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Gilbert A Beckett, Horace Mayhew, Mark Lemon, and Douglas Jerrold, new for the first time made public. This pamphlet, price 3d., extends to thirty two pages, and may be ordered through any Bookseller or Newsman in town or country. No verdict can be worth anything till the evi deuce on both sides has been examined. Published by J. Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly; Effingham IVilson, Royal Exchange; and K. Whitty, 72, Fleet-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING _ _ Will be repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. II arrison ; I)on Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips ; Maritana, Miss Romer f.azarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called TIM purl L TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Dabas (of the Academie ItQyale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, La Barcarole—Auber. Quadrille, from Itussini's Opera, " Scmiramido"—Jullien. Solo, Violin, by Mr. Case—Case. Valse a Deux Tems (Second Set), " The Bridal"—Jullien. The Allegro, Fugue, and Ttiumphal March from Beethoven's Symphony in C Minor—Beethoven. Jullien's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien. PAkT 11. Opera, " Don Juan," Grand Selection—Mozart. ViCse, Fleur-de-Marie—Barrret. Solo, Flute, by Mr. Richardson—Richardson. The l'olka Quadrille—Jullien. Solo, Cornet-a-Pistons, by Herr Koenig—Donlzetti. gibe Post-horn Galop—Koenig. 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 Audience portion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators:—Dress Circles, 45.; Boxed, 3s. ; Galleries, 2s. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farreu ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son; Its. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated en entirely New Farce, called TIIE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. Ilumby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY RUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seyton, Miss ieytort. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING Will ho repeated THE GREEN BINHES; or, A hundred Years Ago. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker ; Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame ('eleste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFOXD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled TILE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orvllle, firs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. After which, DON CrESAR DE BAZIN. Don Cmsar do Bazaii, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. TolVonclude with a New Farce, entitled JACK O'BOTII SIDES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Two Aet Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE ? Characters by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Miss Hamilton, and Mn.s Walter Lacy. After which, THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kato Howard ; Moinus, Mr. G. Wild. To be followed by THE RAILWAY !KING. Sala Stag, ➢lr. G. Wild ; Sally Slop, Miss Kate Howard. To conclude with BAMBOOZLING. ABTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAST OF THE BARONS ; or, Warwick, The King Maker, and the Battle of Barnet. Introducing original and stupendons effects. The Arena of Equitation will display its countless attractions, aided by the principal Equestrians and magnificent Stud. To conclude with TIIE BRIGAND OF ANCONA. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. More Novelty--The Wonderful Perfonnances of the Infant Sappho, the First Musical Genius of the Day, TII IS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA. supported by Messrs. Hughes, hicks, Cowell, Heslop, Fredericks, Mrs. Vining, and Miss Martin. After which, HOLE IN THE WALL. To be followed by the FORTY THIEVES. To conclude with CHARMING POLLY; or, Lucky and Unlucky Days. In which Messrs. Rogers, Hicks, Cowell, Fredericks, Mrs. Vining, Miss 31anin, and Mrs. Daly will perform. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, DEC. 9. TirieRAIONETER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 46; Noon, 44 . . BAROMETER, 30.33. WIND W.N.W.; last night, rain: this morning, fine. Main WATER AT LONDON-RHIDGE THIS DAY. M mint: .. 11 minute; after 10 1 Evening .. 47 minutes after 10. 8-4 c. tt* „N. F 161011 i ..;4flirfr Alumni) LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 1845. The number of railway companies that have depo sited their plans with the Board of Trade in proper time is stated to be nearly 800. There has been, therefore, a falling off of more than a third of the 1,263 projected companies in Mr. SPACKMAN'S table. The sum which would be required to be deposited with the Accountant-General for 800 companies (calculating the deposits for all at 10 per cent., though several may go to the House of Commons with only 5 per cent. deposited) is estimated at 26,200,0001. Mr. SPACKMAN'S estimate of the deposits for his 1,263 companies was 59,136,3001. Thirty millions makes a small difference ! It may be asked why that table of terror was not kept back—only a fortnight—till after the 30th of No vember ? Of the 800 companies which duly deposited their plans at the Board of Trade, some, it is well known, were too late in the country. Some again, though the surveys have been completed and the plans deposited, have not got in their money. The defectiveness of Plans in other cases (consideri ng t h e immense pressure on surveyors, it is only surprising that so few of the plans deposited kre spoken of as imperfect), will further Help to reduce the number 800 to a more reasonable num but. -- - - - The period which will intervene before the meeting of Parliament will probably be prolific of amalgamations. There has, indeed, been a considerable number of amal gamatiens within the last month, while the preparation of nlans was occupying the attention of Parliament; but, r ow that the ordeal of the 30th of November is passed, directors will have more time for arranging amalgama tions, and as the meeting of Parliament draws near questions of amalgamation will become more urgent. But, to whatever extent amalgamations of competing schemes may or may not take place before the meeting of Parliament, only one of any number of competing schemes can be sanctioned by Parliament ; and when this is considered, the number 800 will be forced ulti mately to submit to an immense reduction. We may fairly take the residuum at not higher than a third of the number. When it is considered that in several in stances there are not less than five or six competing schemes, it will be admitted that this is at any rate not too large a deduction. Will it then be so impracticable, as alarmists have en deavoured to represent, for Parliament in the next ses sion to adjudicate on schemes to terminate at most in 2-50 Railway Acts ? People are too apt to suppose that Parliament did the most that could be done with its time in the last session. A great deal of time was wasted last session in waiting for the reports of the Board of Trade. This cause of delay will not exist next session. A great deal of time may be saved by allowing the Home of Lords to originate Railway Bills, and thus giving simultaneous occupation to the two Houses. As it is, the House of Lords has no Bills before it for the greater part of the session, and the House of Commons none at the end. We mentioned a few days back that this alteration of the practice of Parliament had been recommended by Lord MONTEAGLE. We have also the authority in its favour of Lord RELESDALE, whose expe rience in private Bill legislation in the House of Lords is second only to Lord SHAFTESBURY'S. Lord REDES DALE stated, in his evidence before the Select Com mittee on Railway Bills of the House of Commons last session—" I may say that, having turned my mind a good deal to this subject, I think the whole difficulty of legislation with regard to Railway Bills might be got over if the House of Commons would allow a portion of the Railway Bills to be originated in the House of Lords. During the early period of the session the House has very little to do, and the Members of it would attend most willingly, and a very large portion of the business might be advanced." Words could hardly be stronger than these of Lord REDESDALE. But it may be said, if more could be made of the time at the disposal of Parliament, can more be made of the Members ? Can they possibly be worked harder at railways than they were last year ? A Parliamentary return, moved for by Sir ROBERT Nom (No. 620 of last session), shows the whole number of Members of the House of Commons who served on railway Committees ; and the whole number is only 220 out of the 658 Mem bers. And while some of these were certainly worked hard, as the unfortunate members of the Committee on Group X., who sat 83 days, others were worked very little. As many as eighteen Committees, comprising 90 members, sat not more than five days each. Four Com mittees, comprising 25 members, sat only one day each. No member served on two Committees. After all, then, there is a deal of House of Commons' strength in reserve. We have thought that the publication of these facts may be useful at this time, and tend to allay some of the unreasonable fears which a great deal of vague writing has increased, if not engendered, as to the impossibility of Parliament dealing with the railway schemes which will come before it in the next session. We believe that, in this as in all other cases, it will be found - that " where there is a will there is a way," and we are sure that amalgamations, and other causes, will materially reduce the present number of expected Bills, already materially reduced since the 30th of November. The students in the Universities appear to be the only parties in France who claim the right of meeting publicly, and expressing their grievances. When some new law is made for the direction of their studies, or those of a restless and independent spirit are expelled—when a dispute between the Church and the University arises, or the Minister of Public Instruction, and any of the professors are at variance on points of doctrine or discipline—the rising generation take up the question with all the gravity and firmness of men in the full maturity of life. They are always put down, it is true, but, nevertheless, they persevere in maintaining their privileges, and asserting the right of a free people to petition their rulers for redress of griev ances. This forms a singular contrast to the universal practice which prevails throughout France, while it is in perfect unison with the system of self-go vernment which has long distinguished the inhabitants of these islands, and which has been the real source of their liberty and independence. Though France has a House of Lords and a House of Commons, a Sovereign, like ours, that can do no wrong, and all the other emblems and exterior safeguards of a free constitution, the people have little or no power, for they are debarred from express ing their sentiments at public meetings respecting either the proceedings of Parliament, or the measures of the Government, or any great national event whatever. The voice of the people, in fact, is never ascertained by any expression of public opinion. The newspapers are not backward in saying what public opinion is, nor at all choice in their expressions when the Minister is the object of their attacks ; but it is impossible to learn f.eim these the feelings of the people, for their representations I vary according to their politics, and the Government ' itself has no means of knowing what measures are ap • proved or reprobated but through the functionaries called Prefects, or ministerial agents, performing the duties of spies. Such a system is at utter variance with a free constitution, and most injurious also to the stability of any government or dynasty. In France, the KING and Cabinet, with some slight check from the Chambers, govern the country. In England the reverse is the case. Our system of representation is still defec tive, notwithstanding all the important changes made by the Reform Act ; but, even with all its defects, the voice of the people has a considerable share of influence in its decisions, even as expressed through their representatives. That influence, however, is little or nothing compared with that created by the " pressure from without," by public) meetings, and petitions, and remonstrances, and continued agitation for the accom plishment of certain measures. It was the pressure from without that carried the Emancipation Act and the Reform Act, and but for the demonstration made pre vious to these two great events, GEORGE IV. and his Cabinet would never have yielded to the just claims of the Catholics, nor would Earl GREY have been made Prime Minister to his successor, and received the commands of his master to frame a measure for extensive Parliamementary Reform. Need we mention another instance, which is now palpable to every observer ? We take for granted that the corn laws are doomed to destruction. About that desirable consummation there is no doubt whatever among all the well-informed and the most influential portion of the people—the middloclasses. The Whigs, the only party in the State that claim a rivalry with the Conserva tives in the government of the country, have gone over in a body to the repealers; the Prime Minister himself and all his free-trading colleagues are inclined to the same views, and nothing is wanting but the sanction of Parliament and the Crown to the final settlement of the question. What has effected this won derful change? The privilege, which Britons claim as their inalienable birth-right, of petition ing the ruling powers, and demanding the adop tion of measures essential to their security and welfare. Sir ROBERT PEEL, or Lord JOHN RUSSELL, or any other statesman might have talked in the Cabinet or the Senate, during the whole of their political lives, about the blessings of free:trade and the injustice of the corn laws, but they would have talked in vain without the aid from without. To that WELLINGTON and STANLEY and RIPON must yield without a murmur, for we have no instance on record of the public being de• feated in their purposes, when clearly ascertained, even by the most powerful Ministry and the most obsequious Parliament. This great priviltge every Englishman ought, therefore, to prize as the first of his political rights, and as the only real safeguard for a represen tative Government. When he looks to the state of France, too, he will be still more inclined to prize the system under which he lives. In that coun try monopoly is ten times more injurous than here, yet no meetings can be called to obtain re dress. Everything must be left to the KING and his Cabinet, and no remedy can be obtained, nor the public voice be known till a revolution takes place. Then there are meetings and speeches in abundance, and the whole frame of society is loosened, simply be cause the complaints of the people had been pent up by the wretched system of government, and, in a fit of frensy, they were compelled to obtain relief by main force. The intelligence from Madrid is to the Ist inst., but, as usual, is of little interest. The country is quiet; the income-tax is collected with little opposition; NARVAEZ has subdued the Progresistas and all his opponents in the Cortes ; and in reality an absolute monarchy is es tablished in Spain. The only disturbance mentioned in these papers lately occurred at Seville, caused by a party of students, who :mutinied because their professors or dered them to wear clean cravat, and pay more atten tention to their college dress. A few of them were ar rested, and one youth was wounded in the patriotic rc ristance to their superiors. On the Ist the Three per Cents. closed at 35 for cash, and 35i at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 24, at GO days. t Most of the Paris 'papers advert to the procession of the students to the residence of M. QUINET, and the attack made on them by the police. The Opposition journals are loud in their denunciations against the Go vernment for interfering at all, as the young men con ducted themselves peaceably, and after their visit to the professor's house were quietlyreturning to their respective colleges. The Journal des Debuts gives rather a dif ferent version of the affair, and says," the police interfered ngt s ii;. because the students, not content with v were marching towards the hotel of the Minister of Public Instruction, with the manifest intention of insult ing or injuring M. SALVANDY." The National denies this, and asserts that on the address being finished, one of the young men called out, " The object of the meeting is now accomplished. Let us disperse." They accord ingly began to disperse, when some of the police in plain clothes arrested the young man with unnecessary vio lence. An affray ensued, the student was rescued, and then the municipal cavalry charged the crowd. It adds, " this is one of those odious scenes which will form a new page to the sanguinary history of the police since 1830." The Courrier Francais is equally violent against the police, though it does not deny that it was proposed to march to the residence of M. SALVANDY. "It was not till three o'clock," it says, " that the arrests took place. The municipal police, and the police agents pushed the students before them, and whoever complained of their brutality was arrested. About twenty were taken prisoners. Mounted and foot police then forced their way into the court-yard of the School of Medicine, and a body of police agents pushed open the dissecting-room, demanding from the heads of the school the names Of the students who were absent ; but this odious inquisi • tion was treated as it deserved. All this time the arrests went on out of doors, amidst the grossest language and conduct. Some who witnessed these scenes of disorder say that all would have passed off quietly but for the conduct of the police" A good deal of dissatisfaction has been caused by the course adopted by some bankers of competing companies, in deducting a certain amount from the deposits, to be repaid to the subscribers for payment of expenses. The Naeonal makes the follow in remarks on the subject : " The Company d'Anthouard (for the Strasbourg line) re tains a franc per share for the expense of management. This should certainly be enough for the purpose. It is right, how ever, to notice, on the other hand, the conduct of the Hin guerlot Company, which is reimbursing promptly and in their public office, without any trickery, chicanery, or delay, and who do not charge or retain a single centime, although they have had to bear expenses, which are calculated at 500,000 francs. We are glad to meet with a little straightforwardness and dignity in those tortuous paths, and we regret not to have more often to praise similar acts of probity and good sense. As to the Aymard Company, of which Messrs. Gentil and Fol are the bankers, it has been re marked to us that they have only received the deposits on 160,000 shares, as the rest were reserved for the English subscribers. It is, therefore, on these 160,000 shares that Messrs. Gentil and Ful retain—first, 40c. per share, and secondly, lf. 25c. to cover the unfavourable differences in the reports effected by M. Isot, agent de change. One of our correspondents remarks to us that there can never be a loss on reports when they are made for cash, and that the avowed loss proves that there have been losing trans actions proceeding from illegal gambling, and the weight of which it is now attempted to throw upon the subscribers. Our correspondent asks us if M. Isot himself be not gravely compromised by the advertisement which the bankers of that Company have published ; for Ai. Isot, an agent de change, thus pointed out as having lost considerable sums in his reports, must have broken the laws and constitution of his profession, and also the law of the 15th of July, 1845. There is nothing in all this but these facts, which are too clear to the subscribers :-Ist. That they are not admitted to compete in a serious adjudication. 2d. That they have not touched a farthing of interest. 3(1. That in place of re ceiving back their capitals they leave in the chest of Messrs. Gentil and Fol the sum of 164,000 francs. This is the way in which bankers and administrators manage the funds belonging to their shareholders." Dispatches had been received from Marshal Bu- GEAUD of the 23d of November. It appears that the province of Oran is still in a very disturbed state, and that the French have quite enough to do in keeping down insurrection in the subdued districts without marching on Morocco. The Three per Cents. were done at TORTONI'S on Sun day at 83f. 10c. The following are the quotations of the price of shares in new lines at Marseilles and Lyons : INIAnsEILLEs, DEC. 3.—Marseilles and Avignon, 825 f. ; Boulogne,49sf. ; Vierzon, 627 f. 50c. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 682 f. 50c. LYONS, DEC. 5.--Marseilles and Avignon, 870 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,150 f.; Paris and Rouen, 030 f.; Orleans and Vierzon, 632 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEO. 8. Anglo-Belgian — IMauritius Boulogne and Amiens.. 8 'Namur and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and. Bordeaux 10 1 4 Do. (Mackenzie's) .. 1% OverYssel ......... Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (La!Etta) 2N, rifle Coast Central of Spain .. Ditto (Calon's).... Ceylon . Demerara Dendre Valley 1 Paris and Rouen . Dutch Rhenish Dieppe & Paris Jima — (Ganneron*s) Dijon and Mulhouse Do. (Coupe de L'Est) 2 East Indian Fampoux & Hazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre 7 Constituted Do. Pepin le Halleur — Sambre aid Meuse .... Great Paris and Lyons 2 Strasburg and Basle ... Great Western Bengal Tournay,Jurbiso, Lau- Great Western Canada den, and Hasselt JantaicaS Mid. Junction Tours and Nantes Do. North (Mackenzie's) Do. Extension Jersey — Do. (O'Neill's) Louvain and Jemappe.. Trinidad Lyons and Avignon.... Verona an 4 Ancona.... 2 1 7 Luxembourg Madrid and Valencia... CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor did not sit to-day.. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship was occupied during the greater portion of the day in hearing short causes and unopposed petitions, which deserve no particular notice. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY. The further arguments in the part-heard case of DAVIS V. COMBERMERE occupied his. Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England the whole morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) TOPIIAM V. PRICE. This case was resumed this morning at the sitting o f the Court. The plaintiff's case having closed last night The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opened the case for the de fendants in a very long and elaborate address to the jury, in the course of which he said he was prepared to contend that this attempt to compel the defendants to pay the sum demanded by the plaintiff, was an attempt to commit a fraud, and that a false representation had been made as to the amount of stock alleged to have been destroyed by the fire. He contended that it had been proved by the cross-examination of the plaintiff's witnesses that a great quantity of goods had been re moved from the house on the night of the fire, and that every light in the house had been put out at an early hour. Yet, with:regard to the latter assertion, he was instructed to say, that witnesses would be produced who would prove distinctly that lights were seen flitting about in the windows that night at a late hour, and just before the fire broke out. William George Carter, apprentice of Mr. Thomas Fob°, the printer, deposed that he was at work on the premises in St. Martin's-lane, and that a great portion of the type in use there was not in good condition. Large quantities of type had been removed from the premises from time to time. Witness took some himself to his own house, by the orders of Fobs, a few weeks before the fire. Was on the premises the day of the fire. Some goods were removed that day. Left the premises that night at about half-past eight o'clock, and locked them up. There was no fire or light throughout the house then. Heard of the fire next morning. Went there, and saw a key in the counting-house-door. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) :Sittings after Term, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) GREENWAY V. MARSHALL. This was an action of assumpsit upon a warrant, to which the defendant had pleaded the general issue. Mr. Jervis and Mr. Miller appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Humfrey for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff had purchased a mare from the defendant, which was warranted to be sound, but subsequently the mare exhibited lameness in its fore feet, and the present action was brought to recover back the amount which had been paid for her, namely 16/. For the defence, it was urged that previous to the sale of the mare she had never presented any symptoms of lameness whatsoever, and the defendant, therefore, gave the warranty, fully convinced and believing that the mare was without a blemish. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE ruled that this was no de fence to the action. It mattered not whether the un soundness was not discovered, or whether the defendant became aware of it prior to, or after, the sale, provided it could be proved that it actually existed at the time the warranty was given. That was the case here, and the jury must find for the plaintiff: The jury returned a verdict accordingly—Damages 161. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) ;Sittings in London at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CUIV.F JUSTICE and a Common Jury.) SYMMONDS V. DEXTER. This was an action of debt to recover the sum of 341., being the price of three horses, which the defendant was alleged to have bought from the plaintiff. The latter is a veterinary surgeon, the former a publican and horse dealer, in Whitechapel. The defence set up was, that the defendant received the horses to put into good con. dition, and then sell upon commission ; but, that, in con sequence of the plaintitrs obstinacy in refusing to allow them to be sold, when reasonable offers were made, they were kept on expensive food—oil cake, white peas, and mf adow hay, until the cost of their keep exceeded the amount for which they were ultimately sold. The evi dence, as is frequently the case where horses are con cerned in the cause of action, was quite contradictory. Mr. Petersdorff appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Allen for the defendant. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up with great clearness and minuteness, the jury without hesita tion returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 341. BANKRUPTCY.—(TIIIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE BRADSHAW. This bankrupt, who was a draper at St. Alban's, came up for his certificate. He was opposed on the ground that he had improperly assigned the whole of his pro perty just previously to his bankruptcy, to secure a THE SUN, LONDON, TUF,SDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 0, IA4B. large debt due to his brother. The trade assignee com plained of the bankrupt's ccnduct, not only in not ren dering an account as directed by the Court, but that he had grossly insulted him. It was said that he was still in a good business, and his wife had a large private income. The bankrupt now denied his previous admission of the removal of property belonging to him. He said it was not his. He, however, admitted having gut rid of one horse, but he offered to pay the value. The COURT said that if ha did so the certificate would be allowed, not else. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Joseph Upton, who said he was by trade a black smith, but was now in service as waiter at a public house, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with an assault on the waiter at the " Cider Cellars" public-house. From the waiter's statement, corroborated by that of the landlord, Mr. Rose, and of policeman F 55, it ap peared that the prisoner went into the Cider Cellars at a late hour last night, and asked for some liquor, but as he was already drunk they refused to serve him. At this he took offence, and proceeded to vindicate his wounded honour by practising the art of self-defence upon the unoffending waiter, It must not be supposed, however, that the prisoner showed any partiality in the distribution of his favours, in which the landlord was not forgotten, for the latter would no doubt have received even a greater share than the waiters but for the interference of policeman F 55. The prisoner said he remembered nothing of what had occurred, and pleaded the usual excuse of drunkenness. _ _ Mr. JARDINE fined him 75., and, in defaulC(ior;lrefi;; was not paid), sentenced him to 14 days' imprisonment. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE, There was a fair demand for Cotton at Liverpool yester day: sales nearly: 5,000 bales. Prices were steadily sup-. ported, but there was no demand. Cotton wag not so freely offered. There was rather less done in shares, but prices generally were firm. It is scarcely necessary further to refer to the conflict of statements pro and con. made by the Time: and the Standard on the subject of the corn•laws. All now that is demanded by the merchant, manufacturer, and the tradesman, is that en early statement of the intentions of the Ministers should be made known at the earliest practicable period. Until then trade and commerce must languish. A point connected with railway projects, where new lines have been started, but where the letters of allotment were not issued, before the first Bank notice was circulated, de mands attention. Upon the faith of the respectabi lity cf a host of applicants for allotments the managing committees have incurred expenses for advertisements surveys, officers, clerks, &c. The expenses must be paid ; and under the new law all the promoters are liable, as well as those who have undertaken to accept the whole of the shares asked fir, or any lesser number the various com mittees have alloted. Promptly ought the applicants for shares to perform their duty, so as to prevent law-suits. Escape from liability there is none. There are not any late colonial or other arrivals in the City to-day. A report is current that an individual connected with a savings' bank in the northern part of the metropolis, has committed suicide under peculiar circumstances. At the Coroner's inquest appointed to be held, we are told, this evening, the facts will no doubt be elicited. In the Consol Market this morning the fluctuation has been very slight. For the Account the value has remained unvaried at 94%, and for Money at from 94% to 94%. The premium upon Exchequer-bills remains at 21s to 235. Bank Stock is pretty firm at 200 to 201; the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 95 1 / s %; but East India Stock has fallen from 262 to 260 M. There have been several bargains in the South-American Stocks to day. The Equador Bonds have been taken at 341, the Grenada Bonds at 201, the Mexican for Account at 30, and the Peruvian at 35. Russian Bonds have Leen flat at 114 to 112, Spanish at; 27k, and the Three per Cents. to 371. The a llutch Four per Cents. have rallied from 92i to 933, The Railway Shares are in but moderate request this morn ing, still the market looks healthy. The corrected list is annexed. WIZ PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2OO 201 _ 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 4% % 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 3 1 4 per Cents Long Annoities toexpireJan.lB6o 1014% Ditto 30 years n Oct. 10,1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO% India Stock for Account... ...2604 Bank Stock for Account.— ...202 Consols for Account ...... 94; Exchequer Bins, 1,0001., 21 23 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) ICILY IVIILIZZETS. Sairrusim.n.—Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 41 12s; Clover ditto, 4/ 8s to 51 15s; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 1/12s per load. Trade very dull, at the above quotations. CummattLsiD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 4/ 158 ; Clover, ditto, 41 8s to 51 15s; Oat Straw, 11 8s to I/ lOs per load. Wheat Straw, 11 10. to 1/ 12, per load. A fair acarag• supply, and a sluggish demand. W HITECRAPEL.—Meadow Hay,3/ 8s to 4/ 15s ; Clover, ditto 10. to 5/ 17s ; Oat Straw, 118 s toll lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. 16% 14% 3% - 55% SlGAR.—Scarcely any business continues to be done in British Plantation, only about 150 libels having been sold at rather lower prices, establishing a reduction since Friday week of Is. The public sales have only offerediB2s bags Bengal, and 247 bags Madras, which was all taken in (excepting a few lots) at previous prices, there being no buyers thereat. The stock of British Plantation in London on the Ist instant was 14,321 hhds 2,156 tierces, against 17,231 hhds 2,638 tierces at this time last year. The import to the let instant was 91,038 hhds 11,044 tierces, being an increase over last year. The consumption has increased about 13,000 hhds this year. The stock of Havannali is much less than last year, and of Brazil and Porto Rico it is larger. The stock of Mauritius, Bengal, and East India is lower, the consump tion of those descriptions having greatly increased this year. COFFEE.-606 bags Java and 96 barrels and bags Rio (the latter British Plantation) was nearly all bought in at 50s, for good to fine Dutch Company's Java; a small portion of the Rio sold at 58s to 665, for mid to good mid colory, washed ; the remainder was taken in at 36s to 48s 6d, for fine and to low mid unclean ditto, all of which are comparatively very low prices. The stock of British Plantation in Lor.don is 2,922 hhds 2,073 brls and bags, being less than last year. Rum.—The stock in London on the Ist inst. was 15,303 tuns 1,008 hhds., being much the same as last year. RrcE.-1,355 bags 432 pockets Bengal, and 1,530 bags Spanish (the latter chiefly damaged). The greater part was taken in at 17s 6d to 18s 6d for mid white Bengal (good ditto sold at 19s), and the Spanish at 23s 6d for good bold white like Java, but the damaged brought very low prices, viz., 18s to 19s for second and third-class. The Bengal must be quoted fully Gd to is cheaper. SALTPETRE.-370 bags Bengal at auction was withdrawn at 27s for 8% per cent. refraction, being above the value. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 41s 6d to 41s 9d per cwt on the spot, and Town 45s per cwt. TEA.—The market is rather dull. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL WAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the Directors and Share holders of the above Company was held this day at the terminus, London-bridge station, " for the purpose of considering and determining upon certain matters con nected with the resolutions passed at the special meeting of this Company, holden on the 6th day of November inst., in relation to the amalgamation of the Croydon Company with this Company ; and also fur the purpose, if necessary, of altering or rescinding the before men tioned resolutions, and passing such resolutions as the meeting may deem proper." A considerable number of shareholders attended, as it was expected that the charges brought against the London and Brighton Company at the last meeting of the Croydon Company would be denied or explained away. Among the gentlemen in the body of the room we observed Mr. Wilkinson, chairman of the latter Com pany, and several of its Directors. Rowland Hill, Esq., chairman of the London and Brighton Company, presided. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, I shall commence the business of this meeting by, in the first place, asking your indulgence for myself. Th e t ru th i s , that for a considerable time back I have been in a bad state of health, and yesterday it was doubtful whether I could be in a position to attend this meeting to-day. Enter taining that doubt, and feeling that it was my duty to explain as far as I could the circumstances in which the two companies were placed, I drew up a written state ment of the facts of the case. What I ask is, that I may be permitted to read this statement, for although quite well enough to take my place here, I feel that it will be a great relief to me to be allowed to adopt that course.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, the ad vertisement you have just heard read, and the circular which has been forwarded to each Proprietor, will suffi ciently explain the reason for your being called together at this time, but since those documents have been issued, a meeting had been assembled by the Croydon Board, For reasons given in the circular, your directors did not attend that meeting, they acknowledged no responsi bility towards an assembly so constituted and so con vened. They were responsible only to yourselves, and that is a responsibility. I can assure you that is never absent from their minds—(Hear, hear)—and which they fully acknowledge. I am, therefore, anxious that, under the present circumstances, the whole facts shall be fully examined, and that the reality of the case shall appear in its true colours to the present meeting. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read the following statement :—The meeting for Tuesday last, as we all along foresaw, arrived at no practical result. It was, as far as its objects were concerned, an utter failure, its only effect being to still further increase the difficulties of carrying out the amalgamation between the two Cora panies.—(Hear, hear.) It casts upon us, however, the obligation of rebutting the unjustifiable insinuations to which we have in mere wantonness been exposed—(Hear) —and I cannot but think that a little more charity on the part of our neighbours; a little more forbearance ; the slightest exercise of that conscientiousness which all ought to evince who make pretensions to judge others in matters in which their own feelings and interests are involved, would probably prevent their misunder standing or misrepresenting the conduct and notions of others ; would lead them to pay that just regard to the high position of those gentlemen who are associated with myself, which their character demands ; would do away with all present angry feelings, and the necessity for prosecuting the disagreeable task which has devolved upon me.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, this task is peculiarly painful to me, because the nature of my office throws the duties and responsibilities of the Company mainly upon myself, and as for many years I had the happiness of considering the Chairman of the Croydon Company my most attached and esteemed friend, not because of circumstances in any way attached to this Company, but because in another field I had the advantage of his assistance—l mean in the reformation of the Post-office. (LEFT SPEAKING.) Lord Adolphus Vane, second son of the Marquis of Londonderry, will shortly join the Scots Fusilier Guards-, his Lords lip having exchanged from the Rifle Brigade The Speaker of the House of Commons and Mrs. Lefevre are entertaining a small party at Ileckfield Ilou e, war Basingstoke. PfspEsTatANism.-- Yesterday the ten mile racy be tween Jacques and Dean came off near the King's Armr, Acton Bottom. The men have acquired some celebrity, at d drew a good concourse of spectators. The stakes were 201. a side. Jacques took the lead and covered the first mile U nine minutes and a half. The men continued at a clipping pace, Jacques still maintaining the lead, and five miles were accomplished in forty-seven minutes. At this stage of tl e race Jacques appeared to have victory certain, but on tl e approach of the eighth mile his opponent stole upon him anu took the lead, much to the surprise of the backers of Jacques. Dean gradually gained ground upon his adversary, and ulti mate!y brought the contest to a conclusion by coming in t winner by eight yards, having covered the ten miles of roe d in oae hour and thirty-four minutes, fair toe and heel wall tug. The London fancy backed Jacques to a large amount but in the course of the race endeavoured to edge off. CLOSING PRICES 93% 94X 93N 95% 10 1 10 ( 2 10 3 / 1 260 1 4 202 94% pm. 23 pm. 23 pm. 23 eNE enrcEs OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 20% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Ditto, Account 3O Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 35 Russian Bonds ........... 111 1 4 112 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account — Do., 1838-40, div. frm. Nov., '4O 26% Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. 37% Ditto, Account 37% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 924 93 1 4 9314 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SJIAUES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. CLOSING PRICES 20% 29 3 / 4 35 112 27% 28 26% 6 % 87 1 ,4 37% Aberdeen Aberdeen,Banff, Ec Elgin — Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Thame.. 1%...... Belfast & County Down 2% Bideford antiTavistock... 1% - • Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 124 Ditto New 17% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct - Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22s Bridgewater & Minehead 421. ... Bristol and Exeter 7O ...... 79 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ~.... Bristol and Liver. June . 2%.... _,. • • Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian & Grand Junc 428 ...... Cambridge and Lincoln 1%..... • _ Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1%..... _ . •-- . Canterbury and Dover.. 1 N ...... _•:*..... Central Kent 2%...... _ .... Chelmsford and Bury Chester and Holyhead l5 ...... 14 1 43/ Chester and Manchester 425. 4 Chelteisham and Oxford 2 ...... Clydesdale Junction..... 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% ._ Cork and Waterford ... 1% _ Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir and Leicester... - - Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Ilerby and Crewe — — Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ..• 1%•••••. Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford - Direct Manchester _ ( Remington's) Ditto (Rackstriek's) ► 25;1:::::: 12 1 'l . - Direct Northern DireetNorwich Dublin and Armagh l% .............. Dublin and Belfast June. 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Bruseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 ,4 — Eastern Counties 141. 16s. 2o3' 20 Ditto New 61. 16s. 6%14 p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. —6/. 13s. 4d. — Ditto ditto, No. 2...41. 13s. 4d... EastDereh'ln arldNoech 1 Eastern Union 25 .. •.• Ditto, Quarter Shares 214 - Ditto Extension Do. I 'eh id B 17i Ipswich an , _.,ury - _ liDo. Exten'n to Norw'h 2 1 / 2 Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 / 2 .-- East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%•••••• Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •••••• • Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 .••••• • Ditto, New 5 Edinburgh & Northern.. ILA — ••• ........ "•• Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 / 2 — Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 •••••• Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 / 2 Essex and Suffolk .. ... lA — Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2N Glouc.,Abeiystwith, and Central of Wales IA..- - ••• Goole and Doncaster .. 425. — Grand Junction ...100 Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union IN . ix Great Eastern &Western 2 1 h •-•--- I,z ......... ''' '' GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 7 1 / 2 Great Munster 2 l /2 Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 .-- Great North of England 100 Ditto New 5 Do. New .... »........ 2 Great Western BO ... .. Ditto 1 / 2 Shares 5O Ditto 4 Shares 2 I A4 l5 Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2%..... Harwich Hu' i and Selby 5O - ••• ....... ••., Ditto - 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares Invernessand E1gin...... I Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth ..... ... ...... 2 .....• ...... • • Irish North Midland l% • Isle ofAxliohne 2 ,/ Killarney Juncti ons if), - 12 3 / 4 2% 3 1 ,4 2% 14 3 / 4 20 6 p 17% Kendal and Windermere 114 Litncaster and Carlisle... 30 Lame, Belfast, and Bal lymena Lecds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. — Leicester and Bedford... 225. Leicester and Tamwerth 425. Liverk. and Manekester.loo Do. % Shares Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. 2 Lpool., Mnehstr, & New castle Junction London and Birmingtunloo 212 Do. Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ...... IV, — ..... . London and Blackwall. 16/. 138.4 d — Do. New Ditto Extension ...... 3 London and Brighton... 50 Do. consolidated 8th.... 35 Ditto, Six flirt London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 19 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Lon., Chek, 0x.,G10., and Hereford London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d.. Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d London, Hounslow, and Western Lt nd. & S.Western 4116 s 104 De. New Consol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New London& South Essex 23' -- London and York 2 % ..... London and Windsor London, Warwick, and Kidderminster London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry&Coleraine 5 ...., Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely Linn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds 76 Ditto 1 ,/, Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths ... 44.,,,, Manchester and Birixun. 40 .... Do. Quarters - Do. New Quarters ... 2 -_ Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester, Buxton , and Matlock 42 e . Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction .. Manchester and Rugby 11/Direct ~ , . 1 , Manchest. &Southanapt. 2 Midland 100 ... Do. Fifths Do. New idland, B irm., Derby 100 Midld. & East. Counties Midland Great Western (Irish) Do. Extens. to Sligo- 2 34— , Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 .... Do. New Brandling l5 •.... Newcastle and !Berwick S .... Newcastle and Carlisle 100 .... Newport& Abergavenny New Ross and Carlow 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2 Newark, Sheffield, and , Boston ... - . Norfolk Extension 41% 212 411 3 1 4 19? ~ 16 ~ 438 .• • - .. 13 ~. 70% .. ~ 2412 p... ,••• -- ••• • .• ***** . ..142 ... 19 1 4 19% ... ~.112 ... 55 ... 12% 12 ~ 2% .. 22% VA% North British Do. Half Shares Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon North of Norfolk .. Northern and Eastern 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares l 2 l/2...., Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% North Staffordshire 425...„. North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester ••..• Northern and Southern Connecting ••••, Norwich and Brandon l6 .... Ditto New Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston. 1N...., Nottingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester 1% Nottingham and Mans field ••• •I Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth, & Southamptn 425....., Oxford and Worcester 12%...., Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Perth and Inverness Pilbrow Atmospheric Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Do. 1 ,4 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Scottish Central Scottish Midland 5 Sheffield & Manchesterloo Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrewsbury and Birm... 2%.... Shropshire Mineral 425..... Shropshire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsh. June. 2% Sligo and Shannon Somersetshire Midland 2% South Devon 25 ..... South Midland 42s. South & Midlands June. 425. South Staffordshire June. South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d Do., No. 1 l2 Do., No. 2. Do., Ne. 4 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 2 ..... St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% South Wales ..... ... Taw Vale Extension Teen and Dove Valley 1% Trent Valley 2 ...... Treat Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness Vale of Neath ........ 2 Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwick and Worcester 425. Waterford and Kilkenny 3 Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Waterford, Wexford, and Valentin Waveney Valley ...... 2 Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire 2 34 West London,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties Wexford and Carlow ... 2% Wisbeach and St. Ives— 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ross, and Gloucester 42........ Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester,Warwick,and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2% York and Lancaster York and North Midland 50 .... Ditto % Shares 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do Selby Do. Extensio n ...... ..... FOREIGN RAILWATS. Anglo-Belgian ......... 4 Barb adoes .............. 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 8 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 3 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West .. 65 ••• -- ~. 16-4 32% p 1 4 dis - 41/8 70% - 2 /414 ... a ~.. 142 ,•• "". •w ~ - . ... 144 1 h . ~ 13% 51iiiiii . 3% % dis ~ ..... ~ 2 8 A p ~ 35% ~ 1% .• - ~. 314 o• ... .. .• -- 16 , 19% ~. 112 2 1 ,1 1 %.•••••... • 3 ,4 die 000000 .••. ~.. 55 22 1 4 6 1 4 214 ~.. 66 ••• P .... is dis 1••• 0.. ~.. 13 1 / 2 51- ..- A ... % dis •• - ~. 2 3 ,4 p - g/4`:(118 25% 8 !i J,_ Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ••• ..• •. ......... Central of Spain 2 Ceylon .. .... ss. Demerara 2% ... .. Dendre Valley ..... .... Dijon and Mulhouse ......... •••••• Dutch Rh en i s h S East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted .. .. 6 ...... 12 1 / 4. 12 12%... Great Paris and Lyon* 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. — Great West ernCanada... WA .....- 33 4 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louiain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . ........ ---•••• Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg ......... ... .. 4 .... Madrid and Valentia .... 2 ... .. Mauritius 1 Namur and Liege North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 - -- 0 •ieans and Vierzon ... 10 — 0 :cans and Bordeaux... 6 ....... 9% ...... Over Yssel 413 s 4d — ••• Paris &Lyons(Laffitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) 3 Paris &L 3 ons,(Calon's) 2 .....- Paris &Lyons (cud Est) 2 - ...- ii .........., 1% 12 1 / 2 - 11% 2% 9% Paris and (Mean, 2O ..... IS 7••• Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Do. (Avnpird's) Paris and St Q ientin Rouen and Havre Po:, al forth .f Spain ... 2 ..• ...... ... • Sambre and Dime ...... 6 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hassell. 4 - ••• •.. Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) Do. do. (Lefebvre'sl 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 Trinidad Verona and Ancona.... 3 West Flanders .. 4 MINES. Beal del Monte TJnregd. JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 9.—Wind this day at noon, W., lightbreeza and fine. DEAL, DEC. B.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Canton, Tonge, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Asia, Woodward, Quebec. The Volunteer, from Newcastle to Bourdeaux, was in con tact last night with a vessel off Dover, supposed to be an American, and lost bowsprit, &c. The Mary Pope, Barnes, of Waterford, from Ichaboe, was spoken 28th ult., lat. 42, long. 12, the crew sick with the scurvy, and four men dead, had been lying to nine or ten days, by the Hiram, of Dart mouth, arrived in the Downs. LIVERPOOL, DEC. B.—Wind S. to W., moderate.—Arrd. the Ann and Jane, Smith, Calcutta; Princess Royal, Hood less, ditto, sailed from St. Helena Oct. 26; Vibelia, Rio Janeiro; Isabella, Stewart, St. Andrew's; Charlotte, Farie, Quebec; Acadia, ditto; Carteretta, Newfoundland. Sid. the Mizapore, Hickman, Hong-Kong; Tigris, Mawson, Cal cutta ; Rajah Bassah, ditto ; Crown, Born-bay ; Elizabeth, Witherley, Mauritius ; Betsey Hall, Cape of Good Hope. Elizabeth, King, Rio Janeiro; Eliza, Valrent, Rio Janeiro; W. Russell, Palithorpe, Bahia; Priscilla, Taylor, Pernam buco ; Hazard, Pallet, Pernambuco ; Sylphide, Kohley, Africa ; Mary Kannat, Pixley, Africa ; Zenith, Comic, Africa; Bakel, Costian, Senegal; Stephen, Murchil, Sierra Leone ; Ann Dingwall, Loney, St. Thomas ; Robert Newton, Mosey, Jamaica: Meteor, Turner, Gulf of Mexico; Concord, Scudder, New Orleans ; Berlin, Baker, New Orleans ; George Stevens, New Orleans; Cushing, New Orleans, Corsa, ditto. POOLE, DEC. 7.—A sunken brig, painted black, with round trucks, and the buoy of her anchor foul of foretop-gallant mast head, was passed 29th ult., about four miles off Fair leigh, by the John Ennuw, arrived here. ST. MARGARET'S HOPE, DEC. 2.—The Elizabeth Wis hart, Wills, of Aberdeen, for Sligo, took the ground on enter ing, but came off on the flood with little damage, and into the harbour. The Greenwell Dobinson, Hormeby, of Sunder land, took the ground off the Island of Ilunday during a heavy squall, and must discharge her cargo. SHIELDS, DEC. 6.—A quantity of wreckage, consisting of spars,: masts, &c., main boom painted green, and masts white, with running rigging attached, was seen 20 miles E.S.E. of Tynemouth, by the Ann, Nicoll, arrived here. OFF MARGATE, DEC. B.—John Craig, Meale, Pugwash. DEAL, DEC. B.—Arrd. from the River, Mary Ann, Jamaica. OFF THE WIGHT, DEC. 7.—Cookson, Hooper, St. John's, New Brunswick. FALMOUTH, DEC. 7.—Sld. Lassie, Smith, Baxter, Cape of Good Hope. . _ BEAUMARIS.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Bell, Miramichi. LIVERPOOL.—SId. Chester, Prichard, Savannah ; Republic, Landis, Baltimore ; Lehigh, Young, Phil a d e l p hi a ; C orne li a , French, New York ; Rochester, Porto, New York ; Corsair, Daly, Halifax; Margaret, Wyman, Argyle, Nova Scotia. EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON. (EXTRACT OF A LETIER. ; beci We have had rather a coarse cruise of it, hav i n g a series of fresh and strong gales during the six we , we have been out. I n a ll th e heavy weather trials 17, have had, the Symonites have been completely beaten the Canopus and Rodney ; even the Vanguard, of 7 0 ing notoriety, with a new co pp er b o ttom, is unable compete with the Canopus (a French model of the century) in a fresh gale and a head sea. The Superb, after all the t rou bl e that has been talc; with her, is little or nothing improved. The R notwithstanding her lightness, is as weatherly in " weather as ever. As to the Albion, she gets Worse no worse ; last on all occasions, foul weather or floe, c a wind or before it. As a " f oremos t J a ck," serv in g board this ship, with an experience of twenty-fivel 4 ll in the merchant service and R o y a l N av y together , r be bold to state the sea-going qualities of this se ll ship in a very few words. u • PIO " On a wind " she forereaches t o l e rably fast, ot tl esil a very bad wind. " Going free," cons idering he .. " 100, of canvass, she is good for nothi ng . Sh e is slack In' steers bad, pitches easy, but rolls tremendously. „.. 00 1 'This is the naked truth with r es p ec t to the qua' this much-talked-of ship—the Albion. lea Of the five two-deckers that have been out on O r d t o cruise, the Canopus is undoubtedly the best ship , Rodney is very little inferior to her. (EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER.) 1 . 101 1 1 The Superb has beat everything, both by butont upon all occasions, not as heret o f ore by fathoms , miles, and she is the easiest, an d, I h ave no doubt.lty the very best ships the Survey o r ever built, an . o hands of Captain Corry m us t, an d th ere is no the question, arrive at perfectio n , u p on the thresw' which she is already. rr IMPORTANT TO DISSE , A , - 0 1 0 MINISTERS. —INCOME TAX AND TARY CONTRIBUTIONS. 6. 10 The following important correspondence bes. published in the Christian Witn e ss for this mont h. " ' (Copy letter to the office of Stamps and TOO' Somerset-house, London.) ll feel The Rev. Charles Fox Vardy, r obliged by Charles Pressly, Esq., informing h,.' 113 ,, d ' tb 6 ther, his income being derived exclusively 10 ,70 voluntary contributions of his hearers, he is b ° , l " et return the same for the purpose of assessment 1111 ' Property Tax Act. "91, Gloucester-place, Kentish. town, October 27, 1845." (Copy reply.) " Stamps and Taxes , , B o, " Somerset-house, Nov. 'OOO " Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 27th ult., 80 01 to acquaint you, that if your income be deriV eu . o 4l l° from voluntary contributions, you are not req a d i er IS make a return of the same for asse ssment 12 ° 0 1, Property Tax Act.—l am, Sir, your obedient 56 20. (Signed) " CHARLES PRE° " The Rev. C. F. Vardy." INCOME-TAX COLLECTE I A TO STH APRIL, 1843, IN ENGLAND' Schedule (A), X 96 Land—England and Wales.-- £32,655,137 ta% Houses, factories, and ware houses, 1 wharfs, docks, ship- 1 1ei5,0 ' 4 O yards, &c. (B) Tenant farmers ... 20,486,606 81:22 (C) Funds (D) Profits in trade 50,296,645 ~ (E) Public officers. ... 8,936,831 0 i i T0ta1..., ..... .. 181,322,202 ~ Scotland in all Schedules 9,284,383 r to Total ... £190,606,585 e Or Parliamentary Paper, 235, dated May, 1842, re l° or value of land separated from houses, factories, y r . „'9 : wharfs, docks, ship-yards, rail w ay s , cana l s , public fa'ai j Land in England and Wales £32,655,137 ta% - 022 Land in Scotland Tenant farmers on half 20,486,606 e 1,9 111 Total income-tax paid by land ... ......... Income-tax paid by houses, factories, docks, ware' eft houses, wharfs, ship-yards, canals, railways/ 3,87 5, j public funds, profits in trade Total income-tax paid in 1843.........«•• vol,f Total amount of manufactures exported from ttfor Kingdom in 1843, 52,279,7091., being many millions more than the landed rental. • .41 A correspondent states, that as bill l e Boston, of Haggerston, London, was proceeding ° 13 4 ,4 8 . home from Romford a ew evenings since, about half,. peo! i d he was stopped in his cart and pulled out of it v l be e:af" who rifled his pockets of upwards of 40/. in gold. was committed at a short distance from the Rising Stratford.—Essex Herald A LOVE EXTRAOR DINARY .-A y ou ng .a- m s e t or on Nancekuke-common, attempted suicide sonn fo r since by poisoning herself, b u t a me di ca l man was '? g o called in time to counteract the effects of the pO. l iovia declared she was impelled to attempt self-destructi o r n of sequence of her ardent affection for t wo young Ws- • be neighbourhood, neither of whom, it appears, co nic' duced to reciprocate her love.—Plymouth Times. :en t FORBIDDING BANNS.—A singular in°'" - te curred in the parish church, Preston, on Sunday week. When the banns of marriage were p u blished', rose, and in a loud voice fo r b a d e th e marr i a ge o' J 4 6 whose names had just been read over by the curate 40. 0 vestry, after the service, she alleged that the man Manchester, although he was described as of Pre st9- 0 4 0 further objection was this—she pleaded, with tea — r• eyes, that he had paid his a dd resses t o h e r for thl . 1 11 and had now deserted her to marry another Pe r lef o So latter plea, of course, could not be entertained ; and a 5 t one, on inquiry, was found to be incorrect, the obje c declared to be invalid.— W e st more l an d Gazette. 011 1 :. DEATH BY DRINKING OF A RELAPSED TES T 1 0 —Last evening Mr. Payne held an inquest at o", Tuns, Bridgwater-gardens, Barbican, on the bodfoieselqo Price, aged forty-six, a widow, residing at No. 18 ; dea let l , street, Cripplegate. The deceased w as a genera' prig addition to which she carried on a kind of ill e f d brokering by lending money on goo d s deposit ~,o c hm neighbours. For the last four years s he had been 1 1 00 U, dieted to drinking, but a short time since sh' iee ti pledge and became a teetotall er . O n Th u rsdaY , ' beas,je bery ;was committed at a gla ss an d c hina bow" London-wall, when, from her known mode of doing pr efj her place was searched, and a sma ll p or ti o n of tl tf : e co , utV was found there. She was tak en b e f ore a u discharged on giving up the articles. This cl,, er plfp seemed to affect her very much, and she broke; r iasidsr and was very intoxicated during the whole of ' lo o o 'oo Saturday. At eleven o'clock on Saturday n ights hO Ol O O a pint of rum, which she drank, and at the s A t tile go _4O Sunday morning she drank three quarterly' a,' 1 11 2 ;t"i n d, landlord finding her lying on the bed, locked her ' ll e ite• o r and on going to see her soon after found her_l 199 Mr. Poyuder, surgeon, said death had been Call e t plexy, brought ' on by excessive drinking. / r erd i cordance with the medical evidence. bo o"; A CURE FOR BURNS AND SCALDS,—In th• f oci it her of the Medical Times there is au article on th i e e l ogiltdo the yeast of beer for the cure of b urns .' D r . Suet' en d 1'•;•0, is stated, used it frequently in his private practice , ' .00;,,o1 it out as the most simple and e ffi cac i ous method 03 1 by medicine to counteract the e ff ec t o f b ur ns. 13 applying it is to spread a rather thick layer of Ye." — e epP i li g d sufficient to cover the whole of the b urn t surfacel, deV tion to be renewed as soon as it becomes dry. ious that the action of this medicine is much more etlica c e ro; o . sorted to immediately after the accident. Another its remedy is noticed in that jo urna l some mon ths sin ce oe;it, gists in the application of a single layer of lint sl e pt solution of carbonate of soda. The lint should be b e/ and the pain will be quickly relieved. 11 11e9 Mr. Peto is preparing plans for the imPr°l Lowestoft harbour, to be submitted to Governine il ii - ofil EFFECTS OF SUDDEN FRIGHT.—A 51; 5 1 1 .44, aged sixteen, residing in Wigmore-street, Cav‘l li n• 0,01 0 was attacked with most violent convulsive fits , . - 00r, e al of two hours, by the return home of a brothe`,„ r eetp. had believed dead for the last three years, Wi ll a pour letter to that effect from Port Philip, in South Of On recovery from her fit s h e h a d l ost t h e po wer ° eor tion, and is seemingly idiotic. „ lie :fe d THE KENNINGTON MURDER.—The p-b •1f pathy for the bereaved w id ow an d numero us - 413 1 1- deet! unfortunate Daniel Fitzgerald, i s lik e ly to be" f or' e l aroused by the gentlemen frequenting the coue o l,,t 11 10 ( Mr. Foulshatn, the Clayton Arms, Kenningto n4 be, having commenced a liberal subscription for the ne n it' s o this poor and afflicted family, which will be kePt.%oo . na week or ten days ; and we doubt not that an laudable and humane will be promptly followe,w e ar et other respectable houses, when so facile a mode ' s of relieving such poignant distress. W i PO SENDING AN INFANT IN.A BASKET TO T.- - d be Onetrax ASYLUM.-Between the hours of silc o'clock on Friday evening last, two respectably . met a lad of the name of James Burrows, in B to it, street, and, handing him a basket with a handle ltio st.' him to take it to the Femal e O rp h an A sy l u m, 31 t he They said that, as it contained glass, he was to be en in o o careful not to break it or knock up aga i ns t ant Pe 1 e ba 0 streets through which he passed ; a n d f or the tl 9u e ve to have in conveying it to it s d es ti na ti on they g wb ieh iso i piece of money, which he put in his pocket, and d on ' P ier said was 6d. The lad proceeded on his errand, ao, an d, admitted to the institution, the basket was opine u ' d keet t ing derneath a pile of children's caps, petticoats, 1 , 41 . 11 10 .10°._, t de and socks, there was found a very fine hot a female infant, fast asleep. By its side was 1 4 o le 9 .; 5 1 filled with milk, and a paper, written in a geed ', wi de, c o el of which the following is a copy :—" Christian 1 1 1 . 00 * o f take care of this dear little orphan. I will send 00'00 in a few days." The inmates of the instituticho foredo course, much surprised; the lad, perhaps, tu lle % plan ° tile than any body else. He could only give the, folo whichowe have already given, that he received it fe d, i women, and was told that it was glass. Ile s 0 1 0 0 0 the statement proved correct, that he reside d ,,. .ket to Back Berry-street, the street in which the bar handed to him; and that one of the women t, c P be 0 4 0 be old and the other young. The elderly wo`" fs" blal,o o was dressed in a black cloak, light gown , an .41 bonnet; and the younger one, who most probalite mother of the infant, in a black mantilla, and ' v i s a r h o bonnet. He did not omit to mention that they a „ o u t, no_ to him a piece of money for his trouble; but, Om d r n at, hand in his pocket and drawing it forth, it tura@ but gi lag be a sixpence merely, as they informed him it w&'+ w oe sovereign. All subsequent search to discover P 0 proved unavailing; but the child, we need ,sc . Z7 l of having been once received within the hespitar.`,la ut oect institution in question, is sure, even if the,, basket discovered, to have all its wants supplied- l ivi d appar el ' contained the sleeping innocent was new, ant' e d ot , been bought for the purpose. It was cemP% s out 2 fee t p substance, something like matting, and was a bon thele length, g c t ho Commissioner's n n e c r h , s e s office,i n breadth. to g e he r It w t h h a has h sinceeui ak - - - 1,0% etcstot petticoats, &c., in order to enable the police °facers ti to trace the women.—Liverpool Albio n• co mp s 10 11 PERTH POTATO TRADE.--A ft er a te n don 8 a p b lu e l c l o o n f le a m f o o r r e tn b ig ri h sk t, i within tphmeseentfeowf pdoatytoeasnfercarceseesfer:l best samples now reach 10s. 3d., and in sc'E ut ,l us ii.,, b, higher. There are at present eight vessels o r, g e wbul_d for the south, and one with diseased roots at sin The Belgium trade in that article appears already Fro ra qu arter. hit P caBollllwetrhear e of h n e o ar m t o h r a e t car goes for itshsattill diminis 3 Led speed, whi c h gives a hope that ,or a will wholly disappear.-Perth ,Advertiart '.) ,„: z OCC, m A ~,~