The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-26 00:00:00

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post ave., SI L W A NOVEL. 0 0 D. " The author, we are convinced. is young, otherwise we could hardly see disolayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a as. niter of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religien, an , by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Man verses, and Smythes."—Observer. e. sjiwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and Is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has prainced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have ,aid. The other ladies who play conspicuons parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie (krdon, a wild and impulsive genies, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. THIS EVENING. Macfarren's Serenata, The SLEEPER AWAKENED. Maroon Alranhid, Mr. Frank Boida ; Abou Hassan, Mr. Sims Reeves; Zulieka, Madlle. Angri. Slaves, Guards, &c., by the Chorus of the Establishment. Labitzky's Great National Quadrille of all Nations, with Pour Bands and Doable Chorus, comprising 256 Performers. THE BERLIN CHOIR FOR FIVE EXTRA NIGHTg. Angri. Frank Bodda, and Sims Reeves ; Molique, Anglois, Barret, Baumann, Richardson, Remus-t, Arban, Zeiss, and Platt!. Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—A. Belle. Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Herr Lablizky. Conductor of the Choristers of the Berlin Chapel Royal—Herr Neidhardt. Promenade (admitting to the Ha:f-Circles, Gallery 1 6 and Pit Stalls) The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will corn. mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. _ _.._ _... Boxes and Stalls to to had at the Bea-office, where Programmes of the performance may be obtained. Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Colosenm, and Royal ilotanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply tho Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. rEKA TRE ROYAL, Y Mr. R. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE YOUNG QUA KER. To conclude with THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. THEATRE ROYAL, ADE-W . lll. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hugbes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ford, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kiteflyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wrignt ; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin. To conclude wiih a Terpsichorian Burlesque called ESMERALDA. Characters by Meassrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. I:OYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEA RE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kew and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR. Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Fisher, Belton, Addison, Vining, Cath• cart, Evere t, C. Kean ; and Mrs. C. Keau. After which BET:"Y BAKER; or, "Too Attentive by Half." Characters by Messrs. J. Vining, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, and miss Murray. To conclude with TWICE KILLED. Private Boxes, &:., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may r e taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed PHILIP OF FRANCE AND MARIE DE MERANIE. Characters by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, H. Farren, Norton, W. Farren, jun., Johnstone, G. Cooke, Diddear ; Miss Helen Faucit, and Mrs. L. Murray. To be followed 1 - 3 , a new Comedy, entitled MT WIFE'S DAUGHTER, in which Messrs. H. Farren, W. Farren, Compton, Norton, Mesdames Stirling, L. Murray, Louisa Howard, and Ellen Turner will appear. To conclude with a new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrth. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. _ _ Will be performed AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. To be followed by MY HE RT'S II:OL ; or, A Pesperate Remedy, in which Messr'. C. Mathews, G. Vining, Bellingham ; Madame Yes. iris, Miss Senworthy, and Miss I. D.ckenson will appear. To conclude witn the Extravaganza of OLYMPIC DEVILS ; or, Orpheus and Eury lice, in hich Miss Rosina Wright and Mr. H. Horneastie will appear. Ast•LEY's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prinze Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, Brilliant reception of the ne A Tale of Enchantment. The Entertainments will commence with a new and original Spectacle, entitled THE ENCHANTED PALFREY ; or, The War• rior of the Crescent. Fo oe succe dect by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Olympique, by the male and female Eques trians of the Establishment To conclude with a favourite Farce. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE . THIS DST Morning 28 min. after 6 I Evening 59 min. after 6 To-Alossow— Mcrning 32 rain. after 7 , Evening 11 min. after THE WEATHER.—SU OFFICE, NOVEMBER 26. THERMOMETER, LET THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.42. WIND S. W. dull, cloudy weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. The State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGSTOWN ( DUBLIN) Wind N.W., gentle breeze— overcast. PLYMOUTH—Wind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind S.W., strong breeze—cloudless. FoLKESTfoNE Wind S.W., hard wind —overcast. TuxhnroGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze fine. BAsINGSTOKE -Wind S.W., strong breeze—partiallycloudy. BRISTOL— Wind W. .W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BEADING Wind S.W., strong breeze —rain. GREENWICH—Wind S. W., hard wind—cloudless. SWINDON—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. OXFORD —Wind W., hard wind—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER—Wind N.E., strong breeze —partially cloudy. CAmBRIDGz —Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. &lolly— Wind N. W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BißmlNGHAm — Wind S. W., gentle breeze— overcas t. PETEABoROUGH—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially aloudy. CoNw. ,, y—Wind W,. hard wind—cloudless. HoLyhEAD—Wino W., hard wind—partially cloudy. SHEFFIELD—Wind W., strong breeze—rain. MANCHESTER—Wind W., fresh breeze —overcast. LANCASTER—Wind W., strong breeze—heavy rain. ‘VHITRy Wind S.W., gentle breeze —overcast. DARLLNGTON—Wind W., gentle breeze—showery. SHAT—Wind S. W., cairn— rain. SUNDERLAND—Wind W., strong breeze—clear. BERwicK—Wind W., gentle breeze-. cloudless. EDINBURGH— Wind N.E., strong breeze - partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Satt<rdgy morning at nine o'clock : COEK—Wind W. light breeze—clear. LIMERICK—Wind W., strong breeze—heavy showers. liniusTows (DUBLIN) —Wind W., ge• tee breeze—cloudless. hIuLuNGAR ind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. DUNDALK—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—clear. PooLz—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—rain, fog. Ytit 1 , G 111.1 444. (4-4, Otrieninc7 LONDON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1850. Mr. LATIMER, the esteemed and respected pro prietor of the Western Times, has eminently entitled himself to the thanks and gratitude of the public press of every class and denomination, of every shade and variety of political opinion. To his energetic exertions, his zealous and unflinching determination, sustained by a manly and uncompromising spirit, we are indebted for the important decision yesterday pronounced by. the Court of Queen's Bench, in the case of " Tne Queen v. Latimer," for the interprets tiun of one- of the most valuable provisions of Lord CAMPBELL'S Libel Act, by Lord CAMPBELL himself and hi-, judicial brethren. We have it now, on the highest, the most unquestionable authority, that the Magna Charta of the press, the just and salutary law that afforded a tardy protection to the' Fourth Estate," from the frivolous and vexatious attacks to which it had previously been subjected, shall not be frittered away, or neutralized by nice distinctions or fine-drawn technicalities; that the language deliberately and solemnly adopted by the LegislWure shall he understo,d in its plain and ordinary meaning, without being clogged or re stricted by the narrow-minded enactments of bygone ages. It is scarcely necessary to recall the public atten tion to the facts and circumstances out of which the proceedings in the case in qa ,, stion originated. If Mr. LATustets's bold and unflinching defence of the principles of Protestantism, his earnest and straight forward protest against the TractArian and Puseyita errors which had unfortunately crept into the Church of England, and been fostered and nourished by too many of her unworthy son?, could so speedily have passed fre:n the public recollection, there would be but little to encourage pub lic men in their arduous, and but too frequently unrequited, labours. Mr. LATIMEA was one of the first exponents of that Protestant feeling which has more recently been so nobly demonstrated throughout the length and breadth of the land, which has receivA the official stamp and imprimatur, the unqualified eni.l,rsem-nt of the First Lord of the Treasury, the head of her IkiAJESTY'S Government, with the full sanction and consent of his colleague& Like Earl FITZWILLIAM, UT. LATIMER felt that it was not merely "ai question between the Church of Rowe and the Church of England, but one between the power and doctrines of the Church of Rome and the Reformation itself—the Reformation not as exhi bited, not as displayed in the Church of England alone, bat of all the sects which have grown up since the Reformation, which have been the faithful offspring of the Reformation, in all of which vital Christianity is to be found," and which constitute the strength and safety of " Protestant England." He also believed, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL now believes, that there were more formidable dangers to be apprehended from the traitors within than from the acknowledged and avowed enemy without the camp—from "the unworthy sons of the Church of England herself, clergymen who, having subscribed the Articles and acknowledged in explicit terms the QUEEN'S supremacy, had been the most forward in leading their flocks, step by step, to the verge of the precipice," than from any foreign prince or potentate, no matter what might be his pretensions. Animated by these convictions he boldly erected the Protestant standard, and in glowing language most ably depicted the consequences of the " modern heresy" in a manner that placed the Western Times on a pinnacle and elevation that few modern journals have attained. For this conduct, while he earned for himself the thanks and gratitude of the Protestant community, of all sects and denominations, he acquired perhaps a more ho. nourable distinction—the fervent hatred, the un - quenchable animosity of the advocates of innovation. No punishment was sufficient for his crime—the Western Times should be put down, its daring pro prietor crushed by every species of annoyance and persecution that could be devised ; or, at least, he should be driven from the position he had assumed — compelled to desert the banner under which he had fought and proved himself to be "a soldier of the faith," so vigorous and efficient. For this purpose actions, indictments, and informations were resorted to. The law of libel in all its varied and oppressive forms was pressed into the service and it was hoped that his unconquerable spirit would be broken by " damages," " fines," " imprisonments," but, above all, by " costs"—the modern instrument of torture, more potent than any retained within the dungeon vaults or torture-cham bers of the Inquisition. But these persons knew little of the man with whom they had to deal. Strong in the justice of his cause, confident in the honour and integrity of British juries, Mr. LATIMER accepted the various gages of battle which were flung down. His tone was unchanged. It was not bolder or more uncom prising than that which he had adopted in the first instance—for that was impossible—but it was equally energetic, equally decisive. His denunciations were repeated with equal vigour and determination, and flinging personal considerations to the winds, he con tinued the steadfastand faithful champion of the sacred cause for which he had armed himself. We will not say that Mr. LATIMER bad no cause to regret this decision, for even the most successful litigation must ever entail heavy pecuniary expenditure and serious pecuniary losses to the parties ; but he was not mis taken in his firm reliance on English juries. The shafts by which he was assailed were hurled back upon his opponents with double power ; and he still maintains the even tenor of his way, having, as we have already stated, eminently entitled himself to the thanks and gratitude of every Protestant throughout the length and breadth of the land, and placed his journal, the Western Times, on an elevation which cannot easily be attained by any rivals. Among other proceedings instituted against him was a criminal information for an al leged libel, the subject-matter of the recent decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, to which we alluded in the commencement of this article. As in other cases, Mr. LATIMER was eminently suc cessful. The trial took place at Exeter, and the honest English jury unhesitatingly and unanimously returned a verdict for the defendant. A conditiona than a stripling when he raised that standard in Hin &sten which commencel our labours of oriel - eel spoliation, and quashed the French influence, even when presided ever by the ambi , ious La BOURDON • NAIS. It i s true that ',reel Bowe was littl. less than -n octogenarian when he gained the glorious battle of the Ist of June ; and equally true that the snows of many years and of yet many more misfortunes had whitened the hair of COLUMBUS before he set out on his voyage of discovery across the At lantic. At the same time it must be remem bered that some of the most illustrious of our naval heroes, and of our navigators, have achieved great things while yet in the freshness of their manhood. Captain COOK had circumnavigated the globe, and penetrated to many of the islands in the southern archipelago, before age had blunted his ener • gies or moderated his enthusiasm, his frame being still in its full vigour on the day when he was barbar ously assassinated. Sir SIDNEY SMITH was a post cap tain at eighteen, and Lord NELSON had passed through the whole of his eventful career, had lost an arm and an eye, had conquered at St. Vincent, at the Nile, and at Copenhagen, and was yet only forty-seven years of age when he expired in the arms of victory at Trafalgar. Accord ing to the existing system of things in the British navy such rapid promotions are altogether impracti • cable, and a man must, in the majority of instances, have had the fire of his genius burnt, for the most part, out before he can hope to obtain his fig, supposing him to be sufficiently lucky to have got posted. Such tardy advancements, moreover, are rendered still more melancholy to witness when at the same mo ment we find this erroneous scheme of arrange ment overstocking the service with a prodigal and even useless number of admirals. Tne main princi ple on which the whole plan is founded appears, in short, to be radically fallacious. Promotion in the higher ranks of the naval profession should be indi vidually more rapid and collectively less frequent. The number of flag-officers should be diminished numerically, and yet at the same time (or rather we might say tor that very reason) be rendered more efficient. There should be a liberal criterion of merit, and not an inflexible regulation of seniority. Were these changes introduced, of course with all due pre caution, and were the scale of promotion in some mea sure proportionately equalised throughout the various grades of the profession, we should speedily witness the improvements inevitably consequent on such a proceeding. As it is, we never demanded, in the hope of these improvements, any but the most cau tious innovation. Without a very careful solicitude for the interests of the present members of the profes sion, injustice might be done to them with a view to the benefit of their successors. Such we would on no account witness. What we aspire to see done, at any rate in the first instance, is a graduated diminution in the number of admirals—promotions taking place in such a manner as to yield one for every three deaths. Before any considerable time could elapse from the commencement of such a change the catalogue would be thinned within more reason able dimensions. Then regard might be had in turn for the interests, too long overlooked, of lieutenants and commanders ; and new vigour; by this means, would inevitably be infused into that navy which is peculiarly our national profession. order was subsequently obtained, requiring the Master to tax the costs due to the defendant in con- sequence of the verdict in his favour. Against this rule cause was attempted to be shown yesterday, by counsel on behalf of the prosecutor. The Learned Gentleman who appeared in opposition to the rule (THE) POPE'S ESSAY ON (THE CREDULITY OF) MAN. —This is a series of humourous lithographic prints (on the plan of Mr. Crindle's adventure) illustrating the adventures of Cardinal Wiseman, from the time he was dispatched from Rome by the Pope, who, " having done the French Republic out of a superb arm-chair, and having a stock of showy articles on hand, determines to try the English market," up to the time of the exposure of the articles in the English market by the Wiseman himself. The articles are severally here exhibited. Among them are a miraculous image of St. ;Pumps, which sheds tears in the presence of a heretic, pro vided the Holy Father works the pump-handle, and a notorious prize Roman Bull, bred from Satan's dam and fed at a great cost upon superstition and ignorance, considered by competent judges to be the greatest beast that ever appeared. These illustrations are dashed off with great spirit. BRITISH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY.—Yesterday a special general court of the members of this corporation was held at the offices, New Broad-street; Mr. A. Gillespie in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, the chairman stated that the directors had no particu lar information to communicate, but they had called the shareholders together because opinions had been expressed that the meetings of the company should take place oftener than once a year. He was happy to say that, from the ar rangements which had been made since the last meeting, there was every reason to hope that their affairs would soon present a more favourable aspect. The arrangements re specting the advance of money for the railway had been carried out under the best advice, and with every regard to the security of the company. The seminary at Montreal had made good its undertaking, and the corpora ion of that city bad advanced '25,000/. iu debentures. (Slider these cir cumstances the railway was proceeding with A•ery prospect of success. By the opening of 27 additional miles the rail way would be carried to Acton, one of the principal stations of the line, and where the pres-nt company possessed land to the amount of 70,000 acres. The distance from Melville to Montreal was 70 miles, and when the railway should be completed thus tar, the company would be enabled to secure Government aid. With regard to the collections made during the present year, the Commissioner bad stated that they exceeded the amount of the past year b. 7 about ',OOO/. He was happy to say that the settlers were in a thriving condition, and the general aspect of the country was mate rially improving. The calls upon all the shares in this country had been paid, with the exception of 30, and arange ments were being made which would doubtless lead to the payment of the remainder. Several proprietors expressed their acquiescence in the proceedings of the directors, and a vote of thanks having been passed ~to those gentlemen, the meeting separated. We understand that the condition of the soldier serving in the colonies, with regard to the stoppage exacted for his ration, has been under the consideration of the (4 5 .. cerement, and that it is intended to reduce the rate from ad. at which it stands at present, to 3id. The necessity for this step has been made apparent in the evidence taken before the Committee on Army and Ordnance Expenditure, and the effect of lowering the cost of the ration of 11b. cf meat and llb. of bread to 31 1 d. will be to leave the soldier abroad 8} out of which he will provide himself with other articles of food conducive to his health and his comfort. That this will be attended with an increased expenditure there is no doubt, but when we consider the long expatriation of our soldiers, and the varied and unhealthy climates in which they cheer fully serve, we are quite sure that it is an act of justice and of humanity of which not even the strictest economist will complain. la thus increasing the balance of daily pay to be received by the soldier every care will be taken, especially in tropical climates, that a proper proportion is expended in such articles as contribute to preserve his health and contri bute to his efficiency for the due performance of his duties, and no risk will arise that that which is intendecl, as a boon shall be by neglect on the part of the officer, or improvidence on the part of the soldier, converted into an evil. Mr. Thomas Cooper stated at a meeting, an even ing or two ago, that a building was proposed to be erected for the working classes, capable of holding three thousand people. In addition to the large room for public meetings, there were to be class rooms, library, &c. The cost to be ten thousand pounds. Several gentlemen have contributed large sums; one in the City, Mr. Saul, has given five hun dred pounds. Several have given sums of one hundred pounds. The greater part cf the money, however, is to be raised by shares of one pound each. The building is not to be commenced till half the money is in band. So confident. however, are the projectors, that they are now on the look out for a site whereon to build, which is to be as central as possible. endeavoured to prove that the 4 and 5 Wrn. and Mary, cap. 18, was to be taken into consider- ation along with the 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 96 By the former of these statutes it w as provided that a party who obtained liberty to file a criminal information, should enter into recognizances conditioned for the due prosecution of the information, and with that was a condition that if, 'on the trial, the verdict should be for the dpfendant, then and in such ca , e the Court of Queen's Bench might award the defendant his costs, unless the judge before whom the information was tried should, on the trial of such information, in open court certify that there was reasonable ground for exhibiting such • information. From this it was argued that the coats cculd not be given at sill, or, at all events, that they _ should be limited to the amount of the recogni zsnees, 201., thus setting aside the plain and obvious meaning of the later and more equitable statute of VICTORIA. The attempt was, however, a total failure ; Lord CAMPBELL declared that "it seemed to him to be the intention of the Legislature to give the defendant his costs ; and he did not think that intention could be expressed in a plainer or more explicit manner." In that opinion he was confirmed by the high authority of Justices COLERIDGE, WIGHTMAN, and ERLE, and the rule has accordingly been made absolute without a dissentient voice. On this important judgment we congratulate the community in gene ral, w h o h ave a deep interest in the integrity and welfare of the public press. We congratulate our brother journalists on the heavy blow and great discouragement thus given to the petty annoyances and persecutions to which they have been, or may be, subjected by vindictive oppo nents, but, above all, we congratulate Mr. LATIMER, who has thus deservedly obtained the meed of his un- tiring exertions, who has gained a triumph and victory of which he may well be proud. Our correspondent " MARINEEO" has mistaken us. We never intended to draw an invidious distinction between his Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND and his gallant companions in the list of flag-officers. Indeed we took occasion, explicitly and distinctly, to repudiate any such intention. Our sole reason for referring to his Grace individually was that in his promotion to the rank of Admiral we recognized the last illustration of that fallacious system of advance ment against which we have so long inveighed as against a system detrimental to the interests and enervating to the energies of our maritime pro fession. Whoever might have been the object of promotion we should have taken exception to, as we took exception to his Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, not so much as regards the fact as the manner of his promotion. What we have protested against already so frequently, and shall continue unremittingly to protest against until such time as we perceive a comprehensive and adequate Innovation, is the circumstance that we are supporting a number of flag-officers in the Royal Navy of Eng land, so unnecessarily enormous that we might select out of the list an admiral for every one of her Ml• JE, TY'S vessels of war. While such is the unthinking extravagance displsyed by England in ref. rence to her flag-officers, her lieutenants may grow grey in undeserved obscurity and sigh in vain for the oppor tunity for promotion. In this blundering and obdurate system we observe so many germs of iijustice, and such very flAgrant inconsistencies, that we can never cease asserting the folly of its continuance. The superfluous hardships thrust upon the junior offwers of the service are too egregious and too unmerited to e'cape any reasonable observation ; while the madness of promoting after a certain stage, and not before, upon the princi ple of seniority, without any regard whatever for personal merit or brilliant services, compels us from its prominence to demand some speedy and wholesome revision of the entire scheme of naval administration. 1 A few emphatic and significant truths force them selves upon our consideration whenever our thoughts revert to the conduct of affairs in the maritime ser vice of Great Bri'ain. Age is no more essential to a commander-in-chief by sea than it is to a commander in-chief by land. ALEX 4.NDER had conquered Asia 11-fore he was thirty-two. NAPOLEON had van quisl-ed Northern Italy and had beaten back the veterans under WURMSER before h e was twenty-seven. CLIME was still little more It is always safe to learn, even from our enernieg— seld,:m safe to venture to instruct even our friends. Eliza Cook's Journal. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S RENT A UDIT.—A t Newark yesterday his Grace's steward returned 10 per cent. to every tenant who paid his half-year's rent. This, under the circumstances, was considered extremely handsome, and gave general satisfaction.— Doncaster Gazette.. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT. — One evening last week a sailor, for a trifling wager, undertook to climb four times his own height (which would be about five feet five or six), up one of the common rain water pipes, or conductors in front of a house in South-street, by the muscular strength of his arms and feet. At the first trial he accomplished the feat in presence of several persms, and did not seem much dis tressed by so strong a teat upon his muscles.—Perth Courier TAN same 4,bjeets appear pleasing or displeasing, the circumstances in which we see them are comfortable or uncomfortable.—Eliza Cook's Journal. FIRE AT THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL WHARF —This forenoon, between ten and eleven o'clock, while the workmen were employed at their usual labour on the wharf of the Grand Junction Canal Company, City-road, they were alarmed by the sudden outbreak of flames in the store-room, which is situated near the canal. One of the men went up the steps, when he found a fire raging among a quantity of oakum, which was in the centre of the room, and w hi c h was filled with tarpauling, deals, ship stores, &c. All hands were at a moment called to assist in extinguishing the flame. Ladders were immediately placed at the several windows and buckets of water were rapidly flung into the midst of the stores ; about 100 men were assisting, who obt a i ned water from the canal. After the most persevering exertion. the conflagration was extinguished. The loss is supposed to be about 100/. How the fire originated is unknown. DEATH OF R.W. FITZPATRICK, E-Q J•P 9 D.L.- It is with feelings of deep sorrow we announce the death of R. chard Wilson Fitzpatrick, Esq., brother to the Right Hon. J. W. Fitzpatrick, ALP. This 1 mented gentleman, who was but 37 years of age, died at his residence, Grants town Manor, Queen's County, at twelve o'clock on Friday, from the effects of malignant fever, which he contracted more than a month ago in the discharge of his duties as chair man of the Donaghmore Union. He was of highly-polished manners and most amiable disposition, and one who com manded the esteem and respect of all p ersons w ith w h om h e had intercourse.—Leinster Express. A HISTRIONIC BARONET.—SIR WILLIAM DON ARR/vlo.—This British baronet, who, out of amusement. has devoted himselt to the stage as an eccentric c median, has arrived here in the City of Glasgow. The Londbn press styled him the "Gutta Percha 13 1uckstone." lie appears at the Broadway Theatre, we ilear, in a few daya,--New York Courier and Znquirer! THE SUN', LONDON, TUESDAY _EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1850. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the raris papers of Sunday and y esterday. . On Sunday Paris was (righted from its propriety by the appearrince of the folboz ing veragraph in The Presse, to which the intim:ley known to have been sub,isriug formerly between M MOLE and M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN give the semblance at least of credit :-- "A matter very seriously spoken of at present is the resignation of the Cabinet, and its being - replaced by a Ministry with M. Moi6 at is head as Minister of Foreign Affairs. This would be France taking part with Austria against Prussia•, for the first condition of M. Mi 14 has been the recall of M. Armand Lefebvre, who would in that case be succeeded at Berlin by General Lahitte. Another condition of M. Moll has been that the President of the Republic should remove from his intimacy several of his friends, and in parti cular M. de Persigny, who appears to be menact d with the most entire disgrace. Amongst the new Ministers called on to compose the Mo!e Cabinet, M. Darn was spoken of. M. Achille Fould, it was said. was to he replaced by an ex-Minister under Louis XVIII. We have in vain endeavoured to divine the name. Can it be M. d'Audiffrer, or M. d'Argout? But these gentlemen were not Ministers under the reign of Louis XVIII. Such a change of Cabinet, under present circumstances, would possess an importance at one, to be appreciated, and which calls to mind the formation of the Polignac Ministry." The Bulletin de Paris of Sunday evening con tained the following contradiction of the rumour : " We can declare positively that there is nothing whatever exact in the news given this morning by the Pfesse, relative to the entry of M. Mol4 into the Minis try. It is almost useless to add, that all the conditions attributed by that journal to M. MolCi are completely without foundation." The. Maniteur of yesterday publishes all official note to the same effect. The Assembly on Saturday, was occupied in a dis• on, the alleged cruel treatment of the political prisoners condemned by the extra judicial tribunals, at. Murgos and at Versailles. The Minister of the Interior, M. BAROCHE,;adopted the customary tactics of officials in such casts, and declared the treatment was usual, and that no cruelties were committed, and the Assembly passed to the order of the day, by a majority of 475 to 205. On Monday the demand of the Minister of War for credit to defray the expenses of the levy of 40,000 men was considered in tht• bureau, and an inier,st ieg discussion on the state of affairs in Germany ensued. The Count MOLE, who took an active part in his bureau, strongly recommended a policy of neu trality regarding Germany, giving it as his opinion that it would be unwise for France to throw herself into warlike adventures, unless, indeed, the equili brium of Europe should be affected in a manner dis advantageous to her true interests. M. DE EISCATORY said, th it he thought an opportunity should be afforded for the Governmentand the Assembly to come to a full and explicit undersanding on thesubject of the policy to be hdopted by France in the present state of Europe. He considered, accordingly, that on the bringing up the report of the committee the Government should explain its intentions, and the Assembly ought to pronounce its opinion. M. DE REMUSAT made a strong speech against Prussia. He considered that the proposed unity of Germany would be most in jurious to the interests of France, and for his part, if Prussia should expose herself to a partition he did not think it would be right for France to seek to prevent it. Several other members gave it as their opinion that the principles laid down in the PRESIDENTS message described fairly the policy suitable for France. The following is a list of the committee chosen by the bureaux, all of whom, with a couple of exceptions only, belong to the right benches :—Messrs. MOLE, BEDEAU (General), Pp CITORY, GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT, DE REMUSAT, DE MONTEBELDO, DE MORNAY, LACROSSE, OUDINOT (General), DARU, DE COECELLES, DUFOUR, BER RYER, MONTALEMBEET, and the Marquis Of DAL MATIE. ThE SHARE MARKETS. Railways. BRITISH It AILWAYS. Aberdeen • _ Do. Preference •• • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway.. Belfast and County Down Berks and Hants Eaten. (Great Western Per.. petual 5 per cent ) Birmingham and Oxford Junction, cads duly paid, or with a guar. .. Do. without a guar... Birming., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, ea.ls duly paid, or with a guarantee Do. without a guar. • Birming., Wotverhamp., and Stour Valley —l3 Birkenhead, Lancas., and Cheshire Junction Bristol and Exeter.. • 1 Buckinghamshire • • • • Caledonian .. DJ. Ic/. Preference .. Do. Clydesdale June... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. Clarence .. .• • • •. 78 Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and BelfastJunct. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (25/. L. 81" E. and L. & D.) Do (181. E. & H.) .. Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference .. Do. (51.) 7 pr. et. Pref. Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. Do. Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 .. .„ 6 1 Do. No. 2 .. .. 6 1 Do New Preference, 6 per cent... Da. North. and East. 6 per • ent, • • .. Do. do. 5 per cent Do. do., New • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., It & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. .. • • East Lancastdre • • • t Do. New quarters • • Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent .. • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • 1 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. 1 Glasgow and South-West, 5 Do. pref. cons dictated - Do. do. G. D. &C. stock - Gloucester &Dean Forest 1 Great Northern • • • • 2 Do. halves, A, deferred 1 Do. halves, B, 6 per et. 1 Do. 5 per cent. pref. • • 1 Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Do. eighths .. Great North of England . IC Do. new 40/. .. .• 4 Do. new 30/. .. a Do. new 151. . •• 1 Great Western .. • . 10 Do. New, 17/. .. -• 1 Ilull and Selby .. 5 Do. half shares • . • • 2 Do. quarter shares 1 Lancaster and Carlisle .. 5 Do. thirds •• •• 11 I Lancallire and Yorkshire 10 Do. quarter shares .. 2; Do. fifths .. • • 1 Do. thirds .. • • • • I Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. .. • • I Do. rludders. & Sheff. 5 Do. West Riding Union 1 Leeds and Bradford . • 5 , Leeds and Thirsk • • 5 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p et., No. 2 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 3 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Live: pool, Crosby, an d Southport .. • 1 London and Blackwall • • 11 London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • 10 Do. guarteed 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p ct. 5 Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 .• 5 Do. new guaranteed. 6 per cent. .. 10 London and Greenwich • 12 1. Do. preference 21 London and N.-Westem 101 Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths •1 Do. 101. sh., 3f. & B (c) London and S.-Western . 10 Do. new 50/. .. .. 4 Do. new 40/. .. • • 3 Do. new preference Londonderry & Coleraine 2 Do. half shares .. .• Lowestoft, mar. 4 per et. 21 Do. do. b per cent. .. 2 Londonderry and Enni kitten. -• • • 2 Do. half shares • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire .. 10 Do. quarters, No. 1 .. 2 Do. new, 101 preference I Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union . • Midland .. • • • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 501. shares • . Do. Bi miug & Derby 1 Do. Consol. Bris+ol Birming., 6 per cent.l 10 Do. Bristol & Glouces.l 41 Do. do. do. ..'29 II Do. Erewash Val. pref. , 51 Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .• 10 Midland Gt. West. (Ire.)' 4 3liddlesbro' and Itedcar,' 6 per cent. guar. .. I 5 Newcastle and Carlisle. 10 Do. quarter shares ..; 2 Newmarket • . ..! 2 Do. extension scrip 2 1: Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford .. Newry & Enniskillen .. Newly, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • . Norfolk .. Do. New 201. shares.. Do. Extension Do. guar. 53y per cent. Do. Waveney Valley .., Northern Counties Unio n i North British.. Paid. Nominal Prices. 8 6 811 1 94 !Il i dis 8% I . 7 63i dis. 6 1 34 -1 p. t 5 6 - y ip P .4 0 1 10 -11 )0 69% _ 7 0 173 17 % - 1734 i 0 10 - 10% [0 5% i 0 ' 14% —l5 [5 112% — lid 1 2 15 21 20% dis, 15 I --. 3% 8 2% -2% 3 34 I I% -1% .. - .. 6% -6% 13 4 % % p 13 4 par—hp 11% - 11% i 0 55 - 55% 50 56 - 56% 13 5 -4% p 74/1 -7% • 43i - 5 !CI 19 - 19% ‘C„ 944 - 956 64 1 - -.. 304 - 30% i 0 244 - 21% J - 1% U- 36 :5 14% - 14% 2% 10 - 10 14 2% 12 - 12% o 0 35% 36% p. 10 242 245 )0 71 1 A 72 15 5 dis. 98% 98 15 49 —48% 1234 21% —22 N, 5 162 63' - 13 4 3 —3% p. )0 1 49 48% t 34 13% —l3 Ws. 10 8 77“11.5. 18 I 8% 8 dls. .0 1 12%- 12% 1 7 630:11B )O 94% 95 o 11 11% 6 —2% dig. - • - 17 3 - g 3 die. 5 i - % die. 9 ells p [5 •• -.• 6 3 6N - 7 M. DE PERSIGNY has arrived from Berlin, and he yesterday was prvsent at a Cabinet Council. He con siders that the King of Paussta. will have great diffi culty in restraining the warlike disposition of his peo ple, and that Prussia cannot, and ought not to make any further concessions. 10 185 - 84% 9 10% - 10% i 0 58 -58 % Considerable agitation prevailed at the Bourse yes terday,iin coast quence:of the warlike accounts in the German papers received this morning, although hipes are expressed that war will not ensue. The Five per Cents. opened at 92f. 40c., rose to 92E 50c., fell subsequently to 92f., and closed at 92f. 5c., being a fall of one per cent. as compared with the closing price of Saturday last. The Three per Cents. closed at 57f. R .uen Railroad Shares, 605 f. ; Havre, 241 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 455 r. ; Avignon, 188 f. 75c.; Viarzon, 371 f. 25c.; Basle, 132 f. 50c.; Bor deaux, 386 k. 25e. ; Paris and Strasburg, 338 f. ne. ; Tours and Nantes, 240 f. i 0 158 -60 10 136 —l3B 5 4 11 11}(y 0 23 —24 10 118% —ll9 7 2 —2% p. 2 % -- 2 P. 1 2 V. p. 0 69 68% 12% 16% 15% 410 34 14 —l3 db. 15 5 2 —2% p. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXOLIAVGE, Nov. 25 Central of France k Orleans and Vierzon), 14 3 4 —Dutch Rhenish, 2N —East Indian, 9%,, —Namur and Liege, 7IA, Northern of France, 14 % —P ar i s and Strasbourg, 8%. •• - .. !O 112 -14 !CI 15 _ 7% •• _:: - 24 - 23% 934 - 9 ,09 Y- 4 2 ..1 2 ••I 10 , 1. Do. Preference North Staffordshire .. North-Western Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) Reading, Guildford, and Rei,;ate.. Royston add Hitchin Do. Shepreth Eaten... Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. - Do. new .. Shrewsbury & Blrming. Class A.. .. 13 Do. Class 8.. • • • • 9 1 Do, ew Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. 21 Do. Halves 1 1 Do. Os westry 21 Do. New.. .. Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . H Shropshire Union .. .• f South Devon • • .. • . 5C Do. Preference • • 25 South Staffordshire • • 8 South-Eastern .. ..1 he - - Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales South Yorksh. and River Dun .. Sheff., Roth., and Goole, N. Div„ guar. 5 p cent. Do. do. South Div. .. Swansea & Loughor, &c. Taw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Midway Vale of Neath • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. Wear Valley, 6 per cent, guaranteed Do. do. Do. do. West Cornwall .. Whitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western .. Wilts, Somerset, & Wey imaith • . York, Newcastle, & Ber wick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway lu York and North Midland 5 Do. Preference .. do. . do. . 43 1 —3 4 dis, 41% 41% 21% —21% die. 22 —21% 10 j 126 - 125 13i - 21( •• - •• 203 [4 dls. 16 4% 20 115 - 5 3% -- 2 . as 5 5 —4% % 9% 9 die, 17 .. —.. SO 18 - 18% t 5 42 -41 % 10% 754- 7 p. 18 1814 - 18 6 71,6 - 25 11% - 11% P. 25 22% 5 3 6 —6% die, 12 3 6 54 (Us, 8 9 % 93( Business done I to-day. 94 Ni q I 3 % al. 17% % 9 % % 14 1434 3 k 34 14 6►y 6 P % die. 19% % 934 143 v % % 4% 71% 71 u 10 oyi 10 -- 13 5 6 8 9 14 % die. —3% dis. 13 —13% 11 % 11 4 —3% db . 20% 20 .. - .. 2534 - 244 6% re 118% 19% • 68 68% 13 1 4 12% 20 213 6% 7 8 tli A 1111% 17% 7 % M 4 % 4X dia. tO ..- -- :: 9% I 9 7 Cs, 17% .. _.. 13 3 -3% 10 4 -4% 10 14 - 14% 50 41 - 40% ?,5 20% - 20 17% 7% 8 - 19% % i 0 144 -40 i 5 I 17 , ,i - 16% O 1 8 8 dim. 9 14 4 4 dis. 17 14j. 4 15 1 4 5 3 33( 43% % 43 .0 22% —22% ,0 1% —1% die. 16 % % % 11% 9( 22% % B,i 14%7 % % 2% ex. d 42! 3 days for regn ant! 19th.) Anglo.ltalian (late Ita• hail and Austrian) 6 1 Itoulopte and Amiens .. Central of France (Or. !taus and Vierzon) Demerara . Dutch Rhenish East Indian .. Do. do. Ore; at Indian Peninsula., Ditto ditto Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg .. Ditto • Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege .. Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux I'aris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse •• Strasbourg and Basle .. 'fours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and llasselt West Flanders Australasia ............ British North America.. Colonial .............. Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London arid Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New ........ • • • National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland.. • • Do. Now Union of Australia .. • • Do. Mew Union of London Union of Madrid ••• • • • :settling days in the me tered thues, 141.13, any nth of 1 26t13. SYAIZ' . Madrid journals of the 20th have arrived. The cantnittee appointed to arrange a project for the setrlement of the debt has been unable to agree to the basis of a ,ingle proj , ct, and the members have submitted their separate projects to the Minister. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 20.—The Three per Cents. were done at 34i for tune ; the Four per Cents., at 12i; the Five per Cents., at 12j,-; the Debt without interest, at 4 ; and the Coupons, at 71. PORTUGAL: Advices have been received from Lisbon of the 19th, Serious differences bad arisen between the Govern ment and the Bank, in cimst quence of an attempt made by the Government to divert, by decree, cer tain funds, which had been set apart fir the payment i,f a debt due to the Bank, to other purposes. The Rink have published a protest against " the legality, validity, and effect of said decree, and against the A i linisters who sign e d i t, as having thereby acted n a most arbitrary and unconstitutional manner." Madame STIILTZ and CLARA NOVELLO are engaged as the prime donne of the Lisbon Opera. GERMAN Y. Intelligence has been received from Berlin to the 23d. On that day, in the sitting of the Second Chamber, the Polish deputies, who have hitherto re fused to take the oath to the Constitution, declared themselves now ready to d o so . T hey state as t h e i r reason for so doing, that they have now been elected by the people according 'to the Election Law of the Constitution as revised ; the people having thus vir tually recognised th e C onstitution by exercising the reasonpol ti forcaldu withholdingty i tlays their recogn i t i on . upon th em , th e d eputies h ave no The Committee for drawing up the address was appointed ; among the members of it are M. Camp hausen, M. von Bodelschwingh, M. v o n Klei s t-R e t- Harcourt and M. von Viucke. The'w'M von CommitteeP? tiswt'ol‘!it this evening, and the address will probably be ready by M on d ay. The rest of the business was confined to the appointment of secretaries and other formal matters. The First Chamber held no sitting. The Holstein question remained undecided, and in Hesse Cassel affairs remained in statu quo. The intelligence from Vienn a is to the 21st. The Wiener Zeztung publish es an Imperial rescript submitted to the EMPERO R by the Minister of the Interior, in the name of the Cabinet, pro hi n iti ng t h e publication, either in public journals or in a ny o th er printed publication whatever, of all communica tions •relative to the movements of the troops in the empire, their strength a n d position, the trans port and depo sof military stores—i n fi ne, every simil a r comm unication which is calculated to make known the plan and the tendency of military operations. Under this prohibition suc h i ntelligence only is exempt which is made r public by th e o ffi c i a l j , uinals o f th e country. The first transgressio n of this law w ill b e punished by a fine of 500 guilders ; the second off e nce will be subject to ajudicial prose cution and the total suppression of the newspaper. c l a l r e rie C d ou where . the prosecution will be whether the sup ortnofTnlaty, pressed journals sha •ll be permitted to appear .again and at w hat time. Inquiry y termine a s to the Empe ror rep:r n t e ed The editor of . the Lloyd has been fined 100 fl or i ns for ha v i ng i nserte d n military communication. l L e i::: ei b t i u : g m o ja t y ially contradi c t s the DINAND. It was rumoured in Vienna that KossuTn had es eapPd fr„u n K.ut t ,iah. The movement of troops still continued. ALLEGED POISONING OF THE SULTAN. P, was stated i n Vi enn a that a telegraphic di s p atc h had been received from Constantinople, announcing that Sultan ABDUL MESCHID had been p o i soned. rhe rumour, h owev e r , was not credited. A CCELI. RATION OF TH h OVERLAND MAIL TO INDIA. —The Peninsular and Oritlital Steam Navigation Comp any are now contracting to build two paddle-box steamers, each 0t 2,500 tons burden and 800 horse power, to c nvey the Indian mail between Southampton and Alex indria. These vessels will be as swift as the mail packets that run between Liverpool and America, and the passage between Southamp ton to Alexand is will be reduced from 16 to 10 or 11 days, includin g stoppages at Malta and Gibra l tar. A cotnmunic,.- tion will th en b e effected with Gibraltar i n 4i d ays, and with Malta in 8 days. Letters from India, which now reach Southampton about the 25th and 26th of the month, will then ar r i ve i n time to be answered by t h e I n di an mail that leaves London by way o f M arse ill es o n the 24th of th e mont h . If this c e l e b rated and enterprising company accomplish the speed named above, they will actually super,ede altogether the Admiralty "slow coaches" between Marseilles and Malta, and frequently we shall have our dispatches from India by the long sea route from Malta, via Gibraltar, be fore we obtain them by way of France, although the sea dis tance is go short. The Goldsmith's Company have offered 1,0001. to be distributed in prizes for various pieces of plate, to be ex hibited At the Great Exhibition. FOREIGN. 13 41 2 - :0 74 - 8 13% -14 i L 7 5 1 4 S dts. 9 % Pm 5 M— % Pm. iN I,i dis % pm, 7% . —• • 8 1 l 0 tai —1% 2 • •• !o I . —7% 6 14 —.14% 7 4% . jis. !O .49 31 ?0 21 24 [5 6% —6 3 i (Lis. 9 9 1 4 —9% 9 2a-2% 10.. —.. % —IOX di,., B'?y I 1N -1% L' STOCK BANKS. 40 I 27i -2N 50 43 -42% 25 20 24 Th 24% 0 I 18% () 27%,27a% !,24 17% -IN 15 42 -43 1516 - 16 13 -134 O 12N - 13 rovember. Ticket lccount dap, 15th MINES, Ncmiral Prices. Anglo•siexican(l4. 5/. p Asturian ...... • Australian Barossa Range ....... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bulanos Scrip .......... liritish Iron ..... • • .... Brazilian Imp (is. 5/. p.) Do. Cocaes and Cniaba Do. St. John del Rey.. Cobra Copper ...... Copiapo ............ General..... ...... Real Del Monte, Uhreg. Do. Black Debentures . Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba . ... 10 Tin Croft .. •• ••••• • •• • • 7 • • United Mexican. 28 2 8%1 5% -•• MISCELLANEOUS. 32% 41% 42% 14 26% 27 50 79 79% 60 66% 67 1 13 0, 3 -3% 3% -3% 13 5 24% 30 3% - any 14% - 15 33 - 33% 4% -4% 'A - % 9 -g% 6 5% Canada ...... lien. Steam Navigation Penin. & Oriental Steam, Royal Jiall Steam ..... . iViONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were es timated at 4,000 bales, comprising 3.500 American, 200 Pernam and Marenhem, at Bd. to 8/,1., 50 Bahia at Bd. to 84-d., and 300 Surat at sd. to 6d. per lb. The ma: ket closed steadily at previous rates.—Railway Shares were quiet, at rather lower prices. Upon the condition of the dried fruit trade, Messrs. Wittier by and Hanson report that there have been large clearances of currants for home use. The character of the currants hitherto received has been better than was expected. Pt ices are now 65. to Bs. per cwt. higher than in November 1849. On taking a general view of the fruit trade, it seems that the capability of consumption this year equals, if it do not surpass, that of any previous year, and a great business is expected to be done between this and the end of the year, both in London and at the outports. Cape of Good Hope papers to Oct. 3 have been re ceived. Large public meetings heti been held, to ex press the feeling of the inhabitants in reference to a new Constitution and a Parliament ; and the Commissioners appointed to draw up the draft, and to regulate the qualifications of members of the proposed legislature, appear to have accomplished their task to the satisfaction if their constituents. The liberality of her Majesty's Government, in permitting the colonists to express their views as to the form of constitution that might be considered desirable, had excited much enthusiasm, and was lauded as an ex ample of the truth that there may be as much freedom uteler a monarchy as a republic. The intelligence from Graham's Town to the 25th of September reports the prevalence of severe drought throughout British Raffraria. From Amsterdam, under date of Sunday, we learn that there was no animation in the funds. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. were 541. Mexican Stock was better. At Frankfort and Paris the funds were lower, owing to the prevalence of various rumours. The letters received yesterday from Canada are of even a more encouraging tone than those recently to hand. Two of the most eminent houses in Quebec are said to have offered to take stock to: the amount of nearly 40,0001. in the projected line of steamers from Liverpool to that city. The Quebec Gazette, alluding to this matter, re marks—" The advantages of such a means of communication to all connected with the trade of the St. Lawrence would be very great. Our geographical position fits us much better to be the point i f debarkation of the emigrant from Europe, than either Boston, Philadelphia, or New York; it is a shorter vo) age, and from our port there is a cheaper, safer, and more comfortable means of conveyance to the far west, than from the places we have mentioned. We do not, hoe - ever, receive that proportion of the passenger trade to which thee° advantages entitle us. It is true that in proportion to our population as a province,!we receive our fair share of emigration, as much, perhaps, as we could profitably absorb. We receive more, in proportion to our population, than the United States ; about one-eighth of the number landed on their territories reach our shores, while our population is only one-fifteenth part of that of the Union. With our ad vantages for forwarding passengers to the west, to which I the great stream of i migration flows, we ought to re ceive more than this. We consider that the line of steamers, as proposed to be established, carrying cabin passengers at 101. or 151. sterling, and in the steerage at Si. or 6/. would have the effect of attracting to our waters a very great number of passengers, who now go by the States. At this economical rate, they would also be used by our own merchants and others, and also by many of the Ameri cans from the lakes who have occasion to visit Europe. It is impossible to say how numerous this class of passengers would be, but the number of Canadians who leave New York by every. Cunard packet would lead us to believe that it is very large," The English Stock Market is very flat, not in conse quence of any actual later news, but from the circum stance of one or two journals, which have no official in formation, constantly endeavouring to foster the apprehension of a continental war, which cooler reflecting parties yet hope may be averted. Consols have realised 961 * for Transfer, and 96f a fur Account. Exchequer-bd:s have, been 645. to 655.; and India Bonds 86s. premium. Bank Stock has been 211 i to 212. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, have realised 97f The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have, by the Canada, received advises from their agents in Tampico, dated 12th ult., stating that 10.000 dollars would have been shipped by the Clyde, if , -he could have waited f)r a favourable change in the weather, but that they will new be sent by the next packet. 16,394 dollars in duty bills were still in the hands of the agents, for collection for account of the bondholders. The Foreign Market has been very inactive. The three new projects for an arrangement of the Spanish Debt, as f irwardi d to the Committee of Bondholders, have not excited much interest, and it is felt that there will yet be great delay era a settle ment is come to. The nominal value of the Five per Cents. is 17f to 18, and of the Three per Cents. 384 to 394. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been done at 33 to 84. Mexican nave declined to 31 1 fe Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 564. Railway Shares are not so good. There is a decline in Caled mien, Aberdeen, North-Western, South-East ern, and most others. Console ... Ditto Account QUARTER TO THREE. .. ... ... 94 i ... ... ... 96 i PRICES OF BR ONE ITING FUNDS O'CLOCK. aut. stock .... ............. 212 2114 , Cent. Reduced .A ,- 1 5.............. ...., 95 '.. Ai% 3 per Cent. Consol s Ann Ili ties... 96 'l4 'AI ,N PIN 3!.4 per Cent. Ann s„ ... ..... • 974%1.4 I onv Anne. to ~ , x pir,,,lan.lB6o 7: %4 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 :.,(1.. donds, 1,0(04... .......... . Ditto under 1,0004_ . B6 p South Sea Stock ...... ... .... Ditto New Annuities ...... 0 , n,,, , is =,,r Account .... ... 96 1 /:Y 1 ,4 xchequer Bills. - . 1,0 001. June....., 65 64 & 2d p 5001. Jun e Small, June 65 64 p 65 64 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. ra6;lian qonds — Ditto, Small Danish Bonds. 1825,3 per Cent. Do., 5 per cent Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... Ditto, Account Ditto, Small tieruvian Bonds. 44 per Cent Ditto, Deferred Portuguete 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted, 1841 liitto,4 per Cent. • • •:T.i.ssian Bond ..... Ditto, 44 par Cent - panie,h 5 per C.)nt. 1840 Ditto Account ..... .. Ditto, Passive — )ividends on the above payable in London. French 3 per Cent . 5Sf. 58f. Exchange r'utcn 2 1 * per Cont., l 2 Guild. ... 56 1 4 564 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates._ 861,4 CLOSING PRICES. 453 / 4 96 97% 7 3 A 7 9-16 8 1-16 68 p 64 p CLOSING PRICES. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.) LoNDoN, Nov. 26.—Wind S. W. BRISTOL, Nov. 25.—The greater part of yesterday and all last night it blew a heavy gale from S.W , now, 2 P.m., moder a t e , f rom N .V.—The Surinam, from .. Ba thurst, lying in Ki ngroad, drove on the Dumball (soft mud) last night, and remains. QUEENaTOWN, Nov. 23.—The Coromandel, of and for Liverpool, from Quebec, was fallen in with yesterday morning, 6 A Si., in lat. 50, 10E. 12, water-lugged, and with top-gallant mast cut away, by the Dart, Neville, from B'istol to Newfoundland, which took off the crew and landed them here; the vessel was said to be break ing up when they left her. DINGLE, Nov. 23.—A piece of board, probably a part of the stern, with " Mary" on it in large letters, has been ricked up near Bull Head, supposed to be part of the schooner wrecked near that place on the 20bb. The vessel is said to have been laden with wheat and peas; the crew have all perished. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 25. —Wind N.W. to W.N.W.— Arrd. Warbler, New Orleans; Emma Graham, St. John's, New Brunswick; Amelia, Pugwash ; Warwick, Calcutta; Flora M'Donald, Bombay; Princess Vic toria, P a ra ; A gnes , D em erara; United Kingdom, Quebec; srock,d ditto. Off Abercrombi e,port, d ß i e t i t i o o ; na M , a E r m ge p .s e t r o o n r , , d L l i t n to d i es ‘ r V ur o m od e: Ann and Catharine; Parliament, Fernandes; William Rath bone, New York; ved, Montreal; It S i t l . to A n, n d d i r t e t w o wizen mast of a is d i r t i t n o c ; e s A s v t e i r c s t p o o r o i Manilla; ll(laral Flint, n t T , A h l e a large vessel, six feet above the water, apparently at tached to a sunken wreck, was passed, 22d inst., 15 miles N.N.W. of the Ball Buoy. The wreck o f a I large vessel and a quantity of spars was passed between Tuskar and Bardsey on the 22d. Tho Sir Henry, Pottinger, which arrived here yesterday from Calcutta, caught the gale I9th in lat. 49, long. 13, wind W.N.W., veering round in the afternoon to N.W., when the gale broke into hard squalls; a very high sea was running—barometer, 28.90. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 25. Wind W.—Arrd. her..Ma• j"ty'B s hip Inconstant, South America; Royal Adelaide, Quebec. The Renard, Faro to London, has been towed in leaky, Sze. The Gateshead Park, Troon, for the Me diterranean, has put in leaky, and with loss of sails, bulwarks, boat stove, and deck swept. TintßAY, N0:M.250.-A boat, 16 feet long, painted 2 QUARANTINE NOTICE. ~ 050. Eboru Nov- I ° , bo ot been verified, this Board of Sir,---Th e , • ~1 4°- , ' • itbsei tat on-existence of cholera In of tv . the quarantine of twelve days on arrivals W ow OP ini at f id. Vessels arriving from Malta here are ° T r igg s , muted to free pratique. Vessels arrivinF from ntioo si and " Health have done a t or C tia are only subject to six days c i tifirti Vof (Signed) to cr i. observation. W. MACBEAN and Co. , Agents - Capt. G. A. Halsted, It.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. DAY.) MARKET NE ws._.(THIS l 3 s / up o p s ly t g o 0 4 0 1 d, 4 a s n ,d Sm ISIAH 1:043.741111d'rb. 71 6 .CI ' LI and trad e Straw, veryd ITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 3. - --il ne r iv- - ' to 31 , 18 :d i C [mu ' }OMANI). Meadow Hay, 21 lOs - e rao- i l ll l . Is to 1 1 78 r - C A li)ver, 3/ Os to 4103; and Straw, /2sto 1/ BsP full average supply, • d stil / 16 1 ; and a sluggish eta. to 3 i d , WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 oi, g - . per 05 Clover, 3104 to 4145; and S• l Is to l''" " Trade dull, at barely late rates. 1 f i n 1911 COLONX.B.3G. . 00 Con -° 0 SVGAR.—The , I tsti . „ ev il:, market for 13i itish _Fla dulland I the sales were only bbds s' r 47 8 about 200 6c1 .0 rates. Bengal, 1,591 bags sold briskly at 44s 42 , for midfor good and fine white Benares, and at 3 65 kind ,6cl) $13 , 6 1 fine yellow date Mauritius latterboy to av being 6d to Is dearer. 500 IseVs,ooitlit 40s r nts tioe H annah have been sold for refining at laudedextreme last week at the - W t India '''CrOPli°- 3 hhds 9 brls. There Ea.t and es for coot 0 0 1,387 hhds 173 tierces 17 were taken kin O''' 5 Ms. The stock places 9,69 4 hhds 1,367 tierces brls. ..,-40 0 2,361 . _ (.; y _ COFFEE 9 .--00 casks, 200 bags Plantatiou,„ go lu f mostly found buyers Is per cwt Lower, vl%• , lot s , i 60s for fine ord to low mid. A few small bra'. t aloe native Ceylon went irregularly, forming Do orioo lt 0 the market; 300 bags Costa Rica wer e witbdr jo 50s to 565, as were also 200 bags Sa alsritng pale d 1 at 51s. _ l a at '1 COCOA. -2,645 bags Guayaquil mostly sol d . 0 R prices, from A Runt.—This article is again rather `Ve st dei tr Inv- - quantity landed last week sod at the East bottl e 0 3 Docks was 158 puns, There were taken for . ~, 0 0 sum ti 7 , .p on 188 puns 13 hhds, and exported '4lOO 4 h hds. The stock iu the I i 5 1518 same p aces 1,100 hhds. • tell' so 0 RICE _ . There has been a moderate denion3 Pr 00 th TALLOW. — P.Y.C. i 37s 378 3d per cl ' 4 to p le , spot and Town 39s 63 s life r TEA.—. The market is steady, And last eek's d e ail as iir increased. .....-......,_____.......-......... QUEEN'S BENCH. ( 'THIS m 0 ,Sittings a t Nisi Prius, atWestminster,h„e-)°1.6 Justice WitcaTmeer and a Commo n Juri'' of pollligoeedit,i as an action to recover damages a ti g g a is in tr s a t t t e he at pla M in a t r i AMISS V. CUNNINGTON . ba r g e This w assault . which had been preferred, maliciou-Ilfase the for 3 C s Oa dant pleaded not • guilty, and that the conaPia concluded. in' P Mr. ~,, ,B ramwell and Mr. Hodgson conducted i_, hy OP !en case, and the defendant re resenteu '"'' Sergeant Shee and Mr.n was P l if bo b r y ou t g h h e - d stl e e ;ltd. ilininbteewtd,e,faelle; fr yiog The • • Brown plaintiff, Mr. Richard A * ' s is a MOO, Cii ; 31'. 0n ... business in Conduit -street, m a n, the defendo"„lace, Gicuos ter - o ti th e ki ja e ni nt e i s Cunnington, resides at 10, sh-town. It appeared that in the earls.Par, t t oes present year a partnership in latiou u e f t ee was conteruP ho g 01,,,„ the plaintiff and Mr. John Cunnington, a ner. nt ife n e defendant, who defendant and his nephew had some cause ofdiseg'hoit e• The defendant, who is an oldwas also in th e - ec''' going to the plaintiff's shop man, • a distarbsehe, and creaticgand t hat t he stating that his nephew paintiff was no better. The dishdrfeentant e a t ere 6 il liti og plaintiff's . shop on the 6th March last, and not . 00 4 he his nephew there repeated the offensive hadexpresailitiptiff before used respecting his nephew an d i ; he TO Bb°ll A person named Gutto came into the Pla! a t iff turn ed whilst h the defendant was there, when the p1e 0 ,7 1 , - , plsi° . t t itt e defendant out in the presence of Gott°. '''' R - t t he ie . ' received a summons on the 14th Mar ch ' n - rce -El : stance of the defendant, to attend before the ,I 1 lassault gtatrate at Marlborough-street on a charga rc h, whe i t e attended there accordingly on the 16th p s Oaf; n consequence of the indis - ' fAI J 3 ' .- Ihe position o r. AOO • nington, the defendant, the case was adjoureee 1 ,, res 20th. On that day the parties attended before i ( i' hos gistrate, when the defendant deposed that he ha ; bi e ted, a violently assaulted by the plaintiff; who had had si s° severe blow on his back, and that the laintiu h -- dee; applied to his (the defendant's) face a P on ke ! ... o• sl3 Pa. li r, chief which had a disagreeable smell' respenabbn,ef„-DL• meat, the result of whichwas that the u e s holh bad staggered away from the plain 1 ) 0 0 and for a long time afterwards had whi t?) of a id ter d war with o under the influe nce he en beli h eved the handkerchief to be chrusrg,,ed, an;:;hbacleiriere s e u v cha t s en whol4 recovered from its effects, wee even occasion illness. There were several witn ess : t" ~,,„ our amined on the charge of assault at the po.e• -- hoge Eventually, ,however, the magistrate dismissed the cm without lt prejudice to either party. a gen t tine was to recover a compensation in dalnage.t t he making this charge before the police-magistrate Or 1 „,e0 presente iou a ction was now broht I;the - laiu tif " / y P alleged that the defendant was actuated by ou c • motives in preferring it. ti ,l i The facts above stated having been sujstat Proved on the part of the plaintiff, the d'' Mr. Sergeant SIIEE addressed the jury for ~,,,,0 fendant. Ile did nut recollect an action having ' 1 , 'n brought for a malicious prosecution, the Mali sub' prosecution Bering simply acharge of assault. li n d . . . , N ee naitted thatthe '*** evidence of the plaintiff himselr P ,_, t , that en assault had been committed on the defenall,,o and it could not for a moment be contended that 4 the defenclee charge of assault subsequently made by o se. was malicious or without reasonable or probable c (The case was proceeding when our report lef t ' ) . BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY./ _ THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE -EX CARTE DOTI-4 5 : i t , c e To : day being appointment for further argcno ll 0 h disputed adjudication in the case of Mr. Doyle , °., of the proprietors of the Weekly Chronicle, an djour'' ment having been made in order to effect an arrange' ment batween all parties, letter Mr. LAWRANCE now said he held in his hand a . from Messrs. Copes and Stuart, solicitors, of Gray'Vtlit; Milling an offer to purchase the paper and Pay ° _ black outsT , 'e and preen ini.ide, was picked up the Suitt. PENZANCE, Nov. 24,—Pie -11 i schooner was totally Wrecked this morning ip.:, , t.en this 911 d the Lizsrd; crew drowned, cargo loss. It blew a hcavy gale yester• day from S.W., and contints to-day at yes W.S.W. SWANSEA, Nov. 25.—The Hampshire, for Marseilles, has been laid on Mumble Beach with 9 feet wat,r in her hold, having struck hes.vily on the Green Grounds. MILFORD, Nov. 24.—1 t is blowing a gale it W. N. T he Queen Victoria has put in. Oa the 19th, 60 miles of Waterford, was struck by a heavy sea, which laid boher g o on her beam ends, shifted her car, carried away at, bulwarks, &c., filled the cabin, and w ashed one man overboard. ILFRACOMBE. NOT. 23.—1 t is blo win g strong W. S. W.—A boat, marked "Arternise, Nantes," We l blewPicke SV•S'" up five miles north-west of Merte Point. 25th. t.i. a hurricane the whole of last night from W. to Two P.M. It is now more moderate. , f St' SAUNDERSFORT, Nov. 24 —The Henri Qtlavre9 4 : 1 0 9 , Male, Watchmen's Cape (Patagonia), to Liverpci;,,' drove with both anchors ahead during a heavy ttel e t t o morning, in Caldy Roads, slipped and endeavoured . fetch this harbour, but was run on the beach to . lee, i ward; part of the cargo and stores have been tan the guano in a wet state. 9 910' NEWPORT, Nov. 23.—Part of the side of a large t o decked ship, of about 1,000 tons burthen, Alneritha built, was towed into Pwllgmealod, four miles to 0. westward of this place, on Thursday last; it hss aPP I ,, rently been but a short time in the water, is c 0 per' fastened, and sheathed with yellow metal. A b a r b ul two was found lashed to tho upper deck bea ms, to Wh'° e a planks are attached. On piece of sail found eo fast a so to the wreck is marked ~ Ropework Co., Greenoelt"Vbs first part of the company's name being illegible. , the wreck is supposed to have formed part of sne ot hips lost near Wexford on the 14th Nov. Nor. tseore P dh v a r , : v: L bw n iei E tbh u, Nov. 24.—The Elizabeth , n f Dor Win wtraisfloiengsdhaomreagnee.ar Blanbedroy, ooze off) TEHAVEN, Nov. 25. The New Phoenix, - im ki, don, Maryport to Sierra Lone, put in here verY nol broke from her of water and very much strained. moorings; was driven on the Weal - smack, of Abe t :: • GRIMSBY, Nov. 24.—The Wave, of and from ; ° j o g ; beach, to Newcastle, put in here to-dap , after be , ler shore, near Donna Nok, and discharging P ar " PA cargo. She does not appear to have sustained o f daNEWma. oaf ge YORK, Nov. 12.—A large vessel was o n , ins o an n d Jo b e e Flogger, breaking up, as several casks l e a; visible. x.Tsheogfarleaiosifns, were floating about; ,one was unusually severe at Lewes, Delaware, and severely at the Breakwater received ' PORT ELIZABETH he A 7 l. mh e u e acnhd ß d A Ba V tmh, aog S fe E .72: o l : l3l/ rock, carriedNorfolk,l()ad a in vv g ay guano at the Bird Islands, her rudder and part post,9o - S eptember, was hove off, very leaky ; _,„. quer,i'llY put on shore, and has become a total wref,",ery, _ o tt e r JANIERo, OCT. 15.—The Sir EdwardL-4'l3'of London to Chins, put into tbis port on the i nv oth O . er, with loss of mizenmast fore and m aintoP ,be rigging, ra il s, is , . P c., top sides strained, of str h tl e e r k otehgeri r caulked. to London, tt 9 TrisePt oe Cae d RYE, Nov.4.—The Emile et Marie , c came - on shore this morning; carg° el l) SPIOREHA3I, Nov. 25.—The to be saved. pose" six m of the Brazils to London, is riding off he re; lire i ix her crew. Lalla Rookh, etP s lost A boat with eleven bands, in st s e eoc a b n o g at to reach her, swamped, and all perished; 6 G i s t te . reached her and lett six men on boart to Its. rigging a jury mainmast. Bilbao t : AMSTERDAM, Nov. 22.—The Pomona , -„/„.• 1.4 Hamburgh, which was stranded on Cyerland, "1",,;,. has been got kflost and brought into Texel harhon'a Os • a toll Grove are stranded to the eastwer," - mi LITTLERAMPTON, Nov. 24.—The NanoYlltd Or and a s schooner, h m o o un e.Er', d N ro o v v e . 2a,—The T h h e e r G an o c e b d o e rs Dutch galliot and others to the westwara• _yogis!) Poor, day, 80 Rieder , 14°I d wees n ein tho harbour. • (0 3 SUNDERLAND, ii: 191 f Nov. 24.—The Queen s ictorbetb, e London and here, was iu contact with the 0 %3 , lich,wicb, when the latter sank; craw saved • was r NEWPORT, Nov. 23, —The Elizabeth Hog as ~de over the bank yesterday, moored along and is safely moore the quay. Business done to-day. 5 % 86 p 901% G 4 p 87% 99 31% 31:1i 34% 34% 34 3 3 % ,g 1~~ !,3 0