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V; DEDICATED TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR NEIL DOUGLAS, K.C.B. and K.C.11., Commanding her Majesty's Forces in Scotland. In a few days, in 2 vols. small Bwo., price 21s. bound, MY ADVENTURES. By COLONEL MONTGOMERY MAXWELL, K. 11., . , Commanding the 36th Regiment. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-strec Orders received by all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 15. Will be performed Auber's celebrated Opera THE SYREN. Marco Tempesta, Mr. W. Harrison; Scipio, Mr. D. W. King; Zerlina (the Syren), Miss Itainforth After which. THE BEAUTY OF GHENT. Marquis de San !mew. M . Albert; Count Malvino, H. Delferier ; Benedict. M. Desplaces ; Beatrice, Mdlle. Adele Dumilatre; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster; - Julia, Mdlle. Auguste Delbes ; Diana, Mdlle. O'Brien. Tne Box-oftice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 15. Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farrcn ; Charles Surface, Mr Charles Mathews; Lady Teazle, Madame Vestris. After which, Mr. Charies Mathews' Bur etta of HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Motley, Mr. Charles Mathews; Dicky Darling, Mr. Strickland; Becky Morgan, Mrs. Caulfield. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the Even ing), ss. each. First Price—Boxes .s. ; Pit, 35. ; Gallery, es. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at N .ie o'clock—Btxes, 3a ; Pit, Ss. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, ed. doors opened at Halt past Six, Pet formance commence at Seven. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One uinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.office, from l'en till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, Will be repeated a New Drams, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Coui.t Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Vanille, Mr Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. After which, an entirely New Drama, entitled CJESAR DE SAZAN ,• or, Love 4nd Honour. Charles the Second, Mr. Howe; Caesar de B man, Mr. Webster • Maratina, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, called TELEMACHUS ; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss Woolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright ; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford ; Dinah, Mr. Cowell. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-odice ope n f rom Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. On Monday will be revived the Popular Drama of VICTORIN E. "Caesar de Razan" is published in Webster's National Acting Drama, price 6d. In the Press, " The Mysterious Stranger." PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER IS, Will be repeated the New Drama, called DON CIESAR DE BAZ AN Don Cwsar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the Secont, Mr. Walton; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countess di Rotondo, Mrs. Fahroke. After which, a New Comeeietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival. Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirl,ng To be followe t by MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. To conclude with the New Farce of TAKING THE PLEDGE . Augustus Larkins, Mr. Oaberry ; Alexander Paps, Mr. Walter Lacy; Emily Gussett, 61i48 Emma Stmley. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emde n . Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ;• Pit, Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be ope ne d at Half. past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 15. Will be performed a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wigan; Miss Fairhrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoker, and Kerley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening A DIV HRTISSEMENT, in which Mlles. Louise and Adele, of her Majesty's Theatre, will make their appearance. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Turner, and Stoker, Miss Arden. Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollisige. To-conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASS .ONS With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli lige, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mi,s James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, a s.; Pit, 25 . ; Gallery, 6d. S econ d Price—Balcony B oxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier (bolding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalL Private Boxes on the Pit fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. The Box—Mice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the three- Una of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. STRAND THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. ROBERTS. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, Will bit performed DON C/EZ AR DE BAZAN. Don Coasar, Mr. Roberts; King Charles H. , Mr. John Howard ; Maritana, Mrs. Coleman Pope Atter which, THE KNIGHT AND THE SPRITE. To conclude with QUITE AT HOME. Principal Characters by Messrs. Howard, Aylitle, Dean, Mrs. Melville, and Mi,s Carter. Great attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLFY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY, TH S EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, Mill be repeated a New Spectacle, entitle.( THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race- Hone and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; istroducing unequalled National Fete.. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Fe< and full Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with a Favourite Afterpiece. 1 Acting and stage-inanager, Mr. W. LI. Broadloot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding 'v Mr. R. Smith daily. D A VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Increasing success of Dan Caesar de Baran—First Week of another New Drama. THIS RIMMING, NOVEMBER 15, Will be performed a New Drama, enti led DON C2ESAR DE EAZAN, supported by the entire Company. After which, an entirely New Drama, THE SISTERS OF CH A TILLON, in which Messrs. Hicks, Neville, R. Shephard, Vale, Johnson, Heslop, MN. It. Honner, Miss Terre'', Mrs. H. Vining, &c., will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entited A NIGHT OF HORRORS. Characters by Messrs. Va e, Lew;s, Johnson, Hcslop, Mrs. Daly, Miss Terrey, Ac.. PlaCe — s and Pnvate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box . Office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, Will be performed I'HE WANDERING JEW, in which Messrs. Seaman, Dale. Hiegie, and the Misses Harcourt will appear. After which, PORK CHOPS, in which Messrs. G. Wild and Herbert will perform. To conclude with SIXTEEN-STRING JACK. John Rana, Mr. T. H. niggle ; Kit Clayton, Mr. G. Wild Private Family B oxes, .E 1 la. Od. and XI Hs. dd. TITS WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, Nov. 14. TFIXEMOMETEE, Lowest, 43 ; Highest, 55 ; Noon, 49. BAROMETER, 30.1.—WEND, N. W. Nom.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freeing point, and .55 temperate. In Barometers fair is uually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Myr/ ing ... 4 minutes after 5 I Evening ... 29 minutes after 5. t,otT•lll•st 1 SCI . 0 - • .. - • Ztl.:„ .$4,111.11L_ ••!. Arc , • ; v )20 T • • , fit I mint /ITIL LONDON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1844. Mr. O'CONNELL has sent forth another manifesto from Darrynane, which was read on Monday last at the Dublin Repeal Association. In this document he proposes to apply to Parliament for an impeach ment of those who were chiefly concerned in getting up the late State Prosecutions, and also to consider the expediency of addressing the English people, in order to obtain their assistance in compelling Parlia ment to institute such an impeachment. Another object which the llon. and Learned Gentleman ap pears to have not less warmly at heart, is the forma tion of a Preservative Society of three hundred— just the same number of patriots as fought and fell with LEONIDAS at Thermopylae ; though in what way this society is to work when formed, or what are the main points to which it is to direct its attention, Mr. O'CONNELL does not in form us, but leaves us as much in the dark on the subject as the Federalists have done, as regards their favourite, but undeveloped scheme for the regenera tion of. Ireland. In this state of ignorance we can only form a guess at the nature of the public duties which it is intended that the Preservative Society should fulfil, and conclude that it is to act as a sort of Irish House of Lords, to keep within due bounds the patriotic fervour of the Association, which. without some such controlling power, might attended with injurious consequences to the, taum of Repeal. If this conclusion be a, correct one, then we have not the slightest hesitation in saying that the Society in ques# A . on w ill b e a failure. It will never be able to 'maintain an in dependent position, notwithstandingits assumption of aristocratic superiority, and be far more likely to take its tone from the more popular and yigoro , js Association, than to act as a. %wholesome check 0 - 41 its enthusiasm. Its attemP44 at moderation %;rill be mistaken by the vast mass of the people for luke warmness in the ca'ise of the Repeal, just as they have now set their races against Feder4ism, because it is of a more te m p er ate, qualified charzcter than the original schema for the restoration of the old domestic Parliament:, and should it at any time venture on the bold ;tep of coming into direct collision with the Associr.ti.3n, from that moment it will degenerate into a rdere nullity. tinder any circumstances, the Preservative Society is never likely to be anything more than the mere passive instrument of Mr. °Vox- James will. The independence will be simply nomi mil. As he created it, so will he destroy it, the mo ment he finds that this political Frankenstein of his 4) " be getting has become his enemy instead of his tool. Yet we must i cone s'. not without ingenuity, essthat the schem e o f thi s Society f or it w i ll sludge Air. O'CoNlium. to on the work of agitation through the raediumcaorfroyftwo assemblies in ristocratic, stead-at one—first, as the leader styriecondly as the leader of the demotchreataitehseepetion of the -Repeaters,- the former represented by native Society, the latter by the Association. r l3 e u r. A:: decidedly the most important part of the Darrynanet . • manifesto is that wherein the writer adknowledges Op failure of the Federal experiment, and announces THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, NoirtMBER is, alt. his intention of agitating henceforth for simple Re peal. "I seek for Ireland," he says, " the full benefit of the Repeal of the Union and the restoration of her domestic Parliament; I will never take less for that i Parliament than that which it had before the Union—that is, final legislative and judicial authority in Ireland. In fine, fellow-countrymen, the pause of experiment is over ; let us rouse again for the peaceful contest—a contest not to be suspended until the Par liament is again in College-green with all its ancient authority and jurisdiction. Hurrah, then, for the Repeal!" Thus, it seems, Federalism is to be " thrown aside as a tattered garment"—to use Doctor Squint em's expression in FOOTE'S farce—and the agitation for full and unconditional Repeal is to be renewed with all its pristine vigour. We regret this, for the agitation is one that can do no earthly good, and by once again unsettling men's minds in Ireland, and filling them with hopes that can never be realised, may be the means of inflicting an immense amount of mischief on the community. - Far better that, for a brief season at least, Mr. O'CONNELL should rest quietly on his oars—as we have recommended on more than one occasion—and await the announce ment of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S remedial measures for the sister country. If these be partial, inefficient, and too much leavened with Toryism, then it will be time enough for him to resume his agitation, which he will be able to do with more effect, inasmuch as lie will have a far larger portion of the people both in Engtand and Ireland with him than is now likely to be the• case. But to agitate now is only to embarrass the Premier —or, if not to embarrass him, at any rate to furnish him with a plausible pretext for putting off his remedial schemes to some more tranquil period. From the commencement of the present century he master difficulty experienced by the successive Governments which have exercised office in that in terval—has been—how to deal with the Poor-law ? The necessity which, from time to time, has been felt to be so indispensable for amending its defective machinery, or for simplifying the complexity of its operation, or for controlling the enormous annual demand for poor-rates in the whole annual rental of the country—this necessity has been the impelling motive of so many attempts at improving the Poor law, on the part both of WThigs and Tories. They have encountered more continuous, exhausting, and thankless labour in putting forth those attempts than ever in the endeavour to goVern Ireland or conciliate their opponents to their scheme of foreign policy. But the attempts themselves have proved but failures more or less qualified by the advantageous working, or otherwise, of particular details. There has been, in all of them, a great defectiveness of system.; a palpable want of unity in the action of their different parts; and a discrepancy of principle between the test to qualify for the relief to be extended under such Acts, and the test for discriminating between the claims of the various classes its recipients. From this censure we can by no means exempt the 4th and sth WILLIAM IV., c. 76 ; and the fact of these de ficiencies of system, and this discrepancy of princi ples, is strikingly corroborated by the Bill which Sir JAMES GRAHAM was reluctantly compelled, at the close of last session, to propound to the considera tion of Parliament, for the virtual further amendment of the existing "Poor-law Amendment Act," just cited, in no less essential a particular than the Law of Settlement. • That Bill, our readers may remember, was merely brought in and printed for distribution to Members. It will be discussed at an early day after the re assembling of the two Houses. It purports to be a "Bill for Consolidating and Amending the Laws re lating to Parochial Settlements, and to the removal of the Poor ;" and has already excited no little alarm and displeasure among very large and influential communities of the kingdom, more especially the resident rate-payers in manufacturing towns and districts. This is not to be wondered at. The altera tions it proposes to establish are described, in a " Report" now before us, " of the Committee ap pointed by the Town Council of Leicester to con sider and report" upft the measure —as "of the most sweeping and startling nature, and, moreover, of an ex post facto" character. "The Bill (the Com mittee add) entirely abolishes all settlements of every description acquired before the passing of the Act, unless the parties 'have been removed by orders, or their settlement has been attained by writing, under the hands of the majority of the overseers of the parish ; and it establishes as the only ground of settlement—first, that of birth; and, if the place of birth cannot be ascertained, then, :secondly, that of the settlement of the father, as it would be, if living after the passing of the Act ; or, if the father be not settled in any parish in En land, nr if such parish cannot be ascertained, or it the pauper were not born in wedlock, then the place of settlement is the parish in which the mother would—if living after the passing of the Act—be settled. It will, therefore, be seen that, at one blow, all existing settlements, with the exception of that of birth, are swept away ; and that this change applies not only to the future, but affects all settlements already acquired by any other means ;than that of birth, or unappealed against orders of removal, or written acknowledgments." Now, to show how serious a question a sweeping measure of this kind beeomes—in connexion, espe cially, with the opinion of so intelligent a body as that which has produced the Leicester Town Council Report, that " it may be safely predicted that should this Bill pass into a law, it will give rise to as much, and, in the first instance, more litigation, than has taken place under the law which it is intended to supersede ;" we may observe that, in its present form, it must necessarily exercise a most disastrous and adverse influence on the future prosperity of all large manufacturing towns. But since we cannot, by any illustrations of our own, so forcibly develop the course by which this result would be accom plished, as the "Report" has already done, we entreat attention to the three extracts from that document, which we give in another column, and which we have headed respectively, " Consequences of the proposed alteration of the Law of Settlement," &c.; " Case of the borough of Leicester under the proposed alte7eation ;" and " Effect of the five years' residence irresnovability clause, both on manufacturing towns g'ererally, and on rural districts." Yet that a strons case exists to require the reform of the Law of, Settlement, and with a view to the restraining 'that endless and most expensive litigation which rakesgood for pr ov i nc i a l o attorneys at the expens:,f all the rate-p ayers o f England and Wales, 'we are as firmly convinced as were the framers of the 4th and sth WILLIAM W. when bringing forwar that Act. The amount expended in law charges alone, connected with the investigation o f settlemee;rs, and the trial ofapp - ells, for the ye:,, r P . inglady-day, 1834, was a l mos t incredible ---258 6041 -about one-twentieth of the gross lev-i c,f rate for that year. The Act of 4 and 5 W lt s, 44 - • m IV. endea voured to remedy this state se' things by con t ract i ng the grou n d s conferring settlement, but more dis tinctly and carefully prescribing the for m o f proo f , jects thus a i nature of evidence and right o f appeal. But the ob 'eed at have b een no toriously defeated by the contdin_ decisi ons o f courts of law their severe ~' g, " eens"sruction of the provisions—relative to'the wording.' orders of removal, and the consequent difficulty ex perienced (in itself a hardship, usually, of the most cruel nature on the unfortunate pauper applicant) in now obtaining such orders. 'And as to the expense, it appears, from the Leicester " Report," that " Although the amount expended in law charges has been diminished since the passing of the Act (as appears IT the last report of the Cgesisetesioners, in which it is stated to have been 84,7501. for the year ending Lady day, 1843), it must be borne in mind, that this decrease in the expenditure is not to be attributed entirely to an improvement of the law, but that it may in part be ac counted for by the difficulties experienced in obtaining orders of removal." We cannot better conclude than by quoting from the conclusion of the Committee's "Report," the "Re medies suggested " by them. It is a passage well entitled to the deliberate consideration of the Legis lature ; and whatever difficetifimight probably be encountered in attempting to carry such a scheme into practical execution, the proposal is entitled to every degree of attention, from the boldness and sim plicity of the substituted recommends for the present Poor-law and its ancillary Law of Settlement : " Your Committee have now discharged the duty in trusted to them by the Council. They may, however, be asked what remedy they would propose for the uni versally acknowledged evils of the present system ? and but not e e th e o n l bt this they would reply—that the objections to the Law ° Pah a i a a id Settlements,ex p ens e,' Y s C o o n r et t he of humanity, ground of com plicationa.reso great, as to admit of but one remedy • - the AbolitiOn of the Settlement Laws altogether, , and that is, with all their cumbrous and expensive 19 machinery, and providing for the support of the poor out of a general fund, to bo raised by means of a national tax, to which all property, whether landed, funded, or 'personal, should be liable to contribute, and which is consistent with the principle of the law of Queen Elizabeth, under which every indi vidual was liable according to his ability, whether arising from real or personal estate. This plan would encounter opposition in the first instance, but it may be supported by so many considerations of justice and policy, that little doubt can be entertained that, sooner or later, it will be adopted by the Legislature, and become the law of the land. " If, however, there is no prospect of a speedy abroga tion of the Laws of Settlement—if it is still considered advisable, on account of existing interests, to continue them for the present—if it is still deemed humane and considerate towards the poor to break up their homes, to separate them from their families, and to bandy them backwards and forwards from parish to parish, and from county to county, because they have the misfortune to be poor and dependent —your Committee would confidently and unhesitatingly express their opinion that it would be infinitely better to continue the existing Laws of Set tlement, and to amend the machinery by which they are carried out, by lessening the expense now required in procuring orders of removal and in contesting their va lidity, than to adopt a measure so objectionable in its provisions—so unjust and ruinous to all large manufac turing towns and villages—and so calculated to yield a fruitful harvest of litigation, as the Bill now introduced by her Majesty's Government." The Paris papers of Tuesday have been received, but at a very late hour, owing to the state of the weather. The Moniteur contains the following tele graphic dispatch : "BAYONNE, Nov. 11. "The Congress definitively voted its Address on the Bth. " The discussion on the project of reform was to commence on the 9th." The Presse, in noticing these dispatches, says, that after the failure of the amendment proposed by M. IsTuniTz, no doubt remains of the intentions of Con gress. The discussion about to take place is a mere form, and the Government plan may be considered as adopted. The Paris papers of Tuesday are exceedingly barren of interest. PARIS BOURSE, Nov. 12. The market fur renter is well supported to-day, and that of railway shares is rather heavy. The Five per Cents. are held firmly at 119 E 65c. ; and the Threes at 82E 85c. The market closed as follows: Three per Cents. for cash, 82f. 85c. ; for account, 821. 85c. Five per Cents. for cash, 1191. 50c. ; for ac count, 1191. 65c. Bank of France Shares, 3,130 ; Nea politans, 981. 75c. ; Spanish Threes, 36k ; Fives, 32i ; Paris and Orleans Railroad, I,ooBf. 75c. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,005 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 775 f. We have received the Madrid mail of the 6th. The discussion on the address continued in the Cortes. A commission was appointed to report on the project of law, already approved of by the senate, for giving to the Government the necessary autho rity to establish organic laws. The commission is composed of Messrs. LORENZE, BENAVIDES, ALCALA. GALIGANO, QUINTO, MORA, and NORCEDAL. No doubt now remains, that the amended article relative to the Sovereign's marriage, puts an end altogether to the hopes of the family of Don CARLOS. The Madrid Gazette of the 6th contains the con tract made with the Bank of FERDINAND, for the ad vance of money necessary to pay the Decerals<r dividends. Madrid was perfectly quiet on the 601. Madrid Bourse on the 6th.--;l:nree per Cents 27 5-16 ; Five per Cents. 20. % d' POST-OFFICE LONI/ON DIRECTORY, 1845.—This work has now ree:jned its forty-sixth annual publica tion, and lattei:iy it has been brought out on such a comprehensive, correct, and extensive system, that it has driven all competitors from the field. The editor, Mi.. Kelly, in announcing this fact, at the same time assures the public that they shall not suffer—on the contrary, profit—by the monopoly; for it is in creased as compared with the edition of 1844, by twenty-eight pages, containing more than 4,000 names, and these not confined to one list, but carried into the various classifications, all of which are proportionally extended. The Postal Directory, which has been compiled with great care, furnishes complete inst ruc • tion as to th e di s p a t c h of letters and newspapers to all parts of the world; and the list of the principal places in England and Wales has been greatly en larged, for the purpose of facilitating the operations of the money-order office. The following are a few of the additional improvements in this edition. For the metropolis, there is a return of real property assessed to the property and income-tax for the year ending April 1843, with the population according to the last census, and the number of acres which this vast metropolis covers. These amount to 60,000, the population to 1,950,921,and the real property assessed to the property-tax, 12,779,1241. The population of each ward, parish, and inn of court, is given sepa rately. There is also a useful notice respecting the obli terating stamps used at the Post-office, with a list of the towns and the respective figures prefixed, which shows at once the place where the letter is posted, and thereby remedies a very common defect—the illegibility of the country office mark of the town. A third improvem is . an interesting stati s ti ca l account o f the commerce o f th e metropolis, as regar d s the employment of the inha bitants, and the diff eren t t ra d es carr i e d on i n : its vast extent. There is also e i iist of bankers entitled to issue notes, with the average amount of the bank notes of such banker which were in circulation during she period 'of twelve weeks preceding the 27th of April last, according to the returns made by such l atilor in pursuan c e o f an A ct passed in the fourth and fifth years of the present reign. Besides these, there are several other improvements which contribute materially to the convenience of consulting a work so multifarious, and which contains not fewer than 1,980 pages of close, but very distinct, letter-press. It is accompanied by a map of London, formed from a recent survey. The other portions of this Directory we have on former occasions described, and it is needless to refer to it farther than by saying, that by taking the additional improvements into account, the late period to which the returns have been made, and the excellent arrangement,, it is, per haps, the most complete manual of the kind ever published. --- ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA. This steamer arrived at Liverpool on Thursday morning, but brings no intelligence, though a fe w days later, in addition to that brought by the packet ship Rochester. The elections in Canada were going on in favour of the Government. The New York Herald says :—" It appears that the Conservative influence—the policy of Sir Charles Metcalfe —pre dominates over Radicalism, and powerfully enough' for the present. If the Radicals in the Lower Pro vince keep themselves in order, the Union will move beautifully and evenly ; b u t if they 'Kick too muc h , l them into d ecency. the majority will only h ave to -enip .... Either way, theref o r e , little while." the Canadas ar e saf-.or a Accounts from Mexico menti on th a t a F rench sailor Ld beer arrested by the Al ca d e o f the town, ;,ad an d takn to prison. It is not stated why or for what he was arrested; but when in prison he was asked if he was a Frenchman, and answer i n th e affirmative ; he was immediately 'Ordered to receive two hundred lashes, attend e d by music; after Which he was ordered to liiss the drummer's feet, and, on his refusal to do so, he was sentenced to receive fifty lashes more, and other indignities were committed upon his body too horrible to mention ; after which he was released, baying become a maniac through his dreadful sufferings. In consetinehte of this outrage, the French Consul had refused all intercourse with the authoritiel, and had forwarded dispatches to his Government respecting the treatment French citisens are subjected to in that department of Mexico, The Great Western arrived at New York on the 26th, making her passage in fourteen days and a half. There is no alteration in the cotton market, but the reduced stock on hand enables holders to obtain firmer prices, and desirable lots of the article were scarce. The rate of Exchange on London was at 110 to 1104, and on Paris sf. 20c. _IL LINGDON .ALL.—We are requvsted that Mr. Colb urn , o f G reat Marlboroughstree to state tbis day publi s h e d " Hi ll ingdon ßall ; or, t, has the Cockney Squire, a Tale of Country Life." by the A u th or " Handley Cross," i n 3 vo l s., post Bvo., which can nof ow be had at all the lib rar i es. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following new novels :-2. Young Love, by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vo l s .-3. A rt h ur Arundel, a Tale of the English Revolution, by the Author of " Bram bletye House," 3 vols.-4. Parsons and Widows, by the Author of " Peter Priggins," 3 vols.-5. The Wilfulness of Woman, by the Authoress of " The History of a Flirt," &c., 3 vols.-6. Whitefriars ; or the Days of Charles IL, an historical romance, Third Edition, 3 vols. —7. Chatsworth ; or, The Romance of a Week, Edited by .the Author of " Tremaine," 3 vols.; and 8. The Brothers, by the Author of " Oliver Cromwell," " Mar raaduke &c., 3 vols. COLLECTION OF CHARTS AT LLOYD'S.—A complete set of marine charts, published by the marine department of France, have, by the command of his Majesty Louis Philippe, been forwarded to Lloyd's, and which, with those presented to Lloyd's by his Majesty the Kin g o f Prussia, the East India House, &e., will be arranged, in a room provided for the purpose at the new Royal Ex change, open to the inspection of all connected or inte rested in the navigation of the seas, and will form the most complete collection in the world. AMERICAN NEWS. LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The New York packet-ship Rochester, Captain Britton, arrived here to-day, after a rapid passage of eighteen days. She brings papers from that city to the 26th ult., being nine days later than previously conveyed by the packet-ship England. The Ro chester sailed from the Bay of New York on the 26th, and at noon of that day passed the steam-ship Great Western, !thirty miles E.S.E. of Sandyhook. This was the 14th day out of this celebrated steamer. She sailed from Liverpool on the 12th, and would reach New York on the 26th—the usual period of her completing her run from Liverpool to New York. She took out on the voyage 140 passengers. The steam-ship Acadia arrived out at Boston on the 20th. She took out the mails on October 4th for Canada and the United States, and a large number of passengers. The news by this arrival is not of great interest. The most important is that of a sad and destructive hurricane on Lake Erie, which had passed over the city of Buffalo with great violence. The Courier and Enquirer thus describes this de structive visitation BUFFALO, OCT. 19, 1844. TERRIBLE AND DESTRUCTIVE GALE AT BUFFALO.— After several days of rainy disagreeable weather, the wind at north-east, it commenced blowing pretty fresh last night about eleven o'clock. At half-past twelve it suddenly veered round to the south-west, and blew a perfect hurricane, crowding the water of the lake, which had been kept above by the previous wind, almost in stantaneously upon the city. Those who saw it, repre sent it as a perfect avalanche of water ; and such was its force as to tear up the massive pier on which the light-house stands, and which has hitherto withstood all the onsets of wind and water. The flood on the flats is more destructive than any we have ever had—the water having risen in one hour over ten feet, sweeping off houses, barns, store-houses, tan neries, the track of the Utica and Buffalo Railroad for a mile, and drowning men, women, children, horses, cows, oxen, and hogs. The loss of human life is already ascertained to exceed fifty, and as the gale has not subsided, it is feared there must be a great addition to the list. The steamers St. Louis, Fulton, and Julia Palmer, left here at seven last evening, and great uneasiness has been felt for their safety. The St. Louis has gone down the river this morning with a broken shaft and otherwise damaged ; she reports the loss of four passengers during the night. The Fulton is reported ashore some twelve miles up the Lake, passengers and crew safe—the Julia Palmer is at anchor in the bay opposite the city; and as the gale seems to increase in fury, accompanied with hail and snow, it is feared she may not weather it. She has up wards of four hundred souls on board. Thirteen horses were thrown overboard from her this forenoon, of which twelve reached the shore alive. The steamer Ch au t auque i s as h ore a t S ane l y one mile from the city ; the Government steturtser Albert is also ashore at the foot of Court-street: sio lives lost from either of these, The number of houses blown down and unroofed will exceed one hundred. I's. house on Elk-street, which was deserted by the rssmily as the water was beard coming in, was carrics!, up cisely as ed its position. ':;ien it started, not a singlechar o article h av i ng to Seneca-street, and stands ther e p re - Every store and warehouse on the cre e k an d l ower part of the city has suffered by the water, in loss of ,and damage to goods. We dread, and yet are anxious to hear from up the Lake ; for if the wind came as suddenly there as here, the destruction must be awful. We find in the Buffalo papers additional circum stances attending this dreadful catastroph e —th e most terrible and destructive that has occur re d f or man) years. So far from being exaggerated, we have reason to fear that the account of our correspondent falls short of the deplorable reality. The Buffalo Commercial, of Saturday evening, contains a statement of the extent of the disaster, so far as it could be ascertained. The steam-boat Chautauque was ashore ; the Albert was beached; the G.W. Dole was thrown some 50 feet out of the water ; the St. Louis broke a shaft when near Dun kirk, but made port. Three men and a boy, deck passengers, were washed overboard and drowned. A great number of canal boats were driven ashore with several vessels. Scores of buildings were destroyed, among which were Roop's white' lead factory, Kingman's three brick stores, the unfinished brick depot of the Niagara Falls, R. R. Co., forty or fifty frame cottages on both sides the canal from Mechanic-street, Wellman's cooperage, and Van Styke and Co.'s boatyard, Graves and Co.'s W. rope walk, Mead's new brick d we lli ng, w i th some thirty small dwellings, occupied by persons employed, Wilkeson's foundry, a hat factory near the canal, two frame buildings in Jackson-street, Guthrie and Benson's planing establishment, and soap factory, the new brick store of F. C. Hatch, the new brick buildings of the Utica and Buffalo R. R. Co., and the warehouse of 0. Lee ; these are all entirely destroyed, together with a great number of other buildings which were so utts and entirely swept away, that th e y cou ld not b y fied or recognised. il, which has . resulted identi- Of the awful destruction of life . the unmanerctal gives the P e h ff -l ect of the gale is the de fforloimoxtihnigs account arable But the most de' T ilitin4 life. Hove many lives have been struction . of de fi- stror ,pct, it Is impossible, as yet, t o ascerta i n. Twenty bodies of men, women, and children, have been re covered and taken to the Court-house for identification by relations and friends. The bodies of five children in one waggon have just passed our offic e . Sixteen persons, men, women, and children, are missing from Wilkeson's foundry. Two servant girls employed at Huff's Hotel, slept in the basement. The side walk fell in and filled the room with water before they could escape. Both were drowned. Their names were Helen Byman, Irish, and Catherine Redding. The parents of the latter live in Collins. Thus far the number of dead ascertained is as follows : Nine men, ten women, and thirteen children—thirty two in all. But a few have as yet been recognised. Among the number is a man named Smith, who lived in Elk-street, his wife and two children ; a child of William Nelson, living in Ohio-street; and James Smith, whose body was washed up in Seneca-street, and was identified by his wife. Also, two familes named Smith, fourteen in all, the heads of whom were employed at Wilkeson's furnace, one of them a stove-mounter, from Albany, the other a moulder, from Rochester. Also, a young man named Floff, moulder, from Jefferson county . Mrs. Stalcom and three children, rece n tl y from Seneca Falls ; a resided at Will an named Metot, and another n ame d White, who i• albte house on the peninsula rt—with hi s son an d a ..._,‘ T e he ih m i a n n k w h o n k a e m p e t v h o e , s son of the widow ;osier, were all d rowned. The boat house keeper a nd hi s son a b out d aylight attempted to swim .Across the creek, but were swept away by the fierce current. These are in brief the particulars of this disaster, so far as we have been able to gather them this morning. The loss of property it is impo ss ibl e to estimate, but it far exceeds any occasioned by any previous gale, and must amount to many thousands of dollars. Great numbers of families have lost everything. From the south side of Seneca-street, down to the harbour, and sweeping round below the Terrace to the northern bounds of the city, the whole extent is strewed with the wreck of this fearful gale, iiev.sbs are submerged and blown down, cro dsetter are strewed in small fl e ets a quarter ut: 'Mile or more from th e h ar b our an d cana l s, i tires are covered with broken fragments of dwell ;.- .ags, lumber, barrels, woo d, s t aves, & c. Never did any disaster that has effected our city appeal more power fully to the sympathies of the humane and benevolent. There must be hundreds who are destitute of every thing, and no time should be lost in ministering to their distresses, A part a th§ bl'iok dwelling on South Division-street 11004111 to J. B. Dubois, blew down and crushed the adjoining wood cottage, belonging to M, W, Dayton. The escape of Mr► Daytuti Mid rattily was providential. Alarmed by the severity of the gale, he and all his family arose, and had just left their beds when the chimneys and part of the walls of the adjoining building fell and crushed the rooms and beds they had just left. P.S.—Three, P.M.—The storm is still threatening.— The new brig Uncle Sam, Captain Vail, is just in with a full cargo, Her baits and spars are much torn and broken. In passing the schooner Lyons, she carried away the fore mast of that vessel, and committed other injuries. The schooners Marion and Robert Wood Aiscl made the har bour in safety, Other's are known to be on the lake and are hourly expected. Two hands were lost from the canal boat Suavity, at the Itobk, „. . Thefuneral of Mr. Stoiliker wife and thre e c hild ren — R ill ta k e p l ace to - morrow morning, at ni ne o ' c l oc k, f rom t h e b u ildi ng k nown as the Marine Hospit a l, 's family—four persons, The steam-boat Fulton, we hear, has gone ashore, a total wreck, at Sturgeon Point ; three men lost. The news from Canada is important only as giving the result of the elections itt) to this departure, which thus givo a tetlith of 8 Conservatives, 5 Radicals, and doubtful. We subjoin a list of the places for which they have been eleto.d i- ,, -. The foltotvih g Is a list of Members returned to serve In the present Parliament i—Lnikrtr ctinitcla---Vercheres, Cbambly, Itotivill*, blinsttf; ititmitslia; i. -- Jity of Quehet ; Champlain, Sherbrooke • ,Three Rivers, James X. , ealie, L. Lecoste, T. Franc ere, Sherbrooke; De Wig, Dr. Rousseau, T. Ot•Aylt , 111; J. Cliliasi, I...eulttet, taw:tte, litlt, E`k! Ward Grieve. Upper Canada—Brocicviile, Russel, Bing • anivica.reilaet:tiionh the p t e h s e iti U e :i e te f d p nearlyM a cdo nthe d , same R . AF a D s o e n n e the N p . rev te io w u a s rt a . rriVal ; if there is ston, Cornwall ; Prescott, G. Sherwood, A. Petrie, J. A. arStitaesteist asptapneadrsPrtoetbtYe in favour of the democratic side. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. BALER AT THE STOCK EXCHANON $2,000 U. S. Sixes ............... .. ' 500 State Five -and-Hales ...: .......... :-.: .... ' .... llB 10,000 Ohio Sixes ........................... '''' ... '.. '''' 104. 18,000 Kentucky ...................... '''' • ..13 , 45 104 3,000 Illinois Bank bonds .......... 6,000 Illinois s p ec i a l ..,••• . 4O - 5,000 Indiana b 3 48 ............... . 125 shares Fa rmers ' T ~,, 46 4 100 Farmers' Tni. .40411 .: . ..,.„,„ . 100 Canton 46 .. ....it,........ ............. cask 50.4- . . 150 Long F - 100 shares Canton Co 5O 50 Stonington It. 100 Morris Canal lO 150 Long Island 25 Nor. and Wor. b 30 86 DO Hudson and Berkshire l6l 25 East Boston 50 Reading It 40 Housatonic R. 50 East Boston 100 East Boston Scrip... Earl Spencer, Mr. and Lady Finch Hatton, Sir Henry Dryden, and Mr. StPffilli O'Brien, took their departure last night. Sir James Graham is expected to-morrow, and several other visitors, ainong ithoin may be tnentioned the Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary West, Lord and Lady Lilford, Lord and Lady Hood, Viscount Milton, and Mr. FitEwilliam. The rain, which at this time (three o s cltich) is still falling, has thrown a temporary gloom over the town and neighbouthood, There will be tt grand pyrotechnic display in the tront of the iiiantion this L, Vehibg, tinder the direction of Southby, and the illumination will be omen thot brilliant than last night. The inhabitants of Stamford will dine together at the George Hotel, this evening, the Mayor being in the chair, in honour of the ausFicious occasion. The following address from the Corporation of Stamford to her Majesty will be presented to-morrow before dinner : " TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " We, the mayor, aldermen, burgesses, clergy, and other ministers, and the inhabitants at large of your Majesty's ancient and loyal borough of Stamford, most humbly and respectfully solicit permission to approach your Majesty. " We feel that we cannot adequately express the deep sense which we entertain of your Majesty's con , deseension in honouring Stamford with your pre sence, and we desire most gratefully to acknowledge the distinguished privilege accorded to us of thus con veying to your Majesty the assurance a our devoted attachment to your Majesty's sacred person, family, crown, and dignity. " That your Majesty's life may be long preserved for the happiness of your faithful subjects, that your reign may be distinguished by the continued glory and increasing prosperity of this great country, and that a gracious Providence may visit your Majesty and your Royal Consort with every personal and domestic blessing, is our most sincere and earnest prayer. " Given under the common seal of the said borough the 12th day of November, in the eighth year of your Majesty's reign." Another address will be presented to the Prince Consort. There will be a grand ball to-morrow evening, to which all the principal nobility and gentry of the county are invited. The Court, as at present arranged, will leave for Windsor Castle on Friday morning. SUNDERLAND, Nov. 12.—ror some years past here has not been so many ships in this port at one ime as during the last week. Not fewer than 700 vessels were lying between the Lambton Staiths and the Low Quay, so that the channel of the river could scarcely be kept clear. Of this number from 250 to 300 sail were laden, but could not proceed to sea in consequence of the heavy storm which prevailed. On Friday last the har bourmaster gave public notice that all light vessels then below the bridge were to be removed to the upper part of the harbour, from Hetton Staitbs upwards, until the loaded ships proceeded to sea. The storm abated suffi ciently to enable ships to go to sea on Saturday, when a few proceed out, and on Sunday evening, Monday, and to-day, all the laden vessels h a v e proceedd, so that the harbour, though the scene of great bustle, is not now in conveniently crowded with shipping. SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF AN ATTEMPTED ROB DERV AT THE ST. KATHERINE DOCKS.—During the whole of Monday night several persons were seen by the police to be hovering about Nightingale-lane, between the walls of the London and St. Katherine Docks, and as their appearance and manceuvres were of a very sus picious looking character, a sharp look out was kept upon them, but nothing was discovered as to their inten tions at the time. On Tuesday afternoon it was found that the roof of the cigar floor, in the tobacco ware house at the St. Katharine Docks, was leaking, and that a large quantity of water was pouring into the place, and it being known that the same always took place when the gutter in the roof became stopped up during a heavy rain, no time was lost by the Dock Company's servants in obtaining the assistance of workmen for the purpose of examining the same. On proceeding to the roof, the cause of the stoppage was discovered to be in consequence of eleven or twelve large bladders being placed in the gutter, and by their side several ropes and other apparatus for assisting the robbers in letting the same down the wall into the street. On the bladders being removed to the dock-house, they were found to contain brandy considerably above proof, and had evi dently been pilfered and intended to be removed on the following night, if the curious discovery had not provi dentially taken place. We understand it has been since found that the spirit was plundered from a ship re cently arrived in the Docks from Charente, and that a hole had been bored in the forecastle of the vessel for the purpose. UNHEALTHINESS OF THE NORTHERN SUBURBS THROUGH THE EFFLUVIA or PONDS.—Wednesday a vestry meeting of the parish of St. Pancras was held, for the purpose of considering the application on the part of a body of the inhabitants of Highgate, to be permitted to divert the roadway, alter the drainage, and make such other improvements in the Highgate ponds as would be conducive to the better health and comfort of the neigh bourhood. Mr. Bird, the parish surveyor, in submitting plans of the proposed alterations, said, a committee of gentlemen had been formed for this purpose, and, ex cepting a sum of 651., which the directors and guardians had already agreed to give towards so beneficial an ob ject, it would be carried into effect without expense to the parish. The water contained in the pond was the only water the inhabitants could command in cases of fire. They were also very deficient there of water for household purposes, and when the drainage was diverted from its present course, the purity of the water would be much greater. A vestryman said that great effluvium arose from the ponds in their present state, and no doubt seriously affected the health of the inhabitants. The project would confer a great benefit on the district. Mr. Morris thought that malaria was very prevalent in the neighbourhood. The vestry, as conservators of the health as well as the funds of the parish, were bound to acquiesce in that which was likely to be a remedy for the evil. The consent of the vestry was given to the plan. BEDFORD.—TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WHITE.—On Tuesday, November 12, a public tea meeting was held at the Castle Rooms, Bedford, at which about 200 influen tial Dissenters of the town and neighbourhood were present, for the purpose of presenting to Mr. William White a splendid silver tea service, as a testimonial of regard fur the able and successful manner in which he had defended their civil and religious rights at the board of trustees of the Bedford Charity, and in a series of letters which he had written in a tract entitled " The Bedford Charity not Sectarian," in reply to one written by the Rev. Edward Swann, a clergyman of the Church of England, who endeavoured to prove that "Dissenters had no right to be masters in the Bedford schools." The Rev. J. Jukes presided. He made a few prelimi nary remarks, and stated the object of the meeting. Isaac Eiger, Esq., presented the plate, and delivered an appropriate address. The meeting was afterwards ad addressed by the Rev. W. Alliott, Messrs. Mackenzie, T. Kilpin, W. W. Kilpin, Barker, and Blower, of Bedford, By Foster, Esq., of Biggleswade, and C. J. Metcalfe, jun., Esq., Roxton-house. The plate bore the following inscription :—" This Tea Service was presented to Mr. William White by the friends of Civil and Religious Liberty at Bedford and in its vicinity, for the successful " defence of their interests in a series of Letters, entitled ' The Bedford Charity not Sectarian.' November, 1844." MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A NEWLY-MAR RIED MAN.—Lad week Joseph Ames, who has been for some time a book-keeper at the Bull, Aldgate, was joined in wedlock, in Whitechapl Church, by a young woman, several years his junior. On leaving the church, Ames, addressing his bride, said, " You want to go to the west end of the town, don't you ? But mind and be back in an hour, and then perhaps we may go out toge ther." The bride promised to comply with his request, and was about to part with him for an hour, when her husband, as if recollecting him self, said, " Here, take care of this, you may want it, and it may be of some service to you ;' and at the same time handed her a bag containing 120 sovereigns, and also the marriage certifi cate, observing that the latter might be of use to her also. Mrs. Ames proceeded to the west: end of the town, and returned within the specified time to a public-house which her husband had taken, and in which they were to commence business on the following day, when, to her great surprise, she discovered that her husband had not been there. Sho remained for some time in the greatest po i „ bl e anxiety for his arrival, when a messenger brought „,lr a note, written evidently in much haste by her husband, ioforming her that there was 130 L i n th e bank, which she could have, together with so me more money in his trunks, and stating that she might 'have all, as well as his clothes, and that, in all probability, she would never see him more. It seems that he has kept his word, for, up to Wednesday, no trace of him had been:discovered. FATAL ACCIDENT.--TWO LIVES LOST.-MAR GATE, Nov. 12.—Late last night two brothers, Henry and John Payne, left the pier for the purpose of fishing for herrings. Not having come home at the proper time, and not being in sight, considerable anxiety v is felt by their friends, which was at last increased by an other boat coming in with eighteen out of twenty nets belonging to the missing boat (the Henry). Immediately several galleys and other boats put off to sweep the part of the fishing-ground they supposed the parties had taken, when they very shortly found the unfortunate men's boat, which, on beink,brought on shore, proved to have gone over while sailing, she having her sails set. No doubt is entertained as to the fate of the two poor fellows. They were as fine young men as any in the place. Henry has left a widow but no family. DEATH OF MR. SERGEANT ArinnEws.—This un fortunate gentleman who, it will be remembered, inflicted a wound in his throat on Thursday last, expired yes terday morning, at his residence at Hampstead. The Learned Sergeant. who was in his 73d year, was the senior sergeant-at-law, and held his appointment by vir tue of a patent granted in the reign of George 111. The Learned Gentleman, it is stated, had lately been exceed ingly melancholy, more particularly since the appoint ment of Mr. Sergeant Adams to the newly-created As sistant-Judgeship. He had frequently adverted to that subject, and appeared, it is stated, to think that he him self had some prior claims to the appointment. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.—There are now only 110 persons in Whitecross-street Prison, about the same number in the Queen's Prison, and only 25 in Horse monger-lane Gaol, making the number of persons con fined for debt in the metropolitan prisons about 250. Some time ago, nearly 400 were confined in Whitecross street Prison. It is understood that the country prisons are in a somewhat similar position. SECOND BOARD. 1,000 Ken. Fives, pay N. Y. 92 50 shares Reading R 34 50 Morris Canal 9 150 Fanners' Loan Stonington 64 100 shares East Boston bls 14 100 Nor. and Wor. bls 85 250 shares Stonington.. 50 Canton Co 50 East Boston *** 20 Merchants' Fire Insurance lOO 25 Nor, and Wor B4 50 ditto 100 shares ditto 100 Canton slo 50;1 50 ER MAJESTY AT BURLEIGH. BURLEIGH, Nov. 13.—0 n her Majesty's arrival last night at Burleigh she was received by the Mar quis and Marchioness of Exeter, Lord Burleigh, and the family, in the north entrance-hall. Her Majesty saluted Lady Exeter most affectionately. Her Ma jesty, the Prince, and the suite, then proceeded round the corridor to the drawing-room, where the guests were assembled. Her Majesty shortly after retired to her private apartment, and at seven o'clock honoured the High Sheriff of Northamptonshire with an audience, to re ceive the address from the gentry, clergy, freeholders, and inhabitants of that county. At eight o'clock the company left the grand saloon for the banquetting-hall, Her Majesty took the arm of her noble host, and was followed by Prince Albert with the Marchioness of Exeter, the other distin guished company following in succession. As her Majesty entered the banquetting-room, the band of the Coldstream Guards, who were stationed in the gallery, played the National Anthem, which was continued until all the guests were seated. e Cove ti reer oAr of the at w jh e e e s r et table, a l aid bre t, h f i o i ns r R f a o o r yt state al p t e eH r s e o hg n ah s i nr . , ess pla p e r e i d nce in A th l e . bert occupying a seat on the right of the Queen, and the Marquis of Exeter sat on the left of her Majesty. The Marchioness of Exeter sat on the right of 'Prince Albert, the Duke of Bedford occupying the next seat, supported by Sir Robert Peel. Lady Portman sat on the left of the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Burleigh occupying the next seat, and in turn supported by the Marquis of Granby. The Duke of Rutland faced her Majesty, having the Duchess of -Isedford and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby re':vectively on his right and left. • The , janquetting hall is upwards of fifty feet in Itr.r,jn, twenty-eight broad, and exceedingly lofty. It is lighted by a magnificent bow window on one side, from which is obtained a delightful view of the pleasure gardens surrounding the mansion. In the recess of this window stands a superb wine cooler or , cistern of massive silver, weighing 3,800 ounces. Upon a sideboard at the south end of the room, be neath a remarkably fine window, ornamented with richly stained glass, representing the family arms and the insignia of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, was a magnificent display of gold plate, some of which was presented to the family by King James 11., Queen Anne, and George I. At the north end of the room, at an elevation of upwards of twelve feet, is the music gallery, capable of accommodating about fifty performers, and it is said that there are f ew rooms i n the kingdom more excellently constructed to give effect to musical sounds. The hall is lighted by ten superb Gothic chande liers, in character with the decorations of the apart ment, which are suspended from the roof. During dinner the splendid band above alluded to played the following pieces : Overture, " La Sirene," Auber ; Recitative and Air, " Holy and great" (Mount Sinai), Neukomm ; Quad rille, " Zampa," Jullien ; selection from the Bohemian Girl, Balfe ; Madrigal, from "Fair Rosamond," Bar nett; Edward Walzer, Labitzky, composed in honour of the Prince of Wales. The banquet was of the most superb description, and the table was covered with a profusion of gold plate, and rich vasses filled with choice exotics. The following is a list of the company who sat down to the banquet : Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. In the royal suite were the Lord Chamberlain, Earl Delavvarr ; the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Jersey ! ; La: l Y f*rtman Lady in Waiting on her Majesty .ne Hon. Mis s . Liddell, Maid of Honour to the queen ; Colonel Buckley, Colonel Wylde, and Mr. George E. Anson. -The generilcompany included the Duke of Rut land, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis of Northampton, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Robert Peel, Earl Spencer, Lord Stanley, Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, Lord Thomas and Lady Sophia Cecil, Lord and Lady Charles 'Wellesley, Lord Lovaine, Sir George Clerk, Mr. P. S. Pierrepont, the High Sheriff of Northamp tonshire (Sir Henry Dryden), Mr. and Lady Caro line Tumor, Mr. and Lady Louisa Finch Hatton, Captain and Mrs. Spencer, Mr. Maunsell (Colonel of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry Cavalry), Mr. Staf ford O'Brien and the Rev. Mr. Atley, priv a t e chap lain to the Noble Marquis. The family circle included the Marquis and Mar chioness of Exeter and Lord Burleigh. After the banquet, The Marquis of Exeter gave " The health of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria," which was responded to by the company, who rose from their seats simultaneously, the band playing the national anthem. The Noble Marquis next gave " The health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert," which was re ceived with similar honours, the band playing the Cobourg March. Shortly afterwards her Majesty and the other ladies retired to the drawing-room, the band playing the National Anthem, and here they were speedily joined by the gentlemen. The evening was passed in social converse, in which her Majesty and the Prince Consort took a prominent part. The Queen was during the evening several times engaged in conver sation with her noble host and hostess. The Coldstream band, after the banquet, took up their station in a saloon adjoining the principal drawing-room, and during the evening played several favourite airs. At a quarter to eleven o'clock, her Majesty retired to rest in the apartment prepared for her reception, of which so much has already been said. Her Majesty was conducted to the apartment by her noble host, preceded by the state pages in their full dress liveries. A s the Queen retired, the band stationed in the marble hall played the National Anthem, the tones of which, thrilling through the various corridors of the mansion, had a remarkably pleasing effect. And thus closed the first day of Queen Victoria's visit to Burleigh. This morning the Queen rose at an early hour, and breakfasted with the Prince Consort in her pri vate apartment. Before taking breakfast, however, her Majesty, ac companied by Prince Albert, proceeded to the private shapel of the mansion (where the other guests had already assembled) to perform her morning devotions. The chapel is a beautiful apartment, ornamented by a variety of superb carving by Gibbons. Arranged on each side are ten antique figures, as large as life, in bronze. It is asserted that Queen Elizabeth, when a visitor at Burleigh, regularly attended Divine service in this chapel, and that it was her custom to place herseir",32 the left side, nearest the altar, which has ever since been distinguished by the appellation of Queen Eliza beth's seat. This morning the weather has been very unfavour able. 'Vi vi rain h ..ttA fallen - vvithout 'intermission since midnight, and still continues. It had been arranged that a battue should take place thiq morning in the well-stocked preserves of the Noble Marquis, and the game had been especially preserved during the last few days far the purpose of increasing the sport, but the rain up to this time has prevented any of the party from leaving the mansion, though the keepers and attendants hold themselves in readiness to attend at a moment's notice. The christening of the infant daughter of the Noble Marquis, who, it wi be recollected, was born on the anniversary of the birth of tin; Prince of Wales last rear s as at present arranged, will take place this even ing at :41± o l dlloalc f the ceremony being performed by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, who has ahcady arrived here, It has been state: that • her Majesty had signified her intention of standing sponsor, but this report is !thttid it; bd ititurrect, The sponsors will be his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Lady Sophia Cecil, and Lady Middleton. The dinner circle to-day will include the followhig distinguished company, in addition to the royal party, covers b`ing laid for exactly the same number of guests : The Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir R. Peel, the Earl and Counte ss or Gainsborough, the Earl and Countess of Ab o y ne, Lord Stanley, Lord Brooke, Viscount and Viscountess Alford, the Lord Bishop of Peterborough and Mrs. Davys, Lord Lo vaine, Lord Thomas and Lady Sophia Cecil, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Sir George Clerk, Sir John Trollope, Sir William and Lady tiddleton, Mr. P. S. Pierrepont, and Captain and Mrs. Spencer. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford and Lord and Lady Willoughby Diresby left J3urleigh this 110NEY AN)) COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. The English Market leaves off very steedily, Consols being 104 j, bee:: . 4 .."!' 1.1 - oney and Time. Sales confi rm, to be made, however, in the funded Debt, which Ivi doWft to 58 9 , and 56 5 . p rem i u m. . - 17.7..5t 141 die -8 ° 4 1 4 d l closed at 78 premium. The Three per Cents. Iver e and Bank Stock for Account was at 2041. Spanish left off firmly, the Five per Cents. be in g 24+ and the Three per Cents. 35i 3 4 . Brazil Stock has been quoted at 85 for the New. Chilian Bonds were at 102, and Colombian at 14 ; Mexican improved to 35.1 and 36. Austrian were 102 to 1021 ; and sian, 1181. The additional tranSactlons in Railway Shares be e °cell these, 2 —B ri st ol and Gloucester were 7/ ; Cheater and Holyhead, if ; Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth, /- to s ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 7 ; Great Western, 641 ; Birmingham, 11 . 5 to 116 ; 131.1;411t0, - , Loan Notes , 1 1 , 4 1 ; Croydon, 2 / 1 ; Alidland, 7 ; Newcastle a nd D re er7 nt lington, 28 to 28+ ; Norwich and Brandon, 4 f- Valley, ; York and North Midland, Half, 30,1 L C) . r : leans and Vierzon, 7* ; Ditto an d B or d eaux , 2-i-• Paris and Orleans, 19+ ; Paris and Rouen, 184 ; and liouen and Havre, 10+ premium ; Direct Northern, 11 - ; Eti st e i r i , Counties, 11* ; and Whitehaven and Maryrottli count. Birmingham and Gloucest er an d North t' s (Fron. The Sun of Last Night.) There was en active business in cotton at Liver ° e i yesterday, sales 8,000 bales, and prices looking tip sales comprised 2,000 Surat, and 300 American e" speculation, with 2,500 S ura t a t 2d. to 3ld. Perj, b l . ! 450 Yemeni at 54,1. to 5 , 11. ; 100 Maranhain at Dr ; 100 Egyptian at ed. to 60., and American at .3 0' 4p. per lb —Shares were dull. Bristol and Glouceste r 34i ; Chester and Birkenhead, 31/ ; Churnet Valley, 3 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow Quavers 14i ; Grand J une' tion Eighths, 15i ; Kendal and Windermere, ' 31 ; La d y and Brighton Eighths, 2+ ; North Union, 1391 ; S', h l; field and Manchester, 95:1 ; South-Eastern, :New, l'e ' Paris and Lyons, 31. ls, Od. ; Sambre and Meuse,* r With respect to the Cotton market here and in Am rica, the following remarks are contained in a paper re,. ceived this morning from New York :—" Notwithst ano, ing the droughts, freshets, the additional extent 7; soil put under cultivation last spring, for this 0 1 0, 4 sufficient to ofroiet any very serious damages thit 1e" . 4 have been suffered In many sections, In many sea so., past, speculations h a v e from time to time i ncrease: the prices, and f avoura bly iolluenced the average for th e year, but w e h ave , a t present, 1,,s _ ev id ence that t slightest speculation will affect the yield , e ."fm t he 11 5 crop. The production h as now reac h e d a po i nt ; cannot be controlled. When the United States In:. was in the market as a s p ecu l a t or i n th e a rticle, tr crops were very small compar e d w ith th ose o f the prOi eot day, and, of course, the quantity to control le 0 : In 1835 the crop was only 1,361,000 bales; in I s ; 1,423,000 bales ; in 1837, 1,801,000 'bales ; wher:l l : the crops of recent years have been immense. Is 1 7,,, the 3.1e1d was 2,379,000 bales, nearly double the quall_ m t"; produced in 1835 ; in 1843 the yield was 2,025, 0 1 bales I but we should judge the crops of 1844 would eq t fall far short of 2,500,000 bales, and it is possth l , e ,: i . may exceed that. We see by these returns the tlr t impossibility of monopolising or controlling a stal e quantity to govern the market and advance prices. have no banking institutions of capitals or credits inn cient to come forward and control th e cro p. There too great a distribution of capital to perfect any coral* . nation large enough to cr ea t e m uc h s p ecu l a ti on . The packet-ship Independence sailed from Liverte e e .; on the 22d September, arri v ed at N ew Y or k 21st Oct tg " ; 13 " . The packet-ship Prince Albert sailed from' Port mouth on the 22d September, and arrived at New 19th October. We learn from Canada that the progress of the ek e ; tions were most in favour of Sir Charles Metcalfe, sari but little doubt was ent er t a i ne d th a t th e OPP°''" - party would be entirely defeated. The weather-Yis s tremely The cargo of oranges i n El eanor an d F a al via South,( ampton, realised cons id era bl y hi g h er pr i ces than.those last season. The condition of the packages was not 111 ' all impaired by the train's-shipment from SouthamPt ile ' which argues well for further operations by the same Or veyance—expedition being of the first importance . t 0 articles of a perishable character like fruit. • i The announcement received from th e French Wi t g this morning that the firm of Messrs. Rothaeb/itali Brothers, were the principal bidders for the first seriee.A the loan, for about 8,000,0001., h a d ra th er a benefie l i influence upon the market for our ow n se cureties ! _e s , u , i had, in fact, on French St oc k on th e B ours e is The Commissioners bought Reduced Three per Cel l " - at 993- ; and New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents; at two per cent. abov e p ar . C onso l s f or the Aee ° . ll l have been steady this morning at 100+. The preWl on Exchequer Bills has been h e a v y a t 58 s . to 60s. e is not any fresh quotation for Bank Stock. ket There is a good deal of activity in the Foreign Mar this morning, as the settlement will take place to-lne l : - row. The variations in the prices however have bee') slight. Danish Stock is at 894 1 ; Mexican at 3 5 1 1 ; Russian at 119 ; Spanish at 24k t; the Three Per Cents at 35i ; and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent s.lll 621. Business has been very slack in the Railway Share ° this morning at our quoted prices. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) per Cent. Reduced Annuiti ... es .. 3 per Cent. Comols. Anna .. ........ Stggik 100 g New 314 per Cent. Annuities 1011702 A Long Annuities, Expi re s t h J an . 1860 . ...... 12 1511 6 , A 12 Ditto 3(1 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 ... .... 11% Ditto 30 Years, Expir e sth J an . 1860.12 were at p*. - - India Bonds,looo , . **** 00000 •••••••••••••••••••••••• Ditto under 1,000.- 0000000000 •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities , 99 tAi Console for Account •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 19036 154d.3•••• : ......... 58 60 pm. 5001...»•.. ••••••••••••••••• LL •••••••••••• 58 60 pra• Ditto Small Ditto Advertised......... -- •••••••••••• PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCIC. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. BO%- - Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent...„.......,...... 35% Ditto for the Account •••• ••••••••••••••••• • ems. 35% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per C ' ent................... - • Ditto Converte Ditto Small ...... Mill, 553( Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll9 • Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840.............. ' 244 Ditto for the Account gig Ditto Three per Cent. 00000 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 05/e% Dutch 2% per Cents 000000 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 62%, Dutch 5 per Cents 90470 PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID, PER SNARL • Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ....••••• ••••••••• 101 O ."' ! Ditto New Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester SO ........ 37 38...•.. to -- Chester and Holyhead. 5 ••••••••• 534 •••••• to 1 Churnet Valley Eastern Counties ..................•• 2 5 ••••••••• 1351711 N to ...." • Great Western .... , ..... .... ..... 75 - London and Birmi ng h am. lOO .. Dit o % Shares 2 ........ 2434 ..... to '''' •• London and Blackwall.' London and Greenwich ....•».• 12% ...... 9% ..... 10 ".... London and South Western London and Croydon - London and York ........ ........... 234.... .... 2% r' ' to '"" Midland .................. .. ..... ..... 100 .........106% Newcastle and . D ' arlington Aunt 21.........49 South Eastern and Dover ........ 33 3 4 ..... 42 .. .... i Ditto New 4 ls4t • ..to York and Narth Midland Ditto Selby Scrip Orleans, and Bourdeaux PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Nov. 12. 3 per Cent. Consols 99% Three and a Quarter Stock... • . 102 Ditto New, 1630 334 per Cent. Debentures 94g Lo: :g A 'ties - Bank Stock Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. Royal Canal Stock - 4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures - 4 per Cent. City Debentures - Kingstown Railway Debentures LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. Fax SEA'S. Dublin and K. Railway Drogheda Ditto... Great Southern and Western 5 .....».• 9 Dublin and Cashel ditto .... ....... Lublin and Belfast Junction ....... . ... 2% ..... 4)II Athlone Railway.. Hiberr.ian Bank 2 536 Royal Bank National Insurance Patriotic ditto Mining Company of Ireland Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company Ditto Ditto so ......... 523, Ditto Ditto, 1836 ... British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 Steam Ship Building Company Limerick Extension Railway i q ..--0 01 ' MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, NOV. ..,•• h VC market exhibits a firmer appearance, without ~_ f ,.. change in prices :—Barnsley Junction, 5 9-16 ; B lrs in e ;,. head and Manchester, 5 7-16 ; Burnley and Acer, ii. ton, 2 4 ; Darwen and Bolton, 21 ; Cambridge and L' n d coin, 2 5.16 ; Churnets, 2i 15-16 ; lluddersfiel . : l 6 ; Manchester, 41 ; Ormskirk and Preston, 2 .., London and York, 2-} ; Manchester and Birmi n g lll ;ci 49 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 951- ; Southampto n Euxton, 21 ; West Yorkshire, Si. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. 78 Pte' Bank Stock ex dlv. - Ditto Bonds £1,000..,... 75 pni• 3 per Cent. Red 9936 Ditto under £1,000.... _ 3 per Cent. Cons. - 33 4 per Cent. Red Ditto Old Annuities ... 9 ` 914 New 3% per Cent. JO/ Ditto New Annuities... 5 9 pub New 5 per Cent. - Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 136 d ..• 59 poi' Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001...„.„.••' „ •• 58 Pa'' Jan. Ih6o l2 Ditto 5ma11............" sot Oct. 1859 ll% 13-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... 100 Jan. 1860......... Indian Stock lndia Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. 08% Austrian, 5 per Cent , 1_12)4 D Ru it sa to .i , an kt , e s ta p l e ll r c C .. e . ... t ... .....: ::::,. .. . . .... •: ir.i : • Belgian 5 per Cent 0 Brazilian' Bonds ..... ... - Spanish, 5 per Cent., to'', ..... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent., - Dim., 1841.......-«•••'" • . .'" Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent - Ditto, 1E412...........7% -.'" ehllian, 6 per Cent 11)2 Ditto, 1843........*"'" ......... 1% Colombian, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent ... ..... - Ditto, 3 per Cent ......“•;::: .--;„_ Greek, 18'25, 5 per Cent - Venezuela Bonds, 2 Per ...t. „c• Mexican, Mexican, 5 per Cent ....4. Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct - French, 3 per Cent.... .... f. ....,; , Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent - Exchange ..............o• .... 6 2 / 4 1 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct - Dutch, 234 per Cent ... ..... 992 i Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ct - Ditto,:s per Cent........ SHARES. 10 0 Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid). ...... ..*„.. 37 ,‘ Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid ................ ...... Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) ........ . .......... .... .2 Direct Northern, 2% paid F.astern Counties (2.) paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid . .................... 4; 34 Great Western (75 paid) ... ..................... .... ..... 2 16 London and Birmingham (Stock) ... .................. ..... London and Brighton (50 paid) ....... ................. 1134 Ditto Loan Notes, 10 paid .............................. 16 London and Croydon .............. „ ...................... „i‘ Lynn and Ely, I% paid .................................... jar ' Midland (100 paid) 4936 Newcastle and Darlington Junction, 21 paid ..... 5 North British, 5 paid . .................................... io ..... .... , _ Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid ... ................. ... 74 Trent Valley, 2 paid ........................................ York and North Midland (50 paid) ................... 551,4 Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) ..................... , ...... .. .. 79 ' Ditto, Selby_ Scrip, 20 paid ....... „. ............... ... a t, Orleans and Vierzon, 2 p:id ... . ...................... '314 Orleans 'and Bourdeaux, 1 paid . ....... ........•••' 99% . ... .... „,,,,,,.. ?aria and Orleans (20 paid) .................... Paris and Rouen. 2)) paid ...... ........... . .......... .... i'ig Rouen and Havre, 10 paid ............................ Exchequer Bills 1,0004 ........, I%cl. ,l a nd ----- .NOVEL IMPORTATION.—The p a cket -ship Engl ;Terf ‘l which arrived at Liverpool, on Saturday, from hicb York, brought a quantity of American candlee, will be offered for sale by public auction.