The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-19 00:00:00

RAILWAY MUTUAL PROTECTION SOCIETY. T.: 8 Society is a voluntary association of persons interested in the K.. cgs and judicious administration of railways ; and especially for owe:tat:dug, the present state of the law as affecting the rights and of those connected with railways and railway projects. That in the undefined state of the law touching the various rela tions in which persons connected with railways find themselves "'placed, great inducements are offered to the resistance of just de mands, and to the enforcement of groundless claims ; in either case imposing very serious expenses, amounting in the one to the denial Of Justice, and in the other to the infliction of positive wrong. It is obvious that individuals having to enforce their rights against, Or to resist unwarrantable claims by bodies corporate in their cha rade?, and having in their hands large funds, will do so at a serious disadvantage, without an arrangement for co-operation and mutual assistance, and the aid of a subscribed fund. It is therefore agreed that a fund shall be provided by subscription, and that the following rules and regulations shall be binding upon the members of the Society. That a Committee of seven persons, including the President, to be called the Council, shall be appointed to conduct the business of the Society. That a president shall be appointed, whose sanction, with two of the Council, shall be necessary to all decisions touching the institution or defence of proceedings at law or in equity. That the Council shall consider the case of any member of the Society which may be brought before them, and shall advise whether any and what proceedings shall be taken, either at law, in equity, or otherwise, for the protection or assertion of the rights of such mem ber, and that all such proceedings as may be suggested by the Council shall be submitted to the solicitors of the Society. That, fur the guidance of the Council, and for the satisfaction of the members of the Society, the opinions of several counsel at the equity and common law bars shall be taken upon the various and most prominent questions which may affeot the rights and liabilities of the subscribers and allottees of shares, as well as the Directors, Managing and Provisional Committeemen, of railways and railway projects.l That the names of persons seeking to become members of the So ciety shall be submitted to the Council, who shall have the absolute power of admission. That an annual subscription of Two Guineas shall be paid by each member of the Society, on or before the let of January in each year, and no person shall be deemed a member until such subscription be paid. That members who shall not renew their subscriptions on or before the Ist day of January, 1847, and so on from time to time, on or before any succeeding Ist of January, shall cease to be members of ne Society. That any subscriber who may desire to confide his owu case to the until of the Society, may do so in strict confidence, and if his case :_ , ne which the Council deem to be within the scope of the Society, rurty then have the option of requiring his interests to be considered I , r the solicitors of the Company upon the payment to the funds of tLa tiociety of such further sum of money as may appear to the Coun cil appropriate and reasonable, or of placing the business in other hands upon his own responsibility. That all subscribers shall be entitled to the benefit of the opinions of counsel proposed to be taken for the guidance of the Council, and sine of the advice of the counsel and of the solicitors. That Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esq., be appointed the President of the Council. That R. P. Davis, Esq., be appointed the Treasurer, and Messrs. Amory, Sewell, and Moores, the solicitors of the Society. That the Council shall have power to make rules for the manage ment of the business of the Society, provided they are not repugnant to the above rules. And that no subscriber shall be liable for any costs, charges, and expenses whatever beyond his subscription, and such other expenses as shall have been provided for by his engage ments with the Council. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Copy of a Letter addressed to George Hudson, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway. London and York Railway, Office, 7, Lothbury, Dec. 16, 1845. Slr,—The Directors of this Company have taken into consideration your Letter of the 3d instant, wherein on behalf of the Eastern Counties Railway, you make the following proposition, viz : " That the Shareholders of the London and York Company shall be amalgamated with those of the Eastern Counties Company, and have appropriated to them 2,000,0001. of Eastern Counties stock, in shares of 201. each, and that a deputation from each Board shall meet and determine upon all other matters." and have requested me to forward to you the following reply : Your proposition virtually suggests, that we should disregard the labours of the Committee on Group X. (which in the last session of Parliament sat for more than eighty days), and throw overboard their report, carried by a majority of three to one, in favour of the merits of our scheme (see the printed resolutions) in preference to the lines recommended by the Board of Trade ;—lines nearly identical with your newly re-proposed Eastern Counties Extensions,—that report also being confirmed in the House of Commons by 79 to 19, and pass ing the third reading without any division. You offer to our shareholders in exchange for their Bill, two millions of stock in the Eastern Counties Railway (which has hither to paid less than two per cent.) as being in your own view of greater value than the five millions of our own. It must, however, be re marked, that the incorporation of this 2,000,000 of stock with that of the Eastern Counties depends upon the assent of Parliament to your extension schemes from Cambridge to York, which were last sum mer brought before the Commons, and there distinctiy negatived, and there is, therefore, no security that this allotment of stock would ever be legalised.—So much for the bearing of your proposition on the pecuniary interests of our shareholders. To the public you propose a scheme repudiated by a select Com mittee in 1845, a scheme avoiding nearly every town that ours would serve, and longer than ours from twelve to fifteen miles, leaving the district bordering on the Great North-road from London to York, without railway accommodation. We therefore unanimously feel that an acceptance of your offer would be a gross breach of faith with the public and the original subscribers, and an abandonment of our pledges to the landowners And inhabitants of the towns through which our line is intended to pass, who have embarked considerable capital in the undertaking. Your attention cannot have been seriously directed to the eleventh section of the report of the Committee on ,Group X, for there the merits of our scheme are minutely contrasted with yours, aad the preference decidedly given to ours, in the following terms : " Lord Courtenay reported from the Select Committee en the Group (X) of Railways, That—A Report from the Board of Trade upon the subject of railway communication between London and York having been referred to them by the House, the Committee think it right to state that they have not adopted the recommenda tion which it contains, while they concur with the Board of Trade in the opinion expressed in that Report, That the London and York scheme on the whole presents a larger and more compre hensive system of communication ;' they have been led by the evi dence adduced in support respectively by the two schemes to a dif ferent conclusion from that at which the Board of Trade has arrived. Having had the opportunity of examining the estimates of the cost of construction more thoroughly than it can have been practicable for the Board of Trade to have done, and having been led to a dif ferent conclusion upon that point, they have decided, upon a full comparison of the evidence, on preferring the London and York line to that combination of lines recommended by that Board, for the following among other reasons : ".Ist. —Because it affords the best through communication between 'Andon and York, by a new trunk line half-way between the London ..nd Birmingham and the Northern and Eastern lines. thus accom modating a larger district otherwise unprovided with north and'south ommunication, and giving a fresh exit from, and entrance into, the :metropolis. ".idly .—Because it places a large number of market towns on the through line giving them in addition good communication with each other. " 3dly.—Because it affords to the public a better security that the scheme of railway communication which it seeks to effect will con tinue to be under one management, and to be independent of other g r_ at lines of railway " 4thly.—Because they consider that though in the first instance the F , home of the Board of Trade may be more cheaply executed than tie competing one, it would not supply the accommodation which the wants of the country, through NI hich the line propose to run, de e.and, and; that the adoption of that scheme would probaidy 4,s'entually involve a greater outlay than that required for the ex , 'talon of the London and York scheme." Will you permit me to ask what satisfactory reasons for accepting cur offer I could give in the House of Commons to those Members who undertook the labourious investigation of the merits of railway schemes, and selected ours from among the various projects as the best new line between London and York? How could it be expected and Committees would, in future, work as they have done, if their labours are liable to be thrown to the winds, and their reports though confirmed by the House, become subject to barter or sale for stock, in a scheme which a Committee had previously discarded ? Can you believe that the House would consent to be so trifled with, or permit a Eill rejected in 1845 to pass in 1846, in lieu of that which had been preferred in 1845 ? What defensible statement could we make for so entire an abandonment of our scheme, when no change has taken place in any of its circumstances ? You have ripen various occasions endeavoured to decry our line, and your success in railways has obtained for your opinion con siderable influence ; but Parliament and the public must surely see that this proposal to our gharholders to give up their Bill and to take stock in your newly adopted line, is only a bold effort on your part, to raise the value of the Eastern Counties Stock, and as Chairman of the Midlands, to get rid of a rival. Again let me ask why in your new position of Chairman to the Eastern Counties you should be so zealous of a line passing through Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, while you proclaim that the Eastern Counties Railway, with its present lines and branches may be made to pay ten per cent.—that portion of the Kingdom lying upon and East of the London and Cambridge line, forming a district quite as extensive as the one proposed for the London and York? Why should you wish to compel passengers to go even twelve miles round by Cambridge, while that town will certainly have its railway to the east, west, north, and swath ? Why then endeavour to prevent Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire from having similar ad- Tantages You surely cannot have calculated upon our giving your proposal a favourable consideration, and you will therefore not be surprised to learn that my colleagues unanimously decline to discuss with you so unreasonable a preposition as that set forth in your letter of the 3d, Involving as it dses a total abandonment of our whole scheme. You are doubtless aware that in order to avail ourselves of the resolutions of the two Houses, respecting Railway Bills carried up to a certain point in last session, it is necessary that the Bill and its clauses should not be varied in the most minute particular. Our Board, therefore, think it better at once to state to you, that we can no more enter into any arrangement to change or give up a portion of our line, as sanctioned by the House of Commons last summer, than we can consent to abandon the whole. We shall ask :leave to proceed with our Bill as rapidly as the forms of the house will permit, having without any flintier call ample funds in hand to meet all expenses. As required by the standing orders, our new share deed is in the course of signature by A most extensive body of Shareholders, notwithstanding the efforts made to alarm them. More than nine-tenths of the scrip having within the short interval since the 12th instant been sent in for exchinege- Public opinion is decidedly In favour of a new line between London and York, independent of existing interests and management. We, therefore, confidently expect that the merits of our scheme, which obtained for us a verdict in the Commons, will be equally appre ciated by a Committee of the Lords. The interests of so large a body of Shareholders being involved, it 1.9 right I should add we feel bound to make public this communlea tion.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servant, (Signed) Writ. ASTELL, Chairman of the London and York Railway. To George Hudson, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway. G REAT MANCHESTER, RUGBY, AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, WITH DIRECT LINE FROM DERBY TO RUGBY. I, Royal Exchange-buildings, Louden, Dec. 19, 1845. At a CENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this undertaking, held at the offices of the Company, on Wednesday, the 17th of December instant, it was unanimously resolved—" That an pdverdsetnent be inserted in the daily papers, to the effect that all p..rties to whom Shares in the Great Manchester, Rugby, and South ampton Railway have been allotted upon their application, and who have not paid their deposits or any portion thereof, that if the sum of Two Shillings per Share upon the number allotted to them, be not paid on or before SATUIWAY, the 3d day ofiJanuary next, their names a:,l addresses shall be published as defaulters in this undertaking, as winch with a view of operating as a warning to future companies, as of endeavouring to obtain Justice for this Company ;" the said resolu tion to be accompanied by an intimation that on payment of Two shillings per Share, either at the offices of the Company, or on the deposit of the b-iikers' receipt for the same, the letters of application shall be returned to the alluttees, and they shall be released from all :lirther liability. By order of the Committee of Management, HORATIO CARTER, Assistant Secretary. THE CONDEMNED CONVICTS. The wretched woman, Martha Browning, convicted on Wednesday at the Central Cruninal Court of the murder of her fellow lodger, as aged female, named Elizabeth Mull , dell, was, immediately on the conclusion of the trial, re moved to the apartment appropriated for the reception of capital criminals in Newgate. The prisoner had been quite unable to stand during the trial, and when the awful result become known to her, but for the assistance of the officials in attendance, she would have sunk exhausted on the floor of the dock. Having been removed in an almost senseless condition to that portion of the prison above referred to, she remained in a state! of comparative insensibility until visited by the Bev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary of the gaol, at A late hour in the evening. Mr. Davis remained with the unhappy woman for a considerable period, but the excite ment under which she laboured was so great that hi s endeavours to afford her religious consolation had very little effect. At eleven o'clock, thoroughly overcome by exhaustion and fatigue, she fell asleep and slept soundly for several hours. The wretched woman appears to be almost friendless, and those of her connexions who have been commu nicated with are in the poorest circumstances. She hasla bro ther and two or three sisters living, but only one sister resides in London. The latter has visited the convict since her committal to Newgate, but not subsequently to her con demnation. Yesterday the reverend Ordinary had another interview with the unhappy woman, who was somewhat more composed than on the previous day. Mr. Sheriff Laurie and Mr. Sheriff Chaplin have also visited the prisoner since her conviction. Samuel Quennell, convicted yesterday of the murder of Fitzgerald, bore his sentence with extraordinary firmness, nor has the fortitude which he displayed during the trial de serted him since. On leaving the dock, he was delivered into the custody of Mr. Abbott, under-sheriff of the county of surrey, and Mr. Keane, the governor of Ilorsemonger-lane gaol, by whom he was conducted back to Newgate, and thence, at three o'clock, conveyed in a cab to Horsemonger lane gaol, where the dreadf u l sentence c the law will be carried into effect. THE SUN,'LONDOI•T, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER * l9, 1845. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE of To-morrow and Sunday will oontaix— The Whig Corn and Peel Crisis, its " True History "—Mr. O'Con nell's New Position—Cotton Twist to the Free-Traders of the United Kingdom—Reports of all the Great Meetings of the Week — A New Song to an Old Ttme, for Lord John—Grand Cabinet Dinner of Dukes A 2, A 3, A 4, and A 5—A Whipping-post for the Monopo lists —ThelDragon of Wantley—A Fairy Tale for Young England in 1945—With the American and other News of the Week, 337, Strand ; and all Newsmen Two Immediately. ROMAN C E S: BY B. DISRAELI, 3LP. Author of " Coningsby" and " Sybil." I. CONTARINI FLEMING. 2. ALROT. Reprinted, with the permission of the Author, and comprised in 3 vols., with a Portrait of Mr. DISRAELI. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 13, Great Marlborough-street. MARY HOWITT'S NEW NOVEL. THE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE. A NOVEL, EDITED BY MARY HOWITT. Is now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vets. Keury Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRIiTRY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, in time acts, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cesar De Hazen, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. N. Phillips ; Maritana, MIAs Homer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mewl. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Dabas (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, sailed RAILWAY RUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hades n, Ellen Seyton, Miss Seyten. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPH.I. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred tears Age. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitswilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which 'Messrs. Paal Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. NEW CHRISTMAS BOOK, BY MR. DICKENS. THE CRICKETC4 Satu o r N da T y HMEoriniiEnAg,RDTenc.,2oA, will be TALE published oF HOME. By CHARLES DICKENS, Esq. The Illustrations by Clarkson Standfield, Esq., R.A. ; Daniel Macßae, Esq., R.A.; John Leech, Esq., and Richard Doyle, Esq. On SATURDAY ETENING, Dec. 20, THIS THEATRE WILL OPEN for the WINTER SEASON, on which occasion will be pro duced an entirely New and Original Drama, in Three Acts, founded in the above Fairy Tale, and which has been for several weeks in active preparation, entitled THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRT TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley (her First Appearance on any Stage), Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Mies Howard, Miss Forster, and Miss Turner. After which, a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR. To conclude with OUR NEW GOTERNESS. Ii which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE TIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirliag ; Blanche, Miss May. After which, will be repeated a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, the RAILROAD FOOTMAN of BERKELEY-SQUARE. Jeames Plush, Mr. Compton. To be followed by a New Braid Ballet, eatitted LE DIABLE A.'QUATRE. NEW STRAND THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE. THIS EVENING Will be performed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Gregory; King of Denmark, Mr. Waldron; Ophelia, Miss Charles. To conclude with CHARLES THE SECOND. King Charles, Mr. Waldron ; Mary Copp, Miss Fitzherbert. To-morrrow Evening (being the last night of performing)—THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, The Wonderful Feats of Professor Hemming and his ions, Last Act of RICHARD TIIE THIRD, and Other Entertainments, for the Benefit of Mr. Davidson. Box-office open from Ten till Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER. MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. Embracing the whole Strength of the Company, aided by a Double Stud. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. To conclude with the effective Drama of THE NAMELESS ; or, The Brigand. THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, Dec. 19. TEIRMOMETIER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 45; Noon, 33. BAROMETER, 29.34.—W1ND, S.; rain. a HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 1 minutes after 5 I Evening .. 21 minutes after 5. more violent of the French papers, and the almost total cessation of attacks on England, with the ex ception perhaps of one Republican and one Legiti matist journal, is the best proof of the efficiency of his labours in such a good cause. But that he 'pos sesses the energy to carry on a contest with Ame rica or any encroaching state, and maintain the high position to which England is entitled among the na tions, is another question. In that respect we regard him as far inferior to Lord PALMERSTON, and should the new Foreign Secretary abate a little of :the haughty tone laid to his charge by all French writers, and direct his undoubted energy in a quarter where it is more wanted, the change will be one of the greatest benefits to the country. Indeed, with the exception perhaps of Sir ROBERT PEEL, who never truckled either to TYLER or PoLR, we regard him as by far the most fit person to settle our disputes with the United States. But the great advantage caused by the late changes will be most felt in that distracted and misgoverned country—lreland. The Irish Catholics, more than any portion of their fellow subjects, have uniformly adhered to the motto, " Men, as well as measures." Good measures, in troduced by Tories, they do not absolutely reject, but they receive them with the worst possible grace ; they cannot believe their old enemies sincere ; they re gard their favours rather as bribes than acts of justice ; and they always exhibit fears and suspicions that the best deeds are performed with the malignant pur pose of lulling them into security, or throwing divi sions into the camp, or setting up one party against another. Never was the truth of this statement more fully illustrated than by their reception of two liberal and excellent measures—the Maynooth Bill and the Irish Colleges Bill. The old character of the givers could not be forgotten. It took from the gifts one-half of their value—deprived Sir R. PEEL of that honour and gratitude to which he was justly entitled, and measures which, under a Whig Ad ministration (for we must still use that epithet), would have given general satisfaction to seven millions of loyal subjects, did not perceptibly re move one prejudice from the shoulders of the Con servative leaders. Lord MORPETN, therefore, can do, with a good grace and with the best effect, what Sir JAMES GRARAM was unable to accomplish with out exciting jealousies and heart-burnings, and rous ing up old enmities fatal to the due administration of justice. It is hardly necessary to refer to the Board of Trade and the Board of Control and the Colonies, for it would be impossible to find any man less capable for his post than the Earl of RIPON, or one who could give such general dissatis faction as Lord STANLEY. The Earl of DAL HOUSIE was untried—we hardly know anything of his abilities or his aptitude for busi ness ; but about Mr. LABOUCHERE there can be no mistake whatever, and we believe even his opponents will be ready to admit that from the whole of his party not one man could be so ap propriately selected for conducting the Board of Trade. The office of First Lord of the Trea sury is of course one of the most important, and the success of the new Ministry will greatly depend upon the experience and abilities of the Minister appointed to fill it, but still it is not of paramount importance. Sir ROBERT PEEL, in that character, gave very general satisfaction, but still all would not do. With the ex ception of Sir JAMES GRAHAM and Lord ABERDEEN, he received little or no support from his colleagues, and, therefore, the strongest Ministry ever formed became at once a total wreck. Lord J. RUSSELL, as a financier, possibly has not the experience of the late Premier. He has never yet filled the office, but, judging from the manner in which be has conducted high departments in the State, and the powerful support which he cannot fail to receive from able colleagues, we may confidently anticipate that he will not disappoint public expec tation. A few days since we called the attention of our readers to a projected society for the protection of persons involved in railway affairs, and, at the same time, enforced the importance and utility of the object. We are glad to find that a plan has at length been matured, and an association, under the ap propriate title of " Railway Mutual Protection Society i " formed, and the regulations for its go vernmeut printed, and ready for circulation. By an advertisement in our columns, it appears a numerous meeting was held at the office of the solicitors on Wednesday last, over which Mr. COLLINS, M.P. for Warwick, presided, and we have much satisfaction in being able to lay before our readers the rules and regulations which were then adopted. The immediate objects of the society, and its utility, are well en forced in the speech of Mr. D. W. HARVEY, which will be found in this day's Sun. That gentleman was unanimously elected the president of the society, and from his known sagacity and experience, aided by the high standing of the solicitors, we augur much good in the protection the society will give to persons who find themselves entangled in the artifices of fraud and the intricacies of the law. It is satisfactory to know that among the clergy of the Church of England there are some at least who do not read the Divine command to feed their flocks in a non-natural sense. The speech of the Reverend JAMES ASPINALL at the Anti-Corn-law meeting at Hull, a report of which will be found in another column, is one of the most eloquent and argumenta tive speeches against the famine-creating corn law that we have ever heard or read. We believe, that among the clergy of the Church of England, there are many who desire the abolition of this law as ardently as does Mr. ASPINALL, but they lack the moral courage to avow their sentiments. We beseech all such no longer to let "I dare not wait upon I would," but at once make common cause with their industrious countrymen. In the coming struggle he who is not for us is against us. Let, therefore, those among the clergy, who are our friends, follow the example of Mr. ASPINALL. We can well afford to give to the mono polists the SMITHERS, COXES, et hoe genus omne, as long as we retain the ASPINALLS. We publish in our athertising columns the report of the Committee of the Royal Northern Lunatic Asylum, presented to the general meeting of the sub scribers at the Castle of Inverness. We have so re cently directed the attention of our readers to this subj€ ct, that it is only nec,::ssary for us now to request that they will attentively peruse and consider the document to which we have referred. Appended to the report is the list of the Committee, which, it will be seen, consists of the elite of the nobility and gentry of the counties of Inverness, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland ; Caithness, and Nairn. Their names are sufficient guarantee to the subscribers that the funds of the institution will be properly administered, and we therefore call upon all Scotsmen in every part of the world to be aiding and assisting in this good work. The Madrid journals of the 11th bring no intelli gence of importance. The municipal election had commenced in the capital, and were going on favour ably for the Government. The weather at Madrid was splendid for the time of the year. On the 11th the Three per Cents. closed at 37i, and the Five per Cents. at 24 3-16 at 60 days. The articles in the Paris papers refer chiefly to the Ministerial crisis in England, and the alterations in the tariff proposed by the Minister of Cofnmerce. The Presse, an ultra-Conservative paper, is probably guided more by the wishes of its party than by sound argument in its remarks on the former subject. Nothing, it says, can be done without Sir ROBERT PEEL, and any Ministry that Lord JOHN RUSSELL can form must prove an abortion without him. " The real necessity," according to that paper, " of the present situation in England is neither the obstinate maintenance of the status quo, nor the abrupt aboli tion of a law on which rests the constitution of ter. ritorial property ; but a moderate reform, an equi table arrangement between the partizans of a regime henceforward impossible, and the promoters of a regime, which, if effected at a single blow, wiuld be epuivalent toa revolution. But Sir R. PEEL is essentially the man calculated to bring about this arrangement. It is on this account that he is of such great weight in the present circumstances, and that they who are charged to replace him declare that nothing is feasible without his aid. We cannot say whether he will give it, hut nobody denies that all depends on him. Why should he not have power in the Government ? And since all depends on him, why should he be reduced to the position of an assistant to the Whig Cabinet ? Why remain a stranger to it? Why should the Whigs, who, from their own avowal, can only play the second part, be placed in the front of the theatre? There is in all this an anomaly which we do not comprehend ; and we repeat it, that every combina tion without Sir IL PEEL will have neither solidity nor duration. Let the trial of the contrary, however, be made. It is not the first time that in politics a great deal of trouble has been taken to arrive at an abortion." The following on the same subject appears in the Government paper :—" The Peerage has now its hands at liberty, and what is there to prevent its acting ? The place is vacant—why should it not fill it ? why does it not set to work ? We are quite sure that Sir R. PEEL, were it not too serious a matter, would be well pleased at seeing the Duke of RICHMOND, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, Earl STAN HOPE, Sir E. KNATCHISULL, Mr. MILES, and Mr. TYRRELL, who three days ago said that he was delighted at witnessingan end to the reign of humbug, at seeing, we say these great politicians under take the Government, were it only for two or three days, and observing the manner in which they would carry it on. We must take the times as they are. In our days and in the present complicated state of society, improvements of all kinds are carried only slowly, and only by a compromise between contend ing interests. Thus in England there are two parties wishing to progress by absolute measures, who say all or nothing ! and both of whom find themselves re duced to equal impotency. Perhaps they will at last each be glad if they should be so lucky as to find an ultimate safety in that compromise which will be proposed to them by that mixed party which now suf fers them to battle on in confusion." The Presse is utterly opposed to any change in the _ _ tariff-laws, and above all those relative to foreign iron, but its views are founded on the wildest doc trine of the monopolist school, and deserve no notice. The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers : " On Tuesday the King came to Paris, and presided at a Council of Ministers. " Their Majesties received, on Monday evening, the Ba varian Ministers to the Courts of France and England, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Prefect of the Seine, the French Chargé d'Affaires for the Court of Hesse, Sir John Easthope, M.P., the Count de Scercay, and M. Maurice, Chief Engineer of the Pont-et-Chaussees. " The Royal Council of the University held its first sitting on Tuesday. All the Councillors attended the summons of the Minister of Public Instruction, Grand Master of the University. The Minister opened the sitting with a speech, in which he enumerated the principal points to which the attention of the assembly would be immediately directed, and expressed his earnest solicitude for the interests of education, and those of the University. One of the Council, in his own name, and that of his colleagues, made some observations, which were satisfactorily replied to by the Minister. General Duvivier, to whom is intrusted the command of the troops in the expedition against Madagascar, has left Paris for Cherbourg. The judgment of the Tribunal of Leipsic, in the case of the riots of Aug. 12, was pronounced on the 12th instant. - All the prisoners are found guilty of rebellion, and sentenced to five years' close imprisonment. The Three per Cents. closed at $ll. 30e. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 80c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,1661. 26c.; Rouen, 950 f. ; Northern, 715 f. ; Havre, 765 f.; Avig non, 877 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 640 f. ; Fampoux, 490 f.; Bor deaux, 610 E; Boulogne, 502 f. 50c.; Troyes and Montereau, 440 f.; Basle, 238 f. 75c.; Dieppe, 475 f.; Belgian Two-and-a Half per Cents., .56; Spanish Three per Cents., 39; ditto Domestic Debt, 35 ; ditto Passives, The following are the quotations for other lines:- Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 6 premium ; ditto (Caton), 51. 50c.; Union, 151.; ditto (Ganneron), 5f.; ditto (Lapinsonniere), sf. 50c.; Sud Est, 2f. 50c. ; Ardoin, at 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg ( Ganneron),2f. ; ditto (Beehet ), It 50c. ' • Theirs and Nantes ( Mackenzie), 5f.; ditto (Drouli lard), 4f. 50c.; ditto O'Neill, 5f.; ditto (Carette), 5f.; ditto (Lefevre), 5f.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 7f. 50c. ; ditto (Lecointe), If.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 500 E; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 500 f. ; ditto (Espeleta), 4f. ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 495 f. The Lyons Definitive Shares sold at 80f. premium ; Strasbourg ditto, 25f. ; Tours and Nantes . , 50f. Lt - ons, DEC. 15.-Marseilles and Avignon, 8471. 50c.; Paris and Orleans, 1,132 f. 50c.; Paris and Rouen, 962 f. 25c.; Orleans and Vierzon, 620 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Die. 18. Anglo-Belgian - Madrid aid Valencia... 1 Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens.. - Namur and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterran - North Jamaica ... Bordeaux and Toulouse - Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (Espeleta) - Orleans and Bordeaix 10 Do. ( Mackenzie's) - Over Yssel Callao; Lima, and Pa cific, Coast Central of Spain .. Ceylon . Demerara Dendre Vail Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) Ditto (Ganneroa's). 3,4 Ditto (Caloa's).... 2 1 / s Ditto (Sid Eat) Paris and Orleans Paris 'ld Roue* - ey ...... Dutch Rhenien ...... Dieppe & Paris Janet. Dijon and Mulhouse ... East Indian Fampoux & Hazebrouk Grt Northern of France Constituted Do. Pepin le Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons 2% Groat Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Do. North Midland — Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemappe — Lyons and Avignon — Luxembourg Paris and Strasburg (Ganneren'el Do. (Compe de L'Est) Do. (Aymard'a) Paris and St. Quentin — Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain 1 Sambre and Meese Strasburg and Bale fournay,Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) Do. (Lefebvre's) — De. (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona an Ancona 2 West Flanders LATEST NEWS. SUN-OFFICE, Quarter past Three. There will not be any list of the new Cabinet published this day. The Ministers are now in con sultation, and to-morrow, in all probability, the entire arrangements will be announced. What course will be adopted as to a dissolution of Parliament cannot as yet be predicted ; but, from the best information we can get, we believe that no immediate dissolution is contemplated. The Parliament cannot meet before its usual time, unless it should be called together merely for the purpose of moving the writs fur the re elections which the acceptance of office renders ❑ecessary. Lord Lyndhurst will sit in Lincoln's Inn Hall, at one o'clock to-morrow, to deliver judgment in the appeals that remain for decision. Lord COTTENHAM has accepted the seals. DEATH of LORD WHARNCLIFFE Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, expired at his residence in Curzon -street, at half past ten o'clock this morning Ilis Lordship has been ill for some days past, but no immediate danger had been apprehended. Ilis Lordship's son, the Hon. John Stuart Wortley, was with his noble parent at the time of his decease. This will occasion a vacancy for the West Riding of Yorkshire, for which Lord Morpeth will be re turned by acclamation. ASYLUMS FOR TUE TiousELEss.—Last evening a vestry meet* of Clerkenwell pariah was held to receive a report from the committee appointed by vestry to co-operate with other metropolitan parishes in resisting the order of the Poor-law Commissioners, directing the guardian board to ap point two persons as members of the board of management of a proposed central asylum for the houseless poor. Mr. Church warden llellis in the chair. The report was read, as also the draft of a memorial to Sir James Graham. The memorial had not been presented in consequence of recent circumstances, and it was stated that the guardian board had confirmed the appointment of the two members of t he p ro p osed board of management, which appointment, it wa s considered, shoul d not have been made. Sir James Graham havin g refuse d to receive a deputation from Marylebone parish, it became a question whether the memorial should be presented. A dis cussion took place on the subject, and it appeared to be the general opinion of the parishoners present that the matter should be proceeded with. The report was adopted, and the memorial agreed upon, and the committee urged to obtain, if possible, a personal interview with the Secretary of State, for him to interpose his authority to prevent the order of the l'oor-law Commissioners from being carried into operation to form metropolitan asylums for the houseless poor. Du. Bo wRING AT BOLTON.--BOLTON, TIIURE- Day.—Last night a meeting of the inhabitants of ibi s b o _ rough was held at the Temperance Hall, for the purpose of hearing an address from Dr. bowring, upon the pre sent aspect of political affairs, and for stating the course of conduct which they wished the learned doctor to adopt in the present eventful crisis. As Dr. 13owring had only a a m , or two ago taken part in the proceedings of the citizens of London, and as he had been known to lie in communication with the heads of the free-trade movement, considerable anxiety was manifested to hear his address, and hundreds of persons, notwithstanding the wetness of the night, had to go away disappointed. He was accompanied to the room by C . J. Darbishire, Robert Heywood, Henry Ashworth, and Edmund Ashwurth, Esqs., &c. Mr. Darbishire having been called upon to take the chair, b r i e fly introduced the learn e d doctor to the meeting. He addressed it at considerable length, giving an account of his stewardship. After the con clusion of his address, Dr. Bowring was questioned by two Chartists respecting his votes on the Factory Bill and the Maynooth Grant, and the replies lie gave being satisfactory, a vote of confidence was carried by at least a hundred to one. The preceedinge then terminated. INCREASE OF PARCELS TRAFFIC BY RAILWAY. The revenue of the parcels traffic upon the London and Birmingham Railway has increased a third over and above the receipts of last year, while the gross receipts for many particular weeks, show not less than forty per cent. increase over the corresponding periods of the previous twelve months.—Railway Express. IVIONE T and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TIMEX. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5;000 bags, all to the trade. There was no change in ;.:ices, but the choice was rather large. Shares were witnout alteration. Much conversation has occurred here to-day on the pro babilities of the duration of the Ministry about to be formed by Lord John Russell. The general impression is, that should Lord John succeed in his object, that a dissolution of Parliament is not far distant. This tends to check business in almost all branches of trade. There are no accounts of a later date from the Colonies to day. 'The Consul Market has been very buoyant to-day. For the Accouut, the price has suddenly advanced from 92% to 92 3 / 4 . The report is that there will be a junction between Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell, by which the corn law question would be carried with a high hand through the Commons, as well as the House of Lords. The Reduced. Three per Cents. have risen from 92 1 4 to 92%. The pre mium on Exchequer-bills has ruled at from 17s. to 19s. A very limited amount of business has been transacted in the Foreicn Stocks to-day. The only quotations have been, for Spanish Five-per-Cents. 28 3 4 ; for the Three-per- Cents. 39%; for the Dutch Two-and-a-Half•per-Cents. 60; and for the Four-per-Cents. 93%. The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Shares have im proved to 123 premium, the Eastern Counties to 4 3 4 pre mium ; the Great North of England have receded to 105 pre mium, and most of the other Shares are also heavy this morning. The actual prices at which business has been transacted are annexed : BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 200 1 ,4, 200 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 924% New 3 1 1 4 per Cent. Annuities .... Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 lO 7-16 5-16 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 1 1 ,4. 1,000/. 5001. Ditto Small — .. 18 20 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 4O Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto for the Account 2 8 34 Ditto Deferreu Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account. 39% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE • O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin... Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% to Aylesbury and Theme ... 1% — Belfast & County Down — Bideford and Tavistock 1%..... Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ......122 Ditto New Shares Birmingham and Oxford Junct ion Birmingham and Leicester Direct Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s .. r * , ...... to Bridgewater and Minehead... 425. Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and Liverpool Junct. 2% — to . 2 — to _ Buckinghamshire . _ 425. ...... - Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian Gram, Junction ... 425. — to Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 1% 3M. ... to Ditto, New l% ...... Cambridge and Oxford l% to Canterbury and Dover 1%... .. ...... to Central Kent 24 — to Chelmsford and Bury ... ..... I A — to Chester and Holyhead Chester and Manchester Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2 Clydesdale Junction....— ...... 5 Cork, Blackreck, and Passages 225.. to __... Cork and Killarney - 2 1 0 — . .... to Cork and Waterford Cornwall ... Coventry, N uneaton, Bir., and Leicester 1 IA — Dartmouth, Torbay, & Exeter 425. Derby, Gainsboro', and Great Grimsby . Derby, Uttoxeter, and Statrd 2 %...... Wirect Manch. (Remington's) 2% ..... . to Ditto (Rackstrick's) I' irect Northern ... ......... .. 2% — t. Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh _ .... ...... 1% — to - to _ Dublin aid Belfast Junction 5 5% to Dublin, Belfast,and Coleraine 2% Dublin and Galway 4 . .. . . .. . _ . . Dudley, ➢fadely, Si Broseley 2% — ... to Dundalk and Enniskillen...... 2 1 % — Eastern Counties Do. New 6l. I6s 5 34 p... to 6 p Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d ... .. to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ...41. 13s. 4d — ...... to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Ely . and Huntingdon b Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% .. .. to Essex and Suffolk ... 1% Exeter,Dorchester,and Wey mouth... 425....... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2 3 % Eastern Union Ditto % Shares... ........ ... 2 1 4 Ditto Extension Ditto Ipswich and Bury ... 1% . .... t• Ditto Extension to Norwich 2%...., ..... to 1 - I;ti... C.rn.britiza and Ely 714 - East Lincolnshire A .... .•••• ...•• • to -- East and West of England 1%..... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... ..... to Ditto V Shares 5 . __ ..... Ditto New 1 4 Shares 714 — to Edinburgh and Northern...... 1 i /A — ...... to Edinburgh and Perth Gloucester, Aberystwith , and Central of Wales . .... l% — to Goole and Doncaster 42s. Grand Junction ~,,.100 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares •50 Ditto Quarter Shares...... 25 - GrndUnion(Notting.kLynn) 1% to Great Eastern and Western.. 2 1 4 GreatGrimsbyandSheflleld... 5 Great South andW.(lrish)... IS . Ditto Extension Great Munster 2% — - Great North of Scotland ...... 2% — to Great North of England...... 100 205 Ditto New _ 5 to Ditto New Great Western I)itto, Half Shares ... ...... 50 ~.... Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fareham, Portma 21, to Harwich _ Hull and Selby Ditto Quarters . 2 Ditto, Half Shares g h i , n and Yar m Invernesswoi mouth , 1 ... -- to 2 — to Irish North Midland l% ... .. to Isle of Axholme 2% ...... Killarney Junctions l 4 Kendal and Windermere l% — to Lancaster and Car1i51e......... 30 ...... 411 p sbth, N and o r w E i l c Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 2 1 / 2 ...... Leeds and Carlisle .... ...... .. 2% Leeds and West Riding June. lAi — ...... to Leicester and Birmingham... 225. Leicester and Bedford 22s. I4IA 14 p to Leicester and Tamworth 42s. Liverpool and Manchester... 100 Ditto Half 5hare5............ SO .—.. Ditto Quarters... 25 Liverpool and Leeds Direct... 2% — ...... to Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction - London and Birmingham ...100 Ditto Thirds Ditto % Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension London & Blackwall... 161. 13s. 4d — ...... to Do. New.. ... 1% — .....to— Do. Extension London and Brighton Ditto ConsolidatedBths 40 Ditto, Sixths O l /2 London and Croydon 131. 15s. 9d. — Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 8 London, Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, and Hereford... 1 k London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . .... London and South Western.. 41% 7 2 1/ 72 to 73% Do. New consolidated Bths.. 20 Ditto New .... .. 7%..... ..... to Do. New ••, _ London and South Essex VA ...... London and York .......... ..... 2% 33t..... to London and Windsor ..• 1 ... .. Lon.,Warwck, Kidderminster 2% — to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 5 Londonderry and Enniskillen 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds 76 .....123 ex n... to Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths - to Ditto Sixteenths ...........4 1 4 — to Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters Ditto New Quarters 2 Do. Continuation & Welsh Junction l% to Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 425. ... . Manchehter, Birmingham, and Mould Junction Manchester & Rugby Direct 42s — ... .. to Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland 100 .....142%..... to Ditto Fifths Ditto, New Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. Midland and Eastern Counties 2% to 1, Midld. Great Western (Irish) 2 1 h. — Do. Extension (No. 1) ... 2 3 / 4 to Newcastle & Darlington June. 25 ...... 53 52 Ditto New Braadling Newcastle and Berwick Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Newport and Abergavenny. . 2% — to New Ross and Carlow 225. Newry and Enniskillen Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2% VA..... to Norfolk Extension North British Ditto Half Shares. 3% — ... .. to Do. Extension to Carlisle... 14 2%..... to 2 Do. Extens. to Dalkeith ... 25 Ditto ditto North Devon North of Norfolk Northern and Eastern 45 Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 35 - Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New North Kent & Direct Dever 21/ 2 2%%... to North Staffordshire 42 L . 2 % 3 / 4 1 /2 P to:# North Wales 3% .... ...... to 3 North and South Wales and Worcester Nerth. & South. Connecting 2% to Norwich and Brandon Ditto New 3 . Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston IN Notting.,Erewsh.Val.,&Mans. IN . Nottingham and Mansfield... ..... .. Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton... ...... ... 425. Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., , Witney & Cheltnham ly - to to to Perth and Inverness - — Pilhrow Atmospheric Portetnouti Direct _3 3 / 4 to Preston and Wyre 6O ...... - ..... to— __ ..... __ Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% — to Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 425. — to Richmond .... . Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2% — ...... to Rugby and Huntingdon Rugby, Leamington, ana Warwick Rugby, Warwick, and Wor cester Scotti:h Central Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 5 Sheffieldand Blanchester ...100 Ditto % Shares 8 ....~ Shrew sburyand Birmingham 21/ 2 ...... _ Shropshire Mineral ... 425. . . Shropshire Union . 42s. ... .. IA dis to Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2% — to Shrewsbury, "rolyerhampton, and S. Staliordsh. Junction 2li .. ... to Sligo and Shannon -$' — .. .. t• Somersetshire Midland South Devon South Midland 42s. South and Midlands Junction 425....... South Staffordshire Junction _2 I ,G ...... South Eastern and Dover ... 33U; ...... 85% to Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 Ditto, New, No. 3 l 0 Ditto New, No. 4. ...... Southampton, Macchester, and Oxford Junction........ 42s — St. Alban s, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction - Staines and Richmoid.... .... 1 Staffordshire and Shropshire 2 3 / 4 to South Wales Taw Vale Extension Tean and Dove Valley Trent Va11ey..... ............ Trent Val. & Holyhead June .. _ .... 1% to 2 2 5 4 t•— Tring, Reading, SE Basingstoke svi — ...... to Ulverstone and Furness Vale of Neath Warwick and Cheltenham ... IA — to Warwick and Worcester 425....... Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick 7l4— .. to Waterford,Wexford,Wieklw, and Dublin Waterford, Wexford, aid Valentia Waveney Valley Welch Midland 2 l/ ...... West Cornwall 2 West Yorkshire West London, Old Shares West End & South. Counties Ph Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives ... 2 Wilts, Somerset, & Sthamptn 1% — Wilts,Somerset,&Weymout h 2 1 / . 2 ...... Worcester, Hereford, Rosa, and Gloucester ... 42s. - .••••• Worcester,Tinbury,i& Ludlow 2 3 / 4 Wrster, Shrews. & Crewe Un. 1% — ... .. Worcester and South Wales.. 425. — Worcestor,Warwick, & Rugby 425. — Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20 Ditto, New... York and Carlisle York and Lancaster ..... 2 5 4 4 - ... ... t• York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Scarboro' Branch Ditto, Selby Ditto. Extension to to to t• t• t• t• -- to to t• to -- to -- to t• to to t• to to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes .. ... ........ 1 Boulogne and Amiens 8 ..... Bordeaux and Mediteranean 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's ) Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 ...... Central of Spain Ceylon .... ss. Demerara. Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse 2 ... Dutch Rhenish East Indian Eastern Belgian Junction.... 21/2 ...... Fampoux and Elazebrouk..... 2 Great Northern of France Constituted Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal ss. - - Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Midland Janction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Ditto Extension .l e o r itnii.....,. .....„.. 1 Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia Mauritius Namtr and Liege........ North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 . 10 ...... to 9% Over Yssel 413 s 4d..... Paris and Lyons (Laffitte) ... 2 Parisand Lyona(Ganneron's) 3 ... .. 3 1 / 2 to Paris and Lyons (Colon's)... 2 . ... to Paris and Lyons (Sud Est)... 2 Paris and Orleans.. Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasburg(Gannern's) 2 Do. (Comps do L'Est) Ditto (Aymards) 24 Paris and St. Quentin 2 ....... Rouen and Havre lB Royal North of Spain 2 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 4 Ditto Ditto Lefebvre's)... 2.. Do. (O'Noilrs) .... ....... ... 2 Trinidad.. ......., ... 2% Verona and Ancona West Flanders 4 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock Union of Australia LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, DEC. 18.—Arrd. Birman, Guthrie, Calcutta; Lalla Rookh, Kennedy, ditto; Jane Catherine, Hill, Madras; Hin dostan, Lamb, Bombay; Matilda Luckie, Sprotson, Ber bice ; Waterlily, Hart, Jamaica; John, Saguinay ; Britan nia, Woodie, ditto. Arrived from the river, Denmark, New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, Dire. 18.—Wind N.N.E., fresh. Arrd. Lima, Towns, Saldanha Bay; Creole, Stephenson, Arica ; Broady :Oak, M'Greth, Bahia ; Abbotsford, Lock, Miramichi. Sid. Hope, Jones, Valparaiso ; Argen tina, Trotter, Monte Video ; Columbus, Green, Pernambuco ; Lydia, Jones, Antigua; British Queen, Healy, St. Croix; Columbia, Johnson, Jamaica; Royal Bride, Walsh, Tobasco ; Golden Eagle, Keeles, Nassau ; Emerald, Leighton, New Orleans; Salem, Milford, Mobile; Satellite, Bainbridge, Mo bile; Rose, lAnkling, Charleston; Caroline, Sierra Leone. 18. Put back Kingaloch, for Newfoundland. CORK, DEC 16. Arrd. Severn, Wiseman ; Shediac, Felix, Miramichi; Sovereign, Tatmagouche ; Welcome, Jackson, Newfoundland; Richard, ditto; Cremona, Fox, ditto, MILFORD, DEC. 16.—The Letitia, Davies, from Carnarvon to Carmarthen, was driven on the Midland Rocks in Jack Sound, the 14th instant, and sunk soon after; crew saved. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 18.—The Frankland, Friend, from Bahia to this port, is telegraphed as wrecked on the north coast of Algiers; crew saved. The Howard, which sailed hence the 12th instant for Savannah, is telegraphed at anchor off Hithe Island, with loss of mizen-mast and damage to stern. PORT TALBOT, DEC. 17.—The Pilot, Bevnon, of Newport, from Neath, got aground this morning abreast of the end of Breakwater, and is discharging part of her cargo. ROTHESAY, DEC. 14.—The Janet, Frazer, of Glasgow, which was on shore at Toward Point Bth inst., has been as sisted off and towed to Greenock. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 18.—The brig Loyalty, of this port (in ballast) is on shore south of the harbour. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Fair average supplies of English Wheat have come to hand during the present week, and the stands to-day were well filled with samples of that article. For all descriptions the demand was in a very depressed state at prices barely equal to those obtained on Monday last. In free foreign, as well as bonded Wheats, so little was doing that the quotations were almost nominal. The finest malting Barley was quite as dear, but all other kinds were a dull inquiry and the turn lower. Malt was in short supply and heavy demand, at barely late rates. The show of Oats was not large. The best qualities sold at full currencies. In ether kinds very little was doing. Both Beans and Peas might have been purchased on easier terms. The Flour trade was very dull. ler The highest price of the best town ma d e no t excee di ng 57 s 2. English ...... Irish . ..... .. Foreign ...... IItRITALS. IRarl•y. Oats Flour. 5,610 qrs. 2,700 qrs. 6,0911 sks 7,451 2,910 Wheat. 5,450 qrs. )7 the Carcase. At per stone, s. d. to s. d. 8. d. to S. Reef, inferior—, .. 210 3 0 Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 3 I n : middling • •• 3 2 3 4 , middling.. 4 0 4 t prime large •• 3 6 3 8 prime .... 4 4 4 ti ": [Thus small .. 3 8 310 , Pork, 1arge........ 310 4 Veal .. • Lamb. Os Od to Os id. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Our market still remains in a very sluggish state for all kinds of Hops, the supply of which on offer is by no mean! large, yet prices rule about stationary. New Hops :—Slisse' Pockets 61 lOs to 71; Weald of Kent ditto, 61 lOs to 71 10s; Mid Kent ditto, 71 7 s to 9/ 10s. Yearlings :—Sussex Pockets, 61 5s to 61 15s; Wealda, 618 s to 71; Mid Kents, 6110 s to 7110 s. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market has been exceedingly quiet for all descriptions, and the quotations h ave b een on th e decline. At auction 100 hhds 8 trcs Barbadoes realised Hs to 55s for fine yellow, and 50s for low mid. REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been at 64s to 641 6 d per cwt. EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has been dull of sale, and rather, cheaper. At auction 2,639 bags and 120 cas k s so ld at 46 9 61 1 to 49s 6d for low to mid yellow, at 56s to 53s fur good 4 1 ?'" fine, and at 44s to 49s 6d for wash e d. B enga l h a s likeirl been heavy; 2,422 bags nearly all f oun d b uyer : ; mid r„ good white at 53s to 57s 6d, fine at 58 s 6d, m id yellow at 7, 4 "; damp and washed white at 53s to 565, an d ditto - yellow at to Os 6d per cwt. A small parcel of Madras was taken "- at 53s to 54e 6(1 for yellow. COFFEE—The demand for this article has been as dol l i ls that for Sugar, &c. British Plantati on sor t s a re held to e i rably firmly. Good ord pale native C e yl on h as been sold s a 48s to 48s 6d per cwt. Privately the transactions have b e° very limited, and there have been no public sales. COCOA—The parcels offered fur sale have been taken in. Rum—There has been less doing. OCd RICE-1,600 pockets Bengal s o ld is to i s 6d lovrer, g , mid bold white, rather dusty, 163, mid 15s 6d, and 94 5 b sP Madras were taken in at 15s for very fine yellow. SALTPETRE.-698 bags Madras were only partly sold, n t d ; at rather lower rates, Ili refraction at 255, and 4i 91 485 bags Calcutta were mostly taken in at 27s 6d, and refraction at 265, being about the previous quotations. CorroN.—There is but a limited business doing. otbet TEA.—The consumption is moderate, a nd prices role steadier. 9a TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been at about 41s 6d to 4ls per cwt. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS IVEW COURT (Before the RECORDER.) John Rafferty, indicted for tendering base cola , „ I kmitr crown and one shilling, at the Horse and Groom, oad chapel, and at Mrs. Hockeney's, Morgan-street, Was. .7 tll B Guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment 1 . House of Correction. fair * James Macready, indicted - for tendering I.bad hal f -c r ior pleaded guilty, end was sentenced to six month's imP ment in the House of Correction. tbre e Margaret Cullom, indicted for passing bad money o n several occasions olpayment for goods, had of Mr s ' o aths ' Sydney-road, was found guilty, and sentenced to six I ' l imprisonment in the House of Correction. ioo bla m James North was indicted for having in his posses ° , ;dor coin, and endeavouring to pass it. In consequence mation given he was taken up on suspicion. r o °l James Stupps :saidThe had knows th e prisoner . 41- n ublic" years, and in November last went in with him toe jioking house, where they had something to d r ink. W the prisoner had a bad half-crown in his hand; hll , l°e a ;,b i ss tuiS he said he had made away with som e of these. I„ere A, the witness to him, what do you do with these, sou ins ter, s f you get them ? Prisoner said he got them in Wes out o the back of the White Horse, and got a simple g i the Vinegar-yard to pass them for him. iv on s, 0 0 Constable 136 G took the prisoner into enst4,„--, fou nt. A cion. When searched five bad half-crowns we re d wrspr . the prisoner, secreted in the lining of his coat, so in folds of paper, so as to prevent friction. The jury found him Guilty. tbe 7lse The Learned RECORDER, after remarking 011 tbe g o t 'rated nature of his offence, standing next ill order r ioate coiner himself, sentenced him to 18 months' li t / w e and hard labour. William Smith, indicted for uttering base Ine ll f e ljrs. successive nights, in payment for goods bought ° d seate r Great Suffolk-street, Surrey, was found guilty, $ l3 ~j eg , to nine months' imprisonment and hard labour• ba d shi l ' t a l e B George Whitton was indicted for tendering a • and afterwards a bad half-crown, to James oeci Archer public-house, New-cut. t nig ht ril °l The prosecutor said, the prisoner on the fir e f - r ~0 1 4 s bal for a glass of beer, and tendered in payment o p tai of which prosecutor received, and gave him in et_ „roe° t ee shillings. When he was about to give him fop, abet backthe rest of his change, prisoner said,,,,: ba a 11 10 ,:bet back my half-crown, I have got a penny." 'vj crown returned him, and he put down on the old he affected to be prosecutor's two shillings , l ie r eto l 'ol above a new one, the undermost being bad . when. second time, and made offer of a bad half-crow n, taken into custody. se ntenced t ° The jury found him Guilty, and he w as , th° months' imprisonment and hard labour. Mr. Field, the Inspector of the Mintiuswilabolett.e.tnrsatesier.}tbr; cases, said the coin was made of a:soft, plated with silver, which presents a whiter Hl7: to Trio the genuine coin, but an appearance ve r yr w" outlin e by oor upon, on account of the sharp, well-defule co i n bY presents; but it is lighter than the well-define third. H S DA_Vol CLERKENWELL.--k -d '— Three well-dressed young men, natned Raoz an ir; Potter, were charged with creating a disturb an officfe! Wells Theatre, and assaulting Reynolds, establishment. e of The prisoners, who were under the inftaene _ ; ., b r, 0 went into the theatre at nine o'clock OR TUeSCIII.P_?; Oil during the performance they attempfraa the boxes, but the box-keeper sr.,eing their r ,I. en ie l /2. 9 0 fused to admit them. Reynolds came and asked w o g l ; r d. ..„, itainsay called h t tral lll .y, e elle he was a gentleman, and that he would give die . - 01 In consequence of the riot a mob collected outslu - t0 go Ipso, of 150 persons. The prisoners repeatedly refus e ti r doiflm peaceably, and when Reynolds insisted upon t to force e i lleio!; Ramsay collared him and the other prisoners I rl l 7 be p ked ep: about. They ran up the box stairs, but at length : at etio" house.ole, and they were secured and removed to i t e u d w g,, tra T n iz res p r s i i s o o n n s e , rs an i d n ifr p . ecnoitmenbet fimnaendntehremac 10s. each. BURFORD'S PA.NORANIA Or ROUEN.--(THIS DAY.) Mr. of W Beuwrfecrredt,shinsenworFnainngoraginrautictifedßlvciutehna, pwrhivicahtei: to ,be opened for public exhibition in Leicester-scle* The drawings for this panorama were taken br_.d, Burford, during the course of the last autumn 0 I ''...s y therefore, the panorama represents Rouen eXi troo is at the present moment. The vi ew is tak enen to' the stone bridge which leads to the ter minus o ~, f `„ r .. Railroad, and the terminus itself, and the statue of ‘5 O neille are very conspicuous objects in the pancranl e 3or i f next object which attracts the attenti on of the 1131 which the beautiful suspension-bridge across the Seiner_ of t he has been substituted for the old bridg e of boao.he bridge obiea of boats which all who visited Rouen ill ' ' oil time," must remember well there remain only t wc) ; , tbis portions, now used as mooring-places. The river .a the part is represented as crowded with shipping, 94iceed rt.ni effect vgeiry the n o e f w ep beautiful. lei opens t u Theapne n d shade ftfull leles extent upon the w ater i 8 e :4 9 0 8 houses, magni ficent i e v ew a iselions goner Of e ti t ectator—n ot "-- op + l ie some thirty years ago, idle, dirty, niisera' oltb its s inous—but the new Rouen of the present clei; ce of in arc i y _ iv l a ~,,, the distance, v alling in w i palmiest days. T • owering above th is terrsce: 010 S hee t. ex:telY en and Macl"' iii3d arr ifi ae hS quays, merchant - princes e i a e t e n o d f - splendid e t n h t e o o h f l ' d t Roue e c c o r a t i f u t v h r a l el 1 : a r . d t ::.: ti b f : e ° 5 r e n e d cr a to r w eh e e r e of e.fegef t ti h nht e Grosse Ilorlo e We no the pl a y the fam ed of fide carts she and dne carriages, g . . d grow 00 throngs n P g a srtihs Paris. to t -e o ti , " an co sta i peasantry, • in the quaint but • t esque si` The scene heregeilseadmiaogst snip e of pic ur . I „ to L . of Normandy, are seen passing over the briub - t o f Pi" from the city. There is one figure in tbis 1:!: •c, jr I3 s icture which struck us as peculiarly charact'ejide9Ppesit' that of a French postilion mounted ona cite& - t yre and is urging the animal i n t o a gelid; both an absolutely national character $ lll4 12 4 1 0 4 man and horse. If they bad been '114,, into seerseer panorama of Madrid or Constantinople, . 0 1- bothtato il r would have at once exclaimed til e / fu r to It would be impossible to mistake th em to tbe denizens French . most of any other nation. And now we COT e 4 i, Or beautiful bit in the picture, the hill el r is e - agi the i e r net with the beautiful Seine, dotted w itb h s s tif ell mandering at its base, and the " - a u 0° in tre e' o ff villagethe of Bonsecouis, enveloped right. The autumn tints of the folisge.. o f exceedingly rich. The effect of the heat, ra ther t hP- o re the light of the sun upon the air and up on the we ter : o ol, exquisitely delineated. rich, t ru e to re 1111. Warm, an d se a this is one of the most beautiful landscapes we h ave cil tee s for many a long day. It is to be hoped that ' - b it, I m t e i a s ns . may be taken for preserving this del ici# oo quite a gallery picture. The whole iias pan° hip work of art, is of Mr. Burfor d a very high order, and taken as 8 li pet is perhaps the most artistical that ll° ' produced. 1 118 ~dayd oe,, GREAT FOOT-RACE FOR 100 L—OR Tt le % o , much talked-of match between Westhall, of Lonu 1,20 Leyland, of Bury, came oft The Loughboroup:a-0 3 _,d fPA cester, was selected; the distance was 180 yardet:todr stakes 501. a side. Westhall was very numervueli the sly by his London friends, and at the time of th , .: race the tutors amounted to upwards of two thmrsand. having bounded away with the celerity o fl o comotiv eef s tli hall quickly showed in front, and hi s o pp o nent n i ,, a i d retb ft i t nuous effort to come up, but with ou t su c c ess, an d -`'e icei t d s ran in triumphantly sever. yards ahead. The me fancy (who backed Leyland very heavily) app eared ,-;0 mortified at the restllL far 13e f DEATH OF A PRlSONER.—Yesterday Or held an inquest in the board-room of the Wes tminster 40, 40, I of Correction on the body of Charles Harvey, ag ed prisoner. John Mathewson, clerk of the prison, eT — e colii deceased was committed from the Queen-square Pe" h ogr.; on the 12th instant, and admitted thereon that day , c"„/ with assaulting a police-constable in the execution 'Jo' duty, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment, • d be es ander Laing, the sub-warder, deposed that deceased L' 11 ,, 0 1, 1 , at that gaol several times, always for assaulting the r a - ory and he was subject to fits. At half-past eleven nu LIP!, morning witness found him lying in his bed apparen"' less. The prison surgeon was immediately called 0 " 0 0 1 ; life was quite extinct. Verdict, " Natural apoplexy.* y e A . ,4 ItIOTORSHIP or THE HIGH SCHOOL.-- Dr. Leonhard Schmitz of London was elected by the Council to the office of rector of the high school, vso" the retirement of Dr. Carom—Scotsman. *if glilt„ , -t ..1.1 4' A . . ,5 ; . SECOND EDITION. k.ql - 111011131 1 1 .t---111111; LONDON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1845. THE NEW MINISTRY. The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night : Lord JOHN RussuLL went to Windsor at eight o'clock last evening, accompanied by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE. It was generally understood that the visit of the Noble Lords was by the special command of her MAJESTY, and had reference to a communication made by Sir ROBERT PEEL in the course of the day, that HE was unable to re-construct his Ministry if Lord Jonx RUSSELL should not accept office. Lord Jouß RUSSELL returned to Chesham .place this morning, at twelve o'clock. He was there met by the majority of the friends with whom he has been in communication for the last few days. A messenger was forthwith dispatched for Lord COTTENHAM to Putney. The ex-LORD CHAN CELLOR speedily arrived, and until a quarter past three the whole party remained in consultation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL left shortly after that time for the Great Western Railway, sn route to Windsor. A Queen's messenger has been in attendance to convey dispatches to her MAJESTY, but the Noble Lord carried his own message. Lord JOHN RUSSELL returns at seven o'clock this evening, and the result of his mission w►ll then be announced to his friends, who are to re-assemble at that hour. There can be no doubt of the purport of Lo: JOHN'S visit of this evening, and to-morrow's intelli gence will show the correctness of the information which we have been enabled to give upon this im portant point. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The political meeting at Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S residence broke up at half-past two o'clock this after noon, when the whole of the noblemen and gentle men present took their departure, with the exception of Lord LANSDOWNE, who remained some time longer with Lord Joux ItussELL. Lord Jour' RUSSELL and Lord LANSDOWNE re turned to town from Windsor Castle soon after eleven o'clock this morning. The change of Ministry, which, in the language. of our French neighbours, is now " U7l fait ac compli," will naturally lead the public, and more especially that portion not blinded to party prejudices, to draw a comparison between those wit() have retired and those who are to fill their places. The chief members of the new Cabinet are known, the depart ments they are destined to fill are also tolerably well ascertained, and in several important points it may be safely stated that, as regards the government of the country, and the dispatch of arrears in equity, they have a manifest advantage over their predecessors. Lord LYNDHURST was absolutely worn out. His mind possibly was as clear and sound as ever, but his bodily infirmities and age were such, that latterly he had become unfit for office, and the ruinous effects of his inability for business were felt and loudly com plained of by the suitors in Chancery. Lord Col.- TENHANI is, therefore, a manifest change for the better. lie troubles himself little with politics. While Lord Chancellor, during the Government of Lord Msr.• BOURNE, he devoted himself entirely to the duties of his Court, an d th e soun d ness o f hi s d ec i s i ons , as well as his dispatch of causes, gave univer sal satisfaction. We believe even on the Tory benches of the House of Lords there was not one dissentient voice on these points. The Earl of ABERDEEN deserves great cre dit f or t h e m ild po li cy which he uniformly pursued, especially with regard to France, and for the good understanding which he cultivated with M. GUIZOT, by which many difficul ties were settled by mutual compromise, and the jea lousies and angry passions of the two nations sub. wittetito thevoice of reason, The Altered tone of tho 11,230 . 1,570 Malt. 3.250 qrs. SMITEPIELD. The supply of Beasts on sale here being large, even the time of year considered, the Beef trade ruled very dull, at a decline on Monday's quotations of from 2d to 4d per Bibs. There were on offer 70 Cows, together with 170 Sheep. from Holland. The number of Sheep was moderate, while the Mutton trade was steady at unaltered currencies. The supply of Calves being more than equal to the wants of the butchers, the inquiry for that description of stock was heavy, at a de cline in value of 2d per 815 s. The Pork trade was firm at full prices. Mulch Cows were held at 161 to 191 each. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. 1. d Inferior Beasts 3 0 3 4 second quality ditto. 3 6 3 $ Prime large Oxen•• 3 10 4 0 Prime Scots • • • • • • 4 2 4 4 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 $ • Suckling Calves ..18 • SO 9 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 4 3 10 s. d. t• s. d. Second quality ditto 4 • 4 4 Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 • Southdown Wetkars 4 10 5 • Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs • ..... 310 4 6 small Porkers .... 4 $ 6 2 Quarter old Pigs ..16 • 20 0 Lambs . . 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I illteep. I Calves. I Piss. 1,661 1 3,690 165 369 NEI/MATZ Aim LZAMENNALL. We had a steady general dealand, at fall prices. ~,..-._ ~~ •-~ (]!MINIS' vra a Corr e4iseount rPa r e adon and ihy urd John n o . f Earl of )4r to Rouse, 4: ti C. Wood, morr The Earl of 40,, tc 1 u i 2 of Cl % I -3 e, and tt - " w aY I r e 1 144; t e are info :a t o.:... r! aeee r ni ILL I, o e f vvratil tour oftuphor k ere were rl ineludin Tee Right I e Earl of 41'01r James C „pDosition I e Duke o rd Stanle rd Wharf Th e Earl o f 1 1,,_ arl of Lord C 11, % l i! ance T _ Geulbt Z u s rcl Granv regardsdo tih tor it ju auth( 1'64 r bPlated, quish the uneerta 0f41.4ae nuke of Mast( Duke Th i"n tnent e D Gray's 0 d k thel4lt:l kttr i s 4 t Bl Ih e e i ta s t: r e v b l °P7i° , i y e n a nji i n ig n 3: Rosas h , t act from I t Publicatjoi t , :ter e 0 1‘. es r o o i a at 14, Video, will, s h ucot in h e 47; ti t 4‘lovernme ix, () Ills in sQI thi s t Oingly • de *O, CUMent ti oh t_ ll o doubt E te 1 ; 41 Parties, t ' V eweight k it h '°e leeto onfei sj u n., :gle _a st rprise t 40 ean leave et the we sh e tenpins 11 Throw of t 11 tit *i „ or fort t ath. , .ange 4 11 ::: : ;_ . : 2- d io o u t a e n2 0 lb Your r ape h..! . T . 0 3eS is ri tsely aim Vir 2 1 , 6 ,, pag , lvb o tt ilelct o as o] was ov.oll and I, -o_ll?ute at togrlatian wh evidence Bu dd 12 Mr • a_ ; and ‘. Was ino W Y , 11 you of 'I 1 u" P Y ti ted 6 them 1 qe j bat One Col IS t o be r o, lll able wo f a nbury, is "Ir. Will tha t further Sirquestii A Yours c &srixton,