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THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. EVENING N, Will be repeated THlS a New Dram a , BE entitled THE IB MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Count Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson • Count Vanilla, Mr Selby; The 'Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, Mr. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. After which will be revived VICTOR' ••• E; or, I'll Sleep on It. Alexandre, Mr. Hudson ; Michael, Mr. Selby ; Victorine, Mrs. Yates; Elise, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, called TELEMACHUS; or The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss Woolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright ; Mento r , M r . P . B e df or d ; D i nah, Mr. Cowe ll. Prompter, Mr. GaUot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Sand, Mr, Mellon.—Box—ottice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER IR, Will be produced a New Drama, entitled THE PREDICTION, in which Messr:. W. Lacy, Oxberry, Mrs. Brougham, Miss E Stanley, and Mrs. Lacy will perform. To be followed by the New Drama, called DON CiESAR DE BAZAN Don Caesar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the Secom, Mr. Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Counter► dr Rotondo, Mrs. Fo+broke. To cotiClu,!e with a New Grand Orientil Ballet, called THE ENCHAN I'ED BELL. Azolin (au Hindoo Peasant), M. Rouisett ; Palnaira (the Sultan's Daughter), Mdlle. Caroline Nougsett; Naire (her Friend), bidlle Teresine; Ding Doug (the Genii of the Bell), Miss .1i arshall. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden. Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradweli. Dram Circle, sa. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Half-p r i ce a t Nine o'clock—Dre ss Ci rc l e , 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One G u i nea an d a-Half ; Prosce slum Boxes, Two aulneas and a-H a lf. D oors to b e opened at Half. past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-ottice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and }roe 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 IS Will be performed a New Farce, called TO PERSON'S ABOUT TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Turner, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woolliolge. After which, a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yarnolt)., Turner, Stoker, and Ke ley , Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mdlles. Louise and Adele, of her Majesty's Theatre, will make their appearance. After which, a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wigan; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Charao•ers by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley; Wei Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli I ge, tin A. Wigan, Miss Turner, MI .s James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Plt , 25.; Gallery, ed. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2R, ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tic/ (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tler (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalL Private Boxes on the Pit Der (holding six persons), One Guirea, The Box-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc ti u of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent garden Theatre. STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. ROBERTS. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, WIR be producod Douglas Jerrold'a NELL GWYNNE. Ne'l Gwynne, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Orange Moll. Mr. H. Hall. Aftwr which, THE KNIGHT AND THE SPRITE. To conclude with THE NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Brea window, Mr. Attwood. ROYAL OLYM:IC THEATRE. Under the Direction of Miss DAVENPORT'. EVENING, , 'Will be repeated CMS A ROMEO ND NOVEMBE JULIE r R . 18 Romeo, Ms. Kirby; Juliet, Miss Davenport. To conclude with DON CAESAR DE BAZAN. tireat attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY, THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, N ill be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX. HUNT; or, The Race-Hone and Lire's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living For and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. L om Races and other Sporti ng Features. ew Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with a Favourite Afterpiece. Acting and stag. e-monager, Mr. W. 1). Broadfoot. Box-office open Front Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith daily., DAVIDGE•S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER IR, Will he produced a New Orama, entitled THE SEALED SEN. TENCF.,.i.p,rted by ' 4 +es.irs. Hughes, N. T. Hicks, Vale, Johnson, Morrison, Mrs. R Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Ac. After which, the Lupin° Family will perform various feats of gymnastic and classical groupings To conclude with the New Drama, entitled DON C.ESAR DE BAZAN, supported by the entire Company. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. ice, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. TIS , lq, Will be producHed THE EVENING STRANGE NOVEMBER INTRUDER, in which Mears. Seaman, /Jiggle, Herbert, and Misq Vincent will perform. _After which, A HUSBAND AT SIGHT. L on i s b erg, Mr. nig / le • Baroness, Mrs. W. Wm. To co nclu de ' with THE WANDER ING JEW, In which Messrs. eaman, Dale, Higgie, and the Misses Harcourt will appear. Private Family Boxes, .£1 Is. Od. and .£1 Ils. oft. TIIE WEATHER.—Stns OFFICE, Nov. 18. THEILUOSIETER, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 57 ; Noon, 51 BeaosnrrEP., 30.38.—Wrzin, W. S.W. NOT IL—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes th, FT - razing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER,AM , LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 58 minut?-iliiftes 7 I Evening ... 37 minutes after 8 MR. HORACE SMITH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 voLs., AR THUR ARUNDEL; A TALE OF THE EXGLISH REVOLUTION. By the AUTHOR of " BRAMBLETYE HOUSE," &c. " One of the best of Mr. Horace Smith's works."—Morning Chronicle. " This tale Is even far superior to the author's first and best known work, 'Brambletye House.' "—Sun. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. G. P. It. JAMES'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., G I N C OUR T. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. By G. P. It. JAMES, Esq., Author of " Darnley," " De L'Orme," " Rose D'Albret," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, Wili be performed a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts entitled THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, Miss Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, THE BEAUTY OF GHENT. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert; Count Malvin°, M. Delferier ; Benedict M. Desplaco ; Beatrice, Mdlle. Adele Dumilatre ; Agnes, Mdll e. Clara Webster ; Julia, Mdlle. Auguste Delbes ; Diana, Mdlle. O'Brien The Box.ottice 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 18, Will be perform d a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr 8 rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews •' Tom Coke, Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buck s t one; J esse R ural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Counts•ss of Tt.n . pion, Mrs. W. Clifford; L;dy A lice Hawthort. Madame Ver. tri4 ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia i.ennett. To be followed by a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr. Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with a New Farce, by Mr. Buckstone, entitled THE kil IVIB LE RIG. John Ginger, Mr. Buckstone, Sam Shindy, Mr. Strickland ; Mrs. Ginger, Mrs. W. Clifford. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the Even. ing), hs. each. First Price—Boxes ts. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, ls. Second Price at N 'le o'Clock—Boxes, 3s ; Pit, Ss. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, ed. Voors opened at Half-past Six, Per formance commence at :.even. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and On nines and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'Clock, 7 VI ~ : ~011.1• ~ , , , . ..,. • ~, . !..,,,, : t„.,. . .. 4 . .;... , ..., f ,0,,,, ... 4 „,,,„,.., t , .4 h , ph: , t ,•. -, - • Y.J.7 7.- .4 '.. k ti,...t.' - f f ", ' i;f(,... •. .. . ' • ''. l / 4 1 . , ' - , ...... , ,M.• ,, f ' i 1 , '. . ' ....4 '6 1. . s, '. , ' -,,,',.: a b ,„ ' a r r. , i • '.... s' L , ~, 1:41,110- ... '' °' -e,i,tAile DitorT 1147-4- f .,1r c..- 1 " .-. SECOND EDITION: Vtaing °/mt LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1841 The Bishop of ExeTua has just published an elabo rate judgment in the ca3e of the Rev. WALTER BLUNT, Curate of Helston, and one of the most ardent disciples of the Tractarian school of" theology. The case of this clerical zealot, which appears to have excited considerable sensation in the West of Eng land, is simply as follows :—He was charged by one of the most respectable inhabitants of his parish-- but not until the utmost forbearance had been exer cisel towards hiriowitli having revived certain strin gent, antiquated tiitiges of the Church, which had long since falleli i j ete desuetude, even with the appro bation of the Church itself. These usages proved, as might have been anticipated, peculiarly distasteful to the Rev. Gentleman's parishoners, for, in the first place, they were at variance with common sense ; and, secondly, they were characterised by a stern spirit of intolerance, which is any thing but in accordance with the enlightened temper of the present age. We will mention a few of the most obnoxious among them :—The compelling all persons to remain in the church on Sacrament Sundays until the conclusion of the exhortation, on pain of excommunication.— The refusal to bury the corpse of a young' man who had been baptised by a Dissenting minister in a co lony where mt. Church minister was to be found.— The refusal *to marry persons unless they could prove satisfactorily that they had been baptised.— The refusal to read the Lord's Prayer, or admi nister the Holy Communion to a man who had been baptised by a Roman Catholic. —The tender ing to the Churchwardens for their signature a no tice to be published, to the effect that no Dis senter should be buried in the churchyard before eight o'clock in the evening. —Of course Mr. BLUNT urged in his justification that all these usages were sanctioned by the authority of the Rubric ; but, as an intelligent clergyman, he should have borne in mind that there are certain forms and observances •w di h a i m eh et , r however. 'suited to th e gen i us o f one age, are cally opposed to the genius of an o th er • and he should h ave ' fashioned his conduct accordingly. His not doi ng so has had the e effect of introducing a spirit of disc or d i nto the parish, which ha s b een pro ductive of most i n j ur i ous consequence s , « gregation," says th e complainant, Mr. ITILLT,Rhe,s been e Con- gradually di m i n i s hi ng from the time the h tleman undert oo k th e management of the parish ; had considerably de crease d at t h e last visitation, and latterly it has been reduced more than half; the number of communicants is not so great, the rich making a point of attending the service in some neighbouring country church, and the poor either re maining at home, or going to Dissenting places of worship." We do not wonder at this gradual estrangement of the Helston flock from their pastor, for the latter's proceedings—however sanctioned by antiquated authority—have been not only intolerant, but absurd to the last degree. What, for instancc) could be more bigoted than his refusal to bury the corpse of a young man, merely because he had been baptised by a Dissenting minister ? Was it generous — was it in accordance with Christian charity—thus to stigmatise a poor handful of dust and ashes, and push the Church's displeasure beyond the grave? Was no respect —no forbearance due to the awful presence of Death which might well subdue the odium theologicum in the breast of the most inveterate bigot ? Again, what could be more unjust than Mr. BLUNT'S refusal to " marry persons unless they could prove satisfactorily that they had been baptised." The office of baptism is one usually administered in infancy ; and the re gister might since have been lost—mislaid—torn— burned—a thousand untoward accidents might have occurred to prevent its forthcoming, without the slightest blame being imputable to the party called on produce it ; and yet, forsooth, they are not to be married until they can give satisfactory proof of the performance of a ceremony administered in early childhood, and every witness to which may have been long since dead ! 'We can imagine nothing calculated to do the Church more serious injury, than vexatious and bigoted conduct like this on the part of one of its ministers. And what does the Bishop of EIBTER say to these charges against Mr. BLUNT ? Does he deal with them in a liberal, common-sense spirit ? Far otherwise. His judgment, on the whole, is decidedly favourable to the Rev. Gentleman; and he expressly adds, towards the close of it, " in every instance in which any of my clergy shall express a determination to follow strictly the requirements of the Church, he shall have my full support, though I do not deem it necessary to give a general order for re viving these usages and the observance of those rubrics which have fallen into desuetude." In other words, though the Bishop will not issue imperative orders on the subject, yet he will support to the utmost of his power every clergyman who, in the fury of mistaken zeal, shall insist on reviving, to the annoyance of his parishioners, all the obsolete, useless, arbitrary, and vexatious usages of the Church, which the good sense and improved spirit of that Church have allowed to fall into desuetude ! When our Episcopal dignitaries—whose example is of course infectious among their clergy— thus act, who can be be surprised at the rapid spread of Dissent throughou the length and breadth of the country ? therefore, have no such important charge for freight to encounter as our manufacturers have, and, stimu lated by their ardent desire to compete with us as ma nufacturers for the consumption of the world, they are actually empowered, and qualified so to do, by the suicidal impolicy of our own Government in re taining this most obnoxious duty. Our friends on the other side of the water are not to be reproached with " mealy-mouthedness" in asking of others any object, the concession of which they deem calculated to pro mote their own interests. But JONATHAN, himself, difficulties are nowhere more apparent than in the system of a federal union, against which besides the same objections arise as to repeal. The more the affairs of' Ireland are divided between the local Parliament and the federal one, the more frequent will be the occasions of difference; and how, in addition, is this division of attributions to be effected ? It is easy to see that all that relates to foreign policy, scar, and the navy, will remain in the attributions of the Imperial Parliament ; but, if Ireland resumes the government of her internal affairs, it is her local parliament which will regulate all that appertains to justice, public worship, educa tion, agriculture, and trade. Which of these sub jects is there that does not interest England at the same time as Ireland ? The Irish Parliament will be one of Catholics. What will it do with the Protes tant worship ? what with :the Catholic one, and the schools of the two communions ? The Irish Parlia ment will be a national one. Will it, in order to encourage agriculture, proclaim fixity of tenure, and overturn the law which regulates the present relations between landlord and tenant ? Will it, in order to aid the manufactures of Ireland, lay a duty on English produce ? Should it desire all these things, it can enact them, unless it be not a free Par ment ; and England, on her side, may retaliate by lay ing a duty on Irish corn. And, if Ireland obtains a local legislature, why should not Scotland also wish for ene too ? Without doubt, the inhabitants of the three kingdoms so governed, would still form labo rious, rich, and prosperous populations. But would they form a great people and a great empire ? Eng land may one day undergo such a dismemberment, but it may be affirmed that she will not accept it willingly. If, then, repeal is impossible, how is it that O'CONNELL wishes for it ? O'Coesalla. is, with out contradiction, of all the men who in our time have played a great part on the world's stage, the most matter-of-fact, or, to employ the received ex pression, the most practical. Everything in him is prudence, calculation, reflection. The poetical ex pressions with which his speeches abound certainly prove the richness of his imagination and the work ings of his heart, but nothing which passes his lips is uncontrolled by his reason; and what, in the midst of all those grand faculties, has always ren dered him superior in the management of events is, neither his fervid eloquence, nor his indefatigable activity, nor admirable perseverance; it is the ex cellence and constancy of his common sense. How then can O'CosulseLL, who is so much opposed to what his judgment does not approve of, pursue re , peal, when its success appears a chimera ? How can this enigma be explained of a man very evi dently carrying on an enterprise, the success of which his reason most clearly forbids his expecting ?" The .Tournal des Debats makes the following com ments on Mr. O'CoNNeee's letter, from which it will be seen that the writer, like M. I)E BEAUMONT, treats repeal as a chimera : " What is meant by repeal ? It is called for in Eng land, it is called for in Ireland, it is called for in France, it'is called for everywhere. Curiosity is natural, and Mr. O'Connell, who laughs at the federalists for having no system, is bound to have one himself. He therefore comes forward to explain what he means by repeal. First, it is the maintenance of the connexion between Great Britain and Ireland by means of one executive power, and the golden band of the crown. Secondly, it is a repeal of the Act of the Union. Thirdly, the re establishment of the House of Lords in Ireland. Fourth • ly, the re-establishment of the Rouse of Commons, com posed of 300 members. Fifthly, the complete legislative and judicial authority of one Irish Parliament in Ireland. These are his five points of repeal. Now, let us declare in all sincerity that the greatest enemy of Ireland could not wish her a severer scourge than such a constitution. To restore Ireland to herself, to her own free arbitre ment, to her national independence, would be to restore to her intestine discord, religious dissensions, and all the horrors of civil war, which were never at rest within her until she was incorporated in the great whole, which at the present day, forms Great Britain. We have repeatedly said that some people in Ireland argue as if all its inhabitants were all one race, as if it were a single nation. This is a radical error. Let Ireland be separated from England, and what will she become. A country cut in two, divided into two distinct populations, and essentially hostile to each other, enemies in blood and religion. It has been remarked that in all the wars which have in former times desolated this unhappy country, it was not between the English and the Irish, but between the natives of distinct origin that the most inveterate animosity prevailed. It is still the same ; there are still in Ireland two populations, each suffi ciently strong to cont en d t o eternity without being absorbed in the other, and which are only kept in check by the counterpoise of England. Thus the repeal party demands an Irish House of Lords. This Upper House must necessarily be almost entirely composed of Pro testants and Orangemen. The House of Commons, as representatives of the democracy, must, on its side, be Catholic and national. A conflict must immediately ensue between the two branches of the Legislature. Who is to arbitrate between them ? The executive power ? But this is England ! Will it be said that it is the Crown ? But, what is the Crown in a Constitu tional kingdom ? Here the Ministers are responsible ; and to whom are they responsible ? To the English Par liament. This would be entering into a vicious circle. There can be no medium between a union and an absolute separa tion. We have discussed the question of repeal as if it were possible; but in reality no person regards such a propo sition in a serious light. Even those who approve of the tactics of Mr. O'Connell declare that repeal is imprac ticable, and are convinced that the illustrious inventor of this specific does not believe in it himself. They rally O'Connell for not having a taste for martyrdom, and being fond of a prison only when he can be surrounded there by his family, his friends, and all the comforts of life; but, as they are anxious to conciliate, with a certain respect for truth, the maintenance of their little popu larity, and to preserve a slight varnish of liberalism, they will give themselves the consolation of a philan thropic sortie against the Conservatives, who commit the grand crime of considering the agitation for repeal at once puerile and deplorable. For our own part, we plead guilty of not feeling admiration for such a comedy. That those who believe in the sincerity of Mr. O'Connell should defend and justify his conduct we can easily conceive ; but, if there be any one who, convinced at bottom that he does not believe a word of w h at he says, admire him the more for it, we are not." Even the National is little more sanguine in the cause, and upbraids Mr. O ' CONNELL for having done so little for his country. " "What," it asks, " has lie done for Ireland in return for the high degree of influence which has been given to him by the people of that country ? Has Ireland obtained in real ame liorations what O'CONNELL has gained in influence, in wealth, and in glory ? The new propositions which Mr. O'CoNNEer. has to make to the Repeal Association will not enable it to advance a single step. Whoever has studied the respective situations of England and Ireland knows that all O'CoNNELL' s agitation is vain, and can only end in reforms of no moment." 'When the National says Mr. O'CONNELL has done nothing for Ireland, it thereby complains that he has not taken the advice of the French war journals—he has not excited a bloody civil war in Ireland, and put an end to reform for the sake of gratifying a party in France, which would willingly sink O'CONNELL and all the repealers to the bottom of the sea, if they could only inflict some dire cala mity on England. The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers "Letters from Florence of the Bth are filled with de tails of the disasters occasioned by the flood, which had not cooed at the time the latest accounts left. These letters state that the wire bridge outside the gate of St. Nicholas was not the only one carried away. The beau tiful Pont-a-Gieve and several others have also been carried away. The provinces of Cassentino and of Arezzo have greatly suffered. The roads to Forly and to Faenza are under water. The little town called Borgo San Lo renzo is also submerged. The inhabitants of Florence were for two days confined by the water to their houses, without the possibility of any assistance being given or food conveyed to them. On the 7th the rain continued to fall, and further damages were looked for. "The Duke do Glucksberg arrived at Madrid on the 9th, from Tangiers. He was to set out immediately for Paris. " According to a letter from Hamburgh, of the sth inst., the Zollverein being on the point of negotiating a treaty of commerce with Brazil, has it in contemplation to combine with it a commercial arrangement between the city of Hamburgh and the German Union. The object of this is to induce that city to favour the measures to be taken by the union for extending the export trade of Germany, giving to Hamburgh all advantages of the ports of the Zollverein. These reports have received a greater degree of consistency since the arrival at Ham burgh of M. do Meaner, Director of the Board of Com• coerce in Prussia. lin his happiest moments of keen-sighted sa gacity, would scarcely have ventured to ask fur so much as we have doggedly persisted in forcing upon his acceptance, by maintaining the tax on cotton wool. Let us see what the growth of the trade, itself, has been in a course of years, throughout the far greater proportion of which the question of this duty was comparatively insignificant, inasmuch as no such competition, among the subjects of the United States, had then been established, as now exists. The Chair man aptly illustrated this growth by a single ex ample : " Perhaps he would not be out of order in calling at tention to the port of Liverpool, which is ono of the largest seaports for the importation of cotton in the world. In the year 1780, when the cotton trade was in its infancy, the Custom-house revenue in that port, arising from cotton, was under 1,0001., but by the indus try of the trade the revenue was now not less than 4,000,0001. sterling per annum." It may be enough to leave this point thus exempli fied, without going further into the general statistics of the cotton trade of the United Kingdom, and the duties raised upon the imported raw material—mat ters to be found set out in ample detail in Mr. Pea- TER'S admirable tables. But it is of moment to learn, on the authority of practical men, what are the pre sent state and the prospects of this branch of com merce in our principal foreign markets ; what the cause of that state and prospects ; and how far these are to be identified with the continued imposition of this duty on cotton wool ? The Chairman apprised the meeting that he had busily employed himself in soliciting information and opinions on these points from various quarters. One firm, very large con sumers of cotton, had addressed him in the following terms : "The goods wo manufacture are mostly similar in fabrics to those made by the Americans, and intended for shipment to the same markets, such as Brazil, Mexico, South America, and latterly China. They consist of heavy plain domestics, stout grey drillings, also dyed and bleached, grey and blue striped drillings, &c., all of which are made from coarse yarn. The duty upon cotton wool, such as we use, amounts to eleven per cent. ; and, after being made into goods, to five per cent. upon their value. The English manufacturer is driven out of the market by sheer necessity, to relinquish the field to the Americans. Such is the fact. Wo have discontinued entirely the making of plain heavy domestics for ship ping. The goods we have described are consumed to a large extent in all the northern parts of China ' • and you may find the m quo t e d i n l etters o f commercial advice as American domestics, drillings, &c. Why not English domestics, drillings, &c. ? for no earthly reason but our own impolitic laws. Remove all unjust and suicidal burdens from commerce, and we should not fear com petition." Another correspondent, in noticing the rapid strides of the American manufacturing producers, their energy in pushing their markets, and the indis pensable condition to the future prosperity of our own cotton trade of abolishing the duty memorialised against, had written thus : " The cotton manufacturers of the United States are I extending themselves in every direction. The same spirit of enterprise that completed the work at Lowell, some twenty years ago, has found its way to the south and the west. In the vicinity of St. Louis, there is a manufactory in process of erection ; also one in the neighbourhood of Talahassee, Florida. In Arkansas, one of an extensive scale has been established ; and at Natchez, a cotton and wool factory is now in operation. In South Carolina, several manufactories have been for some time in the full tide of successful experiment. The New England manufacturers are unusually active, and will be through the season. . . The value of the cotton manufactures in the United States, and capital invested, show an increase of nearly 10 per cent. for the past four years. During the last three years, our exports to China have increased in value from 713,775 dollars to 2,000,000 dollars ; and while the amount of cotton goods imported into the Brazils from Great Britain has fallen off one-third since 1840, those of the United States have been gradually increasing. • • • • . . The consumption of cotton throughout the United States, during the present year, will not be short of 450,000 bales ; and if the English exporter is to meet the American manufacturer on equal terms in foreign markets, it is essential that the present duty be taken off raw cotton ; and the longer such mea sure be delayed,the more established will be the American export trade, and the more difficult all present and subse quent competition." Now, these are very serious averments. In what light do they compel us to regard the Premier's pro fessions of respect for the principles of free trade ? What are we to consider of his halting, vacillating vindication of its principles ; of his repeal—here— of one or two minor offences against political economy and statesmanship; and of his keeping up—there I_ • If public taxation be considered a grievance, local :yranny may well be pronounced a curse. And if anything could add to the heart-burning of petty robbery over which one has no legitimate control, it is the barefaced impertinence with which JACKS in office contrive to shield themselves under the provi sions of the law. It has been our lot, on too many occasions, to show up the mirror of public delinquents till they have actually become ashamed of their own misdoings, and have sought refuge in following the example of those whom the world delighted to honour. So far our admonitions have been of service ; but there are people so perverse that no hint or warning can touch their sensibility. They are quite beyond the reach of good intentions. And yet all their overt acts are for the public good. What their private motives may be, is of course best known to themselves. But what would a bystander say, if he were asked a simple question such as this—" Would you prefer paying one hundred pounds, or one hundred and FORTY, for doing a.little bit of job ? Possibly he might stare for a moment in utter wonderment, and inquire if the job were " dirty" or " clean." Now this is a poser that would startle authorities as heroic as BAGUE himself, notwithstanding the purity of his motives. And yet such has been the mode, and such will continue to be the mode, of doing the business of all the parishes now under the infliction of the West minster Court of Sewers, if we may judge by their past transactions for a long period of unaccountable years. Our columns, to-day, present another strange com mentary on the practices of that anomalous body de nominated the Court of Sewers—a Court, to which the Augean stables of antiquity were but a sorry parallel. No ! if your moderns have improved in nothing else, they have certainly outdone the ancients in the questionable arts of legerdemain, by proving that what is good for one is good for another also, when he can obtain the benefit. Such has been the practice in the Court of Sewers for many a long period —a Court whose doings are pencilled forth in such shadowy modesty as if ap prehensive that some of the water-rats had taken charge of the books And yet this is the Court that levies such excessive rates on the populous parishes of Westminster ! Under what sanction ? The irresponsible assumption of self-dictation. Look at the Holborn division, and see how well and how cheaply they manage matters. What costs twenty shillings in Ilolborn is but badly done in Westminster at forty shillings ! And wherefore ? Because Mr., or Professor DONALDSON, thinks it un becoming or derogatory to pay a man the price he has agreed or contracted for doing the work ! No ! the contractor must be paid for his blunders or mis takes And who is this Mr. DONALDSON ?—a secondary person, suggesting hints for the benefit of his ignorant friends ?--Not so ; but the learned and controlling functionary of the Court But there is yet hope for the poor, when we see in the proceedings of Friday such men as Mr. BARRY BALDWIN, the excellent Member for Totness, Mr. LESLIE, and the Hon. Mr. BYNG, stepping forward so manfully and challenging the other worthy Com missioners to say if right was wrong, or the contrary ? And, as might have been apprehended from people who had been brought up in the muddy vale of sewers, the echo was " All right !" Who are these people that compose the Court of Sewers ? Are they gentlemen wholly, or tradesmen, or contractors, or jobbers, or the patrons of jobbers? for if they be none of these, and assuredly they ought not to be some of such designations --nor can we ho nestly suppose such to be possible —yet how is it that they do sanction such apparently nefa rious jobs ? Why should they pay PETER forty shillings for what the Holborn division can get PAUL —aye, and sometimes even PETER him self, to do for twenty shillings ? Is there any charm in the locality to warrant such a wide measure of jus tice ? And, if there be not some unexplained cause, how can honourable Commissioners stand forth before people as honourable as themselves, and say by their votes that the parishes under their care should pay twice as much as those who are unhappily excluded from their protection ? We wonder if Sir JAMES GRAHAM has ever heard of a Court of Sewers in 'Westminster above public control ? If he has not, we think he will do well, in his new Drainage Bill, to include the majority of that dirty Court in the preamble, for it will be the best job he has ever yet done for the people of Westminster. In the meantime, we warn all the parishes of West minster to look out for the next Sewers-rate, and ask the Commissioners how they intend to spend the money--if by public or private contract, and for whose benefit ? twice as many and as mischievous barbarisms, in the shape of fiscal legislation, that outrage the good sense of the nation, and are a century behind the enlighten ment of the public mind ? It seems to us a miserable . _ _ species of financial economy, which, for the sake of retaining an inconsiderable element of the general public revenue, persists in jeopardising the prosperity of a manufacture which subsists so vast an amoun _ . of that industrial community who actually pay three-fourths of the whole indirect taxation of the empire ! Until we rea d th e " M emor i a l of t h e _ _ „... Manchester Chamber of Manufactures and Com, inerce," which we gave on Saturday, we were not aware in how cruel a degree the tax on cotton wool has a tendency to aggravate their privations who have already been so cruelly sacrificed to the destructive operation of the Premier's ill-concocted . . currency machinery. But . Sir ROBERT was bound, by the ties of a sort of family relation, to inform him self upon all matters bearing on the revenue con tributed by cotton; and if he has been informed of the fatal mischief this duty, in particular, is effecting for one all-important branch of our manufacturing , trade, and has knowingly continued it :in his scheme - of revenue, we must say that he has shown as little feeling for the sufferers from high-priced raw cotton as he has manifested for the victims of low- priced gold. We have accounts from Madrid, of the 9th inst. The Tiempo states that the Government were to bring forward immediately a Bill for the payment of the Clergy and the settlement of Church property. It was feared that their intention was to supend the sale and restore the property to the Church. No thing is more likely, and now is the time to do it, when the Cortes are so obsequious. On the 9th, the Three per Cents. closed at 271 cash, and 271 at 60 days. There was a good deal done in the Five per Cents., which improved .1, closing at 203 at 60 days. The Irish repeal question forms a topic for discus sion in many of the Paris papers of Saturday. Several causes have contributed to this, among others, a letter on the subject in the Constitutionnel, written by M. DUVERGIER DE HAUR ANNE, and the publication of a sixth edition of M. GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT'S work on Ireland, with a preface on the state of Ire land in 1844. Both these gentlemen are Mem bers of the French Chamber of Deputies, and have paid much attention to the question. The last letter of Mr. O'CoNNELL, renewing the cry for repeal, forms also another peg whereon to hang a disquisition on Ireland. The follow ing extract from the introduction by M. DE BEAUMONT to this new edition, contains facts which will not bear denial, and coming from Man-an imp ar ti a l f oreigner merit the serious at- The recent meeting of the m em b ers o f the Man- tention of all repeaters :—" It is a grand question," chester Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures, held says the writer, "to ascertain if Ireland, placed as in their r ooms i n th a t won d er f u l t own, to cons i der of she has been for seven centures under a foreign a memorial to be presented to her MAJESTY'S Govern- government, deprived of an upper order of society merit, praying for a repeal of the present import duty favourably inclined towards her, and wanting almost on cotton wool, addressed its labours to the removal altogether the middle classes, is now in a position to of certainly one among the least defensible errors of govern herself. She might do so during the lifetime our commercial legislation. The collection of this of O'CONNELL, whose moral power, recognised by duty on the raw material of our largest staple manu- all, creates a dictatorship in the very bosom of liberty. facture has already worked infinite injury to the corn- But after him what would be the fate of the c oun t ry ? coerce of this c oun t ry , an d e ff ecte d an i mmense ad- P ear i n m i n d th a t th e kind ofindependence NVilieh vance for that o f th e U n it e d S tates, b y at once excit- she claims at present is of all others the most difficult ing and rewarding their competition in the markets of to put in practice; it is that which gives a country Europe, Asia, and Africa, with ourselves, in the the right of making its own laws, at the same time coarser fabrics that have hitherto so largely employed that it is left in subjection to another empire. It is our manufacturing industry. This duty, it appears far more difficult for a people to govern themselves from the stateme n t s ( a t th e m ee ti ng i n questi on ) o f altogether, when absolute masters of their own the Chairman (Mr. BACLES), amounts, on cotton wool, actions, than to remain in a mixed state of semi to eleven per cent., and when manufactured into sovereignty, at the same time independent and goods, to about five per cent. on their value. The Ame • subject, having need, in exercising their powers, ricans grow the producing plant at their own doors ; to watch unceasingly not to go beyond the whereas, with us, it must always (as the Manchester bounds assigned them, because close to their speakers remarked) be an exotic. The Americans, right there always rests another right. These " The King of Sardinia has issued an ordonnance, in virtue of which the property beloaging formerly to the Knights of Malta is to be incorporated with that of the State, the Government paying to the community an annual rent charge of 42,000 f., which is to serve for the establishment of five new commaaderies, two of which will have an income of 3,000 f., and three of 2,000 f. a year each." THE BOURSE--SATURMY, Nov. 16. First Highest Lowast Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five perents•• .. •• 119 60 .. 119 65 .. 119 50 •• 119 55 Three per Cents..... 83 15 .. 83 20 .. 83 15 .. 83 20 Bank of France 3145 —3145 —3145 ..3145 ',Latta Bank, I,ooon Shareslo9o ..1090 ••1090 •• 1090 5,0001. Sharces94o .•5040 ..5040 .•5040 Belgian Bank ••• •••••• • •• •• 640 • • 640 •• 630 •• 635 BelgianFives,lB4o .........104k .. 104} •• 1011 .. 104 k 1842 •• •••• •• 107 .• 107 .. 107 Spanish Active 33 .. 33 .. 33 .• 107 .. 33 Passive....--.. 6 .. 6 .. 6 .. 6 NeaPolitan'• "''''•• •• • ..98 .. 98 .. 97 75 .. 97 75 Roman ••. . log .. 103 .. 1031 .. 1031 ••___ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1344. RAILWAY SHARES, St. Germain ........ 920 • • 920 •• 920 .. 920 Versailles, R.B. . 406 25 410 .. 406 25 .. 410 L.B.•••••• •• •• 292 55 .. 295 .. 292 60 .. 295 1005 . 1005 ..1005 —lOO5 Rouen to Havre. Orleans ••••••.•••.••• 1015 ..1017 50 ..1015 —lOl5 Strasburg to Bale 275 .. 276 25 .. 275 . 276 25 Avignon to Marseilles 775 775 .. 775 775 :RAILWAY SHARES FOR SETTLING, Nov. 16. Versailles, R.B 402 50 .. 402 50 .. 402 50 .. 402 50 L.B•••••••••••• 292 50 • 298 75 .. 292 50 .. 295 Rouen 998 75 ..1002 50 .. 998 75 ..1002 50 Rouen to Havre•• 776 25 .. 776 25 .. 776 25 .. 776 25 Orleans —lOl2 50 ..1017 50 ..1012 50 ..1015 Strasburg to Bale 275 .. 276 25 .. 275 .. 276 25 Avignon to Marseilles.. •• 845 .. 853 75 .. 815 . 851 25 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, 1 , ov. 30. Versailles, S.B .... 412 50 .. 412 50 .. 410 .. 412 50 295 .. 296 25 .. 295 .. 295 Rouen.... . ..... ......1005 ..1006 25 ..1000 ..1005 RouentoHavre... ....... 777 50 780 .. 777 50 .. 780 Orleans. . 1017 50 ..1018 75 ..1015 ..1000 25 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 276 25 .. 277 50 .. 276 25 .. 277 50 Avignon to Marseilles.- 848 75 .. 855 .. 848 75 .. 851 25 The public Ball for the relief of the distressed Polish exiles is announced to take place to-morrow (Tuesday the 19th) at Guildhall ; and as it will he conducted on a most splendid scale, and the cause is one of charity, we cannot doubt that it will be fully and fashionably attended. THIS DAY'S NEWS CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor took his seat to-day shortly be fore eleven o'clock. TILE DUKE OF LEEDS V. EARL AMITERST. The further arguments in this part heard appeal were resumed to-day, and occupied the Court the whole morning. VICE-CTIANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole morning with causes of no general interest. (Before Sir J. WICRA3I.) His Honour was occupied this morning for some time in rehearing a portion of the arguments in Neeson v. Clarkson, a case which has been already part heard. The case of Tamlyn v. Reynolds was then ordered to stand over, and Cooke v. Taylor proceeded with. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Sittings in Banco. DOE DESI ANGELL V. ANGELL. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed this morning. Mr. Peacock was heard in conclusion, and the Court reserved its decision. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) GILL V. PIGOTT.-THE LATE DERBY RACE. This was a case originating in the lately disputed race between Orlando and Running Rein, decided in the Court of Exchequer. The defendant was the treasurer of a Derby club, and it was agreed, in a meeting of the members after the race, that the prizes should be paid to those who drew horses which were publicly declared to be winners, and they ordered the treasurer to pay the prizes accordingly. There were two prizes, one for the first horse and the other for the second ; and it so happened, in this case, that one person held both the winning horses. But Running Rein having been found disqualified by the verdict of the jury in the case before tho Court of Exchequer, the holder of the third horse claimed the second prize from the treasurer, Who said that he had paid it away in accordance with the resolu tion of the club. The plaintiff then brought the present action against the defendant, who pleaded the general issue. Mr. GREENWOOD now moved for a rule that the do fendant might be at liberty to add another plea, and to plead the illegality of the whole transaction, on the ground that when he pleaded the general issue he had not time to consult his pleader.—Rule nisi granted. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE REGISTRATION. Their Lordships this day commenced hearing the ap peals from the decisions of the revising barristers at the late registrations. PITT V. SMEADLET. This was an appeal against the revision of the list of voters for Westminster. The case was not gone into, the Court directing that it be again referred to the bar rister for a full statement of the facts. VIIIITHORN V. THOMAS. The appellant resided in Gloucester, carrying on busi ness as a wine-merchant. But he was a freeman of the borough of Tewkesbury, and in order to sustain his fran chise, he took a lodging in the borough, at the rent of 9d. per week. The vote was objected to on the ground that the claimant was not a resident freeman of Tewkes bury, in the meaning of the Reform Act. The barrister decided against the vote, and it appeared that Mr. Whithorn had slept in Tewkesbury only twelve times in the half year preceding the registration. The Com', having heard Mr. Sergeant Byles in sup port of the appeal, and Mr. Cockburn against it, ruled that the decision of the barrister was right, the residence was not sufficient to entitle the freeman to vote, and the claim must be disallowed. OADSBY v. WARBURTON. In this case the Revising Barrister for the southern division of Lancashire disallowed an objection, on the ground that the notice was defective, the objector not having specified the parish in which he resided. The notice designated the objector as of the " township of Didsbury," omitting the parish of Manchester, in which it is situate. Mr. COCRIiURN, in support of the appeal, contended that th 44 description of the appellant's residence, lag being in Poplar•grove, in the township of Didsbury, and southern division of the county of Lancaster, was suffi cient, the locality being well-known. Mr. CARDWELL argued that the Act of Parliament expressly required the parish to be specified in the mo tion of objection. The COURT was of opinion that the notice :was suffi cient. The intention of the Act was that a person ob jected to should have adequate information as to where the objector might be found. It supposed that the de scription in the notice was full enough for this purpose. The objection should have been received, unless it were shown to the satisfaction of the Barrister that there were two townships of Didsbury, in the county of Lan caster. Their Lordships ruled, therefore, in favour of the appeal. CADSBY V. BARROW. The appellant is the same as in the last case. lie had objected to a vote claimed upon the 501. qualification, because the claim was not made from one holding, but from several tenements, under different landlords. The barrister decided against the objection. Mr. Cockburn now appeared for the appellant against that decision, which was supported by Mr. Cardwell. The COURT ruled in favour of the appeal, and decided that the qualification cannot be made up of different and detached holdings, but must consist of one tenement, held at will, and of the ♦alue o: 501. per annum. BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir C. F. WILLIAMS.) IN THE MATTER OF T. D. EARLES, DENTIST, OF NEW MAN-STREET. The insolvent applied this day for his interim order, but was opposed by Mr. Cooke for a Mr. Brimmer, the landlord of a house in Newman-street, rented by the insolvent at 75/. per annum. The insolvent had given a bill of exchange, drawn by himself and accepted by a Miss Crofts, his niece, for the twelvemonth's rent, due at the next Christmas, with an understanding that if the bill was not met at that time the insolvent would give up possession in two months after. He (Mr. Cooke) now applied to have the house given up, as his client, Mr. Brimmer, had no wish to lose more by the insolvent. He (Mr. Cooke) would also mention that the insolvent had already filed a petition in some of the other courts, which had, however, been dismissed by the lion. Com missioner. Sir C. WILLIAMS reprobated the course taken by this as by too many insolvents, of petitioning the other courts after being dismissed by one, they trusting that some chance would intervene to enable them to pass some Hon. Commissioner. It was a gross imposition upon the Court, and he was of opinion that some rule ought to be made, that where the insolvent had peti tioned before that petition should appear on the face of the new application. Mr. COOKE—Say that any respectable attorney ought to apprise the Hon. Commissioner in such a case. Sir C. WILLIAMS said he would not grant the order, until the house was given up; and the matter was deferred for a fortnight, in order that the transfer should be made. , - GUILDHALL.--(THIS DAY.) Sarah Rogers was charged with having committed a violent assault on a copperplate printer named Drake. Mr. Humphries attended to conduct the case for the complainant. Mr. Drake stated that he was a single man, and that he had lived with the defendant for three years, that she had had two children by him, both of whom were dead. ' They separated by mutual consent in August last, and he agreed to allow her 2s. 6d, a week, which he had punctually paid her. She came to his place of work last Saturday, and offered to fight him, but stated that she would not annoy him if he would give her a glass of ale, which he did, but she did not ad here to her agreement, as she struck him se veral times, scratched his face, and used other violence towards him. He had bad to give her into custody on similar charges several times before. She was a bad woman, and had made away with almost everything that I he had possessed. The young woman said she was then in the family way by the complainant, and that she had been cruelly deceived by him. He had repeatedly told her that if she wanted money she might go and seek it by a life of prostitution. She had formerly led a respectable life as a servant until she knew the complainant. Sho had now lost her character, and could not obtain a situation. She was discharged, the complainant agreeing to pay 1 the weekly pittanoe at this office, from whence the young woman would receive it. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) IVnt. Simpson, a flashily-dressed young man, was charged with stealing a sovereign, under the following circumstances : George Thomas stated that about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, having been cut on i " spree," he went into Rice's Coffee-house, No. 64, High-street, St. Giles's, and while taking some refreshment there, he put down a sovereign on the table, immediately the prisoner, who was in an adjoining box with two or three others, came to him and said " that sounds like a bad Revpreign." Prosecutor replied he WAR sure it was good. Prisoner said I", 1 bet you half-a-crown it's a bad one," and directly one of the prisonai.qs ppipanions took the sove reign up off the table, and after it had 'peen passed from one to another, he again saw it in the prisoner's hand, but on asking for it to be returned to him, the whole party denied having it, he in consequence gave the pri soner into custody, as he had last seen it in his possession. The prisoner said he did not know where the prose cutor's sovereign went to. Mr. HARDWICK said the prosecutor was a silly fellow not to take better care of his money. Under the cir cumstances a charge of felony could not be substan tiated; the prisoner must, therefore, be discharged, and the prosecutor might summon him for the 20s. at the Court of Requests. • MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, on Saturday, were 3,000 to 4,000 bales, with a quiet market, and no altera tion to notice in prices. -The Share market was less active for the scrip of the new Railways, but there was a steady and improving demand for shares in the old line. Birmingham and Gloucester, 98+ 99+ ; Bristol and Exe ter, 69 71 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 361 I; Caledonian, ai 4 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 31+ 32k ; Chester and Holyhead, 51 6 ; Dublin and Cashel, 8+ 9 ; Eastern Counties, 13E ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 58 59; Grand Junction, 210 212 ; Great North of England, 118 120 ; Great Western; 138 k 140+ ; Hull and Selby, 63 65 ; Lancaster and Preston, 46 47 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 203+ 205+ ; L on d on and Brmingham, 32/. Shares, 371 38; London and Brighton, 461 47 ; London and Croydon, 16+ I ; London and South-Western, 74 76 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 48 49 ; Midland Counties, 107+ 108+; Newcastle and Carlisle, 105- 1061; North British, 51 ; N orw i c h an d Brandon, 10 11 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 93+ 94+; South-Eastern, 38k; York and North Midland, 110 112 ; Paris and Lyons, 61s. 6d. ; Paris and Orleans, 391 ; Paris and Rouen, 381 4 ; Paris and Strasburg, 495. 51s. ; Rouen and Havre, 22+. A strong desire has been manifested by most of the principal merchants connected with the China and East India trades to give a banquet, upon a most splendid scale, to Sir Henry Pottinger, for his successful exertions in carrying out the commercial tariff with the Chinese Government. The complimentary address has already been signed by a numerous body of the merchants connected with the trades above referred to, and it will rem a i n a t t h e o ffi ces of the East India and China Trades Association for the reception of other signatures. No doubt most of her Majesty's Ministers would be present upon so interesting an occasion. Invi tations have, we believe, been already sent to them-of the principal merchants and bankers of the City, the at tendance must be very numerous. We have not any late arrivals from the Britiah colonies this morning. The betting upon the hop duty this year has been very large. The yield of the following districts are those upon which wagers of this sort are made:-Canterbury's return is 21,158/. 15s. B+d.; Rochester, 62,4061 19s. ld-; Sussex, 27,302/. 15s. 8+11.; Worcester, 17,4091 Gs.; Farnham, 10,079/. 18s. 31d.; North Clays, 7661 Bs. 11d.; Essex, 801/. I Is. 44d.; Others, 3791. 2s. lid.-Tottd, 140,322/. 17s. 21d. Thos e who have betted in favour of the gross amount of duty have been this year succesful. A very strong competition is, we hear, likely to take place for the new French loan of about 8,000,0001., to be bid for on the 9th proximo. It is probable that the contest will be principally between the Messrs. Roths child and Messrs. Laffitte and Co. In monetary circles much interest is shown to learn the result. Messrs. Barings, too, will be vigorous claimants for the loan ; and as the payments are to extend over a long period, there will be ample time to complete the contract with ' out pressing heavily on the money markets here or in. Paris. In the Consol Market there has not been a great deal of business done this morning. The transactions for the January Account have been numerous, but the coat ego is very nearly 4 per cent. The price, for Money, this day, has been 1004 to 100+; and for the Account at 100+. The Commissioners bought Reduced Three per Cents. at 991. The present price is 991. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 102 to 102 k. Exchequer Bills 575. 9d. premium, and Bank Stock 205. The Belgian Scrip is firm at premium; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. at 621 j; the Five per Cents. at 99; Russian at 119 k; and Spanish Three per Cents. at 351 for the Account. Brazilian Bonds have been firna at 88+ to 89. The Share Market has been quiet this morning, and prices are, in most instances, much the same. BRITISH FUNDS . THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) Bank ..... • 205 3 per Cent.ReducefiAnnuities 99)616% 3 per Cent. Cornols. Arms.' lOO% New N per Cent. Indiaßonds,l,ooo.. - Ditto under 76 Consols for Account ..• •.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 100% Exchequer Bills. 1 %d. I%d. 1 0001. - 57 59 pin. Ditto - . -" ' - pm. Ditto Advertiseci. " ."......... - FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 89 Ditto for the Account. 8836 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent, - Ditto for the Aceount ..... 98 Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per dent 119% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 - Ditto Three per Cent. •••••••••••••••••••....••••• 35)6 Dutch 236 per Cents. ..... 69%% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Dutch 5 per 99 PRICES OF SHARES I HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAM Birmingham and Gloucester lOO 98 ...... to MX Bristol and Exeter 70 ......... 7 0 • .. to - Bristol and Gloucester SO .."... Sit 357... to S 6 Churnet Valley ..... 2 3 ...... to 436 Direct Northern 234... ...... 2% ...... to Einem Counties 25 13% to - - Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent...2l. 13s. 4d.... ... to - Ditto Ditto (No. 2) to - Great Southern and W es t ern ] (Ireland) 5 ..... 9506 ... to - Great Western 75 ..... 138)6 to 14 1 7 Ditto 3 6 Shares 50 e0%%4 - Ditto ifths... .... 12 ........ 25% - Dit , o Shares London and Brighton ..... 50 .. 2 "..... 474 ..... to - London and South Western London and Croydon ..... 13% ...... 17 to 17 3 6 London and 234 3 to - Midland • . ............ 100 10734 Birmingham and Derb . y............ 100 ... 79 - South Eastern and Dover ~,,.«« 33% 3B .. to 37% York and North Midland 50 to - Ditto % Shares 25 •.. • • 51, to - Ditto &arbors' Branch to 32 Ditto Selby Scrip .................. 20 69% ON to 70 Boulogne and 2 • to - Orleans and Vierzon - Orleans and Bourdeaux - Paris and 20 ..... 39% to - Parisand 20 ......... 385‘, 2 76 to - JOINT STOCK RANKS. NationalProvincialof England PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Nov. 16. S per Cent. Consol s . ........ Three and a Quart er Stock.... Ditto New, 1830 536 per Cent. Debentures 9431 Long Annuities Bank Stock .."... ....... Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent 7B Royal Canal Stock 26 4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures.........., 98%, 4 per Cent. City Debentures Kingstown Railway Debentures-- ...... .... .... 10236 LAST PRICES OF SHARES RAILWAYS. PAID. Pas Sill Dublin and K. Railway 100 1951/ Drogheda Ditto 6O ..... ".. (f 7 Great Southern and Western 5 ..... 9 Dublin and Cashel ditto - Dublin and Belfast Junction ....... • 2% 3% Athlone Railway 2% 2;4 Hibernian Bank 2536 ...... Royal Bank 10 13 National Insurance Mining Company of I re l an d 7 13% Wicklow Copper Mine s City of Dublin St eam Company 100 107% Ditto Ditto 5O 52 Ditto Ditto, 1898 N...„55 55» „ 52% British and Iri s h Steam Company 5 5 Steam Ship Building Company .. 3 0 _ .... 523 k Limerick Extension R a il way MANCHESTER STOCK :EXCHANGE, Nov. 4.---There is still a better feeling in the market to-day; tilt busi ness, however, has been confined to few stocks ; prices without much change. Churnet Valley, 3 9-16 ; Man chester and Birmingham, 48+ ; North Union A., 140 ; Sheffield and Manchest er , 25 ; L ee d s and West Rid ing, 5. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY. CORN-EXCHANGE.-(10 NDAY.) Since this day se'nnight only moderate supplies of all grain have been received up to our market, while the general quality, owing to the prevailing damp weather, has proved very inferior. Fresh up, the receipts of Wheat of home produce, coastwise as well as by land carriage and sample, were small ; yet the supply on offer was quite adequate to meet the wants of the dealers. The finest parcels of both tied and White commanded a steady inquiry, at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday last ; but all other kinds were a dull sale, and previous rates were with difficulty supported. How ever, a fair clearance was effected. Holders of free Fo reign Wheat were very firm. This circumstance pre vented much business from being transacted, yet the rates obtained were quite equal to those of last week. Corn under lock was very heavy, but not cheaper. The show of Barley samples was tolerably good. The best descriptions sold freely at full prices. In other kinds exceedingly little was doing. Although the supply of Malt was but limited the Malt trade ruled heavy, and previous rates were barely supported. The arrivals of Oats from Ireland being on the increase, the Oat trade was not so active as last week, yet the quotations were quite as high as on Monday last. Beans and Peas were in good demand at full currencies. In Flour very little was doing. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT—Essex & Kent, MALT—Chevalier.... . 63s to red..... 4os to 488 OATS — Yorkshire and Ditto, white .....», 60s to 65s Lincolnzh., fe e d ... 23 s t o Norfolk and L in- Potatoe ..... 25s to coin, red 39s to 46s Youghall and Cork, Ditto white 4os to 53s black Irish, red 47s to 50s Cork, white Ditto, white RYE—Old 2(s to 33s BEANS —Tick 308 to 35s New 36s to 3831 Pigeons BARLEY—Grinding 2Bs to 324 PEAS—Grey ..... 32s to 35s Malting 35s to 38s White 37s to 393 MALT—SuffOlk and NOT. Boilers 3ls to 39s folk s6s to 62s FLoua—Town made 44.5 to 46s Brown ......... 5OB to 54s .........,........ 34. to 38s Kingston and Ware 56s to 625 Stockton & Norfolk 33s to 3cs FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WHEAT—Dantric Hamburgh 36s to 40s PEAL.. ..... ..... 238 to 27s BARLEY to &IA FLoua—Amei : rca - tt 23s to 25s OATS—New ........ 14s to 183 Baltic Vs to Sas Feed.......... . . ......... 14s to 1 SMITHFIELD. For the time of year we had a full average supply of beasts, as to numbers, but its general quality was very inferior; indeed, we scarcely ever recollect to have wit nessed a worse collection of that description of stock than was the case this morning. Generally speaking, the Beef trade, arising ;from the heaviness in the dead markets, and the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering, was very inactive; still, however, the primest Scots, Runt; Devons, Hereford; &c., found buyers, at prices quite equal to those paid on this day se'nnight; but the value of other breeds—a clearance of which was not effected—had, in most instances, a down ward tendency. Complaints continue to reach us almost daily respecting the shortness of winter keep, owing to which the graziers are compelled to use a much larger quanity of artificial food than has been almost ever known. During the past week, the imposts of foreign stock have been good; they have amounted, for London and the outports, to 156 Beasts and 28 Sheep, in, for the most part, fair condition. The above, added to the previous arrivals, form the annexed totals for the present year : Beasts, from January 1 to November 16 ... 3,709 head Sheep We had on offer 47 Beasts, and 35 Sheep, all for Rotter dam. The whole were disposed of, at about previous rates. A report has, we find, been circulated, to the effect that several of our English nobility and capitalists are engaged in foreign cattle speculations. To such a ridi culous statement, we here give a flat contradiction, for we have every reason to know that it is wholly void of truth. The arrival of Beasts from the northern grazing districts consisted of 1,650 Short-horns. Those from the eastern counties comprised 300 Scots and Home-breds ; from the western and midland districts 500 Herefords, Devons, Runts, &c. ; from other parts of England 400 of various breeds ; from Scotland 190 horned and polled Scots ; the remainder of the supply being derived from the neigh bourhood of the metropolis. The supply of Sheep was somewhat less than that exhibited last week ; neverthe less the Mutton trade was heavy, and where sales were pressed of the inferior kinds of Mutton, lower prices were accepted. The Veal trade was unusually heavy, the very highest quotation not exceeding 4s per 81bs. In Pigs very little business was transacted, at late rates. Per Bibs. to sink the offal s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts . .... 2 4 2 b Second qualityditto.., 3 0 3 6 Second quality ditto... 2 8 510 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 310 Prime large Oxen 3 0 31 8 Southdown Wethers 310 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves .3 0 3 6 Large Hogs 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditto 3 8 4 0 Small Porkers 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 32 (I Quarter old Pigs, eachl6 0 20 0 rnferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 3,609 27,690 91 I 470 biENITGATB AND 3LEADNDYNAZZ. Although the arrivals of country-killed Meat up to these markets since Monday last have been but limited for the time of year, the supplies of meat offering have been somewhat extensive, but of very middling quality. Hence the primest descriptions have been in good re quest, at full prices, but otherwise the demand has ruled very inactive, and previoas rates have not been supported. No carcases of either beasts or sheep, from abroad, have been brought forward since our last. I • . At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. (1. to s. it Beef, inferior 2 2 2 6 Mutton, inferior 2 4 2 8 middling ...... ." 9 8 210 middling 210 3 4 prime large ..... 3 0 3 2 --- prime 3 6 3 8 prime small ...... 3 4 3 6 Pork, large 2 4 3 4 Veal 2lO 310 —small 3 4 310 ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. -Calves. Pigs. Scotland 5 140 —16 J Yorkshire Norfolk Suffblk 4O 20 Cambridgeshire Essex Surrey l6 100 3) 200 Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts Total 73 940 Previous week's arrival 60 970 230 920 Dititrence since our last 1 142 .170 50 BOROUGH AND SPITALFXELDB. In the past week the arrivals of Potatoes from all quar ters have been limited, hence the supply offering here is comparatively small. For the best qualities more money is demanded, but all other kinds are a dull sale. Per ton :—York Reds, 55s to 703 ; Perth ditto, GOs to 655; Early Devons, 55s to 62s ; Cornwall ditto, 55s to 60s; Jersey Blues, 45s to 53s ; ditto Whites, 40s to 48s ; Kent and Essex Whites, 50s to 555; ditto Kidneys, 56s to 60s ; Wisbech Kidneys, 58s to 60s ; ditto Blues, 50s to 54s ; ditto Whites, 50s ; Guernsey Blues, 50 s ; di tto Whites, 45s to 48s; Prince Regent's, 55s to 60s. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Since our last report a steady, but not to say exten sive, business has been transacted in most kinds of Hops, and the late advance in the quotations is supported without difficulty. The supply offering is seasonably good. 1844—Sussex pockets, 71 to 81; Weslds, 71 5 s to 818 s ; Mid Kent, 91 lOs to 121; East 'Cent, 101 to 121; Choice, ditto, 121 to 131; Farnhams, 101 lOs to 131. 1843.—Sussex pockets, 71 to 71 10 ; Weald of Kent ditto, Cl ISs to 71 lOs ; Choice ditto, 9/ 15s to 121; East Kent, 101 to 12/ ; Kent bags, 71 7s to 9/ 10s. PORT OF HULL.—The blue flag of 'the Humber Dock Basin, the signal that no more vessels can be ad mitted into docks, has peen flying for the last fortnight. The docks and warehouses have exhibited a scene of un usualy w(lT)uzehrieenkge el yox a npt e (ht t ,ein i enr y t i eta t ehnix i i pae a ilno n nr d ertori a vef ot ta n fsl i sme machinerym a siia t sn i c o ch n neionwtehr yiefne h rs ee e i, nl elacganoas manufactoriesdu t l nqh f eu e iala w sy s d be a ge,. r y eaon s e.f . duringroi nr Tt t ei h neh t almost impassable from the quantity of bale goods MIA) continue to arrive from Manchester, Leeds, wed the manufacturing districts, for the continent. —heeds Times. GREAT FOOT-RACIi IN AMERICA. --On Wednes day, the 16th of October, a foot-race, of almost national interest, took place at New York, on the Beacon Course. The match was for 1,000 dollars, and from 25,000 to 35,000 persons assembled on the course. The race was. advertised in England, Canada, and throughout the~ United States, and the fact that three of the most con-- summate pedestrians came across the Atlantic expressly to run for the prizes greatly contributed to the excite-. ment. Stannard, Gilder, Steeprock, the Indian (ah: a s John Ross), Caries, and M'Cabe ; each, more or leis re nowned for speed and stamina in his immediate, circle, had a strong party to hack him, ilite bettino; was un usually heavy on the three Englishmen—BarlOw, Green halgh, and Jackson--against the geld ; 100 to 75 was of fered on Gilder against Stannard ; 100 to 75 that Stan nard did nut do ten miles within the hour ; even that two did it ; even on Stannard and the Indian against Gilder. Having previously drawn for positions, seven teen entries of the original thirty-seven came to the post to start. Gildersleeve, of New York, was thus the victor of te day. tho six who accomplished ten THE ODIOUS GAME MANlA.—lnstance s , a l most miles within h the hour, Of Gildersleeve received 600, Green amumerable, have taken place, where poor men, because halgh 250, Barlow 100, and Steeprock 50 dollars. they had been once or twice convicted under the game- M'Cabe and Stannard, we trust, will receive, if they haves laws (and in many instances illegally), have been fined, not already, a substantial token from their backers, or under the general Game Act, 5Z for killing, or attempt- the general appreciation entertained of their indomitable ing to kill a head of game ; 201., under one of the game on this occasion. Gildersleeve has since been Assessed Taxes Acts, for not having a certificate; backed by one American gentleman, well known jss and surcharged under another Assessed Taxes Act, for sporting world, for 2,000 dollars, to run fifteen miles, double game certificate duty. Of course they were not and vast numbers are of opinion that he would beat the able to pay these cumulative penalties and costs, and distance into fits. He has himself offered to run any long imprisonment (as it would be for all the charges), man in the world, on the Beacon Coarse, ten to fifteen has been the consequence ; heavy expense to counties, miles, for from 1,000 to 5,000 dollars. John Barlow, of and also to parishes. The game-preserving has become Manchester, England, has since challenged any man a curse—the game-laws a foul in s t rument o f injusti ce born within the United States of America, to run the and oppression—a grievous cost to the public—the foun- distance of ten miles for the sum of 1,000 dollars. tain of crime and attendant misery —and a premium to Creenhalgh, Barlow, Jackson, and others have already perjury by keepers and their understrapperze—Frain entered for a race amounting to a prize of 700 d o ll ars , to a Correspond en t. take place at th e Eagle Course, on the present 12th of TIIE NEW ROYAL EXCEIANGE.—On Saturday a November, number of workmen in the employm en t o f ai r . Jack son , SHOCKING DESTITUTION.—A few days ago a child the builder, were actively engaged in erecting scaffold- went to a baker to purchase half a po un d o f his most ings on the north side of the Royal Exchange, opposite common bread. The aker's wife, on questioning the St. Bartholomew-l ane , preparatory to the statues of Sir child, ascertained that the bread was destined for a poor Thomas Gresham and Whitti ng t on b e i ng pl ace d i n th e woman who had not even straw to lie upon. The baker:" niches over the shops in th a t p or ti on o f th e building, and his wife, and their journeyman, went to the sTA:ii The tessellated p av i ng l a id d own b y Messrs, Seager, of indi cate d b y the child, and there fo un d, in a damp cedar,Vauxhall, was also fin a lly remove d i n t h e course o f t h e a woman, with no other covering than a piece of coarse day ; and although it p resente d suc h a magnificent ap- cloth r oun d h er loins, the damp ground for her bed, and pearance in the merchant s ' area on th e occas i on a liar two ston es f or her pillow. This unhappy woman earned Majesty opening the E xc h ange , i t h a d a sa d ginger- only three to four sous per day by lace-making, and has e bread-like look as it l a y i n th e Car t s d es ti ne d t o carry no other /Penns of support, y e t sh e b e l ongs to one o f tl! it away. no noble famili es o f Normandy. The baker and hisA report has reached us , f rom w h a t we consider wife m a d e an In cal to some neighbours, who for joined to be an authenti c quar t er , t h at t h e cava l ry regiments them in the or of charity, an d provided clothing stationed in N or th B r i ta i n an d I re l an d are to discontinue the ,atterer, and a ch a i r to s i t upon. The baker's man sending parti es t o t h e r idi ng esta bli s h ment at M f;a- purchased a quant it y o f straw for abed, which, under the stone, during the winter season, If this ar-aegement circumstances, was almost a luxury. —Pilule de Cam. be carried into effect, the number of.-suers at the este- I Btsuoe's COLLEGE, BRISTOL.—It is intended to i4lishimmt will be reduced four to three.— United found four exhibitions at Oxford and Cambridge in eon' Service Gazette. nexion with this institution. WOOL MARKET. A fair import of Wool has taken place since our last report, 1000 bales having been received from New South Wales ; 100 do. from Italy ; 172 do. from Spain ; 160 do. from liamburgh ; and 491 do. from Russia. By pri vate treaty, very little business is doing, and in some in stances the quotations are a trifle lower. From official documents lately issued, we find that a most extraordi nary increase has taken place this year in the import and consumption of Wool, as will be seen by the following statement, as made up for the years mentioned to the 10th of October : 1842 lbs. 1843 lbs. 1844 lbs. Imported to Oct. 10, 33,830,563 37,630,762 t 6,070,676 Re-exported, ~ 2,895,196 2,469,673 1,386,519 Balance for home consumption... ~0„933,367 35,161,689 54,684,154 The Above shows an increase in the present year of 19,523,0681bs over 1843, and of 23,748,7901bs over 1843. TALLOW. This market remains in the same state as last week. The stock is somewhat heavier than at the same period in 1843, Since our last the delivery has been good, yet the public sales have gone off freely. The letters due from St. Petersbugh, this morning, have not yet arrived.