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' • • ~ :~ Fi WEEKLY CHRONICLE cOtainS the Fullest and Latest Particulars of the Breaking • • tip of the Peel Ministry, and the Accession of Lord John Russell to Office on -Free Trade Principles--with Articles on the Old and New Catenetk the Ducal Sliding Scale, or Dukes A 1, 12, A 3, A 4, and A 5 ; afr. Cayley's Development of the Agricultural Mind ; Cotton kilt to the Free Traders of England ; and Reports of all the Agri % cultural and Anti-corn Law Meetings, with all the News of the Week. Number I. now ready, MEPHYSTOPHELES (price 3d. Stamped 4d.), beautifully illustrated, containing Confessions of a Railway Director—Review of the London Detective Force—What are Minis ters About ?—Heroes and Hero Worshio (not by Carlisle)—Archaeolo gical Society—A New Historie of Geofferey Chaucer ; shevringe how thatte he was sold by a bakefidetayterremanne of Somerstown— Stanley's Government of the Colonies—Peer:. Perfidy—Buckingham against Douglas Jerrold, Horace Mayhew, and Gilbert a'Beckett— Ju:lien's Concerts, Covent-garden Theatre—Eel Backed Robert in the character of Richard the Third—Revelations of Common Law, and about twenty other Articles. Agent , all Newsmen and Booksellers. Mice, 49, Essex-street, Strand. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will he repeated a Grand Opera, In three acts, called MARITANA. ('har'es the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cresar De Baran. Mr. W. arr!son ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss t:onic , r ; I :azarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE Ir:VI I, TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Da',as (of lee Academic Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mons. Dclterier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. LAST NIGHT BUT FIVE. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, " Fidelio"—Beethoven. Quadrille from Benedict's Opera, " The Bride of Venice"—Jallien. Symphony, The Allegretto from Beethoven's Symphony in A— Beethoven. Julßen's New Quadrille, The British Navy—dtillien. PAST 11. Opera, " Robert Le Diable," Grand Selection, with Solos—lfeyerbeer. The Cambridge-house Waltz—Kamig. S Violin, by Mr. Collins. The Polka Quadrille—Jullien. Stabet Mater " Cujus Animam," performed on the Cornet-a-piston, by Herr Kcenig —Rossini. The 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 en Monday, December 22. The AngienCe portion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators:—Dress Circles, 55.; Dozes, 35.; Galleries, 2s. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sago, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hod son; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. (Rover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Faroe, sailed THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, Galled RAILWAY RUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seyton, Miss Seyton.. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Patti Bedford And Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING . _ Will he repeated a New Drama, entitled TIE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack ; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orville, Mre. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. To which Will be added THE BRIGAND. To conclude with a New brand Ballet, entitled LB DIABLE A'QUATR E. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Two Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE Characters by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Mimi Hamilton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, THE. BOYHOOD OF BACCIIUS. The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kate Howard ; Momus, Mr. G. Wild. To be followed by THE RAILWAY KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. Wild ; sally Slop, Miss Kate Howard. To conclude with BAMBOOZLING. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. FROPRIETOR AND ➢IANA(GER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAST OF THE BARONS ; or, Warwick, The King Maker, and the Battle of Barnet. Introducing original and atupendons eflects. The Arena of Equitation will display its countless attractions, aided by the principal Equestrians and magnificent Stud. To conclude with THE BRIGAND OF ANCONA. THE WEATHER.—Sort OFFICE, Disc. 12. rUERMOMETER, Lowest, 31; Highest, 45; Noon, 38. BAROMETER, 30.32.—W1ND, N., tine and frosty. RION WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 25 minutes after 1 1 Evening 46 minutes after 1 / 4 rir• '• \ • 4, • -°•••" i V" . Q . .• ,, '..^.`--1,:1.,':./., ' r ± A 44, ~ .... , - fro . -.. ,„, . ;,..c0- ~... „LE L ' 7..• A 014 pitr,:, - 6 - 'l ,- r -,1,,,,,,.. OrX . Uiltg LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1845. THE NE W MINISTRY-. But little has as yet transpired relskl- -- the proceedingi of Lord Jot's Thr- in the forma tion of his Admini-‘ --qID,S Of LANSDOWNE, Lords COTTENHAM, Tl, ALMERSTON, CLARENDON, and Mr. MACAULAY, had interviews with Lord Jons RUSSELL in the course of yesterday, and no doubt is entertained of their form ing part of the new arrangements. This day Lord JOIIN RUSSELL goes to the QUEEN, it is presumed, to take her pleasure upon the ap pointments which he may advise her to sanction. We see no reason to vary any of the announce ments we have already made, and we believe that our information for the two last days will be found to be correct in the main. Sir DENTS LE MARCHANT left town last night for Maidenhead. The ':ollowing app'ared in our Third Edition o: Last Night : Lord JoUN RUSSELL has been actively engaged, since his arrival ,in town this afternoon, in the arrangements which the formation of his Ministry render necessary. Lord COTTENIIAM had an interview with Lord Jouzc RUSSELL shortly after he arrived. Sir DENIS LE MARCHANT, Secretary to the,Treasury when the MELBOURNE Administration went out of office, has been in constant communication with Lord JOHN this afternoon. He is acting as confidential amanuensis the new Premier. The opinion gains ground that no dissolution will take place until Lord JoriN finds obstruction to his measures in the Commons, in which case an imme diate dissolution will follow. The QUEEN returns to Windsor to-morrow, as we announced yesterday. Brookes' and the Reform Club are all alive, and the mustering of Liberal Members in London is al- ready groat, whilst the Carlton and Conservative Club, are gloomy, and all parties of Tories grumbling at each other. As parts —and important parts, too—of the new Ad ministration, public opinion points strongly to Mr. COBDEN and Mr. VILLIERS. No Administration will be deemed complete in which the men of the people are not included. The PEEL Government, ever since its advent in 1841, has been compelled to court popular opinion ; and to the necessity which Sir RonsaT PEEL felt of doing so still more, is the over throw of the Conservative party owing. Lord JOIIN RIMELL cannot forget what he owes to the free-trade party, nor to whom he owes his return to power. The sudden fall of Sir R. Pram's Government has by this time caused much excitement throughout the kingdom, and the greatest anxiety will exist till the public can, from authentic sources, ascertain who are to be the successor 3 of the "strong Ministry. Judging from the accounts in a few of the country papers which we have received, the event has excited the greatest surprise in the provinces as well as the metropolis, for scarcely any circumstances were con sidered less probable than that on Wednesday her MAJESTY should accept the resignation of Ministers, and on the next day have an interview with Lord JOHN RUSSELL on the subject of appointing their successors. The formation of a new Cabinet, now that the surprise has subsided, is therefore the main point that occupies the public mind, because on the character and qualifications of the m en to be appointed to the principal departments will, in a great measure, depend the support of that powerful party—we mean the public—who have dethroned the Conservatives, and left no other choice to her MAJESTY but to select a Ministry from their opponents. We see that one organ of the old Tory school, which denounces every species of reform, even with more sincerity than the late unchangeable ELnois, blames the ex-Minister for recommending to her MAJESTY Lord J. Russzu., without first respectfully suggesting that the future Ministry should be selected from among those of his late colleagues who formed the majority against him, in other words, from the " remnants of a broken faction." Sir ROBERT PEEL knew better, and had more re gird for his own character, as well as respect for the Throne, than to make such an absurd proposition. In the Lords, possibly ability enough might be found easily for the decent management of the routine business that generally occupies that House; but what was to be done with the House of Commons, and a Reformed House of Commons too, with numerous and able Members re presenting large manufacturing interests, the very existence of which depends on the accomplishment of free-trade principles ? They could not have been brought over to the Tories, and by whom, then, were they, together with a powerful body supporting Sir ROBERT PEEL, and a still more powerful party fol lowing in the train of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to be opposed ? There is not one speaker of even ordinary abilities, or with the slighest skill in Parliamentary debate, to be found among the whole race. The case was utterly hopeless, and had Sir ROBERT PEEL been so indiscreet as to make such a suggestion, her MAJESTY would in a few words have settled the question. There was nothing for it but a total change of men as well as measures, and to Lord Jonis Russam., therefore, do the public now look for the right selection. One point is quite clear, that if his Lordship is resolved to form a stable Ministry—one that will ensure general con fidence, and carry out the great principles which have led to the present interregnum—he must forget that the Whip exist, and choose his colleagues, not from the old aristocratic Whig school, but from men of liberal opinions of every class, and, above all, from those who have acted such a con spicuous part in the late movements for the repeal of the corn-laws and the abolition of all protective duties. He cannot forget that without their aid the Whigs might long have remained on the dreary Opposition benches ; for, till within the last few weeks, they were, as a body, regarded equally hostile with the Conservatives to total repeal, and no corn-law repealer would have thought for a mo ment of substituting him for Sir ROBERT PEEL. The " finality" speech too had done not a little to damage his cause ; but we will pass over that —ample amends have been made, and proofs of repentance given ; and all that the country now expects is the fulfilment of pledges on the Trea sury bench, solemnly given in the days of adversity. The agricultural interest will, no doubt, be sufficiently protected, for one-half, perhaps three-fourths of the Cabinet will consist of men who cannot forget that they or their families possess large estates; but there is another interest still more important to the community, because on its prosperity depends all our colonial greatness, and our very security as a nation—the commercial interest. That interest has never yet been fairly represented in any Cabinet. The aristocracy, or the hangers-on of the aristocracy, have generally filled all the high places, and Manchester, and Leeds, and Birmingham, and fifty other great manufacturing towns have had to trust mainly to the exertions of their representa tives in the House of Commons. On that head there must be a totally new arrangement, and we cannot see how Lord JOHN RUSSELL can form a Cabinet with the slightest chance of prolonging its existence for six months, without the aid of such men as Mr. COBDEN, and the Hon. CHARLES VILLIERS, and a few other _ • years—perhaps during the whole of the Min- BOURNB Ministry—men of that stamp never acted cor „natty with the Government : they rallied to the fight to keep out the Tories when a desperate battle was expected, but they were always unwilling coadjutors, and only wanted the fit opportunity to assert their rights and the rights of the large constituencies which they represented. That period has arrived. The public will no longer submit to the old exclusive system ; new blood must be infused into the constitution of the RUSSELL Cabinet; there must he representatives of the manufacturing classes, and representatives, too, of that neglected country, Ireland, which, though containing a population of eight mil lions, could not boast of ene Cabinet Mi nister, while Scotland, with less than three millions, gloried in not fewer than three or four, for Lord Wilartscurrz is more Scotch than English. Lord JOHN, therefore, has a task of no little difficulty to perform, and on his execution of the work depends his political existence. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.,) The list of the new Ministry which has appeared in the Times is, of course, merely conjectural. It would be very easy to add to the guesses. There can be no danger in predicting that, with one exception, all the noblemen and gentlemen named i❑ our Con temporary's list will belong to the new Administra tion, and the places he gives them are generally well guessed. The exception we refer to is Mr. DUNDAS, named by the Times for Solicitor-General. With out any disparagement to Mr. DUND.I3, we believe that both professional and Parliamentary standing give Mr. JEavis superior claims. The following noblemen may he added as sure to ha included in the new arrange ments : Lord FORTIOCUB, Lord MINT°, Lord AUCK LAND, and Lord CAMPBELL. Lord AUCKLAND will not improbably superintend the Board of Control, and Lord FORTESCUR the Post-office. Mr. CHARLES WOOD is spoken of as moat likely to be Secretary for Ireland. Sir GEORGE Gum!, Mr. MACAULAY, Mr. LABOUCLIERE, Mr. SUEIL, and Mr. TUFNELL, are also certain to be members of the new Government. Mr. TursEr.r. will probably be the whipper-in Secretary to the Treasury ; and Mr. ILkwEs is spoken of as likely to be the Financial Secretary. We hope for the sake of the Government itself, as well as of the country, that such men as Lord FITZ WILLIAM, Mr. ConDEN, Mr. GIBSON, and Mr. T. Dmicomne, who carry with them great popular con fidence, may be included in Lord JOUR RussaLes arrangements. The Marquis of ANGLESEA is spoken of for the command of the army. A QUARTER OF A MILLION FOR THE LEAGUE. We are delighted to hear, from a quarter upon which we place the utmost reliance, that the Anti- Corn-law League, so far from relaxing in its efforts by the probably near consummation of the triumph of free-trade principles, h determined to make assur ance doubly sure by re-doubling its exertions, its means, and its diligence. With this object, the Council of the League have determined to raise A QUARTER OF A MILLION—TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND rbUNDS—to be applied in furtherance of the grand object of free-trade. The Council have determined wisely. Under the guidance of such men as COBDEN, money entrusted to them will be faith ! f u lly, usefully, and honestly expended ; whilst by prcviding for every possible contingency, and holding their proud position, alike undaunted by difficulty or intoxicated by success, they render it out of the power of any Ministry to avoid grantin I full and entire freedom of trade, and abolition of all restrictions upon the food of the people. The French Mail due this morning has been de layed by the stormy weather in the Channel last night. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Das. 11. Anglo-Belgian — Mauritius Boulogne and Amiens.. Namur and Liege 214 Bordeaux &Mediterraa North Jamaica ... Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (Eyelets) 1 3 4 Orleans and Bordeaux 9 1 A Do. ( M ackenzie's ) Is 4 Over Yssel Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris &Lyons (Laftitts) 21, sific Coast Central of Spaia Ceylon . — Ditto (Sud Est) Demerara Dendre Valley ...... ... Dutch Rhenish .. ..... 7 Dieppe & Paris Jnnct. Dijon and Malhouse — East Indian ...... — Fampoux & Hazebrouk Grt Northern of France Constituted ll% Do. Pepin le Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Mid. Junction De. North Midland — Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemappe — Lyons and Avignon l% Luxembourg Madrid and Valencia l% - X, Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasburg (Gannerwiel Do. (Cetnpe de L'Est.) D.. (Aymard'a) 2% Paris aiici St. Quentin. Rouen and Havre.— Royal North .f Spain. Sambre and Meuse .... Strasburg and Basle ... Teurnay,Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt — Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) 4' De. ( Lefebvre's) — De. (O'Neill's). Trinidad Verona and Ancona.... West Flanders As Lord JOHN RUSSELL was on his way from Edinburgh to London on Tuesday, in obedience to her MAJESTY'S commands, he met at Normanton station Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGFIT, who were just halting there for a few minutes. This accidental circumstance, the coming together of the men of the people, is we hope the omen of a still closer alli ance. THE LORD CHLECELLOR.—It is generally under stood that the principal Registrar of the Court of Chancery attended the Lord Chancellor yesterday, at his house, George-street, Hanover-square, when his Lordship made orders in all the cases that were de pending before him for judgment, preparatory to re signing the Great Seal. The Earl of Lauderdale, we are gratified to learn, is rapidly regaining his health, after his severe indisposition. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, DEC. 10.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, the 6th of December, was 23f. 92c., and that of Rye 17f. 11e. The Chamber of Representatives has continued to-day the debate on tho project of law relative to the free en trepOts. Many Members spoke for and against the law. M. d'Elhoursque proposed two amendments, to which the Government did not accede. The Chamber proceeded slowly in the"debate on this law. A great number of Members, without systematically opposing the creation of su c h establishments, refuse, and will continue to refuse, their assent till it shall be clearly proved to them that these entrepOts can neither favour fraud nor s°riously injure the national industry (manu factures). The objection of fraud has been completely answered, and will probably not be brought forward again. The opponents see in these vast depots only a favour granted to commerce, but merchants care little what they sell or what they buy, provided that they find them advantageous in their dealing. In the desire to protect manufactures, some persons forget that a measure, to be really of public utility, ought not to favour one branch of the prosperity of the country at the expense of another, and that the most useful and happy result is, when it is beneficial to all the branches of the national prosperity. We learn that, on the complaint of the Ambassador of France, a seizure has been commenced of the copies of a pamphlet printed in this city, and for which the author has been condemned in France. The work is directed against the Orleans family. The official part of the Moniteur publishes the names of those persons belonging to the ceded portion of Lune burg and Luxemburg, who have made the declaration authorised by the law of 20th May, 1845, to regain the quality of Belgium. The list fills seven pages of the journal. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bansizi.s, Doc. 10. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent -•• . • ..... •.. Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • • Ditto Three per Ccnt • •••• • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto,ditte, 1840 . Ditto, ditto, 1842 . . 10e% Ditto, Ditto, 1838 .. ••••••• • • • • • .. Ditto of the City, 1832 .. •••.• • .. • • 100 Ditto, 1843 . . lOO% Bank of Belgium-- . ••••• . • • • —Brussels Papers. Dec. 11. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—TtitexA, Dec. 4 5 per Cent. Metalliques• •• • • ..• •••• • • • • 111 5-16 4 per Cent. ditt• • • • • . - • • • • • • 100% 3 per Cent. ditto Loan, •• .• .......... 161 Ditto, 1839 P.AUY„kiti Loan . . RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • . •••• • • • 181 G10ggnitz............ •.•••••• • •• • • • • 132% Vienna—Milan ......... ••••• • • • • • 115% Leghorn •• ........ •• • . • ..... • • 114% Perth Sienna Grosette Oldenburg Pestoja .. ............ • —Allgemeine Zeltung, Dee. O. THE PRIZE CATTLE-SHOW. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge on Thurs day honoured this exhibition with a visit, arriving at the Bazaar, accompanied by Baron Knesebeck, shortly after eleven o'clock. The Duke of Richmond, as President of the Club, was in attendance, to receive his Royal Highness. After the usual salutations, the Royal Duke, accompanied by the Noble President, Mr. T. Brandreth Gibbs, the honorary secretary, and Mr. Bulnois, the proprietor of the Bazaar, proceeded to inspect the various animals. The first pointed out to the notice of his Royal Highness, as a matter of course, was the ox fed by Prince Albert, after having examined the points of which, and pronounced due compliments on his royal nephew's success, the party proceeded through the exhi bition in the order prescribed by the catalogue. The Royal Duke expressed his regret on learning from Mr. Gibbs that the Duke of Rutland's short- horned steer had been acci• dentally prevented from reaching the show in time to be included in the competition, and also that the best of the Earl of Warwick's beasts had fallen lame just previous to its transmission to London. Among the other animals to which the particular attention of his Royal Highness was directed were the twin short horned steers bred by the late Mr. W. Calvert, of Hunsden, near Ware, in Hertfordshire, and fed by Mr. Nathaniel Bland, of Ran dalls-park, near Leatherhead ; and Mr. Trinder's Durham heifer, bred by Lord Sherborne. The twin steers are most remarkable animals, and it is greatly to be regretted that the conditions of the club did not allow them to be exhibited in the same division. As it is, the one is placed in the first class, and the other among the extra stock, in a different part of the yard. Placed together, their remarkable size and symmetrical proportions, coupled with the fact that they were the produce of one birth, could not fail to have secured some mark of com mendation from the judges. Mr. Trinder's heifer (a milk white animal) is, perhaps, one of the most perfect beasts in the yard ; indeed, this fact is borne out by the gold medal having been awarded to it as the best cow or heifer. While his Royal Highness was examining this animal, the owner had the honour to submit for his in spection a very beautiful model of the same in white wax, executed for Lord Sherborne, by a young artist, named Walter. After taking the circuit of the cattle yard, his Royal Highness walked round the sheep and pig -pens, and the implement gallery ; and subsequently thanking the Duke of Richmond and the officials of the club for their obliging attention, took his departure shortly before one o'clock. The exhibition was much more crowded on Thursday than on the previous day, and in the evening it was a matter of some difficulty to wade through the yard, not withstanding the excellent arrangements which pre vailed. The estimated number of visitors during the day exceeded 10,000. The sale of the stock was rather more sluggish on Thurs day than on Wednesday. The principal purchasers were from the country, as will be seen from the sub joined list : - Mr. Trinder's heifer (prize of 20/„ silver medal, and gold medal, as best heifer) was sold to Mr. Cooper, of Abingdon, in Berkshire, for 50 guineas ; Mr. Aston's Hereford ox to Mr. Barton, of Basing stoke ; Mr. Chatfield's Sussex steer, to Mr. Knight, of Brighton ; Mr. Stewart's West Highland steer to Mr. Alder, of Esher ; Mr. Tucker's Hereford ox to Mr. Church, of Reading ; Mr. Adam's Hereford ox to Mr. Righton, of Reading ; Mr. Senior's Hereford ox to Mr. Ryder, of Southampton ; Sir William W a k e ' s Hereford steer to Mr. Mann, of Croydon ; the Earl of Ayleiford's North Devon cow to Mrs. Hancock, pur veyor to her Majesty ; Mr. Bennett's short-horned heifer (prize of 100 to Mr. Ryder, of Southampton ; Mr. Hayward's short-horned scow (prize of 5/) to Mr. Hyde, of Leeds ; the Earl of Radnor's. Hereford cow (prize of 201. and silver medal) to Mr. Righton, of Read ing ; and the late Earl Spencer's short-horned cow to Mr. Lawrence, of Rugby. There were but few sheep and pigs sold on Thursday. Mr. Hollis, of Oxford-street, has bought Prince Albert's only remaining unsold animal ; but no other purchase worthy notice had been made up to Thursday night. Mr. Banister, of Threadneedle -street, promises at present to become the possessor of the silver medal awarded by the club to the purchaser of the largest amount of stock, a distinction hitherto invariably pos sessed by Mr. Slater, of Kensington. The Committee of the club met yesterday at one o'clock for the transaction of the usual business, preparatory to dining together, at Freemasons' Hall, in the evening. The Prince Consort intends to visit the exhibition to-day. CHESTER RACES.—The Marquis of Westminster has signified his intention of given 100/. in specie, to be run for at the May meeting, 1846, being the same amount as was Annually contributed by the late Marquis.—Cheater Comm*. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady : sales 6,000 bales, all to the trade. There was an improving business for shares, prices were generally firmer, and a large business would have been done but for the political excite ment. There is nothing new in the City to-day, and the Minis terial crisis absorbs undivided attention. Stocks are flat, and have been % to 1 4 per cent. lower than they closed yesterday. Bank Stock is 200 to 201. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been 94 1 4 to 1 ,4 , and the Three per Cents. 92 1 4 to %. On Exchequer-bills the premium is 21s. to 235. Consols for special tranfer have been marked 93%, the books being shut, and for time 92 1 4 to 1 ,4, ex dividend. The Foreign Bonds have been steady. Spanish Five per Cents. have remained at 28. The Three per Cents. have been 374 to 38. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been marked, 59 ; Mexican, 30 ; Peruvian, 35 ; and Grenada, 20i. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 94% to 95. Shares are quiet, but they seem firm generally, and but little is required to give prices an upward turn. oleL CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock -..... ..... .. ......... 92%14 201 201 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 3 1 /i 931 New 3 1 4 per Cents. 94 % 14 %N% 94 1 4 Long Annuities toexnireJan.lB6o 10 5-16 7-16 10% Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 Ditt', - , ;30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 9-16 3 i 10% Consols for Account - ...... India Stock for Account... ..... 262 262 i , .xchaquer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 23 21 pm. 21 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING • RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ... 97 95% Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent........,,, _ Ditto Deferred — 52 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela — 16 Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent 2 0 34 ex dir 20 3 4 Ditto Deferred 4% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3O 29% Peruvian Boods, 6 per Cents 35 35 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 59 58 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. .... Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ...... Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4014 40% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 ,4 per Cent. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 92% 92% nucEs OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN IILILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen - Aberdeen,Banff, & Elgin Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2% Bideford andTavistock... I'6 - ...... ..... Birmin. and Gleucester. 100 Ditto New 17% ..... ..... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction dlrmingham & Leicester Direct — ~... 12 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22s - Bridgewater &Minehead 425...• .. — , Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... Bristol and Liver. June . 21/ 2 ...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian & Grand June 42s ...... — 2% •.•....,.•., Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 ,4 2 34 Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. IN - ... ..... .. Canterbury and Dover.. 1 A — Central Kent 2% Chelmsford and Bury... 1% - . Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Chelteaharn 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 I , erby and Crewe ... Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby 3%...... Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Direct Manchester ( Remington's) Ditto (Rackstrick's) 5 4...... 334 1 4 Direct. Northern DireetNorwich Dublin and Armagh Dublin and Belfast June. lb Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, liadely, and Bruseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2,4 Eastern Counties 141. 16s 1 9 1,4 19 1 ,4 ...., Ditto New 61. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, n), 1....61.135. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2-41. 13s. 4d... East Dereh'in andNoech 1 ..astern Union 25 .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 2 1 4 — DO t . t fpJi f c r tilira jinx: y i f ...... Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2 1 A Do., Camb. and Ely.. 214. East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1N...—. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 Ditto, New ... 7% lO% Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 Edinburgh and Perth... 1;, 2 — Ely and Huntingdon 5 Enniakillen and Sligo ... 2% — Essex and Suffolk .. 1% — Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter • Yeovil,& Doreet Gloue.,Abetystwith,and Central of Wales - .•• Goole. and Doncaster .. 425. thandJunetion ...100 Ditto Half Shares 5O Ditto Qaartera 25 •• Grand Union l% . ........ Great Eastern &Western 21 /s ••• •• GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ... 71/ 2 Great Mun5ter....,....... 2 1 / 2 — Great North of Scotland VA.__ _ GreatNorthof England-100 Ditto New 5 Do. New .... .• ........ 2 „,.. _ - Great Western BO ......146 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares 5O Ditto 1% Shares 2 14 1 4 1,2 1 Ditto Fifths .••.. - Guildford, Fare'rn,l'orts. 21 1 2._ _ - Elanvich - - dull and Sclby 5O Ditto Shares ....•• ....... ••• m - Do. Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 1 ..... •••• Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Irish North Midland I% — .••• ...... •• Isle ofAxhelme 2''...... - Killarney Junctions l4 ....._ fi end a 1 and Windermere 1 1 % ....... -_— ............ ** - L•measter and Carlisle 3O ...... Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena _ Leeds and Carlisle - Leeds and West Riding Junction Leicester & Birmingham 225. — Leicester and Bedford... 22s 3, , ,, p • „ Leicester and Tamworth 425. - ..i p..,,,, Liverp. and .Ilanshester.loo ... .• ............... 1)o. N. Shares Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool& Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 1% l''S Lpool., 3lnchstr, & New castle Junction ...• •• 3%...••.....,. 3 1 / 2 London and Birmingtimloo 2ll 209 ...... ...... . 209 Do. Thirds .. lO 4l ... ........... 40 Do. 4 Shares •• ...... .on ••• ..—., Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension • 1 V l% London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 8 1 / 2 Do. Now Ditto Extension .....• 3 •••••• • Londor , and Brighton... 50 ...... 60 '59 1 / 2 ... . Do. consolidated Bths... 35 Ditto, Sixtis - •• . 1 London and C ro yd on , 13/. 15s. 9d. 18.% A Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. ... $ ...... ••• •• •• .. ••• Len., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereforii - - London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d...... Londcn . Hounslow, and Western - ......•• . ~„ Lond. & S.Western 41/ 6s 10d...... - ..... •••• • Do. New Consol. Bths 20 ...... Do. New Do. New London& Smith Essex 2 3 % •••••• ••• London and York 2% 8 lAN London and Windsor ... 1 ...... ......•••••• •• London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2 l /2 ...... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil 59 14 184 3% Londonderry&C o l era i ne 5 '.....• ••• •• Londonderry and Ennis killen .. 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 ...... ... Manchester and L ee d s .. 76 126 Ditto 1 ./, Shares Du. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths........ 414, Manchester and Birnun. 40 — Du. Quarters Do. New Quarters Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Ma nchester.Buxton,and Mattock 425....... 1 1 4% P l ll4 p Manchester, Birm., and Moult Junction . .. Manchester and Rugby Direct ....... Manchest. isSonthampt. 2 .—.• 2 Midlend.... 100 .....140 137 ..• 119 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby... 100 91/ THE SUN, LONDON, S..A.TUIIDAY M.ORN'ENG. DECENIRb_IR. 13, t 845. Midld. & East Counties 2% — Midland Great Western ( Irish) Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2 3:t ... Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 54 52% Do. New Brandling... 15 Newcastle and Berwick 5 — Newcastle and Carl i51e...100 Newport& Abergavenny 2%...... New Ross and Carlow.- 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2% Newark, Sheffield, and Boston . ...... -2% ......... ... .. Norfolk Extension N ort . h British - 21 22 Do. Half Shares Do. F.xten. to Carlisle 1 1 4 2 I,E Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon 2 .. ... 1% North of Norfolk .. Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 121,4 — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 216 2 1,( 2% North Staffordshire 425...„.. 2 1 ,4 %X p 2% p North Wales - • .... -- North and South Wales and Worcester — ...... Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New 3 — Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% Nottingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester 1% — Nottingham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports • mouth, & Southamptn 425. — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Perth and Inverness ... 2% - ..... Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 Portsmouth Direct 3 3/ Preston and Wyre 5O Do. 14 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate .. Richmond 5 — Rugby, Derby, and Man chester ... 2% Rugby and Huntingdon 2 — Rugby, Leamington,sad Warwick Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester..... 42s. - ,..oottish Central Scottish Midland 5 — Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrewsbury and Birm... 2%..... Shropshire Mineral - 425....... Shropshire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% — Shrews., Wolverhamp., & S. Staffordsh. June. 2 14 Sligo and Shannon l% Somersetshire Midland 2% South Devon South Midland 425. South & Midlands June. 425...... ... South Staffordshire J mac. 2% — 'outh Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 35 .. •••• •• Do., No. 1 l2 Do., NCO. 2. Do., Ne. 4 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 425. — St. Alban's, Hatfield , and I 'Hertford Junction ... - ........ ••••• Staines and Richmond... 1 -- Stafferdsh. & Shropshire 2 3 /4 — S aith Wales ..... ... 2% SU Taw Vale Extension ... Teen and Dove Valley 1% Trent Valley 2 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness VA.— — Vale of Neath Warwick & Cheltenham 1% ...... Warwick and Worcester 425. — W aterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wirird,Wicklw, and Dublin - W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley 2 - Welch Midland west Cornwall West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties .. l% — Wexford and Carlow ... 2 1 A ...... Wisbeach and St. Ices... 2 — Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ross, and Gloucester 425....... Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow — — Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ..... 1%..... Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New / . ..... .. 2 034 York and Lancaster 2 3, ... . - -- t ork and North Midland 50 104 Ditto % Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby 20 Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 ➢urbadoes 1 bonioa-ne and 8 Bordeaux & Medi terran. 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackentie's)... 2 .. ••• 1%••• Do. ( Espelete's) ..... 2 - Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lines, and Pacific Coast 1 ......... Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley ..... . 2 ' Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish .. 5 East Indian ss. Eastern Belgian Junetn. Farnpoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted ... Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 A Jamaica S.M id. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 1% Do. Extension 1 Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 Mauritius Namur and Liege North Jamaica......,..... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d •••• Paris &Lyons( Laflitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) Paris & Lyons, (Caton's) 2 Paris & Lyons (Sud Eat) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 .... Do (Avmard's) Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Ilavre oyal North of Spain Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and llasselt 4 .... Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) Do. do. (Lefebvre's‘ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 Trinidad Verona and Ancona... 3 W eat Flanders ...... 4 •••• 3 ~.. 1 4%.... 4% , 2 'ES. Real del Monte Unregd. British Iran COURSE OF EXCIIA Amsterdam CF. 12 11 Ditto, at sight l2 7i Rotterdam 2U. 12 11i Antwerp Ramburgh M.B. 13 15 Alton& Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Marseilles 26 10 Bonrdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on braille 123 Petersburgh, 3 U... Berlin Vienna, effee. de lO 9 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36 Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seyille 334 . . ...... .. . 3 3 % 22 NGE.—(YESTEKDAY.) Gibraltar........ Leghorn SO 76 Genoa .. 26 10 Milan . ...... . Venice Naples ............... 891 Palermo, per 0z..... 1191 Lisbon ........... 52} Oporto Rio Janeiro .. 23} Bahia Buenos Ayees NewTork,2ldyssight -- Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION PER OZ. Foreign Geld, bars....f 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons.... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9i Silver in Bars .... 0 4 'l l* NORFOLK SAUCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SIR,—As I cannot doubt your sympathy with, your poorer countrymen, in the event of a scarcity, I b eg to send you my receipt for dressing a very simple dish:-- NORFOLK CURRY. Take a duke, no matter how foolish, but the ratter the better, stew him down with "peppers, and a variety of things of that description," and serve him up as the principal dish at an agricultural meeting—any fool can glass o r t wo o f m ilk cut him up. This is a very warm dish to the stomach ; if "not pa latable at first," wash it down wittio punch.—Yours truly, Beefsteak Club, DEC. 12. HANNAH OLASSE. Cardinal Zacchia, who was raised to the Cardinalite only last year, died at Rome en the 28th ult., after a short [24 2 3 / 4 3,g 23/4 .... 14 ... 194 ... % P 2 21 1 8 84 18:! , ,i p P COURT CI RCULAR. Lord John Russell arrived at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, at half-past three o'clock on Thursday afternoon. His Lordship remained on a visit to the Queen until yesterday morning, taking his departure in one of th e roya l carr i ages at h alf - past nine o'clock. His Lordship embarked in the Fairy, royal steam yacht, and proceeded to town, arriving at his town residence at half-past two o'clock. After the arrival of the Noble Lord, the following Noblemen and Gentlemen bad interviews wi th his Lordship : The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount ealtnerston, Lord Cottenham, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accus tomed early walk yesterday in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne House. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their usual exercise on the sea beach in the forenoon. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort will, it is ex pectei, leave Osborne House this (Saturday) morn ing, about nine o'clock. - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Colonel Sir George Couper, left Witley Court, Worcestershire, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness left the Birmingham Railway at the Wat ford station, proceeding in a carriage and four tu Frogmore House, near Windsor. The Baroness de Speth accompanied the Royal Duchess from Witley Court to Frogmore. WINDSOR, FRlDAY.—Prince Alfred was taken a carriage airing yesterday afternoon, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. His Royal Highness was taken out this morning for his usual pony and walking exercise. The Court will return to the Castle to morrow (Saturday) to luncheon, and a'so the Royal Family. A deputation from the merchants, bankers, and traders of London, including Mr. J. Pattison, M.P., Sir G. Larpent, Chairman ; Mr. Raikes Currie, Mr. Thomson Hankey, Mr. Charles Morris, Mr. Thomas Tooke, and Mr. Whitbread, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence i❑ Downing -street. SPORTING IN'rELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Albrigh ton lids., Tues., Hinn ington (near Ha gley) ; Thurs., Belhroughton Village ; Sat., Walsall Top-10. Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Clark's Green; Wed., West Grinstead; Fri., Norfolk Arms Cate-114. Essex Union lids., Wed., Tiptree Windmill; Sat., Stow Bullocks-104. Herefordshire lids., Tues., Perrystone ; Fri., Chilston Gate. Montgomeryshire hds., Tues., Castle Caerinion ; Fri., Dol ver Hall-10. Shropshire hds., Mon., Acton Reynald ; Wed , Chipnal Wood-11%. Wheatland hds., Tue.. 3., Stanley; Fri., Sidburv-104. Brighton hrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Race Course; Fri., Dyke—ll. Bro Acside harrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill ; Thurs., Tels • combs Tye-104. Fendon hds., Tues., Parham Park ; Thurs., Burrell Arms ; Sat., Poynings Cross Road-11. Captain,Candler's hds., Mon., Crowle ; Wed., Martley ; Fri., Warwickshire hds., Mon„ Birbury Wharf ; Tues., Mit ford Bridge; Thurs., Little Alne ; Fri., Chadshunt ; Sat., Goldicott-10i. Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Laceby Cross Road ; Wed., Swinhop House; Fri., Utterbv-11. Holderness hds., Mon., Brandestittrton ; Tues., Sunder landwick ; Thurs., Kilnwick Percy ; Fri., Marton Village ; Sat., Arras-11 1 4, Sir T. Sykes's hds., Mon., Settrington House ; Wed., Windmill, Stockton Forest ; Fri., Scampston Bridge-10 1 1 . East Essex lids., Tugs., Belehamp Bells ; Thurs., Mark's Hall ; Sat., Topmghoe Hall-10 1 4. Mr. Drax's hds., Mon., Armes-hill; Fri., Hinton Manor house. B. V. 11., Tues., Milborne .New Town ; Sat., Marsh Common. Taunton parrs.. Tues., George Inn, North Petherton ; Fri., Oxliole. Broomfield-11 1 4 . Badsworth hds., Mon., Badsworth ; Wed., Grove ; Sat., Ackworth Moor Top-1%. Lord Galway's hds., Men., Scrooby Inn ; Thurs., Heaton Clump-10 1 / . Earl of Harewood's lids., Mon., Parlington ; Tues., Gate forth ; Thurs., Garforth-bridge ; Fri., Byrham— 11)4. Rufford lids., Mon., Thurgarton Priory ; Thurs., Ossington ; Sat., Oxton North Gate-114. Whiston kds., Tues., Shireoaks ; Fri., Aughton Bar. Lord Henry Bentinck's hds. Mon., Potter-hill Bar; Tues., Panton ; Wed., Blankney ; Saxilby ; Fri., Austacre Wood ; Sat., ate Burton-11. Essex and Suffolk lids., Tuesday, Thorp-street ; Fri., Dangland. Suffolk lids, Tues., Rougham Hall ; Fri., Bourn Bridge —10 1 ; 4. Sherwood harry., Tues., King's Mill; Fri., Lyndhurst Farm-11. Mr. Meynell Ingram's bds., Mon., Draklow; Thurs., Snels ton ; Sat.. Chartleby Castle-10%. Donington lids., Mon., Clifton Village; Wed., Cavendish bridge ; Sat., Leak-pit Hon: a-10 3 / 4 ; Quorn lids., Mon., Stanton Wyyille; Tues., Beaumanor Park ; Thurs., Great Glen ; Fri., Six Hills-11. Duke of Beaufort's lids., Mon., Trouble House; Wed. Rood Ashton ; Sat., Hullavington. Mr. A. Smith's lids., Mon., Netheravon ; Tues., New Mill ; Wed., Wherwell Wood; Thurs., Hursthourne Tarrant; Fri., Everleigh ; Sat., Winterslow. Mr. Horlock's lids., Tues., Layer..l , 'ru.opilto Sat., Norwood Cheshire lids., Mon., Appleton; Wed., Hankelow; Thurs., Wrenbur y Village; Sat., Ravensmoor Windmill-101. Sir W. M. Stanley's lids., Mon., Thurseston Hall; Wed., Backford Hail; Fri., Sutton Station-11. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., Mon., Plas Tag; Tues., Churton ; Thurs., Dudleston Chapel ; Sat. Craignant. Durham County lids., Mon., Great Stainton ; Wed., But terwick ; Fri., Whitton-101,. Hurworth hds., Tues., Middleton Oae Row ; Sat., Moor Bank-101. Bab:- lids., Mon., Wakerfield ; Wed , Witton ; Fri., Man field-101. Lieut.-Colonel Hilyard's harrs., Mon., Trenholine Bar ; Wed., Kennels-101. Sir R. Sutton's lids., Mon., Grimsthorpe Castle; Tues., Brooke Hall; Wed., Clipsham ; Fri., Egleton ; Sat., Tilton Wood-11. Heethrop hds., Mon., Heythrop ; Wed., Bradwell Grove; Fri., Eyford ; Sat.. Blenheim-10 Dlr. Drake's hds..Tues.. Chesterton Village; Thurs., Charn don Common ; Sat., Byfield Whitt-has-en harm, Mon., Kelton; Wed., Linethwaite ; Fri , 'Pyle Kiln Inn, near Bridge Foot-10. Mr. Farquharson's lids., Mon., Ilsington ; Tues , Punch nole ; Wed., Doles Ash. Somerset Subscription hds., Tues., Buncombe Hill; Fri., Raleigh's Cross-101. Mr. Horndon's lids., Mon., Lifton Park ; Thur., Chapmans Well-1 11. United lids., Tues., Pentre Wood ; Fri., Roman Bank. Ludlow lids., Tues., Stsnnage Park; Fri., Norton's Camp. Earl Fitzwilliam's lids., Mon., Barnewell Wold ; Wed., Bytham Toll Bar; Thur., Aversley Wood. Cambridgeshire lids., Mon., Harlton Wheat Sheaf; Fri., Sandy - Warren-101. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING—FraDaT. Badlingham Stakes. Mr. Tibbet's Testy beat Mr. B. Smyth's Sportsman. Stake for Puppies—Third Ties. Sedlitz beat Faith; Figaro beat Clear-the-way. All-aged Stakes—Third Ties. Dew-drop beat Spinster; Probity beat Omen. Badlingham Stakes. Mr. Dobede's Damask Rose beat Mr. Gillett's Graciosa. Mr. Fvson's Fenella beat Mr. Arabm's Attlebro'. Mr. Bennett's Wish-you-may-get-it beat Mr. Squire's Oxygen. Exiling Stake—Second Iles. Sam Slick beat Melody I Regard beat Duncan. Chippenbam Stakes—First Ties. Selborne beat Foremost; Magnet beat Major. MATCHES. Mr. Villebois' November beat Lord Stradbroke's Machine. Mr. Bagge's Truelove beat Captain Daintree's Killena. Mr. Smyth's Sportsman beat Capt. Daintree's Ringleader. Captain Daintree's Blueskin beat Mr. Morant's Mozart. Mr. Squire's Octavia beat Mr. Batchelor's Marrnion. Mr. Batchelor's Memnon beat Mr. Morant's Miss Pix. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LompoN, Mc. 12.—Wind N.N.W. light breeze and fine, P Lvmourrit, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Burgundy, New York; Athol, Haman, Jamaica. PHA., DEC. 10.—Arrd. Express, Callao; Governor Douglas, Hyde, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.—Wind N.W., a gale.—Arrd. Mary, Selby, Prince Edward's Island; Huron, Sibbeson, Quebec; Catherine, Thompson, Vilparaiso ; Prompt. Dunlop, Ichaboe ; Frances Lawson, Martin, Gaboon ; Charlemagne, Foles, New Orleans ; Louisa, Carpenter, Shippegan ; Lavinia, Dineh, Newfoundland. Put back, Robert Newton, Jamaica. WORKLNGTON ' Dna I.—Arrd. Edwin, Leonard, Quebe c . LONGHOFE, DEC. 3.—Arrd. Dart, Comfort, Quebec. MotsTuosE, DEC. 7.—Arrd. Aurelia, Arness, Miramichi. GRANGEMOUTH, DEC. B.—Sld. Woolgart, Rio Janeiro. DOVER, DEC. 11.—The William Tell, Smith, from Port au-Prince to Hamburgh, which put in here yesterday very leaky, has been surveyed, and must discharge her cargo. CARDIFF, DEC. Il.—The Manfred, Garbutt, of Whitby, from Ardressan to Malta, and a schooner, name unknown, but supposed to be Irish, got on shore at Breaksea Point this morning, and it is feared both will become wrecks. Another vessel has got on shore at the Nash, name unknown. ROTHESAY, DEC. B.—The Janet, of Glasgow, is on shore at Toward Point and bilged, but is expected off after being lightened. LIMERICK, DEC. 9.—The John Steward, of London, on shore on the Long Rock sth inst., was hove off the following tide without damage. STORNOWAY, DEC. 4.—The Evenwood, of Hartlepool, was driven on shore near Lock Carlonay 30th ult., dismasted, and with decks blown up, and cargo washed out; crew sup posed to be drowned. HARWICH, DEC. - 11.—The brig Francis, dismasted, and with loss of bowsprit, was passed about ten miles E.N.E. of Robin Hood Bay by the Ardent, Fletcher, arrived here. DEAL, DEC. 11—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Australian, Liddle, Cape of Good Hope ; Harriet, Bowen, St. Helena. Arrd. from the River, Assam, M'Alpine, Calcutta; Cock burn ; Briar, Demerara ; Sylph, Ti eadwell, Barbadoes; Cairo, Hogg, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, and skl. Emu, Smith, Adelaide; Agneda, Till, New Orleans. Put back, John Jar dine, Sampson, New Orleans. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind N.W.--Arrd. Queen Victoria, Nixon, Saguenay for London, having been waterlogged since 29th ult., in long. 30 W. Sid. Athol, Jamaica. Off port, Anna Maria, Taylor, Singapore. NEWPORT, DEC. 10.—Sld. Lord Sandon, Bermuda. CLYDE.—Arrd. Favourite, Crawford, Montreal. DUBLIN, DEc. 10.—Arrd. Marquis of Wellesley, Tierney, Quebec. Sid. Erin, Conway, Savannah. COWES, DEC. 11.—The Terpsichore, Hallett, from Shields to Genoa, which put in here yesterday, leaky, has come into the harbour, and is discharging. ACCIDENT AT A PIGEON MATCH.—On Thursday afternoon, a serious accident occurred in Copenhagen-fields, to Mr. Rowley, of Holloway. He was loading his fowling piece for the purpose of firing at a pigeon, when be acci dentally struck the trigger of the gun, which discharged a ))9rtion of the shot into his left cheek, and seriously injured his ef" GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL -.- CHATHAM. Dec. 11.—On the 10th inst. a general court -m'-s0 was held in the g enera l cour t- mart i a l r oom, Cha;: i d Barracks, which conti nue d t o thi s d a y, for the To Private John Stoker, N o . 1,926, o f th e 65th Reg l 7 e l e stationed at Brornpton, barracks. The prisoner , " b e pears, was Placed under arrest on the 18th See teDe e d last, at Sheerness, whilst then with a detaePe doine duty at th a t garr i son , an d was brouge t ' p el Chatham on the day following., when be c onfe r o himself to have been a participator in the Lea of murdering a wom a n a t a pl ace called 'ri t e in Staffordshire, about nine miles from Newcastle,lnse year 1841, and his accomplice, named Forbes, wa s cuted for the rnurdar; the prisoner observing tba the her the head of the murder a d wom a n w hilst the other euttio throat, an.l that they afterwards r o bbed her, an d . he enlisted as a soldier. Th e prisoner's cenfessi° 0 ol , 0 1 so foul an act was forwarded to the Horse Guard" 01 1 has also been submitted to the Secretary of Sta te ' se every communication has b e en made b e tween t a c it thorities of that town and the Home-office, an No believed to have been proved that the murder of 6 the man did take place at the peace and time stated hYwo prisoner, and that a man of the name of i,y r e „ be t s e te° hung, and the correspondence which bas passe°, "'",eela the several authoriti es ha s b een su b m itted to tee judges, which accounts for the prisoner being a ° , confined prior to a court-martial being held on The Conn comprised two majors, eight captaiesgde four lieutenants. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Ee„, s ot . of the Provisional Battalion, pre s ident, and Lie' Colonel G. Fifer, deputy judge-advocate. Teie The charges against the prisoner were e s it!" 1 the 18th of September, 1845, th e prisoner, he'Pe. par tinel on duty at the Dockyard at Sheerness, wa s ho itt there and then sleeping on his post. 2. WiL b t . 18 0 at Chatham Barracks, on the 22d of S e ptem offered violence to Sergeant Gatlin, 28th s'e Dell being then and there in The execution of his dutY,.; b' for using threatening language that he Would "' life, or words to that effect. esTo which charges the prisoner pleaded Not agiltl e s. l 114 Lieutenant Scott, 92d Highlanders, formerlfhoet said he was stationed at Sheerness, with a delste in the month of September last, and on the s heer that month he was on guard with the prisoner etoeft ness dock-yard; and on going the rounds to the ° WV, posts with Corporal Willis, between one and W o ol morning, they found the prisoner asleep at his P ;11 7 lying on the ground; his musket was about ° w ee from him. The prisoner was removed to the ba ri o u The officer's evidence was corroborated hy tii ` t eretr Willis, who posted the prisoner on No. 9 post-u -day, where he was found. eitte nt e e Sergeant Michiael Conlin, of the 28th a- i 'y r eet - d Foot, seed be was the provost-sergeant, and ileu m ,' 01 tody of the prisoner ; that on the morning of t ",." be r e ; Septemb. r last, by order of the brigade-mar moved the prisoner from the lock-up to a cell ee `' - u stel e ' to the main-guard, for which purpose he Pc ' escort. The prisoner, on entering the passsga id he to the cell, struck at hire, and declared he w ° toe' „tf his life by drawing his blood the first oeP r had. t ee The sereeant's evidence was corroborated by n acct escorts whoaccompanied him, and proved th e °led , the prisoner towards the sergeant, to whore h e l d f,rr would take his life, and make his blood rue ° he r him, as he, the prisoner, knew e hat was going t ' ° „4 1, with him. bleb The prisoner denied that he was asleep O bo e and did not use the language until the sergesotoole his jacket from his back, and hoped the Court sitter the time he had been in prison. ehtr e t i The adjutant of the 65th was called w j o ao which was bad. The prisoner had already l ets four times by court-martial. He has been f th ie r e ! o o o; the regiment, and is twenty years of age. of Staffordshire. c oo'" The Court's decision will not be known mid' - by the Horse Guards • °° MANCHESTER and MERSEte 8 0 riot RAILWAY. t tee- e al This subject is beginning to excite the a er e:, deserves, and is now a common topic of 0 ° 4 1109 o " not, as before, merely to be regarded as ? n nt , retical phantasy, but as a serious and rell 00 1f: 0 1 great promise and interest to the town of 9 :t e Ons It has been well and truly said that any l ra , t r e e to°„i which will enable ships of four or five htla ° 0 , ° v. " discharge their cargoes in a dock in this tow of li d form an epoch of such magnitude in the hist° ll ,e chester as would quadruple her population , her the first as well as the most enterprisill s f e st; i Europe. Now, if this is admitted, one imetor lll oo o o of our case is placed at once in safety. The $ t hers, r ) of bringing sea going vessels into Manchest!_ l• 4 to SO break bulk for the first time, and of being au 1, here and proceed at once direct to sea, a ni r e h ' p e e suppose, too obvious for specification. - 1 - 1- 0 01. lee' and risk, and delays of doing business at s' e r os o the large per centage of deductions from th e e er set e e turer's profits which are involved in the broe tbe ono other charges of his Liverpool agents, wi tl . l Whtdd inconveniences which attach to the position ta c o?l g is now confined, are too much matter of daill ;00400 to call for remark. All of these are eXPe_rr pb every merchant or manufacturer of Manche l ; 6 ,, a shipowner or importer. The same rule h° ; as e er e we look at the matter in regard to its be ar ' 000 goods sent for export. We have all the sate e w e P i e nienees, the same risks, the sam e d e lays- m of V e l e clear that even on these grounds the advent:'- 0 P enabled to carry sea-going vessels to and i f ° , cheater are obvious and undeniable, and eu : 00 4 s or e e themselves to justify the expenditure of n° sroe able amount of money in the search after see sood trivance as would effect that eminently valusweeereeee sirable object. By e its means, if such a thing 7.0d1e-01 in existence, the conveyance of goods both to ht be ef , the earehouses and mills of Manchester laig be 0 0 .00 placed under the control and supervision of 0, 4 id that no accidents, mistakes, or losses should oe c ee f r otto the positive benefits which would accrue to hi w is see being in operation are beyond number. T his n ielic e t ef, the question upon the mere ground of Conti beetee the ;-hipper. A more important feature Ilinab e Wee be noticed, not because it has never formed oter ol ge e of remark and consideration, but because 4 .0 . 0 5 r often be borne in mind by those whom it w drape ng rs whenever the question to whi c h we are no ee tentioe comes befere them for discussion. : 11 049 the excessively heavy rates of toll to win e ; abje c t )/ using the port of Liverpool has long bee n l P e e The dock and town dues of Liverpool are he ° or e of extreme. They produce a magnificent, IP w hett : princely, revenue to the corporate body by rep el are imposed, and to whose benefit they are af i r t i temp te d From those dues the regal edifices, the spier' l o strnol the almost Titanic erections which hare been c e eenhe for the purposes of commerce, of law, of latisinse d e et d e plea.ure, have each and all sprung. From th e . r. dalepe purpo , es of peilanthropy and of intanness,t he 3 pP I 11 11 0 hood of luxury, and the wantonness of wealtleare t (L i due ;be it remembered deducted from theleglt in l e e e to r 'dt i limited) profits of the merchant and elen tl ,„ 00 4 ' o n: Manchester and the neighbourhood. Nowt to of our being able to bring sea-going vessels °P d . a chester, these dock and town dues will be a sv e events, the money now paid per ton for the 4, the of may be appropriated to the cost of coneel i l 'oeseiett sets to or towards Manchester. A so,a l i l ie etS !A il el l 2et.d. will still be due for the buoys an d Mersey, which is a fair and equitable impos t s g os. ja clg frees the vessel as far up the river as the tide' teemf saving, however, is not all. In addition toss/11,0°01 and town dues of Liverpool, our manufactue e ,c o ' to ; 0 0 chants would save the double cost of WlOl, ll O O from the docks to the railway—a charge "e her t or i cotton alone, exceeds annually 50,00a- 4° g - 1,0 'eta the porterage and other heavy dues, with 00 o dt pars from Manchester vie Liverpool are Oni b l re fe r acquainted. These facts then being undeel a ee ieC e et the question of the advantage of bringing sets up to Manchester is settled. The next 0 0 , - e (and upon this the discussion entirely rests a ° t re decided), by what means shall we accomplish I ° o'sl desirable an object? The first means which ",ita" rally strike the mind under these eireuneseee`i o' o o canal. Several companies have within the la s p dialet, years been formed for this purpose. The ifi t a ob aw e arising as well from natural as from artifiet 1 6; 4 ! Aso which fell in their course prevented the C,Z 1) 0 10 1 ? the object for which they were formed. Ilbesreo might soon be shown to have been incidental to t seg l e of an artificial water way. It would, howe er c ' e eti" f much space to demonstrate this, and we ac e i t s IV put the matter thus. Canal navigation was 1 1, 1 0 56 0 0 most valuable . part of the means at our isre° 4 o o effective intercommunication. A new means ° dea l , has been discovered. The prudent manage rs f ete g b , are now rapidly converting them on all sides 9 W e ee tt old shape into the form of the new ine 61 . 1 4 to rilf named. Can we deem them to be the most hlt• own interests ? Can we suppose that thel nt and voluntariiy abandon a good and egic! e i , 0 00 0 went for a worse, adding to the loss sch le s p) , A e creased working expenses (if such were the c,: r - t eilt` r e , entail, the extra cost of the conversion ? ar e el' look upon it that, guided by experience, th!Y t of solved not to lose their property by . obstt, ° i 9 o herine to an exploded and inefficient we tb clays) means of transit ? The latter , te rpre is the more reasonable and the more correct earett/tte Lion. These canal companies are now seekiegtro-ocelo, become railways. Why then should not we. pOrS!„ plish the grand object of making stead of making a canal hereafter to be tur7 oo oo: fi e railway, construct the railway at once which 0 10 0' 0 , sea-going vessels at once to and from this t" to res s lll chester ? The proposition is not, we think , ract ict • Manchester _.„; able, if it can be shown that a railway eall e f e ee p f ee l pf subserve the object in view with as much en d canal, namely, that of' conveying safely sr) ter , get vessels from the sea up to a dock in Manele?eh 01140 believe practically a ship railway will acconsnew ' objects required more effectually and more enti"rrolotr a ship canal. We have, however, occupied ° th is p e er , space this week, and must defer the proof ofaiverse tion of our subject till the next.—ManChese er bi ~---raredeescheta'er WRECK OF A SCHOONER.--till so d e - Per means of the telegraphic signals between this t t o r oo ttit , Monday Cheering, of learned Dover, that on was wrecked Wesht her b Y earie ei; She NT as totally dismasted, and was lying on e e t e e, le e The Point of Ayr life-boat put off to her at tw te e , yesterday, and the Hoy lake life-boat at half-pe-e; c o te, P.M. The crew had not been heard of.—Lieeelffl°eo efly RAILWAY FORGERY.—Thursday infortns,"Thorifp given, with a description of a person namedreleteonbeeree„, , son, who, it is alleged, obtained by false p "" Tbr ee- st William Hitchins, of the Hall of Comm',ece the emoted needle street, a banker's receipt for 1201., being W s , teet' a . of deposit on forty shares in the British and In f e forg er; Railway Company, and afterwards, by means S ec a W e e obtained scrip, Nos. 19,441 to 19,480. He is sa;._, sae, about forty-four years of age, of florid complex le fo ; f ore black curly hair; its a hootmaker by trade, a lived at Croydon. - 2% 13% 3% - 2% 31, 4 , 7 % - 6% "4 - 1% 2 2 3 A -- 91/2 2 1A , 2% GRE AsT k; :~~.