The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-19 00:00:00

R AILWAY MUTUAL PROTECTION SOCIETY. Th i s satiety is a voluntary association of persons Interested in the Inees'A and judicious administration of railways ; and especially for aw Artaining the present state of the law as affecting the rights and of those connected with railways and railway projects. r That in the undefined state of the law touching the various rela iions in which persons connected with railways find themselves placed, great inducements are offered to the resistance of just de mands, Ind to the enforcement of groundless claims; in either case Imposing very serious expenses, amounting in the one to the denial of justice, and in the other to the Infliction of positive wrong. It is obvious that individuals having to enforce their rights 'against, Or to resist unwarrantable claims by bodies corporate in their eha m eter. and having in their hands large funds, will do so at a serious disadvantage, without an arrangement for co-operation and mutual assistance, and the aid of a subscribed fund. It is therefore agreed that a Rind shall be provided by subscription, and that the following rules and regulations shall by binding upon the members of the Society. Thal a Committe4 of seven persons, including the President, to be called ths Council. shall be appointed to conduct the business of the Society. That a, president shall be appointed, whose sanction, with two of the CrAticil, shall be necessary to all decisions touching the institution or Clef Once of proceedings at law or in equity. That the Council shall consider the case of any member of the somiety which may be brought before them, and shall advise whether any and what proceedings shall be taken, either at law, in equity, or otherwise, for the protection or assertion of the rights of such mem ber, and that all such proceedings as may be suggested by the Council shall be submitted to the solicitors of the Society. That, for the guidance of the C , uncil, and for the satisfaction of the members of the Society, the opinions of several counsel at the equity and common law bars shall be taken upon the various and most prominent questions which may affect the rights and liabilities of the subscribers and allottees of shares, as well as the Directors, Managing and Provisional Committeemen, of railways and railway proJectal That the names of persons seeking to become members of the So ciety shall be submitted to the Council, who shall have the absolute power of admission. That an annual subscription of Two Guineas shall be paid by each member of the Society, on or before the Ist of January in each year, and no person shall be deemed a member until such subscription be paid. _ _ That members who shall not renew their subscriptions on or before the Ist day of January, 1847, and so on from time to time, on or before any succeeding Ist of January, shall cease to be members of the Society. That any snbscriber who may desire to confide his owu case to the Council of the Society, may do so in strict confidence, and if his case is one which the Council deem to be within the scope of the Society, may then have the option of requiring his interests to be considered by the solicitors of the Company upon the payment to the funds of the society of such further sum of money as may appear to the Coun cil appropriate and reasonable, or of placing the business in other bands upon his own responsibility. That all subscribers qiall be entitled to the benefit of the opinions of counsel proposed to be taken for the guidance of the Council, and also of the advice of the counsel and of the solicitors. That Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esq., be appointed the President of the Council. That R. P. Davis, Esq., be appointed the Treasurer, and Messrs. Amory, Sewell, and Moores, the solicitors of the Society. That the Council shall have power to make rules for the manage ment of the business of the Society, providol they are not repugnant to the above rules. And that no subscriber shall be liable for any costs, charges, and expenses whatever beyond his subscription, and such other expenses as shall have been provided for by his engage ments with the Council. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Copy of a Letter addressed to George Hudson, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway. London and York Railway, Office, 7, Lothbury, Dec. 16, 1845. Sir,—The Directors of this Company have taken into consideration your Letter of the 3d instant, wherein on behalf of the Eastern Counties Railway, you make the following proposition, viz : " That the Shareholders of the London anti York Company shall be amalgamated with those of the Eastern Counties Company, and have appropriated to them 2,000,0001. of Eastern Counties stock, in shares of 201. each, and that a deputation from each Board shall meet and determine upon all other matters." and have requested me to forward to you the following reply : Your proposition virtually suggests, that we should disregard the labours of the Committee on Group X. (which in the last session of Parliament sat for more than eighty days), and throw overboard their report, carried by a majority of three to one, in favour of the merits of oar scheme (see the printed resolutions) in preference to the lines recommended by the Beard of Trade ;—lines nearly identical with your newly re-proposed Eastern Counties Extensions,—that report also being confirmed in the House of Commons by 79 to 19, and pass ing the third reading without any division. You offer to our sharehoiders in exchange for their Bill, two millions of stock in the Eastern Counties Railway (which has hither to paid less than two per cent.) as being in your own view of greater value than the five millions of our own. It must, however, be re marked, that the incorporation of this 2,000,000 of stock with that of the Eastern Counties depends upon the assent of Parliament to your extension schemes from Cambridge to York, which were last sum mer brought before the Commons, and there distinctly negatived, and there is, therefore, no secarity that this allotment of stock would ever be legalised.—So much for the bearing of your proposition on the pecuniary interests of our shareholders. To the public you propose a scheme repudiated by a select Com mittee in 1845,a scheme avoiding nearly every town that ours would serve, and longer than ours from twelve t o fift een m il es , l eav i ng tne district bordering on the Great North-road from London to York, without railway accommodation. We therefore unanimously feel that an acceptance of your offer would be a gross breach of faith with the public and the original subscribers, and an abandonment of our pledges to the landowners and inhabitants of the towns through which our line is intended to pass, who have embarked considerable capital in the undertaking. Your attention cannot have been seriously directed to the eleventh section of the report of the Committee on : Group X, for there the merits of our scheme are minutely contrasted with yours, and the preference decidedly given to ours, in the following terms : " Lord Courtenay reported from the Select Committee on the Group (It) of Railways, That—A Report from the Board of Trade upon the subject of railway communication between London and York having been referred to them by the House, the Committee think it right to state that they have not adopted the recommenda tion which it contains, while they concur with the Board of Trade in the opinion expressed in that Report, ' That the London and York scheme on the whole presents a larger and more compre hensive system of communication;' they have been led by the evi dence adduced in support respectively by the two schemes to a dif ferent conclusion from that at which the Board of Trade has arrived. Having had the opportunity of examining the estimates of the cost of construction more thoroughly than it can have been practicable for the Board of Trade to have done, and having been led to a dif ferent conclusion upon that point, they have decided, upon a full comparison of the evidence, on preferring the London and York line to that combination of lines recommended by that Board, for the following among other reasons : 'list—Because it affords the best through communication between London and York, by a new trunk line half-way between the London and Birmingham and the Northern and Eastern lines, thus accom modating a larger district otherwise unprovided with north and south communication, and giving a fresh exit from, and entrance into, the metropolis. ".2dly.—Because it places a large number of market towns on the through line giving them in addition good communication with each other. " 3dly.—Decause it affords to the public a better security that the scheme of railway communication which it seeks to effect will con tinue to be under one management, and to be independent of other great lines of railway. " 4thly —Because they consider that though in the first instance the scheme of the Board of Trade may be more cheaply executed than the competing one, it would not supply the accommodation which the wants of the country, through which the line propose to run, de mand, and: that the adoption of that scheme would probaiily eventually involve a greater outlay than that required for the ex ecution of the London and York scheme." Will you permit me to ask what, satisfactory reasons for accepting your offer I could give in the House of Commons to those Members who undertook the labourious investigation of the merits of railway schemes, and selected ours from among the various projects as the hest new line between London and York? How could it be expected that Committees would, in future, work as they have done, if their labours are liable to be thrown to the winds, and their reports though confirmed by the House, become subject to barter or sale for stock, in a scheme which a Committee had previously discarded ? Can you believe that the House would consent to be so trifled with, or permit a Bill rejected in 1845 to pass in 1846, in lieu of that which had been preferred in 1845 ? What defensible statement could we make for so entire an abandonment of our scheme, when no change has taken place in any of its circumstances ? You have upon various occasions endeavoured to decry our lino, and yoar success in railways has obtained for your opinion con siderable influence ; but Parliament and the public must surely see that tkis proposal to our Sharholders• to give up their Bill and to take stock in your newly adopted line, is only a bold effort on your part, to raise the value of the Eastern Counties Stock, and as Chatrman of the Midlands, to get rid of a rival. Again let me ask why in your new position of Chairman to the Eastern Counties you should be so jealous of a line passing through Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, while you proclaim that the Eastern Counties Railway, with its present lines and branches may be made to pay ten per cent.—that portion of the Kingdom lying upon and East of the London and Cambridge line, forming a district quite as extensive as the one proposed for the London and York? Why should you wish to compel passengers to go even twelve miles round by Cambridge, while that town will certainly have its railway to the east, west, north, and south ? Why then endeavour to prevent Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire from having similar ad vantages? You surely cannot have calculated upon our giving your proposal a faveurable consideration, and you will th ere f ore not be surprised to learn that my colleagues unanimously decline to discuss with you so unreasonable a proposition as that set forth in your letter of the 3d, involving as it does a total abandonment of our whole scheme. You are doubtless aware that in order to avail ourselves of the resolutions of the two Houses, respecting Railway Bills carried up to a certain point in last session, it Is necessary that the Bill and its clauses should not be varied in the most minute particular. Our 'hoard, therefore, think it better at once to state to you, that we can no more enter into any arrangement to change or give up a portion e our line, as sanctioned by the House of Commons last summer, than we can consent to abandon the 'whole. We shall ask leave to proceed with our Bill as rapidly as the :forms of the House will permit, having without any further call ample funds in hand to meet all expenses. As required by the standing orders, our now share deed is in the course of signature by a most extensive body of Shareholders, notwithstanding the efforts made to alarm them. More than nine-tenths of the scrip having within the-short interval since the 12th instant been sent la for exchange. Public opinion is decidedly in favour of a new line between London and York, independent of existing interests and management. We, therefore, confidently expect that the merits of our scheme, which obtained for us a verdict in the Commons, will be equally appre dated by a Committee of the Lords. The interests of so large a body of Shareholders being involved, it is right I should add we feel bound to make public this coramunica tion.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servant, (Signed) WM. ASTELL, Chairman of the London and York Railway. To George Hudson, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the astern Counties Railway. GREAT MANCHESTER, RUGBY, AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, WITH DIRECT LINE FROM DERBY TO RUGBY. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London, Dec. 19, 1345. At a GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this undertaking, held at the offices of the Company, on Wednesday, the 17th of December instant, it was unanimously resolved—" That an advertisement be inserted in the daily papers, to the effect that all varties to whom Shares in the Great Manchester, Rugby, and South ampton Railway have been allotted upon their application, and who have not paid their deposits or any portion thereof, that if the sum of Two Shillings per Share upon the number allotted to them, be not paid on er before SATURDAY, the 3d day ottlantiary next, their names and addresses shall be published as defaulters in this undertaking, as much with a view of operating as a warning to future companies, as of endeavouring to obtain justice for this Company ;" the said resolu tion to be accompanied by an intimation that on payment of Two Shillings per Share, either at the offices of the Company, or on the deposit of the bankers' receipt for the saute, the letters of application Shall be retarneel to the allottees, and they shad be released front all farther liability. _ By order of the Committee of Management, HORATIO CARTER, Assistant Secretary. THE CONDEMNED CONVICTS. The wretched woman, Martha Browning, convicted on Wednesday at the Central Criminal Court of the murder of her fellow lodger as aged fe ma l e , name d Elizabeth Mull.- dell, was, immediately on the conclusion of the trial, re moved to the apartment appropriated unabl for the receon of capital criminals in Newgate. The prisoner had been quite eto during the t r i a l , and when the awful result become known to her, but for the assistance of the official. in attendance, she would have sunk exhausted on the floor of the dock. Having been removed in an almost senseless condition to that portion of the prison above referred to, she remained in a state' of comparative insensibility until visited by the Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary of the gaol, at tn the with excite ment tli a late hour in the evening. Mr. Daveirsiotrie, m b a u i unhappy woman for a considerable p under which she laboured was so great that his ndeavours to afford her religious consolation had very little effect. At eleven o'clock, thoroughly overcome by exhaustion and fati gue , s he fell asleep and s l ept soundly for several hone. The wretched woman appears to be almost friendless, and those of herconnexions who have been commu nicated with are in the poorest circumstance , . She has:a bro ther and two or three sisters living, but only one sister resides in London. The latter has visited the convict since her committal to Newgate, but not subsequently to her con demnation. Yesterday the reverend Ordinary had another interview with the unhappy woman, who was somewhat more composed than on the previous day. Mr. Sheriff Laurie and Mr. Sheriff Chaplin have also visited the prisoner since her conviction. Samuel Quennell, convicted yesterday of the murder of Fitzgerald, bore his sentence with extraordinary , firmness, nor has the fortitude which he displayed during the trial de-. serted him Since. On leaving the dock, he was delivered into the custody of Mr. Abbott, under-sheriff of the county of Surrey, and Mr. Keane, the governor of Horscmonger-lane gaol, by whom he was conducted back to Newgate, and thence, at three o'clock, conveyed in a cab to Horsernonger lane gaol, whe re the dreadful sentence of the law will be t Garrird Luta 'act. - THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE of To-morrow and Sunday will contain — The Whig Corn and Peel Crisis, its " True History"—Mr. O'Con nell's New Position—Cotton Twist to the Free-Traders of the United Kingdom—Reports of all the Great Meetings of the Week— A New Song to an Old Tune, for Lord John—Grand Cabinet Dinner of Dukes A 2, A 3, A 4, and A 5—A Whipping-poet for the Monopo lists—The Dragon of Wantley—A Fairy Tale for Young England in 1945—With the American and other News of the Week 337, Strand ; and all Newsmen w 0 Immediately. ROMANCE S: BY B. DISRAELI, M.P. Author of " Coningsby" and " Sybil." 1. CONTARINI FLEMING. 2. ALROY. Reprinted, with the permission of the Author, and comprised in 3 vols., with a Portrait of Mr. DISRAELI. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 13, Great Marlborough-street. MARY HOWITT'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE. - - A NOVEL, EDITED BY MARY HOWITT. Is now ready at all the Libraries. in 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. Char'es the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Car De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrikon ; Don Jose (le Santarem, Mr. IL Phillips; Marittura, 3llss t{ouler ; ...azarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Dahas (of the Acadenrie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mons. Delfericr, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farrell ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. - After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY BUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen fleyton, Miss Seyton. To conclude with THE IRIS!' LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hadson Mrs. Cerule a Fitzgig, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Tears Age. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Tates, and Mrs. Fitswilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zmrkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To eonclude with SEEING WRIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. NEW CHRISTMAS BOOK, BY MR. DICKENS. On Saturday Morning, Dec. 20, will be published, more violent of the French papers, and the almost total cessation of attacks on England, with the ex ception perhaps of one Republican and one Legiti matist journal, is the best proof of the efficiency of his labours in such a good cause. But that he pos sesses the energy to carry on a contest with Arne. rica or any encroaching state, and maintain the high position to which England is entitled among the na tions, is another question. In that respect we regard him as far inferior to Lord PALMERSTON, and should the new Foreign Secretary abate a little of the haughty tone laid to his charge by all French writers, and direct his undoubted energy in a quarter where it is more wanted, the change will be one of the greatest benefits to the country. Indeed, with the exception perhaps of Sir ROBERT P➢EL, who never truckled either to TYLER or PoLK, we regard him as by far the most fit person to settle our disputes with the United States. But the great advantage caused by the late changes will he most felt in that distracted and misgoverned country—lreland. The Irish Catholics, more than any portion of their fellow subjects, have uniformly adhered to the motto, " Men, as well as measures." Good measures, in troduced by Tories, they do not absolutely reject, but they receive them with the worst possible grace ; they cannot believe their old enemies sincere ; they re gard their favours rather as bribes than acts of justice ; and they always exhibit fears and suspicions that the best deeds are performed with the malignant pur pose of lulling them into security, or thrJwing divi sions into the camp, or setting up one party against another. Never was the truth of this statement more fully illustrated than by their reception of two liberal and excellent measures—the Maynooth Bill and the Irish Colleges Bill. The old character of the givers could not be forgotten. It took from the gifts one-half of their value—deprived Sir R. PEEL of that honour and gratitude to which he was justly entitled, and measures which, under a Whig Ad ministration (for we must still use that epithet), would have given general satisfaction to seven millions of loyal subjects, did not perceptibly re move one prejudice from the shoulders of the Con servative leaders. Lord MORPETH, therefore, can do, with a good grace and with the best effect, what Sir JAMES GRA NAM was unable to accomplish with out exciting jealousies and heart-burnings, and rous ing up old enmities fatal to the due administration of justice. It is hardly necessary to refer to the Board of Trade and the Board of Control and the Colonies, for it would be impossible to find any man less capable for his post than the Earl of RIPON, or one who could give such general dissatis faction as Lord STANLEY. The Earl of DAL HOUSIE was untried—we hardly know anything of his abilities or his aptitude for busi ness ; but about Mr. 14 ABOU CHERE there can be no mistake whatever, and we believe even his opponents will be ready to admit that from the whole of his party not one man could be so ap propriately selected for conducting the Board of Trade. The office of First Lord of the Trea sury is of course one of the most important, and the success of the new Ministry will greatly depend upon the experience and abilities of the Minister appointed to fill it, but still it is not of paramount importance. Sir ROBERT PEEL, in that character, gave very general satisfaction, but still all would not do. With the ex ception of Sir JAMES GRAHAM and Lord ABERDEEN, he received little or no support from his colleagues, and, therefore, the strongest Ministry ever formed became at once a total wreck . Lord J. RUSSELL, as a financier, possibly has not the experience of the late Premier. He has never yet filled the office, but, judging from the manner in which he has conducted high departments in the State, and the powerful support which he cannot fail to receive from able colleagues, we may confidently anticipate- that he will not disappoint public expec tation. A few days since we called the attention of our readers to a projected society for the protection of persons involved in railway affairs, and, at the same time, enforced the importance and utility of the object. We are glad to find that a plan has at length been matured, and an association, under the ap propriate title of " Railway Mutual Protection Society," formed, and the regulations for its go vernmeut printed, and ready for circulation. By an advertisement in our columns, it appears a numerous meeting was held at the office of the solicitors on Wednesday last, over which Mr. Commis, M.P. for Warwick, presided, and we have much satisfaction in being able to lay before our readers the rules and regulations which were then adopted. The immediate objects of the society, and its utility, are well en forced in the speech of Mr. D. W. HARVEY, which will be found in this day's Sun. That gentleman was unanimously elected the president of the society, and from his known sagacity and experience, aided by the high standing of the solicitors, we augur much good in the protection the society will give to persons who find themselves entangled in the artifices of fraud and the intricacies of the law. It is satisfactory to know that among the clergy of the Church of England there are some at least who do not read the Divine command to feed their flocks in a non-natural sense. The speech of the Reverend JAMES ASP/NALL at the Anti-Corn-law meeting at Hull, a report of which will be found in another column, is one of the most eloquent and argumenta • Live speeches against the famine-creating corn law that we have ever heard or read. We believe, that among the clergy of the Church of England, there are many who desire the abolition of this law as ardently as does Mr. AsrEstALL, but they lack the moral courage to avow their sentiments. We beseech all such no longer to let "I dare not wait upon I would," but at once make common cause with their industrious countrymen. In the coming struggle he who is not for us is against us. Let, therefore, those among the clergy, who are our friends, follow the example of Mr. ASPINALL. We can well afford to give to the mono polists the SMITLIERS, COXES, et hoc genus omnc, as long as we retain the ASPINALLS. We publish in our advertising columns the report of the Committee of the Royal Northern Lunatic Asylum, presented to the general meeting of the sub scribers at the Castle of Inverness. We have so re - - cently directed the attention of our readers to this subject, that it is only necessary for us now to request that they will attentively peruse and consider the document to which we have referred. Appended to the report is the list of the Committee, it will be seen, consists of the elite of the nobility and gentry of the counties of Inverness, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland ; Caithness, and Nairn. Their names are sufficient guarantee to the subscribers that the funds of the institution will be properly administered, and we therefore call upon all Scotsmen in every part of the world to be aiding and assisting in this good work. The Madrid journals of the 11th bring no intelli gence of importance. The municipal election had commenced in the capital, and were going on favour ably for the Government. The weather at Madrid was splendid for the time of the year. On the 11th the Three per Cents, closed at 37k, and the Five per Cents. at 24 3-16 at 60 days. The articles in the Paris papers refer chiefly to the Ministerial crisis in England, and the alterations in the tariff proposed by the Minister of Commerce. The Presse, an ultra-Conservative paper, is probably guided more by the wishes of its party than by sound argument in its remarks on the former subject. Nothing, it says, can be done without Sir ROBERT PEEL, and any Ministry that Lord JOHN RUSSELL can form must prove an abortion IN ithout " The real necessity," according to that paper, " of the present situation in England is neither the obstinate maintenance of the status quo, nor the abrupt aboli tion of a law on which rests the constitution of ter ritorial property ; but a moderate reform, an equi table arrangement between the partizans of a regime [ henceforward impossible, and the promoters of a regime, which, if effected at a single blow, would be epuivalent to a revolution. But Sir R. PEEL is essentially the man calculated to bring about this arrangement. It is on this acceunt that he is of such great weight in the present circumstances, and that they who are charged to replace him declare that nothing is feasible without his aid. We cannot say whether he will give it, but nobody denies that all depends on him. Why should he not have power in the Government ? And since all depends on him, why should he be reduced to the position of an assistant to the Whig Cabinet? Why remain a stranger to it ? Why should the Whigs, who, from their own avowal, can only play the second part, be placed in the front of the theatre? There is in all this an anomaly which we do not comprehend ; and we repeat it, that every combina tion without Sir R. PEEL will have neither solidity nor duration. Let the trial of the contrary, however, be made. It is not the first time that in politics a great deal of trouble has been taken to arrive at an abortion." The following on the same subject appears in the Government paper :—" The Peerage has now its hands at liberty, and what is there to prevent its acting ? The place is vacant—why should it not fill it? why does it not set to work ? We are quite sure that Sir IL PEEL, were it not too serious a matter, would be well pleased at seeing the Duke of RICHMOND, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, Earl STAN HOPE, Sir E. KNATCHBULL, Mr. MILES, and Mr. TYRRELL, who three days ago said that he was delighted at witnessingan end to the reign of humbug, at seeing, we say these great politicians under take the Government, were it only for two or three days, and observing the manner in which they would carry it on. We must take the times as they are. In our days and in the present complicated state of society, improvements of all kinds are carried only slowly, and only by a compromise between contend ing interests. Thus in England there are two parties wishing to progress by absolute measures, who say all or nothing! and both of whom find themselves re duced to equal impotency. Perhaps they will at last each be glad if they should be so lucky as to find an ultimate safety in that compromise which will be proposed to them by that mixed party which now suf fers them to battle on in confusion." The Presse is utterly opposed to any change in the tariff-laws, and above all those relative to foreign iron, but its views are founded on the wildest doc trine of the monopolist school, and deserve no notice. The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers : " On Tuesday the King came to Paris, and presided at a Council of Ministers. " Their Majesties received, on Monday evening, the Ba varian Ministers to the Courts of France and England, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Prefect of the Seine, the French Chargé d'Atrairss for the Court of Hasse, Sir John Easthope, M.P., the Count de Scercay, and M. Maurice, Chief Engineer of the Pont-et-Chaussees. " The Royal Council of the university held its first sitting on Tuesday. All the Councillors attended the summons of the Minister of Public Instruction, Grand Master of the University. The Minister opened the sitting with a speech, in which lie enumerated the principal points to which the attention of the assembly would be immediately directed, and expressed his earnest solici',ude for the interests of education, and those of the University. One of the Council, in his own name, and that of his colleagues, made some observations, which were satisfactorily replied to by the Minister. General Duvivier, to whom is intrusted the command of the troops in the expedition against Madagascar, has left Paris for Cherbourg. The judgment of the Tribunal of Leipsic, in the case of the riots of Aug. 12, was pronounced on the 12th instant. All the prisoners are found guilty of rebellion, and sentenced to five years' close imprisonment. The Three per Cents. dosed at Slf. 30c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 80c. ; th e O r l eans Railroad Shares, 1,166 f. 2ic.; Rouen, 9501.; Northern, 7151. ; Havre, 765 f. • Avig non, 877 f. 50c. ; Vie rzon , 640 f. ; Fampoux, 490 i.; Bor deaux, 6101.; Boulogne, 5021. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 440 f. ;Basle, 233 f. 75c.; Dieppe, 475 f.; Belgian Two-and-a Half per Cents., 56; Spanish Three per Cents., 39; ditto Domestic Debt, 35 ; ditto Passives, 6i. The following are the quotations for other lines:— Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 6 premium ; ditto (Calon), sf. 50c. ; Union, 15f. ; ditto (Ganneron), 51.; ditto (Lapinsonniere), sf. 50c. ; Sud Est, 21. 50c. ; Ardoin, 3f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron),2f. ;ditto (Bechet), lf. 50c. ' - Tours and Nantes ( Ma c k enz i e ), if.; ditto (Drouli lard), 4f. 50c. ; ditto O'Neill, 51.; ditto (Curette), 51. ; ditto (Lefevre), 5f.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 7f. 50c. ; ditto (Lecointe), lf. ; ditto (Cornpagnie Meridionale), 500 f. ; Bordeaux and Cetto (Mackenzie), 500 f.; ditto (Espeleta), 41. ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 495 f. The Lyons Definitive Shares sold at 801. premium ; Strasbourg ditto, 251. ; Tours and Nantes, 501. LYONS, DEC. 15.—Marseilles and Avignon, 847 f. 50c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,132 f. 50c.; Paris and Rouen, 962 f. 25c.; Orleans and Vierzon, 620 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DES. 18. Anglo-Belgian — Madrid aid Valencia... 1 Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens.. Namer and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica ... Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux 10 Do. ( Mackenzie's) Over Yssel ....... Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris& Lyons (Laffitte) cilia Coast Central of Spain Ceylon . — Ditto (Sad Eat) Demerara Dendre Valley ...... Dutch Rhenish ... Dieppe & Paris Jinct. Dijon and Mulhouse — East Indian ...... Fampeux & Hazebreuk Grt Northern of France Constituted 12% Do. Pepin le Hallow — Great Paris and Lyons 2 l /9 Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Do. North Midland — De. Extension Jersey !..ouvain and Jemappe — Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg Orloans.-- Paris aid Rouen . Paris and Strasburg (Ganneren's) Do. (Cempe de L'Est) Do. (Aymard'3) Paris and St. Quentin — Rouen and Havre.— Royal Noith of Spain. 1 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale T.urnay,Jurbise, Lan don, and liasselt ... Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) Do. (Lefebvre's) — Do. (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona.... 2 West Flanders THE SUN, - LONDON, PRIi)A V VVENiNG, DECEMBER 19, 1845. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bags, all t(5 the trade. There was no change in ;cites, but the choice was rather large. Shares were without alteration. Much conversation has occurred here te-day on the pro babilities of the duration of the Ministry about to be formed by Lord John Russell. The general impression is, that should Lord John succeed in his object, that a dissolution of Parliament is not far distant. This tends to check busines3 in almost all branches of trade. There are no accounts of a later date from the Colonies to day. --- 'The Consol Market has been very buoyant to-day. For the Account, the price has suddenly advanced from 92% to 92 3 / 4 . The report is that there will be a junction between Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell, by which the corn law question would be carried with a high hand through the Commons, as well as the House of Lords. The Reduced Three per Cents. have risen from 924 to 92%. The pre mium en Exchequer-bills has ruled at from 17s. to 19s. A very limited amount of business has been transacted in the Foreign Stocks to-day. The only quotations have been, for Spanish Five per-Cents. 2S ; for the Three-per- Cents. 39%; for the Dutch Two-and-a-Half-per-Cents. 60; and for the Four-per-Cents. 93%. The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Shares have im proved to 123 premium, the Eastern Counties to 4 3 / 4 pre mium; the Great North of England have receded to 105 pre mium, and most of the other Shares are also heavy this morning. The actual prices at which business has been transacted are annexed:— ONE• RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ......200!4 200 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 , -A per Cent., 9. 11 % Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 10 7-16 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 Consols for Account ... Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 /d l9 17 19 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small oXE O'CLOCK CLOSIN 0 PRICES 200 92 5 8 94N, 10 5-16 10 3-16 92N pm. 19 pm. 20 pm. 20 CLOSING PRICES PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 4O Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 2BN Ditto, Deferred ... 16% Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account 39% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 1 ,E 93 93% 93% PRICES OF PAID' RAILWAY SHARESAT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, & Elgin 2 1 A — Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2% Bideford andTavistock... 1% — Birmin and Gloucester. 100 122 123 Ditto New l 7 l /2 — ..... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. Boston, Stain td, & Birm. 225. — Bridgewater & Minehead 425. Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O 52 %... Bristol and Liver. June Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian & Grand June 42s Cambridge and Lincoln 11 /z 314 Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — ..... Canterbury and Dover.. I - ••• Central Kent 2 l /2 Chelmsford and Bury ... 138 — Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Chelterhain and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction ..... 5 Cork Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... *) 1 / 2 Cork and Waterford ... Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir and Leicester l4 — Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe ... Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ... Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford — Direct Manchester ' (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh 1%..... Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% Eastern Counties 14/. 16s l 9l 4 20 . Ditto New 6/. 16a. 5% 6 p.... Ditto Perpetual, 5 per C-emt, No. 13e. Dittb ditto, No. 2... 4/. 138. 'EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 3 3 4 — Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 Do. Exten'n toNorw'h 2 1 2 — Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% • East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 , ...... Ditto, New ... 7 1 / 2 — Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — Edinburgh and Perth... 1 1 ,s ▪ ...... Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 ,! — Essex and Suffolk .. 1% Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2% Glouc.,Abei ystwith, and Central of Wales 1%.... • Goole and Doncaster .. 425. Grand Junction ...100 Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters 25 Grand Union I3R Great Eastern &Western GreatGrimsby and Shef field 5 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Mun5ter............ 2 1 / 2 — Great North of Scotland 2 1 /.. ...... Great North of England..loo 205 Ditto New 5 Do. New .... ........ 2 Great Western BO 147 Ditto itto Shares 5O Ditto Shares Ditto Fifths 28 1 4 . , 161/2 39% 401/., .... 123 52% 1% 5% 20 6p 1 % .... 205 .... 45 Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ..... Harwich Hull and Selby Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares 2 - Inverness and E1gin...... 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth ... 100 Irish North Midland l% Isle ofAxholme 2 •5 Killarney Junctions I q Kendal and Windermere 1 Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal- Innen* Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction .••• Leicester & Birmingham 22a. — ... .. .., Leicester and Bedford... 225. !i % 1,4 p....., Leicester and Tamworth 425. Liverp. and Mauchester.loo ... Do. % Shares Do. Quarters 25 Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. ... Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Birminghmloo Do. Thirds 4444. lO Do. 1 % Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ...... 1 W 4 ' — London and Blackwell. 161. 138.4 d. ... Do. New Ditto Extension ~.... 3 ...... London and Bright0n... 50 Do. consolidated Bths... 40 Ditto, Sixtks London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 8 - ••• •• •• ..•• Lon., CheL, 0x.,G10., and Hereford London an dGreenwich 12115 s 4d... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — London Hounslow, and ' Western - ..•••••• • ••, Loncl. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 722 72 782. . Do. New Censol. Bths 20 Do. New Do. Now London & South Essex 2 3 / 4 ...... London and York . 2%...... 8 1 4 London and Windsor ... 1 - London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 22 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .„....,.......... 2 1 4. Londonderry&Coleraine 5 - ..... Londonderry and Ennis. killen 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 — •••••• Blanchester and Leeds .. 76 123 ex n Dittu IA Shares .444.4. 34 ..... ... •••• •••• Do. Quarters ~ 2 Do. Fifths i •1f414 11% •..... Do. Sixteenths ... 4 , 4 Manchester and Birmin. 40 .. 7l 70 1 ,4 ...... .. Do Quarters 4 4444.. 4444 Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 42s. — 4 Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction ..... — Manchester and Rugby -... Direct - ....444 4 :«... Manehest. &Southampt. 2 Midland lOO ... ..142 1 4 . ...: . . .... . ... Do. Fifths Do. New Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo Midld. & East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western (Irish) ~ •. • - !i P 213 81 / 2 .. 20% . 73 15% 314 123xn 11% ...._ 7014 2 1 4 142 24% Do. Extens. to Sligo... 2 3 / 4 .- - Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ..„.. 53 52 53 1 Do. New Brandling... 20 Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newport& Abergavenny 24...... New Ross and Car10w... 22s Newry and Enniskillen 21% — „ . . Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. .. ......... 2%.• ... 2 1 / 8 ......... ... .. Norfolk Extension — North British Do. Half Shares ..... 3 1 ,G — ........ - ... Do. Exten. to Carlisle 14 2% 2 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon ..•••• North of Norfolk .. 2 3 /4 ••• .- ........ Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 % — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% 2% .. ..—.. North Staffordshire 42 s . ...... 2% 3 / 4 % p North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern 1 ...... ..... Connecting • 2% Norwich and Brandon... 16 " — Ditto New 3 — Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham 2 — 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 ... - ,-..•— Portsmouth Direct ...... 3 3 / 4 — Preston and Wyre 5O Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond 5 — Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Rugby and Huntingdon 2 Rugby, Leamington,aad Warwick Rugby, Warwick. and Worcester-. ... 425. Scottish Central Scottish Midland 5 — Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrewsbury and Birm... 2% — Shropshire Mineral 42s — Shropshire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp , & S. Staffordsh. Junc. 2% Sligo and Shannon l% Somersetshire Midland 2% South Devon 25 ... . South Midland 42s. South & Midlands Junc. 425...... South Staffordshire June. 2% South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d 35% ......... ... .. Do., No. 1 l2 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 Southampton, Manches ter, & Oxford Junction 42s 42s St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond-. 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — I South Wales ..... ..... ... 2%...... 3% 3 Taw Vale Extension ... - ••• •e ••• ...... Tean and Dove Valley 1% Trent Valley 2 ...... 16% Trent Valley and Holy- , head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2 ...... Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2 Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwick and Worcester 425. Waterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% — •• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ..... -.. 2 - Welch Midland West Cornwall ...... 2 ... . West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties .. I I,E — Wexford and Carlow ... 2% Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Rose ' and Gloucester 42s. ... Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow '); -,4 — Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ..... 1% Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 — Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 — York and Lancaster 2% York and North Midland 50 Ditto 4 Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarbero' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension 5 — FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens 8 ..... Bordeaux & Mediterran Bordeaux,Toulouse, and 4 - Cette (Mackenzie i s) 2 ~. ... Do. (Espelete'a) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 - ••• ••• •. ••••••••• Central of Spain ... . Ceylon ss. Demerara 2 l /s ... . .. Dendre Valley ... .. 2 Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 ... .. ........ . Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted . Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. Great WesteniCanada... 314, Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 1)o. Extension .. 1 Jersey Louvain and Jerneppe... 4 ... . Lyons and Avignon 2 Lexembourg 4 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Mauritius .. Namur and Liege North Jamaica ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ~.... 10 9% Over Yssel 4/ 30 4d — Faris BcLyons(Laffitte's) 2 Pans and Lyons (Gan neron's) 3 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Pans and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Comps de L'Est) 2 Do (Avmard's) Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre Loyal North of Spam ... 2 Sambre and Manse ...... 6 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- den, and Hasseit. 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac- Icenzie's ) ... ..... -..... 4 Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) Trinidad Verona and Ancona.... 3 West Flanders ...... ...• 4 MINES Real del In..te Unregd. MARKET ituAVS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHAN GE-FRIDAY. Fair average supplies of English Wheat have come to hand during the present week, and the stands to-day were well filled with samples of that article. For all descriptions the demand was in a very depressed state at prices barely equal to those obtained on Monday last. In free foreign, as well as bonded Wheats, so little was doing that the quotations were almost nominal. The finest malting Barley was quite as dear, but all other kinds were a dull inquiry and the turn lower. Malt was in short supply and heavy demand, at barely late rates. The show of Oats was not large. The best qualities sold at full currencies. In ether kinds very little was doing. Both Beans and Peas might have been purchased on easier terms. The Flour trade was very dull. The highest pries of the best town made not exceeding 57s , -fir 2801bs. iItRITILS. Wheat. I Earley. English . Irish ...... • • - - I Foreign Oats Fl•ar. 2,700 qrs. 5,091 sks 7,451 - 2,910 - 1,570 Malt. 3.250 qrs. SIVIXTZWIELD. The supply of Beasts on sale here being large, even the time of year considered, the Beef trade ruled very dull, at a decline on Monday's quotations of fpm 2d to 4d per 811 y% There were on offer 70 Cows, together with 170 She e p. f rom Holland. The number of Sheep was moderate, while the Mutton trade was steady at unaltered currencies. The supply of Calves being more than equal to the wants of the butchers, the inquiry for that description of stock was heavy, at a de eLle in value of 2d per 81bs. The Pork trade was firm at full p r i,;ps. Milch Cows were held at 161 to 191 each. Per Sibs. to sink the eel. 5. 4. s. d. I. d. to 3.d • Inferior Beasts ••• • 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 Z7.c.Ond quality ditto. 3 6 os Zu a g - e do w w o n ol i i v ed e ttt rs e 4 10 : ti ;:ni li , r ,o g t e rs O • x • e • n • .. • .34 10 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool .. Prime .._ calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs ••••• • 3 10 4 Large coarse .... 4 8 5 II Small Porkers ••• • 4 8 8 Prime small ditto .. - go 0 Quarter old Pigs • .16 II 2f Suckling Calves • .15 • • ^ Lambs •••••• . • • • 0 0 f inferior Sheep .. • 3 4 . 3 le , - 'w.T. SUPPLY AT MAlt...-- I Pigs . Beasts. I Sheep. • 1 '6617C7311 31311WFIAT XD Willb al46 l 36( 2 7447 ". I 4g‘:- . Wahad 4 study georal Amid, at Atli NO% s. d. to 3. d. Second quality ditto 4 • 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 Southdown Wethers 410 5 0 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs ••••• • 3 10 4 6 Small Porkers •• 4 8 8 2 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 • 20 0 Lambs .•••• • • • • 0 0 • 0 —w•T. I Pigs. WO A FAIRY TALE OF HOME, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH By CHARLES DICKENS, Esq. The Illustrations by Clarkson Standfleld, Esq.,R.A.; Daniel Maellse. E.A.; John Leech, Esq., and Richard Doyle, Esq. On SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. 20, THIS THEATRE WILL OPEN for the WINTER SEASON, on which occasion will be pro duced an entirely New and Original Drama, in Three Acts, founded en the above Fairy Tale, and which has been for several weeks in active preparation, entitled THE CRECKET ON THE' HEARTH: A FAIRY TILE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, Hr. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley (her First Appearance on any Stage), Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss Forster, and Miss Turner. After which, a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR. To conclude with OUR NEW GOVERNESS. Its which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled TAE 'VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fesbreke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; Blanche, Miss May. After which, will be repeated a New Extravaganza/ entitled JEAMES, the RAILROAD FOOTMAN of BERKELEY-iQUARE. Jeames Plush, Mr. Compton. To be followed by a New Grand Ballet, entitled LB DIABLE PeQUAT RE. NEW STRAND THEATER. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE. THIS EVENING Will be performed HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Gregory; King of Denmark, Mr. Waldron; Ophelia, Miss Charles. To conclude with CHARLES TIIE SECOND. King Charles, Mr. Waldron ; Mary Copp, Miss Fitzherbert. To-morrrow Evening (being the last night of performing)—THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, The Wonderful Feats of Professor Hemming and his Sons, Last Act of RICHARD THE THIRD, and Other Entertainments, for the Benefit of Mr. Davidson. Box-office open from Ten till Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITffEATRE OF ARTS. TROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. Embracing tt. whole Strength of the Company, aided by a Double Stud. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the Frensk and English Artistes. To conclude with the effective Drama of THE NAMELESS ; or, The Brigand. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 19. THERMOMETMER, LOWGSt, 33; highest, 45; Noon, 33 BAROMETER, 29.34. WIND, S.; rain. man WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 1 minutes after 5 I Evening .- 21 minutes after 5. c . f.^ Ul • ~ T , z t . , , . - -''i[Alt . r Jenin LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1845. THE NEW MINISTRY. The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night : Lord JOHN RUSSELL went to Windsor at eight o'clock last evening, accompanied by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE. It was generally understood that the visit of the Noble Lords was by the speci:al command of her MAJESTY, and had reference to a communication made by Sir ROBERT PEEL in the course of the day, that HE was unable to re-construct his Ministry if Lord JOHN RUSSELL should not accept office. Lord JOHN RUSSELL returned to Chesham•place this morning, at twelve o'clock. Ile was there met by the majority of the friends with whom he has been in communication for the last few days. A messenger was forthwith dispatched for Lord COTTENHAM to Putney. The ex-LORD CHAN CELLOR speedily arrived, and until a quarter past three the whole party remained in consultation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL left shortly after that time for the Great Western Railway, en route to Windsor. A Queen's messenger has been in attendance to convey dispatches to her MAJESTY, but the Noble Lord carried his own message. Lord Joint RUSSELL returns at seven o'clock this evening, and the result of his mission will then be announced to his friends, who are to re-assemble at that hour. There can be no doubt of the purport of Lord JOHN'S visit of this evening, and to-morrow's intelli gence will show the correctness of the information which we have been enabled to give upon this im portant point. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The political meeting at Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S residence broke up at half-past two o'clock this after noon, when the whole of the noblemen and gentle men present took their departure, with the exception of Lord LANSDOWNE, who remained some time longer with Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Lord LANSDOWNX re turned to town from Windsor Castle soon after eleven o'clock this morning. The change of Ministry, which, in the language, of our French neighbours, is now "an fait ac compli," will naturally lead the public, and more especially that portion not blinded to party prejudices, to draw a comparison between those who have retired and those who are to fill their places. The chief members of the new Cabinet are known, the depart ments they are destined to fill are also tolerably- well ascertained, and in several important points it may be safely stated that, as regards the government of the country, and the dispatch of arrears in equity , they have a manifest advantage over their predecf !ssors. Lord LYNDHURST was absolutely worn out. Hi; mind possibly was as clear and sound as ever, but his bodily infirmities and age were such, that latterly - :he had become unfit for office, and the ruinous ei* cts of his inability for business were felt and loud ty com plained of by the suitors in Chancery. Lo 01 Cor- TENuAm ig, therefore, a manifest change for th. s better. Lie troubles himself little with politics. While Lord Chancellor, during the Government of Lor L Mar, noueNE, he devoted himself entirely to the duties of his Court, and the soundness of his di cisions, as well as his dispatch of causes, gave :.univer sal satisfaction. We believe even on th a Tory benches of the House of Lords there 'Pr: as not one dissentient voice on these points. The E :arl of, A B ERDEEN deserves great credit f or th e m ild. p o li cy which he uniformly pursued, especially with regard to France, and for the good understanding vvhic h he cultivated with M. GUIZOT, by which many disfficul ties were settled by mutual compromise , and. th e Jea lousies and angry passions of the two na',:ions gut; - witted to the wipe Of moo. The altertd Vane of the LATEST NEWS. SUN-OFFIOE, Quarter past Three. There will not be any list of the new Cabinet published this day. The Ministers are now in con sultation, and to-morrow, in all probability, the entire .arrangements will be announced. What course will be adopted as to a dissolution of Parliament cannot as yet be predicted ; but, from the best information we can get, we believe that no immediate dissolution is contemplated. The Parliament cannot meet before its usual time, unless it should be called together merely for the purpose of moving the writs fur the re elections which the acceptance of office renders necessary. Lord Lyndhurst will sit in Lincoln's Inn Hall, at one o'clock to-morrow, to deliver judgment in the appeals that remain for decision. Lord COTTENHAM has accepted the seals. DEATH of LORD WHARNCLIFFE. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, expired at his residence in Curzon -street, at half past ten o'clock this morning His Lordship has been ill for some days past, but no immediate danger bad been apprehended. His Lordship's son, the Hon. John Stuart Wortley, was with his noble parent at the time of his deoeue. This will occasion a vacancy for the West Riding of Yorkshire, for which Lord Morpeth will be rc turned by acclamation. ASYLUMS FOR THE nousEtliSs.—Last evening a vestry meeting of Clerkenwell parish was held to receive a report from the committee appointed by vestry to co-operate with other metropolitan parishes in resisting the, order of the Poor-law Commissioners, directing the guardian board to ap point two persons an members of the board of management of a proposed central asylum for the houselesa poor. Mr. Church.. warden Ilellis in the chair. The report was read, as al so th e draft of a memorial to Sir James Urtthatt. The Memorial had not been presented in consequence of recent circumstances, and it was stated that the guardian board had confirmed the appointment of the two members of the proposed board of management, which appointment, it was considered, should not have been made. Sir James Graham having refused to receive at deputation from Marylebtme parish, it became a question whether the memorial should be presented. A dis cussion took place on the subject, and it appeared to be the general opinion of the parishoners present that the Matter should be proceeded with. The report was adopted, and the memorial agreed upon, and the committee urged to obtain, if possible, a personal interview with the SeCtetarY of State, for him to interpose his attitority to prevent the order of the Poor-law Commissioners from being carried into operation to form metropolitan aeylurns for the houseless poor. DR. BOWRI NG AT BOLTON.—BOLTON, Thttptg. Day.—Last night a meeting of the inhabitants of this bo rough was held at the Temperance Hall, for the purpose of hearing an address from Dr. Vowring, M.P., upon the pro_ sent aspect of political affairs, and for stating the course of conduct which they wished the learned doctor to adopt in the present eventful crisis. As Dr. Bowring had only a n ay or two ago taken part in the proceedings of the citizens of London, and as ho had been known to he in communication with the heads of the free-trade movement, considerable anxiety was manifested to hear his address, and hundreds of persons, notwithstanding the wetness of the night, had to go away disappointed. He was accompanied to the room by C. J. Darbishire, Robert Heywood, Henry Ashworth, and vote g u E n i d i r i e satisfactory, tod o t n i . Edmund Ashworth, Esqs., &c. Mr. Darbishire havin g b een a a ra r t o i s oo t ft s ici r o e n s t p i called upon t o take th e c h a i r , b r i e fl y i n t ro d u ced th e l earned doctor to the meeting. He addressed it at conside ra bl e length, giving an account of his stewardship. After the con clusion o f hi s a dd ress, D r. B owr i ng was quest i one d b y two Grant,Chdece confidence e n eg andhisw a thes ecarried votes r rie d repliesonyhe a the tgla kia es c t t b o ae r j y ri The proceedings then terminated. INCREASE OF PARCELS TRAFFIC BY RAILWAY. The revenue of the parcels traffic upon the London and Birmingham Railway has increased a third over and above the receipts of last year, while the gross receipts fur many particular weeks, show not less than forty per cent. increase over the corresponding periods of the previous twelve Illonthe,—Railway Express, . 53% At per stone, by the Caren Se. tOI s. d. to s. d. 1. ; Beef. inferior."... 210 3 0 Altitt•n, inferior •• 3 u - middling • . „ 3 2 3 4 - middling.. 4 4 - prime large .. 3 6 Y tZ- prime 4 4 - prime small •• 3 8 310 • Perk, large ..... ... 3'° Veal-- ••••• • 3 10 410 -- small ... ..... 410 Lamb. Os id to Os •d. BOROUGEI ZEOP DTANZET. fort Our market still remains in a very sluggish stateirei: kinds of Hops, the supply of which on offer is by no s o large, yet rices rule ot stationary. New Hops Pockets 61 p 108 to 71 ab Weald of Kant ditto, 6110 s to.,'e Mid Kent ditto, 717 s t o 9/ 10 s . Y ear li ngs :—Slasex 61 5s to 61 15s; Wealds, 618 s to 71; Mid Kents, 61 7110 s. COLONIAL. • t fa SUGAR.—The market h as b een excee di ng ly quo ec y descriptions, and the quotatio ns h ave b een on the d c ,f4 At auction 100 hhd s 8 t rcs B ar b a d oes rea li se d 545 to , '" fine yellow, and 50s for low mid. REFIXED. —Standard Lumps have been at 645 to per cwt. EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has been dull of sale, in t b os cheaper. At auction 2,639 b ags an d 120 casks sold I,l ' d to 498 6d for low to mid yellow, at 56s to 53s for g°,, e s fine, and at 44 s t o 49 s 6d f or was h ed. B enga l hasli.' d 9 been heavy ; 2,422 bags nearly all found buyers ; good white at 53s to 57s 6d, fine at 58s 6d, mid yello w " t 4. damp and washed white at 53s to 565, and ditto yellow : 0 , to 41s 6d per cwt. A sma ll parce l o f M a d ras vast 4 at 53s to 54s 6d for yellow. COFFEE— The demand for this article has been a 9 toy t °l( that for Sugar, & c . B r i t i s h Pl antat i on sorts a re rably firmly. Good ord pale native Ceylon has nee,_:V e 48s to 46s 6d per cwt. P r i va t e l y t h e transac ti o ns 131 ' very limited, and there have been no public sale& poi' COCOA—The parcels offered for sale have bee ° taken in. • Rust—There has been less doing. RICE-1,600 pockets B enga l sold is to Is 6d 10 n r, 5 ; mid bold white, rather dusty, 16s, mid 15s 6d, and 9 Madras were taken in at 15a for very tine yellow. i d, SALTPETRE.-698 bags Madras were only - partlY,Tstq at rather lower rates, 11 refraction at 255, and 7 A nJ 485-bags Calcutta were mostly t a k en i n a t 275 u"'.. refraction at 265, being about the previ ou s quotati"- CarroN.—There is but a limited business doing , it, tied TEA.—The consumption is moder a t e , an d prices ro' steadier. ° 41 TALLow.--P.Y.C. has been at about 41s 6d W per cwt. V CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS - Af , W COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) 1 0 ,f John Rafferty, indicted for tendering base crown and one shilling, at the Horse and Gro0 0 1 4, 0":y chapel, and at Mrs. Ho c k ene y' s , M organ - stree t, 0 170 Guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonme nt House of Correction. James Macready, indicted for tendering i,bad " pleaded guilty, ond was s en t ence d t o s i x month ment in the House of Correction. it Margaret Cullam indicted for passing bad In°l4 several occasions o f for goods, had cf Sydney-road, was found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment in the House of Co rrec ti on . , James North was indicted for having in his po— o f coin, and endeavouring to pass it. I n c onsequenc a 4 mation given he was taken up on suspicion. for sort. James Stupps 'said'he h a d k nown th e prison e r .„ years, and in November last went in with hilor; drVo! house, where they had something to drink. W i ridieg i ' o i% the prisoner had a bad half-crown in his hand; o ° oe, he said he had made away with some of these. _IV° the witness to him, what do you do with these, iMioft er you get them ? Prisoner said he got them in W 8 ' 'O, o tt the back of the White Horse, and got a simple °' A O , the Vinegar -yard to pass them for him. 0 09 Constable 136 G took th e p r i soner i n t o c ustody j o aP r il cion. When searched fi ve b a d h a lf- crowns were oft the prisoner, secreted i n th e li n i ng o f hi s coa t, and in folds of paper, so as to prevent friction. The jury found him Guilty. The Learned RECORD ER , a ft er remar ki n g on to ett4oo vated nature of his offence, standing next in order o, coiner himself, sentenced him to 18 months' in3P to/ and bard labour. ef °ll 11 1$ William Smith, indicted f or u tt er i ng b ase nion wo o l; successive nights, in payment for goods bought of Great Suffolk -st r e e t, S urre y, was f oun d guilty, an d E .40 to nine months' impriso n m en t an d h ar d labour- ,„g O A ' George Whitton was indi c t e d f or t en d er i ng r and afterwards a bad half-crown, to James Batw" .4 0 Archer public-house, New-cut. jobt The prosecutor said, the pri soner on th e first Il i ociv t ); for a glass of beer, and t en d ere d i n payment a P o , tift!s which prosecutor recei ve d, an d gave him in ch al P,ope, l3 ,:e shillings. When he was a b ou t to g i ve hi m the op, copper, the rest of his change, prisoner said, " back my half-crown, I have got a penny." .Fle " 0 00 1 00 crown returned him, and he put down on the 0 00 0 dl he affected to he prosecutor's two shillings, on ti e , r oto9 above a new one, the undermost -being bad. ber second time, and made offer of a bad half-crown , " taken into custody. The jury found him Guilty, and he was sent el/c ,0 months' imprisonment and hard labour. del u ' d i Mr. Field, the Inspector of the Mint, who eta, elq cases, said the coin was made of a:soft, fusible loe t r g : o c6 plated with silver, which. resents a whiter apP,e'' to ip the genuine coin, but an appearance very like ] ins t upon, on account of the sharp, well-defined ou bi presents; but it is lighter than the genuine cc third. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS Three well-dressed young nen, named Ilam I saY' i n Pr, Potter, were charged with creating a disturbance Wells Theatre, and assaulting Reynolds, an Om' establishment. Th ice .61; e prisoners, who were under the influen went into the theatre at nine o'clock on Tuesday during the performance they attempted to force t. the boxes, but the b ox -k ee p er see i ng th e i r c09 . 0' fused to admit them. R eyno ld s came an d asked ttlor,, to go out. They r e f use d . R amsay called hint I' ~' he was a gentleman, and that he would give hn ii , h itY In consequence of the r i o t a mo b co ll ecte d ou t s ide of 150 persons. The prisoners repeatedly refused If tie ga peaceably, and when Reynolds insisted upon th e ' o 46l Ramsay collared him and the other prisoners k° the about. They ran u p th e b ox s t a i rs , b u t a t lengt b be 9' came, and they were secur e d an d rem oved to t house. ledg e 4 The prisoners in a pe n it en t manner acknovi_, a , transgressions, and Mr. Combo fi ne d th e m 10s. ell" BURFORD'S PANORAMA ROUEN.--(THIS DAY.) „ if ie We were this mor n i ng grat i f i e d w i t h a prifi j r, Mr. Burford's n ew P anorama o f Rouen , which § 4 o r j , to be opened f or p u bli c ex hibi t i on i n L e iceste r ;i The drawings for this panorama were tak e %; o r i Burford, during th e course of the last atitil ei ti - i 0 4 .1 therefore, the panorama represents Rouen ex as is at the p resen t moment. The v i ew is tit-- the stone brid ge w hi c h l ea d s to the term i nu s nf tr, g Railroad, and the te rm i nus itself, and the sts l lL 6 , l " 11 :' 0 neille are very cons pi cuous o bj ects i n the pa ncu; next object which attracts the attention of th e the beautiful suspension -bridge across the f has been substituted for the old bridge of bellS s A - ola j j ° bridge of boats which all who visited Rouen in : 1 0 fe w , time," must remember well there remain only le I) : 1 portions, now used as mooring-places. The ri °6- n d !": part is represented as crowded with shipping' ;o'e r , effect of the light and shade upon the water le " r dslr i ingly beautiful. The full extent of Rouen °fl p ° 0 0 .6 . ,1 river now opens uron the spectator—not the , r „ some thirty years ago, idle, dirty, wisely " rd oi l ruinous—but the new Rouen of the present (11/1 ;a its magnificent quays, its splendid river-t e _ n rf r otl ew houses, rivalling in e x t en t an d i n arc hi tectu ral d. P' s the palaces of the merchant-princes of 141/ Y is palmiest days. T ower i ng a b ove t hi s teasel o tio" distance, we see the spir es o f th e o ld csithecl rs '' d o t hr the churches o f St. O uen an d Maclou, andL.ooj r famed tow er o f th e Grosse Hot-loge. We now flr the north side of the stone bridge leading to t bB / 4 de Paris. Th e scene h ere i s mos t throngs of carts and carriages, and g'5105 peasantry, in the quaint but picturesqu e to of Normandy, are seen passing over the hri d e,., 011 from the c ity. Th ere i s one fi gure i n t his P e ro ) picture which struck us as peculiarly charsete P , is s- ", is that of a French postilion mounted ona chev al and urging the animal into a gall ° , ‘ „P is an absolutely n a ti ona l c h arac t er st7 C o dr .e man and horse. If th e y had been in , h o b r into a panora ma o f M a d r id or C onstant i n ople _..„`". rotor would have at once exc l a i me d they : to French. It would be imp oss ibl e t o m i sta ke the: l3 ' o o s denizens of any other nation. And now we O D F f? ' most beautiful bit in the p ic t ure , th e hill o ' , 0 9 0. 41 tberine, with the beautif u l S e i ne , d o tt e d wi th ha . eft meandering at its base, and the village of Bonsecouis, enveloped in rl -5 e v l the right. The autumn tints of the tenor; exceedingly rich. The effect of the heat, rathe r - o f the light of the sun upon the air and upon the W Ate ns eg e : exquisitely deline a t e d. Warm, rich, and true te : it e " this is one of the m o s t b eau tif u l l an d sca pes 'e 1)6 : c o, for many a long d a y. It i s t o b e h o ped tha t 1 )1 , means may be take n f or p reserv i ng t his deli e ' ° , It is quite a gallery pictu re . Th e w h o l e panor li°3 . o lid e ,' work of art, is of a very hi g h or d er , an d t a ken se f is perhaps the most artistica' that Mr. Burford produced. _ cloY , r „, s ll° GREAT FOOT-RACE FOR 1001.—On ` .- „, 5 d01 1, 1,11 . # much talked-of mat c h bet ween W est h a ll, of Leyland, of Bury, came off. The Loughborougt l ;""o A o cester, was selected; the dista nce was 180 Yarue' at teP7a" stakes 50/. a side. Westhall was very nume rously , he c ot by his London friends, and a t th e ti me o f the race,; 6 1 0 ,4 tators amounted to upwards of two thousand. having bounded away with the celerity oflocomoticrsfll hall quickly showed is front, and his opponent Ill s N e vetf p f nuous effort to come up, but without success, and Deid4 ran in triumphantly seven yards a-head. The a sO). fancy (who backed Leyland very heavily) arPe 3re mortified at the result. lair• o , 13 d DEATH OF A YRlSONER.—Yesterday held an inquest in the board-room of the Westmins`;l4%l of Correction on the body of Charles Harvey, s_g t - e d P' 4 4 prisoner. John Mathewson, clerk of the prison,_fir e tc" deceased was committed from the Queen-square rat ic b4 on the 12th instant, and admitted thereon that of A with assaulting a police-co ns t a bl e i n t h e ex ecution 7; duty, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment,' ad b?' ander Laing, the sub-wa r d er , d epose d t h at d e ceased 0 4 01:f at that gaol several ti mes , a l ways for assau l t i n g th e and he was subject to fits. At half-past eleven on ei li v r i morning witness fou n d hi m l y i ng i n h i s bed apPare l . o _A less. The prison surgeon was immediately called life was quite extinct. Verdict, " Natural dent' apoplexy." „ te e"' RECTORSHIP OF THE H IGH S CHOOL .— Dr. Leonhard Schmitz of London was elected by t,.., l P"tvi council to the office of rector of the high school, V W " the retirement of Dr. Carson.—Scotsman. 2 2% % p 1% 21% ...... 114 dis. 2% p ..... 35 - 34 16% d . . . 1/4 67 25% ...... 71 / 4 1 I, 3 3s • , 1~ 16 9% - - 2%8 2 1 A, 4% . WiNnso: or4roily WI he Wirings to-c A Ills Roy forenoon. The Ma: 34t 6 : 8 4 :1 : 1 4 :114: ::: t rik a til: us eh h o ec t l ya d e e l choi e r i. o rs c e e r i fi te i n i tetr d at e : ' „Lord Joh afternoon b filer Roy nn Y 110 A roYal circle The band ten d during Tl t 114 4 . , A ' rt. !, h aying o tit 7 hosas kritdiction Iktp lBh ed b t k from t ht l'')l4 w i ll 44 7111"' 4 4 th 8 ani th:°rtsentetZi] ko Dubuc 4444 vitiation ent o rier . - in sore a din g w . 1 11 'eunie ly nt 1,44° doubt ; ti tv,bt eP:qies, , eight eat o Itrereni signed 41x1) 1, ) ,0 441 l eav e w e 4, hthe rninsa k:jthr e r w ti Iti ,lv t of_ th te , t lr e o a rei of The August