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NEW NOVEL, EDITED BY MRS. GORE. Now ready at all the Libraries ' in 3 vols., T HE QUEEN OF DENMARK. AN HISTORICAL NOVEL. Edited by Mrs. GORE. • Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY J. FENIMORE COOPER. ESQ! Now ready, at all the Libraries, in three vols., post 8v 0., HE CHAIN-BEARER. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq., Author of " The Pilot," " The Last of the Mohicans," " The Deer. slayer," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street TENANT RIGHT.—A Report of the Proceed ings which took place on the discussion of this question, before the largest meeting ever held at the London Fanners' Club-house, on %ednesday last, appears in THE MARK LANE EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, published this day, with a SUPPLE MENT (gratis). May be had, by order, of all b oo k se llers.—Price 7d. office, 24, Norfolk-street, °grand, London.l AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION.-A full Account of the ProceedLigs at the meeting of the CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION SOCIETY, at which the Duke of Richmond presided, with the Address of the Society to the Land owners; and also Mr. Cayley's second Letter to Lord John Russell, on the Corn-laws, appear in the MARK LANE EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, published this day, with a SUPPLE MENT (gratis). May be had, by order, of all booksellers.—Price id. Office, 24, Norfolk-street, Strand, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, In three acts, called MARITANA. rshafes the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cmsar De Bazan, Mr, W, Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, 11liss Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called TILE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Dabas (of the Acadenale Royale, Paris), Louise, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mons. Delferler, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JECLLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS, LAST FIVE NIGIITS-THIS DAY, TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY. - . On Wednesday there can be no performance, the Theatre having been let previous to M. Jullien's occupation. ADDITION TO THE PROMENADE. Large numbers of persons having on several Evenings during the present Series of Concerts been, for want of room, of necessity denied admission, M. Jullien begs leave to state that he has caused to be arranged and decorated Two Extra Apartments connected with the Promenade. These will be opened for the first time THIS EVENING, and M. Jullien trusts will afford ample accommodation for all his visitors. The British Navy Quadrille on each Evening—The Destruction of Pompeii (First Time this Season). The Programme for THIS EVENING will include a Solo by Herr Koenig —Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony—Solo on the Concertina by Mr. Case—The Polka Quadrille—the Boquet Royal Waltz—The Destruction of Pompeii—The British Navy Quadrille, &c., &c. Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. M. Jullien's Grand Ball Masque is flied to take place ott Monday, December 22. _ _ The Audience portion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators :—Dress Circles, ss. ; Bases, 3s. ; Galleries, 2s. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. llumby. 'Co be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY RUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seyton, Miss Seyton. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson ; M ra. Cenilea Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING _ Will be repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Age. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, stoker; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will oerforrn. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled TLIE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling ; Blanche, Miss May. After which, DON C,ESAR BAZAN. Don Ctesar ale Bazan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE A'QUATRE. NEW STRAND THEATRE. lIR. GREGORY FOR THREE ADDITIONAL NIGHTS. TINS EVENING Will he produced the tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet by Mr. Gregory (whose reception on each night of his performance has been crowned with such triumphant success); Claudius, King of Den mark, Mr. Waldron ; Ophelia, Miss Charles, late of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, her first appearance here. To conclude with the farce of THE REVIEW. Boxes, 4s. ; Stalls, 4s. ; Pit, 23. Gd. ; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. Embracing the whole Strength of the Company, aided by a Double Stud. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. To conclude with the effective Drama of THE NAMELESS; or, The Brigand. THE WEATHER.—Sur OFFICE, DEC. 14. TiLERMOMETER, Lowest, 29; Highest, 32; Noon, 311 BAROMETER, 30.35. WIND, W.N.W., fine and hazy. DECEMBER 15. THERMOMZTHER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 46; Noon, 48 RutomETER. 29.95. WIND, W.; morning, rain: afternoon, fine. BIG?! WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 45 minutes after 2 I Evening .. 2 minutes after 3. ~. ...,.., c• •• ~,, ,i ,. wt,..._,: k ~ 4:e J. _ ~..,,,... ~i A i -,, . ~. , .or-2' ?Az . ~,,,,,, 4 , * :' 4, , ) I`.l V 1; 1 3 e: . - ‘-.4..,,...,..,..,„.., 4 , .......,, ~.•,,fr clit - ni, ' • ''. l ° ..'• / , T P '..., 11 4 OIT ' VAP I .^•• • .. , 11 4 - ATOM t ._-• - 1 lilt LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1845 , THE NEW MINISTRY. Up to this moment nothing has been determined upon. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has been actively oc cupied since his return from Windsor in advising with his friends, and preparing all his means of government, if he should be compelled to accept office. Of this little doubt is entertained. The PEEL Cabinet is dead, and cannot be resuscitated— Lord JOHN RUSSELL alone can form an Administra ton, and although he will not rashly undertake, he must ultimately dare the danger and the honour of achieving free trade, and carrying on liberal prin ciples. Lord GREY and Mr. ELLICE will arrive in Lon don this morning. Lord BESBOROUGH is also hourly expected. By Wednesday next something certain may be known, as Parliament will be further pro rogued to-morrow till the 30th instant. The following appeared in our Third Edition of Saturday Evening : Lord Jour RUSSELL left town for Windsor at two o'clock to-day, accompanied by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE. His return is not certain, and until he comes back nothing will of course be known. It is generally believed, in the best-informed circles, that the caution requisite in taking so important a trust is the only cause of consideration ; but no doubts are entertained in any quarter that the PEEL Administration is totally and for ever at an end, and that a new Government will be formed as quickly as possible. It is also believed that Sir ROBERT PEEL, and the more rational of his Cabinet, will be found sup porters of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S measures. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL left town this afternoon for Windsor Castle, to have an audience of her MAJESTY. The Duke of BEDFORD arrived in town: to-day front Woburn Abbey, and visited his noble relative in Chesham-place. It is understood that Sir JAMES GRAHAM had an interview with Lord JOHN RUSSELL on Thursday. Rumours have been very prevalent during the day that Lord JOHN RUSSEL L is not likely to form an Administration. We believe that the end of the present extraor • ditury crisis will be the formation of an Admini s t ra tion by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. But this is our opinion only. This result is probable, but not certain. Lord JOHN RUSSELL is not responsible for the present State difficulties ; and it woul 1 be not only incon sistent with his habitual caution and indicative of in him a very unusual greediness of power, but it would be even the extreme of madness, unless he sees his way to success, or his duty as a patriot and a loyal subject of her MAJESTY leaves him no alternative, to commit his fame to the solution of difficulties of no ordinary nature, in creating which he has had no share. If he embark in the great undertaking and fail, the public may not nicely dispense the just degrees of blame to Lord Joan RussaL L and his predecessor. The Minister for the time being will be the person in court ready for sentence ; and when the question on which he is to stake his fame is the all-exciting one of the free supply of food to a nation visited with scarcity, a much less cautious and conscientious man than Lord • JOHN RUSSELL would think thrice before he under took the responsibility which Sir ROBERT PEEL has sought to transfer to him. There are two things which the new Premier will have to do. He will have to meet the present exigency, and he will have to undertake a final settle ment of the corn-law question. For the first of these objects, after the delay which has already occurred, and the further delay which new ministerial arrangements would probably neces sitate, there would seem now to be no alternative but an immediate Order in Council for the opening of the ports. Would Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Duke of WELLINGTON ensure, as they have it in their power to do, indemnification by Parliament ? For the permanent settlement of the corn-law question, there is but one way of doing it, and, at any rate, but one way in which Lord JOHN RUSSELL can propose to do it, after his letter to the electors of London. What course will Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Duke of WELLINGTON take on a measure of total, immediate, and unconditional repeal ? Without Sir ROBERT PEEL'S support, Lord JOHN RUSSELL can have no hope with the present House of Commons, though a dissolution would most probably give him a majority with another. But without the Duke .j of WELLINGTON'S influence, what is to be done with the House of Lords ? Will Lord JOHN RUS SELL commit himself to collision between the House of Lords and the country, and to carrying the repeal of the corn-laws by provoking a popular excite ment, such as that which carried the Reform Act, and by extraordinary measures, if they should be ne cessary, for overcoming the opposition of the House of Lords. A wise man will weigh all the conse quences of a step, and if he take it will be prepared for the worst. But Lord J. RUSSELL would, pro bably, refuse at present to incur the necessity of rousing the passions of the people ; nor is it likely that he would ask, or, if he asked, obtain a promise such as WILLIAM N. gave Lord GREY, to swamp the House of Lords. Other things must be tried first. Rather than undertake this now, we feel as sured that Lord JOHN RUSSELL would compel Sir ROBERT PEEL to return to his post. Compel, we say, for it lies on Sir ROBERT PEEL, and not on Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to extricate her MAJESTY from her present difficulties. Lord JonN RUSSELL is free to name his conditions on taking office. Sir ROBERT PEEL cannot leave her MAJESTY, as he has left her, without aiding her, if she requires his aid, out of the difficulties which he has made for her. the body to whose unwearying :and brilliant exer t tio ns the country owes its victory over monopoly. Madrid journals of the ith have been received. Thports of the QUEEN'S marriage with the Co , : en t DE TRAPANI have been again revived, and f urn i s h •, topics of discussion in most of them. This project e d' marriage is universally disapproved of by all inde pendent Spaniards, and is supported only by the French party. The Esperanza repeats the rumour that the notorious BRAVO, once Prime Minister, had be en dismissed from his situation as Ambassador at the Court of Lisbon. It appears that great reform has taken place at Court, and most of the ancient ceremonies when Spain was a great country had teen revived. A letter of the 6th says : " The ceremonies of the ancient reigns have recently been adopted at the Palace. The day before yesterday thirty or forty ladies were admitted to the honour of the `Tabouret, and yesterday several grandees of Spain put , on their mantle for the.tirst time. The ceremony of the chapter of the Order of Charles 111., held this day, has ibean magnificent. Seventy-four knights were present in their rich costumes. The Dukes de Valencia and Itianzares, and Martinez de la ROia figured conspicu ,ously among them." The Gazette contains a notice from the Sinking Fund 13oard that the dividends on the Three per Cent. Internal Debt will be paid at Madrid from and after the 2d of January next, and that persons holding that stock in Paris and London may receive bills on Madrid at four days' sight, drawn by the presidents of the finance com mission there on the Sinking Fund Board, for their cou pons, if they prefer doing so. The Three per Cents. have advanced latterly, owing to the combination formed for that purpose ; they closed on the 6th at 36 : i cash, and 36i at 60 days ; 27 millions done. Five per Cents. 24 at 60 days ; 1,600,000 done. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with discus • sions on the resignation of the PEEL Ministry, and its probable consequences. The views taken by some show more knowledge of political affairs in this country than previous articles would have led English men to anticipate. The following remarks from the Government paper, the Journal des DEbats, will be read with interest :—" The grave determination come to by the English Ministry was unexpected. We were not ignorant of the serious difficulties which had arisen in the Council on the subject of a change in the corn-laws, but it was generally believed that the head of the Cabinet had succeeded in bringing, his colleagues to his own opinion, and that a una nimity had been re-established in the Councils of the Crown. It must be believed that the principal ob stacle which was thought to have been removed has again come in the way, and that the member of the Cabinet whose influence alone could counterbalance that of Sir ROBERT PEEL, the Duke of WELLING TON, I has felt himself bound to recur to his first opinion. However this may be, the Ministry of Sir R. PEEL is dissolved, and the English Government at an absolute crisis. Without pretending to fore see the manner in which this crisis will terminate, we nevertheless think that, considering the state of parties in England, and the disposition of the public, no long time will elapse before Sir ROBERT PEEL again finds himself called upon to form a new Cabinet. Without him only two combinations are possible, a Whig Ministry directed by Lord JoUN RUSSELL, and a Ministry purely and simply Tory, with the Duke of WELLINGTON for its chief, and Lord STANLEY for its orator. A 1 1 / 4 'hig Ministry, particularly after the recent demonstration of Lord Jour; RUSSELL, would find itself in very consider able minority in the present House of Commons, and would have against it nearly all the Lords. It must therefore have recourse to a dissolution. It is indubitable that it would still find itself in a minority in a new Parliament, and that , the agricultural party, though greatly weakened in the last four years, would, nevertheless, be still the strongest at a new general election. There only remains an ultra-Tory Ministry on the system of maintaining the present laws, and resting solely on the landed interest. Such a Ministry will probably be tried, but all conceive that it cannot last ; and, if it lasts, it will be dangerous. A political, but at the same time a progressive, conservatism, like that of Sir ROBERT PEEL, was the only one capable of neu tralising by directing a popular feeling so strong as that which is now manifested in England. This mixed party, this party of wise mutual concessions. would prevent a shock between the two extreme ele ments, and gradually, though slowly, prepare the ne cessary fusion. The species of crusade undertaken against the corn -laws has hitherto borne only the character of a question of economy—this new state will give it a democratic character. The struggle which has hitherto been only between two systems, will become one between two classes; and when the cause of the freedom of trade and the increase of labour shall no longer be. debated, only in the he reditary Chamber, a conflict will arise between the middle and working classes on the one side, and the aristocracy of the great landowners on the other. We therefore believe that the most probable solution of the Ministerial crisis in England is, that, after several attempts by others, Sir ROBERT PEEL will once more be charged with the formation of a new Cabinet. The separation of the Duke of WELLING TON will, undoubtedly, be a cause of great difficulty ; but a Cabinet which shall reckon among its members Sir R. PEEL, Lord ABERDEEN, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and perhaps Mr. GLADSTONE, will still combine suf ficient influence, as well as talents to form a strong Government. We will add, that particular circum stances will render the constitution of a new Cabinet most urgent, for the Message of the President of the United States will in a few days arrive at Liverpool." We subjoin the opinions of some of the other papers on this unexpected event:: — (From the CoKstitutionnel.) "We have already examined, as well as an opinion could be formed of the future, what were the probable consequences of Sir R. Peel's withdrawal from (ace, if this step be certain, which is not yet definitive. The journals which pass for the confidential organs of his opinions, declared the other day that, in cons, quence of the attitude taken by Lord John Russell, all coalition had become impossible between the Whigs and mode rate Tories. The result will be, that the Queen will summon the Whigs to the Ministry, and that Sir R. Peel will give, in the Chamber, to Lord J. Russell the perse vering and disinterested support which he received from him during the past 3 ear ; or that the Tories, who have just overturened Sir R. Peel, will seize on the G mei n znent, and endeavour to defend the present legislation. We believe, as we have already declared, that in presence of the progress made by the agitation against the corn laws, they will not be able to succeed, except by turning public opinion on a great undertaking, where all the forces of the country should be engaged." (From the Nc,fonal.) " The Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel is dissolved. If the Whigs were ready for and desirous of office, and if they could command a majority in the Parliament, all diffi culty would soon be at an end. But the accession of the Whigs requires ,three things which are not easy :—l. The dissolution of the House of Commons. 2. Favour able elections. 3. A considerable creation of Peers. Lord John Russell must, moreover, be decided to assume the direction of affairs, and everything indicates that, at this moment, he has no such intention. The Whigs are, by this time, accustomed to see Sir Robert Peel sweep ing the road for them, transacting their business, and they rendering government commodious to him. They then take their portfolios and go to sleep in the sweetest idleness; when the people grumble and ac cuse them of impotency, they request Lord Palmerston to kick up a bit of a row out of doors, and his Lordship finds here and there a personage flat enough to pass threwrii the eye of a needle. The Whi gs, enchanted, then say that b they have done quite enough for their glory, and after this exploit they return into private life. Now, as Lord J. Russell does not appear much inclined to new adventures, there remain Sir R. Peel and the Duke of Wellington—which of the two will the Queen send for? Both, perhaps ; but the position of each is narrow and difficult.. What can the Duke of Wellington do? Form an ultra-Tory Cabinet resolved upon resistance. But who will be chosen by him to lead the House of Com mons ? Where is the man sufficiently robust to stand a single night against Peel and Russell ? There is not one. Lord Stanley might have tried, but he is now in the House of Lords, Suppose even that Wellington should by chance find such a person, where would be his majority ? The Tories decided on yielding nothing are not more than 200 ; Peel has the o th ers , an d their I junction with the Whigs would at the first trial place the Wellington Cabinet in a minority. If, then, such a minority should be formed, it would not last a month, and it would only have the effect of facilitating a coalition between Sir Robert Peel and the Whigs, which has long been foreseen. On the other hand, the Baronet cannot hope to direct the affairs of the country, having against him, not only the Duke of Wellington, but Stanley, Ripon, Buckingham, Buccleuch, Richmond, in short, -the whole English aristocracy. In proposing the abolition of the corn-laws, he would infallibly ob tain through the Whigs a majority of the House of Commons, but he would fall in the Lords before a for midable opposition. There would be only one way to destroy this obstacle, viz., to create at least sixty Peers which, sooner or later, must be done. Such a measure may be resorted to in favour of a firm Cabinet, having a real majority of its own in the House of Commons, but Sir Robert Peel would only have a borrowed majority, which would cease the moment the Whigs should vote against him. Would he himself, with the consciousness of his weakness, attempt a large creation of Peers ? and would he not, in such case, be obliged, iu order to It principally depends then on Sir ROBERT PEEL how this crisis shall end. It is no ordinary step which he has taken, in resigning at this moment. He has resigned while Parliament is not sitting—not, as is usual, in consequence of a Parliamentary defeat—with the certainty, whenever Parliament met again, of a large Parliamantary majority at his back, even though he should not reli giously adhere to the principles on which his Govern ment was formed. His Parliamentary majority has already often followed him in desertion from the old party standards. How, then, can we read Sir Ro- BERT PEEL'S resignation but as a confesssion that he cannot govern the country on his own principles, nor on any principles so near to them as to be able to meet again his old Parliamentary majority, as Minister ? This being so, will he stickle now on small differences between the measure which he may have intended to propose and Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S measure ? He cannot have resigned without ex plaining to her MAJESTY the insuperable difficulties of his ministerial position. Will he refuse her MA JESTY the aid which he can render to the only man who can succeed him ? Sir ROBERT PEEL has ceased to be Minister under circumstances which must com pel him to cease also to be a mere political tactician. On Saturday a meeting of the electors of 'fled- Ordshire was held at Hertford, for the purpose of ascertaining the principles on which Mr. HALSEY comes forward as a candidate for the county. The meeting was got up chiefly by his supporters. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, chairmen of Mr. HALSEY'S cen tral committee, presided. Mr. HALSEY was introduced amidst loud cheers, and everything seemed to betoken a triumphant issue to the day's proceedings, but un fortunately for the Protectionists, some men of sound knowledge, and not bigotted to the interests of one class, were present, and by arguments and undeniable facts turned the anticipated victory into a defeat. The new candidate is no half-and-half Conservative —he goes the whole length, and vies with the most rabid Tory in denouncing Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and threatening destruction to any Ministry, " let them be who they might," who would attempt to di minish the present protection to agriculture. Taking for granted that Lord JOHN RUSSELL had already completed his difficult task, and was in the confidence of her MAJESTY, he thus opens his attack upon the party :—" There was now at the head of her MAJESTY'S Government a man pledged to the destruction of the Church in Ireland, to the endowment of the Romish Church, and the abolition of all protection : would a sup porter of such a man suit the electors of Herts ?" And he thus pathetically describes the woful plight to which the farmers of Hertfordshire would be reduced by the new-fangled policy adopted both by him and the Conservative leader who had betrayed their cause : "If those whom he addressed were willing to be forced to leave the farms upon which they and their forefathers had lived and been happy for centuries—if they wished to be degraded to a lower rank, the farmer to the rank of the labourer, and the labourer to the rank of the labourer on the Continent—if they wished to be dependent on the manufacturer for precarious work and a scanty al• lowance of black bread, then let them support what was called free trade." Mr. WARD, 111 P., who knows the locality well, happened to be present, and showed the blessings of protection for the last thirty years in such a light, that the tone of the meeting sud denly changed, a motion declaring that Mr. HALSEY was a fit and proper person to represent the county was rejected, and the following resolution carried by a majority of two :—"That in the opinion of this meeting it is the interest of the tenant-farmer, the labourer, and the landlord, that the corn-law question should be promptly and permanently settled, the experience of the last thirty years having proved that protec tion drives capital from land, narrows the home market by crippling foreign trade, and injures all classes periodically by ruinous fluctuations." As we stated on Saturday, these " protection" meetings are of the greatest service to the cause of free trade, because the advocates of monopoly have not one sound argument on which they can rest ; and the absurdity of their principles requires only to be pointed out, to meet the approbation even of those whom they have deluled by false promises and false hopes. The tenants find that, notwith standing the vast anxiety displayed by the landlords fkr them and their labourers, the corn-laws have really afforded them no protection whatever ; tha they are now in a worse position than they had been at any former period, and that there is no hope for them, but in a final settlement of the question, That is the feeling entertained by the whole tenantry of Scotland; it is becoming prevalent in England, and now that the leading men of both parties, in whom the public place confidence, are unanimous in that opinion, it requires not the spirit of prophecy to ten that this great measure of reform can be no longer delayed. We have read, with great regret, a letter from Mr. VERNON SMITH, M.P. for Northampton, to one of his constituents, which contains a most wanton and un merited reflection on the Anti-Corn-law League. We believe this gentleman held a subordinate office bably under L or d M ELBOURNE ' S G ove rn m ent, and he pro hopes now to come in again for some of the pickin gs . Mr. VERNON SMITH, who, by way of making the thing perfect, calls himself a corn-law repealer, says--" My own opinion may sound a para dox; but it is, that of late years the conduct of the Tories has advanced the repeal of the corn-laws, andthe violence and abuse of the Anti- Corn-law League has retarded it. The true-hearted people of England loathe insin cerity and spurn dictation." The distinguished lead ers of the League can afford to treat this imperti nence with contempt, and are not likely, we suppose, to give Mr. SMITH credit for speaking the sentiments of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Lord MORPETH, an d other leading statesmen, with whom he has been con nected in a subordinate capacity. Mr. VE RNON SMITH might have chosen a better time for abusing THE s-ETN, LONDON- MONIBA_Y Et t 'ENJ NG, _DECEMBER 15, 1845. support it, to dissolve t:ne Commons ? Are not the trials th at h e h as un d,_ rgone, this painful rupture with Wellington, th e i nsu l ts t h at he has re is own party, the con t empt o f the aristo r'tchr:aheeyld,nwi'hei from ch olli' he ',tas led against its will, and which de tested whilst it followed its leader, with the embarrass ments connected with his present situation—are not all these sufficient to induce Sir R. Peel to refuse any longer to bear so heavy a burthen ? All is uncertain, all is grave in the present state of things ; we have been desirous of stating it clearly in order Galt it may be ap preciated by our readers. This - Ministerial crisis in London will produce a powe:itil sensation in England, and it ought to isidicate tb our Ministers that the last hours of the English Cah'.net announce to them also, that the hand which marks the duration of their existence has nearly run the c'.fcle of the dial." (Fror a the Courrier Francais.) "The dissolu'Cion of the Cabinet, after the resignation of Sir R. Pee;, and in spite of the resistance of the Duke of Wellington, shows to what point a party in England shares the fortune of its head, and how that party knows how to eccept the necessities of the constitutional go vernment. At the head of the Cabinet, as at the head of the Opposition, Sir R. Peel or Lord J. Russell are entitled to say, the panty of which I an) the leader. In this way the authority of the Government can be pre served entire in passing from one hand to another. Who in France has a right to speak like Sir R. Peel or Lord John Russell ? Sir R. Peel had accepted the revi sion of the corn-laws only in self-defence, and because, in his opinion, the existence of the Cabinet depended on that concession. At the head of the Opposition he will therefore oppose the measure which he would have accorded, had he continued at the head of affairs. The resignation of the Tory Ministry gives the Ministry of October 29 a blow from which it cannot recover. Lord J. Russell and Lord Palmerston, succeeding Sir R. Peel and Lord Aberdeen, will not consent to favour the system of temporising which the Tory Minister countenanced, because it was certain to reap consider able advantages from it. Perhaps the Whig Ministry which is going to be formed will lead public discussion to foreign affairs (it may be looked on as a certainty that this will be the case if Lord Palmerston gets into power), in order to turn aside the still graver difficulty, to which it is pledged beforehand, respecti ng t h e corn-laws. In any case, the struggle will be severe at both sides of the Channel. May the events which must result from it have for us this time less bitter fruits." (From the Sie.ele.) "The withdrawal of the Tory Ministry will be with out influence on the difficulties of foreign policy. For some time past the Whigs have been d raw i ng c l oser to France ; and we ma y add that political traditions, which are all-powerful in England, establish but very feeble difference between parties in what regards the relations of England with the Continent. M. Guizot alone will lose by it, for he will no longer have a pretext for speak ing to us of the entente cordiale." (From the France.) "We persist in thinking that Sir Robert Peel is the man —nreessary, indispensable, for present circumstances. In that case the question for him would be to choose other colleagues. The crisis, now commencing, will undergo many a phase before it arrives at a solution. It will deeply move the Tory party, which at this con juncture may lose much more in isolating itself than in taking, part in the movement, in order to direct it. Hi therto this party had thought it advisable, from not being able to do otherwise, to take the initiative in the reforms which the force of circumstances imposed on it. We shall styli see if it intends adopting a system of re sistance to the last extremity." The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers : The Royal Family are not to quit St. Cloud for the Tuileries, says the Constitutionnel, before the 22d inst. The Act of April 22, 1806, declares that "three Re gents of the Bank of France must be chosen from amongst the Receivers-General." The dismissal of M. Bandon, who formed part of the Council of Regents in his quality of Receiver-General, therefore, involved his withdrawal from those functions. M. Baudon, we un derstand, on Wednesday sent in his resignation to the Governor of the Bank. The Minister of Marine has just rendered an account to the King of the operations of the squadron of evolu tions in the Mediterranean, during the five months since it first left Toulon Roads, and also sent in the report by Admiral Parceval Duchesne, who commands it, of the general inspection he has made of the squads - on. His report is most satisfactory. In the manoeuvres in which it has been exercised from June till October, he states that the captains and officers have given uniform proofs of perfect science and ability, and that they and all the crews have constantly manifested the utmost zeal and the best spirit. A considerable sensation was created by the an nounccment that M. Gabrielde Isot, a brother of the stockbroker who has just failed, had committed suicide by blowing out his brains, on the previous morning, at Grenelle. In addition to the affixing the seals upon the papers of M. Isot, the stockbroker, a warrant for the arrest of his person has been issued, but not exe cuted on account of his having left Paris. The news of the resignation of the Conservative Ministry in England produced a fall in the French Funds on Friday, but next day they recovered. The Three per Cents. on Sa turday closed at 81f. 20c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 70c. ; the Orleans Railr oa d Sh ares, 1,147 f. 50c.; Rouen, 930 f.; Northern, 695 f.; Havre, 7501.; Avignon, 857 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 630 f. ; Bordeaux, 6001, ; Boulogne, 500 f.; Basle, 230 f. ; Fampoux, 4751. ; Spanish Three per Cents, 38 1 / 2 ; ditto Domestic Debt, 35 ; ditto, Passives, 6%. The following are the quotations for other lines:- Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laflitte), 4f. 50c. premium; ditto (Calon), 4f.; union, 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Ganneron), 4f. • ditto (Lapinsonniere), 3f. ; Messageries, 3f.; Ardoin, 2f. 50c.; Receveurs-Generaux, 3f.. • Paris and Strasbo urg (Gan neron), 2f.; ditto (Lechet), If: ; Tours and Nantes ( Mac kenzie), sf. ; ditto (Drouillard), 4f.; ditto (O'Neill), 41. ; ditto (Lefevre), 4f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 61. 50c.; ditto (Lecointe), par; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), par; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), par; ditto (Espeleta), 4f. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par. The Lyons definitive shares sold for 651. premium; Strasbourg ditto, 18f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 40f. MARSEILLES DEC. 9.-Ma rse ill es an d Avignon, 8551. ; Boulogne, 505 f: ; Vierzon, 627 f. 50e. LYONS, DEC. 11.-Marseilles and Avignon, 3551.; Paris and Orleans, 465 f.; Paris and Rouen, 960 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 13. Anglo-Belgian - 'Mauritius Boulogne and Amiens.. - Namur and Liege 22 Bordeaux &Medtterran - North Jamaica ... - Bordeaux and Toulouse - Orleans and Vierzon .. 15% Do. & Cette (Espeleta) - !Orleans and Bordeaux 9 1 4 Do. (Mackenzie's) .. 1% ,OverYssel Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris& Lyons (Laffitte) - citic Coast .. - Ditto (Ganneron's). 2% Central of Spain - Ditto (Calon's).... - - Ceylon . - Ditto (Sud Est) Demerara - Paris and Orleans-. - Dendre Valley ...... - Paris and Rouen Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 6I Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris Janet. - (Ganneron's) Dijon and Malhouse ••• - !Do. (Compe de L'Est) - East Indian .............. 3/, Do. (Aymard's) 1 A Fampoux & Hazebrouk - Paris and St. Quentin 1 1), Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre....., - C ons tit u t e d lO% Royal North of Spain. - Do. Pepin le Halleur - Sambre and Meuse .... - Great Paris and Lyons - : Strasburg. and Basle ... - Great Western Bengal - Tournay,Jurbise, Lan- Great Western Canada 32 den, and Hasselt ... JamaieaS. Mid. Junction - Tours _ and Want,' Do. North Midland Do. Extension — Jersey Louvain and Jemappe•• Lyons and Avignon — Luxembourg .... Ij s Madrid and Valencia... ( Mackenzie's) Do. ( Lefebvre's) Ds. (O'Neill's) Trinidad ..... . Verona and Ancona West Flanders LATEST NEWS. SUN- OFFICE, Qua7ter Past Three, Lord GAEy and the Right lion. EDWARD ELLICE arrived in town this morning. Im mediately on their arrival, they had an interview with Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The Noble Lord has had constant communication with ell the leaders of the Liberal party the whole of this day. Many days cannot elapse before something will be known, but at present all is surmise, and we refrain from giving currency to rumours that are totally destitute of any foundation. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Lord GREY has arrived in town, and has had an Interview with Lord JOHN RUSS CL L. Lord AloarETn is also expected in town shortly . Lord AIINTO and other Whig noblemen and gentle men are also expected to arrive in town. A meeting of influential political friends was held to-day at Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S private residence in Chesham-place. The Duke of BEDFORD left town on Saturday evening, on his return to Woburn Abbey. GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING IN THE GUILD HALL (THIS DAY).-At a few minutes past one the Lord Mayor came upon the platform, and amongst those who accompanied him were Alderman Wood, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. A ilner Gibson, M.P., Mr. Pattison, M.P., &c. The Hall was very crowded. We will give a full report of the proceedings in a Third Edition. The examination of the poachers for the murderous attack on Mr. Bruges's keepers, at Sandridge, on the 17th ult., took place at Melksham last Thursday, when Bell was able to attend and identify three of them. The ex amination lasted more than six hours, when the magis trates, Messrs. • Philips and Ileathcote, committed five for trial at the next assize; viz., Pritchard, Hearry, and John Cox, of Steeple Ashton • William Crooks, of Hin ton ; and Rich ar d H awkins, of Seinington. John Barnet, of two Littleton sureties ( a iLa4popir. hoevaecr).,_ was Wiltshire bailed I ddep in the d si e Ti t. of 401. , and To PREVENT OYSTERS FROM SMELLING.—"I say, Pete, does you know how dey keep oysters from smelling in do hottes ob wedder?" " I don't tink I does, Sam ; how'd dey do 'em ?" "Why, dey cut dar noses off, and they can't smell nuttin." " 0 yah ! yah ! yah ! What an umpenun tratum nigger you is !" HarLorough union workhouse has not an able bodied pauper for an inmate. The number in it is only sixty, chiefly orphans, with aged and infirm persons; while the town has more than seventy unoccupied houses, and s,abling for upwards of 200 horses.—Nottingkam Review. UNITED STATES Pt 'Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent. — Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. — ••• Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. — Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... .. Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... .. Bristol and Liver. June . 2% .... .. Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extensio n Cambrian & Grand Junc 428 ...... 3 / 4 dis Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 3 V., Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1%, - ... ..... ...... Canterbury and Dover.. 1,6 - ...- .. Central Kent ... •• 2 1 ,i ..... Chelmsford and Bury IN — Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. — Cheltexham and Oxford 2 . ..... . Clydesdale Junction 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages ... 225. Cork and Killarney ... 21/ 2 Cork and Waterford ... 1% —. Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester 14....., Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe ...... ... ...... Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ...... ... 1%...... - Statford 2%...... -.- Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick' s ) ..... .5 4 Direct N orther n Direct Norwich ... ... Dublin and Arm ag h 13,1 Dublin and BelfastJunc 5...... Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Br,seley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 / 2 Eastern Counties 141. 16s. l9 474 Ditto New 61. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, .N o. 1.......61.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 41. 13s. 4d... EastDereh'm andNoech 1 eastern Union Ditto Quarter Shares 3' 4_ Ditto - EXtension ......... ••••• Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 — Do. Exten'n to Nom% 21 / 2 Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%...... East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Ditto, New ... 7% — Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — . ... Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 / 2 ... ........ .. ...... Ely and H .. . ... Huntingdon ... 5 .. Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — ............... Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% — ............ Exeter, Dorchest er , an d Weymouth ............ 425. Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 23 % — . Glouc.,Abetystwith,and........... ... Central of Wales ...... 1% — Goole and Doncaster .. 425. ...... •••••• ..... ••• Grand Junction ......... ...100 Ditto Half Shares ...... 50 ...... Ditto Quarters... ...... 25 Grand Union... ............ 1% _ — Great Eastern &Western 2 % .... ••• •• GreatGrimsby and Shef field ...... a ............ 5 Great South. nd West. (Ireland) ............... 15 Ditto Extension .....• 71 Great M unster 2 Great North of Scotland 2 A...... Great North of England..loo . Ditto New............... 5 ..... Do. New .. . Great W estern BO .146% .. • Ditto % Shares 5O ... • 85 Ditto 14 Shares 2% 14% Ditto Fifths 2O Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 5 . Harwich Hull and Selby Ditto 14 Shares Inverness and E1gin...... 1 Yarmouth ...... .. ...... 2 Irish North • Midland l% Isle ofA xholme 2% — Killarney Junctions l l4 Kendal a n d Windermere 11/. L ancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena - L eeds and Carli s l e Leeds and West Riding ..._ Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. dia IA v ia dis -- •••••• - Leicester and Bedford... 225....... 14 p Leicest er and Tamworth 42 5. 1 / 4 dis l4 4 disP Livery, and Manchester.loo .. . Do. % Shares Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool &Leeds Di rec t 2% ..••• Lpool., Mn c b str, & New castle Junction - 3 4 314 ; 41 148 85 14% 17% 41 1 --- We have received New York papers to the 20th ult. inclusive. They do not, however, contain anything of particular importance. The Washington Union of the 18th has another long article on the Oregon question, in which it intimates that, having sufficiently shown "its hand" on the policy heretofore adopted, and still determined upon by the President on this all-engrossing subject, it may with propriety suspend further discussion unless provoked again to controversy. The article, which occupies nearly three columns on this subject, closes by an inti mation that the next Message of the President will abundantly sustain all the views which he has expressed on this question. MONEY MARKET. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Quotations for stocks continue unsettled. The Bartlet Mills, of Newburyport, have declared a semi annual dividend of seven per cent. The exports of flour from this port to London and Liver pool, in the first eleven days of this month, amounted to 14,092 barrels ; of cheese to 910,7311 b. ; and of wheat, 16,843 bushels. The shipments since have been large, every packet going out full of these articles. The advices from Liverpool to the 4th instant are anxiously looked for, by all kinds of speculator& The high prices ruling in our seaport markets for flour have increased the receipts at tide water many thousand barrels. The Britannia steamer, out sixteen days, had aot ar rived when these papers left New York. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool on Satur day. Sales, 2,000 bales, all to the trade, and at former rates. Much disappointment has been expressed in the City, especially among the commercial classes, at the apparent difficulties which surround Lord John Russell in the forma tion of a Ministry. It is impossible that trade and commerce can revive until there is some definite settlement of the Cabinet, and until the final disposition of the corn-laws takes place, it being admitted now, on all bands, that there must be some radical reform in the sliding-scale, if not an actual repeal of these odious imposts. The arrival of the Message of the President of the United States, on the opening of the Congress of the Republic, is now almost hourly expected, and, as upon its contents may depend the question of peace or war, it need hardly be stated, a lively desire is expressed for the receipt of this most ina • portant document. The appear3nce of the Stock Market certainly offers at the present time nothing very encouraging. There is a paucity of business, and a want of confidence among nearly all parties, quite irrespective of their political creeds. Consols for Time have been 92% to 92% ; Exchequer-bills have been at a premium of 21s. to 225., being the same.as on Saturday. East India Bonds under 1,0001. have been 325. premium. Bank Stock has been heavy at 1991 / 2 to 200. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 94% to 94 ; and the Three per Cents. 92% to 92%. The Foreign Securities have been rather livelier, and Spa nish Bonds exhibited an improvement. The Five per Cents. are 2775 to 28 1 / 2 , and the Three per Cents. 30% to 30 1 / s . Portuguese Old Bonds have been 76, and the,' Four per Cents. 58. Mexican Stock has been quoted 29 to 29 1 / 2 , being still rather heavy. Granada Bonds are 20 1 /, ; the Deferred, 4%; Columbian, 16% ; Buenos Ayres, 39 ; and Brazilian, 80. These are much about previous rates. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 59 to 59 1 / 2 . The Railwa Share Market is rather firme r . E as t ern Counties are 19 11 / ; Caledonian, 12 to 12 1 / 2 ; Great Western, 146 to 1461 ; Birmingham, 210 ; Blackwall, 8 1 / 2 3 / 4 ; Croydon, 19 1 / 2 to 20; Brighton, 61 to % ; South-Western, 73 to 74 ; London and York, 3 1 / 2 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 3 to 3% ; Newcastle and Berwick, 10% to 11% ; North Kent, 2 ,4 ; South-Eastern, 34 1 / 8 , and Boulogne, and Amiens, 7 1/2,&c. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICIgS sank Stock .200 199 1 4 200% 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 ...94% 94 94 1 4 94 94% 94 1 4 i.ongAnnuitiestoexpireJan.lB6o 10 5-16 10 5-16 India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,0001.. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 2l 22 pm. 22 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres B on d s, 6 per C ent 39 39 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 16 1 / $ 16% Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 p er C ent. 20% 20 1 4 Ditto Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 29% 29 29 Ditto, Account — 30 Portuguese 5 p er C en t s. Ditto, 4 per Cent 5B Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 . Ditto, Account 28% 28% Ditto. 3 per Cent 38 % 1/ "gl7 PRICES OP T, BUS/NESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PA " — AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES, Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Th ame.. 1% ...... - De / last & County Down 2V 2 ...... Bideford andTavistock... 1% — Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 124 Ditto New 1 7 12 — Birmingham and Ox -I Jp and Dublin ............ 1%.... . Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ...... - - Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire West London,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties .. , 1 1 / 2 .. Wexford and Carlo w ... , 2% ...... Wisbeach and St. I ves .. : 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ... 2% 2% %......... .. Worcester,llereford,Ross, and Gloucester 425....... ... Worcester, Tinb ury, and. . Ludlow ..... Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ... .. 1%...., ....... Worcester and S. W a l es 42 5. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby . 42s. Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2 3% York and Lan cas t er 2% l% ...... ....... York and North Midland 50 — Ditt* % Shares Ditto Scarboro' Bran c h. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extensi on ...... ... 5 ... ..... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo- Belgian Barbadoes 4 1 Boulogne and A miens... 8 ...... 7 1 / 2 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux,Toulo use , a nd Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... ... ....... Do. (Espelet e ' s ) Calais, Dunkrk, and W est *** * I %:rl. . .... Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 Cen , fr n al of Spain — 5 - 2 s ••"•• Ce .. ... ... .. Dendre Valley ......... .. 2 ...... I- : : Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... 55 5 . ........... 1 7-63/.4. ............. Demerara Eastern Belgian Junctn 2 l /2 ...... Fampoux & Hazebro u k 2 ...... .•• Great North. of France Constituted .. . 5 ...... 11% 11 12 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 •••••• 3 14 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midlp ,and 1 Do. Extension ...... ... 1 Jersey ....... Louvain and Jenteppe... 4 ... . 1 Sri ..... ...... Lyons and A v i gnon 2 Luxembourg... 4 .•• Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... •• Mauritius Namur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orl •ans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 .... • • Over Yssel 4133 4d Paris StLyons.(Laflitte's) 2 Parts and Lyons (Gan neron's)... .. 3 Paris SzLyons,(Calon's) 2 ...... ..... ...... Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 ...... Paris and O r l eans 2O ... —•••— Paris and Rouen Paris and S tras b ourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Do (Avmard's) ••• Paris and St. Quent in Rouen and Havre ...... 18 t:oyal North of Spain ... 2 • Sambre and Meuse . ..... 6 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic E. ondon and Birminghmloo 2lO Do. Third s Do. 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extensio n •••...... IV, 1 Lon 1( n and Bl ac k wa ll . 161. 135.4 d B l4 .N 3. /) Do. ew Ditto Extension ...... 4.1 ...... Londor and Brighton... 50 Do. consolidated Bths... 35 ...... Ditto, Sixths Lc ndon and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 19 1 / 2 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. ••• •• •• •., ••• Lon., Chet., 0x.,G10., and Hereford London an dGreenwich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...1 8 / 1 78 2d 22 Londcn Hounslow, and Western ..•••• a ••• Lond. & S.West ern 411 6s 10d 74 73 .....•• Do. New Cons o l. Bth s 20 Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 2 3 4 ...... London and Y or k ...... ... 2 . 14 ...... 3 1 ,4 ... .—.. London and Wind sor ... 1 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... ...... 2 1 / 2 — .. London, Sali s b ury , and ' ... Yeovil Londonde rr y&C o l era i ne 5 .....• ~ Londonderry and E nn i s - ... ... ...... killen - 5 — Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 — Manchester and Leeds... 76 Ditto -!h Shares Do. Quart ers 2 ••• •••• Do. Fifths 1 Do. Sixteenths.,,,. ... 4% — Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters 4 ...... 1014 Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 42s. l% p Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction . .. — Manchester and Rugby Direct — Manchest. &Southampt. 2 Midland... lOO ... ..140 142 Do. Fifths 2 .•• Do. New Midland, 13 inn.,Derby...100 Midld. & East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• ..... •••• Do. Extens. t o Sligo... 2 3 / 4 ... Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 . Do. New Brandli ng ... 15 ..... Newcastle. and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle -100 — Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 / 2 ...... New Ross and Carlow.., 22s - •••• •••• Newry and E nn i s kill en 2 1 / 2 — ....... Newark, Sh e ffi e ld, and ... Boston ... is ... .... Norfolk Extension North British ..... 17 1 / 2 ... .. 21% Do. Half Shares Carlisle 1 , 4 l% Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon... .. 2 .. ... 11/2 ....••• North of Norfolk ... ...... 2:y i ••• •• ... ••••• ...... Do. Northern and East ern ... 45 Scri .•..•• p Do, Quarter Shares... 12% — Dv. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2 1,4% North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 2% 3 p North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern Connecting — — Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New 3 — Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% Not tingm., Erewsh.Val ley, and Manchester 1% ••• Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports niouth,& Southamptn 425. — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham..~ Perth and Inverness ... 2% - ..... Portsmouth Direct ...... 3% — Preston and Wyre Do. 1 A Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester .. Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington,ml Warwick Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester.... Scottish Central • Scottish Midland Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 6 Shrewsbury and Birm... 2%.. . . Shropshire Mineral 425....... Shropskire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., W o l ver h amp , ••• &S. Staffordsh. June. 2% Sligo and Shannon l% Somersetshire Midl an d 2% South Devon... 25 South Midland 42s. South & Midlands June. 425. .. ... ... South Staffordshire June. 2% ...... ;;outh Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 34 ki ........ .... Do., No. 1 l2 - Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 425.......425....... St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... ...... ........ Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — South Wales ...... ..... ... 2%...... Taw Vale Extension ••• ••• •• •• .. .... Teen and Dove Valley 1% Trent Valley 2 ...... 16 15% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2 1 / 2 ...... Vale of Neath ... ........ 2 Warwick and Worcester 425. — Waterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wi e kl w. ••• _ 314 19g 6p :iB l 4 40 94 1 4 59 LA 93 12 1 , 3 / 4 dis 2 144 2% 1% MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DA111) SMITHFIELD. THE GREAT CHRIS rmAs MARKET. arig' This being the day a pp o i n t e d f or h o ldi ng t h e greB, d cell; mas market, the att en d ance o f b ot h town al,?. try dealers was numerous at a very early o° was to be expected, the arrivals of beast- 5 9000r nearly every part of England were large, CO not quite equal in number to those at t he sponding day in 1844, when 5,713 head were by Notwithstanding that falling off, the supply wl e , er,, e more extensive than th a t s h own i n 1842, preceding years. In reference to the quality of the o w" kinds brought forward on this occasion, we fneY,.Aete that it was never excelled. It is true th . ..„ e " .. 0 , b a not quite so many large animals on sale as last sel"'" w iew„, their general weight and condition were finer than at the remember, scarcely any breed coming to hand bee s , 0 0 middle quality. This to some extent—the choice butchers being so great—operated against eIE 'Oe P advance in prices, an d, on t h e w h o le, t"" isfr trade must be consid ere d i nact i v e , a t currencie s of mg from 3s 6d to 4 s 8d per 81b s, and at wh i c h a WI, , 3/1 0 t ance was not effected. In particularising t h e Bulled : ere' the Devons, as to their peculiar points, were the,ure numerous and best exhibit e d. N ext we may p lace tbere;eet, fords, which val ua bl e b ree d was greatly admired by allhethe The Sussex Beasts n ever came to hand so well , WRi e er North Devons were in f u ll f orce. Th e Scots, tool w e AO ceedingly good, and amongst the best disposed ° va le' twenty-feur, the property of Mr. Carmicle, by 31 . r; of There was scarcely a great breeder in England that did ward animals to-day. Sir Charles Knightley had so me ha ve wonderful beasts, which, for symmetry and welgrnott e " . been seldom equalled. The number of foreign beasts lifirtiose, into London in the past week, has amounted to sixty Pr( forty being received f rom Rotterdam, seven fr °n, „ -- r tS lingen, and fou r t een f rom Hamburg!): 'The jor,„ saw Sheep have consisted o f t wo hundred and sixty - t 1 ' ) ; 0 1 in, for the most par t, goo d cond i tion. To-day we ▪ 1 end last 40 foreign Be as t s an d 19 0 Sh eep, wh i c h sold 40" last week's quot a ti ons . A t t h e outports about 60 Be—raisin 180 Sheep have arrived from Holland. From our n e a tere grazing districts we re ce i ve d 2,300 s h ort horns; f ro m thee counties, 500 Scots, short-horns, &c. ' • from the w estern otts er midland, 1,600 Heref or d s , Devons, runts, &c.; , „, parts of England, 1,000 of various kinds • from Sco tlo o bell Scots; and f rom I re l an d , n 120 beasts. The ti o u cl of Sheep were somewhat on the increase , , 7,, j efe' unusually prime qu a lity ; i n d ee d the oldest man liVne' js s° saw so splendid a coll ec ti on o f t h at descript i on 01 stilcofe ' was the case here this morning. As to weight, the. i terl' were in admirable or d er ; w hil e the K ents , Le , c e geot Gloucesters, and all oth er b ree d s, were in e '‘ + ' gel condition. Although the Mutton trade was not ' e f iss brisk, a full av erage amount of busines s • e feri doing, and last week' s quo t at i ons were supporte d in instance. There was only a mo d erate num b er o f CalT of er offer. Best qualiti es of Veal were in demand, e t rates; but other kinds hung on hand. ,of the whole o f t h e supply was dispose,' The show of Pigs was extremely good in qualitY , h h _ ti 1 id number was by no means large. Each kind of N r ' ..vea lee readily at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, la st je here • prices. Considering the vast supplies of stock morning, every thing passed off extremely well ; the a `" i it st mod ations being of the same c h aracter a ith o se provia • e " year. . 4. Per slbe. to sink the off a l. 9• d. to: 4 Inferior Beasts .. •• 3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto 4 I , ° . 4 1 Second quality ditto. 310 4 0 C oarse - woo l le ddltto 4 Primo large Oxen 4 2 4 4 S outhdown blethers 410 Prime Scots Largo coarse Calves 4 2 4 8 Largo Hogs ..... ?rime small ditto Suckling Calves .• 18 0 30 0 Q uarter o ld Pi g s •• i• Taferlor Sheep .. . 3 4 310 Lambs •••••• • • • • ° Beasts. 6,326 SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. I Calves. 25,240 1 100 1 rio , 1 351 ATEWGATE AND LEADENNALZ . From various distant parts of England, as well as 'I r Scotland, the arrivals of s l aug ht ere d mea t up to these mid kets during the past we e k h ave b een on th e increase , a n 0 , somewhat improved quality. With meat killed in the tropolis we have been well supplied, yet the general trade 1 31 ! ruled firm, and prices have been well supported in every 10 1 stance. A few carcases of foreign Beasts and Sheep hin been disposed of at fair quotations. At per stone, by the Carcase. d. s. d. to s. d. a. 4. to 3 le Reef, Inferior.. —— 2 3 210 Mutton, Inferior •• 3 6 i I middling .... 3 0 3 2 middling•• 4 0 A --prime large .. 3 4 2 6 prime.... 4 4 ; g prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Perk, large •••••• • • 3 10 a 4 Veal ••• • • ...... •• . 4 • 5 8 small —•.•• .. 4 10 •• Lamb, Os Od to Os •d. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves no. 50 380 400 60 450 500 70 150 100 40 60 90 30 80 100 50 70 100 60 150 97 200 80 300 130 3 00 _... 80 79 0 6 100 200 Scotland ...... • • • • • • ... Yorkshire .• . • .•••• • • • • • Lincolnshire • • Norfolk . • • • • • • • • Cambridgeshire .. Essex .. Surrey Devonshire •• • • •• • • Wiltshire • • • • • • Other parts •.••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 75 200 ••••• • • • 100 350 -.--- 515 2,190 406 1,06 0 Previous week's arrival .. 450 1,320 325 1,550 Difference since oar last .... 65 870 181 410 noitouau AND SPITA.X.PIELDS. L The arrivals of P o t atoes at t h e wa t ers id e s ince our have been on the increase, and of somewhat improved qua lity. The b es t parcels have sold steadily at full prices, but all other kinds have been a mere drug. York Reds, 90s to 120 s; ditto Regents, 100 s to 120 s; ditto Blues, 55s to 60s,' Scotch Reds, 75s to 80s; Jersey Blues, 70s to 75s per tou. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac .••• kenzie's) Do. do. (L e f e b vre ' s \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) Trinidad 2 1 /, Verona and An 3 West Flanders .. 4 ............... Real del Monte Unregd. MINES. ...... 3 ( 1 .. .....—•••• A JOINT STOCK BANKS. 11 Australasia A lf ' ) LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS Dm LONDON, DE C . 15 . —Wi n d th i s day at noon irisfici breeze, and h azy , w i t h ra i n. Arl d ' DEAL, DEC. 13 and 14.—Wind S.W. to N. , ' •' r Clipper, Cape of Good Hope; Jane, Africa; Caribbian, ming, Mauritius ; Diadem, Savanilla ; Elizabeth Holdep Predger, Richebucto, for Hull, with rudder damaged; s ad drick Hudson, Moore, New York. Arrd. from the river , sld., 14th, Quebec, William, New York. ea OFF DOVER, DEC. 13.—Llan Rumnev, Wood, Richebgioi H.F.M.S. Ffstafette, Laconti, in leavitog Calais this ill e ipg was struck by a h eavy sea, and went on shore, engines hnst, disabled; m a il save d an d b rought over by the French"' .No. 8. Que bec' OFF CHATHAM, DEC. 12.—Favourite, Ecantan, -.- Ann Symonds, Quebec. OFF MAIIGATE, DEC. 10.—Frances Ann, Fitch, Bce t°ll. SrunwELL ROADS, DEC. P.—Arrd. Horatio, Quebec' FLEETWOOD, DEC. B.—Arrd. Hannah, Quebec. Dr:BLIN, DEC. 12.—Arrd. Wave. St. Andrew's. KINGSTOWN, DEC. 11.—Arrd. James Fagan, Queb ec ' WATERFORD, DEC. 11.—S1d. Margaret, Mobile. 01 WIJITSTABLE, DEC. 14.—Th e Eb enezer Widdup, e u igbi at the back of th e pi er on t h e 12th i nst., came o ff last - and into the harbour, with trifling damage. (lov ed SHEERNESS, DEC. 12.—Th e Atl as , of Harwich ..att barge), was picked up t o -d ay near the M ouse, and brl6o in here a derelict. O w i ng to t h e he i ght of the t id e , the" i v Ferby, • from Rochester to Sunderland, got on shore T o p night of the 11th i ns t. near Sh at i eet b ranch o f the Ale" Assistance has been sent. BRISTOL, DEC. 12.—A large vessel, waterlogged and 8 ,4 doned, was passed 260 m il es N . W . o f S c ill y , by the '- Stanley, Spence, from Belize, arrived here to-day. h igtist CAMPBELTOWN, DEC. 11.—Th e A r i e l, Hunter, 0 1 er and Beehive, Bl a i r , f rom B erw i c k , are agroun d at tee trance of the harbour, but expected off without dsreefi,die SHIELDS, DEC. 11.—Some uneasiness exists here go Vi r safety of some co lli ers w hi c h l eft London i n bailee! te. Tyne, nearly a m on th ago , an d h ave not s i nce been;';-00 The clipper schooner, re p or t e d as h av i ng capsize'', /- Queen of Perth; has been righted. 4 Nlo_, SCARBOROUGH, DEC. 12.—Part of the wreck O. a supposed of about 150 tons, washed on shore this mornbe Filey Bridge, a sma ll part o f a b oat ' s stern , with ben letters on it painted white, on a green ground, suPP 1 7, e ss, have been " Ageno r i a ." 13. The Agenoria, of South bt of was totally wrecked north of Filey Bridge on the Si f - r abeet 11th inst.; crew suppo se d t o b e drowned. A fern e '.4l, figure-head, and p ar t o f a s hi p ' s stern, mar k e d " psrl have come on sho re sou th o f Fil ey. A b oat ' s c hain 0 '.., 3 00 . of a water-cask, b o th b ran d e d " T . T . E l i za, " h a ve CO'" shore about four miles to the southward. II.." CORN EXCHANGE—MOND.— • During the last week the arrivals of all kinds of Of home produce, but m ore espec i a ll y t h ose of Wbeatilowsfer,J Peas, and Flour, we re somew h at extens i ve. Owint cr e dr' to the variableness of the weather, a large portion 0 1 snpplies come to hand greatly out of condition. to jir Ireland the receipt s o f O a t were sma ll , while yjej. ports of Foreign Grain was on a very 11 : 1 PP,T, scale. Fresh up coast w i se , as we ll as b y land narrl A ei samples, the supply of E ng li s h Wh eat was very nevertheless, the stands were somew h at h ea vily 1 lor with samples of both red and white, left over t o 111 week. The same uncertainty existing as was Lb' day se'nnight, respecting what chauge will be el, in the corn -laws, buyers held off purchasing; hen ce pof% mand for all descriptions of home produce was ev — priv; dull—so dull, indeed, that, in some instance 0 , _ . 7 t were almost nominal. However, to effect ..._ IPL: abatement in the quotations of from Is 11 ' 0 S quarter was :submitted to by the factors- o ip, close of the markets a large portion of the ,s h lc fr, • mained unsold. The supply of free Foreign N v ,,, Uf,l small, but fully equal to the immediate wants of I .' ovr , Selected parcels were held firmly, at quite 0 . 1 _ 1 ,0 money ; but other kinds m us t b e cons idered 5 .t Corn under lock commanded v er y li t tl e at t en tion, Y e ept;' , would not sell, in a nti c i pa ti on o f f uture even ts, e$ . extreme rates. Notwith s t an di ng t h e su pply °r ref,A, 314 was large, the be s t ma l t i ng samp l es verL i i p0.7, r , which were on offer moved off steadily, at . g0r,,5 1 Other descriptions must be considered quite is pe r t 4 cheaper. The best town-made Malt supported lax _ . ~. rates. In all other kinds, which might have been pi , •7 on somewhat lower terms, next to nothing was cloi h n a g t o ! I show of Oats was but moderate, yet the inquiry fort „ o ff' was in a very depressed state, and quotations had ado !: ott tendency. We had a full average supply of Bean! 11 ,v, Selected parcels supportediprevious currencies, but otl' s , , 07 were somewhat cheaper. Peas were in good stlyA SP heavy inquiry, ou s omew h a t i l ower terms . Flour cheaper to sell. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL 3IEASLTRE 01 0SV Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier •••• • ', 5 , 10 Red, New.... 56s to G5 B O a t s —Y or k s hire an. 04 of Ditto,White, Oki. • bBs 69s Lincolnsh., re ed ' 301 Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe .••.• • • • " 00 coin, Red • • 54s 58s Youghal• and Cort• 374 30 Ditto, White • • 565 GOs Black .••• ". Os el Irish, Red.... •• .. 52 s 58 8 Cork, White. •• • 2 65 909 Ditto, White.. • . 56s 60s S cotch, Feed- •• • • 36s 490 Rye—Old .. .. .. ••• • • • 358 37s Beans—Tick ...•• " " 4 4 40 10 New. 345 36s Pig eons .... ••• " • 360 441 Barley—Grinding . • . 26s 29 s Pease—Grey .•••• • • •• 410 01 Malting . ... •• • • 32s 35 s Maple .....•• • • • • ,630 600 Chevalier .. .. •• • • 35s 37s White ... .. ••• • •• 5 y9 669 • Malt—Suffolk. and Nor- Boilers .... •• • •'. b 5. 469 folk .. .... • • . • • . 568 58s Flour—Town-made.• 4 69 4 , 4 Brown ... .. . • .. 51 s 54s Suffolk ••••• • • • • 4 89 Kingston and Ware 62s 64s Stockta & Norfoll , 4 0 FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND: 4 1940 0 9 Wheat—Dantzic.. .. 548 to 653 , Beans ••••.••• • • • • • • . 4 69 s o Hamburgh SP A Barley ..... .. .• • • .... 22s 28s Flour—American •• • ' 309 Oats—New ... .. .•• • • • 26s 286 Baltic ...... .•• • • Feed .. .. •.• ••• • • 228 24s I 4lq 22% 1 83 4 3 1 4 i ...... 61% 3 % 70 101/2 1% p 2% 142 19% 11 1 4 22% 1% 1? 2 1 1/,, 24P 34 ys 1% 1% 6 3 4 34 - Is/4 Altho u ob t !_ i ,rations. to Bala of Ken+ lo s . T " ea lds, 61 881 iwthulutat ;.psanistai in s g m La ar d k o e in t 5 tn., not fordl ,e9x la t,. will i ry, i n to ,then pat, y onth, , , 14 _ _ %28 Y ueilers. tit 1,0 00 ca, ii"'west fo r ma eau i t had a ROL L` t6t nrdsh liti ll a t e r inZ of onside ett imElN, (Befor e tl