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Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., .UNS TER CASTLE. .JV 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' not only the best of Mr. Hewlett's novels, but among the best of modern works of fiction."—John Bull. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-strest. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Last Night of Mademoiselle Flora Fabbri and of the Company's performing before the Christmas Holidays, THIS EVENING Will be ropeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W. Barrisen ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. R. Phillips; maritama, Miss litorner ; Lazarille, Miss Poole. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Dabas (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mena. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. ON BOXING NIGHT Will be produced a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfit. THEATRE ROYAL, XAYMARKET. Last Night of Performance before Christmas, for the BENEFIT of Mr. and Mrs. CAULFIELD and Mrs. AVELING SMITH. THIS EVENING Will be repeated as Original Comedy, ealled THB MAIDEN AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farrea ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud sew ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wllraet, Mrs. Seymour. To ')e, followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. 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 Sllck." To conclude with NO SONG, NO SUPPER. ON BOXING NIGLIT Will be produced a Grand New Extravaganza, eptitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE ; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Cl,arasters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. 8 ta.lley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING r 7 ill he repeated an entirely New Drama, called THE LIONESS r THE NORTH, or, Tb• Prisoner of Shlusselbourg. Alexis ho, a anouskt, Mr. Webster; Triptolemus Kront, Mr. Wright ; Eliza- Madams Celeste. • be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma , z „aphobia. In which Messrs. Panl Bedford and Wright, Miss oolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform. To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. Ge Prinslpal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. Meadows, Vining, Mrs. Keeley, Miss M. Keeley (her Third Appearance Ay Stage), Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Dawson, Miss Howard, Miss .F 9 'or, and Miss Turner. After which, a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR. onclutie with OLT ft NEW GOVERNESS. In which Mr. and r Reeley will perform. ASTLEY'S ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. TROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA. Embracing tlie whole Strength of the Company, aided by a Double Stud. ), - 21`r Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. TIIE WEATHER. 7 -Bmq OFFICE, DEC. 23. TRERMOIbIETER, Lowest, 32; Uighest, 41; Noon, 39. BAROMETER, 29.3.--WIND, N.W., showery. IITUI WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. I,4 ( ;Trong 55 EL inntei after 7 I Evening 29 minutes after 8. Er. t . Ktr, * l4L' 'fi t ;71 , laroe , A t IL tcrea t til,,,,g • • F,a, • s r• ° ." ' . f " Jenin I,l int LONDON, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1845 The Message of President Ponic leaves no doubt whatever of his views respecting the Oregon question. He 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 ritcsry. This result is only what we antici pated, ar.d the arrival of the long-winded do cument (nine columns in length), therefore, has neither taken us by surprise, nor brought any sews 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 tho New World, and that one of the great princi pb s 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. PoLes intentions, we quote his own words :—" The extraordinary and wholly inadmissible demands of tin- British Government, and the rejection of the pro position made in deference alone to what had been tione by my preiecessors, and the implied obligation which their acts seemed to impose, afford satisfactory evi , lence 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 seizure 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 made by law for giving it accordingly, and termi nating lb 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 for a 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 End the slightest semblance of modesty or diffidence is, that in which 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 the same time tells them, that should they think pro per to make provision for giving that notice, the period at the close of the year will be come when the Rational rights in Oregon must either be abandoned or firmly maintained. Then comes the threat, ,a That they cannot be abandoned without a sa crifice of both national honour and interest is too clear to admit of a doubt." In other words, 4, if you 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 or peace between the two most commercial na tions in the world ; and, from all that we can gathe r from the Message, as well as from the constitution of Congress, the former seems the most probable result of the present policy adopted by the legislative boriies, as well as the Executive of the United States Both the Senate and the Lower House are Democratic—that is, they side with the violent, the encroaching, the aggressive party, headed by TYLER and Ponx, and reject the advice of the moderate Whigs, under the guidance of that consistent patriot and friend of peace, DANIEL WEBSTER. In tha Senate these is a majority of 6, and in the House a majority of 77, in favour of POLK and the violent party. Their objects are evl,dent, and they make not the slightest attempt to conceal Lem. Neither France nor Eng land, nor any other Euroizoan power, shall set foot on America, north or south, 1 , - ;!tch less interfere in any internal regulations. The following,ztract, though long, we are compelled to give, in ord e r to ,how THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, Mg. 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 them 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. MONROE, 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 should cherish the disposition to resist. Exist ing rights of every European nation should be re spected; but it is due alike to our safety 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 PRISIDENT, 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 onr 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 ceuntry 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 r uinous character." The rest of the Message relates to the occupation of Texas, to the affairs of Mexico, and the tariff, in which there is very little interest 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." 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 Pam.. A borough, indeed, is below the dig nity of the Duke's heir; and Lord CIIANDOS, it is well known, has been nursing for the county, Nr hich his father rules equally with the borough. But these are not times for stickling about dignity. When monopoly is Sghting for life, Lord CHANDOS must be in the fight, even though he serve as a private. But whether the Duke of BUCKINGHAM nominates Lord CHANDOS, or a chimney-sweep, his command will be obeyed. Buckingham, like Woodstock, has about four hun dred 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, bat not known to us by,any senatorial achievements. The borough of Midhurst was, till lately, a Whig borough. Mr. POYNTZ, the late proprietor, w as a Whig. bar. POYNTZ is dead, and his property has gone to a daughter, who is married to Sir lionAen 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 Lord Jour; Russxm. 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 strictly appli cable to the present state of the repre sen t a ti on "In proposing reform aa s thatofthe representation of the Hon se of people, i n dividually it always appeared to me that there w ere two tpheionpglstothbee proved; the one w Commons did not represent the e, other that, collectively, they did not speak the sense of the people. "Had the first branch of this argument failed, ther e Was an end of the question. But - it did not, and could not fail ; on the contrary, it was admitted that Peers and other pro prietors, named without control, at their own caprice, a great proportion of the Members of the House of Commons. Accordingly, when I once moved for a Committee to ascer tained 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 merelZ 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 invites attention to the popular character of Irish county elections. We have named above twenty-four nomination boroughs. Not one of them has so many as five huniired 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 ORASES to the Presidency of the Congress of Deputies by 74 votes to 58 given to M. Pecunco, 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 judication 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, BAUILLON, and BAUDRAN, but as they demanded a lease of 42f 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 ; CARRETTE and MINGUET fur 38 to 40 years; COL BERT and Co., for 36 years ; ARDOUIN for 43 years. The CORDIER Company did not bid. A nother 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 KING 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 50 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 811. 75c.; Lyons " defini tives" were at 85f. premium ; Northerns at 7271 f. to 730 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCRANGE, DEC. 22. Anglo-Belgian — Madrid ant Valencia... Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens.. 3 Namur and Liege — Bordeanx&Mediterran North Jamaica ... Bordeaux and Tonlouse Orleans and Vierzon Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux 104 Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. Over Yssel Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons ( Laffitte) 2 lA t citio Coast Central of Spain .. — Ceylon . Demerara Dendre Valley ...... Dutch Rhenish ..... Dieppe & Paris Janet Dijon and Mulhouse — East Indian ...... Famponx & Hazebrouk Grt Northers of France Constituted lB% Do. Pepin le Hallow — Great Paris and Lyons — Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Jamaica S. Mid. Janetion Do. North Midland — Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemappe Lyons and Avignon— — Luxentioarg Ditto (Caloa's) Ditto (Sud Est) Paris salt Orleans 45 Paris and Rouen — Paris and Straslearg (Ganneron's) Do. (Comp* de L'Est) Do. (Aymard's) 24 Paris aid St. Quentin — Rouen and Havre — Royal North of Spain — Sambre and Manse Strasburg aid Bale Tournay,Jurbiso, Lin den, and Hasselt ... Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) Do. ( Lefebvre's) — Do. (O'Neill's) Trinidad "Verona and Ancona — West Flanders 4 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 have 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 bare 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 Rosas through Mr. Mareuil,lthe 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 a 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, which state that the Government of Paraguay had declared war against Rosas, 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-vessel s about to proce e d up t h e P arnua 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 tho declaration of war by Paraguay against Rosas. 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. Margaret's, near Richmond. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER To THREE,. The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was better. Sales, 5,000 to 6,000 bales. There was no alteration in prices. Among the sales were 700 Surat, at 2%d. to 3Xd. ; 7U Surinams, at 5 1 ,4 d. to 5 3 4 d. ; Egyptian, at 5 1 / 2 d. to 6%d. ; and American, at 3%d. to 5 1 / d. per lb. There was a better 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 consilered less warlike than was anticipated ; and the Funds have in consequence advanced about half per cent. A saving clause exists in the Polk speech] to the effect, that should Congress originate any step for the settlement of the Oregon question, he would be most ready t o acqu i esce i n 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 democratical party in the western part of the Republic. to have reference to anything like war as being probable, otherwise there cannot be 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 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 93 1 4 to 94%, 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 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. ONZ CLOSING RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 200% 202 3 per Cent. Reduced ......... ..- 93 %l A , 94% 93% New 3 1 4 per Cents. 95 % 14 96% 95 - y s Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 10%4 10% India Bonds, 1,0001 — Ditto under 1,0001... Consols for Account - ...... 93 % 14 94 93% 93 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 20 22 pm. 20 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small OXE O'CLOCK PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839...... 79 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 17 Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2 1 14 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837......... Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 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 1 , per Cent Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 94 93 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING ti AILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Aberdeen,Banff, & Elgin 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .. l% Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2% Bideford andTavistock... lA — Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 124 Ditto New 17% — Birmingham and Oa ford Junction Birmingham & Leicester Direct 42s. Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 225. Bridgewater &Minehead 425. 124 Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Bristol and Liver. Junc . 2% Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Extension ... .. 2 1 / 2 ...... 2%% ... . Cambrian & Grand Janc 42s ...... Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 3%.. Do. New Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% — .. Canterbury and Dover.. l Central Kent 2 ' Chelmsford and Bury ... 1 8 — Chester and Holyhead... 15 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... . ClyclesdaleJunction ..... 5 Cork ..131ackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir and Leicester... Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter 1 /erby and Crewe Derby, Gainabro', and Great Grimsby ...... —. 1% — Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford • Direct Manchester ( Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) 5 14...... _ Direct N orthern Direct Norwich Dublin and Armagh l% ..... „ Dublin and BelfastJunc 5 ...... Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 ...... 3%... , Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 A ... _ Eastern Counties 141. 165.... 19% 3 4 20 1 4 20% 20% Ditto New 61. 1 6........ 6 1 / 8 % p ...... ... 6 % 1 1 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto. Nu. 2... 4/. 133. 4d... EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 ...... __ Eastern Union 25 .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 3 3 4 _ Ditto Extension Do. Ipswich and Bury 4 Do. E x ten'n to Norw'h 2% 2 _ Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%...... _ East Lincolnshire ...... 14...... East & West of England 1%...... _ Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 5 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Ditto, New ... 71 / 2 — ... ........... Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 4 — . ........ ... Edinburgh and Perth... 1% — ..... .. ...... Ely and Huntingdon ... 5 Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 1 / — ............... Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1% — . .............. Exeter. Dorchester, and Weymouth ........... . Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2 3 4 ............... Glouc.,Abeiystwith, and Central of Wales l N__ ........... .... Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction ...100 ...... .............. Ditto Half Shares 5O ...... ............... Ditto Quarters 25.... --• ........... .. Grand Unio n l% ....... . • .............. Great Eastern &Western 2 1 / 2 .....- ......... .-- GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Munster ... 2% ...... ............••• Great North of Scotland 21 / 2 .-- Great North of England..loo ...... Ditto New ' 5 -- Do. New .... .. .... . .... 2 ..-- ••• ...... Great Western BO .....150 152 152 Ditto IA Shares 5O ...... 88 Ditto 1 4 Shares 2% ...... 15 16 1 4 ...... .. 16% Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ... Harwich Hull and Selby Ditto 14 Shares Do. Half Shares 2 Invernessand E1gin...... 1 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth ... - .. ••• ...... •• Irish North Midland l% — ...... ' Isle ofAxholme ......... ... 2% — Killarney Junctions l l4 Kendal and Windermere 1% — ............... Lancaster and Carlisle... 30 Larne, Belfast, and Bal- lymena - • ...... .. ...... _ Leeds and Carlisle Leeds and West Riding Junction - _ Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ••• •• •"*""'' Leicester and Bedfard... 225. — Leicester and Tamworth 425. _ Liver/. and Manchester.loo ... .• ............... Do. 14 Shares Do. Quarters Liverpool &Leeds Di rec t 2% .. Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction 21 •••••• 3% .............. 3% 216 London and Birmingumloo 215 213 Do. Thirds Do. ii, Shares ...... ~... 251, Ditto Fifths Ditto Extension ..... •13 — ............ . . London and Bl ac k we ll . 161 . 13s. 4d —• • • ........... 8— % Do. New Ditto Extension . - • ........ ''' L9ndoit and Brighton Do. consolidated Bths... 40 ... London and Cr o yd on , 131. 0 1 1 / 2 5; . 9 - d - • — 20% 3 / 4 ..... 120% 20% Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. - 8 % Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford . l- London and Greenwich 1211584d Do. Preference ...18117s 2d London Hounslow, and Western ............... 2 Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 7 4 1 / 4', 75 Do. New Consul. Bths 20 Do. New Do. New London & South Essex 2 3 / 4 London and York 2% 3 3 /4 4%. London and Windsor ... 1 63 % ..... 15,', London, Warwick, and Kidderminster London, Salisbury, and ' Yeovil Londonderry& Coleraino 5 ...... 5%....„ ... Londonderry and Ennis killen 5 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham 5 — Manchester and Leeds... 76 126 Ditto 1 / .; Shares I Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths 1 .. .. 11 3 /........ Do. Sixteenths ... 4 1 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 Macchest. & Southampt. 2 ... Midland... lOO .....144 147 145 148 Do. I: ifths 2 Do. New Midl A nd, Bi rm., Derby...loo Midld. & East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western ( Irish) Do. Ex tens. to Sligo... 23a ... Nen castle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 54 ... Do. New Brandling 2O Newcastle and Berwick 5 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newport & Abergavenuy VA.-- New Ross and Car10w... 22s Newry and Enniskillen 2% — .... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston . . .. . •• Norfolk Extension North British Do. Half Shares ..... 3% 6 14 6 ..... •• ... Do. Exten. to Carlisle 1 1 4 2 14 Do. Ext. to Dalkeith 25 Ditto ditto North Devon 2 .. ... ...... ........ North of Norfolk . Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 21,4 North Staffordshire 425...«.. 2% % p North Wales North and South Wales and Worcester Northern and Southern Connecting Norwich and Brandon... 16 Ditto New Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% Nottingm., Frewsh. Val ley, and Manchester.. 1% — ... Nottir.gham and Mans field Oxford, Gosport, Ports mouth, & Southamptn 425. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Che1tenham............ 1% Perth and Inverness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ..... Portsmouth Direct ...... 3% — Preston and Wyre Do. % Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Derby, and. Man chester ... Rugby and Hunti ng d on 2 Rugby, Leamington,and Warwick Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester.... ... 425. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland 5 Do. Extension Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrewsbury and Birm... 2 1 / 2 . . . ..... ••• Shropshire Mineral Shropshire Union Shrewsbury & Hereford 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp., & S. Staffordsh. June. 2 1 ,, Sligo and Shannon l% Somersetshire Midland 2% South Devon 25 South Midland 42s. South & Midlands June. 42s 42s South StaffordshireJunc. 2% — South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d 3 5 3 /4 36 ...... .. Do., No. 1 l2 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., Ne. 4 Soutampton, Manches ter. & Oxford Junction 425. — St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2% — South Wales ..... ... 2% 314 3 Taw Vale Extension ... ••• •• •• Tean ana Dove Valley 1% Trent Valley 2 ...... 16 1 4 17 1 / Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Ulverstone and Furness 21/ 2 ...... Vale of Neath ........ •• ••• Warwick & Cheltenham 1% Warwick and Worcester 425. 1 Waterford and Kilkenny 3 .. Waterford and Limerick 71, Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin NV aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ......... 2 - Welch Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire WestLondon,Old Shares 20 West End and Southern Counties .. 1%...... - 99 000 Nexford and Carlow ... 2% Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,HerefoW,.. 2% Ross, and Gloucester 425...... _.... .._.. Worcester, Tinbury, and Ludlow 2% — •.. Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union ..... 1%..... -- Worcester and S. Wales 425. Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 — Ditto, New York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 24 ....... York and Lancaster 2% — York and North Midland' 50 Ditto I/ 2 Share 3 ...... .. 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension 5 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbados ... 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 8 —.... 8% Bordeaux & Alediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .• ... .... Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ••• ..• •. 000000000 Central of Spain ... Ceylon •• •• •••• ss. Demerara 2 l /2 ... Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulhouse Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2 1 / 2 Fampoux & Hazebrouk 2 Great North. of France Constituted... 5 .....13 1 / 14 1 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. — Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...... Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jamaica North Midland. 1 Do. Extension ...... ... 1 Jersey L .. .....ouvain and Jemepp e ... 4 ... . Lyons and Avig non...... 2 "' Luxembourg... 4 Madrid and Valentia.... 2 .. Mauritius .. ........ .. . ...... 1 Namur and Liege North Jamaica...,, ... 1 . Orleans a n d Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 10% 3 4 ....... ••••• 10 3 A Over Yssel ............ 4133 4d Paris & Lyons(Laflitte's) 2 Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's)... •• ............ Paris & Ly ons, (Calon ' s) 2 ...... 24 Paris & Lyons (Sud Est) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compe de 'Est) 2 Do. (Avmard's) L 2 1 / 4 ..... - ..".. Paris and St. Quentin Rouen and Havre loyal North of Spain ... 2 ... ...... .•• • Sambre and Meuse ...... 6 ...... -- Strasbourg and Bale ... 1 4 St. Lau rence & Atlantic Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 4 Tours and Nantes (Mac kenzie's) Do. do. (Lefebvre's \ 2 Ditto (O'Neill's) Verona and Ancona.... 3 West Flanders ...... .... 4 MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. JOINT STOCK BANKS. British N or th A mer ican 50 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEc..23.—Wind N.W., strong gale and squally. DEAL,, DEC. 22 —Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W., very strong and heavy squalls.—Arrd. Helen Stewart, Whittingham, China ; Senator, Anderson, Calcutta; David Luckie, Mit diet!, Demerara; Attersall, Newfoundland; Twenty-ninth May, Le Gallais, Mauritius. Arrd. from the River, Bruns wick, Cappell, for Bombay; Regina, Foreman, Dominica. Sid. Mayflower, Hobart Town ; Blundell, Calcutta. The brig Brutus, of Cardiff, got athwart hawse of the j3urdon, of Newcastle, and both received acme damage. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) /NAY IVIATMETS. SMITHTIELD.—Meadow Hay, 8/ 5s to 4/ 12s 6d ; Clover ditto, 4! 8s to 51 I3s; Oat Straw, 1/ Ss to 1/ l 0 per lead. Wheat straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. A moderate supply and a heavy demand, at the above quotations. ComnEnLAND.—Aleadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 41 15s; Clover ditto, 41 8s t• 61 105; Oat Straw, 1/ 108 t• 1112 s, per load. Wheat Straw, 1/ 12a to 11 14s per load. Trade heavy, at barely stationary prices. WiurrenarzL.--Pdeadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 41 12s 6d; Clover ditto, 4 / 1 0s to 51155; Oat Straw, 118 s to 11 105 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s pe r l oa d. gupply good and trade dull. • COLONIAL. SUGAR.—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. 867 -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 the ex• ception of a few lots of the Rio, at 478 6d to _4Bs Gd for mixed good ord to very good ord Ceylon. The Rio at 42s to 70s Gd for fine line ord to good mid coloury quality, and good ord Bahia at 31s. Coco.t.-230 bags Bahia were taken in at 365, for good to fine red. Rt'xr.—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. - TA LLOW.—P.Y.C. is 41s 9d per cwt. on the spot, and town 456 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 should 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. YICE-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. OSBORNE now referred to these. His HoNouß 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 Garrick'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's Gal 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 rocm. 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, vt hen he saw the pri soner turner' 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. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THISDAY.) John Rowe, a cab-driver, badge 8,440, was charged with furious driving and being drunk. James 10-nney, 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 hian 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. Mr. IlAuDwics sail 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 J OHNSTONE.—(THIS DAY.) To-day the examination of George Johnstone, the 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 had 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 I Spare me l" I was in 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 I am the son of Mrs.,Thompson, who was a passenger in the Tory. I recollect the Tory arriving at Fayal, 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 Consul's. The reason why he did not say. I said," Don't, Sir." He said nothing to that in reply. I returned with 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 koats 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 cameos 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. currenees. For thirteen or fourteen days before these, the ship had been quite quiet ; ever since the mate Ram bert jumped overboard. _ . Mr. Hayward thew called the carpenter Sinclair, but that witness not being in atteadance, 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-1 was called on to attend and feed Mars three or four da3 s before his death. He was on the main hatch in double irons all the time, with A large shackle ronnd his neck. He was all covered with blood. He had several cuts about his head, his upper lip waq nearly cut off, and hung over his mouth. I had to lift it 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 Oie time, and died about a quarter of an hour after. Thore was a rope put round his waist, but I do not know whether they squeezed him or not. Barry Yelyerton 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 CLOSING PRICES 21% 30% 28 3 / 29 1 / i 39% 951 A 611/ 2 931/2 S.4g Vs P 11 3 / 4 21 8 P 2% 148 ...... 26% 11 1 4 23 6 2% 2% 3 % P 22% 64 2% 13 1 / 2 26 2% p 36 1414 17% 1% 24 51 75% - 81/3 7 3 / 4 15 2% 2 1/2 2 14 2 1 4 3% 2 21 /s 46 1/.2 27 3 4 . - the captain said, if "we refused he would eut our I:eart out, and make us sign them with our hearts' blood." (a general thrill of horror pervaded the Court at this statk• went.) I think Spence and Julien were present when that expression was used. This ..as said after Mar! death. It was said by the captain several times. 11 was in consequence of that threat that I signed the depositions. _ _ Julien Cordiayello, examined on the same point. s aid- - I signed some papers, but I don't know what the y were about, and I did it by force. The captain said, " You must sign it, and if you do not I will kill you." It was 111 consequence of the threat that I signed. (The examination was proceeding when we went to , press.) THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS• - - St. Thomas's-day falling this year on Sunday, th e annual wardmotes for the election of Common Council; men and other officers for the year ensuing, were held yesterday throughout the City of Loudon. The follow: ing is a correct abstract of the proceedings in the b evel' wards:— - A LDERSGATK —Alderman Sir Peter Laurie in t he chair. The following gentlemen were put in nomination tor this ward, and unanimously re-elected:—Meesr e ' Lorkin (Deputy), Norris, St ace y, Sh arwoo d, Wood' Godson, De Jersey, and Maw. Af ter ' th e t ran saction of the usual routine business, a resolution for opening the, ports for the admission of for e i gn corn was p ro posed an d agreed to. A LDGATE.—Mr. Alderman llumphery, M.P., in the chair. The former members were re-elected for this ward, having first submitted to a catechization from the ir constituents on the subject of free trade. BASSISHAW.—Mr. Alderman Farncomb in the cha ir ' There was no change in the tnea-,bers for this ward. BILLINGSGATE.—Mr. Aldt-truan Sidney in the ch air. In this ward Mr. Francis retir e d, a n d there were nine candidates nominated to fill eight vacancies, Mr. Barnes being opposed by Mr. Williams, on the ground that had acted unfairly to colleagues who were put 1 1 1) him on the previous year. A poll was demanded. BisuorscaTE.— Mr. Alderman Cop e l an d in the cha ir ' The following members were unanimously elected Deputy Peacock, Mr. Deputy St e v ens , M r . R. As" Mr. 'l'. Tagg, Mr. H. Patten, Mr. T. Hall, Mr. W. Jones' Mr. R. Thomas, Mr. W. Tozer, M r . S. B enne tt, Mr. i f H. Filcher, Mr. W. Johnson, Mr. J. R. C arr , and Mr.'" Sharland. BREAD- STREET.—Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes to the chair. Tht re were two new candidates for the repr o " sentation of this ward, in the room of Mr. Cracklow , r e ; signed—viz., Messrs. Laurie and Mutrie ; and the 0; ohands being declared in their favour, a poll was dr mended on behalf of Mr. Poland. eh , BRlDGE.—Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall in chair. The following were re-elected without op G, tion :—Messrs. Pewtress (Deputy), Knott, Hill , Cope, Matthew, J. Low, W. Chadwlck,and C. Whetes ir. BROAD-STREET.—Mr. Alderman M usgrov e in the ch s f In this ward a vacancy occurred by the re tire:2o o o Mr. W. Cumming, and no fewer th an fi v e gentle nit o r appeared to fill it up. The following are the naT e e Air the candidates. The new memb ers are di s tinguisl an asterisk :—Mr. R. Jupp, Mr. T. Corney, M r u " r; Gadsen, Mr. H. Marriott, T. W. Foster, * S. ` — t e e, Mr. C. Warton, Mr. J. White, *Mr. W. Casteqe. *Mr. W. Walker, *Mr. F. Sampson, *Mr. H. El l° 1 A poll was demanded. CANDLEWICK.—AIderman Sir George Carroll ins in th : - v chair. The former members were re-elected pi` opposition. tbe CASTLE BAYNARD.—Mr. Alderman Wilson -- m oo chair. The following were re-elected :—Messr s ' (Deputy), Bailey, H. Muggeridge, Rownson, Hopp e ' lingwood, Adlard, and Ferrer. A s ir , CHEAr.—Mr. Alderman Thompson in the Messrs. Brook (Deputy), Fenning, Watson , Ha rd . sly Hickson, Oliver, Philips, and P ea d, were unilln i " re-elected. ;n tbe COLEMAN-STREET —Mr. Ald erman Hunter a- t his chair. The following gentlemen were re-elected f o r ty ward without opposition :—Messrs. Allen (De i r s oti Davies, Johnson, Brocher, Perkins, Hale, Hai r Phillips. • the vv CORDWAINERS.—Mr. Ald erman Th om as i t tr) chair. 'The former memb ers , M essrs . M u ddell Crowder, Joyce, Taylor, Lott, and Joliffe, wer e %to' returned for this ward. At th e t erm i na tion of tu e ' be es ceedings, a vote of thanks to the Alderman having(' the proposed and seconded, Mr. Ainger, jun., address!, re wardmote on the subject of Mr. Alderman Wood the peated rejection by the Co ur t o f Aldermen.- He sa inhabitants of the ward could not feel otherwise than or noyed at their Aldernan being considered ineligible t o e cupy the chief magistrate's sent. and he thought theatter. had arrived when they s h ou ld t a k e up the 1 o ire He thought a committee should be appointed t° in te g rre a into the truth of the charges which had been Pre owl against their Alderman. Mr. Alderman Wood d ` f il poil himself from the imputations that bad been cas to t him, and added, that he had no hesitation in st il l IP he had been cruelly used and severely P o tZ S c u e .o f the concluded by asserting his perfect inner charges alleged against him, and his readiness in way to meet his accusers. co lt. Conrinn.L.—Alder man Si r J o h n Pine in the 00 The only change in the representation of this war d ., 00 the substitution of M r . H unter f or Mr . TbotoPs ° `" latter having resigned. DoWGATE.—Tke Right Hon. the Lord Mayor f l s 111 1: chair. There were tw o new c andidates, v i z foge Kibble and Harker. At the cl ose o f the poll st 19; o'clock the numbers stood thus :—Brown, 21 , Pri., (0 15; Kibble, 19 ; Harker, 18 ; Cousins, 15 ; C un deP' _ _ Mortimer, 14 ; White, 10. O r ' LANGnotinNE.—Alderman Sir John Key in tue C io The old members were returned without oppositio il ,s,o e tl l i e i c s t, w lr a s r g d o . t uAptatnheanclaosnetio.cforthne proceedings, some of I" 1 chair. There was no c hange in th e re p resentation 0 LIME -STREET.—Mr. Aldermanlaw Farebrother discussion in the e this ward. PORTSOKEN.—Mr. new candidates (Mess A rs. ld V e i r l m e a a n nd M Sron i this ward. UEENEITIIE.—Mr. Alderman Hooper in the eksirt; Mr. Rathbone was the new candidate in this ward, n e e the show of hands being against him, a Pon was ro enotheerechcoaniriesTtiwo; mended on his behalf. At the close of the formal 1 ) , 10 . ceedings, Mr. Simmons proposed a resolution in fiolA of a repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. 1 hompson seconor' the motion, which was carried unanimously. ; The TowEn.---Mr. Alderman Lucas in the chaa• tnge t dermasuf former m a er discussionm checkede m bers o w na s e t riher e re c i corn-laws, rvna l re-elected, after an atfewl t Al irrelevant the wardmote had been called. I, cho ir ' VINTR Y.—Alderman Sir Wm. in tme ti of No change whatever took place in Magnay ° the represe this ward. • Th e WALBROOK.—Mr. Alderman Gibbs in the do° former members were re-elected. twhehibcuhstinbeesswoforrt7.l,o CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. Result of Monday and Tuesday's poll: Smith.. Brown Last .. boole L18ERAL5. 666634558C CONSERVATIVE. Wilson . . . Brass n sh n n 0 ° ....................... .. .................................................... 6 .... 5t 56 25 1111.11.1.FM,RwW ,. 10 A Madrid letter o f th e 13th says—" the coo' few days the cold h ere h as b een intense. Puirnl e ' re rsA rA plaints are very pre va l en t, an d i n some cases the sn' carried off by inflammation in a few hours." fa The suspension-b r id ge i n a state o f co nstruct i oo d, ° " Chaussin (Jura) was carried away on the 9th by t he fl op 00 A letter from Pontarlier (Doubs) states only the 14th snow fell all day in that neighbourhood. I ' l , l wito were the mountains b u t th e vast p l a i n ent i re ly ceverlr t here it. A letter from Lyons states that a small quantity le" on the 17th. t COMFORT TO 14 ANDOWNERS.It iS ;d b ereS.' repeal of the corn-law s w ill i n j ure t h e agr i cu ltural ln' o oar and depreciate the value of land. This, like Intyl e ,j, and assertions of the monopolists, we h ave a ll a long den te ; 0 the we think we can point t o f ac t s w hi c h f u ll y b ea r us en': te4 iste of 0 1 1 more favourable opinion w e h o ld. Yesterday, the Fingask was sold for 14,4901. — s i xteen mont h s ag° its proprietor purchased it f or 13,7501 . Th e estate of has long been in the market at the upset price of 6 5, "" s ome was sold the other day at 70,1001. Now, whateve r ste dukes and lairds may sa y, it i s qu i te c l ear that th ere re not capitalists in the country—land owners , t oo , if we mistaken—who are not a f ra id t o g i ve a goo d price fo r up set 7001. of profit on 13,000/., an d a r i ce o f 5,0001. on 11li ut the price of 65,000/., do not indicate any great alarm ° Moe' effect pf a repeal of the corn-laws. Free-traders ar o a ere art 3 times accused of arguing too much from theory. moo l" facts, and pregnant ones t oo . E ven t h e D u k e of c ",,rsoo will hardly venture to call th e p urc h asers o f Auchint°" Fingask foals.—Aberdeen Herald. Nell" SINKING OF A RAILWAY.—A portion of the castle and Darlington Railw a y, t o the extent of betwe e &rr, and 60 yards, on the part which runs over Alordeildne. about eight miles north of D ar li ng t on , gave wa y on W e l e vel day night last, about nine o ' c l oc k, an d san k b en eath the bic e to a very considerable depth i n th e mars h y grou nd on n ob' the foundation had been constr uc t e d. Th e acc ident ":710, served previous to the arri va l o f th e l ast d ow n rna i rN 7 ,.; which was delayed in conseq uence , an d did no t rese`" h o' castle till nearly five hours rater the time it was due , '‘ A I lug ing been found necessary t o t rans f er th e passengers ode gage across the obstruction to another train. The sau d it 2 rangement was continued d ur i ng th e following day , A gil n re' the mean time upwards of 200 wor k men were engage' In pairing the damage. Th e s t a t e o f t h e wea ther Was however, raining incessantly, that but little progress -ti. be made, and, indeed, it was soon f oun d t h at as baba s " f olf laid upon the depressed pa r t th e a ddi t i ona l weight t o caused a further sinking, s o th a t a ll attempts t o elevate „ I see the proper level proved aborti ve . U n d er th ese circunis'aiag it was determined to cons t ruc t a temporary li n e, av°l sir the swamp, and uniting the sound portions of the rai l t he which was so far completed by Friday morning th at or carriages were passed over it without the necessity of l a ferring the passengers a nd l uggage , on l y one car riage b h i o d. pushed over at a time, and th e eng i ne rema i n ing be- ; 0 e, The carriages were then take n f orwar d b y ano ther enw e r in readiness for that purpose. Considerable delay Was nec sarily caused, and all the trains were consequently lal e ce r arriving at their destination. This arrangement, h° w . e re cl, inconvenient, must conti nue till th e ma i n li ne is "Pa;liag which will be a work of some difficulty. It is thought P bje, will be the only means of rendering the foundation Sta and on Saturday that operation wa s v i gorous ly coranlet-v -huge balks of piling timber and the necessary apparatus ha A ing been conveyed to the spot. Morden Carr is of c onside. o g able extent, and consists of peat so il to a grea t d e pth, h e i l o yf evidently the remains of a primeval forest, and from Its position, compared with the adjacent country, which is a l b tremely hilly, in rainy seasons it i s entirely co vered v il A t water, presenting the appearance of an immense lake. such periods the railway is completely overflowed, and ac %o sionally to such a depth as almost to extinguish the enC, fires. The ope ra ti ons o f th e wor k men have b een gre atly l'; s peded by th e wa t er , an d on F r i day one of the passellg t e be having got out at the wrong side of the carriage during ; r e time it was stationary, it being dark, and he was not aw•:, $ of the flooding, e x p er i ence d th e di sagreea bl e sensa tion °.'„‘ cold bath. He was a third-cl ass p assenger , an d o n resulln;s his seat the cold was so intens e as t o compe l hi m to stoP 0 " i the next station, where every attention was paid to 11 the servants of the Company. ~ Th e k;ftstle