017 50 ..1019 75 —lOl5 ..1006 25 Strasburg to Bale.• •••• •• 276 25 .. 277 50 .. 276 25 .. 277 50 Avignon to Marseilles•••• •• 849 75 855 .. 848 75 .. 651 25 The pul4lic Ball for the relief of the distressed Polish exiles is announced to take place this evening, at Guildhall ; and as it will be conducted on a most splendid scale, and the cause is one of charity, we cannot doubt that it will be fully and fashionably attended. THE Pomsu BALL.— Yesterday a numerous meeting of the Committee for conducting the Polish ball took place at the Guildhall, Deputy Peacock in the chair. Lord Dudley Stuart stated that the applications for tickets were very great, and the strongest hopes were entertained that the ball would be more than usnally productive. No trouble or expense would be spared to make the whole of the entertainments worthy of the occasion, and a larger number of people of high rank would attend than had been ever known to assemble at their annual meeting for the assistance of the un fortunate Poles. The inconvenience arising from the dust produced by the chalking of the floor will be com pletely obviated by the new system introduced for this occasion. While the Committee was sitting, many applications were made for tickets, amongst which were applications from the French Ambassador and his lady, the Earl and Countess of Errol, the Ladies Fitzcla rence, &c., &c. _ _ . WELSH MAIITYRS.—A public meeting to memorialise her Majesty to grant a free pardon to those unfortunate men, Frost, Williams, and Jones, is con vened for this evening, at the Hall, Turnagain-lane, Skinner-street, Snow-hill. T. S. Dunconabe, Esq., M.P., who has recently placed a vast number of memorials in Sir J. Graham's hands for the same merciful purpose, has been invited to take the chair on the occasion. THE ODIOUS GAME MANlA. — lnstances, almost innumerable, have taken place, where poor men, because they had been once or twice convicted under the game laws (and in many instances illegally), have been fined, under the general Game Act, 51. for killing, or attempt ing to kill a head of game ; 20/, under one of the Assessed Taxes Acts, for not having a certificate ; and surcharged under another Assessed Taxes Act, for double game certificate duty. Of course they were not able to pay these cumulative penalties and costs, and long imprisonment (as it would be for all the charges), has been the consequence ; heavy expense to counties, and also to parishes. The game-preserving has become a curse—the game-laws a foul instrument of injustice and oppression—a grievous cost to the public—the foun tain of crime and attendant misery—and a premium to perjury by keepers and their understrappers.—From a Correspondent. THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.—On Saturday a number of workmen in the employment of Mr. Jackson, the builder, were actively engaged in erecting scaffold ings on the north side of the Royal Exchange, opposite St. Bartholomew-lane, preparatory to the statues of Sir Thomas Gresham and Whittington being placed in the niches over the shops in that portion of the building. The tessellated paving laid down by Messrs. Seeger, of Vauxhall, was also finally removed in the course of the day ; and although it presented such a magnificent ap pearance in the merchants' area on the occasion of her Majesty opening the Exchange, it had a sad ginger bread like look as it lay in the carts destined to carry it away. A report has reached us, from what we consider to be an authentic quarter, that the cavalry regiments stationed in North Britain and Ireland are to discontinue sending parties to the riding establishment at Maid stone, during the winter season. If this arrangement be carried into effect, the number of riders at the esta blishment will be reduced from four to three.—United Service Gazette. KETNSIIANI.--CRIME AND PROPORTIONATE Pu.. NISHMENT.—A Correspondent forwards us the following: • At the late Petty Sessions held here, Joseph Cobb, for striking Miss Neale with a stone and hurting her so much that she was under medical treatment for a week, was fined los. ; at the same time and place, Thomas Sidcombe, for shoDting at a covey of partridges (it was not asserted that he rutlied a feather), was fined 101. Costs to the amount of 10s. were inflicted on Miss Neale."— [Our Correspondent would have made his communication more complete had he added the names of the gallant and game-loving magistrates who passed the two sentences.]—Somerset County Gazette. PORT or Hur.L.—The blue flag of the Humber Dock Basin, the signal that no more vessels can be ad mitted into docks, has peen flying for the last fortnight. The docks and warehouses have exhibited a scene of nn usual activity and animation during the last few days. The exportation of machinery for the manufactories of our continental rivals is now immense, and has been weekly on the increase since the order in council lega lizing the export of machinery. The legal quays are almost impassable from the quantity of bale goods which continuo to arrive from Manchester, Leeds, and the manufacturing districts, for the continent.—Leeds Times. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW S CITY, .N MONDAY EVENING . __ _ Not the slightest alteration occurred in the English Stocks this afternoon. Consols were 1001 for Money and Time. East India Bonds rallied to 80 premium. Spanish Skiok was 234 to 24 for the Five per Cents., and 354 1 for the Three per Cents. Portuguese Con verted were 53 to 54 ; Mexican Bonds realised 354 to 36 ; Colombian were 134 ; Dutch Five per Cents. were 99 to 994. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New, were 61 • Chester and Holyhead, ; Churnet Valley, 2* I ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 8 ; Ditto, Quarter, 14 ; Great Western, 64 ; narstich, 4 ; Birmingham, 120 to 119 ; London and York, a ; Manchester and Birmingham, 10 ; Norwich and Brandon, 34 ; York and North Mid land, ex New, 53; Ditto Selby Scrip, ex New, 49; Paris and Lyons, 1* 4 ; Paris and Orleans, 194 ; and Paris and Rouen, 19 premium. Bristol and Exeter have been 11 to 1, and Blackwall 101 discount. National Provincial Bank of England Shares were 4 premium. (From'. The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday, were 3,000 to 4,000 bales, with a quiet market, and no altera tion to notice in prices.—The Share market was less active for the scrip of the new Railways, but there was a steady and improving demand for shares in the old line. Birmingham and Gloucester, 981 991 ; Bristol and Exe ter, 69 71 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 361 a ; Caledonian, 34 4 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 314 324 ; Chester and Holyhead, 51 6 ; Dublin and Cashel, 84 9 ; Eastern Counties, 134: ; Edinburgh and* Glasgow, 58 59 ; Grand Junction, 210 212 ; Great North of England, 118 120 ,• Great Western; 1381 1401 ; Hull and Selby, 63 65 ; Lancaster and Preston, 46 47 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 2031 2051 ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 371 38; London and Brighton, 461 47 ; London and Croydon, 161 4 ; London and South-Western, 74 76 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 48 49 ; Midland Counties, 107; 1084; Newcastle and Carlisle, 1054 1064; North British, 51 ; Norwich and Brandon, 10 11 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 934 941; South-Eastern, 381; York and North Midland, 110 112 ; Paris and Lyons, 61s. 6d. ; Paris and Orleans, 39+ 1 ; Paris and Rouen, 384 4 ; Paris and Strasburg, 495. 51s. ; Rouen and Havre, 22+. A strong desire has been manifested by most of the principal merchants connected with the China and East India trades to give a bsnquet, upon a most splendid scale, to Sir Henry Pottinger, for his successful exertions in carrying out the commercial tariff with the Chinese Government. The complimentary address has already been signed by a numerous body of the merchants connected with the trades above referred to, and it will remain at the offices of the East India and China Trades Association for the reception of other signatures. No doubt most of her Majesty's Ministers would be present upon so interesting an occasion. Invi tations have, we believe, been already sent to them—of the principal merchants and bankers of the City, the at tendance must be very numerous. We have not any late arrivals from the British colonies this morning. The betting upon the hop duty this year has been very large. The yield of the following districts are those upon which wagers of this sort are made:—Canterbury's return is 21,1581. 15s. 84d.•, Rochester, 62,4061. 19s. Id.; Sussex, 27,3021. 15s. 81(1.; Worcester, 17,409 L 65.; Farnham, 10,0791. 18s. 31d.; North Clays, 7661. Bs. 11d.: Essex, 801/. 11s. 41d.; Others, 379/. 2s. 11d.—Total, 140,322/. 17s. 21d. Those who have betted in favour of the gross amount of duty have been this year succesful. A very strong competition is, we hear, likely to take place for the new French loan of about 8,000,0001., to be bid for on the 9th proximo. It is probable that the contest will be principally between the Messrs. Roths child and Messrs. Laffitte and Co. In monetary circles much interest is shown to learn the result. Messrs. Barings, too, will be vigorous claimants for the loan ; and as the payments are to extend over a long period, there will be ample time to complete the contract with out pressing heavily on the money markets here or in Paris. In the Consol Market there has not been a great deal of business done this morning. The transactions for the January Account have been numerous, but the conts:hgo is very nearly 4 per cent. The price, for Money, this day, has been 100+ to 100 i; and for the Account at 100 i. The Commissioners bought Reduced Three per Cents. at 99i. The present price is 991. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. have realised 102 to 102 k. Exchequer Bills 575. 9d. premium, and Bank Stock 205. The Belgian Scrip is firm at I premium; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. at 624 j; the Five per Cents. at 99; Russian at 1191; and Spanish Three per Cents. at 35- for the Account. Brazilian Bonds have been firm at 88 to 89. The Share Market has been quiet this morning, and prices are, in most instances, much the same. PRICES OF BRITISH KINDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank ..... 205 9 per Cent. Reduced ..... 99% % 3 per Cent. Coniols. Anns. lOO% New 3% per Cent. Annuities India 80nd5,1,000.. oo 0000 es•••••.•••••••••• Ditto under 0000000 76 Consols for Account •••• 0000000 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 100% 4 X Exc l h , e oTo l l e . r 0 0 00 00 00 0 0 0 0000 Id. .... 57 59 pm. 5001., •••••••••••• •-•• pm Ditto 5M11 " ....• sow«, 00000 pm. Ditto Advertis ed.... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 89 Ditto for the Account. 8834 Mexican Bonds. 1837.5 per Cent. . 00000000000 Ditto for the Account 0 0 0 00 3R Ditto Deferred Stock 157. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 119% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840.,..........., Ditto Three per Cent. ..«.«.«..........«....« 3534 Dutch 234 per Cent 5....... ....... 62N% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 96% Dutch 5 per Cents . 99 PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Fax SHARE Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ......... 98 Bristol and Exeter .... .......... ... 70 ..... .... 70 .... to Bristol and Gloucester 3O 35 1 / 4 35... to 36 Churnet Valley Direct Northern 2 l /4 2% to E Astern Counties Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent... 21. 13s. 4d — ... to _ Ditto Ditto (No. 2) — Great Southei n and Western] 5 8 1 / 4 1 / 4 ... to (Ireland) Great Western Ditto 34 Shares ....... ........ ...... 50 Ditto Fifths l2 .... ..... 25 1 / 4 to London and Birmingham. Dit o 14 Shares London and Brighton ......... ...... 50 ......... 41 1 / ,', London and South Western ...... 41% London and Croydon London and York 2 l / 4.... .... ...3 .... to Midland Birmingham and Derby South Eastern and Dover York and North Midland Ditto % Shares Ditto Searborte Branch Ditto Selby Scrip Boulogne and Amiens Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bourdeaux Paris and Orleans Parisand Rouen ..• ........... ........ 20 JOINT STOCK RANKS. National Provincial of England... 35 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Nov. 16. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and a Quarter Stock,... Ditto New, 1 , 30 3% per Cent. Debentures Log Annuities Bank Stock Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. Royal Canal Stock 4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures 98% 4 per Cent City Debentures ... Kingstown Railway Debentures 102% LAST PRICES OF SHARES RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Dublin and K. Railway Drogheda Ditto... Great Southern and Western 5 Dublin and Cashel ditto • Dublin and Belfast June tion 2% Athlone Railway 2% ...... 2% Hibernian Bank 25% Royal Bank National Insurance Patriotic ditto Mining Company of Ireland...• Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company Ditto Ditto SO Ditto Difto, 1836 ..... British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 Steam Ship Building Company Limerick Extension Railway MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, NOV. 16.—There is still a better feeling in the market to-day; the busi ness, however, has been confined to few stocks ; prices without much change. Churnet Valley, 3 9-16 ; Man chester and Birmingham, 48 ; North Union, A., 140 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 25 ; Leeds and West Rid ing, 5. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank 5t0ck............ex dlv. 205 IDitto Bonds £l,OOO — pm, 3 per Cent. Red 99%!Ditto under £l,OOO 76 prn . 3 per Cent. Cons. .... ..... ... 100%1South Sea Stock % per Cent. Red Ditto Old Annuities ... New 3% per Cent lO2 Ditto New Annuities... New 5 per Cent. — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d ... 59 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001. ......... ...... - pm, Jan. 1860 — Ditto Small — Pm Oct. 1859 — Bank Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860 ......... ....• Consols for Act. lOO% Indian Stock — India Stock for Acct.... —' FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent .... Belgian, 5 per Cent — Ditto, Metallic Brazilian Bonds — Spanish, 5 per Cent., 1840... 23% Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — ditto, 1841 — Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 1842... ............ ...... Chiller', 6 per Cent — Ditto, 1813. Colombian, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, lf , ' '5, 5 per Cent_ Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct — Mexican, 5 per Cent Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct — French, 3 per Cent. --i, _.., . Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Exchange —t —c, Peruvian Bonds. 6 per Ct... Dutch, 2% per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct Ditto,:s per Cent 99% SHARES Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) — Ditto New Shares, 17% paid 24 Bristol and Exeter (.0 paid) Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Churnet Valley, 2 paid Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid) Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 paid Great Western (75 paid) Harwich, I paid l% London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.) 6 London and York, 2% paid hlanchcster and Birmingham Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid $,N York and North Midland (5 0 paid) P 3 Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid 6O Orleans and (tourdeaux, I paid Paris and Lyons, 2 paid 0 ?aria and Orleans (....0 paid) Paris and Rouen. 20 paid SHOCKING DESTITUTION.—A few days ago a child went to a baker to purchase hal . f , a pound of his most common bread. The baker's wile, on questioning the child, ascertained that the bread was destined for a poor woman who had not even straw to lie upon. The baker and his wife, and their ,journeyman, went to the sp o t indicated by the child, and there round, in a damp cellar, a woman, with no other covering than a piece of coarse cloth round her loins, the damp ground for her bed, and two stones for her pillow. This unhappy woman earned only three to four sous per day by lace-making, and hip no other menus of support, yet she belongs to one of the most noble families of Normandy. The baker and his wife made an appeal to some neighbours, who joined them in the work of charity, and provided clothing for the sufferer, and a chair to sit upon. The baker's man purchased a quantity of straw for abed, which, under the circumstances, was almost a luxury.—Pilote de Caen. CORNWALL and DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY, AND BRISTOL AND EXE TER RAILWAY COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—An advertisement appearEd in the Tinto of the 16th inst., headed " Bristol and Exeter Railway Company ;" which is authenticated by the signature of the Secretary, Mr. Badham, and is in the following words : " In consequence of statements which hare been made at public meetings in the county of Cornwall, and else where, and in some of the newspapers, that the • Chair man of the Bristol Railway Company, Frederick Ricket ts, Esq , has given his personal support to the Central Corn wall Railway, in opposition to the Cornwall Railway from Plymouth to Falmouth (which latter line has:the undivided support of the Bristol and Exeter, the Great Western, the Bristol and Gloucester, and the South De von Companies, of all of which he is a Director), and that the banking firm in Cornwall, of which Mr. Ricketts is the head, has engaged to make a large advance of moll to the central line, I am directed to publish the two fol' lowing letters, by which it will be seen that those state ments were altogether unauthorised by Mr. Ricketts, and that he continues to be Chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Company. "By order of the Directors, " J. B. BADHAM, Secretary. "Bristol Office, 30, Broad-street, November 13, 1844." Having been present at, and taken part in, most of the public meetings held in Cornwall on the question of the Central Railway, and having attended as a d e ; putation the meetings held " elsewhere"—namely, 3; Bideford and Exeter—l can give the most un qualifiT, con tradiction to the assertion that at such meetings " was stated that " Frederick Ricketts, Esq., had given his personal support to the Central Cornwall Railvisif in opposition to the Cornwall Railway from PY.: mouth to Falmouth ;" for on every such occasion 1": was distinctly a.nnounced that I\l r. Ricketts was in If way connected with the Central Railway, althoulsr his partners in the bank in Cornwall, Messrs. Turtl e Enthoven, Mason, and James, :verc all members the Provisional Committee. This I .iave repestel affirmed, and the same statement' as invat.:2 l)l Y bee s„ye made by the other gentlemen with whom 1 - been associated in this undertaking; so " 1 " therefore, from such representations having been made as alleged, pains have been taken L'to prevent an erroneous impression to which tv; connexion of the parties might otherwise have kw At the great and influential meeting held at Exete r ° on the 2d inst., which I had the honour of addressing' there were present the representatives of three of tha t associated companies —Mr. Saunders, the secretary ° f the Great Western; Mr. Badham, the secretary ° the Bristol and Exeter ; and Mr. Princeps, the scare tary of the South Devon Railway—besides Director/ and Shareholders in some or all of these companie s. I ask these gentlemen whether, on that occasions was asserted that " Mr. Ricketts had given his sonal support to the Central Cornwall Railways' . e a whether that gentleman was not expressly e xcepte from all connexion with it ? I appeal to the re l porters, and to every gentleman present at th 6,, meeting, for confirmation to the contradiction wi ne ': I give to such a statement. I distinctly remember saying at that meeting—" Gentlemen, if I mis-star any fact, correct me." Did Mr. Saunders, Mr. Bs': ham, or Mr. Princeps, venture to question ansY representation of mine ? Had I made such a star ment as is insinuated in the advertisement signed by Mr. Badham, could that gentleman have peernitt himself to become an acquiescing party by remain' ing silent? The publication of the advertisement lo question furnishes evidence of the peculiar means 1 1" sorted to to serve a temporary purpose, and to 00 1 " indirectly, the character of a most honourable roa n ' merely because his partners in a banking compansY venture to act upon their own judgments, and !'° identify themselves with an undertaking calculated ' e benefit that county, in the prosperity of which the,f had become deeply interested. of With respect to the offer by them of a slum. 4 money towards the construction of the Cent' s Railway, I apprehend Mr. Turner's stateme nt " e Truro will be found sufficiently explicit, and that th e advertisement can hardly be expected to oblitora ° a fact. I would suggest to the Great Western Comps% the propriety of consulting the county of Cornw all . °, the subject of a Cornish Railway, instead of deludt s ° o l themselves into the belief that, against the exPre s of determination of that county, united as it is in fit, of a central line, they can succeed in carrying out to coast line, a project calculated to be beneficial only d the private interests of associated companies/ obviously detrimental to the public good. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, , THOMAS HAltirE I on Secretary of the Cornwall and Del Central Railway 6, John-street, Adelphi, Nov. 18, 1844. THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS; OR, ROg AIIC T : AND REALITIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL. By ELIOT fir, companion WARBURTON, ESQ. 2 VOLE.—A more agreea....- r, companion than this author we rarely meet with. Warburton is .one who sees with the strong clear vis!' ° ,,, with which Heaven has endowed him ; but with.his vie of present scenes and material objects there is alws)ho blended recollections of the past, and something—th ug s dashed in unconsciously—of poetic feeling. He b_ 1 , 41/ ; c 1 to his work of observation an accomplished min e ( I re well-trained and healthful faculties. As we read we : at proud to claim him as a countryman, and are coati t, that his book shall go over all the world, that et e a e r countries from it may derive a just impression of e a , national character. His route is easily marked. t'a, went in a steamer to Alexandria, sailed up the Nil e r • yond the second cataract, and inspected those wonuc eir of Barbarian art in Nubia, whose origin is lost in th antiquity ; visited the great cities and monuments to Egypt, then crossed to Beyrout, made a pilgrimag e ! the Holy Land, and on his homeward voyage tone tot at Cyprus and Greece. His volumes are full of . I s e perception and spirited detail. They greatly inerls our, acquaintance with Eastern scenes, and, to the yeller, afford a variety of information which he e° '• hardly elsewhere find in so compact and interesting shape.—Britannia. , A V/ FRIGHTFUL SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT.-011 Sa o3 ' about noon, several men were employed upon some oe folding erected in front of a house in Sellington - o tr ga Vauxhall-road. It appears that a cornice, which, 0 1/ just been fixed near the summit of the building, sud°;flesie gave way and fell upon the sca ff olding and wer i nbe The former was in consequence broken away, an' al: irl. unfortunate men with it were precipitated to the gr ° t he Several persons who witnessed the occurrence ran t ° ip assistance of those beneath the fallen mass, and five o, • 11 dividuals were, in a short time, removed therefrom, to appearance dead or dying. The first was a female vi isg name was ascertained to be Clack, and, on ber ujoa conveyed to a surgeon's it was discovered that she 0 ,, escaped with only present deprivation of consci°n s i lia and a few slight bruises by some of the materials is i a • upon her as she was passing underneath. She W B5 bat short time enabled to proceed to her own res id e nce, 0,4 a the unfortunate men, named George Goodman , „ I g!ed forty; George G oodman, jun. (son of the forrner),.l-p seventeen; Thomas Goble, aged thirty-four; and Vll Baker, aged forty, ware so much injured, that no was lost in conveying the three former to St. Gr e° beri Hospital, and the latter to Westminster Hospital , r e' they remain with at present but slight hopes of thel,are covery. The cause of the catastrophe is stated tnic's',o3 its origin in the dense humidity of the weather, ..s'oo did not permit the work to set su ffi ciently to bear I t s weight. p as te v' SALE OF GAME. When the law was legalising the sale of game, the public were given t their derstaue(and led to believe too) that it was for_ as accommodation ; they have since discovered it jarg# grand scheme of the game preservers to make 5 , e pil e profit of their surplus game, and which they_ba'„,stele to some purpose , and increased their preserving4ist,ll also, in order the better to fill their pockets ; "1 6t rire' all this, the farmer has additionally suffered in el. 4 r ate' tion of his crops, and he, along with the rest 0 ' ,fts payers, had to pay dearly for the abominable g nil l e tcbe d ; being, not only brought into full play, but outstrcrviths Who can have forgot the extreme joy of the Ares IDs; gentry when a law was passed, sixteen years he r e are ing night poaching a transportable offence ? k illina those who would rather transport a man for obo; solitary head of game than stealing a horse. 03 115 minable game mania and its attendant consequence 01 ' be abated. Some of these keen game gentl er° tell 0 many of their " bagging" systems, may fairly be certificated poachers.—Front a Correspondent. so GO; SECOND BURGLARY AT MR. WILLIAMS ' S/ toi O l t TutiE OF ONE OF THE BURGLARS.—SOIBC t15404,9e occasioned during the latter part of last we 5 o f O the inhabitants of Clerkenweil, in consequenc der, o f premises of Mr. Williams, soap-manufactu_terej Compton-street, having been burglariouslY e n s , da ring, second time. About nine years since seve , r ,,i r . IV° housebreakers obtained a forcible entry int , m " r. sheP: i litams's premises, and were encountered by „ u se. 511 . 4 . pard. his clerk, ho slept in the countina-ii- p,0,1 who was inhumanly murdered by the villains._ the res endeavour at the time was resorted to to tra t e h e ey have treat of the murderers without success, and O r e : eluded tile vigilance of the police up to the P e' - d r eed no • e Pg From the period of the commission of the _ ter it wa_ ti son has slept in the counting-house, but gr . e s .. e ad orv,, f for securing the property deposited in it vie_, s n isce.v s , by Mr.Williatns, whose residence is apart from Jc . i! w r a , di business. On Wednesday morning, however"; !,v_,,,hot covered by one of the workmen that the couitlijb tha t ! o il had been again burglariously entered, an`.,_. f . or niat!_ r clerk's desk had been rifled of its contents. n7/aspeclup, was immediately forwarded to the poi njint4tll° Barton and Sergeant Archer, of iliac enact diVneci that ,e examined the premises, and ascertaf, remo yed T ie burglars had broken open the desks one of on keys deposited in them, and had cut:..t i li was an I' ll , wii i ; l jock o f panels of the wainscoting, behindat safe containing from 2,000/. to 3,000/. The _en and' Is safe they ineffectually attempted to f o rFe . o h F ern two c o ast length, left the premises, taking n wit t AT C her : rio g and other trifling articles. Barton a nd in era most praiseworthy exertions, have suc c ee ded riam ew out and apprehending one of the burglars,_srrate. '1 5 ;4 Stirling, at No. 1, Providence - place, Bise.ny"withe „oar,' found at his lodgings a pair of boots eol n cr r : d with tb.. ash and of peculiar shae, correipon ovitite, marks in Mr. Williams's yard. There t he o er s three burglars concerned in the robbery, but have hitherto escaped detection.