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NEW NOVEL, EDITED BY MRS. GORE. Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE QUEEN OF DENMARK. AN HISTORICAL NOVEL. Edited by Mrs. GORE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BT J. FENIMORE COOPER. ESQI Now ready, at all the Libraries, in three vols., post Bvo., THE CHAIN-BEARER. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq., Author of " The Pilot," " The Last of the Mohicans," " The Deer- slayer," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. TENANT RIGHT.—A Report of the Proceed ings which took place on the discussion of this question, before the largest meeting ever held at the London Farmers' Club-house, on Wednesday last, appears in THE MARK LANE EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, published this day, with a SUPPLE MENT (gratis). May be had, by order, of all booksellers.—Price 7d. office, 24, Norfolk-street, Strand, London.) AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION.-A full Account of the Proceedings at the meeting of the CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION SOCIETY, at which the Duke of Richmond presided, with the Address of the Society to the Land owners ; and also Mr. Cayley's second Letter to Lord John Russell, on the Corn-laws, appear in the MARK LANE EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, published this day, with a SUPPLE MENT (gratis). May be had, by order, of all booksellers.—Price 7d. Office, 24, Norfolk-street, Strand, London. TIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand °pare, In three acts, called MARITA NA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrant ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem. Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarlllo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Debris (of the Ac►demie Royale, Paris), AMR°. Louise, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mona. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. .TULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. LAST FIVE NIGHTS-THIS DAY, TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY. _ . On Wednesday there can be no performance, ihe Theatre having been let previous to M. Jullien's occupation. ADDITION TO Tlll3 PROMENADE. Large numbers of persons having on several Evenings during the present Series of Concerts been, for want of room, of necessity denied admission, M. Jullien begs leave to state that he has caused to be arranged and decorated Two Extra Apartments connected with the Promenade. These will be opened for the first time THIS EVENING, aril ➢I. Jullien trusts will afford ample accommodation for all his visitors. The British Navy Quadrille on each Evening—The Destruction of Pompeii (First Time this Season). The Programme for THIS EVENING will include a Solo by Herr Kcenig —Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony—Solo on the Concertina by Mr. Case—The Polka Quadrille—the Boquet Royal Waltz—The Destruction of Pompeii—The British Navy Quadrille, &c., &c., &c. Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and foxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. __ , M. Jullien's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday, December 22. _ . . , . The Analenceportion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators :—Dress Circles, Ss. ; Boxes, 35.; Galleries, 2s. 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. Atler 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, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seyton, Miss Seyton. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL THIS EVENING Will he repeated '1 HE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Age. In which Messrs. I'aul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates, and 3lrs. Fitzwilliam will i lerfo rm. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma ionrkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled TILE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. ‘Vallack ; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orvllle, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling ; Blanche, Miss May. Atter which, DON CIESAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar de Baaan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE I'QUATRE. NEW STRAND THEATRE. MR. GREGORY FOR THREE ADDITIONAL NIGHTS. THIS EVENING Will be produced the tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet by Mr. Gregory (whose reception on each night of his performance hag been crowned with such triumphant success); Claudius, King of Den mark, Mr. Waldron ; Ophelia, Miss Charles, late of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, her first appearance here. To conclude with the farce of THE REVIEW. Boxes, 4s. ; Stalls, 4.5. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, I. Half-price at lane o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPI'A. 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.—SuN OFFICE, DEC. 14. TBERDIODINTER, Lowest, 29; Highest, 32; Noon, 38, BAROMETER, 30.38. WIND, W.N.W., fine and hazy. DECEMBER 15. THERXO3IIITHER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 46; Noon, 48, BAROMETER. 29.95. WIND, W.; morning, rain: afternoon, fine. 11GM WATER AT LONDON-MIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 43 minutes after 2 Evening 2 minutes after 3. ... ,e.. i*C),'-w g l ' -,-,l\itiT ~" • 4 \ . , 4 N . 1 ) prr '..., r ~. • . 0 ' ‘.”,.. :',, 1E T; lit''' ts ....c., eltening 41 !' Ant LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1845. THE NEW MINISTRY. Up to this moment nothing has been determined upon. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has been actively oc cupied since his return from Windsor in advising with his friends, and preparing all his means of government, if he should be compelled to accept office. Of this little doubt is entertained. The PEEL Cabinet is dead, and cannot be resuscitated— Lord JOHN RUSSELL alone can form an Administra tion, and although he will not rashly undertake, he must ultimately dare the danger and the honour of achieving free trade, and carrying on liberal prin ciples. Lord GREY and Mr. ELLICE will arrive in Lou.. don this morning. Lord BESBOROUGH is also hourly expected. By Wednesday next something certain may be kno..vn, as Parliament will be further pro rogued to-morrow till the 30th instant. The following appeared in our Third Edition o Saturday Evening : Lord JOHN RUSSELL left town for Windsor at two o'clock to- day, accompanied by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE. His return is not certain, and until he comes back nothing will of course be known. It is generally believed, in the best-informed circles, that the caution requisite in taking so important a trust is the only cause of consideration ; but no doubts are entertained in any quarter that the PEEL Administration is totally and for ever at an end, and that a new Government will be formed as quickly as possible. It is also believed that Sir ROBERT PEEL, and the more rational of his Cabinet, will be found sup porters of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S measures. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL left town this afternoon for Windsor Castle, to have an audience of her MAJESTY, The Duke of BEDFORD arrived in town: to-day from Woburn Abbey, and visited his noble relative in Chesham- pl ace. It is understood that Sir JAMES GRAILAM had an interview with Lord JOHN RUSSELL, on Thursday. Rumours have been very prevalent during the day that Lord JOHN RUSSELL is not likely to form an Ad ministration. W e believe that the end of the present extraor dinary crisis will be the formation of an Administra • tion by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. But this is our opinion on ly. This result is probable, but not certain. Lord JOHN RUSSELL is not responsible for the present State difficulties ; and it would be not only incon sistent with his habitual caution and indicative o f i n him a very unusual greediness of power, but it would be even the extreme of madness, unless he sees his way to success, or his duty as a patriot and a loyal subject of her MAJESTY leaves him no alternative, to commit his fame to the solution of difficulties of no ordinary nature, in creating which he has had no share. If he embark in the great undertaking and fail, the public may not nicely dispense the just degrees of blame to Lord Joust RUSSELL and his predecessor. The Minister for the time being will be the person in court ready for sentence ; and when the questiun on which he is to stake his lame is the all-exciting one of the free supply of food to a nation visited with scarcity, a much Tees cautioNts and cons , :lentious man than Lord JOHN RussaLL would think thrice before he under took the responsibility which Sir ROBERT PEEL has sought to transfer to him. There are two things which the new Premier wil have to do. He will have to meet the present exigency, and he will have to undertake a final settle. ment of the corn-law question. For the first of these objects, after the delay which has already occurred, and the further delay which new ministerial arrangements would probably neces sitate, there would seem now to be no alternative but an immediate Order in Council for the opening of the ports. Would Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Duke of WELLINGTON ensure, as they have it in their power to do, indemnification by Parliament ? For the permanent settlement of the corn-law question, there is but one way of doing it, and, at any rate, but one way in which Lord Jour' RUSSELL can propose to do it, after his letter to the electors of London. What course will Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Duke of WELLINGTON take on a measure of total, immediate, and unconditional repeal ? Without Sir ROBERT PEEL'S support, Lord JOHN RUSSELL can have no hope with the present House of Commons, though a dissolution would most probably give him a majority with another. But without the Duke of WELLINGTON'S influence, what is to be done with the House of Lords ? Will Lord JOHN Rus- SELL commit himself to collision between the House of Lords and the country, and to carrying the repeal of the corn.laws by provoking a popular excite ment, such as that which carried the Reform Act, and by extraordinary measures, if they should be ne cessary, for overcoming the opposition of the House of Lords. A wise man will weigh all the conse quences of a step, and if he take it will be prepared for the worst. But Lord J. RUSSELL would, pro bably, refuse at present to incur the necessity of rousing the passions of the people ; nor is it likely that he would ask, or, if he asked, obtain a promise such as WILLIAM IV. gave Lord Gain - , to swamp the House of Lords. Other things must be tried first. Rather than undertake this now, we feel as sured that Lord JOHN RUSSELL would compel Sir ROBERT PEEL to return to his post. Compel, we say, for it lies on Sir ROBERT PEEL, and not on Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to extricate her MAJESTY from her present difficulties. Lord JOHN RUSSELL is free to name his conditions on taking office. Sir ROBERT PEEL cannot leave her MAJESTY, as he has left her, without aiding her, if she requires his aid, out of the difficulties which he has made for her. It principally depends then on Sir ROBERT PEEL how this crisis shall end. It is no ordinary step which he has taken, in resigning at this moment. He has resigned while Parliament is not sitting—not, as is usual, in consequence of a Parliamentary defeat—with the certainty, whenever Parliament met again, of a large Parliamantary majority at his back, even though he should not reli giously adhere to the principles on which his Govern ment was formed. His Parliamentary majority has already often followed him in desertion from the old party standards. How, then, can we read Sir Ro- BERT PEEL'S resignation but as a confesssion that he cannot govern the country on his own principles, nor on any principles so near to them as to be able to meet again his old Parliamentary majority, as Minister ? This being so, will he stickle now on small differences between the measure which he may have intended to propose and Lord Jowl RUSSELL'S measure ? He cannot have resigned without ex plaining to her MAJESTY the insuperable difficulties of his ministerial position. Will he refuse her MA JESTY the aid which he can render to the only man who can succeed him ? Sir ROBERT PEEL has ceased to be Minister under circumstances which must com pel him to cease also to be a mere political tactician. On Saturday a meeting of the electors of Hert fordshire was held at Hertford, for the purpose of ascertaining the principles on which Mr. HALSEY comes forward as a candidate for the county. The meeting was got up chiefly by his supporters. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, chairman of Mr. HALSEY'S cen tral committee, presided. Mr. 'HALSEY was introduced amidst loud cheers, and everything seemed to betoken a triumphant issue to the day's proceedings, but un fortunately for the Protectionists, some men of sound knowledge, and not bigotted to the interests of one class, were present, and by arguments and undeniable facts turned the anticipated victory into a defeat. The new candidate is no half-and-half Conservative —he goes the whole length, and vies with the most rabid Tory in denouncing Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and threatening destruction to any Ministry, " let them be who they might," who would attempt to di minish the present protection to agriculture. Taking for granted that Lord JOHN RUSSELL had already completed his difficult task, and was in the confidence of her MAJESTY, he thus opens his attack upon the party :—" There was now at the head of her MAJESTY'S Government a man pledged to the destruction of the Church in Ireland, to the endowment of the Romish Church, and the abolition of all protection : would a sup porter of such a man suit the electors of Herts ?" And he thus pathetically describes the woful plight to which the farmers of Hertfordshire would be reduced by the new-fangled policy adopted both by him and the Conservative leader who had betrayed their cause : "If those whom he addressed were willing to be ; forced to leave the farms upon which they and their forefathers had lived and been happy for centuries—if they wished to be degraded to a lower rank, the farmer to the rank of the labourer, and the labourer to the rank of the labourer on the Continent—if they wished to be dependent on the manufacturer for precarious work and a scanty al lowance of black bread, then let them support what was called free trade." Mr. WARD, M P., who knows the locality well, happened to be present, and showed the blessings of protection for the last thirty years in such a light, that the tone of the meeting sud denly changed, a motion declaring that Mr. llALsay was a fit and proper person to represent the county was rejected, and the following resolution carried by a majority of two :—"That in the opinion of this meeting it is the interest of the tenant-farmer, the labourer, and the landlord, that the corn-law question should be promptly and permanently settled, the experience of the last thirty years having proved that protec-. tion drives capital from land, narrows the home market by crippling foreign trade, and injures all classes periodically by ruinous fluctuations." As we stated on Saturday, these " protection" meetings are of the greatest service to the cause of free trade, because the advocates of monopoly have not one sound argument on which they can rest ; and the absurdity of their principles requires only to be pointed out, to meet the approbation even of those whom they have deluied by false promises and false hopes. The tenants find that, notwith standing the vast anxiety displayed by the landlords for them and their labourers, the corn-laws have really afforded them no protection whatever ; that they are now in a worse position than they had been at any former period, and that there is no hope for them, but in a final settlement of the question. That is the feeling entertained by the whole tenantry of Scotland;, it is becoming prevalent in England, and now that the leading men of both parties, in whom the public place confidence, are unanimous in that opinion, it requires not the spirit of prophecy to tell that this great measure of reform can be no longer delayed. IVe have read, with great regret, a letter from Mr. VERNON SMITH, M.P. for Northampton, to one of his constituents, which contains a most wanton and un merited reflection on the Anti-Corn-law League. We believe this gentleman held a subordinate office under Lord MELBOURNE'S Government, and he pro bably hopes now to come in again for some of the pickings. Mr. VERNON SMITH, who, by way of making the thing perfect, calls himself a corn-law repealer, says—" My own opinion may sound a para dox; but it is, that of late years the conduct of the Tories has advanced the repeal of the corn-laws, andthe violence and abuse of the Anti-Corn-law League has retarded it. The true-hearted people of England loathe insin cerity and spur,, dictation." The distinguished lead ers of the League can aff or d t o t reat t hi s imperti nence with contempt, and are not likely, we suppose, to give Mr. SMITH credit for speaking the sentiments of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Lord MORPETH, and other leading statesmen, with whom he has.been con nected in a subordinate capacity. Air. VERNoN SMITH might have chosen a better time for abusing THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENYNG, _DECEMBER 15, 1845. the body to whose unwearying and brilliant ewer tions the country owes its victory over monopoly. Madrid journals of the 7th have been received. Reports of the QUEEN'S marriage with the Count DE TuArANi have been again revived, and furnish topics of discussion in most of them. This project of marriage is universally disapproved of by all inde pendent Spaniards, and is supported only by the French party. The Esperanza repeats the rumour that the notorious BRAVO, once Prime Minister, had been dismissed from his situation as Ambassador at the Court of Lisbon. It appears that great reform has taken place at Court, and most of the ancient ceremonies when Spain was a great country had been revived. A letter of the 6th says : " The ceremonies of the ancient reigns have recently been adopted at the Palace. The day before yesterday thirty or forty ladies were admitted to the honour of the Tabouret, and yesterday several grandees of Spain put on their mantle for the.first time. The ceremony of the chapter of the Order of Charles 111., held this day, has been magnificent. Seventy-four knights were present in their rich costumes, The Dukes de Valencia and Rianzares, and Martinez de la Rosa figured conspicu ously among them." The Gazette contains a notice from the Sinking Fund Board that the dividends on the Three per Cent. Internal Debt will be paid at Madrid from and after the 2d of January next, and that persons holding that stock in Paris and London may receive bills on Madrid at four days' sight, drawn by the presidents of the finance com mission there on the Sinking Fund Board, for their cou pons, if they prefer doing so. The Three per Cents. have advanced latterly, owing to the combination formed for that purpose ; they closed on the 6th at 36-1 cash, and 36i at 60 days ; 27 millions done. Five per Cents. 24 at 60 days ; 1,600,000 done. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with discus sions on the resignation of the PEEL Ministry, and its probable consequences. The views taken by some show more knowledge of political affairs in this country than previous articles would have led English men to anticipate. The following remarks from the Government paper, the Journal des Debats, will be read with interest :—" The grave determination come to by the English Ministry was unexpected. We were not ignorant of the serious difficulties which had arisen in the Council on the subject of a change in the corn-laws, but it was generally believed that the head of the Cabinet had succeeded in bringing his colleagues to his own opinion, and that a una nimity had been re-established in the Councils of the Crown. It must be believed that the principal ob stacle which was thought to have been removed has again come in the way, and that the member of the Cabinet whose influence alone could counterbalance that of Sir ROBERT PEEL, the Duke of WELLING TON, has felt himself bound to recur to his first opinion. However this may be, the Ministry of Sir R. PEEL is dissolved, and the English Government at an absolute crisis. Without pretending to fore see the manner in which this crisis will terminate, we nevertheless think that, considering the state of parties in England, and the disposition of the public, no long time will elapse before Sir ROBERT PEEL again finds himself called upon to form a new Cabinet. Without him only two combinations are possible, a Whig Ministry directed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and a Ministry purely and simply Tory, with the Duke of WELLINGTON for its chief, and Lord STANLEY for its orator. A Whig Ministry, particularly after the recent demonstration of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, would find itself in very consider able minority in the present House of Commons, and would have against it nearly all the Lords. It must therefore have recourse to a dissolution. It is indubitable that it would still find itself in a minority in a new Parliament, and that the agricultural party, though greatly weakened in the last four years, would, nevertheless, be still the strongest at a new general election. There only remains an ultra-Tory Ministry on the system of maintaining the present laws, and resting solely on the landed interest. Such a Ministry will probably be tried, but all conceive that it cannot last ; and, if it lasts, it will be dangerous. A political, but at the same time a progressive, conservatism, like that of Sir ROBERT PEEL, was the only one capable of neu tralising by directing a popular feeling so strong as that which is now manifested in England. This mixed party, this party of wise mutual concessions, would prevent a shock between OA two extreme ele ments, and gradually, though slowly, prepare the ne cessary fusion. The species of crusade undertaken against the corn-laws has hitherto borne only the character of a question of economy—this new state will give it a democratic character. The struggle which has hitherto beek only between two systems, will become one between two classes; and when the cause of the freedom of trade and the increase of labour shall no longer be debated, only in the he reditary Chamber, a conflict will arise between the middle and working classes on the one side, and the aristocracy of the great landowners on the other. We therefore believe that the most probable solution of the Ministerial crisis in England is, that, after several attempts by others, Sir ROBERT PEEL will once more be charged with the formation of a new Cabinet. The separation of the Duke of WELLING TON will, undoubtedly, be a cause of great difficulty ; but a Cabinet which shall reckon among its members Sir R. PEEL, Lord ABERDEEN, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and perhaps Mr. GLADSTONE, will still combine suf ficient influence, as well as talents to form a strong Government. We will add, that particular circum stances will render the constitution of a new Cabinet most urgent, for the Message of the President of the United States will in a few days arrive ai l Liverpool." We subjoin the opinions of some of the other papers on this unexpected event:: — (From the Constitutionnel.) "We have already examined, as well as an opinion could be formed of the future, what were the probable consequences of Sir R. Peel's withdrawal from office, it this step be certain, which is not yet definitive. The journals which pass for the confidential organs of his opinions, declared the other day that, in consequence of the attitude taken by Lord John Russell, all coalition had become impossible between the Whig s and mode rate Tories. The result will be, that the Queen will summon the Whigs to the Ministry, and that Sir R. Peel will give, in the Chamber, to Lord J. Russell the perse vering and disinterested support which he received from him during the past year ; or that the Tories, who have just overturened Sir R. Peel, will seize on the Govern ment, and endeavour to defend the present legislation. We believe, as we have already declared, that in presence of the progress made by the agitation against the corn laws, they will not be able to succeed, except by turning public opinion on a great undertaking, where all the forces of the country should be engaged." (From the National.) " The Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel is dissolved. If the Whip were ready for and desirous of office, and if they could command a majority in the Parliament, all diffi culty would soon be at an end. But the accession of the Whigs requires three things which are not easy;-1. The dissolution of the House of Commons. 2. Favour able elections. 3. A considerable creation of Peers. Lord John Russell must, moreover, be decided to assume the direction of affairs, and everything indicates that, at this moment, he has no such intention. The Whigs are, by this time, accustomed to see Sir Robert Peel sweep ing the road for them, transacting their business, and they rendering government commodious to him. They then take their portfolios and go to sleep in the sweetest idleness; when the people grumble and ac cuse them of impotency, they request Lord Palmerston to kick up a bit of a row out of doors, and his Lordship finds here and there a personage flat enough to pass through the eye of a needle. The Whigs, enchanted, then say that they have done quite enough for their glory, and after this exploit they return into private life. Now, as Lord J. Russell does not appear much inclined to new adventures, there remain Sir R. Peel and the Duke of Wellington—which of the two will the Queen send for? Both, perhaps ; but the position of each is narrow and difficult.. What can the Duke of Wellington do? Form an ultra-Tory Cabinet resolved upon resistance. But who will be chosen by him to lead the House of Corn. mons ? Where is the man sufficiently robust to stand a single night against Peel and Russell ? There is not one. Lord Stanley might have tried, but he is now in the House of Lords, Suppose even that Wellington should by chance find such a person,, where would be his majority ? The Tories decided on yielding nothing are not more than 200 ; Peel has the others, and their junction with the Whigs would at the first trial place the Wellington Cabinet in a minority. If, then, such a minority should be formed, it would not last a month, and it would only have the effect of facilitating a coalition between Sir Robert Peel and the Whigs, which has long been foreseen. On the other hand, the Baronet cannot hope to direct the affairs of the country, having against him, not only the Duke of Wellington, but Stanley, Ripon, Buckingham, Buccleuch, Richmond, in short, the whole English aristocracy. In proposing the abolition of the corn-laws, he would infallibly ob tain through the Whip a majority of the House of Commons, but he would fall in the Lords before a for- midable opposition. There would be only one way to destroy this obstacle, viz., to create at least sixty Peers which, sooner or later, must be done. Such a measure may be resorted to in favour of a firm Cabinet, having a real majority of its own in the 'louse of Commons, but Sir Robert Peel would only have a borrowed majority, which would cease the mombnt the Whigs should vote against him. Would he himself, with the consciousness of his weakness, attempt a large creation of Peers ? and would he not, in such ease, be obliged, in order to support it, to dissolve the Commons ? Are not the trials that he has undergone, this painful rupture with the Duke of Wellington, the insults that he has re ceived from his own party, the contempt of the aristo cracy, which he has led against its will, and which de tested whilst it followed its leader, with the embarrass ments connected with his present situation—are not all these sufficient to induce Sir R. Peel to refuse any longer to bear so heavy a burthen ? All is uncertain, all is grave in the present state of things ; we have been desirous of stating it clearly in order that it may be ap preciated by our readers. This Ministerial crisis in London will produce a powerful sensation in England, and it ought to iedicate to our Ministers that the last hours of the English Cabinet announce to them also, that the hand which marks the duration of their existence has nearly run the circle of the dial." (From the Courrier Francais.) "The dissolution of the Cabinet, after the resignation of Sir R. Peel, and in spite of the resistance of the Duke of Wellington, shows to what point a party in England shares the fortune of its head, and how that party knows how to accept the necessities of the constitutional go vernment. At the head of the Cabinet, as at the head of the Opposition, Sir R. Peel or Lord J. Russell are entitled to say, the pasty of which lam the leader. In this way the authority of the Government can be pre served entire in paFsing from one hand to another. Who in France has a right to speak like Sir R. Peel or Lord John Russell ? Sir R. Peel had accepted the revi sion of the corn-laws only in self-defence, and because, in his opinion, the existence of the Cabinet depended on that concession. At the head of the Opposition he will therefore oppose the measure which he would have accorded, bad be continued at the head of affairs. The resig nation of the Tory Mi n i s t ry g i ves t h e Mi n i stry of October 29 a blow from which it cannot recover. Lord J. Russell and Lord Palmerston, succeeding Sir R. Peel and Lord Aberdeen, will not consent to favour the system of temporising which the Tory Minister countenanced, because it was certain to reap consider able advantages from it. Perhaps the Whig Ministry which is going to be formed will lead public discussion to foreign affairs (it may be looked on as a certainty that this will be the case if Lord Palmerston gets into power), in order to turn aside the still graver difficulty, to which it is pledged beforehand, respecting the corn-laws. In any case, the struggle will be severe at both sides of the Channel. May the events which must result from it have for us this time less bitter fruits." (From the Siecle.) "The withdrawal of the Tory Ministry will be with out influence on the difficulties of foreign policy. For some time past the Whigs have been drawing closer to France ; and we may add that political traditions, which are all-powerful in England, establish but very feeble difference between parties in what regards the relations of England with the Continent. M. Guizot alone will lose by it, for he will no longer have a pretext for speak ing to us of the entente cordiale." (From the France.) "We persist in thinking that Sir Robert Peel is the man —necessary, indispensable, for present circumstances. In that case the question for him would be to choose other colleagues. The crisis, now commencing, will undergo many a phase before it arrives at a solution. It will deeply move the Tory party, which at this con juncture may lose much more in isolating itself than in taking part in the movement, in order to direct it. Hi therto this party had thought it advisable, from not being able to do otherwise, to take the initiative in the reforms which the force of circumstances imposed on it. We shall soon see if it intends adopting a system of re sistance to the last extremity." The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers : The Royal Family are not to quit St. Cloud for the Tuileries, says the Constitutionnel, before the 22d inst. The Act of April 22, 1806, declares that " three Re gents of the Bank of France must be chosen from amongst the Receivers-General." The dismissal of M. Bandon, who formed part of the Council of Regents in his quality of Receiver-General, therefore, involved his withdrawal from those functions. M. Baudon, we un derstand, on Wednesday sent in his resignation to the Governor of the Bank. The Minister of Marine has just rendered an account to the King of the operations of the squadron of evolu tions in the Mediterranean, during the five months since it first left Toulon Roads, and also sent in the report by Admiral Parceval Duchesne, who commands it, of the general inspection he has made of the squadron. His report is most satisfactory. In the manoeuvres in which it has been exercised from June till October, he states that the captains and officers have given uniform proofs of perfect science and ability, and that they and all the crews have constantly manifested the utmost zeal and the best spirit. A considerable sensation was created by the an nouncement that M. Gabrielde Isot, a brother of the stockbroker who has just failed, had committed suicide by blowing out his brains, on the previous morning, at Grenelle. In addition to the affixing the seals upon the papers of M. Isot, the stockbroker, a warrant for the arrest of his person has been issued, but not exe cuted on account of his having left Paris. The news of the resignation of the Conservative Ministry in England produced a fall in the French Funds on Friday, but next day they recovered. The Three per Cents. on Sa turday closed at 81f. 20c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f, 70c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,147 f. 50c. •, Rouen, 930 f.; Northern, 695 f.; Havre, 750 f.; Avignon, 857 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 630 f. ; Bordeaux, 600 f. ; Boulogne, 500 f.; Basle, 230 f. ; Fampoux, 475 f.; Spanish Three per. Cents, 38% ; ditto Domestic Debt, 35 ; ditto, Passives, 6%. The following are the quotations for other lines:— _ _ Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 4f. 50c. premium; ditto (Calon), 41.; Union, 12f. 50c.; ditto (Ganneron), 4f. • ditto (Lapinsonniere), 3f. ; Messageries, 3f.; Ardoin, 50c. ; Receveurs-Generaux, 3f. ' • Paris and Strasbourg ( Gan neron), 2f. ; ditto (Bechet), 1E; Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie), 51.; ditto (Drouillard), 4f. ; ditto (O'Neill), 4f. ; ditto (Lefevre), 4f.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 6f. 50c. ; ditto (Lecointe), par; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), par; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), par ; ditto (Eapeleta), 41. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par. The Lyons definitive shares sold for 65f. premium ; Strasbourg ditto, 181. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 40f. MARSEILLES, DEC. 9.—Marseilles and Avignon, 8551. ; Boulogne, 505 E ; Vierzon, 627 f. 50c. LYONS, DEC. 11.—Marseilles and Avignon, 355 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 465 f.; Paris and R.uen, 960 f. t3USINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Das. 13. Anglo-Belgian — Mauritius Boulogne and Amiens.. Namur and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterraa North Jamaica Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon 15% Do. & Cette (Espelela) Orleans and Bordeaux 914 Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. 1 34 Over Yssel ....... ....- — Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) (zinc Ceast Central of Spain .. — Ceylon . ...... . .......... — Demerara — Ditto (Caloa's).... Ditto (Sud Est) Paris and Orleans Dendre Valley •• Dutch Rhenish ••• 67g Dieppe & Paris Janet — Dijon and Malhouse Paris and Rouea Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron'al Do. (Compe de yEst) Eist Indian .......•••••• Fampeux. & Hazebronk Grt Northern of France Constituted 103/4 Do. Pepin le Halleur Great Paris and Lyons Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada 34 Jamaica S Mid. Junction De. North Midland Do. Extension Do. (Aymard's)...... Paris and St. Quentin. Rouen and Havre...... Royal North of Spain. Sambre and Manse .... Strasburg and Basle ... Tournay,Jurbise, Lan don, and Hasselt Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) Da. (Lefebvre's) Jersey — Louvain and Jemappe Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg Madrid and Valencia — De. Trinidad Verona anti Ancona West Flanders LATEST NEWS. SUN-OFFICE, Quarter past Three. Lord GREY and the Right Hon. E DWARD ELLICE arrived in town this mor n i ng . Im mediatelyihterview with ird on th e ir jo arrival, they had an JouN RUSSELL. The Noble Lord has had constant communication with all the leaders of the Liberal party the whole of this day. Many days cannot elapse before something will be known, but at present all is surmise, and we refrain from giving currency to rumours that are totally destitute of any foundation. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Lord GREY bas arrived in town, and has had an interview with Lord Jour' RUSSELL. Lord M ORPETH is also expected in town shortly . Lord MIN TO an d o th er Whig noblemen and gentle men are also expected to arrive in town. A meeting of influential political friends was held to-day at Lord JouN RUSSELL'S private residence in Chesham-place. The Duke of BEDFORD left town on Saturday evening, on his return to Woburn Abbey. GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW M EETI NG IN THE GUILD HALL (THIS DAY).—At a few minutes past one the Lord Mayor came u p on the platform, and am ongst those who a ccompan ied hi m were Alderman Wood, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. 111 liner Gibson, M.P., M r . Pattison, M.P., &c. The Hall was very crowded. We will give a full report of the proceedings in a Third Edition. The examination of the poachers for the murderous attack on Mr. Bruges's keepers, at Sandridge, on the lith ult., took place at Melksham last Thursday, when Bell was able to attend and identify three of them. The ex amination lasted more than six hours, when the magis trates, Bfe ssrs. P h i l i ps an d H e athcote, committe d five for tri a l at the next ass i ze ; viz., Pritchard, Ilearry, and John Cox, of Steeple Ashton ; William Crooks, of Hin ton ; and Richard Hawkins, of Semington. John B arnet, of Littleton (an a pp rover ), was b a il e d in the sum of 40/., and two sureties in 401. each.— Wiltshire Independent. TO PREVEN T OYSTERS FROM SMELLING.—"I Say, Pete, does you know how dey keep oysters from smelling in de hottes ob wedder?" " I don't tink I does, Sam; .how'd dey do 'em?" " Why, dey cut dar noses off, and they can't smell nuttin." " p vah yah ! yah ! What at; 14111134.nun tratum nigger you is !" HarLorough union workhouse has not an stile. bodied pauper for an inmate. The number in it is only st:Kty, chiefly orphans, with aged and infirm persons ; while the town has more than seventy unoccupied houses, ang etablin • old' for npwards of 200 hOrSei,--Nottin,ghanl UNITED STATES. We have received New York papers to the 20th ult. inclusive. They do not, however, contain anything of particular importance. The Washin9ton Union of the 18th has another long article on the Oregon question, in which it intimates that, having sufficiently shown "its hand" on the policy heretofore adopted, and still determined upon by the President on this all-engrossing subject, it may with propriety suspend further discussion unless provoked again to controversy. The article, which occupies nearly three columns on this subject, closes by an inti mation that the next Message of the President will abundantly sustain all the views which he has expressed on this question. MONEY MARKET. Aberdeen • ..... 5 Aberdeen, Banff, & Elgin 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2%...... Bideford andTavistock... 1% — Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 124 Ditto New 17% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction dirmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. - ••• ... 2% ( Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's)...... 5 1 A...... . ... Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh IN-... Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Bruseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% Eastern Counties 14/. 16s. 194% Ditto New 6/. 168. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......6/.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 4/. Os. 4d... EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 25 .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 3 3 4 — Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 — Do. Exten'ntoNorw'h 2% Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% — East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... • Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — ••• Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 / 2 .... . . - ...... . . ...... Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ...... Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 4 — Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% — Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2 3 / 4 Glouc.,Abelystwith, and Central of Wales 1%...... ••• Goole and Doncaster .. 425. Grand Junction ...100 Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 •• Grand Uni on l% — . Great Eastern &Western 2 1 ,x•••••• .........•.• •• GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 7 1 Great Munst er ... 2 1 % Q ..... Great North of Scotland 2% Great North of England..loo Ditto New 5 - Do. New— — ••• Great Western BO 146% Ditto 1 % Shares 5O Ditto 4 Shares 2% 14% Ditto Fifths 2O — Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ... - •• Harwich Hull and Selby Ditto 1 / 4 Shares Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 - •••• Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Irish North Midland I X Isle ofAxhohne — 2 5 Killarney Junctions 'lo Kendal and Windermere 1 4 Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Lame, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. % dis - ......- % dis Leicester and Bedford... 225.....•• 4 dis P. Leicester and Tamworth 425, iAl 1 4 dis Liverp. and Manchester.loo ... Do. % Shares .....• •• • 50 - • Do. Quarters...... 25 .. .... ..... Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% •• ... Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction 148 85 .14% 17% - 411/2 NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Quotations for stocks continue unsettled. The Bartlet Mille, of Newburyport, have declared a semi annual dividend of seven per cent. The exports of flour from this port to London and Liver pool, in the first eleven days of this month, amounted to 14,092 barrels ; of cheese to 910,7311 b. ; and of wheat, 16,848 bushels. The shipments since have been large, every packet going out full of these articles. The advises from Liverpool to the 4th instant are anxiously looked for, by all kinds of speculators. The high prices ruling in our seaport markets for flour have increased the receipts at tide water many thousand barrels. The Britannia steamer, out sixteen days, had not ar rived when these papers left New York. LVIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO MITER. There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool on Satur day. Sales, 2,000 bales, all to the trade, and at former rates. Much disappointment has been expressed in the City, especially among the commercial classes, at the apparent difficulties which surround Lord John Russell in the forma tion of a Ministry. It is impossible that trade and commerce can revive until there is some definite settlement of the Cabinet, and until the final disposition of the corn-laws takes place, it being admitted now, on all hands, that there must be some radical reform in the sliding-scale, if not an actual repeal of these odious imposts. The arrival of the Message of the President of the United States, on the opening of the Congress of the Republic, is now almost hourly expected, and, as upon its contents may depend the question of peace or war, it need hardly be stated, a lively desire is expressed Per the receipt of this most ins • portant document. _ _ The appear3nce of the Stock Market certainly offers at the present time nothing very encouraging. There is a paucity of business, and a want of confidence among nearly all parties, quite irrespective of their political creeds. Consols for 'rime have been 92% to 92%; Exchequer-bills have been at a premium of 21s. to 225., being the same as on Saturday. East India Bonds under 1,0001. have been 325. premium. Bank Stock has been heavy at 199 1 / to 200. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 94% to 94 ; and the Three per Cents. 92% to 92%. The Foreign Secutities have been rather livelier, and Spa nish Bonds exhibited an improvement. The Five per Cents. are 27% to 28 1 ,%, and the Three per Cents. 304 to 30%. Portuguese Old Bonds have been 76, and the Four per Cents. 58. Mexican Stock bas been quoted 29 to 29%, being still rather heavy. Granada Bonds are 20%; the Deferred, 4 1 4 ; Columbian, 16% ; Buenos Ayres, 39 ; and Brazilian, 80. these are much about previous rates. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 59 to 59%. The Railway Share Market is rather firmer. Eastern Countiesare 19% ; Caledonian, 12 to 12%; Great Western, 146 to 146} ; Birmingham, 210 ; Blackwell, BMA ; Croydon, 19% to 20; Brighton, 61 to % ; South-Western, 73 to 74 ; London and York, 3% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 3 to 3% ; Newcastle and Berwick, 10 1 / 2 to 11 1 % ; North Kent, 2 1 ,4 % ; South-Eastern, 34%, and Boulogne, and Amiens, 7 %.,&c. ONZ CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES sank Stock .200 199 1 4 200% 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 ...94% 94 944 94 94% 94 h.ongAnnuitiestoexpire Jan.lB6o 10 5-16 10 5-16 India Bonds, 1,000/ Ditto under 1,0001... Consols for Account .. ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 2l 22 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small *NE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds - 80 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent 39 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 16% Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2O'A Ditto Deferred . . 4 14 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 29% 29 Ditto, Account — Portuguese 5 per Cents. 76 Ditto, 4 per Cent Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 284% Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 A per Cent. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates ex div 92 1 / 2 pm. 22 psi. 21 um. 211 CLOSING PRICES 79 1 / 2 39 16% 3 % 20 1 A 4 1 4 29 30 75% 58 281,4 28 1 A 38q 40 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 225. — Bridgewater& Minehead 425. ... .. Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ••• •• Bristol and Liver. June . 2%...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 3% Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1 X Canterbury and Dover.. 1% — ....- ..... .. Central Kent 2% Chelmsford and Bury ... 1% — Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Chelteaham and Oxford 2 ...... • ... Clydesdale Junction 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 ,E —• Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter I)erby and Crewe ... Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby 1%...... Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Direct Manchester London and Birmingnmloo 2lO, Do. Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths •• Ditto Extension ...... 1 V 1 Lon h n and Blackwell. 161. 13s. 4d. 8% 3 4 Do. New Ditto Extension ...... 3 ...... Londoi , and Brighton... 50 Do. consolidated Bths... 35 Ditto, Sixths ... ...... 0% 1. , ndon and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d 19% 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London and Greenwich 12/ 156 4d... Do. Preference ...18117s 2d 22 Londcn Hounslow. and Western Lond. &S. Western 411 6 a 10d 74 73.... .... Do. New Consol. Bths 20 — Do. New - Do. New London & South Essex VA ...... .... London and York 2% 3%. ••••• London and Windsor ... 1 - ••• London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .... - ..... ... .. 2%...... ... ...... ..... Londonderry& Coleraine • 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 — Manchester and Leeds... 76 Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths 1 Do. Sixteenths ..... ... 4% — Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do Quarters 4 ...... 10% • Do. New Quarters ..- 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manch ester, Bu xton, and Matlock 425....... 1% p Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction .. .. Manchester and Rugby Direct . - ...... Manchest. & Southampt. 2 -2% M dbuid 100 .....140 142 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo Midld. & East. Counties 2% ...... Midland Great Western (Irish) ~... ... Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2F 4 ... i'ewcastle and Darling ton Junction Do. New Brandling l5 Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newport& Abergavenny New Ross and Carlow.. 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2% — Newark, Sheffield, aid Boston ... Norfolk Extension N girth British Do. Half Shares Do. Exte to Carlisl 1%.. ../o. Exten. to Carlisle 1 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon 2 .. ... 1% ...... ..... North of Norfolk 2 3/ — ... ..... . Northern and Eastern... 45 - ••..•• . Do. Scnp Do. Quarter Shares... 12% - Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2%A.. North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 2 3 4 3 p North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern Connecting 1 ..... - ... .... Norwich andßrandon... 16 Ditto New 3 — Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% — *. Nottingm., Erewsh. Val ley-, and Manchester 1% — ... Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth,& Southamptn 42e. Oxford, Wr4rcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and' Cheltenham.,.. Perth and Inverness ... 2 1 h Pilbrow Atmospheric 1 ...... Portsmouth Direct 3 3 /4 — , Preston and Wyre Do. 4 Shares ..... ... 2% — Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Rugby and Huntingdon 2 — Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick - Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester.... ...425. cottish Central Scottish Midland Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrew:bury and Birrn... 2%..... ..... .. Shropshire Mineral 425....... Shropskire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% — Shrews., Wolverhamp , & S. Staffora'sh. June. 21 / Sligo and Shannon l% Somersetshire Midland 2% — ... ... ... South Devon... 25 ..... South Midland 42s. .. ... 2 1 4 p South & Midlands June. 425. .. ... ... South StaffordshireJunc. 2% — outh Eastern & Dover 33! 2s 4d... 34 1 / 8 Do., No. 1 l2 [)o., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 428....... St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — -40uth Wales 2% Taw Vale Extension ... ••• •• ••••••1 Tean and Dove Valley 1% [rent Valley 2 ...... 1615% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2%...... Vale of Neath 2 Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwick and Worcester 425. %V aterford and Kilkenny 3 ...... Waterford and Limerick 7 1 / Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin ••••• W at erford, Wexford, and Valentia - Waveney Valley 2 W . elch Al idland /Vest Cornwall ...... 2 ... .. ...... ....... . West Yorkshire Westl.ondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties Xexford and Carlow ... 2 1 / Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton ... 1 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ros4, and Gloucester 425....... Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow 2/4 Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ..... 1% — ......... .. Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester,Warwick,and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New York and Carlisle - 2 3 / 4 ....,•• York and Lancaster 2% 1 4, ork and North Midland 50 Ditto % Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. - - - Anglo- Belgian... 4 Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and A miens... 8 7 1 ,& Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cet te (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders _•••••• Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Central of Spain ... Ceylon .. .... ss. Demerara 2 l /2 ... .. Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 ... .. Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... •... ss. ..... 1 Eastern Belgian Junctn. 21 / 2 Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 ...... Great North. of France Constituted .. 5 ...... 11 1 / 2 11 12 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... 58. Great Western Canada... 3 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ..• • 11 4 : 14 Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg .. 4 ... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius .. Nainur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orl •ans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... ...... ... Over Yssel 4133 4d — Paris &Lyons(Laffitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's)... ........ ..... 3 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris afid Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Do (Avmard's) Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre ...... 18 Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic - 3 / 4 941 59 1 4 93 - IVA 14 1 / 1 3 1 1 1 19% 6p 212 411% 22% I 8A 34 61% ,•• - ~. 21 .. ~' . 73 ..... 3% Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasseh..-- 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) .........„ ..... 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona... 3 West Flanders .. 4 Real del Monte Unregd. MINES 3%.. ...... ...... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Austfalasia Provincial of Ireland ... 25 4 6 1 /2 461,z......... LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS r% A isi LONDON, DEC. 15.—Wind this day at noon W.N.W.pa"-' breeze, and hazy, with rain. , w Ot DEAL, DEC. 13 an d 14 . —Wi n d S . W . to Clipi:er, Cape of Good Hope; Jane, Africa; Caribbina ming, Mauritius; Diadem, Savanilla ; Elizabeth HoldtW o . Predger, Rich e b uc t o , f or H u ll , w i th rudder d ama ged; drick Hudson, Moore, New York. Arrd. from the river, sld., 14th, Quebec, Williamq New York. OFF DOVER, DE C . 13.—Llan Rumnev, Wood, Richette H.F.M.S. fstafette, Laconti, in leaving Calais this inegi was struck by a he avy sea , an d went on shore, engine s disabled ; mail saved an d b roug h t over b y t h e French IN" No. 8. OFF CHATHAM, DEC. 12.—Favourite, Scantan, 0 ebec; Ann Symonds, Quebec. OFF MARGATE, DEC. 10.—Frances Ann, Fitch, Bls t°rl. STUDWELL ROADS, DEC. P.---krrd. Horatio, Quebec. FLEETWOOD, DEc. B.—Arrd. Hannah, Quebec. DUBLIN, DEC. 12.—Arrd. Wave, St. Andrew's. KINGSTOWN, DEC. 11.—Arrd. James Fagan, Quebec- WATERFORD, DEC. 11.—S1d. M argare t, Mobile. s bore WHITSTABLE, DEC 14.—The Ebe nezer Widdup, 013. „ igbt at the back of th e pi er on t h e 12 t h i nst., came o ff 1 8 . 9 and into the harbour, with trifling damage. lor ded SHEERNESS, DEC. 12.—Th e Atl as , o f Harwich . 11g bt barge), was pi c k e d up t o -d ay near t h e M ouse , a nd b r° J a se, in here a derelict. Owing to th e h e i g ht o f th e tide, the t he Ferby, from Rochester to -Sunderland,- got on shore ° ea s t. bled night of the 11th inst. near Shafleet branch of the Assistance h s been sent. o' BnISTOL, DEC. 12.—A large ves se l, waterlogge an d De td Del' doned, was pas se d 260 m il es N.W. of Scilly, by th e Stanley, Spence, from Belize, arrived here to-day. ~,ie l N CAMPBELTOWN, DEC. 11.—The Ariel, Hunter, of Df e and Beehive, Bl a i r , f rom B erw i c k , are agroun d at t" trance of the harbour, but expected off without dainarc'tbe SHIELDS, DEC. 11.—S ome uneas i ness ex i s ts here lobe safety of some c o lli ers w hi c h l e f t L on d on i n ballast ' ° ,,dol Tvne, nearly a mon th ago, an d h ave not s i nce been be'" t be The clipper schooner, reported as haying capsized, 15 Queen of Perth; has been righted. SCARBOROUGH, DEC. 12.—Part of th e wr eck 0 , - c s _Th o gS' supposed of abo u t 150 tons, washed on shore this merit the Filet/ Bridge, a part of a boat's stern, with fl,!.te letters on it painted white, on a green ground, sargl,ielda . , have been "Agenoria." 13. The Agenoria, of Sent" ig ht was totally wrecked north of Filet/ Bridge on the n fe b o .l 11th inst.; crew supposed to be drowned. A fe,,m s ro tlip, figure-head, and part of a ship's stern, marked " d have come on shore south of Filet/. A boat's chain an oa of a water-cask, both branded "T. T. Eliza," have coax shore about four miles to . the southward. MARKET NEWQ,-(THIS 1)°)' .-% A•-• CORN EXCHANGE—MON-u,„ l ,p• 0 During the last week the arrivals of all kinds of boo' , home produce, b u t more especially those of Whea t . Peas, and Fl our , were somewhat extensive. O W i D g ' " h o re t of P . to the variable ness o f t h e weat h er, a large po rtico MS supplies come to hand greatly out of condition. A itir Ireland the rece i p t s o f O at were small, while 7 4 01 ports of Foreign Grain was on a very In nl iar t , scale. Fresh up coastwise, as well as by land earr l ''ofj samples, the supply o f English Wheat was very nevertheless, nevertheless, the s t an d s were somew h at h ea vilf, 0 l ; r . ,, with samples of both red an d w hit e , l e ft over O c i er week. The same uncertainty existing as was the day se'nnight, respecting what chauge will he gilye . . in the corn-la ws , b uyers h e ld o ff purchasing; hen"- mand for all descriptions of home produce was _ . .e.,, dull—so dull, ind ee d, t h a t, i n some i ns tanun d , were almost nominal. H owever , to e ff e ct e g li abatement in the q uo t a ti ons o f f rom is in At quarter was 'submitted to by the factors. n ig close of the markets a l arge p or ti on o f thojNter. mained unsold. The s u pply o f f ree F ore ign nr,,,llisa small, but fully equal t o th e i mme di a t e wan ts of D i ' . Or' Selected parcels were held firmly, at quite $ money • but other kinds must be considered Corn under luck commanded very little attention, Y e t dl l would not sell, in anticipation of future events, or extreme rates. Notwithstanding the supply Ka' was large, the best malting samples verf a u pm' which were on offer moved off steadily, at __. q Other descriptions must be considered quite is p..._, cheaper. The best town-made Malt supported I; rates. In all other kinds, which might have heeng, on somewhat lower terms, next to nothing Wag lhat ' show of Oats was but moderate, yet the inquiry was in a very depressed state, and quotations had a a_ u oti o tendency. We had a full average supply of Beall:e Selected parcels supportediprevious currencies, but pip 10 # were somewhat cheaper. Peas were in good 1 70 heavy inquiry, on somewhatilower terms. FlO Ol cheaper to sell. Ils Vitt • Olt . CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEAS . • •• Wheat—Essex & Kent, 31alt—Chevaller • • d 0,1 Red, New.. • • 56s to Gss Oats— Yorkshire 4 e ' i d 2 4 i P Ditto,White, Old.. Kis 69s for ~1 0 Lincolnsh.• F e .• 30g _.,' Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe •••• • • '' • x, OP coin, Red... • • 54s 588 YoughacandCor 0 jo Ditto, White ...... 568 608 Black •••'' • • 49 1 02 Irish, Red.... •• • • 52s 58s Cork. White ••• .• 26 1 P Ditto, White.... • . 568 608 Scotch, Feed. •••• go 0 Rye—Old ...... ••• • • • 358 37s Beans—Tick . ........445 45 New. ••••.• • • • • • • 34s 36s Pigeons .•••• • ' • • • 3 1 5 g 1 8 ' Barley—Grinding... • • 26 s 29 s P ease — Grey . •••• '• .• 42$ 0 Malting ......... 32$ 35s Maple . ..... .•• • • 0.1 iti Chevalier .... •• • . 358 378 White ••••• ' • , 0 1 4 0 1 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •••• • • ' . 5 0 folk ...... ••• • • . 56s 58 s Fl our — Town-ma de •• 0 Brown ..... ••• • . • 518 54s Suffolk - • ..... ' • 431 Kingston and Ware 62s 64s St oc kt n & Norfolk 0 FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN Bol o ' 400 Wheat—Dantztc...... 548 to 65s , Beans Ilamburgh Barley .. ..... Oats —New . 268 28s 1 Baltic ..... ••• • • 1 sect ...... ••• • • . 228 245 1 SMITHFIELD. THE GREAT CHRIS (WAS MARKET' t Ore This being the day a p po i n t e d f or holding the gre e d cOc; mas market, the attendance of both town 1 1 00 , ,,as try dealers was numerous at a ve ry early ts, was to be expect e d, th e arr i va ls of best s t ho , „, nearly every part of E ng ,land were larg e r ei7o. not quite equal in num b er to those et Ole ist sponding day in 1844, when 5,713 head W e ''' . Vol Notwithstanding that falling off, the supply wh ip 0 %0 more extensive ttan that shown in 1842, O hs e!rlw r o preceding years. In reference to the quality of 0;0 kinds brought forward on this occasion, we 111 4 70 "bot that it was never excelled. It is true '4 . 0, or finer th e t y , not quite so many large animals on sale as lot ~s ` ,„ ere e t io their general weight and condition were remember, scarcely any breed coming to hand u. e o for,st middle quality. This to some extent—the Ch nic s o butchers being so great—operated against g ` t a advance in prices, and, on the trade must be considered inactive, at eurre n t c o l isl c l ho A, ing from 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, and at which & l i ce " P . ,, s sf ance was not effected. In particularising the B° t he 7 e• the Devons, as to their peculiar points, w , cre ,.,,, the 'ali t ' numerous and best exhibited. Next we may P a Aro fords, which valuable breed was greatly admired by ~hiis st' The Sussex Beasts never came to hand so well, he re North Devons were in full force. The Scots, t° ° ' d of,lep r ceedingly good, and amongst the best disP°nar. /`"for twenty-feur, the property of Mr. Carmicle, T..ere was scarcely a great breeder in England that fe 500 135 ward animals to-day. Sir Charles Knightley 113 _,",;gbt , _ m tA wonderful beasts, which, for symmetry . and '''',;ialr hr efo been seldom equalled. The number of foreign b e3s. ;co" t iist, w hole. .0 oelit: into London in the past week, has amounted to fro fi o forty being received fr o m R o tt er d am , seven iiepo"h"esit lingen, and fourteen f rom H am b urg h. on Sheep have consisted of two hundred and in, for the most part, good condition. To-dal' td st ss d offer 40 foreign Beasts and 190 Sheep, which , o 9n Deast s etn last week's quotations. At the outports about °'„ r 0;0 1 , 180 Sheep have arrived from Holland. From t i — t hee' A se grazing districts we received 2,300 s ort horns ; f e°— e ster n s tlio r counties 500 Scots, short-horns, &c.; from the "Nos, fP , midland, 1,600 Herefords, Devons, runts, 84 e* ~.0 ; tisn,nisq parts of England, 1,000 of various kinds; from en' A Scots; and from Ireland, 120 beasts. I" 0 1 et of Sheep were somewhat on the increnSoin g 0 unusually prime quality ; indeed th e o ldest men o f stA c i # saw so splendid a collection of that description the Ve t o was the case here thi s morn i ng . A s to we ight, Dele; s o s were in admirable order ; while the Kent`' e.% sof Gloucesters, and all other breeds, were m o t to 00 condition. Although the Mutton trade was 004 brisk, a full avera ge amoun t of hued in a s o ', doing, and last we e k' s quo t a ti ons were suPP°r`f Celvioe instance. There was only a m o d era t e n umber ° d s t . 0 611 r offer. Best qualiti es o f V ea l were i n deals° of rates; but other kinds hung on LTnoose° ,tbs the whole of the supply was 11' bn'sole The show of Pigs was extr eme ly goo d in (l i l'iorl‘,ol‘. l number was by no means la rge . E ac h kind ° i s st readily at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond+, b ero o , (10 prices. Considerin g th e vas t supp li es of stoc s the 0 morning, every thing passed off extremely well; r aide d modations being of the same character as those Pro year. 0 4. 4 Per Ms. to sink the offal. S. -• 4 1 a. sd. 4 6 Inferior Beasts •.• • 3 6 3 . 8 Second quality 4 Y - Second quality ditto. 310 4 0 Coarse-woolleddltt• 4 10 /0 4 Prime large Oxen.. 4 2 4 4 Southdown Weth .„ , erj 4 Prime Scots ......4 6 4 8 Ditt o o ut of the Tr''' 3 l• b Large coarse Calves 4 2 4 8 Large Hogs •• .• 4 5 . 2I 0 Prime small ditto .. 410 6 9 S ma ll Porkers • • i s • 0 Suckling Calves ..111 II 30 0 Quarter old Figs 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 4 311 Lambs ••• • " • SUPPLY AT MARKET. re, Sheep. Calves. I 25,240 j I vo 0. fro° NEIXTGATZI AND LEADEN- 11. 5' isr From various distant parts o f E n gland, as 'yew v s. pi Scotland, the arrivals of slaughtered meat gl) to e, eri pir kets during the past week have been on the ine,' l , the somewhat improved quality. With meat killeu tr ade v tropolis we have been well supplied, yet the gene ra everuve ruled firm, and prices have been well supported chee p ' stance. A ' few carcases of foreign Beasts and been disposed of at fair quotations. At per stone, by the Carcase. Beasts. 1,326 ~ 4:0',. ti 1 to . 6 Beef, inferior...—. 2 $ 218 Sfutten, interior • 4 3 - 0 4 i 6 middling •• •• 3 0 3 2 --- middling': 4 4 4 6, prime large .. 3 4 3 8 --- Win" '• .. 3 i l l i ' prime small •• 8 3 3 8 Perk, large ••••" .. 4 lu Teal .••••• • • • • 4S 66 —small ••• • " ' Lamb, is Id to es id. ARRITALS DURING THE PAST ITE JC Oil' Yorkshire ..... .... ........ 5c0t1and........ ....- o po Lincolnshire ....................70 150 .... t o Norfolk Suffolk 3O 80 -- 1 00 Bea 6s s oo ts Sheep Called 840000 Cambridgeshire 5O• 70 ..-- 97 300 ^ -. Essex .. .............. 60 80 Devonshire .. - 73 • wo :::- Other parts I: 96 0 Total •• • • Previous week's arrival 450 1,320 410 Difference since our last .• • . 65 870 181 BOROUGH AND SPITAL2 I I.I 33OOO ' or 1' The arrivals of Potatoes at the waterside since °der, have been on the increase, and of somewhat itaPrOTM:b9 lity. The best parcels have sold steadily at f ull pr,b6 0 all other kinds have been a mere drug. York Botds 600 120 s; ditto Regents, 100 s to 120 x; ditto Blues , s'4#—‘,A, Scotch Reds, 75s to 80s; Jersey Blum 70s to 75s P er • ... 129 70 1014 1% p 2% 142 - 191/i 11 1 4 22% 1% .... 11/2 21% 13 1 4 12T' s 51,4 2% p .. 341, ••• --. .• 3 15% 31 4 .• 2% 1% 1% 6 3 / _ 4 3 tzi 1 3 / 2 14 1% /kith ° 33 0: fall,ugh the the d tations. P.Ne' tworldofx.,,t, IV 10 °. Teat 41 dit 6/ 83 to 4tlhni Bdrnoianigi., .u e past L.ge 3 mark e t • th liV erY, in a „ e _ B Pot, y c tipeug 1 8 423 seller s . k rnt ,0 00 7 411 not etc eat for ni n 44 e :t Ttfl IF —LLS , ti 4.13 tac Lord I h. " il I P Pied Inz of s 1 considera th, thiNA, ;J