The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-07 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE GRAND N N ATIOAL CONCERTS. THIS EVENING. The celebrated BERLIN CHOIR every Evening. Angri, Goddard, Lefort, Molique, Sainton, Richardson, Arban, Baumann, and the Choir of the Berlin Chapel Royal. Musical Director, Composer, and Coaductor — M. Conductor of La Musique de Dense—Herr Labitzky. Conductor of the Choristers of the Berlin Ckapel Royal—Herr Neidhardt. Promenade (admitting to the Ila:f-Circies, Gallery] 1 6 find Pit Stalls) • - • • • • • . • • • • On Monday, Nov. 11, Mr. Macfarren's New Serenata, the princi pal parts by Angri and Sims Reeves, and a full English Cherus, and Orchestra of 90 performers. The Great National Quadrille, by Labitaky, In a few days. The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. Mr. Thomas Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &a. Boxes and Stalls to to had at the Box-office, where Programmes of the performance may be obtained. TIII, , ATRE ROYAL, iIAYMAILKE' T. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, Will be performed WERNER. Werner, Mr. Macready. To be followed by THE IRISH DIAMOND. After which MY FRIEND IN THE STRAPS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a Terpsicorian Burlesque called ESMERALDA. Characters by Messars. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedfor d ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, 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. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin. After which, MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Principal Characters by Messzr. Wr:tzh.'., Bedford, Worrell; and Miss Harding. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keari and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. C. Kean ; Mrs Haller. Mrs. C. Kean. After which SENT TO THE TOWER. To be followed by a new Farce, called PLATONIC ATTACH MENTS, in which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement called THE CALIPH'S CHOICE. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massinghara ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING. Will be peeorm ad (Id time) PHILIP OF FRANCE A.ND MARIE MERANIE. Characters by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, a. Farren, tcn,W. Farren, jun., Johnstone, G. Cooke, Diddear ; Miss Helen Fancit, and Mrs. L. Murray. After which THE OLDEST TN. HABITANT, in which Messrs W. Farren, Compton, Diddear, Norton ; Mesdames Bartlett, Adams and Ellen Turner will appear. After which ALLOW ME TO APOLOGISE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. The Public Is respectfully informed that this Theatre w:11 RE OPEN on SATURDAY, Next, when Will be performed MY HE ART'S IDOL ; or, A Desperate Remedy, n which Ilessrs. C. Mathews, G. Vining, Bellingham ; Madams Ves tris, Miss Kenworthy, and Miss I. Dickenson will appear. After which SE ;.IVE HIM RIGHT. To conclude with the Extravaganza of OLYMPIC DEVILS ; or, Orpheus and Eurydice, in v. hick Miss Itosina Wright and Mr. H. Ilorncastle will appear. a.STLZI'S ROYAL AMPUITITEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week of Mazeppa. consequence of the crowded Reuses to witness the attractive and magnitisent 6oectacte of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied end attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis, it will be continued for a few more nights. THIS EVENING, Will he produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of yquitation in the Cirque Olympique, by the male and female Eques trians of the Establishment To conclude with a petite Drama. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Mana;er, Mr. T. Thompson. WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tat, DAT —Mc' ring 35 rain. after 3 I Evenin: 55 min. after 3 To-Itlamow— Mcraing 11 min. alter 4 Evening 29 nun. atter 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE. NOVEMBER 7. THERMOTtIETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 53—this day, at noon. . - BAROMETER, 30.12. WLND S. W. - light breeze and cloudy. D.LILY 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 W.S.W., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. PLYMOUTH Wind N.W., gentle breeze— cloudy. Po ATS3IO UTll—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON —Wind N.W., calm—partially cloudy. OIITHAMP roN—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUN :RIDGE —Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. BRIDGEWATER—Wind N. W., gentle breeze— r artially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRISTOL Wind S.W. cairn—partially cloudy. READING—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. GRE EN WIC El —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SwINDON— Wind W., light airs—partially cloudy. OXFORD—Wind W., calm—partially cloudy. CO LC Id IC STER—W ind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE —Wind S.W.. strong breeze—partially cloudy. Rt-GBY—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BIRMINGHAM Wind S. strong breeze—partially cloudy. Y ARM OUTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CON WAY—Wind W., strong breeze—cloudless. HoLYHEAD—Wind W.. gentle breeze—overcast. MANCHESTER—Wind W., fresh breeze—overcast. LANCAS rim—Wind W., gentle breeze—principally cloudy. WHITBY—Wind N.N. W., gentle breeze—overcast. DAnusoToN—Wind S., gentle breeze—partiallycloudy. SHAP—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. S UNDERLAND—Win d SW., strong breeze —cloudy. CARLISLE—Wind W , strong breeze—partially cloudy. BEArrocK—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BE ZWICK—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. EDINBURGH—Wind S.W., strong breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock:— Coax-Wind S., light breezerain. lluLuNnAn-Wind W., fresh breeze-rain. Ciatow-Wind S.W., strong breeze-rain. DUNDALK-Wind S.W., strong breeze-overcast. POOLE-Wind W., hard wind-partially cloudy. BRIDGEWATER - Wind S.W., gentle breeze-cloudy. RUGBY- Wind S.W., strong breeze-partially cloudy. IhumniGHAm-Wind S.W., strong breeze-overcast. PZTEBBOROUGH-Wind S.W.', strong breeze-partially cloudy. CruswE-Wind W., hard wind-cloudy. LlvEnroot,--Wind S.W., strong breeze-partially cloudy. YORK -Wind N:W., strong breeze - partially cloudy. WHITEHAvEs - Wind W., strong breeze - overcast. DUNDEE -Wind N. W., strpng breeze-heavy rain. V 2 A l 7 ,f y , ,Cr GNI NA, - f-14"%z 1 li-- I < :* '. 4 ' 7 l L. . 4. /;' sy 4,G64. o.' 4\t...4 ,• Jr- ' Z . .•.: 1 2 :: - 4- ' -,- -, -.? 40 -4 4, .. }wk., , Blnt, * tire ., -si l t., z „, ',• , - • '-1/4.e.....--' OLI Jam, nit LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1850. In another portion of our journal will be found a document than which one of more vital importance has not, perhaps, issued from the press since the memorable protest of the Bishops in 1688. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Prime Minis ter of the Queen of ENGLAND, the des cendant of an illustrious house, the members of which at all times and under all circumstances have upheld the principles of civil and re ligious liberty against despotism of every descrip tion, whether sacerdotal or temporal, has comer forward and protested against the recent Papal aggressions on the rights and pre , rogatives of his SOVEREIGN, in language worthy of that Rosszrx who perished on the scaffold, a martyr to the sacred cause which has ever been upheld so well and so worthily by his descendant. In his letter to the Bishop of DURHAM Lord Joint RUSSELL at once disposes of the flimsy and fraudulent arguments of those who pretend that the recent proceedings of the POPE are precisely analo gous to the division of Scotland into dioceses by the Episcopal Church, or the arrangement of districts in England by the Wesleyan Conference. "It is impossible," says my Lord John Russell," to con found the recent measures of the Po p e with the division of Scotland into dioceses by the Episcopal Church, or the arrangement of districts in England by the Wesleyan Conference. " There is an assumption of power in all the docu ments which have come from Rome— a pretension to supremacy over the rntlm of England, and a claim to sole and undivided sway, which is inconsistent with the Queen's supremacy, with the rights of our bishops and clergy, and with th e s pi r it ua l ind e p en d enc e of the nation, as asserted even in Roman Catholic times." That such is the view taken of the question by the Romanists themselves, that the recent Bull was meant not only as an insult but as an absolute claim to supremacy and undivided sway in this realm of England, a claim which will involve all those who admit it in the guilt of some thing very like high treason, is abundantly evident from the statements put forward by the Court of Rome in its organs of the continental press. The Paris journal, the Univers, is the acknowledged organ of the Uitramontane party and the Jesuits, and its leading articles on matters relating to the Church of !Rome, are in general arranged in the secret Jesuit conclave at Rome and sent to Paris for publication. It is there fore to be considered as the official organ of the Papacy, and in the Univers of the 3d November, we End an article on the subject of this said bull which commences in these words : " Clamours still resound on the banks of the Thames. The ardour of the controversy redoubles. Endless commentaries are made on the terms of the oath ad- THE SUN, ministered to the Cardinals. The London clergy held a first meeting yesterday morning to protest against the egressions of Rome, and to appeal to resistance. One might suppose, by these groans of Anglicanise, some wild beast wounded to death making the fureits resound to its bellowings. " We should not dare to show ourselves too severe in appreciating the complaints of the members of the offi cial Church of England, for it must be allowed that the Holy See has aimed a sturdy blow at their religious esta blishments." This, one would imagine, was sufficiently explicit, but in order that there may be no doubt on the subject, the Jesuit organ gives the following explanation of the meaning and effect of this act of Papal usur- pation : " In the same way as St. Gregory transferred the pri macy of London to Canterbury; in like manner as Popes Bonitace and Ilonorious confirmed that change; so does Pope Pius IX. now transfer the primacy of Canterbury to the Archiepiscopal See of Westminster. It is in virtue of authority inherited from his predecessors that the Pope substitutes the see of Southwark for that of Lon don, and that he abolishes all former episcopal sees esta blished in England by the Popes who preceded him in the chair of St. Peter. Pius IX. distinctly declares it in the brief which creates the new hierarchy. " Consequently, since the promulgatio❑ of the Papal brief, the sees of Canterbury, of York, of London, and any other sees established before this reform, have ceased to exist. The persons who in future may assume the titles of Archbi‘hop of Canterbury or Bishop of Lon don, will ba nothing less than intruders, schismatic priests, without any spiritual authority." Not only is the blow aimed at the Church of Eng lar.d—it is avowedly, openly, ostentatiously, made at all our liberties, civil and religious, and the ultramontane Univers boldly repudiates the excuse set up by the defenders of the Papal usurpation in England, and thus confirms the statement of Lord JOHN RUSSELL : - - " An attempt may be made in England to appease the alarm of the Anglicans by comparing the new dio cesan divisions to, the arrangements of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, or of the Methodists; but such a comparison would be completely false. The Me thodists follow their propagandism. Z hey never pre tended to call in question the spiritual authority of the Anglican Bishops, They may divide and subdivide as much as they like the diocese of London or of Oxford, without ever annulling the authority of those sees, and I% , uclering null and of no avail the acts emanating from the Anglican prelates that oc cupy them. To establish an analogy between these two orders of facts would be to reduce the Catholic Church to the proportions of one of the sects that divide England between them. We prefer, as the Holy S:^.e has thought fit in its wisdom to teke this grave measure, to avow openly and frankly its bear ing, to give it its full importance, rather than endeavour to diminish it to calm the irritation of the enemies of the Church who take offence at it. Yea, the act of supremacy just issued by the Pope denies the existence in England of any ether spiritual authority than his own. Let upright-minded Anglicans reflect upon this., and examine their consciences, for it comes to nothing lees I Or have the Anglicans perchance imagined that the Pope recognised the authority of a Protestant Church ?" We trust that all Protestants of every denomination will reflect on this last passage which we have extraeted from the Univers, and con sider well what measures should be adopted to defend religious liberty and religious equality against the threatened usurpations of a Church which denies the existence of any other spiritual au thority than its own. To defend ourselves against the old aggressions it may be necessary to have recourse to the old defences, indeed, Lord JOHN RUSSELL intimates as much in his admirable letter. In whatever measures he may adopt to repel and punish these aggressions and usurpations on the part of the Bishop of ROME, the Prime Minister may safely count upon the unanimous support of the whole of the Pro testant people of Great Britain. The manner in which the sth of November was observed in every part of the kingdom, is a proof that the old Protestant spirit Las been thoroughly roused ; everywhere meetings are held to address the QUEEN, the Supreme Head of the Church, on this arrogant attempt at an usurpa tion of her spiritual authority. Yesterday there were meetings for this purpose held at St. Olave, Jewry, and St. Martin Pomeroy, at St. Dunstan-in-the-West, and at Stepney ; and to- day the Common Council of the City of London met and agreed to present an address to her MAJESTY, which was almost an echo of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S letter. At Coventry a meeting of the Archdeaconry was held yesterday, and an address to the QUEEN agreed to. At the close of the proceedings a question was asked as to what course should be pursued to obtain petitions from the laity, when it was sug gested by the Hon. and Rev. G. M. YoRKE, that it would be far better, and from all he knew the laity were quite alive . to the subject, to leave it in their hands, to act freely, and not under the dictation of the clergy. The advice of Mr. Yolts.2 is sensible advice, and will, we hope, be acted on. The question more concerns the laity than it does even the clergy, and the laity will be "up and doing" everywhere in defence of their liberties against sacerdotal usurpation. We must defer to another occasion our observations on that portion of Lerd JonN's letter which relates to the traitors in our own camp, the Romanising clergy of the Church of England. Public attention has repeatedly been directed to the treatment experienced by the cruelly-persecuted and deeply-injured PERTAUB SINGH, the deceased Raja of Sattara, and by his lawful heir and succes sor, the still more unfortunate Trimbukjee Raja, at the hands of the _Honourable East India Company and the Anglo-Indian Government. The subject has been brought before Parliament, before the Court of Directors, and before the proprietors of India stock; but we regret to say it never received the considera tion it so eminently deserved. Means were adopted on every occasion to stifle discussion and to get rid of the unwelcome subject. The undisguised anxiety exhibited by the interested parties to avoid the strin gent and searching inquiries by which the actual facts of the case might have been elicited, sufficiently proved the weakness of their cause. Those who have nothing to dread from the truth are ever willing to undergo any ordeal ; in place of shrinking from, they court in vestigation, and are desirous that every circumstance should be brought into the open light of day, so that even the possibility of doubt or misconception may be removed, and an accurate judgment formed on indisputable premises. But it nory appears that the magnates of Leaden hall-street are not content with adopting this discre ditable course. It is not sufficient merely to smother discussion ; they have resorted, and are still re sorting, to more active measures of oppression for the purpose of crushing the feeble efforts of a helpless woman and an innocent child—of preventing the touching remonstrances that may ultimately induce the British Parliament and the British nation to render ample justice to the aggrieved parties. They are endeavouring to starve the RANEE and the de jure Raja into submission, in order that they may tamely relinquish their unques tionable rights, and acknowledge the propriety of the gross usurpation of which the Company has been guilty in occupying the territories and confiscating the revenues of the infant Raja. As Englishmen we blush at the facts plainly and simply stated in the letter to the Chairman and Court of Directors of the East India Company, which will be found in another part of this day's impression, and which we earnestly commend to the calm and mature consideration of every un prejudiced person, of every lover of truthandjustice in this favoured land. If there is any exaggeration or misstatement, it may be readily contradicted by, or on behalf of, the Directors ; but, unfortunately, it rests on too broad a basis to be denied. The evi dence by which it is sustained are the dispatches and letters from the Governor-General and Council of India, published under the sanction and authority of the Directors, in pursuance of an order of the House of Commons. In that extraordinary document, after stating, with what foundation the public will judge for itself, after perusing the clear and straightforward let ter of " A NATIVE OF INDIA," that " the Go vernment of India bus always advocated the grant of an ample stipend to the adopted son of the ex-Raja, and is still of opinion that he should be liberally treated, as well as the RANEE," the Marquis of DALHOUSIE, and his advisers Messrs. LITTLER, CURRIE, and Lowis say—" w But • e appre h e nd you (as the Court of Directors) cannot wish this Government to confer a pension on the adopted boy at Benares, at the time that by designating him sea' RJj a of SATTARA he is virtually disputing the right of the East India Company to territory of which it has assumed (q1267C usurped ?) possession. Nor do we suppose it can be your wish that we should in while she is recap crease the pension of the Raw, rising and maintaining these sovereign rights in the adopted eon." The conclusion from this singular reasoning follows naturally enough :—" We do not feel ourselves justified in making these grants unless both the Ranee and the boy at Benares, renounce all right to the Raj of Sattara, or, at all events, unless the use of the designation and all marks of sovereignty are abandoned by both of them." From the passages above extracted it appears but too clearly that the Governor-General and Council put their liberal intentions under constraint, and that, notwithstanding the express directions of the Court " to make payments to which (crede DALUoUSIE) these persons (the RArrEE and Raja) had forfeited all just claim," they had absolutely refused to make these payments, and had suffered the victims of persecu tion to pine for three years in captivity, where they were unable to obtain their own livelihood, without supplying the actual means of subsistence. Is this conduct worthy of men ? 13 it calculated to exalt the character of the Anglo-Indian Govern ment in the eyes of the native princes ? Or is it becoming the representatives of the British nation, which has ever claimed a reputation for honour, in tegrity, and moderation iu all its dealings, more especially with the weak and feeble, who were unable to defend themselves, and who could only depend on the justice and equity of their judges. We pause for a reply ! We trust that the organs of Leadenhall-street may not continue silent, blit that they will offer some justification for what we cannot help designating as this monstrous outrage on pro priety, this fearful corroboration of the statements we have heard of their injustice in other respects. But if, after three years' resistance, they have suc ceeded in extorting from a feeble woman a formal renunciation of the " rights" (that is the term used by Lord 1/famous's] in his dispatch) of the adopted son of her deceased husband, we again ask what value can be attached to such a document, obtained by such disgraceful means and so totally devoid of consideration ? We venture to tell the Honourable .Company that it would not weigh a feather in the scale before any tribunal. Trimbukjee Reja is an infant of tender years ; even if willing and anxious to do so, he could not barter his in- heritance or relinquish his inalienable rights. Again, a deed obtained by coercion, and while the party is under duress, is absolutely null and void. As well might a Norman baron of the olden time set up a claim to the domains of a neighbour founded on a deed executed while the grantor was incarcerated in the dungeon of the castle, and kept without food or nourishment until he affixed his name and seal to the conveyance, as the East India Company assert a valid title to the Raj of Sattara on such a docu ment. It is, besides, to all intents and purposes, a nuduln pactum. It is, therefore, perfectly valueless on three distinct and separate grounds. We can, however, judge of the opinion which the parties them selves entertain of the justice of their cause when they descend to such vile and debasing expedients to sustain and support it. The spirit cf opposition is congenial to the English character, it is fostered by our institutions. Nothing great or good has ever been done without it, whether in Parliament or vestry. We do not wonder, there fore, when we hear of opposition to anything; but we must confess that where we least expect it is on the occasion of a ball, and that too a ball connected with a charity. If it be safe for Englishmen to lay aside their politics anywhere, surely it should be in a work of this kind. For our part we need not lay aside our politics, as we do not find that they in the least in terfere with our sympathy for the Poles. We have ever looked upon the downfal of their country as an European calamity, and the original source of all those evils which, at one time the ambition of Kings, at another the anarchy of nations, have, for this half a century past, inflicted upon the world. But some of our contem poraries might be of a different opinion. They might not, as we do, extend their approbation to the cause of Poland ; we cau scarcely believe them capable of carrying their dissent to the ungracious extremity of persecuting its victims. The rights of hospitality are too sacred to be interfered with by political prejudices. These should find their vent in something else, and on some othe'r occasion. It is our boast that we are not inferior to the ancients in anything and that our superiority in some things is unquestion able. What says HomEu upon this very question of hospitality ? One would think that his prophetic genius refers to the exiles of Poland : " Low at thy knee thy succour we implore, Respect us human, and relieve us poor. At least some hospitable gift bestow, 'fis what the happy to the unhappy owe: 'Tis what the gods require, those gods evere; The poor and stranger nre their comity,* care; To Jove their cause, and their revenge belongs, He wanders with them and ho feels their wrongs." We recommend the above lines to the correspon dent of the Times. They were addressed originally to POLYPHEMUS, to whom the worthy Alderman bears little resemblance, as he is no manner of giant,'• and has not only one eye ; but though he may have two eyes far all his mercantile speculations, he is too apt to make use only of one of them when he is looking into public matters, especially where his own interest is not at stake. We would persuade prudent men on all occasions to look at things with both eyes, and we believe that aldermen are generally in the habit of doing so except when they happen to correspond with the Times. But it is not with poetry alone that we mean to answer either the Times itself or its correspondents, or any of the other grumblers against the Polish ball. Tnat ball can well bear the test of argument, and needs no sentimentalism in its support. It is a fact that we have about five hundred Polish refugees in England, that they are proscribed, that their property has been confiscated, and that their friends and rela tives at home are forbidden under severe penalties to send them any pecuniary assistance. Is it then a wonder that they are in distress ? The wonder is that their distress is not more general. If it were, the money raised by the ball would not go far. The Times' estimate of the net proceeds of the file is be tween one and two thousand pounds ; the last pro duced about four hundred. To hear the grumblers one would think this sum is sufficient to keep five hundred men in idleness, and - supply them daily with a cigar each for a whole year. It is barely adequate to the relief of the blind, the halt, and the maimed among them. It is upon such men that certain par ties delight to make a display of their wit, or to pour the thunder of their eloquence. All their support is exclusively reserved for the authors of the partition of Poland ; they have no sympathy for the victims of a noble cause. FALsrarr took good care to be out of HOTSPUR'S way in the field, but no sooner had he heard of his death than he hastened to run the corpse through the body. We have no wish to imitate the part of FALSTAFF, and leave it for those who either from temper or policy are more fit to undertake the vindi cation of triumphant despotism. Cardinal Wiseman has arrived at Boulogne, from whence he will proceed to St. Leonard's, and may be ex pected to arrive in London about the end of next week. OXFORD, Nov. s.—The sermon preached before the University to-day by the Rev. Baden Powell, M.A., Savilian Professor of Geometry, had very little direct refer ence to Popery, but it was, nevertheless, throughout an uncompromising assertion and defence of all the most che rished principles of the Reformation and of Protestantism, as might be expected from the well-known character of the preacher, who was appointed to the office by the Vice-Chan cellor. In the Bidding Prayer the preacher pointedly inter ceded for the Protestant Church of England. The text was from Ist Corinthians, chap. 3, verses 11-15—" For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ," kc. CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC --r' Nov. 6. The South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Com pany's ship the Prince Ernest arrived here yesterday morning with 63 passengers from Boulogne, and the Princess Helena sailed from that port with 22 passengers. At midnight the Princess Clementine brought over 14 passengers. This morn ing the Prince Ernest sailed for Boulogne with 70 passengers and 6 horses, and the Princess Helena returned with 79 pas sengers. itEFRESENTATION OF MAIDSTONE.—The statement that Mr. Hope Was about to resign the representation of Maidstone has been confirmed by an address issued by that gentleman. - - LEGAL PnomonoN.—Mr. Sergeant Wilkins is forthwith to receive a patent of precedence. SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON.—In the exarninaticn for prizes given by the Society of Apothecaries of London for the greatest proficiency in Materia Medica and Therapeutics, October, 1850, the first prize, gold medal, was awarded to Mr. F. W. Headland, King's College ; second prize, silver medal, to Mr. D. T. Morris, Charing cross Hos pital. There are three prizes given by the society. The first, a gold medal ; second, a silver medal and books on ,bo tanical science ; and the third, book s on ly. The first prize has been awardd to Mr. F. W. Headland, King's colleet ; the second, to Mr. G. D. Brown, St. Thomas's Hospit4; and the third, to Mr. J. Z. Lawrence, of UniYersitk. College. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1850. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. It is announced that the Government has received a telegraph dispatch from Lille of the sth, stating • that General LABITTE had received a sufficient num ber of voters to secure his return for the department of the Nord. There was no other candidate ; the Re publicans abstained from taking any part in the election. The Lyons plot is, as we suspected, a got up affair by the police ; the " sham" is completely exposed in the National of yesterday. The Petrie announces that the message of the PRE SIDENT has been communicated to the Ministers in Council. It contains no allusion to a prolongation of the Presidential power. Several laws have been submitted to the Council of State ; on this subject we find the following in the Opinione Publique : " If our information be exact, the ensemble of the mu nicipal and departmental law has been voted a first time by the Council of State. The clauses which conferred the nomination of municipal magistrates on the Execu tive Government and the indication of the candidates to the municipal council, has been rejected by a small ma jority. On the other hand, the Council of State has de cided that the dismissal of these magistrates shall con tinue to take place only in virtue of a decision of the Council of State. The Minister of the Interior in vain attempted to combat this disposition, and to cause the dismissal and nomination of mayors to be attributed to the Government. Our readers see that even in the Council of State, which is composed in great part of the supporters of centralization, the necessity of giving, in a certain measure, guarantees to the independence of the municipalities has been perceived. For a stronger reason, the cause of municipal liberty should prevail in the Legislative Assembly, whicb, by its origin, is called on to appreciate the interests Lf every kind which are connected with the abolition of the regime, which M. Guizot in one of his last works, 'De la Demecratie en France,' has rightly called the eove reignty of centralization.' The remarkable language which bI. Guizot employs, when speaking of this matter, seems to us to indicate the most powerful motive which tells in favour of municipal liberty, and particularly in favour of the action of the municipalities in the choice of mayors. It is clear that for municipal officers to possess the moral ascendancy which they need, espe cially in these times, they must derive their force from the confidence of the populations who surround them. If they are the men of the central government, they could do nothing for the Government in case of a revolution r.t Paris, for they would be conquered, and cast out with it by that revolution." PARIS BOURSE, Nov - . 6.—Closing Prices.—Five per Cents. Routes, 92F. 75c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 50c. ; Bank of France, 2,290 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON 5100 K EXOHANGE, Nov. 6. Boulogne and Amiens, VTR —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14%—Namur and Liege, 7 7 / B —Northern of France, l4Al—Orleans and Bourdeaus, 2:, , i—Rouen and Havre, 978, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Ist instant have arrived. The Spanish Chamber of Deputies held a sitting on the Ist. Several Bills of local interest were presented by the Government. The Chamber then elected a provisional bureau—M. LOT'S MAYENS was chosen President by 148 votes, M. GONZALEZ ROMERO, Count DE VISTAHERMOS.A, M. VAHEY, and 111. ZARA GOZA, Vice-Presidents. The Chamber afterwards no minated committees to examine the electoral returns. All these committees consist of Ministerialists. The Chamber, it was believed, would be definitively con stituted in less than a fortnight. The Epoca notices that no mention is made in the speech from the Throne of the tariff question, and assumes that the Cabinet does not intend to present any measure of importance on the matter this session. The Monte molinist journal, the _Esperanza, was seized on the 31st ult. by order of the political chief. It was rumoured that the Portuguese Government bad solicited the good offices of Spain in the questions pending between it and England ; several conferences on the subject had taken place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the English Ambassador. The Princess CLEMENTINE, daughter of Louis PHILIPPE, was expected at Seville on the 4th or sth, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess DE MONTPENSIER. In consequence of the Ist being All Saints' Day, the Bolsa was closed. GERMANY. Accounts from Berlin of the 4th state that it has been determined to summon the Prussian Chambers to meet on the 21st inst. Accounts from Electoral Hesse have been received to the sth. The Civic Guard at Hanau had been disarmed by the Bavarian!. Capszll and Fulda are in possession of the Prussians, 6,000 of whom have en tered the latter place. It is said that MANTEUFFEL will be appointed by Prussia Minister of Foreign Affairs ad interim. ITALY. The Era Nuova of Milan has just been obliged to suspend its publications, by order of the Austrian Government. A letter from Florence, of the 29th ult., in the Ri sorgimeuto of Turin, states that a new postal conven tion has been concluded between Tuscany and France. The same letter says that the sth Austrian corps (Fannie has received orders to return to Ger many. A letter from Leghorn of the 27th ult., in the Statuto of Florence, announces that a notice from the Austrian commandant of that sea-port has been posted up at the theatres, forbidding the public to indulge in any signs of approbation or disapprobation during the performance. The Giornale di Roma of the 28th publishes a de cree of the Minister of Finance, regulating the pri vilege of franking letters. This privilege is granted to the chief functionaries of the state, the sacred con gregations, the generals of monastic orders, for correspondence within or without the limits of the state; within the state only, to cardinals, the relations of the POPE, the members of the Holy Inquisition, and the tribunals. The same privilege is granted only in a limited degree to several functionaries of an inferior order, such as directors of police, intendants &c. The right of carrying and d of el m iv i e l r i n a military divisions, letters d eclared a monopoly of the state. Persons detected in the act of carrying sealed letters are to be fined at the rate of 80 baiocchi (4f. 50c.) for every ounce weight, of which fine six-tenths are allotted to the informer. The Risorgimento and Concordia of the 2d inst. contradict the statement that the POPE had issued a bull excommunicating the kingdom of Piedmont. They say there is not the least truth in it. Manchester connectedcorrespondentcomplains hepe of Goodof incon venience Hope Town. It is often o • po f rtance h to verify lett A c rs M aattnoc Cape from other partsupon from the want of a date in the Post-office the dates of such letters, as well as of those inl of the colony, which owing to the defect in question is now * Bank have both recently reported North of Scotland Bank and the Edinburgh Ghaacleffatisacgiarobswlteo their shareholders, consequent upon the a i mn their clpTthe state of rail way Bank t The hei r callorthpit capital, and d ot t l h a e n i d r a s n h d os o ,3 t h a e lossr disasters of tw o. -thirds h r B d 4 s 7. t, f shakes are consequently to be reduced to one-half, and to re- 1 present for the future a capital of only 190,0001. The Edin burgh and Glasgow Bank state that, in addition to their re served fund, they have lost 140,0001. of their capital. THE SUB-DEAN OF WESTMINSTER.—In reference to some inquiries as to the cause of the Rev. Lord J. Thynne, sub:Dean of Westminster, not having signed the address of the clergy of Westminster to the Bishop of London, the Rev. Gentleman states that it is the privilege of the Dean and Chapter of St. Peter's, Westminster, to address the Crown as visitor, and that a chapter is summoned, according to the ac customed manner of the collegiate body, b y appealing to the highest authority in the realm for redress. SINGULAR INCIDENT IN A ROE HUNT.—When Major Campbell, of Orrnadale. in Argyllshire, and a party of friends, were roe hunting on Friday last with Captain Camp bell of Glendaruel's hounds, a most extraordinary circum stance occurred. A roe, hard pressed by the hounds, sprang over a precipice, and was killed on the spot; three of the dogs followed, but were so little injured that two of them were fit for work the next day. The rock has since been measured, and found to b e 93} feet in height. THE ROYAL CLARENCE THEATRE.—Thjs pretty little theatre, situate in Liverpool•street, King's-cross, has been taken for a limited number of nights by a company of amateurs for a series of performances. Last Monday evening was the second of the series, and certainly bids fair to termi nate in a successful issue. 'The pieces selected were Self accusation, or a Brother's Love, The Angel of the Attie, and a new travestie of Shaksperes tragedy of Hamlet, written, it is said; by one of the company. The whole of the perform ances, both on the first occasion and that of Monday evening last, did great credit to the respective parties, and there is no doubt that from the manner in which the histrionic aspirants went through their parts they will be capable of appearing before the public in situations more deserving their efforts. The performances appeared to give universal satisfaction to a numerous audience, which was testified by the applause with which each piece was received. GRAY'S INN, Nov. 6 --At a Pension of the Ho nourable Society of Gray's Inn, holden this day, Edmund Tonks, Esq., of Queen's College, Oxford, 8.C.L., was called to the degree of barrister-at - law . We are glad to'learn that the statement made by the Church and State Gazette and the Record, of the Rev. W. H. Anderdon having joined the Church of Rome, is un true. The Rev. Gentleman has resigned his living, and is going abroad as chaplain to a nobleman ; hut we are assured that he has no intention of forsaking the communion of the Church of England.— Oxford Herald. GUY FAWKES.—It may not be generally known, but one of the most absurd and ludicrous caricatures of Dr. Wiseman and the Pope, exhibited in their cannonicals, with Guy Fawkes, emanated from George-street, St. Giles's, solely inhabited by Irish Catholics, and afforded the most amusing fun in that neighbourhood. TH E ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS.—Just before the rising of Vice-Chancellor Rolfe's Court yesterday, a petition was introduced, and was signed by several members of the bar, addressed to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, on the subject of the recent appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in England by the I'ope of Rome, and praying, on the part of the English bar, that her Bisjesty would be graciously pleased to direct that necessary measures should be taken to prevent such improper interference in this country on the part of any foreign potentate. TIIE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH It4ILIVAYS Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices. ..._ 80 I 8 6 8 13 14 0 8% to 8 % dis. 100 17% GA, —6% dis. 178 1 2 % - 1 p. 27 -29 26Y 4 - 26% 6 13 4 6 13 4 B %p 6 G fife p 2% I 1 1 01 2% 100 68% -68 17k -17% 8 -8 5 ...... 51/ 9% - 10% 11 13 4 100 23 101,a-103 10 1 A —lO% •• 28 —26 dis. 114 11 4 - iy, 1 -11 A .. -.. 6 -6, % 3 / 8 P par % P 11%-11% 54 -55 56 - 56% 4 -5 p 6%-iii .. - .. 4 1 A -4% 191 A - 19% 9 -934 30 -30 25 -25 P At - IN l A - % 13% - 14 4 -4 1 A 10 -104 12 - 12' 35% - 3534 - 245 Business done 69% - 70 1 4 - 96 -98 48 —44 4 21}i 22 y e 60 —61 V, 2 1 ; 2 3 46 3 4 47% 13% 13 dis. .7!• —7% dis. 8% 78 dis, 12% 12% dis. - - 7/4 6 % dis, 95 —96 94 10 , ~. dis. 3'A 1 dis. dis P .• - .• 7 - 71± 84% - 84% 103-4 - 11 58 -60 58 -60 100 12 15 4 20 100 136 -- 138 11 -11% , - 2 3 —24 x.d. MU —llB 2% —2% p. 3% - 3 54 P. 2 —2% P. 68 —69 100 42% 16% 15 14 —l3 dis. 2 —2% p. 12 " 7 - 7 14 4% 4M dis, 19 - 19% 8% 9% 8 1 4 -8% 4 9 0; 3% 3 1 ,1 dis. 41 —41% 22 1 A 23 dis. 20 21.4 124 - 125 29 16 0 100 4734 2 12 0 13 5 3 9 12 3 17 —l9 15 —l4 dis. 14 —l6 3ii —4% 7 —7% 4 3 4 5 10% 10 dis. 12% - 13 41 -42 7 - 7 4 P. 18%-18A% 7 1 4. - ?% - -11% 8 8 dls, q• 6 db. 9%-9i 10 -- 13 5 6 8 9 1% % dis. 13, 13% 3% —3% dis. 10 —lO% 10 1 / 8 11% 4 —3% dis. 19% 20% .. - .. 25% - 25% 4% —4% dia. . . . 9 7 dis. 3 - 3 ' 4 - 4;4 .. - .. 23 -24 44 -45 16% - 17 —7% dis. 3S 4 dis. 143,-15% 3 —4 23u 22%. Is IX dis. IGN. 2 -2B 7S -8 14% - 14% 5% —4% dis. % % Pm. :NT STOI 14— % pm % dis % pm. -1 13i -1% 7 -8. nth of N d 36th. A I , li 14% 4% —4% dig. 29 —3l 24 —24% 6% —6% dis. 9% 10 2 - .1 - -2% 1 . 0% -- 14% dis. 11 , 1, - 2 !K BANKS. 29 -28% 43 -43 •• - •• 24% .- 24% to-day" 7% 8 7% 6q 6 •• - •• 27% .. 42% - 42% 15% - 16 .. - .. 12% - 13 "ovember. Ticket kccount clam 13th Aberdeen.. Do. Preference • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, I Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrshire and Galloway. Belfast andeounty Down Berks and Hants Exten. (Great Western Per. petual 5 per cent ) Birmingham and Oxford. Junction, calls duly paid, or with a guar... Do. without a guar... Binning., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, ealls, duly paid, or with a guarantee •• • • •• Do. without a guar. •• Birming., Wolverhamp:, and Stour Valley • • Birkenhead, Lancas., and' Cheshire Junction • • Bristol and Exeter •• Buckinghamshire •• • • • • Caledonian • • • • • • Do. JO/. Preference • • Do. Clydesdale Junc... Chester and Holyhead .. Do. Preference .. •• Clarence .. . • .. • • Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct., De. 2d do., 5 per cent.( Do. Gov. Loan, 4 pr. ct.l Direct Lond. and Purism. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) •• • • Do, (182. E. & H.) •• Do. (Si. 10s.) 6 per t cent. Preference •. I Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref.' Do. (IL 175.) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Counties .. .• Do. Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 .• •• Do. No. 2 . • •• •.1 Do. New Preference, 6' per cent. .. .• • . D. North. and East. 6 per cent. •• Do. do. 5 per cent .. Do. do., New • • • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., & C shares Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. • • • • East Lancashire • • • • Do. New quarters • • Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. • • East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent • . • . .. Edinburgh and Glasgow Ectin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, 1)o. pref. consolidated Do. do. G. D. &C. stock Gloucester & Dean Forest Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et.l Do. 5 per cent. pref. • . Great Southern and' Western, Ireland • • Do. eighths Great North of England Do. new 40/. .. Do. new 301. .. Do. new 151. . .. Great Western .. .• Do. New, 171, Hull and Selby Do. half' shares Do. quarter shares ... La.:easter and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. • • Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • • • Do. thirds .. • • .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 per cent. ..• . • Do. Pludders. & Sheff. Do. West Riding Unien Leeds and Bra4tord • • Leeds and Thirsk • • • • Do. pref. 6 pet., No. 1 1)o. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 pref. 6 pct., No 31 Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. •• London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. Do. guarteed 5 per et., late Croydon thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p ct. Do. preference, cony. per cent., 1852 Do. new guaranteed, 6 percent. .. • • •.I London and Greenwich Do. preference .. • • London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 10/. sh., 3f. &B (c) London and S.-IVsstern Do. new 501. Do. new 401. Do. new preference •• I Londonderry & Coleralne Do. half shares .. .. Lowestoft, guar. 4 per et. Do. do. 6 per cent. • • Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. .. • • • • Do. half shares • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .• Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • .. Do. quarters, No. 1 • • Do. new,lol preference Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland • . • • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 50/. shares • • • • Do. Dimling & Derby! Do. Consol. Bristol & I Binning., 6 per cent. Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. • . Do. Erewash Val. pref. Do. Bele. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. • • Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares Newmarket • • .. Do. extension scrip .. I Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • • • • Newry & Enniskillen • • Newry, IV arrenpoint, &I Rostrevor • • .. • • Norfolk .. • • .. • • Do. New 201. shares.. Do. Extension • • • • Do. guar. 5% per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British .. Do. Preference •. North Staffordshire •. North-Western .. • • Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. •. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) •• • • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.. • • •• • • Royston and Hltehin Do. Shepreth Exten.•. Scottish Central • • • • Scottish Midland .. Do. new . • • • • Shrewsbury & Birming. Class A.. • • • • • • Do. Class 8.. • • • • Do, New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford - Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. MM.) .. • • Do. Hahes •• • • Do. Oswestry • • • • Do. New.. • • • • Do. 8 per cent. Pref. .. Shropshire Union .. South Devon • • • • Do. Preference • • .. South Staffordshire South-Eastern .. • • Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. .. • • South Yrkshr, Dencster, and Goole .. • • • Slieff., Roth.; and Goole, N. Div„ guar. 5 p cent., Do. do. South Div. 1 Swansea & Loughor, &c. l Taw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. 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, & WQF-' mouth • . • • • . York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. Ditto and Newcastle tension .. do. .. do. .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference .. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. Tork and North Midland Do. Preference .. Anglo-Italian (late Rai Ilan and Austrian) • • Bonlo;ne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Demerara 1.. • • • • Dutch Rhenish •• •• Eaet Indian • • .. • • Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Peninsula. • Ditto ditto • • .. Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg • • • • •• Ditto • • • • • • • • Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege .. • • Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans • • .. Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and liavre Sambre and Meuse .• Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan der., and Ilasselt West Flanders .. Australasia ............ British North America.. Colonial Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New ........ • • . • National of Ireland .. • • Provincial of Ireland.. • • Do. stew.. •••• • • • • Union of Australia .. • • Do. New •• Union of London • • •• • • Union of Madrid ••• • • • [Settling days in the moi tered shareo, 14th and 15 11 6 3i 9 8% 14 137 69 1 4 P 46% 47 7 5 7 117 % 117 15 1 ,4 % 67 68 41 40% 12 6li % 131 i 13 13V4 18M li 19% % % 254 26 Hs 4 17 16% 17 11% 13 11% 2214 N % stA 7%. S 14% x 9% % 6 13 4 20 ex. d MONEY and COMMERCIA . Consols ... Ditto Accouut ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds 8914 Ditto, Small Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent ....• Ditto 3 Der Cent..... — Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. Do 5 per cent days for regis and 29th.) Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day• --- Ang,lo•Mexican(is. 5/. p.) 100 .. -- .. Asturian .............. 15 .. _ ~ Australian . .. Barossa Range ....... 113 0 3% —3% Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 10 • • —.. Bolanos Scrip British Iron.. ••.. • • Brazilian Imp. (is. Si. p ) 241 .. —.. Do. Cocacs and Cuiaba 30 3 % -3% 3% Do. St. John del Rey l5 14% —l5 Ccbre Copper • • .... .• • 40 3314 33% Coplapo ... ..... ... • • • —. .. .. General.... ...... .... • • 20 .. „ Real Del Monte, Unreg. .. .. Do. Black Debentures. .. —, . Do. Red Debentures Santiago de Cuba .. 9% Tin Croft .. ••• • • • .... • • 7 .. •.. United Mexican.. ••.• • • .28 2 8%, 6% —7% 7 MISCELLANEOUS. 1 Canada ••..••• • . • • • 32% .. —.. Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 .. —.. Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 79% 811 Royal Mail Steam .. • • NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 4,000 tales. The market was heavy, and prices of all kinds except Brazil were id. per lb. lower than on Friday last. Tho sales consisted of 100 Pernam and Maranham, at 84d. to Bd.; 100 Bahia, W. to 811; 300 Surat, at 54d. to 5,a- r d.; and the remainder American.—The Share Market was flat, and prices gene rally were declining. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 40s. 11d. per quarter. Upon the state cf the Metal market we are advised by Mr. William Short as follows :—" In Welsh Bars and Rails a considerable business was done last month, and manufacturers are now all looking for advanced prices ; of Bars a large parcel was sold at 41. 10s. per ton, since which there have been no sellers under the quotation of 41. 12s. 6d., in Wales. Staffordshire Iron has been in moderate request, and prices continue nearly un altered. Swedish has been sold to some extent at 111. 10s. to 111. 155., and for superior assortments a shade more is demanded. Scotch Pig Iron continues much de pressed, and comparatively little business has been done in the articles, and the price has not varied ls. per ton from tho present quotation. The very large stock at Glasgow and the neighbourhood, computed to ap proach near 300,000 tons, prevents its partici pating in the improvements that has attended Welsh iron. Swedish Steel is firmly held at my quotation. Copper—On the 16th ult. the smelters declared an advance of id. per lb. on manufactured, and 4/. 10s. per ton on unmanufactured ; thus making their quotations agree with the prices at which only they had been sellers for some weeks previously. However, for parcels of Tile Copper in second hands, offered since the rise, buyers could not be found beyond the old rite of 781. 10s." The steady advance in the price of Port Wine is still conspicuous at the latest date from Oporto, according to Messrs. Walter Howell and Hale, the rates were higher than since 1834. In Villa Nova as much as 120 milreis per pipe had been given for old Wine of middling quality. The stock at Oporto, on the Ist October last, was 72,512 pipes. It is with regret we learn by this packet that the question of equalizing the export duties on Wines shipped from Oporto remains unaltered. It appears that the claim put forward on behalf of England on this subject to the Portuguese Government had been rejected by the Council, and that shortly a communication to this effect would be made by the English representative, Sir George H. Seymour, the plea being that the differential duties ate indispensable to assist toe cultivation of the vineyards in the wine country. and that any measures which the Portuguese Government may consider as necessary for the purpose, are expressly permitted by the terms of the commercial treaty between the two countries. Accuunts from Belgium state, that under the new winter postal arrangements, the English courier does not arrive at Antwerp before half-past twelve o'clock in the day, instead of half-past ten o'clock A.M., as was the case during the summer months. The Amsterdam Bourse on the sth instant was ani mated, owing to the further rise in the Austrian Funds, and the improved tone at Paris. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. were at 56k; Russian and Spanish Bonds were in request; and also Mexican. At Frankfort on the 4th instant Austrian Metallics were 78 to 4, a rise of about 1 per cent.. or even more, if we take into account the fact that the exchange on Vienna was higher. English sovereigns were worth 11 50, and discounts were 24 per cent. The exchange on London at short was 118 i. The letters and papers by the Collins' steamer have not been delivered. The West India mail is not yet in. The English Funds have been rather quieter, and although the political intelligence from the continent is still of a more encouraging nature, in the view at least of those who advocate a repression of the spirit of liberty, the market seems for the moment to have seen its best. We believe that the account will chiefly in. fluence it, and that if there should now be a pause for a few days in the buying back by the Bear party, or if it should be found that they have already made their books tolerably straight, the quotations would rule a little heavier, temporarily. Consols have been 978 for Transfer, and are now 97i I. For December they have been 97i i. Bank Stock nas been firm at 2131. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 675. to 715., and India Bonds 88s. to 91s. premium. In the Foreign Market there has been very little doing. Russian Bonds have been auoted 110:1 for the Five per Cents. Mexican have been done at 3l s and 32 ; and Brazilian at 89i. Spanish Three per Cents. have been nominally 39 to 394. ; and Dutch Two-and a• Half per Cents. 571 to 584. Railway Shares are weaker, and mostly in favour of buyers. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:- 1850. 1849. Great Western £15,781 ... £15,722 North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern North Stafford QUARTER TO THREE. ... 971 1 97t 1 ONEI CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH rusDs O'CLOCK. PRICES. Sank stock ..... 213% 213', I per Cent. Reduced Acne. ... 96 % 7 4 3 / 4 96% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 97% 5 ,4 % 97A, New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns ............... 98%% 98 Long Anne. to expire J an. 1860 — Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 India Bonds, 1,0001. .• BB p Ditto under L00M...—. Consols for Account 97 1 /2 % 1 /4 Exchequer Bills. 1%0. ag 2d 1,0001. June 500/. June p Small, June 7l 67 p 7 5-16 88 p 91 p 97% 70 p 70 p 70 p CLOSING PRICES. Grentla bonds, 1% per Cent — Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons-- Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... Ditto. Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto. 3 per Cent ftussian Bonds Ditto, 4% per Cent Ditto, Small Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account ..... .... Ditto, Panive Dividends on the above payable in Londnn. Dutch 24 per Cent., 12 Guild. 1031,4 31 3 / 4 110% 971 97% ln i 18% 3% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nor. 7.—Wind this day at noon, S.W., and fine. CLYDE, Nov. s.—Arrd. Montgomery, Pictou. PIED HOWDREY.—Arrd. Grace, Heenon, Bathurst. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 7.—Arrd. Sultan steamer, Brooks, Constantinople. SCILLY, Nov. 4.—The wreck of the Calliope, Conso lupo, from Odessa, on shore near the Woolpack Battery, has been sold. The greater part of her materials had been saved. MiLFonD, Nov. s.—Wind S.W., a fresh gale.—The Madan (?), Austrian brig, from Odessa, came ashore this morning at Whitesami Bay, near St. David's Head; one man drowned. SHIELDS, Nov. 6.—Wind W.—Sld. Cleopatra, Madras; Ann Mitchell, Bombay; Elizabeth, Belize; Dundee, Marseilles. SUNDERLAND, Nov. s.—Wind Cornubia, Calcutta. Lium,, Nov. s.—Wind N.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Armin, Ilolorf, Kertch. Sld. Jemima, Dantzic. GOOLE, Nov. 6.—Wind Orwin steamer, Antwerp. ARDROSSAN, Nov. 4.—Arrd. Petrel, Malaga. '-JERSEY, Nov. s.—Wind W.—Sld. Arab, St. Michael's. JERSEY ROADS, Nov. s.—Arrd. Swift, Lobrador; Ariel, Jersey Harbour. DUNGENESS ROADS, Nov. s.—Arrd.Dispatch, Fumun • ger, Shields, for Lisbon. BEAUMARIS, Nov. s.—Five casks of wine, marked " I. Hopps, No. —, Lr.", also an empty water cask, marked "John Kuyser and Son , Rotterdam," have been picked up in tine Menai Straits, and brought in hero. DEAL, Nov. 6.—Wind W., P.M. W.N.W. to N.W. by W.—Arrd. Harlequin, 'Gore, St. Kitts; Harriet, Putt, Oporto. A ffi ance arrd. from the River and sld. for Malta. Sid. Anglia Adelaide, South Australia; Ottawa, Mau ritius; Hindostan, Sierra Leone; Mary Campbell and Antilles, Berbice. Put back, Himalava, Melbourne. livEnrooL, Nov. 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrd Margaret steamer, Havre; Goddess, Jamaica; Austria, William Sturgiss, and Commerce, from Charleston; Admiral St. John's, New Brunswi ck ; Castine, Tatmago uc h e; Montreal, Montreal. Sid. Garland, Sydney, New South Wales. FALMOUTH, Nov. 6. Wind W. Arrd. Lesbia, Matteo, Odessa; Fortunate, Caliero, Barle:ta; Achilles, Klein, Marseille3. Sld. Peterel Packet, Madeira, Tene riff. and the Brazils. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 6. —Wind W.—Arrd. Crusader, Hacquoil, Landon for Honduras. IN THE GULL STREAM, NOV. 6.—Achille9, London. ILFRACOMBE, Nov. 4 —Arrd. William and Thomas, Michell, Neath for Plymouth, leaky, and with lobs of sails. PORTINLLAEN, Nov. 3. —Skl. Catherine, per Bank after vices,LEß Nov. her leaks. 2.—Wind W.—Arrd. Bose, Pea ce ' Davis's Straits, clean, and sailed for hull; s G y ra a vt n i , INe,icwhiotlhsotn7obotfihsheileLano,rditGoa.mbier, CoulJ sb y , and IN THE MERSEY, Nov. 6. dArrd. Arctic stea mer ' Luce, New York, left 27th Oct. d YAR3IOUTII ROADS, Nov.. AT d. Westut.----13 Buck, Quebec for Wisbeach, r. very leaky, r an d with 1°156 of bulwark!, &c. YARMOUTH, Nov. s.—The Lady of the Lake, from London to Seaham, on shore on the beach, vr i3 . o l l ° : last night, end towed in here very leaky. 603, the beth, from London to Shields, has been assisted ill u t c7 with sails split, leaky, and with loss of anchor and 6 31 4 having experienced a heavy gale off the Dudgeon OP 4th inst. sehOOper9e e JERSEY, Nov. s.—The Mountaineer Poole, was brought in here yesterday, by men from the Canopus, of this island, having been falle n isl s2 - Vir. abandoncd on the 20th Oct. in lat. 52 N., longli„ r to eh vessel is tight, but some of her copper sheabli'" gone and plank chafed. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY NEWGATE AND LEADSNIELIOsta:eIIO,I The general demand was in a sluggish at about stationary prices.—Beef from 2 5 t° 3s por ir, Mutton, 2e 2d to 3s 6d; Veal, 23 10d to 33 _, 2s 6d to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. MILT ISCANZ.V2O. , Myer, SmrrEtrlELD.--Mendow Hay, 21 Ss to St 16i; - - m d. 31 Os to 41 4s ; and Straw, 1/ is to 11 76 Per - A full average supply, and a dull trade. „,/ C umBERLAND.—Meadow H y 21 85 to 0. - ..A Clover, 3/ Os to 4135; and Str a , ' l/ 1s to 11 8s per low Supply good, and trade dull. aw ql 5; WHITECHAPEL...-- Meadow Hal', 21 5s to — 1 1 , 5 . Clover, 3 . 1 . 0 s to 4145; and Straw, 1/ is to 118 s per Trade dull, at our quotations. IVIAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, Nov. 6.—Prime Beasts and Sbe6l) T s e o " LI ( in moderate rcquost, at full prices. In other killufro stock very little business was transacted. 13elf's 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Ve . ,. / " 481 3s 63; Pork, 3s Od .to 3s 8d per 81bs. sinking w e - to . ROMFORD, Nov. 6. We had a dull trade here 31 to al day, on the following terms :—Beef, from 6 a ; s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s to 4s 2d ; Veal , as to 1 7 Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, egicb. 255; and Quarter-uld Store Pigs, 1 8 a to 235 eli HAILSHAM, Nov. 6.—Our market has ruled stttoo, to-day at full prices. —Beef, from 3s to 45 ; 6a 3s 23 to 4s ; Veal, 3s to 33 43; Pork, 3 s 2d W3s per 81118. to .dsl , ARUNDEL, Nov. s.—We had a slow trade yet prices were supported.—Beef , from 3s 241 `- 34 to Mutton, 38 43 to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s to 33 63; P" 1 " 3s 63 per Sibs. fb CHICHESTER, Nov. 6.—Generally s eakillg; - 3 4d ruled ibactive at the following terms:Pßeef, fro 5 8d; to 4s; Mutton, 3s 63 to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 4 " S° 39 Pork, 3s to 3s 63 per B!bs. CORN AVERAGES- „,„T — a co of to GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITw i , tur ris , ,,,o c s For the Week ended Oct. 31, 1850, made up from trie, - "„ e a Aucl " Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Engil" 129° I n per. Imperial Quarter. 0' BED 1,01/4 I WHEAT. IBARLEY.I I 1 OATS. U. cc; • PRICE •• I 40s 2d 24s Id 1 175 3d 1 23s 6d 295 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 4 1 T WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I B EA r , l4 ,i . I ", Is 03 Is Od is Od Is Od Is `-" p•• aT 0 ' Oh QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PA.-ma ; / 5 Wheat, 96,153; Barley, 51,534 ; Oats, 14,574 ; lIYe, 4,725; Peas, 1,675 quarters. CHAN CERY.—(THIS DA '` .l g e The farther arguments in the part heard tri t he " Neate v. Pink" occupied the Lord Ch ance whole morning. t he enti ° The other Equity Courts were occupied day with motions totally uninteresting to the P - DABQUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS icio (Sittings in Banco, before Lord CAMPBELL an d u ., COLERIDGE, WIGHTDIAN, and EntS . ) ENGLAND V. KINGSFORD AND A.NOT IIO. 1 In this case, in which Sir Frederick Tb „iger ar e r o tict yesterday for a rule to show cause why L h : l a _ tt d given for the plaintiff should not be set its l ","„ e c e, ground (inter alia) of its being against the evio e " - in which their Lordships took time to cons ider gr s Lord CAMPBELL, this mornin g, s a id the 1-I : t hosg b : c looked into the evidence in the 6 a nd the , h there ought to be a rule to show cause sewhy the not to be a new trial on th e groun d that the vercnc* contrary to evidence, but on that ground aloDe.• THE QUEEN V. KENEALLY. boa Mr. WHATELY, Q.C., said, in this cause bawl ot' move for a rule to show cause why the side -bar r o t he tamed in this case should not be set aside, sp d itis „ r es , taxation of costs under it procured by the pros' tutor. The ground en which he made this P 3 i ts was, that the prosecutors in this case, 14° s ot the guardians of a poor-law union , Wer lttits: " parties aggrieved," within the meaning of 0° IP" The statute 5 and 6 William and Mary, - e. "' ° l, e43 d . l e .it ee gave costs to a prosecutor when an indictmen t " dg rieT it removal by certiorari, as this was, if the part)! p h s ; was a justice of the peace, mayor, bailiff, or o , l ; t y ft; officer,. who should prosecute cn ac t --a- O u t ; committed or done concerning him c o u r lin thg° officers, and if it properly belonged to him 01 , 1 ; 11 e 5 7: prosecute.. The question now was whether "1, / 11 7, dians of a union came under the description V e ltin the statue—whether, in other words, they well : 1 0" " parties aggrieved" or " civil officers" who Pf7,; c eer, on account of any of the facts committed or dn,",", of corning him or them." The duties of the guarddlAci" union were defined by the Poor-law Amenctrne°4otu' and he contended that there was nothing in t hat 'it'll ° Parliament which threw on the guardians of 11 1 0 . any duty calling on them to become prosecutf i o el' case like the present. It was true that the c". 06 1 . 5 1 leged to have been ill-treated in this We A A P illegitimate child, but it was not an illegitia 3° ,4. chargable to the union. In this respect there " 001 0 ° difference between' an illegitimate and a legitiinstetteder The fact was that the child in this Cas e being ffir suffering from corporal punishment, and 4 1 15°3 ; 7 ° bn dered from his home, was taken incidentallYhnttedr; union. The guardians, he submitted, were 11 4 : 0 Lott prosecute in such a case, but they were voluntr,:iolo" prosecution, without intending to use the wora the e teers " in an offensive sense. Inpoint of prasef 111, ther of the child, whom he (Mr. 1 11 7 hately) lived in Gray's Inn, which was extra-ps oc- 20 1 7,0 and the child had wandered accidentally into t" - rp etfr but was not chargeable to the parish. Any °Lh n e ,e - pr o d besides the guardians might have car ried on cutior, but, strictly speaking, he (Mr. W i l t- 'O l6- lieved that the Attorney or SOlicitor•Gen e°- prosecute in such a case. 0.1 Lord CAMPBELL—Any person, by out --1.6 a prosecutor in the name of the Sovereign. Mr. NV HATELY believed that was 80. Lord CAMPBELL—Take a rule to' show esu ge. le PRESCOTT V. LUNNUIL fo6 l e, Mr. CLARKE applied to the Court in this est e gs_ fr is e o nisi, to set aside an order made by Mr. Ju, st ,; — t be 111 : 0 4 in order that the opinion of the Court nug:, upon the meaning of the 73e1 section oft'.“," i o clioit t e 12th Victoria, cap. 45, usually called the ass e„ce Act. It appeared that the defendant was su T eu v oro, ll , s o e m • tributor of the Royal Bank of Australia. - 01 , 1 4. 0 .tP, h0 i of the Act cited, an order was made by . the ' . ' vn of ' t cellor Knight Bruce, to refer the winding, Irsoatig:, company to Master Richards, and an Ads' A lp . I , ° oo was appointed. Pursuant to the 73d sectionii; so p 0 tice Coleridge then made an order tha t „.1 stubs against the defendant should be stayed 11° be forefor had made Subsequently ade oureq ly exhibited uent roof of his liabiliti Q t y h ia plaintiff applie d t ,?, o a,_°_, lj seti tice Maule for leave to proceed with the ac he ground that he had exhibited proof before \ - 130 0% . , - 0 0 who had allowed his claim. He (Mr. Clatti ati le o n lati witted that the order made by Mr. Justice "h r 7 t sorer be rescinded, inasmuch as the plaintiff had 31 "" air w i T t 113 COURTteh provisions t o e f d the u A I e c t .nisi, in de ca l: i t : o p cision on a similar point by the Court of EXCHEQUER.—(THIS (Sittings in Banco.) BERTRAM V. HU/VIOLIN& la st 81- 00 This case was tried in Middlesex at t he op 0 1° and a verdict was returned for the pisiElt`' .base first counts. F dr a Mr. JAMES, C. said the action was for t„ f i e uw eci of the Court Journal, and that his Learned y i eol r go ais Martin, who appeared for the defendant , " o p - 01 enter the verdict on the third and fourth iss d ' ant 4, rule was also, he believ e d, to be moved for, ipte i posing that were done, ho must apply to t heir to enter judgment non obstante veredicto. Application granted. ti b4 d l BROOKS V. CATT AND A.N0111151400, li d gE - _ This action was tried before Mr. Justi ee , ha last Summer Assizes, at Lewes, when 40 1 ' Judge nonsuited the plaintiff. they 04, Mr. E. JAMES now moved to set aside the ft; 0: 0 0 and to enter the verdict for the P 1 , 1°311 1 1 60 0 there should be any evidence at all whicu f l, s W e 'd ef' gone to the jary, in respect to the plai n° reth fijl e a tig was an action in assure sit for goods 62 _,,,` 1/ e s gi/pde fects bargained for and sold, and for ' fi%gr im ", o f 01- 0 0 1 and relinquished by the plaintiff, in faie u i ti g a "off fendant. The plaintiff was a publican, ke e P A Cool e d at Brighton, as tenant to Messrs. Catt ppe the defendants , large brewers there, w ' be ° fore I were anxious to get him out of the pre mise teeo' - for term expired, for the convenience of t u, so ssti_, l o • tenant ; and they agreed to give bins CO11 " bei gic- od that purpose. Negotiations then pass ed • a titf. 0 0 1 ‘ person, named Fisher, who acted for the Pl el t he r e t ire Mr. Anderson, the agent of the defendaote'aid t°Lion of which was that 421. 4s. 11d. should W it r c ciirso' plaintiff. He was, accordingly, abo ut to cl e nol ed o ed of the house, when an attorneY, :° bertson, who was engaged in the tranoteot,llo' 0 0 % 1 11 oe to ratify the agreement, unless some ce_ e ot ber to 4/., and due to him in respect of Au. e i r oare' lit 0 3 , were paid. Mr. Justice Erie thought th l l_, eo t, P o en: rescinded or left open the whole agreewto.rog and Learned Counsel submitted that th e _ b i n clia' negotiated by Fisher and And erson wa' P ie °II ought to have been put to the jury. T ole° The COURT promised to cons ult Mr. 0 the case. p COMMON PLEAS.—(T)IIS PBILPOTTS V. PH LPOT A" This action was ed a W ( t S r Sit tin in eT l3 ,6ot ano i n o! terolesot : 1 5: 0 :t fi ll e g o ; Lord at ra 4 after last term, before the late ....or e verr. Sergeant dict wasfo s u c t i fur ioL the t ui the Mr.