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PHILLIPPE will repeat all his most popular and pecnlar TOURS .DE PHYSIQUE, and introduce several new and novel ex periments, incLiding the GIL DISTRIBUTION. To conclude with a NIGHT IN PEKIN, in wh eh M. Phißippe will execute several t hinese and Indian experiments, universally ac knowledged to be the most astounding Feats ever attempted by any European. oors open at a Quarter past Seven ; to commence at a Quarter to Eight. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY'. THIS EVENING Will he performed TBE LAST OF THE BARONS; or, Warwick, The Ring Maker, and the Battle of Barnet. To be followed by a new Equestrian Spectacle, hi which will appear Messrs. Cooke, Paul, Bionic, and Mdlle. Pauline Muffle. To conclude with A DAY AFTER THE FAIR. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed F rLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry lislior4l, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Joe Tiller, Mr. Fredericks; Mary May bud, Mrs. 11. Vininz. 'Co be followed by a New Farce, entitled POPPING IN AND OUT. Ric,ney Medlin, Mr. Hamilton. After which, Mons. PLEGE and. FAMILY'S extraordinary per formance on the Tight Rope. To c , nicluie with EL HYDER, THE LION KING. El Hyde'', Mr. I luglies. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE THIS EVENING Will bo performed GERALIHNEior, The Twin Orphans of St. Pre, in which Mr. E. F. Saville and Miss E. Terry will perform. After which, THE HEIR-AT-LAW. To couchde with THE HOUSE DOG. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. TfIE WEATHER.—Sox OFFICE, Nov. 10. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; Highest, 55; Noon, 53, BAROMETER, 30.3. WIND S.S.E.; fine sun piny weather. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY Idornlng 53 minutes after 10 Evening 24 minutes after 1 SECOND EDITION. etrening LONDON. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1845. The present crisis in our social, as well as our political, history, is one of a kind and degree of interest rarely attach ing to the affairs of an empire in the thirtieth year of pro found peace. The importance of the elements which have created this crisis is equal to the rarity of their combination, and well deserves—let us say, rather, imperatively demands— the profound consideration of every man anxious to uphold the grandeur and prosperity of this country. Abroad we possess dominion in point of extent, variety of surface and geographical relations, natural riches, population, com merce, intelligence, and power absolutely unrivalled in the case of any other European monarchy. On the shores of Africa we have trading settlements and forts, and immense territorial possessions, with active and resolute colonists, and all the materiel of permanent and rapidly expanding establish ments. On its western coasts we lavishly expend our blood and treasure, the health and lives of our devoted sailors and their enterprising commanders, in the generous effort to extin ouish the Negro slave•trade, and to elevate the moral cha racter as well as the domestie condition of the African peo ple. Ou the south anti east of the same enormous continent we are peopling the primmval solitudes of a fertile wildernes s • with a race of English-descended settlers, who live in the enjoyment and exercise of the arts and comforts, the man ners, language, and religion of their mother country, and who draw from their forests and their rivers, their vineyards, their flecks, their corn-fields, whatever can contribute to the support, the health, the vigour, and the physical progress of the human race. The protection afforded by the mother country our African colonists repay by the abundant sup. plies and equipments they contribute to our fleets, the sani tory resources they offer to our invalided soldiers, exhausted by service in our more Oriental possessions, and the staples of wool, &c., which they supply to our general markets. In Asia, we possess the supreme dominion of that magnificent peninsula, which proves, with the single exception of China, the noblest region of the finest quarter of the globe. In that Indian Empire of ours, all the majestic and all the useful bounties of nature are distributed with a stupendous profusion. The noblest rivers, after pur suing their long-protracted course through some of the wealthiest and most beautiful countries to be found upon the globe, roll their collected waters into the ocean at points on the coasts of the peninsula which their alluvial deposits have enriched, for ages, with all the principles of in exhaustible fertility in incalculable accumulation. The richest and most abundant products, in some quarters, spontaneously develop themselves ; in others, inward the slightest labour devoted to the cultivation of the soil. The mineral kingdoms vie with the teeming kingdoms of animated nature in their profuse yield of the riches they contain. The finest grain, pulse, and drugs, the most delicious fruits and flowers, are found in the same country which produces the purest diamonds and the finest mo t a is. The mountain forests furnish the largest and finest timber trees for ship-building; the plains contribute their precious products of raw silk and cotton ; the cities manufac ture AO rabrics moat prized throughout the world for the purposes of luxury or ornament. From a subject population of ninety mink ns of souls (independently of almost as many more, over whom we nominally exercise no more than the influence of the paramount State over its tributaries,) we draw those fine bodies of native soldiery, who, under the simple condition of being commanded by - British . officers, compose the bravest and steadiest troops which Asia has ever produced, and who form, at this mo ment, the great bulk of our Anglo-Indian Army— an army which for its morale, its discipline, its high-toned courage, its experience, its varied service, its miraculous successes, its inflexible perseverance, and its indomitable spirit, is, perhaps, without arrival even among the military powers of Europe. In America, we have extended the do minion of our flag—and consolidated that dominion by the most populous, intelligent, and powerful colonial establish ments to be found in the world—over territories of all but boundless extent, and also eminent for the value of their native products—their sugars, coffees, spices, their timber and corn, their rivers and lakes, their fisheries and their trade. In China, we have established a paramount influence and authority over all other strangers—with the single ex ception, perhaps, of the Japanese—whom the jealous policy of that; imperial government has hitherto admitted into commercial and even municipal relations with its-aubjects. And with all these means and manifestations of - power, strength, and dignity, abroad, we possess and we exhibit at home a degree of opulence, a height of refinement,`_ - an ex tent of civilisation, an organisation of resources for the en largement and maintenance of our authority abroad, and our domestic prosperity, in every way proportioned to these indications of external grandeur. The history of human societies does not produce a parallel to the rapidity, or the amount, in which capital has been multiplied among us within the last ten years. No Oriental fabulist ever ima gined, in all the unbridled license of his invention, a fund of wealth, accumulated in one country, adequate to that which must have formed the basis of railway speculations that have been brought forward, in the latter half of that period, to a nominal or hypotheticated amount of capital exceeding 640,000,0001. and this, too, among a people whose means are annually charged with the actual payment of 50,000,0001. of taxes. of which nearly two-thirds are .devoted to defray the current charge of interest on the debt of the nation. But in the midst of all these blessings and distinctions of internal prosperity and foreign power; it is but too evident there are disturbing influences at work, which, if not counter acted promptly, may go far to sap and undermine the foun dations of this magnificent political and social fabric. Bad economic laws, such as those which regulate the trade of corn and of money—impolitic principles of fiscal achuinistra tion—abuses or incompetency in great branehes . d our exe cutive departments—and, above all, an-Christian, unwise, ' and antiquated civil disabilities, on account of religious opi nions, still affecting certain classes of her MAJESTY'S subjects, these are fruitful sources of disunion, di3content, and dim , ganisation of public feelir.g, which it becomes, with the lapse of every day, more and more the imperative duty of the gb vernment and the Legislature to remedy or to remove. In more than one quarter of the political horizon every observant eye detects a threatened explosion of that morbid animosity and insatiable envy which the grandeur and the power of the position oc- cupisd by this country among the nations has generated among the most unprincipled of -other Governments with which, up to this moment, we are on terms of ostensible amity. Of all kinds of wisdom political wisdom is that whereof " timeliness" is the most indispensable qualification. The movement in our dockyards, arsenals, and harbours, is all_ satisfactory enough, as being in the right direction; but in the meantime the Government should reform all admitted anomalies in our legislation and our civil institutions, so as to " knit together, in the bonds of amity and peace, the hearts and minds of all classes of her 31.t.msTv's subjects," against the day of that catastrophe—a war—which at no distant period may be forced upon us. Whatever enemy we may have to combat with may be assured of ultimate and signal defeat, provided only that we leave him no auxiliary so formidable as the existence of rankling internal grievances affecting large masses of our countrymen, and laws specially oppressive to the poor, by their cruel enhancement of the price of the first necessary for hurilan subsistence. . The last number of the LIIW Review contains an article on the subject of the controversy between the bar and the press, which is well worthy of attention. As might have been naturally supposed, the writer leans rather to the side of the bar. He would fain insinuate that no insult was meant to the press by the members of the Oxford and Western Circuit in passing their too famous resolution. We will not stop to inquire whether or no insult was meant; certain it is insult was offered, and such being the case, we are glad to find that the Law Review, a periodical which numbers among its contributors some of the highest names in the profession, offers this excellent advice to the members of those circuits:— We believe that in both circuits there has been, on the divi sion as to the resolution, an opposing. but of course unsuccessful minority, although on the Oxford Circuit it was asmall one. This minority may then easily become a majority, and we sincerely hope that no time maybe lost in rescinding the resolution in ques tion. It is painul to us to offer this advice; it grieves us to find that two bodies so eminent and respectable as the Oxford and Western Circuits, so nearly allied to ourselves, and each of which numbers among its ranks so many men whom we not only value and esteem as distinguished members of the profession, birt to whose judgments we would gladly defer on other matters. Ent as we feel a strong conviction that it is for the honour of the profession and the interest of the puhl:c that the step should be taken, we would only say that the sooner it is taken the better. Circuits, like all other public bodies, are fallible. If they have been led into error, they have neither been the first nor will they be the last placed in similar circumstances. It is quite possible that both these circuits acted from a generous feeling. We therefore, with all sincerity, tender them this advice." This is wise, sensible advice, which we trust will be fol lowed ; and thus will this controversy, from which no pos sible good can arise, be brought to a conclusion. The writer goes on to state that, in giving this advice, it must not for one moment be imagined that he considers the bar has anything to fear from the press. If, by this phrase, he means the abstraction called the bar, he may possibly be right, but if by the .l ar he means the aggregate of barristers, he is decidedly wrong, for the puislic would not be cognisant even of the existence of any one single barrister if the press were invariably to exclude the names of all counsel from its reports and notoriety.—that notoriety which the press alone can bestow, is the Pabulum vitte to a barrister. Besides, in a preceding portion of the same article, we find the following passage : " One word more, which we address quite as much to the true interest as to the generous feelings of the leaders of these circuits. The bar owes its strength, its reputation, its standing in society, to its power of attracting to its ranks from the lowest station by far the greater proportion of the clever men of the day. It is its proudest boast that its sons rise, without any other assistance than their talents and character, from the lowest rank to be the com panions of princes, and to wield the destinies of the world. Let the bar beware of shutting any avenue to this class of men; and the public press is one which has already sent, and will again send, a large part of the talent and character of the bar. The reporter of to-day may become the reported of to morrow. The bar of the present day boasts but little beyond mediocrity ; we look along the ranks, and, in the midst of a larger extent of average ability than was ever before known, we find but few rising above the middle height, and no ' one standing above the rest from his shoulders and upwards' Let us not, therefore, poison a spring from which already so much good has flown, and which may help us in time of need." • Now surely that bar which boasts little beyond medi ocrity, has every thing to fear from a contest with that press which, to use again the words of this writer, - • • I s a power properly called the Fourth Estate, before which the Prime Minister, be he who he may, daily trembles; which dis poses of crowns and subverts empires ; which changes the face of nations and the very habits of the people." It is most assuredly a great anomaly, that men who exercise this vast power—who are in the nineteenth cen tury what the priests were in the thirteenth—the defenders of the oppressed against the oppressor—the denouncers of evil perons and evil things, the excommunicators of those bold bad men wl.o set the laws at defiance, but who yet fear that their evil deeds should become publicly known —it is most assuredly a great anomaly that the ex:rci6ers of this mighty power should have no fixed social status. The writer in the Review regrets this circumstance, which in fact renders the power of the press a perfectly irresponsible power, but he endeavours to account fur it by saying "It the newspapers wish to be respected, they must show that they respect each other. They impute to each ether, in plain language, cr►mes which, if true, ought to drive them out of all civilised society. Over-reaching, unfairness amounting to tLeft, suboanation of perjury, and lying, are repeatedly laid to each other's charge." . To this, as a general accusation against the press, we demur That it is true of some papers we admit, but that it is so of all we as strenuously deny. Besides, this very fault is owing to the fact that editors of papers have no social status. The abstraction Star may abuse the abstraction Bee in the most virulent language. Like corporations they have neither bodies to be kicked, or souls to be saved ; but if Mr T HOMP SON were known to be the editor of the Bee , and were received as such, and Mr. JotiNsos were known and received as the editor of the Star, then these papers, being no longer abstractions, would be forced to respect each other, or a duel between JOHNSON and THomrsos would be the inevitable consequence. The following accusation against the Press we meet at once with an indignant denial : " An impression has got abroad that in society no one is safe in the company of a gentleman connected with the press ; that there must be an end to all the ease, and abandon , of society in his pre sence, that random thoughts and careless opinions will be seised upon, and at some future and convenient time divulged to the world." It is not the gentleman connected with the newspaper press of England who is the penciller by the way, the sketcher of fashionable sketches, the betrayer of confidence, the purveyor of scandal. No, it is the attache-4h. -fashionable member of the fashionable club—the man who has and who holds his status in society—that is the retailer of " the after-dinner nonsense." He it is who brings his budget of gossip to the market, and sells it for what he can get ; and he it is who is most loud in his denunciations against newspaper men, be cause his proffered serviced have by them been rejected with loathing and contempt. The intelligence from Switzerland is of an unfavourable character. The excitement caused by the suicide or ass nation of M. LEc appears to be still on the increase, and several persons of rank and the greatest respectability had been arrested in consequence of the confessions of a. man named MULLER, 10)0 calls himself an accomplice. The Basle Gazate of the 29th ult. says, that no reasonable and impartial mar_ believes that Dr. P;FYITER, who has been arrested on the pretended confession of 7.llrumr., as an ac complice in-the reported murder of M. LEU, had anything to do with the affair. The Federal Gazette of Zurich expresses IRE SITN I LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-. NOVEMBER, 10 1845. the same opinion, and, in announcing the arrest of Captain 7EGELTN on the same charge, states that no man, how ever respectable,- is now safe. " The Grand Council of Lucerne, however, actuated by the wildest spirit - of perse cution against the Liberal party, takes all this man's evi_ dente for gospel, and acts on it. At a late meeting of thd Council the PreSident read the confession of MuLLER, with the. testimony in support of it, and also the report of the jus tices appointed to investigate the affair, from which it ap pears these magistrates assert that they have reasons to be lieve that deep and odious machinations have been carried on in the dark. We fear that from such detestable means to excite one party against another the most lamentable results may be anticipated. Switzerland and the United States are doing everything in their power to make republics odious in the eyes of all good citizens. _ We have received Madrid' journals of the 2d inst. The Gazette of the previous day puts an end to all doubt about the assembling ofthe Cortes, and contains a royal decree con voking that body on the 15th of December. Before that period about fort);-tive vacancies must be filled up—new Members to supply the vacancies caused by the acceptance of offices under the Crown, or other -ceuses. From all ac counts, however, nearly the whole ef the new Members *ill be Ministerialists. The NARVAEZ Cabinet is not very scrupulons as to means; and; accordingly, arrangements have been made by which majorities must be in their favour. Reports prevailed that the whole of the garrison of Madrid was to be changed, and other regiments substituted, more_ likely to be under the influence of the Queen-Mother and NARVAEZ. The General, it is said, will have everything in the army according to his own views, and CHRISTINA sup ports him. He is wise in his generation, for without the adhesion of the army he could not remain in office for one week. The Bourse was closed on Saturday, the Ist, it being All Saints' Day. A sort of panic-took place on the Paris Bourse on Satur day, said to have been caused by the advices from London, announcing the depression in the English Funds and the resolution of the Bank to raise its discount to three-and-a half per cent. • Great crowds flocked to the Bourse, which was extremely agitated, and a great deal of business was done. For the Account the Five per Cents. and Three per Cents. had fallen about 25c., and the new Loan, 40c. Shares in the Great Northern line had fallen lower than on any previous occasion, and closed at 735 f. Most of the other lines fell in proportion. The Ministerial journals contain articles on the present crisis and the anticipated rise in the price of grain, which they consider greatly exaggerated. The Epoque, for merly the Globe, a Government journal, says:—" As to the financial crisis, one word is a sufficient answer to all these predictions of ruin and bankruptcy. The Chambers have decided that the railroails shall be executed by companies, and capital has been naturally invested in shares. There have been variations in prices, as must'always happen. But has money been wanting ? No. Have works been suspended? Look at the numerous edifices rising around—tell us what branch of industry is really in sufferance. We proclaim with confidence that every affair which is pre sented with honour and solidity finds more capital than it re quires. The harvest has been bad in some parts of the country, but it has been tolerably good in other parts, and positively good in several departments. Wado not live on potatoes alone, as they do in Ireland, and by taking the measures, required by circumstances, we shall have sufficient wheat, rye, maize, chestnuts, and potatoes, to supply those districts which have suffered in their crops. Of those who say that moral feeling is lost in France, we ask if they reckon themselves among those who have forfeited their probity and independence. Assuredly they still hold themselves to be most honest, most independent. Why, then, should they not believe their neighbours to be as much so as they are? If, then, the old press, instead of writing under the influence of its rancorous passions, would write under the influence of truth and modera tion, it would find that things are not going on so badly as it 4 s.► ready to represent." The Journal des 'Wats thus endeavours also to dissipate alarm as to the state of the crops:--- " The evil of a panic has no limit; it is contagious, and spreads without meeting a check. and seises possession equally of the most violent, and most temperate. and most cautious dispositions. No interest is more irritable than that of the stomach when it believes Itself to be compromised. Under such circumstances a popular panic increases- to gigantic proportions, and produces in a few days the most deplorable results. We still recollect the disturbances which prevailed during the year 1839 throughout the country situated between the Gironde and the Loire, and the scenes of vio lence-which occurred at Marans, at Lucon, and at Brault, under the•induence of the fear of a famine. We refer to those events because present circumstances are similar; and we trust that the results of the present apprehension will not be more un. pleasant than what followed that momentary crisis. The t of the year 1839 was but indifferent throughout England, Ireland, France, and parts of Germany ; and, as it always happens under such circumstances, England, whose consumption generally exceeds its production, was obliged to make larger purchases abroad than usual. The price of wheat in England rose in that year to 735. a quarter, a price which it had not reached since the year 1816 ;and at that price the sliding scale opened a large field for foreign importation. Still the im. • portation was not exorbitant ; it did not exceed 7,312,428 hecto i litres—that is, only the double of the usual average amount of imports. 7,1)00,000 hectolitres is, at most, but the 24th part ot• the produce of France. Had the entire amount been purchased In our markets, the country would certainly have suffered ; but it would not have incur►ed the risk of a famine. The Government, however, in order to relieve the existing apprehension, thought it necessary by an ordinance, dated the 25th of January, 1839, to forbid the exportation of grain. Such a measure was economi. cally, as well as politically, a wise measure ; for political parties on one hand, and commercial speculations on the other, were already hastening to take advantage of the popular fears. Experience demonstrated how much exaggerated had been the apprehensions entertained, and after a few months the ordinance having been withdrawn, the trade la corn re sumed its free and regular course in our ports. The ezpor. cation of grain in France during the last quarter of the year 1839 did not amount to more than 870,124 hectolitres—that is to say, to about the double of the annual average. But we must remark by the way. that all this great foreign trade in corn in France merely affects the re.expertation of grain, one of the prin cipal branches of commerce in Marseilles ; the native produce of Franc* feels not its erects. In the mean time English speculation is confined to the countries where grain is one-third or one-half cheaper than in France, or to the grain from those countries stored in France. What is the fact at the present moment, when specu lation and a panic combined cause the pt ices to rise in Western Europe. The fact is that at Odessa, 7tiga, Dantzic, those great storehouses for corn, the price of wheat remains still at 12, 15, and 17 francs the hectolitre (we speak of middling quality), whilst with us the price is 21E, and in London, at the end of October, the price was 555. 4d. the quarter, that is 24f. the hectolitre. If we now calculate the difference between the prices in the Baltic and in the Black Sea, and add the expense of freight and commission, and if we add a duty of 2f. imposed upon wheat exported from France when the price exceeds 25f. the hectolitre, we shall find that, at the price of 27f. for the English purchaser, our consumers would be sufficiently protected both by the competition of fdreign grain and by the nature of our tariffs." The Journal des Wats, however, though generally con , ducted with ability, occasionally displays crude notions, which will not bear the test of examination ; for instance, in refer ring to the numerous C4binet Councils held lately, it comes to this conclusion :—" The most likely result is an Order in Council opening provisionally the ports of Ireland, but the ports of Ireland only, to foreign corn. Nevertheless, if we are to judge by the language held by the Viceroy of Ireland, we may believe that the English Ministry is inclined to wait until it has acquired more complete information. Ilowever this may be, the resolution come to will probably be soon known." This shows how sadly the writer is puzzled.to form lt.ny idea of what will . happen. The inference that the Irish' ports only will be opened displays great ignorance, for of what. use would it be to coniirre this measure to Ireland? If corn were admitted into that country free of duty, it would in a few days find its way into England on the seine terms. The ports of both countries, if opened at all, must be opened at the same time. In the Flotte (a Paris journal generally devoted to raval affairs), we find an article on the present state of the French and English navy, extending to more than six columns. It claims credit, and justly, for the superiority of the French in constructing large vessels of war, but allows England the advantage in building smaller vessels, such as corvettes, brigs, &c. It wisely, however, comes to the conclusion that France may build the finest vessels in the world, and have also the largest navy, but to have a grand marine, which nay live more than a day, she must have a vast maritime commerce ; she must have large and flourishing colonies, and laws for favouring navigation, even should that be done at the exponse of other interests. At present we have nothing of all these, not even the right of pre-emption for forest trees, a wise provision of the great COT,BERT, of which one ruinous vote of the representatives of France deprived our royal marine. Our maritime com merce is sinking more and more every day under the in fluence of existing laws. As regards colonies, we have only ruins. This is the disastrous state of affairs ; and when the Chambers, which wish for a grand marine, shall have re-established by new laws whatever they have destroyed by law, then Franco w ill reap the fruits of a quarter of a century of sacrifices." The compara tive state of the two royal navies is thus stated :—" The French navy is numerically about one-third of that of Great Britain.' This immense inequality is moreover greatly in. crewed by the great number of three-deckers which the ,English possess. The number of vessels upon the stocks is nearly the same -in both countries. Our• neighbours are far from having any advantage over us u regards the construc tion of first-class vessels and frigates. They are incontes-, table superior to us as regards the construction of inferior vessels, such as corvettes, brigs, schooners, &c. And if the artillery on board our (the French) vessels is in general as well-disposal as that on board the Eng lish ships, there are some notable improvements to be made on board all our vessels, by arranging our guns so as to be used either when giving chafe or when in retreat, and allo in the manner in which our vessels are equipped. In refe rence to the trade with China, the Gmstitutionnel contains the following sensible remarks,'conveyed in a letter, it says, from a person worthy of confidence :—" Notwithstanding the am bassadors and the commercial commission, we shall not obtain advantages from the treaty as long as the French will not make up their minds to drink tea, and the Chinese claret. Our commerce in this country will be always limited, from the want of a commercial organization, for which everything is yet to be done." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Satur day at 811. 95c. ; the New Loan at 821. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 25c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,140 f. ; Rouen, 970 f. ; Great Northern, 735 f. ; Fampoux, 505 f. ; Ilavre, 7651.; Avignon, 955 f. ; Tierzon, 7071. 50c. ; Bordeaux. 6131. 75c. ; Boulogne, 5401 . ; Troyes and Montereau, 500 f. ; Basle, 2161.25 c. ; Spanish Actives, 37 ; Spanish Three per Cents, 38i; ditto, Domestic Debt, 35; ditto, Passives, 6 i. The following are th© quotations for other lines Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 171. 75c. prem. ; ditto (Calon), 4f. • ditto (Ganneren), 7f. ; ditto (La Pinsonniere), If. 50r. ; jild3 sold .451.rasbourg LOL ditto Aym4rd), Bf. •, Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 20f. • ditto Drouillard), 4f.; ditto (O'Neill), 10 f.; ditto (Lefevre), 41 ; yons and Avignon (Talahot), 241 ; ditto (Lecointe), 9f. ; ditto (Compavie Meridionale), sf. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie); If. 25.; ditto (Espeleta), 121. 50c.; Creil and St. Quentin (Carette), Bf. ; ditto - (Colbert), If.; Charleroi (Kysaen's); 500 f. ; Dieppe (Seiner*, 261. 25c.; Caen (Dela tnarre), 3f. 50c. MARSEILLES, Nov. 4.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,005 f. ; Boulogne. 580 f. ; Vierzon, 740 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 062 f. _soe. LYONS Nov. 6.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,000 f.; Paris and - Orleans, 1,177 f. 50e.; Orleans and Vierzon, 730 f.; Northern, 7611. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. S. Anglo-Belgian — ;Luxembourg - , Boulogne and Amiens 9 t /4 , Madrid and Valentia... — 2l/2 Bordeaux &Mediterran !Namur and Liege 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse ,North Jamaica ... ; & Cette (Espeleta) !Orleans and Vierzon Do. (Mackenzie's) .. !Orleans and Bordeaux 10% Central of Spain .. — 'Over Yssel ....... „ — Demerara Dendre Valley Dutch Rhenish Dieppe & Paris Janet — Paris and Orleans....„ Dijon and Mulhouse Paris and Rouen . East Indian Fampoux & Ilazebrouk (Ganneron's). Grt Northern of France ; Do. (Aymard .s) (Laffitte's) • Ditto (Rosamel's) 3% Paris and St. Quentin. • Do. (Le Boeuf ) . — Rouen and Havre...... 27 Do: Pepin le Halleur — Royal North of Spain. Great Paris and Lyons — (Sambre and Meuse .... Great Western Bengal 'Strasburg and Basle ... Great Western Canada 3% ITournay,Jurbise, Lan- JamaicaS Mid. Junction dent, and Hasselt... Do. North Midland — ! Tours and Nantes Do. Extension Jersey — I Do. (Lefebvre's) Louvain and Jemeppe.. 2I Verona and Ancona — ...yons and Avignon.... 13 4 I West Flanders ...... 4 Sir Robert Peel is expected to arrive in town this day from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor did not sit to.day till eleven o'clock. CLUN HOSPITAL V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. This case came before the Court upon the petition of the trustees of A Clun. Hospital praying that 2,500/., part of a sum of 3,3501., might beraised and paid to Earl Fowls. It appeared that a sum of 3 ,05 0 /. had been approved of by the trustees for certain buildings and repairs connected with the hospital. Buildings and repairs to the extent of 2,5001. had taken place, and the object of the peti tion was to have that money paid. The petition also prayed for an order with reference to the increase of the salaries of the warden, nurse, and barber of the hospital, which had been approved of by the Court. His Loitosm, made the order as prayed. DAVENPORT V. swum The further arguments in this appeal occupied the Court the remainder of the morning. THE NEW LORD MAYOR. Shortly before three o'clockthe new Lord Mayor, accompanied by the late one, the Recorder, and the Civic authorities, appeared in Court, and invited the Lord Chancellor to the Civic banquet this evening. We understand that the cause of the Lord Mayor arriving at so late an hour was in consequence of his Lot dship not being enabled to land at Westminster-bridge, the state of the tide rendering it necessary for him to proceed as far as Vauxhall. bridge, and from thence to Westminster hall, in his carriage. the affray, or know how it was caused. Did not see Mr. Pray strike the defendant. (5n the part of the defendant, Edward Knight, a cab driver, was called. He stated that, between tive and -ix o'clock last evening, he took up the defendant at an hotel in St. Martin's-street, Leicester square, and was directed to drive to No. 70, in the Quadrant. On his way there he saw two gentlemen iii a pl:aeton following. On his setting down at No. 70 the phaeton drew up in front cf him ; the defendant having removed a carpet-bag from out of the cab into the house returned, and remarked, " What can those persons be annoying me for?" Directly afterwards one of the gentlemen in the phaeton commenced horsewhipping the defendant. ; • he struck him several blows with the thong of his whip in quick succession, and then beat him with the butt-end ; the defendant protected himself as well as he could with his walking-stick, and at length the gentlemen alighted from the chaise, and a scuffle then took place. Mr Prendergast submitted that the charge against the defendant had been fully answered. Mr. MALTBY said that under the circumstances he should only call on the defendant to enter into - recogni,.anceF, himself in 501., with one surety in a similar amount, for his appear— ance on Thursday next, when most probably the complainant would be able to attend. Two gentlemen in the Court immediately offered to bail the defendant, and were accepted. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. The past week's arrivals of English Wheat coastwise were on a liberal scale ; but for the most part, owing to the pre vailing damp weather, somewhat out of condition. Ihe first supply of Barley of home produce, as well as Flour, was large—that of most other articles small, if we except that of Peas. Fresh up, only a moderate quantity of English Wheat was received coastwise, and by land-carriage and sam ple, yet the stands were somewhat heavily supplied with last week's unsold qualities. Notwithstanding there was a full average number of buyers in attendance, the Wheat trade was, on the whole, dull. However, the finest qualities of both Red and White sold at about stationary prices ; but all other descriptions suffered a decline of from is to fully 2s per quarter. At the close of the market several parcels in bulk were unsold. Since our last, scarcely any foreign Wheat has been entered at the 15s duty ; the importers feeling confident that the late upward movement in the value of Wheat must have the effect of producing a lower impost. 'We had, therefore, to-day, comparatively few samples on show, and for which full prices were de manded. This checked business, which was principally con fined to small parcels, which were mostly taken at a trifle below last Monday's currencies. Corn, under lock, was heavy, yet the holders would not reduce their demands. The additions to the stock have been very trifling during the last ten days. Of English Barley we had a large quantity on offer, upwards of 7,00) quarters having come to hand in the week just con cluded. The finest malting kinds were held at fully previous currencies, but the secondary qualities, as well as the grinding and distilling sorts, declined from is to 2s per quarter. Very little free Foreign Barley was brought forward. The quan tity of Malt on show was tolerably goed. The best parcels sold steadily, at fully the prices paid on this day se'nnight ; but all other kinds hung on hand, though they cannot be considered cheaper. From Ireland only about 2,000 quarters of Oats have come in since Monday ; but from our own . coasts an increased supply has reached us. The Oat trade was in a very sluggish state, and the prices were from 6d to Is per cwt. lower than last advised, though our accounts state that the shipments from the various' ports continue small. The supply of Beans was tolerably good, while the demand was somewhat inactive, at barely stationary prices. Having a large quantity of Peas on offer, that description of grain ruled very dull, and to effect sales a slight reduction took place in the quotations. A large quantity of Flour being on offer, the flour trade Wlly dull, at barely late rates. Linseed Cakes and Canary Seed were in good request. Other seeds were heavy. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, 3lalt—Chevalier......3ss to 37s Red, New...• 54s to 66s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,White, Old.. 58s 71s Lincolnsh., Feed. 25s 28e Norfolk and LAn- Potatoe .. 28s 32s coin, Red..... 548 58s Youghar and Cork, Ditto, White.. •• .. 56s 60s Black Irish, Red ••. • .. 52s 58s Cork, White .•• • • 29e 311 Ditto, White ••. • • . 56s 60s scotch, Iced..• 28s 32s Rye—Old New..•..•. Barley '-l-Grinding .•. • • 27s 30s Pease—Grey. •• • ..... 42s 44s Malting . ........ 34s A6s Maple .••• • • • 43s 45s Chevalier ........ 35s 37i White .•.••. • • • • • 50s 56s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers f01k.... Brown Is 54s Suffolk .... ••• . • • 465 48, Kingston and Ware 62s 64s Stocktu & Norfolk 48s 52s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat—Dantzie • ..... 54s to Os Beans llamburgh Barley ............... 22s 28s ' Flour—American ..... 28s 30e htts. —New 26s 28s ! Baltic . °ad •.. SMITHPII During the past week the imports of live stock into London from Rotterdam have been composed of 66 Cows, 35 Oxen, and 260 Sheep; and from Hamburgh, 25 Oxen, in, for the most part, excellent condition. To-day we had on offer 170 foreign Beasts, and 240 Sheep, the whole of which found buyers, at full rates of currency. At the outports, 150 Beasts and Sheep have been received from the Continent. From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of Beasts, fresh up this morning, were considerably less than those reported on this day se'nniglit ; nevertheless, they were seasonably extensive. The attendance of both town and country buyers being large, the demand for the primest sorts. &c., ruled active, at an advance in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d per lb. In other kinds a full average amount of business was doing, and the rates must be con sidered the turn higher. From the northern counties we noticed 1,800 Short Horns; from the eastern counties 300 Scots and Short Horns; from the western and midland coun ties 500 Herefords, Devous, Runts, Sm. ' • from other parts of England 400 of various kinds; from Scotland 150 Home and Polled Scots; and from Ireland 350 beasts. The number of Sheep, though not to say large, were more than adequate to meet the wants cf the trade; hence the sale for that description of stock was heavy, at, in some in stances, a decline in the quotations of 2d. per Sibs. The Veal trade was very inactive, and the rates suffered an abatement of 2d. per 81bs. In Pigs only a moderate business was doing, yet the quotations were supported. Per 81bs. to si s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 8 Second qualitplitto. 210 3 2 Prime large Oxen 3 4 310 Prime Scots • . Largo coarse Calves 3 8 4 4 Prime small ditto .. 4 6 4 10 ink the offal. s. d. to s. Second quality ditto 310 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 0 4 8 Southdown Wethers 4 10 5 0 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs ••• • •• 310 4 6 Small Porkers • • • 4 8 5 2 Suckling Calves .18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 ►nferior Sheep .. . 3 2 3 8 Lambs . 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. • —• Beasts. ~ v SheepFigs. I 3,582 27,020 1 97 310 NEWGATE AND LEADENNAT.M. Although the arrivals of slaughtered Meat for our markets from distant parts have been somewhat on the increase since this day se'nnight, they have proved by no means large fir the season. The supplies of Meat killed in the metropolis having been seasonably good, and the weather comparatively mild, the general demand has ruled heavy, and, in some in stances, the quotations have had a downward tendency, while clearances have not been effected. A few carcases of foreign Beasts and Sheep have sold at full prices. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Hest inferror• ••• .. 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior 3 4 3 8 middling ••.• 2 8 210 middling.. 310 4 2 prime large • 3 0 3 2 prime •.•. 4 4 4 6 prime small •• 3 4 3 6 Pork, large ••••• . • • 3 8 4 6 Veal.• ••• • • • 3 8 410 small .•••• • • • 4 8 a 4 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. 49 350 310 50 400 460 60 150 30 90 80 25 100 60 33 80 50 27 160 80 120 40 200 133 231 Scotland .••••• Yorkshire • • • • • • • • • • • • Lincolnshire • • • • • • • • • • Norfolk • . ...... • • Suffolk • • • • • • • • • • • • • Cambridgeshire • • • • • • Surrey • • • • • • • • • • • • • Devonshire • • • • • • • • • • Wiltshire • • • • • • • • • • • • Other parts • • • • • • • • • • 69 160 114 188 70 300 200 250 Total .. .••••• • • • • • • 453 1,990 524 1,800 Previous week's arriral. •.. . • 410 1,955 430 1,710 Difference since oar last • 43 35 94 90 BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. We regret to observe that several cargoes of diseased Po tatoes have again reached us from Scotland and the north of England, and which have sold at miserably low prices. The best parcels are in good request, at from 805 to 1008 for York, and 80s to 90s per ton for Scotch reds. Several cargoes have been disposed of at from 8s to 12s per ton. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Since our last report a steady, but not to say brisk, de mand has been experienced for the best Hops, in pockets, at full prices. In other kinds, however, exceedingly little is doing . , and the quotations are with difficulty supported The duty is still estimated at 160,0001. N . ENV Hors.—Swsex pockets, 6/ lOs to 71 5s ; Weald of Kent. ditto, 61 lOs to 71103 ; Mid Keats, 71 to 91 9s. YEARLINGS.—Sussex pockets, 6/ 6s to 6/ 15s ; Wealds 6/ 103 to 71 ; Mid Keats, 6/ 15s to 71 10s. WOOL. Since Monday last only about 1,200 bales of Wool, 581 being from Port Elizabeth, have been imported into London. The transactions in foreign and colonial Wools are by no means important, but English qualities are commanding more ettention, at full pric:a. TALLOW. This market is steady, and prices are on the advance. SUDDEN DEATII OF A POST-OFFICE MESSENGER. —On Saturday an inquest was held at the Green Gate House, City road, upon James Daniel Holbrow, aged 55, a messenger at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, who dropped suddenly dead in Bunhill-row, on Thursday evening. William Papcott, in the employ of Messrs. Whitbread and Co., the brewers, stated that shortly before eight, on Thursday evening, he saw the deceased suddenly fall down, and ran to his assistance, thinking at first that he was merely in a fit. Finding, however, that he was quite cold, and apparently inanimate, witness procured the immediate attend ance of Mr. Smith, a surgeon, but that gentleman, when he saw the deceased, said life was quite extinct, and the deceased was carried to the police.station. It appeared that a silver ticket bear ing the Post-office mark, being found on the deceased, Matthew Peake, the police-officer employed at the General Post. office, was sent for, and identified the deceased as one of the oldest and most respected messengers of that establishment. He had been in the service twenty nine years, and employed as special messenger to suc cessive Postmasters-General, from the Duke of Richmond to the present one, the Earl of Lonadale. One of the. messengers, named Woatford, stated that about half-past six on Thursday evening the deceased left him at the Post-office with official papers, and when going away, said to him, " Mind. if I am not here to morrow the postmaster's and other recruits are in my drawer." This was a very unusual thing for him to ray, and in fact the witness never knew it to occur before. The deceased ap peared in good health, and was of regular habits. He was highly respected at the Post-office. The surgeon was of opinion that apoplexy or a disease of the heart was the cause of death; he could not state precisely without a post moriem examination. The deceased, it was stated, was in very good circumstances. He had been thrice married, and had but recently buried his last wife. He has lett an only daughter comfortably provided for. The jury returned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God." SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT.-0a Saturday forenoon an accident, attended with serious consequences, occurred to Mr. Drake, junior, the builder, residing at Clerkenwell. He was superintending extensive alterations going forward on the premises of Messrs. Middleton and Company, the engi neers, of Loman-street, Gravel-lane, Southwark, when on a high scaffold he fell from a height of thirty feet, whereby he sustained such serious injury on the skull and arms that he was conveyed to tha neatest surgeon, and from thence to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he is now going on favourably. The Marquis of Clanricarde, accompanied 1 , 3 , Lord Dunkellin and Lord Robert de Burgh, arrived on Monday last at Harewood House, sear Oscott, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Harewood during the splendid festivities at that hospitable seat. in celebration of the coining of age of Viscount Lascelles. Lord William Thynne, Lord Edwin Hill, the Hon. George Cavendish, M.P., and Lady Louisa Cavendish. and a distinguished circle, have also arrived at Harewood House, Co Celebrate the iu►.e. Wing mat LORD . MAY OR'S DAY: The 9th of November, so important an era in the civic his• tory of the ancient city of Lender), happening this year to Sunday, tle 10th, - was, in due course, set apart for what he: been known from time immemorial by the good people of the metropolis as the " Lord Mayor's Show." At an eatly bout the I ay which was to witness the decadence of one civic mo• narch, and the rising sun of another, was ushered.-in by th, ringing of hells and other popular demonstrations of-rejoicing Barriers were thrown across all the thoroughfares that corn municated . with the Guildhall or thi streets.. through which the line of procession was to pass ;" and tin City police,under the superintendende of Mr. Commissionel Harvey, were stationed at suitable distances to preserve order throughout the route. The,arrangernenta within the Guild hall were under the management of the Deputy Sheriffs and a committee of management, and appeared to give general satisfaction to those who had the privilege of entree. Abt ut half-past ten o'clock the newly-elected Lord Mayor (1 r, Alderman Johnson) arrived in the state carriage, and was received, on alighting, with considerable applause. The Sheriffs and the late Lord Mayor arrived about the same time; the splendid, and at *the same time chaste and elegant equipages of these civic dignitaries contrasting most advantageously with the large and unwieldy ginger bread carriage in which the City monarch for the coming year had to display himself to his admiring subjects. After partaking of an elegant dejeuner provided for the occasion, the procession formed in front of the Guildhall. On the state carriage driving- up to receive the Lord Mayor, a circumstance occurred which might hive been attended, with serious con sequences: One of the carriage wheels Came in contact with a pOrtiOri of the temporary wooden porch fitted up in front of the Hall, and brought it with a crash to the ground. Fortu nately it did not fall on any of the parties who were crowded beneath to see the company depart, else the result might have been fatal, or at least attended with broken limbs. The detached piece of wood, however, fell within a few inches of them, and was instantly removed by the officers in attend ance. The procession left the front of the Guildhall shortly before twelve o'clock, in the following order:— Police Constables to clear the way. The boys belonging to the-Ro y al Marine Society, with banners. Man on horseback the banner of . . The Society of Guardians for the F ; 'rotection of Trade, 1776. Carriage containing four gentlemen of the committee. Man on horseback bearing a similar banner. Carriage containing four gentlemen of the committee. Man on horseback bearing a similar banner.. Carriage containing four gentlemen of tke committee. . . Man on horseback bearing a similar banner.. Carriage containing four gentlemen of the committee. City Marshal's man. Six Police Constables. (..2 -..) The Beadle of the Worshipful Company of Distillers. -: aA Military Band. . a Watermen bearing the following Banner's:— r, a 0 :-.) Ist. The Royal Standard. - 2(1. The Arms of W. Evans, Esq. ,7 - ,3 'L . 3d. The Arms: of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. a 7.5 4th. The. Arms of the Distillers' Company. g 2 3 The Clerk of the Company, in his Chariot. The Court of Assistants, in their Carriages. ' ..o The Wardens, in their Carriages. 4' Fr. The Master, En his Carriage. The Beadle of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers. The Bargemaster. Watermen, bearing the following banners:— , I ~., 12th. Banner o l f st ie ßoal Right Hon. the cD -1 Lord Mayor. Arms o f Standard. e 2d. Banner of St. George. • 3d. The Union. 4th. The Arms of the City of London. sth. The Arms of Alexander Rogers, Esq. • 6th. The Arms of John Lainson, Esq. 0-3. ee 7th. The Arms of John Sivewright, Esq. Bth. The Arms of R. B. Bate, Esct. o tr. a 9th. The Arms Of Janes Harmer, Esq. .- o :.) 10th. The Arms of Richard Gude, Esq. '"' . 11th. The Arms of Sir J. Duke, Knt., Ald., M.P. 1-! . i 13th. The Arms of the Renter Warden, the Marquis . 1 :.! ' of Downshire. fti I 14th. The Arms of the Upper Warden, William 3 - t"..; Clarkson, Esq. . e a , 15th. The Arms of the Master, Sir George Carroll, i :n Knight, Alderman. s• •ty I ) 16th. The Arms of the Company's Chaplain, the c g Rev. John Jennings, M.A. 17th. The Arms of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers. The Junior City Marshal, on horseback. The Clerk of the Company, in his chariot. The Court of Assistants, in their carriages. The Wardens, in their carriages. The Master, in his carriage. . The Lord Mayor's Beadle. The Lord Mayor's Barge Master, in his State Dress. The Bargemen, bearing the various Colours. . The Banner of the Lord Mayor. The Captain of the Thames Navigation Barge. The Principal Assistant Water Bailiff: The Watermen, with Colours. A Grand Military Band. The Two Under-Sheriffs. r; The City Solicitor. , t The Remembrancer. a. ...., The Comptroller. 'e e l P) The Two Secondaries. (") U The Four Common Pleaders. g The Judge of the Sheriffs' Courts. ',',;;• .E.). The Town-Clerk. c• c , ' The Common Sergeant. e The Chamberlain. . Ancient Herald, liabited in a tabard, with the arms of England ; and plumed. Farrier on horseback. Kettle drums. Farrier on horseback. Guard ou horseback. Guard on horseback. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER To THREE. The sales .f Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 4,000 bales, including 1,200 oa speculation. Prices had an up wa-d tendency. It is said that the Ministers have resolved to appoint a Commission to inquire into the extent of the failure of the potato crop in this country as well as Ireland, and also to express an opinion what remedial measures should be adopted before any Order in Council is issued fur the reduction of the duties upon the admission of foreign corn, or of opening the ports free. Such a course, if decided upon by the Cabinet, must lead to the greatest misery among that larger portion of the Queen's subjects who are already severely pressed by the high prices paid for food, and who unquestionably must suffer still further by the inevitable result of a protracted inquiry into matter whichlis beyond d oubt already. The state of the markets for grain and potatoes, for rice, and all ether articles forming the leading edibles of the millions, sufficiently testify the fact that some remedial measures are instantly required. The season is air( aly :far advanced, and, after so mild ,an autumn, winter will. in all probability, soon set in with severity. And yet the people are to be told that a Commis sion is now about being appointed to inquire, while, before any report can be made, famine, with all its conconli tent miseries, may desolate the land. If such be the result of the deliberations of the many Cabinet Councils that have sat of late, it may be truly said that they have ended almost in nothing. It is with much satisfaction we find that a subscription has been set on foot for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to Lieutenant Waghorn, for his long-continued, zealous. and highly successful endeavours to demonstrate the feasi bility (now a great fact) of having communication with the East Indies within a month. A, most influential cora' mittee has been formed to promote the object in view. W° wish it every possible success. There are accounts from New York this morning one day titer, in point of date, than those before receiN ed. The most important feature is, that the wheat and flour markets were i..ing, in consequence of very large ordt rs having been re ceived out for exportation to British-ports. The Public .Securities have advanced a trifle this morn ing. Consols for the Account have touched 96; they left off m Saturday afternoon at 95% 3 / 4 ; for Money the price has ,uled from 95 3 / 4 to 96. Bank Stock is from 200 to 202 ; an d he premium upon Exchequer 7 bills has advanced from 20 to 265. The Portuguese Four per Cents. have advanced to 56. ' t he Spanish Five per Cent 4 are more firm, at 28% ; and the :)etch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 59 A very limited amount of business has been transacted is St ck and Shares to-day. Lord Mayor's.-"ay las hat b ut ew charms for the holders of depressed Scrip. In consequence of various alterations rendered imperative l y itecessary in the official Share list, the publication has, hee ° telayeel to so late an hour that it is doubtful if it can lAe ce:.dy for our first impression. It may be said, however, that he market is more firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCL (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 200 202 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94% 34 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 9 5 3 /4 96 New 3% per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 186 Q lO 7-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 lO 3-16 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 11/ 4 d. I%el. 1,000/. 5001. „, -- --- PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCD. Columbian Bonds. l7 Granada, 1 per Cent. . .... ...... ... 21 3 4 Portuguese 4 per Cents Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto for the Account Ditto 1841 _ 2; N Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 87% Dutch 2 1 4 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates COURT CIRCULAR. • • p er, dinand, Royal Highnesses Duke r e :: dinand, and Prince and Princess Augusta of Saxe Cob urb ' and his Serene ighness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg' at tended by Madame Angelet and the Barons de Wane; helm and Freiburg, arrived at the Castle at twenty-n, minutes before nine on Friday evening. The ill us trious i ; sitors were received at the principal entrance 'by her '7 he testy and -Prince Albert, attended by Lady Portman , ," o l Hon: Misses Stanley and Dawson, Lord Byron, 1 r (Tharles Wellesley, Sir Frederic Stovin, and Colonel BoW l e Lieut.-Colonel Wylde, attended the Royal party from South-Eastern station to the Castle. Yesterday morning, the Queen and her Royal Hight the Princess Augusta of Saxe Coburg walked for som e tw in the pleasure grounds in the Castle precincts. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert., the Duke Fe lvi ; nand, and the Prince Augustus; with his Serene Hig ht Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, attended by 'Lieut.-0 0( .4 Wylde, took the diversion of shooting yesterday mat" the Royal party returned to the Castle before two o'doct• ce In the afternoon her Majesty; accompanied by the Pr lfl re , and Princess Augustus, and Prince Leopold'of Saxe C ob ? rode out for an airing in a pony landau and four. P ll 4 l O . Albert and the Duke lerdinand occupied a Russian dr95P , The Equeries in waiting attended on horseback Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Valed . std te tb r Princess Royal were taken their usual early airings Le i day morning ; and in the afternoon, the 'Prince of iv!, # the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were tak e "o. carriage drive accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttle2o The Earl of Aberdeen and the Right lon. Sir Rober t t he Lady Peel arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to Queen. The royal dinner party yesterday included her WY: l , n Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Da rts - and Baroness de Speth. The band of the 2d regiment of Life Guards was in ali ned, ance during dinner. tb e Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended ill Castle, and performed the remainder of the evening. t o To-day being the anniversary of 'his Royal Highoess.ol Prince of Wales's birth-day, the Duchess of Kent Orgy early at the Castle to pay a congratulatory' visit to her . jesty and Prince Albert on the happy occasion. ,j o ts The Queen and Prince Albert walked for some time u— church in the vicinity of the Castle this morning. thia The Royal Family were all taken their usual airings forenoon. Auetts6 Their Royal Highness?s the Prince and Princess -- A t' snd his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Col!! P i er. tended the morning service in the Catholic Chapel at ()L e Madame Angelet was in waiting on her Royal Highnesiti t o The Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, an ea' Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg, Will the ladies an d gdeil denten of the Court and the domestic h ouse h o ld, at te-n tbe divine service this morning in th e p r i va t e chapel of D 4 Castle. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Coat e • offi T ciat ed. r h ee Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the _mad cess Alice were taken an airing this afternoon, accorDP' by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton. o 0 His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left to ol' Saturday for Richmond. hal" Sir R. and Lady Peel left their residence in White lets on Saturday afternoon for Windsor Castle. . 0 Of t Lord Wharncliffe (Lord President of the Coun o town on Saturday for Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. wo lote r The Duke of Wellington left town on Friday for Castle. 00 The Earl of Aberdeen let town on Saturday sfterna°l/' a At visit to her Maje,ty at Windsor Castle. the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, PraYe rs , 3U read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley ; the Lessons by the Ileiestb. Parke; and the Communion Service by the Rev. D! .. ,seott ) ' The anthem was, " Praise the Lord, '0 Jerusalemcirr Lords C. Fitzroy, Norroys, G. Paulett, and Adolphus clarence were among the nobility present. A 3 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS D— t al LONDON, Nov. 10.—Wind this day at noon itgla • and drizzling rain. DEAL, Nov. B.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W. 9, S.E. to S.?A h rlle l ! Arrd. 8, Margaretha Ida, Batavia for Rotterdam.' • , de" Honduras. 9, Ta tar, Gregson Calcutta ; Kilblain, Catherine and Elizabeth,l . Merritt, St. Vincent. Ar r r o -. 0,4„, the river and sailed for, Valleylied, Farmer Africa ;Enterprise, Ward, Ascension; Lavinia, 111'Gds' r iaNe"" tagonian, Hecton ; Fox, Trinidad ; Black River Packe l4 o4 Jamaica; Hopewell, llosea4on, do.; Alfred, Adair, COP ' Philadelphia, Dunn, New York ; Creamore, 5 3 , 1 0 6 ,,a9e, fornia ; Irvine, Shaw, Cape Horn.; Conservative .1-s'otaa. Jamaica; Berkeley, Turner, do; Reserve, Cousens!'l34r LIMERICK, Nov. 7.--Arrd. George Clarke, Queu ec 4a o.- LONDONDERRY, OCT. 31.—Arrd. Fanny_ Quinn, Nov. 3.—Londonderry, Hat h • ick, ditto. - - BELFAST, Nov. 5 —Sld. Heyn. Pirie L New GAINSBOROUGH, Nov. 7. —The Electra, L in-4 01 1 aground 15 miles below this port, and not expected • , next spring tide. nor Ite° o PORTHCAWL, Nov. 7.—A boat, about 15 feet long. _,d inside the stern, "Wanderer, of Bristol, John Plis e ' on shore near Sker Point, 4th inst. o re; PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Wind • Pa Brewer, Quebec. Sid. Sultana Longford, sydneP South Wales. COWES, Nov. 9.--Cyprus, Brazier, Porto Rico. OFF THE WIGHT, Nov. 4:—Marianne, Baltimor e ' gar' PLYMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Wind E. TO S.S.E., strong 04 Pioneer, Morlaix, Labrador: Hawk, Collins, Nabi l 'i r e' sb..A il ea FALmouTir,_ Nov. 9—Wind S.E. to ..SE. , 'ifea Ct squally.—Ari d. Ariadne,Lewis,'Calcutta, withforc.VAlll ply away ; Ell:der, Assander, Bahia. Sailed, Bth, gay Madeira, Teneriffe, and Brazils. Off port, Jan,% (2n ev. vannah, for Hainburgh ; Caroline, Guadaloupe; jo r 8. Lord Mulgrace, (tato. lit OFF THE WARD, Nov. 6.—Dublin (brig) , S' -n rica, for Ilull. 8. Dublin (brig), Malta. „ bee. 0 4 Arrived in the Channel, 9th, BritiAl Queen, LAt le te , o ttily - OFF SCILLY, Nov. s.—Sir Henry Hardingeo-' 4.- a ship, supposed to be the Tudor, from Calcutta. GRAVESEND, Nov. 9.—The Thetis, Barnes, froni n Go o d , bridge, sunk in the Reach last night, after being l i ew Sa l with the Jane Findley, of and from Sunderland; bo efli DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—His Roy a l ig f the rst ° o f' the Duke of Cambridge and suite, with a long s - o l n 51 ,‘'ille n d obility, honoured this theatre with their presencimioil ay, to witness the admirable performances of 1,13-- ~, FO Damilatre, in the Marble Maiden. 4 .0 0 ;00 , We do not remember for many veers a r• e oct°, l3 t e af l oy, fine as we have had since the two last weeks. in sky has been almost constantly clear and brig ' 1 ;;. of o f warm as to merit the designation of the $llOll-Accincli Martin. All accounts from the cot t °near in - .....-f 4 " that there never was a more favourable seed -Ole' Or Plyrer. Ob " iil l he t o 1 ,, RETIREMENT OF THE EARL OF LONSDALE.-T of yesterday states, apparently from an official source:4o;6oJ E,lrl of Lonsiale has resigned the office of Post l %p - p. 11 " neral, and that the Earl of St. Germans has been aOI as his successor. W f 11 061 16 NARROW ESCAPE OF SiM MEN.—On - e ,„ CP t oe x last si men in the employ of Mr. Lisle, iron founder; -% had a narrow escape of their lives. Mr. Lisle is e rec h t :d 0 0 4 ,501' - gas works a new and large gasometer, and the "I' lk - on .. ttii/ gressed. Part of the roof was united to the joists ; 6 ,7, d' t00 of Aft 4 nesday, about theireghtwhile the six Men were on -- e w hote; . t ti roof, ono of vets broke, and brought down th e , ; b out .1- cli we regret to add, that the poor fellows had a fa ll ('''. - ot 1° fri t °ol feet. Two of them were very severciy cut, the others 0-100- injured ; and we are informed that there is n o danSer it _hie a fatal result.—Alonmottashire Mercury. GOir 'lle King ~f tia , !over has conferr ed the do vii Order, fourth class, on Baron Knesebeck , who was in the his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambri d g e duriOf 0 r " -- to the sing of Hanover, It Hanover. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) PRICE V. PRICE. This was a case in which a demand was made for certain costs. The parties were brothers. His Loansuir, in giving judgment, reviewed the whole case. He said that it happened in this case, as it frequently did in transac tions between parties so nearly allied as the plaintiff and defendant, who had implicit reliance in the same solicitor, while they had a ieperite interest, and who made no provision for any contingency that might arise. The circumstances of the case were simply - these:---The plaintiff, in the year 1815, becom. ing embarrassed to a ' considerable degree, determined to go' abroad, but before he departed. being desirous that his property should be managed in a manner the most con ducive to his advantage, he executed certain deeds which pur potted to be an actual conveyance of his prcperty to his brother, the defendant, who undertook to manage or to superintend the management of the same. ' After two years absence the' plaintiff returned, the property being still managed by the de. fetidant ; the expenses incidentally incurred to be paid by both parties. It had been urged that this was a case of mere. trustee • ship, of mortgage, or of agency. It certainly was not a case merely of trusteeship, because there was no evidence to show that in the deed of conveyance the defendant was vested with that character merely, -for he was at the same time empowered to manage the property. For the same reason it could neither bee- case of simple mortgage or of simple agency. In fact the character. in which the defendant stood was a compound of these three• rela tions. It appeared that the parties differed in 1829 or 1830, and the plaintiff demanded the legal estate to be returned, which the defendant resisted, alleging that he had claims which should be first settled. A bill was then filed in Chancery by the plaintiff, and defendant's demand of 2,4001. was reduced to 8001., of which he had established his claim only to 781. Now perhaps the demand of the defendant was just, but as he could produce no vouchers for the same, he must take the consequences of the position in which he stood. The present application by the defendant for the costs of the suit it would be hard to grant, when be had failed to establish his claims. Nor did he think defendant entitled as mortagee, when there did not appear to be any mortage ati all. Under the cir cumstances he would not, grant costs on either side, the expense •f the deed of re-conveyancing must be borne by the party taking it out. VICE-CH ANCERY.-(THIS DAY.; (Before Vice- Chancellor KNIGHT KRUM) ROBINSON S. DR LIZARD!. A. demurrer, wee put in on thevart of Messrs. De Lizardi end - Co. against the bill of the plaintiffs, that the Mexican Government had been made a defendant, and that the active holders of Mexican bonds were hot suf f iciently represented in the case. It appears that the active Mexican bondholders flied a bill some time ago, re quiring the Messrs. De Lizardi and Company, the late agents for the Mexican Government, to pay over to Messrs. Schneider and Comslany, the present agents, for the payment of Mexican bonds, the money remitted from Mexico for this pur. pose to M. del Lizardi and Co. But ou the ground of claims against the Mexican Government M. de Lizardi and Co., as having been the agents of the Government aa.d not of the bondholders, re fuse to pay over. Mr. Wigram, Q.C., and Mr. Heathfield were h ear d f or th e de nursri Mr . ltusaell, Q.C., and Mr. Mayli ns for the plaintiffs. loNoust overruled the demurrer, but without prejudice to the answer afterwards to be made, and that the cause should be proceeded with, the defendants having the benefit of the demurrer When that answer has been made. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) HILL H. HASWELL. This was an action on a case fur an assault and false imprison. merit, to which the defendant having pleaded not guilty and justi. Station, the case was tried at nisi prius before Mr. Baron Platt, on Tuesday last, and *verdict returned for the plaintiff, with 1501. damages. Mr. JERI is now moved either for a new trial or a rule to show p'aintiff attended at the vestry, and cause why the damages should not be reduced. The facts of the case were simply these. The plaintiff was a parishioner of the table with the intention of reach. joint parishes of St. Bennet, Gracechurch.street, and St. Leonard's, Eastcheap, and the defendant was the churchwarden of the same d pa er r n is a h n ; ded a sth7steetitmheeargaotet.bhoeok, and on his receiving a flat refusal, given into custody. The plain- Mayor, who determined upon binding the plaintiff over in ihnegptuhtehbiosoakr.inTahcerodefethnedavnets,trwyho observed this proceeding, imme. diately seised him, and the result was that a scuffle ensued, a police. plaintiff being unable to procure the bail immediately, he was conducted to the COmpter, and there confined from the Satur day night till the Monday morning. Eventually the case ex ceedinglyofficersteiffn winagsca ttiha: h kd e ec a atil v: cane tadolm before thet a h g tee'hsee,:: plaintiff . d : r ) , and the came on for trial at, the London sessions, when it was clearly proved that no assault had been committed on the defendant, and of course the p l a i n tiff was discharged in respect of the defendant ' s case, but he was convicted of an assault on the vestry clerk, who prosecuted jointly with the defendant and another. The plaiiiiiff ,i i , therefore brought his a ction for the false imprisonment, and ob. ttiirreduced will taker a new trial had. o reasonable damages the C tained.a verdict for 1501 . , and the L earned Counsel now moved on behalf of the defenda n t that.od, Court , themt : l Lord,he r damage., I t, staotet the p beein no more of the c a se. Sir FitmuEsicg POLLOCK—Take a rule t o s h ow cause. Mr. JERVIS—VerY THIS DAY. COMMON PLEAS.-( (Sittings in Banco.) STILES V. MEEK. In this case, which was originally an action for excessive dis traint, tried under the Interpleader Act, Mr. Sergeant Evuss moved for a rule under the Act of the 7th of William IV. and let Victoria, cap. 53, io show cause why the sheriff should not be adjudged guilty of contempt, and ordered to pay the costs. Their LORDSHIPS, after a short consultation, granted a rule to show cause why it should not be referred to the Master, to inquire and report whether the sheriff Was in contempt, and liable to pay. merit of costs. Their Lordships rose at eleven o'clock, and the Court adjourned to half.past one, when the Lord Mayor presented himself with the usual ceremonial. BANKRUPTCY. _(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.) IN RE CHAMBERS V. CHAMEE-R5-EXPARTS HICKS IN RE EXECUTORS OF a. El.wes, us 4. To.day was appointed for a dividend under the estate of these bankrupts, who were f ormer ly b a nkers in Bond-street. Mr. Geoitaz LAW app e ared on hehalf of the Re v . Wm. Hicks one of the executors o f G . El wes , Esq., for leave to withdraw a proof of 13,0001. against the estate of C. J. Chambers, and prove for the amount against the joint estate. The Learned CommissioNza said the claimant had made his , election as to which estate to prove aga inst. Mr. LAW raid he h ad elected the es tate beat for himself, which was at that time th e separate estate, b u t in August last Mr. Com missioner Holroyd d ec i ded that seve ral large estates, then supposed to belong to the p r i vate estate be l ong ed to the joint estate. It had been decided by L ord Thurlovr, Lord Eldon, and Lord Hard wick, that a creditor might have his proof removed from one estate to the other, where the circumstances of the property had changed, and it had been held even that a creditor 1 , 4i10 had ac tually received a dividend might refund it, and prove against the other estate." -His application did not go so far as that, as there had not been any dividend. The Learned Costßtssiottga said that although he had some be done, as a part doubts on the poi n t , yet he could n ot go against such authority; but it was clear, if the principle was admitted , great inkistice might assignees chosen on th at, and afterwar d s prove against another. Y might prove on one esta t e , and g et his o wn The Souceroa to the assignees said they were acting as trustees to both sets of creditors, and had only to bow to the decision of the Court. The proof was withdrawn from the separate estate. Several proofs were admitted, and the amount of the dividend will be de. clared in a few days. MARLBRO'- STREET-(THIS DAY.) Henry Perkins, a person of very f as hi o nable appearance, who was described on the police charge-sheet as residing at No. 70, in the Quadrant, was placed at the bar, charged with violently assaulting a gentleman named Pray. Mr. Prendergast, the counsel, attended on behalf of the defendant. Mr. Pray was stated to be unable to attend in consequence of the injure he had sustained. T wo professional certificates relative to lis state of h ea l t h were handed to Mr. Maltby. Robert Sutcliffe, Porter, and one of the constables of the Quadrant, st a t e d , that a b out half-past five o'clo c k yesterday afternoon, h e saw the defendant striking Mr. Pray with great vi o l ence over t h e head with a walking stick. He was beati ng him in a most unmerciful man.:er. Mr. Pray seemed to b.l trying to get away from him. Wit ness got between them, and took the defendant into custody. Mr. Pray had a cut, about an inch and a half long, on the side of his head, and was bleeding. Bygr.ereaglerguat....Did not co tho cousneuccalcut of .-... Trumpeter on horseback. Trumpeter on horse6:k. Trumpeter on horseback. Guard on horseback. Guard on horseback. Standard Bearer, in hall-armour, bearing the banner of his knight. Esquire in half armour, bearing the shield. Esquire, in half-armour, bearing the sword. Yeomen of the Guard. Ancient. Knight. Yeoman of the Guard. Mounted on a charger, armed cap-a-pie, in a suit of polidhed steel armour, and plumed. Armourer. Armourer. Guard on horseback. Guard on hoiseback. Mr. Sheriff Laurie, in his state chariot. Trumpeter on Trumpeter on Trumpeter on Horseback. • " Horseback. Horseback. Guard on Horseback. Guard on Horseback. Standard Bearer, in Half- Armour, bearing-the Banner Of his Knight. Esquire, in Half-Armour, Esquire, in Half-Armour, bearing the Shield. bearing the Sword. Yeoman of the Yeoman _of the Ancient Knight, Guard. Guard. Mounted on a Charger, armed in a Suit of Burnished Brass Scale Armour, and Plumed. Armourer. Armourer. Guard on Horseback. Guard on Horseback. Mr. Sheriff Chaplin, in his State Chariot. The Aldermen who have not passed the Chair. The Recorder. The Aldermen who have passed the Chair. The late Lord Mayor. Trumpeter on Horseback. Trumpeter on Horeback. Trumpeter on Horseback. Guard on Horseback. Guard on Horseback. Standard Bearer, in Half Armour, bearing the Banner of his Knight. Esquire, in Half Armour, Esquire, in Half Armour, bearing the Shield. bearing the Sword. Yeoman of the Guard. Yeoman of the Guard Ancient Knight Mounted on a Charger, armed Cap-il-pie, in a Suit of Polished Steel Armour, and Plumed. Guard on Horseback. Guard on Horseback. City Marshal's Man. [The Lady Mayoress, in her State Carriage, drawn by Six Horses, joined the Procession on its return from Westminster.] Trumpeter on Horseback. Trumpeter on Horseback. Trumpeter ou Horseback. Guard on Horseback. Guard on Horseback. Standard Bearer, in Half Armour, bearing the Banner of his Knight. F.Fquire, in Half Armour, Esquire, in Half Armour, bearing the Shield. bearing the Sword. Yeoman of the Guard. Yeoman of the Guard. Ancient Knight, mounted on a charger, armed cap- a-pie, in a suit of burnished brass scale armour, and plumed. Armourer. Armourer. Guard on Horseback. Guard on Horseback. Trumpeter on Horseback. Trumpeter on Horseback. Trumpeter on horseback. The - Lord Mayor's Servants in State Liveries. The Band of the Life Guards Mounted. The Upper City Marshal on Horseback. Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's Household. THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR, in his State Carriage, drawn by Six Horses, Attended by the Chaplain, Sword Bearer, Common Crier, and the Water Bailiff'. Guard of Honour on Horseback. ROUTE. OF THE PROCESSION. On leaving the Guildhall, the procession passed through King-street, Upper Thames-street, Arthur-street West, King William-street, Mansion-House-street, the Poultry, Cheapside, St. Paul's Churchyard, Ludgate. street, Ludgate hill, and New Bridge-street, tojilackfriars-bridge, where the embarkation took place. Along the whole route, the day being fine, a vast concourse of people bad assembled, while nearly every window was occupied by well-dressed females, anxious to get as good a view as possible of the " show." The Lord Mayor elect was received throughout with every demonstration of respect, and occasionally with considerable cheering; not so his predecessor. The populace had not forgot the " unaccountable" alderman, the recent meeting in Walbrook having served to revive their memories. Hence at various points in the route, especially at Walbrook and the junction of Cheapside with St. Paul's churchyard, the ex-Lord Mayor was met with loud hisses and expressions of disreskt. With the exception of these ebul litions of feeling, nothing trarspired to mar the general har mony and effect of the procession. The embarkation of the Lord Mayor and suite for 'Westminster took place at one o'clock amidst a discharge of cannon and loud general cheer ing. The effect of the aquatic procession, as seen from Bla4friars-bridge at this moment, was very fine, the river, in addition to the state and City barges, being covered with a vast number of boats, many of which accompanied the pro cession to Westminster-bridge. After the presentation to the judges, and the swearing in of his Lordship at Westminster-hall. the procession returned by water to Blackfriars-biidge, where it debarked and pro ceeded in the same order as before, passing up New Bridge street to the Obelisk, where it was joined by the ambas sadors, her Majesty's Ministers of State, the nobility, judges, Members of Parliament, and other persons of dis tinction invited to the banquet at Guildhall. It then passe4 up Ludgate-hill, through St. Paul's Churchyard, along by King-street, to its destination. It is said that the Queen has been pleased to bestow a pension of 2001. a year en Lady Shee, the lady of the president of the Royal Aca ferny. The E.-1H of Oar iigan arrived in town on Thurs day, from Beverley, Yorkshire, where he proceeded, on leaving Dublin, to select some horses fur his regiment. Rarl Fitz to and Ladies t hArlotte arid 1:04 , r« - )thy Fitywilliara have arrived at Milton Park, near Peterborough, from Wentworth Howie, Yorkshire. We hear that the Noble earl and 1 1 0 2 07 lOW to - 14) 1 y AA* wkikter, 1111I1 F:) TI 4;; f' to la , ' 4, ative. I„',"re or war 4, `: ate trpn ktm , tb,d, be I )4 l4tio n, them of t Al t ; eui , "e who' ktlie farnihi whim, There d rY tnoti ieas e , 4 qiceesses • A`,n c il f, itsof , tl'NetrBy" b y -Y at e, it m u ° 6 , laeatioi ir affa :::Nrallve it gte 14e th gelve vt, o ? ° Pelati ot el l atki ns h' ni, I,:ehiclt has l itig_eal activity, t '4 °1 t he Fr 14 pt; --, 114s , 1: f th e eoni i t . q , e. th e Fre 'A i , ir. a „ Inert teseur c ' i,,74 bray, lith, n 'h hae only e wtat ctoty eve Nthe n ati 114 I h 1 in g Able] Itt ati he Moroec 44 4 4 . , and e a PPea. 1 0r 4 : 410 Yed and Ai ,2 e t hi -,.~