The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-04 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TIIIS EVENING Wlll be repeated a Grand Opera, In three acts, called MAIIITA NA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cresar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Misa Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. To be followed by a Selection from LA BAVADERE. To conclude with the First Act of DER FRE 'SCHUTZ. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, " Semiramide"—Rossini. Quadrille, " Duett for Pianoforte and Violin, performed by Miss Day and Mastc r Day—Rossini. Yalse, Le Pas des Flours—Maretzek. Selo, Flute, by Mr. Richardson—Richardson. The First Movement from Symphony, " Power of Sound"—Spohr. Julllen's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien. PAKT 11. Opera, " Beatrice de Tenda," Grand Selection, with Solos—Bellini. Valse, A Deux-tems (Second Set), The Bridal, with Duo for two Violins, performed by Mr. Collins and Mr. Case—Jullien. Solo, Ophecleide, by M. Pros: - er—ltoch Albert. The Imperial Polka—Jullien. Solo, Violin, Master Day—De Beriot. The Original Napolitaine ; or, Tarentella des Salons—Jullien. Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. M. Julllen's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday, December 22. The Audienceportion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators :—Dress Circles, ss. ; Boxes, 38. ; Galleries, 2s. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING _ Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farrell ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson , Ellen Seyton, Mise Seyton To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Tears 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 zourkaphohia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRLNCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trengnet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. After which, DON CAS AR DE BAZAN. Don Cresar de Bazan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE A'QUATRE.. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be produced a Naw Two Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE ? Characters by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Miss Hafailton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy. To be followed by the favourite Vaudeville of CAPTAIN CHAR LOTTE. In which Mr. Walter Lacey and Miss Kate Howard will perform. After which, THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kate Howard ; Moms, Mr. G. Wild. To conclude with THE RAILWAY KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild ; Sally Slop, Miss Kate Howard. 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 Ring Maker, and the Battle of Barnet. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. To conclude with WAR IN CHINA. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Heslop, Fredericks, Mrs. Vining, and Miss Martin. . . To conclude with THE FACTORY BOY. Supported by Messrs, Rogers, Hughes, Cowell, Mfrs. Vining. Miss Martin, and Mrs. Daly. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE TOWER OF LONDON , or, The Death Omen and the Fate of Lady Jane Grey. Supported by Mr. Osbaidiston, E. F. Saville, Miss Vincent, Miss Richardson, Miss Eliza Terry, &c. To conclude with JACK SHEPPARD. THE WEATHER.—Sus OFYICE, Dw. 3. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 48; Noon, 36. BAROMETER, 29.58. WIND W.; fine sunshiny weather. MGM WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 3 minutes after 5 I Evening .. 29 minutes after 5, • ~ f.:,, Ir l --' t. ... w ,ZlCi . , ',1.,: Ifr •,,,, ?I' Nltfr , . i 5 .,, , ,,. 7,3 ~, •,R A Z. ) , 4 8 ; b 4i 'l. 1 4 , • ' P .' 1 . ,!, ':. ' . „4111 k: } .. 44 a ' r: , 4 1 . • '4.im,'" - _-. ' ~,w „"..,'. w 1 ; , c- - : 8 ' : .:4 ' r. fi • . e t* ." ' ~. 4 111 ,,, ~' • ,i; p '. •,, • : 4 •• . ~,, ~ _ ' .' . Malting 11UL LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1845. Within the last few days rumours of Cabinet resigna tions have been rife. Gossip Lhas been especially busy with the names of Lord STANLEY and Lord ABERDEEN, who are both said to be about to resign. There is clearly a stir in the Cabinet. In the present embroglio of politics, past opinions may help us a little to conjecture the course which any particular Member of the Cabinet would take; but, a priori, we should have thought Lord ABERDEBN the last person to desert the Premier, and Lord STANLEY the last person to be dissatisfied with the present do-nothing policy of the Cabinet. We do not profess to understand the present position of the Govern ment, and shall be surprised at nothing ; but, otherwise. we are not disposed to give credit to the rumours about Lords STANLEY and ABERDEEN. If the Cabinet were now in a condition for mere tinker ing to be of any use, nothing would be more likely than for Lord STANLEY to be shifted from the Colonies, which ke has grossly misgoverned, to some office in which the Government might have his name and party influence without the damage of his administrative incapacity. If the Cabinet were going to repeal the corn-laws, nothing would be more likely thaa for my Lord TIM ROPY to resign; but the Cabinet cleaves to the corn laws. Lord STANLEY'S resignation now—even his removal to a post where he would be less mischievous — would be a sign of vitality and strength not to be looked for from a Government that, to all appearance, is dying by inches. The question now is, can the Government survive this crisis? If we saw them throwing out Lord STANLEY, it would be like a sick man's throwing out the gout ; and the doctors of the Carlton, who now shake their heads all day, and look glum, would begin to hope. But the many meetings of the Cabinet—the many visits of Cabinet Ministers to Sir ROBERT PEEL—Lord STANLEY'S long consultations with Sir ROBERT—show that there is a flutter among the Volscians. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S long shot from Edinburgh has been a stag gerer. According to an extract from a private letter received from New York, and posted up in the underwriters' room of the Liverpool Exchange on Tuesday, all the strong and decided expressions respecting the Oregon that ap peared in the inaugural address of President PoLx will be repeated in the forthcoming Message ; he will claim • the whole of the disputed territory, and propose to the Legislature that the joint occupancy shall cease, and that the laws of lowa shall be extended over all the; western territory to the Pacific. It is said that the Cabinet, with the exception of Mr. BUCAITANAN, is unanimous on the subject. The annual ses sion commences usually on the first Monday of December; the Message will consequently be deli vered in the course of the present week, and it may, therefore, be expected in, England about the 18th inst. By persons tolerably well acquainted with the relations between the two countries, and the prevalent feeling towards &gland throughout the Western and Southern States, this document is looked forward to with very little interest. The sentiments of the members both of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, in refe rence to this country, have been well ascertainei during the last and the present Presidency by their rotes on the annexation of Texas, and the measures for oc cupying the Oregon territory. Whether the Mes sage on these points may be modified or not, ought to be to the English Government a matter of per fect indifference ; and whether POLK talks about latitude 54 or latitue 49, or the " whole Oregon or none," Eng land must not be led from her purpose, and allow the settlement of a question which, intrinsically, is of little importance, but which involves the whole policy of the two nations, to be d e l aye d f or even one year. If America claims what England is act prepared to grant, and announces her resolution to put an end to the mutual occupation within the specified time, our Government must regard that as a preliminary to a declaration of war, and act accordingly. Delay is out of the question. These protracted disputes about territory have only become more difficult of settlement by procrastination ; and it is better at once to have a clear understanding, not only on the Oregon dispute, but on many other disputes of infinitely more importance. No English statesman, of whatever partylhe may be, can have viewed the encroachments of the American Republic, and the projects which its rulers and people have announced within a very brief period, without serious alarm for the security of our possessions and the balance of power in the New World. The voice of the American nation leaves no doubt whatever about the occupation. of the Oregon territory and the expulsion of the Hudson's Bay Company from the banks of the Columbia. Prepara tions are in progress for sending out squatters to Cali fornia ; Texas has been wrested in the finest insidious and unfair manner from Mexico, and that unfortunate and incapable republic, in a very few years, will be so completely hemmed in by its powerful and unscrupulous neighbour, that it must fall an easy prey as soon as Pre sident PoLx, or any future President may consider the fit time for conquest has arrived. England cannot stand by unconcerned and idle when such barefaced and un justifiable encroachments are made in the very neigh bourhood of her valuable colonies, when the annihilation of her trade in that quarter is openly avowed, and in a few years the riches of Mexico shall be swallowed sip by the overgrown republic. War, no doubt, is a horrid and a dangerous game, but nations never escape from diffi culties by disgraceful concessions, nor is war ultimately avoided by pusillanimous delay. The thirst for conquest throughout the Union is too manifest to be mistaken ; England has felt its effects in Canada, and only a few years more are wanting to make her feel them in other quarters of the most vital importance to her best interests. It becomes her, therefore, to be pre pared for the worst, and meet the coming danger in time. She never was in a better position, nor ever had a more just cause for asserting her rights. America has rejected even an offer for accommodating the differences ; she has departed from terms admitted in all former negotiations on the subject ; she will not hear of arbitration, but treats England with as much contempt as Mexico, and is preparing to annex the whole of the Oregon, somewhat in the style of the un principled occupation of Texas. Even hostile writers in Frew() now admit that her claims are not well founded, and though it is our affair, yet it is satisfactory to know that her best wishers cannot justify the claims of TYLER and POLK. Both nations would suffer by having recourse to the last alternative—a trial of strength but that is not the fault of England. The first effects would be felt here se riously. Manchester, and Leeds, and Birmingham, and some other manufacturing towns, would lose much of their trade, though since the last war many new mar kets have been opened for them; privateers would in tercept merchant vessels without convoy, and other casualties attendant on war would ensue ; but these England has already experienced and met with unflinch ing fortitude, even when engaged in the dreadful contest with NAPOLEON. Is she weaker now, after thirty years repose, than she was, when in 1815 she astonished the world by her renewed vigour and exertions, and gained what General For called the greatest victory of the age ? Is her credit lowered ? Are the sinews of war less strong, or the means of both offensive and defensive warfare less within Iher reach? It is admitted by all, except perhaps the Americans themselves, that British fleets could blockade every important harbour of the Union, that the value of cotton and tobacco and other productions of the slave-holding states would be lowered by one-half, and that, even allowing the greatest bravery, skill, and exertions on the part of the Americans, their commerce would be nearly destroyed. But she cannct carry on a war without imposing heavy taxes or bor rowing money. The former would net be much relished even by the warlike States of the west, and the latter is impossible. The American Government could not obtain credit for a hundred thousand pounds on any Exchange in Europe. We do not mention these facts as matters of boast, or as threats—we merely state plain truths, in the hope that they may be listend to, and that a calculation of consequences may induce the American Government to act with moderation, and not insist on claims which are rejected by every European authority, and which that Government knows England never can yield. It was with feelings of regret, not unmingled with sur prise, that we read the letter addressed by the Earl of DUNDONALD to the Editor of the Times, on the subject of harbours of refuge, which letter we republished in The Sun of yesterday. The Noble and Gallant Officer con tends that these ports and harbours are unnecessary, be cause he is in possession of means "by which, whatever hostile force was therein assembled, could be destroyed within the first twenty-four hours favourable for effec tive operations, in defiance of forts and batteries mounted, with the most powerful ordnance now in use." " Protective harbours," continues the Noble Earl, "save as screens from wind and sea, may be likened to nets wherein fishes, seeking to escape, find themselves in• extricably entangled." Now, it appears to us that in that one parenthetical passage (" save as screens from wind and sea") his Lordship has granted the whol e question. It is as screens against wind and sea that we contend these harbours are required ; and, whatever may be the nature of the secret plan which the Earl of DUNDONALD communicated to the Government in 1812, we cannot but think that if he found himself at sea, off a lee-shore in a heavy gale, he would be right glad to find a harbour of refuge at hand, in which he could in safety await " a time favourable for effective operations." The means " for the effectual destruction of all the navies in the world" would, we opine, be found ineffec tual for the preservation of a single ship. Now it is for the preservation, not for the destruction, of navies, that we would fain see the formation of these harbours of refuge ; and, although the Earl of DIINDONALD de precates the voting away the vast sums requisite to carry them into execution as a serious evil, yet, we think, that, judging from experience, it would not be difficult to show that the expenditure of even five millions in the formation of harbours of refuge would be an act of judicious economy. We should like to see a re turn of the number of lives lost and the amount of pro perty destroyed by shipwreck in Plymouth Sound for the twenty years immediately preceding the building of the breakwater; a similar return for the twenty years following the erection of the breakwater ; and a return of the number of vessels which had entered the Sound during both periods; and we have no doubt it would ap pearthat the value of the property saved from destruction during twenty years by the, erection of the breakwater amounts to a much larger sum than that expended in its construction. It is somewhat curious to find the Earl of DIINDONALD, to whose patriotic exertions, when Lord COCHRANE, in 1812, the nation owes the formation of the Plymouth Breakwater, coming forward in 1845 to oppose the construction of similar breakwaters on other exposed parts of our coast. The Madrid papers of the 25th ult. are chiefly occu pied with the elections, which appear to be going on more favourably for the Opposition than anticipated. There are no accounts in these papers of the state of tho poll at Barcelona on the second day's poll, but accounts from Bayonne state that the Liberals had been com pletely successful at Saragossa, and returned their three candidates to represent the capital of Arregon in the Cortes. On the 25th the Three per Cents. were done at 35 15-16. The Fives were not quoted. The Paris papers contain no fresh intelligence from Al geirs, from which we are to infer that affairs remain nearly in the same state ; that the French troops are making little progress in reclaiming the rebellious tribes, and that the communications between several important stations are still interrupted. Several of the ; si burnals contain articles on the Oregon question ; ana the Jour ea/ des Debuts, the organ of the Go '; ernment, h as at length spoken out on the subjcct It denies the c l a i ms o f President ',e same time, states th a t h e i s sop pledged by b ° ;r fbcou, a mtisets ti given at his election, and the language of the political demagogues of the west is so P,lamorous, that be will, in all probability, be obliged to maintain them, to their full extent, in his Message to the Congress. " The difference of opinion between the two Cabinets," says that journal, " are very great. President Pont. doubtless, in virtue of pledges given at the time of his election, insertel in his inauguration Message, the most solemn document that can emanate from him, a passage which nothing had rendered neces sary, and which declafed the extreme opinion of the Western States. The English Cabinet was moved at this unexpected incident in the negotiation ; Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord ABERDEEN replied, in full Parliament, in terms as explicit as those made use of in the Mes sage. Engla n d did more ; s h e cont i nue d , at t h e expense of m illions, her mar i t i me preparat i ons, at w hi c h France took umb rage in a very mul-a-propos manner, and which preparations have now raised the English navy to a formidable degree of power ; she has taken her pre cautions as though a war might break out in the year 1846. The United States, on the contrary, have pre pared nothing against such an eventuality. If things now passed as in the last century ; if commerce had not created interests which render a declaration of war very difficult, we should say that everything depends on the Message which President POLK is to deliver to Congeal. In the event of that magistrate main. taining his assertion of last year, there will only remain the last argument of kings and people ; for of what avail would be negotiation thereafter. The question would no longer be as to the division of territory, for Mr. POLK will have Oregon entire. England has latterly proposed to refer it to arbitration, but this the President will not consent to. What other arguments can, therefore, be brought forward besides those which issue from the cannon's mouth ? Electoral necessities can, therefore, alone explain the conduct of Mr. PoLx, who had the reputation of being a calm and reserved man- Ile is a native of Tennessee, one of the western states of the Union. It is on the west that he founds the hope of his re-election, and the west demands the entire of the Oregon territory. It is, therefore, with much reason that some of the American journals tell their country men that the Oregon question, which to be understood requires an attentive study of old treaties and diplomatic documents, is solved at once in every village of the west by political demagogues, who have read nothing, and who only know one thing—that they are sure to please the multitude and obtain their suffrages, by telling them that GOD has given them the new continent from one extremity to the other for their exclusive use. How ever this may be, there is every reason to fear that the Message will be in accordance with the feelings of the democracy of the western states. Private letters from America, which come down to the 10th of November, hold out little to the contrary. The annexation of Texas caused the first election of Mr. PoLx, and to secure his second he wishes to obtain possession of Oregon. The calculation will be extravagant, but the general opinion at New York, at Philadelphia, and at Washington is, that the President will do it. A war between America and England will be a calamity for the civilised world, and by degrees every maritime nation may be drawn in to take a part in the conflict, in consequence of the vexatious interruptions which neu trals will not fail to meet with in the desperate struggle which will desolate the surface of the ocean. But for England and for America it will be such an overturning of interests, that we cannot but think that, whatever the language of the President in his Message may be, the cause of peace will not on that account be irretriev ably lost. If war should break out, New York, New Orleans, and Boston would be closely blockaded, and their merchants ruined, but at the same time what injury would be inflicted on British commerce, which covers every sea, by American cruisers ? What would become of Manchester, if a supply of American cotton failed it ? and how would the south-western states of the Union, whose principal produce is cotton, be sup ported without that market ? What a shock would it even be for the constitution of the Union itself?" The writer concludes his remarks with a hope that peace will continue to spread over Great Britain and the United States the benefits with which it has loaded these two great nations, to the great advantage of all other countries. Accounts from Toulon state that IBRAHIM PACHA ar rived at that place on the 27th ult., in the Egyptian fri gate the Nile. Ho was received by a salute of 21 guns from some of the ships in port and from one of the bat teries, and the French vessels were dressed out in honour of his arrival. The Maritime Prefect and the Marquis DE LAVALETTS paid the Egytian Prince a visit on board the Nile, and at eleven o'clock Muslim landed with his suite, and was received by the authorities and the troops, who were drawn up in line. The Prince was dressed in the most magnificent style, as were also the principal personages of his suite. He is stated to be apparently in good health, but his hair and beard are perfectly white. On reaching the Prefecture, where apartments had been prepared for him, he received the authorities, and after wards went into the roads with the Admiral in his barge. On their return there was a grand dinner at the Prefec ture. He was to stay two or three days at Toulon, and afterwards, proceed by Marseilles to the baths of Vernet. The Share Market on Monday was more firm, but no great amount of business was transacted. The following is said to be the fall in the prices of several important lines during the last week :-Rouen declined 52f. 50c. ; Orleans to Bordeaux, and Avignon to Marseilles, 47f. 50c. each ; Boulogne, Rouen to Havre, and St. Germain, 40f. each ; Paris to Orleans, 35f; Northern, 26E 50c. ; Montereau to Troyes and Fampoux, 25f. each ; Versailles (Left Bank), 22f. 50c. ; Strasbourg, 2 If. 25c. ; Versailles (Right Bank), 10f. ; Orleans to Vierzon, 7f. 50c. The market closed as follows :-Three per Cents. for cash, 81f. 95c., for accounk 81f. ; Five per Cents. for cash, 116 f. 45c., for account, 116 f. 55c ; Bank of France Shares, 3,290 E ; Neapolitan, 100 f. 505.; Spanish and New Loan, not quoted. The closing quotations on many of the lines were lower than those of Saturday-Paris and Orleans leaving off at I,loof. ; Paris and Rouen, 900 f. ; Rouen and Havre, and Avignon, not quoted ; Vierzon, 605 E; Strasbourg and Bale, 225. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 482 f. 50c. ; Northern, 600 f. ; Bourdeaux, 560 f. ; Montereau, 430 f. But little was done in other lines. Paris and Lyons (La ffitte) may be quoted at 502 f. 50c. ; (Union), 508 f. 75c. ; Paris and Strasbourg (Definitives) at par; Ditto (Ganne ron), 5004. ; (Deiinitives), 540 f.; Tours and Nantes (Defi nitives), 505 f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 505 f. ; (Lecomte), 500 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 2. Anglo-Belgian Maurities Boulogne and Amiens.. 7% Namur and Liege 2 l/ Bordeaux &Mediterran - North Jamaica - Bordeaux and Toulouse - Orleans and Vierzen .. 14% Do. & Cette (Espelete) 1 % Orleans and Bordeaux 94 De. (Mackenzie's) .. 1% Over Yssel Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris &Lyons (Laffitte) 2% cilia Coast - Ditto (Ganneron's). - Central of Spain Ditto (Calon's).... - Ceylon . - Ditto (Sud Est) Demerara - Paris and Orleans-- 44 Dendre Valley ... - Paris aid Rotten Dutch Rhenish ...... 6% Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris Jtutct. - (Ganaeron's) Dijon and Mulhouse - Do. (Ayinard's)..-- East Indian ........ De. (Compte de L'Est) Fampeux & Hazebreuk - Paris and St. Qlentin. - Grt Northern of France Roses and Havre...-. - Constituted - Royal North of Spain. - Do. Pepin le Halleur.. - Sambre and Moue .... Great Paris and Lyons 1% Strasburg and Basle ... - Great Western Bengal - Teurnay,Jurbise, Lan- Great Western Canada - dent, and Hasselt... - Jamaica B. Mid. Junction - Tours and Nantes De.Nerth Midland-. - (Maskenzie's) Do. Extension - Di. (Lefebvre's) Jersey - Do. (O'Neill's) Louvain and Jemnppc. 1% ;Trinidad Lyons and Avignon.... 1% Verona and Ancona., ~,,y$ Laxembearg Madrid ud Talencia — ••• West Flaiders 2I,E LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 3.—Wind this day at noon, S.W., light breeze and cloudy. OFF MARGATE DEC. I.—Lord Metcalfe, Forster, Quebec. , DEAL, DEC. 2.:--Wind W.N.W., [modeiate.—ATrd: from the river, Brothers, Reid, Madras Ann Grant, Foreman, Bombay ; Sir John Rae Reid, Dyson, St. Kitts ; Brothers, Hire, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Sld. Port Fleetwood, Vidler, Cape of Good Hops. COWES, DEC. 2.—Arrd. Swiss Boy, Perkins, Matanzas. OFF SWARAGE, Nov. 30.—Isabella, Quebec. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 2.—Arrd. Mary Ann, Adams, New foundland. BEAUMARIS, Nov. 30.—Arrd. Thompson, Reetigouche. WHITRHAVEN, DEC. I.—Wind W.N.W., a gale.—Acrd. Harman, Landel, Quebec. Conic, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Lady of the Lake, Jameson, Que bec. 80.—Duke of Gordon, Bissett, Angra Pepin*. Off port, Express, Clarke, Valparaiso; Ellerslie, Dalhousie. PORT TALBOT, DEC. 2.—The Olive-branch, Prout, from Plymouth to Newport, was wrecked near Porthcawl, Ist instant; master and mate drowned; nearly all the cargo saved in a damaged state. GALwAr, Nov. 29.—The Lara, Roderick, from Newcastle to this port, came on shore on Mutton Island last night, and remains; crew saved. ARBROATH, Nov. 29. The William, of Newcastle, for this port, was lost on the banks of the Tay last night; mas ter and two men drowned. SIIIHLDS, DEC. I.—The Java, Wilson, from Yarmouth to Newcastle, has been in contact on this coast with the George Bell, of London, and received damage. LLANELLT, Dcc. 2.—The John Barry, Lilean, from Swan sea to Cork, in making this harbour last night during a severe gale, got on shore on Cape Patrick sands, but was assisted off, after discharging part of cargo,and brought into this harbour. AmmououGn, DEC. 2.—The Cyrus, of Whitby, and the Russells, of Arundel, were in contact this morning, when the latter lost bowsprit ; both vessels have gone to Yarmouth Roads. _ _ Hum, DEC. 2.—A Norwegian barque is reported in the llumber, with loss of rudder, &c. WAAL OCIETY.—The anniversary meeting of this Society was held on Tuesday, at their apartments in Somerset House. The Most Noble the Marquis of Northampton, President, in the chair. The royal medals were awarded to Cr. B. Airy, Esq , astronomer royal, for his paper " On the Laws of the Tidet on the toast of Ireland, as inferred from an extensive series of observations made In connexion with the ordnance survey of Ireland;" and to "Thomas Snow Beck, Esq., for his paper " On the Nerves of the Uterus." The Copley medal was awarded to Professor Schwann, of Louvain, for his " Physiological Researches on the Develop ment of Animal and Vegetable Textures." The President deliVered his citstornary annual address o accompanied by notices of the distinguished deceased rellow3, after which the new Council were elected ; and the Fellows of the Society and their friends dined together at the Crown and Anchor Tavern—the Marquis of Northampton presiding. The fol lowing is a list of the officers of the Council :—President— The Marquis of Northampton. Treasurer—. George Rennie, Esq. Secretaries—Peter Mark Roget, M.D. ; Samuel Hunter Christie, Esq., M.A. Foreign Secretary—Lieutenant Colonel E. Sabine, B.A. Other Members of the Council—John Bostock, M.D.; Sir Wm. Burnett, M.D., K.C.H. ; Charles Dan-betty, M.D.; Bryan Donhin, Esq.; Very Rev. Dean of Ely ; Thomas Galloway, Esq. ; William Robei t Grove, Esq., MA.; Leonard Horner, Esq. ; Sir John W. Lubbock, Bart , M.A. ; John Forbes Boyle, ; William Sharpey, M.D. ; William Henry Smyth, Captain, R.N.; John Taylor, Esq. ; Charles Wheatstone, Esq.; Rev. Robert Willis, M.A. ; Lord Wrottesley. The Fellows whose names in the preceding list are printed in italics were not Members of the last Council. MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS. The late Mrs. Ann Baker, of Camberwell-grove, has bequeathed the handsome sum of 5001. to the Philanthropic Society of St. George's- fields. The late Rev. William Wenthorpe has also be. queathed the sum of 5001. ; and the late Mrs. Eleanor Smith flOl. to the same society. THE OVERLAND MAIL.—We understand that Mr. Waghorn is now actively engaged in preparing for six trials of the Trieste route as regards time against that by Mar seilles, and that a meeting of the London, East India, and China Association will shortly take place, in order that the merchants of the city may choose the six months in summer and winter to practically settle all doubts on the subject of the Fount superiority of the Trieste route. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very quiet, the sales not exceeding 2,000 bales. Prices were rather in favour of buyers. There was a slight improvement in Shares, with rather more doing. The following Railway shares were disposed of yesterday at the auction of Messrs. Lamond, and Co., there being more inclination to purchase in new lines at low prices : Description. Paid. Dendre Valley ... ... ... ... ... 2 Ditto Sold for. 0 9 6 0 9 0 1 18 0 0 8 6 0 10 6 1 10 0 Rugby, Derby, and Manchester ... ... 2% West End and Southern Counties ... 1% Calcutta and St. George's Point ... ... 7s Isle of Ely Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire 2% Midland Irish Great Western, from Dublin to Mullingar ... ... ... 2% 20 0 Ditto ditto ... ... _ 2 0 0 Shropshire Union Railway and Canal... 435 111 6 Ditto ditto ... ••• 1 11 6 Irish North Midland ... ... ... ... 1% 015 0 0 15 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s 019 0 Ditto ditto ... ... 018 6 Warwick and Worcester ... ••• ... 42s 1 3 0 Over Yssel ... ... ... ... .... ... 835 4d 1 11 6 Exeter, Dorchester, and Weyrn. Coast... 42s 1 2 0 Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke ... 105 s 210 0 Calcutta and St. George's Point ... ... 73 0 9 6 Ditto ditto ••• ••• ••• - 0 10 0 Direct Northern ... ... ... ... ... 2% 1 15 0 Grand Union ... ... ... ... ... ... 1% 1 9 0 Calcutta and St. George's Point ... 7s 010 0 Great Indian Peninsular ... ... ... 5s 0 7 6 London and York ... ... ... ... ... 2% 218 8 North Staff., Mullet, and Potteries ... 42s 5 6 0 Ditto ditto ... " 5 5 0 Dutch Rhenish ... .. • . ... ... 5 615 0 Eastern Counties—Stock No. 2 ... ... 93s 4d 4 16 0 Shropshire Union and Canal ... 42s 112 6 Shrewsbury and Birmingham. ... ... 2% 3 8 0 Chelmsford and Bury ... ... ... .. 1% 1 1 6 Tean and Dove Valley ... ... ... ... 1% 1 1 6 Man. and Birm. Cont. and Welsh June. 1% 1 3 0 Ditto ditto ... 1 3 0 London and York ... ... ... ... ... 2% 218 0 Ditto ••• •• ••• ••• ••• --2 19 0 North Staffab., Chunaet, and Potteries, 42s 5 7 0 Ditto ditto ••• 5 7 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s 018 6 Ditto ditto ... 018 6 Leicester and Birmingham ... ... ... 22s 018 6 0 18 6 1 0 0 South and Midlands Junction ... . . , 425 1 8 0 London and Manchester (Remington's . ) 2 3 / 4 20 0 Ditto ditto ... 2 1 0 Essex and Suffolk ... ... ... ... 1% 019 6 Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke ... 105 s 210 0 Chelmsford and Bury ... ... ... ... 1% 1 0 6 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s 019 0 Ditto ditto ... 0 18 6 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheleham. 2 119 0 Ditto ditto ... 2 0 0 Somersetshire Midland ... ... ... 2% 1 5 6 Great Eastern and Western .. ... 2% 116 0 Ditto •• • ••• ••• ••• ••• ... 115 0 Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby ... 42a 018 0 Great Indian Peninsular ... ... ... 1 4 0 8 0 Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries 13' 017 0 Kentish Coast ... .. ... ... ... 1% 0 3 6 Eastem Counties ... ... ... . ... 14116 s 19 10 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... 22s 019 0 Ditto ditto ... 019 6 Ditto ditto ... 1 0 0 Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge 42s 1 5 0 Warwick and Worcester ... ... ... 42, 1 1 0 Ditto ••• •• • ••• ••• - 1 1 0 Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• .. 1 2 6 Cornwall and Central Devon ... .. 2% 113 0 Direct Northern ... ... ... ... ... 2% 118 0 Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries... 1% 1 1 0 Scottish Midland Extension ... ... 1% 1 9 0 Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester 1 012 6 Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge 42s 1 3 6 Liverpool,Mancli.teNeweastle-on-Tyne 50s 219 6 Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast ... .. 1 019 6 Calcutat and St. George's Point ... 7s 0 9 6 Great Western of Bengal ... ... ... 1 4 0 10 6 Ditto ditto ... ... ... 011 6 Great Indian Peninsular ... ... ... 1 4 0 9 0 Ditto ditto ••• ••• ••• ."... 018 6 Jamaica South Midland .........1 112 0 Calcutta and St. George's Point ... 7s 010 6 Ditto ... ... ... ... ... ... 010 6 Tring, Reading, and. Basingstoke ... 105 s 213 0 Somerset Midland ... ... ... ... ... 25,i 110 6 Bideford and Tavistock ... ... ... 1N 015 0 London, Bristol, and South Wales ... 42a 019 0 Metropolitan Junction ... ... ... 2% 115 0 Great Welsh Central ... ... ... ... 42s 019 6 Leicester and Birmingham ... ... 22s 018 0 Ditto ditto ... ••• ••• 018 6 Chelmsford and Bury ... ... ... ... 1% 1 1 6 Essex and Suffolk ... ... ... ... 1% 1 0 0 Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries... 1% 1 1 0 Mauritius ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 011 6 There are no arrivals in the City to-day, except the Con tinental mails, and the commercial markets are compara tively dull. The value of railway property (together with much other useful information) is given in the "Banking Almanac and Di rectory," and from this it appears that Middlesex, the smallest county but one in England, is richest in railways, having an annual income from them of 960,4431. ; Lancashire stands for 593,515/. ; Surrey for 191,018/. ; Durham for 171,089/. ; Der byshire for 104,204/. ; and Yorkshire for 95,5101. The total amount of railway income in 1843 was, for England and ' Wales, 2,417,609/., and for Scotland, 181,333/. • since which period a material increase must have taken place. At the date in question no leas than twenty counties in England, and five in Wales. were without railways. The Stock Market still looks well, and as respects time bargains there is an improvement in the quotations. Con sols have been 94 3 / 4 to 95 for present transfer, 95% to 95% for Account. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been further reduced, being 19s. to 14s. Bank Stock has been down to 202 3 / 4 and 202%. East India Stock is worth 262. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 95% to 95%, and the Three per Cents. 93% 93%. The Foreign Investments have been rather firmer, although with a very limited business doing. Spanish Five per Cents. are 28 ; and the Three per Cents. 37%. Mexican Bonds have been at 31% for the Actives, and 17 for the Deferred, being better. Peruvian are 34. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 58 3 / 4 to 59%. The Share Market is tolerably firm. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock ........ ........ ..... 20 2 3 4 1A 202 1 4 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 4 3/ 95 94 3 4 94% New 3 1 4 per Cents 95 1/008% 95% Long Annuities toexuireJan.lB6o 10 7-16 %% 10% Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 lO l4 10 1 4 [ndia Stock 2E2 262 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities 94% 94% Consols for Account . . ..... 95 1 4% 1 X 3 95 1 / 9 Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 1%d.... 19 14 pm. 14 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small OYE O'CLOCK PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B6 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 Ditto, Account ... 31% Ditto, Deferred l7 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 34 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 2B TABTUDAS:yINNaitbEItiecyCLOCK. PRICES. Ditto Defek - Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ...... ...... 3 58 : 3/4 4 in D I 50 . 9 o : n E d London. Dutch, Ditto, Account 37 3 /4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 91 3 4 Dutch, D 2 i % vid p e e n r d C s 92% CLOSING 4 359 PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES e o n n t t r h Al e above Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, lc Elgin — — Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .................. 1% Aylesbury and Thame .. 1% Belfast Si County Down 2% . Bideford andTayistock.. • 1 % ...... - - Birmin. and Gloucester. 109, 124 .. ••.......... 124 Ditto New 17%...... -- Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham Sc Leicester Direct __ ...... -- ... ............ Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22s ...... ............... Bridgewater & Minehead 42m. ... ........ Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O .....• ............... Bristol and Liver. June - ............... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian Grand Junc... Cambridge and Lincoln 14 ...... 3 1 i 1 / 4 Do. New . -?3 Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% ...... • Canterbury and Dover.. 1% ...... Central Kent 21,4 — Chelmsford and Bury... og ...... -••• Chester and Holyhead—. 15 ...... Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction..... 5 Cork Biackrock, and raasages Cork and Xiilarney ... 2 1 ,4 — Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 ,4 ...... Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester PA Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe ..... Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby .. 1% — .. • Derby, Uttoxeter, and - - Stafford Direct Manchester (Remington's) --- • .... Ditto (Racks trick's)... 5 4 ...... ..,......""• 2 h Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh IN.—. Dublin and Belfast June. i Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway... Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% — Eastern Counties 141. 16s l9 l/ 4 1/oii Ditto New 61. 1 6s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1—.6/. 13s. 4d. l4 P 3% P Ditto ditto, No. 2-4/. 13s. 4d... EastDereh'so andNoech 1 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 2 1 ...... -- Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 1 - Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2% -- — Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%...... East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... - Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 65 • Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .....• -- ... • --- Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 11,x...... ••• ......... ••• Edinburgh and Perth... 1% — --- ...... Ely and lituatippion ~. 5 .•••• ^". ." , ;. CLOSING PRICES Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% Essex and Suffolk ...... 1% O% Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2 3 / 4 Glonc., Aberystwith, and Central of Wales 1%...... ••• Goole and Doncaster .. 425• Grand Junction 100 Ditto Half Shares 5O — Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union l% . 1V4% Great Eastern &Weste rn 2% •-• ••• 1%% •••• •• - GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Munster ... 2 %...••• Great North of Scotland 2 % ...... Great North of England-100 — Ditto New 5 — Do. New .... .. ........ 2 ...... .. . Great Western BO ......148 150 Ditto % Shares SO Ditto 1 4. Shares 2% 16% Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2 1 / 4 ..... Harwich Elul] and Selby 5O lO2 100 Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Irish North Midland l% Isle of Axholme 2 % Killarney Junctions l4 Kendal and Windermere 1 1 ,4 Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Lame, Belfast, and Bal lymena - Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding . Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ... •• ........ Leicester and Bedford... 22s 1 4% p Leicester and Tamworth 425. — Liverp. and Manchester.loo ... .. Do. % Shares Do. Quarters Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. ... Lpool., hlnchstr, & New- castle Junction London and Birminghmloo 2lO 215,... . Do. Thirds Do. 14 Shares - • Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2 ...... 24 ... .. ........ Ditto Extension London and Blackwall. 16/. 135.4 d. 9 8 3 /4 Do. New Ditto Extension Londor and Brighton... 50 Do. consolidated Stiles... 35 Ditto, Sixths Londoit and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 18% 1 ,4 19 Do. Guaranteed 5 per . 0 3 / 4 1 1 1 V 4 16 1 A 100 20% 41 x n _ XP 215 42 25 24 8 3 / 4 6O Cent. 8 Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...181175 2d - LOD don , Hounslow, and Western Lone!. & &Western 411 6s 10d Do. New ConsoL Bths 2 0 1 Do. New Do. New London & Soath Essex 2 3 / 4 — ..• Londoa and York ......... 2%...... 3% % % London and Windsor ... 1 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... 2% 2 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil • 5 - ••• ....•—• • 30% 28 163/4 6% 3 1 4 2% -- 3% - 1 19'A 6p Londonderry &Coleraine Londonderry and Ennis killen nn and Dereham 5 Lynn and Dsrebam 5 Manchester and Leeds... 76 Ditto 1 / ,'... Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Sixteenths 4 14 Manchester and Birmut. 40 ' Do. Quarters 4 ...... 11% 11 Do. New Quarters ... 2 De. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 42s. ...... 2% p Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction .. ... Manchester and Rugby Direct — Manchest. ik Southampt 2 Midland 100 .....142 141.... ..... . Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Midland,Birm.,Thrby... loo ll3 Midli. & East. Counties 1%...... - Midland Great Western (Irish) _ 2% ...... r.... _ Do. Eaten. to Sligo— 2 % Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... Do. New Brandling l5 Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Junction... 1 Newport& Abergaveany 2%...... New Ross and Carlow... 22s - .••• •• • • 4 , 4 Newry and Enniskillen 2% — -•• Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... ...... ........ 2 %.. ... 2%% 3 / 4 . Norfolk Extension — North British Do., New ... ..... 6 5% Do. Exten. to Carlisle 14 — Do. Ext. to Dalksith 5 North Devon 2 " •.. - •••••• • eel. North of Norfolk .., — Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scnp Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2%.... 2 3 ... ...... ... North Staffordshire...... 425. ..- 3 1 4% p North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern _ - - Connecting — _ Norwich andßrandon— , 16 Ditto New 3 — Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% l% Nottingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester 1% — ... Nottingham and Mans field — — Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth,& Southamptn 425. — Oxford and Worcester... 12% 14 % 1A Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..„ ....... 1% Perth and Inverness ... ertti atm Inv v.,—,..... _ . Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ...... Portsmouth Direct 3 3 /4 33 A i ii Preston and Wyre 5O — Do. 1 / 2 Shares , 2 l /2 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond 5 — Rugby, Derby, and Man chester ... 2% l% Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Scottish Central Scottish Midland l% -- Sheffield & Manchesterloo Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 21,(..... 3% Shropshire Mineral...... 425........ Shropshire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp , bS. Staffordsh. June. — ..... , Sligo and Shannon l% Somersetshire Midland ... 2% — ..... .... South Devon 25 South Midland 425....... 3 1 A 2 3 4 p... South Staffordshire June- 21 ,4 South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2a 4d 35 Do., No. 1 l2 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 4 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 2 St. Alban's, Hatfield , and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 A — South Wales ..... ... 2 11 ,E 3 % 14% Taw Vale Extension ... Tean and Dove Valley 1% Trent Valley' 2 — I S IA 15 16 .. Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke 54 Ulverstone and Furness Vale of Neath Warwick & Cheltenham 2% . Warwick and Worcester 425. Waterford and Kilkenny 3 Waterford and Limerick i Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley 2 — Welch Midland West Cori" wall West Yorks:zire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 ..... West End and Southern Counties .. ............ 11,, , ,...... _ .. Arexford and Carlow ... 2 ,4 1 Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Wprcester,Hereford,Roes, and G10uce5ter......... 425. Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow - — Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ... .. 1%....• Worcester and 5. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New York and Car1i51e......... 2 3 / 4 ...... -- • York and Lancaster...... 2%.•...• •.... Y ork and North Midland 50 — _ Ditto %Shares 25 ...... -- ..... ...... Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do Selby 2O ...... ..... Do. Extension 5 ...... 25 24 ...... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 19 1 4 15' Anglo-Belgian 4 000000 Barbacloes ... --- •••"' Boulogne and Amiens... 8 •••••• 7 % . Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 ...... Bordeaux. Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 •• ••• -... Do. (Espelete's) ...... 2 .... . •.. Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific 75% 33 Coast. Central of Spain . ... 2 Ceylon 8% 7/ /8 _ VI% . Demerara 2 l /2 ...... Dendre Valley 2 Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... 53. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 / 2 Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted . . 5 ..... 11 1 / 2 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Benga1... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...... Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey 6 1 / 2 61 21 .4 P 2 4 143 Louvain and Jemeppe 4 ... . Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg... 4 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Mauritius Namur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 9% Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d — ... Paris tiLyons(Laffitte's) 2 Paris ard Lyons (Gan- neron's) . 3 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris &Lvons (Sod Est) 2 - I'aris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen 2O Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 2 Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 ...... Ditto ( Avmards) 2 14 Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 Rouen and Havre ...... 18 P.oy al North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hassell. 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) . .. 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona.... 3 West Flanders .. 4 MINES British Iron Scrip lO Galvanised Iron Real del Monte Unregd. JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 National of Ireland 1 7 14 I 9 IA ... ......... ... 22 5% .. 2 3 / 4 - 3%P COURT CIRCULAR. 14% 3 1 4 - 3 14 P ~ 35 9 3iii - 374 - 31/2 25% 7 3 4 - '7,4 -- IA3 7 '/s 11 3 4 214 4; 4 25 1914 The wet and unfavourable state of the wea!ber on Tuesday afternoon prevented her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the royal children, from taking airings. The Countess Desart arrived at Osborne House on Tuesday afternoon. Her Ladyship has succeeded Lady Portman as the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty. Lady Portman remains on a visit at Osborne House. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked on the sea beach yesterday morning. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken in a carriage to the beach yesterday forenoon. Mr. M'Queen and Mr. Thomas Sturge had an inter view with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. Mr. Freshfield had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. A numerous deputation from Marylebone, headed by Mr. Joseph Hume, ALP., had an interview with Sir James Graham yesterday, at the Home-office. 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 Bishop of Rochester, and the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Duke of Buccleuch has left town for Ditton. Mr. Hart Davies, Deputy-Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. Carr, Solicitor to the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Montgomery Martin had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie. Dispatches for the Governor-General of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North American Provinces, were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of New Zealand. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRAMPTON COURSING MEETING. A sweepstakes for sixteen dogs was won by Mr. Fox's Fairy, Mr. Mounsev's Tyrant ran up. LATEST BETTING AT MANUHESTER.—TUESDAT. ,THE DERBT.-15 to 2 agst Sting (t)-17 to 1 agst Bro cardo-27 to 1 agst Spithead-27 to 1 agst lago-30 to 1 agst Malcolm (t)-40 to 1 agst Manilla c. (t)-40 to 1 agst The Traverser (t)-50 to 1 agst Smuggler Bill. CHESTER CUP.-500 to 10 agst Hope-500 to 10 agst In trepid-500 to 10 agst Event—and 1,000 to 10 agst Ratan— offered against each in one bet. •. - - •' ..r. ~-.. ..^......_.._.--- --- REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the Regent's Canal was held yesterday at their office, City-road Basin. There was a very large attendance of proprietors. On the motion of Mr. Alderman WILSON, J. D. Bethune, Esq., was called to the chair. The minutes of the last half-yearly meeting, as well as those of a special meeting, held in September, having been read, were confirmed. The CHAIRMAN said that he had to submit for their consideration the report of the committee for the pre ceding half-year. The Chairman read the report, which was in substance as follows:—" The committee congratu late the proprietors on the continued prosperity of the Company. The working of the canal during the last half-year had been most beneficial ; and, as compared with the corresponding period of 1844, exhibited a marked improvement. They found that for the half-year end ing the 30th of November, the commerce had been 52,089 tons, which yielded an amount of 19,4891., giving a profit to the Company, on the 30th of September, of 13,9201. 15s. 4id. This would give a dividend of 12s. per share to each of the proprietors, as also 5 per cent. on the profits of the last half-year, amounting to 6761. 14s. 10d., leaving a surplus balance of 3932 4s. 64d. to be added to the next dividend. They begged to call the attention of the proprietors to a purchase of some pro perty at Lewisham, for the improvement of the canal, and they had to add, that the pro moters of the Regent's Canal Railway had deposited the necessary documents with the Board of Trade, and paid in 5,0001., as a portion of the purchase money, into the Bank of England, which their com mittee had invested favourably in the purchase of Ex chequer-bills." The report having been read, The CHAIRMAN again rose, and read several resolu tions confirmatory of the paragraphs in the report, which were unanimously agreed to. He then stated that a letter had been received by their Secretary, Mr. Lyon, from Mr. Greene, one of their auditors, resigning his office. A desultory discussion of a personal character fol lowed in relation to the motives that induced that gen tleman to tender his resignation. In reply to questions from different proprietors, The CHAIRMAN stated that the plans and sections of the proposed Railway Company had been deposited agreeably to the requirement of the standing orders ; that the subscription lists were filled up, but he could not say whether the calls had been fully responded to. It w as also added that no portion of the Parliamentary expenses would fall on the Regent's Canal Company, and they were, by the terms of the agreement, to retain possession of the canal until the Railway Bill should have been obtained, and the purchase-money should be paid up. They were, in addition, to receive whatever money should have been in the meantime expended in the im provement of the canal. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman and the committee, the meeting separated. STOPPAGE OF NEW OXFORD-STREET.-011 Tues day, in consequence of some accidents having occurred to the foot passengers in the new street, between Holborn and Oxford-street, by the passage of the numerous vehicles, there being no paved footway, her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests gave directions that at each end of the new street a barrier should be immediately set up to pre vent the thoroughfare of vehicles. They will remain there till the houses which are now being built on either side of the street are completed. The stone pavement will be laid down. FIRE.—NARROW ESCAPE FOR RAILWAY SPECU LATORS.—On Tuesday evening last, about six o'clock, in con sequence of an escape of gas, a writer's office in the New Town took fire, b 7 which the premises were put in great jeopardy, along with the plans and specifications for no fewer than ten new railways lying in the office, all of which must have been put a stop to for the time had the necessary do cuments not been discovered and rescued. These were con tained in a tin box, which was got out without much in jury. The fire having been observed in time, it was extin guished before doing much damage, beyond the burning of • the flooring of the house.—Glasgow Chronicle. RETURN or DEPOSITS.—We understand that the London Union Railway Company and the Tunbridge, Hastings, and Brighton Railway Company have returned to their shareholders the deposits paid by them, as the Com panies are not in a position to go to Parliament at present. This conduct is highly honourable to the members of the Provisional Committees of these Companies, and we trust that all other companies similarly situated will follow so admirable an example. THE GULLY-ROLE NUISANCE.—The nuisance to which we have so frequently drawn attention, viz., the poisonous effluvia allowed to escape through the gully-holes of our streets, is at length attracting general notice. The daily press has during the past week opened their columns to several complaints under this head, more particularly con nected with the City sewers. The cleansing of the surface of our streets, at least so far as public health is concerned, will prove of small use, while the atmosphere can be thoroughly and constantly infected by the subsoil.— The Builder. CONSUMPTION—.THE SCOURGE OF HUMANITY.— Not one of the many ills which flesh is heir to, is half so hopeless in its progress, half so terrible in its fatal issue, as that scourge of the human race—Consumption. The first faint suspicion of its presence reduces the affectionate rela tives of the " stricken one" to despair. And why ? Simply, because the treatment usually adopted by the faculty has hitherto failed to arrest its invidious progress. But is there, indeed, no hope? Let those who are sceptical consult the "Observations on Anaspasia in the cure of Asthma and Consumption," from the pen of Dr. Cronin, the well-known Physician to the Dispensary for Consumption. Even were Dr. Cronin's facts less conclusive than they are, the impor tance of the subject would render apathy on the part of the afflicted wholly unpardonable.—Xerning Chronicle. - . RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEc.r2. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bolton , Wiga n, - Liverpool, 14 p.-Cambridge and Lincoln, and Birkenhead, 45-Ditto, New 20/. Shares, par-Clydee- Easters dale Junction. 12 p.-Derby and Crewe, 2% Counties, 1814-Grand Junction, 2261,4 -Ditto 40/. Share! L. M), 49 1 ,4 n.-Grand Union, "/ 8 dia.-Great 'Grimsby and heffield, Quarter Shares, 1% p.-Great Western, 61-flud. dersfield Canal and Raiway, 3 p.-Leicester and Bedford! London and.. ,par-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 1 4 p Birmingham, 210-Ditto, Fifth Shares, 19-31anchester and Birmingham, 70 ex n.-Dtto, Quarter Shares, 61 lanches!,!, chester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 14s. p.- 13/4 p.-Ctiester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 10 p.-Midland, 140-Ditto, Shares, 12 p.-Northumberland and Lancashire, 1 7 e ld North Union (A), 205-North Staffordshire, 3 1 A 1). - S" id and Manchester, :Quarter Shares, No. 2, 5 p.-Ditto,o2ll,r Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 2.4-South -Eastern and Dover, con solidated Thirds, Half Shares, 1 p.-West Riding lini°n , p.-York and Carlisle, 7s. 6d. p.-Dutch Rhenish, I% P. MANCHESTER, Dsc. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lana: shire. and Cheshire, 514-Blackburn, Chorley, and Livet e ra! 214-131ackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 81/q -Clitheroe Jutnr tion, 4 1 / 8 -Edinburgh and Glasgow, 65- Go ole, Doneas:,: Sheffield, &c., 445. 6d.-Huddersfield and Manchester Rl'. way and Canal, 5 3 / 4 -Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 4 6d.-Leicester and Tamworth, 425.-Liverpool and 1 31117 " . : 25 c. n.-Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 2-Liverpool, OriaLynn kirk, and Preston, 414-London and Windsor, 16s. 3d 11~ and Dere') am, 5-Manchester and Bi rm ingham,Q lll " ters ' tioa Ditto, ditto, 8 1 ,4-31anchester and Birmingham Continua 0. and Welsh Junction, VA -Manchester and BurY, Atna a nd pherfc, 215.-North Staffordshire, 5/. 75.-Nottingnan3l,L,..- Mansfield, 2%-Nottingham, Boston, and Grantham, 7:,„d Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Sbe ; m g. Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, 55A -Shrewsbury an d ham, 3-West Lancashire Coast, 225.--W es t Riding li c " LEEDS, DEC. 2. an d STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Great Grimsbyt Sheffield, 8-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 3-Ditto, v° c ''' vv. Huddersfield and Sheffield, 19 c. n.-Leeds and Bradfor:l;i., tensions, 12 1 A-Leeds .and Thirsk, 9-Newcastle an d 4- , wick, 8 yir Wilts, 1/;So.._m Te,r,s)2% -London c.-Oxford, ,onan Weymouth, Ik rc_ o e r ster k , B a a n w d p at r yrl)_Vo' par-Sheffield cheerffib a e p t a o n ni 2- West a id Union, 5 3 / 4 -Grand Union, 3s. 6d. dis.-Great Eas te ricer Western, 10 dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 3s. 6d. P . __3oo - Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 155. ° Tibor chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland. 24 P•res berland and Lancashire Junction, 3s. Ilis.-North 2 1 / 2 -Nottingham and Boston, ss. p,-Wakefield gate, 3s. 6d. p.-Welsh Midlands, ss. die. HULL, DEC. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Hull and Warr Shares, 174-Cambridge and Lincoln, 2'A/3-Covent:l' r. eaton, &c., 114-South Midland, 4/. 2s. HUDDERSFIELD, DEC. 2. A l or STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Huddersfield 010 cheater, 6%-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 2/. 88.-West,N.. Union, 5 1 4-Grand Union, 255."6d.-North Western, 0 SHEFFIELD, DEC. 2. 1,016 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Mancheste r so- a A 140 1 ,4-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, l'lT;'aaa -Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 1 1 A--- I, ° ll ,,'llki* York, 3 1 / 4 -Sheffield and Lincolnshire 21. 145. - S ou land, 314-Wakefield and Harrogate, 6d. IN YORK, DEC. 2. aM r STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Newcastle an sia• lington, 49-Ditto, Brandling, 38% -York and Nertitocr land Extension, 23-Newcastle and Berwick, 9 1 4_, ve dfot shire and North Yorkshire, 21. 25.-Leicester anci,,lsow 1 1 4-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, ao• $1? -North Kent and Direct Dover, 21/2 -North Western' Welsh Midland, 2. BRISTOL, DEC. 2. petl STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Bristol anudisr 79—Ditto, New, 41. 18s. 9d.—Caledonian, 12 1 4' New, 181 ? —South Devon, 271 /x. GLASGOW, DEC. 1. Doe I STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Dsiolb 0 45s.—British and Irish Union, 60s.—Caledonian Ex oo 49s.—Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 345.-o'A—for; and Dumbartonshire Junction, 45s.—Dundee ior Junction, 475. 6d.—East of Fife, 42s.—Edi n burgh, " and Dumbarton, 18s.—Glasgow and Belfast Un►oP' go Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, New, 17.—Glusg?...ar marnock, and Ardrossan, 52e. 6d.—Lanark and Lothw-0, —Lanarkshire and Galloway Junction, 495. 6d.-- -1466 b / gaw, 50s.—Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 3—ScottiSsos, tral and Caledonian Junction, 345.—South Midland' Wishaw and Coltness, 50s. PROJECTED RAILWAYS' Notices that application is intended to be mad' Ly e , ment, in the ensuing session, on behalf of the a ll . bt: / .,,,• tioned schemes, appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday low Buxton, 'Macclesfield, Congleton, and Crew e- Macclesfield, and Congleton-Congleton and Crewe,' Jr Buckinghamshire Railway-Oxford and Bletchlef Lion. Sl y Birmingham and Bristol-(Malvern and Derby, Mansfield, Worksop, and Great Grimsby t i field Junction. Midland Railway Extension-Newark and GOO . b°ll Railway. Midland Railway-Nottingham and Mansfield brandcil: Midland Railway-Burton-upon-Trent to Stinea" RAILWAY INTELLIGENC P i DEPOSITS WITH THE BOARD OF TEIS-'' ,, psi.,/ The following are some of the omissions from 0 1 Deposits with the Board of Trade, which app al"' paper of yesterday :- 1. Cambridge and Colchester Junction 2. London and Southend 3. Portsmouth, Guildford, and Fareham 4. Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales 5. Metropolitan Railways Junction 6. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-on -1 ) 1c l", 7. Pontefract, Doncaster, Worksop, and Mansfield R. North London Junction 9. Clonmel and Youghal 10. Newry and Carlingford and Docks frptial 11. Great Leinster and Munster-Carlow and 12. Great Leinster said Munster-Kilkenny and ClOll-1' 13. Templemore, Nenagh, and Shannon 14. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction 15. Direct Manchester, Leeds, and York 16. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinburgh, and Direct Junction 17. Northumberland Dock and Percy branch 18. Carmarthen Mineral Junction 19. Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge 20. East and West of England Junction 21. Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport 22. North of Norfolk 23. Dorking, Brighton, and Arundel 24. Windsor and Slough 25. The South Eastern Extension 26. The South Western 27. Reading, Guilding, and Reigate 28. Hull and Holyhead Direct 29. London and Nottingham 30. Canterbury and Herne-bay 31. North London Junction 32. East Coast 33. Manchester and Rugby Direct g1 01 :0 4 34. Birmingham, West Bromwich, WednesburY , r e ;do 35. Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury' 1.1 Bradford. a I LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTE R' ' A NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTIO P WAY. c. 'i th TO THE EDITOR OF THE S QL pl 4 t) . Sin,-In going over the list of the several railicsLoij as published in the Morning Chronicle of to -day' e' o f names of those for which plans, sections, and booll for • ence have been deposited at the Board of Trade, 4 00 the above undertaking has been omitted. be o'4 I shall feel greatly obliged if you will hav e l ‘ ll , to notice this in a prominent part of your next 01 1 00' O p , give it the most positive contradiction, as thec tor asi f , before referred to were all safely deposited on f i ll i bei se ,, t ,l o : 29th ultimo, both at the Board of Trade a nd dingy t.fr places requisite to do so, to comply with the stars Led 1 0 if of Parliament, in order that all parties interesirectliAid undertaking, and the public generally, may be c o s t formed upon this matter.-I remain, Sir, your In2 ocr ot , - servant, W. H. INGRA-M 9 ' 22, Parliament-street, London, Dec. 2, 1845. gig ,11 . s TO THE EDITOR OF THE llr 1 Ir SIR,—As the dramatic agents of Madlle. Je ll , r 9 ,esti "oar who was announced to perform at the Strand .. t be fief night, we beg, in justice to that lady, to contradietat; ."4 tion that she " disappointed at the last ra°, lll .o ll !illi a i name should not have been inserted in the Ow' nr oilTer made known to the management on Saturday' ra, " c ,,in s w Madlle. Jenny St. Leon would not under any appear at the Strand Theatre.—Your obedient se(vyoP" TURNOUR and HOLLINGS" December 3, 1845. / 0 1 ra„,, r g' THEE LATE MIDLAND RAILWAY .tles' „ -', ; Ta ‘ . -e O' inquiry into the causes of the death of PI:Th Stubbs, which was adjourned in order to h ave of Wa lker, the stoker of the pilot-engine , vr as ,h -e : u-det Monday afternoon last, at three o'clock, in to chamber of the Court-house, Leeds. Walker oriFor ante at the timerequired, having been brought frl i t be le o where he has been residing since his discharge f,lbe prtl ol ‘ vice of the Midland Company. His evidence 0 1 „ is ioo, jei of the pilot-engine, up to the place where the cewiitit place, corresponded in every material particular, e i r cali c i t oi r position at the inquest on Mr. Boteler. On th„ 2 ,.",. a in , stated, that as they were coming up to the mau — to th' e str light was seen, and continued to be exhibited uPogg,,or° of the accident taking place. It was aftervvardet diswetil that this might have been a green light, whi ch i t d ge fir, had the appearance of a white one, and Walker l e rsinictv his impression respecting it when at a covet wss tance from the mail train. Upon this question b e , ss t, Di t atr examined, at the adjourned inquest on MondaY iftisecto Blackburn, the Coroner, but he made a very ° t ri be Yebe ment as to the use of signals. It was evident 0 9 ' 5 the n o great measure, ignorant of the rules laid down dse land Company for the use of signals, and he A rel P; be expected to be otherwise, for he said ha ve r 7 - t o reader, and the rules had never been read h i s d o t) , 8 4 was clearly de fi cient in every important part n' er tion "at , grossly incompetent to be entrusted with anY P management of a railway locomotive engilhestlet,t that the red lights were seen by him and fro m tf - t boer - ,4 mile distance from the train before them, au' '7; gni they did everything they could to stop their ene't he afterwards admitted that an engine going a be i n g could be stopped in 300 yards. This statement ot ber 1;4 a decided contradiction, and his testirnonY 0 001 so very equivocal, the Coroner said he . t E/ e .,90 scarcely justified in continuing his this examinatio:; f riaPoio , the jury decided to dismiss from their minds o bsert o e jur y , cons iot the, dence. The Coroner then made some suitahallted togeeD upon the evidence; after which the and returned a verdict of " Manslaughter a i r oefillioti Thomas Wheatley. Sir Isaac Morley an thil $ A two of the Midland Directors, were press rai ment of the inquest. la fit s t : on go f PRICE OF GOLD.—The premium price 0 is 12 per mille, which, at the-English IklT' io r t 0° 3 1 4 T; 100. ;per ounce for standard g?ld, Ve' dea at ab,„ (i i,a o " 25 45 and the exchange at Paris on 0 1 ! dea rer o f 0 0 , 25 60, it follows that gold is 0.59 per cen' t he prigs/. g itg o than in Paris. By advices from Haroburgl?, p rice is 433 i per mark, which, at the English * nt P an ' e%‘ 'l ll r t, elves yoti ce p lOid. per ounce for standard gold , on na r of 13 9i ; and the exchange at Hatu",7 l 1 5 0. 34 short being 13 10, it follows that gm - AO nit; , a p, dearer in London than in Hamburgb• Brits l3- - Sir Henry Pottinger, whilst her ed. • e ircodst b jesty's Plenipotentiary in ' China, Pt e r , se a n n t t a in v` 4 0 0 1 06 weighing upwards of 130 ounces, to nr eal n-frig„",o, commanding the East India CompanY's 9 of The r in the Chinese seas, as a special token The et%h °re esteem for his public services at that tial• nt Cale; t i cently arrived in this country by a shl er enru t an application has been made to the uv" :L A i rstb• livery free of duty, ?Nob b e e been C 0 .~--,~ THE SUN, LONDON, TitrnspAit _mortN! NG, 1114.:CEMBER 4, 1845 ~~- , _t~._ ,_____