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son can persuade them that those who wish for cheap food wish to injure them ; or, on the other hand, that those who wish for dear bread wish to raise their wages. We may now expect their co-operation to place the matter upon a proper footing. In same quarters we have to congratulate ourselves upon our union with those who are best fitted to lead ua ; as also our union with a great population, whose support behind us will be of immense value.—(Great ap plause.) A few years ago, when we had to discuss this ques tion, the friends of free trade were divided amongst them selves, until a statesman of great reputation adopted the idea of compromising the matter by a fixed duty ; and behind we were assailed by others who were disqualified by the efforts of designing men from forming a judgment upon the question. Now, believe, there is a complete and harmonious union ; and, with the power of the aristocracy in our front, we shall have the best support of the labouring classes in our rear. So led, and so followed, we may look forward to the victory, if not in,this, at all events in the next Parliament. But how long soever it may be delayed—whether near or remote— I assure you that, while I enjoy your confidence, it shall be my constant endeavour, as respects this question, to prove myself your trusted representative. (Mr. Macaulay con cluded by proposing a resolution to the effect that the corn laws pressed with especial severity on the poorer classes.) The Hon. Member sat down amidst loud and protracted cheering. Mr. TAME'S M'LAaEw, Master of the Merchant Company, seconded the motion. Mr. RUTHERFORD, M.P., after a brief speech, moved that the following memorial be presented to her Majesty : " TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " The Petition of the Inhabitants of Edinburgh i n public meeting assembled, " Humbly showeth—That your Majesty's petitioners have heard with - pain the accounts from all quarters of the coun try; of the extraordinary failure in the cr o p of an article of food, on which millions of your Majesty's subjects mainly subsist, and they cannot contemplate without alarm the con dition ofsuffering to which multitudes may in consequence be reduced. To mitigate this calamity, your petitioners hoped that your Majesty's advisers would ere this have assembled Parliament, in order to give facility for procuring supplies of food from other countries, by removing all restrictions from its importation. In this they have as yet been disappointed. " May it therefore please your Majesty, to direct such mea sures to be taken, without delay, by assembling Parliament, or otherwise, :as may be calculated to avert the menaced scarcity and distress, by an immediate opening of the ports for the admission of foreign grain. " And your Majesty's petitioners will ever pray." The LORD PROVOST announced that the memorial would be seconded by the gallant Commodore Sir C. Napier. Sir C. NAPIER was received with several rounds of ap plause. He said—My Lord Provost, ladies, and gentlemen, because till the present moment the ladies have been forgot ten—(Cheers and laughter)—l have attended many public meetings, but I can safely say that I never in my life at tended one with more pleasure and satisfaction than this great meeting, assembled in the capital of the land of my fore fathers.—(Cheers.) In this town I was bred and educated, and I now come back, happily, at a moment to assist the in habitants of Edinburgh to use their best endeavours to force the Government to save the people from famine and starva tion.—(Citeers.) At such a moment I cannot understand how any Government, especially any Government composed of sensible men—( Laughter)—because we must allow that there are many men in our present Government who are so— (Cheers)—can be holding their Cabinet Councils—and I be lieve at the present moment they are holding their ninth meeting to deliberate whether the people should have dear or cheap food.—( Loud cheers.) I have at various times been called on to pledge myself for total repeal of the corn-laws ; but until the present moment, though I have constantly voted for Mr. Villiers's motion for repeal in preference to a sliding-scale, I have hitherto refrained from pledging myself unreservedly to total repeal. But the time has now come when all squabbling about fixed duties should entirely come to an end.—(Loud and continued cheering.) Neither is it suffieient to open the ports for the present moment only ; as Mr. Cobden truly says, we must put our ba c k s aga i ns t the door, an d prevent its ever being shut again. —( Great cheer ing.) The arguments of my friends the Members for Edin burgh and Leith were so conclusive as to have rendered it almost presumption in me to say a single word. (The Gal lantCoininodore sat down amid loud cheers.) Sir G. MACPIIEPSON GRANT moved a vote of thanks to the Lord Provcst for calling and presiding over the meeting, which was cordially responded to. The meeting, which had continued undiminished in num bers and enthusiasm to the close, then broke up. AIARYLEBONE. On Thursday, pursuant to notice, a special meeting of the vestry of the parish of St. Marylebone took place for the pur pose of considering the apprehended famine, and the pro priety of memorialising her Majesty the Queen to use her prerogative in convening Parliament and in throwing open the ports. Amongst the members of the vestry present were, the Right Hon. Lord Montford, the Right Hon. Lord Straf ford, Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Sir John M'Taggart, Bart., M.P., General Sir De Lacy Evans, John Bagshaw, Req., Martin Thackery, Esq., Hugh Biers, Esq., John Williams, Esq., George Daniell, Esq., Alfred Daniell, Esq., John Gomm, Esq., Esc. &c. George Daniell, Esq. (churchwarden), was called to the chair. Letters were read from Sir C. Napier and Sir B. Hall, the Members for the borough, expressing their regret that they could not be in town in time to attend the meeting. The CHAIRMAN having briefly opened the proceedings, John BAGSHAW, Esq., proposed the first resolution,— " That the extensive failure of the crops imperatively de mands that the most decisive and energetic measures should be immediately taken to ensure a sufficient supply of food, and to guard the country from the dreadful evils which have ever followed in the train of scarcity 4 and which, in the pre sent circumstances of the nation, would fall upon it with more than ordinary force." Mr. HUME, M.P., said he felt great pleasure in seconding the resolution. He thought the time was come when the people of this country should rise as one man and demand that the restrictions upon food should be at once and for ever abolished.—(Cheers.) When they looked to what would in all probability shortly be the state of the poor in Ireland, when they looked to the state of our colonies, and our own manufacturing towns, he could not say but he thought every one must be apprehensive of the most serious results.—(Hear, hear.) In the event of a famine occurring, either by means of the failure of the potato crop, or other articles of con sumption, could it longer be tolerated that, merely to keep up the price of corn and put money in their own pockets, the landed aristocracy should drag fifteen millions annually out of the pockets of the labouring and industrious classes ? —(Hear, and cries of "No, no.") He (Mr. Hume) was de lighted to see the progress which had been made in public opinion with respect to the necessity of opening the ports. He was convinced, if that were effected, we should not only have free trade in corn, but free trade in every thing else.—(Hear, hear.) He was of opinion that every class of persons, and even the landed proprietors themselves, suffered by monopoly, whilst it had a tendency to demoralise, and to create crime as well as distress, amongst the poorer classes of the people.—(Hear, hear.) He was not aware if there was any foundation for the gratifying announcement which appeared in some of the papers of that day, that cer tain members of the Cabinett had declared in favour of free trade. He could only say, if such were true, he believed they would receive the almost unanimous support of the nation.— (Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel was bound by his oath of office to do his duty to his Sovereign and his country, and having declared that the principle of opening the ports was founded in justice as well as common sense, if he did not, sow the opportunity offered, use his influence to do so, a strong re monstrance from the people might have its due effect.— (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hume) looked towards Ireland with the greatest apprehension. He had received that morning a document from Ireland, showing the result of an official inquiry going on there, with the Duke of Leinster at its head. 'With reference to the potato crop, every clergyman in every town in Ireland had been communicated with, and the number of persons who returned their potato crop as havingfailed to the extent of one-third was 158 ; more than one-third, 435 ; more than one-half, 134 ; and three-fourths of the crop, 40. Now, if this were the case, it was in his (Mr. Home's) opinion calculated to excite serious apprehensions. In Norfolk, on land of his own, the failure of the crop was to the extent of seven-eighths, and sup posing that failure to be general, it was sufficient to excite the most serious apprehensions; not only with regard to the state of our fellow-subjects in Ireland, but at home also.— ( Hear, hear.) It was quite clear that the people of England could not think of shutting up their pockets and allow their Irish brethren to starve.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hume) perfectly coincided in the resolution, and hoped they would not separate without either coming to a strong reso lution of remonstrance with the Minister, or go so far as t o force the subject upon the attention of her Majesty in an address to to the Crown.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P., had great pleasure in giving his support to this resolution, and he thought, when it was considered that Marylebone had a population equal to one half of the counties of the kingdom, and was superior in wealth to many others, that the opinion of the vestry, as the representatives of that wealth and population, would not be disregarded.—(Hear.) The country were deeply indebted' to his friend Mr. Hume, for it was the returns obtained by that gentleman in 1840 which threw the monopolists on their backs, and which would eventually secure the entire aboli tion of the corn-laws. The Governments of Holland and Belgium no sooner saw the prospect of a scarcity of food than they threw open the ports and even the despot of Rus sia had shown in this respect more sympathy for his people than had been manifested by the landed aristocracy of Eng land.—( Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously, amidst great applause. Mr. JOSEPH moved the second resolution— " That a failure of the crops, at all times most disastrous, is enormously aggravated by the laws which, under the false pretence of protecting the home grower, and encouraging agriculture, prohibit the free importation of foreign corn, and thereby render the first necessary of life scarce and dear to a rapidly increasing and industrious population." Mr. LEIN WILLIAMS seconded the resolution. This resolution having been carried, without a dissentient, Mr. Sonless proposed the next resolution— " That it is the bounden duty of her Majesty's responsible advisers to direct the ports to be immediately opened for the admission of articles of food from foreign ports, free of duty, and to advise her Majesty to summon Parliament at the earliest possible opportunity, in order, at once and for ever, to put an end to a system which has been proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter dis sension amongst classses, and the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people." Mr.G - LASSIN, in seconding the motion, congratulated the meeting upon the unanimity which prevailed in it, notwith standing there were gentlemen of all shades of political opinitin present. Mr. H. C. WiLsox moved an address to the Queen founded on the resolutions. Lord gONTFORT, amidst loud cheers, seconded the pro position. The motion having been carried, General Evans, and cane or two other gentlemen, addressed the meeting, and after thanks to the chairman, it separated. The following is a copy of the address alluded to : ,6 TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. e The, humble Address and Petition of the Representative Vestry and Ratepayers of the parish o f St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex. "Mott gracious Maje st y. " We, your Majesty's lo y al and devoted sub jects, the ves trymen and householders of the parish of St. Marylebone. most humbly submit to your Majesty that the said parish contains upwards of 14,000 houses and 140,000 inhabitant s . " That it has pleased Divine Providence to visit the British h isles with a deficiency of produce used as umail lN frd by vast multitudes of your Majesty's subj ects, and in i?h for many,' weeks last past has occasioned a gradual risethe price of, all kinds of provisions consumed by the people, and created great and daily increasing alarm for the future in the 734 Vs IF, t our Majesty's petitioners. - your alarm has been, and is, augmented by the -- 1 s e s -ss s e an unwise law, which imposes grievous import slitiCti corn and various articles of human food the VrOclitoe of es• • beyond the seas. That this law vexatiously _ 4•nelly,t yvents your Majesty's subjects relieving them ' **l akotsolircity and high prices by making purchase of oreat(d ether produce in foreign markets, and your tr. l }fimbly and dutifully submit to your Majesty . tieh state of the la w , a t a p er i o d o f na ti ona l apprehen a.rpiety, is against the principle of common right, jti And piety, therefore humbly pray , " We, your Majesty's petitionerb, the lmperial Par that your Majesty will be pleased to cu_ end that such liarnent to assemble without delay, to the ... in measures may be adopted therein as may seem es..: "'eclient the present perilous emergency. " And your petitioners will ever pray." ELEGANT LITERARY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. To be had of all Booksellers. I. EVENINGS AT HADDON HALL. " An annual most fit to be offered at the shrine of beauty, taste, and intellect."—Literary Gazette. 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Just ready, in 2 vols., Bvo., A HISTORY OF E W SOUTH WALE S FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO THE CLOSE OF _ _ THE YEAR 1844. By THOMAS HENRY BRAIRN, Esq., Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Principal of Sydney College. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borraui ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Mullane, Miss Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, sailed THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Dabas (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. CAST WEEK BUT TWO. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, Euranthe —Weber. Quadrille, from Verdi's Opera of " Ernani"—Jullien. Solo, Piano, Capricio, by Miss Day. The Imperial Polka—Jullien. Solo, Flute, by Mr. Richardson—Richardson. The First Movement from the Symphony, " The Power of Sound"— Spohr. Jullien's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Julilen. PAkT 11. Opera, " Don Juan," Grand Selection, with Solos—Mozart. The Cambridge-house Waltz—Koenig. Solo, Clarionet, by Mr. Lazarus. Polonaise, The Original Polonaise—allien. Solo, Violin, by Master Day, from Bellini's Opera " II Pirati," ranged by Ernst. The Original Napolitaine ; or, Tarentella des Salons—Jullien. Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. M. Jullien's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday, December 22. The AnCenee portion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators :—Dress Circles, ss. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Galleries, 2s. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 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To conclude with WAR IN CIIINA. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING WM be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Heslop, Froderieks, Mrs .Vining, and Miss Martin. To conclude with TILE FACTORY BOY. Supported by Messrs. Rogers, Hughes, Cowell, 6lrs. Vining. Miss Martin, and Mrs. Daly. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, TIIE TOWER OF LONDON; or, The Death Omen and the Fate of Lady Jane Grey. Supported by Mr. Osbaldiston, E. F. Saville, Miss Vincent, Miss Richardson, Miss Eliza Terry, &c. TO conclude with JACK SHEPPARD. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 45; Noon, 34, BAROMETER, 29.67. WIND W.; last night, heavy rain; this morning, fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 49 minutes after 6 I Evening • 20 minutes after 7. flkrriLM' .jiTh LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6,184 g. We yesterday left it to the Times to tell its own startling tale of the final Cabinet resolve. It takes a little time to recover breath after bearing of such party tergiversation and political perfidy. _ _ We are disposed to believe the announcement of the Times, feeling that that journal would not risk its cha racter for correct information by the publication, in a matter of such immense importance and universal inte rest, of what it did not know to be true. So the PEEL policy has prevailed once more. Once more is the Conservative party betrayed by those whom it has placed in power. Once more have Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Duke of WELLINGTON kicked away from under them the ladder by which they have risen to poli tical power. The game which they played on the Catholic Emancipation question is to be played again on the corn•laws. So far as Sir ROBERT PEEL himself is concerned, we are not surprised. We have believed all along, in ac cordance with the common rumour, that lie was ready to sacrifice the corn-law. There are those who have imagined that he was trembling with fear of taunts of inconsistency—that he bad the fear of Hansard before his eyes. When did Sir ROBERT ever fear Hansard 9 If that name was to him ever a name of terror, his life of political versatility must have long since inured him to Hansard. But we are surprised at others. We have been ima gining that the Iron Duke was restraining Sir Plausible from another sacrifice of political character, of a nature to involve not only the honour of the Conservative party, but the fair fame of English public men. We had believed that the struggle in the Cabinet (for a struggle there evidently was) of this sort—PEEL anxious to propose corn-law repeal, the Duke inter posing with a " No," and urging that if they were at last compelled to admit the necessity of repealing the corn-laws, they were bound in honour to resign—that the old friends of free trade might have the glory of the victory, and themselves show their disinterestedness by aiding their opponents to do the work. And this would have been the honourable course. But the PEEL policy has prevailed ; and the crisis is to be turned to account for preserving the present Government in power, by re nouncing the opinions to which they owe their existence as a Government. _ What will the Duke of RICHMOND say ? He was to turn the Government out, if they forgot protection. H e has hitherto been indulgent. Will he now be the more unrelenting in consideration of past indulgence ? Will Lord ARTHUR LENNox stay at the Ordnance ? If he does, will Chichester be still at his service ? What will West Sussex say, when called upon, as it will be at the be ginning of the sessinb, to choose a successor to Mr- Commissioner DARBY ? What will the Duke of BUCKINGLIAM say ? Does he now repent of having again allowed Sir THOMAS FRE MANTLE to sit for Buckingham ? Will Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE resign ? If he do not, will he again sit for Buckingham ? What will Mr. SYDNEY HERBERT do ? Does he re main in the Cabinet? —he who was put forward, as a compliment of course to the strength of his protection principles, to answer Mr. COBDEN in the last session, and who began the provincial campaign of this vaca tionprotection harangue t o his Wiltshire con _ s ttu e b n ya t e . VY A still more important question is,—what will th e House of Lords do ? It remaias to be seen whether the House of Lords is content, on all questions, to register the edicts of a PEEL Cabinet. We are not disposed to disguise that railway legisla tion will require great care and caution from Parliament the next session, or to deny that there has been much m i me z . and something worse than rashness, in the railway ape: elation of the present year. But we can see the difference between difficulties and impossibilities; and with reference to the course taken by our Con temporary the Times, we cannot but think that true wisdom would have endeavoured to make the best, and not the worst, of errors affecting pecuniary interests which are spread over the nation, and would have sought rather to show how difficulties may be evercome and mistakes repaired, than, by unmeasured and indiscri minate invective, to produce in the public mind confusion and despair, which must for a time inevitably aggravate the evils of past excessive speculation. Where, by stating facts or explaining the provisions of railway enactments, we can prevent any mischief that might arise from the circulation of errors about railways, we think, in the present state of feeling, and with the known immense extent of railway investments, we could hardly perform a more important duty. And with this view, we are anxious to explain the exact state of the case as to the regulations made by Parliament, in the last session, for the reintroduction in the next ses sion of Bills stopped, as the London and York Bill was, for want of time. Both Houses agreed to dispense, in such cases, with a repetition of the usual deposits of places and notices to landowners, and requiring only a certain number of newspaper advertisements, signifying the intention of the company to apply again to Parliament in the next ses sion. The regulations of the House of Commons for the treatment of such Bills are contained in the following resolutions, passed on the 7th of July : " That upon any petition for leave to bring in a Railway Bill which shall be presented to the House during the next sesssion of Parliament, and referred to the Committee on Petitions, the Committee do examine whether the said petition be the same in substance as any petition for the same purpose, and from the same parties, which was presented in this session of Parliament; and in that case, whether any Bill brought into the House in pursuance of such petition in this session, was pending in either House of Parliament on the termination of this session, and so, whether a subscription contract, as required by the Standing Orders, binding in the usual why the subscribers to the undertak ing has been entered into, and is valid at the time of such in quiry, and whether the deposit of 51. per cent. upon such sub scription is lodged in the manner required by the Standing Orders. " That in such case, and on proof of such notice having been given as aforesaid (by newspaper advertisements), and in case it should appear that such Bill had, at the end of this session, been pending in the House of Lords, or if pending in the House of Commons, had been ordered to be en grossed, the Standing Orders with respect to any such Bill shall be held to have been complied with. " That the time between the second reading of any such Bill which shall be brought in in the next session and the meeting of the Committee thereon, be shortened to three days, the parties giving the regular notices in the Private Bill-office. " That the Committee on any such Bill do examine whe ther the Bill be in every respect the same as such former Bill at the last stage of its proceeding in this House in the present session, and that in such ease no evidence shall be received by such Committee ; but that on the reception and adoption by the House, of a report from such Committee, that the Bill referred to them is in every respect the same as such former Bill at the last stage of its proceeding in this House in the present session, such Bill may be ordered to be engrossed without any further proceeding in respect thereof." It will be seen that the important privileges conferre 1 in the three last paragraphs are to be conferred on the following conditions :—that the petition for a Bill next session is the same in substance as the petition of last session; that the petition is presented by the same par ties ; that a deposit of 51. per cent. has been lodged (the new 101. per cent. standing order does not apply to these Bills), and that there is a subscription contract in ac cordance with the standing orders, valid next sesssion. Now what is required to make a subscription contract valid next session ? Standing Order No. 40, of the House of Commons, says, " That as regards Railway Bills, no subscription contract shall be valid, unless it be entered into subsequent to the day fixed in the session of Par liament previous to that in which application is made for leave to bring in the Bill to which it relates, as the last day on which petitions for private Bills may be pre sented :" and there is no exception for Bills in the posi tion of the London and York Bill: so that it is abso lutely necessary for the London and York Company, and all other companies in the same position, to pro vide themselves with new subscription contracts before going to Parliament next session. A statement has lately appeared in some of the news papers, addressed to the London and York Shareholders,, and signed "One of Yourselves," which says "Parliament does not require any new deed from a company in the situation of the London and York Company: your act in signing a fresh deed amounts to renouncing your present deeds, and giving up your present position." The writer afterwards proceeds to impute motives to solicitors, engineers, and directors, because the share holders are required to sign a new subscription contract. The assertion, on which the imputation of motives is grounded, happens to be totally incorrect. The London and York Bill, having complied with the required conditions, will go through the House of Com mons, therefore, at railroad pace ; and the question arises, what course will be taken by the House of Lords in order to compare the London and York scheme with the competing schemes ? Will it oblige the London and York to wait until the competing Bills shall have been considered in the Commons, and either all of them rejected, or one sent up to the House of Lords? This would oblige the London and York to incur a second time the expense of a contest in the Commons, the re sult of the second contest being no more binding on the LOrds than the result of the first, and would be ex tremely unfair to the London and York Company. On the other band, it would be unfair to the competing par ties, to take the London and York Bill without delay in the Lords, unless arrangements are made to allow the competing Bills to originate in the Lords. At the close of last session Lord MONTEAGLE suggested that Railway Bills should be allowed to originate in the Lords, as well as in the Commons. Such an arrangement would make the Parliamentary session go much further for railway legislation ; and in cases such as that of the London and York Bill, common justice requires that no blind adhe rence to es'ablished forms, and to obsolete notions of privilege, should stand in the way of the adoption of Lord MONTEAGLE'S sensible suggestion. We have spoken of the London and York Company, because its case is generally known ; but there are other companies in the same position—the Direct London and Portsmouth, for instance ; and our remarks are of general application. But speaking of the London and York Company, we may notice a recent discovery of the Times ; and, in deed, there is no end to our Contemporary's discoveries when he gets mounted on the Rosinante of his anti-rail road crusade. The adjudication in the Commons be tween the great northern lines bas been said, by the Times, to have been made by " a mere boy." The mere boy is Lord COURTENAY, and there is, therefore, no difficulty in getting at his age. The Peerages all agree in saying that Lord COMITENAY was born in 1807, so that the " mere boy" is thirty-eight. We believe it is well known that Lord COURTENAY was for some years a practising member of the Chancery bar, which may, in the opinion of the Committee of Selection, have gone some way to compensate for the disadiantage of his ex traordinary youthfulness at thirty-eight. We do not think the Railway Committee system of last year per fect. No one will say, however, that it was not a great improvement on the system of all preceding years ; but of this we are sure, that they will hope only to be ohs appointed who imagine that the House of Commons next year is likely to set aside the decision of one of its Committees, last:year, on account of the alleged youth fulness of the Chairman, who was called upon to give a casting vote. We have much satisfaction in directing the attention of our readers to an advertisement, headed "Railway Litigation." It is a proceeding peculiarly called for by the present state of railway law, and the liabilities which hang over parties connected with railway companies. It is well known that persons of station and circumstance are menaced with claims to a frightful amount, whose fears are still further aggravated by the costs which must be, in the first instance, incurred, in order to ascer tain their legal position. It may be reasonably esti mated that the expenses of obtaining what is termed a first-rate opinion will not be less than from 15/. to 201., and lucky indeed will that client be who finds that one opinion will settle every point. In all probability a second will be required, and a conference, as a matter of course, upon matters in difference. The trembling client is now launched upon a sea of litigation, perhaps in equity as well as law, and finds himself involved in a series of difficulties, which he is compelled to grapple with at his own unaided cost. Such a state of things, which there is too much reason to fear has already reached many, and will extend to hundreds, calls for some measure of mutual protection ; for while, on the one hand, the expense of bringing out a useful scheme ought not to fall exclusively upon its promoters, soapplicants for shares ought not to be allowed to retire, placing their letters of allotment in the waste paper basket, laughing in the face of those who only seek a moderate contribution towards an unavoidable outlay. Still more is it to be deprecated that men of deli cate honour and high-toned feelings should bo made the scape-goats of graspingcreditors, who single such men out, under the impression that the shame of exposure and the weight of litigation will drive them to a hasty settlement. Such conduct ought not to be tolerated; and we rejoice to find that a plan has been most opportunely devised by which just claims may be reasonably enforced, and unrighteous demands resisted, without i m p os i n g upon _ _ individuals the destructive exptuscs which must attend single-handed struggle. Not only' ha's the time been well chosen, and the objects judiciously stated, but the parties engaged in it present a guarantee, that whatever can be affected by sagacious energy and professional reputation will be done to enforce equity and resist legal oppression. Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 29th of November, by the Black Eagle steam-packet, which arrived off Cowes yesterday. That vessel carried out the Duke FERDINAND of Saxe Coburg, father of the King of PORTUGAL, and arrived at Lisbon on the 25th, after a stormy passage of five days. The intelligence from Portugal is without interest. A royal decree had been issued for raising 8,000 recruits, to bring the effec tive force of the army up to 24,000 men, in accordance with the regulation of the 9th July, 1842, which fixed it at that number. We are glad to learn from Paris that the panic in the Stock and Share-market had completely sub sided. The Three per Cents. on Wednesday rose 35c., and the Fives 10c. Railroad shares also rose consider ably, the improvement, in some instances, amounting to 40f. The settlement had also, up to that time, gone on satisfactorily, and it was expected that the payment of the differences of the account would be made without d.fficulty. The papers are chiefly occcupied with the affairs of the River Plate, the Oregon question, and the conduct of Marshal Buonnuo, but we find little in them to interest the English reader. The National, which openly takes part with President POLK attacks the Government journal for the article which appeared in that paper some days since, and blames M. GUIZOT for allowing the Government organ to express sentiments which render it impossible for the United States to accept France as a mediator. This is absurd, like most of the assertions made by the National of the question, when it is well known that Mr. POLK will not refer it to arbitration on any account. But the great offence of M. G UIZOT is his apparent resolution " to espouse the quarrels of England in every part of the globe, even at the risk of a war with the natural allies of France." The question of educa tion is again agitated by the French papers, but the misunderstanding now is not between the State and the Church, but between the Minister of Public Instruction and one of the Professors of the University, the celebrated M. QUINET. The Opposition journals attack with great severity M. DE SALVANDY, for interfering with M. QUINET, to prevent his publishing the pros pectus of his lectures in the way in which it has been accepted by the assembly of professors of the College of France. M. QUINET has announced his intention of delivering a course of lectures on the comparative literture and institutions of Southern Europe. The Mi nister has desired that the word institutions may be ex punged. M. QUINET, in a letter to M. DE SALVANDY, declares that he cannot willingly comply with this order, as it would be impossible for him to treat his sub ject philosophically and scientifically without making the comparison of institutions as well as literature. This letter meets with great approbation from the Opposition journals, and M. DE SALVANDY'S attempt to restrict the views of M. QUINET is regarded by them as illiberal, arbitrary, and unjust. The Journal des Daggs considers the Minister of Public Instruction perfectly right, be cause the chair which M. QUINET fills is not ,political, but merely literary; and it tenders the advice to M. QUINET not to peril his reputation by listening to im prudent friends, who would encourage him to oppose the Minister, but to conform to the intimation which he has received. It is thought M. QUINET will re sign. The same journal, in alluding to the account lately given of the fracas between the Baron DE CYPREY, the French Minister at Mexico, and the editor of a Mexican journal, states that the facts as given are correct, and adds that M. DE CYPREY has left Mexico, and is now at the Havannah, whence he will return to France in the course of two or three months. The truth is, the Baron has been recalled for conduct un becoming the representative of France. The Courrier Francais contains the following:- " If the information that we have received is correct, the instructions to be given to the commander of our expedition against Madagascar, M. Romain Desfosses, have been agreed upon in a council of Ministers. England is to intervene at Madagascar conjointly with France; the two intervening powers, after having ch as ti s ed the Om, are to demand simply for the traders of all nations the right of establishing themselves on the coasts, possessing land, and carrying on trade. The only advantage which the two powers are to preserve for themselves will be the exemption in favour of their respective nations from all customs and navigation dues. The two Governments have agreed that their inter vention shall be on the same bases for each." The Constitutionnel adds, that the Ministry had re solved on promoting Captain Romani DESFOSSES to the rank of rear-admiral, and that an ordonnance to that effect will be immediately presented to the Kura for his signature. The subjoined letter, dated Tangiers, November 16, appears in the Constitutionnel:- ' On the news of the new levy by Abd-el-Kader, and the massacre of Djema Ghazaouat, Abderrhaman, who was at Fez, immediately held a grand council. At this it was re solved that the Emperor should immediately go to Morocco, in order to be at the greatest distance from the consular body, and thus delay, as long as possible, the answers to the notes to be addressed to him by France. The Emperor set out by forced marches; but, on reaching Rabat, he found there a courier from the French Consulate, with dispatches of such high importance that he stopped to answer them. His pro gress was also arrested by another occurrence. The southern provinces had risen in revolt, and his passage was no longer free. Measures were at once taken to put a stop to this in surrection. Since the Emperor has been at Rabat, there is a daily interchange of couriers between that town and Tangiers. It appears that the Emperor has declared to the French Consul that he has not sufficient forces to pursue Abd-el-Kader, but will not oppose his being pursued by the French, and will not consider such pursuit as an aggression. He has added, however, that he could not tell in what light the people of the country would view the invasion, and feared they might rise and make common cause with Abd-el-Kader. This is a thorny question, and greatly embarrasses the French Consul. The eon of the Emperor, Muley Mohammed, who commanded the whole of the Morocco troops at the battle of Isly, is sent to Fez to exercise the functions of Viceroy during the absence of his father. Those who know the violent character and fanati cal sentiments of this Prince apprehend that, at the first op portunity, and in spite of the Emperor, he will commit some act of hostility against France, in the vain hope of gratifying his revenge for his defeat at Isly. His women have already arrived at Fez, and he is to follow at the earliest day. He will go through Rabat to receive the instructions of the Emperor. The whole population of Morocco is greatly agitated. It is generally weary of the present Government, which is hor ribly oppressive. The person who has at present the greatest influence with the Emperor is Hamed Bou Derbah, son of Hadji Hamed Bou Derbah, who is said to have kept up a correspondence from France with Abd-el-Kader. The young Hamed is the confidential adviser of Abderrhaman, and as he acquired some education at Marseilles and Paris, he passes in his own country for a great man. He is also considered to be an enemy to France, and this adds to the esteem in which he is held by the Moors. The Emperor has granted permission, from October 15, for the exportation of corn, on payment of a duty of nine ounces of Barbary for every fanegue ; and numerous cargoes have been shipped prohibition,for e s n ea o r a c a h n in d g M c a a r r s e e f i a l l l e l s y . The Government has increased the nominal value of the cur rent coin. The export of Spanish coin is again prohibit e d, and the strictest orders are given to all the officers of the cus toms to execute rigidly this all persons leaving the country. Consequently money is be coming scarce, and its importation favoured." " Ibrihim Pacha arrived at Marseilles on the 30th November." On the Paris Bourse, on Wednesday, the Three per Cents closed at 82f. 75c. ; the New Loan, 82f. 45c. ; th e Fi ve per Cents., 117 f. 80c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,150 f. ; Rouen, 950 f. ; Northern, 698 f. 75c. ; Havre, 732 f. 50c. ; Avig non, 865 f. ; Vierzon, 635 f. ; Bourdeaux, 595 f. ; Boulogne, 520 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 425 f. ; Basle, 245 f. ; Belgian Two-and a-llalf per Cents., 56 ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 34. The following are the quotations for other lints :- Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laflitte), 6f. premium; ditto (Calon), 1; ditto (Ganneron), 1 ; ditto (Lapinsonniers), par ; Messageries, 501 f. ; Mornay, 501 f. ; Receveura-Gen reaux, par; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron), par; ditto (Hing - uorlot), par; ditto (Bechet), par ; Aymard, 501 f.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), par; ditto (Drouillard), d ; i tto ( ditto i e L fe ec v o r e i n ), t e par;N par; L ditto and ; A d v i i t g t n o on (Cl (Ta e la il b l 4 " s r os (Compagnie Meridionale), par ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mac kenzie), par; ditto (Espoleta), 2f. 50c.; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), par; ditto (Carette), par; ditto (Col bert), par; Dieppe (Sellieres), 475 f. LYONS, DEC. 1.-Paris and Orleans, 1,097 f. ; Paris and BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILW AYS A T THE 6nf. Rouen, ssc B . Bsf. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 602 f. 500. ; Northern, LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 4. Anglo-Belgian - Mauritius Boulogne and Amiens.. 8 Namur and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterran - North Jamaica ... - Bordeaux and Toulouse - Orleans and Vierzon Do. &:Cette (Espelete) Orleans and Bordeaux 10 Do. P ar i s & Lyons (Laffitte) Callao, c'( cifie Coast 11f Li a m ck a, enz an ie d 's r ) a - Over Yssel Ditto (Ganneron's) 3 Central of Spain - Ditto (Calon's).... . 2 - +to Est Ceylon . — Demerara Dendre Valley. ...... Dutch Rhenish ... Dieppe & Paris Juliet — Dijon and Mulhouse East Indian Fanyoux & Hazebreuk Grt Northern of France Constituted l2 -1 4 Do. Pepin le Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons — Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica 8. Mid. Junction Do. North Midland — Do. Extension Jersey — Louvain and Jemappe Lyons and Avignon — Luxembourg Madrid and Valencia — Ditto (Sud ) % Paris and Orleans...—. Paris and Rouen . 36% Paris and Strasburg ( Ga nneron's Do. (Compe de L'Est) Do. (Aymard's) 212 Paris and St. Quentin — Rouen and Havre — Royal North of Spain — Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Basle _ 8 Tournay,Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) Do. ( Lefebvre's) Do. (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona _ West Flanders Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have been received According to those under the influence of Government the elections, with two exceptions, have gone in favour of Ministers. These exceptions were Saragossa and Valladolid. Barcelona, it would therefore appear, has rejected the Opposition candidates. On the Bourse the Three per Cents. were done at 37 at 60 days, with 1 per eent. premium ; and the Five per Cents. 24i at 60 days, .... ._ ,4 6 ... i , -‘:.1.. ,, , , N,...„ x ., - r. t ~:,- 4._ . .\ - -t. ~,.".•m, 4 - T ic._ it 'lg . v., ' .4Al'`'-itiftro;lt,;i lW. ' r " .l ;1.• ‘, . ...‘ . 11 41,, r• A °': , ' , , erN i 4 , - .., - -- „ . ..- 7,7 4 .4fr vtri.,...z. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Timer.) We have received by our Extraordinary Express, in anticipation of the Bombay Mail of the Ist of November, our dispatches to that date. The affairs of the Punjaub continued in the same dis turbed state. The Ranee or Queen-Mother continued to be the nominal head of the Government ; but she had since the assassination of her brother expressed her willingness to retire, and even to take her son, the boy-king Dhuleep Singh into obscurity, provided that a suitable jagheer were secured to them both. Old Ghoolab Singh continued to reside in his mountain for tress of Jamoo, and although the Lahore soldiers wished him to be Wuseer, he did not appear desirous of as suming that most precarious dignity. The Dussera had passed over in quiet at Lahore, for the troops were masters, and had not wished to make more victims since the death of Jowahir Singh. The Raja Lall Singh had taken a part of the power from the Queen-Mother, but neither of them dared to demand vengeance on the perpetrators of the frightful assassination of the late 'Wuzeer. Of Peshora Singh, who was nominally a favourite with some of the troops, little was known ; the report of his being still alive had died away, and he was believed to have been murdered at the instigation of Jowahir Singh—a belief which sub sequently produced the death of the latter. The Governor-General, Sir Henry Hardinge, reached Agra on the morning of the 16th of October, having tra • yelled with great speed from Calcutta. He was to leave that station on the 28th, and to proceed to Delhi, where he would meet the Commander-in-Chief. The decision of the Government of India with respect to Lahore was not known—what . course could with safety be adopted, unless by controlling the Siekh soldiery, it was hard to imagine. They would allow no Government to rule in that country; for any Wnzeer, or other authority, who attempted to counteract their will, was speedily sacrificed to their fury. It was not thought possible for the British Go vernment to permit such a lawless soldiery to keep the frontiers in constant alarm. It was, therefore, considered highly probable that the Governor-General would pro pose some decided arrangements to the Lahore Govern ment for the control of those soldiers ; and that the in troduction into the Punjaub of the British troops would become necessary to enforce those arrangements. A conflict would then ensue, in which discipline and good order would soon gain the mastery over an insolent and turbulent military rabble. There was also a sect of religious fanatics in that country, from whose blood thirstiness and hatred of foreigners much evil is to be apprehended. They are called Akhalees. The attention of India was attracted towards the pro ceedings of the Governor-General, of the Commander in -Chief, and of the British troops along the Suilej. Some treacherous manoeuvring had been discovered at Ferozepore, where the Lahore Government agent had given permission for the passage over the river of am munition and stores surreptitiously abstracted from the British magazines. In Sinde tranquillity prevails. Sir Charles Napier was at Kurrachee, and had seen the 25th Regiment Bom bay, Native Infantry take their depa r t ure a ft er fi ve years' service in that province. He passed a high eulogium on the regiment. The Bth Regiment Bombay Native In fantry was also about to proceed to Bombay from Kurrachee. An association had been formed in Sinde under the patronage of Sir Charles Napier, for the collection of statistical and historical information relative to that province. In Gwalior the measures adopted by Sir R. Shakes• pears had produced the best results in the pacification of the country. The finances of the Nizam's Government were in the utmost derangement, and it was feared that disturbances would arise in that country, which would compel the British Government to interfere. The Madras papers mention that some slight opposi tion had broken out in the sirkars, for the suppression of which the 41st Regiment was proceeding by sea to that district. The surrender of Serampore was effected by order of the Danish Government on 'the 9th of October The British flag was hoisted, and the Danish rule then ceased. There was talk of some arrangement being entered into with thelFrench Government for the surrender of Chundernagore, but nothing positive was known on the subject. In the southern Mahratta country the trials of the prisoners had ended in the conviction of many. The notorious bandit Soobana Nickum was executed there on the 13th of October. The latest news from China extended to the 30th of September ; but it contained nothing of importance. Trade was dull, except at Shanghai. The Governor of Hong-Kong was not popular, be cause he had attempted to levy taxes on the inhabitants, who had protested against his right to do so. The expedition which had proceeded to chastise the pirates on the coast of Borneo, at Maloodoo, on the northern shore, having effected its pur pose, had returned to Hong. Kong. The treaty for the cession of Laboan bad been ratified. This intelli gence had reached Bombay from Ceylon, where it had arrived by the steamer which corresponded with the last mail received from Calcutta. A fearful fire had taken place in Bombay on the first night of the Dewallee (Lamp Festival) of the natives. It took its origin from some fireworks in a shop where a quantity of powder was stored. Having destroyed near 200 houses of various descriptions, it was stopped by the energy and activity of the Europeans. Fifteen Persons lost their lives. Bombay escaped a dreadful calamity,! for about 4,0001 b of powder were removed from the houses on fire. If that powder had blown up the consequences would have been appalling ; thousands would have been killed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current..) BOMBAY, Nov. I.—The interruption to business occa sioned by the occurrence of the Dowellee holidays, which mark the close of the native commercial year, and which oc cupy several days in their celebration, has rendered the transactions in British imports, since the departure of the last mail, very limited in extent, and unimportant in cha racter. This festival terminates to-day, and business may be expected to be renewed with some degree of animation, but it is feared that the effects arising from the defective na ture of the monsoon will prevent any very decided or pro longed improvement. There has been no rain since our last in Bombay or at any place to the northward, though on the Malabar coast, and in the Deccan, there has been an abundant supply, which mast materially improve the condi tion of the crops in those localities, even if it should have come too late to render the oat-turn of the season a fair average one. Metals—The only material change in the market for metals is a falling off in the prices of the leading vari e ti es o f copper. Sheathing, braziers, raised bottoms, and tiles, which are from 1 rs. at 1% rs. lower than at the date of our last. This may be attributed to some forced sales, made by parties in the absence of a legitimate inquiry. Re have been apprised, however, of but one transaction, which is an article that has not declined in value, namely, nails, of which 30 cwt. have been sold at 57 rupees per cwt. In iron, both Swedish and British bar are somewhat lower, and in the latter we hear of a sale of 273 tons at 24 rupees per candy, which is about the current price. A sale of pig lead to the extent of 250 cwt. at 10-10 rupees has also been reported to us. Spelter is a trifle lower, and tin plates a little higher, than before, but in these articles we hear of nothing doing. The same may likewise be said of steel and quicksilver, the former prices for which we retain unaltered. Cotton Manufactures—The fabrics in which transactions have taken place since our last, have chiefly consisted of 45- inch grey shirtings, grey madapollams, and domestics, which goods have been disposed of to a moderate extent at prices similar to those current in the early part of last month. A few - gray and bleached jacconets and jamdanny lappets and bleached shirtings have likewise gone off, but there has been no active inquiry for those fabrics. Coloured and printed goods have been generally neglected, and the transactions in them have been few and unremanerating. Yarns—The prices of these are wholly unaltered, and the only sale of which we have heard is one of No. 40 Mule, at our quotation. Woollens—The market for woollen cloths continues very promising, the demand being dull, while stocks are large. We have been apprised of no transactions. Marine Stores—There is no change to notice in the prices of articles under this head, if we except that of pitch, which may now be quoted at 4 rs. at 4% per barrel, instead srs , as was the case at the date of our last. We hear of a sale of 160 bolts of bleached canvas—we presume of fine quality— at 19 rs. per bolt. Beer—Continues extremely dull, and in the absence of bottlers',purely nominal, are b e demand, no sales are reported. The prices cf all brands are Spirits—But little inquiry exists for any variety of spirits, lieved ttohebeshtoecakvy. stocks in first hands as wells as and as this has hitherto been a season of great activity, it is supposed that the imposition of the additional duty has ope rated as a check uponsonsumption. The stocks are heavy, and increasing, while prices have a downward tendency. No transactions are reported. Red Lead—There has been a sale of 100 cwt., at 43 rupees per cwt., a price slightly in advance of that formerly quoted: at the rate thus paid the market remains firm, Cochineal—This article is a trifle higher in nominal value, but we hear of no aetual transactions. Saffron—There is no change to notice either in price or demand. i llottlir P^rrnin st) gross at 16 annas, and 1;;) go at 16 ainia per duzet,. The latter were purchased by an European house. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—Purchases have been made since our last to a moderate extent, chiefly for exportation to England. The only change of value is in the price of Compta, which has advanced 2 1 4 to 3 1 ,4 rupees per candy. The other descrip tions remain as before, and the market for all is firm. There are reports of a serious deficiency in the crops in Guzerat. The subjoined purchases have been reported to us :- 1,000 bales Broach and Surat, at 87 rs., at 89 per candy. 300 bales Dollerah ... 33 100 bales Compta ••• 78 1,000 candies, ditto 77 at 78 Coffee—Mocha has slightly advanced in price, and may now be quoted at 9% to 9% rupees per maund. The price of Malabar is stationary. Elephants' Teeth—Large and middling-sized teeth have improved in value, the former having attained the rate of 95 rs., and the latter 75 to 85 per maund. Small teeth exhibit no alteration. Cariamoms have still further advanced, the price of short being now 51 to 52 rupees per maund. Wool—This has been arriving freely, and purchases have been readily made at our quotations. The diminution in the value of the Khorassan and Mekran varieties arises from the careless way in which they are got up, and from their being much adulterated. The wool of Cutch and Marwar, on le other hand, is greatly improved, and consequently fetches a better price. Opium is without change, the price asked last month, Re. 1,430 per chest, being still current. FREIGHTS. Freight to Great Britain has been on the decline since the departure of the last mail, and a vessel of some burden was not long ago let for Liverpool at 31. per ton. 31.25. 6d. at 31. 55., however, is obtainable for small parcels, both for London and Liverpool. The rate to China may be quoted at Rs. 16i per candy. MONEY MARKET. We subjoin the current rates of the different Government securities. 5 per Cent. Loan of 1825-26 Rs. 108 at 112 4 ditto 1832-33 105 at 106 4 ditto 1835.36 99 at 100 5 ditto 1841.42 109 at 110 4 ditto 1842-43 99 at 100 Exchange—The rate on England at six months has risen slightly, and may now be quoted at Is. 10 1 Ad. at Is. 10 5 , d. for good bills. Government have raised to Is. 11d. their rate of exchange for advances on the hypothecation of goods, but owing to the suspension of business, this change will not affect the mercantile rate for the present mail. Exchange on Calcutta may be quoted at 100 Rs., and on Madras 99 l it Rs., at 70 days' sight. Banks—The shares of the Bombay Bank are at 52 per cent. premium, and those of the Oriental Bank 225 Rs. at 251) premium, on shares of 1,000 Rs. each—its. 500 paid up. Price of Bullion-11IA Rs., sovereigns each ; 114 Rs. Bank notes per pound. UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, THUR3DIY. The Fidelia, Captain Hackstaff; which sailed from New York on the 17th ult., reached here this afternoon. She brings papers two days later than before. THE OREGON QUESTION. The New York Journa umf Co;nmerce of the 17th has the following from its Washington Correspondent : WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. _ _ _ The rumour which has prevailed in the city and elsewhere, that the Administration has backed out on the Oregon ques tion, is of doubtful correctness. Were it true, it would render this Government the laughing-stock of the world, and would do no possible good ; for it is very well known that, the moment this Administration leaves it position, the Whigs are ready to take it up, under the lead of "Tom Corwin, the waggon boy," who is about to take his seat in the United States Senate, and is, at this moment, the leading candidate of the Whig party for the next Presidency. Looking at the history of the Oregon question, it would be easy to find reasons enough for the position of the present Administration in regard to it, without the surmise that it originates in a petty personal jealousy, of which Mr. Calhoun is the object. Having listened for years to all the debates in Congress on this question and having read all the correspondence re specting it, I must say that I never yet have met with but one view of our title to Oregon. There has been a difference of opinion in regard to the time and mode and extent of asserting it. During the last three or four sessions, particu lary, the debates have been earnest and interesting on the subject, and not one speaker ever intimated a doubt of our title. The subscription of Mr. Greenhow's book was advo cated by the Whigs, on the ground that it would fully con vince and satisfy every one of the validity of our title, and it was opposed by the democrats on the ground that they wanted no other or further evidence than what they already had. Is it to be forgotten that Mr. Polk was elected upon the Oregon and Texas questions? Is it known that the whole country, at that election, sanctioned the resolution of the Baltimore Convention, which declares " our title to the whole of Oregon to be clear and unquestionable ?" Mr. Polk, in his inaugural address, re-echoed that declaration, and in the same words. Can it be expected that Mr. Polk will now, under the influence of an artificial panic (which as Mr. Webster says, is "half as bad as a war"), with which Mr. Polk has had no agency in making, back out from his own solemn declarations—repudiate the sanctioned opinions of his party—turn traitor to all those obliga tions which the action of four successive Administrations have imposed upon him—and all for what? To enable the Opposition to take the question out of his hands and manage it themselves, and elect a Whig President upon it. Should Mr. Polk say anything less than what he said in his inau gural address, he will merit and receive the universal contempt of all parties and of the whole world. Anything more it would be unnecessary for him to say—for legislative action on the subject depends upon Congress. His plain duty is to repeat what he has already said, and what has been the universal language of every statesman and every party up to the hour of this useless and incomprehensible panic. Tue CABINET.—The Union says of Mr. Buchanan, " that it depends altogether upon himself whether he will leave the Cabinet, and our own decided impression at present is, that there will be no change at all." FORTIFICATIONS OF KINGSTON, CANADA.—We copy the following from the Kingston Gazette of Nov. 8 : "A requisition has been addressed by the respective officers of the Board of Ordnance to the Corporation of Kingston, for the immediate possession of water-lots fronting the Town hall, the property of the Board of Ordnance, but of which the town has long had the privilege of occupation. The lots are at present covered, in part by the wharehouses and office of Messrs. Macpherson and Crane, but we presume sufficient time will be allowed these gentlemen to make the necessary arrangements for the removal of their business. " We understand that the contracts for the contemplated military works at this post will, in a very short time, be issued, in order to enable the contractors to get out the necessary stone during the winter; the building, &c., to be proceeded with in the spring." We annex commercial accounts from the Courier and quirer of the 17th ult : The operations at the Board of Brokers MI morning were to about the usual extent. Previous to the closing of the Eastern mail a moderate business was done in foreign exchange. London, 109 to 1081 ; Paris, 5.25 to 5.26*. Cotton—The market remains inactive, and prices have a downward tendency. Flour—There has been less firmness in the market to-day, and sales of Genesee, Ohio, &c., have be en ma d e a t 6 doll's. 50c. ' and of Michigan at 6 dolls. 44 c . ; common sou th ern i s held at 6 dolls. 25c. 1,000 bushels of rye malt sold at 83 cents, delivered ; 14,000 bushels rye (for export) at 80 cents; 3,400 bushels of barley on private terms ; 3,000 bushels of southern corn at 76 cents weight, and 2,000 bushels of northern corn at the same price. Provisions were steady to-day, with a moderate demand. The Canadian papers publish the following bulletin re• specting the health of the G.)yernor-General : " Monklands, Nov. 11. " The health of his Excellency the Governor• General has for some time been steadily improving, and he continues to take an airing daily in his carriage, when the weather permits. " JAMES CRAWFORD, M.D. " ROBERT L. MACDONNELL, M.D." COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE PANIC IN 1836 AND 1845. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—The inclosed digest may be deemed worthy of a place in your excellent journal.—Yours,Pc. A MANCHESTER MERCHANT. 1836. 1845. Cotton, 11d.per lb 4i per lb 7-8 Printers, 9s Consols, - 87i 95 Bullion, 4e millions 13i millions Interest in America, 20 5 to 6 per cent. and abundance to 30 per cent of money Panic in America Trade good in Anseries Corn in America, deficient Enormous Cotton ditto Ditto. THE CORN LAWS. The following requisition, signed by 1,192 electors of the City of London, was presented ta the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house yesterday at twelve o'clock : "TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR OF TMIII CITY OF LONDON, &C. is c. " We the undersigned electors of the City of London being desirous of holding a public meeting for the purpose of ex pressing our sentiments on the subject of the existing corn laws, in connexion with the prevailing apprehension of a scarcity, request that your Lordship will call a meeting of the electors in the Guildhall of this City, to be held at an early day, and that your Lordship will be pleased to preside at the same." His LORDSHIP stated he would consider the matter, and return an early answer. EXTRAORDINARY SUlClDE.—Thursday morning, great excitement prevailed in the vicinity of Doctors' Com mons, from the extraordinary death of a gentleman named Rice, who lived close to the Prerogative-office, in Doctors' Commons. He had for some time been employed in the Prerogative-office as clerk, but his habits, it is said, have been lately very dissipated He went home late on Wed nesday night to his lodging, but was heard in the course of yesterday morning to go down stairs, as it was supposed, to the privy. As he was not seen at his usual hour, some per sons went to his bedroom, but received no answer to their knocking, and at last they forced the door. The deceased was not there, but every article of his clothing was lying about the room, even to his shirt and flannel waistcoat. Search was made for him in the privy with a boat-hook, and in a few minutes the body was grappled with, but life appeared to be quite extinct, and it is supposed he had been there for some hours. He vas quite naked, and must have forced himself head foremost into the soil, which is about ten feet below. DEATH OF A CHILD BY FlRE.—Thursday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Yorkshire Grey, High street, Hampstead, on the body of Agnes Boyce, aged eight years, a fine little girl, who was burned to death. It ap peared that the deceased with her -father, a widower, in humble circumstances, resided in Bartlett's-buildings, adja cent to the above house. On Tuesday afternoon, about four o'clock, expecting her father home to his tea, she commenced toasting a slice of bread for him, when, while so doing, her pinafore was drawn to the bars of the grate and ignited. Her screams alarmed the landlady, but before medical assistance could be procured she died of the injuries she had received. Verdict—" Accidental death." DEPOSITS warn THE BOARD OF TRADE:—.We are requested to supply the following omissions to our list of de posits with the Board of Trade :—Chichester and Bognor; Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ; Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Extension ; Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth ; East Dereham and Norwich ; Reedham and North Walsham ; Fakenham and Lynn; and the Hull and Sheffield Midland Direct. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS 1 - I:,. to 9 . - Snt of I.n , r Ni';'i -, t.) .:' 'ii Co - ,tun .1 , Lvi2i.pi ~l ve,tt•rar: \\ ere 50 bales, at 1./ s d. per lb. decline, compared with Friday last , 1 11 American sorts. Other kinds were without alteration. n Shares there was an increased business, with improving priest. From the Wet Indies the crop accounts are not very fr Tourable, the weather being too dry. The Stock Market again exhibits rather a wea k a p Pter" ance, and the uncertainty relative to the corn• laws has re: pressed the upward tendency of prices. Consols have Wu 94% % for present transfer, and 94 3 / 4 % for time. The Pre: mium for Exchequer-bills has again declined, and is variable at 12s. to 16s. The New Three-and-a-Quarter p er Cell ; have been 95% to V s ; and the Three per Cents. , 93% to • Bank Stock is worth 202 to 202 1 / 2 . The Foreign market has been dull, and prices bays been s , much the same as yesterday. Mexican Stock has befell e 7 ,,T to 31, being quiet. Columbian are 16%. Portuguese re,„ per Cents. bring 58 1 ,4. Russian Bonds are 111% Be:gian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 95 to tA, e n Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% to 1 A- I. The Share market has been scarcely so good as yestercis. On OICE O P 9 FBI" Rt CES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK• 20 2 Bank Stock 9 02% 202 91 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 945/ 4' to loi 4 ; 8 95 New 3 1 % per Cents. 9 5A4-4% 10 7 ' 16 LongAnnuitiestoexvireJan.lB6o 10% 7-16 26 India Bonds, 1,0001 — South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Bank Stock for Account... Consols for Account - ...... ...-- 94:,,i % 16 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 -Ad l4 12 16 Pe n ' vil Ditto 500/. Ditto Small ONE Crot. O'CLOCK r''' PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ..- Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1329 and 1839 — 1 6 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 16% 3 Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2O Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... — 11 0/ ‘ Ditto, Account 3O 81 gu% lig Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Account 58% 10 Russian Bonds II I I ,E 112 .... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. ..._. Ditto, Account — Ditto 3 per Cent. ..... ........ Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. 95 Belgian 4% per Cent. ..... 954, 95 59 Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 3 / 4 4 93 ; 4 ,0' PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE ria CO PAM. RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. 0. Aberdeen ....... - ..... 0 . . Aberdeen,Banff, is Elgin ............... Armagh, Coleraine, and ... Portrush l% ............ ..• Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% ........... .. Belfast & County Down 2% — .............. .• ~.. , Bideford andTavistock... 13 - ............... 1 231 , Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 123% ......... •••• ..• Ditto New 17% — ......• ....... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction dirmingham & Leicester i Direct ... Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22s Bridgewater &Minehead 425. ... - ..... I Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New .. Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Bristol and Liver. June . 2% — .............. . ./ , Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension P .. 1 Cambrian & Grand June 42s Cambridge and Lincoln 1% Do. New Cambridge and Oxford l% —33lA% 1 .2 . 4 1 1 1 5 1 8 1 :.. :.. : .... :.. ... ... :. . Canterbury and Dover.. IN, — ....- ----- ' Central Kent 2 l li .. ............ 4 Chelmsford and Bury ... 1% O 3/q ............... 1 Chester and Holyhead.- 15 .... Chester and Manchester 425. ... / Cheltexham and Oxford 2 . Clydesdale Junction..... 5 / Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% ............ / Cork and Waterford ... 1% —• ........... -•• , Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester l l4 • Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe — Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby Derby, Uttoxeter, and 1% ...... -111% ........................................................... ... :.131 Stafford 2%...... ........•••••• i i Direct Manchester It (Remington's) - I%i •••••. ...... i Ditto (Rackstrick's) 5 14- VA ........... .. •. / Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh IN—.. .... Dublin and Belfast June 5 / Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway.- - 4 Dudley, Madely, and 2% — ... ............................................... . / 1 19 S Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% — ............... A ti I Eastern Counties 141. 16s I9V •19 •••*".. " Ditto New 61. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....6/. 13s. 4d. Mi P•• ......... I / ° Ditto ditto, No. 2 ..4/. 13s. 4d l /4 p par ......... EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 25 .. ... ....... r Ditto, Quarter Shares 2 1 4 ---- .............................. .• ....• .. Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 1%...... _ ............... • Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2 1 / 2 .............. / t iA Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%...... ............... / East Lincolnshire . / East & West of England 1%...... .............. / Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... . ............ , Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ' ...... .0 , / 2 ...... ...... , Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — ........... '. i Edinburgh and Perth... 1% — ••• ........ / Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 -.-.. ••• ......... , Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 / 2 — ............. .. Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% — ............... / Exeter, Dorchester, and / Weymouth . 1 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2/4 — ............. 4? Glouc. ,Abelystw ith, and Central of Wales/ Goole and Doncaster .. 427 3 ...................... 5 ...... Grand Junction 100 Ditto Half Shares 5O - ....... 1 -'''" Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union... l% 114.•••••• ...... Great Eastern &Western 2% . :**" / GreatGrimsby and Shef field / Great South. and West. / ..... (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 7 1 j 4 — .............. .. / Great Munster 2 l /4 — ...... • ••• ... / Great North of Scotland 2 % — ..... - ..... / Great North of England..loo .... if Ditto New .... I Do. New .... - ........ 2 - ............. , ... '$ Great Western BO ...... •• ......... 1 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares .• Y Ditto 1 / r , Shares 2% 14% ............... / Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2 1 / i ... ~., Harwich Hull and Selby 5O Ditto IA Shares .... / Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 ..... ........ / Ipswich, Norwich, and .. / Yarmouth 2 ...... ••• ••• .... . / Irish North Midland l% ........... . / Isle ofAxholme .. , Killarney Junctions lAr ......... ....... O'' Kendal and Windermere 11/4 . ... .... ...... Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal- • / ...... lymena Leeds and Carli s le / Leeds and West Riding 2% .......... . Junction Leicester & Birmingham 22 - s: — ••• - '....... / Leicester and Bedford... 225. 4 SA 1 " . • / Leicester and Tamworth .425. Ligeri- and Manchester.100 .. / . — ........ • Do. 1 / Shares Do. Quarters ....... .• if Liverpool& Leeds Direct 2% .. ......... •'' 4 Lpool., Mnchstr, & New- ... castle Junction London and Birminghmloo 210% 2124 1 " ..... 4_, Do. Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares .. ...... ... .. 1 Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ...... 14(,...... 1%....• ..... -.. / London and Blackwall. 16/. 133.4 d. •••• •• O!>L 01 -a Do. New Ditto Extension ~"0... / and Brighton ~. / Do. consolidated Bths... 35 .•• . .............. 19 ••• .... Ditto, Sixths London and:Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 184 ....... / Do. Guaranteed 5 per ... .. .... /••• Cent. - Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and .. ••• / Hereford London and Greenwich 12/ 1584{1... ........... • Do. Preference ...18117s 2d — ............. /:, London, Hounslow, and . ~. ..- Western Lond. & S.Western 41/ 6s 10d — ...... . . .........• / Do. New Consol. Bths 20 ... , Do. New .............. ..... ofe Do. New ... London & South Essex 2 3 4 ...... 4 3 ..- •••• ... ..... .0 $4 ...... London and York 2% ' lid London and Winclior ... 1 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% l% ........... •••• ..• London, Salisbury, and .... / Yeovil 2%••••• • .... .. ... ......... Londonderry & Coleraine 5 1 1 Londonderry and Ennis- ..... killen ~ Lynn and Ely .... ' Lynn and Dereham 5 ...... .. Manchester and Leeds ...... ... .. 5.'" Ditto 1 / 1 Shares .... i. Do. Quarters 2 ...... --' ••• .. .... 1 Do. Sixteenths 4l . Manchester and Birnun 4O ........... . 71 ............. .......... .. 0 14 ....... Do. Quarters 4 ..».. -- ....... ... ..... . Do. New Quarters Do. Continuation and ..... Welsh Junction - ••• .. .... p Manchester,Buxton,and ........ Matlock 42s. ...... 2% P .... „,.. Manchester, Birm., and ... „..••• Mould Junction -......•-• ..... .. 0 Manchester and Rugby Direct Manchest. &Southampt. — 2 , .. ..... -- 2 3 4 1 .......................... 1°14 ! 100 .....140 1 141 ......... 0 Midland Do. Fifths 2 ...... ...... ,-... ..."15... 00 Do. New Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo - ......... ..• Midld. & East. Counties IN - ......... ' l° Midland Great Western (Irish) 93 t os 94 THE SUN LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1845 Do p J