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Imme diately, with a fine Portrait of the Author, T WO ROMANCES. By B. DISRAELI, M.P. 1 Author of "Coningsby" and " Sybil." i 1. CONTARINI FLEMING. 2. ALROY. Ropriuted, with the permission of the Author, and comprised in 3 vols. post Bvo. Henry Colburn, publisher, l'a, Great Marlborough-street. 1 MRS. TROLLOCE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., T HE ATTRACTIVE MAN. By Mrs. TROLLOPE. This novel will be universally read, and will, we suspect, become the prime favourite of all the writer's works. The hero is a con• sutrunately drawn character, and one that Is new to the modern nov1;1 reader. Yet how perfectly natura l, how true, and yet how exMlig, by the perpetual curiosity attendant on his brilliant career." —Court Journal. Henry Colbuni, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, revised and corrected, in one vol. post Svo., A SECOND EDITION OF ABOOK FOR A RAINY DAY; Or, RECOLLECTIONS of the EVENTS of the LAST SIXTY-SIX YEARS. By JOHN THOMAS SMITH, Late Keeper of the Prints and Drawings in the British Museum; Author of " Nollekens and his Times," Sce. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 5 .* To be had also of all Booksellers. FAIR PLAX.—The 200,000 Keadersof "Punch," who desire to know both sides of a question before they con demn, will find in Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S PAMPHLET (a second edition of which is just published) all the letters that have passed be tween himself and the writers in " Punch," Messrs. Gilbert a Beckett, Horace Mayhew, Mark Lemon, and Douglas Jerrold, new for the first time made public. This pamphlet, price 3d., extends to thirty two pages, and may be ordered through any Bookseller or Newsman la town or country. No verdict can be worth anything till the avi dance on both sides has been examined. Published by J. Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly; Effingham Wtlson, 11, Royal Exchange; and H. Whitty, 72, Fleet-street. THEATRE ROTAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING WIII be repeated a GrWd Opera, In three acts, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Iffr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. ParrLson ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. M. Phillips; Maritana, Miss Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called TILE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mona. Brctin, 3ldlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Dabas (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. 11. Payne, Mons. Dalferier, Mr. Rowell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING. PART I. Overture, " Der Freischute—Weber. Quadrille from Herold's Opera, " Zampa"—Jullien. Solo, Cornet-a-pistons, by Herr Koenig—Koenig. The Original Cellarius Valse and Mazurka—Jullien. FiWmphony, The Allegretto from Beethoven's Symphony in A— Beethoven. Jullien's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien. PA.kT 11. Opera, " Robert Le Diable," Grand Salectioi, with Solos —Meyerbeer. The Cambridge-house waltz—Kcenig. Solo, Ophocleide, by M. Prosper—Nadaud. The Pulka Stabet Mater " Cujus Animam," performed on the Cornet-a-Plston, by Herr Kcenig—Rossini. Tte Original Napolitaine ; or, Tarentella des Salons—Jullien. Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven. Promenade and Boxes, ls. • Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. M. Jullien's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday, December 22. The Autlienoe portion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators :—Dress Circles, ss. ; Boxes, 3a. ; Galleries, 2s. THEAIFE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud son ; NErs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs. Seymour. After which, will be repeated an entirely New Fares, 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 ISUMILES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seyton, Miss Seyton' To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Win he repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Age. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker 1 Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Vitzwilliam will perform. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Panl 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 THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Nlarchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; blanche, Miss May. To be followed by A MAN WITHOUT A HEAD, To which will be added THE BRIGAND. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled JACK O'BOTII SIDES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. LIST WEEK OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Two Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE ? Charao.tors by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Miss Hamilton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy. After wthch, THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus, liise Kate Howard ; Momus, Mr. G. Wild. To he fultswed by TIIE RAILWAY ;KING. Sam stag, Mr. G. ; Sally Slop, Miss Kate Howard. To conclude wiith BAMBOOZLING. ICEW STRAND TIIEATRE. THIS EVENING In eensequelice of the enthusiastic reception of Mr. Gregory, is Akylock, by a hnnse overflowing in every part on each representa tion, TIIE MERCHANT OF VENICE will be repeated, for the last time, THIS EVENING. Shylock, Mr. Gregory; Bassanio, Mr. Waldron ; Portia, Mrs. Percy. After which, THE RENDEZVOUS. Lucretia, by a Young Lady (Pupil of Mrs. J. Darcus). To conclude with THE VILLAGE LAWYER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAST OF THB BARONS; or, Warwiek, The King Maker, and the Battle or 13aruct. Introducing original and stnpendons effects. The Arena of Equitation will display its countless attractions, aided by the principal Equestrians and magnificent Stud. To coaclade with THE BRIGAND OF ANCONA. DIVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Mere Novelty—The Wonderful Performances of the Infast Sappho, the First Musical Genius of the Day. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Heslop, Fredericks, Mrs. Yining, and Miss Martin. After which, HOLE IN THE WALL. To be followed by the FORTY THIEVEii. To noncludo with CHARMING MOLLY; or, Lucky and Unlucky Da}•s. In which Messrs. Rogers, Hicks, Cowell, Fredericks, Mrs. VI altlg, Miss Martin, and Mrs. Daly will perform. THE WEATHER.—SON OFFICE, DEc. 10. TILERMOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 44; Noon, 39 BAROMETER, 30.39.—W1ND W.N.W.; fine. AIWA WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 21 minutes after 11 $ Evening .. al minutes after 11 .1 114), , , : , t . s o , ? 12 •aA -.— 0 ‘ ~., 7 ,1 ",, k ,A ... .i.o, as 4i., , " _ :,.., _ , ~ ...ih • .7,,,(_ ;41' , 14. t i.W . . 1 ,;,, 7 '" '•i, .t , \V '.. 4;z. ... ',' , ..t.' L'' , , i i . ..1 ''..N` • Imo` ,, ;ar1. , 7', 4 '. ' ' ', 4 , ' ' " 473111 • - '‘';. 7 . ' ‘t, ..;&.• ~,:,.., 74 , e i vt,,,;„........ - SECOND EDITION. 0 41116, et 'WM 11 - - Ifit . LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10,1845. The reversal by the Judges of the conviction for mur d.r of the seven Brazilians, tried and sentenced to death by Mr. Baron PLATT last autumn at Exeter, is an event which, for many reasons, should not pass with out public comment. Tho chief facts of the case are briefly these. The Felicidade, a Brazilian schooner, fitted out for the slave trede, but having no slaves on board, was captured in February last by H. M. brig Wasp ; and the Felicidade, having been taken possession of by the officers of the Wasp, afterwards captured another Brazilian slaver, the Echo. Some of the crew of the Echo were taken to the Felicidade, and there left under the charge of Mr. PALMER, midshipman of the Wasp. They fell upon Mr. Pereera said his men, and, after stabbing thee with knives, threw them ell overboard. The Felicidade was afterwards captured by H. M. ship Star; and ten of the Brazilians concerned in the death of Mr. PALMER and his men, being brought prisoners to England and landed at Plymouth, were tried at the last summer assizes at Exeii-r for murder. Seven were found guilty, and sen tenced to death. The counsel fur the prisoners urged a variety of points, chiefly arising out of the treaties with Brazil for the suppression of the slave-trade, to show that the capture of the Echo, anti consequently the detention of its crew, was illegal, and that the prisoners having no other means of extricating themselves from illegal custody than by killing Mr. PALMER and his men, were not guilty of murder, but committed an act of justifiable homicide. Mr. Baron PLATT overruled all the points raised. Mr. Sergeant MANNING, the prisoner's counsel, then urged the Judge, in consideration of the great im p rtance of the ease, and of the nicety and newness of the points raised, to reserve these po i nts for the op i n i on of the fitteen Judges. It would be thought that the Judge would have been glad of an excuse to relieve him self of the awful responsibility, and, if only one doubtful point had presented itself, would have been eager, in such a case, to have the opinions of all his brethren. Not so Mr. Baron PLATT. Not o ne po i nt only, but six or seven points of nicety, were raised in this ease by the prisoner's counsel ; and the professi ona l c h aracter of Mr. Sergeant MANNING was a guara n t ee that the points were worthy of consideration. Mr. Baron PLATT saw ro neecessity to reserve anything ; he had his doubts at Hest on some of the points, and, had expressed them ; he hd admitted that the points wore new ; that the Bra illan treaty, on which e ll depended, was new to him ; but in a trice his mind was made up—he had no doubt ; there should be no delay: the jury found seven of the ten prisoners guilty, and Mr. Baron PLATT sentenced them to death; and they would have been hung within ten days but for the interposition of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who did what Mr. Baron PLATT had refused to do—brought the case under the review of the fifteen Judges, who, after much deliberation, and after calling for a second argument from civilians, have reversed Mr. Baron PLAT T ' S judgment. If Mr. Baron PLATT has any feelings of shame, we do not envy him under their working at this moment. To Sir Jlists GRAHAM credit is due for the moral courage of an interference that must have been most unpalatable to a Judge very recently made by his own Government. But if these Brazilians had been hnaged, illegally, as the Judges have decided, what irretrievable disgrace would not have been cast on the English ad ministration of justice—what a heavy blow and deep dis-' couragement would not have been given to our efforts for the aholition of the slave-trade —what danger might not have been incurred in our relations with Brazil As it is, Mr. Baron PLATT'S judicial conduct cannot but have lowered the character of our Judges in the estima tion of foreign powers. The grounds on which the Judges have determined that the conviction was illegal are understood to be two. The convention of 1826 with Brazil, which de clares Brazilians carrying on the slave-trade pirates is not sufficient, in the opinion of the Judges, to give our Courts power to punish them as pirates, there being no law in Brazil making the carrying on of the slave-trade piracy. The carrying on of the slave-trade is not piracy by the law of nations; it cannot be made so, say the Judges, by treaties. The Brazilian Executive can not supersede the Brazilian Legislature in the making of laws; and until the Brazilian Legislature has passed an Act making the carrying on of the slave-trade piracy, we cannot legally punish them as such, notwithstanding the convention with Brazil. _ _ The other ground of reversal is, that the Felicidade had no slaves on board when she was captured, and our treaty with Brazil prescribes that no slave ship shall be detained, " not having slaves actually on board ;" that the capture of the Felicidade being thus illegal, the cap ture of the Echo was illegal also, and that the prisoners were thus justified in putting Mr. PALMER and his men to death, no other means being sufficient to extricate themselves from illegal custody. We thus see what caution is necessary on the part of British officers in carrying out powers, given by treaties with foreign nations, for sup pression of the slave-trade. A failure arising from an exceeding of our powers injures the cause which the English nation has so greatly at heart, and for which the English people have laboured and sacrificed so much. The continued failure of the Brazilian Legislature to pass an Act making carrying on the slave-trade piracy, and thus give effect to the convention of 1826, is a subject of far greater interest and importance. The explanation of the conduct of the Brazilian Legislature is our own conduct with regard to Brazilian sugar. They will do nothing to further our objects while our com mercial legislation proscribes their staple article of commerce. But this is a subject too large to enter upon at the tail of an article. We shall shortly return to it. On Monday we expressed our conviction, from what had occurred at two agricultural meetings held last week, as well as from the tone of journals which advo cate the claims of the landed interest, that the " farmers' friends" were resolved to resist every alteration of the corn-laws. Our anticipation has been completely con firmed by the proceedings which took placeyesterday at the annual meeting of the Agricultural Protection Society, held at the Society's Rooms, Bond-street. The meeting was not large, for, according to some accounts, it did not exceed fifty members ; but that is not material, for many of them were delegates from branch societies established in the provinces, and the chair was taken by the Duke of RICHMOND, regarded as the head of the party resolved to resist to the last all further concessions to the corn-law repealers. No other nobleman attended except the Marquis of SALISBURY, though a communi cation was received from the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, who simply stated that he was desirous of being present, but was unavoidably prevented from attending. This, we admit, looks a little ominous for the " protection" advocates. For some time his Grace was the leader of the party, and had obtained the endearing epithet of the " Farmer's Friend :" he actually resigned his seat in the PEEL Cabinet, because he would not hear of the sliding ' scale being touched, though ever so gently ; and great expectations were entertained that when in opposition he ' would have rallied his friends, and made a successful stand with those who had placed Sir ROBERT PEEL at the head of the Cabinet. From some cause or other, however, all these expectations were grievously disap pointed ; his Grace evinced no vigour in the good cause, and actually refrained from attending agricultural meetings when he knew the backslidings of the Premier would form the principal topic of discussion. He still perseveres in the same plan, and the Duke of RICH MOND, therefore, may expect little aid from his brother of BUCKINGHAM. But the Noble President of the Pro tection Society is, like all his family, brave and un daunted, and will fight the battle to the last, though even single-handed. "In your hands," said he, " and in the hands of the Protection Societies of England, at the present moment, are the weal and greatness of the country. My opinions are unchanged. I hope and trust that the report which we have heard as to the intention of the Government to move a repeal of the corn-law upon the first or second day of the next session of Parliament is not a correct one. I cannot believe that it is. I cannot believe that such perfidy could enter the minds of any Government. I cannot believe that it should. All I can say is, that if, unfor tunately, it has, I hope the House of Commons, the members and representatives of the agricultural interest, will throw it out. And if they do sot, I look still to the hereditary Peerage of England for maintaining your interests." These sentiments were responded to with loud cheers, and a petition to the Legislature was pro posed and adopted, calling upon them to uphold in their integrity the present system of the corn-laws, or appeal to the constituencies of the United Kingdom—in other words, call upon her MAJESTY to dissolve the pre sent Parliament. The numerous free-trade meetings held lately throughout the country have afforded well grounded hopes that the corn-laws cannot last another session; but these hopes are greatly strengthened by the proceedings which took place yesterday at this Anti- League Society, and especially by the dubious language in which some of the speakers expressed themselves. They have no hopes in the Minister, and even doubt the loyalty of those who were to unmake him. Many of them have already yielded to his gentle insinuations, and more desertions are anticipated; indeed such is the spirit of disaffection, that little confidence is placed in the decision of the Commons, and the only hope is from a new Parliament. This is a dismal prospect for the Protectionists in the present excited state of the country, with such a power ful Opposition pledged to total repeal, and with the wsll - sentiments of Sir R. PEEL in regard to the principles of free trade. If the present Parliament, returned for the purpose of resisting any change in the corn-laws, cannot resist public opinion and the great risis brought about by the state of the crops, what hopes can the Duke of Iberia:min have from an appeal to the people, or what grounds can he find for believing that a new Parliament would be more powerful ? It cannot be doubted that a vast number of Tories and Conservatives engaged in trade are as anxious for a change as the Whigs or the League, that many of them would vote for a repeal of the corn-laws, and that in many boroughs, where at the ge neral election the Tory interest prevailed from antipathy to the last Administration, free-traders would be returned, and after a delay of some six months, during which time trade and enterprise would be paralysed, the great measure would be carried by a large majority. The Duke of RICHMOND had therefore better yield in season, and not encourage an agitation which may lead to other " encroachments" on the landed interest, besides the very harmless repeal of this useless tax. His Grace knows well the sentiments of the Scotch farmers on the subject; he knows that the unsettled state of the law has driven many of them to the conclusion that it can exist no longer with safety to agriculture, and also that large numbers of the English tenantry are coming round to the same opinions. Would it not, therefore, be wise on the part of a nobleman, in other respects so estimable, to give up his crochet and submit with a good grace to imperious necessity ? Madrid journals of the 2d have been received. From all accounts the Government is gaining strength and confidence every day ; the Opposition can make no resistance, and the financial measures of Senor MoN are ,Furnishing money for the payment of the troops—a cir cumstance greatly calculated to secure their fidelity. NARVAEZ, having gained the confidence cf the army, has now turned his attention to the journalists, and with some of the income-tax, probably, has purchased in the name of a friend (such is the report) the Heraldo, for some time a renegade Opposition paper. The price is 42,000 piastres, and the ex-editors are also provided for. The Funds improved on the 2d, the Three per Cents. closing at 36i at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 24 1.16, at 60 days. The accounts from Paris of the state of the stock and;share-market on Monday are very favourable. The settlement of accounts went off, not only without any untoward event, but with a considerable advance. The tendency to sell has completely disappeared, and the tide runs strong in favour of investment at the present low prices. During the last week the Three per Cents. had advanced lf. 30c., and the Fives 90c.; and in Rail way Shares the improvement is still more marked. The political articles in the journals possess little inte rest. Those of the Opposition appear to have great diffi culty in finding reasons for attacking M. GUIZOT during the ensuing session. The IVational, the most violent of the party, can find nothing to harp up on b ut the expedi tion to Madagascar , which, in the opinion of the writer, shows that the Foreign Minister is prepared to sacrifice the rights of France to please the English Ministry. " An expedition," it says, " is organised, and will con sist of several frigates, with infantry on board, and some other vessels of minor force. But it is not less certain that an expedition is also being prepared in England, and everything seems to intimate that the two - "owers will act in concert. We had a presentiment of t hi s new baseness. However, in present circumstances, the qu :stion was so clear, the right of France so evident and so iLleontestable, that we allowed ourselves to hope vagu for a decision in conformity with the interests of the country. England is allowed to combat poinulations lying under the exclu sive sovereignty of France. She is allowed a right which is a formal denial of her own. She is permitted to appear at Madagascar on the same footing as we our selves, who are the masters of the whole island. In a word, our title-deeds to a magnificent country are torn up, simply for the purpose of adding a new conces sion to all those which the entente cordiale has already cost us." The late dispatches from Algeria furnish topics of discussion for the Opposition journals, and those of the Government can make but a poor defence in reply to facts about which there can be no dispute, In a dispatch published in the Moniteur, General D'AR BOUVILLE describes the treacherous reception given to his column by a Kabyle tribe, near a place called Oued- Boullec-Badou, and the chastisement upon them, by setting fire to 300 houses, and destroying the property and all who defended them. Next day, the 25th of No vember, the same tribe, to the number of 3,000, at tacked him with the utmost spirit and bravery, and he likewise pretty clearly avows that, after three hour s of firing, and repeated bayonet• charges, he was com pelled to retreat. The rising in the province of Constantina is considered of a serious character. The Journal des _Debuts, in adverting to the movement of ABD-EL-KADER in the Cirection of Taguine says :—" This expedition of the EMIR, al though it has taken place beyond our line of frontier and the territory called the Tell, is not the less detrimental to our interests, inasmuch as it makes many tribes, whose cavalry is strong, and who previously had either submitted or were neutral, fall again under the EMIR'S yoke. The Emu has striven to cut off our commercial relations with our allies of the Ksour, or fortified towns, of El Aghouat and Ain Madhy. He must have de stroyed the fortifications which General MARCY had raised on the road from Boghar to Taguine, in order to serve as points d'appui to the Arab Douars entrusted with the protection of the caravans from El Aghouat to Medeah. ABD-EL-KADER'S mere appearance in the dis trict of Tittery, the news of which will be sure to spread afar, just as if he were approaching in person, may give rise to insurrections, and revive such as have just been crushed. General JUSSAF has been sent on to Tenich-el-Had, in order to pursue the EMIR ; but the latter will nowhere wait for him, his plan being always to avoid an encounter, and to harass us on all points by means of an insurrection of the tribes." The Pi else writes in the strongest terms against the ruinous policy pursued by BUGEAITD, and gives the fol lowing letter of a correspondent, dated Oran, Nov. 25, to show that every day the new mode of warfare increases in atrocity :- "We are here without any news from the army. The Marshal has given the most peremptory orders to the Gene rals, and other officers in command of columns, to suffer nothing relating to their operations to transpire, and to give no account of them to any one but himself. All we know is, that these commanders have orders to burn as many villages, and cut off as many heads as possible. Thirteen villages have been burnt in the environs of Tlemcen. General de Lamori ciere is at Mascara, and the Marshal in the country of the Flittas. The communications between Oran and Tlemcen are still interrupted, and all we learn from Tlemcen reaches us through Djemma Ghazaouat, and we cannot tell when the next convoy for Tlemcen will take its departure." On Monday the Three per Cents closed at 82f. 15c. ex div.; the New Loan at 81f. 75c. ex div. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 10c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,172 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 970 f. ; Northerns, 720 f.; Havre, 745 f. ; Avignon, 895 f. ; Vierzon, ; Sordeaux, 610 f. ; Bouogne, 502 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 420 f. ; Basle, 240 f. 50c.; Fampeux, 490 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents, 38 ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 34 1 / 4 ; ditto, Passives, 6 1 / 2 ; New Deferred Stock, 16. The following are the quotations for other lines:- Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 7f. 50c. premium ; ditto (Calon), 6f. 50c.; Union, 7f.; ditto (Ganneron), 6f. • ditto (Lapinsonniere), 4f. 50c.; Messageries, sf. ; Ardoin, 3f. 50c. ; Receveurs-Genereaux, 6f.; Paris aid Strasbourg (Gan neron), lf. ; ditto (Hinguerlot), lf. ; ditto (Beehet), lf. ; Aymard, If. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 6f.; Carette, 6f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), 6f. ; ditto (O'Neill), 4f. ; ditto (Lefevre), 6f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talalsot), If. ; ditto (Lecointe), par; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), par; Bor deaux and Cette (Mackenzie), par; ditto (Espeleta), lf. 25c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, no quotation ; the Lyons definitive shares sold for 70f. premium ; Strasburg ditto, 25f.; Nantes ditto, 40f. MARSEILLES, DEC. 3.-Marseilles and Avignon, 825 f.; Boulogne, 495 f. ; Vierzon, 627 f. 50c.; Orleans and Bordeaux, 528 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DES. 9. A.ngl 0-Belgian - Mauritius Boulogne and Amiens.. 8 1 4 Namur and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterran - North Jamaica - Bordeaux and Toalouse - Orleans and Viorzen .• - Do. & Cette (Espeleta) - Orleans and Bordeaux 9% Do. ( Mackenzie's ) 1 3 / 4 Over Yssel ••• Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) - cilia Coast - Ditto (Gaineron's). S Central of Spain .. Ditto (Calon's).... - - Ceylon . - Ditto (Sad Est) Denterara - Paris and 0r1ean5...... Dendre Valley ...... 1 / 8 Paris aid Rouen . Dutch Rhenish - Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris Junct - (Ganneron's) Dijon and Mulhouse - Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 East Indian ........ 1 1 / 8 Do. (Ayntard's) Fampoux & Hazebrouk - Paris and St. Quentin - Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre.-- - Constituted 1214 Royal Nortk of Spain. - Do. Pepin le Halleur - Sambre and Meuse .... - Great Paris and Lyons - Strasburg aid Basle ... - Great Western Bengal - Toirnay,Jurbise, Lan- Great Western Canada 3 3 / 4 den, and Hasselt ... - Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 2% Tours and Nantes Do. North Midland 1 (Maekenzie's) Di. Extension - Do. ( Lefebvre's) - Jersey - Do. (O'Neill's) Louvain and Jemappe.. - Trinidad Lyons and Avignon.... - Verona and Ancona 2 1% Luxembourg - West Flanders Madrid aid Valencia... - A rumour prevailed in the clubs last night, which we deem t right to publish, as a good deal of credit was attached to it. It is said that the Duke of Wellington refuses to support any alteration in the corn-laws, and that in consequence of the difficulty thus created Sir Robert Peel has determined to resign. It is' added, in confirmation of this statement, that it was determined at the Cabinet Council, held on Monday, that Parliament should be again further prorogued, instead of being summoned by proclamation for the dispatch of busi • ness.—Chronicle.—[We attach little credit to this rumour. The Duke of Wellington will not commit a second time a blunder like that by which he gave such an impulse to Par liamentary Reform, and obstinately refuse to support any alteration in the corn-laws. Indeed, we have heard that he has expressed himself without equivocation in a very dif ferent manner, and that he considers the corn-laws "doomed." —ED. Sun.] PRIVY COUNCIL AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT. —Sir Robert Peel and other Cabinet Ministers left town at an early hour this morning for Osborne House, where her Majesty will hold a Privy Council. The Ministers were expected to return to town this evening. A spe cial train on the South-Western Railway conveyed the Ministerial party from town. GREAT PEDESTRIAN FEAT.--On Tuesday the match made for the celebrated runner Maxfield (alias the North Star) came off near the North Star Inn, at Slough. Max field was backed for a stake of 501., to cover eleven miles of load within one hour from the time of starting, a feat (with the exception of Jackson, the American Deer, who ran a similar distance within an hour) almost unprecedented. The betting odds were laid on time, and very large sums of money were pending. At the start he went away at a rapid pace, accomplishing the first mile under five minutes ; the three next miles were gone over at a similar rate, when he relaxed a little during the fifth mile, and had finally covered half the distance in 29 minutes. He continued at his Herculean un dertaking, and won the match by minutes. The eleven miles of ground was travelled over in 58 minutes and 45 se conds. The pedestrian at the termination seemed but little distressed, considering the arduous undertaking he had ac• complished. THE CORN-LAwS.—TIIB AMERICAN MINISTER.— The Secretary of the Legation to the United States, Mr. Ganesvoost Melville, has written a letter to the Morning Herald in reference to an article which appeared in that journal on the Bth December, in which it is stated that the American Minister has been charged with misinforming the Times on the subject of the intentions of the British Cabinet as to the corn-laws, for the purpose of sending out to the United States fabricated news that might influence the deci sion of the tariff question. It appears that Mr. 3PLane left London for Paris on the 3d inst., but Mr. Melville, in the ab sence of Mr. M'Lane, without communication with him, and on his (Mr. Melville's) own responsibility, denies, explicitly, fully, and without reserve, each and every imputation con tained in that article, and brands them with falsehood from first to last. AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION SOCIETY.—The an nual meeting of the society took place yesterday afternoon at the otlices of the Institution, Old Bond-street, the Duke of Richmond, President of the Society, in the chair. Mr. W. Miles, M.P., Mr. Newdegate, M.J., Mr. Stafford O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. J. J. Allnatt, Mr. W. Bennett, Mr. R. Healy, Mr. T. - Umbers, and several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, urging the several districts and pa rishes of the United Kingdom to forward petitions to the Le. gislature firmly to uphold the present system of the corn ' 1:111'8, and to resist to the utmost any attempt at further al teration. A petition to the above effect was then adopted. Mr. Fisher Hobbs then proposed that the Duke of Richmond be re-elected President of the Society for the ensuing year. Mr. Turner seconded the motion, and it was carried nem. con. The Duke of Richmond, in returning thanks, assured the meeting that he would exert himself to the utmost during the ensuing session to promote the objects of the society. The Rey. Mr. Gwilt then moved that the Duke of Buckingham and Chaudos be the Vice-President, the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Cleveland, and the Earl of Yarborough, trustees of the society. The resolution having been seconded, was carried unanimously. The cus tomary vote of thanks was then presented to the Duke of Richmond. His Grace briefly acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting separated. FALL OF A THEATRE AT BERWICK...-...r'Or some time past a company of itinerant players have been perform ing in Berwick, under the management of Mr. H. Wynn. They had a place fitted up in the old shambles. Monday evening being the manager's benefit the theatre was fuller than usual, and owing to the temporary manner in which it was fitted up the gallery gave way, and precipitated those in it over into the pit. Some of the audience got themselves bruised slightly, but fortunately no bones were broken. Kelso Chronicle. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS WTI', QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpoolyesterday were 2,500 bales, at steady prices. Shares were very quiet, but firm. There are no arrivals to-day. We are all on the qui vim for Monday's demonstration at the Mansion House, and the renewed rumour of Sir Robert Peel's resignation serves to keep alive the excitement. The Funds opened firmly to-day and support rather fuller rates. Consols for present transfer have been 94% to % 3 / 4 , and for time 94 3 / 4 to 9515. The pentium on Exchequer bills has been 21s. to 235., and on India Bonds under 1,0001., 30s. The New Three-and-a •Quarter per Cents. have been 95 1 / 8 to %, and the Three per Cents. 93 1 / 8 to N. Bank Stock is at 201. East India Stock is nominally without al teration. In the Foreign Investments business is slack. Spanish Five per Cents. have improved, however to 281,, and the Three per Cents. to 38. Portuguese Foar per Cents. are steady at 59. Mexican Bonds have been heavy at 29 3 / 4 ; and Colum bian are about 16%. Dutch Four per Cents. have been quoted 93. In the market for Railway Shares there is not much acti vity, but prices look tolerably firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 201 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93% k 3 per Cent. Consols Anus 94%%% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 lO 11-16 India Bonds 1,0001 BO Bank Stock for Account. 202 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 4(1. I%d. 1,000/. 5001. .., ........ - ..... ... Ditto Small — .. .. 23 21 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. blekican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 2 93 Portuguese 4 per Cents ••• Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 ..... Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds ........... Ditto 3 per Cent... Ditto for the Account . Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2'4 per Cents Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 93 BUSINESS DONE 1N RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin....••••• .. ... Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% to Aylesbury and Thame ...... ... 1% — Belfast & County Down Bideford and Tavistock .. ... 1% .. ... Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ....,122 Ditto New Shares Birmingham and Oxford Junction Birmingham and Deicester Direct — — ... •.• t• Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s .. ••••• Bridgewater and Minehead... 425. .. ... Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester 3O Bristol and Liverpool Junet. 21/ 2 — to Buckinghamshire 42s. ...... ...... to Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambrian Grand Junction ... Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 8 1 / t 3 4... to Ditto, New l% ...... U 1 43 Cambridge and Oxford l% to _ ... Canterbury and Dover _ 1%. . .. Central Kent 2 1,4 — to Chelmsford and Bury ... ..... I,i, — to Chester and Holyhead 1& Chester and Manchester Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2 Clydesdale Juncti0n.......... 6 Cork, Blackreck, and Passages 225. . ... ...... to Cork and Killarney 21,4 — . .... to Cork and Waterford Cornwall ... Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester l l% — to Dartmouth, Torbay, & Exeter 425. Derby, Gainsboro', and Great Grimsby Derby Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 2%...... 1 3 / V Direct Manch. (Remington's) 2% 1 3,4...... to Ditto (Rackstrick's) ...... b 4 33 t• Virect Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh .... ...... 1% .— to Dublin and Belfast Junction 5 Dublin, Belfast,and Coleraine 2 1 / 2 Dublin and Galway Dudley, Madely, Si Broseley 2 Dundalk and Enniskillen...... 2 4 — Eastern Counties Do. New 6/. 16s 6 p...... to Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d 4%... to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ...4/. 13s. 4d — ...... to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union Ditto 1 % Shares... 2 1,4 . Ditto Extension Ditto Ipswich and Bury ... 1% Ditto Extension to Norwich 2 4 — ...... to . , Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2% to East Lincolnshire 1 14 East and West of England... 1%..... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... 67% 67 to 69 Ditto 4 Shares l 2l ...... --to Ditto.NOW 1 4 Shares Edinburgh and Northern.-- 1 1 A — ...... to Edinburgh and Perth l% — to Ely and Huntingdon b_ Enniskillen and Sligo Essex and Suffolk l% to Exeter,Dorchester,and Wey mouth... 42s. ...... t• Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2 3 4 ...... to Gloucester, Aberystwith , and Central of Wales l% to Goole and Doncaster 42s. — to Grand Junction 100 Ditto % Shares __ . ... _ Ditto 'Quarter Shares.— 25 — ...... to GrndUnion(Notting.kLynn) 1% l% to Great Eastern and Western.. 21 / a GreatGrimsbyandShoffield... 5 Grtat South andW.(lrish)... 15 . 18 ...... to -- Ditto Extension Great Munster 2IA, — Great North of Scotland 2 ,2 Great North of England 100 Ditto New ... ... 5 Ditto New 2 — to Great Western Ditto, Half Shares ...... ... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares .•.... 2% ...... 15 Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fareham, Fortin& 2% _ to Harwich Hull and Selby 5O lO O l% ..... to Ditto Quarters ... ... ...... 12 1 / — ...... t o . - ...... ~_ Ditto, Half Shares Inverness and Elgin Ipswich, Norwich, and Yar mouth Irish North Midland Isle of Axholme 2%•••... Killarney Junctions l l4 _ to Kendal and Windermere 1 q _ to Lancaster and Carlisle... SO ...... 40% to 41 Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 2 1 ,¢ ....._ Leeds and Carlisle .... L L e e i e c d e s st a e n r d an W d re ß st ir ß n i l d in in g g ha J m un . c .. . 24 2 2 1 28 1 ,... ...... .... I.: ,••• to t i t oo ooo --____ Leicester and Bedford 22s. % p... to Leicester and Tainworth Liverpool and Manchester... 100 Ditto Half Shares SO Ditto Quarters ........... ... 25 .... . to 212 I L , i i%e r rp po o o o l l , an l d i L an ee c d h s es D te i r r , eet a . n .. a 22 2 4 % ...... - 2 -. 5 Newcastle Junction - - to -- London and Birmingham ...100 ....-214 Ditto Thirds Ditto q shares Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension I ondon & Blackwell... 16/. 13s. 4d.•••••• 9 - to 8% Do. New l l /s ...... ...... to Do. Extension 8 London and Brighton 5O ...... 61 ...... to 60% Ditto Consolidated Bths 35 -to Ditto, Sixths O l/ —_ to London and Croydon 13/. 15s. 9d. l B% to Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 8 London, Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, and Hereford... 1 V London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d — Ditto Preference lBll7s 2d... London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . .... London and South Western.. 41% — .. ... to Do. /*row consolidated 8 ths.. 20 Ditto New ..•.•. 7%.. ~. 15% to -- Do. Now ••••. • • 6 ...... London and South Essex 2 3 A ....• • London and Y0rk.......- ...... 2%...... 4% London and Windsor ... 1 ..• - Lon.,Warwck, Kidderminster 2% ...... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2%...... --to Londonderry and Coleraine... 5 ...... 5% to Londonderry and Enniskillen 5 ...... Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Blanchester and Leeds Ditto Half Shares - 34 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths Manchester and Birmingham 40 ...... 70% to 70 Ditto Quarters ..... —. .. .. to Ditto New Quarters 2 ...... 8%••• - to '' Do. Continuation & Welsh . Junction IN ...... Manch. Buxt)n, & Matlock 425.... • 1% p to 2 1 4 p Manchester, Birmingham, and Mould Junction Manchester & Rugby Direct Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland 100 .....143 .... . to 141% Ditto Fifths Midland, B New i rm . , 2 ...... and Derby...loo 6 :: .. .:: —19% : ::: : : ttoo -- Midland and Eastern Counties 2%...... Midld. Great Western (Irish) 2% ...... Do. Extension (No. 1) 2 3 / - /4 Newcastle &Darlington .func. 25 54 ...... to to Newcastle and Berwick Ditto New Braadling 5 ... 123 i 11 to 12% Newcastle and Carlisle Newport and Ab ergavenny . . 2% ...... New Ross and Ca r l ow 22 5 . ...... Newry and E nn i s kill en ...... % to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2to — '. 5 2...... Norfolk Extension North British 22% to 2134 Ditto Half Sha res .. 3% ...... 6 1 .4 to 5% Do. Extension t o Carlisle... 114...•.• 24.• • t to o Do. Extens. to Dalkeith ... 25 Ditto ditto North Devon North of Norfolk Northern and Eastern 45 Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 35 ..... Ditto Quarter Sh ares Ditto New ...... • • .• to North Kent & Direct D over 2% .— ...... tA 3 North Staffordshire 4 2 5....... 3 p to 2% p North Wales 3% ..... - ~~ TH E SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, 'DECEMBER 10, 1845 North and S outh Wales and ' Worcester ... . . North. & South. Connecting — to Norwich and Brandon l6 ...... 22 ..... to Ditto New 3 .. ... 6 ...... to Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham .. 2 Nottingham and Boston l% l 3 / 4... .. to Notting.,Erewsh.Val.,&Manc. 1% — Nottingham and Mansfield... ..... .. Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton 42s. Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ox.fd.,Witney, & Cheltnhara 1% — to Perth and Inverness Pilbrow Atmospheric Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wre ... ...... ... 50 Ditto, Half Siaree .. 2% — to Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 425. Richmond Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2% — ...... to Rugby and Huntingdon Rugby, Leamington, auu Warwick Rugby, Warwick, and Wor- ewer Scottkh Central Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 5 Sheffield and Manchester ...100 Ditto 4 Shares 8 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 2 1 / 2 . 3 3 / 4 % to Shropshire Mineral ... 425. . . to Shropshire Uniov, Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2%..... Shrewsbury., 'volverhampton, and S. Staffordsh. Junction 2%.. ... Sligo ar.il Shannon Sollvzsatshire Midland Sor.th Devon to --- to, -- South Midland 42s. South and Midlands Junction 42s — South Staffordshire Junstion 2 1 ,4 _ to South Eastern and Dover 3 3 1,i...... 35 1 / 1 3 / 4 ... to Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ...... 2% 34%... to Soatharnpton, Macchester, and Oxford Junction. ... 2 ... ~ ...... to St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction — Staines and Richmond........ 1 Staffordshire and Shropshire 2% — to South Wales . 2% Taw Vale Extension Tean and Dove Valley Trent Va11ey..... ............ Trent Val. & Holyhead June. 1% l yB to 2 2 6 4 to Tring, Reading, & - 13asingstoke Ulverstone and Hurness Vale of Neath Warwick and Cheltenham Warwick and Worcester Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limeriek Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire West London, Old Shares ..... to — to -- 2 1% to as. to LI•••••. 7 1 ,4•• •• 1 1 4 t o •••••• to 2 to 1/ 2 2 3 / 4 to 10 West End & South. Counties Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives ly 2 — - 2.,4 1 - ...... to 2 to 2 1 / 2 ...... 3 Wilts, Somerset, & Sthamptn Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester .. Worcester,Tinbury, & Ludlow Wrstar, Shrews. & Crewe Un. 1% — .. to Worcester and South Wales.. 425. — Worcester,Warwick,& Rugby 425. — Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20 Ditto, New... . .. 17 . — York and Carlisle York and Lancaster 2% - t. York and North Midland .. 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Scarboro' Branek Ditto, Selby 2O Ditto. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux and Mediteranean Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's ) Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 Central of Spain ... Ceylon .... ss. Demerara. Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish ... 6 East Indian ... ..- ........... - ss. 1 4 14... to Eastern Belgian Junction.... 2 Fampoux and Hazebreuk..... 2 Great Northern of France Constituted Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal 5B. — to Great Western Canada 24 ...... Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland 1 Ditto Extension Jersey Louvain and Jerneppe ..... ... 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia Mauritius Nam= and Liege North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ..... . Over Yssel 413 s 4d...... Paris and Lyons (Laffitte) ... 2 Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 3 ... Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 .... 2% to Paris and Lyons (Sud Eat)... 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen ... ..... -..... 20 Paris& Strasburg( Gannern's) 2 ...... ... to Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 Ditto (Aymards) 24 Paris and St. Quentin 2 Rouen and Havre lB Royal North of Spain 2 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt ••• .• Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) Ditto Ditto Lefebvre's)... 4 ...... 1 8 ...... 8 2 2 - 4 •••• • •••... to 4 2 Do. (O'NeilTs) ....... 2 .. Verona and Ancoua 3 West Flanders MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered COURSE OF EXCHA: Amsterdam CF. 12 11 Ditto, at sight l2 7i Rotterdam 2U. 12 11i Antwerp 26 15 Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altena Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on Maine 123 Petersburgh, 3Us — VA to . g GE.—(YESTERDAY Gibraltar..... Leghorn G9noa 26 10 Milan— Venice .... — Naples ........ ...... 3 9i Palermo, per oz ll9l Lisbon 521 Oport0.. Rio Janeiro .... 23i Bahia Buenos Ay. es NewTork,2ldyssight -- Philadelphia . ..... - PRICES OF BULLION, I'ER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. .1 . 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons-- 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 94 Silver in Bars. 0 4 111 Berlin - Vienna, effee. 8e 10 9 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz Bilbao... — Barcelona ..... — Seville , — LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, DEC. 10.—Wind W.N.W., moderate breeze and fine. DEAL, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Meg Merrilies, Sydney; Malvina, Schutt, Batavia ; Maria, Calcutta; Rambler, - Du Gruchy, Ceylon ; East London, Honduras; Francis and Ann, Boston; Romulus, Saguenay; Don, Thompson, Quebec; Lady Seaton, Duffill, Montreal. Arrd from the River and sailed, Fanny Andrews, Launceston ; St. - Vincent, Young, Sydney ; Queen, Wright, Newfoundland. Arrd. from the River and remain, Rajah, Hobart Town, PORTSMOUTH, Oar. 9.—Arrd. Neptune, Rundle, Quebec, in 22 days. Sld. Queen, Hutton, China ; witzerland, Knight, New York. LiviatrooL, Dxc. 9.—Arrd. John Wood, Rose, Calcutta, left St. Helena Oct. 27 ; Jessie, Mitchell, Honduras ; Ellerslie, Waller, Philadelphia, with cargo shifted; Rival, Montreal. Off port, Esk, Calcutta ; Belmont, brig ; Mersey, barque. The Ann Kennedy, for this port, was run on shore in a sinking state off the Ricolata, Buenos Ayres, on Sept. 28, having, it was supposed, struck on her anchor, and would be a total wreck; great part of cargo and materials expected to be saved. The schooner Chenmg, of Dover, was totally dismasted, and subsequently wrecked on West Hoyle last night; crew not yet heard of. ABERDOVEY, Dec. B.—The Frances (schooner) of this port, Williams, in running over the bar, struck on the South Bank, where she lies full of water; crew saved. CLAY, DEC. B.—The Mary and Araria, from Maidstone to Goole, got on shore on the sth instant, but was assisted off without damage and proceeded. PORT WILLIAM, DEC. 2.—A boat, about 18 feet long, marked " Samuel Stanley" inside the stern-sheets, came on shore here this morning. BRLXIIAM, DEC. B.—Sid. Recovery, Gorley, St. Andrew's. WATERFORD, DEC. 7.—Arrd. Admiral Buchanan, Quebec. YAR3IOUTII ROADS, DEC. B.—Arrd. Intrepid, Quebec. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY FOR FINDING THE ALTITUDE OF TIIE SUN IN VERY CLOUDY WEATHER.—A letter has been addressed to the Committee of Lloyd's, by a Mr. Harn, of Victoria -street, Norwich, relative to a discovery made by him for ascertaining with exactness the altitude of the sun in very cloudy weather. To the maritime interest of the world this discovery is of the greatest importance, as it will enable commanders of vessels to ascertain the latitude and longitude of their ship, "by observation." when otherwise they would have to rely upon their " dead reckoning" merely. The ex tent of the importance and value of this discovery, if upon nnerring principles, can only be conceived by those who will have the opportunity of testing its accuracy. The Committee of Lloyd's in reply to Mr. Harn, refer to the great interest with which the nautical world will necessarily view the dis covery, and their readiness to assist hlm in making it known for the benefit of all interested. PRICE or GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is I 1 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 44; and the exchange at Paris on Loudon at short being 25 574, it follows that gold is 0.53 per cent, dearer in London than in Paris: By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4334 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9i ; andf the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 11, it follows that gold is 0.80 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. POST-OFFICE.—It is a strange and anomalous fact that a letter from Paris reaches Galashiels sooner than one from Glasgow, the latter usually lying twenty-four hours at Edinburgh.—Border Watch. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. Although the arrivals of English Wheat for to-day's mar ket were small, the demand for that description of grain, as was the case on Monday, ruled heavy, at barely the late de cline in the quotations. Foreign Wheat, free as well as in bond, moved off slowly, and prices were not supported. Bar ley and Malt commanded very little attention, at low rates. Oats, Beans, and Peas were all lower. In Flour, next to no thing doing. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. 4,1611 qrs. 4,610 qrs. English Irish Foreign Oats Fleur. 3,140 qrs. 2,820 ski. 3,900 lialt. 1.400 ars.. 314THITECHA.P E: 720 9,290 We had a very steady demand, and ported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Ali Yeal, 4: 10d to 54 ; and Pork, 3$ 8(1 to prices were well sup. itton, 32 6d to 4s 6d 55 2d per 81bs. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) POTTS V. DUTTON. Mr. TURNER, on the part of the defendant, moved that a writ of fieri facias as well as other proceedings which had taken place in this case be set aside, on the ground of an alleged illegality in a sheriff's warrant. The document not being in Court, his Lordship re fused to bear the case until it was produced, and the matter was accordingly postponed. LORD NELSON V. LORD RRIDPORT. Mr GARDNER resumed the reading of the evidence of the plaintiff's witnesses, which consisted of the answers of two eminent Sicilian lawyers to certain interrogatories respecting the tenure of feuds in Sicily, and which had not been cited before. SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) ABSENCE OF JURYMEN AND ATTORNEYS.—On the names of twenty-four jurymen being called unly eleven answered, notwithstanding that a week ago four were fined 5/. each for non-attendance. On another juryman being found, further delay took place in consequence of none of the solicitors being in attendance. The counsel, Mr. Payne and Mr. Thomas, urged that all the cases ought to be struck out, as it was too bad that the busi ness of the Court should be at a stand still. The SECONDARY called the causes, and after some time, the attorney in the last cause answered, but coun sel objected to its being taken out of rotation; ultimately the following cause was called on:— WICKS V. HEAP. This was an action to recover the sum of 3L 105., for money lent. The defendant pleaded that he was not in debted. On the part of the plaintiff two witnesses were called, who deposed that the defendant had frequently admitted that the money had been lent, and had often promised to pay as soon as possible. Mr. PAYNE, for the defendant, elicited that the parties had formerly been friends but had quarrelled. The attorney's clerk admitted that he had gone' to de fendant's as a friend of plaintiff, to ask defendant to make terms. Ile denied that he went for the express purpose of getting an admission, as they had witnesses; they were relations of defendant, and plaintiff did not wish to call them. The Learned Counsel strongly urged that the jury ought to look on these cases with great suspicion when there were no documents to prove the loan. Witnesses were for some reason kept back. The SECONDARY said the question was, were the witnesses to be relied on—there were nc means of contra dicting the case by evidence. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for the amount claimed. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THISDAY.) George Vincent, a young man of decent appearance, was charged with attempting to pick pockets. Mr. James Robinson, of Pembroke-mews, Grosvenor square, coach maker, stated that about eight o'clock last evening, as he was passing along Piccadilly, he felt some one press against him from behind, and turning suddenly round, found the prisoner close to him. He was in a stooping position, with his hand against his (complainant's) coat pocket, and in the act of attempt ing to draw something out. He immediately seized him, and gave him into Ile custody of the police. Mr. MALTBY asked the prisoner what answer he had to make to this charge ?—The prisoner said he merely pushed up against Mr. Robinson in passing in a hurry ; it was done quite accidentallj, and not with the inten tion of robbery. His friends were in respectable cir cumstances, his father having been in business for many years. Mr. MALTBY-But at the station house I see you re fused to give your address. Prisoner—l did so, as Ido not wish my friends to know that such a charge has been made against me. The name I gave is not my right one. Mr. MALTBY-Will you give your right name and address now? Prisoner—l must decline doing so; it would bring such disgrace on my family. Mr. Robinson said there were two other young men in company with the prisoner. The prisoner said he was on his way home by himself. Police constable t B4 of the C division, stated that he had seen the prisoner and two other men come out of the Egyptian hall about a quarter of an hour before. They were pointed out to him by an indifferent person as suspicious characters, and he watched them following up a lady for several hundred yards. The prisoner said that none of the police knew any thing against his character. Mr. MALTBY said, in order to afford the opportunity of making further inquiries, he should remand him until Monday next. Chartate Burt, a middle-aged female, dressed in deep mourning, was charged with having been found by the police, at two o'clock this morning, drunk in St. James'. street, and causing a great disturbance. The defendant said that her husband had been totally ruined by play, at one of the gaming•houses there, and being in distressed circumstances, she went to ask for relief, and was turned from the house in a very insulting manner. This irritated her feelings, and induced her to make the disturbance complained of.—Discharged. NATLAND.—FATAL AND DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. —The following dreadful accident, which has cast a gloom over the village of Nayland, occurred about two o'clock on Friday last. As the two daughters of Mr. J. S. Mortimer, of the White Hart Inn, were returning from Colchester in a little pony gig, when passing a waggon, laden with coals, and drawn by four horses, belonging to Mr. Grimwade, of Polstead in the narrow way, opposite the Post-office, Nayland, on emerging into the broadway, by the Vine Inn, the eldest Miss Mortimer urged the pony forward, by incautiously touching the reins. The pony started a little to the off. side to clear the fore-horses of the waggon, when she was thrown from her scat on to her head, directly under the traps of the wheel-horse, the wheels passing over part of her dress. and though between the wheels, they did not touch her. Assistance was immediately at hand, but on being taken up, most melancholy to relate, the vital spark had fled, her neck being dislocated by the fall. No blame could be attributed to the younger Miss Mortimer, who was driving, nor to the men with the waggon, who were walking by the side of the horses at the time. The following day an inquest was held before Harry Wayman, Esq , and a highly respectable jury, when a verdict of " Accidental death " was returned.— Ipswich Express. CURIOUS C IRC UMSTAN CE.—Yesterday (Monday) morning, two partridges alighted in Mr. Fraser's garden, in St. Mary Elms. On attempting to capture them, one of them flew into Mr. Smart's bedroom through the window, where it was soon taken, and the other flew to the roof of a neighbouring house. It is supposed the birds had been on the wing till they were exhausted, and being unable to clear the town, dropped into the first open space that presented itself.—lp swich Express. We learn from a .Clonmel correspondent that a considerable sum has been abstracted from one of the joint stock banks of that town, by persons employed in the estab lishment. There is also a rumour of a borough functionary being implicated in some suspicious transactions with the same concern. For obvious reasons we abstain from any observations, and decline giving the names of the parties.— Dublin Evening Mail. THE HON. MR. BOUVERIE, M.P.—We have ob served with great pleasure the progress of this popular repre sentative among his constituents. Two weeks ago his re ception in Kilmarnock was of the most flattering description. During last week a similar reception awaited him in the Clyde burghs. In each and all of these Whig, Tory, and Radical, having extended the right hand of friend ship to him, and in every instance with expressions of personal regard, which must have been most gratifying to the recipient. Nor has this manifestation of kind and friendly feelings been the result of trimming or wavering opinions on either side—it has been achieved by the straight forward, manly, and useful bearing of Mr. Bouverie as a legis lator. He has never concealed his opinions front friend or foe —he has given effect to them by his votes--:in all cases honest conviction has been the basis of both—and so highly has his integrity been appreciated, that difference of opinion betwixt him and the electors is now regarded by both as forming no barrier in the interchange of good offices and friendly feel ings. Accordingly, in the performance of any local duties de volving on him, Mr. Bouverie has neitt.er known nor in quired into the political opinions of those who sought his services, it was enough for him that those services were sought by an elector or inhabitant of the Kilmarnock and Clyde burghs. We have preferred saying this much of Mr. Bouverie's present position with his constituents to giving any account of his public appearance in the burghs; these, we would scarcely add, were chiefly remarkable for a nar rative of his stewardship, frank, faithful, and unflinching, which, in everyinstance, was received with gratitude and extreme satisfaction.—Glasgow Argus. SUICIDE OF MR. FISH, BANKER.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest in the drawing-room of the Finsbury Bank for Deposits and Current Accounts, upon the body of Mr. William Croft Fish, aged 55, proprietor of the bank and senior churchwarden of the parish of St. James, Clerkenwell. Constable James Thomas, 139 G, deposed that he was called into the bank by a servant shortly after five o'clock, last Sunday morning, who told him that Mrs. Fish, having missed her itusbaud, was alarmed for his safety, and wished him to examine the house for him. He did so, and finding the closet door fastened upon the inside, he forced it open, and saw deceased dressed in a morning gown sitting in it, and leaning a little on one side. He was quite dead, and besides the dressing-gown only had on his shoes, shirt, and flannel waistcoat. There was a rent in his dressing gown, upon raising which it was ascertained that lie had shot him self through the right side, and that the ball (a musket one) passed out of the opposite side and fell inside his dressing gown. Upon removing him a large double-barrelled pistol (which witness with the ball produced) was discovered con cealed beneath the dressing gown. The right barrel was dis charged, and the other was loaded, having the cap on the nipple, and the trigger cocked. Mr. Croft, chief clerk in the bank, examined.—He knew deceased 25 years. About four years ago he opened the bank upon his own account. Last Saturday night he was exceedingly depressed, and complained of his head, which he 'said was " ready to burst." By the Coroner—There was a run upon the bank. Other evidence having been adduced, the jury, without a moment's delibera tion, returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity." SPLENDID RUN WITH THE SURREY STAG HOUNDS. —On Tuesday, the meet was at Mr. Fuller's, Addington Village, open house to the hunt—the respected master and a large field of the rigbt sort was at this favourite meet. After a capital run of three hours, the deer was taken in the river, off Erith. Many of those who crossed Plumstead marshes will never wish to do so again, especially if mounted on grey horses, for the mud of the ditches disfigures both man and horse; so much so, that is impossible to recognie either. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday morning in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne House. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken yesterday forenoon to the sea beach for their usual exercise. There was no addition to the royal dinner party at Osborne House on Monday evening. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken his usual morning airings, both Monday and yesterday, in the - pleasure-grounds of Windsor Castle. A deputation, headed by the May or of Leeds, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Gillespie and Mr. Dowie had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, Was indisposed yesterday, at his residence in Curzon-street- The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a committee meeting yesterday, at the office in White hall-place. There were present the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ely, and the Bishop of Oxford. Lord Granville Somerset left town yesterday for Norwich. Dispatches were received yesterday afternoon at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Gibraltar. GREAT MEETING IN THE CITY ON THE SUBJECT OF THE CORN-LAWS. The Lord Mayor has forwarded to Mr Dillon the subjoined reply to the requisition, signed by nearly 1,200 electors of the City of London, requesting his Lordship to grant the Guildhall for a meeting on the corn-laws, and to preside at the same. It will be seen that his Lordship calls the meet.. ing for Monday next : ," Mansion-house, Dec. 9, 1845. " Gentlemen,—ln pursuance of the requisition which I haa, the honour to receive, requesting me to convene a meeting a' the electors of the City of London upon the subject of the existing corn-laws, coupled with your desire that I should preside at the meeting, I beg to acquaint you that I hereby appoint such meeting to be holden at the Guildhall of the said City on Monday, the 15th day of December instant, at one o'clock precisely. " I think it proper, however, to observe, that I reP° s6 confidently in the prudence and foresight of her Majesty's Government; upon them rests the responsibility of providing against the evil which you apprehend. My compliance with your request must, therefore, be considered purely as 11 magisterial act. " Whilst I hold the office which I have the honour to till I desire to avoid mixing my personal opinions with the dig" charge of my public duties ; but I am, at the same time , willing to afford my fellow-citizens every reasonable oppor tunity of expressing their sentiments upon public questions, confident that they will manifest due prudence and discre tion, and avoid at all times creating unnecessary alarm. " Subject to the foregoing expression of my sentiments , have no objection to preside at the meeting, if such should continue to be your desire.—l have the honour to be, Ger tlemen, your most obedient servant, " JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern CountieS , Perpetual, No. 1, 8 p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Half Shares 8 p.-Grand Junction, 233-Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 82 p.-London and Birmingham, 213-Ditto, Fifths, 20 P -Manchester and Leeds, 55 1 / 2 p.-Ditto, Fifth Shares, 10 1 / 4 P' -Midland, 141-North Union (A), 207-Sheffield and MO' chester, 119-Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 2, 5 p.......Ditt0, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 3% p.-South-Eastern en d Dover, 35-Ditto, Consolidated Thirds, Half Shares, 19s. P -Caledonian, 3 p.-Dublin and Belfast Junction, 20s. 1 ) ."" Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4 1 / 4 p.-Leeds and Dells' bury, 11 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 279 p.-Shrewsbury, Ovate try, and Chester, 2 p.-Goole and Doncaster, Ss. p.-Llve,,,r" , pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 3 / 4 p.-Derby and Crewe, 270 p.-Great North of Scotland, 10s. p.-Liverpool, Manchester; and Newcastle Junction, 20s. p.-Manchester, Midland, WV Great Grimsby, 15s. p.-Matlock and Midland Junction, 2,4 p.-Newry and Warrenpoint, 1 1 / 2 p.-North Staffordshir e ' 595. 6d. p.-Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, par- W e ' d Riding Union, 4 1 4 p.-Dutch Rhenish, 2 1 / 2 p.-Paris en , Lyons (Latitte'3), ss, p. ICIANCHESTER, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Boston, Newark, en d Sheffield, 2 5 / 8 -Derby and Crewe, 4% -Dudley, Iron Bridge; and Sheffield, 179 -East Lancashire, No. 2, 10-Exeter so: Exmouth, 3 / 4. --k leetwood, Preston, and West Riding All ic i lion, 22s -Glrsgow and Dumfries, 2 1 / 4 -Huddersfield an d Manchester Railway and Canal, 8 c.-Lancashire en North Yorkshire, 475.-Leeds and Thirsk, 104 c.-Leice r ter and Tamworth, 425.-Liverpool and Bury, 20 1 --Ms g i chester and Leeds, Halves, 58-Manchester, Sheffield, 0 ; 1 , Midland, 5 1 4-Manchester and Southampton, 3-Ner Staffordshire, Si. 25.-Nottingham and Boston, 14--Presto.- and Wyre, Halves, 5%-Sheffield and Manchester, L. 1.. Ditto, Quarters, No. 2, 10-Ditto, ditto, No. 3, 6 1 4-- i''''' Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction, 52. LEEDS, DEc. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester and Lee w ; Fifth Shares, 10% p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Qua rt ' . Shares, No. 3, 6 1 / 4 -Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 10 1 / 4 1 Leeds and Bradford, 46-Ditto, Extensions, 46-Leeds or Dewsbury, New Shares, 5 1 4-Oxford, Worcester, and N.,...V5 r verhampton, 14-London and York, 4-Sheffield and Lu l a ' coin, 3%-Dirct Northern, 17 9 -Liverpool, Ormakirk, es Preston, 4 1 / 4 -West Riding Union, 6 1 7 5-Clitheroe Junctiost 3-Grand Union, ls. 6d. p.-Lancashire and North Yong' shire, 2s. 6d.p -Leeds and York, ss. dis.-Manchester, 8°..... - ton, Matlock, and Midland, 21. 9s. p.-North StaffordsllT 5-North Western, 21. 16s. 6d.-Nottingham, Erestin; and Ambergate, 2 5 ,9-South Midlands, 31. 3s. p.-Ss s ' Staffordshire, 3%- Wakefield and Bradford, 7s. 6d. dist.' Wakefield and Harrogate, 1 ls. p.-Welsh Midlands, 2%. BRISTOL, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Es,„ett r ' New, 5%-Midland, New, 19%-Wilts, Somerset, and 1Y el . mouth, 3%. SHEFFIELD, Drc. 9. STocic EXCHANGE.-The; sales are-Leeds and Thirs k ' 9% - Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 253/ - verb! and Gainsborough, 11. Bs. Gd.-Lincoln and AVainfiV Gs. Gd. d.-North Western, 3-Wakefield and Harrogate, 2 ie HULL, DEC. 9. STOCK Excm.sxax.—The sales are—Hull and rw Selby fi Shares, 18 3 / 4 —South Eastern, No. 2, 9—Blackburn, 151;r' and Bolton, B—North British, 2214—Ditto, 24—East L'itl; colnshire, 2 4—Grand Union, 30s.—Great North and 5 43 ,1 4 1 Wales and Worcester, 10—Guildford, Fareham, /sc., 5 -- n m ." and Barnsley Junction, 43s.—Leicester and Birrning";: 17s.—London and York, 4—North Staffordshire, s%—C rag field and Harrogate, 2%. HUDDERSFIELD, DEC. 9. ..a STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Huddersfield Manchester, 6%—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 19 Leeds and Thirsk, 9 1 /—Grand Union, 1 1 ,4—North and Sou.,d Junction, VA—South Midlands, 3 11 % p.—Wexford, Watell°l- and Valenti*, 14 10s. YORK, DEC. 9. STocic ExcHAwoE.—The sales are—York and Next. land, Selby, 69—Ditto, Extension, 26 1 4—Newcastle &ar t' , wick, 12 1 / 2 —North British, New Carlisle Branch, 2 1 4-14:d don and York, 4 1 / 9 —Grand Union, I%—Leicester and ford, I%—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland , ' l7l. GLASGOW, Die.c. 8. th - STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and ..' ll b gate, 5Es. 6d.—Ayr and Galloway, 40s.—British and _,,0 Union, 70s.—Caledonian Extension, Gss.—Caledonian Dumbartonshire Junction, 495. 6d.—Dundee and Forfar Jol l a tion, 775. 6d.—East 'lndian Railway, 27s.—Edinburgh , s d e Northern; 4 1 4 —Edinburgh and Perth, 434—Forth and C l ue d Junction, VA—Glasgow General Terminus, B—Glasgo 7 t":„, Belfast Union, 46s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 755. fid.—Glasg; r i Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 555. 6d.—Great 101"..'5, Peninsular, 6s.—Lanark and Lothians, 625. 6d.—L es o , - "" i r hagow, 3 1 4—Perth and Inverness, 475. 6d.—Scottish tral and Caledonian Junction, 36s.—Stirling and Dunf 4 " - line, 50s.—Strathern Junction, 525. 6d. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE; NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETISu" CHIPPENHAM FIELD—(YESTBBDAT.) Stake for Puppies. Mr. Parkinson's Seidlitz (Fan) beat Mr. King's Ruth. ,1 1 . Mr. Williams's Wiltshire beat Mr. Buck swor th' s Bake-st'" Mr. Tibbit's Testy beat Mr. Gurney's Amelia. Mr. Nash's Britannia beat Mr. B. Smyth's Sportsman. Lord Stradbroke's Mealy beat Mr. Gillett's Gracioaa. Lord Stradbroke's Marshal beat Mr. Morant's Murillo. ot. Mr. Fowler's Faith beat Mr. Bennet's Wish-you-may - g e Mr. Bagge's Treasure beat Mr. Batchelor's Memnon. Mr. Tyson's Figaro beat Mr. Dobede's Damask Rose. Mr. Squires' Clear-the-way beat Mr. Corbet's Macaroni' Mr. Dobede's Dunkirk beat Mr. Swan's Sambo. Mr. Bagge's Topsail beat Mr. Nash's Dowager Queen : Mr. Bagge's Ringleader beat Mr. B. Smyth's Sam Slick• Mr. Chitty's Confidence beat Mr. Mare's Merry Monarch' Mr. Leigh's Eunuch beat Mr. Mare's Minna. Mr: Viian's Varna beat Mr. Fyson's Fenella. The All-aged Stakes. Captain Daintree's Probity beat Mr. Batchelor's Ara. — Mr. Corbet's Magpie beat Mr. Dobede's Duchess. Mr. Dobede's Destiny beat Mr. Fyson's Ferrand. Mr. Squire's Omen beat Mr. Nash's Princess Royal. Mr. Villebois' Dew-drop beat Mr. Leigh's Egeria. _. Ti o. Mr Lawrence's Sarah Bate beat Captain Daintree's Mr. Foster's Ben Caunt beat Mr. Palmer's Presumption V A h Mr. Fowler's Merry Monarch beat Mr. Caldwell's Rege:' Mr. Bennet's Captain beat Mr. Fowler's Kizzie. den t Mr. B. Smyth's Spinster beat Mr. Palmer's President (Frantic). Mr. Tibbit's Trumpeter beat Mr. Gillett's Gift. Mr. Nash's Crocus 'beat Mr. Moody's Rhea. t The last four courses for the All aged Stakes wer e run when our account left.] Mr. Villebois November beat Mr. Bragge's Dew Dolt,i ll y. The last three courses for this stake were not run yest ei, IL ,, RIDGWAY COURSING MEETING.—STOURPO DEC. 3d, 4th, and sth. gr• The Ridgway Challenge Cup, for 16 dogs, was won by Ridgwav's Ratan ; Mr. Craven's Canino ran up. v The Scarisbrick Cup, for 16 dogs, was won by Air* Hornby's Homeopathy; Mr. Temple's Tripod ran 111 3 - v . do o'S The Martindale Stake, for 16 dogs, was won by Mr. '" Exquisite ; Mr. Graham's Rough ran up. traror The Fleetwood Stake, for 16 dogs, was won by Mr. J-• son's Highflyer ; Mr. Standish's Shoveller ran up. r CraVe n'l The Bolton Cup, for 16 dogs, was won by M Clarena ; Mr. Knowles's Kentish Fire ran up. Ge bbli The Southport Stake, for 16 dogs, was won by Mr. Lapwing; Mr. Ridgway's Ravenswood ran up. The llesketh Stake, for 12 dogs, was divided betw een Graha The m ßold 's AgStake,itation for d 8 11 dogs, Confessing on Pen by Mr- - a itent. G rire o Grimaldi ; Mr. Temple's Titan ran up. Nll*. The Churchtown Stake, for 8 dogs, was won "J Harnpson's Hercules ; Mr. Temple's Tricksy ran UP. The Cropen's Stake, for 8 dogs, was won by gun Hornby's Handicraft Jebb's Lodore ran tip. M he I male Stakes, for 4 dogs, was won by —r• Secretary ; Mr. Garven's Giant ran up. ADLINGTON COURSING MEETING, DEC. The Adlington Cup, for 8 dogs, was won by Mr. Foster Blackburn Dick ; Mr. Thomas's Puss ran up. ?fr. The Butly Cup was won by Mr. Howard's Bess; Brocklehurst's Harriot ran up. DO LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER — T uIcs „Q to I DERItY.-7 to 1 agst Sting, 16 to 1 agst Brocardo , „ to agst 'ago, 30 to 1 agst Spithead, 30 to 1 agst agst Humdrum. t Che rt ; CHESTER Cur.-50 to 1 agst Wolf-dog, 50 to 1 a g s (500 to ' sev, 50 to 1 agst Intrepid, 1,000 to 15 agst Nereus talcen once). INCENDIARISM.—Tuesday's Government .rodc e (114 — • v er,7 zette contains the offer of a reward of 501. for the disco_ ht and apprehension of the person or persons who on the, ?l i t e , of the Ist instant maliciously set fire to an out-bul containing about six loads of unthreshed wheat, th e p O . perty of John Shand, Esq., of Reny-Birn Hall , near 1" te u bon, Denbighshire, by which the building and its een St were consumed. 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