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t. n: Arvak, Tho Mee of fend has risen ; are the wages of the labouring man rising P No, on the contrary, they are falling. I numerous districts the symptoms of coming distress have all -ady been to be observed. The manufacturers are work r short time. Warned by the signs of the past year, they lc v well what is coming, and are looking forward with ! ay forebodings to the disappearance of the comforts v h the working people have enjoyed, and the return of the distress of 1841. If this, then, does not make us wise, we are beyond all teaching. Twice in ten years we have seen the price of corn getting up, and twice the condition of the labouring classes has become so much the worse ; twice in that period have we seen the price of food going twice the condition of the labouring people ris ing.—(Hear, and applause.) If this calamity await us, however, there Is at least one circumstance which affords some wiz/illation. lam assessed, that in the manufacturing districts the working classes have come to understand Sas question ; and there is now no danger that any per son can *suede them that those who wish for cheap food wish to injure them ; or, on the other hand, that those who wish for dear bread wish to raise their wages. We may now expect their co-operation to place the matter upon a proper footing. In some quarters we have to congratulate ourselves upon our union with those who are best fitted to lead us; as also our union with a great population, whose support behind us will be of immense value.—(Great ap plause.) A few years ago, when we had to discuss this ques tion, the friends of free trade were divided amongst them selves, until a statesman of great reputation adopted the idea of compromising the matter by a fixed duty ; and behind we were assailed by others who were disqualified by the efforts of designing men from forming a judgment upon the question. NOW, I believe. there is a complete and harmonious union ; and, with the power of the aristocracy in our front, we shall have the best support of the labouring classes in our rear. So led, and so followed, we may look forward to the victory, if not in this, at all events in the next Parliament. But how long soevtr it may be delayed—whether near or remote— I assure you that, while I enjoy your confidence, it shall be my constant endeavour, as respects this question, to prove myself your trusted representative. (Mr. Macaulay con cluded by proposing a resolution to the effect that the corn laws pressed with especial severity on the poorer classes.) The Hon. Member sat down amidst loud and protracted -hewing. Mr. JagEs M‘Linsm, Master of the Merchant Company, seconded the motion. Mr. RUTHJIRFORD, M.P., after a brief speech, moved that the following memorial be presented to her Majesty : " TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. The Petition of the Inhabitants of Edinburgh in public meeting assembled, " Humbly showeth—That your Majesty's petitioners have aeard with pain the accounts from all quarters of the coun try, of the extraordinary failure in the crop of an article of rood, on which millions of your Majesty's subjects mainly subsist, and they cannot contemplate without alarm the con dition ofsuffering to which multitudes may in consequence be reduced. To mitigate this calamity, your petitioners hoped that your Majesty's advisers would ere this have assembled Parliament, in order to give facility for procuring supplies of food from other countries, by removing all restrictions from its importation. In this they have as yet been disappointed. " May it therefore please your Majesty, to direct such mea aures to be taken, without delay, by assembling Parliament, or otherwise, "as may be calculated to avert the menaced scarcity and distress, by an immediate opening of the ports for the admission of forei grain. " And your Majesty's petitioners will ever pray." The LORD PROVOST announced that the memorial would be seconded by the gallant Commodore Sir C. Napier. Sir. C. NAVIER was received with several rounds of ap plause. 'He said—My Lord Provost, ladies, and gentlemen, because till the present moment the ladies have been forgot ten—(Cheers and laughter)—l have attended many public meetings, but I can safely say that I never in my life at tended cue with more pleasure and satisfaction than this glue meeting, assembled in the capital of the land of my fore fathsrs.—(Cheers.) In this town I was bred and educated, and I now come back, happily, at a moment to assist the in habitants of Edinburgh to use their best endeavours to force the Government to save the people from famine and starva tion.—(Cheers.) At such a moment I cannot understand how any Government, especially any Government composed of sensible men—(Laughter)—because we must allow that there are many men in our present Government who are so— (Cheers)—can be holding their Cabinet Councils—and I be lieve at the present moment they are holding their ninth meeting to deliberate whether the people should have dear or cheap food.—( Loud cheers.) I have at various times been called on to pledge myself for total repeal of the corn-laws ; but until the present moment, though I have constantly voted for Mr. Tilliers's motion for repeal in preference to a sliding-scale, I have hitherto refrained from pledging myself unreservedly to total repeal. But the time has now come when all squabbling about fixed duties should entirely come to an end.—(Lnid and continued cheering.) Neither is it sufficient to open the ports for the present moment only; as Mr. Cobden truly says, we must put our backs against the door, and prevent its ever being shut again.—(Great cheer ing.) The arguments of my friends the Members for Edin burgh and Leith were so conclusive as to have rendered it almuft presumption in me to say a single word. (The Gal laqt Commodore sat down amid loud cheers.) Sir G. Macrtiensoa GRANT moved a vote of thanks to the Lord Provost for calling and presiding over the meeting, which was cordially responded to. The saieeting, which had continued undiminished in num hens and eethusiasm to the close, then broke up. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday, pursaant to notice, a special meeting of the vestry of the parish of St. Marylebone took place for the pur pose of considering the apprehended famine, and the pro priety of memorialising her Majesty the Queen to use her prerogative in convenieg Parliament and in throwing open the ports. Amongst the members of the vestry present were, the Right lion. Lord Montford, the Right Hon. Lord Straf ford, Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Sir John M'Taggart, Bart., M.P., General Sir De Lacy Evans, John 13agshaw, Esq., Martin Thackerr, Esq., Hugh Biers, Esq., John Williams, Esq., George Daniell, Esq., Alfred Daniell, Esq , John Gomm, Esq., &c. &c. George Daniell, Esq. (churchwarden), was called to the chair. _ _ . Letters were road from Sir C. Napier and Sir B. Hall, the Members fur the borough, expressing their regret that ;Le v y could not be in town in time to attend the meeting. the CitAtumAx h.ving briefly opened the proceedings John 11,wsnaw, Esq.,proposed the first resolution, --Z " That the extensive failure of the crops imperatively de mands that the most decisive and energetic measures should ,e immediately taken to ensure a sufficient supply of food, ind to guard the country from the dreadful evils which have ever followed in the train of scarcity„" and which, in the pre sent circumstances of the nation, would fall upon it with more than ordinary force." Mr. Husie, M P., said he felt great pleasure in seconding the resolution. He thought the time was come when the people of this country should rise as one man and demand that the restrictions upon food should be at once and for ever abolished.—(Cheers.) When they looked to what would in all probability shortly be the state of the poor in Ireland, when they looked to the state of our colonies, and our own manufacturing towns, he could not say but he thought every one must be apprehensive of the most serious results.--(Hear, hear.) In the event of a famine occurring, either by means of the failure of the potato crop, or other articles of con sumption, could it longer he tolerated that, merely to keep up the price of corn and put money in their own pockets, the landed aristocracy should drag fifteen millions annually out of the pockets of the labouring and industrious classes ? —(Hear, and cries of " No, no.") He (Mr. Hume) was de lighted to see the progress which had been made in public opinion with respect to the necessity of opening the ports. He was convinced, if that were effected, we should not only have free trade in corn, but free trade in every thing else.—(Hear, hear.) lie was of opinion that every class of persons, and even the landed proprietors themselves, suffered by monopoly, whilst it had a tendency to demoralise, and to create crime as well as distress, amongst the poorer dames of the people.—(Hear, hear.) He was not aware if there was any foundation for the gratifying announcement which appeared in some of the papers of that day, that cer tain members of the Cabinett had declared in favour of free trade. He could only say, if such were true, lie believed they would recerve the almost unanimous support of the nation.— (Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel was bound by his oath of office to do his duty to his Sovereign and his country, and having declared that the principle of opening the ports was founded in justice as well as common sense, if he did not, Now the opportunity offered, use his influence to do so, a strong re monstrance from the people might have its due effect.— (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hume) looked towards Ireland with the greatest apprehension. He had received that morning a document from Ireland, showing the result of an official inquiry going on there, with the Duke of Leinster at its head. With reference to the potato crop, every clergyman in every town in Ireland had been communicated with, and the number of persona who returned their potato crop as having failed to the extent of one-third was 158 ; more than one-third. 435; more than one-half, 134; and three-fourths of the crop, 40. Now, if this were the case, it was in his (Mr. Hume'e) opinion calculated to excite serious apprehensions. In Norfulk, on land of his own, the failure of the drop was to the extent of seven-eighths, and sup posing that failure to be general, it was sufficient to excite the most serious apprehensions, not only with regard to the state of oar fellow-;subjects in Ireland, but at home also.— ifHear, hear.) It was quite clear that the people of 7 gland could not think of sbuttieg up their pockets and their Irish brethren to starve.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hume) perfectly coincided in the resolution, and hoped they would not separate without either coming to a strong reso- Iptlon 4rebtOnstrance with the Minister, or go so far as to Mime the subject upon the attention of her Majesty in an address to to the Crown.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. M.P., had great pleasure in giving his eupport to this resolution, and he thought, when it was considered that Maffylebone had a population equal to one half of the counties of the kingdom, and was superior in wealth to many others, that the opinion of the vestry, as the representatives of that wealth and population, would not be diaregarded.—(Hear.) The country were deeply indebted to his friend Mr. Ilume, for it was the returns obtained by that gentleman in 1840 which threw the monopolists on their backs, and seihich would eventually secure the entire obeli ';an of the corn-laws. The Governments of Holland and laelgium ne sooner saw the prospect of a scarcity of food titan they threw open the ports : and even the despot of Rus ,,a had shown in this respect more sympathy for his people than had been manifested by the landed aristocracy of Eng and.—( Hear, hear.) T4o retie. lution was carried unanimously, amid s t great applaree. Mr. JOSEPH moved the second resolution— " That a failure of the crops, at all times most disastrous, is enormously aggravated by the laws which, under the false p retence of protecting the home grower, and encouraging - agr i c ulture, prohibit the free importation of f ore i gn corn, and thereby render the first necessary of life scarce a nd dear to rapidlya increasing and industrious population." r. Jour; Wirmms seconded the resolution. This resolution having been carried, without a dissentient, Mr. SoDEN proposed the next resolution— " That it is the bounden duty of her Majesty's responsible a d v i s e 7 to direct the ports to be immediately opened for the admission of articles of food from foreign ports, free of dut y, and to advise her M a j est y to summon Parliame nt at the earliest possible opportunity, in order , at onc e and for ever, to put an end to a system which has been proved to be th e b light of co mmerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter dis rension amone•st clas*es, and the cause of penury, f ever, mortality, ancrerime among the peop le : " Mr. GLAssix, in seconding the motion, congratulated the meeting upon the unanimity which pre vailed in it, notwith standing there were gentlemen of all shades of political opinion present. Mr. H. C. WILSON moved an address to the Queen founded on the resolutions. Lord MONTFORT, amidst loud cheers, seconded the pro position. The motion having been carried, General Evans, and one or two other gentlemen, addressed the meeting, and after thanks to the chairman, it separated. The following is a copy of the address alluded to : "To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT eMESTY. " The humble Address and Petition ofthe Representative Vestry and Ratepayers of the parish of St. betarylebone, in the county of Middlesex. " Me I gracioua Majty. ~N yf , your Majesty's loyal e a nd devoted subjects, the ves *ram and holseholders of the pariah of St. Alarylelmier !THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,___DECEMBER 8, 1845. most humbly submit to your Majesty that the said parish contains upwards of 14,000 houses and 140,000 inhabitants. " That it has pleased Divine Providence to visit the British isles with a deficiency of produce used as human food by vast multitudes of your Majesty's subjects, and which for many weeks last past has occasioned a gradual rise in the price of all kinds of provisions consumed by the people, and created great and daily increasing alarm for the future in the breasts of your Majesty's petitioners. " That this alarm has been, and is, augmented by the operation of an unwise law, which imposes grievous import duties upon corn and various articles of human food the produce of parts beyond the seas. That this law vexatiously and cruelly prevents your Majesty's subjects relieving them selves from scarcity and high prices by making purchase of bread corn, and ether produce in foreign markets, and your petitioners humbly and dutifully submit to your Majesty that such state of the law, at a period of national apprehen sion and anxiety, is against the principle of common right, justice, and humanity. " We, your Majesty's petitioners, therefore humbly pray that your Majesty will be pleased to call the Imperial Par liament to assemble without delay, to the end that such measures may be adopted therein as may seem expedient in the present perilous emergency. " And your petitioners will ever pray." THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, Leonora—Beethoven. The Miauette Quadrille—Jullies. Solo, Violin, by Master Day, from Bellini's Opera "11 Pirati," ar. ranged by Ernst. The Imperial Polka—Jullien. Sole, Oboe, by M. Barret—Barret. The First Movement from Symphony, " Power of Sound"—Spohr. Jullien's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farreu ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely }few Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. }lullaby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seyton, Miss 3eyton. To conclude with HOW TO PAY THE RENT. Morgan Rattler, Mr. Hudson. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPIH. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE or, A Hundred Years Age. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker ; 3lrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma tourkaphobia. In which Masers. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste. Or.c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STItEET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; ttlanehe, Miss May. After which, DON CrESAR DE BAZAN. Don Cesar de Bazan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE it'QUATRE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. - THIS EVENING Will be produced a New Two Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE Characters by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Miss Hamilton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy. To be followed by the favourite Vaudeville of CAPTAIN CHAR LOTTE. In which Mr. Walter Lacey and Miss Kato Howard will perform. After which, THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kate Howard ; Momus, Mr. G. Wild. To conclude with THE RAILWAY KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild ; tally slop, Miss Kato Howard. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAST OF THE BARONS; or, Warwick, The King Maker, and the Battle of Barnet. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. To conclude with WAR IN CHINA. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, TIIE MINUTE GUN AT SEA. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Heelop, Fredericks, Mrs. Vining, anti Miss Martin. To conclude with THE FACTORY BOY. Supported by Messrs. Rogers, Hughes, Cowell, Mrs. Vining. Miss Martin, and Mrs. Daly. ROTA.L VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE TOWER OF LONDON; or, The Death Omen and the Fate of Lady Jane Grey. Supported by Mr. Osbaldiston, E. F. Saville, Miss Vincent, Miss Richardson, Miss Eliza Terry, &c. To conclude with JAPHET IN SEARCH OF A FATHER. SALE or POPULAR WoaKs.—Many of our best books experienced the greatest difficulty in obtaining a pub lisher, and many, when published, remained for a length of time neglected. The " Paradise Lost" and Newton's " Op tics" are memorable examples. The manuscript of " Robin son Crusoe" was hawked through the whole trade, and no one would p r i nt i t, until a second-rate bookseller, after much hesitation, entered on the speculation, and eventually made by it more than a thousand guineas. Sterne, when he had completed his first and second volumes of " Tristram Shandy," offered them to a publisher at York for fifty pounds, but was refused. In our times Dickens's] inimitable " Pick wick" appeared for several months without exciting the least public notice, and Warren's beautiful and interesting "Diary of a late Physician," the most popular eontribution that ever appeared in Blackwood, was rejected by t h e editor of the New !dandily as unworthy of insertion hi that magazine ! The Patrician. The Viscountess Mahon gave birth to a son yester da7, at the family mansion in Grosvenor-p lace. Her Lady ehip and Want are going ou very favourably. JOIINSON, MAYOR. • commeN COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber of the GUILDHALL of the City of LONDON, on THURS DAY, the 4th day of December, 1845, Resolved unanimously,—That this Ceurt, being desirous of re cording its high sense of the energy and aptitude for business evinced by the Right Hon. Michael Gibbs, late Lord Mayor, tender to him their thanks for the assiduity, independence, and promptitude with which he discharged the onerous and important duties devolving upon him as Chief Magistrate of this City. _.„. For his punctual and unremitting attention to his magisterial fano tious, together with the patience and discrimination in investigating cases submitted to his judgment, in deciding which he upheld the law and administered justice with the strictest impartiality. For his numerous attendances at appeals made in behalfof the S'it rious charitable institutions which adorn this City, and for his dona tions in furtherance of benevolent objects. For the courteous attention and readiness of access which he inva riably manifested to the members of this Court ; for the promptitude with which he at all times convened them, particularly when an at tack was threatened in Parliament upon this Corporation at the com mencement of his year of office. For his strict observance of the days appointed for the meetings of this Court, by which both general convenience and dispatch of busi ness were essentially promoted. For the impartiality with which he presided over the debates of this Court, and maintained the due order Rad dignity of its pro ceedings. . _ . . . . . For the judicious and firm manner in which he watched over the ancient usages of the Corporation and the rights and privileges of his fellow-citizens, andespecially the privileges of the Ilayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, in and over the Royal Hosoitals of this City con ferred upon them by the Charters of Henry VIII. and Edward VI., and confirmed to them by Act of Parliament ; and For the vigilance and decision with which he exercised the im portant oflice of Conservator of the River 'themes. And this Court cannot but express its admiration at the unaffected, moral, social, and religious feeling which pre-eminently distinguished his Lordship's conduct while in office, by which he set a good example to his fellow-citizens and its respect for the legal knowledge and equit able 'discrimination which marked all his magisterial acts, which supported the good government, and maintained the honour of this ancient metropolitan city. MEREWETHER. ASHBURTON, NEWTON, AND SOUTH DEVON JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Committee of Management beg to Inform the Shareholders that the deposits on the shares have been duly paid, and the amount invested at interest for the benefit of the Shareholders. The requisite deed has also been signed. The Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference, were, on the 29th of November, duly deposited with the Clerk of the Peace and at the Office of the Beard of Trade, and the Committee are quite prepared to apply to Parliament in the ensuing session. Signed by order of the Committee of Management, ROBERT TUCKER, Solicitors. GEORGE CAUNTER, Ashburton, Doc. 2, 1845. IVREXHAM, NANTWICH, and CREWE JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Temporary Offices, Henblas-street, Wrexham. The Directors have the satisfaction to announce to their Proprie- tors that the proper notices have been published in the " London Ga zette," and provincial newspapers, and that the Plans, sections, and Books of Reference, have been deposited at the Office of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, and with the Clerks of the Peace for the several counties through which the line is proposed to pass. Under these circumstances, the Directors are prepared to proceed for obtaining an Act for carrying out this desirable line of conununi cation immediately on the assembling of Parliament. The necessary deeds will lie for signature at the Company's Offices in Wrexham, until the 10th day of JANUARY next, after which day they will - be forwarded to other towns, of which due notice will be given. Wrexham, Dec. 2, 1845. J. DEVEIREUX PUGH, Secretary, WAKEFIELD, OSSE IT, and DEWSBURY DIRECT and ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. The Committee of Management have the satisfaction of announ cing to the Shareholders of this Company, that all the Plans, Sec tions, and Books of Reference required to be deposited in conformity with the standing orders of Parliament, have been duly lodged. And the Committee desire to take this opportunity of stating, that from the satisfactory report of the engineers, and the very favourable return which the existing traffic (taken with the greatest care by most competent parties) shows, they feel an assurance of the Act being obtained during the forthcoming Session. The traffic upon the line is almost exclusively local, and cannot, consequently, inter fere or be considered to compete with any other railway ; and as the first attempt to give the advantage of railway communication, in the most safe and economical form, to the dense manufacturing popula tion of this district (which from its position cannot be accommo dated by the ordinary means), this undertaking mast command the most lively attention of the Legislature and the public. Provision having been made to run upon one of the proposed rail ways into the town of Wakefield, thereby avoiding the most costly portion of the work, there is no doubt whatever but that the line will be constructed for much less than the capital named ; and under any circumstances the Committee confidently recommend it as an undertaking which cannot fail to be highly remunerative for permanent investment. By order, J. IL CIIARNOCK, Sec. . . Company's Offices, Barstow-Einar°, Wakefield, Dec. 1, 1845. NEW NOVEL EDI fED BY MARY 11OWITT. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., T HE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE, A NOVEL, EDITED BY MARY HOWITT. Henry Colbura, l'ablisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL, EDITED BY MRS. GORE. Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 vole., THE QUEEN OF DENMARK AN HISTORICAL NOVEL. Edited by Mrs. GORE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 8, New Burlington-street. Dee. b, 184.5. MR. BENTLEY WILL PUBLISH THE FOLLOWING NEW WORKS DURING TILE PRESENT MONTH:- THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEc. 5. TnEitmoncrrEn, Lowest, 35; Highest, 45; Noon, 34 BAROMETER, 29.67. WIND W.; last night, heavy rain; this morning, fine. HIUII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 57 minutes after 5 I Evening • 23 minutes after 6, tion by a protection harangue to his Wiltshire con stituents. A still more important question is,—what will the House of Lords do ? It remains to be seen whether the House of Lords is content, on all questions, to register the edicts of a I'm Cabinet. We are not disposed to disguise that rail;vay legisla tion will require great care and caution from Parliament in the next session, or to deny that there has been much rashness, and something worse than rashness, in the railway speculation of the present year. But we can see the difference between difficulties and impossibilities; and with reference to the course taken by our Con temporary the Times, we cannot but think that true wisdom would have endeavoured to make the best, and not the worst, of errors affecting pecuniary interests which are spread over the nation, and would have sought rather to show how difficulties may be evercome and mistakes repaired, than, by unmeasured and indiscri minate invective, to produce in the public mind confusion and despair, which must for a time inevitably aggravate the evils of past excessive speculation. Where, by stating facts or explaining the provisions of railway enactments, we can prevent any mischief that might arise from the circulation of errors about railways, we think, in the present state of feeling, and with the known immense extent of railway investments, we could hardly perform a more important duty. And with this view, we are anxious to explain the exact state of the case as to the regulations made by Parliament, in the last session, for the reintroduction in the next ses sion of Bills stopped, as the London and York Bill was, for want of time. Both Houses agreed to dispense, in such cases, with a repetition of the usual deposits of places and notices to landowners, and requiring only a certain number of newspaper advertisements, signifying the intention of the company to apply again to Parliament in the next ses sion. The regulations of the House of Commons for the treatment of such Bills are contained in the following resolutions, passed on the 7th of July That upon any petition for leave to bring in a Railwayßill which shall be presented to the House during the next sesssion of Parliament, and referred to the Committee on Petitions, the Committee do examine whether the said petition be the same in substance as any petition for the same purpose, and from the same parties, which was presented in this session of Parliament; and in Mat case, whether any Bill brought into the House in pursuance of such petition in this session, was pending in either House of Parliament on the termination of this session, and if whether a subscription contract, as required by the Standing rders, binding in the usual why the subscribers to the undertak ing has been entered into, and is valid at the time of such in quiry, and whether the de posit of 51. per cent. upon such sub scription is lodged in the manner required by the Standing Orders. " That in such case, and on proof of such notice having been given as aforesaid (by newspaper advertisements), and in case it should appear that such Bill had, at the end of this session, been pending in the House of Lords, or if pending in the House of Commons, had been ordered to be en grossed, the Standing Orders with respect to any such Bill shall be held to have been complied with. " That the time between the second reading of any such Bill which shall be brought in in the next session and the meeting of the Committee thereon, be shortened to three days, the parties giving the regular notices in the Private Bill-otlice. " That the Committee on any such Bill do examine whe ther the Bill be in every respect the same as such former Bill at the last stage of its proceeding in this House in the present session, and that in such case no evidence shall be received by such Committee ; but that on the reception and adoption by the House, of a report from such Committee, that the Bill referred to them is in every respect the same as such former Bill at the last stage of its proceeding in this House in the present session, such Bill may be ordered to be engrossed without any further proceeding in respect thereof" It will be seen that the important privileges conferred in the three last paragraphs are to be conferred on the following conditions :—that the petition for a Bill next session is the same in substance as the petition of last session; that the petition is presented by the same par ties ; that a deposit of 51. per cent, has been lodged (the new 10/. per cent. standing order does not apply to these Bills), and that thero is a subscription contract in ac cordance with the standing orders, valid next sesssion. Now what is required to make a subscription contract valid next session ? Standing Order No. 40, of the House of Commons, says, " That as regards Railway Bills, no subscription contract shall be valid, unless it be entered into subsequent to the day fixed in the session of Par liament previous to that in which application is made for leave to bring in the Bill to which it relates, as the last day on which petitions for private Bills may be pre sented :" and there is no exception for Bills in the posi tion of the London and York Bill: so that it is abso lutely necessary for the London and York Company, and all other companies in the same position, to pro vide themselves with new subscription contracts before going to Parliament next session. • _A statement has lately appeared in some of the news papers, addressed to the London and York Shareholdet s, and signed "One of Yourselves," which ssys "Parliams nt does not require any new deed from a company in ti e situation of the London and York Company: your a( t in signing a fresh deed amounts to renouncing your present deeds, and giving up your present position." The writer afterwards proceeds to impute motives to solicitors, engineers, and directors, because the share holders are required to sign a new subscription contract. The assertion, on which the imputation of motives is grounded, happens to be totally incorrect. The London and York Bill, having complied with the requiretl conditions, will go through the House of Corn. mons, therefore, at railroad pace ; and the question arises, what course will be taken by the House of Lords in order to compare the London and York scheme with the competing schemes ? Will it oblige the London and York to wait until the competing Bills shall have been considered in the Commons, and either all of them rejected, or one sent up to the House of Lords? This would oblige the London and York to incur a second time the expense of a contest in the Commons, the re sult of the second contest being no more binding on the Lords than the result of the first, and would be ex tremely unfair to the London and York Company. On the other hand, it would be unfair to the competing par ties, to take the London and York Bill without delay in the Lords, unless arrangements are made to allow the competing Bills to originate in the Lords. At the close of last session Lord MONTEAGLE suggested that Railway Bills should be allowed to originate in the Lords, as well as in the Commons. Such an arrangement would make the Parliamentary session go much further fur railway legislation ; and in cases such as that of the London and York Bill, common justice requires that no blind adhe ranee to es.ablished forms, and to obsolete notions of privilego, should stand in the way of the adoption of Lord MONTEAGLE'S sensible suggestion. We have spoken of the London and York Company, because its case is generally known ; but there are other companies in the same position—the Direct London and Portsmouth, for instance ; and our remarks are of general application. But speaking of the London and York Company, we may notice a recent discovery of the Times ; and, in deed, there is no end to our Contemporary's discoveries when he gets mounted on the Rosinanto of his anti-rail road crusade. The adjudication in the Commons be tween the great northern lines has been said, by the Times, to have been made by " a mere boy." The mere boy is Lord COURTENAY, and there is, therefore, no difficulty in getting at his age. The Peerages:all agree in saying that Lord COUILTENAY was born in 1807, so that the " mere boy" is thirty-eight. We believe it is well known that Lord Couternx.ty was for some years a practising member of the Chancery bar, which may, in the opinion of the Committee of Selection, have gone some way to compensate for the disadvantage of his ex traordinary youthfulness at thirty-eight. We do not think the Railway Committee system of last year per fect. No one will say, however, that it was not a great improvement on the system of all preceding years ; but of this we are sure, that they will hope only to be dis appointed who imagine that the House of Commons next year is likely to set aside the decision of one of its Committees, last - e year, on account of the alleged youth fulness of the Chairman, who was called upon to give a casting vote. We have much satisfaction in directing the attention of our readers to an advertisement, headed "Railway Litigation." It is a proceeding peculiarly called fer by the present state of railway law, and the liabilities which hang over parties connected with railway companies. It is well known that persons of station and circumstance are menaced with claims to a frightful amount, whose fears aro still further aggravated by the costs which must be, in the first instance, incurred, in order to ascer tain their legal position. It may be reasonably esti mated that the expenses of obtaining what is termed a first-rate opinion will not be less than from 15/. to 20/., and lucky indeed will that client be who finds that one opinion will settle every pint. In all probability a second will be required, and a conference, as va matter of course, upon matters in difference. The trembling client is now launched upon a sea of litigation, perhaps in equity as well as law, and finds himself involved in a series of difficulties, which he is compelled to grapple with at his own unaided cost. Such a state of things, which there is too much reason to fear has already reached many, and will extend to hundreds, calls for some measure of mutual protection ; for while, on the one hand, the expense of bringing ou t a useful scheme ought not to fall exclusively upon its promoters, soapplicants for shares ought not to be allowed to retire, placing their letters of allotment in the waste paper basket, laughing in the face of those who only seek a moderato contribution towards an unavoidable outlay. Still more is it to be deprecated that men of deli cate honour and high-toned feelings should be made the scape-goats of graspingeredi tors, who single such men out, under the impression that the shame of exposure and the weight of litigation will drive them to a hasty settlement. Such conduct ought not to be tolerated; and we rejoice to find that a plan has been most opportunely devised by which just claims may be reasonably enforced, and unrighteous demands resisted, without imposing upon individuals the destructive expenses which must attend a single-handed struggle. Not only has the time been well chosen, and the objects judiciou3ly stated, but the parties engaged in it present a guarantee, that whatever can be effected by sagacious energy and professional reputation will be done to enforce equity and resist legal oppression. Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 29th of November, by the Black Eagle steam-packet, which arrived off Cowes yesterday. That vessel carried out the Duke FERDINAND of Saxe Coburg, father of the King of PORTUGAL, and arrived at Lisbon on the 25th, after a stormy passage of five days. The intelligence from Portugal is without interest. A royal decree had been issued for raising 8,000 recruits, to bring the effec tive force of the army up to 24,000 men, in accordance with the regulation of the 9th July, 1842, which fixed it at that number. We are glad to learn from Paris that the panic in the Stock and Share-market had completely sub sided. The Three per Cents. on Wednesday rose 35c., and the Fives 10c. Railroad shares also rose consider ably, the improvement, in some instances, amounting to 40f. The settlement had also, up to that time, gone on satisfactorily, and it was expected that the payment of the differences of the account would be made without difficulty. The papers are chiefly occcupied with the affairs of the River Plate, the Oregon question, and the conduct of Marshal BUGEA.UD, but we find little in them to interest the English reader. The National, which openly takes part with President POLIO attacks the Government journal for the article which appeared in that paper some days since, and blames M. GUIZOT for allowing the Government organ to express sentiments which render it impossible, for the United States to accept France as a mediator. This is absurd, like most of the assertions made by the National of the question, when it is well known that Mr. PoLK will not refer it to arbitration on any account. But the great offence of M. G UIZOT is his apparent resolution " to espouse the quarrels of England in every part of the globe, even at the risk of a war with the natural allies of France." The question of educa tion is. again agitated by the French papers, but the misunderstanding now is not between the State and the Church, but between the Minister of Public Instruction and one of the Professors of the Univert ity, the celebrated M. QUINET. The Opposition journals attack with great severity M. DE SALVANDY, for interfering with M. QUINET, to prevent his publishing the pros pectus of his lectures in the way in which it has been accepted by the assembly of professors of the College of France. M. QUINET has announced his intention of delivering a course of lectures on the comparative literture and institutions of Southern Europe. The Mi nister has desired that the word institutions may be ex punged. M. QUINET, in a letter to M. DE SALVANDY, declares that he cannot willingly comply with this order, as it would bo impossible for him to treat his sub ject philosophically and scientifically without making the comparison of institutions as well as literature. This letter meets with great approbation from the Opposition journals, and M. DE SALVANDY'S attempt to restrict the views of M. QUINET is regarded by them as illiberal, arbitrary, and unjust. The Journal des Debats considers the Minister of Public Instruction perfectly right, be cause the chair which M. QUINET fills is not political, but merely literary; and it tenders the advice to M. QUINET not to peril his reputation by listening to im prudent friends, who would encourage him to oppose the Minister, but to conform to the intimation which he has received. It is thought M. QUINET will re sign. The same journal, in alluding to the account lately given of the fracas between the Baron DE CYPREY, the French Minister at Mexico, and the editor of a Mexican journal, states that the facts as given are correct, and adds that M. DE CYPREY has left Mexico, and is now at the Havannah, whence he will return to France in the course of two or three months. The truth is, the Baron has been recalled for conduct un becoming the representative of France. The Courrier Francais contains the following:— " If the information that we have received is correct, the instructions to be given to the commander of our expedition against Madagascar, M. Domain Desfosses, have been agreed upon in a council of Ministers. England is to intervene at Madagascar conjointly with France; the two intervening powers, after having chastised the Orac are to demand simply for the traders of all nations the right of establishing themselves on the coasts, possessing land, and carrying on trade. The only advantage which the two powers are to preserve for themselves will be the exemption in favour of their respective nations from all customs and navigation dues. The two Governments have agreed that their inter vention shall be on the same bases for each." The Constitutionnel adds, that the Ministry had re solved on promoting Captain RoMAIN DESFOSSES to the rank of rear-admiral, and that an ordonnance to that effect will be immediately presented to the KING for his signature. The subjoined letter, dated Tangiers, November 16, appears in the Constitutionnel:— On the news of the new levy by Abd-el-Kader, and the massacre of Djema Ghazaouat, Abderrhaman, who was at Fez, immediately keld a grand council. At this it was re solved that the Emperor should immediately go to Morocco, in order to be at the greatest distance from the consular body, and thus delay. as long as possible, the answers to the notes to be addressed to him by France. The Emperor set out by forced marches; but, on reaching Rabat, he found there a courier from the French Consulate, with dispatches of such high importance that he stopped to answer them. His pro gress was also arrested by another occurrence. The southern provinces had risen in revolt, and his passage was no longer free. Measures were at once taken to put a stop to this in surrection. Since the Emperor has been at Rabat, there is a daily interchange of couriers between that town and Tangiers. It appears that the Emperor has declared to the French Consul that he has not sufficient forces to pursue Abd-el-Kader, but will not oppose his being pursued by the French, and will not consider such pursuit as an aggression. He has added, however, that he could not tell in what light the people of the country would view the invasion, and feared they might rise and make common cause with Abd-el-Kader. This is a thorny question, and greatly embarrasses the French Consul. The son of the Emperor, Muley Mohammed, who commanded the whole of the Morocco troops at the battle of Isly. is sent to Fez to exercise the functions of Viceroy during the absence of his father. Those who know the violent character and fanati cal sentiments of this Prince apprehend that, at the first op portunity, and in spite of the Emperor, he will commit some act of hostility against France, in the vain hope of gratifying his revenge for his defeat at Isly. His women have already arrived at Fez, and lie is to follow at the earliest day. He will go through Rabat to receive the instructions of the Emperor. The whole population of Morocco is greatly agitated. It is generally weary of the present Government, which is hor ribly oppressive. Tye person who has at present the greatest influence with the Emperor is Hamod Bou Derbah, son of Hadji Hamed Bou Derbab, who is said to have kept up a correspondence from France with Abd-el-Kader. The young Named is the confidential adviser of Abderrhaman, and as he acquired some education at Marseilles and Paris, he passes in his own country for a great mae. He is also considered to be an enemy to France, and this adds to the esteem in which he is held by the Moors. The Emperor has granted permission, from October 15, for the exportation of corn, on payment of a duty of nine ounces of Barbary for every fanegue ; and numerous cargoes have been shipped for Genoa and Marseilles. The Government has increased the nominal value of the cur rent coin. The export of Spanish coin is again prohibited, and the strictest orders are given to all the officers of the cus toms to execute rigidly this prohibition, searching carefully all persons leaving the country. Consequently money is be- coming scarce, and its importation favoured." " lbrihim Pacha arrived at Marseilles on the 30th November." On the Paris Bourse, on Wednesday, the Three per Cents closed at 82f. 75c. ; the New Loan, 82f. 45c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 80c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,150 f.; Rouen, 950 f. •, Northern, 698 f. 75c. •, Havre, 732 f. 50c. ; Avig non, BG5f. ; Vierzon, 635 f. ; Bourdeaux, 595 f. ; Boulogne, 5201. ; Troyes and Montcreau, 425 f. ; Basle, 2451. ; Belgian Two-and a-Half per Cents., 56 ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 33k. The following are the quotations for other lines Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laflitte), 61. premium ; ditto (Caton), 1; ditto (Ganneron), 1 ; ditto (Lapi nsonn ie ro ), par ; Messageries, 5011. ; Mornay, 501 f.; Receveurs-Gene reaux, par; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron), par; ditto (Hinguerlot), par; ditto (Bechet), par ; Aymard, 501 f.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), par; ditto (Drouillard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), par; ditto (Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Talaltot), 505 f.; ditto (Lecointe), par; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), par; Bordeaux and Cette (Mac kenzie), par; ditto (Espeleta), 21. 50c.; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), par; ditto (Carotte), par; ditto (Col bert), par; Dieppe (Sellieres), 475 f. LYONS, DEC. 1.-Paris and Orleans, 1,097 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 885 f ; Orleans and Vierzon, 6021. 50c.; Northern, 637 f. 55c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Tina LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 4. Anglo-Belgian — Mauritius Boulogne and Amiens.. 8% Namur and Liege 2% Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica ... Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzen Do. &:Cette (Espelete) Orleans and Bordeaux 10 Do. ( Mackenzie's ).. Over Ysgel Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) 1% cifie Coast Central of Spain .. Ditto (Caics's).— 2 Ceylon . — Ditto (Sod Est) l% Demerara Dendre Valley ...... Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 7 1 / a Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris Janet. (Ganneron's) Dijon and Mulhouse ... Do. (Compe de L'Est) 1% East Indian ..... ........ 1 1 A Do. (Aymard's) 2 IA Fainpeux & Hazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin — Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre...„ -- ._ .... Constituted l Do. Pepin lo Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons — Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica& Mid. Junction Do. Nerth Midland Royal North of Sp.un. Sambre and Meuse .... Strasburg and Basle ... Teurnay,Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) _ Do. Extension - Do. ( Lefebvre's) ..... ' ' ( Jersey — Louvain and Jemappe l l4 Lyons and Avignon — Luxembourg Madrid and Iralend*" Do. (O'Neill's). — Trinidad VQrcna and Ancona West Flanders Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have been received According to those under the influence of Government -, 1, • 4 . 7•6" C,. .•; t ,f2 . 4 - - "'w-, *,,fr : ....... -:. •.- k A," - " ' , lt , - ' ~. ' - • " NW - I' . ~ . s '' . " -- ', 1 „ .r. ,, ,.... 44e 411111 *, 14 4,n: „ . " Z' • ',,:,: e•':„ '' ',VIM , 1. ‘ l - t ivi s k .. ~ . DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, DEC. 2.—ln the Second Chamber of the States-General to-day a royal message was received, dated the 28th of November, accompanied by a project of law relative to the augmentation of the fund for agriculture. Another royal message, of the same date, introduced a project of law for augmenting the fund for national industry. All these pieces were ordered to be printed for the use of the Members. _ The Staats Courant and the other papers publish a royal decree, confirming the supplementary articles 16 and 17 to the convention concluded at Mayence on the 31st of March, 1831, with new tariff for the navigation of the Rhine. _ _ . MAESTRICHT, Nov. 27.—The construction of that part of the canal along the Maese which extends from Leige to the frontiers of Limburg at La Naye, was con tracted for on Tuesday last by Mr. Beaulieu, of Leige, for 1.755,000 florins. The works are to be commenced very shortly. AMSTERDAM, DEC. I.—By a decision of the Minister, which comes into effect this day, the compulsory prepay ment of the postage of letters from this kingdom for Switzerland, by way of France, is abolished. UTRECHT, Nov. 29.—Several of the principal inha bitants of Teil and the environs have applied for per mission to construct an iron railway from Utrecht, by way of Wyk Dunretede and Tiel to Bois-le-Duc. This railway, besides the use it would be of to the country through which it would pass, would also connect the Rhenish Railway with that which is projected from Mid delburg to Maestricht. Bols-LE.Duc, Nov. 29.—We learn, on good autho rity, that his Majesty the King has already granted to Mr. D. Dronkers, of Middleburg, projector of the Zealand Rhenish Railway through North Holland and Limburg, authority to carry it into effect, and is the manner as was asked, and which is the general wish, by way of the Breda, Dingen, Loonop Zand, Bois-le- Duc, &e. _ _ DUTCH FUNDS.—AIISTERDAM, Disc. 2. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. •••••• •• • 59 59% bitto, 3 per Cent .. • ..... •• .. Ditto, 4 per Cent.• • • • • • .• • • 94 1 ,E Amort Syndic, 434 per Cent.. •. • • 9934 99% Ditto, 334 per Cent.. • • • • • . • 89 1 4 89% Commercial Company, 434 per Cent • • 158 1 ! 1.59 East India Loan, 4 per Cent ..... 93% 94 Exchange on London, at sight •- ••• • •• Twe months.• • • • • • • • On liamburgh, at sight •• • • Two months... .••••• .• • • • • Twomonths. .• •••• • • •. •• —Dutch Papers. Dec. 3. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Braturr, Nov. 29. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 334 per Cent ..........984 97% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. Foreign Exchanges.... • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • 6 24% Exchange on London ••.•• • • • 150 36 Parts.... •••• • • • • ........ 8014 —Universal Prussian Gazette. Nov. 30. LIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Nov. 28. Bills. Manny tustrian 5 per Cents .• .. ••••••• • • • • • Bank Shares ...... • • • • • • 1620 Anglo-Russian Loan .••. • • • • lOB% Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate 103 q Ditto Ist series Inscription.. • • • • • . lO4 -- Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series • • 98 Ditto, in Certificate .• • • • • • • • • 9B New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • .• 90 1 /4 Ditto Stieglitz .. • . ..• • • • • 89% Spanish New 5 per Cent.. ••• • • • 2O ::19 Ditto 3 per Cent .. • • • • • • • • 2l Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. • • ..... ...• • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 83 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 83X National Bank Shares •••• • • • • • Exchange on London. Hamburgh, Nov. 28. • ... • • ...• • • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. Eight subscribers present, and half as many bets laid, viz. :- CHESTER CUP. 5,000 to 100 agst Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Bennett's Hope—taken. DERBY. 400 to 10 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—taken. OAKS. 150 to 10 agst Sir C. Monck's Varnish—taken. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING . _ Will be repeated a Grand Opera, In three acts, called MARITA NA. Charles the Second, Mr. liorrani ; Don Cresar Do Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; I)on Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Marlttura, Miss Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlie. Dabas (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Mdile. Louise, Mr. W. 11. Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. PAI4T II Ancient Music—The Celebrated M usic to " Macbeth," with Solos— Locke. Fleur-de-Marie—Barrret. Solo, Concertina, by Mr. Case--Case. Polonaise, The Original Polonaise—Jullien. Duett for Pianoforte and Violin, performed by Miss Day and Master Day—Bellini. The Post-horn Galop—Kcenig. Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. 3E. Jullien's Grand Ball Masque is tired to take place on Monday, December 22. The Audience portion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart Cor Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators:—Dress Circles, ss. ; Boxes, 35.; Galleries, 2s. NEW STRAND THEATRE. In consequence of the enthusiastic reception of Mr. Gregory, in Shylock, by a house overflowing in every part on each representa tion, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE will be repeated, for the last time, THIS EVENING. Shylock, Mr. Gregory; Portia, Mrs. Percy. After which, TIIE RENDEZVOUS. Lucretia, by a Young Lady (Pupil of Mrs. J. Darcus). Ti concludo with the Farce of RAISING THE WIND. Boxes, 4s. ; Stalls, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock. _ _ _ Private Boxes, Stalls, &c., to be taken of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond street ; and at the Box-office, from Ten till Four each day. the elections, with two exceptions, have gone in favour of Ministers. These exceptions were Saragossa and Valladolid. Barcelona, it would therefore appear,. has rejected the Opposition candidates. On the Bourse the Three per Cents. were done at 37 at 60 days, with I per cent. premium ; and the Five per Cents. 24i at 60 days. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000 bales, at %d. per lb. decline, compared with Friday last, in American sorts. Other kinds were without alteration. In Shares there was an increased business, with improving prices. From the West Indies the crop accounts are not very fa vourable, the weather being too dry. The Stock Market again exhibits rather a weak appear ance, and the uncertainty relative to the corn-lave has re pressed the upward tendency of prices. Consols hare been 94% for present transfer, and 94% % for time. The pre mium fur Exchequer-bills has again declined, and is variable at 12s. to 16s. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cants. have been 95 1 , to %; and the Three per Cents., 93% to N. Bank Stock is worth 202 to 202%. The Foreign market has been dull, and prices have been much the same as yesterday. Mexican Stock has been 30% to 31, being quiet. Columbian are 16%. Portuguese Tour per Cents. bring 58 1 . Russian Bonds are 111% to 112. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 95 to 1 4, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% to %. The Share market has been scarcely so good as yesterday. oNE CLOSING tt t CES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Sank Stock -.... ..... 0.....202% 202 202 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94%% 94% New 3 1 4 per Cents 9 53a4i% 951 ,4 Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 10% 7-16 10 7-16 India Bonds, 1,000/.. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Bank Stock for Account... Consols for Account - ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d l4 12 16 pm. 18 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small eNE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 — 78% Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela l 6 l /2 16% Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2O 20 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Ditto, Account 3 0 3/ 31 SO% BON Ditto Deferred 16% 16% Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Account 58% 58% Russian Bonds ............ Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account — Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto. Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent. 9 6 14 95 95 Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 3 / 4 !‘ 93 1 4 92 PRICES OF PAI D . BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, & Elgin — •- Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush _ lx - Aylesbury and Theme.. 1.-; Belfast & County Down 2 - q ..... Bideford andTavistock... IN - ......... - Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 12 3 14 Ditto New _ 17 1 ,4 ...- Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct Boston, Starred, & Birm. 22s Bridgewater& Minehead 425. Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ......... Bristol and Liver. Junc . 2 1 / 2 ...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian & Grand June 42s .. Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 3 4 %1 Do. New ... l% 3 2 5 .. 2% Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — ... ..... Canterbury and Dover.. 1 A — ...... ..... .. Central Kent Chelmsford and Bury l% O% Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Chelteaham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction..... 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 21/ 2 Cork and Waterford ... 1% — • Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir and Leicester... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter - I)erby and Crewe — Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby 1X...... Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford - Direct Manchester ••• ... t••• .... , •• MN ( Remington's) . Ditto (Rackstrick's) 5 14- 3% Direct N orthern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh 1N..... Dublin and Belfast June 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Mad e ly, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% Eastern Counties 141. 16s l 9 l/ 19 ....,... Ditto New 6/. 16s. 5,, p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. —.GI. 13s. 4d. 5 /iN p Ditto ditto, No. 2...41. 13s. 4d... % p par EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 25 .. ... .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 24 — Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 17i — Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 21 % Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 ,4 — East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1N..... ... , - Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ....- Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,E ...... Ditto, New 5 — Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — Edinburgh and Perth... 1% — ... Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ..... ... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% — Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2 3 4 Glouc.,Abei ystwith, and Central of Wales 1%...... Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction 100 — Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union l% . 1%... Great Eastern&Western 2% ...... 1% 1 4 ...... - GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 71 ,4 — ..• Great Munster 2% Great North of Scotland 2 11 /: Great North of England..loo Ditto New 5 - - Do. New .... »... . •• 2 ..... Great Western Ditto 1 A Shares 5O Ditto % Shares 2% 1 414 Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 24.... Harwich Hull and Selby 5O Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares 2 ...... 17% 18% Inverness and E1 g i n ...... 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth ...... ...... 2 .._.. ...... ...... Irish North Midlaid l% - Isle ofAxholme ' 2% Killarney Junctions l l4 Kendal and Windermere 1 1 / s Lancaster and Carlis1e... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 228. — ... —.......- Leicester and Bedford... 225. %IA p Leicester and Tamworth 42e. — Li verp. and Manchester.loo ... .. Do. % Shares Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool& Leeds Direct 2% .. ... Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birmingnmloo 210 1 , 212 1 / 2 210 213 213 Do. Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares ...... 24% Ditto Fifths 2 ...... 22 23 .. ........ 23 Ditto Extension .... 1V l% l% London and Blackwell. 16/. 132.4 d. Do. New Ditto Extension ..... 3 .... London and Brighton... 50 Do. consolidated Bths... 35 Ditto, Sixths London and:Croydon, 131. 158. 9d. 18% Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London and Gree n w i ch 1211 5 s 4d... .. Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — London, Hounslow. and Western Lond. & S.Western 41/ 6s 10d — Do. New Consol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 2% ...... I ondon and Y or k 2 %...... 4 3 3i 4 3% London and Windsor ... 1 London, Warwic,k, and Kidderminster ... ...... 2% l% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry& Coleraine 5 - ••• ... Londonderry and E, ' •.. :nnis- killen - Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 — ••• Manchester and Leeds... 76 Ditto lA Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Sixteenths ... 4 1 4 Manchester and Bimini. 40 Do. Quarters ... 4 ...... Do. New Qua r t ers ... 2 -, Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Bukton,and Matlock 42s. 2% p 27 p Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction ..... — — —. - 7 IA 71 10% of SPAIN With nume The PICTURESQUE ANTIQUITIES ---• roue Illustrations, Engraved in the best manner, representing GO THIC and MOORISH PALACES, CATHEDRALS, and other MONUMENTS of ART. By NATHANIEL A. WELLS, Esq. 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By JOHN THOMAS SMITH, Author of " Nollekens and his Times." One vol. post Bvo., revised and corrected. (Now ready.) MARGARET CA PEL ; A NOVEL. By the Author of " THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE," &c. 3 vol. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). etteltil LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1843. We yesterday left it to the Times to tell its own startling tale of the final Cabinet resolve. It takes a little time to recover breath after hearing of such party tergiversation and political perfidy. We are disposed to believe the announcement of the Times, feeling that that journal would not risk its cha racter for correct information by the publication, in a matter of such immense' importanoe and universal inte rest, of what it did not know to be true. So the PEEL policy has prevailed once more. Once more is the Conservative party betrayed by those whom it has placed in power. Once more have Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Duke of WELLINGTON kicked away from under them the ladder by which they have risen to poli tical power. The game which they played on the Catholic Emancipation question is to be played again on the corn-laws. So far as Sir ROBERT PEEL himself is concerned, we are not surprised. We have believed all along, in ac cordance with the common rumour, that he was ready to sacrifice the corn-law. There are those who have imagined that he was trembling with ft ar of taunts of inconsistency—that he had tke fear of Hansard before his eyes. When did Sir ROBERT ever fear Hansard? If that name was to him ever a name of terror, his life of political versatility must have long since inured him to Hansard. But we are surprised at others. We have been ima gining that the Iron Duke was restraining Sir Plausible from another sacrifice of political character, of a nature to involve not only the honour of the Conservati , e party, but the fair fame of English public men. We had believed that the struggle in the Cabinet (for a struggle there evidently was) of this sort—PEEL anxious to propose corn-law repeal, the Duke inter posing with a " No," and urging that if they were at last compelled to admit the necessity of repealing the corn-laws, they were bound in honour to resign —that the old friends of free trade might have the glory of the victory, and themselves show their disinterestedness by aiding their opponents to do the work. And this would have been the honourable course. But the PEEL policy has prevailed ; and the crisis is to be turned to account for preserving the present Government in power, by re nouncing the opinions to which they owe their existence as a Government. What %ill the Duke of RICHMOND say ? He was to turn the Government out, if they forgot protection. He has hitherto been indulgent. Will he now be the more unrelenting in consideration of past indulgence ? Will Lord ARTHUR LENNOX stay at the Ordnance ? If he does, will Chichester be still at his service ? What will West Sussex say, when called upon, as it will be at the be ginning of the session, to choose a successor to Mr- Commissioner DARBY ? What will the Duke of BUCRINGUAM say ? Does he now repent of having again allowed Sir THOMAS FRE MANTLE to sit for Buckingham ? Will Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE resign ? If he do not, will he again sit for Buckingham ? What will Mr. SYDNEY }TENDERT do ? Does he re main in the Cabinet?— he who was put forward, as a compliment of course to the strength of his protection principles, to answer Mr. COBDEN in the last session, and who began the provincial campaign of this vaca- Manchester and Rugby ..... Direct Manchest. & Sonthampt. 2 Midland lOO .....140% 14 1 ........• Do. Fifth. Do. 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St, a o her father's mansion at Bagging;ton to coco-,,- r, passing through the toll-gate, an d before rty railroad-station, a small spaniel dog, the prvr; bia,trd walking along the road. ran towards an obis 0f . 2 horses, a pair of very high- s pi r ited ones- m o 10001, violently kicking and plun g i ng —one gettilig:lftide.„ pole of the phaeton, in whi c h con dition they ini n istw o ii ; 0 1 the road towards Covertly, in a f„,tnl e , tili . i l r o l his endeavours to atop th e a nimals, IN row - of respected coachman of tb.e family, broke t coo notl eo s which the ponies turned ,suddenly on the running parallel with the road. .At the e t 'i r orn m l Ag f , phaeton was upset, and the .inmates were, : h i esal o g fortunately alighted upon the .sward, wo' c condition in consequence of the rains d the ca got, .04tottii Miss Peel escaped with a few britiats brother was nut at all injured. on her Th e lada o r Ttain si o i ; again upon the arrival of a carria k ,',4 vl„ h r i ?„ l eortb,')oo.o ) procured from the city. 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