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THE DORKING-, BRIGHTON, and ARUN DE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY COMPANY. Offices, the Adelaide Hotel, London-bridge, Dec. 18, 1845. At a meeting of the Provisional Committee held this day, Sir JAMES DUKE, M.P., in the chair, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to, viz : That in the opinion of this meeting the projected Dorking, Brighton, and Arundel Railway possesses peculiar merits, and de serves the cordial support of the public. That the Committee of Management be requested to continue such measures for obtaining an Act for the proposed railway, and to adopt such proceedings as they may deem expedient for obtaining payment of the deposits, and to make arrangements with the Sareholders In any way they may think desirable. That the Committee of Management be authorised to enter into negotiations and arrangement with any other Company as they may consider will promote the object in view. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to the Managing Committee, and especially to D. W. Harvey, Esq., for his able and manly conduct in upholding the just claims of the Company, and for his unremitting exertions to secure the success of the measure. That the thanks of the meeting are due to Sir James Duke for his able conduct in the chair. By order of the Board, R. PURSER, Secretary pro tern. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. CONTRACT FOR WORKS. Notice Is hereby given that the Directors of the South Wales Railway Company will receive, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th February, 1846, at Two o'clock, at their Office, No. 449, West Strand, London, tenders for the execution of the three several contracts, extending from the river Lougher, throngh Swansea to Neath, being a distance of about fourteen miles, and comprising tunnels and a large amount of earth work ; awd also of several contracts in the neigh bourhood of Newport, comprehending also a tunnel and other im portant works. Drawings and specifications will be exhibited at the respective offices of the resident Engineers at Swansea, and at New port, on and after Monday, the sth January, 1846, and printed forms of tender may be had at the same places, or at the Company's office in London. The Directors will not 'consider themselves boand to wen'. th e lowest or any tender. They request the parties to attend at o:, e ' et ii„ of the Company in London at two o'clock on Wednesday February 11th, 1846. By order, N. ARMSTROI 47 ,;I, Secretary, South Wales Railway Office, 449, West Strand, 22d December, 1845. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. First Call of 21. 10s. per share., making, with the deposit of 21. 10s., 51. paid. Notice is hereby given, that, pur'Alant to a Resolution of the Board of Directors, the Proprietors of shares in this Company are required to pay the sceoud instalmen' d of 21. 10s. per share, on or before the 22€1 day ofJanuary next., to any of the undermentioned Bankers:— London—Messrs. G 1; n, Rallifax, Mills, and Co. Liverpool—The tank of Liverpool. Manchester—Messrs. Jones. Loyd, and Co. Bristol and Exeter—The West of England and South Wales Bank. Cardiff—The National Provincial Bank of England. Carmarthen—Messrs. David Morris and Sons. Swansea and Nelth—The Glamorganshire Banking Company. All Calls net paid on or before the 22d January next, will be charged with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. South Wales Railway Office, 449, West Strand, London, December 22, 1845. Published this day, THE HORARY, or HOURLY RECORD for 1846, containing for each day an Entire Page, subdivided into Hours, and spaces for the insertion of Engagements, the times of Rising, Dining, &c., being a complete Memorandum-book for Future Occurrences and Record of Past Events, personally interesting. The florary is adapted for the ose of persons In all situations, as it contains an intimation of coming and a record of past events, and of the times and places of their occurrence. It enables those at a distance from their friends to afford at all times irrefragable proofs of the mode in which their time has been spent, whether in business, work, instruction, or amusement. G. d. 6 7 0 8 0 CLOTH.i ROAN I SILK TUCK. s. d. I s. d. 50, 6 6 5 0 6 0 7 0 0 8 .. 1 1 o BOUND lUl' IN VOLUMES OF 1 Year.... ..• • • .......... 2 Half Years 4 Quarter Years .. • .. 12 Months in a Case... • • • • • 1 Month... . ....... ..... I - " A little gem of the oblong kind fitted for a coat pocket, and form ing a Valuable memento of the Italian philosopher's motto, ' Time is my estate.' The llorary contains an almanack, stamps, and fire in nuance particulars, with an essay on life assurance ; but the feature Is a diary with a page to each day, where our hours are literally numbered. The compiler contemplates that the busy world rises at eight ; but there are blank lines previous to that hour for early men. From eight to ten A. 3t., one line is supposed to suffice per hour ; front ten till four he grants two lines ; and then one again till eight P. at. There are blanks to fill in ' Rose at,' Retired at and the compiler is liberally inclined towards refreshment, having lines for breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper. In the case of a busy great man, what a strange record would this truly filled-up volume be, even for a year l"—Spectator. _ _ letts, Son, and Co., 8, Cornhill, and S, Royal Exchange ; and may be had of any Bookseller or Stationer in the United Kingdom. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, in three act., called MARITA NA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarille, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Meus. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, babas (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. H. Pane, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S GRAND ANNUAL BAL MASQUE THIS EVENING. GENERAL ARRANGEMENT. The Doers will be opened at Half-past Nine o'clock. The Dancing will commence at Ten o'clock. The Dances and general disposition of the Ball-room will be under the Superintendance of Fourteen Masters of the Ceremonies, with whose arrangements tke visitors are respecttlilly requested to comply. Refreshments, consisting of Ices, Sherbet, Tea, Coffee, and Carrara Water, will be served during the Evening Supper will be served at One o'clock. The Aadieneepertion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators, whose Seats will be kept the whole Evening. The entrance to the Ball-room will be at the Grand Entrance In Bow-street. ADMISSION. To the Ball . ...... ....... los. sd. SPECTATORS. _ Dress CLroles, Ss. ; Stalls, 38.; Galleries, 2s. Private Boxes, from 4/. 4s. upwards. Mr. Nathan, of 18, Castle-street, Leicester-square, is appointed Costumier to the Ball. N.B. It is respectfully anwounced that no person will be admitted in the costume of Clown or Pantaloon. R EGULATIONS TO PREVENT OBSTRUCTIONS by CARRIAGES, At COVENT-GARDEN TIIEATRE, THIS EVENING, MONDAY, Drc. 22, 11341. BOW-STREET. ALL CARRIAGES with Company going to the BALL and Box Entrances in Bow-street, are to enter Bow-street by Russell-street, and after Setting Down will draw off through Long. acre ; the same route to be followed in Taking Up. Private Carriages waiting to Take Up In Bow-street, to form a Double Line on the East Side of Bow-street from Russell-street to Duke's -court, with their Horses' Heads towards Long-acre, till called for, keeping clear the Crossing in Russell-street, and after Taking Up will drive off by Long-acre. Hackney Carriages waiting to Take Up in Bow-street, to form in Single Line in the Centre of Russell-street from Covent-garden-mar ket, and along the West Side of Bow-street so far as the Pump, op posite the Pit Entrance, with their Horses' Heads towards Long acre, keeping clear all Crossings, and after Taking Up will drive off by Long-acre. - PRINCES-PLACE TO PRIVATE BOXES. All Carriages going to the Private Boxes in Princes-place will enter Hart-street by James-street, and after Setting Down return the same way ; those waiting to Take lip, will form a Line in Princes-place, and in the Centre of James-street, between Covent-garden -market and Hart-street, till called up, and after Taking Up will drive off by way of Hart-street into James-street, &c. &c. No Empty Carriages will be allowed to pass down Bow-street from Long-acre, from Eleven o'Clock in the Evening until the Theatre is closed. RICHARD MAYNE, Commissioner of Police of the:Metropolis. Office of Metropolitan Police, Dec. 22,1845. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will he repealed an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY RUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson , Ellea Seyton, Miss Neyton. After which, A CABINET QUESTION. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLLIDAY, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will he produced an entirely New Drama, called THE LIONESS OF THE Noßat, or, The Prisoner of Shlusselbourg. Alexis Romanouxki, Mr. Webster; Triptelemus Krout, Mr. Wright; Eliza beth, Madame Celeste. Te be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Maggie and Ma zourkapholiia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Weelgar, Madame Celeste, Sce, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss M. Keeley (her Second Appearance en any Stage), Mrs. Woollicige, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss Forster, and Miss Turner. After which, a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR. To conclude with OUR NEW GOVERNESS. I• which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed DON CiESAR DE BAZAN. Bann, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. After which, will be repeated a New Extravaganza, entitled JBA3fES, the RAILROAD FOOTMAN of BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Flash, Mr. Compton. To be followed by a :few (trawl Ballet, entitled LB DIABLE A'QUATRR. Don Car de ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. Embracing the whole Strength of the Company, aided by a Double iitad. New Scenes of the Circle, cembiaing the talent of the Freack and English Artistes. MINISTERIAL RUMOURS.— Among the rumours rife in the political circles is that the Earl of Dalhousie is to have a seat in the Cabinet, and that the Earl of Ellenborough is likely to again enter the Government with a seat in the Cabinet. It is circulated that either the Earl of St. Ger mans or the Earl of Ellenborough will succeed Lord Wharn dare as Lord President of the Council. As to the reported intention of the Earl of Haddington to resign, as First Lord of the Admiralty, it is said that the Noble Earl certainly purposed to give up office, without any reference to political considerations, his retirement being induced by his somewhat indifferent health, which was likely to preclude him from taking such an active share in the duties of his office. For the present, however, the Noble Earl will continue as First Lord. There is a rumour that he will probably succeed Lord Wham diffe, Lord Stanley h ad intended to have left St. James's square this morning, to join L ady Stanley at Knowsley Park, the Earl of Derby's seat in Lancashire, from whence the Noble Lard and Lady intended to go on a visit to Lord and Hell, but hi s L or d sh i p Lady Francis Egerton at Worstey has abandoned all those arrangements, and will continue in town. THE LATE EXTENSIVE WATCH AND JEWEL ROD IIERY IN THE CiTY.—Sergeant Wall, N o . 1 6, and Gray, No. 10, of the C division, the officers by whose sole exertions the extensive system of plunder in watches and jewels in the City was detected, and property of the valu , and to upwards, the principal portion belongingMr J. French, of the Royal Exchange, chronometer and watch. maker, and the remainder to parties connected with the watch trade, restored, have received the following reward for their services :—Mr. French has presented each with a s ilver watch. of the best possible manufacture,-with all the newest improvements, the c-)st price of each watch being 25!. The following inscription is engraved on the inside cases :—" Presented by Mr. John French, of the Royal Exchange, London. to Police Sergeant (naming the officer, No. —), in testimony of his activity, zeal, and perseverance, in recovering stolen property, value 2,000/., and bringing the culprits to justice, in the case Re- Nna v. Gamble a n d Boclill, tried at the Old B a il ey , L on d on, ov. 28, 1845." A cheque for a sum, to be divided between the officers, accompanied the present. THE R E-OPENI NG OF ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH. —The re-opening of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, which has been so long delayed, in consequence of the exten- ' sive alterations it has undergone, is to take place on Thurs day next, being Christmas Day. It will he recollected that during the last session of Parliament a sum of 1,200/. was voted for repairing and beautifying the church, which has nearly all been expended on the interior, but little having been done on the outside. MUNIFIC/INT DONATION. —The Secretary of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge has just received the sum of 1,000/. in furtherance of the views of the above Society, from an anonymous contributor signing himself " A Friend Unknown. On S i aturday next will be published, in small Bve.. R USSIA under NICHOLAS I. By M. IVAN GOLOVINE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough,street. IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING NEW WORK ON OREGO: AND CALIFORNIA. Just ready, CAPTAIN FREMONT'S NARRATIVE of the EXPLORING EXPEDITION to the ROCKY MOUN. TAINS in the year 1842, and to ORECIP,N and NORTH CALIFOR. NIA in the years 1843-4. By order of the United States Govern. . . This work, besides containing the most accurate and authentic in formation, from actual official survey, will be found extremely inte resting as a graphic description of novel and exciting scenes and adventures. Wiley and Putnam, 6, Waterloo-place ; and at all the Bookaellers THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 21. THERMOMETHER, Lowest, 3i; Highest, 41; Noon, 34. BAROMETER, 29.57.—W1ND, N.W., heavy gale. Morning, light snow and rain ; afternoon, fine. DECEMBER 22. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 24; Highest, 35; Noon, 32 . . BAROMETER, 29.4. WIND, S.W., sn.ovr, followed by heavy rain. III" WATT AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. 3,lornlng " I P. ...mates after 7 I Evening •• 27 minutes after 7. , ,vl. _V •m Az . , _ 4-0;7c5 oi , . "N• , :;;•:,,,4 • r • , s t ' f ieTart"t - -.;••••:. SECOND EDITION. i_.l) tutu LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1845 RECALL SIR ROBERT PEEL. The following appeared in our Third Edition Saturday Evening : The formation of a Ministry by Lord JOHN RUE , SELL is, for the present, at an end, and the Cour Newsman will announce the departure of the mem. bers of the might-hare-been Cabinet, for their country. seats, instead of chronicling their arrival in Downing. street. With them will go the tribe of sucking statesmen, and expectant placemen, who have haunted BROOKES' and the Reform Club for some days past, full of pleasing visions of power and of self-importance. The break-down of the Whigs, in attempting to form a Government, will, we hope, prove a lesson to the narrow-minded aristocrats of the LANS DOWNE class, that they cannot move without the aid of the true Liberals and free-traders. The desire to extend the basis of the Administra tion, and to give Mr. COBDEN a place in it, or rather to OYFER him one, with some minor disputes about particular offices, have been the rocks upon which the wreck took place. Lord JOHN has done his duty in all, save in dis carding his ancient drags. The Whiggism of 1830 will not do in 1845. The people have gained by the last ten days. Lord JOHN RUSSELL may lead the van, but he must not put his heavy artillery in the front. Sir ROBERT PEEL may try to govern—he can only do so by adopting free-trade measures. The QUEEN has been throughout in favour of the people and of popular measures ; her words and actions have been most cheering, and it is gratifying to know that a Liberal Administration would have found a firm friend in her MAJESTY. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Sir ROBERT PERI. received this morning a coin munication from Lord JOlll4 RUSSELL, and imme diately summoned together to his residence all the Ministers in town. After the meeting, messengers were dispatched to such members of the Cabinet as are out of town, re quiring their immediate return to the metropolis. As soon as Sir ROBERT PEEL returns from Windsor Castle, it is expected a Cabinet Council will be held. Lord JOHN RussßLL's throwing up of his commis sion after he had accepted it has given rise to many rumours ; and we are free to confess that, looking to the reputation of the leaders of the Liberal party, as well as to the great public interests at stake, we should have been better pleased if, on Thursday last, Lord J. RUSSELL had declined, when he accepted, the task of forming an Administration. We believe we may state confidently that Lord J. RUSSELL'S refusal to proceed has not been caused by any disagreement on the question of the corn-laws. We have learnt on excellent authority, that on Friday a distinct proposal was made to Mr. COBDEN tO join the new Administration. We do not believe that Mr. COBDEN would have accepted office, and we are sure that the position of greatest usefulness and honour for him is the independent position. He named his own proper function at the Covent-garden meeting of Wednesday—" Watchman while there were any bad characters abroad." But it was right that the offer should have been made; and we derive this consolation at:least, from the events of last week, that the union of the aristocratic members of the Liberal party and Mr. COBDEN'S free-trade hosts w;11 be greatly strengthened by what has happe.:ed. When conjecturing, on Saturday, the cause of Lord JOAN RUSSELL'S renewed hesitation, we expressed doubts respecting the policy of Lord LANSDO NNE, which we are glad to learn are not well founded. We are assured that Lord LANSDOWNE has shown no timidity on the question of the corn-laws, but that the weight of his influence has been zealously used for the formation of a Ministry on the broad priLciple de clared in Lord J. RUSSELL'S letter, of total and imme diate repeal. A rumour that the Liberal Cabinet broke up in consequence of a difference about the Irish Church, we believe to be hardly worthy of notice. Repeal the corn-laws, and the Irish Church would take care of itself. Sir R. PEEL'S resignation would have ren dered it as imperative upon him hereafter to support a Liberal Ministry in settling the Irish Church ques tion, as to support them at starting in repeal of the corn-laws. On the Irish Church question also has he abandoned, as Minister, the policy of his party. An ingenuous and manly course on the corn-laws, which Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S acceptance of the Premiership prepared us to expect, should have guaranteed an in genuous and manly course also on the question of the Irish Church. We come, then, to the cause of the sudden termina tion of the Chesham-place conferences ; and, we fear, there is no reasonable doubt of its being an objection urged at the eleventh hour, and then persisted in by Lord GEE v,to Lord PALMERSTON ft 3 Foreign Secretary, Lord JOHN RUSSELL would not give the Foreign Se cretaryship to any one else ; Lord GREY would not be a member of the Government if Lord PALMERSTON were Foreign Secretary ; Lord PALMERSTON placed himself at Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S disposal, to be or not to be Foreign Secretary, but if he were not Foreign Secretary, he should decline any other office, and out of office would cordially support Lord JOHN Rus- SELL'S Aministration. Such is said to have been the triangular duel which arose on Friday afternoon, after everything was supposed to be settled. It is clear that Lord J. RUSSELL, who has always supported Lord PALmERsToN's foreign policy, could not avail himself of the latter generous offer, and so sanction what he would think an unjust imputation. On the other hand, havin g from the beginning looked upon his task as an arduous one—seeing difficulties before him, which to be overcome must be met by union and the absorption of all differences in the one great ques tion of corn law repeal, he was not prepared to pro ceed, if deserted by Lord GREY. Whatever differences of opinion there may be as to the result, all must be agreed that Lord J. RUSSELL has acted a generous and disinterested part. He did not snatch at office greedily ; he accepted it only after having we l l weighed all the difficulties, and his means of meeting them ; and one new difficulty afterwards arising, which under other circumstances would have been of little account, he has felt that he could not longer keep her MAJESTY and the country in suspense, and has immediately resigned his charge. After this the most unscrupulous libeller will hardly ' dare to charge Lord Jorm RUSSELL and his friends with greediness for office. Two un forseen events of the last week would have influenced appetite for power, if such had been their ruling motive. Lord METCALFE'S return from Canada placed the Governoraneralship of that province, and Lord WHARNCLIFFPr death the Lord-Lieutenancy of the West Riding, at their disposal. These two great bits of patronage were in their hands, and are now in Sir ROBERT PEEL'S. As to Lord GREY and the part which he has taken, it wonld be unfair to prejudge him, before the meet ing of Parliament has given him the opportunity of making the explanations which will be looked for. But we cannot help observing, that the objection with which Lord GREY has thwarted his political friends might have been made sooner, and seems not to have been made till after Lord JOHN RUSSELL had undertaken to form a Ministry ; and that the objec tion to Lord PALMERSTON'S foreign policy has come from one who was for a very short time a mem ber of Lord MELBOURNE'S Cabinet, and ceased to belong to it in 1839, before the most critical period of Lord PALMERSTON'S administration of foreign affairs. Of all those assembled at Chesham place, Lord GREY had probably had the fewest oppor tunities of studying Lord PALMERSTON'S policy. Nor can we forget that Lord GREY, who, after having, of all the leading Whig politicians, been the most pro minent advocate of free trade, has now upset a free trade Ministry, left MELBOURNE'S Cabinet in 1839, complaining of its tendencies to Radicalism, after much flirting with Lord MELBOURNE'S Radical supporters. We believe that the cause of free trade will gain, and not suffer, by Sir ROBERT P➢EL'S return to power. But we do not affect to rejoice at the manner in which his return to power has been effected ; and we deeply regret the part which Lord GREY is repre sented to have acted. The speech delivered by the Queen of SPAIN, on the 15th, to the Cortes cannot fail to excite surprise and satisfaction among a numerous class of readers. It contains much good sense, some plain truths, not usually found in Spanish harangues, and a tolerably fair account of the state of the nation at the present time. Though we deprecated at first the violent measures of NARVAEZ, and still retain the same opinion regarding the unconstitutional manner in which he expelled ESPARTERO from the kingdom, we are ready to admit that his measures latterly have been of a very different description, and that for many years Spain has not exhibited such fair prospects of a steady and regular Govern ment as at the present time. It certainly appeared a perfect anomaly that a ruler, like the late REGENT, who conducted himself generally according to the principles of the constitution, should have been so utterly deserted, not by the army only (for that cir cumstance might have been accounted for), but by the whole nation. No town of any note raised its voice in his favour, and the last which he visited while in power (Seville), made such a resistance to his authority that he was forced to use towards it a degree of severity that lowered him greatly in public estimation. Since that period his name has been forgotten, and no party of the slightest weight has displayed any attempts to restore the constitutional REGENT. Whether this is owing to the inaptitude of the people for representative govern ment, and their national predilection for old institu tions- and despotic government, we cannot say, but one fact is evident to all the world, that, since the death of FERDINAND, Spain has not enjoyed such tranquillity as under the dominion of a SOVE REIGN who has not yet reached her sixteenth year. We merely state facts, without attempting to ac count for them. And the country is not only tranquil, but to all appearances prosperous. The finances are placed in some order. New taxes have been imposed, and submitted to. The national credit is rising. Treaties of reconciliation, peace, and friendship have been entered into with the republics of Chili and Venezuela, with a view to establish relations of amity and commerce with other countries. The old haughty bigotry and vain pretensions of the mother country have disappeared, and, fol lowing the example of England, Spain has resolved to make the most of revolutions which it could neither control nor prevent. Much, however, yet remains to be done in that long distracted country to restore order, and compensate for the dilapidations which have been going on for centuries. But we do not despair of the people, nor of a thorough regenera tion of their habits and system of government. They have many good qualities; they have performed a dis tinguished part in the affairs of the world, and we trust that in due time reforms will be introduced, which will not only be useful to the Spanish nation, as regards trade and commerce, but extend their influence to all the neighbouring States. It may be necessary, for the safety of the lives and property committed to their charge, that captains of merchant-vessels when at sea should be: entrusted with despotic powers over their passengers and crow; it may be necessary that the mutiny-laws should be so stringent as to punish with death any attempt to resist the most tyrannical abuse of this power; but it is also necessary that the man to whom this power is entrusted should be held responsible to the law for the exercise of it the instant he sets foot on shore, and that the administrators of the law should, in every case in which that power has been abused, make such an example of the evil-doer as shall operate as "a great discouragement" to those who may be inclined to tread in his footsteps. We are led to make these observations in consequence of the conviction of Captain GORDON, of the barque Nea thesis, at the Old Bailey, for an assault on WILLIAM SCOTT, an apprentice boy on board that vessel, during the voyage, for which he was sentenced to pay a fine of 10/. We intend not to reflect upon Captain GORDON, whose case was one that, in the opinion of Mr. Commissioner Bunnocx, did not call for any great extent of punishment, and who, according to the admission of even the counsel fcr the prosecution, left the Court with an untarnished character. It is against the system which entrusts power in the hands of men who have never been trained by a strict moral discipline to the proper exercise of it, that we protest. That the boy SCOTT was flogged most severely, both by the captain and the mate, there can be no doubt ; and that, as was contended for on the part of the defence, this cruel torture was merely " the ordinary treat ment" of boys, who, like SCOTT, fall asleep on watch, there can be as little doubt. But what shall we say of the system—the atrocious system--which, as " or dinary treatment," subjects young lads to the inflic tion of these tortures ? And it is from amotg these very lads, thus brutalised by repeated floggings, that the captains of our merchant-ships are chosen. Can we wonder at the perpetration of those atrocities on board ship, with the relation of which the public is every now and then horrified? The slave entrusted with despotic power always becomes the most cruel and remorseless of tyrants. Now, what is the remedy for this state of things ? Clearly to secure the services of a better educated and superior class of men as captains of merchant-vessels. This the Legislature can, and ought to do, by enacting that no man shall be appointed to the command of a merchant-ship with out having previously obtained a license, such license to be obtainable only after having passed a satisfactory examination in navigation and seamanship, and having produced testimonials proving good moral character, command of temper, and fitness for the exercise of authority. If it is necessary that the Legislature should entrust captains of merchant-ships with des potic command, it is their duty to see that none are appointed to that office but those who can safely be entrusted with its exercise. We have received Madrid journals of the 13th and 14th, and also the QUEEN'S Speech addressed to the Cortes at the opening a the session, on the 15th inst. This document is drawn up with considerable skill, and with little of that extravagant language for which the Spaniards are distinguished. It refers to the peaceable state of the country in these words :—" At home in the Peninsula, order and respect for the laws have been maintained, so that every attempt at trea son has been defeated 'oy the vigilance and firmness of the authorities, at well as by the fidelity of the army, the subordination and discipline of which might serve as a model for the world ; and, in fine, in the excellent spirit of the people—tired and worn out by revolt, and anxious to enjoy fully the benefit of peace, under the shade of the Throne, and under the pro tection of our national institutions." It also adverts_ with satisfaction to the state of the finances, the ad ministration of justice, and the reforms in the de partment of public instruction. 'We have given the speech at length in another part of the paper. The Gazette publishes instructions of the Minister of Finance, relative to the mode of valuing the terri torial produce, in order to assess in a more equitable manner the tax on property in 1846. The appraisers are to be appointed by the municipalities. On the lath the Three per Cents. closed at 37 at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 241 at GO days. Accounts from Paris announce a considerable rise in every kind of security on Friday. On Saturday there was a slight decline, but still the market had a firm appearance. The articles in the papers relate chiefly to the proposed reductions in the tariff on iron and cotton. We have already quoted from the Presse articles against the scheme, and we subjoin an outline of one from another Opposition paper, of a quite dif ferent character. The Courrier Francais contends that there is a vast superiority in iron vessels over those of wood, and that if the mercantile navy of France is to be restricted to timber, whilst her neigh bours use iron, it must be beaten in the race of com petition. Assuming then that there is this superiority in iron over wood for vessels, the writer asks how it could be possible for the shipowners in France to con tend with those of England, if they were compelled to purchase iron at the present dear rate in France. Igi The number of vessels to be built ron,' accord ing to the statement made by the tster of Com merce, would, it seems, amount eventually to 4,779, representing a total tonnage of 532,357. The iron required for this would amount to 239,056 tons. Now, the price of sheet-iron in England, says the Courrier, is at this moment 292 f., whereas in France it is 460 f., showing a difference of 168 f. per ton. Multiplying by this difference the number of tons that would be required for the change of system in the mercantile navy, the amount would be 40,320,000 f. If there fore, the ship-owners, in order to keep pace with those in England, substitute iron for wood, they will, if compelled to purchase the iron from the French ironmasters, have to pay to them a tax of more than forty millions, and, consequently, having to pay at a much higher rate than the English for their ships, they must, in order to cover themselves, demand a higher rate of freight. Under these circumstances the Courrier says—" 'We hope that for once our great ironmasters will show themselves bons princes, and royally consent to sacrifice their privi leges in favour of the mercantile navy. France expects this from their patriotism." The intelligence from Algiers is still very unfavour able. No progress is made in subduing the revolt, and symptoms of discontent have shown themselves in the provinces. The French colonists are also be ginning to rebel against the despotism of Marshal BUGEAUD. Relative to the expedition to Madagascar, the Constitutionnel says : " The expedition against Madagascar appears ad journed. Orders had been given to the Maritime Pre fect of Brest to have the vessels ready to sail in the be ginning of January, but now the time spoken of is the end of February, a period at which the Chambers will have said what they think of the project. The real cause of this postponement is the Ministerial crisis in England. The following are said to have been the ar rangements :—Fifteen hundred men were to have been furnished by the English, and as many by us. Ours were taken from the infantry and marines, and a com pany of engineers was added to them. Genera Duvivier is at present engaged in inspecting them. The French contingent was to be raised to 1,800 men ; for it was supposed that, after a voyage of three or four months, all the troops would not be equally fit for active service. Besides, allowance was made for the sickness that was to be expected in a new climate." The following are miscellaneous extracts from the different papers : " A treaty of commerce, it is said, was signed on Dec. 3, at Naples, with the United States. The Ameri can cotton, it is said, is not to pay more than ten ducats entrance duty, in place of twenty, so that it is placed on the same footing as that of the East Indies or Egypt. The wines of Naples and Sicily aro to be ad mitted into the Union on paying the same duties as the wines of other nations. " Accounts have been received from Otaheite to the middle of August. Admiral Seymour had arrived at Papeiti in the Collingwood, and saluted the flag of the Protectorate. " As we have announced, the Triton man-of-war pro ceeds to the Levant, and the Neptune to Madagascar. By the removal of these ships, the evolution squadron is considerably reduced, but it will be re-organised, it is thought, before the spring. The three-decker the So vereign, and the Hercule, of 100 guns, are destined, it is said, to form part of it. In fine, the report has circu lated, but we mention it with all fitting reserve, that Ad mifal de Mackau intends coming to take the command in person, in place of Admiral Parseval Deschiines, whose period of command is near its close. It is supposed that several steam-frigates will be attached next summer to this squadron, which may be called on to fulfil an im portant mission on the coasts of Africa. " The Emperor of Russia left Palermo on the sth in a steamer for Naples, accompanied by Counts Nesselrode and Orloff. -------- " A letter from Rome on the 6th, in the Augsburg Gazette, states that some of the refugees from Rimini, in the states of Tuscany, have been detected in a con spiracy to seduce a battalion of the line, and enter with it into the Roman States. Twenty soldiers who had been seduced by the conspirators have fled, to avoid punishment." Oa the Paris Bourse the market was not quite so firm on a ents. leaving off a t 81f. 50c., p S r a i t c u e r s da r y ece a d s ed, th o e ie p T r h ec re e e d - i p ng er- d c y, and t owar d s th e c l ose and the Five-per-Cents. at 117 f. 80c. The market closed as follows:—Three-per-Cents., for cash, 81f. 50c., for account, 81f. 50c.; Five per-Cents., for cash, 117 f, 80c., for account, 117 f. 80c.; Bank of France Shares, 3,350 f. ; Neapolitan, 101 f. 40c. ; Spanish Threes, 37. The Share Market, without being weak, had given way a little, Paris and Orleans leaving off at 1,1751. ; Paris and I:ouen, 967 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 897 f. 50c. ; Viezron, 655 f. ; Stras bourg and Basle, 238 f. 75c. ; Northern, 715 f. ; Bordeaux, 627 f. 50c. The following are the last quotations we have re ceived for the other lines : anf.nse°rocn. premium ; ), 6f. 50c. ; dit P to ari ( s ca a i n o d io i : T f. on ; s u ß ni a o i n lr , oa l d 6f ( ; L c a li fli tt t o te ( ) G , ditto (Lapinsonniere), 6f. 50c.; Sud Est, 4f. ; Messageries, Strasbourg Paris and lf. ; Tiara sb A ot r u d g °i ( n ba 4 n l' n e ; ro ß n e ) c , e 2 v f e . and Nantes (Mackenzie), br. 50c.; ditto (Drouillard), , If. u s r o s c - . G ; e d n i e t r t a o. u6 3 , e o tf e. t; _ ), 50e.; ditto (O'Neill), 51.; ditto (Lefevre), sf . - ; Lyons and Arigl.on (Talabot), 61. 50c. ; ditto (Lecointe), If. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 501.; Bordeaux and Cett e (Mac kenzie), 500 E ; ditto (Espeleta), 4f: 00 C.; Creil and St. Quentin, par ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 495 f. Th e Lyons Definitive Sh ares sold at 901. premium; the Strasbourg;ditto, 251.; Tours an:l Nantes, 551. Lroxs, DEC. 17.—Marseilles and ATignon, 846 f. 25c.; Paris and OrL3ans, 1,140 f.; Paris and Rouen, 925 f.; Orleans and Vierzon, 30f. BI;INESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCPIANGE, DEC 20. Anglo-Belgian — Madrid aid Valencia... 1 Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens.. Naunar and Liege ...... Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica ..... Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans aid Vierzon Do. & Cetto (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux lOLA Do. (Mackenzie's) .. OverYssel ....... ........ Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris& Lyons (Lalitte) 214 cilia Coast Central of Sputa .. Ditto (Caloa's).... Ceylon . ,d Demerara Dendre Valley ...... Dutch:Rhenish ...... Dieppe Sr Paris Janet. Dijon and Malhowe ... East Indian ....- Fampenx & Hazebreuk Grt Northern of France Constituted 13% De. Pepin le Hallexr — Great Paris and Lyons 2 14 Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Do. North Midland Do. Extension Jersey Loavaia aid Jornappe — Lyons and Avignon — Luxerabctrg (Paris an, I Paris and Rotten Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's) - Do. (Compe de L'Est) Do. (Av ,yma. Paris aad St. Quentin. __ Rouen and Havre._ Royal Nortl of Spain. Sambre aid liaise .... 43/, Strasburg aiti Bale .... 9 Tsurnay,Jurbiss, Lan den, and Hasselt Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) De. ( Lefebvre's) — Do. (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona — West Flanders E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY VIrtNIVG, .162E 1 611/nIER, 22 1845. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.' CITY, QUARTER ?O TRIME. There was a quiet Market for Cotton at Liverpool on Sa turday. Sales 3,000 bales without change inpriCgs• A considerable degree of excitement continues to i.:9wit nessed in all circles here at the new turn that has taken place in the Ministerial appointments. It will be seen below that the quotations of the public securities have advanced upon the probable return of Sir Robert Peel to power; and all that is now most ardently desired is that the "Great ques tion of the corn-laws may be settled with the earliest pos sible speed. Trade and commerce must languish until the real intentions of the Government upon the matter has been arranged. The advices by the West India steamer, partly delivered on Saturday afternoon, bring satisfactory intelligence, in the main, respecting the condition of the principal Islands. Slowly it is true, but in a manner that promises an increase hereafter, immigration was progressing (rem more than one quarter. Sierra Leone continues to fur nish occasional supplies of labour, and the Hill Coolies are a resource to be depended upon, although it is com plained that their introduction was rather an expensive affair, and that several merchants had obtained Madeira labourers, quite as efficient, on more reasonable terms, and by virtue of private engagements. The weather in Jamaica was moister, and therefore better for the ensuing crop. As yet there are no advices of the receipt of the American President's speech. The heads of this document are under stood to have been in the possession of a select few here, but as to the document itself all parties interested must await the arrival of the next packet, as no doubt it will be received by one of the liners. Consols for the Account have advanced from 92% to 93%, and the market is now extremely firm. The last price on Saturday afternoon was 92%, the opening value to-day was 93%. Now a few sales have made at 93 1 4; Reduced Three per Cents. have risen from 92% to 93%; and the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. from 94% to 9534%. The advance in Exchequer-bills has been but trithng. Bank Stock has risen from 200 to 202. The Foreign Funds are also firm to-day. Spanish at 28%; the Three per Cents. at 39 1 4, the French Three per Cents. at 81f. 50c. ; the Buenos Ayres, at 40% and the Mexican Five per Cents. at 30 1 / 2 %. There is a slight tendency in the Railway Shares to ad vance to-day ; but very little business is in progress. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 202 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 3 14% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities .... Long Annuities Expire sthJan. 1860 lO 7-16 Consols for Account Exchequer Bill& 1 3 ,4 d. I%d. 1,000/. 500/. Ditto Small — .. 21 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent... Ditto for the Account. 40% Granada, 1 per Cent. . . 2 l l/ Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 30 1 / Ditto for the Account . 30%% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 42 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto for the Account 28% Ditto 3 per Cent... Ditto for the Account. 39% Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Blf. 50c. Exchange. Dutch 2 1 4 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 93% 94 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. _ _ RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin... 2%..... Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% to Aylesbury and Thame ... 1%...... Belfast & County Down Bideford and Tavistock .. ... 1%..... Birmingham and Gloucester 100 124 Ditto New Shares Birmingham and Oxford Junction Birmingham and Leicester Direct Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s .. ... •-._ Bridgewater and Minehead... 425...... Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and Liverpool Junct. 2% — to Buckinghamshire... 42s. ...... par Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian Gram: Junction ... 425. — to Cambridge and Lincoln ..„„ 11/ 2 3%. ... to Ditto, New Cambridge and Oxford l% - to Canterbury and Dover Oil—. ...... to Central Kent 2% to Chelmsford and Bury .. Chester and Holyhead Chester and Manchester Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2 Clydesdale Junction-- ...... 5 Cork,Blackrock,andPassages 225. . .... to Cork and Killarney t • . .... to Cork and Waterford Cornwall ... Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester I I,E — Dartmoutb,Torbay,& Exeter 425. Derb7, Gainsboro', and Great Grimsby l% .... ..-- Derby, Uttexeter, and Staird 2 %...... --to Direct Manch. (Remington's) 2 3 / 4 to Ditto (Rackstrick's) rirect Northern ... ......... .... _... Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh l% to Dublin and Belfast Junction 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine 2% Dublin and Galway 4 _ . Dudley, Madely, SE Broseley Dundalk andEnniskillen ...... Eastern Counties Do. New 6/. 16s 64 6 p to 6% p Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d .. to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ...41. 13s. 4d — ...... to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Ely and Huntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2%...... .. .. to Essex and Suffolk ... 1% — t• Exeter,Dorchester,and Wey mouth 42s. ...... ...... to Exeter, 'Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Eastern Union Ditto U Shares 2l,‘ ,„.. Ditto Extension Ditto Ipswich and Bury... 1 3 — . •••• t• Ditto Extension to Norwich 2 1 Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2% to East Lincolnshire l4 — . ..... to East and West of England... 1% — ...... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .. ... 70 ..... to Ditto % Shares ... 5 ...... 13 Ditto New 4 Shares 7% l2 ...... to Edinburgh and Northern...... PA — to Edinburgh and Perth Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central of Wales Goole and Doncaster 42s. Grand Junction 100 Ditto I,h Shares Ditto Quarter Shares...... 25 ...... to GrndUnion(Notting.&Lynn) 1% 1% % 14 to Great Eastern and Western.. 2 1 ,1 GreatGrimsbyandSheffield... 5 Great South and W.(lrish) ... 15 _ . Ditto Extension Great Munster 21,4 — Great North of Scotland ...... 2 1 / 2 — to Great North of England...... 100 207 Ditto New Ditto New Great Western BO Ditto. Half Shares ... ..... . 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fareham, Portms. Harwich Hull and Selby 5O Ditto Qltartr6 ...... ...... 12% — ...... to Ditto, 'Half Shares Inverness and Elgin Ipswich,- Norwich, and -Yar mouth . - Irish North Midland-. .... ...... 1w....... ... Isle of Axh ohne 2 . 5;, — Killarney Junctirms .. Ili — Kendal and Windermere lll — to Lancaster and Car1i51e......... SO ...... 43 Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 2%...... -- Leeds and Carlisle ... 2% — to Leeds and West Riding June. IN - ...... to Leicester and Birmingham... 225. - Leicester and Bedford 22s. — Leicester and Tamworth 425....... Liverpool and Manchester... 100 Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters ... . 25 Liverpool and Leeds Direct... 2% 2% to Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction London and Birmingham ...100 215 Ditto Thirds Ditto 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension London & Blackwall... 161. 13s. 41...... 8%...... to Do. Newl% ..... to Do. Extension 8 London and Brighton Ditto CollsolitlatedBths 40 Ditto, Sixths l% . ... London and C: ' - - id. Jroydonlss. 974.- to Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. B a. 20% to London, Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, and Hereford... 1 London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lBll7s 2d... London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . .... ..- to London and South W es t ern .. 41% — to Do. New consolidated Bths.. 20 Ditto New Do. New 6 — to London and South Essex...... 2 3 4 — to London and Y0rk....... 2% 3 % 34% t 45 London and Windsor ......... 1 Lon.,Warwck, Kidderminster 2% ...... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 5 Londonderry and Enniskillen 5 — to Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds 76 .....123 Ditto Half Shares - 34 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths . . . ... .. ... 41 — to Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters Ditto New Quarters Do. Continuation & Welsh Junction l% to Manch, Baxt3n, & Matlock 425. •••• • 1 3 % p to Manchehter Birmingham,and Mould Junction Manchester & Rugby Direct 428. Manehester and Southampton 2 Midland 100 - -.145 ••• . to Ditto Fifths Ditto, New Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... •• —••-•• to -"- Midland and Eastern Counties 2 5 i....• Midld. Great Western (Irish) 29 — to Do. Extension (No. 1) .. 2 3 4 Newcastle & Darl i ngton Stine. 25 Ditto New Brandling - - Newcastle and Berwick Newcastle and Carlisle Newport and Abergavenny. . 2 1 / 2 to New Ross and Carlow 225. Newry and Enniskillen ...... 2 1 / 2 ...... to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2% ...... to ,N - orfolk Extension — — to Nort'i: British .. .. ... Ditto lio!f Shares Do. Extension to Carlisle... 1 1 / 4 Do. Extens. to Dalkeith ... 25 - Ditto ditto ..... 5 North Devon' North of Norfolk Northern and Eastern 45 Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 35 .. — Ditto Quarter Shares New - Ditto _L 1 . .. t o North Kent & Direct Dover 2 1 / 2 2 North Staffordshire............ 425. North Wales 3 l /2 • North and South \Vales and .. . Worcester r:orth. & South. Connecting 2% ••• Norwich and Brandon . It; ~.„, .. , Ditto New Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1 Y 4 l% .... Not t ing.,Erewsh.Val.,& Man c. 1, ..... Nottingham and Mansfield... .•••• •• • Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton 42s. Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1% — .... Berth and Inverness Pillorow Atmospheric Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 425. Richmond Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2% — .... Rugby and Huntingdon Rugby, Leamington, anu Warwick Rugby, Warwick, and Wor cester Scottish Central Scottish Midland ... 5 Sheffield and Manchester ...100 to .. to t• .. to 2 .. to ~. to ... to ~ to ~. to .. to .. to ▪ to ". to to • to -. to ". to _. to -. to to -- ~. to ... to •• to to ~. to ~. to ~. to .. to to Ditto 1 4 Shares 8 Shrewsburyand Birmingham 2% — ...., Shropshire Mineral Shropshire Union . 42s. ... .. Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2% ,-- .... Shrewsbury, rvolverhampton, and S. Staffordsh. Junction 2% — .... Sligo and Shannon - .. Somersetehire Midland South Devon Soutk Midland 42s. South and Midlands Junction 425. South Staffordshire Junction 2 1 ,4 ••••1 SouthlEastern and Dover ... 33% Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 Ditto, New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4. 2% 2%.... Southampton, Macchester, and Oxford Junction. St. Alban s, Hatfield, and .. to .. to ~. to ~. to ~. to ~. to to to ~. to .. to to Hertford junction Staines and Richmold.... Staffordshire and Shropshire 2 3 4 — South Wales Taw Vale Extension Tean and Dove Valley •••• Trent ............ 2 Trent Val. k Holyhead Jane. 2 5 N — Tring, Reading,& Basingstoke 5 1 ;4 - tilverstone and Furness Vale of Neath Warwick and Cheltenham ... Warwick and Worcester 42s. Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wexford, WI eklw, and Dublin Waterford, Wexford, aid Valentia Waveney Valley Welch Midland 2l ..... West Cornwall 2 West Yorkshire West London, Old Shares West End & South. Counties 1 1 / 2 ..._ Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives Wilts, Somerset, & Sthamptn 1%... Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Worcester,Tinbury,'& Ludlow 2 3 / 4 Wrster, Shrews. & Crewe Un. 1% Worcester and South Wales.. 425. Worcestor,Warwick, & Rugby 42e Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20 ~ ter -- ... t• ... t• ... t• ... to ... to ... to ... to ... to ... to ... W ... to -- ... to -- ... to ... to ..: to • to ••• tO ••• .• • to •••••• •• • to to ... to ... to to ... to ... to ... to ..to .. t. ...• to ... to .•• to ... to .. to ▪ to ... t• to 26 Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2 84 — .... York and Lancaster .. 24i — •••• York and Nerth Midland .. 50 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto. Scarboro' Branch Ditto, Selby Ditto. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens 8 - •••. Bordeaux and Mediteranean 2 - "air Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Espelete's) - •••• Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders - •••• Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coact I Central of Spain ... 2 .... Ceylon .... ss. - .... Demerara. ... to ... to ... to ... to ~ to .. to ... to ... to .. to ... to ... to ... to ... to ... to 7 ... to ... to to Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish i East Indian Eastern Belgian Junction 2 4.' z Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 2 ••••• Great Northern of France Constituted Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal ss. - - Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Ditto Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe 4 Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia Mauritius 1 Nam= and Liege........, 4 North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 413 s 44..... 2 dis... Paris and Lyons(Laffitte) ... 2 Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 3 ... •• Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 . ... DA Paris and Lyons (Sud Est)... 2 Paris and Orleans... ......... ... 20 ..... Paris and Rouen . Paris& Strasburg(Gannern's) 2 Do. (Comps de L'Est) 2 - , Ditto (Aymards) 2 14 Paris and St. Quentin ...... ... 2 Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain 2 Sambre and Meuse ' 6 Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 ...„ St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, to .. to ~ to to .. to ~ to .. to .. to .. to ~ to -- ~ to -- ~ to .. to - to .., to to to to to to to -- to • and Hasselt Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 4 Ditto Ditto Lefebvre's)... 2 .. Do. (O'Neilrs.) ........ 2 .. .,. 2 i; 2 , Verona and Ancona ..... West Flanders 4 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered British Iron to to to LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.\ LONDON, DEC. 22.—Wind this day at noon S.S.W., fresh gale, with snow. DEAL, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Inchinnan, Hyslop, Bombay ; George, Pernambuco ; Johan Fredrick, Peterson, Batavia for Copenhagen ; Duke of Clarence, Leverton, Honduras ; Good Luck, Honduras. 21st, Palmyra, Campbell, China; Mar mion, Baillie, Madras; Bolivar, Fenwick, Bombay; Emerald, Paves-,y Antigua; Burnhopeside, Llrly, Montreal; Enchan tress, Phillipp, Quebec, Arrd. from the River for, 20th, May flower, Headley, Hobart Town; Mayflower, M'Geldowney, Mauritius. 21st, Simon Taylor, Brown, Calcutta; Clefton Cox, Madras ; Navarino, Dalston, St. Helena ; Brunswick Cappelle, Aden; Eleanore and Henriette, Deneke, Porto Rico ; Maria and Elizabeth, Batavia. Arrd. from the River and sailed for, 21st. Royal Saxon, Charlesworth, Sydney; London, Gibson, Sydney; John Grey, M‘Donald, Calcutta; Charles Jones, Clarkson, Calcutta; Mary Rundle, Sierra Leone; Rapid, Dunbar, Bahia; Juno, Bonhoff, Pernambuco; Tancred Smith, Barbadoes ; Catherine Greene, Dyer, St. Kitt's. Sld. 21, Henry Woolley, Calcutta; John Oldham, Cavery, Bombay; William and Alfred, Laurence, Antigua; Caleb Ango, Whittle, Hondurus ; Denmark, Frost, Mobile. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 21.—S1d. Port Fleetwood, Ludler, Cape of Good Hope ; Quebec, Williams, New York. YARMOUTH, DEC. 21.—SId. Fattel Raznek, Aden. DUBLIN, DEC. 20.—Letherland, Freeman, Quebec. CORK, DEC. 18.—Arrd. Maria Spear, New York; Boadicea, Newfoundland, and sailed for London. 19. Hyram, Wm. Taylor Walker, New York. Sailed, 19th, Sappheras, Mobile. HULL, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Pilot, Hall, St. Andrew's; Gillman, Dyedal, Queboc. RAMSGATE, DEC. 21.—The Woodman, Good, from Bombay to Hull, went on shore on the Knock last night, and it is feared will be totally lost—blowing heavy. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 21.—The wind shifted suddenly at 3 A. Iv. from the northward, and has blowna heavy gale ever since from N. to N.N.W., and continues. CORK, DEC. 18.—It blew a heavy gale N.E. during the night. The vessels in harbour rode it out safely. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 19.—The Dawsons, Thompson. from St. Peteuburgh, arrived here yesterday, is rather leaky, having grounded in entering. IMPORTANT TO MARINERS.—DISCOVERY OF AN ISLAND, &c. "Adelaide, July 25, 1845. " Sir,—l have the honour to enclose a sketch of the coast of part of Nuyt's Archipelago, furnished me by Captain Irving, of the schooner Sisters, which shows a considerable variation from Flinders' chart of 1802, doubtlessly caused by the haze he met with marked on the map. The dotted line shows the coast as it exists. Streaky Bay is much deeper, while there is not nearly so deep a bay between Cape Bauer and Point Westall as Flinders has marked. There, however, exists a bay, named ' Trial Bay,' not laid down by Flinders, in which the Elizabeth and Rebecca, of Hobart Town, was wrecked, as advised on the 16th May last. " Captain Irving also reports having discovered an island, about three miles in length, lat. 34. 47. S., and lon. 139. 39. E., not laid down in any chart. " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) "LLOYD'S AGENT. " William Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's." Dispatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and from the Governor of Gibraltar, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR. sat to-day in the Old Ha% Lincoln's Inn, for the purpose of hearing unopposed lunatic petitions. .I.IIDMIENTEL His LORDSHIP on taking his seat ,stated, that as there were several cases in which ho had to give judg' ment, it was his intention to dispose of all those cases early in the next term IN THE MATTER OF DYCE sonnall. This case came before the Court upon the petition Of the trustees of the marriage settlement of Mrs. Dye* Sombre, praying . that they might be at li berty to sell certain new s ha ?. , s in the Great Western RailwayCoEoPseP and also in the LNildon and Birmingham Railway Ce Be pany. I a ppeared that part of the property of the lu• nt,t:c, under the marriage settlement, had been inv e , !c u ci in railway sheres, and among the companies ir ivh" that property was invested were the London and B" im;ham :anti the Great Western Railenss. New s harel hadbt9n allotted in each of timF,o Companies to the trustees of the lunatic's marriage settlement —in the Erincr 77 share, And in the lattor 0 80 shares. Mr!' Dyce Sombre had advanced to the trustees tee those sum sufficient to pay the deposits on shares, and m t, they might now be sold et 1 , premium, Which would realise 4,366/., the p resen petition had been presented 'or the leave of the Court to sell them, and to repay to Mrs. Dyce Sombre the amount she had advanced. The LORD CHANCELLOR made the order , obsery e wing that it was a profitable transaction for tLe es tate of tu lunatic. MATTHEWS V. BRISK. His LORDSHIP stated that he had read the correAr% dente in the ease, and tbst after that perusal b e did.l see any reason to alter the judgment he gale turday. WRIT OF NE EXICAT REGNO. Mr. JAMES PARKER applied to his Lord:liiP to bear; on An early day, an application for a writ of ne exes rev() against a person he did not name. A wri t °f e llor of exeat regno had been issued, but the Vice-Chan g England, upon an application made to him for tbst pose on Saturday, discharged the writ, and it therefore: became necessary to make an application for anon',if writ to his Lordship. The Learned Counsel trustet!o it was convenient, that his Lordship would bear the tion to-morrow. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I cannot hear it to-tnorr oirt as I shall be out of town. Mr. J. PARKER trusted his Lordship would natal) 111° early day, as the matter was of great iwportunce. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should be in towilLi Tuesday week, for the prorogation of Parliament, I"iii he would hear the motion on that day, at his h"se George-street, at eleven o'clock. His LORDSHIP, after disposing of all the nOPPI4 lunatic petitions in his paper, rose shortly before o'clock. _ . VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAl*l (Before the VICE- CHANCELLnIt o f ENGLAND' I ~,o k His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England motions to-day. HILL V. BEGBIE. This case came before the Court upon m otion fa irio r . 11 receiver of the real and personal prope rty - of as ea e° : tr old lady deceased, named Senhouse. Fron3 ments of the Learned Counsel who made the aPP t he it appeared that Mr. Hill, the plaintiff, w ho ": 0 proprietor of the Ship Hotel, at Charing-croso, "f up creditor of the late Mrs. Senhouse to the extent(ledll wards of 7001., that he had brought ga„ ° be against her for the amount, and that helat'dietl had obtained judgment against her Mrs. S enhouse By her v7ill she left several legacies to the defer:o7o, who, it appeared, was her domes tic and only ear aestbe and to satisfy those legacies it would require nwlyhos whose property left by Mrs. Senhouse, a nd P a red A t ot estate the defendant had administered. It apPearr,„ase Mrs. Senhouse lived some time since in a freehola PiCB of her's at Esher, hut, in consequen ce of her "ship alarmed, she quitted it and went to l ive in the ions Hotel. where she died. At her decea se the defatulder took possession of the whose of her property, , In d t ,/, for these circumstances the preset application was ma de a receivier. , I , ts• The VICE-CHANCELLOR rens& the niodoe, w i EXCHEQUER.—. 4 ILES DA lr ',l (Sittings at Nisi Prius in London, BARON and a special Jury.) HEATH v. DURRANT. an d The Court met at the usual hour this morning ,s by 01 ' b, f or e the Loa]) 01 resumed the hearing of this part-heard case. h out of a disputed policy of insurance e—cet'd.nt, an plaintiff, an Afric:ot merchant, with the dei:dus id underwriter at Lloyd's, upon a qua nt i ty rfonte Video in 1841, in a Brazilian vessel bound Ll' c ' rti Maria the Ira a for the coast of Afeica, c alled e, as well Aldine. The vessel in the course of he' . "Yslogop-of-war Portuguese. as her cargo, was captured by a horities st and subsequently condemned by the all' d tb Lisbon as a vessel intended for the slave-trams'' a ° Lo d defence set up wag, that the goods were no,t tuosa ins against such an event. • le n /A 4 The whole t • day was oc cupied with o°lloo proving the capture and condemnation of the V i " Maria _,1401 Aldina oy the Purtu“uese Government an d tribunals as a slave-trader. Cit hi l s il cit l o l u NA , L CO UR T.—( T HIS 1 0 ` ' III T (Before Mr. Commissioner Br:m.oos.) tt• which was adjourned fro m Saturday efe_.o ing till this morning, met at ten o' clock for the PurPu. of passing sentence on Capt. Gordon. s 0 n l t t r will s be fo r r em un em m b e e rc r i e f d ui t i h y at fl t e h g e gi c e h g arg a andaft wards pouring vitriol on his back. The jury utterly. disbelieved that part of the charge which referred of the e b li e s,: ns t the y e r r i• vitriol, and were further of opinion that part f W . . flogging the boy received was a well-merited punishment; but the additional dozen which were inflicted after soul_ time had elapsed from the commission of the offenc e _l thewere unnecessary, and they therefor e convicted 'hitn._il_' second count of the indictment, wh ich charged ta assault.t the case me M n tr,vr. and Commissioner mo thereforei thatss i o n d e i r ds Be notnnt ae c l c f himos r e e any m seemed extent think y o f t p b t a ir - iiso b i a fine 01 ' to the Queen: quitep r e T s h s e e cdl Counsel tph f i o en r ive t en h r a yt h prosecutionCapt. regarneddeneddevifinftneceetdhbeostgebli i him by the boy Scott. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAT: ) h isn- A ragged old man, who gets a scanty living re;„"i t self, his wife, and several children, by selling, l % - os• the street, was charged by policeman E 129, wit' 14 ing an obstruction in the carriage-way in Holborn , fo r standing there with his basket and exp os i ng fru sale. r 0 The policeman stated that he saw the prisone jog Holborn last evenitg- selling fruit, and " aft er Warn him several times" took him into custody. footwi l l ? Mr. HALL asked wi,`'ness if it was on th e Witness replied that he was not causing any it was not. o bstril ct lls i ; Mr. HALL—Then The Chief Clerk observed that the charge "I " Mr. obst r ßALL ucti the carriae-way" ng g said, that he was . very unwilling e' tu ! h did any person for selling fruit in the street when Li, re not interfere with the passengers, as they boar , r to source but to get an honest living in that manner,' or live by theft. It appeared that the Prie"ne- us ob in fact doing no harm, for he could create uo serio struetion in the carriAge-way. bad The policeman said that several of the inha bit°3" made complaints to him ten Air. HALL said, that he made it a rule not n bo,i)i stateinenls of " oomph-611;s of i n habitants." „ ts on tants came to this court ;.9 make their sts teLne ' - t oath, he (Mr. Ball) would be. able to judge el' all our Juries they rcally sustained, but in making their by rt plaints to the police, they were ge ,zierally influ e-c .- s ener mean and selfish motives, as such took away a great part of their trade Re sir , d re , should therefore discharge the prisoner and woui any commend him to be very careful to avoid ererthirtiu obsTtrhuction, and then no one could interfere w s t basket The prisoner was according discharged, d an returned to him. p &sons as the P"gajo CLERKENWELL.—(TRIS DA -Y r j et l In The Sun of Saturday as, case of a boY,Tber Franks, appeared. The c a > e w as r emanded fo r Juli inquiry. It will be recollected the prisoner sil l k , a ss father sent him out to beg. It turned out tha t such tb° i n is o t t er t n h o e o f n a , ct is a M v r er F y ra r n e k sp s„ , :tit .t_,b o ie app red in Co urt t oot the prisoner had gone out t o beg rE w e i u th . hiiisepderernalies d ion no,v; in truth, the boy had run away, and he did not lc where he was. The prison e r vi as consequently' 14 to charged. It is only right, in justice to Mr. Franks' make this statement. MARLBRO'-STREET.(THISDA '„;,/§ John Morgan, a young m a n decently dress ed, charged with the following daring robbery : an d William Wallis, shopman to Messrs. Hodg es ve o, Scott, of No. 2, New Bond-street, hosiers and 0.... stated that on Saturday evening, as he was sitti n g at er:: in the parlour, behind the shop, he heard the door op and on rising up saw a man he believed to be theyierli soner, standing in the shop behind a screen on w ri , goods are placed for show. The man had in his hanti_ i pile of pieces of silk handkerchiefs, about eighteen incefe in height, which he had taken from a sideboard in "' o f shop. As witness was going into the shop the handkerchiefs broke in the centre, and fell strewed tir" the floor. The man ran into the street, and witness par.; sued him, calling " Stop thief." The man turned Stafford-street, and witness lost sight of him f or a le: seconds. On reaching Dover-street, he found the Pr' Boner in custody. Mr. MALTBY—You believe the prisoner to be the Pe r son you saw in your employer's shop ? bu Witness—l do. I have not the slig htes t doubt that he is the same man. The pile contained 20 or 2. 1 pieces of handkerchiefs, of the vale of from 251 to 301 ; James Simmons, police constable No. 115 of th division, stated, that while on duty in Dover-street, rir heard the cry of " Stop thief," and saw the pr isene come running out of Stafford-street. On reachillg ,16 dark part of the street, the prisoner crossed the wil.„" and walked leisurely in an opposite direction to t hnt which he had been running. Witness took " custody, when he said ho had heard the cry of thief," and was running after the thief. No person r&1 from Stafford-street before him. The prisoner said be was quite innocent - he was il: respectable man, and the police knew nothing against character. He was remanded until Wednesday next. Lady Granville Somerset and family are at Niel:, and, owing to the delicate health of her eldest daughters m" Ladyehip deem net return till the spring. LATEST NEWS. SUN-OFFICE, Quarter past Three. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Lord ABERDEEN and Sir J. GRAHAM visited Sir R. PEEL this morning, at his residence in Whitehall- gardens. The Duke of BUCCLEUCTI will leave town for Scot land as soon as the new Ministerial arrangements are completed. It is rumoured this morning that overtures have been made to Mr. GLADSTONE tc join Sir R. PEEL'S new Administration, but nothing positive is known on the subject. In the Court of Chancery this day Lord Lynd hurst announced that he would deliver other impor tant judgments on the first day of next Term, from which we infer that his Lordship reckons with cer tainty that Sir Robert Peel will be able to reconstruct his Cabinet. ®PROVISION roa CHUISIMAS.—Mr. Robert Fuller, poulterer, of Boston, hag killed during the present week, for the London Christmas market, 2,400 geese. 1,000 ducks, and 500 turkeys, which altogether weigh upwards of 20 tuns.— Lincolnshire Chronicle. =