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pHE "MERCHANT" NEWSPAPER. xy The Subscribers to this Journal are respectfully informed that a PUBLIC MEETING will be held at Gerard's Hall, Basing lane, on SATURDAY NEXT, December 27, at Half-past Two o'clock, P.m., Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER in the Chair. • The object in convening this meeting is that of eluting Auditors _fix , the " Merchant" Newsp a p er , an d pass i ng reso l ut i ons i n support 'of that Jeuynal, such that will no doubt meet with the unqualified approval of all who have become Subscribers to a fund for the pur pose-of establishing the Commercial Travellers' School. One-half of the profits of the " Merchant " will, it is proposed, be devoted to the funds of that Institution. The attendance of commercial men at the meeting is earnestly re quested. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLIII will be published TO-MORROW. John Murray - , Albemarle-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., - nUNSTER CASTLE, A TALE OF THE GREAT REBELLION. By T. J. HEWLETT, M.A. "The author of Peter Priggins,' and 'Parsons and Widows,' has established a reputation which 'Dunster Castle' will extend and confirm. The entire work has all the vigour of a master's hand. The characters are forcibly drawn, with that nice discrimination which gives prominence and individuality to each. The manners of the period are well preserved, and the historical incidents are not overlaid with historical accessories. The death of Hampden is cleverly connected with the story, and helps to work out its denoue ment. Upon the whole we unhesitatingly pronounce 'Dunster Castle' net only the best of Mr. Hewlett's novels, but among the best of modern works of tiction."—Jolin Bull. . . Henry Coburn, Publisher, 13, Great Alarlborough-street. TITEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Last Nialst of Mademoiselle Flora Fabbri and of the Company's perfonnlag before the Christmas Holidays, THIS EVENING Will he repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. C`lar'es the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cmsar De Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. ; Maritana, Miss ittreer ; Lazarills, Miss Poole. liter whisk, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE BETH. TO PAY, in wkich Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Dzbas (ef tae Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. IL Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. ON BOXING NIGHT WJI be produced a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Last Night of Performance before Christmas, for the BENEFIT of Mr. and Mrs. CAULFIELD and Mrs. AVELINO SEMI. THIS EVENING Will be repeated as Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Ferree ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud- See ; Mrs. Ural' Wilmot, Mrs. Waver; Catheriae Wilma, Mrs. S9vmortr. To ue followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WIIITEFIEA.D. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. E. Yarnold ; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. After which, A GRAND MUSICAL MELANGE. On this occasion Mr. John W. Sharp will sing " Sam Slick." To conclude with NO SONG, NO SUPPER. ON BOXING NIGHT Will he produced a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled TIIE BEE - AND THE ORANGE TREE ; or, The Four Wishes. Principal , Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. ' Clark, Miss P. Morton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, called THE LIONESS THE NORTH, or, The Prisoner of Shlusselbourg. Alexis .s.Hornanouski, Mr. Webster; Triptelemus Kront, Mr. Wright; Eliza beth, Madame Celeste. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic) and Ma rinrkaplsobla. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, Sze, will perform. • • • Te eonclude with SEEING WRIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED TILE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. -The Prinelpal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, .Mt. F. Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss 11. Keeley (her Third Appearance . .011 Any Stage), Mrs. Woollldge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss ' 'Orster, and Miss Turner. After which, a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR. To conclude with OUR NEW GOVERNESS. Is which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will perform. .• ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITMEATRB OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING lyin be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA . Embracing • the ehole Strength of the Company, aided by a Double Stad. Seeaes of the Circle, eembining the talent of the Preach aad English Artistes. TIIE WEATHER.—Sox OFFICE, DEC. 23. fi!IXRMODIETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 41; Noon, 39, • BAROMETIIR, N.W., showery. SIGN WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Ittnrnlng .. 55 minutes after 7 j Evening .. 29 minutes after 8. • 44...,,, „, i . ..,,, , i. _,..„ 5,•,,.„., ....s,, ~....• i . 6. 1, ...):4- w . •.''''..:,,- s '''' . , .4 , .' , O V k 9ir, 1,...;:J Tko :\ --' , ' ,3 :s , ;2: . AW il elr. 4 .4ll t alki4, - :.› , ,flpfe - ~• .:t ,r.,:, N - . 61 , 4 ' 11°4- . - -4 -. r."'",..75,... -.. • - ;pt1ik,,e.".;,.,' "AG , a 6-It.rfi.--;--F.;'..",' . ~ bit3ll7ll 1,1 LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1845 The Message of President PoLx leaves no doubt whatever of his views respecting the Oregon question. lie re -asserts the claims put forth in his inaugural address last session, and calls upon Congress to main tain them. The United States can accept nothing short of the whole of the Oregon territory, and every English subject must be expelled from the shores of tl e Pacific, to make place for the Americans, who alone are entitled to occupy the disputed ter. ritory. This result is only what we antici pated, and the arrival of the long-winded do cument (nine columns in length), therefore, has neither taken us by surprise, nor brought any news for which we were not fully prepared. Any person who has been watching with common obser vation the proceedings of the American Congress for the last few years, must have been convinced that they have determined to allow Europeans no right to interfere in the arrangements made in the New World, and that one of the great princi ples by which they are guided, is that there shall be no balance of power throughout the whole length and breadth of the American hemisphere. That there may, however, be no mistake about Mr. POLK'S intentions, we quote his own words :—" The extraordinary and wholly inadmissible demands of the British Government, and the rejection of the pro position made in deference alone to what had been done by my predecessors, and the implied obligation which their acts seemed to impose, afford satisfactory evidence that no compromise which the United States ought to accept can be effected. With this convic tion, the proposition of compromise, which had been made and rejected, was, by my direction, subse quently withdrawn, and our title to the whole Oregon territory asserted, and, as is believed, maintained by irrefragable facts and arguments." To the title of the whole territory he firmly adheres, and calls upon Congress to give.the required period —a year's notice —that the mutual occupation shall cease preparatory to the seieure of the whole of the Oregon. "A year' s notice," says he, "is required to be given by either party to the other, before the joint occupancy shall terminate, and before either can rightfully assert or exercise exclusive jurisdiction over any portion of the territory. This notice it would, in my judgment, be proper to give ; and I recommend that provision be male by law for giving it accordingly, and termi nating in this manner the' convention of the 6th of August, 1827." There is no mistake about this, and there can be none either about the steps to be taken after the year has expired. There are only two alter natives—" the whole of the Oregon, or war." The pro position of England, according to his deliberate state ment, cannot fora moment be entertained by the United States without an abandonment of their just and clear territorial rights, their own self-respect, and their national honour. The only sentence in which we find the slightest semblance of molesty or diffidence is, that iiwhich he submits his views to Congress, which be does " with great deference," and adds, should they in their wisdom devise any other mode better calculated to accomplish the same object, "it shall meet with my hearty concurrence ;" but he at thelsame time tells them, that should they think pro- P" . to make provision for giving that notice, the period at the close of the year will be come when the national rights in Oregon must either be abandoned or firmly maintained. Then comes the threat, " they cannot be abandoned without a s a crific e o f both national honour and interest is too clear to admit of a doubt." In other words, " ifyou do not fight for the Oregon, you are miserable poltroons—regardless alike of national honour and national interest." We have given a more lengthened outline of his long details on this affair than might have been necessary, had it not involved a question of war is'r peace between the two most commercial na tions in the world; and, from all that we can gather from the Message, as well as from the constitution of Congiess, the former seems the most probable result of tfkg* preeent policy adopted by the legislative bo lies,. as well as the Executive of the United Sta'es Both the *Senate and the Lower House are Detngeratic—that is, they side with the violent, the encr6tching, the aggressive party, headed by TYLER and RO6c, and reject the advice of the moderate Whigs, under 'Abe guidance of that consistent patriot and frienVof peace, DANIEL IVEBSTER. In th 3 Senate there: is a majority of 6, and in the House a majority of 77, in favour of Para and the violent party. Their °h ie4.il'aise -evident, and they make not the slightest attemptete conceal them. Neither France nor Eng lan cl,"1161: any other European power, shall set f oo t on AMerica, north or south, much less interfere in any internal,regniations. Thaollowing extra c t, th oug h long,:,3ve. are compelled to give, in order to show Til The farce of election at Woodstock is only just over, when Buckingham is called upon to enact a like farce. Sir JOHN CHETWODE'S death has made a vacancy in the representation of Buckingham, and the Duke of that name will issue his mandate, which will be obeyed. The Duke will hardly miss the opportunity of sending his young hopeful to vote against PEEL. A borough, indeed, is below the dig nity of the Duke's heir; and Lord CHANDOS, it is well known, has been nursing for the county, which his father rules equally with the borough. But these are not times for stickling about dignity. When monopoly is fighting for life, Lord CHANDOS must be in the fight, even though he serve as a private. Bat whether the Duke of BUCKING.HAM nominates Lord CHANDOS, or a chimney-sweep, his command will be obeyed. Buckingham, like Woodstock, has about four hun ched electors. There are too many other instances to show that such a constituency is far too small to withstand the influence of a great Duke, or rich neighbour. But if we are to have nomination, what need of four hundred electors ? As things are, the Reform Act has only done mischief in these cases. It were better to: have Old Sarum, Gatton, and Corfe Castle, back again, than a set of constituencies of three, four, and five hundred, returning Members under great men's influence, or through corruption. It is misrepresentation in either case; and more con sciences are forsworn in Buckingham and Woodstock than in any of the departed glories of schedule A. The borough of Midhurst, in Sussex, has a con stituency of less than three hundred, and has been represented, since the last general election, by Sir HORACE SEYMOUR, doubtless a very respectable man, but not known to us by any senatorial achievements. The borough of Midhurst was, till lately, a Whig borough. Mr. POYNTZ, the late proprietor, wa s a Whig. Mr. PorriTz is dead, and his property has gone to a daughter, who is married to Sir HORACE SEYMOUR ; and Sir HORACE SEYMOUR is a Tory. And so the three hundred electors of Midhurst have all passed over from Whiggism to Toryism. Now this Sir HORACE SEYMOUR, being a relation of the Marquis of HERTFORD, is at present the sole candidate in the field for the county of Antrim ; and he will bid good-bye to the independent electors of Midhurst, who, of course, will independently elect some friend of Sir HORACE SEYMOUR'S to succeed him. And this is the people's House ! When L or d J OHN R USSELL defended his finality views, in a letter to the electors of Stroud, in 1839, he thus explained the principles on which he pro posed the Reform Act. Like all his explanations, it is very clear ; and we believe it to be stri tl l*- C y app i f a reform of the representation of the people cable to the present state of the representation : appeared to me that there were two tbi_gsn to be was that the Members of the House of individually represent th id on n e ot "In proposing they did not speak thee people, 83 o f theth e proved it o a m lw n l a n y ; n s s th d e people. other that, collectively, " Had the first branch of this argument failed, there was an end of the question. But it did not, and could not fail ; on the contrary, it was admitted that Peers and other p ro _ prietors, named without control, at their own caprice, a great We have named above twenty-four nomination boroughs. Not one of them has so many as five hundred electors ; several of them are under three hundred. They return thirty.four Members, thirty three of whom are monopolists. This goes some little way towards drowning the voice of the people, and we have only mentioned some of the nomination boroughs, and have not counted the landlord-ridden, counties. Accounts from Madrid of the 15th announce the election of M. CASTRO Y °RASES to the Presidency of the Congress of Deputies by 74 votes to 58 given to M. Pecusco, the Opposition candidate. Of the Vice-Presidents three are Ministerial ; the fourth, M. SALAMANCA, belongs to the Opposition. Accounts from Paris of Sunday announce the ad udication of the Paris and Lyons, and the Creil and St. Quentin Railways, which took place on Saturday. For the Paris and Lyons the only company that offered was that of LAFFITTE, GANNERON, BARILLON, and BAUDRAN, but as they demanded a lease of 421 years, and the Government maximum was one year less, their offer was rejected. A Council of Ministers it appears was held on Saturday evening, when it was agreed that the Minister of Public Works should accept a new proposition of M. LAFFITTE and Co., to take the line on the terms offered by Govern ment, namely for forty-one years and ninety days. The concession was therefore made to that company. For the Creil and St. Quentin line. ROTHSCHILD and Co. were the successful bidders. The following were the offers of the different com panies : — ROTHSCHILD, HOTTINGUER, LAFFITTE, and Company offered to take it for 25 years, 11 months ; CAnRETTIS and MINGUET for 38 to 40 years; COL BERT and Co., for 36 years ; ARDOUIN for 43 years. The CORMS& Company did not bid. Another Cabinet Council had been summoned for Sunday, to meet at the Tuileries, when the royal speech at the opening of the Chambers on Saturday next would be submitted to his MAJESTY. The ICING and Royal Family returned to Paris on Saturday for the season. According to accounts from the provinces, several of the rivers had risen in a most remarkable manner, without any apparent cause. On Friday the Rhone had risen to such a height as to overflow several of the quays and streets of that city, and consequently occasion much alarm. The rise was already greater than that of 1842, and was said to be increasing. This state of things was very extraordinary, as the quantity of rain that had fallen was not very great. The Saone was also rising. On Thursday, at twelve o'clock, the Seine rose to the height of 4 metres 60 centimetres by the scale on the Pont Royal. The piles of the Pont du Ca. rousel are completely covered, and the quays over. flowed, so that all the goods upon them have neces sarily been removed, and business is at a stand. The Funds, influenced by the firmness of our market on Friday, improved on Sunday. The Three per Cents. were done at 81f. 75c.; Lyons " defini tives" were at 85f. premium; Northerns at 7271 f. to 730 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGZ, Dim 22. Anglo-Belgian — Madrid and Taleneia... Barba does Boulogne and Amiens.. 3 Namur and Liege Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica ' Bordeaux and 'realms@ Orleans and 'Curzon .. Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux 10 1 4 be. ( Mackenzie's) .. Oyer rssel Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (Lalitte) 2% cifle Coast Central of Spain Ceylon . — Ditto (Sad Est) Demerara Dendre Valley ........ . Paris and Rouen Dutch Rhenish ...... 7 Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris Janet. (Gannereses) - 2 Dijon and Mulhouse Do. (Comp* de L'Est) East Indian ........ Do. (Aymard's) 2 14 Fampoux & Hazehreuk P ar i s and St. Qu entin — Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre — Constituted 13% ,Royal North of Spain. Do. Pepin is Hallour — Sambre and Manse .... Great Paris and Lyons — Strasburg and Bale .... 9% Great Western Bengal Tournay,Jurbise, Lan- Great Western Canada den, and Hasselt ... Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Tours and Nantes DcNortn Midland — (Mackenzie's) Do. Extension Loava ey in and Jemappe l% Trinidad 'Neill's) Lyoss and Avignon.... ( West and Anc ona — Luxenilleurg PRIVY COUNClL.—Summonses were issued yester day afternoon to all the members of Sir R. Peel's Cabinet to attend a Privy Council this afternoon at Windsor Castle, and a special train for the convey ance of the official party was ordered on the Great Western Railway at one o'clock. The meeting of Parliament will, it is expected, be settled at the Council. One or more of the members of Sir R. Peel's Ministry will complete their resignation by delivering to her Majesty the seals of office THE RIVER PLATE. (From the Times.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. Accounts from Monte Video to the 31st October hare been received per Resistance troop ship. The advices are of considerable importance. We annex extracts from private advices : " MONTE VIDEO, OCT. 30 AND 31. " There is no prospect of an immediate settlement of the war here. The British and French have not a sufficient land force to enable them to rout Oribe and drive him from the country, and it would be of no avail merely to expel him from his encampment at the Cer rito ; and it is generally understood here that the Ministers will wait the arrival of forces from Europe before commencing any active operations by land. Proposals have recently been made to them by Rosa* through Mr. Mareuillthe late French Chargé d'Affaires, offering to accept the terms which the Ministers pro posed in the month of May ; but I am informed that they now require further concessions, and more than all, a guarantee for the fulfilment on the part of the Buenos Ayres Government of any compact which might be made, which is virtually saying that they will not treat with General Rosas. This is the first instance which I recollect in which Rosas has been the proposer of terms of accommodation vv ith his adversaries ; his system does not admit of concessions, and his making them under present circumstances is considered an evidence of weak ness and alarm. " There are accounts from Rio Grande, apparently of an authentic character, is hich state that the Government of Paraguay had declared war against Roses, and that some part of Urqueza's forces had been defeated by the Correntinos. If there be any truth in this statement, it would seem that Rosas is attempting an invasion of the province of Corrientes." Merchant-vessels about to proceed up the Parnua should repair without delay to the island of Martin Ga vira, where they will receive the necessary instructions for the continuation of their voyage from some of the vessels of war destined to form part of the expedition up that river. Letters from Rio Grande, of 20th October, announce as a fact the declaration of war by Paraguay against Roses. The Marquis of Headfort's second son, Lord Robert Taylor, has entered the Household Brigade as Ensign and Lieutenant in the Scotch Fusilier Guards. The Marquis of Ailsa is indisposed at his villa, St. g'et's, near Richmond. ' proportion of the Members of the House of Commons. Accordingly, when I once moved for a Committee to ascer tamed the facts respecting the nomination boroughs, Mr. Canning said it was unnecessary, the guilt was admitted, the facts alleged were not denied. " There remained, however, the other portion of the ques tion. Did the House of Commons virtually represent the people ? For if the people were in effect represented, why should sober men resort to an extensive change merely to introduce a theoretical improvement, from which no practical advantage was to be derived ? " It was, therefore, necessary to show that in fact the de cisions of the House of Commons were not in conformity with the general sense of the people. In order to do this, I contrasted the votes of the small borough Members, with those of the representatives of counties and large cities upon several important questions. The result was that the known representatives of the people were in direct opposi tion to the majority of the House of Commons." And the two branches of this by no means revolu tionary argument may be equally sustained in 1845, Will any one say that great proprietors do not now, capriciously and without control, nominate a large proportion of Members of the House of Commons ? Is it not so at Buckingham, Woodstock, Midhurst, Chippenham, Cirencester, Dor chester, Huntingdon, Lymington, Marlborough, Marlow, Ripon, Thetford, Reigate, Arundel, Wilton, Abingdon, Christchurch, Eye, Horsham, Launceston, Malmesbury, Westbury, Great Grimsby, St. Ives, and many other places which might be named? The county elections are now almost universally in the hands of a few great proprietors. But the other day Lord WARWICK made a county Member of his son with the same care that he would appoint his bailiff and Antrim, solicited by Sir HORACE SEYMouR, now invitesattention to the popular character of Irish county elections. the outrageous pretensions of these lawless men: -- " The American system of government is entirely different from that of Europe. Jealousy among the different Sovereigns of Europe, lest any one of them might become too powerful for the rest, has caused thern anxiously to desire the establishment of what they term the balance of power.' It cannot be per mitted to have any application on the North Ameri can continent, and especially to the United States. We must ever maintain the principle, that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny. Should any portion of them, constituting an independent state, propose to unite themselves with our confederacy, this will be a question for them and us to determine, without any foreign interposition. We can never consent that European Powers shall interfere to prevent such a union, because it might disturb the "balance of power" which they may de sire to maintain upon this continent. Near a quarter of a century ago the principle was distinctly an nounced to the world in the annual message of one of my predecessors, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be con sidered as subjects for future colonization by any European Power.' This principle will apply with greatly increased force should any European Power attempt to establish any new colony in North America. In the existing circumstances of the world, the pre sent is deemed a proper occasion to reiterate and re affirm the principle avowed by Mr. Moriaos, and to state my cordial concurrence in its wisdom and sound policy. The re-assertion of this principle, es pecially in reference to North America, is at this day but the promulgation of a policy which no European Power shouid cherish the disposition to resist. Exist ing rights of every European nation should be re spected; but it is due alike to our sr.fety and our interests, that the efficient protection of our laws should be extended over our whole territorial limits, and that •it should be distinctly announced to the world as our settled policy, that no future European colony or dominion shall, with our consent, be planted or established on any part of the North American continent." It will be seen that POLK. confines his remarks here to North America, but public documents and other statements equally precise lead us to infer that the plan extends to the whole of the New World. The Government of Great Britain must, therefore, be prepared for the worst. If the struggle does not arise on the Oregon question, it will speedily come on in another shape, for it is evidently the firm determination of the " go-ahead" men to expel us from the whole of the North American continent. We sincerely regret the result, but it is not our fault, and we can only say, " GOD defend the right." The immense trade with this country has no value in the eyes of these aggressors, when compared with the principle for which they are contending. According to the statement of the PRESIDENT, the value of the imports for the year ending, June 30, 1845, was 117,254,565 dollars (24,000,0001.), and the value of exports for the same year, ending the same date, was 114,646,666 dollars, of which 99,299,776 dollars were in domestic articles. How the exports are disposed of may be learned from the fol lowing details published in one of the New York papers :—" About one-half of the exports from this port to London and Liverpool, in November, were provisions and bread stuffs. Full three-quarters of the export trade of the United States this year will be in shipments of merchandise to Great Britain. More than half the value of all the exports from the United States is in raw cotton, and more than half of all the exports from Great Britain is in merchandise manu factured from cotton." The writer, with a view to peace, adds : " These simple facts are of themselves sufficient to destroy every fear of the slightest difficulty in our political relations with England. What would be the condition of the labour ing classes in the whole of Europe in the event of a rupture between this country and Great Bri tain ? And what would be the condition of the southern section of this country and the commercial classes of the north and east, in the event of an embargo upon our ports, and a prohibition upon the exportation of our immense supplies of cotton ? The growers of cotton would be almost ruined by a great reduction in prices and in consump tion in England, from deficient harvests, or any other cause —and the result of any very great check upon the exporta tion and consumption of this important staple would be of the most ruinous character." The rest of the M essage re l ates to the occupation of Texas, t o th e a ff a i rs o f Mexico, and the tariff, in which th ere i s very li tt l e i nterest for the English reader, though, perhaps the French may find some thing new and not complimentary. France, he says truly, opened to the Americans access to the Gulf of Mexico, by the cession of Louisiana, and France would now attempt to restrain them within their ancient limits, but in vain. Of their ancient ally he thus speaks, and with this extract we dismiss this very wordy, vain, and insolent document : " Even France—the country which had been our ancient ally—the country which has a common interest with us in maintaining the freedom of the seas—the country which, by the cession of Louisiana, first opened to us access to the Gulf of Mexico—the country with which we have been every year drawing more and mere closely the bonds of successful commerce—most unexpectedly, and to our unfeigned regret, took part in an effort to prevent annexation, and to impose on Texas, as a condition of the recognition of her independence by Mexico, that she would never join herself to the United States. We may re joice that the tranquil and pervading influence of the Ameri can principle of self-government was sufficient to defeat the purposes of British and French interference, and that the almost unanimous voice of the people of Texas has given to that interference a peaceful and effective rebuke. From this example, European Governments may learn how vain diplomatic arts and intrigues must ever prove upon this con tinent, against that system of self-government which seems natural to our soil, and which will ever resist foreign inter ference." 'RICE'S OF FORBION FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839. 79 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 ver Cent. Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 17 Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2 1 1% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account — Peruvian Borids, 6 per Cents 42 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 60 Ditto, Account 59 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account — Ditto, 3 per Cent — Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London . Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 94 933/4 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE EIAILWAY SHARES P AID. AT ORE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. 5 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% ..... Belfast & County Down 2% — Bideford andTavistock... 1% Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 124 Ditto New l 7l Birmingham and Ox- ..... ...... ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. — ... ... ...... Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 22s Bridgewater& Minehead 425. ... — Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ....... ... ... Bristol and Liver. J une . 2 1 4...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension , Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 3% Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — Canterbury and Dover.. i A — ...... ..... Central Kent 2% ...... Chelmsford and Bury... 1% Cheater and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction 5 Cork ;Blackrock, an d Passages ...... 225. Cork and Killarney ... 21 Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir and Leicester.... l4 ...... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Derby and Crewe — ...... Derby, Gainsbro', and Great Grimsby ... 1%...... Derby, Uttoxeter, and•• Stafford -- Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) 5 /4 ...... _ Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh 1%... , Dublin and BelfastJunc. 5 . Dublin, Belfast, and ... Coleraine Dublin and Galway 4 ...... 3% Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 21 ... . ••••• 4 ...... Eastern Counties 14/. 1 65.... 19% 3 4 20 1 4 20% Ditto New 61. 163...... E 61 0/2 P••••••••• Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1 6/. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto. No. 2 4/. 13s. 4d... EastDereh'sn andNoech 1 .... _ Eastern Union 25 .. ... Ditto _ Ditto, Extensiono,Qurter ..... Shares 3 3 ....... .... Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 ...... .............. Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2% ...... Do., Camb. and Ely 2% ...... ._East Lincolnshire . East & West of England 1%...,.. .............. ........... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ......... Ditto Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ........ ............... Ditto, New ... 7% — •• ........ Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — . ......... Edinburgh and Perth... 1% — ...... ..... Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 ............ Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — .......... Essex and Suff o lk .. ••• 196 -- .. .. ... Exeter, Dorchester, and .... .. , Weymouth Exeter, Yeovil, & D or set 2% ..... .. ......... Glouc.,Abeiystwith,and .. Certral of Wales 136...... .......... Goole and Doncaster GrandJ .1:. unction 100 Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Grand U n i on Great Eastern &Western 2%...... ......... GreatGrimsby and Slief field ' Great South. -- and West (Ireland) Ditto Extension ...... 12 1 ,4 _.... Great Munst er ... 24 ...... _ .... ........... Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 .-- ..... - ........ Great North of England -100 — ............... Ditto New Do. New .... »........ 2 Great Western BO ......150 88 152 Ditto % Shares 50 Ditto 1 4 5hare5... ...... 214 l5 16 ........ 16 1 / 4 Ditto Fifths .__ 1 ......... ... 1 8 T 8 2 20 Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 6 ... - Harwich .................. 2 ...... ...... Hull and 5e1by.....,,..... 50 Ditto 4 Shares ...... 12% Do. Half Shares ...... 2 Inverness and Elgin ..... . 1 Epswieh, Norwich, and Yarmouth .............. 2 [fish North Midland...... 1% .. Isle ofAxhelme ......... ... 2% — Killarney Junctions ...... 14 Kendal and Windermere 1 1 ,6 — Lancaster and Carlisle... 3044 .. ..... Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena .................. 21,4 42.... ...... .— .................................. Leeds and Carlisle ...... 2% — ............... Leeds and West Riding Junction .............. 1% — ... 1 ......... " Leicester & Birmingham 225. Leicester and Bedford... 225. Leicester and Tamworth 425. Liver'. and Manchester.loo . Do. % Shares ......... 50 .. Do. Quarter 5............ 25 ........... "•• Liverpool& Leeds Direct 2% - Lpool., Mnchstr, & New -3% castle Junction .... 2% 216 London and Birmingnmloo 215 213 ...... -.... • i . 2. Do. Thirds ............ 10 Do. 1 ,4 Shares ......... 2 23 % Ditto Extension ...... 1% — ' 8A London and Blackwall. 16/. 133.4 d. Do. New ............... 1%... .. Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2 ...... 213513:1,4 Ditto Extension ...... ..... • Londou and Brighton... 50 •62%4 68% 8 Do. consolidated Bths... 40 Ditto, Sixths ...... .. 0 % 20% London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 2076% 21 20% Do. Guaranteed 5 per 8% Cwt. ... ............... 8 Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford ............... ... . London and Greenwich 1211b4d... Do. Preference ...1 8 / 1 78 2d • London Hounslow, and Western ............ .. 2 Lond. & S.Weste rn 41/ 6s 10d 744 75 ..... .. . Do. New Consol. Bths 20 Do. New .............. 7% Do. New ............... 6 London & South Essex 2% London and York . ... ... .2% 3% 4% London and Windsor .. 1 — — - 1% 63 1 ,4 9 4 15% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TIMER. The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was better. Solos, 5,000 to 6,000 bales. There was no alteration in prices. Among the sales were 700 Surat, at 2%d. to 3%d. ; 70 Suriname, at 5,4 d. to s:r i d. ; Egyptian, at 5 1 %d. to 65%d. ; and American, at 3%d. to 5 1 d. per lb. Th ere was a b etter demand for shares,: and prices somewhat improved. The Message of the President of the United States, which has been made public this morning, has been the subject of general conversation in commercial circles. It is on the whole considered less warlike than was anticipated; and the Funds have in consequence advanced about half per cent. A saving clause exists m the Polk speech; to the effect, that should Congress originate any step for the settlement of the Oregon question, he would be most ready to acquiesce in it. As for the talk of maintaining the honour of the Repnbiic in this matter, or after the twelve months' notice expires, actual and menacing steps will be taken to assert a right to the whole of Oregon, it is treated with something approaching ridicule in the City. The private advices received to-day from New York and Washington are full of comments upon the tenor of the Message, and it is most certainly anticipated that a war may be staved off. The President, our letters state, was com- The reference made to an increase of the navy does not seem pelled to say something stormy in order to satisfy the detnocratical party in the western part of the Republic. to have reference to anything like war as being probable, otherwise there cannot Ise a doubt that a recommendation would be made to Congress to prepare for the worst, by an extraordinary grant. It is evident, too, that no con siderable increase in the army of the Republic is contem plated. From these and other paragraphs (take another in stance—the recommendation that the National Debt should be immediately paid off, amounting to about 17 millions of dollars), it is clear that after all, a " peace policy " will be the result of the deliberations of the American Legislature. The quotation of Consols for the Account reached 94, soon after the Market opened to-day, being a rise of 4 per cent. on the last rates of yesterday afternoon. At present the market is but a shade lower, and the inclination appears to be rather to purchase than to sell. The Reduced Three per Cents. have improved from 934 to 94 1 / x , and the Three and a-Quarter per Cents. from 95 1 4 to 96%. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been quoted at 20s. to 225. Bank Stock has fallen to 200 1 / 2 . A very few bargains have been made to-day in the Foreign Stocks. Brazil New Bonds have been done at 79; Granada at 214 •, the Peruvian at 41; the Portuguese Four per Cents. at 60; Spanish Three per Cents., for Account, at 39%; Bel gian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 95%; and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at an advance to 61. There is more firmness displayed in the Railway Share Market this morning; but still there are but few buyers coming forward. Business, no doubt, will be flat till the opening of Parliament. ORR CLOSING VICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Hank Stock 2 per Cent. Reduced New 34 per Cents. 95% y i 96% 95% Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 103 g% 10% India Bonds, 1,0001 — Ditto under 1,0004 . -. Consols for Account 93V4 94 93% 93 3 % Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 2O 22 pm. '2O Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK PRICES 80 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster ... 214 — •• London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .... -........-.. 2 1 / 2 ...... Londonderry& Coleraine 5 Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 Ly , nn and Elv Lynn and Dereham 5 — Manchester and Leeds... 76 126 Ditto % Shares . Do. Fifths 1 .24 ... 11 3 4... ..... Do. Sixteenth s ... 4 . ...... .... Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters ...... ....., 4 ...... Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 425. Manchester, Birm., and. Mould Junction .... Manchester and Rugby .. Direct ...... 425. •••• ••k Marchest. &Southampt. 2 Midland 100 ....,144 147 145 1 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New M id I and, Birm., Derby...loo Midld. & East. Counties 2% — Midland Great Western ( Irish) Do. Ex tens. to Sligo... 2 3 / 4 ... Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 54 Do. New Brandling.,. 20 Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle -100 — Newport& Abergavenny '2% ...... New Ross and Carlow... 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2% — •••• ••• ..... .. Newark, Sheffi e ld, an d ... Boston .. .. .. 2%.. Norfolk Extension ....... North B ritish .. 17 1 ,4._ 22% Do. Half Shares ..... 3% 64 6... - ... Do. Exten. t o C ar li s l e 14 24 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon. .. ••• ••• ....... Northern and Eastern Do. Scnp Do. New N. Kent & Di rec t D over 2% • North Staffordshire 42s. —.. 274 % p North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester 1 ...... Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and B ran d on... 16 Ditto New ............... 3 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and. - Boston 1% Not tingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester... 1% — Nottingham And Mans field .. — — Oxford, Gosport, Ports.. mouth,& Southamptn 425. — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, W i t ney, and Cheltenham.... ....... 1% — ... • Perth and Invernears ... 2% • Pilbrow Atmo s ph e n •...•••• e ... 1 ---...•— Portsmouth Di rer , t ...... 334 Preston and Wr a Reading, Guildf or d , an d Reigate ....•- ........... 425. — ... Richmond s — Rugby, Derby, and Man chester .......... Rugby and Huntingdon 2 _ Rugby, Lemnington,sad Warwick Worcester.... Scottish Central Scottish Midland 5 — Do. Exten s i on Sheffield & M anc h ester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrewsbury and Birm... 2%...• • .. Shropshire Mineral 425....... Shropshire. Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp, &S. Staffortish. June. 2 1 /, Sligo and Shan non IY a Somersetslaire Midland 2% ..... South Devon... ••• 25 .....• 25 South Midl an d South & Midland s J ane. 425.. South Staffordshire Junc. 21, 4 ... South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 85% 36 Do., No. 1 l2 — Do., Na. 2. - . Do., No. 3 Do., N 1 4.4 Southampton, Manches- ... ter. & Oxford Junction 425. St. Albam' s , H at fi e ld , and ••«•• Hertford Junction ... Staines. and Richmond... 1 Stafferdsh. & Shrop s hi re 2% — South 'Wales. 1,4 ..... ....•• ••• 2 Taw Vale Extension ... Teen and Dove Valley 1% — ... Trent Valley..' 2 ...... 16 1 A 17% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 2 1 / 2 — Vale of Neath ... ........ 2 Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwick and Worcester 425. — Waterford and Kilkenny 3 — Waterford and Limerick 7% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Düblin W aterford, W ex f or d, an d •• Valentia Waveney Valley 2 - Welds Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties Wexford and C ar l ow ... 2 % ...... Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth ...... 3 1 4 3-- •• ••• Worcester,Heref or d,B osi' and Glouceste r 425....... Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow 2% Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ..... 1%...., Worcester and S. Wales 425. Woreenter,Warwick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 Ditto, New York and Carlisle York and Lanca s t er 2 %23 — ...... •••. York am ElNorth Midl an d 50 — Ditte% Shares .. 25 Ditto Scarkoro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby 2O ..... ..•• • Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... Barbados 1 Boulov le and A miens... 8.. 8% Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cetus (Mackenzie's)... 2.. —..... Do. (Espelete's) ..... 2 . Calais,.llunlcrk, and West Flanders ••"•• Callao,. Linea, and Pacific Coast Centro?. of Spain ... Ceylon s. — Demerara 2 1 / 2 ... .. ..- Dendre Valley Dijon, and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% Fampoux & Hazebrowk 2 Greet North. of France Cosnetituted .. 6 .....13 1 14% Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. — Greet Western Canada... 3 ...... Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 ..... •••• Jamaica North Midlandl ._••• • De. Extension ...... ... 1 Jersey Loitvam and Jemeppe... 4 ... . Lyons and Avignon 2 La ........ ...... xembourg... 4 ... Madrid and Valentia ..... 2 ... .. Mauritius .. .............. 1 ...... Namur and Liege . 4 ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 10% +4 ...... .. . . Over Yssel ............... 4/ 3s 4d — Paris &Lyons( Lafiltte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's)... . ........... 8 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 2 Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and 0 r 1 ean5 .......,, -- ••• 20 Paris and Rouen ........ 20 Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Comps de L'Est) 2 Do. (Avmard's) Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 Rouen and il avre ''oral North of Spain Sambr e and Meuse 6 ...... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic ..... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and rours and Nantes(Mac kenzies) ........- ..... 4 Do. d o . (L efebvre's \ 2 . Ditto (O'Neill's) 2 Trinidad V erona and Ancona.... 3 West Flanders .. 4 MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American 50 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Dire 23.—Wind N.W., strong ale and squally. DEAL, D EC . 22 —Wi nd W.S.W. to W.N.W., very strong and heavy squalls.—Arrd. Helen Stewart, Whittingbam, China; Senator, Anderson, Calcutta; David Luckie, Demerara; ch ell , Attersall, Newfoundland; Twenty-ninth May, Le Gallais, Mauritius. Arrd. from the River, Bruns wick Cappell, for Bombay; Regina, Foreman, Dominica. Ski. Mayflower, Hobart Town ; Blundell, Calcutta. The brig Brutus, of Cardiff, got a th war t h awse o f th e Bardon, of Newcastle, and both received some damage. CLOSING PRICES. 20% 6 % P 'A P 21 3 A 30% 42 60 2% ..... 3,44 24 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) p... 2 1 / 8 p ... 2% 48 148 26% 2% 3 l h P 22% 6 1 / 23i 26 2% p 36 141 A Mr. Ilinnwxcg said he should fine him 305., and 10s. the amount of the damage done to the complainant's cart, or, in default, one month's imprisonment in West minster Bridewell to hard labour ; he would also have to pay several shillings: to get his cab from the green yard, where it was taken by the police. The prisoner said he could not raise the amount re quired, and was committed accordingly. THE ALLEGED MURDERS ON THE HIGH SEAS. ADJOURNED EXAMINATION OF CAPTAIN JOHNSTONE.—(THIS DAY.) To-day the examination of George Johnstone, tho captain of the ship Tory, for the murder of Rambert, Reason, and Mars, and also for cutting and wounding the crew, was resumed to-day, at the Thames Police court, at half-past twelve o'clock. The Court was, as usual, filled with parties eager to see the prisoner, and listen to the revolting particulars of this most extraordi nary case, while a considerable crowd was collected outside. Mr. Humphries, as before, watched the case for the prisoner ; Mr. Hayward, clerk to Mr. Maule, solicitor to the Treasury, appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner, on being brought into the dock, had to be assisted by the officers in attendance, and appeared very depressed. Mr. Hayward said he proposed to call some additional evidence to the cases already taken. He bad some to offer in the first case, but that he would leave just then, and go into the second, the death of Reason, to which he would add a little. Though three witnesses had been examined respecting that death, one, Barry Yelverton, was in the cabin at the time. That witness he now pro posed to call. Barry Yelverton was then called, and said—l was in the cabin at the time when Reason was called down. I saw the captain stab him with a bayonet. He expired about five minutes after. The captain stabbed him twice on the left breast. The captain exclaimed at the time, " Here's the saw that slew the vine before the battle of Bannockburn." This was a saying of his which he often used. While the captain was pitching Reason about, before stabbing him, the latter cried, " Spare me 1 Spare m e I" I was i n the cabin all the time. The captain had been drinking all the day. Mr. BRODERIP—Did the captain appear to drink much during the voyage ? Witness —Not till these transactions occurred. Till he got the wine from the French barque he did not appear to drink much. He drank sometimes wine, sometimes brandy. Ido not know the date on which the wine was obtained from the French barque. Henry James Stephens, a boy of 14 years of age, was next examined—He said lam the son of Mrs. Thompson, who was a passenger in the Tory. I recollect the Tory arriving at Faye), but I cannot tell the date. I went ashore there with the captain. This was before any thing happened to Reason and Mars. The captain said he would kill all the crew when he got on board. He said this when we were going up stairs at the English 51 75% 15 21,i .... 2% - 25i Consul's. The reason why did not say. _j said. " Dnu Sir." He said nothing to that in reply. I returned the captain on board, and immediately after he cut David Johnson with the cutlass on the back, and about the head. He said a little while after he would clear all the hosts crew fore and aft. He had drank a bottle of wine with the English Consul's daughter.; On going on board the ship, he said, " Here I come like seven bells half struck." The harbour -master came on board after the captain, and remained a short time. After he left the captain called out for his pistol and sword. They were brought by James Glover. He then struck Mars with the edge of the sword. Mars was standing by the gangway at the time. Mars was saying or doing nothing• He had a lan tern, and was assisting the things on board. I heard no threatening expressions, nor any gestures of the kind among the crew. The next morning I saw Mars covered all over with blood. Three days after Mars and Reason were dead. They were in good health before these oc currences. For thirteen or fourteen days before these, the ship had been quite quiet ; ever Since the mate Ram bert jumped overboard. Mr. Hayward then called the carpenter Sinclair, but that witness not being in atteadancc, he said he would waive that witness at present, and proceed to add some evidence respecting the third case, the death of Mars. William Beresford deposed—l was called on to attend and feed Mars three or four days before his death. He was on the main hatch in double irons all the time. with a large shackle round his neck. He was all covered with blood. He had several cuts about his head, bis upper lip was nearly cut off, and hung over his mouth. I had to lift it up to put the bread in his mouth. It was soaked bread I gave him. Respecting his death, I saw him hauled up out of the cabin with ropes. He was very near dead at the time, and died about a quarter of an hour after. There was a rope put round his waist, but I do not know whether they squeezed him or not. Barry Yelverton recalled, and examined respecting the depositions of the men taken on board concerning the deaths of Reason and Mars. I signed those deposi ions at the order of the captain. I refused at first, but 1:113:1Z ritzt.2.lL SmmirtELD.—Meadow Hay, Si 5s T to 41 12s 6d ; Clover ditto, 4/ 8s to 5/ 13s; Oat Straw, 1/ to 11 lOs per load. Wheat Straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ 12s per load. A moderate supply and a heavy demand, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND. -Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ 153; Clover Silt*, 4/ 8s t. 41 lOs; Oat Straw, 1/ 103 to 1/12s per load. Wheat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s per load. Trade heavy, at barely stationary prices. WHincemApEL.—Aleadow Hay, 3/8s to 4/ 12s 6d; Clover ditto, 4 / 1 08 to 5 / 1 58; Oat straw, 1/ 8s t. 1/ 103 ; Wheat Straw, 11 10s to 1/ 12a per load. Supply good and trade dull. _ _ COL ONIAL. L'GAR.—The market for British Plantation is heavy, only about 100 hhds. having been disposed of at previous rates. The quantity taken for home consumption last week was 1,898 hhds 153 tierces 159 barrels. The stock in the East and West India Docks was 8,658 hhds. 887 tierces 1,497 barrels. COFFEE.—The public sales have offered 2,401 bags Ceylon, 69 casks 422 barrels and bags Rio (British Plantation kind), and 537 bags Bahia, which was all withdrawn, with tha ex ception of a few lots of the Rio, at 47s 6d to 48s 6d for mixed good ord to very good ord Ceylon. The Rio at 42s to 70s 6d for fine fine ord to good mid coloury quality, and good ord Bahia at 315. Cocoe.-230 bags Bahia were taken in at 365, for good to fine red. RvM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 11 puns 100 hhds, and there wer taken for home consumption, 243 puns 53 hhds, and ex ported 254 puns 116 hhds. The stock in the same places was 12,273 puns 913 hhds. Ric E.-680 bags Bengal at auction sold at 14s 6d, and a few lots at 15s for ord white, small and broken, which is again rather lower. - TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 41a 9d per cwt. on the spot, and town 45s per cwt. ROLLS' COURT..-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship sat at ten o'clock, and proceeded with the hearing of short causes. BRADSTOCK v. WATLEY. An application was made on the part of the plaintiff in this case, in which a decree was made by his Lordship on the 12th December last, to the effect that an altera tion should be made in the declaration. Lord LANGDALE considered that a part of the appli cation, which required that the Master shou!d be directed to distinguish the personal from the leasehold property of the defendant, should be granted. Several petitions were then heat d, but none of them possessed a particle of public interest. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) IN THE MATTER OF THE DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY COMPANY. An order was made in this case on Saturday for the payment out of Court of the money paid in under the standing orders, and the only reason why this had not already been complied with, was doubt on the part of the registrar whether it did not clash with one of the standing orders. Mr. OsnoaNE now referred to these. His lloNotat had no doubt that the money might be paid out of Court immediately. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Henry Lyons, an architect and surveyor, was charged by Nicholson, the " Lord Chief Justice of the Judge and Jury Society," of the G arrick's-head, in Bow-street, with creating a disturbance at the above hotel, and commit ing an assault on the complainant. The " Lord Chief Justice" stated, :that at about half past three o'clock this morning, the prisoner was in the large room at the hotel, using the most disgustingly in decent and obscene language, when, at the desire of several persons who had been annoyed by him, witness and two of the waiters proceeded to turn him out. In the course of a little time, however, he returned, and meeting witness at the door, struck him violently in the face. Witness then called a policeman, and gave him in charge. The prisoner asked if there were not several " masked characters" in the room at the time? Witness—There were a great many. They came from Jullien'a bat masque at the theatre. Prisoner—Was there not a lady there in disguise ? Witness—Yes, several. Prisoner—Was not the conversation carried on en tirely in French? Witness—No; it was in English. The prisoner said that the statement was false. He admitted that he had used indecent language, but he had not spoken in English during the whole time he was in the room. He was "chaffing" a gentleman about a lady who was with him, in a fancy dress, and at the sug gestion of this gentleman he was turned out by the landlord and the two waiters. He had certainly struck the landlord, but not till he had been provoked by the violence used in turning him out. The witness denied that he had used any unnecessary violence in turning the prisoner out. The policeman F 72 was then called, and said that he was on duty in Bow-street, opposite the Garrick's Head, about four o'clock this morning, when he saw the pri soner turne' out by the former witness, and afterwards saw him return and strike some one, but he could not tell whether it was the complainant or not, as there were several persons there. Witness then crossed the road, and tcok the prisoner in charge. Mr. JARDINE fined the prisoner 405., or in default of payment committed him for fourteen days. A RLBRO' - STREET.—(THISDAY.) John Bowe, a cab-driver, badge 8,440, was charged with furious driving and being drunk. James Lenney, of No. 7, Brill-row, Somers-town, stated that about half-past six o'clock last evening, as he was driving in a cart along Regent-street, the prisoner, who was driving a cab at a furious rate, ran up against him, and broke the spring of his cart. The prisoner was very drunk at the time. On the police coming up, com plainant gave him in charge. Mr. MALTBY-At what pace was the prisoner driving? Complainant —At at least between eleven and twelve miles an hour, and in a most reckless manner. The defendant said the complainant's statement was correct, excepting that he was not driving at the rate of speed stated. OP" A Madrid l e tt er o f th e 1 3t h says —" I n th e our few days the cold here has been intense. Pulmona r y are plaints are very pr eva l ent, an d i n some cases the sutler e carried off pens inflammation in a few state rhous." at The suon-bridge in a of constru6,An° Chaussin (Jura) was carried away on the 9th by the 1 ,a7, 00 A letter from Pontarlier (Doubs) states that the 14th snow fell all day in that neighbourhood. w ith were the mountains but the vast plain entirely sovrthere it. A letter f rom L yons states that a small quantity te" on the 17th. ;d thS t ! COMFORT TO LARDOWNERs..--It IS said the repeal of the corn-laws will injure the agricultural inte r e and depreciate the value of land. This, like Inaei:, d snd assertions of the monopolists, we have all along dente;' the we think we can point to facts which fully bear us ou t ; te of more favourable opinion we hold. Yesterday, the qte Sul proprietor was sold for 14 ,490/.--sixteen months ago bi n toul proprietor purch ase d it for 13,750/. The estate of Au m e a It has long been in th e mar k et at the upset price o f gone was sold the othe r d ay at 70,100/. Now, whatever are g ee dukes and lai r d s may say, i t is quite clear that the re v et capitalists in the country—landowners, too, if 'e e! l a nd. mistaken—who are not afraid t o g i ve a goo d pr ice to' ups et 7001. of profit on 13,000/., and a rise of 5,000/. on a ss ilt ` t be price of 65,000/., do not indicate any great alarm abo ut effect of a repeal of the cern-laws. Free-traders are A re times accused of arguing too much from theory. Here_.4 facts, and pregnant ones too. Even the Duke of will hardly venture to call the purchasers of Auchintoul ii it Fingask foals.—. Aberdeen Herald. Nov SINKING OF A RAILWAY.--A portion of the -50 castle and Darlington Railway, to the extent of betw eel e r, and 60 yards, on the part which runs over Morden C_ • about eight miles north of Darlington gave way on /17 1 e' el day night last, about nine o'clock, and sank beneath the ' ri v al to a very considerable depth in the marshy ground on V I the foundation had been constructed. The accident was ~4obs erved previous to the arrival of the last down ma il- q ll -- which was delayed in consequence, and did not reach ISr s , castle till nearly five hours after the time it was due, it, b ," ing been found necessary to transfer the passengers and gage across the obstruction to another train. The saute rangement was con ti nue d during the following day, in d tit re nn: the mean time up war d s o f 20 0 workmen were engaged pairing the damage. The state of the weather was su i ; id however, raining incess an tl y , t h at b ut l i tt l e progress As be made, a n d, indeed, it was soon found th a t as ballast laid upon th e depressed part the additional weight oo'Y e caused a further sinking, so that all attempts to elevate it the proper level proved abortive. Under these circumstan ces it was determined to construct a temporary line, the swamp, and uniting the sound portions of the railway' which was so far completed by Friday morning that the carriages were passed over it without the necessity of trans pushedt passengers and luggage, only one carriage 1)64. over at a time, and the engine remaining behind The carriages were then taken forward by another engine' in readiness for that purpose. Considerable delay was nec e r sarily caused, and all the trains were consequently late un .. arriving at their destination. This arrangement, however avoiding inconvenient, must continue till the main line is repaire which will be a work of some difficulty. It is thought pih o6 will be the only means of rendering the foundation stable, and on Saturday that operation was vigorously commenced, huge balks of piling timber and the necessary apparatus bar' ing been conveyed to the spot. Morden Carr is of considers able extent, and consists of peat soil to a great depth, being evidently the remains of a primeval forest, and from its low position, compared with the adjacent country, which is ex tremely hilly, in rainy seasons it is entirely covered wi i t h ,. water, presenting th e a p pearance of an immense lake. 0' such periods the railway is completely overflowed, and occa sionally to such a depth as almost to extinguish the engine fires. The operations of the workmen have been greatly im peded by the water, and on Friday one of the passengers having got out at the wrong side of the carriage during th e time it was stationary, it being dark, and he was not aware of the flooding, expel fenced the disagreeable sensation of i s cold bath. He was a third-class passenger, and on resuming his seat the cold was so intense as to compel him to stop at the next station, where every attention was paid to him bi the servants of the Company. 10% 2 1 4 3% 2 1 4 2 1 / 9 46% 27% the enntain said, if "we refused he would eut (elm' Ff l , ri i out, ste , l make us s i gn th em with our hearts' blood: a`, general thrill of h orror perva d e d the Court at t hi s ST; naent.) I think Sp ence an d J ul i en were present woe, that expression was use d . T h i s was said after ibn death. It was said by the captain several times• was in consequence of that threat that I signed " depositions. Julien Cordiavello, examined on the same point. sai d ; I signed s o m e p a p ers, b ut I d on ' t know what they weo about, and I did it by force. The captain said, " Yell tn o sign it, and if y ou d o not I will kill you. " It "5 consequence of the threat that I signed. (The examination was proceeding when we went ° pres..) THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS' cbe Sr. Thomas's-d a y f a lli ng t hi s year on S un day, 1 unnual wardm o t es f or t h e e l ect i on of Common Coevhce)Ki men end other o ffi cers f or t h e ) ear ensuing, were "- • yesterday th roug h out t h e Ci ty of London. The f°ll°* -1 ing is a correct a b stract o f t h e proceedings in t h e s eYelv wards:— A LDERSGATE.—AId erman Si r P eter L aurie ;„ •- the chair. chair. Th e f o ll ow i ng gent l emen were put in for this hard, and unanimously re-elected:—M e ted Lorkin (D e p u ty), N orr i s, Stacey, Sharvi ood, r o f Godson, De Jersey, and Maw. After the transac tion he the usual routin e b us i ness , a reso l ut i on f or opening.nt ports for the admissio n o f f ore i gn cern was pro posed" - agreed to. . A LDGATE.—Mr. Alderman Humphery, • O t ee ward, The form er mem b ers were re-elected ferie ward, having first submitted to a catechization from iP constituents on the subject of free trade. BASsISHAW.—Mr. Alderman Farncomb in the ebsir' There was no change in the li:embers for this ward•o. BILLINGSGATE.—Mr. Ald erman Sid ne y in the chin; In this ward Mr. F ranc i s retired, and there were P jo e p candidates nominated t o fill e i g h t vacanc i es , Mr. DO b e e being opposed by Mr. Williams, on the ground dul t ivit h had acted unfairly to co ll eagues who were pu t DP " him on the previous year. A poll was demanded. BisiropsGATs.—Mr. Alderman Copeland in the The following member s were unanimously e lectee i e Deputy Pea coc k, M r . D eputy S tevens, M r . R. Ae e ., Mr. T. Tagg, M r . H. P atten, M r. T . H al l , Mr. W,,,,."°nV. Mr. R. Th o m as , M r . W. T ozer, M r. S. B enne tt, J, 11. Pilcher, Mr. W. Johnson, Mr. J. R. Carr, and Sharland. nehei le BREAD. Ti EAD. STREET.—M r . Ald erman Hughes --e r e. the chair. There were two new candidates for the reP re . sentation of this ward, i n th e room of Mr. C rac kleT to f signed—viz., Messrs. Laurie and Mutrie ; and th e dr of hands being de c l a r e d i n t h e i r favour, a poll "", mended on behalf of Mr. Poland. the BRlDGE.—Alderma n Si r Ch apman M ars hall le chair. The following were re-elected without °pro, tion :—Messrs. P ew t ress (D eputy ) , K nott , Bill' b.o. Cope, Matthew, J. Low, W. Chad wick,and C. W,D e , J ,,,it. BROAD -STREET.—Mr. Alderman Musgrove in tne.7. o f In this ward a vacancy occurred by the retiree/10;o Mr. W. Cumming, and no fewer than five gelL„ le , of appeared to fill it up. The following are the D 'c et lbi the candidates. The new members are distingins an asterisk :—Mr. R. Jupp, Mr. T. CorneY, 3l :i 3a ker• Gadsen, Mr. H. Marriott, T. W. Foster, '4.— w oo, Mr. C. Warton, M r . J. White, *Mr. W. 4 -I', - nis lie• *Mr. W. Walk e r, *M r . F. S ampson, *M r . IL A poll was demanded. Me 11 lo '- CANDLEWICK.— Alderman Sir George Car % bat chair. The former members were re-elected er l Op C position. ;0 the CASTLE • BAYNARD.—Mr. Alderman Wilson ...t chair. The f o ll ow i ng were re - e l ecte d : ic ks • Messrs' Bail e y, H. M ugger id ge, R ow nson 3{ , e li si o r P s P e. lingwood,dlard, and Ferrr. e CHEAP.— A Mr. Alderman Thompson in therdwiek,bsir' Messrs. Brook (Deputy), Fenning, Watson, 14 . 00 051 i Hickson, Oliver, Philip s , an d P ea d, we re unsul re-elected. in tile COLEMAN-STREET —M r . Ald erman Hunter t his chair. The following gentlemen were re-elected le'tity), ward without app os i t i on: —M essrs . Allen (D e r s od Davies, John son , BrocherPhillips., Perkins, Hale, od the CORDWAINERS.—M r . Ald erman Thomas ,• 01)1 chair. The fo rmer mem b ers, M essrs . M u ddell(DP s ee Crowder, Joyce, T a yl or , L ott , an d Joliffe, we ree a ro' returned for this w ar d. At t h e t erm ination or'" 4 GO ceeilings, a vote of thanks to the Alderman hol d t he proposed and secon d e d, M r. Ai nger , j u n., addreg i d ,, re• wardmote on the subject of Mr. Alderman Wo ° ssi d the peated rejectio n by t h e C ourt o f Ald er men. Be inhabitants of th e war d cou ld no t f ee l otherwise than tr to ; noyed at their Ald ernan b e i ng co nsidered ineligibie cupy the chief magistrate's sent. and he thought the had arrived when they should take tIP a ils ;wir e He thought a committee should be appointed tore„..red into the truth of the charges which had been.p.efierp`dol against their Alderman. Mr. Alderman Wood d himself from the imputations that had ber n sa enn i n t g i rbs f : him, and added, that he had no hesitation in fie concluded by asserting his perfect in readiness in Of he had been cruelly used and severely n p oc Un en ls c h e d• of t he charges alleged against him, and his rea way to meet CoRNUILL his accusers. the Alderman Sir John Pine ilt cb The only c h ange i n t h e represen tation of this wardthethe substit ut i on o f Mr. Hunter for Mr. TholoPouo' latter having resigned. t he DOWGATE.-Tke Right Hon. the Lord Mayor itt o chair. Ther e w ere two new candidates, viz.:- s - t fou r Kibble and Harker. At th e c l ose of the poll , 11 ",. ;9; o'clock the n um b ers stoo d t h us :—Brown, 21 ,rrarl§l Kibble, 19 ; Harker, 18 ; Cousins, 15 ; c a ntle ) " Mortimer, 14 ; White, 10. die chi ir ' LANGBOURNE.—AId Sir ohn Ke in -. The old members were erlnan J returned without opposlt' oo , 4 this ward. At th e c l ose o f the proceedings, some of electors got up an an anti-corn law discussion. rtr .n i- LIME -STREET.—Mr. Alderma n Fareho tiltaationof chair. Th ere was no change in th e representation this ward. PoRTsOKEN.—Mr. Alderman Moon in the chair. new candidates (M essrs . Vile and Scoones) are contesting es this ward. QUEENHITHE.—Mr. Alderman Hooper 'n the cha ir Mr. Rathb one was t h e new can didate in this ward, ainst him, wh en , e , a poll W sl as: ro , Tri , , the show o f h an d s being ag manded on his behalf. At the close of the for . na n r oto . ceedings, Mr. Simmons proposed a resolution le dad of a repeal of th e corn -l aws . M r . Thompson the motion, which was carried unanimously. . The TOWER. -Mr. Alderman Lucas in the chair: to ot former membe rs were re-elected, after an atte m p t l up a discussi on on th e corn-laws, which the wur";;;hich dermas checked as i rre l evant to the business fo r the wardmote had been called. he che fs ; VlNTRY.—Alderman Sir Wm. Magnay in t' hit iou 0 ' No change whatever took place in the represent" this ward. IV A LBROOK.—Mr. Alderman Gibbs in the chair' former members were re-elected. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. Result of Monday and Tuesday's poll:-- Smith.. Brown Last .. Hoole LIBERALS. - 65 Bennoch .................... 65 Cash ............. . ...... . 64 Burnow ........... • CONSERVATIVE. Wilson •„ 47. . . . . E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23 1845. , I v opoTon i,y f „ the i lgembers of the Ho use of Commons. oTN (WV V ...,...1 ri rl tur I'm -rm —.- - --- - ~;