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Gilbert a Beckett, Horace Mayhew, Mark Lemon, and Douglas Jerrold, new for the first time made public. This pamphlet, price 3d., extends to thirty two pages, and may be ordered through any Bookseller or Newsman iu jowls or country. No verdict can be worth anything till the evi dence on both sides has been examined. Published by J. Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly; Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange; and R. Whitty, 72, Fleet-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, lu three acts, called MARITANA. Char'es the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Dabas (of the Academie Boy - ale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. 11. Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES ONE. OF CONCERTS. LAST WEEK PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, La Barcarole—Auber. Quadrille, from Rossini's Opera, " Serniramids"—Jullien. Solo, Violin, by Mr. Case—Case. Vale a Dcux Tems (Second Set), " The Bridal"--Jullien. The Allegro, Fugue, and Ttiumphal March from Beethoven's S: mphony in C Minor—Beethoven. Jullien's Now Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien. 11. Goers., " Don Juan," Grand Selection—Mozart. Vase, Fleur-de-Marie—Barrret. Flute, by Mr. Richardson—Richardson. The Polka Quadrille—Jullien. Solo, Cornet-a-pisions,•by Herr Koenig—Donizettl. The Post-honi Galop—Hoenig. Com - nence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. M. Jullien's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday, December 22. The AuCencepertion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators :—Dress Circles, ss. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Galleries, 2s. TREATRE 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. Ilumby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson , Ellen Seyton, 31155 iey ton. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Age. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker; Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STtEET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled TUE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack ; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Oryille, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. After which, DON CJESAR DE BAZAN. Don Ctesar de Bazan, Mr. Wallaek ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. Ted x ne',ude with a New Farce, entitled JACK O'BOTH SIDES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Two Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE ? Characters by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Miss Hamilton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, THE. ItOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kate lloward ; 3lomus, Mr. G. Wild. To be followed by THH RAILWAY PILING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild ; Sally Slop, Miss Kate Howard. T. conclude with BAMBOOZLING. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER. MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAST OF THE BARONS ; or, Warwick, The King Maker, and tho Battle of Barnet. Introducing original and stupendons effects. The Arena of Equitation will display its countless attractions, aided by the principal Equestrians and magnificent Stud. To conclude with THE BRIGAND OF ANCONA. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. More Novelty--The Wonderful Performances of the Infant Sappho, the First Musical Genius of the Day. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA. supported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Heslop, Fredericks, Mrs. Ming, rut Ms; Martin. After which, HOLE IN THE WALL. To be followed by the FORTY THIEVES. To conclude with CHARMING POLLY ; or, Lucky and Unlucky Days. In which Messrs. Rogers, Hicks, Cowell, Fredericks, Mrs. Yi.iing, MI: s Martin, and Mrs. Daly will perform. THE WEATHER.—Smi OFFICE, Dic. 9. TEUMISIOYETER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 46; Noon, 44 , BAROMETER, 30.33. WIND W.N.W.; last night, rain: this morning, fine. awn WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Y , fline • 11 minutes afte r 10 I Evening 47 minutes after 10. - tr-' , • 1 op ictk : '"t„. l =#,. 4Z .; T ,1 , 7 4: 0- 577 - w.,..,, 441• ~.."*...,- .. # , ~; i.. .-• ,:',1111". 4 , . .... - 4 , ,a . ,‘ _ .wirge t i o , ,i, i . -. A'V•-• - Jam. 44....1 SECOND EDITION. toxin ti :7-Ant LONDON, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1845 The number of railway companies that have depo sited their plays with the Board of Trade in proper time is stated to be nearly 800. There has been, therefore, a falling off of more than a third of the 1,263 projected companies in Mr. SPACKMAN'S table. The sum which a ould be required to be deposited with the Accountant• General for 800 companies (calculating the deposits for all at 10 per cent., though several may go to the House of Commons with only 5 per cent. deposited) is estimated at 26,200,000/. Mr. SPACKMAN'S estimate of the deposits for his 1,263 companies was 59,136,300/. Thirty millions makes a small difference ! It may be asked why that table of terror was not kept back—only a fortnight—till after the 30th of No vember ? Of the 800 companies which duly deposited their plans at the Board of Trade, some, it is well known, were too late in the country. Some again, though the surveys have been completed and the plans deposited, have not got in their money. The defectiveness of plans, in other cases (considering the immense pressure on surveyors, it is only surprising that so few of the plans deposited are spoken of as imperfect), will further help to reduce the. number 800 to a more reasonable number. The period which will intervene before the meeting of Parliament will probably be prolific of amalgamations. There has, indeed, been a considerable number of amal gamations within the last month, while the preparation of plans was occupying the attention of Parliament; but. now that the ordeal of the 30th of November is passed, directors will have more time for arranging amalgama tions, and as the meeting of Parliament draws near questions of amalgamation will become more urgent. But, to whatever extent amalgamations of competing schemes may or may not take place before the meeting of Parliament, only one of any number of competing schemes can be sanctioned by Parliament ; and when this is considered, the number 800 will be forced ulti mately to submit to an immense reduction. We may fairly take the residuum at not higher than a third of the number. When it is considered that in several in stances there are net lees than fire or six competing Tit schemes, it will be admitted that this is at any rate not too large a deduction. Will it then be so impracticable, as alarmists have en deavoured to represent, for Parliament in the next ses sion- to adjudicate on schemes to terminate at most In 250 Railway Acts ? People are too apt to suppose that Parliament did the most that could be done with its time in the last session. A great deal of time was wasted last session in waiting for the reports of the Board of Trade. This cause of delay will not exist next session. A great deal of time may be saved by allowing the House of Lords to originate Railway Bills, and thus giving simultaneous occupation to the two Houses. As it is, the House of Lords has no Bills before it for the greater part of the session, and the House of Commons none at the end. We mentioned a few days back that this alteration of the practice of Parliament had been recommended by Lord MONTEAGLE. We have also the authority in its favour of Lord REDESDALE, whose expe rietce in private Bill legislation in the House of Lords is second only to Lord SHAFTESBURY'S. Lord REDES DALE stated, in his evidence before the Select Com mittee on Railway Bills of the House of Commons last session—" I may say that, having turned my mind a good deal to this subject, I think the whole difficulty of legislation with regard to Railway Bills might be got over if the House of Commons would allow a portion of the Railway Bills to be originated in the House of Lords. During the early period of the session the House has very little to do, and the Members of it would attend most willingly, and a very large portion of the business might be advanced." Words could hardly be stronger than these of Lord REDESDALE. But it may be said, if more could be made of the time at the disposal of Parliament, can more be made of the Members ? Can they possibly be worked harder at railways than they were last year ? A Parliamentary return, moved for by Sir ROBERT INGLIS (No. 620 of last session), shows the whole number of Members of the House of Commons who served on railway Committees ; and the whole number is only 220 out of the 658 Mem bers. And while some of these were certainly worked hard, as the unfortunate members of the Committee on Group X., who sat 83 days, others were worked very little. As many as eighteen Committees, comprising 90 members, sat not more than five days each. Four Com mittees, comprising 25 members, sat only one day each. No member served on two Committees. After all, Jinn, there is a deal of House of Commons' strength in reserve. We have thought that the publication of these facts may be useful, at this time, and tend to allay some of the unreasonable fears which a great deal of vague writing has increased, if not engendered, as to the impossibility of Parliament dealing with the railway schemes which will come before it in the next session. We believe that, in this as in all other cases, it will be found that " where there is a will there is a way," and we are sure that amalgamations, and other causes, will materially reduce the present number of expected Bills, already materially reduced since the 30th of November. The students in the Universities appear to be the only parties in France who claim the right of meeting publicly, and expressing their grievances. When some new law is made for the direction of their studies, or those of a restless and independent spirit are expelled—when a dispute between the Church and the University arises, or the Minister of Public Instruction, and any of the professors are at variance on points of doctrine or discipline—the rising generation take up the question with all the gravity and firmness of men in the full maturity of life. They are always put down, it is true, but, nevertheless, they persevere in maintaining their privileges, and asserting the right of a free people to petition their rulers for redress of griev ances. This forms a singular contrast to the universal practice which prevails throughout France, while it is in perfect unison with the system of self-go vernment which has long distinguished the inhabitants of these islands, and which has been the real source of their liberty and independence. Though France has a House of Lords and a House of Commons, a Sovereign, like ours, that can do no wrong, and all the other emblems and exterior safeguards of a free constitution, the people have little or no power, for they are debarred from express ing their sentiments at public meetings respecting either the proceedings of Parliament, or the measures of the Government, or any great national event whatever. The voice of the people, in fact, is never ascertained by any expression of public opinion. The newspapers are not backward in saying what public opinion is, nor at all choice in their expressions when the Minister is the object of their attacks ; but it is impossible to learn from these the feelings of the people, for their representations vary according to their politics, and the Government itself has no means of knowing what measures are ap proved or reprobated but through the functionaries called Prefects, or ministerial agents, performing the duties of spies. Such a system is at utter variance with a free constitution, and most injurious also to the stability of any government or dynasty. In France, the KING and Cabinet, with some slight check from the Chambers, govern the country. In England the reverse is the case. Our system of representation is still defec tive, notwithstanding all the important changes made by the Reform Act ; but, even with all its defects, the voice of the people has a considerable share of influence in its decisions, even as expressed through their representatives. That influence, however, is little or nothing compared with that created by the "pressure from without," by public meetings, and petitions, and remonstrances, and continued agitation for the accom plishment of certain measures. It was the pressure from without that carried the Emancipation Act and the Reform Act, and but for the demonstration made pre vious to these two great events, GEORGE IV. and his Cabinet would never have yielded to the just claims of the Catholics, nor would Earl GREY have been made Prime Minister to his successor, and received the commands of his master to frame a measure for extensive Parliamementary Reform. Need we mention another instance, which is now palpable to every observer ? We take for granted that the corn laws are doomed to destruction. About that desirable consummation there is no doubt whatever among all the well-informed and the most influential portion of the people—the middle classes. The Whigs, the only party in the State that claim a rivalry with the Conserva tives in the government of the country, have gone over in a body to the repeaiers; the Prime Minister himself and all his free-trading colleagues are inclined to the same views, and nothing is wanting but the sanction of Parliament and the Crown to the final settlement of the question. What has effected this won derful change? The privilege, which Britons claim as their inalienable birth-right, of petition ing the ruling powers, and demanding the adop tion of measures essential to their security and welfare, Sir ROBERT PEEL, or Lord JOHN RUSSELL, or any other statesmen might have talked in the Cabinet or the Senate, during the whole of their political lives, about the blessings of free,trade and the injustice of the corn laws, but they would have talked in vain without the aid from without. To that WELLINGTON and STANLEY and RIPON must yield without a murmur, for we have no instance on record of the public being de• feated in their purposes, when clearly ascertained, even by the most powerful Ministry and the most obsequieu► Parliament. This great privilege every Englishman ought, therefore, to prize as the first of his political rights, and as the only real safeguard for a represen tative Government. When he looks to the state of France, too, he will be still more inclined to prize the system under which he lives. In that coun try monopoly is ten times more injurous than here, yet no meetings can be called to obtain re dress. Everything must be left to the KING and his Cabinet, and no remedy can be obtained, nor the public voice be known till a revolution takes place. Then there are meetings and speeches in abundance, and the whole frame of society is loosened, simply be cause the complaints of the people had been pent up by the wretched system of government, and, in a fit of frensy, they were compelled to obtain relief by main force. The intelligence from Madrid is to the Ist inst., but, as usual, is of little interest. The country is quiet; the income-tax is collected with little opposition; NARVAEZ has subdued the Progresistas and all his opponents in the Cortes ; and in reality an absolute monarchy is es tablished in Spain. The only disturbance mentioned in these papers lately occurred at Seville, caused by a party of students, who ;mutinied because their professors or dered them to wear clean cravat, and pay more atten tention to their college dress. A few of them were ar rested, and one youth was wounded in the patriotic re ristance to their superiors. On the Ist the Three per Cents. closed at 35 for cash, and 351 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 24, at 60 days. Most of the Paris 'papers advert to the procession of the students to the residence of M. QUINET, asd the attack made on them by the police. The Opposition journals are loud in their denunciations against the Go vernment for interfering at all, as the young men con ducted themselves peaceably, and after their visit to the professor's house were quiedy i eturning to their respective colleges. The Journal des Dibats gives rather a dif ferent version of the affair, and says," the police interfered because the students, not content with visiting M. QUINET, were marching towards the hotel of the Minister of Public Instruction, with the manifest intention of insult• SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER L, mtg. ing or injuring M. SALVANDY." The National denies this, and asserts that on the address being finished, one of the young men called out, "The object of the meeting is now accomplished. Let us disperse." They accord ingly began to disperse, when some of the police in plain clothes arrested the young man with unnecessary vio lence. An affray ensued, the student was rescued, and then the municipal cavalry charged the crowd. It adds, " this is one of those odious scenes which will form a new page to the sanguinary history of the police since 1830." The Courrier Francais is equally violent against the police, though it does not deny that it was proposed to march to the residence of M. SALVANDY. " It was not Large debt due to his brOther. The trade assignee corn. Thined of the bankrupt's conduct, not only in not ren dering an account as directed by the Court, but that he had grossly insulted him.• It was mid that he was still in a good business, and his wife had a large private income. The bankrupt now denied his previous admission of the removal of property belonging to him. He said it was not his. He, however, admitted having got rid of one horse, but he offered to pay the value. The COURT said that if he did so the certificate would be allowed, not else. London and Birmingham ...100 ......212 Ditto Thirds . Ditto 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension London & Blackwall... 161. 13s. 4d — 7. . ...... to Do. New l l/, 34...... to Do. Extension London and Brighton Ditto Consolidated Bths 35 Ditto, Sixths O l/ London and Croydon 13/. 15s. 9d. 1 9 1% to Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 8 London, Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, and Hereford... 174 London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... Ditto Preference London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . .... London and South Western.. 41% — .. ... to Do. New consolidated Bths.. 20 Ditto New •••• •• 7% . ... 16 Do. New London and South Essex 2 3 /4 to London and York... ..... ...... 2% 4% to London and Windsor ......... 1 ...... Lon.,Warwek,Kidderminstter 2% ...... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 5 Londonderry and Enniskillen 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 61 aticheiter and Leeds Ditto half Shares - 34 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 414 Manchester and Birmingham 40 70% to Ditto Quarters Ditto New Quarters 2 Do. Continuation & Welsh . Junction l% to Manch. Buxtln, & Matlock 425. ... 2% 1 1 / 2 p to 2 p Manchester, Birmingham, and Mould Junction Manchester & Rugby Direct Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland lOO .....142 .... . to Ditto Fifths Ditto, New Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ll2 ...... to Midland and Eastern Counties 2% to Midld. Great Western (Irish) 2% — to Do. Extension (No. 1) ... 2 3 / 4 Newcastle &Darlington Duns. 25 Ditto New Brandling - Newcastle and Bel nick Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Newport and Abergavenny. . 2% — to New Ross and Carlow 225. Newry and Enniskillen ...... 2% — ...... to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2% 2% to Norfolk Extension .. — North British Ditto Hal ;' So ares ...... 6 %... .. to Do. Extension to Carlisle l l4 ...... 2 1 1 1 34 .. to Do. Extens. to Dalkeith Ditto ditto 5 ..... North Devon North of Norfolk BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Joseph Upton, who i said he was by trade a black smith, but was now n service as waiter at a public house, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with an assault on the waiter at the " Cider Cellars" public-house. From the waiter's statement, corroborated by that of the landlord, Mr. Rose, and of policeman F 55, it ap peared that the prisoner went into the Cider CeMars at a late hour last night, and asked for some liquor, but as he was already drunk they refused to serve him. At this ho took offence, and proceeded to vindicate his wounded honour by practising the art of self-defence upon the unoffending waiter, It must not be supposed, however, that the prisoner showed any partiality in the distribution of his favours, in which the landlord was not forgotten, for the latter would no doubt have received even a greater share than the waiters but for the interference of policeman F 55. The prisoner said he remembered nothing of what had occurred, and pleaded the usual excuse of drunkenness. Mr. JARDINE fined him 75., and, in default (for the fine was not paid), sentenced him to 14 days' imprisonment. till three o'clock," it says, " that the arrests took place. The municipal police, and the police agents pushed the students before them, and whoever complained of their brutality was arrested. About twenty were taken prisoners. Mounted and foot police then forced their way into the court-yard of the School of Medicine, and a body of police agents pushed open the dissecting-room, demanding from the heads of the school the names of the students. who were absent ; but this odious inquisi • Lion was treated as it deserved. All this time the arrests went on out of doors, amidst the grossest language and conduct. Some who witnessed these scenes of disorder say that all would have passed off quietly but for the conduct of the police" A good deal of dissatisfaction has been caused by the course adopted by some bankers of competing companies, in deducting a certain amount from the deposits, to be repaid to the subscribers for payment of expenses. The National makes the follow in remarks on the subject MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a fair demand for Cotton at Liverpool yester day : sales nearly. 5,000 bales. Prices were steadily sup ported, but there was no demand. Cotton was not so freely offered. There was rather less done in shares, but prices generally were firm. It is scarcely necessary further to refer to the conflict of statements pro and con. made by the Times and the Standard on the subject of the corn-laws. All now that is demanded by the merchant, manufacturer, and the tradesman, is that in early statement of the intentions of the Ministers should be made known at the earliest practicable period. Until then trade and commerce must languish. " The Company d'Anthouard (for the Strasbourg line) re tains a franc per share for the expense of management. This should certainly be enough for the purpose. It is right, how ever, to notice, on the other hand, the conduct of the Hin guerlot Company, which is reimbursing promptly and in their public office, without any trickery, chicanery, or delay, and who do not charge or retain a single centime, although they have had to bear expenses, which are calculated at 500,000 francs. We are glad to meet with a little straightforwardness and dignity in those tortuous paths, and we regret not to have more often to praise similar acts of probity and good sense. As to the Aymard Company, of which Messrs. Gentil and Fol are the bankers, it has been re marked to us that they have only received the deposits on 160,000 shares, as the rest were reserved for the English subscribers. It is, therefore, on these 160,000 shares that Messrs. Gentil and Fol retain—first, 40c. per share, and secondly, lf. 25c. to cover the unfavourable differences in the reports effected by M. Isot, agent de change. One of our correspondents remarks to us that there can never be a loss on reports when they are made for cash, and that the avowed loss proves that there have been losing trans actions proceeding from illegal gambling, and the weight of which it is now attempted to throw upon the subscribers. Our correspondent asks us if M. Isot himself be not gravely compromised by the advertisement which the bankers of that Company have published ; for M. Isot, an agent de change, thus pointed out as having lost considerable sums in his reports, must have broken the laws and constitution of his profession, and also the law of the 15th of July, 1845. There is nothing in all this but these facts, which are too clear to the subscribers :-Ist. That they are not admitted to compete in a serious adjudication. 2d. That they have not touched a farthing of interest. 3d. That in place of re ceiving back their capitals they leave in the chest of Messrs. Gentil and Fol the sum of 164,000 francs. This is the way in which bankers and administrators manage the funds belonging to their shareholders." Dispatches had been received from Marshal Bu- GEAUD of the 23d of November. It appears that the province of Oran is still in a very disturbed state, and that the French have quite enough to do in keeping down insurrection in the subdued districts without marching on Morocco. The Three per Cents. were done at TORTONI'S on Sun day at 83f. 10c. The following are the quotations of the price of shares in new lines at Marseilles and I L yons A point connected with railway projects, where new lines have been started, but where the letters of allotment were not issued, before the first Bank notice was circulated, de mands attention. Upon the faith of the respectabi- lity cf a host of applicants for allotments the managing committees have incurred expenses for advertisements surveys, officers, clerks, &c. The expenses must be paid ; and under the new law all the promoters are liable, as well as those who have undertaken to accept the whole of the shares asked for, or any lesser number the varims com mittees have alloted. Promptly ought the applicants for sharks to perform their duty, so as to prevent law-suits. Escape from liabitity there is none. There are not any late colonial or other arrivals in the City to-day. A report is current that an individual connected with a savings' bank in the northern part of the metropolis, has committed suicide under peculiar circumstances. At the Coroner's inquest appointed to be held, we are told, this evening, the facts will no doubt be elicited. In the Consol Market this morning the fluctuation has been very slight. For the Account the value has remained unvaried at 9478, and for Money at from 94% to 94%. The premium upon Exchequer-bills remains at 21s to 235. Dank Stock is pretty firm at 200 to 201; the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 95y 8 %; but East India Stock has fallen from 262 to 260 1 %. There have been several bargains in the South-American Stocks to day. The Equador Bonds have been taken at 341, the Grenada Bonds at 201, the Mexican for Account at 30, and the Peruvian at 35. Russian Bonds have keen flat at 1111 to 112, Spanish at: 27k, and the Three per Cents. to 371. The:Dutch Four per Cents. have rallied from 924 to 93i. The Railway Shares are in but moderate request this morn ing, still the market looks healthy. The corrected list is annexed. Northern and Eastern 45 Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 35 Ditto Quarter Shares - Ditto New ~.. 1 - l 6 l /q .. to - North Kent & Direct Dover 21/ - to - North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 3 p to 2 3 / 4 p North Wales 3% . .. - - North and South Wales and Worcester - .... . 1 / 2 dis... to - North. & South. Connecting - - Norwich and Brandon l6 Ditto New - Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham - Nottingham and Boston 17 (4 - ... .. to - Notting.,Erewsh.Vak&Manc. 1% - Nottingham and Mansfielfl... - ..... - .. to - Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton... ... 425. Oxford and Worcester 12% 1 4 1 4 1A ... to - Oxfd.,Witney, & Cbeltnham 1% - - Perth and Inverness - to - Pilbrow Atmospbet;c - to - Portsmouth Direct - to - Preston and Wvre 5O Ditto, Half Shares - to - Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 425. - ...... to - Richmond - Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2% - - Rugby and Huntingdon 2 - to - Rugby, Leamington, aua Warwick Scott - L:11 Central - Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 1 1 - Sheffield and Manchester ...100 - - Ditto % Shares 8 - - Shrewsbuty and Birmingham 2% 3% to - Shropshire Mineral ... 425. . • - - Shropshire Union Shrewsbury and Hereford - Shrewsbury, "rolverhampton, and S. Stafforclsh. Junction 2%..... - Sligo and Sharron Somersetshire Midland - to MARSEILLES, DEC. 3.—Marseilles and Avignon 825 f. ; Boulogne,49sf. ; Vierzon, 627 f. 50c.; Orleans and Bordeaux, 6821. 50c. LYONS, DEC. s.—Marseilles and Avignon, 870 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,150 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 950 f ; Orleans and Vierzon, 632 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 8. Anglo-Belgian — Mauritius Boulogne and Amiens.. 8 Nansur and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica ... Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. I% Over Yssel Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) citic Coast - Ditto (Ganneron's). Central of Spain .. — Ditto (Caloa's).... - Ceylon . .......... ....... . Ditto (Sud Est) Demerara Dendre Valley ... 1 / t Paris and Rouen Dutch Rhenish ...... 7% Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris Janet. (Ganneron's) Dijon and Mulhouse ... Do. (Compe de L'Est) East Indian ........ 1 Do. (Aymard's) Fampoux & Hazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre Constituted 12% Royal North of Spain. Do. Pepin le Halleur- Sambre and Meuse .... Great Paris and Lyons. 2 Strasburg and Basle ... Great Western Bengal Tournay,Jurbise, Lan- Great Western Canada den, and Ilasselt Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Tours and Nantes Do. North (Mackenzie's) Do. Extension Jersey — Do. Louvain and Jemappe — Trinidad Lyons and Avignon.... Verona anti Ancona Luxembourg Madrid and Valencia... BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2OO 201 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93% 96 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 9 F30e% 3 per Lent. Annuities, 1726 23% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 10%36 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 1 0 ,4 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 lO% India Stock 260% Bank Stock for Account. 202 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 /0. I%d. 1,0001. 500/. ... ........ .. ..... ... South Devon South Midland 42s. South and Midlands Junction 425. South Staffordshire Junction 214 South Eastern and Dover ... 331/ ...... 35 1 / 2 to Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 Ditto New, No. 4. 2 l /2 — Southampton, Macchester, and Oxford Junction. St. Alban's. llRtfield, and Hertford Junction — — .. ... to Staines and Itichtro4d.... .... 1 Staffordshire and Shropshire 2 3 4 — Ditto Small — .. 23 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds 3 lAz Granada, 1 per Cent. . .. 20 1 / 2 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 3O Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 35 Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent ll l l4 112 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 _ 27% Do., 1838-4'J, div. fm. Nov., '4O 26% Ditto 3 per Cent 371/2 ' Ditto for the Account 37% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 923 93 1 ,4 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. _ _ South Wales - ._. 2 1 4 3 l /2 to Taw Vale Extension Tean and Dove Valley l% — to Trent Va11ey..... Trent Val. i‘ Holynead jure. 2 5 4 — to Tring,fleading & Basingstoke 51," — ...... to Ulverstone and Harness — ..... Vale of Neath Warwick and Cheltenham ... 1% — to Warwick add Worcester 425....... Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley Welch Midland 2% ...... RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen ... 5 Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin... ..... Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% to Aylesbury and Thame ..... .... 1% — Belfast &County Down Bideford and Tavistock .. ... 1%..... Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ..... .124 Ditto New Shares __ _ CHANCERY.- The Lord Chancellor did no' .(THIS DAY.) sit to-day. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY His Lordship was occupied during the greater portion of the day in hearing short causes and unopposed petitions, which deserve no particular notice. Birmingham and Oxford Junction Birmingham and Deicester Direct Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s .. Bridgewater and Diinehead... 425...... - Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and r Glouceste., 3O _ _ . VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY . The further arguments in the part-heard case of West Cornwall 2 - West Yorkshire West London, Old Shares ... 20 West End & South. Counties I% — to Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives Wilts, Somerset, & Sthamptn 1%... .. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymooth 2%...... 2%% to Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester ... ......... .. 425. Worcester,Tinbm y, &Lud'ow — to Wrster, Shrews. & Crewe Un. 1% ... .. to Worcester and South Wales.. 425. — Worcester,Warwick, & Rugby 425. — -Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20 Ditto, New... ......... ..... ... 17 DAVIS V. COMBERMERE occupied his: Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England the whole morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) TOPHAM V. PRICE. Bristol and Liverpool Junct. 2 1 / 2 Buckinghamshire... ............ 42s ...... to Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian Grand Junction ~ — ...... to Cambridge and Lincoln .... 1% 334 %... t o Ditto. New 1%...... 2;g Cambridge and Oxford l% - Canterbury and Dover 1%..... ...... to _ __ to This case was resumed this morning at the sitting o f the Court. The plaintiff's case having closed last night The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opened the case for the de fendants in a very long and elaborate address to the jury, in the course of which he said he was prepared to contend that this attempt to compel the defendants to pay the sum demanded by the plaintiff, was an attempt to commit a fraud, and that a false representation had been made as to the amount of stock alleged to have been destroyed by the fire. lie contended that it had been proved by the cross-examination of the plaintiff's witnesses that a great quantity of goods had been re moved from the house on the night of the fire, and that every light in the house had been put out at an early hour. Yet, with:regard to the latter assertion, he was instructed to say, that witnesses would be produced who would prove distinctly that lights were seen flitting about in the windows that night at a late hour, and just before the fire broke out. William George Carter, apprentice of Mr. Thomas Fole, the printer, deposed that be was at work on the premises in St. Martin's-lane, and that a great portion of the type in use there was not in good condition. Large quantities of type had been removed from the premises from time to time. Witness took some himself to his own house, by the orders of Fole, a few weeks before the fire. Was on the premises the day of the fire. Some goods were removed that day. Left the premises that night at about half-past eight o'clock, ani locked them up. There was no fire or light throughout the house then. Heard of the fire next morning. Went there, and saw a key in the counting-house-door. Central Kent 2 IA -- ...... to -- Ch e lmsford and Bury ... ..... I%to Chester and H01yhead......... 15 Chester and Manchester ...... 42s Cheltenham and Oxford ..... 2 Cl y d es d a le Juncti0n.....,.... 5 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages 2 25.. ... to Cork and Killarney 2% . .... to Cork and Waterford . — York and Carlisle York and Lancaster York and North blidland Ditto, Half Shares Ditto. Scarboro' Branch ... 25 Ditto, Selby Ditto. Extension ,• - ••• ••• to Cornwall __. 5 .- — ,•••• to -- FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester l4 — ..... to Dartmouth, Torbay, & Exeter 42q — Derby, Gainsboro', and Great Grimsby...... iii....... 1 1 3 ;8 45: 2. ..... t to o 1% ...... to Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 2% _ Direct Manch. (Remington's) 234 Ditto (Rackstrick's) ...... 5 1 A Direct Northern ... ......... .. 2 3 3 4 Ai... to Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh •••• l% Dublin and Belfast Junction 5 Dublin, Belfast,and Coleraine 2 1 4 _ % to Dublin and Galway 4 ...... —....— to Dudley, Madely, & Broseley 2% ...... _ .... to Dundalk and Enniskillen Eastern Counties ......... 141. 163..... 20 «,, to 20 Do. New .................. 6/. 165....... 6% 1 / 1 p to —. Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ...41. 13s. 4d.... to East Dereham and Norwich 1 ...... to Eastern Union . . ................ 25 —.... to Ditto V I Shares... ........ ... 2y l Ditto Extension Ditto Ipswich and Bury... 1% . .... to Ditto Extension to Norwich 2 / 2 — ...... to Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2, — East Lincolnshire l4 ...... East and West of England... 1%.... _ Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... Ditto 1 4 Shares ............ ... 12 1 / 2 ...... Ditto New 1 4 Shares ......... 5 Edinburgh and Northern...—• I I A — to th ..... -- A nglo-Belgian Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens 8 Bordeaux and Mediteranean 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's) Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara. 2% Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish... East Indian Eastern Belgian Junction.... 2% Fainpoux and Hazebrouk..... 2 Great Northern of France Constituted Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada 3 14 ...... 3 3 / 4 to Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Ditto Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia Mauritius Namur and Liege . 4 North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ...... 9% to Over Yssel 4138 4d.... - Paris and Lyons( Laffitte) ... 2 Parisand Lvons(Ganreron's) 3 ... Paris and Lyons (Won's)... 2 . .. Paris and Lyons (Sad &0... 2 Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen 2O Paris& Strasburg( Gannern's) 2 ...... 2 1 / a ... to Do. (Compc de L'Est) Ditto (Aymards) 2 1% Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre ......... ...... 18 Royal North of Spain 2 Sambre and Meuse 6 Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tournay, Jurbise, Larden, and ilasSelt, ••• .• Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 4 Ditto Ditto Lefebyfe's)... 2 ...... Do. (O'Neill's) Trinidad.. . ..... .. ......... ..... 2 1 / 2 Verona and Ancona West Flanders 4 Edinburgh and Perth ....••••• 1 72 — Ely and Huntingdon......... 5 Enniskillen and Sligo ...... ... 2%....•• .. .. to Essex and 5uff01k............... 1 — Exeter, Dorch ester, and Wey mouth - 425. ...... Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 23/4 ...... to Gloucester, Abervstwith, and Central of Wales ......... 1% — to Ile Ida - -- 425. Goole an. doneaster - GrandJunclion 100 ...... Ditto % Shares 5O . ..... ...... to Ditto Quarter Shares ..... GrndUnion(Notting.kLynn) 1% •••••• 1% to Great Eastern and Western.. 2 1 / z ...... 1% GreatGrimsbyandShetlield... 5 ...... - to Great South andW.(lrisji) ... 15 •••••• Ditto Extension - ••• - Great Munster 2 l /2 ...... G- .t N `hof Scotland . 2 ...... to -- area. _. orth of Scotian d . Great North of England 100 ..•••• Ditto New .. DiLto New 2 ...... 26 Great Western Mao, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 2 1 , l 5 Diito Fifths Guildford, Farebain, Portms. 2 1 ,4 ...... Elam ich Hull and Selby ~ ... 50 ...... ..... to Ditto Quarters ...... 12 1 X/ ...... •••••. to Ditto, Half Shares ...... ... 2 ...... 17 1 / 2 to hive' ness and Elgin 1 ..... Ipswich, Norwleti, and Yar mouth Irish North Midland Isleof Axholme 2sg - to MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock .... lO 13 1 / to • AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VtEriA, Nov. 28'. 5 per Cent. Metalliques ••• • • - •• • • • • ••• • • • 111 4 per Cent. ditto .• •• • • • • • • - • ••• • • • ••• • • • 100 1 , 3 per Cent. ditto ••••• • • • • - ......... ..... 76 Loan, 1834 .• ••••• • • • • • • •• • • • • ISO Ditto, 1839 ••••• • • • • •••••••• • • • • • • • • 127% Bank Shares • • • • • • • • .• • • • • , • .• • • • , 1605 Esterhazy's Loan • • . ........... Killarney Junctions ll%' — to Kendal and Windermere l l /2 ... Lancaster and Carlisle... 3O ...... 414 Larne, Belfas,6 & Ballymena 2 1 / 2 .••••• Lerds and Carlisle .... ...... .. 2 1 / 2 ...... Leeds and West Riding June. 1%•••••• • to Leicester and Birmingham... 225....... Leicester and Bedford 22s. — Leicester and Tamworth 425....... ...... to Liverpool and Manchester...10 0 Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters 25 ...... ...... to Liverpool and Leeds Direct 2% ...... 2 ...... to Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction RILILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .• .• .• • • •• • . 194 Gloggnitz • • Vienna—Milan • • • • • • • • • • • • 118 Leghorn 11G3 Pesth • ..... -•••• • •• • ...... ••••• • • • • 168% Sienna Grosetto •• •. •. • es Oldenburg •• .... • ••• . • • .... ••• • • • 106 Pestula ••• • . —Allgenelne Zeltung, 14,.:0, 1. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY. _ (Sittings after Term, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) GREEN WAY V. MARSHALL. This was an action of assumpsit upon a warrant, to which the defendant had pleaded the general issue. Mr. Jervis and Mr. Miller appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hutnfrey for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff had purchased a mare from the defendant, which was warranted to be sound, but subsequently the mare exhibited lameness in its fore feet, and the present action was brought to recover back the amount which had been paid for her, namely 16/. For the defence, it was urged that previous to the sale of the mare she had never presented any symptoms of lameness whatsoever, and the defendant, therefore, gave the warranty, fully convinced and believing that the mare was without a blemish. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE ruled that this was no de fence to the action. It mattered not whether the un soundness was not discovered, or whether the defendant became aware of it prior to, or after, the sale, provided it could be proved that it actually existed at the time the warranty was given. That was the case here, and the jury must find for the plaintiff: The jury returned a verdict accordingly—Damages 161. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in London at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CELIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.) SYDDIONDS V. DEXTER. _ . This was an action of debt to recover the sum of 341, being the price of three horses, which the defendant was alleged to have bought from the plaintiff. The latter is a veterinary surgeon, the former a publican and horse dealer, in Whitechapel. The defence set up was, that the defendant received the horses to put into good con dition, and then sell upon commission ; but, that, in con sequence of the plaintiff's obstinacy in refusing to allow them to be sold, when reasonable offers were made, they were kept on expensive food—oil cake, white peas, and meadow hay, until the cost of their keep exceeded the amount for which they were ultimately sold. The evi dence, as is frequently the case where horses are con cerned in the cause of action, was quite contradictory. Mr. Petersdorff appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Allen for the defendant. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up with great clearness and minuteness, the jury without hesita tion returned•a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 341. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) . (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE BRADSHAW. This bankrupt, who was a draper at St. Alban's, came up for his certificate. He was opposed on the ground that he had improperly assigned the whole of his pro perty just previously to his bankruptcy, to secure a DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Dv% 5. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 59 59N itto, 3 per Cent ........ • ......... 7134 723 i Ditto, 4 per 94 9411 Ainort Syndic, 4% per Cent .. 99 99% Ditto, 334 per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Commercial Company, 4i per Cent • • East India Loan, 4 per Cent • . • . • • • • • • Exchange on London, at sight . • • • • • • Two months ........ On Hamburgh, at sight • • • • Two months.... On Paris • Two months •Dutch Papers, Dec. 6. 934 94 35 5-1 G - LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 9.—Wind this day at noon, W., light breeze old fine. DEAL, DEC. B.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Canton, Tong,re, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Asia, Woodward, Quebec. The Volunteer, from Newcastle to Bourdeaux, was in con tact last night with a vessel off Dover, supposed to be an American, and lost bowsprit, &c. The Mary Pope, Barnes, of Waterford, from Ichaboe, was spoken 28th ult., lat. 42, long. 12, the crew sick with the scurvy, and four men dead, had been lying to nine or ten days, by the Hiram, of Dart mouth, arrived in the Downs. LIVERPOOL, DEC. B.—Wind S. to W., moderate.—Arrd. the Ann and Jane, Smith, Calcutta; Princess Royal, Hood less, ditto, sailed from St. Helena Oct. 26; Nibelia s , Rio Janciro ; Isabella, Stewart, St. Andrew's ; Charlotte, Farie, Quebec; Acadia, ditto; Carteretta, Newfoundland. Sid. the Mizapore, Hickman, Hong-Kong; Tigris, Mawson, Cal • cutta ; Rajah Bassah, ditto; Crown, Born-bay; Elizabeth, Witherley, Mauritius ; Betsey Hall, Cape of Good Hope. Elizabeth, King, Rio Janeiro; Eliza, Valrent, Rio Janeiro; W. Russell, Palithorpe, Bahia; Priscilla, Taylor, Pernam buco ; Hazard, Pallet, Pernambuco ; Sylphide, Kohley, Africa ; Mary Kannat, Pixley, Africa ; Zenith, Cornie, Africa; Bakel, Costian, Senegal; Stephen, Murchil, Sierra Leone ; Ann Dingwall, Loney, St. Thomas ; Robert Newton, Mosey, Jamaica: Meteor, Turner, Gulf of Mexico; Concord, Scudder, New Orleans; Berlin, Baker, New Orleans; George Stevens, New Orleans; Cushing, New Orleans, Corsa, ditto. POOLE, DEC. 7.—A sunken brig, painted black, with round trucks, and the buoy of her anchor foul of foretop-gallant mast head, was passed 29th ult., about four miles off Fair leigh, by the John Ennuw, arrived here. ST. 'MARGARET'S HOPE, DEC. 2.—The Elizabeth Wis hart, Wills, of Aberdeen, for Sligo, took the ground on enter ing, but came off on the flood with little damage, and into the harbour. The Greenwell Dobinson, Hormeby, of Sunder land, took the ground off the Island of Hunday during a heavy squall, and must discharge her cargo. SHIELDS, DEC. 6.—A quantity of wreckage, consisting of spars, ; masts, &c., main boom painted green, and masts white, with running rigging attached, was seen 20 miles E.S.E. of Tynemouth, by the Ann, Nicoll, arrived here. OFF MARGATE, DEC. B.—John Craig, Meale, Pugwash. DEAL, DEC. B.—Arrd. from the River, Mary Ann, Jamaica. OFF THE WIGHT, DEC. 7.—Cookson, Hooper, St. John's, New Brunswick. FALMOUTH, DEC. 7.—Sld. Lassie, Smith, Baxter, Cape of Good Hope. BEAUMARIS.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Bell, Miramichi. LIVERPOOL.—SId. Chester, Prichard, Savannah ; Republic, Landis, Baltimore; Lehigh, Young, Philadelphia; Cornelia, French, New York ; Rochester, Porto, New York ; Corsair, Daly, Halifax ; Margaret, Wyman, Argyle, Nova Scotia. LYTHAM, DEC. s.—Arrd. Thompson, Barton, Dalhousie. 7. Albion, Turfing, Ricbebucto. FLEETWOOD, DEC. S.—Wind W.—Arrd. Hannah, Quebec. CORK, DEC. 5. —Arrd. Amelia, Pictou ; Harmony, Messer vey, Newfoundland. 6. Esquimaux, M'Coag, Demerara; Fanny, Ayles, Honduras. SHIELDS, DEC. 7.—Arrd. Leadbetter, Crowell. Pictou ; Cumberland, Bruce, Quebec. HULL, DEC. B.—Arrd. Stinton, Scott, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Sir Edward Hamilton, Lundys, ditto. Sld. Ma dras, Collins, Mobile. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.: HAY BTARILETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 105 to 4/ 12s ; Clover ditto, 4/ 8s to 51 15s; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 1112 s per load. Trade very dull, at the above quotations. CumBEELAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 41 15s ; Clover, ditto, 41 8s to Si 15s; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. Wheat Straw, 11 105 to 1/ 12s per load. A fair avarage supply, and a sluggish demand. WurrEcHAFEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ 15s ; Clover, ditto 41 lOs to Si 17s; Oat Straw, 118 s to 1/ lOs ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—Scarcely any business continues to be done in British Plantation, only about 150 hhds having been sold at rather lower prices, establishing a reduction since Friday week of ls. The public sales have only offeredlB2s bags Bengal, and 247 bags Madras, which was all taken in (excepting a few lots) at previous prices, there being no buyers thereat. The stock of British Plantation in London on the Ist instant was 14,321 hhds 2,156• tierces, against 17,231 hhds 2,638 tierces at this time last year. The import to the Ist instant was 91,038 hhds 11,044 tierces, being an increase over last year. The consumption has increased about 13,000 hhds this year. The stock of Havannah is much lessihan last year, and of Brazil and Porto Rico it is larger. The stock of Mauritius, Bengal, and East India is lower, the consump tion of those descriptions having greatly increased this year. COFFEE. —606 bags Java and 96 barrels and bags Rio (the latter British Plantatio4) was nearly all bought in at 50s, for good to fine Dutch Company's Java; a small portion of the Rio sold at 53s to 665, for mid to good mid colory, washed ; the remainder was taken in at 36s to 48s 6d, for fine and to low mid unclean ditto, all of which are comparatively very low prices. The stock of British Plantation in London is 2,922 hhds 2,073 brls and bags, being less than last year. Rust.—The stock in London on the Ist inst. was 15,303 tuns 1,008 hhds., being much the same as last year. RICE.-1,355 bags 432 pockets Bengal, and 1,530 bags Spanish (the latter chiefly damaged). The greater part was taken in at 17s 6d to 18e 6d ;for mid white Bengal (good ditto sold at 19s), and the Spanish at 23s 6d for good bold white like Java, but the damaged brought very low prices, viz., 18s to 19s for second and third-class. The Bengal must be quoted fully 6d to is cheaper. SALITETRE.-370 bags Bengal at auction was withdrawn at 27s for 8% per cent. refraction, being above the value. TILLOw.—P.Y.C. is 41s 6d to 41s 9d per cwt on the spot, and Town 45s per cwt. TEA.—The market is rather dull. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL WAY COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the Directors and Share holders of the above Company was held this day at the terminus, London-bridge station, " for the purpose of considering and determining upon certain matters con nected with the resolutions passed at the special meeting of this Company, holden on the 6th day of November inst., in relation to the amalgamation of the Croydon Company with this Company; and also for the purpose, if necessary, of altering or rescinding the before men tioned resolutions, and passing such resolutions as the meeting may deem proper." A considerable number of shareholders attended, as it was expected that the charges brought against the London and Brighton Company at the last meeting of the Croydon Company would be denied or explained away. Among the gentlemen in the body of the room we observed Mr. Wilkinson, chairman of the latter Com pany, and several of its Directors. Rowland Hill, Esq., chairman of the London and Brighton Company, presided. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, I shall commence the business of this meeting by, in the first place, asking your indulgence for myself. The truth is, that for a considerable time back I have been in a bad state of health, and yesterday it was doubtful whether I could be in a position to attend this meeting to-day. Enter taining that doubt, and feeling that it was my duty to explain as far as I could the circumstances in which the two companies were placed, I drew up a written state ment of the facts of the case. What I ask is, that I may be permitted to read this statement, for although quite well enough to take my place here, I feel that it will be a great relief to me to be allowed to adopt that course.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, the ad vertisement you have just heard read, and the circular which has been forwarded to each Proprietor, will suffi ciently explain the reason for your being called together at this time, but since those documents have been issued, a meeting had been assembled by the Croydon Board. For reasons given in the circular, your directors did not attend that meeting, they acknowledged no responsi bility towards an assembly so constituted and so con vened. They were responsible only to yourselves, and that is ,a responsibility. I can assure you that is never absent from their minds—(Hear, hear)—and which they fully acknowledge. I am, therefore, anxious that, under the present circumstances, the whole facts shall be fully examined, and that the reality of the case shall appear in its true colours to the present meeting. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read the following statement :—The meeting for Tuesday last, as we all along foresaw, arrived at no practical result. It was, as far as its objects were concerned, an utter failure, its only effect being to still further increase the difficulties of carrying out the amalgamation between the two Corn panies.—(Hear, hear.) It casts upon us, however, the obligation of rebutting the unjustifiable insinuations to which we have in mere wantonness been exposed—( Hear) —and I cannot but think that a little more charity on the part of our neighbours; a little more forbearance ; the slightest exercise of that conscientiousness which all ought to evince who make pretensions to judge others in matters in which their own feelings and interests are involved, would probably prevent their misunder standing or misrepresenting the conduct and notions of others ; would lead them to pay that just regard to the high position of those gentlemen who are associated with myself, which their character demands ; would do away with all present angry feelings, and the necessity for prosecuting the disagreeable task which has devolved upon me.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, this task is peculiarly painful to me, because the nature of my office throws the duties and responsibilities of the Company mainly upon myself, and as for many years I had the happiness of considering the Chairman of the Croydon Company my most attached and esteemed friend, not because of circumstances in any way attached to this Company, but because in another field I had the advantage of his assistance—l mean in the reformation of the Post-office. (LEFT SPEAKING.) Lord Adolphus Vane, second son of the Marquis of Londonderry, will shortly join the Scots Fusilier Guards, his Lordship having exchanged from the Rifle Brigade. The Speaker of the House of Commons and Mrs. Lefevre are entertaining a small party at Heckfield House, near Basingstoke. PEDESTRIANISM.— Yesterday the ten mile race be tween Jacques and Dean came off near the King's Arms, Acton Bottom. The men have acquired some celebrity, and drew a good concourse of spectators. The stakes were 201. a side. Jacques took the lead and covered the first mile in nine minutes and a half. The men continued at a clipping pace, Jacques still maintaining the lead, and five miles were accomplished in forty-seven minutes. At this stage of the race Jacques appeared to have victory certain, but on the approach of the eighth mile his opponent stole upon him and took the lead, much to the surprise of the backers of Jacques. Dean gradually gained ground upon his adversary, and ulti mately brought the contest to a conclusion by coming in tl.e winner by eight yards, having covered the ten miles of road in one hour and thirty-four minutes, fair toe and heel walk ing. The London fancy backed Jacques to a large amount, but in the course of the race endeavoured to edge off. 2 3 / 4 my, 3% EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON. (EXTRACT OF A LETTER) • 02 bad We have had rather a coarse cruise of it, ha vi ng a series of fresh and strong gales during t h e six We e _ i we have been out. In all the heavy weat h e r trials 7 hare had, the Symonites have been completely b ea ten 5 the Canopus and Rodney ; even the Vangu ard, of ssitoP ing notoriety, with a new copper bottom. is neribilist compete with the Canopus (a French mo del of the century) in a fresh gale and a head sea. .400 The Superb, after all the trouble that has been „, with her, is little or nothing improved. The 1 0( 2 11 ; i si ' notwithstanding her lightness, is as weather l y in b e e „ a weather as ever. As to the Albion, she gets wors e f , worse ; last on all occasions, foul weather or fine. ()- 0 0 wind or before it. As a " foremost Jack," serval:4o board this ship, with an experience of twenty-fife ) 0 11 in the merchant service and Royal Navy together, is A s be bold to state the sea-going qualities of this together, le ship in a very few words. " On a wind " she forereaches tolerably fast, but -4 a very bad wind. " Going free," considering 11) her ..f of canvass, she is good for nothing. She is slack low.; steers bad, pitches easy, but rolls trem endously- „ o f This is the naked truth with respect to the qua''tl this much-talked-of ship—the Albion. r lots Of the five two-deckers that have b een out on nu - d oe cruise, the Canopus is undoubtedly the best ship, an Rodney is very little inferior to her. (EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LNTTER.) I re , The Superb has beat everything, both by am b it by upon all occasions, not as heretofore by fathoms. ""„ - e of miles, and she is the easiest, and, I have no doubt. t be the very best ships the Surveyor ever built, sli, cl v i log, hands of Captain Corry must, and there is no u,' l sd ol the question, arrive at perfection, upon the threw ° which she is already. yr 0 IMPORTANT TO DISSEI-„ITO MINISTERS.—INCOME TAX AND ll`j TARY CONTRIBUTIONS. beeri The following important correspondence M 15.. published in the Christian Witness for t his month' (Copy letter to the office of Stamps and Taser, Somerset-house, London.) _, .411 fe e " The Rev. Charles Fox Vardy, ~"-;„, it e ' obliged by Charles Pressly, Esq., informing Pr; tb e ther, his income being derived exclusively from t° voluntary contributions of his hearers, be 15 d er return the same for the purpose of assessment no Property Tax Act. "91, Gloucester-place, Kentish- town, October 27, 1845." (Copy reply.) " Stamps and Ta le . * 16 45 ' " Somerset-house, Nov. "Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 27th 01t;pole1 to acquaint you, that if your income be de rii a i r ed, from voluntary contributions, you are not op make a return of the same for assessment ljnosot Property Tax Act.—l am, Sir, your obedient,,seso, (Signed) " CHARLES PRP s " The Rev. C. F. Vardy." Cr _ INCOME-TAX COLLECTED Op TO STH APRIL, 1843, IN ENGLItI. 4 Schedule (A), . I O r Land—England and Wa1e5...... £32,655,137 .--- Houses, factories, and ware -1,1.21'1103 houses, wharfs, docks, ship yards; •••• &c. (B) Tenant farmers (C) Funds (D) Profits in trade 50,2 9 6 ,645 0 z (E) Public officers. 8,936,831 0 ~401 ---. 9 Total. Scotland in all Schedules ......... -- 9,284,383 " 440 —• o- ,„, Total £190,606,585 0 too ri o ; s Parliamentary Paper, 235, dated May, 1842, It:ore1114,!, value of land separated from houses, factori, kodk, wharfs, docks, ship-yards, railways, canals, public:; Land in England and Wales.... £34,655,137 t' i 0 Land in Scotland Tenant farmers on half bsll 205,458866,650276 " 0 ..<I I9'A P Total income-tax paid by land ... .......... Income-tax paid by houses, factories, docks, W „air houses, wharfs, ship-yards, canals, raillfs) .. public fund.,, profits in trade ...................... . ( 3 'i3Oii Total income-tax paid in 1843 ......... .• t he tto oli Total amount of manufactures exported fl o ps 01 Kingdom in 1843, 52,279,709/., being many all _ no . more than the landed rental. ff-ill A correspondent states, that se „, ; „e Boston, of Haggerston London, was proeeetVeAr WO home from Romford a few evenings since, abne,.", be s A en d he was stopped in his cart and pulled o ut el ," v" or who rifled his pockets of upwards of 401. in ge„,." ; ,, , was committed at a short distance from th e eill Stratford.—Essen Herald. A ~qelo i r ti lo f LOVE EXTRAORDINARY.—A young r on Nancekuke-common, a tt em pted suicide f since by poisoning herself, se but a medical men called in time to counteract the effects of the coole' declared she was impelled to attempt self.destr a s ois s y r sequence of her ardent affection for two young 00 14 neighbourhood, neither of whom, it appea rs % duced to reciprocate her love.—Plymouth Timf'ciaello:ol4 FORBIDDING BANNS.—A singular indo curred in the parish church, Preston , on Sl e d, i c e 4 week. When the banns of marriage were pubbs si• rose, and in a loud voice forbade the Inar ri p t g r e ste; s iAl whose names had just been read over by the 1 "„ vestry, after the service, she alleged that te t i r est°,"'ioA Manchester, although he was described as e v l rit i l t t er ee rt further objection was this—she pleaded, eyes, that he had paid his addresses to her for &nor'; and had now deserted her to marry another /00 1 : " latter plea, of course, could not be entertained ; AO ° one, on inquiry, was found to be incorrect, thd I, ot declared to be invalid.— Westmoreland DEATH BY DRINKING OF A REL APSED ti t 11 1 , : f —Last evening Mr. Payne held an inques'io 10:40 Tuns, Bridgwater-gardens, Barbican, o n /3 ie sle r ;o. Price, aged forty-six, a widow, residing at street, Cripplegate. The deceased was gl yr addition to which she carried on a kind o _,,,iteti oc t: t pe brokering by lending money on goods d,, e v i ; e ce e l is ot , r neighbours. For the last four years she ha' s he `„s d id dieted to drinking, but a short time sie_ d ee 1°,,,,e0 0 * pledge and became a teetotaller. On T llll . "' — i farel,o o ef berg ,was committed at a glass and chin ii , do ing nr oP e m e London-wall, when, from her known mode ( " o f tberte, "01 her place was searched, and a small Portia ° sed s oi s id was found there. She was taken before i . discharged on giving up the articles. Tr sfo ee 1 1,s1 seemed to affect her very much, and she 1 " — / Fri ost ° As and was very intoxicated during the who le • ° ,,hts be boo f frec Saturday. At eleven o'clock on Saturday 11,,1:500.0, a pint of rum, which she drank, and at t ' s of g l 0 19 Sunday morning she drank three quarterterie landlord finding her lying on the bed, locked4r 11 0 , 1 be ore and on going to see her soon after found het Mr. Poynder, surgeon, said death had bee n c verd l plexy, brought on by excessive drinking . t cordance with the medical evidence. To eloe 11/5 ced 1 A CURE FOR BURNS AND SCALDSV - 7 th, e j 1 1,0 0 ber of the Medical Times there is an artic i l - sserw - or d oo ri t the yeast of beer for the cure of burns. v r ' tire, A is stated, used it frequently in his private prgethed:,4o, it out as the most simple and efficacious .„ la , co" by medicine to counteract the effect of In 1 "1.10 15. 6 •PP, applying it is to spread a rather thick layer jecl ir e sufficient to cover the whole of the burnt str„ . a 0%00 1 tion to be renewed as soon as it becomes "rJefecaelesce that the action of this medicine is much inere.. o teer . it c.`,o sorted to immediately after the accident. li eb ", s io_,,,ccit4 l • o remedy is noticed in that journal some Inea,.' lint ti‘ePt sists in the application of a single layer a ' „Id b e tr solution of carbonate of soda. The lint 5 110- 0 11 d el and the pain will be quickly relieved. ~,,pl*°' t d, Mr. Peto is preparing plans for the ;11ritclif Lowestoft harbour, to be submitted to G ave EFFECTS OF SUDDEN FRIGHT. - Ca vea ele,`` aged sixteen, residing in Wigmore-street, fer ° if br fe :i was attacked with most violent convulsive t ee o re' o ll o ' of two hours, by the return home of a raeieg,410,,,,1. had believed dead for the last three Yea r !' o f letter to that effect from Port Philip, ' a n ovel o ftr On recovery from her fit she had lost the r" If --- 1 1 e tion, and is seemingly idiotic. if e if THE KENNINGTON MURDER.,,, pa by for the bereaved widow and nula ll 'io be a . g .rortief , unfortunate Daniel Fitzgerald, is likeli,, o coll:otem e fe, aroused by the gentlemen frequenting t'i n gtee bel l for, Mr. Foulsham, the Clayton Arms, S-e nli f,;r ti le pe 11 ,1 11 ; having commenced a liberal subscription pt ° , ee 00 j this poor and afflicted family which "- od r , 1 week or ten days ; and we doubt not tinioie. , laudable and humane will be promptly ' 1 ' 4 0 9 A V other respectable houses, when so facile Sl ,4 1$ of relieving such poignant distress. „. r TO 115 0, 3 7 SENDING AN INFANT IN A BAS".. - si% Aro. ferl] ORPHAN ASYLUM.—Between the hours e f b i f o'clock on Friday evening last, two resPe ata in tO '4l e l met a lad of the name of James BurreTtadle_Arii street, and, handing him a basket with m ain , P IIfV O him to take it to the Female O r phan2opbe p :ifool l ie . n They said that, as it contained glass, u_,„.e o,ol, d ele pr k , careful not to break it or knock up again-the f ro streets through which he passed; and for t hey v to have in conveying it to its destination t, „„a o o d, piece of money, which he put in his re ke fo rl, iaji 0,0 1 : said was 6d. The lad proceeded on his er ' o pen . ~,P l jter,o t i,s' admitted to the institution, the basket wa s 0 , 1,..- br iv e derneath a pile of children's caps, petticoa • o pi i and cocks, there was found a very ell s r. yobdof . k . , female infant, fast asleep. By its side W 0 01,00' 4 ' . „ • lo filled with milk, and a paper, written 11 1 ," vote P' 4 o ll o o, of which the following is a copy :—" i l sea„ n a I c o rt,j' take care of this dear little orphan. "" tit OIV in a few days." The inmates of the big 0 0 11 0 i)! a ps, Or t yoo course, much surprised; the lad, pee! . tee . c , 9, than any body else. He could only gi e iced ts te g kie; which we have already given, that her e' go 9 at women, and was told that it was glas e , • res ideld pe e: l ol the statement proved correct, that the „ Back Berry-street, the street in Nvhie' m ea fir 10", handed to him ; and that one of thew .„4:000,c1, be old and the other young. The elderlf A bls was dressed in a black cloak, light g oat poor ° , 01 ,4 4 0 bonnet; and the younger one, who mother of the infant, in a black man they Ole o ttoltf t bonnet. He did not omit to mention that 1/ 00 t, I V, him a piece of money for his trouble P ti t oneabiliV hand in his pocket and drawing it forth,. o y, # oo,,etra f be a sixpence merely, as they informed 11 1111 " the 7 1 t o , sovereign, All subsequent search to disee v e er d OTOO °l 4 ll proved unavailing; but the child, wen 01)101,4 having been once received within the hen ) woke t 1 thel l eeP institution in question, is sure, even 6 discovered, to have all its wants auePlie•_„d be t a l . ° 0 contained the sleeping innocent was new, Co 7 ipo sed t 9 Int been bought for the purpose. It wa s ,, sh e La r cg t ri substance, something like matting, and s i n ce c o ttieto length, and 9 inches in breadth, It Ints 0 ,00 - t ir the Commissioner's office, together with the _A c eri petticoats, &c„ in order to enable the police ow o f to trace the women.—LiverpoolAlbion. 9 0 0 ao O P OI PERTH POTATO TRADE.--After for 1 ! )12 becomeitlllof a m f o o r r e tn b ig ri h sk t, ,tvhaehisnbitphmeseentfeowf pdoat;tto:sanracie roieefolovoi best samples now reach 10s. 3d., and '`; 0.1 ob e fti w ets e higher. There are at present eight v for t ell tb for the south, and one with diseased roorires,if The Belgium trade in that article apeeara:;rter. as we hear of no more cargoes for that c country we hear that the disease is st 11 . 41:4 tg^ diminisl ed speed, which gives a hope that ertiOrt will wholly disappear.—Pantie %aciv Oec, - ~_~