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'Bo conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. kli/LNCESS'S THEATR%, OXFORD-STMEiIT. THIS EVENING Will he repeated a New Drama, entitled THE VIOLET. Andre, M. WaHack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Marchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling; /handle, Miss May. After which, DON CAESAR DE BAZAN. Don Cesar rle .Dazan, Mr. Walla& ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with A MAN WITHOUT A HEAD. ROYAL OLYMPIG THEATRE, THIS EVENING Will be produced a New Two Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE ? Characters by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Miss Hamilton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy. Vo be followed by the favourite Vaudeville of CAPTAIN CHAR LOTTE. In which Mr. Walter Lacey and Miss Kate Howard will pertbrtn. After which, THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus, Miss Kate Howard ; 3fomus, Mr. G. Wild. To conclude with THE SAILWA.Y KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G. WIId ; tally Slop, Miss Kate Howard. NEW STRAND- THEATRE. OPEN EVERY EVENING. ENTIRE CHANGE.—GRAND ATTRACTION ! M. PHILLIPPE continues to give his peculiar and surprising TOURS DE PHYSIQUE, and feats of Magical Delusions. Alter which, the Ohio, Missouri, and Arkansas—the wonderful AMERICAN FAMILY. To be followed by the new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, by theChlarini Family. TO conelude with M. Phillippe's most extraordinary INDIAN and. CHINESE Wonders. I open at Seven o'clock, to commence at Half-past Seven. Box Office open from Ten till Five ; Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAST OF THE BARONS; or, Warwick, The King Maker, and the Battle of Barnet. In entire change will take place in the amusements of the arena, introducing Mons. glide, Mons. Dams, Mr. Alfred Cooke, Mdlle. Dunios, Mdlle. Megan Lupino, and the Brothers Candler. To conclude with a New Equestrian Drama, entitled STEEL CASTLE. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, lleslop, Fredericks, Mrs. Vining, and Mis Martin. After which, OH, 'TIS LOVE. To conclude witt JONATHAN BRADFORD. • ROYAL VICTOR [A THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, THE TOWER OF LONDON or, The Death Omen and the Fate of Lady Jane Grey. Supporter by Mr. Osbaldiston, E. F. Saville, Miss Vincent, Miss Richardson Miss Eliza Terry, &c. After which, LIFE IN THE CLOUDS. To conclude with JACK SHEPrARD. Supported by the entire Company. WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 48; Noon, 49 BAROMETER, 2.92.—WiNn W.; light rain. fIIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 10 minutes after 11 I Evening 38 minutes after 11. 44- /•• ~ .., „p• 1:. , • 6., - ' 4 l . ( mt c . 6, -;•• 4p t sto ll ? 2 \ -..." ~.,• . , - N, ~. . , • - s 4 ' v , ,-- ' '•/F. I; , ;,r pi, 6: -, q 6 SECOND EDITION. EtiteVal% Int LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1845 Lard Jonx RUSSELL, during his quiet retreat at Edinburgh, has employed his time usefully in viewing the alarming state of the corn and potato crops, and has embodied his sentiments on that important question, as well as others connected with it, in a letter addressed to his constituents, the electors of the City of London. Withane exception, and that is a most important one, there is little new in the letter, and hardly any opinions expressed which have not occurred to most persons con versant with the working of the obnoxious system of corn-laws, and especially the ruinous effects of the sliding scale, - but even in that case his Lordship's opinions, though not differing materially from those entertained by the great body of free-traders, may be regarded as of the ,greatest value, and the most decisive proof that the fate of the corn-laws is sealed. His Lordship, with that' good sense, candour, and independence for which he is justly admired, even by those who disagree with him, admits that he has changed his opinions, and is fully convinced that the trade in corn must be free. " I used," says he, "to be of opinion that corn was an ex ception, to the general rules of political eco nomy, but observation and experience have con vinced • roe that we ought to abstain from all interference with the supply of food. Neither the Government nor a Legislature can ever regulate the corn-market ;villa the beneficial effects which the entire freedom cf anh, and purchase are sure to produce." These are noble sentiments for a statesman so intimately connedted by bl ood with the first aristocratic families in the kingdom, but they are chiefly important as the deliberate expressions of the leader of a great party, and the only vial antagonist whom Sir RORERT PEEL has to fear: It is 4 in that light that we view the question, because from. the new position of the parties the most beneficial arej decisive results may be anticipated. In almost every great measure introduced by Sir ROBERT PEEL , since he assumed the reins of Government in ' 1841 he has only been an imitator, and in that respect be has• surpassed all former statesmen. He is taught by the enemy be adopts his principles, and to give them some shoW of originality, he carries them to the utmost extent that the circumstances of the country and the prejudices of the people will allow. The Maynooth Grant; the Colleges Bill, a sy stem of conciliation to wards Ireland!, and every new measure adopted for the government bf that country—all were stolen from the Whigs. In' his commercial policy he has acted on the same princple. lie took the original idea from his antagonists,) clothed it in a new shape, and, with the exception o the corn-law, has far outbid them in con cessions to the free-traders. But even on that head he has dune something. The admission of foreign cattle and provisioni at a moderate duty, and, above all, th e Canada Cora:Bill, were movements in the right direc tion, and hcd out a hope, nay led to conviction, that as soot as time and circumstances would allow, he - wiiuld go the whole length. When his new sliding 7 amtle was introduced he had nothing to fear from Lord Jotisr RUSSELL. The MELeousTE Ministry made a great blunder, when they touched the corn-laws at all, to +pose so little relief. In fact, the Bs. duty was scouted; by the free-traders, and justly regarded as even worse( than the sliding•scale. The evils of that preposterous Ond unjust arrangement were so manifest, that they mu4t in a short time work their own cure, and the cure has ;commenced; but from a fixed duty there wa s no holx of relief, aria that scheme, therefore, received warm support from no quarter whatever. A different scene however has now opined, and: if Sir .i.t . ~, -:-. , TEII4I SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY VVENINn, NOVEMBER, 26, 1845. ROBERT PEEL remain true to the tactics hitherto in variably forming the guide of his policy, he must come forth a free-trader in corn, and carry into full effect his principle, that it is expedient to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market. It is true, he cannot outbid the present offer made by Lord JoHN RUSSELL; but if he is anxious, as he has hitherto shown himself, to cul tivate the support of the great manufacturing districts, and remove the absurd anomaly that still exists respecting the trade in corn, he must come up to the same pitch with his rival, conciliate the feelings of the great mass of the people, and " put an end to a system which has been proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter divisions among classes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and t=rims among the people." These are not times to trifle with the community by neglecting the general good for the benefit of a few monopolists. The danger of famine, at least high prices, is beyond the possibility of a doubt, and should the winter prove severe ar.a a scarcity ensue, the sufferings of the people would generally and justly be attributed to a scheme which had only one real objection in vi=ew—to raise the prices of the necessaries of life, /Ind put money into the landlords pockets, but which has inflicted still greater evils by stinting the cultivation of grain in corn-growing countries, sad thereby depriving the starving peo ple of Great Britain and Ireland of supplies which otherwise would have been bountifully provided. For these reasons we regard this plain, unassuming letter of Lord JOHN RUSSELL as the most important docu ment that has appeared for many years. It will form a watchword for the whole Liberal party ; its Fta teme nts will• be re-echoed throughout the United Kingdom, and no rest will be given to any Minister, of whatever party, till the corn-laws are utterly abolished, and every restriction on the admission of food and clothing used by the people be finally removed. With the appeal of Lord Jour; RUSSELL to the men of his order we close these (remarks.—" It is no longer worth while to contend for a fixed duty. In 1841 the free-trade party would have agreed to a duty of Bs. a quarter on wheat, and, after a lapse of years, this duty might have been further reduced, and ulti• mately abolished. But the imposition of any duty at present, without a provision for its extinction within a short period, would but prolong a contest already sufficiently fruitful of animosity and discontent. The struggle to make bread scarce and dear, when it is clear that pert, at least, of the additional price goes to increase rent, is a struggle deeply injurious to an aristo cracy which (this quarrel once removed) is strong in property, strong in the construction of our Legislature strong in opinion, strong in ancient associations, and the memory of immortal services." The corn-law is producing its effects even more rapidly than we had anticipated. The people of Eng land are at this moment, paying weekly 400,0001. more for bread-corn than they were paying this time last year, and, as a natural consequence, the trade of the manufacturing districts is suffering. Mr. COBDEN, at the great free-trade meeting at Sheffield, on Monday last, declared that, " within the last six weeks they had suffered in Lancashire a more sudden and severe depres sion than had been sustained since the time of the peace." He adds, "It was not a difficult matter to account for the suddenness of this depression. They had a wheat harvest deficient in quality and in quantity in this coun try, and they had also the failure of the potato crop ; and these evils together caused a rise of at least 50 per cent. in the cost of their provisions. Every one before him, both the wholesale and retail dealer, understood what were the legitimate effects of a bad harvest. Every body, therefore, was acting upon that knowledge, which, to no small extent, was owing to the preachings and teachings of the League. Everybody understood that the high price of food, which was the result of a bad harvest, caused a bad state of trade, and the wholesale and retail dealers, immediately that they saw the pros pect of a bad harvest, before them, ceased to buy large stocks of manufactured goods, lest by-and-by these stocks should be left unsaleablei on their hands. What becomes now of that fallacy of the monopolists, that when bread is dear wages rise? Bread is dear-- have wages risen ? This corn-law we are told was enacted for the especial benefit of the agricultural labourer. Does he now receive a larger gum weekly for wages than he received this time last year ? If the monopolist doctrine were true he ought, and he ought also to be a better customer to the manufacturer ; now that bread is dear, than he was when bread was cheap. lint he is not a better customer now than ha was last year, because, as he has to expend a larger amount of his wages for bread, he has the less to spare for clothing, and he knows to his cost that his wages have not risen as the price of bread has risen. Working men have found out the delusion which the monopolists have been practising on them, and it will go down with them no longer. To quote again the words of Mr. COBDEN—" Working men now understand that a high price for provisions does not cause high wages, but, on the contrary, that high wages and a low price of food invariably accompany each other." That a period of distress is fast approaching in the ma nufacturing districts, is, we fear, but too evident, and dis tress and famine, says Dr. TRoarsosi, at the Sheffield meeting, are always the forerunners of pestilence. But that the corn-law will be suffered to do its worst we cannot for one moment believe. Thanks to the la bours of the League, the people are now enlightened, as to the cause of their distress, and, as was well observed by Mr. BRIGHT, whose speech at this meeting was one of the most admirable which that eloquent ad vocate of free trade has ever delivered—" The people constantly and invariably attribute the pre sent depression of trade to the operation of the corn-law. This law, which was passed ostensibly for the purpose of protecting the native industry of the country, and to give us, who are manufacturers, a con stant supply of good custom from the home trade, to give to capital a fair profit, and to labour fair wages ; this law, which promised so much is now looked upon by almost everybody as the guilty party, in causing the present almost universal depression." Under these circumstances there cannot be a doubt but that the great majority of the people will join the League in making " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pall altogether," which shall, to use a legal phrase, at once prostrate the nuisance of monopoly. The resolution which Mr. BRIGHT proposed at the Oldham meeting should be made a standing resolution at all anti-starvation meetings throughout the country. If at all these meet ings it were resolved, "We won't stand it any longer," the affair would be very soon settled. Mean while the League is proceeding stea lily and deter minedly to fight the battle of free -trade in the Registration Courts. " Register! regis ter ! register !" is now the motto of the League, which 'they have bor rowed from Sir ROBERT PEEL ; and the ,day is not far distant when he will return the compliment t, by assuming as his own, their motto—" Free Trade with all the World." We have received Madrid journals of t he 18th inst., but they bring no intelligence of the sligh test interest. The Funds were rather flat on that day, : and only a few transactions took place in the Three peR Cents., which closed at 368 at sixty days. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied vith the panic in the share market and the intelligence frt )m the United States respecting the Oregon question. I a reference to the first subject we regret to find that s everal of the Opposition journals attribute the fall in the share market in a great measure to English jobbers, who sold out when the prices were at the height, and, . after realising considerable sums disappeared. It is n• ft fair to state the case in this manner, for it is well kno wit that French speculators adopted the same course, a nd that many persons in this country, so far from havin g made money in French railway shares, are losers to a g; -eat amount. Such a system is not peculiar to any nat ton, and the French are quite as clever in seizing the fit . occasion to buy or sell as the English. We also reg.' . et that the Constlationnei, a journal that should be abt ive national prejudices, should encourage rather than cho ..ck them by directing its remarks not so much against th ese English schemers as against the country. For instaz ice, it says: —" When we expressed our fears as to the a 'iolent and excessive displacement of French capital it W a s said that the English would come to our aid. In fact, t ILe English capitalists did arrive, and they figured in the li it t of direc tors of most of the companies which was multiplied with such frightful fecundity. But all these banl tens, these directors, these engineers, these squires, whom t we bor rowed from England were only financial supern mneraries who soon disappeared after making us pay for their credit at an exorbitant rate." Sentiments b ke these may be well chargeable with ingratitude. The .French lines completed and in progress owe much to , nglish capital and English artisans and labourers, for v thout them we are fully convinced that not one-half of the work would have been done. The writer in that jo u rnal is well aware of the fact, and he therefore finds it net :es sary to find other causes for the panic besides , the schemes of gambling Englishmen. "Up to the ti me of the adjudication of the northern line, the provint 'es had to a certain degree refrained from taking part is the speculations of the Bourse of Paris; but when th is line was adjudicated, the bankers who had { five, t o 1, fifteen, and twenty thousand shares in the, affair, ant who were afraid of provoking a premature fall by sales in Paris, sold their shares in the principal cities of the kingdom, 119 w, Marseilles, Strasbcturg, &J. Th e p ro , / vinces now entered warmly upon. the course that had been opened to them. There, as in Paris, savings and credit were both engaged; the bankers realised the premiums paid by the departments. The latter, how ever, soon found that they had taken too heavy a burthen upon themselves, and the shares came back to the capital, but they found the paternal door closed, the first sellers would not run a new chance, and it was neces sary to seek for other purchasers. Thus the Bourse was daily more and more encumbered with shares." The re marks on the Oregon affair are confined chiefly to the Op position papers. The National, with its usual honesty and impartiality towards England, declares that the Ameri cans have right on their side, and have only to remain firm. The Courrier Francais says all will end in smoke " We think there will be much ado about nothing. When American and British pride shall have cast oft its fumes, when the journals of the two countries shall become weary of telling each other coarse truths for the edification of the galleries, and when, above all, the dread of a war shall hake shaken credit, and put a check upon commercial transactions, a moment will come when they will both listen willingly to the voice of reason, and conciliation will be easy." The following are the only other extracts from the papers of interest : " It appears (says the Consiitutionnel) that the naval forces intended to act against Madagascar are much greater than was at first supposed. It will almost form a squadron, for at least four, it' not five ships of the line or frigates are talked of, besides sloops and store-ships, without reckoning those of the Bourbon station, which are to take part in the expedi tion, with the further addition of two steam ships." "We find the following in the Semaphore of Marseilles of the 21st The Marquis de Lavalette passed through Mar seilles the day before yesterday on his way to Toulon to re ceive Ibrahim Pacha, who is expected to arrive there to morrow or the next day, in the steam-frigate Nile. The Egyptian Prince arrived in it at Genoa on the 15th, and on landing was saluted with guns from all the ships of the Sar dinian squadron, the sailors manning the yards. Ibrahim visited the King, Charles Albert, who received him with great distinction, and invited him to a grand dinner of 45 covers next day. On the 18th he was to be present at a grand review of the troops given by his Majesty in honour of the Prince's arrival." " The German Universal Gazette has the following from Palermo, dated the 6th M. de Montebello arrived here ou the 30th ult., to compliment the Em peror and Empress of Russia. The Ambassador was well received, and invited to dine with the Emperor. His Excel lency announced the speedy arrival of two French Princes."' A good deal of fluctuation took place on the Paris Bourse on Monday, and after a considerable fall a re action took place, and prices improved. The Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 20c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 30c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,135 f.; Rouen, 945 f.; Northern, 6751. ' • Havre, 752 f. 50c.; Avignon, 8619 f.; Vierzon, 6421. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 600 f. ; Boulogne, 515 f.; Troyes and ' Montereau, 447 f. 50c.; Basle, 245 f ; Fampoux, 475 f. • Dieppe, 480 f.; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 56% ; Spanish Actives, 37y. ; ditto Three uer Cents., 38%; ditto Domestic Debt, 33%; ditto New De ferred, 16. The following are the quotations for other new lines : Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 12f. 50c. prem. ; ditto (Calon), 2f. ; ditto (Ganneron), lf. 50c.; ditto (Lapinson niere), 50c. ; Mornay, if. ; Paris and Strasburg (Gan neron), 4f. ; ditto (l4inguerlot), lf. 50c. ; ditto (Bechet), 25c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 4f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), If. ; ditto (O'Neill), If. 50c.; ditto (Lefevre), 2f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 17f. 50c. ; ditto (Lecointe), if. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 10f. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Carette), If. 50c. ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 495 f.; Dieppe (Sellieres), 480 f. ; Caen , 2f. 50c. (Dela- rnarre) . _ _ MARSEILLES, Nov. 20.—Marseilles and Avignon, 922 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 532 E 50c. ; Vierzon, 680 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 617 f. 50c. LYONS, Nov. 22.—Marseilles and Avignon, 886f.' 25c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,120 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 937 t 50c. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 627 f. 50c. In a second editiOn of the Times, we find the follow ing particulars of the adjudication of the Paris and Stras bourg and Tours and Nantes lines of railway, which took place on Tuesday:— " We have received by extraordinary express the Paris papers of yesterday, with letters from our correspondent, dated half-past three o'clock r.m. ; the latter state that at three o'clock yesterday the Paris and Strasbourg line was ad judged by the Minister of Commerce to the united com panies represented by General Cubieres on a lease of 43 years, 286 days. " The Tours and Nantes line was equally adjudged to the Company represented by Count de la Pinsonniere, Messrs. Mackenzie, O'Neill, and Co., on a lease of 34 years and 15 days. " For the Paris and Strasbourg line there was no compe tition. For the Tours and Nantes line there were two bidders—namely, the Company represented by Messrs. La Pinsonniere, and the Company of Post-masters represented by M. Dailly. The biddings were to lease the line for a number of years below the minimum (35 years) fixed by the Minister. " Mr. Mackenzie proposed taking the line at a reduction of 350 da3s. " M. Dailly proposed taking it at the maximum. " M. La Pinsonniere was consequently declared the suc cessful bidder. " Considerable excitement has 'prevailed here during the day,' says ourßourse letter of Tuesday. At the commence ment of business attempts were made to sustain prices. The Three per Cents. and Five per Cents. were respectively quoted at a higher figure than the closing one of yesterday, but they speedily gave way. A similar remark is applicable to Shares. Northerns, which were up to 82i, subsequently receded."' The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tues day at 81f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents. 117 f. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,115 f. ; Rouen, 915 f. ; Northern, 665 f. ; Havre. 735£ ; Avignon, 840 f. ; Vierzon, 630 f. ; Bordeaux, 585 f. ; Boulogne, 505 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 440 f.; Basle, 235 f. ; Fampoux, 470 f. The following are the quotations for other new shares:— Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 10f. premium; ditto (Calon), If. 50c.; ditto (Ganneron), 4f.: Paris and Stras bourg (Ganneron), 3f. 50c.; ditto (Hingaerlot), lf. 50c.; ditto (Becket), par; ditto (Aymard), 3f.; Tours ,and Nantes (Mackenzie), 3f. ; ditto (Drouillard), 50c. ; ditto (O'Neill), 50c.; ditto (Lefevre), lf. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 17f. 50c. ; ditto (Lecointe), 9f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridio nale), par; Bourdeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 10f. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Carette). lf. ; Charleroy (Kysaens), 490 f. ; Dieppe (Sellieres), 485 f.; Olen (Delamarre), 2f. MONET and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales at steady prices, 2,500 being on speculation. Shares were dull again, and prices still drooping. Quite a sensation has been produced to-day by the mani festo of Lord John Russell, addressed to his constituents, the electors of the City of London, on the state of the country, and what measures ought to be adopted in the present state of affairs. Never has a document been presented to the public which has commanded so large a degree of attention, and the contents of which has given so universal a degree of satisfaction. Most man fully does Lord John come forward at the present juncture, and declare himself in favour of the utmost amount of relief being afforded to the poor (and much to be feared, in many instances, ere long, unless strin gent remedial plans are to be adopted, life will be sacrificed) in the approaching winter, BY THE OPENING OF TILE PORTS AT ONCE, FOR A LIMITED PERIOD. To wait till the Parlia ment assembles before any step is taken, is pure folly, and displays a recklessness on the part of the Ministry as to the condition of the millions, that if persisted in must tend to bring Sir Robert Peel into bad odour with all classes but those who revel in the luxuries afforded by the continuance of bread and other monopolies. We learn from the Baltic ports that a considerable quan tity of wheat has been in the course of exportation for this country—indeed a much larger amount than was expected to be sent at the present advanced season of the year. It may be expected that the navigation in the north of Europe will soon be blocked up by ice. The following is a statement of the values obtained a' yesterday's auction, by Lamond, Smale, and Co. Description. Paid. Dublin and Galway Ditto Somersetshire Midland ... Ditto ditto Sheffield and Manchester Direct Great Welsh Central ... Worcester, Tenbuiy, and Ludlow West End and Southern Counties Goole and Doncaster ... ••• Midland and Eastern Counties ~, Madrid and Valencia ... •• • ... Ditto ditto _ Manchester, Midlands, and G. Grimsby Ditto ditto ... Great Western of Bengal... Warwick and Worcester Midland Eastern Counties ... Somersetshire Midland ... Lfrerpool and Leeds Direct ... Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow ... Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries Ditto ditto ... Goole and Doncaster Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham ... Manchest. and Rugby—via Macclesfield Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby ... Ditto ditto ... Northern and Southern Connecting ... Ditto ditto ... Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... Ditto ditto ... Anglo-Belgians Over Yssel, Louvain and Jemeppes Namur and Liege ... Ditto •.• •• ••• ••• Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• Madrid and Valentia Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• Barcelona ... Midland and Eastern Counties London and South Essex ... Ditto ditto ... Ditto ditto Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham ... Ditto ditto Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... Ditto ditto ... Ditto ditto ..• Goole and Doncaster Essex and Suffolk ... Exeter and Exmouth Somersetshire Midland ... Ditto ditto ... ••• Great Kent Atmospheric ... Buckinghamshire ... Great Eastern and Western ... Oxford, Gosport, Portsm., and Southtn Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow ... - Ditto ditto Ditto ditto ••• Great Eastern and Western Worcester, Herefd, Ross, and Gloucest. Great N. and S. Wales and Worcester Ditto ditto ditto ... Dudley, Madely, Brosely, and I. Bridge Ditto ditto ditto ... Norwich Direct ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Sambre and Meuse Ditto ••• ••• ••• •• • Londonderry and Enniskillen .. Direct Birmingham and Leicester ... Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby ... Surrey Grand Junction ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate ... Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ... London, Warwick, and Kidderminster London and Manchester—Ristrick's... Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Wolverhampton, Birming. & Notting. Paris and Strasbourg—Aymard's Harwich—Eastern Counties ... Ditto ditto ... Ditto ditto Goole and Doncaster ... Ditto ditto ... London and South Essex ... Ditto ditto .•• ••• ••• Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Ditto ditto ... Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... West Cornwall Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Louvain and Jemappes Ditto ditto ••• ••• ••• Great Western of Bengal Ditto ditto ••• ••• •• Sheffield, Buxton. and Leek Potteries Dudley, Madely, Brosley, & Iron Bridge Royal North of Spain ... Lauvain and Jemappes Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke .• it to ditto ••• Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth ... Great Central Sardinian York and Lancaster ... Great Eastern and Western Direct London and Exeter ... Ditto ditto ... Ditto ditto ... Northern and Southern Connecting Great Western of Bengal ... Newmarket and Chesterford Lincoln & Wainfleet Haven and Boston Tnng, Reading, and Basingstoke Ditto ditto ... Cornwall and Central Devon Ditto ditto Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Somerset Midland ... Ditto ••• ••• Ditto ••• ••• Dendre Valley ••• ••• North Jamaica ... ••• ••• Bideford and Tavistock Ditto ••• ••• Harwich—Eastern Counties Ditto ••• ••• Barbadoes • • ••• ••• ••• Birkenhead and Holyhead ... Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast ... Northern and Eastern ••• Ditto ••• ••• Dendre Valley ... ••• ••• ••• Waterford and Limerick .. Shropshire Union and Canal ... Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Goole and Doncaster ... ••• ••• London and South Essex ... Ditto ditto ... ••• Grand Trunk .. ••• ••• ••• ••• London, Bristol, and South Wales ... Shrewsbury and Herefordshire ... Surrey Grand Junction ••• ••• •• Leeds and Liverpool ... Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Goole, and Doncaster North Staffsh., Churnet, and Potteries, Ditto ditto ••• Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ... South and Midlands Junction Buckinghamshire .. ••• Direct Northern ••• North Wales ... ••• ••• Grand Union ••• Manches., Sheffield, and Mid. Junction Nottingham and Boston .. ••• Direct London and Exeter ... Nottingham and Gainsberough Essex and Suffolk ... ••• Derbysh., Staffordsh., and Wortestsh. Chester and Manchester Surrey Grand Junction ... Ditto ••• ••• ..• (•• Liverp., Manch., and Newc.-upon-Tyne Dudley, Madely, Brosley, and I. Bridge Cornwall ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Cornwal, Half Shares ... ••• Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Tenn and Dove Valley ... ••• Coven., Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester London, Warwick, and Kidderminster Nottingham and Gainsborough Line. and Wainfl. Harbour and Boston Goole and Doncaster ... ••• ••• Ditto ... ••• ••• Ditto ... • ..• •• West Cornwalls ••• Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• Madrid and Valentia ••• Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• London and Manchester (Remington's) Ditto ditto ... Ditto ditto ... North Kent ... Ditto ••• ••• ••• ••• Ditto ••• ••• ••• •• ••• ••• South Midla n d Ditto •.• •• ••• ••. ••• • Reading and R e i gate ... 42s Ditto ••• • ••• Caledonian Ext ens i on ... •• . ••• Ditto *. *** ••• •••• ••• ••• .. Callao, Lim a , an d P ac ifi c Coast . Isle of Wight ••• ••• ••• ••• • Ipswich, Norwicb,and Yirmouth Ditto ditto ••• - Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries IN Ditto ditto Ditto ditto Belgian Eastern Junction ... Bridgewater and Mineh ea d Ditto ditto Tring, Reading, and B as i ngs t o k e Ditto ditto Ditto - ditto Sold for. ditto 4 £3 5 0 -3 $ 0 2% 1 10 0 - 1 11 0 42s 1 2 0 42s 1 0 0 23/4 2 5 0 1% 014 0 42s 2 3 0 2% 1 8 0 2 0 19 6 - 0 19 6 1% 1 16 0 - 1 16 0 OIA 010 0 42s 1 4 0 2% 1 5 0 2% 1 6 0 •2% 2 1 6 2 3 / 4 2 2 0 1% 1 0 0 -1 0 0 42s 2 3 6 1% 016 0 42s 1 1 6 423 1 2 0 -I 2 0 2% 1 5 0 -1 8 0 4 83s 4d 3 1 0 1 2 6 1 17 0 1 17 0 1 15 0 1 16 0 1 15 0 3 0 0 2 19 6 2 19 0 0 19 6 0 19 6 0 2 6 1 8 0 1 8 0 1 8 0 O 18 0 O 18 0 O 19 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 19 6 O 12 0 1 5 6 1 6 0 1 19 6 503 42s 2% 42s 23% 2 tii 42s 2 1 ,4 42s 42s I% 42s 2% 105 s 42s 42s .14 105 s 1w 2% 2% 52s IA 2% 105 s 2% 2 1 1% 1 42s 1 45 7% 42s 42s 42s 23A 42s 42s 1 1% 423 o 19 f 0 19 6 2 0 0 1 19 0 2 0 0 2 7 0 2 7 2 7 0 4 11 0 4 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 19 g 2 19 0 1 1 6 1 5 0 1 8 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 6 1 1 6 1 2 6 2 18 0 2 18 0 2 18_0 1 2% 2 ... 42s ... 105 s liis ...• Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford ... Isle of Ely Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Ditto ditto ... Scottish North-Western ... Ditto Kendal and Windermere ... Newcastle and Berwick „ Anglo Belgians „, „, Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth ... Ditto ditto ... Reading and Reigate ,„ „, Great Eastern and Western ... Direct East and West Junction ... London and Manchester (Remington's) Waterford and Kilkenny ... Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Trent Valley Cont. and Holyhead June Shrewsbury and Birmingham. ... Somersetshire Midland ... Mauritius ... „, ,„. Great Eastern and Western ... Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Ditto ditto Derbyshire, Staff. and Worcestershire Great Kent Atmospheric Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Ditto ditto Bridgewater and Minehead Shropshire Union and Canal ... .• • Ditto ditto Northern and Southern Connecting Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Harwich—Eastern Counties ... Southampton, Manchester and Oxford Ditto ditto Direct Norwich ... Worcester and South Wales ... Bandon and Bantry ... - Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester Welsh Midland London and South Essex ... Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries Staffordshire Potteries ... 1 5 0 1 5 0 Union Bauk of London .. 1 12 10 0 Bank of British North America ... 48 0 0 The Funds continue depressed. Consols have been 043% 1/ s for present Transfer, and 91% to 95% for Time. Exchequer bills have bean a shade lower, viz., 255. to 275. premium. Bank Stock is marked 202 to 202 1 , and India Stock 261. New Three. and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 9.5% to 95%, and the Three per Cents. 95 1 4 to 95 3 4.. Scarcely anything• has been done in the foreign market, and nominally prices are rather lower. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 28 to 28 1 4, and the Three per Cents. 37 to 37 1 4. Portuguese Converted have been 56%. Belgian Four-and a-Half per Cents. are 95%, and the Four per Cents. 91 1 , to 92 1 4. Railway Shares are quite neglected again, taken in the whole. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 20 2 1 / 2.202 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 35 %% % 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 94%% New 3 1 A per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 lO 9- 16 % Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 lO% India Stock 261 India Bonds 1,000/... ... 36 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities 931% Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1. 3 4 d. 1 %O. 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small — 28 25 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 2 3 14 28 371. 6 1 / i 5 4 2 42s 2 1 / 42s 42s 2% 42s 2% 1 42s 2 3 4 423 2% 1 42 s 42s 1% iu 24 2 3 4 1% 2% 0 10 0 1 5 0 1 5 0 0 6 6 0 6 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 2 10 0 1 4 0 4 37 Ditto 3 per Cent 37, Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent 9 5 14 Dutch 2 1 ,! per Cents Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 91 3 / 4 92 1 4 91 1 / 2 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin... ..... Armagh, Coleraine, Portrueh 1% l l /2 to Aylesbury and Thome l% Belfast & - County Down Bideford and Tavistock .. ... 1%..... Birmingham and Gloucester 100 124 Ditto New Shares Birmingham and Oxford Junction Birmingham and Deicester Direct — Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s Bridgewater and Minehead... 425...... Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and Liverpool Junct. 2 1 / 2 to Buckinghamshire 425....... •••••• to Caledonian Ditto Extension 2 l /2 2 l /2 to Cambridge and Lincoln - 2%%... to Ditto, New 1%...... 2 1 / 2 %... to Cambridge and Oxford l% to Canterbury and Dover 1%... .. Central Kent 2 l /2 to Chelmsford and Bury .. Chester and Holyhead Chester and Manchester Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2 Clydesdale Junction-- ...... 5 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages 225.. ... to Cork and Killarney 2l Cork and Waterford Cornwall ... Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester 1 4 — to Dartmouth, Torbay, & Exeter 425. Derby, Gainsboro', and Great Grimsby 1%...... ...... to Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 2 %...... Direct Manch. (Remington's) 2 3 4 — to Ditto (Rackstrick's) ...... 5 1 A ...... 4 Direct Northern ... ......... .. 2lh 1 34%... to Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh l% to Dublin and Belfast Junction 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine 2% Dublin and Galway Dudley, Madely, & .Broseley 2% — ..... to Dundalk andEnniskillen 2 % 1..... Eastern Counties Do. New 6l. 169 5 p.:... to Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1: 6/.13s 4d 3 / 4 p...... to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ~.41. 13s. 4d — p to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union Ditto Shares... ........ 2M to Ditto Extension Ditto Ipswich and Bury ... Ditto Extension to Norwich 2 1 ,4 — to Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2 1 A, — ...... to East Lincolnshire l% 1 34 to East and West of England... 1N.... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... 67 ...... to Ditto 1 4 Shares 12,4...... Ditto N evr % Shares Edinburgh and Northern...... 1 1 ,A — Edinburgh and Perth lg — to Ely and Huntingdon 5 Enniskillen and Sligo Essex and Suffolk l% to Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey mouth 42s. ...... ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2 3 / 4 — ...... to Gloucester, Aberystwith , aril Central of Wales Goole and Doncaster 42s. Grand Junction 100 Ditto% Shares 5O — to _ _ Ditto Quarter Shares...... 25 GrndUnion(Notting.&Lynn) 1% l% .. ... to Great Eastern and Western.. 2 1 4 GreatGrimsby andShefileld... 5 Great South and W.(lrish) ... 15 ..... . Ditto Extension Great Munster 2 14 — to Great North of Scotland Great North of England...... 100 Ditto New 5 — to Ditto New 2 — to Great Western BO 142 ... to Ditto, Half Shares .... ..... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fareham, Portms 21 /s — to Harwich Hull and Selby ... 50 Ditto Quarters ... ... ...... 12% — ...... to Ditto, Half Shares Inverness and Elgin Ipswich, Norwich, and Yar mouth Irish North Mid1and............ 1% .. to Isle of Axholme 2: Killarney Junctions ll " / Kendal and 'Windermere l 14 — to Lancaster aad Car1i51e......... 30 ...... Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 2 1 ,( 2 ...... Leeds and Carlisle .... ...... .. 2% — to Leeds and West Ridi ng J une. lA — ...... to Leicester and Birmingham... 225. — to Leicester and Bedford 225....%% dis par to % dis Leicester and Tamworth 425....... Liverpool and Manchester...100 Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters ..... . ... 25 ...•... Liverpool and Leeds Direct... 2% ...... 1 % dis to Liverpool, Manchester, and NeweastieJunction London and Birmingham ...100 204 Ditto Thirds ....... Ditto M Shares Ditto Fifths ......... ... 2 Ditto Extension London & Blackwall... 161. 13s. 4d ...... to Do. New l% to Do. Extension London and Brighton. 5O 57 3 / 4 1 h 58 1 , to 57 Ditto ConsolitiatedBths 35 Ditto, Sixths 0%. London and Croydon 13/. 15s. 9d. lB4 to 19 Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 8 London, Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, and Hereford... 1 X London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d 9 14 to Ditto Preference lBll7s 2d... London, Hounslow, &Western 2 , .... London and South Western.. 41% 71% .. ... to 72 Do. New consolidated Bths.. 20 Ditto New ......... ..., ....... 7 1 / .. ... 14% to Do. New ......... ....... ... -. 6 _ . London and South Essex 2 3 /4 — to London:and York..., .... ....... 2% 2% 3... to 2% London and Windsor ......•.. I .... •• Lon.,Warwek, Kiddermini.zter 24 ...... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... . 5 Londonderry and Enniskillen Ss' Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham - M4llol4itil' and Leeds 76 .. ..•• ...... to Ditto Half Shares ...... -34 Ditto Quarters ............... 2 - Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 4 1 4 Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters ........... . ... 4 Dit:`,o New Quarters......... 2 - to J:)o. Continuation & Welsh Junction... •.. 1% %,..... to ~... March, Buxton, & Matlock 428. —IW/ 1 % p to Manchester, Birmingham, and Mi.nchester & Rugby Direct Mould Junction - Manchester and Southampton_ 2 . Midland - 100 137 136 13V135 Ditto Fifths to to to to 137 to to 17 to 105 to to Ditto, New Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo lO7 ...... Midland and Eastern Counties 1% Midld. Great Western (Irish) 2% — Do. Extension (No. 1) ... 2 3 / 4 Newcastle & Darlington Sum 25 Ditto New Brandling Newcastle and Btr wick Newcastle and Carlisle ' 100 ...... Newcastle,Durham, and Lan. cashire Junction . 1% to Newport and Abergavenny . 2% — to New Ross and Carlow 225. Newry awl Enniskillen ...... 2 1 / — ...... to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 2% North British: 17%... 20% 19% to 20% Ditto New 3% — ...... to Do. Extension to Carlisle... 1 3 / q Du. Extens. to Dalkeith ... 5 North Devon North of Norfolk Northern and Eastern 45 Ditto Scrip Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New 1 North Kent & Direct Dover 2 1 ,E — North Staffordshire 42s. North Wales 3% — to North and South Wales and Worcester North. & South. Connecting Norwich and Brandon Ditto New ditto Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham ... 2 Nottingham and Boston l% 1 %..... to Notting.,ErewsliVal.,&Manc. 1%... Nottingham and Mansfield... ..... .. Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton... ...... ... 425. Oxford and Worcester l 2l - to 14 1 / s Oxfrd, Witney, & Cheltnham 1% to Perth and Inverness Pilbrow Atmospheric Portsmouth Ihreet Preston and Wyre ... 50 Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 425. — Ricßichmond v s Rugby, Derby, & Manchester 2% — ...... t o Rugby and Huntingdon ...... 2 Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Scotti:b Central ... 7% • 14% to Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 1 1 -4 — Sheffield and Manchester ...100 Ditto lA,. Shares 8 Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., him. 2 1 4...... 2 3 / 1 to Shropshire Mineral ... 425. . Shropshire Union Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2% — to Sligo and Shannon Somersetshire Midland South Devon South Midland 425....... 2 p to 1% South Staffordshire Junction 2 1 4 — South Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 ...... 32 Ditto, New s , No. 1 _ Ditto, New, No. 2 Ditto New, No. 4........ ...... 2% — ...... to Southampton, Macchester, and Oxford Junction. 2 ... ~ St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction — Staines and Richmond........ 1 Staffordshire and Shropshire 2% — to South Wales Taw Vale Extension Teen and Dove Valley l% Trent Va11ey..... ............ .. 2 Trent Val. & Holyhead June. 2 5 4 — to Tring,Reading,& Basingstoke VA to Ulverstone and Humess — to Vale of Neath Warwick and Cheltenham... 2% — t o Warwick and Worcester 425....... Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick 71... .. Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waven ey Valley Welch Midland 2 1,4 ...... West Cornwall 1 q — to West Yorkshire West Londen, Old Shares ... 20 West End & South . Counties 1 1 / 2 — to Wexford and Carlow Wisbeach and St. Ives Wilts, Somcrset, & Sthamptn 1%..... Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 21...... Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester ... ... . ..... ... 425. Worcester,Tinbury, &Ludlow — to Wrster, Shrews. & Crewe Un. 1% .. to Worcester and South Wales.. 425. — Worcester,Warwick, & Rugby 425. — to Yarmouth and Norwich ...... 20 Ditto, New . ... 17 . — to York and Carlisle York and Lancaster 2% 2% ...... to York and North Midland .. 50 — Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Scarboro' Branch Ditto, Selby 2O Ditto. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes — Boulogne and Amiens 8 Bordeaux and Mediteranean 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's` 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's) Calais, Dunk, &W. Flanders Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 ...... Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse 2 • ••• 77 _ to Dutch Rhenish .. 5 East Indian ' Eastern Belgian Junction.... Fampoux and Hazebroak..... 2 Great Northern of France Constituted Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal 5. — Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland ...... 1 Ditto Extension Jersey • Louvain and Jemeppe Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia . , 2 Mauritius Namur and Liege... North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 .•••••• 9 3 / .... Over Yssel 413 s 4d.... Paris and Lyons(Laffitte) ... 2 Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 3 ... .. 3 Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 . ... 1% Paris and Lyons (Sud Est)... 2 Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen .. Paris& Strasburg(Gannern's) 2 Do. (Comp..; de L'Est) Ditto (Aymards) 2% Paris and St. Quentin 2 Rouen and Havre •.• 18 Royal North of Spain 2 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale . 14 St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassell Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 4 Ditto Ditto (Lefebvre's)... 2 Do. (O'Neill's) ... ........ ... 2 Trinidad... .... .. Verona and Ancona West Flanders MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock ~.. ~ to • to to . to . to • to • to . to . to to to 14 to -- to to to to to 10 to to to to to to to 34 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 26.—Wind W.N.W., moderate breeze and hazy, with light drizzling rain.—The Marsden, Polcher, Newcastle to London, and the Rose smack, of Brightandsea, were in contact on the night of the 21st inst., near the Shears light; the latter received coflsiderable damage. PonzsmouTit, Nov. 25.—Arrd. Oriental steamer, Alex. andria. The Rapid, Hillestrom, and the Irene, Frauzen, the former bound to Lisbon, and the latter to St. Thomas, did not sail yesterday, as reported. OFF TIIE WIGIIT, Nov. 21.—Heinrich, Haesloop, Buenos Ayres. 22. Roscoe, St. John's, New Brunswick. S ALCO MBE, Nov. 22.—.Arrd. Olympus, White, China; Odd Fellows, Pitting - ill, Rio Grande; Telegraph, Rhis, Bahia. LivEnroor., Nov. 1 25 . —Wind W.N.W.—Acrd. Duke of Wellington, Hargreaves, Calcutta; Glide, Wayman, St. Do mingo ; Diamond, Thomas, Cuba ; Triumfante, Cuba ; Ade laide, Savanilla; Thomas H. Perkins, Reed, New Orleans; Judah, New Orleans; Mary, Prince Edward's Island ; Lisboneuse, Fayal. Off port, William and Elizabeth, New Orleans. DUBLIN, Nov. 24.—Wind W.—Arrd. Pearl, Rowle, St. John's, New Brunswick. KINGSTOWN, Nov. 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Monarch, Stevens, Quebec. Conic, Nov. 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Thomas Young, APEachern, Valparaiso. Off port, Ark (American brig), of New Bedford, for Liverpool. KINSALE, Nov. 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. St. Lawrence, Robertson, Quebec. LONDONDERRY, Nov. 22.—Arrd. Marchioness of Abercom, Hogarty, Quebec. Sld. Fanny, Quinn, Savannah. SOCL.TON, Nov. 22.—Arrd. Victory, Compton, Quebec. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 25. Angy-Belgian I Mauritius Boulogne and Amiens 8 Bordeaux &Mediterran Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Do. (Mackenzie's) Liina, and Pa cific Coast Namur and Liege 2% North Jamaica ... Orleans and Vierzon 'Orleans and Bordeaux 9% Over Yssel Paris 8c Lyons (Laffitte) 24 Ditto (GTlnoron's). Central of Spain — Ceylon . Dernerara Dendre Valley ... Dutch Rhenish ...... Dieppe & Paris Juliet. Dijon and Mulhouse ... East Indian ........ 1 Ditto (Cabo's)... —1, Ditto (sad Est) Paris aid Orleans Paris and Rouen 3 5 3 /4 Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron'a) Do. (Aymard's) Do. (Compte de L'Est) Faxmoux & Hazebrouk Grt Northern of France Constituted l l l4 Do. Pepin le Halleur — Great Paris and Lyons — Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica 8. M id. Junction 2 Do. North Midland — Do. Extension Parii and St. Quentin: 1% Rouen and Havre...... Royal Nortk of Spain. Sambre aid Meuse .... 4% Strasburg and Basle ... Teurnay,Jurbise, Lan dent, and Hasseit._ Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) 4% De. ( Lefebvre's) ..... Jersey Louvain and Jemappe — Lyons and Avignon — Luxembourg Do. (O'Neill's).. Trinidad...... Verona and Ancona.... West Flanders 3 Madrid and Valencia... LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S LETTER ON THE CORN LAWS. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) If the head of the Government has lamentably failed in his duty at the present alarming crisis, the same can not now be said of the leader of the Opposition. Lord J. Russell, having stood out with desperate courage for a fixed duty, long after it had been forsaken by all but a small faction of his party, has now, with a wiser courage, avowed himself a TOTAL AND IMMEDIATE FREE TRADER. We knew this must come at last. It comes now with the greater effect that it has not come sooner, The statesman, who leading an Opposition, has for four years studiously, sometimes almost offensively, repudiated the object to which the desires of a larger majority of his party than any other question of the day has brought together, have been most strongly directed, cannot be suspected, at any rate, of insincerity or interested motives in his now late con cession. Lord John Russell has shown too often, by his acts, his scorn for the Peel policy of feeding the passions of an Opposition in order to ease the way to power, to render it possible to ascribe any•other motive for the re markable letter to the electors of London, which we print in another column, than a conscientious conviction of the error of his past opinions, and the greatness of the now impending danger. Letters to constituents seem to be becoming the great vehicles of political. action. We had a letter from Lord Ashley, which did its work: we have now a letter from Lord John Russell, which will do greater work. It was startling to hear Lord Ashley say that the corn-laws were doomed. Lord John Russell has now doomed them irretrievably. We only wanted all the minds and great names of the Liberal party united in the cause to ensure victory. Mahomed has now come to the mountain, which would not go to him. Lord John Rusrell has now put himself in his proper place, at the head of, and not aloof from, Mr• Cobden and Mr. Villiers ; and the corn-laws will not live another year. Lord John Russell is a nervous writer ; and we could have forgiven even a longer halting to end in such a vigorous condemnation of the bread-tax. " Let us, then," says Lord John Russell, in words which will carry joy and hope from one end of the United Kingdom to the other—" Let us, then, unite to put an end to a system which has been proved to be the blight of com merce, the bane if agriculture, the source of bitter divisions among classes, the cause of penury, fever, - mortality, and crime among the people." MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. The supply of English "Wheat here being limited, and the attendance of buyers tolerably good, the sale for that descrip tion of grain was' firm, and Monday's advanced rates were steadily supported. Selected parcels of free foreign Wheat produced very full prices, but the middling and inferior kinds, as well as the stocks in bond, commanded very little attention. The best malting Barley was in request, while the value of grinding and distilling sorts ruled about stationary. The supply of Malt being small, the inquiry for it was steady at full prices. For all descriptions of Oats we had a firm inquiry at previous quotations. Beans, Peas, and Flour were fully as dear. Oats I Flour. 4,100 qrs. 1 3,030 sks, 7,990 I - 1,760 - Wheat. 1,410 qrs. ARRIVALS. Barley. 4,620 qrs. 500 660 Malt.. 2.440 qrs. 1, 7 ,7777. 1 .17V.77 - 77 r TT, Beef, 2s 8d to Os 10d; Mutton, Os 8d to 4s Gd ; Veal, 3s led to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. Prime Beef and Pork sold freely ; other kinds of Meat slowly, at our quotations. English • • • • • • Irish •• • ..... Fort ign • • • • • • 7,240 . ----------- DAY.) COURT OF RE VIEW—(THIS t, His Honour, the Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce. ssaetvec's day as chief judge in :bankruptcy, and disp9sed nt ~s cer t cases, none of which possessed any points of interes t to the parties concerned. ---------, A Y. SECONDARIES.—(THIS Di. ) (Before Mr. Secondary PorrEn.) t d nos; jUnymEN FINED.—In consequence of the rePe e a t ear nee attendance of the jurymen in this Court, th last court Secondary, in accordance with notice given °n 00 0 ° day, lined the following gentlemen 51. each :--31r. 11, sp a Simcox Lea, Thomas Methold Waters, Chas. 3Pliinne George Parbury. DENNIS , v. HOLMES. , 7 1, for This was an action brought to recover the stun 01. _the board and lodging. It appeared that the defendants the dc' George e had formerly lived with the plaintiff, 3li'.sited bilo• fondant and other brothers bad frequently' r _,, s . ther e A cording to the plaintiffs witnesses defendant Ir_.,,,ver, at one time ten weeks. For the defendant, na:'ci„ea George Holmes was called, and deposed that Ile 11 . 3 c 110 flii 4 isits o , with plaintiff altogether for four years --the ' °ve lta' brothers and sisters to him Were without anY ab L r No° with the plaintiff. There Iva , * no additional bed dixere ot There was no fixed price of 14s. a week, but T o not ja articles were sent for and booked to him. 11° .„:,d 0 1 is such good circumstances as to pay, but he I" - t herle fi c i his Urn piece November, 10/. in December and 51. after Defendant had also made plaintiff' a present ef a Q C; cloth for a coat. - Witness had been sued for 22/. " ro ggh` sidered that included all. Another action wa s „ c h o rti against Holmes. Witness's action was settled by e' paying half the costs.—Verdict for the defendant- WOOLLEY AND ANOTHER V. SMITH. , e Robe rt ' The plaintiffs are the owners of a vessel called til ,Slid;frote In June last the defendant chartered the. vest ttlialioeb Liverpool to lchaboe for guano. On arriving a able t ~i however, after a delay of 96 days, without being 3 ,400 539/ tain a cargo, through the great number of vessels l usi f f i 1 ,5, waiting, they sailed for another island, but virere .s erg o , rta i o successful, and, therefore, went to St. Jeam 'f 'it e dif fe li" wick, where a partial freight was obtained ; t' e . l p er .L' was 470/. at 4/. per son, besides demurrage, a t d. and 14/. for the passage of of the supercargfright ll'oo O '9' Verdict for 1,643/. 3s 9d., after deducting fright cs i l John's, and plaintiff taking demurrage for tWe lvo th 3l ----- PA Y) CRIMINAL COURT.—(T.BIS ) OLD COURT. „ g 11 ,01 ' f 'ce (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and the .....-- P,.„ 1 iser ej- The second edition of the " Calendar," exhibits i.• Jo of thirty charges, principally petty larcenies. Covv,fefel guilty sixUp enhcoeefr: ta c hgeg J sr e a r nv r la e Y et e s odff n b ' e a yn s ch c e convicted v s i c e n e do f uttering. sly ir i 0 ~. prisonment. havingtencbeedentol37Bv"to tito G ill t let ter indictment F 7 ancis Cope, a postman, aged 18 pleaded - ° v es-,, t tet, s, one charging him with stealing ' Si' containing a sovereign, and the other with steoll.l4 t er the property of the Postmaster-General. i i ell° e Several respectable persons gave him a .h i g ') for previous good conduct. in let e plt , rep * , The LEARNED JUDGE then, in an *duress. -,,, the d e feeling, pointed out the evils which resulted nPlit'erPrf:itch ofrinciple in those holding public situations, an tha t ~* d himself determined to show by a severe examPle'onteild'ts conduct should be adequately punished. I'll theK- Court was, that the prisoner be transpnrte- .Jed° .00r seas for the period of ten years. The r emaining part of the day was hearing a charge of a most disgusting charitcter: does, The prisoner was named Charles Carter, a / 331 r 0 4 ell' hi the offence having been clearly proved, „be, t to The Learned JUME ordered the wretch `:'.,dgele'' that due consideration might be given to the J" passed upon him. The offence is a capital one. princip3lll' $Ol NEW COURT. 4g f : (Before the COMMON SERGROlVscribea,lSo'e ` A ' s ' Isaac Jessop, 19, and Thomas riverTice, 19, u cSper , vants, were indicted for stealing bank "° each, six sovereigns, and 180 pieces of silve r i io os 6 # of Robert Boothby Heathcote, in his dwelling' a nd ' Mr. Chamock conducted the pros ecution , be , Ballantine and O'Brien defended the prisonera,, to," The Rev. Thomas Boothby Heat b co t e state' oa Sa rector of Chingford, in the county of EsseX•At not e s. November 1, he had in his possession five Fero of them were old and torn, and three of ther•at", ‘ had received them about three days before "„ We' r r a ing-house of Messrs. Child and Co. t ri ae ,,cialip six sovereigns and about three pounds iu fol"Loe The property was contained in a writint i g cas t study, the key of which was placed in a sha v os ioa "it P, the morning of the 3d of November he bad ° e d tha t e ea the writing case, and on unlocking it be f our` had `i e gel'o been opened, and the gold, notes, and silver iefc ifi e o9 moved, but a good deal of valuable propertY , i ou t e t , The prisoner Jessop was in his service for a' charyet rodo was dischargod in August last, without case' 0 0 j 1 knew that witness kept the cash in the wri ting cas e ' be ? also knew that the key was kept in the 5hay71 0 c1 , 4 , 1 .0 morning ofSunday, at a quarter to eleven , to b 'be fr ie Jessop going towards his house. On spealong he Da t/011, he was taken on Tuesday, he admitted that r the house to speak to the kitchen-maid. ll c n e- e ss. t) see him while he was in the service of t empe r lee 2 peared to be old companions. t The Rev. Gentleman was cross-examined ~,a p i c as 000 by the defending counsel, but nothing mate * - James Ellis stated that he is a farmer's lah ° ' e ,0 the two prisoners, and has known them for s' t the evening of Saturday, the Bth N ov ernber , ,.s,,, p!, past eight, he was in their company in a beers pl ea, or ford. Witness called for a pint of beer, aLija The prisoners did not pay for anything, 111 ` . $.41 any reason for not doing so. se J f ie Jemima Radley stated that she was in the o ber , Rev. B. Heatcote. On Sunday, the 2d of Neviaireag. came to the house. That was at half-pas, t , e p s s d e was no person in the house but wiLn-faliofff; ' B e nursery-maid. He had formerly been 3 a ot teat t r t is io #l ; of hers, and had p a id h er s ome had been in the service about fifteen c rt4be remained at the door about half an hour , an, a , fr i ,15 41 ,) pointment to meet her at church that after l :,°" er him according to the appointment and saw '-` l , T iitl'4o) pony. They walked a part of the way hol m- ea 'VI Jessop made an arrangement to meet her bet eight that evening. She was punctual to ti t h e r but he did not come. He resides with his fatßiaiclnie at Chingford. Her master's study is in the Sre 4 house, and can't be seen from the hall door. A det see Ticer with him on the Sunday morning . i s ce_,°"7, By Mr. BALLANTINE—Has been sent avrt ie of having been seen speaking to Jessop. known him as a respectable young .man. cols" i ll, months of service he had ample opportunitY ° tbr A s robbery if he felt so inclined. A pror,e' D H. Wright, a horsekeeper at Chingforo , tuvoio l je knew both the prisoners. He saw than '2, e ,", °;,, the prosecutor on the morning of Sunday, rorev e , ber. They were not walking together. Ile it i : s 9 to them, and they bowed their heads in retur n ' bon Isabella liodley stated that she keeps a beer A " s f 1 1 0 ford. Both the prisoners were there on Soll" s " together. , 1 1(11 of c . ,tt .. Frederick Robert Sawter stated that he „t e i t 9; father, who is a hatter in Aldgate. On Ble n `'. ith e d . o 0. 0 vember, Jessop came into the shop. It 11;0 and pt o'clock in the morning. He had no ha t, A one" he had lost it. He purchased one for 1 2 s . ° f p a 51. note in payment. It was a ragged 19- , o 'te, r l4" refused to take it. He then tendered a ne'ecrta' l , l ll l l his address on it as " Mr. Wm. Thomas, 19, ha'," The note produced is the same. Witness Pu`' pai l oc er of paper inside the lining as it was too larg e ', it. that paper again as his father's writing is bat. o efO i le, that the prisoner is the person who bought to e a O be y [James Brown, a shopman to Mr. DinnP le Acoc e63 ,, in Aldgate, proved that on:Monday, 3d 0 1 se a tiv - 1 4 young men came into the shop and purehe their rtlie shoes. They also had some buttons sewed on the J O e o t o They tendered a 5/. note and witneAs gave / „ .i r e o cla e 0 1 , The note produced is the same. The shoes cifate. r bie° same also. Witness knows them by the 1 1", o 0 ' the toes. The old shoes produced ar e the O w t i ro buttons were sewed. tifoiesA t he t he Joseph Goodman, shopman to Messrs• es proved that on the morning of Monday , clotPiolV prisoners came into the shop and purchas ed vote the amount of 8/. They paid for them with a ` l „d ate d el sovereigns. The coats and trowsers pro doe ' that he sold to them. eP" e 4 Mr. Frazier, a clerk and cashier in the h sil ec atec a! e ,„ 1 0 Messrs. Childs and Co., proved that the P,r ee p w seD„ account there on the 29th of October. il ly. : r u e r g - ivea t by a cheque. The two notes produced eo" payment of that cheque. ored ot , Frances Jessop, the mother of Jessop, d ist t r ittl D ef . his father's house on Sunday, Nov. 2 -"e . c ain e h 'efe„r e ,A until two o'clock on Tuesday, when Tice' .. t heo be They carried two parcels, but did not °Pe ll evenley'lle the Jessop got 10s. from his father on SaturdaY_leat. to purpose of going to London to get empleY'revioa' been out of a situation for three month s P tool; tli tt e t Y; robbery. Wm. May, a police-constable, proved tht li v e e inh t t i etfliiic soners into custody on Tuesday, 4th of I , c ed juTicef Jessop's house. They had the parcels prod _, and „ 40 K 1 session. He told them why they were take" . , i bt. . r " It is a bad job, our going away on Sunday " ti vtlie l e ly Other constables, who had the pr isoners a otir tiat t jef after the last witness, proved that they nnegiog r ei , accounts of their ssession of the clothes , a the had purchased come of theni at Gravesend, ov d in the Borough. i i t ed i os This closed the case for the proseeution . ,.. Messrs. Ballantine and O'Brien then ado o e behalf of the prisoners at some length, an u r . De' messes who gave Ticer an excellent characteopia lefiF o gt The COMMON SERGEANT summed up Guilty some $O l 60 0 The jury returned a verdict of bi ll " prisoners. d the P ' roc " The Rev. Prosecutor then recommen ds f est mercy. The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced Ti prisonment and hard labour, and J essoP beyond the seas for the term SPORTING INTELL ms DAY t ..)00 , (RECEIVED T LATEST BETTING AT s— itr.st"" 11 , 0 to t 0 THE DERBY. An ()".-• fig:00 1/ 7of 1 agst Sting-16 te 1 agst Broear_"." to r ; 0 0 lago (-25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's br; z st P COIM-40 to 1 agst Fancy-boy-40 tO A - Ticer t 0 b e e ne tiO ° 50 to 1 agst Manilla colt, CHESTER CUP. is T e rea 8 to I agst Kent's lot-1000 to 15 agat -1,U6 HARBOURS oF c: g 9/ 1 00 TO THE EDITOR OF TIA — 0 11 ' 0: Six,—You have often spoken, and hop ss9 its due effect, on the importance of Se a f it) ; Yr°,re place for one of the - d Breakviarg-t‘epe, French Government Report,rose which has Wr ° ;t; i t !,t . attaches great importance to the localiti H of f r to its other advantages which I hope consideration with our , Government."' S. 7; obedient servant, 0 Nov. 2. a od issoc,ooo Ddhooc T uw i rilin 7 o.: C . ABIN .—Summonses liave be , t;c l and thelewiis expected to be held this tated.seil, Foreign-office to the Ministers to l'te fterOso 0° Downing-street. All the Ministers are 1.90c115r presenitntg 'ctt the Lord Chancellor, wh o f tom o Duke j3uccleuclis ou s io e 't c , on e Oct 0;1'1°,0 t° tie ii:e, E iax,i( x ic,,ehti p i., io ßstnti N r::: . r : iedis f l;i:oo,.:. n tt ?: lte.,., e ie),( 9 : l3 , l l : loe ! hrco t ,, li fi edo e of Bates,returned iu eat containing the flour, ar riTe the cargo, an . Ag o , Exchange,Corn sold d the c dor passagethe Joshua fifteen days AMU D05t911.4411111(P2 .., ..„