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--~~ NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF " HANDLEY CROSS." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Bvo.. ITILLINGDON HALL; Or, THE COCKNEY SQUIRE. A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE. By the Author of " Ilan ley Cross," &c. Henry Coiburn, Publisher, 13, Great Mariboreugh-street. On Friday nest, 2 vol , . post Svo., with Portrait after Sir Petcr Lely, - . . Maps, Woodcuts, &c., 245. cloth, THE LIFE, PROGRESSES, and REBELLION of JAMES, DUKE of MON3IOtiTH, &c., to his Capture and Execution. With a full Account of the Bloody Assizes, and copious Biographical Notices. By GEORGE ROBERTS, Author of " The History of Lyme Regis," &c. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY- LANE, THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER RS, Will be performed a New Grand Opera, in Three Act!, 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 Grand Ballet, entitled THE CORSAIR. onrad, M. Albert; Julien, M. Desplaces; Sanguo, M. Montessu ; &fedora, Miss Clara Webster ; Une Vivandiere, Mdlle. Auguste, Delbes ; Guinare, 31111 e. Adele Dumilatre. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be hid on application to Mr. John Pars Ons THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, Wi I be perforned THE BUSY BODY. Sr Francis Gripe. Mr. W. Farien. Traffic, Mr. Strickland; Marplot. Mr. Charles Mathews; Miranda, Madame V stris ; Patch, Mrs. Humby. After which, will be repeated a New Comic Drama, founded on Don Caesar de Rim, entitled A MATCH FOR A KING Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart ; Don Sebastian della Rosa, Mr. C. Mathews • Mariquita, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with a New Farce, by Mr. Buckstone, entitled THE I NIMBLE RIG. John Ginger, Mr. Buckstone, Sam Shindy, Mr. Strickland ; Mrs. Ginger , Mrs. W. Clifford. Orchestra Shills (which - my be retained the whole of the Even ing), ss. each. First Price—Boxes, •s. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25. • Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at N .ie o'Clock—Eyes, 3s ; ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, Fd. Doors opened at Half past Six, Per 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.otfice, from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. Last e ight of Ciesar de Bazan, in consequence of Mr. Weater performing in the New Comedy at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 16. Will be repeated a New Drama, 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. Afler which, an entirely New Drama, entitled CiESAR DE . SAZAN • or, Love Ind Hsnour. Charles the Second, Mr. Howe; Caesar de B izan, Mr. Webster ; Maratina, Madame Celeste. To conclude with a New Eccentric Daytholegioal Burlesque, called rELE $1 ACHUS ; 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 open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. On Monday will be rcrived the Popular Dr:•ma of VICTORIN E. Cmsar de Baran" is published in Webster's National Acting Drama, price fiti. In the Press, " The Mysterious Stranger." PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, Will be repeated the New Drama, called DON CIESA II DE BAZ A N Don Caesar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the Secont , Mr. Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countess di Rotondo, Mrs. Fo.hroke. After which, a New Comer ietta, entitled THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival. Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirl ng concluJe with a New Grand Oriental Ballet, calkd THE ENCHANTED BELL. Azolin (an Hindoo Peasant), M. Roussett ; Pahnira (the Sultan's Daughter), nine. Caroline Roussett; Naire Cher Friend), Mdlle Teresine; Ding Dow; (the Genii of the Bell), Miss Marshall Stage Manager Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emde n . Machinist Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, 58. ; Boxes," ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Privato Boxes, two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce. Mum Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened 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 }roe Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Cruder the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER HI. Will be performed a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH AND WARD. Tne characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wizen ; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. After win h, a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN Characters by Mesas Wigan, Kin oth, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold, Turner, Stoke-,and Keeley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. In tie course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mlles. Louise and Adele, of her Maj...sty's Theatre, will make their appearance. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Suppotted by Messrs. F. Matthews, Nleadows, Turner, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woolli•Ige. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASS.ONS With entirely Nes , Scenery, Machinery, Dresses. drc. Principal Characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. Craven, and Mr. Keeley; Misr Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli tge, Mrs. A. Wigan. Miss Turner, Mr .6 James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes. 4;.; Upper Boxes, 3s . ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony B oxes, 2.. ; Upper Bozos, is. 6d.; Pit. Is. Private Boxes on the balcony Tier tholding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Der (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private boxes on tke Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea, The Box-olfice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc. 11 in of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. STRAND THEATRF. Lessee. Mr. ROBERTS. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, Will be performed DON C/EZAR DE BAZAN. Don Cassar, Mr. Roberts • King Ch3rlas IL, Mr. John Howard; Maritana, Mrs. Coleman' Pope After which, THE KNIGHT AND THE SPRITE. . . To conclude with QUITE AT HOME. Principal Characters by Messrs. Howard, Aylitte, Dean, Mrs. Melville, and Mi,s Carter. neat attraction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This Evening, at ASTLRY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. TH S EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, Will be repeated a New Spectacle entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race- Hor , e and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequaled National Fete". Real Fox-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Foe and full Pack of Hounds, purchased y Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel productba. Epsom Its:ces and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with a Favourite Afterpiece. Acting and stage-in mager. Mr. W U. ittoadfoot. Box-ottice open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding IT Mr. R. Smith daily. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Increasing success of Don Cmsar de Bann—First Week of another New Drama. THIS EVENING, NO /EMBER le, Will be performed a New Drima, enti led DON C/ESAR DE' B AZ AN. supported by the entire Company. After which, an entirely New Drama, THE SISTERS OF CHA TILLoN, in which Messrs. Hicks, Neville, R. Shephard. Vale, Johnson, sieslop. Mrs. 12. Honner, Miss Terrey, Mrs. H. Vining, &c., will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entited A NIG HT OF HORROR S. Characters by Messrs. Va e, Lewis, Johnson, Heslop, Mrs. Daly, Miss Terrey, &c. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box- Ake. from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING. NOVEMBER la. • --- - ------- ---- • Will be performed FHB WANDERING JEW, In which Messrs. Seaman, Dale. Higgie, and the Misses Harcourt will appear. After which, PORK CHOPS, in which Messrs. G. Wild and Herbert will per'orm. To conclude with SIXTEEN.STR , NG JACK. John Rana, Mr. T. H. Higgie; Kit Clayton, Mr. G. Wild. Private Family B oxes, £1 Is. Od. and .EI Ils. 6d. THE WEATHER.--SuR OFFICE, Nov. 15. Tamatatomwrßa, Lowest, 48; Highest, 54 ; Noon, 54. BARomwring, _30.15. 7 —Wpm, W.S.Y. gOTIC.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M. ruing ... 1.11 minutes after 5 1 Evening ... 23 minutes after 6. tr - .- , -, - At ;4', 4 0 .., i ~ ~, :, i , „ , "' or , ZZal 4 ,.' 1, li '-,_,..:*_..\",- ' .f. i"^ - , • 'DR on ' 06:v,zisui".$'Aiblim 4 , <- 4 ~.. ~' 4.1. . m 0 S "' .iliC ~' ......, ' l, `tea',-'v , D IE V 4 At ~,,,,,'3 ' ,', ' . .. . ' onti g .7-)Atim LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1844. Notwithstanding the recent attempts made by cer tain zealous but blundering Conservatives in Dur ham to restore unanimity among their party, by reconstructing the old Association in that county upon a more enlarged basis, disputes still prevai among the fraternity, who appear to be split into two distinct sections, one of which accuses the other of lukewarmness, while the other retorts with a charge of intolerance. This party is in favour of having the Marquis of LONDONDERRY for their leader—the ASTYANAX of their cause; that, indignantly repudiates his claims to such a distinction. The more moderate Conservatives are willing to forget and forgive his conduct as regards the election of Mr. BItIGEIT ; the more zealous ones are sternly of opinion that he has sinned beyond all hope of pardon. Mr.. LIDDELL would appear to side with the latter party, for he observes, in a letter to the Secretary of the North Durham Association, " I am as anxious as any man to see a cordial union among all Conservatives in the county, and I would not allow any causes of personal difference to interfere with an object so desirable. If my seat in Parliament were the sole obstacle to cordial union, that obstacle might be readily disposed of; but I regret to say that other reasons exist which forbid me to expect that unanimity can be restored to the Conservative cause by the attempt now made to reconstruct an Association under the exclusive pre sidency of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY." Verily, the Noble Marquis is a most unlucky politician; for, notwithstanding his decided principles, it is his lot to please no party. The Ultra-Tories reject him with disdain, considering that he is a man so much in fluenced by the impulse of the moment, as not to be relied, on in cases of emergency ; and the Conserva tives equally discountenance him, on the plea that there is too much of the old leaven of unmitigated Toryism in his nature to suit the altered temper of the times. It is clear, from the disputes respecting his claims to the leadership of the North Durham. Association, that unanimity is not v ery lik e ly t o b e restored among the Conservatives of that county; and, indeed, we do not wonder at it, for, independently of this cause of difference, many others must exist among them, which cannot fail to be detected the instant they are brought into frequent contact with each other, and begin to act as a body. One se e , a matter of course, will all that Sir c ion, approve o f lafilEET PEEL says and d oes . in Parliament • another ll `claim the ri g ht o f s i tting in judgmenit condUct, and expressi ng th e i r unequivocal disa p on his proba- tion whenever he exhibits tend enc i es o f too liberal a j Complexion. Just as the Conservatives are divided I in the House of Commons, so will they be divided in Durham. A firm bond of union no longer exists TBE SUN, LONDON, SATUItnAY MORNING, NOVEMBPR 16, 1844. FLANDERS and DUTCH MAIL. considerations that Mr. TANNER'S evidence proves, that British ships in ports of Russia (which Power entered into a reciprocity treaty with us in January, 1823), of Prussia, and of Holland, are charged duty upon ships' provisions, which they have in store, in such ports ; that at Marseilles, and in the Brazils also, British ships have, according to Mr. NicrioLsoN, of Sunderland, their provisions sealed up, and are obliged to buy other provisions in thoie ports, a prac tical hardship, the fact of which is confirmed and exemplified by Mr. CUMIN° also; we think we have a right to assume that we have made out a case for that contingent protection to British shipping, which the unreciprocating parties to reciprocity treaties with us must marvel at our having so long abstained from enforcing against them ; and which circumstances so special would amply warrant us in making a marked exception to the general principle and pervading policy we shall at all times advocate, in the abstract, of unrestricted freedom of trade. SECOND CHAMBER OF THE STATES GENERAL. THE HAGUE, Nov. 11.—The Central Section brought up the report on the proposed address in answer to the King's speech. We have received Madrid journals of the 7th, but their contents have been anticipated by the telegraphic dispatch, which conveyed intelligence to the Bth. In the Congress, on the 7th, a rather stormy discussion took place on an amendment to the 9th clause, pro posed by one of the Members for Barcelona. In the Address, as drawn up by the Committee, allusion is made to the "rapid improvement of our rising in dustry." To this Senor SAIRO moved as an amendment' that "there was greater necessity than ever to extend a powerful protection to native industry." In other words, that the present high tariff should be raised, and smuggling more encouraged. There was a strong party in the Congress in favour of high duties, but the Government in the end prevailed, and the amendment was withdrawn. Senor LLORENTE moved another amendment, in the shape of an additional clause, the purport of which was to call the attention of the Government to the state of their commerce and colonies, in supporting which he made great complaints of the abandonment of their marine, ob jecting to the construction of vessels in foreign ports, and insisting on the fitness of making a new law respecting the slave trade, as a matter of the greatest interest for the Spanish colonies. The Minister of the Interior said the Government was determined to execute the laws and treaties against the slave trade, but that the means at its disposal were not sufficiently extensive to enable it to put a period to the traffic ; and the Minister of Marine said that only one steamer had been ordered to be constructed abroad. The Commission again succeeded, and their clause was carried. The trial of General PRIM was resumed on the 6th, but little further evidence was adduced. A domici liary visit had been made by the police at the resi dence of the General, and a strict examination of all his papers and effects taken place, but without any important discovery having been made. The prose cutors seem to have abandoned the charge of attempt ing to assassinate NARVAEZ. The Three per Cents. were done at 27i at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 205-16 at 60 days. The Paris papers, which have at last duly arrived bring no intelligence of importance, and the leading articles are of the same description. The Journal des Debats and the Constitutionnel have articles on Mr. WAGHORN'S letter to the Pacha of EGYPT, proposing a railroad acro3s the Isthmus of Suez. Both of them are opposed to the plan, and recommend the con struction of a canal. These articles will be found under the proper head. The Courrier Francais, for want of a more fresh subject, goes back to 1841, and comments on the treaty for the pacification of Turkey and Egypt, and the protection of the Christians. Russia, it says, had only one object in view—to see Turkey return to barbarism, and thus forfeit all in terest that Europe might have for her. Austria, though animated by a better spirit, was of as little use. From such a colleague, the Ambassadors who were anxious to promote the cause of civilisation in Turkey, and guarantee the welfare of the Christian community, could derive no effectual aid. To the British Minister, in fact, is attributed all the merit. " The question with Sir STRAT.- FORD CANNING," says that journal, " was not merely to prevent the shedding of the blood of a few victims; it was necessary to put a stop to the system of re-action of the Turkish Ministry. Sir STRAT- There was a very great difference of opinion on the course of which the Chamber should pursue ; various resolutions were proposed, but nothing was decided. In the evening sitting of the 12th, which lasted till mist night, -several of the proposals made on the preceding day were rejected, among them was one to present an address from the Second Chamber alone. Before the debate begun a letter from the Minister of the Interior was read, stating that the Second Chamber decided that it could not modify its proposed address, so as to lead to an agreement between the two Chambers. The King would not think it proper to accept an answer from one Chamber separately. The King, says the Minister, having addressed his speech to the States General, naturally desires that, conformably to to the practice which has been invariably followed for thirty years, the answer should be presented to him in the name of the two Chambers, which, together form the national representative. The presentation by each Chamber separately of an answer, which on an important point should be in opposition to that of the other Cham ber, would lead to difficulties without any object, and without any satisfactory result for the public good. The Second Chamber decided that it is incompetent to pre sent a separate address. Another proposal having an equal number of votes is to be discussed on Wednesday ; this proposal is to submit to the First Chamber an address in which a change shall be made in the 15th paragraph. ROTTERDAM, Nov. B.—We learn that Mr. Senn Van Basel is appointed commercial agent and Consul-Ge neral of the Netherlands in China. FORD CANNING pursued this twofold object with praiseworthy firmness. He comprehended, as a good Englishman, that Russia alone had an interest in allowing that system to continue. He allowed him self to be deterred by no obstacle. The Turkish Ministers pretended that any concession on their part would drive the fanatics of the capital to open insur rection, and even M. DE BOURQUENEY, as we are in formed by one of his friends, considered this so pro bable, that he said we must go no farther. But the English Ambassador replied, we must go on,' and the question was thus at least half-carried. Here, however, he was checked, for the French Ambassador, after having taken one step, refused to take another, The return of M. DE BOURQUENEY is now announced. Let him tell us what influence we exercise at Con stantinople. In the wake of England on a question of humanity; motionless, when a decisive measure is necessary against a Ministry which is driving the empire to its ruin. Such has been the conduct of the representative of France. We do not, however, accuse him, for .he has evidently only followed in structions, and his docility will be rewarded \%ith the Peerage. Be it so ; but in serving his own interests has he served those of his country ? And will it he a sufficient consolation for us to know that the eclipse of our credit on the banks of the Bosphorus has pro cured for M. DE BOURQUENEY a seat at the Luxem bourg ?" If we are to believe the following account in the Reform, the state of the cotton manufactures in Normandy is most deplorable, and forms a sad con trast to the activity which prevails, in our manufac- turing districts " Amongst the disastrous facts which demonstrate to what a state of distress both masters and operatives aro reduced, the state of the Rouen manufactures gives a melancholy contradiction to the shameless collectors of statistics of our over-increasing prosperity. At this moment the master cotton. spinners of that city, to the number of 300 or 400, have agreed to shorten the period of labour of their operatives by one-third, until the end of the month of March next—that is to say, that during five months the week, as far as regards 65,000 operatives, shall consist of four days, instead of seven. Let us hear the excuse of these masters. They assert that the foreign markets are closed against them. Their stores are overstocked, notwithstanding the considerable con sumption in Algeria. The names are mentioned of some houses which have from one to two millions'-worth of manufactured cotton on hand. In order to avoid abso lute ruin to themselves, and likewise the necessity for dismissing their operatives, the manufacturers have but one resource—the reduction of one-third of the hours of labour. But have they diminished their luxuries ? Have they diminished one-third of their unnecessary ex penses ? Let the operatives of Rouen give to a petition for inquiry the support of their numbers and of their sufferings. Let the masters themselves protest against our system of political economy, of which they avoid the consequences by throwing them on the operatives." The French Three per Cents. continued very firm, and closed on Wednesday at 82f. 75c. THE BOURSE—WEDNEspAr, Nov. 13. BATAVIA, JULY 23.—His Majesty's frigate Palem bang, Captain Coops, left our roads on Sunday morning, bound to Macias. BRUSSELS, Nov. 11.—His Majesty the King arrived at Lacken this evening, from his seat at Ardenne. BRUSSELS, Nov. 12.—the average price of wheat last week was 18f. 43c.; and that of rye 10f. 15c. The reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg, the King's nephew, is expected at Brussels on the 19th of this month. Ths Chamber of Representatives has had a very im portant sitting to-day. After deciding on preserving the tribunals of fourth class, it voted successively the sums pro posed by the Minister of Justice for the magistrates of the fourth class. The salaries of thejudges and substitutes were taken as the basis, and the salary is augmented one third for the president, a fourth for the vice-president, and a sixth for the examining judge, A fact of serious importance to the land owners and farmers is now passing in Belgium. The great northern speculators in corn are throwing, or preparing to throw into our market, the large stocks accumulated last year, and which the good harvest of 1844 will not permit them to dispose of in any country except ours, for in France and England there are laws which afford sufficient protection to agriculture. Here is a question which we will not decide in a few words, but which calls for the attention of the Government, if the facts which are pointed out to us are confirmed. The value of land, after having constantly increased since 1830, has begun to decline. This state of things is also to be verified. It is to be wished that the causes may be mitigated and that the remedy may be applied. Too sudden a fall in the price of corn would have conse. quences disastrous to the country. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussitts, Nev. 12. Actua Debt, 2 per Cent., ................. Rothschild's Loan Five per Cent. Loan of Thirty Millions, Feur per Cent... ...... 08)4 Three per —Thirty-seven Minims, ditto . 13 % 77 .... 103 ----•••••••••••" 1844.«•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• J X Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent. 102 5i Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 6O Issue of 1841.••....... m.•... 000000000 •.. • ...«••••••••••••• •••••••• - -.,Brussels Papers. Nov. 13. Al/SIMIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, We, 6. Five per Cents. Metalliques• llO Four per Cents. lOO% Three per Cents. 75 Bank Shares .... 00000 ..”. 0000000 ..•...•............ 000000 , 1604 Ailgemeine Zeitung, Nov. 9. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Nov S. Hills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1635 Anglo. Russian Loan 11 4 14 114 Russian 5 Der Cent., Ist series, Certificate 105% 105 Inscription, Ist series — 15 and 4th Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d Series 00000000000000000 -•... 00000000 .............. 4 1 99 /6 Ditto in Certificates .... 9954 New 4 per Cent. (1840) 91% 9l 3,( Dutch Actual Debt, 254 per Cent. ......... Ditto 5 per Cent. 99% 99% Anglo- anish Loan, 3 per Cent. — Spanish. New 5 per Cents. l9 18 q Polish Bonds — New Tickets —. __ _ PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bgaux, Nor. 9. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 334 per cent. ......... 100% 90% Prussian English Bonds, MO, 4 per cent. Exchange on London 6 23 Prussian State Gazette. Nov. 10 THE LATE STEAM-BOAT ACCI DENT AT BLACKWALL. Since the fearful explosion that happened on board the Victoria, Hull steam-ship, and occasioned the almost immediate death of fourteen human beings in 1/143, no similar calamity has occurred on the Thames that has created so painful a sensation in the public mind, more particularly in the engineering world, as the sad catas trophe that befel the Gipsy Queen steamer on Tuesday evening. Of the five poor fellows not killed on the spot two died on Wednesday in the London Hospital, named William Riley, foreman to Messrs. Samuda, and Jobn Donovan, engineer. We have further to record the death of Charles Mills, another of the engineers, who , expired in that establishment on Thursday morning, mak ing the tenth individual who has lost his life by this explosion. Mr. Jacob Samuda was of the Jewish persuasion, and his remains were removed on Thursday from his father's residence, in South-street, Finsbury, whither they had been taken on Tuesday evening, to the Jewish burial ground, at the east end of the metropolis, for interment. It having been intimated to the Coroner on Tuesday afternoon, that in all probability some competent engi neer would be directed by Government to examine the construction of the pipe, the giving way of which at the spikes and fossit joint led to the deplorable occurrence, the vessel at an early hour on Thursday morning, was hauled into the import dock of the East India Docks, and moored alongside the quay, ready to receive any such party or the jury, many of whom, during the day, went over her. It is said that the cause of the sad disaster has been clearly ascertained. It has been already stated in the evidence of Mr. Low, the engineer, that the pressure of steam lifted the pipe out of the socket of the cylinder, although it was guarded, and caned in, in the usual way with the gasket and hemp. How that could be effect e d puzzled many, but on the pipe being examined it was found that it had no beading or flange to resist the force ; the consequence was, that as soon as the steam had increased after the vessel was moored on her return, the pressure was too great fur the joint, and its imme diate displacing was the result. The destitution of the poor families of the unfortunate sufferers, unless promptly attended to, is likely to be very great. Henry Scobel, not Scovel, who was engaged as second engineer to go out in the Gipsy Queen, has left a widow and eight children totally unprovided for. ;she has u:e and recently family been confined. ; James Sclanders , a wife and five children. William Riley, a wife and f confined. Charles Mills, w ife and three children. Arthur WGea, supposed ly ;h have left a b if to and Samuel Dodd the same. We are, however, happy to state that an agent from the firm of Messrs. Samuda has been directed to make an inquiry into the number, the family, and circum stances of the sufferers, with a view to their ultimate permanent relief. From the well-known generosity and philanthropic feeling on their part, there is no doubt but the families of the deceased will be provided for. When the aperture had been made through the deck, the first man who descended was Mr. Chisholme, an en gineer on board the Gipsy Queen. By ropes be suc ceeded in securing the bodies of all the sufferers below. They were all lying on their backs. Mr. Samuda, ono of the unfortunate proprietors of the vessel, had a valuable ring on his finger, which, upon being removed, brought with it the whole of the skin. Mr. Low, the undertaker, stated that in removing the clothes of the deceased persons who were entrusted to him for interment, that the flesh came from them in flakes. Such is the force and effects of steam. FATAL ACCIDENT AT KINGSTON RUSSELL.—It is our painful duty to record a most distressing accident which happened at Kingston Russell on Friday last, the Bth instant, and which has suddenly plunged a respec table family into detp affliction. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. John Homer, of Martinstown, had been spend ing that day with her ,mother, Mrs. Wood; her sister, Mrs. T. Sansom; her brother, Mr. George J. Wood, of Adminaton; and a party of friends at the house of Mr. Thomas Sansom, at Kingston Russell; on departing about eleven at night in their four-wheel carriage, the night being dark, shortly after leaving the house, the horse went too near the bank, and the vehicle was over- turned, the splashing-board striking Mrs. Homer's chest, and, melancholy to relate, in a few moments she breathed her last. Mr. H. escaped uninjured. The servant man, who had been sent on before with a lanthorn to open tho gate leading into the turnpike, hearing a loud crash instantly ran back, and the lifeless corpse was conveyed to the afflicted relatives, at Mr. Sansom's residence, so suddenly turned into the house of mourning. The de ceased lady was in the prime of life, and has left a family of young children. An inquest was held on the body the consisted i h n o t horses— much e s the— following day, before John Wallis, Esq., coroner, and a respectable jury of the neighbourhood, and a verdict of " Accidental death" returned.—Sherborne Journal. LENTON CATTLE FAIR.—The annual fair, for the mc M aur o ct n i ( le : s a l a y wr g l e a er s re t . t shha T onw h u e ns r ,u e ab w l : a t was they yl they yl e i i s n a p a sale of horses and neat cattle, was held at Lenton on principally bi e y f of hacks : only a few really good carriage horses and .:____________. hands of dealers. Inferior horses were selling at very BEST MEANS OF EMPLOYING AND BENEFITING THE i low prices. Of neat cattle also the supply was large, e W ORKING CLASSES.—The following re marks b y Mr. M. of all descriptions. Much business was done in store Phillips, who has long paid att ention to the subject, beasts, at good prices, in consequence of the continue r d merit attention :—" This can only be effected by allow- absence of frosts. For fat cattle and incalvers there was ing the labourers to have interest in their native soil, also a pretty good demand, at average prices ; but for restoring them to the occupancy of a little land, ena- old and inferior beasts there was scarcely any demand, bling them by degrees to recover their long lost spirit of and such were sold at very reduced prices. Many independence, to avoid pauperism, that they may again, dealers have told us that they never before saw so large ere long, become a most useful linli, in the chain of so- a supply at this fair. As usual, a number of desperate rey, look out for p, the ciety, instead of a burden. The inclosure of was te, or characters were onbut we h ave in better words, common lands—the monopolising of not heard of any extensive robbery or fraud ; the p o li ce , d were on the small farms—the cottage greens, plots of ground, gardens both town and probably and orchards, which have occurred during the last fifty their presence may have prevented the commission of years, have produced the awful distress now existing crime. — N ottin y hum Review. among the agricultural labourers—millions o f w h om have I We can state, from authority, that the anxiously been reduced from a state of plenty and happiness, to wished for Brevet will take place in January next...— misery and want." I Limerick Chronicle. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents.. Three per Cents.— • • 82 90 .• 82 90 .. 82 80 .• 82 85 Bank of France Lailitte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslo9s ..1095 ..1095 .. 1095 5,000 f. Sharesso3o ..$O3O ..5030 • • 5030 Belgian Bank .. • • • • -. •• • • • • 660 .. 660 .. 660 .• 660 Belgian Fives,l94o .••••• • • 1031 •• 1041 .. 1031 .. 1041 1842 .... •• • • 1071 • • 1071 •• 1071 1071 Two-and-a-Half.... 61 75 .. 61 75 .. 61 75 .. 61 75 Dutch Two and-a-Half ..... 621 .. 621 .. 621 • 621 !Spanish Threes.... Active .••• •• 321 .. 33 .. 321 .. 33 Passive 6l .. 61 .. 6 .. 61 Portuguese Five per Cents 55 .. 55 .. 55 .. 55 Neapolitan •• •• • •• 98 60 .. 98 65 98 60 .. 98 65 Rower, ex div RAILWAY SHARELS. St. Germain .......• ••• • • • 925 • • 925 .. 925 .. 925 Versailles, R.B. • ••..•• • • • • 400 •• • 400 .. 4OO • • 400 L. 8....... •• •• • • 283 75 .. 285 .. 283 75 .. 285 Rouen, ex div.... .. Rouen to Hf vre Orleans _ _ Strasburg to Bala • ... • • • • •• 270 Avignon to Harseilles• • • • .. 825 .. 273 75 .. 270 . 825 .. 820 • 272 50 •• 821 25 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, rov 16. Versailles, R. 8.• • •• • • .... • • 400 .. 400 • • 400 •• 400 L.B.•••• •••••••• 287 50 .. 285 .. 282 50 •• 28; Rouen•• •• •• Koren to Havre............ 772 60 .. 773 75 .. 772 50 .. 773 75 Orleans .•• ..•• .......• •• ..1005 ..1010 ..1005 ..1006 25 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 270 8 2 2 7 7 2 8500 820 270 2 8 27 2 2 8 5 0 0 Avignon to Marseilles...—. 822 5G . _ among them. The cohesive principle is wanting. I They have nothing to combine for—nothing to rally round—nothing to make a firm, vigorous, immovable stand upon. To be sure they may set up the conve nient doctrine of Expediency, and enlist under its banners, but then they will cease to be Conservatives, at least in the sense in which they now understand the term. Who shall assure them, then, when once they have adopted this lax, accommodating doctrine as their principle of action, that they may not be called on some fine day to approve measures diametrically opposed to the original genius of Conservatism — measures framed in a Whig spirit, and emanating from a Whig workshop, though brought forward by a Tory Premier ? Who shall assure them that the Ministry of their choice, and whom they took such prodigious pains to instal in office at the last election, will not, ere long, drag them through the dirt by compelling them to abandon, wholly and for ever, their favourite crotchet of Monopoly, and yield sub missively to the authoritative demand of the League for a total abrogation of the Corn-laws ? Who shall assure them that they will not be called upon to make such large concessions on the subject of national education, as shall throw Mother Church into fits of absolute despair? If the Durham Conservatives resolve as a body to stand by Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Expediency-system, there is no end to the humi liations to which they will be subjected—no end to the sacrifices of character and consistency they will be expected to make—no end to the contempt which will be shown them by their task-master, and the abhorrence in which they will be held by the country ; if they do not unhesitatingly, coute qui coute, stand by the Premier, but prefer to maintain independent opinions of their own, then it is pretty clear that they will never be able to form a compact, numerous, powerful, well-organised Association in the county of Durham, for there will always be waverers and time servers among them who will have a direct interest in sowing dissensions in their ranks, and endeavouring to bring them round to the views of those in power. In an article we published a few days since, on the ‘' Report of the Select Committee on British Ship ping," we alluded to the " degree" of protection which some of the witnesses conceive it to be both necessary and politic to extend to that interest, and to the opi nions entertained by others, of the inexpediency of attempting to establish any such protection at all. We shall hardly be considered to favour the principle of protection, who have so uniformly advocated the establishment, to the fullest practicable extent, of free trade in every department of commerce. Neverthe less, in order that we may not be misunderstood as to the tenour of our former observations, it may be ne cessary to repeat the expression of our regret that the British Government have not distinctly " protected" British shipping, by acting on a system of retaliatory policy towards the shipping of all States, which, hav ing entered into reprocity treaties with us, have dishonourably departed from the spirit of such treaties, by exacting heavier tonnage and other duties on our merchant-vessels in their ports, than we, in conformity with these reciprocal stipulations, levy on their merchantmen in our ports. To this extent we are clearly of opinion that ab stract principles should give way to practical exi gencies, when circumstances have intervened to destroy the equal relations between the contracting parties, on the assumption of which those principles have been recognised and avowed by them. It seems ' to be mere drivelling to go on, in the bona fide dis charge of our own part of these contracts, towards States which have openly departed from, and still pertinaciously persist in violating theirs, towards us. On every principle of equity the contract has been annulled and determined by their own act and deed. The notioa of a one-sided reciprocity is a positive anomaly ; but to persist in it under an impression of the necessity for doing so (even to the extending an absolute premium to the grasping bad faith of the other parties to such agreements), in order that the abstract principle of "no protection" may be vindi cated, is a mere puerile pedantry. But is the case we have put of this systematic violation of reciprocity treaties an imaginary one ? Upon the question whether it be, or be not, depends the propriety or im propriety 'of establishing, with regard to British shipping, and in respect of the circumstances which our hypothesis assumes, an exception to the general rule, " that protection, in any branch of commerce, is inexpedient." Now, in the evidence of Mr. STRAKER, a ship owner and ship-builder, of North Shields, we find the following important answers to questions, which fairly put this point in issue : By Mr. WASON—Can you suggest any remedies for the improvement of the shipping ?—No great remedy can I suggest. It is the opinion of every ship-owner with whom I have conversed, that any further relaxation would tend to aggravate the evil) therefore I do hope the Government;ill make a stand where they can. Do you think that the principle of reciprocity is fairly carried out ?—No. By Mr. CHAPMAN—In what respect ?—The salt trade in Prussia is one instance ; the vexatious rules and re gulations that you are subjected to in foreign ports, and the delays and various things you have to contend with. By Mr. LYALL—Are not foreign ships subject to the same ?—No. The following answers of the same witness also go ;o show that the intention of the reciprocity treaties is thus defeated by foreign countries, and that it would be only fair to restrict the privilege of " bond ing" to cargoes brought in British ships, as an equi valent for the restrictions enforced by such foreign States : By Mr. CHAPMAN—You have been long at Newcastle, have you bonded warehouses there ?—We have. For articles of import generally 2—Yes. Do you not know that in the articles of corn, and tim ber, and cotton, and t)bacco, if imported into the port of Newcastle, the Government of this country has the power, without contravening any reciprocity treaty, to collect a revenue on those articles if imported in a foreign ship, and letting them be bonded in a British warehouse ; if this indulgence were granted only to those articles when imported in a British ship, will you state to the Committee whether that would not be an advantage to the British shipowner ?—Certainly, I think so. Is that a recommendation that you think any ship owner would object to ?—I think not. By Mr. LIDDELL—You would confine the power of bonding articles imported to those which are brought in British ships alone ?—I think it would be a benefit to the British ship-owner; and I will go further, and say to the British merchant. It would work in two ways : he might import more goods, and thereby employ more shipping; it would do away with the necessity of ad vancing the duties till the goods were wanted. By Mr. CHAPMAN—In the case of a ves s el laden with corn, the duty having to be paid instantly if in a foreign vessel, have you made any calculation as to the difference that would be made in the freight of that vessel ?—No ; I consider that, according to the present corn-laws, it would be very difficult to make any calculation, for with the eliding-scale you do not know what the duty would be. By Captain GLADSTONE—Do you know anything of the trade with the Brazils ?—Very little ; I never had but one ship there. Are you aware of any preference being given in the foreign trade to foreign vessels over British vessels ? In every trade that you are speaking of the Swedes, and some other trades, have the preference." Now, on turning to the " Return of Countries, in which Treaties of Reciprocity with regard to Shipping have been entered into,'' we find that Brazil executed such a treaty on the 17th of August, 1827 ; Prussia on the Ist of April, 1824 ; Sweden and Norway in June, of the same year. The witness last quoted has demonstrated how these and other powers have acted to us under those treaties. It is to be noted, however, that Mr. HALL, a ship owner and ship-broker, of London, takes a very dif ferent view of the mode in which these treaties have been acted on. For these are his answers to questions addressed to that point : _ __ By Mr. LIDDELL—Have you any reason to believe that these reciprocity treaties are not fairly and ho nestly observed, in all cases, by foreign powers ? No. On the contrary, I believe that our interest is so well represented in foreign ports, that our Government would be immediately made acquainted with any preference or advantage which was shown to foreign shipping. This answer would be of more moment if it fol lowed that Lord ABERDEEN, on receiving such infor mation, would adopt any effective measures consequent upon it. Besides, what does Mr. HALL'S vindication of the respect of foreign States for these treaties amount to, when he is further pressed ? Nevertheless it does appear that cases do exist in which an undue preference is shown to ships of those (foreign) nations ?—lt must be indirectly. Is it not so in the cue of salt in the ports of Prussia ? lam aware of that ; but I believe that has been remedied n consequences of remonstrances having been made. We have against this, not the " belief," but the positive evidence of Mr. STRAKER to the contrary It is remarkable, too, that Mr. HALL himself expressly admits " that reciprocity treaties are undoubtedly fa vourable to foreign shipping; whereas, in a state of peace, it is impossible to favour British over foreign shipping." If we add to these the other important MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The 11;uglisii Stock Market was firm up to the close, Consuls being 101-1 R. Exchequer Bills continued heavy, however, at 56s to 58s. premium. No casualties occurred in the Foreign Market, al though the sett.vment was rather heavy. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 2.11 *, and the Three per Cents. 36 to 351. Portuguese Converted declined to 531 4. Russian Bonds were 1181 : Belgian, 101 to 1011, and Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents., 62a to 624. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 6i; Dublin and Galway, *I; Kendal and Windermer e , ; Bir mingham, 120'; Ditto, Quarter, 2.1 i to 231 ; South- Western, 33a ; Croyd.on, 3 ; Manchester and Leeds, 39; Midland, ex New,.5 . 1 • Northern and Eastern, 111 to 12 ; Norwich and Brandon, ; South-Eastern, 9* •, York and North Midland, ex New, 52 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 2 to * ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 to 21 ; Paris and Orleans, 19 ; and Paris and Strasbourg, 1 premium. Birmingham and Gloucester have been 3; Caledonian, ; Eastern Counties, 11* ; Blackmail, 101, and Greenwich, 3 discount. The Exchange was firm on Antwerp, Frankfort, and Trieste, and rather higher on Amsterdam, Hamburgh, and Paris. (Frost The Sun of Last Night.) A fair business was done in cotton at Liverpool yes terday. Sales 5,000 to 6,000 bales at previous rates. The business comprised 800 Surat at 21d. to 31d., 300 Maranham at 4id. to 5d., and Americ an a t 31d. to sd. per lb.—There was a moderate business transacted in Shares, at a slight improvement in privies. Bristol and Gloucester, 374 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 314 ; Churnet Valley, 21. 18s. 6d. ; Dublin and Cashel, 31 ; Eastern Counties, 134 f ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 144 ; Ken dal and Windermere, 3t ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 12t ; Lancaster and Preston, 45 46 ; London and Birmingham. 214 ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 36i ; Midland Counties Fifths, 31. Is. ; South-Eastern, 384 ; Lyons and Avignon, 21. 12s. ; Paris and Rouen, 381 l ; Paris and Strasbourg, 21. Bs. to 21. Bs. 6d. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 4 3i. Much disappointment has been expressed in the City this morning by merchants connected with the Canada trade, at the non-arrival of letters by the Acadia steamer. It was supposed that the mail from Boston had h..n dolved by heavy falls of snow, as the bags were not received at the time the steamer left Halifax. A file of papers, however, has been received from Que bec and Montreal, at the North and South American Coffee-house, which contain a good deal of shipping news. Sir Charles Metcalfe appears to have been most successful in the elections. By the Acadia late advices have been received from the United States—viz., to the Ist inst. Electioneering for the Presidency was the universal order of the day. The success of Mr. Clay was held to be certain. The shipments of the new crop of cotton was proceeding with the greatest activity; 113,500 bales having been put on board, against 19,200 bales in the corresponding period of last year. The season for exporting the new crop is dated from the Ist October. We learn from Vera Cruz that an English vessel had arrived there, having on board an extraordinary courier, who proceeded immediately to the residence of Santa Anna. The report was, that he had most important dispatches from the British Government, by which the peobability was increased that the war with Texas would not be prosecuted. It is stated iii the letters from Tampico that a con ductor had arrived there with two millions of dollars, the largest, we believe, on record. It was guarded by 300 men. It would be shipped as soon as possible for Eng land. Business was extremely dull at Tampico, but the general health of the place was good. It has been imagined by many in the City, from the few remarks made under this head, who true to the con tract for the new French loan, that the biddings for that portion of it, declared open to tender, had been actually taken. The biddings are to be made on the 9th of next month, and the reason why the Parisians hare ad vanced on the Bourse is stated to be principally in con sequence of the knowledge of the fact that the Messrs. Rothschild and Brothers will tender for it. The Funds have been steady this morning. The Commissioners bought Reduced Three per Cents. at 99k. Consols for Money have been at 1001 and for the Account at 1004 only. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents, are steady at 102 and 102 k ; Ex chequer Bills remain at 565. to 58s. premium ; India Bonds, under 1,0001., have rallied from 755. to 795. premium. Bank Stock may be quoted at 204} 5. The confirmation of the news before received that a large amount of dollars was at Tampico for remission to this country for the Mexican dividends, has raised the Mexican Bonds to 36 ; Spanish 'three per Cents. have realised 36 also; and the Active Stock, 24k. The Por tuguese Converted Annuities have receded from 544 to 53i. Dutch Stock has remained steady. The Belgian New Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Scrip commanded f to premium. The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Shares have been on the decline to-day. The Great Western, the London and Birmingham, the Brighton, and most of the other shares have advanced. Business has not been particu larly animated during the day. There has not been any business transacted in the Joint-stock Bank Shares to-day. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) Bank 5t0ck,,..........201 204% 3 per Cent.. Reduced . Annuities ........ 993¢ g 2% 3 per Cent. Coniols. Anna ......... 100% New 3' per Cent. Annuities..--................ 102% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. NW.« ..... 12 5-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860......«.. 12 5.-16 q India ....... '75 Ditto under 1,0 0 0....................................... 79 Bank Stock for Account ............. 205 Consol. for Account .................................... looq Exchequer Bills. I%d. 114 d. SS 56 pm. Pat Ditto 5ma11....• ..»........ SS 56 Pm. Ditto Advertised PRICES OP FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 80nd5.1837, 5 per Cent. ....... ..... ".... 35% 36 Ditto for the Account .. ......... ••••••••••••••••••• 35% 35 Portuguese Bonds ' 5 per Cent. ..... .... .. Ditto Converted 54% 51 53% Ditto for the Account ........... . . Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840 24% Ditto Three per Cent...„.„.„.„.„.„....„.„ 35 % 1% 37 Ditto for the Acc0unt...........„....„....„ Dutch 234 per Cents. ..... ... .. .... ....... .....• tit Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifio a - tes 96%14 Dutch 5 per Cent 5.................." ...." _.. YRICES OF SHARES ATONE O'CLOCK. Kamm/a& PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 ..".....99 100...... to 98 Bristol and Gloucester ..... ........ 90 ........ 37% ..... to 3734 Cambridge and Lincoln ..... ....... 134. ..... ... 2% .... to Chester and H01yhead............... 5 ........ 5% to Churnet Valley ..... ................ 2 1011.114 .• 3%1 ..• to ... Direct Northern .. . ............ ..... ,234 234 .. to Eastern Counties .................. 25 Ely and Bedford Great North of England. lOO ..... ...• -- Ditto Now •.................... 5 ....•.••• 15 Great Western •.................... 75 Ditte 34 Shares „...... ..... ..... 50 ....... 86 .•• to Lancaster and Car 1 i 51e..„........... 10 0•01.00.11, 1234% MOO to London and Birmingham. lOO 218 DR o % Shares .. ............ ....... 2 ......... 25 ..... London and Blackwall.... ....... .... 16% ...... 6 London and Brighton .•.....•....... 50 ........ 46 ..... to London and Greenwich ..... ..... 1211 ..... 9 ;;, London andlGreenwich (Preference) 18% k 2,..... to London and South Western.... 41% ...... in ...... to London and Croydon ..... 1 ? 6% ••..•• 16 London and Y0rk....Y0rk........„....„..... ........••••• 2 Manchester and Leeds. 7O .." 106 ...... to Midland •• •••••••'••• •• ..... •••••••••••• 100 ....8 306 ••.. ..... to ... Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 Northern and Eastern ......" ..... 45 ••••••••• ...... . •••••• to Ditto % 5hare5.............. ........ .. 1254 ...... 16% to Norwich and lirandon•••••••• 6 South Eastern and Dover •••• ......... 3354 York and North Midland .."..... 50 ......... _ .."." , Ditto Scarbore' Branch Ditto Selby Scrip •••••••••••••••••• 20 ... ..... 68 Boulogne and Amiens Orleans and Bourdeaux ...... .•• 1 ••••••••• 4 •••....... to Parisand R0uen............•......... 20 ••••••••• 30% MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 14.—The market continues firm, with abetter inquiry for stock:— Birkenhead and Manchester, 5 9-16 ; Accrington 2i ; Darwen and Bolton, 2*; Cambridge and Lincoln, 2 5-16; Churnets, 3i ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 14} ; Midland, pref., 3i ; West Yorkshire, Si j ; Boulogne and Amiens,* CLOSING PRICES, BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock ...... ......ex div. 20131 Ditto Bonds £1,000.,,,,, 75 pm 3 per Cent. Red ...... ..... ... 99% Ditto under £I,OOO 79 pm i per Cent. Cons 33 4 per Cent. Red ...... ...... Ditto Old Annuities New 33( per Cent.... ....... 1023 f Ditto New Annuities — New 5 per Cent.... ........ . Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 130 56 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001. ........,. Jan. 1860 l2 1-16 Ditto Small 56 pm Oct. 1859 — Bank Stock for Acct.... ati Jan. 1860 l2 5-16 1 , Consols for Act 1003( Indian Stock — .India Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent Belgian, S per Cent lOl Ditto, Metallic...-. .. . . —....— Brazilian' Bonds — Vanish, 5 per Cent., 1840... 243{ Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — ilitto, 1841 ........ ....... ..... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 1842 — Chllian, 6 per Cent ........... Ditto, 1843. — Colombian, 6 per Cent Danish, 3 per Cent .... ....... . Ditto, 3 per Cent 35% Greek, 18,5, 5 per Cent — Venezuela Bonds, 2 per C 1.., Mexican, S per Cent Neapolitan Bonds, 5 per Ct — French, 3 per Cent....... —E —r. Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent Exchange ...............„, ...r. _ e. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct — Dutch, 234 per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Ce Ditto,:s per Cent...., SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 97 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) 7O Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid Caledonian (5 paid) Eastern Counties (25 paid) Hull and Selby, 50 paid Ditto Quarter Shares, 10 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, Quarter Shares ('2 paid) London and Blackw a ll (161 . 13 s. 4 d . ) 6 g London and Greenwich (NE 15s. 4d. paid) 9% London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) 75 London and Croydon London and York, 2 31 paid 3 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Midland (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Norwich and Brandon, 6 paid ll South Eastern and Dover (33 2s ;4d paid) ......... 423( York and North Midland (50 paid) lO2 Boulogne and Amiens, 2 plid .... 43{ Orleans and Bourdeaux, 1 paid ?anis and Orleans (20 paid) .... 32% Paris and Rouen. 211 paid Paris and Strasbourg, 2% paid ..... •!‘ COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar — Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 3O 50 Rotterdam 2U. 12 64 Genoa 25 85 Antwerp Elamburgh M.B. 13 13 Venice ..... 47 Altona "l3 13 Naples 391 Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 65 Palermo, per oz llB Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon 55 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 23 Frankfort on Maine.. 121 Bahia 23 Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Buenos Ayres — Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldys sight Vienna, effec. 13 M 953 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz Lilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Swine Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 1 , Silver in Bars 0 4 11i THE WILL PourEas.—We understand that a re spectable young woman is on her way out to New South Wales, with the view of being married to Barber. She sailed from Greenock a few weeks ago, and was furnished with a free passage by Government. She be longs to the neighbourhood of London.— Edinburgh Evening POI(' SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Pubitc ptnton. " Who runs may read." rozziezr. On Tuesday Alderman Moon had the honour of dining with their Majesties the King and queen of the French at St. Cloud. The Constitutionnel mentions a report of a marriage between M. Gudin, the celebrated marine painter, and the daughter of Lord James Hay, a relative by marriage of the Duke of Wellington. The Journal des Debats announces that the Duke d'Aumale has set out for Naples, where is marriage is to be celebrated with his first cousin, the Princess Caro line Augusta, daughter of the Prince of Salerno. His Royal Highness quitted the Tuileries on Tuesday morning. We learn from the Moniteur Algerien, of the sth, that Marshal Bugeaud arrived on the 4th at Algiers, from l)ellys. This journal states that the hopes entertained of the success of the operations of the Marshal had been fully realised. • _ _ The present year, says the Presse, has been a very fortunate one for the proprietors of vineyards, and in particular those of the Gironde. All the crops have brought such high prices that we must go very far back to find a parallel. The Minister of the Interior, who owns the fine domain of Lagrange, has, it is said, sold his wines for 380,000 f. It is not merely the finer wines which have brought high prices, but also those of the ordinary kind. The Madrid Gazette contains a royal decree, approving a contract made by the Finance Minister with the Bank of San Fernando, by which the latter is to advance thirty millions of reels (300,0001.) to pay the interest on the Three per Cent Stock, for the half year which becomes due at the end of December next. A letter from Leghorn of the 6th instant announces the arrival there of fifteen inhabitants of Bologna on their way to Algeria, whither they were proceeding by order of the Poye. _ The Duke de Bordeaux passed through Vienna on the ad, on his way to Bohemia. During his short stay at Vienna, he resided at an hotel. The Vienna letter announcing this fact states that the Duchess d'Angou *me has purchased the estate of Frosdorf from the Duke de Blacas. A letter from Ceuta, of the 29th ult., states that in execution of the convention with the Morocco Govern ment, the boundary stones are being placed around that fortress, in the room of the stakes left by the Spanish and Morocco Commissioners to mark the extent of the circuit of its territory. On them are cut in Spanish— " Spain, 1844, in the reign of Isabella IL" The Barcelona journals of the 7th state that perfect tranquillity reigns in that city, but it seems that sum mary trials were still the order of the day. LAW AND POLIC311: At the Court of Excise on Thursday, a great number of wine -merchants, carrying on business in the City, were summoned before the Court, for having the words " li censed to deal in foreign wines," written over their doors, without having renewed their respective licenses. In all the cases brought before the Court, which were more than usually numerous, the parties were convicted in a mitigated penalty, varying in amount from Ws. to 21. At the same Court, Cornelius Metcalfe, a gardener, re siding at Hoxton, was charged with retailing spirits in his garden on Sunday mornings. The Court found the defendant guilty, and fined him 20/. for selling gin, and 5/. for selling beer. Frederick James Buckland, a wholesale wine-mer chant, of Great St. Helen's, was fined 701. for not renew ing his license. _ _ - At Marylebone Robert Kingston was placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with having threatened to horsewhip John Rawlinson, Esq., the magistrate. After a lengthened investigation, Mr. Long said there was no doubt very reasonable ground for apprehension on the part of Mr. Rawlinson, and called upon the prisoner to find bail to answer the charge at the sessions, himself in 5001., and two sureties in 2501. each, with 48 hours' notice. Mr. Samuel Furness, and sixteen others, omnibus pro prietors, were summoned to Wandsworth Court by In spector Creed, of the V division, for plying for hire and stopping longer than was necessary for the taking in and setting down passengers opposite to the Plough Inn, Clapham. Mr. Clive, the magistrate, said the offence had been fully proved. As these summonses, however, had been issued merely as a caution to the proprietors, showing that they had been acting ille gally, he should only inflict the nominal fine of six pence and costs in this case. The other defendants would pay one penny each and costs. C OI7 XT-P.&5N10N.&113.311. The Dowager Marchioness d'Harcourt, who is staying on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. William Harcourt at Dover, pro ceeds to Paris early in the ensuing week for the winter. The Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond intend to pass the winter at Brighton. • Earl Howe will be duly installed Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons of England for Warwickshire, on the 25th instant, at Coventry. Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary Sackville West, returned to Bourn Hall, near Cambridge, where Mr. Hastings and Lady Elizabeth Russell are still staying, yesterday, from a visit to the Marquis and Mar chioness of Exeter at Burleigh House. Lord John Manners, M.P., has been lately staying at Willey Park, near Much Wenlock, the seat of Lord Forester. ZIECISCEILLANZOVIII. A numerous meeting of the trustees of the Surrey and Sussex roads was held at the Sessions-house, Newing ton, for the purpose of letting the tolls arising at the several toll-gates and bars in their jurisdiction, namely, Newington -gate, Kennington-con . mon-gate, &c., &c., to East Grinstead-gate, in the county of Sussex. They were taken by Mr. Levy for one year at 26,5001. On the subject of Mr. Newman's alleged letter to Mr. Williams, the Record says :—" The statement rests on the authority of Richard Ley, Esq., of Brasenose Col lege. He has mentioned Mr. N.'s letter generally to his friends, and says that he was staying in the same house with Mr. Williams a month ago, and heard of the said letter then and there." John Newman, the Puseyite, was educated at Ealing School, having entered in May, 1808, and left it for college in December, 1816. He gained a fellowship at Oriel afterwards, beating three first class men, and " went wrong" many years after he left school. "It is reported," says the Mercantile Journal, "on authority that we can depend upon, that extensive and important alterations are contemplated in the mode of doing business at the Customs, suggested by the Com mittee of the late inquiry into Custom-house frauds, and that the changes will come into operation on or before Christmas next." It is full time. Four men, says an American paper, have been lynched in Fannin County by the most sanguinary process. They are all lately from Missouri, and all notorious for their rascality before they left. The cause was for bar barously murdering and robbing three friendly Indians. Upwards of 200 persons attended the trial and execu tion. Three others, named Benjamin Jones, Jewland, and Harris, were arrested, and convicted of theft, and were made to hang the others, and orderod to leave the country in ten days. YDROPIIOBIA.—The following is another instance of the ill effects of trusting to empirical remedies, instead of resorting to the actual cautery in cases of bites from mad dogs. An artisan of Nismes, named Paulo, having been bitten, went to a man living at a considerable dis tance, who was reputed to have an infallible remedy. Having received this in the form of a cake and eaten it, and paid 15f., Paulet returned home, confiding in its efficacy. Not many days after, however, he felt severe pains in the head and stomach, which increased till his eyes became inflamed like two burning coals, the foam issued from his mouth in large flakes, and he was so furious that it was necessary to bind him down on his Led, where he died after enduring the most frightful suf ferings for two days. A new case of hydrophobia in a horse is mentioned by the Courrier de Nantes to have occurred at St. Jean de Boisseau. The animal was bitten by a rabid dog, afterwards killed. The wound, which was on the eyelid, was cauterised almost immediately, and a much-vaunted remedy was administered. After the lapse of a month, the horse became dull, and refused its food. This being observed, he was put into a stable by himself, where he soon became furious, biting and tearing everything he could get hold of, and even his own flesh, and died in twenty-four hours. Only the day before he was rode by his owner. We read in the Qaotidienne :—" Several journals announce that a Rus sian has discovered a cure for hydrophobia. There is at present in Paris a Frenchman who has just offered to the Academy of Medicine a remedy known in his family for a great number of years. More than 800 cures operated on men and animals are, it is said, the proofs of the infal libility of this remedy. M. T. declares that he can radi cally cure persons attacked with hydrophobia even when at its last stage. lie demands to have the remedy tried on condemned convicts." THE LUNGS A GALVANIC BATTEET.—Thursdiy, Dr. Keenan commenced a course of three lectures at the Western Scientific Institution, on organic chemistry and physiology, for the purpose of showing that the lungs act as a galvanic battery, and that the principle on which animal strength depends is oxygenation of the food. Re founded his theory on the analogy which sub sists between the generation of electric force by oxyge nation and the muscular stimulus that is given by hydro genous food, such as brandy, which he assured his hearers absorbs oxygen rapidly in the lungs, and there consequently generates electricity, which therefore pro duces motion. Notwithstanding the wretched weather, the lecture•room was well filled. At the close of the lecture great sensation was excited by Mr. Robinson coming forward to protest against the opinions that had been delivered being received as those of the Committee who conduct the affairs of the institution, for they were altogether erroneous. Dr. Keenan's friends were very clamorous, and voci• ferated " Order, order," whilst others cheered. Mr. Robinson undertook, to show, shortly, that Dr. Keenan's views were completely fallacious, and that the question of animal heat had been conclusiveiy settled by Liebeg. Several of Dr. Keenan's supporters interrupted him, and many were speaking and shouting at the same time, it being very evident that, if the electrical theory be cor rect, there must have been a large quantity of electricity generated in the lungs of those who took part in the war of words. Some proposed a public controversy on some other evening., but Mr. Robinson was for the time pre sent alone, and the disputants came to such close quar ters, that there was some danger to apprehend the con troversy might not terminate with words, highly electri cal as they were. One gentleman suggested, with great energy, that, as Dr. Keenan had delivered only his in troductory lecture, he should be heard to the end of the course before the discussion. This proposition seemed to be generally approved. The scene of confusion lasted for at least twenty minutes, when the Chairman, to put a stop to further disputation and clamour, dissolved the 114 e tins. AMERICAN NEWS• ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA• LIVFRPOOL, Tinlima's. The British and North American royal mail steam ship Acadia, Captain Harrison, arrived in the Mersey shortly after six o'clock this morning. Sh• left Boston on the usual day, the Ist instant, spo ke the Hibernia in the Bay of Fundy on the 2d, and, from some cause which we have not yet heard, sailed from Halifax, without the mails, on the 3d. The run from Boston, including the detention at Halifax, acouSli d about twelve days and a half. Our advices by this.arrival are—New York, Slit ult. ; Washington, 29th ; Montreal, 28th ; Toronto, 25th ; and Boston and Halifax, Ist and 3d inst. The elections in Canada were going on in favour of the Government. The New York Herald says :—" It appears. that the Conservative jaw ence—the policy of Sir Charles Metcalfe—Pr e ' dominates over Radicalism, and powerfully enough for the present. If the Radicals in the Lower Pro vince keep themselves in order, the Union will reo . beautifully and evenly; but if they kick too much, the majority will only have to whip them into decency. Either way, therefore, the Canadas are safe for little while." The following is a list of the Members returned D. Destructive—C. Conservative. LOWER CANADA. Montreal (City)—The Hon.G. Huntingdon.—Mr. Lenlai (l6 Moffatt (c.) ; the Hon. S. (D.) de Bleury (c.) I Vercheres.—Mr. Leslie -0 0 , Ottawa.—fhe on, D. B. Pa-IYarnaska.—Dr. Rosseau (v.) pineau, Commissioner of Leinster.—Mr. Dewitt (m) A Crown Lands (c.) Quebec.—Messrs. Aylwut an Two Mountains.—Mr. Scott Chabot (D.) (o.) Quebec (County).—.3lr. Ch Threeßirers.—Mr. Grieve (c.) veau .(p.) St. Maurice.—Mr. Dessaul- Gaspe.- - 31r. Christie (c.) niers (o.) Lotbiniere. , --Mr. 'Laurin (LW . Champlain.—Mr. Guillet (c.) L'lslet.—Dr. Tache (D.) Sherbrooke.—Mr. Hale (c.) Kamouraska.—Mr. Bertbelet Chambly. Mr. Lacoste (D.) (doubtful.) Nicolet.—Mr. Methot Rouville. Mr. Franchere Megantic.—Hon. D. Daly (e,' ) (doubtful.) Vaudre u il.—M r . L an ti n ( 114 / . Terrebonne.—Mr. Lafontaine Saguenay.—Mr. Morin (P. (n.) Dorchester.—Mr. Tachereal Richelieu.—Dr. Nelson (D.) (P.) UPPER CANADA. Toronto.—Mr. Sherwood (c.) ;'Cornwall.—Mr. R. 311)01 104 Mr. Boulton (c.) (c.) Hamilton.—Sir A Macnab(c.) Stormont.—Mr. M‘Donald• Hastings.—Mr. Munney (c.) (D.) Bytown.—Mr. Stuart (c.) Leeds.—Mr. Gowan (C.). Brockville.—Mr. G. Sherwood Middlesex.—Mr. Ermstanger c.) c Ru ( sell.—Mr. Petrie (c.) Northumberland. —Mr. Ban Kingston.—Mr. Macdonald (c.) (c.) Haldimand.—Mr. ThoraPO Prescott. —Mr. Stewart (c.) (n.) The Rev. Egerton Ryerton, D.D., had received the appointment to the superintendency of the Boar d of Education for Canada West. He came to LiYer • pool in the Acadia. There are rumours of further serious disturban ces on the Beauharnois Canal. Accounts from Mexico mention that a Fren ch sailor had been arrested by the Alcade of the towns and taken to prison. It is not stated why or Or what he was arrested ; but when in prison he 'iv ° asked if he was a Frenchman, and answered in the affirmative ; he was immediately ordered to receiv o two hundred lashes, attended by music ; after svhi c : /1 he was ordered to kiss the drum mer ' s f ee t, an d, en" refusal to do so, he was sentenced to receive fif th lashes more, and other i n di gn iti es were co mmit te d ; upon his body too horrible t o men ti on ; after whi c h he was released, havi ng become a maniac through 1 ~." dreadful sufferings. In consequence of this outieg e ' the French Consul had refused all intercourse with the authorities, and had forwarded dispatches to P . Government respecting the treatment French citifx° are subjected to in that department of Mexico. The Great Western, which sailed hence on the 12th ult., arrived out at New York on the 2 0 4 making the run in 14 day s 13} h ours . She wwo ld leave again on the 9th inst., and will be due he re about the 23d. The passengers, on the trip out, ne reaching port, presented Captain Mathews with handsome complimentary letter, expressing nati sfec. tion with the voyage, and with the excellent accom modation of the ship. In the southern papers we find the particulars el another most horrible steam-boat explosion, its ter rible consequences being in strict keeping with th e usual American results. It seems that— " The steam-boat Lucy Walker left Louisville, i br ,. New Orleans, full of passengers. When about fe e ' miles below New Albany her machinery got out of o rder , and the engine was stopped to make repai rs . While th e repairs were making the water in the boilers got lo g ' and within three mi nu t es a ft er t h e eng i ne cease d w ork' ing her three boilers exploded with tremendous violence; and all the upper part of the boat blown into a thousaV pieces. The air was tilled with human beings and frs e g, merits of human beings. One man w as blown up fil t 4 yards, and fell with such force as to go entirely throng ° the deck of the boat. Another was cut entirely in by a piece of the boiler. The steam-boat GOP" - Captain Dunham, was near by, who saved the lives be many in the water. He saw many go down whor e , could not save. Immedi a t e ly a f ter th e explosion tad ladies' cabin took fire, and before it had been consul °, she sunk in twelve or fifteen feet water. The scresture and exclamations of th e f ema l es , an d t h ose who we d not killed, is represent e d t o h ave b een di s t res sing 1/11 ( 1 awful. From sixty to eighty persons were killed se e wounded. The wounded were left at New Albany, whe t every attention was paid to them." There is no doubt but that this dreadful business has been the result of the most wanton carelessness. The latest Louisville papers contain the following additional particulars : " The city was filled with all kinds of rumours Ye e st , e b r ; day con nec t e d w ith t h e exp l os i on and b urn i ng °I 41 Lucy Walk e r. L as t even i ng fif teen d ea d bodies had been recovered. We heard that none of them could but recognised, and th en aga i n th a t a ll were recog nised i 5, one. The bodies of G enera l P egram , Ni c h o l as For' e s M. Brown, P. W a lli s , Z. H ug h es , M oses Ki r by, J sl ,be Vanderberg, the seco n d c l er k, th e secon d ma t e , an bar keeper, have not been recovered. , t to " The body of Mr. Cooper, engi neer , was broug," this city, and interred ye s t er d a y. Th e R ev . Mr. O w , of the Third Presbyterian Church in this city, was bi° / e ss , the Albany, but saved himself by sw i mm i n g. At t he Albany, yesterday, there were fifteen or twenty of by wounded. The spectacle presented in New AllianYve the dead bodies ani dying beggars description. A hie citizens of that town have shown the most comtnen t ' c a pil hospitality, and the interest which they have ment„,l e h - e 'r in behalf of the sufferers is above all praise. " -- „, t i s places of business yesterday were closed, their eura er ibe flags wer e l owere d, an d mourn i ng and gloom filled town. " We hear related numerous incidents connected vil the accid e nt w hi c h are i n t erest i ng , b ut we h ave net f n s o o . for many of them to-day. Mr. Wren, of Zazoo, 3 , b s th e sippi, was thrown from the boiler-deck, and fell nest he bow of the boat in a state of insensibility. W he „, l3 r en recovered his senses, be sa w hi s littl e son , ,ix or in% years old, in the rear of the boat, the flames / g i l d around the boy. Th e f a th er , una bl e t o r ise, vill"; t y. the movement of the son w i t h th e grea test su l ict o Soon he saw the boy leap overboard. The ri ver „ r ita full of mattresses, and h e floated on one of the w big saved by a rope from the Gopher. The father saw rescue with feelings we need not attempt to deseribe•oed " A man, his wife, and four daughters wer e l ec es• without injury, though in different ways and P litt le Their meeting must have b een m os t joyous. 11- „ o es girl was fo un d c li ng i ng t o t h e wrec k, w hen the 1 ' s ide were so near that she had to dash water against O,EOO of her face to protect it from the intense beat. ttl was on the hurricane deck, with his wife and 1 b daughter, at the time of the explosion ; he dropP .lh former aft into the yawl, and s he wa s saved, but ' Iv'. sprained ankle ; he threw the l a tt er into the strew n, then plunged in and saved it by swimming. ntilettY " Pieces of the boilers were thrown upon the , ie ber shore, and it is said that some portions are not W iyhei n than a half-dollar. When, and where, and hi entle could they have been inspected ? We heard s g .et , of man state last evening that he had had Mu b e fetf boilers inspected here, when steam was up. Wh s " 0 06 0 can there be on our waters if s uc h criminal care and recklessness are tolerated ?" but the There is no alteration in the cotton market , iln er reduced stock on hand enables holders to obtai n _" e. prices, and desirabl e l o t s o f th e ar ti c le were sl i c o to The rate of Exchange on L on don was at 1104, and on Paris sf. 20e. l, loans ear.. _i contractedAmount. l i t tatera e v. PRES CII L OAN3 —The foll • ' owing is a s rs. .-- n a te P p r e a r n C e 1815 ' 3 ,5 ,000 5 51f. 2ft. 35,8 'OO 60,76 , , 4 1816 6,000,000 ' do. e e nt f . or N t ug he olistad ast Vrty Y rr ye a a 6d3 „ 2 c oo . t . , i 7 26 24,00 , 1817 669,755 do. 50 16 7, 5 , 00 0 1817 30,000 3 ,000 do. 57 51 45, „ 0 400 1818 14,925,500 d o . 66 50 1 07, ""' 90 165, 09° ' ° 1818 12,313,433 do. 67 -- 7,00 0,000- 1 821 401,942 do. 87 7 I s 504 1821 12,514,220 do. 85 55 214,1 ,__. 89 55 413,980624 1823 23,114,516 d0. 40,000,0u' 1830 3,134,950 4 102 7 noo 01 4 I 20, , -- - , 1831 7,142,858 5 84 p OO,O O 1532 7,614,213 do. 98 5 0 1 s° ' o 00 0 150,00 , ____, 1841 -------:a9f. ,9 56,62 3 1 9° Total ......... 1 A NEW CASE.—The question -Galignani. the ,ais wen, Crown . can grant a commutation of capital pu- - 11 ,,,i s ea in opposition to the wish of the culprit has bee n 7, r .--- n uitin- c • _,,,,, at the Hague, and resolved in the following Two men named Fox and Van Link, who vvcre All'e demned to death, refused to solicit their paron.. _t a . King, however, commuted their punishment t 07 0139 , being flogged, and having their neck marked with tl coo which sentence was executed on the 260 1 ulfr— stitutionnel. Of whether