The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-27 00:00:00

n bad 11 i )nourable all been -d that as 1 1,11 , e :,: , ;it count his tioned IP Ade , an to 0 700 ides in we a ct.- „, bad t" ri tbef ;nse bring - • , loun ged- of a to i° fa tb Par ce ad tO „ ebirtinl )13 ' „,ker, " 00 em ploi e • i n t i l t) lc 1° Ae I. tAl EeS 'i I I I en b e O n°. i n the OP; oric f °s t tee d II a 1 70 0 Ihe 1 to A flitne3f 135' iulri9°lli DA Y.) J/ „ordeloo t wo , er Ipast B3,o ed d otallent. d o tel l bar' lece," t uit reSr. NORTHERN AND EASTERN T • R AILWAY. ilititrned from the 1 9 th, was held The teetmg of the Proprietor.; of this Company, ad ' for eaj e t r i ecli teb, at 12 o'clock, to consider the proposition to erang the interests of the two companies submitted yesterday, at ti Station, , W. Ken by the Eastern Counties Company. '''. again ae e• ' -sq. the chairman of the previous mcetilig, Presided. ' ,e she advertisement calling the meeting having beeft lleTheCuAlasreer proceeded to address the Proprietors. othe h32,egretted that Mr. l'eterson, the Chairman 41 , 4 in of Directors was again unable to attend th_roul e h ieeposition be' 'still . thePrese • . eng it would iou n s ot . le e ece ., n was an adjourned wee, ~ 'ea.,' ' s 'lrY forhi m to go over the _zr,roune le .., thin eet on the last • •rect a ke in e_ . occasion. lie NvO . eld first ce. „. had , tra into which some of the . P . ropri . ett , a T i l l Itlen fallen about dealing with the divisible .n te t n h u e . slightePL°P.os:d dealing with that fund did by t th i e ras.. t ell r;'ueeree affect the guarantees made to "unties Compeny. It had nothing y whatever w old re lo ° with those guarantees, but they .0 tbe e g ,Precisely a,s they were before. Since to o k rre,rlous meeting a full account of what . then led_ a hr L ea had bee - n eent to every Proprietor all t h tue Directors had iven the fullest attention to le e °l•l6t i°nts which Were urged on that occasion. to hu ll s 30 they bad found great difficulty arise as t, i the y h e ieet noneeY 3 Oold deal .ith those atide, e „Y in the conceen, and th'e time intervening ian who had invested !Iter„,:itrralnployed M devising a rcmee y ;4 Zp i ,, y 'tillttrimitaiiil . ed f d ro in nethe l li:as . terrinapoi Happily, theresolution that intohad day re el o r tu eill , I . l ,s tel a.mong :le o P u r n oprietors . as they came I• fp b 4 "q which would be submitted to them that I t pr e e resolution gave them all that was necessary. tiltt,i4t,iaPcV Peesnnere of six per cent. from five per equivalent for folk UP the devise!a guaranteed, as an e d the i re ble fund. Whether, o however, they ivisible ,S 4 ,",.! eprter cent. ? and their chan9e 6 4ttl to CaP_ new without, they would till possess the sh e l t i t 3bare ileowila(lisWealloottneldd alsoth em in possess the right to proportion for bt etlt t ri ea r , bI Y of all profits that might accrue, after the ,7, Cote° gUaranteed the Northern and Eastern Cou hat ,;"jell 04, with a similar rate of dividend to t ea astern Counties Company had been paid—that t:ei deree,,the Eastern Counties Company a t era fe ••t ' on their capital, and the Northern !i. the eh. had received nd 11 Pr% guaranteed per centage as per resolution, 4, °ll gli th W ould be equally divided pro rata. e hip acre e advantages on these terms at pr e-. 0 .0 it,,,lntel ere considerabl in the event of the com hgrea4tePally reaching ' York, the benefits would . be Non `ted t h r . At present the rivalry of opposing lines k i her o 41,Prices of all their shares, and kept the h that was I,,b.aestisie tastern Counties at 191, tboug L'it744lBl4 theoryteeadvance upon their original cost. But re successful in their application to , k id ' teeiti'llteasndat ob i tn s e et their Bill, then would on the London Petra,' „the Cambridge and Lincoln, and other So far 41 vo r Merge into their stock. aid abo -.4 e , L .h e W them the benefit of taking up the new e tols.-eng,„ t.resolution that would be submitted to the lt4,7l.Pro,,llo'!ced another agreeable alteration from th __ oultNierristrion. It provided that, whether t le e g ß u t a l - 1 t hei7ate r , s , not, the agreement respecting I to e ' e gisla till , ' abould stand good. Whether an Act of was osihrteeo„ e ,,as got or otherwise, the agreement he e a , 1 rq e , 1. There was another point to which it „ 1 ,.,t 1 eli ; regarding. the capital stock. This stock t he 0111 •eBPects to h •dered partnership stock „);a4dtri,..h.twheael7tokbtainede Another alteration would be Net el ti t , Te. section of the resolution, that in th e e - a d tit in tIl astern Counties Company being unsu t w :Posit, welr Pplicatn to Parliament, all money paid 14 ) litt l Y to o k eti kl be returned. The Eastern . Counties .n 41t ie t71111t1,11,13°n themselves all responsibility o '11, 11 „.e th e • „, eqe secretary would now read the reso liett4followreeeting. .4 1 -••• gls the resolution which was then sub- NI T hat the Pa hl the e th e teal e - gatnation agreement between the two ill a rter ti t i all, ail from the 1 t July next, be changed, to Frtf ,ere t h et aPi tt a i t ls net profits :hall be divided rateably over ,s o r -3 et.bOtii Corn anies subject, however, to the )3t 44 e e,e'aratees afterpmentioned. h ia llsdt t ili t'ili rr t r,„Pital of 4 ,500,000/. to receive 4 per tet:e e° -,,n, f - usual manner , while the new lines cen ar t e sneh e -lon • 1 have opened for -', N. eapi t i ' 411 (.. When the same . 1 4 ,1 „ 3. 1 1 , °6 1a tl , I tt shall commence taking its rateable share Cfkt '4l/otit°GlTiorst2f Northern and Eas e te s r l. each in the ;t o lt it i 4 iz 4,5,701;07 two new raised by of 2 sh o nres agreeing d the said Eastern 0 141 t Nilc i WaY i. t e ° lll a . yo, be ra a L ch share of 50/. of the ,1137,1 ---set'u P ca n pital or shall have the same allotted •Itokh'lllt te, e I ) * ess t d to eld by th -titit l s ' r ' 11 ' auate capital of the Northern and s Eastern e r Nt, t ecei ve . e Proprietors last mentione , t _ , tli oi ,,k N t , 11 1 Perpetuity their present guaran eed a ,t4kOt° tak r Priet 4 apth eti, a 9rs of Northern and Eastern shares de )ilitztelorttil,htlitill_ we IsT 4, e 4)o %t a v en a l l i l o o n tm ca e np t of two new shares of 20/. sot oi _ t a • te it eee ?4kl t4: ll)l ., about to be o c f re t e h t e ed E , Counties f as or te e r a n ch 4,7 bilefqo:erri capital shall WI from the Ist . July t Ple,lakl 6'„„_ 3 / l ill,;, ft e ,,llr• Per annum I . is . a guaranteed interest ‘ll,'ett,r7 Nit all the remaining capital . shall have q• Ili S ts for . ' he entitled to share rateably in the sur -5 4t ell li„' „4311, additional dividend. 3 4 t l'e 1, e3at „ n ‘ u sru and Eastern Shareholders, receiving e Per as guaranteed interest, shall, be entitled to '' 7 th „!(l4 t NiOn T T ' Counties Shareholders, "aie••lh at her v. all new extension shares to be created Ibtaet 4. 41 th e „ lit ho .f Of Acts of Parliament for the eaten tlrti -v0,000711,ed, the deposits on the New Extension t ) +6."t (.: l ieat, ,, kali be returned without deduction, bu le . e be ma kti„ ie:nelv. r:ki:tilfoaostlteld he had anotherremar w k er t e o , g th qpire,t cent IL The quarter-shares still to 14 1.,.. 4 ttili the ~.1 an d when the term provided ilkittir •, th e 1 : 1 'r Per cent. would be still p .d a e i d d for ole at e t , (l to teak 'ulders of the quarter-shares would new it,' /'ae l ,'„° stu n , their election respecting the l' ii l nld Oe% wish as the other Proprietors. tsl t e O. ti ltitl referred _,lshed to know if the shares . 3 le ••Ati t eq to 3 i n perpetuity ? l b -ls p,,, ke tz . u . lx per cent. . l'lt • clat, s l'a3, if they make their election to 4.`zoeli N144)410 lieu of the new shares. V. I; 4 d se, w as then formally moved by Mr. IV, tve,,x sai t ; )llt ecl by Mr. UXLEY. fit, ' ands 1410 third section of the resolution h tWe,leliee4lll4V.4sYtetrothe allotment of the shares tot e sha re s Company • he wished to know The 141,:1ak0i,!, WOUld be allotted ? ke t •Lte ° thee c ' r atted at the same time as the ),„ Ni t , 1 then re tullpanies interested. ante:l Z to ti ad the first section, and said that, 44rli I N to eat condition, the new shares 4 eoltpanr allotted to the Northern and s, Ildi tl i g te, 1: ee, e le B at the rate of 14/ _ up . - T h ae a l l : ere* w ere ° rat at present 18L or 191. . qQ: v l ed th ci to RO to a discount, would they lle t ko,„ akezes.itePosits back? ht„tvotiOroe ~,,: 4 L e a, but without interest. t' IN.k i ," reg i ti 4 "ed to know the amount of deposit ? kl„ r,. 4 4 -1) said inn: to be paid on the new shares I t l l nti 041 4 4 in n : uellered 2L 10s. I t r• We 'Y a pPli l ed ired , if the third section of the . re : t k ete ext U e b m awe ‘o the present proposed exten!ion t : r 'r t. t tre llsi uns la re4 ' () Illy to that. It had nothing Ivii Nk tlt e thou hereafter. ‘tt,tt,thetltit}abe f)rel,ll•ne f nns i d ere d th e terms an im •18, 4 lde rri e, &le 6, 1 1 -.* ones, was not prepared to fall L. No • :11 / a 41'-'4OIQ premiums 3e time ago bought 100 shares N 1 ' 4 %111 1 : ceo,;,_ On these shares,. taking that Ai l th„ ~- wee desirous he On not receivig five per 'N I : Y, e rt eeite e , at enus of remaining as he was. He le l : Y oo vibe as a an Investment for the benefit of his . 14$ 3 tei oe 4 e ee,. 3Peculation. Re had consulted his I tite ,l eyin‘ agingre sent q.nestion, it h t tin t up a tilt with the London and York, and they did not seem ; 1, 11 (1.." of rC r il it u l 3 ry its • • i t ,, , se it.t with that Company to They Ns•e not disposed to ki klt 414 0 T • please Mr. iqiti l , k,IIS t o e,---t it not to please Mr. Hudson. The !, he''avx ~Ziwith the Eastern Counties Company. !', hoe e , ° ; ll d , e ot 114. Aid. not wish to be . personal, s'ati, kid s heart of on that occasion. They ven, on elt Cil this extension project till I t ' i /1 1 4 . e PleeW. Kea that in the Eastern Counties 1: t t,,,,, lid vii , tita „,,,,that Company had not hit . t et ti e to has NorFo'VNlsh was to protect their pro 1 1. k( sit! he had '' and Suffolk were fully opened k t h E I°ll tha t .11() doubt they would be in a far ka t bp, in ' 444 ing to Yrk to suit Mr. Hud ltN ! v e al a en in the o lot . ' e !e le •rerei on ,, e Company that his family ti 44144 0 ,•"q not toerY interest in it, and theretore, > C ta sal d thusent to the resolution. N:()a h t 1 0 th e last at he wished to say a few words t t i th i ‘ 2 Pre Pea sPea Ile had purchased 450 Fh b seetekt In, ;o ld i n; esker'he still retained a large por ty Tesebt 11 , . , • 4 --... he the arrangement sug- ProktS 1.484_3, it A uld noOt entirely meet his views. In Ned .0 Countess ig_ Rosed to extend the Northern v, kei te ! e et the sha reti u _TvaY to Newport, and it was IN italoi mediae Ure of c _ oto take shares at a t it lo rem° Ne t rt 'I,: ktaearwtharedtis, mth ‘le t 4 t"0 peers cent. The calls were to i.fectors were supposed to .4_ tKart tos'oteseh.:?irectors saiditlrtehcieuyenw u o e u u l t d a m r a l k s e e •.i,Nrea,. as !fee, and as they had been bought at 111404,,41tt1q41.44t Ottst fiaThtelleeoshareholders suffered severely, it t t ti . It o . Untry, t t1 4 41 4 . la :4 Inc,44a,ladti, tahtahtein that case the Directors did titisr,:, Ih Te, . !,I,lizit it migh t Yb did not make a call on the 1,., Jet ' l ,e, e h `, 41 Co u l d „_, an inducement for taking ' le:e'lle t „ma be woui","'Y beemade vvhen the bonds be -I.t. q stt i ve • 4 say that the Directors had con .q , 4, , sie that Ittl'ati Id 1 11 1 I•li l 0 4 er g. matter so as to cause a benefit ~e d to .8 said th at, e. +l' iidilitiel,,4 e chaitn,la--,s..ieY did not want die money, ttilh,tl444. it if t he et:11 statement, what would they 1, , , t, „. t o -4 II s a i d t , s had been made ' , Ad, ve . ere' 4, • hat they would have had to con -444. a je 1. Aid y it. 44;itth th il th at i t _ . - , „ id h ~_ ilvv4 ppeared to him that the Share -1 „ it•v! ‘, y who took two tttZ.%,4l:t`tte,;l)!t°ll:itik usSiadtee•-enetor.feygureatyl 1/4(ittlt,tit 11),,itr exile worke r vt:orking otetinhaa'nnaynt,hd,caa.t protectionthe line. The amount of ,With Wr n Cop te r , , 'ea was to be thi t . • innteee guaranteed l;totot'lr;:br s fall o t - ti e ulll a b, d .r e -six per cent. They 4 th el, es 4„ e ,. Y of eighteen Directors in the ts"n4 31.11 ail d , ' utOngiUSt acne third S• eo ti N at had .i t i rn from the at Otit iic , grid k : „ k a Case of a., , • . 1X t o cope asterlsaration of the n:i Counties, what *te4e )(I),Ti‘lie) that the N i ne 4 to w _ e h y th e ,_ I?,i otth not be worked 4 „on.kturk i t ? ' c 'ist rn Counties, who had We'teNt. I Th e 4 ),, 4 * t l id that the working of the line Op ' 3 3% khe -I° re than p ~, lei l,, a ques t , ,r , the suit mentioned, viz., 30 4r4 4 h, 1 did not , ~v -, 1, e, 1 , as 36 - 3' la el no severe‘ ,, Pi, and it would be th e tyre Q , 1 4. 4 1 c e t r , ea nt. gra,dierits, to get it Ito TI-r4le' ? 4lltie3 tt 'l 4 ' the exPense did not on the (4 1 koit nt to more than 3G per cent. on th 4 •tta k oa k _ Ali % a i d, Peke Wo _ti that at the fir -t st t* eacirtZeofofatnhye 14 114 e g r eat. in e'on's .THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1845, difficulty of organising a large staff of serial its, but when they were properly organised the expense would not be more than 36 per cent. A SHAREHOLDER, whose name we did not hear, rose and said, that the proposition was one that the Shareholders ought not to agree to. The Eastern Counties shares were now at a premium, and it was not to be supposed but that if four and a half millions of money were to be raised on new shares, that quantity of shares would send those now g tie down to a c i; ; ;eount. Besides, in his opinion, Ile amount of „,.. ! ty thatwould require to raise on new shares would be nearly 9 ,1 ;;;0,0001. instead of 4,506,`,_`9 01 Mr. WiLuaits saki ;;.'at their receipts were at pre:, nearly 7,0001. per week, whist} fold give a dividend of five per cent. on the capital. They might 4014114 - te .I}£!t if the working expenses of the line did not exceed 36 pc:r cent., which would give about one-fifth of the receipts for working, that if they repeived 1,2501., the profit would amount to 1,0001. They had every reason exnect an, i ne :Gase in their traffic, and he looked orwail Confi dently to the time when they should receive 10 per cent. There was evs:v reason to believe that, in a short time, the dividend wrnuit. be Six arid two-thirds, and why should they give that up ,°*r rw guar antee of 6 per cent., e having a prospect of 10 per cent., t edep ndentiv of their York traffic? The least offer that cou:,i' leave been w made was a guarantee of 7i- per cent. The CHAIRMAN said, that if such an offer Nvre they could not have any chance of participation in their future profits. The question was, however, one of mere speculation, and those who chose to be content with what they had already could do so, while those who chose to take the chance of more had an opportunity of doing so. Mr. GURDEN said that he did not see how they had any right to bind absent Proprietors by their proceedings of to-day. They were an adjourned meeting in order to consider the resolution that was laid before them at their last meeting ; but as the resolution brought forward to-day was to tally different, he could not see how they ought to be binding on persons who were absent. He should like to know the effect of the proposition on the quarter-share holders if it were carried. If they declined taking any part in it, they would receive nothing for four years, as 6 per cent. was already guaranteed for that time. He had great respect for Mr. Hudson, but if he were with him sitting at that table, he had no doubt he should be able to point out to him some better way of protecting their railway right and increasing their profits. Under all the circumstances, he for one gave it as his opinion that the plan was one that it would not be wise to adopt. Mr. WARD said that the point mooted. by Mr. Garden, whether the absent proprietors shall be bound by what ever is finally determined on in this meeting is decided by the words of the Act of Parliament, which bind all absent Proprietors by whatever is done by the majority in any duly announced meeting. At the same time he must add, he was sure there was nothing in the meeting adverse to the interests of the Eastern Counties Proprietors; they had met them (the Eastern Counties Shareholders) a fortnight ago; propositions were laid before them, and their objections had been met in all fairness. It was said the Eastern Coun ties Company must have an alternative; the Directors went accordingly to the North Eastern Company's Board, had got an alternative, and now brought it before them, yet it is said to-day the Directors have given no notice of the meeting. They certainly wish no advantage over the Eastern Counties. Gentlemen knowing the meeting had been adjourned ought assuredly to have been present. He would not go into the details about the working expenses, as they have been Introduced to the meeting. He did not see what advantage the two Companies could derive from going into a scrutiny here of each other's expenses, and cutting them down to the lowest sum. Mr. Hudson's name had been mentioned, and with that good feeling and respect which it deserves. That gentleman, it ought to be remembered, had gained his name for his economy ; he has in every case reduced expenditure, and been thereby able to return a very large dividend to the Shareholders. One word as to the amount of receipts. The Eastern Counties Shareholders will have 6 per cent. up to 1847, during the construction of the Norfolk line ; that line, when made, will throw the whole traffic along the main line, and they will come in for their share of the profits on the whole traffic. Mr. Gurden had prophesied often, but falsely, in that room. Mr. Gurden had said the shares of this Company would fall ; the market gives the answer. He said he would oppose the amalgamation ; if be had done so successfully, it would have been the ruin of the two Companies, for in making the arrangements they had not only been liberal to others, but also to them selves—they saw that the amalgamation would be for the mutual good of both. He thought a very valuable pro position had been laid before them. Those who chose the 6 per cent., who are unwilling to speculate, will re ceive the 6 per cent., and afterwards share in the profits. On the other hand, those who are willing to speculate may have two shares, and in case of failure have their de posit paid back to them. Unless amalgamation of the two lines be accomplished they will be a great bar to each other's interests. Competing lines will certainly start. The calculations of a gentleman who had already spoken, giving an issue of 7,8, 9, and even 10 per cent., can only be realised by shutting out competing lines; and the means to that is amalgamation, and nothing else. Mr. HUXLEY had supported the proposition made at the last meeting with great pleasure, much wore than at the present, when the relation of the North-Eastern to the Eastern Counties is as one-third to two-thirds, one third more instead of one-fourth as proposed last meeting. CLYDE, Nov. 25.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. St. Mary, White side, Jamaica. Sld. Afliana, Spence, Valparaiso ; Janet, Fraser, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Maranham, Fleming, St. John's, New Brunswick; Orion, Colquhoun. St. Thomas. DUBLIN, Nov. 25.—Arrd. Conservative, St. Andrew's. KINGSTOWN, Nov. 25.—Arrd. Looshtank, St. John's, N.B. BELFAST, Noy - . 25.—Put back, Independence, for New Orleans. SHIELDS, Nov. 26.—Wind W.N.W., strong gale.—Arrd. Fanny, Smith, Prince Edward's Island. Sld. 25th, Ostrich, Smith, Madras and Calcutta. Merchant, Saldanha Bay. 26,-,The William Alexander, Durant, wlachput in here, 19th inst., and the Ondine, Dessen, on thL2Oth, commenced discharging to-day to repair. Hu u., Nov. blew a strong gale frornW. to W.S,W. last night, and continues. The Resolute, l, ) e!lam, from New- Wi6 in 404:itae4 with Ov gastkaGliugats, Eaton, from 'Neil , York, and lost bowsprit, &c. The Wariska ;„ r , from Uleaborg to this p or t, go t on th e Sunk yesterday, but is expected off to-dv. ItAILWAY SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, 18 '/) -Grand Junction, New Quarter Shares, 31 p.-Ditto, Eighth Shares, 14% p.-Ditto, 401. Shares (L. M.), 48-Great Western, Quarter Shares, 1214 p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, % p.-London and Birmingham, 208-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 9 1 /0 p.-North Staffordshire, 50s. Gd. p.-Dublin and Armagh, 36 dis.-Ja maica, 29 p.-Jamaica and South Midland, 1 p. MANCHESTER, Nov. 26. STOuz EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 2- 7,,_-Caledonian, 7 1 ,3 -Glasgow and Dumfries, 2- Huddersfield, 1-torox, and Bradford, 51. 175.-Huddersfield c.-Leicester and Tamworth, 42 -Manchester ilr7 4 m l .-zham, 65-Manchester South ampton, and Pool, 3%-Preston find Wyre Extension, 14 -Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 2'-Sheffield, Ro therham, and Goole, 54-Seuth Midlana, 4/. 125.-West Riding Union ? 5/.125. LEEDS, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Hull and Selby, 100 -London and Croydon, 18%-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 94 p.-Sheffield and Rotherham, 33-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 14-Leeds and Bradford Extensions, 37 cash -Leeds and Dewsbury, 16% c. n. cash-Leeds and Thirik, 10N-Newcastle and Berwick, 9-North British, New Car lisle Branch, 24-Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhamptoi, 15-London and York, par-Direct Northern, 1%-Liverpool, Ormokirk, and Preston, 3-Wept Riding Union, 41/it-Buck inghamshire (late Rugby), ss. dis-Grand Union, par-Lan cashire and North Yorkshire, par-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 7s. 6d. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, par- Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 295. p.-North Staffordshire, 355. p,-NorthjWestern, 2-South Midlands, p.-Wakefield and Harrogate, par, HULL, Nov. 26. STOCK KCHANGE.-The settlement for the Hull and Barnsleys, which has been looked to with no inconsiderable degree of anxiety, has passed off very satisfactorily, .4 de termination has been come to on the part of the brokers to insist upon the fulfilment by their clients of the contracts entered into by them, and which, with very few exceptions, they doubt not will be generally honourably fulfilled, This settlement, which has retarded business for some time in this market, is expected will relieve the members of the Exchange from the doubts that have lately existed, and prevented the business being caned on with that confidence which was formerly felt. The sales are-Hull and Selby, 10 per cent. guaranteed, 100-Grand Union, 1%-Hull and Barnsley Junction, 2s. Gd. ex n.-Nottingham and Boston, 1 %. - South Midland, 41. 2s. YORK, Nov. 26. STOCK EiCIIANGE.-The sales are-York and North Mid land Extension, 184-Newcastle and Berwick, 8%-Lon don and York, 2 tA t -Cambridge and Lincoln, 2 3 4-Grand Union, 1/. Bs.-North Staffordshire, 41g-Welsh Midland, 2%. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 16 3 4-London and York, 3/. Bs.-Grand Union, 1/. 11s. Gd.-North and South Junction, 21. 25.-Not tingham and Boston, 2/.Bs. BRISTOL, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, 79 3 4-Ditto, New, SN-Caledonian, 8 1 / X -London and York, 2%-Midland, New, 15%-Vale of Neath, 2%-Dutch Rhe nish, 6)(,. SHEFFIELD, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, 19-Hull and Selby, Quarter Shares, 20-East Lincolnshire, 24-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 2%. Mr. RHODES (of Leeds) was certain that the Eastern Counties Shareholders would agree, that if the Bill in Parliament be obtained they have obtained a great good. Messrs. Levi and Luck will sustain no loss, they run no risk—this is all borne by another Company. Mr. ILisTIE, M.P., speko shortly, in commendation or the proposition. The CHAIRMAN now put the resolution to the meeting, when 35 voted in favour, and 4 against it. Thanks were moved to the Chairman and the Directors. _ As the meeting was about to dissolve, The CHAIRMAN reminded them that Mr. Hudson at Cambridge had again suggested an amalgamation be tween them and the London and York. Mr. Pyne had kindly offered to carry the'suggestion before his coad jutors, but nothing had reached him from that Com pany. lie thought that the position of the London and York Company was now different from what it was, and such as to lead the Proprietors to see that their interest lay in amalgamation. All railways start with these objects, return for capital, to meet the in terest of the landowners, or that of the merchants; they started with the first object before them, the last had assuredly left them. The cut made by the North Eastern Counties up to Hitchin saves much; there is but one mile of difference between this line and the London and York, but the London and York line up to that point is carried through one-fifth of the way by tunnels. He had no doubt that the London and York would ulti mately unite with them, and they would certainly re ceive them with all liberality. P WO Mittton tiftIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) Parliament was formally further prorogued to-day by Com mission to Tuesday, the 16th of December. Lord Denman, in consequence of the continued indispo sition of the Lord Chancellor, officiated as the principal Com missioner. The Lords Commissioners (Lord Denman, Lord Wharn clitre, and the Earl of Haddington), on taking their seats below the Throne, in their full robes, at twenty minutes be fore four o'clock, commanded Mr, Pulman, the Deputy-Usher of the Black Rod, to summon the House of Commons to the House of Peers, to hear her Majesty's Commission for the further Proroguing of Parliament read, shortly after which Mr. J. Ley, and several of the officers of the House of Com mons, appeared at the bar. Mr. Currie, the Clerk at the Table, having read the Com mission, and the usual preliminaries having been gone through, Lord DEN AN, in her Majesty's name, declared the present Parliament prorogued to Tuesday, the 16th of De cember. There WAS not a single Member of the House of Commons present, and the whole ceremony occupied only a few minutes. The lateness of the hour at which the proroga tion took place was adopted in order to meet the convenience of Lord Denman, whose judicial duties detained him till half-past three o'clock. EXCHEQUER-THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) KENNEY V. WILSON. This was an action for an assault, to which the defendant had pleaded that he was not guilty. ➢ir. Martin and Mr. Prance appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. M. Chambers for the defendant. The plaintiff was a pianoforte maker, in the employ of a person of the same name, who carries on the business of a pianoforte maker in the Hackney-road, and the defendant was a publican in the same neighbourhood. On the 31st of July last, between the hours of twelve and one in the morning, the plaintiff happened to be at the Green-gate public-house, in the Hackney-road, when a knock came to the door, and Mr. Gander, the landlord, asked the plaintiff to goand see who was there. He did so, but had no sooner opened the door than the defendant rushed in, knocked him down, and beat him most violently. The result was: that he was laid up, and unable to attend to his business for a week; and he brought the present action to recover compensation for the injury he had received. Evidence having been given in support of this statement, Mr. ➢i. CHAMBERS urged that it would have been much better had the matter been made the subject of a complaint before a magistrate, rather than the cause of a civil action. Ile affirmed that the assault was occasioned by the miscon duct of the plaintiff, who slammed ➢lr. Gander's door in the face of the defendant, and it was this act which gave rise to the assault. Evidence having been adduced to prove that the plaintiff gave the first provocation, by rudely pushing the door in the defendant's face after he had been invited to enter the house by the landlord, - flelearued LORD CHIEF BARON summed up, and the jury afterwards returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages 151. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov, 2i_—Wind S.W., moderate breeze and fine. • DEAL, Nov. 2G.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.—Arrd. India, Sutherland, Hong-Kong; Mary Ann, Marshall, Singapore; Camilla, Sprague, Demerara; Cybele, Griffiths, Demerara; Cato, Scott, St. Vincent. Put back, John Witt, Madras; Gibraltar, New Orleans; Urgent, Charleston. Poorx, Nov. 23.—Std. Anglicania, Clark, Quebec. BlDErono, Nov. 22.—Arrd.Talisman, Popham, Miramichi; Romance, Atkinson, Quebec. LtviritrooL, Nov. 26.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Duke of Wellington, Harman, Calcutta; Sarah (late Jones), Bonny, left Sept. 3, and Fernando Po; Cantab, Ferguson, Porto Ca bello ; Martha, Snow, New Orleans ; IVilliam and Eliza beth, Pitcher, ew Orleans ; Howard, Callan, Savannah ; Seraphine, Afflick, Miramichi. OCCASIONAL SKETCHES—HERE body. His own breast is the sole depository of his secrets, AND THERE. 1 xv.icl his Cabinet possesses not a key with which to unlock A PENCILLING OF PRESIDENT POLK, i• t. Cautions to an extreme, he suspects where no ground for suspicion exists ; a n d p ossess i ng on l y fif th-rate At a time when Am e ri can men an d matters attract so , better s, an much attention as they d o at t h e present period, a few: 1 taents, he refuses to avail himself of the counsels of d more able men than himself. It will be sketchy notices of each may not be altogether uni.a. well if his obstinacy about Oregon does not result in mis teresting. During a recent protract e d tou r through ..the chief. Yet, with nothing but disaster before his eyes, United States the wrier has had frequent opportun'Aies he is not a man to forsake a course which he has once of and acqu ro mirihis ng sk information and o f observing chara,,tter ; d e t erm i ne d to a d opt. He w i ll proceed in a wrong course fk t.e now proposes copyinrs. a few outlines. The reade-e who may lo o k f or finisile'd pie- because he will. H av i ng b een unexpecte dl y made Pre tares will assurtetly be disapp o i n t e d, b u t, at the same . sident, he see ms d e t erm i ne d to h ave hi s own way in everything, and as he is not considered to be very far time, the seeker after facts will have no mason to sighted, his own friends tremble for the results. complang the last presidential e le c ti on , w h en Henr in. Mark that striking looki ng man near hi m, w i t h an Dui Zlay, of Lexington, Kentucky, or as hi s f r i en d s d el i ghted y abundance of snow- w hit e h a i r fl oat i ng over h i s f i ne fore head, and half hidin g hi s coat co ll ar, and whose dark, to call him, "Harry of the West," and James K. Polk, piercing, lustrous eyes are bright with the fire of in of Nashville, Tennessee, were the rival candidates, the tellect. His face is highly coloured in consequence of sneering question put by the opponents of the Demo- some cuticular disease and his frame is very spare, but cratic candidate was, " Who is James K. Polk?" This h e walks the marble floor with the dignity and grace of query was a rather difficult one to answer, for, compared a monarch. What a contrast does his tall, commanding with the great Whig candidate, Mr. Polk was an un- form present to the little pinched up figure of Mr. Polk. known man. He had never done traything which could That is George M. Dallas, one of the soundest scholars by possibility have rendered. 'aim sufficiently distin- and ablest lawyers of the United States, of which he guished to entitle him to aspire to the Presidency, has just been chosen Vice -President. Mr. Dallas has whereas Clay enjoyed no,`„ only an American, but an long been one of the leading members of the party to European reputation fo'r brilliant an d su b s t an ti a l acqu i re - which he belongs, and enjoys the esteem and respect of ments. It was almost as if a candidate had arisen out of even his political opponents. He has long been engaged the earth at a moment's notice, fbr, in the early stages in public life, and although holding so high an office in of the election, Mr. Polk was considered even by his own his native land, he still practises as counsellor-at-late in party to be a nobody, and merely put forward to ha- the United States Courts. He is a beautiful speaker, rass and annoy the Whigs. . 13ut as the time of and very effective in his addresses—in short, he is in all election drew nearer a n d nearer monstrous l etters respects, with the excepti on o f his political opinions, the on monstrous flags proclai me d th e f act t h a t t h ere very opposite of Mr. Polk. was such a person as James K. Polk. Newspapers "Here is the inaue•-ration speech of President Poke, of all sizes, and with am az i ng names, starte d suddenly which he spoke at the capitol," shouts a n ews b oy , w i t hi n into existence, over the leaders of every one of which a five minutes after the speech has been delivered. The valiant cock was represented in the act of crowing, crowd begins to break up, and as it is raining as if a whilst above the rooster's head floated triumphantly the second deluge were about to drown the collected iniquity at Washington, l et us be off to Coleman's, and " star-spangled banner." O ccas i ona ll y t h e co l umns of t these election journals wo u ld b e a d orne d w i t h likenesses there brush up our r eco ll ect i ons o f a greater than Polk— of a stern looking gentleman, one of whose hands rested Daniel Webster. WHIZ. affectionately on the head of' an eagle, and beneath whose effigy was written in double caps, " Young Hickory ;" to explain which appellative, I should remark, that General Jackson, Mr. Polk's patron, had for many years been styled " Old Hickory," from his tough, stubborn, unbending nature, which bore some supposed resem blance to a branch of the hickory tree. Indeed, hickory wood became quite the rage. In the shops, or rather stores, nothing but hickory walking-canes were for sale. l3ofore almost every other house was a hickory pole, on the lofty summit of which hung a "cap of liberty," and from whente floated the stars and stripes, or a banner on which was depicted a cock, crowing valiantly over a deceased animal called a " coon." American politicians are desperately fond of elec tioneering emblems. When General Harrisoa Was elected, loghouses, in which hard cyder was frP,ely dis pensed, were erected in every street, because once upon a time General Harrison had lodged in a loghouse and drank hard *cyder ! The Clay emblm was a coon ; but I could never satisfactorily mertain why the Whigs adopted it : suffice it 0 say, that this 'cute-looking animal was to be seen almost everywhere : sometimes he was represented seated on a rail " taking a sight" at the cock ; in many localities he was to be seen perched on an ash pole in a very victorious attitude ; but, as if in mockery of him, the loco-foco party would frequently hang a dead coon opposite him, and little boy republi cans would sing wit h amazing glee a song, the burden of which was— " Oh, poor Cooney Clay, Oh, poor Cooney Clay, You never will - be President, I heard the people say." With all these flags and emblems it may well be sup posed that the city of Philadelphia seemed to be quite startled from its demure propriety. There was scarcely a house to be seen without its flag or emblem, so that the political opinions of its inhabitants could b e pr e tty well "guessed" at a glance. Where, however, no party feeling was indicated, an American flag was sure to glitter in the sunshine ; for every building, from the State-house downward to the poorest frame hut was decorated in this way. The stars and stripes floated in the air wherever a pole could be erected or a rope stretched ; and these flags were of all sizes too, some big enough to carpet Exeter-hall, and others of conve nient pocket handkerchief dimensions—in fact, thou sands of little boys dishonoured the national flag by blowing their noses in it. Standing at the end of Ches nut-street, and looking downwards towards the river, one gazed through a bannered vista—from either side white stars gleamed from blue fields, and so many hundred stripes fluttered and dazzled, that to look at them was almost like putting one's eyes upon a red-hot gridiron. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--Through the medium of your widely-circulated paper, I beg to complain of wbat I call a grievous impo. sition. lam a poor man and have lately had a ho use left 'me worth 2501., and I felt desirous to.insure it for 2001. On applying to an office, I was informed, that it would be done for 35., with which I was satisfied; but, judge of my surprise when the clerk told me that there was an additionnal 6s. OrNernment duty, and ls. 6d. for the stamp, making 10s. 6d. Now if this is not a heavy tax on property, ido not know what is. Surely Sir R. Pe-el never iliought of this when he put on the new propert:, - -tax in another shape. There is room for some a your judicious remarks on this subject. But the National Eagle seemed to take, also, a very conspicuous part in these electioneering proceedings : for that King—l beg his pardon—President of Birds was to be witnessed everywhere, and in every imaginable position. Sometimes he was drawn so mild, that had it not been for the striped shield which served, him as a breast-plate, he might have been mistaken for a sitting tailor-bird. In another place he was represented as a screaming, ferocious monster, with widely expanded wings, grasping half-a-dozen olive branches in one claw, and a bunch of newly-forged thunderbolts in the other ; and having something like a long surgeon's bandage, with directions for application written on it, in his beak —occasionally he appeared to be busily engaged in waving a banner, or in the act of dropping a wreath from his tahins on the head of General Washington or the Democratic candidate—in short he was to be seen •in every imaginable position excepting that of repose. This universal eagle never winked his fierce eye, or folded his majestic wings, as common every-day eagles do. No ! he was a wide-awake, go-a-head sort of bird ; and these were his characteristic qualities and appearances of whatever colour ho might he,,pr to which over party ho seemed to belong—indeed, some of them seemed to be savagely disposed to both Whigs and De mocrats, for under one savage-looking bird was written— " The eagle shall swoop from his perch on the rock, And his grasp shall be death to the coon and the cock." This was a " native American" eagle ; but it would be needless to farther particularise, for their propen sities seemed to be as various as the tints,of their painted feathers, and there were many differences in this par ticular, for there were visible eagles with plumage vary ing from the "golden'' down to any remarkable shade of colour which the artist, not being, by any means, so particular as Audubon, might conceive. If I were writing a book, instead of a mere newspaper article, I might fill page after page with sketches of Ame rican electioneering scenes. But space forbids my pen, although it is much inclined, to travel through oyster cellars, and bar-rooms, and committee head-quarters, and public meeting places, picking up hero and there little " bits" of character, which might be rendered vastly amusing. Nor must I catalogue the valiant pro ceedings of the " Young Hickory Clubs," nor tell how " the Democrats were summoned to rally,' " nor de scribe the ceremonials attending: the raising of a hickory pole, nor even hint at the torch-light out-of-door mass meetings, nor the noisy in-door assemblies. I must pass over all these matters for the purpose of introducing the reader to the individual, who by his blustering about Oregon, has gained a notoriety which he never would have known but for a chance combination of circum stances. Some men are born great, many achieve great ness, and others have greatness thrust upon them—to the latter class belongs James K. Polk, President of the United States. Accompany us, reader, by a flight of fancy to Wash ington—the city of magnificent distances,' as some one has called it. It is a sprawling, scattered, uncomfortable city, with streets unfinished, and, excepting in the time of the session, houses uninhabited. It is full enough, however, to-day, for it is the 4th of March, and Mr. Polk, to the astonishment and even dismay of many of his friends, has been elected, and is about to be inaugu rated. All the world and his wife are thronging to the capitol to see the new President, and from north, south, east, and west, flow in living streams of curiosity hunters, office-seekers, and sight-seers of all descriptions. Surely never was seen before such a motley sight, nor heard such a Babel of discordant sounds. Every window and piazza is crammed with genteelly dressed men and women. At a single glance, you may see the classically pretty little lasses of New York, the intelligent-looking women of Boston, the luxurious daughters of the Caro linas, and the belles of the union, the beauties of Balti more. Music is sounding, canons are booming, and loud huzzas every now and then proclaim the appearance of some popular personage. Let us escape from the dense crowd, and watch the procession as it passes by. There is a faint and rather a melancholy cheer given as a carriage approaches, in which is seated three or four gentlemen, one of whom has such strongly marked features that from the pictures we have seen of the late President we at once recognise John Tyler, whose un expected elevation to the chair of the Chief Magistrate, ssi g owing to the death of General Harrison, earned for him the title of " His Aceidency." He is a tall thin man, with a head half bald, badly sot on his shoulders, a low unintellectual forehead, furtively glancing eyes, and a nose of enormous prominency. In the expression of I John Tyler's face there is something amazingly little and mean; it is not insignificant, but ridiculously sense less. Whilst gazing on such a face one might feel cer tain that its owner could not by possibility be guilty of doing any great action. As he passes on, some laugh outright, many jeer, and no or.e regards him with ap parent respect. From obscurity he emerged—to ob scurity he is returning. Let him pass on, for by the hubbub that is making behind him, there comes, it should seem, " metal more attractive." Sitting bolt upright, in a close carriage, and evidently making an effort to be dignified, sits a man with a stern aspect, coldly responding to the cheering of the multi tude, who bellow out the name " Polk" with asto nishing perseverance and power of lungs. The new Pre sident, for it is he, bows ungracefully to the ladies who wave their handkerchiefs to him — his face is of an ashy goes, let us follow him to the Capitol. paleness; in his hand he grasps nervously a roll of paper, his Passing inauguration speech: on he over the preliminary proceedings, and without noticing the minor incidents of the occasion, h t us now confine our attention to the man of the day—and lo ! whilst the air is rent with acclamations, the gentlemanwe saw in tho carriage comes forth in front of the building, and now we can observe him more narrowly. He is short in stature, thin and bony in frame, and somewhat awkward in his carriage. His iron grey, wiry hair is brushed back from his temples ' and on the summit of his forehead bristles up stiffly. His brow is high, but narrow, and beneath it are two deeply-set greyish eyes ; the nose is short and thick, and the mouth thin lipped and compressed ; he is dressed in plain black, and looks like a stern, obstinate man. There is no dignity, no suavity about him. He appears as if it would be painful for him to look pleasant, and as he reads his speech his voice sounds harsh and husky, and his manner is awkward and ungraceful. Such is James K. Polk, who, in appearance does not belie his character. He keeps himself wt apped up iu a carment of self-suffi ciency, which be loosens not, though adviscii to do so by 114 best friends, lb relies on no one ; and clietigsts ever/ APPREHENDED IRISH FAMINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,---My attentien has been called to a paragraph which appeared first, I believe, in the Standard, and hes since found its way into various other papers. stating chat I had pur chased 2,0001. worth of rice tbr my Irish tenants. This statement is grossly incorrect, as all those who are acquainted - with the actual posieim of the Devon estates most be fully aware, but I slimeht not have thought it worth while to give it a formal contradiction if I had not wished to take the opportunity of making a few observations upon the painful subject which has given rise to that statement ; more over, I ant unwilling to take credit for an act of liberality which I have not performed, or, as others may probably view the matter, to be supposed guilty of a large and inconside rate expenditure ill-suited to the means at my disposal. But whilst I repudiate the praise, or the blame, which may be bestowed upon this supposed expenditure, I am fully aware of the obligation that rests upon all persons connected with land in Ireland to make all necessary- exertions, including the requisite pecuniary sacrifices, cheerfully and promptly to assist in averting the evils of scarcity, with which the coun try is threatened. I know that the trustees in whom tho property of the late Earl of Devon is vested, as well as many other very excel lent friends of mine in Ireland, are prepared to do this, and are only anxious that the measures which they adopt shall be rendered as extensively useful as possible. The purchase of a stock of food to supply, when necessary, the scarcity of potatoes, is of course one of the essential points to be attended to; but as I presume that no man conceives the idea of feeding, gratuitously, the whole agri cultural population of Ireland, the next point, hardly se cond in importance, is to consider in what manner the people may obtain the means of purchasing the food so pro cured. I see no advantage in county or public meetings, in re solutions or in speeches. It is not necessary to proclaim the evil. This will make itself felt soon enough. Our busi ness is to act, not to talk; and the more quietly we act me better. Every landowner, large or small, may have the swans, and assuredly ought to feel the duty, of. contributing his quota of usefulness at the present crisis. There is scarcely a square mile of land in Ireland which does not (eel for some improvement of a nature to increase its permarent value to both landlord and tenant, and at the same tin" to add to the stock of human food. What a field does this offer for the employment of the people ? Let each landowner only consider what improyementsrnay be effected upon his own estate, and let him proceed to carry these out by such means as are within his reach. If he has capital, he cannot employ it better than to protect from want the people from whose labour his future income is to be de rived, and at the same time to improve permanently the sources of his wealth. If his estate is heavily burdened with debts, or from other causes he has no command of capital, he has a right upon an emergency like the present to look for that assistance from the State of which the Legislature established the prin ciple many years ago, by the statute 1 and 2 William IV. c. 33. Other Acts have since passed in the same spirit, and all founded upon the acknowledged truth " that greatly to im prove the resources of any part of the empire, tends to the welfare of the whole." The Legislature, in the Act referred to, proceeded with re ference only to the constant and ordinary pressure arising from want of employment. With how much more force may they now be called upon to give aid towards removing the extraordinary pressure that is now impending, and to arrest the fatal consequences of an actual want of food ? It will be the duty of the Government to propose, and of the Parliament to decide, the extent to which assistance ought now to be given, and the terms upon which it shall be granted : sure I am that terms may be arranged, advantageous alike to the landowner and to the State ! The proprietor who cannot advance the 1,0001. or the 5,0001. which the circumstances of the time call for, may be well able and contented to pay interest and an annual instal ment ; and even the mortgagee or annuitant may find it to be consistent with their truest interest to make a small annual sacrifice to uphold and improve the security upon which they depend. rho Government have also to look to other modes of giving assistance at the present moment. Some public works may be usefully undertaken at the public cost. Many others, such as extensive drainage for example, may be carried on under Government superintendence, partly at public, partly at private cost. I will not assume that Government are neglectful of this duty because they make no extraordinary stir; on the contrary, from the constitution of the commission which they have appointed, I augur that their object is to take a wide and comprehensive view of the whole subject, and to be prepared with such measures as the actual state of the country, after inquiry and examination, shall appear to call for. But whilst we look to Government and to Parliament for aid upon the present occasion, let us not overlook the duties and responsibilities that attach to each of us as individuals. Some circumstances at the present time are favourable to the success of the work that is now before us. The works upon railroads which are already in progress in Ireland are very generally performed by the labourers of the neighbourhood ; and although the work is heavier than that to which they have been accustomed, and they were at first hardly willing to undertake it, yet, by judicious management, they have, in various quarters, been led to apply themselves manfully to their new task, and, by taking piece -work, are enabled greatly to increase their earnings and generally to improve their condition. Much praise is due to Sir John Macneill for the judgment and perseverance displayed by him in dealing with his countrymen at their first introduction to this new kind of work. His example has been followed by others; and the same course may be adopted most usefully both in public end private works; and I am sanguine enough to believe that if Paddy is fairly put into the right way, he will bo both ready and willing to earn more money, and to get better food for himself and family, by a more energetic exertion of his bodily powers than circumstances have hitherto called upon him to make. This visitation of Providence may teach us all some useful lessons ; if we profit by them rightly, good may arise oat of the present evil ; and I indulge the hope that the result of the next year's exertions in Ireland may be a great and last ing improvement in that country, and a large amount of con sequent advantage to the empire at large.—l remain your obedient servant, Nov. 26. DEVON. SUSPENSION BRIDGES.—Mr. Dredge has just com pleted two bridges in Ireland—one across the river Bann, county Down, the other over the Blackwater, county Tyrone. This last is for the Earl of Caledon, and is the second built across the same river, which Mr. Dredge has built for his Lordship within the last year, and the fourth he has erected within the last four months. Two of them are county bridges, and all of them are calculated to contain a heavier load than can possibly come upon them.—Mechanics' Magazine. THE TURKOMAUN'S POWER OF SMELLING.—An extraordinary power of smelling in a Turkomaun was indi cated to me :—" I smell a caravan of Usbecks," said Khan Saat, drawing up his nostrils; and in a few hours a caravan from Organtsh arrived, full of them. It is remarkable how the Turkomaun's know, by the footsteps in the desert, the person who has been there ; nay, the very tribe of Turko mauns or Calmucks see people talking from a distance. I frequently heard them say, "Let us draw our ears." They then lie down on the ground, and hear from a distance what even two persons whisper together, and relate the exact con versation.—Dr. Woff's Mission. STATE OF TRADE IN MANCHESTER,—The depres sion which has characterised this market for some weeks past continues without much alteration. Goods are generally offered at lower prices than last week ; and some business has been dens at the reduction. There is little more demand for qualities of yarn suitable for the Indian markets ; and a fair amount of business has been done in them at full prices of last week. Other sorts, however, continue much depressed. —Manchester Guardian of yesterday. DEATH OF A MILITARY KNIGHT OF WINDSOR. — We regret to state that Captain M'Lachlan, one of the Mili tary Knights of Windsor, who left that town for London, a few days since for the purpose of taking leave of his two daughters, who were about to proceed to Ceylon, expired at lilt apartments in Northumberland-court, Strand, on Satur day. The late Captain M'Lachlan, who was in the sixty eighth year of his age, had enjoyed excellent health until within a very few days of his disease. The Misses M'Lachlan sailed on Monday, from Gravesend, in the Tigris. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT THE HOUSE OF LORDS. —On Wednesday morning an accident of a very serious character happened at the works of the new Houses of Par liament. In the :early part of the morning, as two men named Patrick Malyn and Henry Lott were at work on some scaffolding at the Victoria Tower, nearly forty feet high, some part of it gave way, and they fell to the ground. Several of their fellow-workmen went to their assistance, and both the men were found in a nearly insensible state. Without loss of time they were conveyed to the Westmin ster Hospital. Malyn is suffering from a severe concussion of the brain. Lott has one of his shoulders dislocated, and 'is otherwise much shaken. Notwithstanding the magnitude of the works at the new Houses of Parliament, an accident of this character has not lately happened. PEEL'S GAMES.—We understand that the Premier is shortly about to publish a new edition of Hoyle, embracing all the new games and tricks of which, by a skilful know ledge of how to play his cards, Sir Robert Peel has become master. He intends devoting an entire chapter to shuffling, which is an art of itself, and one which the Premier has ear ried to the utmost perfection. There will be a few pages de voted to hints on cutting, with remarks on the proper time to cut, and a few general observations on the treatment of the pack, so as to make a good hand of it. Tricks will oc cupy a very large space in the Premier's work, but the games will be the chief feature. Cribbage, as played at the expense of the Whigs, will be elaborately explained ; and a chapter on revokes will explain how it is that there is nothing irre vocable in the games of the Premier. The work will be em blazoned with a splendid portrait of Sir Robert Peel as the Knave of Spades, in which character he appeared the other day, at the commencement of the works on the Trent Valley Railway.—Punch. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the King's Head Inn, in the village of Acton, on the body of George Graham, aged 18 years. Deceased was the son of Mr. Graham, a carrier, at Acton. On the sth instant, in the evening, the deceased was in a cart with a younger brother, nine years of age, and they were returning home from town, when, at Shepherd's Bush, his brother discharged a cracker, by which the horse was so frightened that he started off at full speed, and the deceased, in his endeavours to stop him, was thrown out of the cart, the wheel of which passed over his body. He was im mediately picked up by policeman Dale, T 213, who con veyed him in his cart to his father's residence, where evar y proper surgical assistan ce was ren d ere d him ; but the internal red on injuries he had re ce i ve d were so sever e that he expired the Sunday last. V er di c t—" A cc id en t a l death through in cautious discharge of a firework." SAPIENT POLI C Y OF THE ENGLISH CUSTOMS. One day last week the Mary Ann Purdy, Cook master, came into this port (Yarmouth), and discharged seventy tons of nutmegs, which being the produce a of Dutch colonie s , cannot be admitted berg for home consumption, although such is their ultimat destination. These are consigned to the care of Messrs. Shelly and Co., and were placed under the surveillance of the Customs in the bonding warehouse of Mr. William Saunders, whence they are to be shipped to the Cape of Good Hope, there to be reshipped back again, to be sold here as the produce of British colonies.-- Canibridge Adrfrtiser. ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY, AND ESCAPE OF THE TniEvEs.—This morning, a few minutes after one o'clock, police-constable 24 F, discovered the shop-door of Mr. Day, the poulterer, of 73, Blackmoor-street, Drury-lane, open, and, from the appearance of the shop, it was evident that the place had been forcibly entered. An alarm being given, Mr. Day, with two offi cers, went over the house, but the thieves had made their escape. The next house is under going repairs in consequence of a recent fire, and it is sup posed the fellows had effected their escape that way. Some suspicious characters, a short time previous, were noticed near Mr. Day's. No fewer than seven children in Lancaster and its neighbourhood have died within the last few days front the effects of burning, in consequence of their clothes having caught f:re during the absence of the persons who had the charge of them.— Cumberland Pacquet. ARMY DISCIPLINE. The general order of the Commander-in-Chief, which was the subject of some observations in our paper of yesterday, has called attention to the important fact that the army is not in that state of discipline in which it ought always to be maintained. Whatever may be the cause, the Duke of Wel lington has testified to the existence of a laxity and want of subordination which must greatly mar the efficiency of those regiments that are not kept under proper control. 'f'he Com mander-in-Chief, somewhat strangely attributes the admitted evil to the use among the officers of cheroots and cigars. We can see no necessary connexion between the practice of smoking and the habit of disobeying a superior rank; nor do we think that an occasional indulgence in gymnastic ex ercises at proper seasons would incapacitate any one from fulfilling the duties of a soldier either in :peace or war. We regard as utterly frivolous the recommendations contained in the general order of the Duke of Wellington, who has avowed his knowledge of the existence of a great evil, and has followed up his avowal by a few trivial remarks on the impropriety if boxing and the intoxicating influence of smoke. It would have been snore worthy of his illustrious name to have endeavoured, by the wisdom which age and experience should have brought, to suggest some method of remedying the defects of a service to which he has brought so much lustre and renown. Mess- room quarrels, ending oo casionally in a court-martial, and petty persecutions on the part of a colonel towards the officers under his command, are simply disreputable in regiments remaining in barracks at home, but such occurrences among troops on actual service abroad would be dangerous to our national interests. We have unfortunately had too many instances of the evils arising from the bad understanding between officers who elsould have been acting together for the benefit of the cause in which they were mutually employed. Dis graceful and disastrous defeats have frequently been the con sequence of a disunion, which the tact of an able commander would have either prevented or healed. It is painful as well as humiliating to recur to the too celebrated retreat from. Caubul, but it is notorious that those in command of the Bri tish forces were so incompetent to the high trust reposed in them, that there was no unity among the officers, whose efforts, until the final calamity occurred, were paralyzed by internal disputes. The long continuance of the peace of Europe has doubtless had its effect in allowing men of ordi nary, or of no talent, to purchase their way up to a station they are unfit to hold. During the war the chances of battle gave opportunities for the display of merit which it was impossible not to recognise and reward. The military pro fession was not then adopted in the same spirit which it has been since entered by many, who, we believe, without intending any reflection on their courage, would avoid very active service as a " bore" which they would not be disposed to tolerate. No one would think of disputing the general bravery of the British officers, but that quality is not guaranteed by their having the money to purchase their rank, and even if it were, it is obvious that bravery alone is not the only requisite for command. Courage without dis cretion, tact, and experience, may be sometimes a disadvan tage to a military chief, and cause him to expose his troops to dangers which must in prudence have been avoided, if they had been foreseen. The intelligence that has recently arrived of the disasters which have happened to the Blitish troops in New Zealand, under the command of Colonel Des pard, shows but too clearly the fatal result of a want of foresight and tact on the part of a leader whose courage it is not possible to dispute. He had a sufficient number of troops to have achieved a victory if he had only been able to . decide on the best means of employing them, and, by overlooking, until too late, the advantages of a position from which lie ought to have made his attack, he suffered an ignoble defeat, attended with a fright ful loss. We do not instance Colonel Despard as a person peculiarly unfit for the important post he occupies, for we fear that under the present system of military promotion, there are many holding the rank of colonel, who would not have succeeded better than himself in the discharge of' the duty that devolved upon him. Our objection is to the p r a ctice Which places our armies, our national interests, our honour, at the mercy of those who may, by . their incompetency, turn all the elements for brilliant success into actual disaster and disgrace. The system of purchase has been defended on the ground that it introduces into the army men of rank and wealth, ' and prevents the service from being sought after with merce nary views—an argument that would hold good if coin menders, like poets, were born, not made, or if a certrin amount of wealth would invest its possessor with the quali ties of a military leader. It is true that the price of a com mission is settled by regulation, and wealth is therefore only the standard of merit up to a certain sum ; which every purchaser is compelled solemnly to declare that he has not exceeded in buying bis commission. It is, however, noto rious, that nearly twice the stipulated value is usually paid, but the pledge is exacted all the same. The system of pro motion b y purchase is thus about as conducive to the honours as it ,js calculated to secure the efficiency of' the officers of the army. They enter upon a false position by a false oath, and, commencing by an act discreditable to themselves, too frequently end by involving the service in a disgrace, which is felt to be reflected on the whole body when any portion of it is subjected to an inglorious reverse.—Times. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The effect produced by the splendid dancing of Mademoiselle Flora Fabbri, in the new ballet of The Devil to Pay, begins to be felt in all theatricals, and also in all fashionable cireles. Nothing at ail to be compared to her has been for a long time produced in this country; and her wonderful performance, added to the delightful opera of Maritana, by Mr. Wallace, was the means of again Suing this house up to the very ceiling last evening. SHAREBROKERS P ASSOCIATION. —We understand that there were upwards of two hundred applicants for the situation of secretary to the Liverpool Stock Exchange which has just been filled up. The successful candidate is, we believe, Mr. Scriviner, the manager of the British Iron Works at Ruabon, and author of a valuable statistical work con nected with the iron trade. The salary is 8001. per annum. —Liverpool Courier. Mr. HUDSON AND THE GAUGES.—The Broad and Narrow Gauge Commission examined Mr. Hudson on Satur day. Mr. Hudson is a strenuous advocate of the narrow gauge. on the plea of economy, and he affirms that it pos sesses all the capabilities, as regards safety and speed, of the broad gauge. The main points of his evidence were to the following effect ;—" We have been enabled to do every thing on the narrow gauge which the Great Western has ac complished on the broad. Economy was the great induce ment for adopting the narrow gauge. It would be impolitic to enlarge the gauge, as they would gain nothing with re gard to speed or power by it, as they have already sufficient power on the narrow gauge lines. The narrow gauge lines were more convenient for traffic. A • truck weighing from seven to nine tons could easily be moved by one horse ; but those on the Great Western, weighing 13 tons, could not be moved by one horse, and it was difficult to attach a leader to the load. He had seen this difficulty arise at Bristol. Unless some great advantage could be derived from the broad gauge which had not been shown, he thought the narrow gauge had been wisely chosen. In his opinion the public had not overrated the inconvenience of a break of gauge." ITHE SCOTTISH CORPORATION. —The Governors and friends of this Institution will celebrate, for the 180th time, the anniversary festival of St. Andrew, at the London Tavern, on Monday, the Ist proximo, St. Andrew's-day fall ing this year on Sunday. The Chisholm has consented to preside on the occasion, and gentlemen are invited to support the chairman in the llighland garb, or in uniform. This is a novelty introduced on the present occasion, awl we venture to think a very judicious one. - - - - The promoters of the association for " Christian Union" intend to hold a public meeting on Tuesday, the 16th of December. It is said that several clergymen of the Esta blished Chutch will address the meeting.—Liverpool courier, THE JANUS STEAM-SHIP. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The various short paragraphs respecting the Janus and her engines, which have found their way . to the public through your widely-circulated paper, having appeared to me to proceed from uninformed persons, I have abstained from troubling you to correct errors; but perceiving that nearly half a column has this day been devoted to the sub ject, and that an insidious misrepresentation has been trans mitted to you, which may impose on the public, I claim of your justice a space sufficient to rectify erroneous assertions, and to place the forbearance of the Admiralty, wisely shown towards the development of a machine (peculiarly adapted to actuate the screw propeller) free from exposure to derange ment by shot, which is of the highest importance to the naval service.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, 8, Chesterfield -street, Nov. 26. DUNDONALD. Memoranda, being Facts relative to the Progress and Per formance of the Revolving Engine on the Principle of those in her Majesty's Sloop Janus. The Earl of Minto, when First Lord of the Admiralty, having learned from his brother, Rear-Admiral Elliott, that rotatory engines had been successfully used (in two small steam-boats), and that their compactness, levity, and celerity of motion rendered that kind of engine peculiarly suited to the naval service, ordered a trial to be made of the power of a condensing engine on that principle by pumping water from a well in Portsmouth Dockyard. This engine had been at work for full twelve months when the present Admiralty made their first official visit to that yard, and their Lordships had an opportunity of witnessing the energy and power it then displayed, which, by constant work, has now increased to such a degree, that not one of the thirteen engines in the yard (most of which are ;on W att's principle) has produced a better vacuum, or required less re pair, as is testified by Mr. Taplin, the chief engineer and mechanist of that yard. This result was not, however, obtained without great anxiety and trouble. Thirty times at least, within eighteen months of its erection, was this engine taken to pieces, and at times parts of it were sent to London to be altered, under the impression that some defect or other prevented its efficient performance. Such, indeed, was the prejudice originally existing, augmented by repeated failures to work the engine, that it was on the point of being finally rejected by the authorities, when it occurred that, perhaps, the cold water pipe leading to the condenser might be choked. Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Rear-Admiral Bouverie, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Mr. Taplin, and Mr. Blake, the master shipbuilder, were present to witness the result of, perhaps, the last trial; and they and others saw the injection-pipe cut, and a plug of wood withdrawn, which blocked the pas sage, so that not one-fourth of the water required could enter the condenser ; indeed, after the pipe was rejoined on the fol lowing day, the engine could scarcely work two of the three pumps it was destined to put into motion ; it was, therefore, again pulled to pieces, and also the air-pump (which had never before been suspected as a cause of obstruction); never theless it was found that the delivery valve was not only open, but was retained open by its cover being screwed down upon it, thereby effectually preventing the formation of a vacuum, even by the most free introduction of injection water, and the most complete condensation. It may here be noticed that a ball of rope-yarn and a hank of strands were subsequently extracted from the injection pipe; and that within the last two months, on examining the lower valve water-pumps at the bottom of the well, in the middle suction-pipe a plug of solid elm wood was found, which completely blocked up that pump, and consequently during five years and a half defeated the trial of the engine by the pumping of water. In confirmation of this Mr. Tap lin says, in a note dated the 18th of September—" The plug must have been there from the time the pumps were first put in motion. As a proof of this we never had such a supply of water as at present." _ It need, therefore, be no matter of surprise if the large engines of the Janus have been delayed in the performance of their duty, or that numerous trials failed to produce a satisfactory result. On Saturday, the 15th, however, the engines started well, and were accelerating, when the wedges of the clutches of the paddle-wheels (being slackly driven) slipped, and the engine flew round and broke the chain of the air-pump, which being repaired on Monday, the Janus proceeded down the Medway purposely at a moderate rate, in order to ascertain if any damage had been done to the engines themselves by the accident of Saturday. There being no visible indication of derangement, the vessel proceeded, and was anchored near the Mouse Light at dusk, on account of the difficulty of passing through the shoals at night. On the following morning, on setting the engines to work, no vacuum could be formed in one engine, which having thrown the whole labour on the other, it soon became mani fest that some partial derangement had taken place therein ; and a search having been made, it was discovered that one of the snift valves had been misplaced since the preceding even ing; consequently, the atmospheric air had thereby free ac cess to the condenser. This impediment having been de tected and removed, it was further discovered that the end plate of the air-pump (lately withdrawn for inspection) had been improperly jointed, so as to suspend its useful action. Every person conversant with the mechanism of engines will fully understand hew totally independent these impediments are of the principle of the engine, yet how fatal to its ope ration, which I have no doubt, like the Portsmouth engine, will be rendered perfectly efficient. Indeed, the brief spe cimen exhibited OR Saturday confirms this opinion, having accelerated from 18 to upwards of 20 revolutions before the accident. With regard to the boilers of the Janus, it is hereby fear lessly asserted, that having been first tested by authority of the Admiralty, under the immediate inspection of the officers of Chatham yards, and the greatly superior evapo rative powers having been doubted, an application was made to the Admiralty to direct the engineer department of Woolwich Dockyard to test the boilers. The result was that their power amounted to 314 cubic feet of water eva porated per hour, at the economical rate of 12.9 pounds, by each pound of Llangenneck coal—a result testified by the engineer's official report of the trial, now in the records of the Admiralty, dated the 19th of last November ; 'the im portance of which result, in a maritime point of view, every person acquainted with steam navigation is competent.; to appreciate. Lastly, in regard to the temperature of the "stoke-hole," although the furnaces are opposite, it may truly be asserted, that the temperature is less than at the same distance from any tubular boilers in her Majesty's ser vice. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, arrived at Osborn© House, Isle of Wight, at two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. The royal suite consisted of Lady Portman, Lady in Waiting ; Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel Bowles, Master of the Household ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert. There was no addition to the royal dinner party in the evening. Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Loyal Con sort walked in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne House. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Haddington a the Earl of Ripon, Lo r d Gran ville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The Council sat three hours. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall place. There were present the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Oxford, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and the Earl of Devon. Dispatches from the Governors of Hong-Kong and the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Coldnial office. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office for the Governor of Gibraltar. CONFIRMATION OF THE NEW BISHOP OF OXFORD. —Yesterday morning the Right Rev. Samuel Wilberforce, D.D. (now Bishop of Oxford), late Dean of Westminster, and previously Archdeacon of Surrey, attended at the church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, for the purpose of being con firmed on his appointment to the see of Oxford. The chan cellor, registrars, proctors, &c., of the dioceses of Canterbury and Oxford attended, and the imposing ceremony was per formed in the usual form, the bishop repeating the'oaths imposed in a firm and impressive style, in the presence of a more than usually full congregation for such an occasion, amongst whom were Mr. Alderman Wilson, and several of the Common Council of the City of Loodon. Previous to y eu tiv t i e n o e f B se o r w v A th . e i c 'r e o r l e lo m p o e n , commencement and conclusion, rang merry peals. pe T rf h o o rm b e e l , by bot t h he at ß t e h v e . offence of stealing a turnip or two, when passing through tiel A ds s , i mo isonment in St. Augustine's.—Canterbury parties have lately w a e ca h u av ti e on to to st a tpeetrlsmotn four or committi ngfive par t the common ic C e hu w rc as h. been taken into custody in this neighbourhood; and two of them, George Howlett and William Brown, sentenced to four teen CHRIST'S HOSPITAL AND THE CORPORATION OF LONDON. We are given to understand that a very full meeting of the Governors of Christ's Hospital was held on Tuesday, and that a discussion took place, which ter minated in a resolution, in effect condemnatory of the whole of the proceedings of the late Lord Mayor and the Corporation of the City of London, in the much agitated question of the right of the Chief Magistrate to take precedence of all other persons, with the exception of the Sovereign, within the walls of the City. Alderman Thompson, the President of Christ's Hos pital, took the chair, which was powerfully supported by the benefaction Governors, who formed the great bulk of the meeting, and seemed determined to carry everything their own way. There appeared to be a disposition upon the part of the majority to adopt a resolution expressive of the in tention of the Governors to resist every attempt upon the part of the Corporation to interfere with the privi leges of the body without discussion ; but Sir P. LAURIE rose, and said that he 'came down to the Court of Governors with the view, and in the hope, of preventing any collision, which could not be service able to either party, from taking place. It would, in fact, tend very much to cast ridicule upon all concerned if a difference of opinion on so important a subject were maintained by either in such a manner as to become matter of adjudication in a court of justice ; and be be lieved that those who were capable of calmly taking the question into consideration, would agree with him that the more advisable course would be to come to such an understanding as would prevent the ridicule which was so greatly to be apprehended. He was most decidedly of opinioa that the late Lord Mayor had betrayed a want of judgment in making the parade of going in state, with his official attendants, to demand admission to Christ's Hospital, when it was dif ficult to suppose that his Lordship could have been igno rant that an opposition to his entrance would surely take place. The demand was made and rejected, and the late Lord Mayor returned without accomplishing any object. Now, it was no credit to the station of Lord Mayor to be involved in such a predicament. It was not agreeable in such a case to hear a bark without seeing a bite; and he could not help expressing his dis approval of the course which had been taken upon that memorable occasion. He also could not help declaring his objection to the principle upon which the late Lord Mayor acted in summoning the Governors to assemble at Guild hall, to supply him with corrected lists. That such a power existed as that which had been assumed had never been shown. He at the same time must declare, that the plan upon which the Governors had acted for so many years with respect to the lists, in placing the name of the Lord Mayor before that of the President, ought not to have been violated, and ho hoped that the form would be restored without an appeal, which must end in the discomfiture of the intellectual character of each party. Alderman LUCAS, as Governor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, was understood to say that he considered the Lord Mayor for the time (being to be ex officio at the head of all the royal hospitals. When he (Alderman Lucas) was Lord Mayor, his late Majesty, William the Fourth, when Duke of Clarence, acted upon that under standing in refusing to take precedence of him. In fact, the Chief Magistrate had been, time immemorial, looked upon as the principal person at every assemblage of in dividuals in the City. Alderman Lucas, at the same time that he acknowl e d ge d t h e privilege, hoped that an amicable adjustment would take place between the com petitors for the dignity of precedence. Sir P. LAURIE said that he did not consider the power of the Lord Mayor to comprehend the right to go to the royal hospitals, and take upon himself to preside in matters of business necessarily arising from the duties of the Governors. The Lord Mayor could no more be justified in taking the chair on such an occasion than he should be justified in going to any wardmote but his own and pushing the particular Alderman of the ward from his stool. Alderman THOMPSON (the President of Christ's Hos pital) altogether differed in opinion from those gentle men who had advocated the line of conduct pursued by the late Lord Mayor and the Governors who acted with his Lordship. Ile insisted that the Chief Magistrate was not sanctioned by establi s h e d p rac ti ce , or by any one principle of reason or justice, in adopting such a course; and he declared that if the Corporation of London were disposed to try the question in a court of law, they should be most resolutely met by the authorities of the hospital, who were determined not to submit for a moment to an usurpation. He defended every atom of the correspondence which had taken place on the part )f the Governors of Christ's Hospital, as regarded the visit of the Queen and the refusal to admit the Lord Mayor into the hall, and repeated, that if the Corporation enter tained the fancy to appeal to the courts of judicature, they should certainly not be disappointed in their wishes to try the experiment. The Governors generally approved of the tone of de fiance in which the President spoke of the Corporation, and the energy with which he expressed the determina tion of the authorities of the hospital to resist any future attempt upon the part of a Lord Mayor to enter the hall, and occupy the seat to which he was appointed as the presiding officer of the institution. Resolutions were then passed, to the effect that the conduct of Alderman Thompson, the president, and Mr. Pidgeon, the treasurer, in the whole course of the pro ceedings on the question, were eminently entitled to the thanks of the Governors of Christ's Hospital. We understand that a meeting of the Royal Hospitals Committee was subsequently held at Guildhall, at which an account of what had taken place at Christ's Hospital was detailed, and that the members came unanimously to the resolution to assert the right of the Lord Mayor to take precedence. The proceedings of Monday and Tuesday have placed it beyond all question that the matter will be immediately handed over to the lawyers. FLANDERS MAIL. 13nussta-s, Nov. 24.—The Chamber of Representatives has concluded the long debate on the address to the King, in answer to his Majesty's speech on openi ng th e session. The cause of the great length of this discussion was a speech of M. Van de Weyer, the Minister of the Inte r i or , w h o at the beginning of the debate made a long speech, in which he disapproved of the last paragraph of the proposed address, and moved the substitution of an amendment in the name of the Government. In the debate on the several articles, when the Chamber came to the last of them, the amendment was read. The President declared that this amendment was to be voted by appel nominal. Eighty-eight Members replied to the call of their names, and the amendment being put to the vote, was carried by a majority of 59 to 25; 4 Members declined to vote. The vote on the whole Address followed. Eighty-nine Members were present ; it was c arr i e d b y 65 t o 23 ; only one declined voting. The Company constructing the railway from Louvain to the Sambre has chosen Mr. Watson, an English engineer, to make the plans, and conduct the operations. Mr. Watson is the same who directed the construction of the tunnel on the branch from Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells. Mr. Watson arrived at Louvain on the 22d, and will there fix his offices. The working-class is impatient for the be ginning of the works, which will give them employment during the winter. A letter from Vienna, of the 17th, says--" The Hereditary Prince of Lucca and his young bride arrived the day before yesterday from Frohsdorf, at th e p a l ace o f the Duke of Lucca, at Vienna. They dined on the same day with the Emperor. They will stay here a week, and will then go to Lucca. The Duchess Angouleme has resolved to leave Frohsdorf, to pass the winter at Vienna, where she will occupy a part of the hotel of the Countess Esterhazy, her dearest friend and foster sister, who was brought up with her at Versailles. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussus, Nov. 25. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent — Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • Ditto Three per Cent... ...... — Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •••• • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 . Ditto, ditto, 1842 •••• • • • • 101% Ditto, 1844. • • . 99% Ditto, 1836. ...... ...... Ditto, 1838 • Ditto of the City, 1832 . 101 Ditto, 1843 •. • ...... ........ ...... 10014 Bank ofßelgium. —Brussels Papers. Nov. 25. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—TaNNA, Nov. 19. per Cent. Metalllques ......... 111% 4 per Cent. ditto 3 per Cent. • . • 76% Lean, 1124 ...... ...... 160 Ditto, 1839 Bank Shares .. • Esterhazy's Loa* ..... ..• .. • • • • THE JESUITS.—There are at this moment in Italy 150 houses of the order of the Jesuits, containing nearly 4,000 persons, of whom 1,800 are priests. In France there are 56, containing 872 Jesuits, of whom 862 are priests. In Baden, 2 in the twc 21 in Austria, 3 in Wurtemburg, 7 in Germany there are 88, of which 14 are situate _ in . Bavaria, Hesses, 2in Nassau, 5 in the province of Rhen ish lnh Prus ela . 3 in Wstphalia, 6 in Silesia, 3 in Saxony , .in alt-li.o. 7; in East and West Prussia, 5 - then, and sin Hanover and the Free Cities. In the Grand Duchy of Posen there ar e b in Pomerania, 2; of w in ho lran oo den al:e ur p g r h ie , 8 2 t s;. inlnthsepaphriotvhinercee are Saxony, 1. The total number o f t h e s living in these 536 Jesuits, of whom 220 are priests; 87 houses, houses and in Portugal 8, containing 160 Jesuits, of whom 76 are Li—Frankfort Postands Zeitung. is I, co " niaining pries . WORTHY OF IMITATION. --01.1 Friday last, the la• bourers in the employ of Sir R. B Williams Bulkeley, Bart.. my., were informed that their wages would be increased is. 6d. a week.--Carnarron Herald. FORGERY IN L ivaaPooL.--Placards have been posted on the walls, offering a reward of 1001, for such in formation as would lead to the apprehension of Mr. Wm. Hope Lyon, late of Liverpool, cotton-broker, who stands charged with forgery and obtaining money under false pre tences. He is supposed to be travelling under the assumed name of Murray. The description states that he is from twenty-eight to thirty years of age, and that when last seen he was dressed in a black surtout, and had with him a six barrelled pistol, and four boxes of caps to fit.—Lirerpoiii courier. A NEST OF WEASELS IN A DWELLING-HOUSE:" An unusual circumstance occurred in the house of Mr. James Marris, grocer, &c., of Grimsby , . As Mrs. Marrs was coming down stairs she slipped off the steps upon the floor, when one of the bricks gave way, under which, it ap pears, a pair of weasels had taken up their abode. The con tinued squeal llog for deliverance alarmed Mrs. Marris, who immediately called in a person passing by, when, to their great surprise, they discovered ten young bloodsuckers, not snore, to all appearance, than a day old, quietly snudged to gether in a nest. The parents of this numerous family quickly made their escape through an aperture in the wall, leaving their offspring to the mercy of those who, our readers will judge, speedily determined that they should never nail be placed under the protection of such fugitives.—Lincoln. shire Chronicle. ROIEHAMPTON.—HOSPITAL FOE CONSUMPTION... On Saturday evening last a sermon was preached by, the Rev. Dr. Biber, at Trinity church, Roehampton, on behalf of the funds of this charity, which is at present situated op • site the Royal Hospital , Chelsea , :but will very shortly removed to the new and extensive building no w erecting at Brompton. The reverend gentleman expatiated very warmly on the benefits afforded by so truly a national charity, and the collection was highly satisfactory.