The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-20 00:00:00

ondon t. Se• SUMMARY OF NEWS e. 127 , 1' es. P .gp 41.4 i *.LY kr 4 4.4—hik.Wd " Who runs may read." Pessmio.sz. "The King," says the Constitutionnel, " is expected la a f ew days to go to the Chateau de Bizy, and to return by Dreux. On the 25th there is to be another representation at St. Cloud, the performers in which will be the pupils of the Conservatoire de Musiqus. Afterwards the Court will go to Fontainebleau, where th e Young Duchess d'Aumale will be received by her new family." QThe Memorial Bordolais asserts positively that ueen Isabella of Spain is to be married in May next to the Count de Trupani at Valencia, and that the P epe has al rea d y granted' the necessary dispensations. A report prevailed in Paris, on Monday, that Ad nsiral Dupetit Thouars had arrived in France. ,The C arn i va l at Paris this year w i ll b e unusua ll y short, consequently the authorities have authorised n th e masked b a ll s t o b e commence d i n Deceniber. The uPera will give the first of its series on the 14th, and continue them every Saturday evening till the end of the season. Intelligence from Papaiti to the 6th June has been received through it th u r il o l ug y h the United States. The most per reigned there • the garrison was hard q a t work at the fortifications of town. The insur gents had not laid down their arms, but, under the ter r • ,„, e l' Inspired by the affair of M a h a hena, they dared i, - '' take a step ou t o f th e i r en t renc h men t s . Queen °mare was still on board the Basilisk, in the harbour. The Constitutionnel states, that " the first trial on 11 large sca l e was made of M. Hallete ' s plan of ap idllYing the a t mosp h er i c system to ra il roa d s a f ew ays s ince, at r , ,„, ras. The result appears to have been so satis tf si rY, that M essrs . A rago , S egu i er , an d o th e r dis- S in guished eng i neers, are to b e i nv i te d to w i tness a econd trial in a few days." tasLvyaiorns. s seems to be as much infested with thieves A general rendezvous, or head-quarters, s been is _ discovered at a public-house in the Rue Georg es , and the police by judicious management 1,8 l su cceeded in arresting twenty of them. They Zi Wear blouses or smoc kfr oc k s , an d carry stout t ia e t , l l; assuming th e a pp earance o f c ountrymen or 1 • e 'en. They never arrive at their head -1-B:rters by more than one at a time, and were thus c aptured caught as in a trap. Another band has been 4PBured at the house of a man named Chaudeze. f n e evening last week a youth, of seventeen, was °l'Mweltering in • the j ust i o n from Pont d'Ain to Amberieu. He lived on th e enough to relate that he had been accosted and e road by a man who immediately fired at him, "Go w oc t he , l he had fallen approached him and exclaimed the o ,',"'d l I have made a mistake, you are not fled' l - A ' ser , l Whom I supposed ;" and the assassin then Th e -4 ,-, v 'ng his pistol behind him. ves se l 'fterei o of Cadiz announces the arrival of a for rnet . a t that port from Buenos Ayres, bringing in- Ro sa ; 4 l°ll , Of the capture of the Spanish schooner le ay .` e t hy the flotilla of Monte Video, as she was T he the port of Buenos Ayres. tii:iie Gerrecus Gazette states that a hairdresser at to hag.',l nvented a machine with which he pretends Lettersl- , e able to fly from Ulm to Paris in three days. _ri from the Levant mention that the state of oans hourly becoming more deplorable. A pro issued at Constantinople, forbidding any -e l:c arl'B °llantwi whatever to appear in the streets after sunset, ad occasioned some disorders. LAW AND POLICE. he case of Chappell v. Purday, relating to the i e b e e pyright of the m us i c o f F ra Di avo l o, came on i n ,bs C ourt of E xc h equer. The arguments were not ° ,9ght to a conclusion, and the case stands postponed to Saturday. sis oryCourt, Dr. u in the Con • t L shington gave judg tnent in the case of the Earl of Dysart v. the Countess iof Dysart. The suit was for the restitution of con ng'al rights, and the Court gave judgment in favour of the Earl, ordering the Countess to return and live with her husband. The Second November session for the county of Middlesex commenced yesterday, at the Court-house, Clerk enw ell-green. The calendar presented a list of 5 9 prisoner s f or tr i al, 55 of whom stoo d c h arge d w i th felony, and the remainder with misdemeanours. At Guildhall, yesterday, Thomas Hunt, a young man in a workhouse suit, was charged with stealing a rug from th e West London Union. Mr. Alderman if umphery committed him to Bridewell for a month. Thomas Innis, a youth, charged with stealing a quantity of copper articles, the property of Mr. Pontif e x, coppersmith an d eng i neer, of Shoe-lane, Holborn, was fully committed from Clerkenwell. Mr. Bond, the magistrate at Queen-square, sen tencedteii Mr. J o h n F or b es, t h e landlord of the Bell in S5l-yard, York-street, "Westminster, to pay a fine .., ay. for openin g hi s h ouse b efore the hour of one on M Claph am Marlbor oug h- street, Thomas Goodchild, a fines"Pnam carrier, was fined 20s. and cos t s , f or crue lty ors e. Charles Cl a yt on , omn ib us d r i ver , was Was fia , n 'ace sum f or th e lik e o ff ence. J o h n C onne ll y doublede! 40 s• and c os t s f or crue lty. Th e fi ne was ver ln thi s i nstance on account of the case b e i ng a y aggravated one. tratlVting man, intatZr r a, named David Rees, late town t(i)ti Messrs. Dell and lacking menu an extensive way of Co.,' business, at 27 A, the bar -street East, Manchester-square, was placed at of the Marylebone Police-court, before Mr. Long, char ged I nnney s with having fraudulently obtained his- ,torn n umerous customers after he had quitted atdettaloy.er's service. Three cases were gone into, eidered prisoner, against whom the magistrate con forAaric.sufficient h a d b een prove d , was comm i tted anCi twliVeeaindsNorth, George John Page, a ca rp en t e r West ern wright, in th e emp l oymen t o f t h e South before , Railway Company, was finally examined abo ve C r • Paynter upon a charge of plundering the Critni,, C° Paynter and committed for trial at the Central ist a ",„ l " Court., an inf4,oohnson and Mary Smith, the former with at W oo i' y t i n,her . arrns, both . quite young, were charged (I°w a at 4 e with breaking a large number of win- Th e ofre the house of Mr. Wates, relieving officer. 3 ente ne n ee Was distinctly proved, and, in passing le es t h an °n them, Mr. Jeremy said, in two days no sign t 0 summonses had he been called upon to frotn this c ompel the payment of poor-rates, which, heavyB ver cause had become most alarmingly on the Pay t h en, inhabitants, and in fact they coud not u_ asnd the reason is, that persons wandered fre ,le all in p — art Gover n th e of the country, some from this town, pretence of seeking employment in the ins th e works, or enlisting as soldiers; and find the ptaareisyhe, c annot ifdo either, they become a burden to Which of u not relieved, commit this damage, should coni .course the inhabitants had to pay. He it them for twenty-one days, and hard a hour-_,,,0 1 was determined to .ich would be another expense ; but he bee make an example of all brought hundred ore hi m. It was truly dreadful to think of five surem thing he never o nses in t wo d ays for poor-rates — a knew before in his life. Sir Aeber crot antm , l7 l" AsazoNansm. private box las a t nd r Jame m Theatre is sued f Peel and f am ily o ccupied a at th e Lyceu ev ening to wit ness th e per f ormances si to b e a Grah am last evening caused summonses or a Gab' thehe Earl o f nadd.met Council. Mmiralty bassi, i ll g t oe is expected to arrive at ..i.:a.rl De Grey ay in town a few days. ar Y ri irh r TYnninghame House, N.B. Earl's intended to gt Y e f rom Brighton on Monday, sarl's health The Noble Brighton. 1.8 improved by his brief residence at The Earl is of Clare and Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon have left MaoruntShannon for Belgrave-square. The Earl street, fromßrocklesby, his seat in Yarborough has arrived in Arlington and on Sat Lincolnshire, urday, departs for Appuldercombe, Isle of Wight. The Earl of Jersey has left town to ' • the royal Part chaf, he congregated at Arundel Castle, the princely s ns . Sussex. of the D u k e and Duchess of Norfolk, in Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn have gone to cfcliltyrnore Park, ori a visit__ . to the Earl and Countess s, nden from town. Viscountess Powerscourt and Ln e Tamil'Countess y are staying with the Noble Earl and at the above seat. :._ The Duke and Duchess of Montrose are entertain ing a distinguishcircle distinguished at Sulby Hall, Northamp- to • n ' i niv, where the Noble Duke and Duchess will receive a succession of visitors during the hunting season, The D u k e and Duchess of Beaufort are expected in town at th e l a t ter end of the present week. The Excellency of the Lady Augusta Somerset.t. with his Edscellency Baron Nieumann will, expected, i be solemnised at the latter end of the e i ns i u s. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland ing w re e m e a c i b n n fo a r the present at Erskine House, near Glasgow, ex i t to Lord and Lady Blantyre. Their races are Pected to leave Scotland for the south on Monday next. , The Marquis and Marchioness of 'Westminster "liativr,e.,a_rrived at Malkin Castle, Plintshire, from Eaton Fall Cheshire. The Noble Marquis is in excellent health, and will entertain a family circle at Eaton during the Christmas holiday. The Duke of Devonshire 'returned to Chatsworth On Saturday last, eld. from Hardvvick e H a ll near Ches t rtiThe Noble Duke does not intend to receive eorn,,paan for the present. ~_v i e n . Earl and Countess of Chesterfield and family "a left Chesterfield House, for Bretby Park, shire,Derby r Where the Noble Earl, surrounded by a nume houirsiit!2ircle of his sporting friends, intends to pass the weeklng season. A party will meet at Bretby next THE SUN, 140VDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER. 2O, 1844, The Earl and Countess of Harrington have arrived in Whitehall -gardens, from Elvaston Hall, their seat in Derbyshire. :. ,, ,', - .7.7f-97,371:13 . "A., ,, A. - A74 -- ,„-,..;,! - ,174, A notice has been posted at the Custom-house, and in conspicuous places at the several dock establish ments, by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to the effect that every merchant-seaman in the British service must, in pursuance of the Act 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 112, be provided with a mariner's register ticket, by the Ist day of January next, pre viously to acting in any capacity in a ship belonging to the merchant service (except as master, physician, surgeon, or apothecary), and that those registry tickets may be had by personal application at the General Registry and Record-office of seamen in London, and at the Custom-houses of the several out ports of the United Kingdom, on and after the second day of December inst. By the 4th section of this Act, a penalty of 101. is imposed upon every master who shall not obtain from a seaman his register-ticket before going to sea. The 16th Regiment of Foot, at present stationed in Dublin, got the route for Cork on Saturday evening to replace the 72d Highlanders, who embark for Gibraltar on the 24th instant. The 6th (Royal Warwickshire) from Chester, will, it is supposed, form part of this garrison, on their arrival from England. A few of the friends and admirers of the Rev. I'. Dale, residing in the parish of St. Sepulchre, of which church the Rev. Gentleman has been evening lecturer for sixteen years, have determined to present him with a piece of plate, " in testimony of their high estimation of his ministerial services," and of his unfailing eloquence in the cause of charity. A meeting was held in the National Association hall, Holborn, in aid of the fund now forming for the relief of the apostle of temperance. Mr. L. S. F. Buckingham presided, and opened the business of the meeting in a long speech, eulogising Father Mathew's exertions, and demonstrating his claims to national gratitude. Mr. Feargus O'Connor moved the first resolution, expressive of the sympathy of the meeting with Father Mathew. The second resolution, deter mining to send roand collectors from house to house, for subscriptions in aid of the fund, was unanimously carried. A subscription was commenced before the meeting separated. The neat extensive stone building recently erected at the corner of St. Swithin's-lane and King Wil liam-street, City, known as the Gresham Club-house, was opened last evening for the accommodation of the members for the first time. On Tuesday a highly-influential meeting of the bankers, merchants, manufacturers, &c., of Birming ham, took place at the Town Hall, for the purpose of considering the propriety of establishing public baths for the use of the inhabitants, and of procuring grounds for the amusement and recreation of the working classes. On Tuesday the half-yearly meeting of the British Iron Company was held at the offices in New Broad street, J. 11. Polmer, Esq., in the chair. It appeared from the report that there remained still a debt of 189,7121. due by the Company to the 4th of July, and that since that period the debt had been reduced to 110,0001. Arrears of calls to the extent of 24,8031. had been recovered, and legal steps were being taken to compel defaulters to pay their calls, with a view to liquidate the above balance of debt, when the Com pany would be extinct. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW S CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a very inactive market for Cotton at Liver pool yesterday, but without any variation in prices. Sales only 1,500 bales.—Shares were firm, and in rather extensive request :—Birmingham and Gloucester, Quar ters, 241 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 32i ; Chester and Holyhead, 51- ; Churnet Valley, 80s. 78s. 9d. ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 1,71 s. 10d. ; Grand Junction, 215 ; Ditto, New Quarters, 29i ; Lancaster and Pres ton, Three-Quarters, 30f ; Liverpool and Manchester, 2031 ; Ditto, Quarters, 34 ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 37 ; Ditto, Quarters, 26 ; London and York, 61s. ; London and South-Western, 75 74f ; Midland Counties, 108 ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 105 f ; North Union, 140 ; South-Eastern, 38 ; Ditto, New, 11i; Trent Vall e y, 7i ; L yons an d A v i gnon , 2i 53 5 . ; Paris and Lyons, 61s. 6d. ; Paris and Rouen, 38i ; Paris and Strasbourg, 50s. 495. ; Tours and Nantes, 295. 295. 6d. The private letters received from the West Indies this morning are generally of a satisfactory character. The prospects of the planters were improving. A report had been spread at St. Lucia and other islands, that there was an intention on the part of the Home Government to re-establish slavery. It need hardly be stated that the rumour had beenmost emphatically contradicted. It is not an unimportant feature to Notice, that in those plantations where guano had been used, the vegetation is most cheer • in.., We take the following from the St. Christopher Gazette of Oct. 23:—" The fine rains that have fallen since our last report have already given a deeper green to the cane-fields, but general as is the verdure, patches here and there that have been guanoed are distinguished by their intensity of hue from all canes around them. The whole island looks extremely beautiful, the exquisite loveliness of the scenery being exhausted by the richness of the cultivation." This favourable sketch of the Island of St. Christopher applies with almost equal truth to other parts in the same direction. It may be said with truth that the West Indies are in a state of rapid improvement. "We have (says a West India Contemporary) internal prosperity both in the planting and the mer cantile world, and the prices of our produce still continues remunerative, in spite of the admission of foreign free-grown sugars into England, and of the vast increase of maple sugar in America, of which the State of New York alone produced last year 25,000 hhds. Nothing more cleatily proves, than the unperceived growth of that gigantic antagonist, how rapidly the demand for sugar is spreading over the world ; and we have good reason to believe that our markets will soon be in a state of activity, and yet at the same time that protection will be awarded to us, as we have right to expect as British colonists, and as will secure us against the competition of more cheaply grown sugar." Again, " upon the whole, we have not at present any serious grounds for complaint, but many for inspiring confidence and hope." If the information received to-day from the Brazils are correct, there was no desire on the part of the Go vernment of the empire to bring on a rupture with Roses. The Exchange at Rio was firm at 251 d. to id. There was a demand for freights, shipping being rather scarce than otherwise. The dates from Rio Janeiro are to the 3d of October, and from Buenos Ayres to the 7th of the same month. There was a good demand for Consols. For the Ac count the quotation has this morning been loot-. and 1001. All the other stocks have been firm. The Com missioners took Reduced at 99k, and New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. at 1024. Bank Stock has advanced. to 206. India Stock has been dono at 2861, and Ex chequer Bills at 60s. to 645. premium. There has not been any material variation in the prices of the Foreign Stocks to-day. Spanish has been done at 241, Portuguese at 5.5 i, Mexican at 36*, the Brazilian Five per Cents. at 88i, and the Venezuelan at 42. rhe Railway Share Market is somewhat firmer to-day. At Liverpool there is also more business doing. The general feeling is in favour of a decline in prices. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. . . 205% 2C6 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... 0996% 3 per Cent. Comols. Anna ; 100616 New 3% per Cent. 1024 %IA Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860.... ..... Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 186th ..... 12 5-16 Indiandia Bonds,Sock Ditto under ....... 78 Bank Stock for Account 205)6 205 Consolg for Account ...•..•.«•»•»•«.»•»••••«••••• 100)6 Exchequer Bills. 1•3(1. 1)d. 64 1 0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••• 60 Pm. Ditto 917.... 6 4 Pro- Ditto AdvertaZ........ ............ FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ....... 88% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. ......... 341 Columbian 80nd5............ ....« ......•».. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Ditto for the Account .....».«....•. .«.».».«•• Ditto Deferred 5t0ck....... ....... ....... 16 , Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..... ............... Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account 5534 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent Ditto for the Account 21% Ditto Passive Bonds ..............»....»•••• 64 Ditto Deterred 15% V Bonds, 2 - • Cent, , 42% ienezuela Bonus, 2 per . Dutch 2% per Cents •••••• •,•••••••••• 00000000 •••••••••• •••• Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 0 6% 14 Dutch 5 per Cents. 0000 ••.•........ 00000 ...........• 99% 99 PRICES OF SHARES IHIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pea SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 00000 ... i. 9 Bristol and Exeter •.............. 70 ....•.... 69.• 000000 to Bristol and Gloucester 3O .... ..... 35y i4 to Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and H01yhead.......•....... 5 ........ 5 % % ... to Churnet Valley ..............»........ 2 ..... ... 4 ......... to Direct Northern... 2% 2% ...... to Eastern Counties .................. 25 Eastern Union 5 - Ely and Bedford Great North of England. lOO ••••••••• 94. ..... to - Ditto New ........».»....» 5 .... ..... 15% London and Birmingham. lOO .......219 Ditto New Thirds ..... ............. 2 - London and Brighton ..... ........ 50 London and South Western ..... 41% ...... 75% London and Croydon ..... .......... 13% ...... 17 % to London and Y0rk................... 2%......... 3 Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ..... .. 51 ..... Midland Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct 2l ..... ... 49% ..... to Norwich and Brandon Sheffield and Manchester ... South Eastern and Dover .....».. 3 % 38% % ... to Ditto New Trent Valley York and North Midland ......... 50 lO2 ..... .... to 103 Ditto Scarbore' Branch ........ 10 Ditto Selby Scrip ........ ......... 20 ..••..... 69% Ditto Extension — l:,}4 12% to 13 Boulogne and Amiens Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bourdeaux .... ..... 1 Paris and Lyons Paris and 0r1ean5.........••..•.•.... 20 • 39r 's ••• to .••• Parisand R0uen........................ 2 0 •••••-•• 38 _, % ••• to Pads and Stra I;Oing MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, NOV. 19.—Our market continues good, and a fair business doing without much alteration in prices. Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction, 7i ; Accrington, 21; Wigan and Liverpool ; 4*; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2 ; Churnets, 4i 4 ; Eastern Counties, 13: 8 - 1 ; Ormskirk and Preston, 2 ; London and York, 3 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 101 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 494 ; Wolverhampton and Dudley, 1/ Sheffield and Manchester, 961; South- Eastern, 381, ex New ; Ditto, New, 151, cum New ; Ditto, .I•l . ew Creation, 71 premium ; Sheffield and Lin coln, ; Southport and Euxton, 2i ; Boulogne and Amiens, 4. THE TOTTENHAM CHURCHES AIND THE BISHOP OF LONDON. The parish of Tottenham has been for some time past in considerable agitation, caused by a dispute between the seatholdera and attendants of the churches and the clergymen of the parish, as to the introduction of certain practices in the services of the church, which the parishioners consider as no velties. There are three churches in Tottenharn —the old parish church, the chapel on Totten ham-green, called Trinity Chapel, and a third church, which has been recently erected at Wood green. This last chapel was erected by sub scription, and Mr. Corney, the deputy of Broad street Ward, was the treasurer of the fund. Of the other two churches, the one is the old parish church, and the second has been erected about 16 years. Of this chapel the Rev. George Hodgson Thomson was for some years the minister, but some time since he left his incumbency and went to Tonbridge. The Rev. Mr. Newcome, the vicar, then appointed Mr. Twining as his successor, the other officiating minis ters being the Rev. Mr. Winter, the Rev. Mr. Dun ster, and the Rev. Mr. Baker. It appears that certain innovations were contemplated in the customary ser vice of the church before Mr. Thomson left. They were commenced at the old, or parish church, where they did not lead to any open opposition. But on the consecration of Wood-green Chapel they were in like manner commenced there, but with a very different result. It has been stated that Mr. Corney was the treasurer of the fund that had been sub scribed to build the chapel. He had taken a very active .part in obtaining subscriptions, and when he found that the forms already referred to were to be introduced, he at once resigned his situation, at the same time expressing his opinion that in soliciting subscriptions for the chapel he had been " raising money under false pretences." Upon this determina tion of Mr. Corney being made known, a meeting of the subscribers to the 'Wood-green Chapel was called, ostensibly for the purpose of hearing his reasons. Previously to this, however, some of the influential persons in the parish framed and signed a paper, as follows : "TO THE REV. GEORGE H. TWINING MINISTER OF TRINITY CHURCH, TOTTENHAM. " As seatholders and attendants at Trinity Church, having heard that it is proposed to make some mate rial alterations in the course and order of the service as heretofore conducted—which alterations in neigh bouring parishes have created much dissatisfaction, and will assuredly produce the same result in this— we venture most respectfully, but most decidedly, to express our opinion that any such changes, by pro ducing such results, are calculated materially to pre vent that success in the preaching of the Gospel, as well as good understanding between the minister and his people, so much to be desired ; and we therefore earnestly hope that, in consideration of such opinion, the order of the service may be allowed to remain unaltered." This was signed by a very large majority of seat holders and attendants at the chapel. Mr. Twining addressed the following answer to one of the gentle men : " Tottenham-green, October 21, 1844. " Dear Sir,—As I perceive that your name stands as that of the first parishioner who has signed the petition which was forwarded to me by Mr. Wilson on Friday last, expressive of the desire that no change should be made in the order of the service at Trinity Chapel, I take the liberty of addressing my reply to you. 4 Let me, in the first place, assure you most sin cerely, that to receive a petition numerously signed by the members of my congregation, and not to be able to comply with it, is a source to me of deep regret ; yet such, I am sorry to say, is my present very painful position. Long before I determined on the course which it behoved me to take in the matter referred to, I considered it, as far as I could, in all its bearings; I deliberated upon it carefully (with prayer and supplication) before I expressed my sentiments even privately to any of my congregation ; and even afterwards, at the request of one or two in dividuals, I took the subject still further into con sideration. The result of my reflections I must re spectfully state in reply to the petitioners to be this; that I cannot consistently with my sense of duty alter those opinions, which I have already made known by private intercourse to many members of my congregation, whom I have been fortunateenough to see; and which I felt called upon to explain yes terday in the form of a sermon. Having dwelt on this latter occasion at great length, and before a very numerous congregation, upon the several points in volved, I conceive it to be unnecessary to trouble you now with any detailed explanation. Most earnestly do I hope, however, that the consequences to which the petitioners refer as likely to result from the con templated changes may, by God's goodness, be averted. " I wish it to be known, if you please, that circum stances prevented me from receiving the petition until Saturday evening; and that, if the opportunity had been found, I should h j ave considered it due to the petitioners to have sent an answer to their representa tions before I publicly explained my views. " Believe it to be my continued prayer that the hearts and steps of all concerned may be directed and ruled aright, and in a way acceptable to God, and allow me to remain,—Dear Sir, yours faithfully, " GEORGE B. TWINING. " P.S. If you should be unwilling to receive and make known to the petitioners this communication, perhaps you will have the kindness to send me a few lines and to return my letter. " To Robert Mushet, Esq., Stamford-hill." Mr. Mushet replied as follows : " Stamford-hill, 22d October, 1844. " Dear Sir,—l have been favoured with your com munication of yesterday's date, which shall in due time be laid before the Petitioners, as you are pleased to call them, though the document forwarded to you by Mr. Wilson had none of the characteristics of a petition. " I would rather you had sent your reply to some more influential member of your congregation, or, at all events, to some one who has taken a more active part in the measure than my avocations have per mitted me to take. _ " At the same time (as an attendant at Trinity Church), Ido not hesitate to avail myself of the opportunity you have given me, of stating clearly and distinctly the reasons which swayed me to sign the paper, and of expressing my sincere and unfeigned sorrow at the course you seem determined to pursue ; this I hope to do without eliciting any bias of party spirit, or exhibiting any personal feeling against your self, though the warmth with which the subject inspires me may compel me to speak the truth with more freedom than perhaps will be agreeable. " The reasons and opinions I shall express have not altogether arisen out of this particular case, but have been maturely formed, after some deliberation, by watching the progress of events in relation to the Church, though they have for the first time been put to paper, in consequence of the question in dispute now intimately affecting the peace of the parish in which I reside. " 1. It would be presumptuous in me to argue with you on the merits or demerits of the Rubric — which has lately become of such importance in the eyes of - the clergy. But you will agree with me, that the Rubric, or, what it simply , implies, rules for the regulation of the Church service, has authority only as far as it is expedient or necessary to the better performance of public worship : that the rules are things in themselves indifferent, and, like any rite or ceremony of the Church may fall into desuetude, by changes in society or of opinion—which may be abolished altogether, altered, or modified, as the heads of the Church think proper ; and all this may be done without disparagement to religion, or any article of religious belief. _ _ " You will agree with me, that any form or cere mony whatever can form no essential part of true re ligion ; and to place any reliance on such form or ceremony is superstitious, and contrary to the very spirit of our religion. " 2. The clergy who attach such weighty import ance to the Rubric (the offspring of not the purest era of the Church) may themselves, as men of edu cation and reflection, draw such necessary distinctions as to relieve them from the charge of falling into su perstitious observances ; bnt by enforcing obsolete customs, laid aside by the general concurrence of th e clergy of another age, at the expense of the peace of every parish, they are sure in dne time to perplex the minds of others (not so gifted), and lead them on to confound religious truth with the mere accessories of religious worship—things of human origin. " Now, to mistake religious forms or ceremonies for true religion is . the superstition wo all condemn and lament in the Roman Catholic Church. To place any confidence in or reliance on them. is indeed a retrograde movement in the mind of any Christian, and, though sometimes a proof of mistaken zeal, it always implies ignorance of the religi on o f J esus Christ, in its spiritual perfection, and proves rather a reliance on the devices of man than on the goodness of God. " 3. The Scriptures—that repository of Christian truth, which is the standard of our faith, and is so re cognised by the Church, though some of her clergy seem in this respect to have abandoned the opinions of the Reformation, distinctly declare, for the guid ance of erring man, that God, being a spirit, must be worshipped in spirit and in truth (because He knows the secrets of every heart, and cannot be deceived by our lip-service, our hollow zeal, our pompous rites) ; and yet a certain party in the Church are doing all they can to overturn that injunction by the introduc tion of frivolous ceremonies and nice distinctions, which must, in the end, detract from the spirituality of God's worship. All rites and ceremonies cannot bring us near to God; they cannot please Ri m ; and, though they may not altogether be aba n d one d in public w ors hip, s till th e y are essentially marks and tokens of man's infirmity, and not of his strength or perfection. They must be employed, because the weakness of human nature requires them to prompt the heart, or to excite the languid devotion of the soul. But there is a point where they become offen sive to those who have a clear perception of true re ligion ; and when such reliance in their efficacy is placed, as implied in the conduct of some of the clergy, they must in time degenerate into frivolity and superstition. The rite or ceremony, or the point enforced, may be harmless in itself, but a wise man will look to the consequences of magnifying the im portance of such. things as form no essential part of religious faith or conduct. "4. I do not here contend that the changes you have introduced are themselves objectionable ; I do not profess to divine the motives which have led you to the conclusions you have arrived at; I do not wish, as I have said, to argue with you the merits or demerits of the Rubric, as it is out of my province to enter into any such controversy; but I cannot, on the grounds of common sense or right judgment, defend the enforcement of those changes in the ordinary worship of the church which are certain to disturb the quiet and harmony of the parish for years to come. " If I grant e d a ll t h e changes you are determined on to be simply goo d , or harmless, or things indifferent (as the preface to the Prayer.book says of forms and ceremonies), still I cannot think you can be justified in disturbing the peace of your congregation for ob , . pets that really form no part of religion ; objects which, if you succeed in, may gratify your own feelings, but which cannot possibly advance the eter nal interests of man, or tend in any way to the glory of God. " On the contrary, it is certain, that whatever en genders strife, or promotes discord, or excites or scatters the flock (of which you are the appointed shepherd) must injure true religion and man's best interests, at the same time that the impetuous zeal of the clergy excites grave doubts in the minds of calm, reflecting, religious men (who find their religion in the Bible), whether the clergy are proving them selves the best friends of the Church, or the warm supporters of spiritual truth. Their intemperate desire to revive forms and ceremonies of another age, at any expense, may lead others to doubt whether they have really formed in their own minds the dis tinction between religious forms and religious truth. " At all events such is the impression their present proceedings are likely to leave—to pass by the false ideas they are sure to engender in the minds of the weak (and they are not a few) who, in all ages, have I tended to confound those two things together, and thus in the end have gradually fallen into all the mummery and superstitious observances we see, with pain and surprise, existing in the Roman Church. " When the importance and necessity of forms have once taken possession of the mind, there is no thing more difficult than to root them out, as all his tory testifies ; for no reason I can conjecture than that man is naturally prone to mistake the shadow of religion for the substance, the type or symbol for the object represented. " When we know that the Church of Rome has its foundation in such superstitious observances, we ought to he cautious how we multiply them, or unnecessa rily revive old ones, worn out by time, and abandoned by general consent. " Let us always consider it a maxim of truth, that forms or ceremonies, or rites of any kind, called by whatever name, are nothing in the sight of God, ab solutely considered. " 5. Why the Rubric, which seems to arrogate to itself no undue weight of importance, and which has nothing to recommend it but the prestige of antiquity (and that not of a remote date), and I may say good sense, should all at once, in the eyes of the clergy, swell into something . of great purport, and almost of Divine obligation, is an anomaly difficult to be ex plained or understood. " If a party in the Church were to make an attempt to bring the Church of England into conformity with the simplicity of the age of the apostles, to assimilate it to the severe and simple religion as promulgated by its Divine Founder, there really would be something meritorious, however unsuccessful the attempt, some thing good, however much savouring of enthusiasm; but an attempt, at enormous sacrifices, to revive cer tain formulae which have been neglected, as super fluities in the Church service, without assigning ade quate reasons for so doing—to give to the Rubric a power and authority and weight in public worship which it nowhere claims for itself, seems to me most extraordinary and inconsistent. " G. In an age like this, when men are apt to think for themselves, and analyse more carefully than before their ideas on religious questions, it seems remark able that the clergy should make an effort to mystify the truth, and tarnish the purity of religion, by re calling those clouds of mystery, those • pious frauds' characteristic of times less civilised. The attempt Is sure to prove an unsuccessful one, because I think the same intelligence, the same power of thought, which brought about the Reformation, in an age compara tively barbarous, must, in the end, dissipate all those errors and delusions of good, but mistaken men, in times more refined and civilised. This is hardly an age to make an attempt on the credulity of the people ; or draw the veil of error over the face of truth. " The power and independence of the clergy pos sessed by virtue of their holy office, as well as by the mode of their appointment, may permit them for a season to proceed in their course, but, for my part, I can see, in their very success, the elements of injury, if not of destruction, to the Church herself; because, while she is now assaulted from without by hosts of Dissenters who await eagerly any breach in the wall, the clergy are at the same time creating innumerable enemies within ; they are making those who would be friends lukewarm and indifferent; they are creating a spirit of party very inconsistent with the unity they preach and pray for, as one of her essential preroe tires ; they are causing doubts to arise where faith should be one, and where practice should be uniform. " 7. In the prayer for the Church militant here in earth,' God is solemnly called upon to inspire the universal Church of Christ with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord; but do her clergy not throw a firebrand into her very b osom b y th ese new forms ? " In the forms for the Ordering of Priests,' the Bishop asks the candidate if he will 'maintain and set forward, as much as lieth in you, quietness, peace, and love, among all Christian people, and especially among those that are or shall be committed to your charge ;' but I ask you to say candidly whether the clergy are keeping their solemn promise ? " Again, the priest is asked, if he is persuaded that the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently all doctrine required of necessity for eternal salvation, through faith in Jesus Christ ; but how can his answer be re conciled with the present practice of the clergy, who seem to regard as articles of belief things nowhere mentioned or seven alluded to in Scripture? "8. There, indeed, the clergy are called upon to preach the Gospel —the truth as it is in Jesus ; the revelation of God to man ; that eternal truth, ex pressed in simple language, and given to man with out pomp or parade ; which soars far above all con ventional rules and human devices, and which still exist after all those objects on which man places a foolish reliance shall have been consigned to oblivion —when the Rubric, the Church herself, her rites, her forms, her ceremonies shall be no more; when all those who administered them as essentials to true re ligion, as well as those who condemned them as the vain delusions of the human mind,shall be laid quietly in the grave. " Religious truth is eternal ; but is it not also spi ritual ? It is spiritual and pure as the spirit of God, because it came from Him ; and any form or cere mony must (abstractedly speaking) diminish the purity and sully the lustre of that truth; and I think, therefore, it would become the clergy—when nobler thoughts of religion are gradually appearing—to ele vate and purify religious ideas, and not debase them ; above all, to impress strongly on the minds of the people the inutility of the shadow when the substance is lost. " 9. It appears to me that in reviving those obsolete portions of the Rubric, on a plea of conscience, the clergy are indirectly throwing a stigma on the brightest ornaments the Church has given birth to— whose lives are lasting memorials of devotion and sincerity, and whose labours form one of the noblest portions of our literature. These great men fulfilled their duties with scrupulous fidelity, but they seem not to have been staggered by those conscientious feelings which sway men now, perhaps of equal piety, but possessing not one tithe of their wisdom or learning. If they had been so affected, they would have accommodated their declarations to their better judgment, and not have revived rubrics of dark ages to satisfy scruples of conscience, or make the past bear witness to the truth of new lights. " 10. Again I say respectfully, that the object you would attain is not worth the sacrifice you must make. So long as you were not compelled, by a higher authority, to revive those forms, or make those changes, you cannot in my mind be justified in raising strife where before all was concord ; in forcing your opinions where almost every man is opposed to them; in causing and separation, when your mission is to preach peace and unity. " With these observations (which I have aimed to write in a candid spirit, and with a freedom which the occasion can alone justify), " I beg to subscribe myself your faithful servant, "ROBERT MUSHET. "To the Rev. George B. Twining." The following rejoinder was sent by Mr. Twining : " Tottenham, Oct. 24, 1844. "Dear Sir—l have just received the favour of your letter of the 22d instant, and I wish to lose no time in assuring you, that I am much concerned to find that I have employed a term in my letter of the 21st instant which you think inapplicable to the document referred to. It was far from my intention to use the word 'petition' in any objectionable sense; my object rather was studiously to avoid speaking of the is a paper or address, persons who signed it in any way that could be disagreeable to a single individual. Let me now profess my willingness to retract tbg term s-- 1 , .. LO speak of the document taerOy ..0 s, signed by certain seatholders and attendants at Tri nity Church. Ilrith respect to my having sent my reply to you, I took the liberty of doing so merely on account of the position of your name upon the list. I thought it best to ,abide by such a rule, fearing that otherwise it might be considered that I had taken upon myself to determine who were the more influential members of my congregation, and who had taken the more active part in the measure. I ':liiaddressing toyouthis immediate explanation it is obvious that I cannot have had time to give due attention to the several points of your letter; and I will therefore only subscribe myself, your faithful servant, " GEORGE B. T WINING. "To Robert Mushet, Esq." At the meeting already referred to of the sub scribers to the Wood-green Church there was a very strong expression of public opinion, and the clergy were much blamed for taking subscriptions for the building without declaring their intention not to conduct the service in the way to which the subscribers had been accustomed. The clergy having agreed to refer the matters at issue to the Bishop of London, and N abide by his decision, a deputation was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Mushet, Josiah Wilson, Shad bolt, A. Johnson, P. Johnson, and Windus, who had a very long interview with his Lordship, who went into minute detail as to the several changes pro posed, complaining that the sad results spoken of in the parish of disunion in families, dissent from the Church, and general dissatisfaction were produced, not by the changes, but by the parties objecting to them. He dwelt much upon this view, and said that if all the parishes in his diocese, particularly referring to Islington, and complaining much of that large parish refusing positively to conform to his recommendations, had done otherwise, all the opposition would have been prevented. He said, the forms and ceremonies complained of being ordered by the Church, no reasonable person ought to object; and, for himself, he at once declared that he would not preach in any church in his diocese whgre that regarding the offertory was not adopted. In answer to a remark that it was not so much the forms or changes proposed that were com plained of in themselves, but that they were such as were adopted by a certain party, and would probably be stepping-stones to others, which might endanger doctrinal principles, his LDrd ship replied, that he had very clearly already ex pressed his opinion, and now repeated that he was entirely opposed to those opinions, which, for short ness, he would describe—for he was obliged to use the word—as Puseyite or Tractarian; and that he would again, as he had already done, reprove or prevent any of his clergy from disseminating them. His Lordship gave the deputation his full permission to make these sentiments known; indeed, he said he had done so already, and that he would always be accessible to any of the laity having any cause of complaint, and would immediately institute a strict and searching inquiry; stating, at the same time, that any of his clergy who, by preaching or gesture, or any other means, exceeded the line laid down for them in the Rubric, or, on the other hand, fell short of what was their duty, would be liable to a penalty of 5001. The deputation, in the first instance, stated that their object was to get rid altogether of the changes complained of. The Bishop opposed their wishes in this respect, and suggested that if they went back to their fellow-parishioners their influence might be used to allay all unpleasant feeling on the subject, and that ultimately all might be arranged. His Lordship was informed that such a result was not likely to occur. One of the deputation (Mr. P. Johnson) then suggested that the new forms should be suspended for a year. The other members of the deputation objected to any compromise, but ultimately the Bishop intimated his readiness to accede to the suggestion as to the postponement, and promised to make a communication to that effect through the clergy. The deputatton then withdrew. In a few days after,—on Thursday, the 14th, --a further meeting of the subscribers to the Wood green Chapel was held, at which the Rev. Messrs. Winter and Twining attended. It was intimated that a letter had been received by the clergy from the Bishop, the substance of which they proposed to state to the meeting. The meeting objected to receiving anything but the original document, and at length after some extremely angry discussion it was pro duced and read, the Rev. Mr. Twining flinging it down on the table. The purport of the letter was, that the Bishop had no objection to the postponement of the introduction of the new forms for twelve months, leaving it, however, to the discretion of the clergy. He still urged the importance of the changes, and hoped in the mean time a better spirit would arise in the parish. The conversation was carried on with great warmth prior to the production of the letter ; and after it had been read, the Rev. Mr. Winter re vived the angry feeling by saying it was to be under stood that at the end of the twelve months the changes would again be put in force. This was repeated most vehemently by the Rev. Mr. Twining, with arms a-kimbo ; but this was decidedly objected to by the meeting. One gentleman observed, that there was no knowing what might happen before the end of the twelve months. The Bishop might be translated be fore that time ; or the clergy might learn discretion before then, and resolve wholly to abandon the inno vations. At this meeting Mr. Corney was re-elected trea surer of the Chapel Fund. On the Sunday following the subjoined paper was posted on the church doors : " Notice is hereby respectfully given to the mem bers of this congregation and to other inhabitants of this district, that it has been determined, under an appeal to the Bishop of the diocese, to defer for the space of one year those alterations which, in con formity with the Rubric, have been recently proposed in the order of Divine service in this chapel. " The afternoon service on the first and third Sundays of every month will be performed as already announced. " T. NEWCOMBE, Vicar. " G. B. TWINING. " T. BAKER. " Tottenham, Nov. 15, 1844." Thus the dispute has terminated in the withdrawal by the clergy " for one year" of the innovations objected to. The changes objected to were—the omission of the anthem at the commencement of the service; the giving out the psalms by the clergyman instead of by the clerk ; and the offertory, with a collection from pew to pew on the occasion of charity sermons, Queen's letters, &c. The changes were first introduced at the parish church, and then at Wood-green. They were threatened at Trinity Church also, but the energetic proceedings of the subscribers to the Wood•green Chapel prevented their introduction. The excitement in the parish has been very great. One gentleman, Mr. Craven, offered to build a new church at his own expense, if the attendants at the old ones were obliged to leave in consequence of the obstinacy of the innovators. Another gentleman did the like ; and one parishioner, a barrister, alluding to the offertory, said, he should search his wife and children before they went to church to be sure they had no money, and write on his pew door, " No alms given here." ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 19.—This morning at half past nine o'clock, the Royal West India mail packet the Clyde, Captain Symons, arrived in the river, and landed her mails, which were dispatched to London by the eleven o'clock train. She sailed from St. Jago de Cuba October 19th, Jamaica 24th, Deme rara 20th, Trinidad 21st, Barbadoes 24th, Grenada 26th, St. Thomas 31st, and Fayal 12th November. The Clyde brings home thirteen passengers, and on freight 1;620 dollars, 181. British money, 75 ounces gold dust, 699 ounces silver, 399 ounces platina. On the 24th October the royal mail packet the Thames left Barbadoes for Trinidad, Tobago, and Demerara. The royal mail schooner Larne 25th from Grenada for Guayno. On the 26th the royal mail packet Forth left Grenada for Jamaica and the Gulf, and on the 31st the royal mail packet Dee was at St. Thomas, as also the city of Glasgow. Mr. Edwards, an officer on board the Clyde, died on his voyage home. The mails which left here yesterday by specia train, were delivered at the General Post-office it: London within two hours and a half. The Mary Ann, from the Cape of Good Hope, put into Cowes last evening, and forwarded to this place four boxes and three bags of ship letters, which were sent up to London per mail train this morning; she left the Cape on the 16th of September. The Royal Tar will leave the docks on Thursday, and take out the Gibraltar and other mails. By these arrivals we have Jamaica and other West India papers, from which we extract the following paragraphs : " Her Majesty's ships Inconstant and Spartan are in the Gulf of Mexico, and the Electra at Antigua. "It appears that the season throughout the West Indies has been unusually hot, causing great sickness and mortality. Demerara was particularly unhealthy, typhus and scarlet fever raging, in addition to the indi • genous fever of the colony. " The Jamaica House of Assembly was opened by the Earl of Elgin on the 15th of October. The Hill Coolie proposition was brought forward in a very full house; and, after a lengthened discussion, was carried, the num ber, however, being limited to 2,000 instead of 5,000, as proposed by the Home Government. " A dreadful fire occurred on the Canal Coffee Plan tations, near Demerara, on the 14th of October, and was burning on the 20th, whereby nearly the whole of that valuable district would be destroyed. The plantations were fired by the peasantry, in consequence of a tax on the sale of plantains having been recently exacted by the collector of the district." 6 . DREADFUL DEVASTATION AT MONTEGO BAY. " Since the year 1818 there has not occurred such a dreadful visitation at this place, as was witnessed on the sth inst. (October). On the night of the 4th the wea ther' which had been for d a y s p as t ra th er t h reaten i ng , assumed an unusually lowering and portentous appear ance. Between nine and ten o'clock, P.M., it commenced to blow very hard from the south, a strong ground swell heaved into the bay from about three P.M., and at about a quarter to two A.M. Saturday it acquired a terrific force. The situation of several vessels in the outer har bour, Green's Hole, and the Close Harbour, became now very critical. At Green's Hole one man called George Young, on board the sloop Isabella, was placed in the most perilous situation; the sea made a complete breach over the vessel, and in utter despair he clung to the mast uttering the most piteous cries, which were heard from above the remorseless dash of the wild ocean. He remained in this dreadful state of anxiety and alarm until half-past twelve, P.M., when fortunately a line was conveyed on board from Gun Point Wharf, on which he swung himself ashore; in the very act, however, of touching the wharf it broke, but we are happy to say he was seized in time and safely landed, though consi derably worn out by fatigue. There was during the day comparatively little wind, but the sea raged in the most dreadful manner. Between six and seven, A.M., the fine schooner Africanus was driven ashore at Meagre Bay, and very shortly after became a complete wreck. "It is impossible to describe the havoc that has been occasioned. The whole line of coast from Christie's Rock to Kathren's Beach has been ploughed up, and bears more or less the marks of the extraordinary vio lence of the sea. Every wharf has suffered, and the loss of lumber and other property is immense. The crane at Gun Point Wharf (Jump's) was carried away. The front part of the wharf (Jump's), occupied by the Messrs. Melhadaes, was considerably undermined. I cannot de pict the scene of distress which prevailed in our town yesterday, from four P.M. up to dark. Persons of all classes and sexes were to be seen hurrying about in the greatest possible state of agitation and alarm. The sea rose higher than it has ever yet been known to do, and the waves dashed into the bay with noise equal to that of the loudest thunder. The following is a list of the vessels and other property destroyed " The schooner Africanus and the Rachel, the pro perty of Captain Bates, completely wrecked. Four boats, the property of Captain Bates. The schooner Exertion and Sloop Isabella, the property of Joseph G. Jump, Esq. The sloop Cissia, the Wave, and the M ar y, the property of Captain Selley. The sloop Magna Charts, the property of Captain Brown and Son. The sloops Hunter and Tom Smith, the property of Messrs. Watson and Mowat. The sloop Glassinia, the property of Mr. Peter Watson. A sloop boat, the property of J. C. Hart and Co. A schooner boat, Davy Levy, Esq. A lighter, Mr. Garth. A ditto, Mr. Manderson. A ditto, Captain Heslop. A ditto, Mr. Thompson. A ditto, Messrs. Watson and Mowatt. "A large number of small boats and canoes, and Mr. Lindo's bathing-house, a considerable quantity of lum ber, staves, heading boards, and scantlings, the property of J. G. Jump, Esq., washed of!' from Green Point wharf. Several wharfs considerably injured." MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TUE MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 421 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at shoe t being 25 57k, it follows that gold is 0.59 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4341 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 141 per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 91 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 101, it follows that gold is 0.23 p er cent . d earer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London LI 110 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.43 per cent. in favour of England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at GO days' sight, the interest must be added to the above difference. SUN.—English Stocks advanced this afternoon, Consols being per cent. higher, viz., 1001 Bank Stock im proved to 2051. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 102 to Exchequer Bills touched 60s. premium. Spanish Stock left off well also, the Five per Cents. being 24* 1, and the Three per Cents. 351 a. Portu guese Converted were 54i to 551 for Account. Mexican Bonds receded to 351. Colombian were at 14, and Brazilian at 88i. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New, were 61 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, to 1 ; Chur ne t V a ll e , VI to 2 ; South-Western, 34! to 331 • Croydon, 3i ; London and York, -1 ; Manchester and Ikeds, 45 ; Ditto and Birmingham, 11 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 28i ; Northern and Eastern, Quarter, 4 ; South-Eastern, 4!-; York and North Midland, 52 to 52i ; Ditto, Scarborough Branch, 22 ; Ditto Selby Scrip, 491; Paris and Lyons, 14 ; and Paris and Rouen, 19 to 184 premium. Direct Northern were at par. Australasia Bank Shares were 16 to 16k premium, and Colonial 11 discount. The Exchanges on the leading continental cities were firm this afternoon. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Gold Coin to British West Indies 650 ounces. Silver Coin t 50 „ Silver Coin to Rotterdam Silver Bars to Calais 24 „ Copper Coin, Cape Cos COURSE OF EXCHA] Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 66 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 13 Altona l3 13 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine l2l Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. 11.3 M 953 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36% Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona Seville 71 st Castle 751. GE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar — Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan — Venice . . Naples 39 Palermo, per oz llB Lisbon 55 Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — NewYork,2ldyssight Philadelphia — PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold, bars...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons.... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9, 7 3 Silver in Bars O, 4 Ili ARUNDEL, Nov. 19.—We are all gaiety in the extreme, owing to the arrival of a large circle of royalty and nobility at the castle. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and suite, arrived on Monday evening, as also Lord and Lady Lincoln, Lord and Lady Jersey, and the Hon. Sloane Stanley. The Prince and Prin cess Mecklenburg Strelita, arrived this morning, and are expected to remain till Thursday. A grand ball on an extensive scale will take place on Wednesday evening, at which upwards of 150 of the resident nobility and gentry are invited. The town has not presented such an appearance of bustle for years. The Norfolk Arms is fully occupied by the ovorplus company that cannot find room at the castle. The bells rang a merry peal on Monday evening, on the arrival of his Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge, &c. This day the party were all out at an early hour, engaged in the sports of the ,field. Upwards of one hundred and twenty head of game were bagged before one o'clock. At the time our caries pondent was writing carriages were arriving from all directions. INCENDIARISM AT DgNIIIGIL—On Friday Diglit 'giA, fire to a th© property of Thomas Ili IV last some evil -disposed person ,. or . persons &tack of hay, a situated in tbd ' "",;_lane, near the entrance to t. s Church, but happily it was soon discovered, and through the timely interference of the neighbours, the flames were extinguished before much damage was done. The fire occurred about 10 o'clock. No doubt, had it been at a later hour, the consequences would have been very destructive —Chester Cogrant. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A young man, named Matthew Spurdell, was tried yesterday before Mr. Sergeant Adams, at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, charged with steal ing a pair of stockings from my shop ; he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one month's imprison ment. What I have to complain of is, that the Judge would not allow me to say a word, although Mr. Henry, the magistrate who committed the prisoner, requested me particularly to inform the Court that the prisoner was an old offender, and that his father had a short time since imposed on the magistrate by obtaining ss. from the poor-box, on the promise that he would send his son home to Dorsetshire, but in stead of doing so got intoxicated with the money. The fellow on the second occasion tried to dupe the magistrate, but did not succeed. Tradesmen fre quently suffer themselves to be plundered rather than take the trouble of attending to prosecute; but with out any vindictive feeling, I consider the Judge ought to have listened to the above facts before passing sen tence.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD THOMAS. 75, High-street, Whitechapel, Nov. 20, 1844. FOOT RACE FOR 101.—Yesterday a 100 yards foot race came off near the Brecknock Arms, Camden -town, between harry Bromley (the host of the above-named inn) and a sporting gentleman ; the attendance of spec tators was numerous, and much betting took place. The distance having been measured, the competitors appeared at the starting mark, and at the signal went away at a rattling pace. Bromley then took the lead, which he maintained, and won easily by 10 virds. LIVE INSECT VOIDED BY THE N OSTRILS.--MISS teat. 19, strong constitution, affected for the last two years with a supra-orbital cophalalgia on the loft side, at first slight, but gradually increasing in intensity ; all the remedies prescribed failed in giving relief. On the 31st December, 1842, after a violent fit of sneezing, she felt something move in the left nostril, and, on blowing her nose, a live insect escaped ; the pain ceased imme diately, and did not return, and the general health soon became perfect. The insect, which lived seventeen days, when examined, proved to belong to the order of Myna polies of Latreille ; the genus Scolopendra ; and the species Scolopendra electrica, of Linnaeus ; ft was of a pale red colour, with a brown ray on its back ; its body was one-tenth of an inch in breadth, and one-fifth in length. The author concludes that the ovum was acci dentally deposited in the fossa nasalis. and there deve loped itself, undergoing its various . metamorphos es , unt il violently expelled.-11.1edical Times. FlRE.—Yesterday morning, about four o'clock, a fire broke out in ono of the upper rooms of No, n, Charles-street, Drury-laze, the whole of which is let in nightly lodgings. It appears that the fire originated through one of the men having been lighth , - - - • Lucifer match, and smolti.-- •s-- • w pipe with .n bed, by which the bed ..as set fire to. The fire was soon extinguished. This was the second similar occurrence in the same house within a week. THE POLISH BALL. The ball and concert in aid of the funds for re lieving the distressed Polish exiles took place last night at the Guildhall. The fittings-up and decora tions were the same as on the occasion of the Lord Mayor's annual dinner on the 9th inst. The ball was brilliantly lighted with gas and chandeliers, and at the west end there was a large star of frosted glass, lighted by gas, surrounded by the motto of the garter, which had a very beautiful effect. Around the walls were suspended banners bearing the arms of the several City companies, and at either end a number of flags and union-jacks tastefully grouped, and inter spersed with these were figures in steel and gilt ar mour, and a variety of other devices. The floor was chalked, or rather painted, upon a novel plan, to pre vent the inconvenience experienced on former occa sions from the dust. It was divided into four com partments, the two centre ones representing the arms of the Lord Mayor and the Polish arms, and at either end the Prince of Wales's plume, the whole sur rounded by a tasteful arabesque border. The music in the hall-room was Moos. Jullien's unrivalled quadrille band, which was stationed in an orchestra erected near the centre of the hall, and performed a variety of quadrilles, waltzes, polkas, mazurkas, &c. during the evening, including Semiramide, Le Bouquet Royal, Zampa, the Bird of Paradise, Ondine, Le Pas du Diable, the Butterfly, the Royal Polka, &c. The company began to arrive shortly after eight o'clock, and the carriages continued to set down al most without intermission till near eleven o'clock, at which time there were, as well as we could estimate, between 700 and 800 persons present. The concert took place in the Council Chamber shortly before ten o'clock, under the direction of Mr. Benedict. Amongst the vocalists were Signor 13rizz, Mr. J. Bennett, Signor Ferrari, Mr. Mashin, Miss Graham, Miss Steele, Miss Sarah Flower, Miss Mis sent, Mrs. Itodwell, Miss Dolby, Sec. The perform ances were loudly applauded, more especially the ca vatina " Sotto it fraterno tetto," by Miss Flower, the trio, " L'Usato ardir," "By the sad sea waves," by Miss S:eele, and "Quando it core," by Miss Dolby. Shortly Latter the concert had commenced the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress entered the ball-room, and were loudly cheered. His Lordship proceeded to the concert-room, which was densely crowded in every part, with repeated cheers. Among the company we observed the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, the Earl and Countess of Erroll, Earl Munster, the Earl of Glengall, Lady Adelaide Fitzclarence, the Coun tess of Tankerville, Lady Mary Fox, Lord Dud.. ley Coutts Stuart, Colonel Fox, M.P., the [ion. Col. Leicester Stanhope, Hon. Charles Villiers, M.P., Hon. Mrs. Abbott, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir John Key, Bart., Sir W. Magnay, Bart., Sir George Car roll, Alderman Johnson, Gregory, Esq., M.P., H. Baring, Esq., M.P., &c. Dancing was kept up with, great spirit during the night, although at times, not withstanding the immense size of the hall, there was some difficulty in obtaining a sufficient space to enable the votaries of Terpsichore to display their graceful evolutions. There were a few fancy costumes inter mingled with the naval and military uniforms 'anti court dresses, whiCh gave variety and picturesqueness to the scene. There was an ample supply of refresh ments during the evening, and the stewards were in defatigable in their exertions to provide for the com fort and accommodation of the company. The revelry was at its height when we left the gay scene, at an hour which we will not particularise further than by saying it was somewhat advanced into the morning; and the exhilirating popping of Champagne corks was keeping time to the lively movements of Al, Jullien's baton, and giving fresh vigour to those who still sought the giddy mazes of the waltz or mazurka. From the number present, we have no doubt the resnit will be most satisfactory tti the benevolent promoters of the entertainment. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TrEsDAy.---The Queen and Prince Albert walked for some time this morning. His Royal Highness afterwards went to shoot in the royal preserves, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, took an airing in a pony carriage and four, attended by Col. Wylde. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken on their ponies, in the fore noon, in the pleasure -grounds adjacent to the Castle. Prince Alfred was also taken an airing. The Marchioness of Douro has arrived at the Castle, and relieved Lady Portman in the duty of Lady in Waiting on the Queen. Lord Rivers has succeeded the Earl of Morton as the Lord in Waiting, and Mr. Ormsby Gore has suc ceeded Captain Meynell as the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Sir Henry Wheatley left the Castle to-day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady Charlotte Dundas joined the royal circle at dinner. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attend ance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended. Their Royal llighnesses the reigning Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, with his Royal Highness the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, were ex pected to leave Ostend early this morning, en route to 'Windsor Castle, where their arrival is looked for either at a late hour to-night or to-morrow (Wed nesday) morning. The Queen and the Prince of Wales honoured Mr. Thorburn with sittings for their portraits yesterday. his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived in town from the Continent at half-past ten o'clock on Monday night, and immediately proceeded to the residence of the Duke of Cambridge, at Kew. Yesterday morning the Hereditary Grand Duke left Kew to join the royal party assembled at Arundel Castle, the seat of the Duke of Norfolk. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yes terday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of IVelling ton, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Sir Edward Knatch bull, Lord Granville Somerset, and Mr. Gladstone. The Lord Chancellor subsequently joined his col leagues. The Council sat two hours. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the lixchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing. street. The Ecclesiastical Commission fbr England had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in White hall-place. The Commissioners present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London Lord Ashley, and the Dea n o f W es t m i nster. , A deputation from the Waterford and Limerick Railway Company had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The deputation included the Mayor of Water ford, Mr. Brancome, Mr. T. Lalor, Mr. J. W. StranK man, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. Charles Vignoles, engi neer to the company. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador ; Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister ; Baron Brunnow, Russian Minster ; and Baron de Nieurnann, Austrian Minister, transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, arrived in town on Monday evening, from his seat, Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. Dispatches were received yesterday afternoon at the Colonial-office, from the Governor of Jamaica, and also from the Governors of the other West India Colonies. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marchioness of Downshire at Lord Bridport's, \Vimpole-street, from llillsborough Castle, county Down; the Countess of Erroll and the Ladies Hay, in Clarges-street, from Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire; ►he Earl of March, in Portland-place; Mr. and the Bon. Mrs. Hall and family, in Wimpole-street ; Sir Ralph and Lady lloward, in Belgrave-square, from Stanmore; General Mawby, in Baker-street; Mr. Dennistoun,M.P., in Great Cumberland-street ; the Marquis and Mar chioness of Douro, from a continental tour. DEPARTURES. Lieut.-General Ellice, from Arlington-street, on a visit to Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, at Ratchford Muse, near Cobham; Lord and Lady Parker, for Sherborno Castle, Oxfordshire ; Lord Cantilupe, for the 1)ol ;‘ , o f Montrose's, Sun)), Hall; —Winthrop, Esq., tor Ilastings; the Hon. Lieut.-General Arthur Upton, from the Albany, for Brighton. CHANGES. The Earl of Wicklow, Lady Eleanor Law, and the Ladies Howard, from Shelton Abbey, Arklow, on a vist to the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, at Baron's Court, Tyrone; Lord Robert Grosvenor, at Moor Park, Rickraansworth, Herts, from Eaton Hall, Cheshire ; tha Right Hon. G. L. and Mrs. Dawson Darner, at Carne House, Dorset, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at Badminton ; Colonel Wyndham, at Melton, Mowbray, from his seat in _Leicestershire; Mr. Campbell, M.P., at Brighton, from a tour; Mrs. Lane Fox, fro m a visit to the Rev. Buckley, near Burton-on-Tr en t, on a visiting tour; the Hon. Captain and Mrs. George Liddell, at Ravensworth Castle; Sir Arthur and La2l. d Brooke, at Colebrooke, f rom a tour of visits in Fey.. managh; Sir 11. Pattison, at Brighton, from a tour, TURIN, &e.—A simple ana eft . ccu.: mod, of killing the bed spider, green thrip, and scale, with- Out hurtiNitnral t;ociety of London, August 2, 1837 " Put tin Tys,ts or plat to into a frame well dosed, and then laurel-leaves bruised between them, when in the course of an hour the whole of the spiders and flies will be destroyed by the odour, which is that of Prus s i c ac id ; the thrip and scale will be destroyed in about eight hours the night time being the most favourable for the experi ment. For a house of 20 feet by 12, two bushels of leave 3 would be amply sufficient." E(. marks k, the ~ Ste. toned► ) f the ars 0 d by (.)bert an d law* duly apebo v AO and ,f the 0 and rs by arch• iiso o, s h of